Shloka 10

Devanagari script

आश्रमा हतपाखण्डा: स्थिता: सत्यरता: प्रजा: । जनिष्यन्ते च बीजानि रोप्यमाणानि चैव ह,आश्रम पाखण्डियोंसे रहित होंगे और सारी प्रजा सत्यपरायण होगी। खेतोंमें बोये जानेवाले सब प्रकारके बीज अच्छी तरह उगेंगे

Transliteration

āśramā hatapākhaṇḍāḥ sthitāḥ satyaratāḥ prajāḥ | janiṣyante ca bījāni ropyamāṇāni caiva ha ||

Translation

Pertapaan-pertapaan akan bebas dari kepalsuan dan ajaran menyesatkan, dan rakyat akan teguh berpegang pada kebenaran. Segala benih yang ditabur di ladang akan tumbuh dengan baik dan subur.

Word by Word

आश्रमाḥhermitages

हतपाखण्डाḥfree from (i.e., with) heretics/false sectarians removed

स्थिताḥwill stand / remain

सत्यरताḥdevoted to truth

प्रजाḥpeople / subjects

जनिष्यन्तेwill be produced / will arise

चand

बीजानिseeds

रोप्यमाणानिbeing sown/planted

चand

एवindeed / certainly

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

āśrama (hermitages)

prajā (the people/subjects)

bīja (seeds)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When religious life is purified of hypocrisy and society becomes devoted to truth (satya), the natural and social worlds align: righteousness supports prosperity, symbolized by seeds that reliably sprout.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes an ideal condition of society: hermitages are cleansed of fraudulent sectarianism, the populace becomes truth-oriented, and agriculture becomes fruitful—an image of dharmic restoration and well-being.