Shloka 28

पञ्चमहाभूतगुण-इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः | Teaching on the Qualities of the Five Elements and Sense-Control

Devanagari script

यदि मे भगवन्‌ प्रीत: पुण्डरीकनिभेक्षण,“भगवन्‌! कमलनयन! यदि आप मुझपर प्रसन्न हैं तो मेरी बुद्धि सदा धर्म, सत्य और इन्द्रियनिग्रहमें लगी रहे। मेरे स्वामी! आपके भजनका मेरा अभ्यास सदा बना रहे"

Transliteration

yadi me bhagavan prītaḥ puṇḍarīka-nibhekṣaṇa, bhagavan! kamala-nayana! yadi āpa mujhpar prasanna haiṃ to merī buddhi sadā dharma, satya aura indriya-nigraham̐ meṃ lagī rahe. he mama svāmin! āpake bhajana-kā merā abhyāsa sadā banā rahe.

Translation

मार्कण्डेय म्हणाले—हे भगवन्, कमलनयना! आपण माझ्यावर प्रसन्न असाल तर माझी बुद्धी सदा धर्म, सत्य आणि इंद्रियनिग्रह यांत रत राहो. हे माझ्या स्वामी! आपल्या भजन-स्मरणाचा माझा अभ्यास कधीही खंडित होऊ नये.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• भगवन्: O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्डरीक-निभ-ईक्षण: O you whose eyes are like a lotus
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्डरीक + निभ + ईक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇa (epithet)
• Kamalanayana (epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames divine favor not as a request for power or pleasure, but as a request for inner virtues: steadfast commitment to dharma and truth, mastery over the senses, and uninterrupted devotional practice. It presents ethical self-governance and sustained worship as the highest boons.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya addresses the Lord with reverent epithets (“lotus-eyed”) and offers a prayer. He asks that his intellect remain anchored in righteousness and truth, that he maintain control over the senses, and that his devotion and practice of worship continue without interruption.