Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 26, Shloka 6
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
तृतीयं तनयं जातं स राजा शत्रुमर्दनम् ।
यदाह तेन सा सुभ्रूर्जहासातिचिरं पुनः ॥
tṛtīyaṃ tanayaṃ jātaṃ sa rājā śatrumardanam / yadāha tena sā subhrūr jahāsāticiraṃ punaḥ
သားတော်တတိယမြောက် မွေးဖွားလာသောအခါ မင်းကြီးသည် သူ့ကို «Śatrumardana» (ရန်သူဖျက်ဆီးသူ) ဟု အမည်ပေး하였다။ ထိုသို့ မိန့်ကြားသည့်အခါ မျက်ခုံးလှသော မိဖုရားသည် ထပ်မံ အချိန်ကြာကြာ ရယ်လေ၏။
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FAQs
The repeated laughter signals Madālasa’s distance from conventional royal pride. Names celebrating conquest are treated as shallow when measured against the higher aim of self-knowledge and freedom from attachment.
Primarily Dharma/Ācāra and Itihāsa-style upākhyāna (didactic narrative). It is not a direct Sarga/Pratisarga/Manvantara/Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita datum here, though it supports ethical instruction embedded in the Purāṇic narrative mode.
The ‘enemy-crushing’ motif can be read inwardly: the true enemies are ignorance, ego, and craving. Madālasa’s laughter hints that outer victory is secondary to inner conquest.