मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-14, verse-81

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अपविद्धास्तु यैर्वेदा वहनयश्चाहिताग्निभिः ।
त इमे शालशृङ्गाग्रात् पात्यन्तेऽधः पुनः पुनः ॥८१॥

81. apaviddhāstu yairvedā vahanayaścāhitāgnibhiḥ .
ta ime śālaśṛṅgāgrāt pātyante'dhaḥ punaḥ punaḥ.

81. apaviddhāḥ tu yaiḥ vedāḥ vahniḥ ca āhitāgnibhiḥ
te ime śālaśṛṅgāgrāt pātyante adhaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

81. But those who neglected the Vedas and the sacred fires (vahni) — those who were supposed to maintain the sacred fire (āhitāgni) — those very people are repeatedly thrown down from the top of a śāla tree.

Words meanings summery:

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अपविद्धाः (apaviddhāḥ) - neglected, cast aside, abandoned

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom, by which

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - the sacred sacrificial fire (fire, sacred fire)

च (ca) - and

आहिताग्निभिः (āhitāgnibhiḥ) - by those priests or householders who had duly consecrated and maintained the sacred fire (by those who have established the sacred fire)

ते (te) - those

इमे (ime) - these, these very ones

शालशृङ्गाग्रात् (śālaśṛṅgāgrāt) - from the top of the peak of a śāla tree

पात्यन्ते (pātyante) - they are made to fall, they are thrown down

अधः (adhaḥ) - down, below, downwards

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

अपविद्धाः (apaviddhāḥ) - neglected, cast aside, abandoned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apaviddha

apaviddha - cast away, thrown down, neglected, disregarded

Past Passive Participle

From `apa-` (upasarga) + root `vyadh` (to pierce, strike) + `kta` suffix.

Prefix: apa

Root: vyadh (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or contrasting particle

यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Agent in passive construction (`apaviddhāḥ`)

वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of veda

veda - sacred knowledge, Veda

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject of implied passive verb (e.g., 'were neglected')

वह्निः (vahniḥ) - the sacred sacrificial fire (fire, sacred fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, sacred fire, Agni

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied passive verb (e.g., 'was neglected')

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

आहिताग्निभिः (āhitāgnibhiḥ) - by those priests or householders who had duly consecrated and maintained the sacred fire (by those who have established the sacred fire)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of āhitāgni

āhitāgni - one who has consecrated or maintained the sacred fire

Bahuvrihi compound: 'one by whom the fire (agni) has been established (āhita)'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (āhita+agni)

āhita – placed, established, offered
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From `ā-` (upasarga) + root `dhā` (to place) + `kta` suffix.
Prefix: ā
Root: dhā (class 3)
agni – fire, sacred fire
noun (masculine)

Note: Agent for neglecting fires.

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to `yaiḥ` and `āhitāgnibhiḥ`

इमे (ime) - these, these very ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Emphatic, referring to the same people as `te`

शालशृङ्गाग्रात् (śālaśṛṅgāgrāt) - from the top of the peak of a śāla tree