Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 27
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
नियोजयति मामिष्टविरोधाच्च विवर्जनम् ।
आक्रुष्टोऽन्येन मन्येत ताडितो वा नियोजिका ॥
niyojayati mām iṣṭa-virodhāc ca vivarjanam / ākruṣṭo 'nyena manyeta tāḍito vā niyojikā
Thinking, “She is impelling me,” one should avoid acting out of hostility toward what is dear (to others or to one’s own good). If abused by another or even struck, one should understand it as the work of an instigator and not be driven into reaction.
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FAQs
The verse teaches restraint under provocation: even insult or harm should not be allowed to hijack one’s agency into retaliatory, dharma-opposed action.
Ancillary ethical instruction (ācāra), not a pancalakṣaṇa storyline.
Insult and injury are triggers that reveal ego-reactivity; seeing them as ‘instigation’ externalizes the trigger and helps re-center awareness before action arises.