Shloka 10

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

Opening

Devanagari script

आश्रमा हतपाखण्डा: स्थिता: सत्यरता: प्रजा: । जनिष्यन्ते च बीजानि रोप्यमाणानि चैव ह,आश्रम पाखण्डियोंसे रहित होंगे और सारी प्रजा सत्यपरायण होगी। खेतोंमें बोये जानेवाले सब प्रकारके बीज अच्छी तरह उगेंगे

Transliteration

āśramā hatapākhaṇḍāḥ sthitāḥ satyaratāḥ prajāḥ | janiṣyante ca bījāni ropyamāṇāni caiva ha ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：“诸隐修林将远离异端与欺诳之行，百姓将坚定归依真实。田中所播之种，必将萌发，茂盛而昌。”

Word by Word

• आश्रमाḥ: hermitages
• आश्रमाḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हतपाखण्डाḥ: free from (i.e., with) heretics/false sectarians removed
• हतपाखण्डाḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतपाखण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्थिताḥ: will stand / remain
• स्थिताḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सत्यरताḥ: devoted to truth
• सत्यरताḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यरत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रजाḥ: people / subjects
• प्रजाḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• जनिष्यन्ते: will be produced / will arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बीजानि: seeds
• बीजानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• रोप्यमाणानि: being sown/planted
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुप्/रोप्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed / certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• āśrama (hermitages)
• prajā (the people/subjects)
• bīja (seeds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When religious life is purified of hypocrisy and society becomes devoted to truth (satya), the natural and social worlds align: righteousness supports prosperity, symbolized by seeds that reliably sprout.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes an ideal condition of society: hermitages are cleansed of fraudulent sectarianism, the populace becomes truth-oriented, and agriculture becomes fruitful—an image of dharmic restoration and well-being.