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Shloka 27

Adhyaya 48The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation

उष्ट्रानश्वतरांश्चैव नानारूपाश्च जातयः ।

ओषध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे ॥

uṣṭrān aśvatarāṃś caiva nānārūpāś ca jātayaḥ | oṣadhyaḥ phalamūlinyo romabhyas tasya jajñire ||

ഒട്ടകങ്ങളും ഖച്ചരങ്ങളും, കൂടാതെ അനേകംവിധ വൈവിധ്യമാർന്ന രൂപങ്ങളും സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. അവന്റെ കേശങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു ഫലവും മൂലവും ധരിക്കുന്ന ഔഷധി സസ്യങ്ങൾ ജനിച്ചു.

उष्ट्रान्camels
उष्ट्रान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन
अश्वतरान्mules
अश्वतरान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed/also
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
नाना-रूपाःof various forms
नाना-रूपाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाना (अव्यय) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विशेष्य-सामानाधिकरण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
जातयःspecies/kinds
जातयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन
ओषध्यःmedicinal plants/herbs
ओषध्यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन
फल-मूलिन्यःbearing fruits and roots
फल-मूलिन्यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक) + मूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विशेषण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)
रोमभ्यःfrom the hairs
रोमभ्यः:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootरोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), बहुवचन
तस्यof him/of that (being)
तस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
जज्ञिरेwere born/arose
जज्ञिरे:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद
Narratorial cosmology within Markandeya Purana’s discourse frame (exact speaker depends on edition’s framing dialogue)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Brahmā (implied as creator)
CosmologySargaBiodiversityOṣadhi (medicinal plants)

FAQs

Plants, especially oṣadhis, are framed as primordial gifts embedded in creation itself, supporting an ethic of healing and stewardship of the natural world.

Sarga: extends creation from animals to flora, a standard Purāṇic move in the catalog of manifested orders.

Hair symbolizes countless fine channels; oṣadhis arising from hair suggests subtle life-force (prāṇa) externalized as remedies—nature mirroring the body’s healing intelligence.