Matsya Purana — Chapter 176

MtP 176.1

एवमस्त्विति संहृष्टः शक्रस्त्रिदशवर्धनः संदिदेशाग्रतः सोमं युद्धाय शिशिरायुधम्

evamastviti saṃhṛṣṭaḥ śakrastridaśavardhanaḥ saṃdideśāgrataḥ somaṃ yuddhāya śiśirāyudham

"So be it" — and Śakra, the increaser of the thirty gods, delighted, commanded Soma, whose weapon is cold, (to go) in front for the battle.

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MtP 176.2

गच्छ सोम सहायत्वं कुरु पाशधरस्य वै असुराणां विनाशाय जयार्थं च दिवौकसाम्

gaccha soma sahāyatvaṃ kuru pāśadharasya vai asurāṇāṃ vināśāya jayārthaṃ ca divaukasām

"Go, Soma, render aid to the bearer of the noose, for the destruction of the asuras and for the victory of the dwellers in heaven.

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MtP 176.3

त्वं मत्तः प्रतिवीर्यश्च ज्योतिषां चेश्वरेश्वरः त्वन्मयं सर्वलोकेषु रसं रसविदो विदुः

tvaṃ mattaḥ prativīryaśca jyotiṣāṃ ceśvareśvaraḥ tvanmayaṃ sarvalokeṣu rasaṃ rasavido viduḥ

You are, of the two of us, the one of matching valour, and the lord of the lords of lights; those who know flavours know that flavour in all the worlds consists of you.

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MtP 176.4

क्षयवृद्धी तव व्यक्ते सागरस्येव मण्डले परिवर्तस्यहोरात्रं कालं जगति योजयन्

kṣayavṛddhī tava vyakte sāgarasyeva maṇḍale parivartasyahorātraṃ kālaṃ jagati yojayan

Your waning and waxing are manifest in your disc, as (they are) in the ocean; you revolve day and night, fitting out time for the world.

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MtP 176.5

लोकच्छायामयं लक्ष्म तवाङ्कः शशसंनिभः न विदुः सोम देवापि ये च नक्षत्रयोनयः

lokacchāyāmayaṃ lakṣma tavāṅkaḥ śaśasaṃnibhaḥ na viduḥ soma devāpi ye ca nakṣatrayonayaḥ

Your mark, which consists of the shadow of the world, your spot that resembles a hare — O Soma, not even the gods know it, nor those who are the sources of the constellations.

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MtP 176.6

त्वमादित्यपथादूर्ध्वं ज्योतिषां चोपरि स्थितः तमः प्रोत्सार्य महसा भासयस्यखिलं जगत्

tvamādityapathādūrdhvaṃ jyotiṣāṃ copari sthitaḥ tamaḥ protsārya mahasā bhāsayasyakhilaṃ jagat

You, stationed above the path of the sun and above the lights, driving away the darkness by your radiance, illuminate the whole world.

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MtP 176.7

श्वेतभानुर् हिमतनुर् ज्योतिषाम् अधिपः शशी अधिकृत् कालयोगात्मा इष्टो यज्ञरसो ऽव्ययः

śvetabhānur himatanur jyotiṣām adhipaḥ śaśī adhikṛt kālayogātmā iṣṭo yajñaraso 'vyayaḥ

White-rayed, of cool body, overlord of the lights, the hare-marked one, presiding, whose self is the yoking of time, desired, the essence of the sacrifice, undecaying;

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MtP 176.8

ओषधीशः क्रियायोनिर् हरशेखरभाक्तथा शीतांशुरमृताधारश् चपलः श्वेतवाहनः

oṣadhīśaḥ kriyāyonir haraśekharabhāktathā śītāṃśuramṛtādhāraś capalaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ

lord of the herbs, source of ritual acts, and likewise sharing in (being) the crest-ornament of Hara, cool-rayed, receptacle of nectar, unsteady, having a white vehicle;

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MtP 176.9

त्वं कान्तिः कान्तिवपुषां त्वं सोमः सोमपायिनाम् सौम्यस्त्वं सर्वभूतानां तिमिरघ्नस्त्वम् ऋक्षराट्

tvaṃ kāntiḥ kāntivapuṣāṃ tvaṃ somaḥ somapāyinām saumyastvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ timiraghnastvam ṛkṣarāṭ

You are the loveliness of lovely-bodied ones; you are the soma of the soma-drinkers; you are the gentle (moon) of all beings; you, king of stars, are the slayer of darkness.

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MtP 176.10

तद्गच्छ त्वं महासेन वरुणेन वरूथिना शमय त्वासुरीं मायां यया दह्याम संयुगे

tadgaccha tvaṃ mahāsena varuṇena varūthinā śamaya tvāsurīṃ māyāṃ yayā dahyāma saṃyuge

So go, you of the great army, with Varuṇa who has his host, and quell that demonic magic by which we are being burned in the battle."

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MtP 176.11

यन्मां वदसि युद्धार्थे देवराज वरप्रद एष वर्षामि शिशिरं दैत्यमायापकर्षणम्

yanmāṃ vadasi yuddhārthe devarāja varaprada eṣa varṣāmi śiśiraṃ daityamāyāpakarṣaṇam

"Since you tell me (to go) for the sake of battle, O king of the gods, granter of boons — here I rain down cold, which drags away the magic of the Daityas.

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MtP 176.12

एतान्मच्छीतनिर्दग्धान् पश्य त्वं हिमवेष्टितान् विमायान्विमदांश्चैव दैत्यसिंहान्महाहवे

etānmacchītanirdagdhān paśya tvaṃ himaveṣṭitān vimāyānvimadāṃścaiva daityasiṃhānmahāhave

Look at these lion-like Daityas in the great battle, scorched by my cold, wrapped in frost, without their magic and without their intoxication."

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MtP 176.13

इत्युक्त्वा तारकाधीशः सजलेशः शिवोदकैः प्लावयामास सैन्यानि सुराणां शान्तिवृद्धये

ityuktvā tārakādhīśaḥ sajaleśaḥ śivodakaiḥ plāvayāmāsa sainyāni surāṇāṃ śāntivṛddhaye

Having said this, the lord of the stars, together with the lord of the waters, flooded the armies of the gods with auspicious waters, for the increase of their well-being.

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MtP 176.14

तेषां हिमकरोत्सृष्टाः सपाशा हिमवृष्टयः वेष्टयन्ति स्म तान्घोरान् दैत्यान्मेघगणा इव

teṣāṃ himakarotsṛṣṭāḥ sapāśā himavṛṣṭayaḥ veṣṭayanti sma tānghorān daityānmeghagaṇā iva

Showers of frost released by the maker of frost, together with the nooses, kept enveloping those dreadful Daityas, like masses of clouds.

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