Markandeyapurana 50.29
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 50.29
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50.29
hiṃsā bhāryā tvadharmasya tasyāṃ jajñe tathānṛtam /
kanyā ca nirṛtistasyāṃ sutau dvau narakaṃ bhayam //
Now Hiṃsā (Injury) was the wife of Adharma (Unrighteousness); and Anṛta (Falsehood) was horn of her, and a daughter Nirṛti (Destruction) was born of her, and two sons Naraka (Hell) and Bhaya (Fear), and Māyā (Illusion) and Vedanā (Pain). And with these two females the two sons formed two married pairs; and of those two, Māyā gave birth to Mṛtyu (Death) who carries created beings away, and Vedanā gave birth by Raurava[15] to her son Duḥkha (Misery). And Vyādhi (Sickness), Jarā (Old Age), Śoka (Grief), Tṛṣṇā (Thirst) and Krodha (Anger) were begotten by Mṛtyu; or all these, who have the characteristics of Adharma, are traditionally declared to have sprung from Duḥkha. No wife have they, nor son; they all live in perpetual chastity.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) — Sanskrit