मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-15, verse-20
तत्राप्यस्ति विशेषो वै भोजनस्य शृणुष्व तत् ।
ह्त्वान्नन्तु स मार्जारो जायते नरकाच्च्युतः ॥२०॥
ह्त्वान्नन्तु स मार्जारो जायते नरकाच्च्युतः ॥२०॥
20. tatrāpyasti viśeṣo vai bhojanasya śṛṇuṣva tat .
htvānnantu sa mārjāro jāyate narakāccyutaḥ.
htvānnantu sa mārjāro jāyate narakāccyutaḥ.
20.
tatra api asti viśeṣaḥ vai bhojanasya śṛṇuṣva tat
| hṛtvā annam tu saḥ mārjāraḥ jāyate narakāt cyutaḥ
| hṛtvā annam tu saḥ mārjāraḥ jāyate narakāt cyutaḥ
20.
There is also a specific rule regarding food, listen to that. Indeed, whoever steals food is reborn as a cat, having been cast out from a hellish existence.
Words meanings summery:
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- तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that matter
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
- विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - peculiarity, distinction, special rule
- वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (emphatic particle)
- भोजनस्य (bhojanasya) - of food, regarding food
- शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear
- तत् (tat) - that, it
- हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen, having taken away
- अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain
- तु (tu) - but, however, indeed
- सः (saḥ) - he, that one
- मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - a cat
- जायते (jāyate) - is born, becomes
- नरकात् (narakāt) - from hell, from a hellish state
- च्युतः (cyutaḥ) - fallen, cast out, deprived
Words meanings and morphology
तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place, in that matter
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - is, exists
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of as
present indicative, 3rd singular
Root: as (class 2)
विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - peculiarity, distinction, special rule
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of viśeṣa
viśeṣa - peculiarity, distinction, special rule
वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (emphatic particle)
(indeclinable)
भोजनस्य (bhojanasya) - of food, regarding food
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of bhojana
bhojana - food, eating
Root: bhuj (class 7)
शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear
(verb)
2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of śru
imperative, 2nd singular (middle voice)
Root: śru (class 5)
तत् (tat) - that, it
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
हृत्वा (hṛtvā) - having stolen, having taken away
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
absolutive form with suffix -tvā
Root: hṛ (class 1)
अन्नम् (annam) - food, grain
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of anna
anna - food, grain
Past Passive Participle
from root ad (to eat) + -na suffix
Root: ad (class 2)
तु (tu) - but, however, indeed
(indeclinable)
सः (saḥ) - he, that one
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he
मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - a cat
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mārjāra
mārjāra - cat
जायते (jāyate) - is born, becomes
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of jan
present indicative, 3rd singular (middle voice)
Root: jan (class 4)
नरकात् (narakāt) - from hell, from a hellish state
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of naraka
naraka - hell, hellish state
च्युतः (cyutaḥ) - fallen, cast out, deprived
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of cyuta
cyuta - fallen, dropped, deviated, cast out
Past Passive Participle
from root cyu + -ta suffix
Root: cyu (class 1)