मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-51, verse-26
नियोजयति चैवान्यान् कन्या सा च नियोजिका ।
तस्याः पवित्रपठनात् क्रोधलोभादिवर्जनात् ॥२६॥
तस्याः पवित्रपठनात् क्रोधलोभादिवर्जनात् ॥२६॥
26. niyojayati caivānyān kanyā sā ca niyojikā .
tasyāḥ pavitrapaṭhanāt krodhalobhādivarjanāt.
tasyāḥ pavitrapaṭhanāt krodhalobhādivarjanāt.
26.
niyojayati ca eva anyān kanyā sā ca niyojikā
tasyāḥ pavitrapaṭhanāt krodhalobhādivarjanāt
tasyāḥ pavitrapaṭhanāt krodhalobhādivarjanāt
26.
That very girl (kanyā), who is also the instructress (niyojikā), directs others. This is achieved through her sacred recitation and by the avoidance of anger, greed, and similar faults.
Words meanings summery:
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- नियोजयति (niyojayati) - she/he/it directs, employs, assigns, appoints
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very
- अन्यान् (anyān) - others, other people
- कन्या (kanyā) - a girl, a maiden
- सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)
- च (ca) - and, also
- नियोजिका (niyojikā) - instructress, female agent, director
- तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, by her
- पवित्रपठनात् (pavitrapaṭhanāt) - from sacred recitation, by holy reading
- क्रोधलोभादिवर्जनात् (krodhalobhādivarjanāt) - from the avoidance of anger, greed, etc.
Words meanings and morphology
नियोजयति (niyojayati) - she/he/it directs, employs, assigns, appoints
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of niyuj
Causative Present Active
Caused form of √yuj with prefix ni.
Prefix: ni
Root: √yuj (class 7)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, very
(indeclinable)
अन्यान् (anyān) - others, other people
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of anya
anya - other, another
कन्या (kanyā) - a girl, a maiden
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter
सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, it
Note: Demonstrative pronoun.
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
नियोजिका (niyojikā) - instructress, female agent, director
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of niyojikā
niyojikā - female director, instructress, female agent
Feminine form of niyojaka, from √yuj with ni, causative suffix -i and suffix -ka.
Prefix: ni
Root: √yuj (class 7)
तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, by her
(pronoun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, it
Note: Can also be ablative singular. Here, ablative of cause is implied by the context of 'through her recitation'.
पवित्रपठनात् (pavitrapaṭhanāt) - from sacred recitation, by holy reading
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of pavitrapaṭhana
pavitrapaṭhana - sacred reading, holy recitation
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pavitra+paṭhana)
- pavitra – pure, sacred, holy
adjective (neuter) - paṭhana – reading, recitation, study
noun (neuter)
From root paṭh (to read) + ana suffix.
Root: √paṭh (class 1)
Note: Ablative of cause.
क्रोधलोभादिवर्जनात् (krodhalobhādivarjanāt) - from the avoidance of anger, greed, etc.
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of krodhalobhādivarjana
krodhalobhādivarjana - avoidance of anger, greed, and similar vices
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krodha+lobha+ādi+varjana)
- krodha – anger, wrath
noun (masculine)
From root krudh (to be angry) + a suffix.
Root: √krudh (class 4) - lobha – greed, avarice, desire
noun (masculine)
From root lubh (to covet) + a suffix.
Root: √lubh (class 4) - ādi – beginning, and so forth, etcetera
indeclinable - varjana – avoidance, renunciation, abandoning
noun (neuter)
From root vṛj (to avoid, abandon) + ana suffix.
Root: √vṛj (class 1)
Note: Ablative of cause.