Shloka 39

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

ततः स चिन्तयामास राजा जामातृकारणम् ।

विवेद च न तन्मौनी जगृहेऽर्घञ्च तं नृपः ॥

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca

tataḥ sa cintayāmāsa rājā jāmātṛkāraṇam /

viveda ca na tanmaunī jagṛhe 'rghañ ca taṃ nṛpaḥ //

Translation

మార్కండేయుడు పలికెను—అప్పుడు రాజు అల్లుడితో సంబంధమైన కారణాన్ని మనస్సులో ఆలోచించాడు. మౌనముని దానిని స్వీకరించడంలేదని గ్రహించి, రాజు ఆ సత్కారార్థ్యాన్ని తిరిగి తీసుకున్నాడు.

Word by Word

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya (the sage)

उवाचsaid

ततःthen; thereafter

सःhe

चिन्तयामासpondered; thought

राजाthe king

जामातृकारणम्the cause concerning the son-in-law

विवेदcame to know; understood

चand

नnot

तत्that

मौनीthe silent sage

जगृहेaccepted; took

अर्घम्honor-offering (arghya)

चand

तम्him

नृपःthe king

Speakers

Mārkaṇḍeya narrating (frame narrator); king interacting with a maunī (silent sage)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

DharmaRoyal conductHospitality (atithi-satkāra)DiscernmentNarrative ethics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even a king must read the situation with humility: when an ascetic refuses formal honor, the proper response is restraint rather than insistence. The verse foregrounds dharmic sensitivity in social/ritual etiquette.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This passage is primarily Ākhyāna (narrative instruction) rather than a core pañcalakṣaṇa unit. It serves as dharma-upadeśa embedded in story, not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita proper.

What is the esoteric significance?

The maunī’s non-acceptance hints that true spiritual authority may not be engaged by external formalities; inner intention and karmic context (the ‘cause’) drive the encounter, not ritual display.