महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-12, verse-69
कालातीते तु विज्ञाते खण्डेऽशौचं न विद्यते ।
पूर्णे त्रिरात्रं विहितं न चेत् संवत्सरात् परम् ॥६९॥
पूर्णे त्रिरात्रं विहितं न चेत् संवत्सरात् परम् ॥६९॥
69. kālātīte tu vijñāte khaṇḍe'śaucaṁ na vidyate ,
pūrṇe trirātraṁ vihitaṁ na cet saṁvatsarāt param.
pūrṇe trirātraṁ vihitaṁ na cet saṁvatsarāt param.
69.
kālātīte tu vijñāte khaṇḍe aśaucam na vidyate
pūrṇe trirātram vihitam na cet saṃvatsarāt param
pūrṇe trirātram vihitam na cet saṃvatsarāt param
69.
tu kālātīte vijñāte khaṇḍe aśaucam na vidyate,
pūrṇe trirātram vihitam,
cet saṃvatsarāt param na (vidyate)
pūrṇe trirātram vihitam,
cet saṃvatsarāt param na (vidyate)
69. However, when the time has passed and the news is known fragmentarily, there is no impurity. When completed, a three-night period is prescribed, provided it is not beyond a year.
Words meanings summery:
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- कालातीते (kālātīte) - when time has passed, past the due time
- तु (tu) - however, but
- विज्ञाते (vijñāte) - when known, when understood
- खण्डे (khaṇḍe) - fragmentary, broken, partial
- अशौचम् (aśaucam) - impurity
- न (na) - not
- विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found
- पूर्णे (pūrṇe) - when completed
- त्रिरात्रम् (trirātram) - a period of three nights
- विहितम् (vihitam) - prescribed, ordained
- न (na) - not
- चेत् (cet) - if
- संवत्सरात् (saṁvatsarāt) - from a year, than a year
- परम् (param) - beyond, after
Words meanings and morphology
कालातीते (kālātīte) - when time has passed, past the due time
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of kālātīta
kālātīta - past the time, expired
Past Passive Participle
kāla + atīta
Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+atīta)
- kāla – time
noun (masculine) - atīta – passed, gone by
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
ati + i
Prefix: ati
Root: i (class 2)
तु (tu) - however, but
(indeclinable)
विज्ञाते (vijñāte) - when known, when understood
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of vijñāta
vijñāta - known, understood
Past Passive Participle
vi + jñā
Prefix: vi
Root: jñā (class 9)
खण्डे (khaṇḍe) - fragmentary, broken, partial
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of khaṇḍa
khaṇḍa - piece, fragment, broken
अशौचम् (aśaucam) - impurity
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of aśauca
aśauca - impurity, ritual uncleanness
a + śauca
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vid
root vid in passive/intransitive sense (vidyate)
Root: vid (class 4)
पूर्णे (pūrṇe) - when completed
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of pūrṇa
pūrṇa - full, complete
Past Passive Participle
from pṛ
Root: pṛ (class 9)
त्रिरात्रम् (trirātram) - a period of three nights
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of trirātra
trirātra - three nights
tri + rātra
Compound type : dvigu (tri+rātra)
- tri – three
adjective (masculine) - rātra – night
noun (masculine)
विहितम् (vihitam) - prescribed, ordained
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vihita
vihita - prescribed, ordained, fixed
Past Passive Participle
vi + dhā
Prefix: vi
Root: dhā (class 3)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
चेत् (cet) - if
(indeclinable)
संवत्सरात् (saṁvatsarāt) - from a year, than a year
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara
saṁvatsara - year
परम् (param) - beyond, after
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of para
para - other, subsequent, beyond