एतस्य मम मित्रस्य तेन दृष्टेन कारणम् । अन्यथा जायते मृत्युस्ततोऽहं त्वां समागतः
etasya mama mitrasya tena dṛṣṭena kāraṇam | anyathā jāyate mṛtyustato'haṃ tvāṃ samāgataḥ
اس میرے دوست کی خاطر—تاکہ وہ پہچانا اور تسلیم کیا جائے—میں آیا ہوں۔ ورنہ موت واقع ہو جاتی؛ اسی لیے میں تمہارے پاس آیا ہوں۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Ghṛtakambala
Type: kshetra
Scene: A concerned visitor approaches a revered figure, explaining he has come for a friend’s sake to prevent death; gestures of supplication and urgency dominate.
Compassionate intervention—seeking truth and reassurance—can protect a devotee from despair and self-destruction.
No named tirtha appears in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha narrative arc by motivating the consultation.
None explicitly; the act emphasized is approaching a realized elder for authoritative guidance.
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