Markandeya Purana — Chapter 69

MkP 69.53

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(text corrupt) ... from ... the future; and just as I (know) the past and the present in every way,

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MkP 69.54

आलोच्याज्ञापयेत्युक्ते ततो ज्ञातं मयापि तत् । ततो न दत्तवानर्घमहं तुभ्यं विधानतः

ālocyājñāpayetyukte tato jñātaṃ mayāpi tat / tato na dattavānarghamahaṃ tubhyaṃ vidhānataḥ

when it was said, "Consider and then command," then that was known by me too; and therefore I did not give you the guest-offering according to the rule.

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MkP 69.55

सत्यं राजन् ! त्वमर्घार्हः कुले स्वायम्भुवस्य च । तथापि नार्घयोग्यं त्वां मन्यामो वयमुत्तमम्

satyaṃ rājan ! tvamarghārhaḥ kule svāyambhuvasya ca / tathāpi nārghayogyaṃ tvāṃ manyāmo vayamuttamam

"True, O king, you do deserve the guest-offering, and (you are) in the lineage of Svāyambhuva; yet even so we think you, the highest one, not fit for the offering."

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MkP 69.56

किं कृतं हि मया ब्रह्मन् ! ज्ञानादज्ञानतो ऽपि वा । येन त्वत्तोर्ऽघमर्हामि नाहमभ्यागतश्चिरात्

kiṃ kṛtaṃ hi mayā brahman ! jñānādajñānato 'pi vā / yena tvattor'ghamarhāmi nāhamabhyāgataścirāt

"What indeed has been done by me, O brahman, knowingly or unknowingly, by which I deserve (no) guest-offering from you, though I have come as a guest after a long time?"

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MkP 69.57

किं विस्मृतन्ते यत्पत्नी त्वया त्यक्ता च कानने । परित्यक्तस्तया सार्धं त्वया धर्मो नृपाखिलः

kiṃ vismṛtante yatpatnī tvayā tyaktā ca kānane / parityaktastayā sārdhaṃ tvayā dharmo nṛpākhilaḥ

"Have you forgotten that a wife was carried off and abandoned by you in the forest? Along with her, O king, the whole of dharma was abandoned by you.

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MkP 69.58

पक्षेण कर्मणो हान्या प्रयात्यस्पर्शतां नरः । विण्मूत्रैर्वार्षिकी यस्य हानिस्ते नित्यकर्मणः

pakṣeṇa karmaṇo hānyā prayātyasparśatāṃ naraḥ / viṇmūtrairvārṣikī yasya hāniste nityakarmaṇaḥ

By the lapse of rite for a fortnight a man becomes untouchable; for you the lapse of your daily rite (has lasted) a year, (as if) through excrement and urine.

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MkP 69.59

पत्न्यानुकूलया भाव्यं यथाशीले ऽपि भर्तरि । दुः शीलापि तथा भार्या पोषणीया नरेश्वर

patnyānukūlayā bhāvyaṃ yathāśīle 'pi bhartari / duḥ śīlāpi tathā bhāryā poṣaṇīyā nareśvara

A wife must be compliant even towards a husband of whatever character; likewise a wife, even of bad character, is to be maintained, O lord of men.

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MkP 69.60

प्रतिकूला हि सा पत्नी तस्य विप्रस्य या हृता । तथापि धर्मकामो ऽसौ त्वामुद्योतितवान् नृप

pratikūlā hi sā patnī tasya viprasya yā hṛtā / tathāpi dharmakāmo 'sau tvāmudyotitavān nṛpa

For she was a disobedient wife, that (wife) of that brahman who was carried off; yet even so he, desiring dharma, has enlightened you, O king.

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MkP 69.61

चलतः स्थापयस्यन्यान् स्वधर्मेषु महीपते । त्वां स्वधर्माद्विचलितं को ऽपरः स्थापयिष्यति

calataḥ sthāpayasyanyān svadharmeṣu mahīpate / tvāṃ svadharmādvicalitaṃ ko 'paraḥ sthāpayiṣyati

You establish others who stray in their own duties, O lord of the earth; who else will establish you, who have strayed from your own duty?"

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MkP 69.62

विलक्ष्यः स महीपाल इत्युक्तस्तेन धीमता । तथेत्युक्त्वा च पप्रच्छ हृतां पत्नीं द्विजन्मनः

vilakṣyaḥ sa mahīpāla ityuktastena dhīmatā / tathetyuktvā ca papraccha hṛtāṃ patnīṃ dvijanmanaḥ

That protector of the earth was abashed, being thus addressed by that wise one; and saying "So be it," he asked about the carried-off wife of the brahman:

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MkP 69.63

भगवन् ! केन नीता सा पत्नी विप्रस्य कुत्र वा । अतीतानागतं वेत्ति जगत्यवितथं भवान्

bhagavan ! kena nītā sā patnī viprasya kutra vā / atītānāgataṃ vetti jagatyavitathaṃ bhavān

"Reverend one, by whom was that wife of the brahman carried off, and where (is she)? You know the past and the future in the world without error."

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MkP 69.64

तां जहाराद्रितनयो बलाको नाम राक्षसः । द्रक्ष्यसे चाद्य तां भूप ! उत्पलावतके वने

tāṃ jahārādritanayo balāko nāma rākṣasaḥ / drakṣyase cādya tāṃ bhūpa ! utpalāvatake vane

"A rākṣasa named Balāka, son of Adri, carried her off; and you shall see her today, O king, in the Utpalāvataka wood."

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MkP 69.65

गच्छ संयोजयाशु त्वं भार्यया हि द्विजात्तमम् । मा पापास्पदतां यातु त्वमिवासौ दिने दिने

gaccha saṃyojayāśu tvaṃ bhāryayā hi dvijāttamam / mā pāpāspadatāṃ yātu tvamivāsau dine dine

"Go, and quickly reunite the best of brahmins with his wife. Let him not, like you, come day after day into a state of sin."

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