Markandeya Purana — Chapter 61
MkP 61.1
कथितं भवता सम्यग् यत् पृष्टो ऽसि महामुने । भूसमुद्रादिसंस्थानं प्रमाणानि तथा ग्रहाः
kathitaṃ bhavatā samyag yat pṛṣṭo 'si mahāmune / bhūsamudrādisaṃsthānaṃ pramāṇāni tathā grahāḥ
You have rightly told what you were asked, O great sage: the arrangement of the earth, the oceans and the rest, their measures, and likewise the planets;
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MkP 61.2
तेषाञ्चैव प्रमाणञ्च नक्षत्राणाञ्च संस्थितिः । भूरादयस्तथा लोकाः पातालान्यखिलान्यपि
teṣāñcaiva pramāṇañca nakṣatrāṇāñca saṃsthitiḥ / bhūrādayastathā lokāḥ pātālānyakhilānyapi
and their measures too, and the disposition of the constellations, and the worlds beginning with Bhūr, and all the netherworlds as well;
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MkP 61.3
स्वायम्भुवं तथा ख्यातं मुने ! मन्वन्तरं मम । तदन्तराण्यहं श्रोतुमिच्छे मन्वन्तराणि वै । मन्वन्तराधिपान् देवानृषींस्तत्तनयान्नृपान्
svāyambhuvaṃ tathā khyātaṃ mune ! manvantaraṃ mama / tadantarāṇyahaṃ śrotumicche manvantarāṇi vai / manvantarādhipān devānṛṣīṃstattanayānnṛpān
and the Manvantara of Svāyambhuva has been told to me, O sage. I wish to hear the Manvantaras that come after it, and the gods who rule the Manvantaras, the sages, their sons, and the kings.
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MkP 61.4
मन्वन्तरं मयाख्यातं तव स्वायम्भुवं च यत् । स्वारोचिषाख्यमन्यत् तु शृणु तस्मादनन्तरम्
manvantaraṃ mayākhyātaṃ tava svāyambhuvaṃ ca yat / svārociṣākhyamanyat tu śṛṇu tasmādanantaram
The Manvantara that I have declared to you is the Svāyambhuva one; but hear now of another, called Svārociṣa, which comes right after that.
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MkP 61.5
कश्चिद् द्विजातिप्रवरः पुरे ऽभूदरुणास्पदे । वरुणायास्तटे विप्रो रूपेणात्यश्विनावपि
kaścid dvijātipravaraḥ pure 'bhūdaruṇāspade / varuṇāyāstaṭe vipro rūpeṇātyaśvināvapi
There was in the city Aruṇāspada, on the bank of the Varuṇā, a certain foremost of the twice-born, a brahmin surpassing even the two Aśvins in beauty,
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MkP 61.6
मृदुस्वभावः सद्वृत्तो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः । सदातिथिप्रियो रात्रावागतानां समाश्रयः
mṛdusvabhāvaḥ sadvṛtto vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ / sadātithipriyo rātrāvāgatānāṃ samāśrayaḥ
of gentle nature, of good conduct, one who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Vedic ancillary sciences, always fond of guests, a refuge for those who arrived at night.
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MkP 61.7
तस्य बुद्धिरियं त्वासीदहं पश्ये वसुन्धराम् । अतिरम्यवनोद्यानां नानानगरशोभिताम्
tasya buddhiriyaṃ tvāsīdahaṃ paśye vasundharām / atiramyavanodyānāṃ nānānagaraśobhitām
This was his thought: "May I behold the earth, with its most delightful forests and gardens, adorned with many cities."
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MkP 61.8
अथागतो।ञतिथिः कश्चित् कदाचित्तस्य वेश्मनि । नानौषधिप्रभावज्ञो मन्त्रविद्याविशारदः
athāgato/ñatithiḥ kaścit kadācittasya veśmani / nānauṣadhiprabhāvajño mantravidyāviśāradaḥ
Then once a certain guest came to his house, one who knew the powers of the various herbs and was skilled in the science of spells.
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MkP 61.9
अभ्यर्थितस्तु तेनासौ श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । तस्याचख्यौ स देशांश्च रम्याणि नगराणि च
abhyarthitastu tenāsau śraddhāpūtena cetasā / tasyācakhyau sa deśāṃśca ramyāṇi nagarāṇi ca
Being requested by him with a mind purified by faith, he described to him the regions and the delightful cities,
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MkP 61.10
वनानि नद्यः शैलांश्च पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । स ततो विस्मयाविष्टः प्राह तं द्विजसत्तमम्
vanāni nadyaḥ śailāṃśca puṇyānyāyatanāni ca / sa tato vismayāviṣṭaḥ prāha taṃ dvijasattamam
the forests, rivers and mountains, and the holy sanctuaries. Then, filled with amazement, he said to that best of twice-born ones:
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MkP 61.11
अनेकदेशदर्शित्वेनातिश्रमसमन्वितः । त्वं नातिवृद्धो वयसा नातिवृत्तश्च यौवनात् । कथमल्पेन कालेन पृथिवीमटसि द्विज
anekadeśadarśitvenātiśramasamanvitaḥ / tvaṃ nātivṛddho vayasā nātivṛttaśca yauvanāt / kathamalpena kālena pṛthivīmaṭasi dvija
"Through having seen many regions you are endowed with very great exertion; yet you are not too aged in years, nor have you passed beyond youth. How, brahmin, do you roam the earth in so little time?"
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MkP 61.12
मन्त्रौषधिप्रभावेण विप्राप्रतिहता गतिः । योजनानां सहस्रं हि दिनार्धेन व्रजाम्यम्
mantrauṣadhiprabhāveṇa viprāpratihatā gatiḥ / yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ hi dinārdhena vrajāmyam
"By the power of spells and herbs, brahmin, my going is unobstructed; for I travel a thousand leagues in half a day."
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MkP 61.13
ततः स विप्रस्तं भूयः प्रत्युवाचेदमादरात् । श्रद्धधानो वचस्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्य विपश्चितः
tataḥ sa viprastaṃ bhūyaḥ pratyuvācedamādarāt / śraddhadhāno vacastasya brāhmaṇasya vipaścitaḥ
Then that brahmin, trusting the words of that learned brahmin, replied to him again respectfully with this:
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MkP 61.14
मम प्रसादं भगवन् ! कुरु मन्त्रप्रभावजम् । द्रष्टुमेतां मम महीमतीवेच्छा प्रवर्तते
mama prasādaṃ bhagavan ! kuru mantraprabhāvajam / draṣṭumetāṃ mama mahīmatīvecchā pravartate
"Show me your favour, sir, (the favour) born of the power of the spell; a very great desire arises in me to see this earth."
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MkP 61.15
प्रादात् स ब्राह्मणश्चास्मै पादलेपमुदारधीः । अभिमन्त्रयामास दिशं तेनाख्याताञ्च यत्नतः
prādāt sa brāhmaṇaścāsmai pādalepamudāradhīḥ / abhimantrayāmāsa diśaṃ tenākhyātāñca yatnataḥ
And that noble-minded brahmin gave him the foot-ointment, and carefully consecrated with spells the direction indicated by him.
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MkP 61.16
तेनानुलिप्तपादो ऽथ स द्विजो द्विजसत्तम । हिमवन्तमगाद् द्रष्टुं नानाप्रस्त्रवणान्वितम्
tenānuliptapādo 'tha sa dvijo dvijasattama / himavantamagād draṣṭuṃ nānāprastravaṇānvitam
Then, with his feet anointed with it, that twice-born one, O best of the twice-born, went to see the Himālaya, endowed with its many cascades.
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MkP 61.17
सहस्रं योजनानां हि दिनार्धेन व्रजामि यत् । आयास्यामीति सञ्चिन्त्य तदर्धेनापरेण हि
sahasraṃ yojanānāṃ hi dinārdhena vrajāmi yat / āyāsyāmīti sañcintya tadardhenāpareṇa hi
Reflecting, "Since I travel a thousand leagues in half a day, I shall return in the other half,"
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MkP 61.18
सम्प्राप्तो हिमवत्पृष्ठं नातिश्रान्ततनुर्द्विज । विचचार ततस्तत्र तुहिनाचलभूतले
samprāpto himavatpṛṣṭhaṃ nātiśrāntatanurdvija / vicacāra tatastatra tuhinācalabhūtale
he reached the ridge of the Himālaya, his body not much wearied, O twice-born one, and then he wandered about there on the ground of the snowy mountain.
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MkP 61.19
पादाक्रान्तेन तस्याथ तुहिनेन विलीयता । प्रक्षालितः पादलेपः परमौषधिसम्भः
pādākrāntena tasyātha tuhinena vilīyatā / prakṣālitaḥ pādalepaḥ paramauṣadhisambhaḥ
Then, by the snow melting as it was trodden by his feet, the foot-ointment, made of supreme herbs, was washed away.
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MkP 61.20
ततो जडगतिः सो ऽथ इतश्चेतश्च पर्यटन् । ददर्शातिमनोज्ञानि सानूनि हिमभूभृतः
tato jaḍagatiḥ so 'tha itaścetaśca paryaṭan / dadarśātimanojñāni sānūni himabhūbhṛtaḥ
Then, his gait grown sluggish, wandering here and there, he saw the exceedingly lovely tablelands of the snow-bearing mountain,
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MkP 61.21
सिद्धगन्धर्वजुष्टानि किन्नराभिरतानि च । क्रीडाविहाररम्याणि देवादीनामितस्ततः
siddhagandharvajuṣṭāni kinnarābhiratāni ca / krīḍāvihāraramyāṇi devādīnāmitastataḥ
frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas, and enjoyed by Kinnaras, delightful with the sports and pleasures of the gods and others, here and there,
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MkP 61.22
दिव्याप्सरोगणशतैराकीर्णान्यवलोकयन् । नातृप्यत द्विजश्रेष्ठः प्रोद्भूतपुलको मुने
divyāpsarogaṇaśatairākīrṇānyavalokayan / nātṛpyata dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ prodbhūtapulako mune
and, gazing at them crowded with hundreds of troops of divine Apsarases, the best of the twice-born was not sated, his hair bristling up, O sage.
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MkP 61.23
क्वचित् प्रस्त्रवणाद् भ्रष्टजलपातमनोरमम् । प्रनृत्यच्छिखिकेकाभिरन्यतश्च निनादितम्
kvacit prastravaṇād bhraṣṭajalapātamanoramam / pranṛtyacchikhikekābhiranyataśca nināditam
In one place charming with a fall of water dropping from a cascade, and in another resounding with the cries of dancing peacocks,
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MkP 61.24
दात्यूहकोयष्टिकाद्यैः क्वचिच्चातिमनोहरैः । पुंस्कोकिलकलालापैः श्रुतिहारिभिरन्वितम्
dātyūhakoyaṣṭikādyaiḥ kvaciccātimanoharaiḥ / puṃskokilakalālāpaiḥ śrutihāribhiranvitam
in one place filled with exceedingly charming dātyūha and koyaṣṭika birds and the rest, and with the sweet, ear-captivating calls of male cuckoos,
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MkP 61.25
प्रफुल्लतरुगन्धेन वासितानिलवीजितम् । मुदा युक्तः स ददृशे हिमवन्तं महागिरिम्
praphullatarugandhena vāsitānilavījitam / mudā yuktaḥ sa dadṛśe himavantaṃ mahāgirim
fanned by breezes perfumed with the fragrance of blossoming trees — filled with joy, he beheld the Himālaya, the great mountain.
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MkP 61.26
दृष्ट्वा चैतं द्विजसुतो हिमवन्तं महाचलम् । श्वो द्रक्ष्यामीति संचिन्त्य मतिञ्चक्रे गृहं प्रति
dṛṣṭvā caitaṃ dvijasuto himavantaṃ mahācalam / śvo drakṣyāmīti saṃcintya matiñcakre gṛhaṃ prati
And having seen this Himālaya, the great mountain, the brahmin's son, thinking "I shall see it tomorrow," turned his mind toward home.
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MkP 61.27
विभ्रष्टपादलेपो ऽथ चिरेण जडितक्रमः । चिन्तयामास किमिदं मयाज्ञानादनुष्ठितम्
vibhraṣṭapādalepo 'tha cireṇa jaḍitakramaḥ / cintayāmāsa kimidaṃ mayājñānādanuṣṭhitam
But then, his foot-ointment gone and his steps long since grown sluggish, he thought: "What is this that I have done out of ignorance?
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MkP 61.28
यदि प्रलेपो नष्टो मे विलीनो हिमवारिणा । शैलो ऽतिदुर्गमश्चायं दूरञ्चाहमिहागतः
yadi pralepo naṣṭo me vilīno himavāriṇā / śailo 'tidurgamaścāyaṃ dūrañcāhamihāgataḥ
If my ointment is lost, dissolved by the snow-water — and this mountain is very hard to traverse, and I have come far to this place —
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MkP 61.29
प्रयास्यामि क्रियाहानिमग्निशुश्रूषणादिकम् । कथमत्र करिष्यामि सङ्कटं महदागतम्
prayāsyāmi kriyāhānimagniśuśrūṣaṇādikam / kathamatra kariṣyāmi saṅkaṭaṃ mahadāgatam
I shall incur the lapse of my duties—the tending of the sacred fire and the rest. What am I to do here? A great strait has come upon (me).
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MkP 61.30
इदं रम्यमिदं रम्यमित्यस्मिन् वरपर्वते । शक्तदृष्टिरहं तृप्तिं न यास्ये ऽब्दशतैरपि
idaṃ ramyamidaṃ ramyamityasmin varaparvate / śaktadṛṣṭirahaṃ tṛptiṃ na yāsye 'bdaśatairapi
"This is lovely, this is lovely"—with my eyes fastened on this excellent mountain I shall not come to satiety even in a hundred years.
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MkP 61.31
किन्नराणां कलालापाः समन्ताच्छ्रोत्रहारिणः । प्रफुल्लतरुगन्धांश्च घ्राणमत्यन्तमृच्छति
kinnarāṇāṃ kalālāpāḥ samantācchrotrahāriṇaḥ / praphullatarugandhāṃśca ghrāṇamatyantamṛcchati
The sweet talk of the kinnaras all around steals the ear, and the scents of the trees in full bloom reach the nose in abundance.
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MkP 61.32
सुखस्पर्शस्तथा वायुः फलानि रसवन्ति च । हरन्ति प्रसभं चेतो मनोज्ञानि सरांसि च
sukhasparśastathā vāyuḥ phalāni rasavanti ca / haranti prasabhaṃ ceto manojñāni sarāṃsi ca
The wind, pleasant to the touch, and the juicy fruits and the charming lakes carry the mind away by force.
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MkP 61.33
एवं गते तु पश्येयं यदि कञ्चित् तपोनिधिम् । स ममोपदिशेन्मार्गं गमनाय गृहं प्रति
evaṃ gate tu paśyeyaṃ yadi kañcit taponidhim / sa mamopadiśenmārgaṃ gamanāya gṛhaṃ prati
Things being thus, if I were to see some treasury of austerity, he would point out to me the road for going home.
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MkP 61.34
स एवं चिन्तयन् विप्रो बभ्राम च हिमाचले । भ्रष्टपादौषधिबलो वैक्लवं परमं गतः
sa evaṃ cintayan vipro babhrāma ca himācale / bhraṣṭapādauṣadhibalo vaiklavaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
Thinking in this way the brahmin wandered on the Himālaya, the power of his foot-ointment gone, reduced to the utmost helplessness.
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MkP 61.35
तं ददर्श भ्रमन्तञ्च मुनिश्रेष्ठं वरूथिनी । वराप्सरा महाभागा मौलेया रूपशालिनी
taṃ dadarśa bhramantañca muniśreṣṭhaṃ varūthinī / varāpsarā mahābhāgā mauleyā rūpaśālinī
And as he wandered, Varūthinī saw that best of sages—an excellent apsaras, greatly fortunate, of the line of Mūla, endowed with beauty.
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MkP 61.36
तस्मिन् दृष्टे ततः साभूद् द्विजवर्ये वरूथिनी । मदनाकृष्टहृदया सानुरागा हि तत्क्षणात्
tasmin dṛṣṭe tataḥ sābhūd dvijavarye varūthinī / madanākṛṣṭahṛdayā sānurāgā hi tatkṣaṇāt
Then, when that foremost of the twice-born had been seen, Varūthinī became, from that very moment, one whose heart was drawn by love, filled with passion.
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MkP 61.37
चिन्तयामास को न्वेष रमणीयतमाकृतिः । सफलं मे भवेज्जन्म यदि मां नावमन्यते
cintayāmāsa ko nveṣa ramaṇīyatamākṛtiḥ / saphalaṃ me bhavejjanma yadi māṃ nāvamanyate
She thought: Who indeed is this, of most delightful form? My birth would bear fruit if he does not disdain me.
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MkP 61.38
अहो ऽस्य रूपमाधुर्यमहो ऽस्य ललिता गतिः । अहो गम्भीरता दृष्टेः कुतो ऽस्य सदृशो भुवि
aho 'sya rūpamādhuryamaho 'sya lalitā gatiḥ / aho gambhīratā dṛṣṭeḥ kuto 'sya sadṛśo bhuvi
Ah, the sweetness of his beauty! Ah, his graceful gait! Ah, the depth of his glance! Whence could there be one like him on earth?
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MkP 61.39
दृष्टा देवास्तथा दैत्याः सिद्धगन्धर्वपन्नगाः । कथमेको ऽपि नास्त्यस्य तुल्यरूपो महात्मनः
dṛṣṭā devāstathā daityāḥ siddhagandharvapannagāḥ / kathameko 'pi nāstyasya tulyarūpo mahātmanaḥ
Gods have I seen, and daityas, siddhas, gandharvas and serpents; how is it that there is not even one equal in form to this great one?
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MkP 61.40
यथाहमस्मिन्मय्येष सानुरागस्तथा यदि । भवेदत्र मया कार्यस्तत्कृतः पुण्यसञ्चयः
yathāhamasminmayyeṣa sānurāgastathā yadi / bhavedatra mayā kāryastatkṛtaḥ puṇyasañcayaḥ
If he were as full of love toward me as I am toward him, then the store of merit I have amassed would have been well made in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 61.41
यद्येष मयि सुस्त्रिग्धां दृष्टिमद्य निपातयेत् । कृतपुण्या न मत्तो ऽन्या त्रैलोक्ये वनिता ततः
yadyeṣa mayi sustrigdhāṃ dṛṣṭimadya nipātayet / kṛtapuṇyā na matto 'nyā trailokye vanitā tataḥ
If he should today cast a truly tender glance upon me, then there is no woman in the three worlds who has earned more merit than I.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.42
एवं सञ्चिन्तयन्ती सा दिव्ययोषित् स्मरातुरा । आत्मानं दर्शयामास कमनीयतराकृतिम्
evaṃ sañcintayantī sā divyayoṣit smarāturā / ātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa kamanīyatarākṛtim
Reflecting thus, that divine woman, sick with love, displayed herself in a form yet more desirable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.43
तान्तु दृष्ट्वा द्विजसुतश्चारुरूपां वरूथिनीम् । सोपचारं समागम्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
tāntu dṛṣṭvā dvijasutaścārurūpāṃ varūthinīm / sopacāraṃ samāgamya vākyametaduvāca ha
But the brahmin's son, seeing her, the fair-formed Varūthinī, approached her with courtesy and spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.44
का त्वं कमलगर्भाभे कस्य किं वानुतिष्ठसि । ब्राह्मणो ऽहमिहायातो नगरादरुणास्पदात्
kā tvaṃ kamalagarbhābhe kasya kiṃ vānutiṣṭhasi / brāhmaṇo 'hamihāyāto nagarādaruṇāspadāt
"Who are you, O you who shine like the lotus's inner calyx? Whose are you, or what are you engaged in? I am a brahmin, come here from the city Aruṇāspada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.45
पादलेपो ऽत्र मे ध्वस्तो विलीनो हिमवारिणा । यस्यानुभावादत्राहमागतो मदिरेक्षणे
pādalepo 'tra me dhvasto vilīno himavāriṇā / yasyānubhāvādatrāhamāgato madirekṣaṇe
Here my foot-ointment has been ruined, dissolved by the snow-water—by whose power I came here, O you of intoxicating eyes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.46
मौलेयाहं महाभागा नाम्ना ख्याता वरूथिनी । विचरामि सदैवात्र रमणीये महाचले
mauleyāhaṃ mahābhāgā nāmnā khyātā varūthinī / vicarāmi sadaivātra ramaṇīye mahācale
"I am Mauleyā, greatly fortunate, known by the name Varūthinī; I roam always here on this lovely great mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.47
साहं त्वद्दर्शनाद्विप्र ! कामवक्तव्यताङ्गता । प्रशाधि यन्मया कार्यं त्वदधीनास्मि साम्प्रतम्
sāhaṃ tvaddarśanādvipra ! kāmavaktavyatāṅgatā / praśādhi yanmayā kāryaṃ tvadadhīnāsmi sāmpratam
I, from the sight of you, O brahmin, have fallen into the condition of being spoken for by desire. Command what is to be done by me; I am now subject to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 61.48
येनोपायेन गच्छेयं निजगेहं शुचिस्मिते । तन्ममाचक्ष्व कल्याणि हानिर्नो ऽखिलकर्मणाम्
yenopāyena gaccheyaṃ nijagehaṃ śucismite / tanmamācakṣva kalyāṇi hānirno 'khilakarmaṇām
"By what means I might go to my own house, O you of bright smile—tell me that, auspicious one; (else) there is loss of all my rites."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.49
नित्यनैमित्तिकानान्तु महाहानिर्द्विजन्मनः । भवत्यतस्त्वं हे भद्रे ! मामुद्धर हिमालयात्
nityanaimittikānāntu mahāhānirdvijanmanaḥ / bhavatyatastvaṃ he bhadre ! māmuddhara himālayāt
"And for a twice-born man there comes about a great loss of the daily and occasional rites; therefore, good lady, rescue me from the Himalaya!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.50
प्रशस्यते न प्रवासो ब्राह्मणानां कदाचम । अपराद्धं न मे भीरु देशदर्शनकौतुकम्
praśasyate na pravāso brāhmaṇānāṃ kadācama / aparāddhaṃ na me bhīru deśadarśanakautukam
"Dwelling abroad is never commended for brahmins. No offence has been committed by me, timid one — (this) curiosity to see foreign lands."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 61.51
सतो गृहे द्विजाग्र्यस्य निष्पत्तिः सर्वकर्मणाम् । नित्यनैमित्तिकानाञ्च हानिरेवं प्रवासिनः
sato gṛhe dvijāgryasya niṣpattiḥ sarvakarmaṇām / nityanaimittikānāñca hānirevaṃ pravāsinaḥ
For a foremost twice-born who remains at home there is the accomplishment of all rites; but for one dwelling abroad there is thus the loss of the daily and occasional (rites).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.52
सा त्वं किं बहुनोक्तेन तथा कुरु यशस्विनि । यथा नास्तं गेत सूर्ये पश्यामि निजमालयम्
sā tvaṃ kiṃ bahunoktena tathā kuru yaśasvini / yathā nāstaṃ geta sūrye paśyāmi nijamālayam
"You being such — why speak much? — act, O illustrious lady, so that I may see my own dwelling before the sun sets."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.53
मैवं ब्रूहि महाभाग ! मा भूत्स दिवसो मम । मां परित्यज्य यत्र त्वं निजगेहमुपैष्यसि
maivaṃ brūhi mahābhāga ! mā bhūtsa divaso mama / māṃ parityajya yatra tvaṃ nijagehamupaiṣyasi
"Do not speak thus, greatly fortunate one! Let that day not come for me, on which you, abandoning me, will go to your own house."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.54
अहो रम्यतरः स्वर्गो न यतो द्विजनन्दन । अतो वयं परित्यज्य तिष्ठामो ऽत्र सुरालयम्
aho ramyataraḥ svargo na yato dvijanandana / ato vayaṃ parityajya tiṣṭhāmo 'tra surālayam
"Ah, since heaven is not more delightful (than this), O joy of the twice-born, therefore we, abandoning the abode of the gods, remain here."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.55
स त्वं सह मया कान्त ! कान्ते ऽत्र तुहिनाचले । रममाणो न मर्त्यानां बान्धवानां स्मरिष्यसि
sa tvaṃ saha mayā kānta ! kānte 'tra tuhinācale / ramamāṇo na martyānāṃ bāndhavānāṃ smariṣyasi
"So you, my beloved, taking pleasure here with me on this lovely snowy mountain, will not remember your mortal kinsmen."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.56
स्त्रजो वस्त्राण्यलङ्कारान् भोगभोज्यानुलेपनम् । दास्याम्यत्र तथाहन्ते स्मरेण वशगा हृता
strajo vastrāṇyalaṅkārān bhogabhojyānulepanam / dāsyāmyatra tathāhante smareṇa vaśagā hṛtā
"Garlands, garments, ornaments, enjoyments, food and unguents I shall give you here — for I have been carried away, made subject to Love."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.57
वीणावेणुस्वनं गीतं किन्नराणां मनोरमम् । अङ्गाह्लादकरो वायुरुष्णान्नमुदकं शुचि
vīṇāveṇusvanaṃ gītaṃ kinnarāṇāṃ manoramam / aṅgāhlādakaro vāyuruṣṇānnamudakaṃ śuci
"The sound of lute and flute, the charming song of the kinnaras, wind that gladdens the limbs, warm food and pure water,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.58
मनोभिलषिता शय्या सुगन्धमनुलेपनम् । इहासतो महाभाग गृहे किन्ते निजे ऽधिकम्
manobhilaṣitā śayyā sugandhamanulepanam / ihāsato mahābhāga gṛhe kinte nije 'dhikam
"a bed as the mind desires, fragrant unguent — for you staying here, greatly fortunate one, what is better in your own house?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.59
इहासतो नैव जरा कदाचित्ते भविष्यति । त्रिदशानामियं भूमिर्यौवनोपचयप्रदा
ihāsato naiva jarā kadācitte bhaviṣyati / tridaśānāmiyaṃ bhūmiryauvanopacayapradā
"If you stay here, old age will never come upon you; this is the land of the thirty (gods), which bestows an increase of youth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.60
इत्युक्त्वा सानुरागा सा सहसा कमलेक्षणा । आलिलिङ्ग प्रसीदेति वदन्ती कलमुन्मनाः
ityuktvā sānurāgā sā sahasā kamalekṣaṇā / āliliṅga prasīdeti vadantī kalamunmanāḥ
Having spoken thus, that lotus-eyed woman, full of love, suddenly embraced (him), saying sweetly and with agitated mind, "Be gracious!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.61
मा मां स्प्राक्षीर्व्रजान्यत्र दुष्टे यः सदृशस्तव । मयान्यथा याचिता त्वमन्यथैवाप्युपैषि माम्
mā māṃ sprākṣīrvrajānyatra duṣṭe yaḥ sadṛśastava / mayānyathā yācitā tvamanyathaivāpyupaiṣi mām
"Do not touch me! Go elsewhere, wicked woman, to one who is your like. Asked by me for one thing, you come to me in quite another way."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.62
सायं प्रातर्हुतं हव्यं लोकान् यच्छति शाश्वतान् । त्रैलोक्यमेतदखिलं मूढे इव्ये प्रतिष्ठितम्
sāyaṃ prātarhutaṃ havyaṃ lokān yacchati śāśvatān / trailokyametadakhilaṃ mūḍhe ivye pratiṣṭhitam
The oblation offered evening and morning grants everlasting worlds; this whole triple world, foolish woman, is established upon sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.63
किं ते नाहं प्रिया विप्र ! रमणीयो न किं गिरिः । गन्धर्वान् किन्नरादींश्च त्यक्त्वाभीष्टो हि कस्तव
kiṃ te nāhaṃ priyā vipra ! ramaṇīyo na kiṃ giriḥ / gandharvān kinnarādīṃśca tyaktvābhīṣṭo hi kastava
"Am I not dear to you, brahmin? Is the mountain not delightful? Who indeed is desired by you, that you abandon the gandharvas, kinnaras and the rest?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.64
निजमालयमप्यस्माद्भवान् यास्यत्यसंशयम् । स्वल्पकालं मया सार्धं भुङ्क्षव भोगान् सुदुर्लभान्
nijamālayamapyasmādbhavān yāsyatyasaṃśayam / svalpakālaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ bhuṅkṣava bhogān sudurlabhān
"You will doubtless go from here to your own dwelling too; for a short while enjoy with me these pleasures so hard to obtain."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.66
अष्टावात्मगुणा ये हि तेषामादौ दया द्विज । तां करोषि कथं न त्वं मयि सद्धर्मपालक
aṣṭāvātmaguṇā ye hi teṣāmādau dayā dvija / tāṃ karoṣi kathaṃ na tvaṃ mayi saddharmapālaka
"There are eight qualities of the self; the first of them is compassion, brahmin. Why do you not show it toward me, guardian of the true law?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.67
त्वद्विमुक्ता न जीवामि तथा प्रीतिमती त्वयि । नैतद्वदाम्यहं मिथ्या प्रसीद कुलनन्दन
tvadvimuktā na jīvāmi tathā prītimatī tvayi / naitadvadāmyahaṃ mithyā prasīda kulanandana
"Separated from you I shall not live, so much am I in love with you; I do not say this falsely — be gracious, delight of your family."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.68
यदि प्रीतिमती सत्यं नोपचाराद्ब्रवीषि माम् । तदुपायं समाचक्ष्व येन यामि स्वमालयम्
yadi prītimatī satyaṃ nopacārādbravīṣi mām / tadupāyaṃ samācakṣva yena yāmi svamālayam
"If you tell me truly that you are in love, and not out of mere courtesy, then declare the means by which I may go to my own dwelling."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.69
निजमालयमप्यस्माद्भवान् यास्यत्यसंशयम् । स्वल्पकालं मया सार्धं भुङ्क्ष्व भोगान् सुदुर्लभान्
nijamālayamapyasmādbhavān yāsyatyasaṃśayam / svalpakālaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ bhuṅkṣva bhogān sudurlabhān
"You will doubtless go from here to your own dwelling too; for a short while enjoy with me these pleasures so hard to obtain."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.70
न भोगार्थाय विप्राणां शस्यते हि वरूथिनी । इह क्लेशाय विप्राणां चेष्टा प्रेत्याफलप्रदा
na bhogārthāya viprāṇāṃ śasyate hi varūthinī / iha kleśāya viprāṇāṃ ceṣṭā pretyāphalapradā
For an army is not commended for brahmins for the sake of enjoyments; here (such) striving of brahmins leads to distress, and after death it yields no fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 61.71
सन्त्राणं म्रियमाणाया मम कृत्वा परत्र ते । पुण्यस्यैव फलं भावि भोगाश्चान्यत्र जन्मनि
santrāṇaṃ mriyamāṇāyā mama kṛtvā paratra te / puṇyasyaiva phalaṃ bhāvi bhogāścānyatra janmani
By affording protection to me, who am dying, you will in the next world have merit alone as fruit, and enjoyments in another birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.72
एवं च द्वयमप्यत्र तवोपचयकारणम् । प्रत्याख्यानादहं मृत्युं त्वञ्च पापमवाप्स्यसि
evaṃ ca dvayamapyatra tavopacayakāraṇam / pratyākhyānādahaṃ mṛtyuṃ tvañca pāpamavāpsyasi
And thus both here would be a cause of increase for you; whereas by refusal I shall get death and you sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.73
परस्त्रियं नाभिलषेदित्युचुर्गुरवो मम । तेन त्वां नाभिवाञ्छामि कामं विलप शुष्य वा
parastriyaṃ nābhilaṣedityucurguravo mama / tena tvāṃ nābhivāñchāmi kāmaṃ vilapa śuṣya vā
"One should not desire another's wife" — so my teachers said; therefore I do not desire you: lament at will, or waste away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.74
इत्युक्त्वा स महाभागः स्पृष्ट्वापः प्रयतः शुचिः । प्राहेदं प्रणिपत्याग्निं गार्हपत्यमुपांशुना
ityuktvā sa mahābhāgaḥ spṛṣṭvāpaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ / prāhedaṃ praṇipatyāgniṃ gārhapatyamupāṃśunā
Having said this, that greatly fortunate one, touching water, self-restrained and pure, bowing to the household fire, spoke this in a low voice:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.75
भगवन् ! गार्हपत्याग्ने योनिस्त्वं सर्वकर्मणाम् । त्वत्त आहवनीयो ऽग्निर्दक्षिणाग्निश्च नान्यतः
bhagavan ! gārhapatyāgne yonistvaṃ sarvakarmaṇām / tvatta āhavanīyo 'gnirdakṣiṇāgniśca nānyataḥ
"Lord Gārhapatya fire! You are the source of all rites; from you (come) the Āhavanīya fire and the Southern fire, not from elsewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.76
युष्मदाप्यायनाद् देवा वृष्टिशस्यादिहेतवः । भवन्ति शस्यादखिलं जगद्भवति नान्यतः
yuṣmadāpyāyanād devā vṛṣṭiśasyādihetavaḥ / bhavanti śasyādakhilaṃ jagadbhavati nānyataḥ
From the nourishing of you (fires) the gods become the causes of rain, grain and the rest; from grain and the rest the whole world comes to be, not from elsewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.77
एवं त्वत्तो भवत्येतद्येन सत्येन वै जगत् । तथाहमद्य स्वं गेहं पश्येयं सति भास्करे
evaṃ tvatto bhavatyetadyena satyena vai jagat / tathāhamadya svaṃ gehaṃ paśyeyaṃ sati bhāskare
Thus, since this (world) comes to be from you — by that truth indeed may I today see my own house while the sun is (still) up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.78
यथा वै वैदिकं कर्म स्वकाले नोज्झितं मया । तेन सत्येन पश्येयं गृहस्थो ऽद्य दिवाकरम्
yathā vai vaidikaṃ karma svakāle nojjhitaṃ mayā / tena satyena paśyeyaṃ gṛhastho 'dya divākaram
As indeed the Vedic rite has never been neglected by me at its proper time, by that truth may I, a householder, see the sun today.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 61.79
यथा च न परद्रव्ये परदारे च मे मतिः । कदाचित् साभिलाषाभूत्तथैतत् सिद्धिमेतु मे
yathā ca na paradravye paradāre ca me matiḥ / kadācit sābhilāṣābhūttathaitat siddhimetu me
And as my mind has never been set with desire upon another's property or another's wife, so may this succeed for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition