Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 26, Shloka 16
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
मदालसोवाच कल्पनेयं महाराज ! कृता सा व्यावहारिको /
त्वत्कृतानां तथा नाम्नां शृणु भूप ! निरर्थताम्
madālasovāca kalpaneyaṃ mahārāja kṛtā sā vyāvahāriko | tvatkṛtānāṃ tathā nāmnāṃ śṛṇu bhūpa nirarthatām ||
Mādālasā nói: “Ôi đại vương, đây chỉ là quy ước thế gian do người ta tưởng lập. Xin nghe, bậc quân vương, về sự vô nghĩa ngay trong những danh xưng mà ngài đã đặt.”
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FAQs
Human society runs on conventions (names, roles, relations), but the Self is not defined by them. The ethical thrust is disidentification: do not cling to labels as ultimate reality; cultivate inward freedom.
Primarily outside the pancalakṣaṇa core. It is not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita; rather it is a didactic-philosophical upadeśa embedded within the Purāṇic narrative.
‘Naming’ symbolizes superimposition (adhyāropa) upon the formless consciousness. The verse introduces a movement from vyāvahārika (transactional reality) toward pāramārthika (ultimate standpoint), where such superimpositions dissolve.