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# Markandeyapurana 50.1

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 50.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [50.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.1)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca  
tato 'bhidyāyatastasya jajñire mānasīḥ prajāḥ /  
taccharīrasamutpannaiḥ kāryaistaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ saha //

> Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:  
> Then while he was meditating, mankind were begotten in his mind, together with their occupations, and implements which were produced from his body. Spirits in bodily form\[1\] were produced from the limbs of him, the wise god. All those whom I have already mentioned came into existence. All created beings from the gods down to those whose condition is stationary are known to be subject to the three qualities:\[2\] such was the constitution of created things, immoveable and moveable.  
> — 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.50.p5) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.50.1) — English, machine translation

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