Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 25, Shloka 13
Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta
भूतानि भूतैः परिदुर्बलानि
वृद्धिं समायान्ति यथेह पुंसः ।
अन्नाम्बुपानादिभिरेव कस्य
न तेऽस्ति वृद्धिर्न च तेऽस्ति हानिः ॥
bhūtāni bhūtaiḥ paridurbalāni vṛddhiṃ samāyānti yatheha puṃsaḥ | annāmbupānādibhir eva kasya na te 'sti vṛddhir na ca te 'sti hāniḥ ||
ಭೂತಗಳು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಭೂತಕ್ರಿಯೆಯಿಂದ ಕ್ಷೀಣಗೊಂಡು, ಆಹಾರ, ನೀರು, ಪಾನೀಯ ಮೊದಲಾದವುಗಳಿಂದ—ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮನುಷ್ಯನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗೋ ಹಾಗೆ—ವೃದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತವೆ. ಆದರೆ ನಿನಗೆ ಇದು ಯಾರದು? ನಿನಗೆ ವೃದ್ಧಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಕ್ಷಯವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ.
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FAQs
Physical growth and decline belong to the body’s constituents; taking oneself as the changeless self (rather than the changing body) is presented as the cure for fear and grief.
A tattva/mokṣa teaching passage embedded within dynastic narrative (vaṃśānucarita), rather than one of the five cosmological markers itself.
The verse points to nirvikāratva (unchangeability) of the true self: nourishment modifies only the pañcabhūta-structure, while awareness itself is not augmented or diminished.