मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-89, verse-29

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ततो भगवती क्रुद्धा दुर्गा दुर्गार्तिनाशिनी ।
चिच्छेद तानि चक्राणि स्वशरैः सायकांश्च तान् ॥२९॥

29. tato bhagavatī kruddhā durgā durgārtināśinī .
ciccheda tāni cakrāṇi svaśaraiḥ sāyakāṃśca tān.

29. tataḥ bhagavatī kruddhā durgā durgārtināśinī
ciccheda tāni cakrāṇi svaśaraiḥ sāyakān ca tān

29. Then, the enraged revered Goddess Durga, who destroys all difficulties and suffering, severed those discus-weapons and also those arrows with her own shafts.

Words meanings summery:

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ततः (tataḥ) - then, subsequently (then, from there, afterwards)

भगवती (bhagavatī) - the revered Goddess (revered, divine, glorious, goddess)

क्रुद्धा (kruddhā) - enraged (enraged, angry)

दुर्गा (durgā) - Goddess Durga (Durga (name of a goddess), inaccessible, difficult)

दुर्गार्तिनाशिनी (durgārtināśinī) - destroyer of all difficulties and suffering (destroyer of suffering in difficult situations, destroyer of distress of the difficult to approach)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - severed (cut, severed, broke)

तानि (tāni) - those (those (neuter plural))

चक्राणि (cakrāṇi) - discus-weapons (discus-weapons, wheels, circles)

स्वशरैः (svaśaraiḥ) - with her own shafts (with her own arrows)

सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows (arrows, shafts)

च (ca) - and also (and, also)

तान् (tān) - those (arrows) (those (masculine plural))

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, subsequently (then, from there, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

भगवती (bhagavatī) - the revered Goddess (revered, divine, glorious, goddess)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - glorious, divine, revered, prosperous

Feminine nominative singular of bhagavat, a possessive adjective derived from bhaga.

Note: Acts as a substantive here.

क्रुद्धा (kruddhā) - enraged (enraged, angry)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √krudh (to be angry) + kta suffix.

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies Durgā.

दुर्गा (durgā) - Goddess Durga (Durga (name of a goddess), inaccessible, difficult)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durgā

durgā - Durga (goddess), inaccessible, fortress

दुर्गार्तिनाशिनी (durgārtināśinī) - destroyer of all difficulties and suffering (destroyer of suffering in difficult situations, destroyer of distress of the difficult to approach)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durgārtināśinī

durgārtināśinī - destroyer of distress (ārti) of difficulties (durga)

Compound, feminine form of durgārtināśin.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (durga+ārti+nāśin)

durga – difficult, fortress, obstacle, distress
noun (neuter)
ārti – distress, pain, suffering
noun (feminine)
Root: ṛ (class 3)
nāśin – destroyer, annihilator
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun derived from root √naś (to perish, destroy).
Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Qualifies Durgā.

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - severed (cut, severed, broke)

(verb)

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

Reduplicated Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular active of root √chid.

Root: chid (class 7)

तानि (tāni) - those (those (neuter plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Can be nominative or accusative, here it's accusative as object of ciccheda.