Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 27, Shloka 1
Adhyaya 27 — Madālasa’s Instruction to King Alarka: Royal Ethics, Self-Conquest, and Statecraft
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे पुत्रानुशासनं नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः ।
सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः । जड उवाच ।
एवमुल्लाप्यमानस्तु स तु मात्रा दिने दिने ।
ववृधे वयसा बालो बुद्ध्या चाऽलर्कसंज्ञितः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe putrānuśāsanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | jaḍa uvāca | evam ullāpyamānas tu sa tu mātrā dine dine | vavṛdhe vayasā bālo buddhyā cālarkasaṃjñitaḥ ||
ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိ မာရ္ကဏ္ဍေယ ပုရာဏ၌ «သားအား သင်ကြားခြင်း» ဟုခေါ်သော အခန်း ၂၆ ပြီးဆုံး၏။ အခန်း ၂၇ စတင်၏။ ဇဍ (Jaḍa) ကဆိုသည်—မိခင်၏ နေ့စဉ်နေ့တိုင်း သင်ကြားပြောဆိုမှုကြောင့် ထိုကလေးသည် အသက်နှင့် ဉာဏ်ပညာ တိုးတက်လာ၍ နောက်တွင် အာလရ္က (Ālarka) ဟု လူသိများလာ၏။
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FAQs
Repeated instruction (śikṣā) is shown as formative: the mother’s daily counsel becomes the cause of both maturity and discernment, indicating the purāṇic emphasis on saṃskāra through steady guidance.
This is a narrative seam (adhyāya-saṃdhi) and not a pancalakṣaṇa element. It supports vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling by marking the progression of a royal figure.
The ‘day-by-day’ instruction suggests sādhana through repetition: wisdom is not merely heard once but internalized until it becomes one’s very identity (here, the emergence of Ālarka as a recognized persona).