Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 98
MkP 98.1
वंशानुकीर्तनवर्णनम् क्रौष्टकिरुवाच भगवन्कथिता सम्यक्त्वया मन्वन्तरस्थितिः । क्रमाद्विस्तरतस्त्वत्तो मया चैवावधारिता
vaṃśānukīrtanavarṇanam krauṣṭakiruvāca bhagavankathitā samyaktvayā manvantarasthitiḥ | kramādvistaratastvatto mayā caivāvadhāritā
The Recounting of the Lineages. Krauṣṭaki said: Lord, the account of the manvantaras has been rightly told by you, and it has been grasped by me from you in order and in detail.
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MkP 98.2
ब्रह्माद्यमखिलं वंशं भूभुजां द्विजसत्तम । श्रोतुं ममेच्छतः सम्यग्भगवन्प्रब्रवीहि मे
brahmādyamakhilaṃ vaṃśaṃ bhūbhujāṃ dvijasattama | śrotuṃ mamecchataḥ samyagbhagavanprabravīhi me
O best of the twice-born, the entire lineage of the kings of the earth, beginning with Brahmā — since I wish to hear it, tell it to me fully, O lord.
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MkP 98.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच शृणु वत्स नृपाणां त्वमशेषाणां समुद्भवम् । चरितं च जगन्मूलमादौ कृत्वा प्रजापतितम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca śṛṇu vatsa nṛpāṇāṃ tvamaśeṣāṇāṃ samudbhavam | caritaṃ ca jaganmūlamādau kṛtvā prajāpatitam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, my child, the origin of all the kings without exception, and their deeds, beginning with the root of the world, the Lord of Creatures.
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MkP 98.4
अयं हि वंशो भूपालैरनेकक्रतुकर्तृभिः । संग्रामजिद्भिर्धर्मज्ञैः शतसंख्यैरलंकृतः
ayaṃ hi vaṃśo bhūpālairanekakratukartṛbhiḥ | saṃgrāmajidbhirdharmajñaiḥ śatasaṃkhyairalaṃkṛtaḥ
For this lineage is adorned by kings numbering in the hundreds, performers of many sacrifices, victorious in battle, knowers of dharma.
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MkP 98.5
श्रुत्वा चैषां नरेन्द्राणां चरितानि महात्मनाम् । उत्पत्तयश्च पुरुषः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
śrutvā caiṣāṃ narendrāṇāṃ caritāni mahātmanām | utpattayaśca puruṣaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
And having heard the deeds and the births of these great-souled lords of men, a man is released from all sins.
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MkP 98.6
मनुर्यत्र तथेक्ष्वाकुरनरण्यो भगीरथः । अन्ये च शतशो भूपाः सम्यक्पालितभूमयः
manuryatra tathekṣvākuranaraṇyo bhagīrathaḥ | anye ca śataśo bhūpāḥ samyakpālitabhūmayaḥ
In which (lineage) were Manu, and Ikṣvāku, Anaraṇya, Bhagīratha, and hundreds of other kings whose lands were well protected —
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MkP 98.7
धर्मज्ञा यज्विनः शूराः परमार्थार्थवेदिनः । श्रुते तस्मिन्पुमान्वंशे पापौघाद्विप्रमुच्यते
dharmajñā yajvinaḥ śūrāḥ paramārthārthavedinaḥ | śrute tasminpumānvaṃśe pāpaughādvipramucyate
knowers of dharma, sacrificers, heroes, knowers of the highest goal and of (worldly) profit: when that lineage is heard, a man is released from the flood of sin.
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MkP 98.8
तदयं श्रूयतां वंशो यतो वंशाः सहस्रशः । भिद्यन्ते मनुजेन्द्राणामवरोहा यथा वटात्
tadayaṃ śrūyatāṃ vaṃśo yato vaṃśāḥ sahasraśaḥ | bhidyante manujendrāṇāmavarohā yathā vaṭāt
So let this lineage be heard, from which thousands of lineages of the lords of men branch off, as the aerial roots (hang down) from a banyan.
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MkP 98.9
ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः पूर्वं सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः । अङ्गुष्ठाद्दक्षिणाद्दक्षमसृजद्द्विजसत्तम
brahmā prajāpatiḥ pūrvaṃ sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ | aṅguṣṭhāddakṣiṇāddakṣamasṛjaddvijasattama
O best of the twice-born, formerly Brahmā, the Lord of Creatures, wishing to create manifold creatures, produced Dakṣa from his right thumb.
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MkP 98.11
अदितिस्तस्य दक्षस्य कन्याजायत शोभना । तस्यां च कश्यपो देवं मार्तण्डं समजीजनत्
aditistasya dakṣasya kanyājāyata śobhanā | tasyāṃ ca kaśyapo devaṃ mārtaṇḍaṃ samajījanat
To that Dakṣa a beautiful daughter, Aditi, was born; and upon her Kaśyapa begot the god Mārtaṇḍa.
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MkP 98.12
ब्रह्मा स्वरूपं जगतामशेषाणां वरप्रदम् । आदिमध्यान्तभूतं च सर्गस्थित्यन्तकर्मसु
brahmā svarūpaṃ jagatāmaśeṣāṇāṃ varapradam | ādimadhyāntabhūtaṃ ca sargasthityantakarmasu
Brahmā, who is the very form of all the worlds without exception, the granter of boons, and who is the beginning, middle and end in the acts of creation, maintenance and dissolution;
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MkP 98.13
यतोऽखिलमिदं यस्मिन्नशेषं च स्थितां द्विज । यत्स्वरूपं जगच्चेदं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
yato'khilamidaṃ yasminnaśeṣaṃ ca sthitāṃ dvija | yatsvarūpaṃ jagaccedaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
from whom this whole (universe comes), in whom the whole rests, O twice-born, and whose own form this world is, together with gods, asuras and men;
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MkP 98.14
यः सर्वभूतः सर्वात्मा परमात्मा सनातनः । अदित्यामभवद्भास्वान्पूर्वमाराधितस्तया
yaḥ sarvabhūtaḥ sarvātmā paramātmā sanātanaḥ | adityāmabhavadbhāsvānpūrvamārādhitastayā
he who is all beings, the self of all, the eternal supreme Self — he came to be as the Shining One in Aditi, having formerly been propitiated by her.
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MkP 98.15
क्रौष्टकिरुवाच भगवञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि यत्स्वरूपं विवस्वतः । यत्कारणं चादिदेवः सोऽभवत्कश्यपात्मजः
krauṣṭakiruvāca bhagavañchrotumicchāmi yatsvarūpaṃ vivasvataḥ | yatkāraṇaṃ cādidevaḥ so'bhavatkaśyapātmajaḥ
Krauṣṭaki said: Lord, I wish to hear what the true nature of Vivasvat is, and for what reason that primal god became the son of Kaśyapa;
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MkP 98.16
यथा चाराधितो देव्या सोऽदित्या कश्यपेन च । आराधितेन चोक्तं यत्तेन देवेन भास्वता
yathā cārādhito devyā so'dityā kaśyapena ca | ārādhitena coktaṃ yattena devena bhāsvatā
and how he was propitiated by the goddess Aditi and by Kaśyapa, and what was said by that shining god when he had been propitiated;
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MkP 98.17
प्रभावं चावतीर्णस्य यथावन्मुनिसत्तम । भवता कथितं सम्यक्छ्रोतुमिच्छाम्यशेषतः
prabhāvaṃ cāvatīrṇasya yathāvanmunisattama | bhavatā kathitaṃ samyakchrotumicchāmyaśeṣataḥ
and the power of him who had descended (as the Sun) — as it truly was, O best of sages: I wish to hear it fully and rightly told by you.
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MkP 98.18
मार्कण्डेय उवाच विस्पष्टा परमा विद्या ज्योतिर्भा शाश्वती स्फुटा । कैवल्यं ज्ञानमाविर्भूः प्राकाम्यं संविदेव च
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca vispaṣṭā paramā vidyā jyotirbhā śāśvatī sphuṭā | kaivalyaṃ jñānamāvirbhūḥ prākāmyaṃ saṃvideva ca
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Wholly manifest, supreme knowledge, radiance of light, everlasting, evident; absoluteness, knowing, manifestation, irresistible will, and awareness itself —
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MkP 98.19
बोधश्चावगतिश्चैव स्मृतिर्विज्ञानमेव च । इत्येतानीह रूपाणि तस्यारूपस्य भास्वतः
bodhaścāvagatiścaiva smṛtirvijñānameva ca | ityetānīha rūpāṇi tasyārūpasya bhāsvataḥ
and understanding, apprehension, memory, and discernment as well — these here are the forms of that shining, formless one.
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MkP 98.21
निष्प्रभेऽस्मिन्निरालोके सर्वतस्तमसावृते । बृहदण्डमभूदेकमक्षरं कारणं परम्
niṣprabhe'sminnirāloke sarvatastamasāvṛte | bṛhadaṇḍamabhūdekamakṣaraṃ kāraṇaṃ param
When this (universe) was without radiance, without light, covered on all sides by darkness, there came to be one great egg, the imperishable, the supreme cause.
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MkP 98.22
तद्बिभेद तदन्तःस्थो भगवान्प्रपितामहः । पद्मयोनिः स्वयं ब्रह्मा यः स्रष्टा जगतां प्रभुः
tadbibheda tadantaḥstho bhagavānprapitāmahaḥ | padmayoniḥ svayaṃ brahmā yaḥ sraṣṭā jagatāṃ prabhuḥ
That the Lord, the great-grandfather, standing within it, split open — the lotus-born Brahmā himself, who is the creator, the lord of the worlds.
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MkP 98.23
तन्मुखादोमिति महानभूच्छब्दो महामुने । ततो भूस्तु भुवस्तस्मात्ततश्च स्वरनन्तरम्
tanmukhādomiti mahānabhūcchabdo mahāmune | tato bhūstu bhuvastasmāttataśca svaranantaram
From his mouth arose the great sound "Oṃ," O great sage; then "bhūḥ," then from that "bhuvaḥ," and after that "svaḥ."
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MkP 98.24
एता व्याहृतयस्तिस्रः स्वरूपं तद्विवस्वतः । ओमित्यस्मात्स्वरूपात्तु सूक्ष्मरूपं रवेः परम्
etā vyāhṛtayastisraḥ svarūpaṃ tadvivasvataḥ | omityasmātsvarūpāttu sūkṣmarūpaṃ raveḥ param
These are the three utterances, and that is the very form of the sun; but from this form "Oṃ" (comes) the subtle form of the sun, the higher one.
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MkP 98.25
ततो महरिति स्थूलं जनं स्थूलतरं ततः । ततस्तपस्ततः सत्यमिति मूर्त्तानि सप्तधा
tato mahariti sthūlaṃ janaṃ sthūlataraṃ tataḥ | tatastapastataḥ satyamiti mūrttāni saptadhā
Then "mahaḥ," the gross; "janaḥ," grosser still than that; then "tapaḥ," then "satyam" — thus the embodied forms are sevenfold.
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MkP 98.26
स्थितानि तस्य रूपाणि भवन्ति न भवन्ति च । स्वभावभावयोर्भावं यतो गच्छन्ति संशयम्
sthitāni tasya rūpāṇi bhavanti na bhavanti ca | svabhāvabhāvayorbhāvaṃ yato gacchanti saṃśayam
These forms of his stand, and they both are and are not, since they go to the condition of (both) their own nature and (mere) existence — hence the doubt.
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MkP 98.27
आद्यन्तं यत्परं सूक्ष्ममरूपं परमं स्थितम् । ओमित्युक्तं मया विप्र तत्परब्रह्म तद्वपुः
ādyantaṃ yatparaṃ sūkṣmamarūpaṃ paramaṃ sthitam | omityuktaṃ mayā vipra tatparabrahma tadvapuḥ
That which stands beyond, subtle, formless, supreme, having beginning and end — it has been called "Oṃ" by me, O brahmin; that is the supreme Brahman, that is his body.
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MkP 98.98
वामाङ्गुष्ठाच्च तत्पत्नीं जगत्सूतिकरो विभुः । ससर्ज भगवान्ब्रह्मा जगतां कारणं परम् श्रूयतां च महाभाग विस्तराद्वदतो मम । यत्सृष्टवानसि रवेराविर्भावो यथाभवत् इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे वंशानुकीर्त्तनं नामाष्टनवतितमोऽध्यायः
vāmāṅguṣṭhācca tatpatnīṃ jagatsūtikaro vibhuḥ | sasarja bhagavānbrahmā jagatāṃ kāraṇaṃ param śrūyatāṃ ca mahābhāga vistarādvadato mama | yatsṛṣṭavānasi raverāvirbhāvo yathābhavat iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vaṃśānukīrttanaṃ nāmāṣṭanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
And from his left thumb the Lord Brahmā, the pervader who brings forth the world, the supreme cause of the worlds, created her, his wife. And let it be heard, O greatly fortunate one, as I tell it at length: what you have (asked about,) how the manifestation of the sun came about. Thus, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, the ninety-eighth chapter, called "The Recitation of the Lineage."
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