Shloka 10

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

Opening

Devanagari script

आश्रमा हतपाखण्डा: स्थिता: सत्यरता: प्रजा: । जनिष्यन्ते च बीजानि रोप्यमाणानि चैव ह,आश्रम पाखण्डियोंसे रहित होंगे और सारी प्रजा सत्यपरायण होगी। खेतोंमें बोये जानेवाले सब प्रकारके बीज अच्छी तरह उगेंगे

Transliteration

āśramā hatapākhaṇḍāḥ sthitāḥ satyaratāḥ prajāḥ | janiṣyante ca bījāni ropyamāṇāni caiva ha ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya nói: “Các ẩn viện sẽ không còn tà thuyết và mưu trá; dân chúng sẽ bền lòng hướng về chân thật. Hạt giống gieo xuống ruộng đồng sẽ nảy mầm và sinh trưởng tốt tươi.”

Word by Word

आश्रमाḥhermitages

हतपाखण्डाḥfree from (i.e., with) heretics/false sectarians removed

स्थिताḥwill stand / remain

सत्यरताḥdevoted to truth

प्रजाḥpeople / subjects

जनिष्यन्तेwill be produced / will arise

चand

बीजानिseeds

रोप्यमाणानिbeing sown/planted

चand

एवindeed / certainly

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

āśrama (hermitages)

prajā (the people/subjects)

bīja (seeds)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When religious life is purified of hypocrisy and society becomes devoted to truth (satya), the natural and social worlds align: righteousness supports prosperity, symbolized by seeds that reliably sprout.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes an ideal condition of society: hermitages are cleansed of fraudulent sectarianism, the populace becomes truth-oriented, and agriculture becomes fruitful—an image of dharmic restoration and well-being.