Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 67

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

Sanskrit

वयः सम्बन्धयोग्यानि शयनान्यशनानि च ।

यत्र गेहे त्वया यक्ष तद्वर्ज्यं वचनान्मम ॥

Transliteration

vayaḥ sambandhayogyāni śayanāny aśanāni ca | yatra gehe tvayā yakṣa tad varjyaṃ vacanān mama ||

Translation

夜叉啊，依我之言，你当避开那所住宅：其中人伦关系、床榻与饮食，皆按年龄与正当关系而守其分寸（合宜与合礼）。

Word by Word

• vayaḥ: age
• vayaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vayas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• sambandha-yogyāni: appropriate (in relation)
• sambandha-yogyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sambandha (प्रातिपदिक) + yogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with śayanāni, aśanāni; tatpuruṣa 'suitable in relation (to age)'

• śayanāni: beds, sleeping arrangements
• śayanāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• aśanāni: foods, meals
• aśanāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), relative adverb

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

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• yakṣa: O Yakṣa
• yakṣa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• varjyam: to be avoided
• varjyam: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varjya (कृदन्त, √vṛj)
• Form: Gerundive/Potential passive participle (तव्यत्/यत्-अर्थे), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• vacanāt: from the instruction/command
• vacanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)

• mama: of me, my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Unspecified in input; direct injunction to Yakṣa

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Propriety
• Domestic discipline
• Right ordering of household life
• Ethical boundaries

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Order in intimate life (relationships and sleeping arrangements) and in consumption (food) is treated as dharmic infrastructure. Where propriety is maintained, the household is portrayed as safeguarded.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Practical dharma counsel; not a core pancalakṣaṇa topic.

What is the esoteric significance?

Age-appropriate order symbolizes the correct flow of life-stages (āśrama logic). When that flow is respected, the subtle ‘house-field’ is coherent; incoherence is what invites disturbance.