Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्याकर्ण्य यमः शापं मात्रा दत्तं भयातुरः ।
अभ्येत्य पितरं प्राह प्रणिपातपुरःसरम् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityākarṇya yamaḥ śāpaṃ mātrā dattaṃ bhayāturaḥ /
abhyetya pitaraṃ prāha praṇipāta-puraḥsaram
مارکنڈیہ نے کہا: اپنی ماں کی بددعا سن کر، یم خوفزدہ ہو گئے اور اپنے والد کے پاس جا کر، تعظیم بجا لاتے ہوئے بولے۔
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When harm arises through conflict, the dharmic response is humility and recourse to higher wisdom/authority rather than escalation.
Vaṃśānucarita: narrative progression in the account of divine progeny.
Prostration before the ‘father’ indicates turning from reactive emotion to the solar principle of illumination—seeking clarity to dissolve the binding force of a curse.