मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-46, verse-25
तैः षड्भिरयनं वर्षं द्वेऽयने दक्षिणोत्तरे ।
तद्देवानामहोरात्रं दिनं तत्रोत्तरायणम् ॥२५॥
तद्देवानामहोरात्रं दिनं तत्रोत्तरायणम् ॥२५॥
25. taiḥ ṣaḍbhirayanaṃ varṣaṃ dve'yane dakṣiṇottare .
taddevānāmahorātraṃ dinaṃ tatrottarāyaṇam.
taddevānāmahorātraṃ dinaṃ tatrottarāyaṇam.
25.
taiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ ayanam varṣam dve ayane dakṣiṇa-uttare
tat devānām ahorātram dinam tatra uttarāyaṇam
tat devānām ahorātram dinam tatra uttarāyaṇam
25.
Six of those (months) constitute an ayana (half-year), and a year (varṣa) consists of two such ayanas – the southern (dakṣiṇa) and the northern (uttara). That (human) year is a single day and night (ahorātra) for the gods; within that, the northern course of the sun (uttarāyaṇa) is their day.
Words meanings summery:
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- तैः (taiḥ) - by those (months) (by them, by those)
- षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ) - by six (months) (by six)
- अयनम् (ayanam) - a half-year period (ayana) (a course, a path, a half-year period)
- वर्षम् (varṣam) - a year (a year, a rain)
- द्वे (dve) - two
- अयने (ayane) - two (half-year periods) ayanas (two ayanas, two courses)
- दक्षिण-उत्तरे (dakṣiṇa-uttare) - the southern and northern (ayanams) (southern and northern)
- तत् (tat) - that (human year) (that, it)
- देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods
- अहोरात्रम् (ahorātram) - a day and night (ahorātra) (a day and night, 24 hours)
- दिनम् (dinam) - day
- तत्र (tatra) - therein (in that ahorātra of the gods) (there, therein)
- उत्तरायणम् (uttarāyaṇam) - the northern course of the sun (uttarāyaṇa) (northern course (of the sun))
Words meanings and morphology
तैः (taiḥ) - by those (months) (by them, by those)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Refers to the months mentioned in the previous verse.
षड्भिः (ṣaḍbhiḥ) - by six (months) (by six)
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with taiḥ and implicitly māsaiḥ.
अयनम् (ayanam) - a half-year period (ayana) (a course, a path, a half-year period)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ayana
ayana - course, path, a half-year period (solar passage)
Root: i (class 2)
वर्षम् (varṣam) - a year (a year, a rain)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of varṣa
varṣa - year, rainy season
Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
द्वे (dve) - two
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with ayane.
अयने (ayane) - two (half-year periods) ayanas (two ayanas, two courses)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of ayana
ayana - course, path, a half-year period (solar passage)
Root: i (class 2)
दक्षिण-उत्तरे (dakṣiṇa-uttare) - the southern and northern (ayanams) (southern and northern)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, dual of dakṣiṇottara
dakṣiṇottara - southern and northern
Compound type : dvandva (dakṣiṇa+uttara)
- dakṣiṇa – southern, right
adjective - uttara – northern, upper, later
adjective
तत् (tat) - that (human year) (that, it)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, deity
Root: div (class 4)
अहोरात्रम् (ahorātram) - a day and night (ahorātra) (a day and night, 24 hours)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ahorātra
ahorātra - a day and night, 24 hours
Compound type : dvandva (ahas+rātra)
- ahas – day
noun (neuter) - rātra – night
noun (neuter)
दिनम् (dinam) - day
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dina
dina - day
तत्र (tatra) - therein (in that ahorātra of the gods) (there, therein)
(indeclinable)
उत्तरायणम् (uttarāyaṇam) - the northern course of the sun (uttarāyaṇa) (northern course (of the sun))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of uttarāyaṇa
uttarāyaṇa - northern course of the sun
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uttara+ayana)
- uttara – northern
adjective - ayana – course
noun (neuter)
Root: i (class 2)