मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-32, verse-27
श्रद्धया परया दत्तं पितॄणां नामगोत्रतः ।
यदाहारास्तु ते जातास्तदाहारत्वमेति तत् ॥२७॥
यदाहारास्तु ते जातास्तदाहारत्वमेति तत् ॥२७॥
27. śraddhayā parayā dattaṃ pitṝṇāṃ nāmagotrataḥ .
yadāhārāstu te jātāstadāhāratvameti tat.
yadāhārāstu te jātāstadāhāratvameti tat.
27.
śraddhayā parayā dattam pitṝṇām nāmagotrataḥ
yat āhārāḥ tu te jātāḥ tat āhāratvam eti tat
yat āhārāḥ tu te jātāḥ tat āhāratvam eti tat
27.
That which is offered with supreme faith (śraddhā), by uttering the names and lineage of the ancestors (pitṛ), transforms into the very food that those ancestors have become in their current existence.
Words meanings summery:
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- श्रद्धया (śraddhayā) - by faith, with devotion
- परया (parayā) - supreme, highest, excellent
- दत्तम् (dattam) - offered, given, granted
- पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the fathers
- नामगोत्रतः (nāmagotrataḥ) - by means of name and lineage, through name and family
- यत् (yat) - which, whatever
- आहाराः (āhārāḥ) - foods, diets, sustenance
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
- ते (te) - those ancestors (those, they)
- जाताः (jātāḥ) - have become (in their current state) (born, become, originated)
- तत् (tat) - that (offering)
- आहारत्वम् (āhāratvam) - the state of being food, food-nature
- एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches, becomes
- तत् (tat) - that specific (food-nature, referring to what the ancestors have become) (that, accordingly)
Words meanings and morphology
श्रद्धया (śraddhayā) - by faith, with devotion
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of śraddhā
śraddhā - faith, trust, confidence, belief, devotion
From 'śrat' (heart) + √dhā (to place).
Root: dhā (class 3)
परया (parayā) - supreme, highest, excellent
(adjective)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of para
para - chief, highest, supreme, ultimate, other, distant, excellent
दत्तम् (dattam) - offered, given, granted
(adjective)
neuter, singular of datta
datta - given, granted, offered, placed
Past Passive Participle
From root √dā (to give) + kta suffix.
Root: dā (class 3)
पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the fathers
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor, paternal ancestor
नामगोत्रतः (nāmagotrataḥ) - by means of name and lineage, through name and family
(indeclinable)
Compound of 'nāman' (name) and 'gotra' (lineage). Formed with the 'tasil' suffix ('-taḥ') indicating 'from/by means of'.
Compound type : dvandva (nāman+gotra)
- nāman – name, appellation
noun (neuter) - gotra – lineage, clan, family, race
noun (neuter)
यत् (yat) - which, whatever
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of yat
yat - which, what, that (relative pronoun)
आहाराः (āhārāḥ) - foods, diets, sustenance
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of āhāra
āhāra - food, diet, sustenance, eating
From 'ā' + √hṛ (to seize, to consume).
Prefix: ā
Root: hṛ (class 1)
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
Conjunction/particle of emphasis or contrast.
ते (te) - those ancestors (those, they)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those, he, she, it, they (demonstrative/personal pronoun)
Nominative plural masculine form.
Note: Subject of the verb 'jātāḥ'.
जाताः (jātāḥ) - have become (in their current state) (born, become, originated)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jāta
jāta - born, produced, become, originated, grown
Past Passive Participle
From root √jan (to be born) + kta suffix.
Root: jan (class 4)
तत् (tat) - that (offering)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)
Nominative singular neuter form.
आहारत्वम् (āhāratvam) - the state of being food, food-nature
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of āhāratva
āhāratva - the state or nature of being food
Derived from 'āhāra' (food) + 'tva' (abstract noun suffix).
एति (eti) - goes, attains, reaches, becomes
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i
Present active indicative
From root √i (to go), 2nd class verb.
Root: i (class 2)
तत् (tat) - that specific (food-nature, referring to what the ancestors have become) (that, accordingly)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun), then, accordingly (indeclinable)
Accusative singular neuter or indeclinable.