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 Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 1
धर्मात्मा पृथिवीपालः प्रोल्लसत्कीर्तिरुत्तमः।।
dharmātmā pṛthivīpālaḥ prollasatkīrtiruttamaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 2
नाधर्मरुचयः पौरास्तस्मिन शासति पार्थिवे।।
nādharmarucayaḥ paurāstasmin śāsati pārthive||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 3
नाजायन्त स्त्रियश्चैव काश्चिदप्राप्तयौवनाः।।
nājāyanta striyaścaiva kāścidaprāptayauvanāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 4
शुश्राव शब्दमसकृत त्रायस्वेति च योषिताम।।
śuśrāva śabdamasakṛt trāyasveti ca yoṣitām||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 5
मयि शासति दुर्मेधाः को ऽयमन्यायवृत्तिमान।।
mayi śāsati durmedhāḥ ko 'yamanyāyavṛttimān||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 6
एकस्मिन्नन्तरे रौद्रो विघ्नराट समचिन्तयत।।
ekasminnantare raudro vighnarāṭ samacintayat||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 7
प्रागसिद्धाभवादीनां विद्याः साध्यति व्रती।।
prāgasiddhābhavādīnāṃ vidyāḥ sādhyati vratī||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 8
ता वै भयार्ताः क्रन्दन्ति कथं कार्यमिदं मया।।
tā vai bhayārtāḥ krandanti kathaṃ kāryamidaṃ mayā||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 9
क्रोशन्त्येतास्तथा भीता दुष्पारं प्रतिभाति मे।।
krośantyetāstathā bhītā duṣpāraṃ pratibhāti me||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 10
इममेव प्रविश्याशु साधयिष्ये यथेप्सितम।।
imameva praviśyāśu sādhayiṣye yathepsitam||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 11
तेनाविष्टो नृपः कोपादिदं वचनमब्रवीत।।
tenāviṣṭo nṛpaḥ kopādidaṃ vacanamabravīt||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 12
बलोष्णतेजसा दीप्ते मयि पत्यावुपस्थिते।।
baloṣṇatejasā dīpte mayi patyāvupasthite||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 13
शरैर्विभिन्नसर्वाङ्गो दीर्घनिद्रां प्रवेक्ष्यति।।
śarairvibhinnasarvāṅgo dīrghanidrāṃ pravekṣyati||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 14
क्रुद्धे चर्षिवरे तस्मिन नेशुर्विद्याः क्षणेन ताः।।
kruddhe carṣivare tasmin neśurvidyāḥ kṣaṇena tāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 15
भीतः प्रावेपतात्यर्थं सहसाश्वत्थपर्णवत।।
bhītaḥ prāvepatātyarthaṃ sahasāśvatthaparṇavat||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 16
ततः स राजा विनयात प्रणिपत्याभ्यभाषत।।
tataḥ sa rājā vinayāt praṇipatyābhyabhāṣata||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 17
न क्रोद्धुमर्हसि मुने निजधर्मरतस्य मे।।
na kroddhumarhasi mune nijadharmaratasya me||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 18
चापं चोद्यम्य योद्धव्यं धर्मशास्त्रानुसारतः।।
cāpaṃ codyamya yoddhavyaṃ dharmaśāstrānusārataḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 19
क्षिप्रमेतत समाचक्ष्व यद्यधर्मभयं तव।।
kṣiprametat samācakṣva yadyadharmabhayaṃ tava||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 20
रक्ष्या भीताः सदा युद्धं कर्तव्यं परिपन्थिभिः।।
rakṣyā bhītāḥ sadā yuddhaṃ kartavyaṃ paripanthibhiḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 21
निर्वेष्टुकामो विप्रो ऽहं दीयतामिष्टदक्षिणा।।
nirveṣṭukāmo vipro 'haṃ dīyatāmiṣṭadakṣiṇā||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 22
पुनर्जातमिवात्मानं मेने प्राह च कौशिकम।।
punarjātamivātmānaṃ mene prāha ca kauśikam||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 23
दत्तमित्येव तद्विद्धि यद्यपि स्यात सुदुर्लभम।।
dattamityeva tadviddhi yadyapi syāt sudurlabham||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 24
प्राणा राज्यं पुरं लक्ष्मीर्यदभिप्रेतमात्मनः।।
prāṇā rājyaṃ puraṃ lakṣmīryadabhipretamātmanaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 25
प्रयच्छ प्रथमं तावद दक्षिणां राजसूयिकीम।।
prayaccha prathamaṃ tāvad dakṣiṇāṃ rājasūyikīm||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 26
व्रियतां द्विजशार्दूल यस्तवेष्टः प्रतिग्रहः।।
vriyatāṃ dvijaśārdūla yastaveṣṭaḥ pratigrahaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 27
राज्यं च सकलं वीर रथाश्व-गजसङ्कुलम।।
rājyaṃ ca sakalaṃ vīra rathāśva-gajasaṅkulam||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 28
विना भार्यां च पुत्रं च शरीरं च तवानघ।।
vinā bhāryāṃ ca putraṃ ca śarīraṃ ca tavānagha||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 29
बहुना वा किमुक्तेन सर्वमेतत प्रदीयताम।।
bahunā vā kimuktena sarvametat pradīyatām||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 30
तस्यर्षेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा तथेत्याह कृताञ्जलिः।।
tasyarṣervacanaṃ śrutvā tathetyāha kṛtāñjaliḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 31
प्रभुत्वं कस्य राजर्षे राज्यस्थे तापसे मयि।।
prabhutvaṃ kasya rājarṣe rājyasthe tāpase mayi||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 32
तस्मिन्नपि भवान स्वामी किमुताद्य महीपतिः।।
tasminnapi bhavān svāmī kimutādya mahīpatiḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 33
यत्र मे विषये स्वाम्यं तस्मान्निष्क्रान्तुमर्हसि।।
yatra me viṣaye svāmyaṃ tasmānniṣkrāntumarhasi||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 34
तरुवल्कलमाबध्य सह पत्न्या सुतेन च।।
taruvalkalamābadhya saha patnyā sutena ca||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 35
स्वपत्न्या शैव्यया सार्धं बालकेनात्मजेन च।।
svapatnyā śaivyayā sārdhaṃ bālakenātmajena ca||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 36
क्व यास्यसीत्यदत्त्वा मे दक्षिणां राजसूयिकीम।।
kva yāsyasītyadattvā me dakṣiṇāṃ rājasūyikīm||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 37
अवशिष्टमिदं ब्रह्मन्नद्य देहत्रयं मम।।
avaśiṣṭamidaṃ brahmannadya dehatrayaṃ mama||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 38
विशेषतो ब्राह्मणानं हन्त्यदत्तं प्रतिश्रुतम।।
viśeṣato brāhmaṇānaṃ hantyadattaṃ pratiśrutam||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 39
तावदेव तु दातव्या दक्षिणा राजसूयिकी।।
tāvadeva tu dātavyā dakṣiṇā rājasūyikī||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 40
रक्षितव्यास्तथा चार्तास्त्वयैव प्राक प्रतिश्रुतम।।
rakṣitavyāstathā cārtāstvayaiva prāk pratiśrutam||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 41
प्रसादं कुरु विप्रर्षे सद्भावमनुचिन्त्य च।।
prasādaṃ kuru viprarṣe sadbhāvamanucintya ca||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 42
शीघ्रमाचक्ष्व शापाग्निरन्यथा त्वां प्रधक्ष्यति।।
śīghramācakṣva śāpāgniranyathā tvāṃ pradhakṣyati||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 43
साम्प्रतं नास्ति मे वित्तमनुज्ञां दातुमर्हसि।।
sāmprataṃ nāsti me vittamanujñāṃ dātumarhasi||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 44
शिवश्च ते ऽध्वा भवतु मा सन्तु परिपन्थिनः।।
śivaśca te 'dhvā bhavatu mā santu paripanthinaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 45
पद्भ्यामनुचिता गन्तुमन्वगच्छत तं प्रिया।।
padbhyāmanucitā gantumanvagacchata taṃ priyā||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 46
दृष्ट्वा प्रचुक्रुशुः पौरा राज्ञश्चैवानुयायिनः।।
dṛṣṭvā pracukruśuḥ paurā rājñaścaivānuyāyinaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 47
त्वं धर्मतत्परो राजन पौरानुग्रहकृत तथा।।
tvaṃ dharmatatparo rājan paurānugrahakṛt tathā||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 48
मुहूर्तं तिष्ठ राजेन्द्र भवतो मुखपङ्कजम।।
muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rājendra bhavato mukhapaṅkajam||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 49
यस्य प्रयातस्य पुरो यान्ति पृष्ठे च पार्थिवाः।।
yasya prayātasya puro yānti pṛṣṭhe ca pārthivāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 50
यस्य भृत्याः प्रयातस्य यान्तयग्रे कुञ्जचरस्थिताः।।
yasya bhṛtyāḥ prayātasya yāntayagre kuñjacarasthitāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 51
हा राजन सुकुमारं ते सुभ्रु सुत्वचमुन्नसम।।
hā rājan sukumāraṃ te subhru sutvacamunnasam||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 52
तिष्ठ तिष्ठ नृपश्रेष्ठ स्वधर्ममनुपालय।।
tiṣṭha tiṣṭha nṛpaśreṣṭha svadharmamanupālaya||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 53
किं दारैः किं सुतैर्नाथ धनैर्धान्यैरथापि वा।।
kiṃ dāraiḥ kiṃ sutairnātha dhanairdhānyairathāpi vā||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 54
हानाथ हा महाराज हा स्वामिन किं जहासि नः।।
hānātha hā mahārāja hā svāmin kiṃ jahāsi naḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 55
नगरं तद्भवान यत्र स स्वर्गो यत्र नो नृपः।।
nagaraṃ tadbhavān yatra sa svargo yatra no nṛpaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 56
अतिष्ठत स तदा मार्गे तेषामेवानुकम्पया।।
atiṣṭhat sa tadā mārge teṣāmevānukampayā||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 57
रोषमर्षविवृत्ताक्षः समागम्य वचो ऽब्रवीत।।
roṣamarṣavivṛttākṣaḥ samāgamya vaco 'bravīt||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 58
मम राज्यं च दत्वा यः पुनः प्राक्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।
mama rājyaṃ ca datvā yaḥ punaḥ prākraṣṭumicchasi||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 59
ब्रुवन्नेवं ययौ शीघ्रमाकर्षन दयितां करे।।
bruvannevaṃ yayau śīghramākarṣan dayitāṃ kare||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 60
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 60
सहसा दण्डकाष्ठेन ताडयामास कौशिकः।।
sahasā daṇḍakāṣṭhena tāḍayāmāsa kauśikaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 61
गच्छामीत्याह दुः खार्तो नान्यत किञ्चिदुदाहरत।।
gacchāmītyāha duḥ khārto nānyat kiñcidudāharat||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 62
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 62
विश्वामित्रः सुपापो ऽयं लोकान कान समवाप्स्यति।।
viśvāmitraḥ supāpo 'yaṃ lokān kān samavāpsyati||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 63
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 63
पीत्वा वयं प्रयास्यामो मुदं मन्त्रपुरः सरम।।
pītvā vayaṃ prayāsyāmo mudaṃ mantrapuraḥ saram||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 64
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 64
शशाप तान मनुष्यत्वं सर्वे यूयमवाप्स्यथ।।
śaśāpa tān manuṣyatvaṃ sarve yūyamavāpsyatha||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 65
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 65
मानुषत्वे ऽपि भवतां भवित्री नैव सन्ततिः।।
mānuṣatve 'pi bhavatāṃ bhavitrī naiva santatiḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 66
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 66
कामक्रोधविनिर्मुक्ता भविष्यथ सुराः पुनः।।
kāmakrodhavinirmuktā bhaviṣyatha surāḥ punaḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 67
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 67
द्रौपदीगर्भसम्भूताः पञ्च वै पाण्डुनन्दनाः।।
draupadīgarbhasambhūtāḥ pañca vai pāṇḍunandanāḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 68
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 68
न दारसंग्रहं प्राप्ताः शापात तस्य महामुनेः।।
na dārasaṃgrahaṃ prāptāḥ śāpāt tasya mahāmuneḥ||
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The Birth of the Sons of Draupadī - Verse 69
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 7 · Verse 69
प्रश्नं चतुष्टयं गीतं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि।।
praśnaṃ catuṣṭayaṃ gītaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi||
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