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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 41 · 26 shlokas

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 1

ब्रह्मवर्त्मन्यनुसरन यथा योगी न सीदति।।

brahmavartmanyanusaran yathā yogī na sīdati||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 2

तावेव विपरीतार्थौ योगिनः सिद्धिकारकौ।।

tāveva viparītārthau yoginaḥ siddhikārakau||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 3

अपमानो ऽमृतं तत्र मानस्तु विषमं विषम।।

apamāno 'mṛtaṃ tatra mānastu viṣamaṃ viṣam||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 4

सत्यपूतां वदेद्वाणीं बुद्धिपूतञ्च चिन्तयेत।।

satyapūtāṃ vadedvāṇīṃ buddhipūtañca cintayet||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 5

महाजनञ्च सिद्ध्यर्थं न गच्छेद्योगवित क्वचित।।

mahājanañca siddhyarthaṃ na gacchedyogavit kvacit||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 6

अटेत योगविद भैक्ष्यं न तु त्रिष्वेव नित्यशः।।

aṭeta yogavid bhaikṣyaṃ na tu triṣveva nityaśaḥ||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 7

तथा युक्तश्चरेद्योगी सतां वर्त्म न दूषयन।।

tathā yuktaścaredyogī satāṃ vartma na dūṣayan||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 8

श्रेष्ठा तु प्रथमा चेति वृत्तिरस्योपदिश्यते।।

śreṣṭhā tu prathamā ceti vṛttirasyopadiśyate||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 9

श्रद्दधानेषु दान्तेषु श्रोत्रियेषु महात्मसु।।

śraddadhāneṣu dānteṣu śrotriyeṣu mahātmasu||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 10

भैक्ष्यचर्या विवर्णेषु जघन्या वृत्तिरिष्यते।।

bhaikṣyacaryā vivarṇeṣu jaghanyā vṛttiriṣyate||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 11

फलं मूलं प्रियङ्गुं वा कणपिण्याकसक्तवः।।

phalaṃ mūlaṃ priyaṅguṃ vā kaṇapiṇyākasaktavaḥ||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 12

तत प्रयुञ्ज्यान्मुनिर्भक्त्या परमेण समाधिना।।

tat prayuñjyānmunirbhaktyā parameṇa samādhinā||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 13

प्राणायेति ततस्तस्य प्रथमा ह्याहुतिः स्मृता।।

prāṇāyeti tatastasya prathamā hyāhutiḥ smṛtā||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 14

उदानाय चतुर्थो स्याद्व्यानायेति च पञ्चमी।।

udānāya caturtho syādvyānāyeti ca pañcamī||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 15

अपः पुनः सकृत प्रश्य आचम्य हृदयं स्पृशेत।।

apaḥ punaḥ sakṛt praśya ācamya hṛdayaṃ spṛśet||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 16

व्रतानि पञ्च भिक्षूणामहिंसापरमाणि वै।।

vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇāmahiṃsāparamāṇi vai||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 17

नित्यस्वाध्याय इत्येते नियमाः पञ्च कीर्तिताः।।

nityasvādhyāya ityete niyamāḥ pañca kīrtitāḥ||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 18

ज्ञानानां बहुता येयं योगविघ्रकरा हि सा।।

jñānānāṃ bahutā yeyaṃ yogavighrakarā hi sā||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 19

अपि कल्पसहस्रेषु नैव ज्ञेयमवाप्नुयात।।

api kalpasahasreṣu naiva jñeyamavāpnuyāt||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 20

पिधाय बुद्ध्या द्वाराणि मनो ध्याने निवेशयेत।।

pidhāya buddhyā dvārāṇi mano dhyāne niveśayet||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 21

नित्ययुक्तः सदा योगी ध्यानं सम्यगुपक्रमेत।।

nityayuktaḥ sadā yogī dhyānaṃ samyagupakramet||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 22

यस्यैते नियता दण्डाः स त्रिदण्डी महायतिः।।

yasyaite niyatā daṇḍāḥ sa tridaṇḍī mahāyatiḥ||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 23

गुणागुणमयन्तस्य कः प्रियः को नृपाप्रियः।।

guṇāguṇamayantasya kaḥ priyaḥ ko nṛpāpriyaḥ||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 24

परं हि मत्वा न पुनः प्रजायते।।

paraṃ hi matvā na punaḥ prajāyate||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 25

तस्मिन प्राप्ते शाश्वतस्योपलब्धिः।।

tasmin prāpte śāśvatasyopalabdhiḥ||

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The Yogi’s religious course - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 41 · Verse 26

विमुक्तिमाप्रोति ततः स्वयोगतः।।

vimuktimāproti tataḥ svayogataḥ||

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