Shloka 16

Karma, Preta-gati, and the Continuity of Phala

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

षष्ठे काले मया55हार: प्राप्तोड्यमनुजस्तव । नाहमेन॑ विमोक्ष्यामि न चान्यदपि कामये,महर्षिके शापके अनुसार दिनके छठे भागमें तुम्हारा यह छोटा भाई मुझे भोजनके रूपमें प्राप्त हुआ है। अतः मैं न तो इसे छोडूँगा और न इसके बदले दूसरा आहार लेना चाहता हूँ

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhe kāle mayā āhāraḥ prāpto ’yam anujas tava | nāham enaṁ vimokṣyāmi na cānyad api kāmaye ||

Translation

The serpent said: “At the sixth appointed time, in accordance with the rishi’s curse, this younger brother of yours has come to me as my food. Therefore I will not release him, nor do I desire any other substitute in his place.”

Word by Word

षष्ठेin the sixth

कालेtime/period

मयाby me

आहारःfood, meal

प्राप्तःobtained, has come

उद्यम्younger (junior)

अनुजःyounger brother

तवof you, your

नnot

अहम्I

एनम्this one/him

विमोक्ष्यामिI will release/let go

नnor/not

चand

अन्यत्another (thing)

अपिeven/also

कामयेI desire

Speaker

सर्प उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sarpa (serpent)

tava anuja (your younger brother)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes