Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 72, Shloka 30
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
Sanskrit
उपकारः कृतो वीर ! भवता यो ममाधुना ।
तेनास्म्याकृष्टहृदया यद्ब्रवीमि शृणुष्व तत् ॥
Transliteration
upakāraḥ kṛto vīra! bhavatā yo mamādhunā | tenāsmy ākṛṣṭa-hṛdayā yad bravīmi śṛṇuṣva tat ||
Translation
“噢，英雄啊，你方才施于我的慈惠，使我心向于你。因此，请听我将要说的话。”
Word by Word
उपकारःa favor, help
उपकारः:
Karta (कर्ता) (of implied ‘is/was done’) / Viṣaya (विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootउपकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कृतःdone
कृतः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa / Predicate (विधेय)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘done’
वीरO hero
वीर:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
भवताby you
भवता:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता-करण) / Agent in passive sense
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम
यःwhich/that (favor)
यः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)
ममfor me, of me
मम:
Sampradāna/Adhikāra (सम्बन्ध: ‘to/for me’)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
अधुनाnow
अधुना:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधुना (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक (adverb of time: now)
तेनtherefore, by that
तेन:
Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘thereby/with that’
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
आकृष्टहृदयाwith heart drawn/attracted
आकृष्टहृदया:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) (to implied ‘I’)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-√कृष् (धातु) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि-समास: ‘आकृष्टं हृदयं यस्याः सा’ (she whose heart is drawn); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
यत्what (that which)
यत्:
Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘hear’)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)
ब्रवीमिI say
ब्रवीमि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; आत्मनेपद-रूप ‘शृणुष्व’ (listen!)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘listen’)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)
Speakers
Nāgarājasutā addressing the king (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)
Key Themes
ReciprocityDharma of gratitudeBoon-bestowal
FAQs
Reciprocity (kṛtajñatā) is treated as a dharmic obligation: benefaction generates a moral impulse to return good, here expressed as a boon/prophetic assurance.
Vaṃśānucarita: interpersonal dharma in royal narrative leading to the rise of a dynastic figure (future Manu).
The ‘drawn heart’ signals a binding of destinies; in Purāṇic symbolism, sincere relational bonds become conduits for fate-altering knowledge (jñāna/vara).