Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अद्य तद्‌ दिवसं चेति हुत्वा दीप्तं हुताशनम्‌ । युगमात्रोदिते सूर्ये कृत्वा पौर्वाह्निकी: क्रिया:,दूसरे दिन यह सोचकर कि आज ही वह दिन है, उसने सूर्यदेवके चार हाथ ऊपर उठते- उठते पूर्वाह्नकालके सब कृत्य पूरे कर लिये और प्रज्वलित अग्निमें आहुति दी

Transliteration

adya tad divasaṃ ceti hutvā dīptaṃ hutāśanam | yugamātrodite sūrye kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīḥ kriyāḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Thinking, ‘Indeed, today is that very day,’ he offered oblations into the blazing sacred fire. When the sun had risen only a short while, he completed all the prescribed forenoon rites.” The verse highlights disciplined observance of daily dharma—timely ritual action performed with focused resolve, as if the decisive moment has arrived.

Word by Word

अद्यtoday

तत्that

दिवसम्day

चand

इतिthus (thinking/saying)

हुत्वाhaving offered (oblation)

दीप्तम्blazing

हुताशनम्fire (the oblation-eater)

युगमात्रोदितेwhen (it was) risen by only a yuga-measure (i.e., a small extent)

सूर्येwhen the sun (was)

कृत्वाhaving done/completed

पौर्वाह्निकीःforenoon (rites/duties)

क्रियाःacts/ritual duties

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Sūrya (the Sun)

Hutāśana (sacrificial fire)

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?

The verse underscores steadfast adherence to one’s prescribed duties (nitya-karma): completing the forenoon rites promptly and offering into the sacred fire with firm resolve, treating the present moment as decisive for dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration, a person—believing that the awaited day has arrived—quickly completes the morning/forenoon ritual obligations and makes offerings into a blazing sacrificial fire soon after sunrise.