Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 115
MkP 115.1
खनित्रचरित्रवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः समस्तलोकस्य विस्मयः सोऽभवन्महान् । यदेककालं नेशुस्ते पृथक्पुरनिवासिनः
khanitracaritravarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ samastalokasya vismayaḥ so'bhavanmahān | yadekakālaṃ neśuste pṛthakpuranivāsinaḥ
Description of the story of Khanitra. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then there arose that great astonishment of all the people, that those men, dwelling in separate cities, had perished at one and the same time.
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MkP 115.2
ततः शुश्राव निधनं यातान्भ्रातृपुरोहितान् । मन्त्रिणं च तथा भ्रातुर्दग्धं तं विश्ववेदिनम्
tataḥ śuśrāva nidhanaṃ yātānbhrātṛpurohitān | mantriṇaṃ ca tathā bhrāturdagdhaṃ taṃ viśvavedinam
Then he heard that his brothers' house-priests had met their end, and likewise that his brother's minister, that Viśvavedin, had been burned up.
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MkP 115.3
किमेतदिति सोऽतीव विस्मितो मुनिसत्तम । खनित्रोऽभून्महाराजो नाजानात्तच्च कारणम्
kimetaditi so'tīva vismito munisattama | khanitro'bhūnmahārājo nājānāttacca kāraṇam
"What is this?" — thus, O best of sages, Khanitra the great king was exceedingly astonished, and did not know the cause of it.
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MkP 115.4
ततो वसिष्ठं पप्रच्छ स राजा गृहमागतम् । यत्कारणं विनेशुस्ते भ्रातृमन्त्रिपुरोहिताः
tato vasiṣṭhaṃ papraccha sa rājā gṛhamāgatam | yatkāraṇaṃ vineśuste bhrātṛmantripurohitāḥ
Then that king asked Vasiṣṭha, who had come to his house, for what reason those brothers, ministers and house-priests had perished.
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MkP 115.5
तेन पृष्टस्तदा प्राह यथा वृत्तं महामुनिः । यच्छौरिमन्त्रिणा प्रोक्तं यच्च शौरिरुवाच तम्
tena pṛṣṭastadā prāha yathā vṛttaṃ mahāmuniḥ | yacchaurimantriṇā proktaṃ yacca śauriruvāca tam
Being asked by him, the great sage then told how it had happened: what had been said by Śauri's minister, and what Śauri had said to him,
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MkP 115.6
यथा चानुष्ठितं तेन भ्रातॄणां भेदकारि वै । मन्त्रिणा तेन दुष्टेन यच्चक्रुश्च पुरोहिताः
yathā cānuṣṭhitaṃ tena bhrātṝṇāṃ bhedakāri vai | mantriṇā tena duṣṭena yaccakruśca purohitāḥ
and how that wicked minister had carried out what caused division among the brothers, and what the house-priests had done,
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MkP 115.7
यन्निमित्तं विनेशुस्ते अपापस्यापकारिणः । पुरोहितास्तस्य राज्ञः शत्रावपि दयावतः
yannimittaṃ vineśuste apāpasyāpakāriṇaḥ | purohitāstasya rājñaḥ śatrāvapi dayāvataḥ
and on what account those house-priests perished, doing harm to one who was sinless — (harm) to that king who had compassion even for an enemy.
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MkP 115.8
स तच्छ्रुत्वा ततो राजा हा हतोऽस्मीति वै वदन् । निनिन्दात्मानमत्यर्थं वसिष्ठस्याग्रतो द्विज
sa tacchrutvā tato rājā hā hato'smīti vai vadan | ninindātmānamatyarthaṃ vasiṣṭhasyāgrato dvija
Having heard that, the king then, crying "Alas, I am undone!", reproached himself exceedingly in Vasiṣṭha's presence, O brahmin.
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MkP 115.9
राजोवाच धिङ्मामपुण्यसंस्थानमल्पभाग्यमशोभनम् । दैवदोषकृतं पापं सर्वलोकविगर्हितम्
rājovāca dhiṅmāmapuṇyasaṃsthānamalpabhāgyamaśobhanam | daivadoṣakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ sarvalokavigarhitam
The king said: Fie on me, a receptacle of demerit, of scant fortune, inauspicious — a sin brought about by the fault of fate, condemned by the whole world.
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MkP 115.11
नाभविष्यं यदि पुमानहमत्र महीतले । ततस्ते न विनश्येयुर्मम भ्रातृपुरोहिताः
nābhaviṣyaṃ yadi pumānahamatra mahītale | tataste na vinaśyeyurmama bhrātṛpurohitāḥ
If I had not existed as a man here on the earth, then those brothers and house-priests of mine would not have perished.
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MkP 115.12
धिग्राज्यं धिक्च मे जन्म भूभुजां महतां कुले । कारणत्वं गतो योऽहं विनाशस्य द्विजन्मनाम्
dhigrājyaṃ dhikca me janma bhūbhujāṃ mahatāṃ kule | kāraṇatvaṃ gato yo'haṃ vināśasya dvijanmanām
Fie on the kingdom, and fie on my birth in the family of great kings, in that I have become the cause of the destruction of the twice-born!
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MkP 115.13
कुर्वन्तः स्वामिनां तेऽथ भ्रातॄणां मम याजकाः । नाशं ययुर्न दुष्टास्ते दुष्टोऽहं नाशकारणे
kurvantaḥ svāmināṃ te'tha bhrātṝṇāṃ mama yājakāḥ | nāśaṃ yayurna duṣṭāste duṣṭo'haṃ nāśakāraṇe
Those sacrificing priests of my brothers, while performing (rites) for their masters, went to destruction; they were not wicked — I am the wicked one in being the cause of the destruction.
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MkP 115.14
किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि नान्यो मत्तो हि पापकृत् । पृथिव्यामस्ति हेतुत्वं द्विजनाशस्य योगतः
kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi nānyo matto hi pāpakṛt | pṛthivyāmasti hetutvaṃ dvijanāśasya yogataḥ
What shall I do? Where shall I go? For there is no other doer of evil on earth than I, since by (this) connection I am the cause of the destruction of the twice-born.
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MkP 115.15
इत्थमुद्विग्नहृदयः खनित्रः पृथिवीपतिः । वनं यियासुः पुत्रस्य कृतवानभिषेचनम्
itthamudvignahṛdayaḥ khanitraḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | vanaṃ yiyāsuḥ putrasya kṛtavānabhiṣecanam
Thus, with troubled heart, Khanitra the lord of the earth, wishing to go to the forest, performed the consecration of his son.
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MkP 115.16
अभिषिच्य सुतं राज्ये क्षुपसंज्ञं महीपतिः । भार्याभिस्तिसृभिः सार्धं तपसे स वनं ययौ
abhiṣicya sutaṃ rājye kṣupasaṃjñaṃ mahīpatiḥ | bhāryābhistisṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ tapase sa vanaṃ yayau
Having consecrated his son named Kṣupa in the kingdom, the lord of the earth went to the forest for austerity together with his three wives.
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MkP 115.17
तत्रागत्वा तपस्तेपे वानप्रस्थविधानवित् । शतानि त्रीणि वर्षाणां सार्द्धानि नृपसत्तमः
tatrāgatvā tapastepe vānaprasthavidhānavit | śatāni trīṇi varṣāṇāṃ sārddhāni nṛpasattamaḥ
Having gone there, that best of kings, who knew the rules of the forest-dweller's life, practised austerity for three hundred and fifty years.
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MkP 115.18
तपसा क्षीणदेहस्तु राजवर्यो द्विजोत्तम । निगृह्य सर्वस्रोतांसि तत्याजासून्वनेचरः
tapasā kṣīṇadehastu rājavaryo dvijottama | nigṛhya sarvasrotāṃsi tatyājāsūnvanecaraḥ
His body wasted by austerity, O best of the twice-born, that foremost of kings, dwelling in the forest, restrained all the currents (of the senses) and gave up his life-breaths.
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MkP 115.19
ततः पुण्यान्ययौ लोकान्सर्वकामदुहोऽक्षयान् । अश्वमेधादिभिर्यज्ञैरवाप्या ये नराधिपैः
tataḥ puṇyānyayau lokānsarvakāmaduho'kṣayān | aśvamedhādibhiryajñairavāpyā ye narādhipaiḥ
Then he went to the holy, imperishable worlds that yield all desires, which are to be attained by kings through the horse-sacrifice and other sacrifices.
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MkP 115.21
एतत्खनित्रचरितं श्रुतं कल्मषनाशनम् । पठतां च महाभाग क्षुपस्यातो निशामय
etatkhanitracaritaṃ śrutaṃ kalmaṣanāśanam | paṭhatāṃ ca mahābhāga kṣupasyāto niśāmaya
This deed of Khanitra, destroying the sins of those who hear and recite it, (has been told), O greatly fortunate one; now hear that of Kṣupa.
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MkP 115.115
मन्निमित्तं विनष्टं तत्तद्ब्राह्मणचतुष्टयम् । मत्तः कोऽन्यः पापतरो भविष्यति पुमान्भुवि भार्याश्च तस्य तास्तिस्रः समन्तेनैव तत्यजुः । प्राणानवापुः सालोक्यं तेनैव सुमहात्मना
mannimittaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ tattadbrāhmaṇacatuṣṭayam | mattaḥ ko'nyaḥ pāpataro bhaviṣyati pumānbhuvi bhāryāśca tasya tāstisraḥ samantenaiva tatyajuḥ | prāṇānavāpuḥ sālokyaṃ tenaiva sumahātmanā
"On my account that group of four brahmins perished; what other man on earth will be more sinful than I?" And those three wives of his likewise gave up their life-breaths, and attained the same world as that great-souled one.
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