Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 128

MkP 128.1

मरुत्तचरितवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच स तु तत्र सुतं दृष्ट्वा गृहीतवरकार्मुकम् । धनुः शस्त्रं च तस्योग्रं ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगन्तरम्

maruttacaritavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca sa tu tatra sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā gṛhītavarakārmukam | dhanuḥ śastraṃ ca tasyograṃ jvālāvyāptadigantaram

The Description of Marutta's Deeds. Mārkaṇḍeya said: But he, seeing his son there with his excellent bow taken up, and that terrible bow-weapon of his whose flames filled the ends of the directions,

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MkP 128.2

उद्गिरन्तं महावह्निं दीपिताखिलभूतलम् । पातालान्तर्गतं प्राप्तमसह्यं घोरभीषणम्

udgirantaṃ mahāvahniṃ dīpitākhilabhūtalam | pātālāntargataṃ prāptamasahyaṃ ghorabhīṣaṇam

belching forth a great fire, setting the whole surface of the earth ablaze, reaching into the interior of Pātāla, unbearable, dreadful and terrifying—

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MkP 128.3

स तं दृष्ट्वा महीपालं भृकुटीकुटिलाननम् । मा क्रुधस्त्वं मरुत्तास्त्रमुपसंह्रियतामिति

sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahīpālaṃ bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanam | mā krudhastvaṃ maruttāstramupasaṃhriyatāmiti

he, seeing him, the protector of the earth, his face contorted with a frown, (said,) "Do not be angry; Marutta, let the weapon be withdrawn!"

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MkP 128.4

प्राहासकृच्चानुलुप्तवर्णक्रममुदारधीः । स निशम्य गुरोर्वाक्यं दृष्ट्वा तं च पुनः पुनः

prāhāsakṛccānuluptavarṇakramamudāradhīḥ | sa niśamya gurorvākyaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ

and the noble-minded (father) spoke repeatedly, with the sequence of his syllables unslurred. He, hearing his elder's words and looking at him again and again,

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MkP 128.5

गृहीतकार्मुकः पित्रोः प्रणिपत्य सगौरवम् । प्रत्युवाचापराद्धा मे सुभृशं पन्नगाः पितः

gṛhītakārmukaḥ pitroḥ praṇipatya sagauravam | pratyuvācāparāddhā me subhṛśaṃ pannagāḥ pitaḥ

with his bow in hand, bowing reverently to his parents, replied: "The serpents have offended against me most grievously, father.

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MkP 128.6

शासतीमां मयि महीं परिभूय बलं मम । सप्ताश्रममुपागम्य दष्टा मुनिकुमारकाः

śāsatīmāṃ mayi mahīṃ paribhūya balaṃ mama | saptāśramamupāgamya daṣṭā munikumārakāḥ

While I was ruling this earth, scorning my power, they came to the seven hermitages and the sages' young boys were bitten.

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MkP 128.7

ऋषीणामाश्रमस्थानाममीषामवनीपते । मयि शासति दुर्वृत्तैर्दूषितानि हवींषि च

ṛṣīṇāmāśramasthānāmamīṣāmavanīpate | mayi śāsati durvṛttairdūṣitāni havīṃṣi ca

And of these sages dwelling in the hermitages, O lord of the earth, while I rule, the oblations too have been defiled by those evil-doers.

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MkP 128.8

जलाशयास्तथाप्येतैः सर्व एव हि दूषिताः । तदेत्कारणं किञ्चिन्न वक्तव्यं त्वया पितः ।। न निवारयितव्योऽहं ब्रह्मघ्नान्प्रतिपन्नगान्

jalāśayāstathāpyetaiḥ sarva eva hi dūṣitāḥ | tadetkāraṇaṃ kiñcinna vaktavyaṃ tvayā pitaḥ || na nivārayitavyo'haṃ brahmaghnānpratipannagān

And likewise all the reservoirs of water have been defiled by them. Therefore no reason whatever is to be urged by you, father; I am not to be restrained from (attacking) the serpents, slayers of brahmins."

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MkP 128.9

अविक्षिदुवाच यद्येभिर्निहता विप्रा यास्यन्ति नरकं मृताः । ममैतत्कियतां वाक्यं विरमास्त्रप्रयोगतः

avikṣiduvāca yadyebhirnihatā viprā yāsyanti narakaṃ mṛtāḥ | mamaitatkiyatāṃ vākyaṃ viramāstraprayogataḥ

Avikṣit said: "If the brahmins slain by them will go to hell when they die—how little weight has this word of mine? Desist from the use of the weapon."

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MkP 128.11

अविक्षिदुवाच मामेते शरणं प्राप्ताः पन्नगा मम गौरवात् । उपसंह्रियतामस्त्रमलं कोपेन ते नृप

avikṣiduvāca māmete śaraṇaṃ prāptāḥ pannagā mama gauravāt | upasaṃhriyatāmastramalaṃ kopena te nṛpa

Avikṣit said: "These serpents have come to me for refuge, out of respect for me. Let the weapon be withdrawn; enough of your anger, king."

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MkP 128.12

मरुत्त उवाच नाहमेषां क्षमिष्यामि दुष्टानामपराधिनाम् । स्वधर्ममुल्लंघ्य कथं करिष्यामि वचस्तव

marutta uvāca nāhameṣāṃ kṣamiṣyāmi duṣṭānāmaparādhinām | svadharmamullaṃghya kathaṃ kariṣyāmi vacastava

Marutta said: "I shall not pardon these wicked offenders. How, overstepping my own duty, shall I carry out your word?

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MkP 128.13

दण्ड्ये निपातयन्दण्डं भूपः शिष्टांश्च पालयन् । पुण्यलोकानवाप्नोति नरकांश्चाप्युपेक्षणात्

daṇḍye nipātayandaṇḍaṃ bhūpaḥ śiṣṭāṃśca pālayan | puṇyalokānavāpnoti narakāṃścāpyupekṣaṇāt

A king who lets punishment fall on one who deserves punishment and protects the well-behaved attains the worlds of merit—and hells, too, from neglecting (this)."

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MkP 128.14

मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवं स बहुशः पित्रा वार्यमाणोऽम्बया सह । नोपसंहरते सोऽस्त्रं ततोऽसौ पुनरब्रवीत्

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evaṃ sa bahuśaḥ pitrā vāryamāṇo'mbayā saha | nopasaṃharate so'straṃ tato'sau punarabravīt

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus, though restrained many times by his father together with his mother, he did not withdraw that weapon; then the other spoke again:

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MkP 128.15

हिंससे पन्नगान्भीतान्ममैताञ्छरणं गतान् । वार्यमाणोऽपि तस्मात्ते करिष्यामि प्रतिक्रियाम्

hiṃsase pannagānbhītānmamaitāñcharaṇaṃ gatān | vāryamāṇo'pi tasmātte kariṣyāmi pratikriyām

"You are harming these frightened serpents who have come to me for refuge, even though you are being restrained; therefore I shall take countermeasures against you.

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MkP 128.16

मयाप्यस्त्राण्यवाप्तानि न त्वमेकोऽस्त्रविद्भुवि । ममाग्रतः सुदुर्वृत्तपौरुषं च कियत्तव

mayāpyastrāṇyavāptāni na tvameko'stravidbhuvi | mamāgrataḥ sudurvṛttapauruṣaṃ ca kiyattava

I too have obtained weapons; you are not the only knower of weapons on earth. And before me, O very ill-behaved one, how much is your manliness worth?"

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MkP 128.17

ततः कार्मुकमारोप्य कोपताम्रविलोचनः । अविक्षिदस्त्रं जग्राह कालस्य मुनिपुङ्गव

tataḥ kārmukamāropya kopatāmravilocanaḥ | avikṣidastraṃ jagrāha kālasya munipuṅgava

Then, stringing his bow, his eyes copper-red with anger, Avikṣit took up the weapon of Kāla, O foremost of sages.

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MkP 128.18

ततो ज्वालापरीवारमरिसंघघ्नमुत्तमम् । कालास्त्रं तु महावीर्यं योजयामास कार्मुके

tato jvālāparīvāramarisaṃghaghnamuttamam | kālāstraṃ tu mahāvīryaṃ yojayāmāsa kārmuke

Then he fitted to his bow the supreme Kāla-weapon of great might, ringed with flames, destroyer of hosts of foes.

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MkP 128.19

ततश्चुक्षोभ जगती संवर्त्तास्त्रप्रतापिता । साब्धिशैलाऽखिला विप्र कालस्यास्त्रे समुद्यते

tataścukṣobha jagatī saṃvarttāstrapratāpitā | sābdhiśailā'khilā vipra kālasyāstre samudyate

Then the earth shook, scorched by the weapon of universal dissolution — the whole of it, with its oceans and mountains, O brahmin — when Kāla's weapon was raised.

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MkP 128.21

न त्वद्वधाय कालास्त्रं मयि मुञ्चति किं भवान् । स्वधर्मचारिणि सुते सदैवाज्ञाकरे तव

na tvadvadhāya kālāstraṃ mayi muñcati kiṃ bhavān | svadharmacāriṇi sute sadaivājñākare tava

Not for the slaying of you (do I stand here) — why then does your honour loose the Kāla-weapon at me, a son who walks in his own duty and is ever obedient to your command?

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MkP 128.22

मया कार्यं महाभाग प्रजानां परिपालनम् । त्वयैवं क्रियते कस्मान्मद्वधायास्त्रमुद्यतम्

mayā kāryaṃ mahābhāga prajānāṃ paripālanam | tvayaivaṃ kriyate kasmānmadvadhāyāstramudyatam

My duty, O greatly fortunate one, is the guarding of the subjects. Why then is this done by you — a weapon raised for my killing?

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MkP 128.23

अविक्षिदुवाच शरणागतसंत्राणं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् । तस्य व्याघातकर्त्ता त्वं न मे जीवन्विमोक्ष्यसे

avikṣiduvāca śaraṇāgatasaṃtrāṇaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam | tasya vyāghātakarttā tvaṃ na me jīvanvimokṣyase

Avikṣit said: We are resolved to give protection to those who have come for refuge; and you, being the thwarter of that, shall not get free of me alive.

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MkP 128.24

मां वा हत्वास्त्रवीर्येण जहि दुष्टानिहोरगान् । त्वां वा हत्वाऽहमस्त्रेण रक्षिष्यामि महोरगान्

māṃ vā hatvāstravīryeṇa jahi duṣṭānihoragān | tvāṃ vā hatvā'hamastreṇa rakṣiṣyāmi mahoragān

Either slay me by the power of your weapon and (then) kill these wicked serpents here, or else, having slain you, I with my weapon shall protect the great serpents.

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MkP 128.25

धिक्तस्य जीवितं पुंसः शरणार्थिनमागतम् । योनार्तमनुगृह्णाति वैरिपक्षमपि ध्रुवम्

dhiktasya jīvitaṃ puṃsaḥ śaraṇārthinamāgatam | yonārtamanugṛhṇāti vairipakṣamapi dhruvam

Fie on the life of that man who does not surely show favour to an afflicted one who has come seeking refuge, even if he belongs to the enemy's side.

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MkP 128.26

क्षत्रियोऽहमिमे भीताः शरणं मामुपागताः । अपकर्त्ता त्वमेवैषां कथं वध्यो न मे भवान्

kṣatriyo'hamime bhītāḥ śaraṇaṃ māmupāgatāḥ | apakarttā tvamevaiṣāṃ kathaṃ vadhyo na me bhavān

I am a kṣatriya; these frightened ones have come to me for refuge; you yourself are their injurer — how then are you not to be slain by me?

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MkP 128.27

मरुत्त उवाच मित्रं वा बान्धवो वाऽपि पिता वा यदि वा गुरुः । प्रजापालनविघ्नाय यो हन्तव्यः स भूभृता

marutta uvāca mitraṃ vā bāndhavo vā'pi pitā vā yadi vā guruḥ | prajāpālanavighnāya yo hantavyaḥ sa bhūbhṛtā

Marutta said: Be it a friend, or a kinsman, or a father, or even a teacher — whoever stands in the way of the protection of the subjects, he is to be slain by the bearer of the earth (the king).

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MkP 128.28

सोऽहं ते प्रहरिष्यामि न क्रोद्धव्यं त्वया पितः । स्वधर्मः परिपाल्यो मे न मे क्रोधस्तवोपरि

so'haṃ te prahariṣyāmi na kroddhavyaṃ tvayā pitaḥ | svadharmaḥ paripālyo me na me krodhastavopari

So I shall strike at you; you must not be angry, father. My own duty must be upheld by me; I have no anger against you.

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MkP 128.29

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततस्तौ निश्चितौ दृष्ट्वा परस्परवधं प्रति । समुत्पत्यान्तरे तस्थुर्मुनयो भार्गवादयः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tatastau niścitau dṛṣṭvā parasparavadhaṃ prati | samutpatyāntare tasthurmunayo bhārgavādayaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, seeing those two determined upon slaying each other, the sages, Bhārgava and the rest, sprang forward and stood between them.

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MkP 128.31

मरुत्त उवाच मया दुष्टा निहन्तव्याः सन्तो रक्ष्या महीक्षिता । इमे च दुष्टा भुजगाः कोऽपराधोऽत्र मे द्विजाः

marutta uvāca mayā duṣṭā nihantavyāḥ santo rakṣyā mahīkṣitā | ime ca duṣṭā bhujagāḥ ko'parādho'tra me dvijāḥ

Marutta said: The wicked are to be slain by me, and the good protected, by a ruler of the earth; and these serpents are wicked — what offence of mine is there here, O brahmins?

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MkP 128.32

अविक्षिदुवाच शरणागतसन्त्राणं मया कार्यमयं च मे । अपराध्यः सुतो विप्रा यो हन्ति शरणागतान्

avikṣiduvāca śaraṇāgatasantrāṇaṃ mayā kāryamayaṃ ca me | aparādhyaḥ suto viprā yo hanti śaraṇāgatān

Avikṣit said: The protecting of those who have come for refuge is my task, and this is my duty; the offender is my son, O brahmins, who slays those who have come for refuge.

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MkP 128.33

ऋषयः ऊचुः इमे वदन्ति भुजगास्त्रासलोलविलोचनाः । संजीवयामस्तान्विप्रान्ये दष्टा दुष्टपन्नगैः

ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ ime vadanti bhujagāstrāsalolavilocanāḥ | saṃjīvayāmastānviprānye daṣṭā duṣṭapannagaiḥ

The sages said: These serpents, their eyes rolling with terror, say: "We shall revive those brahmins who were bitten by the wicked snakes."

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MkP 128.34

तदलं विग्रहेणोभौ राजवर्यौ प्रसीदताम् । उभावपि विनिर्व्यूढप्रतिज्ञे धर्मकोविदौ

tadalaṃ vigraheṇobhau rājavaryau prasīdatām | ubhāvapi vinirvyūḍhapratijñe dharmakovidau

So enough of quarrelling; let both these best of kings be appeased. Both have carried out their vows, both are versed in dharma.

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MkP 128.35

मार्कण्डेय उवाच सा तु वीरा समभ्येत्य पुत्रमेतदभाषत । मद्वाक्यादेष ते पुत्रो हन्तुं नागान्कृतोद्यमः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca sā tu vīrā samabhyetya putrametadabhāṣata | madvākyādeṣa te putro hantuṃ nāgānkṛtodyamaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: But that Vīrā came up and said this to her son: "At my word this son of yours set about killing the serpents."

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MkP 128.36

तन्निष्पन्नं यदा विप्रास्ते जीवन्ति तथा मृताः । सञ्जीवन्तश्च मुच्यन्ते यद्युष्मच्छरणं गताः

tanniṣpannaṃ yadā viprāste jīvanti tathā mṛtāḥ | sañjīvantaśca mucyante yadyuṣmaccharaṇaṃ gatāḥ

When that is accomplished, O brahmins, those who are dead live again; and reviving, they (the serpents) are set free, since they have come to you for refuge.

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MkP 128.37

भामिन्युवाच अहमभ्यर्थिता पूर्वमेभिः पातालसंश्रयैः । तन्निमित्तमयं भर्त्ता मयात्र विनियोजितः

bhāminyuvāca ahamabhyarthitā pūrvamebhiḥ pātālasaṃśrayaiḥ | tannimittamayaṃ bharttā mayātra viniyojitaḥ

Bhāminī said: I was entreated before this by these dwellers in Pātāla; for that reason my husband was set to this task by me.

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MkP 128.38

तदेतदार्ये निर्वृत्तमुभयोरपि शोभनम् । मम भर्तुश्च पुत्रस्य त्वत्पौत्रस्यात्मजस्य च

tadetadārye nirvṛttamubhayorapi śobhanam | mama bhartuśca putrasya tvatpautrasyātmajasya ca

So this, noble lady, has come out well for both — for my husband and for the son, who is your grandson and my own child.

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MkP 128.39

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः सञ्जीवयामासुस्तान्विप्रांस्ते भुजङ्गमाः । दिव्यैरोषधिजातैश्च विषसंहरणेन च

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ sañjīvayāmāsustānviprāṃste bhujaṅgamāḥ | divyairoṣadhijātaiśca viṣasaṃharaṇena ca

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then those serpents revived those brahmins, both with divine herbs and by drawing out the poison.

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MkP 128.41

मानहा भव शत्रूणां चिरं पालय मेदिनीम् । पुत्रपौत्रैश्च मोदस्व मा च ते सन्तु विद्विषः

mānahā bhava śatrūṇāṃ ciraṃ pālaya medinīm | putrapautraiśca modasva mā ca te santu vidviṣaḥ

"Be a destroyer of the pride of (your) enemies; long protect the earth; rejoice in sons and grandsons, and let there be no foes for you."

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MkP 128.42

ततो द्विजैरनुज्ञातौ वीरया च नरेश्वरौ । समारूढौ रथं सा च भामिनी स्वपुरं गता

tato dvijairanujñātau vīrayā ca nareśvarau | samārūḍhau rathaṃ sā ca bhāminī svapuraṃ gatā

Then the two lords of men, given leave by the brahmins and by Vīrā, mounted the chariot; and that lovely woman went to her own city.

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MkP 128.43

वीराऽपि कृत्वा सुमहत्तपो धर्मभृतां वरा । भर्तुः सलोकतां प्राप्ता महाभागा पतिव्रता

vīrā'pi kṛtvā sumahattapo dharmabhṛtāṃ varā | bhartuḥ salokatāṃ prāptā mahābhāgā pativratā

Vīrā too, foremost of those who uphold dharma, having performed very great austerity, that greatly blessed woman devoted to her husband, attained to the same world as her husband.

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MkP 128.44

मरुत्तोऽपि चकारोर्व्यां धर्मतः परिपालनम् । विनिर्जितारिषड्वर्गो भोगांश्च बुभुजे नृपः

marutto'pi cakārorvyāṃ dharmataḥ paripālanam | vinirjitāriṣaḍvargo bhogāṃśca bubhuje nṛpaḥ

Marutta too carried out the protection of the earth according to dharma; and the king, having conquered the group of six enemies, enjoyed pleasures.

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MkP 128.45

तस्य पत्नी महाभागा विदर्भतनया तथा । प्रभावती सुवीरस्य सौवीरी चाभवत्सुता

tasya patnī mahābhāgā vidarbhatanayā tathā | prabhāvatī suvīrasya sauvīrī cābhavatsutā

His wife, the greatly blessed daughter of (the king of) Vidarbha; and there was Prabhāvatī, the Sauvīrī, daughter of Suvīra;

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MkP 128.46

सुकेशी केतुवीर्यस्य मागधस्यात्मजाऽभवत् । सुता च सिन्धुवीर्यस्य मद्रराजस्य केकयी

sukeśī ketuvīryasya māgadhasyātmajā'bhavat | sutā ca sindhuvīryasya madrarājasya kekayī

Sukeśī was the daughter of Ketuvīrya the Māgadha; and (there was) a daughter of Sindhuvīrya, and Kekayī (daughter) of the king of Madra;

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MkP 128.47

केकयस्य च सैरन्ध्री सिन्धुभर्तुर्वपुष्मती । चेदिराजसुता चाभूद्भार्या तस्य सुशोभना

kekayasya ca sairandhrī sindhubharturvapuṣmatī | cedirājasutā cābhūdbhāryā tasya suśobhanā

And Sairandhrī of Kekaya, Vapuṣmatī of the lord of Sindhu; and the very beautiful daughter of the king of Cedi became his wife.

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MkP 128.48

तासां पुत्रास्तस्य चासन्भूभृतोऽष्टादश द्विज । तेषां प्रधानो ज्येष्ठश्च नरिष्यन्तः सुतोऽभवत्

tāsāṃ putrāstasya cāsanbhūbhṛto'ṣṭādaśa dvija | teṣāṃ pradhāno jyeṣṭhaśca nariṣyantaḥ suto'bhavat

Of these (women) and of him, the ruler of the earth, there were eighteen sons, O brahmin; and among them the chief and eldest son was Nariṣyanta.

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MkP 128.49

एवं वीर्यो मरुत्तोभून्महाराजो महाबलः । तस्याप्रतिहतं चक्रमासीद्द्वीपेषु सप्तसु

evaṃ vīryo maruttobhūnmahārājo mahābalaḥ | tasyāpratihataṃ cakramāsīddvīpeṣu saptasu

Of such valour was Marutta, the great king of great strength; his sovereignty (lit. wheel) was unopposed in the seven continents.

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MkP 128.51

तस्यैतच्चरितं श्रुत्वा मरुत्तस्य महात्मनः । जन्म चाग्र्यं द्विजश्रेठ मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

tasyaitaccaritaṃ śrutvā maruttasya mahātmanaḥ | janma cāgryaṃ dvijaśreṭha mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Hearing this deed of that great-souled Marutta, and his foremost birth, O best of brahmins, one is freed from all sins.

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MkP 128.128

मरुत्त उवाच नाहमेषां क्षमिष्यामि दुष्टानामपराधिनाम् । अहमेव गमिष्यामि नरकं यदि पापिनाम् ।। न निग्रहे यताम्येषां मां निवारय मा पितः मार्कण्डेय उवाच कालास्त्रमुद्यतं पित्रा मरुत्तः सोऽपि वीक्ष्य तत् । प्राहोच्चैरस्त्रमेतन्मे दुष्टशास्तिसमुद्यतम् ऊचुश्चैनं न मोक्तव्यं त्वयास्त्रं पितरं प्रति । त्वया च नायं हन्तव्यः पुत्रः प्रख्यातचेष्टितः पित्रोर्ननाम चरणौ स ततो जगतीपतिः । मरुत्तश्च स तं प्रीत्या परिष्वज्येदमब्रवीत् यस्य तुल्योऽपरो राजा न भूतो न भविष्यति । सत्त्वविक्रमयुक्तस्य राजर्षेरमितौजसः इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे मरुत्तचरितेऽष्टाविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

marutta uvāca nāhameṣāṃ kṣamiṣyāmi duṣṭānāmaparādhinām | ahameva gamiṣyāmi narakaṃ yadi pāpinām || na nigrahe yatāmyeṣāṃ māṃ nivāraya mā pitaḥ mārkaṇḍeya uvāca kālāstramudyataṃ pitrā maruttaḥ so'pi vīkṣya tat | prāhoccairastrametanme duṣṭaśāstisamudyatam ūcuścainaṃ na moktavyaṃ tvayāstraṃ pitaraṃ prati | tvayā ca nāyaṃ hantavyaḥ putraḥ prakhyātaceṣṭitaḥ pitrornanāma caraṇau sa tato jagatīpatiḥ | maruttaśca sa taṃ prītyā pariṣvajyedamabravīt yasya tulyo'paro rājā na bhūto na bhaviṣyati | sattvavikramayuktasya rājarṣeramitaujasaḥ iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe maruttacarite'ṣṭāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Marutta said: I will not forgive these wicked offenders; I myself will go to hell, if (that is the fate) of sinners. I will not refrain from restraining them; do not hold me back, father. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Marutta, seeing the Time-weapon raised by his father, said loudly, "This weapon of mine is raised to punish the wicked." And they said to him: "The weapon must not be released by you against your father; and this son of renowned deeds must not be slain by you." Then that lord of the earth bowed at his parents' feet; and Marutta, embracing him with affection, said this: "There has not been and will not be another king equal to him" — to that royal sage of boundless energy, endowed with strength and valour. Thus the one hundred and twenty-eighth chapter, in the story of Marutta, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.

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