Shloka 32
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः स राक्षसस्तस्याः प्रविश्यान्तः स्वमायया ।
भक्षयामास दौःशील्यं निजशक्त्या नृपाज्ञया ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ sa rākṣasas tasyāḥ praviśyāntaḥ sva-māyayā |
bhakṣayām āsa dauḥśīlyaṃ nija-śaktyā nṛpājñayā ||
مارکنڈےیہ نے کہا—تب وہ راکشس اپنی مایا سے اس کے اندر داخل ہوا اور بادشاہ کے حکم کے مطابق، اپنی قوت سے اس کے بدچلن کو نگل گیا۔
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FAQs
The narrative asserts that faults can be ‘removed’ and that authority can catalyze change; it simultaneously cautions that change effected through coercive/occult means (māyā, possession-like entry) is ethically ambiguous.
Upākhyāna (moral tale) rather than cosmology or genealogy.
Entry ‘within’ by māyā suggests inner transformation: destructive forces, when subordinated to righteous command (ājñā aligned to dharma), can consume impurities (vāsanās).