Markandeya Purana — Chapter 16
MkP 16.1
कथितं मे त्वया वत्स संसारस्य व्यवस्थितम् । स्वरूपमतिहेयस्य घटीयन्त्रवदव्ययम्
kathitaṃ me tvayā vatsa saṃsārasya vyavasthitam / svarūpamatiheyasya ghaṭīyantravadavyayam
You have told me, my child, how saṃsāra is constituted — the nature of that which is utterly to be rejected, unfailing like a water-wheel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.2
तदेवमेतदखिलं मयावगतमीदृशम् । किं मया वद कर्तव्यमेवस्मिन् व्यवस्थिते
tadevametadakhilaṃ mayāvagatamīdṛśam / kiṃ mayā vada kartavyamevasmin vyavasthite
So all this has been understood by me to be of this sort. Tell me: this being so established, what is to be done by me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.3
यदि मद्वचनं तात श्रद्दधास्यविशङ्कितः । तत् परित्यज्य गार्हस्थ्यं वानप्रस्थपरो भव
yadi madvacanaṃ tāta śraddadhāsyaviśaṅkitaḥ / tat parityajya gārhasthyaṃ vānaprasthaparo bhava
If, my son, you will trust my word without misgiving, then, abandoning the household life, devote yourself to the forest-dweller's state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.4
तमनुष्ठाय विधिवद् विहायाग्निपरिग्रहम् । आत्मन्यात्मानमाधया निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः
tamanuṣṭhāya vidhivad vihāyāgniparigraham / ātmanyātmānamādhayā nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ
Having practised that as prescribed, giving up the keeping of the sacred fires, placing the self in the self, free from the pairs of opposites, without possessions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.5
एकान्तराशी वश्यात्मा भव भिक्षुरतन्द्रितः । तत्र योगापरो भूत्वा बाह्यस्पर्शविवर्जितः
ekāntarāśī vaśyātmā bhava bhikṣuratandritaḥ / tatra yogāparo bhūtvā bāhyasparśavivarjitaḥ
eating only every other day, with self subdued, become a mendicant, unslothful; and there, becoming intent on yoga, free from outward contacts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.6
ततः प्राप्स्यति तं योगं दुः शसंयोगभेषजम् । मुक्तिहेतुमनौपम्यमनाख्येयमसङ्गिनम् । यत्संयोगान्न ते योगो भूयो भूतैर्भविष्यति
tataḥ prāpsyati taṃ yogaṃ duḥ śasaṃyogabheṣajam / muktihetumanaupamyamanākhyeyamasaṅginam / yatsaṃyogānna te yogo bhūyo bhūtairbhaviṣyati
you will then attain that yoga which is the remedy for evil unions, the cause of liberation, without parallel, not to be told of, free of attachment — from union with which you will have no further union with the elements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.7
वत्स योगं ममाचक्ष्व मुक्तिहेतुमतः परम् । येन भूतैः पुनर्भूतो नेदृगः खमवाप्नुयाम्
vatsa yogaṃ mamācakṣva muktihetumataḥ param / yena bhūtaiḥ punarbhūto nedṛgaḥ khamavāpnuyām
Child, declare to me that yoga which is the cause of liberation, higher than this, by which I may not again, having come to be of the elements, attain such (sorrow).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.8
यत्रासक्तिपरस्यात्मा मम संसारबन्धनैः । नैति योगमयोगो ऽपि तं योगमधुना वद
yatrāsaktiparasyātmā mama saṃsārabandhanaiḥ / naiti yogamayogo 'pi taṃ yogamadhunā vada
(Tell me) now that yoga whereby my self, devoted to non-attachment, does not come to union with the bonds of transmigration — even though (that yoga) is a non-union.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.9
संसारादित्यतापार्ति-विप्लुष्यद्देहमानसम् । ब्रह्मज्ञानाम्बुशीतेन सिञ्च मां वाक्यवारिणा
saṃsārādityatāpārti-vipluṣyaddehamānasam / brahmajñānāmbuśītena siñca māṃ vākyavāriṇā
My body and mind are parched by the pain of the heat of the sun of transmigration: sprinkle me with the water of your words, cooled by the water of the knowledge of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.10
अविद्याकृष्णसर्पेण दष्टं तद्विषपीडितम् । स्ववाक्यामृतपानेन मां जीवय पुनर्मृतम्
avidyākṛṣṇasarpeṇa daṣṭaṃ tadviṣapīḍitam / svavākyāmṛtapānena māṃ jīvaya punarmṛtam
I have been bitten by the black serpent of ignorance and am tormented by its venom; revive me, who am dead once more, by giving me to drink the nectar of your words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.11
पुत्र-दार-गृह-क्षेत्र-ममत्वनिगजडार्दितम् । मां मोचयेष्टसद्भाव-विज्ञानोद्घाटनैस्त्वरन्
putra-dāra-gṛha-kṣetra-mamatvanigajaḍārditam / māṃ mocayeṣṭasadbhāva-vijñānodghāṭanaistvaran
I am afflicted by the fetters of the sense of 'mine' regarding son, wife, house and field; make haste and free me by unfastening (those fetters) through the discernment of the true nature of what is desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.12
शृणु तात ! यथा योगो दत्तात्रेयेण धीमता । अलर्काय पुरा प्रोक्तः सम्यक् पृष्टेन विस्तरात्
śṛṇu tāta ! yathā yogo dattātreyeṇa dhīmatā / alarkāya purā proktaḥ samyak pṛṣṭena vistarāt
Listen, my son, how yoga was formerly declared in full by the wise Dattātreya to Alarka, when he was properly questioned by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.13
दत्तात्रेयः सुतः कस्य कथं वा योगमुक्तवान् । कश्चालर्को महाभागो यो यौगं परिपृष्टवान्
dattātreyaḥ sutaḥ kasya kathaṃ vā yogamuktavān / kaścālarko mahābhāgo yo yaugaṃ paripṛṣṭavān
Whose son was Dattātreya, and how did he expound yoga? And who was that greatly fortunate Alarka who asked fully about what pertains to yoga?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.14
कौशिको ब्राह्मणः कश्चित् प्रतिष्ठाने ऽभवत् पुरे । सो ऽन्यजन्मकृतैः पापैः कुष्ठरोगातुरो ऽभवत्
kauśiko brāhmaṇaḥ kaścit pratiṣṭhāne 'bhavat pure / so 'nyajanmakṛtaiḥ pāpaiḥ kuṣṭharogāturo 'bhavat
There was a certain brahmin named Kauśika in the city of Pratiṣṭhāna; through sins committed in another birth he became afflicted with the disease of leprosy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.15
तं तथा व्याधितं भार्या पतिं देवमिवार्च्चयत् । पादाभ्यङ्गाङ्गसंवाह-स्त्रानाच्छादनभोजनैः
taṃ tathā vyādhitaṃ bhāryā patiṃ devamivārccayat / pādābhyaṅgāṅgasaṃvāha-strānācchādanabhojanaiḥ
His wife honoured her husband, diseased as he was, like a god — with anointing of his feet, massaging of his limbs, bathing, clothing and feeding him,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.16
श्लेष्म-मूत्र-पुरीषासृक्-प्रवाहक्षालनेन च । रहश्चैवोपचारेण प्रियसम्भाषणेन च
śleṣma-mūtra-purīṣāsṛk-pravāhakṣālanena ca / rahaścaivopacāreṇa priyasambhāṣaṇena ca
and by washing away the flow of phlegm, urine, excrement and blood, and by tending him in private, and by speaking kindly to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.17
स तया पूज्यमानो ऽपि सदातीव विनीतया । अतीव तीव्रकोपत्वान्निर्भर्त्सयति निष्ठुरः
sa tayā pūjyamāno 'pi sadātīva vinītayā / atīva tīvrakopatvānnirbhartsayati niṣṭhuraḥ
Although he was constantly honoured by her, who was exceedingly humble, out of his exceedingly fierce temper he, being harsh, would revile her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.18
तथापि प्रणता भार्या तममन्यत दैवतम् । तं तथाप्यतिबीभत्सं सर्वश्रेष्ठममन्यत
tathāpi praṇatā bhāryā tamamanyata daivatam / taṃ tathāpyatibībhatsaṃ sarvaśreṣṭhamamanyata
Even so the wife, submissive, regarded him as her deity; even so she regarded him, repulsive as he was, as the best of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.19
अचङ्क्रमणशोलो ऽपि स कदाचिद् द्विजोत्तमः । प्राह भार्यां नयस्वेति त्वं मां तस्या निवेशनम्
acaṅkramaṇaśolo 'pi sa kadācid dvijottamaḥ / prāha bhāryāṃ nayasveti tvaṃ māṃ tasyā niveśanam
Though unable to walk about, that foremost brahmin once said to his wife: "Take me to that woman's dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.20
या सा वेश्या मया दृष्टा राजमार्गे गृहोषिता । तां मां प्रापय धर्मज्ञे ! सैव मे हृदि वर्तते
yā sā veśyā mayā dṛṣṭā rājamārge gṛhoṣitā / tāṃ māṃ prāpaya dharmajñe ! saiva me hṛdi vartate
That courtesan whom I saw living in a house on the royal road — bring me to her, you who know the right, for it is she who dwells in my heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.21
दृष्टा सूर्योदये बाला रात्रिश्चेयमुपागता । दर्शनानन्तरं सा मे हृदयान्नापसर्पति
dṛṣṭā sūryodaye bālā rātriśceyamupāgatā / darśanānantaraṃ sā me hṛdayānnāpasarpati
I saw the girl at sunrise, and now this night has come on; ever since I saw her she does not depart from my heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.22
यदि सा चारुसर्वाङ्गी पीनश्रोणिपयोधरा । नोपगूहति तन्वङ्गी तन्मां द्रक्ष्यसि वै मृतम्
yadi sā cārusarvāṅgī pīnaśroṇipayodharā / nopagūhati tanvaṅgī tanmāṃ drakṣyasi vai mṛtam
If that slender-limbed woman, lovely in every limb, with full hips and breasts, does not embrace me, then you will surely see me dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.23
वामः कामो मनुष्याणां बहुभिः प्रार्थ्यते च सा । ममाशक्तिश्च गमने सङ्कुलं प्रतिभाति मे
vāmaḥ kāmo manuṣyāṇāṃ bahubhiḥ prārthyate ca sā / mamāśaktiśca gamane saṅkulaṃ pratibhāti me
Desire is perverse in men, and she is sought after by many; and I am unable to go — it seems to me a difficult business.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.24
तत् तदा वचनं श्रुत्वा भर्तुः कामातुरस्य सा । तत्पत्नी सत्कुलोत्पन्ना महाभागा पतिव्रता
tat tadā vacanaṃ śrutvā bhartuḥ kāmāturasya sā / tatpatnī satkulotpannā mahābhāgā pativratā
Then, hearing that speech of her husband, sick with desire, she — his wife, born of a good family, greatly fortunate, devoted to her husband —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.25
गाग्ं परिकरं बद्ध्वा शुल्कमादाय चाधिकम् । स्कन्धे भर्तारमादाय जगाम मृदुगामिनी
gāgṃ parikaraṃ baddhvā śulkamādāya cādhikam / skandhe bhartāramādāya jagāma mṛdugāminī
binding her garment tight and taking ample payment, and taking her husband upon her shoulder, went off, walking softly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.26
निशि मेघास्तृते व्योम्नि चलद्विद्युत्प्रदर्शिते । राजमार्गे प्रियं भर्तुश्चिकीर्षन्ती द्विजाङ्गना
niśi meghāstṛte vyomni caladvidyutpradarśite / rājamārge priyaṃ bhartuścikīrṣantī dvijāṅganā
At night, when the sky was overspread with clouds and lit up by flickering lightning, on the royal road, that brahmin woman, wishing to do what her husband liked—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.27
पथि शूले तथा प्रोतमचौरं यौरशङ्कया । माण्डव्यमतिदुः खार्तमन्धकारे ऽथ स द्विजः
pathi śūle tathā protamacauraṃ yauraśaṅkayā / māṇḍavyamatiduḥ khārtamandhakāre 'tha sa dvijaḥ
Then, in the darkness, that brahmin (jolted) Māṇḍavya, who was impaled on a stake by the roadside, though no thief, on suspicion of being a thief, and was in extreme pain—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.28
पत्नीस्कन्धे समारूढश्चालयामास कौशिकः । पादावमर्षणात् क्रुद्धो माण्डव्यस्तमुवाच ह
patnīskandhe samārūḍhaścālayāmāsa kauśikaḥ / pādāvamarṣaṇāt kruddho māṇḍavyastamuvāca ha
Kauśika, mounted on his wife's shoulder, made (Māṇḍavya) shake; and Māṇḍavya, angered by the brushing of the feet, said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.29
येनाहमेवमत्यर्थं दुः खितश्चालितः पदा । दशां कष्टामनुप्राप्तः स पापात्मा नराधमः
yenāhamevamatyarthaṃ duḥ khitaścālitaḥ padā / daśāṃ kaṣṭāmanuprāptaḥ sa pāpātmā narādhamaḥ
"He by whom I have been so exceedingly pained, shaken with a foot, and brought to a grievous condition — that evil-souled one, lowest of men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.30
सूर्योदये ऽवशः प्राणैर्विमोक्ष्यति न संशयः । भास्करालोकनादेव स विनाशमवाप्स्यति
sūryodaye 'vaśaḥ prāṇairvimokṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / bhāskarālokanādeva sa vināśamavāpsyati
at sunrise, helpless, will give up his life-breaths — there is no doubt; from the mere sight of the sun he will meet destruction."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.31
तस्य भार्याततः श्रुत्वा तं शापमतिदारुणम् । प्रोवाच व्यथिता सूर्यो नैवोदयमुपैष्यति
tasya bhāryātataḥ śrutvā taṃ śāpamatidāruṇam / provāca vyathitā sūryo naivodayamupaiṣyati
Then his wife, having heard that most terrible curse, distressed, declared: "The sun shall not rise at all."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.32
ततः सूर्योदयाभावादभवत् सन्तता निशा । बहून्यहः प्रमाणानि ततो देवा भयं ययुः
tataḥ sūryodayābhāvādabhavat santatā niśā / bahūnyahaḥ pramāṇāni tato devā bhayaṃ yayuḥ
Then, from the absence of sunrise, there was continuous night for the measure of many days; thereupon the gods fell into fear:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.33
निः स्वाध्यायवषट्कार-स्वधास्वाहाविवर्जितम् । कथं नु खल्विदं सर्वं न गच्छेत् संक्षयं जगत्
niḥ svādhyāyavaṣaṭkāra-svadhāsvāhāvivarjitam / kathaṃ nu khalvidaṃ sarvaṃ na gacchet saṃkṣayaṃ jagat
"How indeed shall this whole world not go to destruction, deprived of recitation, of the vaṣaṭ-call, of the svadhā and svāhā offerings?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.34
अहोरात्रव्यवस्थाया विना मासर्तुसंक्षयः । तत्संक्षयान्न त्वयने ज्ञायेते दक्षिणोत्तरे
ahorātravyavasthāyā vinā māsartusaṃkṣayaḥ / tatsaṃkṣayānna tvayane jñāyete dakṣiṇottare
Without the regulation of day and night there is the destruction of months and seasons; from their destruction the two courses, southern and northern, are not known;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.35
विना चायनविज्ञानात् कालः संवत्सरः कुतः । संवत्सरं विना नान्यत् कालज्ञानं प्रवर्तते
vinā cāyanavijñānāt kālaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ kutaḥ / saṃvatsaraṃ vinā nānyat kālajñānaṃ pravartate
and without the knowing of the (solar) courses, whence the time-period of a year? Without the year no other reckoning of time proceeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.36
पतिव्रताया वचसा नोद्गच्छति दिवाकरः । सूर्योदयं विना नैव स्त्रानदानादिकाः क्रियाः
pativratāyā vacasā nodgacchati divākaraḥ / sūryodayaṃ vinā naiva strānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ
By the word of the devoted wife the day-maker does not rise; and without sunrise the rites of bathing, giving and the rest cannot be (performed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.37
नाग्नेर्विहरणञ्चैव क्रात्वभावश्च लक्ष्यते । नैवाप्ययनमस्माकं विना होमेन जायते
nāgnerviharaṇañcaiva krātvabhāvaśca lakṣyate / naivāpyayanamasmākaṃ vinā homena jāyate
Neither the distribution of the (sacrificial) fire is seen, nor (anything but) the absence of sacrifices; and without oblation no nourishing comes to us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.38
वयमाप्यायिता मर्त्यैर्यज्ञभागैर्यथोचितैः । वृष्ट्या ताननुगृह्णीमो मर्त्यान् शस्यादिसिद्धये
vayamāpyāyitā martyairyajñabhāgairyathocitaiḥ / vṛṣṭyā tānanugṛhṇīmo martyān śasyādisiddhaye
We, nourished by mortals with the sacrificial portions as is fitting, favour those mortals with rain, for the success of their crops and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.39
निष्पादितास्वोषधीषु मर्त्या यज्ञैर्यजन्ति नः । तेषां वयं प्रयच्छामः कामान् यज्ञादिपूजिताः
niṣpāditāsvoṣadhīṣu martyā yajñairyajanti naḥ / teṣāṃ vayaṃ prayacchāmaḥ kāmān yajñādipūjitāḥ
When the plants have been brought to fruition, mortals worship us with sacrifices; and we, honoured by sacrifices and so forth, grant them their desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.40
अधो हि वर्षाम वयं मर्त्याश्चोर्ध्वप्रवर्षिणः । तोयवर्षेण हि वयं हविर्वर्षेण मानवाः
adho hi varṣāma vayaṃ martyāścordhvapravarṣiṇaḥ / toyavarṣeṇa hi vayaṃ havirvarṣeṇa mānavāḥ
For we rain downward, and mortals rain upward: we with a rain of water, and men with a rain of oblations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.41
ये नास्माकं प्रयच्छन्ति नित्यनैमित्तकीः क्रियाः । क्रतुभागं दुरात्मानः स्वयञ्चाश्नन्ति लोलुपाः
ye nāsmākaṃ prayacchanti nityanaimittakīḥ kriyāḥ / kratubhāgaṃ durātmānaḥ svayañcāśnanti lolupāḥ
Those wicked-souled ones who do not offer us the regular and occasional rites, and greedily eat the sacrificial portion themselves —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.42
विनाशाय वयं तेषां तोयसूर्याग्निमारुतान् । क्षितिञ्च सन्दूषयामः पापानामपकारिणाम्
vināśāya vayaṃ teṣāṃ toyasūryāgnimārutān / kṣitiñca sandūṣayāmaḥ pāpānāmapakāriṇām
for the destruction of those sinful, injurious ones we foul the water, the sun, the fire, the winds, and the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.43
दुष्टतोयादिभोगेन तेषां दुष्कृतकर्मिणाम् । उपसर्गाः प्रवर्तन्ते मरणाय सुदारुणाः
duṣṭatoyādibhogena teṣāṃ duṣkṛtakarmiṇām / upasargāḥ pravartante maraṇāya sudāruṇāḥ
By their enjoyment of the polluted water and the rest, most dreadful afflictions arise for those doers of evil deeds, leading to death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.44
ये त्वस्मान् प्रीणयित्वा तु भुञ्जते शेषमात्मना । तेषां पुण्यान् वयं योकान् विदधाम महात्मनाम्
ye tvasmān prīṇayitvā tu bhuñjate śeṣamātmanā / teṣāṃ puṇyān vayaṃ yokān vidadhāma mahātmanām
But those who, having first gratified us, eat the remainder themselves — for those great-souled ones we ordain meritorious unions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.45
तन्नास्ति सर्वमेवैतद्विनैषां व्युष्टिसंस्थैतम् । कथं नु दिनसर्गः स्यादन्यो ऽन्यमवदन् सुराः
tannāsti sarvamevaitadvinaiṣāṃ vyuṣṭisaṃsthaitam / kathaṃ nu dinasargaḥ syādanyo 'nyamavadan surāḥ
"So all this does not exist without their (rites) — this is established as the dawning (of prosperity). How then might there be the production of day?" thus the gods spoke to one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.46
तेषामेव समेतानां यज्ञव्युच्छित्तिशङ्किनाम् । देवानां वचनं श्रुत्वा प्राह देवः प्रजापतिः
teṣāmeva sametānāṃ yajñavyucchittiśaṅkinām / devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā prāha devaḥ prajāpatiḥ
Having heard the speech of those very gods, assembled and fearing the cutting off of sacrifice, the god Prajāpati spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.47
तेजः परं तेजसैव तपसा च तपस्तथा । प्रशाम्यते ऽमरास्तस्माच्छृणुध्वं वचनं मम
tejaḥ paraṃ tejasaiva tapasā ca tapastathā / praśāmyate 'marāstasmācchṛṇudhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama
"Great heat is quenched only by heat, and austerity likewise by austerity; therefore, O immortals, hear my word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.48
पतिव्रताया माहात्म्यान्नोद्गच्छति दिवाकरः । तस्य चानुदयाद्धानिर्मर्त्यानां भवतां तथा
pativratāyā māhātmyānnodgacchati divākaraḥ / tasya cānudayāddhānirmartyānāṃ bhavatāṃ tathā
Because of the greatness of a wife devoted to her husband, the sun does not rise; and from his not rising there is ruin for mortals and likewise for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.49
तस्मात् पतिव्रतामत्रेरनुभूयां तपस्विनीम् । प्रसादयत वै पत्नीं भानोरुदयकाम्यया
tasmāt pativratāmatreranubhūyāṃ tapasvinīm / prasādayata vai patnīṃ bhānorudayakāmyayā
Therefore, with the desire for the sun's rising, propitiate that ascetic woman, the devoted wife of Atri, (his) wife (who is worthy) of being conciliated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.50
तैः सा प्रसादिता गत्वा प्रोहेष्टं व्रियतामिति । अयाचन्त दिनं देवा भवत्विति यथा पुरा
taiḥ sā prasāditā gatvā proheṣṭaṃ vriyatāmiti / ayācanta dinaṃ devā bhavatviti yathā purā
Propitiated by them, she went (to her) and said, "Let what is desired be chosen"; and the gods asked, "Let there be day, as before."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.51
पतिव्रताया माहात्म्यं न हीयेत कथन्त्विति । संमान्य तस्मात् तां साध्वीमहः स्त्रक्ष्याम्यहं सुराः
pativratāyā māhātmyaṃ na hīyeta kathantviti / saṃmānya tasmāt tāṃ sādhvīmahaḥ strakṣyāmyahaṃ surāḥ
"But how may the greatness of a wife devoted to her husband not be diminished?" — therefore, honouring that virtuous woman, I shall create day, O gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.52
यथा पुनरहोरात्र-संस्थानमुपजायते । यथा च तस्याः स्वपतिर्न साध्व्या नाशमेष्यति
yathā punarahorātra-saṃsthānamupajāyate / yathā ca tasyāḥ svapatirna sādhvyā nāśameṣyati
(I shall do it) in such a way that the arrangement of day and night comes about again, and in such a way that the virtuous woman's own husband shall not go to destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.53
एवमुक्त्वा सुरांस्तस्या गत्वा सा मन्दिरं शुभा । उवाच कुशलं पृष्टा धर्मं भर्तुस्तथात्मनः
evamuktvā surāṃstasyā gatvā sā mandiraṃ śubhā / uvāca kuśalaṃ pṛṣṭā dharmaṃ bhartustathātmanaḥ
Having spoken thus to the gods, that auspicious lady went to her house, and, being asked about her welfare, she spoke of the duty owed to a husband and to oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.54
कच्चिन्नन्दसि कल्याणि स्वभर्तुर्मुखदर्शनात् । कच्चिच्चाखिलदेवेभ्यो मन्यसे ऽभ्यधिकं पतिम्
kaccinnandasi kalyāṇi svabharturmukhadarśanāt / kacciccākhiladevebhyo manyase 'bhyadhikaṃ patim
Do you rejoice, fair lady, at the sight of your own husband's face? And do you consider your husband greater than all the gods?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.55
भर्तृशुश्रूषणादेव मया प्राप्तं महत् फलम् । सर्वकामफलावाप्त्या प्रत्यूहाः परिवर्तिताः
bhartṛśuśrūṣaṇādeva mayā prāptaṃ mahat phalam / sarvakāmaphalāvāptyā pratyūhāḥ parivartitāḥ
By service to my husband alone a great fruit has been obtained by me; by the winning of the fruit of all desires, obstacles have been turned aside.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.56
पञ्चर्णानि मनुष्येण साध्वि ! देयानि सर्वदा । तथात्मवर्णधर्मेण कर्तव्यो धनसंचयः
pañcarṇāni manuṣyeṇa sādhvi ! deyāni sarvadā / tathātmavarṇadharmeṇa kartavyo dhanasaṃcayaḥ
Five debts, O virtuous lady, must always be discharged by a man; and wealth is to be accumulated in accordance with the duty of one's own class.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.57
प्राप्तश्चार्थस्ततः पात्रे विनियोज्यो विधानतः । सत्यार्जव-तपो-दानैर्दयायुक्तो भवेत् सदा
prāptaścārthastataḥ pātre viniyojyo vidhānataḥ / satyārjava-tapo-dānairdayāyukto bhavet sadā
And the wealth so obtained is to be bestowed, according to the prescribed rule, upon a worthy recipient; one should always be compassionate, together with truth, uprightness, austerity and giving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.58
क्रियाश्च शास्त्रनिर्दिष्टा रागद्वेषविवर्जिताः । कर्तव्या अन्वहं श्रद्धा-पुरस्कारेण शक्तितः
kriyāśca śāstranirdiṣṭā rāgadveṣavivarjitāḥ / kartavyā anvahaṃ śraddhā-puraskāreṇa śaktitaḥ
And the rites laid down in the scriptures, free from attachment and aversion, are to be performed day by day according to one's power, with faith placed foremost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.59
स्वजातिविहितानेव लोकानाप्नोति मानवः । क्लेशेन महता साध्वि ! प्राजापत्यादिकान् क्रमात्
svajātivihitāneva lokānāpnoti mānavaḥ / kleśena mahatā sādhvi ! prājāpatyādikān kramāt
A man attains, with great toil, only those worlds ordained for his own caste, O virtuous lady — the world of Prajāpati and the rest, in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.60
स्त्रियस्त्वेवं समस्तस्य नरैर्दुः खार्जितस्य वै । पुण्यस्यार्धापहारिण्यः पतिशुश्रूषयैव हि
striyastvevaṃ samastasya narairduḥ khārjitasya vai / puṇyasyārdhāpahāriṇyaḥ patiśuśrūṣayaiva hi
But women, in this way, carry off half of all the merit painfully earned by men, merely by service to the husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.61
नास्ति स्त्रीणां पृथग्यज्ञो न श्राद्धं नाप्युपोषितम् । भर्तृशुश्रूषयैवैतान् लोकानिष्टान् व्रजन्ति हि
nāsti strīṇāṃ pṛthagyajño na śrāddhaṃ nāpyupoṣitam / bhartṛśuśrūṣayaivaitān lokāniṣṭān vrajanti hi
For women there is no separate sacrifice, no śrāddha, nor even fasting; for by service to the husband alone they go to those desired worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.62
तस्मात् साध्वि ! महाभागे ! पतिशुश्रूषणं प्रति । त्वया मतिः सदा कार्या यतो भर्ता परा गतिः
tasmāt sādhvi ! mahābhāge ! patiśuśrūṣaṇaṃ prati / tvayā matiḥ sadā kāryā yato bhartā parā gatiḥ
Therefore, O virtuous and greatly blessed lady, your mind must always be set upon the service of your husband, since the husband is the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.63
यद्देवेभ्यो यच्च पित्रागतेभ्यः कुर्याद्भर्ताभ्यर्च्चनं सत्क्रियातः । तस्याप्यर्धं केवलानन्यचित्ता नारी भुङ्क्ते भर्तृशुश्रूषयैव
yaddevebhyo yacca pitrāgatebhyaḥ kuryādbhartābhyarccanaṃ satkriyātaḥ / tasyāpyardhaṃ kevalānanyacittā nārī bhuṅkte bhartṛśuśrūṣayaiva
Whatever worship a husband may perform, with due rites, for the gods and for the ancestors who have come — of that too a woman whose mind is on nothing else enjoys half, merely by serving her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.64
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रतिपूज्य तथादरात् । प्रत्युवाचात्रिपत्नीं तामनसूयामिदं वचः
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā pratipūjya tathādarāt / pratyuvācātripatnīṃ tāmanasūyāmidaṃ vacaḥ
Hearing those words of hers, and honouring (her) thus with reverence, she replied with this speech to Anasūyā, the wife of Atri.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.65
धन्यास्म्यनुगृहीतास्मि देवैश्चाप्यवलोकिता । यन्मे प्रकृतिकल्याणि ! श्रद्धां वर्धयसे पुनः
dhanyāsmyanugṛhītāsmi devaiścāpyavalokitā / yanme prakṛtikalyāṇi ! śraddhāṃ vardhayase punaḥ
I am blessed, I am favoured, and I have been looked upon by the gods, in that you, auspicious by nature, increase my faith once more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.66
जानाम्येतन्न नारीणां काचित् पतिसमा गतिः । तत्प्रीतिश्चोपकाराय इह लोके परत्र च
jānāmyetanna nārīṇāṃ kācit patisamā gatiḥ / tatprītiścopakārāya iha loke paratra ca
This I know: for women there is no refuge equal to the husband; and his favour is for (their) benefit in this world and in the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.67
पतिप्रसादादिह च प्रेत्य चैव यशस्विनि । नारी सुखमवाप्नोति नार्या भर्ता हि देवता
patiprasādādiha ca pretya caiva yaśasvini / nārī sukhamavāpnoti nāryā bhartā hi devatā
By the husband's favour, both here and after death, O glorious lady, a woman obtains happiness; for the husband is a woman's deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.68
सा त्वं ब्रूहि महाभागे ! प्राप्ताया मम मन्दिरम् । आर्याया यन्मया कार्यं तथार्येणापि वा शुभे
sā tvaṃ brūhi mahābhāge ! prāptāyā mama mandiram / āryāyā yanmayā kāryaṃ tathāryeṇāpi vā śubhe
So tell (me), greatly blessed one: what is to be done by me for the noble lady who has come to my house, and what by (my) noble husband too, O fair one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.69
एते देवाः सहेन्द्रेण मामुपागम्य दुः खिताः । त्वद्वाख्यापास्तसत्कर्मदिननक्तनिरूपणाः
ete devāḥ sahendreṇa māmupāgamya duḥ khitāḥ / tvadvākhyāpāstasatkarmadinanaktanirūpaṇāḥ
These gods, together with Indra, have come to me in distress, their proper rites and the determining of day and night set aside by your word;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.70
याचन्ते ऽहर्निशासंस्थां यथावदविखण्डिताम् । अहं तदर्थमायाता शृणु चैतद्वचो मम
yācante 'harniśāsaṃsthāṃ yathāvadavikhaṇḍitām / ahaṃ tadarthamāyātā śṛṇu caitadvaco mama
they ask for the (right) order of day and night, as it should be, unbroken. I have come for that purpose — hear this word of mine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.71
दिनाभावात् समस्तानामभावो यागकर्मणाम् । तदभावात् सुराः पुष्टिं नोपयान्ति तपस्विनि
dinābhāvāt samastānāmabhāvo yāgakarmaṇām / tadabhāvāt surāḥ puṣṭiṃ nopayānti tapasvini
From the absence of day comes the absence of all sacrificial rites, and from their absence the gods do not attain nourishment, O ascetic woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.72
अह्नश्चैव समुच्छेदादुच्छेदः सर्वकर्मणाम् । तदुच्छेदादनावृष्ट्या जगदुच्छेदमेष्यति
ahnaścaiva samucchedāducchedaḥ sarvakarmaṇām / taducchedādanāvṛṣṭyā jagaducchedameṣyati
And from the complete cutting off of day there is the cutting off of all rites; from their cutting off, through drought, the world will come to destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.73
तत् त्वमिच्छसि चेदेतत् जगदुद्धर्तुमापदः । प्रसीद साध्वि ! लोकानां पूर्ववद्धर्ततां रविः
tat tvamicchasi cedetat jagaduddhartumāpadaḥ / prasīda sādhvi ! lokānāṃ pūrvavaddhartatāṃ raviḥ
So if you wish to lift this world out of calamity, be gracious, virtuous lady: let the sun move for the worlds as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.74
माण्डव्येन महाभागे ! शप्तो भर्ता ममेश्वरः । सूर्योदये विनाशं त्वं प्राप्स्यसीत्यतिमन्युना
māṇḍavyena mahābhāge ! śapto bhartā mameśvaraḥ / sūryodaye vināśaṃ tvaṃ prāpsyasītyatimanyunā
O greatly blessed one, my husband, my lord, was cursed by Māṇḍavya in great wrath: "At sunrise you shall meet your destruction."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.75
यदि वा रोचते भद्रे ! ततस्त्वद्वचनादहम् । करोमि पूर्ववद्देहं भर्तारञ्च नवं तव
yadi vā rocate bhadre ! tatastvadvacanādaham / karomi pūrvavaddehaṃ bhartārañca navaṃ tava
Or, if it pleases you, good lady, then at your word I will make his body as before, and (make) your husband young (again).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.76
मया हि सर्वथा स्त्रीणां माहात्म्यं वरवर्णिनि । पतिव्रतानामाराध्यमिति संमानयामि ते
mayā hi sarvathā strīṇāṃ māhātmyaṃ varavarṇini / pativratānāmārādhyamiti saṃmānayāmi te
For by me in every way the greatness of women, of wives devoted to their husbands, is to be revered, O lady of lovely hue; thus I show you honour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.77
तथेत्युक्ते तया सूर्यमाजुहाव तपस्विनी । अनसूयार्घ्यमुद्यम्य दशरात्रे तदा निशि
tathetyukte tayā sūryamājuhāva tapasvinī / anasūyārghyamudyamya daśarātre tadā niśi
When she had said "so be it," the ascetic Anasūyā, raising up the water-offering, summoned the Sun, then, in the night of the ten nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.78
ततो विवस्वान् भगवान् फुल्लपद्मारुणाकृतिः । शैलराजानमुदयमारुरोहोरुमण्डलः
tato vivasvān bhagavān phullapadmāruṇākṛtiḥ / śailarājānamudayamārurohorumaṇḍalaḥ
Then the lord Vivasvat, ruddy in form like a full-blown lotus, with his vast orb, climbed the king of mountains, Udaya (the mountain of rising).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.79
समनन्तरमेवास्या भर्ता प्राणैर्व्ययुज्यत । पपत च महीपृष्ठे पतन्तं जगृहे च सा
samanantaramevāsyā bhartā prāṇairvyayujyata / papata ca mahīpṛṣṭhe patantaṃ jagṛhe ca sā
Immediately thereafter her husband was parted from his life-breaths and fell upon the surface of the earth; and she caught him as he fell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.80
न विषादस्त्वया भद्रे ! कर्तव्यः पश्य मे बलम् । पतिशुश्रूषयावाप्तं तपसः किं चिरेण ते
na viṣādastvayā bhadre ! kartavyaḥ paśya me balam / patiśuśrūṣayāvāptaṃ tapasaḥ kiṃ cireṇa te
"You must not grieve, good lady; behold my power, gained by service to my husband. What is (the use) of your long austerity?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 16.81
यथा भर्तृसमं नान्यमपश्यं पुरुषं क्वचित् । रूपतः शीलतो बुद्ध्या वाङ्माधुर्ंय्यादिभूषणैः
yathā bhartṛsamaṃ nānyamapaśyaṃ puruṣaṃ kvacit / rūpataḥ śīlato buddhyā vāṅmādhurṃyyādibhūṣaṇaiḥ
"Inasmuch as I have never anywhere looked upon another man as equal to my husband — in beauty, in character, in intelligence, in the adornments of sweet speech and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.82
तेन सत्येन विप्रो ऽयं व्याधिमुक्तः पुनर्युवा । प्राप्नोतु जीवितं भार्यासहायः शरदां शतम्
tena satyena vipro 'yaṃ vyādhimuktaḥ punaryuvā / prāpnotu jīvitaṃ bhāryāsahāyaḥ śaradāṃ śatam
by that truth let this brahmin, freed from disease and young again, obtain a hundred autumns of life with his wife as his companion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.83
यथा भर्तृसमं नान्यमहं पश्यामि दैवतम् । तेन सत्येन विप्रो ऽयं पुनर्जोवत्वनामयः
yathā bhartṛsamaṃ nānyamahaṃ paśyāmi daivatam / tena satyena vipro 'yaṃ punarjovatvanāmayaḥ
Inasmuch as I see no other deity equal to my husband, by that truth let this brahmin live again, free from illness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.84
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा भर्तुराराधनं प्रति । यथा ममोद्यमो नित्यं तथायं जीवतां द्विजः
karmaṇā manasā vācā bharturārādhanaṃ prati / yathā mamodyamo nityaṃ tathāyaṃ jīvatāṃ dvijaḥ
As my effort, in deed, in thought and in speech, is ever directed toward the worship of my husband, so let this twice-born live."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.85
ततो विप्रः समुत्तस्थौ व्याधिमुक्तः पुनर्युवा । स्वभाभिर्भासयन् वेश्म वृन्दारक इवाजरः
tato vipraḥ samuttasthau vyādhimuktaḥ punaryuvā / svabhābhirbhāsayan veśma vṛndāraka ivājaraḥ
Then the brahmin rose up, freed from disease and young again, lighting up the house with his own radiance, ageless like a god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.86
ततो ऽपतत् पुष्पवृष्टिर्देववाद्यादिनिस्वनः । लेभिरे च मुदं देवा अनसूयामथाब्रुवन्
tato 'patat puṣpavṛṣṭirdevavādyādinisvanaḥ / lebhire ca mudaṃ devā anasūyāmathābruvan
Then a rain of flowers fell, with the sound of divine music and the rest; and the gods obtained joy, and then spoke to Anasūyā:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.87
वरं वृणीष्व कल्याणि देवकार्यं महत् कृतम् । त्वया यस्मात् ततो देवा वरदास्ते तपस्विनि
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva kalyāṇi devakāryaṃ mahat kṛtam / tvayā yasmāt tato devā varadāste tapasvini
"Choose a boon, auspicious lady; since a great work for the gods has been done by you, therefore the gods are givers of boons to you, O ascetic woman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.88
यदि देवाः प्रसन्ना मे पितामहपुरोगमाः । वरदा वरयोग्या च यद्यहं भवतां मता
yadi devāḥ prasannā me pitāmahapurogamāḥ / varadā varayogyā ca yadyahaṃ bhavatāṃ matā
"If the gods, led by the Grandfather, are pleased with me, and are granters of boons, and if I am held by you to be worthy of a boon—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.89
तद्यान्तु मम पुत्रत्वं ब्रह्म-विष्णु-महेश्वराः । योगञ्च प्राप्नुयां भर्तृसहिता क्लेशमुक्तये
tadyāntu mama putratvaṃ brahma-viṣṇu-maheśvarāḥ / yogañca prāpnuyāṃ bhartṛsahitā kleśamuktaye
"—then let Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara come to sonship with me; and let me, together with my husband, attain yoga, for release from affliction."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 16.90
एवमस्त्विति तां देवा ब्रह्म-विष्णु-शिवादयः । प्रोक्त्वा जग्मुर्यथान्यायमनुमान्य तपस्विनीम्
evamastviti tāṃ devā brahma-viṣṇu-śivādayaḥ / proktvā jagmuryathānyāyamanumānya tapasvinīm
Saying to her "So be it," the gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, having duly taken leave of the ascetic woman, departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition