Matsya Purana — Chapter 162
MtP 162.1
ततो दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं कालचक्रमिवागतम् नरसिंहवपुश्छन्नं भस्मच्छन्नमिवानलम्
tato dṛṣṭvā mahātmānaṃ kālacakramivāgatam narasiṃhavapuśchannaṃ bhasmacchannamivānalam
Then, having seen the great one, come like the wheel of Time, hidden in the form of a man-lion, like a fire covered over with ash —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 162.2
हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्रः प्रह्लादो नाम वीर्यवान् दिव्येन चक्षुषा सिंहम् अपश्यद्देवमागतम्
hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putraḥ prahlādo nāma vīryavān divyena cakṣuṣā siṃham apaśyaddevamāgatam
Hiraṇyakaśipu's son, the valorous one named Prahlāda, saw with divine eye the lion, the god, who had come.
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MtP 162.3
ते दृष्ट्वा रुक्मशैलाभम् अपूर्वां तनुमाश्रितम् विस्मिता दानवाः सर्वे हिरण्यकशिपुश्च सः
te dṛṣṭvā rukmaśailābham apūrvāṃ tanumāśritam vismitā dānavāḥ sarve hiraṇyakaśipuśca saḥ
Seeing (him) with the sheen of a golden mountain, having taken on an unprecedented body, all the dānavas were amazed, and that Hiraṇyakaśipu too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 162.4
महाबाहो महाराज दैत्यानामादिसंभव न श्रुतं न च नो दृष्टं नारसिंहमिदं वपुः
mahābāho mahārāja daityānāmādisaṃbhava na śrutaṃ na ca no dṛṣṭaṃ nārasiṃhamidaṃ vapuḥ
"O mighty-armed one, great king, first origin of the daityas, this man-lion form has not been heard of by us, nor seen."
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MtP 162.5
अव्यक्तप्रभवं दिव्यं किमिदं रूपमागतम् दैत्यान्तकरणं घोरं संशतीव मनो मम
avyaktaprabhavaṃ divyaṃ kimidaṃ rūpamāgatam daityāntakaraṇaṃ ghoraṃ saṃśatīva mano mama
What is this divine form that has come, whose origin is unmanifest — terrible, bringing about the end of the Daityas? It seems to (announce this) to my mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 162.6
अस्य देवाः शरीरस्थाः सागराः सरितश्च याः हिमवान्पारियात्रश्च ये चान्ये कुलपर्वताः
asya devāḥ śarīrasthāḥ sāgarāḥ saritaśca yāḥ himavānpāriyātraśca ye cānye kulaparvatāḥ
In his body abide the gods, the oceans and whatever rivers there are, the Himavat and the Pāriyātra, and the other principal mountain ranges.
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MtP 162.7
चन्द्रमाश्च सनक्षत्रैर् आदित्यैर् वसुभिः सह धनदो वरुणश्चैव यमः शक्रः शचीपतिः
candramāśca sanakṣatrair ādityair vasubhiḥ saha dhanado varuṇaścaiva yamaḥ śakraḥ śacīpatiḥ
And the moon together with the constellations, along with the Ādityas and the Vasus, the giver of wealth (Kubera), and Varuṇa, Yama, Śakra the husband of Śacī —
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MtP 162.8
मरुतो देवगन्धर्वा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः नागा यक्षाः पिशाचाश्च राक्षसा भीमविक्रमाः
maruto devagandharvā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ nāgā yakṣāḥ piśācāśca rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ
the Maruts, the divine Gandharvas, and the sages rich in austerity, the Nāgas, Yakṣas and Piśācas, and the Rākṣasas of terrible valour —
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MtP 162.9
ब्रह्मा देवः पशुपतिर् ललाटस्था भ्रमन्ति वै स्थावराणि च सर्वाणि जङ्गमानि तथैव च
brahmā devaḥ paśupatir lalāṭasthā bhramanti vai sthāvarāṇi ca sarvāṇi jaṅgamāni tathaiva ca
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 162.10
भवांश्च सहितो ऽस्माभिः सर्वैर्दैत्यगणैर्वृतः विमानशतसंकीर्णा तथैव भवतः सभा
bhavāṃśca sahito 'smābhiḥ sarvairdaityagaṇairvṛtaḥ vimānaśatasaṃkīrṇā tathaiva bhavataḥ sabhā
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 162.11
सर्वं त्रिभुवनं राजंल् लोकधर्माश्च शाश्वताः दृश्यन्ते नारसिंहे ऽस्मिंस् तथेदमखिलं जगत्
sarvaṃ tribhuvanaṃ rājaṃl lokadharmāśca śāśvatāḥ dṛśyante nārasiṃhe 'smiṃs tathedamakhilaṃ jagat
The whole triple world, O king, and the eternal laws of the worlds are seen in this Man-Lion, and likewise this entire universe.
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MtP 162.12
प्रजापतिश्चात्र मनुर् महात्मा ग्रहाश्च योगाश्च महीरुहाश्च उत्पातकालश्च धृतिर्मतिश्च रतिश्च सत्यं च तपो दमश्च
prajāpatiścātra manur mahātmā grahāśca yogāśca mahīruhāśca utpātakālaśca dhṛtirmatiśca ratiśca satyaṃ ca tapo damaśca
And here (are) Prajāpati, the great-souled Manu, the planets, the (astral) conjunctions, and the trees, and the time of portents, steadfastness, thought, pleasure, truth, austerity, and self-restraint.
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MtP 162.13
सनत्कुमारश्च महानुभावो विश्वे च देवा ऋषयश्च सर्वे क्रोधश्च कामश्च तथैव हर्षो धर्मश्च मोहः पितरश्च सर्वे
sanatkumāraśca mahānubhāvo viśve ca devā ṛṣayaśca sarve krodhaśca kāmaśca tathaiva harṣo dharmaśca mohaḥ pitaraśca sarve
And Sanatkumāra of great power, and the Viśvedevas, and all the seers, and anger and desire and likewise joy, and dharma, delusion, and all the ancestors (are there).
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MtP 162.14
प्रह्लादस्य वचः श्रुत्वा हिरण्यकशिपुः प्रभुः उवाच दानवान्सर्वान् गणांश्च स गणाधिपः
prahlādasya vacaḥ śrutvā hiraṇyakaśipuḥ prabhuḥ uvāca dānavānsarvān gaṇāṃśca sa gaṇādhipaḥ
Having heard Prahlāda's words, the lord Hiraṇyakaśipu, that master of hosts, spoke to all the Dānavas and the hosts.
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MtP 162.15
मृगेन्द्रो गृह्यतामेष अपूर्वां तनुमास्थितः यदि वा संशयः कश्चिद् वध्यतां वनगोचरः
mṛgendro gṛhyatāmeṣa apūrvāṃ tanumāsthitaḥ yadi vā saṃśayaḥ kaścid vadhyatāṃ vanagocaraḥ
"Let this lion be seized — he has taken on an unprecedented body; or if there is any doubt, let the forest-dweller be killed."
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MtP 162.16
ते दानवगणा सर्वे मृगेन्द्रं भीमविक्रमम् परिक्षिपन्तो मुदितास् त्रासयामासुरोजसा
te dānavagaṇā sarve mṛgendraṃ bhīmavikramam parikṣipanto muditās trāsayāmāsurojasā
All those hosts of Dānavas, delighted, surrounding the lion of terrible valor, tried to frighten (him) with their might.
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MtP 162.17
सिंहनादं विमुच्याथ नरसिंहो महाबलः बभञ्ज तां सभां दिव्यां व्यादितास्य इवान्तकः
siṃhanādaṃ vimucyātha narasiṃho mahābalaḥ babhañja tāṃ sabhāṃ divyāṃ vyāditāsya ivāntakaḥ
Then, letting loose a lion's roar, the mighty Man-Lion shattered that divine hall, like Death with his jaws gaping open.
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MtP 162.18
सभायां भज्यमानायां हिरण्यकशिपुः स्वयम् चिक्षेपास्त्राणि सिंहस्य रोषाद्व्याकुललोचनः
sabhāyāṃ bhajyamānāyāṃ hiraṇyakaśipuḥ svayam cikṣepāstrāṇi siṃhasya roṣādvyākulalocanaḥ
As the hall was being shattered, Hiraṇyakaśipu himself, his eyes wild with rage, hurled his weapons at the lion(-man).
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MtP 162.19
सर्वास्त्राणामथ ज्येष्ठं दण्डमन्त्रं सुदारुणम् कालचक्रं तथाघोरं विष्णुचक्रं तथा परम्
sarvāstrāṇāmatha jyeṣṭhaṃ daṇḍamantraṃ sudāruṇam kālacakraṃ tathāghoraṃ viṣṇucakraṃ tathā param
Then the highest of all weapons, the exceedingly cruel Daṇḍa spell, and likewise the dreadful Wheel of Time, and likewise the supreme discus of Viṣṇu—
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MtP 162.20
पैतामहं तथात्युग्रं त्रैलोक्यदहनं महत् विचित्रामशनीं चैव शुष्कार्द्रं चाशनिद्वयम्
paitāmahaṃ tathātyugraṃ trailokyadahanaṃ mahat vicitrāmaśanīṃ caiva śuṣkārdraṃ cāśanidvayam
And the exceedingly fierce (weapon) of Brahmā, the great one that burns the three worlds, and the manifold thunderbolt, and the pair of thunderbolts, dry and wet;
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MtP 162.21
रौद्रं तथोग्रं शूलं च कङ्कालं मुसलं तथा मोहनं शोषणं चैव संतापनविलापनम्
raudraṃ tathograṃ śūlaṃ ca kaṅkālaṃ musalaṃ tathā mohanaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpanam
And the Raudra (weapon of Rudra), and the fierce Ugra, and the spear, and the Kaṅkāla (skeleton weapon), and the club, and the Mohana (bewilderer), and the Śoṣaṇa (drier-up), and the Saṃtāpana (tormentor) and Vilāpana (maker of wailing),
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MtP 162.22
वायव्यं मथनं चैव कापालमथ कैङ्करम् तथाप्रतिहतां शक्तिं क्रौञ्चमस्त्रं तथैव च
vāyavyaṃ mathanaṃ caiva kāpālamatha kaiṅkaram tathāpratihatāṃ śaktiṃ krauñcamastraṃ tathaiva ca
and the Vāyavya (wind weapon), and the Mathana (churner), and the Kāpāla (skull weapon), and the Kaiṅkara, and likewise the irresistible Śakti (dart), and the Krauñca weapon as well,
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MtP 162.23
अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरश्चैव सोमास्त्रं शिशिरं तथा कम्पनं शातनं चैव त्वाष्ट्रं चैव सुभैरवम्
astraṃ brahmaśiraścaiva somāstraṃ śiśiraṃ tathā kampanaṃ śātanaṃ caiva tvāṣṭraṃ caiva subhairavam
the weapon called Brahmaśiras, the Soma weapon, and Śiśira, and Kampana, and Śātana, and the Tvāṣṭra, and the terrible Subhairava,
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MtP 162.24
कालमुद्गरमक्षोभ्यं तपनं च महाबलम् संवर्तनं मोहनं च तथा मायाधरं परम्
kālamudgaramakṣobhyaṃ tapanaṃ ca mahābalam saṃvartanaṃ mohanaṃ ca tathā māyādharaṃ param
the Kālamudgara, the Akṣobhya, and the mighty Tapana, the Saṃvartana and the Mohana, and the supreme Māyādhara,
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MtP 162.25
गान्धर्वमस्त्रं दयितम् असिरत्नं च नन्दकम् प्रस्वापनं प्रमथनं वारुणं चास्त्रमुत्तमम् अस्त्रं पाशुपतं चैव यस्याप्रतिहता गतिः
gāndharvamastraṃ dayitam asiratnaṃ ca nandakam prasvāpanaṃ pramathanaṃ vāruṇaṃ cāstramuttamam astraṃ pāśupataṃ caiva yasyāpratihatā gatiḥ
the cherished Gāndharva weapon, and Nandaka, the jewel of swords, the sleep-inducer (Prasvāpana), the crusher (Pramathana), and the excellent weapon of Varuṇa, and the Pāśupata weapon, whose course cannot be checked;
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MtP 162.26
अस्त्रं हयशिरश्चैव ब्राह्ममस्त्रं तथैव च नारायणास्त्रमैन्द्रं च सार्पमस्त्रं तथाद्भुतम्
astraṃ hayaśiraścaiva brāhmamastraṃ tathaiva ca nārāyaṇāstramaindraṃ ca sārpamastraṃ tathādbhutam
and the Horse-head weapon, and likewise the Brahmā weapon, and the Nārāyaṇa weapon, and the Indra weapon, and the Serpent weapon, marvellous (as it is),
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MtP 162.27
पैशाचमस्त्रमजितं शोषदं शामनं तथा महाबलं भावनं च प्रस्थापनविकम्पने
paiśācamastramajitaṃ śoṣadaṃ śāmanaṃ tathā mahābalaṃ bhāvanaṃ ca prasthāpanavikampane
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 162.28
एतान्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि हिरण्यकशिपुस्तदा असृजन्नरसिंहस्य दीप्तस्याग्नेरिवाहुतिम्
etānyastrāṇi divyāni hiraṇyakaśipustadā asṛjannarasiṃhasya dīptasyāgnerivāhutim
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 162.29
अस्त्रैः प्रज्वलितैः सिंहम् आवृणोदसुरोत्तमः विवस्वान् घर्मसमये हिमवन्तमिवांशुभिः
astraiḥ prajvalitaiḥ siṃham āvṛṇodasurottamaḥ vivasvān gharmasamaye himavantamivāṃśubhiḥ
With blazing weapons the foremost of asuras covered over the lion, as the sun in the hot season covers the Himālaya with its rays.
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MtP 162.30
स ह्यमर्षानिलोद्भूतो दैत्यानां सैन्यसागरः क्षणेन प्लावयामास मैनाकमिव सागरः
sa hyamarṣānilodbhūto daityānāṃ sainyasāgaraḥ kṣaṇena plāvayāmāsa mainākamiva sāgaraḥ
For that ocean of the daityas' army, whipped up by the wind of fury, in an instant flooded (him) over, as the ocean floods Maināka.
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MtP 162.31
प्रासैः पाशैश्च खड्गैश्च गदाभिर्मुसलैस्तथा वज्रैरशनिभिश्चैव साग्निभिश्च महाद्रुमैः
prāsaiḥ pāśaiśca khaḍgaiśca gadābhirmusalaistathā vajrairaśanibhiścaiva sāgnibhiśca mahādrumaiḥ
With barbed darts and nooses and swords, with clubs and with pestles, with thunderbolts and with lightning-bolts, and with great trees set afire,
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MtP 162.32
मुद्गरैर्भिन्दिपालैश्च शिलोलूखलपर्वतैः शतघ्नीभिश्च दीप्ताभिर् दण्डैरपि सुदारुणैः
mudgarairbhindipālaiśca śilolūkhalaparvataiḥ śataghnībhiśca dīptābhir daṇḍairapi sudāruṇaiḥ
with mallets and with slings, with rocks and mortars and mountains, with blazing śataghnīs, and with exceedingly terrible staves —
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MtP 162.33
ते दानवाः पाशगृहीतहस्ता महेन्द्रतुल्याशनिवज्रवेगाः समन्ततो ऽभ्युद्यतबाहुकायाः स्थितास्त्रिशीर्षा इव नागपाशाः
te dānavāḥ pāśagṛhītahastā mahendratulyāśanivajravegāḥ samantato 'bhyudyatabāhukāyāḥ sthitāstriśīrṣā iva nāgapāśāḥ
Those dānavas, with nooses gripped in their hands, with the speed of lightning and thunderbolt equal to great Indra's, their arms and bodies raised up on every side, stood like three-headed serpent-nooses.
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MtP 162.34
सुवर्णमालाकुलभूषिताङ्गाः पीतांशुकाभोगविभाविताङ्गाः मुक्तावलीदामसनाथकक्षा हंसा इवाभान्ति विशालपक्षाः
suvarṇamālākulabhūṣitāṅgāḥ pītāṃśukābhogavibhāvitāṅgāḥ muktāvalīdāmasanāthakakṣā haṃsā ivābhānti viśālapakṣāḥ
Their limbs adorned with a mass of golden garlands, their bodies set off by the expanse of yellow silk, their flanks furnished with strings of pearl-strands, they shine like wide-winged geese.
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MtP 162.35
तेषां तु वायुप्रतिमौजसां वै केयूरमौलीवलयोत्कटानाम् तान्युत्तमाङ्गान्यभितो विभान्ति प्रभातसूर्यांशुसमप्रभाणि
teṣāṃ tu vāyupratimaujasāṃ vai keyūramaulīvalayotkaṭānām tānyuttamāṅgānyabhito vibhānti prabhātasūryāṃśusamaprabhāṇi
And of those whose vigor matched the wind, towering with armlets, diadems and bracelets, those heads shine all around, with a splendor like the rays of the morning sun.
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