Markandeya Purana — Chapter 17
MkP 17.1
ततः काले बहुतिथे द्वितीयो ब्रह्मणः सुतः । स्वभार्यां भगवानत्रिरनसूयामपश्यत
tataḥ kāle bahutithe dvitīyo brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ / svabhāryāṃ bhagavānatriranasūyāmapaśyata
Then, after a long time, the second son of Brahmā, the lord Atri, beheld his own wife Anasūyā.
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MkP 17.2
ऋतुस्नातां सुचार्वङ्गीं लोभनीयोत्तमाकृतिम् । सकामो मनसा भेजे स मुनिस्तामनिन्दिताम्
ṛtusnātāṃ sucārvaṅgīṃ lobhanīyottamākṛtim / sakāmo manasā bheje sa munistāmaninditām
Bathed after her courses, with lovely limbs, of a supremely desirable form—that sage, filled with desire, in his mind enjoyed her, the blameless one.
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MkP 17.3
तस्याभिध्यायतस्तान्तु विकारो यो ऽन्वजायत । तमेवोवाह पवनस्तिरश्चोर्ध्वञ्च वेगवान्
tasyābhidhyāyatastāntu vikāro yo 'nvajāyata / tamevovāha pavanastiraścordhvañca vegavān
And the alteration (of seed) which arose in him as he thus dwelt upon her—that very thing the swift wind carried, sideways and upward.
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MkP 17.4
ब्रह्मरूपञ्च शुक्लाभं पतमानं समन्ततः । सोमरूपं रजोपेतं दिशस्तं जगृहुर्दश
brahmarūpañca śuklābhaṃ patamānaṃ samantataḥ / somarūpaṃ rajopetaṃ diśastaṃ jagṛhurdaśa
And the ten directions received it, having the form of brahman, white-gleaming, falling all around, of the form of Soma, endowed with rajas.
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MkP 17.5
स सोमो मानसो जज्ञे तस्यामत्रेः प्रजापतेः । पुत्रः समस्तसत्त्वानामायुराधार एव च
sa somo mānaso jajñe tasyāmatreḥ prajāpateḥ / putraḥ samastasattvānāmāyurādhāra eva ca
That Soma was born of the mind, in her, from Atri the Prajāpati, as a son, and as the very support of the life-span of all beings.
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MkP 17.6
तुष्टेन विष्णुना जज्ञे दत्तात्रेयो महात्मना । स्वशरीरात् समुत्पाद्य सत्त्वोद्रिक्तो द्विजात्तमः
tuṣṭena viṣṇunā jajñe dattātreyo mahātmanā / svaśarīrāt samutpādya sattvodrikto dvijāttamaḥ
By Viṣṇu, the great soul, being pleased, Dattātreya was born, produced out of his own body—one abounding in sattva, the best of the twice-born.
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MkP 17.7
दत्तात्रेय इति ख्यातः सो ऽनसूयास्तनं पपौ । विष्णुरेवावतीर्णो ऽसौ द्वितीयो ऽत्रेः सुतो ऽभवत्
dattātreya iti khyātaḥ so 'nasūyāstanaṃ papau / viṣṇurevāvatīrṇo 'sau dvitīyo 'treḥ suto 'bhavat
Renowned as Dattātreya, he drank at Anasūyā's breast; it was Viṣṇu himself who had descended: he became the second son of Atri.
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MkP 17.8
सप्ताहात् प्रच्युतो मातुरुदरात् कुपितो यतः । हैहयेन्द्रमुपावृत्तमपराध्यन्तमुद्धतम्
saptāhāt pracyuto māturudarāt kupito yataḥ / haihayendramupāvṛttamaparādhyantamuddhatam
Fallen from his mother's womb after seven days, since he was angered at the arrogant lord of the Haihayas, who had come near and was giving offence—
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MkP 17.9
दृष्ट्वात्रौ कुपितः सद्यो दग्धुकामः स हैहयम् । गर्भवासमहायास-दुः खामर्षसमन्वितः
dṛṣṭvātrau kupitaḥ sadyo dagdhukāmaḥ sa haihayam / garbhavāsamahāyāsa-duḥ khāmarṣasamanvitaḥ
—Atri, having seen (him), at once became angry and wished to burn up that Haihaya, filled with resentment at the pain and great toil of dwelling in the womb.
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MkP 17.10
दुर्वासास्तमसोद्रिक्तो रुद्रांशः समजायत । इति पुत्रत्रयं तस्या जज्ञे ब्रह्मेशवैष्णवम्
durvāsāstamasodrikto rudrāṃśaḥ samajāyata / iti putratrayaṃ tasyā jajñe brahmeśavaiṣṇavam
Durvāsas, abounding in tamas, a portion of Rudra, was born. Thus three sons were born to her, belonging to Brahmā, Īśa and Viṣṇu.
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MkP 17.11
सोमो ब्रह्मभवद्विष्णुर्दत्तात्रेयो व्यजायत । दुर्वासाः शङ्करो जज्ञे वरदानाद्दिवौकसाम्
somo brahmabhavadviṣṇurdattātreyo vyajāyata / durvāsāḥ śaṅkaro jajñe varadānāddivaukasām
Soma became Brahmā('s portion); Viṣṇu was born as Dattātreya; Durvāsas was born as Śaṅkara—through the boon-granting of the dwellers in heaven.
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MkP 17.12
सोमः स्वरश्मिभैः शीतैर्वोरुधौषधिमानवान् । आप्याययन् सदा स्वर्गे वर्तते स प्रजापतिः
somaḥ svaraśmibhaiḥ śītairvorudhauṣadhimānavān / āpyāyayan sadā svarge vartate sa prajāpatiḥ
Soma, nourishing with his cool rays the creeping plants, the herbs and mankind, ever abides in heaven, that Prajāpati.
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MkP 17.13
दत्तात्रेयः प्रजां पाति दुष्टदैत्यनिबर्हणात् । शिष्टानुग्रहकृच्चेति ज्ञेयश्चांशः स वैष्णवः
dattātreyaḥ prajāṃ pāti duṣṭadaityanibarhaṇāt / śiṣṭānugrahakṛcceti jñeyaścāṃśaḥ sa vaiṣṇavaḥ
Dattātreya protects the creatures by destroying wicked demons, and shows favour to the good—thus is he to be known, that portion of Viṣṇu.
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MkP 17.14
निर्दहत्यवमन्तारं दुर्वासा भगवानजः । रौद्रं समाश्रित्य वपुर्दृङ्मनोवाग्भिरुद्धतः
nirdahatyavamantāraṃ durvāsā bhagavānajaḥ / raudraṃ samāśritya vapurdṛṅmanovāgbhiruddhataḥ
The lord Durvāsas, the unborn one, burns up whoever slights him, having taken on a Rudra-body, violent in eye, mind and speech.
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MkP 17.15
सोमत्वं भगवानत्रैः पुनश्चक्रे प्रजापतिः । दत्तात्रेयो ऽपि विषयान् योगास्थो बुभुजे हरिः
somatvaṃ bhagavānatraiḥ punaścakre prajāpatiḥ / dattātreyo 'pi viṣayān yogāstho bubhuje hariḥ
The lord Prajāpati, (son) of Atri, again assumed Soma-hood; and Dattātreya too, Hari, established in yoga, enjoyed the objects of sense.
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MkP 17.16
दुर्वासाः पितरं हित्वा मातरञ्चोत्तम व्रतम् । उन्मत्ताख्यं समाश्रित्य परिबभ्राम मेदिनीम्
durvāsāḥ pitaraṃ hitvā mātarañcottama vratam / unmattākhyaṃ samāśritya paribabhrāma medinīm
Durvāsas, abandoning his father and mother, took up the highest vow, the one called "madness," and wandered over the earth.
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MkP 17.17
मुनिपुत्रवृतो योगी दत्तात्रेयो ऽप्यसङ्गिताम् । अभीप्स्यमानः सरसि निममज्ज चिरं प्रभुः
muniputravṛto yogī dattātreyo 'pyasaṅgitām / abhīpsyamānaḥ sarasi nimamajja ciraṃ prabhuḥ
The yogin Dattātreya too, surrounded by the sons of sages, desiring detachment, the lord plunged into a lake for a long time.
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MkP 17.18
तथापि तं महात्मानमतीव प्रियदर्शनम् । तत्यजुर्न कुमारास्ते सरसस्तीरमाश्रिताः
tathāpi taṃ mahātmānamatīva priyadarśanam / tatyajurna kumārāste sarasastīramāśritāḥ
Even so, those boys did not abandon that great-souled one, exceedingly pleasing to look upon, but stayed on at the shore of the lake.
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MkP 17.19
दिव्ये वर्षशते पूर्णे यदा ते न त्यजन्ति तम् । तत्प्रीत्या सरसस्तीरं सर्वे मुनिकुमारकाः
divye varṣaśate pūrṇe yadā te na tyajanti tam / tatprītyā sarasastīraṃ sarve munikumārakāḥ
When, a full divine century of years having passed, they still did not abandon him — out of love for him all the sages' young sons (remained on) the lake's shore —
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MkP 17.20
ततो दिव्याम्बरधरां चारुपीननितम्बिनीम् । नारीमादाय कल्याणीमुत्तितार जलान्मुनिः
tato divyāmbaradharāṃ cārupīnanitambinīm / nārīmādāya kalyāṇīmuttitāra jalānmuniḥ
then, taking with him a woman clad in divine garments, auspicious, with lovely full hips, the sage came up out of the water.
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MkP 17.21
स्त्रीसन्निकर्षाद्यद्येते परित्यक्ष्यन्ति मामिति । मुनिपुत्रास्ततो ऽसङ्गी स्थास्यामीति विचिन्तयन्
strīsannikarṣādyadyete parityakṣyanti māmiti / muniputrāstato 'saṅgī sthāsyāmīti vicintayan
thinking, "If, because of my closeness to a woman, these sons of sages abandon me, then I shall remain without attachment" —
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MkP 17.22
तथापि तं मुनिसुता न त्यजन्ति यदा मुनिम् । ततः सह तया नार्या मद्यपानमथापिबत्
tathāpi taṃ munisutā na tyajanti yadā munim / tataḥ saha tayā nāryā madyapānamathāpibat
Even so, when the sages' sons did not abandon that sage, thereupon he drank liquor together with that woman.
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MkP 17.23
सुरापानरतं ते न सभार्यं तत्यजुस्ततः । गीतवाद्यादिवनिता-भोगसंसर्गदूषितम्
surāpānarataṃ te na sabhāryaṃ tatyajustataḥ / gītavādyādivanitā-bhogasaṃsargadūṣitam
Then they did not abandon him, given to drinking wine, accompanied by his wife, defiled by contact with song, music and the rest, with a woman, and with enjoyment,
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MkP 17.24
मन्यमाना महात्मानं पीतासव-सविक्रियम् । नावाप दोषं योगीशो वारुणीं स पिबन्नपि
manyamānā mahātmānaṃ pītāsava-savikriyam / nāvāpa doṣaṃ yogīśo vāruṇīṃ sa pibannapi
considering (him still) great-souled, though showing the alterations that come of drinking liquor; and the lord of yogins incurred no fault, even while drinking the wine.
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MkP 17.25
अन्तावसायिवेश्मान्तर्मातरिश्वा वसन्निव । सुरां पिबन् सपत्नीकस्तपस्तेपे स योगवित् । योगीश्वारश्चिन्त्यमानो योगिभिर्मुक्तिकाङ्क्षिभिः
antāvasāyiveśmāntarmātariśvā vasanniva / surāṃ piban sapatnīkastapastepe sa yogavit / yogīśvāraścintyamāno yogibhirmuktikāṅkṣibhiḥ
Like the wind dwelling inside the house of an outcaste, drinking liquor and having a wife, that knower of yoga performed austerity — a lord of yogins, meditated upon by yogins who long for liberation.
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