Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 27, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 27 — Madālasa’s Instruction to King Alarka: Royal Ethics, Self-Conquest, and Statecraft
हतमैलं तथा लोभान्मदाद्वेनं द्विजैर्हतम् ।
मानादनायुषापुत्रं बलिं हर्षात् पुरञ्जयम् ॥
hatamailaṃ tathā lobhān madād venaṃ dvijair hatam /
mānād anāyuṣāputraṃ baliṃ harṣāt purañjayam
அதேபோல் பேராசையால் கொல்லப்பட்ட ஐலனை; மது/அகந்தையால் பிராமணர்களால் கொல்லப்பட்ட வேனனை; மானத்தால் (அநாயுஷனின் மகன்) பலியை; மகிழ்ச்சி/அதிக உற்சாகத்தால் புரஞ்சயனை நினைத்து—இந்த குற்றங்களை அடக்க வேண்டும்।
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FAQs
The verse reinforces that each inner vice has a historical ‘case study’ of ruin; kingship is portrayed as accountable to dharma (even Brahmins can depose a tyrant like Vena), and emotional excess—pleasant or unpleasant—can be politically fatal.
Didactic nīti with genealogical/name allusions, but not structured as vaṃśānucarita narration here; thus ancillary instruction rather than pancalakṣaṇa proper.
Each named fall symbolizes a specific psychic collapse: greed’s grasping, arrogance’s intoxication, pride’s rigidity, and elation’s carelessness—together mapping a full spectrum of imbalance that dethrones dharmic discernment.