Matsya Purana — Chapter 164
MtP 164.1
कथितं नरसिंहस्य माहात्म्यं विस्तरेण च पुनस्तस्यैव माहात्म्यम् अन्यद्विस्तरतो वद
kathitaṃ narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ vistareṇa ca punastasyaiva māhātmyam anyadvistarato vada
The greatness of Narasiṃha has been told, and at length; tell again in detail another greatness of that same one.
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MtP 164.2
पद्मरूपमभूदेतत् कथं हेममयं जगत् कथं च वैष्णवी सृष्टिः पद्ममध्ये ऽभवत्पुरा
padmarūpamabhūdetat kathaṃ hemamayaṃ jagat kathaṃ ca vaiṣṇavī sṛṣṭiḥ padmamadhye 'bhavatpurā
How did this world become lotus-shaped and made of gold? And how did the Vaiṣṇava creation come about of old in the middle of the lotus?
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MtP 164.3
श्रुत्वा च नरसिंहस्य माहात्म्यं रविनन्दनः विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनः पुनः पप्रच्छ केशवम्
śrutvā ca narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ ravinandanaḥ vismayotphullanayanaḥ punaḥ papraccha keśavam
And having heard the greatness of Narasiṃha, the son of the Sun, his eyes wide with wonder, asked Keśava again.
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MtP 164.4
कथं पाद्मे महाकल्पे तव पद्ममयं जगत् जलार्णवगतस्येह नाभौ जातं जनार्दन
kathaṃ pādme mahākalpe tava padmamayaṃ jagat jalārṇavagatasyeha nābhau jātaṃ janārdana
How, in the great Padma kalpa, was your lotus-made world born from the navel of you who lay here in the waters of the ocean, Janārdana?
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MtP 164.5
प्रभावात्पद्मनाभस्य स्वपतः सागराम्भसि पुष्करे च कथं भूता देवाः सर्षिगणाः पुरा
prabhāvātpadmanābhasya svapataḥ sāgarāmbhasi puṣkare ca kathaṃ bhūtā devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā
And how, formerly, by the power of the lotus-naveled one sleeping in the ocean water, did the gods with the hosts of seers come to be in the lotus?
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MtP 164.6
एतदाख्याहि निखिलं योगं योगविदां पते शृण्वतस्तस्य मे कीर्तिं न तृप्तिरुपजायते
etadākhyāhi nikhilaṃ yogaṃ yogavidāṃ pate śṛṇvatastasya me kīrtiṃ na tṛptirupajāyate
Tell me all this mystery, O lord of those who know yoga; for me, hearing his fame, no satiety arises.
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MtP 164.7
कियता चैव कालेन शेते वै पुरुषोत्तमः कियन्तं वा स्वपिति च को ऽस्य कालस्य संभवः
kiyatā caiva kālena śete vai puruṣottamaḥ kiyantaṃ vā svapiti ca ko 'sya kālasya saṃbhavaḥ
And for how long a time does the Highest Person sleep? And how long does he slumber, and what is the origin of this time (of his)?
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MtP 164.8
कियता वाथ कालेन ह्य् उत्तिष्ठति महायशाः कथं चोत्थाय भगवान् सृजते निखिलं जगत्
kiyatā vātha kālena hy uttiṣṭhati mahāyaśāḥ kathaṃ cotthāya bhagavān sṛjate nikhilaṃ jagat
And after how long a time does the greatly renowned one rise up? And how, having risen, does the Lord create the whole world?
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MtP 164.9
के प्रजापतयस्तावद् आसन्पूर्वं महामुने कथं निर्मितवांश्चैव चित्रं लोकं सनातनम्
ke prajāpatayastāvad āsanpūrvaṃ mahāmune kathaṃ nirmitavāṃścaiva citraṃ lokaṃ sanātanam
Who, then, were the Lords of Creatures in the beginning, O great sage? And how did he fashion the variegated, everlasting world?
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MtP 164.10
कथमेकार्णवे शून्ये नष्टस्थावरजङ्गमे दग्धे देवासुरनरे प्रनष्टोरगराक्षसे
kathamekārṇave śūnye naṣṭasthāvarajaṅgame dagdhe devāsuranare pranaṣṭoragarākṣase
How (was it done), when all was a single ocean and empty, when the standing and moving beings had perished, when gods, demons and men were burnt up, when serpents and demons had been destroyed,
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MtP 164.11
नष्टानिलानले लोके नष्टाकाशमहीतले केवलं गह्वरीभूते महाभूतविपर्यये
naṣṭānilānale loke naṣṭākāśamahītale kevalaṃ gahvarībhūte mahābhūtaviparyaye
when in the world wind and fire had perished, when sky and the earth's surface had perished, when (all) had become a mere abyss, in the reversal of the great elements —
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MtP 164.12
विभुर्महाभूतपतिर् महातेजा महाकृतिः आस्ते सुरवरश्रेष्ठो विधिमास्थाय योगवित्
vibhurmahābhūtapatir mahātejā mahākṛtiḥ āste suravaraśreṣṭho vidhimāsthāya yogavit
(then) the all-pervading lord of the great elements, of great splendour, of vast form, the foremost of the best of gods, the knower of yoga, abides, having taken up (his) rule.
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MtP 164.13
शृणुयां परया भक्त्या ब्रह्मन्नेतदशेषतः वक्तुमर्हसि धर्मिष्ठ यशो नारायणात्मकम्
śṛṇuyāṃ parayā bhaktyā brahmannetadaśeṣataḥ vaktumarhasi dharmiṣṭha yaśo nārāyaṇātmakam
I would hear this in full with the highest devotion, O brahmin; you ought to tell, O most righteous one, the glory that consists of Nārāyaṇa.
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MtP 164.14
श्रद्धया चोपविष्टानां भगवन्वक्तुमर्हसि
śraddhayā copaviṣṭānāṃ bhagavanvaktumarhasi
And to us who are seated (here) with faith, O Lord, you ought to speak.
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MtP 164.15
नारायणस्य यशसः श्रवणे या तव स्पृहा तद्वंश्यान्वयभूतस्य न्याय्यं रविकुलर्षभ
nārāyaṇasya yaśasaḥ śravaṇe yā tava spṛhā tadvaṃśyānvayabhūtasya nyāyyaṃ ravikularṣabha
The longing that you have to hear the glory of Nārāyaṇa is fitting for one born in the lineage of his descendants, O bull of the solar race.
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MtP 164.16
शृणुष्वादिपुराणेषु वेदेभ्यश्च यथा श्रुतम् ब्राह्मणानां च वदतां श्रुत्वा वै सुमहात्मनाम्
śṛṇuṣvādipurāṇeṣu vedebhyaśca yathā śrutam brāhmaṇānāṃ ca vadatāṃ śrutvā vai sumahātmanām
Hear (it) as it has been heard in the ancient Purāṇas and from the Vedas, and as heard from the speech of the brahmins, those very great souls,
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MtP 164.17
यथा च तपसा दृष्ट्वा बृहस्पतिसमद्युतिः पराशरसुतः श्रीमान् गुरुर्द्वैपायनो ऽब्रवीत्
yathā ca tapasā dṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatisamadyutiḥ parāśarasutaḥ śrīmān gururdvaipāyano 'bravīt
and as the illustrious teacher Dvaipāyana, son of Parāśara, whose radiance equalled Bṛhaspati's, having seen (it) by his austerity, declared (it).
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MtP 164.18
तत्ते ऽहं कथयिष्यामि यथाशक्ति यथाश्रुति यद्विज्ञातुं मया शक्यम् ऋषिमात्रेण सत्तमाः
tatte 'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāśakti yathāśruti yadvijñātuṃ mayā śakyam ṛṣimātreṇa sattamāḥ
That I shall relate to you according to my power and according to what I have heard — whatever can be known by me, who am a mere sage, O best of beings.
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MtP 164.19
कः समुत्सहते ज्ञातुं परं नारायणात्मकम् विश्वायनश्च यद्ब्रह्मा न वेदयति तत्त्वतः
kaḥ samutsahate jñātuṃ paraṃ nārāyaṇātmakam viśvāyanaśca yadbrahmā na vedayati tattvataḥ
Who ventures to know the supreme, whose essence is Nārāyaṇa, which even Brahmā, the refuge of the universe, does not declare as it truly is?
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MtP 164.20
तत्कर्म विश्ववेदानां तद्रहस्यं महर्षीणाम् तमीशं सर्वयज्ञानां तत्तत्त्वं सर्वदर्शिनाम् तदध्यात्मविदां चिन्त्यं नरकं च विकर्मिणाम्
tatkarma viśvavedānāṃ tadrahasyaṃ maharṣīṇām tamīśaṃ sarvayajñānāṃ tattattvaṃ sarvadarśinām tadadhyātmavidāṃ cintyaṃ narakaṃ ca vikarmiṇām
That is the rite of all the Vedas, that is the secret of the great sages; him (they know as) the lord of all sacrifices, that is the truth for those who see all; that is what is to be pondered by knowers of the inner self, and hell for those who act wrongly.
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MtP 164.21
अधिदैवं च यद्दैवम् अधियज्ञं सुसंज्ञितम् तद्भूतमधिभूतं च तत्परं परमर्षीणाम्
adhidaivaṃ ca yaddaivam adhiyajñaṃ susaṃjñitam tadbhūtamadhibhūtaṃ ca tatparaṃ paramarṣīṇām
And what is divine as regards the deities, what is well designated as regards the sacrifice, that is the being (that is) as regards the elements, and that is the supreme (goal) of the greatest sages.
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MtP 164.22
स यज्ञो वेदनिर्दिष्टस् तत्तपः कवयो विदुः यः कर्ता कारको बुद्धिर् मनः क्षेत्रज्ञ एव च
sa yajño vedanirdiṣṭas tattapaḥ kavayo viduḥ yaḥ kartā kārako buddhir manaḥ kṣetrajña eva ca
He is the sacrifice enjoined by the Veda; the wise know him as that austerity; he is the doer, the agent, the intellect, the mind, and the knower of the field.
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MtP 164.23
प्रणवः पुरुषः शास्ता एकश्चेति विभाव्यते प्राणः पञ्चविधश्चैव ध्रुव अक्षर एव च
praṇavaḥ puruṣaḥ śāstā ekaśceti vibhāvyate prāṇaḥ pañcavidhaścaiva dhruva akṣara eva ca
He is conceived as the syllable Om, the Person, the ruler, and as one; and (as) the fivefold breath, and as the fixed and the imperishable.
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MtP 164.24
कालः पाकश्च पक्ता च द्रष्टा स्वाध्याय एव च उच्यते विविधैर्देवैः स एवायं न तत्परम्
kālaḥ pākaśca paktā ca draṣṭā svādhyāya eva ca ucyate vividhairdevaiḥ sa evāyaṃ na tatparam
He is called time, and the ripening, and the ripener, the seer, and the recitation of scripture; he is spoken of by manifold names of gods — he alone is this, there is nothing beyond that.
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MtP 164.25
स एव भगवान्सर्वं करोति विकरोति च सो ऽस्मान्कारयते सर्वान् सो ऽत्येति व्याकुलीकृतान्
sa eva bhagavānsarvaṃ karoti vikaroti ca so 'smānkārayate sarvān so 'tyeti vyākulīkṛtān
He, the Lord, himself makes and unmakes everything; he causes all of us to act; he surpasses (us) who have been thrown into confusion.
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MtP 164.26
यजामहे तमेवाद्यं तमेवेच्छाम निर्वृताः यो वक्ता यच्च वक्तव्यं यच्चाहं तद्ब्रवीमि वः
yajāmahe tamevādyaṃ tamevecchāma nirvṛtāḥ yo vaktā yacca vaktavyaṃ yaccāhaṃ tadbravīmi vaḥ
Him alone, the primal one, we worship; him alone we desire, being at peace. He who is the speaker, and what is to be spoken, and what I am — that I declare to you.
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MtP 164.27
श्रूयते यच्च वै श्राव्यं यच्चान्यत्परिजल्प्यते याः कथाश्चैव वर्तन्ते श्रुतयो वाथ तत्पराः विश्वं विश्वपतिर्यश्च स तु नारायणः स्मृतः
śrūyate yacca vai śrāvyaṃ yaccānyatparijalpyate yāḥ kathāścaiva vartante śrutayo vātha tatparāḥ viśvaṃ viśvapatiryaśca sa tu nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
And that which is heard, and that which is to be heard, and whatever else is talked about, and the tales that are current, or the Vedic texts devoted to it — the All and the Lord of the All: he is remembered as Nārāyaṇa.
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MtP 164.28
यत्सत्यं यदमृतमक्षरं परं यद् यद्भूतं परममिदं च यद्भविष्यत् यत्किंचिच् चरमचरं यदस्ति चान्यत् तत्सर्वं पुरुषवरः प्रभुः पुराणः
yatsatyaṃ yadamṛtamakṣaraṃ paraṃ yad yadbhūtaṃ paramamidaṃ ca yadbhaviṣyat yatkiṃcic caramacaraṃ yadasti cānyat tatsarvaṃ puruṣavaraḥ prabhuḥ purāṇaḥ
What is true, what is deathless, what is the imperishable supreme, what has been, and this highest (present), and what will be, whatever moves and does not move, and whatever else exists — all that is the Lord, the ancient, best of persons.
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