Markandya Purana (Markendya Rishi)
मार्कण्डेयपुराणम्
The Markandeya Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas, a Sanskrit text. It includes the famous Devi Mahatmya section, which praises the goddess Devi.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 1
गरुडस्याभवत पुत्रः सम्पातिरिति विश्रुतः।।
garuḍasyābhavat putraḥ sampātiriti viśrutaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 2
सुपार्श्वतनयः कुन्तिः कुन्तिपुत्रः प्रलोलुपः।।
supārśvatanayaḥ kuntiḥ kuntiputraḥ pralolupaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 3
तस्यापि तनयावास्तां कङ्कः कन्धर एव च।।
tasyāpi tanayāvāstāṃ kaṅkaḥ kandhara eva ca||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4
ददर्शाम्बुजपत्राक्षं राक्षसं धनदानुगम।।
dadarśāmbujapatrākṣaṃ rākṣasaṃ dhanadānugam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 5
भार्यासहायमासीनं शिलापट्टे ऽमले शुभे।।
bhāryāsahāyamāsīnaṃ śilāpaṭṭe 'male śubhe||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6
प्रोवाच कस्मादायातस्त्वमितो ह्यण्डजाधम।।
provāca kasmādāyātastvamito hyaṇḍajādhama||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 7
नैष धर्मः सुबुद्धीनां मिथोनिष्पाद्यवस्तुषु।।
naiṣa dharmaḥ subuddhīnāṃ mithoniṣpādyavastuṣu||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 8
अन्येषां चैव जन्तूनां ममता भवतो ऽत्र का।।
anyeṣāṃ caiva jantūnāṃ mamatā bhavato 'tra kā||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 9
क्षरत्क्षतजबीभत्सं विस्फुरन्तमचेतनम।।
kṣaratkṣatajabībhatsaṃ visphurantamacetanam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 10
विद्युद्रूपवधायाशु मनश्चक्रे ऽण्डजेश्वरः।।
vidyudrūpavadhāyāśu manaścakre 'ṇḍajeśvaraḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 11
कोपामर्षविवृताक्षो नागेन्द्र इव निः श्वसन।।
kopāmarṣavivṛtākṣo nāgendra iva niḥ śvasan||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 12
पक्षवातेन महता चालयन भूधरान वरान।।
pakṣavātena mahatā cālayan bhūdharān varān||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 13
क्षणात क्षयितशत्रुः स पक्षाभ्यां क्रान्तभूधरः।।
kṣaṇāt kṣayitaśatruḥ sa pakṣābhyāṃ krāntabhūdharaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 14
आताम्रवक्त्रनयनं हेमपर्यङ्कमाश्रितम।।
ātāmravaktranayanaṃ hemaparyaṅkamāśritam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 15
केतकीगर्भपत्राभैर्दन्तैर्घोरतराननम।।
ketakīgarbhapatrābhairdantairghoratarānanam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 16
पत्नीं मदनिकां नाम पुंस्कोकिलकलस्वनाम।।
patnīṃ madanikāṃ nāma puṃskokilakalasvanām||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 17
तमुवाच सुदुष्टात्मन्नेहि युध्यस्व वै मया।।
tamuvāca suduṣṭātmannehi yudhyasva vai mayā||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 18
तस्मात्त्वां मदसंसक्तं नयिष्ये यमसादनम।।
tasmāttvāṃ madasaṃsaktaṃ nayiṣye yamasādanam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 19
यास्यसे निरयान सर्वांस्तांस्त्वमद्य मया हतः।।
yāsyase nirayān sarvāṃstāṃstvamadya mayā hataḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 20
रक्षः क्रोधसमाविष्टं प्रत्यभाषत पक्षिणम।।
rakṣaḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaṃ pratyabhāṣata pakṣiṇam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 21
त्वामप्यद्य हनिष्ये ऽहं खड्गेनानेन खेचर।।
tvāmapyadya haniṣye 'haṃ khaḍgenānena khecara||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 22
इत्युक्त्वाञ्जनपुञ्जाभं विमलं खड्गमाददे।।
ityuktvāñjanapuñjābhaṃ vimalaṃ khaḍgamādade||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 23
बभूव युद्धमतुलं यथा गरुड-शक्रयोः।।
babhūva yuddhamatulaṃ yathā garuḍa-śakrayoḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 24
चिक्षेप पतगेन्द्राय निर्वाणाङ्गारवर्चसम।।
cikṣepa patagendrāya nirvāṇāṅgāravarcasam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 25
वक्त्रेण जग्राह तदा गरुडः पन्नगं यथा।।
vaktreṇa jagrāha tadā garuḍaḥ pannagaṃ yathā||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 26
तस्मिन भग्ने ततः खड्गे बाहुयुद्धमवर्तत।।
tasmin bhagne tataḥ khaḍge bāhuyuddhamavartata||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 27
हस्त-पाद-करैराशु शिरसा च वियोजितः।।
hasta-pāda-karairāśu śirasā ca viyojitaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 28
किञ्चित संजातसंत्रासा प्राह भार्या भवामि ते।।
kiñcit saṃjātasaṃtrāsā prāha bhāryā bhavāmi te||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 29
गत्वा स निष्कृतिं भ्रातुर्विद्युद्रुपनिपातनात।।
gatvā sa niṣkṛtiṃ bhrāturvidyudrupanipātanāt||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30
मेनकातनया सुभ्रूः सौपर्णं रूपमाददे।।
menakātanayā subhrūḥ sauparṇaṃ rūpamādade||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 31
तस्या नाम तदा चक्रे तार्क्षोमिति विहङ्गमः।।
tasyā nāma tadā cakre tārkṣomiti vihaṅgamaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 32
जरितारिप्रभृतयो द्रोणान्ता द्विजसत्तमाः।।
jaritāriprabhṛtayo droṇāntā dvijasattamāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 33
उपयेमे स तां तार्क्षों कन्धरानुमते शुभाम।।
upayeme sa tāṃ tārkṣoṃ kandharānumate śubhām||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 34
सप्तपक्षाहिते गर्भे कुरुक्षेत्रं जगाम सा।।
saptapakṣāhite garbhe kurukṣetraṃ jagāma sā||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 35
भावित्वाच्चैव कार्यस्य रणमध्ये विवेश सा।।
bhāvitvāccaiva kāryasya raṇamadhye viveśa sā||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 36
निरन्तरं शरैरासीदाकाशं शलभैरिव।।
nirantaraṃ śarairāsīdākāśaṃ śalabhairiva||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 37
तस्या भल्लमहिश्यामं त्वचं चिच्छेद जाठरीम।।
tasyā bhallamahiśyāmaṃ tvacaṃ ciccheda jāṭharīm||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 38
आयुषः सावशेषत्वात तूलराशाविवापतत।।
āyuṣaḥ sāvaśeṣatvāt tūlarāśāvivāpatat||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 39
पपात महती घष्टा बाणसंछिन्नबन्धना।।
papāta mahatī ghaṣṭā bāṇasaṃchinnabandhanā||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 40
छादयन्ती खगाण्डानि स्थितानि पिशितोपरि।।
chādayantī khagāṇḍāni sthitāni piśitopari||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 41
बहून्यहान्यभूद्युद्धं कुरुपाण्डवसैन्ययोः।।
bahūnyahānyabhūdyuddhaṃ kurupāṇḍavasainyayoḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 42
भीष्मस्य गदतो ऽशेषान श्रोतुं धर्मान महात्मनः।।
bhīṣmasya gadato 'śeṣān śrotuṃ dharmān mahātmanaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 43
आजगाम तमुद्देशं शमीको नाम संयमी।।
ājagāma tamuddeśaṃ śamīko nāma saṃyamī||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 44
बाल्यादस्फुटवाक्यानां विज्ञाने ऽपि परे सति।।
bālyādasphuṭavākyānāṃ vijñāne 'pi pare sati||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 45
अमातृपितृपक्षाणि शिशुकानि ददर्श ह।।
amātṛpitṛpakṣāṇi śiśukāni dadarśa ha||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 46
दृष्ट्वा स विस्मयाविष्टः प्रोवाचानुगतान द्विजान।।
dṛṣṭvā sa vismayāviṣṭaḥ provācānugatān dvijān||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 47
पलायनपरं दृष्ट्वा दैत्यसैन्यं सुरार्दितम।।
palāyanaparaṃ dṛṣṭvā daityasainyaṃ surārditam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 48
उत्सृज्य शौर्ययशसी क्व गता न मरिष्यथ।।
utsṛjya śauryayaśasī kva gatā na mariṣyatha||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 49
यावद्धातासृजत पूर्वं न यावन्मनसेप्सितम।।
yāvaddhātāsṛjat pūrvaṃ na yāvanmanasepsitam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 50
भुञ्जन्तो ऽन्नं तथैवापः पिबन्तो निधनं गताः।।
bhuñjanto 'nnaṃ tathaivāpaḥ pibanto nidhanaṃ gatāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 51
अविक्षताङ्गाः शस्त्रैश्च प्रेतराजवशङ्गताः।।
avikṣatāṅgāḥ śastraiśca pretarājavaśaṅgatāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 52
योगाभ्यासे रताश्चान्ये नैव प्रापुरमृत्युताम।।
yogābhyāse ratāścānye naiva prāpuramṛtyutām||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 53
हृदये ऽभिहतस्तेन तथापि न मृतो ऽसुरः।।
hṛdaye 'bhihatastena tathāpi na mṛto 'suraḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 54
प्राप्ते काले हता दैत्यास्तत्क्षणान्निधनं गताः।।
prāpte kāle hatā daityāstatkṣaṇānnidhanaṃ gatāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 55
ततो निवृत्तास्ते दैत्यास्त्यक्त्वा मरणजं भयम।।
tato nivṛttāste daityāstyaktvā maraṇajaṃ bhayam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 56
ये युद्धे ऽपि न सम्प्राप्ताः पञ्चत्वमतिमानुषे।।
ye yuddhe 'pi na samprāptāḥ pañcatvamatimānuṣe||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 57
क्व च मांस-वसा-रक्तैर्भूमेरास्तरणक्रियाः।।
kva ca māṃsa-vasā-raktairbhūmerāstaraṇakriyāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 58
दैवानुकूलता लोके महाभाग्यप्रदर्शिनी।।
daivānukūlatā loke mahābhāgyapradarśinī||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 59
निवर्तताश्रमं यात गृहीत्वा पक्षिबालकान।।
nivartatāśramaṃ yāta gṛhītvā pakṣibālakān||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 60
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 60
श्येनतो नकुलाद्वापि स्थाप्यन्तां तत्र पक्षिणः।।
śyenato nakulādvāpi sthāpyantāṃ tatra pakṣiṇaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 61
रक्ष्यन्ते चाखिला जीवा यथैते पक्षिबालकाः।।
rakṣyante cākhilā jīvā yathaite pakṣibālakāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 62
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 62
कुर्वन पुरुषकारन्तु वाच्यतां याति नो सताम।।
kurvan puruṣakārantu vācyatāṃ yāti no satām||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 63
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 63
ययुरथ तापसरम्यमाश्रमं स्वम।।
yayuratha tāpasaramyamāśramaṃ svam||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 64
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 64
सुरेन्द्र-वैवस्वतः जातवेदसाम।।
surendra-vaivasvataḥ jātavedasām||
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The Birth of the Sparrows - Verse 65
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 2 · Verse 65
श्रुतिप्रयुक्ता विवधास्तु सत्क्रियाः।।
śrutiprayuktā vivadhāstu satkriyāḥ||
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