Shloka 4936

Devanagari script

कथयिष्यन्ति लोकास्त्वां यावद्‌ भूमिर्धरिष्यति । “जबतक यह पृथ्वी रहेगी, तबतक देवता, असुर, गन्धर्व, यक्ष, राक्षस तथा नागोंसहित सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌के लोग आपकी कीर्तिकथाका गान करेंगे”

Transliteration

kathayiṣyanti lokās tvāṃ yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “So long as the earth endures, people will keep recounting your story and singing your fame.”

Word by Word

• कथयिष्यन्ति: will tell/speak (of)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (कथ् + णिच्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• लोकाः: people, the worlds (people)
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• यावत्: as long as, until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• भूमिः: the earth
• भूमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धरिष्यति: will endure/continue to exist
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Earth (Bhūmi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True and lasting renown is not merely social praise; it is the long-term remembrance that follows dharmic, world-benefiting action. When one’s deeds become a moral exemplar, their ‘kīrti’ is preserved in collective memory ‘as long as the earth endures.’

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya, speaking within the Vana Parva context, offers a prophetic blessing/assurance to the addressed person: their story and fame will continue to be narrated for as long as the earth lasts, indicating extraordinary and enduring significance.