Markandeya Purana — Chapter 51
MkP 51.1
दुः सहस्याभवद्भार्या निर्माष्टिर्नाम नामतः । जाता कलेस्तु भार्यायामृतौ चाण्डालदर्शनात्
duḥ sahasyābhavadbhāryā nirmāṣṭirnāma nāmataḥ / jātā kalestu bhāryāyāmṛtau cāṇḍāladarśanāt
Duḥsaha had a wife, Nirmāṣṭi by name, born to Kali's wife in her menstrual period from the sight of a caṇḍāla.
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MkP 51.2
तयोरपत्यान्यभवने जगद्व्यापीनि षोडश । अष्टौ कुमाराः कन्याश्च तथाष्टावतिभीषणाः
tayorapatyānyabhavane jagadvyāpīni ṣoḍaśa / aṣṭau kumārāḥ kanyāśca tathāṣṭāvatibhīṣaṇāḥ
To those two were born sixteen children who pervade the world: eight boys, and likewise eight girls, exceedingly frightful.
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MkP 51.3
तन्ताकृष्टिस्तथोक्तिश्च परिवर्तस्तथापरः । अङ्गध्रुक् शकुनिश्चैव गण्डप्रान्तरतिस्तथा
tantākṛṣṭistathoktiśca parivartastathāparaḥ / aṅgadhruk śakuniścaiva gaṇḍaprāntaratistathā
Dantākṛṣṭi, and Ukti, and another, Parivarta, and Aṅgadhruk, and Śakuni, and likewise Gaṇḍaprāntarati,
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MkP 51.4
गर्भहा सस्यहा चान्यः कुमारास्तनयास्तयोः । कन्याश्चान्यास्तथैवाष्टौ तासां नामानि मे शृणु
garbhahā sasyahā cānyaḥ kumārāstanayāstayoḥ / kanyāścānyāstathaivāṣṭau tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu
Garbhahā, and another, Sasyahā — these are the boys, the sons of those two; and there are eight other daughters: hear their names from me.
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MkP 51.5
नियोजिका वै प्रथमा तथैवान्या विरोधिनी । स्वयंहारकरी चैव भ्रामणी ऋतुहारिका
niyojikā vai prathamā tathaivānyā virodhinī / svayaṃhārakarī caiva bhrāmaṇī ṛtuhārikā
Niyojikā indeed is the first, and likewise another, Virodhinī, and Svayaṃhārakarī, Bhrāmaṇī, Ṛtuhārikā,
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MkP 51.6
स्मृतिबीजहरे चान्ये तयोः कन्ये ऽतिदारुणे । विद्वेषण्यष्टमी नाम कन्या लोकभयावहा
smṛtibījahare cānye tayoḥ kanye 'tidāruṇe / vidveṣaṇyaṣṭamī nāma kanyā lokabhayāvahā
and Smṛtiharā and Bījaharā are two other exceedingly cruel daughters of theirs; the eighth daughter is named Vidveṣaṇī, who brings fear to the world.
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MkP 51.7
एतासां कर्म वक्ष्यामि दोषप्रशमनञ्च यत् । अष्टानाञ्च कुमाराणां श्रुयतां द्विजसत्तम
etāsāṃ karma vakṣyāmi doṣapraśamanañca yat / aṣṭānāñca kumārāṇāṃ śruyatāṃ dvijasattama
I shall tell the work of these (girls), and what quells the harm they do, and of the eight boys as well — let it be heard, best of the twice-born.
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MkP 51.8
दन्ताकृष्टिः प्रसुप्तानां बालानां दशनस्थितः । करोति दन्तसंघर्षं चिकीर्षुर्दुः सहागमम्
dantākṛṣṭiḥ prasuptānāṃ bālānāṃ daśanasthitaḥ / karoti dantasaṃgharṣaṃ cikīrṣurduḥ sahāgamam
Dantākṛṣṭi, lodged in the teeth of sleeping children, makes their teeth grind together, wishing to bring on the coming of Duḥsaha.
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MkP 51.9
तस्योपशमनं कार्यं सुप्तस्य सितसर्षपैः । शयनस्योपरि क्षिप्तैर्मानुषैर्दशनोपरि
tasyopaśamanaṃ kāryaṃ suptasya sitasarṣapaiḥ / śayanasyopari kṣiptairmānuṣairdaśanopari
His subduing should be effected, while (the child) sleeps, by white mustard seeds cast upon the bed by human hands, and upon the teeth.
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MkP 51.10
सुवार्च्चलौषधीस्नानात्तथा सच्छास्त्रकीर्तनात् । उष्ट्रकण्टकखड्गास्थि-क्षौमवस्त्रविधारणात्
suvārccalauṣadhīsnānāttathā sacchāstrakīrtanāt / uṣṭrakaṇṭakakhaḍgāsthi-kṣaumavastravidhāraṇāt
(And) by bathing with the suvarcalā herb, and by the recitation of good scriptures, and by the wearing of camel-thorn, rhinoceros bone, and linen cloth.
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MkP 51.11
तिष्ठत्यन्यकुमारस्तु तथास्त्त्वित्यसकृद् ब्रुवन् । शुभाशुभे नृणां युङ्क्ते तथोक्तिस्तच्च नान्यथा
tiṣṭhatyanyakumārastu tathāsttvityasakṛd bruvan / śubhāśubhe nṛṇāṃ yuṅkte tathoktistacca nānyathā
But another Kumāra stands by, saying again and again "So be it"; he yokes men to good and ill, and that utterance (of his) is so and not otherwise.
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MkP 51.12
तस्माददुष्टं मङ्गल्यं वक्तव्यं पण्डितैः सदा । दुष्टे श्रुते तथैवोक्ते कीर्तनीयो जनार्दनः
tasmādaduṣṭaṃ maṅgalyaṃ vaktavyaṃ paṇḍitaiḥ sadā / duṣṭe śrute tathaivokte kīrtanīyo janārdanaḥ
Therefore the learned should always speak what is unblemished and auspicious; and when something ill is heard or likewise uttered, Janārdana should be invoked—
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MkP 51.13
चराचरगुरुर्ब्रह्मा या यस्य कुलदेवता । अन्यगर्भे परान् गर्भान् सदैव परिवर्तयन्
carācaragururbrahmā yā yasya kuladevatā / anyagarbhe parān garbhān sadaiva parivartayan
—(or) Brahmā, the teacher of the moving and unmoving, or whatever be one's family deity. Another, ever transposing embryos into another's womb,
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MkP 51.14
रतिमाप्नोति वाक्यञ्च विवक्षोरन्यदेव यत् । परिवर्तकसंज्ञो ऽयं तस्यापि सितसर्षपैः
ratimāpnoti vākyañca vivakṣoranyadeva yat / parivartakasaṃjño 'yaṃ tasyāpi sitasarṣapaiḥ
takes his pleasure (in it), and (makes) the speech of one who wishes to speak come out as something else. This one is named Parivartaka ("the Transposer"); against him too, with white mustard seeds
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MkP 51.15
रक्षोघ्नमन्त्रजप्यैश्च रक्षां कुर्वोत तत्त्ववित् । अन्यश्चानिलवन्नृणामङ्गेषु स्फुरणोदितम्
rakṣoghnamantrajapyaiśca rakṣāṃ kurvota tattvavit / anyaścānilavannṛṇāmaṅgeṣu sphuraṇoditam
and with mutterings of demon-slaying mantras, let the knower of the truth make protection. And another (Kumāra), (arising) like wind, announced by a throbbing in men's limbs,
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MkP 51.16
शुभाशुभं समाचष्टे कुशैस्तस्याङ्गताडनम् । काकादिपक्षिसंस्थो ऽन्यः श्वादेरङ्गगतो ऽपि वा
śubhāśubhaṃ samācaṣṭe kuśaistasyāṅgatāḍanam / kākādipakṣisaṃstho 'nyaḥ śvāderaṅgagato 'pi vā
declares good and ill; the beating of that limb with kuśa grasses (is his remedy). Another dwells in birds such as crows, or else has entered the body of a dog and the like,
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MkP 51.17
शुभाशुभञ्च शकुनिः कुमारो ऽन्यो ब्रवीति वै । तत्रापि दुष्टे व्याक्षेपः प्रारम्भत्याग एव च
śubhāśubhañca śakuniḥ kumāro 'nyo bravīti vai / tatrāpi duṣṭe vyākṣepaḥ prārambhatyāga eva ca
and the omen-bird declares good and ill: it is indeed another Kumāra that speaks. There too, if (the omen is) ill, (the rule is) postponement, or even the abandoning of the undertaking;
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MkP 51.18
शुभे द्रुततरं कार्यमिति प्राह प्रजापतिः । गण्डान्तेषु स्थितश्चान्यो मुहूर्तार्धं द्विजोत्तम
śubhe drutataraṃ kāryamiti prāha prajāpatiḥ / gaṇḍānteṣu sthitaścānyo muhūrtārdhaṃ dvijottama
if (the omen is) auspicious, the work should be done all the more quickly—so said Prajāpati. And another stands within the gaṇḍānta junctures for half a muhūrta, O best of the twice-born.
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MkP 51.19
सर्वारम्भान् कुमारो ऽत्ति शस्ताताञ्चानसूयताम् । विप्रोक्त्या देवतास्तुत्या मूलोत्खातेन च द्विज
sarvārambhān kumāro 'tti śastātāñcānasūyatām / viproktyā devatāstutyā mūlotkhātena ca dvija
The Kumāra devours all undertakings, even those commended, of men who are not envious(?). By a brahmin's pronouncement, by praise of the deities, and by the uprooting of roots, O twice-born,
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MkP 51.20
गोमूत्रसर्षपस्त्रानैस्तदृक्षग्रहपूजनैः । पुनश्च धर्मोपनिषत्करणैः शास्त्रदर्शनैः
gomūtrasarṣapastrānaistadṛkṣagrahapūjanaiḥ / punaśca dharmopaniṣatkaraṇaiḥ śāstradarśanaiḥ
by baths with cow's urine and mustard, by worship of the (relevant) star and planet, and further by the performance of the dharma-upaniṣad rites and by consultation of the scriptures,
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MkP 51.21
अनज्ञया जन्मनश्च प्रशमं याति गण्डवान् । गर्भे स्त्रीणां तथान्यस्तु फलनाशी सुदारुणः
anajñayā janmanaśca praśamaṃ yāti gaṇḍavān / garbhe strīṇāṃ tathānyastu phalanāśī sudāruṇaḥ
and by (keeping) the birth unannounced, one afflicted by the gaṇḍa (juncture) comes to peace. So too another, dreadful indeed, destroys the fruit in the wombs of women.
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MkP 51.22
तस्य रक्षा सदा कार्या नित्यं शौचनिषेवणात् । प्रसिद्धमन्त्रलिखनाच्छस्तमाल्यादिधारणात्
tasya rakṣā sadā kāryā nityaṃ śaucaniṣevaṇāt / prasiddhamantralikhanācchastamālyādidhāraṇāt
Protection from him should always be made by the constant practice of purity, by the writing of well-known mantras, by the wearing of auspicious garlands and the like,
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MkP 51.23
विशुद्धगेहावसथादनायासाच्च वै द्विज । तथैव सस्यहा चान्यः सस्यर्धिमुपहन्ति यः
viśuddhagehāvasathādanāyāsācca vai dvija / tathaiva sasyahā cānyaḥ sasyardhimupahanti yaḥ
by a purified house and dwelling, and by (avoidance of) exertion, O twice-born. In just the same way another is a slayer of crops, who ruins the increase of the crops.
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MkP 51.24
तस्यापि रक्षां कुर्वोत जीर्णोपानद्विधारणात् । तथापसव्यगमनाच्छाण्डालस्य प्रवेशनात्
tasyāpi rakṣāṃ kurvota jīrṇopānadvidhāraṇāt / tathāpasavyagamanācchāṇḍālasya praveśanāt
Against him too one should make protection: by the wearing of worn-out sandals, and by going round leftwards, by the entering in of a Caṇḍāla,
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MkP 51.25
बहिर्बलिप्रदानाच्च सोमाम्बुपरिकीर्तनात् । परदारपहद्रव्यहरणादिषु मानवान्
bahirbalipradānācca somāmbuparikīrtanāt / paradārapahadravyaharaṇādiṣu mānavān
and by giving an offering outside, and by the proclaiming of soma-water. (Another) sets men on to adultery, robbery, the seizing of goods and so forth,
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MkP 51.26
नियोजयति चैवान्यान् कन्या सा च नियोजिका । तस्याः पवित्रपठनात् क्रोधलोभादिवर्जनात्
niyojayati caivānyān kanyā sā ca niyojikā / tasyāḥ pavitrapaṭhanāt krodhalobhādivarjanāt
and he sets others on too; and she, a maiden, is the Niyojikā ("Instigatress"). Against her, by the recitation of purifying (texts), by the shunning of anger, greed and the rest—
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MkP 51.27
नियोजयति मामिष्टविरोधाच्च विवर्जनम् । आक्रुष्टो ऽन्येन मन्येत ताडितो वा नियोजिका
niyojayati māmiṣṭavirodhācca vivarjanam / ākruṣṭo 'nyena manyeta tāḍito vā niyojikā
"She is instigating me"—and (there is) avoidance through opposition to what is desired. One reviled by another, or struck, might think: "The Niyojikā
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MkP 51.28
नियोजयत्येनमिति न गच्छेत्तद्वशं बुधः । परदारादिसंसर्गे चित्तमात्मानमेव च
niyojayatyenamiti na gacchettadvaśaṃ budhaḥ / paradārādisaṃsarge cittamātmānameva ca
is instigating this man"—the wise man should not come under her sway. And in intercourse with another's wife and the like, (he should blame) his own mind and himself alone,
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MkP 51.29
नियोजयत्यत्र सा मामिति प्राज्ञो विचिन्तयेत् । विरोधं कुरुते चान्या दम्पत्योः प्रीयमाणयोः
niyojayatyatra sā māmiti prājño vicintayet / virodhaṃ kurute cānyā dampatyoḥ prīyamāṇayoḥ
"It is she who is urging me to this" — so let the wise man reflect. And another (girl-demon) creates discord between husband and wife who love each other.
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MkP 51.30
बन्धूनां सुहृदां पित्रोः पुत्रैः सावर्णिकैश्च या । विरोधिनी सा तद्रक्षां कुर्वोत बलिकर्मणा
bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ pitroḥ putraiḥ sāvarṇikaiśca yā / virodhinī sā tadrakṣāṃ kurvota balikarmaṇā
She who sets at odds kinsmen, friends, parents with (their) sons, and those of the same class — against her one should perform protection by an offering-rite.
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MkP 51.31
तथातिवादसहनाच्छास्त्राचारनिषेवणात् । धान्यं खलाद् गृहाद् गोभ्यः पयः सर्पिस्तथापरा
tathātivādasahanācchāstrācāraniṣevaṇāt / dhānyaṃ khalād gṛhād gobhyaḥ payaḥ sarpistathāparā
Likewise another (steals) by (one's) enduring of abusive speech and by (neglect of) the practice of scriptural conduct: grain from the threshing-floor, from the house, milk and ghee from the cows.
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MkP 51.32
समृद्धिमृद्धिमद्द्रव्यादपहिन्ति च कन्यका । सा स्वयंहारिकेत्युक्ता सदान्तर्धानतत्परा
samṛddhimṛddhimaddravyādapahinti ca kanyakā / sā svayaṃhāriketyuktā sadāntardhānatatparā
And that girl (-demon) carries off prosperity from a prosperous man's goods; she is called Svayaṃhārikā ("she who takes for herself"), always intent on invisibility.
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MkP 51.33
महानसादर्धसिद्धमन्नागारस्थितं तथा । परिविश्यमाणञ्च सदा सार्धं भुङ्क्ते च भुञ्जता
mahānasādardhasiddhamannāgārasthitaṃ tathā / pariviśyamāṇañca sadā sārdhaṃ bhuṅkte ca bhuñjatā
(She takes) from the kitchen the half-cooked (food), and that which is kept in the storeroom, and what is being served out, and she always eats along with one who is eating.
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MkP 51.34
उच्छेषणं मनुष्याणां हरत्यन्नञ्च दुर्हरा । कर्मान्तागारशालाभ्यः सिद्धर्धि हरति द्विज
uccheṣaṇaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ haratyannañca durharā / karmāntāgāraśālābhyaḥ siddhardhi harati dvija
And Durharā carries off men's leavings and (their) food; she carries off, O brahmin, the accomplished wealth from workshops, houses and halls.
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MkP 51.35
गोस्त्रीस्तनेभ्यश्च पयः क्षीरहारी सदैव सा । दध्नो घृतं तिलात्तैलं सुरागारात्तथा सुराम्
gostrīstanebhyaśca payaḥ kṣīrahārī sadaiva sā / dadhno ghṛtaṃ tilāttailaṃ surāgārāttathā surām
And she is ever the milk-stealer, (taking) milk from the udders of cows and the breasts of women, ghee from the curds, oil from the sesame, and likewise liquor from the tavern.
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MkP 51.36
रागं कुसुम्भकादीनां कार्पासात् सूत्रमेव च । सा स्वयंहारिका नाम हरत्यविरतं द्विज
rāgaṃ kusumbhakādīnāṃ kārpāsāt sūtrameva ca / sā svayaṃhārikā nāma haratyavirataṃ dvija
(She takes) the dye of safflower and the like, and the thread from the cotton; she, named Svayaṃhārikā, steals unceasingly, O brahmin.
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MkP 51.37
कुर्याच्छिखण्डिनोर्द्वन्द्वं रक्षार्थं कुत्रिमां स्त्रियम् । रक्षाश्चैव गृहे लेख्या वर्ज्याचो च्छिष्टता तथा
kuryācchikhaṇḍinordvandvaṃ rakṣārthaṃ kutrimāṃ striyam / rakṣāścaiva gṛhe lekhyā varjyāco cchiṣṭatā tathā
For protection one should make a pair of peacocks (and) an artificial woman; and protective (figures/spells) are to be drawn in the house, and the state of having leavings (uncleanness) is to be avoided.
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MkP 51.38
होमाग्निदेवताधूपभस्मना च परिष्क्रिया । कार्या क्षीरादिभाण्डानामेवं तद्रक्षणं स्मृतम्
homāgnidevatādhūpabhasmanā ca pariṣkriyā / kāryā kṣīrādibhāṇḍānāmevaṃ tadrakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam
And purification is to be done with the ash of the incense (offered to) the sacrificial fire and the deities; (this is to be done) for the vessels of milk and the rest — thus is protection from her enjoined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.39
उद्वेगं जनयत्यन्या एकस्थाननिवासिनः । पुरुषस्य तु या प्रोक्ता भ्रामणी सा तु कन्यका
udvegaṃ janayatyanyā ekasthānanivāsinaḥ / puruṣasya tu yā proktā bhrāmaṇī sā tu kanyakā
Another produces agitation in a man dwelling in one place; the girl (-demon) who is so described is Bhrāmaṇī ("the maker of wandering").
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.40
तस्याथ रक्षां कुर्वोत विक्षिप्तैः सितसर्षपैः । आसने शयने चोर्व्यां यत्रास्ते स तु मानवः
tasyātha rakṣāṃ kurvota vikṣiptaiḥ sitasarṣapaiḥ / āsane śayane corvyāṃ yatrāste sa tu mānavaḥ
Then one should make protection for him with white mustard seeds scattered on the seat, the bed, and the ground where that man stays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.41
चिन्तयेच्च नरः पापा मामेषा दुष्टचेतना । भ्रामयत्यसकृज्जप्यं भुवः सूक्तं समाधिना
cintayecca naraḥ pāpā māmeṣā duṣṭacetanā / bhrāmayatyasakṛjjapyaṃ bhuvaḥ sūktaṃ samādhinā
And the man should reflect: "This wicked-minded evil one makes me wander"; the hymn of the Earth is to be muttered repeatedly with concentration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.42
स्त्रीणां पुष्पं हरत्यन्या प्रवृत्तं सा तु कन्यका । तथाप्रवृत्तं सा ज्ञेया दौः सहा ऋतहारिका
strīṇāṃ puṣpaṃ haratyanyā pravṛttaṃ sā tu kanyakā / tathāpravṛttaṃ sā jñeyā dauḥ sahā ṛtahārikā
Another girl (-demon) carries off the menstrual flow of women when it has begun; and she is likewise to be known, when it has not begun, as the bold one, the stealer of the (menstrual) season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.43
कुर्वोत तीर्थदेवौकश्चैत्यपर्वतसानुषु । नदीसङ्गमखातेषु स्त्रपनं तत्प्रशान्यते
kurvota tīrthadevaukaścaityaparvatasānuṣu / nadīsaṅgamakhāteṣu strapanaṃ tatpraśānyate
One should perform bathing at holy fords, temples, sanctuaries, mountain slopes, river confluences and pools; by that she is appeased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.44
मन्त्रवित् कृततत्त्वज्ञः पर्वसूषसि च द्विज । चिकित्साज्ञश्च वै वैद्यः संप्रयुक्तैर्वरौषधैः
mantravit kṛtatattvajñaḥ parvasūṣasi ca dvija / cikitsājñaśca vai vaidyaḥ saṃprayuktairvarauṣadhaiḥ
And (there should be) one who knows the mantras and knows the truth of the rites, at the junctures (of the moon) at dawn, O brahmin, and also a physician skilled in treatment, with excellent medicines duly applied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.45
स्मृतिञ्चापहरत्यन्या स्त्रीणां सा स्मृतिहारिका । विविक्तदेशसेवित्वात्तस्याश्चोपशमो भवेत्
smṛtiñcāpaharatyanyā strīṇāṃ sā smṛtihārikā / viviktadeśasevitvāttasyāścopaśamo bhavet
And another takes away women's memory; she is Smṛtihārikā; and her appeasement comes about through frequenting solitary places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.46
बीजापहारिणी चान्या स्त्रीपुंसोरतिभीषणा । मेध्यान्नभोजनैः स्नानैस्तस्याश्चोपशमो भवेत
bījāpahāriṇī cānyā strīpuṃsoratibhīṣaṇā / medhyānnabhojanaiḥ snānaistasyāścopaśamo bhaveta
And another is the seed-stealer, most terrifying to women and men; her appeasement comes about through eating pure food and through baths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.47
अष्टमी द्वेषणी नाम कन्या लोकभयावहा । या करोति जनद्विष्टं नरं नारीमथापि वा
aṣṭamī dveṣaṇī nāma kanyā lokabhayāvahā / yā karoti janadviṣṭaṃ naraṃ nārīmathāpi vā
The eighth is the girl (-demon) named Dveṣaṇī, bringing fear to the world, who makes a man, or else a woman, hated by people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.48
मधुक्षीरघृताक्तांस्तु शान्त्यर्थं होमयेत्तिलान् । कुर्वोत मित्रविन्दाञ्च तथेष्टिन्तत् प्रशान्यते
madhukṣīraghṛtāktāṃstu śāntyarthaṃ homayettilān / kurvota mitravindāñca tatheṣṭintat praśānyate
For the sake of appeasement one should offer in the fire sesame seeds smeared with honey, milk and ghee; and one should perform the Mitravindā (rites) and the sacrifice — by that she is appeased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.49
एतेषान्तु कुमाराणां कन्यानां द्विजसत्तम । अष्टत्रिंशदपत्यानि तेषां नामानि मे शृणु
eteṣāntu kumārāṇāṃ kanyānāṃ dvijasattama / aṣṭatriṃśadapatyāni teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu
Of these boys and of the girls, O best of the twice-born, there are thirty-eight offspring; hear from me their names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.50
दन्ताकृष्टेरभूत् कन्या विजल्पा कलहा तथा । अवज्ञानृतदुष्टोक्तिर्विजल्पा तत्प्रशान्तये
dantākṛṣṭerabhūt kanyā vijalpā kalahā tathā / avajñānṛtaduṣṭoktirvijalpā tatpraśāntaye
From Dantākṛṣṭi there was born a daughter, Vijalpā, and also Kalahā. Vijalpā is contempt, falsehood and evil speech; for her pacification—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.51
तामेव चिन्तयेत् प्राज्ञः प्रयतश्च गृही भवेत् । कलहा कलहं गेहे करोत्यविरतं नृणाम्
tāmeva cintayet prājñaḥ prayataśca gṛhī bhavet / kalahā kalahaṃ gehe karotyavirataṃ nṛṇām
The wise man should think on her alone, and the householder should be self-restrained; for Kalahā ceaselessly produces quarreling in the homes of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.52
कुटुम्बनाशहेतुः सा तत्प्रशान्तिं निशामय । दूर्वाङ्कुरान्मधुघृतक्षीराक्तान् बलिकर्मणि
kuṭumbanāśahetuḥ sā tatpraśāntiṃ niśāmaya / dūrvāṅkurānmadhughṛtakṣīrāktān balikarmaṇi
She is the cause of the family's ruin; hear (the means of) her appeasement: sprouts of dūrvā grass smeared with honey, ghee and milk, in the offering rite,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.53
विक्षिपेज्जुहुयाच्चैवानलं मित्रञ्च कीर्तयेत् । भूतानां मातृभिः सार्धं बालकानान्तु शान्तये
vikṣipejjuhuyāccaivānalaṃ mitrañca kīrtayet / bhūtānāṃ mātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ bālakānāntu śāntaye
He should scatter (them) and should also offer (them) into the fire, and he should invoke Mitra by name — for the appeasement of the spirits, together with the Mothers, and (for the appeasement) of the children.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.54
विद्यानां तपसाञ्चैव संयमस्य यमस्य च । कृष्यां वाणिज्यलाभे च शान्तिं कुर्वन्तु मे सदा
vidyānāṃ tapasāñcaiva saṃyamasya yamasya ca / kṛṣyāṃ vāṇijyalābhe ca śāntiṃ kurvantu me sadā
May they always effect peace for me in (matters of) learning and of austerities, and of self-restraint and of restraint, and in agriculture and in profit from trade.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.55
पूजिताश्च यथान्यायं तुष्टिं गच्छन्तु सर्वशः । कुष्माण्डा यातुधानाश्च ये चान्ये गणसंज्ञिताः
pūjitāśca yathānyāyaṃ tuṣṭiṃ gacchantu sarvaśaḥ / kuṣmāṇḍā yātudhānāśca ye cānye gaṇasaṃjñitāḥ
And having been worshipped according to rule, let them attain satisfaction in every way — the Kuṣmāṇḍas, the Yātudhānas, and the others who are called (Śiva's) hosts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.56
महादेवप्रसादेन महेश्वरमतेन च । सर्व एते नृणां नित्यं तुष्टिमाशु व्रजन्तु ते
mahādevaprasādena maheśvaramatena ca / sarva ete nṛṇāṃ nityaṃ tuṣṭimāśu vrajantu te
By the grace of Mahādeva and by the will of Maheśvara, let all these quickly come to constant satisfaction with men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.57
तुष्टाः सर्वं निरस्यन्तु दुष्कृतं दुरनुष्ठितम् । महापताकजं सर्वं यच्चान्यद्विघ्नकारणम्
tuṣṭāḥ sarvaṃ nirasyantu duṣkṛtaṃ duranuṣṭhitam / mahāpatākajaṃ sarvaṃ yaccānyadvighnakāraṇam
Being pleased, may they drive away every evil deed badly done, everything born of the great sins, and whatever else is a cause of obstruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.58
तेषामेव प्रसादेन विघ्ना नश्यन्तु सर्वशः । उद्वाहेषु च सर्वेषु वृद्धिकर्मंसु चैव हि
teṣāmeva prasādena vighnā naśyantu sarvaśaḥ / udvāheṣu ca sarveṣu vṛddhikarmaṃsu caiva hi
By the favour of those very (deities), may obstacles perish entirely — in all weddings and in the rites of prosperity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.59
पुण्यानुष्ठानयोगेषु गुरुदेवार्चनेषु च । जपयज्ञविधानेषु यात्रासु च चतुर्दश
puṇyānuṣṭhānayogeṣu gurudevārcaneṣu ca / japayajñavidhāneṣu yātrāsu ca caturdaśa
In the undertakings of meritorious observances, in the worship of teachers and gods, in the performances of recitation and sacrifice, and on journeys — (may) the fourteen (Manus)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.60
शरीरारोग्यभोग्येषु सुखदानधनेषु च । वृद्धबालातुरेष्वेव शान्तिं कुर्वन्तु मे सदा
śarīrārogyabhogyeṣu sukhadānadhaneṣu ca / vṛddhabālātureṣveva śāntiṃ kurvantu me sadā
in bodily health and things to be enjoyed, in comfort, giving, and wealth, and among the old, the young, and the sick — always bring about peace for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.61
सोमाम्बुपौ तथाम्भोधिः सविता चानिलानलौ । तथोक्तेः कालजिह्वो ऽभूत् पुत्रस्तालनिकेतनः
somāmbupau tathāmbhodhiḥ savitā cānilānalau / tathokteḥ kālajihvo 'bhūt putrastālaniketanaḥ
Soma and Ambupa (the water-drinker), likewise the ocean, the sun, and Wind and Fire — thus, from Ukti (Speech), there was born a son, Kālajihva (Time's-Tongue), whose dwelling is the palate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.62
स येषां रसनासंस्थास्तानसाधून् विबाधते । परिवर्तसुतौ द्वौ तु विरूपविकृतौ द्विज
sa yeṣāṃ rasanāsaṃsthāstānasādhūn vibādhate / parivartasutau dvau tu virūpavikṛtau dvija
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 51.63
तौ तु वृक्षाग्रपरिखाप्राकाराम्भोधिसंश्रयौ । गुर्विण्याः परिवर्तन्तौ कुरुतः पादपाणिषु
tau tu vṛkṣāgraparikhāprākārāmbhodhisaṃśrayau / gurviṇyāḥ parivartantau kurutaḥ pādapāṇiṣu
But those two, who haunt treetops, moats, ramparts and the ocean, turning about (the child) of a pregnant woman, work upon its feet and hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.64
क्रौष्टुके परिवर्तःस्यात् गर्भस्यान्योदरात्ततः । न वृक्षं चैव नैवाद्रिं न प्राकारं महोदधिम्
krauṣṭuke parivartaḥsyāt garbhasyānyodarāttataḥ / na vṛkṣaṃ caiva naivādriṃ na prākāraṃ mahodadhim
In the case of the jackal-like (krauṣṭuka) there would be a turning of the foetus, (as if) from another's belly; therefore (a pregnant woman should climb) neither a tree, nor a mountain, nor a rampart, nor the great sea,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.65
परिखां वा समाक्रामेदबला गर्भधारिणी । अङ्गध्रुक् तनयं लेभे पिशुनं नाम नामतः
parikhāṃ vā samākrāmedabalā garbhadhāriṇī / aṅgadhruk tanayaṃ lebhe piśunaṃ nāma nāmataḥ
nor should a weak woman carrying a child climb over a moat. Aṅgadhruk obtained a son, Piśuna by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.66
सो ऽस्थिमज्जागतः पुंसां बलमत्त्यजितात्मनाम् । श्येन-काक-कपोतांश्च गृध्रोलूकैश्च वै सुतान्
so 'sthimajjāgataḥ puṃsāṃ balamattyajitātmanām / śyena-kāka-kapotāṃśca gṛdhrolūkaiśca vai sutān
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 51.67
अवाप शकुनिः पञ्च जगृहुस्तान् सुरासुराः । श्येनं जग्राह मृत्युश्च काकं कालो गृहीतवान्
avāpa śakuniḥ pañca jagṛhustān surāsurāḥ / śyenaṃ jagrāha mṛtyuśca kākaṃ kālo gṛhītavān
Śakuni obtained five (sons); the gods and the asuras took them: Mṛtyu (Death) took the hawk, and Kāla (Time) took the crow;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.68
उलूकं निरृतिश्चैव जग्राहातिभयावहम् । गृध्रं व्याधिस्तदीशो ऽथ कपोतं च स्वयं यमः
ulūkaṃ nirṛtiścaiva jagrāhātibhayāvaham / gṛdhraṃ vyādhistadīśo 'tha kapotaṃ ca svayaṃ yamaḥ
and Nirṛti took the owl, which brings great terror; Vyādhi (Disease), its lord, (took) the vulture, and Yama himself the dove.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.69
एतेषामेव चैवोक्ता भूताः पापोपपादने । तस्माच्छ्येनादयो यस्य निलीयेयुः शिरस्यथ
eteṣāmeva caivoktā bhūtāḥ pāpopapādane / tasmācchyenādayo yasya nilīyeyuḥ śirasyatha
And of these very (deities) the beings (spirits) are declared (to be their agents) in bringing about evil; therefore, on whose head hawks and the rest should settle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.70
तेनात्मरक्षणायालं शान्तिं कुर्याद्विजोत्तम । गेहे प्रसूतिरेतेषां तद्वन्नीडनिवेशनम्
tenātmarakṣaṇāyālaṃ śāntiṃ kuryādvijottama / gehe prasūtireteṣāṃ tadvannīḍaniveśanam
by that man, for his own protection, a propitiatory rite should duly be performed, O best of brahmins; likewise (if) these give birth in his house, or make a nest there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.71
नरस्तं वर्जयेद् गेहं कपोताक्रान्तमस्तकम् । श्येनः कपोतो गृध्रश्च काकोलूकौ गृहे द्विज
narastaṃ varjayed gehaṃ kapotākrāntamastakam / śyenaḥ kapoto gṛdhraśca kākolūkau gṛhe dvija
A man should abandon that house whose roof-top is occupied by a pigeon. A hawk, a pigeon, a vulture, a crow and an owl, O twice-born, in a house
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.72
प्रविष्टः कथयेदन्तं वसतां तत्र वेश्मनि । ईदृक् परित्यजेद् गेहं शान्तिं कुर्याच्च पण्डितः
praviṣṭaḥ kathayedantaṃ vasatāṃ tatra veśmani / īdṛk parityajed gehaṃ śāntiṃ kuryācca paṇḍitaḥ
having entered, would announce the end of those dwelling there in that dwelling; such a house the wise man should abandon and should perform a propitiatory rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 51.73
स्वप्ने ऽपि हि कपोतस्य दर्शनं न प्रशस्यते । षडपत्यानि कथ्यन्ते गण्डप्रान्तरतेस्तथा
svapne 'pi hi kapotasya darśanaṃ na praśasyate / ṣaḍapatyāni kathyante gaṇḍaprāntaratestathā
Even in a dream the sight of a pigeon is not commended. Six children are declared (to be born) of Gaṇḍaprāntarati likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.74
स्त्रीणां रजस्यवस्थानं तेषां कालांश्च मे शृणु । चत्वार्यहानि पूर्वाणि तथैवान्यत् त्रयोदश
strīṇāṃ rajasyavasthānaṃ teṣāṃ kālāṃśca me śṛṇu / catvāryahāni pūrvāṇi tathaivānyat trayodaśa
Women's condition during menstruation — and hear from me the times of those (children): the first four days, and likewise another thirteen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 51.75
एकादश तथैवान्यदपत्यं तस्य वै दिने । अन्यद्दिनाभिगमने श्राद्धदाने तथापरे
ekādaśa tathaivānyadapatyaṃ tasya vai dine / anyaddinābhigamane śrāddhadāne tathāpare
and likewise another eleven; on that day indeed (is born) his offspring; another at the approach on (such) a day, and others at the giving of a śrāddha,
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MkP 51.76
पर्वस्वथान्यत् तस्मात्तु वर्ज्यान्येतानि पण्डितैः । गर्भहन्तुः सुतो निघ्नो मोहनी चापि कन्यका
parvasvathānyat tasmāttu varjyānyetāni paṇḍitaiḥ / garbhahantuḥ suto nighno mohanī cāpi kanyakā
and another on the parvan days; therefore these (occasions) are to be avoided by the wise. The son of the destroyer of embryos is Nighna, and the daughter is Mohanī.
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MkP 51.77
प्रविश्य गर्भमत्त्येको भुक्त्वा मोहयते ऽपरा । जायन्ते मोहनात्तस्याः सर्पमण्डूककच्छपाः
praviśya garbhamattyeko bhuktvā mohayate 'parā / jāyante mohanāttasyāḥ sarpamaṇḍūkakacchapāḥ
The one, having entered, eats the embryo; the other, having eaten, deludes. From her deluding are born snakes, frogs and tortoises,
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MkP 51.78
सरीसृपाणि चान्यानि पुरीषमथवा पुनः । षण्मासान् गुर्विणीं मांसमश्नुवानामसंयताम्
sarīsṛpāṇi cānyāni purīṣamathavā punaḥ / ṣaṇmāsān gurviṇīṃ māṃsamaśnuvānāmasaṃyatām
and other creeping things, or else excrement. (As for) a pregnant woman eating meat for six months, unrestrained,
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MkP 51.79
वृक्षच्छायाश्रयां रात्रावथवा त्रिचतुष्पथे । श्मशानकटभूमिष्ठामुत्तरीयविवर्जिताम्
vṛkṣacchāyāśrayāṃ rātrāvathavā tricatuṣpathe / śmaśānakaṭabhūmiṣṭhāmuttarīyavivarjitām
taking shelter in the shade of a tree at night, or at a crossing of three or four roads, standing on a cremation-ground or burial place, without an upper garment,
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MkP 51.80
रुदमानां निशीथे ऽथ आविशेत्तामसौ स्त्रियम् । शस्यहन्तुस्तथैवैकः क्षुद्रको नाम नामतः
rudamānāṃ niśīthe 'tha āviśettāmasau striyam / śasyahantustathaivaikaḥ kṣudrako nāma nāmataḥ
weeping at midnight — then he enters that woman. And likewise there is one (son) of the destroyer of crops, Kṣudraka by name.
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MkP 51.81
शस्यर्धिं स सदा हन्ति लब्ध्वा रन्ध्रं शृणुष्व तत् । अमङ्गल्यदिनारम्भे अतृप्तो वपते च यः
śasyardhiṃ sa sadā hanti labdhvā randhraṃ śṛṇuṣva tat / amaṅgalyadinārambhe atṛpto vapate ca yaḥ
He always destroys the increase of the crops, having got an opening; hear that. At the beginning of an inauspicious day, and whoever sows while unsatisfied,
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MkP 51.82
क्षेत्रेष्वनुप्रवेशं वै करोत्यन्तोपसङ्गिषु । तस्मात् कल्पः सुप्रशस्ते दिने ऽभ्यर्च्य निशाकरम्
kṣetreṣvanupraveśaṃ vai karotyantopasaṅgiṣu / tasmāt kalpaḥ supraśaste dine 'bhyarcya niśākaram
into such fields he makes his entry, (fields) adjoining boundaries; therefore the rule is: on a highly auspicious day, having worshipped the moon...
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MkP 51.84
जातं प्रचोदिकासंज्ञं तस्याः कन्याचतुष्टयम् । मत्तोन्मत्तप्रमत्तास्तु नरान् नारीस्तु ताः सदा
jātaṃ pracodikāsaṃjñaṃ tasyāḥ kanyācatuṣṭayam / mattonmattapramattāstu narān nārīstu tāḥ sadā
Of her, named Pracodikā, four daughters were born: Mattā, Unmattā, Pramattā — and these always (enter) men and women.
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MkP 51.85
समाविशन्ति नाशाय चोदयन्तीह दारुणम् । अधर्मं धर्मरूपेण कामञ्चाकामरूपिणम्
samāviśanti nāśāya codayantīha dāruṇam / adharmaṃ dharmarūpeṇa kāmañcākāmarūpiṇam
They enter (them) for their destruction, and here they urge on the dreadful: unrighteousness in the form of righteousness, and desire in the form of the undesired,
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MkP 51.86
अनर्थञ्चार्थरूपेण मोक्षञ्चामोक्षरूपिणम् । दुर्विनीता विना शौचं दर्शयन्ति पृथङ्नरान्
anarthañcārtharūpeṇa mokṣañcāmokṣarūpiṇam / durvinītā vinā śaucaṃ darśayanti pṛthaṅnarān
and loss in the form of gain, and liberation in the form of non-liberation; ill-behaved, without purity, they show (these things) to various men.
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MkP 51.87
भ्रश्यन्त्याभिः प्रविष्टाभिः पुरुषार्थात् पृथङ्नराः । तासां प्रवेशश्च गृहे संध्यारक्ते ह्यथाम्बरे
bhraśyantyābhiḥ praviṣṭābhiḥ puruṣārthāt pṛthaṅnarāḥ / tāsāṃ praveśaśca gṛhe saṃdhyārakte hyathāmbare
When these have entered, various men fall away from the goal of man. And their entry into a house (occurs) when the sky is red with twilight,
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MkP 51.88
धाताविधात्रोश्च बलिर्यत्र काले न दीयते । भुञ्जतां पिबतां वापि सङ्गिभिर्जलविप्रुषैः
dhātāvidhātrośca baliryatra kāle na dīyate / bhuñjatāṃ pibatāṃ vāpi saṅgibhirjalavipruṣaiḥ
and where the offering to Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ is not given at the proper time, and (upon) those eating or drinking, together with splashes of water,
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MkP 51.89
नवनारीषु संक्रान्तिस्तासामाश्वभिजायते । विरोधिन्यास्त्रयः पुत्राश्चोदको ग्राहकस्तथा
navanārīṣu saṃkrāntistāsāmāśvabhijāyate / virodhinyāstrayaḥ putrāścodako grāhakastathā
among newly-wedded women their transference quickly occurs. Of Virodhinī there are three sons: Codaka, Grāhaka,
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MkP 51.90
तमः प्रच्छादकश्चान्यस्तत्स्वरूपं शृणुष्व मे । प्रदीपदैलसंसर्गदूषिते लङ्घिते खले
tamaḥ pracchādakaścānyastatsvarūpaṃ śṛṇuṣva me / pradīpadailasaṃsargadūṣite laṅghite khale
And another is the Coverer-with-Darkness; hear from me the nature of that (brood): on a threshing floor defiled by contact with lamp-oil, or stepped over,
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MkP 51.91
मुषलोलूखले यत्र पादुके वासने स्त्रियः । शूर्पदात्रादिकं यत्र पदाकृष्य तथासनम्
muṣalolūkhale yatra pāduke vāsane striyaḥ / śūrpadātrādikaṃ yatra padākṛṣya tathāsanam
where women (tread) upon the mortar and pestle, sandals, and clothing; where a winnowing-fan, a sickle and the like, and a seat too, are dragged with the foot,
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MkP 51.92
यत्रोपलिप्तञ्चानर्च्य विहारः क्रियते गृहे। दर्वोमुखेन यत्राग्निराहृतो ऽन्यत्र नीयते
yatropaliptañcānarcya vihāraḥ kriyate gṛhe/ darvomukhena yatrāgnirāhṛto 'nyatra nīyate
and where, in the house, sport is made upon a smeared (floor) without having honoured it; where fire, once fetched with the mouth of a ladle, is carried elsewhere —
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MkP 51.93
विरोधिनीसुतास्तत्र विजृम्भन्ते प्रचोदिताः । एको जिह्वागतः पुंसां स्त्रीणाञ्चालीकसत्यवान्
virodhinīsutāstatra vijṛmbhante pracoditāḥ / eko jihvāgataḥ puṃsāṃ strīṇāñcālīkasatyavān
there the sons of Virodhinī, spurred on, stretch themselves out. One resides on the tongue of men and of women, making falsehood pass for truth.
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MkP 51.94
चोदको नाम स प्रोक्तः पैशुन्यं कुरुते गृहे । अवधानगतश्चान्यः श्रवणस्थो ऽतिदुर्मतिः
codako nāma sa proktaḥ paiśunyaṃ kurute gṛhe / avadhānagataścānyaḥ śravaṇastho 'tidurmatiḥ
He is called the Prompter; he brings about slander in the house. Another, very ill-minded, resides in (people's) attentiveness, seated in the ear;
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MkP 51.95
करोति ग्रहणन्तेषां वचसां ग्राहकस्तु सः । आक्रम्यान्यो मनो नॄणां तमसाच्छाद्य दुर्मतिः
karoti grahaṇanteṣāṃ vacasāṃ grāhakastu saḥ / ākramyānyo mano nṝṇāṃ tamasācchādya durmatiḥ
he brings about the taking up of those words — he is the Seizer. Another, ill-minded, having assailed the minds of men and covered (them) with darkness,
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MkP 51.96
क्रोधं जनयते यस्तु तमः प्रच्छादकस्तु सः । स्वयंहार्यास्तु चौर्येण जनितन्तनयत्रयम्
krodhaṃ janayate yastu tamaḥ pracchādakastu saḥ / svayaṃhāryāstu cauryeṇa janitantanayatrayam
produces anger: he is the Coverer-with-Darkness. And of Svayaṃhārī three sons were begotten by theft:
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MkP 51.97
सर्वहार्यर्धहारी च वीर्यहारी तथैव च । अनाचान्तगृहेष्वेते मन्दाचारगृहेषु च
sarvahāryardhahārī ca vīryahārī tathaiva ca / anācāntagṛheṣvete mandācāragṛheṣu ca
the All-Stealer, the Half-Stealer, and likewise the Vigour-Stealer. These (dwell) in houses where the mouth is not rinsed, and in houses of slack observance,
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MkP 51.98
अप्रक्षालितपादेषु प्रविशत्सु महानसम् । खलेषु गोष्ठेषु च वै द्रोहो येषु गृहेषु वै
aprakṣālitapādeṣu praviśatsu mahānasam / khaleṣu goṣṭheṣu ca vai droho yeṣu gṛheṣu vai
and (in houses) where people enter the kitchen with unwashed feet, and on threshing floors and in cow-pens, and indeed in whatever houses there is malice —
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MkP 51.99
तेषु सर्वे यथान्यायं विहरन्ति रमन्ति च । भ्रामण्यास्तनयस्त्वेकः काकजङ्घ इति स्मृतः
teṣu sarve yathānyāyaṃ viharanti ramanti ca / bhrāmaṇyāstanayastvekaḥ kākajaṅgha iti smṛtaḥ
in these they all roam and take their pleasure as suits them. One son of Bhrāmaṇī is known as Kākajaṅgha ('Crow-shank').
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MkP 51.100
तेनाविष्टो रतिं सर्वो नैव प्राप्नोति वै पुरे । भुञ्जन् यो गायते मैत्रे गायते हसते च यः
tenāviṣṭo ratiṃ sarvo naiva prāpnoti vai pure / bhuñjan yo gāyate maitre gāyate hasate ca yaḥ
Possessed by him, no one at all finds enjoyment in the town. He who sings while eating, he who sings and laughs at a friendly (rite),
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MkP 51.101
सन्ध्यामैथुनिनञ्चैव नरमाविशति द्विज । कन्यात्रयं प्रसूता सा या कन्या ऋतुहारिणी
sandhyāmaithuninañcaiva naramāviśati dvija / kanyātrayaṃ prasūtā sā yā kanyā ṛtuhāriṇī
and the man who couples at twilight — (such a one) he enters, O twice-born. She brought forth three girls: the girl who is the Stealer of the Menses,
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MkP 51.102
एका कुचहरा कन्या अन्या व्यञ्जनहारिका । तृतीया तु समाख्याता कन्यका जातहारिणी
ekā kucaharā kanyā anyā vyañjanahārikā / tṛtīyā tu samākhyātā kanyakā jātahāriṇī
one girl is the Stealer of the Breasts, another the Stealer of the Marks, and the third girl is declared to be the Stealer of the Newborn.
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MkP 51.103
यस्या न क्रियते सर्वः सम्यग् वैवाहिको विधिः । कालातीतो ऽथवा तस्या हरत्येका कुचद्वयम्
yasyā na kriyate sarvaḥ samyag vaivāhiko vidhiḥ / kālātīto 'thavā tasyā haratyekā kucadvayam
She whose marriage rite is not performed entirely and properly, or (is performed) past the (right) time — of her one (of them) steals the two breasts.
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MkP 51.104
सम्यक् श्राद्धमदत्त्वा च तथानर्च्य च मातरम् । विवाहितायाः कन्याया हरति व्यञ्जनं तथा
samyak śrāddhamadattvā ca tathānarcya ca mātaram / vivāhitāyāḥ kanyāyā harati vyañjanaṃ tathā
And when the śrāddha has not been properly offered and the mother has not been honoured, (another) likewise steals the marks of the married girl.
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MkP 51.105
अग्न्यम्बुशून्ये च तथा विधूपे सूतिकागृहे । अदीपशस्त्रमुसले भूतिसर्षपवर्जिते
agnyambuśūnye ca tathā vidhūpe sūtikāgṛhe / adīpaśastramusale bhūtisarṣapavarjite
And into a lying-in room empty of fire and water and without incense, lacking lamp, blade and pestle, and devoid of ash and mustard seed,
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MkP 51.106
अनुप्रविश्य सा जातमपहृत्यात्मसम्भवम् । क्षणप्रसविनी बालं तत्रैवोत्सृजते द्विज
anupraviśya sā jātamapahṛtyātmasambhavam / kṣaṇaprasavinī bālaṃ tatraivotsṛjate dvija
having entered, she — herself giving birth in an instant — carries off the newborn and leaves her own child there in its place, O twice-born.
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MkP 51.107
सा जातहारिणी नाम सुघोरा पिशिताशना । तस्मात् संरक्षणं कार्यं यत्नतः सूतिकागृहे
sā jātahāriṇī nāma sughorā piśitāśanā / tasmāt saṃrakṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ yatnataḥ sūtikāgṛhe
She is named the Stealer of the Newborn, most dreadful, an eater of flesh. Therefore protection must be carefully provided in the lying-in room.
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MkP 51.108
स्मृतिञ्चाप्रयतानाञ्च शून्यागारनिषेवणात् । अपहन्ति सुतस्तस्याः प्रचण्डो नाम नामतः
smṛtiñcāprayatānāñca śūnyāgāraniṣevaṇāt / apahanti sutastasyāḥ pracaṇḍo nāma nāmataḥ
And the memory of those who are careless her son, Pracaṇḍa by name, carries off, through their frequenting of empty houses.
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MkP 51.109
पौत्रेभ्यस्तस्य संभूता लीकाः शतसहस्रशः । चण्डालयोनयश्चाष्टौ दण्डपाशातिभीषणाः
pautrebhyastasya saṃbhūtā līkāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ / caṇḍālayonayaścāṣṭau daṇḍapāśātibhīṣaṇāḥ
From his grandsons arose the līkās by hundreds of thousands, and the eight Caṇḍāla-stocks, most terrifying with rod and noose.
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MkP 51.110
क्षुधाविष्टास्ततो लीकास्ताश्च चण्डालयोनयः । अभ्यधावन्त चान्योन्यमत्तुकामाः परस्परम्
kṣudhāviṣṭāstato līkāstāśca caṇḍālayonayaḥ / abhyadhāvanta cānyonyamattukāmāḥ parasparam
Then the līkās, possessed by hunger, and those caṇḍāla-born ones ran at one another, each wishing to devour the other.
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MkP 51.111
प्रचण्डो वारियित्वा तु तास्ताश्चण्डालयोनयः । समये स्थापयामास यादृशे तादृशं शृणु
pracaṇḍo vāriyitvā tu tāstāścaṇḍālayonayaḥ / samaye sthāpayāmāsa yādṛśe tādṛśaṃ śṛṇu
But Pracaṇḍa, having held back those various caṇḍāla-born ones, fixed (them) in a compact; hear of what kind it was.
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MkP 51.112
अद्यप्रभृति लीकानामावासं यो हि दास्यति । दण्डं तस्याहमतुलं पातयिष्ये न संशयः
adyaprabhṛti līkānāmāvāsaṃ yo hi dāsyati / daṇḍaṃ tasyāhamatulaṃ pātayiṣye na saṃśayaḥ
"From this day on, whoever gives the līkās a dwelling — upon him I shall bring down punishment beyond compare, without doubt.
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MkP 51.113
चण्डालयोन्यो ऽवसथे लीका या प्रसविष्यति । तस्याश्च सन्तिः पूर्वा सा च सद्यो नशिष्यति
caṇḍālayonyo 'vasathe līkā yā prasaviṣyati / tasyāśca santiḥ pūrvā sā ca sadyo naśiṣyati
And the līkā who gives birth in the dwelling of a caṇḍāla-born one — her former existence too shall perish at once."
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MkP 51.114
प्रसूते कन्यके द्वे तु स्त्रीपुंसोर्बोजहारिणी । वातरूपामरूपाञ्च तस्याः प्रहरणन्तु ते
prasūte kanyake dve tu strīpuṃsorbojahāriṇī / vātarūpāmarūpāñca tasyāḥ praharaṇantu te
But of the two girls who were born, (one is) the carrier-off of the vital sap of women and men: Vātarūpā and Arūpā — those two are her weapons.
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MkP 51.115
वातरूपा निषेकान्ते सा यस्मै क्षिपते सुतम् । स पुमान् वातशुक्रत्वं प्रयाति वनितापि वा
vātarūpā niṣekānte sā yasmai kṣipate sutam / sa pumān vātaśukratvaṃ prayāti vanitāpi vā
Vātarūpā: at the close of insemination, to whomever she flings the (seed of a) son, that man comes to have wind for semen — or the woman likewise.
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MkP 51.116
तथैव गच्छतः सद्यो निर्बोजत्वमरूपया । अस्नाताशी नरो यो वै तथैव पिशिताशनः
tathaiva gacchataḥ sadyo nirbojatvamarūpayā / asnātāśī naro yo vai tathaiva piśitāśanaḥ
Just so they go at once to loss of vigour through Arūpā: the man who eats without having bathed, and likewise the eater of flesh.
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MkP 51.117
विद्वेषिणी तु या कन्या भृकुटीकुटिलानना । तस्या द्वौ तनयौ पुंसामपकारप्रकाशकौ
vidveṣiṇī tu yā kanyā bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanā / tasyā dvau tanayau puṃsāmapakāraprakāśakau
But the maiden Vidveṣiṇī, whose face is crooked with a frown — she has two sons who make manifest injury to men.
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MkP 51.118
निर्बोजत्वं नरो याति नारी वा शौचवर्जिता । पैशुन्याभिरतं लोलमसज्जननिषेवणम्
nirbojatvaṃ naro yāti nārī vā śaucavarjitā / paiśunyābhirataṃ lolamasajjananiṣevaṇam
A man goes to loss of vigour, or a woman who is without purity; (the one son is) given over to slander, fickle, attendant upon bad people,
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MkP 51.119
पुरुषद्वेषिणञ्चैतौ नारमाक्रम्य तिष्ठतः । मात्रा भ्रात्रा तथा मित्रैरभीष्टैः स्वजनैः परैः
puruṣadveṣiṇañcaitau nāramākramya tiṣṭhataḥ / mātrā bhrātrā tathā mitrairabhīṣṭaiḥ svajanaiḥ paraiḥ
and these two, haters of men, stand assailing a man; hated by mother, by brother, and by friends, by cherished kinsmen and by strangers,
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MkP 51.120
विद्विष्टो नाशमायाति पुरुषो धर्मतोर्ऽथतः । एकस्तु स्वगुणांल्लोके प्रकाशयति पापकृत्
vidviṣṭo nāśamāyāti puruṣo dharmator'thataḥ / ekastu svaguṇāṃlloke prakāśayati pāpakṛt
a man, being hated, comes to ruin in dharma and in wealth. One of them, the doer of evil, publishes a man's own qualities in the world,
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MkP 51.121
द्वितीयस्तु गुणान् मैत्रीं लोकस्थामपकर्षति । इत्येते दौः सहाः सर्वे यक्ष्मणः सन्ततावथ । पापाचाराः समाख्याता यैर्व्याप्तमखिलं जगत्
dvitīyastu guṇān maitrīṃ lokasthāmapakarṣati / ityete dauḥ sahāḥ sarve yakṣmaṇaḥ santatāvatha / pāpācārāḥ samākhyātā yairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat
while the second drags down his virtues and the friendship he has in the world. Thus all these descendants of Duḥsaha, of Consumption, in the line of succession, have been declared to be of evil conduct — by whom the whole world is pervaded.
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