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Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 37, Shloka 35

Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)

Sanskrit

तन्मात्रावस्थिते सूक्ष्मे तृतीयांशे च पश्यतः ।

तथैव भूतसद्भावं शरीरं किं सुखासुखम् ॥

Transliteration

tan-mātrāvasthite sūkṣme tṛtīyāṃśe ca paśyataḥ | tathaiva bhūta-sadbhāvaṃ śarīraṃ kiṃ sukhāsukham ||

Translation

When one abides in the subtle, pure state of ‘that alone’ and beholds the ‘third portion’—a higher standpoint beyond gross and subtle—the body is seen as mere elemental existence; then what pleasure or pain can there be for the Self?

Word by Word
तन्मात्रावस्थितेin what is established only as that-measure (mere that)
तन्मात्रावस्थिते:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतन्मात्रा + अवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था with अव)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तन्मात्रा-अवस्थित (तत्पुरुष)
सूक्ष्मेin the subtle
सूक्ष्मे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
तृतीयांशेin the third part
तृतीयांशे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतृतीय + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तृतीय-अंश (तत्पुरुष)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)
पश्यतःof (one who is) seeing/observing
पश्यतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपश्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पश्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle)
तथाthus
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)
एवindeed
एव:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic: indeed/just)
भूतसद्भावम्the real existence of the elements
भूतसद्भावम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत + सद्भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—भूत-सद्भाव (तत्पुरुष)
शरीरम्the body
शरीरम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
सुखासुखम्pleasure and pain
सुखासुखम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख + असुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—सुख + असुख (द्वन्द्व)
Speakers
Philosophical speaker within the dialogue (Advaitic self-inquiry voice; exact named speaker not provided in the excerpt)
Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes
Witness-consciousnessBody as elementsTuriya-like ‘third’ standpointNegation (neti-neti style)

FAQs

Seeing the body as elemental process rather than ‘I’ reduces fear and craving. Ethically it encourages restraint and compassion (less ego-driven conflict).

Outside pañcalakṣaṇa; it is contemplative instruction embedded in the Purāṇa.

The ‘third portion’ suggests a transcendental witnessing mode (beyond gross/subtle identifications). In that mode, sukha-duḥkha are recognized as phenomena, not the knower.

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