Matsya Purana — Chapter 128
MtP 128.1
यदेतद्भवता प्रोक्तं श्रुतं सर्वमशेषतः कथं देवगृहाणि स्युः पुनर्ज्योतींषि वर्णय
yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ śrutaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ kathaṃ devagṛhāṇi syuḥ punarjyotīṃṣi varṇaya
All that has been spoken by you has been heard in full, without remainder. How do the houses of the gods come to be? Describe the luminaries again.
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MtP 128.2
एतत्सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्गतिम् यथा देवगृहाणि स्युः सूर्याचन्द्रमसोस्तथा
etatsarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi sūryācandramasorgatim yathā devagṛhāṇi syuḥ sūryācandramasostathā
All this I shall relate—the course of the sun and the moon, and how the houses of the sun and the moon come to be.
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MtP 128.3
अग्नेर्व्युष्टौ रजन्यां वै ब्रह्मणाव्यक्तयोनिना अव्याकृतमिदं त्वासीन् नैशेन तमसा वृतम्
agnervyuṣṭau rajanyāṃ vai brahmaṇāvyaktayoninā avyākṛtamidaṃ tvāsīn naiśena tamasā vṛtam
At the kindling of the fire, in the night, by Brahman whose womb is the unmanifest—this (universe) was undifferentiated, covered by the darkness of night.
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MtP 128.4
चतुर्भूतावशिष्टे ऽस्मिन् ब्रह्मणा समधिष्ठिते स्वयम्भूर् भगवांस्तत्र लोकतत्त्वार्थसाधकः
caturbhūtāvaśiṣṭe 'smin brahmaṇā samadhiṣṭhite svayambhūr bhagavāṃstatra lokatattvārthasādhakaḥ
In this (state), with four elements remaining, presided over by Brahman, the self-existent Lord was there, the accomplisher of the true purpose of the worlds.
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MtP 128.5
खद्योतरूपी विचरन्न् आविर्भावं व्यचिन्तयत् ज्ञात्वाग्निं कल्पकालादाव् अपः पृथ्वीं च संश्रिता
khadyotarūpī vicarann āvirbhāvaṃ vyacintayat jñātvāgniṃ kalpakālādāv apaḥ pṛthvīṃ ca saṃśritā
Moving about in the form of a firefly, he reflected upon (his) manifestation, having known that fire, at the beginning of the kalpa-time, had taken refuge in the waters and the earth.
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MtP 128.6
स संभृत्य प्रकाशार्थं त्रिधा तुल्यो ऽभवत्पुनः पाचको यस्तु लोके ऽस्मिन् पार्थिवः सो ऽग्निरुच्यते
sa saṃbhṛtya prakāśārthaṃ tridhā tulyo 'bhavatpunaḥ pācako yastu loke 'smin pārthivaḥ so 'gnirucyate
Having gathered (it) together for the sake of light, he again became threefold in equal parts. That which cooks in this world, the earthly one, is called fire.
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MtP 128.7
यश्चासौ तपते सूर्ये शुचिरग्निश्च स स्मृतः वैद्युतो जाठरः सौम्यो वैद्युतश्चाप्यबिन्धनः
yaścāsau tapate sūrye śuciragniśca sa smṛtaḥ vaidyuto jāṭharaḥ saumyo vaidyutaścāpyabindhanaḥ
And that which blazes in the sun is remembered as the pure fire; (then there are) the lightning fire, the digestive (stomach) fire, and the lunar one; and the lightning fire too is without fuel.
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MtP 128.8
तेजोभिश्चाप्यते कश्चित् कश्चिदेवाप्यनिन्धनः काष्ठेन्धनस्तु निर्मथ्यः सो ऽद्भिः शाम्यति पावकः
tejobhiścāpyate kaścit kaścidevāpyanindhanaḥ kāṣṭhendhanastu nirmathyaḥ so 'dbhiḥ śāmyati pāvakaḥ
Some (fire) is kindled by (other) flames, some indeed is without fuel; but the one whose fuel is wood is produced by churning — that fire is extinguished by water.
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MtP 128.9
अर्चिष्मान्पचनो ऽग्निस्तु निष्प्रभः सौम्यलक्षणः यश्चासौ मण्डले शुक्ले निरूष्मा न प्रकाशते
arciṣmānpacano 'gnistu niṣprabhaḥ saumyalakṣaṇaḥ yaścāsau maṇḍale śukle nirūṣmā na prakāśate
The cooking fire has flames; the one with lunar characteristics is without brightness; and that which is in the white disc, being without heat, does not shine.
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MtP 128.10
प्रभा सौरी तु पादेन अस्तं याति दिवाकरे अग्निमाविशते रात्रौ तस्मादग्निः प्रकाशते
prabhā saurī tu pādena astaṃ yāti divākare agnimāviśate rātrau tasmādagniḥ prakāśate
When the sun goes to its setting, the solar light by a quarter enters into fire at night; therefore fire gives light.
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MtP 128.11
उदिते तु पुनः सूर्ये ऊष्माग्नेस्तु समाविशत् पादेन तेजसश्चाग्नेस् तस्मात् संतपते दिवा
udite tu punaḥ sūrye ūṣmāgnestu samāviśat pādena tejasaścāgnes tasmāt saṃtapate divā
But when the sun has risen again, the heat of fire entered (the sun), by a quarter of fire's energy; therefore it burns hot by day.
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MtP 128.12
प्राकाश्यं च तथौष्ण्यं च सौर्याग्नेये तु तेजसी परस्परानुप्रवेशाद् आप्यायेते दिवानिशम्
prākāśyaṃ ca tathauṣṇyaṃ ca sauryāgneye tu tejasī parasparānupraveśād āpyāyete divāniśam
Luminosity and likewise heat: the two energies, the solar and the fiery, by entering into one another are replenished day and night.
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MtP 128.13
उत्तरे चैव भूम्यर्धे तथा ह्यस्मिंस्तु दक्षिणे उत्तिष्ठति पुनः सूर्ये रात्रिराविशते ह्य् अपः
uttare caiva bhūmyardhe tathā hyasmiṃstu dakṣiṇe uttiṣṭhati punaḥ sūrye rātrirāviśate hy apaḥ
In the northern half of the earth and likewise in this southern one: when the sun rises again, night enters into the waters.
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MtP 128.14
तस्मात्ताम्रा भवन्त्यापो दिवारात्रिप्रवेशनात् अस्तं गते पुनः सूर्ये अहर्वै प्रविशत्य् अपः
tasmāttāmrā bhavantyāpo divārātripraveśanāt astaṃ gate punaḥ sūrye aharvai praviśaty apaḥ
Therefore the waters become coppery, from the entering of night during the day; and again when the sun has set, day indeed enters into the waters.
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MtP 128.15
तस्मान्नक्तं पुनः शुक्ला ह्य् आपो दृश्यन्ति भासुराः एतेन क्रमयोगेण भूम्यर्धे दक्षिणोत्तरे
tasmānnaktaṃ punaḥ śuklā hy āpo dṛśyanti bhāsurāḥ etena kramayogeṇa bhūmyardhe dakṣiṇottare
Therefore by night the waters are again seen white and shining. By this sequential process, in the southern and northern halves of the earth,
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MtP 128.16
उदयास्तमये ह्यत्र अहोरात्रं विशत्य् अपः यश्चासौ तपते सूर्यः सो ऽपः पिबति रश्मिभिः
udayāstamaye hyatra ahorātraṃ viśaty apaḥ yaścāsau tapate sūryaḥ so 'paḥ pibati raśmibhiḥ
here at sunrise and sunset, day and night enter into the waters. And that sun which burns hot drinks up the waters with its rays.
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MtP 128.17
सहस्रपादस्त्वेषो ऽग्नी रक्तकुम्भनिभस्तु सः आदत्ते स तु नाडीनां सहस्रेण समन्ततः
sahasrapādastveṣo 'gnī raktakumbhanibhastu saḥ ādatte sa tu nāḍīnāṃ sahasreṇa samantataḥ
This fire has a thousand rays, and it resembles a red pot; it draws up (water) on all sides by a thousand channels.
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MtP 128.18
अपो नदीसमुद्रेभ्यो ह्रदकूपेभ्य एव च तस्य रश्मिसहस्रेण शीतवर्षोष्णनिःस्रवः
apo nadīsamudrebhyo hradakūpebhya eva ca tasya raśmisahasreṇa śītavarṣoṣṇaniḥsravaḥ
waters from rivers and oceans, and from lakes and wells; through its thousand rays there is an outpouring of cold, rain, and heat.
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MtP 128.19
तासां चतुःशतं नाड्यो वर्षन्ते चित्रमूर्तयः चन्दनाश्चैव मेध्याश्च केतनाश् चेतनास्तथा
tāsāṃ catuḥśataṃ nāḍyo varṣante citramūrtayaḥ candanāścaiva medhyāśca ketanāś cetanāstathā
Of these, four hundred channels, of varied forms, send down rain: the candanas, the medhyas, the ketanas, and the cetanas.
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MtP 128.20
अमृता जीवनाः सर्वा रश्मयो वृष्टिसर्जनाः हिमोद्भवाश्च ते ऽन्योन्यं रश्मयस्त्रिंशतः स्मृताः चन्द्रताराग्रहैः सर्वैः पीता भानोर्गभस्तयः
amṛtā jīvanāḥ sarvā raśmayo vṛṣṭisarjanāḥ himodbhavāśca te 'nyonyaṃ raśmayastriṃśataḥ smṛtāḥ candratārāgrahaiḥ sarvaiḥ pītā bhānorgabhastayaḥ
The amṛtas, the jīvanas — all these rays are rain-producers; and those that are snow-producing, they mutually (act); the rays are said to be three hundred; the sun's beams are drunk by the moon, the stars, and all the planets.
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MtP 128.21
एता मध्यास्तथान्याश्च ह्लादिन्यो हिमसर्जनाः शुक्लाश्च ककुभश्चैव गावो विश्वसृतश्च याः
etā madhyāstathānyāśca hlādinyo himasarjanāḥ śuklāśca kakubhaścaiva gāvo viśvasṛtaśca yāḥ
These are the middle ones; and others are the gladdening, snow-sending ones: the śuklas, the kakubhs, the gāvas, and those called viśvasṛt.
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MtP 128.22
शुक्लास्ता नामतः सर्वास् त्रिंशतो घर्मसर्जनाः संबिभ्रति हि ताः सर्वा मनुष्यान्देवताः पितॄन्
śuklāstā nāmataḥ sarvās triṃśato gharmasarjanāḥ saṃbibhrati hi tāḥ sarvā manuṣyāndevatāḥ pitṝn
All those, three hundred by name, the white ones, are producers of heat; for all of them sustain men, gods, and ancestors.
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MtP 128.23
मनुष्यानोषधीभिश्च स्वधया च पितॄनपि अमृतेन सुरान्सर्वान् संततं परितर्पयन्
manuṣyānoṣadhībhiśca svadhayā ca pitṝnapi amṛtena surānsarvān saṃtataṃ paritarpayan
(the sun) constantly gratifying men with plants, the ancestors with svadhā, and all the gods with nectar,
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MtP 128.24
वसन्ते चैव ग्रीष्मे च शनैः संतपते त्रिभिः वर्षासु च शरद्येवं चतुर्भिः संप्रवर्षति
vasante caiva grīṣme ca śanaiḥ saṃtapate tribhiḥ varṣāsu ca śaradyevaṃ caturbhiḥ saṃpravarṣati
in spring and in summer it burns gently with three (hundred rays); and so in the rainy season and in autumn it rains down with four (hundred).
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MtP 128.25
हेमन्ते शिशिरे चैव हिमोत्सर्गस् त्रिभिः पुनः ओषधीषु बलं धत्ते सुधां च स्वधया पुनः
hemante śiśire caiva himotsargas tribhiḥ punaḥ oṣadhīṣu balaṃ dhatte sudhāṃ ca svadhayā punaḥ
In the cold season and in the dewy season, again by three (rays) there is the release of frost; (the sun) places strength in the plants, and again nectar by means of svadhā.
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MtP 128.26
सूर्यो ऽमरत्वममृते त्रयस् त्रिषु नियच्छति एवं रश्मिसहस्रं तु सौरं लोकार्थसाधकम्
sūryo 'maratvamamṛte trayas triṣu niyacchati evaṃ raśmisahasraṃ tu sauraṃ lokārthasādhakam
The sun (bestows) immortality; three (rays) direct immortality among the three (worlds?). Thus the sun's thousand rays accomplish the purpose of the world.
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MtP 128.27
भिद्यते ऋतुमासाद्य सहस्रं बहुधा पुनः इत्येवं मण्डलं शुक्लं भास्वरं लोकसंज्ञितम्
bhidyate ṛtumāsādya sahasraṃ bahudhā punaḥ ityevaṃ maṇḍalaṃ śuklaṃ bhāsvaraṃ lokasaṃjñitam
On reaching (each) season the thousand (of rays) is again divided in many ways. Thus the disc is white, shining, and known as "loka."
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MtP 128.28
नक्षत्रग्रहसोमानां प्रतिष्ठा योनिरेव च चन्द्र ऋक्षग्रहाः सर्वे विज्ञेयाः सूर्यसम्भवाः
nakṣatragrahasomānāṃ pratiṣṭhā yonireva ca candra ṛkṣagrahāḥ sarve vijñeyāḥ sūryasambhavāḥ
(The sun) is the support and indeed the womb of the asterisms, the planets and the moon; the moon, the stars and all the planets are to be understood as arising from the sun.
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MtP 128.29
सुषुम्ना सूर्यरश्मिर्या क्षीणं शशिनमेधते हरिकेशः पुरस्तात्तु यो वै नक्षत्रयोनिकृत्
suṣumnā sūryaraśmiryā kṣīṇaṃ śaśinamedhate harikeśaḥ purastāttu yo vai nakṣatrayonikṛt
The ray of the sun which is Suṣumnā makes the waning moon wax; and Harikeśa, in the east, is the one that produces the asterisms.
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MtP 128.30
दक्षिणे विश्वकर्मा तु रश्मिराप्याययद्बुधम् विश्वावसुश्च यः पश्चाच् छुक्रयोनिश्च स स्मृतः
dakṣiṇe viśvakarmā tu raśmirāpyāyayadbudham viśvāvasuśca yaḥ paścāc chukrayoniśca sa smṛtaḥ
In the south the ray Viśvakarman nourished Mercury; and Viśvāvasu, which is in the west, is held to be the source of Venus.
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MtP 128.31
संवर्धनस्तु यो रश्मिः स योनिर्लोहितस्य च षष्ठस्तु ह्यश्वभू रश्मिर् योनिः स हि बृहस्पतेः
saṃvardhanastu yo raśmiḥ sa yonirlohitasya ca ṣaṣṭhastu hyaśvabhū raśmir yoniḥ sa hi bṛhaspateḥ
And the ray which is Saṃvardhana is the source of the red one (Mars); and the sixth ray, Aśvabhū, is the source of Jupiter.
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MtP 128.32
शनैश्चरं पुनश्चापि रश्मिराप्यायते सुराट् न क्षीयते यतस्तानि तस्मान्नक्षत्रता स्मृता
śanaiścaraṃ punaścāpi raśmirāpyāyate surāṭ na kṣīyate yatastāni tasmānnakṣatratā smṛtā
And again the ray Surāṭ nourishes Saturn. Since these do not waste away (na kṣīyate), therefore the name "nakṣatra" is used of them.
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MtP 128.33
क्षेत्राण्येतानि वै सूर्यम् आपतन्ति गभस्तिभिः क्षेत्राणि तेषामादत्ते सूर्यो नक्षत्रता ततः
kṣetrāṇyetāni vai sūryam āpatanti gabhastibhiḥ kṣetrāṇi teṣāmādatte sūryo nakṣatratā tataḥ
These fields (of theirs) fall upon the sun through its beams; the sun takes their fields (kṣetra), and hence the term nakṣatra.
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MtP 128.34
अस्माल्लोकादमुं लोकं तीर्णानां सुकृतात्मनाम् तारणात्तारका ह्येताः शुक्लत्वाच्चैव शुक्लिकाः
asmāllokādamuṃ lokaṃ tīrṇānāṃ sukṛtātmanām tāraṇāttārakā hyetāḥ śuklatvāccaiva śuklikāḥ
Because they carry across those of meritorious souls who have crossed from this world to that world, these are tārakās (from tāraṇa, "carrying across"); and because they are white, they are śuklikās.
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MtP 128.35
दिव्यानां पार्थिवानां च वंशानां चैव सर्वशः तपनस्तेजसो योगाद् आदित्य इति गद्यते
divyānāṃ pārthivānāṃ ca vaṃśānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ tapanastejaso yogād āditya iti gadyate
Because of the conjunction of burning with the radiance of the divine and the earthly lineages in every respect, he is called Āditya.
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MtP 128.36
स्रवतिः स्यन्दनार्थे च धातुरेष निगद्यते स्रवणात्तेजसश्चैव तेनासौ सविता स्मृतः
sravatiḥ syandanārthe ca dhātureṣa nigadyate sravaṇāttejasaścaiva tenāsau savitā smṛtaḥ
The verbal root "sravati" is declared to be in the sense of flowing; and because of the flowing forth of radiance he is therefore called Savitā.
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MtP 128.37
बह्वर्थश्चन्द इत्येष प्रधानो धातुरुच्यते शुक्लत्वे ह्यमृतत्वे च शीतत्वे ह्लादने ऽपि च
bahvarthaścanda ityeṣa pradhāno dhāturucyate śuklatve hyamṛtatve ca śītatve hlādane 'pi ca
This root "canda," having many meanings, is said to be the principal one: in the sense of whiteness, of immortality, of coolness, and also of refreshing.
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MtP 128.38
सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्दिव्ये मण्डले भास्वरे खगे जलतेजोमये शुक्ले वृत्तकुम्भनिभे शुभे
sūryācandramasordivye maṇḍale bhāsvare khage jalatejomaye śukle vṛttakumbhanibhe śubhe
The two divine discs of the sun and moon, shining, moving in the sky, made of water and of fire, white, resembling a round pot, auspicious—
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MtP 128.39
वसन्ति कर्मदेवास्तु स्थानान्येतानि सर्वशः मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ऋषिसूर्यग्रहादयः
vasanti karmadevāstu sthānānyetāni sarvaśaḥ manvantareṣu sarveṣu ṛṣisūryagrahādayaḥ
in these places the karma-gods dwell in every way; in all the manvantaras the seers, the sun, the planets and the rest (dwell there).
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MtP 128.40
तानि देवगृहाणि स्युः स्थानाख्यानि भवन्ति हि सौरं सूर्यो ऽविशत्स्थानं सौम्यं सोमस्तथैव च
tāni devagṛhāṇi syuḥ sthānākhyāni bhavanti hi sauraṃ sūryo 'viśatsthānaṃ saumyaṃ somastathaiva ca
Those are the houses of the gods, and they are known by the name of "stations": the sun entered the solar station, and the moon likewise the lunar one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 128.41
शौक्रं शुक्रो ऽविशत्स्थानं षोडशारं प्रभास्वरम् बृहस्पतिर्बृहत्त्वं च लोहितं चापि लोहितः
śaukraṃ śukro 'viśatsthānaṃ ṣoḍaśāraṃ prabhāsvaram bṛhaspatirbṛhattvaṃ ca lohitaṃ cāpi lohitaḥ
Venus entered the station of Venus, sixteen-spoked and brilliant; Jupiter (entered) Greatness, and the red one (Mars) the red one.
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MtP 128.42
शनैश्चरो ऽविशत्स्थानम् एवं शानैश्चरं तथा बुधो ऽपि वै बुधस्थानं भानुं स्वर्भानुरेव च
śanaiścaro 'viśatsthānam evaṃ śānaiścaraṃ tathā budho 'pi vai budhasthānaṃ bhānuṃ svarbhānureva ca
Saturn entered the station, the Saturnine one, in the same way; Mercury too the station of Mercury, and Svarbhānu (entered) Bhānu.
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MtP 128.43
नक्षत्राणि च सर्वाणि नाक्षत्राण्याविशन्ति च ज्योतींषि सुकृताम् एते ज्ञेया देवगृहास्तु वै
nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi nākṣatrāṇyāviśanti ca jyotīṃṣi sukṛtām ete jñeyā devagṛhāstu vai
And all the asterisms enter the stations of the asterisms; these are to be known as the lights of the meritorious, and indeed as the houses of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 128.44
स्थानान्येतानि तिष्ठन्ति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु देवस्थानानि तानि वै
sthānānyetāni tiṣṭhanti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam manvantareṣu sarveṣu devasthānāni tāni vai
These stations endure until the dissolution of created beings; in all the manvantaras they are the stations of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 128.45
अभिमानेन तिष्ठन्ति तानि देवाः पुनः पुनः अतीतास्तु सहातीतैर् भाव्या भाव्यैः सुरैः सह
abhimānena tiṣṭhanti tāni devāḥ punaḥ punaḥ atītāstu sahātītair bhāvyā bhāvyaiḥ suraiḥ saha
Those gods abide again and again by (their) sense of identity (with those stations); the past ones (abide) together with the past (gods), those to come with the gods to come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 128.46
वर्तन्ते वर्तमानैश्च सुरैः सार्धं तु स्थानिनः सूर्यो देवो विवस्वांश्च अष्टमस्त्वदितेः सुतः
vartante vartamānaiśca suraiḥ sārdhaṃ tu sthāninaḥ sūryo devo vivasvāṃśca aṣṭamastvaditeḥ sutaḥ
And the present ones continue on together with the present gods, holding their stations. The god Sun is Vivasvat, the eighth son of Aditi.
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MtP 128.47
द्युतिमान्धर्मयुक्तश्च सोमो देवो वसुः स्मृतः शुक्रो दैत्यस्तु विज्ञेयो भार्गवो ऽसुरयाजकः
dyutimāndharmayuktaśca somo devo vasuḥ smṛtaḥ śukro daityastu vijñeyo bhārgavo 'surayājakaḥ
And the god Soma, radiant and joined with dharma, is reckoned a Vasu; Śukra is to be known as a Daitya, the Bhārgava, the priest of the Asuras.
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MtP 128.48
बृहस्पतिर् बृहत्तेजा देवाचार्यो ऽङ्गिरःसुतः बुधो मनोहरश्चैव शशिपुत्रस्तु स स्मृतः
bṛhaspatir bṛhattejā devācāryo 'ṅgiraḥsutaḥ budho manoharaścaiva śaśiputrastu sa smṛtaḥ
Bṛhaspati, of great splendour, the teacher of the gods, the son of Aṅgiras; and Budha, the charming one—he is remembered as the son of the Moon.
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MtP 128.49
शनैश्चरो विरूपश्च संज्ञापुत्रो विवस्वतः अग्निर्विकेश्यां जज्ञे तु युवासौ लोहिताधिपः
śanaiścaro virūpaśca saṃjñāputro vivasvataḥ agnirvikeśyāṃ jajñe tu yuvāsau lohitādhipaḥ
Śanaiścara (Saturn), the misshapen one, is the son of Saṃjñā by Vivasvat; and Agni was born as the youth, lord of the red (planet, Mars), from Vikeśī.
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MtP 128.50
नक्षत्रनाम्न्यः क्षेत्रेषु दाक्षायण्यः सुताः स्मृताः स्वर्भानुः सिंहिकापुत्रो भूतसंसाधनो ऽसुरः
nakṣatranāmnyaḥ kṣetreṣu dākṣāyaṇyaḥ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ svarbhānuḥ siṃhikāputro bhūtasaṃsādhano 'suraḥ
The daughters of Dakṣa, bearing the names of the lunar mansions, are remembered as (presiding) over their fields; Svarbhānu, the son of Siṃhikā, is the Asura who afflicts beings.
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MtP 128.51
चन्द्रार्कग्रहनक्षत्रेष्व् अभिमानी प्रकीर्तितः स्थानान्येतानि चोक्तानि स्थानिन्यश्चैव देवताः
candrārkagrahanakṣatreṣv abhimānī prakīrtitaḥ sthānānyetāni coktāni sthāninyaścaiva devatāḥ
He is declared the one who identifies himself with the moon, sun, planets and lunar mansions. Thus these stations have been told, and the deities that occupy the stations.
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MtP 128.52
शुक्लमग्निसमं दिव्यं सहस्रांशोर्विवस्वतः सहस्रांशुत्विषः स्थानम् अम्मयं तैजसं तथा
śuklamagnisamaṃ divyaṃ sahasrāṃśorvivasvataḥ sahasrāṃśutviṣaḥ sthānam ammayaṃ taijasaṃ tathā
The station of the thousand-rayed Vivasvat is white, like fire, divine; the station of the thousand-rayed lustrous one is made of water and also of fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 128.53
आशास्थानं मनोज्ञस्य रविरश्मिगृहे स्थितम् शुक्रः षोडशरश्मिस्तु यस्तु देवो ह्यपोमयः
āśāsthānaṃ manojñasya raviraśmigṛhe sthitam śukraḥ ṣoḍaśaraśmistu yastu devo hyapomayaḥ
The station of the charming one (Budha) is the region of hope, situated in the house of the sun's rays; but Śukra is sixteen-rayed, the god who is made of water.
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MtP 128.54
लोहितो नवरश्मिस्तु स्थानमाप्यं तु तस्य वै बृहद्द्वादशरश्मीकं हरिद्राभं तु वेधसः
lohito navaraśmistu sthānamāpyaṃ tu tasya vai bṛhaddvādaśaraśmīkaṃ haridrābhaṃ tu vedhasaḥ
The red one (Mars) is nine-rayed, and his station is watery; that of the creator('s son, Bṛhaspati) is great, of twelve rays, and yellow-hued.
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MtP 128.55
अष्टरश्मिशनेस्तत्तु कृष्णं वृद्धमयस्मयम् स्वर्भानोस्त्वायसं स्थानं भूतसंतापनालयम्
aṣṭaraśmiśanestattu kṛṣṇaṃ vṛddhamayasmayam svarbhānostvāyasaṃ sthānaṃ bhūtasaṃtāpanālayam
That of Śani is eight-rayed, black, aged and made of iron; and Svarbhānu's station is of iron, the abode of the tormentor of beings.
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MtP 128.56
सुकृताम् आश्रयास्तारा रश्मयस्तु हिरण्मयाः तारणात्तारका ह्येताः शुक्लत्वाच्चैव तारकाः
sukṛtām āśrayāstārā raśmayastu hiraṇmayāḥ tāraṇāttārakā hyetāḥ śuklatvāccaiva tārakāḥ
The stars are the refuges of those who have done good deeds, and their rays are golden; these are 'tārakā' from carrying across (tāraṇa), and also 'tārakā' from being white.
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MtP 128.57
नवयोजनसाहस्रो विष्कम्भः सवितुः स्मृतः मण्डलं त्रिगुणं चास्य विस्तारो भास्करस्य तु
navayojanasāhasro viṣkambhaḥ savituḥ smṛtaḥ maṇḍalaṃ triguṇaṃ cāsya vistāro bhāskarasya tu
The diameter of the sun is said to be nine thousand yojanas, and the circumference of that Bhāskara is three times his extent.
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MtP 128.58
द्विगुणः सूर्यविस्ताराद् विस्तारः शशिनः स्मृतः त्रिगुणं मण्डलं चास्य वैपुल्याच्छशिनः स्मृतम्
dviguṇaḥ sūryavistārād vistāraḥ śaśinaḥ smṛtaḥ triguṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ cāsya vaipulyācchaśinaḥ smṛtam
The extent of the moon is said to be twice the sun's extent, and its circumference is said to be three times the moon's breadth.
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MtP 128.59
सर्वोपरि निसृष्टानि मण्डलानि तु तारकाः योजनार्धप्रमाणानि ताभ्यो ऽन्यानि गणानि तु
sarvopari nisṛṣṭāni maṇḍalāni tu tārakāḥ yojanārdhapramāṇāni tābhyo 'nyāni gaṇāni tu
Above all these are set the orbs, namely the stars, of the measure of half a yojana; other groups (are smaller) than they.
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MtP 128.60
तुल्यो भूत्वा तु स्वर्भानुस् तदधस्तात्प्रसर्पति उद्धूत्य पार्थिवीं छायां निर्मितां मण्डलाकृतिम्
tulyo bhūtvā tu svarbhānus tadadhastātprasarpati uddhūtya pārthivīṃ chāyāṃ nirmitāṃ maṇḍalākṛtim
Svarbhānu, having become equal (to them), creeps below that, having thrown up the earthly shadow, made in the form of a disc—
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MtP 128.61
ब्रह्मणा निर्मितं स्थानं तृतीयं तु तमोमयम् आदित्यात्स तु निष्क्रम्य सोमं गच्छति पर्वसु
brahmaṇā nirmitaṃ sthānaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu tamomayam ādityātsa tu niṣkramya somaṃ gacchati parvasu
—the third station, fashioned by Brahmā, consisting of darkness. Going forth from the sun, he goes to the moon at the conjunctions.
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MtP 128.62
आदित्यमेति सोमाच्च पुनः सौरेषु पर्वसु स्वभासा तुदते यस्मात् स्वर्भानुरिति स स्मृतः
ādityameti somācca punaḥ saureṣu parvasu svabhāsā tudate yasmāt svarbhānuriti sa smṛtaḥ
And from the moon he goes again to the sun at the solar conjunctions; since he strikes with his own light, he is therefore called Svarbhānu.
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MtP 128.63
चन्द्रतः षोडशो भागो भार्गवस्य विधीयते विष्कम्भान्मण्डलाच्चैव योजनानां तु स स्मृतः
candrataḥ ṣoḍaśo bhāgo bhārgavasya vidhīyate viṣkambhānmaṇḍalāccaiva yojanānāṃ tu sa smṛtaḥ
The Bhārgava (Venus) is laid down as a sixteenth part of the moon; he is so reckoned in terms of yojanas, both in diameter and in circumference.
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MtP 128.64
भार्गवात्पादहीनश्च विज्ञेयो वै बृहस्पतिः बृहस्पतेः पादहीनौ केतुवक्रावुभौ स्मृतौ
bhārgavātpādahīnaśca vijñeyo vai bṛhaspatiḥ bṛhaspateḥ pādahīnau ketuvakrāvubhau smṛtau
Bṛhaspati is to be known as less by a quarter than the Bhārgava; and both Ketu and Vakra (Mars) are held to be a quarter less than Bṛhaspati.
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MtP 128.65
विस्तारमण्डलाभ्यां तु पादहीनस्तयोर्बुधः तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि वपुष्मन्तीह यानि वै
vistāramaṇḍalābhyāṃ tu pādahīnastayorbudhaḥ tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi vapuṣmantīha yāni vai
Mercury is a quarter less than those two in breadth and in disc. Those forms of stars and lunar mansions here that have bodies —
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MtP 128.66
बुधेन समरूपाणि विस्तारान्मण्डलात्तु वै तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि हीनानि तु परस्परम्
budhena samarūpāṇi vistārānmaṇḍalāttu vai tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi hīnāni tu parasparam
— are equal in form to Mercury; but in breadth and in disc the forms of the stars and lunar mansions fall short of one another.
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MtP 128.67
शतानि पञ्च चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैकमेव च सर्वोपरि निसृष्टानि मण्डलानि तु तारकाः
śatāni pañca catvāri trīṇi dve caikameva ca sarvopari nisṛṣṭāni maṇḍalāni tu tārakāḥ
Five hundred, four hundred, three hundred, two hundred, and just one hundred: the discs of the stars are set out above all (these).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 128.68
योजनार्धप्रमाणानि तेभ्यो ह्रस्वं न विद्यते उपरिष्टात्तु ये तेषां ग्रहा ये क्रूरसात्त्विकाः
yojanārdhapramāṇāni tebhyo hrasvaṃ na vidyate upariṣṭāttu ye teṣāṃ grahā ye krūrasāttvikāḥ
They measure half a yojana; there is nothing smaller than these. But those planets which are above them, which are cruel or sattvic —
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MtP 128.69
सौरश्चाङ्गिरसो वक्रो विज्ञेया मन्दचारिणः तेभ्यो ऽधस्तात्तु चत्वारः पुनश्चान्ये महाग्रहाः
sauraścāṅgiraso vakro vijñeyā mandacāriṇaḥ tebhyo 'dhastāttu catvāraḥ punaścānye mahāgrahāḥ
Saturn, Jupiter (the son of Aṅgiras), and Mars are to be known as slow-movers; and below them are the four others, the great planets.
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MtP 128.70
सोमः सूर्यो बुधश्चैव भार्गवश्चेति शीघ्रगाः यावन्ति चैव ऋक्षाणि कोट्यस्तावन्ति तारकाः
somaḥ sūryo budhaścaiva bhārgavaśceti śīghragāḥ yāvanti caiva ṛkṣāṇi koṭyastāvanti tārakāḥ
The Moon, the Sun, Mercury, and Venus — these are the swift-goers; and as many as the lunar mansions are, so many tens of millions are the stars.
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MtP 128.71
सर्वेषां तु ग्रहाणां वै सूर्यो ऽधस्तात्प्रसर्पति विस्तीर्णं मण्डलं कृत्वा तस्योर्ध्वं चरते शशी
sarveṣāṃ tu grahāṇāṃ vai sūryo 'dhastātprasarpati vistīrṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā tasyordhvaṃ carate śaśī
Below all the planets the Sun moves along; and having made a broad disc, the Moon travels above it.
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MtP 128.72
नक्षत्रमण्डलं चापि सोमादूर्ध्वं प्रसर्पति नक्षत्रेभ्यो बुधश्चोर्ध्वं बुधाच्चोर्ध्वं तु भार्गवः
nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ cāpi somādūrdhvaṃ prasarpati nakṣatrebhyo budhaścordhvaṃ budhāccordhvaṃ tu bhārgavaḥ
The circle of the lunar mansions too moves along above the Moon; and Mercury is above the lunar mansions, and above Mercury is Venus.
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MtP 128.73
वक्रस्तु भार्गवादूर्ध्वं वक्रादूर्ध्वं बृहस्पतिः तस्माच्छनैश्चरश्चोर्ध्वं देवाचार्योपरि स्थितः
vakrastu bhārgavādūrdhvaṃ vakrādūrdhvaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ tasmācchanaiścaraścordhvaṃ devācāryopari sthitaḥ
Mars is above Venus, and above Mars is Jupiter; above him is Saturn, stationed above the teacher of the gods.
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MtP 128.74
शनैश्चरात्तथा चोर्ध्वं ज्ञेयं सप्तर्षिमण्डलम् सप्तर्षिभ्यो ध्रुवश्चोर्ध्वं समस्तं त्रिदिवं ध्रुवे
śanaiścarāttathā cordhvaṃ jñeyaṃ saptarṣimaṇḍalam saptarṣibhyo dhruvaścordhvaṃ samastaṃ tridivaṃ dhruve
And above Saturn the circle of the Seven Sages is to be known; above the Seven Sages is Dhruva, and the whole of the triple heaven rests on Dhruva.
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MtP 128.75
द्विगुणेषु सहस्रेषु योजनानां शतेषु च ग्रहान्तरम् अथैकैकम् ऊर्ध्वं नक्षत्रमण्डलात्
dviguṇeṣu sahasreṣu yojanānāṃ śateṣu ca grahāntaram athaikaikam ūrdhvaṃ nakṣatramaṇḍalāt
At two thousand hundreds of yojanas (each) is the interval from planet to planet, one after another, upward from the circle of the lunar mansions.
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MtP 128.76
ताराग्रहान्तराणि स्युर् उपर्युपर्यधिष्ठितम् ग्रहाश्च चन्द्रसूर्यौ च दिवि दिव्येन तेजसा
tārāgrahāntarāṇi syur uparyuparyadhiṣṭhitam grahāśca candrasūryau ca divi divyena tejasā
Such would be the intervals between the stars and the planets, each set higher and higher; and the planets and the Moon and Sun in the sky, by their divine radiance,
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MtP 128.77
नक्षत्रेषु च युज्यन्ते गच्छन्तो नियतक्रमात् चन्द्रार्कग्रहनक्षत्रा नीचोच्चगृहमाश्रिताः
nakṣatreṣu ca yujyante gacchanto niyatakramāt candrārkagrahanakṣatrā nīcoccagṛhamāśritāḥ
conjoin with the lunar mansions as they move in fixed order. The Moon, Sun, planets, and lunar mansions, resorting to their low and high houses,
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MtP 128.78
समागमे च भेदे च पश्यन्ति युगपत्प्रजाः परस्परं स्थिता ह्येवं युज्यन्ते च परस्परम्
samāgame ca bhede ca paśyanti yugapatprajāḥ parasparaṃ sthitā hyevaṃ yujyante ca parasparam
in coming together and in parting, the creatures see them at the same time; standing thus with respect to one another, they also conjoin with one another.
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MtP 128.79
असंकरेण विज्ञेयस् तेषां योगस्तु वै बुधैः इत्येवं संनिवेशो वै पृथिव्या ज्योतिषां च यः
asaṃkareṇa vijñeyas teṣāṃ yogastu vai budhaiḥ ityevaṃ saṃniveśo vai pṛthivyā jyotiṣāṃ ca yaḥ
Their conjunction is to be understood by the wise as without confusion. Such, then, is the arrangement of the earth and of the luminaries,
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MtP 128.80
द्वीपानामुदधीनां च पर्वतानां तथैव च वर्षाणां च नदीनां च ये च तेषु वसन्ति वै
dvīpānāmudadhīnāṃ ca parvatānāṃ tathaiva ca varṣāṇāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca ye ca teṣu vasanti vai
and of the continents and oceans and likewise of the mountains, and of the regions and the rivers, and of those who dwell in them.
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MtP 128.81
इत्येषो ऽर्कवशेनैव संनिवेशस्तु ज्योतिषाम् आवर्तः सान्तरो मध्ये संक्षिप्तश्च ध्रुवात्तु स
ityeṣo 'rkavaśenaiva saṃniveśastu jyotiṣām āvartaḥ sāntaro madhye saṃkṣiptaśca dhruvāttu sa
Thus this arrangement of the luminaries is by the Sun's power alone; it is a revolving (system) with intervals, contracted in the middle, and (measured) from Dhruva.
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MtP 128.82
सर्वतस्तेषु विस्तीर्णो वृत्ताकार इवोच्छ्रितः लोकसंव्यवहारार्थम् ईश्वरेण विनिर्मितः
sarvatasteṣu vistīrṇo vṛttākāra ivocchritaḥ lokasaṃvyavahārārtham īśvareṇa vinirmitaḥ
Extended on all sides among them, raised up as if circular in shape, it was fashioned by the Lord for the ordinary business of the world.
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MtP 128.83
कल्पादौ बुद्धिपूर्वं तु स्थापितो ऽसौ स्वयम्भुवा इत्येष संनिवेशो वै सर्वस्य ज्योतिरात्मकः
kalpādau buddhipūrvaṃ tu sthāpito 'sau svayambhuvā ityeṣa saṃniveśo vai sarvasya jyotirātmakaḥ
At the beginning of the aeon it was established by the Self-existent with deliberate intent. Such is this arrangement of everything that consists of light.
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MtP 128.84
वैश्वरूपं प्रधानस्य परिणाहो ऽस्य यः स्मृतः तेषां शक्यं न संख्यातुं याथातथ्येन केनचित् गतागतं मनुष्येण ज्योतिषां मांसचक्षुषा
vaiśvarūpaṃ pradhānasya pariṇāho 'sya yaḥ smṛtaḥ teṣāṃ śakyaṃ na saṃkhyātuṃ yāthātathyena kenacit gatāgataṃ manuṣyeṇa jyotiṣāṃ māṃsacakṣuṣā
The universal form which is declared to be the compass of pradhāna — of these (luminaries) it is not possible for anyone to reckon exactly the coming and going of the lights, by a man with eyes of flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain