Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 47
Adhyaya 61 — Avanti Narrative
साहं त्वद्दर्शनाद्विप्र कामवक्तव्यताङ्गता । प्रशाधि यन्मया कार्यं त्वदधीनास्मि साम्प्रतम् ॥
sāhaṃ tvaddarśanād vipra kāmavaktavyatāṅgatā / praśādhi yan mayā kāryaṃ tvadadhīnāsmi sāmpratam
અને હે બ્રાહ્મણ! તમને જોઈ ઇચ્છાથી પ્રેરિત થઈ હું બોલી ઊઠી છું। મને જે કરવું હોય તે આજ્ઞા આપો; અત્યારે હું તમારી અધિન છું।
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FAQs
The verse dramatizes how desire can override autonomy and discernment, leading to self-surrender. Purāṇic ethics typically valorize self-mastery (dama) over emotion-driven submission.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna; it advances plot and moral psychology rather than cosmological or dynastic material.
‘Compelled speech’ suggests vāg-śakti being seized by kāma; esoterically, when prāṇa and attention are captured, speech becomes an instrument of bondage—contrasted with disciplined mantra-vāk that leads to liberation.