Kalika Purana — Chapter 32
KaP 32.1
कालिकापुराणम् द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः मत्स्यावतारवर्णनम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय ३२ ।। ऋषय ऊचुः ॥ आकालिकोऽयं प्रलयो यतो भगवता कृतः । तच्छृण्वन्तु महाभागा वाराहं लोकसंक्षयम्
kālikāpurāṇam dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ matsyāvatāravarṇanam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 32 || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || ākāliko'yaṃ pralayo yato bhagavatā kṛtaḥ | tacchṛṇvantu mahābhāgā vārāhaṃ lokasaṃkṣayam
The Kālikāpurāṇa, thirty-second chapter: the description of the Fish incarnation. Now Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter 32. The seers said: Since this untimely dissolution was brought about by the Lord, let the greatly fortunate ones hear of that destruction of the worlds (which took place) in the Boar (era).
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KaP 32.2
यथा वा मत्स्यरूपेण वेदास्त्राताश्च शार्ङ्गिणा । तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
yathā vā matsyarūpeṇa vedāstrātāśca śārṅgiṇā | tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
Or how the Vedas were rescued by the Bearer of the Horn Bow (Viṣṇu) in the form of a fish — that I shall relate fully, (a tale) which destroys all sins.
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KaP 32.3
पुरा महामुनिः सिद्धः कपिलो विष्णुरीश्वरः । साक्षात् स्वयं हरिर्योऽसौ सिद्धानामुत्तमो मुनिः
purā mahāmuniḥ siddhaḥ kapilo viṣṇurīśvaraḥ | sākṣāt svayaṃ hariryo'sau siddhānāmuttamo muniḥ
Formerly there was a great sage, a perfected one, Kapila, (who was) Viṣṇu, the Lord — he who is Hari himself in person, the highest sage among the Siddhas.
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KaP 32.4
ध्यायतः सिद्धमित्येवं सर्वं जगदिदं स्वतः । यतो जातो हरेः कायात् कपिलस्तेन स स्मृतः
dhyāyataḥ siddhamityevaṃ sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ svataḥ | yato jāto hareḥ kāyāt kapilastena sa smṛtaḥ
Since for him, as he meditated, this whole world was thus accomplished of itself, and since he was born from Hari's body, he is therefore known as Kapila.
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KaP 32.5
स एकदा पुरा भूत्वा मनोः स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे । स्वायम्भुवं मनुं वाक्यं मुनिवर्योऽब्रवीदिदम्
sa ekadā purā bhūtvā manoḥ svāyambhuve'ntare | svāyambhuvaṃ manuṃ vākyaṃ munivaryo'bravīdidam
Once, long ago, having come into being in the Manu-interval of Svāyambhuva, that best of sages spoke this speech to Svāyambhuva Manu.
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KaP 32.6
।। कपिल उवाच । स्वायम्भुव मुनिश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्मरूप महामते । ममैवमीप्सितार्थं त्वं देहि प्रार्थयतोऽधुना
|| kapila uvāca | svāyambhuva muniśreṣṭha brahmarūpa mahāmate | mamaivamīpsitārthaṃ tvaṃ dehi prārthayato'dhunā
Kapila said: O Svāyambhuva, best of sages, having the form of Brahmā, greatly wise one — grant me now the object I desire, thus, as I ask for it.
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KaP 32.7
जगत्सर्वं तवैवेदं त्वया च परिपालितम् । त्वया सर्वं जगत् सृष्टं त्वमेव जगतां पतिः
jagatsarvaṃ tavaivedaṃ tvayā ca paripālitam | tvayā sarvaṃ jagat sṛṣṭaṃ tvameva jagatāṃ patiḥ
This whole world is yours alone, and it is protected by you; by you the whole world was created, you alone are the lord of the worlds.
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KaP 32.8
स्वर्गे पृथिव्यां पाताले देवमानुषजन्तुषु । त्वं प्रभुर्वरदो गोप्ता त्वमेवैकः सनातनः
svarge pṛthivyāṃ pātāle devamānuṣajantuṣu | tvaṃ prabhurvarado goptā tvamevaikaḥ sanātanaḥ
In heaven, on earth, in the netherworld, among gods, men and (all) creatures, you are the lord, the giver of boons, the protector; you alone are the eternal one.
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KaP 32.9
त्वं वै धाता विधाता च त्वं हि सर्वेश्वरेश्वरः । त्वयि प्रतिष्ठितं सर्वं सततं भुवनत्रयम्
tvaṃ vai dhātā vidhātā ca tvaṃ hi sarveśvareśvaraḥ | tvayi pratiṣṭhitaṃ sarvaṃ satataṃ bhuvanatrayam
You indeed are the establisher and the ordainer, you are the lord of all lords; in you the whole triple world rests perpetually.
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KaP 32.10
तपस्यतो तव समं प्रतिभास्यति सोऽनुगम् । कार्यकारणतत्त्वाघ सहितानि जगन्ति वै
tapasyato tava samaṃ pratibhāsyati so'nugam | kāryakāraṇatattvāgha sahitāni jaganti vai
To you as you practise austerity it will appear alike and conformable: the worlds together with effect, cause, principle and evil.
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KaP 32.11
तन्मे देहि रहः स्थानं त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभम् । पुण्यं पापहरं रम्यं ज्ञानप्रभवमुत्तमम्
tanme dehi rahaḥ sthānaṃ triṣu lokeṣu durlabham | puṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ ramyaṃ jñānaprabhavamuttamam
Therefore give me a secluded place, hard to obtain in the three worlds — meritorious, sin-removing, delightful, excellent, a source of knowledge.
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KaP 32.12
अहं हि सर्वभूतानां भूत्वा प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान् । उद्धरिष्ये जगज्जातं निर्माय ज्ञानदीपिकाम्
ahaṃ hi sarvabhūtānāṃ bhūtvā pratyakṣadarśivān | uddhariṣye jagajjātaṃ nirmāya jñānadīpikām
For I, having become one who sees all beings directly, will fashion a lamp of knowledge and rescue everything that has come to be in the world.
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KaP 32.13
अज्ञानसागरे मग्नमधुना सकलं जगत् । ज्ञानप्लवं प्रदायाहं तारयिष्ये जगत्त्रयम्
ajñānasāgare magnamadhunā sakalaṃ jagat | jñānaplavaṃ pradāyāhaṃ tārayiṣye jagattrayam
The whole world is now sunk in the ocean of ignorance; providing the boat of knowledge, I shall carry the triple world across.
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KaP 32.14
एतस्मिन्मां भवान् सम्यगुपपन्नमिहेच्छति । त्वन्नो नाथश्च पूज्यश्च पालकश्च जगत्प्रभो
etasminmāṃ bhavān samyagupapannamihecchati | tvanno nāthaśca pūjyaśca pālakaśca jagatprabho
In this matter you wish me to be properly provided for here; you are our lord, and the one to be honoured, and the protector, O lord of the world.
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KaP 32.15
इत्येवमुक्तः स मनुः कपिलेन महात्मना । प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं कपिलं संशितव्रतम्
ityevamuktaḥ sa manuḥ kapilena mahātmanā | pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ kapilaṃ saṃśitavratam
Addressed thus by the great-souled Kapila, that Manu replied to the great-souled Kapila of strict vows.
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KaP 32.16
।। मनुरुवाच ।। यदि त्वयाखिलजगद्धितार्थं ज्ञानदीपिकाम् । चिकीर्षुणा यतः कार्यं किं स्थानार्थनया तव
|| manuruvāca || yadi tvayākhilajagaddhitārthaṃ jñānadīpikām | cikīrṣuṇā yataḥ kāryaṃ kiṃ sthānārthanayā tava
Manu said: If you, wishing to make a lamp of knowledge for the welfare of the entire world, (have) that as your task, what need have you of asking for a place?
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KaP 32.17
हिरण्यगर्भः सुमहत् तपस्तेपे पुराद्भुतम् । स मे ययाचे तपसे स्थानं कस्मै न च द्विज
hiraṇyagarbhaḥ sumahat tapastepe purādbhutam | sa me yayāce tapase sthānaṃ kasmai na ca dvija
Formerly Hiraṇyagarbha performed very great and wondrous austerity; yet did he ask me for a place for his austerity — for whose sake, and (he did) not, O twice-born?
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KaP 32.18
शम्भुः सम्भोगरहितो देवमानेन वत्सरान् । अयुतानि तपस्तेपे सोऽपि स्थानं न चैक्षत
śambhuḥ sambhogarahito devamānena vatsarān | ayutāni tapastepe so'pi sthānaṃ na caikṣata
Śambhu, free of enjoyments, practised austerity for ten thousand years by the divine reckoning; he too did not look for a place.
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KaP 32.19
देवेन्द्रो वीतिहोत्रश्च शमनो रक्षसां पतिः । यादः पतिर्मातरिश्वा धनाध्यक्षस्तथैव च
devendro vītihotraśca śamano rakṣasāṃ patiḥ | yādaḥ patirmātariśvā dhanādhyakṣastathaiva ca
The lord of the gods (Indra), the fire (Vītihotra), the chastiser (Yama), the lord of the demons (Nirṛti), the lord of the waters (Varuṇa), the wind (Mātariśvan), and likewise the overseer of wealth (Kubera) —
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KaP 32.20
एते ते पुस्तपस्तीव्रं दिक्पालत्वमभीप्सवः । स्थानं न मार्गयामासुः किञ्चनापि महामुने
ete te pustapastīvraṃ dikpālatvamabhīpsavaḥ | sthānaṃ na mārgayāmāsuḥ kiñcanāpi mahāmune
these performed fierce austerity, desiring the guardianship of the quarters; yet they did not seek out any place at all, O great sage.
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KaP 32.21
देवागाराणि तीर्थानि क्षेत्राणि सरितस्तथा । बहूनि पुण्यभाग्यत्र तिष्ठन्ति कपिल क्षितौ
devāgārāṇi tīrthāni kṣetrāṇi saritastathā | bahūni puṇyabhāgyatra tiṣṭhanti kapila kṣitau
Temples of the gods, sacred fords, holy fields and rivers too — many meritorious ones stand here on the earth, Kapila.
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KaP 32.22
तेषामेकतमं त्वं चेदासाद्य कुरुषे तपः । स्थानं ब्रह्मंस्तप: सिद्धिर्न भविष्यति तत्र किम्
teṣāmekatamaṃ tvaṃ cedāsādya kuruṣe tapaḥ | sthānaṃ brahmaṃstapa: siddhirna bhaviṣyati tatra kim
If, reaching any one of them, you perform austerity, brahmin, why would there be no success of your austerity in that place?
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KaP 32.23
मत्तः स्थानार्थना तावत् केवलं ते विकत्थनम् । अयं विकत्थनो धर्मो युज्यते न तपस्विनाम्
mattaḥ sthānārthanā tāvat kevalaṃ te vikatthanam | ayaṃ vikatthano dharmo yujyate na tapasvinām
Your begging a place from me is nothing but boasting; this boastful practice does not befit ascetics.
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KaP 32.24
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्य तु । चुकोप कपिलः सिद्धः प्रोवाच च तदा मनुम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || etacchrutvā vacastasya manoḥ svāyambhuvasya tu | cukopa kapilaḥ siddhaḥ provāca ca tadā manum
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard this speech of that Manu Svāyambhuva, the accomplished Kapila grew angry, and then spoke to Manu.
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KaP 32.25
।। कपिल उवाच ।। त्वयि विश्रम्भमाधाय तपसः सिद्धयेऽचिरात् । स्थानं मया प्रार्थितं ते तन्मां क्षिपसि हेतुभिः
|| kapila uvāca || tvayi viśrambhamādhāya tapasaḥ siddhaye'cirāt | sthānaṃ mayā prārthitaṃ te tanmāṃ kṣipasi hetubhiḥ
Kapila said: Placing my trust in you, I asked you for a place for the swift success of my austerity — and for that you dismiss me with arguments.
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KaP 32.26
अनेनात्युग्रवचसा तवैवाहं न चक्षमे । स्वयं त्रिभुवनाध्यक्ष इति ते गर्व ईदृशः
anenātyugravacasā tavaivāhaṃ na cakṣame | svayaṃ tribhuvanādhyakṣa iti te garva īdṛśaḥ
By this exceedingly harsh speech of yours I, for my part, am not appeased: such is your pride — that you yourself are the overlord of the three worlds.
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KaP 32.27
अक्षम्यं ते वचो मेऽद्य प्रार्थनायां विकत्थनम् । यत् त्वं वदसि तस्य त्वं फलमेतदवाप्नुहि
akṣamyaṃ te vaco me'dya prārthanāyāṃ vikatthanam | yat tvaṃ vadasi tasya tvaṃ phalametadavāpnuhi
Your speech to me today, boasting in the face of a request, is unforgivable; what you say — receive this as its fruit.
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KaP 32.28
इदं त्रिभुवनं सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । हतप्रहतविध्वस्तमचिरेण भविष्यति
idaṃ tribhuvanaṃ sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam | hataprahatavidhvastamacireṇa bhaviṣyati
This whole triple world, with its gods, demons and men, shall before long be struck, beaten down, and shattered.
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KaP 32.29
येनेयमुद्धृता पृथ्वी येन वा स्थापिता पुनः । यो वास्या अन्नकर्ता स्याद्यो वास्याः परिरक्षकः । त एव सर्वे हिंसन्तु सकलं सचराचरम्
yeneyamuddhṛtā pṛthvī yena vā sthāpitā punaḥ | yo vāsyā annakartā syādyo vāsyāḥ parirakṣakaḥ | ta eva sarve hiṃsantu sakalaṃ sacarācaram
He by whom this earth was raised up, or he by whom it was again set firm, or he who may be the maker of its food, or he who is its protector — let all these very ones destroy the whole of it, with all that moves and does not move.
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KaP 32.30
नचिराद्रक्ष्यसि मनोजलपूर्णं जगत्त्रयम् । हतप्रहतविध्वस्तं तव गर्वविशातनम्
nacirādrakṣyasi manojalapūrṇaṃ jagattrayam | hataprahatavidhvastaṃ tava garvaviśātanam
Before long, Manu, you shall see the three worlds filled with water, struck, beaten down and shattered — the demolition of your pride.
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KaP 32.31
एवमुक्त्वा मुनीन्द्रोऽसौ कपिलस्तपसां निधिः । अन्तर्दधे जगामापि तदा ब्रह्मसदो मुनिः
evamuktvā munīndro'sau kapilastapasāṃ nidhiḥ | antardadhe jagāmāpi tadā brahmasado muniḥ
Having spoken thus, that lord of sages, Kapila, treasury of austerities, vanished, and the sage then went to the assembly of Brahmā.
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KaP 32.32
कपिलस्य वचः श्रुत्वा विषण्णवदनो मनुः । भावीति प्रतिपद्याशु मनुर्नोवाच किञ्चन
kapilasya vacaḥ śrutvā viṣaṇṇavadano manuḥ | bhāvīti pratipadyāśu manurnovāca kiñcana
Hearing Kapila's speech, Manu, his face downcast, at once accepted "it is to be" and said nothing.
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KaP 32.33
ततः स्वायम्भुवो धीमांस्तपसे धृतमानसः । हिताय सर्वजगतां दिदृक्षुर्गरुडध्वजम् । विशालां बदरीं यातो गङ्गाद्वारान्तिकं खलु
tataḥ svāyambhuvo dhīmāṃstapase dhṛtamānasaḥ | hitāya sarvajagatāṃ didṛkṣurgaruḍadhvajam | viśālāṃ badarīṃ yāto gaṅgādvārāntikaṃ khalu
Then the wise son of the Self-existent, his mind fixed on austerity, for the welfare of all the worlds, wishing to behold him whose banner is Garuḍa, went to the great Badarī, near the gate of the Gaṅgā.
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KaP 32.34
तत्र गत्वा जगद्धर्ता मनुः स्वायम्भुवः स्वयम् । ददर्श बदरीं तत्र पुण्यां पापप्रणाशिनीम्
tatra gatvā jagaddhartā manuḥ svāyambhuvaḥ svayam | dadarśa badarīṃ tatra puṇyāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm
Having gone there, Manu Svāyambhuva, upholder of the world, himself saw there the holy Badarī, destroyer of sins.
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KaP 32.35
सदा फलवतीं नित्यं मृदुशाद्वलमंजरीम् । सुच्छायां मसृणां शीर्णशुष्कपत्रविवर्जिताम्
sadā phalavatīṃ nityaṃ mṛduśādvalamaṃjarīm | succhāyāṃ masṛṇāṃ śīrṇaśuṣkapatravivarjitām
Always fruit-bearing, ever with soft grass and blossom-clusters, of good shade, smooth, free of withered and dried leaves;
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KaP 32.36
गङ्गातोयौधसंसिक्त शिखामूलान्तराखिलाम् । उपास्यमानां सततं नानामुनितपोधनैः
gaṅgātoyaudhasaṃsikta śikhāmūlāntarākhilām | upāsyamānāṃ satataṃ nānāmunitapodhanaiḥ
her whole (extent) from crown to root drenched by the flood of Gaṅgā's water, constantly attended by various sages rich in austerity.
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KaP 32.37
तत्स्थानं सर्वतो भद्रं नानाभृङ्गगणान्वितम् । फुल्लारविन्दसलिलं रमणीयं वृषप्रदम्
tatsthānaṃ sarvato bhadraṃ nānābhṛṅgagaṇānvitam | phullāravindasalilaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ vṛṣapradam
That place, auspicious on every side, filled with swarms of many bees, its waters (bearing) blooming lotuses, delightful, granting fulfilment —
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KaP 32.38
प्रविश्य तपसे यत्नमकरोल्लोकभावनः । स भूत्वा नियताहारः परमेण समाधिना
praviśya tapase yatnamakarollokabhāvanaḥ | sa bhūtvā niyatāhāraḥ parameṇa samādhinā
having entered it, he who brings the worlds into being made his effort at austerity; becoming one of restricted diet, with the highest concentration,
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KaP 32.39
आराधयामास हरि जगत्कारणकारणम् । सर्वेषां जगतां नाथं नीलमेघाजनप्रभम्
ārādhayāmāsa hari jagatkāraṇakāraṇam | sarveṣāṃ jagatāṃ nāthaṃ nīlameghājanaprabham
he worshipped Hari, the cause of the world's cause, the lord of all the worlds, whose radiance is like a dark cloud (or like collyrium),
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KaP 32.40
शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मधरं कमललोचनम् । पीताम्बरधरं देवं गरुडोपरिसंस्थितम्
śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadharaṃ kamalalocanam | pītāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ garuḍoparisaṃsthitam
bearer of conch, discus, mace and lotus, lotus-eyed, the god clad in yellow garments, seated upon Garuḍa,
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KaP 32.41
जगन्मयं लोकनाथं व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणम् । जगद्वीजं सहस्राक्षं सहस्रशिरसं प्रभुम् । सर्वव्यापिनमाधारं नारायणमजं विभुम्
jaganmayaṃ lokanāthaṃ vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇam | jagadvījaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ sahasraśirasaṃ prabhum | sarvavyāpinamādhāraṃ nārāyaṇamajaṃ vibhum
(He meditated on him as) made up of the world, the lord of the worlds, whose form is both manifest and unmanifest; the seed of the world, thousand-eyed, thousand-headed, the master; all-pervading, the support, Nārāyaṇa, unborn, mighty.
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KaP 32.42
जपन्नेतत्परं मन्त्रं सर्ववेदमयं मनुः
japannetatparaṃ mantraṃ sarvavedamayaṃ manuḥ
Manu, reciting this supreme mantra, which is composed of all the Vedas —
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KaP 32.43
हिरण्यगर्भपुरुषप्रधानाव्यक्तरूपिणे । ॐ नमो वासुदेवाय शुद्धज्ञानस्वरूपिणे
hiraṇyagarbhapuruṣapradhānāvyaktarūpiṇe | oṃ namo vāsudevāya śuddhajñānasvarūpiṇe
"Oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva, whose forms are Hiraṇyagarbha, Puruṣa, Pradhāna and the Unmanifest, whose very nature is pure knowledge."
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KaP 32.44
इति जप्यं प्रजपतो मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्य तु । प्रससाद जगन्नाथः केशवो नचिरादथ
iti japyaṃ prajapato manoḥ svāyambhuvasya tu | prasasāda jagannāthaḥ keśavo nacirādatha
When Manu Svāyambhuva had thus recited the recitation, the Lord of the world, Keśava, was pleased before long.
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KaP 32.45
ततः क्षुद्रझषो भूत्वा दुर्वादलसमप्रभः । कर्पूरकलिकायुग्म तुल्यनेत्रयुगोज्ज्वलः
tataḥ kṣudrajhaṣo bhūtvā durvādalasamaprabhaḥ | karpūrakalikāyugma tulyanetrayugojjvalaḥ
Then, having become a tiny fish, with a sheen like a blade of dūrvā grass, gleaming with a pair of eyes like a pair of camphor buds,
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KaP 32.46
तपस्यन्तं महात्मानं मनुं स्वायम्भुवं मुनिम् । आससाद तदा क्षुद्रमत्स्यरूपी जनार्दनः
tapasyantaṃ mahātmānaṃ manuṃ svāyambhuvaṃ munim | āsasāda tadā kṣudramatsyarūpī janārdanaḥ
Janārdana, then in the form of a tiny fish, approached the great-souled sage Manu Svāyambhuva as he was performing austerities.
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KaP 32.47
उवाच तं महात्मानं मनुं स्वायम्भुवं तदा । ससन्त्रस्तं स कारुण्ययुक्तं भीतिसगद्गदम्
uvāca taṃ mahātmānaṃ manuṃ svāyambhuvaṃ tadā | sasantrastaṃ sa kāruṇyayuktaṃ bhītisagadgadam
Then he, terrified, spoke to that great-souled Manu Svāyambhuva, piteously and stammering with fear.
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KaP 32.48
।। मत्स्य उवाच ।। तपोनिधे महाभाग भीतं मां त्रातुमर्हसि । नित्यमुद्वेजितं मत्स्यैर्विशालैर्भक्षितुं प्रति
|| matsya uvāca || taponidhe mahābhāga bhītaṃ māṃ trātumarhasi | nityamudvejitaṃ matsyairviśālairbhakṣituṃ prati
The fish said: O treasury of austerity, O greatly fortunate one, you ought to save me, who am afraid, constantly harassed by large fishes bent on devouring (me).
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KaP 32.49
प्रत्यहं मां महाभाग मीना धावन्ति भक्षितुम् । समन्ततोऽधिकाहन्तुं त्वं नाथ गोपितुं क्षमः
pratyahaṃ māṃ mahābhāga mīnā dhāvanti bhakṣitum | samantato'dhikāhantuṃ tvaṃ nātha gopituṃ kṣamaḥ
Every day, O greatly fortunate one, fishes rush at me to devour me from every side; you, lord, are able to protect (me).
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KaP 32.50
अद्य प्रभूतैर्विपुलैर्दारितः पृथुरोमभिः । विश्रान्तोऽहं क्षुद्रतरो न च शक्तः पलायने
adya prabhūtairvipulairdāritaḥ pṛthuromabhiḥ | viśrānto'haṃ kṣudrataro na ca śaktaḥ palāyane
Today I have been torn by the many great ones with coarse scales; I am exhausted, being very small, and unable to flee.
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KaP 32.51
प्राणाकांक्षी महात्मानं भवन्तं शरणं मुनिम् । प्राप्तोऽहञ्चेदनुक्रोशस्तेऽस्ति मां प्रतिपालय
prāṇākāṃkṣī mahātmānaṃ bhavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ munim | prāpto'hañcedanukrośaste'sti māṃ pratipālaya
Desiring to live, I have come for refuge to you, the great-souled sage; and if you have compassion, protect me.
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KaP 32.52
भयोद्भ्रान्तमनाश्चाहं वृक्षच्छायां च चञ्चलाम् । दृष्ट्वा चलतरङ्गांश्च मत्स्यादिव विभेम्यहम्
bhayodbhrāntamanāścāhaṃ vṛkṣacchāyāṃ ca cañcalām | dṛṣṭvā calataraṅgāṃśca matsyādiva vibhemyaham
My mind is bewildered with fear, and seeing even the flickering shadow of a tree and the moving waves I am frightened as though of a fish.
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KaP 32.53
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा मनुः स्वायम्भुवस्ततः । कृपया परयायुक्तः प्रोचेऽहं रक्षिता तव
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā manuḥ svāyambhuvastataḥ | kṛpayā parayāyuktaḥ proce'haṃ rakṣitā tava
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard his words, Manu Svāyambhuva, filled with the utmost pity, said, "I shall be your protector."
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KaP 32.54
ततः करोदरे तोयमादायाधाय तत्र तम् । समक्षं क्षुद्रमत्स्यस्य विहारं समलोकयत्
tataḥ karodare toyamādāyādhāya tatra tam | samakṣaṃ kṣudramatsyasya vihāraṃ samalokayat
Then, taking water in the hollow of his hand and placing it there, he watched the play of the tiny fish before his eyes.
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KaP 32.55
ततो दयालुः स मनुस्तं मत्स्यं चारुरूपिणम् । अलिञ्जरे तोपूर्णे न्यधाद्विपुल भोगिनि
tato dayāluḥ sa manustaṃ matsyaṃ cārurūpiṇam | aliñjare topūrṇe nyadhādvipula bhogini
Then that compassionate Manu placed that lovely-formed fish in a large, capacious jar filled with water.
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KaP 32.56
स तस्मिन् मणिके मत्स्यो वर्धमानो दिने दिने । सामान्यरोहितप्राय-देहोऽभून्नचिरादथ
sa tasmin maṇike matsyo vardhamāno dine dine | sāmānyarohitaprāya-deho'bhūnnacirādatha
Growing day by day in that jar, the fish before long had a body about the size of an ordinary rohita fish.
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KaP 32.57
दशघटजलपूर्णं प्रत्यहं स महात्मा मणिकवसमतिकुर्वन् वर्धयामास मत्स्यम् । स च सुविशदनेत्रो मत्स्यबालोऽचिरेण मणिकसलिलमध्ये लोमशः पीनदेहः
daśaghaṭajalapūrṇaṃ pratyahaṃ sa mahātmā maṇikavasamatikurvan vardhayāmāsa matsyam | sa ca suviśadanetro matsyabālo'cireṇa maṇikasalilamadhye lomaśaḥ pīnadehaḥ
Each day that great-souled one, as (the fish) outgrew the room of the jar filled with ten pots of water, went on rearing the fish; and that young fish with very clear eyes soon became, in the water of the jar, scaly and thick-bodied.
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