मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-18, verse-30

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दत्तात्रेय उवाच ।
सत्यमेतत् सुरा विद्या ममास्ति समदर्शिनः ।
अस्यास्तु योषितः सङ्गादहमुच्छिष्टतां गतः ॥३०॥

30. dattātreya uvāca .
satyametat surā vidyā mamāsti samadarśinaḥ .
asyāstu yoṣitaḥ saṅgādahamucchiṣṭatāṃ gataḥ.

30. dattātreyaḥ uvāca satyam etat surāḥ vidyā mama asti
samadarśinaḥ asyāḥ tu yoṣitaḥ saṅgāt aham ucchiṣṭatām gataḥ

30. Dattātreya said: "O gods, this is true: I possess the knowledge (vidyā) of equanimity. However, due to my association with this woman, I have become defiled."

Words meanings summery:

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दत्तात्रेयः (dattātreyaḥ) - Dattātreya (a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, true

एतत् (etat) - this

सुराः (surāḥ) - O gods, deities

विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge, learning

मम (mama) - my, of me

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists, is present

समदर्शिनः (samadarśinaḥ) - of one who sees equality, of an equanimous person

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (feminine), from this (feminine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - of a woman, from a woman

सङ्गात् (saṅgāt) - from association, due to contact

अहम् (aham) - I

उच्छिष्टताम् (ucchiṣṭatām) - defilement, state of being defiled

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, become

Words meanings and morphology

दत्तात्रेयः (dattātreyaḥ) - Dattātreya (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dattātreya

dattātreya - Dattātreya (name of a legendary sage, an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense 3rd person singular of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

सत्यम् (satyam) - truth, true

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real, virtuous

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

सुराः (surāḥ) - O gods, deities

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity

विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge, learning

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā

vidyā - knowledge, learning, science, wisdom

Root: vid (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists, is present

(verb)

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

Present tense 3rd person singular of root as

Root: as (class 2)

समदर्शिनः (samadarśinaḥ) - of one who sees equality, of an equanimous person

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of samadarśin

samadarśin - one who sees equally, impartial, equanimous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sama+darśin)

sama – equal, same, even, impartial
adjective
darśin – seeing, knowing, showing, one who sees
adjective (masculine)
agent noun/adjective
Derived from root dṛś with suffix -in
Root: dṛś (class 1)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of this (feminine), from this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - of a woman, from a woman

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

सङ्गात् (saṅgāt) - from association, due to contact

(noun)