Matsya Purana — Chapter 124
MtP 124.1
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि सूर्यचन्द्रमसोर्गतिम् सूर्याचन्द्रमसावेतौ भ्राजन्तौ यावदेव तु
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi sūryacandramasorgatim sūryācandramasāvetau bhrājantau yāvadeva tu
Beyond this I shall declare the course of the sun and moon: these two, the sun and the moon, shine just so far—
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MtP 124.2
सप्तद्वीपसमुद्राणां द्वीपानां भाति विस्तरः विस्तरार्धं पृथिव्यास्तु भवेदन्यत्र बाह्यतः
saptadvīpasamudrāṇāṃ dvīpānāṃ bhāti vistaraḥ vistarārdhaṃ pṛthivyāstu bhavedanyatra bāhyataḥ
the expanse of the continents, of the seven continents and oceans, shines (in their light); but elsewhere, outside, it would be half of that expanse of the earth.
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MtP 124.3
पर्यासपरिमाणं च चन्द्रादित्यौ प्रकाशतः पर्यासपारिमाण्यात्तु बुधैस्तुल्यं दिवः स्मृतम्
paryāsaparimāṇaṃ ca candrādityau prakāśataḥ paryāsapārimāṇyāttu budhaistulyaṃ divaḥ smṛtam
And the moon and the sun illuminate the measure of the circuit; and by the measure of the circuit the sky is reckoned by the wise as equal (to it).
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MtP 124.4
त्रींल्लोकान्प्रति सामान्यात् सूर्यो यात्यविलम्बतः अचिरात्तु प्रकाशेन अवनात्तु रविः स्मृतः
trīṃllokānprati sāmānyāt sūryo yātyavilambataḥ acirāttu prakāśena avanāttu raviḥ smṛtaḥ
Because of his impartiality toward the three worlds the sun moves without delay; and the sun (ravi) is so called because he shines quickly, from (the root meaning) 'to go'.
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MtP 124.5
भूयो भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रमाणं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः महितत्वान्महच्छब्दो ह्य् अस्मिन्नर्थे निगद्यते
bhūyo bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi pramāṇaṃ candrasūryayoḥ mahitatvānmahacchabdo hy asminnarthe nigadyate
Again and again I shall declare the measure of the moon and the sun; it is from being magnified (mahitatva) that the word 'great' (mahat) is used in this sense.
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MtP 124.6
अस्य भारतवर्षस्य विष्कम्भात्तुल्यविस्तृतम् मण्डलं भास्करस्याथ योजनैस्तन्निबोधत
asya bhāratavarṣasya viṣkambhāttulyavistṛtam maṇḍalaṃ bhāskarasyātha yojanaistannibodhata
The disc of the sun is equal in breadth to the diameter of this Bhārata continent; learn that in yojanas.
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MtP 124.7
नवयोजनसाहस्रो विस्तारो मण्डलस्य तु विस्तारात्त्रिगुणश्चापि परिणाहो ऽत्र मण्डले
navayojanasāhasro vistāro maṇḍalasya tu vistārāttriguṇaścāpi pariṇāho 'tra maṇḍale
The breadth of the disc is nine thousand yojanas, and the circumference of this disc is three times the breadth.
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MtP 124.8
विष्कम्भान्मण्डलाच्चैव भास्कराद्द्विगुणः शशी अतः पृथिव्या वक्ष्यामि प्रमाणं योजनैः पुनः
viṣkambhānmaṇḍalāccaiva bhāskarāddviguṇaḥ śaśī ataḥ pṛthivyā vakṣyāmi pramāṇaṃ yojanaiḥ punaḥ
In diameter and in disc the moon is twice the sun. Next I shall declare again the measure of the earth in yojanas.
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MtP 124.9
सप्तद्वीपसमुद्राया विस्तारो मण्डलस्य तु इत्येतदिह संख्यातं पुराणे परिमाणतः
saptadvīpasamudrāyā vistāro maṇḍalasya tu ityetadiha saṃkhyātaṃ purāṇe parimāṇataḥ
(Such is) the breadth of the disc of (the earth) with its seven continents and oceans; thus this has here been reckoned in the Purāṇa by measurement.
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MtP 124.10
तद्वक्ष्यामि प्रसंख्याय साम्प्रतं चाभिमानिभिः अभिमानिनो ह्यतीता ये तुल्यास्ते साम्प्रतैस्त्विह
tadvakṣyāmi prasaṃkhyāya sāmprataṃ cābhimānibhiḥ abhimānino hyatītā ye tulyāste sāmprataistviha
That I shall declare, having computed it, together with the present presiding deities; for those presiding deities who have passed away are equal to the present ones here.
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MtP 124.11
देवादेवैर् अतीतास्तु रूपैर्नामभिरेव च तस्माद्वै साम्प्रतैर्देवैर् वक्ष्यामि वसुधातलम्
devādevair atītāstu rūpairnāmabhireva ca tasmādvai sāmpratairdevair vakṣyāmi vasudhātalam
The gods who have passed away (were like) the gods in forms and in names as well; therefore I shall describe the surface of the earth in terms of the present gods.
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MtP 124.12
दिव्यस्य संनिवेशो वै साम्प्रतैरेव कृत्स्नशः शतार्धकोटिविस्तारा पृथिवी कृत्स्नशः स्मृता
divyasya saṃniveśo vai sāmprataireva kṛtsnaśaḥ śatārdhakoṭivistārā pṛthivī kṛtsnaśaḥ smṛtā
Indeed the arrangement of the divine (region) is wholly (described) by means of the present ones. The earth in its entirety is recorded as fifty million (yojanas) in extent.
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MtP 124.13
तस्याश्चार्धप्रमाणं च मेरोश्चैवोत्तरोत्तरम् मेरोर्मध्ये प्रतिदिशं कोटिरेका तु सा स्मृता
tasyāścārdhapramāṇaṃ ca meroścaivottarottaram merormadhye pratidiśaṃ koṭirekā tu sā smṛtā
And half its measure, and of Meru, farther and farther north; from the middle of Meru, in each direction, that is recorded as one crore.
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MtP 124.14
तथा शतसहस्राणाम् एकोननवतिं पुनः पञ्चाशच्च सहस्राणि पृथिव्यर्धस्य विस्तरः
tathā śatasahasrāṇām ekonanavatiṃ punaḥ pañcāśacca sahasrāṇi pṛthivyardhasya vistaraḥ
Likewise eighty-nine hundred-thousands, and further fifty thousands—(that is) the breadth of half the earth.
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MtP 124.15
पृथिव्या विस्तरं कृत्यं योजनैस्तं निबोधत तिस्रः कोट्यस्तु विस्तारात् संख्यातास्तु चतुर्दिशम्
pṛthivyā vistaraṃ kṛtyaṃ yojanaistaṃ nibodhata tisraḥ koṭyastu vistārāt saṃkhyātāstu caturdiśam
Learn in yojanas the breadth of the earth that is to be computed: three crores are reckoned in breadth in the four directions,
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MtP 124.16
तथा शतसहस्राणाम् एकोनाशीतिर् उच्यते सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रायाः पृथिव्याः स तु विस्तरः
tathā śatasahasrāṇām ekonāśītir ucyate saptadvīpasamudrāyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ sa tu vistaraḥ
and likewise seventy-nine hundred-thousands are stated; that is the breadth of the earth with its seven continents and oceans.
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MtP 124.17
विस्तारं त्रिगुणं चैव पृथिव्यन्तरमण्डलम् गणितं योजनानां तु कोट्यस्त्वेकादश स्मृताः
vistāraṃ triguṇaṃ caiva pṛthivyantaramaṇḍalam gaṇitaṃ yojanānāṃ tu koṭyastvekādaśa smṛtāḥ
The encircling circle of the earth is three times (that) extent; reckoned in yojanas, eleven crores are recorded,
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MtP 124.18
तथा शतसहस्राणां सप्तत्रिंशाधिकास्तु ताः इत्येतद्वै प्रसंख्यातं पृथिव्यन्तरमण्डलम्
tathā śatasahasrāṇāṃ saptatriṃśādhikāstu tāḥ ityetadvai prasaṃkhyātaṃ pṛthivyantaramaṇḍalam
and, of hundreds of thousands, thirty-seven more than that. Thus has the encircling circle of the earth been reckoned up.
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MtP 124.19
तारकासंनिवेशस्य दिवि यावत्तु मण्डलम् पर्याप्तसंनिवेशस्य भूमेस्तावत्तु मण्डलम्
tārakāsaṃniveśasya divi yāvattu maṇḍalam paryāptasaṃniveśasya bhūmestāvattu maṇḍalam
As great as is the circle of the placement of the stars in the sky, just so great is the circle of the earth of (corresponding) full extent of placement.
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MtP 124.20
पर्यासपरिमाणं च भूमेस्तुल्यं दिवः स्मृतम् मेरोः प्राच्यां दिशायां तु मानसोत्तरमूर्धनि
paryāsaparimāṇaṃ ca bhūmestulyaṃ divaḥ smṛtam meroḥ prācyāṃ diśāyāṃ tu mānasottaramūrdhani
And the measure of the circumference of the earth is said to be equal to that of the sky. Now, in the eastern quarter of Meru, on the summit of Mānasottara,
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MtP 124.21
वस्त्वेकसारा माहेन्द्री पुण्या हेमपरिष्कृता दक्षिणेन पुनर्मेरोर् मानसस्य तु पृष्ठतः
vastvekasārā māhendrī puṇyā hemapariṣkṛtā dakṣiṇena punarmeror mānasasya tu pṛṣṭhataḥ
(is) Mahendra's (city), holy, of unique substance, adorned with gold. Again, to the south of Meru, on the back of the Mānasa (mountain),
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MtP 124.22
वैवस्वतो निवसति यमः संयमने पुरे प्रतीच्यां तु पुनर्मेरोर् मानसस्य तु मूर्धनि
vaivasvato nivasati yamaḥ saṃyamane pure pratīcyāṃ tu punarmeror mānasasya tu mūrdhani
Yama, son of Vivasvat, dwells in the city Saṃyamana; and again, to the west of Meru, on the summit of the Mānasa,
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MtP 124.23
सुषा नाम पुरी रम्या वरुणस्यापि धीमतः दिश्युत्तरस्यां मेरोस्तु मानसस्यैव मूर्धनि
suṣā nāma purī ramyā varuṇasyāpi dhīmataḥ diśyuttarasyāṃ merostu mānasasyaiva mūrdhani
(is) the lovely city named Suṣā, of wise Varuṇa; and in the northern quarter of Meru, on the summit of the Mānasa itself,
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MtP 124.24
तुल्या महेन्द्रपुर्यापि सोमस्यापि विभावरी मानसोत्तरपृष्ठे तु लोकपालाश्चतुर्दिशम्
tulyā mahendrapuryāpi somasyāpi vibhāvarī mānasottarapṛṣṭhe tu lokapālāścaturdiśam
(is) Soma's Vibhāvarī, equal to Mahendra's city. On the ridge of Mānasottara, in the four directions, the world-guardians
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MtP 124.25
स्थिता धर्मव्यवस्थार्थं लोकसंरक्षणाय च लोकपालोपरिष्टात्तु सर्वतो दक्षिणायने
sthitā dharmavyavasthārthaṃ lokasaṃrakṣaṇāya ca lokapālopariṣṭāttu sarvato dakṣiṇāyane
are stationed for the ordering of dharma and for the protection of the world. But above the world-guardians, all around, in the southern course (of the sun),
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MtP 124.26
काष्ठागतस्य सूर्यस्य गतिस्तत्र निबोधत दक्षिणोपक्रमे सूर्यः क्षिप्तेषुरिव सर्पति
kāṣṭhāgatasya sūryasya gatistatra nibodhata dakṣiṇopakrame sūryaḥ kṣipteṣuriva sarpati
learn now the course of the sun when it has reached the (celestial) quarter: at the beginning of its southern course the sun glides like an arrow shot forth.
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MtP 124.27
ज्योतिषां चक्रमादाय सततं परिगच्छति मध्यगश्चामरावत्यां यदा भवति भास्करः
jyotiṣāṃ cakramādāya satataṃ parigacchati madhyagaścāmarāvatyāṃ yadā bhavati bhāskaraḥ
Taking with it the wheel of the luminaries, it constantly goes around. When the sun stands at the middle over Amarāvatī,
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MtP 124.28
वैवस्वते संयमने उद्यन्सूर्यः प्रदृश्यते सुषायामर्धरात्रस्तु विभावर्यास्तम् एति च
vaivasvate saṃyamane udyansūryaḥ pradṛśyate suṣāyāmardharātrastu vibhāvaryāstam eti ca
the sun is seen rising in Vaivasvata's Saṃyamana, in Suṣā it is midnight, and in Vibhāvarī it sets.
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MtP 124.29
वैवस्वते संयमने मध्याह्ने तु रविर्यदा सुषायामथ वारुण्याम् उत्तिष्ठन्स तु दृश्यते
vaivasvate saṃyamane madhyāhne tu raviryadā suṣāyāmatha vāruṇyām uttiṣṭhansa tu dṛśyate
When the sun is at midday in Vaivasvata's Saṃyamana, then in Suṣā, Varuṇa's (city), it is seen rising;
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MtP 124.30
विभावर्यामर्धरात्रं माहेन्द्र्यामस्तमेव च सुषायामथ वारुण्यां मध्याह्ने तु रविर्यदा
vibhāvaryāmardharātraṃ māhendryāmastameva ca suṣāyāmatha vāruṇyāṃ madhyāhne tu raviryadā
in Vibhāvarī it is midnight, and in Mahendra's (city) it is sunset. And when the sun is at midday in Suṣā, Varuṇa's (city),
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MtP 124.31
विभावर्यां सोमपुर्याम् उत्तिष्ठति विभावसुः महेन्द्रस्यामरावत्याम् उद्गच्छति दिवाकरः
vibhāvaryāṃ somapuryām uttiṣṭhati vibhāvasuḥ mahendrasyāmarāvatyām udgacchati divākaraḥ
then in Vibhāvarī, Soma's city, the brilliant one rises; (and when) the day-maker rises in Mahendra's Amarāvatī,
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MtP 124.32
अर्धरात्रं संयमने वारुण्यामस्तमेति च स शीघ्रमेव पर्येति भानुरालातचक्रवत्
ardharātraṃ saṃyamane vāruṇyāmastameti ca sa śīghrameva paryeti bhānurālātacakravat
it is midnight in Saṃyamana, and in Varuṇa's (city) it sets. Very swiftly the sun goes round, like a circle of firebrand.
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MtP 124.33
भ्रमन्वै भ्रममाणानि ऋक्षाणि चरते रविः एवं चतुर्षु पार्श्वेषु दक्षिणान्तेषु सर्पति
bhramanvai bhramamāṇāni ṛkṣāṇi carate raviḥ evaṃ caturṣu pārśveṣu dakṣiṇānteṣu sarpati
Revolving itself, the sun traverses the revolving constellations; thus it glides along the four sides at the southern limits.
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MtP 124.34
उदयास्तमये वासाव् उत्तिष्ठति पुनः पुनः पूर्वाह्णे चापराह्णे च द्वौ द्वौ देवालयौ तु सः
udayāstamaye vāsāv uttiṣṭhati punaḥ punaḥ pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇe ca dvau dvau devālayau tu saḥ
And it rises again and again at rising and at setting; in the forenoon and in the afternoon it (illumines) two and two of the gods' abodes,
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MtP 124.35
पतत्येकं तु मध्याह्ने भाभिरेव च रश्मिभिः उदितो वर्धमानाभिर् मध्याह्ने तपते रविः
patatyekaṃ tu madhyāhne bhābhireva ca raśmibhiḥ udito vardhamānābhir madhyāhne tapate raviḥ
but at midday it falls upon one alone with its beams and rays; risen, with increasing rays, the sun burns at midday.
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MtP 124.36
अतः परं ह्रसन्तीभिर् गोभिरस्तं स गच्छति उदयास्तमयाभ्यां च स्मृते पूर्वापरे तु वै
ataḥ paraṃ hrasantībhir gobhirastaṃ sa gacchati udayāstamayābhyāṃ ca smṛte pūrvāpare tu vai
Thereafter, with diminishing rays, it goes to its setting; and by rising and setting the east and the west are reckoned.
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MtP 124.37
यादृक्पुरस्तात्तपति यादृक्पृष्ठे तु पार्श्वयोः यत्रोदयस्तु दृश्येत तेषां स उदयः स्मृतः
yādṛkpurastāttapati yādṛkpṛṣṭhe tu pārśvayoḥ yatrodayastu dṛśyeta teṣāṃ sa udayaḥ smṛtaḥ
As it shines in front, so behind and on the two sides; wherever the rising may be seen, that is reckoned their sunrise.
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MtP 124.38
प्रणाशं गच्छते यत्र तेषामस्तः स उच्यते सर्वेषामुत्तरे मेरुर् लोकालोकस्य दक्षिणे
praṇāśaṃ gacchate yatra teṣāmastaḥ sa ucyate sarveṣāmuttare merur lokālokasya dakṣiṇe
Where it goes to disappearance, that is called their setting. Meru is to the north of all, (and) to the south of Lokāloka.
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MtP 124.39
विदूरभावादर्कस्य भूमेरेषा गतस्य च श्रयन्ते रश्मयो यस्मात् तेन रात्रौ न दृश्यते
vidūrabhāvādarkasya bhūmereṣā gatasya ca śrayante raśmayo yasmāt tena rātrau na dṛśyate
Because of the sun's being far away and (its) having gone (below) the earth, and because its rays lie (elsewhere), for that reason it is not seen at night.
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MtP 124.40
ऊर्ध्वं शतसहस्रांशुः स्थितस्तत्र प्रदृश्यते एवं पुष्करमध्ये तु यदा भवति भास्करः
ūrdhvaṃ śatasahasrāṃśuḥ sthitastatra pradṛśyate evaṃ puṣkaramadhye tu yadā bhavati bhāskaraḥ
The hundred-thousand-rayed one, standing above, is seen there. So too, when the sun is in the middle of Puṣkara,
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MtP 124.41
त्रिंशद्भागं च मेदिन्या मुहूर्तेन स गच्छति योजनानां सहस्रस्य इमां संख्यां निबोधत
triṃśadbhāgaṃ ca medinyā muhūrtena sa gacchati yojanānāṃ sahasrasya imāṃ saṃkhyāṃ nibodhata
he traverses a thirtieth part of the earth in a muhūrta; learn this figure in thousands of yojanas.
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MtP 124.42
पूर्णं शतसहस्राणाम् एकत्रिंशच्च सा स्मृता पञ्चाशच्च सहस्राणि तथान्यान्यधिकानि च
pūrṇaṃ śatasahasrāṇām ekatriṃśacca sā smṛtā pañcāśacca sahasrāṇi tathānyānyadhikāni ca
It is reckoned as a full thirty-one hundred-thousands, and fifty thousand, and yet others in addition.
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MtP 124.43
मौहूर्तिकी गतिर्ह्येषा सूर्यस्य तु विधीयते एतेन क्रमयोगेण यदा काष्ठां तु दक्षिणाम्
mauhūrtikī gatirhyeṣā sūryasya tu vidhīyate etena kramayogeṇa yadā kāṣṭhāṃ tu dakṣiṇām
This is laid down as the sun's motion per muhūrta. By this sequential process, when (he reaches) the southern point,
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MtP 124.44
परिगच्छति सूर्यो ऽसौ मासं काष्ठामुदग्दिनात् मध्येन पुष्करस्याथ भ्रमते दक्षिणायने
parigacchati sūryo 'sau māsaṃ kāṣṭhāmudagdināt madhyena puṣkarasyātha bhramate dakṣiṇāyane
that sun goes around (it) for a month from the northern point; then in the southern course he revolves through the middle of Puṣkara.
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MtP 124.45
मानसोत्तरमेरोस्तु अन्तरं त्रिगुणं स्मृतम् सर्वतो दक्षिणस्यां तु काष्ठायां तन्निबोधत
mānasottaramerostu antaraṃ triguṇaṃ smṛtam sarvato dakṣiṇasyāṃ tu kāṣṭhāyāṃ tannibodhata
The interval between Mānasottara and Meru is reckoned as threefold; learn that (measure) on all sides at the southern point.
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MtP 124.46
नव कोट्यः प्रसंख्याता योजनैः परिमण्डलम् तथा शतसहस्राणि चत्वारिंशच्च पञ्च च
nava koṭyaḥ prasaṃkhyātā yojanaiḥ parimaṇḍalam tathā śatasahasrāṇi catvāriṃśacca pañca ca
The circumference is counted as nine crore yojanas, and also forty-five hundred-thousands.
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MtP 124.47
अहोरात्रात्पतंगस्य गतिरेषा विधीयते दक्षिणादिङ्निवृत्तो ऽसौ विषुवस्थो यदा रविः
ahorātrātpataṃgasya gatireṣā vidhīyate dakṣiṇādiṅnivṛtto 'sau viṣuvastho yadā raviḥ
This is laid down as the sun's motion in a day and night. When that sun, having turned back from the southern direction, stands at the equinox,
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MtP 124.48
क्षीरोदस्य समुद्रस्योत्तरतो ऽपि दिशं चरन् मण्डलं विषुवच्चापि योजनैस्तन्निबोधत
kṣīrodasya samudrasyottarato 'pi diśaṃ caran maṇḍalaṃ viṣuvaccāpi yojanaistannibodhata
moving in the direction north of the Ocean of Milk as well — learn that equinoctial circle too in yojanas.
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MtP 124.49
तिस्रः कोट्यस्तु सम्पूर्णा विषुवस्यापि मण्डलम् तथा शतसहस्राणि विंशत्येकाधिकानि तु
tisraḥ koṭyastu sampūrṇā viṣuvasyāpi maṇḍalam tathā śatasahasrāṇi viṃśatyekādhikāni tu
The equinoctial circle also is three full crores, and twenty-one hundred-thousands.
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MtP 124.50
श्रावणे चोत्तरां काष्ठां चित्रभानुर्यदा भवेत् गोमेदस्य परद्वीपे उत्तरां च दिशं चरन्
śrāvaṇe cottarāṃ kāṣṭhāṃ citrabhānuryadā bhavet gomedasya paradvīpe uttarāṃ ca diśaṃ caran
And in Śrāvaṇa, when the bright-rayed one is at the northern point, moving in the northern direction on the island beyond Gomeda —
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MtP 124.51
उत्तरायाः प्रमाणं तु काष्ठाया मण्डलस्य तु दक्षिणोत्तरमध्यानि तानि विन्द्याद् यथाक्रमम्
uttarāyāḥ pramāṇaṃ tu kāṣṭhāyā maṇḍalasya tu dakṣiṇottaramadhyāni tāni vindyād yathākramam
(this is) the measure of the circle of the northern point; one should know them in order as the southern, the northern and the middle ones.
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MtP 124.52
स्थानं जरद्गवं मध्ये तथैरावतमुत्तमम् वैश्वानरं दक्षिणतो निर्दिष्टमिह तत्त्वतः
sthānaṃ jaradgavaṃ madhye tathairāvatamuttamam vaiśvānaraṃ dakṣiṇato nirdiṣṭamiha tattvataḥ
The station Jaradgava is in the middle, and Airāvata the highest; Vaiśvānara is here truly declared to be to the south.
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MtP 124.53
नागवीथ्युत्तरा वीथी ह्य् अजवीथिस् तु दक्षिणा उभे आषाढमूलं तु अजवीथ्यादयस् त्रयः
nāgavīthyuttarā vīthī hy ajavīthis tu dakṣiṇā ubhe āṣāḍhamūlaṃ tu ajavīthyādayas trayaḥ
Nāgavīthī is the northern track, and Ajavīthī the southern; the three beginning with Ajavīthī are the two Āṣāḍhās and Mūla.
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MtP 124.54
अभिजित्पूर्वतः स्वातिं नागवीथ्युत्तरास् त्रयः अश्विनी कृत्तिका याम्या नागवीथ्यस् त्रयः स्मृताः
abhijitpūrvataḥ svātiṃ nāgavīthyuttarās trayaḥ aśvinī kṛttikā yāmyā nāgavīthyas trayaḥ smṛtāḥ
From Abhijit onward up to Svāti are the three tracks north of Nāgavīthī; Aśvinī, Kṛttikā and the southern one (Bharaṇī) are reckoned as the three of Nāgavīthī.
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MtP 124.55
रोहिण्यार्द्रा मृगशिरो नागवीथिर् इति स्मृता पुष्याश्लेषा पुनर्वस्वोर् वीथी चैरावती स्मृता
rohiṇyārdrā mṛgaśiro nāgavīthir iti smṛtā puṣyāśleṣā punarvasvor vīthī cairāvatī smṛtā
Rohiṇī, Ārdrā, Mṛgaśiras — that is reckoned as Nāgavīthī; the track of Puṣya, Āśleṣā and Punarvasu is reckoned as Airāvatī.
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MtP 124.56
तिस्रस्तु वीथयो ह्येता उत्तरो मार्ग उच्यते पूर्वोत्तरा च फल्गुन्यौ मघा चैवार्षभी भवेत्
tisrastu vīthayo hyetā uttaro mārga ucyate pūrvottarā ca phalgunyau maghā caivārṣabhī bhavet
These three tracks are called the northern road. The two Phalgunīs, the earlier and the later, and Maghā would be Ārṣabhī.
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MtP 124.57
पूर्वोत्तरप्रोष्ठपदौ गोवीथी रेवती स्मृता श्रवणं च धनिष्ठा च वारुणं च जरद्गवम्
pūrvottaraproṣṭhapadau govīthī revatī smṛtā śravaṇaṃ ca dhaniṣṭhā ca vāruṇaṃ ca jaradgavam
The two Proṣṭhapadas, the eastern and the northern, together with Revatī, are known as the Cow-path (govīthī); Śravaṇa, Dhaniṣṭhā and Vāruṇa (Śatabhiṣaj) are the Old-Ox (jaradgava).
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MtP 124.58
एतास्तु वीथयस् तिस्रो मध्यमो मार्ग उच्यते हस्तश्चित्रा तथा स्वाती ह्य् अजवीथिरिति स्मृता
etāstu vīthayas tisro madhyamo mārga ucyate hastaścitrā tathā svātī hy ajavīthiriti smṛtā
These, then, are the three paths; (this) is called the middle course. Hasta, Citrā and likewise Svātī are known as the Goat-path (ajavīthī).
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MtP 124.59
ज्येष्ठा विशाखा मैत्रं च मृगवीथी तथोच्यते मूलं पूर्वोत्तराषाढे वीथी वैश्वानरी भवेत्
jyeṣṭhā viśākhā maitraṃ ca mṛgavīthī tathocyate mūlaṃ pūrvottarāṣāḍhe vīthī vaiśvānarī bhavet
Jyeṣṭhā, Viśākhā and the Maitra (asterism, Anurādhā) — that is called the Deer Path (mṛgavīthī); Mūla, Pūrvāṣāḍhā and Uttarāṣāḍhā make up the Vaiśvānarī path.
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MtP 124.60
स्मृतास्तिस्रस्तु वीथ्यस्ता मार्गे वै दक्षिणे पुनः काष्ठयोरन्तरं चैतद् वक्ष्यते योजनैः पुनः
smṛtāstisrastu vīthyastā mārge vai dakṣiṇe punaḥ kāṣṭhayorantaraṃ caitad vakṣyate yojanaiḥ punaḥ
These three paths, then, are reckoned as lying on the southern course; and this interval between the two extremities (kāṣṭhās) will next be stated in yojanas.
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MtP 124.61
एतच्छतसहस्राणाम् एकत्रिंशत्तु वै स्मृतम् शतानि त्रीणि चान्यानि त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तथैव च
etacchatasahasrāṇām ekatriṃśattu vai smṛtam śatāni trīṇi cānyāni trayastriṃśattathaiva ca
This is reckoned as thirty-one hundred-thousands, and three hundred more, and thirty-three besides.
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MtP 124.62
काष्ठयोरन्तरं ह्येतद् योजनानां प्रकीर्तितम् काष्ठयोर्लेखयोश्चैव अयने दक्षिणोत्तरे
kāṣṭhayorantaraṃ hyetad yojanānāṃ prakīrtitam kāṣṭhayorlekhayoścaiva ayane dakṣiṇottare
This is declared to be the interval between the two kāṣṭhās (limits) in yojanas — of the two kāṣṭhās and of the two lines, at the southern and the northern solstice.
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MtP 124.63
ते वक्ष्यामि प्रसंख्याय योजनैस्तु निबोधत एकैकमन्तरं तद्वद् युक्तान्येतानि सप्तभिः
te vakṣyāmi prasaṃkhyāya yojanaistu nibodhata ekaikamantaraṃ tadvad yuktānyetāni saptabhiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 124.64
सहस्रेणातिरिक्ता च ततो ऽन्या पञ्चविंशतिः लेखयोः काष्ठयोश्चैव बाह्याभ्यन्तरयोश्चरन्
sahasreṇātiriktā ca tato 'nyā pañcaviṃśatiḥ lekhayoḥ kāṣṭhayoścaiva bāhyābhyantarayoścaran
And another twenty-five beyond that, exceeded by a thousand — (the sun) moving between the two lines and the two boundary-marks, the outer and the inner.
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MtP 124.65
अभ्यन्तरं स पर्येति मण्डलान्युत्तरायणे बाह्यतो दक्षिणेनैव सततं सूर्यमण्डलम्
abhyantaraṃ sa paryeti maṇḍalānyuttarāyaṇe bāhyato dakṣiṇenaiva satataṃ sūryamaṇḍalam
In the northern course he circles round the inner circuits; but on the outside, by the southern (route), the sun's circuit (moves) continually.
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MtP 124.66
चरन्नसावुदीच्यां च ह्य् अशीत्या मण्डलाञ्छतम् अभ्यन्तरं स पर्येति क्रमते मण्डलानि तु
carannasāvudīcyāṃ ca hy aśītyā maṇḍalāñchatam abhyantaraṃ sa paryeti kramate maṇḍalāni tu
And moving in the northern direction, he circles round the inner (region) by a hundred and eighty circuits; and he traverses the circuits (one by one).
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MtP 124.67
प्रमाणं मण्डलस्यापि योजनानां निबोधत योजनानां सहस्राणि दश चाष्टौ तथा स्मृतम्
pramāṇaṃ maṇḍalasyāpi yojanānāṃ nibodhata yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi daśa cāṣṭau tathā smṛtam
Learn also the measure of the circle (orbit) in yojanas: it is reckoned as ten thousand and eight thousand yojanas,
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MtP 124.68
अधिकान्यष्टपञ्चाशद् योजनानि तु वै पुनः विष्कम्भो मण्डलस्यैव तिर्यक्स तु विधीयते
adhikānyaṣṭapañcāśad yojanāni tu vai punaḥ viṣkambho maṇḍalasyaiva tiryaksa tu vidhīyate
and again, fifty-eight yojanas in excess. That is laid down as the diameter of the circle, (measured) crosswise.
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MtP 124.69
अहस्तु चरते नाभेः सूर्यो वै मण्डलं क्रमात् कुलालचक्रपर्यन्तो यथा चन्द्रो रविस्तथा
ahastu carate nābheḥ sūryo vai maṇḍalaṃ kramāt kulālacakraparyanto yathā candro ravistathā
By day the sun moves the circle in order, (starting) from the hub; as the moon (moves) at the rim of a potter's wheel, so does the sun.
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MtP 124.70
दक्षिणे चक्रवत्सूर्यस् तथा शीघ्रं निवर्तते तस्मात्प्रकृष्टां भूमिं तु कालेनाल्पेन गच्छति
dakṣiṇe cakravatsūryas tathā śīghraṃ nivartate tasmātprakṛṣṭāṃ bhūmiṃ tu kālenālpena gacchati
In the south the sun turns back swiftly, like a wheel; therefore it passes over a great extent of ground in a short time.
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MtP 124.71
सूर्यो द्वादशभिः शीघ्रं मुहूर्तैर्दक्षिणायने त्रयोदशार्धमृक्षाणां मध्ये चरति मण्डलम्
sūryo dvādaśabhiḥ śīghraṃ muhūrtairdakṣiṇāyane trayodaśārdhamṛkṣāṇāṃ madhye carati maṇḍalam
During the southern course the sun swiftly travels, in twelve muhūrtas, its circle through the midst of thirteen and a half lunar mansions.
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MtP 124.72
मुहूर्तैस्तानि ऋक्षाणि नक्तमष्टादशैश्चरन् कुलालचक्रमध्यस्थो यथा मन्दं प्रसर्पति
muhūrtaistāni ṛkṣāṇi naktamaṣṭādaśaiścaran kulālacakramadhyastho yathā mandaṃ prasarpati
Traversing those same mansions by night in eighteen muhūrtas, he creeps slowly, like one stationed at the centre of a potter's wheel.
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MtP 124.73
उदग्याने तथा सूर्यः सर्पते मन्दविक्रमः तस्माद्दीर्घेण कालेन भूमिं सो ऽल्पां प्रसर्पति
udagyāne tathā sūryaḥ sarpate mandavikramaḥ tasmāddīrgheṇa kālena bhūmiṃ so 'lpāṃ prasarpati
In the northern course the sun likewise creeps along with slow motion; therefore it traverses (only) a little ground in a long time.
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MtP 124.74
सूर्यो ऽष्टादशभिरह्नो मुहूर्तैरुदगायने त्रयोदशानां मध्ये तु ऋक्षाणां चरते रविः मुहूर्तैस्तानि ऋक्षाणि रात्रौ द्वादशभिश्चरन्
sūryo 'ṣṭādaśabhirahno muhūrtairudagāyane trayodaśānāṃ madhye tu ṛkṣāṇāṃ carate raviḥ muhūrtaistāni ṛkṣāṇi rātrau dvādaśabhiścaran
In the northern course the sun, during the eighteen muhūrtas of the day, moves in the midst of thirteen lunar asterisms; (and) it traverses those same asterisms at night in twelve muhūrtas.
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MtP 124.75
ततो मन्दतरं ताभ्यां चक्रं तु भ्रमते पुनः मृत्पिण्ड इव मध्यस्थो भ्रमते ऽसौ ध्रुवस्तथा
tato mandataraṃ tābhyāṃ cakraṃ tu bhramate punaḥ mṛtpiṇḍa iva madhyastho bhramate 'sau dhruvastathā
Then the wheel, in turn, revolves more slowly than those two; and that Dhruva (the pole), standing at the centre, spins like a lump of clay (on a potter's wheel).
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MtP 124.76
मुहूर्तैस्त्रिंशता तावद् अहोरात्रं भुवो भ्रमन् उभयोः काष्ठयोर्मध्ये भ्रमते मण्डलानि तु
muhūrtaistriṃśatā tāvad ahorātraṃ bhuvo bhraman ubhayoḥ kāṣṭhayormadhye bhramate maṇḍalāni tu
Revolving through the thirty muhūrtas that make a day and night of the earth, it revolves its circuits between the two poles.
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MtP 124.77
उत्तरक्रमणे ऽर्कस्य दिवा मन्दगतिः स्मृता तस्यैव तु पुनर्नक्तं शीघ्रा सूर्यस्य वै गतिः
uttarakramaṇe 'rkasya divā mandagatiḥ smṛtā tasyaiva tu punarnaktaṃ śīghrā sūryasya vai gatiḥ
In the sun's northward course, its motion by day is said to be slow, but the sun's motion by night is again swift.
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MtP 124.78
दक्षिणप्रक्रमे वापि दिवा शीघ्रं विधीयते गतिः सूर्यस्य वै नक्तं मन्दा चापि विधीयते
dakṣiṇaprakrame vāpi divā śīghraṃ vidhīyate gatiḥ sūryasya vai naktaṃ mandā cāpi vidhīyate
But in the southward course, the sun's motion by day is laid down as swift, and by night it is laid down as slow.
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MtP 124.79
एवं गतिविशेषेण विभजन्रात्र्यहानि तु अजवीथ्यां दक्षिणायां लोकालोकस्य चोत्तरम्
evaṃ gativiśeṣeṇa vibhajanrātryahāni tu ajavīthyāṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ lokālokasya cottaram
Thus, by this difference of motion, dividing nights and days, (the sun moves) on the Goat's path in the south and to the north of the Lokāloka.
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MtP 124.80
लोकसंतानतो ह्येष वैश्वानरपथाद्बहिः व्युष्टिर्यावत्प्रभा सौरी पुष्करात्सम्प्रवर्तते
lokasaṃtānato hyeṣa vaiśvānarapathādbahiḥ vyuṣṭiryāvatprabhā saurī puṣkarātsampravartate
For this (region) extends from the continuous world outward beyond the path of Vaiśvānara, as far as the sun's radiance, the daybreak-light, proceeds from Puṣkara.
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MtP 124.81
पार्श्वेभ्यो बाह्यतस् तावल् लोकालोकश्च पर्वतः योजनानां सहस्राणि दशोर्ध्वं चोच्छ्रितो गिरिः
pārśvebhyo bāhyatas tāval lokālokaśca parvataḥ yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi daśordhvaṃ cocchrito giriḥ
On the sides, outward, that far (extends) the mountain Lokāloka; and the mountain rises upward ten thousand yojanas.
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MtP 124.82
प्रकाशश्चाप्रकाशश्च पर्वतः परिमण्डलः नक्षत्रचन्द्रसूर्याश्च ग्रहास्तारागणैः सह
prakāśaścāprakāśaśca parvataḥ parimaṇḍalaḥ nakṣatracandrasūryāśca grahāstārāgaṇaiḥ saha
The mountain, circular in shape, is both lit and unlit; and the constellations, moon and sun, and the planets together with the hosts of stars—
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MtP 124.83
अभ्यन्तरे प्रकाशन्ते लोकालोकस्य वै गिरेः एतावानेव लोकस्तु निरालोकस्ततः परम्
abhyantare prakāśante lokālokasya vai gireḥ etāvāneva lokastu nirālokastataḥ param
—shine within (the circuit) of the mountain Lokāloka. Just this much is the world; beyond that it is lightless.
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MtP 124.84
लोक आलोकने धातुर् निरालोकस्त्वलोकता लोकालोकौ तु संधत्ते यस्मात्सूर्यः परिभ्रमन्
loka ālokane dhātur nirālokastvalokatā lokālokau tu saṃdhatte yasmātsūryaḥ paribhraman
The root 'loka' is in the sense of 'seeing'; 'nirāloka' is the state of no-world (of no light). And since the sun, circling, joins world and no-world (light and no-light)—
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MtP 124.85
तस्मात्संध्येति तामाहुर् उषाव्युष्टैर्यथान्तरम् उषा रात्रिः स्मृता विप्रैर् व्युष्टिश्चापि अहः स्मृतम्
tasmātsaṃdhyeti tāmāhur uṣāvyuṣṭairyathāntaram uṣā rātriḥ smṛtā viprair vyuṣṭiścāpi ahaḥ smṛtam
—therefore they call that 'saṃdhyā' (juncture), according to the interval between dawn (uṣā) and daybreak (vyuṣṭi); uṣā is held by the brahmins to be night, and vyuṣṭi is held to be day.
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MtP 124.86
त्रिंशत्कलो मुहूर्तस्तु अहस्ते दश पञ्च च ह्रासो वृद्धिरहर्भागैर् दिवसानां यथा तु वै
triṃśatkalo muhūrtastu ahaste daśa pañca ca hrāso vṛddhiraharbhāgair divasānāṃ yathā tu vai
A muhūrta consists of thirty kalās, and the day is fifteen of these; the decrease and increase (occur) by portions of the day, as with the days (of the year).
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MtP 124.87
संध्यामुहूर्तमात्रायां ह्रासवृद्धी तु ते ऋते लेखाप्रभृत्यथादित्ये त्रिमुहूर्तागते तु वै
saṃdhyāmuhūrtamātrāyāṃ hrāsavṛddhī tu te ṛte lekhāprabhṛtyathāditye trimuhūrtāgate tu vai
Those decrease and increase (occur) only in the extent of the twilight muhūrta; and when the sun, from the first streak (of light) onward, has advanced three muhūrtas,
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MtP 124.88
प्रातः स्मृतस्ततः कालो भागांश्चाहुश्च पञ्च च तस्मात्प्रातर्गतात्कालान् मुहूर्ताः संगवस् त्रयः
prātaḥ smṛtastataḥ kālo bhāgāṃścāhuśca pañca ca tasmātprātargatātkālān muhūrtāḥ saṃgavas trayaḥ
from that (point) the time is called morning, and they call it five portions; from that time when morning has passed, three muhūrtas are the saṃgava.
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MtP 124.89
मध्याह्नस्त्रिमुहूर्तस्तु तस्मात्कालादनन्तरम् तस्मान्मध्यंदिनात्कालाद् अपराह्ण इति स्मृतः
madhyāhnastrimuhūrtastu tasmātkālādanantaram tasmānmadhyaṃdinātkālād aparāhṇa iti smṛtaḥ
Midday is of three muhūrtas, immediately after that time; and after that midday time, the time is called afternoon (aparāhṇa).
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MtP 124.90
त्रय एव मुहूर्तास्तु काल एष स्मृतो बुधैः अपराह्णव्यतीताच्च कालः सायं स उच्यते
traya eva muhūrtāstu kāla eṣa smṛto budhaiḥ aparāhṇavyatītācca kālaḥ sāyaṃ sa ucyate
That time too is just three muhūrtas, so held by the wise; and after the afternoon has passed, that time is called evening.
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MtP 124.91
दश पञ्च मुहूर्ताह्नो मुहूर्तास् त्रय एव च दशपञ्चमुहूर्तं वै अहस्तु विषुवे स्मृतम्
daśa pañca muhūrtāhno muhūrtās traya eva ca daśapañcamuhūrtaṃ vai ahastu viṣuve smṛtam
The day has fifteen muhūrtas and three more; but at the equinox the day is held to be of fifteen muhūrtas.
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MtP 124.92
वर्धत्यतो ह्रसत्येव अयने दक्षिणोत्तरे अहस्तु ग्रसते रात्रिं रात्रिस्तु ग्रसते अहः
vardhatyato hrasatyeva ayane dakṣiṇottare ahastu grasate rātriṃ rātristu grasate ahaḥ
From then it increases and decreases in the southern and northern courses: the day devours the night, and the night devours the day.
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MtP 124.93
शरद्वसन्तयोर्मध्यं विषुवं तु विधीयते आलोकान्तः स्मृतो लोको लोकाच्चालोक उच्यते
śaradvasantayormadhyaṃ viṣuvaṃ tu vidhīyate ālokāntaḥ smṛto loko lokāccāloka ucyate
The equinox is laid down as the midpoint between autumn and spring. The world is held to be that which ends where the light ends, and beyond the world it is called aloka (lightless).
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MtP 124.94
लोकपालाः स्थितास्तत्र लोकालोकस्य मध्यतः चत्वारस्ते महात्मानस् तिष्ठन्त्याभूतसंप्लवम्
lokapālāḥ sthitāstatra lokālokasya madhyataḥ catvāraste mahātmānas tiṣṭhantyābhūtasaṃplavam
There the world-guardians are stationed, in the middle of the Lokāloka; those four great-souled ones remain until the dissolution of beings.
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MtP 124.95
सुधामा चैव वैराजः कर्दमश्च प्रजापतिः हिरण्यरोमा पर्जन्यः केतुमान्राजसश्च सः
sudhāmā caiva vairājaḥ kardamaśca prajāpatiḥ hiraṇyaromā parjanyaḥ ketumānrājasaśca saḥ
Sudhāman the Vairāja, and Kardama the lord of creatures, Hiraṇyaroman, and Parjanya Ketumān the Rājasa.
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MtP 124.96
निर्द्वंद्वा निरभीमाना निस्तन्द्रा निष्परिग्रहाः लोकपालाः स्थितास्त्वेते लोकालोके चतुर्दिशम्
nirdvaṃdvā nirabhīmānā nistandrā niṣparigrahāḥ lokapālāḥ sthitāstvete lokāloke caturdiśam
Free from the pairs (of opposites), without pride, without sloth, without possessions, these world-guardians are stationed at Lokāloka in the four directions.
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MtP 124.97
उत्तरं यदगस्त्यस्य शृङ्गं देवर्षिसेवितम् पितृयानः स्मृतः पन्था वैश्वानरपथाद्बहिः
uttaraṃ yadagastyasya śṛṅgaṃ devarṣisevitam pitṛyānaḥ smṛtaḥ panthā vaiśvānarapathādbahiḥ
The northern peak of Agastya, frequented by gods and seers — that is remembered as the path of the fathers, outside the path of Vaiśvānara.
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MtP 124.98
तत्रासते प्रजाकामा ऋषयो ये ऽग्निहोत्रिणः लोकस्य संतानकराः पितृयाने पथि स्थिताः
tatrāsate prajākāmā ṛṣayo ye 'gnihotriṇaḥ lokasya saṃtānakarāḥ pitṛyāne pathi sthitāḥ
There dwell those seers who desire offspring and maintain the fire-offerings, the makers of the world's continuance, established on the path of the fathers.
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MtP 124.99
भूतारम्भकृतं कर्म आशिषश्च विशां पते प्रारभन्ते लोककामास् तेषां पन्थाः स दक्षिणः
bhūtārambhakṛtaṃ karma āśiṣaśca viśāṃ pate prārabhante lokakāmās teṣāṃ panthāḥ sa dakṣiṇaḥ
They undertake, O lord of peoples, action that consists in the begetting of beings, and blessings, desiring (attainment of) the world; theirs is that southern path.
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MtP 124.100
चलितं ते पुनर्धर्मं स्थापयन्ति युगे युगे संतप्ततपसा चैव मर्यादाभिः श्रुतेन च
calitaṃ te punardharmaṃ sthāpayanti yuge yuge saṃtaptatapasā caiva maryādābhiḥ śrutena ca
They again establish the Law when it has slipped, in age after age, by well-heated ascetic practice, by (fixing) boundaries, and by sacred learning.
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MtP 124.101
जायमानास्तु पूर्वे वै पश्चिमानां गृहेषु ते पश्चिमाश्चैव पूर्वेषां जायन्ते निधनेष्विह
jāyamānāstu pūrve vai paścimānāṃ gṛheṣu te paścimāścaiva pūrveṣāṃ jāyante nidhaneṣviha
Being born, the earlier ones are born in the houses of the later ones, and the later ones in turn are born in the families of the earlier, here, upon (their) deaths.
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MtP 124.102
एवमावर्तमानास्ते वर्तन्त्याभूतसंप्लवम् अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ऋषीणां गृहमेधिनाम्
evamāvartamānāste vartantyābhūtasaṃplavam aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāṃ gṛhamedhinām
Thus revolving they continue until the dissolution of beings: eighty-eight thousand householder seers.
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MtP 124.103
सवितुर्दक्षिणं मार्गम् आश्रित्याभूतसंप्लवम् क्रियावतां प्रसंख्यैषा ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे
saviturdakṣiṇaṃ mārgam āśrityābhūtasaṃplavam kriyāvatāṃ prasaṃkhyaiṣā ye śmaśānāni bhejire
Having resorted to the southern path of the sun until the dissolution of beings — this is the enumeration of those who perform rites, who have resorted to the cremation grounds (i.e. to death).
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MtP 124.104
लोकसंव्यवहारार्थं भूतारम्भकृतेन च इच्छाद्वेषरताच्चैव मैथुनोपगमाच्च वै
lokasaṃvyavahārārthaṃ bhūtārambhakṛtena ca icchādveṣaratāccaiva maithunopagamācca vai
For the sake of the world's ongoing transactions, and by the begetting of beings, and by attachment to desire and hatred, and by resorting to sexual union,
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MtP 124.105
तथा कामकृतेनेह सेवनाद्विषयस्य च इत्येतैः कारणैः सिद्धाः श्मशानानीह भेजिरे
tathā kāmakṛteneha sevanādviṣayasya ca ityetaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ siddhāḥ śmaśānānīha bhejire
and likewise by acting from desire here and by the enjoyment of sense-objects — for these reasons the perfected ones here resorted to the cremation grounds.
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MtP 124.106
प्रजौषणिः सप्तर्षयो द्वापरेष्विह जज्ञिरे संततिं ते जुगुप्सन्ते तस्मान्मृत्युर्जितस्तु तैः
prajauṣaṇiḥ saptarṣayo dvāpareṣviha jajñire saṃtatiṃ te jugupsante tasmānmṛtyurjitastu taiḥ
Desiring offspring, the seven seers were born here in the Dvāpara ages; they guard (their) progeny, and therefore death is conquered by them.
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MtP 124.107
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि तेषामप्यूर्ध्वरेतसाम् उदक्पन्था न पर्यन्तम् आश्रित्याभूतसंप्लवम्
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi teṣāmapyūrdhvaretasām udakpanthā na paryantam āśrityābhūtasaṃplavam
Of those who are also of upward-flowing seed there are eighty-eight thousand; the northern path (leads) without limit, resorted to until the dissolution of beings.
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MtP 124.108
ते संप्रयोगाल्लोकस्य मिथुनस्य च वर्जनात् ईर्ष्याद्वेषनिवृत्त्या च भूतारम्भविवर्जनात्
te saṃprayogāllokasya mithunasya ca varjanāt īrṣyādveṣanivṛttyā ca bhūtārambhavivarjanāt
They, through abandoning involvement with the world and (abandoning) sexual coupling, and through the cessation of envy and hatred, and through the renunciation of begetting beings,
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MtP 124.109
ततो ऽन्यकामसंयोगशब्दादेर् दोषदर्शनात् इत्येतैः कारणैः शुद्धैस् ते ऽमृतत्वं हि भेजिरे
tato 'nyakāmasaṃyogaśabdāder doṣadarśanāt ityetaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ śuddhais te 'mṛtatvaṃ hi bhejire
and then through seeing the fault in the conjunction with other desires, in sound and the rest — by these pure causes they attained immortality.
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MtP 124.110
आभूतसम्प्लवस्थानाम् अमृतत्वं विभाव्यते त्रैलोक्यस्थितिकालो हि न पुनर्मारगामिणाम्
ābhūtasamplavasthānām amṛtatvaṃ vibhāvyate trailokyasthitikālo hi na punarmāragāmiṇām
Immortality is understood (to belong) to those who abide until the dissolution of beings; for it is (only) the duration of the three worlds, in the case of those who do not go the path again.
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MtP 124.111
भ्रूणहत्याश्वमेधादिपापपुण्यनिभैः परम् आभूतसम्प्लवान्ते तु क्षीयन्ते चोर्ध्वरेतसः
bhrūṇahatyāśvamedhādipāpapuṇyanibhaiḥ param ābhūtasamplavānte tu kṣīyante cordhvaretasaḥ
Beyond (all) that, which resembles the sin of killing an embryo or the merit of the horse-sacrifice and the like — but at the end of the dissolution of beings even those of upward-flowing seed perish.
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MtP 124.112
ऊर्ध्वोत्तरमृषिभ्यस्तु ध्रुवो यत्रानुसंस्थितः एतद्विष्णुपदं दिव्यं तृतीयं व्योम्नि भास्वरम्
ūrdhvottaramṛṣibhyastu dhruvo yatrānusaṃsthitaḥ etadviṣṇupadaṃ divyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ vyomni bhāsvaram
But higher up, beyond the seers, where Dhruva is fixed in place — this is the divine third station of Viṣṇu, shining in the sky.
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MtP 124.113
यत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् धर्मे ध्रुवस्य तिष्ठन्ति ये तु लोकस्य काङ्क्षिणः
yatra gatvā na śocanti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam dharme dhruvasya tiṣṭhanti ye tu lokasya kāṅkṣiṇaḥ
Having gone where they do not grieve — that is the highest station of Viṣṇu; but those who long for (a) world abide in the law of Dhruva.
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