Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 23, Shloka 83

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

तद्धने मम गेहे च ममत्‍वमनुकल्प्यताम् ।

युवयोऱ्यन्मदीयं तन्मामकं युवयोः स्वकम् ॥

Transliteration

taddhane mama gehe ca mamatvam anukalpyatām / yuvayor yanmadīyaṃ tanmāmakaṃ yuvayoḥ svakam

Translation

“因此，当就那财富与我之家，正当地安立其归属之念。凡我所有，当视为你们所有；凡你们所有，也当视为你们自有（安稳无虞）。”

Word by Word

• tat: in that
• tat: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; deictic ‘that’ qualifying dhane

• dhane: in the wealth
• dhane: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• gehe: in the house
• gehe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• mamatvam: ‘mine-ness’/ownership-feeling
• mamatvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mamatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (as subject of passive imperative)

• anukalpyatām: let it be assigned/arranged
• anukalpyatām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu√kḷp (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Passive (कर्मणि), 3rd person, Singular; ‘let it be arranged/assigned’

• yuvayoḥ: of you two
• yuvayoḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative particle (सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय)

• madīyam: (is) mine
• madīyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘mine’ (as predicate)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; correlative to yat

• māmakam: belonging to me
• māmakam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; possessive adjective ‘belonging to me’

• yuvayoḥ: of you two
• yuvayoḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th), Dual

• svakam: your own
• svakam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘one’s own’ (predicate)

Speakers

• Continuing the same speaker’s settlement proposal (Kuvalayāśva → the two Nāga princes
• by context)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Generosity
• Trust and kinship
• Resolution of dispute

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A dhārmic settlement is proposed: property is not treated as a weapon of separation but as a vehicle of relationship. The verse models reconciliation by voluntary transfer/recognition rather than coercion.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Vamśānucarita with didactic emphasis (nīti/dharma) embedded in narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘mine/yours’ polarity is softened: the teaching hints that possessiveness is conventional (vyavahāra) and can be re-scripted by higher intention (saṅkalpa) to preserve unity.