Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 26, Shloka 24
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
जड उवाच एवमुक्तस्तया साधु महीष्या स महीपतिः /
तथे त्याह महाबुद्धिर्दयितां तथ्यवादिनीम्
jaḍa uvāca evam uktas tayā sādhu mahīṣyā sa mahīpatiḥ | tathety āha mahābuddhir dayitāṃ tathyavādinīm ||
जड़ ने कहा—उस आर्या रानी द्वारा ऐसा कहे जाने पर, महान बुद्धि वाले पृथ्वीपति राजा ने अपनी सत्यवक्ता प्रिया से कहा—“एवमस्तु।”
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FAQs
Even worldly power (kingship) is shown submitting to discernment and truth. The ideal ruler listens to wise counsel and acknowledges higher insight.
Narrative frame within an instructional episode; not pancalakṣaṇa.
The king’s ‘tathā’ symbolizes inner consent—an opening for the teaching to transform identity from role-based (rāja) to Self-based (puruṣa).