मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-57, verse-5

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मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
भारतस्यास्य वर्षस्य नव भेदान्निबोध मे ।
समुद्रान्तरिता ज्ञेयास्ते त्वगम्याः परस्परम् ॥५॥

5. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .
bhāratasyāsya varṣasya nava bhedānnibodha me .
samudrāntaritā jñeyāste tvagamyāḥ parasparam.

5. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca | bhāratasya asya varṣasya nava bhedān
nibodha me | samudraantaritāḥ jñeyāḥ te tu agamyāḥ parasparam

5. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Learn from me the nine divisions of this land (varṣa) of Bhārata. They should be known as separated by the ocean, and thus inaccessible to each other.

Words meanings summery:

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मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

भारतस्य (bhāratasya) - of Bhārata, of India

अस्य (asya) - of this

वर्षस्य (varṣasya) - of the land division (of the land, of the division, of the country)

नव (nava) - nine

भेदान् (bhedān) - divisions, distinctions, parts

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, know, learn

मे (me) - from me (implied: learn from me) (from me, to me)

समुद्रअन्तरिताः (samudraantaritāḥ) - separated by the ocean

ज्ञेयाः (jñeyāḥ) - should be known, knowable, ought to be known

ते (te) - they

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

अगम्याः (agamyāḥ) - inaccessible, not to be reached

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, reciprocally, to each other

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - a proper name, the sage Mārkaṇḍeya

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect 3rd singular active. 'vañc' with reduplication 'u-v-āca'

Root: vac (class 2)

भारतस्य (bhāratasya) - of Bhārata, of India

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - relating to Bharata, a descendant of Bharata, India, the land of Bharata

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Also masculine genitive singular, but here it modifies 'varṣasya' (neuter).

वर्षस्य (varṣasya) - of the land division (of the land, of the division, of the country)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, land division, continent

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

Note: The form 'nava' itself is indeclinable for the numeral nine, but it functions as an adjective here for 'bhedān'.

भेदान् (bhedān) - divisions, distinctions, parts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bheda

bheda - breaking, splitting, division, distinction, difference

from root 'bhid' (to split, break)

Root: bhid (class 7)

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, know, learn

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of ni-budh

imperative active

root 'budh' (1st class) with prefix 'ni', imperative 2nd singular active

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - from me (implied: learn from me) (from me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, myself

Note: This is an enclitic form for genitive/dative singular. Here, it functions as an ablative ('from me').

समुद्रअन्तरिताः (samudraantaritāḥ) - separated by the ocean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samudraantarita

samudraantarita - separated by the ocean

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samudra+antarita)

samudra – ocean, sea
noun (masculine)
antarita – interposed, separated, hidden, covered
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root 'ī' (to go) with prefix 'antar'
Prefix: antar
Root: ī (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (they - the divisions).

ज्ञेयाः (jñeyāḥ) - should be known, knowable, ought to be known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jñeya

jñeya - to be known, knowable, comprehensible

Gerundive

from root 'jñā' (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Functions predicatively here.

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad