मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-114, verse-6
क्रतवः शतं सहस्रास्ते तेषां संख्या न विद्यते ।
अयुताद्येन कोटीभिर्न च पद्मादिभिर्मुने ॥६॥
अयुताद्येन कोटीभिर्न च पद्मादिभिर्मुने ॥६॥
6. kratavaḥ śataṃ sahasrāste teṣāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate .
ayutādyena koṭībhirna ca padmādibhirmune.
ayutādyena koṭībhirna ca padmādibhirmune.
6.
kratavaḥ śatam sahasrāḥ te teṣām saṃkhyā na
vidyate ayutādyena koṭībhiḥ na ca padmādibhiḥ mune
vidyate ayutādyena koṭībhiḥ na ca padmādibhiḥ mune
6.
mune teṣām kratavaḥ śatam sahasrāḥ te saṃkhyā na
vidyate ayutādyena koṭībhiḥ ca padmādibhiḥ na
vidyate ayutādyena koṭībhiḥ ca padmādibhiḥ na
6.
O sage, those hundreds of thousands of Vedic rituals (kratu) cannot be numbered even by units of ten thousand, crores, or padmas and other such large figures.
Words meanings summery:
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- क्रतवः (kratavaḥ) - Vedic rituals (Vedic rituals, sacrifices)
- शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
- सहस्राः (sahasrāḥ) - thousands
- ते (te) - those (referring to the Vedic rituals) (they, those)
- तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the Vedic rituals) (of them, their)
- संख्या (saṁkhyā) - number (number, enumeration)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found (is found, exists, is known)
- अयुताद्येन (ayutādyena) - by units of ten thousand (myriad) and so on (by ten thousand and so on, by a myriad and so on)
- कोटीभिः (koṭībhiḥ) - by crores (ten millions) (by crores, by ten millions)
- न (na) - nor (not, no)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- पद्मादिभिः (padmādibhiḥ) - by padmas (large numbers) and so forth (by padmas and so on)
- मुने (mune) - O sage!
Words meanings and morphology
क्रतवः (kratavaḥ) - Vedic rituals (Vedic rituals, sacrifices)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kratu
kratu - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, resolve, power
Root: kṛ (class 8)
शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
(numeral)
Note: Can be used as an adjective or noun; here modifying 'sahasrāḥ' implicitly.
सहस्राः (sahasrāḥ) - thousands
(numeral)
Note: Used as a masculine plural noun here, agreeing with 'kratavaḥ' or implicitly referring to them.
ते (te) - those (referring to the Vedic rituals) (they, those)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Note: masculine plural nominative of 'tad', agreeing with 'kratavaḥ'.
तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the Vedic rituals) (of them, their)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Note: masculine plural genitive of 'tad', referring to 'kratavaḥ'.
संख्या (saṁkhyā) - number (number, enumeration)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃkhyā
saṁkhyā - number, enumeration, calculation
Prefix: sam
Root: khyā (class 2)
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found (is found, exists, is known)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid
present passive/middle third person singular
Root: vid (class 4)
Note: Here from root 'vid' 4th class, meaning 'to exist, to be found'.
अयुताद्येन (ayutādyena) - by units of ten thousand (myriad) and so on (by ten thousand and so on, by a myriad and so on)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of ayutādi
ayutādi - a myriad (ten thousand) and so forth
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ayuta+ādi)
- ayuta – a myriad, ten thousand
numeral (neuter) - ādi – beginning, and so forth, etc.
indeclinable/adjective (masculine)
Root: ad (class 2)
Note: Instrumental case, indicating the means by which something is measured or counted.
कोटीभिः (koṭībhiḥ) - by crores (ten millions) (by crores, by ten millions)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, plural of koṭi
koṭi - a crore (ten million), edge, summit
Note: Instrumental plural.
न (na) - nor (not, no)
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used in conjunction with 'na' to mean 'nor'.
पद्मादिभिः (padmādibhiḥ) - by padmas (large numbers) and so forth (by padmas and so on)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of padmādi
padmādi - a padma (10^14) and so forth
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padma+ādi)
- padma – lotus, a very large number (10^14)
noun (neuter) - ādi – beginning, and so forth, etc.
indeclinable/adjective (masculine)
Root: ad (class 2)
Note: Instrumental plural.
मुने (mune) - O sage!
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of muni
muni - sage, ascetic, seer