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 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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