Markandeya Purana — Chapter 81

MkP 81.1

सावर्णिः सूर्यतनयो यो मनुः कथ्यते ऽष्टमः । निशामय तदुत्पत्तिं विस्तराद् गदतो मम

sāvarṇiḥ sūryatanayo yo manuḥ kathyate 'ṣṭamaḥ / niśāmaya tadutpattiṃ vistarād gadato mama

Sāvarṇi, son of the Sun, who is spoken of as the eighth Manu — hear of his origin as I relate it at length:

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MkP 81.2

महामायानुभावेन यथा मन्वन्तराधिपः । स बभूव महाभागः सावर्णिस्तनयो रवेः

mahāmāyānubhāvena yathā manvantarādhipaḥ / sa babhūva mahābhāgaḥ sāvarṇistanayo raveḥ

how, by the power of Mahāmāyā, that greatly fortunate Sāvarṇi, son of the Sun, became lord of a manvantara.

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MkP 81.3

स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे पूर्वं चैत्रवंशसमुद्भवः । सुरथो नाम राजाभूत् समस्ते क्षितिमण्डले

svārociṣe 'ntare pūrvaṃ caitravaṃśasamudbhavaḥ / suratho nāma rājābhūt samaste kṣitimaṇḍale

Formerly, in the interval of Svārociṣa, there was a king named Suratha, sprung from the lineage of Caitra, (ruling) over the whole circle of the earth.

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MkP 81.4

तस्य पालयतः सम्यक् प्रजाः पुत्रानिवौरसान् । बभूवुः शत्रवो भूपाः कोलाविध्वंसिनस्तथा

tasya pālayataḥ samyak prajāḥ putrānivaurasān / babhūvuḥ śatravo bhūpāḥ kolāvidhvaṃsinastathā

While he was rightly protecting his subjects as though they were his own begotten sons, there arose as enemies the kings called the Kolāvidhvaṃsins.

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MkP 81.5

तस्य तैरभवद् युद्धमतिप्रबलदण्डिनः । न्यूनैरपि स तैर्युद्धे कोलाविध्वंसिभिर्जितः

tasya tairabhavad yuddhamatiprabaladaṇḍinaḥ / nyūnairapi sa tairyuddhe kolāvidhvaṃsibhirjitaḥ

He, who wielded a very mighty rod (of punishment), had a battle with them; and though they were fewer, he was defeated in the fight by those Kolāvidhvaṃsins.

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MkP 81.6

ततः स्वपुरमायातो निजदेशाधिपो ऽभवत् । आक्रान्तः स महाभागस्तैस्तदा प्रबलारिभिः

tataḥ svapuramāyāto nijadeśādhipo 'bhavat / ākrāntaḥ sa mahābhāgastaistadā prabalāribhiḥ

Then, having come back to his own city, he became ruler (only) of his own country; that greatly fortunate one was then beset by those powerful foes.

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MkP 81.7

अमात्यैर्बलिभिर्दुष्टैर्दुर्बलस्य दुरात्मभिः । कोषो बलञ्चापहृतं तत्रापि स्वपुरे ततः

amātyairbalibhirduṣṭairdurbalasya durātmabhiḥ / koṣo balañcāpahṛtaṃ tatrāpi svapure tataḥ

Then, even there in his own city, his treasury and army were seized from him, weak as he was, by his strong, wicked, evil-souled ministers.

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MkP 81.8

ततो मृगयाव्याजेन हृतस्वाम्यः स भुपतिः । एकाकी हयमारुह्य जगाम गहनं वनम्

tato mṛgayāvyājena hṛtasvāmyaḥ sa bhupatiḥ / ekākī hayamāruhya jagāma gahanaṃ vanam

Then that king, his sovereignty taken away, went alone on horseback, under the pretext of a hunt, into a dense forest.

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MkP 81.9

स तत्राश्रममद्राक्षीद् द्विजवर्यस्य मेधसः । प्रशान्तश्वापदाकीर्णं मुनिश्ष्योपशोभितम्

sa tatrāśramamadrākṣīd dvijavaryasya medhasaḥ / praśāntaśvāpadākīrṇaṃ muniśṣyopaśobhitam

There he saw the hermitage of Medhas, the best of twice-born, thronged with tranquil beasts of prey and graced by the sage's pupils.

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MkP 81.10

तस्थौ कञ्चित् स कालञ्च मुनिना तेन सत्कृतः । इतश्चैतश्च विचरंस्तस्मिन् मुनिवराश्रमे

tasthau kañcit sa kālañca muninā tena satkṛtaḥ / itaścaitaśca vicaraṃstasmin munivarāśrame

And, honoured by that sage, he stayed there some time, wandering here and there in the hermitage of that best of sages.

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MkP 81.11

सो ऽचिन्तयत् तदा तत्र ममत्वाकृष्टचेतनः । मत्पूर्वैः पालितं पूर्वं मया हीनं पुरं हि तत् । मद्भृत्यैस्तैरसद्वृत्तैर्धर्मतः पाल्यते न वा

so 'cintayat tadā tatra mamatvākṛṣṭacetanaḥ / matpūrvaiḥ pālitaṃ pūrvaṃ mayā hīnaṃ puraṃ hi tat / madbhṛtyaistairasadvṛttairdharmataḥ pālyate na vā

There he then thought, his mind drawn away by the sense of 'mine': "That city, protected of old by my forefathers, is now bereft of me — is it, or is it not, being protected according to dharma by those servants of mine of bad conduct?

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MkP 81.12

न जाने स प्रधानो मे शूरहस्ती सदामदः । मम वैरिवशं यातः कान् भोगानुपलप्स्यते

na jāne sa pradhāno me śūrahastī sadāmadaḥ / mama vairivaśaṃ yātaḥ kān bhogānupalapsyate

I do not know what enjoyments my chief elephant, the brave one, always in rut, will obtain, now that he has fallen into the power of my enemies.

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MkP 81.13

ये ममानुगता नित्यं प्रसादधनभोजनैः । अनुवृत्तिं ध्रुवं ते ऽद्य कुर्वन्त्यन्यमहीभृताम्

ye mamānugatā nityaṃ prasādadhanabhojanaiḥ / anuvṛttiṃ dhruvaṃ te 'dya kurvantyanyamahībhṛtām

Those who constantly followed me (attached to me) by (my) favours, wealth and food — surely today they render service to other kings.

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MkP 81.14

असम्यग्व्ययशीलैस्तैः कुर्वद्भिः सततं व्ययम् । संचितः सो ऽतिदुः खेन क्षयं कोशो गमिष्यति

asamyagvyayaśīlaistaiḥ kurvadbhiḥ satataṃ vyayam / saṃcitaḥ so 'tiduḥ khena kṣayaṃ kośo gamiṣyati

By those men of improper spending habits, ever making expenditure, that treasury, amassed with great pain, will go to ruin."

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MkP 81.15

एतच्चान्यच्च सततं चिन्तयामास पार्थिवः । तत्र विप्राश्रमाभ्यासे वैश्यमेकं ददर्श सः

etaccānyacca satataṃ cintayāmāsa pārthivaḥ / tatra viprāśramābhyāse vaiśyamekaṃ dadarśa saḥ

This and other things the king pondered continually. There, near the brahmin's hermitage, he saw a certain merchant.

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MkP 81.16

स पृष्टस्तेन कस्त्वं भोः हेतुश्चागमने ऽत्र कः । सशोक इव कस्मात्त्वं दुर्मना इव लक्ष्यसे

sa pṛṣṭastena kastvaṃ bhoḥ hetuścāgamane 'tra kaḥ / saśoka iva kasmāttvaṃ durmanā iva lakṣyase

He was asked by him: "Who are you, sir, and what is the reason for your coming here? Why do you look sorrowful, as it were, and as if downcast in mind?"

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MkP 81.17

इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य भूपतेः प्रणयोदितम् । प्रत्युवाच स तं वैश्यः प्रश्रयावनतो नृपम्

ityākarṇya vacastasya bhūpateḥ praṇayoditam / pratyuvāca sa taṃ vaiśyaḥ praśrayāvanato nṛpam

Having heard that speech of the king, uttered with affection, the vaiśya, bowed down in humility, replied to that king.

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MkP 81.18

समाधिर्नाम वैश्यो ऽहमुत्पन्नो धनिनां कुले । पुत्रदारैर्निरस्तश्च धनलोभादसाधुभिः

samādhirnāma vaiśyo 'hamutpanno dhanināṃ kule / putradārairnirastaśca dhanalobhādasādhubhiḥ

"I am a vaiśya named Samādhi, born in a family of wealthy men, and I have been cast out by my sons and wife, wicked people, out of greed for wealth.

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MkP 81.19

विहीनश्च धनैर्दारैः पुत्रैरादाय मे धनम् । वनमभ्यागतो दुः खी निरस्तश्चाप्तबन्धुभैः

vihīnaśca dhanairdāraiḥ putrairādāya me dhanam / vanamabhyāgato duḥ khī nirastaścāptabandhubhaiḥ

Deprived of my wealth, of wife and sons — they having taken my money — I have come to the forest, sorrowful, cast out too by my close kinsmen.

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MkP 81.20

सो ऽहं न वेद्मि पुत्राणां कुशलाकुशलात्मिकाम् । प्रवृत्तिं स्वजनानाञ्च दाराणाञ्चात्र संस्थितः

so 'haṃ na vedmi putrāṇāṃ kuśalākuśalātmikām / pravṛttiṃ svajanānāñca dārāṇāñcātra saṃsthitaḥ

So I, staying here, do not know the news of my sons, whether it be good or bad, nor of my own people, nor of my wife.

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MkP 81.21

किं नु तेषां गृहे क्षेममक्षेमं किं नु साम्प्रतम् । कथं ते किं नु सद्वृत्ताः दुर्वृत्ताः किं नु मे सुताः

kiṃ nu teṣāṃ gṛhe kṣemamakṣemaṃ kiṃ nu sāmpratam / kathaṃ te kiṃ nu sadvṛttāḥ durvṛttāḥ kiṃ nu me sutāḥ

Is there well-being now in their house, or is there misfortune? How are they? Are my sons of good conduct now, or of bad conduct?"

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MkP 81.22

यैर्निरस्तो भवांल्लुब्धैः पुत्रदारादिभिर्धनैः । तेषु किं भवतः स्नेहमनुबध्नाति मानसम्

yairnirasto bhavāṃllubdhaiḥ putradārādibhirdhanaiḥ / teṣu kiṃ bhavataḥ snehamanubadhnāti mānasam

"Those greedy ones by whom you were cast out — sons, wife and the rest — for the sake of wealth: why does your mind still bind itself in affection to them?"

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MkP 81.23

एवमेतद्यथा प्राह भवानस्मद्गतं वचः । किं करोमि न बध्नाति मम निष्ठुरतां मनः

evametadyathā prāha bhavānasmadgataṃ vacaḥ / kiṃ karomi na badhnāti mama niṣṭhuratāṃ manaḥ

"It is just so, as you have said, these words concerning me. What can I do? My mind does not fasten upon hardness.

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MkP 81.24

यैः सन्त्यज्य पितृस्नेहं धनलुब्धैर्निराकृतः । पतिस्वजनहार्दं च हार्दि तेष्वेव मे मनः

yaiḥ santyajya pitṛsnehaṃ dhanalubdhairnirākṛtaḥ / patisvajanahārdaṃ ca hārdi teṣveva me manaḥ

Those who, greedy for wealth, abandoned a father's affection and the love owed to a husband and to kin, and rejected me — toward those very ones my heart is affectionate.

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MkP 81.25

किमेतन्नाभिजानामि जानन्नपि महामते । यत्प्रेमप्रवणं चित्तं विगुणेष्वपि बन्धुषु

kimetannābhijānāmi jānannapi mahāmate / yatpremapravaṇaṃ cittaṃ viguṇeṣvapi bandhuṣu

Why is it that I do not understand this, though I know it, O great-minded one — that the mind inclines toward love even for kinsmen who are worthless?

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MkP 81.26

तेषां कृते मे निः श्वासो दौर्मनस्यं च जायते । करोमि किं यन्न मनस्तेष्वप्रीतिषु निष्ठुरम्

teṣāṃ kṛte me niḥ śvāso daurmanasyaṃ ca jāyate / karomi kiṃ yanna manasteṣvaprītiṣu niṣṭhuram

On their account sighing and dejection arise in me. What can I do, when my mind is not hard toward those who feel no affection?"

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MkP 81.27

ततस्तौ सहितौ विप्र तं मुनिं समुपस्थितौ । समाधिर्नाम वैश्यो ऽसौ स च पार्थिवसत्तमः

tatastau sahitau vipra taṃ muniṃ samupasthitau / samādhirnāma vaiśyo 'sau sa ca pārthivasattamaḥ

Then the two together, O brahmin, approached that sage — the vaiśya named Samādhi and that best of kings.

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MkP 81.28

कृत्वा तु तौ यथान्यायं यथार्हं तेन संविदम् । उपविष्टौ कथाः काश्चिच्चक्रतुर्वैश्य-पार्थिवौ

kṛtvā tu tau yathānyāyaṃ yathārhaṃ tena saṃvidam / upaviṣṭau kathāḥ kāściccakraturvaiśya-pārthivau

Having exchanged with him the proper courtesies as was fitting, the two, the vaiśya and the king, sat down and made some conversation.

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MkP 81.29

भगवंस्त्वामहं प्रष्टुमिच्चाम्येकं वदस्व तत् । दुः खाय यन्मे मनसः स्वचित्तायत्ततां विना

bhagavaṃstvāmahaṃ praṣṭumiccāmyekaṃ vadasva tat / duḥ khāya yanme manasaḥ svacittāyattatāṃ vinā

"Venerable one, I wish to ask you one thing; tell me that — which is a cause of grief to my mind, in the absence of its being subject to my own will.

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MkP 81.30

ममत्वं गतराज्यस्य राज्याङ्गेष्वखिलेष्वपि । जानतो ऽपि यथाज्ञस्य किमेतन्मुनिसत्तम

mamatvaṃ gatarājyasya rājyāṅgeṣvakhileṣvapi / jānato 'pi yathājñasya kimetanmunisattama

Though my kingdom is gone, I have a sense of 'mine' toward all the parts of the kingdom, and though I know (better) I am like an ignorant man: what is this, O best of sages?

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MkP 81.31

अयं च निकृतः पुत्रैर्दारैर्भृत्यैस्तथोज्झितः । स्वजनेन च सन्त्यक्तस्तेषु हार्दे तथाप्यति

ayaṃ ca nikṛtaḥ putrairdārairbhṛtyaistathojjhitaḥ / svajanena ca santyaktasteṣu hārde tathāpyati

And this man was wronged by his sons, abandoned likewise by wife and servants, and forsaken by his own kin; yet even so his affection toward them is excessive.

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MkP 81.32

एवमेष तथाहं च द्वावप्यत्यन्तदुः खितौ । दृष्टदोषे ऽपि विषये ममत्वाकृष्टमानसौ

evameṣa tathāhaṃ ca dvāvapyatyantaduḥ khitau / dṛṣṭadoṣe 'pi viṣaye mamatvākṛṣṭamānasau

Thus both he and I, the two of us, are exceedingly miserable, our minds drawn by the sense of 'mine' toward the object, though its fault has been seen.

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MkP 81.33

तत्किमेतन्महाभाग यन्मोहो ज्ञानिनोरपि । ममास्य च भवत्येषा विवेकान्धस्य मूढता

tatkimetanmahābhāga yanmoho jñāninorapi / mamāsya ca bhavatyeṣā vivekāndhasya mūḍhatā

So what is this, O greatly fortunate one, that delusion belongs even to two who know? This stupidity comes to me and to him, blind to discrimination."

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MkP 81.34

ज्ञानमस्ति समस्तस्य जन्तोर्विषयगोचरे । विषयश्च महाभाग याति चैवं पृथक् पृथक्

jñānamasti samastasya jantorviṣayagocare / viṣayaśca mahābhāga yāti caivaṃ pṛthak pṛthak

"Every creature has knowledge in the sphere of sense-objects; and the object, O greatly fortunate one, is thus reached in different ways by different beings.

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MkP 81.35

दिवान्धाः प्राणिनः केचिद्रात्रावन्धास्तथापरे । केचिद् दिवा तथा रात्रौ प्राणिनस्तुल्यदृष्टयः

divāndhāḥ prāṇinaḥ kecidrātrāvandhāstathāpare / kecid divā tathā rātrau prāṇinastulyadṛṣṭayaḥ

Some living beings are blind by day, others likewise blind by night; and some creatures have equal sight by day and by night.

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MkP 81.36

ज्ञानिनो मनुजाः सत्यं किन्तु ते न हि केवलम् । यतो हि ज्ञानिनः सर्वे पशु-पक्षि-मृगादयः

jñānino manujāḥ satyaṃ kintu te na hi kevalam / yato hi jñāninaḥ sarve paśu-pakṣi-mṛgādayaḥ

Men are knowers — true; but they are not the only ones, since all beasts, birds, animals and the rest are knowers too.

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MkP 81.37

ज्ञानं च तन्मनुष्याणां यत्तेषां मृगृपक्षिणाम् । मनुष्याणां च यत्तेषां तुल्यमन्यत्तथोभयोः

jñānaṃ ca tanmanuṣyāṇāṃ yatteṣāṃ mṛgṛpakṣiṇām / manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yatteṣāṃ tulyamanyattathobhayoḥ

And that knowledge which men have, those animals and birds have; and what those have, men have; and for both the rest is likewise the same.

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MkP 81.38

ज्ञाने ऽपि सति पश्यैतान् पतङ्गाञ्छावचञ्चुषु । कणमोक्षादृतान् मोहात्पीड्यमानानपि क्षुधा

jñāne 'pi sati paśyaitān pataṅgāñchāvacañcuṣu / kaṇamokṣādṛtān mohātpīḍyamānānapi kṣudhā

Though knowledge is present in them, look at these birds, intent out of delusion on dropping grains into the beaks of their young, even while they themselves are tormented by hunger.

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MkP 81.39

मानुषा मनुजव्याघ्र साभिलाषाः सुतान् प्रति । लोभात्प्रत्युपकाराय नन्वेतान् किं न पश्यसि

mānuṣā manujavyāghra sābhilāṣāḥ sutān prati / lobhātpratyupakārāya nanvetān kiṃ na paśyasi

Human beings, O tiger among men, are full of longing toward their sons out of greed, for the sake of a return of service — do you not see them?

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MkP 81.40

तथापि ममतावर्ते मोहगर्ते निपातिताः । महामायाप्रभावेण संसारस्थितिकारिणा

tathāpi mamatāvarte mohagarte nipātitāḥ / mahāmāyāprabhāveṇa saṃsārasthitikāriṇā

And yet they are cast down into the whirlpool of 'mine-ness', into the pit of delusion, by the power of Mahāmāyā, which brings about the continuance of the round of rebirth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.41

तन्नात्र विस्मयः कार्यो योगनिद्रा जगत्पतेः । महामाया हरेश्चैतत्तथा संमोह्यते जगत्

tannātra vismayaḥ kāryo yoganidrā jagatpateḥ / mahāmāyā hareścaitattathā saṃmohyate jagat

Therefore no wonder should be felt at this: she is the yogic sleep of the lord of the world, she is the Mahāmāyā of Hari — and so the world is utterly deluded.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.42

ज्ञानिनामपि चेतांसि देवी भगवती हि सा । बलादाकृष्य मोहाय महामाया प्रयच्छति

jñānināmapi cetāṃsi devī bhagavatī hi sā / balādākṛṣya mohāya mahāmāyā prayacchati

For that goddess, the blessed Mahāmāyā, forcibly draws away even the minds of the knowing and consigns them to delusion.

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MkP 81.43

तया विसृज्यते विश्वं जगदेतच्चराचरम् । सैषा प्रसन्ना वरदा नृणां भवति मुक्तये

tayā visṛjyate viśvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram / saiṣā prasannā varadā nṛṇāṃ bhavati muktaye

By her is this whole world, moving and unmoving, sent forth; and she, when gracious, becomes the giver of boons for the liberation of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.44

सा विद्या परमा मुक्तेर्हेतुभूता सनातनी । संसारबन्धहेतुश्च सैव सर्वेश्वरेश्वरी

sā vidyā paramā mukterhetubhūtā sanātanī / saṃsārabandhahetuśca saiva sarveśvareśvarī

She is the supreme knowledge, the eternal one that is the cause of release; and she too is the cause of bondage to the round of rebirth, she the mistress of all lords.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.45

भगवन् ! का हि सा देवी महामायेति यां भवान् । ब्रवीति कथमुत्पन्ना सा कर्मास्याश्च किं द्विज

bhagavan ! kā hi sā devī mahāmāyeti yāṃ bhavān / bravīti kathamutpannā sā karmāsyāśca kiṃ dvija

Lord, who then is that goddess whom you call Mahāmāyā? How did she come into being, and what is her work, O twice-born one?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.46

यत्स्वभावा च सा देवी यत्स्वरूपा यदुद्भवा । तत् सर्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वत्तो ब्रह्मविदां वर

yatsvabhāvā ca sā devī yatsvarūpā yadudbhavā / tat sarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvatto brahmavidāṃ vara

What her nature is, what her form, from what she arose — all that I wish to hear from you, O best of the knowers of brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.47

नित्यैव सा जगन्मूर्तिस्तया सर्वमिदं ततम् । तथापि तत्समुत्पत्तिर्बहुधा श्रुयतां मम

nityaiva sā jaganmūrtistayā sarvamidaṃ tatam / tathāpi tatsamutpattirbahudhā śruyatāṃ mama

She is eternal indeed, having the world as her body; by her all this is spread out. Nevertheless, hear from me of her coming forth, which is of many kinds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.48

देवानां कार्यसिद्ध्यर्थमाविर्भवति सा यदा । उत्पन्नेति तदा लोके सा नित्याप्यभिधीयते

devānāṃ kāryasiddhyarthamāvirbhavati sā yadā / utpanneti tadā loke sā nityāpyabhidhīyate

When she becomes manifest for accomplishing the purpose of the gods, then, although eternal, she is spoken of in the world as 'born'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.49

योगनिद्रां यदा विष्णुर्जगत्येकार्णवीकृते । आस्तीर्य शेषमभजत् कल्पान्ते भगवान् प्रभुः

yoganidrāṃ yadā viṣṇurjagatyekārṇavīkṛte / āstīrya śeṣamabhajat kalpānte bhagavān prabhuḥ

When, at the end of the kalpa, the world having been made one ocean, the blessed lord Viṣṇu spread out Śeṣa and resorted to yogic sleep —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.50

तदा द्वावसुरौ घोरौ विख्यातौ मधुकैटभौ । विष्णुकर्णमलोद्भूतौ हन्तुं ब्रह्माणमुद्यतौ

tadā dvāvasurau ghorau vikhyātau madhukaiṭabhau / viṣṇukarṇamalodbhūtau hantuṃ brahmāṇamudyatau

then two dreadful demons, the well-known Madhu and Kaiṭabha, sprung from the wax of Viṣṇu's ears, were bent on killing Brahmā.

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MkP 81.51

स नाभिकमले विष्णोः स्थितो ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः । दृष्ट्वा तावसुरौ चोग्रौ प्रसुप्तं च जनार्दनम्

sa nābhikamale viṣṇoḥ sthito brahmā prajāpatiḥ / dṛṣṭvā tāvasurau cograu prasuptaṃ ca janārdanam

That Brahmā, lord of creatures, standing on the lotus of Viṣṇu's navel, seeing those two fierce demons and Janārdana fast asleep,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.52

तुष्टाव योगनिद्रां तामेकाग्रहृदयस्थितः । विबोधनार्थाय हरेर्हरिनेत्रकृतालयाम्

tuṣṭāva yoganidrāṃ tāmekāgrahṛdayasthitaḥ / vibodhanārthāya harerharinetrakṛtālayām

praised that Yoganidrā, standing with heart one-pointed, in order to awaken Hari — her who had made her dwelling in Hari's eyes,

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MkP 81.53

विश्वेश्वरीं जगद्धात्रीं स्थिति-संहारकारिणीम् । निद्रां भगवतीं विष्णोरतुलां तेजसः प्रभुः

viśveśvarīṃ jagaddhātrīṃ sthiti-saṃhārakāriṇīm / nidrāṃ bhagavatīṃ viṣṇoratulāṃ tejasaḥ prabhuḥ

the mistress of the universe, sustainer of the world, who brings about its continuance and its destruction — the blessed Sleep of Viṣṇu, the incomparable; (so did) the lord of that splendour (praise her).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 81.54

त्वं स्वाहा त्वं स्वधा त्वं हि वषट्कारः स्वरात्मिका । सुधा त्वमक्षरे नित्ये त्रिधा मात्रात्मिका स्थिता

tvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ svadhā tvaṃ hi vaṣaṭkāraḥ svarātmikā / sudhā tvamakṣare nitye tridhā mātrātmikā sthitā

You are svāhā, you are svadhā, you are indeed the utterance vaṣaṭ, having the nature of sound; you are the nectar; in the eternal imperishable (syllable) you abide as the threefold measure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.55

अर्धमात्रा स्थिता नित्या यानुच्चार्या विशेषतः । त्वमेव सन्ध्या सावित्री त्वं देवि जननी परा

ardhamātrā sthitā nityā yānuccāryā viśeṣataḥ / tvameva sandhyā sāvitrī tvaṃ devi jananī parā

You are the eternal half-mora that abides there, which is especially not to be uttered; you yourself are Sandhyā, Sāvitrī, you, O goddess, the supreme mother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.56

त्वयैव धार्यते सर्वं त्वयैतत्सृज्यते जगत् । त्वयैतत्पाल्यते देवि त्वमत्स्यन्ते च सर्वदा

tvayaiva dhāryate sarvaṃ tvayaitatsṛjyate jagat / tvayaitatpālyate devi tvamatsyante ca sarvadā

By you alone is everything upheld, by you is this world brought forth, by you, O goddess, is this (world) protected, and you always devour (it) at the end.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.57

विसृष्टौ सृष्टिरूपा त्वं स्थितिरूपा च पालने । तथा संहृतिरूपान्ते जगतो ऽस्य जगन्मये

visṛṣṭau sṛṣṭirūpā tvaṃ sthitirūpā ca pālane / tathā saṃhṛtirūpānte jagato 'sya jaganmaye

In emission you are of the form of creation, and of the form of continuance in the preserving; so too of the form of dissolution at the end of this world, O you whose being is the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.58

महाविद्या महामाया महामेधा महास्मृतिः । महामोहा च भवती महादेवी महेश्वरी

mahāvidyā mahāmāyā mahāmedhā mahāsmṛtiḥ / mahāmohā ca bhavatī mahādevī maheśvarī

You are Great Knowledge, Great Illusion, Great Insight, Great Memory, and Great Delusion, the Great Goddess, the Great Sovereign.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.59

प्रकृतिस्त्वञ्च सर्वस्य गुणत्रयविभाविनी । कालरात्रिर्महारात्रिर्मोहरात्रिश्च दारुणा

prakṛtistvañca sarvasya guṇatrayavibhāvinī / kālarātrirmahārātrirmoharātriśca dāruṇā

And you are the primal nature of all, bringing forth the three qualities; (you are) the Night of Time, the Great Night, and the terrible Night of Delusion.

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MkP 81.60

त्वं श्रीस्त्वमीश्वरी त्वं ह्रीस्त्वं बुद्धिर्बोधलक्षणा । लज्जा पुष्टिस्तथा तुष्टिस्त्वं शान्तिः क्षान्तिरेव च

tvaṃ śrīstvamīśvarī tvaṃ hrīstvaṃ buddhirbodhalakṣaṇā / lajjā puṣṭistathā tuṣṭistvaṃ śāntiḥ kṣāntireva ca

You are Prosperity, you are the Sovereign Lady, you are Modesty, you are Intelligence marked by awakening; (you are) Shame, Nourishment and Contentment, you are Peace and Forbearance too.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.61

खडिगनी शूलिनी घोरा गदिनी चक्रिणी तथा । शङ्खिनी चापिनी बाण-भुशुण्डी परिघायुधा

khaḍiganī śūlinī ghorā gadinī cakriṇī tathā / śaṅkhinī cāpinī bāṇa-bhuśuṇḍī parighāyudhā

Bearing the sword, bearing the trident, terrible, bearing the mace, and bearing the discus, bearing the conch, bearing the bow, armed with arrow, sling and iron bar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.62

सौम्या सौम्यतराशेष-सौम्येभ्यस्त्वतिसुन्दरी । परापराणां परमा त्वमेव परमेश्वरी

saumyā saumyatarāśeṣa-saumyebhyastvatisundarī / parāparāṇāṃ paramā tvameva parameśvarī

You are gentle, gentler (still), and exceedingly lovely beyond all gentle things; you alone are the supreme of the high and the low, the supreme Sovereign.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.63

यच्च किञ्चित् क्वचिद्वस्तु सदसद्वाखिलात्मिके । तस्य सर्वस्य या शिक्तिः सा त्वं किं स्तूयते तदा

yacca kiñcit kvacidvastu sadasadvākhilātmike / tasya sarvasya yā śiktiḥ sā tvaṃ kiṃ stūyate tadā

Whatever thing there is anywhere, existent or non-existent, O you whose self is all — you are the power of all that; how then can you be praised?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.64

यया त्वया जगत्स्त्रष्टा जगत्पात्यत्ति यो जगत् । सो ऽपि निद्रावशं नीतः कस्त्वां स्तोतुमिहेश्वरः

yayā tvayā jagatstraṣṭā jagatpātyatti yo jagat / so 'pi nidrāvaśaṃ nītaḥ kastvāṃ stotumiheśvaraḥ

Since by you the maker of the world, who protects the world and devours the world, has himself been brought under the power of sleep — who here is able to praise you?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.65

विष्णुः शरीरग्रहणमहामीशान एव च । कारितास्ते यतो ऽतस्त्वां कः स्तोतुं शक्तिमान् भवेत्

viṣṇuḥ śarīragrahaṇamahāmīśāna eva ca / kāritāste yato 'tastvāṃ kaḥ stotuṃ śaktimān bhavet

Viṣṇu, I, and Īśāna as well have been made by you to take on bodies; therefore who could have the power to praise you?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.66

सा त्वमित्थं प्रभावैः स्वैरुदारैर्देवि संस्तुता । मोहयैतौ दुराधर्षावसुरो मधुकैटभौ

sā tvamitthaṃ prabhāvaiḥ svairudārairdevi saṃstutā / mohayaitau durādharṣāvasuro madhukaiṭabhau

Being such, and thus praised with your own lofty powers, O goddess, delude these two hard-to-assail demons, Madhu and Kaiṭabha,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.67

प्रबोधञ्च जगत्स्वामी नीयतामच्युतो लघु । बोधश्च क्रियतामस्य हन्तुमेतौ महासुरौ

prabodhañca jagatsvāmī nīyatāmacyuto laghu / bodhaśca kriyatāmasya hantumetau mahāsurau

and let Acyuta, the lord of the world, be quickly brought to awakening, and let his waking be effected, so as to slay these two great demons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.68

एवं स्तुता तदा देवी तामसी तत्र वेधसा । विष्णोः प्रबोधनार्थाय निहन्तुं मधुकैटभौ

evaṃ stutā tadā devī tāmasī tatra vedhasā / viṣṇoḥ prabodhanārthāya nihantuṃ madhukaiṭabhau

Thus praised there by the Creator, the goddess of darkness, for the sake of awakening Viṣṇu and of slaying Madhu and Kaiṭabha,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.69

नेत्रास्यनासिका-बाहु-हृदयेभ्यस्तथोरसः । निर्गम्य दर्शने तस्थौ ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः

netrāsyanāsikā-bāhu-hṛdayebhyastathorasaḥ / nirgamya darśane tasthau brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ

having gone out from (Viṣṇu's) eyes, mouth, nose, arms, heart and chest, stood in the sight of Brahmā, who is born of the unmanifest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.70

उत्तस्थौ च जगन्नाथस्तया मुक्तो जनार्दनः । एकार्णवे ऽहिशयनात्ततः स ददृशे च तौ

uttasthau ca jagannāthastayā mukto janārdanaḥ / ekārṇave 'hiśayanāttataḥ sa dadṛśe ca tau

And Janārdana, lord of the world, released by her, rose up from his serpent-couch in the single ocean; then he saw those two.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.71

मधुकैटभौ दुरात्मानावतिवीर्यपराक्रमौ । क्रोधरक्तेक्षणावत्तुं ब्रह्माणं जनितोद्यमौ

madhukaiṭabhau durātmānāvativīryaparākramau / krodharaktekṣaṇāvattuṃ brahmāṇaṃ janitodyamau

Madhu and Kaiṭabha, the evil-souled ones, of exceeding might and prowess, their eyes red with anger, exerting themselves to devour Brahmā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.72

समुत्थाय ततस्ताभ्यां युयुधे भगवान् हरिः । पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि बाहुप्रहरणो विभुः

samutthāya tatastābhyāṃ yuyudhe bhagavān hariḥ / pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi bāhupraharaṇo vibhuḥ

Then the blessed Hari, rising up, fought with those two for five thousand years, the pervading one, with his arms for weapons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.73

तावप्यतिबलोन्मत्तौ महामायाविमोहितौ । उक्तवन्तौ वरो ऽस्मत्तो व्रियतामिति केशवम्

tāvapyatibalonmattau mahāmāyāvimohitau / uktavantau varo 'smatto vriyatāmiti keśavam

And those two, maddened with excessive strength, deluded by the Great Illusion, said to Keśava, "Let a boon be chosen from us."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.74

भवनेतामद्य मे तुष्टौ मम वध्यावुभावपि । किमन्येन वरेणात्र एतावद्धि वृतं मम

bhavanetāmadya me tuṣṭau mama vadhyāvubhāvapi / kimanyena vareṇātra etāvaddhi vṛtaṃ mama

"May you two be pleased with me today; may both of you be slayable by me. What need of another boon here? Just this much has been chosen by me."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.75

वञ्चिताभ्यामिति तदा सर्वमापोमयं जगत् । विलोक्य ताभ्यां गदितो भगवान् कमलेक्षणः

vañcitābhyāmiti tadā sarvamāpomayaṃ jagat / vilokya tābhyāṃ gadito bhagavān kamalekṣaṇaḥ

Thus deceived, the two of them then, looking upon the whole world as consisting of water, spoke to the lotus-eyed Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MkP 81.76

आवां जहि न यत्रोर्वो सलिलेन परिप्लुता । प्रीतौ स्वस्तव युद्धेन श्लाघ्यस्त्वं मृत्युरावयोः

āvāṃ jahi na yatrorvo salilena pariplutā / prītau svastava yuddhena ślāghyastvaṃ mṛtyurāvayoḥ

“Slay us two where the earth is not flooded over with water. We are pleased—hail to you! Through battle you are worthy of praise: (be) the death of us both.”

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 81.77

तथेत्युक्त्वा भगवता शङ्ख-चक्र-गदाभृता । कृत्वा चक्रेण वै च्छिन्ने जघने शिरसी तयोः

tathetyuktvā bhagavatā śaṅkha-cakra-gadābhṛtā / kṛtvā cakreṇa vai cchinne jaghane śirasī tayoḥ

Saying “So be it,” the Lord who bears conch, discus and mace, laying (them) upon his thigh, cut off their two heads with the discus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MkP 81.78

एवमेषा समुत्पन्ना ब्रह्मणा संस्तुता स्वयम् । प्रभावमस्या देव्यास्तु भूयः शृणु वदामि ते

evameṣā samutpannā brahmaṇā saṃstutā svayam / prabhāvamasyā devyāstu bhūyaḥ śṛṇu vadāmi te

Thus was she brought forth, praised by Brahmā himself. But hear further of this goddess's might; I shall tell you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition