Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 109
MkP 109.1
पृषध्रोपाख्यानवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच पृषध्राख्यो मनोः पुत्रो मृगयामगमद्वनम् । तत्र चंक्रममाणोऽसौ विपिने निर्जने वने इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे वंशानुचरिते पृषध्रोपाख्याने नवाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
pṛṣadhropākhyānavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca pṛṣadhrākhyo manoḥ putro mṛgayāmagamadvanam | tatra caṃkramamāṇo'sau vipine nirjane vane iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vaṃśānucarite pṛṣadhropākhyāne navādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
The Account of Pṛṣadhra. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Manu's son named Pṛṣadhra went to the forest for the hunt; and as he was roaming there in the thicket, in a forest devoid of people... Thus the one hundred and ninth chapter, in the account of Pṛṣadhra in the narrative of the lineage, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
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MkP 109.2
नाससाद मृगं कञ्चिद्भानुदीधितितापितः । क्षुत्तृट्तापपरीताङ्गः इतश्चेतश्च चंक्रमन् मार्कण्डेय उवाच पृषध्रोऽपि मुनेः पुत्रं प्रणम्यानम्रकन्धरः । प्रसीदेति जगादोच्चैरज्ञानाद्घातितेति च
nāsasāda mṛgaṃ kañcidbhānudīdhititāpitaḥ | kṣuttṛṭtāpaparītāṅgaḥ itaścetaśca caṃkraman mārkaṇḍeya uvāca pṛṣadhro'pi muneḥ putraṃ praṇamyānamrakandharaḥ | prasīdeti jagādoccairajñānādghātiteti ca
He did not come upon any deer; scorched by the sun's rays, his limbs beset by hunger, thirst and heat, roaming this way and that... Mārkaṇḍeya said: Pṛṣadhra too, bowing his neck, made obeisance to the sage's son and said aloud, "Be gracious! It was killed out of ignorance."
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MkP 109.3
स ददर्श तदा तत्र होमधेनुं मनोहराम् । लतान्तर्देहछिन्नार्धां ब्राह्मणस्याग्निहोत्रिणः
sa dadarśa tadā tatra homadhenuṃ manoharām | latāntardehachinnārdhāṃ brāhmaṇasyāgnihotriṇaḥ
Then he saw there a lovely sacrificial cow belonging to a brahmin who maintained the fire, half her body hidden among the creepers.
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MkP 109.4
स मन्यमानो गवयमिषुणा तामताडयत् । पपात सापि तद्बाणविभिन्नहृदया भुवि
sa manyamāno gavayamiṣuṇā tāmatāḍayat | papāta sāpi tadbāṇavibhinnahṛdayā bhuvi
Taking her for a gayal, he struck her with an arrow; and she too fell to the ground, her heart pierced through by that arrow.
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MkP 109.5
ततोऽग्निहोत्रिणः पुत्रो ब्रह्मचारी तपोरतिः । शप्तवान्स पितुर्दृष्ट्वा होमधेनुं निपातिताम्
tato'gnihotriṇaḥ putro brahmacārī taporatiḥ | śaptavānsa piturdṛṣṭvā homadhenuṃ nipātitām
Then the son of that keeper of the sacred fire, a celibate student devoted to austerity, seeing his father's sacrificial cow struck down, cursed (him).
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MkP 109.6
गोपालः प्रेषितः पुत्रो बाभ्रव्यो नाम नामतः । कोपामर्षपराधीनचित्तवृत्तिस्ततो मुने
gopālaḥ preṣitaḥ putro bābhravyo nāma nāmataḥ | kopāmarṣaparādhīnacittavṛttistato mune
The son (of the sage), Bābhravya by name, had been sent as a cowherd; then, O sage, his mind's working overcome by anger and indignation,
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MkP 109.7
चुकोप विगलत्स्वेदजललोलाविलेक्षणः । तं क्रुद्धं प्रेक्ष्य स नृपः पृषध्रो मुनिदारकम्
cukopa vigalatsvedajalalolāvilekṣaṇaḥ | taṃ kruddhaṃ prekṣya sa nṛpaḥ pṛṣadhro munidārakam
he grew furious, his rolling eyes clouded with the flowing water of sweat. Seeing the sage's boy enraged, King Pṛṣadhra
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MkP 109.8
प्रसीदेति जगौ कस्माच्छूद्रवत्कुरुषे रुषम् । न क्षत्रियो न वा वैश्य एवं क्रोधमुपैति वै ।। यथा त्वं शूद्रवज्जातो विशिष्टे ब्रह्मणः कुले
prasīdeti jagau kasmācchūdravatkuruṣe ruṣam | na kṣatriyo na vā vaiśya evaṃ krodhamupaiti vai || yathā tvaṃ śūdravajjāto viśiṣṭe brahmaṇaḥ kule
said, "Be gracious! Why do you show anger like a śūdra? Neither a kṣatriya nor a vaiśya falls into rage like this—just as you, born in the distinguished family of a brahmin, (behave) like a śūdra."
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MkP 109.9
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इति निर्भत्सितस्तेन स राज्ञा मौलिनः सुतः । शशाप तं दुरात्मानं शूद्र एव भविष्यसि
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iti nirbhatsitastena sa rājñā maulinaḥ sutaḥ | śaśāpa taṃ durātmānaṃ śūdra eva bhaviṣyasi
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus rebuked by that king, the son of the crowned (sage) cursed that evil-minded one: "You shall become a śūdra indeed."
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MkP 109.11
एवं शप्तो नृपः क्रुद्धस्तच्छापपरिपीडितः । प्रतिशापपरो विप्र तोयं जग्राह पाणिना
evaṃ śapto nṛpaḥ kruddhastacchāpaparipīḍitaḥ | pratiśāpaparo vipra toyaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā
Cursed thus, the king, angry and tormented by that curse, intent on a counter-curse, O brahmin, took water in his hand.
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MkP 109.12
सोऽपि राज्ञो विनाशाय कोपं चक्रे द्विजोत्तमः । तमभ्येत्य त्वरायुक्तो वारयामास वै पिता
so'pi rājño vināśāya kopaṃ cakre dvijottamaḥ | tamabhyetya tvarāyukto vārayāmāsa vai pitā
That excellent brahmin too grew angry for the king's destruction; but his father, coming up in haste, restrained him.
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MkP 109.13
वत्सालमलमत्यर्थं कोपेनातीव वैरिणा । ऐहिकामुष्मिकहितः शम एव द्विजन्मनाम्
vatsālamalamatyarthaṃ kopenātīva vairiṇā | aihikāmuṣmikahitaḥ śama eva dvijanmanām
"Child, enough, enough of this excessive anger, which is a great enemy! Calm alone is the good of the twice-born, here and in the next world.
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MkP 109.14
कोपस्तपो नाशयति क्रुद्धो भ्रश्यत्यथायुषः । क्रुद्धस्य गलते ज्ञानं क्रुद्धश्चार्थाच्च हीयते
kopastapo nāśayati kruddho bhraśyatyathāyuṣaḥ | kruddhasya galate jñānaṃ kruddhaścārthācca hīyate
Anger destroys austerity; the angry man falls away from long life; the angry man's knowledge slips away, and the angry man is deprived of wealth.
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MkP 109.15
न धर्मः क्रोधशीलस्य नार्थं चाप्नोति रोषणः । नालं सुखाय कामास्ति कोपेनाविष्टचेतसाम्
na dharmaḥ krodhaśīlasya nārthaṃ cāpnoti roṣaṇaḥ | nālaṃ sukhāya kāmāsti kopenāviṣṭacetasām
There is no dharma for one whose nature is anger, nor does the wrathful man attain wealth; for those whose minds are possessed by anger, desire (fulfilled) is not enough for happiness.
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MkP 109.16
यदि राज्ञा हता धेनुरियं विज्ञानिना सता । युक्तमत्र दयां कर्तुमात्मनो हितबोधिना
yadi rājñā hatā dhenuriyaṃ vijñāninā satā | yuktamatra dayāṃ kartumātmano hitabodhinā
If this cow was killed by the king knowingly, being aware (of what he did), it is fitting here to show compassion, for one who understands his own good.
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MkP 109.17
अथवाऽजानता धेनुरियं व्यापादिता मम । तत्कथं शापयोग्योऽयं दुष्टं नास्य मनो यतः
athavā'jānatā dhenuriyaṃ vyāpāditā mama | tatkathaṃ śāpayogyo'yaṃ duṣṭaṃ nāsya mano yataḥ
Or else this cow of mine was killed by him unknowingly; then how is he deserving of a curse, since his mind was not wicked?
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MkP 109.18
आत्मनो हितमन्विच्छन्बाधते योऽपरं नरः । कर्तव्या मूढविज्ञाने दया तत्र दयालुभिः
ātmano hitamanvicchanbādhate yo'paraṃ naraḥ | kartavyā mūḍhavijñāne dayā tatra dayālubhiḥ
When a man, seeking his own good, injures another, the compassionate should there show compassion for one of deluded understanding.
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MkP 109.19
अज्ञानतः कृते दण्डं पातयन्ति बुधा यदि । बुधेभ्यस्तमहं मन्ये वरमज्ञानिनो नराः
ajñānataḥ kṛte daṇḍaṃ pātayanti budhā yadi | budhebhyastamahaṃ manye varamajñānino narāḥ
If the wise let a punishment fall upon a deed done in ignorance, then I hold ignorant men better than the wise."
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MkP 109.22
१ मया गवयबुद्ध्या गौरवध्या घातिता मुने । अज्ञानाद्धोमधेनुस्ते प्रसीद त्वं च नो मुने
1 mayā gavayabuddhyā gauravadhyā ghātitā mune | ajñānāddhomadhenuste prasīda tvaṃ ca no mune
"Taking it for a gavaya, O sage, I killed the cow that ought not to be killed; through ignorance (I slew) your oblation-cow. Be gracious to us, O sage."
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MkP 109.23
ऋषिपुत्र उवाच आजन्मनो महीपाल न मया व्याहतं मृषा । क्रोधश्चाद्य महाभाग नान्यथा मे कदाचन
ṛṣiputra uvāca ājanmano mahīpāla na mayā vyāhataṃ mṛṣā | krodhaścādya mahābhāga nānyathā me kadācana
The sage's son said: From my birth, O ruler of the earth, nothing false has been uttered by me, and my anger today, O illustrious one, has never been otherwise (than effective).
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MkP 109.24
तन्नाहमेनं शक्नोमि शापं कर्तुं नृपान्न्यथा । यस्ते समुद्यतः शापो द्वितीयः स निवर्तितः
tannāhamenaṃ śaknomi śāpaṃ kartuṃ nṛpānnyathā | yaste samudyataḥ śāpo dvitīyaḥ sa nivartitaḥ
Therefore I am not able to make this curse otherwise, O king; but the second curse that was raised against you is withdrawn.
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MkP 109.25
इत्युक्तवन्तं तं बालमादाय स पिता ततः । जगाम स्वाश्रमं सोऽपि पृषध्रः शूद्रतामगात्
ityuktavantaṃ taṃ bālamādāya sa pitā tataḥ | jagāma svāśramaṃ so'pi pṛṣadhraḥ śūdratāmagāt
When he had spoken thus, his father took the boy and went to his own hermitage; and Pṛṣadhra went to the condition of a śūdra.
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MkP 109.109
प्रयास्यति क्षयं ब्रह्मन्यत्तेऽधीतं गुरोर्मुखात् । होमधेनुर्मम गुरोर्यदियं हिंसिता त्वया नाद्य शापस्त्वया देयः पार्थिवस्यास्य पुत्रक । स्वकर्मणैव पतिता गौरेषा दुःखमृत्युना
prayāsyati kṣayaṃ brahmanyatte'dhītaṃ gurormukhāt | homadhenurmama guroryadiyaṃ hiṃsitā tvayā nādya śāpastvayā deyaḥ pārthivasyāsya putraka | svakarmaṇaiva patitā gaureṣā duḥkhamṛtyunā
"What you have learned from your teacher's mouth will go to ruin, O brahmin, since this oblation-cow of my teacher has been harmed by you. You should not now lay a curse on this king, my son; by her own karma this cow has fallen, by a painful death."
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