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Shloka 72

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

कुरुविन्दा मर्कटकास्तथा वेणुयवाश्च ये ।

ग्राम्यारण्याः स्मृता ह्येता ओषध्यश्च चतुर्दश ॥

kuruvindā markaṭakās tathā veṇuyavāś ca ye | grāmyāraṇyāḥ smṛtā hy etā oṣadhyaś ca caturdaśa ||

କୁରୁବିନ୍ଦ, ମାର୍କଟକ ଏବଂ ‘ବେଣୁ-ଯବ’ ବୋଲି ଯେମାନେ କୁହାଯାନ୍ତି ସେମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଛନ୍ତି। ଏହି କୃଷିଜ ଓ ବନ୍ୟ ଔଷଧିଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଚତୁର୍ଦ୍ଦଶ ପ୍ରକାର ବୋଲି ସ୍ମରଣ କରାଯାଏ।

कुरुविन्दाःkuruvinda plants (a kind of herb)
कुरुविन्दाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
मर्कटकाःmarkaṭaka plants
मर्कटकाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्कटक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
तथाand also
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/उपमानार्थ क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: 'thus/also')
वेणुयवाःveṇuyava plants
वेणुयवाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवेणु + यव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: 'bamboo-barley')
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction 'and')
येwhich (those)
ये:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
ग्राम्याःdomestic (cultivated)
ग्राम्याः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootग्राम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying)
अरण्याःwild (forest)
अरण्याः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying)
स्मृताःare said/are remembered
स्मृताः:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); 'स्मृता' = 'are said/remembered'
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle: emphasis/indeed)
एताःthese
एताः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); निर्देशार्थ सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)
ओषध्यःherbs/medicinal plants
ओषध्यः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction 'and')
चतुर्दशfourteen
चतुर्दश:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनार्थे (used to denote 'fourteen'); द्विगु-समासः (numerical compound)
Not specified in input

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ClassificationAgriculture and foragingTraditional knowledge

FAQs

The completion formula (‘smṛtā… caturdaśa’) emphasizes fidelity to received knowledge—an ethic of transmission crucial for agrarian and ritual continuity.

Sarga/created-order cataloguing; it supports the broader purāṇic goal of mapping the world’s kinds and functions.

Naming obscure seeds points to the hidden abundance of creation—reality is richer than what is commonly cultivated or remembered.