Markandeya Purana — Chapter 62
MkP 62.1
एवन्तु वदतस्तस्य द्विजपुत्रस्य पावकः । गार्हपत्यः शरीरे तु सन्निधानमथाकरोत्
evantu vadatastasya dvijaputrasya pāvakaḥ / gārhapatyaḥ śarīre tu sannidhānamathākarot
Now, while that son of the twice-born was speaking thus, the household fire made its presence in his body.
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MkP 62.2
तेन चाधिष्ठितः सो ऽथ प्रभामण्डलमध्यगः । व्यदीपयत तं देशं मूर्तिमानिव हव्यवाट्
tena cādhiṣṭhitaḥ so 'tha prabhāmaṇḍalamadhyagaḥ / vyadīpayata taṃ deśaṃ mūrtimāniva havyavāṭ
And being occupied by it, standing in the midst of a circle of radiance, he lit up that place like the fire-carrier (Agni) embodied.
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MkP 62.3
तस्यास्तु सुतरां तत्र तादृग्रूपे द्विजन्मनि । अनुरागो ऽभवद्विप्रं पश्यन्त्या देवयोषितः
tasyāstu sutarāṃ tatra tādṛgrūpe dvijanmani / anurāgo 'bhavadvipraṃ paśyantyā devayoṣitaḥ
But in that celestial woman, gazing at the brahmin, a very great love arose there for the twice-born of such (beautiful) form.
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MkP 62.4
ततः सो ऽधिष्ठितस्तेन हव्यवाहेन तत्क्षणात् । यथापूर्वं तथा गन्तुं प्रवृत्तो द्विजनन्दनः
tataḥ so 'dhiṣṭhitastena havyavāhena tatkṣaṇāt / yathāpūrvaṃ tathā gantuṃ pravṛtto dvijanandanaḥ
Then, occupied by that fire-bearer, that very instant the son of the twice-born set out to go as before.
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MkP 62.5
जगाम च त्वरायुक्तस्तया देव्या निरीक्षितः । आदृष्टिपातात्तन्वङ्ग्या निश्वासोत्कम्पिकन्धरम्
jagāma ca tvarāyuktastayā devyā nirīkṣitaḥ / ādṛṣṭipātāttanvaṅgyā niśvāsotkampikandharam
And he went in haste, gazed at by that goddess, his neck trembling with sighs, as long as he remained within the slender-limbed one's range of sight.
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MkP 62.6
ततः क्षणेनैव तदा निजगेहमवाप्य सः । यथाप्रोक्तं द्विजश्रेष्ठश्चकार सकलाः क्रियाः
tataḥ kṣaṇenaiva tadā nijagehamavāpya saḥ / yathāproktaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaścakāra sakalāḥ kriyāḥ
Then in but a moment, reaching his own house, that best of the twice-born performed all the rites as prescribed.
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MkP 62.7
अथ सा चारुसर्वाङ्गी तत्रासक्तात्ममानसा । निश्वासपरमा निन्ये दिनशेषं तथा निशाम्
atha sā cārusarvāṅgī tatrāsaktātmamānasā / niśvāsaparamā ninye dinaśeṣaṃ tathā niśām
Now she, fair in every limb, her heart and mind fixed there, given over to sighing, passed the remainder of the day and likewise the night.
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MkP 62.8
निश्वसन्त्यनवद्याङ्गी हाहेति रुदती मुहुः । मन्दभाग्येति चात्मानं निनिन्द मदिरेक्षणा
niśvasantyanavadyāṅgī hāheti rudatī muhuḥ / mandabhāgyeti cātmānaṃ nininda madirekṣaṇā
Sighing, the faultless-limbed one, weeping again and again "alas, alas!", the wine-eyed one reproached herself as "ill-fated".
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MkP 62.9
न विहारे न चाहारे रमणीये न वा वने । न कन्दरेषु रम्येषु सा बबन्ध तदा रतिम्
na vihāre na cāhāre ramaṇīye na vā vane / na kandareṣu ramyeṣu sā babandha tadā ratim
Neither in diversion nor in food, nor in the delightful forest, nor in the lovely caves did she then fasten her pleasure.
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MkP 62.10
चकार रममाणे च चक्रवाकयुगे स्पृहाम् । मुक्ता तेन वरारोहा निनिन्द निजयौवनम्
cakāra ramamāṇe ca cakravākayuge spṛhām / muktā tena varārohā nininda nijayauvanam
And she felt longing at the sight of a pair of cakravāka birds making love; abandoned by him, the fair-hipped one reproached her own youth.
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MkP 62.11
क्वागताहमिमं शैलं दुष्टदैवबलात्कृता । क्व च प्राप्तः स मे दृष्टेर्गोचरं तादृशो नरः
kvāgatāhamimaṃ śailaṃ duṣṭadaivabalātkṛtā / kva ca prāptaḥ sa me dṛṣṭergocaraṃ tādṛśo naraḥ
Where have I come to, to this mountain, forced by a wicked fate? And where has he gone, that man of such a kind who came within the range of my sight?
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MkP 62.12
यद्यद्य स महाभागो न मे सङ्गमुपैष्यति । तत्कामाग्निरवश्यं मां क्षपयिष्यति दुः सहः
yadyadya sa mahābhāgo na me saṅgamupaiṣyati / tatkāmāgniravaśyaṃ māṃ kṣapayiṣyati duḥ sahaḥ
If today that greatly fortunate one will not come to union with me, then the fire of desire, unbearable, will surely consume me.
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MkP 62.13
रमणीयमभूद्यत्तत्पुंस्कोकिलनिनादितम् । तेन हीनन्तदेवैतद्दहतीवाद्य मामलम्
ramaṇīyamabhūdyattatpuṃskokilanināditam / tena hīnantadevaitaddahatīvādya māmalam
That which was delightful, resounding with the male cuckoo's cries — that very thing, now that he is gone, today all but burns me utterly.
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MkP 62.14
इत्थं सा मदनाविष्टा जगाम मुनिसत्तम । ववृधे च तदा रागस्तस्यास्तस्मिन् प्रतिक्षणम्
itthaṃ sā madanāviṣṭā jagāma munisattama / vavṛdhe ca tadā rāgastasyāstasmin pratikṣaṇam
Thus she went about possessed by desire, O best of sages; and then her passion for him grew moment by moment.
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MkP 62.15
कलिर्नाम्ना तु गन्धर्वः सानुरागो निराकृतः । तया पूर्वमभूत्सो ऽथ तदवस्थां ददर्श ताम्
kalirnāmnā tu gandharvaḥ sānurāgo nirākṛtaḥ / tayā pūrvamabhūtso 'tha tadavasthāṃ dadarśa tām
But there was a gandharva named Kali, who, being in love with her, had earlier been rejected by her; he now saw her in that condition.
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MkP 62.16
स चिन्तयामास तदा किं न्वेषा गजगामिनी । निश्वासपवनम्लाना गिरावत्र वरूथिनी
sa cintayāmāsa tadā kiṃ nveṣā gajagāminī / niśvāsapavanamlānā girāvatra varūthinī
He then thought: what indeed is this Varūthinī, of elephant-like gait, doing here on the mountain, withered by the wind of her sighs?
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MkP 62.17
मुनिशापक्षता किंनु केनचित् किं विमानिता । वाष्पवारिपरिक्लिन्नमियन्धत्ते यतो मुखम्
muniśāpakṣatā kiṃnu kenacit kiṃ vimānitā / vāṣpavāripariklinnamiyandhatte yato mukham
Has she been struck by a sage's curse, or has she been slighted by someone, since she bears a face thus drenched with the water of tears?
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MkP 62.18
ततः स दध्यौ सुचिरं तमर्थं कौतुकात् कलिः । ज्ञातवांश्च प्रभावेण समाधेः स यथातथम्
tataḥ sa dadhyau suciraṃ tamarthaṃ kautukāt kaliḥ / jñātavāṃśca prabhāveṇa samādheḥ sa yathātatham
Then Kali, out of curiosity, pondered that matter for a long while, and by the power of his concentration he came to know it as it actually was.
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MkP 62.19
पुनः स चिन्तयामास तद्विज्ञाय मुनेः कलिः । ममोपपादितं साधु भाग्यैरेतत्पुराकृतैः
punaḥ sa cintayāmāsa tadvijñāya muneḥ kaliḥ / mamopapāditaṃ sādhu bhāgyairetatpurākṛtaiḥ
Having learned that about the sage, Kali thought again: this has been well brought about for me by the good fortunes I earned before.
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MkP 62.20
मयैषा सानुरागेण बहुशः प्रार्थिता सती । निराकृतवती सेयमद्य प्राप्या भविष्यति
mayaiṣā sānurāgeṇa bahuśaḥ prārthitā satī / nirākṛtavatī seyamadya prāpyā bhaviṣyati
She was asked by me many times, out of love, but she rejected (me); this very woman shall today be attainable.
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MkP 62.21
मानुषे सानुरागेयं तत्र तद्रूपधारिणि । रंस्यते मय्यसन्दिग्धं किं कालेन करोमि तत्
mānuṣe sānurāgeyaṃ tatra tadrūpadhāriṇi / raṃsyate mayyasandigdhaṃ kiṃ kālena karomi tat
She is in love with that human; so, taking on his form, she will without doubt take pleasure in me. Why should I make (any delay) with time over that?
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MkP 62.22
आत्मप्रभावेण ततस्तस्य रूपं द्विजन्मनः । कृत्वा चचार यत्रास्ते निषण्णा सा वरूथिनी
ātmaprabhāveṇa tatastasya rūpaṃ dvijanmanaḥ / kṛtvā cacāra yatrāste niṣaṇṇā sā varūthinī
Then, by his own power, having made himself into the form of that twice-born, he walked to where Varūthinī sat.
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MkP 62.23
सा तं दृष्ट्वा वरारोहा किञ्चिदुत्फुल्ललोचना । समेत्य प्राह तन्वङ्गी प्रसीदेति पुनः पुनः
sā taṃ dṛṣṭvā varārohā kiñcidutphullalocanā / sametya prāha tanvaṅgī prasīdeti punaḥ punaḥ
Seeing him, that fair-hipped, slender-limbed woman, her eyes somewhat opened wide, approached and said again and again, "Be gracious!"
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MkP 62.24
त्वया त्यक्ता न सन्देहः परित्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् । तत्राधर्मः कष्टतरः क्रियालोपो भविष्यति
tvayā tyaktā na sandehaḥ parityakṣyāmi jīvitam / tatrādharmaḥ kaṣṭataraḥ kriyālopo bhaviṣyati
Abandoned by you, without doubt I shall give up my life; in that there would be a graver unrighteousness (for you): a lapse of your rites.
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MkP 62.25
मया समेत्य रम्ये ऽस्मिन् महाकन्दरकन्दरे । मत्परित्राणजं धर्ममवश्यं प्रतिपत्स्यसे
mayā sametya ramye 'smin mahākandarakandare / matparitrāṇajaṃ dharmamavaśyaṃ pratipatsyase
By uniting with me in this lovely hollow of the great cavern, you will surely obtain the merit that arises from saving me.
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MkP 62.26
आयुषः सावशेषं मे नृनमस्ति महामते । निवृत्तस्तेन नूनं त्वं हृदयाह्लादकारकः
āyuṣaḥ sāvaśeṣaṃ me nṛnamasti mahāmate / nivṛttastena nūnaṃ tvaṃ hṛdayāhlādakārakaḥ
Surely some remainder of my life is left, O greatly wise one; for by that, surely, you have turned back — you who bring gladness to my heart.
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MkP 62.27
कलिरुवाच किं करोमि क्रियाहानिर्भवत्यत्र सतो मम । त्वमप्येवंविधं वाक्यं ब्रवीषि तनुमध्यमे
kaliruvāca kiṃ karomi kriyāhānirbhavatyatra sato mama / tvamapyevaṃvidhaṃ vākyaṃ bravīṣi tanumadhyame
Kali said: What am I to do? Herein there is loss of the rites for me, a virtuous man; and yet you too speak such words, O slender-waisted one.
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MkP 62.28
तदहं सङ्कटं प्राप्तो यद्ब्रवीमि करोषि तत् । यदि स्यात् सङ्गमो मे ऽद्य भवत्या सह नान्यथा
tadahaṃ saṅkaṭaṃ prāpto yadbravīmi karoṣi tat / yadi syāt saṅgamo me 'dya bhavatyā saha nānyathā
So I have fallen into a strait: you must do what I say, if there is to be union with you for me today, and not otherwise.
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MkP 62.29
प्रसीद यद्ब्रवीषि त्वं तत्करोमि न ते मृषा । ब्रवीम्येतदनाशङ्कं यत्ते कार्यं मयाधुना
prasīda yadbravīṣi tvaṃ tatkaromi na te mṛṣā / bravīmyetadanāśaṅkaṃ yatte kāryaṃ mayādhunā
"Be gracious! What you say, that I do; I do not (speak) falsely to you." — "Then I say this without hesitation: what must be done by you now for me."
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MkP 62.30
नाद्य संभोगसमये द्रष्टव्यो ऽहं त्वया वने । निमीलिताक्ष्याः संसर्गस्तव सुभ्रु मया सह
nādya saṃbhogasamaye draṣṭavyo 'haṃ tvayā vane / nimīlitākṣyāḥ saṃsargastava subhru mayā saha
Today, at the time of enjoyment, I must not be looked at by you in the forest; your union with me, fair-browed one, must be with eyes closed.
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MkP 62.31
एवं भवतु भद्रन्ते यथेच्छसि तथास्तु तत् । मया सर्वप्रकारं हि वशे स्थेयं तवाधुना
evaṃ bhavatu bhadrante yathecchasi tathāstu tat / mayā sarvaprakāraṃ hi vaśe stheyaṃ tavādhunā
"So be it, blessings on you; as you wish, so let it be. For now I must in every way remain subject to your will."
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