Markandeya Purana — Chapter 50
MkP 50.1
ततो ऽभिद्यायतस्तस्य जज्ञिरे मानसीः प्रजाः । तच्छरीरसमुत्पन्नैः कार्यैस्तैः कारणैः सह
tato 'bhidyāyatastasya jajñire mānasīḥ prajāḥ / taccharīrasamutpannaiḥ kāryaistaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ saha
Then, as he meditated, mind-born creatures were born from him, together with those effects and causes arisen from his body.
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MkP 50.2
क्षेत्रज्ञाः समवर्तन्त गात्रेब्यस्तस्य धीमतः । ते सर्वे समवर्तन्त ये मया प्रगुदाहृताः
kṣetrajñāḥ samavartanta gātrebyastasya dhīmataḥ / te sarve samavartanta ye mayā pragudāhṛtāḥ
Knowers of the field (embodied souls) came forth from the limbs of that wise one; all those came forth which have been recounted by me before.
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MkP 50.3
देवाद्याः स्थावरान्ताश्च त्रैगुण्यविषयाः स्मृताः । एवंभूतानि सृष्टानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
devādyāḥ sthāvarāntāśca traiguṇyaviṣayāḥ smṛtāḥ / evaṃbhūtāni sṛṣṭāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
Beginning with the gods and ending with immobile things, they are recorded as having the three qualities for their sphere; thus were created the beings, immobile and moving.
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MkP 50.4
यदास्य ताः प्रजाः सर्वा न व्यवर्धन्त धीमतः । अथान्यान्मानसान् पुत्रानु सदृशानात्मनो ऽसृजत्
yadāsya tāḥ prajāḥ sarvā na vyavardhanta dhīmataḥ / athānyānmānasān putrānu sadṛśānātmano 'sṛjat
When all those creatures of his, the wise one's, did not multiply, he then created other mind-born sons, like unto himself.
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MkP 50.5
भृगुं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुमङ्गिरसन्तथा । मरीचिं दक्षमत्रिञ्च वसिष्टञ्चैव मानसम्
bhṛguṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratumaṅgirasantathā / marīciṃ dakṣamatriñca vasiṣṭañcaiva mānasam
Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Aṅgiras, Marīci, Dakṣa, Atri, and Vasiṣṭha too — (all) mind-born.
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MkP 50.6
नव ब्रह्माण इत्येते पुराणे निश्चयङ्गताः । ततो ऽसृजत् पुनर्ब्रह्मा रुद्रं क्रोधात्मसम्भवम्
nava brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṅgatāḥ / tato 'sṛjat punarbrahmā rudraṃ krodhātmasambhavam
These are the nine Brahmās, so established by settled tradition in the Purāṇa. Then Brahmā again created Rudra, arisen from his own wrath,
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MkP 50.7
सङ्कल्पञ्चैव धर्मञ्च पूर्वेषामपि पूर्वजम् । सनन्दनादयो ये च पूर्वं सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा
saṅkalpañcaiva dharmañca pūrveṣāmapi pūrvajam / sanandanādayo ye ca pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā
and Saṅkalpa and Dharma, born before even those earlier ones. And those, Sanandana and the rest, who had earlier been created by the Self-existent —
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MkP 50.8
न ते लोकेषु सज्जन्तो निरपेक्षाः समाहिताः । सर्वे ते ऽनागतज्ञाना वीतरागा विमत्सराः
na te lokeṣu sajjanto nirapekṣāḥ samāhitāḥ / sarve te 'nāgatajñānā vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ
they were not attached to the worlds, (but) indifferent and composed; all of them had knowledge of what was to come, their passion gone, free of envy.
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MkP 50.9
तेष्वेवं निरपेक्षेषु लोकसृष्टौ महात्मनः । ब्रह्मणो ऽबून्महाक्रोधस्तत्रोत्पन्नोर्ऽकसन्निभः
teṣvevaṃ nirapekṣeṣu lokasṛṣṭau mahātmanaḥ / brahmaṇo 'būnmahākrodhastatrotpannor'kasannibhaḥ
When they were thus indifferent to the creation of the world(s), great wrath arose in the great-souled Brahmā, and therein was born (a being) resembling the sun,
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MkP 50.10
अर्धनारीनरवपुः पुरुषो ऽतिशरीरवान् । विभजात्मानमित्युक्त्वा स तदान्तर्दधे ततः
ardhanārīnaravapuḥ puruṣo 'tiśarīravān / vibhajātmānamityuktvā sa tadāntardadhe tataḥ
a person with a body half woman (and half) man, of enormous frame. Having said, "Divide yourself," he (Brahmā) then vanished from there.
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MkP 50.11
स चोक्तो वै पृथक् स्त्रीत्वं पुरुषत्वं तथाकरोत् । बिभेद पुरुषत्वञ्च दशधा चैकधा तु सः
sa cokto vai pṛthak strītvaṃ puruṣatvaṃ tathākarot / bibheda puruṣatvañca daśadhā caikadhā tu saḥ
And he, being so addressed, made womanhood and manhood separate; and he split the manhood tenfold and also onefold.
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MkP 50.12
सौम्यासौम्यैस्तथा शान्तैः पुंस्त्वं स्त्रीत्वञ्च स प्रभुः । बिभेद बहुधा देवः पुरुषैरसितैः सितैः
saumyāsaumyaistathā śāntaiḥ puṃstvaṃ strītvañca sa prabhuḥ / bibheda bahudhā devaḥ puruṣairasitaiḥ sitaiḥ
That lord, that god, split manhood and womanhood manifoldly, by means of persons gentle and ungentle and calm, dark and bright.
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MkP 50.13
ततो ब्रह्मात्मसम्भूतं पूर्वं स्वायम्भुवं प्रभुः । आत्मनः सदृशं कृत्वा प्रजापालो मनुं द्विज
tato brahmātmasambhūtaṃ pūrvaṃ svāyambhuvaṃ prabhuḥ / ātmanaḥ sadṛśaṃ kṛtvā prajāpālo manuṃ dvija
Then the lord Brahmā, the protector of creatures, having made the first Svāyambhuva Manu, born from his own self, resembling himself, O twice-born one —
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MkP 50.14
शतरूपाञ्च तां नारीं तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाम् । स्वायम्भुवो मनुर्देवः पत्नीत्वे जगृहे विभुः
śatarūpāñca tāṃ nārīṃ taponirdhūtakalmaṣām / svāyambhuvo manurdevaḥ patnītve jagṛhe vibhuḥ
and that woman Śatarūpā, whose stain had been shaken off by austerity, the divine, mighty Svāyambhuva Manu took to be his wife.
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MkP 50.15
तस्माच्च पुरुषात् पुत्रौ शतरूपा व्यजायत । प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ प्रख्यातावात्मकर्मभिः
tasmācca puruṣāt putrau śatarūpā vyajāyata / priyavratottānapādau prakhyātāvātmakarmabhiḥ
And from that man Śatarūpā bore two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, renowned for their own deeds,
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MkP 50.16
कन्ये द्वे च तथा ऋद्धिं प्रसूतिञ्च ततः पिता । ददौ पुर्सूतिं दक्षाय तथा ऋद्धिं रुचेः पुरा
kanye dve ca tathā ṛddhiṃ prasūtiñca tataḥ pitā / dadau pursūtiṃ dakṣāya tathā ṛddhiṃ ruceḥ purā
and also two daughters, Ṛddhi and Prasūti. Then the father gave Prasūti to Dakṣa and Ṛddhi to Ruci, of old.
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MkP 50.17
प्रजापतिः स जग्राह तयोर्यज्ञः सदक्षिणः । पुत्रो जज्ञे महाभाग ! दम्पतीमिथुनं ततः
prajāpatiḥ sa jagrāha tayoryajñaḥ sadakṣiṇaḥ / putro jajñe mahābhāga ! dampatīmithunaṃ tataḥ
He, the Prajāpati, took (her); of those two there was born as son Yajña together with Dakṣiṇā, O greatly fortunate one — thence a wedded pair, a couple.
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MkP 50.18
यज्ञस्य दक्षिणायान्तु पुत्रा द्वादश जज्ञिरे । यामा इति समाख्याता देवाः स्वायम्भुवो ऽन्तरे
yajñasya dakṣiṇāyāntu putrā dvādaśa jajñire / yāmā iti samākhyātā devāḥ svāyambhuvo 'ntare
And of Yajña by Dakṣiṇā twelve sons were born, called the Yāmas, gods in the interval (i.e. manvantara) of Svāyambhuva.
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MkP 50.19
तस्य पुत्रास्तु यज्ञस्य दक्षिणायां सभास्वराः । प्रसूत्याञ्च तथा दक्षश्चतस्त्रो विंशतिस्तथा
tasya putrāstu yajñasya dakṣiṇāyāṃ sabhāsvarāḥ / prasūtyāñca tathā dakṣaścatastro viṃśatistathā
His, Yajña's, sons by Dakṣiṇā were the Sābhāsvaras; and Dakṣa, upon Prasūti, (begot) twenty-four —
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MkP 50.20
ससर्ज कन्यास्तासाञ्च सम्यङ्नामानि मे शृणु । श्रद्धा लक्ष्मीर्धृतिस्तुष्टिः पुष्टिर्मेधा क्रिया तथा
sasarja kanyāstāsāñca samyaṅnāmāni me śṛṇu / śraddhā lakṣmīrdhṛtistuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirmedhā kriyā tathā
— daughters he generated. Hear from me their names in order: Śraddhā, Lakṣmī, Dhṛti, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, Medhā, and Kriyā,
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MkP 50.21
बुद्धिर्लज्जा वपुः शान्तिः सिद्धिः कीर्तिस्त्रयोदशी । पत्न्यर्थे प्रतिजग्राह धर्मो दाक्षायणीः प्रभुः
buddhirlajjā vapuḥ śāntiḥ siddhiḥ kīrtistrayodaśī / patnyarthe pratijagrāha dharmo dākṣāyaṇīḥ prabhuḥ
Buddhi, Lajjā, Vapus, Śānti, Siddhi, and Kīrti as the thirteenth: these daughters of Dakṣa the lord Dharma accepted as wives.
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MkP 50.22
ताभ्यः शिष्टा यवीयस्य एकादश सुलोचनाः । ख्यातिः सत्यथ सम्भूतिः स्मृतिः प्रीतिस्तथा क्षमा
tābhyaḥ śiṣṭā yavīyasya ekādaśa sulocanāḥ / khyātiḥ satyatha sambhūtiḥ smṛtiḥ prītistathā kṣamā
The eleven fair-eyed ones remaining from them, younger (than these): Khyāti, Sati, then Sambhūti, Smṛti, Prīti, and Kṣamā,
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MkP 50.23
सन्ततिश्चानसूया च ऊर्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तथा । भृगुर्भवो मरीचिश्च तथा चैवाङ्गिरा मुनिः
santatiścānasūyā ca ūrjā svāhā svadhā tathā / bhṛgurbhavo marīciśca tathā caivāṅgirā muniḥ
Santati and Anasūyā, Ūrjā, Svāhā, and Svadhā. (And the husbands were) Bhṛgu, Bhava, Marīci, and also the sage Aṅgiras,
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MkP 50.24
पुलस्त्यः पुलहश्चैव क्रतुश्च ऋषयस्तथा । वसिष्ठो ऽत्रिस्तथा वह्निः पितरश्च यथाक्रमम्
pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva kratuśca ṛṣayastathā / vasiṣṭho 'tristathā vahniḥ pitaraśca yathākramam
Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu the seers, likewise Vasiṣṭha, Atri, and Vahni (Agni), and the Fathers, each in turn.
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MkP 50.25
ख्यात्याद्या जगृहुः कन्या मुनयो मुनिसत्तमाः । श्रद्धा कामं श्रीश्च दर्पं नियमं धृतिरात्मजम्
khyātyādyā jagṛhuḥ kanyā munayo munisattamāḥ / śraddhā kāmaṃ śrīśca darpaṃ niyamaṃ dhṛtirātmajam
Those sages, best of sages, took to wife the maidens Khyāti and the rest. Śraddhā (bore) Kāma, and Śrī Darpa, Dhṛti (bore) her son Niyama;
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MkP 50.26
सन्तोषञ्च तथा तुष्टिर्लोभं पुष्टिरजायत । मेधा श्रुतं क्रिया दण्डं नयं विनयमेव च
santoṣañca tathā tuṣṭirlobhaṃ puṣṭirajāyata / medhā śrutaṃ kriyā daṇḍaṃ nayaṃ vinayameva ca
Tuṣṭi likewise (bore) Santoṣa, Puṣṭi gave birth to Lobha, Medhā (bore) Śruta, Kriyā (bore) Daṇḍa, Naya and Vinaya;
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MkP 50.27
बोधं बुद्धिस्तथा लज्जा विनयं वपुरात्मजम् । व्यवसायं प्रजज्ञे वै क्षेमं शान्तिरसूयत
bodhaṃ buddhistathā lajjā vinayaṃ vapurātmajam / vyavasāyaṃ prajajñe vai kṣemaṃ śāntirasūyata
Buddhi (bore) Bodha, and Lajjā (bore) Vinaya, Vapus brought forth her son Vyavasāya, and Śānti gave birth to Kṣema;
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MkP 50.28
सुखं सिद्धिर्यशः कीर्तिरित्येते धर्मयोनयः । कामादतिमुदं हर्षं धर्मपौत्रमसूयत
sukhaṃ siddhiryaśaḥ kīrtirityete dharmayonayaḥ / kāmādatimudaṃ harṣaṃ dharmapautramasūyata
Siddhi (bore) Sukha, Kīrti (bore) Yaśas — these have Dharma as their source. From Kāma she gave birth to Harṣa, the greatly delighting one, Dharma's grandson.
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MkP 50.29
हिंसा भार्या त्वधर्मस्य तस्यां जज्ञे तथानृतम् । कन्या च निरृतिस्तस्यां सुतौ द्वौ नरकं भयम्
hiṃsā bhāryā tvadharmasya tasyāṃ jajñe tathānṛtam / kanyā ca nirṛtistasyāṃ sutau dvau narakaṃ bhayam
But Hiṃsā (Violence) was Adharma's wife; on her were born Anṛta (Falsehood) and a daughter, Nirṛti; on her two sons, Naraka (Hell) and Bhaya (Fear).
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MkP 50.30
माया च वेदना चैव मिथुनं द्वयमेतयोः । तयोर्जज्ञे ऽथ वै माया मृत्युं भूतापहारिणम्
māyā ca vedanā caiva mithunaṃ dvayametayoḥ / tayorjajñe 'tha vai māyā mṛtyuṃ bhūtāpahāriṇam
And Māyā and Vedanā — these two were a (twin) pair of theirs. Then of those two, Māyā bore Mṛtyu (Death), the carrier-off of living beings.
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MkP 50.31
वेदनात्मसुतञ्चापि दुःखं जज्ञे ऽथ रौरवात् । मृत्योर्व्याधि-जरा-शोक-तृष्णा-क्रोधाश्च जज्ञिरे
vedanātmasutañcāpi duḥkhaṃ jajñe 'tha rauravāt / mṛtyorvyādhi-jarā-śoka-tṛṣṇā-krodhāśca jajñire
And Vedanā bore her own son Duḥkha (Pain) from Raurava; and from Mṛtyu were born Disease, Old Age, Grief, Thirst and Anger.
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MkP 50.33
निरृतिश्च तथा चान्या मृत्योर्भार्याभवन्मुने । अलक्ष्मीर्नाम तस्याञ्च मृत्योः पुत्राश्चतुर्दश
nirṛtiśca tathā cānyā mṛtyorbhāryābhavanmune / alakṣmīrnāma tasyāñca mṛtyoḥ putrāścaturdaśa
And another Nirṛti too became the wife of Mṛtyu, O sage, named Alakṣmī; and on her Mṛtyu had fourteen sons.
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MkP 50.34
अलक्ष्मीपुत्रका ह्येते मृत्योरादेशकारिणः । विनाशकालेषु नरान् भजन्त्येते शृणुष्व तान्
alakṣmīputrakā hyete mṛtyorādeśakāriṇaḥ / vināśakāleṣu narān bhajantyete śṛṇuṣva tān
These sons of Alakṣmī are the executors of Mṛtyu's orders; at times of destruction they attach themselves to men — hear about them.
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MkP 50.35
इन्द्रियेषु दशस्वेते तथा मनसि च स्थिताः । स्वे स्वे नरं स्त्रियं वापि विषये योजयन्ति हि
indriyeṣu daśasvete tathā manasi ca sthitāḥ / sve sve naraṃ striyaṃ vāpi viṣaye yojayanti hi
These are stationed in the ten senses and likewise in the mind; each in its own sphere yokes the man, or the woman too, to its object.
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MkP 50.36
अथेन्द्रियाणि चाक्रम्य रागक्रोधादिभिर्नरान् । योजयन्ति यथा हानिं यान्त्यधर्मादिभिर्द्विज
athendriyāṇi cākramya rāgakrodhādibhirnarān / yojayanti yathā hāniṃ yāntyadharmādibhirdvija
Then, having overpowered the senses, they yoke men by passion, anger and the rest, so that through unrighteousness and the rest they go to ruin, O twice-born one.
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MkP 50.37
अहङ्कारगतश्चान्यस्तथान्यो बुद्धिसंस्थितः । विनाशाय नराः स्त्रीणां यतन्ते महोसंश्रिताः
ahaṅkāragataścānyastathānyo buddhisaṃsthitaḥ / vināśāya narāḥ strīṇāṃ yatante mahosaṃśritāḥ
And another dwells in the ego, and another again is seated in the intellect; resorting to delusion, they strive for the destruction of men and women.
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MkP 50.38
तथैवान्यो गृहे पुंसां दुः सहो नाम विश्रुतः । क्षुत्क्षामो ऽधोमुखो नग्रश्चीरी काकसमस्वनः
tathaivānyo gṛhe puṃsāṃ duḥ saho nāma viśrutaḥ / kṣutkṣāmo 'dhomukho nagraścīrī kākasamasvanaḥ
Likewise another one (dwells) in the house of men, well known by the name Duḥsaha: gaunt with hunger, his face turned downward, naked, in rags, his voice like a crow's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.39
स सर्वान् खादितुं सृष्टो ब्रह्मणा तमसो निधिः । दंष्ट्राकरालमत्यर्थं विवृतास्यं सुभैरवम्
sa sarvān khādituṃ sṛṣṭo brahmaṇā tamaso nidhiḥ / daṃṣṭrākarālamatyarthaṃ vivṛtāsyaṃ subhairavam
He was created by Brahmā to devour all, a storehouse of darkness, exceedingly grim with his fangs, his mouth gaping wide, most terrifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.40
तमत्तुकाममाहेदं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । सर्वब्रह्ममयः शुद्धः कारणं जगतो ऽव्ययः
tamattukāmamāhedaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ / sarvabrahmamayaḥ śuddhaḥ kāraṇaṃ jagato 'vyayaḥ
To him, who wished to eat, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, all-brahman-composed, pure, the cause of the world, unchanging, said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.41
नात्तव्यन्ते जगदिदं जहि कोपं शमं व्रज । त्यजैनान्तामसी वृत्तिमपास्य रजसः कलाम्
nāttavyante jagadidaṃ jahi kopaṃ śamaṃ vraja / tyajaināntāmasī vṛttimapāsya rajasaḥ kalām
"This world is not to be eaten; give up your anger, come to calm; abandon this dark (tāmasa) way of acting, casting off your portion of rajas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.42
क्षुत्क्षामो ऽस्मि जगन्नाथ ! पिपासुश्चापि दुर्बलः । कथं तृप्तिमियान्नाथ ! भवेयं बलवान् कथम् । कश्चाश्रयो ममाक्याहि वर्तेयं यत्र निर्वृतः
kṣutkṣāmo 'smi jagannātha ! pipāsuścāpi durbalaḥ / kathaṃ tṛptimiyānnātha ! bhaveyaṃ balavān katham / kaścāśrayo mamākyāhi varteyaṃ yatra nirvṛtaḥ
"I am gaunt with hunger, lord of the world, and thirsty too, and weak. How, lord, shall I come to satisfaction? How shall I become strong? And tell me what my refuge is, where I may live content."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.43
तवाश्रयो गृहं पुंसां जनश्चाधार्मिको बलम् । पुष्टिं नित्यक्रियाहान्या भवान् वत्स ! गमिष्यति
tavāśrayo gṛhaṃ puṃsāṃ janaścādhārmiko balam / puṣṭiṃ nityakriyāhānyā bhavān vatsa ! gamiṣyati
"Your refuge is the houses of men, and unrighteous people are your strength; you will attain nourishment, my child, from the lapsing of the daily rites."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.44
वृथास्फोटाश्च ते वस्त्रमाहारञ्च ददामि ते । क्षतं कीटावपन्नञ्च तथा श्वबिरवेक्षितम्
vṛthāsphoṭāśca te vastramāhārañca dadāmi te / kṣataṃ kīṭāvapannañca tathā śvabiravekṣitam
"Idle hand-clappings are your garment, and I give you as food what is damaged and worm-infested, and what has been eyed by a dog,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.45
भग्नभाणागतन्तद्वन्मुखवातोपशामितम् । उच्छिष्टापक्वमास्विन्नमवलीढमसंस्कृतम्
bhagnabhāṇāgatantadvanmukhavātopaśāmitam / ucchiṣṭāpakvamāsvinnamavalīḍhamasaṃskṛtam
(Food) from a broken vessel, and likewise (?) that which has been cooled by the breath of the mouth; leftovers, the uncooked, the half-steamed, the licked-over, the unconsecrated —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.46
भग्नासनस्थितैर्भुक्तमासन्नागतमेव च । विदिङ्मुखं सन्ध्ययोश्च नृत्यवाद्यस्वनाकुलम्
bhagnāsanasthitairbhuktamāsannāgatameva ca / vidiṅmukhaṃ sandhyayośca nṛtyavādyasvanākulam
(Food) eaten by those seated on a broken seat, and that which has been brought too close; (food) facing the intermediate quarters, and (eaten) at the two twilights, or confused by the noise of dancing and music —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.47
उदक्योपहतं भुक्तमुदक्या दृष्टमेव च । यच्चोपघातवत् किञ्चिद् भक्ष्यं पेयमथापि वा
udakyopahataṃ bhuktamudakyā dṛṣṭameva ca / yaccopaghātavat kiñcid bhakṣyaṃ peyamathāpi vā
(Food) spoiled by a menstruating woman, eaten (by her), or merely looked at by a menstruating woman; and whatever food or drink is in any way tainted —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.48
एतानि तव पुष्ट्यर्थमन्यच्चापि ददामि ते । अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तमस्नातैर्यदवज्ञया
etāni tava puṣṭyarthamanyaccāpi dadāmi te / aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattamasnātairyadavajñayā
These I give you for your nourishment, and other things too: what is offered into the fire without faith, what is given by the unbathed, what (is given) with contempt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.49
यन्नाम्बुपूर्वकं क्षिप्तमनर्थोकृतमेव च । त्यक्तुमाविष्कृतं यत् तु दत्तं चैवातिविस्मयात्
yannāmbupūrvakaṃ kṣiptamanarthokṛtameva ca / tyaktumāviṣkṛtaṃ yat tu dattaṃ caivātivismayāt
what is thrown down without water first, and what is made purposeless, and what is displayed only in order to be got rid of, and what is given out of excessive amazement,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.50
दुष्टं क्रुद्धार्तदत्तञ्च यक्ष तद्भागि तत् फलम् । यच्च पौनर्भवः किञ्चित् करोत्यामुष्मिकं क्रमम्
duṣṭaṃ kruddhārtadattañca yakṣa tadbhāgi tat phalam / yacca paunarbhavaḥ kiñcit karotyāmuṣmikaṃ kramam
what is spoiled, and what is given in anger or in distress — of that, O yakṣa, you are the sharer of its fruit; and whatever rite for the world beyond a son of a remarried woman performs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.51
यच्च पौनर्भवा योषित् तद्यक्ष ! तव तृप्तये । कन्याशुल्कोपधानाय समुपास्ते धनक्रियाः
yacca paunarbhavā yoṣit tadyakṣa ! tava tṛptaye / kanyāśulkopadhānāya samupāste dhanakriyāḥ
and whatever money-dealings a remarried woman undertakes in order to provide a bride-price for a daughter — that, O yakṣa, is for your satisfaction;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.52
तथैव यक्ष ! पुष्ट्यर्थमसच्छास्त्रक्रियाश्च याः । यच्चार्थनिर्वृतं किञ्चिदधीतं यन्न सत्यतः
tathaiva yakṣa ! puṣṭyarthamasacchāstrakriyāśca yāḥ / yaccārthanirvṛtaṃ kiñcidadhītaṃ yanna satyataḥ
and likewise, O yakṣa, for your nourishment: whatever practices belong to false scriptures, and whatever is recited for the sake of money, not truthfully —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.53
तत सर्वं तव कालांश्च ददामि तव सिद्धये । गुर्विण्यभिगमे सन्ध्यानित्यकार्यव्यतिक्रमे
tata sarvaṃ tava kālāṃśca dadāmi tava siddhaye / gurviṇyabhigame sandhyānityakāryavyatikrame
all that, and your seasons (of power), I give for your accomplishment: in the approaching of a pregnant woman, in the neglect of the twilight and daily obligatory rites,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.54
असच्छास्त्रक्रियालापदूषितेषु च दुः सह । तवाभिभवसामर्थ्यं भविष्यति सदा नृषु
asacchāstrakriyālāpadūṣiteṣu ca duḥ saha / tavābhibhavasāmarthyaṃ bhaviṣyati sadā nṛṣu
and among those defiled by the practices and the talk of false scriptures, O hard-to-endure one, your capacity to overpower men will always exist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.55
पङ्क्तिभेदे वृथापाके पाकभेदे तथा क्रिया । नित्यञ्च गेहकलहे भविता वसतिस्तव
paṅktibhede vṛthāpāke pākabhede tathā kriyā / nityañca gehakalahe bhavitā vasatistava
In the breaking of the dining row, in cooking to no purpose, in the dividing of the cooking, and in ritual so (performed), and always in quarrelling within the house — there your dwelling will be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.56
अपोष्यमाणे च तथा भृत्ये गोवाहनादिके । असन्ध्याभ्युक्षितागारे काले त्वत्तो भयं नृणाम्
apoṣyamāṇe ca tathā bhṛtye govāhanādike / asandhyābhyukṣitāgāre kāle tvatto bhayaṃ nṛṇām
And where a servant, or a cow, a draught animal and the like, is not maintained, and in a house not sprinkled at twilight — then there is danger to men from you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.57
नक्षत्रग्रहपीडासु त्रिविधोत्पातदर्शने । अशान्तिकपरान् यक्ष ! नरानभिभविष्यसि
nakṣatragrahapīḍāsu trividhotpātadarśane / aśāntikaparān yakṣa ! narānabhibhaviṣyasi
In the afflictions caused by stars and planets, at the appearance of the threefold portents, you will overpower, O yakṣa, those men who are not intent on rites of appeasement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.58
वृथोपवासिनो मर्त्या द्यूतस्त्रीषु सदा रताः । त्वद्भाषणोपकर्तारो वैडालव्रतिकाश्च ये
vṛthopavāsino martyā dyūtastrīṣu sadā ratāḥ / tvadbhāṣaṇopakartāro vaiḍālavratikāśca ye
Mortals who fast to no purpose, who are ever addicted to gambling and women, those who further your speech, and those who keep the cat's vow (of hypocrisy) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.59
अब्रह्मचारिणाधीतमिज्या चाविदुषा कृता । तपोवने ग्राम्यभुजां तथैवानिर्वजितात्मनाम्
abrahmacāriṇādhītamijyā cāviduṣā kṛtā / tapovane grāmyabhujāṃ tathaivānirvajitātmanām
what is studied by one who is not chaste, and sacrifice performed by an ignorant man, (and the acts) of those who eat village food in a penance-grove, and likewise of those whose selves are unrestrained —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.60
ब्राह्मण-क्षत्रिय-विशां शूद्राणाञ्च स्वकर्मतः । परिच्युतानां या चेष्टा परलोकार्थमीप्सताम्
brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-viśāṃ śūdrāṇāñca svakarmataḥ / paricyutānāṃ yā ceṣṭā paralokārthamīpsatām
and whatever endeavour is made by brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras who have fallen away from their own duties while desiring the good of the world beyond —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.61
तस्याश्च यत् फलं सर्वं तत् ते यक्ष ! भविष्यति । अन्यच्च ते प्रयच्छामि पुष्ट्यर्थं सन्निबोध तत्
tasyāśca yat phalaṃ sarvaṃ tat te yakṣa ! bhaviṣyati / anyacca te prayacchāmi puṣṭyarthaṃ sannibodha tat
whatever fruit there is of all that, that will be yours, O yakṣa; and I grant you something else too for your nourishment — mark it well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.62
भवतो वैश्वदेवान्ते नामोच्चारणपूर्वकम् । एतत् तवेति दास्यन्ति भवतो बलिमूर्जितम्
bhavato vaiśvadevānte nāmoccāraṇapūrvakam / etat taveti dāsyanti bhavato balimūrjitam
At the close of the Vaiśvadeva (offering) they will give you a strengthening oblation, first pronouncing your name, (saying) "this is yours."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.63
यः संस्कृताशी विधिवच्छुचिरन्तस्तथा बहिः । अलोलुपो जितस्त्रीकस्तद्गेहमपवर्जय
yaḥ saṃskṛtāśī vidhivacchucirantastathā bahiḥ / alolupo jitastrīkastadgehamapavarjaya
He who eats food properly prepared according to rule, who is pure within and without, free from craving, master of (his desire for) women — that house you must shun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.64
पूज्यन्ते हव्यकव्याभ्यां देवताः पितरस्तथा । यामयो ऽतिथयश्चापि तद्गेहं यक्ष ! वर्जय
pūjyante havyakavyābhyāṃ devatāḥ pitarastathā / yāmayo 'tithayaścāpi tadgehaṃ yakṣa ! varjaya
(Where) the gods and the ancestors are worshipped with havya and kavya offerings, and kinsmen and guests as well — that house, O yakṣa, avoid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.65
यत्र मैत्री गृहे बालवृद्धयोषिन्नरेषु च । तथा स्वजनवर्गेषु गृहं तच्चापि वर्जय
yatra maitrī gṛhe bālavṛddhayoṣinnareṣu ca / tathā svajanavargeṣu gṛhaṃ taccāpi varjaya
Where in a house there is friendliness among children, the aged, women and men, and likewise among the circles of one's own kin — that house too avoid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.66
योषितो ऽबिरता यत्र न वहिर्गमनोत्सुकाः । लज्जान्विताः सदा गेहं यक्ष ! तत् परिवर्जय
yoṣito 'biratā yatra na vahirgamanotsukāḥ / lajjānvitāḥ sadā gehaṃ yakṣa ! tat parivarjaya
Where the women are content (at home), not eager to go outside, and always possessed of modesty — that house, Yakṣa, shun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.67
वयः सम्बन्धयोग्यानि शयनान्यशनानि च । यत्र गेहे त्वया यक्ष ! तद्वर्ज्यं वचनान्मम
vayaḥ sambandhayogyāni śayanānyaśanāni ca / yatra gehe tvayā yakṣa ! tadvarjyaṃ vacanānmama
In whatever house the beds and the meals are suited to age and to relationship, that (house) is to be shunned by you, Yakṣa, at my word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.68
यत्र कारुणिका नित्यं साधुकर्मण्यवस्थिताः । सामान्योपस्करैर्युक्तास्त्यजेथा यक्ष ! तद्गृहम्
yatra kāruṇikā nityaṃ sādhukarmaṇyavasthitāḥ / sāmānyopaskarairyuktāstyajethā yakṣa ! tadgṛham
Where compassionate people are always established in good works, provided with household utensils held in common — you should leave that house, Yakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.69
यत्रासनस्थास्तिष्ठत्सु गुरु-वृद्ध-द्विजातिषु । न तिष्ठन्ति गृहं तच्च वर्ज्यं यक्ष ! त्वया सदा
yatrāsanasthāstiṣṭhatsu guru-vṛddha-dvijātiṣu / na tiṣṭhanti gṛhaṃ tacca varjyaṃ yakṣa ! tvayā sadā
Where those seated on their seats do not remain (seated) when teachers, elders and twice-born stand (before them) — that house too is always to be shunned by you, Yakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.70
तरुगुल्मादिभिर्धारं न विद्धं यस्य वेश्मनः । मर्मभेदो ऽथवा पुंसस्तच्छ्रेयो भवनं न ते
tarugulmādibhirdhāraṃ na viddhaṃ yasya veśmanaḥ / marmabhedo 'thavā puṃsastacchreyo bhavanaṃ na te
That house whose doorway is not blocked by trees, shrubs and the like, or (in which) there is no piercing of a man's vital parts — that auspicious dwelling is not for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.72
सत्यवाक्यान् क्षमाशीलानहिंस्त्रान्नानुतापिनः । पुरुषानीदृशान् यक्ष ! त्यजेथाश्चानसूयकान्
satyavākyān kṣamāśīlānahiṃstrānnānutāpinaḥ / puruṣānīdṛśān yakṣa ! tyajethāścānasūyakān
Men who are truthful in speech, patient by nature, not given to injury, not causing regret, and free of envy — such men, Yakṣa, you should leave alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.73
भर्तृशुश्रूषणे युक्तामसत्स्त्रीसङ्गवर्जिताम् । कुटुम्बभर्तृशेषान्नपुष्टाञ्च त्यज योषितम्
bhartṛśuśrūṣaṇe yuktāmasatstrīsaṅgavarjitām / kuṭumbabhartṛśeṣānnapuṣṭāñca tyaja yoṣitam
The woman intent on the service of her husband, free from the company of bad women, and sustained on the food left over by the family and her husband — leave her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.74
यजनाध्ययनाभ्यासदानासक्तमतिं सदा । याजनाध्यापनादानकृतवृत्तिं द्विजं त्यज
yajanādhyayanābhyāsadānāsaktamatiṃ sadā / yājanādhyāpanādānakṛtavṛttiṃ dvijaṃ tyaja
The twice-born whose mind is always attached to sacrificing, study, practice and giving, and who makes his living by officiating at sacrifices, by teaching, and by receiving gifts — leave him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.75
दानाध्ययनयज्ञेषु सदोद्युक्तञ्च दुः सह । क्षत्रियं त्यज सच्छुल्कशस्त्राजीवात्तवेतनम्
dānādhyayanayajñeṣu sadodyuktañca duḥ saha / kṣatriyaṃ tyaja sacchulkaśastrājīvāttavetanam
And the kṣatriya ever zealous in giving, study and sacrifices, and hard to withstand, who takes his wages from lawful tolls and from living by arms — leave him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.76
त्रिभिः पूर्वगुणैर्युक्तं पाशुपाल्य-वणिज्ययोः । कृषेश्चावाप्तवृत्तिञ्च त्यज वैश्यमकल्मषम्
tribhiḥ pūrvaguṇairyuktaṃ pāśupālya-vaṇijyayoḥ / kṛṣeścāvāptavṛttiñca tyaja vaiśyamakalmaṣam
The blameless vaiśya endowed with the three qualities mentioned before, who has obtained his livelihood from cattle-keeping, trade and agriculture — leave him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.77
दानेझ्या-द्विजशुश्रूषा-तत्परं यक्ष ! सन्त्यज । शूद्रञ्च ब्राह्मणादीनांशुश्रूषावृत्तिपोषकम्
dānejhyā-dvijaśuśrūṣā-tatparaṃ yakṣa ! santyaja / śūdrañca brāhmaṇādīnāṃśuśrūṣāvṛttipoṣakam
And the śūdra devoted to giving, to sacrifice, and to the service of the twice-born, who maintains his livelihood by serving brāhmaṇas and the rest — abandon him, Yakṣa.
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MkP 50.78
श्रुतिस्मृत्यविरोधेन कृतवृत्तिर्गृहे गृही । यत्र तत्र च तत्पत्नि तस्यैवानुगतात्मिका
śrutismṛtyavirodhena kṛtavṛttirgṛhe gṛhī / yatra tatra ca tatpatni tasyaivānugatātmikā
The householder in whose house the livelihood is made without conflict with śruti and smṛti, and whose wife, wherever (he may be), has her self devoted to him alone —
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MkP 50.79
यत्र पुत्रो गुरोः पूजां देवानाञ्च तथा पितुः । पत्नी च भर्तुः कुरुते तत्रालक्ष्मीभयं कुतः
yatra putro guroḥ pūjāṃ devānāñca tathā pituḥ / patnī ca bhartuḥ kurute tatrālakṣmībhayaṃ kutaḥ
Where the son performs worship of his teacher, of the gods, and likewise of his father, and the wife of her husband — how can there be fear of misfortune there?
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MkP 50.80
सदानुलिप्तं सन्ध्यासु गृहमम्बुसमुक्षितम् । कृतपुष्पबलिं यक्ष ! न त्वं शक्नोषि वीक्षितुम्
sadānuliptaṃ sandhyāsu gṛhamambusamukṣitam / kṛtapuṣpabaliṃ yakṣa ! na tvaṃ śaknoṣi vīkṣitum
A house always plastered, sprinkled with water at the twilights, in which the flower-offering has been made — you, Yakṣa, are not able even to look upon it.
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MkP 50.81
भास्करादृष्टशय्यानि नित्याग्निसलिलानि च । सूर्यावलोकदीपानि लक्ष्म्या गेहानि भाजनम्
bhāskarādṛṣṭaśayyāni nityāgnisalilāni ca / sūryāvalokadīpāni lakṣmyā gehāni bhājanam
Houses whose beds are not seen by the sun, which always have fire and water, and lamps (lit) at the sun's setting, are the vessel of Lakṣmī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.82
यत्रोक्षा चन्दनं वीणा आदर्शो मधुसर्पिषी । विषाज्यताम्रपात्राणि तद्गृहं न तवाश्रयः
yatrokṣā candanaṃ vīṇā ādarśo madhusarpiṣī / viṣājyatāmrapātrāṇi tadgṛhaṃ na tavāśrayaḥ
Where there are unguent, sandal, a lute, a mirror, honey and ghee, and copper vessels for ghee free of taint — that house is no refuge for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.83
यत्र कष्टकिनो वृक्षा यत्र निष्पाववल्लरी । भार्या पुनर्भूर्वल्मीकस्तद्यक्ष ! तव मन्दिरम्
yatra kaṣṭakino vṛkṣā yatra niṣpāvavallarī / bhāryā punarbhūrvalmīkastadyakṣa ! tava mandiram
Where there are thorny trees, where there is a bean-creeper, a remarried woman as wife, an ant-hill — that, Yakṣa, is your mansion.
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MkP 50.84
यस्मिन् गृहे नराः पञ्च स्त्रीत्रयं तावतीश्च गाः । अन्धकारेन्धनाग्निश्च तद्गृहं वसतिस्तव
yasmin gṛhe narāḥ pañca strītrayaṃ tāvatīśca gāḥ / andhakārendhanāgniśca tadgṛhaṃ vasatistava
In whatever house there are five men, three women, and just as many cows, and darkness and a fire of fuel — that house is your dwelling.
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MkP 50.85
एकच्छागं द्विवालेयं त्रिगवं पञ्चमाहिषम् । षडश्वं सप्तमातङ्गं गृहं यक्षाशु शोषय
ekacchāgaṃ dvivāleyaṃ trigavaṃ pañcamāhiṣam / ṣaḍaśvaṃ saptamātaṅgaṃ gṛhaṃ yakṣāśu śoṣaya
The house with one goat, two donkeys, three cows, five buffaloes, six horses, seven elephants — dry it up quickly, Yakṣa.
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MkP 50.86
कुद्दालदात्रपिटकं तद्वत् स्थाल्यादिभाजनम् । यत्र तत्रैव क्षिप्तानि तव दद्युः प्रतिश्रयम्
kuddāladātrapiṭakaṃ tadvat sthālyādibhājanam / yatra tatraiva kṣiptāni tava dadyuḥ pratiśrayam
Hoe, sickle and basket, and likewise pot and other vessels — flung down just anywhere, these will give you lodging.
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MkP 50.87
मुसलोलूखले स्त्रीणामास्या तद्वदुदुम्बरे । अवस्करे मन्त्रणञ्च यक्षैतदुपकृत् तव
musalolūkhale strīṇāmāsyā tadvadudumbare / avaskare mantraṇañca yakṣaitadupakṛt tava
The pestle and mortar, the mouths of women, likewise the udumbara tree, the refuse-heap, and (secret) deliberation — this, yakṣa, is a help to you.
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MkP 50.88
लङ्घ्यन्ते यत्र धान्यानि पक्वापक्वानि वेश्मनि । तद्वच्छास्त्राणि तत्र त्वं यथेष्टं चर दुः सह
laṅghyante yatra dhānyāni pakvāpakvāni veśmani / tadvacchāstrāṇi tatra tvaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ cara duḥ saha
Where in a house grains, cooked and uncooked, are stepped over, and likewise the scriptures — there you, Duḥsaha, may roam as you please.
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MkP 50.89
स्थालीपिधाने यत्राग्निर्दत्तो दर्वोफलेन वा । गृहे तत्र दुरिष्टानामशेषाणां समाश्रयः
sthālīpidhāne yatrāgnirdatto darvophalena vā / gṛhe tatra duriṣṭānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ samāśrayaḥ
In whatever house fire is set down on a pot's lid, or with the bowl of a ladle — there is the gathering-place of all ill-omened offerings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.90
मानुषास्थि गृहे यत्र दिवारात्रं मृतस्थितिः । तत्र यक्ष ! तवावासस्तथान्येषाञ्च रक्षसाम्
mānuṣāsthi gṛhe yatra divārātraṃ mṛtasthitiḥ / tatra yakṣa ! tavāvāsastathānyeṣāñca rakṣasām
In whatever house there is human bone, (or) a corpse kept by day and night — there, yakṣa, is your abode, and that of the other rākṣasas as well.
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MkP 50.91
अदत्त्वा भुञ्जते ये वै बन्धोः पिण्डं तथोदकम् । सपिण्डान् सोदकांश्चैव तत्काले तान् नरान् भज
adattvā bhuñjate ye vai bandhoḥ piṇḍaṃ tathodakam / sapiṇḍān sodakāṃścaiva tatkāle tān narān bhaja
Those who eat without first giving the rice-ball and the water to a kinsman — at that moment take possession of those men, together with their sapiṇḍas and their sodakas.
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MkP 50.92
यत्र पद्मपहापद्मौ सुरभिर्मोकाशिनी । वृषभैरावतौ यत्र कल्प्यन्ते तद्गृहं त्यज
yatra padmapahāpadmau surabhirmokāśinī / vṛṣabhairāvatau yatra kalpyante tadgṛhaṃ tyaja
Where Padma and Mahāpadma, Surabhi, Mokāśinī, and where Vṛṣabha and Airāvata are (ritually) fashioned — that house abandon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.93
अशस्त्रा देवता यत्र सशस्त्राश्चाहवं विना । कल्प्यन्ते मनुजैरर्च्यास्तत् परित्यज मन्दिरम्
aśastrā devatā yatra saśastrāścāhavaṃ vinā / kalpyante manujairarcyāstat parityaja mandiram
Where deities that bear no weapons are fashioned by men as bearing weapons, and are made objects of worship apart from any battle — that dwelling forsake utterly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 50.94
पौरजानपदैर्यत्र प्राक्प्रसिद्धमहोत्सवाः । क्रियन्ते पूर्ववद् गेहे न त्वं तत्र गृहे चर
paurajānapadairyatra prākprasiddhamahotsavāḥ / kriyante pūrvavad gehe na tvaṃ tatra gṛhe cara
Where the great festivals established of old are performed by townsfolk and country folk in a house as before — in that house do not roam.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.95
शूर्पवातघटाम्भोभिः स्त्रानं वस्त्राम्बुविप्रुषैः । नखाग्रसलिलैश्चैव तान् याहि हतलक्षणान्
śūrpavātaghaṭāmbhobhiḥ strānaṃ vastrāmbuvipruṣaiḥ / nakhāgrasalilaiścaiva tān yāhi hatalakṣaṇān
With the draught of a winnowing-basket, with jar-water for bathing, with spray of water from clothes, and with water from the tips of the nails (they bathe) — go to those whose auspicious marks are destroyed.
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MkP 50.96
देशाचारान् समयान् ज्ञातिधर्मं जपं होपं मङ्गलं देवतेष्टिम् । सम्यक्शौचं विधिवल्लोकवादान् पुंसस्त्वया कुर्वतो मास्तु सङ्गः
deśācārān samayān jñātidharmaṃ japaṃ hopaṃ maṅgalaṃ devateṣṭim / samyakśaucaṃ vidhivallokavādān puṃsastvayā kurvato māstu saṅgaḥ
Local customs, agreed observances, the duty of kinsmen, muttered prayer, oblation, auspicious rite, offering to the deity, thorough purity according to rule, the sayings of the people — with a man who performs these, let you have no contact.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 50.97
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्त्वा दुः सहं ब्रह्मा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । चकार शासनं सो ऽपि तथा पङ्कजजन्मनः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityuktvā duḥ sahaṃ brahmā tatraivāntaradhīyata / cakāra śāsanaṃ so 'pi tathā paṅkajajanmanaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this to Duḥsaha, Brahmā vanished on that very spot; and he too carried out the command of the lotus-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition