मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-38, verse-16

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मशकोडुम्बरेषीकामुञ्जमत्स्याम्भसां यथा ।
एकत्वेऽपि पृथग्भावस्तथा क्षेत्रात्मनोर्नृप ॥१६॥

16. maśakoḍumbareṣīkāmuñjamatsyāmbhasāṃ yathā .
ekatve'pi pṛthagbhāvastathā kṣetrātmanornṛpa.

16. maśakodumbareṣīkāmuñjamatsyāmbhasām yathā |
ekatve api pṛthagbhāvaḥ tathā kṣetrātmanoḥ nṛpa

16. O King, just as there is a distinct existence (pṛthagbhāva) even in the apparent oneness of a mosquito and a fig, a reed-fiber and muñja grass, and fish and water, so too is there a distinctness between the field (kṣetra) and the self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

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मशकोदुम्बरेषीकामुञ्जमत्स्याम्भसाम् (maśakodumbareṣīkāmuñjamatsyāmbhasām) - of the pairs: mosquito-fig, reed-muñja grass, fish-water (of mosquito, fig, reed, muñja grass, fish, and water)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

एकत्वे (ekatve) - in the apparent oneness (in oneness, in unity)

अपि (api) - even, despite (even, also, though)

पृथग्भावः (pṛthagbhāvaḥ) - distinct existence (distinct nature, separate existence, separateness)

तथा (tathā) - so also, similarly (so, thus, in the same way)

क्षेत्रात्मनोः (kṣetrātmanoḥ) - between the field (kṣetra) and the self (ātman) (of the field and the self (ātman))

नृप (nṛpa) - O King (vocative address) (O king)

Words meanings and morphology

मशकोदुम्बरेषीकामुञ्जमत्स्याम्भसाम् (maśakodumbareṣīkāmuñjamatsyāmbhasām) - of the pairs: mosquito-fig, reed-muñja grass, fish-water (of mosquito, fig, reed, muñja grass, fish, and water)

(noun)

Genitive, plural of maśakodumbareṣīkāmuñjamatsyāmbhas

maśakodumbareṣīkāmuñjamatsyāmbhas - mosquito-fig-reed-muñja grass-fish-water (dvandva compound)

Compound type : dvandva (maśaka+udumbara+īṣīkā+muñja+matsya+ambhas)

maśaka – mosquito
noun (masculine)
udumbara – fig tree, fig fruit
noun (masculine)
īṣīkā – reed, stalk, fiber
noun (feminine)
muñja – Muñja grass (Saccharum Munja)
noun (masculine)
matsya – fish
noun (masculine)
ambhas – water
noun (neuter)

Note: A dvandva compound listing items in genitive plural.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to introduce an example.

एकत्वे (ekatve) - in the apparent oneness (in oneness, in unity)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ekatva

ekatva - oneness, unity, identity

From eka (one) + tva (suffix for abstract nouns)

Note: Locative case indicates 'in' or 'at'.

अपि (api) - even, despite (even, also, though)

(indeclinable)

Note: Post-positional particle expressing emphasis or concession.

पृथग्भावः (pṛthagbhāvaḥ) - distinct existence (distinct nature, separate existence, separateness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthagbhāva

pṛthagbhāva - state of separation, distinctness, individuality

Compound of pṛthak (separate) + bhāva (state, existence)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthak+bhāva)

pṛthak – separately, apart, distinct
indeclinable
bhāva – state, condition, existence, nature, feeling
noun (masculine)
From root bhū (to be)
Root: bhū (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so also, similarly (so, thus, in the same way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative to 'yathā'.

क्षेत्रात्मनोः (kṣetrātmanoḥ) - between the field (kṣetra) and the self (ātman) (of the field and the self (ātman))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of kṣetrātman

kṣetrātman - field and self

Dvandva compound of kṣetra (field/body) and ātman (self/soul)

Compound type : dvandva (kṣetra+ātman)