Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 35, Shloka 39
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
नित्यस्य कर्मणो हानिं न कुर्वोत कदाचन । तस्य त्वकरणे बन्धः केवलं मृतजन्मसु ॥
nityasya karmaṇo hāniṃ na kurvota kadācana / tasya tv akaraṇe bandhaḥ kevalaṃ mṛtajanmasu
नित्यकर्मों में कभी भी चूक नहीं करनी चाहिए। क्योंकि उनके न करने से उसके लिए बंधन होता है—ऐसे जन्मों में जो मानो मृत-तुल्य (दुःखमय, निष्फल) हों।
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FAQs
Omission (akaraṇa) is itself karmically consequential. The verse warns that neglect of steady dharma produces a life (and rebirth) lacking vitality and higher purpose.
Ancillary dharma/ācāra instruction.
‘Dead births’ can be read as lives lived without awakening. Daily rites symbolize daily alignment; their absence binds one to mechanical existence rather than conscious living.