मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-34, verse-73
स्वप्नाध्ययनभोज्यानि सन्ध्ययोश्च विवर्जयेत् ।
सन्ध्यायां मैथुनञ्चापि तथा प्रस्थानमेव च ॥७३॥
सन्ध्यायां मैथुनञ्चापि तथा प्रस्थानमेव च ॥७३॥
73. svapnādhyayanabhojyāni sandhyayośca vivarjayet .
sandhyāyāṃ maithunañcāpi tathā prasthānameva ca.
sandhyāyāṃ maithunañcāpi tathā prasthānameva ca.
73.
svapnādhyayanabhojyāni sandhyayoḥ ca vivarjayet
sandhyāyāṃ maithunaṃ ca api tathā prasthānam eva ca
sandhyāyāṃ maithunaṃ ca api tathā prasthānam eva ca
73.
One should avoid sleeping, studying, and eating during the two twilight periods (sandhyās). Furthermore, during twilight (sandhyā), one should similarly avoid sexual intercourse and commencing a journey.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्वप्नाध्ययनभोज्यानि (svapnādhyayanabhojyāni) - sleeping, studying, and eating (activities)
- सन्ध्ययोः (sandhyayoḥ) - during the two ritual twilight periods (dawn and dusk) (of the two twilight periods (sandhyās))
- च (ca) - and
- विवर्जयेत् (vivarjayet) - one should avoid, one should shun
- सन्ध्यायां (sandhyāyāṁ) - during the ritual twilight period (in the twilight period (sandhyā))
- मैथुनं (maithunaṁ) - sexual intercourse
- च (ca) - and
- अपि (api) - also, even, too
- तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly, in the same way
- प्रस्थानम् (prasthānam) - commencing a journey (departure, setting out, journey)
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
- च (ca) - and
Words meanings and morphology
स्वप्नाध्ययनभोज्यानि (svapnādhyayanabhojyāni) - sleeping, studying, and eating (activities)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of svapnādhyayanabhojya
svapnādhyayanabhojya - sleeping, studying, and eating (collective)
Compound type : dvandva (svapna+adhyayana+bhojya)
- svapna – sleep, dream
noun (masculine)
from root svap (to sleep)
Root: svap (class 2) - adhyayana – study, reading
noun (neuter)
from root i (to go) with prefix adhi
Prefix: adhi
Root: i (class 2) - bhojya – food, what is to be eaten, the act of eating
noun (neuter)
Gerundive
from root bhuj (to eat)
Root: bhuj (class 7)
सन्ध्ययोः (sandhyayoḥ) - during the two ritual twilight periods (dawn and dusk) (of the two twilight periods (sandhyās))
(noun)
Locative, feminine, dual of sandhyā
sandhyā - twilight, juncture, union
Note: Genitive or Locative dual. Contextually, it refers to time, so locative.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
विवर्जयेत् (vivarjayet) - one should avoid, one should shun
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vivarj
Prefix: vi
Root: vṛj (class 1)
सन्ध्यायां (sandhyāyāṁ) - during the ritual twilight period (in the twilight period (sandhyā))
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of sandhyā
sandhyā - twilight, juncture, union
मैथुनं (maithunaṁ) - sexual intercourse
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of maithuna
maithuna - sexual intercourse, copulation
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even, too
(indeclinable)
तथा (tathā) - thus, similarly, in the same way
(indeclinable)
प्रस्थानम् (prasthānam) - commencing a journey (departure, setting out, journey)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of prasthāna
prasthāna - departure, setting forth, journey
from root sthā (to stand) with prefix pra
Prefix: pra
Root: sthā (class 1)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)