Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 72, Shloka 30
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
उपकारः कृतो वीर ! भवता यो ममाधुना ।
तेनास्म्याकृष्टहृदया यद्ब्रवीमि शृणुष्व तत् ॥
upakāraḥ kṛto vīra! bhavatā yo mamādhunā | tenāsmy ākṛṣṭa-hṛdayā yad bravīmi śṛṇuṣva tat ||
ಓ ವೀರನೇ, ನೀನು ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ನನ್ನಿಗಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ದಯಾಕಾರ್ಯದಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯವು ನಿನ್ನತ್ತ ಆಕರ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಾನು ಹೇಳುವುದನ್ನು ಕೇಳು.
FAQs
Reciprocity (kṛtajñatā) is treated as a dharmic obligation: benefaction generates a moral impulse to return good, here expressed as a boon/prophetic assurance.
Vaṃśānucarita: interpersonal dharma in royal narrative leading to the rise of a dynastic figure (future Manu).
The ‘drawn heart’ signals a binding of destinies; in Purāṇic symbolism, sincere relational bonds become conduits for fate-altering knowledge (jñāna/vara).