Matsya Purana — Chapter 146

MtP 146.1

कथं मत्स्येन कथितस् तारकस्य वधो महान् कस्मिन्काले विनिर्वृत्ता कथेयं सूतनन्दन

kathaṃ matsyena kathitas tārakasya vadho mahān kasminkāle vinirvṛttā katheyaṃ sūtanandana

How was the great slaying of Tāraka told by the Fish? At what time did this story come about, O son of the Sūta?

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MtP 146.2

त्वन्मुखक्षीरसिन्धूत्था कथेयममृतात्मिका कर्णाभ्यां पिबतां तृप्तिर् अस्माकं न प्रजायते इदं मुने समाख्याहि महाबुद्धे मनोगतम्

tvanmukhakṣīrasindhūtthā katheyamamṛtātmikā karṇābhyāṃ pibatāṃ tṛptir asmākaṃ na prajāyate idaṃ mune samākhyāhi mahābuddhe manogatam

This story, nectar in its very nature, risen from the milk-ocean of your mouth — for us who drink it with our two ears no satiety arises. Tell us this that is in our mind, O sage of great understanding.

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MtP 146.3

पृष्टस्तु मनुना देवो मत्स्यरूपी जनार्दनः कथं शरवणे जातो देवः षड्वदनो विभो

pṛṣṭastu manunā devo matsyarūpī janārdanaḥ kathaṃ śaravaṇe jāto devaḥ ṣaḍvadano vibho

The god Janārdana in the form of a fish was asked by Manu: "How, O mighty one, was the six-faced god born in the reed-thicket?"

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MtP 146.4

एतत्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा पार्थिवस्यामितौजसः उवाच भगवान्प्रीतो ब्रह्मसूनुर्महामतिम्

etattu vacanaṃ śrutvā pārthivasyāmitaujasaḥ uvāca bhagavānprīto brahmasūnurmahāmatim

Having heard this speech of the king of measureless might, the Lord, the son of Brahmā, pleased, spoke to that man of great understanding.

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MtP 146.5

वज्राङ्गो नाम दैत्यो ऽभूत् तस्य पुत्रस्तु तारकः सुरानुद्वासयामास पुरेभ्यः स महाबलः

vajrāṅgo nāma daityo 'bhūt tasya putrastu tārakaḥ surānudvāsayāmāsa purebhyaḥ sa mahābalaḥ

There was a demon named Vajrāṅga; his son was Tāraka. That one of great strength drove the gods out from their cities.

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MtP 146.6

ततस्ते ब्रह्मणो ऽभ्याशं जग्मुर्भयनिपीडिताः भीतांश्च त्रिदशान्दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मा तेषामुवाच ह

tataste brahmaṇo 'bhyāśaṃ jagmurbhayanipīḍitāḥ bhītāṃśca tridaśāndṛṣṭvā brahmā teṣāmuvāca ha

Then they, oppressed by fear, went into the presence of Brahmā; and seeing the thirty gods afraid, Brahmā spoke to them.

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MtP 146.7

संत्यजध्वं भयं देवाः शंकरस्यात्मजः शिशुः तुहिनाचलदौहित्रस् तं हनिष्यति दानवम्

saṃtyajadhvaṃ bhayaṃ devāḥ śaṃkarasyātmajaḥ śiśuḥ tuhinācaladauhitras taṃ haniṣyati dānavam

"Give up your fear, O gods! A child, the son of Śaṃkara, the daughter's son of the Snow Mountain, will slay that Dānava."

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MtP 146.8

ततः काले तु कस्मिंश्चिद् दृष्ट्वा वै शैलजां शिवः स्वरेतो वह्निवदने व्यसृजत्कारणान्तरे

tataḥ kāle tu kasmiṃścid dṛṣṭvā vai śailajāṃ śivaḥ svareto vahnivadane vyasṛjatkāraṇāntare

Then, at a certain time, Śiva, having seen the Mountain's daughter, discharged his own seed into the mouth of Fire, for another reason.

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MtP 146.9

तत्प्राप्तं वह्निवदने रेतो देवानतर्पयत् विदार्य जठराण्येषाम् अजीर्णं निर्गतं मुने

tatprāptaṃ vahnivadane reto devānatarpayat vidārya jaṭharāṇyeṣām ajīrṇaṃ nirgataṃ mune

That seed, having reached the mouth of Fire, satiated the gods; and splitting open their bellies, undigested, it came out, O sage.

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MtP 146.10

पतितं तत्सरिद्वरां ततस्तु शरकानने तस्मात्तु स समुद्भूतो गुहो दिनकरप्रभः

patitaṃ tatsaridvarāṃ tatastu śarakānane tasmāttu sa samudbhūto guho dinakaraprabhaḥ

It fell into that best of rivers, and then into the reed-thicket; and from it he arose, Guha, with the radiance of the sun.

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MtP 146.11

स सप्तदिवसो बालो निजघ्ने तारकासुरम् एवं श्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं तम् ऊचुर् ऋषिसत्तमाः

sa saptadivaso bālo nijaghne tārakāsuram evaṃ śrutvā tato vākyaṃ tam ūcur ṛṣisattamāḥ

That child, seven days old, slew the demon Tāraka. Having thus heard this speech, the most excellent sages then said to him:

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MtP 146.12

अत्याश्चर्यवती रम्या कथेयं पापनाशिनी विस्तरेण हि नो ब्रूहि याथातथ्येन शृण्वताम्

atyāścaryavatī ramyā katheyaṃ pāpanāśinī vistareṇa hi no brūhi yāthātathyena śṛṇvatām

"This story is exceedingly wondrous, delightful, destroying sin. Tell it to us at length, just as it was, as we listen.

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MtP 146.13

वज्राङ्गो नाम दैत्येन्द्रः कस्य वंशोद्भवः पुरा यस्याभूत्तारकः पुत्रः सुरप्रमथनो बली

vajrāṅgo nāma daityendraḥ kasya vaṃśodbhavaḥ purā yasyābhūttārakaḥ putraḥ surapramathano balī

Of whose lineage was that lord of demons named Vajrāṅga born of old, he whose son was Tāraka, the mighty crusher of the gods?

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MtP 146.14

निर्मितः को वधे चाभूत् तस्य दैत्येश्वरस्य तु गुहजन्म तु कार्त्स्न्येन अस्माकं ब्रूहि मानद

nirmitaḥ ko vadhe cābhūt tasya daityeśvarasya tu guhajanma tu kārtsnyena asmākaṃ brūhi mānada

"And who was created for the killing of that lord of the daityas? And tell us in full the birth of Guha, O giver of honour."

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MtP 146.15

मानसो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः षष्टिं सो ऽजनयत्कन्या वैरिण्यामेव नः श्रुतम्

mānaso brahmaṇaḥ putro dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ ṣaṣṭiṃ so 'janayatkanyā vairiṇyāmeva naḥ śrutam

Dakṣa by name, a Prajāpati, was the mind-born son of Brahmā; he begot sixty daughters upon Vairiṇī — so indeed we have heard.

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MtP 146.16

ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश सप्तविंशतिं सोमाय चतस्रो ऽरिष्टनेमये

dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa saptaviṃśatiṃ somāya catasro 'riṣṭanemaye

Of these he gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, four to Ariṣṭanemi,

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MtP 146.17

द्वे वै बाहुकपुत्राय द्वे वै चाङ्गिरसे तथा द्वे कृशाश्वाय विदुषे प्रजापतिसुतः प्रभुः

dve vai bāhukaputrāya dve vai cāṅgirase tathā dve kṛśāśvāya viduṣe prajāpatisutaḥ prabhuḥ

two to the son of Bāhuka, and two likewise to Āṅgirasa, and two to the learned Kṛśāśva — (so did) the mighty son of Prajāpati (Brahmā).

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MtP 146.18

अदितिर्दितिर्दनुर्विश्वा ह्य् अरिष्टा सुरसा तथा सुरभिर्विनता चैव ताम्रा क्रोधवशा इरा

aditirditirdanurviśvā hy ariṣṭā surasā tathā surabhirvinatā caiva tāmrā krodhavaśā irā

Aditi, Diti, Danu, Viśvā, Ariṣṭā, and Surasā, Surabhi, and Vinatā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Irā,

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MtP 146.19

कद्रूर्मुनिश्च लोकस्य मातरो गोषु मातरः तासां सकाशाल्लोकानां जङ्गमस्थावरात्मनाम्

kadrūrmuniśca lokasya mātaro goṣu mātaraḥ tāsāṃ sakāśāllokānāṃ jaṅgamasthāvarātmanām

and Kadrū and Muni — (these are) the mothers of the world, the mothers among cows; from them (come) the worlds, whose nature is moving and unmoving,

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MtP 146.20

जन्म नानाप्रकाराणां ताभ्यो ऽन्ये देहिनः स्मृताः देवेन्द्रोपेन्द्रपूषाद्याः सर्वे ते दितिजा मताः

janma nānāprakārāṇāṃ tābhyo 'nye dehinaḥ smṛtāḥ devendropendrapūṣādyāḥ sarve te ditijā matāḥ

and the birth of beings of many kinds; other embodied creatures too are held to be from them. Indra, Upendra, Pūṣan and the rest — all these are considered born of Diti (i.e. Aditi).

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MtP 146.21

दितेः सकाशाल्लोकास्तु हिरण्यकशिपादयः दानवाश्च दनोः पुत्रा गावश्च सुरभीसुताः

diteḥ sakāśāllokāstu hiraṇyakaśipādayaḥ dānavāśca danoḥ putrā gāvaśca surabhīsutāḥ

But from Diti (came) the worlds' (beings) beginning with Hiraṇyakaśipu; and the Dānavas are the sons of Danu, and the cows are the offspring of Surabhi.

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MtP 146.22

पक्षिणो विनतापुत्रा गरुडप्रमुखाः स्मृताः नागाः कद्रूसुता ज्ञेयाः शेषाश्चान्ये ऽपि जन्तवः

pakṣiṇo vinatāputrā garuḍapramukhāḥ smṛtāḥ nāgāḥ kadrūsutā jñeyāḥ śeṣāścānye 'pi jantavaḥ

The birds are known as the sons of Vinatā, headed by Garuḍa; the Nāgas are to be understood as the sons of Kadrū, and the remaining creatures as well.

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MtP 146.23

त्रैलोक्यनाथं शक्रं तु सर्वामरगणप्रभुम् हिरण्यकशिपुश्चक्रे जित्वा राज्यं महाबलः

trailokyanāthaṃ śakraṃ tu sarvāmaragaṇaprabhum hiraṇyakaśipuścakre jitvā rājyaṃ mahābalaḥ

Having conquered Śakra, the lord of the three worlds, ruler of all the hosts of immortals, the mighty Hiraṇyakaśipu took the kingship for himself.

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MtP 146.24

ततः केनापि कालेन हिरण्यकशिपादयः निहता विष्णुना संख्ये शेषाश्चेन्द्रेण दानवाः

tataḥ kenāpi kālena hiraṇyakaśipādayaḥ nihatā viṣṇunā saṃkhye śeṣāścendreṇa dānavāḥ

Then after some length of time Hiraṇyakaśipu and the others were slain in battle by Viṣṇu, and the remaining Dānavas by Indra.

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MtP 146.25

ततो निहतपुत्राभूद् दितिर् वरमयाचत भर्तारं कश्यपं देवं पुत्रमन्यं महाबलम्

tato nihataputrābhūd ditir varamayācata bhartāraṃ kaśyapaṃ devaṃ putramanyaṃ mahābalam

Then Diti, her sons slain, begged a boon from her husband, the god Kaśyapa: another son, of great strength,

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MtP 146.26

समरे शक्रहन्तारं स तस्या अददात्प्रभुः

samare śakrahantāraṃ sa tasyā adadātprabhuḥ

one who would slay Śakra in battle; and the lord granted it to her.

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MtP 146.27

नियमे वर्त हे देवि सहस्रं शुचिमानसा वर्षाणां लप्स्यसे पुत्रम् इत्युक्ता सा तथाकरोत्

niyame varta he devi sahasraṃ śucimānasā varṣāṇāṃ lapsyase putram ityuktā sā tathākarot

"Keep to the observance, O lady, for a thousand years with a pure mind, and you shall obtain a son." So told, she did accordingly.

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MtP 146.28

वर्तन्त्या नियमे तस्याः सहस्राक्षः समाहितः उपासामाचरत्तस्याः सा चैनमन्वमन्यत

vartantyā niyame tasyāḥ sahasrākṣaḥ samāhitaḥ upāsāmācarattasyāḥ sā cainamanvamanyata

While she was keeping to the observance, the thousand-eyed one, intent (upon his purpose), performed service to her, and she looked upon him with favour.

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MtP 146.29

दशवत्सरशेषस्य सहस्रस्य तदा दितिः उवाच शक्रं सुप्रीता वरदा तपसि स्थिता

daśavatsaraśeṣasya sahasrasya tadā ditiḥ uvāca śakraṃ suprītā varadā tapasi sthitā

Then, when ten years of the thousand remained, Diti, well pleased, ready to grant a boon, established in austerity, said to Śakra:

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MtP 146.30

पुत्रोत्तीर्णव्रतां प्रायो विद्धि मां पाकशासन भविष्यति च ते भ्राता तेन सार्धमिमां श्रियम्

putrottīrṇavratāṃ prāyo viddhi māṃ pākaśāsana bhaviṣyati ca te bhrātā tena sārdhamimāṃ śriyam

"Know me, O Pākaśāsana, as one whose vow for a son is nearly completed; and he will be your brother, and together with him this prosperity—

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MtP 146.31

भुङ्क्ष्व वत्स यथाकामं त्रैलोक्यं हतकण्टकम् इत्युक्त्वा निद्रयाविष्टा चरणाक्रान्तमूर्धजा

bhuṅkṣva vatsa yathākāmaṃ trailokyaṃ hatakaṇṭakam ityuktvā nidrayāviṣṭā caraṇākrāntamūrdhajā

—enjoy, my child, as you wish, the three worlds with their thorns destroyed." Having said this, overcome by sleep, her hair fallen across her feet,

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MtP 146.32

स्वयं सुष्वापानियता भाविनो ऽर्थस्य गौरवात् तत्तु रन्ध्रं समासाद्य जठरं पाकशासनः

svayaṃ suṣvāpāniyatā bhāvino 'rthasya gauravāt tattu randhraṃ samāsādya jaṭharaṃ pākaśāsanaḥ

she fell asleep of herself, unrestrained, by the weight of what was destined to be; and Pākaśāsana, finding that opening, (entered) her womb

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MtP 146.33

चकार सप्तधा गर्भं कुलिशेन तु देवराट् एकैकं तु पुनः खण्डं चकार मघवा ततः

cakāra saptadhā garbhaṃ kuliśena tu devarāṭ ekaikaṃ tu punaḥ khaṇḍaṃ cakāra maghavā tataḥ

and the king of the gods made the embryo sevenfold with his thunderbolt; and then Maghavan made each single piece again

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MtP 146.34

सप्तधा सप्तधा कोपात् प्राबुध्यत ततो दितिः विबुध्योवाच मा शक्र घातयेथाः प्रजां मम

saptadhā saptadhā kopāt prābudhyata tato ditiḥ vibudhyovāca mā śakra ghātayethāḥ prajāṃ mama

(Each piece he made) sevenfold and sevenfold in his anger; then Diti awoke, and on awakening she said: "Śakra, do not kill my offspring!"

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MtP 146.35

तच्छ्रुत्वा निर्गतः शक्रः स्थित्वा प्राञ्जलिरग्रतः उवाच वाक्यं संत्रस्तो मातुर्वै वदनेरितम्

tacchrutvā nirgataḥ śakraḥ sthitvā prāñjaliragrataḥ uvāca vākyaṃ saṃtrasto māturvai vadaneritam

Hearing that, Śakra came out and, standing before (her) with joined palms, terrified, spoke a word prompted by (his) mother's utterance.

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MtP 146.36

दिवास्वप्नपरा मातः पादाक्रान्तशिरोरुहा सप्तसप्तभिरेवातस् तव गर्भः कृतो मया

divāsvapnaparā mātaḥ pādākrāntaśiroruhā saptasaptabhirevātas tava garbhaḥ kṛto mayā

"Mother, you slept by day with your hair touched by your feet; therefore your embryo was made by me into seven times seven (pieces)."

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MtP 146.37

एकोनपञ्चाशत्कृता भागा वज्रेण ते सुताः दास्यामि तेषां स्थानानि दिवि दैवतपूजिते

ekonapañcāśatkṛtā bhāgā vajreṇa te sutāḥ dāsyāmi teṣāṃ sthānāni divi daivatapūjite

"Your sons have been made into forty-nine portions by the thunderbolt; I shall give them places in heaven, O you who are honoured by the gods."

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MtP 146.38

इत्युक्ता सा तदा देवी सैवमस्त्वित्यभाषत पुनश्च देवी भर्तारम् उवाचासितलोचना

ityuktā sā tadā devī saivamastvityabhāṣata punaśca devī bhartāram uvācāsitalocanā

Being thus addressed, the goddess then said, "Let it be so"; and again the dark-eyed goddess spoke to her husband:

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MtP 146.39

पुत्रं प्रजापते देहि शक्रजेतारमूर्जितम् यो नास्त्रशस्त्रैर्वध्यत्वं गच्छेत्त्रिदिववासिनाम्

putraṃ prajāpate dehi śakrajetāramūrjitam yo nāstraśastrairvadhyatvaṃ gacchettridivavāsinām

"Lord of creatures, grant (me) a mighty son, a conqueror of Śakra, who would not be liable to be slain by the missiles and weapons of the dwellers in heaven."

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MtP 146.40

इत्युक्तः स तथोवाच तां पत्नीमतिदुःखिताम् दश वर्षसहस्राणि तपः कृत्वा तु लप्स्यसे

ityuktaḥ sa tathovāca tāṃ patnīmatiduḥkhitām daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tapaḥ kṛtvā tu lapsyase

Thus addressed, he spoke thus to that deeply grieving wife: "Having performed austerity for ten thousand years, you shall obtain (him)."

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MtP 146.41

वज्रासारमयैर् अङ्गैर् अछेद्यैरायसैर् दृढैः वज्राङ्गो नाम पुत्रस्ते भविता पुत्रवत्सले

vajrāsāramayair aṅgair achedyairāyasair dṛḍhaiḥ vajrāṅgo nāma putraste bhavitā putravatsale

"With limbs made of the substance of the thunderbolt, uncuttable, of iron, firm—a son named Vajrāṅga will be yours, O you who are fond of sons."

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MtP 146.42

सा तु लब्धवरा देवी जगाम तपसे वनम् दश वर्षसहस्राणि सा तपो घोरमाचरत्

sā tu labdhavarā devī jagāma tapase vanam daśa varṣasahasrāṇi sā tapo ghoramācarat

And she, the goddess, having received the boon, went to the forest for austerity; for ten thousand years she practised terrible austerity.

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MtP 146.43

तपसो ऽन्ते भगवती जनयामास दुर्जयम् पुत्रमप्रतिकर्माणम् अजेयं वज्रदुश्छिदम्

tapaso 'nte bhagavatī janayāmāsa durjayam putramapratikarmāṇam ajeyaṃ vajraduśchidam

At the end of the austerity the venerable lady gave birth to a son hard to conquer, against whom no counter-action was possible, unvanquishable, hard for the thunderbolt to cleave.

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MtP 146.44

स जातमात्र एवाभूत् सर्वशस्त्रास्त्रपारगः उवाच मातरं भक्त्या मातः किं करवाण्यहम्

sa jātamātra evābhūt sarvaśastrāstrapāragaḥ uvāca mātaraṃ bhaktyā mātaḥ kiṃ karavāṇyaham

The very moment he was born he became a master of all weapons and missiles; he said to his mother with devotion: "Mother, what shall I do?"

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MtP 146.45

तमुवाच ततो हृष्टा दितिर्दैत्याधिपं च सा बहवो मे हताः पुत्राः सहस्राक्षेण पुत्रक

tamuvāca tato hṛṣṭā ditirdaityādhipaṃ ca sā bahavo me hatāḥ putrāḥ sahasrākṣeṇa putraka

Then Diti, delighted, said to him, the lord of the Daityas: "Many sons of mine have been slain by the Thousand-eyed one, my little son."

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MtP 146.46

तेषां त्वं प्रतिकर्तुं वै गच्छ शक्रवधाय च बाढमित्येव तामुक्त्वा जगाम त्रिदिवं बली

teṣāṃ tvaṃ pratikartuṃ vai gaccha śakravadhāya ca bāḍhamityeva tāmuktvā jagāma tridivaṃ balī

"To requite them, go, and for the slaying of Śakra." Saying to her just "Very well," the strong one went to heaven.

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MtP 146.47

बद्ध्वा ततः सहस्राक्षं पाशेनामोघवर्चसा मातुरन्तिकमागच्छद् व्याघ्रः क्षुद्रमृगं यथा

baddhvā tataḥ sahasrākṣaṃ pāśenāmoghavarcasā māturantikamāgacchad vyāghraḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā

Then, having bound the Thousand-eyed one with a noose of unfailing power, he came to his mother's presence, as a tiger (brings) a small deer.

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MtP 146.48

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा कश्यपश्च महातपाः आगतौ तत्र यत्रास्तां मातापुत्रावभीतकौ

etasminnantare brahmā kaśyapaśca mahātapāḥ āgatau tatra yatrāstāṃ mātāputrāvabhītakau

In this interval Brahmā and Kaśyapa of great austerity came there, where the mother and son were, the two who were fearless.

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MtP 146.49

दृष्ट्वा तु तावुवाचेदं ब्रह्मा कश्यप एव च मुञ्चैनं पुत्र देवेन्द्रं किमनेन प्रयोजनम्

dṛṣṭvā tu tāvuvācedaṃ brahmā kaśyapa eva ca muñcainaṃ putra devendraṃ kimanena prayojanam

Seeing those two, Brahmā and Kaśyapa said this: "Son, release this lord of the gods; what use is there in him?"

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MtP 146.50

अपमानो वधः प्रोक्तः पुत्र संभावितस्य च अस्मद्वाक्येन यो मुक्तो विद्धि तं मृतमेव च

apamāno vadhaḥ proktaḥ putra saṃbhāvitasya ca asmadvākyena yo mukto viddhi taṃ mṛtameva ca

"For a man of standing, dishonour is called death, son; know that he who is released at our word is as good as dead."

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MtP 146.51

परस्य गौरवान्मुक्तः शत्रूणां भारमावहेत् जीवन्नेव मृतो वत्स दिवसे दिवसे स तु

parasya gauravānmuktaḥ śatrūṇāṃ bhāramāvahet jīvanneva mṛto vatsa divase divase sa tu

"Released because of the eminence of another, he would carry the burden of (being beholden to) his enemies; though alive he is dead, dear child, day after day."

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MtP 146.52

महतां वशमायाते वैरं नैवास्ति वैरिणि एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वज्राङ्गः प्रणतो वाक्यमब्रवीत्

mahatāṃ vaśamāyāte vairaṃ naivāsti vairiṇi etacchrutvā tu vajrāṅgaḥ praṇato vākyamabravīt

"When (an enemy) has come under the power of the great, there is no enmity left in the foe." Hearing this, Vajrāṅga bowed and spoke these words:

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MtP 146.53

न मे कृत्यमनेनास्ति मातुराज्ञा कृता मया त्वं सुरासुरनाथो ऽसि मम च प्रपितामहः

na me kṛtyamanenāsti māturājñā kṛtā mayā tvaṃ surāsuranātho 'si mama ca prapitāmahaḥ

"I have no business with him; my mother's command has been carried out by me. You are the lord of gods and demons, and my great-grandfather."

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MtP 146.54

करिष्ये त्वद्वचो देव एष मुक्तः शतक्रतुः तपसे मे रतिर्देव निर्विघ्नं चैव मे भवेत्

kariṣye tvadvaco deva eṣa muktaḥ śatakratuḥ tapase me ratirdeva nirvighnaṃ caiva me bhavet

"I will do as you say, O god: this Śatakratu is released. Let me have delight in ascesis, O god, and let it be free of obstruction for me—

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MtP 146.55

त्वत्प्रसादेन भगवन्न् इत्युक्त्वा विरराम सः तस्मिंस्तूष्णीं स्थिते दैत्ये प्रोवाचेदं पितामहः

tvatprasādena bhagavann ityuktvā virarāma saḥ tasmiṃstūṣṇīṃ sthite daitye provācedaṃ pitāmahaḥ

—by your grace, O Lord." Having spoken thus, he fell silent. When that daitya stood there in silence, the Grandfather said this:

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MtP 146.56

तपस्त्वं क्रूरमापन्नो ह्य् अस्मच्छासनसंस्थितः अनया चित्तशुद्ध्या ते पर्याप्तं जन्मनः फलम्

tapastvaṃ krūramāpanno hy asmacchāsanasaṃsthitaḥ anayā cittaśuddhyā te paryāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam

"You have taken up cruel ascesis, yet you have abided by our command; by this purity of mind of yours, the fruit of your birth is fully attained."

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MtP 146.57

इत्युक्त्वा पद्मजः कन्यां ससर्जायतलोचनाम् तामस्मै प्रददौ देवः पत्न्यर्थं पद्मसम्भवः

ityuktvā padmajaḥ kanyāṃ sasarjāyatalocanām tāmasmai pradadau devaḥ patnyarthaṃ padmasambhavaḥ

Having said this, the lotus-born one created a long-eyed maiden, and the god sprung from the lotus gave her to him to be his wife.

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MtP 146.58

वराङ्गीति च नामास्याः कृत्वा यातः पितामहः वज्राङ्गो ऽपि तया सार्धं जगाम तपसे वनम्

varāṅgīti ca nāmāsyāḥ kṛtvā yātaḥ pitāmahaḥ vajrāṅgo 'pi tayā sārdhaṃ jagāma tapase vanam

And having given her the name "Varāṅgī," the Grandfather departed; Vajrāṅga too went with her to the forest for ascesis.

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MtP 146.59

ऊर्ध्वबाहुः स दैत्येन्द्रो ऽचरदब्दसहस्रकम् कालं कमलपत्त्राक्षः शुद्धबुद्धिर् महातपाः

ūrdhvabāhuḥ sa daityendro 'caradabdasahasrakam kālaṃ kamalapattrākṣaḥ śuddhabuddhir mahātapāḥ

With arms raised aloft, that lord of the daityas passed a period of a thousand years, he of eyes like lotus petals, of pure intellect, of great austerity.

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MtP 146.60

तावच्चावाङ्मुखः कालं तावत्पञ्चाग्निमध्यगः निराहारो घोरतपास् तपोराशिरजायत

tāvaccāvāṅmukhaḥ kālaṃ tāvatpañcāgnimadhyagaḥ nirāhāro ghoratapās taporāśirajāyata

And for that long a time with his face turned downward, for that long amid five fires, without food, performing terrible ascesis, he became a very mass of austerity.

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MtP 146.61

ततः सो ऽन्तर्जले चक्रे कालं वर्षसहस्रकम् जलान्तरं प्रविष्टस्य तस्य पत्नी महाव्रता

tataḥ so 'ntarjale cakre kālaṃ varṣasahasrakam jalāntaraṃ praviṣṭasya tasya patnī mahāvratā

Then he spent a period of a thousand years within the water; and while he had entered into the water, his wife, of great vows,

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MtP 146.62

तस्यैव तीरे सरसस् तत्प्रीत्या मौनमास्थिता निराहारा तपो घोरं प्रविवेश महाद्युतिः

tasyaiva tīre sarasas tatprītyā maunamāsthitā nirāhārā tapo ghoraṃ praviveśa mahādyutiḥ

on the bank of that very lake, out of love for him, keeping silence and taking no food, she of great splendour entered upon terrible ascesis.

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MtP 146.63

तस्यां तपसि वर्तन्त्याम् इन्द्रश्चक्रे विभीषिकाम् भूत्वा तु मर्कटस्तत्र तदाश्रमपदं महान्

tasyāṃ tapasi vartantyām indraścakre vibhīṣikām bhūtvā tu markaṭastatra tadāśramapadaṃ mahān

While she was engaged in ascesis, Indra created a terrifying display: becoming a great monkey there, (he assailed) that hermitage-ground.

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MtP 146.64

चक्रे विलोलं निःशेषं तुम्बीघटकरण्डकम् ततस्तु मेघरूषेण कम्पं तस्याकरोन्महान्

cakre vilolaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ tumbīghaṭakaraṇḍakam tatastu megharūṣeṇa kampaṃ tasyākaronmahān

He set all her gourds, pots and baskets rolling about; then, mighty, in the guise of a cloud he made it shake.

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MtP 146.65

ततो भुजंगरूपेण बद्ध्वा च चरणद्वयम् अपाकर्षत्ततो दूरं भ्रमंस्तस्या महीमिमाम्

tato bhujaṃgarūpeṇa baddhvā ca caraṇadvayam apākarṣattato dūraṃ bhramaṃstasyā mahīmimām

Then, in the form of a serpent, he bound her two feet and dragged her far off, whirling her about over this earth.

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MtP 146.66

तपोबलाढ्या सा तस्य न वध्यत्वं जगाम ह ततो गोमायुरूपेण तस्यादूषयदाश्रमम्

tapobalāḍhyā sā tasya na vadhyatvaṃ jagāma ha tato gomāyurūpeṇa tasyādūṣayadāśramam

But she, endowed with the power of ascesis, did not become liable to be slain by him; then in the form of a jackal he defiled her hermitage.

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MtP 146.67

ततस्तु मेघरूपेण तस्याः क्लेदयदाश्रमम् भीषिकाभिर् अनेकाभिस् तां क्लिश्यन्पाकशासनः

tatastu megharūpeṇa tasyāḥ kledayadāśramam bhīṣikābhir anekābhis tāṃ kliśyanpākaśāsanaḥ

Then in the form of a cloud he drenched her hermitage—the chastiser of Pāka, afflicting her with many terrors.

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MtP 146.68

विरराम यदा नैवं वज्राङ्गमहिषी तदा शैलस्य दुष्टतां मत्वा शापं दातुं व्यवस्थिता

virarāma yadā naivaṃ vajrāṅgamahiṣī tadā śailasya duṣṭatāṃ matvā śāpaṃ dātuṃ vyavasthitā

When even so he did not desist, then Vajrāṅga's queen, supposing the mountain to be at fault, made ready to pronounce a curse.

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MtP 146.69

स शापाभिमुखां दृष्ट्वा शैलः पुरुषविग्रहः उवाच तां वरारोहां वराङ्गीं भीरुचेतनः

sa śāpābhimukhāṃ dṛṣṭvā śailaḥ puruṣavigrahaḥ uvāca tāṃ varārohāṃ varāṅgīṃ bhīrucetanaḥ

Seeing her bent on cursing, the mountain, in a man's body, his mind afraid, said to that fair-hipped Varāṅgī:

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MtP 146.70

नाहं वराङ्गने दुष्टः सेव्यो ऽहं सर्वदेहिनाम् विभ्रमं तु करोत्येष रुषितः पाकशासनः

nāhaṃ varāṅgane duṣṭaḥ sevyo 'haṃ sarvadehinām vibhramaṃ tu karotyeṣa ruṣitaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ

"I am not the wicked one, fair-limbed lady; I am one to be resorted to by all embodied beings. It is this chastiser of Pāka who, being angered, works this confusion."

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MtP 146.71

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे जातः कालो वर्षसहस्रिकः तस्मिन्गते तु भगवान् काले कमलसंभवः तुष्टः प्रोवाच वज्राङ्गं तमागम्य जलाश्रयम्

etasminnantare jātaḥ kālo varṣasahasrikaḥ tasmingate tu bhagavān kāle kamalasaṃbhavaḥ tuṣṭaḥ provāca vajrāṅgaṃ tamāgamya jalāśrayam

In the meantime a period of a thousand years elapsed; and when that time had passed, the Lord sprung from the lotus, being pleased, came to Vajrāṅga in his watery abode and spoke to him:

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MtP 146.72

ददामि सर्वकामांस्ते उत्तिष्ठ दितिनन्दन एवमुक्तस्तदोत्थाय दैत्येन्द्रस्तपसां निधिः उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं सर्वलोकपितामहम्

dadāmi sarvakāmāṃste uttiṣṭha ditinandana evamuktastadotthāya daityendrastapasāṃ nidhiḥ uvāca prāñjalirvākyaṃ sarvalokapitāmaham

"I grant you all your desires; rise, son of Diti." Addressed thus, the lord of daityas, that store of austerities, rose up then and with joined palms spoke these words to the Grandfather of all the worlds:

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MtP 146.73

आसुरो मास्तु मे भावः सन्तु लोका ममाक्षयाः तपस्येव रतिर् मेऽस्तु शरीरस्यास्तु वर्तनम्

āsuro māstu me bhāvaḥ santu lokā mamākṣayāḥ tapasyeva ratir me'stu śarīrasyāstu vartanam

"Let no asura disposition be mine; let my worlds be imperishable; let my delight be in ascesis alone; let there be (just enough) sustaining of the body."

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MtP 146.74

एवमस्त्विति तं देवो जगाम स्वकमालयम् वज्राङ्गो ऽपि समाप्ते तु तपसि स्थिरसंयमः

evamastviti taṃ devo jagāma svakamālayam vajrāṅgo 'pi samāpte tu tapasi sthirasaṃyamaḥ

"So be it," (said) the god, and went to his own abode; and Vajrāṅga too, when his austerity was completed, being firm in self-restraint,

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MtP 146.75

आहारमिच्छन्भार्यां स्वां न ददर्शाश्रमे स्वके क्षुधाविष्टः स शैलस्य गहनं प्रविवेश ह

āhāramicchanbhāryāṃ svāṃ na dadarśāśrame svake kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ sa śailasya gahanaṃ praviveśa ha

wishing for food, did not see his wife in his own hermitage; overcome by hunger he entered the thicket of the mountain,

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MtP 146.76

आदातुं फलमूलानि स च तस्मिन्व्यलोकयत् रुदतीं तां प्रियां दीनां तनुप्रच्छादिताननाम् तां विलोक्य स दैत्येन्द्रः प्रोवाच परिसान्त्वयन्

ādātuṃ phalamūlāni sa ca tasminvyalokayat rudatīṃ tāṃ priyāṃ dīnāṃ tanupracchāditānanām tāṃ vilokya sa daityendraḥ provāca parisāntvayan

to gather fruits and roots; and there he saw her, his beloved, weeping, wretched, her face covered by her (thin) garment. Seeing her, that lord of the Daityas spoke, consoling her:

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MtP 146.77

केन ते ऽपकृतं भीरु यमलोकं यियासुना कं वा कामं प्रयच्छामि शीघ्रं मे ब्रूहि भामिनि

kena te 'pakṛtaṃ bhīru yamalokaṃ yiyāsunā kaṃ vā kāmaṃ prayacchāmi śīghraṃ me brūhi bhāmini

"By whom, timid one, has this wrong been done to you—by one wishing to go to Yama's world? Or what desire shall I grant you? Tell me quickly, lady."

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