Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 43, Shloka 66
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
सुबाहुरुपकारी मे स च काशिपतिः प्रभो ।
ययोः कृतेऽहं संप्राप्तो योगीश ! भवतोऽन्तिकम् ॥
subāhur upakārī me sa ca kāśipatiḥ prabho /
yayoḥ kṛte ’haṃ saṃprāpto yogīśa! bhavato ’ntikam
ಸುಬಾಹು ನನಗೆ ಉಪಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದನು—ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕಾಶಿಯ ಆ ರಾಜನೂ, ಹೇ ಪ್ರಭು; ಆ ಇಬ್ಬರ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ, ಹೇ ಯೋಗಿಗಳ ನಾಥ, ನಾನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದೇನೆ।
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FAQs
One should acknowledge all proximate causes of one’s uplift—friends and foes alike—since both can serve dharma by directing one toward the teacher and the path.
Narrative ethics (vaṃśānucarita-style exemplum) rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa cataloging.
The ‘two causes’ can be read symbolically as the twin pressures of support and opposition that together propel the aspirant to surrender and seek higher refuge.