Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 37
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
अहङ्कारगतश्चान्यस्तथान्यो बुद्धिसंस्थितः ।
विनाशाय नराः स्त्रीणां यतन्ते महोसंश्रिताः ॥
ahaṅkāragataś cānyas tathānyo buddhisaṃsthitaḥ | vināśāya narāḥ strīṇāṃ yatante mahosaṃśritāḥ ||
其中一者寄居于我执（ahaṅkāra），另一者安立于理智（buddhi）。因此，依凭大迷妄、强势的支配力（mahā-moha），人们奋力趋向于对妇女（及社会秩序）的毁坏。
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FAQs
When ego and intellect are captured by adharma, wrongdoing becomes ‘principled’ in one’s own eyes. The verse warns that such corruption can manifest as targeted harm—here framed as men harming women—signaling broader societal unraveling.
Didactic Sarga/Pratisarga: the ‘creation’ of destructive tendencies is mapped onto inner faculties (ahaṅkāra, buddhi), explaining how cosmic adharma becomes human misconduct.
Ahaṅkāra and buddhi are subtle instruments of bondage when misaligned; the teaching implies that purification of intellect (sattvic buddhi) and ego-transcendence are protections against the ‘alakṣmī’ principle.