मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-11, verse-32

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नास्ति तात सुखं किञ्चिदत्र दुः खशताकुले ।
तस्मान्मोक्षाय यतता कथं सेव्या मया त्रयी ॥३२॥

32. nāsti tāta sukhaṃ kiñcidatra duḥ khaśatākule .
tasmānmokṣāya yatatā kathaṃ sevyā mayā trayī.

32. na asti tāta sukham kiñcit atra duḥkhaśatākule
tasmāt mokṣāya yatatā katham sevyā mayā trayī

32. Dear father, there is no happiness at all in this (world), which is plagued by hundreds of sorrows. Therefore, one must strive for final liberation (mokṣa). How then can the triple Vedic knowledge (trayī) be engaged with by me?

Words meanings summery:

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न (na) - not, no

अस्ति (asti) - is, there is

तात (tāta) - dear father, dear one (term of endearment)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure, joy

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, whatsoever, some

अत्र (atra) - in this worldly existence or state of affairs (here, in this (world/place))

दुःखशताकुले (duḥkhaśatākule) - in this world, which is overwhelmed by hundreds of miseries (in that which is afflicted by hundreds of miseries, overwhelmed by hundreds of pains)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for liberation, for freedom

यतता (yatatā) - let one strive, one should make effort (by one striving, by the one making effort)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

सेव्या (sevyā) - to be engaged with, to be followed (in terms of prescribed actions) (to be served, to be resorted to, to be practiced)

मया (mayā) - by me

त्रयी (trayī) - the three principal Vedas (Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda) (the triad, the triple (Vedic knowledge))

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, there is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active

Root as (2nd class).

Root: as (class 2)

तात (tāta) - dear father, dear one (term of endearment)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, darling (term of endearment often used by a junior addressing a senior)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure, joy

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, ease, comfort, pleasure, joy

Note: Subject of `asti`.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, whatsoever, some

(indeclinable)

From kim (what) + cid (indefinite particle).

अत्र (atra) - in this worldly existence or state of affairs (here, in this (world/place))

(indeclinable)

From pronoun idam/ad (this) + tral (suffix for place).

दुःखशताकुले (duḥkhaśatākule) - in this world, which is overwhelmed by hundreds of miseries (in that which is afflicted by hundreds of miseries, overwhelmed by hundreds of pains)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of duḥkhaśatākula

duḥkhaśatākula - overwhelmed by hundreds of pains, filled with hundreds of miseries

Compound: duḥkha (misery) + śata (hundred) + ākula (full of, agitated by).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+śata+ākula)

duḥkha – suffering, misery, pain, sorrow
noun (neuter)
śata – hundred
noun (neuter)
ākula – full of, agitated by, troubled, confused
adjective (masculine)
From root kul (to collect, accumulate) with prefix ā (towards) + a (suffix).
Prefix: ā
Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied 'loke' or 'saṃsāre' that `atra` refers to.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Demonstrative pronoun.

मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) - for liberation, for freedom

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, freedom, release, salvation (mokṣa)

From root muc (to release) + sa (kṛt suffix).

Root: muc (class 6)

यतता (yatatā) - let one strive, one should make effort (by one striving, by the one making effort)

(participle)