Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 53
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
वरूथिन्युवाच मैवं ब्रूहि महाभाग ! मा भूtsa दिवसॊ मम । मां परित्यज्य यत्र त्वं निजगेहमुपैष्यसि ॥
varūthinī uvāca maivaṃ brūhi mahābhāga | mā bhūts(a) divaso mama | māṃ parityajya yatra tvaṃ nijageham upaiṣyasi ||
瓦鲁提尼说道：“吉祥者啊，切莫如此言说。愿那一日不要临到我——你舍我而去，回到你自己家宅的那一日。”
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FAQs
The verse dramatizes the pull of attachment that resists dharmic responsibility. It is not an abstract evil; it speaks in tender, personal language—making it harder to refuse.
Narrative ethics (upākhyāna) illustrating ācāra and the psychology of bondage; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Varūthinī’s ‘do not let that day come’ mirrors the mind’s resistance to renunciation: the ego fears the ‘day’ of separation from pleasure-identities.