मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-41, verse-16
अस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यञ्च त्यागोऽलोभस्तथैव च ।
व्रतानि पञ्च भिक्षूणामहिंसापरमाणि वै ॥१६॥
व्रतानि पञ्च भिक्षूणामहिंसापरमाणि वै ॥१६॥
16. asteyaṃ brahmacaryañca tyāgo'lobhastathaiva ca .
vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇāmahiṃsāparamāṇi vai.
vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇāmahiṃsāparamāṇi vai.
16.
asteyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca tyāgaḥ alobhaḥ tathā eva
ca vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇām ahiṃsāparamāṇi vai
ca vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇām ahiṃsāparamāṇi vai
16.
Non-stealing, celibacy (brahmacarya), renunciation, and non-greed – these are indeed the five vows for mendicants, with non-violence (ahiṃsā) being supreme among them.
Words meanings summery:
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- अस्तेयं (asteyaṁ) - non-stealing
- ब्रह्मचर्यं (brahmacaryaṁ) - celibacy (brahmacarya), student life
- च (ca) - and
- त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - renunciation, abandonment, detachment
- अलोभः (alobhaḥ) - non-greed, contentment
- तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
- च (ca) - and
- व्रतानि (vratāni) - vows, observances
- पञ्च (pañca) - five
- भिक्षूणाम् (bhikṣūṇām) - of mendicants, of renunciates
- अहिंसापरमाणि (ahiṁsāparamāṇi) - having non-violence as supreme, whose highest principle is non-violence
- वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly
Words meanings and morphology
अस्तेयं (asteyaṁ) - non-stealing
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asteya
asteya - non-stealing, abstention from theft
ब्रह्मचर्यं (brahmacaryaṁ) - celibacy (brahmacarya), student life
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahmacarya
brahmacarya - religious studenthood, celibacy, self-restraint (brahmacarya)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
त्यागः (tyāgaḥ) - renunciation, abandonment, detachment
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tyāga
tyāga - abandonment, renunciation, sacrifice
अलोभः (alobhaḥ) - non-greed, contentment
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of alobha
alobha - non-greed, absence of avarice
तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
व्रतानि (vratāni) - vows, observances
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of vrata
vrata - vow, religious observance, sacred duty
पञ्च (pañca) - five
(numeral)
भिक्षूणाम् (bhikṣūṇām) - of mendicants, of renunciates
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of bhikṣu
bhikṣu - mendicant, beggar, Buddhist monk, renunciate
अहिंसापरमाणि (ahiṁsāparamāṇi) - having non-violence as supreme, whose highest principle is non-violence
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of ahiṃsāparama
ahiṁsāparama - having non-violence (ahiṃsā) as the highest principle, whose chief object is non-harming
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ahiṃsā+parama)
- ahiṃsā – non-violence, harmlessness (ahiṃsā)
noun (feminine) - parama – supreme, highest, most excellent
adjective (masculine)
Note: Agrees with vratāni.
वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly
(indeclinable)