Markandeya Purana — Chapter 2
MkP 2.1
अरिष्टनेमिपुत्रो ऽभूद् गरुडो नाम पक्षिराट् । गरुडस्याभवत् पुत्रः सम्पातिरिति विश्रुतः
ariṣṭanemiputro 'bhūd garuḍo nāma pakṣirāṭ / garuḍasyābhavat putraḥ sampātiriti viśrutaḥ
Ariṣṭanemi's son was the king of birds named Garuḍa; Garuḍa had a son renowned as Sampāti.
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MkP 2.4
तस्याप्यासीत् सुतः शूरः सुपार्श्वो वायुविक्रमः । सुपार्श्वतनयः कुन्तिः कुन्तिपुत्रः प्रलोलुपः ॥ मर्क्प्_२।२ ॥ तस्यापि तनयावास्तां कङ्कः कन्धर एव च ॥ मर्क्प्_२।३ ॥ कङ्कः कैलासशिखरे विद्युद्रूपेति विश्रुतम् । ददर्शाम्बुजपत्राक्षं राक्षसं धनदानुगम्
tasyāpyāsīt sutaḥ śūraḥ supārśvo vāyuvikramaḥ / supārśvatanayaḥ kuntiḥ kuntiputraḥ pralolupaḥ // markp_2.2 // tasyāpi tanayāvāstāṃ kaṅkaḥ kandhara eva ca // markp_2.3 // kaṅkaḥ kailāsaśikhare vidyudrūpeti viśrutam / dadarśāmbujapatrākṣaṃ rākṣasaṃ dhanadānugam
He too had a heroic son, Supārśva, of wind-like valour; Supārśva's son was Kunti, and Kunti's son Pralolupa (2.2); and he too had two sons, Kaṅka and Kandhara (2.3). On the peak of Kailāsa, Kaṅka saw a rākṣasa renowned as Vidyudrūpa, lotus-petal-eyed, an attendant of the giver of wealth (Kubera),
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MkP 2.5
आपानासक्तममलस्त्रग्दामाम्बरधारिणम् । भार्यासहायमासीनं शिलापट्टे ऽमले शुभे
āpānāsaktamamalastragdāmāmbaradhāriṇam / bhāryāsahāyamāsīnaṃ śilāpaṭṭe 'male śubhe
intent on drinking, wearing spotless garlands, wreaths and garments, seated with his wife upon a stone slab, spotless and fair.
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MkP 2.6
तद्दृष्टमात्रं कङ्केन रक्षः क्रोधसमन्वितम् । प्रोवाच कस्मादायातस्त्वमितो ह्यण्डजाधम
taddṛṣṭamātraṃ kaṅkena rakṣaḥ krodhasamanvitam / provāca kasmādāyātastvamito hyaṇḍajādhama
No sooner was he seen by Kaṅka than that rākṣasa, filled with anger, said: "Why have you come here, basest of the egg-born?
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MkP 2.7
स्त्रीसन्निकर्षे तिष्ठन्तं कस्मान्मामुपसर्पसि । नैष धर्मः सुबुद्धीनां मिथोनिष्पाद्यवस्तुषु
strīsannikarṣe tiṣṭhantaṃ kasmānmāmupasarpasi / naiṣa dharmaḥ subuddhīnāṃ mithoniṣpādyavastuṣu
Why do you approach me while I am in the company of a woman? This is not the way of the well-mannered in matters to be accomplished by two in private.
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MkP 2.8
साधारणो ऽयं शैलेन्द्रो यथा तव तथा मम । अन्येषां चैव जन्तूनां ममता भवतो ऽत्र का
sādhāraṇo 'yaṃ śailendro yathā tava tathā mama / anyeṣāṃ caiva jantūnāṃ mamatā bhavato 'tra kā
This lord of mountains is common (property) — as much yours as mine, and of other creatures too; what claim of ownership have you here?"
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MkP 2.9
ब्रुवाणमित्थं खड्गेन कङ्कं चिन्छेद राक्षसः । क्षरत्क्षतजबीभत्सं विस्फुरन्तमचेतनम्
bruvāṇamitthaṃ khaḍgena kaṅkaṃ cincheda rākṣasaḥ / kṣaratkṣatajabībhatsaṃ visphurantamacetanam
As he was speaking thus, the demon cut down Kaṅka with his sword — dripping blood, hideous, quivering, senseless.
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MkP 2.10
कङ्कं विनिहतं श्रुत्वा कन्धरः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । विद्युद्रूपवधायाशु मनश्चक्रे ऽण्डजेश्वरः
kaṅkaṃ vinihataṃ śrutvā kandharaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ / vidyudrūpavadhāyāśu manaścakre 'ṇḍajeśvaraḥ
Hearing that Kaṅka had been slain, Kandhara, stupefied with rage, the lord of the birds, at once set his mind on killing Vidyudrūpa.
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MkP 2.11
स गत्वा शैलशिखरं कङ्को यत्र हतः स्थितः । तस्य संकलनं चक्रे भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य खेचरः । कोपामर्षविवृताक्षो नागेन्द्र इव निः श्वसन्
sa gatvā śailaśikharaṃ kaṅko yatra hataḥ sthitaḥ / tasya saṃkalanaṃ cakre bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya khecaraḥ / kopāmarṣavivṛtākṣo nāgendra iva niḥ śvasan
Going to the mountain peak where Kaṅka lay slain, that sky-goer performed the gathering up (of the remains) of his elder brother, his eyes wide with anger and indignation, hissing like a great serpent.
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MkP 2.12
जगामाथ स यत्रास्ते भ्रातृहा तस्य राक्षसः । पक्षवातेन महता चालयन् भूधरान् वरान्
jagāmātha sa yatrāste bhrātṛhā tasya rākṣasaḥ / pakṣavātena mahatā cālayan bhūdharān varān
Then he went to where that demon, the slayer of his brother, was, shaking the finest mountains with the great wind of his wings.
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MkP 2.13
वेगात् पयोदजालानि विक्षिपन् क्षतजेक्षणः । क्षणात् क्षयितशत्रुः स पक्षाभ्यां क्रान्तभूधरः
vegāt payodajālāni vikṣipan kṣatajekṣaṇaḥ / kṣaṇāt kṣayitaśatruḥ sa pakṣābhyāṃ krāntabhūdharaḥ
Scattering the masses of clouds by his speed, his eyes bloodshot, in an instant he — the destroyer of his foe — bestrode the mountain with his two wings.
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MkP 2.14
पानासक्तमतिं तत्र तं ददर्श निशाचरम् । आताम्रवक्त्रनयनं हेमपर्यङ्कमाश्रितम्
pānāsaktamatiṃ tatra taṃ dadarśa niśācaram / ātāmravaktranayanaṃ hemaparyaṅkamāśritam
There he saw that night-roamer, his mind intent on drinking, his face and eyes reddish, reclining on a golden couch,
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MkP 2.15
स्त्रग्दामापूरितशिखं हरिचन्दनभूषितम् । केतकीगर्भपत्राभैर्दन्तैर्घोरतराननम्
stragdāmāpūritaśikhaṃ haricandanabhūṣitam / ketakīgarbhapatrābhairdantairghoratarānanam
his crest filled with garlands and wreaths, adorned with yellow sandal paste, his face made all the more terrible by teeth like the inner petals of the ketakī,
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MkP 2.16
वामोरुमाश्रितां चास्य ददर्शायतलोचनाम् । पत्नीं मदनिकां नाम पुंस्कोकिलकलस्वनाम्
vāmorumāśritāṃ cāsya dadarśāyatalocanām / patnīṃ madanikāṃ nāma puṃskokilakalasvanām
and he saw, clinging to his left thigh, the long-eyed one, his wife named Madanikā, whose voice was sweet as a male cuckoo's.
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MkP 2.17
ततो रोषपरीतात्मा कन्धरः कन्दरस्थितम् । तमुवाच सुदुष्टात्मन्नेहि युध्यस्व वै मया
tato roṣaparītātmā kandharaḥ kandarasthitam / tamuvāca suduṣṭātmannehi yudhyasva vai mayā
Then Kandhara, his soul filled with fury, said to him as he stood in the cave: "Utterly wicked one, come, fight with me!
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MkP 2.18
यस्माज्जेष्ठो मम भ्राता विश्रब्धो घाततस्त्वया । तस्मात्त्वां मदसंसक्तं नयिष्ये यमसादनम्
yasmājjeṣṭho mama bhrātā viśrabdho ghātatastvayā / tasmāttvāṃ madasaṃsaktaṃ nayiṣye yamasādanam
Since my elder brother, off his guard, was slain by you, therefore I shall lead you, sunk in drunkenness, to the abode of Yama.
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MkP 2.19
विश्वस्तघातिनां लोका ये च स्त्रीबालघातिनाम् । यास्यसे निरयान् सर्वांस्तांस्त्वमद्य मया हतः
viśvastaghātināṃ lokā ye ca strībālaghātinām / yāsyase nirayān sarvāṃstāṃstvamadya mayā hataḥ
Slain by me today, you shall go to all those hells which belong to killers of the trusting and to killers of women and children."
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MkP 2.20
इत्येवं पतगेन्द्रेण प्रोक्तं स्त्रीसन्निधौ तदा । रक्षः क्रोधसमाविष्टं प्रत्यभाषत पक्षिणम्
ityevaṃ patagendreṇa proktaṃ strīsannidhau tadā / rakṣaḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaṃ pratyabhāṣata pakṣiṇam
Thus spoken to at that time by the lord of birds in the presence of his wife, the demon replied to the wrath-possessed bird.
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MkP 2.21
यदि ते निहतो भ्राता पौरुषं तद्धि दर्शितम् । त्वामप्यद्य हनिष्ये ऽहं खड्गेनानेन खेचर
yadi te nihato bhrātā pauruṣaṃ taddhi darśitam / tvāmapyadya haniṣye 'haṃ khaḍgenānena khecara
"If your brother was slain (by me), that indeed was a display of manly strength; you too I shall slay today with this sword, O sky-goer!"
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MkP 2.22
तिष्ठ क्षणं नात्र जीवन् पतगाधम यास्यसि । इत्युक्त्वाञ्जनपुञ्जाभं विमलं खड्गमाददे
tiṣṭha kṣaṇaṃ nātra jīvan patagādhama yāsyasi / ityuktvāñjanapuñjābhaṃ vimalaṃ khaḍgamādade
"Stand a moment! You will not get away from here alive, basest of birds!" So saying, he took up his spotless sword, which had the sheen of a heap of black collyrium.
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MkP 2.23
ततः पतगराजस्य यक्षाधिपभटस्य च । बभूव युद्धमतुलं यथा गरुड-शक्रयोः
tataḥ patagarājasya yakṣādhipabhaṭasya ca / babhūva yuddhamatulaṃ yathā garuḍa-śakrayoḥ
Then between the king of birds and the warrior of the lord of yakṣas there was a matchless battle, like that between Garuḍa and Śakra.
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MkP 2.24
ततः स राक्षसः क्रोधात् खड्गमाविध्य वेगवत् । चिक्षेप पतगेन्द्राय निर्वाणाङ्गारवर्चसम्
tataḥ sa rākṣasaḥ krodhāt khaḍgamāvidhya vegavat / cikṣepa patagendrāya nirvāṇāṅgāravarcasam
Then that rākṣasa, out of anger, swung the sword swiftly and hurled it at the lord of birds — (the sword) with the glow of an extinguished coal.
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MkP 2.25
पतगेन्द्रश्च तं खड्गङ्किञ्चिदुत्प्लुत्य भूतलात् । वक्त्रेण जग्राह तदा गरुडः पन्नगं यथा
patagendraśca taṃ khaḍgaṅkiñcidutplutya bhūtalāt / vaktreṇa jagrāha tadā garuḍaḥ pannagaṃ yathā
And the lord of birds, leaping up a little from the ground, then seized that sword with his beak, as Garuḍa (seizes) a serpent.
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MkP 2.26
वक्त्रपादतलैर्भङ्क्त्वा चक्रे क्षोभमथातुलम् । तस्मिन् भग्ने ततः खड्गे बाहुयुद्धमवर्तत
vaktrapādatalairbhaṅktvā cakre kṣobhamathātulam / tasmin bhagne tataḥ khaḍge bāhuyuddhamavartata
Breaking it with his beak and the soles of his feet, he then created a matchless commotion; and when that sword was broken, a fight with arms ensued.
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MkP 2.27
ततः पतगराजेन वक्षस्याक्रम्य राक्षसः । हस्त-पाद-करैराशु शिरसा च वियोजितः
tataḥ patagarājena vakṣasyākramya rākṣasaḥ / hasta-pāda-karairāśu śirasā ca viyojitaḥ
Then the rākṣasa, trodden upon on the chest by the king of birds, was swiftly parted from his hands, feet and fingers, and from his head.
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MkP 2.28
तस्मिन् विनिहते सा स्त्री खगं शरणमभ्यगात् । किञ्चित् संजातसंत्रासा प्राह भार्या भवामि ते
tasmin vinihate sā strī khagaṃ śaraṇamabhyagāt / kiñcit saṃjātasaṃtrāsā prāha bhāryā bhavāmi te
When he had been slain, that woman went to the bird for refuge; with some fear that had arisen in her, she said, "I will be your wife."
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MkP 2.29
तामादाय खगश्रेष्ठः स्वकं गृहमगात् पुनः । गत्वा स निष्कृतिं भ्रातुर्विद्युद्रुपनिपातनात्
tāmādāya khagaśreṣṭhaḥ svakaṃ gṛhamagāt punaḥ / gatvā sa niṣkṛtiṃ bhrāturvidyudrupanipātanāt
Taking her, the best of birds went back to his own house, having obtained requital for his brother by the felling of Vidyudrūpa.
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MkP 2.30
कन्धरस्य च सा वेश्म प्राप्येच्छारूपधारिणी । मेनकातनया सुभ्रूः सौपर्णं रूपमाददे
kandharasya ca sā veśma prāpyecchārūpadhāriṇī / menakātanayā subhrūḥ sauparṇaṃ rūpamādade
And she, the fair-browed daughter of Menakā, who could take on any form at will, having reached Kandhara's dwelling, assumed the form of a Suparṇa (bird).
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MkP 2.31
तस्यां स जनयामास तार्क्ष्ॐ नाम सुतां तदा । मुनिशापाग्निविप्लुष्टां वपुमप्सरसां वराम् । तस्या नाम तदा चक्रे तार्क्षोमिति विहङ्गमः
tasyāṃ sa janayāmāsa tārkṣoṃ nāma sutāṃ tadā / muniśāpāgnivipluṣṭāṃ vapumapsarasāṃ varām / tasyā nāma tadā cakre tārkṣomiti vihaṅgamaḥ
Upon her he then begot a daughter named Tārkṣī, her body scorched by the fire of a sage's curse, (though) the finest of the apsarases; the bird then gave her the name 'Tārkṣī'.
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MkP 2.32
मन्दपालसुताश्चासंश्चत्वारो ऽमितबुद्धयः । जरितारिप्रभृतयो द्रोणान्ता द्विजसत्तमाः
mandapālasutāścāsaṃścatvāro 'mitabuddhayaḥ / jaritāriprabhṛtayo droṇāntā dvijasattamāḥ
And there were four sons of Mandapāla, of measureless intelligence, beginning with Jaritāri and ending with Droṇa, most excellent of the twice-born (birds).
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MkP 2.33
तेषां जघन्यो धर्मात्मा वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः । उपयेमे स तां तार्क्ष्ॐ कन्धरानुमते शुभाम्
teṣāṃ jaghanyo dharmātmā vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ / upayeme sa tāṃ tārkṣoṃ kandharānumate śubhām
The youngest of them, righteous in nature, master of the Veda and its ancillary sciences, married that auspicious Tārkṣī with Kandhara's consent.
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MkP 2.34
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तार्क्षो गर्भमवाप ह । सप्तपक्षाहिते गर्भे कुरुक्षेत्रं जगाम सा
kasyacittvatha kālasya tārkṣo garbhamavāpa ha / saptapakṣāhite garbhe kurukṣetraṃ jagāma sā
Then after some time Tārkṣī indeed conceived; when the embryo was in its seventh fortnight, she went to Kurukṣetra.
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MkP 2.35
कुरु-पाण्डवयोर्युद्धे वर्तमाने सुदारुणे । भावित्वाच्चैव कार्यस्य रणमध्ये विवेश सा
kuru-pāṇḍavayoryuddhe vartamāne sudāruṇe / bhāvitvāccaiva kāryasya raṇamadhye viveśa sā
While the exceedingly dreadful battle of the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas was going on, and because the event was destined to be, she entered into the midst of the fighting.
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MkP 2.36
तत्रापश्यत् तदा युद्धं भगदत्तकिरीटिनोः । निरन्तरं शरैरासीदाकाशं शलभैरिव
tatrāpaśyat tadā yuddhaṃ bhagadattakirīṭinoḥ / nirantaraṃ śarairāsīdākāśaṃ śalabhairiva
There she then watched the fight of Bhagadatta and Kirīṭin (Arjuna); the sky was left without a gap by the arrows, as if by locusts.
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MkP 2.37
पार्थकोदण्डनिर्मुक्तमासन्नमतिवेगवत् । तस्या भल्लमहिश्यामं त्वचं चिच्छेद जाठरीम्
pārthakodaṇḍanirmuktamāsannamativegavat / tasyā bhallamahiśyāmaṃ tvacaṃ ciccheda jāṭharīm
A bhalla-arrow released from Pārtha's bow, drawing near, extremely swift, dark as a buffalo, cut open the skin of her belly.
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MkP 2.38
भिन्ने कोष्ठे शसाङ्काभं भूमावण्डचतुष्टयम् । आयुषः सावशेषत्वात् तूलराशाविवापतत्
bhinne koṣṭhe śasāṅkābhaṃ bhūmāvaṇḍacatuṣṭayam / āyuṣaḥ sāvaśeṣatvāt tūlarāśāvivāpatat
When her abdomen was split open, four eggs with the sheen of the moon fell to the ground; because their span of life still remained, they fell as though into a heap of cotton.
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MkP 2.39
तत्पातसमकालं च सुप्रतीकाद्गजोत्तमात् । पपात महती घष्टा बाणसंछिन्नबन्धना
tatpātasamakālaṃ ca supratīkādgajottamāt / papāta mahatī ghaṣṭā bāṇasaṃchinnabandhanā
And at the very moment of their fall, from Supratīka, that best of elephants, there fell a great bell, its fastening severed by an arrow.
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MkP 2.40
समं समन्तात् प्राप्ता तु निर्भिन्नधरणीतला । छादयन्ती खगाण्डानि स्थितानि पिशितोपरि
samaṃ samantāt prāptā tu nirbhinnadharaṇītalā / chādayantī khagāṇḍāni sthitāni piśitopari
Coming down evenly on all sides, its rim sunk into the surface of the earth, it covered the bird's eggs, which lay upon the flesh.
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MkP 2.41
हते च तस्मिन् नृपतौ भगदत्ते नरेश्वरे । बहून्यहान्यभूद्युद्धं कुरुपाण्डवसैन्ययोः
hate ca tasmin nṛpatau bhagadatte nareśvare / bahūnyahānyabhūdyuddhaṃ kurupāṇḍavasainyayoḥ
And when that king Bhagadatta, lord of men, had been slain, the battle of the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies went on for many days.
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MkP 2.42
वृत्ते युद्धे धर्मपुत्रे गते शान्तनवान्तिकम् । भीष्मस्य गदतो ऽशेषान् श्रोतुं धर्मान् महात्मनः
vṛtte yuddhe dharmaputre gate śāntanavāntikam / bhīṣmasya gadato 'śeṣān śrotuṃ dharmān mahātmanaḥ
When the war was over, and the son of Dharma had gone into the presence of Śāntanu's son to hear in full the duties expounded by the great-souled Bhīṣma —
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MkP 2.43
घष्टागतानि तिष्ठन्ति यत्राण्डानि द्विजोत्तम । आजगाम तमुद्देशं शमीको नाम संयमी
ghaṣṭāgatāni tiṣṭhanti yatrāṇḍāni dvijottama / ājagāma tamuddeśaṃ śamīko nāma saṃyamī
— to that spot where the eggs lay, covered by the bell, O best of the twice-born, there came an ascetic named Śamīka.
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MkP 2.44
स तत्र शब्दमशृणोच्चिचीकुचीति वाशताम् । बाल्यादस्फुटवाक्यानां विज्ञाने ऽपि परे सति
sa tatra śabdamaśṛṇoccicīkucīti vāśatām / bālyādasphuṭavākyānāṃ vijñāne 'pi pare sati
There he heard the sound of them crying "cicī, kucī", their words indistinct because of infancy, although their understanding was of the highest.
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MkP 2.45
अथर्षिः शिष्यसहितो घष्टामुत्पाट्य विस्मितः । अमातृपितृपक्षाणि शिशुकानि ददर्श ह
atharṣiḥ śiṣyasahito ghaṣṭāmutpāṭya vismitaḥ / amātṛpitṛpakṣāṇi śiśukāni dadarśa ha
Then the sage, together with his pupils, lifted up the bell and, astonished, saw the little ones, having neither mother nor father nor wings.
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MkP 2.46
तानि तत्र तथा भूमौ शमीको भगवान् मुनिः । दृष्ट्वा स विस्मयाविष्टः प्रोवाचानुगतान् द्विजान्
tāni tatra tathā bhūmau śamīko bhagavān muniḥ / dṛṣṭvā sa vismayāviṣṭaḥ provācānugatān dvijān
Seeing them there in that state on the ground, the venerable sage Śamīka, seized with amazement, spoke to the brahmins who accompanied him:
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MkP 2.47
सम्यगुक्तं द्विजाग्य्रेण शुक्रेणोशनसा स्वयम् । पलायनपरं दृष्ट्वा दैत्यसैन्यं सुरार्दितम्
samyaguktaṃ dvijāgyreṇa śukreṇośanasā svayam / palāyanaparaṃ dṛṣṭvā daityasainyaṃ surārditam
"Rightly was it spoken by the foremost of the twice-born, by Śukra Uśanas himself, when he saw the army of the Daityas, tormented by the gods, intent on flight:
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MkP 2.48
न गन्तव्यं निवर्तध्वं कस्माद् व्रजथ कातराः । उत्सृज्य शौर्ययशसी क्व गता न मरिष्यथ
na gantavyaṃ nivartadhvaṃ kasmād vrajatha kātarāḥ / utsṛjya śauryayaśasī kva gatā na mariṣyatha
'You must not go — turn back! Why do you run, you cowards? Having thrown away valour and renown, where have you gone? Will you not die (anyway)?'
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MkP 2.49
नश्यतो युध्यतो वापि तावद्भवति जीवितम् । यावद्धातासृजत् पूर्वं न यावन्मनसेप्सितम्
naśyato yudhyato vāpi tāvadbhavati jīvitam / yāvaddhātāsṛjat pūrvaṃ na yāvanmanasepsitam
Whether one flees or fights, life lasts just so long as the Ordainer formerly appointed, and not so long as is wished in the mind.
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MkP 2.50
एके म्रियन्ते स्वगृहे पलायन्तो ऽपरे जनाः । भुञ्जन्तो ऽन्नं तथैवापः पिबन्तो निधनं गताः
eke mriyante svagṛhe palāyanto 'pare janāḥ / bhuñjanto 'nnaṃ tathaivāpaḥ pibanto nidhanaṃ gatāḥ
Some die in their own house, other people while running away; while eating food, and likewise while drinking water, (men) have met their end.
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MkP 2.51
विलासिनस्तथैवान्ये कामयाना निरामयाः । अविक्षताङ्गाः शस्त्रैश्च प्रेतराजवशङ्गताः
vilāsinastathaivānye kāmayānā nirāmayāḥ / avikṣatāṅgāḥ śastraiśca pretarājavaśaṅgatāḥ
And so others, pleasure-loving, in the act of love, free of illness, their limbs unhurt by weapons, have fallen into the power of the king of the dead.
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MkP 2.52
अन्ये तपस्यभिरता नीताः प्रेतनृपानुगैः । योगाभ्यासे रताश्चान्ये नैव प्रापुरमृत्युताम्
anye tapasyabhiratā nītāḥ pretanṛpānugaiḥ / yogābhyāse ratāścānye naiva prāpuramṛtyutām
Others, devoted to austerity, were carried off by the followers of the lord of the departed; and others, devoted to the practice of yoga, did not attain deathlessness at all.
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MkP 2.53
शम्बराय पुरा क्षिप्तं वज्रं कुलिशपाणिना । हृदये ऽभिहतस्तेन तथापि न मृतो ऽसुरः
śambarāya purā kṣiptaṃ vajraṃ kuliśapāṇinā / hṛdaye 'bhihatastena tathāpi na mṛto 'suraḥ
Long ago the thunderbolt was hurled at Śambara by him who holds the bolt in his hand; though struck in the heart by it, even so the asura did not die.
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MkP 2.54
तेनैव खलु वज्रेण तेनैनेन्द्रेण दानवाः । प्राप्ते काले हता दैत्यास्तत्क्षणान्निधनं गताः
tenaiva khalu vajreṇa tenainendreṇa dānavāḥ / prāpte kāle hatā daityāstatkṣaṇānnidhanaṃ gatāḥ
Yet by that very thunderbolt, by that very same Indra, the Dānavas — the Daityas, struck when their time had come — went to destruction that very instant.
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MkP 2.55
विदित्वैवं न सन्त्रासः कर्तव्यो विनिवर्तते । ततो निवृत्तास्ते दैत्यास्त्यक्त्वा मरणजं भयम्
viditvaivaṃ na santrāsaḥ kartavyo vinivartate / tato nivṛttāste daityāstyaktvā maraṇajaṃ bhayam
Knowing this, no terror should be felt; (thereby fear) is turned away. Then those Daityas turned back, having abandoned the fear born of death.
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MkP 2.56
इति शुक्रवचः सत्यं कृतमेभिः खगोत्तमैः । ये युद्धे ऽपि न सम्प्राप्ताः पञ्चत्वमतिमानुषे
iti śukravacaḥ satyaṃ kṛtamebhiḥ khagottamaiḥ / ye yuddhe 'pi na samprāptāḥ pañcatvamatimānuṣe
Thus Śukra's word was made true by these best of birds, who did not meet death even in a superhuman battle.
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MkP 2.57
क्वाणाडानां पतनं विप्राः क्व घण्टापतनं समम् । क्व च मांस-वसा-रक्तैर्भूमेरास्तरणक्रियाः
kvāṇāḍānāṃ patanaṃ viprāḥ kva ghaṇṭāpatanaṃ samam / kva ca māṃsa-vasā-raktairbhūmerāstaraṇakriyāḥ
Where, O brahmins, was the falling of the (arrow-)shafts, and where the falling of bells along with it? And where the acts of carpeting the ground with flesh, fat and blood?
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MkP 2.58
के ऽप्येते सर्वथा विप्रा नैते सामान्यपक्षिणः । दैवानुकूलता लोके महाभाग्यप्रदर्शिनी
ke 'pyete sarvathā viprā naite sāmānyapakṣiṇaḥ / daivānukūlatā loke mahābhāgyapradarśinī
Who then are these, brahmins? These are in no way ordinary birds. The favour of destiny in this world reveals great good fortune.
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MkP 2.59
एवमुक्त्वा स तान् वीक्ष्य पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत् । निवर्तताश्रमं यात गृहीत्वा पक्षिबालकान्
evamuktvā sa tān vīkṣya punarvacanamabravīt / nivartatāśramaṃ yāta gṛhītvā pakṣibālakān
Having spoken thus and looked at them, he spoke a further word: "Turn back, go to the hermitage, taking the bird-children with you."
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MkP 2.60
मार्जाराखुभयं यत्र नैषामण्डजजन्मनाम् । श्येनतो नकुलाद्वापि स्थाप्यन्तां तत्र पक्षिणः
mārjārākhubhayaṃ yatra naiṣāmaṇḍajajanmanām / śyenato nakulādvāpi sthāpyantāṃ tatra pakṣiṇaḥ
Where there is no danger for these egg-born ones from cats and mice, nor from a hawk or a mongoose, there let the birds be placed.
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MkP 2.61
द्विजाः किं वातियत्नेन मार्यन्ते कर्मभिः स्वकैः । रक्ष्यन्ते चाखिला जीवा यथैते पक्षिबालकाः
dvijāḥ kiṃ vātiyatnena māryante karmabhiḥ svakaiḥ / rakṣyante cākhilā jīvā yathaite pakṣibālakāḥ
Or, brahmins, what is the use of excessive effort? All living beings are killed by their own deeds, and are protected (by them), as these bird-children were.
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MkP 2.62
तथापि यत्नः कर्तव्यो नरैः सर्वेषु कर्मसु । कुर्वन् पुरुषकारन्तु वाच्यतां याति नो सताम्
tathāpi yatnaḥ kartavyo naraiḥ sarveṣu karmasu / kurvan puruṣakārantu vācyatāṃ yāti no satām
Even so, effort should be made by men in all undertakings; but one who exerts human effort does not incur blame from the good.
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MkP 2.63
इति मुनिवरचोदितास्ततस्ते मुनितनयाः परिगृह्य पक्षिणस्तान् । तरुविटपसमाश्रितालिसङ्घं ययुरथ तापसरम्यमाश्रमं स्वम्
iti munivaracoditāstataste munitanayāḥ parigṛhya pakṣiṇastān / taruviṭapasamāśritālisaṅghaṃ yayuratha tāpasaramyamāśramaṃ svam
Thus urged by the best of sages, those sons of sages then took up those birds and went to their own hermitage, delightful with its ascetics, where swarms of bees clung to the branches of the trees.
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MkP 2.64
स चापि वन्यं मनसाभिकामितं प्रगृह्य मूलं कुसुमं फलं कुशान् । चकार चक्रायुध-रुद्र-वेधसां सुरेन्द्र-वैवस्वतः जातवेदसाम्
sa cāpi vanyaṃ manasābhikāmitaṃ pragṛhya mūlaṃ kusumaṃ phalaṃ kuśān / cakāra cakrāyudha-rudra-vedhasāṃ surendra-vaivasvataḥ jātavedasām
And he too, taking the forest root, flower, fruit and kuśa grass that he had desired in his mind, performed the rites of the discus-armed one, of Rudra, of the Creator, of the lord of the gods, of the son of the Sun, and of the fires,
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MkP 2.65
अपाम्पतेर्गोष्पतिवित्तरक्षिणोः समीरणस्यापि तथा द्विजोत्तमाः । धातुर्विधातुस्त्वथ वैश्वदेविकाः श्रुतिप्रयुक्ता विवधास्तु सत्क्रियाः
apāmpatergoṣpativittarakṣiṇoḥ samīraṇasyāpi tathā dvijottamāḥ / dhāturvidhātustvatha vaiśvadevikāḥ śrutiprayuktā vivadhāstu satkriyāḥ
and of the lord of the waters, of the lord of cattle and the guardian of wealth, and likewise of the Wind, O best of brahmins, and of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, and then the rites for the All-gods — the various proper rites enjoined by scripture.
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