Shloka 82

Devanagari script

सूदयिष्यन्ति च पतीन्‌ स्त्रिय: पुत्रानपाश्चिता: । अपर्वणि महाराज सूर्य राहुरुपैष्यति,नारियाँ अपने बेटोंसे मिलकर पतिकी हत्या करा देंगी। महाराज! अमावस्याके बिना ही राहु सूर्यपर ग्रहण लगायेगा

Transliteration

sūdayiṣyanti ca patīn striyaḥ putrān apāścitāḥ | aparvaṇi mahārāja sūryaṃ rāhur upaiṣyati ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “And women, lacking discernment, will even have their husbands slain, acting in concert with their sons. O great king, Rāhu will assail the Sun and cause an eclipse at an unseasonal time—without the proper lunar day.”

Word by Word

• सूदयिष्यन्ति: will cause to be killed / will have killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सूदय् (causative of √सूद्)
• Form: Lṛṭ (simple future), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पतीन्: husbands
• पतीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• स्त्रियः: women
• स्त्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• पुत्रान्: sons
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अपाश्चिताः: unwise, undiscerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपाश्चित (a-pāścita)
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• अपर्वणि: at a time without the (proper) lunar day/occasion (i.e., not on the parvan)
• अपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपर्वन्

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सूर्यम्: the sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• राहुः: Rāhu
• राहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राहु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• उपैष्यति: will approach / will come upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√इ (to go/approach)
• Form: Lṛṭ (simple future), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rāhu
• Sūrya (the Sun)
• Mahārāja (the addressed king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents portents of ethical and social breakdown: when discernment (pāścitta) is lost, even the most fundamental bonds—marriage and family—can be violated, and this moral disorder is mirrored by ‘unnatural’ cosmic signs such as an untimely eclipse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is describing ominous future conditions to the king: women, acting without wisdom, will arrange the killing of their husbands with the involvement of their sons, and the heavens will show abnormal signs—Rāhu eclipsing the Sun at an improper time.