Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 51
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तामेव चिन्तयेत् प्राज्ञः प्रयतश्च गृही भवेत् । कलहा कलहं गेहे करोत्यविरतं नृणाम् ॥
tām eva cintayet prājñaḥ prayataś ca gṛhī bhavet | kalahā kalahaṃ gehe karoty avirataṃ nṛṇām ||
அறிவுடையவன் அவளையே ஒருமுகமாகத் தியானிக்க வேண்டும்; இல்லறத்தான் கட்டுப்பாட்டுடன் இருக்க வேண்டும். ‘கலஹா’ வீட்டினுள் உள்ளவர்களிடையே இடையறாத சண்டையை உண்டாக்குகிறாள்.
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FAQs
Household peace is sustained by inner discipline: conflict is not only ‘external fate’ but also moderated by the gṛhastha’s restraint, attention, and right focus.
Ācāra-centered instruction aimed at stabilizing gṛhastha life; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological/genealogical segment.
Unceasing quarrel is portrayed as a persistent vṛtti; ‘cintana’ (focused contemplation) and ‘prayatna/niyama’ act as counter-vṛttis that dissolve the pattern at its root.