Markandeya Purana — Chapter 22

MkP 22.1

ततः काले वहुतिथे गते राजा पुनः सुतम् । प्राह गच्छाशु विप्राणां त्राणाय चर मेदिनीम्

tataḥ kāle vahutithe gate rājā punaḥ sutam / prāha gacchāśu viprāṇāṃ trāṇāya cara medinīm

Then, when a great deal of time had passed, the king again spoke to his son: "Go quickly, range over the earth for the protection of the brahmins.

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MkP 22.2

अश्वमेनं समारुह्य प्रातः प्रातर्दिने दिने । अबाधा द्विजमुख्यानामन्वेष्टव्या सदैव हि

aśvamenaṃ samāruhya prātaḥ prātardine dine / abādhā dvijamukhyānāmanveṣṭavyā sadaiva hi

Mounting this horse, morning after morning, day after day, the freedom from harassment of the foremost twice-born is always to be looked to.

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MkP 22.3

दुर्वृत्ताः सन्ति शतशो दानवाः पापयोनयः । तेभ्यो न स्याद्यथा बाधा मुनीनां त्वं तथा कुरु

durvṛttāḥ santi śataśo dānavāḥ pāpayonayaḥ / tebhyo na syādyathā bādhā munīnāṃ tvaṃ tathā kuru

There are, by the hundreds, ill-behaved dānavas of sinful birth; act in such a way that no harassment come to the sages from them."

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MkP 22.4

स यथोक्तस्ततः पित्रा तथा चक्रे नृपात्मजः । परिक्रम्य महीं सर्वां ववन्दे चरणौ पितुः

sa yathoktastataḥ pitrā tathā cakre nṛpātmajaḥ / parikramya mahīṃ sarvāṃ vavande caraṇau pituḥ

Then the king's son did just as he had been told by his father; and having gone round the whole earth, he saluted his father's feet.

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MkP 22.5

अहन्यहन्यनुप्राप्ते पूर्वाह्ने नृपनन्दनः । ततश्च शेषं दिवसं तया रेमे सुमध्यया

ahanyahanyanuprāpte pūrvāhne nṛpanandanaḥ / tataśca śeṣaṃ divasaṃ tayā reme sumadhyayā

Day after day, in the forenoon, the king's son having returned, he then took his pleasure for the rest of the day with that slender-waisted lady.

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MkP 22.6

एकदा तु चारन् सो ऽथ ददर्श यमुनातटे । पातालकेतोरनुजं तालकेतुं कृताश्रमम्

ekadā tu cāran so 'tha dadarśa yamunātaṭe / pātālaketoranujaṃ tālaketuṃ kṛtāśramam

But once, while roaming, he saw on the bank of the Yamunā the younger brother of Pātālaketu, Tālaketu, who had made himself a hermitage.

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MkP 22.7

मायावी दानवः सो ऽथ मुनिरूपं समास्थितः । स प्राह राजपुत्रं तं पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन्

māyāvī dānavaḥ so 'tha munirūpaṃ samāsthitaḥ / sa prāha rājaputraṃ taṃ pūrvavairamanusmaran

That dānava, a master of illusion, had assumed the form of a sage; remembering the old enmity, he spoke to that prince:

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MkP 22.8

राजपुत्र ब्रीवीमि त्वां तत् कुरुष्व यदीच्छसि । न च ते प्रार्थनाभङ्गः कार्यः सत्यप्रतिश्रव

rājaputra brīvīmi tvāṃ tat kuruṣva yadīcchasi / na ca te prārthanābhaṅgaḥ kāryaḥ satyapratiśrava

"Prince, I am telling you (something): do it, if you are willing; and you must not break a request, O you whose promises are true.

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MkP 22.9

यक्ष्ये यज्ञेन धर्माय कर्तव्याश्च तथेष्टयः । चितयस्तत्र कर्तव्या नास्ति मे दक्षैणा यतः

yakṣye yajñena dharmāya kartavyāśca tatheṣṭayaḥ / citayastatra kartavyā nāsti me dakṣaiṇā yataḥ

I shall sacrifice with a sacrifice for the sake of dharma, and likewise the iṣṭi-offerings must be performed; the fire-mounds must be built there, but I have no sacrificial fee.

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MkP 22.10

अतः प्रयच्छ मे वीर हिरण्यार्थं स्वभूषणम् । यदेतत् कण्ठलग्नं ते रक्ष चेमं माश्रमम्

ataḥ prayaccha me vīra hiraṇyārthaṃ svabhūṣaṇam / yadetat kaṇṭhalagnaṃ te rakṣa cemaṃ māśramam

Therefore give me, hero, for the sake of gold, your own ornament — this one that hangs at your neck; and guard this hermitage of mine,

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MkP 22.11

यावदन्तर्जले देवं वरुणं यादसां पतिम् । वैदिकैर्वारुणैर्मन्त्रैः प्रजानां पुष्टिहेतुकैः

yāvadantarjale devaṃ varuṇaṃ yādasāṃ patim / vaidikairvāruṇairmantraiḥ prajānāṃ puṣṭihetukaiḥ

while, within the water, (I praise) the god Varuṇa, lord of the water-creatures, with Vedic Varuṇa-mantras that bring about the thriving of creatures —

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MkP 22.12

अभिष्टूय त्वरायुक्तः समभ्येमीति वादिनम् । तं प्रणम्य ततः प्रादात् स तस्मै कण्ठभूषणम्

abhiṣṭūya tvarāyuktaḥ samabhyemīti vādinam / taṃ praṇamya tataḥ prādāt sa tasmai kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam

having praised (him), I shall return in haste" — so he said; and (the prince), bowing to him, then gave him the neck ornament,

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MkP 22.13

प्राह यैनं भवान् यातु निर्व्यलीकेन चेतसा । स्थास्यामि तावदत्रैव तवाश्रमसमीपतः

prāha yainaṃ bhavān yātu nirvyalīkena cetasā / sthāsyāmi tāvadatraiva tavāśramasamīpataḥ

and said: "Let your honour go with a mind free of misgiving. I shall stay right here, close by your hermitage,

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MkP 22.14

तवादेशान्महाभाग यावदागमनं तव । न ते ऽत्र कश्चिदाबाधां करिष्यति मयि स्थिते । विश्रब्धश्चात्वरन् ब्रह्मन् कुरुष्व त्वं मनोगतम्

tavādeśānmahābhāga yāvadāgamanaṃ tava / na te 'tra kaścidābādhāṃ kariṣyati mayi sthite / viśrabdhaścātvaran brahman kuruṣva tvaṃ manogatam

at your command, greatly fortunate one, until your return. While I stand (here) no one will do you any harm; and confident (and) roaming about, O brahman, do what is in your mind."

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MkP 22.15

एकमुक्तस्ततस्तेन स ममज्ज नदीजले । ररक्ष सो ऽपि तस्यैव मायाविहितमाश्रमम्

ekamuktastatastena sa mamajja nadījale / rarakṣa so 'pi tasyaiva māyāvihitamāśramam

Thus addressed by him, he then plunged into the water of the river; and he (the prince), for his part, guarded that very hermitage, which had been conjured up by magic.

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MkP 22.16

गत्वा जलाशयात् तस्मात् तालकेतुश्च तत्परम् । मदालसायाः प्रत्यक्षमन्येषाञ्चैतदुक्तवान्

gatvā jalāśayāt tasmāt tālaketuśca tatparam / madālasāyāḥ pratyakṣamanyeṣāñcaitaduktavān

And Tālaketu, going away from that water beyond (it), said this in the presence of Madālasā and of the others:

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MkP 22.17

वीरः कुवलयाश्वो ऽसौ ममाश्रमसमीपतः । केनापि दुष्टदैत्येन कुर्वन् रक्षां तपस्विनाम्

vīraḥ kuvalayāśvo 'sau mamāśramasamīpataḥ / kenāpi duṣṭadaityena kurvan rakṣāṃ tapasvinām

"That hero Kuvalayāśva, near my hermitage, while affording protection to the ascetics, by some wicked daitya —

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MkP 22.18

युध्यमानो यथाशक्ति निघ्नन् ब्रह्मद्विषो युधि । मायामाश्रित्य पापेन भिन्नः शूलेन वक्षसी

yudhyamāno yathāśakti nighnan brahmadviṣo yudhi / māyāmāśritya pāpena bhinnaḥ śūlena vakṣasī

Fighting as best he could, striking down in battle the haters of brahmins, he was pierced in the chest with a spear by that wicked one, who resorted to magic illusion.

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MkP 22.19

म्रियमाणेन तेनेदं दत्तं मे कण्ठभूषणम् । प्रापितश्चाग्निसंयोगं स वने शूद्रतापसैः

mriyamāṇena tenedaṃ dattaṃ me kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam / prāpitaścāgnisaṃyogaṃ sa vane śūdratāpasaiḥ

As he was dying he gave me this neck-ornament; and he was brought to union with fire in the forest by the śūdra ascetics.

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MkP 22.20

कृतार्तह्रेषाशब्दो वै त्रस्तः साश्रुविलोचनः । नीतः सो ऽश्वश्च तेनैव दानवेन दुरात्मना

kṛtārtahreṣāśabdo vai trastaḥ sāśruvilocanaḥ / nītaḥ so 'śvaśca tenaiva dānavena durātmanā

And that horse too, uttering a piteous neighing, terrified, its eyes filled with tears, was led away by that very evil-souled dānava.

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MkP 22.21

एतन्मया नृशंसेन दृष्टं दुष्कृतकारिणा । यदत्रानन्तरं कृत्यं क्रियतां तदकालिकम्

etanmayā nṛśaṃsena dṛṣṭaṃ duṣkṛtakāriṇā / yadatrānantaraṃ kṛtyaṃ kriyatāṃ tadakālikam

This was seen by me, a cruel man, a doer of evil deeds. Whatever is to be done next in this matter, let that be done without delay.

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MkP 22.22

हृदयाश्वासनञ्चैतद् गृह्यतां कण्ठभूषणम् । नास्माकं हि सुवर्णेन कृत्यमस्ति तपस्विनाम्

hṛdayāśvāsanañcaitad gṛhyatāṃ kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam / nāsmākaṃ hi suvarṇena kṛtyamasti tapasvinām

And let this neck-ornament be taken, as a consolation of the heart; for we ascetics have no use for gold.

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MkP 22.23

इत्युक्त्वोत्सृज्य दत्भूमौ स जगाम यथागतम् । निपपात जनः सो ऽथ शोकार्तो मूर्च्छयाऽतुरः

ityuktvotsṛjya datbhūmau sa jagāma yathāgatam / nipapāta janaḥ so 'tha śokārto mūrcchayā'turaḥ

Having said this, he dropped (it) on the ground and went as he had come; then those people fell down, stricken with grief and overcome by fainting.

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MkP 22.24

तत्क्षणात् चेतनां प्राप्य सर्वास्ता नृपयोषितः । राजपत्न्यश्च राजा च विलेपुरतिदुः खिताः

tatkṣaṇāt cetanāṃ prāpya sarvāstā nṛpayoṣitaḥ / rājapatnyaśca rājā ca vilepuratiduḥ khitāḥ

Regaining consciousness that very moment, all those women of the king — the king's wives — and the king himself lamented, exceedingly sorrowful.

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MkP 22.25

मदालसा तु द् दृष्ट्वा तदीयं कण्ठभूषणम् । तत्याजाशु प्रियान् प्राणान् श्रुत्वा च निहन्त पतिम्

madālasā tu d dṛṣṭvā tadīyaṃ kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam / tatyājāśu priyān prāṇān śrutvā ca nihanta patim

But Madālasā, when she saw that neck-ornament of his and heard that her husband had been slain, at once gave up her dear life-breaths.

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MkP 22.26

ततस्तथा महाक्रन्दः पौराणां भवनेष्वभूत् । यथैव तस्य नृपतेः स्वगेहे समवर्तत

tatastathā mahākrandaḥ paurāṇāṃ bhavaneṣvabhūt / yathaiva tasya nṛpateḥ svagehe samavartata

Then there arose in the houses of the townspeople just such a great wailing as had taken place in the king's own house.

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MkP 22.27

राजा च तां मृतां दृष्ट्वा विना भर्त्रा मदालसाम् । प्रत्युवाच जनं सर्वं विमृश्य सुस्थमानसः

rājā ca tāṃ mṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā vinā bhartrā madālasām / pratyuvāca janaṃ sarvaṃ vimṛśya susthamānasaḥ

And the king, seeing Madālasā dead, without her husband, having reflected, with a steadied mind answered all the people:

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MkP 22.28

न रोदितव्यं पश्यामि भवतामात्मनस्तथा । सर्वेषामेव संचिन्त्य सम्बन्धानामनित्यताम्

na roditavyaṃ paśyāmi bhavatāmātmanastathā / sarveṣāmeva saṃcintya sambandhānāmanityatām

"I see no cause for weeping — for you, nor likewise for myself — when one considers the impermanence of all connections whatsoever.

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MkP 22.29

किन्नु शोचामि तनयं किन्नु शोचाम्यहं स्नुषाम् । विमृश्य कृतकृत्यत्वाम्नम्ये ऽशोच्यावुभावपि

kinnu śocāmi tanayaṃ kinnu śocāmyahaṃ snuṣām / vimṛśya kṛtakṛtyatvāmnamye 'śocyāvubhāvapi

Why should I grieve for my son, why should I grieve for my daughter-in-law? Reflecting on the fact that they have accomplished their purpose, I hold that neither of the two is to be grieved for.

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MkP 22.30

मच्छ्रु श्रुपुर्मद्वचनाद्द्विजरक्षणतत्परः । प्राप्तो मे यः सुतो मृत्युं कथं शोच्यः स धीमताम्

macchru śrupurmadvacanāddvijarakṣaṇatatparaḥ / prāpto me yaḥ suto mṛtyuṃ kathaṃ śocyaḥ sa dhīmatām

My son, who obeyed my instruction, and at my word was intent on protecting the twice-born, and who met his death — how is he to be grieved for by the wise?

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MkP 22.31

अवश्यं याति यद्देहं तद्द्विजानां कृते यदि । मम पुत्रेण संत्यक्तं नन्वभ्युदयकारि तत्

avaśyaṃ yāti yaddehaṃ taddvijānāṃ kṛte yadi / mama putreṇa saṃtyaktaṃ nanvabhyudayakāri tat

If the body, which must inevitably depart, has been given up by my son for the sake of the twice-born, surely that brings about (his) exaltation.

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MkP 22.32

इयञ्च सत्कुलोत्पन्ना भर्तर्येवमनुव्रतां । कथन्नु शोच्या नारीणां भर्तुरन्यन्न दैवतम्

iyañca satkulotpannā bhartaryevamanuvratāṃ / kathannu śocyā nārīṇāṃ bharturanyanna daivatam

And she, born of a good family, thus devoted to her husband — how is she to be grieved for? For women there is no deity other than the husband.

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MkP 22.33

अस्माकं बान्धवानाञ्च तथान्येषां दयावताम् । शोच्या ह्येषा भवेदेवं यदि भर्त्रा वियोगिनी

asmākaṃ bāndhavānāñca tathānyeṣāṃ dayāvatām / śocyā hyeṣā bhavedevaṃ yadi bhartrā viyoginī

For us and for her kinsfolk and likewise for others who have compassion, she would indeed have been one to grieve for, if she had been separated from her husband.

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MkP 22.34

या तु भर्तुर्वधं श्रुत्वा तत्क्षणादेव भामिनी । भर्तारमनुयातेयं न शोच्यातो विपश्चिताम्

yā tu bharturvadhaṃ śrutvā tatkṣaṇādeva bhāminī / bhartāramanuyāteyaṃ na śocyāto vipaścitām

But this passionate woman, who on hearing of her husband's slaying followed her husband that very instant — she is therefore not to be grieved for by the learned.

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MkP 22.35

ताः शोच्या या वियोगिन्यो न शोच्या या मृताः सह । भर्त्रा वियोगस्त्वनया नानुभूतः कृतज्ञया

tāḥ śocyā yā viyoginyo na śocyā yā mṛtāḥ saha / bhartrā viyogastvanayā nānubhūtaḥ kṛtajñayā

Those women are to be grieved for who are left separated; those who have died together with the husband are not to be grieved for. And separation was not experienced by this grateful woman.

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MkP 22.36

दातारं सर्वसौख्यानामिह चामुत्र चोभयोः । लोकयोः का हि भर्तारं नारी मन्येत मानुषम्

dātāraṃ sarvasaukhyānāmiha cāmutra cobhayoḥ / lokayoḥ kā hi bhartāraṃ nārī manyeta mānuṣam

For what woman would think her husband a mere man, when he is the giver of all happiness in both worlds, here and hereafter?

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MkP 22.37

नासौ शोच्यो न चैवेयं नाहं तज्जननी न च । त्यजता ब्राह्मणार्थाय प्राणान् सर्वे स्म तारिताः

nāsau śocyo na caiveyaṃ nāhaṃ tajjananī na ca / tyajatā brāhmaṇārthāya prāṇān sarve sma tāritāḥ

He is not to be grieved for, nor is she, nor am I, nor his mother; by him who gave up his life for the sake of the brahmins we have all been carried across.

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MkP 22.38

विप्राणं मम धर्मस्य गतः स हि महामतिः । आनृण्यमर्धभुक्तस्य त्यागाद् देहस्य मे सुतः

viprāṇaṃ mama dharmasya gataḥ sa hi mahāmatiḥ / ānṛṇyamardhabhuktasya tyāgād dehasya me sutaḥ

For that great-minded one, my son, has attained freedom from debt to the brahmins and to my dharma by giving up his body, which he had enjoyed but half.

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

MkP 22.39

मातुः सतीत्वं मद्वंशवैमल्यं शौर्यमात्मनः । संग्रामे संत्यजन् प्राणान् नात्यजद् द्विजरक्षणम्

mātuḥ satītvaṃ madvaṃśavaimalyaṃ śauryamātmanaḥ / saṃgrāme saṃtyajan prāṇān nātyajad dvijarakṣaṇam

Giving up his life in battle, he did not give up the protection of the twice-born — (nor) his mother's chastity, the purity of my lineage, (nor) his own valour.

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MkP 22.40

ततः कुवलयाश्वस्य माता भर्तुरनन्तरम् । श्रुत्वा पुत्रवधं तादृक् प्राह दृष्ट्वा तु तं पतिम्

tataḥ kuvalayāśvasya mātā bharturanantaram / śrutvā putravadhaṃ tādṛk prāha dṛṣṭvā tu taṃ patim

Then the mother of Kuvalayāśva, having heard of her son's death in such a manner right after (that of) her husband, and seeing that husband (there), spoke.

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MkP 22.41

मातोवाच न मे मात्रा न मे स्वस्त्रा प्राप्ता प्रीतिर्नृपेदृशी । श्रुत्वा मुनिपरित्राणे हतं पुत्रं यथा मया

mātovāca na me mātrā na me svastrā prāptā prītirnṛpedṛśī / śrutvā muniparitrāṇe hataṃ putraṃ yathā mayā

The mother said: O king, no such joy has ever come to me from my mother or from my sister as when I heard that my son had been slain in the rescue of the sage.

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MkP 22.42

शोचतां बान्धवानां ये निः श्वसन्तो ऽतिदुः खिताः । म्रियन्ते व्याधिना क्लिष्टास्तेषां माता वृथाप्रजा

śocatāṃ bāndhavānāṃ ye niḥ śvasanto 'tiduḥ khitāḥ / mriyante vyādhinā kliṣṭāsteṣāṃ mātā vṛthāprajā

Those who die sighing, greatly afflicted, worn down by disease, amid grieving kinsmen — their mother has borne offspring in vain.

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MkP 22.43

संग्रामे युध्यमाना ये ऽभीता गोद्विजरक्षणे । क्षुण्णाः शस्त्रैर्विपद्यन्ते त एव भुवि मानवाः

saṃgrāme yudhyamānā ye 'bhītā godvijarakṣaṇe / kṣuṇṇāḥ śastrairvipadyante ta eva bhuvi mānavāḥ

Those who, fighting in battle without fear for the protection of cows and brahmins, are cut down by weapons and perish — they alone are (true) men on earth.

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MkP 22.44

अर्थिनां मित्रवर्गस्य विद्विषाञ्च पराङ्मुखः । यो न याति पिता तेन पुत्री माता च वीरसूः

arthināṃ mitravargasya vidviṣāñca parāṅmukhaḥ / yo na yāti pitā tena putrī mātā ca vīrasūḥ

He who does not turn his back on suppliants, on the circle of his friends, or on his enemies — by him a father has a (true) son, and a mother is the bearer of a hero.

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

MkP 22.45

गर्भक्लेशः स्त्रियो मन्ये साफल्यं भजते तदा । यदारिविजयी वा स्यात् संग्रामे वा हतः सुतः

garbhakleśaḥ striyo manye sāphalyaṃ bhajate tadā / yadārivijayī vā syāt saṃgrāme vā hataḥ sutaḥ

I hold that a woman's pain of pregnancy then attains its fruit, when her son is either a conqueror of foes or is slain in battle.

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MkP 22.46

ततः स राजा संस्कारं पुत्रपत्नीमलम्भयत् । निर्गम्य च बहिः स्नातो ददौ पुत्राय चोदकम्

tataḥ sa rājā saṃskāraṃ putrapatnīmalambhayat / nirgamya ca bahiḥ snāto dadau putrāya codakam

Then that king had his son's wife undergo the (funeral) rite, and going outside and bathing, he offered the water-oblation to his son.

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MkP 22.47

तालकेतुश्च निर्गम्य तथैव यमुनाजलात् । राजपुत्रमुवाचेदं प्रणयान्मधुरं वचः

tālaketuśca nirgamya tathaiva yamunājalāt / rājaputramuvācedaṃ praṇayānmadhuraṃ vacaḥ

And Tālaketu, likewise coming out from the waters of the Yamunā, spoke these sweet words to the prince out of affection.

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MkP 22.48

गच्छ भूपालपुत्र ! त्वं कृतार्थो ऽहं कृतस्त्वया । कार्यं चिराभिलषितं त्वय्यत्राविचले स्थिते

gaccha bhūpālaputra ! tvaṃ kṛtārtho 'haṃ kṛtastvayā / kāryaṃ cirābhilaṣitaṃ tvayyatrāvicale sthite

"Go, son of the king! I have been made one whose purpose is accomplished by you. The task long desired (is done), since you stood here unwavering."

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MkP 22.49

वारुणं यज्ञकार्यञ्च जलेशस्य महात्मनः । तन्मया साधितं सर्वं यन्ममासीदभीप्सितम्

vāruṇaṃ yajñakāryañca jaleśasya mahātmanaḥ / tanmayā sādhitaṃ sarvaṃ yanmamāsīdabhīpsitam

"And the sacrificial rite to Varuṇa, the great-souled lord of the waters — all that has been accomplished by me, which was what I desired."

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MkP 22.50

प्रणिपत्य स तं प्रायाद्राजपुत्रः पुरं पितुः । समारुह्य तमेवाश्वं सुपर्णानिलविक्रमम्

praṇipatya sa taṃ prāyādrājaputraḥ puraṃ pituḥ / samāruhya tamevāśvaṃ suparṇānilavikramam

Bowing down to him, the prince set out for his father's city, mounting that very horse whose speed was that of Garuḍa and the wind.

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