Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 11, Shloka 13
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
स्मृतीस्तस्य प्रयान्त्यस्य बह्व्यः संसारभूमयः ।
ततो निर्वेदमायाति पीड्यमान इतस्ततः ॥
smṛtīstasya prayāntyasya bahvyaḥ saṃsārabhūmayaḥ / tato nirvedamāyāti pīḍyamāna itastataḥ
Khi nó tiến dần, nhiều ký ức khởi lên—những ký ức về các căn nguyên của luân hồi (saṃsāra); rồi, bị bức bách từ mọi phía, nó đi đến tâm ly tham.
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FAQs
Suffering can catalyze wisdom: when the jīva vividly recalls repeated birth and pain, it naturally turns toward renunciation and ethical self-restraint.
This is a soteriological teaching (mokṣa-oriented instruction) rather than a pañcalakṣaṇa narrative unit.
The arising of smṛti in confinement suggests that when external distractions are removed, deeper saṃskāras surface. ‘Nirveda’ becomes the threshold where bondage can turn into inquiry (jijñāsā).