Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 43, Shloka 83
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
इत्त्थं स तेनाभिहितो नरेन्द्रो हृष्टः समुत्थाय ततः सुबाहुः ।
दिष्ट्येति तं भ्रातरमाभिनन्द्य काशीश्वरं वाक्यमिदं बभाषे ॥
itthaṃ sa tenābhihito narendro hṛṣṭaḥ samutthāya tataḥ subāhuḥ |
diṣṭyeti taṃ bhrātaram ābhinandya kāśīśvaraṃ vākyam idaṃ babhāṣe ||
Nang siya’y kausapin nang gayon, tumindig ang hari na may galak. Pagkaraan, si Subāhu, bumati sa kapatid na iyon ng “Mapalad nawa!”, at sinabi ang mga salitang ito sa panginoon ng Kāśī.
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FAQs
Right counsel bears fruit when received with openness; joy and respectful speech mark the restoration of dharmic relations.
Vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling segment (royal narrative), serving as the connective tissue around embedded teachings.
The king ‘rising up’ can be read symbolically as the uplift of awareness after instruction—an outer sign of inner assent.