Matsya Purana — Chapter 168

MtP 168.1

आपवः स विभुर्भूत्वा चारयामास वै तपः छादयित्वात्मनो देहं यादसां कुलसंभवम्

āpavaḥ sa vibhurbhūtvā cārayāmāsa vai tapaḥ chādayitvātmano dehaṃ yādasāṃ kulasaṃbhavam

Having become the pervading Āpava, he practiced austerity, concealing his own body, which arose from the family of water-creatures.

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MtP 168.2

ततो महात्मातिबलो मतिं लोकस्य सर्जने महतां पञ्चभूतानां विश्वो विश्वमचिन्तयत्

tato mahātmātibalo matiṃ lokasya sarjane mahatāṃ pañcabhūtānāṃ viśvo viśvamacintayat

Then the great-souled one of surpassing power, the All (Viśva), turned his mind to the creation of the world, and pondered the universe of the five great elements.

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MtP 168.3

तस्य चिन्तयमानस्य निर्वाते संस्थिते ऽर्णवे निराकाशे तोयमये सूक्ष्मे जगति गह्वरे

tasya cintayamānasya nirvāte saṃsthite 'rṇave nirākāśe toyamaye sūkṣme jagati gahvare

As he was pondering, while the ocean stood windless, without open space, watery, subtle, the world being an abyss—

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MtP 168.4

ईषत्संक्षोभयामास सो ऽर्णवं सलिलाश्रयः अनन्तरोर्मिभिः सूक्ष्मम् अथ छिद्रमभूत्पुरा

īṣatsaṃkṣobhayāmāsa so 'rṇavaṃ salilāśrayaḥ anantarormibhiḥ sūkṣmam atha chidramabhūtpurā

He who rests upon the water stirred that ocean a little, and with wave upon wave a subtle fissure then arose.

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MtP 168.5

शब्दं प्रति तदोद्भूतो मारुतश्छिद्रसंभवः स लब्ध्वान्तरमक्षोभ्यो व्यवर्धत समीरणः

śabdaṃ prati tadodbhūto mārutaśchidrasaṃbhavaḥ sa labdhvāntaramakṣobhyo vyavardhata samīraṇaḥ

Then, in response to (that) sound, the wind arose, born from the fissure; and having gained an opening, that wind, not to be shaken, grew.

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MtP 168.6

विवर्धता बलवता वेगाद्विक्षोभितो ऽर्णवः तस्यार्णवस्य क्षुब्धस्य तस्मिन्नम्भसि मन्थिते कृष्णवर्त्मा समभवत् प्रभुर्वैश्वानरो महान्

vivardhatā balavatā vegādvikṣobhito 'rṇavaḥ tasyārṇavasya kṣubdhasya tasminnambhasi manthite kṛṣṇavartmā samabhavat prabhurvaiśvānaro mahān

By the growing, powerful (wind) the ocean was violently churned with force; and of that churned ocean, when its waters were being agitated, there came to be the Black-tracked one, the lord, the great Vaiśvānara (fire).

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MtP 168.7

ततः संशोषयामास पावकः सलिलं बहु क्षयाज्जलनिधेश्छिद्रम् अभवद्विस्तृतं नभः

tataḥ saṃśoṣayāmāsa pāvakaḥ salilaṃ bahu kṣayājjalanidheśchidram abhavadvistṛtaṃ nabhaḥ

Then the fire dried up much of the water; and by the diminishing of the water-mass the gap became the widely spread sky.

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MtP 168.8

आत्मतेजोद्भवाः पुण्या आपो ऽमृतरसोपमाः आकाशं छिद्रसम्भूतं वायुराकाशसंभवः

ātmatejodbhavāḥ puṇyā āpo 'mṛtarasopamāḥ ākāśaṃ chidrasambhūtaṃ vāyurākāśasaṃbhavaḥ

The waters, arisen from his own energy, pure, like the taste of nectar; space arose from the fissure, and wind arose from space.

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MtP 168.9

आभ्यां संघर्षणोद्भूतं पावकं वायुसंभवम् दृष्ट्वा प्रीतो महादेवो महाभूतविभावनः

ābhyāṃ saṃgharṣaṇodbhūtaṃ pāvakaṃ vāyusaṃbhavam dṛṣṭvā prīto mahādevo mahābhūtavibhāvanaḥ

Seeing the fire arisen from the friction of these two, born from the wind, the Great God, the manifester of the great elements, was pleased.

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MtP 168.10

दृष्ट्वा भूतानि भगवांल् लोकसृष्ट्यर्थमुत्तमम् ब्रह्मणो जन्मसहितं बहुरूपो व्यचिन्तयत्

dṛṣṭvā bhūtāni bhagavāṃl lokasṛṣṭyarthamuttamam brahmaṇo janmasahitaṃ bahurūpo vyacintayat

Having seen the elements, the Lord of many forms pondered the highest (means) for the creation of the world, together with the birth of Brahmā.

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MtP 168.11

चतुर्युगाभिसंख्याते सहस्रयुगपर्यये बहुजन्मा हि विश्वात्मा ब्रह्मणो हविरुच्यते

caturyugābhisaṃkhyāte sahasrayugaparyaye bahujanmā hi viśvātmā brahmaṇo havirucyate

In the revolution of a thousand yugas, each reckoned as four yugas, the World-Self, of many births, is called the oblation of Brahmā.

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MtP 168.12

यत्पृथिव्यां द्विजेन्द्राणां तपसा भावितात्मनाम् ज्ञानं वृष्टं तु विश्वार्थे योगिनां याति मुख्यताम्

yatpṛthivyāṃ dvijendrāṇāṃ tapasā bhāvitātmanām jñānaṃ vṛṣṭaṃ tu viśvārthe yogināṃ yāti mukhyatām

The knowledge that is rained down upon the earth for the world's sake by the foremost twice-born, whose selves are matured by austerity, attains the first place among yogins.

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MtP 168.13

तं योगवन्तं विज्ञाय सम्पूर्णैश्वर्यमुत्तमम् पदे ब्रह्मणि विश्वेशं न्ययोजयत योगवित्

taṃ yogavantaṃ vijñāya sampūrṇaiśvaryamuttamam pade brahmaṇi viśveśaṃ nyayojayata yogavit

Knowing him to be possessed of yoga, endowed with complete sovereignty, supreme, the knower of yoga appointed that lord of the universe to the station of Brahmā.

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MtP 168.14

ततस्तस्मिन्महातोये महीशो हरिरच्युतः जले क्रीडंश्च विधिवन् मोदते सर्वलोककृत्

tatastasminmahātoye mahīśo hariracyutaḥ jale krīḍaṃśca vidhivan modate sarvalokakṛt

Then in that great water Hari, the imperishable lord of the earth, sporting in the water as is fitting, the maker of all worlds, took delight.

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MtP 168.15

पद्मं नाभ्युद्भवं चैकं समुत्पादितवांस्तदा सहस्रपर्णं विरजं भास्कराभं हिरण्मयम्

padmaṃ nābhyudbhavaṃ caikaṃ samutpāditavāṃstadā sahasraparṇaṃ virajaṃ bhāskarābhaṃ hiraṇmayam

And he then brought forth one lotus, arisen from his navel, thousand-petalled, spotless, shining like the sun, made of gold.

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MtP 168.16

हुताशनज्वलितशिखोज्ज्वलत्प्रभम् उपस्थितं शरदमलार्कतेजसम् विराजते कमलमुदारवर्चसं महात्मनस्तनुरुहचारुदर्शनम्

hutāśanajvalitaśikhojjvalatprabham upasthitaṃ śaradamalārkatejasam virājate kamalamudāravarcasaṃ mahātmanastanuruhacārudarśanam

With a radiance blazing like the flame-tip of the fire that devours the offerings, standing there, having the brilliance of the spotless autumn sun, the lotus of lofty splendour shines, grown from the body of the Great One, lovely to look upon.

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