Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 11, Shloka 14
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
पुनर्नैवं करिष्यामि मुक्तमात्र इहोदरात् ।
तथा तथा यतिष्यामि गर्भं नाप्स्याम्यहं यथा ॥
punarnaivaṃ kariṣyāmi muktamātra ihodarāt / tathā tathā yatiṣyāmi garbhaṃ nāpsyāmyahaṃ yathā
‘जब मैं इस गर्भ से मुक्त हो जाऊँगा, तब फिर कभी ऐसा कर्म नहीं करूँगा। मैं इस-इस प्रकार प्रयत्न करूँगा कि मुझे फिर गर्भ की प्राप्ति न हो।’
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FAQs
A classic purāṇic motif: in extremity, the jīva vows reform and spiritual effort. The ethical point is to make such resolve stable in waking life, not only under duress.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is mokṣa-oriented instruction embedded in narrative exposition.
The ‘vow in the womb’ symbolizes the soul’s innate aspiration for freedom, which is later obscured by māyā and sensory life after birth.