Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 16, Shloka 22
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
यदि सा चारुसर्वाङ्गी पीनश्रोणिपयोधरा । नोपगूहति तन्वङ्गी तन्मां द्रक्ष्यसि वै मृतम् ॥
yadi sā cārusarvāṅgī pīnaśroṇipayodharā / nopagūhati tanvaṅgī tanmāṃ drakṣyasi vai mṛtam
“ਜੇ ਉਹ ਸੁਕੋਮਲ ਅੰਗਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ, ਸਰਬਾਂਗ ਸੁੰਦਰ, ਭਰੇ ਨਿਤੰਬਾਂ ਤੇ ਛਾਤੀ ਵਾਲੀ ਇਸਤਰੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਗਲੇ ਨਾ ਲਗਾਵੇ, ਤਾਂ ਤੂੰ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਹੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਮਰਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਵੇਖੇਂਗੀ।”
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FAQs
The extremity of the ultimatum shows kāma turning into coercion and self-destruction; the passage warns that desire, when indulged, degrades discernment (viveka) and harms relationships.
Ethical/psychological instruction via narrative (ākhyāna), illustrating adharma born of kāma; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological topic.
The threat of ‘death’ can be read as the spiritual death of discrimination: when the mind demands sensory fulfillment as a condition for life, it reveals bondage; yoga seeks freedom from such compulsions.