Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 23, Shloka 107

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

भवतो मम पुत्राभ्यामसामान्या निवेदिताः ।

त्वमेवानेन वर्धेथा मनोवाक्कायचेष्टितैः ॥

Transliteration

bhavato mama putrābhyām asāmānyā niveditāḥ | tvam evānena vardhethā mano-vāk-kāya-ceṣṭitaiḥ ||

Translation

Các con trai của ta đã tâu bày những phẩm chất phi thường của ngươi. Nguyện ngươi nhờ đó mà thật sự hưng thịnh, qua các hành nghiệp của ý, lời và thân.

Word by Word

• bhavataḥ: of you (hon.)
• bhavataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma-prāya (honorific pronoun), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• putrābhyām: by (my) two sons
• putrābhyām: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual (द्विवचन)

• asāmānyāḥ: uncommon / extraordinary (things)
• asāmānyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-sāmānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• niveditāḥ: have been reported / submitted
• niveditāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vid (विद्) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त, PPP), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); passive sense ‘have been reported’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: indeed / only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• anena: by this / with this
• anena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं)

• vardhethāḥ: may you prosper / grow
• vardhethāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (वृध्)
• Form: Optative/Ben. (विधिलिङ्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• manaḥ: by mind
• manaḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन) (in compound)

• vāk: by speech
• vāk: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन) (in compound)

• kāya: by body
• kāya: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन) (in compound)

• ceṣṭitaiḥ: by actions/efforts
• ceṣṭitaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); in dvandva compound: manaḥ-vāk-kāya-ceṣṭitaiḥ = ‘by (mental, verbal, bodily) actions’

Speakers

• Nāgendra speaking

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Tri-karaṇa śuddhi (mind-speech-body alignment)
• Cultivation of virtue
• Reputation grounded in conduct

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True growth is tri-fold: purity and excellence must be consistent in thought, word, and deed; this is a classic dharmic standard for integrity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical instruction (dharma) embedded in an ākhyāna context; ancillary to vaṃśānucarita.

What is the esoteric significance?

Mind–speech–body coherence is an inner yajña: when the three instruments align, one’s life becomes ‘offering-like,’ generating stability and auspiciousness.