03188001a evam uktAs tu te pArthA yamau ca puruSarSabhau 'Thus addressed, the sons of pRthA and those two bulls among men,
03188001c draupadyA kRSNayA sArdhanM namazcakrur janArdanam along with draupadI and kRSNA, all bowed down unto janArdana.
03188002a sa caitAn puruSavyAghra sAmnA paramavalgunA And that tiger among men deserving of every respect thus revered by the sons of pANDu,
03188002c sAntvayAmAsa mAnArhAn manyamAno yathAvidhi then consoled them all with words of great sweetness.' 'vaizaMpAyana said
note: ^^; this translation has a silly mistake
03188003a yudhiSThiras tu kaunteyo mArkaNDeyamM mahAmunim yudhiSThira, the son of kuntI, once more asked the great Muni Markandeya
03188003c punaH papraccha sAmrAjye bhaviSyAM jagato gatim about the future course of the government of the Earth.
03188004 yudhiSThira uvAca 'And yudhiSThira said,
03188004a AzcaryabhUtamM bhavatazH zrutanM no vadatAM vara 'It is, indeed, full of wonder that which we have heard from thee, O thou foremost of all speakers,
03188004c mune bhArgava yad vRttaM yugAdau prabhavApyayau O Muni of Bhrigu's race, about the destruction and re-birth of all things at the end of the Yuga.
03188005a asmin kaliyuge 'py asti punaH kautUhalaM mama I am filled with curiosity, however, in respect of what may happen in the Kali age.
03188005c samAkuleSu dharmeSu kinM nu zeSamM bhaviSyati When morality and virtue will be at an end, what will remain there!
03188006a kiMvIryA mAnavAs tatra kimAhAravihAriNaH What will be the prowess of men in that age, what their food, and what their amusements?
03188006c kimAyuSaH kiMvasanA bhaviSyanti yugakSaye What will be the period of life at the end of the Yuga?
03188007a kAJM ca kASThAM samAsAdya punasH samMpatsyate kRtam What also is the limit, having attained which the Krita age will begin anew?
03188007c vistareNa mune brUhi vicitrANIha bhASase Tell me all in detail, O Muni, for all that thou narratest is varied and delightful.'
03188008a ity uktasH sa munizreSThaH punar evAbhyabhASata 'Thus addressed, that foremost of Munis began his discourse again,
03188008c ramayan vRSNizArdUlamM pANDavAMz ca mahAmuniH delighting that tiger of the vRSNi race and the sons of pANDu as well.
03188009 mArkaNDeya uvAca And Markandeya said,
03188009a zRNu rAjan mayA dRSTaM yat purA zrutam eva ca 'Listen, O monarch, to all that hath been seen and heard by me, and to all, O king of kings,
03188009c anubhUtaJM ca rAjendra devadevaprasAdajam that hath been known to me by intuition from the grace of the God of gods!
03188009e bhaviSyaM sarvalokasya vRttAntamM bharatarSabha O bull of the bharata race, the future history of the world
03188009g kaluSaGM kAlam AsAdya kathyamAnanM nibodha me during the sinful age, listen it from me as I narrate it.
