Mahabharata 3.276.2 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 276, Shloka 2

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

बुबुधे तं तु सक्रोध॑ पितरं राक्षसे श्वर: । कुबेरस्तत्प्रसादार्थ यतते सम सदा नूप

Transliteration

bubudhe taṁ tu sakrodhaṁ pitaraṁ rākṣaseśvaraḥ | kuberas tatprasādārthaṁ yatate samaḥ sadā nūpa yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

ມາກັນເດຍ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອ ກຸເບຣະ ຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າແຫ່ງຣາກສະສະ ຮູ້ວ່າບິດາຂອງຕົນໂກດຕົນ, ທ່ານກໍພາກພຽນຢູ່ເສມອ ດ້ວຍໃຈທີ່ສະໝໍ້ສະເໝີ ເພື່ອຂໍຄວາມເມດຕາຈາກບິດາ. ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ, ທ່ານໄດ້ພະຍາຍາມຢ່າງບໍ່ຂາດເພື່ອໃຫ້ບິດາພໍໃຈ».

Word by Word

• बुबुधे: came to know / understood
• बुबुधे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect, 3, singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सक्रोधम्: angry (with anger)
• सक्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सक्रोध
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• राक्षसेश्वरः: lord of the Rakshasas
• राक्षसेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस-ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कुबेरः: Kubera
• कुबेरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्: that (thing/matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्रसादार्थम्: for (his) favor/appeasement
• प्रसादार्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद-अर्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• यतते: strives / makes effort
• यतते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत्
• Form: लट्, present, आत्मनेपद, 3, singular

• समम्: equally / properly (as an adverbial accusative)
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Kubera
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• father of Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rākṣasas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even powerful figures should practice self-control and humility: when conflict arises, one should strive to restore harmony—especially by honoring elders and seeking their goodwill rather than escalating anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya tells Yudhiṣṭhira that Kubera learned Mārkaṇḍeya’s father was angry and therefore repeatedly endeavored, with a calm mind, to please him and obtain his favor.