Markandeya Purana — Chapter 39
MkP 39.27
ए꣡ए꣡ए꣡åßञ्। युञ्जतश्च सदा योगं यादृग्विहितमासनम्
éééåßñ/ yuñjataśca sadā yogaṃ yādṛgvihitamāsanam
[text corrupt] ... and what sort of seat is prescribed for one who constantly practices yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 39.28
पद्ममर्धासनञ्चापि तथा स्वस्तिकमासनम् । आस्थाय योगं युञ्जीत कृत्वा च प्रणवं हृदि
padmamardhāsanañcāpi tathā svastikamāsanam / āsthāya yogaṃ yuñjīta kṛtvā ca praṇavaṃ hṛdi
Having assumed the lotus, the half-seat, or likewise the svastika posture, and having placed the syllable oṃ in the heart, let him practice yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 39.29
समः समासनो भूत्वा संहृत्य चरणावुभौ । संवृतास्यस्तथैवोरू सम्यग्विष्टभ्य चाग्रतः
samaḥ samāsano bhūtvā saṃhṛtya caraṇāvubhau / saṃvṛtāsyastathaivorū samyagviṣṭabhya cāgrataḥ
Becoming balanced, evenly seated, drawing in both feet, with mouth closed and the thighs likewise, having braced (them) properly in front,
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MkP 39.30
पार्ष्णिभ्यां लिङ्गवृषणावस्पृशन् प्रयतः स्थितः । किञ्चिदुन्नामितशिरा दन्तैर्दन्तान्न संस्पृशेत्
pārṣṇibhyāṃ liṅgavṛṣaṇāvaspṛśan prayataḥ sthitaḥ / kiñcidunnāmitaśirā dantairdantānna saṃspṛśet
Standing restrained, not touching the penis and testicles with the heels, with the head raised a little, he should not let (his) teeth touch (his) teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 39.31
सम्पश्यन् नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् । रजसा तमसो वृत्तिं सत्त्वेन रजसस्तथा
sampaśyan nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan / rajasā tamaso vṛttiṃ sattvena rajasastathā
Gazing at the tip of his own nose and not looking about at the directions, (covering) the activity of darkness (tamas) with passion (rajas), and that of passion with goodness (sattva),
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MkP 39.32
सञ्छाद्य निर्मले सत्त्वे स्थितो युञ्जीत योगवित् । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः प्राणादीन्मन एव च
sañchādya nirmale sattve sthito yuñjīta yogavit / indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ prāṇādīnmana eva ca
having covered (them) over, the knower of yoga, established in spotless sattva, should practise yoga: (drawing back) the senses from the objects of the senses, and the breaths and the mind as well,
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MkP 39.33
निगृह्य समवायेन प्रत्याहारमुपक्रमेत् । यस्तु प्रत्याहरेत्कामान सर्वाङ्गानीव कच्छपः
nigṛhya samavāyena pratyāhāramupakramet / yastu pratyāharetkāmāna sarvāṅgānīva kacchapaḥ
having restrained (them) all together, he should undertake withdrawal (pratyāhāra). He who withdraws (his) desires, as a tortoise (withdraws) all its limbs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 39.34
सदात्मरतिरेकस्थः वश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि । स बाह्याभ्यन्तरं शौचं निष्पाद्याकण्ठनाभितः
sadātmaratirekasthaḥ vaśyatyātmānamātmani / sa bāhyābhyantaraṃ śaucaṃ niṣpādyākaṇṭhanābhitaḥ
always delighting in the self, abiding alone, he masters the self in the self. Having accomplished outer and inner purity, from the throat to the navel,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 39.35
पूरयित्वा बुधो देहं प्रत्याहारमुपक्रमेत् । प्राणायामा दश द्वौ च धारणा साभिधीयते
pūrayitvā budho dehaṃ pratyāhāramupakramet / prāṇāyāmā daśa dvau ca dhāraṇā sābhidhīyate
having filled the body, the wise one should undertake withdrawal. Twelve prāṇāyāmas are called one dhāraṇā.
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MkP 39.36
द्वे धारणे स्मृते योगे योगिभिस्तत्त्वदृष्टिभिः । तथा वै योगयुक्तस्य योगिनो नियतात्मनः
dve dhāraṇe smṛte yoge yogibhistattvadṛṣṭibhiḥ / tathā vai yogayuktasya yogino niyatātmanaḥ
Two dhāraṇās are held to be yoga by the yogins who see the truth. Thus indeed, for a yogin joined to yoga, whose self is restrained,
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MkP 39.37
सर्वे दोषाः प्रणश्यन्ति स्वस्थश्चैवोपजायते । वीक्षते च परं ब्रह्म प्राकृतांश्च गुणान् पृथक्
sarve doṣāḥ praṇaśyanti svasthaścaivopajāyate / vīkṣate ca paraṃ brahma prākṛtāṃśca guṇān pṛthak
all faults perish and he becomes sound in himself; and he sees the supreme brahman, and the qualities (guṇas) belonging to nature separately,
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MkP 39.38
व्योमादिपरमाणूंश्च तथात्मानमकल्मषम् । इत्थं योगी यताहारः प्राणायामपरायणः
vyomādiparamāṇūṃśca tathātmānamakalmaṣam / itthaṃ yogī yatāhāraḥ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ
and the atoms beginning with ether, and the stainless self. Thus the yogin, with restrained food, devoted to breath-control,
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MkP 39.39
जितां जितां शनैर्भूमिमारोहेत यथा गृहम् । दोषान् व्याधींस्तथा मोहमाक्रान्ता भूरनिर्जिता
jitāṃ jitāṃ śanairbhūmimāroheta yathā gṛham / doṣān vyādhīṃstathā mohamākrāntā bhūranirjitā
should slowly ascend, ground by conquered ground, as (one ascends) a house. But a ground not conquered, when overrun, increases the faults, the diseases and delusion;
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MkP 39.40
विवर्धयति नारोहेत्तस्माद् भूमिमनिर्जिताम् । प्राणानामुपसंरोधात् प्राणायाम इति स्मृतः
vivardhayati nārohettasmād bhūmimanirjitām / prāṇānāmupasaṃrodhāt prāṇāyāma iti smṛtaḥ
therefore he should not ascend a ground not conquered. From the restraining of the breaths it is called prāṇāyāma;
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MkP 39.41
धारणेत्युच्यते चेयं धार्यते यन्मनो यथा । शब्दादिभ्यः प्रवृत्तानि यदक्षाणि यतात्मभिः
dhāraṇetyucyate ceyaṃ dhāryate yanmano yathā / śabdādibhyaḥ pravṛttāni yadakṣāṇi yatātmabhiḥ
and this is called dhāraṇā, in that the mind is held (fixed) as it should be. When the senses, gone forth towards sound and the other (objects), are
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MkP 39.42
प्रत्याह्रियन्ते योगेन प्रत्याहारस्ततः स्मृतः । उपायश्चात्र कथितो योगिभिः परमर्षिभिः
pratyāhriyante yogena pratyāhārastataḥ smṛtaḥ / upāyaścātra kathito yogibhiḥ paramarṣibhiḥ
drawn back by yoga by those of restrained selves, from that it is called pratyāhāra. And a means has been declared here by the yogins, the supreme seers,
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MkP 39.43
येन व्याध्यादयो दोषा न जायन्ते हि योगिनः । यथा तोयार्थिनस्तोयं यन्त्रनालादिभिः शनैः
yena vyādhyādayo doṣā na jāyante hi yoginaḥ / yathā toyārthinastoyaṃ yantranālādibhiḥ śanaiḥ
by which the faults, disease and the rest, do not arise for the yogin. As those who want water (draw) water slowly by machines, pipes and the like
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MkP 39.44
आपिबेयुस्तथा वायुं पिबेद्योगी जितश्रमः । प्राङ्नाभ्यां हृदये चात्र तृतीये च तथोरसि
āpibeyustathā vāyuṃ pibedyogī jitaśramaḥ / prāṅnābhyāṃ hṛdaye cātra tṛtīye ca tathorasi
and drink it up, so the yogin, having conquered fatigue, should drink the breath: first in the navel, and here in the heart, and third likewise in the chest,
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MkP 39.45
कण्ठे मुखे नासिकाग्रे नेत्रभ्रूमध्यमूर्धसु । किञ्च तस्मात्परस्मिंश्च धारणा परमा स्मृता
kaṇṭhe mukhe nāsikāgre netrabhrūmadhyamūrdhasu / kiñca tasmātparasmiṃśca dhāraṇā paramā smṛtā
in the throat, in the mouth, at the tip of the nose, in the eyes, between the brows, and in the head, and moreover in that which is beyond it — (this last) is held to be the supreme dhāraṇā.
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MkP 39.46
दशैता धारणा प्राप्य प्राप्रोत्यक्षरसाम्यताम् । नाध्मातः क्षुधितः श्रान्तो न च व्याकुलचेतनः
daśaitā dhāraṇā prāpya prāprotyakṣarasāmyatām / nādhmātaḥ kṣudhitaḥ śrānto na ca vyākulacetanaḥ
Having attained these ten dhāraṇās, one attains equality with the imperishable. Not bloated, not hungry, not weary, and not with agitated mind
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MkP 39.47
युञ्जीत योगं राजेन्द्र ! योगी सिद्ध्यर्थमादृतः । नातिशीते न चोष्णे वै न द्वन्द्वे नानिलात्मके
yuñjīta yogaṃ rājendra ! yogī siddhyarthamādṛtaḥ / nātiśīte na coṣṇe vai na dvandve nānilātmake
should the yogin, attentive for the sake of success, practise yoga, O best of kings — not in great cold nor in heat, not in a mixture (of the two), nor when it is windy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 39.48
कालेष्वेतेषु युञ्जीत न योगं ध्यानतत्परः । सशब्दाग्निजालभ्यासे जीर्णगोष्ठे चतुष्पथे
kāleṣveteṣu yuñjīta na yogaṃ dhyānatatparaḥ / saśabdāgnijālabhyāse jīrṇagoṣṭhe catuṣpathe
At these times one intent on meditation should not practise yoga; (nor) where there is noise, in a place practised by fire, in a decayed cowshed, at a crossroads,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 39.49
शुष्कपर्णचये नद्यां श्मशाने ससरीसृपे । सभये कूपतीरे वा चैत्यवल्मीकसञ्चये
śuṣkaparṇacaye nadyāṃ śmaśāne sasarīsṛpe / sabhaye kūpatīre vā caityavalmīkasañcaye
on a heap of dry leaves, in a river, in a cremation ground, where there are creeping creatures, in a fearsome place, on the bank of a well, or at a shrine or a mass of anthills:
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MkP 39.50
देशेष्वेतेषु तत्त्वज्ञो योगाभ्यासं विवर्जयेत् । सत्त्वस्यानुपपत्तौ च देशकालं विवर्जयेत्
deśeṣveteṣu tattvajño yogābhyāsaṃ vivarjayet / sattvasyānupapattau ca deśakālaṃ vivarjayet
In these places the knower of reality should avoid the practice of yoga; and when steadiness (sattva) does not come about, he should avoid (that) place and time.
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MkP 39.51
नासतो दर्शनं योगे तस्मात्तत्परिवर्जयेत् । देशानेताननादृत्य मूढत्वाद्यो युनक्ति वै
nāsato darśanaṃ yoge tasmāttatparivarjayet / deśānetānanādṛtya mūḍhatvādyo yunakti vai
There is no vision of the unreal in yoga; therefore he should avoid it. But whoever, disregarding these (rules about) places, yokes himself out of delusion —
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MkP 39.52
विघ्राय तस्य वै दोषा जायन्ते तन्निबोध मे । बाधिर्यं जडता लोपः स्मृतेर्मूकत्वमन्धता
vighrāya tasya vai doṣā jāyante tannibodha me / bādhiryaṃ jaḍatā lopaḥ smṛtermūkatvamandhatā
— for him faults arise; learn them from me: deafness, dullness, loss of memory, muteness, blindness,
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MkP 39.53
ज्वरश्च जायते सद्यस्तत्तदज्ञानयोगिनः । प्रमादाद्योगिनो दोषा यद्येते स्युश्चिकित्सितम्
jvaraśca jāyate sadyastattadajñānayoginaḥ / pramādādyogino doṣā yadyete syuścikitsitam
and fever arises at once for that yogin who acts in ignorance. If these faults befall a yogin through carelessness, the treatment
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MkP 39.54
तेषां नाशाय कर्तव्यं योगिनां तन्निबोध मे । स्त्रिग्धां यवागूमत्युष्णां भुक्त्वा तत्रैव धारयेत्
teṣāṃ nāśāya kartavyaṃ yogināṃ tannibodha me / strigdhāṃ yavāgūmatyuṣṇāṃ bhuktvā tatraiva dhārayet
that must be applied for their removal in the case of yogins — learn that from me: having eaten oily, very hot barley-gruel, he should hold (the breath) right there.
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MkP 39.56
वात-गुल्मप्रशान्त्यर्थमुदावर्ते तथोदरे । यवागूं वापि पवनं वायुग्रन्थिं प्रतिक्षिपेत् ॥ मर्क्प्_३९।५५ ॥ तद्वत्कम्पे महाशैलं स्थिरं मनसि धारयेत् । विघाते वचसो वाचं बाधिर्ये श्रवणेन्द्रियम्
vāta-gulmapraśāntyarthamudāvarte tathodare / yavāgūṃ vāpi pavanaṃ vāyugranthiṃ pratikṣipet // markp_39.55 // tadvatkampe mahāśailaṃ sthiraṃ manasi dhārayet / vighāte vacaso vācaṃ bādhirye śravaṇendriyam
For the quelling of wind-tumour, and in upward-moving wind (udāvarta) and in abdominal disease, he should drive back the barley-gruel, or the wind, or the knot of wind. So too, in trembling he should hold a great firm mountain in the mind; in loss of speech, speech; in deafness, the organ of hearing.
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MkP 39.57
यथैवाम्रफलं ध्यायेत् तृष्णार्तो रसनेन्द्रिये । यस्मिन् यस्मिन् रुजा देहे तस्मिंस्तदुपकारिणीम्
yathaivāmraphalaṃ dhyāyet tṛṣṇārto rasanendriye / yasmin yasmin rujā dehe tasmiṃstadupakāriṇīm
just as one tormented by thirst should meditate on a mango fruit with respect to the organ of taste; in whatever part of the body there is pain, there (he should hold) the fixed attention that is helpful to it,
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MkP 39.58
धारयेद्धारणामुष्णे शीतां शीते च दाहिनीम् । कीलं शिरसि संस्थाप्य काष्ठं काष्ठेन ताडयेत्
dhārayeddhāraṇāmuṣṇe śītāṃ śīte ca dāhinīm / kīlaṃ śirasi saṃsthāpya kāṣṭhaṃ kāṣṭhena tāḍayet
he should hold a cooling concentration in heat, and a burning one in cold. Setting a peg on the head, he should strike wood with wood.
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MkP 39.59
लुप्तस्मृतेः स्मृतिः सद्यो योगिनस्तेन जायते । द्यावापृथिव्यौ वाय्वग्री व्यापिनावपि धारयेत्
luptasmṛteḥ smṛtiḥ sadyo yoginastena jāyate / dyāvāpṛthivyau vāyvagrī vyāpināvapi dhārayet
By that, memory arises at once for the yogin whose memory has been lost. He should also hold heaven and earth, wind and fire, as all-pervading.
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MkP 39.60
अमानुषात् सत्त्वजाद्वा बाधास्त्वेताश्चिकित्सिताः । अमानुषं सत्त्वमन्तर्योगिनं प्रविशेद्यदि
amānuṣāt sattvajādvā bādhāstvetāścikitsitāḥ / amānuṣaṃ sattvamantaryoginaṃ praviśedyadi
These are the treatments for afflictions coming from a non-human (source) or arising from beings. If a non-human being enters the yogin within,
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MkP 39.61
वाय्वग्रीधारणेनैनं देहसंस्थं विनिर्दहेत् । एवं सर्वात्मना रक्षा कार्या योगविदा नृप !
vāyvagrīdhāraṇenainaṃ dehasaṃsthaṃ vinirdahet / evaṃ sarvātmanā rakṣā kāryā yogavidā nṛpa !
he should burn it up, lodged as it is in the body, by the concentration on wind and fire. Thus protection is to be made in every way by one who knows yoga, O king,
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MkP 39.62
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां शरीरं साधनं यतः । प्रवृत्तिलक्षणाख्यानाद्योगिनो विस्मयात्तथा । विज्ञानं विलयं याति तस्माद् गोप्याः प्रवृत्तयः
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ śarīraṃ sādhanaṃ yataḥ / pravṛttilakṣaṇākhyānādyogino vismayāttathā / vijñānaṃ vilayaṃ yāti tasmād gopyāḥ pravṛttayaḥ
since the body is the instrument of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation. From declaring the signs of (yogic) progress, and likewise from the yogin's own amazement, his understanding dissolves; therefore the progressions are to be kept secret.
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MkP 39.63
आलोल्यमारोग्यमनिष्ठुरत्वं गन्धः शुभो मूत्रपुरीषमल्पम् । कान्तिः प्रसादः स्वरसौम्यता च योगप्रवृत्तेः प्रथमं हि चिह्नम्
ālolyamārogyamaniṣṭhuratvaṃ gandhaḥ śubho mūtrapurīṣamalpam / kāntiḥ prasādaḥ svarasaumyatā ca yogapravṛtteḥ prathamaṃ hi cihnam
Freedom from restlessness, health, absence of harshness, a pleasant smell, little urine and faeces, radiance, clarity, and gentleness of voice: this is indeed the first sign of the onset of yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 39.64
अनुरागी जनो याति परोक्षे गुणकीर्तनम् । न बभ्यति च सत्त्वानि सिद्धेर्लक्षणमुत्तमम्
anurāgī jano yāti parokṣe guṇakīrtanam / na babhyati ca sattvāni siddherlakṣaṇamuttamam
An affectionate person recounts his virtues behind his back, and creatures are not afraid (of him): this is the highest sign of attainment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 39.65
शीतोष्णादिभिरत्युग्रैर्यस्य बाधा न विद्यते । न भीतिमेति चान्येभ्यस्तस्य सिद्धिरुपस्थिता
śītoṣṇādibhiratyugrairyasya bādhā na vidyate / na bhītimeti cānyebhyastasya siddhirupasthitā
He for whom there is no affliction from cold, heat and the rest, however severe, and who feels no fear from others — his attainment is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition