Shloka 1

Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)

Sanskrit

इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे अलर्कानुशासने सदाचारकथनं नाम चतुस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः । पञ्चत्रिंशोऽध्यायः । मदालसोवाच । अतः परं शृणुष्व त्वं वर्ज्यावर्ज्यप्रतिक्रियाम् । भोज्यमन्नं पर्युषितं स्नेहाक्तं चिरसंभृतम् ॥

Transliteration

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe alarkānuśāsane sadācārakathanaṃ nāma catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | madālasovāca | ataḥ paraī paraṃ śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ varjyāvarjyapratikriyām | bhojyam annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ snehāktaṃ cirasaṃbhṛtam ||

Translation

Thus ends the thirty-fourth chapter, called “The Description of Right Conduct,” in the Markandeya Purāṇa, in the instruction to Alarka. Now begins the thirty-fifth chapter. Madālasā said: “Next, listen to the remedies and rules regarding what should be avoided and what need not be avoided. Food fit to be eaten includes that which is kept overnight, that which is anointed with fat (ghee/oil), and that which has been stored for a long time.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative/closing particle)

• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe: in the revered Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• alarka-anuśāsane: in the instruction to Alarka
• alarka-anuśāsane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: alarka (प्रातिपदिक) + anuśāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• sad-ācāra-kathanam: the narration of good conduct
• sad-ācāra-kathanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + ācāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• nāma: named/called
• nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/title marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-शब्दः; title-marker)

• catuḥ-triṃśaḥ: thirty-fourth
• catuḥ-triṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catuḥ (संख्या) + triṃśat (संख्या)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); अध्याय-विशेषण (ordinal sense)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• pañca-triṃśaḥ: thirty-fifth
• pañca-triṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या) + triṃśat (संख्या)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular); अध्याय-विशेषण (ordinal sense)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• madālasaḥ: Madālasa
• madālasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madālasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• ataḥ: therefore/thereafter
• ataḥ: Hetu/Upakrama (हेतु/उपक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: therefore/from this)

• param: next/further
• param: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: next/further)

• śṛṇuṣva: listen
• śṛṇuṣva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• varjya-avarjya-pratikriyām: the response regarding what is to be avoided and not avoided
• varjya-avarjya-pratikriyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varjya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + avarjya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + pratikriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• bhojya-amnam: food fit to be eaten
• bhojya-amnam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• paryuṣitam: stale/kept overnight
• paryuṣitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√vas (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• sneha-aktam: smeared with fat/oil
• sneha-aktam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sneha (प्रातिपदिक) + √añj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• cira-saṃbhṛtam: stored for a long time
• cira-saṃbhṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-√bhṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

Speakers

• Madālasā speaking to her son (Alarka)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Sadācāra
• Āhāra-niyama (dietary discipline)
• Śauca and daily conduct (intro to rules)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ethics is operationalized through daily choices: the teaching frames dharma not only as ideals but as practical rules of diet and conduct, aiming at bodily purity and mental steadiness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This is ancillary dharma material (ācāra/niyama) embedded in narrative instruction, not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa segment.

What is the esoteric significance?

Food discipline is also mind-discipline: regulating what is taken in (āhāra) symbolically mirrors regulating impressions (saṃskāras), supporting sattva and clarity.