Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 126

MkP 126.1

मरुत्तचरितवर्णनम् क्रौष्टुकिरुवाच भगवन्विस्तरात्सर्वं ममैतत्कथितं त्वया । करन्धमस्य चरितमविक्षिच्चरितं च यत्

maruttacaritavarṇanam krauṣṭukiruvāca bhagavanvistarātsarvaṃ mamaitatkathitaṃ tvayā | karandhamasya caritamavikṣiccaritaṃ ca yat

The description of the story of Marutta. Krauṣṭuki said: Reverend one, all this has been told to me by you at length — the story of Karandhama and the story of Avikṣit;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.2

अविक्षितस्य नृपतेर्मरुत्तस्य महात्मनः । श्रोतुमिच्छामि चरितं श्रूयते सोऽतिचेष्टितः

avikṣitasya nṛpatermaruttasya mahātmanaḥ | śrotumicchāmi caritaṃ śrūyate so'ticeṣṭitaḥ

(now) I wish to hear the story of Marutta, the great soul, son of king Avikṣit; he is reported to have been of surpassing deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.3

चक्रवर्त्ती महाभागः शूरः कान्तो महामतिः । धर्मविद्धर्मकृच्चैव सम्यक्पालयिता भुवः

cakravarttī mahābhāgaḥ śūraḥ kānto mahāmatiḥ | dharmaviddharmakṛccaiva samyakpālayitā bhuvaḥ

An emperor, greatly fortunate, brave, handsome, of great intelligence, knowing the law and doing the law, and a right guardian of the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.4

मार्कण्डेय उवाच स पित्रा समनुज्ञातं राज्यं प्राप्य पितामहात् । धर्मतः पालयामास पिता पुत्रानिवौरसान्

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca sa pitrā samanujñātaṃ rājyaṃ prāpya pitāmahāt | dharmataḥ pālayāmāsa pitā putrānivaurasān

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having obtained from his grandfather the kingdom assigned by his father, he protected (his subjects) lawfully, as a father his own-begotten sons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.5

इयाज सुबहून्यज्ञान्यथावत्स्वाप्तदक्षिणान् । ऋत्विक्पुरोहितादेशादनिर्विण्णो महीपतिः

iyāja subahūnyajñānyathāvatsvāptadakṣiṇān | ṛtvikpurohitādeśādanirviṇṇo mahīpatiḥ

The king, unwearied, performed very many sacrifices duly, with well-provided sacrificial fees, at the direction of the officiating priests and the household priest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.6

तस्याप्रतिहतं चक्रमासीद्द्वीपेषु सप्तसु । गतिश्चाप्यनवच्छिन्ना स्वःपातालजलादिषु

tasyāpratihataṃ cakramāsīddvīpeṣu saptasu | gatiścāpyanavacchinnā svaḥpātālajalādiṣu

His sovereign wheel went unobstructed over the seven continents, and his passage was unhindered in heaven, in the nether world, in the waters and elsewhere.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.7

ततः प्राप्य धनं विप्र यथावत्स्वक्रियापरः । अयजत्स महायज्ञैर्देवानिन्द्रपुरोगमान्

tataḥ prāpya dhanaṃ vipra yathāvatsvakriyāparaḥ | ayajatsa mahāyajñairdevānindrapurogamān

Then, O brahmin, having obtained wealth, intent duly upon his own duties, he worshipped with great sacrifices the gods led by Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.8

इतरे च यथावर्णाः स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यतन्द्रिताः । तदुपात्तधनाश्चक्रुरिष्टापूर्त्तादिकाः क्रियाः

itare ca yathāvarṇāḥ sve sve karmaṇyatandritāḥ | tadupāttadhanāścakruriṣṭāpūrttādikāḥ kriyāḥ

And the others, each according to his class, unwearied in his own work, with wealth obtained from him performed rites such as sacrifice and works of public benefit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.9

पाल्यमाना मही तेन मरुत्तेन महात्मना । योऽस्पर्द्धात्त्रिदशावासवासिभिर्द्विजसत्तम

pālyamānā mahī tena maruttena mahātmanā | yo'sparddhāttridaśāvāsavāsibhirdvijasattama

The earth was protected by that great-souled Marutta, who rivalled the dwellers in the abode of the thirty (gods), O best of brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.11

ऋत्विक्तस्य तु संवर्त्तो बभूवाङ्गिरसः सुतः । भ्राता बृहस्पतेर्विप्र महात्मा तपसां निधिः

ṛtviktasya tu saṃvartto babhūvāṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ | bhrātā bṛhaspatervipra mahātmā tapasāṃ nidhiḥ

His officiating priest was Saṃvarta, the son of Aṅgiras, brother of Bṛhaspati, O brahmin, a great soul, a treasury of austerities.

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MkP 126.12

सौवर्णो मुञ्जवान्नाम पर्वतः सुरसेवितः । पातितं तेन तच्छृङ्गं कृते तस्य महीपतेः

sauvarṇo muñjavānnāma parvataḥ surasevitaḥ | pātitaṃ tena tacchṛṅgaṃ kṛte tasya mahīpateḥ

There is a golden mountain named Muñjavat, frequented by the gods; its peak was brought down by him for the sake of that king.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.13

तेन यस्याखिलं यज्ञे भूमिभागादिकं द्विज । प्रासादाश्च कृताः शुभ्रास्तपसा सर्वकाञ्चनाः

tena yasyākhilaṃ yajñe bhūmibhāgādikaṃ dvija | prāsādāśca kṛtāḥ śubhrāstapasā sarvakāñcanāḥ

By him, O twice-born, the whole ground-plot and the rest for that (king's) sacrifice, and the bright palaces, all of gold, were made by his austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.14

गाथाश्चाप्यत्र गायन्ति मरुत्तचरिताश्रयाः । सातत्येनर्षयः सर्वे कुर्वन्तोऽध्ययनं यथा

gāthāścāpyatra gāyanti maruttacaritāśrayāḥ | sātatyenarṣayaḥ sarve kurvanto'dhyayanaṃ yathā

And here they sing verses resting on the story of Marutta — all the sages (sing them) constantly, as if performing recitation.

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MkP 126.15

मरुत्तेन समो नाभूद्यजमानो महीतले । सदः समस्तं यद्यज्ञे प्रासादाश्चैव काञ्चनाः

maruttena samo nābhūdyajamāno mahītale | sadaḥ samastaṃ yadyajñe prāsādāścaiva kāñcanāḥ

There was no sacrificer on the face of the earth equal to Marutta, in whose sacrifice the whole assembly-hall and the palaces too were of gold.

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MkP 126.16

अमाद्यदिन्द्रः सोमेन दक्षिणाभिर्द्विजातयः । विप्राणां परिवेष्टारः शक्राद्यास्त्रिदशोत्तमाः

amādyadindraḥ somena dakṣiṇābhirdvijātayaḥ | viprāṇāṃ pariveṣṭāraḥ śakrādyāstridaśottamāḥ

Indra grew intoxicated with soma, the twice-born with sacrificial fees; the servers of the brahmins were Śakra and the other chief of the thirty gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.17

यथा यज्ञे मरुत्तस्य तृप्ताः सर्वे महीपतेः । सुवर्णमखिलं त्यक्तं रत्नपूर्णगृहे द्विजैः

yathā yajñe maruttasya tṛptāḥ sarve mahīpateḥ | suvarṇamakhilaṃ tyaktaṃ ratnapūrṇagṛhe dvijaiḥ

As in the sacrifice of king Marutta all were satisfied: all the gold was left behind by the brahmins, their houses being (already) full of jewels.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 126.18

प्रासादादिसमस्तं च सौवर्णं तस्य यत्क्रतौ । त्रयो वर्णाह्यलभ्यन्त तस्मात्केचित्तथा ददुः

prāsādādisamastaṃ ca sauvarṇaṃ tasya yatkratau | trayo varṇāhyalabhyanta tasmātkecittathā daduḥ

And all the golden things, palaces and the rest, that were at his sacrifice — the three classes obtained them, and therefore some gave (them) away in that manner.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 126.19

( तेन त्यक्तेन शिष्टा ये जनाः पूर्णमनोरथाः । तेऽपि यज्ञान्यजन्ते स्म देशे देशे पृथक्पृथक् ।।) तस्यैवं कुर्वतो राज्यं सम्यक्पालयतः प्रजाः । तपस्वी कश्चिदभ्येत्य तमाह मुनिसत्तम

( tena tyaktena śiṣṭā ye janāḥ pūrṇamanorathāḥ | te'pi yajñānyajante sma deśe deśe pṛthakpṛthak ||) tasyaivaṃ kurvato rājyaṃ samyakpālayataḥ prajāḥ | tapasvī kaścidabhyetya tamāha munisattama

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MkP 126.21

पितामहस्ते स्वर्यातः सम्यक्संपाल्य मेदिनीम् । पिता तव तथा शक्तो हित्वा ग्रामं वनं गतः ।। ( तपश्चरणशक्ताऽहमिह चौर्वाश्रमे स्थिता)

pitāmahaste svaryātaḥ samyaksaṃpālya medinīm | pitā tava tathā śakto hitvā grāmaṃ vanaṃ gataḥ || ( tapaścaraṇaśaktā'hamiha caurvāśrame sthitā)

"Your grandfather went to heaven after protecting the earth well; and your father likewise, being capable, left the village and went to the forest."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.22

साऽहं पश्यामि वैकल्यं तव राज्यं प्रशासतः । पितामहस्य तेनाभूद्यत्पूर्वेषां च ते नृप

sā'haṃ paśyāmi vaikalyaṃ tava rājyaṃ praśāsataḥ | pitāmahasya tenābhūdyatpūrveṣāṃ ca te nṛpa

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MkP 126.23

नूनं प्रमत्तो भोगेषु सक्तो वाऽविजितेन्द्रियः । चारान्धता यतोऽस्तीयं दुष्टादुष्टं न वेत्सि यत्

nūnaṃ pramatto bhogeṣu sakto vā'vijitendriyaḥ | cārāndhatā yato'stīyaṃ duṣṭāduṣṭaṃ na vetsi yat

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MkP 126.24

पातालादभ्युपेतैस्तु भुजगैर्दशशालिभिः । दष्टा मुनिसुताः सप्त दूषिताश्च जलाशयः

pātālādabhyupetaistu bhujagairdaśaśālibhiḥ | daṣṭā munisutāḥ sapta dūṣitāśca jalāśayaḥ

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MkP 126.25

स्वेदमूत्रपुरीषेण दूषितं सुशृतं हविः । अपराधं समुद्दिश्य दत्तो नागबलिश्चिरात्

svedamūtrapurīṣeṇa dūṣitaṃ suśṛtaṃ haviḥ | aparādhaṃ samuddiśya datto nāgabaliścirāt

— tr. refused: cyber

MkP 126.26

एते समर्था मुनयो भस्मीकर्तुं भुजङ्गमान् । किन्त्वेषां नाधिकारोऽत्र त्वमेवाधिकारवान्

ete samarthā munayo bhasmīkartuṃ bhujaṅgamān | kintveṣāṃ nādhikāro'tra tvamevādhikāravān

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MkP 126.27

तावत्सुखं भूपतिजैर्भोगजं प्राप्यते नृप । अभिषेकजलं यावन्न मूर्ध्नि विनिपात्यते

tāvatsukhaṃ bhūpatijairbhogajaṃ prāpyate nṛpa | abhiṣekajalaṃ yāvanna mūrdhni vinipātyate

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MkP 126.28

कानि मित्राणि कः शत्रुर्मम शत्रोर्बलं कियत् । कोऽहं के मन्त्रिणः पक्षे के वा भूपतयो मम

kāni mitrāṇi kaḥ śatrurmama śatrorbalaṃ kiyat | ko'haṃ ke mantriṇaḥ pakṣe ke vā bhūpatayo mama

"Which are my friends? Who is my enemy? How great is my enemy's force? Who am I? Who are the ministers? And which kings are on my side?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.29

( कियान्कोशो बलं किंवा कोऽनुरक्तो जनो मम) । विरक्तो वा परैर्भिन्नः परेषामपि कीदृशः ।। कः सम्यगत्र नगरे विषये वा जनो मम

( kiyānkośo balaṃ kiṃvā ko'nurakto jano mama) | virakto vā parairbhinnaḥ pareṣāmapi kīdṛśaḥ || kaḥ samyagatra nagare viṣaye vā jano mama

How large is (my) treasury, or how great my army, and which people are attached to me, and which are disaffected, or set against (me) by enemies? And what are the (people) of my enemies like? Which of the people here in the city or in the countryside is rightly (disposed) toward me?

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MkP 126.31

सामभेदतया दम्या देशकालमवेक्षता । चारांश्च चारयेदन्यैरज्ञातान्भूपतिश्चरैः

sāmabhedatayā damyā deśakālamavekṣatā | cārāṃśca cārayedanyairajñātānbhūpatiścaraiḥ

(Such people) are to be brought under control by conciliation and by sowing division, by (a king) who takes account of place and time; and the king should have his spies watched by other spies unknown (to them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 126.32

सचिवादिषु सर्वेषु चरान्दद्यान्महीपतिः । इत्यादौ भूपतिर्नित्यं कर्मण्यासक्तमानसः

sacivādiṣu sarveṣu carāndadyānmahīpatiḥ | ityādau bhūpatirnityaṃ karmaṇyāsaktamānasaḥ

The lord of the earth should place spies among all (his officials), the ministers and the rest. In such matters the king, his mind ever intent upon his duty,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.33

नयेद्दिनं तथा रात्रिं न तु भोगपरायणः । राज्ञां शरीरग्रहणं न भोगाय महीपते

nayeddinaṃ tathā rātriṃ na tu bhogaparāyaṇaḥ | rājñāṃ śarīragrahaṇaṃ na bhogāya mahīpate

Thus should (the king) pass the day and the night, not given over to enjoyment; the taking on of a body by kings is not for enjoyment, O lord of the earth,

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MkP 126.34

क्लेशाय महते पृथ्वी स्वधर्मपरिपालने । सम्यक्पालयतः पृथ्वीं स्वधर्मं च महीपते

kleśāya mahate pṛthvī svadharmaparipālane | samyakpālayataḥ pṛthvīṃ svadharmaṃ ca mahīpate

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MkP 126.35

इह क्तेशो महान्स्वर्गे परमं सुखमक्षयम् । तदेतदवबुध्यस्व हित्वा भोगान्नरेश्वर

iha kteśo mahānsvarge paramaṃ sukhamakṣayam | tadetadavabudhyasva hitvā bhogānnareśvara

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MkP 126.36

पालनाय क्षितेः क्लेशमङ्गीकर्तुमिहार्हसि । इति वृत्तमृषीणां यद्व्यसनं त्वयि शासति

pālanāya kṣiteḥ kleśamaṅgīkartumihārhasi | iti vṛttamṛṣīṇāṃ yadvyasanaṃ tvayi śāsati

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MkP 126.37

भुजङ्गहेतुकं भूप चारान्धो नापि वेत्सि तत् । बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन दुष्टे दण्डो निपात्यताम्

bhujaṅgahetukaṃ bhūpa cārāndho nāpi vetsi tat | bahunātra kimuktena duṣṭe daṇḍo nipātyatām

—caused by a serpent, O king; and being blind for want of spies, you do not even know of it. What use is much speaking here? Let punishment fall upon the wicked one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.38

शिष्टान्पालय राजंस्त्वं धर्मषड्भागमाप्स्यसि । अरक्षन्पापमखिलं दुष्टैरविनयात्कृतम्

śiṣṭānpālaya rājaṃstvaṃ dharmaṣaḍbhāgamāpsyasi | arakṣanpāpamakhilaṃ duṣṭairavinayātkṛtam

Protect the well-behaved, O king, and you will gain a sixth share of (their) merit; but if you fail to protect (them), the whole of the evil done by the wicked out of their lack of discipline —

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MkP 126.39

समवाप्स्यस्यसन्दिग्धं यदिच्छसि कुरुष्व तत् । एतन्मयोक्तं सकलं यत्तवाहं पितामहः ।। कुरुष्वैवं स्थिते यत्ते रोचते वसुधाधिप

samavāpsyasyasandigdhaṃ yadicchasi kuruṣva tat | etanmayoktaṃ sakalaṃ yattavāhaṃ pitāmahaḥ || kuruṣvaivaṃ sthite yatte rocate vasudhādhipa

(that sin) you will certainly incur, without a doubt. Do as you wish. All this has been declared by me, since I am your grandfather; the matter standing thus, do what pleases you, O lord of the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 126.126

तेनातिशयिताः सर्वे केवलं न महीक्षितः । यज्विना देवराजोऽपि शतयज्ञाभिसन्धिना पितुर्माता तवाहेदं दृष्ट्वा तापसमण्डलम् । विषाभिभूतमुरगैर्मदोन्मत्तैर्नरेश्वर धर्मकर्माश्रयो मूढः कः सम्यगपि वर्त्तते । को दण्ड्यः परिपाल्यः कः के चोपेक्ष्या नरा मया इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे मरुत्तचरितवर्णनं नाम षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

tenātiśayitāḥ sarve kevalaṃ na mahīkṣitaḥ | yajvinā devarājo'pi śatayajñābhisandhinā piturmātā tavāhedaṃ dṛṣṭvā tāpasamaṇḍalam | viṣābhibhūtamuragairmadonmattairnareśvara dharmakarmāśrayo mūḍhaḥ kaḥ samyagapi varttate | ko daṇḍyaḥ paripālyaḥ kaḥ ke copekṣyā narā mayā iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe maruttacaritavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

By him all were surpassed, not kings alone — by that sacrificer bent upon a hundred sacrifices even the king of the gods (was outdone). Your father's mother said this to you, having seen this circle of ascetics overcome with venom by serpents drunk with rut, O lord of men. What fool, though relying on dharma and (right) action, conducts himself correctly? Who is to be punished by me, who protected, and which men passed over? — Thus in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa the one hundred twenty-sixth chapter, named "The Description of the Deeds of Marutta."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain