Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 11

Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)

Sanskrit

पादेनार्थस्य पारत्र्यं कुर्यात् सञ्चयमात्मवान् ।

अर्धेन चात्मभरणं नित्यनैमित्तिकान्वितम् ॥

Transliteration

pādenārthasya pāratryaṃ kuryāt sañcayam ātmavān | ardhena cātmabharaṇaṃ nityanaimittikānvitam ||

Translation

Ang taong may pagpipigil-sa-sarili ay dapat maglaan ng isang-kapat ng yaman bilang ipon para sa susunod na daigdig (sa pamamagitan ng mga gawang may kabutihan). Sa kalahati naman, dapat niyang tustusan ang sarili at ang sambahayan, kasama ang mga tungkuling palagian at paminsan-minsan.

Word by Word

• pādena: with one quarter (portion)
• pādena: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by a quarter/one part’

• arthasya: of wealth
• arthasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• pāratryam: (provision) for the next world
• pāratryam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāratrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• kuryāt: should do, should make
• kuryāt: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sañcayam: accumulation, saving
• sañcayam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sañcaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); apposition/explanatory to pāratryam

• ātmavān: self-controlled, prudent
• ātmavān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātma-vat (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन् + वत्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• ardhena: with half (portion)
• ardhena: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); ‘with half’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• ātma-bharaṇam: support/maintenance of oneself (and family)
• ātma-bharaṇam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātma-bharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; आत्मन् + भरण)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• nitya-naimittika-anvitam: accompanied by daily and occasional rites
• nitya-naimittika-anvitam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya + naimittika + anvita (प्रातिपदिक; नित्य + नैमित्तिक + अन्वित)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ātma-bharaṇam; ‘endowed with daily and occasional (duties)’

Speakers

• Didactic voice within gṛhastha instruction

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Gṛhastha-dharma
• Wealth management
• Nitya-naimittika karma
• Dāna/merit (implied)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Economic life is moralized: wealth is to be apportioned for (1) merit/afterlife-oriented duties, and (2) responsible sustenance that includes obligatory rites—thus disciplining consumption through dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Normative gṛhastha guidance; outside the pañcalakṣaṇa narrative categories.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘partition of artha’ symbolizes ordering of desire: when resources are ritually and ethically budgeted, the mind’s acquisitive impulses are contained and redirected.