मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-28, verse-22
पितृदेवातिथिज्ञातिभुक्तशेषं स्वयं नरः ।
भुञ्जीत च समं भृत्यैर्यथाविभवमादृतः ॥२२॥
भुञ्जीत च समं भृत्यैर्यथाविभवमादृतः ॥२२॥
22. pitṛdevātithijñātibhuktaśeṣaṃ svayaṃ naraḥ .
bhuñjīta ca samaṃ bhṛtyairyathāvibhavamādṛtaḥ.
bhuñjīta ca samaṃ bhṛtyairyathāvibhavamādṛtaḥ.
22.
pitṛdevātithijñātibhuktaśeṣam svayam naraḥ
bhuñjīta ca samam bhṛtyaiḥ yathāvibhavam ādṛtaḥ
bhuñjīta ca samam bhṛtyaiḥ yathāvibhavam ādṛtaḥ
22.
A man should himself partake of the food that remains after ancestors, deities, guests, and relatives have eaten, and he should do so equally with his servants, treating them respectfully and according to his prosperity.
Words meanings summery:
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- पितृदेवातिथिज्ञातिभुक्तशेषम् (pitṛdevātithijñātibhuktaśeṣam) - the remainder of food after ancestors, gods, guests, and relatives have eaten
- स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally
- नरः (naraḥ) - a man, person
- भुञ्जीत (bhuñjīta) - should eat, should enjoy
- च (ca) - and
- समम् (samam) - equally, together with, at the same time
- भृत्यैः (bhṛtyaiḥ) - with servants
- यथाविभवम् (yathāvibhavam) - according to one's prosperity/means
- आदृतः (ādṛtaḥ) - treating with respect (servants) (respected, honored, attended to, with respect)
Words meanings and morphology
पितृदेवातिथिज्ञातिभुक्तशेषम् (pitṛdevātithijñātibhuktaśeṣam) - the remainder of food after ancestors, gods, guests, and relatives have eaten
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pitṛdevātithijñātibhuktaśeṣa
pitṛdevātithijñātibhuktaśeṣa - remainder after ancestors, gods, guests, and relatives have eaten
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pitṛdevātithijñāti+bhuktaśeṣa)
- pitṛdevātithijñāti – ancestors, gods, guests, and relatives
noun (masculine) - bhuktaśeṣa – remainder of what has been eaten
noun (neuter) - bhukta – eaten, consumed
participle (neuter)
past passive participle
from root bhuj (to eat, enjoy)
Root: bhuj (class 7) - śeṣa – remainder, residue, balance
noun (neuter)
Root: śiṣ (class 7)
स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally
(indeclinable)
नरः (naraḥ) - a man, person
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, person, human being
Root: nṛ
भुञ्जीत (bhuñjīta) - should eat, should enjoy
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhuj
optative
root bhuj (class 7, bhunakti/bhuṅkte) in middle voice optative.
Root: bhuj (class 7)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
समम् (samam) - equally, together with, at the same time
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sama
sama - equal, same, like, even, together with
भृत्यैः (bhṛtyaiḥ) - with servants
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhṛtya
bhṛtya - servant, dependent, person to be supported
gerundive
from root bhṛ (to bear, support)
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
यथाविभवम् (yathāvibhavam) - according to one's prosperity/means
(indeclinable)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vibhava)
- yathā – as, according to
indeclinable - vibhava – power, wealth, prosperity, means
noun (masculine)
Prefix: vi
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Acts as an adverb.
आदृतः (ādṛtaḥ) - treating with respect (servants) (respected, honored, attended to, with respect)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ādṛta
ādṛta - respected, honored, attended to, revered, careful
past passive participle
derived from root dṛ with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: dṛ (class 6)
Note: The nominative singular masculine form of the past passive participle, describing the naraḥ.