Shloka 18

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Consolation to the King: Exempla of Rāma and the Efficacy of Allies (मार्कण्डेयाश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

उपवासरतिर्धीमान्‌ सदा जप्यपरायण: । तमेव कालमातिष्ठत्‌ तीव्रं तप उदारधी:,उनका भी उपवासमें ही प्रेम था। बुद्धिमान्‌ एवं उदारबुद्धि विभीषण सदा जप किया करते थे। उन्होंने भी उतने समयतक तीव्र तपस्या की

Transliteration

upavāsaratir dhīmān sadā japyaparāyaṇaḥ | tameva kālam ātiṣṭhat tīvraṁ tapa udāradhīḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya nói: “Ông vui thích việc nhịn ăn; bậc trí tuệ và kiên định, ông luôn chuyên chú vào kỷ luật tụng niệm thánh âm. Với hiểu biết cao quý, ông giữ trọn đúng quãng thời gian ấy trong sự khổ tu nghiêm ngặt.”

Word by Word

• उपवास-रतिḥ: delight in fasting
• उपवास-रतिḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास-रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धीमान्: wise
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• जप्य-परायणः: devoted to (recitation of) japa
• जप्य-परायणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप्य-परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• कालम्: time/period
• कालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आतिष्ठत्: he undertook/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तीव्रम्: intense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उदार-धीः: noble-minded
• उदार-धीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदार-धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds disciplined spiritual practice—fasting, mantra-recitation, and sustained austerity—as expressions of dharma and inner steadiness, emphasizing constancy (sadā) and wholehearted commitment (parāyaṇa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a person characterized by love of fasting and continual japa, who observes an intense period of tapas for the same duration previously indicated in the surrounding narrative.