Shloka 76

Devanagari script

अपने कुलका आचार्य भी यदि निर्धन हो तो उसे निरन्तर शिष्योंकी डाँट-फटकार सुननी पड़ेगी। मित्र, सम्बन्धी या भाई-बन्धु धनके लालचसे ही अपने पास रहेंगे ।। अभाव: सर्वभूतानां युगान्ते सम्भविष्यति । दिश: प्रज्वलिता: सर्वा नक्षत्राण्यप्रभाणि च,युगान्तकाल आनेपर समस्त प्राणियोंका अभाव हो जायगा। सारी दिशाएँ प्रज्वलित हो उठेंगी और नक्षत्रोंकी प्रभा विलुप्त हो जायगी

Transliteration

abhāvaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yugānte sambhaviṣyati | diśaḥ prajvalitāḥ sarvā nakṣatrāṇy aprabhāṇi ca ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “At the end of the age, want and deprivation will befall all living beings. All the quarters will blaze as if on fire, and the stars will lose their radiance.”

Word by Word

अभावःnon-existence; scarcity; absence

सर्वभूतानाम्of all beings

युगान्तेat the end of the age (yuga)

सम्भविष्यतिwill occur; will come to be

दिशःdirections; quarters

प्रज्वलिताःblazing; set aflame

सर्वाःall

नक्षत्राणिstars; constellations

अप्रभाणिwithout radiance; dim

चand

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

yuga (age)

diśaḥ (the quarters/directions)

nakṣatrāṇi (stars/constellations)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores impermanence: even the cosmic order shows signs of collapse at yugānta. Ethically, it urges sobriety and detachment—do not base one’s conduct or relationships solely on prosperity, since scarcity and upheaval can overtake all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is describing yugānta-lakṣaṇas (portents of the end of an age): universal deprivation, the quarters appearing to burn, and the dimming of the stars—imagery that frames a broader discourse on decline and the fragility of worldly supports.