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# Markandeyapurana 15.2

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 15.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.15.2)

upādhyāyavyalīkantu kṛtvā śvā bhavati dvijaḥ /  
tajjāyāṃ manasāvāñchan taddravyañcāpyasaṃśayam //

> “But the dvija who has misbehaved towards his spiritual preceptor,\[2\] by coveting the latter’s wife and the latter’s property in his mind, undoubtedly becomes a dog.  
> — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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## Translations (2)

- [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.15.p3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.15.2) — English, machine translation

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