वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-61, verse-2

मार्कण्डेयो ऽथ मौद्गल्यो वामदेवश्च काश्यपः ।
कात्ययनो गौतमश्च जाबालिश्च महायशाः ॥२॥

2. mārkaṇḍeyo'tha maudgalyo vāmadevaśca kāśyapaḥ ,
kātyayano gautamaśca jābāliśca mahāyaśāḥ.

2. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ atha maudgalyaḥ vāmadevaḥ ca kāśyapaḥ
kātyāyanaḥ gautamaḥ ca jābāliḥ ca mahāyaśāḥ

2. atha mārkaṇḍeyaḥ maudgalyaḥ vāmadevaḥ ca kāśyapaḥ
kātyāyanaḥ gautamaḥ ca jābāliḥ ca mahāyaśāḥ

2. Then, the highly renowned (mahāyaśāḥ) Markandeya, Maudgalya, Vamadeva, Kasyapa, Katyayana, Gautama, and Jabali were present.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The sage Markandeya (Markandeya)

• अथ (atha) - then (now, then, moreover)

• मौद्गल्यः (maudgalyaḥ) - The sage Maudgalya (Maudgalya)

• वामदेवः (vāmadevaḥ) - The sage Vamadeva (Vamadeva)

• च (ca) - and

• काश्यपः (kāśyapaḥ) - The sage Kasyapa (Kasyapa)

• कात्यायनः (kātyāyanaḥ) - The sage Katyayana (Katyayana)

• गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - The sage Gautama (Gautama)

• च (ca) - and

• जाबालिः (jābāliḥ) - The sage Jabali (Jabali)

• च (ca) - and

• महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - highly renowned (applied to Jabali and/or the group) (highly renowned, illustrious, famous)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The sage Markandeya (Markandeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Markandeya (name of a famous sage)

अथ (atha) - then (now, then, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects to the previous verse, introducing the list of sages.

मौद्गल्यः (maudgalyaḥ) - The sage Maudgalya (Maudgalya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maudgalya

maudgalya - Maudgalya (name of a sage, a descendant of Mudgala)

Patronymic from Mudgala.

वामदेवः (vāmadevaḥ) - The sage Vamadeva (Vamadeva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāmadeva

vāmadeva - Vamadeva (name of a sage)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

काश्यपः (kāśyapaḥ) - The sage Kasyapa (Kasyapa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāśyapa

kāśyapa - Kasyapa (name of a renowned ancient sage)

Patronymic from Kaśyapa.

कात्यायनः (kātyāyanaḥ) - The sage Katyayana (Katyayana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kātyāyana

kātyāyana - Katyayana (name of a famous grammarian and sage)

Patronymic from Katyā.

गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - The sage Gautama (Gautama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gautama

gautama - Gautama (name of a famous sage, founder of Nyaya school, Buddha's family name)

Patronymic from Gotama.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जाबालिः (jābāliḥ) - The sage Jabali (Jabali)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jābāli

jābāli - Jabali (name of a sage, often associated with philosophical discourse)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - highly renowned (applied to Jabali and/or the group) (highly renowned, illustrious, famous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyaśas

mahāyaśas - greatly renowned, illustrious, famous, glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+yaśas)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective
• yaśas – fame, glory, renown
  noun (neuter)

Note: This adjective qualifies the list of sages, specifically Jabali due to proximity, but likely referring to all.

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