मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-41, verse-20

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त्यक्तसङ्गो जितक्रोधो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः ।
पिधाय बुद्ध्या द्वाराणि मनो ध्याने निवेशयेत् ॥२०॥

20. tyaktasaṅgo jitakrodho laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ .
pidhāya buddhyā dvārāṇi mano dhyāne niveśayet.

20. tyaktasaṅgaḥ jitakrodhaḥ laghvāhāraḥ jitendriyaḥ
pidhāya buddhyā dvārāṇi manaḥ dhyāne niveśayet

20. One who has abandoned attachment, conquered anger, eats lightly, and subdued their senses (indriya), should, by means of their intellect (buddhi), close the doors (of the senses) and fix the mind (manas) in meditation (dhyāna).

Words meanings summery:

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त्यक्तसङ्गः (tyaktasaṅgaḥ) - one who has abandoned attachment/desire

जितक्रोधः (jitakrodhaḥ) - one who has conquered anger

लघ्वाहारः (laghvāhāraḥ) - one who eats light food, temperate in diet

जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has conquered his senses (indriya)

पिधाय (pidhāya) - having closed, having covered

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by means of the intellect (buddhi)

द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi) - senses (as doors to the external world) (doors, gates, entrances)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart (manas)

ध्याने (dhyāne) - in meditation (dhyāna)

निवेशयेत् (niveśayet) - should fix, should place, should direct

Words meanings and morphology

त्यक्तसङ्गः (tyaktasaṅgaḥ) - one who has abandoned attachment/desire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyaktasaṅga

tyaktasaṅga - one who has given up attachment, unattached

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+saṅga)

tyakta – abandoned, given up, renounced
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root tyaj (to abandon)
Root: tyaj (class 1)
saṅga – attachment, clinging, company
noun (masculine)
From sam + añj (to attach)
Prefix: sam
Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Acts as the implied subject of 'niveśayet'.

जितक्रोधः (jitakrodhaḥ) - one who has conquered anger

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jitakrodha

jitakrodha - one who has subdued anger

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jita+krodha)

jita – conquered, won, subdued
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root ji (to conquer)
Root: ji (class 1)
krodha – anger, wrath
noun (masculine)
From root krudh (to be angry)
Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'tyaktasaṅgaḥ'.

लघ्वाहारः (laghvāhāraḥ) - one who eats light food, temperate in diet

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of laghvāhāra

laghvāhāra - one whose food is light, moderate in diet

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (laghu+āhāra)

laghu – light, easy, small
adjective
āhāra – food, diet, taking
noun (masculine)
From ā + hṛ (to seize, take)
Prefix: ā
Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tyaktasaṅgaḥ'.

जितेन्द्रियः (jitendriyaḥ) - one who has conquered his senses (indriya)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - one who has subdued or controlled his senses (indriya)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jita+indriya)

jita – conquered, won, subdued
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root ji (to conquer)
Root: ji (class 1)
indriya – sense, organ of sense
noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'tyaktasaṅgaḥ'.

पिधाय (pidhāya) - having closed, having covered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From api + dhā (to place) + -ya suffix. The upasarga 'api' often reduces to 'pi' in composition.

Prefix: api

Root: dhā (class 3)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by means of the intellect (buddhi)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, discernment (buddhi)

From root budh (to know)