Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 19, Shloka 22
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
अद्यप्रभृति यः शस्त्रं मामृतेऽन्यो ग्रहीष्यति ।
हन्तव्यः स मया दस्युः परिहंसारतोऽपि वा ॥
adyaprabhṛti yaḥ śastraṃ māmṛte 'nyo grahīṣyati / hantavyaḥ sa mayā dasyuḥ parihaṃsārato 'pi vā
“自今日起，凡除我之外而执持兵器者——无论是盗贼，抑或甚至是奉行不害而行脚修行者——皆须为我所诛。”
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FAQs
The verse asserts the king’s duty to monopolize coercive force to prevent private violence. Even socially ‘respectable’ identities are not shields if they violate public safety; dharma here is framed as protection through firm, impartial enforcement.
Vaṃśānucarita with Rajadharma instruction: the king’s policy becomes a didactic example embedded in dynastic narrative.
Weapons symbolize unregulated ego-force. ‘Except me’ can be read as the principle that only the rightful ‘sovereign’ (disciplined higher self / dharmic authority) should wield force; otherwise force becomes banditry, even if cloaked in piety.