मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-44, verse-7

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तयोर्मम च यन्मात्रा बाल्ये स्तन्यं यथा मुखे ।
तथावबोधो विन्यस्तः कर्णयोरवनीपते ॥७॥

7. tayormama ca yanmātrā bālye stanyaṃ yathā mukhe .
tathāvabodho vinyastaḥ karṇayoravanīpate.

7. tayoḥ mama ca yat mātrā bālye stanyam yathā mukhe
tathā avabodhaḥ vinyastaḥ karṇayoḥ avanīpate

7. O King, just as in childhood, breast milk was given in equal measure into the mouths of those two and myself, similarly, understanding was imparted into our ears.

Words meanings summery:

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तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (elder brothers mentioned in previous verse) (of those two, to those two)

मम (mama) - my (speaker Subahu) (my, of me)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

यत् (yat) - in what measure / to the extent that (which, what)

मात्रा (mātrā) - in equal measure (referring to quantity of milk) (by measure, by quantity, by amount)

बाल्ये (bālye) - in childhood (in childhood, in infancy)

स्तन्यम् (stanyam) - breast milk (breast milk, mammary fluid)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

मुखे (mukhe) - in the mouth (in the mouth, at the face, at the front)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too (so, similarly, thus)

अवबोधः (avabodhaḥ) - understanding (understanding, knowledge, perception)

विन्यस्तः (vinyastaḥ) - imparted, placed (placed, deposited, arranged, imparted)

कर्णयोः (karṇayoḥ) - into our ears (dual) (in the ears (dual))

अवनीपते (avanīpate) - O King! (addressing the King of Kashi) (O King!, O protector of the earth!)

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (elder brothers mentioned in previous verse) (of those two, to those two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the two elder brothers.

मम (mama) - my (speaker Subahu) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun (genitive form).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects tayoḥ and mama.

यत् (yat) - in what measure / to the extent that (which, what)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Relative pronoun. Used here as an adjective to mātrā (effectively making it 'whatever measure').

मात्रा (mātrā) - in equal measure (referring to quantity of milk) (by measure, by quantity, by amount)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mātrā

mātrā - measure, quantity, extent, amount

बाल्ये (bālye) - in childhood (in childhood, in infancy)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bālya

bālya - childhood, infancy, youth

From bāla (child) + ya suffix.

स्तन्यम् (stanyam) - breast milk (breast milk, mammary fluid)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of stanya

stanya - breast milk, milk, mammary

Gerundive

From root stan (to sound, to thunder) with ṇya suffix, meaning 'what is to be made to sound' or 'what is sucked' (referring to breast milk). Or derived from stana (breast).

Root: stan (class 10)

Note: Subject of comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial indeclinable.

मुखे (mukhe) - in the mouth (in the mouth, at the face, at the front)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - mouth, face, front, beginning

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so too (so, similarly, thus)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial indeclinable.