Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 122
MkP 122.1
अविक्षिच्चरितवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच अथ साऽविक्षितो माता वीरा वीर प्रजावती । पुण्येऽहनि समाहूय प्राह पुत्रमविक्षितम्
avikṣiccaritavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca atha sā'vikṣito mātā vīrā vīra prajāvatī | puṇye'hani samāhūya prāha putramavikṣitam
Description of the deeds of Avikṣit. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then that heroic mother of Avikṣit, Vīrā, blessed with offspring, O hero, summoning her son Avikṣit on an auspicious day, spoke (to him).
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MkP 122.2
पुत्राहमभ्यनुज्ञाता तव पित्रा महात्मना । उपवासं करिष्यामि दुष्करोऽयं किमिच्छकः
putrāhamabhyanujñātā tava pitrā mahātmanā | upavāsaṃ kariṣyāmi duṣkaro'yaṃ kimicchakaḥ
"My son, having been given leave by your great-souled father, I shall undertake a fast; this Kimicchaka (vow) is hard to perform.
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MkP 122.3
स चायत्तस्तव पितुस्त्वया साध्यो मयापि च । प्रतिज्ञाते त्वया पुत्र ततस्तत्र यताम्यहम्
sa cāyattastava pitustvayā sādhyo mayāpi ca | pratijñāte tvayā putra tatastatra yatāmyaham
"And that (vow) depends on your father, and is to be accomplished by you and by me as well. Once you have promised it, my son, then I shall make the effort in this matter."
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MkP 122.4
द्रव्यस्यार्द्धं महाकोशात्तव दास्याम्यहं पितुः । धनं ते पितुरायत्तमनुज्ञाताऽस्मि तेन च
dravyasyārddhaṃ mahākośāttava dāsyāmyahaṃ pituḥ | dhanaṃ te piturāyattamanujñātā'smi tena ca
"I shall give you half of the wealth from your father's great treasury; (but) the money depends on your father, and I have his permission for it."
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MkP 122.5
क्लेशसाध्यो मदायत्तः स हि श्रेयो भविष्यति । साध्यो भवेद्वा यदि ते कश्चिद्बलपराक्रमैः
kleśasādhyo madāyattaḥ sa hi śreyo bhaviṣyati | sādhyo bhavedvā yadi te kaścidbalaparākramaiḥ
"For what is accomplished with hardship and depends on me will turn out for the better; or if there is something to be accomplished by you through strength and valour—"
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MkP 122.6
स तेऽसाध्यो ह्यन्यथा वा दुःखसाध्यो भविष्यति । तत्त्वं प्रतिज्ञां कुरुषे यदि पुत्रात्र चैव ते ।। तदैतदहमावाप्स्ये कथ्यतां यन्मतं तव
sa te'sādhyo hyanyathā vā duḥkhasādhyo bhaviṣyati | tattvaṃ pratijñāṃ kuruṣe yadi putrātra caiva te || tadaitadahamāvāpsye kathyatāṃ yanmataṃ tava
"—that will be, otherwise, impossible for you to accomplish, or accomplishable only with pain. So if, my son, you make a promise in this matter, then I shall undertake this; let your view be told."
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MkP 122.7
अविक्षिदुवाच वित्तं मे पितुरायत्तं मत्स्वामित्वं न तत्र वै । यन्मच्छरीरनिष्पाद्यं तत्करिष्ये त्वयोदितम्
avikṣiduvāca vittaṃ me piturāyattaṃ matsvāmitvaṃ na tatra vai | yanmaccharīraniṣpādyaṃ tatkariṣye tvayoditam
Avikṣit said: "My wealth depends on my father; I have no ownership in it. Whatever can be accomplished by my body, that I shall do as you have said."
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MkP 122.8
किमिच्छकं व्रतं मातर्निश्चिन्ता भव निर्व्यथा । राज्ञा पित्राऽभ्यनुज्ञातं यदि वित्तेश्वरेण मे
kimicchakaṃ vrataṃ mātarniścintā bhava nirvyathā | rājñā pitrā'bhyanujñātaṃ yadi vitteśvareṇa me
"(As for) the kimicchaka vow, mother, be free of worry and free of distress, if it has been permitted to me by the king, my father, the lord of the wealth."
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MkP 122.9
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः सा राजमहिषी तद्व्रतं समुपोषिता । यथोक्तं साऽकरोत्पूजां राजराजस्य संयता
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ sā rājamahiṣī tadvrataṃ samupoṣitā | yathoktaṃ sā'karotpūjāṃ rājarājasya saṃyatā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then that chief queen, having duly fasted for that vow, restrained, performed worship of the King of kings as prescribed.
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MkP 122.11
विविक्ते तु गृहस्थोऽयमथ राजा करन्धमः । आसीन उक्तः सचिवैर्नीतिशास्त्रविशारदैः
vivikte tu gṛhastho'yamatha rājā karandhamaḥ | āsīna uktaḥ sacivairnītiśāstraviśāradaiḥ
Now, this householder, king Karandhama, seated in a private place, was addressed by his counsellors, who were skilled in the science of statecraft.
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MkP 122.12
सचिवा ऊचुः राजन्वयः परिणतं तवैतच्छासतो महीम् । एकस्ते तनयोऽविक्षित्त्यक्तदारपरिग्रहः
sacivā ūcuḥ rājanvayaḥ pariṇataṃ tavaitacchāsato mahīm | ekaste tanayo'vikṣittyaktadāraparigrahaḥ
The counsellors said: "O king, your age has ripened while you rule this earth; you have one son, Avikṣit, who has renounced taking a wife."
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MkP 122.13
अपुत्रः स च ते निष्ठां यदा भूप गमिष्यति । तदारिपक्षं पृथिवी निश्चितं तव यास्यति
aputraḥ sa ca te niṣṭhāṃ yadā bhūpa gamiṣyati | tadāripakṣaṃ pṛthivī niścitaṃ tava yāsyati
"And when he, sonless, goes to his end, O lord of the earth, then your land will certainly pass to the side of your enemies."
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MkP 122.14
वंशक्षयस्ते भविता पितृपिण्डोदकक्षयः । एतन्महत्तेऽरिभयं क्रियाहान्या भविष्यति
vaṃśakṣayaste bhavitā pitṛpiṇḍodakakṣayaḥ | etanmahatte'ribhayaṃ kriyāhānyā bhaviṣyati
"There will be destruction of your lineage, and the cutting off of the rice-balls and water for the ancestors; this great danger from enemies will come upon you through the failure of (these) rites."
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MkP 122.15
तस्मात्कुरु तथा भूप यथा ते तनयः पुनः । करोति सततं बुद्धिं पितॄणामुपकारिणीम्
tasmātkuru tathā bhūpa yathā te tanayaḥ punaḥ | karoti satataṃ buddhiṃ pitṝṇāmupakāriṇīm
"Therefore, O king, act so that your son again constantly turns his mind to what benefits the ancestors."
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MkP 122.16
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शब्दं शुश्राव जगतीपतिः । पुरोहितस्य वीराया गदतो ह्यर्थिनं प्रति
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca etasminnantare śabdaṃ śuśrāva jagatīpatiḥ | purohitasya vīrāyā gadato hyarthinaṃ prati
Mārkaṇḍeya said: In the meantime the lord of the earth heard the voice of the family priest speaking loudly to the petitioners:
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MkP 122.17
कः किमिच्छति दुःसाध्यं कस्य किं साध्यतामिति । करन्धमस्य महिषी किमिच्छिकमुपोषिता
kaḥ kimicchati duḥsādhyaṃ kasya kiṃ sādhyatāmiti | karandhamasya mahiṣī kimicchikamupoṣitā
"Who wishes for what that is hard to obtain? For whom shall what be accomplished? The chief queen of Karandhama has fasted the kimicchaka (vow)."
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MkP 122.18
राजपुत्रोऽप्यविक्षित्तु श्रुत्वा पौरोहितं वचः । प्रत्युवाचार्थिनः सर्वान्राजद्वारमुपागतान्
rājaputro'pyavikṣittu śrutvā paurohitaṃ vacaḥ | pratyuvācārthinaḥ sarvānrājadvāramupāgatān
And the king's son Avikṣit, having heard the priest's words, answered all the petitioners who had come to the king's gate:
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MkP 122.19
मया साध्यं शरीरेण यस्य किञ्जिद्ब्रवीतु सः । मम माता महाभागा किमिच्छिकमुपोषिता
mayā sādhyaṃ śarīreṇa yasya kiñjidbravītu saḥ | mama mātā mahābhāgā kimicchikamupoṣitā
"Whoever has anything that can be accomplished by me with my body, let him speak. My greatly blessed mother has fasted the kimicchaka (vow)."
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MkP 122.21
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततो राजा निशम्यैतद्वाक्यं पुत्रमुखाच्छ्रुतम् । समुत्पत्याब्रवीत्पुत्रमहमर्थी प्रयच्छ मे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tato rājā niśamyaitadvākyaṃ putramukhācchrutam | samutpatyābravītputramahamarthī prayaccha me
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then the king, hearing this speech uttered from his son's mouth, sprang up and said to his son, "I am a petitioner; grant me (my wish)."
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MkP 122.22
अविक्षिदुवाच दातव्यं यन्मया तात भवते तद्ब्रवीहि माम् । कर्तव्यं दुष्करं वा ते साध्यं दुःसाध्यमेव वा
avikṣiduvāca dātavyaṃ yanmayā tāta bhavate tadbravīhi mām | kartavyaṃ duṣkaraṃ vā te sādhyaṃ duḥsādhyameva vā
Avikṣit said: "Father, tell me what is to be given by me to you, or what is to be done—difficult to do, or accomplishable, or even hard to accomplish."
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MkP 122.23
राजोवाच यदि सत्यप्रतिज्ञस्त्वं ददासि च किमिच्छकम् । पौत्रस्य दर्शय मुखं ममोत्सङ्गगतस्य तत्
rājovāca yadi satyapratijñastvaṃ dadāsi ca kimicchakam | pautrasya darśaya mukhaṃ mamotsaṅgagatasya tat
The king said: "If you are true to your promise and grant the kimicchaka, then show me the face of a grandson seated in my lap."
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MkP 122.24
अविक्षिदुवाच अहं तवैकस्तनयो ब्रह्मचर्यं च मे नृप । न मे पुत्रोऽस्ति पौत्रस्य दर्शयामि कथं मुखम्
avikṣiduvāca ahaṃ tavaikastanayo brahmacaryaṃ ca me nṛpa | na me putro'sti pautrasya darśayāmi kathaṃ mukham
Avikṣit said: "I am your only son, and my (vow) is chastity, O king; I have no son—how shall I show you a grandson's face?"
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MkP 122.25
राजोवाच पापाय ब्रह्मचर्यं ते यदिदं धार्यते त्वया । तस्मात्त्वं मोचयात्मानं मम पौत्रं च दर्शय
rājovāca pāpāya brahmacaryaṃ te yadidaṃ dhāryate tvayā | tasmāttvaṃ mocayātmānaṃ mama pautraṃ ca darśaya
The king said: This celibacy that you maintain is (turned) to evil; therefore release yourself from it and show me a grandson.
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MkP 122.26
अविक्षिदुवाच विषमं स्यान्महाराज यदन्यत्तत्समादिश । वैराग्येण मया त्यक्तः स्त्रीसंभोगस्तथास्तु सः
avikṣiduvāca viṣamaṃ syānmahārāja yadanyattatsamādiśa | vairāgyeṇa mayā tyaktaḥ strīsaṃbhogastathāstu saḥ
Avikṣit said: That would be hard, great king; order me something else instead. Sexual enjoyment of women has been renounced by me out of aversion (to the world); so let it remain.
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MkP 122.27
राजोवाच बहुभिर्युध्यमानानां दृष्टो वै वैरिणां जयः । तत्रापि यदि वैराग्यमुपैषि तदपण्डितः
rājovāca bahubhiryudhyamānānāṃ dṛṣṭo vai vairiṇāṃ jayaḥ | tatrāpi yadi vairāgyamupaiṣi tadapaṇḍitaḥ
The king said: Victory over enemies has indeed been seen (won) by those who fight against many; if in that too you take to aversion, then you are no learned man.
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MkP 122.28
किं वा नो बहुनोक्तेन ब्रह्मचर्यं परित्यज । मातुस्त्वमिच्छया वक्त्र पौत्रस्य मम दर्शय
kiṃ vā no bahunoktena brahmacaryaṃ parityaja | mātustvamicchayā vaktra pautrasya mama darśaya
Or (why) with much speaking? Abandon celibacy, and by your mother's wish, O eloquent one, show me a grandson.
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MkP 122.29
मार्कण्डेय उवाच यदा स बहुशस्तेन प्रोक्तः पुत्रेण पार्थिवः । नान्यत्प्रार्थयते किंचित्तदा पुत्रोऽब्रवीत्पुनः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca yadā sa bahuśastena proktaḥ putreṇa pārthivaḥ | nānyatprārthayate kiṃcittadā putro'bravītpunaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: When the king had been addressed many times by that son (of his), and asked for nothing else at all, then the son spoke again.
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MkP 122.31
स्त्रियाः समक्षं विजितः पतितो धरणीतले । स्त्रीपतिर्भविता भूयस्तातैतदतिदुष्करम्
striyāḥ samakṣaṃ vijitaḥ patito dharaṇītale | strīpatirbhavitā bhūyastātaitadatiduṣkaram
"Defeated before a woman's eyes and fallen upon the ground, (and now) to become a woman's husband again — father, this is exceedingly hard.
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MkP 122.32
तथापि किं करोम्येष सत्यपाशवशङ्गतः । करिष्यामि यथाऽऽत्थ त्वं भुज्यतां निजशासनम्
tathāpi kiṃ karomyeṣa satyapāśavaśaṅgataḥ | kariṣyāmi yathā''ttha tvaṃ bhujyatāṃ nijaśāsanam
Yet what am I to do? I am bound by the noose of truth. I shall do as you say; let your own command be carried out.
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MkP 122.122
निधीनामप्यशेषाणां निधिपालगणस्य च । लक्ष्म्याश्च परया भक्त्या यतवाक्कायमानसा शृण्वन्तु मेऽर्थिनः सर्वे प्रतिज्ञातं मया तदा । किमिच्छथ ददाम्येष क्रियमाणो किमिच्छिके दत्त्वा किमिच्छकं तुभ्यं प्राप्तोऽहं तात सङ्कटम् । तत्करिष्यामि निर्लज्जो भूयो दारपरिग्रहम् इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणेऽविक्षिच्चरितं नाम द्वाविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
nidhīnāmapyaśeṣāṇāṃ nidhipālagaṇasya ca | lakṣmyāśca parayā bhaktyā yatavākkāyamānasā śṛṇvantu me'rthinaḥ sarve pratijñātaṃ mayā tadā | kimicchatha dadāmyeṣa kriyamāṇo kimicchike dattvā kimicchakaṃ tubhyaṃ prāpto'haṃ tāta saṅkaṭam | tatkariṣyāmi nirlajjo bhūyo dāraparigraham iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe'vikṣiccaritaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
With supreme devotion, with speech, body and mind restrained, (I made a vow) to all the treasures without exception, to the host of treasure-guardians, and to Lakṣmī: Let all petitioners hear me — it was promised by me then: "What do you wish? I here give it," while performing the kimicchaka (giving-whatever-is-desired) rite. Having given you the "what-do-you-wish" gift, father, I have come into a strait; therefore, shamelessly, I shall again take a wife. Thus (ends) the one hundred twenty-second chapter, called the Deeds of Avikṣit, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
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