Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 34
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
अलक्ष्मीपुत्रका ह्येते मृत्योरा देशकारिणः ।
विनाशकालेषु नरान् भजन्त्येते शृणुष्व तान् ॥
alakṣmīputrakā hy ete mṛtyor ādeśakāriṇaḥ | vināśakāleṣu narān bhajanty ete śṛṇuṣva tān ||
Sila nga ang mga anak na lalaki ni Alakṣmī, na tumutupad sa mga utos ni Kamatayan. Sa mga panahon ng pagkapuksa, kumakapit sila sa mga tao—pakinggan sila (habang inilalarawan ko sila).
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FAQs
Misfortune is not random in the Purāṇic moral universe: it ‘arrives’ when conditions ripen for decline—through habits, choices, and the weakening of dharma—personified here as agents executing Mṛtyu’s mandate.
Sarga/Pratisarga didactic enumeration: listing destructive principles and their operational mode (how they seize humans).
‘Vināśakāla’ can indicate both literal calamity and inner collapse; the ‘sons’ are patterns (vāsanās) that activate when vigilance and sattva diminish.