मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-40, verse-26

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गन्धादिषु समासक्तिं सम्प्राप्य स विनश्यति ।
पुनरावर्तते भूप स ब्रह्मापरमानुषम् ॥२६॥

26. gandhādiṣu samāsaktiṃ samprāpya sa vinaśyati .
punarāvartate bhūpa sa brahmāparamānuṣam.

26. gandhādiṣu samāsaktiṃ samprāpya saḥ vinaśyati
punar āvartate bhūpa saḥ brahmāparamānuṣam

26. O king, upon developing intense attachment to fragrances and other sense objects, that person perishes. He then returns, descending from the state of Brahmā (the creator god) to a sub-human existence.

Words meanings summery:

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गन्धादिषु (gandhādiṣu) - in the sense objects, starting with smell (in fragrances and the like, in sense objects)

समासक्तिं (samāsaktiṁ) - intense attachment (attachment, strong inclination, addiction)

सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having developed or acquired (having attained, having reached, having acquired)

सः (saḥ) - that individual (he, that (person))

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes (spiritually, or loses higher existence) (perishes, is destroyed, is lost)

पुनर् (punar) - again (in the cycle of rebirth) (again, back, anew)

आवर्तते (āvartate) - returns (to rebirth) (returns, revolves, turns back)

भूप (bhūpa) - O king (O king, protector of the earth)

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that (person))

ब्रह्मापरमानुषम् (brahmāparamānuṣam) - a sub-human existence, a lower state of being than that of Brahmā (the creator god) (a sub-human being or state, inferior to Brahmā)

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धादिषु (gandhādiṣu) - in the sense objects, starting with smell (in fragrances and the like, in sense objects)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of gandhādi

gandhādi - beginning with smell, fragrances and so on, sense objects

Compound type : tatpurusha (gandha+ādi)

gandha – smell, fragrance, odor
noun (masculine)
ādi – beginning, etcetera, and so on
noun (masculine)
Root: ad (class 2)

समासक्तिं (samāsaktiṁ) - intense attachment (attachment, strong inclination, addiction)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samāsakti

samāsakti - attachment, close union, adherence, addiction

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sañj (class 7)

सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having developed or acquired (having attained, having reached, having acquired)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with upasargas `sam` and `pra` from root `āp`

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

सः (saḥ) - that individual (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - perishes (spiritually, or loses higher existence) (perishes, is destroyed, is lost)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vinaś

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

पुनर् (punar) - again (in the cycle of rebirth) (again, back, anew)

(indeclinable)

आवर्तते (āvartate) - returns (to rebirth) (returns, revolves, turns back)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of āvṛt

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Reflexive verb, literally 'turns oneself back'.

भूप (bhūpa) - O king (O king, protector of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhūpa

bhūpa - king, protector of the earth

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhū+pa)

bhū – earth, land, ground
noun (feminine)
pa – protector, guardian, one who drinks (e.g. water, milk)
noun (masculine)
derived from root `pā` (to protect or to drink)
Root: pā (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ब्रह्मापरमानुषम् (brahmāparamānuṣam) - a sub-human existence, a lower state of being than that of Brahmā (the creator god) (a sub-human being or state, inferior to Brahmā)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahmāparamānuṣa

brahmāparamānuṣa - a being/state inferior to Brahmā (the creator god), a sub-human existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+apara+mānuṣa)