Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 29

Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

Sanskrit

षट् प्रकारक्रियादुःखसुखहर्षरसैश्च यत् ।

गुणैश्च वर्जितं ब्रह्म तत् प्राप्स्यामि परं पदम् ॥

Transliteration

ṣaṭ-prakāra-kriyā-duḥkha-sukha-harṣa-rasaiś ca yat /

guṇaiś ca varjitaṃ brahma tat prāpsyāmi paraṃ padam

Translation

ဂုဏ (guṇa) များကင်းစင်၍ ကမ္မ၏ ခြောက်မျိုးကွဲပြားမှုကိုလည်း ကျော်လွန်ကာ၊ ဒုက္ခ၊ သုခ၊ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားမှုနှင့် အာရုံ ‘အရသာ’ များကိုလည်း ကျော်လွန်သော ထိုဗြဟ္မန်ကို ငါသည် အမြင့်ဆုံးသော အခြေအနေအဖြစ် ရောက်ရှိမည်။

Word by Word

• षट्: six
• षट्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्या), indeclinable-like form; used as qualifier of following compound

• प्रकारक्रियादुःखसुखहर्षरसैः: by the (sixfold) modes/acts, pain, pleasure, joy, and taste
• प्रकारक्रियादुःखसुखहर्षरसैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार-क्रिया-दुःख-सुख-हर्ष-रस (प्रातिपदिक; components: prakāra + kriyā + duḥkha + sukha + harṣa + rasa)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); collective dvandva ‘by/with (these) …’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject, relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun referring to ब्रह्म

• गुणैः: by qualities (guṇas)
• गुणैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• वर्जितम्: devoid of
• वर्जितम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्ज् (धातु) → वर्जित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate of यत्/ब्रह्म

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma (कर्म/Object of prāpsyāmi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative referring to ब्रह्म

• प्राप्स्यामि: I shall attain
• प्राप्स्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: Future tense (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies पदम्

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object, apposition to तत्/ब्रह्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Unspecified speaker; describing nirguṇa goal

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Nirguṇa Brahman
• Transcending guṇas
• Liberation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The highest aim is not refined enjoyment but transcendence of affective swings and guṇa-conditioning; ethical life supports this by purifying the mind toward liberation.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

A mokṣa-centric teaching (adhyātma) within Purāṇic instruction, not a cosmological or genealogical unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Beyond rasa’ indicates freedom from the subtle compulsion of experience-seeking; it points to sahaja-sthiti—abidance as pure awareness.