Shloka 4

Yugapramāṇa–Kaliyuga-lakṣaṇa–Pralaya-kathā

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

Devanagari script

प्राप्स्पयाम: फलमत्यन्तं बहुलं निरुपद्रवम्‌ । अरण्यगमन्‌ क्षिप्रं रोचतां वो गुणाधिकम्‌,“हमलोग वनमें रहकर (तपद्दारा) धर्मका बहुत अधिक उपद्रवशून्य फल पा सकते हैं। अतः शीघ्र वनमें चलनेका विचार तुम सब लोगोंको रुचिकर होना चाहिये; क्योंकि ग्राम्य- जीवनकी अपेक्षा वनमें रहना अधिक लाभप्रद है”

Transliteration

prāpsyāmaḥ phalam atyantaṃ bahulaṃ nirupadravam | araṇyagaman kṣipraṃ rocatāṃ vo guṇādhikam ||

Translation

Маркандейя сказал: «Живя в лесу и совершая подвиг аскезы, мы можем обрести плод высочайший — обильный и безмятежный, без всяких помех. Потому пусть мысль о скором уходе в лес будет приятна вам всем: ведь лесная жизнь полезнее, чем жизнь, привязанная к селению.»

Word by Word

• प्राप्स्यामः: we shall obtain
• प्राप्स्यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 1, plural, परस्मैपदम्

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अत्यन्तम्: exceedingly, extremely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहुलम्: abundant, plentiful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• निरुपद्रवम्: free from trouble/obstruction
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अरण्यगमनम्: going to the forest
• अरण्यगमनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्यगमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, soon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोचताम्: may it please / let it be pleasing
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), 3, plural, आत्मनेपदम्

• वः: of you; to you (enclitic 'your/for you')
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, genitive (enclitic), plural

• गुणाधिकम्: more advantageous; superior in qualities
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणाधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A life oriented toward austerity and simplicity—symbolized by dwelling in the forest—yields a higher, more stable ‘fruit’ (phala) that is comparatively free from worldly disturbances; thus one should prefer what is guṇādhika (more meritorious) over comfortable but distracting modes of life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya addresses his listeners and recommends prompt departure to the forest, arguing that forest-dwelling and tapas lead to abundant, trouble-free spiritual benefit, superior to the gains of ordinary settled (village) life.