Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अग्निं रजस्वला वै स्त्री संस्पृशेदग्निहोत्रिकम्‌ । इष्टिरष्टाकपालेन कार्या वसुमते5ग्नये,यदि अनि्निहोत्र सम्बन्धी अग्निको कोई रजस्वला स्त्री छू दे तो वसुमान्‌ अग्निके लिये मिट्टीके आठ पुरवोंमें संस्कृत चरुद्वारा आहुति देनी चाहिये

Transliteration

agniṁ rajasvalā vai strī saṁspṛśed agnihotrikam | iṣṭir aṣṭākapālena kāryā vasumate 'gnaye |

Translation

မာရ္ကဏ္ဍေယက ပြောသည်— «ရဇസ്വလာ (မစင်ကာလ) အမျိုးသမီးတစ်ဦးက အဂ္နိဟောတရနှင့် ဆက်နွယ်သော သန့်ရှင်းမီးကို ထိတွေ့မိလျှင်၊ အပြစ်ဖြေ iṣṭi ကို ပြုလုပ်ရမည်။ အဋ္ဌာကပာလ (aṣṭākapāla) မြေခွက်ရှစ်လုံးဖြင့် ပြင်ဆင်ထားသော caru ကို အာဟုတိအဖြစ် ဆက်ကပ်၍ “ဝသုမတ်” (Vasumat) ဟူသော အဂ္နိထံ ပူဇော်ရမည်»။

Word by Word

अग्निम्fire

रजस्वलाmenstruating

वैindeed

स्त्रीwoman

संस्पृशेत्should touch

अग्निहोत्रिकम्connected with the Agnihotra (Agnihotra-fire/performer)

इष्टिःan oblation/ritual offering (iṣṭi)

अष्टाकपालेनwith an eight-shard (eight-pot-sherd) vessel/arrangement

कार्याto be done/should be performed

वसुमतेto Vasumat (the wealthy one; epithet/name)

अग्नयेto Agni

यदिif

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Agni

Agnihotra

Vasumat (Agni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that when the sanctity of the Agnihotra fire is ritually compromised (here, by contact with a menstruating woman), dharma prescribes a defined corrective rite—an iṣṭi in an eight-shard vessel offered to Agni (as Vasumat)—to restore ritual order and continuity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is laying down a rule of ritual conduct and expiation within a broader dharma-oriented discourse: he specifies what should be done if the Agnihotra-associated fire is touched in a condition considered ritually impure.