मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-66, verse-16

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मृग्युवाच ।
अन्यास्वासक्तहृदये यस्मिंश्चेतः कृतास्पदम् ।
मम तेन विना मृत्युरौषधं किमिहापरम् ॥१६॥

16. mṛgyuvāca .
anyāsvāsaktahṛdaye yasmiṃścetaḥ kṛtāspadam .
mama tena vinā mṛtyurauṣadhaṃ kimihāparam.

16. mṛgī uvāca anyāsu āsakta-hṛdaye yasmin ca cetaḥ
kṛta-āspadam mama tena vinā mṛtyuḥ auṣadham kim iha aparam

16. The doe said, "My mind has made its dwelling in him whose heart is attached to other females. Without him, my death is certain. What other remedy (auṣadha) is there for me here?"

Words meanings summery:

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मृगी (mṛgī) - doe, female deer

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

अन्यासु (anyāsu) - among other female deer (in others, among other (females))

आसक्त-हृदये (āsakta-hṛdaye) - in him whose heart is attached (to other females) (in one whose heart is attached)

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - refers to the male deer. (in whom)

च (ca) - and, also

चेतः (cetaḥ) - my mind or my heart (mind, heart, consciousness)

कृत-आस्पदम् (kṛta-āspadam) - made its abode (in him) (made its dwelling, established its abode)

मम (mama) - my, mine

तेन (tena) - without him (by him, with him, that (masculine instrumental singular))

विना (vinā) - without

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

औषधम् (auṣadham) - medicine, remedy, herb

किम् (kim) - what (kind of) (what)

इह (iha) - here (in this situation) (here, in this world)

अपरम् (aparam) - other (remedy) (other, another, different)

Words meanings and morphology

मृगी (mṛgī) - doe, female deer

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgī

mṛgī - doe, female deer

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd singular active of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अन्यासु (anyāsu) - among other female deer (in others, among other (females))

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Refers to other female deer.

आसक्त-हृदये (āsakta-hṛdaye) - in him whose heart is attached (to other females) (in one whose heart is attached)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āsaktahṛdaya

āsaktahṛdaya - one whose heart is attached, devoted-hearted

Compound type : bahuvrihi (āsakta+hṛdaya)

āsakta – attached, devoted, fixed upon
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of root sañj with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: sañj (class 1)
hṛdaya – heart, mind, core
noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the male deer in whom the female deer's mind has made its dwelling.

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - refers to the male deer. (in whom)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the male deer.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चेतः (cetaḥ) - my mind or my heart (mind, heart, consciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of cetas

cetas - mind, intellect, consciousness, heart, spirit

कृत-आस्पदम् (kṛta-āspadam) - made its abode (in him) (made its dwelling, established its abode)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛtāspada

kṛtāspada - having made an abode, established a dwelling

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+āspada)

kṛta – done, made
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of root kṛ (to do, make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
āspada – abode, dwelling, place, seat
noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'cetaḥ'.

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

तेन (tena) - without him (by him, with him, that (masculine instrumental singular))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the male deer.

विना (vinā) - without

(indeclinable)