Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 102
MkP 102.1
मार्तण्डोत्पत्तिवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः स्वतेजसस्तस्मादाविर्भूतो विभावसुः । अदृश्यत तदादित्यस्तप्तताम्रोपमप्रभः
mārtaṇḍotpattivarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ svatejasastasmādāvirbhūto vibhāvasuḥ | adṛśyata tadādityastaptatāmropamaprabhaḥ
Description of the birth of Mārtaṇḍa. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then out of that radiance of hers the Radiant One came forth; then that Āditya was seen, with a splendour like heated copper.
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MkP 102.2
अथ तां प्रणतां देवीं तस्य संदर्शनान्मुने । प्राह भास्वन्वृणुष्वेष्टवरं मत्तो यमिच्छसि
atha tāṃ praṇatāṃ devīṃ tasya saṃdarśanānmune | prāha bhāsvanvṛṇuṣveṣṭavaraṃ matto yamicchasi
Then, O sage, to that goddess bowing down at the sight of him, the Shining One said: "Choose from me the boon you desire, whichever you wish."
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MkP 102.3
प्रणता शिरसा सा च जानुपीडितमेदिनी । प्रत्युवाच विवस्वन्तं वरदं समुपस्थितम्
praṇatā śirasā sā ca jānupīḍitamedinī | pratyuvāca vivasvantaṃ varadaṃ samupasthitam
And she, bowed down with her head, pressing the earth with her knees, replied to Vivasvat, the boon-giver, who stood before her:
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MkP 102.4
देव प्रसीद पुत्राणां हृतं त्रिभुवनं मम । यज्ञभागाश्च दैत्यैश्च दानवैश्च बलाधिकैः
deva prasīda putrāṇāṃ hṛtaṃ tribhuvanaṃ mama | yajñabhāgāśca daityaiśca dānavaiśca balādhikaiḥ
"O god, be gracious. The three worlds have been taken from my sons, and their shares in the sacrifice too, by the Daityas and the Dānavas of superior strength.
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MkP 102.5
तन्निमित्तं प्रसादं त्वं कुरुष्व मम गोपते । अंशेन तेषां भ्रातृत्वं गत्वा नाशय तद्रिपून्
tannimittaṃ prasādaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣva mama gopate | aṃśena teṣāṃ bhrātṛtvaṃ gatvā nāśaya tadripūn
For that reason show me your favour, O lord of cattle: with a portion (of yourself) become the brother of those (sons of mine), and destroy their enemies.
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MkP 102.6
यथा मे तनया भूयो यज्ञभागभुजः प्रभो । भवेयुरधिपाश्चैव त्रैलोक्यस्य दिवाकर
yathā me tanayā bhūyo yajñabhāgabhujaḥ prabho | bhaveyuradhipāścaiva trailokyasya divākara
So that my sons, O lord, may again enjoy their shares of the sacrifice and may be the rulers of the three worlds, O maker of the day —
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MkP 102.7
तथानुकम्पां पुत्राणां सुप्रसन्नो रवे मम । कुरु प्रपन्नार्तिहर स्थितिकर्त्ता त्वमुच्यसे
tathānukampāṃ putrāṇāṃ suprasanno rave mama | kuru prapannārtihara sthitikarttā tvamucyase
so, O Sun, being well pleased, show compassion to my sons; act, O remover of the distress of those who take refuge: you are called the one who maintains the established order.
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MkP 102.8
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततस्तामाह भगवान्भास्करो वारितस्करः । प्रणतामदितिं विप्र प्रसादसुमुखो विभुः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tatastāmāha bhagavānbhāskaro vāritaskaraḥ | praṇatāmaditiṃ vipra prasādasumukho vibhuḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O brahmin, the lord Bhāskara, the taker-up of water, his face gracious with favour, said to her, to the bowed-down Aditi:
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MkP 102.9
सहस्रांशेन ते गर्भे सम्भूयाहमशेषतः । त्वत्पुत्रशत्रूनदिते नाशयाम्याशु निर्वृतः
sahasrāṃśena te garbhe sambhūyāhamaśeṣataḥ | tvatputraśatrūnadite nāśayāmyāśu nirvṛtaḥ
"With a thousandth part (of myself) I shall come to be wholly in your womb, and, contented, I shall swiftly destroy the enemies of your sons, O Aditi."
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MkP 102.11
ततो रश्मिसहस्रात्तु सौषुम्नाख्यो रवेः करः । विप्रावतारं संचक्रे देवमातुरथोदरे
tato raśmisahasrāttu sauṣumnākhyo raveḥ karaḥ | viprāvatāraṃ saṃcakre devamāturathodare
Then, out of the thousand rays of the sun, the ray named Sauṣumna made its descent into the belly of the mother of the gods, O brahmin.
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MkP 102.12
कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादीनि सा च चक्रे समाहिता । शुचिः संधारयामास दिव्यं गर्भमिति द्विज
kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādīni sā ca cakre samāhitā | śuciḥ saṃdhārayāmāsa divyaṃ garbhamiti dvija
And she, with concentrated mind, performed the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa observances and the rest; pure, she bore that divine embryo, O twice-born one.
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MkP 102.13
ततस्तां कश्यपः प्राह किञ्चित्कोपप्लुताक्षरम् । किं मारयसि गर्भाण्डमिति नित्योपवासिनी
tatastāṃ kaśyapaḥ prāha kiñcitkopaplutākṣaram | kiṃ mārayasi garbhāṇḍamiti nityopavāsinī
Then Kaśyapa said to her, his words somewhat flooded with anger: "Why do you kill the egg of the womb, you who are always fasting?"
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MkP 102.14
सा च तं प्राह गर्भाण्डमेतत्पश्येति कोपना । न मारितं विपक्षाणां मृत्यवे तद्भविष्यति
sā ca taṃ prāha garbhāṇḍametatpaśyeti kopanā | na māritaṃ vipakṣāṇāṃ mṛtyave tadbhaviṣyati
And she, grown angry, said to him: "Look at this egg of the womb — it is not killed; it will be for the death of your adversaries."
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MkP 102.15
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्त्वा तं तदा गर्भमुत्ससर्ज्ज सुरारणिः । जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभिः पत्युर्वचनकोपिता
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityuktvā taṃ tadā garbhamutsasarjja surāraṇiḥ | jājvalyamānaṃ tejobhiḥ patyurvacanakopitā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this, she, the kindling-wood of the gods, angered by her husband's words, then cast out that embryo, blazing forth with its fiery energies.
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MkP 102.16
तं दृष्ट्वा कश्यपो गर्भमुद्यद्भास्करवर्च्चसम् । तुष्टाव प्रणतो भूत्वा ऋग्भिराद्याभिरादरात्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā kaśyapo garbhamudyadbhāskaravarccasam | tuṣṭāva praṇato bhūtvā ṛgbhirādyābhirādarāt
Seeing that embryo, radiant as the rising sun, Kaśyapa bowed down and praised it reverently with the first ṛc verses.
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MkP 102.17
संस्तूयमानः स तदा गर्भाण्डात्प्रकटोऽभवत् । पद्मपत्रसवर्णाभस्तेजसा व्याप्तदिङ्मुखः
saṃstūyamānaḥ sa tadā garbhāṇḍātprakaṭo'bhavat | padmapatrasavarṇābhastejasā vyāptadiṅmukhaḥ
Being thus praised, he then became manifest out of the egg of the womb, coloured like a lotus petal, filling the quarters of the sky with his radiance.
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MkP 102.18
अथान्तरिक्षादाभाष्य कश्यपं मुनिसत्तमम् । सतोयमेघगम्भीरवागुवाचाशरीरिणी
athāntarikṣādābhāṣya kaśyapaṃ munisattamam | satoyameghagambhīravāguvācāśarīriṇī
Then a bodiless voice, addressing Kaśyapa, best of sages, from the sky, spoke with a voice deep as a rain-laden cloud:
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MkP 102.19
मारितं ते यतः प्रोक्तमेतदण्डं त्वया मुने । तस्मान्मुने सुतस्तेऽयं मार्त्तण्डाख्यो भविष्यति
māritaṃ te yataḥ proktametadaṇḍaṃ tvayā mune | tasmānmune sutaste'yaṃ mārttaṇḍākhyo bhaviṣyati
"Since this egg was declared by you, O sage, to be 'killed' (mārita), therefore, O sage, this son of yours will bear the name Mārtaṇḍa."
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MkP 102.21
देवा निशम्येति वचो गगनात्समुपागमन् । प्रहर्षमतुलं याता दानवाश्च हतौजसः
devā niśamyeti vaco gaganātsamupāgaman | praharṣamatulaṃ yātā dānavāśca hataujasaḥ
Hearing these words, the gods came down from the sky, and they attained unequalled joy, while the dānavas' vigour was destroyed.
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MkP 102.22
ततो युद्धाय दैतेयानाजुहाव शतक्रतुः । सह देवैर्मुदा युक्तो दानवाश्च समभ्ययुः
tato yuddhāya daiteyānājuhāva śatakratuḥ | saha devairmudā yukto dānavāśca samabhyayuḥ
Then the Performer of a Hundred Rites (Indra) summoned the sons of Diti to battle, filled with joy together with the gods, and the dānavas came on against (them).
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MkP 102.23
तेषां युद्धमभूद्घोरं देवानामसुरैः सह । शस्त्रास्त्रदीप्तिसंदीप्तं समस्तभुवनान्तरम्
teṣāṃ yuddhamabhūdghoraṃ devānāmasuraiḥ saha | śastrāstradīptisaṃdīptaṃ samastabhuvanāntaram
There was a terrible battle of theirs, of the gods with the asuras, and the whole interior of the worlds was set ablaze with the flashing of weapons and missiles.
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MkP 102.24
तस्मिन्युद्धे भगवता मार्त्तण्डेन निरीक्षिताः । तेजसा दह्यमानास्ते भस्मीभूता महासुराः
tasminyuddhe bhagavatā mārttaṇḍena nirīkṣitāḥ | tejasā dahyamānāste bhasmībhūtā mahāsurāḥ
In that battle those great asuras, gazed upon by the lord Mārtaṇḍa, were burned up by his fiery energy and reduced to ashes.
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MkP 102.25
ततः प्रहर्षमतुलं प्राप्ताः सर्वे दिवौकसः । तुष्टुवुस्तेजसा योनिं मार्त्तण्डमदितिं तथा
tataḥ praharṣamatulaṃ prāptāḥ sarve divaukasaḥ | tuṣṭuvustejasā yoniṃ mārttaṇḍamaditiṃ tathā
Then all the dwellers in heaven attained unequalled joy, and they praised Mārtaṇḍa and likewise Aditi, the womb of that splendour.
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MkP 102.26
स्वाधिकारांस्तथा प्राप्ता यज्ञभागांश्च पूर्ववत् । भगवानपि मार्तण्डः स्वाधिकारमथाकरोत्
svādhikārāṃstathā prāptā yajñabhāgāṃśca pūrvavat | bhagavānapi mārtaṇḍaḥ svādhikāramathākarot
Thus they regained their own offices and their shares in the sacrifice as before; and the lord Mārtaṇḍa too then performed his own office.
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MkP 102.27
कदम्बपुष्पवद्भास्वानधश्चोर्ध्वं च रश्मिभिः । वृत्ताग्निपिण्डसदृशो दध्रे नातिस्फुरद्वपुः
kadambapuṣpavadbhāsvānadhaścordhvaṃ ca raśmibhiḥ | vṛttāgnipiṇḍasadṛśo dadhre nātisphuradvapuḥ
Shining like a kadamba flower with its rays below and above, resembling a round ball of fire, he took on a body that was not too dazzling.
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MkP 102.102
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्भास्वानन्तर्द्धानमुपागमत् । निवृत्ता सापि तपसः संतृप्ताखिलवाञ्छिता सूर्याधिकारं च विभुर्जगत्येष करिष्यति । हनिष्यत्यसुरांश्चायं यज्ञभागहरानरीन् इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे मार्तण्डोत्पत्तिर्नाम द्व्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
ityuktvā bhagavānbhāsvānantarddhānamupāgamat | nivṛttā sāpi tapasaḥ saṃtṛptākhilavāñchitā sūryādhikāraṃ ca vibhurjagatyeṣa kariṣyati | haniṣyatyasurāṃścāyaṃ yajñabhāgaharānarīn iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe mārtaṇḍotpattirnāma dvyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Having said this, the shining Lord vanished; and she too turned back from her austerity, wholly satisfied in all her wishes. "And this mighty one shall exercise the office of the sun in the world, and he shall slay the asuras, the foes who steal the sacrificial shares." Thus (ends) in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa the one hundred and second chapter, called "The Birth of Mārtaṇḍa."
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