Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 63, Shloka 52

Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses

Sanskrit

सोऽहं त्वया महाभाग ! मोक्षितोऽस्मान्महाभयात् ।

निशाचरत्बाद् यद्वीर ! तेन मे प्रार्थनां कुरु ॥

Transliteration

so 'haṃ tvayā mahābhāga! mokṣito 'smān mahābhayāt | niśācaratvād yad vīra! tena me prārthanāṃ kuru ||

Translation

“Thus I, O fortunate one, have been freed by you from a great fear—namely from the state of being a night-roamer, O hero. Therefore, grant my request.”

Word by Word

• saḥ: he/that (one)
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Singular; pronoun

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental, Singular; pronoun

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular; कर्मधारय—‘great + fortunate’

• mokṣitaḥ: freed/released
• mokṣitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (कर्मणि क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate with 'aham'

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada; in sandhi with 'mokṣitaḥ' → mokṣito 'smi

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative (5th—पञ्चमी), Singular; pronoun

• mahābhayāt: from great fear
• mahābhayāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular; कर्मधारय—‘great fear’

• niśācaratvāt: from demonhood/night-roamer state
• niśācaratvāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśācara-tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular; abstract noun

• yat: since/for which reason
• yat: None (अकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Particle used as causal/relative connector (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक)

• vīra: O hero
• vīra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Hetu/Instrument (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental, Singular; pronoun

• me: for me / my
• me: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative/Genitive enclitic (4th/6th—चतुर्थी/षष्ठी), Singular; here genitive sense

• prārthanām: request
• prārthanām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prārthanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• kuru: do/make
• kuru: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person, Singular; Parasmaipada

Speakers

• The previously afflicted Gandharva (now released or being released) addressing a heroic figure (recipient of gifts in next verse)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Gratitude
• Liberation from fear
• Reciprocity and gifting

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Deliverance from suffering naturally calls forth kṛtajñatā (gratitude) and the ethical impulse to reciprocate; the passage models a dharmic response to receiving help.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Falls under narrative ethics rather than cosmological or genealogical pancalakṣaṇa headings.

What is the esoteric significance?

Release from ‘night-roaming’ signifies emergence from inner fear and unconsciousness; the request that follows hints that liberation should culminate in beneficence—turning one’s regained clarity outward.