मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-10, verse-95

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अवरोहणीं च सम्प्राप्य पूर्ववद्यान्ति मानवाः ।
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा जन्तुर्विपद्यते ।
अतः शृणुष्व विप्रर्षे यथा गर्भं प्रपद्यते ॥९५॥

95. avarohaṇīṃ ca samprāpya pūrvavadyānti mānavāḥ .
etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā janturvipadyate .
ataḥ śṛṇuṣva viprarṣe yathā garbhaṃ prapadyate.

95. avarohaṇīm ca samprāpya pūrvavat
yānti mānavāḥ etat te sarvam ākhyātam
yathā jantuḥ vipadyate ataḥ śṛṇuṣva
viprarṣe yathā garbham prapadyate

95. And having reached the descending path, humans go just as before. All this has been explained to you, how a being (jantu) undergoes dissolution. Therefore, listen, O sage among brahmins (viprarṣi), to how a fetus is conceived.

Words meanings summery:

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अवरोहणीम् (avarohaṇīm) - the descending path, the ladder of descent

च (ca) - and, also

सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

पूर्ववत् (pūrvavat) - as before, as formerly, as in the past

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, mankind, descendants of Manu

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

ते (te) - to you (the listener, viprarṣi) (to you (singular, dative/genitive))

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - narrated, told, explained

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - being, creature, living being, person

विपद्यते (vipadyate) - undergoes dissolution (death, or loss of higher status) (perishes, falls into misfortune, comes to an end, fails)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (you), hear (you)

विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - Addressing the interlocutor. (O sage among brahmins, O brahmin-sage)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

गर्भम् (garbham) - fetus, embryo, womb, interior

प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - is conceived (into the womb) (enters, takes place, is conceived)

Words meanings and morphology

अवरोहणीम् (avarohaṇīm) - the descending path, the ladder of descent

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avarohaṇī

avarohaṇī - descending path, ladder of descent, act of descending

From root ruh (to ascend) with upasarga ava (down) and suffix ana, feminine.

Prefix: ava

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'samprāpya'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root āp with upasargas sam and pra, and suffix ya.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Denotes an action completed before the main verb.

पूर्ववत् (pūrvavat) - as before, as formerly, as in the past

(indeclinable)

From pūrva (previous) with suffix vat (like).

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Present Tense

Root yā.

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'mānavāḥ'.

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, mankind, descendants of Manu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu

From Manu with suffix a (patronymic).

Note: Subject of 'yānti'.

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Subject of the implicit 'is'.

ते (te) - to you (the listener, viprarṣi) (to you (singular, dative/genitive))

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

Pronominal stem 'tvad'.

Note: Dative of interest, 'to you'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Agrees with 'etat'.

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - narrated, told, explained

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ā-khyāta

ā-khyāta - narrated, told, explained

Past Passive Participle

From root khyā (to tell) with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

From relative pronoun ya (which) with suffix thā.

जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - being, creature, living being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jantu

jantu - creature, living being, person, man, progeny

From root jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'vipadyate'.

विपद्यते (vipadyate) - undergoes dissolution (death, or loss of higher status) (perishes, falls into misfortune, comes to an end, fails)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of vi-pad

Present Tense

Root pad (to go) with upasarga vi. Middle voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: pad (class 4)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

From pronoun 'id' (this) and suffix 'tas'.

Note: Introduces a new topic or consequence.

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (you), hear (you)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative

Root śru, 5th conjugation (svādi), middle voice.

Root: śru (class 5)

विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - Addressing the interlocutor. (O sage among brahmins, O brahmin-sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viprarṣi

viprarṣi - sage among brahmins, brahmin-sage

Compound of vipra (brahmin) + ṛṣi (sage).

Compound type : tatpurusha (vipra+ṛṣi)

vipra – brahmin, learned, inspired
noun (masculine)
From root vip (to tremble, to vibrate).
Root: vip (class 1)
ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
noun (masculine)
From root ṛṣ (to go, to move).
Root: ṛṣ (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

From relative pronoun ya (which) with suffix thā.

गर्भम् (garbham) - fetus, embryo, womb, interior

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, interior, child

From root gṛbh (to seize, to take).

Root: gṛbh (class 9)

प्रपद्यते (prapadyate) - is conceived (into the womb) (enters, takes place, is conceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of pra-pad