मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्
mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam
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chapter-49, verse-53
वृक्षस्यैवङ्गताः शाखास्तथैवञ्चापरी गताः ।
नताश्चैवोन्नताश्चैव तद्वच्छाखाः प्रचक्रिरे ॥५३॥
नताश्चैवोन्नताश्चैव तद्वच्छाखाः प्रचक्रिरे ॥५३॥
53. vṛkṣasyaivaṅgatāḥ śākhāstathaivañcāparī gatāḥ .
natāścaivonnatāścaiva tadvacchākhāḥ pracakrire.
natāścaivonnatāścaiva tadvacchākhāḥ pracakrire.
53.
vṛkṣasya evam gatāḥ śākhāḥ tathā evam ca aparāḥ gatāḥ
| natāḥ ca eva unnatāḥ ca eva tad vat śākhāḥ pracakrire
| natāḥ ca eva unnatāḥ ca eva tad vat śākhāḥ pracakrire
53.
They fashioned the dwellings by observing how the branches of a tree, some extending thus, and others similarly, were both bent and raised. In that same manner, they fashioned the branches (of their structures).
Words meanings summery:
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- वृक्षस्य (vṛkṣasya) - of a tree
- एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner
- गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, extended
- शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches
- तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus
- एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner
- च (ca) - and
- अपराः (aparāḥ) - other
- गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, extended
- नताः (natāḥ) - bent, bowed
- च (ca) - and
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly
- उन्नताः (unnatāḥ) - raised, elevated
- च (ca) - and
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly
- तद् (tad) - that (adverbial)
- वत् (vat) - like, as
- शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches
- प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they made, they fashioned
Words meanings and morphology
वृक्षस्य (vṛkṣasya) - of a tree
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa
vṛkṣa - tree, plant
एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner
(indeclinable)
गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, extended
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of gata
gata - gone, passed, reached, extended
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √gam
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'śākhāḥ'.
शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of śākhā
śākhā - branch, limb (of a tree)
तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus
(indeclinable)
एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अपराः (aparāḥ) - other
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of apara
apara - other, another, subsequent
गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, extended
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of gata
gata - gone, passed, reached, extended
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √gam
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'aparāḥ'.
नताः (natāḥ) - bent, bowed
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of nata
nata - bent, bowed, humble
Past Passive Particluple
Derived from root √nam
Root: nam (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly
(indeclinable)
उन्नताः (unnatāḥ) - raised, elevated
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of unnata
unnata - raised, elevated, high
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √nam with prefix ud-
Prefix: ud
Root: nam (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly
(indeclinable)
तद् (tad) - that (adverbial)
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
Note: Used adverbially to mean 'like that'.
वत् (vat) - like, as
(indeclinable)
शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, plural of śākhā
śākhā - branch, limb (of a tree)
प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - they made, they fashioned
(verb)
3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (Lit) of kṛ
Prefix: pra
Root: kṛ (class 8)