Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 72, Shloka 14

Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)

Sanskrit

आनीयतां नरश्रेष्ठ ! या तवेष्टात्मनोऽन्तिकम् । भुङ्क्ष्व भोगांस्तया सार्धं यज यज्ञान्स्तथादृतः ॥

Transliteration

ānīyatāṃ naraśreṣṭha! yā taveṣṭātmano 'ntikam / bhuṅkṣva bhogāṃs tayā sārdhaṃ yaja yajñāṃs tathādṛtaḥ

Translation

«အို လူတို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံး၊ iṣṭi ယဇ်ကို ပြုလုပ်ပြီးသူဖြစ်သော သင်၏ ရှေ့တော်သို့ သူမကို ခေါ်ဆောင်လာပါ။ သူမနှင့်အတူ သင့်အခွင့်အရေးတော်မူသော အပျော်အပါးကို ခံစားပါ၊ ထို့အပြင် လေးစားစွာဖြင့် ယဇ်ပူဇော်မှုတို့ကိုလည်း ပြုလုပ်ပါ» ဟုဆို၏။

Word by Word

• आनीयताम्: let (her) be brought
• आनीयताम्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): 'let (her) be brought'

• नरश्रेष्ठ: O best of men
• नरश्रेष्ठ: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक: नर + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय

• या: who/which (she)
• या: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तव: your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; 'your'

• इष्टात्मनः: of (your) beloved
• इष्टात्मनः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्टात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक: इष्ट + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय ('dear self' = beloved)

• अन्तिकम्: near, to the presence
• अन्तिकम्: गन्तव्य/देश (Goal/Place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; देशवाचक (place)

• भुङ्क्ष्व: enjoy, partake
• भुङ्क्ष्व: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• तया: with her
• तया: सहकारक/सह (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: सह (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning 'together with')

• यज: perform (sacrifice), worship
• यज: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• यज्ञान्: sacrifices
• यज्ञान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/so')

• आदृतः: being respectful
• आदृतः: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier of implied 'त्वम्')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-दृ (धातु) → आदृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'being respectful/attentive'

Speakers

• Brāhmaṇa instructing the king (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Gṛhastha-dharma
• Yajña as household duty
• Legitimate enjoyment within dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The householder path integrates kāma (enjoyment) with yajña (sacred duty); pleasure is affirmed when harmonized with responsibility and reverence.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Upākhyāna with dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction); it operationalizes household dharma rather than describing creation or dynasties.

What is the esoteric significance?

Union (sārdham) and sacrifice (yajña) together signal the ideal ‘consecrated household’: relationship becomes a locus of spiritual order, not mere gratification.