Markandeya Purana — Chapter 7

MkP 7.1

हरिश्चन्द्रेति राजर्षिरासीत् त्रेतायुगे पुरा । धर्मात्मा पृथिवीपालः प्रोल्लसत्कीर्तिरुत्तमः

hariścandreti rājarṣirāsīt tretāyuge purā / dharmātmā pṛthivīpālaḥ prollasatkīrtiruttamaḥ

Formerly, in the Tretā age, there was a royal sage named Hariścandra, righteous in soul, a protector of the earth, excellent, with blazing fame.

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MkP 7.2

न दुर्भिक्षं न च व्याधिर्नाकालमरणं नृणाम् । नाधर्मरुचयः पौरास्तस्मिन् शासति पार्थिवे

na durbhikṣaṃ na ca vyādhirnākālamaraṇaṃ nṛṇām / nādharmarucayaḥ paurāstasmin śāsati pārthive

While that king ruled, there was no famine, no disease, no untimely death of men, and the townspeople had no taste for unrighteousness.

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MkP 7.3

बभूवुर्न तथोन्मत्ता धन-वीर्य-तपोमदैः । नाजायन्त स्त्रियश्चैव काश्चिदप्राप्तयौवनाः

babhūvurna tathonmattā dhana-vīrya-tapomadaiḥ / nājāyanta striyaścaiva kāścidaprāptayauvanāḥ

Nor were (people) thus maddened by the intoxications of wealth, valour and austerity; nor did any women give birth before attaining youth.

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MkP 7.4

स कदाचिन्महाबाहुररण्ये ऽनुसरन् मृगम् । शुश्राव शब्दमसकृत् त्रायस्वेति च योषिताम्

sa kadācinmahābāhuraraṇye 'nusaran mṛgam / śuśrāva śabdamasakṛt trāyasveti ca yoṣitām

Once that mighty-armed (king), pursuing a deer in the forest, heard again and again the sound of women (crying), "Save (us)!"

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MkP 7.5

स विहाय मृगं राजा मा भैषीरित्यभाषत । मयि शासति दुर्मेधाः को ऽयमन्यायवृत्तिमान्

sa vihāya mṛgaṃ rājā mā bhaiṣīrityabhāṣata / mayi śāsati durmedhāḥ ko 'yamanyāyavṛttimān

Abandoning the deer, the king said, "Do not be afraid! Who is this dull-witted man of lawless conduct, while I am ruling?"

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MkP 7.6

तत्क्रन्दितानुसारी च सर्वारम्भविघातकृत् । एकस्मिन्नन्तरे रौद्रो विघ्नराट् समचिन्तयत्

tatkranditānusārī ca sarvārambhavighātakṛt / ekasminnantare raudro vighnarāṭ samacintayat

And following that cry, the fierce king of obstacles, the frustrator of all undertakings, in a certain interval reflected:

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MkP 7.7

विश्वामित्रो ऽयमतुलं तप आस्थाय वीर्यवान् । प्रागसिद्धाभवादीनां विद्याः साध्यति व्रती

viśvāmitro 'yamatulaṃ tapa āsthāya vīryavān / prāgasiddhābhavādīnāṃ vidyāḥ sādhyati vratī

"This mighty Viśvāmitra, having undertaken incomparable austerity, is, as an observer of vows, mastering the sciences that were formerly unaccomplished for Bhava and the others."

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MkP 7.8

साध्यमानाः क्षमामौनचित्तसंयमिनामुना । ता वै भयार्ताः क्रन्दन्ति कथं कार्यमिदं मया

sādhyamānāḥ kṣamāmaunacittasaṃyamināmunā / tā vai bhayārtāḥ krandanti kathaṃ kāryamidaṃ mayā

"Being mastered by him who restrains his mind by patience and silence, those (sciences), afflicted with fear, are crying out. How is this to be dealt with by me?"

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MkP 7.9

तेजस्वी कौशिकश्वेष्ठो वयमस्य सुदुर्बलाः । क्रोशन्त्येतास्तथा भीता दुष्पारं प्रतिभाति मे

tejasvī kauśikaśveṣṭho vayamasya sudurbalāḥ / krośantyetāstathā bhītā duṣpāraṃ pratibhāti me

"The best of the Kauśikas is full of fiery power, and we are very weak against him; these (sciences) cry out, so frightened — it seems to me hard to overcome."

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MkP 7.10

अथवायं नृपः प्राप्तो मा भैरिति वदन् मुहुः । इममेव प्रविश्याशु साधयिष्ये यथेप्सितम्

athavāyaṃ nṛpaḥ prāpto mā bhairiti vadan muhuḥ / imameva praviśyāśu sādhayiṣye yathepsitam

"Or rather, this king has arrived, saying repeatedly 'Do not fear'; entering into him alone I shall quickly accomplish (it) as desired."

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MkP 7.11

इति संचिन्त्य रौद्रेण विघ्नराजेन वै ततः । तेनाविष्टो नृपः कोपादिदं वचनमब्रवीत्

iti saṃcintya raudreṇa vighnarājena vai tataḥ / tenāviṣṭo nṛpaḥ kopādidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Having thus reflected, the king then, possessed by that fierce lord of obstacles, spoke this speech out of anger:

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MkP 7.12

को ऽयं बघ्नाति वस्त्रान्ते पावकं पापकृन्नरः । बलोष्णतेजसा दीप्ते मयि पत्यावुपस्थिते

ko 'yaṃ baghnāti vastrānte pāvakaṃ pāpakṛnnaraḥ / baloṣṇatejasā dīpte mayi patyāvupasthite

"Who is this evil-doing man who binds fire in the hem of his garment, while I, the lord, blazing with the hot force of my strength, am present?

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MkP 7.13

सो ऽद्य मत्कार्मुकाक्षेप-विदीपितदिगन्तरैः । शरैर्विभिन्नसर्वाङ्गो दीर्घनिद्रां प्रवेक्ष्यति

so 'dya matkārmukākṣepa-vidīpitadigantaraiḥ / śarairvibhinnasarvāṅgo dīrghanidrāṃ pravekṣyati

"Today, with all his limbs pierced by arrows that light up the horizons as they are loosed from my bow, he will enter the long sleep."

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MkP 7.14

विश्वामित्रस्ततः क्रुद्धः श्रुत्वा तन्नृपतेर्वचः । क्रुद्धे चर्षिवरे तस्मिन् नेशुर्विद्याः क्षणेन ताः

viśvāmitrastataḥ kruddhaḥ śrutvā tannṛpatervacaḥ / kruddhe carṣivare tasmin neśurvidyāḥ kṣaṇena tāḥ

Then Viśvāmitra, hearing that speech of the king, grew angry; and when that best of sages was angered, those sciences perished in an instant.

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MkP 7.15

स चापि राजा तं दृष्ट्वा विश्वामित्रं तपोनिधिम् । भीतः प्रावेपतात्यर्थं सहसाश्वत्थपर्णवत्

sa cāpi rājā taṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitraṃ taponidhim / bhītaḥ prāvepatātyarthaṃ sahasāśvatthaparṇavat

And that king too, seeing Viśvāmitra, that treasury of austerity, became afraid and trembled exceedingly, all at once, like an aśvattha leaf.

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MkP 7.16

स दुरात्मन्निति यदा मुनिस्तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् । ततः स राजा विनयात् प्रणिपत्याभ्यभाषत

sa durātmanniti yadā munistiṣṭheti cābravīt / tataḥ sa rājā vinayāt praṇipatyābhyabhāṣata

When the sage said, "You wicked-souled one — stand!", then that king, out of humility, bowed down and spoke:

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MkP 7.17

भगवन्नेष धर्मो मे नापराधो मम प्रभो । न क्रोद्धुमर्हसि मुने निजधर्मरतस्य मे

bhagavanneṣa dharmo me nāparādho mama prabho / na kroddhumarhasi mune nijadharmaratasya me

"Reverend sir, this is my duty; there is no offence of mine, my lord. You should not be angry, O sage, with me, who am devoted to my own duty.

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MkP 7.18

दातव्यं रक्षितव्यं च धर्मज्ञेन महीक्षिता । चापं चोद्यम्य योद्धव्यं धर्मशास्त्रानुसारतः

dātavyaṃ rakṣitavyaṃ ca dharmajñena mahīkṣitā / cāpaṃ codyamya yoddhavyaṃ dharmaśāstrānusārataḥ

"A ruler of the earth who knows dharma must give and must protect, and, raising his bow, must fight in accordance with the treatises on dharma."

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MkP 7.19

दातव्यं कस्य के रक्ष्याः कैर्योद्धव्यं च ते नृप । क्षिप्रमेतत् समाचक्ष्व यद्यधर्मभयं तव

dātavyaṃ kasya ke rakṣyāḥ kairyoddhavyaṃ ca te nṛpa / kṣiprametat samācakṣva yadyadharmabhayaṃ tava

"To whom is giving to be done, who are to be protected, and with whom are you to fight, O king? Tell this quickly, if you fear unrighteousness."

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MkP 7.20

दातव्यं विप्रमुख्येभ्यो ये चान्ये कृशवृत्तयः । रक्ष्या भीताः सदा युद्धं कर्तव्यं परिपन्थिभिः

dātavyaṃ vipramukhyebhyo ye cānye kṛśavṛttayaḥ / rakṣyā bhītāḥ sadā yuddhaṃ kartavyaṃ paripanthibhiḥ

"Giving is to be done to the foremost brahmins and to others whose livelihood is meagre; the frightened are always to be protected; fighting is to be done with those who obstruct the way."

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MkP 7.21

यदि राजा भवान् सम्यग्राजधर्ममवेक्षते । निर्वेष्टुकामो विप्रो ऽहं दीयतामिष्टदक्षिणा

yadi rājā bhavān samyagrājadharmamavekṣate / nirveṣṭukāmo vipro 'haṃ dīyatāmiṣṭadakṣiṇā

"If you, being king, look rightly to the duty of kings — I am a brahmin who wishes to receive his due; let the sacrificial fee I desire be given."

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MkP 7.22

एतद्राजा वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना । पुनर्जातमिवात्मानं मेने प्राह च कौशिकम्

etadrājā vacaḥ śrutvā prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā / punarjātamivātmānaṃ mene prāha ca kauśikam

Hearing this speech, the king, with an inwardly delighted soul, thought himself as though born again, and he said to Kauśika:

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MkP 7.23

उच्यतां भगवन् यत्ते दातव्यमविशङ्कितम् । दत्तमित्येव तद्विद्धि यद्यपि स्यात् सुदुर्लभम्

ucyatāṃ bhagavan yatte dātavyamaviśaṅkitam / dattamityeva tadviddhi yadyapi syāt sudurlabham

"Let it be said, lord, what is to be given to you, without hesitation; know it as already given, even if it should be very hard to obtain —

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MkP 7.24

हिरण्यं वा सुवर्णं वा पुत्रः पत्नी कलेवरम् । प्राणा राज्यं पुरं लक्ष्मीर्यदभिप्रेतमात्मनः

hiraṇyaṃ vā suvarṇaṃ vā putraḥ patnī kalevaram / prāṇā rājyaṃ puraṃ lakṣmīryadabhipretamātmanaḥ

gold or wrought gold, son, wife, this body, my life-breaths, the kingdom, the city, prosperity — whatever is dear to me."

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MkP 7.25

राजन् प्रतिगृहीतो ऽयं यस्ते दत्तः प्रतिग्रहः । प्रयच्छ प्रथमं तावद् दक्षिणां राजसूयिकीम्

rājan pratigṛhīto 'yaṃ yaste dattaḥ pratigrahaḥ / prayaccha prathamaṃ tāvad dakṣiṇāṃ rājasūyikīm

"King, this offering that you have given is accepted; but first give the fee due for the rājasūya."

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MkP 7.26

ब्रह्मंस्तामपि दास्यामि दक्षिणां भवतो ह्यहम् । व्रियतां द्विजशार्दूल यस्तवेष्टः प्रतिग्रहः

brahmaṃstāmapi dāsyāmi dakṣiṇāṃ bhavato hyaham / vriyatāṃ dvijaśārdūla yastaveṣṭaḥ pratigrahaḥ

"Brahmin, that fee too I shall give you; let it be chosen, tiger among twice-born — whatever gift you desire."

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MkP 7.27

ससागरां धरामेतां सभूभृद्ग्रामपत्तनाम् । राज्यं च सकलं वीर रथाश्व-गजसङ्कुलम्

sasāgarāṃ dharāmetāṃ sabhūbhṛdgrāmapattanām / rājyaṃ ca sakalaṃ vīra rathāśva-gajasaṅkulam

"This earth with its oceans, with its mountains, villages and towns, and the whole kingdom, hero, thronged with chariots, horses and elephants,

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MkP 7.28

कोष्ठागारं च कोषं च यच्चान्यद्विद्यते तव । विना भार्यां च पुत्रं च शरीरं च तवानघ

koṣṭhāgāraṃ ca koṣaṃ ca yaccānyadvidyate tava / vinā bhāryāṃ ca putraṃ ca śarīraṃ ca tavānagha

and the granary and the treasury, and whatever else of yours exists — except your wife and son and your body, faultless one,

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MkP 7.29

धर्मं च सर्वधर्मज्ञ यो यान्तमनुगच्छति । बहुना वा किमुक्तेन सर्वमेतत् प्रदीयताम्

dharmaṃ ca sarvadharmajña yo yāntamanugacchati / bahunā vā kimuktena sarvametat pradīyatām

and your merit, knower of all duties, which follows a man as he goes — or why say much: let all this be given over."

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MkP 7.30

प्रहृष्टेनैव मनसा सो ऽविकारमुखो नृपः । तस्यर्षेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा तथेत्याह कृताञ्जलिः

prahṛṣṭenaiva manasā so 'vikāramukho nṛpaḥ / tasyarṣervacanaṃ śrutvā tathetyāha kṛtāñjaliḥ

With a mind altogether delighted, his face unaltered, that king, having heard the words of the sage, said "So be it," with palms joined.

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MkP 7.31

सर्वस्वं यदि मे दत्तं राज्यमुर्वो बलं धनम् । प्रभुत्वं कस्य राजर्षे राज्यस्थे तापसे मयि

sarvasvaṃ yadi me dattaṃ rājyamurvo balaṃ dhanam / prabhutvaṃ kasya rājarṣe rājyasthe tāpase mayi

"If all I own has been given by me — kingdom, earth, army, wealth — whose then is the lordship, royal sage, while I, an ascetic, remain in the kingdom?"

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MkP 7.32

यस्मिन्नपि मया काले ब्राह्मन् दत्ता वसुन्धरा । तस्मिन्नपि भवान् स्वामी किमुताद्य महीपतिः

yasminnapi mayā kāle brāhman dattā vasundharā / tasminnapi bhavān svāmī kimutādya mahīpatiḥ

"Even at the time when the earth was given by me, brahmin, even then you were its master — how much more today, being lord of the earth!"

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MkP 7.33

यदि राजंस्त्वया दत्ता मम सर्वा वसुन्धरा । यत्र मे विषये स्वाम्यं तस्मान्निष्क्रान्तुमर्हसि

yadi rājaṃstvayā dattā mama sarvā vasundharā / yatra me viṣaye svāmyaṃ tasmānniṣkrāntumarhasi

"If, king, the whole earth has been given by you to me, then you must depart from the domain in which I have lordship."

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MkP 7.34

श्रोणीसूत्रादिसकलं मुक्त्वा भूषणसंग्रहम् । तरुवल्कलमाबध्य सह पत्न्या सुतेन च

śroṇīsūtrādisakalaṃ muktvā bhūṣaṇasaṃgraham / taruvalkalamābadhya saha patnyā sutena ca

Having let go the whole array of ornaments, beginning with the waist-cord, and having bound on tree-bark, together with his wife and his son,

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MkP 7.35

तथेति चोक्त्वा कृत्वा च राजा गन्तुं प्रचक्रमे । स्वपत्न्या शैव्यया सार्धं बालकेनात्मजेन च

tatheti coktvā kṛtvā ca rājā gantuṃ pracakrame / svapatnyā śaivyayā sārdhaṃ bālakenātmajena ca

and having said "So be it" and done it, the king set out to go, together with his own wife Śaivyā and with his young son.

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MkP 7.36

व्रजतः स ततो रुद्ध्वा पन्थानं प्राह तं नृपम् । क्व यास्यसीत्यदत्त्वा मे दक्षिणां राजसूयिकीम्

vrajataḥ sa tato ruddhvā panthānaṃ prāha taṃ nṛpam / kva yāsyasītyadattvā me dakṣiṇāṃ rājasūyikīm

Then, blocking the path of him as he went, he said to that king: "Where will you go without having given me the fee due for the rājasūya?"

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MkP 7.37

भगवन् राज्यमेतत् ते दत्तं निहतकण्टकम् । अवशिष्टमिदं ब्रह्मन्नद्य देहत्रयं मम

bhagavan rājyametat te dattaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam / avaśiṣṭamidaṃ brahmannadya dehatrayaṃ mama

"Lord, this kingdom, its thorns destroyed, has been given to you; what is left over to me today, brahmin, is these three bodies."

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MkP 7.38

तथापि खलु दातव्या त्वया मे यज्ञदक्षिणा । विशेषतो ब्राह्मणानं हन्त्यदत्तं प्रतिश्रुतम्

tathāpi khalu dātavyā tvayā me yajñadakṣiṇā / viśeṣato brāhmaṇānaṃ hantyadattaṃ pratiśrutam

"Even so, indeed, the sacrificial fee must be given by you to me; for a thing promised and not given destroys (the promiser), especially in the case of brahmins."

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MkP 7.39

यावत् तोषो राजसूये ब्राह्मणानां तभवेन्नृप । तावदेव तु दातव्या दक्षिणा राजसूयिकी

yāvat toṣo rājasūye brāhmaṇānāṃ tabhavennṛpa / tāvadeva tu dātavyā dakṣiṇā rājasūyikī

"As great as the satisfaction of the brahmins at a rājasūya would be, O king, just so great a fee for the rājasūya must be given.

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MkP 7.40

प्रतिश्रुत्य च दातव्यं योद्धव्यं चाततायिभिः । रक्षितव्यास्तथा चार्तास्त्वयैव प्राक् प्रतिश्रुतम्

pratiśrutya ca dātavyaṃ yoddhavyaṃ cātatāyibhiḥ / rakṣitavyāstathā cārtāstvayaiva prāk pratiśrutam

And having promised, one must give; one must fight against assailants; and likewise the afflicted must be protected — this was promised earlier by you yourself."

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MkP 7.41

भगवन् साम्प्रतं नास्ति दास्ये कालक्रमेण ते । प्रसादं कुरु विप्रर्षे सद्भावमनुचिन्त्य च

bhagavan sāmprataṃ nāsti dāsye kālakrameṇa te / prasādaṃ kuru viprarṣe sadbhāvamanucintya ca

"Lord, at present I have nothing (to give), since by the course of time I have come to servitude. Show favour, sage among brahmins, and consider (my) good intention."

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MkP 7.42

किम्प्रमाणो मया कालः प्रतीक्ष्यस्ते जनाधिप । शीघ्रमाचक्ष्व शापाग्निरन्यथा त्वां प्रधक्ष्यति

kimpramāṇo mayā kālaḥ pratīkṣyaste janādhipa / śīghramācakṣva śāpāgniranyathā tvāṃ pradhakṣyati

"How long a time must I wait for you, lord of men? Tell (me) quickly, or else the fire of (my) curse will burn you up."

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MkP 7.43

मासेन तव विप्रर्षे प्रदास्ये दक्षिणाधनम् । साम्प्रतं नास्ति मे वित्तमनुज्ञां दातुमर्हसि

māsena tava viprarṣe pradāsye dakṣiṇādhanam / sāmprataṃ nāsti me vittamanujñāṃ dātumarhasi

"Within a month, sage among brahmins, I shall give you the money for the sacrificial fee; at present I have no wealth — please grant (me) leave."

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MkP 7.44

गच्छ गच्छ नृपश्रेष्ठ स्वधर्ममनुपालय । शिवश्च ते ऽध्वा भवतु मा सन्तु परिपन्थिनः

gaccha gaccha nṛpaśreṣṭha svadharmamanupālaya / śivaśca te 'dhvā bhavatu mā santu paripanthinaḥ

"Go, go, best of kings, and keep to your own duty; and may your road be auspicious, may there be no waylayers."

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MkP 7.45

अनुज्ञातश्च गच्छेति जगाम वसुधाधिपः । पद्भ्यामनुचिता गन्तुमन्वगच्छत तं प्रिया

anujñātaśca gaccheti jagāma vasudhādhipaḥ / padbhyāmanucitā gantumanvagacchata taṃ priyā

And, given leave with the word "Go," the lord of the earth departed; his beloved wife, unaccustomed to going on foot, followed him.

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MkP 7.46

तं सभार्यं नृपश्रेष्ठं निर्यान्तं ससुतं पुरात् । दृष्ट्वा प्रचुक्रुशुः पौरा राज्ञश्चैवानुयायिनः

taṃ sabhāryaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ niryāntaṃ sasutaṃ purāt / dṛṣṭvā pracukruśuḥ paurā rājñaścaivānuyāyinaḥ

Seeing that best of kings going out from the city with his wife and his son, the townsfolk and the king's followers cried out aloud.

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MkP 7.47

हानाथ किं जहास्यस्मान् नित्यार्तिपरिपीडितान् । त्वं धर्मतत्परो राजन् पौरानुग्रहकृत् तथा

hānātha kiṃ jahāsyasmān nityārtiparipīḍitān / tvaṃ dharmatatparo rājan paurānugrahakṛt tathā

"Alas, lord! Why do you abandon us, who are ever tormented by distress? You, O king, are devoted to dharma and a doer of kindness to the townsfolk.

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MkP 7.48

नयास्मानपि राजर्षे यदि धर्ममवेक्षसे । मुहूर्तं तिष्ठ राजेन्द्र भवतो मुखपङ्कजम्

nayāsmānapi rājarṣe yadi dharmamavekṣase / muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rājendra bhavato mukhapaṅkajam

Take us too, royal sage, if you have regard for dharma. Stay a moment, chief of kings, that (we may drink) the lotus of your face

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MkP 7.49

पिबामो नेत्रभ्रमरैः कदा द्रक्ष्यामहे पुनः । यस्य प्रयातस्य पुरो यान्ति पृष्ठे च पार्थिवाः

pibāmo netrabhramaraiḥ kadā drakṣyāmahe punaḥ / yasya prayātasya puro yānti pṛṣṭhe ca pārthivāḥ

with the bees of our eyes — when shall we see (it) again? He at whose setting out kings went before and behind —

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MkP 7.50

तस्यानुयाति भार्येयं गृहीत्वा बालकं सुतम् । यस्य भृत्याः प्रयातस्य यान्तयग्रे कुञ्जचरस्थिताः

tasyānuyāti bhāryeyaṃ gṛhītvā bālakaṃ sutam / yasya bhṛtyāḥ prayātasya yāntayagre kuñjacarasthitāḥ

his wife here follows, carrying her young son; he at whose setting out the servants went in front, mounted on elephants —

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MkP 7.51

स एष पद्भ्यां राजेन्द्रो हरिश्चन्द्रो ऽद्य गच्छति । हा राजन् सुकुमारं ते सुभ्रु सुत्वचमुन्नसम्

sa eṣa padbhyāṃ rājendro hariścandro 'dya gacchati / hā rājan sukumāraṃ te subhru sutvacamunnasam

this same Hariścandra, chief of kings, today goes on foot. Alas, king! Your face, so tender, fair-browed, fine-skinned, high-nosed —

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MkP 7.52

पथि पांशुपरिक्लिष्टं मुखं कीदृग्भविष्यति । तिष्ठ तिष्ठ नृपश्रेष्ठ स्वधर्ममनुपालय

pathi pāṃśuparikliṣṭaṃ mukhaṃ kīdṛgbhaviṣyati / tiṣṭha tiṣṭha nṛpaśreṣṭha svadharmamanupālaya

soiled with dust on the road, what will it become? Stay, stay, best of kings, and keep to your own duty!

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MkP 7.53

आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां विशेषतः । किं दारैः किं सुतैर्नाथ धनैर्धान्यैरथापि वा

ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ / kiṃ dāraiḥ kiṃ sutairnātha dhanairdhānyairathāpi vā

Non-cruelty is the highest duty, especially of kṣatriyas. What are wives to us, lord, what sons, or wealth or grain?

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MkP 7.54

सर्वमेतत् परित्यज्य छायाभूता वयं तव । हानाथ हा महाराज हा स्वामिन् किं जहासि नः

sarvametat parityajya chāyābhūtā vayaṃ tava / hānātha hā mahārāja hā svāmin kiṃ jahāsi naḥ

Abandoning all this, we have become your shadows. Alas, lord! Alas, great king! Alas, master! Why do you abandon us?

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MkP 7.55

यत्र त्वं तत्र हि वयं तत् सुखं यत्र वै भवान् । नगरं तद्भवान् यत्र स स्वर्गो यत्र नो नृपः

yatra tvaṃ tatra hi vayaṃ tat sukhaṃ yatra vai bhavān / nagaraṃ tadbhavān yatra sa svargo yatra no nṛpaḥ

Where you are, there indeed are we; that is happiness, where you are; where you are, that is the city; where our king is, that is heaven."

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MkP 7.56

इति पौरवचः श्रुत्वा राजा शोकपरिप्लुतः । अतिष्ठत् स तदा मार्गे तेषामेवानुकम्पया

iti pauravacaḥ śrutvā rājā śokapariplutaḥ / atiṣṭhat sa tadā mārge teṣāmevānukampayā

Hearing this speech of the townsfolk, the king, overwhelmed with grief, then halted on the road out of compassion for them alone.

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MkP 7.57

विश्वामित्रो ऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा पौरवाक्याकुलीकृतम् । रोषमर्षविवृत्ताक्षः समागम्य वचो ऽब्रवीत्

viśvāmitro 'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā pauravākyākulīkṛtam / roṣamarṣavivṛttākṣaḥ samāgamya vaco 'bravīt

And Viśvāmitra too, seeing him made distraught by the words of the townsfolk, his eyes rolling with rage and indignation, came up and spoke (these) words:

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MkP 7.58

धिक् त्वां दुष्टसमाचारमनृतं जिह्मभाषणम् । मम राज्यं च दत्वा यः पुनः प्राक्रष्टुमिच्छसि

dhik tvāṃ duṣṭasamācāramanṛtaṃ jihmabhāṣaṇam / mama rājyaṃ ca datvā yaḥ punaḥ prākraṣṭumicchasi

"Shame on you, of wicked conduct, false, crooked of speech — you who, having given me the kingdom, now wish to drag it back!"

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MkP 7.59

इत्युक्तः परुषं तेन गच्छामीति सवेपथुः । ब्रुवन्नेवं ययौ शीघ्रमाकर्षन् दयितां करे

ityuktaḥ paruṣaṃ tena gacchāmīti savepathuḥ / bruvannevaṃ yayau śīghramākarṣan dayitāṃ kare

Thus harshly addressed by him, trembling, saying "I am going," and speaking so, he went off quickly, dragging his beloved by the hand.

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MkP 7.60

कर्षतस्तां ततो भार्यां सुकुमारीं श्रमातुराम् । सहसा दण्डकाष्ठेन ताडयामास कौशिकः

karṣatastāṃ tato bhāryāṃ sukumārīṃ śramāturām / sahasā daṇḍakāṣṭhena tāḍayāmāsa kauśikaḥ

Then, as he was dragging that wife of his, so delicate and worn out with fatigue, Kauśika suddenly struck her with a stick of wood.

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MkP 7.61

तां तथा ताडितां दृष्ट्वा हरिश्चन्द्रो महीपतिः । गच्छामीत्याह दुः खार्तो नान्यत् किञ्चिदुदाहरत्

tāṃ tathā tāḍitāṃ dṛṣṭvā hariścandro mahīpatiḥ / gacchāmītyāha duḥ khārto nānyat kiñcidudāharat

Seeing her beaten in that way, Hariścandra, the lord of the earth, stricken with grief, said only "I am going," and uttered nothing else.

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MkP 7.62

अथ विश्वे तदा देवाः पञ्च प्राहुः कृपालवः । विश्वामित्रः सुपापो ऽयं लोकान् कान् समवाप्स्यति

atha viśve tadā devāḥ pañca prāhuḥ kṛpālavaḥ / viśvāmitraḥ supāpo 'yaṃ lokān kān samavāpsyati

Then the five Viśve(devas), being compassionate, said: "This Viśvāmitra is a great sinner; what worlds will he attain,

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MkP 7.63

येनायां यज्वनां श्रेष्ठः स्वराज्यादवरोपितः । कस्य वा श्रद्धया पूतं सुतं सोमं महाध्वरे । पीत्वा वयं प्रयास्यामो मुदं मन्त्रपुरः सरम्

yenāyāṃ yajvanāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ svarājyādavaropitaḥ / kasya vā śraddhayā pūtaṃ sutaṃ somaṃ mahādhvare / pītvā vayaṃ prayāsyāmo mudaṃ mantrapuraḥ saram

he by whom this best of sacrificers has been cast down from his own kingdom? And by whose faith (henceforth) shall we, having drunk in a great sacrifice the soma pressed and purified, go to joy preceded by mantras?"

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MkP 7.64

इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा कौशिको ऽतिरुषान्वितः । शशाप तान् मनुष्यत्वं सर्वे यूयमवाप्स्यथ

iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā kauśiko 'tiruṣānvitaḥ / śaśāpa tān manuṣyatvaṃ sarve yūyamavāpsyatha

Hearing this speech of theirs, Kauśika, filled with extreme rage, cursed them: "You shall all attain human condition."

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MkP 7.65

प्रसादितश्च तैः प्राह पुनरेव महामुनिः। मानुषत्वे ऽपि भवतां भवित्री नैव सन्ततिः

prasāditaśca taiḥ prāha punareva mahāmuniḥ. mānuṣatve 'pi bhavatāṃ bhavitrī naiva santatiḥ

And when he had been propitiated by them, the great sage spoke again: "Even in your human state there shall be no offspring for you,

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MkP 7.66

न दारसंग्रहश्चैव भविता न च मत्सरः । कामक्रोधविनिर्मुक्ता भविष्यथ सुराः पुनः

na dārasaṃgrahaścaiva bhavitā na ca matsaraḥ / kāmakrodhavinirmuktā bhaviṣyatha surāḥ punaḥ

nor shall there be the taking of a wife, nor jealousy; freed from desire and anger, you will again become gods."

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MkP 7.67

ततो ऽवतेरुरंशैः स्वैर्देवास्ते कुरुवेश्मनि । द्रौपदीगर्भसम्भूताः पञ्च वै पाण्डुनन्दनाः

tato 'vateruraṃśaiḥ svairdevāste kuruveśmani / draupadīgarbhasambhūtāḥ pañca vai pāṇḍunandanāḥ

Then those gods descended with their own portions into the house of the Kurus, the five sons of Pāṇḍu, born from Draupadī's womb.

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MkP 7.68

एतस्मात् कारणात् पञ्च पाण्डवेया महारथाः । न दारसंग्रहं प्राप्ताः शापात् तस्य महामुनेः

etasmāt kāraṇāt pañca pāṇḍaveyā mahārathāḥ / na dārasaṃgrahaṃ prāptāḥ śāpāt tasya mahāmuneḥ

For this reason the five Pāṇḍavas, the great chariot-warriors, did not obtain (separate) wives, by the curse of that great sage.

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MkP 7.69

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं पाण्डवेयकथाश्रयम् । प्रश्नं चतुष्टयं गीतं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ pāṇḍaveyakathāśrayam / praśnaṃ catuṣṭayaṃ gītaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi

All this, resting on the story of the Pāṇḍavas, has been told to you; the set of four questions has been recited. What else do you wish to hear?

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