Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 124

MkP 124.1

मरुत्तपुत्रोत्पत्तिवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा स्मृत्वा पितृवचः शुभम् । किमिच्छके प्रतिज्ञाते यदुक्तं तेन भूभृता

maruttaputrotpattivarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā smṛtvā pitṛvacaḥ śubham | kimicchake pratijñāte yaduktaṃ tena bhūbhṛtā

Description of the birth of Marutta's son. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard her words thus, and remembering his father's auspicious words — what that king had said when the "what do you wish?" (boon) was promised —

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MkP 124.2

प्रत्युवाच स तां कन्यामविक्षिन्नृपतेः सुतः । सानुरागमनाः कन्यां त्यक्तभोगां च तत्कृते

pratyuvāca sa tāṃ kanyāmavikṣinnṛpateḥ sutaḥ | sānurāgamanāḥ kanyāṃ tyaktabhogāṃ ca tatkṛte

Avikṣit, the king's son, replied to that maiden, his mind full of love for the maiden who for his sake had renounced enjoyments:

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MkP 124.3

यदाहं त्यक्तवांस्तन्वीं त्वामरातिपराजितः । विजित्य शत्रून्सम्प्राप्ता त्वं मयात्र करोमि किम्

yadāhaṃ tyaktavāṃstanvīṃ tvāmarātiparājitaḥ | vijitya śatrūnsamprāptā tvaṃ mayātra karomi kim

"Since I, defeated by the enemy, abandoned you, slender one — and having conquered the foes you have been regained by me — what am I to do here?"

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MkP 124.4

कन्योवाच मम पाणिं गृहाण त्वं रमणीयेऽत्र कानने । सकामायाः सकामेन सङ्गमो गुणवान्भवेत्

kanyovāca mama pāṇiṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ ramaṇīye'tra kānane | sakāmāyāḥ sakāmena saṅgamo guṇavānbhavet

The maiden said: "Take my hand here in this delightful forest; the union of a willing woman with a willing man would be full of merit."

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MkP 124.5

राजपुत्र उवाच एवं भवतु भद्रं ते विधिरेवात्र कारणम् । अन्यथा कथमन्यत्र त्वामहं च समागतः

rājaputra uvāca evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te vidhirevātra kāraṇam | anyathā kathamanyatra tvāmahaṃ ca samāgataḥ

The prince said: "So be it; blessings on you. Destiny alone is the cause here; otherwise how should you and I have come together in this strange place?"

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MkP 124.6

मार्कण्डेय उवाच एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राप्तो गन्धर्वतनयो मुने । वराप्सरोभिः सहितो गन्धर्वैरपरैर्वृतः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca etasminnantare prāpto gandharvatanayo mune | varāpsarobhiḥ sahito gandharvairaparairvṛtaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: At that moment, sage, a gandharva's son arrived, accompanied by choice apsarases and surrounded by other gandharvas.

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MkP 124.7

गन्धर्व उवाच राजपुत्र सुतेयं मे भामिनी नाम मानिनी । अभिशापादगस्त्यस्य विशालतनयाऽभवत्

gandharva uvāca rājaputra suteyaṃ me bhāminī nāma māninī | abhiśāpādagastyasya viśālatanayā'bhavat

The gandharva said: "Prince, this proud woman named Bhāminī is my daughter; through Agastya's curse she became Viśāla's daughter.

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MkP 124.8

बालभावेन योऽगस्त्यः कोपितः क्रीडमानया । ततस्तेन तदा शप्ता मानुषी त्वं भविष्यसि

bālabhāvena yo'gastyaḥ kopitaḥ krīḍamānayā | tatastena tadā śaptā mānuṣī tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

"Agastya, whom she angered while playing, in her childish nature — by him she was then cursed: 'You shall become a human woman.'

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MkP 124.9

प्रसादितः स चास्माभिर्बालेयमविवेकिनी । तवापराद्धा विप्रर्षे प्रसादः क्रियतामिति

prasāditaḥ sa cāsmābhirbāleyamavivekinī | tavāparāddhā viprarṣe prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti

"And he was appeased by us: 'This girl is without discernment; she has offended you, O sage among brahmins — let grace be shown.'"

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MkP 124.11

इति शापादगस्त्यस्य विशालभवने शुभा । जातेयं मत्सुता सुभ्रूर्भामिनी नाम नामतः

iti śāpādagastyasya viśālabhavane śubhā | jāteyaṃ matsutā subhrūrbhāminī nāma nāmataḥ

Thus, through Agastya's curse, this auspicious one was born as my daughter in the house of Viśāla, fair-browed, Bhāminī by name.

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MkP 124.12

तदस्याहं कृते प्राप्तो गृहाणेमां नृपात्मजाम् । ममात्मजा सुतस्तेऽत्र चक्रवर्ती भविष्यति

tadasyāhaṃ kṛte prāpto gṛhāṇemāṃ nṛpātmajām | mamātmajā sutaste'tra cakravartī bhaviṣyati

So it is for her sake that I have come; take this princess. My daughter's son — your son — will here become a universal emperor.

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MkP 124.13

मार्कण्डेय उवाच तथेत्युक्त्वेति तस्याश्च स पाणिं पार्थिवात्मजः । जग्राह विधिवद्धोमं चक्रे तत्र च तुम्बुरुः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tathetyuktveti tasyāśca sa pāṇiṃ pārthivātmajaḥ | jagrāha vidhivaddhomaṃ cakre tatra ca tumburuḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said "So be it," the prince took her hand according to the rule, and there Tumburu performed the fire-oblation.

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MkP 124.14

प्रजगुर्देवगन्धर्वा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः । पुष्पाणि ससृजुर्मेघा देववाद्यानि सस्वनुः

prajagurdevagandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ | puṣpāṇi sasṛjurmeghā devavādyāni sasvanuḥ

The gods and gandharvas sang, and the hosts of apsarases danced; the clouds let loose flowers, and the divine instruments sounded.

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MkP 124.15

विवाहे राजपुत्रस्य तया तत्र समेयुषः । समस्तवसुधात्राणकर्तृकारणभूतया

vivāhe rājaputrasya tayā tatra sameyuṣaḥ | samastavasudhātrāṇakartṛkāraṇabhūtayā

— at the wedding of the prince, who had come together there with her, she who was (to be) the cause of the maker of the protection of the whole earth.

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MkP 124.16

ततो गन्धर्वलोकं ते सह तेन महात्मना । निःशेषेण ययुः सा च स राजसुतो मुने

tato gandharvalokaṃ te saha tena mahātmanā | niḥśeṣeṇa yayuḥ sā ca sa rājasuto mune

Then they all went, without exception, to the world of the gandharvas together with that great-souled one, and she too, and that prince, O sage.

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MkP 124.17

भामिन्या मुमुदे सार्द्धमविक्षिन्नृपनन्दनः । सा च तेन समं तत्र भोगसम्पत्समन्विता

bhāminyā mumude sārddhamavikṣinnṛpanandanaḥ | sā ca tena samaṃ tatra bhogasampatsamanvitā

Avikṣit, the king's son, took delight together with Bhāminī, and she likewise with him there, provided with abundance of enjoyments.

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MkP 124.18

कदाचिदतिरम्येऽसौ नगरोपवने तया । विक्रीडति समं तन्व्या कदाचिदुपपर्वते

kadācidatiramye'sau nagaropavane tayā | vikrīḍati samaṃ tanvyā kadācidupaparvate

Sometimes he sports with that slender one in the exceedingly lovely grove outside the city, sometimes on the mountainside;

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MkP 124.19

कदाचित्पुलिने नद्या हंससारसशोभिते । कदाचिद्भवनस्यान्ते प्रासादे चातिशोभने

kadācitpuline nadyā haṃsasārasaśobhite | kadācidbhavanasyānte prāsāde cātiśobhane

sometimes on the sandbank of a river adorned with geese and cranes, sometimes in the inner part of the dwelling, in a most splendid palace.

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MkP 124.21

भक्ष्यानुलेपनं वस्त्रं स्रक्पानादिकमुत्तमम् । उपाजह्रुस्तयोस्तत्र मुनिगन्धर्वकिन्नराः

bhakṣyānulepanaṃ vastraṃ srakpānādikamuttamam | upājahrustayostatra munigandharvakinnarāḥ

Food, unguents, clothing, garlands, drink and the rest, all of the finest — the sages, gandharvas and kinnaras brought to those two there.

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MkP 124.22

तया च रमतस्तस्य भामिन्या सह दुर्लभे । गन्धर्वलोके वीरस्य पुत्रं सा सुषुवे शुभा

tayā ca ramatastasya bhāminyā saha durlabhe | gandharvaloke vīrasya putraṃ sā suṣuve śubhā

And as that hero enjoyed himself with Bhāminī in the hard-to-reach world of the gandharvas, that auspicious one bore a son.

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MkP 124.23

तस्मिञ्जाते महावीर्ये गन्धर्वाणां महोत्सवः । बभूव मनुजव्याघ्रे तेन कार्यमवेक्षताम्

tasmiñjāte mahāvīrye gandharvāṇāṃ mahotsavaḥ | babhūva manujavyāghre tena kāryamavekṣatām

When he was born, of great might, a tiger among men, there was a great festival of the gandharvas, since by him the task was to be seen to.

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MkP 124.24

जगुः केचित्तथैवान्ये मृदङ्गपटहानकान् । अवादयन्त चैवान्ये वेणुवीणादिकांस्तथा

jaguḥ kecittathaivānye mṛdaṅgapaṭahānakān | avādayanta caivānye veṇuvīṇādikāṃstathā

Some sang, and others likewise sounded the mṛdaṅga, paṭaha and ānaka drums, and still others the flute, lute and the rest.

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MkP 124.25

ननृतुश्च तथा तत्र बहवोऽप्सरसां गणाः । पुष्पवृष्टिमुचो मेघा जगर्जुर्मृदुनिस्वनाः

nanṛtuśca tathā tatra bahavo'psarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | puṣpavṛṣṭimuco meghā jagarjurmṛdunisvanāḥ

And many hosts of apsarases danced there, and the clouds, releasing showers of flowers, thundered with soft sound.

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MkP 124.26

तथा कोलाहले तस्मिन्वर्तमानेऽथ तुम्बुरुः । प्रणयेन स्मृतोऽभ्येत्य जातकर्माकरोन्मुनिः

tathā kolāhale tasminvartamāne'tha tumburuḥ | praṇayena smṛto'bhyetya jātakarmākaronmuniḥ

While that clamour was going on, the sage Tumburu, called to mind with affection, came and performed the birth-rite.

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MkP 124.27

देवाः समाययुः सर्वे तथा देवर्षयोऽमलाः । पातालात्पन्नगेन्द्राश्च शेषवासुकितक्षकाः

devāḥ samāyayuḥ sarve tathā devarṣayo'malāḥ | pātālātpannagendrāśca śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ

All the gods came together, and likewise the spotless divine sages, and from the underworld the lords of serpents, Śeṣa, Vāsuki and Takṣaka;

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MkP 124.28

तथा देवासुराणां च ये प्रधाना द्विजोत्तम । यक्षाणां गुह्यकानां च वायवश्च तथाऽखिलाः

tathā devāsurāṇāṃ ca ye pradhānā dvijottama | yakṣāṇāṃ guhyakānāṃ ca vāyavaśca tathā'khilāḥ

and likewise those who are foremost among gods and asuras, O best of the twice-born, and among yakṣas and guhyakas, and likewise all the winds.

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MkP 124.29

तदाऽऽगतैरशेषर्षिदेवदानवपन्नगैः । मुनिभिश्चाकुलमभूद्गन्धर्वाणां महत्पुरम्

tadā''gatairaśeṣarṣidevadānavapannagaiḥ | munibhiścākulamabhūdgandharvāṇāṃ mahatpuram

Then, with all the sages, gods, dānavas and serpents who had come, and with the ascetics, the great city of the gandharvas was crowded.

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MkP 124.31

चक्रवर्ती महावीर्यो महाबाहुर्महाबलः । महान्तं कालमीशित्वमशेषायाः क्षितेः कुरु

cakravartī mahāvīryo mahābāhurmahābalaḥ | mahāntaṃ kālamīśitvamaśeṣāyāḥ kṣiteḥ kuru

"Be a universal emperor, of great might, mighty-armed, of great strength; exercise lordship over the entire earth for a long time."

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MkP 124.32

इमे शक्रादयः सर्वे लोकपालस्तथर्षयः । स्वस्ति कुर्वन्तु त वीर वीर्यं चारिविनाशनम्

ime śakrādayaḥ sarve lokapālastatharṣayaḥ | svasti kurvantu ta vīra vīryaṃ cārivināśanam

May all these — Indra and the rest, the guardians of the quarters, and likewise the seers — grant you well-being, O hero, and valour that destroys foes.

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MkP 124.33

मरुत्तव शिवायास्तु वाति पूर्वेण योऽरजाः । मरुत्ते विमलोऽक्षीणोऽवैषम्यायास्तु दक्षिणः

maruttava śivāyāstu vāti pūrveṇa yo'rajāḥ | marutte vimalo'kṣīṇo'vaiṣamyāyāstu dakṣiṇaḥ

O Marutta — may the wind that blows from the east, free of dust, be for your welfare; may the south wind, clear and unfailing, be for your freedom from trouble.

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MkP 124.34

पश्चिमस्ते मरुद्वीर्यमुत्तमं ते प्रयच्छतु । बलं यच्छतु चोत्कृष्टं मरुत्ते च तथोत्तरः

paścimaste marudvīryamuttamaṃ te prayacchatu | balaṃ yacchatu cotkṛṣṭaṃ marutte ca tathottaraḥ

May the west wind bestow on you the highest valour; and may the north wind likewise give you surpassing strength.

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MkP 124.35

इति स्वस्त्ययनस्यान्ते वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । मरुत्तवेति बहुशो यदिदं गुरुरब्रवीत्

iti svastyayanasyānte vāguvācāśarīriṇī | maruttaveti bahuśo yadidaṃ gururabravīt

Thus at the end of the benediction a bodiless voice spoke; and because the teacher uttered this, "marut tava," many times over —

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MkP 124.36

मरुत्त इति तेनायं भुवि ख्यातो भविष्यति । भुवि चास्य महीपाला यास्यन्याब्ज्ञावशा यतः

marutta iti tenāyaṃ bhuvi khyāto bhaviṣyati | bhuvi cāsya mahīpālā yāsyanyābjñāvaśā yataḥ

— by that (name) he will be renowned on earth as Marutta; and on earth the rulers of the land will come under his command.

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MkP 124.37

एष सर्वक्षितीशानां वीरः स्थास्यति मूर्द्धनि । चक्रवर्त्ती महावीर्यः सप्तद्वीपवतीं महीम्

eṣa sarvakṣitīśānāṃ vīraḥ sthāsyati mūrddhani | cakravarttī mahāvīryaḥ saptadvīpavatīṃ mahīm

This hero will stand at the head of all the lords of the earth; a universal emperor of great valour, (he will take) the earth with its seven continents —

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MkP 124.38

आक्रम्य पृथिवीपालानयं भोक्ष्यत्यवारितः । प्रधानः पृथिवीशानां भविष्यत्येष यज्विनाम् ।। आधिक्यं शौर्यवीर्येण भविष्यत्यस्य राजसु

ākramya pṛthivīpālānayaṃ bhokṣyatyavāritaḥ | pradhānaḥ pṛthivīśānāṃ bhaviṣyatyeṣa yajvinām || ādhikyaṃ śauryavīryeṇa bhaviṣyatyasya rājasu

— having overrun the protectors of the earth, he will enjoy it unhindered. He will be foremost among the earth's rulers who perform sacrifice; his pre-eminence in bravery and valour among kings will be (established).

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MkP 124.39

मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्याकर्ण्य वचः सर्वे केनाप्युक्तं दिवौकसाम् । तुतुषुर्विप्रगन्धर्वाश्चास्य माता तथा पिता

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityākarṇya vacaḥ sarve kenāpyuktaṃ divaukasām | tutuṣurvipragandharvāścāsya mātā tathā pitā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing this speech, spoken by someone among the dwellers in heaven, all of them — the brahmins and the gandharvas, and his mother and his father — were delighted.

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MkP 124.124

प्रसाद्यमानः सोऽस्माभिरिदमाह महामुनिः । बालेति मत्वा शापोऽल्पो दत्तोऽस्या नान्यथैव तत् विहारदेशेष्वन्येषु रमणीयेष्वहर्निशम् । स रेमे सहितस्तन्व्या सा च तेन महात्मना ततः स तुम्बुरुः कृत्वा जातकर्मादिकाः क्रियाः । चक्रे स्वस्त्ययनं तस्य बालस्य स्तुतिपूर्वकम् इति श्री मार्कण्डेयषुराणेऽविक्षिच्चरितेऽविक्षितो मरुत्तपुत्रोत्पत्तिवर्णनं नाम चतुर्विंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

prasādyamānaḥ so'smābhiridamāha mahāmuniḥ | bāleti matvā śāpo'lpo datto'syā nānyathaiva tat vihāradeśeṣvanyeṣu ramaṇīyeṣvaharniśam | sa reme sahitastanvyā sā ca tena mahātmanā tataḥ sa tumburuḥ kṛtvā jātakarmādikāḥ kriyāḥ | cakre svastyayanaṃ tasya bālasya stutipūrvakam iti śrī mārkaṇḍeyaṣurāṇe'vikṣiccarite'vikṣito maruttaputrotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma caturviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

When propitiated by us, that great sage said this: "Since I considered her a child, the curse laid on her was slight; it is not otherwise than that." Day and night, in various other delightful pleasure-grounds, he took his joy together with the slender one, and she with that great-souled man. Then that Tumburu, having performed the birth-rites and the rest, made a benediction for that boy, preceded by praise. Thus in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, in the story of Avikṣit, the one hundred and twenty-fourth chapter, called the account of the birth of Avikṣit's son Marutta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition