Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 16, Shloka 11

Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata

Sanskrit

पुत्रदारगृहक्षेत्रममत्वनिगडार्दितम् ।

मां मोचयेष्टसद्भावविज्ञानोद्घाटनैस्त्वरन् ॥

Transliteration

putra-dāra-gṛha-kṣetra-mamatva-nigaḍārditam |

māṃ mocayeṣṭa-sadbhāva-vijñān-odghāṭanais tvaran ||

Translation

Con bị khổ não bởi xiềng xích của ý niệm “của tôi” đối với con trai, vợ, nhà cửa và ruộng đất. Xin mau giải thoát con bằng cách khai mở tri kiến về thực tại chân thật và thiện ích tối thượng đáng cầu.

Word by Word

• putra-dāra-gṛha-kṣetra-mamatva-nigaḍa-arditam: (me) afflicted by the fetter of possessiveness for son, wife, house, and land
• putra-dāra-gṛha-kṣetra-mamatva-nigaḍa-arditam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + mamatva (प्रातिपदिक) + nigaḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + ardita (कृदन्त; √ard, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa compound qualifying mām: “afflicted by the fetter of possessiveness regarding son, wife, house, and field”; ardita = past participle (क्त)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• mocaya: release/free
• mocaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच्, धातु)
• Form: Causative (णिच्) base mocaya-; Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यम-पुरुष), Singular

• iṣṭa-sadbhāva-vijñāna-udghāṭanaiḥ: by the openings (of insight) through true-being and knowledge
• iṣṭa-sadbhāva-vijñāna-udghāṭanaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + sadbhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + vijñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + udghāṭana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; tatpuruṣa: “by (your) openings/unlockings through desired true-being and discriminative knowledge” (i.e., by teachings that open insight)

• tvaran: hastening/quickly
• tvaran: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvar (त्वर्, धातु) (कृदन्त: शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used as an accompanying qualifier of the addressed agent: “hastening”

Speakers

• Father addressing son

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Mamatā (possessiveness)
• Bondage
• Detachment
• Discriminative knowledge (vijñāna)
• Moksha urgency

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The core bondage is not relationships themselves but possessive identification; liberation begins when ‘mine’ is seen as a mental construction and replaced by clear discernment.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical-philosophical instruction (dharma/mokṣa-upadeśa), ancillary to the Purāṇa’s cosmological-genealogical framework.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Unlocking knowledge’ implies that truth is already present but obstructed; the ‘fetters’ are habitual identifications that must be loosened by insight rather than force.