Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 6

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

स्मृतिबीजहरे चान्ये तयोः कन्ये 'तिदारुणे ।

विद्वेषण्यष्टमी नाम कन्या लोकभयावहा ॥

Transliteration

smṛtibījahare cānye tayoḥ kanye 'tidāruṇe / vidveṣaṇy aṣṭamī nāma kanyā lokabhayāvahā

Translation

At ang dalawa pang iba ay si Smṛtibījahare—ang dalawang kanyā na iyon ay lubhang kakila-kilabot. Ang ikawalong kanyā ay tinatawag na Vidveṣaṇī, na nagdadala ng pangamba sa daigdig.

Word by Word

• स्मृति-बीज-हरे: Smṛtibījahare (two named)
• स्मृति-बीज-हरे: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + बीज (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृ)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'stealer of the seed of memory'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (Dual)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; (कन्ये इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, द्विवचन, सर्वनाम

• कन्ये: two daughters
• कन्ये: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (Dual)

• अति-दारुणे: very dreadful
• अति-दारुणे: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषण (very dreadful) कन्ये-शब्दस्य

• विद्वेषणि-अष्टमी: Vidveṣaṇī-aṣṭamī (the eighth named)
• विद्वेषणि-अष्टमी: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वेषणि (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive: 'the eighth, (called) Vidveṣaṇī'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable used in naming: 'by name')

• कन्या: a daughter
• कन्या: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोक-भय-आवहा: bringing fear to the world
• लोक-भय-आवहा: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवह (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वह् with ā-)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'bringing fear to the world'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कन्या-विशेषण

Speakers

• Narrative instruction within the Markandeya Purana dialogue framework (exact named speakers not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bhaya", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Memory/mental affliction motifs
• Social discord (hatred)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Forgetting (loss of smṛti) and manufactured enmity (vidveṣa) are treated as grave threats; dharma therefore includes cultivating memory (learning/recitation) and social concord.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary instruction: a catalog of afflictive forces and their implications, not a pañcalakṣaṇa narrative unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Stealing the seed of memory’ points to disruption at the causal level (bīja), i.e., erosion of samskāras; ‘Vidveṣaṇī’ symbolizes the subtle force that fractures community and inner peace.