Markandeya Purana — Chapter 44
MkP 44.1
यदर्थं नृपशार्दूल ! त्वामहं शरणं गतः । तन्मया सकलं प्राप्तं यास्यामि त्वं सुखी भव
yadarthaṃ nṛpaśārdūla ! tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ / tanmayā sakalaṃ prāptaṃ yāsyāmi tvaṃ sukhī bhava
"That for the sake of which I came to you for refuge, O tiger among kings — all of it has been obtained by me. I shall go; may you be happy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.2
किं निमित्तं भवान् प्राप्तो निष्पन्नोर्ऽथश्च कस्तव । सुबाहो ! तन्ममाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं हि मे
kiṃ nimittaṃ bhavān prāpto niṣpannor'thaśca kastava / subāho ! tanmamācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
"For what purpose did you come, and what aim of yours has been accomplished? Tell me that, Subāhu, for my curiosity is very great."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.3
समाक्रान्तमलर्केण पितृपैतामहं महत् । राज्यं देहीति निर्जित्य त्वयाहमभिचोदितः
samākrāntamalarkeṇa pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat / rājyaṃ dehīti nirjitya tvayāhamabhicoditaḥ
"The great kingdom of my father and grandfather was seized by Alarka; having defeated me, I was urged by you with the words, 'Give (it) up' — "
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.4
ततो मया समाक्रम्य राज्यमस्यानुजस्य ते । एतत्ते बलमानीतं तद्भुङ्क्ष्वस्वकुलोचितम्
tato mayā samākramya rājyamasyānujasya te / etatte balamānītaṃ tadbhuṅkṣvasvakulocitam
"then, having invaded the kingdom of this younger brother of yours, this army has been brought here for you; so enjoy what befits your family."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.5
काशिराज ! निबोध त्वं यदर्थमयमुद्यमः । कृतो मया भवांश्चैव कारितो ऽत्यन्तमुद्यमम्
kāśirāja ! nibodha tvaṃ yadarthamayamudyamaḥ / kṛto mayā bhavāṃścaiva kārito 'tyantamudyamam
"King of Kāśī, understand for what purpose this effort was made by me, and you too were made to undertake an extreme effort."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.6
भ्राता ममायं ग्राम्येषु सक्तो भोगेषु तत्त्ववित् । विमूढौ बोधवन्तौ च भ्रातरावग्रजौ मम
bhrātā mamāyaṃ grāmyeṣu sakto bhogeṣu tattvavit / vimūḍhau bodhavantau ca bhrātarāvagrajau mama
"This brother of mine, though a knower of the truth, is attached to vulgar enjoyments; and my two elder brothers are (one) deluded and (one) possessed of understanding."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.7
तयोर्मम च यन्मात्रा बाल्ये स्तन्यं यथा मुखे । तथावबोधो विन्यस्तः कर्णयोरवनीपते
tayormama ca yanmātrā bālye stanyaṃ yathā mukhe / tathāvabodho vinyastaḥ karṇayoravanīpate
"O lord of the earth, just as in childhood our mother placed milk in the mouths of those two and of me, so she placed understanding in our ears."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.8
तयोर्मम च विज्ञेयाः पदार्था ये मता नृभिः । प्राकाश्यं मनसो नीतास्ते मात्रा नास्य पार्थिव
tayormama ca vijñeyāḥ padārthā ye matā nṛbhiḥ / prākāśyaṃ manaso nītāste mātrā nāsya pārthiva
"For those two and for me, the objects held by men to be things that must be known were brought by our mother into the light of the mind — but not for him, O king."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.9
यथैकमर्थे यातानामेकस्मिन्नवसीदति । दुः खं भवति साधूनां ततास्माकं महीपते
yathaikamarthe yātānāmekasminnavasīdati / duḥ khaṃ bhavati sādhūnāṃ tatāsmākaṃ mahīpate
"Just as, for good men who have set out for a single goal, when one sinks down there is sorrow — so it is with us, O lord of the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.10
गार्हस्थ्यमोहमापन्ने सीदत्यस्मिन्नरेश्वर । सम्बन्धिन्यस्य देहस्य बिभ्रति भ्रातृकल्पनाम्
gārhasthyamohamāpanne sīdatyasminnareśvara / sambandhinyasya dehasya bibhrati bhrātṛkalpanām
"Since he has fallen into the delusion of household life and is sinking, O lord of men, we bear the notion of brotherhood towards this body which is related (to ours)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.11
ततो मया विनिश्चित्य दुः खाद्वैराग्यभावना । भविष्यतीत्यस्य भवानित्युद्योगाय संश्रितः
tato mayā viniścitya duḥ khādvairāgyabhāvanā / bhaviṣyatītyasya bhavānityudyogāya saṃśritaḥ
"Then, having determined that from sorrow the disposition to detachment would arise in him, I resorted to you for the undertaking."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.12
तदस्य दुः खाद्वैराग्यं संबोधादवनीपते । समुद्भूतं कृतं कार्यं भद्रं ते ऽस्तु व्रजाम्यहम्
tadasya duḥ khādvairāgyaṃ saṃbodhādavanīpate / samudbhūtaṃ kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ bhadraṃ te 'stu vrajāmyaham
"So detachment has arisen in him from sorrow and from being awakened, O lord of the earth; the task is done. May there be good fortune to you; I go."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.13
उष्ट्वा मदालसागर्भे पीत्वा सत्सास्तथा स्तनम् । नान्यनारीसुतैर्यातं वर्त्म यात्विति पार्थिव
uṣṭvā madālasāgarbhe pītvā satsāstathā stanam / nānyanārīsutairyātaṃ vartma yātviti pārthiva
"Having dwelt in Madālasā's womb and drunk the breast of a good woman, let him go the road not gone by the sons of other women — thus, O king,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.14
विचार्य तन्मया सर्वं युष्मत्संश्रयपूर्वकम् । कृतं तच्चापि निष्पन्नं प्रयास्ये सिद्धये पुनः
vicārya tanmayā sarvaṃ yuṣmatsaṃśrayapūrvakam / kṛtaṃ taccāpi niṣpannaṃ prayāsye siddhaye punaḥ
"having considered all that, it was done by me by first resorting to you; and that too is accomplished. I shall set out again for realization."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.15
उपेक्ष्यते सीदमानः स्वजनो बान्धवः सुहृत् । यैर्नरेन्द्र ! न तान् मन्ये सेन्द्रिया विकला हि ते
upekṣyate sīdamānaḥ svajano bāndhavaḥ suhṛt / yairnarendra ! na tān manye sendriyā vikalā hi te
"Those by whom a kinsman, a relative, a friend who is sinking is disregarded — them, O lord of men, I do not consider (men); though they have senses, they are defective."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.16
सुहृदि स्वजने बन्धौ समर्थे यो ऽवसीदति । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षेभ्यो वाच्यास्ते तत्र न त्वसौ
suhṛdi svajane bandhau samarthe yo 'vasīdati / dharmārthakāmamokṣebhyo vācyāste tatra na tvasau
"He who, though capable, lets a friend, a kinsman, a relative sink — you are answerable to dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation in that matter, but he is not."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.17
एतत् त्वत्सङ्गमाद् भूप ! मया कार्यं महत् कृतम् । स्वस्ति ते ऽस्तु गमिष्यामि ज्ञानभाग्भव सत्तम
etat tvatsaṅgamād bhūpa ! mayā kāryaṃ mahat kṛtam / svasti te 'stu gamiṣyāmi jñānabhāgbhava sattama
"This great task has been accomplished by me through association with you, O king. May you fare well; I shall go. Be a partaker of knowledge, O best of men."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.18
उपकारस्त्वया साधोरलर्कस्य कृतो महान् । ममोपकाराय कथं न करोषि स्वमानसम्
upakārastvayā sādhoralarkasya kṛto mahān / mamopakārāya kathaṃ na karoṣi svamānasam
"A great service has been done by you to the good man Alarka; why do you not turn your own mind to doing me a service too?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.19
फलदायी सतां सदिभः सङ्गमो नाफलो यतः । तस्मात्तवत्संश्रयाद्युक्ता मया प्राप्ता समुन्नतिः
phaladāyī satāṃ sadibhaḥ saṅgamo nāphalo yataḥ / tasmāttavatsaṃśrayādyuktā mayā prāptā samunnatiḥ
"Association with the good is fruit-bearing for the good, since it is not fruitless; therefore, through resorting to you, this fitting elevation has been attained by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.20
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाख्यं पुरुषार्थचतुष्टयम् । तत्र धर्मार्थकामास्ते सकला हीयते ऽपरः
dharmārthakāmamokṣākhyaṃ puruṣārthacatuṣṭayam / tatra dharmārthakāmāste sakalā hīyate 'paraḥ
The fourfold aim of man is named dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation. Of these, dharma, wealth and pleasure are yours entire; the last one is lacking.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.21
तत्ते संक्षेपतो वक्ष्ये तदिहैकमनाः शृणु । श्रुत्वा च सम्यगालोच्य यतेथाः श्रेयसे नृप
tatte saṃkṣepato vakṣye tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu / śrutvā ca samyagālocya yatethāḥ śreyase nṛpa
That I shall tell you in brief; listen here with a single mind. And having heard and rightly reflected, strive, O king, for what is best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.22
ममेतिप्रत्ययो भूप ! न कार्यो ऽहमिति त्वया । सम्यगालोच्य धर्मो हि धर्माभावे निराश्रयः
mametipratyayo bhūpa ! na kāryo 'hamiti tvayā / samyagālocya dharmo hi dharmābhāve nirāśrayaḥ
O king, the notion "this is mine" must not be made by you, nor "I am"; for on right reflection dharma itself, in the absence of dharma, is without support.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.23
कस्याहमिति संज्ञेयमित्यालोच्य त्वयात्मना । बाह्यन्तर्गतमालोच्यमालोच्यापररात्रिषु
kasyāhamiti saṃjñeyamityālocya tvayātmanā / bāhyantargatamālocyamālocyāpararātriṣu
"Whose am I?" — this is to be understood, having so reflected by yourself; what lies outside and within should be reflected on, reflecting in the latter parts of the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.24
अव्यक्तादिविशेषन्तमविकारमचेतनम् । व्यक्ताव्यक्तं त्वया ज्ञेयं ज्ञाता कश्चाहमित्युत
avyaktādiviśeṣantamavikāramacetanam / vyaktāvyaktaṃ tvayā jñeyaṃ jñātā kaścāhamityuta
From the unmanifest down to the particulars, changeless and unconscious — the manifest and the unmanifest are to be known by you, and also "who am I, the knower?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.25
एतस्मिन्नेव विज्ञाने विज्ञातमखिलं त्वया । अनात्मन्यात्मविज्ञानमखे खमिति मूढता
etasminneva vijñāne vijñātamakhilaṃ tvayā / anātmanyātmavijñānamakhe khamiti mūḍhatā
In this very knowing, all has been known by you; the notion of a self in what is not the self is folly, like (saying) "there is space in space."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.26
सो ऽहं सर्वगतो भूप ! लोकसंव्यवहारतः । मयेदमुच्यते सर्वं त्वया पृष्टो व्रजाम्यहम्
so 'haṃ sarvagato bhūpa ! lokasaṃvyavahārataḥ / mayedamucyate sarvaṃ tvayā pṛṣṭo vrajāmyaham
That very I am present everywhere, O king; it is by the world's convention that all this is spoken by me. Asked by you, I now go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.27
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ धीमान् ! सुबाहुः काशिभूमिपम् । काशिराजो ऽपि संपूज्य सो ऽलर्कं स्वपुरं ययौ
evamuktvā yayau dhīmān ! subāhuḥ kāśibhūmipam / kāśirājo 'pi saṃpūjya so 'larkaṃ svapuraṃ yayau
Having spoken thus, the wise Subāhu went (back) to the king of Kāśi; and that king of Kāśi too, having honoured Alarka, went to his own city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.28
अलर्को ऽपि सुतं ज्येष्ठमभिषिच्य नराधिपम् । वनं जगाम सन्त्यक्तसर्वसङ्गः स्वसिद्धये
alarko 'pi sutaṃ jyeṣṭhamabhiṣicya narādhipam / vanaṃ jagāma santyaktasarvasaṅgaḥ svasiddhaye
Alarka too, having consecrated his eldest son as king, went to the forest, having wholly abandoned all attachments, for his own perfection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.29
ततः कालेन महाता निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः । प्राप्य योगर्धिमतुलां परं निर्वाणमाप्तवान्
tataḥ kālena mahātā nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ / prāpya yogardhimatulāṃ paraṃ nirvāṇamāptavān
Then, after a great length of time, free of the pairs of opposites and without possessions, having attained incomparable mastery of yoga, he reached the supreme extinction,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.30
पश्यन् जगदिदं सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । पाशैर्गुणमयैर्बद्धं बध्यमानञ्च नित्यशः
paśyan jagadidaṃ sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam / pāśairguṇamayairbaddhaṃ badhyamānañca nityaśaḥ
seeing this whole world, with its gods, demons and men, bound by the bonds made of the guṇas, and being bound again and again,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.31
पुत्रादिभ्रातृपुत्रादि-स्वपारक्यादिभावितैः । आकृष्यमाणं करणैर्दुःखार्तं भिन्नदर्शनम्
putrādibhrātṛputrādi-svapārakyādibhāvitaiḥ / ākṛṣyamāṇaṃ karaṇairduḥkhārtaṃ bhinnadarśanam
dragged along by the senses through notions of "son" and the rest, "brother's son" and the rest, "one's own" and "another's" and the rest, tormented by pain, its vision divided,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.32
अज्ञानपङ्कगर्भस्थमनुद्धारं महामतिः । आत्मानञ्च समुत्तीर्णं गाथामेतामगायत
ajñānapaṅkagarbhasthamanuddhāraṃ mahāmatiḥ / ātmānañca samuttīrṇaṃ gāthāmetāmagāyata
lying in the womb of the mire of ignorance with no way out — and (seeing) himself wholly crossed over, the great-minded one sang this song:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.33
अहो कष्टं यदस्माभैः पूर्वं राज्यमनुष्ठितम् । इति पश्चान्मया ज्ञातं योगान्नास्ति परं सुखम्
aho kaṣṭaṃ yadasmābhaiḥ pūrvaṃ rājyamanuṣṭhitam / iti paścānmayā jñātaṃ yogānnāsti paraṃ sukham
"Alas, how wretched, that formerly we practised kingship! This I came to know afterwards: there is no happiness higher than yoga."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.34
तातैनं त्वं समातिष्ठ मुक्तये योगमुत्तमम् । प्राप्स्यसे येन तद् ब्रह्म यत्र गत्वा न शोचसि
tātainaṃ tvaṃ samātiṣṭha muktaye yogamuttamam / prāpsyase yena tad brahma yatra gatvā na śocasi
"My son, take up this supreme yoga for liberation, by which you will attain that brahman, going where you do not grieve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.35
ततो ऽहमपि यास्यामि किं यज्ञैः किं जपेन मे । कृतकृत्यस्य करणं ब्रह्मभावाय कल्पते
tato 'hamapi yāsyāmi kiṃ yajñaiḥ kiṃ japena me / kṛtakṛtyasya karaṇaṃ brahmabhāvāya kalpate
Then I too shall go. What use are sacrifices to me, what use muttered prayer? For one who has done what was to be done, action serves (only) for the state of brahman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.36
त्वत्तो ऽनुज्ञामवाप्याहं निर्द्वन्द्वो निष्परिग्रहः । प्रयतिष्ये तथा मुक्तौ यथा यास्यामि निर्वृतिम्
tvatto 'nujñāmavāpyāhaṃ nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ / prayatiṣye tathā muktau yathā yāsyāmi nirvṛtim
"Having obtained permission from you, free of the pairs of opposites and without possessions, I shall strive for liberation in such a way that I shall go to extinction."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.37
एवमुक्त्वा स पितरं प्राप्यानुज्ञां ततश्च सः । ब्रह्मन् ! जगाम मेधावी परित्यक्तपरिग्रहः
evamuktvā sa pitaraṃ prāpyānujñāṃ tataśca saḥ / brahman ! jagāma medhāvī parityaktaparigrahaḥ
Having spoken thus to his father, and having then obtained his permission, O brahman, that wise one went forth, having renounced all possessions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.38
सो ऽपि तस्य पिता तद्वत् क्रमेण सुमहामतिः । वानप्रस्थं समास्थाय चतुर्थाश्रममभ्यगात्
so 'pi tasya pitā tadvat krameṇa sumahāmatiḥ / vānaprasthaṃ samāsthāya caturthāśramamabhyagāt
His father too, that very great-minded one, in like manner and in due order, having taken up the forest-dweller's life, went on to the fourth stage of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 44.39
तत्रात्मजं समासाद्य हित्वा बन्धं गुणादिकम् । प्राप सिद्धिं परां प्राज्ञस्तत्कालोपात्तसंमतिः
tatrātmajaṃ samāsādya hitvā bandhaṃ guṇādikam / prāpa siddhiṃ parāṃ prājñastatkālopāttasaṃmatiḥ
There, having reached his own self (as son), abandoning the bondage consisting of the guṇas and the rest, the wise one, whose resolve was taken up at that time, attained the highest perfection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 44.40
एतत्ते कथितं ब्रह्मन् ! यत्पृष्टा भवता वयम् । सुविस्तरं यथावच्च किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
etatte kathitaṃ brahman ! yatpṛṣṭā bhavatā vayam / suvistaraṃ yathāvacca kimanyacchrotumicchasi
This has been told to you, brahman, that about which we were asked by you — at full length and just as it is. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition