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Markandeyapurana 62

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62.1

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / While that son of a twice-born was speaking thus, the domestic fire, however, entered his body.

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And possessed by it, standing in the midst of a halo of light, / he illuminated that place like the bearer of oblations embodied.

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Beholding the brahmin endowed with such a form, / the passion of that celestial woman became all the greater toward that twice-born.

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Then, possessed at that moment by that bearer of oblations, / the son of a twice-born set out to go, just as before.

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And he went with haste, watched by that goddess / whose neck trembled with sighs, as long as he was within the range of her sight.

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Then, reaching his own home in an instant, / that best of the twice-born performed all the rites as prescribed.

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Then she of beautiful limbs, her mind attached to him, / absorbed in sighing, spent the rest of the day and the night.

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Sighing, she of faultless limbs, crying 'Alas, alas!' again and again, / that intoxicating-eyed woman reproached herself: 'O unfortunate me!'

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Neither in diversion, nor in food, nor in the delightful forest, / nor in the charming caves did she then find delight.

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She yearned for a pair of cakravāka birds sporting together; / abandoned by him, the broad-hipped woman reproached her own youth:

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'Where have I come, to this mountain, constrained by wicked fate? / And where has such a man come within the range of my sight?

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If that noble one does not unite with me today, / then the unbearable fire of desire will surely destroy me.

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That which was delightful, resounding with male cuckoos, / that very thing, lacking him, burns me excessively today.'

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Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Thus overcome by desire she passed the time, O best of sages, / and her passion for him increased at every moment.

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Now, a gandharva named Kali, who was in love with her, had earlier been rejected / by her; he then saw her in that condition.

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He then thought: 'Why is this Varūthinī, with the gait of an elephant, / withered by the breath of her sighs on this mountain?

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Is she stricken by a sage's curse, or has she been insulted by someone, / since she bears a face drenched with tear-water?'

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Then out of curiosity Kali meditated on that matter for a long time, / and by the power of deep concentration he came to know it as it truly was.

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Having learned that, Kali again thought, O sage: / 'This has been happily brought about for me by the merits of former deeds!

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Though wooed by me many times with passion, / she rejected me; today she will be mine to win.

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She is in love with a mortal; if I assume his form, / she will surely take delight in me; why should I delay in doing it?'

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Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, by his own power, assuming the form of that twice-born, / he walked to where that Varūthinī was sitting.

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Seeing him, the broad-hipped woman, her eyes slightly blooming with joy, / approached him, the slender-limbed one, and said again and again: 'Be gracious!

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Abandoned by you, I shall undoubtedly give up my life; / there will be adharma, which is worse, and a cessation of rites.

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Uniting with me in this delightful, great mountain-cave, / you will surely attain the merit born from protecting me.

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A remnant of my life surely remains, O high-minded one; / therefore you have surely returned, bringing joy to my heart.'

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Kali said: / 'What can I do? A loss of rites occurs while I remain here, / and you also speak such words, O slender-waisted one.

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Therefore, I have fallen into a dilemma; will you do what I say / if my union with you takes place today, and not otherwise?'

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Varūthinī said: / 'Be gracious! Whatever you say, I shall do; I do not lie to you. / I say this without hesitation; whatever is to be done by me now [shall be done].'

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Kali said: / 'Today, at the time of enjoyment in the forest, I must not be looked upon by you; / your union with me, O fair-browed one, must be with closed eyes.'

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Varūthinī said: / 'So be it, fortune to you! As you wish, let it be so; / indeed, I must now remain subject to your will in every way.'

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Thus ends the sixty-second chapter in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, in the Svārociṣa manvantara.

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Sixty-third chapter - 63

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