Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 55

Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

Sanskrit

पङ्क्तिभेदे वृथापाके पाकभेदे तथा क्रिया ।

नित्यञ्च गेहकलहे भविता वसतिस्तव ॥

Transliteration

paṅkti-bhede vṛthā-pāke pāka-bhede tathā kriyā |

nityaṃ ca geha-kalahe bhavitā vasatis tava ||

Translation

Trong việc phá vỡ trật tự ăn uống đúng phép, trong việc nấu nướng vô ích, và trong những sai lệch của việc nấu nướng cùng việc cử hành nghi lễ—và trong những cuộc cãi vã gia đình không dứt—sẽ là nơi ngươi cư ngụ.

Word by Word

• पङ्क्ति: row/line (of diners etc.)
• पङ्क्ति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṅkti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्

• भेदे: in the breaking of the row/order
• भेदे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः: पङ्क्ति-भेद (तत्पुरुष; ‘पङ्क्तेः भेदः’)

• वृथा: in vain/wrongly
• वृथा: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vṛthā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in vain/incorrectly)

• पाके: in cooking
• पाके: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular)

• पाक: cooking/food-preparation
• पाक: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्

• भेदे: in variation/discord in cooking
• भेदे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः: पाक-भेद (तत्पुरुष; ‘पाकस्य भेदः’)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

• क्रिया: activity/ritual action
• क्रिया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे नपुंसक-एकवचन-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: ‘always’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गेह: house/home
• गेह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्

• कलहे: in household quarrel
• कलहे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः: गेह-कलह (तत्पुरुष; ‘गेहे कलहः’)

• भविता: will be/there will be (one who becomes)
• भविता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु) + -tṛ (तृ)
• Form: कृदन्त (agent noun, तृ), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• वसतिः: dwelling/residence
• वसतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

Speakers

• Unspecified narrator addressing a Yakṣa

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bibhatsa", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Gṛhastha-dharma
• Domestic harmony
• Food purity/etiquette
• Ritual order

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Household dharma is upheld through order, non-waste, and concord; persistent disorder in food and conduct is depicted as creating an environment hospitable to harmful presences.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra (conduct) teaching; not a sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa passage.

What is the esoteric significance?

Food (anna) and harmony are carriers of sattva; when they fracture (bheda/kalaha), the household’s subtle ‘protective field’ weakens—symbolized as Yakṣa-residence.