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 conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 1
पालयामास धर्मात्मा स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यवस्थिताः।।
pālayāmāsa dharmātmā sve sve karmaṇyavasthitāḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 2
कुर्वन परां मुदं लेभे इयाज च महामखैः।।
kurvan parāṃ mudaṃ lebhe iyāja ca mahāmakhaiḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 3
धर्मात्मानो माहत्मानो विमार्गपरिपन्थिनः।।
dharmātmāno māhatmāno vimārgaparipanthinaḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 4
तयोश्चैवाविरोधेन बुभुजे विषयानपि।।
tayoścaivāvirodhena bubhuje viṣayānapi||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 5
धर्मार्थकामसक्तस्य जग्मुरेकमहर्यथा।।
dharmārthakāmasaktasya jagmurekamaharyathā||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 6
न चाप्यलमभूत्तस्य धर्मार्थोपार्जनं प्रति।।
na cāpyalamabhūttasya dharmārthopārjanaṃ prati||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 7
सुबाहुर्नाम शुश्राव भ्राता तस्य वनेचरः।।
subāhurnāma śuśrāva bhrātā tasya vanecaraḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 8
तद्वैरिसंश्रयं तस्य श्रेयो ऽमन्यत भूपतेः।।
tadvairisaṃśrayaṃ tasya śreyo 'manyata bhūpateḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 9
स्वराज्यं प्राप्तुमागच्छद बहुशः शरणं कृती।।
svarājyaṃ prāptumāgacchad bahuśaḥ śaraṇaṃ kṛtī||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 10
दूतञ्च प्रेषयामास राज्यमस्मै प्रदीयताम।।
dūtañca preṣayāmāsa rājyamasmai pradīyatām||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 11
प्रत्युवाच च तं दूतमलर्कः काशिभूभृतः।।
pratyuvāca ca taṃ dūtamalarkaḥ kāśibhūbhṛtaḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 12
नाक्रान्त्या संप्रदास्यामि भयेनाल्पामपि क्षितिम।।
nākrāntyā saṃpradāsyāmi bhayenālpāmapi kṣitim||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 13
न धर्मः क्षत्रियस्येति याञ्चा वीर्यधनो हि सः।।
na dharmaḥ kṣatriyasyeti yāñcā vīryadhano hi saḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 14
आक्रान्तुमभ्यगाद्राष्ट्रमलर्कस्य महीपतेः।।
ākrāntumabhyagādrāṣṭramalarkasya mahīpateḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 15
तेषामन्यतमैर्भृत्यैः समाक्रम्यानयद्वशम।।
teṣāmanyatamairbhṛtyaiḥ samākramyānayadvaśam||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 16
तथा दुर्गानुपालांश्च चक्रे चाटविकान वशे।।
tathā durgānupālāṃśca cakre cāṭavikān vaśe||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 17
साम्नैवान्यान वशं निन्ये निभृतास्तस्य ये ऽभवन।।
sāmnaivānyān vaśaṃ ninye nibhṛtāstasya ye 'bhavan||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 18
कोषक्षयमवापोच्चैः पुरञ्चारुध्यतारिणा।।
koṣakṣayamavāpoccaiḥ purañcārudhyatāriṇā||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 19
विषादमागात्परमं व्याकुलत्वञ्च चेतसः।।
viṣādamāgātparamaṃ vyākulatvañca cetasaḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 20
यदुद्दिश्य पुरा प्राह माता तस्य मदालसा।।
yaduddiśya purā prāha mātā tasya madālasā||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 21
निष्कृष्य शासनं तस्माद्ददृशे प्रस्फुटाक्षरम।।
niṣkṛṣya śāsanaṃ tasmāddadṛśe prasphuṭākṣaram||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 22
प्रकाशपुलकाङ्गो ऽसौ प्रहर्षोत्फुल्ललोचनः।।
prakāśapulakāṅgo 'sau praharṣotphullalocanaḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 23
स सदिभः सह कर्तव्यः सतां सङ्गो हि भेषजम।।
sa sadibhaḥ saha kartavyaḥ satāṃ saṅgo hi bheṣajam||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 24
मुमुक्षां प्रति तत्कार्यं सैव तस्यापि भेषजम।।
mumukṣāṃ prati tatkāryaṃ saiva tasyāpi bheṣajam||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 25
मुमुक्षयेति निश्चित्य सा च तत्सङ्गतो यतः।।
mumukṣayeti niścitya sā ca tatsaṅgato yataḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 26
दत्तात्रेयं महाभागमगच्छत परमार्तिमान।।
dattātreyaṃ mahābhāgamagacchat paramārtimān||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 27
प्रणिपत्याभिसम्पूज्य यथान्यायमभाषत।।
praṇipatyābhisampūjya yathānyāyamabhāṣata||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 28
दुः खापहारं कुरु मे दुः खार्तस्यातिकामिनः।।
duḥ khāpahāraṃ kuru me duḥ khārtasyātikāminaḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 29
सत्यं ब्रूहि किमर्थं ते दुः खं तत पृथिवीपते।।
satyaṃ brūhi kimarthaṃ te duḥ khaṃ tat pṛthivīpate||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 30
त्रिविधस्यापि दुः खस्य स्थानमात्मानमेव च।।
trividhasyāpi duḥ khasya sthānamātmānameva ca||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 31
आत्मानमात्मना धीरः प्रहस्येदमथाब्रावीत।।
ātmānamātmanā dhīraḥ prahasyedamathābrāvīt||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 32
नाकाशं किन्तु शारीरं समेत्य सुखमिष्यते।।
nākāśaṃ kintu śārīraṃ sametya sukhamiṣyate||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 33
यदि स्यान्म किन्न स्यादन्यस्थे ऽपि हि तन्मयि।।
yadi syānma kinna syādanyasthe 'pi hi tanmayi||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 34
तथा च ममतात्यक्ते विशेषो नोपलभ्यते।।
tathā ca mamatātyakte viśeṣo nopalabhyate||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 35
तथैव भूतसद्भावं शरीरं किं सुखासुखम।।
tathaiva bhūtasadbhāvaṃ śarīraṃ kiṃ sukhāsukham||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 36
यतस्ततो न मे दुः खं सुखं वा नह्यहं मनः।।
yatastato na me duḥ khaṃ sukhaṃ vā nahyahaṃ manaḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 37
अन्तः करणजं दुः खं पारख्यं मम तत्कथम।।
antaḥ karaṇajaṃ duḥ khaṃ pārakhyaṃ mama tatkatham||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 38
सुखानि दुः खानि च किं ममात्र।।
sukhāni duḥ khāni ca kiṃ mamātra||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 39
तत्स्थः स चाहञ्च शरीरतो ऽन्यः।।
tatsthaḥ sa cāhañca śarīrato 'nyaḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 40
स्वल्पो ऽपि सम्बन्ध इहास्ति पुंसः।।
svalpo 'pi sambandha ihāsti puṃsaḥ||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 41
नान्यस्य वा कस्यचिद्वा ममास्ति।।
nānyasya vā kasyacidvā mamāsti||
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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): The discrimination of the Soul - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 37 · Verse 42
मल्ये च देहेषु शरीरभेदैः।।
malye ca deheṣu śarīrabhedaiḥ||
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