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Shloka 31

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

गायत्रीञ्च ऋचञ्चैव त्रिवृत् सोमं रथन्तरम् ।

अग्निष्टोमञ्च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमांमुखात् ॥

gāyatrīñ ca ṛcañ caiva trivṛt somaṃ rathantaram | agniṣṭomañ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamān mukhāt ||

จากพระโอษฐ์อันประธาน พระองค์ทรงเนรมิตคายตรีและบทสวดฤก ตลอดจนตรีวฤต โสมะ ระถันตระ และในบรรดายัญพิธีคืออัคนิษโฏม

गायत्रीम्the Gāyatrī (metre/chant)
गायत्रीम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
ऋचम्a ṛc (Rig-verse)
ऋचम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवalso/indeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
त्रिवृत्Trivṛt (a chant/stoma)
त्रिवृत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (name of a stoma/chant)
सोमम्Soma
सोमम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
रथन्तरम्Rathantara (a sāman/chant)
रथन्तरम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
अग्निष्टोमम्Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
अग्निष्टोमम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (name of a soma-sacrifice)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
यज्ञानाम्of sacrifices
यज्ञानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन
निर्ममेhe fashioned/created
निर्ममे:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमा (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग: निर्-
प्रथमात्from the first
प्रथमात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
मुखात्from (his) mouth
मुखात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन
Narratorial cosmology within Markandeya Purana’s discourse frame (exact speaker depends on edition’s framing dialogue)

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BrahmāAgni (implied via Agniṣṭoma)Soma
CosmologyVedic ritualMantra and meterYajña originsVāk

FAQs

Ritual speech is not merely human convention but a cosmic principle: meters, hymns, and sacrifices are portrayed as woven into creation, grounding dharma in disciplined vāk and prescribed offering.

Sarga (and ritual-cosmology): the genesis of Vedic forms (chandas, stoma, sāman, soma-yajña) is integrated into the creation account, a typical Purāṇic way to authorize ritual tradition.

‘Mouth’ signifies the source of vibration; the emergence of Gāyatrī and ṛc indicates that ordered sound (chandas) is a structuring power of reality—mantra as the subtle architecture behind manifest order.