मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-25, verse-12

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न वा भवान् रोदिति वै स्वजन्मा शब्दोऽयमासाद्य महीशशूनुम् ।
विकल्प्यमाना विविधा गुणास्ते ऽगुणाश्च भौताः सकलेन्द्रियेषु ॥१२॥

12. na vā bhavān roditi vai svajanmā śabdo'yamāsādya mahīśaśūnum .
vikalpyamānā vividhā guṇāste 'guṇāśca bhautāḥ sakalendriyeṣu.

12. na vā bhavān roditi vai svajanmā
śabdaḥ ayam āsādya mahīśaśūnum
| vikalpyamānāḥ vividhāḥ guṇāḥ te
aguṇāḥ ca bhautāḥ sakalendriyeṣu

12. Indeed, you (the self [ātman]) do not weep, for you are self-existent. This sound (of lamentation) arises when it takes hold of the king's son (the individual identifying with the body). Your various qualities and non-qualities, being mentally constructed, are merely material phenomena manifest in all the senses.

Words meanings summery:

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न (na) - negation (not, no)

वा (vā) - used in conjunction with 'na' to mean 'nor' (or, either, and, like)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (referring to the true self [ātman]) (you (honorific), Sir, Lord)

रोदिति (roditi) - the self (ātman) does not cry (he/she/it cries/weeps)

वै (vai) - emphasizes the assertion (indeed, surely, certainly)

स्वजन्मा (svajanmā) - inherently existing, not created (referring to the ātman) (self-born, naturally arising, inherent)

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - the sound of lamentation/crying (sound, word, utterance)

अयम् (ayam) - this particular sound/phenomenon (this, this one)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having identified with, having taken hold of (having approached, having reached, having obtained, having seized)

महीशशूनुम् (mahīśaśūnum) - the individual soul identifying with the body, which is transient like a king's son (the king's son, the prince)

विकल्प्यमानाः (vikalpyamānāḥ) - being mentally constructed or fabricated (being imagined, being conceptualized, being distinguished)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - of many kinds (various, manifold, diverse)

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - inherent characteristics or properties (like sattva, rajas, tamas, or general attributes) (qualities, attributes, virtues, constituents (of prakṛti))

ते (te) - belonging to you (the person being addressed) (your, to you)

अगुणाः (aguṇāḥ) - absence of qualities, or imperfections, that are also mentally constructed (non-qualities, faults, absence of qualities)

च (ca) - connecting 'guṇāḥ' and 'aguṇāḥ' (and)

भौताः (bhautāḥ) - composed of the physical elements, belonging to the world of matter (material, elemental, physical)

सकलेन्द्रियेषु (sakalendriyeṣu) - pertaining to all the faculties of perception and action (in all senses, in all sense organs)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - used in conjunction with 'na' to mean 'nor' (or, either, and, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in 'na vā' construction for 'nor'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (referring to the true self [ātman]) (you (honorific), Sir, Lord)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you, your honor, Sir

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of bhū 'to be', used as a polite pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Acts as 2nd person pronoun, but grammatically 3rd person singular noun.

रोदिति (roditi) - the self (ātman) does not cry (he/she/it cries/weeps)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of rud

Present indicative, 3rd person singular, P-class 2

Root: rud (class 2)

वै (vai) - emphasizes the assertion (indeed, surely, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

स्वजन्मा (svajanmā) - inherently existing, not created (referring to the ātman) (self-born, naturally arising, inherent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svajanman

svajanman - self-born, naturally produced, existing in oneself

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sva+janman)

sva – self, one's own
pronoun
janman – birth, origin, existence
noun (neuter)
Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to 'bhavān'.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - the sound of lamentation/crying (sound, word, utterance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, speech

Root: śabd (class 10)

Note: Refers to the act of crying implied by the previous 'roditi'.

अयम् (ayam) - this particular sound/phenomenon (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'śabdaḥ'.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having identified with, having taken hold of (having approached, having reached, having obtained, having seized)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Formed with prefix ā- and root sad- with suffix -ya.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

महीशशूनुम् (mahīśaśūnum) - the individual soul identifying with the body, which is transient like a king's son (the king's son, the prince)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahīśaśūnu

mahīśaśūnu - son of a king, prince

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahīśa+śūnu)

mahīśa – king, lord of the earth
noun (masculine)
śūnu – son, offspring
noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'āsādya'.

विकल्प्यमानाः (vikalpyamānāḥ) - being mentally constructed or fabricated (being imagined, being conceptualized, being distinguished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vikalpyamāna

vikalpyamāna - being imagined, being differentiated, being supposed

Present Passive Participle

Formed from vi-kḷp (to imagine, differentiate) in passive voice, with suffix -māna.

Prefix: vi

Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'guṇāḥ' and 'aguṇāḥ'.

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - of many kinds (various, manifold, diverse)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, of many kinds

Note: Modifies 'guṇāḥ' and 'aguṇāḥ'.

गुणाः (guṇāḥ) - inherent characteristics or properties (like sattva, rajas, tamas, or general attributes) (qualities, attributes, virtues, constituents (of prakṛti))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, excellence, virtue, constituent of nature (sattva, rajas, tamas)

ते (te) - belonging to you (the person being addressed) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

अगुणाः (aguṇāḥ) - absence of qualities, or imperfections, that are also mentally constructed (non-qualities, faults, absence of qualities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aguṇa

aguṇa - wanting in good qualities, without attributes, fault, defect, non-quality

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'guṇa'.