Shloka 13
Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)
स तच्छरीरं संत्यज्य प्रविवेश धरां तदा । भूमिं स्पृष्टासजद् धातून् पृथक् पृथगतीव हि,उस समय अपने उस शरीरको त्यागकर वे धरतीमें समा गये। भूमिका स्पर्श करके उन्होंने पृथक्ू-पृथक् बहुत-से धातुओंकी सृष्टि की
sa taccharīraṃ saṃtyajya praviveśa dharāṃ tadā | bhūmiṃ spṛṣṭāsṛjad dhātūn pṛthak pṛthag atīva hi ||
Then, abandoning that body, he entered into the earth. Having touched the ground, he brought forth the material constituents in abundant variety, each set apart from the others—an image of dissolution and re-creation that underscores the ordered power behind embodied existence.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a model of disciplined dissolution and ordered re-manifestation: relinquishing attachment to the body (saṃtyajya śarīram) and recognizing that embodied forms arise from distinct material constituents (dhātus) governed by a higher order. Ethically, it points to vairāgya (detachment) and reverence for the structured principles that sustain life.
In Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration, a being gives up his body and merges into the earth; upon contacting the ground, he produces or differentiates many dhātus—material constituents—separately and in great abundance, describing a cosmogonic or transformative act.