Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 74, Shloka 15

Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu

Sanskrit

तस्याश्च स्पर्शसम्भूतामवाप मुदमुत्तमाम् ।

सोऽन्धकारे भ्रमन् भूयो मदनाकृष्टमानसः ॥

Transliteration

tasyāś ca sparśa-sambhūtām avāpa mudam uttamām | so ’ndhakāre bhraman bhūyo madanākṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ ||

Translation

तिच्या स्पर्शाने त्याला परम आनंद मिळाला; आणि पुन्हा अंधारात भटकताना त्याचे मन कामाने ओढले गेले।

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्पर्श-सम्भूताम्: arisen from (her) touch
• स्पर्श-सम्भूताम्: कर्म-विशेषण (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भूत (भू धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय/कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘सम्भूत’ = arisen; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्पर्शात् सम्भूता)

• अवाप: obtained
• अवाप: क्रिया (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुदम्: joy
• मुदम्: कर्म (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• उत्तमाम्: supreme
• उत्तमाम्: कर्म-विशेषण (qualifier of ‘mudam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अन्धकारे: in darkness
• अन्धकारे: अधिकरण (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• भ्रमन्: wandering
• भ्रमन्: कर्ता-विशेषण (qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘wandering’

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• मदन-आकृष्ट-मानसः: whose mind was drawn by Cupid
• मदन-आकृष्ट-मानसः: कर्ता-विशेषण (qualifier of ‘saḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक) + आकृष्ट (कृष् धातु, क्त/कृदन्त) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (मदनेन आकृष्टं मानसं यस्य) = ‘whose mind is drawn by Cupid’

Speakers

• Narrative voice (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s account)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Madana (Kāma) (as personified desire)

Key Themes

• Desire arising from contact
• Psychology of attachment
• Darkness as lack of discernment

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Contact (sparśa) can quickly generate pleasure and then craving; the verse illustrates a classic chain of attachment where discernment is obscured (‘darkness’).

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Not Pancalakṣaṇa; it is ethical-psychological narration embedded in the Purāṇic storytelling.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Touch-born joy’ marks the awakening of saṃskāras; ‘Madana drawing the mind’ signifies the activation of rāga (attraction) that binds consciousness to sense-objects.