मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-26, verse-2
यथायथं बलं लेभे यथा लेभे मतिं पितुः ।
तथा तथात्मबोधञ्च सोऽवापन्मातृभाषितैः ॥२॥
तथा तथात्मबोधञ्च सोऽवापन्मातृभाषितैः ॥२॥
2. yathāyathaṃ balaṃ lebhe yathā lebhe matiṃ pituḥ .
tathā tathātmabodhañca so'vāpanmātṛbhāṣitaiḥ.
tathā tathātmabodhañca so'vāpanmātṛbhāṣitaiḥ.
2.
yathāyatham balam lebhe yathā lebhe matim pituḥ
tathā tathā ātma-bodham ca saḥ avāpat mātṛbhāṣitaiḥ
tathā tathā ātma-bodham ca saḥ avāpat mātṛbhāṣitaiḥ
2.
As he gradually gained strength and acquired his father's intellect, so too he attained self-knowledge (ātman) through the words spoken by his mother.
Words meanings summery:
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- यथायथम् (yathāyatham) - gradually (according to, as it was proper, gradually, duly)
- बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)
- लेभे (lebhe) - gained (obtained, gained, received)
- यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, according to)
- लेभे (lebhe) - gained (obtained, gained, received)
- मतिम् (matim) - intellect (intellect, mind, thought, intention)
- पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father
- तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that way)
- तथा (tathā) - so too (emphasizing correlation) (so, thus, in that way)
- आत्म-बोधम् (ātma-bodham) - self-knowledge (ātman) (self-knowledge, knowledge of the (ātman))
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- सः (saḥ) - he (the son) (he, that (masculine))
- अवापत् (avāpat) - attained (attained, reached, obtained)
- मातृभाषितैः (mātṛbhāṣitaiḥ) - through the words spoken by his mother (by words spoken by the mother, by the mother's speech)
Words meanings and morphology
यथायथम् (yathāyatham) - gradually (according to, as it was proper, gradually, duly)
(indeclinable)
Repetition of yathā (as)
बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of bala
bala - strength, power, force
लेभे (lebhe) - gained (obtained, gained, received)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of labh
Perfect Middle
From √labh (1st conjugation, Ātmanepada), perfect middle, 3rd person singular
Root: labh (class 1)
यथा (yathā) - as (as, just as, according to)
(indeclinable)
लेभे (lebhe) - gained (obtained, gained, received)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of labh
Perfect Middle
From √labh (1st conjugation, Ātmanepada), perfect middle, 3rd person singular
Root: labh (class 1)
मतिम् (matim) - intellect (intellect, mind, thought, intention)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of mati
mati - intellect, mind, thought, intention, opinion
From √man (to think)
Root: man (class 4)
पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ
pitṛ - father
तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in that way)
(indeclinable)
तथा (tathā) - so too (emphasizing correlation) (so, thus, in that way)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used in correlation with preceding 'yathā yathā'.
आत्म-बोधम् (ātma-bodham) - self-knowledge (ātman) (self-knowledge, knowledge of the (ātman))
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmabodha
ātmabodha - self-knowledge, knowledge of the (ātman)
Compound of ātman (self) and bodha (knowledge)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+bodha)
- ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual consciousness
noun (masculine) - bodha – understanding, knowledge, awakening, perception
noun (masculine)
From √budh (to know, perceive)
Root: budh (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सः (saḥ) - he (the son) (he, that (masculine))
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, it
Note: Masculine nominative singular of 'tad'.
अवापत् (avāpat) - attained (attained, reached, obtained)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of āp
Imperfect Active
From √āp (5th conjugation), imperfect active, 3rd person singular with augment 'a'
Root: āp (class 5)
मातृभाषितैः (mātṛbhāṣitaiḥ) - through the words spoken by his mother (by words spoken by the mother, by the mother's speech)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of mātṛbhāṣita
mātṛbhāṣita - spoken by the mother, mother's speech
Compound of mātṛ (mother) and bhāṣita (spoken, speech, past passive participle of √bhāṣ)
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mātṛ+bhāṣita)
- mātṛ – mother
noun (feminine) - bhāṣita – spoken, said, speech, word
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From √bhāṣ (1st conjugation, Ātmanepada) + kta suffix
Root: bhāṣ (class 1)