Shloka 24

Dharma-pratyabhijñāna and Vara-pradāna (धर्मप्रत्यभिज्ञानम्—वरप्रदानम्)

Devanagari script

इच्छेयमभ्यनुज्ञाता आर्यया श्वशुरेण ह । अनेन सह निर्गन्तुं न मेडद्य विरह: क्षम:

Transliteration

iccheyam abhyanujñātā āryayā śvaśureṇa ha | anena saha nirgantuṁ na me ’dya virahaḥ kṣamaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “If I have the permission of my noble mother-in-law and my father-in-law, I wish to go out together with him. For today, I cannot endure separation.”

Word by Word

• इच्छेयम्: I would wish / I would like
• इच्छेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 1st, singular, Parasmaipada

• अभ्यनुज्ञाता: permitted / having been granted permission
• अभ्यनुज्ञाता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यनुज्ञात (from dhatu ज्ञा with prefixes अभि+अनु; PPP)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• आर्यया: by the noble lady
• आर्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्या
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• श्वशुरेण: by the father-in-law
• श्वशुरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

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

• अनेन: with this (man)
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्)
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• निर्गन्तुम्: to go out / to depart
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्गम् (नि: + गम्)
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मे: for me / to me / of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive/dative, singular

• एतद्: this
• एतद्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• विरहः: separation
• विरहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरह
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• क्षमः: bearable / endurable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)
• mother-in-law (āryā)
• father-in-law (śvaśura)
• him (anena)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even strong personal desire is framed within social and ethical propriety: the speaker seeks the elders’ consent (mother-in-law and father-in-law) before acting, showing respect for household dharma while expressing the human truth of love and the pain of separation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration, a woman expresses her wish to depart together with a man, but she explicitly conditions it on receiving permission from her in-laws, adding that she cannot bear being separated from him at that moment.