Shloka 6

Āraṇyaka-parva Adhyāya 277 — Sāvitrī-Upākhyāna: Aśvapati’s Vows and Sāvitrī’s Birth; Search for a Suitable Husband Begins

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच पितामहस्ततस्तेषां संनिधौ शक्रमब्रवीत्‌ | सर्वेर्देवगणै: सार्थ सम्भव त्वं महीतले,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! तदनन्तर ब्रह्माजीने उन देवताओंके समीप ही इन्द्रसे कहा--“तुम समस्त देवताओंके साथ भूतलपर जन्म ग्रहण करो

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: Pitāmahas tataḥ teṣāṁ saṁnidhau Śakram abravīt | Sarvair devagaṇaiḥ sārthaṁ sambhava tvaṁ mahītale |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: Dann wandte sich der Großvater (Brahmā) in Gegenwart jener Götter an Indra: „Nimm zusammen mit allen Scharen der Gottheiten Geburt auf Erden.“

Word by Word

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya

उवाचsaid

पितामहःthe Grandsire (Brahmā)

ततःthen, thereafter

तेषाम्of them

संनिधौin the presence

शक्रम्Śakra (Indra)

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

सर्वैःwith all

देवगणैःwith the hosts of gods

सार्थम्together with

सम्भवbe born, come into existence

त्वम्you

महीतलेon the surface of the earth

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Śakra (Indra)

Devagaṇa (hosts of gods)

Mahītala (earth)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When righteousness and cosmic balance are at stake, even the highest beings must accept worldly embodiment and responsibility; authority and power are subordinated to dharma and the welfare of the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Brahmā, before the assembled gods, instructs Indra to be born on earth along with the other deities—signaling a planned divine participation in earthly events.