Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 20, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
रसातले च तौ रात्रिं विना तेन महात्मना ।
निश्वासपरमौ नीत्वा जग्मतुस्तं दिने दिने ॥
rasātale ca tau rātriṃ vinā tena mahātmanā |
niśvāsa-paramau nītvā jagmatus taṃ dine dine ||
রসাতলে সেই মহাত্মাকে ছাড়া তারা রাত্রি কাটাল; কেবল দীর্ঘশ্বাসেই সে রাত অতিবাহিত হল। তারপর দিন দিন তারা তার কাছেই যেতে লাগল।
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FAQs
Attachment is shown as reciprocal: not only the human prince, but the nāga youths too are unable to rest, suggesting that bonds create shared vulnerability to longing.
This is narrative detail within an upākhyāna; it incidentally uses Purāṇic cosmography (Rasātala) but is not itself a formal cosmology section.
‘Sighing’ (niśvāsa) signifies prāṇic disturbance caused by craving/absence; the nightly separation and daily reunion mirror the oscillation of mind between withdrawal and pursuit.