मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-45, verse-9
कथमेतत्समुद्भूतं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
कथञ्च प्रलयङ्काले पुनर्यास्यति सत्तमाः ॥९॥
कथञ्च प्रलयङ्काले पुनर्यास्यति सत्तमाः ॥९॥
9. kathametatsamudbhūtaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam .
kathañca pralayaṅkāle punaryāsyati sattamāḥ.
kathañca pralayaṅkāle punaryāsyati sattamāḥ.
9.
katham etat samudbhūtam jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam
katham ca pralayakāle punaḥ yāsyati sattamāḥ
katham ca pralayakāle punaḥ yāsyati sattamāḥ
9.
O best of beings (sattama), how did this world (jagat), both stationary and moving, come into being? And how will it return at the time of dissolution (pralaya)?
Words meanings summery:
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- कथम् (katham) - how?
- एतत् (etat) - this
- समुद्भूतम् (samudbhūtam) - originated, arisen, produced, manifested
- जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)
- स्थावरजङ्गमम् (sthāvarajaṅgamam) - stationary and moving
- कथम् (katham) - how?
- च (ca) - and, also
- प्रलयकाले (pralayakāle) - at the time of dissolution
- पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, further
- यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will return
- सत्तमाः (sattamāḥ) - O best of beings, O best of the good
Words meanings and morphology
कथम् (katham) - how?
(indeclinable)
एतत् (etat) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, this here
समुद्भूतम् (samudbhūtam) - originated, arisen, produced, manifested
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of samudbhūta
samudbhūta - originated, arisen, produced, manifested
Past Passive Participle
from sam-ud-√bhū (to arise, originate)
Prefixes: sam+ud
Root: bhū (class 1)
जगत् (jagat) - the world (world, universe, moving)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - the world, the universe; moving, living
from √gam (to go) in a general sense
Root: gam (class 1)
स्थावरजङ्गमम् (sthāvarajaṅgamam) - stationary and moving
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāvarajaṅgama
sthāvarajaṅgama - stationary and moving, animate and inanimate
Compound type : dvandva (sthāvara+jaṅgama)
- sthāvara – stationary, immovable, inanimate
adjective (neuter)
from √sthā (to stand)
Root: sthā (class 1) - jaṅgama – moving, mobile, animate
adjective (neuter)
from reduplicated √gam (to go)
Root: gam (class 1)
कथम् (katham) - how?
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
प्रलयकाले (pralayakāle) - at the time of dissolution
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of pralayakāla
pralayakāla - time of dissolution, period of cosmic destruction
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pralaya+kāla)
- pralaya – dissolution, destruction, re-absorption (pralaya)
noun (masculine)
from pra-√lī (to dissolve)
Prefix: pra
Root: lī (class 4) - kāla – time, season, period
noun (masculine)
पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, further
(indeclinable)
यास्यति (yāsyati) - will go, will return
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā
future tense, third person singular
Root: yā (class 2)
सत्तमाः (sattamāḥ) - O best of beings, O best of the good
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, plural of sattama
sattama - best of the good, best of beings
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+uttama)
- sat – being, existent, good, virtuous
noun (masculine)
present active participle
from √as (to be)
Root: as (class 2) - uttama – best, highest, supreme
adjective (masculine)