Matsya Purana — Chapter 175
MtP 175.1
ताभ्यां बलाभ्यां संजज्ञे तुमुलो विग्रहस्तदा सुराणामसुराणां च परस्परजयैषिणाम्
tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ saṃjajñe tumulo vigrahastadā surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca parasparajayaiṣiṇām
Then between those two armies arose a tumultuous conflict — of the gods and of the asuras, each seeking victory over the other.
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MtP 175.2
दानवा दैवतैः सार्धं नानाप्रहरणोद्यताः समीयुर्युध्यमाना वै पर्वता इव पर्वतैः
dānavā daivataiḥ sārdhaṃ nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ samīyuryudhyamānā vai parvatā iva parvataiḥ
The Dānavas, raising up various weapons, came together with the gods, fighting indeed like mountains against mountains.
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MtP 175.3
तत्सुरासुरसंयुक्तं युद्धमत्यद्भुतं बभौ धर्माधर्मसमायुक्तं दर्पेण विनयेन च
tatsurāsurasaṃyuktaṃ yuddhamatyadbhutaṃ babhau dharmādharmasamāyuktaṃ darpeṇa vinayena ca
That utterly marvellous battle joined between gods and Asuras shone forth, compounded of right and wrong, of arrogance and of discipline.
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MtP 175.4
ततो रथैर्विप्रयुक्तैर् वारणैश्च प्रचोदितैः उत्पतद्भिश्च गगनम् असिहस्तैः समन्ततः
tato rathairviprayuktair vāraṇaiśca pracoditaiḥ utpatadbhiśca gaganam asihastaiḥ samantataḥ
Then, with chariots torn apart, with elephants goaded on, and with sword-bearing (warriors) leaping up into the sky on every side —
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MtP 175.5
क्षिप्यमाणैश्च मुसलैः संपतद्भिश्च सायकैः चापैर्विस्फार्यमाणैश्च पात्यमानैश्च मुद्गरैः
kṣipyamāṇaiśca musalaiḥ saṃpatadbhiśca sāyakaiḥ cāpairvisphāryamāṇaiśca pātyamānaiśca mudgaraiḥ
with pestles being flung, with arrows raining down, with bows being drawn taut, and with mallets being brought down —
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MtP 175.6
तद्युद्धमभवद्घोरं देवदानवसंकुलम् जगतस्त्रासजननं युगसंवर्तकोपमम्
tadyuddhamabhavadghoraṃ devadānavasaṃkulam jagatastrāsajananaṃ yugasaṃvartakopamam
That battle became terrible, a confusion of gods and demons, generating terror in the world, like the dissolution at the end of an age.
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MtP 175.7
हस्तमुक्तैश्च परिघैर् विप्रयुक्तैश्च पर्वतैः दानवाः समरे जघ्नुर् देवानिन्द्रपुरोगमान्
hastamuktaiśca parighair viprayuktaiśca parvataiḥ dānavāḥ samare jaghnur devānindrapurogamān
With iron clubs hurled from their hands and with mountains flung (at them), the Dānavas in the battle struck down the gods, with Indra at their head.
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MtP 175.8
ते वध्यमाना बलिभिर् दानवैर्जितकाशिभिः विषण्णवदना देवा जग्मुरार्तिं परां मृधे
te vadhyamānā balibhir dānavairjitakāśibhiḥ viṣaṇṇavadanā devā jagmurārtiṃ parāṃ mṛdhe
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 175.9
ते ऽस्त्रशूलप्रमथिताः परिघैर्भिन्नमस्तकाः भिन्नोरस्का दितिसुतैर् वेमू रक्तं व्रणैर्बहु
te 'straśūlapramathitāḥ parighairbhinnamastakāḥ bhinnoraskā ditisutair vemū raktaṃ vraṇairbahu
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 175.10
वेष्टिताः शरजालैश्च निर्यत्नाश्चासुरैः कृताः प्रविष्टा दानवीं मायां न शेकुस्ते विचेष्टितुम्
veṣṭitāḥ śarajālaiśca niryatnāścāsuraiḥ kṛtāḥ praviṣṭā dānavīṃ māyāṃ na śekuste viceṣṭitum
Enveloped in nets of arrows and rendered powerless by the asuras, having fallen into the dānavas' magic illusion, they could not stir.
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MtP 175.11
अस्तं गतमिवाभाति निष्प्राणसदृशाकृति बलं सुराणामसुरैर् निष्प्रयत्नायुधं कृतम्
astaṃ gatamivābhāti niṣprāṇasadṛśākṛti balaṃ surāṇāmasurair niṣprayatnāyudhaṃ kṛtam
The host of the gods appears as though it had set (like the sun), its form like something without breath, its weapons made ineffectual by the asuras.
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MtP 175.12
दैत्यचापच्युतान् घोरांश् छित्त्वा वज्रेण ताञ्छरान् शक्रो दैत्यबलं घोरं विवेश बहुलोचनः
daityacāpacyutān ghorāṃś chittvā vajreṇa tāñcharān śakro daityabalaṃ ghoraṃ viveśa bahulocanaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 175.13
स दैत्यप्रमुखान्हत्वा तद्दानवबलं महत् तामसेनास्त्रजालेन तमोभूतमथाकरोत्
sa daityapramukhānhatvā taddānavabalaṃ mahat tāmasenāstrajālena tamobhūtamathākarot
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 175.14
ते ऽन्योन्यं नावबुध्यन्त देवानां वाहनानि च घोरेण तमसाविष्टाः पुरुहूतस्य तेजसा
te 'nyonyaṃ nāvabudhyanta devānāṃ vāhanāni ca ghoreṇa tamasāviṣṭāḥ puruhūtasya tejasā
They did not recognize one another, nor the mounts of the gods, enveloped as they were by the dreadful darkness — (and) by the fiery power of Puruhūta (Indra).
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MtP 175.15
मायापाशैर्विमुक्तास्तु यत्नवन्तः सुरोत्तमाः वपूंषि दैत्यसिंहानां तमोभूतान्यपातयन्
māyāpāśairvimuktāstu yatnavantaḥ surottamāḥ vapūṃṣi daityasiṃhānāṃ tamobhūtānyapātayan
But the foremost of the gods, freed from the snares of illusion, striving, struck down the bodies of the lion-like daityas, which had become (mere) darkness.
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MtP 175.16
अपध्वस्ता विसंज्ञाश्च तमसा नीलवर्चसा पेतुस्ते दानवगणाश् छिन्नपक्षा इवाद्रयः
apadhvastā visaṃjñāśca tamasā nīlavarcasā petuste dānavagaṇāś chinnapakṣā ivādrayaḥ
Shattered and senseless from the darkness of blue-black hue, those hosts of dānavas fell like mountains with their wings cut off.
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MtP 175.17
तद्घनीभूतदैत्येन्द्रम् अन्धकार इवार्णवे दानवं देवकदनं तमोभूतमिवाभवत्
tadghanībhūtadaityendram andhakāra ivārṇave dānavaṃ devakadanaṃ tamobhūtamivābhavat
That slaughter of the gods by the dānavas, in which the daitya lords had become dense (with darkness), became as though turned wholly to darkness, like the blackness within the ocean.
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MtP 175.18
तदासृजन्महामायां मयस्तां तामसीं दहन् युगान्तोद्योतजननीं सृष्टामौर्वेण वह्निना
tadāsṛjanmahāmāyāṃ mayastāṃ tāmasīṃ dahan yugāntodyotajananīṃ sṛṣṭāmaurveṇa vahninā
Then Maya sent forth that great illusion of darkness, burning, engendering the blaze of the age's end, produced by the Aurva fire.
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MtP 175.19
सा ददाह ततः सर्वान् माया मयविकल्पिता दैत्याश्चादित्यवपुषः सद्य उत्तस्थुराहवे
sā dadāha tataḥ sarvān māyā mayavikalpitā daityāścādityavapuṣaḥ sadya uttasthurāhave
Then that illusion, devised by Maya, burned them all; and the daityas, with bodies (blazing) like the sun, at once rose up in the battle.
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MtP 175.20
मायामौर्वीं समासाद्य दह्यमाना दिवौकसः भेजिरे चन्द्रविषयं शीतांशुसलिलप्रदम्
māyāmaurvīṃ samāsādya dahyamānā divaukasaḥ bhejire candraviṣayaṃ śītāṃśusalilapradam
Meeting with the Aurva illusion and being burned, the dwellers of heaven resorted to the region of the moon, which yields the water of cool rays.
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MtP 175.21
ते दह्यमाना ह्यौर्वेण वह्निना नष्टचेतसः शशंसुर्वज्रिणं देवाः संतप्ताः शरणैषिणः
te dahyamānā hyaurveṇa vahninā naṣṭacetasaḥ śaśaṃsurvajriṇaṃ devāḥ saṃtaptāḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ
Being burned by the Aurva fire, their wits lost, scorched and seeking refuge, the gods reported (this) to the wielder of the thunderbolt.
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MtP 175.22
संतते मायया सैन्ये हन्यमाने च दानवैः चोदितो देवराजेन वरुणो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
saṃtate māyayā sainye hanyamāne ca dānavaiḥ codito devarājena varuṇo vākyamabravīt
When the army was overspread by the illusion and was being slain by the dānavas, Varuṇa, urged on by the king of the gods, spoke these words:
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MtP 175.23
पुरा ब्रह्मर्षिजः शक्र तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् ऊर्वः सपूर्वतेजस्वी सदृशो ब्रह्मणो गुणैः
purā brahmarṣijaḥ śakra tapastepe sudāruṇam ūrvaḥ sapūrvatejasvī sadṛśo brahmaṇo guṇaiḥ
"Long ago, O Śakra, Ūrva, born of a brahmin seer, performed a most terrible austerity — possessed of primeval fiery power, equal to Brahmā in his qualities.
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MtP 175.24
तं तपन्तमिवादित्यं तपसा जगदव्ययम् उपतस्थुर्मुनिगणा दिव्या देवर्षिभिः सह
taṃ tapantamivādityaṃ tapasā jagadavyayam upatasthurmunigaṇā divyā devarṣibhiḥ saha
Him, imperishable, as if scorching the world with his austerity like the sun, the divine bands of ascetics together with the divine seers approached.
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MtP 175.25
हिरण्यकशिपुश्चैव दानवो दानवेश्वरः ऋषिं विज्ञापयामासुः पुरा परमतेजसम्
hiraṇyakaśipuścaiva dānavo dānaveśvaraḥ ṛṣiṃ vijñāpayāmāsuḥ purā paramatejasam
And Hiraṇyakaśipu, the dānava, lord of the dānavas — they made their request known to that seer of supreme fiery power in olden time.
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MtP 175.26
ऊचुर्ब्रह्मर्षयस्तं तु वचनं धर्मसंहितम् ऋषिवंशेषु भगवंश् छिन्नमूलमिदं पदम्
ūcurbrahmarṣayastaṃ tu vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam ṛṣivaṃśeṣu bhagavaṃś chinnamūlamidaṃ padam
The brahmin seers spoke to him words in keeping with dharma: 'Lord, among the lineages of seers this position is cut off at the root.
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MtP 175.27
एकस्त्वमनपत्यश्च गोत्रजो ऽन्यो न वर्तते कौमारं व्रतमास्थाय क्लेशमेवानुवर्तसे
ekastvamanapatyaśca gotrajo 'nyo na vartate kaumāraṃ vratamāsthāya kleśamevānuvartase
You are alone and without offspring, and no other of your gotra survives; having taken up the vow of chastity, you pursue nothing but hardship.
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MtP 175.28
बहूनि विप्र गोत्राणि मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् एकदेहानि तिष्ठन्ति विविक्तानि विना प्रजाः
bahūni vipra gotrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām ekadehāni tiṣṭhanti viviktāni vinā prajāḥ
Many are the gotras, O brahmin, of sages of disciplined selves, which stand isolated, having but a single body, without progeny.
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MtP 175.29
एवमुच्छिन्नमूलैश्च पुत्रैर्नो नास्ति कारणम् भवांस्तु तपसा श्रेष्ठो प्रजापातसमद्युतिः
evamucchinnamūlaiśca putrairno nāsti kāraṇam bhavāṃstu tapasā śreṣṭho prajāpātasamadyutiḥ
Thus, with sons whose root is severed, there is no purpose for us; but you are the foremost in austerity, with splendour equal to Prajāpati's.
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MtP 175.30
तत्र वर्तस्व वंशाय वर्धयात्मानम् आत्मना त्वया धर्मो ऽर्जितस्तेन द्वितीयां कुरु वै तनुम्
tatra vartasva vaṃśāya vardhayātmānam ātmanā tvayā dharmo 'rjitastena dvitīyāṃ kuru vai tanum
Therefore act for the sake of the lineage; increase yourself by your own self. Dharma has been won by you; by that, make for yourself a second body.'
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MtP 175.31
स एवमुक्तो मुनिभिर् मुनिर् मर्मसु ताडितः जगर्हे तानृषिगणान् वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्
sa evamukto munibhir munir marmasu tāḍitaḥ jagarhe tānṛṣigaṇān vacanaṃ cedamabravīt
Thus addressed by the sages, the sage, struck in his vital parts, rebuked those bands of seers and spoke these words:
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MtP 175.32
यथायं विहितो धरो मुनीनां शाश्वतः पुरा आर्षं वै सेवतः कर्म वन्यमूलफलाशिनः
yathāyaṃ vihito dharo munīnāṃ śāśvataḥ purā ārṣaṃ vai sevataḥ karma vanyamūlaphalāśinaḥ
'Just as this eternal duty was laid down of old for sages who follow the work of the seers and live on wild roots and fruits —
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MtP 175.33
ब्रह्मयोनौ प्रसूतस्य ब्राह्मणस्यात्मदर्शिनः ब्रह्मचर्यं सुचरितं ब्रह्माणमपि चालयेत्
brahmayonau prasūtasya brāhmaṇasyātmadarśinaḥ brahmacaryaṃ sucaritaṃ brahmāṇamapi cālayet
for a brahmin born in the womb of Brahman, who sees the self, chastity well practised would shake even Brahmā.
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MtP 175.34
जनानां वृत्तयस्तिस्रो ये गृहाश्रमवासिनः अस्माकं तु वरं वृत्तिर् वनाश्रमनिवासिनाम्
janānāṃ vṛttayastisro ye gṛhāśramavāsinaḥ asmākaṃ tu varaṃ vṛttir vanāśramanivāsinām
“Three are the modes of livelihood of those people who dwell in the householder's stage; but better is our mode of life, of those who dwell in the forest stage.
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MtP 175.35
अब्भक्षा वायुभक्षाश्च दन्तोलूखलिनस्तथा अश्मकुट्टा ह्यशनकाः पञ्चातपसहाश्च ये
abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāśca dantolūkhalinastathā aśmakuṭṭā hyaśanakāḥ pañcātapasahāśca ye
Those who feed on water, and those who feed on air, and those who use their teeth for a mortar, those who pound (their food) with stones, those who eat little, and those who endure the five fires —
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MtP 175.36
एते तपसि तिष्ठन्ति व्रतैरपि सुदुष्करैः ब्रह्मचर्यं पुरस्कृत्य प्रार्थयन्ति परां गतिम्
ete tapasi tiṣṭhanti vratairapi suduṣkaraiḥ brahmacaryaṃ puraskṛtya prārthayanti parāṃ gatim
these stand in austerity with vows most hard to perform, and, putting chastity foremost, they pray for the highest goal.
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MtP 175.37
ब्रह्यचर्याद्ब्राह्मणस्य ब्राह्मणत्वं विधीयते एवमाहुः परे लोके ब्रह्मचर्यविदो जनाः
brahyacaryādbrāhmaṇasya brāhmaṇatvaṃ vidhīyate evamāhuḥ pare loke brahmacaryavido janāḥ
From chastity the brahminhood of a brahmin is established: so say, in the world beyond, the people who know chastity.
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MtP 175.38
ब्रह्मचर्ये स्थितं सत्यं ब्रह्मचर्ये स्थितं तपः ये स्थिता ब्रह्मचर्ये तु ब्राह्मणा दिवि संस्थिताः
brahmacarye sthitaṃ satyaṃ brahmacarye sthitaṃ tapaḥ ye sthitā brahmacarye tu brāhmaṇā divi saṃsthitāḥ
In chastity truth is established, in chastity austerity is established; and those brahmins who are established in chastity are established in heaven.
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MtP 175.39
नास्ति योगं विना सिद्धिर् न वा सिद्धिं विना यशः नास्ति लोके यशोमूलं ब्रह्मचर्यात्परं तपः
nāsti yogaṃ vinā siddhir na vā siddhiṃ vinā yaśaḥ nāsti loke yaśomūlaṃ brahmacaryātparaṃ tapaḥ
There is no attainment without yoga, nor fame without attainment; there is in the world no austerity higher than chastity, which is the root of fame.
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MtP 175.40
यो निगृह्येन्द्रियग्रामं भूतग्रामं च पञ्चकम् ब्रह्मचर्यं समाधत्ते किमतः परमं तपः
yo nigṛhyendriyagrāmaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ ca pañcakam brahmacaryaṃ samādhatte kimataḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ
He who, having restrained the host of the senses and the fivefold host of the elements, fixes himself in chastity — what austerity is higher than this?
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MtP 175.41
अयोगे केशधरणम् असंकल्पव्रतक्रियां अब्रह्मचर्ये चर्या च त्रयं स्याद् दम्भसंज्ञकम्
ayoge keśadharaṇam asaṃkalpavratakriyāṃ abrahmacarye caryā ca trayaṃ syād dambhasaṃjñakam
Wearing (long) hair while not practising yoga, performing vows without resolve, and (ascetic) observance without chastity — these three would go by the name of hypocrisy.
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MtP 175.42
क्व दाराः क्व च संयोगः क्व च भावविपर्ययः नन्वियं ब्रह्मणा सृष्टा मनसा मानसी प्रजा
kva dārāḥ kva ca saṃyogaḥ kva ca bhāvaviparyayaḥ nanviyaṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭā manasā mānasī prajā
Where is a wife, and where union, and where the reversal of one's state? Surely this offspring was created by Brahmā with the mind, and is mind-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 175.43
यद्यस्ति तपसो वीर्यं युष्माकं विदितात्मनाम् सृजध्वं मानसान्पुत्रान् प्राजापत्येन कर्मणा
yadyasti tapaso vīryaṃ yuṣmākaṃ viditātmanām sṛjadhvaṃ mānasānputrān prājāpatyena karmaṇā
If you, who have known the self, have the power of austerity, then bring forth mind-born sons by the act proper to Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.44
मनसा निर्मिता योनिर् आधातव्या तपस्विभिः न दारयोगो बीजं वा व्रतमुक्तं तपस्विनाम्
manasā nirmitā yonir ādhātavyā tapasvibhiḥ na dārayogo bījaṃ vā vratamuktaṃ tapasvinām
A womb fashioned by the mind is what ascetics should impregnate; neither union with a wife nor seed is the vow-freed way of ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 175.45
यदिदं लुप्तधर्मार्थं युष्माभिरिह निर्भयैः व्याहृतं सद्भिरत्यर्थम् असद्भिरिव मे मतम्
yadidaṃ luptadharmārthaṃ yuṣmābhiriha nirbhayaiḥ vyāhṛtaṃ sadbhiratyartham asadbhiriva me matam
This speech, destructive of dharma and of purpose, which has been uttered here by you fearless ones at such length — though you are good men, it seems to me as though (spoken) by bad men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 175.46
वपुर्दीप्तान्तरात्मानम् एतत्कृत्वा मनोमयम् दारयोगं विना स्रक्ष्ये पुत्रम् आत्मतनूरुहम्
vapurdīptāntarātmānam etatkṛtvā manomayam dārayogaṃ vinā srakṣye putram ātmatanūruham
Having made this body, whose inner self is blazing, to be mind-made, without union with a wife I shall bring forth a son sprung from my own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.47
एवमात्मानमात्मा मे द्वितीयं जनयिष्यति वन्येनानेन विधिना दिधक्षन्तमिव प्रजाः
evamātmānamātmā me dvitīyaṃ janayiṣyati vanyenānena vidhinā didhakṣantamiva prajāḥ
Thus my own self shall beget a second self by this forest rite — one as if intent on burning up creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.48
ऊर्वस्तु तपसाविष्टो निवेश्योरुं हुताशने ममन्थैकेन दर्भेण सुतस्य प्रभवारणिम्
ūrvastu tapasāviṣṭo niveśyoruṃ hutāśane mamanthaikena darbheṇa sutasya prabhavāraṇim
But Ūrva, possessed by austerity, having placed his thigh in the fire, churned with a single darbha blade the fire-stick that was to be the source of a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.49
तस्योरुं सहसा भित्त्वा ज्वालामाली ह्यनिन्धनः जगतो दहनाकाङ्क्षी पुत्रो ऽग्निः समपद्यत
tasyoruṃ sahasā bhittvā jvālāmālī hyanindhanaḥ jagato dahanākāṅkṣī putro 'gniḥ samapadyata
Suddenly splitting open his thigh, garlanded with flames, fuelless, longing to burn the world, a son, Fire, came forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.50
ऊर्वस्योरुं विनिर्भिद्य और्वो नामान्तको ऽनलः दिधक्षन्निव लोकांस्त्रीञ् जज्ञे परमकोपनः
ūrvasyoruṃ vinirbhidya aurvo nāmāntako 'nalaḥ didhakṣanniva lokāṃstrīñ jajñe paramakopanaḥ
Having burst through Ūrva's thigh, the fire named Aurva, the ender, was born, exceedingly wrathful, as if intent on burning the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.51
उत्पन्नमात्रश्चोवाच पितरं क्षीणया गिरा क्षुधा मे बाधते तात जगद्भक्ष्ये त्यजस्व माम्
utpannamātraścovāca pitaraṃ kṣīṇayā girā kṣudhā me bādhate tāta jagadbhakṣye tyajasva mām
And as soon as he was born he said to his father in a faint voice: “Hunger afflicts me, father; I would eat the world — let me go.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.52
त्रिदिवारोहिभिर्ज्वालैर् जृम्भमाणो दिशो दश निर्दहन्सर्वभूतानि ववृधे सो ऽन्तको ऽनलः
tridivārohibhirjvālair jṛmbhamāṇo diśo daśa nirdahansarvabhūtāni vavṛdhe so 'ntako 'nalaḥ
Yawning wide into the ten directions with flames mounting to the third heaven, burning up all beings, that ending fire grew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.53
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा मुनिमूर्वं सभाजयन् उवाच वार्यतां पुत्रो जगतश्च दयां कुरु
etasminnantare brahmā munimūrvaṃ sabhājayan uvāca vāryatāṃ putro jagataśca dayāṃ kuru
Meanwhile Brahmā, honouring the sage Ūrva, said: “Let your son be held back, and show mercy to the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.54
अस्यापत्यस्य ते विप्र करिष्ये स्थानमुत्तमम् तथ्यमेतद्वचः पुत्र शृणु त्वं वदतां वर
asyāpatyasya te vipra kariṣye sthānamuttamam tathyametadvacaḥ putra śṛṇu tvaṃ vadatāṃ vara
"For this offspring of yours, brahmin, I shall make an excellent station. This word (of mine) is true, my son; listen, you best of speakers."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.55
धन्यो ऽस्म्यनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि यन्मे ऽद्य भगवाञ्छिशोः मतिमेतां ददातीह परमानुग्रहाय वै
dhanyo 'smyanugṛhīto 'smi yanme 'dya bhagavāñchiśoḥ matimetāṃ dadātīha paramānugrahāya vai
"I am fortunate, I am favoured, in that today the Lord grants me this intention concerning my child, indeed for (my) supreme benefit."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.56
प्रभातकाले सम्प्राप्ते काङ्क्षितव्ये समागमे भगवंस्तर्पितः पुत्रः कैर्हव्यैः प्राप्स्यते सुखम्
prabhātakāle samprāpte kāṅkṣitavye samāgame bhagavaṃstarpitaḥ putraḥ kairhavyaiḥ prāpsyate sukham
"When daybreak comes, at the longed-for meeting, O Lord, by which oblations will (my) son be satisfied and attain ease?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.57
कुत्र चास्य निवासः स्याद् भोजनं वा किमात्मकम् विधास्यतीह भगवान् वीर्यतुल्यं महौजसः
kutra cāsya nivāsaḥ syād bhojanaṃ vā kimātmakam vidhāsyatīha bhagavān vīryatulyaṃ mahaujasaḥ
"And where shall his dwelling be, and of what sort his food? Will the Lord here provide (something) equal to the might of that greatly vigorous one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 175.58
वडवामुखे ऽस्य वसतिः समुद्रे वै भविष्यति मम योनिर्जलं विप्र तस्य पीतवतः सुखम्
vaḍavāmukhe 'sya vasatiḥ samudre vai bhaviṣyati mama yonirjalaṃ vipra tasya pītavataḥ sukham
"His dwelling shall be in the mare's mouth, in the ocean. My own source is water, brahmin; drinking it he will be at ease."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.59
यत्राहमास नियतं पिबन्वारिमयं हविः तद्धविस्तव पुत्रस्य विसृजाम्यालयं च तत्
yatrāhamāsa niyataṃ pibanvārimayaṃ haviḥ taddhavistava putrasya visṛjāmyālayaṃ ca tat
"Where I have remained, constantly drinking the oblation made of water — that oblation, and that abode too, I relinquish to your son."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.60
ततो युगान्ते भूतानाम् एष चाहं च पुत्रक सहितौ विचरिष्यावो निष्पुत्राणामृणापहः
tato yugānte bhūtānām eṣa cāhaṃ ca putraka sahitau vicariṣyāvo niṣputrāṇāmṛṇāpahaḥ
"Then, at the end of the age, my little son, he and I together shall roam among beings, removing the debt of those who have no sons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 175.61
एषो ऽग्निर् अन्तकाले तु सलिलाशी मया कृतः दहनः सर्वभूतानां सदेवासुररक्षसाम्
eṣo 'gnir antakāle tu salilāśī mayā kṛtaḥ dahanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sadevāsurarakṣasām
"This fire, water-eating, has been made by me to be, at the time of the end, the burner of all beings, together with gods, asuras, and rākṣasas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.62
एवमस्त्विति तं सो ऽग्निः संवृतज्वालमण्डलः प्रविवेशार्णवमुखं प्रक्षिप्य पितरि प्रभाम्
evamastviti taṃ so 'gniḥ saṃvṛtajvālamaṇḍalaḥ praviveśārṇavamukhaṃ prakṣipya pitari prabhām
Saying "so be it," that fire, with its circle of flames drawn in, entered the ocean's mouth, having cast its radiance upon its father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.63
प्रतियातस्ततो ब्रह्मा ये च सर्वे महर्षयः और्वस्याग्नेः प्रभां ज्ञात्वा स्वां स्वां गतिमुपाश्रिताः
pratiyātastato brahmā ye ca sarve maharṣayaḥ aurvasyāgneḥ prabhāṃ jñātvā svāṃ svāṃ gatimupāśritāḥ
Then Brahmā and all the great sages, having learned of the radiance of the Aurva fire, went back, each resorting to his own course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.64
हिरण्यकशिपुर्दृष्ट्वा तदा तन्महदद्भुतम् उच्चैः प्रणतसर्वाङ्गो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
hiraṇyakaśipurdṛṣṭvā tadā tanmahadadbhutam uccaiḥ praṇatasarvāṅgo vākyametaduvāca ha
Hiraṇyakaśipu, seeing that great marvel then, with all his limbs bowed low, spoke this speech aloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.65
भगवन्नद्भुतमिदं संवृत्तं लोकसाक्षिकम् तपसा ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ परितुष्टः पितामहः
bhagavannadbhutamidaṃ saṃvṛttaṃ lokasākṣikam tapasā te muniśreṣṭha parituṣṭaḥ pitāmahaḥ
"Lord, this marvel has come about with the world as witness; by your austerity, best of sages, the Grandfather is well pleased."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.66
अहं तु तव पुत्रस्य तव चैव महाव्रत भृत्य इत्यवगन्तव्यः साध्यो यदिह कर्मणा
ahaṃ tu tava putrasya tava caiva mahāvrata bhṛtya ityavagantavyaḥ sādhyo yadiha karmaṇā
"But I, O you of great vows, am to be regarded as the servant of your son and of yourself — whatever is to be accomplished here by action."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 175.67
तन्मां पश्य समापन्नं तवैवाराधने रतम् यदि सीदेन्मुनिश्रेष्ठ तवैव स्यात्पराजयः
tanmāṃ paśya samāpannaṃ tavaivārādhane ratam yadi sīdenmuniśreṣṭha tavaiva syātparājayaḥ
"So look upon me, come (to you), devoted to your worship alone; if it should fail, best of sages, the defeat would be yours alone."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.68
धन्यो ऽस्म्यनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि यस्य ते ऽहं गुरुः स्थितः नास्ति मे तपसानेन भयमद्येह सुव्रत
dhanyo 'smyanugṛhīto 'smi yasya te 'haṃ guruḥ sthitaḥ nāsti me tapasānena bhayamadyeha suvrata
"I am fortunate, I am favoured, since I stand as your guru; through this austerity I have no fear now here, O you of good vows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.69
तामेव मायां गृह्णीष्व मम पुत्रेण निर्मिताम् निरिन्धनामग्निमयीं दुर्धर्षां पावकैरपि
tāmeva māyāṃ gṛhṇīṣva mama putreṇa nirmitām nirindhanāmagnimayīṃ durdharṣāṃ pāvakairapi
"Take that very magic power fashioned by my son, made of fire without fuel, hard to assail even by fires."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.70
एषा ते स्वस्य वंशस्य वशगारिविनिग्रहे संरक्षत्यात्मपक्षं च विपक्षं च प्रधक्ष्यति
eṣā te svasya vaṃśasya vaśagārivinigrahe saṃrakṣatyātmapakṣaṃ ca vipakṣaṃ ca pradhakṣyati
"This (power) of yours, subject to your own lineage, in the subduing of enemies will protect your own side and will burn up the opposing side."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.71
एवमस्त्विति तां गृह्य प्रणम्य मुनिपुंगवम् जगाम त्रिदिवं हृष्टः कृतार्थो दानवेश्वरः
evamastviti tāṃ gṛhya praṇamya munipuṃgavam jagāma tridivaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ kṛtārtho dānaveśvaraḥ
Saying "so be it," taking it and bowing to that bull among sages, the lord of the Dānavas went to heaven, delighted, his purpose accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.72
एषा दुर्विषहा माया देवैरपि दुरासदा और्वेण निर्मिता पूर्वं पावकेनोर्वसूनुना
eṣā durviṣahā māyā devairapi durāsadā aurveṇa nirmitā pūrvaṃ pāvakenorvasūnunā
This magic power, hard to withstand, unapproachable even by the gods, was fashioned formerly by the fire Aurva, the son of Ūrva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.73
तस्मिंस्तु व्युत्थिते दैत्ये निर्वीर्यैषा न संशयः शापो ह्यस्याः पुरा दत्तः सृष्टा येनैव तेजसा
tasmiṃstu vyutthite daitye nirvīryaiṣā na saṃśayaḥ śāpo hyasyāḥ purā dattaḥ sṛṣṭā yenaiva tejasā
But when that Daitya has arisen (against it), this (power) is without force — no doubt of it; for a curse was formerly laid upon it by the very energy by which it was created.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 175.74
यद्येषा प्रतिहन्तव्या कर्तव्यो भगवान्सुखी दीयतां मे सखा शक्र तोययोनिर्निशाकरः
yadyeṣā pratihantavyā kartavyo bhagavānsukhī dīyatāṃ me sakhā śakra toyayonirniśākaraḥ
"If she is to be struck down, if the Lord is to be made content, then let the moon, the source of water, the maker of night, be given to me as an ally, O Śakra."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 175.75
तेनाहं सह संगम्य यादोभिश्च समावृतः मायामेतां हनिष्यामि त्वत्प्रसादान्न संशयः
tenāhaṃ saha saṃgamya yādobhiśca samāvṛtaḥ māyāmetāṃ haniṣyāmi tvatprasādānna saṃśayaḥ
"Joining with him, and surrounded by the sea-creatures, I shall destroy this magic — by your favour, without doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition