मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-66, verse-37
पुत्रमित्रकलत्रेषु सक्ताः सीदन्ति जन्तवः ।
सरःपङ्कार्णवे मग्ना जीर्णा वनगजा इव ॥३७॥
सरःपङ्कार्णवे मग्ना जीर्णा वनगजा इव ॥३७॥
37. putramitrakalatreṣu saktāḥ sīdanti jantavaḥ .
saraḥpaṅkārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva.
saraḥpaṅkārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva.
37.
putramitrakalatreṣu saktāḥ sīdanti jantavaḥ
saraḥpaṅkārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva
saraḥpaṅkārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva
37.
Living beings who are attached to their sons, friends, and wives suffer and become distressed, just like old wild elephants submerged in a muddy lake.
Words meanings summery:
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- पुत्रमित्रकलत्रेषु (putramitrakalatreṣu) - among sons, friends, and wives/family
- सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached, engrossed, addicted
- सीदन्ति (sīdanti) - they sink, they become distressed, they suffer
- जन्तवः (jantavaḥ) - living beings, creatures, people
- सरःपङ्कार्णवे (saraḥpaṅkārṇave) - in the muddy lake-ocean, in the ocean of lake-mud
- मग्ना (magnā) - submerged, sunken, immersed
- जीर्णा (jīrṇā) - old, decrepit, worn out
- वनगजा (vanagajā) - wild elephants
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
Words meanings and morphology
पुत्रमित्रकलत्रेषु (putramitrakalatreṣu) - among sons, friends, and wives/family
(noun)
Locative, neuter, plural of putramitrakalatra
putramitrakalatra - sons, friends, and wives; family
Compound type : dvandva (putra+mitra+kalatra)
- putra – son
noun (masculine) - mitra – friend
noun (masculine) - kalatra – wife, family, spouse
noun (neuter)
सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached, engrossed, addicted
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sakta
sakta - attached, clinging, devoted to, engrossed in
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root sañj (to cling, be attached)
Root: sañj (class 7)
Note: Agrees with jantavaḥ.
सीदन्ति (sīdanti) - they sink, they become distressed, they suffer
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sīd
Present tense
Derived from root sad (ṣad) with reduplication sīda in present.
Root: sad (class 1)
जन्तवः (jantavaḥ) - living beings, creatures, people
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jantu
jantu - living being, creature, human being
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Subject of sīdanti.
सरःपङ्कार्णवे (saraḥpaṅkārṇave) - in the muddy lake-ocean, in the ocean of lake-mud
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of saraḥpaṅkārṇava
saraḥpaṅkārṇava - ocean of lake-mud, a vast expanse of mud in a lake
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saras+paṅka+arṇava)
- saras – lake, pond
noun (neuter)
Root: sṛ (class 1) - paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
noun (masculine)
Root: pajj - arṇava – ocean, sea
noun (masculine)
Root: ṛ
मग्ना (magnā) - submerged, sunken, immersed
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of magna
magna - immersed, submerged, sunk, deeply involved
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root majj (to sink, dive).
Root: majj (class 6)
Note: Agrees with vanagajāḥ.
जीर्णा (jīrṇā) - old, decrepit, worn out
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jīrṇa
jīrṇa - old, worn out, decrepit, digested
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root jṛ (to decay, grow old).
Root: jṛ (class 1)
Note: Agrees with vanagajāḥ.
वनगजा (vanagajā) - wild elephants
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vanagaja
vanagaja - forest elephant, wild elephant
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gaja)
- vana – forest, wood
noun (neuter) - gaja – elephant
noun (masculine)
Root: gajj (class 1)
Note: Subject of the simile.
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)