Matsya Purana — Chapter 116
MtP 116.1
स ददर्श नदीं पुण्यां दिव्यां हैमवतीं शुभाम् गन्धर्वैश्च समाकीर्णां नित्यं शक्रेण सेविताम्
sa dadarśa nadīṃ puṇyāṃ divyāṃ haimavatīṃ śubhām gandharvaiśca samākīrṇāṃ nityaṃ śakreṇa sevitām
He saw the holy river, divine, born of Himavat, auspicious, thronged with gandharvas and constantly frequented by Śakra.
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MtP 116.2
सुरेभमदसंसिक्तां समन्तात्तु विराजिताम् मध्येन शक्रचापाभां तस्मिन्नहनि सर्वदा
surebhamadasaṃsiktāṃ samantāttu virājitām madhyena śakracāpābhāṃ tasminnahani sarvadā
Sprinkled with the rutting-fluid of the gods' elephants, gleaming on every side, on that day always shining like Śakra's bow through her middle —
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MtP 116.3
तपस्विशरणोपेतां महाब्राह्मणसेविताम् ददर्श तपनीयाभां महाराजः पुरूरवाः
tapasviśaraṇopetāṃ mahābrāhmaṇasevitām dadarśa tapanīyābhāṃ mahārājaḥ purūravāḥ
a refuge resorted to by ascetics, frequented by great brahmins, gleaming like gold — (so) the great king Purūravas saw her.
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MtP 116.4
सितहंसावलिच्छन्नां काशचामरराजिताम् साभिषिक्तामिव सतां पश्यन्प्रीतिं परां ययौ
sitahaṃsāvalicchannāṃ kāśacāmararājitām sābhiṣiktāmiva satāṃ paśyanprītiṃ parāṃ yayau
Seeing her covered with rows of white geese, adorned with kāśa-grass like fly-whisks, as though consecrated by the good, he went to the highest delight.
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MtP 116.5
पुण्यां सुशीतलां हृद्यां मनसः प्रीतिवर्धिनीम् क्षयवृद्धियुतां रम्यां सोममूर्तिमिवापराम्
puṇyāṃ suśītalāṃ hṛdyāṃ manasaḥ prītivardhinīm kṣayavṛddhiyutāṃ ramyāṃ somamūrtimivāparām
holy, very cool, pleasing, increasing the heart's delight, subject to waning and waxing, delightful, like a second form of the moon;
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MtP 116.6
सुशीतशीघ्रपानीयां द्विजसंघनिषेविताम् सुतां हिमवतः श्रेष्ठां चञ्चद्वीचिविराजिताम्
suśītaśīghrapānīyāṃ dvijasaṃghaniṣevitām sutāṃ himavataḥ śreṣṭhāṃ cañcadvīcivirājitām
with water very cool and swift to drink, frequented by throngs of brahmins, the best daughter of Himavat, resplendent with dancing waves;
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MtP 116.7
अमृतस्वादुसलिलां तापसैरुपशोभिताम् स्वर्गारोहणनिःश्रेणीं सर्वकल्मषनाशिनीम्
amṛtasvādusalilāṃ tāpasairupaśobhitām svargārohaṇaniḥśreṇīṃ sarvakalmaṣanāśinīm
her water sweet as nectar, made lovely by ascetics, a ladder for ascent to heaven, destroyer of all defilement;
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MtP 116.8
अग्र्यां समुद्रमहिषीं महर्षिगणसेविताम् सर्वलोकस्य चौत्सुक्यकारिणीं सुमनोहराम्
agryāṃ samudramahiṣīṃ maharṣigaṇasevitām sarvalokasya cautsukyakāriṇīṃ sumanoharām
foremost, chief queen of the ocean, frequented by hosts of great seers, arousing longing in all the world, most charming;
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MtP 116.9
हितां सर्वस्य लोकस्य नाकमार्गप्रदायिकाम् गोकुलाकुलतीरान्तां रम्यां शैवालवर्जिताम्
hitāṃ sarvasya lokasya nākamārgapradāyikām gokulākulatīrāntāṃ ramyāṃ śaivālavarjitām
a benefit to all the world, granting the road to heaven, her banks crowded with herds of cattle, delightful, free of water-moss;
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MtP 116.10
हंससारससंघुष्टां जलजैरुपशोभिताम् आवर्तनाभिगम्भीरां द्वीपोरुजघनस्थलीम्
haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭāṃ jalajairupaśobhitām āvartanābhigambhīrāṃ dvīporujaghanasthalīm
loud with flocks of geese and cranes, made beautiful with water-born flowers, her whirlpool-navel deep, her islands the expanse of her broad hips;
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MtP 116.11
नीलनीरजनेत्राभाम् उत्फुल्लकमलाननाम् हिमाभफेनवसनां चक्रवाकाधरां शुभाम् बलाकापङ्क्तिदशनां चलन्मत्स्यावलिभ्रुवम्
nīlanīrajanetrābhām utphullakamalānanām himābhaphenavasanāṃ cakravākādharāṃ śubhām balākāpaṅktidaśanāṃ calanmatsyāvalibhruvam
her eyes gleaming as blue lotuses, her face an opened lotus, her garment the snow-pale foam, her lower lip the cakravāka birds, auspicious, her teeth the ranks of cranes, her brows the moving lines of fish;
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MtP 116.12
स्वजलोद्भूतमातंगरम्यकुम्भपयोधराम् हंसनूपुरसंघुष्टां मृणालवलयावलीम्
svajalodbhūtamātaṃgaramyakumbhapayodharām haṃsanūpurasaṃghuṣṭāṃ mṛṇālavalayāvalīm
her breasts the lovely frontal-globes of elephants risen from her own waters, jingling with geese for anklets, her bracelet-rows of lotus-stalks;
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MtP 116.13
तस्यां रूपमदोन्मत्ता गन्धर्वानुगताः सदा मध्याह्नसमये राजन् क्रीडन्त्यप्सरसां गणाः
tasyāṃ rūpamadonmattā gandharvānugatāḥ sadā madhyāhnasamaye rājan krīḍantyapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
in her, O king, drunk with the pride of their beauty and ever followed by gandharvas, the troops of apsarases play at midday;
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MtP 116.14
ताम् अप्सरोविनिर्मुक्तं वहन्तीं कुङ्कुमं शुभम् स्वतीरद्रुमसम्भूतनानावर्णसुगन्धिनीम्
tām apsarovinirmuktaṃ vahantīṃ kuṅkumaṃ śubham svatīradrumasambhūtanānāvarṇasugandhinīm
her, carrying the fine saffron loosened from the apsarases, fragrant with the many-coloured (blossoms) produced from the trees on her own banks;
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MtP 116.15
तरंगव्रातसंक्रान्तसूर्यमण्डलदुर्दृशम् सुरेभजनिताघातविकूलद्वयभूषिताम्
taraṃgavrātasaṃkrāntasūryamaṇḍaladurdṛśam surebhajanitāghātavikūladvayabhūṣitām
hard to look upon because of the sun's orb reflected in the mass of her waves, adorned with her two banks hollowed out by the battering made by the gods' elephants;
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MtP 116.16
शक्रेभगण्डसलिलैर् देवस्त्रीकुचचन्दनैः संयुतं सलिलं तस्याः षट्पदैर् उपसेव्यते
śakrebhagaṇḍasalilair devastrīkucacandanaiḥ saṃyutaṃ salilaṃ tasyāḥ ṣaṭpadair upasevyate
her water, mingled with the fluid from the cheeks of Śakra's elephant and with the sandal-paste from the breasts of the gods' women, is resorted to by bees.
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MtP 116.17
तस्यास्तीरभवा वृक्षाः सुगन्धकुसुमाञ्चिताः तथापकृष्टसंभ्रान्तभ्रमरस्तनिताकुलाः
tasyāstīrabhavā vṛkṣāḥ sugandhakusumāñcitāḥ tathāpakṛṣṭasaṃbhrāntabhramarastanitākulāḥ
The trees growing on her bank are bent with fragrant blossoms, and thus troubled by the humming of bees drawn to them and bewildered;
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MtP 116.18
यस्यास्तीरे रतिं यान्ति सदा कामवशा मृगाः तपोवनाश्च ऋषयस् तथा देवाः सहाप्सराः
yasyāstīre ratiṃ yānti sadā kāmavaśā mṛgāḥ tapovanāśca ṛṣayas tathā devāḥ sahāpsarāḥ
on whose bank the deer, ever subject to desire, take their pleasure, and the ascetic groves, and the seers, and likewise the gods together with the apsarases;
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MtP 116.19
लभन्ते यत्र पूताङ्गा देवेभ्यः प्रतिमानिताः स्त्रियश्च नाकबहुलाः पद्मेन्दुप्रतिमाननाः
labhante yatra pūtāṅgā devebhyaḥ pratimānitāḥ striyaśca nākabahulāḥ padmendupratimānanāḥ
where women with limbs purified, honoured by the gods, abundant in heaven, with faces like lotuses and the moon, obtain (their desires).
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MtP 116.20
या बिभर्ति सदा तोयं देवसंघैरपीडितम् पुलिन्दैर्नृपसंघैश्च व्याघ्रवृन्दैरपीडितम्
yā bibharti sadā toyaṃ devasaṃghairapīḍitam pulindairnṛpasaṃghaiśca vyāghravṛndairapīḍitam
(she) who ever bears water untroubled by the hosts of gods, untroubled by the Pulindas and by throngs of kings and by packs of tigers,
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MtP 116.21
सतामरसपानीयां सतारगगनामलाम् स तां पश्यन्ययौ राजा सतामीप्सितकामदाम्
satāmarasapānīyāṃ satāragaganāmalām sa tāṃ paśyanyayau rājā satāmīpsitakāmadām
her, whose water is good, spotless as the sky with its stars, granting the good the desires they wish for — the king went on gazing at her.
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MtP 116.22
यस्यास्तीररुहैः काशैः पूर्णैश्चन्द्रांशुसंनिभैः राजते विविधाकारै रम्यतीरं महाद्रुमैः या सदा विविधैर्विप्रैर् देवैश्चापि निषेव्यते
yasyāstīraruhaiḥ kāśaiḥ pūrṇaiścandrāṃśusaṃnibhaiḥ rājate vividhākārai ramyatīraṃ mahādrumaiḥ yā sadā vividhairviprair devaiścāpi niṣevyate
she whose lovely bank shines with kāśa grasses grown on the bank, full-grown and resembling the moon's rays, and with great trees of many forms — she who is ever frequented by brahmins of many kinds and by the gods too;
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MtP 116.23
या च सदा सकलौघविनाशं भक्तजनस्य करोत्यचिरेण यानुगता सरितां हि कदम्बैर् यानुगता सततं हि मुनीन्द्रैः
yā ca sadā sakalaughavināśaṃ bhaktajanasya karotyacireṇa yānugatā saritāṃ hi kadambair yānugatā satataṃ hi munīndraiḥ
and she who quickly brings about the destruction of the whole flood (of sins) for the devout person, she who is followed by the multitudes of rivers, she who is constantly attended by the chief sages —
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MtP 116.24
या हि सुतानिव पाति मनुष्यान् या च युता सततं हिमसंघैः या च युता सततं सुरवृन्दैर् या च जनैः स्वहिताय श्रिता वै
yā hi sutāniva pāti manuṣyān yā ca yutā satataṃ himasaṃghaiḥ yā ca yutā satataṃ suravṛndair yā ca janaiḥ svahitāya śritā vai
she who protects men as though they were her sons, she who is ever joined with masses of snow, she who is ever joined with throngs of gods, and she who is resorted to by people for their own welfare —
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MtP 116.25
प्रयुक्ता च केसरिगणैः करिवृन्दजुष्टा संतानयुक्तसलिलापि सुवर्णयुक्ता सूर्यांशुतापपरिवृद्धिविवृद्धशीता शीतांशुतुल्ययशसा ददृशे नृपेण
prayuktā ca kesarigaṇaiḥ karivṛndajuṣṭā saṃtānayuktasalilāpi suvarṇayuktā sūryāṃśutāpaparivṛddhivivṛddhaśītā śītāṃśutulyayaśasā dadṛśe nṛpeṇa
and joined with prides of lions, frequented by herds of elephants, her water joined with the saṃtānaka (flowers), joined with gold, her coolness increased by the growing heat of the sun's rays, her fame equal to the cool-rayed moon — she was beheld by the king.
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