Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 16, Shloka 23
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
वामः कामो मनुष्याणां बहुभिः प्रार्थ्यते च सा ।
ममाशक्तिश्च गमने सङ्कुलं प्रतिभाति मे ॥
vāmaḥ kāmo manuṣyāṇāṃ bahubhiḥ prārthyate ca sā / mamāśaktiś ca gamane saṅkulaṃ pratibhāti me
“Ang pagnanasa ng mga tao ay pabagu-bago, at ang babaeng iyon ay hinahangad ng marami. Ngunit ako’y walang lakas upang maglakbay; ang paglalakbay ay wari’y mahirap at magulo, hitik sa mga hadlang para sa akin.”
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FAQs
Unchecked kāma (desire) produces self-contradiction and dependence: the husband admits incapacity yet presses forward through passion, setting the stage for harm to others and karmic fallout.
Primarily outside the five (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It is best classified as vaṃśānucarita-style ethical narrative (didactic history/episode) rather than cosmology.
The ‘entangled path’ (saṅkula-mārga) mirrors inner confusion: when desire leads, discernment dims, and one stumbles into the domain of tapas (ascetic power), provoking consequences.