Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 62, Shloka 25

Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise

Sanskrit

मया समेत्य रम्येऽस्मिन् महाकन्दरकन्दरे ।

मत्परित्राणजं धर्ममवश्यं प्रतिपत्स्यसे ॥

Transliteration

mayā sametya ramye 'smin mahā-kandara-kandare | mat-paritrāṇa-jaṃ dharmam avaśyaṃ pratipatsyase ||

Translation

Hãy cùng ta tụ hội trong hang động lớn lao xinh đẹp này; các ngươi ắt sẽ thực hành một pháp (dharma) phát sinh từ sự hộ trì của ta, tức nếp sống và bổn phận đặt nền trên sự che chở của ta.

Word by Word

• mayā: by me / with me
• mayā: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुष-प्रातिपदिक; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• sametya: having met
• sametya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-√i (धातु) + ल्यप् (Kṛdanta)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having come together/meeting’

• ramye: in the lovely (place)
• ramye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• mahā-kandara-kandare: in the great cavern-grotto
• mahā-kandara-kandare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kandara (प्रातिपदिक) + kandara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (descriptive): ‘महच्च तत् कन्दरम्’ (great cavern)

• mat-paritrāṇa-jam: born of my protection
• mat-paritrāṇa-jam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mat (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + paritrāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘मत्-परित्राणात् जातम्’ (born from my protection)

• dharmam: dharma / righteous duty
• dharmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• avaśyam: surely / certainly
• avaśyam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avaśya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावार्थे)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of certainty)

• pratipatsyase: you will attain / understand
• pratipatsyase: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√pad (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speakers

• Varūthinī (continuing persuasion)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Seclusion and secrecy
• Protection-as-control
• Reframing desire as dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The rhetoric ‘dharma born of protection’ can be read as a warning: power dynamics can rename dependence as virtue. True dharma does not require secrecy and pressure.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ākhyāna; it indirectly teaches dharma by exposing counterfeit-dharma language in interpersonal contexts.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘cave’ is a symbol of the hidden psyche where impulses seek privacy. ‘Protection’ can signify the ego’s promise of safety in exchange for surrender—an inner bondage presented as refuge.