Markandeya Purana · Chapter 4

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vindhyaprāptirnāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
evaṃ te droṇatanayāḥ pakṣiṇo jñānino 'bhavan /
vasanti hyacale vindhye tānupāsva ca pṛccha ca

ityṛṣervacanaṃ śrutvā mārkaṇḍeyasya jaiminiḥ /
jagāma vindhyaśikharaṃ yatra te dharmapakṣiṇaḥ

tannagāsannabhūtaśca śuśrāṭha paṭhatāṃ dhvanim /
śrutvā ca vismayāviṣṭaścintayāmāsa jaiminiḥ

sthānasauṣṭhavasampannaṃ jitaśvāsamaviśramam /
vispaṣṭamapadoṣañca paṭhyate dvijasattamaiḥ

viyonimapi samprāptānetān munikumārakān /
citrametadahaṃ manye na jahāti sarasvatī

bandhuvargastathā mitraṃ yacceṣṭamaparaṃ gṛhe /
tyaktvā gacchati tatsarvaṃ na jahāti sarasvatī

iti sañcintayanneva viveśa girikandaram /
praviśya ca dadarśāsau śilāpaṭṭagātān dvijān

paṭhatastān samālokya mukhadoṣavivarjitān /
so 'tha śokena harṣeṇa sarvānevābhyabhāṣata

svastyastu vo dvijaśreṣṭhā jaiminiṃ māṃ nibodhata /
vyāsaśiṣyamanuprāptaṃ bhavatāṃ darśanotsukam

manyurna khalu kartavyo yat pitrātīva manyunā /
śaptāḥ khagatvamāpannāḥ sarvathā diṣṭameva tat

sphītadravye kule kecijjātāḥ kila manasvinaḥ /
dravyanāśe dvijendrāste śabareṇa susāntvitāḥ

dattvā yācanti puruṣā hatvā vadhyanti cāpare /
pātayitvā ca pātyante ta eva tapasaḥ kṣayāt

etaddṛṣṭaṃ subahuśo viparītaṃ tathā mayā /
bhāvābhāvasamucchedairajastraṃ vyākulaṃ jagat

iti sañcintya manasā na śokaṃ kartumarhatha /
jñānasya phalametāvacchokaharṣairadhṛṣyatā

tataste jaiminiṃ sarve pādyārghyābhyāmapūjayan /
anāmayañca papracchuḥ praṇipatya mahāmunim

athocuḥ khagamāḥ sarve vyāsaśiṣyaṃ taponidhim /
sukhopaviṣṭaṃ viśrāntaṃ pakṣānilahataklamam

pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ
adya naḥ saphalaṃ janma jīvitañca sujīvitam /
yat paśyāmaḥ surairvandyaṃ tava pādāmbujadvayam

pitṛkopāgnirudbhūto yo no deheṣu vartate /
so 'dya śāntiṃ gato vipra yuṣmaddarśanavāriṇā

kaccit te kuśalaṃ brahmannāśrame mṛgapakṣiṣu /
vṛkṣeṣvatha latā-gulma-tvaksāra-tṛṇajātiṣu

athavā naitaduktaṃ hi samyagasmābhirādṛtaiḥ /
bhavatā saṅgamo yeṣāṃ teṣāmakuśalaṃ kutaḥ

prasādañca kuruṣvātra brūhyāgamanakāraṇam /
devānāmiva saṃsargo bhavato 'bhyudayo mahān /
kenāsmadbhāgyaguruṇa ānīto dṛṣṭigocaram

jaiminiruvāca
śrūyatāṃ dvijaśārdūlāḥ kāraṇaṃ yena kandaram /
vindhyasyehāgato ramyaṃ revāvārikaṇokṣitam /
sandehān bhārate śāstre tān praṣṭuṃ gatavānaham

mārkaṇḍeyaṃ mahātmānaṃ pūrvaṃ bhṛgukulodvaham /
tamahaṃ pṛṣṭavān prāpya sandehān bharataṃ prati

sa ca pṛṣṭo mayā prāha santi vindhye mahācale /
droṇaputrā mahātmānaste vakṣmantyarthavistaram

tadvākyayoditaścemamāgato 'haṃ mahāgirim /
tacchṛṇudhvamaśeṣeṇa śrutvā vyākhyātumarhatha

pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ
viṣaye sati vakṣyāmo nirviśaṅkaḥ śṛṇuṣva tat /
kathaṃ tanna vadiṣyāmo yadasmadbuddhigocaram

caturṣvapi hi vedeṣu dharmaśāstreṣu caiva hi /
samasteṣu tathāṅgeṣu yaccānyadvedasaṃmitam

eteṣu gocaro 'smākaṃ buddherbrāhmaṇasattama /
pratijñāntu samāroḍhuṃ tathāpi nahi śaknumaḥ

tasmādvadasva viśrabdhaṃ sandigdhaṃ yadvi bhārate /
vakṣyāmastava dharmajña na cenmoho bhaviṣyati

jaiminiruvāca
sandigdhānīha vastūni bhārataṃ prati yāni me /
śṛṇudhvamamalāstāni śrutvā vyākhyātumarhatha

kasmānmānuṣatāṃ prāpto nirguṇo 'pi janārdanaḥ /
vāsudevo 'khilādhāraḥ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam

kasmācca pāṇḍuputrāṇāmekā sā drupadātmajā /
pañcānāṃ mahiṣī kṛṣṇā sumāhanatra saṃśayaḥ

bheṣajaṃ brahmahatyāyā baladevo mahābalaḥ /
tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena kasmāccakre halāyudhaḥ

kathaṃ ca draupadeyāste 'kṛtadārā mahārathāḥ /
pāṇḍunāthā mahātmāno vadhamāpuranāthavat

etat sarvaṃ kathyatāṃ me sandigdhaṃ bhārataṃ prati /
kṛtārthohaṃ sukhaṃ yena gaccheyaṃ nijamāśramam

pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ
namaskṛtya sureśāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave /
puruṣāyāprameyāya śāśvatāyāvyayāya ca

caturvyūhātmane tasmai triguṇāyāguṇāya ca /
variṣṭhāya gariṣṭhāya vareṣyāyāmṛtāya ca

yasmādaṇutaraṃ nāsti yasmānnāsti bṛhattaram /
yena viśvamidaṃ vyāptamajena jagadādinā

āvirbhāva-tirobhāva-dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa-vilakṣaṇam /
vadanti yad sṛṣṭamidaṃ tathaivānte ca saṃhṛtam

brahmaṇe cādidevāya namaskṛtya samādhinā /
ṛksāmānyudgiran vaktrairyaḥ punāti jagattrayam

praṇipatya tatheśānamekabāṇavinirjitaiḥ /
yasyāsuragaṇairyajñā vilupyante na yajvinām

pravakṣyāmo mataṃ kṛtsnaṃ vyāsasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ /
yena bhāratamuddiśya dharmādyāḥ prakaṭīkṛtāḥ

āpo nārā iti proktā munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ /
ayanaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ

sa devo bhagavān sarvaṃ vyāpya nārāyaṇo vibhuḥ /
caturdhā saṃsthito brahman saguṇo nirguṇastathā

ekā mūrtiranirdeśyā śuklāṃ paśyanti tāṃ budhāḥ /
jvālāmāloparuddhāṅgī niṣṭhā sā yogināṃ parā

dūrasthā cāntikasthā ca vijñeyā sā guṇātigā /
vāsudevābhidhānāsau nirmamatvena dṛśyate

rūpavarṇādayastasyā na bhāvāḥ kalpanāmayāḥ /
astyeva sā sadā śuddhā supratiṣṭhaikarūpiṇī

dvitīyā pṛthivīṃ mūdrghnā śeṣākhyā dhārayatyadhaḥ /
tāmasī sā samākhyātā tiryaktvaṃ samupāśritā

tṛtīyā karma kurute prajāpālanatatparā /
sattvodriktā tu sā jñeyā dharmasaṃsthānakāriṇī

caturtho jalamadhyasthā śete pannagatalpagā /
rajastasyā guṇaḥ sargaṃ sā karoti sadaiva hi

yā tṛtīyā harermūrtiḥ prajāpālanatatparā /
sā tu dharmavyavasthānaṃ karoti niyataṃ bhuvi

proddhūtānasurān hanti dharmavicchittikāriṇaḥ /
pāti devān sataścānyān dharmarakṣāparāyaṇān

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati jaimine /
abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjatyasau

bhūtvā purā varāheṇa tuṇḍenāpo nirasya ca /
ekayā daṃṣṭrayotkhātā nalinīva vasundharā

kṛtvā nṛsiṃharūpañca hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ /
vipracittimukhāścānye dānavā vinipātitāḥ

vāmanādīṃstathaivānyān na saṃkhyātumihotsahe /
avatārāśca tasyeha māthuraḥ sāmprataṃ tvayam

iti sā sāttvikī mūrtiravatārān karoti vai /
pradyumneti ca sā khyātā rakṣākarmaṇyavasthitā

devatve 'tha manuṣyatve tiryagyonau ca saṃsthitā /
gṛhṇāti tatsvabhāvaṃ ca vāsudevecchayā sadā

ityetat te samākhyātaṃ kṛtakṛtyo 'pi yatprabhuḥ /
mānuṣatvaṃ gato viṣṇuḥ śṛṇuṣvāsyottaraṃ punaḥ