Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 20, Shloka 25
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
तस्य मित्रगुणान् मित्राण्यमित्राश्च पराक्रमम् ।
कथयन्ति सदा सत्सु पुत्रवांस्तेन वै पिता ॥
tasya mitraguṇān mitrāṇy amitrāś ca parākramam | kathayanti sadā satsu putravāṃs tena vai pitā ||
他的朋友称道他待人友善的德行；甚至他的敌人也称述他的英勇，且常在善人之间如此言说。因此，拥有这样的儿子，父亲确实有福。
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FAQs
A complete character is acknowledged from both sides: affection recognizes kindness, opposition recognizes strength. When even adversaries cannot deny virtue, one’s standing becomes stable and widely credible.
Ethical instruction within narrative; not a cosmological/genealogical pañcalakṣaṇa segment.
Friends and enemies can symbolize inner tendencies: sattvic impulses affirm one’s gentleness, while resistant impulses confirm one’s resilience—together indicating integrated virtue.