Markandeya Purana · Chapter 10

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe āḍi-bakayuddhavarṇanaṃ nāma navamo 'dhyāyaḥ
daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
jaiminiruvāca
saṃśayaṃ dvijaśārdūlāḥ prabrūta mama pṛcchataḥ /
āvirbhāva-tirobhāvau bhūtānāṃ yatra saṃsthitau

kathaṃ sañjāyate jantuḥ kathaṃ vā savivardhate /
kathaṃ vodaramadhyasthastiṣṭhatyaṅganipīḍitaḥ

niṣkrāntimudarāt prāpya kathaṃ vā vṛddhimṛcchati /
utkrāntikāle ca kathañcidbhāvena viyujyate

kṛtsno mṛtastathāśnāti ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte /
kathaṃ te ca tathā tasya phalaṃ sampādayantyuta

kathaṃ na jīryate tatra piṇḍīkṛta ivāśaye /
strīkoṣṭhe yatra jīryante bhuktāni sugurūṇyapi /
bhakṣyāṇi yatra no janturjoryate kathamalpakaḥ

etanme brūta sakalaṃ sandehoktivivarjitam /
tadetat parama guhyaṃ yatra muhyanti jantavaḥ

pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ
praśnabhāro 'yamatulastvayāsmāsu niveśitaḥ /
durbhāvyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhāvābhāvasamāśritaḥ

taṃ śṛṇuṣva mahābhāga yathā prāha pituḥ purā /
putraḥ paramadharmātmā sumatirnāma nāmataḥ

brāhmaṇo bhārgavaḥ kaścit sutamāha mahāmatiḥ /
kṛtopanayanaṃ śāntaṃ sumatiṃ jaḍarūpiṇam

vedānadhīṣva sumate ! yathānukramamāditaḥ /
guruśuśrūṣaṇe vyagro bhaikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ

tato gārhasthyamāsthāya ceṣṭvā yajñānanuttamān /
iṣṭamutpādayāpatyamāśrayethā vanaṃ tataḥ

vanasthaśca tato vatsa parivrāḍ niṣparigrahaḥ /
evamāpsyasi tadbrahma yatra gatvā na śocasi

pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ
ityevamukto bahuśo jaḍatvānnāha kiñcana /
pitāpi taṃ subahuśaḥ prāha prītyā punaḥ punaḥ

iti pitrā sutasnehāt pralobhi madhurākṣaram /
sa codyamāno bahuśaḥ prahasyedamathābravīt

tātaitadbahuśo 'bhyastaṃ yat tvayādyopadiśyate /
tathaivānyāni śāstrāṇi śilpāni vividhāni ca

janmanāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ mama smṛtipathaṃ gatam /
nirvedāḥ paritoṣāśca kṣayavṛddhyudaye gatāḥ

śatrumitrakalatrāṇāṃ viyogāḥ saṅgamāstathā /
mātaro vivadhā dṛṣṭāḥ pitaro vivadhāstathā

anubhūtāni saukhyani duḥ khāni ca sahasraśaḥ /
bāndhavā bahavaḥ prāptāḥ pitaraśca pṛthagvidhāḥ

viṇmūtrapicchile strīṇāṃ tathā koṣṭhe mayoṣitam /
pīḍāśca subhṛśaṃ prāptā rogāṇāñca sahasraśaḥ

garbhaduḥ khānyanekāni bālatve yauvane tathā /
vṛddhatāyāṃ tathāptāni tāni sarvāṇi saṃsmare

brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-viśāṃ śūdrāṇāñcāpi yoniṣu /
punaśca puśukīṭānāṃ mṛgāṇāmatha pakṣiṇām

tathaiva rājabhṛtyānāṃ rājñāñcāhavaśālinām /
samutpanno 'smi geheṣu tathaiva tava veśmani

bhṛtyatāṃ dāsatāñcaiva gato 'smi bahuśo nṛṇām /
svāmitvamīśvaratvaṃ ca daridratvaṃ tathā gataḥ

hataṃ mayā hataścānyairhataṃ me ghātitaṃ tathā /
dattaṃ mamānyairanyebhyo mayā dattamanekaśāḥ

pitṛ-mātṛ-suhṛd-bhrātṛ-kalatrādikṛtena ca /
tuṣṭo 'sakṛt tathā dainyamaśrudhautānano gataḥ

evaṃ saṃsāracakre 'smin bhramatā tāta saṅkaṭe /
jñānametanmayā prāptaṃ mokṣasamprāptikārakam

vijñāte yatra sarvo 'yamṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃjñitaḥ /
kriyākalāpo viguṇo na samyak pratibhāti me

tasmādutpannabodhasya vedaiḥ kiṃ me prayojanam /
guruvijñānatṛptasya nirīhasya sadātmanaḥ

ṣaṭ prakārakriyā-duḥkha-sukha-harṣa-rasaiśca yat /
guṇaiśca varjitaṃ brahma tat prāpsyāmi paraṃ padam

rasa-harṣa-bhayodvega-krodhāmarṣa-jarāturām /
vijñātāṃ svamṛgagrāhisaṃghapāśaśatākulam

tasmādyāsyāmyahaṃ tāta tyaktvemāṃ duḥ khasantatim /
trayīdharmamadharmāḍhyaṃ kiṃ pāpaphalasannibham

pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā harṣavismayagadgadam /
pitā prāha mahābhāgaḥ svasutaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ

pitovāca
kimetadvadase vatsa kutaste jñānasambhavaḥ /
kena te jaḍatā pūrvamidānīñca prabuddhatā

kinnu śāpavikāro 'yaṃ munidevakṛtastava /
yatte jñānaṃ tirobhūtamāvirbhāvamupāgatam

putra uvāca
śṛṇu tāta ! yathā vṛttaṃ mamedaṃ sukha-duḥkhadam /
yaścāhamāsamanyasmin janmanyasmatparantu yat

ahamāsaṃ purā vipro nyastātmā paramātmani /
ātmavidyāvicāreṣu parāṃ niṣṭhāmupāgataḥ

satataṃ yogayuktasya satatābhyāsasaṅgamāt /
satsaṃyogāt svasvabhāvādvicāravidhiśodhanāt

tasminnave parā prītirmamāsīd yuñjataḥ sadā /
ācāryatāñca samprāptaḥ śiṣyasandehahṛttamaḥ

tataḥ kālena mahatā aikāntikamupagataḥ /
ajñānākṛṣṭasadbhāvo vipannaśca pramādataḥ

utkrāntikālādārabhya smṛtilopo na me 'bhavat /
yāvadabdaṃ gataṃ caiva janmanāṃ smṛtimāgatam

pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva so 'haṃ tāta ! jitendriyaḥ /
yatiṣyāmi tathā kartuṃ na bhaviṣye yathā punaḥ

jñānadānaphalaṃ hyetadyajjātismaraṇaṃ mama /
na hyetat prāpyate tāta trayīdharmāśritairnaraiḥ

so 'haṃ pūrvāśramādeva niṣṭhādharmamupāśritaḥ /
ekāntitvamupāgamya yatiṣyāmyātmamokṣaṇe

tadbrūhi tvaṃ mahābhāga ! yat te saṃśayikaṃ hṛdi /
etāvatāpi te prītimutpādyānṛṇyamāpnuyām

pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ
pitā prāha tataḥ putraṃ śraddadhat tasya tadvacaḥ /
bhavatā yadvayaṃ pṛṣṭāḥ saṃsāragrahaṇāśrayam

putra uvāca
śṛṇu tāta ! yathā tattvamanubhūtaṃ mayāsakṛt /
saṃsāracakramajaraṃ sthitiryasya na vidyate

so 'haṃ vadāmi te sarvaṃ tavaivānujñayā pitaḥ /
utkrāntikālādārabhya yathā nānyo vadiṣyati

ūṣmā prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ /
bhinatti marmasthānāni dīpyamāno nirindhanaḥ

udāno nāma pavanastataścordhvaṃ pravartate /
bhuktānāmambubhakṣyāṇāmadhogatinirodhakṛt

tato yenāmbudānāni kṛtānyannarasāstathā /
dattāḥ sa tasya āhlādamāpadi pratipadyate

annāni yena dattāni śraddhāpūtena cetasā /
so 'pi tṛptimavāpnoti vināpyannena vai tadā

yenānṛtāni noktāni prītibhedaḥ kṛto na ca /
āstikaḥ śraddadhānaśca sa sukhaṃ mṛtyumṛcchati

devabrāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ ye ratā nānasūyavaḥ /
śuklā vadānyā hrīmantaste narāḥ sukhamṛtyavaḥ

yo na kāmānna saṃrambhānna dveṣāddharmamutsṛjet /
yathoktakārī somyaśca sa sukhaṃ mṛtyumṛcchati

avāridāyino dāhaṃ kṣudhāñcānannadāyinaḥ /
prāpnuvanti narāḥ kāle tasmin mṛtyāvupasthite

śītaṃ jayantīndhanadāstāpaṃ candanadāyinaḥ /
prāṇaghnīṃ vedanāṃ kaṣṭāṃ ye cānudvegakāriṇaḥ

mohājñānapradātāraḥ prāpnuvanti mahadbhayam /
vedanābhirudagrābhiḥ prapīḍyante 'dhamā narāḥ

kūṭasākṣī mṛṣāvādī yaścāsadanuśāsti vai /
te mohamṛtyavaḥ sarve tathā vedavinindakāḥ

vibhīṣaṇāḥ pūtigandhāḥ kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ /
āgacchanti durātmāno yamasya puruṣāstadā

prāpteṣu dṛkpathaṃ teṣu jāyate tasya vepathuḥ /
krāndatyavirataṃ so 'tha bhrātṛ-mātṛsutānatha

sāsya vāgasphuṭā tāta ekavarṇā vibhāvyate /
dṛṣṭiśca bhrāmyate trāsācchvāsācchuṣyatyathānanam

ūrdhvaśvāsānvitaḥ so 'tha dṛṣṭibhaṅgasamanvitaḥ /
tataḥ sa vedanāviṣṭastaccharīraṃ vimuñcati

vāyvagrasārī tadrūpaṃ dehamanyat prapadyate /
tatkarmajaṃ yātanārthaṃ na mātṛ-pitṛsambhavam /
tatpramāṇavayo 'vasthā-saṃsthānaiḥ prāgbhavaṃ yathā

tato dūto yamasyāśu pāśairbadhnāti dāruṇaiḥ /
daṇḍaprahārasambhrāntaṃ karṣate dakṣiṇāṃ diśam

kuśa-kaṇṭaka-valamīka-śaṅku-pāṣāṇakarkaśe /
tathā pradīptajvalane kvacicchṛbhraśatotkaṭe

pradīptādityatapte ca dahyamāne tadaṃśubhiḥ /
kṛṣyate yamadūtaiścāśivasannādabhīṣaṇaiḥ

vikṛṣyamāṇastairghorairbhakṣyamāṇaḥ śivāśataiḥ /
prayāti dāruṇe mārge pāpakarmā yamakṣayam

chatropānatpradātāro ye ca vastrapradā narāḥ /
ye yānti manujā mārgaṃ taṃ sukhena tathānnadāḥ

evaṃ kleśānanubhavannavaśaḥ pāpapīḍitaḥ /
nīyate dvādaśāhena dharmarājapuraṃ naraḥ

kalevare dahyamāne mahāntaṃ dāhamṛcchati /
tāḍyamāne tathaivārti chidyamāne ca dāruṇām

klidyamāne cirataraṃ janturduḥkhamavāpnute /
svena karmavipākena dehāntaragato 'pi san

tatra yadvāndhavāstoyaṃ prayacchanti tilaiḥ saha /
yacca piṇḍaṃ prayacchanti nīyamānastadaśnute

tailābhyaṅgo bāndhavānāmaṅgasaṃvāhanañca yat /
tena cāpyāyyate janturyaccāśnanti sabāndhavāḥ

bhūmau svapadbhirnātyantaṃ kleśamāpnoti bāndhavaiḥ /
dānaṃ dadadbhiśca tathā janturāpyāyyate mṛtaḥ

nīyamānaḥ svakaṃ gehaṃ dvādaśāhaṃ sa paśyati /
upabhuṅkte tathā dattaṃ toyapiṇḍādikaṃ bhuvi

dvādaśāhāt paraṃ ghoramāyasaṃ bhīṣaṇākṛtim /
yāmyaṃ paśyatyatho jantuḥ kṛṣyamāṇaḥ puraṃ tataḥ

gatamātro 'tiraktākṣaṃ bhinnāñjanacayaprabham /
mṛtyukālāntakādīnāṃ madhye paśyati vai yamam

daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃ bhrakuṭīdāruṇākṛtim /
virūpairbhoṣaṇairvaktrairvṛtaṃ vyādhiśataiḥ prabhum

daṇḍāsaktaṃ mahābāhuṃ pāśahastaṃ subhairavam /
tannirdiṣṭāṃ tato yāti gatiṃ jantuḥ śubhāśubhām

raurave kūṭasākṣī tu yāti yaścānṛto naraḥ /
tasya svarūpaṃ gadato rauravasya niśāmaya

yojanānāṃ sahasre dve rauravo hi pramāṇataḥ /
jānumātrapramāṇaśca tataḥ śvabhraḥ sudustaraḥ

tatrāṅgāracayopetaṃ kṛtañca dharaṇīsamam /
jājvalyamānastīvreṇa tāpitāṅgārabhūminā

tanmadhye pāpakarmāṇaṃ vimuñcanti yamānugāḥ /
sa dahyamānastīvreṇa vahninā tatra dhāvati

pade pade ca pādo 'sya śīryate jīryate punaḥ /
ahorātreṇoddharaṇaṃ pādanyāsaṃ ca gacchati

evaṃ sahasramuttīrṇo yojanānāṃ vimucyate /
tato 'nyaṃ pāpaśuddhyarthaṃ tādṛṅnirayamṛcchati

tataḥ sarveṣu nistīrṇaḥ pāpī tiryakatvamaśnute /
kṛmi-kīṭa-pataṅgeṣu śvāpade maśakādiṣu

gatvā gajadrumādyeṣu goṣvaśveṣu tathaiva ca /
anyāsu caiva pāpāsu duḥ khadāsu ca yoniṣu

mānuṣaṃ prāpya kubjo vā kutsito vāmano 'pi vā /
caṇḍālapukkasādyāsu naro yoniṣu jāyate

avaśiṣṭena pāpena puṇyena ca samanvitaḥ /
tataścārohaṇīṃ jātiṃ śūdra-vaiśya-nṛpādikām

vipradevendratāṃ cāpi kadācidavarohaṇīm /
evantu pāpakarmāṇe narakeṣu patantyadhaḥ

yathā puṇyakṛto yānti tanme nigatadaḥ śṛṇu /
te yamena vinirdiṣṭāṃ yānti puṇyāṃ gatiṃ narāḥ

pragītagandharvagaṇāḥ pravṛttāpsarasāṅgaṇāḥ /
hāranūpuramādurya-śobhitānyuttamāni ca

prayāntyāśu vimānāni nānādivyastragujjvalāḥ /
tasmācca pracyutā rājñāmanyeṣāṃ ca mahātmanām

jāyante ca kule tatra sadvṛttaparipālakāḥ /
bhogān samprāpnuvantyugrāṃstato yāntyūrdhvamanyathā

avarohaṇīṃ ca samprāpya pūrvavadyānti mānavāḥ /
etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā janturvipadyate /
ataḥ śṛṇuṣva viprarṣe yathā garbhaṃ prapadyate