Matsya Purana — Chapter 27
MtP 27.1
कृतविद्ये कचे प्राप्ते हृष्टरूपा दिवौकसः कचादवेत्य तां विद्यां कृतार्था भरतर्षभ
kṛtavidye kace prāpte hṛṣṭarūpā divaukasaḥ kacādavetya tāṃ vidyāṃ kṛtārthā bharatarṣabha
When Kaca had returned with the knowledge attained, the dwellers in heaven were delighted; having learned that knowledge from Kaca, they had gained their purpose, O bull of the Bharatas.
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MtP 27.2
सर्व एव समागम्य शतक्रतुमथाब्रुवन् कालस्त्वद्विक्रमस्याद्य जहि शत्रून्पुरंदर
sarva eva samāgamya śatakratumathābruvan kālastvadvikramasyādya jahi śatrūnpuraṃdara
All of them, having come together, then said to Śatakratu: "Today is the time for your valor—slay the enemies, O Purandara!"
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MtP 27.3
एवमुक्तस्तु सह तैस् त्रिदशैर् मघवांस्तदा तथेत्युक्त्वोपचक्राम सो ऽपश्यद्विपिने स्त्रियः
evamuktastu saha tais tridaśair maghavāṃstadā tathetyuktvopacakrāma so 'paśyadvipine striyaḥ
Thus addressed, Maghavan then, together with those thirty (gods), said "So be it" and set forth; he saw women in a wood.
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MtP 27.4
क्रीडन्तीनां तु कन्यानां वने चैत्ररथोपमे वायुर्भूतः स वस्त्राणि सर्वाण्येव व्यमिश्रयत्
krīḍantīnāṃ tu kanyānāṃ vane caitrarathopame vāyurbhūtaḥ sa vastrāṇi sarvāṇyeva vyamiśrayat
While the maidens were playing in that wood resembling Caitraratha, he, having become the wind, mixed up all their garments together.
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MtP 27.5
ततो जलात् समुत्तीर्य ताः कन्याः सहितास्तदा वस्त्राणि जगृहुस्तानि यथासंस्थान्यनेकशः
tato jalāt samuttīrya tāḥ kanyāḥ sahitāstadā vastrāṇi jagṛhustāni yathāsaṃsthānyanekaśaḥ
Then, coming up out of the water, those maidens together took up those garments one after another, just as they lay.
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MtP 27.6
तत्र वासो देवयान्याः शर्मिष्ठा जगृहे तदा व्यतिक्रममजानन्ती दुहिता वृषपर्वणः
tatra vāso devayānyāḥ śarmiṣṭhā jagṛhe tadā vyatikramamajānantī duhitā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
There Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan, then took Devayānī's garment, not knowing (that it was) a transgression.
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MtP 27.7
ततस्तयोर् मिथस्तत्र विरोधः समजायत देवयान्याश्च राजेन्द्र शर्मिष्ठायाश्च तत्कृते
tatastayor mithastatra virodhaḥ samajāyata devayānyāśca rājendra śarmiṣṭhāyāśca tatkṛte
Then, O lord of kings, on that account a quarrel arose there between the two of them, Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā.
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MtP 27.8
कस्माद्गृह्णासि मे वस्त्रं शिष्या भूत्वा ममासुरि समुदाचारहीनाया न ते श्रेयो भविष्यति
kasmādgṛhṇāsi me vastraṃ śiṣyā bhūtvā mamāsuri samudācārahīnāyā na te śreyo bhaviṣyati
"Why do you take my garment, when you are my pupil, O demoness? For you, devoid of good conduct, there will be no welfare."
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MtP 27.9
आसीनं च शयानं च पिता ते पितरं मम स्तौति पृच्छति चाभीक्ष्णं नीचस्थः सुविनीतवत्
āsīnaṃ ca śayānaṃ ca pitā te pitaraṃ mama stauti pṛcchati cābhīkṣṇaṃ nīcasthaḥ suvinītavat
"Your father, whether (mine is) seated or lying down, praises my father and constantly inquires (after him), standing in a lower place, like one well-disciplined."
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MtP 27.10
याचतस्त्वं च दुहिता स्तुवतः प्रतिगृह्णतः सुताहं स्तूयमानस्य ददतो न तु गृह्णतः
yācatastvaṃ ca duhitā stuvataḥ pratigṛhṇataḥ sutāhaṃ stūyamānasya dadato na tu gṛhṇataḥ
"You are the daughter of one who begs, who flatters, who accepts; I am the daughter of one who is praised, who gives and does not accept."
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MtP 27.11
अनायुधा सायुधायाः किं त्वं कुप्यसि भिक्षुकि लप्स्यसे प्रतियोद्धारं न च त्वां गणयाम्यहम्
anāyudhā sāyudhāyāḥ kiṃ tvaṃ kupyasi bhikṣuki lapsyase pratiyoddhāraṃ na ca tvāṃ gaṇayāmyaham
"Unarmed, why are you angry at one who is armed, beggar-woman? You will find someone to fight you (elsewhere); as for me, I do not count you (as an opponent)."
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MtP 27.12
सा विस्मयं देवयानीं गतां सक्तां च वाससि शर्मिष्ठा प्राक्षिपत्कूपे ततः स्वपुरमाविशत्
sā vismayaṃ devayānīṃ gatāṃ saktāṃ ca vāsasi śarmiṣṭhā prākṣipatkūpe tataḥ svapuramāviśat
Śarmiṣṭhā threw Devayānī, who had fallen into astonishment and was clinging to the garment, into a well; then she entered her own city.
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MtP 27.13
हतेयमिति विज्ञाय शर्मिष्ठा पापनिश्चया अनवेक्ष्य ययौ तस्मात् क्रोधवेगपरायणा
hateyamiti vijñāya śarmiṣṭhā pāpaniścayā anavekṣya yayau tasmāt krodhavegaparāyaṇā
Thinking "she is dead," Śarmiṣṭhā, of evil resolve, went away from there without looking back, given over to the impulse of anger.
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MtP 27.14
अथ तं देशमभ्यागाद् ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः श्रान्तयुग्यः श्रान्तरूपो मृगलिप्सुः पिपासितः
atha taṃ deśamabhyāgād yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ śrāntayugyaḥ śrāntarūpo mṛgalipsuḥ pipāsitaḥ
Then Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa, came to that place, his team of horses exhausted and himself exhausted in appearance, seeking game, thirsty.
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MtP 27.15
नाहुषिः प्रेक्षमाणो हि स निपाने गतोदके ददर्श कन्यां तां तत्र दीप्तामग्निशिखाम् इव
nāhuṣiḥ prekṣamāṇo hi sa nipāne gatodake dadarśa kanyāṃ tāṃ tatra dīptāmagniśikhām iva
For as the son of Nahuṣa looked into the watering-place whose water was gone, he saw that maiden there, blazing like a tongue of fire.
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MtP 27.16
तामपृच्छत्स दृष्ट्वैव कन्याममरवर्णिनीम् सान्त्वयित्वा नृपश्रेष्ठः साम्ना परमवल्गुना
tāmapṛcchatsa dṛṣṭvaiva kanyāmamaravarṇinīm sāntvayitvā nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ sāmnā paramavalgunā
As soon as he saw her, that best of kings, having consoled her with exceedingly pleasing gentle words, asked the maiden of immortal hue:
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MtP 27.17
का त्वं चारुमुखी श्यामा सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डला दीर्घं ध्यायसि चात्यर्थं कस्माच्छ्वसिषि चातुरा
kā tvaṃ cārumukhī śyāmā sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalā dīrghaṃ dhyāyasi cātyarthaṃ kasmācchvasiṣi cāturā
"Who are you, fair-faced, dark-complexioned one, with well-polished jewelled earrings? Why do you brood so long and so deeply, and why do you sigh, distressed?"
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MtP 27.18
कथं च पतिता ह्य् अस्मिन् कूपे वीरुत्तृणावृते दुहिता चैव कस्य त्वं वद सर्वं सुमध्यमे
kathaṃ ca patitā hy asmin kūpe vīruttṛṇāvṛte duhitā caiva kasya tvaṃ vada sarvaṃ sumadhyame
And how did you come to fall into this well overgrown with creepers and grass? And whose daughter are you? Tell me everything, slender-waisted one.
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MtP 27.19
यो ऽसौ देवैर्हतान् दैत्यान् उत्थापयति विद्यया तस्य शुक्रस्य कन्याहं त्वं मां नूनं न बुध्यसे
yo 'sau devairhatān daityān utthāpayati vidyayā tasya śukrasya kanyāhaṃ tvaṃ māṃ nūnaṃ na budhyase
He who raises up by his magic knowledge the demons slain by the gods — of that Śukra I am the daughter; surely you do not recognize me.
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MtP 27.20
एष मे दक्षिणो राजन् पाणिस् ताम्रनखाङ्गुलिः समुद्धर गृहीत्वा मां कुलीनस्त्वं हि मे मतः
eṣa me dakṣiṇo rājan pāṇis tāmranakhāṅguliḥ samuddhara gṛhītvā māṃ kulīnastvaṃ hi me mataḥ
Here, king, is my right hand, with copper-colored nails and fingers: take hold of me and lift me out, for you are, in my judgment, of good family.
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MtP 27.21
जानामि त्वां च संशान्तं वीर्यवन्तं यशस्विनम् तस्मान्मां पतितां कूपाद् अस्माद् उद्धर्तुमर्हसि
jānāmi tvāṃ ca saṃśāntaṃ vīryavantaṃ yaśasvinam tasmānmāṃ patitāṃ kūpād asmād uddhartumarhasi
And I know you to be self-controlled, valorous, and renowned; therefore you ought to lift me, fallen, out of this well.
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MtP 27.22
तामथ ब्राह्मणीं स्त्रीं च विज्ञाय नहुषात्मजः गृहीत्वा दक्षिणे पाणाव् उज्जहार ततो ऽवटात्
tāmatha brāhmaṇīṃ strīṃ ca vijñāya nahuṣātmajaḥ gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇāv ujjahāra tato 'vaṭāt
Then the son of Nahuṣa, recognizing her to be a brahmin woman, took her by the right hand and drew her up out of the hole.
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MtP 27.23
उद्धृत्य चैनां तरसा तस्मात्कूपान्नराधिपः आमन्त्रयित्वा सुश्रोणीं ययातिः स्वपुरं ययौ
uddhṛtya caināṃ tarasā tasmātkūpānnarādhipaḥ āmantrayitvā suśroṇīṃ yayātiḥ svapuraṃ yayau
And having swiftly drawn her up from that well, the lord of men Yayāti took leave of the fair-hipped one and went to his own city.
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MtP 27.24
गते तु नाहुषे तस्मिन् देवयान्यपि निन्दिता उवाच शोकसंतप्ता घूर्णिकामागतां पुनः
gate tu nāhuṣe tasmin devayānyapi ninditā uvāca śokasaṃtaptā ghūrṇikāmāgatāṃ punaḥ
But when that son of Nahuṣa had gone, Devayānī, insulted as she was and burning with grief, spoke to Ghūrṇikā, who had come back again:
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MtP 27.25
त्वरितं घूर्णिके गच्छ सर्वमाचक्ष्व मे पितुः नेदानीं तु प्रवेक्ष्यामि नगरं वृषपर्वणः
tvaritaṃ ghūrṇike gaccha sarvamācakṣva me pituḥ nedānīṃ tu pravekṣyāmi nagaraṃ vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
"Go quickly, Ghūrṇikā, and tell my father everything; for now I shall not enter the city of Vṛṣaparvan."
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MtP 27.26
सा तु वै त्वरितं गत्वा घूर्णिकासुरमन्दिरम् दृष्ट्वा काव्यमुवाचेदं कम्पमाना विचेतना
sā tu vai tvaritaṃ gatvā ghūrṇikāsuramandiram dṛṣṭvā kāvyamuvācedaṃ kampamānā vicetanā
And she, Ghūrṇikā, going swiftly to the palace of the demon, on seeing Kāvya said this, trembling and out of her senses.
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MtP 27.27
आचख्यौ च महाभागा देवयानी वने हता शर्मिष्ठया महाप्राज्ञ दुहित्रा वृषपर्वणः
ācakhyau ca mahābhāgā devayānī vane hatā śarmiṣṭhayā mahāprājña duhitrā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
And she reported: "The greatly fortunate Devayānī has been struck down in the forest, O greatly wise one, by Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan."
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MtP 27.28
श्रुत्वा दुहितरं काव्यस् तदा शर्मिष्ठया हताम् त्वरया निर्ययौ दुःखान् मार्गमाणः सुतां वने
śrutvā duhitaraṃ kāvyas tadā śarmiṣṭhayā hatām tvarayā niryayau duḥkhān mārgamāṇaḥ sutāṃ vane
Hearing that his daughter had then been struck down by Śarmiṣṭhā, Kāvya went out in haste, in sorrow, searching for his daughter in the forest.
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MtP 27.29
दृष्ट्वा दुहितरं काव्यो देवयानीं तपोवने बाहुभ्यां सम्परिष्वज्य दुःखितो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
dṛṣṭvā duhitaraṃ kāvyo devayānīṃ tapovane bāhubhyāṃ sampariṣvajya duḥkhito vākyamabravīt
Seeing his daughter Devayānī in the penance-grove, Kāvya embraced her with both arms and, grieving, spoke these words:
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MtP 27.30
आत्मदोषैर् नियच्छन्ति सर्वे दुःखसुखे जनाः मन्ये दुश्चरितं ते ऽस्ति तस्येयं निष्कृतिः कृता
ātmadoṣair niyacchanti sarve duḥkhasukhe janāḥ manye duścaritaṃ te 'sti tasyeyaṃ niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā
"All people obtain sorrow and happiness by their own faults; I think you have some misdeed, and this is the expiation made for it."
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MtP 27.31
निष्कृतिर् वास्तु वा मास्तु शृणुष्वावहितो मम शर्मिष्ठया यदुक्तास्मि दुहित्रा वृषपर्वणः
niṣkṛtir vāstu vā māstu śṛṇuṣvāvahito mama śarmiṣṭhayā yaduktāsmi duhitrā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
"Let there be expiation or let there not be; listen to me attentively — what I was told by Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan.
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MtP 27.32
सत्यं किलैतत्सा प्राह दैत्यानामस्मि गायना एवं हि मे कथयति शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी
satyaṃ kilaitatsā prāha daityānāmasmi gāyanā evaṃ hi me kathayati śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī
Is it really true, what she said — that I am a singer of praises for the daityas? For thus does Śarmiṣṭhā, Vṛṣaparvan's daughter, say to me,
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MtP 27.33
वचनं तीक्ष्णपरुषं क्रोधरक्तेक्षणा भृशम् स्तुवतो दुहितासि त्वं याचतः प्रतिगृह्णतः
vacanaṃ tīkṣṇaparuṣaṃ krodharaktekṣaṇā bhṛśam stuvato duhitāsi tvaṃ yācataḥ pratigṛhṇataḥ
a harsh, sharp speech, her eyes exceedingly red with anger: 'You are the daughter of one who praises, who begs, who accepts gifts;
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MtP 27.34
सुताहं स्तूयमानस्य ददतो ऽप्रतिगृह्णतः इति मामाह शर्मिष्ठा दुहिता वृषपर्वणः क्रोधसंरक्तनयना दर्पपूर्णानना ततः
sutāhaṃ stūyamānasya dadato 'pratigṛhṇataḥ iti māmāha śarmiṣṭhā duhitā vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ krodhasaṃraktanayanā darpapūrṇānanā tataḥ
I am the daughter of one who is praised, who gives and does not accept.' So Śarmiṣṭhā, daughter of Vṛṣaparvan, said to me then, her eyes red with anger, her face full of pride.
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MtP 27.35
यद्यहं स्तुवतस्तात दुहिता प्रतिगृह्णतः प्रसादयिष्ये शर्मिष्ठाम् इत्युक्ता हि सखी मया
yadyahaṃ stuvatastāta duhitā pratigṛhṇataḥ prasādayiṣye śarmiṣṭhām ityuktā hi sakhī mayā
If I, father, am the daughter of one who praises and accepts, then I shall have to conciliate Śarmiṣṭhā — thus I said to my friend.
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MtP 27.37
वृषपर्वैव तद्वेद शक्रो राजा च नाहुषः अचिन्त्यं ब्रह्म निर्द्वंद्वम् ऐश्वरं हि बलं मम
vṛṣaparvaiva tadveda śakro rājā ca nāhuṣaḥ acintyaṃ brahma nirdvaṃdvam aiśvaraṃ hi balaṃ mama
Vṛṣaparvan himself knows this, and so do king Śakra and the son of Nahuṣa: that brahman is inconceivable and without opposite, and that my power is a lordly one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain