Shloka 24

Dharma-pratyabhijñāna and Vara-pradāna (धर्मप्रत्यभिज्ञानम्—वरप्रदानम्)

Devanagari script

इच्छेयमभ्यनुज्ञाता आर्यया श्वशुरेण ह । अनेन सह निर्गन्तुं न मेडद्य विरह: क्षम:

Transliteration

iccheyam abhyanujñātā āryayā śvaśureṇa ha | anena saha nirgantuṁ na me ’dya virahaḥ kṣamaḥ ||

Translation

Sabi ni Mārkaṇḍeya: “Kung pahihintulutan ako ng marangal kong biyenan na babae at ng aking biyenan na lalaki, nais kong lumabas na kasama niya. Sapagkat sa araw na ito, hindi ko kayang tiisin ang pagkakawalay.”

Word by Word

• इच्छेयम्: I would wish / I would like
• इच्छेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 1st, singular, Parasmaipada

• अभ्यनुज्ञाता: permitted / having been granted permission
• अभ्यनुज्ञाता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यनुज्ञात (from dhatu ज्ञा with prefixes अभि+अनु; PPP)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• आर्यया: by the noble lady
• आर्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्या
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• श्वशुरेण: by the father-in-law
• श्वशुरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• ह: indeed / surely (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अनेन: with this (man)
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्)
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• निर्गन्तुम्: to go out / to depart
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्गम् (नि: + गम्)
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मे: for me / to me / of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive/dative, singular

• एतद्: this
• एतद्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• विरहः: separation
• विरहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरह
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• क्षमः: bearable / endurable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)
• mother-in-law (āryā)
• father-in-law (śvaśura)
• him (anena)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even strong personal desire is framed within social and ethical propriety: the speaker seeks the elders’ consent (mother-in-law and father-in-law) before acting, showing respect for household dharma while expressing the human truth of love and the pain of separation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration, a woman expresses her wish to depart together with a man, but she explicitly conditions it on receiving permission from her in-laws, adding that she cannot bear being separated from him at that moment.