मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-8, verse-19
अग्निहोत्रमधीतं वा दानाद्याश्चाखिलाः क्रियाः ।
भजन्ते तस्य वैफल्यं यस्य वाक्यमकारणम् ॥१९॥
भजन्ते तस्य वैफल्यं यस्य वाक्यमकारणम् ॥१९॥
19. agnihotramadhītaṃ vā dānādyāścākhilāḥ kriyāḥ .
bhajante tasya vaiphalyaṃ yasya vākyamakāraṇam.
bhajante tasya vaiphalyaṃ yasya vākyamakāraṇam.
19.
agnihotram adhītam vā dānaādyāḥ ca akhilāḥ kriyāḥ
bhajante tasya vaiphalyam yasya vākyam akāraṇam
bhajante tasya vaiphalyam yasya vākyam akāraṇam
19.
The performance of the agnihotra ritual (agnihotra), or any study, or all other acts (karma) beginning with charity (dāna) — they all become fruitless for a person whose speech is groundless.
Words meanings summery:
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- अग्निहोत्रम् (agnihotram) - fire ritual, agnihotra
- अधीतम् (adhītam) - studied, learned
- वा (vā) - or
- दानआद्याः (dānaādyāḥ) - beginning with charity, starting with giving
- च (ca) - and
- अखिलाः (akhilāḥ) - all, entire, complete
- क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - (religious) actions, rituals (karma) (actions, rites, deeds)
- भजन्ते (bhajante) - they result in, they come to experience (they attain, they experience, they resort to, they undergo)
- तस्य (tasya) - of such a person (his, its, of that person)
- वैफल्यम् (vaiphalyam) - fruitlessness, futility, failure
- यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which (person)
- वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, statement, word, utterance
- अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause, groundless, baseless, causeless
Words meanings and morphology
अग्निहोत्रम् (agnihotram) - fire ritual, agnihotra
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of agnihotra
agnihotra - the daily fire ritual; a specific Vedic ritual involving offerings to fire
Compound type : tatpurusha (agni+hotra)
- agni – fire; the deity Agni
noun (masculine) - hotra – oblation; offering; act of offering
noun (neuter)
From root hu (to offer).
Root: hu (class 3)
अधीतम् (adhītam) - studied, learned
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of adhīta
adhīta - studied, learned; having studied
Past Passive Participle
From adhi + root i (to go).
Prefix: adhi
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Agrees with `agnihotram` or refers to 'study' as a neuter noun.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
दानआद्याः (dānaādyāḥ) - beginning with charity, starting with giving
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of dānāḍi
dānāḍi - beginning with charity; and so on with charity
Compound of dāna and ādi. Declines like a masculine noun in plural (dānādayaḥ) or feminine plural (dānādyāḥ). Here agreeing with kriyāḥ (fem. pl.).
Compound type : karmadhāraya (dāna+ādi)
- dāna – charity; gift; the act of giving (dāna)
noun (neuter)
From root dā (to give).
Root: dā (class 3) - ādi – beginning; first; and so on; etc.
noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies `kriyāḥ`.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अखिलाः (akhilāḥ) - all, entire, complete
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of akhila
akhila - all, entire, whole, complete
Compound of a (negation) and khila (gap, deficiency).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+khila)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable
Negative prefix. - khila – gap, vacant ground, deficiency, remainder
noun (neuter)
Note: Qualifies `kriyāḥ`.
क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - (religious) actions, rituals (karma) (actions, rites, deeds)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of kriyā
kriyā - action, deed, performance, ritual (karma)
From root kṛ (to do, to make).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Refers to religious actions or rituals.
भजन्ते (bhajante) - they result in, they come to experience (they attain, they experience, they resort to, they undergo)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of bhaj
Present Tense
Ātmanepada, 3rd person plural.
Root: bhaj (class 1)
तस्य (tasya) - of such a person (his, its, of that person)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Refers to `yasya` (whose).
वैफल्यम् (vaiphalyam) - fruitlessness, futility, failure
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiphalya
vaiphalya - fruitlessness, futility, failure, ineffectiveness
Derived from viphala (fruitless) with suffix -ya.
Note: Object of `bhajante`.
यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which (person)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of yat
yat - who, which, what (relative pronoun)
Note: Refers to a person (implied).
वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, statement, word, utterance
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya
vākya - speech, statement, word, sentence, utterance
From root vac (to speak).
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: Subject of the second clause.
अकारणम् (akāraṇam) - without cause, groundless, baseless, causeless
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa
akāraṇa - without cause, groundless, baseless, causeless
Compound of a (negation) and kāraṇa (cause).
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāraṇa)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable
Negative prefix. - kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
noun (neuter)
From root kṛ (to do).
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Predicative adjective for `vākyam`.