Markandeya Purana 53.39 — Adhyaya 53, Shloka 39
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
ऋषभाद्भरतो जज्ञे वीरः पुत्रशताद्वरः ।
सो 'भिषिच्यर्षभः पुत्रं महाप्रव्राज्यमास्थितः ॥
ṛṣabhād bharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatād varaḥ /
so 'bhiṣicyarṣabhaḥ putraṃ mahāpravrājyam āsthitaḥ
ຈາກ ຣິສະພະ ວິຣະບຸຣຸດ ພາຣະຕະ ໄດ້ເກີດ—ເປັນຜູ້ຍອດເຢັ້ນໃນບັນດາບຸດຮ້ອຍຄົນຂອງທ່ານ. ເມື່ອໄດ້ອະພິເສກບຸດຂອງຕົນແລ້ວ, ຣິສະພະ ໄດ້ເຂົ້າສູ່ຊີວິດສະຫຼະອັນຍິ່ງ (ມະຫາ-ປຣະວຣາຊະຍາ).
FAQs
The ideal ruler’s arc includes both responsibility (ensuring succession) and detachment (renunciation). The verse models āśrama-dharma: after securing worldly order, one may legitimately turn toward liberation.
‘Vaṃśānucarita’—narration of dynastic events (birth, enthronement, renunciation) that shape the moral memory of the lineage.
Enthronement followed by pravrājya symbolizes the inner transition from ‘I govern the world’ to ‘I relinquish the world’: sovereignty is internalized as self-mastery, pointing from artha to mokṣa.
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