Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 46, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
यथा मदो नवस्त्रीणां यथा वा माधवानिलः ।
अनुप्रविष्टः क्षोभाय तथासौ योगमूर्तिमान् ॥
yathā mado nava-strīṇāṃ yathā vā mādhavānilaḥ |
anupraviṣṭaḥ kṣobhāya tathāsau yogamūrtimān ||
As intoxication (or passion) enters young women, or as the spring breeze enters and stirs beings, so that One—whose very form is Yoga—entered in order to cause agitation (stirring).
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FAQs
The similes communicate how subtle forces can transform a stable condition from within. Ethically, it warns that inner influences (desire, mood, environment) can ‘stir’ the mind—hence the need for steadiness and right company.
It elaborates the causal process leading into Pratisarga (re-manifestation) by explaining ‘how’ agitation is effected, using accessible imagery.
‘Yoga embodied’ suggests that the same principle that unites and stills in spiritual practice is also the principle that projects multiplicity—two poles of one power.