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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 37 · 42 shlokas

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The 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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