मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-34, verse-65
आचामेत् पुत्र पुण्याभिः प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखोऽपि वा ।
अन्तर्जलादावसथाद्वल्मीकान्मूषिकस्थलात् ॥६५॥
अन्तर्जलादावसथाद्वल्मीकान्मूषिकस्थलात् ॥६५॥
65. ācāmet putra puṇyābhiḥ prāṅmukhodaṅmukho'pi vā .
antarjalādāvasathādvalmīkānmūṣikasthalāt.
antarjalādāvasathādvalmīkānmūṣikasthalāt.
65.
ācāmet putra puṇyābhiḥ prāṅmukha udaṅmukhaḥ api
vā | antarjalāt āvasathāt valmīkāt mūṣikasthalāt
vā | antarjalāt āvasathāt valmīkāt mūṣikasthalāt
65.
O son, one should perform the ritual sipping of water (ācamana) with pure water, facing either east or north, [but not from locations like] within standing water, a dwelling, an anthill, or a mouse-hole.
Words meanings summery:
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- आचामेत् (ācāmet) - one should perform ācamana (ritual sipping of water)
- पुत्र (putra) - O son
- पुण्याभिः (puṇyābhiḥ) - with pure water (implied adbhiḥ) (with pure, with holy)
- प्राङ्मुख (prāṅmukha) - facing east
- उदङ्मुखः (udaṅmukhaḥ) - facing north
- अपि (api) - also, even
- वा (vā) - or
- अन्तर्जलात् (antarjalāt) - from within standing water (like a pond or immersed position) (from within water)
- आवसथात् (āvasathāt) - from a dwelling, from a residence
- वल्मीकात् (valmīkāt) - from an anthill
- मूषिकस्थलात् (mūṣikasthalāt) - from a mouse-hole, from a place of mice
Words meanings and morphology
आचामेत् (ācāmet) - one should perform ācamana (ritual sipping of water)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of ācam
Prefix: ā
Root: cam (class 1)
पुत्र (putra) - O son
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of putra
putra - son, child
पुण्याभिः (puṇyābhiḥ) - with pure water (implied adbhiḥ) (with pure, with holy)
(adjective)
Instrumental, feminine, plural of puṇyā
puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, sacred, holy, pure
प्राङ्मुख (prāṅmukha) - facing east
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṅmukha
prāṅmukha - facing east, eastward-faced
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prāñc+mukha)
- prāñc – eastern, forward
adjective (masculine) - mukha – face, mouth, direction
noun (neuter)
उदङ्मुखः (udaṅmukhaḥ) - facing north
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of udaṅmukha
udaṅmukha - facing north, northward-faced
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udañc+mukha)
- udañc – northern, upwards
adjective (masculine) - mukha – face, mouth, direction
noun (neuter)
अपि (api) - also, even
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
अन्तर्जलात् (antarjalāt) - from within standing water (like a pond or immersed position) (from within water)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of antarjala
antarjala - within water, inside water
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (antar+jala)
- antar – within, inside, intermediate
indeclinable - jala – water
noun (neuter)
आवसथात् (āvasathāt) - from a dwelling, from a residence
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of āvasatha
āvasatha - dwelling, residence, house
Root: vas (class 1)
वल्मीकात् (valmīkāt) - from an anthill
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of valmīka
valmīka - anthill, termite mound
मूषिकस्थलात् (mūṣikasthalāt) - from a mouse-hole, from a place of mice
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of mūṣikasthala
mūṣikasthala - mouse-hole, a place inhabited by mice
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mūṣika+sthala)
- mūṣika – mouse, rat
noun (masculine) - sthala – place, ground, spot
noun (neuter)