Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 26, Shloka 27
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
यदि ते मत्प्रियं कार्यं यदि ग्राह्यं वचो मम ।
तदेनं तनयं मार्गे प्रवृत्तेः सन्नियोजय ॥
yadi te mat-priyaṃ kāryaṃ yadi grāhyaṃ vaco mama / tad enaṃ tanayaṃ mārge pravṛtteḥ sanniyojaya //
«ငါ့ကို နှစ်သက်စေချင်လျှင်၊ ငါ့စကားကို လက်ခံမည်ဆိုလျှင်—ဤသားကို လောကီတာဝန်ကို တက်ကြွစွာ ဆောင်ရွက်သည့် လမ်းကြောင်း (pravṛtti) ပေါ်တွင် ခိုင်မာစွာ တင်ထားလော့»
FAQs
The text advocates stage-appropriate dharma: heirs, especially kṣatriyas, must be trained first in governance, protection, and ritual obligations before higher renunciation is introduced.
Anucarita (didactic narrative) supporting dharmaśāstric ideals; not a cosmological section.
Pravṛtti here represents the disciplined channeling of desire and power into order (ṛta/dharma). Esoterically, it is the ‘right-hand’ path of integrating spirit with duty, not rejecting the world prematurely.