मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-29, verse-38

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विकलान् बालवृद्धांश्च भोजयेच्चातुरांस्तथा ।
वाञ्छते क्षुत्परीतात्मा यच्चान्योऽन्नमकिञ्चनः ॥३८॥

38. vikalān bālavṛddhāṃśca bhojayeccāturāṃstathā .
vāñchate kṣutparītātmā yaccānyo'nnamakiñcanaḥ.

38. vikalān bāla-vṛddhān ca bhojayet ca āturān tathā
vāñchate kṣut-parīta-ātmaḥ yat ca anyaḥ annam akiñcanaḥ

38. (saḥ) vikalān bāla-vṛddhān ca āturān tathā (ca) bhojayet
yat ca anyaḥ akiñcanaḥ kṣut-parīta-ātmaḥ annam vāñchate

38. One should feed the disabled, children, the elderly, and the sick. Furthermore, whoever else is destitute, whose inner self (ātman) is afflicted by hunger, and who desires food, should also be fed.

Words meanings summery:

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विकलान् (vikalān) - physically disabled or handicapped persons (disabled, deficient, imperfect, crippled)

बाल-वृद्धान् (bāla-vṛddhān) - young children and aged persons (children and the elderly)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

भोजयेत् (bhojayet) - one should feed (should feed, should cause to eat)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

आतुरान् (āturān) - the sick persons (sick, distressed, afflicted)

तथा (tathā) - as well as, similarly (so, thus, similarly, also)

वाञ्छते (vāñchate) - who desires (food) (desires, wishes, longs for)

क्षुत्-परीत-आत्मः (kṣut-parīta-ātmaḥ) - a person whose inner being (ātman) is afflicted by hunger (one whose self is overcome by hunger)

यत् (yat) - whoever (referring to a person) (which, whatever, that)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - any other (person) (other, another)

अन्नम् (annam) - food (food, boiled rice, sustenance)

अकिञ्चनः (akiñcanaḥ) - a destitute person, having no possessions (poor, destitute, having nothing)

Words meanings and morphology

विकलान् (vikalān) - physically disabled or handicapped persons (disabled, deficient, imperfect, crippled)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vikala

vikala - disabled, imperfect, deficient, crippled

from vi + kalā (part, portion) - 'without parts' or 'defective'

बाल-वृद्धान् (bāla-vṛddhān) - young children and aged persons (children and the elderly)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bālavṛddha

bālavṛddha - children and the elderly, young and old

dvandva compound of bāla and vṛddha

Compound type : dvandva (bāla+vṛddha)

bāla – child, boy, young, ignorant
noun (masculine)
vṛddha – old, aged, grown, increased
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
P.P.P. of root vṛdh
Root: vṛdh (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

भोजयेत् (bhojayet) - one should feed (should feed, should cause to eat)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhuj

causative, optative mood

3rd person singular optative active of the causative stem bhojay from root bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आतुरान् (āturān) - the sick persons (sick, distressed, afflicted)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ātura

ātura - sick, ill, distressed, afflicted

from ā + tur (to hasten, be agitated)

Prefix: ā

Root: tur

तथा (tathā) - as well as, similarly (so, thus, similarly, also)

(indeclinable)

वाञ्छते (vāñchate) - who desires (food) (desires, wishes, longs for)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vāñch

present tense

3rd person singular present middle (ātmanepada) of root vāñch

Root: vāñch (class 1)

क्षुत्-परीत-आत्मः (kṣut-parīta-ātmaḥ) - a person whose inner being (ātman) is afflicted by hunger (one whose self is overcome by hunger)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣutparītātman

kṣutparītātman - one whose self is overcome by hunger

bahuvrihi compound: kṣut (hunger) + parīta (overcome) + ātman (self)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṣut+parīta+ātman)

kṣudh – hunger
noun (feminine)
root noun, d becomes t at end of compound or before voiceless consonant.
Root: kṣudh
parīta – surrounded, encompassed, overcome
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
P.P.P. of root i with pari
Prefix: pari
Root: i (class 2)
ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, ego (ātman)
noun (masculine)

Note: Bahuvrihi compound meaning 'he whose self is overcome by hunger'.

यत् (yat) - whoever (referring to a person) (which, whatever, that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, who

nominative/accusative singular neuter of the pronoun yad, often used as a relative pronoun or adverb. Here it can imply 'whoever'.

Note: It can function as a relative pronoun referring to any gender.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - any other (person) (other, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya