Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 28

Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

Sanskrit

तस्मादुत्पन्नबोधस्य वेदैः किं मे प्रयोजनम् ।

गुरुविज्ञानतृप्तस्य निरीहस्य सदात्मनः ॥

Transliteration

tasmād utpanna-bodhasya vedaiḥ kiṃ me prayojanam /

guru-vijñāna-tṛptasya nirīhasya sad-ātmanaḥ

Translation

Kaya para sa akin—na nagising na ang kamalayan—ano pa ang silbi ng mga Veda? Ako’y nasisiyahan sa kaalaman ng guro, walang pagnanasa, at laging nananatili sa tunay na Sarili (Ātman).

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative-form used adverbially (तस्मात्), indeclinable in sense ‘therefore/from that’

• उत्पन्नबोधस्य: of (me) whose awakening has arisen
• उत्पन्नबोधस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पन्न-बोध (प्रातिपदिक; components: utpanna + bodha)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘of one whose understanding has arisen’

• वेदैः: by/with the Vedas
• वेदैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative used adverbially (किम्), question particle (प्रश्न)

• मे: for me/of me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• प्रयोजनम्: purpose/use
• प्रयोजनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• गुरुविज्ञानतृप्तस्य: of one satisfied with the teacher’s knowledge
• गुरुविज्ञानतृप्तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Qualifier in genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु-विज्ञान-तृप्त (प्रातिपदिक; components: guru + vijñāna + tṛpta)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies implied ‘me’

• निरीहस्य: of the desireless
• निरीहस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Qualifier in genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरीह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• सदात्मनः: of one whose self is good/pure
• सदात्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Qualifier in genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; components: sat + ātman)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Unspecified speaker; asserting jñāna-niṣṭhā (abidance in knowledge)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Guru and realization
• Vairāgya
• Jnana-niṣṭhā
• Transcending ritual

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Scripture guides until direct realization dawns; once stabilized in contentment and self-knowledge, one is not driven by ritual obligation as a means to liberation.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

A mokṣa doctrine passage (adhyātma) supplementing Purāṇic teaching; outside the strict five characteristics.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Satisfied by the guru’s knowledge’ encodes the traditional transmission: śravaṇa/manana culminating in aparokṣa-anubhava (direct realization).