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 3 · Verse 1
चकाराहारपयसा तथा गुप्त्या च पोषणम।।
cakārāhārapayasā tathā guptyā ca poṣaṇam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 2
कौतूहलविलोलाक्षैर्दृष्टा मुनिकुमारकैः।।
kautūhalavilolākṣairdṛṣṭā munikumārakaiḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 3
रथचक्रप्रमाणां ते पुनराश्रममागताः।।
rathacakrapramāṇāṃ te punarāśramamāgatāḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 4
ज्ञानञ्च प्रकटीभूतं तत्र तेषां प्रभावतः।।
jñānañca prakaṭībhūtaṃ tatra teṣāṃ prabhāvataḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 5
कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं सर्वे चरणावभ्यवादयन।।
kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ sarve caraṇāvabhyavādayan||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 6
आवास-भक्ष्य-पयसां त्वं नो दाता पिता गुरुः।।
āvāsa-bhakṣya-payasāṃ tvaṃ no dātā pitā guruḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 7
त्वया नो जीवितं दत्तं शिशवो येन रक्षिताः।।
tvayā no jīvitaṃ dattaṃ śiśavo yena rakṣitāḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 8
गजघण्टां समुत्पाट्य कृतवान दुः खरेचनम।।
gajaghaṇṭāṃ samutpāṭya kṛtavān duḥ kharecanam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 9
कदा भूमेर्द्रुमं प्राप्तान द्रक्ष्ये वृक्षान्तरं गतान।।
kadā bhūmerdrumaṃ prāptān drakṣye vṛkṣāntaraṃ gatān||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 10
एषां पक्षानिलोत्थेन मत्समीपविचारिणाम।।
eṣāṃ pakṣānilotthena matsamīpavicāriṇām||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 11
ते साम्प्रतं प्रवृद्धाः स्मः प्रबुद्धाः करवाम किम।।
te sāmprataṃ pravṛddhāḥ smaḥ prabuddhāḥ karavāma kim||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 12
शिष्यैः परिवृतः सर्वैः सह पुत्रेण शृङ्गिणा।।
śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ saha putreṇa śṛṅgiṇā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 13
उवाच तत्त्वतो ब्रूत प्रवृत्तेः कारणं गिरः।।
uvāca tattvato brūta pravṛtteḥ kāraṇaṃ giraḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 14
रूपस्य वचसश्चैव तन्मे वक्तुमीहार्हथ।।
rūpasya vacasaścaiva tanme vaktumīhārhatha||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 15
तस्य पुत्रद्वयं जज्ञे सुकृषस्तुम्बुरुस्तथा।।
tasya putradvayaṃ jajñe sukṛṣastumburustathā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 16
तस्यर्षेर्विनयाचारभक्तिनम्राः सदैव हि।।
tasyarṣervinayācārabhaktinamrāḥ sadaiva hi||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 17
यथाभिमतमस्माभिस्तदा तस्योपपादितम।।
yathābhimatamasmābhistadā tasyopapāditam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 18
एवं तत्राथ वसतां तस्यास्माकञ्च कानने।।
evaṃ tatrātha vasatāṃ tasyāsmākañca kānane||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 19
आताम्रनेत्रः स्त्रस्तात्मा पक्षी भूत्वा सुरेश्वरः।।
ātāmranetraḥ strastātmā pakṣī bhūtvā sureśvaraḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 20
जिज्ञासुस्तमृषिश्रेष्ठमस्मच्छापभवाय च।।
jijñāsustamṛṣiśreṣṭhamasmacchāpabhavāya ca||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 21
भक्षणार्थो महाभाग गतिर्भव ममातुला।।
bhakṣaṇārtho mahābhāga gatirbhava mamātulā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 22
पतितो ऽस्मि महाभाग श्वसनेनातिरंहसा।।
patito 'smi mahābhāga śvasanenātiraṃhasā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 23
स्थितस्तत्राष्टमेनाह्ना चेतनां प्राप्तवानहम।।
sthitastatrāṣṭamenāhnā cetanāṃ prāptavānaham||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 24
भक्ष्यार्थो विगतानन्दो दूयमानेन चेतसा।।
bhakṣyārtho vigatānando dūyamānena cetasā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 25
प्रयच्छ भक्ष्यं विप्रर्षे प्राणयात्राक्षमं मम।।
prayaccha bhakṣyaṃ viprarṣe prāṇayātrākṣamaṃ mama||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 26
प्राणसन्धारणार्थाय दास्ये भक्ष्यं तवेप्सितम।।
prāṇasandhāraṇārthāya dāsye bhakṣyaṃ tavepsitam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 27
स चाह नरमांसेन तृप्तिर्भवति मे परा।।
sa cāha naramāṃsena tṛptirbhavati me parā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 28
वयसः परिणामस्ते वर्तते नूनमण्डज।।
vayasaḥ pariṇāmaste vartate nūnamaṇḍaja||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 29
स कस्माद वृद्धभावे ऽपि सुनृशंसात्मको भवान।।
sa kasmād vṛddhabhāve 'pi sunṛśaṃsātmako bhavān||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 30
सर्वथा दुष्टभावानां प्रशमो नोपपद्यते।।
sarvathā duṣṭabhāvānāṃ praśamo nopapadyate||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 31
प्रतिश्रुत्य सदा देयमिति नो भावितं मनः।।
pratiśrutya sadā deyamiti no bhāvitaṃ manaḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 32
शीघ्रमस्मान समाहूय गुणतो ऽनुप्रशस्य च।।
śīghramasmān samāhūya guṇato 'nupraśasya ca||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 33
विनयावनतान सर्वान भक्तियुक्तान कृताञ्जलीन।।
vinayāvanatān sarvān bhaktiyuktān kṛtāñjalīn||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 34
जातं श्रेष्ठमपत्यं वो यूयं मम यथा द्विजाः।।
jātaṃ śreṣṭhamapatyaṃ vo yūyaṃ mama yathā dvijāḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 35
ततः कुरुत मे वाक्यं निर्व्यलीकेन चेतसा।।
tataḥ kuruta me vākyaṃ nirvyalīkena cetasā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 36
यद्वक्ष्यति भवांस्तद्वै कृतमेवावधार्यताम।।
yadvakṣyati bhavāṃstadvai kṛtamevāvadhāryatām||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 37
युष्मन्मांसेन येनास्य क्षणं तृप्तिर्भवेत वै।।
yuṣmanmāṃsena yenāsya kṣaṇaṃ tṛptirbhaveta vai||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 38
कष्टं कष्टमिति प्रोच्य नैतत कुर्मेति चाब्रुवन।।
kaṣṭaṃ kaṣṭamiti procya naitat kurmeti cābruvan||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 39
विनाशयेद घातयेद्वा यथा ह्यात्मा तथा सुतः।।
vināśayed ghātayedvā yathā hyātmā tathā sutaḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 40
तान्यपाकुरुते पुत्रो न शरीरप्रदः सुतः।।
tānyapākurute putro na śarīrapradaḥ sutaḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 41
जीवन भद्राण्यवाप्नोति जीवन पुण्यं करोति च।।
jīvan bhadrāṇyavāpnoti jīvan puṇyaṃ karoti ca||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 42
आत्मानं सर्वतो रक्ष्यमाहुर्धर्मविदो जनाः।।
ātmānaṃ sarvato rakṣyamāhurdharmavido janāḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 43
प्रोवाच पुनरप्यस्मान निर्दहन्निव लोचनैः।।
provāca punarapyasmān nirdahanniva locanaiḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 44
तस्मान्मच्छापनिर्दग्धास्तिर्यग्योनौ प्रयास्यथ।।
tasmānmacchāpanirdagdhāstiryagyonau prayāsyatha||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 45
अन्त्येष्टिमात्मनः कृत्वा शास्त्रतश्चौर्ध्वदेहिकम।।
antyeṣṭimātmanaḥ kṛtvā śāstrataścaurdhvadehikam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 46
आहारीकृतमेतत ते मया देहमिहात्मनः।।
āhārīkṛtametat te mayā dehamihātmanaḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 47
यावत पतगजात्यग्रय स्वसत्यपरिपालनम।।
yāvat patagajātyagraya svasatyaparipālanam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 48
कर्मणान्येन वा विप्रैर्यत सत्यपरिपालनात।।
karmaṇānyena vā viprairyat satyaparipālanāt||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 49
प्रत्युवाच मुनिं शक्रः पक्षिरूपधरस्तदा।।
pratyuvāca muniṃ śakraḥ pakṣirūpadharastadā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 50
जीवज्जन्तुं हि विप्रेन्द्र न भक्षामि कदाचन।।
jīvajjantuṃ hi viprendra na bhakṣāmi kadācana||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 51
तं तस्य निश्चयं ज्ञात्वा शक्रो ऽप्याह स्वदेहभृत।।
taṃ tasya niścayaṃ jñātvā śakro 'pyāha svadehabhṛt||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 52
जिज्ञासार्थं मयायं ते अपराधः कृतो ऽनघ।।
jijñāsārthaṃ mayāyaṃ te aparādhaḥ kṛto 'nagha||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 53
पालनात सत्यवाक्यस्य प्रीतिर्मे परमा त्वयि।।
pālanāt satyavākyasya prītirme paramā tvayi||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 54
तपस्यथ तथा धर्मे न ते विघ्नो भविष्यति।।
tapasyatha tathā dharme na te vighno bhaviṣyati||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 55
प्रणम्य शिरसास्माभिरिदमुक्तो महामुनिः।।
praṇamya śirasāsmābhiridamukto mahāmuniḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 56
क्षन्तुमर्हसि दीनानां जीवितप्रियता हि नः।।
kṣantumarhasi dīnānāṃ jīvitapriyatā hi naḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 57
कर्तव्या न रतिर्यत्र तत्रास्माकमियं रतिः।।
kartavyā na ratiryatra tatrāsmākamiyaṃ ratiḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 58
कामक्रोधादिभिर्देषैरवशः प्रबलारिभिः।।
kāmakrodhādibhirdeṣairavaśaḥ prabalāribhiḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 59
चर्मभित्तिमहारोधं मांसशोणितलेपनम।।
carmabhittimahārodhaṃ māṃsaśoṇitalepanam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 60
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 60
नृपश्च पुरुषस्तत्र चेतनावानवस्थितः।।
nṛpaśca puruṣastatra cetanāvānavasthitaḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 61
यतेते वैरनाशाय तावुभावितरेतरम।।
yatete vairanāśāya tāvubhāvitaretaram||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 62
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 62
कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभो मोहश्चान्यस्तथा रिपुः।।
kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobho mohaścānyastathā ripuḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 63
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 63
सदा सुस्थबलश्चैव निरातङ्कश्च जायते।।
sadā susthabalaścaiva nirātaṅkaśca jāyate||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 64
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 64
जातानुरागो भवति शत्रुभिर्नाभिभूयते।।
jātānurāgo bhavati śatrubhirnābhibhūyate||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 65
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 65
रागो नाम तदा शत्रुर्नेत्रादिद्वारमृच्छति।।
rāgo nāma tadā śatrurnetrādidvāramṛcchati||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 66
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 66
तस्यानुमार्गं विशति तद्वै घोरं रिपुत्रयम।।
tasyānumārgaṃ viśati tadvai ghoraṃ riputrayam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 67
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 67
रागः शंश्लेषमायाति मनसा च सहेतरैः।।
rāgaḥ śaṃśleṣamāyāti manasā ca sahetaraiḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 68
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 68
द्वाराणि च वशे कृत्वा प्राकारं नाशयत्यथ।।
dvārāṇi ca vaśe kṛtvā prākāraṃ nāśayatyatha||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 69
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 69
अमात्यरहितस्तत्र पौरवर्गोज्झितस्तथा।।
amātyarahitastatra pauravargojjhitastathā||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 70
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 70
एवं रागस्तथा मोहो लोभः क्रोधस्तथैव च।।
evaṃ rāgastathā moho lobhaḥ krodhastathaiva ca||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 71
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 71
रागात्तु क्रोधः प्रभवति क्रोधाल्लोभो ऽभिजायते।।
rāgāttu krodhaḥ prabhavati krodhāllobho 'bhijāyate||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 72
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 72
स्मृतिभ्रंशाद बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात प्रणश्यति।।
smṛtibhraṃśād buddhināśo buddhināśāt praṇaśyati||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 73
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 73
जीविते च सलोभानां प्रसादं कुरु सत्तम।।
jīvite ca salobhānāṃ prasādaṃ kuru sattama||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 74
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 74
न तामसीं गतिं कष्टां व्रजेम मुनिसत्तम।।
na tāmasīṃ gatiṃ kaṣṭāṃ vrajema munisattama||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 75
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 75
न मे वागनृतं प्राह यावदद्येति पुत्रकाः।।
na me vāganṛtaṃ prāha yāvadadyeti putrakāḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 76
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 76
अकार्यं कारितो येन बलादहमचिन्तितम।।
akāryaṃ kārito yena balādahamacintitam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 77
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 77
तस्मात तिर्यक्त्वमापन्नाः परं ज्ञानमवाप्स्यथ।।
tasmāt tiryaktvamāpannāḥ paraṃ jñānamavāpsyatha||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 78
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 78
मत्प्रसादादसन्दिग्धाः परां सिद्धिमवाप्स्यथ।।
matprasādādasandigdhāḥ parāṃ siddhimavāpsyatha||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 79
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 79
ततः कालेन महता योन्यन्तरमुपागताः।।
tataḥ kālena mahatā yonyantaramupāgatāḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 80
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 80
नास्त्यसाविह संसारे यो न दिष्टेन बाध्यते।।
nāstyasāviha saṃsāre yo na diṣṭena bādhyate||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 81
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 81
प्रत्युवाच महाभागः समीपस्थायिनो द्विजान।।
pratyuvāca mahābhāgaḥ samīpasthāyino dvijān||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 82
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 82
ये युद्धे ऽपि न सम्प्राप्ताः पञ्चत्वमतिमानुषे।।
ye yuddhe 'pi na samprāptāḥ pañcatvamatimānuṣe||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 83
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 83
जग्मुः शिखरिणां श्रेष्टं विन्ध्यं द्रुमलतायुतम।।
jagmuḥ śikhariṇāṃ śreṣṭaṃ vindhyaṃ drumalatāyutam||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 84
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 84
तपः स्वाध्यायनिरताः समाधौ कृतनिश्चयाः।।
tapaḥ svādhyāyaniratāḥ samādhau kṛtaniścayāḥ||
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The Visit to the Vindhya Mountain - Verse 85
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 3 · Verse 85
यतमनसो निवसन्ति विन्ध्यपृष्ठे।।
yatamanaso nivasanti vindhyapṛṣṭhe||
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