मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-49, verse-32
तेन वा वर्तयन्ति स्म मुखे त्रेयायुगस्य वै ।
ततः कालान्तरेणैव पुनर्लोभान्वितास्तु ताः ॥३२॥
ततः कालान्तरेणैव पुनर्लोभान्वितास्तु ताः ॥३२॥
32. tena vā vartayanti sma mukhe treyāyugasya vai .
tataḥ kālāntareṇaiva punarlobhānvitāstu tāḥ.
tataḥ kālāntareṇaiva punarlobhānvitāstu tāḥ.
32.
tena vā vartayanti sma mukhe tretāyugasya vai
tataḥ kālāntareṇa eva punar lobhānvitāḥ tu tāḥ
tataḥ kālāntareṇa eva punar lobhānvitāḥ tu tāḥ
32.
They sustained themselves with that (honey) at the beginning of the Tretā age (yuga). Then, indeed, after some time, those people, overcome by greed (lobha), again...
Words meanings summery:
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- तेन (tena) - with that honey (with that, by that)
- वा (vā) - or, indeed
- वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti) - they cause to live, they maintain themselves
- स्म (sma) - (turns present tense into past tense)
- मुखे (mukhe) - at the beginning of the Tretā age (in the beginning)
- त्रेतायुगस्य (tretāyugasya) - of the Tretā age (yuga)
- वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily
- ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that, from there
- कालान्तरेण (kālāntareṇa) - after some time, with the lapse of time
- एव (eva) - only, just, indeed
- पुनर् (punar) - again, anew, back
- लोभान्विताः (lobhānvitāḥ) - those people who became greedy (accompanied by greed, greedy)
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
- ताः (tāḥ) - those people (feminine, referring to the beings/population) (those)
Words meanings and morphology
तेन (tena) - with that honey (with that, by that)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, those
वा (vā) - or, indeed
(indeclinable)
वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti) - they cause to live, they maintain themselves
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of vṛt
causative
Causative stem from root √vṛt, meaning 'to cause to live' or 'to maintain'.
Root: vṛt (class 1)
स्म (sma) - (turns present tense into past tense)
(indeclinable)
मुखे (mukhe) - at the beginning of the Tretā age (in the beginning)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of mukha
mukha - mouth, face, opening, beginning, front
त्रेतायुगस्य (tretāyugasya) - of the Tretā age (yuga)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tretāyuga
tretāyuga - the Tretā age (the second of the four world-ages or yugas)
Compound type : karmadharaya (tretā+yuga)
- tretā – a period of three; the second of the four yugas
noun (feminine) - yuga – age, epoch, period, yoke, pair
noun (neuter)
वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily
(indeclinable)
ततः (tataḥ) - then, after that, from there
(indeclinable)
कालान्तरेण (kālāntareṇa) - after some time, with the lapse of time
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of kālāntara
kālāntara - another time, interval of time
Compound type : tatpurusha (kāla+antara)
- kāla – time, period, season
noun (masculine) - antara – interval, space, difference, other, inner
noun (neuter)
एव (eva) - only, just, indeed
(indeclinable)
पुनर् (punar) - again, anew, back
(indeclinable)
लोभान्विताः (lobhānvitāḥ) - those people who became greedy (accompanied by greed, greedy)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of lobhānvita
lobhānvita - imbued with greed, desirous
Compound type : tatpurusha (lobha+anvita)
- lobha – greed, avarice, desire, covetousness
noun (masculine) - anvita – endowed with, accompanied by, possessed of
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from anu-√i (to go after, to follow)
Prefix: anu
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Agrees with 'tāḥ'.
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
ताः (tāḥ) - those people (feminine, referring to the beings/population) (those)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of tad
tad - that, those