Matsya Purana — Chapter 142
MtP 142.1
चतुर्युगाणि यानि स्युः पूर्वे स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे एषां निसर्गसंख्यां च श्रोतुमिच्छाम विस्तरात्
caturyugāṇi yāni syuḥ pūrve svāyambhuve 'ntare eṣāṃ nisargasaṃkhyāṃ ca śrotumicchāma vistarāt
(The sages said:) Those sets of four ages that there were in the first Svāyambhuva interval — we wish to hear in detail the reckoning of their coming-forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.2
पृथिवीद्युप्रसङ्गेन मया तु प्रागुदाहृतम् एतच्चतुर्युगं त्वेवं तद्वक्ष्यामि निबोधत तत्प्रमाणं प्रसंख्याय विस्तराच्चैव कृत्स्नशः
pṛthivīdyuprasaṅgena mayā tu prāgudāhṛtam etaccaturyugaṃ tvevaṃ tadvakṣyāmi nibodhata tatpramāṇaṃ prasaṃkhyāya vistarāccaiva kṛtsnaśaḥ
But this was set forth by me before, in connection with the earth and the sky. This set of four ages, then — that I shall tell; listen. (I shall speak) having reckoned up its measure, in detail and in full.
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MtP 142.3
लौकिकेन प्रमाणेन निष्पाद्याब्दं तु मानुषम् तेनापीह प्रसंख्याय वक्ष्यामि तु चतुर्युगम् निमेषतुल्यकालानि मात्रालब्धेक्षराणि च
laukikena pramāṇena niṣpādyābdaṃ tu mānuṣam tenāpīha prasaṃkhyāya vakṣyāmi tu caturyugam nimeṣatulyakālāni mātrālabdhekṣarāṇi ca
By the worldly measure the human year is to be worked out; and reckoning by that here too I shall tell the four ages — (units) of time equal to a blink, and syllables obtained by (their) metrical measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 142.4
काष्ठा निमेषा दश पञ्च चैव त्रिंशच्च काष्ठां गणयेत्कलां तु त्रिंशत्कलाश्चैव भवेन्मुहूर्तस् तैस्त्रिंशता रात्र्यहनी समेते
kāṣṭhā nimeṣā daśa pañca caiva triṃśacca kāṣṭhāṃ gaṇayetkalāṃ tu triṃśatkalāścaiva bhavenmuhūrtas taistriṃśatā rātryahanī samete
Fifteen blinks (nimeṣas) are a kāṣṭhā; one should count thirty kāṣṭhās as a kalā; thirty kalās make a muhūrta; by thirty of those, night and day together (are made).
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MtP 142.5
अहोरात्रे विभजते सूर्यो मानुषलौकिके रात्रिः स्वप्नाय भूतानां चेष्टायै कर्मणामहः
ahorātre vibhajate sūryo mānuṣalaukike rātriḥ svapnāya bhūtānāṃ ceṣṭāyai karmaṇāmahaḥ
The sun divides day and night in the human, worldly (reckoning): the night is for the sleep of beings, the day for the exertion of their works.
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MtP 142.6
पित्र्ये रात्र्यहनी मासः प्रविभागस् तयोः पुनः कृष्णपक्षस् त्वहस्तेषां शुक्लः स्वप्नाय शर्वरी
pitrye rātryahanī māsaḥ pravibhāgas tayoḥ punaḥ kṛṣṇapakṣas tvahasteṣāṃ śuklaḥ svapnāya śarvarī
In the reckoning of the ancestors, a month is (their) day and night; and the division of those two again: the dark fortnight is their day, the bright is the night for sleep.
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MtP 142.7
त्रिंशद्ये मानुषा मासाः पित्र्यो मासः स उच्यते शतानि त्रीणि मासानां षष्ट्या चाभ्यधिकानि तु पित्र्यः संवत्सरो ह्येष मानुषेण विभाव्यते
triṃśadye mānuṣā māsāḥ pitryo māsaḥ sa ucyate śatāni trīṇi māsānāṃ ṣaṣṭyā cābhyadhikāni tu pitryaḥ saṃvatsaro hyeṣa mānuṣeṇa vibhāvyate
Those thirty human months are called a month of the ancestors; and three hundred months increased by sixty — this is a year of the ancestors, reckoned in human (measure).
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MtP 142.8
मानुषेणैव मानेन वर्षाणां यच्छतं भवेत् पितॄणां तानि वर्षाणि संख्यातानि तु त्रीणि वै दश च द्व्यधिका मासाः पितृसंख्येह कीर्तिता
mānuṣeṇaiva mānena varṣāṇāṃ yacchataṃ bhavet pitṝṇāṃ tāni varṣāṇi saṃkhyātāni tu trīṇi vai daśa ca dvyadhikā māsāḥ pitṛsaṃkhyeha kīrtitā
Whatever hundred years there be by human measure, those years, counted as the ancestors' years, are three (years) and twelve months — such is the ancestors' reckoning proclaimed here.
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MtP 142.9
लौकिकेन प्रमाणेन अब्दो यो मानुषः स्मृतः एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रम् इत्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः
laukikena pramāṇena abdo yo mānuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ etaddivyamahorātram ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ
The year that is reckoned as human by the worldly measure — this is a divine day and night; such is the Vedic teaching.
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MtP 142.10
दिव्ये रात्र्यहनी वर्षं प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः अहस्तु यदुदक्चैव रात्रिर्या दक्षिणायनम् एते रात्र्यहनी दिव्ये प्रसंख्याते तयोः पुनः
divye rātryahanī varṣaṃ pravibhāgastayoḥ punaḥ ahastu yadudakcaiva rātriryā dakṣiṇāyanam ete rātryahanī divye prasaṃkhyāte tayoḥ punaḥ
In divine (reckoning) a year is the day and night; and the division of those two again: the day is the northward course, the night the southward course. These two are reckoned as the divine day and night.
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MtP 142.11
त्रिंशद्यानि तु वर्षाणि दिव्यो मासस्तु स स्मृतः मानुषाणां शतं यच्च दिव्या मासास्त्रयस्तु वै तथैव सह संख्यातो दिव्य एष विधिः स्मृतः
triṃśadyāni tu varṣāṇi divyo māsastu sa smṛtaḥ mānuṣāṇāṃ śataṃ yacca divyā māsāstrayastu vai tathaiva saha saṃkhyāto divya eṣa vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
Those thirty (divine) years are remembered as a divine month; and a hundred human years and three divine months, counted just so together — this is remembered as the divine rule.
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MtP 142.12
त्रीणि वर्षशतान्येवं षष्टिर्वर्षास्तथैव च दिव्यः संवत्सरो ह्येष मानुषेण प्रकीर्तितः
trīṇi varṣaśatānyevaṃ ṣaṣṭirvarṣāstathaiva ca divyaḥ saṃvatsaro hyeṣa mānuṣeṇa prakīrtitaḥ
Thus three hundred years and sixty years besides — this is proclaimed as a divine year in human (measure).
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MtP 142.13
त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि मानुषेण प्रमाणतः त्रिंशदन्यानि वर्षाणि स्मृतः सप्तर्षिवत्सरः
trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi mānuṣeṇa pramāṇataḥ triṃśadanyāni varṣāṇi smṛtaḥ saptarṣivatsaraḥ
Three thousand years by human measure and thirty more years — that is remembered as a year of the Seven Sages.
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MtP 142.14
नव यानि सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मानुषाणि च वर्षाणि नवतिश्चैव ध्रुवसंवत्सरः स्मृतः
nava yāni sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇi ca varṣāṇi navatiścaiva dhruvasaṃvatsaraḥ smṛtaḥ
Those nine thousand human years and ninety years — that is remembered as a year of Dhruva.
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MtP 142.15
षट्त्रिंशत्तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मानुषाणि च षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि संख्यातानि तु संख्यया दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
ṣaṭtriṃśattu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇi ca ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi saṃkhyātāni tu saṃkhyayā divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu prāhuḥ saṃkhyāvido janāḥ
But thirty-six thousand human years and sixty thousand, counted by reckoning — that, people versed in numbers call a divine thousand years.
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MtP 142.16
इत्येतदृषिभिर्गीतं दिव्यया संख्यया द्विजाः दिव्येनैव प्रमाणेन युगसंख्या प्रकल्पिता
ityetadṛṣibhirgītaṃ divyayā saṃkhyayā dvijāḥ divyenaiva pramāṇena yugasaṃkhyā prakalpitā
Thus this has been sung by the seers in divine reckoning, O twice-born; and by the divine measure alone the reckoning of the ages has been laid down.
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MtP 142.17
चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि ऋषयो ऽब्रुवन् कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चैवं चतुर्युगम्
catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni ṛṣayo 'bruvan kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliścaivaṃ caturyugam
The seers have said that in Bhārata-varṣa there are four ages: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali — thus the set of four ages.
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MtP 142.18
पूर्वं कृतयुगं नाम ततस्त्रेताभिधीयते द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव युगानि परिकल्पयेत्
pūrvaṃ kṛtayugaṃ nāma tatastretābhidhīyate dvāparaṃ ca kaliścaiva yugāni parikalpayet
First is the age named Kṛta, then Tretā is spoken of, and Dvāpara and Kali: thus should one reckon the ages.
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MtP 142.19
चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्कृतं युगम् तस्य ताव् अच्छती संध्या संध्यांशश्च तथाविधः
catvāryāhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatkṛtaṃ yugam tasya tāv acchatī saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ
They say that the Kṛta age is four thousand years; its twilight is (four) hundred, and its twilight-portion is of the same measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 142.20
इतरेषु ससंध्येषु ससंध्यांशेषु च त्रिषु एकपादे निवर्तन्ते सहस्राणि शतानि च
itareṣu sasaṃdhyeṣu sasaṃdhyāṃśeṣu ca triṣu ekapāde nivartante sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
In the other three, together with their twilights and twilight-portions, the thousands and hundreds diminish by one quarter (each).
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MtP 142.21
त्रेता त्रीणि सहस्राणि युगसंख्याविदो विदुः तस्यापि त्रिशती संध्या संध्यांशः संध्यया समः
tretā trīṇi sahasrāṇi yugasaṃkhyāvido viduḥ tasyāpi triśatī saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaḥ saṃdhyayā samaḥ
Those who know the reckoning of ages know Tretā to be three thousand; its twilight too is three hundred, and its twilight-portion equals the twilight.
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MtP 142.22
द्वे सहस्रे द्वापरं तु संध्यांशौ तु चतुःशतम् सहस्रमेकं वर्षाणां कलिरेव प्रकीर्तितः द्वे शते च तथान्ये च संध्यासंध्यांशयोः स्मृते
dve sahasre dvāparaṃ tu saṃdhyāṃśau tu catuḥśatam sahasramekaṃ varṣāṇāṃ kalireva prakīrtitaḥ dve śate ca tathānye ca saṃdhyāsaṃdhyāṃśayoḥ smṛte
But Dvāpara is two thousand, and the twilight and twilight-portion are two hundred each; Kali indeed is declared to be one thousand years, and two hundred each are recorded for its twilight and twilight-portion.
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MtP 142.23
एषा द्वादशसाहस्री युगसंख्या तु संज्ञिता कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुष्टयम्
eṣā dvādaśasāhasrī yugasaṃkhyā tu saṃjñitā kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti catuṣṭayam
This reckoning of the ages is designated as one of twelve thousand: the set of four, namely Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali.
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MtP 142.24
तत्र संवत्सराः सृष्टा मानुषास्तान्निबोधत नियुतानि दश द्वे च पञ्च चैवात्र संख्यया अष्टाविंशत्सहस्राणि कृतं युगमथोच्यते
tatra saṃvatsarāḥ sṛṣṭā mānuṣāstānnibodhata niyutāni daśa dve ca pañca caivātra saṃkhyayā aṣṭāviṃśatsahasrāṇi kṛtaṃ yugamathocyate
Therein the years created for men — learn them: ten and two and five hundred-thousands here by count, and twenty-eight thousand: so the Kṛta age is declared.
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MtP 142.25
प्रयुतं तु तथा पूर्णं द्वे चान्ये नियुते पुनः षण्णवतिसहस्राणि संख्यातानि च संख्यया त्रेतायुगस्य संख्यैषा मानुषेण तु संज्ञिता
prayutaṃ tu tathā pūrṇaṃ dve cānye niyute punaḥ ṣaṇṇavatisahasrāṇi saṃkhyātāni ca saṃkhyayā tretāyugasya saṃkhyaiṣā mānuṣeṇa tu saṃjñitā
A full million, and again two more hundred-thousands, and ninety-six thousand reckoned by count: this is the reckoning of the Tretā age, designated in human (years).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.26
अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि वर्षाणां द्वापरं युगम्
aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇi tu catuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ dvāparaṃ yugam
Eight hundred thousand human years, and sixty-four thousand years: (that is) the Dvāpara age.
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MtP 142.27
चत्वारि नियुतानि स्युर् वर्षाणि तु कलिर्युगम् द्वात्रिंशच्च तथान्यानि सहस्राणि तु संख्यया एतत्कलियुगं प्रोक्तं मानुषेण प्रमाणतः
catvāri niyutāni syur varṣāṇi tu kaliryugam dvātriṃśacca tathānyāni sahasrāṇi tu saṃkhyayā etatkaliyugaṃ proktaṃ mānuṣeṇa pramāṇataḥ
The Kali age would be four hundred-thousand years, and thirty-two thousand more by count: this Kali age has been declared by the human measure.
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MtP 142.28
एषा चतुर्युगावस्था मानुषेण प्रकीर्तिता चतुर्युगस्य संख्याता संध्या संध्यांशकैः सह
eṣā caturyugāvasthā mānuṣeṇa prakīrtitā caturyugasya saṃkhyātā saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśakaiḥ saha
This condition of the four ages has been proclaimed in human (years); the (span) of the set of four ages has been reckoned together with the twilights and twilight-portions.
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MtP 142.29
एषा चतुर्युगाख्या तु साधिका त्वेकसप्ततिः कृतत्रेतादियुक्ता सा मनोरन्तरमुच्यते
eṣā caturyugākhyā tu sādhikā tvekasaptatiḥ kṛtatretādiyuktā sā manorantaramucyate
This (period) called the four ages, seventy-one times with something over, joined with Kṛta, Tretā and the rest, is called a Manu-interval.
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MtP 142.30
मन्वन्तरस्य संख्या तु मानुषेण निबोधत एकत्रिंशत्तथा कोट्यः संख्याताः संख्यया द्विजैः
manvantarasya saṃkhyā tu mānuṣeṇa nibodhata ekatriṃśattathā koṭyaḥ saṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyayā dvijaiḥ
Learn the reckoning of a Manu-interval in human (years): thirty-one crores have been counted by count by the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.31
तथा शतसहस्राणि दश चान्यानि भागशः सहस्राणि तु द्वात्रिंशच् छतान्यष्टाधिकानि च
tathā śatasahasrāṇi daśa cānyāni bhāgaśaḥ sahasrāṇi tu dvātriṃśac chatānyaṣṭādhikāni ca
and likewise ten more hundred-thousands, portion by portion, and thirty-two thousand and eight hundred more,
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MtP 142.32
अशीतिश्चैव वर्षाणि मासाश्चैवाधिकास्तु षट् मन्वन्तरस्य संख्यैषा मानुषेण प्रकीर्तिता
aśītiścaiva varṣāṇi māsāścaivādhikāstu ṣaṭ manvantarasya saṃkhyaiṣā mānuṣeṇa prakīrtitā
and eighty years, and six months in addition: this is the reckoning of a Manu-interval, proclaimed in human (years).
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MtP 142.33
दिव्येन च प्रमाणेन प्रवक्ष्याम्यन्तरं मनोः सहस्राणां शतान्याहुः स च वै परिसंख्यया
divyena ca pramāṇena pravakṣyāmyantaraṃ manoḥ sahasrāṇāṃ śatānyāhuḥ sa ca vai parisaṃkhyayā
And by the divine measure I shall declare the interval of a Manu: they say it is hundreds of thousands, and that indeed by full count,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 142.34
चत्वारिंशत्सहस्राणि मनोरन्तरमुच्यते मन्वन्तरस्य कालस्तु युगैः सह प्रकीर्तितः
catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi manorantaramucyate manvantarasya kālastu yugaiḥ saha prakīrtitaḥ
and forty thousand — (so) the interval of a Manu is spoken of; and the duration of a Manu-interval has been proclaimed along with the ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.35
एषा चतुर्युगाख्या तु साधिका ह्येकसप्ततिः क्रमेण परिवृत्ता सा मनोरन्तरमुच्यते
eṣā caturyugākhyā tu sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ krameṇa parivṛttā sā manorantaramucyate
This (period) called the four ages, seventy-one times with something over, revolving in order — that is called a Manu-interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.36
एतच्चतुर्दशगुणं कल्पमाहुस्तु तद्विदः ततस्तु प्रलयः कृत्स्नः स तु संप्रलयो महान्
etaccaturdaśaguṇaṃ kalpamāhustu tadvidaḥ tatastu pralayaḥ kṛtsnaḥ sa tu saṃpralayo mahān
Those who know it say that this multiplied fourteenfold is a kalpa; and thereafter comes the complete dissolution, and that is the great total dissolution.
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MtP 142.37
कल्पप्रमाणो द्विगुणो यथा भवति संख्यया चतुर्युगाख्या व्याख्याता कृतं त्रेतायुगं च वै
kalpapramāṇo dviguṇo yathā bhavati saṃkhyayā caturyugākhyā vyākhyātā kṛtaṃ tretāyugaṃ ca vai
(Thus) the measure of a kalpa becomes twofold by count; the (period) called the four ages has been explained, namely Kṛta and the Tretā age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 142.38
त्रेतासृष्टं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्वापरं कलिमेव च युगपत्समवेतौ द्वौ द्विधा वक्तुं न शक्यते
tretāsṛṣṭaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvāparaṃ kalimeva ca yugapatsamavetau dvau dvidhā vaktuṃ na śakyate
I shall declare what was created in the Tretā, and the Dvāpara and the Kali as well; two that occur simultaneously cannot be told in two ways (at once).
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MtP 142.39
क्रमागतं मयाप्येतत् तुभ्यं नोक्तं युगद्वयम् ऋषिवंशप्रसङ्गेन व्याकुलत्वात्तथा क्रमात्
kramāgataṃ mayāpyetat tubhyaṃ noktaṃ yugadvayam ṛṣivaṃśaprasaṅgena vyākulatvāttathā kramāt
This too has come down to me in order, (yet) the two ages were not told to you (in order), because of the confusion arising from the digression on the lineages of the seers, and so (I tell them) in sequence (now).
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MtP 142.40
नोक्तं त्रेतायुगे शेषं तद्वक्ष्यामि निबोधत अथ त्रेतायुगस्यादौ मनुः सप्तर्षयश्च ये श्रौतस्मार्तं ब्रुवन्धर्मं ब्रह्मणा तु प्रचोदिताः
noktaṃ tretāyuge śeṣaṃ tadvakṣyāmi nibodhata atha tretāyugasyādau manuḥ saptarṣayaśca ye śrautasmārtaṃ bruvandharmaṃ brahmaṇā tu pracoditāḥ
What was not told concerning the Tretā age, that remainder I shall tell; listen. Now at the beginning of the Tretā age, Manu and the seven seers who were urged on by Brahmā declared the śrauta and smārta law.
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MtP 142.41
दाराग्निहोत्रसम्बन्धम् ऋग्यजुःसामसंहिताः इत्यादिबहुलं श्रौतं धर्मं सप्तर्षयो ऽब्रुवन्
dārāgnihotrasambandham ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃhitāḥ ityādibahulaṃ śrautaṃ dharmaṃ saptarṣayo 'bruvan
The seven seers declared the śrauta law—concerned with wives and the agnihotra, the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāma collections, and much else of that kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.42
परम्परागतं धर्मं स्मार्तं त्वाचारलक्षणम् वर्णाश्रमाचारयुतं मनुः स्वायम्भुवो ऽब्रवीत्
paramparāgataṃ dharmaṃ smārtaṃ tvācāralakṣaṇam varṇāśramācārayutaṃ manuḥ svāyambhuvo 'bravīt
But the smārta law that has come down by tradition, marked by (proper) conduct and joined with the practices of the classes and the stages of life, Manu Svāyambhuva declared.
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MtP 142.43
सत्येन ब्रह्मचर्येण श्रुतेन तपसा तथा तेषां सुतप्ततपसाम् आर्षेणानुक्रमेण ह
satyena brahmacaryeṇa śrutena tapasā tathā teṣāṃ sutaptatapasām ārṣeṇānukrameṇa ha
By truth, by chastity, by sacred learning and by austerity—of those (seers) whose austerity was well performed—by the seers' own succession,
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MtP 142.44
सप्तर्षीणां मनोश्चैव आदौ त्रेतायुगे ततः अबुद्धिपूर्वकं तेन सकृत्पूर्वकमेव च
saptarṣīṇāṃ manoścaiva ādau tretāyuge tataḥ abuddhipūrvakaṃ tena sakṛtpūrvakameva ca
of the seven seers and of Manu, then at the beginning of the Tretā age, by that (means) without deliberate effort and (arising) at once,
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MtP 142.45
अभिवृत्तास्तु ते मन्त्रा दर्शनैस्तारकादिभिः आदिकल्पे तु देवानां प्रादुर्भूतास्तु ते स्वयम्
abhivṛttāstu te mantrā darśanaistārakādibhiḥ ādikalpe tu devānāṃ prādurbhūtāstu te svayam
those mantras came forth through visions, with the stars and the rest; but in the first kalpa they appeared of themselves to the gods.
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MtP 142.46
प्रमाणेष्वथ सिद्धानाम् अन्येषां च प्रवर्तते मन्त्रयोगो व्यतीतेषु कल्पेष्वथ सहस्रशः ते मन्त्रा वै पुनस्तेषां प्रतिमायामुपस्थिताः
pramāṇeṣvatha siddhānām anyeṣāṃ ca pravartate mantrayogo vyatīteṣu kalpeṣvatha sahasraśaḥ te mantrā vai punasteṣāṃ pratimāyāmupasthitāḥ
And then, in the (sacred) authorities, the application of mantras operates for the accomplished ones and for others; and in the kalpas that have gone by, by the thousands, those same mantras have again appeared to them in like form.
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MtP 142.47
ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि मन्त्राश्चाथर्वणास्तु ये सप्तर्षिभिश्च ये प्रोक्ताः स्मार्तं तु मनुरब्रवीत्
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni mantrāścātharvaṇāstu ye saptarṣibhiśca ye proktāḥ smārtaṃ tu manurabravīt
The Ṛc verses, the Yajus formulas, the Sāmans, and the mantras of the Atharvan—those were declared by the seven seers; but the smārta (law) Manu declared.
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MtP 142.48
त्रेतादौ संहता वेदाः केवलं धर्मसेतवः संरोधादायुषश्चैव व्यस्यन्ते द्वापरे च ते ऋषयस्तपसा वेदान् अहोरात्रमधीयते
tretādau saṃhatā vedāḥ kevalaṃ dharmasetavaḥ saṃrodhādāyuṣaścaiva vyasyante dvāpare ca te ṛṣayastapasā vedān ahorātramadhīyate
At the beginning of the Tretā the Vedas were unified, being solely the dykes of dharma; but through the shortening of life they are divided up in the Dvāpara. The seers, by austerity, recite the Vedas day and night.
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MtP 142.49
अनादिनिधना दिव्याः पूर्वं प्रोक्ताः स्वयम्भुवा स्वधर्मसंवृताः साङ्गा यथाधर्मं युगे युगे विक्रियन्ते स्वधर्मं तु वेदवादाद्यथायुगम्
anādinidhanā divyāḥ pūrvaṃ proktāḥ svayambhuvā svadharmasaṃvṛtāḥ sāṅgā yathādharmaṃ yuge yuge vikriyante svadharmaṃ tu vedavādādyathāyugam
Without beginning or end, divine, formerly declared by the Self-existent, enclosed in their own dharma, with their ancillary parts—age by age, in accordance with dharma, they are altered; and (so is) their own dharma, from the Vedic pronouncements, according to the age.
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MtP 142.50
आरम्भयज्ञः क्षत्रस्य हविर्यज्ञा विशः स्मृताः परिचारयज्ञाः शूद्राश्च जपयज्ञाश्च ब्राह्मणाः
ārambhayajñaḥ kṣatrasya haviryajñā viśaḥ smṛtāḥ paricārayajñāḥ śūdrāśca japayajñāśca brāhmaṇāḥ
The sacrifice of undertaking (works) belongs to the kṣatriya; the sacrifices of oblation are held to be the vaiśya's; the śūdras have the sacrifice of service, and the brāhmaṇas the sacrifice of muttered recitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.51
ततः समुदिता वर्णास् त्रेतायां धर्मशालिनः क्रियावन्तः प्रजावन्तः समृद्धाः सुखिनश्च वै
tataḥ samuditā varṇās tretāyāṃ dharmaśālinaḥ kriyāvantaḥ prajāvantaḥ samṛddhāḥ sukhinaśca vai
Then in the Tretā the classes flourished, abiding in dharma, performing rites, having offspring, prosperous and happy.
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MtP 142.52
ब्राह्मणैश्च विधीयन्ते क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियैर्विशः वैश्याञ्छूद्रा अनुवर्तन्ते परस्परमनुग्रहात्
brāhmaṇaiśca vidhīyante kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyairviśaḥ vaiśyāñchūdrā anuvartante parasparamanugrahāt
And the kṣatriyas are directed by the brāhmaṇas, the vaiśyas by the kṣatriyas, and the śūdras follow the vaiśyas—by mutual favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.53
शुभाः प्रकृतयस्तेषां धर्मा वर्णाश्रमाश्रयाः संकल्पितेन मनसा वाचा वा हस्तकर्मणा त्रेतायुगे ह्यविकले कर्मारम्भः प्रसिध्यति
śubhāḥ prakṛtayasteṣāṃ dharmā varṇāśramāśrayāḥ saṃkalpitena manasā vācā vā hastakarmaṇā tretāyuge hyavikale karmārambhaḥ prasidhyati
Their natures were good, their duties resting on class and stage of life; by the mind's resolve, by speech, or by the work of the hand, in the Tretā age the undertaking of action succeeds without defect.
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MtP 142.54
आयूरूपं बलं मेधा आरोग्यं धर्मशीलता सर्वसाधारणं ह्येतद् आसीत्त्रेतायुगे तु वै
āyūrūpaṃ balaṃ medhā ārogyaṃ dharmaśīlatā sarvasādhāraṇaṃ hyetad āsīttretāyuge tu vai
Length of life, beauty, strength, intelligence, health, and a disposition to dharma—all this was common to all in the Tretā age.
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MtP 142.55
वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थानम् एषां ब्रह्मा तथाकरोत् संहिताश्च तथा मन्त्रा आरोग्यं धर्मशीलता
varṇāśramavyavasthānam eṣāṃ brahmā tathākarot saṃhitāśca tathā mantrā ārogyaṃ dharmaśīlatā
Brahmā thus made the ordering of classes and stages of life for them, and likewise the collections and the mantras, health and the disposition to dharma.
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MtP 142.56
संहिताश्च तथा मन्त्रा ऋषिभिर् ब्रह्मणः सुतैः यज्ञः प्रवर्तितश्चैव तदा ह्येव तु दैवतैः
saṃhitāśca tathā mantrā ṛṣibhir brahmaṇaḥ sutaiḥ yajñaḥ pravartitaścaiva tadā hyeva tu daivataiḥ
And so the collections and the mantras (were made) by the seers, the sons of Brahmā; and at that very time the sacrifice was set in motion by the gods.
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MtP 142.57
यामैः शुक्लैर्जयैश्चैव सर्वसाधनसंभृतैः विश्वसृड्भिस् तथा सार्धं देवेन्द्रेण महौजसा स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे देवैस् ते यज्ञाः प्राक्प्रवर्तिताः
yāmaiḥ śuklairjayaiścaiva sarvasādhanasaṃbhṛtaiḥ viśvasṛḍbhis tathā sārdhaṃ devendreṇa mahaujasā svāyambhuve 'ntare devais te yajñāḥ prākpravartitāḥ
By the Yāmas, the Śuklas and the Jayas, furnished with every means, and together with the Viśvasṛjs and with the mighty lord of the gods—by these gods those sacrifices were first set in motion in the Svāyambhuva interval.
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MtP 142.58
सत्यं जपस्तपो दानं पूर्वधर्मो य उच्यते यदा धर्मस्य ह्रसते शाखाधर्मस्य वर्धते
satyaṃ japastapo dānaṃ pūrvadharmo ya ucyate yadā dharmasya hrasate śākhādharmasya vardhate
Truth, recitation, austerity, giving — that which is called the earlier (Kṛta) dharma; when (a portion) of dharma diminishes, the dharma of the (secondary) branch increases.
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MtP 142.59
जायन्ते च तदा शूरा आयुष्मन्तो महाबलाः न्यस्तदण्डा महायोगा यज्वानो ब्रह्मवादिनः
jāyante ca tadā śūrā āyuṣmanto mahābalāḥ nyastadaṇḍā mahāyogā yajvāno brahmavādinaḥ
And then are born heroes, long-lived, of great strength, who have laid down the rod (of punishment), great yogins, sacrificers, speakers of brahman.
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MtP 142.60
पद्मपत्त्रायताक्षाश्च पृथुवक्त्राः सुसंहताः सिंहोरस्का महासत्त्वा मत्तमातंगगामिनः
padmapattrāyatākṣāśca pṛthuvaktrāḥ susaṃhatāḥ siṃhoraskā mahāsattvā mattamātaṃgagāminaḥ
And (they are) with eyes long as lotus-petals, broad-faced, well-knit together, lion-chested, of great substance, moving like a rutting elephant.
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MtP 142.61
महाधनुर्धराश्चैव त्रेतायां चक्रवर्तिनः सर्वलक्षणपूर्णास्ते न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलाः
mahādhanurdharāścaiva tretāyāṃ cakravartinaḥ sarvalakṣaṇapūrṇāste nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalāḥ
And they are wielders of great bows, universal emperors in the Tretā (age), full of all the (auspicious) marks, of banyan-like proportions (nyagrodhaparimaṇḍala).
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MtP 142.62
न्यग्रोधौ तु स्मृतौ बाहू व्यामो न्यग्रोध उच्यते व्यामेन सूच्छ्रयो यस्य अत ऊर्ध्वं तु देहिनः समुच्छ्रयः परीणाहो न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलः
nyagrodhau tu smṛtau bāhū vyāmo nyagrodha ucyate vyāmena sūcchrayo yasya ata ūrdhvaṃ tu dehinaḥ samucchrayaḥ parīṇāho nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalaḥ
The two arms are held to be the 'nyagrodha'; a fathom (vyāma) is called a nyagrodha; he whose height (matches) a fathom — the height of the body from there upward, and the girth: that is the 'banyan-proportion'.
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MtP 142.63
चक्रं रथो मणिर्भार्या निधिरश्वो गजस्तथा प्रोक्तानि सप्त रत्नानि पूर्वं स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे
cakraṃ ratho maṇirbhāryā nidhiraśvo gajastathā proktāni sapta ratnāni pūrvaṃ svāyambhuve 'ntare
The wheel (discus), the chariot, the jewel, the wife, the treasure, the horse and the elephant: these seven are declared to be the treasures, formerly, in the Svāyambhuva (Manu's) interval.
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MtP 142.64
विष्णोरंशेन जायन्ते पृथिव्यां चक्रवर्तिनः मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ह्य् अतीतानागतेषु वै
viṣṇoraṃśena jāyante pṛthivyāṃ cakravartinaḥ manvantareṣu sarveṣu hy atītānāgateṣu vai
Universal emperors are born on earth by a portion of Viṣṇu, in all the Manu-intervals, past and yet to come.
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MtP 142.65
भूतभव्यानि यानीह वर्तमानानि यानि च त्रेतायुगानि तेष्वत्र जायन्ते चक्रवर्तिनः
bhūtabhavyāni yānīha vartamānāni yāni ca tretāyugāni teṣvatra jāyante cakravartinaḥ
Whatever Tretā ages there are here — past, future, and present — in those the universal emperors are born.
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MtP 142.66
भद्राणीमानि तेषां च विभाव्यन्ते महीक्षिताम् अत्यद्भुतानि चत्वारि बलं धर्मं सुखं धनम्
bhadrāṇīmāni teṣāṃ ca vibhāvyante mahīkṣitām atyadbhutāni catvāri balaṃ dharmaṃ sukhaṃ dhanam
And these auspicious things of those rulers of the earth are made manifest, four exceedingly wondrous ones: strength, dharma, happiness, wealth.
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MtP 142.67
अन्योन्यस्याविरोधेन प्राप्यन्ते नृपतेः समम् अर्थो धर्मश्च कामश्च यशो विजय एव च
anyonyasyāvirodhena prāpyante nṛpateḥ samam artho dharmaśca kāmaśca yaśo vijaya eva ca
Without conflicting with one another, they are obtained by the king equally: wealth, dharma, and pleasure, fame and victory too.
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MtP 142.68
ऐश्वर्येणाणिमाद्येन प्रभुशक्तिबलान्विताः श्रुतेन तपसा चैव ऋषींस्ते ऽभिभवन्ति हि
aiśvaryeṇāṇimādyena prabhuśaktibalānvitāḥ śrutena tapasā caiva ṛṣīṃste 'bhibhavanti hi
Endowed with lordship beginning with minuteness (aṇimā) and with the might of a master's power, and by learning and by austerity, they surpass even the sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 142.69
बलेनाभिभवन्त्येते तेन दानवमानवान् लक्षणैश्चैव जायन्ते शरीरस्थैरमानुषैः
balenābhibhavantyete tena dānavamānavān lakṣaṇaiścaiva jāyante śarīrasthairamānuṣaiḥ
By that strength these surpass Dānavas and men, and they are born with non-human marks set upon their bodies.
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MtP 142.70
केशाः स्थिता ललाटेन जिह्वा च परिमार्जनी श्यामप्रभाश्चतुर्दंष्ट्राः सुवंशाश्चोर्ध्वरेतसः
keśāḥ sthitā lalāṭena jihvā ca parimārjanī śyāmaprabhāścaturdaṃṣṭrāḥ suvaṃśāścordhvaretasaḥ
The hair stands (as high) as the forehead, and the tongue is a wiper (able to sweep the face); they are of dark radiance, four-tusked, of good lineage, and of upward-flowing semen.
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MtP 142.71
आजानुबाहवश्चैव तालहस्तौ वृषाकृती परिणाहप्रमाणाभ्यां सिंहस्कन्धाश्च मेधिनः
ājānubāhavaścaiva tālahastau vṛṣākṛtī pariṇāhapramāṇābhyāṃ siṃhaskandhāśca medhinaḥ
With arms reaching to the knees, with hands like palm(-leaves), of bull-like form, (equal) in girth and in height, lion-shouldered and intelligent.
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MtP 142.72
पादयोश्चक्रमत्स्यौ तु शङ्खपद्मे च हस्तयोः पञ्चाशीतिसहस्राणि जीवन्ति ह्यजरामयाः
pādayoścakramatsyau tu śaṅkhapadme ca hastayoḥ pañcāśītisahasrāṇi jīvanti hyajarāmayāḥ
On the two feet a wheel and a fish, and on the two hands a conch and a lotus; they live eighty-five thousand (years), free from old age and disease.
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MtP 142.73
असङ्गा गतयस्तेषां चतस्रश्चक्रवर्तिनाम् अन्तरिक्षे समुद्रेषु पाताले पर्वतेषु च
asaṅgā gatayasteṣāṃ catasraścakravartinām antarikṣe samudreṣu pātāle parvateṣu ca
Unobstructed are the four movements of those universal emperors: in the sky, in the oceans, in the netherworld, and on the mountains.
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MtP 142.74
इज्या दानं तपः सत्यं त्रेताधर्मास्तु वै स्मृताः तदा प्रवर्तते धर्मो वर्णाश्रमविभागशः मर्यादास्थापनार्थं च दण्डनीतिः प्रवर्तते
ijyā dānaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ tretādharmāstu vai smṛtāḥ tadā pravartate dharmo varṇāśramavibhāgaśaḥ maryādāsthāpanārthaṃ ca daṇḍanītiḥ pravartate
Sacrifice, giving, austerity, truth — these are held to be the dharmas of the Tretā; then dharma proceeds according to the division of classes and life-stages, and for the sake of establishing the bounds the discipline of punishment comes into operation.
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MtP 142.75
हृष्टपुष्टा जनाः सर्वे अरोगाः पूर्णमानसाः एको वेदश्चतुष्पादस् त्रेतायां तु विधिः स्मृतः त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि जीवन्ते तत्र ताः प्रजाः
hṛṣṭapuṣṭā janāḥ sarve arogāḥ pūrṇamānasāḥ eko vedaścatuṣpādas tretāyāṃ tu vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi jīvante tatra tāḥ prajāḥ
All people are joyful and well-nourished, free of disease, full in mind; the Veda is one, with four parts — such is the rule held (to obtain) in the Tretā; and there those creatures live three thousand years.
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MtP 142.76
पुत्रपौत्रसमाकीर्णा म्रियन्ते च क्रमेण ताः एष त्रेतायुगे भावस् त्रेतासंख्यां निबोधत
putrapautrasamākīrṇā mriyante ca krameṇa tāḥ eṣa tretāyuge bhāvas tretāsaṃkhyāṃ nibodhata
Surrounded by sons and grandsons, they die in due order. This is the condition in the Tretā age; now learn the reckoning of the Tretā.
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MtP 142.77
त्रेतायुगस्वभावेन संध्यापादेन वर्तते संध्यापादः स्वभावाच्च यो ऽंशः पादेन तिष्ठति
tretāyugasvabhāvena saṃdhyāpādena vartate saṃdhyāpādaḥ svabhāvācca yo 'ṃśaḥ pādena tiṣṭhati
It proceeds with the nature of the Tretā age together with the twilight-quarter; and the twilight-quarter is that portion which, by (its own) nature, stands as a quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain