Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 74

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

वसिष्ठश्च महाभागो वेदवेदान्तपारगः ।

एते सप्तर्षयश्चासन् रैवतस्यान्तरे मनोः ॥

Transliteration

vasiṣṭhaś ca mahābhāgo vedavedāntapāragaḥ | ete saptarṣayaś cāsan raivatas yāntare manoḥ ||

Translation

ထို့ပြင် ဝသိဋ္ဌ (Vasiṣṭha) သည် ကံကောင်းမြတ်သူ၊ ဝေဒနှင့် ဝေဒာန္တကို ကျွမ်းကျင်သူဖြစ်၍—ဤတို့သည် ရိုင်ဝတ မနု၏ မန္ဝန္တရ၌ ရှိသော ရှင်ရသီ ခုနစ်ပါး ဖြစ်ကြသည်။

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha (the sage)
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महाभागः: greatly fortunate, illustrious
• महाभागः: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) वसिष्ठस्य

• वेदवेदान्तपारगः: one who has mastered the Vedas and Vedānta
• वेदवेदान्तपारगः: Visheshana (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + वेदान्त + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): वेदान्तस्य/वेदस्य पारगः; विशेषण (adjective) वसिष्ठस्य

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सप्तर्षयः: the seven sages
• सप्तर्षयः: Apposition (समानाधिकरण/identifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriya (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• रैवतस्य: of Raivata
• रैवतस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• अन्तरे: in the period (manvantara)
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (location/time)

• मनोः: of Manu
• मनोः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

Speakers

• Markandeya speaking

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sage lineages
• Vedic transmission

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

By highlighting Vasiṣṭha’s Veda–Vedānta mastery, the text links ritual-knowledge (Veda) and liberative insight (Vedānta) as complementary supports of dharma in an age.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: it completes the standard manvantara profile by sealing the saptarṣi identification for Raivata’s period.

What is the esoteric significance?

Vasiṣṭha functions as an archetypal ‘brahma-ṛṣi’ anchoring both pravṛtti (ritual/order) and nivṛtti (knowledge/release) within the same cosmic cycle.