Shloka 7
मातापितृपूजन-प्रधानधर्मः (Primacy of Filial Service) — Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of the Vyādha’s Instruction
समुद्रे बालुकापूर्ण उज्जालक इति स्मृते । आगम्य च स वुष्टात्मा तं देशं भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ! वह दुष्टात्मा बालुकामय प्रसिद्ध उच्चालक समुद्रमें आकर रहने और उस देशके निवासियोंकों सताने लगा। राजन! वह अपनी पूरी शक्ति लगाकर धरतीके भीतर बालूमें छिपकर वहाँ उत्तंकके आश्रममें भी उपद्रव करने लगा
samudre bālukāpūrṇa ujjālaka iti smṛte | āgamya ca sa duṣṭātmā taṃ deśaṃ bharatarṣabha |
Disse Mārkaṇḍeya: “No mar havia uma extensão arenosa chamada Ujjālaka. Chegando ali, esse ser de alma perversa passou a habitar aquela região e a atormentar seus moradores, ó touro entre os Bhāratas. Com toda a sua força, escondia-se sob a areia, no seio da terra, e causava distúrbios que alcançavam até o eremitério de Uttanka.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical contrast between adharma (a wicked being harming peaceful residents and even troubling a sage’s hermitage) and the dharmic expectation that society and rulers protect ascetics and the innocent from such harassment.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a notorious sandy sea-tract called Ujjālaka where a wicked entity arrives, settles, and begins tormenting the local people; it even hides under the sand and causes trouble extending to Uttanka’s hermitage.