Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 26, Shloka 3
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
इत्थं तया स तनयो जन्मप्रभृति बोधितः ।
चकार न मतिं प्राज्ञो गार्हस्थ्यं प्रति निर्ममः ॥
itthaṃ tayā sa tanayo janmaprabhṛti bodhitaḥ / cakāra na matiṃ prājño gārhasthyaṃ prati nirmamaḥ
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜਨਮ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਮਾਂ ਦੇ ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ ਨਾਲ ਸਿਖਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਉਹ ਬੁੱਧੀਮਾਨ ਪੁੱਤਰ—ਅਪਰਿਗ੍ਰਹੀ ਹੋ ਕੇ—ਗ੍ਰਿਹਸਥ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣਾ ਮਨ ਨਹੀਂ ਲਗਾਉਂਦਾ ਸੀ।
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FAQs
Non-attachment naturally reduces craving for domestic entanglement; the verse portrays vairāgya as an outcome of sustained right-view.
Personal conduct narrative (vaṃśānucarita-adjacent) illustrating dharma/adhyātma rather than cosmic cycles.
‘Not turning the mind toward gārhasthya’ signals withdrawal of ahaṅkāra-mamatā from roles, a prerequisite for deeper yoga or jñāna.