Shloka 62

Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture

Sanskrit

ततस्ताः पर्यग्वह्णन्त नदीक्षेत्राणि पर्वतान् ।

वृक्षगुल्मौषधीश्चैवमात्मन्यायाद्यथाबलम् ॥

Transliteration

tatas tāḥ paryagvahṇanta nadī-kṣetrāṇi parvatān /

vṛkṣa-gulmauṣadhīś caivam ātmanyāyād yathābalam //

Translation

Daraufhin begannen sie, sich geeignete Flüsse, Felder und Berge anzueignen, ebenso Bäume, Sträucher und Kräuter—jeder beanspruchte sie nach seiner Macht als „mein“.

Speakers

• Narrative voice within Markandeya Purana (frame not explicit in given excerpt)

Key Themes

• Ethics
• Property and possession
• Resource conflict
• Cosmology