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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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 1
निश्चक्राम महातेजा जलवासात पुरोहितः।।
niścakrāma mahātejā jalavāsāt purohitaḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 2
शुश्राव च समस्तन्तु विश्वामित्रविचेष्चितम।।
śuśrāva ca samastantu viśvāmitraviceṣcitam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 3
चण्डालसम्प्रयोगञ्च भार्यातनयविक्रयम।।
caṇḍālasamprayogañca bhāryātanayavikrayam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 4
चकार कोपं तेजस्वी विश्वामित्रमृषिं प्रति।।
cakāra kopaṃ tejasvī viśvāmitramṛṣiṃ prati||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 5
तत्रापि नाभवत क्रोधस्तादृशो यादृशो ऽद्य मे।।
tatrāpi nābhavat krodhastādṛśo yādṛśo 'dya me||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 6
महात्मानं महाभागं देवब्राह्मणपूजकम।।
mahātmānaṃ mahābhāgaṃ devabrāhmaṇapūjakam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 7
अनागाश्चैव धर्मात्मा अप्रमत्तो मदाश्रयः।।
anāgāścaiva dharmātmā apramatto madāśrayaḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 8
स राज्याच्च्यावितो ऽनेन बहुशश्च खिलीकृतः।।
sa rājyāccyāvito 'nena bahuśaśca khilīkṛtaḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 9
मच्छापोपहतो मूढः स बकत्वमवाप्स्यति।।
macchāpopahato mūḍhaḥ sa bakatvamavāpsyati||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 10
त्वमप्याडिर्भवस्तेवति प्रतिशापमयच्छत।।
tvamapyāḍirbhavastevati pratiśāpamayacchata||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 11
वशिष्ठः स महातेजा विश्वामित्रश्च कौशिकः।।
vaśiṣṭhaḥ sa mahātejā viśvāmitraśca kauśikaḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 12
युयुधाते ऽतिसंरब्धौ महाबलपराक्रमौ।।
yuyudhāte 'tisaṃrabdhau mahābalaparākramau||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 13
यन्नवत्यधिकं ब्रह्मन! सहस्रत्रितयं बकः।।
yannavatyadhikaṃ brahman! sahasratritayaṃ bakaḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 14
प्रहरन्तौ भयं तीव्रं प्रजानाञ्चक्रतुस्तदा।।
praharantau bhayaṃ tīvraṃ prajānāñcakratustadā||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 15
आडिं सो ऽप्युन्नतग्रीवो बकं पद्भ्यामताडयत।।
āḍiṃ so 'pyunnatagrīvo bakaṃ padbhyāmatāḍayat||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 16
गिरिप्रपाताभिहता चकम्पे च वसुन्धरा।।
giriprapātābhihatā cakampe ca vasundharā||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 17
ननाम चैकपार्श्वेन पातालगमनोन्मुखी।।
nanāma caikapārśvena pātālagamanonmukhī||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 18
केचिन्महीसञ्चलनात प्रययुः प्राणिनः क्षयम।।
kecinmahīsañcalanāt prayayuḥ prāṇinaḥ kṣayam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 19
जगदासीत सुसम्भ्रान्तं पर्यस्तक्षितिमण्डलम।।
jagadāsīt susambhrāntaṃ paryastakṣitimaṇḍalam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 20
हा प्रिये! कान्त! शैलो ऽयं पतत्याशु पलायताम।।
hā priye! kānta! śailo 'yaṃ patatyāśu palāyatām||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 21
सुरैः परिवृतः सर्वैराजगाम पितामहः।।
suraiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvairājagāma pitāmahaḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 22
युद्धं वा विरमत्वेतल्लोकाः स्वास्थ्यं व्रजन्तु च।।
yuddhaṃ vā viramatvetallokāḥ svāsthyaṃ vrajantu ca||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 23
कोपामर्षसमाविष्टो युयुधाते न तस्थतुः।।
kopāmarṣasamāviṣṭo yuyudhāte na tasthatuḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 24
तयोश्च हितमन्विच्छन तिर्यग्भावमपानुदत।।
tayośca hitamanvicchan tiryagbhāvamapānudat||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 25
व्युदस्ते तामसे भावे वशिष्ठ0-कौशिकर्षभौ।।
vyudaste tāmase bhāve vaśiṣṭha0-kauśikarṣabhau||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 26
तामसं भावमाश्रित्य ईदृग्युद्धं चिकीर्षितम।।
tāmasaṃ bhāvamāśritya īdṛgyuddhaṃ cikīrṣitam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 27
युवयोर्विग्रहश्चायं पृथिवीक्षयकारकः।।
yuvayorvigrahaścāyaṃ pṛthivīkṣayakārakaḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 28
स्वर्गप्राप्तिकरो ब्रह्मन्नपकारपदे स्थितः।।
svargaprāptikaro brahmannapakārapade sthitaḥ||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 29
परित्यजत भद्रं वो ब्रह्म हि प्रचुरं बलम।।
parityajata bhadraṃ vo brahma hi pracuraṃ balam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 30
क्षमयामासतुः प्रीत्या परिष्वज्य परस्परम।।
kṣamayāmāsatuḥ prītyā pariṣvajya parasparam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 31
वशिष्ठो ऽप्यात्मनः स्थानं कौशिको ऽपि स्वामाश्रयम।।
vaśiṣṭho 'pyātmanaḥ sthānaṃ kauśiko 'pi svāmāśrayam||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 32
कथयिष्यन्ति ये मर्त्याः सम्यक श्रोष्यन्ति चैव ये।।
kathayiṣyanti ye martyāḥ samyak śroṣyanti caiva ye||
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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 9 · Verse 33
न चैव विघ्नकार्याणि भविष्यन्ति कदाचन।।
na caiva vighnakāryāṇi bhaviṣyanti kadācana||
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