Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 26, Shloka 38
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
यज्ञौरनेकैर्विबुधानजस्त्रमर्थैर्द्विजान् प्रीणय संश्रितांश्च ।
स्त्रियश्च कामैरतुलैश्चिराय युद्धैश्चारींस्तोṣयितासि वीर ॥
yajñair anekair vibudhān ajasram arthair dvijān prīṇaya saṃśritāṃś ca | striyaś ca kāmair atulaiś cirāya yuddhaiś cārīṃs toṣayitāsi vīra ||
以众多祭祀，恒常令诸神欢喜；以财物，使两次生者（婆罗门）及依赖于你者得以满足。以无比之乐，久长安慰你的诸妻；以战斗，勇士啊，使你的敌人得其所当（即在正当的交战中与之相遇）。
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FAQs
The verse sketches a balanced royal life: ritual support of cosmic order (yajña), economic redistribution (support of dvijas and dependents), legitimate household enjoyment, and disciplined kṣātra action against enemies—each in its proper sphere.
Ethical instruction attached to royal narrative; it functions as normative guidance for vaṃśānucarita (how rulers in a lineage ought to behave), rather than cosmogenesis or manvantara chronology.
The four ‘satisfactions’ map to harmonizing domains: divine (devas), social-intellectual (dvijas), domestic (wives/household), and adversarial (enemies). Integrated sovereignty is inner integration of these forces.