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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 38 · 20 shlokas

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 1

प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं प्रश्रयावनतो वचः।।

pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ praśrayāvanato vacaḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 2

असम्यग्दर्शिना मग्नाः सर्वदैवासुखार्णवे।।

asamyagdarśinā magnāḥ sarvadaivāsukhārṇave||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 3

ततस्ततः समादाय दुः खान्येव प्रयच्छति।।

tatastataḥ samādāya duḥ khānyeva prayacchati||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 4

न तादृङ्ममताशून्ये कलविङ्के ऽथ मूषिके।।

na tādṛṅmamatāśūnye kalaviṅke 'tha mūṣike||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 5

यो भूताभिभवो भूतैः सुखदुः खात्मको हि सः।।

yo bhūtābhibhavo bhūtaiḥ sukhaduḥ khātmako hi saḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 6

ममेति मूलं दुः कस्य न ममेति च निर्वृतेः।।

mameti mūlaṃ duḥ kasya na mameti ca nirvṛteḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 7

ममेति प्रत्ययो येन क्षिप्तः शाल्मलितूलवत।।

mameti pratyayo yena kṣiptaḥ śālmalitūlavat||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 8

गृहक्षेत्रोच्चशाखश्च पुत्रदारादिपल्लवः।।

gṛhakṣetroccaśākhaśca putradārādipallavaḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 9

पुण्यापुण्याग्रपुष्पश्च सुखदुः खमहाफलः।।

puṇyāpuṇyāgrapuṣpaśca sukhaduḥ khamahāphalaḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 10

विधित्साभृङ्गमालाढ्यो कृत्यज्ञानमहातरुः।।

vidhitsābhṛṅgamālāḍhyo kṛtyajñānamahātaruḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 11

भ्रान्तिज्ञानसुखाधीनास्तेषामात्यन्तिकं कुतः।।

bhrāntijñānasukhādhīnāsteṣāmātyantikaṃ kutaḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 12

छिन्नो विद्याकुठारेण ते गतास्तेन वर्त्मना।।

chinno vidyākuṭhāreṇa te gatāstena vartmanā||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 13

प्राप्नुवन्ति परां प्राज्ञा निर्वृतिं वृत्तिवर्जिताः।।

prāpnuvanti parāṃ prājñā nirvṛtiṃ vṛttivarjitāḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 14

न तन्मात्रमयावावां नैवान्तः करणात्मकौ।।

na tanmātramayāvāvāṃ naivāntaḥ karaṇātmakau||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 15

यतः परो हि क्षेत्रज्ञः सङ्घातो हि गुणात्मकः।।

yataḥ paro hi kṣetrajñaḥ saṅghāto hi guṇātmakaḥ||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 16

एकत्वे ऽपि पृथग्भावस्तथा क्षेत्रात्मनोर्नृप!।।

ekatve 'pi pṛthagbhāvastathā kṣetrātmanornṛpa!||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 17

ज्ञानं प्रधानचिच्छक्ति-विवेककरमीदृशम।।

jñānaṃ pradhānacicchakti-vivekakaramīdṛśam||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 18

न चापि वेद्मि मुच्येयं कथं प्रकृतिबन्धनात।।

na cāpi vedmi mucyeyaṃ kathaṃ prakṛtibandhanāt||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 19

कथञ्च ब्रह्मणैकत्वं व्रजेयं शाश्वतेन वै।।

kathañca brahmaṇaikatvaṃ vrajeyaṃ śāśvatena vai||

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The conversation between the Father and Son (continued): A series of questions - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 38 · Verse 20

सम्यग ब्रूहि महाप्राज्ञ! सत्सङ्गो ह्युपकृन्नृणाम।।

samyag brūhi mahāprājña! satsaṅgo hyupakṛnnṛṇām||

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