मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-43, verse-50
पिपीलिकाखु-नकुल-गृहगोधा-कपिञ्जलाः ।
वसन्ति स्वामिवद् गेहे ध्वस्ते यान्ति ततोऽन्यतः ॥५०॥
वसन्ति स्वामिवद् गेहे ध्वस्ते यान्ति ततोऽन्यतः ॥५०॥
50. pipīlikākhu-nakula-gṛhagodhā-kapiñjalāḥ .
vasanti svāmivad gehe dhvaste yānti tato'nyataḥ.
vasanti svāmivad gehe dhvaste yānti tato'nyataḥ.
50.
pipīlikākhu-nakula-gṛhagodhā-kapiñjalāḥ vasanti
svāmivat gehe dhvaste yānti tataḥ anyataḥ
svāmivat gehe dhvaste yānti tataḥ anyataḥ
50.
Ants, rats, mongooses, house lizards, and partridges live in a house as if they were its masters. When the house is destroyed, they simply go elsewhere.
Words meanings summery:
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- पिपीलिकाखु-नकुल-गृहगोधा-कपिञ्जलाः (pipīlikākhu-nakula-gṛhagodhā-kapiñjalāḥ) - ants, rats, mongooses, house lizards, partridges (collectively)
- वसन्ति (vasanti) - they live, they dwell
- स्वामिवत् (svāmivat) - as if they were the masters of the house (like a master, as an owner)
- गेहे (gehe) - in the dwelling they inhabit (in the house, in the home)
- ध्वस्ते (dhvaste) - when the house is destroyed (destroyed, ruined, fallen)
- यान्ति (yānti) - they depart (they go, they proceed)
- ततः (tataḥ) - from that house (from there, thence, then)
- अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - to some other dwelling (to another place, elsewhere)
Words meanings and morphology
पिपीलिकाखु-नकुल-गृहगोधा-कपिञ्जलाः (pipīlikākhu-nakula-gṛhagodhā-kapiñjalāḥ) - ants, rats, mongooses, house lizards, partridges (collectively)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pipīlikākhu-nakula-gṛhagodhā-kapiñjalā
pipīlikākhu-nakula-gṛhagodhā-kapiñjalā - ants, rats, mongooses, house lizards, partridges (a collective compound)
Compound type : dvandva (pipīlikā+ākhu+nakula+gṛhagodhā+kapiñjala)
- pipīlikā – ant
noun (feminine) - ākhu – rat, mouse
noun (masculine) - nakula – mongoose
noun (masculine) - gṛhagodhā – house lizard
noun (feminine) - kapiñjala – partridge
noun (masculine)
Note: The compound ending determines the gender and number for the entire list.
वसन्ति (vasanti) - they live, they dwell
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vas
Root: vas (class 1)
स्वामिवत् (svāmivat) - as if they were the masters of the house (like a master, as an owner)
(indeclinable)
Derived from 'svāmin' (master) with the suffix '-vat' (like, as).
गेहे (gehe) - in the dwelling they inhabit (in the house, in the home)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of geha
geha - house, dwelling, home
ध्वस्ते (dhvaste) - when the house is destroyed (destroyed, ruined, fallen)
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of dhvasta
dhvasta - destroyed, ruined, fallen, annihilated
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root 'dhvaṃs' (to fall, to be destroyed) with the suffix '-ta'.
Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)
यान्ति (yānti) - they depart (they go, they proceed)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā
Root: yā (class 2)
ततः (tataḥ) - from that house (from there, thence, then)
(indeclinable)
Locative adverb formed from the pronoun 'tad' with the suffix '-tas'.
अन्यतः (anyataḥ) - to some other dwelling (to another place, elsewhere)
(indeclinable)
Adverb formed from 'anya' (other) with the suffix '-tas'.