मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-34, verse-78
उद्वहेत् पितृमात्रोश्च सप्तमीं पञ्चमीन्तथा ।
रक्षेद्दारान् त्यजेदीर्ष्यां दिवा च स्वप्नमैथुने ॥७८॥
रक्षेद्दारान् त्यजेदीर्ष्यां दिवा च स्वप्नमैथुने ॥७८॥
78. udvahet pitṛmātrośca saptamīṃ pañcamīntathā .
rakṣeddārān tyajedīrṣyāṃ divā ca svapnamaithune.
rakṣeddārān tyajedīrṣyāṃ divā ca svapnamaithune.
78.
udvahet pitṛmātroḥ ca saptamīm pañcamīm tathā
rakṣet dārān tyajet īrṣyām divā ca svapnamaitune
rakṣet dārān tyajet īrṣyām divā ca svapnamaitune
78.
One should marry beyond the seventh generation on the father's side and the fifth generation on the mother's side. One should protect one's wives and abandon jealousy. Moreover, one should avoid sleeping and engaging in sexual intercourse during the day.
Words meanings summery:
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- उद्वहेत् (udvahet) - should marry (referring to lineage rules) (should marry, should uplift, should carry)
- पितृमात्रोः (pitṛmātroḥ) - from the father's and mother's (lineage) (of father and mother, parents')
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- सप्तमीम् (saptamīm) - the seventh (generation) (seventh, the seventh)
- पञ्चमीम् (pañcamīm) - the fifth (generation) (fifth, the fifth)
- तथा (tathā) - and, similarly (thus, in that manner, similarly, and)
- रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - should protect (should protect, should guard)
- दारान् (dārān) - wives (wives, spouses)
- त्यजेत् (tyajet) - should abandon (should abandon, should give up)
- ईर्ष्याम् (īrṣyām) - jealousy (jealousy, envy)
- दिवा (divā) - during the day (by day, during the day)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- स्वप्नमैतुने (svapnamaitune) - sleeping and sexual intercourse (as actions to be avoided) (sleep and sexual intercourse (dual))
Words meanings and morphology
उद्वहेत् (udvahet) - should marry (referring to lineage rules) (should marry, should uplift, should carry)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of udvah
Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular
From prefix ud + root vah (to carry). Parasmaipada, Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular.
Prefix: ud
Root: vah (class 1)
पितृमात्रोः (pitṛmātroḥ) - from the father's and mother's (lineage) (of father and mother, parents')
(noun)
Genitive, masculine/feminine, dual of pitṛmātṛ
pitṛmātṛ - father and mother, parents
Dvandva compound
Compound type : dvandva (pitṛ+mātṛ)
- pitṛ – father
noun (masculine) - mātṛ – mother
noun (feminine)
Note: Dual of pitṛmātṛ
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सप्तमीम् (saptamīm) - the seventh (generation) (seventh, the seventh)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of saptamī
saptamī - seventh
Feminine form of saptama (seventh)
Note: Refers to the seventh generation.
पञ्चमीम् (pañcamīm) - the fifth (generation) (fifth, the fifth)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of pañcamī
pañcamī - fifth
Feminine form of pañcama (fifth)
Note: Refers to the fifth generation.
तथा (tathā) - and, similarly (thus, in that manner, similarly, and)
(indeclinable)
रक्षेत् (rakṣet) - should protect (should protect, should guard)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of rakṣ
Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular
Parasmaipada, Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular.
Root: rakṣ (class 1)
दारान् (dārān) - wives (wives, spouses)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra
dāra - wife, husband (usually plural for wife)
त्यजेत् (tyajet) - should abandon (should abandon, should give up)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of tyaj
Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular
Parasmaipada, Optative Mood, 3rd Person Singular.
Root: tyaj (class 1)
ईर्ष्याम् (īrṣyām) - jealousy (jealousy, envy)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of īrṣyā
īrṣyā - jealousy, envy, malice
दिवा (divā) - during the day (by day, during the day)
(indeclinable)
Adverbial form.
Root: div
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
स्वप्नमैतुने (svapnamaitune) - sleeping and sexual intercourse (as actions to be avoided) (sleep and sexual intercourse (dual))
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, dual of svapnamaituna
svapnamaituna - sleep and sexual intercourse
Dvandva compound of svapna and maithuna. Neuter dual form.
Compound type : dvandva (svapna+maithuna)
- svapna – sleep, dream
noun (masculine/neuter)
Root: svap - maithuna – sexual intercourse, copulation, union
noun (neuter)
From root mith.
Root: mith
Note: Accusative dual of the dvandva compound svapnamaituna.