Markandeya Purana — Chapter 15
MkP 15.1
पतितात् प्रतिगृह्यार्थं खरयोनिं व्रजेद् द्विजः । नरकात् प्रतिमुक्तस्तु कृमिः पतितयाजकः
patitāt pratigṛhyārthaṃ kharayoniṃ vrajed dvijaḥ / narakāt pratimuktastu kṛmiḥ patitayājakaḥ
A twice-born who accepts wealth from an outcaste goes to the womb of a donkey; and one who officiates as priest for an outcaste, when released from hell, becomes a worm.
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MkP 15.2
उपाध्यायव्यलीकन्तु कृत्वा श्वा भवति द्विजः । तज्जायां मनसावाञ्छन् तद्द्रव्यञ्चाप्यसंशयम्
upādhyāyavyalīkantu kṛtvā śvā bhavati dvijaḥ / tajjāyāṃ manasāvāñchan taddravyañcāpyasaṃśayam
But a twice-born who commits an offence against his teacher becomes a dog; and so too, without doubt, one who covets in his mind that (teacher's) wife or his property.
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MkP 15.3
गर्दभो जायते जन्तुः पित्रोश्चाप्यवमानकः । मातापितरावाक्रुश्य शारिका सम्प्रजायते
gardabho jāyate jantuḥ pitroścāpyavamānakaḥ / mātāpitarāvākruśya śārikā samprajāyate
A creature who shows contempt for his parents is born a donkey; having railed at mother and father, one is born a myna bird.
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MkP 15.4
भ्रातुः पत्न्यवमन्ता च कपोतत्वं प्रपद्यते । तामेव पीडयित्वा तु कच्छपत्वं प्रपद्यते
bhrātuḥ patnyavamantā ca kapotatvaṃ prapadyate / tāmeva pīḍayitvā tu kacchapatvaṃ prapadyate
And one who insults his brother's wife attains the state of a pigeon; but having done violence to her, he attains the state of a tortoise.
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MkP 15.5
भर्तृपिण्डमुपाश्नन् यस्तदिष्टं न निषेवते । सो ऽपि मोहसमापन्नो जायते वानरो मृतः
bhartṛpiṇḍamupāśnan yastadiṣṭaṃ na niṣevate / so 'pi mohasamāpanno jāyate vānaro mṛtaḥ
He who eats his master's food but does not serve what that (master) desires — he too, sunk in delusion, when dead is born a monkey.
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MkP 15.6
न्यासापहर्ता नरकाद्विमुक्तो जायते कृमिः । असूयकश्च नरकान्मुक्तो भवति राक्षसः
nyāsāpahartā narakādvimukto jāyate kṛmiḥ / asūyakaśca narakānmukto bhavati rākṣasaḥ
One who steals a deposit entrusted to him, when freed from hell is born a worm; and the envious man, released from hell, becomes a rākṣasa.
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MkP 15.7
विश्वासहन्ता च नरो मीनयोनौ प्रजायते । धान्यं यवांस्तिलान् माषान् कुलत्थान् सर्षपांश्चणान्
viśvāsahantā ca naro mīnayonau prajāyate / dhānyaṃ yavāṃstilān māṣān kulatthān sarṣapāṃścaṇān
And a man who destroys trust is born in the womb of a fish. Grain, barley, sesame, black gram, kulattha beans, mustard, chickpeas,
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MkP 15.8
कलायान कलमान् मुद्गान् गोधूमानतसीस्तथा । शस्यान्यन्यानि वा हृत्वा मोहाज्जन्तुरचेतनः
kalāyāna kalamān mudgān godhūmānatasīstathā / śasyānyanyāni vā hṛtvā mohājjanturacetanaḥ
peas, kalama rice, mung beans, wheat, and likewise flax — or having stolen other crops, the creature, senseless through delusion,
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MkP 15.9
सञ्जायते महावक्त्रो मूषिको बभ्रुसन्निभः । परदाराभिमर्षात्तु वृको घोरो ऽभिजायते
sañjāyate mahāvaktro mūṣiko babhrusannibhaḥ / paradārābhimarṣāttu vṛko ghoro 'bhijāyate
(Such a one) is born a large-mouthed mouse, brown in colour; but from touching another man's wife he is born a fearsome wolf.
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MkP 15.10
श्वा शृगालो वको गृध्रो व्याडः कङ्कस्तथा क्रमात् । भ्रातृभार्याञ्च दुर्बुद्धिर्यो धर्षयति पापकृत्
śvā śṛgālo vako gṛdhro vyāḍaḥ kaṅkastathā kramāt / bhrātṛbhāryāñca durbuddhiryo dharṣayati pāpakṛt
A dog, a jackal, a crane, a vulture, a beast of prey, and a heron, in succession; and the evil-doer of wicked mind who assaults his brother's wife—
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MkP 15.11
पुंस्कोकिलत्वमाप्नोति स चापि नरकाच्च्युतः । सखिभार्यां गुरोर्भार्यां राजभार्याञ्च पापकृत्
puṃskokilatvamāpnoti sa cāpi narakāccyutaḥ / sakhibhāryāṃ gurorbhāryāṃ rājabhāryāñca pāpakṛt
—he attains the condition of a male cuckoo, and that too after falling from hell. The evil-doer who (assaults) a friend's wife, a teacher's wife, or a king's wife—
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MkP 15.12
प्रधर्षयित्वा कामात्मा शूकरो जायते नरः । यज्ञ-दान-विवाहानां विघ्रकर्ता भवेत् कृमिः
pradharṣayitvā kāmātmā śūkaro jāyate naraḥ / yajña-dāna-vivāhānāṃ vighrakartā bhavet kṛmiḥ
—having violated (her), that man, given over to lust, is born a boar. One who makes obstruction to sacrifices, gifts and marriages becomes a worm.
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MkP 15.13
पुनर्दात् च कन्यायाः कृमिरेवोपजायते । देवता-पितृ-विप्राणामदत्वा यो ऽन्नमश्नुते
punardāt ca kanyāyāḥ kṛmirevopajāyate / devatā-pitṛ-viprāṇāmadatvā yo 'nnamaśnute
And one who gives away a girl (already given) a second time is born as a worm indeed. Who eats food without having given (a share) to the gods, the ancestors and the brahmins—
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MkP 15.14
प्रमुक्तो नरकात् सो ऽपि वायसः सम्प्रजायते । ज्येष्ठं पितृसमं वापि भ्रातरं यो ऽवमन्यते
pramukto narakāt so 'pi vāyasaḥ samprajāyate / jyeṣṭhaṃ pitṛsamaṃ vāpi bhrātaraṃ yo 'vamanyate
—he too, released from hell, is born a crow. Who slights an elder brother, who is equal to a father—
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MkP 15.15
नरकात् सो ऽपि विभ्रष्टः क्रौञ्चयोनौ प्रजायते । शूद्रश्च ब्राह्मणरिं गत्वा कृमियोनौ प्रजायते
narakāt so 'pi vibhraṣṭaḥ krauñcayonau prajāyate / śūdraśca brāhmaṇariṃ gatvā kṛmiyonau prajāyate
—he too, having fallen from hell, is born in the womb of a curlew; and a śūdra who has gone to a brahmin woman is born in the womb of a worm.
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MkP 15.16
तस्यामपत्यमुत्पाद्य काष्ठान्तः कीटको भवेत् । शूकरः कृमिको मद्गुश्चण्डालश्च प्रजायते
tasyāmapatyamutpādya kāṣṭhāntaḥ kīṭako bhavet / śūkaraḥ kṛmiko madguścaṇḍālaśca prajāyate
Having begotten offspring on her, he becomes a grub inside wood; he is born a boar, a worm, a cormorant, and a caṇḍāla.
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MkP 15.17
अकृतज्ञो ऽधमः पुंसां विमुक्तो नरकान्नरः । कृतघ्रः कृमिकः कीटः पतङ्गो वृश्चिकस्तथा
akṛtajño 'dhamaḥ puṃsāṃ vimukto narakānnaraḥ / kṛtaghraḥ kṛmikaḥ kīṭaḥ pataṅgo vṛścikastathā
The ungrateful man, lowest of men, when released from hell—the betrayer of kindness becomes a worm, an insect, a moth, and a scorpion,
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MkP 15.18
मत्स्यस्तु वायसः कूर्मः पुक्कसो जायते ततः । अशस्त्रं पुरुषं हत्वा नरः सञ्जायते खरः
matsyastu vāyasaḥ kūrmaḥ pukkaso jāyate tataḥ / aśastraṃ puruṣaṃ hatvā naraḥ sañjāyate kharaḥ
and then a fish, a crow, a tortoise, and is born a pukkasa. Having killed an unarmed man, a man is born a donkey.
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MkP 15.19
कृमिः स्त्रीवधकर्ता च बालहन्ता च जायते । भोजनं चोरयित्वा तु मक्षिका जायते नरः
kṛmiḥ strīvadhakartā ca bālahantā ca jāyate / bhojanaṃ corayitvā tu makṣikā jāyate naraḥ
The killer of a woman and the slayer of a child is born a worm; and having stolen food, a man is born a fly.
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MkP 15.20
तत्राप्यस्ति विशेषो वै भोजनस्य शृणुष्व तत् । ह्त्वान्नन्तु स मार्जारो जायते नरकाच्च्युतः
tatrāpyasti viśeṣo vai bhojanasya śṛṇuṣva tat / htvānnantu sa mārjāro jāyate narakāccyutaḥ
In that case too there is indeed a distinction as regards the food—hear it. Having stolen cooked food, he, fallen from hell, is born a cat.
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MkP 15.21
तिलपिण्याकसंमिश्रमन्नं हृत्वा तु मूषिकः । घृतं हृत्वा च नकुलः काको मद्गुरजामिषम्
tilapiṇyākasaṃmiśramannaṃ hṛtvā tu mūṣikaḥ / ghṛtaṃ hṛtvā ca nakulaḥ kāko madgurajāmiṣam
But having stolen food mixed with sesame-cake, (he becomes) a mouse; having stolen ghee, a mongoose; a crow (stealing something else), and a cormorant (stealing) goat's flesh.
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MkP 15.22
मत्स्यमांसापहृत् काकः श्येनो मार्गामिषापहृत् । वीचीकाकस्त्वपहृते लवणे दधनि कृमिः
matsyamāṃsāpahṛt kākaḥ śyeno mārgāmiṣāpahṛt / vīcīkākastvapahṛte lavaṇe dadhani kṛmiḥ
One who carries off the flesh of fish becomes a crow; one who carries off game-flesh, a hawk; when salt is stolen, a vīcīkāka; when curds, a worm.
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MkP 15.23
चोरयित्वा पयश्चापि बलाका सम्प्रजायते । यस्तु चोरयते तैलं तैलपायी स जायते
corayitvā payaścāpi balākā samprajāyate / yastu corayate tailaṃ tailapāyī sa jāyate
And having stolen milk, one is born a crane; but he who steals oil is born an oil-drinking (insect).
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MkP 15.24
मधु हृत्वा नरो दंशः पूपं हृत्वा पिपीलिकः । चोरयित्वा तु निष्पावान् जायते गृहगोलकः
madhu hṛtvā naro daṃśaḥ pūpaṃ hṛtvā pipīlikaḥ / corayitvā tu niṣpāvān jāyate gṛhagolakaḥ
Having stolen honey, a man (becomes) a gadfly; having stolen a cake, an ant; and having stolen beans, one is born a house-lizard.
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MkP 15.25
आसवं चोरयित्वा तु तित्तिरित्वमवाप्नुयात् । अयो हृत्वा तु पापात्मा वायसः सम्प्रजायते
āsavaṃ corayitvā tu tittiritvamavāpnuyāt / ayo hṛtvā tu pāpātmā vāyasaḥ samprajāyate
Having stolen liquor, one would attain the state of a partridge; but having stolen iron, the wicked-souled one is born a crow.
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MkP 15.26
हृते कांस्ये च हारीतः कपोतो रुप्यभाजने । हृत्वा तु काञ्चनं भाण्डं कृमियोनौ प्रजायते
hṛte kāṃsye ca hārītaḥ kapoto rupyabhājane / hṛtvā tu kāñcanaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛmiyonau prajāyate
When bell-metal is stolen, (he becomes) a green pigeon; a dove, when it is a silver vessel; but having stolen a golden vessel, he is born in the womb of a worm.
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MkP 15.27
पत्रोर्णं चोरयित्वा तु क्रकरत्वञ्च गच्छति । कोषकारश्च कौषेये हृते वस्त्रे ऽभिजायते
patrorṇaṃ corayitvā tu krakaratvañca gacchati / koṣakāraśca kauṣeye hṛte vastre 'bhijāyate
Having stolen leaf-wool cloth he goes to the state of a partridge; and when silk cloth is stolen he is born a silkworm.
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MkP 15.28
दुकूले शार्ङ्गकः पापो हृते चैवांशुके शुकः । तथैवाजाविकं हृत्वा वस्त्रं क्षौमं च जायते
dukūle śārṅgakaḥ pāpo hṛte caivāṃśuke śukaḥ / tathaivājāvikaṃ hṛtvā vastraṃ kṣaumaṃ ca jāyate
When fine cloth is stolen, the sinner (becomes) a śārṅgaka bird; when muslin is stolen, a parrot; and likewise having stolen goat-and-sheep wool cloth and linen cloth, he is born (accordingly).
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MkP 15.29
कार्पासिके हृते क्रौञ्चो वाल्कहर्ता बकस्तथा । मयूरो वर्णकान् हृत्वा शाकपत्रं च जायते
kārpāsike hṛte krauñco vālkahartā bakastathā / mayūro varṇakān hṛtvā śākapatraṃ ca jāyate
When cotton cloth is stolen, (one becomes) a curlew; and the stealer of bark-garments a crane; having stolen dyes, one is born a peacock, and (a thief of) vegetable leaves too.
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MkP 15.30
जीवज्जीवकतां याति रक्तवस्त्रापहृन्नरः । छुच्छुन्दरिः शुभान् गन्धान् वासो हृत्वा शशो भवेत्
jīvajjīvakatāṃ yāti raktavastrāpahṛnnaraḥ / chucchundariḥ śubhān gandhān vāso hṛtvā śaśo bhavet
The man who steals red cloth goes to the state of a jīvajīvaka (pheasant); (having stolen) fine perfumes (he becomes) a musk-shrew, and having stolen a garment he becomes a hare.
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MkP 15.31
षण्ढः फलापहरणात् काष्ठस्य घुणकीटकः । पुष्पापहृद् दरिद्रश्च पङ्गुर्यानापहृन्नरः
ṣaṇḍhaḥ phalāpaharaṇāt kāṣṭhasya ghuṇakīṭakaḥ / puṣpāpahṛd daridraśca paṅguryānāpahṛnnaraḥ
From stealing fruit (he becomes) a eunuch; from (stealing) wood, a wood-boring insect; the stealer of flowers becomes poor, and the man who steals a vehicle becomes lame.
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MkP 15.32
शाकहर्ता च हारीतस्तोयहर्ता च चातकः । भूहर्ता नरकान् गत्वा रौरवादीन् सुदारुणान्
śākahartā ca hārītastoyahartā ca cātakaḥ / bhūhartā narakān gatvā rauravādīn sudāruṇān
The stealer of vegetables (becomes) a hārīta pigeon, and the stealer of water a cātaka bird; the stealer of land, having gone to the hells, the Raurava and the rest, most terrible,
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MkP 15.33
तृण-गुल्म-लता-वल्लि-त्वक्सारतरुतां क्रमात् । प्राप्य क्षीणाल्पपापस्तु नरो भवति वै ततः
tṛṇa-gulma-latā-valli-tvaksāratarutāṃ kramāt / prāpya kṣīṇālpapāpastu naro bhavati vai tataḥ
and having attained in succession the state of grass, shrub, creeper, vine, and bark-cored tree, when his slight remaining sin is worn away that man becomes a human being.
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MkP 15.34
कृमिः कीटः पतङ्गो ऽथ पक्षी तोय चरो मृगः । गोत्वं प्राप्य च चण्डाल-पुक्कसादि जुगुप्सितम्
kṛmiḥ kīṭaḥ pataṅgo 'tha pakṣī toya caro mṛgaḥ / gotvaṃ prāpya ca caṇḍāla-pukkasādi jugupsitam
(He becomes) a worm, an insect, a moth, then a bird, a water-creature, a deer; and having attained the state of a cow, (then) the despised condition of a caṇḍāla, pukkasa and the like,
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MkP 15.35
पङ्ग्वन्धो वधिरः कुष्ठी यक्ष्मणा च प्रपीडितः । मुखरोगाक्षिरोगैश्च गुदरोगैश्च बाध्यते
paṅgvandho vadhiraḥ kuṣṭhī yakṣmaṇā ca prapīḍitaḥ / mukharogākṣirogaiśca gudarogaiśca bādhyate
lame, blind, deaf, leprous, and afflicted with consumption; and he is tormented by diseases of the mouth, of the eyes, and of the anus.
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MkP 15.36
अपस्मारी च भवति शूद्रत्वं च स गच्छति । एष एव क्रमो दृष्टो गोसुवर्णापहारिणाम्
apasmārī ca bhavati śūdratvaṃ ca sa gacchati / eṣa eva kramo dṛṣṭo gosuvarṇāpahāriṇām
And he becomes epileptic, and he goes to the condition of a śūdra. This same sequence is seen for those who steal cows and gold.
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MkP 15.37
विद्यापहारिणश्चोग्रा निष्क्रयभ्रंशिनो गुरोः । जायामन्यस्य पुरुषः पारख्यां प्रतिपादयन्
vidyāpahāriṇaścogrā niṣkrayabhraṃśino guroḥ / jāyāmanyasya puruṣaḥ pārakhyāṃ pratipādayan
And terrible (are the fates) of those who steal knowledge, of those who default on payment to a teacher; and the man who hands over another man's wife, (or) another's woman (to someone),
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MkP 15.38
प्राप्नोति षण्ढतां मूढो यातनाभ्यः परिच्युतः । यः करोति नरो होममसमिद्धे विभावसौ
prāpnoti ṣaṇḍhatāṃ mūḍho yātanābhyaḥ paricyutaḥ / yaḥ karoti naro homamasamiddhe vibhāvasau
the fool, once released from the torments, attains the state of a eunuch. The man who performs an oblation in a fire that is not kindled—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.39
सो ऽजिर्णव्याधिदुः खार्तो मन्दाग्निः संप्रजायते । परनिन्दा कृतघ्रत्वं परमर्मावघट्टनम्
so 'jirṇavyādhiduḥ khārto mandāgniḥ saṃprajāyate / paranindā kṛtaghratvaṃ paramarmāvaghaṭṭanam
he is born with weak digestive fire, afflicted by the pain of the disease of indigestion. Slandering others, ingratitude, striking at others' vital points,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.40
नैष्ठुर्यं निर्घृणत्वञ्च परदारोपसेवनम् । परस्वहरणाशौचं देवतानाञ्च कुत्सनम्
naiṣṭhuryaṃ nirghṛṇatvañca paradāropasevanam / parasvaharaṇāśaucaṃ devatānāñca kutsanam
harshness and pitilessness, resorting to others' wives, the impurity of seizing others' property, and reviling the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.41
निकृत्या कञ्चनं नृणां कार्पण्यं च नृणां वधः । यानि च प्रतिषिद्धानि तत्प्रवृत्तिश्च सन्तता
nikṛtyā kañcanaṃ nṛṇāṃ kārpaṇyaṃ ca nṛṇāṃ vadhaḥ / yāni ca pratiṣiddhāni tatpravṛttiśca santatā
(getting) anything from men by fraud, and meanness, and the killing of men, and constant engagement in those things which are forbidden—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 15.42
उपलक्ष्याणि जानीयान्मुक्तानां नरकादनु । दया भूतेषु संवादः परलोकप्रतिक्रिया
upalakṣyāṇi jānīyānmuktānāṃ narakādanu / dayā bhūteṣu saṃvādaḥ paralokapratikriyā
these one should know to be the marks of those (just) released from hell. Compassion toward beings, agreement (in speech), acting with regard for the next world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.43
सत्यं भूतहितार्थोक्तिर्वेदप्रामाण्यदर्शनम् । गुरु-देवर्षि-सिद्धर्षिपूजनं साधुसङ्गमः
satyaṃ bhūtahitārthoktirvedaprāmāṇyadarśanam / guru-devarṣi-siddharṣipūjanaṃ sādhusaṅgamaḥ
truthfulness, speaking for the welfare of beings, regarding the Vedas as authoritative, honouring teachers, divine sages and perfected sages, association with the good,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.44
सत्क्रियाभायसनं मैत्रीमिति बुध्यते पण्डितः । अन्यानि चैव सद्धर्मङ्क्रियाभूतानि यानि च
satkriyābhāyasanaṃ maitrīmiti budhyate paṇḍitaḥ / anyāni caiva saddharmaṅkriyābhūtāni yāni ca
practice of good works, friendliness—thus the learned man understands; and whatever other things consist in acts of true dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.45
स्वर्गच्युतानां लिङ्गानि पुरुषाणामपापिनाम् । एतदुद्देशतो राजन् भवतः कथितं मया
svargacyutānāṃ liṅgāni puruṣāṇāmapāpinām / etaduddeśato rājan bhavataḥ kathitaṃ mayā
(these are) the marks of men without sin who have fallen from heaven. This has been told to you, O king, in outline by me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.46
स्वकर्मफलभोक्तॄणां पुण्यानां पापिनां तथा । तदेह्यन्यत्र गच्छामो दृष्टं सर्वं त्वयाधुना । त्वया दृष्टो हि नरकस्तदेह्यन्यत्र गम्यताम्
svakarmaphalabhoktṝṇāṃ puṇyānāṃ pāpināṃ tathā / tadehyanyatra gacchāmo dṛṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ tvayādhunā / tvayā dṛṣṭo hi narakastadehyanyatra gamyatām
concerning those who enjoy the fruit of their own deeds, the meritorious and likewise the sinful. So come, let us go elsewhere; all has now been seen by you. Hell indeed has been seen by you; so come, let us go elsewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.47
ततस्तमग्रतः कृत्वा स राजा गन्तुमुद्यतः । ततश्च सर्वैरुत्क्रुष्टं यातनास्थायिभिर्नृभिः
tatastamagrataḥ kṛtvā sa rājā gantumudyataḥ / tataśca sarvairutkruṣṭaṃ yātanāsthāyibhirnṛbhiḥ
Then, placing him in front, that king made ready to go; and thereupon a cry went up from all the men abiding in the torments:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.48
प्रसादं कुरु भूपेति तिष्ठ तावन्मुहूर्तकम् । त्वदङ्गसङ्गी पवनो मनो ह्लादयते हि नः
prasādaṃ kuru bhūpeti tiṣṭha tāvanmuhūrtakam / tvadaṅgasaṅgī pavano mano hlādayate hi naḥ
"Show us favour, O king! Stay just a little while! For the wind that has touched your body gladdens our minds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.49
परितापञ्च गात्रेभ्यः पीडाबाधाश्च कृत्स्नशः । अपहन्ति नरव्याघ्र यदां कुर महीपते
paritāpañca gātrebhyaḥ pīḍābādhāśca kṛtsnaśaḥ / apahanti naravyāghra yadāṃ kura mahīpate
"And (the breeze) takes away the burning from our limbs, and our pains and afflictions entirely; O tiger among men, show (us) favour, O lord of the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 15.50
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तेषां तं याम्यपुरुषं नृपः । पप्रच्छ कथमेतेषामाह्लादो मयि तिष्ठति
etacchrutvā vacasteṣāṃ taṃ yāmyapuruṣaṃ nṛpaḥ / papraccha kathameteṣāmāhlādo mayi tiṣṭhati
Having heard this speech of theirs, the king asked that man of Yama: "How is it that this refreshment of theirs rests upon me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.51
किं मया कर्म तत् पुण्यं मर्त्यलोके महत् कृतम् । आह्लाददायिनी व्युष्टिर्येनेयं तदुदीरय
kiṃ mayā karma tat puṇyaṃ martyaloke mahat kṛtam / āhlādadāyinī vyuṣṭiryeneyaṃ tadudīraya
What is that great meritorious deed done by me in the world of mortals, by which this reward that gives refreshment (has come about)? Tell that."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.52
पितृदेवातिथिप्रैष्य-शिष्टेनान्नेन ते तनुः । पुष्टिमभ्यागता यस्मात् तद्गतं च मनो यतः
pitṛdevātithipraiṣya-śiṣṭenānnena te tanuḥ / puṣṭimabhyāgatā yasmāt tadgataṃ ca mano yataḥ
"Because your body attained its nourishment from food left over after (feeding) the ancestors, the gods, guests and servants, and because your mind was set on that,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.53
ततस्त्वद्गात्रसंसर्गो पवनो ह्लाददायकः । पापकर्मकृतो राजन् यातना न प्रबाधते
tatastvadgātrasaṃsargo pavano hlādadāyakaḥ / pāpakarmakṛto rājan yātanā na prabādhate
therefore the wind that has touched your body is a giver of refreshment, and the torment (inflicted) for evil deeds does not afflict (them), O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.54
अश्वमेधादयो यज्ञास्त्वयेष्टा विधिवद्यतः । ततस्त्वद्दर्शनाद्याम्या यन्त्रशस्त्राग्निवायसाः
aśvamedhādayo yajñāstvayeṣṭā vidhivadyataḥ / tatastvaddarśanādyāmyā yantraśastrāgnivāyasāḥ
Because sacrifices beginning with the horse-sacrifice were performed by you according to rule, therefore, at the sight of you, Yama's engines, weapons, fires and crows—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.55
पीडन-च्छेद-दाहादि-महादुः खस्य हेतवः । मृदुत्वमागता राजन् तेजसापहतास्तव
pīḍana-ccheda-dāhādi-mahāduḥ khasya hetavaḥ / mṛdutvamāgatā rājan tejasāpahatāstava
the causes of great pain by crushing, cutting, burning and the rest—have become soft, O king, beaten back by your splendour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.56
न स्वर्गे ब्रह्मलोके वा तत् सुखं प्राप्यते नरैः । यदार्तजन्तुनिर्वाण-दानोत्थमिति मे मतिः
na svarge brahmaloke vā tat sukhaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ / yadārtajantunirvāṇa-dānotthamiti me matiḥ
"Not in heaven, nor in Brahmā's world, is that happiness obtained by men which arises from giving relief to afflicted creatures—such is my view.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.57
यदि मत्सन्निधावेतान् यातना न प्रबाधते । ततो भद्रमुखात्राहं स्थास्ये स्थाणुरिवाचलः
yadi matsannidhāvetān yātanā na prabādhate / tato bhadramukhātrāhaṃ sthāsye sthāṇurivācalaḥ
If in my presence the torment does not afflict these (beings), then, good sir, I shall stand here, unmoving as a post."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.58
एहि राजन् प्रगच्छामो निजपुण्यसमर्जितान् । भुङ्क्ष्व भोगानपास्येह यातनाः पापकर्मणाम्
ehi rājan pragacchāmo nijapuṇyasamarjitān / bhuṅkṣva bhogānapāsyeha yātanāḥ pāpakarmaṇām
"Come, O king, let us go; enjoy the pleasures earned by your own merit, leaving behind here the torments of those of evil deeds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.59
तस्मान्न तावद्यास्यामि यावदेते सुदुः खिताः । मत्सन्निधानात् सुखिनो भवन्ति नरकौकसः
tasmānna tāvadyāsyāmi yāvadete suduḥ khitāḥ / matsannidhānāt sukhino bhavanti narakaukasaḥ
"Therefore I shall not go so long as these greatly suffering dwellers in hell do not become happy through my presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.60
धिक् तस्य जीवनं पुंसः शरणार्थिनमातुरम् । यो नार्तमनुगृह्णाति वैरिपक्षमपि ध्रुवम्
dhik tasya jīvanaṃ puṃsaḥ śaraṇārthinamāturam / yo nārtamanugṛhṇāti vairipakṣamapi dhruvam
Fie on the life of that man who does not favour one who is afflicted and seeks refuge—surely (not) even one on the enemy's side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 15.61
यज्ञ-दान-तपांसीह परत्र च न भूतये । भवन्ति तस्य यस्यार्त-परित्राणे न मानसम्
yajña-dāna-tapāṃsīha paratra ca na bhūtaye / bhavanti tasya yasyārta-paritrāṇe na mānasam
Sacrifices, gifts and austerities do not, here or in the world beyond, serve for the welfare of him whose mind is not (bent) on the rescue of the afflicted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.62
नरस्य यस्य कठिनं मनो बालातुरादिषु । वृद्धेषु च न तं मन्ये मानुषं राक्षसो हि सः
narasya yasya kaṭhinaṃ mano bālāturādiṣu / vṛddheṣu ca na taṃ manye mānuṣaṃ rākṣaso hi saḥ
The man whose mind is hard towards children, the sick and the like, and towards the aged—him I do not consider a human being; he is indeed a demon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.63
एतेषां सन्निकर्षात् तु यद्यग्निपरितापजम् । तथोग्रगन्धजं वापि दुः खं नरकसम्भवम्
eteṣāṃ sannikarṣāt tu yadyagniparitāpajam / tathogragandhajaṃ vāpi duḥ khaṃ narakasambhavam
If, through proximity to these, the pain born of the burning of fire, or that born of the harsh stench, which arises in hell,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 15.64
क्षुत्पिपासाभवं दुः खं यच्च मूर्च्छाप्रदं महत् । एतेषां त्राणदानन्तु मन्ये स्वर्गसुखात् परम्
kṣutpipāsābhavaṃ duḥ khaṃ yacca mūrcchāpradaṃ mahat / eteṣāṃ trāṇadānantu manye svargasukhāt param
and the great pain arising from hunger and thirst which brings on swooning (are removed)—then the giving of protection to these I deem to surpass the happiness of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 15.65
प्राप्स्यन्त्यार्ता यदि सुखं बहवो दुः खिते मयि । किन्नु प्राप्तं मया न स्यात् तस्मात् त्वं व्रज माचिरम्
prāpsyantyārtā yadi sukhaṃ bahavo duḥ khite mayi / kinnu prāptaṃ mayā na syāt tasmāt tvaṃ vraja māciram
If many afflicted ones will obtain happiness while I am in suffering, what then would there be that I had not obtained? Therefore go, without delay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.66
एष धर्मश्च शक्रश्च त्वां नेतुं समुपागतौ । अवश्यमस्माद् गन्तव्यं तस्मात् पार्थिव ! गम्यताम्
eṣa dharmaśca śakraśca tvāṃ netuṃ samupāgatau / avaśyamasmād gantavyaṃ tasmāt pārthiva ! gamyatām
"This Dharma and Śakra have both come to lead you away; from here one must inevitably go; therefore, O king, let us go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.67
नयामि त्वामहं स्वर्गं त्वया सम्यगुपासितः । विमानमेतदारुह्य मा विलम्बस्व गम्यताम्
nayāmi tvāmahaṃ svargaṃ tvayā samyagupāsitaḥ / vimānametadāruhya mā vilambasva gamyatām
I shall lead you to heaven, since you have duly worshipped (me); mount this aerial car, do not delay, let us go."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.68
नरके मानवा धर्म पीड्यन्ते ऽत्र सहस्रशः । त्राहीति चार्ताः क्रन्दन्ति मामतो न व्रजाम्यहम्
narake mānavā dharma pīḍyante 'tra sahasraśaḥ / trāhīti cārtāḥ krandanti māmato na vrajāmyaham
"In hell, O Dharma, men are tormented here by the thousands, and the afflicted cry out to me, 'Save (us)!'—therefore I do not go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.69
कर्मणा नरकप्राप्तिरेतेषां पापकर्मिणाम् । स्वर्गस्त्वयापि गन्तव्यो नृप ! पुण्येन कर्मणा
karmaṇā narakaprāptireteṣāṃ pāpakarmiṇām / svargastvayāpi gantavyo nṛpa ! puṇyena karmaṇā
By their deeds comes the attainment of hell for these doers of evil; but heaven is to be reached by you, O king, by your meritorious deed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.70
यदि जानासि धर्म ! त्वं त्वं वा शक्र ! शचीपते । मम यावत् प्रमाणन्तु शुभं तद्वक्तुमर्हथः
yadi jānāsi dharma ! tvaṃ tvaṃ vā śakra ! śacīpate / mama yāvat pramāṇantu śubhaṃ tadvaktumarhathaḥ
If you know, O Dharma, or you, O Śakra, lord of Śacī, just how great the measure of my good (merit) is, that you two ought to tell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.71
अब्बिन्दवो यथाम्भोधौ यथा वा दिवि तारकाः । यथा वा वर्षता धारा गड्गायां सिकता यथा
abbindavo yathāmbhodhau yathā vā divi tārakāḥ / yathā vā varṣatā dhārā gaḍgāyāṃ sikatā yathā
As the drops of water in the ocean, or as the stars in the sky, or as the streams when it rains, or as the sands in the Ganges —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.72
असंख्येया महाराज यथा बिन्द्वादयो ह्यपाम् । तथा तवापि पुण्यस्य संख्या नैवोपपद्यते
asaṃkhyeyā mahārāja yathā bindvādayo hyapām / tathā tavāpi puṇyasya saṃkhyā naivopapadyate
— as the water-drops and the rest are beyond counting, great king, so too no reckoning of your merit is possible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.73
अनुकम्पामिमामद्य नारकेष्विह कुर्वतः । तदेव शतसाहस्त्रं संख्यामुपगतं तव
anukampāmimāmadya nārakeṣviha kurvataḥ / tadeva śatasāhastraṃ saṃkhyāmupagataṃ tava
For you who show this compassion today to the hell-dwellers here, that very (merit) has come to be a hundred-thousandfold in its count.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.74
तद् गच्छ त्वं नृपश्रेष्ठ तद्भाक्तुममरालयम् । एते ऽपि पापं नरके क्षपयन्तु स्वकर्मजम्
tad gaccha tvaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha tadbhāktumamarālayam / ete 'pi pāpaṃ narake kṣapayantu svakarmajam
So go, best of kings, to enjoy the dwelling of the immortals; and let these too wear away in hell the sin born of their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 15.75
कथं स्पृहां करिष्यन्ति मत्सम्पर्केषु मानवाः । यदि सत्सन्निधावेषामुकत्कर्षो नोपजायते
kathaṃ spṛhāṃ kariṣyanti matsamparkeṣu mānavāḥ / yadi satsannidhāveṣāmukatkarṣo nopajāyate
How will men come to long for association with me, if in the presence of the good no elevation arises for them?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.76
तस्माद्यत् सुकृतं किञ्चिन्ममास्ति त्रिदशाधिप । तेन मुच्यन्तु नरकात् पापिनो यातनां गताः
tasmādyat sukṛtaṃ kiñcinmamāsti tridaśādhipa / tena mucyantu narakāt pāpino yātanāṃ gatāḥ
Therefore, whatever good deed of mine there is, O lord of the thirty (gods), by that let these sinners who have gone to torment be released from hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.77
एवमूर्ध्वतरं स्थानं त्वयावाप्तं महीपते । एतांश्च नरकात् पश्य विमुक्तान् पापकारिणः
evamūrdhvataraṃ sthānaṃ tvayāvāptaṃ mahīpate / etāṃśca narakāt paśya vimuktān pāpakāriṇaḥ
Thus a still higher station has been won by you, lord of the earth; and see these doers of evil released from hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.78
ततो ऽपतत् पुष्पवृष्टिस्तस्योपरि महीपतेः । विमानञ्चाधिरोप्यैनं स्वर्लोकमनयद्धरिः
tato 'patat puṣpavṛṣṭistasyopari mahīpateḥ / vimānañcādhiropyainaṃ svarlokamanayaddhariḥ
Then a rain of flowers fell upon that lord of the earth, and Hari, setting him upon a celestial car, took him to the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.79
अहञ्चान्ये च ये तत्र यातनाभ्यः परिच्युताः । स्वकर्मफलनिर्दिष्टं ततो जात्यन्तरं गताः
ahañcānye ca ye tatra yātanābhyaḥ paricyutāḥ / svakarmaphalanirdiṣṭaṃ tato jātyantaraṃ gatāḥ
And I, and the others there who had fallen away from the torments, went from there to another birth, one assigned by the fruit of our own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.80
एवमेते समाख्याता नरका द्विजसत्तम । येन येन च पापेन यां यां योनिमुपैति वै
evamete samākhyātā narakā dvijasattama / yena yena ca pāpena yāṃ yāṃ yonimupaiti vai
Thus these hells have been fully related, best of the twice-born, and by which particular sin one goes to which particular womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 15.81
तत् तत् सर्वं समाख्यातं यथा दृष्टं मया पुरा । पुरानुभवजं ज्ञानमवाप्यावितथं तव । अतः परं महाभाग किमन्यत् कथयामि ते
tat tat sarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yathā dṛṣṭaṃ mayā purā / purānubhavajaṃ jñānamavāpyāvitathaṃ tava / ataḥ paraṃ mahābhāga kimanyat kathayāmi te
All that has been related as it was formerly seen by me, since I obtained unerring knowledge born of my earlier experience, (and told it) to you. Beyond this, greatly fortunate one, what else shall I tell you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain