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Shloka 84

इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्

Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration

न लप्स्यन्ते निवासं च निरस्ता: पथि शेरते । युगान्तकाल आनेपर सब ओर आग भी जल उठेगी। उस समय पथिकोंको माँगनेपर कहीं अन्न, जल या ठहरनेके लिये स्थान नहीं मिलेगा। वे सब ओरसे कोरा जवाब पाकर निराश हो सड़कोंपर ही सो रहेंगे ।। निर्घातवायसा नागा: शकुना: समृगद्धिजा:

na lapsyante nivāsaṃ ca nirastāḥ pathi śerate | nighātavāyasā nāgāḥ śakunāḥ samṛgaddhijāḥ ||

Mārkaṇḍeya nói: “Họ sẽ không kiếm nổi cả một chỗ trú; bị xua đuổi khắp nơi, họ sẽ nằm ngủ ngay trên đường. Trong thời khắc tựa như tận thế ấy—khi lửa như bốc lên bốn phía—những lữ khách cầu xin thức ăn, nước uống hay chỗ nương thân sẽ chẳng nhận được gì ngoài lời khước từ; thất vọng, họ sẽ ngủ ngoài trời. Ngay cả thiên nhiên cũng trở nên điềm gở: quạ kêu khàn dữ, rắn bồn chồn, và chim chóc trộn lẫn với thú rừng mà không hề sợ hãi.”

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
lapsyantethey will obtain
lapsyante:
TypeVerb
Rootlabh (लभ्)
FormLṛṭ (simple future), Ātmanepada, 3rd, plural, active (ātmanepada usage)
nivāsamdwelling, lodging, residence
nivāsam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootnivāsa
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca
nirastāḥrejected, turned away, disappointed
nirastāḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootnirasta
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
pathion the road
pathi:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootpathin
Formmasculine, locative, singular
śeratethey lie down, they sleep
śerate:
TypeVerb
Rootśī (शी/शय्)
FormLaṭ (present), Ātmanepada, 3rd, plural
nirghāta-vāyasāḥcrows with harsh/ominous cries
nirghāta-vāyasāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootnirghāta-vāyasa
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
nāgāḥserpents
nāgāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootnāga
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
śakunāḥbirds; omen-birds
śakunāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootśakuna
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
sa-mṛga-dvijāḥbirds together with beasts (lit. ‘with animals’)
sa-mṛga-dvijāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootsa-mṛga-dvija
Formmasculine, nominative, plural

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

M
Mārkaṇḍeya
T
travelers (pathikāḥ, implied)
R
road/path (patha)
F
fire (agni, implied by context)
C
crows (vāyasa)
S
serpents (nāga)
B
birds (śakuna/dvija)
B
beasts/animals (mṛga)

Educational Q&A

The verse warns that when dharma declines, basic human duties—especially hospitality and compassion toward those in need—collapse. The ethical emphasis is on atithi-dharma: refusing food, water, and shelter to the vulnerable is a sign of societal and moral disintegration.

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a grim, yuga-ending-like condition: travelers are turned away everywhere and must sleep on the road. Alongside human cruelty and scarcity, nature itself appears disturbed through ominous signs such as harsh-calling crows and unsettling animal behavior.