Shloka 15
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्तस्तेन विप्रेण भूपालो विस्मितस्तदा । सस्मार तं महावीर्यं सत्यसन्धं निशाचरम् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ity uktas tena vipreṇa bhūpālo vismitas tadā / sasmāra taṃ mahāvīryaṃ satyasandhaṃ niśācaram
মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে—সেই ব্ৰাহ্মণৰ উপদেশত ৰজা বিস্মিত হ’ল; তাৰ পাছত তেওঁ সত্যনিষ্ঠ, মহাবলৱান সেই নিশাচৰক সেই ৰাতি স্মৰণ কৰিলে।
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FAQs
Truthfulness (satya) is portrayed as a potent virtue transcending species and social class; even a niśācara can be ‘satyasandha’ and thus reliable.
Upākhyāna; narrative tool introducing an agent to resolve plot, not a pancalakṣaṇa exposition.
Remembrance functioning as invocation hints that focused mind (smṛti) can ‘call’ latent powers—psychologically, mobilizing inner resources; narratively, summoning an ally.