Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 119
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
पुरुषद्वेषिणञ्चैतौ नारमाक्रम्य तिष्ठतः ।
मात्रा भ्रात्रा तथा मित्रैरभीष्टैः स्वजनैः परैः ॥
puruṣadveṣiṇaṃ caitau nāram ākramya tiṣṭhataḥ /
mātrā bhrātrā tathā mitrair abhīṣṭaiḥ svajanaḥ paraiḥ
மனிதரை வெறுப்பவனை இவ்விரண்டும் பற்றிக் கொண்டு அவன்மேல் நிலைத்திருக்கும்; அதனால் அவன் தாய், சகோதரர், நண்பர், காதலர்/பிரியர், தன் மக்கள், அந்நியர் ஆகியோராலும் எதிர்க்கப்படுவான்।
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FAQs
Hostility rebounds socially: the person consumed by hatred becomes isolated from natural supports—family and friends—showing dharma as relational harmony.
Not cosmology or genealogy; it is a moral-psychological illustration embedded in the purāṇic account of spreading afflictions.
The 'two sons' can be read as dual inner impulses (e.g., suspicion and aggression) that 'occupy' the mind; once installed, they distort all relationships into opposition.