Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 71, Shloka 19

Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife

Sanskrit

ततस्तस्य सुता सुभ्रूर्नन्दा नाम महीपते ।

भार्या मनोरमा चास्य नागराजस्य धीमतः ॥

Transliteration

tatas tasya sutā subhrūr nandā nāma mahīpate / bhāryā manoramā cāsya nāgarājasya dhīmataḥ

Translation

随后，大王啊，那位睿智的龙蛇之王有一位眉目秀美的女儿，名为难陀（Nandā）；其妻名为摩诺罗摩（Manoramā）。

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb: 'thereupon/from that')

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Śeṣa/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुभ्रूः: fair-browed
• सुभ्रूः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (सु + भ्रू)

• नन्दा: Nandā
• नन्दा: समानााधिकरण/नाम (Apposition/Name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating name)

• महीपते: O lord of the earth (king)
• महीपते: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपतिः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मही + पति)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: कर्ता/समानााधिकरण (Subject/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मनोरमा: charming
• मनोरमा: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गुणवाचक-विशेषण

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/अस्मद्-प्रयोग (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: अस्य)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नागराजस्य: of the serpent-king
• नागराजस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नागानां राजा)

• धीमतः: wise
• धीमतः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speakers

• Ṛṣi to king

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Genealogy
• Household in Nāga-loka
• Narrative setup for a curse episode

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic storytelling frequently grounds moral causality in family structures; naming wife and daughter prepares the ethical conflict (jealousy/possession/curse) that follows.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita elements appear (family particulars), embedded within a carita explaining present circumstances.

What is the esoteric significance?

The Nāga household mirrors human social dynamics, suggesting that attachment and rivalry are trans-realm patterns of prakṛti (nature) unless mastered by dharma.