Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 60
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
ऋषिरुवाच ब्रह्मबन्धोः सुता न त्वं बाले नैव तपस्विनः ।
सुता त्वं मम यो देवान् कर्तुमन्यान् समुत्सहे ॥
ṛṣiruvāca brahmabandhoḥ sutā na tvaṃ bāle naiva tapasvinaḥ | sutā tvaṃ mama yo devān kartum anyān samutsahe ||
ရှင်တော်က ပြောသည်— «ကလေးရေ၊ သင်ဟာ ‘brahma-bandhu’ တစ်ယောက်ရဲ့ သမီးမဟုတ်ဘူး၊ တပသမရှိသူရဲ့ သမီးလည်း မဟုတ်ဘူး။ သင်ဟာ ငါ့သမီးပဲ—အကြောင်းမူ ငါ့အာနုဘော်နဲ့ အခြားသော ဒေဝတားများကိုပင် ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေနိုင်တယ်»
FAQs
Purāṇic ethics often place spiritual attainment above nominal rank. The sage’s claim asserts that tapas is a legitimate power aligned with cosmic order, not merely personal pride.
Vaṃśānucarita and Manvantara context: the assertion of tapas sets the causal basis for a lineage event (birth of a Manu) and a cosmological adjustment (Revati asterism).
‘Creating other gods’ can be read as the yogic capacity to manifest new centers of order/illumination—symbolically, the awakening of higher faculties that govern one’s cosmos.