Shloka 13
अरण्यकपर्व — मार्कण्डेयकथिते रामविजयः, सीताशुद्धिः, अयोध्याप्रत्यागमनवर्णनम्
Rāma’s victory, Sītā’s vindication, and return to Ayodhyā as told by Mārkaṇḍeya
पितरं स समुत्सृज्य पितामहमुपस्थित: । तस्य कोपात् पिता राजन् ससर्जात्मानमात्मना
pitaraṁ sa samutsṛjya pitāmaham upasthitaḥ | tasya kopāt pitā rājan sasarjātmānam ātmanā |
Markandeya berkata: “Wahai Raja, Vaiśravaṇa meninggalkan ayahnya dan mengabdikan diri melayani sang kakek. Karena hal itu, ayahnya murka; dan dengan kekuatannya sendiri ia memunculkan perwujudan lain dari dirinya.” Dari separuh tubuh Pulastya tampak seorang dwija lain bernama Viśravā, yang senantiasa menyimpan amarah demi pembalasan terhadap Vaiśravaṇa.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Service to elders is virtuous, but dharma requires proper prioritization of duties; neglecting one’s immediate obligations can generate anger, rupture family harmony, and set in motion enduring consequences within a lineage.
A figure leaves his father and remains in attendance upon his grandfather. The father, angered by this abandonment, uses his own power to produce another manifestation of himself—an act that signals escalating familial conflict and the birth of a new agent in the story’s causal chain.