Shloka 17

द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः

Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct

Devanagari script

अस्य लोकस्य सर्वस्य य: प्रभु: परिपठ्यते । सोअन्निर्विश्वपतिर्नाम द्वितीयो वै मनो: सुत:

Transliteration

asya lokasya sarvasya yaḥ prabhuḥ paripaṭhyate | so 'nnirviśvapatiḥ nāma dvitīyo vai manoḥ sutaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Der, der als Herr dieser ganzen Welt aufgesagt und im Gedächtnis bewahrt wird, heißt Anirviśvapati und ist wahrlich der zweite Sohn Manus.“

Word by Word

अस्यof this

लोकस्यof the world

सर्वस्यof all

यःwho

प्रभुःlord, master

परिपठ्यतेis recited/mentioned (as)

सःhe

अग्निःAgni (Fire-god)

विश्वपतिःlord of the universe

नामby name, called

द्वितीयःthe second

वैindeed

मनोःof Manu

सुतःson

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Anirviśvapati

Manu

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?

The verse emphasizes traditional authority and cosmic order: the lordship of the world is affirmed through established recitation (paripaṭhyate), and that sovereignty is situated within a dharmic genealogy by identifying the ruler as a son of Manu, the archetypal lawgiver.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya continues a genealogical/cosmological account, identifying a world-lord by name—Anirviśvapati—and placing him in Manu’s lineage as Manu’s second son.