मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-43, verse-9
हन्यते काकपङ्क्तीभिः पांशुवर्षेण वा नरः ।
स्वां च्छायामन्यथा दृष्ट्वा चतुः पञ्च स जीवति ॥९॥
स्वां च्छायामन्यथा दृष्ट्वा चतुः पञ्च स जीवति ॥९॥
9. hanyate kākapaṅktībhiḥ pāṃśuvarṣeṇa vā naraḥ .
svāṃ cchāyāmanyathā dṛṣṭvā catuḥ pañca sa jīvati.
svāṃ cchāyāmanyathā dṛṣṭvā catuḥ pañca sa jīvati.
9.
hanyate kākapanktībhiḥ pāṃśuvarṣeṇa vā naraḥ
svām chāyām anyathā dṛṣṭvā catuḥ pañca sa jīvati
svām chāyām anyathā dṛṣṭvā catuḥ pañca sa jīvati
9.
A person who is afflicted by flocks of crows or by a shower of dust, or who perceives his own shadow in a distorted way, will live for four or five months.
Words meanings summery:
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- हन्यते (hanyate) - is afflicted (is struck, is killed, is afflicted)
- काकपन्क्तीभिः (kākapanktībhiḥ) - by flocks of crows (by flocks of crows, by rows of crows)
- पांशुवर्षेण (pāṁśuvarṣeṇa) - by a shower of dust
- वा (vā) - or (or, either)
- नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)
- स्वाम् (svām) - one's own
- छायाम् (chāyām) - shadow (shadow, shade, reflection, image)
- अन्यथा (anyathā) - in a distorted way, differently (otherwise, differently, in another way, incorrectly)
- दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having perceived (having seen, having perceived)
- चतुः (catuḥ) - four
- पञ्च (pañca) - five
- स (sa) - he (the person) (he, that)
- जीवति (jīvati) - lives (lives, survives)
Words meanings and morphology
हन्यते (hanyate) - is afflicted (is struck, is killed, is afflicted)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of han
Present Passive Voice
Root han (2nd class, Par.) with passive suffix -ya.
Root: han (class 2)
काकपन्क्तीभिः (kākapanktībhiḥ) - by flocks of crows (by flocks of crows, by rows of crows)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, plural of kākapankti
kākapankti - flock of crows, row of crows
Tatpurusha compound.
Compound type : tatpurusha (kāka+pankti)
- kāka – crow
noun (masculine) - pankti – row, line, series, flock
noun (feminine)
i-stem feminine noun.
पांशुवर्षेण (pāṁśuvarṣeṇa) - by a shower of dust
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāṃśuvarṣa
pāṁśuvarṣa - shower of dust
Tatpurusha compound.
Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṃśu+varṣa)
- pāṃśu – dust, sand, dirt
noun (masculine) - varṣa – rain, shower, year
noun (masculine/neuter)
Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
Disjunctive particle.
नरः (naraḥ) - a person (man, person)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, person, human being
a-stem masculine noun.
Root: nṛ
Note: Subject of the sentence.
स्वाम् (svām) - one's own
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sva
sva - one's own, self
Reflexive pronoun/adjective.
छायाम् (chāyām) - shadow (shadow, shade, reflection, image)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of chāyā
chāyā - shadow, shade, reflection, image, lustre
ā-stem feminine noun.
Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā'.
अन्यथा (anyathā) - in a distorted way, differently (otherwise, differently, in another way, incorrectly)
(indeclinable)
Adverb formed with suffix -thā.
दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having perceived (having seen, having perceived)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root dṛś (1st class, Par.) with suffix -tvā.
Root: dṛś (class 1)
चतुः (catuḥ) - four
(numeral)
Note: Used with 'pañca' to mean 'four or five'.
पञ्च (pañca) - five
(numeral)
Note: Used with 'catuḥ' to mean 'four or five'.
स (sa) - he (the person) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Demonstrative pronoun.
Note: Refers to 'naraḥ'.
जीवति (jīvati) - lives (lives, survives)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīv
Present Active Voice
Root jīv (1st class, Par.)
Root: jīv (class 1)