Shloka 10

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

Opening

Devanagari script

आश्रमा हतपाखण्डा: स्थिता: सत्यरता: प्रजा: । जनिष्यन्ते च बीजानि रोप्यमाणानि चैव ह,आश्रम पाखण्डियोंसे रहित होंगे और सारी प्रजा सत्यपरायण होगी। खेतोंमें बोये जानेवाले सब प्रकारके बीज अच्छी तरह उगेंगे

Transliteration

āśramā hatapākhaṇḍāḥ sthitāḥ satyaratāḥ prajāḥ | janiṣyante ca bījāni ropyamāṇāni caiva ha ||

Translation

ആശ്രമങ്ങൾ പാഖണ്ഡവും കപടാചാരവും ഇല്ലാത്തവയായിരിക്കും; പ്രജകൾ സത്യത്തിൽ സ്ഥിരരായിരിക്കും. വയലുകളിൽ വിതച്ച എല്ലാ വിത്തുകളും നന്നായി മുളച്ച് പുഷ്ടിയായി വളരും.

Word by Word

आश्रमाḥhermitages

हतपाखण्डाḥfree from (i.e., with) heretics/false sectarians removed

स्थिताḥwill stand / remain

सत्यरताḥdevoted to truth

प्रजाḥpeople / subjects

जनिष्यन्तेwill be produced / will arise

चand

बीजानिseeds

रोप्यमाणानिbeing sown/planted

चand

एवindeed / certainly

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

āśrama (hermitages)

prajā (the people/subjects)

bīja (seeds)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When religious life is purified of hypocrisy and society becomes devoted to truth (satya), the natural and social worlds align: righteousness supports prosperity, symbolized by seeds that reliably sprout.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes an ideal condition of society: hermitages are cleansed of fraudulent sectarianism, the populace becomes truth-oriented, and agriculture becomes fruitful—an image of dharmic restoration and well-being.