Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 5, Shloka 19
Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas
अक्षौहिण्यो हि बहुलास्तद्भारार्ता व्रजाम्यधः ।
तथा कुरुध्वं त्रिदशा यथा शान्तिर्भवेन्मम ॥
akṣauhiṇyo hi bahulās tad-bhārārtā vrajāmy adhaḥ | tathā kurudhvaṃ tridaśā yathā śāntir bhaven mama ||
«အက္ဆောဟိဏီ စစ်တပ်များသည် အမှန်တကယ် များပြား၏။ ထိုတို့၏ ဘာရကြောင့် ဖိနှိပ်ခံရသဖြင့် ငါသည် နစ်မြုပ်လာနေ၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် တြိဒသ နတ်တို့၊ ငါ့ထံသို့ ငြိမ်းချမ်းမှု ရောက်လာစေရန် သင့်လျော်သကဲ့သို့ ဆောင်ရွက်ကြလော့» ဟုဆို၏။
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FAQs
The verse frames large-scale conflict as a moral and cosmic burden: when power and warfare proliferate beyond measure, the world itself becomes ‘afflicted.’ Ethically, it implies that rulers and divine/protective powers must act to restore śānti (peace) and re-establish dharma rather than allow violence to compound unchecked.
This aligns most closely with Manvantara/vaṃśānucarita-style narrative material that motivates divine intervention in history (events prompting restoration of order). While not a direct sarga/pratisarga statement, it functions as an etiological trigger within the Purāṇic historical-cosmic storyline.
Symbolically, ‘many akṣauhiṇīs’ can represent proliferating forces of rajas (agitation) and tamas (inertia/weight) that cause consciousness/world-order to ‘sink.’ The appeal to the Devas signifies invoking higher sattvic intelligence and harmonizing power so that inner and outer śānti can arise.