Adhyaya 25 Shloka 15 - Markandeya Purana | Japanese | Vedapath

Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 25, Shloka 15

Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta

Sanskrit

तातेति किञ्चित्तनयेति किञ्चिदम्बेति किञ्चिद्दयितेति किञ्चित् ।

ममेति किञ्चिन्न ममेति किञ्चित्त्वं भूतसङ्घं बहुमानयेथाः ॥

Transliteration

tāteti kiñcit tanayeti kiñcid ambeti kiñcid dayiteti kiñcit / mameti kiñcin na mameti kiñcit tvaṃ bhūtasaṅghaṃ bahumānayethāḥ

Translation

ある者は互いに「父」と呼び、ある者は「子」と呼び、ある者は「母」と呼び、ある者は「愛しい人」と呼ぶ。ある者は「我がもの」と言い、ある者は「我がものにあらず」と言う。かかる呼称ゆえに、この衆生の群れを崇めたり畏れたりしてはならない。

Word by Word

तात(as) ‘father!’

इतिthus

किञ्चित्some (people)

तनय(as) ‘son!’

इतिthus

किञ्चित्some

अम्ब(as) ‘mother!’

इतिthus

किञ्चित्some

दयित(as) ‘beloved!’

इतिthus

किञ्चित्some

ममof me, my

इतिthus

किञ्चित्some

नnot

ममmine

इतिthus

किञ्चित्some

त्वम्you

भूत-सङ्घम्the multitude of beings

बहुमानयेथाःyou should honor/respect

Speakers

Madālasā to her child

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

Non-attachmentRelational identity as conventionMoha (delusion)Vairagya

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Kinship terms and possessive notions are social conventions that easily become bondage; one should act with dharma yet remain inwardly unattached.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic ethics/adhyātma within narrative; not directly sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa material.

What is the esoteric significance?

The verse deconstructs nāma-rūpa (name-form) projections: ‘mine/not mine’ are mental superimpositions on the same impermanent aggregate of beings.