मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-26, verse-31
सदाप्यायते सुभ्रु तद्वद्देवातिथोनपि ।
देवैर्मनुष्यैः पितृभिः प्रेतैर्भूतैः सगुह्यकैः ॥३१॥
देवैर्मनुष्यैः पितृभिः प्रेतैर्भूतैः सगुह्यकैः ॥३१॥
31. sadāpyāyate subhru tadvaddevātithonapi .
devairmanuṣyaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ pretairbhūtaiḥ saguhyakaiḥ.
devairmanuṣyaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ pretairbhūtaiḥ saguhyakaiḥ.
31.
sadā āpyāyate subhru tadvat devātithīn api devaiḥ
manuṣyaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ pretaiḥ bhūtaiḥ saguhyakaiḥ
manuṣyaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ pretaiḥ bhūtaiḥ saguhyakaiḥ
31.
O beautiful-browed one (subhru), such a person is always nourished, and similarly, gods and guests are also nourished (by this action). Furthermore, he is supported by gods, humans, ancestors (pitṛs), ghosts, spirits, and guhyakas.
Words meanings summery:
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- सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, perpetually)
- आप्यायते (āpyāyate) - is nourished, flourishes (is nourished, is satisfied, flourishes, swells)
- सुभ्रु (subhru) - O beautiful-browed one (O beautiful-browed one, O woman with fine eyebrows)
- तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly (similarly, in the same way, like that)
- देवातिथीन् (devātithīn) - gods and guests
- अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)
- देवैः (devaiḥ) - by gods
- मनुष्यैः (manuṣyaiḥ) - by humans (by humans, by men)
- पितृभिः (pitṛbhiḥ) - by ancestors (pitṛs) (by ancestors, by fathers)
- प्रेतैः (pretaiḥ) - by ghosts (by ghosts, by departed spirits)
- भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by spirits (or other beings) (by beings, by spirits, by elements)
- सगुह्यकैः (saguhyakaiḥ) - and by guhyakas (by guhyakas, along with guhyakas)
Words meanings and morphology
सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, perpetually)
(indeclinable)
आप्यायते (āpyāyate) - is nourished, flourishes (is nourished, is satisfied, flourishes, swells)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle/passive, present (laṭ) of āpyāyate
Present Middle/Passive
From root 'pyāi' (to swell, grow) with upasarga 'ā'. Class 1.
Prefix: ā
Root: pyāi (class 1)
सुभ्रु (subhru) - O beautiful-browed one (O beautiful-browed one, O woman with fine eyebrows)
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of subhru
subhru - having beautiful eyebrows (an epithet for a woman)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+bhru)
- su – good, well, beautiful
indeclinable - bhru – eyebrow
noun (feminine)
तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly (similarly, in the same way, like that)
(indeclinable)
Formed from 'tad' (that) + 'vat' (like)
देवातिथीन् (devātithīn) - gods and guests
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of devātithi
devātithi - gods and guests; divine guest
Compound type : dvandva (deva+atithi)
- deva – god, deity
noun (masculine) - atithi – guest, stranger
noun (masculine)
Note: These are also implicitly nourished/satisfied.
अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)
(indeclinable)
देवैः (devaiḥ) - by gods
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, deity
Note: Instrumental implies agency of support.
मनुष्यैः (manuṣyaiḥ) - by humans (by humans, by men)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of manuṣya
manuṣya - human, man, person
पितृभिः (pitṛbhiḥ) - by ancestors (pitṛs) (by ancestors, by fathers)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor, progenitor, a class of deceased ancestors
Note: (pitṛs) in translation.
प्रेतैः (pretaiḥ) - by ghosts (by ghosts, by departed spirits)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of preta
preta - departed, deceased, ghost, spirit of the dead
Past Passive Participle
From root 'i' (to go) with upasarga 'pra'
Prefix: pra
Root: i (class 2)
भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by spirits (or other beings) (by beings, by spirits, by elements)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhūta
bhūta - being, creature, spirit, element, past
Past Passive Participle
From root 'bhū' (to be)
Root: bhū (class 1)
सगुह्यकैः (saguhyakaiḥ) - and by guhyakas (by guhyakas, along with guhyakas)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of saguhyaka
saguhyaka - together with guhyakas, by guhyakas
'sa' (with) + 'guhyaka' (a class of semi-divine beings)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+guhyaka)
- sa – with, together with
indeclinable - guhyaka – a class of semi-divine beings, attendants of Kubera
noun (masculine)