Markandeya Purana — Chapter 41
MkP 41.1
भगवन् ! योगिनश्चर्यां श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः । ब्रह्मवर्त्मन्यनुसरन् यथा योगी न सीदति
bhagavan ! yoginaścaryāṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ / brahmavartmanyanusaran yathā yogī na sīdati
Lord, I wish to hear truly of the conduct of the yogin — how, following along the path to brahman, the yogin does not sink down.
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MkP 41.2
मानापमानौ यावेतौ प्रत्युद्वेगकरौ नृणाम् । तावेव विपरीतार्थौ योगिनः सिद्धिकारकौ
mānāpamānau yāvetau pratyudvegakarau nṛṇām / tāveva viparītārthau yoginaḥ siddhikārakau
These two, honour and dishonour, which cause agitation in men — these very two, with their meanings reversed, bring about success for the yogin.
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MkP 41.3
मानापमानौ यावेतौ तावेवाहुर्विषामृते । अपमानो ऽमृतं तत्र मानस्तु विषमं विषम्
mānāpamānau yāvetau tāvevāhurviṣāmṛte / apamāno 'mṛtaṃ tatra mānastu viṣamaṃ viṣam
These two, honour and dishonour, they call poison and nectar: therein dishonour is the nectar, but honour is virulent poison.
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MkP 41.4
चक्षुः पूतं न्यसेत्पादं वस्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत् । सत्यपूतां वदेद्वाणीं बुद्धिपूतञ्च चिन्तयेत्
cakṣuḥ pūtaṃ nyasetpādaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet / satyapūtāṃ vadedvāṇīṃ buddhipūtañca cintayet
He should set his foot (on ground) purified by the eye; he should drink water purified by a cloth; he should speak speech purified by truth, and think what is purified by the understanding.
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MkP 41.5
आतिथ्यश्राद्धयज्ञेषु देवयात्रोत्सवेषु च । महाजनञ्च सिद्ध्यर्थं न गच्छेद्योगवित् क्वचित्
ātithyaśrāddhayajñeṣu devayātrotsaveṣu ca / mahājanañca siddhyarthaṃ na gacchedyogavit kvacit
To hospitality-feasts, śrāddhas and sacrifices, and to divine processions and festivals, and to a great crowd, the knower of yoga should never go for the sake of gain.
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MkP 41.6
व्यस्ते विधूमे व्यङ्गारे सर्वस्मिन् भुक्तवज्जने । अटेत योगविद् भैक्ष्यं न तु त्रिष्वेव नित्यशः
vyaste vidhūme vyaṅgāre sarvasmin bhuktavajjane / aṭeta yogavid bhaikṣyaṃ na tu triṣveva nityaśaḥ
When (the cooking) is dispersed, when there is no smoke, no live coal, when all the people have eaten, the knower of yoga may go about for alms — but not always at those three (times) alone.
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MkP 41.7
यथैवमवमन्यन्ते जनाः परिभवन्ति च । तथा युक्तश्चरेद्योगी सतां वर्त्म न दूषयन्
yathaivamavamanyante janāḥ paribhavanti ca / tathā yuktaścaredyogī satāṃ vartma na dūṣayan
In such a way that people disregard and slight (him), so should the disciplined yogin conduct himself, (yet) not defiling the path of the good.
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MkP 41.8
भैक्ष्यञ्चरेद् गृहस्थेषु यायावरगृहेषु च । श्रेष्ठा तु प्रथमा चेति वृत्तिरस्योपदिश्यते
bhaikṣyañcared gṛhastheṣu yāyāvaragṛheṣu ca / śreṣṭhā tu prathamā ceti vṛttirasyopadiśyate
He should go for alms among householders and in the houses of wandering (yāyāvara) ascetics; and the first is the best — such is the mode of livelihood taught for him.
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MkP 41.9
अथ नित्यं गृहस्थेषु शालीनेषु चरेद्यतिः । श्रद्दधानेषु दान्तेषु श्रोत्रियेषु महात्मसु
atha nityaṃ gṛhastheṣu śālīneṣu caredyatiḥ / śraddadhāneṣu dānteṣu śrotriyeṣu mahātmasu
Or the ascetic may regularly go (for alms) among settled householders, among the faithful, the self-controlled, the Vedic scholars, the great-souled.
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MkP 41.10
अत ऊर्ध्वं पुश्चापि अदुष्टापतितेषु च । भैक्ष्यचर्या विवर्णेषु जघन्या वृत्तिरिष्यते
ata ūrdhvaṃ puścāpi aduṣṭāpatiteṣu ca / bhaikṣyacaryā vivarṇeṣu jaghanyā vṛttiriṣyate
Beyond these, again, (he may beg) among those who are not wicked and not fallen; the practice of begging among the low-born is held to be the meanest mode of livelihood.
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MkP 41.11
भैक्ष्यं यवागूं तक्रं वा पयो यावकमेव वा । फलं मूलं प्रियङ्गुं वा कणपिण्याकसक्तवः
bhaikṣyaṃ yavāgūṃ takraṃ vā payo yāvakameva vā / phalaṃ mūlaṃ priyaṅguṃ vā kaṇapiṇyākasaktavaḥ
Alms-food, gruel, buttermilk, or milk, or barley-water; fruit, root, or panic-seed, husk, oil-cake, parched grain —
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MkP 41.12
इत्येते च शुभाहारा योगिनः सिद्धिकारकाः । तत् प्रयुञ्ज्यान्मुनिर्भक्त्या परमेण समाधिना
ityete ca śubhāhārā yoginaḥ siddhikārakāḥ / tat prayuñjyānmunirbhaktyā parameṇa samādhinā
These are the pure foods of the yogin, productive of attainment; the sage should partake of that with devotion, with the highest concentration.
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MkP 41.13
अपः पूर्वं सकृत् प्राश्य तूष्णीं भूत्वा समाहितः । प्राणायेति ततस्तस्य प्रथमा ह्याहुतिः स्मृता
apaḥ pūrvaṃ sakṛt prāśya tūṣṇīṃ bhūtvā samāhitaḥ / prāṇāyeti tatastasya prathamā hyāhutiḥ smṛtā
Having first sipped water once, becoming silent and collected, then for him the first oblation is prescribed as 'to prāṇa'.
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MkP 41.14
अपानाय द्वितीया तु समानायते चापरा । उदानाय चतुर्थो स्याद्व्यानायेति च पञ्चमी
apānāya dvitīyā tu samānāyate cāparā / udānāya caturtho syādvyānāyeti ca pañcamī
The second is 'to apāna', and the next 'to samāna'; the fourth would be 'to udāna', and the fifth 'to vyāna'.
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MkP 41.15
प्राणायामैः पृथक् कृत्वा शेषं भुञ्जीत कामतः । अपः पुनः सकृत् प्रश्य आचम्य हृदयं स्पृशेत्
prāṇāyāmaiḥ pṛthak kṛtvā śeṣaṃ bhuñjīta kāmataḥ / apaḥ punaḥ sakṛt praśya ācamya hṛdayaṃ spṛśet
Having set (these) apart by breath-controls, he may eat the remainder at will; sipping water again once, and having rinsed his mouth, he should touch his heart.
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MkP 41.16
अस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यञ्च त्यागो ऽलोभस्तथैव च । व्रतानि पञ्च भिक्षूणामहिंसापरमाणि वै
asteyaṃ brahmacaryañca tyāgo 'lobhastathaiva ca / vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇāmahiṃsāparamāṇi vai
Non-stealing, chastity, renunciation, and likewise freedom from greed: these are the five vows of mendicants, with non-injury as the highest.
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MkP 41.17
अक्रोधो गुरुशुश्रूषा शौचमाहारलाघवम् । नित्यस्वाध्याय इत्येते नियमाः पञ्च कीर्तिताः
akrodho guruśuśrūṣā śaucamāhāralāghavam / nityasvādhyāya ityete niyamāḥ pañca kīrtitāḥ
Freedom from anger, service to the teacher, purity, lightness of diet, constant Vedic recitation — these are declared to be the five restraints.
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MkP 41.18
सारभूतमुपासीत ज्ञानं यत्कार्यसाधकम् । ज्ञानानां बहुता येयं योगविघ्रकरा हि सा
sārabhūtamupāsīta jñānaṃ yatkāryasādhakam / jñānānāṃ bahutā yeyaṃ yogavighrakarā hi sā
He should cultivate the knowledge that is essential, which accomplishes the goal; this multiplicity of (kinds of) knowledge is indeed an obstruction to yoga.
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MkP 41.19
इदं ज्ञेयमिदं ज्ञेयमिति यस्तृषितश्चरेत् । अपि कल्पसहस्रेषु नैव ज्ञेयमवाप्नुयात्
idaṃ jñeyamidaṃ jñeyamiti yastṛṣitaścaret / api kalpasahasreṣu naiva jñeyamavāpnuyāt
He who goes about thirsting, 'this is to be known, this is to be known' — even in thousands of aeons he would not attain what is to be known.
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MkP 41.21
त्यक्तसङ्गो जितक्रोधो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः । पिधाय बुद्ध्या द्वाराणि मनो ध्याने निवेशयेत् ॥ मर्क्प्_४१।२० ॥ शून्येष्वेवावकाशेषु गुहासु च वनेषु च । नित्ययुक्तः सदा योगी ध्यानं सम्यगुपक्रमेत्
tyaktasaṅgo jitakrodho laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ / pidhāya buddhyā dvārāṇi mano dhyāne niveśayet // markp_41.20 // śūnyeṣvevāvakāśeṣu guhāsu ca vaneṣu ca / nityayuktaḥ sadā yogī dhyānaṃ samyagupakramet
Having abandoned attachment, conquered anger, eating little, with senses subdued, closing the gates (of the senses) with the intellect, he should settle the mind in meditation. In empty places, in caves and in forests, the yogin, ever disciplined, should properly undertake meditation.
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MkP 41.22
वाग्दण्डः कर्मदण्डश्च मनोदण्डश्च ते त्रयः । यस्यैते नियता दण्डाः स त्रिदण्डी महायतिः
vāgdaṇḍaḥ karmadaṇḍaśca manodaṇḍaśca te trayaḥ / yasyaite niyatā daṇḍāḥ sa tridaṇḍī mahāyatiḥ
Restraint of speech, restraint of action, and restraint of mind — these three; he by whom these restraints are held in check is a bearer of the triple staff, a great ascetic.
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MkP 41.23
सर्वमात्ममयं यस्य सदसज्जगदीदृशम् । गुणागुणमयन्तस्य कः प्रियः को नृपाप्रियः
sarvamātmamayaṃ yasya sadasajjagadīdṛśam / guṇāguṇamayantasya kaḥ priyaḥ ko nṛpāpriyaḥ
For him for whom all this world, such as it is, existent and non-existent, consists of the Self — for him who is made of quality and non-quality, who is dear, O king, and who is not dear?
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MkP 41.24
विसुद्धबुद्धिः समलोष्टकाञ्चनः समस्तभूतेषु च तत्समाहितः । स्थानं परं शाश्वतमव्ययञ्च परं हि मत्वा न पुनः प्रजायते
visuddhabuddhiḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ samastabhūteṣu ca tatsamāhitaḥ / sthānaṃ paraṃ śāśvatamavyayañca paraṃ hi matvā na punaḥ prajāyate
He whose intellect is purified, to whom a clod and gold are the same, who is concentrated on That in all beings — having known the supreme, eternal, imperishable, highest station, he is not born again.
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MkP 41.25
वेदाच्छ्रेष्ठाः सर्वयज्ञक्रियाश्च यज्ञाज्जप्यं ज्ञानमार्गश्च जप्यात् । ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं सङ्गरागव्यपेतं तस्मिन् प्राप्ते शाश्वतस्योपलब्धिः
vedācchreṣṭhāḥ sarvayajñakriyāśca yajñājjapyaṃ jñānamārgaśca japyāt / jñānāddhyānaṃ saṅgarāgavyapetaṃ tasmin prāpte śāśvatasyopalabdhiḥ
Better than the Veda are all the rites of sacrifice; better than sacrifice is muttered recitation and the path of knowledge; from recitation (comes) knowledge, from knowledge meditation free of attachment and passion; when that is attained, there is the obtaining of the eternal.
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MkP 41.26
समाहितो ब्रह्मपरो ऽप्रमादी सुचिस्तथैकान्तरतिर्यतेन्द्रियः । समाप्नुयाद्योगमिमं महात्मा विमुक्तिमाप्रोति ततः स्वयोगतः
samāhito brahmaparo 'pramādī sucistathaikāntaratiryatendriyaḥ / samāpnuyādyogamimaṃ mahātmā vimuktimāproti tataḥ svayogataḥ
Concentrated, intent on brahman, free of negligence, pure, delighting in solitude, with senses restrained — such a great soul may fully attain this yoga, and thereafter, by his own yoga, he reaches liberation.
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