मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-61, verse-34
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
स एवं चिन्तयन् विप्रो बभ्राम च हिमाचले ।
भ्रष्टपादौषधिबलो वैक्लवं परमं गतः ॥३४॥
स एवं चिन्तयन् विप्रो बभ्राम च हिमाचले ।
भ्रष्टपादौषधिबलो वैक्लवं परमं गतः ॥३४॥
34. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .
sa evaṃ cintayan vipro babhrāma ca himācale .
bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibalo vaiklavaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ.
sa evaṃ cintayan vipro babhrāma ca himācale .
bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibalo vaiklavaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ.
34.
mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca saḥ evam cintayan vipraḥ babhrāma ca
himācale bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibalaḥ vaiklavam paramam gataḥ
himācale bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibalaḥ vaiklavam paramam gataḥ
34.
Markandeya said: Thus contemplating, the Brahmin wandered in the Himalayas. Having lost the strength in his feet and the efficacy of his medicinal herbs, he became extremely distraught.
Words meanings summery:
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- मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - the sage Markandeya (Markandeya (a sage's name))
- उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)
- सः (saḥ) - he (the Brahmin) (he, that)
- एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)
- चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - contemplating, meditating (thinking, pondering, reflecting)
- विप्रः (vipraḥ) - the Brahmin (Brahmin, sage, inspired one)
- बभ्राम (babhrāma) - wandered (he wandered, roamed, moved about)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- हिमाचले (himācale) - in the Himalayas (in the Himalayas, on the snowy mountain)
- भ्रष्टपादौषधिबलः (bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibalaḥ) - having lost the strength in his feet and the efficacy of his medicinal herbs (one whose strength from feet and medicines has been lost)
- वैक्लवम् (vaiklavam) - distress (confusion, perplexity, distress, dejection)
- परमम् (paramam) - extreme (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)
- गतः (gataḥ) - attained, fell into (gone, reached, attained, obtained)
Words meanings and morphology
मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - the sage Markandeya (Markandeya (a sage's name))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya
mārkaṇḍeya - Name of a famous sage
Note: Speaker of the verse.
उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac
Perfect active, 3rd person singular.
From root vac (class 2) (irregular perfect forms).
Root: vac (class 2)
सः (saḥ) - he (the Brahmin) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative singular.
Note: Subject of babhrāma and gataḥ.
एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverb, modifies cintayan.
चिन्तयन् (cintayan) - contemplating, meditating (thinking, pondering, reflecting)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of cintayat
cintayat - thinking, reflecting
Present Active Participle
From root cint (class 10, cintayati).
Root: cit (class 10)
Note: Describes the action of the Brahmin.
विप्रः (vipraḥ) - the Brahmin (Brahmin, sage, inspired one)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra
vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired, learned, priest
From vip (to tremble, to be inspired).
Root: vip (class 1)
Note: Subject of the sentence.
बभ्राम (babhrāma) - wandered (he wandered, roamed, moved about)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of bhram
Perfect active, 3rd person singular.
From root bhram (class 1, bhramati), reduplicated perfect.
Root: bhram (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
हिमाचले (himācale) - in the Himalayas (in the Himalayas, on the snowy mountain)
(proper noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of himācala
himācala - the Himalayas, snowy mountain
Compound of hima (snow) + acala (mountain).
Compound type : karmadhāraya (hima+acala)
- hima – snow, frost, cold
noun (masculine)
Root: hi (class 3) - acala – mountain, not moving, steady
noun (masculine)
Compound of a (not) + cala (moving).
Root: cal (class 1)
भ्रष्टपादौषधिबलः (bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibalaḥ) - having lost the strength in his feet and the efficacy of his medicinal herbs (one whose strength from feet and medicines has been lost)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibala
bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibala - one whose strength of feet and medicines is lost
Bahuvrīhi compound: bhraṣṭa (lost) + pāda (feet) + auṣadhi (medicine) + bala (strength).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhraṣṭa+pāda+auṣadhi+bala)
- bhraṣṭa – fallen, lost, deviated
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root bhraṃś (to fall, deviate) + kta suffix.
Root: bhraṃś (class 1) - pāda – foot, leg, quarter, step
noun (masculine)
Root: pad (class 4) - auṣadhi – medicinal herb, drug, plant
noun (feminine)
From oṣadha (herb).
Root: uṣ (class 1) - bala – strength, power, force, army
noun (neuter)
From root bal (to live, be strong).
Root: bal (class 1)
Note: Adjective modifying vipraḥ.
वैक्लवम् (vaiklavam) - distress (confusion, perplexity, distress, dejection)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiklava
vaiklava - confusion, perplexity, dejection, distress, agitation
From viklava (agitated, confused) + aṇ suffix, forming an abstract noun.
Root: klava (class 1)
Note: Direct object of gataḥ.
परमम् (paramam) - extreme (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of parama
parama - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, chief
Superlative form from para (beyond).
Note: Adjective modifying vaiklavam.
गतः (gataḥ) - attained, fell into (gone, reached, attained, obtained)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of gata
gata - gone, arrived, past, obtained, happened
Past Passive Participle
From root gam (to go) + kta suffix.
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Predicative participle related to saḥ / vipraḥ.