Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 71, Shloka 21
Adhyaya 71 — The King’s Remorse and the Sage’s Counsel on the Necessity of a Wife
यदा तु याचिता नन्दा न ददाति नृपोत्तम ।
मूका भविष्यसीत्याह तदा तां तनयां पिता ॥
yadā tu yācitā nandā na dadāti nṛpottama / mūkā bhaviṣyasīty āha tadā tāṃ tanayāṃ pitā
ਪਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਨੰਦਾ ਨੂੰ ਮੰਗਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਨਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਹੇ ਰਾਜਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ, ਤਦ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਪਿਤਾ ਨੇ ਧੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ—‘ਤੂੰ ਗੂੰਗੀ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇਂਗੀ।’
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FAQs
Speech (vāk) is treated as a moral faculty: misuse of authority and coercive anger can ‘bind’ speech—symbolizing the breakdown of right communication within a family.
Carita with dharma-adharma illustration; not cosmological enumeration but moral narrative.
Muteness signifies blockage of expression and truth; a curse on vāk often indicates karmic sealing of secrets—what was hidden now manifests as inability to speak or relate.