Shloka 14

मातापितृपूजन-प्रधानधर्मः (Primacy of Filial Service) — Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of the Vyādha’s Instruction

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ प्रयाते दुर्धर्षे देवि शब्दों महान भूत्‌ । एष श्रीमानवध्योउ्द्य धुन्धुमारो भविष्यति,उन दुर्धर्षवीर कुवलाश्वके यात्रा करनेपर देवलोकमें अत्यन्त हर्षपूर्ण कोलाहल होने लगा। देवता कहने लगे--'ये श्रीमान्‌ नरेश अवध्य हैं, आज धुन्धुको मारकर ये” “धुन्धुमार' नाम धारण करेंगे

Transliteration

tasmin prayāte durdharṣe devi śabdo mahān abhūt | eṣa śrīmān avadhyo ’dya dhundhumāro bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

女神よ、その不落の英雄が出立すると、天界には大いなる歓呼が湧き起こった。神々は宣した。「この輝ける王は不殺にして不敗なり。今日、ドゥンドゥを討ちて、『ドゥンドゥマーラ』の名を帯びるであろう。」この偈は、世を護るための正しき決意と恐れぬ行為が、ダルマにかなう英雄として讃えられること、また一つの業がその倫理的目的を刻む永遠の異名を授けうることを示す。

Word by Word

• {'tasmin': 'in that (situation/time)

• when he', 'prayāte': 'having set out

• when (he) departed/advanced', 'durdharṣe': 'hard to assail

• formidable', 'devi': 'O Goddess (address)', 'śabdaḥ': 'sound

• proclamation', 'mahān': 'great

• mighty', 'abhūt': 'arose

• occurred', 'eṣaḥ': 'this (person)', 'śrīmān': 'illustrious

• endowed with splendor/fortune', 'avadhyaḥ': 'not to be slain

• invincible', 'adya': 'today', 'dhundhumāraḥ': '‘slayer of Dhundhu’ (epithet/name)', 'bhaviṣyati': 'will become

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Devī
• Devas
• Dhundhu
• Dhundhumāra
• Kuvalāśva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharmic courage—acting decisively to remove a threat to the world—is affirmed by divine approval; a righteous deed can define one’s lasting reputation, here expressed through the epithet ‘Dhundhumāra’ (slayer of Dhundhu).

What is happening in the narrative?

As the formidable hero-king (Kuvalāśva) sets out to confront Dhundhu, the gods rejoice and proclaim that he is invincible and will gain the name ‘Dhundhumāra’ after killing Dhundhu.