मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-74, verse-37
न भवत्यन्यथा प्रोक्तं मम वाक्यं कदाचन ।
मृगी भविष्यसि मृता वनेऽस्मिन्नेव जन्मनि ॥३७॥
मृगी भविष्यसि मृता वनेऽस्मिन्नेव जन्मनि ॥३७॥
37. na bhavatyanyathā proktaṃ mama vākyaṃ kadācana .
mṛgī bhaviṣyasi mṛtā vane'sminneva janmani.
mṛgī bhaviṣyasi mṛtā vane'sminneva janmani.
37.
na bhavati anyathā proktam mama vākyam kadācana
mṛgī bhaviṣyasi mṛtā vane asmin eva janmani
mṛgī bhaviṣyasi mṛtā vane asmin eva janmani
37.
My word, once spoken, can never be otherwise. Having died, you will become a doe (mṛgī) in this very forest, in this very birth.
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not (not, no)
- भवति (bhavati) - it will be (otherwise) (it is, it exists, it happens)
- अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (than what was said) (otherwise, differently)
- प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken (by me) (said, spoken, declared)
- मम (mama) - my (word) (my, of me)
- वाक्यम् (vākyam) - my word/statement (word, speech, statement)
- कदाचन (kadācana) - never (when used with negation na) (never, at any time)
- मृगी (mṛgī) - a doe (a doe, a female deer)
- भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become (you will be, you will become)
- मृता (mṛtā) - having died (dead, deceased)
- वने (vane) - in this forest (in the forest, in the woods)
- अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (forest) (in this, on this)
- एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, indeed, just, very)
- जन्मनि (janmani) - in this very birth (in birth, in life)
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Negation particle.
भवति (bhavati) - it will be (otherwise) (it is, it exists, it happens)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū
Present tense, active voice.
1st class verb. Third person singular.
Root: bhū (class 1)
अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise (than what was said) (otherwise, differently)
(indeclinable)
Formed from anya (other) + suffix thā.
प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken (by me) (said, spoken, declared)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of prokta
prokta - said, spoken, declared
Past Passive Participle
Formed from prefix pra + root vac (to speak) + suffix kta. vac changes to ukta.
Prefix: pra
Root: vac (class 2)
मम (mama) - my (word) (my, of me)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of asmad
asmad - I
First person pronoun, genitive singular.
Note: Possessive, modifying vākyam.
वाक्यम् (vākyam) - my word/statement (word, speech, statement)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya
vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence
From root vac (to speak).
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: Subject of bhavati.
कदाचन (kadācana) - never (when used with negation na) (never, at any time)
(indeclinable)
From kadā (when) + cana (indefinite particle).
Note: Used with na for emphasis of negation.
मृगी (mṛgī) - a doe (a doe, a female deer)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgī
mṛgī - a doe, a female deer
Feminine form of mṛga (deer).
Note: Predicate nominative with bhaviṣyasi.
भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become (you will be, you will become)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū
Future tense, active voice.
1st class verb. Second person singular.
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Refers to the girl.
मृता (mṛtā) - having died (dead, deceased)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, deceased, expired
Past Passive Participle
From root mṛ (to die) + suffix kta. Feminine form mṛtā.
Root: mṛ (class 6)
Note: Denotes a state or action completed before the main verb.
वने (vane) - in this forest (in the forest, in the woods)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of vana
vana - forest, wood, grove
a-ending neuter noun.
अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (forest) (in this, on this)
(pronoun)
Locative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Demonstrative pronoun, neuter locative singular.
Note: Agrees with vane.
एव (eva) - very, indeed (only, indeed, just, very)
(indeclinable)
Emphatic particle.
जन्मनि (janmani) - in this very birth (in birth, in life)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of janman
janman - birth, life, existence, origin
n-ending neuter noun.
Root: jan (class 4)