Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 20, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
विनोदैर्विविधैस्तत्र तस्थतुः प्रीतिसंयुतौ ।
सर्वे च ते नृपसुतास्ते च ब्रह्मविशां सुताः ॥
vinodair vividhais tatra tasthatuḥ prītisaṃyutau | sarve ca te nṛpasutās te ca brahmaviśāṃ sutāḥ ||
वहाँ स्नेह से जुड़े हुए वे दोनों नाना प्रकार के विहारों के बीच रहे; और वे सब राजकुमार तथा ब्राह्मणों और वैश्योँ के पुत्र भी उसी संगति में सम्मिलित थे।
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FAQs
Affection (prīti) is presented as the social glue that allows diversity of status to coexist in shared spaces—an implicit endorsement of civility and concord.
Carita/ākhyāna continuity; it stabilizes the cast and setting for subsequent developments.
‘Vividha vinoda’ can be read as the many sensory modes that bind beings; prīti indicates the binding force (rāga) that keeps consciousness engaged in līlā before a turning point.