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	~~āhuḥ—they~~ say; cira-~~āyuṣam—having~~ an extraordinarily long life span; ~~ṛṣim—the~~ sage; mṛkaṇḍu-~~tanayam—the~~ son of Mṛkaṇḍu; ~~janāḥ—people~~; ~~yaḥ—who~~; kalpa-~~ante—at~~ the end of the day of Lord Brahmā; ~~hi—indeed~~; ~~urvaritaḥ—remaining~~ alone; ~~yena—by~~ which (annihilation); ~~grastam—seized~~; ~~idam—this~~; ~~jagat—entire~~ universe; ~~saḥ—he~~, Mārkaṇḍeya; ~~vai—indeed~~; asmat-~~kula—in~~ my own family; ~~utpannaḥ—born~~; ~~kalpe—in~~ the day of Brahmā; ~~asmin—this~~; bhārgava-~~ṛṣabhaḥ—the~~ most eminent descendant of Bhṛgu Muni; ~~na—not~~; ~~eva—certainly~~; ~~adhunā—in~~ our age; ~~api—even~~; ~~bhūtānām—of~~ all creation; ~~samplavaḥ—annihilation~~ by flood; ~~kaḥ—any~~; ~~api—at~~ all; ~~jāyate—has~~ arisen; ~~ekaḥ—alone~~; ~~eta—indeed~~; ~~arṇave—in~~ the great ocean; ~~bhrāmyan—wandering~~; ~~dadarśa—he~~ saw; ~~puruṣam—a~~ personality; ~~kila—it~~ is said; vaṭa-~~patra—of~~ a banyan leaf; ~~puṭe—within~~ the fold; ~~tokam—an~~ infant hoy; ~~śayānam—lying~~; ~~tu—but~~; ~~ekam—one~~; ~~adbhutam—wonderful~~; ~~eṣaḥ—this~~; ~~naḥ—our~~; ~~saṁśayaḥ—doubt~~; ~~bhūyān—great~~; ~~sūta—O~~ Sūta Gosvāmī; ~~kautūhalam—curiosity~~; ~~yataḥ—due~~ to which; ~~tam—that~~; ~~naḥ—for~~ us; ~~chindhi—please~~ cut; mahā-~~yogin—O~~ great ''yogī''; ~~purāneṣu—of~~ the ''Purāṇas''; ~~api—indeed~~; ~~sammataḥ—universally~~ accepted (as the expert knower).		''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āhuḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 āhuḥ]'' — they say; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=cira&tab=syno_o&ds=1 cira]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āyuṣam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 āyuṣam]'' — having an extraordinarily long life span; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ṛṣim&tab=syno_o&ds=1 ṛṣim]'' — the sage; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mṛkaṇḍu&tab=syno_o&ds=1 mṛkaṇḍu]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tanayam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 tanayam]'' — the son of Mṛkaṇḍu; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=janāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 janāḥ]'' — people; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 yaḥ]'' — who; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kalpa&tab=syno_o&ds=1 kalpa]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ante&tab=syno_o&ds=1 ante]'' — at the end of the day of Lord Brahmā; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hi&tab=syno_o&ds=1 hi]'' — indeed; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=urvaritaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 urvaritaḥ]'' — remaining alone; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yena&tab=syno_o&ds=1 yena]'' — by which (annihilation); ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=grastam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 grastam]'' — seized; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=idam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 idam]'' — this; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jagat&tab=syno_o&ds=1 jagat]'' — entire universe; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 saḥ]'' — he, Mārkaṇḍeya; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vai&tab=syno_o&ds=1 vai]'' — indeed; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asmat&tab=syno_o&ds=1 asmat]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kula&tab=syno_o&ds=1 kula]'' — in my own family; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=utpannaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 utpannaḥ]'' — born; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kalpe&tab=syno_o&ds=1 kalpe]'' — in the day of Brahmā; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asmin&tab=syno_o&ds=1 asmin]'' — this; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhārgava&tab=syno_o&ds=1 bhārgava]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ṛṣabhaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 ṛṣabhaḥ]'' — the most eminent descendant of Bhṛgu Muni; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1 na]'' — not; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eva&tab=syno_o&ds=1 eva]'' — certainly; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adhunā&tab=syno_o&ds=1 adhunā]'' — in our age; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1 api]'' — even; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhūtānām&tab=syno_o&ds=1 bhūtānām]'' — of all creation; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=samplavaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 samplavaḥ]'' — annihilation by flood; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 kaḥ]'' — any; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1 api]'' — at all; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jāyate&tab=syno_o&ds=1 jāyate]'' — has arisen; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ekaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 ekaḥ]'' — alone; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eta&tab=syno_o&ds=1 eta]'' — indeed; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=arṇave&tab=syno_o&ds=1 arṇave]'' — in the great ocean; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhrāmyan&tab=syno_o&ds=1 bhrāmyan]'' — wandering; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dadarśa&tab=syno_o&ds=1 dadarśa]'' — he saw; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=puruṣam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 puruṣam]'' — a personality; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kila&tab=syno_o&ds=1 kila]'' — it is said; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vaṭa&tab=syno_o&ds=1 vaṭa]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=patra&tab=syno_o&ds=1 patra]'' — of a banyan leaf; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=puṭe&tab=syno_o&ds=1 puṭe]'' — within the fold; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tokam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 tokam]'' — an infant hoy; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śayānam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 śayānam]'' — lying; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tu&tab=syno_o&ds=1 tu]'' — but; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ekam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 ekam]'' — one; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=adbhutam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 adbhutam]'' — wonderful; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eṣaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 eṣaḥ]'' — this; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=naḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 naḥ]'' — our; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saṁśayaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 saṁśayaḥ]'' — doubt; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhūyān&tab=syno_o&ds=1 bhūyān]'' — great; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sūta&tab=syno_o&ds=1 sūta]'' — O Sūta Gosvāmī; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kautūhalam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 kautūhalam]'' — curiosity; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 yataḥ]'' — due to which; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 tam]'' — that; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=naḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 naḥ]'' — for us; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=chindhi&tab=syno_o&ds=1 chindhi]'' — please cut; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mahā&tab=syno_o&ds=1 mahā]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yogin&tab=syno_o&ds=1 yogin]'' — O great ''yogī''; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=purāneṣu&tab=syno_o&ds=1 purāneṣu]'' — of the ''Purāṇas''; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1 api]'' — indeed; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sammataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 sammataḥ]'' — universally accepted (as the expert knower).
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	āhuś cirāyuṣam ṛṣiṁ~~<br>~~		:āhuś cirāyuṣam ṛṣiṁ
	mṛkaṇḍu-tanayaṁ janāḥ~~<br>~~		:mṛkaṇḍu-tanayaṁ janāḥ
	yaḥ kalpānte hy urvarito~~<br>~~		:yaḥ kalpānte hy urvarito
	yena grastam idaṁ jagat~~<br>~~		:yena grastam idaṁ jagat
	sa vā asmat-kulotpannaḥ~~<br>~~
	kalpe 'smin bhārgavarṣabhaḥ~~<br>~~		:sa vā asmat-kulotpannaḥ
	naivādhunāpi bhūtānāṁ~~<br>~~		:kalpe 'smin bhārgavarṣabhaḥ
	samplavaḥ ko 'pi jāyate~~<br>~~		:naivādhunāpi bhūtānāṁ
	eka evārṇave bhrāmyan~~<br>~~		:samplavaḥ ko 'pi jāyate
	dadarśa puruṣaṁ kila~~<br>~~
	vaṭa-patra-puṭe tokaṁ~~<br>~~		:eka evārṇave bhrāmyan
	śayānaṁ tv ekam adbhutam~~<br>~~		:dadarśa puruṣaṁ kila
	eṣa naḥ saṁśayo bhūyān~~<br>~~		:vaṭa-patra-puṭe tokaṁ
	sūta kautūhalaṁ yataḥ~~<br>~~		:śayānaṁ tv ekam adbhutam
	taṁ naś chindhi mahā-yogin~~<br>~~
	purāṇeṣv api sammataḥ~~<br>~~		:eṣa naḥ saṁśayo bhūyān
			:sūta kautūhalaṁ yataḥ
			:taṁ naś chindhi mahā-yogin
			:purāṇeṣv api sammataḥ
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	āhuḥ—they say; cira-āyuṣam—having an extraordinarily long life span; ṛṣim—the sage; mṛkaṇḍu-tanayam—the son of Mṛkaṇḍu; janāḥ—people; yaḥ—who; kalpa-ante—at the end of the day of Lord Brahmā; hi—indeed; urvaritaḥ—remaining alone; yena—by which (annihilation); grastam—seized; idam—this; jagat—entire universe; saḥ—he, Mārkaṇḍeya; vai—indeed; asmat-kula—in my own family; utpannaḥ—born; kalpe—in the day of Brahmā; asmin—this; bhārgava-ṛṣabhaḥ—the most eminent descendant of Bhṛgu Muni; na—not; eva—certainly; adhunā—in our age; api—even; bhūtānām—of all creation; samplavaḥ—annihilation by flood; kaḥ—any; api—at all; jāyate—has arisen; ekaḥ—alone; eta—indeed; arṇave—in the great ocean; bhrāmyan—wandering; dadarśa—he saw; puruṣam—a personality; kila—it is said; vaṭa-patra—of a banyan leaf; puṭe—within the fold; tokam—an infant hoy; śayānam—lying; tu—but; ekam—one; adbhutam—wonderful; eṣaḥ—this; naḥ—our; saṁśayaḥ—doubt; bhūyān—great; sūta—O Sūta Gosvāmī; kautūhalam—curiosity; yataḥ—due to which; tam—that; naḥ—for us; chindhi—please cut; mahā-yogin—O great yogī; purāneṣu—of the Purāṇas; ~~api-indeed~~; sammataḥ—universally accepted (as the expert knower).		āhuḥ—they say; cira-āyuṣam—having an extraordinarily long life span; ṛṣim—the sage; mṛkaṇḍu-tanayam—the son of Mṛkaṇḍu; janāḥ—people; yaḥ—who; kalpa-ante—at the end of the day of Lord Brahmā; hi—indeed; urvaritaḥ—remaining alone; yena—by which (annihilation); grastam—seized; idam—this; jagat—entire universe; saḥ—he, Mārkaṇḍeya; vai—indeed; asmat-kula—in my own family; utpannaḥ—born; kalpe—in the day of Brahmā; asmin—this; bhārgava-ṛṣabhaḥ—the most eminent descendant of Bhṛgu Muni; na—not; eva—certainly; adhunā—in our age; api—even; bhūtānām—of all creation; samplavaḥ—annihilation by flood; kaḥ—any; api—at all; jāyate—has arisen; ekaḥ—alone; eta—indeed; arṇave—in the great ocean; bhrāmyan—wandering; dadarśa—he saw; puruṣam—a personality; kila—it is said; vaṭa-patra—of a banyan leaf; puṭe—within the fold; tokam—an infant hoy; śayānam—lying; tu—but; ekam—one; adbhutam—wonderful; eṣaḥ—this; naḥ—our; saṁśayaḥ—doubt; bhūyān—great; sūta—O Sūta Gosvāmī; kautūhalam—curiosity; yataḥ—due to which; tam—that; naḥ—for us; chindhi—please cut; mahā-yogin—O great ''yogī''; purāneṣu—of the ''Purāṇas''; api—indeed; sammataḥ—universally accepted (as the expert knower).
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	Authorities say that Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, the son of Mṛkaṇḍu. was an exceptionally long-lived sage who was the only survivor at the end of Brahmā's day, when the entire universe was merged in the flood of annihilation. But this same Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, the foremost descendant of Bhṛgu, took birth in my own family during the current day of Brahmā, and we have not yet seen any total annihilation in this day of Brahmā. Also, it is well known that Mārkaṇḍeya while wandering helplessly in the great ocean of annihilation, saw in those fearful waters a wonderful personality—an infant boy lying alone within the fold of a banyan leaf. O Sūta, I am most bewildered and curious about this great sage, Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi. O great yogī, you are universally accepted as the authority on all the Purāṇas. Therefore kindly dispel my confusion.		Authorities say that Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, the son of Mṛkaṇḍu. was an exceptionally long-lived sage who was the only survivor at the end of Brahmā's day, when the entire universe was merged in the flood of annihilation. But this same Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, the foremost descendant of Bhṛgu, took birth in my own family during the current day of Brahmā, and we have not yet seen any total annihilation in this day of Brahmā. Also, it is well known that Mārkaṇḍeya while wandering helplessly in the great ocean of annihilation, saw in those fearful waters a wonderful personality—an infant boy lying alone within the fold of a banyan leaf. O Sūta, I am most bewildered and curious about this great sage, Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi. O great yogī, you are universally accepted as the authority on all the Purāṇas. Therefore kindly dispel my confusion.
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	Lord Brahmā's day, consisting of his 12 hours, lasts 4 billion 320 million years, and his night is of the same duration. Apparently Mārkaṇḍeya lived throughout one such day and night and in the following day of Brahmā continued living as the same Mārkaṇḍeya. It seems that when annihilation occurred during Brahmā's night, the sage wandered throughout the fearful waters of destruction and saw within those waters an extraordinary personality lying on a banyan leaf. All of these mysteries concerning. Mārkaṇḍeya will be clarified by Sūta Gosvāmī at the request of the great sages.		Lord Brahmā's day, consisting of his 12 hours, lasts 4 billion 320 million years, and his night is of the same duration. Apparently Mārkaṇḍeya lived throughout one such day and night and in the following day of Brahmā continued living as the same Mārkaṇḍeya. It seems that when annihilation occurred during Brahmā's night, the sage wandered throughout the fearful waters of destruction and saw within those waters an extraordinary personality lying on a banyan leaf. All of these mysteries concerning. Mārkaṇḍeya will be clarified by Sūta Gosvāmī at the request of the great sages.
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āhuś cirāyuṣam ṛṣiṁ<br>
mṛkaṇḍu-tanayaṁ janāḥ<br>
yaḥ kalpānte hy urvarito<br>
yena grastam idaṁ jagat<br>
sa vā asmat-kulotpannaḥ<br>
kalpe 'smin bhārgavarṣabhaḥ<br>
naivādhunāpi bhūtānāṁ<br>
samplavaḥ ko 'pi jāyate<br>
eka evārṇave bhrāmyan<br>
dadarśa puruṣaṁ kila<br>
vaṭa-patra-puṭe tokaṁ<br>
śayānaṁ tv ekam adbhutam<br>
eṣa naḥ saṁśayo bhūyān<br>
sūta kautūhalaṁ yataḥ<br>
taṁ naś chindhi mahā-yogin<br>
purāṇeṣv api sammataḥ<br>
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āhuḥ—they say; cira-āyuṣam—having an extraordinarily long life span; ṛṣim—the sage; mṛkaṇḍu-tanayam—the son of Mṛkaṇḍu; janāḥ—people; yaḥ—who; kalpa-ante—at the end of the day of Lord Brahmā; hi—indeed; urvaritaḥ—remaining alone; yena—by which (annihilation); grastam—seized; idam—this; jagat—entire universe; saḥ—he, Mārkaṇḍeya; vai—indeed; asmat-kula—in my own family; utpannaḥ—born; kalpe—in the day of Brahmā; asmin—this; bhārgava-ṛṣabhaḥ—the most eminent descendant of Bhṛgu Muni; na—not; eva—certainly; adhunā—in our age; api—even; bhūtānām—of all creation; samplavaḥ—annihilation by flood; kaḥ—any; api—at all; jāyate—has arisen; ekaḥ—alone; eta—indeed; arṇave—in the great ocean; bhrāmyan—wandering; dadarśa—he saw; puruṣam—a personality; kila—it is said; vaṭa-patra—of a banyan leaf; puṭe—within the fold; tokam—an infant hoy; śayānam—lying; tu—but; ekam—one; adbhutam—wonderful; eṣaḥ—this; naḥ—our; saṁśayaḥ—doubt; bhūyān—great; sūta—O Sūta Gosvāmī; kautūhalam—curiosity; yataḥ—due to which; tam—that; naḥ—for us; chindhi—please cut; mahā-yogin—O great yogī; purāneṣu—of the Purāṇas; api-indeed; sammataḥ—universally accepted (as the expert knower).
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Authorities say that Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, the son of Mṛkaṇḍu. was an exceptionally long-lived sage who was the only survivor at the end of Brahmā's day, when the entire universe was merged in the flood of annihilation. But this same Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi, the foremost descendant of Bhṛgu, took birth in my own family during the current day of Brahmā, and we have not yet seen any total annihilation in this day of Brahmā. Also, it is well known that Mārkaṇḍeya while wandering helplessly in the great ocean of annihilation, saw in those fearful waters a wonderful personality—an infant boy lying alone within the fold of a banyan leaf. O Sūta, I am most bewildered and curious about this great sage, Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi. O great yogī, you are universally accepted as the authority on all the Purāṇas. Therefore kindly dispel my confusion.
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Lord Brahmā's day, consisting of his 12 hours, lasts 4 billion 320 million years, and his night is of the same duration. Apparently Mārkaṇḍeya lived throughout one such day and night and in the following day of Brahmā continued living as the same Mārkaṇḍeya. It seems that when annihilation occurred during Brahmā's night, the sage wandered throughout the fearful waters of destruction and saw within those waters an extraordinary personality lying on a banyan leaf. All of these mysteries concerning. Mārkaṇḍeya will be clarified by Sūta Gosvāmī at the request of the great sages.
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