Shloka 13
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवṃ सोऽत्यन्तदुष्टस्य पुत्रस्य चरितैर्मुनिः ।
दह्यमानमनॊवृत्तिर्वृत्तं गर्गमपृच्छत ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evaṃ so 'tyantaduṣṭasya putrasya caritair muniḥ /
dahyamāna-manovṛttir vṛttaṃ gargam apṛcchata
मार्कण्डेय उवाच—एवं स मुनिः परमदुष्टपुत्रकृतैः कर्मभिः संतप्तमानसः, यदभवत् तत् गार्ग्यं पप्रच्छ।
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FAQs
The text signals a move from general moralizing to case-analysis: intense emotional response (inner ‘burning’) prompts inquiry into causality—how dharma and karma produced the situation.
Narrative connective tissue (ākhyāna-sandhi), not pancalakṣaṇa content.
The ‘burning mind’ can be read as tapas inverted by sorrow; the narrative redirects that heat into discernment (vicāra) through questioning.