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Markandeyapurana 53.38

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 53.38

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Sanskrit

53.38

na vai caturyugāvasthā nārtavā ṛtavo na ca /
āgnīdhrasūnornābhestu ṛṣabho 'bhūt suto dvija //

Perfection exists naturally in Kimpuruṣa, and the other continents[10] with the exception of that named from the mountain Hima[11]; and the perfection is almost complete happiness which comes without exertion. There is no adversity there, nor old age, death or fear; neither righteousness nor unrighteousness existed there, nor had the people differences of position, such as high, low or middling; nor have the four ages existed there, nor periodic times, nor the seasons of the year.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

Now Agnīdhra’s son Nābhi had a son Ṛṣabha, O brāhman. Ṛṣabha begot Bharata, a hero, the best among his hundred sons. Ṛṣabha having anointed his son in his stead betook himself to the strictest life of a wandering religions mendicant, and devoted himself to austerities, an illustrious hermit, dwelling in Pulaha’s hermitage. His father gave Bharata the southern country named after the mountain Him[12]; hence the country is called Bhārata after the name of that high-souled king. Bharata also had a righteous son called Sumati; and Bharata transferred the kingdom to him and departed to the forest.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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