मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-49, verse-28
वर्तयन्ति स्म तेभ्यस्तास्त्रेतायुगमुखे तदा ।
ततः कालेन वै रागस्तासामाकस्मिकोऽभवत् ॥२८॥
ततः कालेन वै रागस्तासामाकस्मिकोऽभवत् ॥२८॥
28. vartayanti sma tebhyastāstretāyugamukhe tadā .
tataḥ kālena vai rāgastāsāmākasmiko'bhavat.
tataḥ kālena vai rāgastāsāmākasmiko'bhavat.
28.
vartayanti sma tebhyaḥ tāḥ tretāyugamukhe tadā
tataḥ kālena vai rāgaḥ tāsām ākasmikaḥ abhavat
tataḥ kālena vai rāgaḥ tāsām ākasmikaḥ abhavat
28.
At that time, at the beginning of the Tretā Yuga, people sustained themselves from those (trees/houses). Thereafter, in due course, a sudden attachment (rāga) arose among them.
Words meanings summery:
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- वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti) - they sustained themselves, they lived (they cause to exist, they maintain, they lead)
- स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense with present verbs)
- तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - (from those kalpavṛkṣas/houses) (from them)
- ताः (tāḥ) - (feminine plural, referring to the 'narāḥ' or people) (those)
- त्रेतायुगमुखे (tretāyugamukhe) - at the beginning of the Tretā age
- तदा (tadā) - then, at that time
- ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that
- कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, with time
- वै (vai) - (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, truly)
- रागः (rāgaḥ) - attachment, passion, desire, affection
- तासाम् (tāsām) - (of those people, feminine plural) (of them)
- आकस्मिकः (ākasmikaḥ) - sudden, accidental, unexpected
- अभवत् (abhavat) - became, occurred, was
Words meanings and morphology
वर्तयन्ति (vartayanti) - they sustained themselves, they lived (they cause to exist, they maintain, they lead)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of vṛt
causative stem (vartay-)
causative formation from root vṛt
Root: vṛt (class 1)
Note: Used with 'sma' to indicate past tense.
स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense with present verbs)
(indeclinable)
तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - (from those kalpavṛkṣas/houses) (from them)
(pronoun)
Ablative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
ताः (tāḥ) - (feminine plural, referring to the 'narāḥ' or people) (those)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
त्रेतायुगमुखे (tretāyugamukhe) - at the beginning of the Tretā age
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of tretāyugamukha
tretāyugamukha - beginning of the Tretā age
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tretāyuga+mukha)
- tretāyuga – Tretā age (the second of the four Yugas)
noun (neuter) - mukha – face, mouth, beginning, front
noun (neuter)
तदा (tadā) - then, at that time
(indeclinable)
ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that
(indeclinable)
कालेन (kālena) - by time, in time, with time
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla
kāla - time, season, destiny
वै (vai) - (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, truly)
(indeclinable)
रागः (rāgaḥ) - attachment, passion, desire, affection
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of rāga
rāga - color, dye, passion, affection, attachment (rāga), desire
from root rañj (to color, delight) + ghañ
Root: rañj (class 1)
तासाम् (tāsām) - (of those people, feminine plural) (of them)
(pronoun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
आकस्मिकः (ākasmikaḥ) - sudden, accidental, unexpected
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ākasmika
ākasmika - sudden, accidental, unexpected, unforeseen
from a-kasmāt (unexpectedly) + ṭhak (ika)
अभवत् (abhavat) - became, occurred, was
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)