Shloka 81
इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्
Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration
भर्तृणां वचने चैव न स्थास्यन्ति ततः स्त्रिय: । पुत्राश्न मातापितरौ हनिष्यन्ति युगक्षये,वे पतिकी अज्ञामें नहीं रहेंगी। युगान्तकालमें पुत्र माता-पिताकी हत्या करेंगे
bhartṝṇāṃ vacane caiva na sthāsyanti tataḥ striyaḥ | putrāś ca mātāpitarau haniṣyanti yugakṣaye ||
Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Selepas itu, kaum wanita tidak lagi menurut kata-kata suami mereka; dan pada saat zaman meluruh, anak-anak lelaki bahkan akan membunuh ibu dan bapa mereka sendiri.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that when dharma collapses, the most basic ethical restraints—marital fidelity to rightful guidance and reverence for parents—erode, leading to violence within the family itself. It functions as a moral diagnosis of yuga-ending degeneration.
Mārkaṇḍeya is describing signs of the terminal decline of an age (yugakṣaya). He lists extreme inversions of social order: wives no longer heeding husbands, and sons committing the ultimate adharma by killing their parents.