Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 118
MkP 118.1
करन्धमचरितवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः स नृपतिर्गत्वा गोमतीं पापनाशिनीम् । तत्र तुष्टाव नियतो भूत्वा देवं पुरन्दरम्
karandhamacaritavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ sa nṛpatirgatvā gomatīṃ pāpanāśinīm | tatra tuṣṭāva niyato bhūtvā devaṃ purandaram
Description of the deeds of Karandhama. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then that king, having gone to the sin-destroying Gomatī, becoming self-restrained, praised there the god Purandara.
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MkP 118.2
तप्यमानस्तपश्चोग्रं यतवाक्कायमानसः । तुष्टाव प्रयतः शक्रमपत्यार्थं महीपतिः
tapyamānastapaścograṃ yatavākkāyamānasaḥ | tuṣṭāva prayataḥ śakramapatyārthaṃ mahīpatiḥ
Practising fierce austerity, with speech, body and mind controlled, the king, purified, praised Śakra for the sake of offspring.
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MkP 118.3
तस्य स्तोत्रेण तपसा भक्त्या चापि सुरेश्वरः । तुतोष भगवानिन्द्रः प्राह चैनं महामुने
tasya stotreṇa tapasā bhaktyā cāpi sureśvaraḥ | tutoṣa bhagavānindraḥ prāha cainaṃ mahāmune
By his hymn, his austerity and also his devotion, the lord of the gods, the blessed Indra, was pleased, and he spoke to him, O great sage.
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MkP 118.4
अनेन तपसा भक्त्या स्तोत्रेणोच्चारितेन च । परितुष्टोऽस्मि ते भूप व्रियतां भवता वरः
anena tapasā bhaktyā stotreṇoccāritena ca | parituṣṭo'smi te bhūpa vriyatāṃ bhavatā varaḥ
"By this austerity, this devotion, and by the hymn uttered, I am well pleased with you, O king; let a boon be chosen by you."
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MkP 118.5
राजोवाच अपुत्रस्य सुतो मेऽस्तु सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः । सदा चाव्याहतैश्वर्यो धर्मकृद्धर्मवित्कृती
rājovāca aputrasya suto me'stu sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | sadā cāvyāhataiśvaryo dharmakṛddharmavitkṛtī
The king said: I am sonless — let there be a son to me, the best of all bearers of weapons, whose sovereignty is never thwarted, a doer of dharma, a knower of dharma, and capable.
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MkP 118.6
मार्कण्डेय उवाच तथेति चोक्तः शक्रेण राजा प्राप्तमनोरथः । प्रजाः पालयितुं भूप आजगाम निजं पुरम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tatheti coktaḥ śakreṇa rājā prāptamanorathaḥ | prajāḥ pālayituṃ bhūpa ājagāma nijaṃ puram
Mārkaṇḍeya said: And being told "So be it" by Śakra, the king, his wish obtained, came to his own city to protect his subjects, O king.
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MkP 118.7
तत्रास्य कुर्वतो यज्ञं सम्यक्पालयतः प्रजाः । अजायत सुतो विप्र तदा शक्रप्रसादतः
tatrāsya kurvato yajñaṃ samyakpālayataḥ prajāḥ | ajāyata suto vipra tadā śakraprasādataḥ
There, while he was performing a sacrifice and rightly protecting his subjects, a son was then born (to him), O brahmin, by the grace of Śakra.
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MkP 118.8
तस्य नाम पिता चक्रे बलाश्व इति भूपतिः । अस्त्रग्राममशेषं च ग्राहयामास तं सुतम्
tasya nāma pitā cakre balāśva iti bhūpatiḥ | astragrāmamaśeṣaṃ ca grāhayāmāsa taṃ sutam
His father the king made his name "Balāśva," and had that son take up the whole body of weaponry without exception.
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MkP 118.9
पितर्युपरते विप्र सोऽधिराज्ये स्थितो नृपः । स बलाश्वो वशं निन्ये भुवि सर्वमहीक्षितः
pitaryuparate vipra so'dhirājye sthito nṛpaḥ | sa balāśvo vaśaṃ ninye bhuvi sarvamahīkṣitaḥ
When his father had passed away, O brahmin, that king, established in the sovereignty — that Balāśva brought all the rulers of the earth under his sway.
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MkP 118.11
अथाखिलनरेन्द्रास्ते दायादास्तस्य दुर्मदाः । न चाभ्युत्थाय सततं त चास्मै प्रददुः करान्
athākhilanarendrāste dāyādāstasya durmadāḥ | na cābhyutthāya satataṃ ta cāsmai pradaduḥ karān
Then all those kings, his kinsmen-coheirs, evil-minded with pride, did not rise up (in respect) and did not constantly pay him tribute.
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MkP 118.12
व्युत्थिताः स्वेषु राष्ट्रेषु न सन्तोषपरास्ततः । भुवं तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य जगृहुस्ते नराधिपाः
vyutthitāḥ sveṣu rāṣṭreṣu na santoṣaparāstataḥ | bhuvaṃ tasya narendrasya jagṛhuste narādhipāḥ
Having risen up in their own realms, not being intent on contentment, those rulers of men then seized the land of that king.
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MkP 118.13
स गृहीत्वा स्वकं राज्यं पृथिवीशो बलान्मुने । तस्थौ स्वनगरे भूपैर्विरोधो बहुभिः कृतः
sa gṛhītvā svakaṃ rājyaṃ pṛthivīśo balānmune | tasthau svanagare bhūpairvirodho bahubhiḥ kṛtaḥ
He, the lord of the earth, having taken his own kingdom back by force, O sage, remained in his own city; enmity was made (against him) by many kings.
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MkP 118.14
समेत्य सुमहावीर्याः ससाधनधनास्ततः । रुरुधुस्तं महीपालं पुरे तत्र नरेश्वराः
sametya sumahāvīryāḥ sasādhanadhanāstataḥ | rurudhustaṃ mahīpālaṃ pure tatra nareśvarāḥ
Then those lords of men, of very great valour, with their equipment and wealth, came together and besieged that king there in his city.
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MkP 118.15
पुररोधेन तेनाथ कुपितः स महीपतिः । स्वल्पकोशोऽल्पदण्डश्च वैक्लव्यं परमं गतः
purarodhena tenātha kupitaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ | svalpakośo'lpadaṇḍaśca vaiklavyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
Then, angered by that siege of the city, that king — with a small treasury and small forces — fell into the utmost dejection.
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MkP 118.16
अपश्यमानः शरणं सबलो द्विजसत्तम । करौ मुखाग्रतः कृत्वा निशश्वासार्तमानसः
apaśyamānaḥ śaraṇaṃ sabalo dvijasattama | karau mukhāgrataḥ kṛtvā niśaśvāsārtamānasaḥ
Seeing no refuge, though he had an army, O best of brahmins, he put his two hands before his mouth and sighed, his mind afflicted.
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MkP 118.17
ततोऽस्य हस्तविवरान्मुखानिलसमाहताः । निर्जग्मुः शतशो योधा रथनागतुरङ्गमाः
tato'sya hastavivarānmukhānilasamāhatāḥ | nirjagmuḥ śataśo yodhā rathanāgaturaṅgamāḥ
Then from the hollow of his hands, struck by the breath of his mouth, warriors came forth by hundreds, with chariots, elephants and horses.
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MkP 118.18
ततः क्षणेन तत्सर्वं नगरं तस्य भूपतेः । व्याप्तमासीद्बलौघेन सारेणातिबलान्मुने
tataḥ kṣaṇena tatsarvaṃ nagaraṃ tasya bhūpateḥ | vyāptamāsīdbalaughena sāreṇātibalānmune
Then in a moment that whole city of that king was filled with a flood of troops, a very strong core of force, O sage.
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MkP 118.19
अथ सोऽतिबलौघेन महता तेन संवृतः । निर्मथ्यनगरात्तस्मात्तान्विजिग्ये नराधिपः
atha so'tibalaughena mahatā tena saṃvṛtaḥ | nirmathyanagarāttasmāttānvijigye narādhipaḥ
Then, surrounded by that great and mighty flood of troops, the king, having churned forth from that city, conquered them.
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MkP 118.21
धुतयोः करयोर्जज्ञे यतस्तस्यारिदाहदम् । बलं करन्धमस्तस्मात्स बलाश्वोऽभिधीयते
dhutayoḥ karayorjajñe yatastasyāridāhadam | balaṃ karandhamastasmātsa balāśvo'bhidhīyate
Since from his two shaken hands there arose strength that burned up his foes, (he was called) Karandhama; and from that strength he is called Balāśva.
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MkP 118.22
स धर्मात्मा महात्मा च स मैत्रः सर्वजन्तुषु । करन्धमोऽभवद्भूपस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः
sa dharmātmā mahātmā ca sa maitraḥ sarvajantuṣu | karandhamo'bhavadbhūpastriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ
He was righteous in nature and great-souled, and friendly toward all creatures: Karandhama became a king renowned in the three worlds.
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MkP 118.23
सम्प्रास्तस्य परामार्त्तिं ददावरिविनाशनम् । बलं धर्मेण चाक्षिप्तमभ्युपेत्य स्वयं नृपम्
samprāstasya parāmārttiṃ dadāvarivināśanam | balaṃ dharmeṇa cākṣiptamabhyupetya svayaṃ nṛpam
To one who had come into extreme distress he gave the strength that destroys enemies; and (that strength), drawn forth by righteousness, having itself approached the king...
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MkP 118.118
करं च दापयामास सारग्रहणपूर्वकम् । स सर्वभूमिपान्राजा पालयामास च प्रजाः जित्वा च वशमानीय चकार करदान्पुनः । यथापूर्वं महाभाग महाभाग्यो नरेश्वरः इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे करन्धमचरितं नामाष्टादशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
karaṃ ca dāpayāmāsa sāragrahaṇapūrvakam | sa sarvabhūmipānrājā pālayāmāsa ca prajāḥ jitvā ca vaśamānīya cakāra karadānpunaḥ | yathāpūrvaṃ mahābhāga mahābhāgyo nareśvaraḥ iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe karandhamacaritaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
And he made (them) pay tribute, first seizing the best of their wealth. That king protected all the rulers of the earth and (his) subjects; and having conquered them and brought them under his sway, he made them tribute-payers again as before, O greatly blessed one — that lord of men of great good fortune. Thus in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, the one hundred and eighteenth chapter, called 'The Deeds of Karandhama.'
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