मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-74, verse-9
न दिग्विज्ञायते पूर्वा दक्षिणा वा न पश्चिमा ।
नोत्तरा तमसा सर्वमनुलिप्तमिवाभवत् ॥९॥
नोत्तरा तमसा सर्वमनुलिप्तमिवाभवत् ॥९॥
9. na digvijñāyate pūrvā dakṣiṇā vā na paścimā .
nottarā tamasā sarvamanuliptamivābhavat.
nottarā tamasā sarvamanuliptamivābhavat.
9.
na dik vijñāyate pūrvā dakṣiṇā vā na paścimā
na uttarā tamasā sarvam anuliptam iva abhavat
na uttarā tamasā sarvam anuliptam iva abhavat
9.
Neither the eastern, southern, nor western direction, nor the northern, could be discerned. Everything seemed to be smeared by darkness.
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not, neither, nor
- दिक् (dik) - direction, quarter, region
- विज्ञायते (vijñāyate) - is known, is discerned, is understood
- पूर्वा (pūrvā) - eastern direction (eastern, prior, former)
- दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) - southern direction (southern, right (side))
- वा (vā) - or, either...or
- न (na) - not, neither, nor
- पश्चिमा (paścimā) - western direction (western, hindmost)
- न (na) - not, neither, nor
- उत्तरा (uttarā) - northern direction (northern, upper, later)
- तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness, by gloom
- सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole
- अनुलिप्तम् (anuliptam) - smeared, covered, overspread
- इव (iva) - as if, like, as
- अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was, happened
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not, neither, nor
(indeclinable)
दिक् (dik) - direction, quarter, region
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of diś
diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region, point of the compass
विज्ञायते (vijñāyate) - is known, is discerned, is understood
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of jñā
Prefix: vi
Root: jñā (class 9)
पूर्वा (pūrvā) - eastern direction (eastern, prior, former)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of pūrva
pūrva - eastern, prior, former, first, preceding
दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) - southern direction (southern, right (side))
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇa
dakṣiṇa - southern, right (side), clever, capable
वा (vā) - or, either...or
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not, neither, nor
(indeclinable)
पश्चिमा (paścimā) - western direction (western, hindmost)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of paścima
paścima - western, hindmost, last
न (na) - not, neither, nor
(indeclinable)
उत्तरा (uttarā) - northern direction (northern, upper, later)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of uttara
uttara - northern, upper, higher, later, subsequent, superior
तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness, by gloom
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas
tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, quality of inertia (tamas guṇa)
सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything, the whole
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole, entire
अनुलिप्तम् (anuliptam) - smeared, covered, overspread
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anulipta
anulipta - smeared, anointed, covered, stained
Past Passive Participle
From root 'lip' (to smear) with prefix 'anu'
Prefix: anu
Root: lip (class 6)
इव (iva) - as if, like, as
(indeclinable)
अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was, happened
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)