Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 81, Shloka 25
Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account
किमेतन्नाभिजानामि जानन्नपि महामते ।
यत्प्रेमप्रवणं चित्तं विगुणेष्वपि बन्धुषु ॥
kim etan nābhijānāmi jānann api mahā-mate |
yat prema-pravaṇaṃ cittaṃ viguṇeṣv api bandhuṣu ||
“Ô bậc đại tâm, điều gì là điều tôi không thật hiểu, dẫu tôi biết nhiều—rằng tâm lại nghiêng về tình thương ngay cả đối với thân quyến thiếu đức hạnh?”
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FAQs
Discernment (jñāna) alone may not dissolve attachment; emotional conditioning and identity-based bonds can overpower rational evaluation. This motivates the need for a higher explanatory principle and a practical path.
Didactic frame; not directly sarga/pratisarga etc. It introduces the metaphysical explanation later given in the Devi Mahatmyam: the Goddess as the power of delusion and wisdom.
The ‘knowing yet not knowing’ signals two levels: intellectual knowledge vs realized knowledge. The binding affection indicates the subtle operation of Śakti as Mahāmāyā that sustains worldly identification.