Shloka 53

Adhyaya 69 — The King’s Neglect of His Wife and the Restoration of Dharma

Sanskrit

इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे स्वारोचिषे मन्वन्तरे पञ्चषष्टितमोऽध्यायः ।

यथाहं समतीतञ्च वर्तमानञ्च सर्वतः ॥

Transliteration

iti śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe svārociṣe manvantare pañca-ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ | yathāhaṃ samatītaṃ ca vartamānaṃ ca sarvataḥ ||

Translation

Thus ends the sixty-fifth chapter in the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, in the Svārociṣa Manvantara. (And:) “Just as I everywhere (know) the past as well as the present…”

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyopasaṃhāra (वाक्योपसंहार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe: in the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; title-locative

• svārociṣe: in (the time of) Svārociṣa
• svārociṣe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svārociṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular; proper name (Svārociṣa)

• manvantare: in the Manvantara
• manvantare: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manvantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• pañca-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: sixty-fifth
• pañca-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + tama (तमत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ordinal 'sixty-fifth' (65th)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• yathā: as/how
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/adverb (यथार्थक अव्यय)

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

• sama-atītam: the past
• sama-atītam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sama (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + atīta (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; √i 'to go' धातु)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; past participle used substantively; 'the past'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• vartamānam: the present
• vartamānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vartamāna (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त; √vṛt 'to be/continue' धातु)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; present participle used substantively; 'the present'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• sarvataḥ: in every way/from all sides
• sarvataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (सर्वतः-प्रयोग; दिशावाचक/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

Speakers

• Textual colophon; then narrative voice continuing into a speaker’s claim (likely ṛṣi in dialogue
• clarified in subsequent verses)

Key Themes

• Manvantara structure
• Purāṇic colophon
• Time-knowledge (past/present)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The colophon anchors the teaching within a manvantara framework, while the ensuing line points to a seer’s widened cognition—used in Purāṇas to validate moral instruction by situating it within a larger vision of time and consequence.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Explicitly Manvantara: it labels the Svārociṣa manvantara section and marks a chapter boundary, a common Purāṇic structuring device.

What is the esoteric significance?

Knowing past and present ‘everywhere’ suggests a standpoint beyond ordinary temporality—ṛṣi-dṛṣṭi—implying that dharma is not arbitrary but seen against the full arc of karmic unfolding.