Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 131
MkP 131.1
दमचरितवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच स तां लब्ध्वा तथा पत्नीं सुमनां सुमहामुने । प्रणम्य स पितुः पादौ मातुश्च क्षितिपात्मजः
damacaritavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca sa tāṃ labdhvā tathā patnīṃ sumanāṃ sumahāmune | praṇamya sa pituḥ pādau mātuśca kṣitipātmajaḥ
Description of the deeds of Dama. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having thus won her, Sumanā, as his wife, O very great sage, that king's son bowed at the feet of his father and of his mother.
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MkP 131.2
सा च तौ श्वशुरौ सूभ्रूर्ननाम सुमना तदा । ताभ्यां तौ च तदा विप्र आशीर्भिरभिनन्दितौ
sā ca tau śvaśurau sūbhrūrnanāma sumanā tadā | tābhyāṃ tau ca tadā vipra āśīrbhirabhinanditau
And she, the fair-browed Sumanā, then bowed to those two, her parents-in-law; and by those two, O brahmin, the pair were then greeted with blessings.
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MkP 131.3
महोत्सवश्च सञ्जज्ञे नरिष्यन्तस्य वै पुरे । कृतदारे च सम्प्राप्ते दशार्णाधिपतेः पुरात्
mahotsavaśca sañjajñe nariṣyantasya vai pure | kṛtadāre ca samprāpte daśārṇādhipateḥ purāt
And a great festival took place in Nariṣyanta's city, when (his son), having taken a wife, arrived from the city of the lord of Daśārṇa.
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MkP 131.4
सम्बन्धिनं दशार्णेशं जितांश्च पृथिवीश्वरान् । श्रुत्या पुत्रेण मुमुदे नरिष्यन्तो महीपतिः
sambandhinaṃ daśārṇeśaṃ jitāṃśca pṛthivīśvarān | śrutyā putreṇa mumude nariṣyanto mahīpatiḥ
Hearing of his new kinsman, the lord of Daśārṇa, and of the rulers of the earth conquered by his son, King Nariṣyanta rejoiced.
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MkP 131.5
सोऽपि रेमे सुमनया महाराजसुतो दमः । वरोद्यानवनोद्देशे प्रसादगिरिसानुषु
so'pi reme sumanayā mahārājasuto damaḥ | varodyānavanoddeśe prasādagirisānuṣu
And he too, Dama, the great king's son, took his pleasure with Sumanā in the choice pleasure-groves and woodland spots and on the slopes of Prasāda mountain.
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MkP 131.6
अथ कालेन महता रममाणा दमेन सा । अवाप गर्भे सुमना दशार्णाधिपतेः सुता
atha kālena mahatā ramamāṇā damena sā | avāpa garbhe sumanā daśārṇādhipateḥ sutā
Then, after a long time, Sumanā, the daughter of the lord of Daśārṇa, taking her pleasure with Dama, conceived in her womb.
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MkP 131.7
सोऽपि राजा नरिष्यन्तो भुक्तभोगो महीपतिः । वयः परिणतिं प्राप्य दमं राज्येऽभिषिच्य च
so'pi rājā nariṣyanto bhuktabhogo mahīpatiḥ | vayaḥ pariṇatiṃ prāpya damaṃ rājye'bhiṣicya ca
And that King Nariṣyanta, lord of the earth, having enjoyed his enjoyments and reached the decline of his years, consecrated Dama in the kingship,
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MkP 131.8
वनं जगामेन्द्रसेना पत्नी चास्य तपस्विनी । वानप्रस्थविधानेन स तत्र समतिष्ठत
vanaṃ jagāmendrasenā patnī cāsya tapasvinī | vānaprasthavidhānena sa tatra samatiṣṭhata
and went to the forest, and his wife Indrasenā too, given to austerity; there he settled according to the rule of the forest-dweller.
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MkP 131.9
दाक्षिणात्यः सुदुर्वृत्तः संक्रन्दनसुतो वने । वपुष्मान्स मृगान्हन्तुं ययावल्पपदानुगः
dākṣiṇātyaḥ sudurvṛttaḥ saṃkrandanasuto vane | vapuṣmānsa mṛgānhantuṃ yayāvalpapadānugaḥ
A southerner of very evil conduct, Vapuṣmān the son of Saṃkrandana, went into the forest to kill deer, with few footmen following him.
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MkP 131.11
पप्रच्छ कस्त्वं भो विप्रः क्षत्रियो वा वनेचरः । वानप्रस्थमनुप्राप्तो वैश्यो वा मम कथ्यताम्
papraccha kastvaṃ bho vipraḥ kṣatriyo vā vanecaraḥ | vānaprasthamanuprāpto vaiśyo vā mama kathyatām
He asked: "Who are you, sir — a brahmin, or a kṣatriya, or a forest-dweller, or a vaiśya who has taken up the forest-dweller's life? Let it be told to me."
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MkP 131.12
ततो मौनव्रती भूपो नहि तस्योत्तरं ददौ । इन्द्रसेना च तत्सर्वमाचष्टास्मै यथातथम्
tato maunavratī bhūpo nahi tasyottaraṃ dadau | indrasenā ca tatsarvamācaṣṭāsmai yathātatham
Then the king, being under a vow of silence, gave him no answer; but Indrasenā told him all of it just as it was.
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MkP 131.13
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ज्ञात्वा तं च नरिष्यन्तं वपुष्मान्पितरं रिपोः । प्राप्तोऽसीति वदन्कोपाज्जटासु परिगृह्य च
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca jñātvā taṃ ca nariṣyantaṃ vapuṣmānpitaraṃ ripoḥ | prāpto'sīti vadankopājjaṭāsu parigṛhya ca
Mārkaṇḍeya said: And Vapuṣmān, recognizing him as Nariṣyanta, the father of his enemy, saying "You have fallen (into my hands)!" and in anger seizing him by the matted hair,
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MkP 131.14
हाहेति चन्द्रसेनायां रुदन्त्यां बाष्पगद्गदम् । चकर्ष कोपात्सङ्गं च वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह
hāheti candrasenāyāṃ rudantyāṃ bāṣpagadgadam | cakarṣa kopātsaṅgaṃ ca vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha
while Candrasenā wept "Alas, alas!" in a voice choked with tears, dragged him in anger, without attachment (of pity), and spoke this speech:
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MkP 131.15
निर्जितः समरे येन येन मे सुमना हृता । दमस्य तस्य पितरं हनिष्येऽवतु तं दमः
nirjitaḥ samare yena yena me sumanā hṛtā | damasya tasya pitaraṃ haniṣye'vatu taṃ damaḥ
"He by whom I was defeated in battle, by whom Sumanā was carried off from me — the father of that Dama I shall kill; let Dama protect him!
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MkP 131.16
येनाखिलमहीपालपुत्राः कन्यार्थमागताः । अवधूता हनिष्येऽहं पितरं तस्य दुर्मतेः
yenākhilamahīpālaputrāḥ kanyārthamāgatāḥ | avadhūtā haniṣye'haṃ pitaraṃ tasya durmateḥ
He by whom all the sons of kings who had come for the maiden's sake were spurned — I shall kill the father of that evil-minded one.
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MkP 131.17
यौवनास्त्रस्वरूपेषु मदे यस्य दुरात्मनः । स दमो वारयत्वेष हन्मि तस्या रिपोर्गुरुम्
yauvanāstrasvarūpeṣu made yasya durātmanaḥ | sa damo vārayatveṣa hanmi tasyā riporgurum
That Dama, that evil-souled one whose pride is in his youth, his weapons and his beauty — let him prevent it: I slay the teacher (father) of that enemy of mine."
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MkP 131.18
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्त्वा स दुराचारो वपुष्मानवनीपतिः । क्रंदन्त्यामिन्द्रसेनायां शिरश्चिच्छेद तस्य च
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityuktvā sa durācāro vapuṣmānavanīpatiḥ | kraṃdantyāmindrasenāyāṃ śiraściccheda tasya ca
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, that evil-conducted Vapuṣmān, lord of the earth, cut off his head while Indrasenā screamed.
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MkP 131.19
ततो धिग्धिङ्मुनिजना अन्ये च वनवासिनः । तमूचुः स च तं हत्वा जगाम स्वपुरं वनात्
tato dhigdhiṅmunijanā anye ca vanavāsinaḥ | tamūcuḥ sa ca taṃ hatvā jagāma svapuraṃ vanāt
Then the company of sages and the other forest-dwellers said to him, "Shame, shame!" And he, having killed him, went from the forest to his own city.
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MkP 131.21
गच्छेथा आशु मे पुत्रं दमं ब्रूहि वचो मम । अभिज्ञो ह्यसि मद्भर्तृवृत्तान्तं प्रोच्यतेऽत्र किम्
gacchethā āśu me putraṃ damaṃ brūhi vaco mama | abhijño hyasi madbhartṛvṛttāntaṃ procyate'tra kim
"Go quickly to my son Dama and tell him my word — for you know it: what is there to be said here about my husband's fate?
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MkP 131.22
तथापि वाच्यः पुत्रो मे यद्ब्रवीम्यतिदुःखिता । लंघनामीदृशीं प्राप्तां विलोक्यतां महीपतेः
tathāpi vācyaḥ putro me yadbravīmyatiduḥkhitā | laṃghanāmīdṛśīṃ prāptāṃ vilokyatāṃ mahīpateḥ
Even so my son is to be told what I, in extreme grief, say: let him look upon such a violation as has befallen the king.
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MkP 131.23
मद्भर्त्राऽधिकृतो राजा चतुर्णां परिपालकः । त्वमाश्रमाणां किं युक्तं तापसान्यन्न रक्षसि
madbhartrā'dhikṛto rājā caturṇāṃ paripālakaḥ | tvamāśramāṇāṃ kiṃ yuktaṃ tāpasānyanna rakṣasi
'You, a king appointed by my husband, the guardian of the four stages of life — is it fitting that you do not protect the ascetics?
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MkP 131.24
भर्ता मम नरिष्यन्तस्तापसस्तपसि स्थितः । विलपन्त्यास्तथा नाथो यथा नासि तथा त्वयि
bhartā mama nariṣyantastāpasastapasi sthitaḥ | vilapantyāstathā nātho yathā nāsi tathā tvayi
"My husband Nariṣyanta was an ascetic, established in austerity; and while I lamented, calling 'O lord!', you were no lord to me — such were you."
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MkP 131.25
आकृष्य केशेषु बलादपराधं विना ततः । हतो वपुष्मता ख्यातिमिति ते भूपतिर्गता
ākṛṣya keśeṣu balādaparādhaṃ vinā tataḥ | hato vapuṣmatā khyātimiti te bhūpatirgatā
"Then, dragged by the hair by force, without any offence (on his part), he was slain by Vapuṣmat — such is the fame your king has won."
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MkP 131.26
एवं स्थिते तत्क्रियतां यथा धर्मो न लुप्यते । तथा च नैव वस्तव्यं माताहं तापसी यतः
evaṃ sthite tatkriyatāṃ yathā dharmo na lupyate | tathā ca naiva vastavyaṃ mātāhaṃ tāpasī yataḥ
"This being so, let that be done by which dharma is not violated; and I must not go on living, since I, your mother, am an ascetic woman."
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MkP 131.27
पिता वृद्धस्तपस्वी च नापराधेन दूषितः । निहतो येन यत्तस्य कर्तव्यं तद्विचिन्त्यताम्
pitā vṛddhastapasvī ca nāparādhena dūṣitaḥ | nihato yena yattasya kartavyaṃ tadvicintyatām
"(Your) father, aged and an ascetic, not stained by any offence, has been slain; let it be considered what ought to be done to him by whom (this was done)."
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MkP 131.28
सन्ति ते मन्त्रिणो वीराः सर्वशास्त्रार्थवेदिनः । तैः सहालोच्य यत्कार्यमेवंभूते कुरुष्व तत्
santi te mantriṇo vīrāḥ sarvaśāstrārthavedinaḥ | taiḥ sahālocya yatkāryamevaṃbhūte kuruṣva tat
"You have ministers who are heroes and know the meaning of all the treatises; taking counsel with them, do that which should be done in such a case."
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MkP 131.29
नास्माकमधिकारोऽत्र तापसानां नराधिप । कुरुष्वैतदितीत्थं त्वमेवं भूपतिभाषितम्
nāsmākamadhikāro'tra tāpasānāṃ narādhipa | kuruṣvaitaditītthaṃ tvamevaṃ bhūpatibhāṣitam
"We ascetics have no authority in this matter, O ruler of men; do this" — in this way, thus, is (the message) to be spoken by you to the king.
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MkP 131.31
जम्भस्यासुरराजस्य पिता दष्टो भुजङ्गमैः । तेनाप्यखिलपातालवासिनः पन्नगाः हताः
jambhasyāsurarājasya pitā daṣṭo bhujaṅgamaiḥ | tenāpyakhilapātālavāsinaḥ pannagāḥ hatāḥ
The father of Jambha, king of the asuras, was bitten by serpents; and by him all the snakes dwelling in Pātāla were killed.
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MkP 131.32
पराशरेण पितरं शक्तिं तं रक्षसाऽऽहतम् । श्रुत्वाऽग्नौ पातितं कृत्स्नं रक्षसामभवत्कुलम्
parāśareṇa pitaraṃ śaktiṃ taṃ rakṣasā''hatam | śrutvā'gnau pātitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ rakṣasāmabhavatkulam
By Parāśara, when he heard that his father Śakti had been struck down by a rākṣasa, the entire race of rākṣasas was cast into the fire.
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MkP 131.33
अन्यस्यापि स्ववंशस्य लंघना क्रियते हि या । तां नालं क्षत्रियः सोढुं कि पुनः पितृमारणम्
anyasyāpi svavaṃśasya laṃghanā kriyate hi yā | tāṃ nālaṃ kṣatriyaḥ soḍhuṃ ki punaḥ pitṛmāraṇam
Any offence that is committed even against another member of one's own lineage a kṣatriya cannot endure — how much less the killing of a father!
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MkP 131.34
नायं पिता ते निहतो नास्मिञ्छस्त्रं निपातितम् । त्वामत्र निहतं मन्ये त्वयि शस्त्रं निपातितम्
nāyaṃ pitā te nihato nāsmiñchastraṃ nipātitam | tvāmatra nihataṃ manye tvayi śastraṃ nipātitam
It is not your father who has been slain here, it is not upon him that the weapon was brought down; I consider that it is you who were slain here, that upon you the weapon fell.
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MkP 131.35
बिभेत्यस्य हि कः शस्त्रं न्यस्तं येन वनौकसाम् । तव नृपस्य पुत्रस्य मा बिभेतु बिभेतु वा
bibhetyasya hi kaḥ śastraṃ nyastaṃ yena vanaukasām | tava nṛpasya putrasya mā bibhetu bibhetu vā
For who fears him whose weapon has been laid upon forest-dwellers? Whether he fears you, a king's son, or not.
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MkP 131.36
तवेयं लङ्घनायुक्ता यदस्मिंस्तत्समाचर । वपुष्मति महाराज सभृत्यज्ञातिबान्धवे
taveyaṃ laṅghanāyuktā yadasmiṃstatsamācara | vapuṣmati mahārāja sabhṛtyajñātibāndhave
This transgression against you is not to be borne; therefore act accordingly against him — against the great king Vapuṣmat, together with his servants, kinsmen and relatives.
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MkP 131.37
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इति संक्रान्तसन्देशमिन्द्रसेना विसृज्य तम् । पतिदेहमुपाश्लिष्य विवेशाग्निं मनस्विनी
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iti saṃkrāntasandeśamindrasenā visṛjya tam | patidehamupāśliṣya viveśāgniṃ manasvinī
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having thus dismissed him with the message entrusted (to him), the resolute Indrasenā embraced her husband's body and entered the fire.
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MkP 131.131
स तं दृष्ट्वा नरिष्यन्तं तापसं मलपङ्किनम् । इन्द्रसेनां च तत्पत्नीं तपसातिसुदुर्बलाम् गते तस्मिन्विनिश्वस्य सेन्द्रसेना वपुष्मति । प्रेषयामास पुत्रस्य समीपं शूद्रतापसम् विदूरथस्य जनको यवनेन यथा हतः । तथायं तव पुत्रस्य कुलं तेन विनाशितम् इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे दमचरितवर्णनं नामैकत्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā nariṣyantaṃ tāpasaṃ malapaṅkinam | indrasenāṃ ca tatpatnīṃ tapasātisudurbalām gate tasminviniśvasya sendrasenā vapuṣmati | preṣayāmāsa putrasya samīpaṃ śūdratāpasam vidūrathasya janako yavanena yathā hataḥ | tathāyaṃ tava putrasya kulaṃ tena vināśitam iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe damacaritavarṇanaṃ nāmaikatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
He, seeing Nariṣyanta the ascetic caked with dirt, and Indrasenā his wife, made exceedingly weak by austerity — when Vapuṣmat had gone, she, Indrasenā, sighing, sent the śūdra ascetic into her son's presence: "As the father of Vidūratha was killed by a Yavana, so has this man destroyed your son's line." Thus (ends) in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa the one hundred and thirty-first chapter, named "The Description of Dama's Deeds."
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