Matsya Purana — Chapter 2
MtP 2.1
एवमुक्तो मनुस्तेन पप्रच्छ मधुसूदनम् भगवन्कियद्भिर्वर्षैर् भविष्यत्यन्तरक्षयः
evamukto manustena papraccha madhusūdanam bhagavankiyadbhirvarṣair bhaviṣyatyantarakṣayaḥ
Thus addressed by him, Manu asked Madhusūdana: "Lord, in how many years will the destruction of the interval come to be?
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MtP 2.2
सत्त्वानि च कथं नाथ रक्षिष्ये मधुसूदन त्वया सह पुनर्योगः कथं वा भविता मम
sattvāni ca kathaṃ nātha rakṣiṣye madhusūdana tvayā saha punaryogaḥ kathaṃ vā bhavitā mama
And how, O protector, shall I preserve the creatures, Madhusūdana? And how will my union with you come about again?"
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MtP 2.3
अद्यप्रभृत्यनावृष्टिर् भविष्यति महीतले यावद्वर्षशतं साग्रं दुर्भिक्षम् अशुभावहम्
adyaprabhṛtyanāvṛṣṭir bhaviṣyati mahītale yāvadvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ durbhikṣam aśubhāvaham
"From today onward there will be drought on the earth's surface, and famine bringing misfortune, for a full hundred years.
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MtP 2.4
ततो ऽल्पसत्त्वक्षयदा रश्मयः सप्त दारुणाः सप्तसप्तेर्भविष्यन्ति प्रतप्ताङ्गारवर्षिणः
tato 'lpasattvakṣayadā raśmayaḥ sapta dāruṇāḥ saptasapterbhaviṣyanti prataptāṅgāravarṣiṇaḥ
Then seven terrible rays of the Sun, whose steeds are seven, bringing the destruction of the few remaining creatures, will come to be, raining down burning coals.
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MtP 2.5
और्वानलो ऽपि विकृतिं गमिष्यति युगक्षये विषाग्निश्चापि पातालात् संकर्षणमुखच्युतः भवस्यापि ललाटोत्थस् तृतीयनयनानलः
aurvānalo 'pi vikṛtiṃ gamiṣyati yugakṣaye viṣāgniścāpi pātālāt saṃkarṣaṇamukhacyutaḥ bhavasyāpi lalāṭotthas tṛtīyanayanānalaḥ
At the dissolution of the age even the Aurva fire will undergo transformation, and also the fire of poison fallen from Saṃkarṣaṇa's mouth out of the netherworld, and the fire of Bhava's third eye, arisen from his forehead —
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MtP 2.6
त्रिजगन्निर्दहन् क्षोभं समेष्यति महामुने एवं दग्धा मही सर्वा यदा स्याद्भस्मसंनिभा
trijagannirdahan kṣobhaṃ sameṣyati mahāmune evaṃ dagdhā mahī sarvā yadā syādbhasmasaṃnibhā
— burning up the three worlds, it will come into agitation, O great sage. When the whole earth is thus burnt and becomes like ashes,
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MtP 2.7
आकाशमूष्मणा तप्तं भविष्यति परंतप ततः सदेवनक्षत्रं जगद्यास्यति संक्षयम्
ākāśamūṣmaṇā taptaṃ bhaviṣyati paraṃtapa tataḥ sadevanakṣatraṃ jagadyāsyati saṃkṣayam
the sky will be heated by the vapour, O scorcher of foes; then the world, together with the gods and the constellations, will go to destruction.
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MtP 2.8
संवर्तो भीमनादश्च द्रोणश्चण्डो बलाहकः विद्युत्पताकः शोणस्तु सप्तैते लयवारिदाः
saṃvarto bhīmanādaśca droṇaścaṇḍo balāhakaḥ vidyutpatākaḥ śoṇastu saptaite layavāridāḥ
Saṃvarta, Bhīmanāda, Droṇa, Caṇḍa, Balāhaka, Vidyutpatāka and Śoṇa — these seven are the clouds of dissolution.
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MtP 2.9
अग्निप्रस्वेदसम्भूताः प्लावयिष्यन्ति मेदिनीम् समुद्राः क्षोभमागत्य चैकत्वेन व्यवस्थिताः
agniprasvedasambhūtāḥ plāvayiṣyanti medinīm samudrāḥ kṣobhamāgatya caikatvena vyavasthitāḥ
Arisen from the sweat of the fire, they will flood the earth; and the oceans, coming into turmoil, will stand established as one.
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MtP 2.10
एतदेकार्णवं सर्वं करिष्यन्ति जगत्त्रयम् वेदनावमिमां गृह्य सत्त्वबीजानि सर्वशः
etadekārṇavaṃ sarvaṃ kariṣyanti jagattrayam vedanāvamimāṃ gṛhya sattvabījāni sarvaśaḥ
They will make all this triple world a single ocean. Taking this boat, and the seeds of living beings from every side,
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MtP 2.11
आरोप्य रज्जुयोगेन मत्प्रदत्तेन सुव्रत संयम्य नावं मच्छृङ्गे मत्स्यभावाभिरक्षितः
āropya rajjuyogena matpradattena suvrata saṃyamya nāvaṃ macchṛṅge matsyabhāvābhirakṣitaḥ
having loaded (them) aboard, O you of good vows, and having fastened the boat to my horn with the rope given by me, protected by (my) fish-form,
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MtP 2.12
एकः स्थास्यसि देवेषु दग्धेष्वपि परंतप सोमसूर्यावहं ब्रह्मा चतुर्लोकसमन्वितः
ekaḥ sthāsyasi deveṣu dagdheṣvapi paraṃtapa somasūryāvahaṃ brahmā caturlokasamanvitaḥ
you alone will remain, even when the gods are burnt away, O scorcher of foes: the moon and sun, I, Brahmā, together with the four worlds,
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MtP 2.13
नर्मदा च नदी पुण्या मार्कण्डेयो महानृषिः भवो वेदाः पुराणानि विद्याभिः सर्वतोवृतम्
narmadā ca nadī puṇyā mārkaṇḍeyo mahānṛṣiḥ bhavo vedāḥ purāṇāni vidyābhiḥ sarvatovṛtam
and the holy river Narmadā, the great seer Mārkaṇḍeya, Bhava, the Vedas, the Purāṇas — (all this) surrounded on every side by the branches of knowledge:
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MtP 2.14
त्वया सार्धमिदं विश्वं स्थास्यत्यन्तरसंक्षये एवमेकार्णवे जाते चाक्षुषान्तरसंक्षये
tvayā sārdhamidaṃ viśvaṃ sthāsyatyantarasaṃkṣaye evamekārṇave jāte cākṣuṣāntarasaṃkṣaye
this universe will remain along with you at the destruction of the interval. When the single ocean has thus come to be, at the destruction of the Cākṣuṣa interval,
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MtP 2.15
वेदान्प्रवर्तयिष्यामि त्वत्सर्गादौ महीपते एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
vedānpravartayiṣyāmi tvatsargādau mahīpate evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃs tatraivāntaradhīyata
I shall set the Vedas going at the beginning of your creation, O lord of the earth. Having spoken thus, that lord vanished right there.
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MtP 2.16
मनुर् अप्यास्थितो योगं वासुदेवप्रसादजम् अभ्यसन् यावद् आभूतसम्प्लवं पूर्वसूचितम्
manur apyāsthito yogaṃ vāsudevaprasādajam abhyasan yāvad ābhūtasamplavaṃ pūrvasūcitam
And Manu too took up the yoga born of Vāsudeva's grace, practising it until the flooding of all beings that had been foretold before.
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MtP 2.17
काले यथोक्ते संजाते वासुदेवमुखोद्गते शृङ्गी प्रादुर्बभूवाथ मत्स्यरूपी जनार्दनः
kāle yathokte saṃjāte vāsudevamukhodgate śṛṅgī prādurbabhūvātha matsyarūpī janārdanaḥ
When the time came about as was stated, uttered from Vāsudeva's mouth, then Janārdana appeared in the form of a horned fish.
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MtP 2.18
भुजंगो रज्जुरूपेण मनोः पार्श्वमुपागमत् भूतान्सर्वान्समाकृष्य योगेनारोप्य धर्मवित्
bhujaṃgo rajjurūpeṇa manoḥ pārśvamupāgamat bhūtānsarvānsamākṛṣya yogenāropya dharmavit
A serpent in the form of a rope came to Manu's side. The knower of dharma, having drawn together all beings and loaded them aboard by his yogic power,
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MtP 2.19
भुजंगरज्ज्वा मत्स्यस्य शृङ्गे नावमयोजयत् उपर्युपस्थितस्तस्याः प्रणिपत्य जनार्दनम्
bhujaṃgarajjvā matsyasya śṛṅge nāvamayojayat uparyupasthitastasyāḥ praṇipatya janārdanam
he joined the boat to the fish's horn with the serpent-rope; and standing on top of it, bowing to Janārdana,
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MtP 2.20
आभूतसम्प्लवे तस्मिन्न् अतीते योगशायिना पृष्टेन मनुना प्रोक्तं पुराणं मत्स्यरूपिणा तदिदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुध्वमृषिसत्तमाः
ābhūtasamplave tasminn atīte yogaśāyinā pṛṣṭena manunā proktaṃ purāṇaṃ matsyarūpiṇā tadidānīṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvamṛṣisattamāḥ
When that flooding of all beings had passed, the Purāṇa was spoken by the fish-formed one who lay in yoga, being asked by Manu; that I shall now declare — hear it, best of seers.
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MtP 2.21
यद्भवद्भिः पुरा पृष्टः सृष्ट्यादिकमहं द्विजाः तद् एवैकार्णवे तस्मिन् मनुः पप्रच्छ केशवम्
yadbhavadbhiḥ purā pṛṣṭaḥ sṛṣṭyādikamahaṃ dvijāḥ tad evaikārṇave tasmin manuḥ papraccha keśavam
That very thing about which you asked me before, twice-born ones — creation and the rest — Manu asked Keśava in that single ocean:
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MtP 2.22
उत्पत्तिं प्रलयं चैव वंशान्मन्वन्तराणि च वंश्यानुचरितं चैव भुवनस्य च विस्तरम्
utpattiṃ pralayaṃ caiva vaṃśānmanvantarāṇi ca vaṃśyānucaritaṃ caiva bhuvanasya ca vistaram
the origination and the dissolution, the lineages and the intervals of the Manus, the conduct of those of the lineages, and the extent of the world,
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MtP 2.23
दानधर्मविधिं चैव श्राद्धकल्पं च शाश्वतम् वर्णाश्रमविभागं च तथेष्टापूर्तसंज्ञितम्
dānadharmavidhiṃ caiva śrāddhakalpaṃ ca śāśvatam varṇāśramavibhāgaṃ ca tatheṣṭāpūrtasaṃjñitam
the rule of the dharma of giving, and the everlasting procedure of the śrāddha rite, and the division of classes and stages of life, and likewise what is termed iṣṭāpūrta (sacrifice and public works),
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MtP 2.24
देवतानां प्रतिष्ठादि यच्चान्यद्विद्यते भुवि तत्सर्वं विस्तरेण त्वं धर्मं व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
devatānāṃ pratiṣṭhādi yaccānyadvidyate bhuvi tatsarvaṃ vistareṇa tvaṃ dharmaṃ vyākhyātumarhasi
the installation of deities and so forth, and whatever else exists on earth — all that dharma you ought to expound at length.
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MtP 2.25
महाप्रलयकालान्त एतदासीत्तमोमयम् प्रसुप्तमिव चातर्क्यम् अप्रज्ञातमलक्षणम्
mahāpralayakālānta etadāsīttamomayam prasuptamiva cātarkyam aprajñātamalakṣaṇam
At the close of the time of the great dissolution, this (universe) was made of darkness, as if fast asleep, beyond reasoning, uncognized, without any mark,
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MtP 2.26
अविज्ञेयमविज्ञातं जगत् स्थास्नु चरिष्णु च ततः स्वयम्भूर् अव्यक्तः प्रभवः पुण्यकर्मणाम्
avijñeyamavijñātaṃ jagat sthāsnu cariṣṇu ca tataḥ svayambhūr avyaktaḥ prabhavaḥ puṇyakarmaṇām
unknowable, unknown — the world, both standing and moving. Then (arose) the Self-existent, the unmanifest, the source of those of meritorious deeds,
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MtP 2.27
व्यञ्जयन्नेतदखिलं प्रादुरासीत् तमोनुदः यो ऽतीन्द्रियः परो व्यक्ताद् अणुर् ज्यायान् सनातनः नारायण इति ख्यातः स एकः स्वयम् उद्बभौ
vyañjayannetadakhilaṃ prādurāsīt tamonudaḥ yo 'tīndriyaḥ paro vyaktād aṇur jyāyān sanātanaḥ nārāyaṇa iti khyātaḥ sa ekaḥ svayam udbabhau
making all this manifest, the dispeller of darkness appeared — he who is beyond the senses, higher than the manifest, minute (yet) greater (than all), everlasting; known as Nārāyaṇa, he alone shone forth of himself.
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MtP 2.28
यः शरीराद् अभिध्याय सिसृक्षुर्विविधं जगत् अप एव ससर्जादौ तासु वीर्यम् अवासृजत्
yaḥ śarīrād abhidhyāya sisṛkṣurvividhaṃ jagat apa eva sasarjādau tāsu vīryam avāsṛjat
He, wishing to create the manifold world, having meditated, first brought forth out of his body the waters alone, and cast his seed into them.
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MtP 2.29
तदेवाण्डं समभवद् धेमरूप्यमयं महत् संवत्सरसहस्रेण सूर्यायुतसमप्रभम्
tadevāṇḍaṃ samabhavad dhemarūpyamayaṃ mahat saṃvatsarasahasreṇa sūryāyutasamaprabham
That very (seed) became a great egg, made of gold and silver, in the course of a thousand years, with a radiance equal to ten thousand suns.
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MtP 2.30
प्रविश्यान्तर्महातेजाः स्वयम् एवात्मसम्भवः प्रभावाद् अपि तद्व्याप्त्या विष्णुत्वम् अगमत् पुनः
praviśyāntarmahātejāḥ svayam evātmasambhavaḥ prabhāvād api tadvyāptyā viṣṇutvam agamat punaḥ
Entering within it, greatly radiant, himself self-originated, and by his power, by pervading it, he again attained the state of Viṣṇu.
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MtP 2.31
तदन्तर्भगवानेष सूर्यः समभवत्पुरा आदित्यश्चादिभूतत्वाद् ब्रह्मा ब्रह्म पठन्न् अभूत्
tadantarbhagavāneṣa sūryaḥ samabhavatpurā ādityaścādibhūtatvād brahmā brahma paṭhann abhūt
Within that (egg) this Lord became of old the Sun; and because he was the first being he was Āditya, and reciting the brahman (the Veda) he became Brahmā.
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MtP 2.32
दिवं भूमिं समकरोत् तदण्डशकलद्वयम् स चाकरोद्दिशः सर्वा मध्ये व्योम च शाश्वतम्
divaṃ bhūmiṃ samakarot tadaṇḍaśakaladvayam sa cākaroddiśaḥ sarvā madhye vyoma ca śāśvatam
He made the two halves of that egg into heaven and earth, and he made all the quarters and, in the middle, the everlasting sky.
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MtP 2.34
नद्यो ऽण्डनाम्नः संभूताः पितरो मनवस् तथा सप्त ये ऽमी समुद्राश् च ते ऽपि चान्तर्जलोद्भवाः लवणेक्षुसुराद्याश् च नानारत्नसमन्विताः
nadyo 'ṇḍanāmnaḥ saṃbhūtāḥ pitaro manavas tathā sapta ye 'mī samudrāś ca te 'pi cāntarjalodbhavāḥ lavaṇekṣusurādyāś ca nānāratnasamanvitāḥ
The rivers came into being from that which bears the name of the egg, and so too the Fathers and the Manus; and these seven oceans as well were produced from the water within — those of salt, of sugarcane juice, of liquor and the rest, furnished with manifold gems.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 2.35
स सिसृक्षुर् अभूद् देवः प्रजापतिर् अरिन्दम तत्तेजसश् च तत्रैष मार्तण्डः समजायत
sa sisṛkṣur abhūd devaḥ prajāpatir arindama tattejasaś ca tatraiṣa mārtaṇḍaḥ samajāyata
That god, the Lord of creatures, became desirous of creating, O subduer of foes; and there, from his radiance, this Mārtaṇḍa was born.
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MtP 2.36
मृते ऽण्डे जायते यस्मान् मार्तण्डस् तेन संस्मृतः रजोगुणमयं यत्तद् रूपं तस्य महात्मनः चतुर्मुखः स भगवान् अभूल् लोकपितामहः
mṛte 'ṇḍe jāyate yasmān mārtaṇḍas tena saṃsmṛtaḥ rajoguṇamayaṃ yattad rūpaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ caturmukhaḥ sa bhagavān abhūl lokapitāmahaḥ
Since he is born in the dead egg (mṛta-aṇḍa), he is therefore remembered as Mārtaṇḍa. That form of that great one which consists of the quality of rajas — that Lord became four-faced, the grandfather of the worlds.
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MtP 2.37
येन सृष्टं जगत् सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् तमवेहि रजोरूपं महत् सत्त्वम् उदाहृतम्
yena sṛṣṭaṃ jagat sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam tamavehi rajorūpaṃ mahat sattvam udāhṛtam
By whom this whole world with its gods, asuras and men was created — know him as the form of rajas; the great (principle) is declared to be sattva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain