Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 63, Shloka 59
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
साहं यथा ते दुःखार्ते मत्कृते कन्यके पितः ।
तथा स्थास्यामि तद्दुःखे तच्छोकानलतापिता ॥
sāhaṃ yathā te duḥkhārte matkṛte kanyake pitaḥ / tathā sthāsyāmi tadduḥkhe tacchokānalatāpitā
«အို မိန်းကလေး၏အဖေတော်၊ ကျွန်မကြောင့် ဝမ်းနည်းပူဆွေး၍ ဒုက္ခရောက်နေသည်ကို ကျွန်မမြင်ခဲ့သကဲ့သို့ပင်၊ ကျွန်မလည်း ထိုဝမ်းနည်းမှုထဲ၌ပင် နေရမည်၊ ထိုပူဆွေးခြင်း၏ မီးလောင်ဒဏ်ဖြင့် နှိပ်စက်ခံရမည်»။
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The verse foregrounds empathy and moral accountability: one who becomes the cause of another’s grief should not be indifferent to its consequences, but recognize and share the burden of suffering.
Primarily Manvantara: the Purāṇa embeds ethical narratives within the account of a specific Manu’s era, illustrating dharma through exemplary (or cautionary) episodes.
“Fire of grief” (śokānala) is a classic inner-heat metaphor: sorrow is depicted as an internal conflagration, implying that healing requires not only external remedy but also the cooling of the mind through right resolution and restoration.