मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-76, verse-43

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ब्रह्मोवाच ।
क्षीणाधिकारो भवति मुक्तियोग्यो न कर्मवान् ।
सत्त्वाधिकारवान् मुक्तिमवाप्स्यति ततो भवान् ॥४३॥

43. brahmovāca .
kṣīṇādhikāro bhavati muktiyogyo na karmavān .
sattvādhikāravān muktimavāpsyati tato bhavān.

43. brahmā uvāca | kṣīṇādhikāraḥ bhavati muktiyogyaḥ na
karmavān | sattvādhikāravān muktim avāpsyati tataḥ bhavān

43. Brahmā replied: 'One whose claim (to worldly existence) has diminished becomes fit for liberation (mokṣa), not one who is still bound by action (karma). Therefore, you, possessing the right disposition (sattvādhikāra), will attain liberation (mokṣa).'

Words meanings summery:

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ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

क्षीणाधिकारः (kṣīṇādhikāraḥ) - one whose right or entitlement to worldly existence/action has diminished (one whose authority/claim is exhausted, one whose rights have diminished)

भवति (bhavati) - he/she/it becomes, is

मुक्तियोग्यः (muktiyogyaḥ) - fit for liberation, worthy of emancipation

न (na) - not, no

कर्मवान् (karmavān) - one who performs actions, one possessing karma (implying being bound by them)

सत्त्वाधिकारवान् (sattvādhikāravān) - one possessing the qualification of goodness/purity, one endowed with the right disposition

मुक्तिम् (muktim) - liberation, emancipation

अवाप्स्यति (avāpsyati) - he/she/it will attain, will obtain

ततः (tataḥ) - therefore, then, from that

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - creator god Brahmā (masculine); ultimate reality, the Absolute (neuter)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

क्षीणाधिकारः (kṣīṇādhikāraḥ) - one whose right or entitlement to worldly existence/action has diminished (one whose authority/claim is exhausted, one whose rights have diminished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇādhikāra

kṣīṇādhikāra - one whose authority/right/claim is exhausted, having diminished entitlement

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+adhikāra)

kṣīṇa – diminished, exhausted, wasted, destroyed
adjective
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root kṣi
Root: kṣi (class 1)
adhikāra – authority, right, entitlement, claim, qualification
noun (masculine)
Prefix: adhi

भवति (bhavati) - he/she/it becomes, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मुक्तियोग्यः (muktiyogyaḥ) - fit for liberation, worthy of emancipation

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muktiyogya

muktiyogya - fit for liberation, worthy of mokṣa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mukti+yogya)

mukti – liberation, emancipation, release (mokṣa)
noun (feminine)
verbal noun
Derived from root muc
Root: muc (class 6)
yogya – fit, proper, suitable, worthy
adjective
Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
Derived from root yuj
Root: yuj (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कर्मवान् (karmavān) - one who performs actions, one possessing karma (implying being bound by them)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karmavat

karmavat - possessing karma, engaged in action, active

Possessive adjective formed with matup suffix from 'karma'

सत्त्वाधिकारवान् (sattvādhikāravān) - one possessing the qualification of goodness/purity, one endowed with the right disposition

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sattvādhikāravat

sattvādhikāravat - one possessing the authority/qualification of sattva (goodness)

Possessive adjective formed with matup suffix from the compound 'sattvādhikāra'