Markandeya Purana — Chapter 21

MkP 21.1

गालवेन समं गत्वा नृपपुत्रेण तेन यत् । कृतं तत् कथ्यतां पुत्रौ विचित्रा युवयोः कथा

gālavena samaṃ gatvā nṛpaputreṇa tena yat / kṛtaṃ tat kathyatāṃ putrau vicitrā yuvayoḥ kathā

Let it be told what that king's son did, having gone with Gālava; wondrous is this tale of you two, my sons.

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MkP 21.2

स गालवाश्रमे रम्ये तिष्ठन् भूपालनन्दनः । सर्वविघ्रोपशमनं चकार ब्रह्मवादिनाम्

sa gālavāśrame ramye tiṣṭhan bhūpālanandanaḥ / sarvavighropaśamanaṃ cakāra brahmavādinām

Staying in the pleasant hermitage of Gālava, that son of the king removed every obstacle for the reciters of the Veda.

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MkP 21.3

वीरं कुवलयाश्वं तं वसन्तं गालवाश्रमे । मदावलेपोपहतो नाजानाद्दानवाधमः

vīraṃ kuvalayāśvaṃ taṃ vasantaṃ gālavāśrame / madāvalepopahato nājānāddānavādhamaḥ

That the hero Kuvalayāśva was dwelling in Gālava's hermitage the vilest of the Dānavas, stricken with the arrogance of pride, did not know.

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MkP 21.4

ततस्तं गालवं विप्रं सन्ध्योपासनतत्परम् । शौकरं रूपमास्थाय प्रधर्षयितुमागतम्

tatastaṃ gālavaṃ vipraṃ sandhyopāsanatatparam / śaukaraṃ rūpamāsthāya pradharṣayitumāgatam

Then (he saw) that brahmin Gālava, intent upon his twilight worship, (and the demon) came, taking on the form of a boar, to assault him.

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MkP 21.5

मुनिशिष्यैरथोत्क्रुष्टे शीघ्रमारुह्य तं हयम् । अन्वधावद्वराहं तं नृपपुत्रः शरासनी

muniśiṣyairathotkruṣṭe śīghramāruhya taṃ hayam / anvadhāvadvarāhaṃ taṃ nṛpaputraḥ śarāsanī

Then, when the sage's pupils cried out, the king's son swiftly mounted that horse and, bow in hand, pursued that boar.

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MkP 21.6

आजघान च बाणेन चन्द्रार्धाकारवर्चसा । आकृष्य बलवच्चापं चारुचित्रोपशोभितम्

ājaghāna ca bāṇena candrārdhākāravarcasā / ākṛṣya balavaccāpaṃ cārucitropaśobhitam

And drawing the strong bow, adorned with lovely variegated work, he struck (it) with an arrow whose gleam had the shape of a half-moon.

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MkP 21.7

नाराचाभिहतः शीघ्रमात्मत्राणपरो मृगः । गिरिपादपसम्बाधां सो ऽन्वक्रामन्महाटवीम्

nārācābhihataḥ śīghramātmatrāṇaparo mṛgaḥ / giripādapasambādhāṃ so 'nvakrāmanmahāṭavīm

Struck by the iron arrow, the beast, intent on saving itself, swiftly made off into a great forest thick with hills and trees.

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MkP 21.8

तमन्वधावद्वेगेन तुरगो ऽसौ मनोजवः । चोदितो राजपुत्रेण पितुरादेशकारिणा

tamanvadhāvadvegena turago 'sau manojavaḥ / codito rājaputreṇa piturādeśakāriṇā

That horse, swift as thought, urged on by the prince who was carrying out his father's command, pursued it at speed.

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MkP 21.9

अतिक्रम्याथ वेगेन योजनानि सहस्रशः । धरण्यां विवृते गर्ते निपपात लघुक्रमः

atikramyātha vegena yojanāni sahasraśaḥ / dharaṇyāṃ vivṛte garte nipapāta laghukramaḥ

Then, having covered thousands of leagues at speed, the light-footed (beast) fell into a pit that opened in the ground.

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MkP 21.10

तस्यानन्तरमेवाशु सो ऽप्यश्वी नृपतेः सुतः । निपपात महागर्ते तिमिरौघसमावृते

tasyānantaramevāśu so 'pyaśvī nṛpateḥ sutaḥ / nipapāta mahāgarte timiraughasamāvṛte

Immediately after it, that son of the king too, with his horse, fell swiftly into the great pit, which was covered over by a mass of darkness.

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MkP 21.11

ततो नादृश्यत मृगः स तस्मिन् राजसूनुना । प्रकाशञ्च स पातालमपश्यत् तत्र नापि नम्

tato nādṛśyata mṛgaḥ sa tasmin rājasūnunā / prakāśañca sa pātālamapaśyat tatra nāpi nam

Then the deer was no longer seen there by the king's son; and he saw the netherworld lit up, and yet did not see it (?) there.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.12

ततो ऽपश्यत् स सौवर्ण-प्रासादशतसंकुलम् । पुरन्दरपुरप्रख्यं पुरं प्राकारशोभितम्

tato 'paśyat sa sauvarṇa-prāsādaśatasaṃkulam / purandarapuraprakhyaṃ puraṃ prākāraśobhitam

Then he saw a city crowded with hundreds of golden palaces, like the city of Purandara (Indra), graced with ramparts.

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MkP 21.13

तत् प्रविश्य स नापश्यत् तत्र कञ्चिन्नरं पुरे । भ्रमता च ततो दृष्टा तत्र योषित् त्वरान्विता

tat praviśya sa nāpaśyat tatra kañcinnaraṃ pure / bhramatā ca tato dṛṣṭā tatra yoṣit tvarānvitā

Having entered it, he saw no man there in the city; but then, as he wandered, a woman in haste was seen there by him.

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MkP 21.14

सा पृष्टा तेन तन्वङ्गी प्रस्थिता केन कस्य वा । नोवाच किञ्चित् प्रासादमारुरोह च भामिनी

sā pṛṣṭā tena tanvaṅgī prasthitā kena kasya vā / novāca kiñcit prāsādamāruroha ca bhāminī

When that slender-limbed woman was asked by him, "By whom, or for whom, have you set out?", the fair lady said nothing and climbed up into the palace.

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MkP 21.15

सो ऽप्यश्वमेकतो बद्ध्वा तामेवानुससार वै । विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो निः शङ्को नृपतेः सुतः

so 'pyaśvamekato baddhvā tāmevānusasāra vai / vismayotphullanayano niḥ śaṅko nṛpateḥ sutaḥ

And he, tying up the horse to one side, followed after her, the king's son, his eyes wide with wonder, without hesitation.

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MkP 21.16

ततो ऽपश्यत् सुविस्तीर्णे पर्यङ्के सर्वकाञ्चने । निषण्णां कन्यकामेकां कामयुक्तां रतीमिव

tato 'paśyat suvistīrṇe paryaṅke sarvakāñcane / niṣaṇṇāṃ kanyakāmekāṃ kāmayuktāṃ ratīmiva

Then he saw, seated on a very broad couch all of gold, a single maiden, like Rati together with Kāma.

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MkP 21.17

विस्पष्टेन्दुमुखीं सुभ्रूं पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् । बिम्बाधरोष्ठीं नन्वङ्गीं नीलोत्पलविलोचनाम्

vispaṣṭendumukhīṃ subhrūṃ pīnaśroṇipayodharām / bimbādharoṣṭhīṃ nanvaṅgīṃ nīlotpalavilocanām

(She had) a face clear as the moon, fine brows, full hips and breasts, lips red as the bimba fruit, slender limbs, eyes like blue lotuses,

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MkP 21.18

रक्ततुङ्गनखीं श्यामां मृद्वीं ताम्रकराङ्घ्रिकाम् । करभोरुं सुदशनां नीलसूक्ष्मस्थिरालकाम्

raktatuṅganakhīṃ śyāmāṃ mṛdvīṃ tāmrakarāṅghrikām / karabhoruṃ sudaśanāṃ nīlasūkṣmasthirālakām

red, high nails, dark (complexion), soft, with coppery hands and feet, thighs like an elephant's trunk, fine teeth, and dark, fine, firm locks.

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MkP 21.19

तां दृष्ट्वा चारुसर्वाङ्गीमनङ्गाङ्गलतामिव । सो ऽमन्यत् पार्थिवसुतस्तां रसातलदेवताम्

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cārusarvāṅgīmanaṅgāṅgalatāmiva / so 'manyat pārthivasutastāṃ rasātaladevatām

Seeing her, lovely in every limb, like the very creeper-body of the Bodiless One (Kāma), the king's son thought her a goddess of the netherworld.

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MkP 21.20

सा च दृष्ट्वैव तं बाला नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजम् । पीनोरुस्कन्धबाहुं तममंस्त मदनं शुभा

sā ca dṛṣṭvaiva taṃ bālā nīlakuñcitamūrdhajam / pīnoruskandhabāhuṃ tamamaṃsta madanaṃ śubhā

And that girl, the moment she saw him with his dark curling hair and his full thighs, shoulders and arms, the fair one took him for Madana.

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MkP 21.21

उत्तस्थौ च महाभागा चित्तक्षोभमवाप्य सा । लज्जाविस्मयदैन्यानां सद्यस्तन्वी वशं गता

uttasthau ca mahābhāgā cittakṣobhamavāpya sā / lajjāvismayadainyānāṃ sadyastanvī vaśaṃ gatā

And that greatly fortunate one rose up, her mind stirred; the slender girl at once fell under the sway of shame, wonder and abjection.

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MkP 21.22

को ऽयं देवो नु यक्षो वा गन्धर्वो वोरगो ऽपि वा । विद्याधरो वा सम्प्राप्तः कृतपुण्यरतिर्नरः

ko 'yaṃ devo nu yakṣo vā gandharvo vorago 'pi vā / vidyādharo vā samprāptaḥ kṛtapuṇyaratirnaraḥ

"Who is this who has come — a god, or a yakṣa, or a gandharva, or perhaps a serpent, or a vidyādhara, or a man whose merit has earned him delight?"

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MkP 21.23

एवं विचिन्त्य वहुधा निश्वस्य च महीतले । उपविश्य ततो भेजे सा मूर्च्छां मदिरक्षणा

evaṃ vicintya vahudhā niśvasya ca mahītale / upaviśya tato bheje sā mūrcchāṃ madirakṣaṇā

Having pondered thus in many ways and sighed, she then sat down on the ground, and the wine-eyed girl fell into a swoon.

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MkP 21.24

सो ऽपि कामशराघातमवाप्य नृपतेः सुतः । तां समाश्वासयामास न भेतव्यमिति ब्रुवन्

so 'pi kāmaśarāghātamavāpya nṛpateḥ sutaḥ / tāṃ samāśvāsayāmāsa na bhetavyamiti bruvan

He too, the king's son, though struck by the arrow of desire, comforted her, saying, "You need not be afraid."

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MkP 21.25

सा च स्त्री या तदा दृष्टा पूर्वं तेन महात्मना । तालवृन्तमुपादाय पर्यवीजयदाकुला

sā ca strī yā tadā dṛṣṭā pūrvaṃ tena mahātmanā / tālavṛntamupādāya paryavījayadākulā

And that woman who had earlier been seen by that great-souled one took up a palm-leaf fan and, agitated, fanned her.

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MkP 21.26

समाश्वास्य तदा पृष्टा तेन संमोहकारणम् । किञ्चिल्लज्जान्विता बाला तस्याः सख्युर्न्यवेदयत्

samāśvāsya tadā pṛṣṭā tena saṃmohakāraṇam / kiñcillajjānvitā bālā tasyāḥ sakhyurnyavedayat

When she had been revived and he asked the cause of her fainting, the girl, somewhat overcome by shame, made it known to her friend.

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MkP 21.27

सा चास्मै कथयामास नृपपुत्राय विस्तरात् । मोहस्य कारणं सर्वं तद्दर्शनसमुद्भवम् । यथा तया समाख्यातं तद्वृत्तान्तञ्च भामिनी

sā cāsmai kathayāmāsa nṛpaputrāya vistarāt / mohasya kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ taddarśanasamudbhavam / yathā tayā samākhyātaṃ tadvṛttāntañca bhāminī

And she, the beautiful woman, told this prince at length the whole cause of the fainting, which arose from seeing him, and that story just as it had been told to her by her.

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MkP 21.28

विश्वावसुरिति ख्यातो दिवि गन्धर्वराट् प्रभो । तस्येयमात्मजा सुभ्रूर्नाम्नरा ख्याता मदालसा

viśvāvasuriti khyāto divi gandharvarāṭ prabho / tasyeyamātmajā subhrūrnāmnarā khyātā madālasā

In heaven there is a lord of the gandharvas, renowned as Viśvāvasu, O master; this fair-browed girl is his daughter, known by the name Madālasā.

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MkP 21.29

वज्रकेतोः सुतश्चोग्रो दानवो ऽरिविदारणः । पातालकेतुर्विख्यातः पातालान्तरसंश्रयः

vajraketoḥ sutaścogro dānavo 'rividāraṇaḥ / pātālaketurvikhyātaḥ pātālāntarasaṃśrayaḥ

And there was a fierce dānava, the son of Vajraketu, a render of enemies, famed as Pātālaketu, dwelling in the depths of Pātāla.

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MkP 21.30

तेनेयमुद्यानगता कृत्वा मायां तमोमयीम् । अपहृत्य मयां हीना बाला नीता दुरात्मना

teneyamudyānagatā kṛtvā māyāṃ tamomayīm / apahṛtya mayāṃ hīnā bālā nītā durātmanā

By him this girl, while she was in the garden, was carried off — he having made a darkness-formed illusion — and the young girl, deprived of me, was borne away by that evil-souled one.

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MkP 21.31

आगामिन्यां त्रयोदश्यामुद्वक्ष्यति किलासुरः । स तु नार्हति चार्वङ्गीं शूद्रो वेदश्रुतीमिव

āgāminyāṃ trayodaśyāmudvakṣyati kilāsuraḥ / sa tu nārhati cārvaṅgīṃ śūdro vedaśrutīmiva

On the coming thirteenth day the asura will, it is said, wed her; but he no more deserves this lovely-limbed girl than a śūdra deserves the hearing of the Veda.

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MkP 21.32

अतीते च दिने बालामात्मव्यापदनोद्यताम् । सुरभिः प्राह नायं त्वं प्राप्स्यते दानवाधमः

atīte ca dine bālāmātmavyāpadanodyatām / surabhiḥ prāha nāyaṃ tvaṃ prāpsyate dānavādhamaḥ

And on the day just past, when the girl was intent on destroying herself, Surabhi said to her: "This lowest of dānavas shall not obtain you."

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MkP 21.33

मर्त्यलोकमनुप्राप्तं य एनं छेत्स्यते शरैः । सते भर्ता महाभागे अचिरेण भविष्यति

martyalokamanuprāptaṃ ya enaṃ chetsyate śaraiḥ / sate bhartā mahābhāge acireṇa bhaviṣyati

"He who, having come to the world of mortals, will cut him down with arrows — he, O greatly fortunate one, will before long be your husband."

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MkP 21.34

अहं चास्याः सखी नाम्नरा कुण्डलेति मनस्विनी । सुता विन्ध्यवतः पत्नी वीरपुष्करमालिनः

ahaṃ cāsyāḥ sakhī nāmnarā kuṇḍaleti manasvinī / sutā vindhyavataḥ patnī vīrapuṣkaramālinaḥ

And I am her friend, called Kuṇḍalā by name, a spirited woman, the daughter of Vindhyavat and the wife of Vīrapuṣkaramālin.

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MkP 21.35

हते भर्तरि शुम्भेन तीर्थात् तीर्थमनुव्रता । चरामि दिव्यया गत्या परलोकार्थमुद्यता

hate bhartari śumbhena tīrthāt tīrthamanuvratā / carāmi divyayā gatyā paralokārthamudyatā

My husband having been slain by Śumbha, faithful (to him) I go from sacred ford to sacred ford by a divine mode of travel, intent on (his good in) the next world.

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MkP 21.36

पातालकेतुर्दुष्टात्मा वाराहं वपुरास्थितः । केनापि विद्धो बाणेन मुनीनां त्राणकारणात्

pātālaketurduṣṭātmā vārāhaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ / kenāpi viddho bāṇena munīnāṃ trāṇakāraṇāt

Pātālaketu, that evil-souled one, took on the body of a boar and was pierced by someone with an arrow, for the protection of the sages.

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MkP 21.37

तञ्चाहं तत्त्वतो ऽन्विष्य त्वरिता समुपागता । सत्यमेव स केनापि ताडितो दानवाधमः

tañcāhaṃ tattvato 'nviṣya tvaritā samupāgatā / satyameva sa kenāpi tāḍito dānavādhamaḥ

And having ascertained that truly, I came here in haste; and it is indeed true that that lowest of dānavas was struck down by someone.

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MkP 21.38

इयञ्च मूर्च्छामगमत् कारणं यत् शृणुष्व तत् । त्वयि प्रीतिमती बाला दर्शनादेव मानद

iyañca mūrcchāmagamat kāraṇaṃ yat śṛṇuṣva tat / tvayi prītimatī bālā darśanādeva mānada

And hear the reason why she fell into a swoon: the girl became enamoured of you, O giver of honour, from the mere sight (of you) —

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MkP 21.39

देवपुत्रोपमे चारु-वाक्यादिगुणशालिनि । भर्या चान्यस्य विहिता येन विद्धः स दानवः

devaputropame cāru-vākyādiguṇaśālini / bharyā cānyasya vihitā yena viddhaḥ sa dānavaḥ

— of you who are like a son of the gods and endowed with the virtues of lovely speech and the rest; and she has been assigned as wife to another, the one by whom that dānava was pierced.

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MkP 21.40

एतस्मात् कारणान्मोहं महान्तमियमागता । यावज्जीवं च तन्वङ्गी दुः खमेवोपभोक्ष्यते

etasmāt kāraṇānmohaṃ mahāntamiyamāgatā / yāvajjīvaṃ ca tanvaṅgī duḥ khamevopabhokṣyate

For this reason she has fallen into great bewilderment, and the slender-limbed girl will experience nothing but sorrow as long as she lives.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.41

त्वय्यस्या हृदयं रागि भर्ता चान्यो भविष्यति । यावज्जीवमतो दुः खं सुरभ्या नान्यथा वचः

tvayyasyā hṛdayaṃ rāgi bhartā cānyo bhaviṣyati / yāvajjīvamato duḥ khaṃ surabhyā nānyathā vacaḥ

Her heart is in love with you, yet her husband will be another; hence there is sorrow as long as she lives, for Surabhi's word cannot be otherwise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.42

अहं त्वस्याः प्रभी प्रीत्या दुः खितात्र समागता । यतो विशेषो नैवास्ति स्वसखी-निजदेहयोः

ahaṃ tvasyāḥ prabhī prītyā duḥ khitātra samāgatā / yato viśeṣo naivāsti svasakhī-nijadehayoḥ

But I, dear one, have come here grieved out of love for her, since there is no difference between one's own friend and one's own body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.43

यद्येषाभिमतं वीरं पतिमाप्नोति शोभना । ततस्तपस्त्वहं कुर्यां निर्व्यलीकेन चेतसा

yadyeṣābhimataṃ vīraṃ patimāpnoti śobhanā / tatastapastvahaṃ kuryāṃ nirvyalīkena cetasā

If this lovely girl obtains as husband the hero she desires, then I would perform austerities with a mind free of deceit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.44

त्वन्तु को वा किमर्थं वा सम्प्राप्तो ऽत्र महामते । देवो दैत्यो नु गन्धर्वः पन्नगः किन्नरो ऽपि वा

tvantu ko vā kimarthaṃ vā samprāpto 'tra mahāmate / devo daityo nu gandharvaḥ pannagaḥ kinnaro 'pi vā

But who are you, and for what purpose have you come here, great-minded one? A god, a demon, or a gandharva, a serpent, or even a kinnara?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.45

न ह्यत्र मानुषगतिर्न चेदृङ्मानुषं वपुः । तत्त्वमाख्याहि कथितं यथैवावितथं मया

na hyatra mānuṣagatirna cedṛṅmānuṣaṃ vapuḥ / tattvamākhyāhi kathitaṃ yathaivāvitathaṃ mayā

For there is no path for men here, nor is a human body like this. So tell me truly, as what I have said is not false.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.46

यन्मां पृच्छसि धर्मज्ञे कस्त्वं किं वा समागतः । तच्छृणुष्वामलप्रज्ञे कथयाम्यादितस्तव

yanmāṃ pṛcchasi dharmajñe kastvaṃ kiṃ vā samāgataḥ / tacchṛṇuṣvāmalaprajñe kathayāmyāditastava

What you ask me, knower of dharma — who you are, or why you have come — hear that, spotless-minded one; I will tell you from the beginning.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.47

राज्ञः शत्रुजितः पुत्रः पित्रा सम्प्रेषितः शुभे । मुनिरक्षणमुद्दिश्य गालवाश्रममागतः

rājñaḥ śatrujitaḥ putraḥ pitrā sampreṣitaḥ śubhe / munirakṣaṇamuddiśya gālavāśramamāgataḥ

I am the son of King Śatrujit; sent by my father, fair lady, I came to Gālava's hermitage for the protection of the sage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.48

कुर्वतो मम रक्षाञ्च मुनीनां धर्मचारिणाम् । विघ्नार्थमागतः कोषऽपि शौकरं रूपमास्थितः

kurvato mama rakṣāñca munīnāṃ dharmacāriṇām / vighnārthamāgataḥ koṣa'pi śaukaraṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ

And while I was providing protection for the sages who practise dharma, some being came to cause obstruction, having assumed the form of a boar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.49

मया स विद्धो बाणेन चन्द्रार्धाकारवर्च्चसा । अपक्रान्तो ऽतिवेगेन तमस्म्यनुगतो हयी

mayā sa viddho bāṇena candrārdhākāravarccasā / apakrānto 'tivegena tamasmyanugato hayī

He was pierced by me with an arrow whose gleaming shape was that of a half-moon; he fled with great speed, and I followed him on horseback.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.50

पपात सहसा गर्ते सक्रीडो ऽश्वश्च मामकः । सो ऽहमश्वं समारूढस्तमस्येकः परिभ्रमन्

papāta sahasā garte sakrīḍo 'śvaśca māmakaḥ / so 'hamaśvaṃ samārūḍhastamasyekaḥ paribhraman

Suddenly he fell into a pit along with (?) his sport, and my horse too; mounted on the horse, I wandered alone in the darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.51

प्रकाशमासादितवान् दृष्टा च भवती मया । पृष्टया च न मे किञ्चिद्भवत्या दत्तमुत्तरम्

prakāśamāsāditavān dṛṣṭā ca bhavatī mayā / pṛṣṭayā ca na me kiñcidbhavatyā dattamuttaram

I reached the light, and you were seen by me; and though asked, you gave me no answer at all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.52

त्वाञ्चैवानुप्रविष्टो ऽहमिमं प्रासादमुत्तमम् । इत्येतत् कथितं सत्यं न देवो ऽहं न दानवः

tvāñcaivānupraviṣṭo 'hamimaṃ prāsādamuttamam / ityetat kathitaṃ satyaṃ na devo 'haṃ na dānavaḥ

And following you I entered this excellent palace. Thus this is told truly: I am not a god, nor a dānava,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.53

न पन्नगो न गन्धर्वः किन्नरो वा शुचिस्मिते । समस्ता पूज्यपक्षो वै देवाद्या मम कुण्डले । मनुष्यो ऽस्मि विशङ्का ते न कर्तव्यात्र कर्हिचित्

na pannago na gandharvaḥ kinnaro vā śucismite / samastā pūjyapakṣo vai devādyā mama kuṇḍale / manuṣyo 'smi viśaṅkā te na kartavyātra karhicit

nor a serpent, nor a gandharva, nor a kinnara, O you of bright smile. For me the gods and the rest are all objects of reverence, Kuṇḍalā. I am a human being; you should have no misgiving here at any time.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.54

ततः प्रहृष्टा सा कन्या सखीवदनमुत्तमम् । लज्जाजडं वीक्षमाणा किञ्चिन्नोवाच भामिनी

tataḥ prahṛṣṭā sā kanyā sakhīvadanamuttamam / lajjājaḍaṃ vīkṣamāṇā kiñcinnovāca bhāminī

Then that maiden, delighted, gazing at her friend's lovely face, dulled by shyness, said nothing at all, the fair-limbed one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.55

सा सखी पुनरप्येनां प्रहृष्टा प्रत्युवाच ह । यथावत् कथितं तेन सुरभ्या वचनानुगे

sā sakhī punarapyenāṃ prahṛṣṭā pratyuvāca ha / yathāvat kathitaṃ tena surabhyā vacanānuge

That friend, delighted, spoke to her again: "What he has told accords with the facts, O you who follow Surabhi's words."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.56

वीर सत्यमसन्दिग्धं भवताभिहितं वचः । नान्यत्र हृदयन्त्वस्या दृष्ट्वा स्थैर्यं प्रयास्यति

vīra satyamasandigdhaṃ bhavatābhihitaṃ vacaḥ / nānyatra hṛdayantvasyā dṛṣṭvā sthairyaṃ prayāsyati

"Hero, the words spoken by you are true, beyond doubt; her heart will not go elsewhere—having seen (you), it will attain steadiness."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.57

चन्द्रमेवाधिका कान्तिः समुपैति रविं प्रभा । भूतिर्धन्यं धृतिर्धोरं क्षान्तिरभ्येति चोत्तमम्

candramevādhikā kāntiḥ samupaiti raviṃ prabhā / bhūtirdhanyaṃ dhṛtirdhoraṃ kṣāntirabhyeti cottamam

Surpassing loveliness comes to the moon alone, radiance to the sun; prosperity comes to the fortunate, firmness to the steadfast, and forbearance to the best.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.58

त्वयैव विद्धो ऽसन्दिग्धं स पापो दानवाधमः । सुरभिः सा गवां माता कथं मिथ्या वदिष्यति

tvayaiva viddho 'sandigdhaṃ sa pāpo dānavādhamaḥ / surabhiḥ sā gavāṃ mātā kathaṃ mithyā vadiṣyati

It was by you, without doubt, that the wicked one, that lowest of dānavas, was pierced. That Surabhi, mother of cows—how should she speak falsely?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.59

तद्धन्येयं सभाग्या च त्वत्सम्बन्धं समेत्य वै । कुरुष्व वीर यत् कार्यं विधिनैव समाहितम्

taddhanyeyaṃ sabhāgyā ca tvatsambandhaṃ sametya vai / kuruṣva vīra yat kāryaṃ vidhinaiva samāhitam

So she is blessed and fortunate in coming into union with you. Hero, do what is to be done, duly performed according to the rule.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.60

परवानहमित्याह राजपुत्रः सतां पितुः । सा च तं चिन्तयामास तुम्बुरुं तत्कुले गुरुम्

paravānahamityāha rājaputraḥ satāṃ pituḥ / sā ca taṃ cintayāmāsa tumburuṃ tatkule gurum

"I am dependent on another," said the prince, (dependent) on the father of the good. And she thought of Tumburu, the family's preceptor.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.61

स चापि तत्क्षणात् प्राप्तः प्रगृहीतसमित्कुशः । मदालसायाः सम्प्रीत्या कुण्डलागौरवेण च

sa cāpi tatkṣaṇāt prāptaḥ pragṛhītasamitkuśaḥ / madālasāyāḥ samprītyā kuṇḍalāgauraveṇa ca

And he too arrived that very instant, holding firewood and kuśa grass, out of affection for Madālasā and out of respect for Kuṇḍalā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.62

प्रज्वाल्य पावकं हुत्वा मन्त्रवित् कृतमङ्गलाम् । वैवाहिकविधिं कन्यां प्रतिपाद्य यथागतम्

prajvālya pāvakaṃ hutvā mantravit kṛtamaṅgalām / vaivāhikavidhiṃ kanyāṃ pratipādya yathāgatam

Kindling the fire and making the offering, the knower of mantras, having performed the auspicious rites, presented the maiden (to him) with the wedding ritual; and as he had come,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.63

जगाम तपसे धीमान् स्वाश्रमपदं तदा । सा चाह तां सखीं बालां कृतार्थास्मि वरानने

jagāma tapase dhīmān svāśramapadaṃ tadā / sā cāha tāṃ sakhīṃ bālāṃ kṛtārthāsmi varānane

the wise one then went off to his own hermitage for austerity. And she (the friend) said to that young girl: "I have attained my purpose, fair-faced one,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.64

संयुक्ताममुना दृष्ट्वा त्वामहं रूपशालिनीम् । तमस्तप्स्ये ऽहमतुलं निर्व्यलीकेन चेतसा

saṃyuktāmamunā dṛṣṭvā tvāmahaṃ rūpaśālinīm / tamastapsye 'hamatulaṃ nirvyalīkena cetasā

having seen you, radiant with beauty, joined with him. I shall practise austerity beyond compare, with a mind free of deceit,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.65

तीर्थाम्बुधूतपापा च भवित्री नेदृशी यथा । तञ्चाह राजपुत्रं सा प्रश्रयावनता तदा । गन्तुकामा निजसखी-स्नेहविक्लवभाषिणी

tīrthāmbudhūtapāpā ca bhavitrī nedṛśī yathā / tañcāha rājaputraṃ sā praśrayāvanatā tadā / gantukāmā nijasakhī-snehaviklavabhāṣiṇī

and I shall become such as no woman is whose sins are (merely) washed away by the water of a sacred ford." Then she, bowing with deference, wishing to depart, speaking in a voice broken by affection for her own friend, said to that prince:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.66

पुंभिरप्यमितप्रज्ञ नोपदेशो भवद्विधे । दातव्यः किमुत स्त्रीभिरतो नोपदिशामि ते

puṃbhirapyamitaprajña nopadeśo bhavadvidhe / dātavyaḥ kimuta strībhirato nopadiśāmi te

"Even by men, O you of measureless wisdom, no instruction should be given to one like you—how much less by women; therefore I do not instruct you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.67

किन्त्वस्यास्तनुमध्यायाः स्नेहाकृष्टेन चेतसा । त्वया विश्रम्भिता चास्मि स्मारयाम्यरिसूदन

kintvasyāstanumadhyāyāḥ snehākṛṣṭena cetasā / tvayā viśrambhitā cāsmi smārayāmyarisūdana

But, with a mind drawn by affection for this slender-waisted girl, and since I have been trusted by you, I (only) remind you, slayer of foes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.68

भर्तव्या रक्षितव्या च भार्या हि पतिना सदा । धर्मार्थकामसंसिद्ध्यै भार्या भर्तृसहायिनी

bhartavyā rakṣitavyā ca bhāryā hi patinā sadā / dharmārthakāmasaṃsiddhyai bhāryā bhartṛsahāyinī

For a wife must always be maintained and protected by her husband; a wife is the husband's helper for the full accomplishment of dharma, artha and kāma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.69

यदा भार्या च भर्ता च परस्परवशानुगौ । तदा धर्मार्थकामानां त्रयाणामपि सङ्गतम्

yadā bhāryā ca bhartā ca parasparavaśānugau / tadā dharmārthakāmānāṃ trayāṇāmapi saṅgatam

When wife and husband are each obedient to the other, then there is the coming together of all three—dharma, artha and kāma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.70

कथं भार्यामृते धर्ममर्थं वा पुरुषः प्रभो । प्राप्नोति काममथवा तस्यां त्रितयमाहितम्

kathaṃ bhāryāmṛte dharmamarthaṃ vā puruṣaḥ prabho / prāpnoti kāmamathavā tasyāṃ tritayamāhitam

How, O lord, does a man obtain dharma, or artha, or kāma without a wife? In her the three are lodged.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.71

तथैव भर्तारमृते भार्या धर्मादिसाधने । न समर्था त्रिवर्गो ऽयं दाम्पत्यं समुपाश्रितः

tathaiva bhartāramṛte bhāryā dharmādisādhane / na samarthā trivargo 'yaṃ dāmpatyaṃ samupāśritaḥ

Just so, without a husband a wife is not capable of accomplishing dharma and the rest; this set of three rests upon the married pair.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.72

देवाता-पितृ-भृत्यानामतिथीनाञ्च पूजनम् । न पुंभिः शक्यते कर्तुमृते भार्यां नृपात्मज

devātā-pitṛ-bhṛtyānāmatithīnāñca pūjanam / na puṃbhiḥ śakyate kartumṛte bhāryāṃ nṛpātmaja

The honouring of gods, ancestors, dependents and guests cannot be performed by men without a wife, O king's son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.73

प्राप्तो ऽपि चार्थो मनुजैरानीतो ऽपी निजं गृहम् । क्षयमेति विना भार्यां कुभार्यासंश्रये ऽपि वा

prāpto 'pi cārtho manujairānīto 'pī nijaṃ gṛham / kṣayameti vinā bhāryāṃ kubhāryāsaṃśraye 'pi vā

Even wealth that men have gained and brought home to their own house goes to ruin without a wife, or if a bad wife is relied upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.74

कामस्तु तस्य नैवास्ति प्रत्यक्षेणोपलक्ष्यते । दम्पत्योः सहधर्मेण त्रयीधर्ममवाप्नुयात्

kāmastu tasya naivāsti pratyakṣeṇopalakṣyate / dampatyoḥ sahadharmeṇa trayīdharmamavāpnuyāt

As for kāma, for such a man it simply does not exist—this is plain to direct observation. By the shared dharma of husband and wife one may obtain the dharma of the three Vedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.75

पितॄन् पुत्रैस्तथैवान्न-साधनैरतिथीन् नरः । पूजाभिरमरांस्तद्वत् साध्वीं भार्यां नरो ऽवति

pitṝn putraistathaivānna-sādhanairatithīn naraḥ / pūjābhiramarāṃstadvat sādhvīṃ bhāryāṃ naro 'vati

A man (satisfies) the ancestors with sons, guests with provisions of food, and likewise the gods with acts of worship; (thus) a man cherishes a virtuous wife.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 21.76

स्त्रियाश्चापि विना भर्त्रा धर्मकामार्थसन्ततिः । नैव तस्मात् त्रिवर्गो ऽयं दाम्पत्यमधिगच्छति

striyāścāpi vinā bhartrā dharmakāmārthasantatiḥ / naiva tasmāt trivargo 'yaṃ dāmpatyamadhigacchati

And for a woman too, without a husband there is no succession of dharma, kāma and artha; therefore this triad depends upon the married state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.77

एतन्मयोक्तं युवयोर्गच्छामि च यथेप्सितम् । वर्ध त्वमनया सार्धं धन-पुत्र-सुखायुषा

etanmayoktaṃ yuvayorgacchāmi ca yathepsitam / vardha tvamanayā sārdhaṃ dhana-putra-sukhāyuṣā

This much has been said by me to you two, and I go as I wish. Prosper together with her, in wealth, sons, happiness and long life."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.78

इत्युक्त्वा सा परिष्वज्य स्वसखीं तं नमस्य च । जगाम दिव्यया गत्या यथाभिप्रेतमात्मनः

ityuktvā sā pariṣvajya svasakhīṃ taṃ namasya ca / jagāma divyayā gatyā yathābhipretamātmanaḥ

Having spoken thus, she embraced her friend and bowed to him, and went by a divine course wherever she intended.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.79

सो ऽपि शत्रुजितः पुत्रस्तामारोप्य तुरङ्गमम् । निर्गन्तुकामः पातालाद्विज्ञातो दनुसम्भवैः

so 'pi śatrujitaḥ putrastāmāropya turaṅgamam / nirgantukāmaḥ pātālādvijñāto danusambhavaiḥ

And he, the son of Śatrujit, having mounted her on his horse and wishing to go out from Pātāla, was detected by the sons of Danu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.80

ततस्तैः सहसोत्क्रुष्टं ह्रियते ह्रियते ऽति वै । कन्यारत्नं यदानीतं दिवः पातालकेतुना

tatastaiḥ sahasotkruṣṭaṃ hriyate hriyate 'ti vai / kanyāratnaṃ yadānītaṃ divaḥ pātālaketunā

Then a cry was raised by them at once: "She is being carried off, carried off—the jewel of a maiden that Pātālaketu brought from heaven!"

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MkP 21.81

ततः परिघ-निस्त्रिंश-गदा-शूल-शरायुधम् । दानवानां बलं प्राप्तं सह पातालकेतुना

tataḥ parigha-nistriṃśa-gadā-śūla-śarāyudham / dānavānāṃ balaṃ prāptaṃ saha pātālaketunā

Then the army of the Dānavas, armed with iron bars, swords, maces, spears and arrows, arrived together with Pātālaketu.

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MkP 21.82

तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति जल्पन्तस्ते तदा दानवोत्तमाः । शरवर्षैस्तथा शूलैर्ववर्षुर्नृपनन्दनम्

tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti jalpantaste tadā dānavottamāḥ / śaravarṣaistathā śūlairvavarṣurnṛpanandanam

Then those foremost Dānavas, crying "Stand! Stand!", rained down showers of arrows and spears upon the king's son.

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MkP 21.83

स च शत्रुजितः पुत्रस्तदस्त्राण्यतिवीर्यवान् । चिच्छेद शरजालेन प्रहसन्निव लीलया

sa ca śatrujitaḥ putrastadastrāṇyativīryavān / ciccheda śarajālena prahasanniva līlayā

And he, the son of Śatrujit, of surpassing might, cut those missiles apart with a net of arrows, as if laughing, in sport.

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MkP 21.84

क्षणेन पातालतलमसिखक्त्यृष्टिशायकैः । छिन्नैः सञ्छन्नमभवदृतध्वजशरोत्करैः

kṣaṇena pātālatalamasikhaktyṛṣṭiśāyakaiḥ / chinnaiḥ sañchannamabhavadṛtadhvajaśarotkaraiḥ

In a moment the floor of Pātāla was covered with severed swords, javelins, lances and arrows, and with heaps of fallen banners and shafts.

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MkP 21.85

ततो ऽस्त्रं त्वाष्ट्रमादाय चिक्षेप प्रति दानवान् । तेन ते दानवाः सर्वे सह पातालकेतुना

tato 'straṃ tvāṣṭramādāya cikṣepa prati dānavān / tena te dānavāḥ sarve saha pātālaketunā

Then, taking up the weapon of Tvaṣṭṛ, he hurled it against the Dānavas; by it all those Dānavas, together with Pātālaketu,

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MkP 21.86

ज्वालामालातितीव्रेण स्फुटदस्थिचयाः कृताः । निर्दग्धाः कापिलं तेजः समासाद्येव सागराः

jvālāmālātitīvreṇa sphuṭadasthicayāḥ kṛtāḥ / nirdagdhāḥ kāpilaṃ tejaḥ samāsādyeva sāgarāḥ

were made, by its exceedingly fierce garland of flames, to have their masses of bones burst apart, and were burnt up, as the oceans were on encountering the fiery power of Kapila.

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MkP 21.87

ततः स राजपुत्रो ऽश्वी निहत्यासुरसत्तमान् । स्त्रीरत्नेन समं तेन समागच्छत् पितुः पुरम्

tataḥ sa rājaputro 'śvī nihatyāsurasattamān / strīratnena samaṃ tena samāgacchat pituḥ puram

Then that prince, mounted on his horse, having slain those chief among the Asuras, came with that jewel of a woman to his father's city.

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MkP 21.88

प्रणिपत्य च तत् सर्वं स तु पित्रे न्यवेदयत् । पातालगमनञ्चैव कुण्डलायाश्च दर्शनम्

praṇipatya ca tat sarvaṃ sa tu pitre nyavedayat / pātālagamanañcaiva kuṇḍalāyāśca darśanam

And having bowed down, he reported all that to his father: the journey to Pātāla and the sight of Kuṇḍalā,

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MkP 21.89

तद्वन्मदालसाप्राप्तिं दानवैश्चापि सङ्गरम् । वधञ्च तेषामस्त्रेण पुनरागमनं तथा

tadvanmadālasāprāptiṃ dānavaiścāpi saṅgaram / vadhañca teṣāmastreṇa punarāgamanaṃ tathā

and likewise the winning of Madālasā, and the battle with the Dānavas, and their slaughter by the weapon, and thus his return.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.90

इति श्रुत्वा पिता तस्य चरितं चारुचेतसः । प्रीतिमानभवच्चेदं परिष्वज्याह चात्मजम्

iti śrutvā pitā tasya caritaṃ cārucetasaḥ / prītimānabhavaccedaṃ pariṣvajyāha cātmajam

Having heard this deed of his, of him whose mind was fair, his father became delighted, and embracing his son he said this:

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MkP 21.91

सत्पात्रेण त्वया पुत्र तारितो ऽहं महात्मना । भयेभ्यो मुनयस्त्राता येन सद्धर्मचारिणः

satpātreṇa tvayā putra tārito 'haṃ mahātmanā / bhayebhyo munayastrātā yena saddharmacāriṇaḥ

"By you, my son, a worthy vessel, great of soul, I have been carried across, since by you the sages who practise the true law were saved from dangers."

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MkP 21.92

मत्पूर्वैः ख्यातिमानीतं मया विस्तारितं पुनः । पराक्रमवता वीर त्वया तद्वहुलीकृतम्

matpūrvaiḥ khyātimānītaṃ mayā vistāritaṃ punaḥ / parākramavatā vīra tvayā tadvahulīkṛtam

"Renown was won by my forebears, and again extended by me; by you, O hero, endowed with prowess, it has been made abundant."

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MkP 21.93

यदुपात्तं यशः पित्रा धनं वीर्यमथापि वा । तन्न हापयते यस्तु स नरो मध्यमः स्मृतः

yadupāttaṃ yaśaḥ pitrā dhanaṃ vīryamathāpi vā / tanna hāpayate yastu sa naro madhyamaḥ smṛtaḥ

"He who does not let fall the fame, or wealth, or valour acquired by his father—that man is reckoned middling."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.94

तद्वीर्यादधिकं यस्तु पुनरन्यत् स्वशक्तितः । निष्पादयति तं प्राज्ञाः प्रवदन्ति नरोत्तमम्

tadvīryādadhikaṃ yastu punaranyat svaśaktitaḥ / niṣpādayati taṃ prājñāḥ pravadanti narottamam

"But he who, beyond that valour, accomplishes yet something further by his own strength—him the wise call the best of men."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.95

यः पिता समुपात्तानि धनवीर्ययशांसि वै । न्यूनतां नयति प्राज्ञास्तमाहुः पुरुषाधमम्

yaḥ pitā samupāttāni dhanavīryayaśāṃsi vai / nyūnatāṃ nayati prājñāstamāhuḥ puruṣādhamam

"He who brings to diminishment the wealth, valour and fame gathered by his father—him the wise call the lowest of men."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.96

तन्मया ब्राह्मणत्राणं कृतमासीद्यथा त्वया । पातालगमनं यच्च यच्चासुरविनाशनम्

tanmayā brāhmaṇatrāṇaṃ kṛtamāsīdyathā tvayā / pātālagamanaṃ yacca yaccāsuravināśanam

"The protection of brahmins was done by me, as also by you; but the journey to Pātāla and the destruction of the Asuras—"

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MkP 21.97

एतदप्यधिकं वत्स तेन त्वं पुरुषोत्तमः । तद्धन्यो ऽस्म्य बाल त्वमहमेव गुणाधिकम्

etadapyadhikaṃ vatsa tena tvaṃ puruṣottamaḥ / taddhanyo 'smya bāla tvamahameva guṇādhikam

"this too is more, dear child; by that you are the best of men. Therefore I am blessed, my boy, since you surpass me in virtues."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.98

त्वां पुत्रमीदृशं प्राप्य श्लाघ्यः पुण्यवतामपि । न स पुत्रकृतां प्रीतिं मन्ये प्राप्नोति मानवः

tvāṃ putramīdṛśaṃ prāpya ślāghyaḥ puṇyavatāmapi / na sa putrakṛtāṃ prītiṃ manye prāpnoti mānavaḥ

"Having obtained such a son as you, (a father) is praiseworthy even among the meritorious; I think no (other) man attains the joy that comes from a son."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.99

पुत्रेण नातिशयितो यः प्रज्ञादानविक्रमैः । धिग्जन्म तस्य यः पित्रा लोके विज्ञायते नरः

putreṇa nātiśayito yaḥ prajñādānavikramaiḥ / dhigjanma tasya yaḥ pitrā loke vijñāyate naraḥ

"Fie on the birth of him who is not surpassed by his son in wisdom, giving and valour—the man who in the world is known by his father."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.100

यः पुत्रात् ख्यातिमभ्येति तस्य जन्म सुजन्मनः । आत्मना ज्ञायते धन्यो मध्यः पितृपितामहैः

yaḥ putrāt khyātimabhyeti tasya janma sujanmanaḥ / ātmanā jñāyate dhanyo madhyaḥ pitṛpitāmahaiḥ

"He who gains renown from his son, his birth is a good birth; he who is known by himself is blessed; middling is he (known) through father and grandfather."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.101

मातृपक्षेण मात्रा च ख्यातिमेति नराधमः । तत् पुत्र धनवीर्यैस्त्वं विवर्धस्व सुखेन च

mātṛpakṣeṇa mātrā ca khyātimeti narādhamaḥ / tat putra dhanavīryaistvaṃ vivardhasva sukhena ca

"The lowest of men gains renown through his mother's family and through his mother. Therefore, son, do you increase in wealth, in valour, and in happiness."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 21.102

घन्धर्वतनया चेयं मा त्वया वै वियुज्यताम् । इति पित्रा बहुविधं प्रियमुक्तः पुनः पुनः

ghandharvatanayā ceyaṃ mā tvayā vai viyujyatām / iti pitrā bahuvidhaṃ priyamuktaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

"And this daughter of the gandharva — let her not be parted from you!" Thus was he addressed with affectionate words of many kinds by his father, again and again.

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MkP 21.103

परिष्वज्य स्वमावासं सभार्यः स विसर्जितः । स तया भार्याया सार्धं रेमे तत्र पितुः पुरे

pariṣvajya svamāvāsaṃ sabhāryaḥ sa visarjitaḥ / sa tayā bhāryāyā sārdhaṃ reme tatra pituḥ pure

Having embraced (him), he was dismissed, together with his wife, to his own dwelling; there in his father's city he took his pleasure with that wife.

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MkP 21.104

अन्येषु च तथोद्यान-वन-पर्वतसानुषु । श्वश्रू-श्वसुरयोः पादौ प्रणिपत्य च सा शुभा । प्रातः प्रातस्ततस्तेन सह रेमे सुमध्यमा

anyeṣu ca tathodyāna-vana-parvatasānuṣu / śvaśrū-śvasurayoḥ pādau praṇipatya ca sā śubhā / prātaḥ prātastatastena saha reme sumadhyamā

And likewise in other places — in pleasure-gardens, forests, and on mountain slopes. And that fair one, having bowed at the feet of her mother-in-law and father-in-law each morning, thereafter the slender-waisted lady took her pleasure with him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition