[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) › 32.10-19 # Markandeyapurana 32.10-19 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 32.10-19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.10) yavavrīhisagodhūmatilā mudgāḥ sasarṣapāḥ / priyaṅgavaḥ kovidārā niṣpāvāścātiśobhanāḥ // > Barley, rice, along with wheat, sesamum, mudga beans along with mustard, / priyaṅgu, kovidāra, and niṣpāva beans are exceedingly splendid. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Barley, vrīhi rice\[11\], and sesamum-seed, and wheat, green gram,\[12\] and mustard, priyaṅgu\[13\] seed, kovidāra\[14\] seed, and the finest pulse,\[15\] markaṭaka\[16\] seed, rāja-māṣa\[17\] pulse, and aṇu\[18\] grain should he eschewed at a śrāddha. Viprāṣika\[19\] seed and lentils\[20\] are forbidden in a śrāddha. Garlic\[21\] and red garlic,\[22\] onions,\[23\] carrots,\[24\] asparagus,\[25\] and whatever other vegetables are shunned on account of their taste and colour; gāndhārikā\[26\] and kadus,\[27\] salts and salted things, and reddish juices,\[28\] and things that are manifestly salt—these should he indeed avoided in a śrāddha. And whatever has been obtained by talk or through bribes or other improper means is not commended, nor what has been acquired from an outcaste; and wealth that has been obtained unlawfully as the purchase-price of a bride is forbidden in this ceremony. And water that is bad-smelling and frothy, and very scanty, and water that cattle would disdain, and what has been taken by night, and what has been left after every one has cooked, and what is unfit for drinking in a tank—that water should he avoided always in the ceremony to the pitṛs. All milk from deer, sheep, camels, and from animals that have uncloven hoofs, from buffaloes, and from the yak, and cow’s milk that is not more than ten days old,\[29\] and what has been brought to a person who has asked for it on account of the pitṛs,—such milk must he always avoided by the good in the śrāddha ceremony. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa ### [32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.11) varjyā markaṭakāḥ śrāddhe rājamāṣāstathāṇavaḥ / viprāṣikā masūrāśca śrāddhakarmaṇi garhitāḥ // > Markaṭaka beans should be avoided in a śrāddha, as should rājamāṣa beans and aṇu grains; > viprāṣikā and masūra lentils are also condemned in the śrāddha ritual. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.12) laśunaṃ gṛñjanañcaiva palāṇḍaṃ,piṇḍamūlakam / karambhaṃ yāni cānyāni hīnāni rasavarṇataḥ // > Garlic, leeks, onions, turnip roots, > karambha porridge, and whatever else is deficient in taste or colour, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.13) gāndhārikāmalābūni lavaṇānyūṣarāṇi ca / āraktā ye ca niryāsāḥ pratyakṣalavaṇāni ca // > gāndhārikā, bitter bottle-gourds, salt from saline soil, > resins that are reddish, and visible mineral salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.14) varjyānyetāni vai śrāddhe yacca vācā na śasyate / yaccotkocādinā prāptaṃ patitādyadupārjitam // > these are to be avoided in a śrāddha, as well as whatever is not praised in speech, > what has been acquired through bribes and the like, or obtained from an outcaste, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.15) anyāyakanyāśulkotthaṃ dravyañcātra vigarhitam / durgandhi phenilañcāmbu tathaivālpatarodakam // > and wealth derived from an unlawful bride-price is condemned here. > Foul-smelling, frothy water, and likewise very scanty water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.16) na labhedyatra gaustṛptiṃ naktaṃ yaccāpyupāhṛtam / yanna sarvāpacotsṛṣṭaṃ yaccābhojyaṃ nipānajam // > where a cow cannot find satisfaction, and what has been fetched at night, > what is not offered for all birds, and undrinkable water from a trough— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.17) tadvarjyaṃ salilaṃ tāta ! sadaiva pitṛkarmaṇi / mārgamāvikamauṣṭrañca sarvamaikaśaphañca yat // > that water should always be avoided, my dear son, in rites for the ancestors; > as well as milk of deer, sheep, camels, and of all one-hoofed animals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.18) māhiṣañcāmarañcaiva dhenvā goścāpyanirdaśam / pitrarthaṃ me prayacchasvetyuktvā yaccāpyupāhṛtam // > of buffaloes, yaks, and of a cow within ten days of calving, > and whatever is obtained by saying, 'Give it to me for the sake of the ancestors!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.19) varjanīyaṃ sadā sadibhastatpayaḥ śrāddhakarmaṇi / varjyā jantumatī rūkṣā kṣitiḥ pluṣṭā tathāgninā // > Such milk should always be avoided by the good in the śrāddha rite. > Land full of vermin, parched, or scorched by fire should be avoided; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > And in this ceremony ground must he avoided that is swarming with insects, that is rough, and that has been scorched by fire, and that is hot with the words of enemies and wicked men, and that is foul-smelling. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.32.p4) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.32.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.58.3-2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Nṛsiṃhaprasāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.nrsimhaprasada.p84.1) — Dalapatirāja 1511, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.10-19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.32.10-19) · Pramāṇa