मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-77, verse-1

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मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
मार्तण्ड रस्यवेर्भार्या तनया विश्वकर्मणः ।
संज्ञा नाम महाभाग तस्यां भानुरजीजनत् ॥१॥

1. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .
mārtaṇḍa rasyaverbhāryā tanayā viśvakarmaṇaḥ .
saṃjñā nāma mahābhāga tasyāṃ bhānurajījanat.

1. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca mārtaṇḍaḥ rasyaveḥ bhāryā tanayā
viśvkarmaṇaḥ saṃjñā nāma mahābhāga tasyām bhānuḥ ajījanat

1. Mārkaṇḍeya said: O highly revered one (mahābhāga)! Saṃjñā by name, the daughter of Viśvakarman, became the wife of Mārtaṇḍa (the Sun god); in her, Bhānu (another name for the Sun god) begot children.

Words meanings summery:

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मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

मार्तण्डः (mārtaṇḍaḥ) - Mārtaṇḍa (a name for the Sun god)

रस्यवेः (rasyaveḥ) - This word is a problematic variant of the standard text, which usually contains 'tu yā' or similar connecting particles. Its literal meaning 'of Rasyavi' does not fit the narrative where Saṃjñā is Mārtaṇḍa's wife. (of Rasyavi (a proper noun, ambiguous); of the essence)

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

तनया (tanayā) - daughter

विश्व्कर्मणः (viśvkarmaṇaḥ) - of Viśvakarman

संज्ञा (saṁjñā) - Saṃjñā (proper name)

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed

महाभाग (mahābhāga) - O great-blessed one, O highly revered one

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in Saṃjñā (in her)

भानुः (bhānuḥ) - Bhānu (a name for the Sun god)

अजीजनत् (ajījanat) - Bhānu begot children in Saṃjñā. (begot, produced)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मार्तण्डः (mārtaṇḍaḥ) - Mārtaṇḍa (a name for the Sun god)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārtaṇḍa

mārtaṇḍa - Mārtaṇḍa (a name for the Sun god, born from a seemingly lifeless egg)

Note: Although in nominative form, contextually this word refers to the Sun god, the husband of Saṃjñā. The standard reading of this verse has a genitive form (Mārtaṇḍasya) to denote possession.

रस्यवेः (rasyaveḥ) - This word is a problematic variant of the standard text, which usually contains 'tu yā' or similar connecting particles. Its literal meaning 'of Rasyavi' does not fit the narrative where Saṃjñā is Mārtaṇḍa's wife. (of Rasyavi (a proper noun, ambiguous); of the essence)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rasyavi

rasyavi - Rasyavi (a proper noun, possibly a variant or corrupt reading); or, relating to 'rasya' (pleasant, full of juice/essence)

Note: This word appears to be a variant reading where the original or common reading connects Mārtaṇḍa to his wife Saṃjñā. As it stands literally, 'of Rasyavi' creates a semantic difficulty with the narrative.

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, spouse

Derived from root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support) + suffix -ya.

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

तनया (tanayā) - daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tanayā

tanayā - daughter

Feminine form of tanaya (son), derived from root 'tan' (to stretch, extend, produce).

Root: tan (class 8)