Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 63
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
परस्पराभिरक्षा च ग्रहादौस्थ्येन जायते ।
एतेभ्य एव विप्रेन्द्र ! शुभहानिस्तथाशुभैः ॥
parasparābhirakṣā ca grahādausthyena jāyate / etebhya eva viprendra śubhahānis tathāśubhaiḥ //
જ્યારે ગ્રહાદિ પ્રતિકૂળ અવસ્થામાં હોય છે, ત્યારે લોકોમાં પરસ્પર રક્ષણની પ્રવૃત્તિ ઊભી થાય છે. એ જ યોગોથી, હે દ્વિજશ્રેષ્ઠ, શુભનો ક્ષય અને અશુભ પ્રભાવોથી પીડા પણ થાય છે.
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FAQs
Social cohesion and mutual safeguarding are emphasized as practical responses during periods of perceived cosmic/astrological adversity; one should protect community welfare when ‘graha’ conditions are adverse.
Ancillary dharma/ācāra material (not directly one of the five: sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita), but commonly embedded in Purāṇas as upadeśa (instruction) supporting dharma.
‘Graha’ can be read as inner compulsions that ‘seize’ the mind; when these are disordered, auspicious qualities decline—hence the need for conscious restraint and protective ethics.