Shloka 1

आरण्यकपर्वणि अध्यायः २१६ — इन्द्र-स्कन्द-संमुखता वज्रप्रहारश्च

Indra approaches Skanda; vajra strike and the arising of Viśākha

Devanagari script

६:22...8 #::3..7 | आए आप5ह - आठ वसु

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | guruṁ nivedya viprāya tau mātāpitarāv ubhau | punar eva sa dharmātmā vyādho brāhmaṇam abravīt ||

Translation

مارکنڈیہ نے کہا—اس دھرماتما ویادھ نے پہلے برہمن-گرو کے سامنے اپنے ماں باپ دونوں کا حال عرض کیا؛ پھر وہ دوبارہ اسی برہمن سے مخاطب ہوا۔

Word by Word

• गुरुम्: the teacher
• गुरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निवेद्य: having informed / having reported
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• विप्राय: to the brahmin
• विप्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• मातापितरौ: mother and father (the two parents)
• मातापितरौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ + पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्याधः: the hunter (butcher)
• व्याधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणम्: the brahmin
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Vyādha (the hunter)
• Brāhmaṇa (Kauśika, implied by chapter context)
• Guru (teacher)
• Mother
• Father

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is grounded in humble, concrete duties—especially honoring and serving one’s parents—and true righteousness can be embodied even by someone of a socially humble profession, like the hunter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Markandeya narrates that the hunter, after informing the Brahmin-teacher about his parents, resumes speaking to the Brahmin, continuing the moral instruction that frames the Dharma-vyādha episode.