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): 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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