मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-45, verse-59
गुणं पूर्वस्य पूर्वस्य प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तरोत्तरम् ।
नानावीर्याः पृथग्भूताः सप्तैते संहतिं विना ॥५९॥
नानावीर्याः पृथग्भूताः सप्तैते संहतिं विना ॥५९॥
59. guṇaṃ pūrvasya pūrvasya prāpnuvantyuttarottaram .
nānāvīryāḥ pṛthagbhūtāḥ saptaite saṃhatiṃ vinā.
nānāvīryāḥ pṛthagbhūtāḥ saptaite saṃhatiṃ vinā.
59.
guṇam pūrvasya pūrvasya prāpnuvanti uttara-uttaram
| nānāvīryāḥ pṛthakbhūtāḥ sapta ete saṃhatim vinā
| nānāvīryāḥ pṛthakbhūtāḥ sapta ete saṃhatim vinā
59.
Each succeeding (element) acquires the quality of the one immediately preceding it. These seven, though having diverse potencies and remaining distinct, exist without spontaneous cohesion.
Words meanings summery:
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- गुणम् (guṇam) - the specific quality (of an element) (quality, attribute, property)
- पूर्वस्य (pūrvasya) - of the one immediately preceding (element) (of the preceding, of the former)
- पूर्वस्य (pūrvasya) - of each preceding (element) (of the preceding, of the former)
- प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they attain, obtain, reach
- उत्तर-उत्तरम् (uttara-uttaram) - each succeeding (element) (each succeeding one, successively, one after another)
- नानावीर्याः (nānāvīryāḥ) - of diverse potencies, having various powers
- पृथक्भूताः (pṛthakbhūtāḥ) - having become separate, distinct, isolated
- सप्त (sapta) - these seven (elements/principles) (seven)
- एते (ete) - these (seven elements/principles) (these)
- संहतिम् (saṁhatim) - cohesion (the capacity to unite spontaneously) (union, cohesion, combination, aggregate)
- विना (vinā) - without, except, apart from
Words meanings and morphology
गुणम् (guṇam) - the specific quality (of an element) (quality, attribute, property)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇa
guṇa - quality, attribute, property; constituent (of prakṛti); thread, string
पूर्वस्य (pūrvasya) - of the one immediately preceding (element) (of the preceding, of the former)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of pūrva
pūrva - former, prior, preceding, earlier, first
पूर्वस्य (pūrvasya) - of each preceding (element) (of the preceding, of the former)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of pūrva
pūrva - former, prior, preceding, earlier, first
Note: Repetition for emphasis, meaning 'of each preceding'.
प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - they attain, obtain, reach
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prāp
Present Tense
Derived from root 'āp' with prefix 'pra-', Parasmaipada form.
Prefix: pra
Root: āp (class 5)
उत्तर-उत्तरम् (uttara-uttaram) - each succeeding (element) (each succeeding one, successively, one after another)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of uttarottara
uttarottara - each succeeding, successively, one after another
Compound type : avyayībhāva (uttara+uttara)
- uttara – later, succeeding, subsequent; superior, higher
adjective (masculine) - uttara – later, succeeding, subsequent; superior, higher
adjective (masculine)
Note: Used adverbially to mean 'successively'.
नानावीर्याः (nānāvīryāḥ) - of diverse potencies, having various powers
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nānāvīrya
nānāvīrya - having various potencies, of diverse powers
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+vīrya)
- nānā – various, diverse, manifold; separately
indeclinable - vīrya – potency, power, energy, virility, strength
noun (neuter)
पृथक्भूताः (pṛthakbhūtāḥ) - having become separate, distinct, isolated
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pṛthakbhūta
pṛthakbhūta - having become separate, distinct, isolated
Compound involving Past Passive Participle
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthak+bhūta)
- pṛthak – separately, distinctly, apart
indeclinable - bhūta – become, being, existing; element, creature
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, become) with suffix '-ta'.
Root: bhū (class 1)
सप्त (sapta) - these seven (elements/principles) (seven)
(numeral)
एते (ete) - these (seven elements/principles) (these)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of etad
etad - this, these
संहतिम् (saṁhatim) - cohesion (the capacity to unite spontaneously) (union, cohesion, combination, aggregate)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃhati
saṁhati - union, cohesion, combination, aggregate, collection
Derived from root 'han' with prefix 'sam-'.
Prefix: sam
Root: han (class 2)
विना (vinā) - without, except, apart from
(indeclinable)