Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 63, Shloka 23

Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses

Sanskrit

तृतीयमद्य दिवसं यन्मे पृष्ठान्न मुंचति ।

अस्त्रग्रामस्य सर्वस्य हृदज्ञाहमद्य ते ॥

Transliteration

tṛtīyam adya divasaṃ yan me pṛṣṭhān na muñcati | astragrāmasya sarvasya hṛdajño 'ham adya te ||

Translation

ယနေ့သည် သုံးရက်မြောက်ဖြစ်ပြီး ၎င်းသည် ငါ့နောက်ကျောမှ မခွာသေး (မရပ်မနား လိုက်လံလိုက်စားနေသည်)။ ယခု ငါသည် လက်နက်အစုအဝေးတစ်ခုလုံး၏ «ဟృဒယ»—အနှစ်သာရ—ကို သင်တို့အား ပေးအပ်မည် (မန္တရလက်နက်များ)။

Word by Word

• तृतीयम्: third
• तृतीयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘दिवसम्’)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• दिवसम्: day (as duration)
• दिवसम्: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• यत्: which/that (since)
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• मे: to me/of me
• मे: Sambandha/Sampradana (सम्बन्ध/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; enclitic

• पृष्ठात्: from (my) back
• पृष्ठात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय-निषेध)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• मुंचति: releases, lets go
• मुंचति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अस्त्रग्रामस्य: of the arsenal (weapon-collection)
• अस्त्रग्रामस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘collection of weapons’), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन

• सर्वस्य: of all/entire
• सर्वस्य: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘अस्त्रग्रामस्य’)

• हृतज्ञः: deprived of sense/knowledge
• हृतज्ञः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृत (कृदन्त-क्त from √हृ) + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (possessive: ‘one whose knowledge is taken away’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

Speakers

• Unspecified; speaker under pursuit offers esoteric martial/protective knowledge to the listener

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Astra-vidyā
• Hṛdaya (essence teaching)
• Transmission of sacred knowledge
• Protection under crisis

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Knowledge is transmitted responsibly in response to genuine danger; the ‘hṛdaya’ indicates distilled, potent instruction rather than mere technique—implying that power should be grounded in right intent.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic narrative (ākhyāna) concerning vidyā and protection; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological/genealogical segment.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Hṛdaya’ suggests a mantric kernel—an inner alignment that activates power. The relentless pursuer reflects the urgency that forces the seeker from fear into focused reception of the essential teaching.