Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 27

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

नियोजयति मामिष्टविरोधाच्च विवर्जनम् ।

आक्रुष्टोऽन्येन मन्येत ताडितो वा नियोजिका ॥

Transliteration

niyojayati mām iṣṭa-virodhāc ca vivarjanam / ākruṣṭo 'nyena manyeta tāḍito vā niyojikā

Translation

「彼女が私を駆り立てている」と思惟して、他者にとって愛すべきもの（または自らの善益）に対し、敵意から行為することを避けるべきである。他人に罵られ、あるいは打たれたとしても、それを扇動者の仕業と理解し、反応に駆られてはならない。

Word by Word

• niyojayati: (she) appoints/impels
• niyojayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: niyuj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; अहम्-pronoun object form

• iṣṭa-virodhāt: from opposition to what is desired
• iṣṭa-virodhāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + virodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (iṣṭasya virodhaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vivarjanam: avoidance/abstention
• vivarjanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivarjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• ākruṣṭaḥ: having been abused/insulted
• ākruṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-kruś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• anyena: by another (person)
• anyena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• manyeta: would think/suppose
• manyeta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tāḍitaḥ: having been struck/beaten
• tāḍitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• niyojikā: the instigator/one who appoints
• niyojikā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyojikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Dharmic instruction

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Forbearance
• Non-reactivity
• Conflict ethics
• Self-mastery

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse teaches restraint under provocation: even insult or harm should not be allowed to hijack one’s agency into retaliatory, dharma-opposed action.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary ethical instruction (ācāra), not a pancalakṣaṇa storyline.

What is the esoteric significance?

Insult and injury are triggers that reveal ego-reactivity; seeing them as ‘instigation’ externalizes the trigger and helps re-center awareness before action arises.