Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 19, Shloka 23
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
इत्याज्ञप्तेन तद्राष्ट्रे कश्चिदायुधधृङ्नरः ।
तमृते पुरुषव्याघ्रं बभूवोरुपराक्रमः ॥
ityājñaptena tadrāṣṭre kaścidāyudhadhṛṅnaraḥ / tamṛte puruṣavyāghraṃ babhūvoruparākramaḥ
ထိုသို့ အမိန့်ချမှတ်ပြီးနောက် ထိုနိုင်ငံ၌ လူတစ်ဦးတစ်ယောက်မျှ လက်နက်မကိုင်တော့—လူတို့အတွင်း ကျားတစ်ကောင်ကဲ့သို့သော သူတစ်ဦးတည်းကိုသာ ချန်လှပ်၍။ ထို့ကြောင့် ကြီးမားသော သတ္တိဗလ (ဗီရ) သည် (သူ့ထဲတွင်သာ) ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ하였다။
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FAQs
A stable society is depicted as one where coercive power is centralized and accountable. The ideal king’s strength is not mirrored by armed subjects; instead, his might functions as a protective deterrent.
Vaṃśānucarita: the king’s distinctive prowess and the resulting social order are narrated as part of his exemplary reign.
When ‘many wills’ do not carry weapons, inner conflict subsides; concentrated ‘valor’ suggests disciplined energy—power gathered into a single dharmic axis rather than scattered into competing impulses.