Matsya Purana — Chapter 25
MtP 25.1
किमर्थं पौरवो वंशः श्रेष्ठत्वं प्राप भूतले ज्येष्ठस्यापि यदोर्वंशः किमर्थं हीयते श्रिया
kimarthaṃ pauravo vaṃśaḥ śreṣṭhatvaṃ prāpa bhūtale jyeṣṭhasyāpi yadorvaṃśaḥ kimarthaṃ hīyate śriyā
For what reason did the Paurava line attain pre-eminence on earth, and for what reason is the line of Yadu, though he was the eldest, deficient in fortune?
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MtP 25.2
अन्यद्ययातिचरितं सूत विस्तरतो वद यस्मात्तत्पुण्यमायुष्यम् अभिनन्द्यं सुरैरपि
anyadyayāticaritaṃ sūta vistarato vada yasmāttatpuṇyamāyuṣyam abhinandyaṃ surairapi
Tell in full, Sūta, the rest of Yayāti's conduct, since that (story) is meritorious, life-prolonging, and to be rejoiced in even by the gods.
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MtP 25.3
एतदेव पुरा पृष्टः शतानीकेन शौनकः पुण्यं पवित्रमायुष्यं ययातिचरितं महत्
etadeva purā pṛṣṭaḥ śatānīkena śaunakaḥ puṇyaṃ pavitramāyuṣyaṃ yayāticaritaṃ mahat
About this very thing Śaunaka was formerly asked by Śatānīka—the meritorious, purifying, life-prolonging, great (story of) Yayāti's conduct.
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MtP 25.4
ययातिः पूर्वजो ऽस्माकं दशमो यः प्रजापतेः कथं स शुक्रतनयां लेभे परमदुर्लभाम्
yayātiḥ pūrvajo 'smākaṃ daśamo yaḥ prajāpateḥ kathaṃ sa śukratanayāṃ lebhe paramadurlabhām
"Yayāti, our ancestor, who was the tenth from Prajāpati—how did he obtain Śukra's daughter, who was most hard to win?
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MtP 25.5
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण तपोधन आनुपूर्व्याच्च मे शंस पूरोर्वंशधरान्नृपान्
etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa tapodhana ānupūrvyācca me śaṃsa pūrorvaṃśadharānnṛpān
This I wish to hear in detail, O you rich in austerity; and recount to me in order the kings who upheld the line of Pūru."
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MtP 25.6
ययातिरासीद्राजर्षिर् देवराजसमद्युतिः तं शुक्रवृषपर्वाणौ वव्राते वै यथा पुरा
yayātirāsīdrājarṣir devarājasamadyutiḥ taṃ śukravṛṣaparvāṇau vavrāte vai yathā purā
There was a royal seer Yayāti, equal in splendour to the king of the gods; him Śukra and Vṛṣaparvan chose (as ally), as of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 25.7
तत्ते ऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि पृच्छतो राजसत्तम देवयान्याश्च संयोगं ययातेर्नाहुषस्य च
tatte 'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi pṛcchato rājasattama devayānyāśca saṃyogaṃ yayāternāhuṣasya ca
That I shall fully relate to you who ask, O best of kings—and the union of Devayānī with Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa.
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MtP 25.8
सुराणामसुराणां च समजायत वै मिथः ऐश्वर्यं प्रति संघर्षस् त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे
surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca samajāyata vai mithaḥ aiśvaryaṃ prati saṃgharṣas trailokye sacarācare
Between the gods and the asuras there arose mutual rivalry over lordship in the three worlds with all that moves and does not move.
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MtP 25.9
जिगीषया ततो देवा वव्रुराङ्गिरसं मुनिम् पौरोहित्ये च यज्ञार्थे काव्यं तूशनसं परे
jigīṣayā tato devā vavrurāṅgirasaṃ munim paurohitye ca yajñārthe kāvyaṃ tūśanasaṃ pare
Then, desiring victory, the gods chose the sage Āṅgirasa (Bṛhaspati) for the priestly office and for the sacrifice, while the others chose Uśanas, the son of Kavi.
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MtP 25.10
ब्राह्मणौ ताव् उभौ नित्यम् अन्योन्यं स्पर्धिनौ भृशम् तत्र देवा निजघ्नुर्यान् दानवान् युधि संगतान्
brāhmaṇau tāv ubhau nityam anyonyaṃ spardhinau bhṛśam tatra devā nijaghnuryān dānavān yudhi saṃgatān
Those two brahmins were always exceedingly rivals of one another. Whatever Dānavas the gods slew there, joined in battle —
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MtP 25.11
तान्पुनर् जीवयामास काव्यो विद्याबलाश्रयात् ततस्ते पुनरुत्थाय योधयांचक्रिरे सुरान्
tānpunar jīvayāmāsa kāvyo vidyābalāśrayāt tataste punarutthāya yodhayāṃcakrire surān
— those Kāvya brought back to life again, relying on the power of his knowledge; and then they, having risen again, made war on the gods.
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MtP 25.12
असुरास्तु निजघ्नुर्यान् सुरान्समरमूर्धनि न तान्संजीवयामास बृहस्पतिरुदारधीः
asurāstu nijaghnuryān surānsamaramūrdhani na tānsaṃjīvayāmāsa bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ
But those gods whom the asuras slew at the head of the battle, Bṛhaspati of noble mind did not bring back to life.
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MtP 25.13
न हि वेद स तां विद्यां यां काव्यो वेद वीर्यवान् संजीवनीं ततो देवा विषादमगमन्परम्
na hi veda sa tāṃ vidyāṃ yāṃ kāvyo veda vīryavān saṃjīvanīṃ tato devā viṣādamagamanparam
For he did not know that science of revival which the mighty Kāvya knew; therefore the gods fell into utter despondency.
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MtP 25.14
अथ देवा भयोद्विग्नाः काव्यादुशनसस्तदा ऊचुः कचमुपागम्य ज्येष्ठं पुत्रं बृहस्पतेः
atha devā bhayodvignāḥ kāvyāduśanasastadā ūcuḥ kacamupāgamya jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ bṛhaspateḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 25.15
भजमानान्भजस्वास्मान् कुरु साहाय्यमुत्तमम् यासौ विद्या निवसति ब्राह्मणे ऽमिततेजसि
bhajamānānbhajasvāsmān kuru sāhāyyamuttamam yāsau vidyā nivasati brāhmaṇe 'mitatejasi
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 25.16
शुक्रे तामाहर क्षिप्रं भागभाङ्नो भविष्यसि वृषपर्वणः समीपे ऽसौ शक्यो द्रष्टुं त्वया द्विजः
śukre tāmāhara kṣipraṃ bhāgabhāṅno bhaviṣyasi vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ samīpe 'sau śakyo draṣṭuṃ tvayā dvijaḥ
Fetch it quickly from Śukra, and you shall become a sharer in the (sacrificial) portion. That twice-born one can be seen by you in the vicinity of Vṛṣaparvan.
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MtP 25.17
रक्षते दानवांस्तत्र न स रक्षत्यदानवान् तम् आराधयितुं शक्तो नान्यः कश्चिदृते त्वया
rakṣate dānavāṃstatra na sa rakṣatyadānavān tam ārādhayituṃ śakto nānyaḥ kaścidṛte tvayā
There he protects the Dānavas; he does not protect those who are not Dānavas. No one else but you is able to win his favour.
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MtP 25.18
देवयानी च दयिता सुता तस्य महात्मनः ताम् आराधयितुं शक्तो नान्यः कश्चन विद्यते
devayānī ca dayitā sutā tasya mahātmanaḥ tām ārādhayituṃ śakto nānyaḥ kaścana vidyate
And Devayānī is the beloved daughter of that great-souled one; no one else is found who is able to win her favor.
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MtP 25.19
शीलदाक्षिण्यमाधुर्यैर् आचारेण दमेन च देवयान्यां तु तुष्टायां विद्यां तां प्राप्स्यसि ध्रुवम्
śīladākṣiṇyamādhuryair ācāreṇa damena ca devayānyāṃ tu tuṣṭāyāṃ vidyāṃ tāṃ prāpsyasi dhruvam
But when Devayānī is pleased by (your) good character, courtesy and sweetness, by (good) conduct and self-restraint, you will surely obtain that knowledge.
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MtP 25.20
तदा हि प्रेषितो देवैः समीपे वृषपर्वणः तथेत्युक्त्वा तु स प्रायाद् बृहस्पतिसुतः कचः
tadā hi preṣito devaiḥ samīpe vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ tathetyuktvā tu sa prāyād bṛhaspatisutaḥ kacaḥ
Then indeed, being sent by the gods into the presence of Vṛṣaparvan, Kaca, the son of Bṛhaspati, said "So be it," and set out.
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MtP 25.21
स गत्वा त्वरितो राजन् देवैः सम्पूजितः कचः असुरेन्द्रपुरे शुक्रं प्रणम्येदमुवाच ह
sa gatvā tvarito rājan devaiḥ sampūjitaḥ kacaḥ asurendrapure śukraṃ praṇamyedamuvāca ha
Having gone in haste, O king, Kaca, honored by the gods, (arrived) in the city of the lord of the asuras, and bowing to Śukra, said this:
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MtP 25.22
ऋषेर् अङ्गिरसः पौत्रं पुत्रं साक्षाद्बृहस्पतेः नाम्ना कचेति विख्यातं शिष्यं गृह्णातु मां भवान्
ṛṣer aṅgirasaḥ pautraṃ putraṃ sākṣādbṛhaspateḥ nāmnā kaceti vikhyātaṃ śiṣyaṃ gṛhṇātu māṃ bhavān
"Grandson of the seer Aṅgiras, son of Bṛhaspati himself, known by the name Kaca — may you accept me as your pupil."
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MtP 25.23
ब्रह्मचर्यं चरिष्यामि त्वय्यहं परमं गुरो अनुमन्यस्व मां ब्रह्मन् सहस्रपरिवत्सरान्
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyāmi tvayyahaṃ paramaṃ guro anumanyasva māṃ brahman sahasraparivatsarān
"I will practice the highest chastity (studentship) under you, O teacher; grant me consent, O brahman, for a thousand years."
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MtP 25.24
कच सुस्वागतं ते ऽस्तु प्रतिगृह्णामि ते वचः अर्चयिष्ये ऽहमर्च्यं त्वाम् अर्चितो ऽस्तु बृहस्पतिः
kaca susvāgataṃ te 'stu pratigṛhṇāmi te vacaḥ arcayiṣye 'hamarcyaṃ tvām arcito 'stu bṛhaspatiḥ
"Kaca, may you be well come; I accept your word. I shall honor you, who are worthy of honor — let Bṛhaspati be honored (thereby)."
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MtP 25.25
कचस्तु तं तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रतिजग्राह तद्व्रतम् आदिष्टं कविपुत्रेण शुक्रेणोशनसा स्वयम्
kacastu taṃ tathetyuktvā pratijagrāha tadvratam ādiṣṭaṃ kaviputreṇa śukreṇośanasā svayam
But Kaca, having said to him "so be it," accepted that observance, as it was prescribed by the son of Kavi, Śukra Uśanas himself.
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MtP 25.26
व्रतं च व्रतकालं च यथोक्तं प्रत्यगृह्णत आराधयन्नुपाध्यायं देवयानीं च भारत
vrataṃ ca vratakālaṃ ca yathoktaṃ pratyagṛhṇata ārādhayannupādhyāyaṃ devayānīṃ ca bhārata
And he accepted the vow and the term of the vow just as it had been declared, serving his teacher and Devayānī as well, O Bhārata.
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MtP 25.27
नित्यमाराधयिष्यंस्तां युवा यौवनगोचराम् गायन्नृत्यन्वादयंश्च देवयानीमतोषयत्
nityamārādhayiṣyaṃstāṃ yuvā yauvanagocarām gāyannṛtyanvādayaṃśca devayānīmatoṣayat
Intending to please her constantly — a young man, and she come within the range of youth — by singing, dancing, and playing instruments he gratified Devayānī.
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MtP 25.28
संशीलयन्देवयानीं कन्यां सम्प्राप्तयौवनाम् पुष्पैः फलैः प्रेषणैश्च तोषयामास भार्गवीम्
saṃśīlayandevayānīṃ kanyāṃ samprāptayauvanām puṣpaiḥ phalaiḥ preṣaṇaiśca toṣayāmāsa bhārgavīm
Cultivating (the favour of) Devayānī, the maiden come to her youth, he pleased the daughter of Bhṛgu with flowers, fruits and errands.
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MtP 25.29
देवयान्यपि तं विप्रं नियमव्रतचारिणम् अनुगायन्ती ललना रहः पर्यचरत्तदा
devayānyapi taṃ vipraṃ niyamavratacāriṇam anugāyantī lalanā rahaḥ paryacarattadā
Devayānī too, the graceful woman, singing along with that brahmin who kept his observances and vows, then waited upon him in private.
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MtP 25.30
पञ्च वर्षशतान्येवं कचस्य चरतो भृशम् तत्तत्तीव्रं व्रतं बुद्ध्वा दानवास्तं ततः कचम्
pañca varṣaśatānyevaṃ kacasya carato bhṛśam tattattīvraṃ vrataṃ buddhvā dānavāstaṃ tataḥ kacam
When Kaca had thus practised (his service) strenuously for five hundred years, the Dānavas, having learned of that severe vow of his, then (took) that Kaca—
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MtP 25.31
गा रक्षन्तं वने दृष्ट्वा रहस्येनममर्षिताः जघ्नुर् बृहस्पतेर् द्वेषान् निजरक्षार्थम् एव च
gā rakṣantaṃ vane dṛṣṭvā rahasyenamamarṣitāḥ jaghnur bṛhaspater dveṣān nijarakṣārtham eva ca
—seeing him guarding the cows in the forest, in a lonely place, filled with rage they slew him, out of hatred for Bṛhaspati and also for the sake of their own protection.
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MtP 25.32
हत्वा सालावृकेभ्यश्च प्रायच्छंस्तिलशः कृतम् ततो गावो निवृत्तास्ता अगोपाः स्वनिवेशनम्
hatvā sālāvṛkebhyaśca prāyacchaṃstilaśaḥ kṛtam tato gāvo nivṛttāstā agopāḥ svaniveśanam
And having killed him, they made him into (pieces) the size of sesame seeds and gave him to the wolves; then those cows returned to their own dwelling without a herdsman.
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MtP 25.33
ता दृष्ट्वा रहिता गास्तु कचेनाभ्यागता वनात् उवाच वचनं काले देवयान्यथ भार्गवम्
tā dṛṣṭvā rahitā gāstu kacenābhyāgatā vanāt uvāca vacanaṃ kāle devayānyatha bhārgavam
Seeing those cows come back from the forest bereft of Kaca, Devayānī then spoke words in due time to the son of Bhṛgu:
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MtP 25.34
हुतं चैवाग्निहोत्रं ते सूर्यश्चास्तं गतः प्रभो अगोपाश्चागता गावः कचस्तात न दृश्यते
hutaṃ caivāgnihotraṃ te sūryaścāstaṃ gataḥ prabho agopāścāgatā gāvaḥ kacastāta na dṛśyate
"Your fire-offering has been made and the sun has gone to its setting, O lord; the cows have come without a herdsman, and Kaca, father, is not to be seen.
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MtP 25.35
व्यक्तं हतो धृतो वापि कचस्तात भविष्यति तं विना नैव जीवामि वचः सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम्
vyaktaṃ hato dhṛto vāpi kacastāta bhaviṣyati taṃ vinā naiva jīvāmi vacaḥ satyaṃ bravīmyaham
"Clearly, father, Kaca must have been killed or seized; without him I simply will not live—I speak the truth to you."
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MtP 25.36
अथेह्येहीति शब्देन मृतं संजीवयाम्यहम् ततः संजीवनीं विद्यां प्रयुक्त्वा कचमाह्वयत्
athehyehīti śabdena mṛtaṃ saṃjīvayāmyaham tataḥ saṃjīvanīṃ vidyāṃ prayuktvā kacamāhvayat
"Then with the words 'Come, come!' I shall revive the dead one." Thereupon, employing the science of reviving, he called Kaca.
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MtP 25.37
आहूतः प्रादुरभवत् कचः शुक्रं ननाम स हतो ऽहमिति चाचख्यौ राक्षसैर् धिषणात्मजः
āhūtaḥ prādurabhavat kacaḥ śukraṃ nanāma sa hato 'hamiti cācakhyau rākṣasair dhiṣaṇātmajaḥ
Being called, Kaca appeared and bowed to Śukra; and the son of Dhiṣaṇā (Bṛhaspati) told (him), "I was slain by the demons."
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MtP 25.38
स पुनर्देवयान्युक्तः पुष्पाहारे यदृच्छया वनं ययौ कचो विप्रः पठन्ब्रह्म च शाश्वतम्
sa punardevayānyuktaḥ puṣpāhāre yadṛcchayā vanaṃ yayau kaco vipraḥ paṭhanbrahma ca śāśvatam
Again, bidden by Devayānī, the brahmin Kaca went at will to the forest for the gathering of flowers, reciting the eternal Veda.
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MtP 25.39
वने पुष्पाणि चिन्वन्तं ददृशुर् दानवाश्च तम् ततो ऽद्वितीयं तं हत्वा दग्धं कृत्वा च चूर्णवत् प्रायच्छन् ब्राह्मणायैव सुरायामसुरास्तदा
vane puṣpāṇi cinvantaṃ dadṛśur dānavāśca tam tato 'dvitīyaṃ taṃ hatvā dagdhaṃ kṛtvā ca cūrṇavat prāyacchan brāhmaṇāyaiva surāyāmasurāstadā
And the Dānavas saw him in the forest gathering flowers; then, killing him who was alone, and burning him and making him like powder, the Asuras gave him to a brahmin in liquor.
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MtP 25.40
देवयान्यथ भूयो ऽपि पितरं वाक्यमब्रवीत् पुष्पाहारप्रेषणकृत् कचस्तात न दृश्यते
devayānyatha bhūyo 'pi pitaraṃ vākyamabravīt puṣpāhārapreṣaṇakṛt kacastāta na dṛśyate
Then Devayānī once more spoke words to her father: "Kaca, who was sent to fetch flowers, father, is not to be seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.41
व्यक्तं हतो मृतो वापि कचस्तात भविष्यति तं विना नैव जीवामि वचः सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते
vyaktaṃ hato mṛto vāpi kacastāta bhaviṣyati taṃ vinā naiva jīvāmi vacaḥ satyaṃ bravīmi te
"Clearly, father, Kaca must have been slain or is dead; without him I simply will not live—I speak the truth to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.42
बृहस्पतेः सुतः पुत्रि कचः प्रेतगतिं गतः विद्यया जीवितो ऽप्येवं हन्यते करवाणि किम्
bṛhaspateḥ sutaḥ putri kacaḥ pretagatiṃ gataḥ vidyayā jīvito 'pyevaṃ hanyate karavāṇi kim
"Daughter, Kaca the son of Bṛhaspati has gone the way of the dead; even when brought to life by the science he is thus killed again—what am I to do?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.43
मैनं शुचो मा रुद देवयानि न त्वादृशी मर्त्यमनु प्रशोचेत् यस्यास्तव ब्रह्म च ब्राह्मणाश्च सेन्द्राश्च देवा वसवो ऽश्विनौ च
mainaṃ śuco mā ruda devayāni na tvādṛśī martyamanu praśocet yasyāstava brahma ca brāhmaṇāśca sendrāśca devā vasavo 'śvinau ca
"Do not grieve for him, do not weep, Devayānī; one like you should not mourn after a mortal—you whose are the Veda and the brahmins, and the gods with Indra, and the Vasus and the two Aśvins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.44
सुरद्विषश्चैव जगच्च सर्वम् उपस्थितं मत्तपसः प्रभावात् अशक्यो ऽयं जीवयितुं द्विजातिः संजीवितो यो वध्यते चैव भूयः
suradviṣaścaiva jagacca sarvam upasthitaṃ mattapasaḥ prabhāvāt aśakyo 'yaṃ jīvayituṃ dvijātiḥ saṃjīvito yo vadhyate caiva bhūyaḥ
"and the foes of the gods, and the whole world, all at hand by the power of my austerity. This twice-born cannot be brought to life, who, once revived, is slain yet again."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.45
यस्याङ्गिरा वृद्धतमः पितामहो बृहस्पतिश्चापि पिता तपोनिधिः ऋषेः सुपुत्रं तमथापि पौत्रं कथं न शोचे यमहं न रुद्याम्
yasyāṅgirā vṛddhatamaḥ pitāmaho bṛhaspatiścāpi pitā taponidhiḥ ṛṣeḥ suputraṃ tamathāpi pautraṃ kathaṃ na śoce yamahaṃ na rudyām
"He whose grandfather is Aṅgiras, most aged, and whose father too is Bṛhaspati, a treasury of austerity—how should I not grieve for him, the good son of a sage and moreover a grandson (of a sage), whom I cannot but weep for?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.46
स ब्रह्मचारी च तपोधनश्च सदोत्थितः कर्मसु चैव दक्षः कचस्य मार्गं प्रतिपत्स्ये न भोक्ष्ये प्रियो हि मे तात कचो ऽभिरूपः
sa brahmacārī ca tapodhanaśca sadotthitaḥ karmasu caiva dakṣaḥ kacasya mārgaṃ pratipatsye na bhokṣye priyo hi me tāta kaco 'bhirūpaḥ
"He was a student of the Veda, rich in austerity, ever alert and skilled in rites. I shall take the road Kaca has taken; I shall not eat—for dear to me, father, is the handsome Kaca."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.47
स त्व् एवमुक्तो देवयान्या महर्षिः संरम्भेण व्याजहाराथ काव्यः असंशयं मामसुरा द्विषन्ति ये मे शिष्यानागतान्सूदयन्ति
sa tv evamukto devayānyā maharṣiḥ saṃrambheṇa vyājahārātha kāvyaḥ asaṃśayaṃ māmasurā dviṣanti ye me śiṣyānāgatānsūdayanti
But the great seer, the son of Kavi, thus addressed by Devayānī, then spoke in agitation: "Without doubt the Asuras hate me, who destroy my pupils when they come (to me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.48
अब्राह्मणं कर्तुमिच्छन्ति रौद्रा एभिर् व्यर्थं प्रस्तुतो दानवैर्हि तत्कर्मणाप्यस्य भवेदिहान्तः कं ब्रह्महत्या न दहेदपीन्द्रम्
abrāhmaṇaṃ kartumicchanti raudrā ebhir vyarthaṃ prastuto dānavairhi tatkarmaṇāpyasya bhavedihāntaḥ kaṃ brahmahatyā na dahedapīndram
"The fierce ones wish to make me no brahmin! In vain has this been undertaken by the Dānavas, for by that very deed his end will come here — whom would brahmin-murder not burn, even Indra?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 25.49
स तेनापृष्टो विद्यया चोपहूतः शनैर्वाचं जठरे व्याजहार तमब्रवीत्केन चेहोपनीतो ममोदरे तिष्ठसि ब्रूहि वत्स
sa tenāpṛṣṭo vidyayā copahūtaḥ śanairvācaṃ jaṭhare vyājahāra tamabravītkena cehopanīto mamodare tiṣṭhasi brūhi vatsa
Being questioned by him, and called up by the (life-giving) science, (Kaca) softly uttered speech within the belly. (Kāvya) said to him: "By whom have you been brought here, that you stand in my belly? Tell me, child."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 25.50
भवत्प्रसादान्न जहाति मां स्मृतिः सर्वं स्मरेयं यच्च यथा च वृत्तम् न त्व् एवं स्यात्तपसः क्षयो मे तत क्लेशं घोरतरं स्मरामि
bhavatprasādānna jahāti māṃ smṛtiḥ sarvaṃ smareyaṃ yacca yathā ca vṛttam na tv evaṃ syāttapasaḥ kṣayo me tata kleśaṃ ghorataraṃ smarāmi
"By your grace memory does not leave me; I recall everything, both what happened and how. But let it not be so that my austerity be spent — father, I recall a suffering most terrible."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.51
असुरैः सुरायां भवतो ऽस्मि दत्तो हत्वा दग्ध्वा चूर्णयित्वा च काव्य ब्राह्मीं मायां त्व् आसुरी त्व् अत्र माया त्वयि स्थिते कथम् एवाभिबाधते
asuraiḥ surāyāṃ bhavato 'smi datto hatvā dagdhvā cūrṇayitvā ca kāvya brāhmīṃ māyāṃ tv āsurī tv atra māyā tvayi sthite katham evābhibādhate
"I was given to you in the liquor by the asuras, Kāvya, after they had killed me, burnt me, and ground me to powder. But (yours) is the brahmic magic, while here is asuric magic: how does it afflict at all while you stand (near)?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 25.52
किं ते प्रियं करवाण्यद्य वत्से विनैव मे जीवितं स्यात्कचस्य नान्यत्र कुक्षेर्मम भेदनाच्च दृश्येत् कचो मद्गतो देवयानि
kiṃ te priyaṃ karavāṇyadya vatse vinaiva me jīvitaṃ syātkacasya nānyatra kukṣermama bhedanācca dṛśyet kaco madgato devayāni
"What would you have me do that pleases you today, child? Kaca's life cannot be without (the loss of) mine; and Kaca, gone into me, could not be seen otherwise than by the splitting of my belly, Devayānī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 25.53
द्वौ मां शोकाव् अग्निकल्पौ दहेतां कचस्य नाशस्तव चैवोपघातः कचस्य नाशे मम नास्ति शर्म तवोपघाते जीवितुं नास्मि शक्ता
dvau māṃ śokāv agnikalpau dahetāṃ kacasya nāśastava caivopaghātaḥ kacasya nāśe mama nāsti śarma tavopaghāte jīvituṃ nāsmi śaktā
"Two griefs, like fire, would burn me: the destruction of Kaca and the slaying of you. In Kaca's destruction there is no comfort for me; at your slaying I am unable to live."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.54
संसिद्धरूपो ऽसि बृहस्पतेः सुत यत्त्वां भक्तं भजते देवयानी विद्यामिमां प्राप्नुहि जीवनीं त्वं न चेदिन्द्रः कचरूपी त्वमद्य
saṃsiddharūpo 'si bṛhaspateḥ suta yattvāṃ bhaktaṃ bhajate devayānī vidyāmimāṃ prāpnuhi jīvanīṃ tvaṃ na cedindraḥ kacarūpī tvamadya
"You are of perfected form, son of Bṛhaspati, since Devayānī loves you who are devoted (to her). Obtain this life-giving science — provided you are not Indra in Kaca's form today."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 25.55
न निवर्तेत्पुनर्जीवन् कश्चिदन्यो ममोदरात् ब्राह्मणं वर्जयित्वैकं तस्माद्विद्याम् अवाप्नुहि
na nivartetpunarjīvan kaścidanyo mamodarāt brāhmaṇaṃ varjayitvaikaṃ tasmādvidyām avāpnuhi
"No other could come back alive from my belly, excepting a brahmin alone; therefore receive the science."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.56
पुत्रो भूत्वा निष्क्रमस्वोदरान्मे भित्त्वा कुक्षिं जीवय मां च तात अवेक्षेथा धर्मवतीमवेक्षां गुरोः सकाशात्प्राप्य विद्यां सविद्यः
putro bhūtvā niṣkramasvodarānme bhittvā kukṣiṃ jīvaya māṃ ca tāta avekṣethā dharmavatīmavekṣāṃ guroḥ sakāśātprāpya vidyāṃ savidyaḥ
"Having become my son, come out of my belly, splitting my womb, and revive me, dear child; having obtained the science from your teacher's side, and so possessed of the science, you should show a regard that is in accord with dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.57
गुरोः सकाशात्समवाप्य विद्यां भित्त्वा कुक्षिं निर्विचक्राम विप्रः प्रालेयाद्रेः शुक्लमुद्भिद्य शृङ्गं रात्र्यागमे पौर्णमास्यामिवेन्दुः
guroḥ sakāśātsamavāpya vidyāṃ bhittvā kukṣiṃ nirvicakrāma vipraḥ prāleyādreḥ śuklamudbhidya śṛṅgaṃ rātryāgame paurṇamāsyāmivenduḥ
Having fully obtained the science from his teacher's side, the brahmin split the belly and came forth, like the moon at nightfall on the full-moon day, breaking out from the white peak of the snowy mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.58
दृष्ट्वा च तं पतितं वेदराशिम् उत्थापयामास ततः कचो ऽपि विद्यां सिद्धां तामवाप्याभिवाद्य ततः कचस्तं गुरुमित्युवाच
dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ patitaṃ vedarāśim utthāpayāmāsa tataḥ kaco 'pi vidyāṃ siddhāṃ tāmavāpyābhivādya tataḥ kacastaṃ gurumityuvāca
And seeing him, that mass of the Vedas, fallen, Kaca then raised him up; and having gained that perfected science, Kaca, saluting him, then spoke thus to his teacher:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.59
निधिं निधीनां वरदं वराणां ये नाद्रियन्ते गुरुमर्चनीयम् प्रालेयाद्रिप्रोज्ज्वलद्भालसंस्थं पापांल्लोकांस्ते व्रजन्त्यप्रतिष्ठाः
nidhiṃ nidhīnāṃ varadaṃ varāṇāṃ ye nādriyante gurumarcanīyam prāleyādriprojjvaladbhālasaṃsthaṃ pāpāṃllokāṃste vrajantyapratiṣṭhāḥ
"Those who do not honour the teacher, who is to be revered, the treasure of treasures, the boon-giver among the best, whose brow gleams like the snowy mountain — they go, without any standing, to the worlds of sinners."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 25.60
सुरापानाद् वञ्चनात् प्रापयित्वा संज्ञानाशं चेतसश्चापि घोरम् दृष्ट्वा कचं चापि तथाभिरूपं पीतं तथा सुरया मोहितेन
surāpānād vañcanāt prāpayitvā saṃjñānāśaṃ cetasaścāpi ghoram dṛṣṭvā kacaṃ cāpi tathābhirūpaṃ pītaṃ tathā surayā mohitena
Having, through the drinking of liquor and through deception, brought about (his) loss of awareness and a dreadful (state) of mind, and having also seen Kaca in that same form, drunk thus by one deluded by liquor —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 25.61
समन्युरुत्थाय महानुभावस् तदोशना विप्रहितं चिकीर्षुः काव्यः स्वयं वाक्यमिदं जगाद सुरापानं प्रत्यसौ जातशङ्कः
samanyurutthāya mahānubhāvas tadośanā viprahitaṃ cikīrṣuḥ kāvyaḥ svayaṃ vākyamidaṃ jagāda surāpānaṃ pratyasau jātaśaṅkaḥ
Then Uśanas, of great dignity, rose up in anger, wishing to do what benefits brahmins; Kāvya himself spoke this word, having conceived misgiving with regard to the drinking of liquor:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.62
यो ब्राह्मणो ऽद्यप्रभृतीह कश्चिन् मोहात्सुरां पास्यति मन्दबुद्धिः अपेतधर्मा ब्रह्महा चैव स स्यादस्मिंल्लोके गर्हितः स्यात्परे च
yo brāhmaṇo 'dyaprabhṛtīha kaścin mohātsurāṃ pāsyati mandabuddhiḥ apetadharmā brahmahā caiva sa syādasmiṃlloke garhitaḥ syātpare ca
"Whatever brahmin here, from today onward, of dull wit, shall in delusion drink liquor, he shall be fallen from dharma and a slayer of a brahmin, and he shall be reviled in this world and in the next."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.63
मया चेमां विप्रधर्मोक्तसीमां मर्यादां वै स्थापितां सर्वलोके सन्तो विप्राः शुश्रुवांसो गुरूणां देवा दैत्याश्चोपशृण्वन्तु सर्वे
mayā cemāṃ vipradharmoktasīmāṃ maryādāṃ vai sthāpitāṃ sarvaloke santo viprāḥ śuśruvāṃso gurūṇāṃ devā daityāścopaśṛṇvantu sarve
"And this limit declared in brahmin dharma, this boundary set by me in all the worlds — let the good brahmins who have listened to their teachers, and the gods and the daityas, all hear it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.64
इतीदमुक्त्वा स महाप्रभावस् तपोनिधीनां निधिर् अप्रमेयः तान्दानवांश्चैव निगूढबुद्धीन् इदं समाहूय वचो ऽभ्युवाच
itīdamuktvā sa mahāprabhāvas taponidhīnāṃ nidhir aprameyaḥ tāndānavāṃścaiva nigūḍhabuddhīn idaṃ samāhūya vaco 'bhyuvāca
Having said this, he of great power, the immeasurable treasury of the treasuries of austerity, summoned those Dānavas of hidden purpose and spoke this word:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.65
आचक्षे वो दानवा बालिशाः स्थ शिष्यः कचो वत्स्यति मत्समीपे संजीवनीं प्राप्य विद्यां मयायं तुल्यप्रभावो ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मभूतः
ācakṣe vo dānavā bāliśāḥ stha śiṣyaḥ kaco vatsyati matsamīpe saṃjīvanīṃ prāpya vidyāṃ mayāyaṃ tulyaprabhāvo brāhmaṇo brahmabhūtaḥ
"I declare to you, Dānavas: you are fools. The pupil Kaca shall dwell beside me; having obtained the Saṃjīvanī science, this brahmin is of power equal to mine, become Brahman itself."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 25.66
गुरोरुष्य सकाशे च दश वर्षशतानि सः अनुज्ञातः कचो गन्तुम् इयेष त्रिदशालयम्
guroruṣya sakāśe ca daśa varṣaśatāni saḥ anujñātaḥ kaco gantum iyeṣa tridaśālayam
And having stayed a thousand years in his teacher's presence, Kaca, given leave, desired to go to the abode of the Thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition