Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 117
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
तत्र पुत्र न ! वस्तव्यं यत्रैतत् त्रितयं सदा ।
जिगीषुः पूर्ववैरश्च जनश्च सततोत्सवः ॥
tatra putra na ! vastavyaṃ yatraitat tritayaṃ sadā / jigīṣuḥ pūrvavairaśca janaśca satatotsavaḥ
কিন্তু হে পুত্র, যেখানে এই তিনটি সর্বদা থাকে—জয়লিপ্সু শাসক (বা লোক), দীর্ঘস্থায়ী বৈর, এবং সদা উৎসবে মত্ত প্রজা—সেখানে বাস করা উচিত নয়।
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FAQs
Avoid environments dominated by aggression, vendetta, and constant distraction—these undermine security, economic steadiness, and the seriousness needed for dharma and learning.
Ācāra and pragmatic rājya-evaluation; not a cosmological or genealogical lakṣaṇa.
The triad can be read inwardly: ‘conquest-desire’ (restless ambition), ‘old enmity’ (unresolved resentment), and ‘constant festivity’ (perpetual sensory diversion) obstruct inner peace and spiritual maturation.