मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-9, verse-20
हा वत्स हा कान्त शिशो प्रयाह्येषोऽस्मि संस्थितः ।
हा प्रिये कान्त शैलोऽयं पतत्याशु पलायताम् ॥२०॥
हा प्रिये कान्त शैलोऽयं पतत्याशु पलायताम् ॥२०॥
20. hā vatsa hā kānta śiśo prayāhyeṣo'smi saṃsthitaḥ .
hā priye kānta śailo'yaṃ patatyāśu palāyatām.
hā priye kānta śailo'yaṃ patatyāśu palāyatām.
20.
hā vatsa hā kānta śiśo prayāhi eṣaḥ asmi saṃsthitaḥ
hā priye kānta śailaḥ ayam patati āśu palāyatām
hā priye kānta śailaḥ ayam patati āśu palāyatām
20.
"Alas, my child! Alas, beloved child! Flee! I am here, fixed (in place, resigned)." "Alas, my beloved (wife)! My beloved (husband)! This mountain is falling swiftly; flee!"
Words meanings summery:
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- हा (hā) - alas!, oh!, ah!
- वत्स (vatsa) - O child! (vocative) (child, calf, dear one)
- हा (hā) - alas!, oh!, ah!
- कान्त (kānta) - O beloved (male)! (vocative) (beloved, desired, lovely)
- शिशो (śiśo) - O child! (vocative) (child, infant)
- प्रयाहि (prayāhi) - go forth, depart, flee
- एषः (eṣaḥ) - This (is I), referring to the speaker. (this (masculine), he)
- अस्मि (asmi) - I am
- संस्थितः (saṁsthitaḥ) - standing firm, fixed in place, resigned (to fate) (fixed, stationed, standing, established)
- हा (hā) - alas!, oh!, ah!
- प्रिये (priye) - O beloved (female)! O wife! (vocative) (beloved, dear)
- कान्त (kānta) - O beloved (male)! (vocative) (beloved, desired, lovely)
- शैलः (śailaḥ) - this mountain (mountain, rock)
- अयम् (ayam) - this mountain (this (masculine))
- पतति (patati) - falls, drops
- आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately
- पलायताम् (palāyatām) - let them flee, flee!
Words meanings and morphology
हा (hā) - alas!, oh!, ah!
(indeclinable)
वत्स (vatsa) - O child! (vocative) (child, calf, dear one)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of vatsa
vatsa - calf, child, darling, dear one
हा (hā) - alas!, oh!, ah!
(indeclinable)
कान्त (kānta) - O beloved (male)! (vocative) (beloved, desired, lovely)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of kānta
kānta - desired, beloved, lovely, husband
Past Passive Participle
From root `kam` (to desire)
Root: kam (class 1)
Note: Often used as a noun meaning 'husband' or 'beloved man'.
शिशो (śiśo) - O child! (vocative) (child, infant)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of śiśu
śiśu - child, infant, young one
प्रयाहि (prayāhi) - go forth, depart, flee
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pra-yā
Imperative (loṭ) second person singular of `yā` with `pra`
Prefix: pra
Root: yā (class 2)
Note: A command to 'flee'.
एषः (eṣaḥ) - This (is I), referring to the speaker. (this (masculine), he)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of etas
etas - this, this one (masculine nominative singular)
Note: Refers to the speaker implicitly.
अस्मि (asmi) - I am
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Present (laṭ) first person singular of `as`
Root: as (class 2)
संस्थितः (saṁsthitaḥ) - standing firm, fixed in place, resigned (to fate) (fixed, stationed, standing, established)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃsthita
saṁsthita - fixed, placed, stationed, established, remaining, resigned
Past Passive Participle
From root `sthā` (to stand) with prefix `sam`
Prefix: sam
Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Agrees with the implicit speaker 'I'.
हा (hā) - alas!, oh!, ah!
(indeclinable)
प्रिये (priye) - O beloved (female)! O wife! (vocative) (beloved, dear)
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of priyā
priyā - beloved woman, wife, darling (feminine)
Feminine form of `priya` (dear, beloved)
कान्त (kānta) - O beloved (male)! (vocative) (beloved, desired, lovely)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of kānta
kānta - desired, beloved, lovely, husband
Past Passive Participle
From root `kam` (to desire)
Root: kam (class 1)
Note: Often used as a noun meaning 'husband' or 'beloved man'.
शैलः (śailaḥ) - this mountain (mountain, rock)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śaila
śaila - mountain, rock, hill
Note: Subject of `patati`.
अयम् (ayam) - this mountain (this (masculine))
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one (masculine nominative singular)
Note: Agrees with `śailaḥ`.
पतति (patati) - falls, drops
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat
Present (laṭ) third person singular of `pat`
Root: pat (class 1)
आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately
(indeclinable)
पलायताम् (palāyatām) - let them flee, flee!
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of palāy
Imperative (loṭ) third person plural ātmanepada of `palāyate` (from root `i` with prefixes `parā` and `ā`).
Prefixes: parā+ā
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Can also be interpreted as 3rd singular imperative parasmaipada for roots ending in `ā`, but `palāyate` is primarily ātmanepada.