Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 73

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

Sanskrit

स्वप्नेऽपि हि कपोतस्य दर्शनं न प्रशस्यते ।

षडपत्यानि कथ्यन्ते गण्डप्रान्तरतिस्तथा ॥

Transliteration

svapne 'pi hi kapotasya darśanaṃ na praśasyate | ṣaḍapatyāni kathyante gaṇḍaprāntaratīs tathā ||

Translation

Kahit sa panaginip, ang makita ang kalapati ay hindi itinuturing na mapalad. Binanggit din ang mga palatandaang gaya ng “anim na supling,” at gayundin ang pagpapakalunod sa pita sa gilid ng pisngi/templo (gaṇḍa-prānta-rati) bilang di-mabuting hudyat.

Word by Word

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन)

• अपि: even
• अपि: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/अप्यर्थ (particle: even/also)

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• कपोतस्य: of a pigeon
• कपोतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन)

• दर्शनम्: seeing / sight
• दर्शनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• न: not
• न: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• प्रशस्यते: is approved / is praised
• प्रशस्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगसदृश अर्थः ‘is praised/approved’

• षट्: six
• षट्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective; (indeclinable-like in form here) used as qualifier of neuter plural ‘apatyāni’

• अपत्यानि: offspring / children
• अपत्यानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)

• कथ्यन्ते: are said
• कथ्यन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि (passive) ‘are said/are mentioned’

• गण्डप्रान्तरतेः: of ‘gaṇḍa-prānta-rati’ (one attached to the cheek-edge)
• गण्डप्रान्तरतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्ड-प्रान्तर-रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound: गण्डे प्रान्तः (edge of the cheek) + रति (delight/attachment); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise/so)

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt; continuing instructional discourse on omens

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Dream omens
• Śakuna (omens)
• Householder caution

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text treats certain dream-images and behavioral tendencies as diagnostic signs: dharma literature often reads the psyche and surroundings as mirrors of impending fortune or misfortune, encouraging vigilance and self-restraint.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

It is dharma/ācāra and śakuna instruction, outside the main pañcalakṣaṇa framework.

What is the esoteric significance?

Dream-symbols can be interpreted as subconscious signals: ‘inauspicious sight’ points to inner disharmony; the counsel is to correct conduct and perform remedies rather than fatalism.