मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-25, verse-13

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भूतानि भूतैः परिदुर्बलानि वृद्धिं समायान्ति यथेह पुंसः ।
अन्नाम्बुपानादिभिरेव कस्य न तेऽस्ति वृद्धिर्न च तेऽस्ति हानिः ॥१३॥

13. bhūtāni bhūtaiḥ paridurbalāni vṛddhiṃ samāyānti yatheha puṃsaḥ .
annāmbupānādibhireva kasya na te'sti vṛddhirna ca te'sti hāniḥ.

13. bhūtāni bhūtaiḥ paridurbalāni
vṛddhim samāyānti yathā iha puṃsaḥ |
annāmbupānādibhiḥ eva kasya na te
asti vṛddhiḥ na ca te asti hāniḥ

13. Just as in this world, the elemental components (of the body), which are naturally very weak, achieve growth through other elements, such as a person's body does through food, water, and other drinks. But for whom is this (growth and decay)? For you (the self [ātman]), there is neither growth nor loss.

Words meanings summery:

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भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the elemental components (of the body) or embodied beings (elements, beings, creatures, things)

भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by (other) elemental components or nourishing elements (by elements, by beings)

परिदुर्बलानि (paridurbalāni) - inherently weak or fragile (very weak, extremely feeble, very frail)

वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - physical development, augmentation (growth, increase, prosperity)

समायान्ति (samāyānti) - they achieve (growth) (they attain, they approach, they come together)

यथा (yathā) - introducing an analogy (just as, as, according to)

इह (iha) - in this earthly existence (here, in this world, now)

पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - pertaining to an individual living being (like the body of a person) (of a man, of a person, of a male)

अन्नाम्बुपानादिभिः (annāmbupānādibhiḥ) - by nourishment such as food, water, and other liquids (by food, water, drink, and other things)

एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word (only, indeed)

कस्य (kasya) - for whose sake, for what reason (whose, of what)

न (na) - negation (not, no)

ते (te) - to you (the self [ātman]) (to you, your, by you)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (for you) (is, exists)

वृद्धिः (vṛddhiḥ) - physical growth (growth, increase, prosperity)

न (na) - negation (not, no)

च (ca) - connecting 'vṛddhiḥ' and 'hāniḥ' (and)

ते (te) - to you (the self [ātman]) (to you, your, by you)

अस्ति (asti) - exists (for you) (is, exists)

हानिः (hāniḥ) - physical decay, decrease (loss, diminution, damage, destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - the elemental components (of the body) or embodied beings (elements, beings, creatures, things)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - element, being, creature, past, happened, become

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū 'to be, become'

Root: bhū (class 1)

भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by (other) elemental components or nourishing elements (by elements, by beings)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - element, being, creature, past, happened, become

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū 'to be, become'

Root: bhū (class 1)

परिदुर्बलानि (paridurbalāni) - inherently weak or fragile (very weak, extremely feeble, very frail)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of paridurbala

paridurbala - very weak, extremely feeble

Prefix pari- (very) + dur- (badly) + bala (strength).

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (pari+durbala)

pari – around, completely, very
indeclinable
Prefix
durbala – weak, feeble
adjective (neuter)
Prefix dur- + bala (strength)
Prefix: dur

Note: Agrees with 'bhūtāni'.

वृद्धिम् (vṛddhim) - physical development, augmentation (growth, increase, prosperity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhi

vṛddhi - growth, increase, prosperity, augmentation

From root vṛdh 'to grow'

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'samāyānti'.

समायान्ति (samāyānti) - they achieve (growth) (they attain, they approach, they come together)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of samāyā

Present indicative, 3rd person plural, from root i with prefixes sam-ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'bhūtāni'.

यथा (yathā) - introducing an analogy (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - in this earthly existence (here, in this world, now)

(indeclinable)

पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - pertaining to an individual living being (like the body of a person) (of a man, of a person, of a male)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puṃs

puṁs - man, male, person, spirit, soul

Note: Implies 'of a person's body'.

अन्नाम्बुपानादिभिः (annāmbupānādibhiḥ) - by nourishment such as food, water, and other liquids (by food, water, drink, and other things)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of annāmbupānādi

annāmbupānādi - food, water, drink, etc.

Compound type : dvandva (anna+ambu+pāna+ādi)

anna – food, grain
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root ad 'to eat'
Root: ad (class 2)
ambu – water
noun (neuter)
pāna – drink, act of drinking
noun (neuter)
From root pā 'to drink'
Root: pā (class 1)
ādi – and so on, beginning with, etc.
indeclinable

एव (eva) - emphasizes the preceding word (only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

कस्य (kasya) - for whose sake, for what reason (whose, of what)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

न (na) - negation (not, no)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you (the self [ātman]) (to you, your, by you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)