मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-40, verse-15
चिन्तयेत् परमं ब्रह्म कृत्वा तत्प्रवणं मनः ।
योगयुक्तः सदा योगी लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः ॥१५॥
योगयुक्तः सदा योगी लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः ॥१५॥
15. cintayet paramaṃ brahma kṛtvā tatpravaṇaṃ manaḥ .
yogayuktaḥ sadā yogī laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ.
yogayuktaḥ sadā yogī laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ.
15.
cintayet paramam brahma kṛtvā tatpravaṇam manaḥ
yogayuktaḥ sadā yogī laghvāhāraḥ jitendriyaḥ
yogayuktaḥ sadā yogī laghvāhāraḥ jitendriyaḥ
15.
One should contemplate the supreme (brahman), making the mind (manas) completely devoted to it. A yogi (yogī) should always be engaged in (yoga), eating lightly, and have controlled senses.
Words meanings summery:
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- चिन्तयेत् (cintayet) - one should contemplate (one should contemplate, one should think, one should meditate)
- परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme (brahman) (brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word)
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made (having made, having done)
- तत्प्रवणम् (tatpravaṇam) - fully inclined towards it (brahman) (inclined towards that, devoted to that, intent on that)
- मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (manas) (mind, intellect, heart, consciousness)
- योगयुक्तः (yogayuktaḥ) - engaged in (yoga) (engaged in yoga, absorbed in yoga, connected with yoga)
- सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, constantly)
- योगी (yogī) - a yogi (a practitioner of yoga, an ascetic, a mystic)
- लघ्वाहारः (laghvāhāraḥ) - eating lightly (having light food, eating little, abstemious in food)
- जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - having controlled senses (having controlled senses, one who has conquered his senses)
Words meanings and morphology
चिन्तयेत् (cintayet) - one should contemplate (one should contemplate, one should think, one should meditate)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of cint
Optative
From root 'cit' (1P) with intensifier 'i'.
Root: cit (class 10)
Note: The implied subject is 'one' or 'the yogi'.
परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of parama
parama - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate
superlative of para
ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme (brahman) (brahman, the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - the Absolute, the ultimate reality, sacred word, Veda, prayer
Root: bṛh (class 1)
Note: Object of cintayet.
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made (having made, having done)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
Formed from root 'kṛ'.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
तत्प्रवणम् (tatpravaṇam) - fully inclined towards it (brahman) (inclined towards that, devoted to that, intent on that)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tatpravaṇa
tatpravaṇa - inclined towards that, devoted to that, intent on that
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+pravaṇa)
- tad – that, it
pronoun (neuter) - pravaṇa – inclined, devoted, bent towards
adjective
from pra + vaṇ (related to van, to serve, or perhaps root vṛ to turn)
Prefix: pra
Root: vṛ (class 5)
मनः (manaḥ) - the mind (manas) (mind, intellect, heart, consciousness)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of manas
manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness, inner sense
From root 'man'.
Root: man (class 4)
Note: Object of kṛtvā.
योगयुक्तः (yogayuktaḥ) - engaged in (yoga) (engaged in yoga, absorbed in yoga, connected with yoga)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yogayukta
yogayukta - engaged in yoga (yoga), absorbed in yoga, connected with yoga
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yoga+yukta)
- yoga – union, spiritual discipline, effort
noun (masculine)
Root: yuj (class 7) - yukta – joined, engaged, connected, disciplined
adjective
Past Passive Participle
from root yuj
Root: yuj (class 7)
सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, constantly)
(indeclinable)
योगी (yogī) - a yogi (a practitioner of yoga, an ascetic, a mystic)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yogin
yogin - a practitioner of yoga (yoga), an ascetic, a mystic
suffix -in
Root: yuj (class 7)
Note: Subject of the implied verb (e.g., 'should be').
लघ्वाहारः (laghvāhāraḥ) - eating lightly (having light food, eating little, abstemious in food)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of laghvāhāra
laghvāhāra - having light food, eating little, abstemious in food
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (laghu+āhāra)
- laghu – light, small, nimble, easy
adjective - āhāra – food, diet, gathering
noun (masculine)
from ā + hṛ
Prefix: ā
Root: hṛ (class 1)
जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - having controlled senses (having controlled senses, one who has conquered his senses)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jitendriya
jitendriya - having controlled senses, one who has conquered his senses
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jita+indriya)
- jita – conquered, subdued, won
adjective
Past Passive Participle
from root ji
Root: ji (class 1) - indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
noun (neuter)