Shloka 35

Yugapramāṇa–Kaliyuga-lakṣaṇa–Pralaya-kathā

Markandeya’s Account of Yugas, Kali Signs, and Dissolution

Devanagari script

दशकोटीर्हिरिण्यस्य रुक्मभारांस्तथा दश । एतद्‌ ददामि वितप्रर्षे सर्वज्ञस्त्वं मतो हि मे

Transliteration

daśakoṭīr hiraṇyasya rukmabhārāṁs tathā daśa | etad dadāmi vitaprarṣe sarvajñas tvaṁ mato hi me ||

Translation

Маркандейя сказал: «Десять кроров золота и также десять нош очищенного золота — это я дарую тебе, о подвижник у ашваттхи (aśvattha). Ибо, по моему суждению, ты воистину всеведущ.»

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• कोटीः: crores (tens of millions)
• कोटीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• हिरण्यस्य: of gold
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रुक्मभारान्: loads/weights of gold (ornaments)
• रुक्मभारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मभार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एतत्: this (all)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ददामि: I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वितप्रर्षे: to the sage Vitaprarṣi (O Vitaprarṣi)
• वितप्रर्षे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वितप्रर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वज्ञः: all-knowing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मतः: considered/thought (to be)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मे: of me/by me (to me)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• hiraṇya (gold)
• rukma (refined gold)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dāna (generous giving) joined with discernment and reverence: a worthy recipient—recognized as wise or ‘all-knowing’—is honored with substantial gifts, reflecting the dharmic ideal that wealth gains ethical value when offered respectfully to spiritual merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya speaks to an ascetic addressed by an epithet (vitaprarṣi), offering an immense donation—‘ten crores of gold’ and ‘ten loads of refined gold’—and justifies the gift by affirming the recipient’s exceptional knowledge and authority.