Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 20, Shloka 37
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
नाविज्ञातं न चागम्यं नाप्राप्यं दिवि चेह वा ।
उद्यतानां मनुष्याणां यतचित्तेन्द्रियात्मनाम् ॥
nāvijñātaṃ na cāgamyaṃ nāprāpyaṃ divi ceha vā | udyatānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ yata-cittendriyātmanām ||
जो मनुष्य प्रयत्नशील हैं—जिनका मन, इन्द्रियाँ और आत्मा संयमित हैं—उनके लिए न कुछ अज्ञेय है, न कुछ अप्राप्य, न कुछ दुर्लभ; चाहे स्वर्ग में हो या इस पृथ्वी पर।
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FAQs
Achievement is tied to inner governance: when mind and senses are mastered, knowledge and results follow. The verse links external success to internal discipline.
Didactic/yogic-ethical material; not directly one of the five defining purāṇic topics.
‘Heaven and earth’ can symbolize higher and lower states of consciousness; the disciplined practitioner can traverse and realize both, implying mastery over experiential realms.