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Markandeyapurana 3.80

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 3.80

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Sanskrit

3.80

jātāśca raṇamadhye vai bhavatā paripālitāḥ /
vayamitthaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha khagatvaṃ samupāgatāḥ /
nāstyasāviha saṃsāre yo na diṣṭena bādhyate //

“Thus, Sir, we were cursed of old by our father through the power of destiny; hence we have descended to a lower grade of created beings for a long time; and we were born on the field of battle; we were nourished by thee: thus have we acquired the nature of birds, O brāhman. There is no man in this world who is not bound by fate.”

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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