Shloka 27

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

Sanskrit

प्रायशः कल्पवृक्षास्ते संभूता गृहम्-संज्ञिताः ।

सर्वे प्रत्युपभोगाश्च तासां तेभ्यः प्रजायते ॥

Transliteration

prāyaśaḥ kalpavṛkṣās te saṃbhūtā gṛha-saṃjñitāḥ | sarve pratyupabhogāś ca tāsāṃ tebhyaḥ prajāyate ||

Translation

Pour la plupart, surgirent ces arbres exauçant les vœux, appelés « maisons ». D’eux étaient produits, pour ces hommes, tous les objets de jouissance immédiate.

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Markandeya Purana’s didactic exposition (exact interlocutors not identifiable from the isolated verses)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Yuga-dharma
• Human origins
• Economy of abundance