Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 106
MkP 106.1
भानुस्तववर्णनम् क्रौष्टुकिरुवाच भगवन्कथितः सम्यग्भानोः सन्ततिसम्भवः । माहात्म्यमादिदेवस्य स्वरूपं चातिविस्तरात्
bhānustavavarṇanam krauṣṭukiruvāca bhagavankathitaḥ samyagbhānoḥ santatisambhavaḥ | māhātmyamādidevasya svarūpaṃ cātivistarāt
The Description of the Hymn to the Sun. Krauṣṭuki said: Sir, the origin of the Sun's progeny has been fully told, and the greatness and the form of the primal god, at very great length.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.2
भूयोऽपि भास्वतः सम्यङ्माहात्म्यं मुनिसत्तम । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं तन्मे प्रसन्नो वक्तुमर्हसि
bhūyo'pi bhāsvataḥ samyaṅmāhātmyaṃ munisattama | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ tanme prasanno vaktumarhasi
Yet again, O best of sages, I wish to hear fully the greatness of the shining one; being gracious, you should tell it to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच श्रूयतामादिदेवस्य माहात्म्यं कथयामि ते । विवस्वतो यच्चकार पूर्वमाराधितो जनैः भविष्यति न सन्देहस्त्वयि नाथ वनाश्रमे । सा च धर्मोपघाताय यदि तत्प्रविमुच्यताम् वने वसन्महाराज त्वं करिष्यसि यत्तपः । तन्महीपालनस्यास्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca śrūyatāmādidevasya māhātmyaṃ kathayāmi te | vivasvato yaccakāra pūrvamārādhito janaiḥ bhaviṣyati na sandehastvayi nātha vanāśrame | sā ca dharmopaghātāya yadi tatpravimucyatām vane vasanmahārāja tvaṃ kariṣyasi yattapaḥ | tanmahīpālanasyāsya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Let it be heard — I shall tell you the greatness of the primal god, of Vivasvat, what he did formerly when propitiated by people. "It will come to pass, there is no doubt, in your case, lord, in a forest hermitage; and if that (leads) to the injury of dharma, let it be given up. Dwelling in the forest, great king, whatever austerity you will perform, that is not worth a sixteenth part of this protecting of the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 106.4
दमस्य पुत्रो विख्यातो राजाभूद्राज्यवर्धनः । स सम्यक्पालनं चक्रे पृथिव्या पृथिवीपतिः
damasya putro vikhyāto rājābhūdrājyavardhanaḥ | sa samyakpālanaṃ cakre pṛthivyā pṛthivīpatiḥ
The son of Dama was the renowned king Rājyavardhana; he, the lord of the earth, carried out the right protection of the earth.
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MkP 106.5
धर्मतः पाल्यमानं तु तेन राष्ट्रं महात्मना । ववृधेऽनुदिनं विप्र जनेन च धनेन च
dharmataḥ pālyamānaṃ tu tena rāṣṭraṃ mahātmanā | vavṛdhe'nudinaṃ vipra janena ca dhanena ca
And the realm, being guarded according to dharma by that great-souled one, grew day by day, O brahmin, both in people and in wealth.
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MkP 106.6
हृष्टपुष्टमतीवासीत्तस्मिन्राजन्यशेषतः । निर्भयः सकलश्चोर्व्यां पौरजानपदो जनः
hṛṣṭapuṣṭamatīvāsīttasminrājanyaśeṣataḥ | nirbhayaḥ sakalaścorvyāṃ paurajānapado janaḥ
Under that king everything without exception was exceedingly glad and thriving; all the people of the city and the countryside were free from fear upon the earth.
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MkP 106.7
नोपसर्गो न च व्याधिर्न च व्यालोद्भवं भयम् । न चावृष्टिभयं तत्र दमपुत्रे महीपतौ
nopasargo na ca vyādhirna ca vyālodbhavaṃ bhayam | na cāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ tatra damaputre mahīpatau
There was no calamity, nor disease, nor fear arising from beasts of prey, nor fear of drought, while the son of Dama was king.
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MkP 106.8
स ईजे च महायज्ञैर्ददौ दानानि चार्थिनाम् । सुधर्मस्याविरोधेन बुभुजे विषयानपि
sa īje ca mahāyajñairdadau dānāni cārthinām | sudharmasyāvirodhena bubhuje viṣayānapi
And he sacrificed with great sacrifices, and gave gifts to those who asked, and he also enjoyed the objects of sense without conflict with good dharma.
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MkP 106.9
तस्यैवं कुर्वतो राज्यं सम्यक्पालयतः प्रजाः । सप्त वर्षसहस्राणि जग्मुरेकमहर्यथा
tasyaivaṃ kurvato rājyaṃ samyakpālayataḥ prajāḥ | sapta varṣasahasrāṇi jagmurekamaharyathā
While he thus exercised kingship and rightly protected his subjects, seven thousand years passed as if a single day.
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MkP 106.11
कदाचित्तस्य सा सुभ्रुः शिरसोऽभ्यञ्जनादृता । पश्यतो राजलोकस्य मुमोचाश्रूणि मानिनी
kadācittasya sā subhruḥ śiraso'bhyañjanādṛtā | paśyato rājalokasya mumocāśrūṇi māninī
Once that fair-browed, proud woman of his, while being attended to with the anointing of her head, shed tears, with the king's court looking on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.12
तदश्रुबिन्दवो गात्रे यदा तस्य महीपतेः । तदा वीक्ष्याश्रुवदनां तामपृच्छत मानिनीम्
tadaśrubindavo gātre yadā tasya mahīpateḥ | tadā vīkṣyāśruvadanāṃ tāmapṛcchata māninīm
When those drops of tears (fell) on the body of that lord of the earth, then, seeing her with tear-stained face, he questioned the proud woman.
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MkP 106.13
निःशब्दमश्रुमोक्षेण रुदन्तीं तां विलोक्य वै । किमेतदिति पप्रच्छ मानिनीं राज्यवर्धनः
niḥśabdamaśrumokṣeṇa rudantīṃ tāṃ vilokya vai | kimetaditi papraccha māninīṃ rājyavardhanaḥ
Seeing her weeping soundlessly, by the shedding of tears, Rājyavardhana asked the proud woman, "What is this?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.14
पृष्टा सा तु ततस्तेन भर्त्रा प्राह मनस्विनी । न किञ्चिदिति तां भूयः पप्रच्छ स महीपतिः
pṛṣṭā sā tu tatastena bhartrā prāha manasvinī | na kiñciditi tāṃ bhūyaḥ papraccha sa mahīpatiḥ
Then, being asked by him, her husband, the spirited woman said, "It is nothing"; the lord of the earth asked her again.
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MkP 106.15
बहुशः पृच्छतस्तस्य भूभृतः सा सुमध्यमा । (न किञ्चिदिति होवाच सा भूयो राज्यवर्धनम् ।। किमेतदिति पप्रच्छ मानिनीं पार्थिवः पुनः । बहुशः प्रेरिता तेन सा भर्त्रा तत्र भामिनी ।।) दर्शयामास पलितं केशभारान्तरोद्भवम्
bahuśaḥ pṛcchatastasya bhūbhṛtaḥ sā sumadhyamā | (na kiñciditi hovāca sā bhūyo rājyavardhanam || kimetaditi papraccha māninīṃ pārthivaḥ punaḥ | bahuśaḥ preritā tena sā bhartrā tatra bhāminī ||) darśayāmāsa palitaṃ keśabhārāntarodbhavam
Though that king asked her many times, she of the slender waist ... showed (him) the grey hair that had come up within the mass of her hair.
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MkP 106.16
एतत्पश्येति भूपाल किमन्यन्मन्युकारणम् । ममातिमन्दभाग्याया जहासाथ नृपस्ततः
etatpaśyeti bhūpāla kimanyanmanyukāraṇam | mamātimandabhāgyāyā jahāsātha nṛpastataḥ
"Look at this, O king — what other cause of vexation could there be for me, whose fortune is so very poor?" Then the king laughed.
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MkP 106.17
स विहस्याह तां पत्नीं शृण्वतां सर्वभूभृताम् । पौराणां च महीपाला ये तत्रासन्समावृताः
sa vihasyāha tāṃ patnīṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sarvabhūbhṛtām | paurāṇāṃ ca mahīpālā ye tatrāsansamāvṛtāḥ
He, laughing, spoke to that wife of his, while all the kings were listening, and the townsfolk too — those rulers of the earth who were there gathered around.
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MkP 106.18
शोकेनालं विशालाक्षि रोदितव्यं न ते शुभे । जन्मर्द्धिपरिणामाद्या विकाराः सर्वजन्तुषु
śokenālaṃ viśālākṣi roditavyaṃ na te śubhe | janmarddhipariṇāmādyā vikārāḥ sarvajantuṣu
"Enough of grief, wide-eyed one; you must not weep, O lovely one. Birth, growth, transformation and the rest are the changes (that occur) in all living beings."
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MkP 106.19
अधीताः सकला वेदा इष्टा यज्ञाः सहस्रशः । दत्तं द्विजानां पुत्राश्च समुत्पन्ना वरानने
adhītāḥ sakalā vedā iṣṭā yajñāḥ sahasraśaḥ | dattaṃ dvijānāṃ putrāśca samutpannā varānane
"All the Vedas have been studied, sacrifices offered by the thousand, gifts given to the twice-born, and sons have been begotten, O fair-faced one."
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MkP 106.21
मित्रैः सहेष्टैर्हसितं विहृतं च वनान्तरे । किमन्यत्र कृतं भद्रे पलितेभ्यो बिभेषि यत्
mitraiḥ saheṣṭairhasitaṃ vihṛtaṃ ca vanāntare | kimanyatra kṛtaṃ bhadre palitebhyo bibheṣi yat
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 106.22
भवन्तु केशाः पलिता वलयः सन्तु मे शुभे । शैथिल्यमेतु मे कायः कृतकृत्योऽस्मि मानिनि
bhavantu keśāḥ palitā valayaḥ santu me śubhe | śaithilyametu me kāyaḥ kṛtakṛtyo'smi mānini
Let (my) hair be grey, let there be wrinkles on me, O fair one; let my body grow slack — I have accomplished what was to be done, O proud lady.
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MkP 106.23
मूर्ध्नि यद्दर्शितं भद्रे भवत्या पलितं मम । चिकित्सामेव तस्याहं करोमि वनसंश्रयात्
mūrdhni yaddarśitaṃ bhadre bhavatyā palitaṃ mama | cikitsāmeva tasyāhaṃ karomi vanasaṃśrayāt
The grey hair on my head which you have shown me, good lady — for that very thing I am applying the remedy, by taking refuge in the forest.
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MkP 106.24
बाल्ये बालक्रियापूर्वं तद्वत्कौमारके च या । यौवने चापि या योग्या वार्द्धके वनसंश्रया
bālye bālakriyāpūrvaṃ tadvatkaumārake ca yā | yauvane cāpi yā yogyā vārddhake vanasaṃśrayā
In infancy (the fitting course) is preceded by childish play, likewise in boyhood, and whatever is fitting in youth — in old age it is retreat to the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 106.25
एवं मत्पूर्वजैर्भद्रे कृतं त्वत्पूर्वजैश्च यत् । अतो न तेऽश्रुपातस्य किञ्चित्पश्यामि कारणम्
evaṃ matpūrvajairbhadre kṛtaṃ tvatpūrvajaiśca yat | ato na te'śrupātasya kiñcitpaśyāmi kāraṇam
Since this, good lady, is what was done by my forefathers and by yours, I see no reason at all for these tears of yours.
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MkP 106.26
अलं ते मन्युना भद्रे नन्वभ्युदयकारि मे । दर्शनं पलितस्यास्य मा रोदीर्निष्प्रयोजनम्
alaṃ te manyunā bhadre nanvabhyudayakāri me | darśanaṃ palitasyāsya mā rodīrniṣprayojanam
Enough of your grief, good lady — surely the sight of this grey hair brings me prosperity. Do not weep to no purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.27
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः प्रणम्य तं भूपाः पौराश्चैव समीपगाः । साम्ना प्रोचुर्महीपाला महर्षे राज्यवर्धनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ praṇamya taṃ bhūpāḥ paurāścaiva samīpagāḥ | sāmnā procurmahīpālā maharṣe rājyavardhanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then the kings and the townsfolk who stood near, having bowed to him, spoke gently — O great sage — to Rājyavardhana, (they) the guardians of the earth:
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MkP 106.28
न रोदितव्यमनया तव पत्न्या नराधिप । रोदितव्यमिहास्माभिरथवा सर्वजन्तुभिः
na roditavyamanayā tava patnyā narādhipa | roditavyamihāsmābhirathavā sarvajantubhiḥ
This wife of yours should not weep, O ruler of men; rather it is we here who should weep — or indeed all living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.29
त्वं ब्रवीषि यथा नाथ वनवासाश्रितं वचः । पतन्ति तेन नः प्राणा लालितानां त्वया नृप
tvaṃ bravīṣi yathā nātha vanavāsāśritaṃ vacaḥ | patanti tena naḥ prāṇā lālitānāṃ tvayā nṛpa
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 106.32
१ सप्त वर्षसहस्राणि त्वयेयं पालिता मही । तत्समुत्थं महापुण्यमालोकय नराधिप
1 sapta varṣasahasrāṇi tvayeyaṃ pālitā mahī | tatsamutthaṃ mahāpuṇyamālokaya narādhipa
"For seven thousand years this earth has been protected by you; look upon the great merit arising from that, O lord of men!"
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MkP 106.34
३ राजोवाच सप्त वर्षसहस्राणि मयेयं पालिता मही । इदानीं वनवासस्य मम कालोऽयमागतः
3 rājovāca sapta varṣasahasrāṇi mayeyaṃ pālitā mahī | idānīṃ vanavāsasya mama kālo'yamāgataḥ
The king said: For seven thousand years this earth has been protected by me; now this time has come for me to dwell in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.35
ममापत्यानि जातानि दृष्ट्वा मेऽपत्यसन्ततीः । स्वल्पैरेवमहोभिर्मे ह्यन्तको न सहिष्यति
mamāpatyāni jātāni dṛṣṭvā me'patyasantatīḥ | svalpairevamahobhirme hyantako na sahiṣyati
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 106.36
यदेतत्पलितं मूर्ध्नि तद्विजानीत नागराः । दूतभूतमनार्यस्य मृत्योरत्युग्रकर्मणः
yadetatpalitaṃ mūrdhni tadvijānīta nāgarāḥ | dūtabhūtamanāryasya mṛtyoratyugrakarmaṇaḥ
This grey hair that is on (my) head — know it, citizens, to be the messenger of ignoble Death, whose work is most fierce.
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MkP 106.37
सोऽहं राज्ये सुतं कृत्वा भोगांस्त्यक्त्वा वनाश्रयः । तपस्तप्स्ये समायान्ति न यावद्यमसैनिकाः
so'haṃ rājye sutaṃ kṛtvā bhogāṃstyaktvā vanāśrayaḥ | tapastapsye samāyānti na yāvadyamasainikāḥ
So I, having installed my son in the kingship and abandoned enjoyments, will take refuge in the forest and practice austerity, so long as Yama's soldiers have not yet arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.38
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततो यियासुः स वनं दैवज्ञानवनीपतिः । पुत्रराज्याऽभिषेकाय दिनलग्नान्यपृच्छत
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tato yiyāsuḥ sa vanaṃ daivajñānavanīpatiḥ | putrarājyā'bhiṣekāya dinalagnānyapṛcchata
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then that lord of the earth, wishing to go to the forest, asked the astrologers about the (auspicious) days and moments for the consecration of his son to the kingship.
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MkP 106.39
श्रुत्वा च ते तु नृपतेर्वचो व्याकुलचेतसः । दिनं लग्नं च होराश्च न विदुः शास्त्रदृष्टयः
śrutvā ca te tu nṛpatervaco vyākulacetasaḥ | dinaṃ lagnaṃ ca horāśca na viduḥ śāstradṛṣṭayaḥ
But they, hearing the king's words, their minds agitated, did not know the day, nor the auspicious moment, nor the hours—(they) whose insight was (drawn) from the treatises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.41
ततोऽन्यनगरेभ्यश्च भृत्यै राष्ट्रेभ्य एव च । ततस्तस्माच्च नगरात्प्राचुर्येणाभ्युपागमन्
tato'nyanagarebhyaśca bhṛtyai rāṣṭrebhya eva ca | tatastasmācca nagarātprācuryeṇābhyupāgaman
Then from other cities, by servants, and from the kingdoms too, and from that (own) city as well, they came in great numbers.
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MkP 106.42
समुत्पत्य महीपालं तं यियासुं मुने वनम् । प्रकम्पिशिरसो भूत्वा प्रोचुर्ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः
samutpatya mahīpālaṃ taṃ yiyāsuṃ mune vanam | prakampiśiraso bhūtvā procurbrāhmaṇasattamāḥ
Rushing up to that protector of the earth who wished to go to the forest, O sage, the best of the brahmins, with trembling heads, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.43
प्रसीद पाहि नो राजन्पालिताः स्म यथा पुरा । सीदिष्यत्यखिलो लोकस्त्वयि भूप वनाश्रये
prasīda pāhi no rājanpālitāḥ sma yathā purā | sīdiṣyatyakhilo lokastvayi bhūpa vanāśraye
"Be gracious, protect us, O king; we have been protected (by you) as before. The whole world will sink, O lord of the earth, if you take refuge in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.44
त्वं कुरुष्व तथा राजन्यथा नो सीदते जगत् । यावज्जीवामहे वीर स्वल्पकालमिमे वयम् ।। नेच्छामश्च भवच्छून्यं द्रष्टुं सिंहासनं विभो
tvaṃ kuruṣva tathā rājanyathā no sīdate jagat | yāvajjīvāmahe vīra svalpakālamime vayam || necchāmaśca bhavacchūnyaṃ draṣṭuṃ siṃhāsanaṃ vibho
Act, O king, in such a way that the world does not sink for us, as long as we live, O hero—we (who have) but a short time; and we do not wish, O mighty one, to see the lion-throne empty of you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.45
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्येवं तैस्तथान्यैश्च द्विजैः पौरपुरःसरैः । भूपैर्भृत्यैरमात्यैश्च राजा प्रोक्तः पुनः पुनः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityevaṃ taistathānyaiśca dvijaiḥ paurapuraḥsaraiḥ | bhūpairbhṛtyairamātyaiśca rājā proktaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus was the king addressed again and again by them, and by other twice-born, by the foremost of the townsmen, by kings, servants, and ministers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.46
वनवासविनिर्बन्धं नोपसंहरते यदा । क्षमिष्यत्यन्तको नेति ददौ स च तदोत्तरम्
vanavāsavinirbandhaṃ nopasaṃharate yadā | kṣamiṣyatyantako neti dadau sa ca tadottaram
When he did not withdraw his insistence on dwelling in the forest, he gave this as his answer: "Death will not wait."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.47
ततोऽमात्याश्च भूपाश्च पौरवृद्धास्तथा द्विजाः । समेत्य मन्त्रयामासुः किमत्र क्रियतामिति
tato'mātyāśca bhūpāśca pauravṛddhāstathā dvijāḥ | sametya mantrayāmāsuḥ kimatra kriyatāmiti
Then the ministers and the kings, and the elders of the city, and the brahmins, having assembled, took counsel: "What is to be done in this matter?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.48
तेषां मन्त्रयतां विप्र निश्चयोऽयमजायत । अनुरागवतां तत्र महीपालेऽतिधार्मिके
teṣāṃ mantrayatāṃ vipra niścayo'yamajāyata | anurāgavatāṃ tatra mahīpāle'tidhārmike
As they took counsel, O brahmin—they who felt affection for that most righteous protector of the earth—this decision arose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.49
सम्यग्ध्यानपरा भूत्वा प्रार्थयामः समाहिताः । तपसाराध्य भास्वन्तमायुरस्य महीपतेः
samyagdhyānaparā bhūtvā prārthayāmaḥ samāhitāḥ | tapasārādhya bhāsvantamāyurasya mahīpateḥ
"Being wholly intent on meditation, let us, concentrated, pray; having propitiated the Shining One by austerity, (we shall ask for) the lifespan of this lord of the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.51
अपरे मौनिनो भूत्वा ऋग्जापेन तथापरे । यजुषामथ साम्नां च तोषयाञ्चक्रिरे रविम्
apare maunino bhūtvā ṛgjāpena tathāpare | yajuṣāmatha sāmnāṃ ca toṣayāñcakrire ravim
Some, becoming keepers of silence, and others by muttering Ṛg (verses), and (others) by those of the Yajus and of the Sāman, sought to please the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.52
अपरे च निराहारा नदीपुलिनशायिनः । तपांसि चक्रुरिच्छंतो भास्कराराधनं द्विजाः
apare ca nirāhārā nadīpulinaśāyinaḥ | tapāṃsi cakruricchaṃto bhāskarārādhanaṃ dvijāḥ
And other twice-born, taking no food, lying on the sandbanks of the river, performed austerities, desiring the propitiation of the Maker of Light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.53
अग्निहोत्रपराश्चान्ये रविसूक्तान्यहर्निशम् । जेपुस्तत्रापरे तस्थुर्भास्करे न्यस्तदृष्टयः
agnihotraparāścānye ravisūktānyaharniśam | jepustatrāpare tasthurbhāskare nyastadṛṣṭayaḥ
And others, devoted to the fire-offering, muttered the sun-hymns day and night; others there stood with their gaze fixed on the Maker of Light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.54
इत्येवमतिनिर्बन्धं भास्कराराधनं प्रति । बहुप्रकारं चक्रुस्ते तं तं विधिमुपाश्रिताः
ityevamatinirbandhaṃ bhāskarārādhanaṃ prati | bahuprakāraṃ cakruste taṃ taṃ vidhimupāśritāḥ
Thus in this way they made a most persistent, manifold (effort) toward the propitiation of the Maker of Light, resorting to this and that rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.55
तथा तु यततां तेषां भास्कराराधनं प्रति । सुदामा नाम गन्धर्व उपगम्येदमब्रवीत्
tathā tu yatatāṃ teṣāṃ bhāskarārādhanaṃ prati | sudāmā nāma gandharva upagamyedamabravīt
But as they were thus striving toward the propitiation of the Maker of Light, a gandharva named Sudāman approached and said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.56
यद्याराधनमिष्टं वो भास्करस्य द्विजातयः । तदेतत्क्रियतां येन भानुः प्रीतिमुपैष्यति
yadyārādhanamiṣṭaṃ vo bhāskarasya dvijātayaḥ | tadetatkriyatāṃ yena bhānuḥ prītimupaiṣyati
"If the propitiation of the Maker of Light is desired by you, O twice-born, then let this be done, by which the Sun will come to be pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.57
तस्माद्गुरुविशालाख्यं वनं सिद्धनिषेवितम् । कामरूपे महाशैले गम्यतां तत्र वै लघु
tasmādguruviśālākhyaṃ vanaṃ siddhaniṣevitam | kāmarūpe mahāśaile gamyatāṃ tatra vai laghu
Therefore (there is) the forest called Guruviśāla, frequented by siddhas, on the great mountain Kāmarūpa: go there quickly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.58
तस्मिन्नाराधनं भानोः क्रियतां सुसमाहितैः । सिद्धक्षेत्रं हितं तत्र सर्वकामानवाप्स्यथ
tasminnārādhanaṃ bhānoḥ kriyatāṃ susamāhitaiḥ | siddhakṣetraṃ hitaṃ tatra sarvakāmānavāpsyatha
There let the propitiation of the Sun be performed by you, well concentrated. That is a field of accomplishment, and beneficial; there you will obtain all your desires."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.59
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इति ते तद्वचः श्रुत्वा गत्वा तत्काननं द्विजाः । ददृशुर्भास्वतस्तत्र पुण्यमायतनं शुभम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iti te tadvacaḥ śrutvā gatvā tatkānanaṃ dvijāḥ | dadṛśurbhāsvatastatra puṇyamāyatanaṃ śubham
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard that speech of his, those twice-born went to that forest and saw there the holy, auspicious sanctuary of the Shining One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.61
पुष्पानुलेपनाद्यैश्च धूपगन्धादिकैस्तथा । जपहोमान्नदानाद्यं पूजनं ते समाहिताः ।। कुर्वन्तस्तुष्टुवुर्ब्रह्मन्विवस्वन्तं द्विजातयः
puṣpānulepanādyaiśca dhūpagandhādikaistathā | japahomānnadānādyaṃ pūjanaṃ te samāhitāḥ || kurvantastuṣṭuvurbrahmanvivasvantaṃ dvijātayaḥ
With flowers, unguents and the rest, and with incense, perfumes and so forth, performing worship—muttering, oblation, gifts of food and the rest—those twice-born, concentrated, praised Vivasvat, O brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.62
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः देवदानवयक्षाणां ग्रहाणां ज्योतिषामपि । तेजसाभ्यधिकं देवं व्रजाम शरणं रविम्
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ grahāṇāṃ jyotiṣāmapi | tejasābhyadhikaṃ devaṃ vrajāma śaraṇaṃ ravim
The brahmins said: We go for refuge to the Sun, the god who surpasses in radiance the gods, the dānavas, the yakṣas, the planets, and the luminaries too;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.63
दिवि स्थितं च देवेशं द्योतयन्तं समन्ततः । वसुधामन्तरिक्षं च व्याप्नुवन्तं मरीचिभिः
divi sthitaṃ ca deveśaṃ dyotayantaṃ samantataḥ | vasudhāmantarikṣaṃ ca vyāpnuvantaṃ marīcibhiḥ
and (we go for refuge to) the lord of gods who stands in the sky, illumining on every side, filling the earth and the mid-air with his rays;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.64
आदित्यं भास्करं भानुं सवितारं दिवाकरम् । पूषाणमर्यमाणं च स्वर्भानुं दीप्तदीधितिम्
ādityaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhānuṃ savitāraṃ divākaram | pūṣāṇamaryamāṇaṃ ca svarbhānuṃ dīptadīdhitim
(to) Āditya, Bhāskara, Bhānu, Savitṛ, Divākara, and Pūṣan and Aryaman and Svarbhānu, of blazing beams;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.65
चतुर्युगान्तकालाग्निदुष्प्रेक्ष्यं प्रलयान्तगम् । योगीश्वरमनन्तं च रक्तं पीतं सितासितम्
caturyugāntakālāgniduṣprekṣyaṃ pralayāntagam | yogīśvaramanantaṃ ca raktaṃ pītaṃ sitāsitam
(to him who is) hard to look upon like the fire of time at the end of the four ages, who reaches the end of the dissolution, the lord of yogins, endless, red, yellow, white and black;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.66
ऋषीणामग्निहोत्रेषु यज्ञदेवेष्ववस्थितम् । व्रजाम शरणं देवं तेजोराशिं तमच्युतम् ।। अक्षरं परमं गुह्यं मोक्षद्वारमनुत्तमम्
ṛṣīṇāmagnihotreṣu yajñadeveṣvavasthitam | vrajāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ tejorāśiṃ tamacyutam || akṣaraṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ mokṣadvāramanuttamam
(to him who) abides in the fire-offerings of the seers and in the deities of the sacrifice — we go for refuge to that god, the mass of radiance, the imperishable one, the syllable, the supreme, the secret, the unsurpassed door of release;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.67
छन्दोभिरश्वरूपैश्च सकृद्युक्तैर्विहङ्गमम् । उदयास्तमने युक्तं सदा मेरोः प्रदक्षिणे
chandobhiraśvarūpaiśca sakṛdyuktairvihaṅgamam | udayāstamane yuktaṃ sadā meroḥ pradakṣiṇe
(to him who is) the sky-goer, with the metres as his horses, yoked but once, joined to rising and setting, ever keeping Meru on his right;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.68
अनृतं च ऋतं चैव पुण्यतीर्थं पृथग्विधम् । विश्वस्थितिचिन्त्यं च प्रपन्नाः स्म प्रभाकरम्
anṛtaṃ ca ṛtaṃ caiva puṇyatīrthaṃ pṛthagvidham | viśvasthiticintyaṃ ca prapannāḥ sma prabhākaram
(to him who is) the false and the true as well, holy places of pilgrimage of various kinds, and (him who is) to be contemplated as the world's foundation — we have taken refuge in the Light-maker.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 106.69
यो ब्रह्मा यो महादेवो यो विष्णुर्यः प्रजापतिः । वायुराकाशमापश्च पृथिवीगिरिसागराः
yo brahmā yo mahādevo yo viṣṇuryaḥ prajāpatiḥ | vāyurākāśamāpaśca pṛthivīgirisāgarāḥ
He who is Brahmā, who is Mahādeva, who is Viṣṇu, who is Prajāpati, (who is) wind, ether and the waters, the earth, the mountains and the seas —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.71
ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चैव वैष्णवी चैव ते तनुः । त्रिधा यस्य स्वरूपं तु भानोर्भास्वान्प्रसीदतु
brāhmī māheśvarī caiva vaiṣṇavī caiva te tanuḥ | tridhā yasya svarūpaṃ tu bhānorbhāsvānprasīdatu
the Brahmā-body, the Maheśvara-body, and the Viṣṇu-body are your forms; may the shining Sun, whose own nature is threefold, be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.72
यस्य सर्वमयस्येदमङ्गभूतं जगत्प्रभोः । स नः प्रसीदतां भास्वाञ्जगतां यश्च जीवनम्
yasya sarvamayasyedamaṅgabhūtaṃ jagatprabhoḥ | sa naḥ prasīdatāṃ bhāsvāñjagatāṃ yaśca jīvanam
He, the lord of the world, all-composed, of whom this (universe) is a limb — may that shining one be gracious to us, he who is the life of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.73
यस्यैकमक्षरं रूपं प्रभामण्डलदुर्दृशम् । द्वितीयमैन्दवं सौम्यं स नो भास्वान्प्रसीदतु
yasyaikamakṣaraṃ rūpaṃ prabhāmaṇḍaladurdṛśam | dvitīyamaindavaṃ saumyaṃ sa no bhāsvānprasīdatu
He whose one form is the imperishable, hard to see because of its orb of light, and whose second is lunar and mild — may that shining one be gracious to us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.74
ताभ्यां च तस्य रूपाभ्यामिदं विश्वं विनिर्मितम् । अग्नीषोममयं भास्वान्स नो देवः प्रसीदतु
tābhyāṃ ca tasya rūpābhyāmidaṃ viśvaṃ vinirmitam | agnīṣomamayaṃ bhāsvānsa no devaḥ prasīdatu
And out of those two forms of his this universe was fashioned; may that shining god, made of fire and Soma, be gracious to us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.75
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्थं स्तुत्या तदा भक्त्या सम्यक्पूजाविधानतः । तुतोष भगवान्भास्वांस्त्रिभिर्मासैर्द्विजोत्तम
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca itthaṃ stutyā tadā bhaktyā samyakpūjāvidhānataḥ | tutoṣa bhagavānbhāsvāṃstribhirmāsairdvijottama
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus, by praise offered with devotion and by proper performance of worship, the lord Sun was pleased within three months, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.76
ततः स मण्डलादुद्यन्निजबिम्बसमप्रभः । अवतीर्य ददौ तेभ्यो दुर्दृशो दर्शनं रविः
tataḥ sa maṇḍalādudyannijabimbasamaprabhaḥ | avatīrya dadau tebhyo durdṛśo darśanaṃ raviḥ
Then the Sun, hard to look upon, rising from his orb, with a radiance equal to his own disc, came down and granted them his sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.77
ततस्ते स्पष्टरूपं तं सवितारमजं जनाः । पुलकोत्कम्पिनो विप्रा भक्तिनम्राः प्रणेमिरे
tataste spaṣṭarūpaṃ taṃ savitāramajaṃ janāḥ | pulakotkampino viprā bhaktinamrāḥ praṇemire
Then those people, the brahmins, bristling with thrilled hair and trembling, bowed low with devotion, made obeisance to that unborn Savitṛ in his manifest form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.78
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्ररश्मे सर्वस्य हेतुस्त्वमशेषकेतुः । पाता त्वमीड्योऽखिलयज्ञधामध्येयस्तथा योगविदां प्रसीद
namo namaste'stu sahasraraśme sarvasya hetustvamaśeṣaketuḥ | pātā tvamīḍyo'khilayajñadhāmadhyeyastathā yogavidāṃ prasīda
Homage, homage be to you, thousand-rayed one! You are the cause of all, the banner of everything; you are the protector, the praiseworthy one, the abode of every sacrifice, and the one to be meditated on by those who know yoga — be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 106.106
विदूरथस्य तनया दाक्षिणात्यस्य भूभृतः । तस्य पत्नी बभूवाथ मानिनी नाम मानिनी भुक्ता भोगस्त्वया सार्द्धं ये मर्त्यैरतिदुर्लभाः । सभ्यञ्च पालिता पृथ्वी शौर्यं युद्धेष्वनुष्ठितम् सर्वे यास्यामहे भूप यदि याति भवान्वनम् । ततोऽशेषक्रियाहानिः सर्वपृथ्वीनिवासिनाम् ऊचुश्च तं महीपालं दैवज्ञा बाष्पगद्गदम् । ज्ञानानि नः प्रणष्टानि श्रुत्वैतत्ते वचो नृप तत्रैकनिश्चयाः कार्ये केचिद्गेहे च भास्करम् । सम्यगर्घोपचाराद्यैरुपहारैरपूजयन् तत्र ते नियताहारा वर्णा विप्रादयो द्विज । धूपपुष्पोपहाराढ्या पूजां चक्रुरतन्द्रिताः ग्रहनक्षत्रचन्द्राद्या वानस्पत्यं द्रुमौषधम् । व्यक्ताव्यक्तेषु भूतेषु धर्माधर्मप्रवर्त्तकः इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे भानुस्तवो नाम षडधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
vidūrathasya tanayā dākṣiṇātyasya bhūbhṛtaḥ | tasya patnī babhūvātha māninī nāma māninī bhuktā bhogastvayā sārddhaṃ ye martyairatidurlabhāḥ | sabhyañca pālitā pṛthvī śauryaṃ yuddheṣvanuṣṭhitam sarve yāsyāmahe bhūpa yadi yāti bhavānvanam | tato'śeṣakriyāhāniḥ sarvapṛthvīnivāsinām ūcuśca taṃ mahīpālaṃ daivajñā bāṣpagadgadam | jñānāni naḥ praṇaṣṭāni śrutvaitatte vaco nṛpa tatraikaniścayāḥ kārye kecidgehe ca bhāskaram | samyagarghopacārādyairupahārairapūjayan tatra te niyatāhārā varṇā viprādayo dvija | dhūpapuṣpopahārāḍhyā pūjāṃ cakruratandritāḥ grahanakṣatracandrādyā vānaspatyaṃ drumauṣadham | vyaktāvyakteṣu bhūteṣu dharmādharmapravarttakaḥ iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe bhānustavo nāma ṣaḍadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
(This passage, as transmitted here, runs together several separate verses:) The daughter of Vidūratha, king of the southern land — she then became his wife, proud, named Māninī. "Pleasures that mortals scarcely obtain have been enjoyed by you; the earth has been protected with your court, and valour has been shown in battles. We shall all go, O king, if you go to the forest; from that would follow the ruin of every rite for all the earth's dwellers." And the astrologers, choked with tears, said to that king: "Our sciences have perished, O king, on hearing this word of yours." There, being of one resolve in the matter, some worshipped the Sun in the house with proper offerings of arghya, attendance and the rest. There those classes, brahmins and the others, O twice-born, restricted in food, rich in offerings of incense and flowers, performed the worship untiringly. The planets, the constellations, the moon and the rest, the vegetable realm, trees and herbs — among manifest and unmanifest beings he is the instigator of dharma and non-dharma. Thus in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa the one hundred and sixth chapter, called the Praise of the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain