Shloka 7

Agni’s Withdrawal to the Forest and Identification with Āṅgirasa (अग्न्याङ्गिरस-इतिहासः)

Devanagari script

की) है कद सा :2 2 हट! ॥224%॥ ( ४ पर द क्र ८ पदक है, हा हा 3 ल्‍ं हक, ही | २; रा कं ५ $| “ “४ 3, <. रे! पे! मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्त्वा बहुशो विद्वान ग्रामं भैक्ष्याय संश्रित: । ग्रामे शुचीनि प्रचरन्‌ कुलानि भरतर्षभ,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ) इस प्रकार बार-बार पछताकर वह दिद्दान ब्राह्मण गाँवमें भिक्षाके लिये गया। उस गाँवमें जो लोग शुद्ध और पवित्र आचरणवाले थे, उन्हींके घरोंपर भिक्षा माँगता हुआ वह एक ऐसे घरपर जा पहुँचा, जहाँ पहले भी कभी किक्षा प्राप्त कर चुका था। दरवाजेपर पहुँचकर ब्राह्मण बोला--'भिक्षा दें!” भीतरसे किसी स्त्रीने उत्तर दिया--“ठहरो! (अभी लाती हूँ)”

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | ity uktvā bahuśo vidvān grāmaṃ bhaikṣyāya saṃśritaḥ | grāme śucīni pracaran kulāni bharatarṣabha |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Having spoken thus, the learned brāhmaṇa, repenting again and again, resorted to a village to seek alms. O bull among the Bharatas, moving about in that village, he begged only at households known for purity of conduct.”

Word by Word

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

बहुशःmany times, repeatedly

विद्वान्the learned man

ग्रामम्to the village (village as goal)

भैक्ष्यायfor alms

संश्रितःhaving resorted to / having gone to

ग्रामेin the village

शुचीनिpure (ones)

प्रचरन्moving about, going around

कुलानिfamilies/households

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

bharatarṣabha (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

vidvān brāhmaṇa (learned brāhmaṇa)

grāma (village)

śuci-kulāni (pure households)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Repeated remorse should lead to corrective action: the learned brāhmaṇa turns to a disciplined, dharmic livelihood (seeking alms) and deliberately approaches only households of pure conduct, emphasizing ethical discernment and self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that a learned brāhmaṇa, after repeatedly regretting his prior conduct, goes to a village to beg for food and moves from house to house, choosing only reputable, morally pure families.