Shloka 1
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे चटकॊत्पत्तिर्नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः । तृतीयोऽध्यायः । मार्कण्डेय उवाच । अहन्यहनि विप्रेन्द्र स तेषां मुनिसत्तमः । चकाराहारपयसाऽ तथा गुप्त्या च पोषणम् ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe caṭakotpattirnāma dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ | tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | ahanyahani viprendra sa teṣāṃ munisattamaḥ | cakārāhārapayasā tathā guptyā ca poṣaṇam ||
এইভাবে শ্রীমার্কণ্ডেয় পুরাণের ‘চটক-উৎপত্তি’ নামক দ্বিতীয় অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল। এখন তৃতীয় অধ্যায় আরম্ভ। মার্কণ্ডেয় বললেন—হে ব্রাহ্মণশ্রেষ্ঠ! তাদের মধ্যে অগ্রগণ্য সেই ঋষি প্রতিদিন অন্ন ও পায়স প্রদান করে তাদের পোষণ করতেন, এবং রক্ষা ও সতর্ক প্রহরায় তাদের সংরক্ষণ করতেন।
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FAQs
Dharma is shown as consistent, daily responsibility: true merit lies not in a single grand act but in sustained care—feeding, protecting, and fostering those placed under one’s charge.
This verse is not directly sarga/pratisarga/vamśa/manvantara/vamśānucarita data; it belongs mainly to vamśānucarita-style narrative ethics (illustrative conduct within a story) and supports purāṇic dharma instruction.
‘Food (āhāra) + sweet nourishment (pāyasa) + protection (gupti)’ forms a triad of sustaining life: material support, affectionate strengthening, and safeguarding—symbolically the threefold maintenance of embodied beings (śarīra, prāṇa, and security) through sattvic stewardship.