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

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “The hermitages will be free from heretical and deceitful practices, and the people will remain steadfastly devoted to truth. Seeds sown in the fields will indeed sprout and flourish well.”

Word by Word

• आश्रमाḥ: hermitages
• आश्रमाḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हतपाखण्डाḥ: free from (i.e., with) heretics/false sectarians removed
• हतपाखण्डाḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतपाखण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्थिताḥ: will stand / remain
• स्थिताḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सत्यरताḥ: devoted to truth
• सत्यरताḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यरत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रजाḥ: people / subjects
• प्रजाḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• जनिष्यन्ते: will be produced / will arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बीजानि: seeds
• बीजानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• रोप्यमाणानि: being sown/planted
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुप्/रोप्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed / certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• āśrama (hermitages)
• prajā (the people/subjects)
• bīja (seeds)

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.