Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 16, Shloka 11

Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata

Sanskrit

पुत्रदारगृहक्षेत्रममत्वनिगडार्दितम् ।

मां मोचयेष्टसद्भावविज्ञानोद्घाटनैस्त्वरन् ॥

Transliteration

putra-dāra-gṛha-kṣetra-mamatva-nigaḍārditam |

māṃ mocayeṣṭa-sadbhāva-vijñān-odghāṭanais tvaran ||

Translation

Ako’y pinahihirapan ng mga gapos ng “pagka-akin” hinggil sa anak, asawa, bahay, at lupa. Palayain mo ako agad sa pagbubukas sa akin ng kaalaman sa tunay na katotohanan at sa minimithing pinakamataas na kabutihan.

Word by Word

• putra-dāra-gṛha-kṣetra-mamatva-nigaḍa-arditam: (me) afflicted by the fetter of possessiveness for son, wife, house, and land
• putra-dāra-gṛha-kṣetra-mamatva-nigaḍa-arditam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + mamatva (प्रातिपदिक) + nigaḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + ardita (कृदन्त; √ard, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa compound qualifying mām: “afflicted by the fetter of possessiveness regarding son, wife, house, and field”; ardita = past participle (क्त)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• mocaya: release/free
• mocaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच्, धातु)
• Form: Causative (णिच्) base mocaya-; Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यम-पुरुष), Singular

• iṣṭa-sadbhāva-vijñāna-udghāṭanaiḥ: by the openings (of insight) through true-being and knowledge
• iṣṭa-sadbhāva-vijñāna-udghāṭanaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + sadbhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + vijñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + udghāṭana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; tatpuruṣa: “by (your) openings/unlockings through desired true-being and discriminative knowledge” (i.e., by teachings that open insight)

• tvaran: hastening/quickly
• tvaran: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvar (त्वर्, धातु) (कृदन्त: शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used as an accompanying qualifier of the addressed agent: “hastening”

Speakers

• Father addressing son

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Mamatā (possessiveness)
• Bondage
• Detachment
• Discriminative knowledge (vijñāna)
• Moksha urgency

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The core bondage is not relationships themselves but possessive identification; liberation begins when ‘mine’ is seen as a mental construction and replaced by clear discernment.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical-philosophical instruction (dharma/mokṣa-upadeśa), ancillary to the Purāṇa’s cosmological-genealogical framework.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Unlocking knowledge’ implies that truth is already present but obstructed; the ‘fetters’ are habitual identifications that must be loosened by insight rather than force.