Matsya Purana — Chapter 34
MtP 34.1
एवमुक्तः स राजर्षिः काव्यं स्मृत्वा महाव्रतम् संक्रामयामास जरां तदा पुत्रे महात्मनि
evamuktaḥ sa rājarṣiḥ kāvyaṃ smṛtvā mahāvratam saṃkrāmayāmāsa jarāṃ tadā putre mahātmani
Having spoken thus, that royal sage, calling to mind Kāvya of the great vow, then transferred his old age into his great-souled son.
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MtP 34.2
पौरवेणाथ वयसा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः प्रीतियुक्तो नरश्रेष्ठश् चचार विषयान्प्रियान्
pauraveṇātha vayasā yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ prītiyukto naraśreṣṭhaś cacāra viṣayānpriyān
Then Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa, best of men, filled with delight, with the youth (taken) from Paurava, enjoyed the pleasures he loved.
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MtP 34.3
यथाकामं यथोत्साहं यथाकालं यथासुखम् धर्माविरुद्धान्राजेन्द्रो यथार्हति स एव हि
yathākāmaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yathākālaṃ yathāsukham dharmāviruddhānrājendro yathārhati sa eva hi
According to his desire, according to his energy, according to the season, according to his ease — that lord of kings (enjoyed) those (pleasures) not opposed to dharma, just as is fitting.
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MtP 34.4
देवान् अतर्पयद् यज्ञैः श्राद्धैरपि पितामहान् दीनाननुग्रहैरिष्टैः कामैश्च द्विजसत्तमान्
devān atarpayad yajñaiḥ śrāddhairapi pitāmahān dīnānanugrahairiṣṭaiḥ kāmaiśca dvijasattamān
He satisfied the gods with sacrifices, and the ancestors with śrāddha offerings, the destitute with acts of favour, and the best of the twice-born with desired gifts.
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MtP 34.5
अतिथीनन्नपानैश्च विशश्च प्रतिपालनैः आनृशंस्येन शूद्रांश्च दस्यून्निग्रहणेन च
atithīnannapānaiśca viśaśca pratipālanaiḥ ānṛśaṃsyena śūdrāṃśca dasyūnnigrahaṇena ca
and guests with food and drink, and the Vaiśyas by protecting them, and the Śūdras by kindliness, and (he pleased them) by restraining brigands.
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MtP 34.6
धर्मेण च प्रजाः सर्वा यथावद् अनुरञ्जयन् ययातिः पालयामास साक्षादिन्द्र इवापरः
dharmeṇa ca prajāḥ sarvā yathāvad anurañjayan yayātiḥ pālayāmāsa sākṣādindra ivāparaḥ
And making all his subjects duly content through dharma, Yayāti ruled, like a second Indra in person.
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MtP 34.7
स राजा सिंहविक्रान्तो युवा विषयगोचरः अविरोधेन धर्मस्य चचार सुखमुत्तमम्
sa rājā siṃhavikrānto yuvā viṣayagocaraḥ avirodhena dharmasya cacāra sukhamuttamam
That king, valorous as a lion, young, dwelling amid the objects of sense, enjoyed the highest pleasure without conflict with dharma.
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MtP 34.8
स सम्प्राप्य शुभान्कामांस् तृप्तः खिन्नश्च पार्थिवः कालं वर्षसहस्रान्तं सस्मार मनुजाधिपः
sa samprāpya śubhānkāmāṃs tṛptaḥ khinnaśca pārthivaḥ kālaṃ varṣasahasrāntaṃ sasmāra manujādhipaḥ
Having obtained the auspicious pleasures, that lord of earth, satisfied and yet weary, that ruler of men, called to mind the time whose limit was a thousand years.
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MtP 34.9
परिचिन्त्य स कालज्ञः कलाकाष्ठाश्च वीर्यवान् पूर्णम् मत्वा ततः कालं पूरुं पुत्रमुवाच ह
paricintya sa kālajñaḥ kalākāṣṭhāśca vīryavān pūrṇam matvā tataḥ kālaṃ pūruṃ putramuvāca ha
Having reflected, that knower of time, the valorous one, (reckoning) also the kalās and kāṣṭhās, and judging the time to be full, then spoke to his son Pūru:
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MtP 34.10
न जातु कामः कामानाम् उपभोगेन शाम्यति हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते
na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate
"Desire is never appeased by the enjoyment of desired things; like the black-pathed one (fire) with oblations, it only grows the more.
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MtP 34.11
यत्पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः नालमेकस्य तत्सर्वम् इति मत्वा शमं व्रजेत्
yatpṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ nālamekasya tatsarvam iti matvā śamaṃ vrajet
Whatever rice and barley there is on earth, gold, cattle, women — all that is not enough for a single man; knowing this, one should come to calm.
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MtP 34.12
यथासुखं यथोत्साहं यथाकाममरिंदम सेविता विषयाः पुत्र यौवनेन मया तव
yathāsukhaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yathākāmamariṃdama sevitā viṣayāḥ putra yauvanena mayā tava
As I pleased, as I had zeal, as I desired, O subduer of foes — the objects of sense were enjoyed by me, my son, with your youth.
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MtP 34.13
पूरो प्रीतो ऽस्मि भद्रं ते गृहाणेदं स्वयौवनम् राज्यं चैव गृहाणेदं त्वं हि मे प्रियकृत्सुतः
pūro prīto 'smi bhadraṃ te gṛhāṇedaṃ svayauvanam rājyaṃ caiva gṛhāṇedaṃ tvaṃ hi me priyakṛtsutaḥ
Pūru, I am pleased; good fortune to you. Take back this your own youth, and take this kingdom too, for you are the son who has done me a kindness."
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MtP 34.14
प्रतिपेदे जरां राजा ययातिर्नाहुषस्तदा यौवनं प्रतिपेदे स पूरुः स्वं पुनरात्मनः
pratipede jarāṃ rājā yayātirnāhuṣastadā yauvanaṃ pratipede sa pūruḥ svaṃ punarātmanaḥ
Then King Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, took on old age, and Pūru took back again his own youth.
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MtP 34.15
अभिषेक्तुकामं च नृपं पूरुं पुत्रं कनीयसम् ब्राह्मणप्रमुखा वर्णा इदं वचनमब्रुवन्
abhiṣektukāmaṃ ca nṛpaṃ pūruṃ putraṃ kanīyasam brāhmaṇapramukhā varṇā idaṃ vacanamabruvan
And to the king, who wished to consecrate his youngest son Pūru, the classes headed by the brāhmaṇas spoke this word:
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MtP 34.16
कथं शुक्रस्य दौहित्रं देवयान्याः सुतं प्रभो ज्येष्ठं यदुमतिक्रम्य राज्यं पूरोः प्रदास्यसि
kathaṃ śukrasya dauhitraṃ devayānyāḥ sutaṃ prabho jyeṣṭhaṃ yadumatikramya rājyaṃ pūroḥ pradāsyasi
"How, O lord, will you give the kingdom to Pūru, passing over the eldest, Yadu, the daughter's son of Śukra, the son of Devayānī?
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MtP 34.17
ज्येष्ठो यदुस्तव सुतस् तुर्वसुस्तदनन्तरम् शर्मिष्ठायाः सुतो द्रुह्युस् तथानुः पूरुरेव च
jyeṣṭho yadustava sutas turvasustadanantaram śarmiṣṭhāyāḥ suto druhyus tathānuḥ pūrureva ca
Yadu is your eldest son, Turvasu next after him; Śarmiṣṭhā's sons are Druhyu, and Anu likewise, and Pūru.
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MtP 34.18
कथं ज्येष्ठमतिक्रम्य कनीयान् राज्यमर्हति एतत्संबोधयामस्त्वां स्वधर्ममनुपालय
kathaṃ jyeṣṭhamatikramya kanīyān rājyamarhati etatsaṃbodhayāmastvāṃ svadharmamanupālaya
How does the younger deserve the kingdom, passing over the elder? Of this we admonish you: uphold your own dharma."
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MtP 34.19
ब्राह्मणप्रमुखा वर्णाः सर्वे शृण्वन्तु मे वचः ज्येष्ठं प्रति यतो राज्यं न देयं मे कथंचन
brāhmaṇapramukhā varṇāḥ sarve śṛṇvantu me vacaḥ jyeṣṭhaṃ prati yato rājyaṃ na deyaṃ me kathaṃcana
"Let all the classes headed by the brāhmaṇas hear my word, as to why the kingdom is by no means to be given by me to the eldest.
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MtP 34.20
मम ज्येष्ठेन यदुना नियोगो नानुपालितः प्रतिकूलः पितुर्यश्च न स पुत्रः सतां मतः
mama jyeṣṭhena yadunā niyogo nānupālitaḥ pratikūlaḥ pituryaśca na sa putraḥ satāṃ mataḥ
My command was not obeyed by the eldest, Yadu; and he who is opposed to his father is not held by the good to be a son.
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MtP 34.21
मातापित्रोर्वचनकृद् धितः पथ्यश्च यः सुतः स पुत्रः पुत्रवद्यश्च वर्तते पितृमातृषु
mātāpitrorvacanakṛd dhitaḥ pathyaśca yaḥ sutaḥ sa putraḥ putravadyaśca vartate pitṛmātṛṣu
The son who does his mother's and father's word, who is devoted and follows the right path — he is a son, and he who behaves as a son should toward father and mother.
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MtP 34.22
यदुनाहमवज्ञातस् तथा तुर्वसुनापि वा द्रुह्युणा चानुना चैवम् अप्यवज्ञा कृता भृशम्
yadunāhamavajñātas tathā turvasunāpi vā druhyuṇā cānunā caivam apyavajñā kṛtā bhṛśam
I was slighted by Yadu, and likewise by Turvasu; and by Druhyu and by Anu too a grievous slight was thus committed.
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MtP 34.23
पूरुणा मे कृतं वाक्यं मानितं च विशेषतः कनीयान्मम दायादो जरा येन धृता मम
pūruṇā me kṛtaṃ vākyaṃ mānitaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ kanīyānmama dāyādo jarā yena dhṛtā mama
By Pūru my word was done and, especially, honoured; the younger is my heir, by whom my old age was borne.
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MtP 34.24
मम कामः स च कृतः पूरुणा पुत्ररूपिणा शुक्रेण च वरो दत्तः काव्येनोशनसा स्वयम्
mama kāmaḥ sa ca kṛtaḥ pūruṇā putrarūpiṇā śukreṇa ca varo dattaḥ kāvyenośanasā svayam
And that desire of mine was fulfilled by Pūru in the form of a son; and a boon was given by Śukra, by Uśanas the son of Kavi, himself:
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MtP 34.25
पुत्रो यस्त्वानुवर्तेत स राजा पृथिवीपतिः भवन्तः प्रतिजानन्तु पूरू राज्ये ऽभिषिच्यताम्
putro yastvānuvarteta sa rājā pṛthivīpatiḥ bhavantaḥ pratijānantu pūrū rājye 'bhiṣicyatām
"The son who would follow me — he shall be king, lord of the earth. Let you all consent: let Pūru be consecrated in the kingship."
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MtP 34.26
यः पुत्रो गुणसम्पन्नो मातापित्रोर्हितः सदा सर्वं सो ऽर्हति कल्याणं कनीयानपि स प्रभुः
yaḥ putro guṇasampanno mātāpitrorhitaḥ sadā sarvaṃ so 'rhati kalyāṇaṃ kanīyānapi sa prabhuḥ
"The son who is endowed with virtues and always devoted to the welfare of his mother and father — he deserves every good thing; though younger, he is the master."
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MtP 34.27
अर्हं पूरोरिदं राज्यं यः प्रियः प्रियकृत् तव वरदानेन शुक्रस्य न शक्यं वक्तुमुत्तरम्
arhaṃ pūroridaṃ rājyaṃ yaḥ priyaḥ priyakṛt tava varadānena śukrasya na śakyaṃ vaktumuttaram
"Pūru deserves this kingdom, he who is dear (to you) and does what pleases you; and because of Śukra's granting of the boon, no reply can be spoken."
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MtP 34.28
पौरजानपदैस् तुष्टैर् इत्युक्तो नाहुषस्तदा अभिषिच्य ततः पूरुं राज्ये स्वसुतमात्मजम्
paurajānapadais tuṣṭair ityukto nāhuṣastadā abhiṣicya tataḥ pūruṃ rājye svasutamātmajam
Thus addressed by the townsfolk and country-folk, who were satisfied, Nāhuṣa then consecrated Pūru, his own-born son, in the kingship;
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MtP 34.29
दत्त्वा च पूरवे राज्यं वनवासाय दीक्षितः पुरात्स निर्ययौ राजा ब्राह्मणैस्तापसैः सह
dattvā ca pūrave rājyaṃ vanavāsāya dīkṣitaḥ purātsa niryayau rājā brāhmaṇaistāpasaiḥ saha
and having given the kingdom to Pūru, consecrated for dwelling in the forest, that king went forth from the city together with brahmins and ascetics.
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MtP 34.30
यदोस्तु यादवा जातास् तुर्वसोर्यवनाः सुताः द्रुह्योश्चैव सुता भोजा अनोस्तु म्लेच्छजातयः
yadostu yādavā jātās turvasoryavanāḥ sutāḥ druhyoścaiva sutā bhojā anostu mlecchajātayaḥ
From Yadu were born the Yādavas; the sons of Turvasu were the Yavanas; and the sons of Druhyu were the Bhojas; but from Anu came the Mleccha races.
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MtP 34.31
पूरोस्तु पौरवो वंशो यत्र जातो ऽसि पार्थिव इदं वर्षसहस्रात्तु राज्यं कुरुकुलागतम्
pūrostu pauravo vaṃśo yatra jāto 'si pārthiva idaṃ varṣasahasrāttu rājyaṃ kurukulāgatam
But from Pūru (came) the Paurava lineage, in which you were born, O king; and for a thousand years this kingdom has come down through the Kuru family.
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