मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम् mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-99, verse-1

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मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
तस्मादण्डाद्विभिन्नात्तु ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः ।
ऋचो बभूवुः प्रथमं प्रथमाद्वदनान्मुने ॥१॥

1. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .
tasmādaṇḍādvibhinnāttu brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ .
ṛco babhūvuḥ prathamaṃ prathamādvadanānmune.

1. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tasmāt aṇḍāt vibhinnāt tu brahmaṇaḥ
avyaktajanmanaḥ ṛcaḥ babhūvuḥ prathamam prathamāt vadanāt mune

1. Mārkaṇḍeya said: O sage, from that divided cosmic egg, and from Brahmā (brahman)—whose origin is unmanifested—the Ṛg verses (ṛc) first came forth from his first mouth.

Words meanings summery:

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मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that; therefore

अण्डात् (aṇḍāt) - from the cosmic egg of creation (from the egg; from the cosmic egg)

विभिन्नात् (vibhinnāt) - from the cosmic egg, which has now separated/divided (from the separated; from the divided)

तु (tu) - indeed; but; however

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from the creator deity Brahmā (from Brahmā; of Brahmā)

अव्यक्तजन्मनः (avyaktajanmanaḥ) - describing Brahmā whose origin is not visibly born (whose birth is unmanifested; of unmanifested origin)

ऋचः (ṛcaḥ) - the Ṛg verses; hymns of the Ṛgveda

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they were; they came into being

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first; firstly; initially

प्रथमात् (prathamāt) - from the first

वदनात् (vadanāt) - from the mouth of Brahmā (from the mouth; from the face)

मुने (mune) - O sage; O ascetic

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (a celebrated ancient sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of uvāca

Perfect Tense

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak), 3rd person singular, active voice, perfect tense.

Root: vac (class 2)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that; therefore

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that; it; he/she/it

अण्डात् (aṇḍāt) - from the cosmic egg of creation (from the egg; from the cosmic egg)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of aṇḍa

aṇḍa - egg; cosmic egg; testicle

विभिन्नात् (vibhinnāt) - from the cosmic egg, which has now separated/divided (from the separated; from the divided)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vibhinna

vibhinna - separated; divided; broken; distinct

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'bhid' (to cleave, break) with the prefix 'vi' and 'kta' suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: bhid (class 7)

तु (tu) - indeed; but; however

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मणः (brahmaṇaḥ) - from the creator deity Brahmā (from Brahmā; of Brahmā)

(proper noun)

masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmā (the creator deity); Brahman (the absolute reality); priest

अव्यक्तजन्मनः (avyaktajanmanaḥ) - describing Brahmā whose origin is not visibly born (whose birth is unmanifested; of unmanifested origin)

(adjective)

masculine, singular of avyaktajanman

avyaktajanman - of unmanifested birth/origin; self-born

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (avyakta+janman)

avyakta – unmanifested; unexpressed; invisible
adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root 'añj' (to anoint, manifest) with prefix 'vi' and negative prefix 'a', plus 'kta' suffix.
Prefixes: a+vi
Root: añj (class 7)
janman – birth; origin; existence
noun (neuter)

ऋचः (ṛcaḥ) - the Ṛg verses; hymns of the Ṛgveda

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ṛc

ṛc - verse (of the Ṛgveda); hymn; praise

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they were; they came into being

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of babhūvuḥ

Perfect Tense

Derived from the root 'bhū' (to be, become), 3rd person plural, active voice, perfect tense.

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first; firstly; initially

(indeclinable)