Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 103
MkP 103.1
भानुतनुलेखनवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच अथ तस्मै ददौ कन्यां संज्ञां नाम विवस्वते । प्रसाद्य प्रणतो भूत्वा विश्वकर्मा प्रजापतिः
bhānutanulekhanavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca atha tasmai dadau kanyāṃ saṃjñāṃ nāma vivasvate | prasādya praṇato bhūtvā viśvakarmā prajāpatiḥ
The Description of the Writing Down of the Sun's Offspring. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then Viśvakarman, the lord of creatures, having propitiated him and bowed low, gave his daughter named Saṃjñā to that Vivasvat.
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MkP 103.2
वैवस्वतस्तु सम्भूतो मनुस्तस्यां विवस्वतः । पूर्वमेव तथाख्यातं तत्स्वरूपं विशेषतः
vaivasvatastu sambhūto manustasyāṃ vivasvataḥ | pūrvameva tathākhyātaṃ tatsvarūpaṃ viśeṣataḥ
And Manu Vaivasvata was born of her from Vivasvat; that has already been told before, and his nature in particular.
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MkP 103.3
क्रौष्टुकिरुवाच (भूयस्तच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि मार्त्तण्डस्य महात्मनः । चरितं हन्ति यत्पापं कलौ संशृण्वतां नृणाम् ।।) मार्कण्डेय उवाच त्रीण्यपत्यान्यसौ तस्यां जनयामास गोपतिः । द्वौ पुत्रौ सुमहाभागो कन्यां च यमुनां मुने
krauṣṭukiruvāca (bhūyastacchrotumicchāmi mārttaṇḍasya mahātmanaḥ | caritaṃ hanti yatpāpaṃ kalau saṃśṛṇvatāṃ nṛṇām ||) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca trīṇyapatyānyasau tasyāṃ janayāmāsa gopatiḥ | dvau putrau sumahābhāgo kanyāṃ ca yamunāṃ mune
Krauṣṭuki said: I wish to hear further the deeds of the great-souled Mārtaṇḍa, which destroy the sin of men who listen to them in the Kali age. Mārkaṇḍeya said: That lord of rays, greatly blessed, begot three children in her, O sage: two sons and a daughter, Yamunā.
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MkP 103.4
मनुर्वैवस्वतो ज्येष्ठः श्राद्धदेवः प्रजापतिः । ततो यमो यमी चैव यमलौ सम्बभूवतुः
manurvaivasvato jyeṣṭhaḥ śrāddhadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ | tato yamo yamī caiva yamalau sambabhūvatuḥ
Manu Vaivasvata was the eldest, Śrāddhadeva, a lord of creatures; then Yama and Yamī were born, the two twins.
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MkP 103.5
यत्तेजोऽभ्यधिकं तस्य मार्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः । तेनातितापयामास त्रींल्लोकान्सचराचरान्
yattejo'bhyadhikaṃ tasya mārtaṇḍasya vivasvataḥ | tenātitāpayāmāsa trīṃllokānsacarācarān
That excessive fiery splendour which belonged to Mārtaṇḍa Vivasvat—with it he scorched the three worlds with all that moves and does not move.
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MkP 103.6
गोलाकारं तु तद्दृष्ट्वा संज्ञारूपं विवस्वतः । असहन्ती महत्तेजः स्वां छायां प्रेक्ष्य साऽब्रवीत्
golākāraṃ tu taddṛṣṭvā saṃjñārūpaṃ vivasvataḥ | asahantī mahattejaḥ svāṃ chāyāṃ prekṣya sā'bravīt
But seeing that globe-shaped form of Vivasvat, Saṃjñā, unable to bear the great heat, looked at her own shadow and said:
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MkP 103.7
संज्ञोवाच अहं यास्यामि भद्रं ते स्वमेव भवनं पितुः । निर्विकारं त्वयाप्यत्र स्थेयं मच्छासनाच्छुभे
saṃjñovāca ahaṃ yāsyāmi bhadraṃ te svameva bhavanaṃ pituḥ | nirvikāraṃ tvayāpyatra stheyaṃ macchāsanācchubhe
Saṃjñā said: I shall go—may it be well with you—to my own father's house; and you must stay here without any change, by my instruction, O fair one.
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MkP 103.8
इमौ च बालकौ मह्यं कन्या च वरवर्णिनी । सम्भाव्यौ नैव चाख्येयमिदं भगवते त्वया
imau ca bālakau mahyaṃ kanyā ca varavarṇinī | sambhāvyau naiva cākhyeyamidaṃ bhagavate tvayā
And these two boys and the girl of lovely colour, mine, are to be cared for (by you), and this must not be told by you to the Lord.
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MkP 103.9
छायोवाच आकेशग्रहणाद्देवि आशपन्नैव कर्हिचित् । आख्यास्यामि मतं तुभ्यं गम्यतां यत्र वाञ्छितम्
chāyovāca ākeśagrahaṇāddevi āśapannaiva karhicit | ākhyāsyāmi mataṃ tubhyaṃ gamyatāṃ yatra vāñchitam
Chāyā said: Until I am seized by the hair, O goddess, even if cursed I shall never at any time tell it; I assent to your intention. Let (you) go where you wish.
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MkP 103.11
भर्तुः समीपं याहीति पित्रोक्ता सा पुनः पुनः । अगच्छद्वडवा भूत्वा कुरून्विप्रोत्तरांस्ततः
bhartuḥ samīpaṃ yāhīti pitroktā sā punaḥ punaḥ | agacchadvaḍavā bhūtvā kurūnviprottarāṃstataḥ
Told again and again by her father, "Go to your husband's presence," she became a mare and went thence to the Northern Kurus, O brahmin.
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MkP 103.12
तत्र तेपे तपः साध्वी निराहारा महामुने । पितुः समीपं यातायाः संज्ञाया वाक्यतत्परा
tatra tepe tapaḥ sādhvī nirāhārā mahāmune | pituḥ samīpaṃ yātāyāḥ saṃjñāyā vākyatatparā
There the virtuous woman practised austerity without food, O great sage—Saṃjñā, who had gone to her father's presence, intent upon (his) words.
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MkP 103.13
तद्रूपधारिणी छाया भास्करं समुपस्थिता । तस्यां च भगवान्सूर्यः संज्ञेयमिति चिन्तयन्
tadrūpadhāriṇī chāyā bhāskaraṃ samupasthitā | tasyāṃ ca bhagavānsūryaḥ saṃjñeyamiti cintayan
Chāyā, bearing her form, presented herself before the maker of light; and the lord Sūrya, thinking of her, "This is Saṃjñā,"
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MkP 103.14
तथैव जनयामास द्वौ सुतौ कन्यकां तथा । पूर्वजस्य मनोस्तुल्यः सावर्णिस्तेन सोऽभवत्
tathaiva janayāmāsa dvau sutau kanyakāṃ tathā | pūrvajasya manostulyaḥ sāvarṇistena so'bhavat
In the same way she gave birth to two sons and a daughter as well; being equal to the earlier Manu, he became Sāvarṇi thereby.
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MkP 103.15
यस्तयोः प्रथमं जातः पुत्रयोर्द्विजसत्तम । द्वितीयो योऽभवच्चान्यः स ग्रहोऽभूच्छनैश्चरः
yastayoḥ prathamaṃ jātaḥ putrayordvijasattama | dvitīyo yo'bhavaccānyaḥ sa graho'bhūcchanaiścaraḥ
Of those two sons, the one who was born first, O best of the twice-born—and the other, who was the second, became the planet Śanaiścara (Saturn).
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MkP 103.16
कन्याभूत्तपती या तां वव्रे संवरणो नृपः । संज्ञा तु पार्थिवी तेषामात्मजानां यथाऽकरोत्
kanyābhūttapatī yā tāṃ vavre saṃvaraṇo nṛpaḥ | saṃjñā tu pārthivī teṣāmātmajānāṃ yathā'karot
The girl who was born was Tapatī; king Saṃvaraṇa chose her (in marriage). But Saṃjñā, the earthly one, did not act toward those children as (she had before).
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MkP 103.17
स्नेहान्न पूर्वजातानां तथा कृतवती सती । मनुस्तत्क्षान्तवांस्तस्या यमश्चास्या न चक्षमे
snehānna pūrvajātānāṃ tathā kṛtavatī satī | manustatkṣāntavāṃstasyā yamaścāsyā na cakṣame
Out of affection (for her own children) that good lady did not act likewise toward those born earlier. Manu bore this from her, but Yama did not put up with it from her.
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MkP 103.18
बहुशो याच्यमानस्तु पितुः पत्न्या सुदुःखितः । स वै कोपाच्च बाल्याच्च भाविनोऽर्थस्य वै बलात्
bahuśo yācyamānastu pituḥ patnyā suduḥkhitaḥ | sa vai kopācca bālyācca bhāvino'rthasya vai balāt
But being repeatedly implored, and made very miserable, by his father's wife—he, out of anger and out of childishness, and indeed by the force of what was destined to happen—
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MkP 103.19
पदा सन्तर्जयामास छायासंज्ञां यमो मुने । ततः शशाप च यमं संज्ञा सामर्षिणी भृशम्
padā santarjayāmāsa chāyāsaṃjñāṃ yamo mune | tataḥ śaśāpa ca yamaṃ saṃjñā sāmarṣiṇī bhṛśam
—Yama threatened Chāyā-Saṃjñā with his foot, O sage. Thereupon Saṃjñā, exceedingly furious, cursed Yama.
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MkP 103.21
यमस्तु तेन शापेन भृशं पीडितमानसः । मनुना सह धर्मात्मा सर्वं पित्रे न्यवेदयत्
yamastu tena śāpena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasaḥ | manunā saha dharmātmā sarvaṃ pitre nyavedayat
But Yama, his mind severely afflicted by that curse, righteous as he was, reported everything to his father together with Manu.
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MkP 103.22
यम उवाच स्नेहेन तुल्यमस्मासु माता देव न वर्तते । विसृज्य ज्यायसोऽप्यस्मान्कनीयांसौ बुभूर्षति
yama uvāca snehena tulyamasmāsu mātā deva na vartate | visṛjya jyāyaso'pyasmānkanīyāṃsau bubhūrṣati
Yama said: Mother does not behave with equal affection toward us, O god. Setting aside even us, the elder ones, she wishes to nourish the two younger ones.
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MkP 103.23
तस्यां मयोद्यतः पादो न तु देहे निपातितः । बाल्याद्वा यदि वा मोहात्तद्भवान्क्षन्तुमर्हति
tasyāṃ mayodyataḥ pādo na tu dehe nipātitaḥ | bālyādvā yadi vā mohāttadbhavānkṣantumarhati
My foot was raised against her, but it was not brought down on her body. Whether from childishness or from delusion, you ought to forgive that.
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MkP 103.24
शप्तोऽहं तात कोपेन जनन्या तनयो यतः । ततो न मन्ये जननीमिमां वै तपतां वर
śapto'haṃ tāta kopena jananyā tanayo yataḥ | tato na manye jananīmimāṃ vai tapatāṃ vara
I have been cursed, father, in anger by (my) mother, though I am her son; therefore I do not consider this one my mother, O best of the burning ones.
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MkP 103.25
विगुणेष्वपि पुत्रेषु न माता विगुणा पितः । पादस्ते पततां पुत्र कथमेतत्प्रवक्ष्यति
viguṇeṣvapi putreṣu na mātā viguṇā pitaḥ | pādaste patatāṃ putra kathametatpravakṣyati
Even when sons are at fault, a mother is not at fault, father. "Let your foot fall off, son"—how could she say this?
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MkP 103.26
तव प्रसादाच्चरणो न पतेद्भगवन्यथा । मातृशापादयं मेऽद्य तथा चिन्तय गोपते
tava prasādāccaraṇo na patedbhagavanyathā | mātṛśāpādayaṃ me'dya tathā cintaya gopate
O lord, so that by your grace my foot may not fall off from the mother's curse today—consider (some means) for that, O lord of rays.
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MkP 103.27
रविरुवाच असंशयमिदं पुत्र भविष्यत्यत्र कारणम् । येन त्वामाविशत्क्रोधो धर्मज्ञं सत्यवादिनम्
raviruvāca asaṃśayamidaṃ putra bhaviṣyatyatra kāraṇam | yena tvāmāviśatkrodho dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam
The Sun said: Without doubt, son, there will be a cause in this, by which anger entered you, who know the law and speak the truth.
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MkP 103.28
सर्वेषामेव शापानां प्रतिघातो हि विद्यते । न तु मात्राभिशप्तानां क्वचिच्छापनिवर्तनम्
sarveṣāmeva śāpānāṃ pratighāto hi vidyate | na tu mātrābhiśaptānāṃ kvacicchāpanivartanam
For all curses whatsoever there is a counteraction; but for those cursed by a mother there is nowhere any turning back of the curse.
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MkP 103.29
न शक्यमेतन्मिथ्या तु कर्तुं मातुर्वचस्तव । किञ्चित्तव विधास्यामि पुत्रस्नेहादनुग्रहम्
na śakyametanmithyā tu kartuṃ māturvacastava | kiñcittava vidhāsyāmi putrasnehādanugraham
This word of your mother cannot be made false; (yet) out of affection for a son I shall grant you some favour.
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MkP 103.31
मार्कण्डेय उवाच आदित्यस्त्वब्रवीच्छायां किमर्थं तनयेषु वै । तुल्येष्वप्यधिकः स्नेह एकत्र क्रियते त्वया
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ādityastvabravīcchāyāṃ kimarthaṃ tanayeṣu vai | tulyeṣvapyadhikaḥ sneha ekatra kriyate tvayā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: But the Sun said to Chāyā: Why, when the children are equal, is greater affection shown by you to one alone?
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MkP 103.32
नूनं नैषां त्वं जननी संज्ञा कापि त्वमागता । विगुणेष्वप्यपत्येषु कथं माता शपेत्सुतम्
nūnaṃ naiṣāṃ tvaṃ jananī saṃjñā kāpi tvamāgatā | viguṇeṣvapyapatyeṣu kathaṃ mātā śapetsutam
Surely you are not the mother of these; you have come here as some (other woman), (not) Saṃjñā. For how would a mother curse her son, even when the children are at fault?
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MkP 103.33
मार्कण्डेय उवाच सा तत्परिहरन्ती च नाचचक्षे विवस्वतः । स चात्मानं समाधाय युक्तस्तत्त्वमपश्यत
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca sā tatpariharantī ca nācacakṣe vivasvataḥ | sa cātmānaṃ samādhāya yuktastattvamapaśyata
Mārkaṇḍeya said: And she, evading that, did not tell Vivasvat. And he, composing himself and concentrated (in yoga), saw the truth.
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MkP 103.34
तं शप्तुमुद्यतं दृष्ट्वा छायासंज्ञा दिवस्पतिम् । भयेन कंपिता ब्रह्मन्यथावृत्तं न्यवेदयत्
taṃ śaptumudyataṃ dṛṣṭvā chāyāsaṃjñā divaspatim | bhayena kaṃpitā brahmanyathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayat
Seeing the lord of heaven poised to curse her, Chāyā-Saṃjñā, trembling with fear, O brahman, reported what had happened.
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MkP 103.35
विवस्वांस्तु ततः क्रुद्धः श्रुत्वा श्वशुरमभ्यगात् । स चापि तं तथान्यामर्चयित्वा दिवाकरम् ।। निर्दग्धुकामं रोषेण सान्त्वयामास सुव्रतः
vivasvāṃstu tataḥ kruddhaḥ śrutvā śvaśuramabhyagāt | sa cāpi taṃ tathānyāmarcayitvā divākaram || nirdagdhukāmaṃ roṣeṇa sāntvayāmāsa suvrataḥ
Then Vivasvat, angry at having heard (this), went to his father-in-law; and he too, having honoured the day-maker, (though) the latter wished to burn (everything) in his fury, the man of firm vows soothed him.
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MkP 103.36
विश्वकर्मोवाच तवातितेजसा व्याप्तमिदं रूपं सुदुःसहम् । असहन्ती ततः संज्ञा वने चरति वै तपः
viśvakarmovāca tavātitejasā vyāptamidaṃ rūpaṃ suduḥsaham | asahantī tataḥ saṃjñā vane carati vai tapaḥ
Viśvakarman said: This form of yours, pervaded by excessive brilliance, is very hard to bear. Unable to bear it, Saṃjñā therefore wanders in the forest practising austerity.
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MkP 103.37
द्रक्ष्यते तां भवानद्य स्वभार्यां शुभचारिणीम् । रूपार्थं भवतोऽरण्ये चरन्तीं समुहत्तपः
drakṣyate tāṃ bhavānadya svabhāryāṃ śubhacāriṇīm | rūpārthaṃ bhavato'raṇye carantīṃ samuhattapaḥ
You shall see her today, your own wife of good conduct, practising severe austerity in the forest for the sake of (changing) your form.
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MkP 103.38
स्मृतं मे ब्रह्मणो वाक्यं यदि ते देव रोचते । रूपं निवर्तयाम्येतत्तव कान्तं दिवस्पते
smṛtaṃ me brahmaṇo vākyaṃ yadi te deva rocate | rūpaṃ nivartayāmyetattava kāntaṃ divaspate
I have remembered Brahmā's words: if it pleases you, O god, I shall reduce this form of yours (and make it) lovely, O lord of heaven.
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MkP 103.39
मार्कण्डेय उवाच यतो हि भास्वतो रूपं प्रागासीत्परिमण्डलम् । ततस्तथेति तं प्राह त्वष्टारं भगवान्रविः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca yato hi bhāsvato rūpaṃ prāgāsītparimaṇḍalam | tatastatheti taṃ prāha tvaṣṭāraṃ bhagavānraviḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Since the shining one's form had formerly been perfectly round, the lord Sun said to that Tvaṣṭṛ, "So be it."
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MkP 103.41
भ्रमताऽशेषजगतां नाभिभूतेन भास्वता । समुद्राद्रिवनोपेता सा रुरोह मही नभः
bhramatā'śeṣajagatāṃ nābhibhūtena bhāsvatā | samudrādrivanopetā sā ruroha mahī nabhaḥ
As the shining one, the navel of all the worlds, revolved, that earth, with its oceans, mountains and forests, rose up into the sky.
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MkP 103.42
गगनं चाखिलं ब्रह्मन्सचन्द्रग्रहतारकम् । अधोगतं महाभाग बभूवाक्षिक्षमाकुलम्
gaganaṃ cākhilaṃ brahmansacandragrahatārakam | adhogataṃ mahābhāga babhūvākṣikṣamākulam
And the whole sky, O brahman, with its moon, planets and stars, went downward, O greatly fortunate one, and became confused (?) before the eyes.
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MkP 103.43
विक्षिप्तसलिलाः सर्वे बभूवुश्च तथाब्धितः । व्यभिद्यन्त महाशैलाः शीर्णसानुनिबन्धनाः
vikṣiptasalilāḥ sarve babhūvuśca tathābdhitaḥ | vyabhidyanta mahāśailāḥ śīrṇasānunibandhanāḥ
And all (the waters) had their waters flung about from the ocean likewise; the great mountains were split apart, the bonds of their peaks being shattered.
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MkP 103.44
ध्रुवाधाराण्यशेषाणि धिष्ण्यानि मुनिसत्तम । त्रुट्यद्रश्मिनिबन्धानि ह्यधो जग्मुः सहस्रशः
dhruvādhārāṇyaśeṣāṇi dhiṣṇyāni munisattama | truṭyadraśminibandhāni hyadho jagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ
All the stellar mansions supported on Dhruva, O best of sages, their bonds of rays snapping, went downward by the thousands.
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MkP 103.45
वेगभ्रमणसंजात वायुक्षिप्ताः समन्ततः । व्यशीर्यन्त महामेघा घोररावविराविणः
vegabhramaṇasaṃjāta vāyukṣiptāḥ samantataḥ | vyaśīryanta mahāmeghā ghorarāvavirāviṇaḥ
Flung about on every side by the winds produced by the swift whirling, the great clouds, roaring with terrible noise, were scattered apart.
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MkP 103.46
भास्वद्भ्रमणविभ्रान्तं भूम्याकाशरसातलम् । जगादाकुलमत्यर्थं तदासीन्मुनिसत्तम
bhāsvadbhramaṇavibhrāntaṃ bhūmyākāśarasātalam | jagādākulamatyarthaṃ tadāsīnmunisattama
Earth, sky and the nether world, whirled about by the Sun's revolving—the world was then exceedingly agitated, O best of sages.
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MkP 103.47
त्रैलोक्ये सकले विप्र भ्रममाणे सुरर्षयः । देवाश्च ब्रह्मणा सार्द्धं भास्वन्तमभितुष्टुवुः
trailokye sakale vipra bhramamāṇe surarṣayaḥ | devāśca brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ bhāsvantamabhituṣṭuvuḥ
When the whole triple world was spinning, O brahman, the divine seers and the gods, together with Brahmā, praised the shining one.
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MkP 103.48
आदिदेवोऽसि देवानां ज्ञातमेतत्स्वरूपतः । स्वर्गस्थित्यन्तकालेषु त्रिधा भेदेन तिष्ठसि
ādidevo'si devānāṃ jñātametatsvarūpataḥ | svargasthityantakāleṣu tridhā bhedena tiṣṭhasi
You are the first god of the gods; this is known in its true nature: at the times of creation, preservation and end you abide in a threefold division.
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MkP 103.49
स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु जगन्नाथ धर्मवर्षाहिमाकर । जुषस्व शान्तिं लोकानां देवदेव दिवाकर
svasti te'stu jagannātha dharmavarṣāhimākara | juṣasva śāntiṃ lokānāṃ devadeva divākara
May there be well-being for you, lord of the world, rainer of dharma, maker of frost (and heat); grant peace to the worlds, O god of gods, O maker of day.
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MkP 103.51
ऋषयश्च ततः सप्त वसिष्ठात्रिपुरोगमाः । तुष्टुवुर्विविधैः स्तोत्रैः स्वस्ति स्वस्तीति वादिनः
ṛṣayaśca tataḥ sapta vasiṣṭhātripurogamāḥ | tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stotraiḥ svasti svastīti vādinaḥ
Then the seven seers, led by Vasiṣṭha and Atri, praised (him) with various hymns, saying "Hail! Hail!"
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MkP 103.52
वेदोक्ताभिरथाग्र्याभिर्वालखिल्याश्च तुष्टुवुः । भास्वन्तमृग्भिराद्याभिर्लिख्यमानं मुदायुताः
vedoktābhirathāgryābhirvālakhilyāśca tuṣṭuvuḥ | bhāsvantamṛgbhirādyābhirlikhyamānaṃ mudāyutāḥ
And the Vālakhilyas, filled with joy, praised the shining one, who was being (thus) described, with foremost primeval Ṛg verses spoken in the Veda.
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MkP 103.53
त्वं नाथ मोक्षिणां मोक्षो ध्येयस्त्वं ध्यानिनां परः । त्वं गतिः सर्वभूतानां कर्मकाण्डेऽपि वर्तताम्
tvaṃ nātha mokṣiṇāṃ mokṣo dhyeyastvaṃ dhyānināṃ paraḥ | tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ karmakāṇḍe'pi vartatām
You, lord, are liberation for those seeking release; you are the supreme object of meditation for meditators; you are the goal of all beings, even of those engaged in the section of ritual works.
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MkP 103.54
शं प्रजाभ्योऽस्तु देवेश शन्नोऽस्तु जगतांपते । शन्नोऽस्तु द्विपदे नित्यं शन्नश्चास्तु चतुष्पदे
śaṃ prajābhyo'stu deveśa śanno'stu jagatāṃpate | śanno'stu dvipade nityaṃ śannaścāstu catuṣpade
Let there be peace for creatures, lord of gods; let there be peace for us, lord of the worlds; let there be peace always for the two-footed, and let there be peace for us for the four-footed.
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MkP 103.55
ततो विद्याधरगणा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः । कृताञ्जलिपुटाः सर्वे शिरोभिः प्रणता रविम्
tato vidyādharagaṇā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ | kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ sarve śirobhiḥ praṇatā ravim
Then the hosts of Vidyādharas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and serpents, all with hands folded in salutation, bowed with their heads to the Sun.
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MkP 103.56
ऊचुरेवंविधा वाचो मनः श्रोत्रसुखावहः । सह्यं भवतु ते तेजो भूतानां भूतभावन
ūcurevaṃvidhā vāco manaḥ śrotrasukhāvahaḥ | sahyaṃ bhavatu te tejo bhūtānāṃ bhūtabhāvana
They spoke words of this kind, bringing pleasure to mind and ear: "May your brilliance be bearable to beings, O creator of beings."
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MkP 103.57
ततो हाहा हुहूश्चैव नारदस्तुम्बुरुस्तथा । उपगायितुमारब्धा गान्धर्वं कुशला रविम्
tato hāhā huhūścaiva nāradastumburustathā | upagāyitumārabdhā gāndharvaṃ kuśalā ravim
Then Hāhā and Huhū, and Nārada and Tumburu, skilled in the gandharva art, began to sing before the Sun.
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MkP 103.58
षड्जमध्यमगान्धारग्रामत्रयविशारदाः । मूर्च्छनाभिश्च तानैश्च सम्प्रयोगैः सुखप्रदम्
ṣaḍjamadhyamagāndhāragrāmatrayaviśāradāḥ | mūrcchanābhiśca tānaiśca samprayogaiḥ sukhapradam
(They were) expert in the three scales, ṣaḍja, madhyama and gāndhāra, (and made their song) delightful with modulations (mūrcchanās), with tānas, and with combinations (of these).
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MkP 103.59
विश्वाची च घृताची च उर्वश्यथ तिलोत्तमा । मेनका सहजन्या च रम्भा चाप्सरसां वरा
viśvācī ca ghṛtācī ca urvaśyatha tilottamā | menakā sahajanyā ca rambhā cāpsarasāṃ varā
And Viśvācī and Ghṛtācī, Urvaśī, then Tilottamā, Menakā and Sahajanyā, and Rambhā, the best of the apsarases (danced/sang).
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MkP 103.61
प्रावाद्यन्त ततस्तत्र वेणुवीणादिझर्झराः । पणवाः पुष्कराश्चैव मृदङ्गा पटहानकाः
prāvādyanta tatastatra veṇuvīṇādijharjharāḥ | paṇavāḥ puṣkarāścaiva mṛdaṅgā paṭahānakāḥ
Then there sounded forth in that place flutes, vīṇās and the like, jharjhara drums, paṇavas and puṣkaras, mṛdaṅgas, paṭahas and ānakas.
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MkP 103.62
देवदुन्दुभयः शङ्खाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । गायद्भिश्चैव गान्धर्वं नृत्यद्भिश्चाप्सरोगणैः
devadundubhayaḥ śaṅkhāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | gāyadbhiścaiva gāndharvaṃ nṛtyadbhiścāpsarogaṇaiḥ
Divine kettledrums and conches by the hundreds and by the thousands, along with those singing gandharva-song and with the troops of apsarases dancing —
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MkP 103.63
तूर्यवादित्रघोषैश्च सर्वं कोलाहलीकृतम् । ततः कृताञ्जलिपुटा भक्तिनम्रात्ममूर्तयः
tūryavāditraghoṣaiśca sarvaṃ kolāhalīkṛtam | tataḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭā bhaktinamrātmamūrtayaḥ
— everything was made a tumult by the sounds of the musical instruments and drums. Then, with palms joined in añjali, their bodies bowed with devotion,
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MkP 103.64
लिख्यमानं सहस्रांशुं प्रणेमुः सर्वदेवताः । ततः कोलाहले तस्मिन्सर्वदेवसमागमे ।। तेजसः शातनं चक्रे विश्वकर्मा शनैः शनैः
likhyamānaṃ sahasrāṃśuṃ praṇemuḥ sarvadevatāḥ | tataḥ kolāhale tasminsarvadevasamāgame || tejasaḥ śātanaṃ cakre viśvakarmā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
all the gods bowed to the thousand-rayed one as he was being pared down. Then, amid that clamour, in that assembly of all the gods, Viśvakarman effected the paring away of (his) radiance, little by little.
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MkP 103.65
इति हिमजलघर्मकालहेतोर्हरकमलासनविष्णुसंस्तुतस्य । तनुपरिलिखनं निशम्य भानोर्व्रजति दिवाकरलोकमायुषोऽन्ते
iti himajalagharmakālahetorharakamalāsanaviṣṇusaṃstutasya | tanuparilikhanaṃ niśamya bhānorvrajati divākaralokamāyuṣo'nte
Thus, whoever hears of the paring down of the body of the Sun — the cause of cold, water and the hot season, praised by Hara, the lotus-seated one (Brahmā) and Viṣṇu — goes at the end of his lifespan to the world of the maker of day.
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MkP 103.103
इत्युक्ता छायया संज्ञा जगाम पितृमन्दिरम् । तत्रावसत्पितुर्गेहे कञ्चित्कालं शुभेक्षणा छायोवाच पदा तर्जयसे यस्मात्पितृभार्यां गरीयसीम् । तस्मात्तवैव चरणः पतिष्यति न संशय कृमयो मांसमादाय प्रयास्यन्ति महीतलम् । कृतं तस्या वचः सत्यं त्वं च त्रातो भविष्यसि विश्वकर्मा त्वनुज्ञातः शाकद्वीपे विवस्वतः । भ्रमिमारोप्य तत्तेजः शातनायोपचक्रमे इन्द्रश्चागत्य तं देवं लिख्यमानं यथाऽस्तुवत् । जयदेव जगद्वयापिञ्जयाशेषजगत्पते ननृतुर्जगतामीशे लिख्यमाने विभावसौ । ज्ञानभावविलासाढ्यात्कुर्वन्तोऽभिनयान्बहून् इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे भानुतनुलेखने त्र्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
ityuktā chāyayā saṃjñā jagāma pitṛmandiram | tatrāvasatpiturgehe kañcitkālaṃ śubhekṣaṇā chāyovāca padā tarjayase yasmātpitṛbhāryāṃ garīyasīm | tasmāttavaiva caraṇaḥ patiṣyati na saṃśaya kṛmayo māṃsamādāya prayāsyanti mahītalam | kṛtaṃ tasyā vacaḥ satyaṃ tvaṃ ca trāto bhaviṣyasi viśvakarmā tvanujñātaḥ śākadvīpe vivasvataḥ | bhramimāropya tattejaḥ śātanāyopacakrame indraścāgatya taṃ devaṃ likhyamānaṃ yathā'stuvat | jayadeva jagadvayāpiñjayāśeṣajagatpate nanṛturjagatāmīśe likhyamāne vibhāvasau | jñānabhāvavilāsāḍhyātkurvanto'bhinayānbahūn iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe bhānutanulekhane tryadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Addressed thus by Chāyā, Saṃjñā went to her father's house; there in her father's home the fair-eyed one dwelt for some time. Chāyā said: "Since you threaten with your foot your father's wife, who is worthy of greater respect, therefore that very foot of yours shall fall off, no doubt; worms, taking the flesh, will go off over the surface of the earth." Her word was made true, and you (too) shall be rescued. Then Viśvakarman, permitted (to do so), on Śākadvīpa mounted the radiance of Vivasvat upon a lathe and set about paring it away. And Indra came and praised that god as he was being pared: "Victory to you, O god, pervader of the world! Victory, lord of the entire world!" And while the lord of the worlds, the radiant one, was being pared, they danced, performing many gestures rich in the play of knowledge and feeling. Thus (ends) the one hundred and third chapter, on the paring of the Sun's body, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
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