Shloka 14
Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)
पूयात् स गन्ध॑ तेजश्न अस्थिभ्यो देवदारु च । श्लेष्मण: स्फाटिकं तस्य पित्तान्मारकतं तथा
pūyāt sa gandhaḥ tejaś ca asthibhyo devadāru ca | śleṣmaṇaḥ sphāṭikaṃ tasya pittān mārakataṃ tathā ||
ମାର୍କଣ୍ଡେୟ କହିଲେ— ତାହାର ପୁୟରୁ ଗନ୍ଧକ ଓ ତେଜୋମୟ ପଦାର୍ଥ ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ ହେଲା; ତାହାର ଅସ୍ଥିରୁ ଦେବଦାରୁ ବୃକ୍ଷ ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲେ। ତାହାର ଶ୍ଲେଷ୍ମରୁ ସ୍ଫଟିକ ଓ ପିତ୍ତରୁ ତଥା ମରକତମଣି ଉଦ୍ଭବ ହେଲା।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys an etiological and ethical idea: the cosmos can transform even impure bodily elements into beneficial and precious forms (trees, minerals, gems). It hints at a worldview where creation integrates all aspects of existence, converting what seems base into something valuable within the larger order.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes the emergence of various natural substances from a being’s bodily constituents: pus yields sulphur and fiery matter, bones yield deodar trees, phlegm yields crystal, and bile yields emerald. It functions as a mythic explanation for the origins of these materials.