मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-11, verse-10
काठिन्यमग्निना याति भुक्तपीतेन जीवति ।
पुण्यापुण्याश्रयमयी स्थितिर्जन्तोस्तथोदरे ॥१०॥
पुण्यापुण्याश्रयमयी स्थितिर्जन्तोस्तथोदरे ॥१०॥
10. kāṭhinyamagninā yāti bhuktapītena jīvati .
puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī sthitirjantostathodare.
puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī sthitirjantostathodare.
10.
kāṭhinyam agninā yāti bhuktapītena jīvati
puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī sthitiḥ jantoḥ tathā udare
puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī sthitiḥ jantoḥ tathā udare
10.
The body achieves firmness through the digestive fire and sustains life by means of what is eaten and drunk. Similarly, the condition of a living being (jantu) in the womb is constituted by the results of its past actions (karma), both meritorious and demeritorious.
Words meanings summery:
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- काठिन्यम् (kāṭhinyam) - hardness, firmness, rigidity
- अग्निना (agninā) - by fire, by the digestive fire
- याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches, becomes
- भुक्तपीतेन (bhuktapītena) - by what is eaten and drunk, by food and drink
- जीवति (jīvati) - lives, exists, subsists
- पुण्यापुण्याश्रयमयी (puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī) - consisting of the abode/basis of merit and demerit, determined by merit and demerit
- स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, existence, position
- जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being, of a creature
- तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, and so
- उदरे (udare) - in the belly, in the womb, inside
Words meanings and morphology
काठिन्यम् (kāṭhinyam) - hardness, firmness, rigidity
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kāṭhinya
kāṭhinya - hardness, rigidity, difficulty, severity
From kaṭhina (hard) + ṣyañ suffix (abstract noun)
अग्निना (agninā) - by fire, by the digestive fire
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of agni
agni - fire, the god Agni, digestive fire, gold
याति (yāti) - goes, attains, reaches, becomes
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā
Root: yā (class 2)
भुक्तपीतेन (bhuktapītena) - by what is eaten and drunk, by food and drink
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of bhuktapīta
bhuktapīta - eaten and drunk (substances), food and drink
Compound type : dvandva (bhukta+pīta)
- bhukta – eaten, enjoyed
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √bhuj (to eat, enjoy)
Root: bhuj (class 7) - pīta – drunk, imbibed
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √pā (to drink)
Root: pā (class 1)
जीवति (jīvati) - lives, exists, subsists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jīv
Root: jīv (class 1)
पुण्यापुण्याश्रयमयी (puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī) - consisting of the abode/basis of merit and demerit, determined by merit and demerit
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī
puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī - consisting of or dependent on the basis of merit and demerit
Derived from puṇyāpuṇyāśraya + mayat suffix (indicating 'consisting of')
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṇya+apuṇya+āśraya)
- puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed
noun (neuter) - apuṇya – demerit, sin, bad deed
noun (neuter)
Negation of puṇya (nañ-tatpuruṣa) - āśraya – abode, refuge, support, basis, dependence
noun (masculine)
From ā-√śri (to resort to, depend on)
Prefix: ā
Root: śri (class 1)
स्थितिः (sthitiḥ) - state, condition, existence, position
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sthiti
sthiti - standing, staying, state, condition, existence, stability
From root √sthā (to stand)
Root: sthā (class 1)
जन्तोः (jantoḥ) - of a living being, of a creature
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of jantu
jantu - living being, creature, man, animal, person
From root √jan (to be born)
Root: jan (class 4)
तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way, and so
(indeclinable)
उदरे (udare) - in the belly, in the womb, inside
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of udara
udara - belly, abdomen, womb, interior, cavity