Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 26
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
दृष्ट्वा चैतं द्विजसुतो हिमवन्तं महाचलम् ।
श्वो द्रक्ष्यामिति संचित्य मतिञ्चक्रे गृहं प्रति ॥
dṛṣṭvā caitaṃ dvijasuto himavantaṃ mahācalam /
śvo drakṣyāmīti saṃcintya matiñcakre gṛhaṃ prati
ಆ ಮಹಾಗಿರಿ ಹಿಮವಂತನನ್ನು ಕಂಡ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಪುತ್ರನು—‘ನಾಳೆ ನಾನು ಇದನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ (ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು) ನೋಡುತ್ತೇನೆ’ ಎಂದು ಯೋಚಿಸಿ, ಮನೆಗೆ ಮರಳಲು ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯಿಸಿದನು।
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FAQs
‘Tomorrow’ is a classic hinge of negligence: postponing what is worthy can lead to loss; the verse prepares a moral about timely action and the uncertainty of conditions.
Carita—depicting a character’s decision that will shape subsequent events.
Turning homeward after a vision of the ‘great mountain’ can symbolize regression from a higher calling back into habitual identity; the ‘tomorrow’ indicates mind’s deferral of transformation.