Matsya Purana — Chapter 35
MtP 35.1
एवं स नाहुषो राजा ययातिः पुत्रमीप्सितम् राज्ये ऽभिषिच्य मुदितो वानप्रस्थो ऽभवन्मुनिः
evaṃ sa nāhuṣo rājā yayātiḥ putramīpsitam rājye 'bhiṣicya mudito vānaprastho 'bhavanmuniḥ
Thus that king Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, having gladly consecrated his desired son in the kingship, became a forest-dwelling sage.
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MtP 35.2
उषित्वा वनवासं स ब्राह्मणैः सह संश्रितः फलमूलाशनो दान्तो यथा स्वर्गमितो गतः
uṣitvā vanavāsaṃ sa brāhmaṇaiḥ saha saṃśritaḥ phalamūlāśano dānto yathā svargamito gataḥ
Having lived out a forest dwelling, taking refuge together with brahmins, eating fruits and roots, self-restrained, he went thence to heaven, as (is told).
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MtP 35.3
स गतः स्वर्गवासं तु न्यवसन्मुदितः सुखी कालस्य नातिमहतः पुनः शक्रेण पातितः
sa gataḥ svargavāsaṃ tu nyavasanmuditaḥ sukhī kālasya nātimahataḥ punaḥ śakreṇa pātitaḥ
Having attained the dwelling in heaven, he lived there glad and happy; but after no very long time he was cast down again by Śakra.
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MtP 35.4
विवशः प्रच्युतः स्वर्गाद् अप्राप्तो मेदिनीतलम् स्थितश्चासीद् अन्तरिक्षे स तदेति श्रुतं मया
vivaśaḥ pracyutaḥ svargād aprāpto medinītalam sthitaścāsīd antarikṣe sa tadeti śrutaṃ mayā
Helpless, fallen from heaven, not (yet) having reached the surface of the earth, he remained then in mid-air — so I have heard.
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MtP 35.5
तत एव पुनश्चापि गतः स्वर्गमिति श्रुतिः राज्ञा वसुमता सार्धम् अष्टकेन च वीर्यवान् प्रतर्दनेन शिबिना समेत्य किल संसदि
tata eva punaścāpi gataḥ svargamiti śrutiḥ rājñā vasumatā sārdham aṣṭakena ca vīryavān pratardanena śibinā sametya kila saṃsadi
And from there again he went to heaven — such is the tradition — the valorous one, having met in assembly together with king Vasumat and with Aṣṭaka, with Pratardana and Śibi.
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MtP 35.6
कर्मणा केन स दिवं पुनः प्राप्तो महीपतिः कथमिन्द्रेण भगवन् पातितो मेदिनीतले
karmaṇā kena sa divaṃ punaḥ prāpto mahīpatiḥ kathamindreṇa bhagavan pātito medinītale
By what deed did that lord of the earth attain heaven again? And how, O revered one, was he cast down to the surface of the earth by Indra?
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MtP 35.7
सर्वमेतद् अशेषेण श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः कथ्यमानं त्वया विप्र देवर्षिगणसंनिधौ
sarvametad aśeṣeṇa śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ kathyamānaṃ tvayā vipra devarṣigaṇasaṃnidhau
All this I wish to hear in full and truly, as told by you, O brahmin, in the presence of the host of gods and seers.
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MtP 35.8
देवराजसमो ह्य् आसीद् ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः वर्धनः कुरुवंशस्य विभावसुसमद्युतिः
devarājasamo hy āsīd yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ vardhanaḥ kuruvaṃśasya vibhāvasusamadyutiḥ
For Yayāti, lord of the earth, was the equal of the king of the gods, the increaser of the Kuru line, of splendour equal to the sun's.
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MtP 35.9
तस्य विस्तीर्णयशसः सत्यकीर्तेर् महात्मनः श्रोतुमिच्छामि देवेश दिवि चेह च सर्वशः
tasya vistīrṇayaśasaḥ satyakīrter mahātmanaḥ śrotumicchāmi deveśa divi ceha ca sarvaśaḥ
Of him of far-extended fame, of true renown, the great-souled one, I wish to hear entirely, O lord of the gods, (of his deeds) in heaven and here.
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MtP 35.10
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि ययातेरुत्तमां कथाम् दिवि चेह च पुण्यार्थां सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi yayāteruttamāṃ kathām divi ceha ca puṇyārthāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm
Well then, I shall tell you the excellent tale of Yayāti, meritorious in its purport both in heaven and here, destroying all sins.
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MtP 35.11
ययातिर्नाहुषो राजा पूरुं पुत्रं कनीयसम् राज्ये ऽभिषिच्य मुदितः प्रवव्राज वनं तदा
yayātirnāhuṣo rājā pūruṃ putraṃ kanīyasam rājye 'bhiṣicya muditaḥ pravavrāja vanaṃ tadā
King Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, having gladly consecrated his youngest son Pūru in the kingship, then went forth to the forest.
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MtP 35.12
अन्तेषु स विनिक्षिप्य पुत्रान् यदुपुरोगमान् फलमूलाशनो राजा वने ऽसौ न्यवसच्चिरम्
anteṣu sa vinikṣipya putrān yadupurogamān phalamūlāśano rājā vane 'sau nyavasacciram
Having settled his sons, with Yadu foremost, in the border regions, that king lived long in the forest, eating fruits and roots.
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MtP 35.13
स जितात्मा जितक्रोधस् तर्पयन् पितृदेवताः अग्नींश्च विधिवज्जुह्वन् वानप्रस्थविधानतः
sa jitātmā jitakrodhas tarpayan pitṛdevatāḥ agnīṃśca vidhivajjuhvan vānaprasthavidhānataḥ
Self-conquered, with anger subdued, gratifying the ancestors and the deities, and offering into the fires according to rule, in the manner prescribed for forest-dwellers,
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MtP 35.14
अतिथीन् पूजयन्नित्यं वन्येन हविषा विभुः शिलोञ्छवृत्तिमास्थाय शेषान्नकृतभोजनः
atithīn pūjayannityaṃ vanyena haviṣā vibhuḥ śiloñchavṛttimāsthāya śeṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ
Always honouring guests with forest oblations, the mighty (king) took up the livelihood of gleaning fallen grain and made his meal of what food was left over.
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MtP 35.15
पूर्णं सहस्रं वर्षाणाम् एवंवृत्तिर् अभून्नृपः अम्बुभक्षः स चाब्दांस्त्रीन् आसीन् नियतवाङ्मनाः
pūrṇaṃ sahasraṃ varṣāṇām evaṃvṛttir abhūnnṛpaḥ ambubhakṣaḥ sa cābdāṃstrīn āsīn niyatavāṅmanāḥ
For a full thousand years the king lived in this manner; and for three years he subsisted on water, with speech and mind restrained.
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MtP 35.16
ततस्तु वायुभक्षो ऽभूत् संवत्सरमतन्द्रितः पञ्चाग्निमध्ये च तपस् तेपे संवत्सरं पुनः
tatastu vāyubhakṣo 'bhūt saṃvatsaramatandritaḥ pañcāgnimadhye ca tapas tepe saṃvatsaraṃ punaḥ
Then, unwearied, he subsisted on air for a year; and again for a year he practised austerity in the midst of the five fires.
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MtP 35.17
एकपादस्थितश्चासीत् षण्मासान् अनिलाशनः पुण्यकीर्तिस्ततः स्वर्गं जगामावृत्य रोदसी
ekapādasthitaścāsīt ṣaṇmāsān anilāśanaḥ puṇyakīrtistataḥ svargaṃ jagāmāvṛtya rodasī
And for six months he stood on one foot, eating (only) the wind; then, of holy fame, he went to heaven, having covered heaven and earth (with his glory).
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