Matsya Purana — Chapter 3
MtP 3.1
चतुर्मुखत्वम् अगमत् कस्माल् लोकपितामहः कथं तु लोकान् असृजद् ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः
caturmukhatvam agamat kasmāl lokapitāmahaḥ kathaṃ tu lokān asṛjad brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ
Why did the grandfather of the worlds come to have four faces? And how did Brahmā, best of the knowers of brahman, create the worlds?
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MtP 3.2
तपश् चचार प्रथमम् अमराणां पितामहः आविभूतास् तथा वेदाः साङ्गोपाङ्गपदक्रमाः
tapaś cacāra prathamam amarāṇāṃ pitāmahaḥ āvibhūtās tathā vedāḥ sāṅgopāṅgapadakramāḥ
First the grandfather of the immortals performed austerity; and thus the Vedas became manifest, together with their limbs, sub-limbs, word-texts and krama-texts.
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MtP 3.3
पुराणसर्वशास्त्राणां प्रथमं ब्रह्मणा स्मृतम् नित्यं शब्दमयं पुण्यं शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम्
purāṇasarvaśāstrāṇāṃ prathamaṃ brahmaṇā smṛtam nityaṃ śabdamayaṃ puṇyaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram
Of all the scriptures the Purāṇa was recalled first by Brahmā — eternal, made of sound, holy, extending to a hundred crores (of verses).
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MtP 3.4
अनन्तरं च वक्त्रेभ्यो वेदास् तस्य विनिःसृताः मीमांसान्यायविद्याश् च प्रमाणाष्टकसंयुताः
anantaraṃ ca vaktrebhyo vedās tasya viniḥsṛtāḥ mīmāṃsānyāyavidyāś ca pramāṇāṣṭakasaṃyutāḥ
And immediately after, the Vedas issued forth from his mouths, and the sciences of Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, together with the eight means of knowledge.
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MtP 3.5
वेदाभ्यासरतस्यास्य प्रजाकामस्य मानसाः मनसः पूर्वसृष्टा वै जाता यत् तेन मानसाः
vedābhyāsaratasyāsya prajākāmasya mānasāḥ manasaḥ pūrvasṛṣṭā vai jātā yat tena mānasāḥ
Of him, intent on the recitation of the Veda and desiring offspring, (there were born) the mind-born ones; since they were formerly created from the mind, they are therefore 'mind-born'.
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MtP 3.6
मरीचिर् अभवत् पूर्वं ततो ऽत्रिर् भगवान् ऋषिः अङ्गिरश् चाभवत् पश्चात् पुलस्त्यस् तदनन्तरम्
marīcir abhavat pūrvaṃ tato 'trir bhagavān ṛṣiḥ aṅgiraś cābhavat paścāt pulastyas tadanantaram
Marīci came into being first, then the venerable seer Atri; afterwards Aṅgiras came to be, and immediately after him Pulastya;
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MtP 3.7
ततः पुलहनामा वै ततः क्रतुर् अजायत प्रचेताश् च ततः पुत्रो वसिष्ठश् चाभवत् पुनः
tataḥ pulahanāmā vai tataḥ kratur ajāyata pracetāś ca tataḥ putro vasiṣṭhaś cābhavat punaḥ
then the one named Pulaha, then Kratu was born; and then (as) a son Pracetas, and again Vasiṣṭha came to be;
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MtP 3.8
पुत्रो भृगुर् अभूत् तद्वन् नारदो ऽप्य् अचिराद् अभूत् दशेमान् मानसान् ब्रह्मा मुनीन् पुत्रान् अजिजनत्
putro bhṛgur abhūt tadvan nārado 'py acirād abhūt daśemān mānasān brahmā munīn putrān ajijanat
likewise Bhṛgu became a son, and Nārada too came to be before long. These ten mind-born sons, sages, Brahmā begot.
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MtP 3.9
शारीरान् अथ वक्ष्यामि मातृहीनान् प्रजापतेः अङ्गुष्ठाद् दक्षिणाद् दक्षः प्रजापतिर् अजायत
śārīrān atha vakṣyāmi mātṛhīnān prajāpateḥ aṅguṣṭhād dakṣiṇād dakṣaḥ prajāpatir ajāyata
Now I shall tell of the bodily (offspring) of Prajāpati, those without a mother: from his right thumb Dakṣa Prajāpati was born.
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MtP 3.10
धर्मः स्तनान्ताद् अभवद् धृदयात् कुसुमायुधः भ्रूमध्याद् अभवत् क्रोधो लोभश् चाधरसंभवः
dharmaḥ stanāntād abhavad dhṛdayāt kusumāyudhaḥ bhrūmadhyād abhavat krodho lobhaś cādharasaṃbhavaḥ
Dharma came to be from (his) breast's end, from (his) heart the one whose weapon is flowers (Kāma), from between (his) brows arose anger, and greed arose from (his) lower lip.
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MtP 3.11
बुद्धेर् मोहः समभवद् अहंकाराद् अभून् मदः प्रमोदश् चाभवत् कण्ठान् मृत्युर् लोचनतो ण्र्प भरतः करमध्यात् तु ब्रह्मसूनुर् अभूत् ततः
buddher mohaḥ samabhavad ahaṃkārād abhūn madaḥ pramodaś cābhavat kaṇṭhān mṛtyur locanato ṇrpa bharataḥ karamadhyāt tu brahmasūnur abhūt tataḥ
From (his) intellect delusion came to be, from egoism arose intoxication, and from (his) throat came joy, from (his) eye death, O king; and from the middle of (his) hand Bharata, the son of Brahmā, then came to be.
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MtP 3.12
एते नव सुता राजन् कन्या च दशमी पुनः अङ्गजा इति विख्याता दशमी ब्रह्मणः सुता
ete nava sutā rājan kanyā ca daśamī punaḥ aṅgajā iti vikhyātā daśamī brahmaṇaḥ sutā
These are the nine sons, O king, and a daughter as the tenth; they are known as 'born of (his) limbs', and the tenth is Brahmā's daughter.
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MtP 3.13
बुद्धेर् मोहः समभवद् इति यत् परिकीर्तितम् अहंकारः स्मृतः क्रोधो बुद्धिर् नाम किम् उच्यते
buddher mohaḥ samabhavad iti yat parikīrtitam ahaṃkāraḥ smṛtaḥ krodho buddhir nāma kim ucyate
As for what has been declared, that 'from intellect delusion came to be' — egoism is understood (as it), anger is (it too); what is it that is called 'intellect'?
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MtP 3.14
सत्त्वं रजस् तमश् चैव गुणत्रयम् उदाहृतम् साम्यावस्थितिर् एतेषां प्रकृतिः परिकीर्तिता
sattvaṃ rajas tamaś caiva guṇatrayam udāhṛtam sāmyāvasthitir eteṣāṃ prakṛtiḥ parikīrtitā
Sattva, rajas and tamas are declared to be the three constituents; their condition of equilibrium is proclaimed to be prakṛti (nature).
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MtP 3.15
केचित् प्रधानम् इत्य् आहुर् अव्यक्तम् अपरे जगुः एतद् एव प्रजासृष्टिं करोति विकरोति च
kecit pradhānam ity āhur avyaktam apare jaguḥ etad eva prajāsṛṣṭiṃ karoti vikaroti ca
Some call it pradhāna, others have sung of it as the unmanifest; this very thing produces the creation of beings and modifies (it).
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MtP 3.16
गुणेभ्यः क्षोभमाणेभ्यस् त्रयो देवा विजज्ञिरे एका मूर्तिस् त्रयो भागा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
guṇebhyaḥ kṣobhamāṇebhyas trayo devā vijajñire ekā mūrtis trayo bhāgā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
From the constituents, as they were being stirred, the three gods were born: one form, three parts — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara.
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MtP 3.17
सविकारात् प्रधानात् तु महत् तत्त्वं प्रजायते महान् इति यतः ख्यातिर् लोकानां जायते सदा
savikārāt pradhānāt tu mahat tattvaṃ prajāyate mahān iti yataḥ khyātir lokānāṃ jāyate sadā
But from pradhāna, together with its modification, the principle called mahat (the great) is produced; from which the designation 'great' among the worlds always arises.
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MtP 3.18
अहंकारश् च महतो जायते मानवर्धनः इन्द्रियाणि ततः पञ्च वक्ष्ये बुद्धिवशानि तु प्रादुर् भवन्ति चान्यानि तथा कर्मवशानि तु
ahaṃkāraś ca mahato jāyate mānavardhanaḥ indriyāṇi tataḥ pañca vakṣye buddhivaśāni tu prādur bhavanti cānyāni tathā karmavaśāni tu
And from mahat is born egoism, which increases pride; from that (come) the five senses subject to cognition, which I shall describe, and likewise others too come forth, subject to action.
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MtP 3.19
श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका च यथाक्रमम् पायूपस्थं हस्तपादं वाक्क चेन्द्रियसंग्रहः
śrotraṃ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā ca yathākramam pāyūpasthaṃ hastapādaṃ vākka cendriyasaṃgrahaḥ
Ear, skin, the two eyes, tongue and nose, in order; anus, genital, hand, foot and speech — such is the set of senses.
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MtP 3.20
शब्दः स्पर्शश् च रूपं च रसो गन्धश् च पञ्चमः उत्सर्गानन्दनादानगत्यालापाश् च तत्क्रियाः
śabdaḥ sparśaś ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhaś ca pañcamaḥ utsargānandanādānagatyālāpāś ca tatkriyāḥ
Sound, touch, form, taste, and smell as the fifth; and excretion, pleasure, grasping, motion and speaking are their activities.
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MtP 3.21
मन एकादशं तेषां कर्मबुद्धिगुणान्वितम् इन्द्रियावयवाः सूक्ष्मास् तस्य मूर्तिं मनीषिणः
mana ekādaśaṃ teṣāṃ karmabuddhiguṇānvitam indriyāvayavāḥ sūkṣmās tasya mūrtiṃ manīṣiṇaḥ
Mind is the eleventh of them, endowed with the qualities of action and cognition; the wise (hold) the subtle parts of the senses to be its form.
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MtP 3.22
श्रयन्ति यस्मात् तन्मात्राः शरीरं तेन संस्मृतम् शरीरयोगाज् जीवो ऽपि शरीरी गद्यते बुधैः
śrayanti yasmāt tanmātrāḥ śarīraṃ tena saṃsmṛtam śarīrayogāj jīvo 'pi śarīrī gadyate budhaiḥ
Since the subtle elements (tanmātras) resort to (it), it is therefore known as 'body' (śarīra); and by union with a body the living being too is called 'embodied' by the learned.
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MtP 3.23
मनः सृष्टिं विकुरुते चोद्यमानं सिसृक्षया आकाशं शब्दतन्मात्राद् अभूच् छब्दगुणात्मकम्
manaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ vikurute codyamānaṃ sisṛkṣayā ākāśaṃ śabdatanmātrād abhūc chabdaguṇātmakam
Mind, urged on by the desire to create, brings forth creation: from the subtle element of sound arose space, whose nature is the quality of sound.
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MtP 3.24
आकाशविकृतेर् वायुः शब्दस्पर्शगुणो ऽभवत् वायोश् च स्पर्शतन्मात्रात् तेजश् चाविर् अभूत् ततः
ākāśavikṛter vāyuḥ śabdasparśaguṇo 'bhavat vāyoś ca sparśatanmātrāt tejaś cāvir abhūt tataḥ
From the modification of space came wind, having the qualities of sound and touch; and from wind's subtle element of touch fire then became manifest,
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MtP 3.25
त्रिगुणं तद्विकारेण तच्छब्दस्पर्शरूपवत् तेजोविकाराद् अभवद् वारि राजंश् चतुर्गुणम्
triguṇaṃ tadvikāreṇa tacchabdasparśarūpavat tejovikārād abhavad vāri rājaṃś caturguṇam
which by its modification has three qualities, possessing sound, touch and form. From the modification of fire, O king, water came to be, with four qualities,
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MtP 3.26
रसतन्मात्रसंभूतं प्रायो रसगुणात्मकम् भूमिस् तु गन्धतन्मात्राद् अभूत् पञ्चगुणान्विता
rasatanmātrasaṃbhūtaṃ prāyo rasaguṇātmakam bhūmis tu gandhatanmātrād abhūt pañcaguṇānvitā
arisen from the subtle element of taste, chiefly having taste as its quality; but earth arose from the subtle element of smell, endowed with five qualities,
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MtP 3.27
प्रायो गन्धगुणा सा तु बुद्धिर् एषा गरीयसी एभिः संपादितं भुङ्क्ते पुरुषः पञ्चविंशकः
prāyo gandhaguṇā sā tu buddhir eṣā garīyasī ebhiḥ saṃpāditaṃ bhuṅkte puruṣaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ
and it chiefly has smell as its quality. This intellect is the weightier one. What is brought about by these, the person (puruṣa), the twenty-fifth, enjoys.
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MtP 3.28
ईश्वरेच्छावशः सो ऽपि जीवात्मा कथ्यते बुधैः एवं षड्विंशकं प्रोक्तं शरीरम् इह मानवे
īśvarecchāvaśaḥ so 'pi jīvātmā kathyate budhaiḥ evaṃ ṣaḍviṃśakaṃ proktaṃ śarīram iha mānave
He too, subject to the will of the Lord, is called by the wise the individual self; thus the body here in man is said to be twenty-sixfold.
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MtP 3.29
सांख्यं संख्यात्मकत्वाच् च कपिलादिभिर् उच्यते एतत् तत्त्वात्मकं कृत्वा जगद् वेधा अजीजनत्
sāṃkhyaṃ saṃkhyātmakatvāc ca kapilādibhir ucyate etat tattvātmakaṃ kṛtvā jagad vedhā ajījanat
And because it consists of enumeration, it is called Sāṃkhya by Kapila and the others. Having made this world to consist of these principles, the Ordainer (Brahmā) brought it forth.
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MtP 3.30
सावित्रीं लोकसृष्ट्यर्थे हृदि कृत्वा समास्थितः ततः संजपतस् तस्य भित्वा देहम् अकल्मषम्
sāvitrīṃ lokasṛṣṭyarthe hṛdi kṛtvā samāsthitaḥ tataḥ saṃjapatas tasya bhitvā deham akalmaṣam
Placing Sāvitrī in his heart for the sake of creating the worlds, he settled down (in concentration); then, as he was murmuring (the prayer), his stainless body split apart,
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MtP 3.31
स्त्रीरूपम् अर्धम् अकरोद् अर्धं पुरुषरूपवत् शतरूपा च सा ख्याता सावित्री च निगद्यते
strīrūpam ardham akarod ardhaṃ puruṣarūpavat śatarūpā ca sā khyātā sāvitrī ca nigadyate
and he made one half a woman's form, the (other) half like a man's form; and she is renowned as Śatarūpā, and is called Sāvitrī,
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MtP 3.32
सरस्वत्य् अथ गायत्री ब्रह्माणी च परन्तप ततः स्वदेहसंभूताम् आत्मजाम् इत्य् अकल्पयत्
sarasvaty atha gāyatrī brahmāṇī ca parantapa tataḥ svadehasaṃbhūtām ātmajām ity akalpayat
and Sarasvatī, and Gāyatrī, and Brahmāṇī, O scorcher of foes. Then he conceived of her, arisen from his own body, as his daughter.
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MtP 3.33
दृष्ट्वा तां व्यथितस् तावत् कामबाणार्दितो विभुः अहो रूपम् अहो रूपम् इति चाह प्रजापतिः
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ vyathitas tāvat kāmabāṇārdito vibhuḥ aho rūpam aho rūpam iti cāha prajāpatiḥ
Seeing her, the mighty one was at once shaken, pierced by the arrow of desire, and Prajāpati said, "Ah, what beauty! Ah, what beauty!"
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MtP 3.34
ततो वासिष्ठप्रमुखा भगिनीम् इति चुक्रुशुः ब्रह्मा न किंचिद् ददृशे तन्मुखालोकनाद् ऋते
tato vāsiṣṭhapramukhā bhaginīm iti cukruśuḥ brahmā na kiṃcid dadṛśe tanmukhālokanād ṛte
Then those led by Vasiṣṭha cried out, "(She is your) sister!" But Brahmā saw nothing at all apart from the gazing upon her face.
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MtP 3.35
अहो रूपम् अहो रूपम् इति प्राह पुनः पुनः ततः प्रणामनम्रां तां पुनर् एवाभ्यलोकयत्
aho rūpam aho rūpam iti prāha punaḥ punaḥ tataḥ praṇāmanamrāṃ tāṃ punar evābhyalokayat
"Ah, what beauty! Ah, what beauty!" he said again and again; then he gazed once more upon her as she bowed low in salutation.
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MtP 3.36
अथ प्रदक्षिणं चक्रे सा पितुर् वरवर्णिनी पुत्रेभ्यो लज्जितस्यास्य तद्रूपालोकनेच्छया
atha pradakṣiṇaṃ cakre sā pitur varavarṇinī putrebhyo lajjitasyāsya tadrūpālokanecchayā
Then she of lovely hue made a circumambulation of her father, who was abashed before his sons — (she did so) from the wish to look upon that form of his.
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MtP 3.37
आविर्भूतं तत्रो वक्त्रं दक्षिणं पाण्डुगण्डवत् विस्मयस्फुरदोष्ठं च पाश्चात्यम् उदगात् ततः
āvirbhūtaṃ tatro vaktraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ pāṇḍugaṇḍavat vismayasphuradoṣṭhaṃ ca pāścātyam udagāt tataḥ
Thereupon a face appeared there on the right, with pale cheeks; and then a westward (rear) face arose, its lips quivering with astonishment.
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MtP 3.38
चतुर्थम् अभवत् पश्चाद् वामं कामशरातुरम् ततो ऽन्यद् अभवत् तस्य कामातुरतया तथा
caturtham abhavat paścād vāmaṃ kāmaśarāturam tato 'nyad abhavat tasya kāmāturatayā tathā
A fourth came to be afterwards, on the left, tormented by love's arrow; and then still another of his came to be, likewise from his being stricken with desire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 3.39
उत्पतन्त्यास् तदाकारा आलोकनकुतूहलात् सृष्ट्यर्थं यत् कृतं तेन तपः परमदारुणम्
utpatantyās tadākārā ālokanakutūhalāt sṛṣṭyarthaṃ yat kṛtaṃ tena tapaḥ paramadāruṇam
out of eagerness to behold her form as she rose upward. The exceedingly severe austerity that he had performed for the sake of creation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 3.40
तत् सर्वं नाशम् अगमत् स्वसुतोपगमेच्छया तेनोर्ध्वं वक्त्रम् अभवत् पञ्चमं तस्य धीमतः आविर्भवज्जटाभिश् च तद् वक्त्रं चावृणोत् प्रभुः
tat sarvaṃ nāśam agamat svasutopagamecchayā tenordhvaṃ vaktram abhavat pañcamaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ āvirbhavajjaṭābhiś ca tad vaktraṃ cāvṛṇot prabhuḥ
all that came to ruin through his desire to approach his own daughter. Thereby an upward, fifth face came to be for that wise one; and the lord covered that face with the matted locks that appeared (on it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 3.41
ततस् तान् अब्रवीद् ब्रह्मा पुत्रान् आत्मसमुद्भवान् प्रजाः सृजध्वम् अभितः सदेवासुरमानुषीः
tatas tān abravīd brahmā putrān ātmasamudbhavān prajāḥ sṛjadhvam abhitaḥ sadevāsuramānuṣīḥ
Then Brahmā said to those sons sprung from himself: "Bring forth creatures on every side, together with gods, asuras, and men."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 3.42
एवम् उक्तास् ततः सर्वे ससृजुर् विविधाः प्रजाः गतेषु तेषु सृष्ट्यर्थं प्रणामावनताम् इमाम्
evam uktās tataḥ sarve sasṛjur vividhāḥ prajāḥ gateṣu teṣu sṛṣṭyarthaṃ praṇāmāvanatām imām
Thus addressed, they all then brought forth manifold creatures. When they had gone off for the sake of creation, (he took) her, bent low in salutation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 3.43
उपयेमे स विश्वात्मा शतरूपाम् अनिन्दिताम् संबभूव तया सार्धम् अतिकामातुरो विभुः सलज्जां चकमे देवः कमलोदरमन्दिरे
upayeme sa viśvātmā śatarūpām aninditām saṃbabhūva tayā sārdham atikāmāturo vibhuḥ salajjāṃ cakame devaḥ kamalodaramandire
he, the Self of all, wedded the blameless Śatarūpā; the mighty one, utterly stricken with desire, joined with her; the god made love to the bashful one in the chamber within the lotus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 3.44
यावद् अब्दशतं दिव्यं यथान्यः प्राकृतो जनः ततःकालेन महता तस्याः पुत्रो ऽभवन् मनुः
yāvad abdaśataṃ divyaṃ yathānyaḥ prākṛto janaḥ tataḥkālena mahatā tasyāḥ putro 'bhavan manuḥ
for a full hundred divine years, like any other ordinary man. Then, after a great length of time, a son of hers was born: Manu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 3.45
स्वायंभुवो इति ख्यातः स विराड् इति नः श्रुतम् तद्रूपगुणसामान्याद् अधिपुरुष उच्यते
svāyaṃbhuvo iti khyātaḥ sa virāḍ iti naḥ śrutam tadrūpaguṇasāmānyād adhipuruṣa ucyate
He is renowned as Svāyaṃbhuva; we have heard that he is Virāj; and because his form and qualities are the same as (Brahmā's), he is called Adhipuruṣa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 3.46
वैराजा यत्र ते जाता बहवः शंसितव्रताः स्वायंभुवा महाभागाः सप्त सप्त तथापरे
vairājā yatra te jātā bahavaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ svāyaṃbhuvā mahābhāgāḥ sapta sapta tathāpare
in whom were born those many Vairājas of praised vows, and the greatly fortunate Svāyaṃbhuvas, seven, and seven others likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 3.47
स्वारोचिषाद्याः सर्वे ते ब्रह्मतुल्यस्वरूपिणः औत्तमिप्रमुखास् तद्वद् येसां त्वं सप्तमो ऽधुना
svārociṣādyāḥ sarve te brahmatulyasvarūpiṇaḥ auttamipramukhās tadvad yesāṃ tvaṃ saptamo 'dhunā
those beginning with Svārociṣa, all of them having a form equal to Brahmā's, and likewise those headed by Auttami, of whom you are now the seventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition