Shloka 32

Yugapramāṇa–Kaliyuga-lakṣaṇa–Pralaya-kathā

Markandeya’s Account of Yugas, Kali Signs, and Dissolution

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः स राजा संहृष्ट: सिद्धे पक्षे महामना: । तमत्रिमब्रवीत्‌ प्रीत: पूर्व येनाभिसंस्तुत:

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ sa rājā saṁhṛṣṭaḥ siddhe pakṣe mahāmanāḥ | tam Atrim abravīt prītaḥ pūrvaṁ yenābhisaṁstutaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then that king, delighted and great-souled, when his cause had been successfully established, spoke with affection to Atri—the very sage by whom he had earlier been praised and commended.

Word by Word

• मार्कण्डेयः: Markandeya
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संहृष्टः: delighted; overjoyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धे: when (it was) accomplished; upon success
• सिद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पक्षे: in the fortnight/phase (of time)
• पक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महामनाः: great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अत्रिम्: Atri
• अत्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: spoke; said
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly; earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• येन: by whom; by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिसंस्तुतः: praised; eulogized
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिसंस्तुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• the king (unnamed in this verse)
• Atri