Shloka 70

इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्

Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration

Devanagari script

प्रजास्यति महाराज तदा संक्षेप्स्यते युगम्‌ । अकालवर्षी पर्जन्यो भविष्यति गते युगे,महाराज! जब फूलमें फूल, फलमें फल लगने लगेगा, उस समय युगका संहार होगा। युगान्तकालमें मेघ असमयमें ही वर्षा करेंगे

Transliteration

prajāsyati mahārāja tadā saṅkṣepsyate yugam | akālavarṣī parjanyo bhaviṣyati gate yuge ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：“大王啊，当此等违常之相出现之时，时代便将收缩而趋于终结。在衰败的劫期里，行雨之云将不合时令而倾泻。”

Word by Word

• प्रजास्यति: will beget/procreate
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-जा (धातु)
• Form: Lṛṭ (simple future), Parasmaipada, 3, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• संक्षेप्स्यते: will be contracted/come to an end
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: Lṛṭ (simple future), Atmanepada, 3, Singular

• युगम्: the age (yuga)
• युगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकालवर्षी: raining out of season
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकालवर्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्जन्यः: the rain-cloud / rain-god (Parjanya)
• पर्जन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Lṛṭ (simple future), Parasmaipada, 3, Singular

• गते: when (it has) gone/passed
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युगे: in the yuga/age
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links moral-cosmic order with natural order: when the yuga declines, signs of disorder appear in nature (like untimely rain), indicating a contraction toward the end of an age. It underscores that dharma’s weakening is mirrored by instability in the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is addressing the king and describing portents of the yuga’s end. He foretells that as the age wanes, time itself seems to ‘shorten’ and seasonal rhythms break down, with clouds raining out of season.