Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 44, Shloka 18
Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
काशिराज उवाच उपकारस्त्वया साधोः अलर्कस्य कृतो महान् ।
ममोपकाराय कथं न करोṣi स्वमानसम् ॥
kāśirāja uvāca upakāras tvayā sādhoḥ alarkasya kṛto mahān / mamopakārāya kathaṃ na karoṣi svamānasam //
«ကာသီ၏ မင်းကြီးက ပြောသည်—သင်သည် သာသနာတော်ရှိ အလရ္ကကို အလွန်ကြီးစွာ ကူညီခဲ့သည်။ အဘယ်ကြောင့် ငါ့ကိုလည်း ထိုနည်းတူ ကူညီရန် စိတ်ကို မလှည့်သနည်း?»
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FAQs
The king recognizes the value of wise aid and explicitly requests guidance. The verse models humility in rulership: seeking instruction rather than presuming sufficiency.
Narrative dialogue; not pancalakṣaṇa.
‘Turning the mind’ (svamānasa) suggests that true benefaction is intentional transmission—attention and teaching—rather than material charity.