Matsya Purana — Chapter 28

MtP 28.1

यः परेषां नरो नित्यम् अतिवादांस्तितिक्षति देवयानि विजानीहि तेन सर्वमिदं जितम्

yaḥ pareṣāṃ naro nityam ativādāṃstitikṣati devayāni vijānīhi tena sarvamidaṃ jitam

The man who always endures the abusive words of others — know, Devayānī, that by him all this has been conquered.

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MtP 28.2

यः समुत्पतितं क्रोधं निगृह्णाति हयं यथा स यन्तेत्युच्यते सद्भिर् न यो रश्मिषु लम्बते

yaḥ samutpatitaṃ krodhaṃ nigṛhṇāti hayaṃ yathā sa yantetyucyate sadbhir na yo raśmiṣu lambate

He who checks anger as it springs up, as one checks a horse, him the good call a driver (of the chariot), not the one who merely hangs on to the reins.

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MtP 28.3

यः समुत्पतितं क्रोधम् अक्रोधने नियच्छति देवयानि विजानीहि तेन सर्वमिदं जितम्

yaḥ samutpatitaṃ krodham akrodhane niyacchati devayāni vijānīhi tena sarvamidaṃ jitam

He who restrains anger as it springs up in one who is (already) free from anger—Devayānī, know it: by him all this has been conquered.

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MtP 28.4

यः समुत्पतितं कोपं क्षमयैव निरस्यति यथोरगस्त्वचं जीर्णां स वै पुरुष उच्यते

yaḥ samutpatitaṃ kopaṃ kṣamayaiva nirasyati yathoragastvacaṃ jīrṇāṃ sa vai puruṣa ucyate

He who casts off wrath as it springs up by patience alone, as a snake casts off its worn skin, he indeed is called a man.

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MtP 28.5

यस्तु भावयते धर्मं यो ऽतिमात्रं तितिक्षति यश्च तप्तो न तपति भृशं सो ऽर्थस्य भाजनम्

yastu bhāvayate dharmaṃ yo 'timātraṃ titikṣati yaśca tapto na tapati bhṛśaṃ so 'rthasya bhājanam

But he who cultivates dharma, who endures beyond measure, and who, though tormented, does not torment (others) in return—he is the vessel of prosperity.

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MtP 28.6

यो यजेदश्वमेधेन मासि मासि शतं समाः यस्तु कुप्येन्न सर्वस्य तयोरक्रोधनो वरः

yo yajedaśvamedhena māsi māsi śataṃ samāḥ yastu kupyenna sarvasya tayorakrodhano varaḥ

One might sacrifice with the horse-sacrifice month after month for a hundred years; but of the two, the man free from anger, who is not angry at anyone, is the better.

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MtP 28.7

ये कुमाराः कुमार्यश्च वैरं कुर्युरचेतसः नैतत्प्राज्ञस्तु कुर्वीत विदुस्ते न बलाबलम्

ye kumārāḥ kumāryaśca vairaṃ kuryuracetasaḥ naitatprājñastu kurvīta viduste na balābalam

Boys and girls, being without understanding, may make enmity; but a wise man should not do this, for they do not know strength from weakness.

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MtP 28.8

वेदाहं तात बालापि कार्याणां तु गतागतम् क्रोधे चैवातिवादे वा कार्यस्यापि बलाबले

vedāhaṃ tāta bālāpi kāryāṇāṃ tu gatāgatam krodhe caivātivāde vā kāryasyāpi balābale

Father, though a girl, I do know the coming and going of affairs, and, in anger or in abusive speech, the strength and weakness of an affair too.

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MtP 28.9

शिष्यस्याशिष्यवृत्तं हि न क्षन्तव्यं बुभूषुणा असत्संकीर्णवृत्तेषु वासो मम न रोचते

śiṣyasyāśiṣyavṛttaṃ hi na kṣantavyaṃ bubhūṣuṇā asatsaṃkīrṇavṛtteṣu vāso mama na rocate

For a pupil's unpupil-like conduct is not to be tolerated by one who wishes to prosper; and dwelling among those of bad and mixed conduct does not please me.

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MtP 28.10

पुंसो ये नाभिनन्दन्ति वृत्तेनाभिजनेन च न तेषु निवसेत्प्राज्ञः श्रेयोर्थी पापबुद्धिषु

puṃso ye nābhinandanti vṛttenābhijanena ca na teṣu nivasetprājñaḥ śreyorthī pāpabuddhiṣu

Those who do not welcome a man for his conduct and his birth—among those of evil mind the wise man who seeks his good should not dwell.

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MtP 28.11

ये नैनमभिजानन्ति वृत्तेनाभिजनेन च तेषु साधुषु वस्तव्यं स वासः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते

ye nainamabhijānanti vṛttenābhijanena ca teṣu sādhuṣu vastavyaṃ sa vāsaḥ śreṣṭha ucyate

Those who do not recognize him by conduct and by birth—(rather) one should dwell among those good people (who do); that dwelling is called the best.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 28.12

तन्मे मथ्नाति हृदयम् अग्निकल्पमिवारणम् वाग्दुरुक्तं महाघोरं दुहितुर्वृषपर्वणः

tanme mathnāti hṛdayam agnikalpamivāraṇam vāgduruktaṃ mahāghoraṃ duhiturvṛṣaparvaṇaḥ

That ill-spoken, most dreadful word of the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan churns my heart as a firestick, akin to fire (itself, churns).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 28.13

न ह्य् अतो दुष्करं मन्ये तात लोकेष्वपि त्रिषु यः सपत्नश्रियं दीप्तां हीनश्रीः पर्युपासते

na hy ato duṣkaraṃ manye tāta lokeṣvapi triṣu yaḥ sapatnaśriyaṃ dīptāṃ hīnaśrīḥ paryupāsate

For I think there is nothing harder than this, father, even in the three worlds: that one bereft of fortune should wait upon the blazing fortune of a rival.

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