मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-64, verse-19

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जग्राह च ततः पाणी स तयोरमरद्युतिः ।
नदत्सु देवतूर्येषु नृत्यन्तीष्वप्सरः सु च ॥१९॥

19. jagrāha ca tataḥ pāṇī sa tayoramaradyutiḥ .
nadatsu devatūryeṣu nṛtyantīṣvapsaraḥ su ca.

19. jagrāha ca tataḥ pāṇī saḥ tayoḥ amaradyutiḥ
| nadatsu devatūryeṣu nṛtyantīṣu apsarassu ca

19. And then, he, radiant like the immortals, took the hands of those two (the bride and her father/guardian), while divine musical instruments resounded and Apsaras danced.

Words meanings summery:

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जग्राह (jagrāha) - took, grasped (the hands) (took, grasped, seized)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore)

पाणी (pāṇī) - the two hands (of the bride and giver) (hands (dual))

सः (saḥ) - he (Candramaṇi, the groom) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (the bride and the giver of the bride) (of those two, their (dual genitive))

अमरद्युतिः (amaradyutiḥ) - having the splendor of immortals (radiant like immortals, having the splendor of gods)

नदत्सु (nadatsu) - when resounding (sounding, resounding, roaring (locative plural))

देवतूर्येषु (devatūryeṣu) - when divine musical instruments were resounding (in divine musical instruments, among divine trumpets)

नृत्यन्तीषु (nṛtyantīṣu) - when dancing (dancing (locative plural feminine))

अप्सरस्सु (apsarassu) - when the Apsaras were dancing (among the Apsaras, in the Apsaras (celestial nymphs))

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

जग्राह (jagrāha) - took, grasped (the hands) (took, grasped, seized)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, Perfect tense, Parasmaipada, from root grah (to seize)

Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

पाणी (pāṇī) - the two hands (of the bride and giver) (hands (dual))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

Note: Also could be Nominative dual. Context suggests accusative.

सः (saḥ) - he (Candramaṇi, the groom) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (the bride and the giver of the bride) (of those two, their (dual genitive))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Can be genitive or locative dual. Here genitive, referring to the owners of the hands.

अमरद्युतिः (amaradyutiḥ) - having the splendor of immortals (radiant like immortals, having the splendor of gods)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amaradyuti

amaradyuti - splendor of immortals; radiant like gods

Compound type : bahuvrihi (amara+dyuti)

amara – immortal, god, deity
noun (masculine)
dyuti – light, splendor, radiance, beauty
noun (feminine)
Derived from root dyut
Derived noun from root dyut (to shine)
Root: dyut (class 1)

Note: Adjective for 'saḥ'.

नदत्सु (nadatsu) - when resounding (sounding, resounding, roaring (locative plural))

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of nadat

nadat - sounding, roaring, crying, making noise

Present Active Participle

Present active participle (nominative masculine singular is nadan) from root nad (to sound)

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Adverbial locative absolute construction. Agrees with `devatūryeṣu`.

देवतूर्येषु (devatūryeṣu) - when divine musical instruments were resounding (in divine musical instruments, among divine trumpets)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of devatūrya