Shloka 65

इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्

Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration

Devanagari script

विपरीतश्न॒ लोको<यं भविष्यत्य धरोत्तर: । एड्कान्‌ पूजयिष्यन्ति वर्जयिष्यन्ति देवता:,शूद्र धर्मोपदेश करेंगे और ब्राह्मणलोग उनकी सेवामें रहकर उसे सुनेंगे तथा उसीको प्रामाणिक मानकर उसका पालन करेंगे। समस्त लोकका व्यवहार विपरीत और उलट-पुलट हो जायगा। ऊँच नीच और नीच ऊँच हो जायँगे। लोग हड्डी जड़ी हुई दीवारोंकी तो पूजा करेंगे और देवविग्रहोंको त्याग देंगे

Transliteration

viparītaśno loko ’yaṁ bhaviṣyaty adharottaraḥ | eḍkān pūjayiṣyanti varjayiṣyanti devatāḥ ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：“此世将行止乖谬，阿达摩凌驾于达摩之上。人们将祭拜嵌骨之墙，而弃诸天神明。社会秩序尽皆颠倒：卑者被奉为尊，高者反遭贬抑；不堪为师者妄谈达摩，本应引导者却俯首随从。”

Word by Word

विपरीतःreversed, contrary

लोकःworld, people

अयम्this

भविष्यतिwill become

अधरोत्तरःwith lower as upper (topsy-turvy)

अस्थिकान्bone(-set) things / bone-structures

पूजयिष्यन्तिthey will worship

वर्जयिष्यन्तिthey will avoid, abandon

देवताःdeities, gods

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

loka (society/world)

devatāḥ (deities)

eḍkāḥ (bone-set walls; as described in the accompanying gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that when adharma dominates, society’s moral and social hierarchies invert: true objects of reverence are neglected, false substitutes are worshipped, and rightful guides in dharma are displaced—signaling ethical decay.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is describing a future degeneration of the world’s conduct—an ominous forecast in which people abandon the gods and embrace misguided forms of worship, alongside a broader collapse of proper social and religious order.