मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-32, verse-37
वसून् रुद्रांस्तथादित्यान्नक्षत्रग्रहतारकाः ।
प्रीणयन्ति मनुष्याणां पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः ॥३७॥
प्रीणयन्ति मनुष्याणां पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः ॥३७॥
37. vasūn rudrāṃstathādityānnakṣatragrahatārakāḥ .
prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ.
prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ.
37.
vasūn rudrān tathā ādityān nakṣatragrahatārakāḥ
| prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇām pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ
| prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇām pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ
37.
The ancestors (pitaraḥ) of human beings, when satisfied by śrāddha offerings, indeed please the Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas, as well as the lunar mansions (nakṣatra), planets (graha), and stars (tārakā).
Words meanings summery:
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- वसून् (vasūn) - Vasus (a class of deities)
- रुद्रान् (rudrān) - Rudras (a class of deities, often associated with Shiva)
- तथा (tathā) - and, similarly, thus
- आदित्यान् (ādityān) - Adityas (a class of deities, sons of Aditi, often twelve in number)
- नक्षत्रग्रहतारकाः (nakṣatragrahatārakāḥ) - lunar mansions, planets, and stars
- प्रीणयन्ति (prīṇayanti) - they satisfy, please
- मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of human beings
- पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers
- श्राद्धतर्पिताः (śrāddhatarpitāḥ) - satisfied by śrāddha offerings
Words meanings and morphology
वसून् (vasūn) - Vasus (a class of deities)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vasu
vasu - Vasu (a class of deities), wealth, good
रुद्रान् (rudrān) - Rudras (a class of deities, often associated with Shiva)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of rudra
rudra - Rudra (a Vedic deity, later identified with Shiva), howling, roaring
तथा (tathā) - and, similarly, thus
(indeclinable)
आदित्यान् (ādityān) - Adityas (a class of deities, sons of Aditi, often twelve in number)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of āditya
āditya - Aditya (a class of deities), son of Aditi, the sun
Derived from Aditi.
नक्षत्रग्रहतारकाः (nakṣatragrahatārakāḥ) - lunar mansions, planets, and stars
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of nakṣatragrahatārakā
nakṣatragrahatārakā - lunar mansions, planets, and stars
Dvandva compound of nakṣatra (lunar mansion/asterism), graha (planet), and tārakā (star).
Compound type : dvandva (nakṣatra+graha+tārakā)
- nakṣatra – lunar mansion, asterism, star
noun (neuter) - graha – planet, seizing, grasping
noun (masculine)
From root grah- (to seize).
Root: grah (class 9) - tārakā – star, pupil of the eye
noun (feminine)
Note: The compound takes the gender of the last member, tārakā, and is accusative plural, agreeing with Vasus, Rudras, Adityas.
प्रीणयन्ति (prīṇayanti) - they satisfy, please
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prīṇ
From root prī- (to please) in causative form (prīṇayati).
Root: prī (class 9)
मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of human beings
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of manuṣya
manuṣya - human being, man
पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestors, fathers
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
Note: Subject of 'prīṇayanti'.
श्राद्धतर्पिताः (śrāddhatarpitāḥ) - satisfied by śrāddha offerings
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śrāddhatarpita
śrāddhatarpita - satisfied by śrāddha
Past Passive Participle
Tatpuruṣa compound: śrāddha (śrāddha ritual) + tarpita (satisfied). 'tarpita' is PPP of root tṛp.
Compound type : tatpurusha (śrāddha+tarpita)
- śrāddha – śrāddha (funeral rites for ancestors), faith, reverence
noun (neuter)
From śraddhā (faith). - tarpita – satisfied, propitiated
adjective
Past Passive Participle
PPP of root tṛp- (to satisfy).
Root: tṛp (class 4)
Note: Agrees with 'pitaraḥ'.