Matsya Purana — Chapter 147

MtP 147.1

त्रासितास्म्यपविद्धास्मि ताडिता पीडितापि च रौद्रेण देवराजेन नष्टनाथेव भूरिशः

trāsitāsmyapaviddhāsmi tāḍitā pīḍitāpi ca raudreṇa devarājena naṣṭanātheva bhūriśaḥ

"I have been terrified, I have been cast aside, struck and also tormented again and again by the fierce king of the gods, like one whose protector is gone.

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MtP 147.2

दुःखपारमपश्यन्ती प्राणांस्त्यक्तुं व्यवस्थिता पुत्रं मे तारकं देहि दुःखशोकमहार्णवात्

duḥkhapāramapaśyantī prāṇāṃstyaktuṃ vyavasthitā putraṃ me tārakaṃ dehi duḥkhaśokamahārṇavāt

Not seeing the far shore of my sorrow, I have resolved to give up my life. Give me a son who will carry (me) across the great ocean of grief and sorrow."

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MtP 147.3

एवमुक्तः स दैत्येन्द्रः कोपव्याकुललोचनः शक्तो ऽपि देवराजस्य प्रतिकर्तुं महासुरः

evamuktaḥ sa daityendraḥ kopavyākulalocanaḥ śakto 'pi devarājasya pratikartuṃ mahāsuraḥ

Addressed thus, that lord of the Daityas, his eyes agitated with anger—though the great Asura was able to retaliate against the king of the gods—

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MtP 147.4

तपः कर्तुं पुनर्दैत्यो व्यवस्वेत महाबलः ज्ञात्वा तु तस्य संकल्पं ब्रह्मा क्रूरतरं पुनः

tapaḥ kartuṃ punardaityo vyavasveta mahābalaḥ jñātvā tu tasya saṃkalpaṃ brahmā krūrataraṃ punaḥ

the mighty Daitya resolved to perform austerity once more. But Brahmā, knowing his resolve to be yet more cruel,

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MtP 147.5

आजगाम तदा तत्र यत्रासौ दितिनन्दनः उवाच तस्मै भगवान् प्रभुर्मधुरया गिरा

ājagāma tadā tatra yatrāsau ditinandanaḥ uvāca tasmai bhagavān prabhurmadhurayā girā

then came there, where that son of Diti was, and the blessed lord spoke to him with sweet speech:

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MtP 147.6

किमर्थं पुत्रं भूयस्त्वं नियमं क्रूरमिच्छसि आहाराभिमुखो दैत्य तन्नो ब्रूहि महाव्रत

kimarthaṃ putraṃ bhūyastvaṃ niyamaṃ krūramicchasi āhārābhimukho daitya tanno brūhi mahāvrata

"For what purpose, my son, do you again desire a cruel observance, when you are about to take food, O Daitya? Tell us that, you of the great vow.

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MtP 147.7

यावदब्दसहस्रेण निराहारस्य यत्फलम् क्षणेनैकेन तल्लभ्यं त्यक्त्वाहारमुपस्थितम्

yāvadabdasahasreṇa nirāhārasya yatphalam kṣaṇenaikena tallabhyaṃ tyaktvāhāramupasthitam

Whatever fruit belongs to one who fasts for a thousand years, that is obtainable in a single moment by abandoning food that has been set before one.

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MtP 147.8

त्यागो ह्यप्राप्तकामानां कामेभ्यो न तथा गुरुः यथा प्राप्तं परित्यज्य कामं कमललोचन

tyāgo hyaprāptakāmānāṃ kāmebhyo na tathā guruḥ yathā prāptaṃ parityajya kāmaṃ kamalalocana

For renunciation of pleasures by those who have not obtained them is not so weighty, O lotus-eyed one, as giving up a pleasure that has been obtained."

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MtP 147.9

श्रुत्वैतद्ब्रह्मणो वाक्यं दैत्यः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत् चिन्तयंस्तपसा युक्तो हृदि ब्रह्ममुखेरितम्

śrutvaitadbrahmaṇo vākyaṃ daityaḥ prāñjalirabravīt cintayaṃstapasā yukto hṛdi brahmamukheritam

Hearing this speech of Brahmā, the Daitya, with joined palms, spoke, pondering in his heart what had issued from Brahmā's mouth, being (still) engaged in austerity:

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MtP 147.10

उत्थितेन मया दृष्टा समाधानात्त्वदाज्ञया महिषी भीषिता दीना रुदती शाखिनस्तले

utthitena mayā dṛṣṭā samādhānāttvadājñayā mahiṣī bhīṣitā dīnā rudatī śākhinastale

"When I had risen from my meditation at your command, I saw my queen, frightened, wretched, weeping at the foot of a tree.

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MtP 147.11

सा मयोक्ता तु तन्वङ्गी दूयमानेन चेतसा किमेवं वर्तसे भीरु वद त्वं किं चिकीर्षसि

sā mayoktā tu tanvaṅgī dūyamānena cetasā kimevaṃ vartase bhīru vada tvaṃ kiṃ cikīrṣasi

She, the slender-limbed one, was addressed by me with a grieving mind: 'Why do you behave so, timid one? Say, what do you intend to do?'

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MtP 147.12

इत्युक्ता सा मया देव प्रोवाच स्खलिताक्षरम् वाक्यं चोवाच तन्वङ्गी भीता सा हेतुसंहितम्

ityuktā sā mayā deva provāca skhalitākṣaram vākyaṃ covāca tanvaṅgī bhītā sā hetusaṃhitam

Thus addressed by me, O god, she spoke with faltering syllables, and the slender-limbed one, frightened, uttered a speech giving the reason:

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MtP 147.13

त्रासितास्म्यपविद्धास्मि कर्षिता पीडितास्मि च रौद्रेण देवराजेन नष्टनाथेव भूरिशः

trāsitāsmyapaviddhāsmi karṣitā pīḍitāsmi ca raudreṇa devarājena naṣṭanātheva bhūriśaḥ

'I have been terrified, I have been cast aside, dragged about and tormented by the fierce king of the gods again and again, like one whose protector is gone.

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MtP 147.14

दुःखस्यान्तमपश्यन्ती प्राणांस्त्यक्तुं व्यवस्थिता पुत्रं मे तारकं देहि ह्य् अस्माद्दुःखमहार्णवात्

duḥkhasyāntamapaśyantī prāṇāṃstyaktuṃ vyavasthitā putraṃ me tārakaṃ dehi hy asmādduḥkhamahārṇavāt

Not seeing an end to my sorrow, I have resolved to give up my life. Give me a son who will carry (me) across out of this great ocean of sorrow.'

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MtP 147.15

एवमुक्तस्तु संक्षुब्धस् तस्याः पुत्रार्थमुद्यतः तपो घोरं करिष्यामि जयाय त्रिदिवौकसाम्

evamuktastu saṃkṣubdhas tasyāḥ putrārthamudyataḥ tapo ghoraṃ kariṣyāmi jayāya tridivaukasām

Addressed thus, agitated, intent on (obtaining) a son for her (I resolved): 'I shall perform terrible austerity, for victory over the dwellers of heaven.'"

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MtP 147.16

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचो देवः पद्मगर्भोद्भवस्तदा उवाच दैत्यराजानं प्रसन्नश्चतुराननः

etacchrutvā vaco devaḥ padmagarbhodbhavastadā uvāca daityarājānaṃ prasannaścaturānanaḥ

Hearing this speech, the god born from the lotus-womb, the four-faced one, then, being pleased, said to the king of the Daityas:

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MtP 147.17

अलं ते तपसा वत्स मा क्लेशे दुस्तरे विश पुत्रस्ते तारको नाम भविष्यति महाबलः

alaṃ te tapasā vatsa mā kleśe dustare viśa putraste tārako nāma bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ

"Enough of your austerity, child; do not enter into unbearable toil. You shall have a son named Tāraka, of great strength,

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MtP 147.18

देवसीमन्तिनीनां तु धम्मिल्लस्य विमोक्षणः इत्युक्तो दैत्यनाथस्तु प्रणिपत्य पितामहम्

devasīmantinīnāṃ tu dhammillasya vimokṣaṇaḥ ityukto daityanāthastu praṇipatya pitāmaham

and (he shall be) the loosener of the braided hair of the wives of the gods." So addressed, the lord of the Daityas bowed down to the Grandfather (Brahmā),

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MtP 147.19

आगत्यानन्दयामास महिषीं हर्षिताननः तौ दम्पती कृतार्थौ तु जग्मतुः स्वाश्रमं मुदा

āgatyānandayāmāsa mahiṣīṃ harṣitānanaḥ tau dampatī kṛtārthau tu jagmatuḥ svāśramaṃ mudā

and having returned, with a face full of joy he gladdened his queen; and the two, husband and wife, their purpose accomplished, went happily to their own hermitage.

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MtP 147.20

वज्राङ्गेणाहितं गर्भं वराङ्गी वरवर्णिनी पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं च दधारोदर एव हि

vajrāṅgeṇāhitaṃ garbhaṃ varāṅgī varavarṇinī pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca dadhārodara eva hi

And the fair-limbed one of lovely complexion carried in her womb for a full thousand years the embryo placed (there) by Vajrāṅga.

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MtP 147.21

ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते वराङ्गी सुषुवे सुतम् जायमाने तु दैत्येन्द्रे तस्मिंल्लोकभयंकरे

tato varṣasahasrānte varāṅgī suṣuve sutam jāyamāne tu daityendre tasmiṃllokabhayaṃkare

Then, at the end of a thousand years, Varāṅgī bore a son; and when that lord of the Daityas, the terror of the worlds, was being born,

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MtP 147.22

चचाल सकला पृथ्वी समुद्राश्च चकम्पिरे चेलुर्महीधराः सर्वे ववुर्वाताश्च भीषणाः

cacāla sakalā pṛthvī samudrāśca cakampire celurmahīdharāḥ sarve vavurvātāśca bhīṣaṇāḥ

the whole earth shook, and the oceans trembled, all the mountains quivered, and fearful winds blew,

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MtP 147.23

जेपुर्जप्यं मुनिवरा नेदुर्व्यालमृगा अपि चन्द्रसूर्यौ जहुः कान्तिं सनीहारा दिशो ऽभवन्

jepurjapyaṃ munivarā nedurvyālamṛgā api candrasūryau jahuḥ kāntiṃ sanīhārā diśo 'bhavan

the best of sages muttered prayers, and even beasts of prey and deer cried out; the moon and sun lost their brightness, and the quarters became covered with mist.

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MtP 147.24

जाते महासुरे तस्मिन् सर्वे चापि महासुराः आजग्मुर्हृषितास्तत्र तथा चासुरयोषितः

jāte mahāsure tasmin sarve cāpi mahāsurāḥ ājagmurhṛṣitāstatra tathā cāsurayoṣitaḥ

When that great Asura was born, all the great Asuras too came there rejoicing, and likewise the Asura women.

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MtP 147.25

जगुर्हर्षसमाविष्टा ननृतुश्चासुराङ्गनाः ततो महोत्सवो जातो दानवानां द्विजोत्तमाः

jagurharṣasamāviṣṭā nanṛtuścāsurāṅganāḥ tato mahotsavo jāto dānavānāṃ dvijottamāḥ

Filled with delight, the Asura women sang and danced; and then there arose a great festival of the Dānavas, O best of the twice-born.

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MtP 147.26

विषण्णमनसो देवाः समहेन्द्रास्तदाभवन् वराङ्गी स्वसुतं दृष्ट्वा हर्षेणापूरिता तदा

viṣaṇṇamanaso devāḥ samahendrāstadābhavan varāṅgī svasutaṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣeṇāpūritā tadā

Then the gods, along with great Indra, became dejected in mind; and Varāṅgī, seeing her own son, was then filled with joy.

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MtP 147.27

बहु मेने न देवेन्द्रविजयं तु तदेव सा जातमात्रस्तु दैत्येन्द्रस् तारकश्चण्डविक्रमः

bahu mene na devendravijayaṃ tu tadeva sā jātamātrastu daityendras tārakaścaṇḍavikramaḥ

She thought little of it, even of a victory over the lord of the gods; but the lord of the Daityas, Tāraka of fierce valour, as soon as he was born,

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MtP 147.28

अभिषिक्तो ऽसुरैः सर्वैः कुजम्भमहिषादिभिः सर्वासुरमहाराज्ये पृथिवीतुलनक्षमैः

abhiṣikto 'suraiḥ sarvaiḥ kujambhamahiṣādibhiḥ sarvāsuramahārājye pṛthivītulanakṣamaiḥ

was consecrated by all the Asuras, Kujambha, Mahiṣa and the rest, who were able to lift up the earth, into the great kingship over all Asuras.

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MtP 147.29

स तु प्राप्य महाराज्यं तारको मुनिसत्तमाः उवाच दानवश्रेष्ठान् युक्तियुक्तमिदं वचः

sa tu prāpya mahārājyaṃ tārako munisattamāḥ uvāca dānavaśreṣṭhān yuktiyuktamidaṃ vacaḥ

And having obtained the great kingship, Tāraka, O best of sages, spoke to the foremost Dānavas these words, well fitted with reasoning:

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