Markandeyapurana 3.80
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 3.80
- Language
- 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.”
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation