Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 22, Shloka 43
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
संग्रामे युध्यमाना येऽभीता गोद्विजरक्षणे ।
क्षुण्णाः शस्त्रैर्विपद्यन्ते त एव भुवि मानवाः ॥
saṃgrāme yudhyamānā ye 'bhītā godvijarakṣaṇe | kṣuṇṇāḥ śastrair vipadyante ta eva bhuvi mānavāḥ ||
凡在战场上无所畏惧，为护持牛群与婆罗门而战，并且倒下——为兵刃所斩——唯有此等人，方是真正立于大地的男子。
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FAQs
Human dignity is tied to dharmic courage: risking one’s life to protect the vulnerable and uphold sacred social supports (cows and brāhmaṇas as symbols of sustenance and Vedic learning).
Ākhyāna with dharma-upadeśa; it functions as ethical instruction within a royal narrative rather than cosmological enumeration.
‘Go’ can signify prāṇa and nourishing virtue; ‘dvija’ can signify higher knowledge. The fearless warrior represents the disciplined will that protects life-force and insight against the ‘weapons’ of inner disorder.