मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-14, verse-24
यथा बीजं हि भूपाल पयांसि समवेक्षते ।
पुण्यापुण्ये तथा कालदेशान्यकर्मकारकम् ॥२४॥
पुण्यापुण्ये तथा कालदेशान्यकर्मकारकम् ॥२४॥
24. yathā bījaṃ hi bhūpāla payāṃsi samavekṣate .
puṇyāpuṇye tathā kāladeśānyakarmakārakam.
puṇyāpuṇye tathā kāladeśānyakarmakārakam.
24.
yathā bījam hi bhūpāla payāṃsi samavekṣate
puṇyāpuṇye tathā kāladeśānyakarmakārakam
puṇyāpuṇye tathā kāladeśānyakarmakārakam
24.
Just as a seed, O King, depends on water, similarly, both merit and demerit (puṇyāpuṇye) yield results influenced by time, place, and other actions (karma).
Words meanings summery:
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- यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way
- बीजम् (bījam) - seed
- हि (hi) - emphasis (indeed, surely, for, because)
- भूपाल (bhūpāla) - O King, O ruler of the earth
- पयांसि (payāṁsi) - water (necessary for a seed) (waters, liquids)
- समवेक्षते (samavekṣate) - depends on (as a seed depends on water) (observes, looks to, depends on, awaits)
- पुण्यापुण्ये (puṇyāpuṇye) - merit and demerit, virtue and vice, good and bad (karma)
- तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus
- कालदेशान्यकर्मकारकम् (kāladeśānyakarmakārakam) - an outcome or causal factor influenced by time, place, and other actions (karma) (causal factor related to time, place, and other actions (karma); manifesting according to time, place, and other actions (karma))
Words meanings and morphology
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way
(indeclinable)
बीजम् (bījam) - seed
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bīja
bīja - seed, germ, origin
Note: Subject of 'samavekṣate'.
हि (hi) - emphasis (indeed, surely, for, because)
(indeclinable)
Particle used for emphasis or causal relation.
भूपाल (bhūpāla) - O King, O ruler of the earth
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhūpāla
bhūpāla - king, ruler, protector of the earth
Compound of bhū (earth) and pāla (protector).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+pāla)
- bhū – earth, ground, land
noun (feminine)
Root: bhū (class 1) - pāla – protector, guardian, keeper
noun (masculine)
From √pā (to protect).
Root: pā (class 2)
पयांसि (payāṁsi) - water (necessary for a seed) (waters, liquids)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of payas
payas - water, milk, fluid
s-stem neuter noun.
Note: Object of 'samavekṣate'.
समवेक्षते (samavekṣate) - depends on (as a seed depends on water) (observes, looks to, depends on, awaits)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of √īkṣ
Present tense, Middle voice (Ātmanepada)
From root √īkṣ (to see) with prefixes sam-ava-.
Prefixes: sam+ava
Root: īkṣ (class 1)
Note: The subject is 'bījam'.
पुण्यापुण्ये (puṇyāpuṇye) - merit and demerit, virtue and vice, good and bad (karma)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of puṇyāpuṇya
puṇyāpuṇya - merit and demerit, virtue and vice, good and bad deeds (karma)
Dvandva compound of puṇya (merit) and apuṇya (demerit).
Compound type : dvandva (puṇya+apuṇya)
- puṇya – merit, virtue, auspicious, good
noun/adjective (neuter) - apuṇya – demerit, vice, inauspicious, bad
noun/adjective (neuter)
Negative prefix a- added to puṇya.
Prefix: a
Note: Subject in this part of the comparison.
तथा (tathā) - so, similarly, thus
(indeclinable)
Correlates with 'yathā'.
कालदेशान्यकर्मकारकम् (kāladeśānyakarmakārakam) - an outcome or causal factor influenced by time, place, and other actions (karma) (causal factor related to time, place, and other actions (karma); manifesting according to time, place, and other actions (karma))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kāladeśānyakarmakāraka
kāladeśānyakarmakāraka - that which causes or makes (effects) related to time, place, and other actions (karma)
Compound of kāla (time), deśa (place), anya-karma (other actions), and kāraka (causal agent/factor).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+deśa+anyakarma+kāraka)
- kāla – time, period, season
noun (masculine) - deśa – place, region, country
noun (masculine)
From √diś (to point out).
Root: diś (class 6) - anyakarma – other actions (karma)
noun (neuter)
Compound of anya (other) and karma (action). - kāraka – agent, doer, causal factor, producing
noun (masculine)
From √kṛ (to do, make) + agent suffix aka.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Functions as a predicate or descriptor for the manifestation of puṇyāpuṇye.