Shloka 96

इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्

Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration

Devanagari script

स चेम॑ संकुलं लोकं प्रसादमुपनेष्यति । उत्थितो ब्राह्मणो दीप्त: क्षयान्तकृदुदारधी:,वह उदारबुद्धि, तेजस्वी ब्राह्मण, दुःखसे व्याप्त हुए इस जगत्‌को आनन्द प्रदान करेगा। कलियुगका अन्त करनेके लिये ही उसका प्रादुर्भाव होगा

Transliteration

sa cemaṁ saṅkulaṁ lokaṁ prasādam upaneṣyati | utthito brāhmaṇo dīptaḥ kṣayāntakṛd udāradhīḥ ||

Translation

And he will bring solace and clarity to this world, now fallen into turmoil. Rising forth as a radiant brahmin—noble in intellect and intent—he will become the agent who brings an end to the age’s decline, appearing precisely to terminate Kali’s oppressive course and restore well-being.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• संकुलम्: confused, crowded, afflicted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रसादम्: grace, joy, serenity
• प्रसादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उपनेष्यति: will bring/lead (to), will bestow
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-नी (धातु: नी)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• उत्थितः: arisen, risen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन, क्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त)

• ब्राह्मणः: a brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दीप्तः: shining, blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप् (धातु: दीप्)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन, क्त

• क्षयान्तकृत्: maker of the end of destruction (destroyer of decay)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षय-अन्त-कृत्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उदारधीः: of noble intellect
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदार-धी (धी = बुद्धि)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)
• brāhmaṇa (radiant figure)
• loka (the world)
• Kali-yuga (implied by the gloss: end of Kali)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when society becomes morally and socially entangled (saṅkula), dharma is not abandoned: a righteous, spiritually luminous agent can arise to restore peace (prasāda) and curb the forces of decline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a future emergence of a radiant brahmin-like figure who will bring solace to a distressed world and act as the means for ending the degenerative phase associated with Kali.