Matsya Purana — Chapter 170
MtP 170.1
विघ्नस्तपसि सम्भूतो मधुर्नाम महासुरः तेनैव च सहोद्भूतो ह्य् असुरो नाम कैटभः
vighnastapasi sambhūto madhurnāma mahāsuraḥ tenaiva ca sahodbhūto hy asuro nāma kaiṭabhaḥ
An obstacle to the austerity arose, a great asura named Madhu, and together with him was born the asura named Kaiṭabha.
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MtP 170.2
तौ रजस्तमसौ विष्णोः सम्भूतौ तामसौ गणौ एकार्णवे जगत्सर्वं क्षोभयन्तौ महाबलौ
tau rajastamasau viṣṇoḥ sambhūtau tāmasau gaṇau ekārṇave jagatsarvaṃ kṣobhayantau mahābalau
Those two, rajas and tamas, sprung from Viṣṇu, hosts of the dark quality, of great strength, convulsing the whole world in the single ocean —
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MtP 170.3
दिव्यरक्ताम्बरधरौ श्वेतदीप्तोग्रदंष्ट्रिणौ किरीटकुण्डलोदग्रौ केयूरवलयोज्ज्वलौ
divyaraktāmbaradharau śvetadīptogradaṃṣṭriṇau kirīṭakuṇḍalodagrau keyūravalayojjvalau
wearing divine red garments, having white, gleaming, sharp fangs, towering with diadems and earrings, brilliant with armlets and bracelets,
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MtP 170.4
महाविवृतताम्राक्षौ पीनोरस्कौ महाभुजौ महागिरेः संहननौ जङ्गमाविव पर्वतौ
mahāvivṛtatāmrākṣau pīnoraskau mahābhujau mahāgireḥ saṃhananau jaṅgamāviva parvatau
with great wide-open coppery eyes, thick-chested, mighty-armed, of the build of a great mountain, like two moving mountains,
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MtP 170.5
नवमेघप्रतीकाशाव् आदित्यसदृशाननौ विद्युदाभौ गदाग्राभ्यां कराभ्यामतिभीषणौ
navameghapratīkāśāv ādityasadṛśānanau vidyudābhau gadāgrābhyāṃ karābhyāmatibhīṣaṇau
resembling fresh rain-clouds, their faces like the sun, lightning-hued, most terrifying with the mace-heads in their hands,
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MtP 170.6
तौ पादयोस्तु विन्यासाद् उत्क्षिपन्ताविवार्णवम् कम्पयन्ताविव हरिं शयानं मधुसूदनम्
tau pādayostu vinyāsād utkṣipantāvivārṇavam kampayantāviva hariṃ śayānaṃ madhusūdanam
those two, by the planting of their feet, as if hurling up the ocean, as if making Hari, the slayer of Madhu, tremble as he lay (there) —
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MtP 170.7
तौ तत्र विचरन्तौ स्म पुष्करे विश्वतोमुखम् योगिनां श्रेष्ठमासाद्य दीप्तं ददृशतुस्तदा
tau tatra vicarantau sma puṣkare viśvatomukham yogināṃ śreṣṭhamāsādya dīptaṃ dadṛśatustadā
the two, roaming there upon the lotus, came upon and then beheld the blazing one whose face is turned in every direction, the foremost of yogins,
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MtP 170.8
नारायणसमाज्ञातं सृजन्तमखिलाः प्रजाः दैवतानि च विश्वानि मानसानसुरानृषीन्
nārāyaṇasamājñātaṃ sṛjantamakhilāḥ prajāḥ daivatāni ca viśvāni mānasānasurānṛṣīn
who, commissioned by Nārāyaṇa, was creating all the creatures, and all the deities, the mind-born ones, the asuras, and the seers.
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MtP 170.9
ततस्तावूचतुस्तत्र ब्रह्माणमसुरोत्तमौ दीप्तौ मुमूर्षू संक्रुद्धौ रोषव्याकुलितेक्षणौ
tatastāvūcatustatra brahmāṇamasurottamau dīptau mumūrṣū saṃkruddhau roṣavyākulitekṣaṇau
Then those two best of asuras, blazing, doomed to die, greatly enraged, their eyes confused with fury, spoke there to Brahmā:
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MtP 170.10
कस्त्वं पुष्करमध्यस्थः सितोष्णीषश्चतुर्भुजः आधाय नियमं मोहाद् आस्ते त्वं विगतज्वरः
kastvaṃ puṣkaramadhyasthaḥ sitoṣṇīṣaścaturbhujaḥ ādhāya niyamaṃ mohād āste tvaṃ vigatajvaraḥ
“Who are you, seated in the middle of the lotus, wearing a white turban, four-armed? Out of delusion you have taken up a vow and sit here, untroubled.
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MtP 170.11
एह्यागच्छावयोर् युद्धं देहि त्वं कमलोद्भव आवाभ्यां परमीशाभ्याम् अशक्तस्त्वमिहार्णवे
ehyāgacchāvayor yuddhaṃ dehi tvaṃ kamalodbhava āvābhyāṃ paramīśābhyām aśaktastvamihārṇave
Come, approach, give us two a fight, O lotus-born! Against us two, the supreme lords, you are powerless here in the ocean.”
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MtP 170.12
तत्र कश्चोद्भवस्तुभ्यं केन वासि न योजितः कः स्रष्टा कश्च ते गोप्ता केन नाम्ना विधीयसे
tatra kaścodbhavastubhyaṃ kena vāsi na yojitaḥ kaḥ sraṣṭā kaśca te goptā kena nāmnā vidhīyase
“What origin is there for you there, or by whom have you not been engaged? Who is your creator, and who your protector? By what name are you designated?”
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MtP 170.13
एक इत्युच्यते लोकैर् अविचिन्त्यः सहस्रदृक् तत्संयोगेन भवतोः कर्म नामावगच्छताम्
eka ityucyate lokair avicintyaḥ sahasradṛk tatsaṃyogena bhavatoḥ karma nāmāvagacchatām
“He is called by the worlds ‘the One,’ the unthinkable, the thousand-eyed; through union with him let (one) understand the deed and the name of you two.
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MtP 170.14
नावयोः परमं लोके किंचिदस्ति महामते आवाभ्यां छाद्यते विश्वं तमसा रजसाथ वै
nāvayoḥ paramaṃ loke kiṃcidasti mahāmate āvābhyāṃ chādyate viśvaṃ tamasā rajasātha vai
“There is nothing in the world higher than us two, O great-minded one; by us two the universe is covered over — by darkness, and indeed by passion.
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MtP 170.15
रजस्तमोमयावावाम् ऋषीणाम् अवलङ्घितौ छाद्यमानौ धर्मशीलौ दुस्तरौ सर्वदेहिनाम्
rajastamomayāvāvām ṛṣīṇām avalaṅghitau chādyamānau dharmaśīlau dustarau sarvadehinām
“We two, made of passion and darkness, are not overstepped by the seers; covering (all), of virtuous conduct, we are hard for all embodied beings to cross.
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MtP 170.16
आवाभ्यामुह्यते लोको दुष्कराभ्यां युगे युगे आवामर्थश्च कामश्च यज्ञः स्वर्गपरिग्रहः
āvābhyāmuhyate loko duṣkarābhyāṃ yuge yuge āvāmarthaśca kāmaśca yajñaḥ svargaparigrahaḥ
“By us two, who are hard to withstand, the world is bewildered age after age; we two are wealth and desire, sacrifice, and the winning of heaven.
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MtP 170.17
सुखं यत्र मुदा युक्तं यत्र श्रीः कीर्तिरेव च येषां यत्काङ्क्षितं चैव तत्तदावां विचिन्तय
sukhaṃ yatra mudā yuktaṃ yatra śrīḥ kīrtireva ca yeṣāṃ yatkāṅkṣitaṃ caiva tattadāvāṃ vicintaya
“Where there is happiness joined with delight, where there is prosperity and fame, and whatever is longed for by whomever — consider all that to be us two.”
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MtP 170.18
यत्नाद् योगवतो दृष्ट्या योगः पूर्वं मयार्जितः तं समाधाय गुणवत् सत्त्वं चास्मि समाश्रितः
yatnād yogavato dṛṣṭyā yogaḥ pūrvaṃ mayārjitaḥ taṃ samādhāya guṇavat sattvaṃ cāsmi samāśritaḥ
“By effort, with the vision of one endowed with yoga, yoga was won by me formerly; concentrating that, I have taken refuge in sattva, which is possessed of quality.
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MtP 170.19
यः परो योगमतिमान् योगाख्यः सत्त्वमेव च रजसस्तमसश्चैव यः स्रष्टा विश्वसंभवः
yaḥ paro yogamatimān yogākhyaḥ sattvameva ca rajasastamasaścaiva yaḥ sraṣṭā viśvasaṃbhavaḥ
“He who is supreme, of yogic mind, called Yoga, and who is sattva itself, and who is the creator of passion and darkness, the source of the universe —
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MtP 170.20
ततो भूतानि जायन्ते सात्त्विकानीतराणि च स एव हि युवां नांशे वशी देवो हनिष्यति
tato bhūtāni jāyante sāttvikānītarāṇi ca sa eva hi yuvāṃ nāṃśe vaśī devo haniṣyati
“from him beings are born, the sāttvika and the others; that very self-controlled god will slay you two, not in part (but wholly).”
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MtP 170.21
स्वपन्नेव ततः श्रीमान् बहुयोजनविस्तृतम् बाहुं नारायणो ब्रह्मा कृतवानात्ममायया
svapanneva tataḥ śrīmān bahuyojanavistṛtam bāhuṃ nārāyaṇo brahmā kṛtavānātmamāyayā
Then the glorious Nārāyaṇa-Brahmā, as if asleep, made by his own māyā an arm extended over many yojanas.
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MtP 170.22
कृष्यमाणौ ततस्तस्य बाहुना बाहुशालिनः चेरतुस्तौ विगलितौ शकुनाविव पीवरौ
kṛṣyamāṇau tatastasya bāhunā bāhuśālinaḥ ceratustau vigalitau śakunāviva pīvarau
Then, being dragged by the arm of that mighty-armed one, the two of them moved about, slipping loose like two fat birds.
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MtP 170.23
ततस्तावाहतुर्गत्वा तदा देवं सनातनम् पद्मनाभं हृषीकेशं प्रणिपत्य स्थितावुभौ
tatastāvāhaturgatvā tadā devaṃ sanātanam padmanābhaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ praṇipatya sthitāvubhau
Then the two of them went and spoke to the eternal god, the lotus-naveled Hṛṣīkeśa, and both stood having bowed low.
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MtP 170.24
जानीवस्त्वां विश्वयोनिं त्वामेकं पुरुषोत्तमम् त्वमावां पाहि हेत्वर्थम् इदं नौ बुद्धिकारणम्
jānīvastvāṃ viśvayoniṃ tvāmekaṃ puruṣottamam tvamāvāṃ pāhi hetvartham idaṃ nau buddhikāraṇam
“We two know you as the womb of the universe, you alone as the highest Person; do you protect us for (this) purpose — this is the ground of our thinking.
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MtP 170.25
अमोघदर्शनः स त्वं यतस्त्वां विद्वः शाश्वतम् ततस्त्वामागतावावाम् अभितः प्रसमीक्षितुम्
amoghadarśanaḥ sa tvaṃ yatastvāṃ vidvaḥ śāśvatam tatastvāmāgatāvāvām abhitaḥ prasamīkṣitum
“Since we know you to be eternal, whose seeing is unfailing, therefore we two have come to gaze upon you fully from every side.
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MtP 170.26
तदिच्छामो वरं देव त्वत्तो ऽद्भुतम् अरिंदम अमोघदर्शनो ऽसि त्वं नमस्ते समितिंजय
tadicchāmo varaṃ deva tvatto 'dbhutam ariṃdama amoghadarśano 'si tvaṃ namaste samitiṃjaya
“So we desire a wondrous boon from you, O god, O subduer of foes; your sight is unfailing — homage to you, conqueror in battle!”
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MtP 170.27
किमर्थं हि द्रुतं ब्रूतं वरं ह्यसुरसत्तमौ दत्तायुष्कौ पुनर्भूयो रहो जीवितुम् इच्छथः
kimarthaṃ hi drutaṃ brūtaṃ varaṃ hyasurasattamau dattāyuṣkau punarbhūyo raho jīvitum icchathaḥ
“For what purpose? Speak the boon quickly, O best of asuras! Having had your lifespans granted, do you wish to live yet again, in secret?
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MtP 170.28
यस्मिन्न कश्चिन्मृतवान् देव तस्मिन्प्रभो वधम् तमिच्छावो वधश्चैव त्वत्तो नो ऽस्तु महाव्रत
yasminna kaścinmṛtavān deva tasminprabho vadham tamicchāvo vadhaścaiva tvatto no 'stu mahāvrata
“O lord, (let) our death be by that in which no one has (ever) died; that we two desire, and let our slaying come from you, O you of great vows.”
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MtP 170.29
बाढं युवां तु प्रवरौ भविष्यत्कालसंभवे भविष्यतो न संदेहः सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि वाम्
bāḍhaṃ yuvāṃ tu pravarau bhaviṣyatkālasaṃbhave bhaviṣyato na saṃdehaḥ satyametadbravīmi vām
“So be it! But you two shall be the foremost in the arising of a time to come; you shall come to be — there is no doubt. This truth I tell you.”
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MtP 170.30
वरं प्रदायाथ महासुराभ्यां सनातनो विश्ववरः सुरोत्तमः रजस्तमोवर्गभवायनौ यमौ ममन्थ तावूरुतलेन वै प्रभुः
varaṃ pradāyātha mahāsurābhyāṃ sanātano viśvavaraḥ surottamaḥ rajastamovargabhavāyanau yamau mamantha tāvūrutalena vai prabhuḥ
Then, having granted the boon to the two great asuras, the eternal one, best of the universe, foremost of the gods, the Lord churned forth with the surface of his thigh those twins, the abodes wherein the classes of rajas and tamas arise.
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