Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 132
MkP 132.1
दमचरितवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच इन्द्रसेनासमाज्ञप्तः स गत्वा शूद्रतापसः । समाचष्ट यथापूर्वं दमाय निधनं पितुः
damacaritavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca indrasenāsamājñaptaḥ sa gatvā śūdratāpasaḥ | samācaṣṭa yathāpūrvaṃ damāya nidhanaṃ pituḥ
The Description of Dama's Deeds. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Commanded by Indrasenā, that śūdra ascetic went and reported to Dama the death of his father just as it had happened.
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MkP 132.2
तापसेन समाख्याते दमस्तेन पितुर्वधे । क्रोधेनातीव जज्वाल हविषेवाग्निरुद्धतः
tāpasena samākhyāte damastena piturvadhe | krodhenātīva jajvāla haviṣevāgniruddhataḥ
When the killing of his father had been told him by the ascetic, Dama blazed up exceedingly with anger, like a fire flared high by an oblation.
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MkP 132.3
स तु क्रोधाग्निना धीरे दह्यमानो महामुने । करं करेण निष्पिष्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
sa tu krodhāgninā dhīre dahyamāno mahāmune | karaṃ kareṇa niṣpiṣya vākyametaduvāca ha
But he, O great sage, burning with the fire of anger, grinding one hand with the other, spoke these words.
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MkP 132.4
अनाथ इव मे तातो मयि पुत्रे तु जीवति । घातितः सुनृशंसेन परिभूय कुलं मम
anātha iva me tāto mayi putre tu jīvati | ghātitaḥ sunṛśaṃsena paribhūya kulaṃ mama
"My father, as though he had no protector, though I his son am alive, has been killed by that utterly cruel man, in contempt of my lineage."
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MkP 132.5
तापं करोम्यहं किंवाप्येष क्लैब्यात्क्षमाम्यहम् । दुर्वृत्तशान्तौ शिष्टानां पालनेऽधिकृता वयम्
tāpaṃ karomyahaṃ kiṃvāpyeṣa klaibyātkṣamāmyaham | durvṛttaśāntau śiṣṭānāṃ pālane'dhikṛtā vayam
"Am I merely to grieve, or shall I even, out of unmanliness, forgive this? We are appointed to the suppression of the wicked and the protection of the good."
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MkP 132.6
पितरं चापि निहतं दृष्ट्वा जीवन्ति शत्रवः । तत्किमेतेन बहुना हा तातेति च किं पुनः
pitaraṃ cāpi nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā jīvanti śatravaḥ | tatkimetena bahunā hā tāteti ca kiṃ punaḥ
"And my enemies go on living, having seen my father slain! So what is the use of all this, and what further use of crying 'Alas, father!'?"
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MkP 132.7
विलापेनात्र यत्कृत्यं तदेषोऽत्र करोम्यहम् । यद्यहं तस्य रक्तेन देहोत्थेन वपुष्मतः ।। न करोमि गुरोस्तृप्तिं तत्प्रवेक्ष्ये हुताशनम्
vilāpenātra yatkṛtyaṃ tadeṣo'tra karomyaham | yadyahaṃ tasya raktena dehotthena vapuṣmataḥ || na karomi gurostṛptiṃ tatpravekṣye hutāśanam
Whatever is to be done here by lamentation, that I will do here: if I do not, with the blood risen from the body of Vapuṣmat, satisfy my elder, then I shall enter the fire.
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MkP 132.8
तच्छोणितेनोदककर्म तस्य मांसेन सम्यग्द्विजभोजनं च । कुर्यां पितुस्तस्य च पिण्डदानं न चेत्प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनं तत्
tacchoṇitenodakakarma tasya māṃsena samyagdvijabhojanaṃ ca | kuryāṃ pitustasya ca piṇḍadānaṃ na cetpravekṣyāmi hutāśanaṃ tat
With his blood may I perform the water-rite, and with his flesh the proper feeding of the brahmins, and the offering of the funeral ball for that father of mine; if not, I shall enter that fire.
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MkP 132.9
साहाय्यमस्यासुरदेवयक्षगन्धर्वविद्याधरसिद्धसंघाः । कुर्वन्ति चेत्तानपि चास्त्रपूगैर्भस्मीकरोम्येष रुषा समेतः
sāhāyyamasyāsuradevayakṣagandharvavidyādharasiddhasaṃghāḥ | kurvanti cettānapi cāstrapūgairbhasmīkaromyeṣa ruṣā sametaḥ
And if the hosts of asuras, gods, yakṣas, gandharvas, vidyādharas and siddhas give him aid, them too, filled with fury, I will reduce to ashes with volleys of weapons.
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MkP 132.11
सुदुर्मतिं तापसवृद्धघातिनं वनस्थगं साधुविधिं विदग्धगम् । हन्ताहमद्याखिलबन्धुमित्रपदातिहस्त्यश्वबलैः समेतम्
sudurmatiṃ tāpasavṛddhaghātinaṃ vanasthagaṃ sādhuvidhiṃ vidagdhagam | hantāhamadyākhilabandhumitrapadātihastyaśvabalaiḥ sametam
That very evil-minded slayer of an aged ascetic, who dwelt in the forest, of good conduct—him I shall slay today together with all his kinsmen and friends, his foot-soldiers, elephants and horses.
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MkP 132.12
एषोऽहमादाय धनुःसखड्गो रथी तथैवारिबलं समेत्य । करोमि वै यत्कदनं समस्ताः पश्यन्तु मे देवगणा समेताः
eṣo'hamādāya dhanuḥsakhaḍgo rathī tathaivāribalaṃ sametya | karomi vai yatkadanaṃ samastāḥ paśyantu me devagaṇā sametāḥ
Here I, taking up bow and sword, mounted on a chariot, having met the enemy's army—let all the assembled hosts of gods behold what slaughter I make.
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MkP 132.13
यो यः सहायो भविताद्य तस्य मया समेतस्य रणाय भूयः । तस्यैव निःशेषकुलक्षयाय समुद्यतोऽहं निजबाहुसैन्यः
yo yaḥ sahāyo bhavitādya tasya mayā sametasya raṇāya bhūyaḥ | tasyaiva niḥśeṣakulakṣayāya samudyato'haṃ nijabāhusainyaḥ
Whoever today becomes his ally when I again meet (him) for battle—for the utter destruction of that one's family too I stand ready, my own arms being my army.
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MkP 132.14
यदि कुलिशकरोऽस्मिन्सयुगे देवराजः पितृपतिरथ चोग्रं दण्डमुद्यस्य कोपात् । धनपतिवरुणार्का रक्षितुं तं यतन्ते निशितशरवरौघैर्घातियिष्ये तथापि
yadi kuliśakaro'sminsayuge devarājaḥ pitṛpatiratha cograṃ daṇḍamudyasya kopāt | dhanapativaruṇārkā rakṣituṃ taṃ yatante niśitaśaravaraughairghātiyiṣye tathāpi
Even if in this battle the king of the gods with thunderbolt in hand, or the lord of the fathers raising his terrible rod in wrath, or the lord of wealth, Varuṇa and the Sun, strive to protect him, even so I shall have him killed with floods of excellent sharp arrows.
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MkP 132.15
नियतमतिरदोषः काननाखण्डलोका निपतितफलभक्षः सर्वभूतेषु मैत्रः । प्रभवति मयि पुत्रे हिंसितो येन तातः पिशितरुधिरतृप्तास्तस्य सन्त्वद्य गृध्राः
niyatamatiradoṣaḥ kānanākhaṇḍalokā nipatitaphalabhakṣaḥ sarvabhūteṣu maitraḥ | prabhavati mayi putre hiṃsito yena tātaḥ piśitarudhiratṛptāstasya santvadya gṛdhrāḥ
(He was) of controlled mind, faultless, one whose world was the unbroken forest, eating fallen fruit, friendly toward all beings: since by that man my father was slain while I, his son, was capable (of protecting him)—let the vultures today be sated with that man's flesh and blood.
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MkP 132.132
निःशूरमाधार्मिकमप्रशस्तं तं दाक्षिणात्यं समरे निहत्य । भोक्ष्ये ततोऽहं पृथिवीं च कृत्स्नां वह्निं प्रवेक्ष्याम्यनिहत्य तं वा इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे दमचरिते द्वात्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
niḥśūramādhārmikamapraśastaṃ taṃ dākṣiṇātyaṃ samare nihatya | bhokṣye tato'haṃ pṛthivīṃ ca kṛtsnāṃ vahniṃ pravekṣyāmyanihatya taṃ vā iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe damacarite dvātriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Having slain in battle that southerner, unheroic, unrighteous and unpraiseworthy, I shall then enjoy the whole earth; or, if I do not slay him, I shall enter the fire. Thus the one hundred thirty-second chapter, in the story of Dama, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
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