मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-100, verse-8

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सृष्टिं करोमि यदहं तव शक्तिराद्या तत्प्रेरितो जलमहीपवनाग्निरूपाम् ।
तद्देवतादिविषयां प्रणवाद्यशेषां नात्मेच्छया स्थितिलयावपि तद्वदेव ॥८॥

8. sṛṣṭiṃ karomi yadahaṃ tava śaktirādyā tatprerito jalamahīpavanāgnirūpām .
taddevatādiviṣayāṃ praṇavādyaśeṣāṃ nātmecchayā sthitilayāvapi tadvadeva.

8. sṛṣṭim karomi yat aham tava śaktiḥ ādyā
tatpreritaḥ jalamahīpavanāgnirūpām
tatdevatādiviṣayām praṇavādyaśeṣām na
ātmeccayā sthitilayau api tadvadeva

8. I create this creation (sṛṣṭi) – the primordial power (śakti) is yours – being impelled by that (power), I create the forms of water, earth, wind, and fire. This creation, whose deities and objects are all included from the praṇava (OM) onwards, is not by my own will. Similarly, the maintenance and dissolution are also not by my own will.

Words meanings summery:

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सृष्टिम् (sṛṣṭim) - creation

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I create

यत् (yat) - that (as a conjunction introducing a clause) (that, which, because)

अहम् (aham) - I

तव (tava) - your, of you

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, energy, force

आद्या (ādyā) - primordial, first, original

तत्प्रेरितः (tatpreritaḥ) - impelled by that, instigated by that

जलमहीपवनाग्निरूपाम् (jalamahīpavanāgnirūpām) - having the forms of water, earth, wind, and fire

तत्देवतादिविषयाम् (tatdevatādiviṣayām) - having such deities and objects; referring to creation's components with their ruling deities and sensory objects (whose deities and objects (are those))

प्रणवाद्यशेषाम् (praṇavādyaśeṣām) - with all from Praṇava onwards, including everything starting with OM

न (na) - not

आत्मेच्चया (ātmeccayā) - by one's own will, by self-will

स्थितिलयौ (sthitilayau) - maintenance and dissolution

अपि (api) - also, even, too

तद्वदेव (tadvadeva) - in the very same way, just like that

Words meanings and morphology

सृष्टिम् (sṛṣṭim) - creation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sṛṣṭi

sṛṣṭi - creation, emanation, world

root sṛj (to emit, create) + ti suffix

Root: sṛj (class 6)

करोमि (karomi) - I do, I make, I create

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Indicative

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - that (as a conjunction introducing a clause) (that, which, because)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, energy, force

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, capability, force (śakti)

root śak (to be able) + ti suffix

Root: śak (class 5)

आद्या (ādyā) - primordial, first, original

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ādya

ādya - primordial, first, original, earliest

derived from ādi (beginning)

तत्प्रेरितः (tatpreritaḥ) - impelled by that, instigated by that

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tatprerita

tatprerita - impelled by that, instigated by that

Past Passive Participle

root īr (to move, excite) with pra prefix, then kta suffix

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+prerita)

tad – that, it
pronoun
prerita – impelled, instigated, set in motion
adjective
Past Passive Participle
root īr (to move, excite) with pra prefix, then kta suffix
Prefix: pra
Root: īr (class 10)

जलमहीपवनाग्निरूपाम् (jalamahīpavanāgnirūpām) - having the forms of water, earth, wind, and fire

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jalamahīpavanāgnirūpa

jalamahīpavanāgnirūpa - having the forms of water, earth, wind, and fire

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (jala+mahī+pavana+agni+rūpa)

jala – water
noun (neuter)
mahī – earth
noun (feminine)
pavana – wind, air
noun (masculine)
root pū (to purify, to blow) + ana suffix
Root: pū (class 1)
agni – fire
noun (masculine)
rūpa – form, shape, nature
noun (neuter)

तत्देवतादिविषयाम् (tatdevatādiviṣayām) - having such deities and objects; referring to creation's components with their ruling deities and sensory objects (whose deities and objects (are those))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tatdevatādiviṣaya

tatdevatādiviṣaya - whose deities and objects are those, having such deities and objects

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tad+devatā+ādi+viṣaya)

tad – that, those
pronoun
devatā – deity, divinity
noun (feminine)
ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
noun (masculine)
viṣaya – object, sphere, domain, sense-object
noun (masculine)

प्रणवाद्यशेषाम् (praṇavādyaśeṣām) - with all from Praṇava onwards, including everything starting with OM

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of praṇavādyaśeṣa

praṇavādyaśeṣa - with all from Praṇava onwards, including everything starting with OM

Compound type : bahuvrihi (praṇava+ādi+aśeṣa)

praṇava – the sacred syllable OM
noun (masculine)
Prefix: pra
Root: nu (class 2)
ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
noun (masculine)
aśeṣa – all, entire, complete, without remainder
adjective

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

आत्मेच्चया (ātmeccayā) - by one's own will, by self-will

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ātmeccā

ātmeccā - self-will, one's own desire (ātman)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+icchā)

ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
noun (masculine)
icchā – desire, wish, will
noun (feminine)
root iṣ (to wish) + cchā suffix
Root: iṣ (class 6)

स्थितिलयौ (sthitilayau) - maintenance and dissolution

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sthitilaya

sthitilaya - maintenance and dissolution, existence and destruction

Compound type : dvandva (sthiti+laya)

sthiti – standing, state, existence, maintenance
noun (feminine)
root sthā (to stand) + ti suffix
Root: sthā (class 1)
laya – dissolution, merging, absorption
noun (masculine)
root lī (to melt, dissolve) + a suffix
Root: lī (class 4)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

तद्वदेव (tadvadeva) - in the very same way, just like that

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+vat+eva)