Shloka 5
Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)
अपां गर्भो महाभागः सच्त्वभुग् यो महाद्धुत: । भूपतिर्भुवभर्ता च महत: पतिरुच्यते,“जो “आप' नामवाले सहके पुत्र हैं, जो महाभाग, सत्त्वभोक्ता, भूलोकके पालक और भुवर्लोकके स्वामी हैं, वे अद्भुत नामक महान् अग्नि बुद्धितत््वके अधिपति बताये जाते हैं!
apāṁ garbho mahābhāgaḥ sattvabhug yo mahādbhutaḥ | bhūpatir bhuvabhartā ca mahataḥ patir ucyate ||
マールカンデーヤは言った。「彼は『水の胎（アパーム・ガルバ）』と呼ばれる大いなる福徳の者であり、あらゆる生命の精髄を享受する。彼こそ偉大なる『アドブタ（奇妙者）』、大地の王にして守護者、諸世界を支える主であり、『マハット（宇宙的大原理）』の主宰であると宣言される。」
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames legitimate sovereignty as cosmic stewardship: the true ‘lord’ is one who sustains earth and worlds and presides over foundational principles (Mahat), implying that power is ethically justified by protection and support of life.
Mārkaṇḍeya is describing a supreme, wondrous cosmic being—identified through epithets like ‘womb of the waters’ and ‘lord of Mahat’—to explain that this figure governs and sustains the world-order, not merely ruling politically but upholding creation itself.