मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-72, verse-6

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ब्राह्मण उवाच ।
यदि जीवति ते भार्या न चैव व्यभिचारिणी ।
तदपत्नीकताजन्म किं पापं क्रियते त्वया ॥६॥

6. brāhmaṇa uvāca .
yadi jīvati te bhāryā na caiva vyabhicāriṇī .
tadapatnīkatājanma kiṃ pāpaṃ kriyate tvayā.

6. brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca | yadi jīvati te bhāryā na ca eva
vyabhicāriṇī | tat apatnīkṛtajanma kim pāpam kriyate tvayā

6. The Brahmin said, "If your wife is alive and indeed not unchaste, then what sin (karma) are you committing by treating her as if she were not your wife?"

Words meanings summery:

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ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

यदि (yadi) - if

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive

ते (te) - your, by you, to you

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

न (na) - not

च (ca) - and

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

व्यभिचारिणी (vyabhicāriṇī) - unchaste, adulterous, disloyal (feminine)

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

अपत्नीकृतजन्म (apatnīkṛtajanma) - the act of treating as not a wife, non-wifely creation/existence

किम् (kim) - what

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil (karma)

क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is committed

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class, related to Brahman

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect active, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, is alive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Present Active

3rd person singular, present active, Parasmaipada

Root: jīv (class 1)

ते (te) - your, by you, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular, plural)

Note: Enclitic form for genitive.

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, mistress of a house

Gerundive

Derived from √bhṛ (to bear, support) + ṇya suffix, meaning 'she who is to be supported'

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'jīvati'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'vyabhicāriṇī'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two conditions.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the preceding word.

व्यभिचारिणी (vyabhicāriṇī) - unchaste, adulterous, disloyal (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyabhicāriṇī

vyabhicāriṇī - unchaste, adulterous, straying, disloyal (feminine)

Agent Noun (feminine)

Derived from √car (to go) with prefixes vi- and abhi-, and ṇiṇ suffix

Prefixes: vi+abhi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhāryā'.

तत् (tat) - then, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Denotes consequence.

अपत्नीकृतजन्म (apatnīkṛtajanma) - the act of treating as not a wife, non-wifely creation/existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apatnīkṛtajanma

apatnīkṛtajanma - the act of making (her) not a wife, a non-wifely state

Compound type : tatpurusha (a+patnīkṛta+janma)

a – not, un-
indeclinable
negative prefix
patnīkṛta – made into a wife
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from patnī (wife) + kṛ (to make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
janma – birth, origin, existence, act
noun (neuter)
Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'kriyate'.

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness, misfortune

Note: Appositional to 'kim', also subject of passive verb.

क्रियते (kriyate) - is done, is performed, is committed