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Markandeya Purana 77.26

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 77.26

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Sanskrit

77.26

lālanādyupabhogeṣu viśeṣamanuvāsaram /
manustat kṣāntavānasya yamastasyā na cakṣame //

The lord of day thinking the shadow-form, was Sañjñā, begot of that other two sons and a charming daughter. Now the Shadow-Sañjñā was very affectionate to the other children just as to her own; Sañjñā did not use to show special attention to her daughter and two sons daily by caresses[5] and other marks of pleasure. Manu accepted that affection from her; Yama did not bear it patiently from her, and indeed he lifted his foot in anger to kick her, but, again moved with forbearance towards her, did not strike it against her body. Thereupon, O brāhman, the Shadow-Sañjñā in anger cursed Yama, her upper lip quivering slightly, and her delicate hand shaking—“Because thou spurnest me, thy father’s wife, disrespectfully with thy foot, this thy foot shall therefore fall this very day to the earth.”

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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