Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 112
MkP 112.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच तस्मै दत्त्वा ततः शापं नलं क्रुद्धोऽब्रवीद्द्विज । प्रमतिर्भार्गवः कोपात्त्रैलोक्यं निर्दहन्निव
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tasmai dattvā tataḥ śāpaṃ nalaṃ kruddho'bravīddvija | pramatirbhārgavaḥ kopāttrailokyaṃ nirdahanniva
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O brahmin, having laid that curse on him, Pramati the Bhārgava, angry, as if burning up the three worlds with his fury, spoke to Nala:
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MkP 112.2
मदोन्मत्तो यतो भार्यां भवानत्र ममाश्रमे । बलाद्गृह्णाति भस्मत्वं तस्माद्व्रजतु मा चिरम्
madonmatto yato bhāryāṃ bhavānatra mamāśrame | balādgṛhṇāti bhasmatvaṃ tasmādvrajatu mā ciram
"Since you, mad with intoxication, seize my wife here by force in my own hermitage, therefore let you turn to ashes without delay."
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MkP 112.3
तेनोदाहृतमात्रे च वाक्ये तस्मिंस्तदा नलः । देहजेनाग्निना सद्यो भस्मपुञ्जस्तदाऽभवत्
tenodāhṛtamātre ca vākye tasmiṃstadā nalaḥ | dehajenāgninā sadyo bhasmapuñjastadā'bhavat
And the very moment that speech was uttered by him, Nala at once became a heap of ashes, by a fire born of his own body.
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MkP 112.4
दृष्ट्वा प्रभावं तं तस्य सुदेवो विमदस्ततः । प्रणामनम्रः प्राहेदं क्षम्यतां क्षम्यतामिति
dṛṣṭvā prabhāvaṃ taṃ tasya sudevo vimadastataḥ | praṇāmanamraḥ prāhedaṃ kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāmiti
Seeing that power of his, Sudeva, his pride gone, bowed low in salutation and said this: "Forgive, forgive!"
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MkP 112.5
यदुक्तवांस्त्वां भगवन्सुरापानमदाकुलम् । तत्क्षम्यतां प्रसीद त्वं शापोऽयं विनिवर्त्यताम्
yaduktavāṃstvāṃ bhagavansurāpānamadākulam | tatkṣamyatāṃ prasīda tvaṃ śāpo'yaṃ vinivartyatām
"What I said to you, revered one, confused by the intoxication of liquor — let that be forgiven. Be gracious; let this curse be revoked."
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MkP 112.6
एवं प्रसादितस्तेन प्रमतिः प्राह भार्गवः । गतकोपो नले दग्धे नावनीतेन चेतसा
evaṃ prasāditastena pramatiḥ prāha bhārgavaḥ | gatakopo nale dagdhe nāvanītena cetasā
Thus propitiated by him, Pramati the Bhārgava spoke, his anger gone now that Nala was burnt, with a mind soft as butter:
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MkP 112.7
नान्यथा भावि तद्वाक्यं यन्मया समुदीरितम् । तथापि ते करिष्यामि प्रसन्नोऽनुग्रहं परम्
nānyathā bhāvi tadvākyaṃ yanmayā samudīritam | tathāpi te kariṣyāmi prasanno'nugrahaṃ param
"That word which I uttered cannot be otherwise. Even so, being pleased, I shall grant you a supreme favour.
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MkP 112.8
भविता वैश्यजातीयो भवान्नास्त्यत्र संशयः । भविता क्षत्रियो वैश्यस्तस्मिन्नेवाशु जन्मनि
bhavitā vaiśyajātīyo bhavānnāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | bhavitā kṣatriyo vaiśyastasminnevāśu janmani
You will be of the vaiśya caste — there is no doubt of that; (but) the vaiśya will quickly become a kṣatriya in that very birth.
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MkP 112.9
ग्रहीष्यति बलात्कन्यां यदा ते क्षत्रसम्भवः । तदा त्वं क्षत्रियो वैश्यः स्वगृहीतो भविष्यसि
grahīṣyati balātkanyāṃ yadā te kṣatrasambhavaḥ | tadā tvaṃ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ svagṛhīto bhaviṣyasi
When one born of the kṣatriya class seizes your daughter by force, then you, a kṣatriya-vaiśya, will be grasped by your own (experience)."
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MkP 112.11
सुरतो नाम राजर्षिः प्रागासीद्गन्धमादने । तपस्वी नियताहारस्त्यक्तसङ्गो वनाश्रयः
surato nāma rājarṣiḥ prāgāsīdgandhamādane | tapasvī niyatāhārastyaktasaṅgo vanāśrayaḥ
Formerly there was a royal sage named Surata on Gandhamādana, an ascetic of restrained diet, who had given up attachments and dwelt in the forest.
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MkP 112.12
ततः श्येनमुखभ्रष्टां दृष्ट्वैकां शारिकां भुवि । कृपाऽभूज्जनिता मूर्च्छा तथा तस्य महात्मनः
tataḥ śyenamukhabhraṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭvaikāṃ śārikāṃ bhuvi | kṛpā'bhūjjanitā mūrcchā tathā tasya mahātmanaḥ
Then, seeing a single myna fallen to the ground from a hawk's beak, pity arose in that great soul, and with it a swoon.
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MkP 112.13
ततो मूर्च्छावसानेऽहं तस्योत्पन्ना शरीरतः । स मां दृष्ट्वा च जग्राह स्निह्यमानेन चेतसा
tato mūrcchāvasāne'haṃ tasyotpannā śarīrataḥ | sa māṃ dṛṣṭvā ca jagrāha snihyamānena cetasā
Then, at the end of the swoon, I was born from his body; and seeing me he took me up with a mind full of affection.
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MkP 112.14
यस्मात्कृपाभिभूतस्य मम जातेयमात्मजा । तस्मात्कृपावती नाम्ना भविष्यत्याह स प्रभो
yasmātkṛpābhibhūtasya mama jāteyamātmajā | tasmātkṛpāvatī nāmnā bhaviṣyatyāha sa prabho
"Since this daughter was born to me when I was overcome by pity (kṛpā), she shall therefore be Kṛpāvatī by name" — so he said, my lord.
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MkP 112.15
ततोऽहमाश्रमे तस्य वर्धमाना दिवानिशम् । सखीभिः सह तुल्याभिर्विचरामि वनानि च
tato'hamāśrame tasya vardhamānā divāniśam | sakhībhiḥ saha tulyābhirvicarāmi vanāni ca
Then I, growing up day and night in his hermitage, roamed the forests together with companions of my own age.
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MkP 112.16
ततो मुनेरगस्त्यस्य भ्रातागस्त्य इति श्रुतः । स चिन्वन्कानने वन्यं सखीभिः कोपितोऽशपत्
tato muneragastyasya bhrātāgastya iti śrutaḥ | sa cinvankānane vanyaṃ sakhībhiḥ kopito'śapat
Then there was a brother of the sage Agastya, known as Agastya (too); while he was gathering forest produce in the woods, he was angered by (my) companions and cursed (me).
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MkP 112.17
यस्मान्मां वैश्य इत्याह भवती तेन ते शपे । वैश्या भविष्यसीत्युक्ते प्रसाद्योक्तो मया मुनिः ।। नापराधं कृतवती तवाहं द्विजसत्तम । अन्यासामपराधेन किमर्थं शप्तवानसि
yasmānmāṃ vaiśya ityāha bhavatī tena te śape | vaiśyā bhaviṣyasītyukte prasādyokto mayā muniḥ || nāparādhaṃ kṛtavatī tavāhaṃ dvijasattama | anyāsāmaparādhena kimarthaṃ śaptavānasi
"Since Your Honour said to me 'vaiśya!', therefore I curse you: you shall become a vaiśya woman." When this had been said, I conciliated him and said to the sage: "I have committed no offence against you, O best of the twice-born; why have you cursed (me) for the offence of others?"
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MkP 112.18
ऋषिरुवाच दुष्टतां दुष्टसंसर्गाददुष्टमपि गच्छति । सुराबिन्दुनिपातेन पञ्चगव्यघटो यथा
ṛṣiruvāca duṣṭatāṃ duṣṭasaṃsargādaduṣṭamapi gacchati | surābindunipātena pañcagavyaghaṭo yathā
The seer said: Even what is not spoiled becomes spoiled through contact with what is spoiled, as a pot of the five cow-products does by the falling of a drop of liquor.
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MkP 112.19
प्रणिपत्य ह्यनिष्टोऽपि यत्त्वयाहं प्रसादितः । तस्मादनुग्रहं बाले शृणुष्व च करोम्यहम्
praṇipatya hyaniṣṭo'pi yattvayāhaṃ prasāditaḥ | tasmādanugrahaṃ bāle śṛṇuṣva ca karomyaham
"But since, though displeased, I have been propitiated by you with a prostration, therefore, child, hear the favour, and I do (grant it)."
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MkP 112.21
ततो भूयः क्षत्रजातिं प्राप्ता त्वं पतिना सह । दिव्यानवाप्स्यसे भोगान्गच्छ भीतिरपैतु ते
tato bhūyaḥ kṣatrajātiṃ prāptā tvaṃ patinā saha | divyānavāpsyase bhogāngaccha bhītirapaitu te
"Then again, having attained the kṣatriya birth, you together with your husband shall obtain divine enjoyments. Go; let your fear depart."
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MkP 112.22
एवं शप्तास्मि राजेन्द्र तेन पूर्वं महर्षिणा । पिता च मे पूर्वमेवं शप्तः प्रमतिनाऽभवत्
evaṃ śaptāsmi rājendra tena pūrvaṃ maharṣiṇā | pitā ca me pūrvamevaṃ śaptaḥ pramatinā'bhavat
Thus was I cursed formerly, O lord of kings, by that great seer; and my father too was formerly cursed in this same way by Pramati.
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MkP 112.23
एवं वैश्यो न राजंस्त्वं न च वैश्यः पिता मम । न त्वं हि मय्यदुष्टायामदुष्टो दुष्यसे कथम्
evaṃ vaiśyo na rājaṃstvaṃ na ca vaiśyaḥ pitā mama | na tvaṃ hi mayyaduṣṭāyāmaduṣṭo duṣyase katham
Thus, O king, you are not a vaiśya, nor is my father a vaiśya; for you, being unspoiled, are not spoiled — how, when I am unspoiled?
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MkP 112.112
एवं स वैश्यो भूपाल सुदेवोऽस्मत्पिताभवत् । अहं च या महाभाग तत्सर्वं श्रूयतां त्वया वैश्ययोनौ यदा जाता त्वं पुत्रं बोधयिष्यसि । राज्याय जातिस्मरतां तदा त्वं समवाप्स्यसि इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे द्वादशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
evaṃ sa vaiśyo bhūpāla sudevo'smatpitābhavat | ahaṃ ca yā mahābhāga tatsarvaṃ śrūyatāṃ tvayā vaiśyayonau yadā jātā tvaṃ putraṃ bodhayiṣyasi | rājyāya jātismaratāṃ tadā tvaṃ samavāpsyasi iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe dvādaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, O protector of the earth, that vaiśya Sudeva became our father, and I (became) who I am, O greatly fortunate one — let all that be heard by you. "When you are born in a vaiśya womb, you will awaken your son to (his) kingship, (he) remembering his (former) birth; then you will obtain (it)." Thus (ends) the hundred and twelfth chapter in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
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