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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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Chapter 28 · 36 shlokas

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 1

पप्रच्छ वर्णधर्मांश्च धर्मा ये चाश्रमेषु च।।

papraccha varṇadharmāṃśca dharmā ye cāśrameṣu ca||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 2

धर्मं तमहमिच्छामि श्रोतुं वर्णाश्रमात्मकम।।

dharmaṃ tamahamicchāmi śrotuṃ varṇāśramātmakam||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 3

नान्यश्चतुर्थो धर्मो ऽस्ति धर्मस्तस्यापदं विना।।

nānyaścaturtho dharmo 'sti dharmastasyāpadaṃ vinā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 4

एषा सम्यक समाख्यता त्रिविधा चास्य जीविका।।

eṣā samyak samākhyatā trividhā cāsya jīvikā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 5

धर्मः प्रोक्तः क्षिते रक्षा शस्त्राजीवञ्च जीविका।।

dharmaḥ proktaḥ kṣite rakṣā śastrājīvañca jīvikā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 6

वाणिज्यं पाशुपाल्यञ्च कृषिश्चैवास्य जीविका।।

vāṇijyaṃ pāśupālyañca kṛṣiścaivāsya jīvikā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 7

व्याख्यातः शूद्रधर्मो ऽपि जीविका कारुकर्म च।।

vyākhyātaḥ śūdradharmo 'pi jīvikā kārukarma ca||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 8

वर्णधर्मास्त्विमे प्रोक्ताः श्रूयन्तां चाश्रमाश्रयाः।।

varṇadharmāstvime proktāḥ śrūyantāṃ cāśramāśrayāḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 9

प्रयाति नरकं प्रेत्य प्रतिषिद्धनिषेवणात।।

prayāti narakaṃ pretya pratiṣiddhaniṣevaṇāt||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 10

कामचेष्टोक्तिभक्ष्यश्च तावद भवति पुत्रक।।

kāmaceṣṭoktibhakṣyaśca tāvad bhavati putraka||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 11

वसेत्तत्र च धर्मो ऽस्य कथ्यते तं निबोध मे।।

vasettatra ca dharmo 'sya kathyate taṃ nibodha me||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 12

गुरोर्निवेद्य तच्चान्नमनुज्ञातेन सर्वदा।।

gurornivedya taccānnamanujñātena sarvadā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 13

तेनाहूतः पठेच्चैव तत्परो नान्यमानसः।।

tenāhūtaḥ paṭheccaiva tatparo nānyamānasaḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 14

अनुज्ञातो ऽथ वन्दित्वा दक्षिणां गुरवे ततः।।

anujñāto 'tha vanditvā dakṣiṇāṃ gurave tataḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 15

वानप्रस्थाश्रमं वापि चतुर्थं चेच्छयात्मनः।।

vānaprasthāśramaṃ vāpi caturthaṃ cecchayātmanaḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 16

गुरोरभावे तत्पुत्रे तच्छिष्ये तत्सुतं विना।।

gurorabhāve tatputre tacchiṣye tatsutaṃ vinā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 17

उपावृत्तस्ततस्तस्मात गृहस्थाश्रमकाम्यया।।

upāvṛttastatastasmāt gṛhasthāśramakāmyayā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 18

उद्वहेन्न्यायतो ऽव्यङ्गां गृहस्थाश्रमकारणात।।

udvahennyāyato 'vyaṅgāṃ gṛhasthāśramakāraṇāt||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 19

सम्यक सम्प्रीणयन भक्त्या पोषयेच्चाश्रितांस्तथा।।

samyak samprīṇayan bhaktyā poṣayeccāśritāṃstathā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 20

यथाशक्त्यान्नदानेन वयांसि पशवस्तथा।।

yathāśaktyānnadānena vayāṃsi paśavastathā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 21

पञ्चयज्ञविधानन्तु यथाशक्त्या न हापयेत।।

pañcayajñavidhānantu yathāśaktyā na hāpayet||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 22

भुञ्जीत च समं भृत्यैर्यथाविभवमादृतः।।

bhuñjīta ca samaṃ bhṛtyairyathāvibhavamādṛtaḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 23

वानप्रस्थस्य धर्मं ते कथयाम्यवधार्यताम।।

vānaprasthasya dharmaṃ te kathayāmyavadhāryatām||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 24

वानप्रस्थाश्रमं गच्छेदात्मनः शुद्धिकारणात।।

vānaprasthāśramaṃ gacchedātmanaḥ śuddhikāraṇāt||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 25

भूमौ शय्या ब्रह्मचर्यं पितृदेवातिथिक्रिया।।

bhūmau śayyā brahmacaryaṃ pitṛdevātithikriyā||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 26

योगाभ्यासः सदा चैव वन्यस्नेहनिषेवणम।।

yogābhyāsaḥ sadā caiva vanyasnehaniṣevaṇam||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 27

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 27

वानप्रस्थाश्रमस्तस्माद भिक्षोस्तु चरमो ऽपरः।।

vānaprasthāśramastasmād bhikṣostu caramo 'paraḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 28

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 28

यः स्वधर्मो ऽस्य धर्मज्ञैः प्रोक्तस्तात! महात्मभिः।।

yaḥ svadharmo 'sya dharmajñaiḥ proktastāta! mahātmabhiḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 29

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 29

यतेन्द्रियत्वमावासे नैकस्मिन वसतिश्चिरम।।

yatendriyatvamāvāse naikasmin vasatiściram||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 30

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 30

आत्मज्ञानावबोधेच्छा तथा चात्मावलोकनम।।

ātmajñānāvabodhecchā tathā cātmāvalokanam||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 31

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 31

सामान्यमन्यवर्णानामाश्रमाणाञ्च मे शृणु।।

sāmānyamanyavarṇānāmāśramāṇāñca me śṛṇu||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 32

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 32

आनृशंस्यमकार्पण्यं सन्तोषश्चाष्टमो गुणः।।

ānṛśaṃsyamakārpaṇyaṃ santoṣaścāṣṭamo guṇaḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 33

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 33

एतेषु च स्वधर्मेषु स्वेषु तिष्ठेत समन्ततः।।

eteṣu ca svadharmeṣu sveṣu tiṣṭhet samantataḥ||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 34

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 34

नरो ऽन्यथा प्रवर्तेत स दण्ड्यो भूभृतो भवेत।।

naro 'nyathā pravarteta sa daṇḍyo bhūbhṛto bhavet||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 35

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 35

उपेक्षतस्तान नृपतेरिष्टापूर्तं प्रणश्यति।।

upekṣatastān nṛpateriṣṭāpūrtaṃ praṇaśyati||

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The Education of the Sons (continued): Madālasā’s Exhortation - Verse 36

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 28 · Verse 36

प्रवर्तन्तो ऽन्यथा दण्ड्याः स्थाप्याश्चैव स्वकर्मसु।।

pravartanto 'nyathā daṇḍyāḥ sthāpyāścaiva svakarmasu||

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