[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 14.78 # Markandeyapurana 14.78 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 14.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.14.78) bibhrat kleśamavāpnoti janamārge 'tipīḍitaḥ / kṣutkṣāmo 'harniśaṃ bhārapīḍāvyathitamastakaḥ // > “Whatever man, deposing his spiritual preceptor, stubbornly pursues his learning or art,—he verily, bearing thus a rock on his head, undergoes affliction in the public way, suffering exceeding pain, emaciated with hunger day and night, his head quivering through the pain of his burden. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.14.77) - [Next: 14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.14.79) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.14) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.14.p35) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.14.78) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Dāśarathīyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.tantra.dasarathiyatantra.10143) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.14.78) · Pramāṇa