Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तच्छीलमनुवर्त्स्यन्ति मनुष्या लोकवासिन: । विप्रैश्नोरक्षये चैव कृते क्षेमं भविष्यति,फिर इस जगत्‌के निवासी मनुष्य उनके शील-स्वभावका अनुकरण करेंगे। इस प्रकार सत्ययुगमें ब्राह्मणोंद्वारा दस्युदलका विनाश हो जानेपर संसारका मंगल होगा

Transliteration

tacchīlam anuvartsyanti manuṣyā lokavāsinaḥ | vipraiś ca naurakṣaye caiva kṛte kṣemaṃ bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “The people who dwell in this world will follow that very conduct and character as their model. Thus, when in the Kṛta (Satya) age the bands of robbers are destroyed and the Brahmins are protected, the world will become secure and auspicious.”

Word by Word

तत्that

शीलम्conduct, character

अनुवर्त्स्यन्तिwill follow, will imitate

मनुष्याःpeople, humans

लोकवासिनःdwelling in the world

विप्रैःby Brahmins

नरक्षयेat the destruction of men (i.e., of human foes)

चand

एवindeed, just

कृतेin the Kṛta (Satya) age

क्षेमम्welfare, peace, security

भविष्यतिwill be

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

manuṣyāḥ (people)

lokavāsinaḥ (inhabitants of the world)

viprāḥ (Brahmins)

dasyu/robbers (implied by the Hindi gloss: dasyu-dala)

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?

Public welfare (kṣema) arises when society imitates exemplary character (śīla), lawlessness is checked, and the guardians of dharma—here represented by vipras—are protected; ethical models and social protection together sustain a harmonious age.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a future (or ideal) condition of the world: people will emulate a certain noble conduct, and in the Kṛta/Satya age, with the elimination of robber-bands and the safeguarding of Brahmins, the world becomes peaceful and auspicious.