Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 119
MkP 119.1
अविक्षिच्चरित्रवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच वीर्यचन्द्रसुता सुभूर्वीरा नाम शुभव्रता । स्वयंवरे सा जगृहे महाराजं करन्धमम्
avikṣiccaritravarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca vīryacandrasutā subhūrvīrā nāma śubhavratā | svayaṃvare sā jagṛhe mahārājaṃ karandhamam
A description of the deeds of Avikṣit. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Vīryacandra's daughter, of good birth, named Vīrā, of auspicious vows — she at her own choosing (svayaṃvara) took the great king Karandhama.
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MkP 119.2
तस्यां पुत्रं स राजेन्द्रो जनयामास वीर्यवान् । अविक्षितमिति ख्यातिमुपेतं जगतीतले
tasyāṃ putraṃ sa rājendro janayāmāsa vīryavān | avikṣitamiti khyātimupetaṃ jagatītale
Upon her that mighty lord of kings begot a son, who attained fame on the face of the earth as Avikṣit.
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MkP 119.3
जाते तस्मिन्सुते राजा स दैवज्ञानपृच्छत । कच्चित्प्रशस्तनक्षत्रे शस्तलग्ने सुतो मम
jāte tasminsute rājā sa daivajñānapṛcchata | kaccitpraśastanakṣatre śastalagne suto mama
When that son was born, the king asked the astrologers: "Is my son (born) under a praised lunar mansion and an auspicious ascendant?"
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MkP 119.4
कच्चिच्चालोकितं जन्म मम पुत्रस्य शोभनैः । ग्रहैः कच्चिन्न दुष्टानां ग्रहाणां दृक्पथं गतम्
kacciccālokitaṃ janma mama putrasya śobhanaiḥ | grahaiḥ kaccinna duṣṭānāṃ grahāṇāṃ dṛkpathaṃ gatam
"Has my son's birth been looked upon by auspicious planets? Has it not come into the line of sight of malignant planets?"
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MkP 119.5
इत्युक्तास्तेन दैवज्ञास्तमूचुर्नृपतिं ततः । शस्ते मुहूर्ते नक्षत्रे लग्ने चैव सुतस्तव
ityuktāstena daivajñāstamūcurnṛpatiṃ tataḥ | śaste muhūrte nakṣatre lagne caiva sutastava
Thus addressed by him, the astrologers then said to that king: "Your son (is born) in an auspicious moment, lunar mansion, and ascendant."
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MkP 119.6
समुत्पन्नो महावीर्यो महाभागो महाबलः । भविष्यति महाराज महाराजस्तवात्मजः
samutpanno mahāvīryo mahābhāgo mahābalaḥ | bhaviṣyati mahārāja mahārājastavātmajaḥ
"He has been born of great valour, of great fortune, of great strength; O great king, your son will be a great king."
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MkP 119.7
अवैक्षतेमं देवानां गुरुः शुक्रश्च सप्तमः । सोमश्चतुर्थस्तनयं तवैनं समवैक्षत
avaikṣatemaṃ devānāṃ guruḥ śukraśca saptamaḥ | somaścaturthastanayaṃ tavainaṃ samavaikṣata
"The preceptor of the gods (Jupiter) looked upon him, and Venus in the seventh (house); the Moon in the fourth looked upon this son of yours."
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MkP 119.8
उपान्तसंस्थितश्चैव सोमपुत्रोप्यवैक्षत । नावैक्षतेमं सविता न भौमो न शनैश्चरः
upāntasaṃsthitaścaiva somaputropyavaikṣata | nāvaikṣatemaṃ savitā na bhaumo na śanaiścaraḥ
"And the son of the Moon (Mercury), standing nearby, also looked upon (him); but the Sun did not look upon him, nor Mars, nor Saturn —"
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MkP 119.9
तव पुत्रं महाराज धन्योऽयं तनयस्तव । सर्वकल्याणसम्पत्ति समवेतो भविष्यति
tava putraṃ mahārāja dhanyo'yaṃ tanayastava | sarvakalyāṇasampatti samaveto bhaviṣyati
"— upon your son, O great king. This son of yours is blessed; he will be endowed with every auspicious prosperity."
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MkP 119.11
अवैक्षतेमं देवानां गुरुः सोमः सितो बुधः । नावैक्षतैनमादित्यो नार्कसूनुर्न भूमिजः
avaikṣatemaṃ devānāṃ guruḥ somaḥ sito budhaḥ | nāvaikṣatainamādityo nārkasūnurna bhūmijaḥ
"The preceptor of the gods (Jupiter), the Moon, Venus, and Mercury looked upon him; the Sun did not look upon him, nor the son of the Sun (Saturn), nor the son of the Earth (Mars)."
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MkP 119.12
अवैक्षतेति यत्प्रोक्तं भवद्भिर्बहुशो वचः । अविक्षितेति तेनास्य ख्यातं नाम भविष्यति
avaikṣateti yatproktaṃ bhavadbhirbahuśo vacaḥ | avikṣiteti tenāsya khyātaṃ nāma bhaviṣyati
"Since the word 'avaikṣata' ('looked upon') has been uttered by you many times, by that his name will be known as Avikṣit."
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MkP 119.13
मार्कण्डेय उवाच अविक्षितः सुतस्तस्य वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः । अस्त्रग्राममशेषं स कण्वपुत्रादथाग्रहीत्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca avikṣitaḥ sutastasya vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ | astragrāmamaśeṣaṃ sa kaṇvaputrādathāgrahīt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: His son Avikṣit became master of the Vedas and the Vedic ancillary sciences, and then received the whole body of weapons from the son of Kaṇva.
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MkP 119.14
स्वरूपेणातिभिषजौ देवानां पार्थिवात्मजः । बुद्ध्या वाचस्पतिं कान्त्या शशाङ्कं तेजसा रविम्
svarūpeṇātibhiṣajau devānāṃ pārthivātmajaḥ | buddhyā vācaspatiṃ kāntyā śaśāṅkaṃ tejasā ravim
That son of the earth-lord surpassed the two physicians of the gods in beauty of form, Vācaspati (Jupiter) in intellect, the moon in loveliness, the sun in splendour,
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MkP 119.15
धैर्येणाब्धिं तयोर्वीं च सहिष्णुत्वेन वीर्यवान् । शौर्येण न समस्तस्य कश्चिदासीन्महात्मनः
dhairyeṇābdhiṃ tayorvīṃ ca sahiṣṇutvena vīryavān | śauryeṇa na samastasya kaścidāsīnmahātmanaḥ
the ocean in steadfastness and the earth in endurance — that mighty one; and in bravery there was none equal to that great-souled one.
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MkP 119.16
स्वयंवरे तं जगृहे हेमधर्मात्मजा वरा । सुदेवतनया गौरी सुभद्रा बलिनः सुता
svayaṃvare taṃ jagṛhe hemadharmātmajā varā | sudevatanayā gaurī subhadrā balinaḥ sutā
At her own choosing the excellent daughter of Hemadharman took him (as husband), and Gaurī the daughter of Sudeva, and Subhadrā the daughter of Balin,
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MkP 119.17
लीलावती वीरसुता वीरभद्रसुता निभा । भीमात्मजा मान्यवती दम्भपुत्री कुमुद्वती
līlāvatī vīrasutā vīrabhadrasutā nibhā | bhīmātmajā mānyavatī dambhaputrī kumudvatī
Līlāvatī the daughter of Vīra, Nibhā the daughter of Vīrabhadra, Mānyavatī the daughter of Bhīma, Kumudvatī the daughter of Dambha,
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MkP 119.18
याश्चैनं नाभिनन्दन्ति स्वयंवरकृतक्षणाः । ताश्चापि स बलाद्वीरो जग्राह नृपतेः सुतः
yāścainaṃ nābhinandanti svayaṃvarakṛtakṣaṇāḥ | tāścāpi sa balādvīro jagrāha nṛpateḥ sutaḥ
And those (maidens) who did not welcome him, who had appointed the moment for their self-choice — those too that hero, the king's son, seized by force.
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MkP 119.19
निराकृत्य नृपान्सर्वांस्तासां पितृकुलानि च । स्वयं हि वीर्यमाश्रित्य बलवान्न बलोद्धतः
nirākṛtya nṛpānsarvāṃstāsāṃ pitṛkulāni ca | svayaṃ hi vīryamāśritya balavānna baloddhataḥ
Having repulsed all the kings and the paternal families of those (maidens), relying on his own valour alone — for he was strong, not (merely) puffed up with strength.
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MkP 119.21
परिभूयाखिलान्भूपान्स्वेच्छया न वृतस्तया । बलाज्जग्राह विप्रर्षे यथान्या बलगर्वितः
paribhūyākhilānbhūpānsvecchayā na vṛtastayā | balājjagrāha viprarṣe yathānyā balagarvitaḥ
Having overpowered all the kings, he seized by force, O sage among brahmins, one who had not been chosen by her of her own will, just as (he had seized) the others, being proud of his strength.
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MkP 119.22
ततस्ते भूभृतः सर्वे बहुशस्तेन मानिना । निराकृताः सुनिर्विण्णाः प्रोचुरन्योन्यमाकुलाः
tataste bhūbhṛtaḥ sarve bahuśastena māninā | nirākṛtāḥ sunirviṇṇāḥ procuranyonyamākulāḥ
Then all those kings, repeatedly repulsed by that proud one, being much dejected, spoke to one another in agitation.
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MkP 119.23
क्षमतां वञ्चनामेतामेकस्माद्बलशालिनाम् । बहूनामेकवर्णानां जन्म धिग्वो महीभृताम्
kṣamatāṃ vañcanāmetāmekasmādbalaśālinām | bahūnāmekavarṇānāṃ janma dhigvo mahībhṛtām
"(That we should) endure this cheating by a single strong man, while we are many of one and the same caste! Shame on your birth as kings!"
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MkP 119.24
क्षत्रियो यः क्षतात्त्राणं वध्यमानस्य दुर्मदैः । करोति तस्य तन्नाम वृथैवान्ये हि बिभ्रति
kṣatriyo yaḥ kṣatāttrāṇaṃ vadhyamānasya durmadaiḥ | karoti tasya tannāma vṛthaivānye hi bibhrati
He is a kṣatriya who gives protection from injury to one being slain by the evil-mad; that name belongs to him, for others bear it in vain.
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MkP 119.25
आत्मनोऽपि क्षतत्राणं दुष्टादस्मादकुर्वताम् । भवतां क्षत्रियकुले जातानां कीदृशी मतिः
ātmano'pi kṣatatrāṇaṃ duṣṭādasmādakurvatām | bhavatāṃ kṣatriyakule jātānāṃ kīdṛśī matiḥ
For you, born in a kṣatriya family, who do not effect protection from injury even for yourselves against this wicked man — what sort of mind is this?
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MkP 119.26
उच्चार्यते स्तुतिर्या वः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः । सा सत्या मा वृथा वीरा भवत्वरिविनाशनात्
uccāryate stutiryā vaḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ | sā satyā mā vṛthā vīrā bhavatvarivināśanāt
The praise of you that is uttered by bards, panegyrists and heralds — let that be true, O heroes, not in vain, through the destruction of the enemy.
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MkP 119.27
चरतां सा तथैवैषा भूपाश्चारैर्दिगन्तरे । पौरुषाश्रयिणः सर्वे विशिष्टकुलसम्भवाः
caratāṃ sā tathaivaiṣā bhūpāścārairdigantare | pauruṣāśrayiṇaḥ sarve viśiṣṭakulasambhavāḥ
Let that (praise) of yours go abroad likewise, O kings, by means of spies to the ends of the horizon: all of you are resorters to manliness, sprung from distinguished families.
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MkP 119.28
बिभेति को न मरणात्को युद्धेन विनाऽमरः । विचिन्त्यैतन्न हातव्यं पौरुषं शस्त्रवृत्तिभिः
bibheti ko na maraṇātko yuddhena vinā'maraḥ | vicintyaitanna hātavyaṃ pauruṣaṃ śastravṛttibhiḥ
Who does not fear death? Who is immortal apart from battle? Considering this, manliness must not be abandoned by those whose livelihood is weapons.
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MkP 119.29
एतन्निशम्य ते भूपा विस्पष्टामर्षपूरिताः । ऊचुः परस्परं सर्वे समुत्तस्थुश्च सायुधाः
etanniśamya te bhūpā vispaṣṭāmarṣapūritāḥ | ūcuḥ parasparaṃ sarve samuttasthuśca sāyudhāḥ
Hearing this, those kings, plainly filled with indignation, all spoke to one another and rose up with their weapons.
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MkP 119.119
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इति दैवज्ञवचनं निशम्य वसुधाधिपः । हर्षपूर्णमनाः प्राह निजस्थानगतस्तदा एकदा तु विशालस्य विशालाधिपतेः सुताम् । वैशालिनीं स सुदतीं स्वयंवरकृतक्षणाम् केचिद्रथानारुरुहुः केचिन्नागांस्तथा हयान् । अन्येऽमर्षपराधीनास्तमुपेताः पदातयः इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणेऽविक्षिच्चरितं नामैकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iti daivajñavacanaṃ niśamya vasudhādhipaḥ | harṣapūrṇamanāḥ prāha nijasthānagatastadā ekadā tu viśālasya viśālādhipateḥ sutām | vaiśālinīṃ sa sudatīṃ svayaṃvarakṛtakṣaṇām kecidrathānāruruhuḥ kecinnāgāṃstathā hayān | anye'marṣaparādhīnāstamupetāḥ padātayaḥ iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe'vikṣiccaritaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus, having heard the words of the astrologer, the lord of the earth, his mind filled with joy, then spoke, having gone to his own place. And once, (he seized) the daughter of Viśāla, the lord of Viśālā, the fair-toothed Vaiśālinī, who had appointed the moment for her self-choice. Some mounted chariots, some elephants and horses; others, in the grip of indignation, approached him on foot. Thus (ends) in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa the one hundred and nineteenth chapter, called "The Deeds of Avikṣit."
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