Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 67

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

तां तथैव बुधः कुर्यात् लोकवादान्न हापयेत् ।

तेषान्तत्करणान्नॄणां युक्तो दुष्टागमक्षयः ॥

Transliteration

tāṃ tathaiva budhaḥ kuryāt lokavādān na hāpayet / teṣāṃ tatkaraṇān nṝṇāṃ yukto duṣṭāgamakṣayaḥ //

Translation

So too, a wise person should act accordingly and should not disregard the lokavādas. For those people who act in accord with them, there is the appropriate destruction or abatement of impending misfortune.

Word by Word

• tām: that (śānti/that act)
• tām: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus')

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic)

• budhaḥ: the wise man
• budhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• loka-vādān: public portents/rumours
• loka-vādān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + vāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc. 2), बहुवचन (pl.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• hāpayet: should cause to be abandoned/should discard
• hāpayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hā (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative): 'cause to abandon/remove'

• teṣām: of those
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (m./n.), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Gen. 6), बहुवचन (pl.)

• tat-karaṇāt: from doing that/by that performance
• tat-karaṇāt: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Abl. 5), एकवचन (sg.); तत्पुरुषः: 'तस्य करणात्'

• nṝṇām: of men/people
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Gen. 6), बहुवचन (pl.)

• yuktaḥ: is ensured/ensues
• yuktaḥ: Kriya-anvaya (क्रियान्वय/predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); 'युक्तः' = 'connected/ensues'

• duṣṭa-āgama-kṣayaḥ: destruction of evil occurrences/inauspicious arrivals
• duṣṭa-āgama-kṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: 'दुष्टानाम् आगमानां क्षयः'

Speakers

• Not explicit in provided excerpt

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Prudence
• Omens
• Preventive ritual/ethics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text recommends responsible attentiveness: do not ignore collective warning-signs; respond with corrective conduct and rites to reduce harm.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical-ritual guidance (ācāra/śānti) supporting dharma; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa category.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Lokavāda’ can be read as signals from the collective psyche; wise attention and right action prevent the ‘arrival’ (āgama) of destructive patterns.