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Shloka 27

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

प्रायशः कल्पवृक्षास्ते संभूता गृहम्-संज्ञिताः ।

सर्वे प्रत्युपभोगाश्च तासां तेभ्यः प्रजायते ॥

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

Pada umumnya, pohon-pohon pemenuh hajat itu muncul dan dikenali sebagai “rumah-rumah”. Daripadanya terhasil segala benda untuk kenikmatan segera bagi manusia-manusia itu.

प्रायशःgenerally
प्रायशः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रायशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘generally/for the most part’
कल्पवृक्षाःwish-fulfilling trees
कल्पवृक्षाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्पवृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समास: कल्प + वृक्ष (तत्पुरुष)
तेthey
ते:
Karta-sahacara (कर्ता-सहचर/subject pronoun)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
संभूताःarisen, produced
संभूताः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + भू (धातु) → संभूत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘arisen/produced’
गृहसंज्ञिताःcalled ‘houses’
गृहसंज्ञिताः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगृह + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समास: गृह + संज्ञित (‘named as house’) तत्पुरुष
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण
प्रत्युपभोगाः(all) enjoyments
प्रत्युपभोगाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रति + उपभोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘enjoyments/consumables’
and
:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
तासाम्of them
तासाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
तेभ्यःfrom them
तेभ्यः:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
प्रजायतेarises, is produced
प्रजायते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + जन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘is born/arises’
Narrative voice within the Markandeya Purana’s didactic exposition (exact interlocutors not identifiable from the isolated verses)

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CosmologyYuga-dharmaHuman originsEconomy of abundance

FAQs

Abundance precedes greed: when sustenance is spontaneously available, social conflict is minimal; the later rise of craving and ownership becomes the seed of suffering.

Primarily under Manvantara/Vaṃśānucarita-style anthropological description (how beings live across ages), with a cosmological-yuga overlay rather than a strict genealogical list.

The ‘house as a tree’ symbolizes nature as the original shelter and provider; when humans later detach from that harmony, artificial structures and measurements arise.