Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 62, Shloka 24
Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise
त्वया त्यक्ता न सन्देहः परित्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् ।
तत्राधर्मः कष्टतरोः क्रियालोपो भविष्यति ॥
tvayā tyaktā na sandehaḥ parityakṣyāmi jīvitam | tatrā dharmaḥ kaṣṭataraḥ kriyā-lopo bhaviṣyati ||
Nếu bị chàng bỏ rơi—không nghi ngờ gì—thiếp sẽ từ bỏ mạng sống. Khi ấy, một sự phi pháp khắc nghiệt hơn sẽ phát sinh nơi đó, và các bổn phận nghi lễ sẽ bị sao lãng.
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FAQs
The verse illustrates how adharma can masquerade as dharma: threatening self-destruction and invoking ‘ritual collapse’ to compel another is coercion, not righteousness.
Ākhyāna with dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) by negative example; it comments on ‘kriyā’ (ritual action) without being a formal ritual manual section.
‘Kriyā-lopa’ symbolizes inner ritual failure—when psychological instability disrupts one’s capacity for ordered living. The text hints that personal imbalance radiates outward into societal disorder.