मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-44, verse-24
अव्यक्तादिविशेषन्तमविकारमचेतनम् ।
व्यक्ताव्यक्तं त्वया ज्ञेयं ज्ञाता कश्चाहमित्युत ॥२४॥
व्यक्ताव्यक्तं त्वया ज्ञेयं ज्ञाता कश्चाहमित्युत ॥२४॥
24. avyaktādiviśeṣantamavikāramacetanam .
vyaktāvyaktaṃ tvayā jñeyaṃ jñātā kaścāhamityuta.
vyaktāvyaktaṃ tvayā jñeyaṃ jñātā kaścāhamityuta.
24.
avyaktādiviśeṣāntam avikāram acetanam vyaktāvyaktam
tvayā jñeyam jñātā kaḥ ca aham iti uta
tvayā jñeyam jñātā kaḥ ca aham iti uta
24.
That which extends from the unmanifest (avyakta) to the particular, which is immutable and insentient—this manifest and unmanifest reality—should be known by you. And who am I, the knower, in all this?
Words meanings summery:
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- अव्यक्तादिविशेषान्तम् (avyaktādiviśeṣāntam) - extending from the unmanifest (avyakta) to the particular (extending from the unmanifest to the particular; ending with the specific, beginning with the unmanifest)
- अविकारम् (avikāram) - unchanging, immutable, without modification
- अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, insentient, inanimate
- व्यक्ताव्यक्तम् (vyaktāvyaktam) - manifest and unmanifest
- त्वया (tvayā) - by you
- ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - should be known (to be known, knowable, perceptible)
- ज्ञाता (jñātā) - knower, one who knows
- कः (kaḥ) - who (am I)? (who?, what?)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- अहम् (aham) - I
- इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech)
- उत (uta) - and (and, or, moreover, also)
Words meanings and morphology
अव्यक्तादिविशेषान्तम् (avyaktādiviśeṣāntam) - extending from the unmanifest (avyakta) to the particular (extending from the unmanifest to the particular; ending with the specific, beginning with the unmanifest)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of avyaktādiviśeṣānta
avyaktādiviśeṣānta - extending from the unmanifest to the particular, ending with the specific, beginning with the unmanifest
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avyakta+ādi+viśeṣa+anta)
- avyakta – unmanifest, unperceived, indistinct
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
derived from vi-añj with 'a' prefix (negative)
Prefix: vi
Root: añj (class 7) - ādi – beginning, starting with, and so on
noun (masculine)
Root: ad (class 2) - viśeṣa – distinction, particularity, specific, characteristic
noun (masculine)
Prefix: vi
Root: śiṣ (class 7) - anta – end, limit, boundary
noun (masculine)
Root: ant
अविकारम् (avikāram) - unchanging, immutable, without modification
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of avikāra
avikāra - unchanging, immutable, without modification
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vikāra)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable
negative prefix - vikāra – change, modification, alteration, product
noun (masculine)
derived from vi-kṛ
Prefix: vi
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious, insentient, inanimate
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of acetana
acetana - unconscious, insentient, inanimate
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cetana)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable
negative prefix - cetana – conscious, sentient, having intelligence
adjective (masculine)
Present Active Participle
derived from root cit
Root: cit (class 1)
व्यक्ताव्यक्तम् (vyaktāvyaktam) - manifest and unmanifest
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vyaktāvyakta
vyaktāvyakta - manifest and unmanifest
Compound type : dvandva (vyakta+avyakta)
- vyakta – manifest, evident, visible
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
derived from vi-añj
Prefix: vi
Root: añj (class 7) - avyakta – unmanifest, unperceived, indistinct
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
derived from vi-añj with 'a' prefix (negative)
Prefix: vi
Root: añj (class 7)
Note: Here used as a noun, referring to the manifest-unmanifest reality.
त्वया (tvayā) - by you
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
ज्ञेयम् (jñeyam) - should be known (to be known, knowable, perceptible)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jñeya
jñeya - to be known, knowable, perceptible
Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)
derived from root jñā with suffix -eya
Root: jñā (class 9)
ज्ञाता (jñātā) - knower, one who knows
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jñātṛ
jñātṛ - knower, one who knows
agent noun
derived from root jñā with suffix -tṛ
Root: jñā (class 9)
कः (kaḥ) - who (am I)? (who?, what?)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who?, what?, which?
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I
इति (iti) - thus, so, in this way, (marks direct speech)
(indeclinable)
उत (uta) - and (and, or, moreover, also)
(indeclinable)