Markandeya Purana — Chapter 8
MkP 8.1
भवद्भिरिदमाख्यातं यथाप्रश्नमनुक्रमात् । महत् कौतूहलं मे ऽस्ति हरिश्चन्द्र कथां प्रति
bhavadbhiridamākhyātaṃ yathāpraśnamanukramāt / mahat kautūhalaṃ me 'sti hariścandra kathāṃ prati
This has been recounted by you in order, according to the questions. I have great curiosity, sirs, about the story of Hariścandra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.2
अहो महात्मना तेन प्राप्तं कृच्छ्रमनुत्तमम् । कच्चित् सुखमनुप्राप्तं तादृगेव द्विजोत्तमाः
aho mahātmanā tena prāptaṃ kṛcchramanuttamam / kaccit sukhamanuprāptaṃ tādṛgeva dvijottamāḥ
Ah, what unsurpassed hardship was undergone by that great-souled one! Did he obtain happiness of a like measure, O best of the twice-born?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.3
विश्वामित्रवचः श्रुत्वा स राजा प्रययौ शनैः । शैव्ययानुगतो दुः खी भार्यया बलापुत्रया
viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā prayayau śanaiḥ / śaivyayānugato duḥ khī bhāryayā balāputrayā
Having heard Viśvāmitra's words, that king went off slowly, sorrowful, followed by his wife Śaivyā and by the boy his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.4
स गत्वा वसुधापालो दिव्यां वाराणसीं पुरीम् । नैषा मनुष्यभोग्येति शूलपाणेः परिग्रहः
sa gatvā vasudhāpālo divyāṃ vārāṇasīṃ purīm / naiṣā manuṣyabhogyeti śūlapāṇeḥ parigrahaḥ
That protector of the earth, having gone to the divine city Vārāṇasī — "this is not for men to enjoy," for it is the possession of him who bears the trident —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.5
जगाम पद्भ्यां दुः खार्तः सह पत्न्यानुकूलया । पुरीप्रवेशे ददृशे विश्वामित्रमुपस्थितम्
jagāma padbhyāṃ duḥ khārtaḥ saha patnyānukūlayā / purīpraveśe dadṛśe viśvāmitramupasthitam
he went on foot, afflicted with grief, together with his compliant wife; at the entrance to the city he saw Viśvāmitra standing before him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.6
तं दृष्ट्वा समनुप्राप्तं विनयावनतो ऽभवत् । प्राह चैवाञ्जलिं कृत्वा हरिश्चन्द्रो महामुनिम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā samanuprāptaṃ vinayāvanato 'bhavat / prāha caivāñjaliṃ kṛtvā hariścandro mahāmunim
Seeing him arrived, he became bowed down with humility, and Hariścandra, making the gesture of joined palms, spoke to the great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.9
पूर्णः स मासो राजर्षे दीयतां मम दक्षिणा । राजसूयनिमित्तं हि स्मर्यते स्ववचो यदि
pūrṇaḥ sa māso rājarṣe dīyatāṃ mama dakṣiṇā / rājasūyanimittaṃ hi smaryate svavaco yadi
"That month is complete, O royal sage; let my sacrificial fee be given, on account of the Rājasūya, if your own word is remembered."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.10
ब्राह्मन्नद्यैव सम्पूर्णो मासो ऽम्लानतपोधन । तिष्ठत्येतद् दनार्धं यत्तत् प्रतीक्षस्व माचिरम्
brāhmannadyaiva sampūrṇo māso 'mlānatapodhana / tiṣṭhatyetad danārdhaṃ yattat pratīkṣasva māciram
"Brahman, whose wealth is unwithering austerity, this very day the month is complete; this half of the day remains — wait for that, it is not long."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.11
एवमस्तु महाराज आगमिष्याम्यहं पुनः । शापं तव प्रदास्यामि न चेदद्य प्रदास्यसि
evamastu mahārāja āgamiṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ / śāpaṃ tava pradāsyāmi na cedadya pradāsyasi
"So be it, great king; I shall come again. And if you do not give today, I shall lay a curse on you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.12
इत्युक्त्वा प्रययौ विप्रो राजा चाचिन्तयत् तदा । कथमस्मै प्रदास्यामि दक्षिणा या प्रतिश्रुता
ityuktvā prayayau vipro rājā cācintayat tadā / kathamasmai pradāsyāmi dakṣiṇā yā pratiśrutā
Having said this the brahman went off, and the king then reflected: "How shall I give him the fee that was promised?
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MkP 8.13
कुतः पुष्टानि मित्राणि कुतोर्ऽथः साम्प्रतं मम । प्रतिग्रहः प्रदुष्टो मे नाहं यायामधः कथम्
kutaḥ puṣṭāni mitrāṇi kutor'thaḥ sāmprataṃ mama / pratigrahaḥ praduṣṭo me nāhaṃ yāyāmadhaḥ katham
Whence are there well-provided friends, whence wealth for me now? Accepting gifts is thoroughly corrupt for me; how am I not to go down (to ruin)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.14
किमु प्राणान् विमुञ्चामि कां दिशं याम्यकिञ्चनः । यदि नाशं गमिष्यामि अप्रदाय प्रतिश्रुतम्
kimu prāṇān vimuñcāmi kāṃ diśaṃ yāmyakiñcanaḥ / yadi nāśaṃ gamiṣyāmi apradāya pratiśrutam
Shall I then release my life-breaths? To what quarter shall I go, having nothing? If I go to my destruction without handing over what I promised,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.15
ब्रह्मस्वहृत्कृमिः पापो भविष्याम्यधमाधमः । अथवा प्रेष्यतां यास्ये वरमेवात्मविक्रयः
brahmasvahṛtkṛmiḥ pāpo bhaviṣyāmyadhamādhamaḥ / athavā preṣyatāṃ yāsye varamevātmavikrayaḥ
I shall become a sinful worm, lowest of the low, that steals a brahmin's property. Or else I shall enter servitude — selling myself is indeed the better course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.16
राजानं व्याकुलं दीनं चिन्तयानमधोमुखम् । प्रत्युवाच तदा पत्नी बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा
rājānaṃ vyākulaṃ dīnaṃ cintayānamadhomukham / pratyuvāca tadā patnī bāṣpagadgadayā girā
Then his wife, in a voice choked with tears, answered the king, who was distraught, wretched, brooding with his face turned down.
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MkP 8.17
त्यज चिन्तां महारजा स्वसत्यमनुपालय । श्मशानवद् वर्जनीयो नरः सत्यबहिष्कृतः
tyaja cintāṃ mahārajā svasatyamanupālaya / śmaśānavad varjanīyo naraḥ satyabahiṣkṛtaḥ
"Let go of your anxiety, great king, and keep your own truth. A man cast out from truth is to be shunned like a cremation ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.18
नातः परतरं धर्मं वदन्ति पुरुषस्य तु । यादृशं पुरुषव्याघ्र स्वसत्यपरिपालनम्
nātaḥ parataraṃ dharmaṃ vadanti puruṣasya tu / yādṛśaṃ puruṣavyāghra svasatyaparipālanam
They declare that there is no duty higher for a man than this, O tiger among men — the guarding of one's own truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.19
अग्निहोत्रमधीतं वा दानाद्याश्चाखिलाः क्रियाः । भजन्ते तस्य वैफल्यं यस्य वाक्यमकारणम्
agnihotramadhītaṃ vā dānādyāścākhilāḥ kriyāḥ / bhajante tasya vaiphalyaṃ yasya vākyamakāraṇam
The fire-oblation, or study, and all the rites of giving and the rest, come to fruitlessness for him whose word is of no effect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.20
सत्यमत्यन्तमुदितं धर्मशास्त्रेषु धीमताम् । तारणायानृतं तद्वत् पातनायाकृतात्मनाम्
satyamatyantamuditaṃ dharmaśāstreṣu dhīmatām / tāraṇāyānṛtaṃ tadvat pātanāyākṛtātmanām
Truth is exceedingly extolled in the law-books of the wise, for the carrying across (of men); and likewise falsehood, for the downfall of those whose selves are unformed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.21
सप्ताश्वमेधानाहृत्य राजसूयं च पार्थिवः । कृतिर्नाम च्युतः स्वर्गादसत्यवचनात् सकृत्
saptāśvamedhānāhṛtya rājasūyaṃ ca pārthivaḥ / kṛtirnāma cyutaḥ svargādasatyavacanāt sakṛt
A king named Kṛti, though he had performed seven horse-sacrifices and a rājasūya, fell from heaven because of one single false utterance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.22
राजन् जातमपत्यं मे इत्युक्त्वा प्ररुरोद ह । बाष्पाम्बुप्लुतनेत्रान्तामुवाचेदं महीपतिः
rājan jātamapatyaṃ me ityuktvā praruroda ha / bāṣpāmbuplutanetrāntāmuvācedaṃ mahīpatiḥ
"O king, a child has been born to me" — saying this she burst into weeping; and the lord of the earth said this to her, the corners of whose eyes were flooded with tear-water:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.23
विमुञ्च भद्रे सन्तापमयं तिष्ठति बालकः । उच्यतां वक्तुकामासि यद्वा त्वं गजगामिनि
vimuñca bhadre santāpamayaṃ tiṣṭhati bālakaḥ / ucyatāṃ vaktukāmāsi yadvā tvaṃ gajagāmini
"Let go of this grief, good lady; the boy is right here. Say what you wish to say, O you who walk like an elephant."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.24
राजन् जातमपत्यं मे सतां पुत्रफलाः स्त्रियः । स मां प्रदाय वित्तेन देहि विप्राय दक्षिणाम्
rājan jātamapatyaṃ me satāṃ putraphalāḥ striyaḥ / sa māṃ pradāya vittena dehi viprāya dakṣiṇām
"O king, a child has been born to me; for good women, sons are their fruit. So, having sold me for money, give the brahmin his fee."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.25
एतद्वाक्यमुपश्रुत्य ययौ मोहं महीपतिः । प्रतिलभ्य च संज्ञां स विललापातिदुः खितः
etadvākyamupaśrutya yayau mohaṃ mahīpatiḥ / pratilabhya ca saṃjñāṃ sa vilalāpātiduḥ khitaḥ
Hearing this speech, the lord of the earth fell into a swoon; and on regaining consciousness he lamented, exceedingly grieved:
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MkP 8.26
महद्दुः खमिदं भद्रे यत् त्वमेवं ब्रवीषि माम् । किं तव स्मितसंलापा मम पापस्य विस्मृताः
mahadduḥ khamidaṃ bhadre yat tvamevaṃ bravīṣi mām / kiṃ tava smitasaṃlāpā mama pāpasya vismṛtāḥ
"This is a great sorrow, good lady, that you speak to me thus. Have your smiling conversations with me, sinner that I am, been forgotten?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.27
हा हा कथं त्वया शक्यं वक्तुमेतत् शुचिस्मिते । दुर्वाच्यमेतद्वचनं कर्तुं शक्नोम्यहं कथम्
hā hā kathaṃ tvayā śakyaṃ vaktumetat śucismite / durvācyametadvacanaṃ kartuṃ śaknomyahaṃ katham
Alas, alas! How could you say this, O you of bright smile? This utterance is unspeakable — how can I do it?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.28
इत्युक्त्वा स नरश्रेष्ठो धिग्धिगित्यसकृद् ब्रुवन् । निपपात महीपृष्ठे मूर्च्छयाभिपरिप्लुतः
ityuktvā sa naraśreṣṭho dhigdhigityasakṛd bruvan / nipapāta mahīpṛṣṭhe mūrcchayābhipariplutaḥ
Having said this, that best of men, repeatedly crying "Shame, shame!", fell upon the surface of the earth, overwhelmed by a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.29
शयानं भुवि तं दृष्ट्वा हरिश्चन्द्रं महीपतिम् । उवाचेदं सकरुणं राजपत्नी सुदुः खिता
śayānaṃ bhuvi taṃ dṛṣṭvā hariścandraṃ mahīpatim / uvācedaṃ sakaruṇaṃ rājapatnī suduḥ khitā
Seeing him, King Hariścandra, lying on the ground, the king's wife, deeply grieved, said this pitifully:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.30
हा महारजा कस्येदमपध्यानमुपस्थितम् । यत् त्वं निपतितो भूमौ राङ्कवास्तरणोचितः
hā mahārajā kasyedamapadhyānamupasthitam / yat tvaṃ nipatito bhūmau rāṅkavāstaraṇocitaḥ
"Alas, great king! Whose ill-wishing has come upon (us), that you, fit for coverlets of antelope wool, have fallen on the ground?
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MkP 8.31
येन कोट्यग्रगोवित्तं विप्राणामपवर्जितम् । स एष पृथिवीनाथो भूमौ स्वपिति मे पतिः
yena koṭyagragovittaṃ viprāṇāmapavarjitam / sa eṣa pṛthivīnātho bhūmau svapiti me patiḥ
He by whom cattle and wealth beyond a crore were bestowed on brahmins — this same lord of the earth, my husband, sleeps on the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.32
हा कष्टं किं तवानेन कृतं देव ! महीक्षिता । यदिन्द्रोपेन्द्रतुल्यो ऽयं नीतः प्रस्वापनीं दशाम्
hā kaṣṭaṃ kiṃ tavānena kṛtaṃ deva ! mahīkṣitā / yadindropendratulyo 'yaṃ nītaḥ prasvāpanīṃ daśām
Alas, how hard! What has this ruler of the earth done to you, O god, that he, the equal of Indra and Upendra, has been brought to a state of insensibility?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.33
इत्युक्त्वा सापि सुश्रोणी मूर्च्छिता निपपात ह । भर्तृदुः खमहाभारेणासह्येन निपीडिता
ityuktvā sāpi suśroṇī mūrcchitā nipapāta ha / bhartṛduḥ khamahābhāreṇāsahyena nipīḍitā
Having said this, she too, the fair-hipped one, fell down in a swoon, crushed by the unbearable great weight of her husband's sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.34
तौ तथा पतितौ भूमावनाथौ पितरौ शिशुः । दृष्ट्वात्यन्तं क्षुधाविष्टः प्राह वाक्यं सुदुः खितः
tau tathā patitau bhūmāvanāthau pitarau śiśuḥ / dṛṣṭvātyantaṃ kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ prāha vākyaṃ suduḥ khitaḥ
Seeing his two parents thus fallen to the ground without a protector, the child, utterly overcome by hunger, spoke these words in great distress:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.35
तात तात ! ददस्वान्नमम्बाम्ब ! भोजनं दद । क्षुन्मे बलवती जाता जिह्वाग्रं शुष्यते तथा
tāta tāta ! dadasvānnamambāmba ! bhojanaṃ dada / kṣunme balavatī jātā jihvāgraṃ śuṣyate tathā
"Father, father, give me food! Mother, mother, give me something to eat! My hunger has grown strong, and the tip of my tongue is drying up."
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MkP 8.36
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे प्राप्तो विश्वामित्रो महातपाः । दृष्ट्वा तु तं हरिश्चन्द्रं पतितं भुवि मूर्च्छितम्
etasminnantare prāpto viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ / dṛṣṭvā tu taṃ hariścandraṃ patitaṃ bhuvi mūrcchitam
In this interval Viśvāmitra, of great austerities, arrived; and seeing that Hariścandra fallen senseless on the ground,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.37
स वारिणा समभ्युक्ष्य राजानमिदमब्रवीत् । उत्तिष्ठोतिष्ठ राजेन्द्र तां ददस्वेष्टदक्षिणाम्
sa vāriṇā samabhyukṣya rājānamidamabravīt / uttiṣṭhotiṣṭha rājendra tāṃ dadasveṣṭadakṣiṇām
he sprinkled the king with water and said this: "Rise, rise, chief of kings! Give that fee that (I) desire.
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MkP 8.38
ऋणं धारयतो दुः खमहन्यहनि वर्धन्ते । आप्याय्यमानः स तदा हिमशीतेन वारिणा
ṛṇaṃ dhārayato duḥ khamahanyahani vardhante / āpyāyyamānaḥ sa tadā himaśītena vāriṇā
For one who carries a debt, the sorrows increase day by day." Then he, being revived by that snow-cold water,
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MkP 8.39
अवाप्य चेतनां राजा विश्वामित्रमवेक्ष्य च । पुनर्मोहं समापेदे स च क्रोधं ययौ मुनिः
avāpya cetanāṃ rājā viśvāmitramavekṣya ca / punarmohaṃ samāpede sa ca krodhaṃ yayau muniḥ
and having regained consciousness, the king, on catching sight of Viśvāmitra, sank into a faint again; and the sage fell into anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.40
स समाश्वास्य राजानं वाक्यमाह द्विजोत्तमः । दीयतां दक्षिणा सा मे यदि धर्ममवेक्षसे
sa samāśvāsya rājānaṃ vākyamāha dvijottamaḥ / dīyatāṃ dakṣiṇā sā me yadi dharmamavekṣase
That best of twice-born ones, having consoled the king, spoke these words: "Let that fee be given to me, if you have regard for dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.41
सत्येनार्कः प्रतपति सत्ये तिष्ठति मेदिनी । सत्यं चोक्तं परो धर्मः स्वर्गः सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः
satyenārkaḥ pratapati satye tiṣṭhati medinī / satyaṃ coktaṃ paro dharmaḥ svargaḥ satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ
By truth the sun gives heat, on truth the earth stands firm; truth is declared to be the highest dharma, heaven rests upon truth.
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MkP 8.42
अश्वमेधसहस्रं च सत्यं च तुलया धृतम् । अश्वमेधसहस्राद्धि सत्यमेव विशिष्यते
aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam / aśvamedhasahasrāddhi satyameva viśiṣyate
A thousand horse-sacrifices and truth were held (once) in a balance: truth indeed surpasses a thousand horse-sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.43
अथवा किं ममैतेन साम्ना प्रोक्तेन कारणम् । अनार्त्ये पापसङ्कल्पे क्रूरे चानृतवादिनि
athavā kiṃ mamaitena sāmnā proktena kāraṇam / anārtye pāpasaṅkalpe krūre cānṛtavādini
Or rather, what purpose have I with these conciliatory words spoken to one who is ignoble, sinful in intention, cruel, and a speaker of untruth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.44
त्वयि राज्ञि प्रभवति सद्भावः श्रूयतामयम् । अद्य मे दक्षिणां राजन् न दास्यति भवान् यदि
tvayi rājñi prabhavati sadbhāvaḥ śrūyatāmayam / adya me dakṣiṇāṃ rājan na dāsyati bhavān yadi
If in you, being a king, a good disposition prevails, let this be heard: if today, O king, you will not give me the fee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.45
अस्ताचलं प्रयातेर्ऽके शप्स्यामि त्वां ततो ध्रुवम् । इत्युक्त्वा स ययौ विप्रो राजा चासीद्भयातुरः
astācalaṃ prayāter'ke śapsyāmi tvāṃ tato dhruvam / ityuktvā sa yayau vipro rājā cāsīdbhayāturaḥ
then, when the sun has gone to the mountain of setting, I shall surely curse you." Having said this the brahmin went away, and the king was stricken with fear,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.46
कान्दिग्भूतो ऽधमो निः स्वो नृशंसधनिनार्दितः । भार्यास्य भूयः प्राहेदं क्रियतां वचनं मम
kāndigbhūto 'dhamo niḥ svo nṛśaṃsadhaninārditaḥ / bhāryāsya bhūyaḥ prāhedaṃ kriyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama
panic-stricken, degraded, penniless, tormented by a merciless creditor. His wife again said this: "Let my word be carried out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.47
मा शापानलनिर्दग्धः पञ्चत्वमुपयास्यसि । स तथा चोद्यमानस्तु राजा पत्न्या पुनः पुनः
mā śāpānalanirdagdhaḥ pañcatvamupayāsyasi / sa tathā codyamānastu rājā patnyā punaḥ punaḥ
Do not, burnt up by the fire of the curse, come to your death." And the king, thus urged again and again by his wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.49
प्राह भद्रे करोम्येष विक्रयं तव निर्घृणः । नृशंसैरपि यद् कर्तुं न शक्यं तत् करोम्यहम् । ४८। यदि मे शक्यते वाणी वक्तुमीदृक् सुदुर्वचः । एवमुक्त्वा ततो भार्यां गत्वा नागरमातुरः । बाष्पापिहितकण्ठाक्षस्ततो वचनमब्रवीत्
prāha bhadre karomyeṣa vikrayaṃ tava nirghṛṇaḥ / nṛśaṃsairapi yad kartuṃ na śakyaṃ tat karomyaham / 48/ yadi me śakyate vāṇī vaktumīdṛk sudurvacaḥ / evamuktvā tato bhāryāṃ gatvā nāgaramāturaḥ / bāṣpāpihitakaṇṭhākṣastato vacanamabravīt
said: "Good lady, I, pitiless, will make a sale of you; what even cruel men are unable to do, that I do— [48] if my voice is able to speak such a thing, so very hard to utter." Having spoken thus to his wife, then, sorely afflicted, he went into the city, and, his throat and eyes choked with tears, he spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.50
भो भो नागरिकाः सर्वे शृणुध्वं वचनं मम । किं मां पृच्छथ कस्त्वं भो नृशंसो ऽहममानुषः
bho bho nāgarikāḥ sarve śṛṇudhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama / kiṃ māṃ pṛcchatha kastvaṃ bho nṛśaṃso 'hamamānuṣaḥ
"Ho, ho, all you citizens, hear my words! Why do you ask me, 'Who are you, sir?' I am a cruel man, not human,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.51
राक्षसो वातिकठिनस्ततः पापतरो ऽपि वा । विक्रेतुं दयितां प्राप्तो यो न प्राणांस्त्यजाम्यहम्
rākṣaso vātikaṭhinastataḥ pāpataro 'pi vā / vikretuṃ dayitāṃ prāpto yo na prāṇāṃstyajāmyaham
a rākṣasa, or harder than one, or even more sinful than that, who have come to sell my beloved and do not give up my life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.52
यदि वः कस्यचित् कार्यं दास्या प्राणेष्टया मम । स ब्रीवीतु त्वरायुक्तो यावत् सन्धारयाम्यहम्
yadi vaḥ kasyacit kāryaṃ dāsyā prāṇeṣṭayā mama / sa brīvītu tvarāyukto yāvat sandhārayāmyaham
If any one of you has need of a slave-woman dearer to me than life, let him speak in haste, while I still hold myself together."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.53
अथ वृद्धो द्विजः कश्चिदागत्याह नराधिपम् । समर्पयस्व मे दासीमहं क्रेता धनप्रदः
atha vṛddho dvijaḥ kaścidāgatyāha narādhipam / samarpayasva me dāsīmahaṃ kretā dhanapradaḥ
Then some old brahmin came and said to the lord of men: "Hand over the slave-woman to me; I am a buyer, and will pay money.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.54
अस्ति मे वित्तमस्तोकं सुकुमारी च मे प्रिया । गृहकर्म न शक्नोति कर्तुमस्मात् प्रयच्छ मे
asti me vittamastokaṃ sukumārī ca me priyā / gṛhakarma na śaknoti kartumasmāt prayaccha me
I have no small wealth, and my beloved is very young; she is unable to do the household work, therefore give (her) to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.55
कर्मण्यता-वयो-रूप-शीलानां तव योषितः । अनुरूपमिदं वित्तं गृहाणार्पय मे ऽबलाम्
karmaṇyatā-vayo-rūpa-śīlānāṃ tava yoṣitaḥ / anurūpamidaṃ vittaṃ gṛhāṇārpaya me 'balām
"This wealth is a fitting match for your woman's capacity for work, her age, her beauty and her character. Take it and hand the lady over to me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.56
एवमुक्तस्य विप्रेण हरिश्चन्द्रस्य भूपतेः । व्यदीर्यत मनो दुः खान्न चैनं किञ्चिदब्रवीत्
evamuktasya vipreṇa hariścandrasya bhūpateḥ / vyadīryata mano duḥ khānna cainaṃ kiñcidabravīt
When the brahmin had spoken thus to King Hariścandra, his mind was torn apart with grief, and he said nothing at all to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.57
ततः स विप्रो नृपतेर्वल्कलान्ते दृढं धनम् । बद्ध्वा केशेष्वथादाय नृपपत्नीमकर्षयत्
tataḥ sa vipro nṛpatervalkalānte dṛḍhaṃ dhanam / baddhvā keśeṣvathādāya nṛpapatnīmakarṣayat
Then that brahmin, having bound the money firmly in the hem of the king's bark garment, seized the king's wife by the hair and dragged her away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.58
रुरोद रोहिताश्वो ऽपि दृष्ट्वा कृष्टां तु मातरम् । हस्तेन वस्त्रमाकर्षन् काकपक्षधरः शिशुः
ruroda rohitāśvo 'pi dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṭāṃ tu mātaram / hastena vastramākarṣan kākapakṣadharaḥ śiśuḥ
And Rohitāśva too wept when he saw his mother being dragged off — a small boy wearing the side-locks, tugging at her garment with his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.59
मुञ्चार्य मुञ्च तावन्मां यावत्पश्याम्यहं शिशुम् । दुर्लभं दर्शनं तात पुनरस्य भविष्यति
muñcārya muñca tāvanmāṃ yāvatpaśyāmyahaṃ śiśum / durlabhaṃ darśanaṃ tāta punarasya bhaviṣyati
"Release me, noble sir, release me just long enough for me to look at my child; hard to come by, father, will his sight be again."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.60
पश्यैहि वत्स मामेवं मातरं दास्यतां गताम् । मां मा स्प्रार्क्षो राजपुत्र ! अस्पृश्याहं तवाधुना
paśyaihi vatsa māmevaṃ mātaraṃ dāsyatāṃ gatām / māṃ mā sprārkṣo rājaputra ! aspṛśyāhaṃ tavādhunā
"Come, look at me, child, your mother thus fallen into slavery. Do not touch me, prince! I am untouchable for you now."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.61
ततः स बालः सहसा दृष्ट्वा कृष्टां तु मातरम् । समभ्यधावदम्बेति रुदन् सास्त्राविलेक्षणः
tataḥ sa bālaḥ sahasā dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṭāṃ tu mātaram / samabhyadhāvadambeti rudan sāstrāvilekṣaṇaḥ
Then the boy, suddenly seeing his mother dragged away, ran up to her crying "Mother!", his eyes clouded with tears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.62
तमागतं द्विजः क्रोधाद्वालमभ्याहनत् पदा । वदंस्तथापि सो ऽम्बेति नैवामुञ्चत मातरम्
tamāgataṃ dvijaḥ krodhādvālamabhyāhanat padā / vadaṃstathāpi so 'mbeti naivāmuñcata mātaram
As the boy came, the brahmin struck him in anger with his foot; but even so, still saying "Mother!", he did not let go of his mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.63
राजपत्न्युवाच प्रसादं कुरु में नाथ क्रीणीष्वेमं च बालकम् । क्रीतापि नाहं भवतो विनैनं कार्यसाधिका
rājapatnyuvāca prasādaṃ kuru meṃ nātha krīṇīṣvemaṃ ca bālakam / krītāpi nāhaṃ bhavato vinainaṃ kāryasādhikā
The king's wife said: Show me favour, lord, and buy this boy too; even bought, I shall not be able to accomplish your work without him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.64
इत्थं ममाल्पभाग्यायाः प्रसादसुमुखो भव । मां संयोजय बालेन वत्सेनेव पयस्विनीम्
itthaṃ mamālpabhāgyāyāḥ prasādasumukho bhava / māṃ saṃyojaya bālena vatseneva payasvinīm
Thus be gracious of face toward me, who have little good fortune; unite me with the boy, as a milch cow with her calf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.65
गृह्यतां वित्तमेतत् ते दीयतां बालको मम । स्त्रीपुंसोर्धर्मशास्त्रज्ञैः कृतमेव हि वेतनम् । शतं सहस्रं लक्षं च कोटिमूल्यं तथा परैः
gṛhyatāṃ vittametat te dīyatāṃ bālako mama / strīpuṃsordharmaśāstrajñaiḥ kṛtameva hi vetanam / śataṃ sahasraṃ lakṣaṃ ca koṭimūlyaṃ tathā paraiḥ
"Let this money of yours be taken, and let my boy be given (to me). For the wage of a woman and a man has indeed been fixed by those who know the law-books: a hundred, a thousand, and a hundred thousand, and by others a price of ten million."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.66
तथैव तस्य तद्वित्तं बद्ध्वोत्तरपटे ततः । प्रगृह्य बालकं मात्रा सहैकस्थमबन्धयत्
tathaiva tasya tadvittaṃ baddhvottarapaṭe tataḥ / pragṛhya bālakaṃ mātrā sahaikasthamabandhayat
In just the same way he bound that money of his in the upper cloth, and then, taking hold of the boy, tied him together with his mother in one place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.67
नीयमानौ तु तौ दृष्ट्वा भार्या-पुत्रौ स पार्थिवः । विललाप सुदुः खार्तो निः श्वस्योष्णं पुनः पुनः
nīyamānau tu tau dṛṣṭvā bhāryā-putrau sa pārthivaḥ / vilalāpa suduḥ khārto niḥ śvasyoṣṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
But seeing those two, his wife and son, being led away, that king lamented, stricken with deep sorrow, sighing hotly again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.68
यां न वायुर्न चादित्यो नेन्दुर्न च पृथग्जनः । दृष्टवन्तः पुरा पत्नीं सेयं दासीत्वमागता
yāṃ na vāyurna cādityo nendurna ca pṛthagjanaḥ / dṛṣṭavantaḥ purā patnīṃ seyaṃ dāsītvamāgatā
She whom formerly neither the wind nor the sun nor the moon nor any common man had seen — that same wife of mine has come to slavery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.69
सूर्यवंशप्रसूतो ऽयं सुकुमारकराङ्गुलिः । सम्प्राप्तो विक्रयं बालो धिङ्मामस्तु सुदुर्मतिम्
sūryavaṃśaprasūto 'yaṃ sukumārakarāṅguliḥ / samprāpto vikrayaṃ bālo dhiṅmāmastu sudurmatim
This boy, born of the solar line, with his very tender fingers and hands, has come to being sold. Shame be upon me, of such evil mind!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.70
हा प्रिये ! हा शिशो ! नत्स ! ममानार्यस्य दुर्नयैः । दैवाधीनां दशां प्राप्तो न मृतो ऽस्मि तथापि धिक्
hā priye ! hā śiśo ! natsa ! mamānāryasya durnayaiḥ / daivādhīnāṃ daśāṃ prāpto na mṛto 'smi tathāpi dhik
Alas, beloved! Alas, child! Alas, son! By the misdeeds of me, an ignoble man, you have come to a condition subject to fate; and yet I am not dead — shame!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.71
एवं विलपतो राज्ञः स विप्रो ऽन्तरधीयत । वृक्षगेहादिभिस्तुङ्गैस्तावादाय त्वरान्वितः
evaṃ vilapato rājñaḥ sa vipro 'ntaradhīyata / vṛkṣagehādibhistuṅgaistāvādāya tvarānvitaḥ
While the king was lamenting thus, that brahmin vanished from sight, taking those two away in haste (screened) by tall trees, houses and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.72
विश्वामित्रस्ततः प्राप्तो नृपं वित्तमयाचत । तस्मै समर्पयामास हरिश्चन्द्रो ऽपि तद्धनम्
viśvāmitrastataḥ prāpto nṛpaṃ vittamayācata / tasmai samarpayāmāsa hariścandro 'pi taddhanam
Then Viśvāmitra arrived and asked the king for the money; and Hariścandra handed that wealth over to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.73
तद्वित्तं स्तोकमालोक्य दारविक्रयसम्भवम् । शोकाभिभूतं राजानं कुपितः कौशिको ऽब्रवीत्
tadvittaṃ stokamālokya dāravikrayasambhavam / śokābhibhūtaṃ rājānaṃ kupitaḥ kauśiko 'bravīt
Seeing that the money was little, got from the sale of his wife, the angry Kauśika said to the king, who was overwhelmed with grief:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.74
क्षत्रबन्धो ! ममेमां त्वं सदृशीं यज्ञदक्षिणाम् । मन्यसे यदि तत् क्षिप्रं पश्य त्वं मे बलं परम्
kṣatrabandho ! mamemāṃ tvaṃ sadṛśīṃ yajñadakṣiṇām / manyase yadi tat kṣipraṃ paśya tvaṃ me balaṃ param
"Wretched kṣatriya! If you think this a sacrificial fee worthy of me, then look quickly upon my supreme power."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.75
तपसो ऽत्र सुतप्तस्य ब्राह्मण्यस्यामलस्य च । मत्प्रभावस्य चोग्रस्य शुद्धस्याध्ययनस्य च
tapaso 'tra sutaptasya brāhmaṇyasyāmalasya ca / matprabhāvasya cograsya śuddhasyādhyayanasya ca
(Such is the power) of austerity well practised here, of my spotless brahminhood, of my fierce majesty, and of my pure Vedic study.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.76
अन्यां दास्यामि भगवन् ! कालः कश्चित्प्रतीक्ष्यताम् । साम्प्रतं नास्ति विक्रीता पत्नी पुत्रश्च बालकः
anyāṃ dāsyāmi bhagavan ! kālaḥ kaścitpratīkṣyatām / sāmprataṃ nāsti vikrītā patnī putraśca bālakaḥ
"I will give (you) another (fee), venerable one; let some time be waited for. At present there is none: my wife has been sold, and my son, a mere boy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.77
चतुर्भागः स्थितो यो ऽयं दिवसस्य नराधिप । एष एव प्रतीक्ष्यो मे वक्तव्यं नोत्तरं त्वया
caturbhāgaḥ sthito yo 'yaṃ divasasya narādhipa / eṣa eva pratīkṣyo me vaktavyaṃ nottaraṃ tvayā
"This quarter of the day that remains, O ruler of men — just this much will I wait for; and no reply is to be spoken by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.78
तमेवमुक्त्वा राजेन्द्रं निष्ठुरं निर्घृणं वचः । तदादाय धनं तूर्णं कुपितः कौशिको ययौ
tamevamuktvā rājendraṃ niṣṭhuraṃ nirghṛṇaṃ vacaḥ / tadādāya dhanaṃ tūrṇaṃ kupitaḥ kauśiko yayau
Having spoken to that king of kings such harsh and pitiless words, Kauśika angrily took that wealth and quickly went away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.79
विश्वामित्रे गते राजा भयशोकाब्धिमध्यगः । सर्वाकारं विनिश्चित्य प्रोवाचोच्चैरधोमुखः
viśvāmitre gate rājā bhayaśokābdhimadhyagaḥ / sarvākāraṃ viniścitya provācoccairadhomukhaḥ
When Viśvāmitra had gone, the king, sunk in the midst of an ocean of fear and grief, having considered every possibility, spoke aloud with his face bent down:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.80
वित्तक्रीतेन यो ह्यर्थो मया प्रेष्येण मानवः । स ब्रवीतु त्वरायुक्तो यावत् तपति भास्करः
vittakrītena yo hyartho mayā preṣyeṇa mānavaḥ / sa bravītu tvarāyukto yāvat tapati bhāskaraḥ
"If any man has need of a servant bought with money, let him speak quickly, while the sun still burns."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.81
अथाजगाम त्वरितो धर्मश्चण्डालरूपधृक् । दुर्गन्धो विकृतो रूक्षः श्मश्रुलो दन्तुरो घृणी
athājagāma tvarito dharmaścaṇḍālarūpadhṛk / durgandho vikṛto rūkṣaḥ śmaśrulo danturo ghṛṇī
Then Dharma came in haste, wearing the form of a caṇḍāla: foul-smelling, deformed, rough, bearded, with protruding teeth, loathsome;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.82
कृष्णो लम्बोदरः पिङ्गरूक्षाक्षः परुषाक्षरः । गृहीतपक्षिपुञ्जश्च शवमाल्यैरलङ्कृतः
kṛṣṇo lambodaraḥ piṅgarūkṣākṣaḥ paruṣākṣaraḥ / gṛhītapakṣipuñjaśca śavamālyairalaṅkṛtaḥ
black, pot-bellied, with tawny harsh eyes, harsh of speech, holding a bundle of (dead) birds, adorned with garlands from corpses;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.83
कपालहस्तो दीर्घास्यो भैरवो ऽतिवदन् मुहुः । श्वगणाभिवृतो घोरो यष्टिहस्तो निराकृतिः
kapālahasto dīrghāsyo bhairavo 'tivadan muhuḥ / śvagaṇābhivṛto ghoro yaṣṭihasto nirākṛtiḥ
a skull in his hand, long-faced, terrifying, shouting again and again, surrounded by a pack of dogs, dreadful, staff in hand, misshapen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.84
अहमर्थो त्वया शीघ्रं कथयस्वात्मवेतनम् । स्तोकेन बहुना वापि येन वै लभ्यते भवान्
ahamartho tvayā śīghraṃ kathayasvātmavetanam / stokena bahunā vāpi yena vai labhyate bhavān
"I have need (of a servant); tell me quickly your own price — for little or for much, whatever it is by which you can be got."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.85
तं तादृशमथालक्ष्य क्रूरदृष्टिं सुनिष्ठुरम् । वदन्तमतिदुः शीलं कस्त्वमित्याह पार्थिवः
taṃ tādṛśamathālakṣya krūradṛṣṭiṃ suniṣṭhuram / vadantamatiduḥ śīlaṃ kastvamityāha pārthivaḥ
Then, observing him of such a sort, of cruel gaze, most harsh, speaking in that very ill-mannered way, the king said, "Who are you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.86
चण्डालो ऽहमिहाख्यातः प्रवीरेति पुरोत्तमे । विख्यातो वध्यवधको मृतकम्बलहारकः
caṇḍālo 'hamihākhyātaḥ pravīreti purottame / vikhyāto vadhyavadhako mṛtakambalahārakaḥ
"I am a caṇḍāla, known here in this best of cities as Pravīra, renowned as an executioner of the condemned and a carrier off of the blankets of the dead."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.87
नाहं चण्डालदासत्वमिच्छेयं सुविगर्हितम् । वरं सापाग्निना दग्धो न चण्डालवशं गतः
nāhaṃ caṇḍāladāsatvamiccheyaṃ suvigarhitam / varaṃ sāpāgninā dagdho na caṇḍālavaśaṃ gataḥ
"I would not wish for the utterly reviled condition of being a caṇḍāla's slave. Better to be burnt by the fire of a curse than to fall under a caṇḍāla's control."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.88
तस्यैवं वदतः प्राप्तो विश्वामित्रस्तपोनिधिः । कोपामर्षविवृताक्षः प्राह चेदं नराधैपम्
tasyaivaṃ vadataḥ prāpto viśvāmitrastaponidhiḥ / kopāmarṣavivṛtākṣaḥ prāha cedaṃ narādhaipam
While he was speaking thus, Viśvāmitra, that treasury of austerity, arrived, and, his eyes wide with anger and indignation, said this to the lord of men:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.89
चण्डालो ऽयमनल्पं ते दातुं वित्तमुपस्थितः । कस्मान्न दीयते मह्यमशेषा यज्ञदक्षिणा
caṇḍālo 'yamanalpaṃ te dātuṃ vittamupasthitaḥ / kasmānna dīyate mahyamaśeṣā yajñadakṣiṇā
"This caṇḍāla has come forward to give you no small sum of money. Why is the sacrificial fee not given to me in full?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.90
भगवन् ! सूर्यवंशोत्थमात्मानं वेद्मे कौशिक । कथं चण्डालदासत्वं गमिष्ये वित्तकामुकः
bhagavan ! sūryavaṃśotthamātmānaṃ vedme kauśika / kathaṃ caṇḍāladāsatvaṃ gamiṣye vittakāmukaḥ
"Venerable one! I know myself to be sprung from the solar line, Kauśika. How, out of desire for money, shall I go into the slavery of a caṇḍāla?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.91
यदि चण्डालवित्तं त्वमात्मविक्रयजं मम । न प्रदास्यसि कालेन शाप्स्यामि त्वामसंशयम्
yadi caṇḍālavittaṃ tvamātmavikrayajaṃ mama / na pradāsyasi kālena śāpsyāmi tvāmasaṃśayam
"If you do not give me the caṇḍāla's money arising from the sale of yourself within the (appointed) time, I shall certainly curse you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.92
हरिश्चन्द्रस्ततो राजा चिन्तावस्थितजीवितः । प्रसीदेति वदन् पादावृषेर्जग्राह विह्वलः
hariścandrastato rājā cintāvasthitajīvitaḥ / prasīdeti vadan pādāvṛṣerjagrāha vihvalaḥ
Then King Hariścandra, his life hanging in anxiety, overwhelmed, saying "Be gracious!", seized the feet of the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.93
दासो ऽस्म्यार्तो ऽस्मि भीतो ऽस्मि त्वद्भक्तश्च विशेषतः । कुरु प्रसादं विप्रर्षे कष्टश्चण्डालसङ्करः
dāso 'smyārto 'smi bhīto 'smi tvadbhaktaśca viśeṣataḥ / kuru prasādaṃ viprarṣe kaṣṭaścaṇḍālasaṅkaraḥ
"I am (your) slave, I am afflicted, I am afraid, and I am especially your devotee. Show favour, O brahmin sage: contact with a caṇḍāla is a hard thing."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.94
भवेयं वित्तशेषेण सर्वकर्मकरो वशः । तवैव मुनिशार्दूल ! प्रेष्यश्चित्तानुवर्तकः
bhaveyaṃ vittaśeṣeṇa sarvakarmakaro vaśaḥ / tavaiva muniśārdūla ! preṣyaścittānuvartakaḥ
"For the remainder of the money I would become your subject servant, doer of every task, O tiger among sages, an attendant conforming to your wishes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.95
यदि प्रेष्यो मम भवान् चण्डालाय ततो मया । दासभावमनुप्राप्तो दत्तो वित्तार्बुदेन वै
yadi preṣyo mama bhavān caṇḍālāya tato mayā / dāsabhāvamanuprāpto datto vittārbudena vai
"If you are to be my servant, then by me you are handed over to a Caṇḍāla for a hundred million in wealth, having entered the condition of a slave."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.96
एकमुक्ते तदा तेन श्वपाको हृष्टमानसः । विश्वामित्राय तद्द्रव्यं दत्त्वा बद्ध्वा नरेश्वरम्
ekamukte tadā tena śvapāko hṛṣṭamānasaḥ / viśvāmitrāya taddravyaṃ dattvā baddhvā nareśvaram
When (the king) had said "So be it," the dog-cooker (Caṇḍāla), glad at heart, gave that wealth to Viśvāmitra and bound the lord of men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.97
दण्डप्रहारसम्भ्रान्तमतीव व्याकुलेन्द्रियम् । इष्टबन्धुवियोगार्तमनयन्निजपत्तनम्
daṇḍaprahārasambhrāntamatīva vyākulendriyam / iṣṭabandhuviyogārtamanayannijapattanam
and (thus) bewildered by the blows of his staff, his senses utterly distraught, stricken with grief at separation from his dear kin, he led him to his own settlement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.98
हरिश्चन्द्रस्ततो राजा वसंश्चण्डालपत्तने । प्रातर्मध्याह्नसमये सायञ्चैतदगायत
hariścandrastato rājā vasaṃścaṇḍālapattane / prātarmadhyāhnasamaye sāyañcaitadagāyata
Then king Hariścandra, dwelling in the Caṇḍāla settlement, at morning, at midday and at evening, would sing this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.99
बाला दीनमुखी दृष्ट्वा बालं दीनमुखं पुरः । मां स्मरत्यसुखाविष्टा मोचयिष्यति नौ नृपः
bālā dīnamukhī dṛṣṭvā bālaṃ dīnamukhaṃ puraḥ / māṃ smaratyasukhāviṣṭā mocayiṣyati nau nṛpaḥ
"The girl (my wife), her face wretched, seeing before her the boy with his wretched face, remembers me, overcome with misery: 'the king will set us two free.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.100
उपात्तवित्तो विप्राय दत्त्वा वित्तमतो ऽधिकम् । न सा मां मृगशावाक्षी वेत्ति पापतरं कृतम्
upāttavitto viprāya dattvā vittamato 'dhikam / na sā māṃ mṛgaśāvākṣī vetti pāpataraṃ kṛtam
Having received the money and given the brahmin money beyond that, she, doe-eyed, does not know of the still greater sin I have committed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.101
राज्यनाशः सुहृत्त्यागो भर्यातनयविक्रयः । प्राप्ता चण्डालता चेयमहो दुः खपरम्परा
rājyanāśaḥ suhṛttyāgo bharyātanayavikrayaḥ / prāptā caṇḍālatā ceyamaho duḥ khaparamparā
Loss of kingdom, abandonment by friends, the selling of wife and son, and this Caṇḍāla state that has befallen me — alas, what a succession of sorrows!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.102
एवं स निवसन् नित्यं सस्मार दयितं सुतम् । आर्याञ्चात्मसमाविष्टां हृतसर्वस्व आतुरः
evaṃ sa nivasan nityaṃ sasmāra dayitaṃ sutam / āryāñcātmasamāviṣṭāṃ hṛtasarvasva āturaḥ
Thus dwelling there he constantly remembered his beloved son and his noble wife, who was as devoted to him as his own self — robbed of all he had, and suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.103
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य मृतचेलापहारकः । हरिश्चन्द्रो ऽभवद्राजा श्मशाने तद्वशानुगः
kasyacittvatha kālasya mṛtacelāpahārakaḥ / hariścandro 'bhavadrājā śmaśāne tadvaśānugaḥ
Then after some time king Hariścandra became a taker of the garments of the dead in the cremation ground, subject to that man's will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.104
चण्डालेनानुशिष्टश्व मृतचेलापहारिणा । शवागमनमन्विच्छन्निह तिष्ठ दिवानिशम्
caṇḍālenānuśiṣṭaśva mṛtacelāpahāriṇā / śavāgamanamanvicchanniha tiṣṭha divāniśam
And he was instructed by the Caṇḍāla, himself a taker of the dead's garments: "Stay here day and night, watching for the arrival of corpses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.105
इदं राज्ञे ऽपि देयञ्च षड्भागन्तु शवं प्रति । त्रयस्तु मम भागाः स्युर्द्वो भागौ तव वेतनम्
idaṃ rājñe 'pi deyañca ṣaḍbhāgantu śavaṃ prati / trayastu mama bhāgāḥ syurdvo bhāgau tava vetanam
And a sixth part of this is to be given to the king for each corpse; three parts shall be mine, and two parts your wage."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.106
इति प्रतिसमादिष्टो जगाम शवमन्दिरम् । दिशन्तु दक्षिणां यत्र वाराणस्यां स्थितं तदा
iti pratisamādiṣṭo jagāma śavamandiram / diśantu dakṣiṇāṃ yatra vārāṇasyāṃ sthitaṃ tadā
Thus commanded, he went to the abode of corpses, which was then situated in the southern quarter at Vārāṇasī:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.107
श्मशानं घोरसंनादं शिवाशतसमाकुलम् । शवमौलिसमाकीर्णं दुर्गन्धं बहुधूमकम्
śmaśānaṃ ghorasaṃnādaṃ śivāśatasamākulam / śavamaulisamākīrṇaṃ durgandhaṃ bahudhūmakam
a cremation ground of horrible clamour, thronged with hundreds of jackals, strewn with the skulls of corpses, foul-smelling, full of smoke,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.108
पिशाच-भूत-वेताल-डाकिनी-यक्षसङ्कुलम् । गृध्रगोमायुसङ्कीर्णं श्ववृन्दपरिवारितम्
piśāca-bhūta-vetāla-ḍākinī-yakṣasaṅkulam / gṛdhragomāyusaṅkīrṇaṃ śvavṛndaparivāritam
crowded with piśācas, ghosts, vetālas, ḍākinīs and yakṣas, thick with vultures and jackals, ringed about by packs of dogs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.109
अस्थिसंघातसङ्कीर्णं महादुर्गन्धसंकुलम् । नानामृतसुहृन्नाद-रौद्रकोलाहलायुतम्
asthisaṃghātasaṅkīrṇaṃ mahādurgandhasaṃkulam / nānāmṛtasuhṛnnāda-raudrakolāhalāyutam
strewn with masses of bones, filled with a great stench, resounding with the varied cries of the friends of the dead and with dreadful uproar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.110
हा पुत्र ! मित्र ! हा बन्धो ! भ्रातर्वत्स ! प्रियाद्य मे । हा पते ! भगिनि ! मातर्हा मातुल ! पितामह
hā putra ! mitra ! hā bandho ! bhrātarvatsa ! priyādya me / hā pate ! bhagini ! mātarhā mātula ! pitāmaha
"Alas, son! Friend! Alas, kinsman! Brother! Child! My beloved, today! Alas, husband! Sister! Mother! Alas, uncle! Grandfather!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.113
मातामह ! पितः ! क्व गतो ऽस्येहि बान्धव । इत्येवं वदतां यत्र ध्वनिः संश्रुयते महान् ॥ मर्क्प्_८।१११ ॥ ज्वलन्मांस-वसा-मेदच्छमच्छमितसंकुलम् ॥ मर्क्प्_८।११२ ॥ अर्धदग्धाः शवाः श्यामा विकसद्दन्तपङ्क्तयः । हसन्तीवाग्निमध्यस्थाः कायस्येयं दशा त्विति
mātāmaha ! pitaḥ ! kva gato 'syehi bāndhava / ityevaṃ vadatāṃ yatra dhvaniḥ saṃśruyate mahān // markp_8.111 // jvalanmāṃsa-vasā-medacchamacchamitasaṃkulam // markp_8.112 // ardhadagdhāḥ śavāḥ śyāmā vikasaddantapaṅktayaḥ / hasantīvāgnimadhyasthāḥ kāyasyeyaṃ daśā tviti
Grandfather! Father! Where have you gone? Come, kinsman!" — where the great noise of those speaking thus is heard; (a place) thick with the hissing and sputtering of burning flesh, fat and marrow; where corpses half burnt and blackened, their rows of teeth exposed, standing amid the fire seem to laugh, as if to say, "Such is the condition of the body";
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.114
अग्नेश्चटचटाशब्दो वयसामस्थिपङ्क्तिषु । बान्धवाक्रान्दशब्दश्च पुक्कसेषु प्रहर्षजः
agneścaṭacaṭāśabdo vayasāmasthipaṅktiṣu / bāndhavākrāndaśabdaśca pukkaseṣu praharṣajaḥ
(there) the crackling sound of the fire, the birds among the rows of bones, the sound of the wailing of kinsmen, and among the Pukkasas (the noise) born of delight;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.115
गायतां भूत-वेताल-पिशाचगणः रक्षसाम् । श्रूयते सुमहान् घोरः कल्पान्त इव निः स्वनः
gāyatāṃ bhūta-vetāla-piśācagaṇaḥ rakṣasām / śrūyate sumahān ghoraḥ kalpānta iva niḥ svanaḥ
the very loud and terrible din of ghosts, vetālas, troops of piśācas and rākṣasas singing is heard there, like (the roar) at the end of an aeon;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.116
महामहिषकारीष-गोशकृद्राशिसङ्कुलम् । तदुत्थभस्मकूटैश्च वृतं सास्थिभिरुन्नतैः
mahāmahiṣakārīṣa-gośakṛdrāśisaṅkulam / tadutthabhasmakūṭaiśca vṛtaṃ sāsthibhirunnataiḥ
crowded with heaps of great buffalo-dung cakes and cow-dung, and encircled by tall mounds of the ashes arising from them, together with bones;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.117
नानोपहारस्त्रग्दीप-काकविक्षेपकालिकम् । अनेकशब्दबहुलं श्मशानं नरकायते
nānopahārastragdīpa-kākavikṣepakālikam / anekaśabdabahulaṃ śmaśānaṃ narakāyate
Blackened by crows scattering the various offerings, garlands and lamps, filled with many kinds of noise, the cremation ground behaves like a hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.118
सवह्निगर्भैरशिवैः शिवारुतैर् निनादितं भीषणरावगह्वरम् । भयं भयस्याप्युपसञ्जनैर्भृशं श्मशानमाक्रन्दविरावदारुणम्
savahnigarbhairaśivaiḥ śivārutair nināditaṃ bhīṣaṇarāvagahvaram / bhayaṃ bhayasyāpyupasañjanairbhṛśaṃ śmaśānamākrandavirāvadāruṇam
Resounding with inauspicious jackal-howls that carry fire within them, a cavern of terrifying cries, a place that brings fear even to fear itself, exceedingly (dreadful): the cremation ground, harsh with wailing and shrieking.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.119
स राजा तत्र सम्प्राप्तो दुः खितः शोचनोद्यतः । हा भृत्या मन्त्रिणो विप्राः तद्राज्यं विधे गतम्
sa rājā tatra samprāpto duḥ khitaḥ śocanodyataḥ / hā bhṛtyā mantriṇo viprāḥ tadrājyaṃ vidhe gatam
That king, arrived there, grieving and given over to lament: "Alas, my servants, ministers, brahmins! O Fate, that kingdom is gone!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.120
हा शैव्ये पुत्र हा बाल मां त्यक्त्वा मन्दभाग्यकम् । विश्वामित्रस्य दोषेण गताः कुत्रापि ते मम
hā śaivye putra hā bāla māṃ tyaktvā mandabhāgyakam / viśvāmitrasya doṣeṇa gatāḥ kutrāpi te mama
"Alas, Śaivyā! Alas, my son, my child! Having abandoned me, an ill-fortuned man, through the fault of Viśvāmitra you, who are mine, have gone somewhere."
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MkP 8.121
इत्येवं चिन्तयंस्तत्र चण्डालोक्तं पुनः पुनः । मलिनो रूक्षसर्वाङ्गः केशवान् गन्धवान् ध्वजी
ityevaṃ cintayaṃstatra caṇḍāloktaṃ punaḥ punaḥ / malino rūkṣasarvāṅgaḥ keśavān gandhavān dhvajī
Thinking thus there, (recalling) again and again what the caṇḍāla had said—filthy, rough in every limb, shaggy-haired, foul-smelling, carrying a flag,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.122
लकुटी कालकल्पश्च धावंश्चापि ततस्ततः । अस्मिन् शव इदं मूल्यं प्राप्तं प्राप्स्यामि चाप्युत
lakuṭī kālakalpaśca dhāvaṃścāpi tatastataḥ / asmin śava idaṃ mūlyaṃ prāptaṃ prāpsyāmi cāpyuta
club in hand and like Death itself, and running about here and there: "On this corpse this fee has been obtained, and this too I shall obtain;
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MkP 8.123
इदं मम इदं राज्ञे मुख्यचण्डालके त्विदम् । इति धावन् दिशो राजा जीवन् योन्यन्तरं गतः
idaṃ mama idaṃ rājñe mukhyacaṇḍālake tvidam / iti dhāvan diśo rājā jīvan yonyantaraṃ gataḥ
this is mine, this is the king's, and this is the head caṇḍāla's"—thus the king, running in all directions, had while still alive entered another mode of existence.
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MkP 8.124
जीर्णकर्पण्टसुग्रन्थि-कृतकन्थापरिग्रहः चिताभस्मरजोलिप्त-मुखबाहूदराङिघ्रकः
jīrṇakarpaṇṭasugranthi-kṛtakanthāparigrahaḥ citābhasmarajolipta-mukhabāhūdarāṅighrakaḥ
Wrapped in a patchwork garment made of worn rags tightly knotted together, his face, arms, belly and feet smeared with the dust and ash of the pyres,
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MkP 8.125
नानामेदो-वसा-मज्जा लिप्तपाण्यङ्गुलिः श्वसन् । नानाशवोदनकृता-हारतृप्तिपरायणः
nānāmedo-vasā-majjā liptapāṇyaṅguliḥ śvasan / nānāśavodanakṛtā-hāratṛptiparāyaṇaḥ
his hands and fingers smeared with all sorts of fat, grease and marrow, panting, wholly devoted to satisfying his hunger with the rice-food (offered) for the various corpses,
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MkP 8.126
तदीयमाल्यसंश्लेषकृतमस्तकमण्डनः । न रात्रौ न दिवा शेते हा हेति प्रवदन् मुहुः
tadīyamālyasaṃśleṣakṛtamastakamaṇḍanaḥ / na rātrau na divā śete hā heti pravadan muhuḥ
his head adorned by fastening on the garlands belonging to those (corpses), he sleeps neither by night nor by day, uttering "alas, alas" again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.127
एवं द्वादशमासास्तु नीताः शतसमोपमाः । स कदाचिन्नृपश्रेष्ठः श्रान्तो बन्धुवियोगवान्
evaṃ dvādaśamāsāstu nītāḥ śatasamopamāḥ / sa kadācinnṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ śrānto bandhuviyogavān
In this way twelve months were passed, like a hundred years. Once that best of kings, worn out and bereft of his kin,
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MkP 8.128
निद्राभिभूतो रूक्षाङ्गो निश्चेष्टः सुप्त एव च । तत्रापि शयनीये स दृष्टवानद्भुतं हमत्
nidrābhibhūto rūkṣāṅgo niśceṣṭaḥ supta eva ca / tatrāpi śayanīye sa dṛṣṭavānadbhutaṃ hamat
overcome by sleep, rough-limbed, motionless and fast asleep—there too, upon his bed, he saw something wondrous and great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.129
श्मशानाभ्यासयोगेन दैवस्य बलवत्तया । अन्यदेहेन दत्त्वा तु गुरवे गुरुदक्षिणाम्
śmaśānābhyāsayogena daivasya balavattayā / anyadehena dattvā tu gurave gurudakṣiṇām
By his (long) habituation to the cremation ground, and by the power of fate, having given the teacher's fee to the teacher with another body—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.130
तदा द्वादश वर्षाणि दुः खदानात्तु निष्कृतिः । आत्मानं स ददर्शाथ पुक्कसीगर्भसम्भवम्
tadā dvādaśa varṣāṇi duḥ khadānāttu niṣkṛtiḥ / ātmānaṃ sa dadarśātha pukkasīgarbhasambhavam
then, after twelve years, release (came) through the giving of that suffering; and thereupon he saw himself as born from the womb of a pukkasī woman.
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MkP 8.131
तत्रस्थश्चाप्यसौ राजा सो ऽचिन्तयदिदं तदा । इतो निष्क्रान्तमात्रो हि दानधर्मं करोम्यहम्
tatrasthaścāpyasau rājā so 'cintayadidaṃ tadā / ito niṣkrāntamātro hi dānadharmaṃ karomyaham
And that king, while still within (the womb), thought this at that time: "The very moment I come out from here, I shall practise the duty of giving."
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MkP 8.132
अनन्तरं स जातस्तु तदा पुक्कसबालकः । श्मशानमृतसंस्कार-करणेषु सदोद्यतः
anantaraṃ sa jātastu tadā pukkasabālakaḥ / śmaśānamṛtasaṃskāra-karaṇeṣu sadodyataḥ
Immediately after that he was born as a pukkasa boy, always occupied in performing the funeral rites of the dead at the cremation ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.133
प्राप्ते तु सप्तमे वर्षे श्मशाने ऽथ मृतो द्विजः । आनीतो बन्धुभिर्दृष्टस्तेन तत्राधनो गुणी
prāpte tu saptame varṣe śmaśāne 'tha mṛto dvijaḥ / ānīto bandhubhirdṛṣṭastena tatrādhano guṇī
When his seventh year had come, a dead brahmin was brought by his kinsmen to the cremation ground; there he saw a man of good qualities but without wealth.
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MkP 8.134
मूल्यार्थिना तु तेनापि परिभूतास्तु ब्राह्मणाः । ऊचुस्ते ब्राह्मणास्तत्र विश्वामित्रस्य चेष्टितम्
mūlyārthinā tu tenāpi paribhūtāstu brāhmaṇāḥ / ūcuste brāhmaṇāstatra viśvāmitrasya ceṣṭitam
But by him, who demanded the fee, the brahmins were slighted; those brahmins there spoke of Viśvāmitra's doing.
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MkP 8.135
पापिष्ठमशुभं कर्म कुरु त्वं पापकारक । हरिश्चन्द्रः पुरा राजा विश्वामित्रेण पुक्कसः
pāpiṣṭhamaśubhaṃ karma kuru tvaṃ pāpakāraka / hariścandraḥ purā rājā viśvāmitreṇa pukkasaḥ
"Do this most sinful, inauspicious deed, you doer of evil! Formerly the king Hariścandra was made a pukkasa by Viśvāmitra,
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MkP 8.136
कृतः पुण्यविनाशेन ब्राह्मणस्वापनाशनात् । यदा न क्षमते तेषां तैः स शप्तो रुषा तदा
kṛtaḥ puṇyavināśena brāhmaṇasvāpanāśanāt / yadā na kṣamate teṣāṃ taiḥ sa śapto ruṣā tadā
made so through the destruction of his merit, because of the destruction of brahmins' property. When he did not endure (the demands) of those (brahmins), he was then cursed by them in anger."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.137
गच्छ त्वं नरकं घोरमधुनैव नराधम । इत्युक्तमात्रे वचने स्वप्नस्थः स नृपस्तदा
gaccha tvaṃ narakaṃ ghoramadhunaiva narādhama / ityuktamātre vacane svapnasthaḥ sa nṛpastadā
"Go this very moment to a terrible hell, lowest of men!" — the words having barely been spoken, that king, being then in a dream,
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MkP 8.138
अपश्यद्यमदूतान् वै पाशहस्तान् भयावहान् । तैः संगृहीतमात्मानं नीयमानं तदा बलात्
apaśyadyamadūtān vai pāśahastān bhayāvahān / taiḥ saṃgṛhītamātmānaṃ nīyamānaṃ tadā balāt
saw the messengers of Yama, nooses in hand, fearsome; and (saw) himself seized by them and then dragged away by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.139
पश्यति स्म भृशं खिन्नो हा मातः पितरद्य मे । एवंवादी स नरके तैलद्रोण्यां निपातितः
paśyati sma bhṛśaṃ khinno hā mātaḥ pitaradya me / evaṃvādī sa narake tailadroṇyāṃ nipātitaḥ
He saw (this), utterly distressed: "Alas, mother! Alas, my father!" Speaking thus, he was flung in hell into a vat of oil,
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MkP 8.140
क्रकचैः पाट्यमानस्तु क्षुरधाराभिरप्यधः । अन्धे तमसि दुः खार्तः पूयशोणितभोजनः
krakacaiḥ pāṭyamānastu kṣuradhārābhirapyadhaḥ / andhe tamasi duḥ khārtaḥ pūyaśoṇitabhojanaḥ
and split with saws, and below too with razor-edges; in blind darkness, tormented by pain, feeding on pus and blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.141
सप्तवर्षं मृतात्मानं पुक्कसत्वे ददर्श ह । दिनं दिनन्तु नरके दह्यते पच्यते ऽन्यतः
saptavarṣaṃ mṛtātmānaṃ pukkasatve dadarśa ha / dinaṃ dinantu narake dahyate pacyate 'nyataḥ
He saw himself, dead at seven years, (reborn) in the state of a Pukkasa; and day by day in hell he is burnt, and elsewhere he is cooked;
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MkP 8.142
खिद्यते क्षोभ्यते ऽन्यत्र मार्यते पाट्यते ऽन्यतः । क्षार्यते दीप्यते ऽन्यत्र शीतवाताहतो ऽन्यतः
khidyate kṣobhyate 'nyatra māryate pāṭyate 'nyataḥ / kṣāryate dīpyate 'nyatra śītavātāhato 'nyataḥ
he is tormented, elsewhere shaken, elsewhere killed, elsewhere torn apart; elsewhere he is burnt with caustic, elsewhere set aflame, elsewhere struck by icy wind.
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MkP 8.143
एवं दिनं वर्षशत-प्रमाणं नरके ऽभवत् । तथा वर्षशतं तत्र श्रीवितं नरके भटैः
evaṃ dinaṃ varṣaśata-pramāṇaṃ narake 'bhavat / tathā varṣaśataṃ tatra śrīvitaṃ narake bhaṭaiḥ
Thus a (single) day in hell became the measure of a hundred years; and so for a hundred years there he was (cooked) in hell by the (hell-)servants.
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MkP 8.144
ततो निपातितो भूमौ विष्ठाशी श्वा व्यजायत । वान्ताशी शीतदग्धश्च मासमात्रे मृतो ऽपि सः
tato nipātito bhūmau viṣṭhāśī śvā vyajāyata / vāntāśī śītadagdhaśca māsamātre mṛto 'pi saḥ
Then, cast down onto the earth, he was born a dog eating excrement; eating vomit and scorched by cold, he died in just a month.
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MkP 8.145
अथापश्यत् खरं देहं हस्तिनं वानरं पशुम् । छागं विडालं कङ्कञ्च गामविं पक्षिणं कृमिम्
athāpaśyat kharaṃ dehaṃ hastinaṃ vānaraṃ paśum / chāgaṃ viḍālaṃ kaṅkañca gāmaviṃ pakṣiṇaṃ kṛmim
Then he saw (himself in) the body of an ass, an elephant, a monkey, a beast, a goat, a cat, a heron, a cow, a sheep, a bird, a worm,
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MkP 8.146
मत्स्यं कूर्मं वराहञ्च श्वाविधं कुक्कुटं शुकम् । शारिकां स्थावरांश्चैव सर्पमन्यांश्व देहिनः
matsyaṃ kūrmaṃ varāhañca śvāvidhaṃ kukkuṭaṃ śukam / śārikāṃ sthāvarāṃścaiva sarpamanyāṃśva dehinaḥ
a fish, a tortoise, a boar, a porcupine, a cock, a parrot, a myna, and even immobile beings, a snake, and other embodied creatures.
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MkP 8.147
दिवसे दिवसे जन्म प्राणिनः प्राणिनस्तदा । अपश्यद् दुः खसन्तप्तो दिनं वर्षशतं तथा
divase divase janma prāṇinaḥ prāṇinastadā / apaśyad duḥ khasantapto dinaṃ varṣaśataṃ tathā
Day after day, then, he saw birth as one creature after another, scorched with pain — and (each) day was likewise a hundred years.
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MkP 8.148
एवं वर्षशतं पूर्णं गतं तत्र कुयोनिषु । अपश्यच्च कदाचित् स राजा तत् स्वकुलोद्भवम्
evaṃ varṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ gataṃ tatra kuyoniṣu / apaśyacca kadācit sa rājā tat svakulodbhavam
Thus a full hundred years passed there among evil births; and once that king saw one born in his own family.
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MkP 8.149
तत्र स्थितस्य तस्यापि राज्यं द्यूतेन हारितम् । भार्या हृता च पुत्रश्च स चैकाकी वनं गतः
tatra sthitasya tasyāpi rājyaṃ dyūtena hāritam / bhāryā hṛtā ca putraśca sa caikākī vanaṃ gataḥ
While he was staying there, his kingdom too was lost at dice; his wife was carried off, and his son as well, and he went alone to the forest.
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MkP 8.150
तत्रापश्यत स सिंहं वै व्यादितास्यं भयावहम् । बिभक्षयिषुमायातं शरभेण समन्वितम्
tatrāpaśyata sa siṃhaṃ vai vyāditāsyaṃ bhayāvaham / bibhakṣayiṣumāyātaṃ śarabheṇa samanvitam
There he saw a lion, its mouth gaping, terrifying, coming to devour (him), accompanied by a śarabha.
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MkP 8.151
पुनश्च भक्षितः सो ऽपि भार्यां शोचितुमुद्यतः । हा शैव्ये ! क्व गतास्यद्य मामिहापास्य दुः खितम्
punaśca bhakṣitaḥ so 'pi bhāryāṃ śocitumudyataḥ / hā śaivye ! kva gatāsyadya māmihāpāsya duḥ khitam
And again he was devoured, (and) set about grieving for his wife: "Alas, Śaivyā! Where have you gone today, abandoning me here in my misery?"
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MkP 8.152
अपश्यत् पुनरेवापि भार्यां स्वं सहपुत्रकाम् । त्रायस्व त्वं हरिश्चन्द्र किं द्यूतेन तव प्रभो
apaśyat punarevāpi bhāryāṃ svaṃ sahaputrakām / trāyasva tvaṃ hariścandra kiṃ dyūtena tava prabho
Then again he saw his own wife together with her little son: "Save (us), Hariścandra! What (good) is dicing to you, O lord?"
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MkP 8.153
पुत्रस्ते शोच्यतां प्राप्तो भर्यंया शैव्यया सह । स नापश्यत् पुनरपि धावमानः पुनः पुनः
putraste śocyatāṃ prāpto bharyaṃyā śaivyayā saha / sa nāpaśyat punarapi dhāvamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
"Your son has come to a pitiable state, along with your wife Śaivyā" — running again and again, he did not see (them) again.
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MkP 8.154
अथापश्यत् पुनरपि स्वर्गस्थः स नराधिपः । नीयते मुक्तकेशी सा दीना विवसना बलात्
athāpaśyat punarapi svargasthaḥ sa narādhipaḥ / nīyate muktakeśī sā dīnā vivasanā balāt
Then again that king, being in heaven, saw: she, her hair loosed, wretched, unclothed, was being led away by force.
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MkP 8.155
हाहावाक्यं प्रमुञ्चन्ती त्रायस्वेत्यसकृत्स्वना । अथापश्यत् पुनस्तत्र धर्मराजस्य शासनात्
hāhāvākyaṃ pramuñcantī trāyasvetyasakṛtsvanā / athāpaśyat punastatra dharmarājasya śāsanāt
Uttering cries of "alas, alas," crying out again and again "Save (me)!" — then again he saw there, by the command of the King of Dharma,
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MkP 8.156
आक्रान्दन्त्यन्तरीक्षस्था आगच्छेह नराधिप । विश्वामित्रेण विज्ञप्तो यमो राजंस्तवार्थतः
ākrāndantyantarīkṣasthā āgaccheha narādhipa / viśvāmitreṇa vijñapto yamo rājaṃstavārthataḥ
(her) wailing, standing in mid-air: "Come here, O king of men! Yama has been informed by Viśvāmitra, O king, on your account."
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MkP 8.157
इत्युक्त्वा सर्पपाशैस्तु नीयते बलवद्विभुः । श्राद्धदेवेन कथितं विश्वामित्रस्य चेष्टितम्
ityuktvā sarpapāśaistu nīyate balavadvibhuḥ / śrāddhadevena kathitaṃ viśvāmitrasya ceṣṭitam
Having said this, the lord was led away forcibly with serpent-nooses; the doing of Viśvāmitra was told by Śrāddhadeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.158
तत्रापि तस्य विकृतिर्नाधर्मोत्था व्यवर्धत । एताः सर्वा दशास्तस्य याः स्वप्ने सम्प्रदर्शिताः
tatrāpi tasya vikṛtirnādharmotthā vyavardhata / etāḥ sarvā daśāstasya yāḥ svapne sampradarśitāḥ
There too no alteration born of unrighteousness grew in him. All these were the conditions of his which were shown (to him) in the dream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.159
सर्वास्तास्तेन सम्भुक्ता यावद्वर्षाणि द्वादश । अतीते द्वादशे वर्ष नीयमानो भटैर्बलात्
sarvāstāstena sambhuktā yāvadvarṣāṇi dvādaśa / atīte dvādaśe varṣa nīyamāno bhaṭairbalāt
All those were experienced by him for as long as twelve years. When the twelfth year had passed, as he was being led away by force by the henchmen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.160
यमं सो ऽपश्यदाकारादुवाच च नराधिपम् । विश्वामित्रस्य कोपो ऽयं दुर्निवार्यो महात्मनः
yamaṃ so 'paśyadākārāduvāca ca narādhipam / viśvāmitrasya kopo 'yaṃ durnivāryo mahātmanaḥ
he saw Yama by his form, and (Yama) said to the king of men: "This wrath of the great-souled Viśvāmitra is hard to ward off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.161
पुत्रस्य ते मृत्युमपि प्रदास्यति स कौशिकः । गच्छ त्वं मानुषं लोकं दुः खशेषञ्च भुङ्क्ष्व वै । गतस्य तत्र राजेन्द्र श्रेयस्तव भविष्यति
putrasya te mṛtyumapi pradāsyati sa kauśikaḥ / gaccha tvaṃ mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ duḥ khaśeṣañca bhuṅkṣva vai / gatasya tatra rājendra śreyastava bhaviṣyati
That descendant of Kuśika will even bring about the death of your son. Go to the world of men and undergo the remainder of your sorrow; when you have gone there, O lord of kings, good will come to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.162
व्यतीते द्वादशे वर्षे दुः खस्यान्ते नराधिपः । अन्तरीक्षाच्च पतितो यमदूतैः प्रणोदितः
vyatīte dvādaśe varṣe duḥ khasyānte narādhipaḥ / antarīkṣācca patito yamadūtaiḥ praṇoditaḥ
When the twelfth year had passed, at the end of his sorrow, the king fell from mid-air, driven on by Yama's messengers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.163
पतितो यमलोकाच्च विबुद्धो भयसम्भ्रमात् । अहो कष्टमिति ध्यात्वा क्षते क्षारावसेवनम्
patito yamalokācca vibuddho bhayasambhramāt / aho kaṣṭamiti dhyātvā kṣate kṣārāvasevanam
Having fallen from Yama's world, he awoke in the confusion of fear, and thinking "Alas, what pain!" — (it was) like the application of salt to a wound —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.164
स्वप्ने दुः खं महद्दृष्टं यस्यान्तो नोपलभ्यते । स्वप्ने दृष्टं मया यत्तु किं नु मे द्वादशाः समाः
svapne duḥ khaṃ mahaddṛṣṭaṃ yasyānto nopalabhyate / svapne dṛṣṭaṃ mayā yattu kiṃ nu me dvādaśāḥ samāḥ
"In a dream I have seen great sorrow whose end is not found. But as for what I saw in the dream — can it be that twelve years of mine
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.165
गतेत्यपृच्छत् तत्रस्थान् पुक्कसांस्तु स सम्भ्रमात् । नेत्युचुः केचित् तत्रस्था एवमेवापरे ऽब्रुवन्
gatetyapṛcchat tatrasthān pukkasāṃstu sa sambhramāt / netyucuḥ kecit tatrasthā evamevāpare 'bruvan
have gone?" — thus in his confusion he asked the Pukkasas standing there. Some standing there said "No"; others said "Just so."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.166
श्रुत्वा दुः खी तदा राजा देवान् शरणमीयिवान् । स्वस्ति कुर्वन्तु मे देवाः शैव्याया बालकस्य च
śrutvā duḥ khī tadā rājā devān śaraṇamīyivān / svasti kurvantu me devāḥ śaivyāyā bālakasya ca
Hearing (this), the king, sorrowful then, went to the gods for refuge: "May the gods grant well-being to me, and to Śaivyā and the boy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.167
नमो धर्माय महते नमः कृष्णाय वेधसे । परावराय शुद्धाय पुराणायाव्ययाय च
namo dharmāya mahate namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase / parāvarāya śuddhāya purāṇāyāvyayāya ca
Homage to great Dharma, homage to Kṛṣṇa the creator, to the high and the low, the pure, the ancient and the imperishable,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.168
नमो बृहस्पते तुभ्यं नमस्ते वासवाय च । एवमुक्त्वा स राजा तु युक्तः पुक्कसकर्मणि
namo bṛhaspate tubhyaṃ namaste vāsavāya ca / evamuktvā sa rājā tu yuktaḥ pukkasakarmaṇi
Homage to you, Bṛhaspati, and homage to you, Vāsava." Having spoken thus, that king was engaged in the work of a Pukkasa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.169
शवानां मूल्यकरणे पुनर्नष्टस्मृतिर्यथा । मलिनो जटिलः कृष्णो लकुटी विह्वलो नृपः
śavānāṃ mūlyakaraṇe punarnaṣṭasmṛtiryathā / malino jaṭilaḥ kṛṣṇo lakuṭī vihvalo nṛpaḥ
(Engaged) in setting the fees for corpses, he was again as one whose memory was lost: filthy, matted-haired, blackened, carrying a cudgel, the king (was) distraught.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.170
नैव पुत्रो न भार्या तु तस्य वै स्मृतिगोचरे । नष्टोत्साहो राज्यनाशात् श्मशाने निवसंस्तदा
naiva putro na bhāryā tu tasya vai smṛtigocare / naṣṭotsāho rājyanāśāt śmaśāne nivasaṃstadā
Neither son nor wife was within the range of his memory; his zeal lost through the destruction of his kingdom, he was dwelling then in the cremation ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.171
अथाजगाम स्वसुतं मृतमादाय लापिनी । भार्या तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य सर्पदष्टं हि बालकम्
athājagāma svasutaṃ mṛtamādāya lāpinī / bhāryā tasya narendrasya sarpadaṣṭaṃ hi bālakam
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 8.172
हा वत्स ! हा पुत्र ! शिशो ! इत्येवं वदती मुहुः । कृशा विवर्णा विमनाः पांशुध्वस्तशिरोरुहा
hā vatsa ! hā putra ! śiśo ! ityevaṃ vadatī muhuḥ / kṛśā vivarṇā vimanāḥ pāṃśudhvastaśiroruhā
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 8.173
हा राजन्नद्य बालं त्वं पश्य सोमं महीतले । रममाणं पुरा दृष्टं दुष्टाहिना मृतम्
hā rājannadya bālaṃ tvaṃ paśya somaṃ mahītale / ramamāṇaṃ purā dṛṣṭaṃ duṣṭāhinā mṛtam
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 8.174
तस्या विलापशब्दं तमाकर्ण्य स नराधिपः । जगाम त्वरितो ऽत्रेति भविता मृतकम्बलः
tasyā vilāpaśabdaṃ tamākarṇya sa narādhipaḥ / jagāma tvarito 'treti bhavitā mṛtakambalaḥ
Hearing that sound of her lamentation, that king went there in haste, (thinking,) "Here there will be a shroud from the dead."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.175
स तां रोरुदतीं भार्यां नाभ्यजानात्तु पार्थिवः । चिरप्रवाससन्तप्तां पुनर्जातामिवाबलाम्
sa tāṃ rorudatīṃ bhāryāṃ nābhyajānāttu pārthivaḥ / cirapravāsasantaptāṃ punarjātāmivābalām
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 8.176
सापि तं चारुकेशान्तं पुरा दृष्ट्वा जटालकम् । नाभ्यजानान्नृपसुता शुष्कवृक्षोपमं नृपम्
sāpi taṃ cārukeśāntaṃ purā dṛṣṭvā jaṭālakam / nābhyajānānnṛpasutā śuṣkavṛkṣopamaṃ nṛpam
And she too, the king's daughter, who had formerly seen him with beautiful locks of hair, did not recognize the king, now matted-haired and like a withered tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.177
सो ऽपि कृष्णपटे बालं दृष्ट्वाशीविषपीडितम् । नरेन्द्रलक्षणोपेतं चिन्तामाप नरेश्वरः
so 'pi kṛṣṇapaṭe bālaṃ dṛṣṭvāśīviṣapīḍitam / narendralakṣaṇopetaṃ cintāmāpa nareśvaraḥ
He too, seeing on the black cloth the boy afflicted by the venomous snake, (yet) marked with the signs of a king, that lord of men fell to brooding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.178
अहो कष्टं नरेन्द्रस्य कस्याप्येष कुले शिशुः । जातो नीतः कृतान्तेन कामप्याशां दुरात्मना
aho kaṣṭaṃ narendrasya kasyāpyeṣa kule śiśuḥ / jāto nītaḥ kṛtāntena kāmapyāśāṃ durātmanā
"Alas, how grievous! This infant was born in the family of some king, (and) has been carried off by evil-natured Fate — (which had aroused) who knows what hope."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.179
एवं दृष्ट्वा हि मे बालं मातुरुत्सङ्गशायिनम् । स्मृतिमभ्यागतो बालो रोहिताश्वो ऽब्जलोचनः
evaṃ dṛṣṭvā hi me bālaṃ māturutsaṅgaśāyinam / smṛtimabhyāgato bālo rohitāśvo 'bjalocanaḥ
For seeing thus this child lying in his mother's lap, the boy Rohitāśva, lotus-eyed, came back into my memory.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.180
सो ऽप्येतामेव मे वत्सो वयो ऽवस्थामुपागतः । नीतो यदि न घोरेण कृतान्तेनात्मनो वशम्
so 'pyetāmeva me vatso vayo 'vasthāmupāgataḥ / nīto yadi na ghoreṇa kṛtāntenātmano vaśam
That child of mine too would have come to just this stage of life, had he not been carried off by dreadful Death into its own power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.181
हा वत्स ! कस्य पापस्य अपध्यानादिदं महत् । दुः खमापतितं घोरं यस्यान्तो नोपलभ्यते
hā vatsa ! kasya pāpasya apadhyānādidaṃ mahat / duḥ khamāpatitaṃ ghoraṃ yasyānto nopalabhyate
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 8.182
हा नाथ ! राजन् ! भवता मामनाश्वास्य दुः खिताम् । क्वापि सन्तिष्ठता स्थाने विश्रब्धं स्थीयते कथम्
hā nātha ! rājan ! bhavatā māmanāśvāsya duḥ khitām / kvāpi santiṣṭhatā sthāne viśrabdhaṃ sthīyate katham
Alas, husband! O king! How can you, without consoling me in my grief, stay at ease, standing somewhere in some place?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.183
राज्यनाशः सुहृत्त्यागो भार्यातनयविक्रयः । हरिश्चन्द्रस्य राजर्षेः किं विधे ! न कृतं त्वया
rājyanāśaḥ suhṛttyāgo bhāryātanayavikrayaḥ / hariścandrasya rājarṣeḥ kiṃ vidhe ! na kṛtaṃ tvayā
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 8.184
इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा राजा स्वस्थानतश्च्युतः । प्रत्यभिज्ञाय दयितां पुत्रञ्च निधनं गतम्
iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā rājā svasthānataścyutaḥ / pratyabhijñāya dayitāṃ putrañca nidhanaṃ gatam
Hearing these words of hers, the king moved from his station, recognizing (his) beloved wife and (his) son who had gone to death,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.185
कष्टं शैव्येयमेषा हि स बालो ऽयमितीरयन् । रुरोद दुः खसन्तप्तो मूर्च्छामभिजगाम च
kaṣṭaṃ śaivyeyameṣā hi sa bālo 'yamitīrayan / ruroda duḥ khasantapto mūrcchāmabhijagāma ca
Crying out, "Alas! This is Śaivyā, and this is that boy!" he wept, burned with grief, and fell into a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.186
सा च तं प्रत्यभिज्ञाय तामवस्थामुपागतम् । मूर्च्छिता निपपातार्ता निश्चेष्टा धरणीतले
sā ca taṃ pratyabhijñāya tāmavasthāmupāgatam / mūrcchitā nipapātārtā niśceṣṭā dharaṇītale
And she, recognizing him fallen into that condition, fainted and dropped, stricken, motionless, on the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.187
चेतः सम्प्राप्य राजेन्द्रो राजपत्नी च तै समम् । विलेपतुः सुसन्तप्तौ शोकभारावपीडितौ
cetaḥ samprāpya rājendro rājapatnī ca tai samam / vilepatuḥ susantaptau śokabhārāvapīḍitau
Regaining consciousness, the lord of kings and the queen too, along with them, lamented, both grievously burned (with grief) and crushed by the weight of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.188
हा वत्स ! सुकुमारं ते स्वक्षिभ्रूनासिकालकम् । पश्यतो मे मुखं दीनं हृदयं किं न दीर्यते
hā vatsa ! sukumāraṃ te svakṣibhrūnāsikālakam / paśyato me mukhaṃ dīnaṃ hṛdayaṃ kiṃ na dīryate
"Alas, child! As I look upon your delicate face, with its lovely eyes, brows, nose and locks of hair, so wretched—why does my heart not split apart?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.189
तात ! तातेति मधुरं ब्रुवाणं स्वयमागतम् । उपगुह्य वदिष्ये कं वत्स ! वत्सेति सौहृदात्
tāta ! tāteti madhuraṃ bruvāṇaṃ svayamāgatam / upaguhya vadiṣye kaṃ vatsa ! vatseti sauhṛdāt
Whom shall I now embrace and call "Child! child!" out of affection — (him) who used to come to me of his own accord, sweetly saying "Papa! papa!"?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.190
कस्य जानुप्रणीतेन पिङ्गेन क्षितिरेणुना । ममोत्तरीयमुत्सङ्गं तथाङ्गं मलमेष्यति
kasya jānupraṇītena piṅgena kṣitireṇunā / mamottarīyamutsaṅgaṃ tathāṅgaṃ malameṣyati
By whose tawny earth-dust, brought on his knees, will my upper garment, my lap, and my body be soiled (now)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.191
अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गसम्भूतो मनोहृदयनन्दनः । मया कुपित्रा हा वत्स ! विक्रीतो येन वस्तुवत्
aṅgapratyaṅgasambhūto manohṛdayanandanaḥ / mayā kupitrā hā vatsa ! vikrīto yena vastuvat
Born of my every limb and joint, the delight of my mind and heart — alas, child! — by me, an evil father, you were sold off like a piece of goods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.192
हृत्वा राज्यमशेषं मे ससाधनधनं महत् । दैवाहिना नृशंसेन दष्टो मे तनयस्ततः
hṛtvā rājyamaśeṣaṃ me sasādhanadhanaṃ mahat / daivāhinā nṛśaṃsena daṣṭo me tanayastataḥ
Having carried off my whole kingdom, great with its resources and wealth, the cruel serpent of fate then bit my son as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.193
अहं दैवाहिदष्टस्य पुत्रस्याननपङ्कजम् । निरीक्षन्नपि घोरेण विषेणान्धीकृतो ऽधुना
ahaṃ daivāhidaṣṭasya putrasyānanapaṅkajam / nirīkṣannapi ghoreṇa viṣeṇāndhīkṛto 'dhunā
Though I look upon the lotus-face of my son bitten by the serpent of fate, I have now been blinded by its dreadful poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.194
एकमुक्त्तवा तमादाय बालकं बाष्पगद्गदः । परिष्वज्य च निश्चेष्टो मूर्च्छया निपपात ह
ekamukttavā tamādāya bālakaṃ bāṣpagadgadaḥ / pariṣvajya ca niśceṣṭo mūrcchayā nipapāta ha
Saying only this much, he took the boy up, choking with tears, and embracing (him) he fell down motionless in a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.195
अयं स पुरुषव्याघ्रः स्वरेणैवोपलक्ष्यते । विद्वज्जनमनश्चन्द्रो हरिश्चन्द्रो न संशयः
ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghraḥ svareṇaivopalakṣyate / vidvajjanamanaścandro hariścandro na saṃśayaḥ
This is that tiger among men — he is recognized by his voice alone: it is Hariścandra, moon to the minds of the learned, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.196
तथास्य नासिका तुङ्गा अग्रतो ऽधोमुखं गता । दन्ताश्च मुकुलप्रख्याः ख्यातकीर्तेर्महात्मनः
tathāsya nāsikā tuṅgā agrato 'dhomukhaṃ gatā / dantāśca mukulaprakhyāḥ khyātakīrtermahātmanaḥ
Such too is his nose, high and bent downward at the tip, and his teeth like flower-buds — (those) of that great one of celebrated fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.197
श्मशानमागतः कस्मादद्यैष स नरेश्वरः । अपहाय पुत्रशोकं सापश्यत् पतितं पतिम्
śmaśānamāgataḥ kasmādadyaiṣa sa nareśvaraḥ / apahāya putraśokaṃ sāpaśyat patitaṃ patim
Why has he, that lord of men, come today to the cremation ground? — And she, setting aside her grief for her son, saw her husband fallen (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.198
प्रकृष्टा विस्मिता दीना भर्तृपुत्राधिपीडिता । वीक्षन्ती सा ततो ऽपश्यद् भर्तृदण्डं जुगुप्सितम्
prakṛṣṭā vismitā dīnā bhartṛputrādhipīḍitā / vīkṣantī sā tato 'paśyad bhartṛdaṇḍaṃ jugupsitam
Drawn on, amazed, wretched, tormented by grief for husband and son, as she looked she then saw her husband's loathsome staff,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.199
श्वपाकार्हमतो मोहं जगामायतलोचना । प्राप्य चेतश्च शनकैः सगद्गदमभाषत
śvapākārhamato mohaṃ jagāmāyatalocanā / prāpya cetaśca śanakaiḥ sagadgadamabhāṣata
fit (only) for a dog-cooker; at that the wide-eyed woman fell into a faint, and slowly regaining her senses she spoke with a voice choked (with tears):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.200
धिक् त्वां दैवातिकरुणां निर्मर्यादं जुगुप्सितम् । येनायममरप्रख्यो नीतो राजा श्वपाकताम्
dhik tvāṃ daivātikaruṇāṃ nirmaryādaṃ jugupsitam / yenāyamamaraprakhyo nīto rājā śvapākatām
"Fie on you, Fate, utterly merciless, without restraint, loathsome — you by whom this king, the equal of an immortal, has been reduced to the condition of a dog-cooker!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.201
राज्यनाशं सुहृत्त्यागं भार्या-तनयविक्रयम् । प्रापयित्वापि नो कुक्तश्चण्डालो ऽयं कृतो नृपः
rājyanāśaṃ suhṛttyāgaṃ bhāryā-tanayavikrayam / prāpayitvāpi no kuktaścaṇḍālo 'yaṃ kṛto nṛpaḥ
Even after bringing upon him the loss of his kingdom, the abandonment of his friends, and the sale of his wife and son, you were not satisfied: this king has been made a caṇḍāla!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.202
हा राजन् ! जातसन्तापामित्थं मां धरणीतलात् । उत्थाप्य नाद्य पर्यङ्कमारोहेति किमुच्यते
hā rājan ! jātasantāpāmitthaṃ māṃ dharaṇītalāt / utthāpya nādya paryaṅkamāroheti kimucyate
Alas, O king! To me, thus stricken with grief, why is it not said today: "Rise from the surface of the earth and mount the couch"?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.203
नाद्य पश्यामि ते छत्रं भृङ्गारमथवा पुनः । चामरं व्यजनञ्चापि को ऽयं विधिविपर्ययः
nādya paśyāmi te chatraṃ bhṛṅgāramathavā punaḥ / cāmaraṃ vyajanañcāpi ko 'yaṃ vidhiviparyayaḥ
Today I do not see your parasol, nor your water-vessel, nor again the yak-tail whisk, nor even the fan — what reversal of ordinance is this?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.204
यस्याग्रे व्रजतः पूर्वं राजानो भृत्यतां गताः । स्वोत्तरीयैरकुर्वन्त नीरजस्कं महीतलम्
yasyāgre vrajataḥ pūrvaṃ rājāno bhṛtyatāṃ gatāḥ / svottarīyairakurvanta nīrajaskaṃ mahītalam
He, before whom as he walked kings once reduced to servitude used to make the ground dustless with their own upper garments —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.205
सो ऽयं कपालसंलग्न-घटीघटनिरन्तरे । मृतनिर्माल्यसूत्रान्तर्गूग्केशे सुदारुणे
so 'yaṃ kapālasaṃlagna-ghaṭīghaṭanirantare / mṛtanirmālyasūtrāntargūgkeśe sudāruṇe
this same man (now walks) in that most dreadful place, packed close with jars and pots stuck to skulls, its hair tangled in the threads of the dead men's discarded garlands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.206
वसानिस्यन्दसंशुष्क-महीपुटकमण्डिते । भस्माङ्गारार्धदग्धास्थि-मज्जासङ्घट्टभीषणे
vasānisyandasaṃśuṣka-mahīpuṭakamaṇḍite / bhasmāṅgārārdhadagdhāsthi-majjāsaṅghaṭṭabhīṣaṇe
adorned with hollows of earth dried hard from the oozing of fat, frightful with the mingled mass of ashes, embers, half-burnt bones and marrow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.207
गृध्र-गोमायुनादार्तनष्टक्षुद्रविहङ्गमे । चिताधूमाततिरुचा नीलीकृतदिगन्तरे
gṛdhra-gomāyunādārtanaṣṭakṣudravihaṅgame / citādhūmātatirucā nīlīkṛtadigantare
where the small birds are distressed and driven off by the cries of vultures and jackals, its horizons made dark blue by the gleam of the spreading pyre-smoke,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.208
कुणपास्वादनमुदा सम्प्रहृष्टनिशाचरे । चरत्यमेध्ये राजेन्द्रः श्मशाने दुः खपीडितः
kuṇapāsvādanamudā samprahṛṣṭaniśācare / caratyamedhye rājendraḥ śmaśāne duḥ khapīḍitaḥ
where night-roamers thrill with the joy of tasting corpses — in that unclean cremation ground the lord of kings walks, tormented by sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.209
एवमुक्त्वा समाश्लिष्य कण्ठं राज्ञो नृपात्मजा । कष्टशोकशताधारा विललापार्तया गिरा
evamuktvā samāśliṣya kaṇṭhaṃ rājño nṛpātmajā / kaṣṭaśokaśatādhārā vilalāpārtayā girā
Having spoken thus, the king's daughter (i.e. the princess) embraced the king's neck and, a very vessel of a hundred bitter griefs, lamented with a voice full of distress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.210
राजन् ! स्वप्नो ऽथ तथ्यं वा यदेतन्मन्यते भवान् । तत् कथ्यतां महाभाग मनो वै मुह्यते मम
rājan ! svapno 'tha tathyaṃ vā yadetanmanyate bhavān / tat kathyatāṃ mahābhāga mano vai muhyate mama
"O king! Whether your lordship considers this a dream or the truth — let that be told, O greatly fortunate one; for my mind is bewildered."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.211
यद्येतदेवं धर्मज्ञ नास्ति धर्मे सहायता । तथैव विप्रदेवादिपूजने पालने भुवः
yadyetadevaṃ dharmajña nāsti dharme sahāyatā / tathaiva vipradevādipūjane pālane bhuvaḥ
"If it is so, O knower of dharma, then there is no help in dharma, nor likewise in the honouring of brahmins, gods and the rest, nor in the protection of the earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.212
नास्ति धर्मः कुतः सत्यमार्जवं चानृशंसता । यत्र त्वं धर्मपरमः स्वराज्यादवरोपितः
nāsti dharmaḥ kutaḥ satyamārjavaṃ cānṛśaṃsatā / yatra tvaṃ dharmaparamaḥ svarājyādavaropitaḥ
"There is no dharma; whence then truth, uprightness and non-cruelty — when you, devoted above all to dharma, have been cast down from your own kingdom?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.213
इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा निश्वस्योष्णं सगद्गदम् । कथयामास तन्वङ्ग्या यथा प्राप्ता श्वपाकता
iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā niśvasyoṣṇaṃ sagadgadam / kathayāmāsa tanvaṅgyā yathā prāptā śvapākatā
Having heard her words, he sighed hotly and, with a voice choked (with tears), told the slender-limbed woman how he had come to the state of a dog-cooker (an outcaste).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.214
रुदित्वा सापि सुचिरं निश्वस्योष्णञ्च दुः खिता । स्वपुत्रमरणं भीरुर्यथावृत्तं न्यवेदयत्
ruditvā sāpi suciraṃ niśvasyoṣṇañca duḥ khitā / svaputramaraṇaṃ bhīruryathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayat
She too, having wept a long while and sighed hotly, grieving, the timid woman reported the death of her own son as it had happened.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.215
प्रिये ! न रोचये दीर्घं कालं क्लेशमुपासितुम् । नात्मायत्तश्च तन्वङ्गि पश्य मे मन्दभाग्यताम्
priye ! na rocaye dīrghaṃ kālaṃ kleśamupāsitum / nātmāyattaśca tanvaṅgi paśya me mandabhāgyatām
"Beloved! I do not care to dwell in suffering for a long time; and I am not master of myself, slender-limbed one — see my ill fortune."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.216
चण्डालेनाननुज्ञातः प्रवेक्ष्ये ज्वलनं यदि । चण्डालदासतां यास्ये पुनरप्यन्यजन्मनि
caṇḍālenānanujñātaḥ pravekṣye jvalanaṃ yadi / caṇḍāladāsatāṃ yāsye punarapyanyajanmani
"If, without the caṇḍāla's permission, I enter the fire, I shall come to slavery to a caṇḍāla again in another birth as well."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.217
नरके च तपिष्यामि कोटकः कृमिभोजनः । वैतरण्यां महापूय-वसासृक्-स्नायुपिच्छिले
narake ca tapiṣyāmi koṭakaḥ kṛmibhojanaḥ / vaitaraṇyāṃ mahāpūya-vasāsṛk-snāyupicchile
"And in hell I shall burn, ... eaten by worms, in the Vaitaraṇī, slimy with much pus, fat, blood and sinew,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.218
असिपत्रवने प्राप्य छेदं प्राप्स्यामि दारुणम् । तापं प्राप्स्यामि वा प्राप्य महारौरवरौरवौ
asipatravane prāpya chedaṃ prāpsyāmi dāruṇam / tāpaṃ prāpsyāmi vā prāpya mahārauravarauravau
"and coming to the forest of sword-leaves I shall meet with terrible cutting; or, reaching the Mahāraurava and Raurava hells, I shall suffer burning."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.219
मग्नस्य दुः खजलधौ पारः प्राणवियोजनम् । एको ऽपि बालको यो ऽयमासीद्वंशकरः सुतः
magnasya duḥ khajaladhau pāraḥ prāṇaviyojanam / eko 'pi bālako yo 'yamāsīdvaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ
"For one sunk in the ocean of sorrow, the far shore is the parting from life. Even the one boy who was this son, continuer of the lineage,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.220
मम दैवाम्बुवेगेन मग्नः सो ऽपि बलीयसा । कथं प्राणान् विमुञ्चामि परायत्तो ऽस्मि दुर्गतः
mama daivāmbuvegena magnaḥ so 'pi balīyasā / kathaṃ prāṇān vimuñcāmi parāyatto 'smi durgataḥ
"he too has been drowned by the mighty flood-water of my fate. How am I to give up my life? I am dependent on another, and fallen into misery."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.221
अथवा नार्तिना क्लिष्टो नरः पापमवेक्षते । तिर्यक्त्वे नास्ति तद्दुः शं नासिपत्रवने तथा
athavā nārtinā kliṣṭo naraḥ pāpamavekṣate / tiryaktve nāsti tadduḥ śaṃ nāsipatravane tathā
"Or rather, a man tormented by pain does not consider sin. In the animal state there is no such misery, nor so in the forest of sword-leaves,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.222
वैतरण्याङ्कुतस्तादृग् यादृशं पुत्रविप्लवे । सो ऽहं सुतशिरीरेण दीप्यमाने हुताशने
vaitaraṇyāṅkutastādṛg yādṛśaṃ putraviplave / so 'haṃ sutaśirīreṇa dīpyamāne hutāśane
"and whence in the Vaitaraṇī such (pain) as there is in the loss of a son? So I, when the fire is blazing with my son's body,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.223
निपतिष्यामि तन्वङ्गि क्षन्तव्यं कुकृतं मम । अनुज्ञाता च गच्छ त्वं विप्रवेश्म सुछिस्मिते
nipatiṣyāmi tanvaṅgi kṣantavyaṃ kukṛtaṃ mama / anujñātā ca gaccha tvaṃ vipraveśma suchismite
"shall throw myself in, slender-limbed one; my misdeed must be forgiven. And you, permitted (by me), go to the brahmin's house, O fair-smiling one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.224
मम वाक्यञ्च तन्वङ्गि निबोधादृतमानसा । यदि दत्तं यदि हुतं गुरवो यदि तोषिताः
mama vākyañca tanvaṅgi nibodhādṛtamānasā / yadi dattaṃ yadi hutaṃ guravo yadi toṣitāḥ
"And hear my words, slender-limbed one, with a respectful mind: if (anything) has been given, if (anything) has been offered in sacrifice, if the elders have been pleased (by me) —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.225
परत्र सङ्गमो भूयात् पुत्रेण सह च त्वया । इह लोके कुतस्त्वेतद् भविष्यति ममेङ्गितम्
paratra saṅgamo bhūyāt putreṇa saha ca tvayā / iha loke kutastvetad bhaviṣyati mameṅgitam
"may there be a reunion in the next world with my son and with you; for how in this world shall this wish of mine come about?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.226
त्वया सह मम श्रेयो गमनं पुत्रमार्गणे । यन्मया हसता किञ्चिद्रहस्ये वा शुचिस्मिते
tvayā saha mama śreyo gamanaṃ putramārgaṇe / yanmayā hasatā kiñcidrahasye vā śucismite
"For me it is better to go with you in search of my son. Whatever I, in jest or in private, O fair-smiling one,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.227
अश्लीलमुक्तं तत् सर्वं क्षन्तव्यं मम याचतः । राजपत्नीति गर्वेण नावज्ञेयः स ते द्विजः । सर्वयत्नेन ते तोष्यः स्वामिदैवतवच्छुभे
aślīlamuktaṃ tat sarvaṃ kṣantavyaṃ mama yācataḥ / rājapatnīti garveṇa nāvajñeyaḥ sa te dvijaḥ / sarvayatnena te toṣyaḥ svāmidaivatavacchubhe
"— whatever coarse thing I have spoken, all that must be forgiven, since I ask it. That brahmin of yours is not to be despised out of pride that 'I am a king's wife'; he is to be pleased by you with every effort, like a master and a deity, O auspicious one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.228
अहमप्यत्र राजर्षे दीप्यमाने हुताशने । दुः खभारासहाद्यैव सह यास्यामि वै त्वया
ahamapyatra rājarṣe dīpyamāne hutāśane / duḥ khabhārāsahādyaiva saha yāsyāmi vai tvayā
"I too, O royal sage, unable to bear the burden of sorrow, shall this very day go together with you here, when the fire is blazing."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.229
ततः कृत्वा चितां राजा आरोप्य तनयं स्वकम् । भार्यया सहितश्चासौ बद्धाञ्जलिपुटस्तदा
tataḥ kṛtvā citāṃ rājā āropya tanayaṃ svakam / bhāryayā sahitaścāsau baddhāñjalipuṭastadā
Then the king, having made the pyre and having placed his own son (upon it), together with his wife, with palms joined, at that time —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.230
चिन्तयन् परमात्मानमीशं नारायणं हरिम् । हृत्कोटरगुहासीनं वासुदेवं सुरेश्वरम् । अनादिनिधनं ब्रह्म कृष्णं पीताम्बरं शुभम्
cintayan paramātmānamīśaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim / hṛtkoṭaraguhāsīnaṃ vāsudevaṃ sureśvaram / anādinidhanaṃ brahma kṛṣṇaṃ pītāmbaraṃ śubham
— meditating on the Supreme Self, the Lord Nārāyaṇa Hari, seated in the hollow cave of the heart, Vāsudeva, the lord of the gods, the brahman without beginning or end, Kṛṣṇa, the yellow-robed, the auspicious one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.231
तस्य चिन्तयमानस्य सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । धर्मं प्रमुखतः कृत्वा समाजग्मुस्त्वरान्विताः
tasya cintayamānasya sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ / dharmaṃ pramukhataḥ kṛtvā samājagmustvarānvitāḥ
While he was meditating, all the gods together with Vāsava (Indra), putting Dharma at their head, came in haste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.232
आगत्य सर्वे प्रोचुस्ते भो भो राजन् ! शृणु प्रभो । अयं पितामहः साक्षाद्धर्मश्च भगवान् स्वयम्
āgatya sarve procuste bho bho rājan ! śṛṇu prabho / ayaṃ pitāmahaḥ sākṣāddharmaśca bhagavān svayam
Having come, they all said to him: "Ho, ho, king! Listen, lord! This is the Grandfather himself, and this is the blessed Dharma in person;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.233
साध्याश्च विश्वे मरुतो लोकपालाः सवाहनाः । नागाः सिद्धाः सगन्धर्वा रुद्राश्चैव तथाश्विनौ
sādhyāśca viśve maruto lokapālāḥ savāhanāḥ / nāgāḥ siddhāḥ sagandharvā rudrāścaiva tathāśvinau
and the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the Maruts, the world-guardians with their mounts, the Nāgas, the Siddhas along with the Gandharvas, the Rudras, and likewise the two Aśvins;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.234
एते चान्ये च बहवो विश्वामित्रस्तथैव च । विश्वत्रयेण यो मित्रं कर्तुं न शकितः पुरा
ete cānye ca bahavo viśvāmitrastathaiva ca / viśvatrayeṇa yo mitraṃ kartuṃ na śakitaḥ purā
these and many others, and Viśvāmitra as well, whom formerly the three worlds were unable to make a friend.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.235
विश्वामित्रस्तु ते मैत्रीमिष्टञ्चाहर्तुमिच्छति । आरुरोह ततः प्राप्तो धर्मः शक्रो ऽथ गाधिजः
viśvāmitrastu te maitrīmiṣṭañcāhartumicchati / āruroha tataḥ prāpto dharmaḥ śakro 'tha gādhijaḥ
But Viśvāmitra wishes to make friendship with you and (to gain) what is desired." Then Dharma, Śakra, and the son of Gādhi, having arrived, mounted (the pyre).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.236
मा राजन् ! साहसं कार्षोर्धर्मो ऽहं त्वामुपागतः । तितिक्षा-दम-सत्याद्यैः स्वगुणैः परितोषितः
mā rājan ! sāhasaṃ kārṣordharmo 'haṃ tvāmupāgataḥ / titikṣā-dama-satyādyaiḥ svaguṇaiḥ paritoṣitaḥ
"Do not, O king, commit this rash act! I am Dharma, come to you, well pleased by your own qualities — endurance, self-control, truthfulness and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.237
हरिश्चन्द्र माहभाग ! प्राप्तः शक्रो ऽस्मिते ऽन्तिकम् । त्वया सभार्यपुत्रेण जिता लोकाः सनातनाः
hariścandra māhabhāga ! prāptaḥ śakro 'smite 'ntikam / tvayā sabhāryaputreṇa jitā lokāḥ sanātanāḥ
Hariścandra, greatly fortunate one! Śakra has come near to you. By you, together with your wife and son, the eternal worlds have been won.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.238
आरोह त्रिदिवं राजन् ! भार्यापुत्रसमन्वितः । सुदुष्प्राप्तं नरैरन्यैर्जितमात्मीयकर्मभिः
āroha tridivaṃ rājan ! bhāryāputrasamanvitaḥ / suduṣprāptaṃ narairanyairjitamātmīyakarmabhiḥ
Ascend to heaven, O king, accompanied by wife and son — (that heaven) very hard for other men to attain, won by your own deeds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.239
ततो ऽमृतमयं वर्षमपमृत्युविनाशनम् । इन्द्रः प्रासृजदाकाशाच्चितास्थानगतः प्रभुः
tato 'mṛtamayaṃ varṣamapamṛtyuvināśanam / indraḥ prāsṛjadākāśāccitāsthānagataḥ prabhuḥ
Then Indra, the lord, released from the sky a rain of nectar that destroys untimely death, upon the place of the pyre.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.240
पुष्पवर्षञ्च सुमहद्देवदुन्दुभिनिस्वनम् । ततस्ततो वर्तमाने समाजे देवसंकुले
puṣpavarṣañca sumahaddevadundubhinisvanam / tatastato vartamāne samāje devasaṃkule
And (there was) a very great rain of flowers and the sound of the gods' drums. Then, while the assembly thronged with gods was thus proceeding,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.241
समुत्तस्थौ ततः पुत्रो राज्ञस्तस्य महात्मनः । सुकुमारतनुः सुस्थः प्रसन्नेन्द्रियमानसः
samuttasthau tataḥ putro rājñastasya mahātmanaḥ / sukumāratanuḥ susthaḥ prasannendriyamānasaḥ
then the son of that great-souled king rose up, his body delicate, sound in health, his senses and mind serene.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.242
ततो राजा हरिश्चन्द्रः परिष्वज्य सुतं क्षणात् । सभार्यः स श्रिया युक्तो दिव्यमाल्याम्बरान्वितः
tato rājā hariścandraḥ pariṣvajya sutaṃ kṣaṇāt / sabhāryaḥ sa śriyā yukto divyamālyāmbarānvitaḥ
Then king Hariścandra, having in an instant embraced his son, together with his wife, endowed with splendour, adorned with divine garlands and garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.243
सुस्थः सम्पूर्णहृदयो मुदा परमया युतः । बभूव तत्क्षणादिन्द्रो भूयश्चैनमभाषत
susthaḥ sampūrṇahṛdayo mudā paramayā yutaḥ / babhūva tatkṣaṇādindro bhūyaścainamabhāṣata
sound in body, his heart made full, filled with supreme joy — such he became in that instant; and Indra spoke to him again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.244
सभार्यस्त्वं सपुत्रश्च प्राप्स्यसे सद्गतिं पराम् । समारोह माहभाग निजानां कर्मणां फलैः
sabhāryastvaṃ saputraśca prāpsyase sadgatiṃ parām / samāroha māhabhāga nijānāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalaiḥ
"You, with your wife and with your son, shall attain the highest good course. Ascend, greatly fortunate one, by the fruits of your own deeds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.245
देवराजाननुज्ञातः स्वामिना श्वपचेन वै । अगत्वा निष्कृतिं तस्य नारोक्ष्ये ऽहं सुरालयम्
devarājānanujñātaḥ svāminā śvapacena vai / agatvā niṣkṛtiṃ tasya nārokṣye 'haṃ surālayam
"Not permitted by my master, the dog-cooker — without having gone (to him and made) recompense to him, I shall not ascend to the abode of the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.246
तवैनं भाविनं क्लेशमवगम्यात्ममायया । आत्मा श्वपाकतां नीतो दर्शितं तच्च चापलम्
tavainaṃ bhāvinaṃ kleśamavagamyātmamāyayā / ātmā śvapākatāṃ nīto darśitaṃ tacca cāpalam
"Knowing by my own magic this suffering of yours that was to come, (my) self was brought to the condition of a dog-cooker, and that fickleness was displayed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.247
इन्द्र उवाच प्रार्थ्यते यत् परं स्थानं समस्तैर्मनुजैर्भुवि । तदारोह हरिश्चन्द्र स्थानं पुण्यकृतां नृणाम्
indra uvāca prārthyate yat paraṃ sthānaṃ samastairmanujairbhuvi / tadāroha hariścandra sthānaṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ nṛṇām
Indra said: That highest station which is sought by all men on earth — ascend to it, Hariścandra, the station of men who have done merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.248
देवाराज ! नमस्तुभ्यं वाक्यञ्चैतन्निबोध मे । प्रसादसुमुखं यत् त्वां ब्रवीमि प्रश्रयान्वितः
devārāja ! namastubhyaṃ vākyañcaitannibodha me / prasādasumukhaṃ yat tvāṃ bravīmi praśrayānvitaḥ
"King of the gods! Homage to you; and hear this speech of mine, which, humbly, I address to you who are gracious of countenance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.249
मच्छोकमग्नमनसः कोशलानगरे जनाः । तिष्ठन्ति तानपोह्याद्य कथं यास्याम्यहं दिवम्
macchokamagnamanasaḥ kośalānagare janāḥ / tiṣṭhanti tānapohyādya kathaṃ yāsyāmyahaṃ divam
"The people in the city of Kosala remain with their minds sunk in grief for me; how shall I today abandon them and go to heaven?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.250
ब्रह्महत्या गुरोर्घातो गोवधः स्त्रीवधस्तथा । तुल्यमेभिर्महापापं भक्तत्यागे ऽप्युदाहृतम्
brahmahatyā gurorghāto govadhaḥ strīvadhastathā / tulyamebhirmahāpāpaṃ bhaktatyāge 'pyudāhṛtam
"The slaying of a brahmin, the killing of a teacher, the killing of a cow, and likewise the killing of a woman — equal to these is the great sin declared to be in forsaking devotees."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.251
भजन्तं भक्तमत्याज्यमदुष्टं त्यजतः सुखम् । नेह नामुत्र पश्यामि तस्माच्छक्र ! दिवं व्रज
bhajantaṃ bhaktamatyājyamaduṣṭaṃ tyajataḥ sukham / neha nāmutra paśyāmi tasmācchakra ! divaṃ vraja
"For one who abandons a devoted follower who is not to be abandoned and has done no wrong, I see no happiness either here or hereafter; therefore, Śakra, go to heaven (yourself)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.252
यदि ते सहिताः स्वर्गं मया यान्ति सुरेश्वर । ततो ऽहमपि यास्यामि नरकं वापि तैः सह
yadi te sahitāḥ svargaṃ mayā yānti sureśvara / tato 'hamapi yāsyāmi narakaṃ vāpi taiḥ saha
"If they go to heaven together with me, lord of the gods, then I too will go; or else hell along with them."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.253
बहूनि पुण्यपापानि तेषां भिन्नानि वै पृथक् । कथं सङ्घातभोग्यं त्वं भूयः स्वर्गमवाप्स्यसि
bahūni puṇyapāpāni teṣāṃ bhinnāni vai pṛthak / kathaṃ saṅghātabhogyaṃ tvaṃ bhūyaḥ svargamavāpsyasi
"Their many merits and sins are separate, each distinct; how will you (all) attain heaven again, since it is to be enjoyed (only) by the aggregate (of one's own deeds)?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.254
शक्र भुङ्क्ते नृपो राज्यं प्रभावेण कुटुम्बिनाम् । यजते च महायज्ञैः कर्म पौर्तं करोति च
śakra bhuṅkte nṛpo rājyaṃ prabhāveṇa kuṭumbinām / yajate ca mahāyajñaiḥ karma paurtaṃ karoti ca
"Śakra, a king enjoys his kingdom by the power of his subjects (household folk); and he sacrifices with great sacrifices and performs works of public benefit."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.255
तच्च तेषां प्रभावेण मया सर्वमनुष्ठितम् । उपकर्तॄन् न सन्त्यक्ष्ये तानहं स्वर्गलिप्सया
tacca teṣāṃ prabhāveṇa mayā sarvamanuṣṭhitam / upakartṝn na santyakṣye tānahaṃ svargalipsayā
"And all that was carried out by me through their power; I will not forsake those benefactors out of a longing for heaven."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.256
तस्माद्यन्मम देवेश किञ्चिदस्ति सुचेष्टितम् । दत्तमिष्टमथो जप्तं सामान्यं तैस्तदस्तु नः
tasmādyanmama deveśa kiñcidasti suceṣṭitam / dattamiṣṭamatho japtaṃ sāmānyaṃ taistadastu naḥ
"Therefore, lord of the gods, whatever little good deed is mine — given, sacrificed, or muttered in prayer — let that be shared in common by us with them."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.257
बहुकालोपभोग्यं हि फलं यन्मम कर्मणः । तदस्तु दिनमप्येकं तैः समं त्वत्प्रसादतः
bahukālopabhogyaṃ hi phalaṃ yanmama karmaṇaḥ / tadastu dinamapyekaṃ taiḥ samaṃ tvatprasādataḥ
"For the fruit of my deeds that is to be enjoyed for a long time — let it be, even for a single day, equal with theirs, by your favour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.258
एवं भविष्यतीत्युक्त्वा शक्रस्त्रिभुवनेश्वरः । प्रसन्नचेता धर्मश्च विश्वामित्रश्च गाधिजः
evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā śakrastribhuvaneśvaraḥ / prasannacetā dharmaśca viśvāmitraśca gādhijaḥ
Saying "It shall be so," Śakra, lord of the three worlds, with gladdened mind, and Dharma, and Viśvāmitra son of Gādhi —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.259
विमानकोटिसम्बद्धं स्वर्गलोकान्महीतलम् । गत्वायोध्याजनं प्राह दिवमारुह्यतामिति
vimānakoṭisambaddhaṃ svargalokānmahītalam / gatvāyodhyājanaṃ prāha divamāruhyatāmiti
having gone from the world of heaven to the earth's surface, linked with ten million celestial cars, he said to the people of Ayodhyā, "Let (you all) ascend to heaven."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.260
तदिन्द्रस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रीत्या तस्य च भूपतेः । आनीय रोहिताश्चञ्च विश्वामित्रो महातपाः
tadindrasya vacaḥ śrutvā prītyā tasya ca bhūpateḥ / ānīya rohitāścañca viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ
Hearing that speech of Indra, and out of affection for that king, Viśvāmitra of great austerity brought Rohitāśva
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.261
अयोध्याख्ये पुरे रम्ये सो ऽभ्यसिञ्चन्नृपात्मजम् । देवैश्च मुनिभिः सिद्धैरभिषिच्य नराधिपम्
ayodhyākhye pure ramye so 'bhyasiñcannṛpātmajam / devaiśca munibhiḥ siddhairabhiṣicya narādhipam
and consecrated the king's son in the lovely city named Ayodhyā; and when the ruler of men had been consecrated by the gods, the sages and the siddhas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.262
राज्ञा सह तदा सर्वे हृष्टपुष्टसुहृज्जनाः । सपुत्रभृत्यदारास्ते दिवमारुरुहुर्जनाः
rājñā saha tadā sarve hṛṣṭapuṣṭasuhṛjjanāḥ / saputrabhṛtyadārāste divamāruruhurjanāḥ
then all those people, together with the king — their friends and kin joyful and thriving — with their sons, servants and wives, ascended to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.263
पदे पदे विमानात् ते विमानमगमन् नराः । तदा सम्भूतहर्षो ऽसौ हरिश्चन्द्रश्च पार्थिवः
pade pade vimānāt te vimānamagaman narāḥ / tadā sambhūtaharṣo 'sau hariścandraśca pārthivaḥ
At every step those men passed from car to car; and then that king Hariścandra was filled with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.264
सम्प्राप्य भूतिमतुलां विमानैः स महीपतिः । आसाञ्चक्रे पुराकारे वप्रप्राकारसंवृते
samprāpya bhūtimatulāṃ vimānaiḥ sa mahīpatiḥ / āsāñcakre purākāre vapraprākārasaṃvṛte
Having attained incomparable prosperity, that lord of the earth took his seat with the celestial cars (arranged) in the form of a city, enclosed by ramparts and walls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 8.265
ततस्तस्यर्धिमालोक्य श्लोकं तत्रोशना जगौ । दैत्याचार्यो महाभागः सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्त्ववित्
tatastasyardhimālokya ślokaṃ tatrośanā jagau / daityācāryo mahābhāgaḥ sarvaśāstrārthatattvavit
Then, seeing his prosperity, Uśanas there sang a verse — the preceptor of the demons, the greatly fortunate one, knower of the true sense of all the scriptures:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.266
हरिश्चन्द्रसमो राजा न भूतो न भविष्यति । यः शृणोति स्वदुः खार्तः स सुखं महदाप्नुयात्
hariścandrasamo rājā na bhūto na bhaviṣyati / yaḥ śṛṇoti svaduḥ khārtaḥ sa sukhaṃ mahadāpnuyāt
"There has not been and there will not be a king equal to Hariścandra. He who, afflicted by his own sorrow, hears (this) shall obtain great happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.267
स्वर्गार्थोप्राप्नुयात् स्वर्गं पुत्रार्थो पुत्रमाप्नुयात् । भार्यार्थो प्राप्नुयाद्भार्यां राज्यार्थो राज्यमाप्नुयात्
svargārthoprāpnuyāt svargaṃ putrārtho putramāpnuyāt / bhāryārtho prāpnuyādbhāryāṃ rājyārtho rājyamāpnuyāt
One who seeks heaven shall obtain heaven; one who seeks a son shall obtain a son; one who seeks a wife shall obtain a wife; one who seeks a kingdom shall obtain a kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.268
अहो तितिक्षामाहात्म्यमहो दानफलं महत् । यदागतो हरिश्चन्द्रः पुरीञ्चेन्द्रत्वमाप्तवान्
aho titikṣāmāhātmyamaho dānaphalaṃ mahat / yadāgato hariścandraḥ purīñcendratvamāptavān
Ah, the greatness of forbearance! Ah, the great fruit of giving! — since Hariścandra has come (here) and attained a city and the rank of Indra."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.269
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं हरिश्चन्द्रविचेष्टितम् । अतः परं कथाशेषः श्रूयतां मुनिसत्तम
etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ hariścandraviceṣṭitam / ataḥ paraṃ kathāśeṣaḥ śrūyatāṃ munisattama
All this—the doings of Hariścandra—has been told to you. Beyond this, let the rest of the tale be heard, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 8.270
विपाको राजसूयस्य पृथिवीक्षयकारणम् । तद्विपाकनिमित्तञ्च युद्धमाडिबकं महत्
vipāko rājasūyasya pṛthivīkṣayakāraṇam / tadvipākanimittañca yuddhamāḍibakaṃ mahat
(Namely) the ripening (of the fruit) of the Rājasūya, which was the cause of the destruction of the earth, and, occasioned by that ripening, the great battle of Āḍi and Baka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition