Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 57

Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

Sanskrit

नक्षत्रग्रहपीडासु त्रिविधोत्पातदर्शने ।

अशान्तिकपरान् यक्ष ! नरानभिभविष्यसि ॥

Transliteration

nakṣatra-graha-pīḍāsu tri-vidhotpāta-darśane |

aśāntika-parān yakṣa narān abhibhaviṣyasi ||

Translation

在由星宿与行星所致的诸般灾厄中，并在见到三类征兆之时，噫，夜叉啊，你将制伏那些执意不行息灾安抚之仪（śānti）的人们。

Word by Word

• नक्षत्र: constellation/star
• नक्षत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्

• ग्रह: planet/seizer
• ग्रह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्

• पीडासु: in afflictions from stars and planets
• पीडासु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन (plural); समासः: नक्षत्र-ग्रह-पीडा (तत्पुरुष; ‘नक्षत्रग्रहाणां पीडा’)

• त्रिविध: threefold
• त्रिविध: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) विशेषण-प्रातिपदिकम्

• उत्पात: portent/omen
• उत्पात: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकम्

• दर्शने: at the sight of threefold portents
• दर्शने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः: त्रिविध-उत्पात-दर्शन (तत्पुरुष; ‘त्रिविधोत्पातस्य दर्शनम्’)

• अशान्तिक: without pacificatory rites
• अशान्तिक: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśāntika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण) विशेषण-प्रातिपदिकम्

• परान्: those devoted to non-pacification (i.e., neglecting śānti)
• परान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (plural); समासः: अशान्तिक-पर (तत्पुरुष; ‘अशान्तिके पराः/आसक्ताः’)

• यक्ष: O Yakṣa
• यक्ष: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• नरान्: men/people
• नरान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• अभिभविष्यसि: you will overpower
• अभिभविष्यसि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi + √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: अभि-

Speakers

• Unspecified narrator addressing a Yakṣa

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Śānti rites
• Omens (utpāta)
• Graha/nakṣatra afflictions
• Ritual remediation

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

When adverse signs arise, dharma recommends śānti (pacificatory) responses; neglecting remedial rites is portrayed as increasing vulnerability to overpowering forces.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ritual-ethical guidance (ācāra) rather than purāṇic cosmology or genealogy.

What is the esoteric significance?

Graha/utpāta language can be read as externalizations of disorder; śānti is the act of re-harmonizing one’s relation to time and cosmos—without it, ‘abhibhava’ (overwhelm) follows.