Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 37, Shloka 25
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
वाचयित्वा तु बहुशो नृणां श्रेयः कथं त्विति ।
मुमुक्षयेति निश्चित्य सा च तत्सङ्गतो यतः ॥
vācayitvā tu bahuśo nṛṇāṃ śreyaḥ kathaṃ tv iti /
mumukṣayeti niścitya sā ca tat-saṅgato yataḥ //
Matapos pagnilayan nang paulit-ulit, “Paano nga ba matatamo ng tao ang pinakamataas na kabutihan?”, napagpasyahan niya: “Sa pamamagitan ng pananabik sa paglaya.” At ang (pananabik) na iyon ay sumisibol mula sa pakikisama sa gayong (mabubuti at marurunong).
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FAQs
The verse links human flourishing (śreyas) to liberation-intent (mumukṣā) and identifies its practical cause: proximity to the wise. Ethical life becomes oriented by the goal one repeatedly contemplates.
This is narrative-ethical instruction supporting the Purāṇa’s teaching function; it is not itself a sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita passage.
Repeated contemplation is shown as a samskāra-forming practice: the mind’s question (‘how to attain śreyas’) matures into mumukṣā, catalyzed by the subtle influence-field of realized company.