Shloka 6

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

स तासां भगवांस्तुष्टो महात्मा प्रददौ वरान्‌ । लोकपालोपमान्‌ पुत्रानेकैकस्या यथेप्सितान्‌

Transliteration

sa tāsāṁ bhagavāṁs tuṣṭo mahātmā pradadau varān | lokapālopamān putrān ekaikasyā yathepsitān ||

Translation

Dijo Mārkaṇḍeya: Satisfecho con ellas, el bienaventurado sabio de gran alma concedió dones: a cada una le otorgó hijos varones según su deseo, hijos comparables en rango y custodia a los mismos Lokapālas, los guardianes de los mundos.

Word by Word

सःhe

तासाम्of them (to those women)

भगवान्the blessed lord

तुष्टःpleased

महात्माthe great-souled one

प्रददौgave/bestowed

वरान्boons

लोकपालोपमान्equal to the Lokapālas (world-guardians)

पुत्रान्sons

एकैकस्याःof each (one) of them

यथाas/according to

ईप्सितान्desired (by them)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

bhagavān (the blessed divine figure)

lokapāla (world-guardians, as a class)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that divine favor responds to sincere worthiness and right conduct by granting gifts aligned with dharma—here, sons envisioned as protectors like the lokapālas, implying responsibility and guardianship rather than mere personal benefit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that a revered divine being, pleased with certain women, bestows boons upon them: each receives a son according to her wish, and these sons are described as comparable to the world-guardians in power and protective role.