Shloka 16

Dharma-pratyabhijñāna and Vara-pradāna (धर्मप्रत्यभिज्ञानम्—वरप्रदानम्)

Devanagari script

वच्ुयावृचतु: व्रतं यथोपदिष्ट॑ तु तथा तत्‌ पारितं॑ त्वया । आहारकाल: सम्प्राप्त: क्रियतां यदनन्तरम्‌,सास-ससुर बोले--बेटी! तुमने शास्त्रके उपदेशके अनुसार अपना व्रत पूरा कर लिया है, अब पारण करनेका समय हो गया है। अतः जो कर्तव्य है, वह करो

Transliteration

Markaṇḍeya uvāca: vadhūyā avocatuḥ—vrataṃ yathopadiṣṭaṃ tu tathā tat pāritaṃ tvayā | āhāra-kālaḥ samprāptaḥ; kriyatāṃ yad anantaram ||

Translation

قال ماركاندييا: وقالت الحماة والحمو للزوجة الفتية: «يا ابنتي، لقد أتممتِ نذركِ كما أوصت به الشاسترا. وقد حان الآن وقت الطعام؛ فافعلي ما يلي—اكْسِري الصوم (بارانا pāraṇa) على الوجه المشروع».

Word by Word

वचुयावृचतुःthey two said/spoke (reading uncertain)

व्रतम्vow, observance

यथाas, according to

उपदिष्टम्instructed, prescribed

तुbut, indeed

तथाso, thus

तत्that (vow/that act)

पारितम्completed, fulfilled

त्वयाby you

आहारकालःtime for taking food (time of breaking the fast)

सम्प्राप्तःhas arrived, has come

क्रियताम्let it be done; do (it)

यत्whatever (that which)

अनन्तरम्next, thereafter; subsequently

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Markandeya

mother-in-law

father-in-law

bride (young wife)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A vow (vrata) is dharmic only when followed exactly as prescribed and concluded properly at the right time; discipline includes both restraint and the correct completion (pāraṇa) without overdoing austerity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Markandeya’s narration, the bride’s in-laws acknowledge that she has fulfilled her prescribed vow and instruct her that the time for food has come, so she should now perform the next step—formally breaking the fast/observance.