Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 68
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
ब्राह्मण उवाच यदि प्रीतिमती सत्यं नोपचाराद्ब्रवीषि माम् ।
तदुपायं समाचक्ष्व येन यामि स्वमालयम् ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca yadi prītimatī satyaṃ nopacārād bravīṣi mām | tad upāyaṃ samācakṣva yena yāmi svam ālayam ||
ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਜੇ ਤੇਰਾ ਸਨੇਹ ਸੱਚਮੁੱਚ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਤੇ ਸੱਚਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਤੂੰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕੇਵਲ ਚਾਲ ਵਜੋਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਹਿ ਰਹੀ, ਤਾਂ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਉਹ ਉਪਾਯ ਦੱਸ ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਧਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਜਾ ਸਕਾਂ।
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FAQs
The brāhmaṇa tests sincerity and redirects the interaction toward a legitimate goal—returning to rightful place/duty—rather than being trapped in pleasure or flattery.
Ākhyāna with dharma-centered reasoning; not a cosmological/genealogical unit.
The ‘means to go home’ can symbolize the method of returning to one’s true center (svabhāva/ātman) after being pulled outward by desire and illusion.