Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 59, Shloka 9
Adhyaya 59 — Cosmic Geography and Yuga-Order: Bhadrashva, Ketumala, and the Northern Kuru Region
दिव्यसङ्गमिनः पुण्या दशवर्षशतायुषः ।
मन्दोत्तमौ न तेषु स्तः सर्वे ते समदर्शनाः ॥
divyasaṅgaminaḥ puṇyā daśavarṣaśatāyuṣaḥ / mandottamau na teṣu staḥ sarve te samadarśanāḥ
ਉਹ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਗਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਪੁੰਨਵਾਨ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਵਰ੍ਹੇ ਜੀਊਂਦੇ ਹਨ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਾ ‘ਮੰਦ’ ਹੈ ਨਾ ‘ਉਤਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟ’; ਸਭ ਦੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਸਮਾਨ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
An ideal society is defined less by hierarchy of worth and more by shared virtue and equal vision (sama-darśana), rooted in proximity to the divine.
Not genealogy; it is descriptive dharma-cosmography—how beings live in a particular cosmic region—supporting the Purāṇa’s world-order exposition.
‘No manda/uttama’ points to non-dual ethical perception: when sattva predominates, comparative ego-judgments fade, yielding equanimity (samatā).