मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-70, verse-16

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राक्षस उवाच ।
न वयं मानुषाहारा अन्ये ते नृप राक्षसाः ।
सुकृतस्य फलं यत्तु तदश्नीमो वयं नृप ॥१६॥

16. rākṣasa uvāca .
na vayaṃ mānuṣāhārā anye te nṛpa rākṣasāḥ .
sukṛtasya phalaṃ yattu tadaśnīmo vayaṃ nṛpa.

16. rākṣasa uvāca na vayam mānuṣa-āhārāḥ anye te nṛpa
rākṣasāḥ sukṛtasya phalam yat tu tat aśnīmaḥ vayam nṛpa

16. The rākṣasa said: "We are not eaters of humans; those other rākṣasas, O king, are the ones who consume them. We, O king, partake of the fruit of good deeds."

Words meanings summery:

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राक्षस (rākṣasa) - demon, rākṣasa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

न (na) - not, no

वयम् (vayam) - we

मानुष-आहाराः (mānuṣa-āhārāḥ) - those who consume human flesh (human eaters, those who eat humans)

अन्ये (anye) - others

ते (te) - those, they

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, rākṣasas

सुकृतस्य (sukṛtasya) - of good deeds, of merit

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

तत् (tat) - that

अश्नीमः (aśnīmaḥ) - we eat, we consume, we partake

वयम् (vayam) - we

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

राक्षस (rākṣasa) - demon, rākṣasa

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a rākṣasa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect, 3rd person singular, active voice. Root vac (to speak) takes 'u' as reduplicative prefix in perfect tense.

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

मानुष-आहाराः (mānuṣa-āhārāḥ) - those who consume human flesh (human eaters, those who eat humans)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānuṣāhāra

mānuṣāhāra - eater of humans

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mānuṣa+āhāra)

mānuṣa – human, pertaining to humans
adjective (masculine)
āhāra – food, eating, consumption
noun (masculine)
Derived from root hṛ (to seize, carry) with prefix ā-
Prefix: ā
Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: `mānuṣāhārāḥ` is plural nominative, meaning "eaters of humans".

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Refers to other types of rākṣasas.

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to `anye rākṣasāḥ`.

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

Note: Vocative case, addressing the king.

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a rākṣasa

सुकृतस्य (sukṛtasya) - of good deeds, of merit

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - good deed, virtuous act, merit

Past Passive Participle

Formed from su (good) + kṛta (done, made). kṛta is PPP from root kṛ.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kṛta)

su – good, well
indeclinable
kṛta – done, made, deed, act
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Past Passive Participle of root kṛ (to do, make).
Root: kṛ (class 8)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Object of the verb `aśnīmaḥ` (we consume).

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to `phalam`. Can be accusative or nominative in relative clause.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)