Shloka 36

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

तद्वाक्यसमकालञ्च प्रोक्तमस्माभिरादृतैः ।

यद्वक्ष्यति भवान्स्तद्वै कृतमेवावधार्यताम् ॥

Transliteration

tadvākyasamakālañ ca proktam asmābhir ādṛtaiḥ | yad vakṣyati bhavāṃs tad vai kṛtam evāvadhāryatām ||

Translation

اور جیسے ہی وہ باتیں کہی گئیں، ہم نے بھی ادب کے ساتھ اسی کی تصدیق کی۔ تم جو کچھ کہنے والے ہو، یقیناً جان لو کہ وہ پہلے ہی انجام پا چکا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (referring 'that')

• वाक्यसमकालम्: simultaneous with that statement
• वाक्यसमकालम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाक्य-समकाल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वाक्यस्य समकालः = simultaneous with the statement)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• प्रोक्तम्: was spoken
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे भूतकृत् (was said/spoken)

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karta (कर्ता/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• आदृतैः: by the respectful (ones)
• आदृतैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-दृ (धातु) → आदृत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; भूतकृत् (respected/attentive)

• यत्: what
• यत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• वक्ष्यति: will say
• वक्ष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवान्: you (hon.)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific 'you')

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तद्-निर्देश (correlative)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Visheshya (विशेष्य/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (done)

• एव: just, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (restrictive/emphatic)

• अवधार्यताम्: let it be understood/ascertained
• अवधार्यताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (let it be ascertained)

Speakers

• Frame-dialogue speaker(s) not specified in input; likely within the Markandeya Purana’s opening conversational framework (Jaimini–Markandeya or the Dharmapakṣin birds’ discourse)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Authority of speech (vāk)
• Assurance/boon-like certainty
• Dialogue framing device
• Dharma through truthful declaration

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse emphasizes the potency and reliability of a realized speaker’s word: what is to be spoken is treated as already effected. Ethically, it upholds satya (truthfulness) and the sanctity of deliberate speech—speech aligned with dharma is not mere prediction but a performative commitment.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This verse functions primarily as a narrative-frame affirmation rather than a direct exposition of the pañcalakṣaṇa topics (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). Indirectly, it supports vaṃśānucarita/manvantara narration by authorizing the forthcoming account as certain and ‘already settled’ within the puranic telling.

What is the esoteric significance?

Esoterically, it reflects vāk-śakti: speech as a creative force where intention (saṅkalpa) and utterance converge, collapsing future into accomplished reality. It hints at the puranic idea that truthful, dharma-grounded utterance carries siddhi-like efficacy.