मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-10, verse-53
देवब्राह्मणपूजायां ये रता नानसूयवः ।
शुक्ला वदान्या ह्रीमन्तस्ते नराः सुखमृत्यवः ॥५३॥
शुक्ला वदान्या ह्रीमन्तस्ते नराः सुखमृत्यवः ॥५३॥
53. devabrāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ ye ratā nānasūyavaḥ .
śuklā vadānyā hrīmantaste narāḥ sukhamṛtyavaḥ.
śuklā vadānyā hrīmantaste narāḥ sukhamṛtyavaḥ.
53.
deva brāhmaṇa pūjāyām ye ratāḥ na anasūyavaḥ
śuklāḥ vadānyāḥ hrīmantaḥ te narāḥ sukhamṛtyavaḥ
śuklāḥ vadānyāḥ hrīmantaḥ te narāḥ sukhamṛtyavaḥ
53.
Those men who are devoted to the worship of gods and Brahmins, who are not envious, and who are pure, generous, and modest, experience a peaceful death.
Words meanings summery:
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- देव (deva) - god, deity
- ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa) - Brahmin
- पूजायाम् (pūjāyām) - in the act of worship (in worship, in reverence)
- ये (ye) - those persons who (who, those who)
- रताः (ratāḥ) - devoted (to worship) (devoted, engaged, absorbed)
- न (na) - not, no
- अनसूयवः (anasūyavaḥ) - not fault-finding towards others' good qualities (not envious, not fault-finding)
- शुक्लाः (śuklāḥ) - pure (in character) (pure, bright, virtuous)
- वदान्याः (vadānyāḥ) - generous (in giving) (generous, liberal)
- ह्रीमन्तः (hrīmantaḥ) - modest (in conduct) (modest, bashful, endowed with shame/modesty)
- ते (te) - those (men) (those, they)
- नराः (narāḥ) - these men (men, people)
- सुखमृत्यवः (sukhamṛtyavaḥ) - experience a peaceful death (having a pleasant death, having an easy death)
Words meanings and morphology
देव (deva) - god, deity
(noun)
masculine, singular of deva
deva - a god, deity, divine being
Root: div (class 4)
Note: First part of the compound 'deva-brāhmaṇa'.
ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa) - Brahmin
(noun)
masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class, related to brahman
Note: Second part of 'deva-brāhmaṇa', which is the first part of 'deva-brāhmaṇa-pūjā'.
पूजायाम् (pūjāyām) - in the act of worship (in worship, in reverence)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of pūjā
pūjā - worship, adoration, reverence
From root pūj
Root: pūj (class 10)
Note: Compound 'deva-brāhmaṇa-pūjā' is a tatpurusha compound.
ये (ye) - those persons who (who, those who)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - which, what, that, who
Note: Relative pronoun.
रताः (ratāḥ) - devoted (to worship) (devoted, engaged, absorbed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of rata
rata - devoted, engaged, absorbed, pleased, attached
Past Passive Participle
From root ram (to delight, rejoice)
Root: ram (class 1)
Note: Participle agreeing with 'ye'.
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation particle.
अनसूयवः (anasūyavaḥ) - not fault-finding towards others' good qualities (not envious, not fault-finding)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of anasūyu
anasūyu - not envious, not fault-finding, benevolent
Derived from 'an' (negation) + 'asūyu' (envious)
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+asūyu)
- na – not
indeclinable - asūyu – envious, fault-finding
adjective (masculine)
From root sūy
Root: sūy
Note: Agrees with 'ye' and 'ratāḥ'.
शुक्लाः (śuklāḥ) - pure (in character) (pure, bright, virtuous)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śukla
śukla - white, bright, pure, clean, virtuous
Note: Agrees with 'ye'.
वदान्याः (vadānyāḥ) - generous (in giving) (generous, liberal)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vadānya
vadānya - liberal, generous, munificent, eloquent, speaking well
From root vad
Root: vad (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'ye'.
ह्रीमन्तः (hrīmantaḥ) - modest (in conduct) (modest, bashful, endowed with shame/modesty)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of hrīmat
hrīmat - bashful, modest, ashamed, possessing modesty
'hrī' (modesty/shame) + 'matup' (possessive suffix)
Note: Agrees with 'ye'.
ते (te) - those (men) (those, they)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those, he, she, it, they
Note: Correlative pronoun referring back to 'ye'.
नराः (narāḥ) - these men (men, people)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nara
nara - man, person, human being
Root: nṛ
Note: Subject of the sentence.
सुखमृत्यवः (sukhamṛtyavaḥ) - experience a peaceful death (having a pleasant death, having an easy death)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sukhamṛtyu
sukhamṛtyu - having an easy death, a pleasant death
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sukha+mṛtyu)
- sukha – happiness, joy, ease, pleasant
noun (neuter) - mṛtyu – death, demise, end
noun (masculine)
From root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6)
Note: Predicate adjective agreeing with 'narāḥ'.