Shloka 83

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

ततः प्रीतिमता तेन तेऽनुज्ञाता महात्मना ।

जग्मुः शिखरिणां श्रेष्ठं विन्ध्यं द्रुमलतायुतम् ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ prītimatā tena te 'nujñātā mahātmanā |

jagmuḥ śikhariṇāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vindhyaṃ drumalatāyutam ||

Translation

అప్పుడు ప్రసన్నుడైన ఆ మహాత్ముడు అనుగ్రహించి అనుమతి ఇచ్చిన తరువాత వారు బయలుదేరి, వృక్షలతలతో నిండిన పర్వతశ్రేష్ఠమైన వింధ్యాన్ని చేరిరి।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• प्रीतिमता: by the pleased one
• प्रीतिमता: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīti-mat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘endowed with pleasure/affection’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अनुज्ञाताः: permitted
• अनुज्ञाताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu + jñā (धातु) → anujñāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘permitted’

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य = great-souled); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• शिखरिणाम्: of mountains
• शिखरिणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikharin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ‘of mountains/peaked ones’

• श्रेष्ठम्: the best
• श्रेष्ठम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘विन्ध्यम्’

• विन्ध्यम्: the Vindhya (mountain)
• विन्ध्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vindhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• द्रुम-लता-आयुतम्: abounding in trees and creepers
• द्रुम-लता-आयुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: druma + latā + āyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (द्रुमैः लताभिः च आयुतम् = endowed with trees and creepers); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘विन्ध्यम्’

Speakers

• Narratorial voice within the Markandeya Purana’s early frame (not within Devi Mahatmyam); specific interlocutors not explicit in this single verse

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Journey/transition in narrative
• Sacred geography (Vindhya)
• Respectful leave-taking / permission (anujñā)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse highlights the dharmic etiquette of departure: one proceeds only after receiving anujñā (permission/blessing) from a respected mahātman. It also frames the Vindhya as a venerable, life-filled landscape, reinforcing the Purāṇic sense of sacred geography.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This verse is not directly sarga (creation), pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, or vaṃśānucarita. It functions as narrative connective tissue (ākhyāna/itihāsa-style transition) that supports the broader Purāṇic storytelling rather than a pancalakṣaṇa unit itself.

What is the esoteric significance?

Vindhya, ‘foremost among mountains,’ can be read symbolically as the stable ‘middle’ (a boundary/threshold) where seekers move from instruction to experience—entering a dense, living terrain (trees and creepers) suggestive of the manifold growth of karma and saṃskāra through which one must travel with the guidance and blessing of the wise.