Matsya Purana — Chapter 172
MtP 172.1
विष्णुत्वं शृणु विष्णोश्च हरित्वं च कृते युगे वैकुण्ठत्वं च देवेषु कृष्णत्वं मानुषेषु च
viṣṇutvaṃ śṛṇu viṣṇośca haritvaṃ ca kṛte yuge vaikuṇṭhatvaṃ ca deveṣu kṛṣṇatvaṃ mānuṣeṣu ca
Hear of Viṣṇu's Viṣṇu-hood, and his being Hari in the Kṛta age, and his being Vaikuṇṭha among the gods, and his being Kṛṣṇa among men.
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MtP 172.2
ईश्वरस्य हि तस्यैषा कर्मणां गहना गतिः संप्रत्यतीतान्भव्यांश्च शृणु राजन्यथातथम्
īśvarasya hi tasyaiṣā karmaṇāṃ gahanā gatiḥ saṃpratyatītānbhavyāṃśca śṛṇu rājanyathātatham
For this course of the deeds of that Lord is unfathomable. Hear now, O king, according to the truth, of (his deeds) past and to come.
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MtP 172.3
अव्यक्तो व्यक्तलिङ्गस्थो य एष भगवान्प्रभुः नारायणो ह्यनन्तात्मा प्रभवो ऽव्यय एव च
avyakto vyaktaliṅgastho ya eṣa bhagavānprabhuḥ nārāyaṇo hyanantātmā prabhavo 'vyaya eva ca
He, the unmanifest one abiding in a manifest form, who is this blessed lord Nārāyaṇa, whose self is endless, the source (of all), and imperishable—
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MtP 172.4
एष नारायणो भूत्वा हरिरासीत्सनातनः ब्रह्मा वायुश्च सोमश्च धर्मः शक्रो बृहस्पतिः
eṣa nārāyaṇo bhūtvā harirāsītsanātanaḥ brahmā vāyuśca somaśca dharmaḥ śakro bṛhaspatiḥ
this one, having become Nārāyaṇa, was the eternal Hari, and Brahmā, and Vāyu, and Soma, Dharma, Śakra, Bṛhaspati.
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MtP 172.5
अदितेरपि पुत्रत्वम् एव याति युगे युगे एष विष्णुरिति ख्यात इन्द्रस्यावरजो विभुः
aditerapi putratvam eva yāti yuge yuge eṣa viṣṇuriti khyāta indrasyāvarajo vibhuḥ
He even goes into the state of being Aditi's son, age after age; this mighty one, known as Viṣṇu, (was) the younger brother of Indra.
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MtP 172.6
प्रसादजं ह्यस्य विभोर् अदित्याः पुत्रकारणम् वधार्थं सुरशत्रूणां दैत्यदानवरक्षसाम्
prasādajaṃ hyasya vibhor adityāḥ putrakāraṇam vadhārthaṃ suraśatrūṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām
Indeed, the reason for this mighty one's sonship of Aditi, born of (her) winning his favour, was for the slaying of the enemies of the gods—daityas, dānavas, and rākṣasas.
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MtP 172.7
प्रधानात्मा पुरा ह्येष ब्रह्माणमसृजत्प्रभुः सो ऽसृजत्पूर्वपुरुषः पुराकल्पे प्रजापतीन्
pradhānātmā purā hyeṣa brahmāṇamasṛjatprabhuḥ so 'sṛjatpūrvapuruṣaḥ purākalpe prajāpatīn
Formerly this lord, whose self is the primal matter (pradhāna), created Brahmā; and he, the primal Person, created the Prajāpatis in the former aeon.
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MtP 172.8
असृजन्मानवांस्तत्र ब्रह्मवंशाननुत्तमान् तेभ्यो ऽभवन्महात्मभ्यो बहुधा ब्रह्म शाश्वतम्
asṛjanmānavāṃstatra brahmavaṃśānanuttamān tebhyo 'bhavanmahātmabhyo bahudhā brahma śāśvatam
There they created the Manus and the unsurpassed lineages of brahmans; from those great-souled ones came the eternal Veda in its many forms.
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MtP 172.9
एतदाश्चर्यभूतस्य विष्णोः कर्मानुकीर्तनम् कीर्तनीयस्य लोकेषु कीर्त्यमानं निबोध मे
etadāścaryabhūtasya viṣṇoḥ karmānukīrtanam kīrtanīyasya lokeṣu kīrtyamānaṃ nibodha me
Hear from me this recital of the deeds of the wondrous Viṣṇu, who is worthy of being praised in (all) the worlds, as it is being proclaimed.
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MtP 172.10
वृते वृत्रवधे तत्र वर्तमाने कृते युगे आसीत्त्रैलोक्यविख्यातः सङ्ग्रामस्तारकामयः
vṛte vṛtravadhe tatra vartamāne kṛte yuge āsīttrailokyavikhyātaḥ saṅgrāmastārakāmayaḥ
When the slaying of Vṛtra had been chosen (undertaken) there, while the Kṛta age was in force, there took place the battle called Tārakāmaya, renowned in the three worlds.
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MtP 172.11
यत्र ते दानवा घोराः सर्वे सङ्ग्रामदुर्जयाः घ्नन्ति देवगणान्सर्वान् सयक्षोरगराक्षसान्
yatra te dānavā ghorāḥ sarve saṅgrāmadurjayāḥ ghnanti devagaṇānsarvān sayakṣoragarākṣasān
In it those dreadful Dānavas, all unconquerable in battle, were slaying all the hosts of gods together with the yakṣas, serpents and rākṣasas.
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MtP 172.12
ते वध्यमाना विमुखाः क्षीणप्रहरणा रणे त्रातारं मनसा जग्मुर् देवं नारायणं प्रभुम्
te vadhyamānā vimukhāḥ kṣīṇapraharaṇā raṇe trātāraṃ manasā jagmur devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
Being slain, turned away (in flight), their weapons spent in the fight, they went in mind (for refuge) to the lord Nārāyaṇa, the god, as their protector.
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MtP 172.13
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे मेघा निर्वाणाङ्गारवर्चसः सार्कचन्द्रग्रहगणं छादयन्तो नभस्तलम्
etasminnantare meghā nirvāṇāṅgāravarcasaḥ sārkacandragrahagaṇaṃ chādayanto nabhastalam
In this interval clouds with the sheen of extinguished coals (came), covering the vault of the sky along with the sun, moon and the host of planets;
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MtP 172.14
चण्डा विद्युद्गणोपेता घोरनिर्ह्रादकारिणः अन्योन्यवेगाभिहताः प्रववुः सह मारुताः
caṇḍā vidyudgaṇopetā ghoranirhrādakāriṇaḥ anyonyavegābhihatāḥ pravavuḥ saha mārutāḥ
fierce (clouds) attended by masses of lightning, making a terrible roar; and the winds too blew, dashing against each other with their force.
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MtP 172.15
दीप्ततोयाशनिपनैर् वज्रवेगानलानिलैः रवैः सुघोरैरुत्पातैर् दह्यमानम् इवाम्बरम्
dīptatoyāśanipanair vajravegānalānilaiḥ ravaiḥ sughorairutpātair dahyamānam ivāmbaram
With blazing thunderbolts of water, with the fire and wind of the lightning's speed, with dreadful roars and portents, the sky was as if burning.
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MtP 172.16
तत उल्कासहस्राणि निपेतुः खगतान्यपि दिव्यानि च विमानानि प्रपतन्त्युत्पतन्ति च
tata ulkāsahasrāṇi nipetuḥ khagatānyapi divyāni ca vimānāni prapatantyutpatanti ca
Then thousands of meteors fell, even those (things) moving in the sky, and divine aerial cars fell down and flew up.
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MtP 172.17
चतुर्युगान्तपर्याये लोकानां यद्भयं भवेत् अरूपवन्ति रूपाणि तस्मिन्नुत्पातलक्षणे
caturyugāntaparyāye lokānāṃ yadbhayaṃ bhavet arūpavanti rūpāṇi tasminnutpātalakṣaṇe
Whatever terror would come upon the worlds at the turn of the end of the four ages—(such were) the shapes, formless shapes, in that array of portents.
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MtP 172.18
जातं च निष्प्रभं सर्वं न प्राज्ञायत किंचन तिमिरौघपरिक्षिप्ता न रेजुश्च दिशो दश
jātaṃ ca niṣprabhaṃ sarvaṃ na prājñāyata kiṃcana timiraughaparikṣiptā na rejuśca diśo daśa
Everything became lustreless; nothing at all could be discerned; enveloped in floods of darkness, the ten directions did not shine.
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MtP 172.19
विवेश रूपिणी काली कालमेघावगुण्ठिता द्यौर्न भात्यभिभूतार्का घोरेण तमसावृता
viveśa rūpiṇī kālī kālameghāvaguṇṭhitā dyaurna bhātyabhibhūtārkā ghoreṇa tamasāvṛtā
Black Night entered in bodily form, shrouded in dark clouds; the sky, its sun overwhelmed, did not shine, covered with dreadful darkness.
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MtP 172.20
तान्घनौघान्स तिमिरान् दोर्भ्यामाक्षिप्य स प्रभुः वपुः संदर्शयामास दिव्यं कृष्णवपुर्हरिः
tānghanaughānsa timirān dorbhyāmākṣipya sa prabhuḥ vapuḥ saṃdarśayāmāsa divyaṃ kṛṣṇavapurhariḥ
Thrusting away with his two arms those masses of cloud and those darknesses, the lord Hari, whose body is dark, displayed his divine form.
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MtP 172.21
बलाहकाञ्जननिभं बलाहकतनूरुहम् तेजसा वपुषा चैव कृष्णं कृष्णमिवाचलम्
balāhakāñjananibhaṃ balāhakatanūruham tejasā vapuṣā caiva kṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇamivācalam
Like a cloud, like collyrium, with hair of the body like clouds, dark in splendour and in body, like a dark mountain;
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MtP 172.22
दीप्तपीताम्बरधरं तप्तकाञ्चनभूषणम् धूमान्धकारवपुषं युगान्ताग्निमिवोत्थितम्
dīptapītāmbaradharaṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam dhūmāndhakāravapuṣaṃ yugāntāgnimivotthitam
wearing a blazing yellow garment, adorned with refined gold, his body (dark) as smoke and gloom, risen like the fire at the age's end;
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MtP 172.23
चतुर्द्विगुणपीनांसं किरीटच्छन्नमूर्धजम् बभौ चामीकरप्रख्यैर् आयुधैरुपशोभितम्
caturdviguṇapīnāṃsaṃ kirīṭacchannamūrdhajam babhau cāmīkaraprakhyair āyudhairupaśobhitam
with shoulders eight times stout, his hair covered by a diadem, he shone, resplendent with weapons that gleamed like gold;
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MtP 172.24
चन्द्रार्ककिरणोद्द्योतं गिरिकूटमिवोच्छ्रितम् नन्दकानन्दितकरं शराशीविषधारिणम्
candrārkakiraṇoddyotaṃ girikūṭamivocchritam nandakānanditakaraṃ śarāśīviṣadhāriṇam
blazing with the rays of moon and sun, towering like a mountain peak, his hand gladdened by the Nandaka (sword), bearing arrows like venomous snakes;
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MtP 172.25
शक्तिचित्रबलोदग्रं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् विष्णुशैलं क्षमामूलं श्रीवृक्षं शार्ङ्गशृङ्गिणम्
śakticitrabalodagraṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam viṣṇuśailaṃ kṣamāmūlaṃ śrīvṛkṣaṃ śārṅgaśṛṅgiṇam
lofty with the manifold power of his śakti, holding conch, discus and mace—Viṣṇu the mountain, whose root is forbearance, whose tree is Śrī, whose peak is the Śārṅga bow;
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MtP 172.26
त्रिदशोदारफलदं स्वर्गस्त्रीचारुपल्लवम् सर्वलोकमनःकान्तं सर्वसत्त्वमनोहरम्
tridaśodāraphaladaṃ svargastrīcārupallavam sarvalokamanaḥkāntaṃ sarvasattvamanoharam
giving the noble fruit that is the thirty gods, whose lovely shoots are the women of heaven, dear to the mind of all the worlds, captivating the minds of all beings;
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MtP 172.27
नानविमानविटपं तोयदाम्बुमधुस्रवम् विद्याहंकारसाराढ्यं महाभूतप्ररोहणम्
nānavimānaviṭapaṃ toyadāmbumadhusravam vidyāhaṃkārasārāḍhyaṃ mahābhūtaprarohaṇam
whose branches are the various celestial cars, dripping the honey that is the water of the rain-clouds, rich with the pith of knowledge and ego, the sprouting-place of the great elements;
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MtP 172.28
विशेषपत्रैर्निचितं ग्रहनक्षत्रपुष्पितम् दैत्यलोकमहास्कन्धं मर्त्यलोकप्रकाशितम्
viśeṣapatrairnicitaṃ grahanakṣatrapuṣpitam daityalokamahāskandhaṃ martyalokaprakāśitam
thick with distinctive leaves, flowering with planets and constellations, whose great trunk is the world of the Daityas, illumined as the world of mortals;
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MtP 172.29
सागराकारनिर्ह्रादं रसातलमहाश्रयम् मृगेन्द्रपाशैर्विततं पक्षजन्तुनिषेवितम्
sāgarākāranirhrādaṃ rasātalamahāśrayam mṛgendrapāśairvitataṃ pakṣajantuniṣevitam
(He is) roaring like the ocean in form, having Rasātala for his great resting-place, spread over with the snares of lions, frequented by winged creatures.
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MtP 172.30
शीलार्थचारुगन्धाढ्यं सर्वलोकमहाद्रुमम् अव्यक्तानन्तसलिलं व्यक्ताहंकारफेनिलम्
śīlārthacārugandhāḍhyaṃ sarvalokamahādrumam avyaktānantasalilaṃ vyaktāhaṃkāraphenilam
(He is) rich in the lovely fragrance of good conduct and purpose, the great tree of all the worlds; the unmanifest is his endless water, manifest egoity his foam.
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MtP 172.31
महाभूततरङ्गौघं ग्रहनक्षत्रबुद्बुदम् विमानविहगव्यातं तोयदाडम्बराकुलम्
mahābhūtataraṅgaughaṃ grahanakṣatrabudbudam vimānavihagavyātaṃ toyadāḍambarākulam
The great elements are his flood of waves, the planets and lunar mansions his bubbles; he is pervaded by celestial cars as by birds, thronged with the tumult of rain-clouds.
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MtP 172.32
जन्तुमत्स्यगणाकीर्णं शैलशङ्खकुलैर्युतम् त्रैगुण्यविषयावर्तं सर्वलोकतिमिङ्गिलम्
jantumatsyagaṇākīrṇaṃ śailaśaṅkhakulairyutam traiguṇyaviṣayāvartaṃ sarvalokatimiṅgilam
(He is) strewn with hosts of creatures and fishes, filled with multitudes of rocks and conches; the objects of sense belonging to the three qualities are his whirlpools, and all the worlds his timiṅgila fish.
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MtP 172.33
वीरवृक्षलतागुल्मं भुजगोत्कृष्टशैवलम् द्वादशार्कमहाद्वीपं रुद्रैकादशपत्तनम्
vīravṛkṣalatāgulmaṃ bhujagotkṛṣṭaśaivalam dvādaśārkamahādvīpaṃ rudraikādaśapattanam
Heroes are his trees, creepers and shrubs, the serpents his uptorn waterweed; the twelve suns are his great islands, the eleven Rudras his towns.
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MtP 172.34
वस्वष्टपर्वतोपेतं त्रैलोक्याम्भोमहोदधिम् संध्यासंख्योर्मिसलिलं सुपर्णानिलसेवितम्
vasvaṣṭaparvatopetaṃ trailokyāmbhomahodadhim saṃdhyāsaṃkhyormisalilaṃ suparṇānilasevitam
(He is) furnished with the eight Vasus as his mountains, the great sea of the waters of the three worlds; the twilights are the waves of his waters, and he is attended by Garuḍa as his wind.
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MtP 172.35
दैत्यरक्षोगणग्राहं यक्षोरगझषाकुलम् पितामहमहावीर्यं सर्वस्त्रीरत्नशोभितम्
daityarakṣogaṇagrāhaṃ yakṣoragajhaṣākulam pitāmahamahāvīryaṃ sarvastrīratnaśobhitam
The hosts of Daityas and Rākṣasas are his sea-monsters; he is crowded with Yakṣas, serpents and fishes, of the great valour of the Grandfather, adorned with all the jewels among women.
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MtP 172.36
श्रीकीर्तिकान्तिलक्ष्मीभिर् नदीभिर् उपशोभितम् कालयोगिमहापर्वप्रलयोत्पत्तिवेगिनम्
śrīkīrtikāntilakṣmībhir nadībhir upaśobhitam kālayogimahāparvapralayotpattiveginam
(He is) made beautiful by Śrī, Kīrti, Kānti and Lakṣmī as his rivers, swift with the dissolutions and originations at the great turning-points of Time the yogin.
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MtP 172.37
तं तु योगमहापारं नारायणमहार्णवम् देवाधिदेवं वरदं भक्तानां भक्तिवत्सलम्
taṃ tu yogamahāpāraṃ nārāyaṇamahārṇavam devādhidevaṃ varadaṃ bhaktānāṃ bhaktivatsalam
But him, the great far shore of yoga, the great ocean that is Nārāyaṇa, god above the gods, granter of boons, loving in devotion toward his devotees—
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MtP 172.38
अनुग्रहकरं देवं प्रशान्तिकरणं शुभम् हर्यश्वरथसंयुक्ते सुपर्णध्वजसेविते
anugrahakaraṃ devaṃ praśāntikaraṇaṃ śubham haryaśvarathasaṃyukte suparṇadhvajasevite
the god who shows favour, the auspicious one who brings about peace—(they saw him) in the chariot yoked with tawny horses, attended by the Garuḍa banner,
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MtP 172.39
ग्रहचन्द्रार्करचिते मन्दराक्षवरावृते अनन्तरश्मिभिर्युक्ते विस्तीर्णे मेरुगह्वरे
grahacandrārkaracite mandarākṣavarāvṛte anantaraśmibhiryukte vistīrṇe merugahvare
(a chariot) fashioned of the planets, the moon and the sun, encompassed by the choicest axle of Mandara, joined with endless rays, in the wide hollow of Meru,
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MtP 172.40
तारकाचित्रकुसुमे ग्रहनक्षत्रबन्धुरे भयेष्वभयदं व्योम्नि देवा दैत्यपराजिताः
tārakācitrakusume grahanakṣatrabandhure bhayeṣvabhayadaṃ vyomni devā daityaparājitāḥ
(him) whose varied blossoms are the stars, made lovely by the planets and lunar mansions, giver of fearlessness amid fears—in the sky the gods, defeated by the Daityas,
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MtP 172.41
ददृशुस्ते स्थितं देवं दिव्ये लोकमये रथे ते कृताञ्जलयः सर्वे देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः
dadṛśuste sthitaṃ devaṃ divye lokamaye rathe te kṛtāñjalayaḥ sarve devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ
they beheld the god seated in his divine chariot made of the worlds; all those gods, with Śakra at their head, with palms joined,
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MtP 172.42
जयशब्दं पुरस्कृत्य शरण्यं शरणं गताः स तेषां तां गिरं श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्दैवतदैवतम्
jayaśabdaṃ puraskṛtya śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ sa teṣāṃ tāṃ giraṃ śrutvā viṣṇurdaivatadaivatam
putting first the cry of "Victory!", went for refuge to him who is the refuge. Hearing that speech of theirs, Viṣṇu, the deity of deities,
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MtP 172.43
मनश्चक्रे विनाशाय दानवानां महामृधे आकाशे तु स्थितो विष्णुर् उत्तमं वपुरास्थितः
manaścakre vināśāya dānavānāṃ mahāmṛdhe ākāśe tu sthito viṣṇur uttamaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ
made up his mind to the destruction of the Dānavas in a great battle. Standing in the sky, Viṣṇu, having assumed his highest form,
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MtP 172.44
उवाच देवताः सर्वाः सप्रतिज्ञमिदं वचः शान्तिं व्रजत भद्रं वो मा भैष्ट मरुतां गणाः
uvāca devatāḥ sarvāḥ sapratijñamidaṃ vacaḥ śāntiṃ vrajata bhadraṃ vo mā bhaiṣṭa marutāṃ gaṇāḥ
spoke to all the gods this word containing a promise: "Go in peace, good fortune to you; do not be afraid, O hosts of the Maruts.
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MtP 172.45
जिता मे दानवाः सर्वे त्रैलोक्यं परिगृह्यताम् ते तस्य सत्यसंधस्य विष्णोर्वाक्येन तोषिताः
jitā me dānavāḥ sarve trailokyaṃ parigṛhyatām te tasya satyasaṃdhasya viṣṇorvākyena toṣitāḥ
All the Dānavas are conquered by me; let the three worlds be taken back." They, gladdened by the word of that Viṣṇu whose promises are true,
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MtP 172.46
देवाः प्रीतिं समाजग्मुः प्राश्यामृतमिवोत्तमम् ततस्तमः संहृतं तद् विनेशुश्च बलाहकाः
devāḥ prītiṃ samājagmuḥ prāśyāmṛtamivottamam tatastamaḥ saṃhṛtaṃ tad vineśuśca balāhakāḥ
the gods came to delight, as if they had drunk the finest nectar. Then that darkness was withdrawn, and the storm-clouds vanished.
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MtP 172.47
प्रववुश्च शिवा वाताः प्रशान्ताश्च दिशो दश शुद्धप्रभाणि ज्योतींषि सोमश्चक्रुः प्रदक्षिणाम्
pravavuśca śivā vātāḥ praśāntāśca diśo daśa śuddhaprabhāṇi jyotīṃṣi somaścakruḥ pradakṣiṇām
Auspicious winds blew, and the ten directions grew calm; the heavenly lights had pure radiance, and the moon made a circuit to the right.
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MtP 172.48
न विग्रहं ग्रहाश्चक्रुः प्रशान्ताश्चापि सिन्धवः विरजस्काभवन्मार्गा नाकवर्गादयस्त्रयः
na vigrahaṃ grahāścakruḥ praśāntāścāpi sindhavaḥ virajaskābhavanmārgā nākavargādayastrayaḥ
The planets made no hostile aspects, and the rivers too were calm; the paths became free of dust, the three beginning with the heavenly region.
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MtP 172.49
यथार्थमूहुः सरितो नापि चुक्षुभिरे ऽर्णवाः आसञ्छुभानीन्द्रियाणि नराणामन्तरात्मसु
yathārthamūhuḥ sarito nāpi cukṣubhire 'rṇavāḥ āsañchubhānīndriyāṇi narāṇāmantarātmasu
The rivers flowed as they should, nor were the oceans troubled; and in the inner selves of men the senses became auspicious.
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MtP 172.50
महर्षयो वीतशोका वेदान् उच्चैरधीयत यज्ञेषु च हविः पाकं शिवमाप च पावकः
maharṣayo vītaśokā vedān uccairadhīyata yajñeṣu ca haviḥ pākaṃ śivamāpa ca pāvakaḥ
The great sages, freed from sorrow, recited the Vedas aloud, and at the sacrifices the fire brought the oblation to a wholesome cooking.
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MtP 172.51
प्रवृत्तधर्माः संवृत्ता लोका मुदितमानसाः विष्णोर्दत्तप्रतिज्ञस्य श्रुत्वारिनिधने गिरम्
pravṛttadharmāḥ saṃvṛttā lokā muditamānasāḥ viṣṇordattapratijñasya śrutvārinidhane giram
Having heard the word of Viṣṇu, who had given his promise concerning the destruction of the enemy, the worlds became set upon dharma and glad of mind.
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