मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-50, verse-50

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दुष्टं क्रुद्धार्तदत्तञ्च यक्ष तद्भागि तत् फलम् ।
यच्च पौनर्भवः किञ्चित् करोत्यामुष्मिकं क्रमम् ॥५०॥

50. duṣṭaṃ kruddhārtadattañca yakṣa tadbhāgi tat phalam .
yacca paunarbhavaḥ kiñcit karotyāmuṣmikaṃ kramam.

50. duṣṭam kruddha-ārta-dattam ca yakṣa tat bhāgi tat phalam
yat ca paunarbhavaḥ kiñcit karoti āmuṣmikaṃ kramam

50. O Yakṣa, you are entitled to the fruit of whatever is given by a wicked, angry, or distressed person. And whatever act for the afterlife is performed by one of secondary birth...

Words meanings summery:

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दुष्टम् (duṣṭam) - that which is evil or spoiled (referring to an offering or gift) (evil, wicked, defiled, bad)

क्रुद्ध-आर्त-दत्तम् (kruddha-ārta-dattam) - referring to an offering or gift made by someone in a state of anger and distress (given by one who is angry and distressed)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

यक्ष (yakṣa) - O Yakṣa (addressing a Yakṣa) (Yakṣa (a class of nature-spirits, often guardians of treasures))

तत् (tat) - referring to the aforementioned `duṣṭam kruddhārtadattam` (that, that (which is))

भागि (bhāgi) - entitled to, having a share in (the fruit) (a sharer, partaker, entitled to)

तत् (tat) - that (fruit) (that)

फलम् (phalam) - the fruit or result (of the offering) (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

यत् (yat) - whatever (act) (whatever, which, that which)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

पौनर्भवः (paunarbhavaḥ) - referring to a person whose birth status is considered secondary or problematic in a ritual context, e.g., a son of a remarried widow (one born again, son of a remarried woman, related to rebirth)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - whatever little (act) (anything, whatever, some, a little)

करोति (karoti) - performs (an act) (does, makes, performs)

आमुष्मिकं (āmuṣmikaṁ) - relating to the afterlife (qualifying 'act') (relating to the next world, for the afterlife)

क्रमम् (kramam) - an act or ritual (act, sequence, order, method)

Words meanings and morphology

दुष्टम् (duṣṭam) - that which is evil or spoiled (referring to an offering or gift) (evil, wicked, defiled, bad)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duṣṭa

duṣṭa - bad, wicked, spoiled, corrupt, defiled

Past Passive Participle

From √duṣ (to be bad, to be spoiled)

Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Here used substantively as 'that which is wicked/spoiled'

क्रुद्ध-आर्त-दत्तम् (kruddha-ārta-dattam) - referring to an offering or gift made by someone in a state of anger and distress (given by one who is angry and distressed)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kruddha-ārta-datta

kruddha-ārta-datta - given by one who is angry and distressed

Compound of three past passive participles

Compound type : tatpurusha (kruddha+ārta+datta)

kruddha – angry, enraged
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From √kudh (to be angry)
Root: kudh (class 4)
ārta – distressed, afflicted, suffering
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From √ṛ (to go, to move), meaning 'one who has reached distress'
Root: ṛ (class 1)
datta – given, granted
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From √dā (to give)
Root: dā (class 3)

Note: The compound itself takes the case and number of `dattam`

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यक्ष (yakṣa) - O Yakṣa (addressing a Yakṣa) (Yakṣa (a class of nature-spirits, often guardians of treasures))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of semi-divine beings, usually associated with Kubera and guardians of wealth

तत् (tat) - referring to the aforementioned `duṣṭam kruddhārtadattam` (that, that (which is))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Note: Refers to `duṣṭam kruddhārtadattam`

भागि (bhāgi) - entitled to, having a share in (the fruit) (a sharer, partaker, entitled to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāgin

bhāgin - sharer, partaker, participant, entitled to

From `bhāga` (share) + suffix `in`

Note: Qualifies 'Yakṣa' implicitly

तत् (tat) - that (fruit) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Note: Refers to `phalam`

फलम् (phalam) - the fruit or result (of the offering) (fruit, result, consequence, reward)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, effect, consequence, reward

Note: Predicate nominative

यत् (yat) - whatever (act) (whatever, which, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, whatever

Note: Refers to `kramam`

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पौनर्भवः (paunarbhavaḥ) - referring to a person whose birth status is considered secondary or problematic in a ritual context, e.g., a son of a remarried widow (one born again, son of a remarried woman, related to rebirth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paunarbhava

paunarbhava - one born again; a son of a remarried woman (punarbhū); belonging to a second birth/life

Derived from `punar-bhava` (re-existence, rebirth) with `aṇ` suffix, or from `punarbhū` (a remarried woman)

Prefix: punar

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of `karoti`

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - whatever little (act) (anything, whatever, some, a little)

(indeclinable)

Formed from `kim` + `cid`

Note: Qualifies `kramam`

करोति (karoti) - performs (an act) (does, makes, performs)