Matsya Purana — Chapter 26
MtP 26.1
समापितव्रतं तं तु विसृष्टं गुरुणा तदा प्रस्थितं त्रिदशावासं देवयानीदमब्रवीत्
samāpitavrataṃ taṃ tu visṛṣṭaṃ guruṇā tadā prasthitaṃ tridaśāvāsaṃ devayānīdamabravīt
Then, as he had completed his vow of study and had been released by his teacher, and was setting out for the dwelling of the Thirty, Devayānī said this to him:
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MtP 26.2
ऋषेर् अङ्गिरसः पौत्र वृत्तेनाभिजनेन च भ्राजसे विद्यया चैव तपसा च दमेन च
ṛṣer aṅgirasaḥ pautra vṛttenābhijanena ca bhrājase vidyayā caiva tapasā ca damena ca
Grandson of the seer Aṅgiras, you shine by conduct and by birth, and also by learning, by austerity and by self-restraint.
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MtP 26.3
ऋषिर् यथाङ्गिरा मान्यः पितुर्मम महायशाः तथा मान्यश्च पूज्यश्च मम भूयो बृहस्पतिः
ṛṣir yathāṅgirā mānyaḥ piturmama mahāyaśāḥ tathā mānyaśca pūjyaśca mama bhūyo bṛhaspatiḥ
As the greatly renowned seer Aṅgiras is to be honoured by my father, so too, and still more, is Bṛhaspati to be honoured and revered by me.
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MtP 26.4
एवं ज्ञात्वा विजानीहि यद्ब्रवीमि तपोधन व्रतस्थे नियमोपेते यथा वर्ताम्यहं त्वयि
evaṃ jñātvā vijānīhi yadbravīmi tapodhana vratasthe niyamopete yathā vartāmyahaṃ tvayi
Knowing this, understand what I say to you, O you rich in austerity: how I have behaved toward you while you stood under your vow and were bound by observances.
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MtP 26.5
स समापितविद्यो मां भक्तां न त्यक्तुमर्हसि गृहाण पाणिं विधिवन् मम मन्त्रपुरस्कृतम्
sa samāpitavidyo māṃ bhaktāṃ na tyaktumarhasi gṛhāṇa pāṇiṃ vidhivan mama mantrapuraskṛtam
Now that your study is completed, you ought not to abandon me, who am devoted to you; take my hand duly, with the mantras foremost.
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MtP 26.6
पूज्यो मान्यश्च भगवान् यथा मम पिता तव तथा त्वमनवद्याङ्गि पूजनीयतमा मता
pūjyo mānyaśca bhagavān yathā mama pitā tava tathā tvamanavadyāṅgi pūjanīyatamā matā
As your revered and honoured lord (father) is (like) my own father, so you, O faultless-limbed one, are held by me most worthy of reverence.
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MtP 26.7
आत्मप्राणैः प्रियतमा भार्गवस्य महात्मनः त्वं भद्रे धर्मतः पूज्या गुरुपुत्री सदा मम
ātmaprāṇaiḥ priyatamā bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ tvaṃ bhadre dharmataḥ pūjyā guruputrī sadā mama
You, dear lady, are dearer than his own life-breaths to the great-souled Bhārgava; you, being your teacher's daughter, are by dharma always to be revered by me.
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MtP 26.8
यथा मम गुरुर्नित्यं मान्यः शुक्रः पिता तव देवयानि तथैव त्वं नैवं मां वक्तुमर्हसि
yathā mama gururnityaṃ mānyaḥ śukraḥ pitā tava devayāni tathaiva tvaṃ naivaṃ māṃ vaktumarhasi
As Śukra, your father, is ever to be honoured as my teacher, just so are you, Devayānī; therefore you ought not to speak to me in this way.
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MtP 26.9
गुरुपुत्रस्य पुत्रो मे न तु त्वमसि मे पितुः तस्मान्मान्यश्च पूज्यश्च ममापि त्वं द्विजोत्तम
guruputrasya putro me na tu tvamasi me pituḥ tasmānmānyaśca pūjyaśca mamāpi tvaṃ dvijottama
You are the son of my father's teacher's son, and not (the son) of my father; therefore you too, best of the twice-born, are to be honoured and revered by me as well.
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MtP 26.10
असुरैर्हन्यमाने तु कचे त्वयि पुनः पुनः तदाप्रभृति या प्रीतिस् तां त्वमेव स्मरस्व मे
asurairhanyamāne tu kace tvayi punaḥ punaḥ tadāprabhṛti yā prītis tāṃ tvameva smarasva me
When you, Kaca, were slain by the asuras again and again — remember that affection of mine (for you) from that time onward.
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MtP 26.11
सौहार्दे चानुरागे च वेत्थ मे भक्तिमुत्तमाम् न मामर्हसि धर्मज्ञ त्यक्तुं भक्तामनागसम्
sauhārde cānurāge ca vettha me bhaktimuttamām na māmarhasi dharmajña tyaktuṃ bhaktāmanāgasam
You know my supreme devotion in friendship and in love; you ought not, O knower of dharma, to abandon me, devoted and blameless.
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MtP 26.12
अनियोज्ये नियोगे मां नियुनक्षि शुभव्रते प्रसीद सुभ्रूर्मह्यं त्वं गुरोर् गुरुतरा शुभे
aniyojye niyoge māṃ niyunakṣi śubhavrate prasīda subhrūrmahyaṃ tvaṃ guror gurutarā śubhe
You are enjoining upon me an injunction that may not be enjoined, O you of auspicious vows; be gracious to me, fair-browed one, for you, auspicious lady, are weightier than my teacher.
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MtP 26.13
यत्रोषितं विशालाक्षि त्वया चन्द्रनिभानने तत्राहमुषितो भद्रे कुक्षौ काव्यस्य भामिनि
yatroṣitaṃ viśālākṣi tvayā candranibhānane tatrāhamuṣito bhadre kukṣau kāvyasya bhāmini
Where you dwelt, wide-eyed one with a face like the moon, there I too dwelt, dear lady, in the belly of Kāvya (Śukra), O passionate one.
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MtP 26.14
भगिनी धर्मतो मे त्वं मैवं वोचः शुभानने सुखेनाध्युषितो भद्रे न मन्युर्विद्यते मम
bhaginī dharmato me tvaṃ maivaṃ vocaḥ śubhānane sukhenādhyuṣito bhadre na manyurvidyate mama
By dharma you are my sister; do not speak thus, fair-faced one. I dwelt there happily, dear lady; I have no anger.
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MtP 26.15
आपृच्छे त्वां गमिष्यामि शिवमस्त्वथ मे पथि अविरोधेन धर्मस्य स्मर्तव्यो ऽस्मि कथान्तरे अप्रमत्तोद्यता नित्यम् आराधय गुरुं मम
āpṛcche tvāṃ gamiṣyāmi śivamastvatha me pathi avirodhena dharmasya smartavyo 'smi kathāntare apramattodyatā nityam ārādhaya guruṃ mama
I take leave of you, I shall go; may there be good fortune on my road. Without conflict with dharma, I am to be remembered in the course of talk. Ever alert and diligent, serve my teacher.
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MtP 26.16
दैत्यैर्हतस्त्वं यद्भर्तृबुद्ध्या त्वं रक्षितो मया यदि मां धर्मकामार्थं प्रत्याख्यास्यसि धर्मतः
daityairhatastvaṃ yadbhartṛbuddhyā tvaṃ rakṣito mayā yadi māṃ dharmakāmārthaṃ pratyākhyāsyasi dharmataḥ
Since you were slain by the daityas and were protected by me with the thought that you were my husband — if you will now reject me, who seek dharma and love, on the ground of dharma —
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MtP 26.17
ततः कच न ते विद्या सिद्धिमेषा गमिष्यति
tataḥ kaca na te vidyā siddhimeṣā gamiṣyati
then, Kaca, this knowledge of yours will not come to fulfilment.
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MtP 26.18
गुरुपुत्रीति कृत्वाहं प्रत्याख्यास्ये न दोषतः गुरुणा चाभ्यनुज्ञातः काममेव शपस्व माम्
guruputrīti kṛtvāhaṃ pratyākhyāsye na doṣataḥ guruṇā cābhyanujñātaḥ kāmameva śapasva mām
Since I reject you taking you to be my teacher's daughter, it is not from fault; and I was permitted by the teacher. Curse me if you will.
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MtP 26.19
आर्षं धर्मं ब्रुवाणो ऽहं देवयानि यथा त्वया शप्तुं नार्हो ऽस्मि कल्याणि कामतो ऽद्य च धर्मतः
ārṣaṃ dharmaṃ bruvāṇo 'haṃ devayāni yathā tvayā śaptuṃ nārho 'smi kalyāṇi kāmato 'dya ca dharmataḥ
Speaking as I do the dharma of the seers, Devayānī, I do not deserve to be cursed by you, fair one, out of desire — today, and by dharma.
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MtP 26.20
तस्माद्भवत्या यः कामो न तथा सम्भविष्यति ऋषिपुत्रो न ते कश्चिज् जातु पाणिं ग्रहीष्यति
tasmādbhavatyā yaḥ kāmo na tathā sambhaviṣyati ṛṣiputro na te kaścij jātu pāṇiṃ grahīṣyati
Therefore that desire of yours shall not come about so: no son of a seer shall ever take your hand.
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MtP 26.21
फलिष्यति न मे विद्या त्वद्वचश्चेति तत्तया अध्यापयिष्यामि च यं तस्य विद्या फलिष्यति
phaliṣyati na me vidyā tvadvacaśceti tattayā adhyāpayiṣyāmi ca yaṃ tasya vidyā phaliṣyati
"My knowledge will not bear fruit" — that was said by her; "and yet whomever I shall teach, for him the knowledge will bear fruit."
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MtP 26.22
एवमुक्त्वा नृपश्रेष्ठ देवयानीं कचस्तदा त्रिदशेशालयं शीघ्रं जगाम द्विजसत्तमः
evamuktvā nṛpaśreṣṭha devayānīṃ kacastadā tridaśeśālayaṃ śīghraṃ jagāma dvijasattamaḥ
Having spoken thus to Devayānī, O best of kings, Kaca, that most excellent of the twice-born, then went swiftly to the abode of the lord of the thirty (gods).
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MtP 26.23
तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य देवाः सेन्द्रपुरोगमाः बृहस्पतिं सभाज्येदं कचमाहुर्मुदान्विताः
tamāgatamabhiprekṣya devāḥ sendrapurogamāḥ bṛhaspatiṃ sabhājyedaṃ kacamāhurmudānvitāḥ
Seeing him arrived, the gods, with Indra at their head, after honoring Bṛhaspati, filled with joy said this to Kaca:
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MtP 26.24
त्वं कचास्मद्धितं कर्म कृतवान्महदद्भुतम् न ते यशः प्रणशिता भागभाक्च भविष्यसि
tvaṃ kacāsmaddhitaṃ karma kṛtavānmahadadbhutam na te yaśaḥ praṇaśitā bhāgabhākca bhaviṣyasi
"You, Kaca, have done a great and wondrous deed for our welfare. Your fame shall not perish, and you shall be a sharer in the (sacrificial) portion."
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