Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 27

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

नियोजयति मामिष्टविरोधाच्च विवर्जनम् ।

आक्रुष्टोऽन्येन मन्येत ताडितो वा नियोजिका ॥

Transliteration

niyojayati mām iṣṭa-virodhāc ca vivarjanam / ākruṣṭo 'nyena manyeta tāḍito vā niyojikā

Translation

Nghĩ rằng: “Chính Bà đang thúc đẩy ta”, người ta nên tránh hành động với tâm thù nghịch đối với điều đáng yêu (của người khác hay lợi ích chân chính của mình). Dù bị kẻ khác mắng nhiếc hay thậm chí đánh đập, hãy hiểu đó là do kẻ xúi giục gây nên, chớ để mình bị lôi vào phản ứng.

Word by Word

• niyojayati: (she) appoints/impels
• niyojayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: niyuj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; अहम्-pronoun object form

• iṣṭa-virodhāt: from opposition to what is desired
• iṣṭa-virodhāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + virodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (iṣṭasya virodhaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vivarjanam: avoidance/abstention
• vivarjanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivarjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• ākruṣṭaḥ: having been abused/insulted
• ākruṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-kruś (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• anyena: by another (person)
• anyena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• manyeta: would think/suppose
• manyeta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tāḍitaḥ: having been struck/beaten
• tāḍitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• niyojikā: the instigator/one who appoints
• niyojikā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyojikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Dharmic instruction

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Forbearance
• Non-reactivity
• Conflict ethics
• Self-mastery

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse teaches restraint under provocation: even insult or harm should not be allowed to hijack one’s agency into retaliatory, dharma-opposed action.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary ethical instruction (ācāra), not a pancalakṣaṇa storyline.

What is the esoteric significance?

Insult and injury are triggers that reveal ego-reactivity; seeing them as ‘instigation’ externalizes the trigger and helps re-center awareness before action arises.