Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 28
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
नियोजयत्येनमिति न गच्छेत् तद्वशं बुधः ।
परदारादिसंसर्गे चित्तमात्मानमेव च ॥
niyojayaty enam iti na gacchet tad-vaśaṃ budhaḥ / para-dārādi-saṃsarge cittaṃ ātmānam eva ca
‘அவள் அவனை நடத்துகிறாள்’ என்று எண்ணி, ஞானி அவளின் ஆட்சிக்குள் விழக்கூடாது. பிறருடைய மனைவியுடன் தொடர்பு போன்றவற்றில் மனத்தையும்—உண்மையில் தன்னையும்—கடுமையாகக் காக்க வேண்டும்.
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FAQs
Moral failure is often framed as ‘someone made me do it’; the text rejects this and insists on preserving agency through vigilance over one’s associations and mind.
Ācāra-dharma instruction, ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa.
‘Not going under another’s control’ points to mastery over saṅkalpa-vikalpa (impulses and doubts); guarding citta is the inner rakṣā that precedes outer conduct.