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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 9 · 33 shlokas

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The Battle of the Mainā and the Heron - Verse 1

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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