Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 70, Shloka 30
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
अस्यास्त्वयाद्य ब्राह्मण्या दौःशील्यमुपभुज्यताम् ।
येन त्वयात्तदौःशील्या तद्विनीता भवेदियम् ॥
asyās tvayādya brāhmaṇyā dauḥśīlyam upabhujyatām |
yena tvayātta-dauḥśīlyā tad-vinītā bhaved iyam ||
“Hôm nay, hãy tiêu trừ (nuốt bỏ) hạnh xấu của người phụ nữ Bà-la-môn này—để khi hạnh xấu ấy được ngươi lấy đi, nàng trở nên có kỷ luật và được rèn luyện thuần thục.”
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FAQs
The verse presents a problematic but clear ethic: character faults, not the person, are targeted for removal. Yet it also warns how ‘correction’ can be outsourced to violent means, raising questions about dharmic methods.
Didactic upākhyāna used to explore dharma in domestic life; not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
‘Consuming dauḥśīlya’ can symbolize the extraction of tamasic/rajasic tendencies by confronting them. The rākṣasa represents a fierce force that can ‘eat’ impurities—but such force must be governed by discernment.