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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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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 1

उपासाञ्चक्रिरे पुत्रौ भूपालतनयस्तथा।।

upāsāñcakrire putrau bhūpālatanayastathā||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 2

प्रीतिं सञ्जनयामास पुत्रसख्युरुवाच च।।

prītiṃ sañjanayāmāsa putrasakhyuruvāca ca||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 3

कर्तव्यमुत्सृजाशङ्कां पितरीव सुतो मयि।।

kartavyamutsṛjāśaṅkāṃ pitarīva suto mayi||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 4

यद्वाभिमतमत्यर्थं दुर्लभं तद्वृणुष्व माम।।

yadvābhimatamatyarthaṃ durlabhaṃ tadvṛṇuṣva mām||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 5

पितुरस्ति ममाद्यापिन किञ्चित कार्यमीदृशम।।

piturasti mamādyāpina kiñcit kāryamīdṛśam||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 6

तथैव त्वयि पातालं न मे याञ्चोन्मुकं मनः।।

tathaiva tvayi pātālaṃ na me yāñconmukaṃ manaḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 7

तृणकोटिसमं वित्तं तारुण्याद्वित्तकोटिषु।।

tṛṇakoṭisamaṃ vittaṃ tāruṇyādvittakoṭiṣu||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 8

जनिता ध्रियते वित्तं यौवनं किन्नु नास्ति मे।।

janitā dhriyate vittaṃ yauvanaṃ kinnu nāsti me||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 9

सत्यशेषे कथं याञ्चां मम जिह्वा करिष्यति।।

satyaśeṣe kathaṃ yāñcāṃ mama jihvā kariṣyati||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 10

पितृबाहुतरुच्छायां संश्रिताः सुखिनो हि ते।।

pitṛbāhutarucchāyāṃ saṃśritāḥ sukhino hi te||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 11

ते सुखास्वादविभ्रंशान्मन्ये धात्रैव वञ्चिताः।।

te sukhāsvādavibhraṃśānmanye dhātraiva vañcitāḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 12

पितृमुक्तान प्रयच्छामः कामतो नित्यमर्थिनाम।।

pitṛmuktān prayacchāmaḥ kāmato nityamarthinām||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 13

मच्चूडामणिना स्पृष्टं यच्चाङ्गस्पर्शमाप्तवान।।

maccūḍāmaṇinā spṛṣṭaṃ yaccāṅgasparśamāptavān||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 14

प्राह राजसुतं प्रीत्या पुत्रयोरुपकारिणम।।

prāha rājasutaṃ prītyā putrayorupakāriṇam||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 15

यदन्यन्मनसः प्रीत्यै तद्ब्रूहि त्वं ददाम्यहम।।

yadanyanmanasaḥ prītyai tadbrūhi tvaṃ dadāmyaham||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 16

सर्वमस्ति विशेषेण सम्प्राप्तं तव दर्शनात।।

sarvamasti viśeṣeṇa samprāptaṃ tava darśanāt||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 17

यदङ्गसंश्लेषमितस्तव देवस्य मानुषः।।

yadaṅgasaṃśleṣamitastava devasya mānuṣaḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 18

कृतं तेनैव न प्राप्तं किं मया पन्नगेश्वर।।

kṛtaṃ tenaiva na prāptaṃ kiṃ mayā pannageśvara||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 19

तत्पुण्यकर्मसंस्कारो हृदयान्मा व्यपैतु मे।।

tatpuṇyakarmasaṃskāro hṛdayānmā vyapaitu me||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 20

स्त्रियो ऽन्नपानं पुत्राश्च चारुमाल्यानुलेपन।।

striyo 'nnapānaṃ putrāśca cārumālyānulepan||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 21

सर्वमेतन्मम मतं फलं पुण्यवनस्पतेः।।

sarvametanmama mataṃ phalaṃ puṇyavanaspateḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 22

कर्तव्यः पुण्यसक्तानां न किञ्चिद्भुवि दुर्लभम।।

kartavyaḥ puṇyasaktānāṃ na kiñcidbhuvi durlabham||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 23

सत्यञ्चैतत फलं सर्वं धर्मस्योक्तं यथा त्वया।।

satyañcaitat phalaṃ sarvaṃ dharmasyoktaṃ yathā tvayā||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 24

ग्राह्यं यन्मानुषे लोके दुष्प्राप्तं भवतो मतम।।

grāhyaṃ yanmānuṣe loke duṣprāptaṃ bhavato matam||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 25

मुकावलोकनञ्चक्रे पन्नगेश्वरपुत्रयोः।।

mukāvalokanañcakre pannageśvaraputrayoḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 26

तत पितुः सकलं वीरौ कथयामासतुः स्फुटम।।

tat pituḥ sakalaṃ vīrau kathayāmāsatuḥ sphuṭam||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 27

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 27

अत्यजद्दयितान प्राणान विप्रलब्धा दुरात्मना।।

atyajaddayitān prāṇān vipralabdhā durātmanā||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 28

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 28

गन्धर्वराजस्य सुता नाम्ना ख्याता मदालसा।।

gandharvarājasya sutā nāmnā khyātā madālasā||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 29

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 29

नान्या भार्या भवित्रीति वर्जयित्वा मदालसाम।।

nānyā bhāryā bhavitrīti varjayitvā madālasām||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 30

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 30

तात! वाञ्छति यद्येतत क्रियते तत कृतं भवेत।।

tāta! vāñchati yadyetat kriyate tat kṛtaṃ bhavet||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 31

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 31

कथमेतद्विना स्वप्नं मायां वा शम्बरोदिताम।।

kathametadvinā svapnaṃ māyāṃ vā śambaroditām||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 32

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 32

प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं प्रेमलज्जासमन्वितः।।

pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ premalajjāsamanvitaḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 33

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 33

यदि दर्शयते मन्ये परं कृतमनुग्रहम।।

yadi darśayate manye paraṃ kṛtamanugraham||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 34

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 34

अनुग्राह्यो भवान गेहं बालो ऽप्यभ्यागतो गुरुः।।

anugrāhyo bhavān gehaṃ bālo 'pyabhyāgato guruḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 35

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 35

तेषां संमोहनार्थाय ज्जल्प च ततः स्फुटम।।

teṣāṃ saṃmohanārthāya jjalpa ca tataḥ sphuṭam||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 36

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 36

सेयं न वेति ते भार्या राजपुत्र! मदालसा।।

seyaṃ na veti te bhāryā rājaputra! madālasā||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 37

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 37

निवारयामास च तं नागः सो ऽश्वतरस्त्वरन।।

nivārayāmāsa ca taṃ nāgaḥ so 'śvatarastvaran||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 38

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 38

अन्तर्धानमुपैत्याशु माया संस्पर्शनादिभिः।।

antardhānamupaityāśu māyā saṃsparśanādibhiḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 39

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 39

हा प्रियेति वदन सो ऽथ चिन्तयामास भामिनीम।।

hā priyeti vadan so 'tha cintayāmāsa bhāminīm||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 40

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 40

येनायं पातनो ऽरीणां विना शस्त्रेण पातितः।।

yenāyaṃ pātano 'rīṇāṃ vinā śastreṇa pātitaḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 41

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 41

वाय्वम्बुतेजसां भुमेराकाशस्य च चेष्टया।।

vāyvambutejasāṃ bhumerākāśasya ca ceṣṭayā||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 42

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 42

कथयामास तत सर्वं मृतसञ्जीवनादिकम।।

kathayāmāsa tat sarvaṃ mṛtasañjīvanādikam||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 43

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 43

आरुह्य संचिन्तितमभ्युपतेम।।

āruhya saṃcintitamabhyupatem||

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