मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-77, verse-18
त्वान्तु मे पश्यतो वत्से दिनानि सुबहून्यपि ।
मुहूर्तार्धसमानि स्युः किन्तु धर्मो विलुप्यते ॥१८॥
मुहूर्तार्धसमानि स्युः किन्तु धर्मो विलुप्यते ॥१८॥
18. tvāntu me paśyato vatse dināni subahūnyapi .
muhūrtārdhasamāni syuḥ kintu dharmo vilupyate.
muhūrtārdhasamāni syuḥ kintu dharmo vilupyate.
18.
tvām tu me paśyataḥ vatse dināni su-bahūni api
muhūrta-ardha-samāni syuḥ kintu dharmaḥ vilupyate
muhūrta-ardha-samāni syuḥ kintu dharmaḥ vilupyate
18.
Oh dear daughter, for me, even many days spent gazing upon you would pass as if they were merely half a moment. However, (your) intrinsic duty (dharma) is being neglected.
Words meanings summery:
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- त्वाम् (tvām) - you
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
- मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)
- पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - for (me) seeing (you) (of one seeing, for one seeing)
- वत्से (vatse) - O dear daughter (O dear daughter, O calf)
- दिनानि (dināni) - days
- सु-बहूनि (su-bahūni) - many, very many
- अपि (api) - even, also, too
- मुहूर्त-अर्ध-समानि (muhūrta-ardha-samāni) - like half a moment
- स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be
- किन्तु (kintu) - but, however
- धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - intrinsic duty (natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness)
- विलुप्यते (vilupyate) - is being neglected (is being violated, is being neglected, is being destroyed)
Words meanings and morphology
त्वाम् (tvām) - you
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)
(pronoun)
Dative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me
पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - for (me) seeing (you) (of one seeing, for one seeing)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of paśyat
paśyat - seeing
Present Active Participle
Derived from root dṛś (to see), class 1, with irregular stem paśya-
Root: dṛś (class 1)
वत्से (vatse) - O dear daughter (O dear daughter, O calf)
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of vatsā
vatsā - female calf, dear daughter
दिनानि (dināni) - days
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of dina
dina - day
सु-बहूनि (su-bahūni) - many, very many
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of subahu
subahu - very many, abundant
Compound type : karmadharaya (su+bahu)
- su – good, well, very
indeclinable - bahu – many, much
adjective
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
मुहूर्त-अर्ध-समानि (muhūrta-ardha-samāni) - like half a moment
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of muhūrtārdhasama
muhūrtārdhasama - like half a moment
Compound type : karmadharaya (muhūrta+ardha+sama)
- muhūrta – moment, period of time
noun (neuter) - ardha – half
adjective (neuter) - sama – equal, like
adjective
स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
किन्तु (kintu) - but, however
(indeclinable)
धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - intrinsic duty (natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, constitution
Root: dhṛ
विलुप्यते (vilupyate) - is being neglected (is being violated, is being neglected, is being destroyed)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vilup
Passive voice form of vi + lup (class 6)
Prefix: vi
Root: lup (class 6)