Markandeya Purana — Chapter 63
MkP 63.1
ततः सह तथा सो ऽथ रराम गिरिसानुषु । फुल्लकाननहृद्येषु मनोज्ञेषु सरः सु च
tataḥ saha tathā so 'tha rarāma girisānuṣu / phullakānanahṛdyeṣu manojñeṣu saraḥ su ca
Then he took his pleasure with her upon the mountain ridges, delightful with their blossoming groves, and by charming lakes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.2
कन्दरेषु च रम्येषु निम्नगापुलिनेषु च । मनोज्ञेषु तथान्येषु देशेषु मुदितो द्विज
kandareṣu ca ramyeṣu nimnagāpulineṣu ca / manojñeṣu tathānyeṣu deśeṣu mudito dvija
and in lovely caverns, and on the sandbanks of the streams, and in other pleasing places, in delight, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.3
वह्निनाधिष्ठितस्यासीद् यद्रूपन्तस्य तेजसा । अचिन्तयद्भोगकाले निमीलितविलोचना
vahninādhiṣṭhitasyāsīd yadrūpantasya tejasā / acintayadbhogakāle nimīlitavilocanā
Whatever form he had who was possessed by Agni, that form, with its radiance, she thought upon at the time of union, her eyes being closed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 63.4
ततः कालेन सा गर्भमवाप मुनिसत्तम । गन्धर्ववीर्यतो रूपचिन्तनाच्च द्विजन्मनः
tataḥ kālena sā garbhamavāpa munisattama / gandharvavīryato rūpacintanācca dvijanmanaḥ
Then in course of time she conceived, O best of sages, from the gandharva's potency and from her thinking upon the form of the brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.5
तां गर्भधारिणीं सो ऽथ सान्त्वयित्वा वरूथिनीम् । विप्ररूपधरो यातस्तया प्रीत्या विसर्जितः
tāṃ garbhadhāriṇīṃ so 'tha sāntvayitvā varūthinīm / viprarūpadharo yātastayā prītyā visarjitaḥ
Then he, having consoled her, Varūthinī, who was bearing the child, went away wearing the brahmin's form, dismissed by her with affection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.6
जज्ञे स बालो द्युतिमान ज्वलन्निव विभावसुः । स्वरोचिभैर्यथा सूर्यो भासयन् सकला दिशः
jajñe sa bālo dyutimāna jvalanniva vibhāvasuḥ / svarocibhairyathā sūryo bhāsayan sakalā diśaḥ
That boy was born full of brilliance, like blazing fire, illuminating all the directions with his own rays as the sun does.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.7
स्वरोचिभिर्यतो भाति भास्वानिव स बालकः । ततः स्वरोचिरित्येवं नाम्ना ख्यातो बभूत सः
svarocibhiryato bhāti bhāsvāniva sa bālakaḥ / tataḥ svarocirityevaṃ nāmnā khyāto babhūta saḥ
Since that boy shines with his own rays like the sun, therefore he became known by the name Svarocis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.8
ववृधे च महाभागो वयसानुदिनन्तथा । गुणौघैश्च यथा बालः कलाभिः शशलाञ्छनः
vavṛdhe ca mahābhāgo vayasānudinantathā / guṇaughaiśca yathā bālaḥ kalābhiḥ śaśalāñchanaḥ
And the greatly fortunate one grew day by day in years, and in masses of virtues, as the hare-marked moon grows by its digits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.9
स जग्राह धनुर्वेदं वेदांश्चैव यथाक्रमम् । विद्याश्चैव महाभागस्तदा यौवनगोचरः
sa jagrāha dhanurvedaṃ vedāṃścaiva yathākramam / vidyāścaiva mahābhāgastadā yauvanagocaraḥ
He mastered the science of archery and the Vedas in due order, and the sciences too, that greatly fortunate one, when he had come within reach of youth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.10
मन्दराद्रौ कदाचित् स विचरंश्चारुचेष्टितः । ददर्शैकां तदा कन्यां गिरिप्रस्थे भयातुराम्
mandarādrau kadācit sa vicaraṃścāruceṣṭitaḥ / dadarśaikāṃ tadā kanyāṃ giriprasthe bhayāturām
Once, as he roamed on Mount Mandara, graceful in his movements, he saw there a maiden on the mountain slope, stricken with fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.11
त्रायस्वेति निरीक्ष्यैनं सा तदा वाक्यमब्रवीत् । मा भैषीरिति स प्राह भयविप्लुतलोचनाम्
trāyasveti nirīkṣyainaṃ sā tadā vākyamabravīt / mā bhaiṣīriti sa prāha bhayaviplutalocanām
Looking at him she then spoke these words: "Save me!" "Do not be afraid," he said to her whose eyes were swimming with fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.12
किमेतदिति तेनोक्ते वीरवाक्ये महात्मना । ततः सा कथयामास श्वासाक्षेपप्लुताक्षरम्
kimetaditi tenokte vīravākye mahātmanā / tataḥ sā kathayāmāsa śvāsākṣepaplutākṣaram
When that great-souled one had spoken the hero's words, "What is this?", she then told (her tale), her syllables broken and flooded by her gasping.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.13
अहमिन्दीवराख्यस्य सुता विद्याधरस्य वै । नाम्ना मनोरमा जाता सुतायां मरुधन्वनः
ahamindīvarākhyasya sutā vidyādharasya vai / nāmnā manoramā jātā sutāyāṃ marudhanvanaḥ
"I am the daughter of the Vidyādhara called Indīvara, born of the daughter of Marudhanvan, and Manoramā by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.14
मन्दारविद्याधरजा सखी मम विभावरी । कलावती चाप्यपरा सुता पारस्य वै मुनेः
mandāravidyādharajā sakhī mama vibhāvarī / kalāvatī cāpyaparā sutā pārasya vai muneḥ
Vibhāvarī, born of the Vidyādhara Mandāra, is my friend, and another is Kalāvatī, the daughter of the sage Pāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.15
ताभ्यां सह मया यातं कैलासतटमुत्तमम् । तत्र दृष्टो मुनिः कश्चित्तपसातिकृशाकृतिः
tābhyāṃ saha mayā yātaṃ kailāsataṭamuttamam / tatra dṛṣṭo muniḥ kaścittapasātikṛśākṛtiḥ
Together with those two I went to the excellent slope of Kailāsa; there a certain sage was seen, his frame much wasted by austerity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.16
क्षुत्क्षामकण्ठो निस्तेजा दूरपाताक्षितारकः । मयावहसितः क्रुद्धः स तदा मां शशाप ह
kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭho nistejā dūrapātākṣitārakaḥ / mayāvahasitaḥ kruddhaḥ sa tadā māṃ śaśāpa ha
his throat shrunken with hunger, without lustre, the pupils of his eyes sunk deep. Laughed at by me, he grew angry and then cursed me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.17
क्षामक्षामस्वरः किञ्चित्कल्पिताधरपल्लवः । त्वयावहसितो यस्मादनार्ये दुष्टतापसि
kṣāmakṣāmasvaraḥ kiñcitkalpitādharapallavaḥ / tvayāvahasito yasmādanārye duṣṭatāpasi
with a voice utterly feeble, his lower lip somewhat quivering: "Since you have laughed at me, ignoble woman who holds ascetics in contempt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 63.18
तस्मात् त्वामचिरेणैव राक्षसो ऽभिभविष्यसि । दत्ते शापे मत्सखीभ्यां स तु निर्भत्सितो मुनिः
tasmāt tvāmacireṇaiva rākṣaso 'bhibhaviṣyasi / datte śāpe matsakhībhyāṃ sa tu nirbhatsito muniḥ
therefore before long a rākṣasa shall overpower you." When the curse had been given, the sage was rebuked by my two friends:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.19
धिक् ते ब्राह्मण्यमक्षान्त्या हृतन्ते निखिलन्तपः । अमर्षणैर्धर्षितो ऽसि तपसा नातिकर्षितः
dhik te brāhmaṇyamakṣāntyā hṛtante nikhilantapaḥ / amarṣaṇairdharṣito 'si tapasā nātikarṣitaḥ
"Fie on your brahminhood! By your want of forbearance your whole austerity has been carried off. You have been overthrown by fits of rage; you are not much wasted by austerity (after all).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.20
क्षान्त्यास्पदं वै ब्राह्मण्यं क्रोधसंयमनन्तपः । एतच्छ्रुत्वा ददौ शापं तयोरप्यमितद्युतिः
kṣāntyāspadaṃ vai brāhmaṇyaṃ krodhasaṃyamanantapaḥ / etacchrutvā dadau śāpaṃ tayorapyamitadyutiḥ
"Brahminhood is indeed the seat of patience, and the restraint of anger is austerity." Hearing this, he of immeasurable splendour laid a curse upon those two as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.21
एकस्याः कुष्ठमङ्गेषु भाव्यन्यस्यास्तथा क्षयः । तयोस्तथैव तज्जातं यथोक्तं तेन तत्क्षणात्
ekasyāḥ kuṣṭhamaṅgeṣu bhāvyanyasyāstathā kṣayaḥ / tayostathaiva tajjātaṃ yathoktaṃ tena tatkṣaṇāt
"On the limbs of one there shall be leprosy, and likewise on the other consumption." And to those two it came about just so, as he had said, from that very moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.22
ममाप्येवं महद्रक्षः समुपैति पदानुगम् । न शृणोषि महानादं तस्यादूरे ऽपि गर्जतः
mamāpyevaṃ mahadrakṣaḥ samupaiti padānugam / na śṛṇoṣi mahānādaṃ tasyādūre 'pi garjataḥ
In this same way a great rakṣas is approaching me too, following at my heels. Do you not hear its mighty roar, as it bellows even close by?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.23
तृतीयमद्य दिवसं यन्मे पृष्ठन्न मुञ्चति । अस्त्रग्रामस्य सर्वस्य हृदज्ञाहमद्य ते
tṛtīyamadya divasaṃ yanme pṛṣṭhanna muñcati / astragrāmasya sarvasya hṛdajñāhamadya te
This is now the third day that it does not leave my back. I am today the knower of the "heart" (the essential formula) of the whole body of weapons — to you
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 63.24
ते प्रयच्छामि मां रक्ष रक्षसो ऽस्मान्महामते । प्रादात् स्वायम्भुवस्यादौ स्वयं रुद्रः पिनाकधृक्
te prayacchāmi māṃ rakṣa rakṣaso 'smānmahāmate / prādāt svāyambhuvasyādau svayaṃ rudraḥ pinākadhṛk
I give (it): protect me from this rakṣas, O great-minded one. In the beginning Rudra himself, bearer of the Pināka, gave (it) to Svāyambhuva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.25
स्वायम्भुवो वसिष्ठाय सिद्धवर्याय दत्तवान् । तेनापि दत्तं मन्मातुः पित्रे चित्रायुधाय वै
svāyambhuvo vasiṣṭhāya siddhavaryāya dattavān / tenāpi dattaṃ manmātuḥ pitre citrāyudhāya vai
Svāyambhuva gave (it) to Vasiṣṭha, the foremost of the perfected ones; and by him it was given to my mother's father, Citrāyudha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.26
प्रादादौद्वाहिकं सो ऽपि मत्पित्रे श्वशुरः स्वयम् । मयापि शिक्षितं वीर ! सकाशाद् बालया पितुः
prādādaudvāhikaṃ so 'pi matpitre śvaśuraḥ svayam / mayāpi śikṣitaṃ vīra ! sakāśād bālayā pituḥ
He too, as father-in-law, himself gave it as a wedding gift to my father; and I too, O hero, learned it as a girl from my father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.29
तथैत्युक्ते ततस्तेन वार्युपस्पृश्य तस्य तत् । अस्त्राणां हृदयं प्रादात् सरहस्यनिवर्तनम्
tathaityukte tatastena vāryupaspṛśya tasya tat / astrāṇāṃ hṛdayaṃ prādāt sarahasyanivartanam
When "so be it" had been said, then, touching water, she gave him that heart of the weapons, together with the secret of their withdrawal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.30
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे रक्षस्तत्तदा भीषणाकृति । नर्दमानं महानादमाजगाम त्वरान्वितम्
etasminnantare rakṣastattadā bhīṣaṇākṛti / nardamānaṃ mahānādamājagāma tvarānvitam
Meanwhile that rakṣas of terrifying form came on in haste, roaring with a great bellow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.31
मयाभिभूता किं त्राणमुपैषि द्रुतमेहि मे । भक्षामि किञ्चिरेणेति ब्रुवाणं तं ददर्श सः
mayābhibhūtā kiṃ trāṇamupaiṣi drutamehi me / bhakṣāmi kiñcireṇeti bruvāṇaṃ taṃ dadarśa saḥ
He saw it saying: "Overpowered by me, what refuge do you seek? Come quickly to me — I shall devour (you) without delay!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.32
स्वरोचिश्चिन्तयामास दृष्ट्वा तं समुपागतम् । गृह्णात्वेष वचः सत्यं तस्यास्त्विति महामुनेः
svarociścintayāmāsa dṛṣṭvā taṃ samupāgatam / gṛhṇātveṣa vacaḥ satyaṃ tasyāstviti mahāmuneḥ
Svarocis, seeing it come near, thought: "Let it seize (her) — let the great sage's word prove true."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.33
जग्राह समुपेत्यैनां त्वरया सो ऽपि राक्षसः । त्राहि त्राहीति करुणं विलपन्तीं सुमध्यमाम्
jagrāha samupetyaināṃ tvarayā so 'pi rākṣasaḥ / trāhi trāhīti karuṇaṃ vilapantīṃ sumadhyamām
And that rākṣasa, coming up, hastily seized her, the fair-waisted one, as she wailed piteously, "Save me, save me!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.34
ततः स्वरोचिः संक्रुद्धश्चण्डास्त्रमतिभैरवम् । दृष्ट्यां निवेश्य तद्रक्षो ददर्शानिमिषेक्षणः
tataḥ svarociḥ saṃkruddhaścaṇḍāstramatibhairavam / dṛṣṭyāṃ niveśya tadrakṣo dadarśānimiṣekṣaṇaḥ
Then Svarocis, greatly enraged, setting the exceedingly dreadful Caṇḍa weapon in his gaze, looked at that rakṣas with unblinking eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.35
तदाभिभूतः स तदा तामुत्सृज्य निशाचरः । प्रसीद शाम्यतामस्त्रं श्रूयताञ्चेत्यभाषत
tadābhibhūtaḥ sa tadā tāmutsṛjya niśācaraḥ / prasīda śāmyatāmastraṃ śrūyatāñcetyabhāṣata
Overpowered by that, the night-walker then let her go and said: "Be gracious, let the weapon be quieted, and let me be heard."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.36
मोक्षितोषऽहं त्वया शापादतिघोरान्महाद्युते । प्रदत्तादतितीव्रेण ब्रह्ममित्रेण धीमता
mokṣitoṣa'haṃ tvayā śāpādatighorānmahādyute / pradattādatitīvreṇa brahmamitreṇa dhīmatā
"I have been released by you, O greatly splendid one, from a most dreadful curse laid on me by the wise Brahmamitra, an exceedingly severe (curse).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.37
उपकारी न मे त्वत्तो महाभागाधिको ऽपरः । येनाहं सुमहाकष्टान्महाशापाद्विमोक्षितः
upakārī na me tvatto mahābhāgādhiko 'paraḥ / yenāhaṃ sumahākaṣṭānmahāśāpādvimokṣitaḥ
There is for me no other benefactor greater than you, O greatly fortunate one, by whom I have been freed from a great curse of very great misery."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.38
स्वरोचिरुवाच ब्रह्ममित्रेण मुनिना किन्निमित्तं महात्मना । शप्तस्त्वं कीदृशश्चैव शापो दत्तो ऽभवत् पुरा
svarociruvāca brahmamitreṇa muninā kinnimittaṃ mahātmanā / śaptastvaṃ kīdṛśaścaiva śāpo datto 'bhavat purā
Svarocis said: For what reason were you cursed by the great-souled sage Brahmamitra, and what sort of curse was it that was laid (on you) formerly?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.39
ब्रह्ममित्रो ऽष्टधा भिन्नमायुर्वेदमधीतवान् । त्रयोदशाधिकारञ्च प्रगृह्याथर्वणो द्विजः
brahmamitro 'ṣṭadhā bhinnamāyurvedamadhītavān / trayodaśādhikārañca pragṛhyātharvaṇo dvijaḥ
Brahmamitra, a brahmin, had studied the Āyurveda divided into eight parts, and had mastered the thirteen sections of the Atharvan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 63.40
अहञ्चेन्दीवराख्येति ख्यातो ऽस्या जनको ऽभवम् । विद्याधरपतेः पुत्रो नलनाभस्य खङ्गिनः
ahañcendīvarākhyeti khyāto 'syā janako 'bhavam / vidyādharapateḥ putro nalanābhasya khaṅginaḥ
And I was known by the name Indīvara, and I was this (girl's) father — the son of Nalanābha, lord of the Vidyādharas, the sword-bearer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.41
मया च याचितः पुर्वं ब्रह्ममित्रो ऽभवन्मुनिः । आयुर्वेदमशेषं मे भगवन् ! दातुमर्हसि
mayā ca yācitaḥ purvaṃ brahmamitro 'bhavanmuniḥ / āyurvedamaśeṣaṃ me bhagavan ! dātumarhasi
And formerly the sage Brahmamitra was entreated by me: "Lord, you should give me the Āyurveda in its entirety."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.42
यदा तु बहुशो वीर ! प्रश्रयावनतस्य मे । न प्रादाद्याचितो विद्यामायुर्वेदात्मिकां मम
yadā tu bahuśo vīra ! praśrayāvanatasya me / na prādādyācito vidyāmāyurvedātmikāṃ mama
But when, hero, though I bowed low in reverence many times and begged, he would not give me the knowledge that is the Āyurveda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.43
शिष्येभ्यो ददतस्तस्य मयान्तर्धानगेन हि । आयुर्वेदात्मिका विद्या गृहीताभूत्तदानघ
śiṣyebhyo dadatastasya mayāntardhānagena hi / āyurvedātmikā vidyā gṛhītābhūttadānagha
then, O sinless one, while he was imparting it to his pupils, the knowledge that is the Āyurveda was taken by me, who had become invisible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.44
गृहीतायान्तु विद्यायां मासैरष्टाभिरन्तरात् । ममातिहर्षादभवद्धासो ऽतीव पुनः पुनः
gṛhītāyāntu vidyāyāṃ māsairaṣṭābhirantarāt / mamātiharṣādabhavaddhāso 'tīva punaḥ punaḥ
But when the knowledge had been acquired, within eight months, out of excessive joy laughter broke out from me again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.45
प्रत्यभिज्ञाय मां हासान्मुनिः कोपसमन्वितः । विकम्पिकन्धरः प्राह मामिदं परुषाक्षरम्
pratyabhijñāya māṃ hāsānmuniḥ kopasamanvitaḥ / vikampikandharaḥ prāha māmidaṃ paruṣākṣaram
Recognising me by the laughter, the sage, filled with anger, his neck trembling, spoke to me these harsh words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.46
राक्षसेनैव यस्मान्मे त्वयादृश्येन दुर्मते । हृता विद्यावहासश्च मामवज्ञाय वै कृतः
rākṣasenaiva yasmānme tvayādṛśyena durmate / hṛtā vidyāvahāsaśca māmavajñāya vai kṛtaḥ
"Since by you, invisible, evil-minded one, my knowledge was stolen just as by a rākṣasa, and you have laughed, treating me with contempt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.47
तस्मात्त्वं राक्षसः पाप ! मच्छापेन निराकृतः । भविष्यसि न सन्देहः सप्तरात्रेण दारुणः
tasmāttvaṃ rākṣasaḥ pāpa ! macchāpena nirākṛtaḥ / bhaviṣyasi na sandehaḥ saptarātreṇa dāruṇaḥ
"therefore you, wicked one, cast out by my curse, will within seven nights become a terrible rākṣasa — there is no doubt of it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.48
इत्युक्ते प्रणिपाताद्यैरुपचारैः प्रसादितः । स मामाह पुनर्विप्रस्तत्क्षणान्मृदुमानसः
ityukte praṇipātādyairupacāraiḥ prasāditaḥ / sa māmāha punarviprastatkṣaṇānmṛdumānasaḥ
When this had been said, that brahmin, appeased by prostrations and other attentions, his mind grown soft that very moment, spoke to me again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.49
यन्मयोक्तमवश्यन्तद्भावि गन्धर्व ! नान्यथा । किन्तु त्वं राक्षसो भूत्वा पुनः स्वं प्राप्स्यसे वपुः
yanmayoktamavaśyantadbhāvi gandharva ! nānyathā / kintu tvaṃ rākṣaso bhūtvā punaḥ svaṃ prāpsyase vapuḥ
"What has been said by me must inevitably come to pass, gandharva; it cannot be otherwise. But having become a rākṣasa, you will regain your own form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.50
नष्टस्मृतिर्यदा क्रुद्धः स्वमपत्यञ्चिखादिषुः । निशाचरत्वं गन्तासि तदस्त्रानलतापितः
naṣṭasmṛtiryadā kruddhaḥ svamapatyañcikhādiṣuḥ / niśācaratvaṃ gantāsi tadastrānalatāpitaḥ
"When, with memory lost and enraged, you seek to devour your own offspring, then, scorched by the fire of a weapon, you will give up your night-roaming state;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.51
पुनः संज्ञामवाप्य स्वामवाप्स्यसि निजं वपुः । तथैव स्वमधिष्ठानं लोके गन्धर्वसंज्ञिते
punaḥ saṃjñāmavāpya svāmavāpsyasi nijaṃ vapuḥ / tathaiva svamadhiṣṭhānaṃ loke gandharvasaṃjñite
"and regaining your own consciousness you will obtain your own body, and likewise your own station in the world called Gandharva."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.52
सो ऽहं त्वया महाभाग ! मोक्षितो ऽस्मान्महाभयात् । निशाचरत्वाद् यद्वीर ! तेन मे प्रार्थनां कुरु
so 'haṃ tvayā mahābhāga ! mokṣito 'smānmahābhayāt / niśācaratvād yadvīra ! tena me prārthanāṃ kuru
That I, greatly fortunate one, have been released by you from this great terror, from the night-roaming state; therefore, hero, grant my request.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.53
इमान्ते तनयां भार्यां प्रयच्छामि प्रतीच्छ ताम् । आयुर्वेदश्च सकलस्त्वष्टाङ्गो यो मया ततः । मुनेः सकाशात् संप्राप्तस्तं गृह्णीष्व महामते
imānte tanayāṃ bhāryāṃ prayacchāmi pratīccha tām / āyurvedaśca sakalastvaṣṭāṅgo yo mayā tataḥ / muneḥ sakāśāt saṃprāptastaṃ gṛhṇīṣva mahāmate
I bestow on you this daughter of mine as wife; accept her. And the whole Āyurveda with its eight limbs, which was obtained by me then from the sage — receive that, O greatly wise one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.54
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्त्वा प्रददौ विद्यां स च दिव्याम्बरोज्जवलः । स्त्रग्भूषणधरो दिव्यं पुराणं वपुरास्थितः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityuktvā pradadau vidyāṃ sa ca divyāmbarojjavalaḥ / stragbhūṣaṇadharo divyaṃ purāṇaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus he bestowed the knowledge, and he, radiant in divine garments, wearing garland and ornaments, took on his divine, ancient form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.55
दत्त्वा विद्यां ततः कन्यां स दातुमुपचक्रमे । तमाह सा तदा कन्या जनितारं स्वरूपिणम्
dattvā vidyāṃ tataḥ kanyāṃ sa dātumupacakrame / tamāha sā tadā kanyā janitāraṃ svarūpiṇam
Then, having given the knowledge, he set about giving the maiden; but the maiden then said this to her begetter, now in his own form:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.56
अनुरागो ममाप्यत्र तातातीव महात्मनि । दर्शनादेव संजातो विशेषेणोपकारिणि
anurāgo mamāpyatra tātātīva mahātmani / darśanādeva saṃjāto viśeṣeṇopakāriṇi
"I too, father, have great love for this great-souled one, arisen from the mere sight of him, and especially since he is my benefactor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.57
किन्त्वेषा मे सखी सा च मत्कृते दुः खपीडिते । अतो नाभिलषे भोगान् भोक्तुमेतेन वै समम्
kintveṣā me sakhī sā ca matkṛte duḥ khapīḍite / ato nābhilaṣe bhogān bhoktumetena vai samam
"But this friend of mine and that other one are both afflicted with pain on my account; therefore I do not wish to enjoy pleasures together with him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.58
पुरुषैरपि नो शक्या कर्तुमित्थं नृशंसता । स्वभावरुचिरैर्मादृक् कथं योषित् करिष्यति
puruṣairapi no śakyā kartumitthaṃ nṛśaṃsatā / svabhāvarucirairmādṛk kathaṃ yoṣit kariṣyati
"Not even men, charming by nature, could act with such cruelty as this; how then shall a woman like me do it?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 63.59
साहं यथा ते दुः खार्ते मत्कृते कन्यके पितः । तथा स्थास्यामि तद्दुः खे तच्छोकानलतापिता
sāhaṃ yathā te duḥ khārte matkṛte kanyake pitaḥ / tathā sthāsyāmi tadduḥ khe tacchokānalatāpitā
"As those two maidens are afflicted with sorrow on my account, father, so shall I remain in their sorrow, scorched by the fire of grief for them."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.60
आयुर्वेदप्रसादेन ते करिष्ये पुनर्नवे । सख्यौ तव महाशोकं समुत्सृज सुमध्यमे
āyurvedaprasādena te kariṣye punarnave / sakhyau tava mahāśokaṃ samutsṛja sumadhyame
"By the favour of the Āyurveda I will make your two friends new again; give up your great grief, fair-waisted one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.61
ततः पित्रा स्वयं दत्तां तां कन्यां स विधानतः । उपयेमे गिरौ तस्मिन् स्वरोचिश्चारुलोचवनाम्
tataḥ pitrā svayaṃ dattāṃ tāṃ kanyāṃ sa vidhānataḥ / upayeme girau tasmin svarociścārulocavanām
Then Svaroci, on that mountain, married according to the rite that maiden of lovely eyes, given by her father himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.62
दत्तान्तु तां तदा कन्यामभिशान्त्य च भामिनीम् । जगाम दिव्यया गत्यागन्धर्वः स्वपुरन्ततः
dattāntu tāṃ tadā kanyāmabhiśāntya ca bhāminīm / jagāma divyayā gatyāgandharvaḥ svapurantataḥ
And when the maiden had thus been given away, the gandharva, having consoled the fair lady, then went by his divine mode of travel to his own city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.63
स चापि सहितस्तन्व्या सदुद्यानन्तदा ययौ । कन्यकायुगलं यत्र तच्छापोत्थगदातुरम्
sa cāpi sahitastanvyā sadudyānantadā yayau / kanyakāyugalaṃ yatra tacchāpotthagadāturam
And he too, together with the slender one, then went to the fine garden where the pair of maidens lay afflicted by the disease that had arisen from that curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.64
ततस्तयोः स तत्त्वज्ञो रोगघ्नैरौषधै रसैः । चकार नीरुजौ देहौ स्वरोचिरपराजितः
tatastayoḥ sa tattvajño rogaghnairauṣadhai rasaiḥ / cakāra nīrujau dehau svarociraparājitaḥ
Then Svaroci, unvanquished and knowing the truth (of medicine), made the bodies of those two free of disease with disease-destroying herbs and elixirs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 63.65
ततो ऽतिशोभने कन्ये विमुक्ते व्याधितः शुभे । स्वकान्त्योद्योति दिग्भागं चक्राते तन्महीधरम्
tato 'tiśobhane kanye vimukte vyādhitaḥ śubhe / svakāntyodyoti digbhāgaṃ cakrāte tanmahīdharam
Then the two exceedingly lovely, auspicious maidens, released from sickness, made that mountain, with all its quarters, luminous with their own radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition