Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 133

MkP 133.1

वपुष्मद्वधवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच इति प्रतिज्ञाय तदा नरिष्यन्तसुतो दमः । कोपामर्षविवृत्ताक्षः श्भश्रुमावृत्य पाणिना

vapuṣmadvadhavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iti pratijñāya tadā nariṣyantasuto damaḥ | kopāmarṣavivṛttākṣaḥ śbhaśrumāvṛtya pāṇinā

The description of the slaying of Vapuṣmat. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having made this vow, Dama, the son of Nariṣyanta, his eyes rolling with anger and indignation, covering his beard with his hand,

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MkP 133.2

हा हतोऽस्मीति पितरं ध्यात्वा देवं विनिंद्य च । प्रोवाच मंत्रिणः सर्वानानिनाय पुरोहितम्

hā hato'smīti pitaraṃ dhyātvā devaṃ viniṃdya ca | provāca maṃtriṇaḥ sarvānānināya purohitam

crying "Alas, I am slain!", thinking of his father and reviling fate, spoke to all the counsellors, and had the household priest brought.

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MkP 133.3

दम उवाच यदत्र कृत्यं तद्ब्रूत ताते प्राप्ते सुरालयम् । श्रुतं भवद्भिर्यत्प्रोक्तं तेन शूद्रतपस्विना

dama uvāca yadatra kṛtyaṃ tadbrūta tāte prāpte surālayam | śrutaṃ bhavadbhiryatproktaṃ tena śūdratapasvinā

Dama said: Tell (me) what is to be done here, now that my father has gone to the abode of the gods. You have heard what was said by that śūdra ascetic.

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MkP 133.4

वृद्धस्तपस्वी स नृपो वानप्रस्थव्रते स्थितः । मौनव्रतधरोऽशस्त्रो मन्मात्रा चेन्द्रसेनया

vṛddhastapasvī sa nṛpo vānaprasthavrate sthitaḥ | maunavratadharo'śastro manmātrā cendrasenayā

That king was old, an ascetic, established in the vow of a forest-dweller, holding the vow of silence, weaponless, and (attended) by my mother Indrasenā—

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MkP 133.5

प्रोक्तं संसृष्टया स्वात्म्याद्याथातथ्यं वपुष्मते । तेनापि खड्गमाकृष्य जटां सव्येन पाणिना

proktaṃ saṃsṛṣṭayā svātmyādyāthātathyaṃ vapuṣmate | tenāpi khaḍgamākṛṣya jaṭāṃ savyena pāṇinā

it was told truly, as it was, by her who had come together (with him), from her own account, to Vapuṣmat; and yet he, drawing his sword and seizing the matted hair with his left hand,

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MkP 133.6

धृत्वा जघान दुष्टात्मा लोकनाथमनाथवत् । माता च संदिश्य हि मां धिक्छब्दं ब्रुवती सती

dhṛtvā jaghāna duṣṭātmā lokanāthamanāthavat | mātā ca saṃdiśya hi māṃ dhikchabdaṃ bruvatī satī

holding (it), that evil-souled one slew the lord of the world as though he were helpless. And my mother, having instructed me, uttering the word "Shame!", virtuous woman that she was,

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MkP 133.7

मन्दभाग्यं च निःश्रीकं प्रविष्टा हव्यवाहनम् । तमालिंग्य नरिष्यन्तं प्रयाता त्रिदशालयम्

mandabhāgyaṃ ca niḥśrīkaṃ praviṣṭā havyavāhanam | tamāliṃgya nariṣyantaṃ prayātā tridaśālayam

and (calling me) ill-fortuned and bereft of glory, entered the fire; embracing Nariṣyanta, she went to the abode of the thirty (gods).

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MkP 133.8

सोऽहमद्य करिष्यामि यन्मे मातुरुदीरितम् । हस्त्यश्वरथपादातं सैन्यं च परिकल्प्यताम्

so'hamadya kariṣyāmi yanme māturudīritam | hastyaśvarathapādātaṃ sainyaṃ ca parikalpyatām

So today I shall do what was declared to me by my mother. Let an army of elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers be prepared.

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MkP 133.9

अनिर्याप्य पितुर्वैरमहत्वा पितृघातकम् । अकृत्वा च वचो मातुर्जीवितुं किमिहोत्सहे

aniryāpya piturvairamahatvā pitṛghātakam | akṛtvā ca vaco māturjīvituṃ kimihotsahe

Without discharging my father's feud, without killing my father's slayer, and without carrying out my mother's word, how can I bear to live here?

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MkP 133.11

निर्ययुः सपरीवाराः पुरस्कृत्य दमं नृपम् । गृहीत्वा चाशिषो विप्रात्त्रिकालज्ञात्पुरोधसः

niryayuḥ saparīvārāḥ puraskṛtya damaṃ nṛpam | gṛhītvā cāśiṣo viprāttrikālajñātpurodhasaḥ

They set out with their retinues, placing king Dama at their head, having received the blessings of the brahmin household priest who knew the three times.

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MkP 133.12

अहिराडिव निःश्वस्य दमः प्रायाद्वपुष्मतम् । सीमापालादिसामन्तान्निघ्नन्याम्यां दिश त्वरा

ahirāḍiva niḥśvasya damaḥ prāyādvapuṣmatam | sīmāpālādisāmantānnighnanyāmyāṃ diśa tvarā

Hissing like a king of serpents, Dama marched against Vapuṣmat, striking down the border-guards and other vassals, swiftly, toward the southern quarter.

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MkP 133.13

निरीक्ष्य तं समायान्तं वपुष्मान्मर्षपूरितः । संक्रन्दनसुतेनापि दमो ज्ञातो वपुष्मता ।। आयातः सपरीवारः सामात्यः सपरिच्छदः

nirīkṣya taṃ samāyāntaṃ vapuṣmānmarṣapūritaḥ | saṃkrandanasutenāpi damo jñāto vapuṣmatā || āyātaḥ saparīvāraḥ sāmātyaḥ saparicchadaḥ

Seeing him coming on, Vapuṣmān was filled with wrath; and Dama, son of Saṃkrandana, was recognized by Vapuṣmān. He had come with his retinue, with his ministers, with his equipage.

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MkP 133.14

अकंपितेन मनसा ससैन्यानि दिदेश ह । दूतं च प्रेषयामास निर्गम्य नगराद्बहिः

akaṃpitena manasā sasainyāni dideśa ha | dūtaṃ ca preṣayāmāsa nirgamya nagarādbahiḥ

With unshaken mind he gave orders to the troops, and going out beyond the city he sent a messenger.

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MkP 133.15

त्वं शीघ्रतरमागच्छ नरिष्यन्तः प्रतीक्षते । सभार्यक्षत्रबन्धो त्वं समायाहि ममान्तिकम्

tvaṃ śīghrataramāgaccha nariṣyantaḥ pratīkṣate | sabhāryakṣatrabandho tvaṃ samāyāhi mamāntikam

"Come more quickly: Nariṣyanta's (son) is waiting. Together with your wife, you disgrace of the warrior class, come into my presence.

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MkP 133.16

इमे मद्बाहुनिर्मुक्ताः शिता बाणाः पिपासिताः । भित्त्वा शरीरं सङ्ग्रामे पास्यन्ति रुधिरं तव

ime madbāhunirmuktāḥ śitā bāṇāḥ pipāsitāḥ | bhittvā śarīraṃ saṅgrāme pāsyanti rudhiraṃ tava

These sharpened arrows, released from my arm, are thirsty; splitting your body in battle they will drink your blood."

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MkP 133.17

श्रुत्वा दमस्तु तत्सर्वं दूतप्रोक्तं ययौ त्वरन् । स्मृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां पूर्वोक्तां निःश्वसमुरगो यथा

śrutvā damastu tatsarvaṃ dūtaproktaṃ yayau tvaran | smṛtvā pratijñāṃ pūrvoktāṃ niḥśvasamurago yathā

But Dama, hearing all that the messenger spoke, went in haste, remembering the vow he had earlier made, hissing like a serpent.

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MkP 133.18

आहूतसमरे चैव पुमान्सेनाविकत्थनः । ततो युद्धमतीवासीद्दमस्य च वपुष्मतः

āhūtasamare caiva pumānsenāvikatthanaḥ | tato yuddhamatīvāsīddamasya ca vapuṣmataḥ

And (he was) a man who, when challenged to battle, did not boast of his army. Then there was a tremendous fight between Dama and Vapuṣmān.

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MkP 133.19

रथी च रथिना नागी नागिना हयिना हयी । अयुध्यन्त च विप्रर्षे तद्युद्धं तुमुलं ह्यभूत्

rathī ca rathinā nāgī nāginā hayinā hayī | ayudhyanta ca viprarṣe tadyuddhaṃ tumulaṃ hyabhūt

Chariot-fighter fought with chariot-fighter, elephant-rider with elephant-rider, horseman with horseman; and they fought, O sage among brahmins, and that battle became tumultuous.

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MkP 133.21

न गजो न रथी नाश्वस्तस्य बाणसहस्तु यः । ततो दमेन युयुधे सेनाध्यक्षो वपुष्मतः

na gajo na rathī nāśvastasya bāṇasahastu yaḥ | tato damena yuyudhe senādhyakṣo vapuṣmataḥ

No elephant, no chariot-fighter, no horse could withstand his arrows. Then Vapuṣmān's army-commander fought with Dama.

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MkP 133.22

हृदि विव्याध च दम इषुणागाद्यमान्तिकम् । तस्मिन्निपतिते सैन्यं पलायनपरं ह्यभूत्

hṛdi vivyādha ca dama iṣuṇāgādyamāntikam | tasminnipatite sainyaṃ palāyanaparaṃ hyabhūt

And Dama pierced him in the heart with an arrow, and he went to Yama's abode; when he had fallen, the army was set upon flight.

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MkP 133.23

स स्वामिनं ततः प्राह दमः शत्रुं दमस्तथा । क्व यासि दुष्ट पितरं घातयित्वा तपस्विनम्

sa svāminaṃ tataḥ prāha damaḥ śatruṃ damastathā | kva yāsi duṣṭa pitaraṃ ghātayitvā tapasvinam

Then he spoke to his master, and Dama likewise (spoke) to Dama's enemy: "Where are you going, wicked one, after having had my ascetic father killed?

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MkP 133.24

अशस्त्रं च तपस्यन्तं क्षत्रियोऽसि निवर्तताम् । ततो निवृत्य स दमं योधयामास सानुजः

aśastraṃ ca tapasyantaṃ kṣatriyo'si nivartatām | tato nivṛtya sa damaṃ yodhayāmāsa sānujaḥ

He was weaponless and practising austerity, and you are a kṣatriya — let (him) turn back!" Then, turning back, he with his younger brother made (him) fight with Dama.

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MkP 133.25

स पुत्रः सह सम्बन्धिबान्धवैर्युयुधे रथी । ततः शरासनान्मुक्तबाणैर्व्याप्तास्ततो दिशः

sa putraḥ saha sambandhibāndhavairyuyudhe rathī | tataḥ śarāsanānmuktabāṇairvyāptāstato diśaḥ

That son fought as a chariot-warrior together with his kinsmen and relatives; then the quarters were filled with arrows loosed from the bow.

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MkP 133.26

दमं च सरथं चाशु शरजालैरपूरयत् । ततः पितृवधोत्थेन कोपेन स दमस्तथा

damaṃ ca sarathaṃ cāśu śarajālairapūrayat | tataḥ pitṛvadhotthena kopena sa damastathā

And swiftly he covered Dama together with his chariot with nets of arrows; then Dama, with the anger arisen from his father's slaying,

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MkP 133.27

चिच्छेद ताञ्छरान्स्तेषां विव्याधान्यैश्च तानपि । एकेनैकेन बाणेन सप्त पुत्रान्स्तथा द्विज

ciccheda tāñcharānsteṣāṃ vivyādhānyaiśca tānapi | ekenaikena bāṇena sapta putrānstathā dvija

cut off those arrows of theirs, and pierced them too with other (arrows); with one arrow each, the seven sons likewise, O twice-born,

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MkP 133.28

सम्बन्धिबान्धवान्मित्रान्निनाय यमसादनम् । वपुष्मान्स रथी क्रोधान्निहतात्मजबान्धवः

sambandhibāndhavānmitrānnināya yamasādanam | vapuṣmānsa rathī krodhānnihatātmajabāndhavaḥ

and the kinsmen, relatives and friends he led to Yama's dwelling. That chariot-borne Vapuṣmān, his sons and kinsmen slain, in anger

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MkP 133.29

युयुधे च स तेनाजौ शरैराशीविषोपमैः । चिच्छेद तस्य तान्बाणान्स दमश्च महामुने

yuyudhe ca sa tenājau śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | ciccheda tasya tānbāṇānsa damaśca mahāmune

fought with him in the battle with arrows like venomous snakes; and Dama cut off those arrows of his, O great sage.

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MkP 133.31

गृहीतखड्गावुत्तीर्य चिक्रीडाते महाबलौ । दमः क्षणं नृपं ध्यात्वा पितरं निहतं वने

gṛhītakhaḍgāvuttīrya cikrīḍāte mahābalau | damaḥ kṣaṇaṃ nṛpaṃ dhyātvā pitaraṃ nihataṃ vane

Taking their swords and stepping down, the two mighty ones sported (in combat); Dama, for a moment thinking of the king, his father, slain in the forest,

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MkP 133.32

केशेष्वाकृष्य चाक्रम्य निपात्य धरणीतले । शिरोधरायां पादेन भुजमुद्यम्य चाब्रवीत्

keśeṣvākṛṣya cākramya nipātya dharaṇītale | śirodharāyāṃ pādena bhujamudyamya cābravīt

dragging (him) by the hair and treading upon (him), felling (him) to the ground, with his foot on his neck, and raising his arm, said:

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MkP 133.33

पश्यन्तु देवताः सर्वा मानुषाः पन्नगाः खगाः । पाट्यमानं च हृदयं क्षत्रबन्धोर्वपुष्मतः

paśyantu devatāḥ sarvā mānuṣāḥ pannagāḥ khagāḥ | pāṭyamānaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ kṣatrabandhorvapuṣmataḥ

"Let all the gods, men, serpents and birds behold the heart of Vapuṣmān, that disgrace of the warrior class, being torn open!"

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MkP 133.34

एवमुक्त्वा च स दमो हदयं च व्यदारयत् । पातुकामश्च स सुरैः क्षतजेन निवारितः

evamuktvā ca sa damo hadayaṃ ca vyadārayat | pātukāmaśca sa suraiḥ kṣatajena nivāritaḥ

And having spoken thus, Dama tore open his heart; and when he wished to drink of the blood he was restrained by the gods.

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MkP 133.35

ततश्चकार तातस्य रक्तेनैवोदकक्रियाम् । आनृण्यं प्राप्य स पितुः पुनः प्रायात्स्वमन्दिरम्

tataścakāra tātasya raktenaivodakakriyām | ānṛṇyaṃ prāpya sa pituḥ punaḥ prāyātsvamandiram

Then he performed the water-offering for his father with that very blood; and having become free of his debt to his father, he went back again to his own house.

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MkP 133.36

वपुष्मतश्च मांसेन पिण्डदानं चकार ह । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास रक्षः कुलसमुद्भवान्

vapuṣmataśca māṃsena piṇḍadānaṃ cakāra ha | brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa rakṣaḥ kulasamudbhavān

And with the flesh of Vapuṣmat he made the offering of the funeral ball (piṇḍa), and he fed brahmins sprung from the rākṣasa lineage.

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MkP 133.37

एवंविधा हि राजानो बभूवुः सूर्यवंशजाः । अन्येऽपि सुधियः शूरा यज्विनो धर्मकोविदाः

evaṃvidhā hi rājāno babhūvuḥ sūryavaṃśajāḥ | anye'pi sudhiyaḥ śūrā yajvino dharmakovidāḥ

For such indeed were the kings born of the solar line; and others too, wise, valiant, performers of sacrifices, well versed in dharma.

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MkP 133.38

वेदान्तपारगास्ताञ्च न संख्यातुमिहोत्सहे । एतेषां चरितं श्रुत्वा नरः पापैः प्रमुच्यते

vedāntapāragāstāñca na saṃkhyātumihotsahe | eteṣāṃ caritaṃ śrutvā naraḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate

And (they were) those who had gone to the far shore of the Vedānta — I am not able to count them here. Hearing the deeds of these (kings), a man is released from his sins.

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MkP 133.133

मार्कण्डेय उवाच मन्त्रिणस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा हाहेत्युक्त्वा तथा च तत् । कृतवन्तो विमनसः सभृत्यबलवाहनाः पश्यतां सर्वदेवानां सिद्धगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् । चकम्पे वसुधा ब्रह्मन्युध्यमाने दमे युधि युयुधाते च संरब्धौ परस्परजयैषिणौ । परस्परशराघातविच्छिन्नधनुषौ त्वरा इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे दमचरिते वपुष्मद्वधो नाम त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca mantriṇastadvacaḥ śrutvā hāhetyuktvā tathā ca tat | kṛtavanto vimanasaḥ sabhṛtyabalavāhanāḥ paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ siddhagandharvarakṣasām | cakampe vasudhā brahmanyudhyamāne dame yudhi yuyudhāte ca saṃrabdhau parasparajayaiṣiṇau | parasparaśarāghātavicchinnadhanuṣau tvarā iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe damacarite vapuṣmadvadho nāma trayastriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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