Matsya Purana — Chapter 14
MtP 14.1
लोकाः सोमपथा नाम यत्र मारीचनन्दनाः वर्तन्ते देव पितरो देवा यान्भावयन्त्यलम्
lokāḥ somapathā nāma yatra mārīcanandanāḥ vartante deva pitaro devā yānbhāvayantyalam
The worlds named Somapatha, where the sons of Marīci abide, O god—the fathers, whom the gods amply nourish—
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MtP 14.2
अग्निष्वात्ता इति ख्याता यज्वानो यत्र संस्थिताः अच्छोदा नाम तेषां तु मानसी कन्यका नदी
agniṣvāttā iti khyātā yajvāno yatra saṃsthitāḥ acchodā nāma teṣāṃ tu mānasī kanyakā nadī
those sacrificers renowned as the Agniṣvāttas are established there; and theirs is a mind-born maiden, a river named Acchodā.
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MtP 14.3
अच्छोदं नाम च सरः पितृभिर्निर्मितं पुरा अच्छोदा तु तपश्चक्रे दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम्
acchodaṃ nāma ca saraḥ pitṛbhirnirmitaṃ purā acchodā tu tapaścakre divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam
And a lake named Acchoda was made of old by the fathers; but Acchodā performed austerity for a thousand divine years.
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MtP 14.4
आजग्मुः पितरस्तुष्टाः किल दातुं च तां वरम् दिव्यरूपधराः सर्वे दिव्यमाल्यानुलेपनाः
ājagmuḥ pitarastuṣṭāḥ kila dātuṃ ca tāṃ varam divyarūpadharāḥ sarve divyamālyānulepanāḥ
The fathers, pleased, came indeed to grant her a boon, all of them wearing divine forms, with divine garlands and unguents,
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MtP 14.5
सर्वे युवानो बलिनः कुसुमायुधसंनिभाः तन्मध्ये ऽमावसुं नाम पितरं वीक्ष्य साङ्गना
sarve yuvāno balinaḥ kusumāyudhasaṃnibhāḥ tanmadhye 'māvasuṃ nāma pitaraṃ vīkṣya sāṅganā
all youthful, strong, resembling the flower-arrowed god. Among them the woman, catching sight of a father named Amāvasu,
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MtP 14.6
वव्रे वरार्थिनी सङ्गं कुसुमायुधपीडिता योगाद्भ्रष्टा तु सा तेन व्यभिचारेण भामिनी
vavre varārthinī saṅgaṃ kusumāyudhapīḍitā yogādbhraṣṭā tu sā tena vyabhicāreṇa bhāminī
asking for a boon, tormented by the flower-arrowed god, chose union; but that woman fell from her yoga by that transgression.
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MtP 14.7
धरां तु नास्पृशत्पूर्वं पपाताथ भुवस्तले तिथाव् अमावसुर् यस्याम् इच्छां चक्रे न तां प्रति
dharāṃ tu nāspṛśatpūrvaṃ papātātha bhuvastale tithāv amāvasur yasyām icchāṃ cakre na tāṃ prati
At first she did not touch the earth, but then she fell to the ground. The lunar day on which Amāvasu formed no desire toward her—
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MtP 14.8
धैर्येण तस्य सा लोकैर् अमावास्येति विश्रुता पितॄणां वल्लभा तस्मात् तस्यामक्षयकारकम्
dhairyeṇa tasya sā lokair amāvāsyeti viśrutā pitṝṇāṃ vallabhā tasmāt tasyāmakṣayakārakam
by his steadfastness that (day) became renowned among people as Amāvāsyā; therefore it is dear to the fathers, and on it (what is done) brings imperishable (fruit).
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MtP 14.9
अच्छोदाधोमुखी दीना लज्जिता तपसः क्षयात् सा पितॄन् प्रार्थयामास पुरे चात्मप्रसिद्धये
acchodādhomukhī dīnā lajjitā tapasaḥ kṣayāt sā pitṝn prārthayāmāsa pure cātmaprasiddhaye
Acchodā, her face downcast, wretched, ashamed at the loss of her austerity, entreated the fathers for her own establishment in the city.
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MtP 14.10
विलप्यमाना पितृभिर् इदमुक्ता तपस्विनी भविष्यमर्थमालोक्य देवकार्यं च ते तदा
vilapyamānā pitṛbhir idamuktā tapasvinī bhaviṣyamarthamālokya devakāryaṃ ca te tadā
As she lamented, the ascetic woman was addressed thus by the fathers; and they, having looked to the future purpose and to the business of the gods,
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MtP 14.11
इदम् ऊचुर् महाभागाः प्रसादशुभया गिरा दिवि दिव्यशरीरेण यत् किंचित् क्रियते बुधैः
idam ūcur mahābhāgāḥ prasādaśubhayā girā divi divyaśarīreṇa yat kiṃcit kriyate budhaiḥ
those greatly fortunate ones said this in a voice gracious and kindly: "Whatever is done in heaven by the wise with a divine body,
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MtP 14.12
तेनैव तत्कर्मफलं भुज्यते वरवर्णिनी सद्यः फलन्ति कर्माणि देवत्वे प्रेत्य मानुषे
tenaiva tatkarmaphalaṃ bhujyate varavarṇinī sadyaḥ phalanti karmāṇi devatve pretya mānuṣe
By that very (body) the fruit of that deed is enjoyed, O fair-hued lady: in godhood deeds bear fruit at once, but in the human state after death.
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MtP 14.13
तस्मात्त्वं पुत्रि तपसः प्राप्स्यसे प्रेत्य तत्फलम् अष्टाविंशे भवित्री त्वं द्वापरे मत्स्ययोनिजा
tasmāttvaṃ putri tapasaḥ prāpsyase pretya tatphalam aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā
Therefore, daughter, you will obtain the fruit of your austerity after death: in the twenty-eighth Dvāpara you will come to be, born from the womb of a fish.
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MtP 14.14
व्यतिक्रमात्पितॄणां त्वं कष्टं कुलमवाप्स्यसि तस्माद्राज्ञो वसोः कन्या त्वम् अवश्यं भविष्यसि
vyatikramātpitṝṇāṃ tvaṃ kaṣṭaṃ kulamavāpsyasi tasmādrājño vasoḥ kanyā tvam avaśyaṃ bhaviṣyasi
Because of your transgression against the ancestors you will obtain a wretched family; therefore you will inevitably be the daughter of King Vasu.
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MtP 14.15
कन्या भूत्वा च लोकान्स्वान् पुनराप्स्यसि दुर्लभान् पराशरस्य वीर्येण पुत्रमेकमवाप्स्यसि
kanyā bhūtvā ca lokānsvān punarāpsyasi durlabhān parāśarasya vīryeṇa putramekamavāpsyasi
And having become a maiden, you will again attain your own worlds, which are hard to win; by the potency of Parāśara you will obtain one son,
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MtP 14.16
द्वीपे तु बदरीप्राये बादरायणमच्युतम् स वेदमेकं बहुधा विभजिष्यति ते सुतः
dvīpe tu badarīprāye bādarāyaṇamacyutam sa vedamekaṃ bahudhā vibhajiṣyati te sutaḥ
on an island covered with jujube trees — Bādarāyaṇa, the imperishable one; that son of yours will divide the single Veda into many parts.
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MtP 14.17
पौरवस्यात्मजौ द्वौ तु समुद्रांशस्य शंतनोः विचित्रवीर्यस्तनयस् तथा चित्राङ्गदो नृपः
pauravasyātmajau dvau tu samudrāṃśasya śaṃtanoḥ vicitravīryastanayas tathā citrāṅgado nṛpaḥ
And (you will bear) two sons of the Paurava Śaṃtanu, the portion of the ocean: Vicitravīrya as son, and likewise King Citrāṅgada.
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MtP 14.18
इमाव् उत्पाद्य तनयौ क्षेत्रजावस्य धीमतः प्रौष्ठपद्यष्टकारूपा पितृलोके भविष्यसि
imāv utpādya tanayau kṣetrajāvasya dhīmataḥ prauṣṭhapadyaṣṭakārūpā pitṛloke bhaviṣyasi
Having brought forth these two sons, the kṣetraja offspring of that wise man, you will dwell in the world of the ancestors in the form of the Aṣṭakā of (the month) Prauṣṭhapada.
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MtP 14.19
नाम्ना सत्यवती लोके पितृलोके तथाष्टका आयुरारोग्यदा नित्यं सर्वकामफलप्रदा
nāmnā satyavatī loke pitṛloke tathāṣṭakā āyurārogyadā nityaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradā
By name Satyavatī in the (human) world, and in the world of the ancestors Aṣṭakā, ever a giver of long life and health, granting the fruit of all desires,
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MtP 14.20
भविष्यसि परे काले नदीत्वं च गमिष्यसि पुण्यतोषा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा लोके ह्य् अच्छोदनामिका
bhaviṣyasi pare kāle nadītvaṃ ca gamiṣyasi puṇyatoṣā saricchreṣṭhā loke hy acchodanāmikā
so you will be; and in a later age you will pass into the state of a river, gratifying by (your) merit, the best of streams, known in the world by the name Acchodā.
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MtP 14.21
इत्युक्त्वा स गणस्तेषां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत साप्यवाप च तत्सर्वं फलं यदुदितं पुरा
ityuktvā sa gaṇasteṣāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata sāpyavāpa ca tatsarvaṃ phalaṃ yaduditaṃ purā
Having said this, that troop of them vanished on the spot; and she too obtained all that fruit which had been declared before.
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