Markandeya Purana — Chapter 13
MkP 13.1
अहं वैश्यकुले जातो जन्मन्यस्मात्तु सप्तमे । समतीते गवां रोधं निपाने कृतवान् पुरा
ahaṃ vaiśyakule jāto janmanyasmāttu saptame / samatīte gavāṃ rodhaṃ nipāne kṛtavān purā
I was born in a merchant's family, in the seventh birth now gone by from this one; and long ago I penned cows away from the watering-trough.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 13.2
विपाकात् कर्मणस्तस्य नरकं भृशदारुणम् । सम्प्राप्तो ऽग्निशिखाघोरमयोमुखखगाकुलम्
vipākāt karmaṇastasya narakaṃ bhṛśadāruṇam / samprāpto 'gniśikhāghoramayomukhakhagākulam
By the ripening of that deed I came to a hell exceedingly terrible, dreadful with tongues of flame, thronged with iron-beaked birds.
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MkP 13.3
यन्त्रपीडनगात्रासृक्-प्रवाहोद्भूतकर्दमम् । विशस्यमानदुष्कर्मि-तन्निपातरवाकुलम्
yantrapīḍanagātrāsṛk-pravāhodbhūtakardamam / viśasyamānaduṣkarmi-tannipātaravākulam
(a hell) whose mire arose from the streaming blood of bodies crushed in presses, filled with the noise of the falling of those evildoers as they were cut apart.
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MkP 13.4
पात्यमानस्य मे तत्र साग्रं वर्षशतं गतम् । महातापार्तितप्तस्य तृष्णादाहान्वितस्य च
pātyamānasya me tatra sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ gatam / mahātāpārtitaptasya tṛṣṇādāhānvitasya ca
While I was being flung down there, a full hundred years and more went by, as I was scorched, afflicted by great burning, and possessed by the fire of thirst.
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MkP 13.5
तत्राह्लादकरः सद्यः पवनः सुखशीतलः । करम्भ-बालुकाकुम्भ-मध्यस्थो मे समागतः
tatrāhlādakaraḥ sadyaḥ pavanaḥ sukhaśītalaḥ / karambha-bālukākumbha-madhyastho me samāgataḥ
Then all at once there came to me, refreshing, a pleasantly cool breeze, arisen in the midst of the Karambha and Bālukā-kumbha (hells).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 13.6
तत्सम्पर्कादशेषाणां नाभवद्यातना नृणाम् । मम चापि यथा स्वर्गे स्वर्गिणां निर्वृतिः परा
tatsamparkādaśeṣāṇāṃ nābhavadyātanā nṛṇām / mama cāpi yathā svarge svargiṇāṃ nirvṛtiḥ parā
By its touch there was no torment at all for any of the men, and for me too (there was) the highest bliss, as of the dwellers in heaven in heaven.
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MkP 13.7
किमेतदिति चाह्लाद-विस्तारस्तिमितेक्षणैः । दृष्टमस्माभिरासन्नं नररत्नमनत्तमम्
kimetaditi cāhlāda-vistārastimitekṣaṇaiḥ / dṛṣṭamasmābhirāsannaṃ nararatnamanattamam
"What is this?"—and with eyes grown still from the spreading of that refreshment, we saw close by a jewel among men, most excellent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 13.8
याम्यश्च पुरुषो घोरो दण्डहस्तो ऽशनिप्रभः । पुरतो दर्शयन् मार्गमिति एहीति वगथ
yāmyaśca puruṣo ghoro daṇḍahasto 'śaniprabhaḥ / purato darśayan mārgamiti ehīti vagatha
And a dreadful man of Yama's, staff in hand, gleaming like a thunderbolt, pointing out the way before (him), (said) "Come this way!"
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MkP 13.9
पुरुषः स तदा दृष्ट्वा यातनाशतसंकुलम् । नरकं प्राह तं याम्यं किङ्करं कृपयान्वितः
puruṣaḥ sa tadā dṛṣṭvā yātanāśatasaṃkulam / narakaṃ prāha taṃ yāmyaṃ kiṅkaraṃ kṛpayānvitaḥ
That man then, seeing the hell crowded with a hundred torments, filled with pity, spoke to that servant of Yama.
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MkP 13.10
भो याम्यपुरुषाचक्ष्व किं मया दुष्कृतं कृतम् । येनेदं यातनाभीम् प्राप्तो ऽस्मि नरकं परम्
bho yāmyapuruṣācakṣva kiṃ mayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam / yenedaṃ yātanābhīm prāpto 'smi narakaṃ param
"Ho, man of Yama, tell me: what evil deed have I done, by which I have come to this supreme hell, fearful with torments?
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MkP 13.11
विपश्चिदिति विख्यातो जनकानामहं कुले । जातो विदेहविषये सम्यङ्मनुजपालकः
vipaściditi vikhyāto janakānāmahaṃ kule / jāto videhaviṣaye samyaṅmanujapālakaḥ
Renowned as Vipaścit, I was born in the line of the Janakas, in the land of Videha, a righteous protector of men.
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MkP 13.12
यज्ञैर्मयेष्टं बहुभिर्धर्मतः पालिता मही । नोत्सृष्टश्चैव संग्रामो नातिथिर्विमुखो गतः
yajñairmayeṣṭaṃ bahubhirdharmataḥ pālitā mahī / notsṛṣṭaścaiva saṃgrāmo nātithirvimukho gataḥ
By me sacrifice was made with many offerings, the earth was protected according to dharma; no battle was ever abandoned, and no guest went away turned aside.
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MkP 13.13
पितृ-देवर्षि-भृत्याश्च न चापचरिता मया । कृता स्पृहा च न मया परस्त्रीविभवादिषु
pitṛ-devarṣi-bhṛtyāśca na cāpacaritā mayā / kṛtā spṛhā ca na mayā parastrīvibhavādiṣu
Nor were the fathers, the gods, the sages and dependents wronged by me; nor did I feel longing for others' wives, wealth and the like.
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MkP 13.14
पर्वकालेषु पितरस्तिथिकालेषु देवताः । पुरुषं स्वयमायान्ति निपानमिव धेनवः
parvakāleṣu pitarastithikāleṣu devatāḥ / puruṣaṃ svayamāyānti nipānamiva dhenavaḥ
At the times of the (lunar) festivals the fathers, at the times of the (proper) days the gods, come of themselves to a man, as cows to a watering-trough.
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MkP 13.15
यतस्ते विमुखा यान्ति निश्वस्य गृहमेधिनः । तस्मादिष्टश्च पूर्तश्च धमौ द्वावपि नश्यतः
yataste vimukhā yānti niśvasya gṛhamedhinaḥ / tasmādiṣṭaśca pūrtaśca dhamau dvāvapi naśyataḥ
Since they go away turned aside, sighing, from a householder, therefore both his dharmas perish—the sacrificial (iṣṭa) and the charitable (pūrta).
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MkP 13.16
पितृनिश्वासविध्वस्तं सप्तजन्मार्जितं शुभम् । त्रिजन्मप्रभवं दैवो निश्वासो हन्त्यसंशयम्
pitṛniśvāsavidhvastaṃ saptajanmārjitaṃ śubham / trijanmaprabhavaṃ daivo niśvāso hantyasaṃśayam
The good earned in seven births is destroyed by the sigh of the fathers; the sigh of the gods destroys, without doubt, what has arisen from three births.
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MkP 13.17
तस्माद् दैवे च पित्र्ये च नित्यमेवोद्यतो ऽभवम् । सो ऽहं कथमिमं प्राप्तो नरङ्क भृशदारुणम्
tasmād daive ca pitrye ca nityamevodyato 'bhavam / so 'haṃ kathamimaṃ prāpto naraṅka bhṛśadāruṇam
Therefore I was ever intent upon what is due to the gods and what is due to the fathers. How is it that I have come to this exceedingly terrible hell?"
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