मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-8, verse-22

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राजन् जातमपत्यं मे इत्युक्त्वा प्ररुरोद ह ।
बाष्पाम्बुप्लुतनेत्रान्तामुवाचेदं महीपतिः ॥२२॥

22. rājan jātamapatyaṃ me ityuktvā praruroda ha .
bāṣpāmbuplutanetrāntāmuvācedaṃ mahīpatiḥ.

22. rājan jātam apatyam me iti uktvā praruroda ha
bāṣpāmbuplutanetrāntām uvāca idam mahīpatiḥ

22. "O King, a child has been born to me!" Having said this, she indeed wept. The ruler (mahīpati) then spoke this to her, whose eyes were bathed in tears.

Words meanings summery:

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राजन् (rājan) - O King

जातम् (jātam) - has been born (born, produced)

अपत्यम् (apatyam) - child, offspring, descendant

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

प्ररुरोद (praruroda) - she wept (she wept, she cried loudly)

ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, verily, a particle denoting emphasis or a past event)

बाष्पाम्बुप्लुतनेत्रान्ताम् (bāṣpāmbuplutanetrāntām) - whose eye-corners were bathed in tears, with tear-filled eyes

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

इदम् (idam) - this (statement) (this, this (statement))

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king (king, lord of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

जातम् (jātam) - has been born (born, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, become, happened

Past Passive Participle

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `apatyam`.

अपत्यम् (apatyam) - child, offspring, descendant

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apatya

apatya - child, offspring, descendant

From a (not) and pat (to fall), lit. 'not fallen from the family'.

Note: Subject of the first quote.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

Note: Can be genitive or dative. Here dative 'to me' or 'for me'.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā.

Root: vac (class 2)

प्ररुरोद (praruroda) - she wept (she wept, she cried loudly)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of prarud

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular, Parasomaipada, from pra + root rud (to weep).

Prefix: pra

Root: rud (class 2)

Note: The subject is implied to be feminine, probably the mother of the child.

ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, verily, a particle denoting emphasis or a past event)

(indeclinable)

बाष्पाम्बुप्लुतनेत्रान्ताम् (bāṣpāmbuplutanetrāntām) - whose eye-corners were bathed in tears, with tear-filled eyes

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bāṣpāmbuplutanetrānta

bāṣpāmbuplutanetrānta - whose eye-corners are bathed/wet with tear-water

Bahuvrihi compound: 'whose eye-corners (netrānta) are plunged/bathed (pluta) in tear-water (bāṣpāmbu)'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bāṣpāmbu+pluta+netrānta)

bāṣpāmbu – tear-water
noun (neuter)
Compound of bāṣpa (tear) and ambu (water).
pluta – bathed, plunged, immersed, flooded
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root plu (to float, to bathe).
Root: plu (class 1)
netrānta – eye-corner, outer angle of the eye
noun (masculine)
Compound of netra (eye) and anta (end).

Note: Qualifies the implied feminine subject, object of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular, Parasomaipada, from root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this (statement) (this, this (statement))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of `uvāca`.