Markandeya Purana — Chapter 10

MkP 10.1

संशयं द्विजशार्दूलाः प्रब्रूत मम पृच्छतः । आविर्भाव-तिरोभावौ भूतानां यत्र संस्थितौ

saṃśayaṃ dvijaśārdūlāḥ prabrūta mama pṛcchataḥ / āvirbhāva-tirobhāvau bhūtānāṃ yatra saṃsthitau

"O tigers among the twice-born, resolve the doubt of me who ask: wherein are the coming-into-being and the vanishing of creatures established?"

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MkP 10.2

कथं सञ्जायते जन्तुः कथं वा सविवर्धते । कथं वोदरमध्यस्थस्तिष्ठत्यङ्गनिपीडितः

kathaṃ sañjāyate jantuḥ kathaṃ vā savivardhate / kathaṃ vodaramadhyasthastiṣṭhatyaṅganipīḍitaḥ

"How is a creature born, and how does it grow? And how, situated in the middle of the belly, does it remain with its limbs compressed?"

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MkP 10.3

निष्क्रान्तिमुदरात् प्राप्य कथं वा वृद्धिमृच्छति । उत्क्रान्तिकाले च कथञ्चिद्भावेन वियुज्यते

niṣkrāntimudarāt prāpya kathaṃ vā vṛddhimṛcchati / utkrāntikāle ca kathañcidbhāvena viyujyate

"And having obtained its exit from the belly, how does it come to growth? And at the time of departure, how is it separated from its existence?"

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MkP 10.4

कृत्स्नो मृतस्तथाश्नाति उभे सुकृत-दुष्कृते । कथं ते च तथा तस्य फलं सम्पादयन्त्युत

kṛtsno mṛtastathāśnāti ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte / kathaṃ te ca tathā tasya phalaṃ sampādayantyuta

"When dead, does the whole (person) consume both his good and bad deeds? And how do those (deeds) then produce their fruit for him?"

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MkP 10.5

कथं न जीर्यते तत्र पिण्डीकृत इवाशये । स्त्रीकोष्ठे यत्र जीर्यन्ते भुक्तानि सुगुरूण्यपि । भक्ष्याणि यत्र नो जन्तुर्जोर्यते कथमल्पकः

kathaṃ na jīryate tatra piṇḍīkṛta ivāśaye / strīkoṣṭhe yatra jīryante bhuktāni sugurūṇyapi / bhakṣyāṇi yatra no janturjoryate kathamalpakaḥ

"How is it not digested there, like a lump (of food) in the receptacle? In a woman's belly, where even very heavy things eaten are digested — where foods are digested, how is the tiny creature not?"

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MkP 10.6

एतन्मे ब्रूत सकलं सन्देहोक्तिविवर्जितम् । तदेतत् परम गुह्यं यत्र मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः

etanme brūta sakalaṃ sandehoktivivarjitam / tadetat parama guhyaṃ yatra muhyanti jantavaḥ

Tell me all of this, free of any statement of doubt; for this is the supreme secret, in which creatures go astray.

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MkP 10.7

प्रश्नभारो ऽयमतुलस्त्वयास्मासु निवेशितः । दुर्भाव्यः सर्वभूतानां भावाभावसमाश्रितः

praśnabhāro 'yamatulastvayāsmāsu niveśitaḥ / durbhāvyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhāvābhāvasamāśritaḥ

This incomparable burden of a question has been laid by you upon us — hard for all beings to conceive, resting on being and non-being.

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MkP 10.8

तं शृणुष्व महाभाग यथा प्राह पितुः पुरा । पुत्रः परमधर्मात्मा सुमतिर्नाम नामतः

taṃ śṛṇuṣva mahābhāga yathā prāha pituḥ purā / putraḥ paramadharmātmā sumatirnāma nāmataḥ

Hear it, greatly fortunate one, as of old a son, whose nature was supreme righteousness, Sumati by name, spoke it to his father.

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MkP 10.9

ब्राह्मणो भार्गवः कश्चित् सुतमाह महामतिः । कृतोपनयनं शान्तं सुमतिं जडरूपिणम्

brāhmaṇo bhārgavaḥ kaścit sutamāha mahāmatiḥ / kṛtopanayanaṃ śāntaṃ sumatiṃ jaḍarūpiṇam

A certain brahmin of the Bhārgava line, of great intellect, spoke to his son Sumati, who had undergone the initiation, who was calm and dull-seeming.

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MkP 10.10

वेदानधीष्व सुमते ! यथानुक्रममादितः । गुरुशुश्रूषणे व्यग्रो भैक्षान्नकृतभोजनः

vedānadhīṣva sumate ! yathānukramamāditaḥ / guruśuśrūṣaṇe vyagro bhaikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ

"Study the Vedas, Sumati, in due order from the beginning, being intent upon service to your teacher and taking your meals from food gotten by begging.

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MkP 10.11

ततो गार्हस्थ्यमास्थाय चेष्ट्वा यज्ञाननुत्तमान् । इष्टमुत्पादयापत्यमाश्रयेथा वनं ततः

tato gārhasthyamāsthāya ceṣṭvā yajñānanuttamān / iṣṭamutpādayāpatyamāśrayethā vanaṃ tataḥ

Then, taking up the householder's state and performing the highest sacrifices, beget the offspring you desire, and after that resort to the forest.

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MkP 10.12

वनस्थश्च ततो वत्स परिव्राड् निष्परिग्रहः । एवमाप्स्यसि तद्ब्रह्म यत्र गत्वा न शोचसि

vanasthaśca tato vatsa parivrāḍ niṣparigrahaḥ / evamāpsyasi tadbrahma yatra gatvā na śocasi

And then, having dwelt in the forest, my child, (become) a wandering mendicant without possessions; thus you will attain that brahman, having gone where you do not grieve."

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MkP 10.13

इत्येवमुक्तो बहुशो जडत्वान्नाह किञ्चन । पितापि तं सुबहुशः प्राह प्रीत्या पुनः पुनः

ityevamukto bahuśo jaḍatvānnāha kiñcana / pitāpi taṃ subahuśaḥ prāha prītyā punaḥ punaḥ

Though addressed thus many times, out of dullness he said nothing; and the father too, out of affection, spoke to him again and again at great length.

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MkP 10.14

इति पित्रा सुतस्नेहात् प्रलोभि मधुराक्षरम् । स चोद्यमानो बहुशः प्रहस्येदमथाब्रवीत्

iti pitrā sutasnehāt pralobhi madhurākṣaram / sa codyamāno bahuśaḥ prahasyedamathābravīt

When he had been urged many times in this way by his father, out of love for his son, with enticing, sweet-worded (speech), he laughed and then said this:

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MkP 10.15

तातैतद्बहुशो ऽभ्यस्तं यत् त्वयाद्योपदिश्यते । तथैवान्यानि शास्त्राणि शिल्पानि विविधानि च

tātaitadbahuśo 'bhyastaṃ yat tvayādyopadiśyate / tathaivānyāni śāstrāṇi śilpāni vividhāni ca

"Father, this that is taught by you today has been practised (by me) many times, and likewise the other treatises and the various crafts.

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MkP 10.16

जन्मनामयुतं साग्रं मम स्मृतिपथं गतम् । निर्वेदाः परितोषाश्च क्षयवृद्ध्युदये गताः

janmanāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ mama smṛtipathaṃ gatam / nirvedāḥ paritoṣāśca kṣayavṛddhyudaye gatāḥ

More than ten thousand births have come into the path of my memory; disgusts and satisfactions have arisen at the rise of loss and gain.

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MkP 10.17

शत्रुमित्रकलत्राणां वियोगाः सङ्गमास्तथा । मातरो विवधा दृष्टाः पितरो विवधास्तथा

śatrumitrakalatrāṇāṃ viyogāḥ saṅgamāstathā / mātaro vivadhā dṛṣṭāḥ pitaro vivadhāstathā

Separations from enemies, friends and wives, and unions with them (I have known); manifold mothers have I seen, and manifold fathers as well.

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MkP 10.18

अनुभूतानि सौख्यनि दुः खानि च सहस्रशः । बान्धवा बहवः प्राप्ताः पितरश्च पृथग्विधाः

anubhūtāni saukhyani duḥ khāni ca sahasraśaḥ / bāndhavā bahavaḥ prāptāḥ pitaraśca pṛthagvidhāḥ

Pleasures and pains have been experienced by the thousand; many kinsmen have been obtained, and fathers of various kinds.

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MkP 10.19

विण्मूत्रपिच्छिले स्त्रीणां तथा कोष्ठे मयोषितम् । पीडाश्च सुभृशं प्राप्ता रोगाणाञ्च सहस्रशः

viṇmūtrapicchile strīṇāṃ tathā koṣṭhe mayoṣitam / pīḍāśca subhṛśaṃ prāptā rogāṇāñca sahasraśaḥ

I have dwelt in the wombs of women, slimy with excrement and urine; and pains have been undergone most severely, and diseases by the thousand.

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MkP 10.20

गर्भदुः खान्यनेकानि बालत्वे यौवने तथा । वृद्धतायां तथाप्तानि तानि सर्वाणि संस्मरे

garbhaduḥ khānyanekāni bālatve yauvane tathā / vṛddhatāyāṃ tathāptāni tāni sarvāṇi saṃsmare

The many sufferings of the womb, and those undergone in childhood, in youth and in old age — all these I remember.

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MkP 10.21

ब्राह्मण-क्षत्रिय-विशां शूद्राणाञ्चापि योनिषु । पुनश्च पुशुकीटानां मृगाणामथ पक्षिणाम्

brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-viśāṃ śūdrāṇāñcāpi yoniṣu / punaśca puśukīṭānāṃ mṛgāṇāmatha pakṣiṇām

In the wombs of brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, and of śūdras too, and again among beasts and worms, among deer and birds,

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MkP 10.22

तथैव राजभृत्यानां राज्ञाञ्चाहवशालिनाम् । समुत्पन्नो ऽस्मि गेहेषु तथैव तव वेश्मनि

tathaiva rājabhṛtyānāṃ rājñāñcāhavaśālinām / samutpanno 'smi geheṣu tathaiva tava veśmani

and likewise in the houses of royal servants and of kings distinguished in battle I have been born, and in your dwelling as well.

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MkP 10.23

भृत्यतां दासताञ्चैव गतो ऽस्मि बहुशो नृणाम् । स्वामित्वमीश्वरत्वं च दरिद्रत्वं तथा गतः

bhṛtyatāṃ dāsatāñcaiva gato 'smi bahuśo nṛṇām / svāmitvamīśvaratvaṃ ca daridratvaṃ tathā gataḥ

I have many times come to the state of a servant and a slave of men; and I have come to mastery and lordship, and to poverty too.

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MkP 10.24

हतं मया हतश्चान्यैर्हतं मे घातितं तथा । दत्तं ममान्यैरन्येभ्यो मया दत्तमनेकशाः

hataṃ mayā hataścānyairhataṃ me ghātitaṃ tathā / dattaṃ mamānyairanyebhyo mayā dattamanekaśāḥ

I have killed, and I have been killed by others; (others) have been killed by me and caused to be killed; things were given to me by others, and by me given to others, many times over.

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MkP 10.25

पितृ-मातृ-सुहृद्-भ्रातृ-कलत्रादिकृतेन च । तुष्टो ऽसकृत् तथा दैन्यमश्रुधौताननो गतः

pitṛ-mātṛ-suhṛd-bhrātṛ-kalatrādikṛtena ca / tuṣṭo 'sakṛt tathā dainyamaśrudhautānano gataḥ

And by what was done by father, mother, friend, brother, wife and the rest I have been pleased more than once, and likewise have come to wretchedness with my face washed with tears.

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MkP 10.26

एवं संसारचक्रे ऽस्मिन् भ्रमता तात सङ्कटे । ज्ञानमेतन्मया प्राप्तं मोक्षसम्प्राप्तिकारकम्

evaṃ saṃsāracakre 'smin bhramatā tāta saṅkaṭe / jñānametanmayā prāptaṃ mokṣasamprāptikārakam

Thus, father, while wandering in this perilous wheel of transmigration, I have obtained this knowledge, which brings about the attainment of liberation.

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MkP 10.27

विज्ञाते यत्र सर्वो ऽयमृग्यजुः सामसंज्ञितः । क्रियाकलापो विगुणो न सम्यक् प्रतिभाति मे

vijñāte yatra sarvo 'yamṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃjñitaḥ / kriyākalāpo viguṇo na samyak pratibhāti me

When that is understood, this whole mass of ritual action named Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman appears to me devoid of merit, and not right.

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MkP 10.28

तस्मादुत्पन्नबोधस्य वेदैः किं मे प्रयोजनम् । गुरुविज्ञानतृप्तस्य निरीहस्य सदात्मनः

tasmādutpannabodhasya vedaiḥ kiṃ me prayojanam / guruvijñānatṛptasya nirīhasya sadātmanaḥ

Therefore, what use are the Vedas to me, in whom awakening has arisen, who am satisfied by the knowledge (received) from a teacher, free of striving, and (established) in the eternal self?

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MkP 10.29

षट् प्रकारक्रिया-दुःख-सुख-हर्ष-रसैश्च यत् । गुणैश्च वर्जितं ब्रह्म तत् प्राप्स्यामि परं पदम्

ṣaṭ prakārakriyā-duḥkha-sukha-harṣa-rasaiśca yat / guṇaiśca varjitaṃ brahma tat prāpsyāmi paraṃ padam

That brahman which is free of the six kinds of action, of pain, pleasure, elation and taste, and free of the qualities—that supreme station I shall attain.

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MkP 10.30

रस-हर्ष-भयोद्वेग-क्रोधामर्ष-जरातुराम् । विज्ञातां स्वमृगग्राहिसंघपाशशताकुलम्

rasa-harṣa-bhayodvega-krodhāmarṣa-jarāturām / vijñātāṃ svamṛgagrāhisaṃghapāśaśatākulam

(This existence,) afflicted with taste, elation, fear, agitation, anger, indignation and old age, (now) understood (by me), crowded with a hundred snares of the bands of those who catch their own game—

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MkP 10.31

तस्माद्यास्याम्यहं तात त्यक्त्वेमां दुः खसन्ततिम् । त्रयीधर्ममधर्माढ्यं किं पापफलसन्निभम्

tasmādyāsyāmyahaṃ tāta tyaktvemāṃ duḥ khasantatim / trayīdharmamadharmāḍhyaṃ kiṃ pāpaphalasannibham

Therefore, father, I shall depart, abandoning this succession of sorrow. What is the law of the three Vedas, rich in unrighteousness, resembling the fruit of sin?

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MkP 10.32

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा हर्षविस्मयगद्गदम् । पिता प्राह महाभागः स्वसुतं हृष्टमानसः

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā harṣavismayagadgadam / pitā prāha mahābhāgaḥ svasutaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ

Hearing that speech of his, the greatly fortunate father, his voice faltering with joy and astonishment, his mind delighted, spoke to his own son:

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MkP 10.33

किमेतद्वदसे वत्स कुतस्ते ज्ञानसम्भवः । केन ते जडता पूर्वमिदानीञ्च प्रबुद्धता

kimetadvadase vatsa kutaste jñānasambhavaḥ / kena te jaḍatā pūrvamidānīñca prabuddhatā

What is this you say, child? Whence has this knowledge arisen in you? By what (cause) was there dullness in you before, and awakenedness now?

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MkP 10.34

किन्नु शापविकारो ऽयं मुनिदेवकृतस्तव । यत्ते ज्ञानं तिरोभूतमाविर्भावमुपागतम्

kinnu śāpavikāro 'yaṃ munidevakṛtastava / yatte jñānaṃ tirobhūtamāvirbhāvamupāgatam

Was this some effect of a curse laid on you by a sage or a god, that your knowledge was hidden and has (now) come into manifestation?

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MkP 10.35

शृणु तात ! यथा वृत्तं ममेदं सुख-दुःखदम् । यश्चाहमासमन्यस्मिन् जन्मन्यस्मत्परन्तु यत्

śṛṇu tāta ! yathā vṛttaṃ mamedaṃ sukha-duḥkhadam / yaścāhamāsamanyasmin janmanyasmatparantu yat

Listen, father, how this happened to me, giving pleasure and pain—both who I was in another birth and what (came) after that.

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MkP 10.36

अहमासं पुरा विप्रो न्यस्तात्मा परमात्मनि । आत्मविद्याविचारेषु परां निष्ठामुपागतः

ahamāsaṃ purā vipro nyastātmā paramātmani / ātmavidyāvicāreṣu parāṃ niṣṭhāmupāgataḥ

Formerly I was a brahmin, with my self deposited in the supreme Self, having attained the highest steadfastness in inquiries into the knowledge of the self.

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MkP 10.37

सततं योगयुक्तस्य सतताभ्याससङ्गमात् । सत्संयोगात् स्वस्वभावाद्विचारविधिशोधनात्

satataṃ yogayuktasya satatābhyāsasaṅgamāt / satsaṃyogāt svasvabhāvādvicāravidhiśodhanāt

For me, constantly joined in yoga—through the accumulation of constant practice, through association with the good, through my own nature, and through the purification (afforded) by the method of inquiry—

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MkP 10.38

तस्मिन्नवे परा प्रीतिर्ममासीद् युञ्जतः सदा । आचार्यताञ्च सम्प्राप्तः शिष्यसन्देहहृत्तमः

tasminnave parā prītirmamāsīd yuñjataḥ sadā / ācāryatāñca samprāptaḥ śiṣyasandehahṛttamaḥ

—in that (state) there was for me, ever practising, a fresh and supreme delight; and I attained the position of a teacher, foremost in removing the doubts of pupils.

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MkP 10.39

ततः कालेन महता ऐकान्तिकमुपगतः । अज्ञानाकृष्टसद्भावो विपन्नश्च प्रमादतः

tataḥ kālena mahatā aikāntikamupagataḥ / ajñānākṛṣṭasadbhāvo vipannaśca pramādataḥ

Then after a long time I came to a state of exclusive (devotion); (but) my true being was drawn off by ignorance, and I perished through negligence.

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MkP 10.40

उत्क्रान्तिकालादारभ्य स्मृतिलोपो न मे ऽभवत् । यावदब्दं गतं चैव जन्मनां स्मृतिमागतम्

utkrāntikālādārabhya smṛtilopo na me 'bhavat / yāvadabdaṃ gataṃ caiva janmanāṃ smṛtimāgatam

Beginning from the time of (my) departure (from the body) there was no loss of memory for me; and as each year passed, the memory of (my former) births came (to me).

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MkP 10.41

पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव सो ऽहं तात ! जितेन्द्रियः । यतिष्यामि तथा कर्तुं न भविष्ये यथा पुनः

pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva so 'haṃ tāta ! jitendriyaḥ / yatiṣyāmi tathā kartuṃ na bhaviṣye yathā punaḥ

By that very former practice I, father, have my senses conquered; and I shall strive to act so that I shall not come into being again.

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MkP 10.42

ज्ञानदानफलं ह्येतद्यज्जातिस्मरणं मम । न ह्येतत् प्राप्यते तात त्रयीधर्माश्रितैर्नरैः

jñānadānaphalaṃ hyetadyajjātismaraṇaṃ mama / na hyetat prāpyate tāta trayīdharmāśritairnaraiḥ

For this remembrance of (former) births of mine is the fruit of the gift of knowledge; for this, father, is not obtained by men who rely on the law of the three Vedas.

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MkP 10.43

सो ऽहं पूर्वाश्रमादेव निष्ठाधर्ममुपाश्रितः । एकान्तित्वमुपागम्य यतिष्याम्यात्ममोक्षणे

so 'haṃ pūrvāśramādeva niṣṭhādharmamupāśritaḥ / ekāntitvamupāgamya yatiṣyāmyātmamokṣaṇe

So I, from the very first stage of life, having taken up the discipline of steadfastness and having attained solitary devotion, shall strive for the liberation of my self.

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MkP 10.44

तद्ब्रूहि त्वं महाभाग ! यत् ते संशयिकं हृदि । एतावतापि ते प्रीतिमुत्पाद्यानृण्यमाप्नुयाम्

tadbrūhi tvaṃ mahābhāga ! yat te saṃśayikaṃ hṛdi / etāvatāpi te prītimutpādyānṛṇyamāpnuyām

So tell me, greatly fortunate one, whatever is a matter of doubt in your heart; by even this much, producing delight in you, I might become free of debt.

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MkP 10.45

पिता प्राह ततः पुत्रं श्रद्दधत् तस्य तद्वचः । भवता यद्वयं पृष्टाः संसारग्रहणाश्रयम्

pitā prāha tataḥ putraṃ śraddadhat tasya tadvacaḥ / bhavatā yadvayaṃ pṛṣṭāḥ saṃsāragrahaṇāśrayam

Then the father, giving credence to that speech of his, said to his son: Since we have been asked by you about what underlies the grip of transmigration—

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MkP 10.46

शृणु तात ! यथा तत्त्वमनुभूतं मयासकृत् । संसारचक्रमजरं स्थितिर्यस्य न विद्यते

śṛṇu tāta ! yathā tattvamanubhūtaṃ mayāsakṛt / saṃsāracakramajaraṃ sthitiryasya na vidyate

Listen, my son, to how the truth has been experienced by me more than once — (this) wheel of transmigration which does not age, and for which no standing still exists.

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MkP 10.47

सो ऽहं वदामि ते सर्वं तवैवानुज्ञया पितः । उत्क्रान्तिकालादारभ्य यथा नान्यो वदिष्यति

so 'haṃ vadāmi te sarvaṃ tavaivānujñayā pitaḥ / utkrāntikālādārabhya yathā nānyo vadiṣyati

So I shall tell you all of it, father, by your own permission, beginning from the time of departure (from the body), in such a way as no other will tell it.

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MkP 10.48

ऊष्मा प्रकुपितः काये तीव्रवायुसमीरितः । भिनत्ति मर्मस्थानानि दीप्यमानो निरिन्धनः

ūṣmā prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ / bhinatti marmasthānāni dīpyamāno nirindhanaḥ

The heat in the body, enraged, driven by a fierce wind, blazing without fuel, splits apart the vital points.

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MkP 10.49

उदानो नाम पवनस्ततश्चोर्ध्वं प्रवर्तते । भुक्तानामम्बुभक्ष्याणामधोगतिनिरोधकृत्

udāno nāma pavanastataścordhvaṃ pravartate / bhuktānāmambubhakṣyāṇāmadhogatinirodhakṛt

Then the wind named udāna moves upward, obstructing the downward passage of the food and drink that have been consumed.

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MkP 10.50

ततो येनाम्बुदानानि कृतान्यन्नरसास्तथा । दत्ताः स तस्य आह्लादमापदि प्रतिपद्यते

tato yenāmbudānāni kṛtānyannarasāstathā / dattāḥ sa tasya āhlādamāpadi pratipadyate

Then he by whom gifts of water were made, and likewise juices of food given — he obtains refreshment in that calamity.

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MkP 10.51

अन्नानि येन दत्तानि श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । सो ऽपि तृप्तिमवाप्नोति विनाप्यन्नेन वै तदा

annāni yena dattāni śraddhāpūtena cetasā / so 'pi tṛptimavāpnoti vināpyannena vai tadā

He by whom food was given with a mind purified by faith — he too then attains satisfaction, even without food.

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MkP 10.52

येनानृतानि नोक्तानि प्रीतिभेदः कृतो न च । आस्तिकः श्रद्दधानश्च स सुखं मृत्युमृच्छति

yenānṛtāni noktāni prītibhedaḥ kṛto na ca / āstikaḥ śraddadhānaśca sa sukhaṃ mṛtyumṛcchati

He by whom no untruths were spoken and no breach of friendship was caused, who believes (in the gods) and has faith — he goes to death happily.

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MkP 10.53

देवब्राह्मणपूजायां ये रता नानसूयवः । शुक्ला वदान्या ह्रीमन्तस्ते नराः सुखमृत्यवः

devabrāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ ye ratā nānasūyavaḥ / śuklā vadānyā hrīmantaste narāḥ sukhamṛtyavaḥ

Those who delight in the worship of gods and brahmins, who are not spiteful, who are pure, generous and modest — those men have an easy death.

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MkP 10.54

यो न कामान्न संरम्भान्न द्वेषाद्धर्ममुत्सृजेत् । यथोक्तकारी सोम्यश्च स सुखं मृत्युमृच्छति

yo na kāmānna saṃrambhānna dveṣāddharmamutsṛjet / yathoktakārī somyaśca sa sukhaṃ mṛtyumṛcchati

He who would not abandon dharma out of desire, nor out of anger, nor out of hatred, who does as he has said and is gentle — he goes to death happily.

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MkP 10.55

अवारिदायिनो दाहं क्षुधाञ्चानन्नदायिनः । प्राप्नुवन्ति नराः काले तस्मिन् मृत्यावुपस्थिते

avāridāyino dāhaṃ kṣudhāñcānannadāyinaḥ / prāpnuvanti narāḥ kāle tasmin mṛtyāvupasthite

Men who give no water get burning, and those who give no food get hunger, at that time when death has come near.

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MkP 10.56

शीतं जयन्तीन्धनदास्तापं चन्दनदायिनः । प्राणघ्नीं वेदनां कष्टां ये चानुद्वेगकारिणः

śītaṃ jayantīndhanadāstāpaṃ candanadāyinaḥ / prāṇaghnīṃ vedanāṃ kaṣṭāṃ ye cānudvegakāriṇaḥ

Givers of fuel overcome the cold; givers of sandalwood (overcome) the heat; and those who cause no distress (overcome) the harsh, life-destroying pain.

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MkP 10.57

मोहाज्ञानप्रदातारः प्राप्नुवन्ति महद्भयम् । वेदनाभिरुदग्राभिः प्रपीड्यन्ते ऽधमा नराः

mohājñānapradātāraḥ prāpnuvanti mahadbhayam / vedanābhirudagrābhiḥ prapīḍyante 'dhamā narāḥ

Those who impart delusion and ignorance meet with great terror; those lowest of men are crushed by violent pains.

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MkP 10.58

कूटसाक्षी मृषावादी यश्चासदनुशास्ति वै । ते मोहमृत्यवः सर्वे तथा वेदविनिन्दकाः

kūṭasākṣī mṛṣāvādī yaścāsadanuśāsti vai / te mohamṛtyavaḥ sarve tathā vedavinindakāḥ

A false witness, a speaker of lies, and he who teaches what is untrue — all these die in delusion, and likewise the revilers of the Vedas.

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MkP 10.59

विभीषणाः पूतिगन्धाः कूटमुद्गरपाणयः । आगच्छन्ति दुरात्मानो यमस्य पुरुषास्तदा

vibhīṣaṇāḥ pūtigandhāḥ kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ / āgacchanti durātmāno yamasya puruṣāstadā

Then Yama's men come, terrifying, stinking, with cudgels and mallets in their hands, evil-natured.

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MkP 10.60

प्राप्तेषु दृक्पथं तेषु जायते तस्य वेपथुः । क्रान्दत्यविरतं सो ऽथ भ्रातृ-मातृसुतानथ

prāpteṣu dṛkpathaṃ teṣu jāyate tasya vepathuḥ / krāndatyavirataṃ so 'tha bhrātṛ-mātṛsutānatha

When they have come into his line of sight, trembling arises in him, and he cries out ceaselessly (upon) his brothers, mother and sons.

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MkP 10.61

सास्य वागस्फुटा तात एकवर्णा विभाव्यते । दृष्टिश्च भ्राम्यते त्रासाच्छ्वासाच्छुष्यत्यथाननम्

sāsya vāgasphuṭā tāta ekavarṇā vibhāvyate / dṛṣṭiśca bhrāmyate trāsācchvāsācchuṣyatyathānanam

That speech of his, my son, becomes indistinct, and is perceived as one single sound; his sight rolls about from terror, and his mouth dries up from panting.

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MkP 10.62

ऊर्ध्वश्वासान्वितः सो ऽथ दृष्टिभङ्गसमन्वितः । ततः स वेदनाविष्टस्तच्छरीरं विमुञ्चति

ūrdhvaśvāsānvitaḥ so 'tha dṛṣṭibhaṅgasamanvitaḥ / tataḥ sa vedanāviṣṭastaccharīraṃ vimuñcati

Then, with his breath (turned) upward and with his sight broken, overcome by pain, he releases that body.

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MkP 10.63

वाय्वग्रसारी तद्रूपं देहमन्यत् प्रपद्यते । तत्कर्मजं यातनार्थं न मातृ-पितृसम्भवम् । तत्प्रमाणवयो ऽवस्था-संस्थानैः प्राग्भवं यथा

vāyvagrasārī tadrūpaṃ dehamanyat prapadyate / tatkarmajaṃ yātanārthaṃ na mātṛ-pitṛsambhavam / tatpramāṇavayo 'vasthā-saṃsthānaiḥ prāgbhavaṃ yathā

Moving with the wind before him, he takes on another body of that same form, born of that (former) karma, for the purpose of torment, not arising from mother and father — with the same measure, age, condition and shape as in the previous existence.

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MkP 10.64

ततो दूतो यमस्याशु पाशैर्बध्नाति दारुणैः । दण्डप्रहारसम्भ्रान्तं कर्षते दक्षिणां दिशम्

tato dūto yamasyāśu pāśairbadhnāti dāruṇaiḥ / daṇḍaprahārasambhrāntaṃ karṣate dakṣiṇāṃ diśam

Then Yama's messenger swiftly binds (him) with dreadful nooses and, (leaving him) bewildered by blows of the rod, drags (him) toward the southern direction —

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MkP 10.65

कुश-कण्टक-वलमीक-शङ्कु-पाषाणकर्कशे । तथा प्रदीप्तज्वलने क्वचिच्छृभ्रशतोत्कटे

kuśa-kaṇṭaka-valamīka-śaṅku-pāṣāṇakarkaśe / tathā pradīptajvalane kvacicchṛbhraśatotkaṭe

— (a way) rough with kuśa grass, thorns, anthills, stakes and stones, and likewise blazing with fire, in places bristling with hundreds of pits,

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MkP 10.66

प्रदीप्तादित्यतप्ते च दह्यमाने तदंशुभिः । कृष्यते यमदूतैश्चाशिवसन्नादभीषणैः

pradīptādityatapte ca dahyamāne tadaṃśubhiḥ / kṛṣyate yamadūtaiścāśivasannādabhīṣaṇaiḥ

And (on a road) heated by the blazing sun and burning with its rays, he is dragged along by Yama's messengers, terrifying with their inauspicious howling.

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MkP 10.67

विकृष्यमाणस्तैर्घोरैर्भक्ष्यमाणः शिवाशतैः । प्रयाति दारुणे मार्गे पापकर्मा यमक्षयम्

vikṛṣyamāṇastairghorairbhakṣyamāṇaḥ śivāśataiḥ / prayāti dāruṇe mārge pāpakarmā yamakṣayam

Dragged along by those dreadful ones, devoured by hundreds of jackals, the doer of evil goes along that harsh road to Yama's abode.

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MkP 10.68

छत्रोपानत्प्रदातारो ये च वस्त्रप्रदा नराः । ये यान्ति मनुजा मार्गं तं सुखेन तथान्नदाः

chatropānatpradātāro ye ca vastrapradā narāḥ / ye yānti manujā mārgaṃ taṃ sukhena tathānnadāḥ

Those men who are givers of parasols and sandals, and those who give clothes, and likewise the givers of food — such people travel that road in comfort.

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MkP 10.69

एवं क्लेशाननुभवन्नवशः पापपीडितः । नीयते द्वादशाहेन धर्मराजपुरं नरः

evaṃ kleśānanubhavannavaśaḥ pāpapīḍitaḥ / nīyate dvādaśāhena dharmarājapuraṃ naraḥ

Thus experiencing torments, helpless, afflicted by his sins, the man is led in twelve days to the city of the King of Justice (Yama).

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MkP 10.70

कलेवरे दह्यमाने महान्तं दाहमृच्छति । ताड्यमाने तथैवार्ति छिद्यमाने च दारुणाम्

kalevare dahyamāne mahāntaṃ dāhamṛcchati / tāḍyamāne tathaivārti chidyamāne ca dāruṇām

When the corpse is burned he undergoes a great burning; when it is beaten, likewise pain, and when it is cut, dreadful (pain).

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MkP 10.71

क्लिद्यमाने चिरतरं जन्तुर्दुःखमवाप्नुते । स्वेन कर्मविपाकेन देहान्तरगतो ऽपि सन्

klidyamāne cirataraṃ janturduḥkhamavāpnute / svena karmavipākena dehāntaragato 'pi san

When it rots for a long while, the creature obtains suffering — through the ripening of his own deeds, even though he has gone into another body.

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MkP 10.72

तत्र यद्वान्धवास्तोयं प्रयच्छन्ति तिलैः सह । यच्च पिण्डं प्रयच्छन्ति नीयमानस्तदश्नुते

tatra yadvāndhavāstoyaṃ prayacchanti tilaiḥ saha / yacca piṇḍaṃ prayacchanti nīyamānastadaśnute

And there, whatever water his kinsmen offer together with sesame seeds, and whatever rice-ball they offer, that he eats while being led along.

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MkP 10.73

तैलाभ्यङ्गो बान्धवानामङ्गसंवाहनञ्च यत् । तेन चाप्याय्यते जन्तुर्यच्चाश्नन्ति सबान्धवाः

tailābhyaṅgo bāndhavānāmaṅgasaṃvāhanañca yat / tena cāpyāyyate janturyaccāśnanti sabāndhavāḥ

The anointing with oil by the kinsmen, and the massaging of the limbs — by that the creature is refreshed, and by what the kinsmen eat together.

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MkP 10.74

भूमौ स्वपद्भिर्नात्यन्तं क्लेशमाप्नोति बान्धवैः । दानं ददद्भिश्च तथा जन्तुराप्याय्यते मृतः

bhūmau svapadbhirnātyantaṃ kleśamāpnoti bāndhavaiḥ / dānaṃ dadadbhiśca tathā janturāpyāyyate mṛtaḥ

When his kinsmen sleep on the ground he does not suffer torment excessively, and likewise when they give gifts the dead creature is refreshed.

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MkP 10.75

नीयमानः स्वकं गेहं द्वादशाहं स पश्यति । उपभुङ्क्ते तथा दत्तं तोयपिण्डादिकं भुवि

nīyamānaḥ svakaṃ gehaṃ dvādaśāhaṃ sa paśyati / upabhuṅkte tathā dattaṃ toyapiṇḍādikaṃ bhuvi

While being led along, for twelve days he sees his own house, and he consumes the water, the rice-ball and the rest that is given on earth.

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MkP 10.76

द्वादशाहात् परं घोरमायसं भीषणाकृतिम् । याम्यं पश्यत्यथो जन्तुः कृष्यमाणः पुरं ततः

dvādaśāhāt paraṃ ghoramāyasaṃ bhīṣaṇākṛtim / yāmyaṃ paśyatyatho jantuḥ kṛṣyamāṇaḥ puraṃ tataḥ

After the twelfth day, the creature, being dragged on, then sees Yama's city, dreadful, made of iron, of terrifying shape.

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MkP 10.77

गतमात्रो ऽतिरक्ताक्षं भिन्नाञ्जनचयप्रभम् । मृत्युकालान्तकादीनां मध्ये पश्यति वै यमम्

gatamātro 'tiraktākṣaṃ bhinnāñjanacayaprabham / mṛtyukālāntakādīnāṃ madhye paśyati vai yamam

As soon as he arrives he sees Yama, with intensely red eyes, with the sheen of a broken-up heap of collyrium, in the midst of Death, Time, the Ender and the rest.

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MkP 10.78

दंष्ट्राकरालवदनं भ्रकुटीदारुणाकृतिम् । विरूपैर्भोषणैर्वक्त्रैर्वृतं व्याधिशतैः प्रभुम्

daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃ bhrakuṭīdāruṇākṛtim / virūpairbhoṣaṇairvaktrairvṛtaṃ vyādhiśataiḥ prabhum

(He sees) the lord, his mouth gaping with tusks, of shape made dreadful by his frown, surrounded by the hundreds of diseases with their misshapen, terrifying faces.

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MkP 10.79

दण्डासक्तं महाबाहुं पाशहस्तं सुभैरवम् । तन्निर्दिष्टां ततो याति गतिं जन्तुः शुभाशुभाम्

daṇḍāsaktaṃ mahābāhuṃ pāśahastaṃ subhairavam / tannirdiṣṭāṃ tato yāti gatiṃ jantuḥ śubhāśubhām

(He sees him) gripping his staff, mighty-armed, noose in hand, most fearsome; and thereafter the creature goes to the destination, good or bad, that is assigned by him.

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MkP 10.80

रौरवे कूटसाक्षी तु याति यश्चानृतो नरः । तस्य स्वरूपं गदतो रौरवस्य निशामय

raurave kūṭasākṣī tu yāti yaścānṛto naraḥ / tasya svarūpaṃ gadato rauravasya niśāmaya

But the false witness goes to Raurava, and the man who is a liar. Hear from me, as I tell it, the nature of that Raurava.

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MkP 10.81

योजनानां सहस्रे द्वे रौरवो हि प्रमाणतः । जानुमात्रप्रमाणश्च ततः श्वभ्रः सुदुस्तरः

yojanānāṃ sahasre dve rauravo hi pramāṇataḥ / jānumātrapramāṇaśca tataḥ śvabhraḥ sudustaraḥ

Raurava is two thousand leagues in measure, and it is a pit knee-deep in measure, very hard to cross.

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MkP 10.82

तत्राङ्गारचयोपेतं कृतञ्च धरणीसमम् । जाज्वल्यमानस्तीव्रेण तापिताङ्गारभूमिना

tatrāṅgāracayopetaṃ kṛtañca dharaṇīsamam / jājvalyamānastīvreṇa tāpitāṅgārabhūminā

There it is filled with heaps of coals and made level with the ground, blazing fiercely with its ground of heated coals.

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MkP 10.83

तन्मध्ये पापकर्माणं विमुञ्चन्ति यमानुगाः । स दह्यमानस्तीव्रेण वह्निना तत्र धावति

tanmadhye pāpakarmāṇaṃ vimuñcanti yamānugāḥ / sa dahyamānastīvreṇa vahninā tatra dhāvati

Into the middle of that Yama's followers release the evildoer, and he, burning with the fierce fire, runs about there.

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MkP 10.84

पदे पदे च पादो ऽस्य शीर्यते जीर्यते पुनः । अहोरात्रेणोद्धरणं पादन्यासं च गच्छति

pade pade ca pādo 'sya śīryate jīryate punaḥ / ahorātreṇoddharaṇaṃ pādanyāsaṃ ca gacchati

And at every step his foot is shattered and then grows back; a day and a night pass in the lifting up and the setting down of a foot.

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MkP 10.85

एवं सहस्रमुत्तीर्णो योजनानां विमुच्यते । ततो ऽन्यं पापशुद्ध्यर्थं तादृङ्निरयमृच्छति

evaṃ sahasramuttīrṇo yojanānāṃ vimucyate / tato 'nyaṃ pāpaśuddhyarthaṃ tādṛṅnirayamṛcchati

Having thus crossed over a thousand leagues, he is released; then, for the cleansing of his sin, he goes to another hell like it.

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MkP 10.86

ततः सर्वेषु निस्तीर्णः पापी तिर्यकत्वमश्नुते । कृमि-कीट-पतङ्गेषु श्वापदे मशकादिषु

tataḥ sarveṣu nistīrṇaḥ pāpī tiryakatvamaśnute / kṛmi-kīṭa-pataṅgeṣu śvāpade maśakādiṣu

Then, having passed through all (the hells), the sinner attains the state of an animal — among worms, insects and moths, among beasts of prey, among gnats and the like,

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MkP 10.87

गत्वा गजद्रुमाद्येषु गोष्वश्वेषु तथैव च । अन्यासु चैव पापासु दुः खदासु च योनिषु

gatvā gajadrumādyeṣu goṣvaśveṣu tathaiva ca / anyāsu caiva pāpāsu duḥ khadāsu ca yoniṣu

and having gone among elephants, trees and so forth, and likewise among cows and horses, and among other evil wombs that give pain,

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MkP 10.88

मानुषं प्राप्य कुब्जो वा कुत्सितो वामनो ऽपि वा । चण्डालपुक्कसाद्यासु नरो योनिषु जायते

mānuṣaṃ prāpya kubjo vā kutsito vāmano 'pi vā / caṇḍālapukkasādyāsu naro yoniṣu jāyate

then, having reached human birth, he is born hunchbacked, or despised, or a dwarf, and the man is born in wombs such as those of Caṇḍālas and Pukkasas.

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MkP 10.89

अवशिष्टेन पापेन पुण्येन च समन्वितः । ततश्चारोहणीं जातिं शूद्र-वैश्य-नृपादिकाम्

avaśiṣṭena pāpena puṇyena ca samanvitaḥ / tataścārohaṇīṃ jātiṃ śūdra-vaiśya-nṛpādikām

With the remaining sin, and endowed with merit, he then (attains) an ascending birth — that of a Śūdra, a Vaiśya, a king, and so on,

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MkP 10.90

विप्रदेवेन्द्रतां चापि कदाचिदवरोहणीम् । एवन्तु पापकर्माणे नरकेषु पतन्त्यधः

vipradevendratāṃ cāpi kadācidavarohaṇīm / evantu pāpakarmāṇe narakeṣu patantyadhaḥ

and even the state of a brahmin or of Indra of the gods; and sometimes a descending one. Thus indeed those of sinful deeds fall downward into the hells.

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MkP 10.91

यथा पुण्यकृतो यान्ति तन्मे निगतदः शृणु । ते यमेन विनिर्दिष्टां यान्ति पुण्यां गतिं नराः

yathā puṇyakṛto yānti tanme nigatadaḥ śṛṇu / te yamena vinirdiṣṭāṃ yānti puṇyāṃ gatiṃ narāḥ

Hear from me, as I declare it, how those who have done merit fare: those men go to the meritorious course appointed by Yama.

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MkP 10.92

प्रगीतगन्धर्वगणाः प्रवृत्ताप्सरसाङ्गणाः । हारनूपुरमादुर्य-शोभितान्युत्तमानि च

pragītagandharvagaṇāḥ pravṛttāpsarasāṅgaṇāḥ / hāranūpuramādurya-śobhitānyuttamāni ca

(Aerial cars) with troops of Gandharvas singing, with companies of Apsarases dancing, excellent and adorned with the sweetness of necklaces and anklets,

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MkP 10.93

प्रयान्त्याशु विमानानि नानादिव्यस्त्रगुज्ज्वलाः । तस्माच्च प्रच्युता राज्ञामन्येषां च महात्मनाम्

prayāntyāśu vimānāni nānādivyastragujjvalāḥ / tasmācca pracyutā rājñāmanyeṣāṃ ca mahātmanām

swiftly move — the chariots blazing with various divine garments (or garlands); and fallen from that (heaven), (they are born) among kings and other great souls,

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MkP 10.94

जायन्ते च कुले तत्र सद्वृत्तपरिपालकाः । भोगान् सम्प्राप्नुवन्त्युग्रांस्ततो यान्त्यूर्ध्वमन्यथा

jāyante ca kule tatra sadvṛttaparipālakāḥ / bhogān samprāpnuvantyugrāṃstato yāntyūrdhvamanyathā

and they are born there in a family that maintains good conduct; they obtain intense enjoyments, and thence they go upward, or otherwise.

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MkP 10.95

अवरोहणीं च सम्प्राप्य पूर्ववद्यान्ति मानवाः । एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा जन्तुर्विपद्यते । अतः शृणुष्व विप्रर्षे यथा गर्भं प्रपद्यते

avarohaṇīṃ ca samprāpya pūrvavadyānti mānavāḥ / etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā janturvipadyate / ataḥ śṛṇuṣva viprarṣe yathā garbhaṃ prapadyate

And having reached the descending (course), men fare as before. All this has been told to you, how a creature meets its end; now hear, O brahmin sage, how it enters the womb.

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