Matsya Purana — Chapter 126
MtP 126.1
स रथो ऽधिष्ठितो देवैर् मासि मासि यथाक्रमम् ततो वहत्यथादित्यं बहुभिर् ऋषिभिः सह
sa ratho 'dhiṣṭhito devair māsi māsi yathākramam tato vahatyathādityaṃ bahubhir ṛṣibhiḥ saha
That chariot, occupied by gods month by month in due order, then carries the sun along with many seers,
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MtP 126.2
गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च सर्पग्रामणिराक्षसैः एते वसन्ति वै सूर्ये मासौ द्वौ द्वौ क्रमेण च
gandharvairapsarobhiśca sarpagrāmaṇirākṣasaiḥ ete vasanti vai sūrye māsau dvau dvau krameṇa ca
with gandharvas and apsarases, with serpents, troop-leaders and rākṣasas; these dwell in the sun two months each, in turn.
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MtP 126.3
धातार्यमा पुलस्त्यश्च पुलहश्च प्रजापती उरगौ वासुकिश्चैव संकीर्णश्चैव तावुभौ
dhātāryamā pulastyaśca pulahaśca prajāpatī uragau vāsukiścaiva saṃkīrṇaścaiva tāvubhau
Dhātā and Aryaman; Pulastya and Pulaha, the two Prajāpatis; the two serpents Vāsuki and Saṃkīrṇa, both of them;
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MtP 126.4
तुम्बुरुर् नारदश्चैव गन्धर्वौ गायतां वरौ कृतस्थलाप्सराश्चैव या च सा पुञ्जिकस्थला
tumburur nāradaścaiva gandharvau gāyatāṃ varau kṛtasthalāpsarāścaiva yā ca sā puñjikasthalā
Tumburu and Nārada, the two gandharvas, best of singers; and the apsarases Kṛtasthalā and she who is Puñjikasthalā;
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MtP 126.5
ग्रामण्यौ रथकृत्तस्य रथौजाश्चैव तावुभौ रक्षो हेतिः प्रहेतिश्च यातुधानावुभौ ऋतौ
grāmaṇyau rathakṛttasya rathaujāścaiva tāvubhau rakṣo hetiḥ prahetiśca yātudhānāvubhau ṛtau
the two troop-leaders Rathakṛt and Rathaujas, both of them; the rākṣasas Heti and Praheti, the two demons — in these two seasons.
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MtP 126.6
मधुमाधवयोर्ह्येष गणो वसति भास्करे वसन्ग्रीष्मे तु द्वौ मासौ मित्रश्च वरुणश्च वै
madhumādhavayorhyeṣa gaṇo vasati bhāskare vasangrīṣme tu dvau māsau mitraśca varuṇaśca vai
This group dwells in the sun in (the months) Madhu and Mādhava; and dwelling (there) in summer for two months (are) Mitra and Varuṇa,
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MtP 126.7
ऋषी अत्रिर्वसिष्ठश्च नागौ तक्षकरम्भकौ मेनका सहजन्या च हाहा हूहूश्च गायकौ
ṛṣī atrirvasiṣṭhaśca nāgau takṣakarambhakau menakā sahajanyā ca hāhā hūhūśca gāyakau
the two seers Atri and Vasiṣṭha, the two nāgas Takṣaka and Rambhaka, Menakā and Sahajanyā, and the two singers Hāhā and Hūhū,
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MtP 126.8
रथंतरश्च ग्रामण्यौ रथकृच्चैव तावुभौ पुरुषादो वधश्चैव यातुधानौ तु तौ स्मृतौ
rathaṃtaraśca grāmaṇyau rathakṛccaiva tāvubhau puruṣādo vadhaścaiva yātudhānau tu tau smṛtau
and Rathaṃtara and Rathakṛt, those two (as) leaders of the troop; and Puruṣāda and Vadha—those two are held to be the demons (yātudhānas).
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MtP 126.9
एते वसन्ति वै सूर्ये मासयोः शुचिशुक्रयोः ततः सूर्ये पुनश्चान्या निवसन्ति स्म देवताः
ete vasanti vai sūrye māsayoḥ śuciśukrayoḥ tataḥ sūrye punaścānyā nivasanti sma devatāḥ
These indeed dwell in the sun in the two months Śuci and Śukra; then again other deities dwell in the sun:
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MtP 126.10
इन्द्रश्चैव विवस्वांश्च अङ्गिरा भृगुरेव च एलापत्त्रस्तथा सर्पः शङ्खपालश्च पन्नगः
indraścaiva vivasvāṃśca aṅgirā bhṛgureva ca elāpattrastathā sarpaḥ śaṅkhapālaśca pannagaḥ
Indra and Vivasvat, Aṅgiras and Bhṛgu, and the serpent Elāpattra and the snake Śaṅkhapāla,
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MtP 126.11
विश्वावसुसुषेणौ च प्रातश्चैव रथश्च हि प्रम्लोचेत्यप्सराश्चैव निम्रोचन्ती च ते उभे
viśvāvasusuṣeṇau ca prātaścaiva rathaśca hi pramlocetyapsarāścaiva nimrocantī ca te ubhe
and Viśvāvasu and Suṣeṇa, and Prāta and Ratha, and the two apsarases Pramlocā and Nimrocantī, those two,
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MtP 126.12
यातुधानस्तथा हेतिर् व्याघ्रश्चैव तु तावुभौ नभस्यनभसोरेतैर् वसन्तश्च दिवाकरे
yātudhānastathā hetir vyāghraścaiva tu tāvubhau nabhasyanabhasoretair vasantaśca divākare
and likewise the demons Heti and Vyāghra, those two—with these the sun dwells in (the months) Nabhasya and Nabhas.
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MtP 126.13
मासौ द्वौ देवताः सूर्ये वसन्ति च शरदृतौ पर्जन्यश्चैव पूषा च भरद्वाजः सगौतमः
māsau dvau devatāḥ sūrye vasanti ca śaradṛtau parjanyaścaiva pūṣā ca bharadvājaḥ sagautamaḥ
For two months in the autumn season these deities dwell in the sun: Parjanya and Pūṣan, Bharadvāja together with Gautama,
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MtP 126.14
चित्रसेनश्च गन्धर्वस् तथा वा सुरुचिश्च यः विश्वाची च घृताची च उभे ते पुण्यलक्षणे
citrasenaśca gandharvas tathā vā suruciśca yaḥ viśvācī ca ghṛtācī ca ubhe te puṇyalakṣaṇe
and the gandharva Citrasena, and also he who is Suruci, and Viśvācī and Ghṛtācī, those two of auspicious marks,
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MtP 126.15
नागश्चैरावतश्चैव विश्रुतश्च धनंजयः सेनजिच्च सुषेणश्च सेनानीर् ग्रामणीस् तथा
nāgaścairāvataścaiva viśrutaśca dhanaṃjayaḥ senajicca suṣeṇaśca senānīr grāmaṇīs tathā
and the nāga Airāvata, and Viśruta and Dhanaṃjaya, and Senajit and Suṣeṇa, the two leaders of the host and of the troop,
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MtP 126.16
चारो वातश्च द्वावेतौ यातुधानावुभौ स्मृतौ वसन्त्येते च वै सूर्ये मासयोश्च त्विषोर्जयोः
cāro vātaśca dvāvetau yātudhānāvubhau smṛtau vasantyete ca vai sūrye māsayośca tviṣorjayoḥ
and Cāra and Vāta—these two are held to be the two demons. These dwell in the sun in the two months Tviṣa and Ūrja.
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MtP 126.17
हैमन्तिकौ च द्वौ मासौ निवसन्ति दिवाकरे अंशो भगश्च द्वावेतौ कश्यपश्च क्रतुश्च तौ
haimantikau ca dvau māsau nivasanti divākare aṃśo bhagaśca dvāvetau kaśyapaśca kratuśca tau
And for the two months of winter there dwell in the sun: Aṃśa and Bhaga, these two, and Kaśyapa and Kratu, those two,
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MtP 126.18
भुजंगश्च महापद्मः सर्पः कर्कोटकस्तथा चित्रसेनश्च गन्धर्वः पूर्णायुश्चैव गायनौ
bhujaṃgaśca mahāpadmaḥ sarpaḥ karkoṭakastathā citrasenaśca gandharvaḥ pūrṇāyuścaiva gāyanau
and the snakes Bhujaṃga Mahāpadma and Karkoṭaka, and the gandharva Citrasena and Pūrṇāyu, the two singers,
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MtP 126.19
अप्सराः पूर्वचित्तिश्च गन्धर्वा ह्युर्वशी च या तार्क्ष्यश्चारिष्टनेमिश्च सेनानीर् ग्रामणीश् च तौ
apsarāḥ pūrvacittiśca gandharvā hyurvaśī ca yā tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca senānīr grāmaṇīś ca tau
and the apsaras Pūrvacitti, and she who is Urvaśī of the gandharvas, and Tārkṣya and Ariṣṭanemi, those two, the leader of the host and the leader of the troop,
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MtP 126.20
विद्युत्सूर्यश्च तावुग्रौ यातुधानौ तु तौ स्मृतौ सहे चैव सहस्ये च वसन्त्येते दिवाकरे
vidyutsūryaśca tāvugrau yātudhānau tu tau smṛtau sahe caiva sahasye ca vasantyete divākare
and Vidyut and Sūrya, those two fierce ones, are held to be the two demons. These dwell in the sun in (the months) Saha and Sahasya.
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MtP 126.21
ततस्तु शिशिरे चापि मासयोर्निवसन्ति ते त्वष्टा विष्णुर्जमदग्निर् विश्वामित्रस्तथैव च
tatastu śiśire cāpi māsayornivasanti te tvaṣṭā viṣṇurjamadagnir viśvāmitrastathaiva ca
Then in the cool season, for two months, these dwell (there): Tvaṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu, Jamadagni, and likewise Viśvāmitra,
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MtP 126.22
काद्रवेयौ तथा नागौ कम्बलाश्वतरावुभौ गन्धर्वौ धृतराष्ट्रश्च सूर्यवर्चाश्च तावुभौ
kādraveyau tathā nāgau kambalāśvatarāvubhau gandharvau dhṛtarāṣṭraśca sūryavarcāśca tāvubhau
and the two nāgas, sons of Kadrū, Kambala and Aśvatara, both of them, and the two gandharvas Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Sūryavarcas, those two,
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MtP 126.23
तिलोत्तमाप्सराश्चैव देवी रम्भा मनोरमा ग्रामणीर् ऋतजिच्चैव सत्यजिच्च महाबलः
tilottamāpsarāścaiva devī rambhā manoramā grāmaṇīr ṛtajiccaiva satyajicca mahābalaḥ
and the apsaras Tilottamā, and the goddess Rambhā Manoramā, and the troop-leaders Ṛtajit and Satyajit of great strength,
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MtP 126.24
ब्रह्मोपेतश्च वै रक्षो यज्ञोपेतस्तथैव च इत्येते निवसन्ति स्म द्वौ द्वौ मासौ दिवाकरे
brahmopetaśca vai rakṣo yajñopetastathaiva ca ityete nivasanti sma dvau dvau māsau divākare
and the rākṣasas Brahmopeta and likewise Yajñopeta. Thus these dwell in the sun, two months each.
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MtP 126.25
स्थानाभिमानिनो ह्येते गणा द्वादश सप्तकाः सूर्यमापादयन्त्येते तेजसा तेज उत्तमम्
sthānābhimānino hyete gaṇā dvādaśa saptakāḥ sūryamāpādayantyete tejasā teja uttamam
These groups, proud of their station, twelve (in number, each) sevenfold, bring the sun by their radiance to supreme radiance.
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MtP 126.26
ग्रथितैस्तु वचोभिश्च स्तुवन्ति ऋषयो रविम् गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव गीतनृत्यैरुपासते
grathitaistu vacobhiśca stuvanti ṛṣayo ravim gandharvāpsarasaścaiva gītanṛtyairupāsate
The seers praise the sun with composed (metrical) words, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases attend upon (him) with song and dance.
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MtP 126.27
विद्याग्रामणिनो यक्षाः कुर्वन्त्याभीषुसंग्रहम् सर्पाः सर्पन्ति वै सूर्ये यातुधानानुयान्ति च
vidyāgrāmaṇino yakṣāḥ kurvantyābhīṣusaṃgraham sarpāḥ sarpanti vai sūrye yātudhānānuyānti ca
The Yakṣas, chiefs of (magical) lore, take hold of the reins; the serpents glide along in the sun, and the sorcerers follow after (him).
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MtP 126.28
वालखिल्या नयन्त्यस्तं परिवार्योदयाद्रविम् एतेषामेव देवानां यथावीर्यं यथातपः
vālakhilyā nayantyastaṃ parivāryodayādravim eteṣāmeva devānāṃ yathāvīryaṃ yathātapaḥ
The Vālakhilyas, surrounding the sun, lead him from rising to setting. Of these very gods, according to (each one's) valour, according to (each one's) ascetic heat —
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MtP 126.29
यथायोगं यथाधर्मं यथातत्त्वं यथाबलम् तथा तपत्यसौ सूर्यस् तेषामिद्धस्तु तेजसा
yathāyogaṃ yathādharmaṃ yathātattvaṃ yathābalam tathā tapatyasau sūryas teṣāmiddhastu tejasā
— according to (their) yoga, according to (their) dharma, according to (their) truth, according to (their) strength, so does that sun burn, kindled by their radiance.
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MtP 126.30
भूतानामशुभं सर्वं व्यपोहति स्वतेजसा मानवानां शुभैर्ह्येतैर् ह्रियते दुरितं तु वै
bhūtānāmaśubhaṃ sarvaṃ vyapohati svatejasā mānavānāṃ śubhairhyetair hriyate duritaṃ tu vai
By his own radiance he sweeps away all that is inauspicious in beings; and by these auspicious ones the evil of men is indeed carried off.
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MtP 126.31
दुरितं शुभचाराणां व्यपोहन्ति क्वचित्क्वचित् एते सहैव सूर्येण भ्रमन्ति सानुगा दिवि
duritaṃ śubhacārāṇāṃ vyapohanti kvacitkvacit ete sahaiva sūryeṇa bhramanti sānugā divi
Here and there they sweep away the evil of those whose conduct is good; these, together with the sun, roam in the sky with their attendants.
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MtP 126.32
तपन्तश्च जपन्तश्च ह्लादयन्तश्च वै प्रजाः गोपायन्ति स्म भूतानि ईहन्ते ह्यनुकम्पया
tapantaśca japantaśca hlādayantaśca vai prajāḥ gopāyanti sma bhūtāni īhante hyanukampayā
Burning and murmuring (prayers) and refreshing the creatures, they guard living beings and act out of compassion.
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MtP 126.33
स्थानाभिमानिनां ह्येतत् स्थानं मन्वन्तरेषु वै अतीतानागतानां च वर्तन्ते साम्प्रतं च ये
sthānābhimānināṃ hyetat sthānaṃ manvantareṣu vai atītānāgatānāṃ ca vartante sāmprataṃ ca ye
This is the station of those who claim (these) stations in the several manvantaras — of those past and those to come, and those that are present now.
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MtP 126.34
एवं वसन्ति वै सूर्ये सप्तकास्ते चतुर्दश चतुर्दशेषु वर्तन्ते गणा मन्वन्तरेषु वै
evaṃ vasanti vai sūrye saptakāste caturdaśa caturdaśeṣu vartante gaṇā manvantareṣu vai
Thus these fourteen groups of seven dwell in the sun; the (same) groups operate throughout the fourteen manvantaras.
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MtP 126.35
ग्रीष्मे हिमे च वर्षासु मुञ्चमाना यथाक्रमम् धर्मं हिमं च वर्षं च यथाक्रममहर्निशम्
grīṣme hime ca varṣāsu muñcamānā yathākramam dharmaṃ himaṃ ca varṣaṃ ca yathākramamaharniśam
In summer, in winter, and in the rains, releasing in due order heat and cold and rain, in due order, day and night —
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MtP 126.36
गच्छत्यसावनुदिनं परिवृत्य रश्मीन् देवान्पितॄंश्च मनुजांश्च सुतर्पयन्वै शुक्ले च कृष्णे तदहःक्रमेण कालक्षये चैव सुराः पिबन्ति
gacchatyasāvanudinaṃ parivṛtya raśmīn devānpitṝṃśca manujāṃśca sutarpayanvai śukle ca kṛṣṇe tadahaḥkrameṇa kālakṣaye caiva surāḥ pibanti
— day after day he goes, turning his rays about, well satisfying the gods, the fathers, and men; and in the bright and the dark (fortnight), by the succession of those days, and at the waning of time, the gods drink.
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MtP 126.37
मासेन तच्चामृतमस्य मृष्टं सुवृष्टये रश्मिषु रक्षितं तु सर्वे ऽमृतं तत्पितरः पिबन्ति देवाश्च सौम्याश्च तथैव काव्याः
māsena taccāmṛtamasya mṛṣṭaṃ suvṛṣṭaye raśmiṣu rakṣitaṃ tu sarve 'mṛtaṃ tatpitaraḥ pibanti devāśca saumyāśca tathaiva kāvyāḥ
And in a month that nectar of his is refined for good rainfall; and being kept in his rays, all that nectar the fathers drink, and the gods, and the Saumyas, and likewise the Kāvyas.
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MtP 126.38
सूर्येण गोभिर्हि विवर्धिताभिर् अद्भिः पुनश्चैव समुच्छ्रिताभिः वृष्ट्याभिवृष्टाभिर् अथौषधीभिर् मर्त्या अथान्नेन क्षुधं जयन्ति
sūryeṇa gobhirhi vivardhitābhir adbhiḥ punaścaiva samucchritābhiḥ vṛṣṭyābhivṛṣṭābhir athauṣadhībhir martyā athānnena kṣudhaṃ jayanti
By the sun, through his rays, the waters are made to increase and again drawn up; and by the plants rained upon by the rain, mortals then, by means of food, conquer hunger.
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MtP 126.39
तृप्तिश्च तेनार्धमासं सुराणां मासं सुधाभिः स्वधया पितॄणाम् अन्नेन जीवन्त्यनिशं मनुष्याः सूर्यः श्रितं तद्धि बिभर्ति गोभिः
tṛptiśca tenārdhamāsaṃ surāṇāṃ māsaṃ sudhābhiḥ svadhayā pitṝṇām annena jīvantyaniśaṃ manuṣyāḥ sūryaḥ śritaṃ taddhi bibharti gobhiḥ
And by that comes the satisfaction of the gods for half a month, and for a month by the nectar-draughts, and of the fathers by the svadhā offering; men live constantly by food — for the sun bears with his rays what rests (in them).
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MtP 126.40
इत्येष एकचक्रेण सूर्यस्तूर्णं प्रसर्पति तत्र तैरक्रमैरश्वैः सर्पते ऽसौ दिनक्षये
ityeṣa ekacakreṇa sūryastūrṇaṃ prasarpati tatra tairakramairaśvaiḥ sarpate 'sau dinakṣaye
Thus this sun glides swiftly with a single wheel; there, with those tireless horses, he glides on at the day's ending.
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MtP 126.41
हरिर् हरिद्भिर् ह्रियते तुरंगमैः पिबत्यथापो हरिभिः सहस्रधा पुनः प्रमुञ्चत्यथ ताश्च यो हरिः स मुह्यमानो हरिभिस्तुरंगमैः
harir haridbhir hriyate turaṃgamaiḥ pibatyathāpo haribhiḥ sahasradhā punaḥ pramuñcatyatha tāśca yo hariḥ sa muhyamāno haribhisturaṃgamaiḥ
The tawny one is drawn by the tawny horses; then he drinks up the waters with his tawny (rays) and again releases them in a thousand ways — that tawny one, being carried along bewildered by the tawny horses.
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MtP 126.42
अहोरात्रं रथेनासाव् एकचक्रेण वै भ्रमन् सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रांश्च सप्तभिः सप्तभिर्द्रुतम्
ahorātraṃ rathenāsāv ekacakreṇa vai bhraman saptadvīpasamudrāṃśca saptabhiḥ saptabhirdrutam
Day and night he revolves with his chariot of a single wheel, and (traverses) the seven continents and oceans swiftly with (his) seven and seven (horses).
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MtP 126.43
छन्दोरूपैश्च तैरश्वैर् युतश्चक्रं ततः स्थितिः कामरूपैः सकृद्युक्तैः कामगैस्तैर्मनोजवैः
chandorūpaiśca tairaśvair yutaścakraṃ tataḥ sthitiḥ kāmarūpaiḥ sakṛdyuktaiḥ kāmagaistairmanojavaiḥ
Yoked with those horses that have the form of metres, the wheel is thereby held steady — with those (horses) of desired form, yoked once for all, going at will, swift as thought.
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MtP 126.44
हरितैरव्यथैः पिङ्गैर् ईश्वरैर् ब्रह्मवादिभिः बाह्यतो ऽनन्तरं चैव मण्डलं दिवसक्रमात्
haritairavyathaiḥ piṅgair īśvarair brahmavādibhiḥ bāhyato 'nantaraṃ caiva maṇḍalaṃ divasakramāt
With those green, untroubled, tawny ones, mighty, uttering the Veda, (he goes) outside and next (within) the circle, by the succession of days.
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MtP 126.45
कल्पादौ सम्प्रयुक्ताश्च वहन्त्याभूतसंप्लवम् आवृतो वालखिल्यैश्च भ्रमते रात्र्यहानि तु
kalpādau samprayuktāśca vahantyābhūtasaṃplavam āvṛto vālakhilyaiśca bhramate rātryahāni tu
Yoked at the beginning of the kalpa, they draw (him) until the dissolution of beings; and surrounded by the Vālakhilyas he revolves through the nights and days.
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MtP 126.46
ग्रथितैः स्ववचोभिश्च स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः सेव्यते गीतनृत्यैश्च गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणैः
grathitaiḥ svavacobhiśca stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ sevyate gītanṛtyaiśca gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ
Praised by the great sages with their own words woven together, he is attended by the songs and dances of the hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarases.
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MtP 126.47
पतंगैः पतगैरश्वैर् भ्राम्यमाणो दिवस्पतिः वीथ्याश्रयाणि चरति नक्षत्राणि तथा शशी
pataṃgaiḥ patagairaśvair bhrāmyamāṇo divaspatiḥ vīthyāśrayāṇi carati nakṣatrāṇi tathā śaśī
Whirled along by flying, winged horses, the lord of heaven (moves); and the moon likewise travels through the constellations that rest upon the (celestial) paths.
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MtP 126.48
ह्रासवृद्धी तथैवास्य रश्मयः सूर्यवत्स्मृताः त्रिचक्रोभयतो ऽश्वश्च विज्ञेयः शशिनो रथः
hrāsavṛddhī tathaivāsya raśmayaḥ sūryavatsmṛtāḥ tricakrobhayato 'śvaśca vijñeyaḥ śaśino rathaḥ
His waning and waxing likewise, and his rays, are held to be like the sun's; the moon's chariot is to be known as three-wheeled, with horses on both sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 126.49
अपां गर्भसमुत्पन्नो रथः साश्वः ससारथिः सहारैस्तैस्त्रिभिश्चक्रैर् युक्तः शुक्लैर्हयोत्तमैः
apāṃ garbhasamutpanno rathaḥ sāśvaḥ sasārathiḥ sahāraistaistribhiścakrair yuktaḥ śuklairhayottamaiḥ
Arisen from the womb of the waters is the chariot, with its horse and its charioteer, fitted with those three wheels together with their rims, (drawn) by excellent white horses.
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MtP 126.50
दशभिस्तुरगैर्दिव्यैर् असङ्गैस् तन्मनोजवैः सकृद्युक्ते रथे तस्मिन् वहन्तस्त्वायुगक्षयम्
daśabhisturagairdivyair asaṅgais tanmanojavaiḥ sakṛdyukte rathe tasmin vahantastvāyugakṣayam
By ten divine steeds, unhindered, swift as thought—harnessed but once to that chariot, they draw it until the destruction of the yuga.
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MtP 126.51
संगृहीता रथे तस्मिञ् छ्वेतश्चक्षुःश्रवाश्च वै अश्वास्तमेकवर्णास्ते वहन्ते शङ्खवर्चसः
saṃgṛhītā rathe tasmiñ chvetaścakṣuḥśravāśca vai aśvāstamekavarṇāste vahante śaṅkhavarcasaḥ
Harnessed to that chariot are the white ones that hear with their eyes (serpents); those horses, of one colour, having the sheen of a conch, draw it.
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MtP 126.52
अजश्च त्रिपथश्चैव वृषो वाजी नरो हयः अंशुमान् सप्तधातुश्च हंसो व्योममृगस्तथा
ajaśca tripathaścaiva vṛṣo vājī naro hayaḥ aṃśumān saptadhātuśca haṃso vyomamṛgastathā
Aja and Tripatha, Vṛṣa, Vājī, Nara, Haya, Aṃśumān and Saptadhātu, Haṃsa, and Vyomamṛga—
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MtP 126.53
इत्येते नामभिश्चैव दश चन्द्रमसो हयाः एवं चन्द्रमसं देवं वहन्ति स्मायुगक्षयम्
ityete nāmabhiścaiva daśa candramaso hayāḥ evaṃ candramasaṃ devaṃ vahanti smāyugakṣayam
—these by their names are the ten horses of the moon; thus they draw the god Moon until the end of the yuga.
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MtP 126.54
देवैः परिवृतः सोमः पितृभिः सह गच्छति सोमस्य शुक्लपक्षादौ भास्करे परतः स्थिते
devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ somaḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha gacchati somasya śuklapakṣādau bhāskare parataḥ sthite
Surrounded by the gods, Soma goes along together with the fathers; at the beginning of Soma's bright fortnight, when the sun stands beyond (him),
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MtP 126.55
आपूर्यते परो भागः सोमस्य तु अहःक्रमात् ततः पीतक्षयं सोमं युपगद्व्यापयन् रविः
āpūryate paro bhāgaḥ somasya tu ahaḥkramāt tataḥ pītakṣayaṃ somaṃ yupagadvyāpayan raviḥ
the far portion of Soma is filled up, day by day; then the sun, pervading (with its rays) the moon whose drunk-off part (is depleted),
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MtP 126.56
पीतं पञ्चदशाहं च रश्मिनैकेन भास्करः आपूरयन्ददौ तेन भागं भागमहःक्रमात्
pītaṃ pañcadaśāhaṃ ca raśminaikena bhāskaraḥ āpūrayandadau tena bhāgaṃ bhāgamahaḥkramāt
—for fifteen days the sun, with a single ray, filling up what had been drunk, gave back thereby portion after portion, day by day.
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MtP 126.57
सुषुम्नाप्ययमानस्य शुक्ले वर्धन्ति वै कलाः तस्माद्ध्रसन्ति वै कृष्णे शुक्ले ह्याप्याययन्ति च
suṣumnāpyayamānasya śukle vardhanti vai kalāḥ tasmāddhrasanti vai kṛṣṇe śukle hyāpyāyayanti ca
As it is filled through the suṣumnā (ray), the digits increase in the bright fortnight; therefore they diminish in the dark fortnight and swell in the bright.
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MtP 126.58
इत्येवं सूर्यवीर्येण चन्द्रस्याप्यायते तनुः पौर्णमास्यां प्रदृश्येत शुक्लः सम्पूर्णमण्डलः
ityevaṃ sūryavīryeṇa candrasyāpyāyate tanuḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ pradṛśyeta śuklaḥ sampūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ
Thus by the sun's power the moon's body is filled out; on the full-moon day he is seen white, with his disc complete.
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MtP 126.59
एवमाप्यायते सोमः शुक्लपक्षेष्वहःक्रमात् ततो द्वितीयाप्रभृति बहुलस्य चतुर्दशी
evamāpyāyate somaḥ śuklapakṣeṣvahaḥkramāt tato dvitīyāprabhṛti bahulasya caturdaśī
Thus Soma is filled up in the bright fortnights, day by day; then, from the second (day) onward, comes the fourteenth of the dark (fortnight).
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MtP 126.60
अपां सारमयस्येन्दो रसमात्रात्मकस्य च पिबन्त्यम्बुमयं देवा मधु सौम्यं तथामृतम्
apāṃ sāramayasyendo rasamātrātmakasya ca pibantyambumayaṃ devā madhu saumyaṃ tathāmṛtam
Of the moon, who consists of the essence of the waters and whose nature is nothing but sap, the gods drink the water-made honey, lunar, and likewise the nectar.
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MtP 126.61
संभृतं त्वर्धमासेन अमृतं सूर्यतेजसा भक्षार्थमागतं सोमं पौर्णमास्यामुपासते
saṃbhṛtaṃ tvardhamāsena amṛtaṃ sūryatejasā bhakṣārthamāgataṃ somaṃ paurṇamāsyāmupāsate
The nectar amassed over half a month by the sun's heat—they wait upon Soma, come for their eating, on the full-moon day.
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MtP 126.62
एकरात्रं सुराः सार्धं पितृभिरृषिभिश्च वै सोमस्य कृष्णपक्षादौ भास्कराभिमुखस्य वै
ekarātraṃ surāḥ sārdhaṃ pitṛbhirṛṣibhiśca vai somasya kṛṣṇapakṣādau bhāskarābhimukhasya vai
For one night the gods, together with the fathers and with the seers, (drink); at the beginning of Soma's dark fortnight, when he faces the sun,
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MtP 126.63
प्रक्षीयते परे ह्यात्मा पीयमानकलाक्रमात् त्रयश्च त्रिंशता सार्धं त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छतानि तु
prakṣīyate pare hyātmā pīyamānakalākramāt trayaśca triṃśatā sārdhaṃ trayastriṃśacchatāni tu
the far self (of the moon) wanes away as digit after digit is drunk; three and thirty, and, along with them, three hundred and thirty-three,
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MtP 126.64
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि देवाः सोमं पिबन्ति वै इत्येवं पीयमानस्य कृष्णे वर्धन्ति ताः कलाः
trayastriṃśatsahasrāṇi devāḥ somaṃ pibanti vai ityevaṃ pīyamānasya kṛṣṇe vardhanti tāḥ kalāḥ
(and) thirty-three thousand gods drink the soma; thus, as he is drunk, those digits increase in the dark fortnight.
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MtP 126.65
क्षीयन्ते च ताः शुक्लाः कृष्णा ह्याप्याययन्ति च एवं दिनक्रमात्पीते देवैश्चापि निशाकरे
kṣīyante ca tāḥ śuklāḥ kṛṣṇā hyāpyāyayanti ca evaṃ dinakramātpīte devaiścāpi niśākare
And those (digits) wane in the bright and the dark ones swell; thus, when the night-maker has been drunk by the gods day after day,
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MtP 126.66
पीत्वार्धमासं गच्छन्ति अमावास्यां सुराश्च ते पितरश्चोपतिष्ठन्ति अमावास्यां निशाकरम्
pītvārdhamāsaṃ gacchanti amāvāsyāṃ surāśca te pitaraścopatiṣṭhanti amāvāsyāṃ niśākaram
Having drunk for half a month, those gods depart at the new moon; and the fathers attend upon the moon at the new moon.
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MtP 126.67
ततः पञ्चदशे भागे किंचिच्छेषे निशाकरे ततो ऽपराह्णे पितरो जघन्यदिवसे पुनः
tataḥ pañcadaśe bhāge kiṃciccheṣe niśākare tato 'parāhṇe pitaro jaghanyadivase punaḥ
Then, when a little is left of the moon, in the fifteenth part, then in the afternoon, on the last day, the fathers again
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MtP 126.68
पिबन्ति द्विकलं कालं शिष्टास्तास्तु कलास्तु याः विनिःसृष्टं त्वमावास्यां गभस्तिभ्यस्तदामृतम्
pibanti dvikalaṃ kālaṃ śiṣṭāstāstu kalāstu yāḥ viniḥsṛṣṭaṃ tvamāvāsyāṃ gabhastibhyastadāmṛtam
drink for the span of two kalās those kalās that remain — that nectar which is released from the rays on the new-moon day.
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MtP 126.69
अर्धमाससमाप्तौ तु पीत्वा गच्छन्ति ते ऽमृतम् सौम्या बर्हिषदश्चैव अग्निष्वात्ताश्च ये स्मृताः
ardhamāsasamāptau tu pītvā gacchanti te 'mṛtam saumyā barhiṣadaścaiva agniṣvāttāśca ye smṛtāḥ
At the close of the half-month, having drunk, they go — the Saumyas, and the Barhiṣads, and those who are called Agniṣvāttas — (having drunk) that nectar.
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MtP 126.70
काव्याश्चैव तु ये प्रोक्ताः पितरः सर्व एव ते संवत्सराश्च ये काव्याः पञ्चाब्दा वै द्विजाः स्मृताः
kāvyāścaiva tu ye proktāḥ pitaraḥ sarva eva te saṃvatsarāśca ye kāvyāḥ pañcābdā vai dvijāḥ smṛtāḥ
And those who are declared to be Kāvyas — all of them are fathers; and the Kāvyas who are the years, the five-year (periods), are held to be the twice-born.
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MtP 126.71
सौम्याः सुतपसो ज्ञेयाः सौम्या बर्हिषदस्तथा अग्निष्वात्तास् त्रयश्चैव पितृसर्गस्थिता द्विजाः
saumyāḥ sutapaso jñeyāḥ saumyā barhiṣadastathā agniṣvāttās trayaścaiva pitṛsargasthitā dvijāḥ
The Saumyas are to be known as Sutapas, likewise the Saumyas as Barhiṣads, and the Agniṣvāttas: these three, O twice-born, abide in the creation of the fathers.
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MtP 126.72
पितृभिः पीयमानायां पञ्चदश्यां तु वै कलाम् यावच्च क्षीयते तस्माद् भागः पञ्चदशस्तु सः
pitṛbhiḥ pīyamānāyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ tu vai kalām yāvacca kṣīyate tasmād bhāgaḥ pañcadaśastu saḥ
On the fifteenth day, while the kalā is being drunk by the fathers, as much of it as is diminished — that is the fifteenth part.
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MtP 126.73
अमावास्यां तथा तस्य अन्तरा पूर्यते परः वृद्धिक्षयौ वै पक्षादौ षोडश्यां शशिनः मृतौ एवं सूर्यनिमित्ते ते क्षयवृद्धी निशाकरे
amāvāsyāṃ tathā tasya antarā pūryate paraḥ vṛddhikṣayau vai pakṣādau ṣoḍaśyāṃ śaśinaḥ mṛtau evaṃ sūryanimitte te kṣayavṛddhī niśākare
And at the new moon, likewise, in the interval, another (part) of it is filled up. The waxing and the waning of the moon occur at the beginnings of the fortnights, and its death in the sixteenth (kalā). Thus these, the waning and the waxing in the moon, are caused by the sun.
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