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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 ||

Karamihan sa mga punong tumutupad ng nais ay sumibol, at tinawag na “mga bahay.” Mula sa mga iyon, nalikha para sa mga taong yaon ang lahat ng bagay na agad na mapagpapasaya at mapakikinabangan.

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.