मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-35, verse-55

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कुर्युः समस्ताः शुचिनः परत्रेह च भूतिदाः ।
अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भवितव्यं विपश्चिता ॥५५॥

55. kuryuḥ samastāḥ śucinaḥ paratreha ca bhūtidāḥ .
adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā.

55. kuryuḥ samastāḥ śucinaḥ paratra iha ca bhūtidāḥ
adhyetavyā trayī nityam bhavitavyam vipaścitā

55. All of them, being pure, should perform (these actions), as they bestow prosperity both in this world and the next. The threefold Veda (trayī) should be studied constantly, and one should strive to be wise.

Words meanings summery:

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कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they should do, they should perform

समस्ताः (samastāḥ) - all, collectively, entire

शुचिनः (śucinaḥ) - pure ones, clean

परत्र (paratra) - in the next world, hereafter

इह (iha) - here, in this world

च (ca) - and, also

भूतिदाः (bhūtidāḥ) - bestowers of prosperity/well-being

अध्येतव्या (adhyetavyā) - should be studied, to be read

त्रयी (trayī) - specifically referring to the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas (the threefold Veda, the Triad)

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

भवितव्यम् (bhavitavyam) - it should be, one should be

विपश्चिता (vipaścitā) - by a wise person, by an intelligent person

Words meanings and morphology

कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they should do, they should perform

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of √kṛ

Optative, Third Person, Plural, Active Voice

Optative mood, Parasmaipada conjugation.

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

समस्ताः (samastāḥ) - all, collectively, entire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samasta

samasta - all, whole, entire, collected, complete

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from sam + √as (to throw together).

Prefix: sam

Root: √as (class 2)

शुचिनः (śucinaḥ) - pure ones, clean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śucin

śucin - pure, clean, holy, virtuous

Possessive adjective from śuci (purity) + -in suffix.

परत्र (paratra) - in the next world, hereafter

(indeclinable)

From para (other) + locative suffix -tra.

Note: Refers to spiritual benefits.

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to worldly benefits.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'paratra' and 'iha'.

भूतिदाः (bhūtidāḥ) - bestowers of prosperity/well-being

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhūtida

bhūtida - giving prosperity, bestowing welfare, causing existence

Compound of bhūti (prosperity, well-being) + da (giver, from √dā).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūti+da)

bhūti – prosperity, welfare, existence, becoming
noun (feminine)
From √bhū (to be, become) + suffix -ti.
Root: √bhū (class 1)
da – giving, giver, bestowing
adjective (masculine)
From √dā (to give) + suffix -a.
Root: √dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'varṇāḥ'.

अध्येतव्या (adhyetavyā) - should be studied, to be read

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of adhyetavya

adhyetavya - to be studied, to be read, to be learned

Gerundive

Gerundive from adhi + √i (to go, study) + tavya suffix.

Prefix: adhi

Root: √i (class 2)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective.

त्रयी (trayī) - specifically referring to the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas (the threefold Veda, the Triad)

(noun)