Shloka 36

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

तद्वाक्यसमकालञ्च प्रोक्तमस्माभिरादृतैः ।

यद्वक्ष्यति भवान्स्तद्वै कृतमेवावधार्यताम् ॥

Transliteration

tadvākyasamakālañ ca proktam asmābhir ādṛtaiḥ | yad vakṣyati bhavāṃs tad vai kṛtam evāvadhāryatām ||

Translation

અને તે શબ્દો બોલાતા જ અમે પણ આદરપૂર્વક તેમ જ કહ્યું. તું જે કહેવા જઈ રહ્યો છે, તે નિશ્ચય જાણ—તે પહેલેથી જ સિદ્ધ થઈ ગયું છે.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (referring 'that')

• वाक्यसमकालम्: simultaneous with that statement
• वाक्यसमकालम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाक्य-समकाल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वाक्यस्य समकालः = simultaneous with the statement)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• प्रोक्तम्: was spoken
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे भूतकृत् (was said/spoken)

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karta (कर्ता/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• आदृतैः: by the respectful (ones)
• आदृतैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-दृ (धातु) → आदृत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; भूतकृत् (respected/attentive)

• यत्: what
• यत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• वक्ष्यति: will say
• वक्ष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवान्: you (hon.)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific 'you')

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तद्-निर्देश (correlative)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Visheshya (विशेष्य/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (done)

• एव: just, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (restrictive/emphatic)

• अवधार्यताम्: let it be understood/ascertained
• अवधार्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (let it be ascertained)

Speakers

• Frame-dialogue speaker(s) not specified in input; likely within the Markandeya Purana’s opening conversational framework (Jaimini–Markandeya or the Dharmapakṣin birds’ discourse)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Authority of speech (vāk)
• Assurance/boon-like certainty
• Dialogue framing device
• Dharma through truthful declaration

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse emphasizes the potency and reliability of a realized speaker’s word: what is to be spoken is treated as already effected. Ethically, it upholds satya (truthfulness) and the sanctity of deliberate speech—speech aligned with dharma is not mere prediction but a performative commitment.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This verse functions primarily as a narrative-frame affirmation rather than a direct exposition of the pañcalakṣaṇa topics (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). Indirectly, it supports vaṃśānucarita/manvantara narration by authorizing the forthcoming account as certain and ‘already settled’ within the puranic telling.

What is the esoteric significance?

Esoterically, it reflects vāk-śakti: speech as a creative force where intention (saṅkalpa) and utterance converge, collapsing future into accomplished reality. It hints at the puranic idea that truthful, dharma-grounded utterance carries siddhi-like efficacy.