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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+ Add ShlokaThe 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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