Matsya Purana — Chapter 4
MtP 4.1
अहो कष्टतरं चैतद् अङ्गजागमनं विभो कथं न दोषमगमत् कर्मणानेन पद्मभूः
aho kaṣṭataraṃ caitad aṅgajāgamanaṃ vibho kathaṃ na doṣamagamat karmaṇānena padmabhūḥ
"Ah, this going in to one's own daughter is a most grievous thing, O mighty one! How did the lotus-born not fall into fault by this deed?"
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MtP 4.2
परस्परं च सम्बन्धः सगोत्राणाम् अभूत् कथम् वैवाहिकस्तत्सुतानां छिन्द्धि मे संशयं विभो
parasparaṃ ca sambandhaḥ sagotrāṇām abhūt katham vaivāhikastatsutānāṃ chinddhi me saṃśayaṃ vibho
And how did a marriage-connection come about among them mutually, who were of the same lineage — (that) of his (Brahmā's) children? Cut away my doubt, O lord.
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MtP 4.3
दिव्येयमादिसृष्टिस्तु रजोगुणसमुद्भवा अतीन्द्रियेन्द्रिया तद्वद् अतीन्द्रियशरीरिका
divyeyamādisṛṣṭistu rajoguṇasamudbhavā atīndriyendriyā tadvad atīndriyaśarīrikā
But this first creation was divine, arisen from the quality of rajas; its senses were beyond the senses, and likewise its bodies were beyond the senses.
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MtP 4.4
दिव्यतेजोमयी भूप दिव्यज्ञानसमुद्भवा न मर्त्यैरभितः शक्या वक्तुं वै मांसचक्षुभिः
divyatejomayī bhūpa divyajñānasamudbhavā na martyairabhitaḥ śakyā vaktuṃ vai māṃsacakṣubhiḥ
It was made of divine radiance, O king, arisen from divine knowledge; it cannot be fully described by mortals with eyes of flesh.
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MtP 4.5
यथा भुजंगाः सर्पाणाम् आकाशं विश्वपक्षिणाम् विदन्ति मार्गं दिव्यानां दिव्या एव न मानवाः
yathā bhujaṃgāḥ sarpāṇām ākāśaṃ viśvapakṣiṇām vidanti mārgaṃ divyānāṃ divyā eva na mānavāḥ
Just as snakes know the path of serpents, and birds of the world (know) the sky, so only divine beings, not men, know the path of divine beings.
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MtP 4.6
कार्याकार्ये न देवानां शुभाशुभफलप्रदे यस्मात्तस्मान्न राजेन्द्र तद्विचारो नृणां शुभः
kāryākārye na devānāṃ śubhāśubhaphalaprade yasmāttasmānna rājendra tadvicāro nṛṇāṃ śubhaḥ
Since for the gods, who bestow good and bad fruits, there is no (rule of) what should and should not be done, therefore, O lord of kings, reflection upon that is not good for men.
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MtP 4.7
अन्यच्च सर्ववेदानाम् अधिष्ठाता चतुर्मुखः गायत्री ब्रह्मणस्तद्वद् अङ्गभूता निगद्यते
anyacca sarvavedānām adhiṣṭhātā caturmukhaḥ gāyatrī brahmaṇastadvad aṅgabhūtā nigadyate
And further: the four-faced one is the presiding lord of all the Vedas, and likewise Gāyatrī is said to be a part (a limb) of Brahmā.
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MtP 4.8
अमूर्तं मूर्तिमद् वापि मिथुनं तत्प्रचक्षते विरिञ्चिर् यत्र भगवांस् तत्र देवी सरस्वती भारती यत्र यत्रैव तत्र तत्र प्रजापतिः
amūrtaṃ mūrtimad vāpi mithunaṃ tatpracakṣate viriñcir yatra bhagavāṃs tatra devī sarasvatī bhāratī yatra yatraiva tatra tatra prajāpatiḥ
They declare that pair to be formless, or else possessed of form: where the lord Viriñci is, there is the goddess Sarasvatī; wherever Bhāratī is, there is Prajāpati.
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MtP 4.9
यथातपो न रहितश् छायया दृश्यते क्वचित् गायत्री ब्रह्मणःपार्श्वं तथैव न विमुञ्चति
yathātapo na rahitaś chāyayā dṛśyate kvacit gāyatrī brahmaṇaḥpārśvaṃ tathaiva na vimuñcati
Just as sunlight is nowhere seen bereft of shadow, so Gāyatrī never leaves Brahmā's side.
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MtP 4.10
वेदराशिः स्मृतो ब्रह्मा सावित्री तदधिष्ठिता तस्मान्न कश्चिद्दोषः स्यात् सावित्रीगमने विभो
vedarāśiḥ smṛto brahmā sāvitrī tadadhiṣṭhitā tasmānna kaściddoṣaḥ syāt sāvitrīgamane vibho
Brahmā is held to be the mass of the Vedas, and Sāvitrī abides in that; therefore there can be no fault at all in the approaching of Sāvitrī, O lord.
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MtP 4.11
तथापि लज्जावनतः प्रजापतिर् अभूत्पुरा स्वसुतोपगमाद् ब्रह्मा शशाप कुसुमायुधम्
tathāpi lajjāvanataḥ prajāpatir abhūtpurā svasutopagamād brahmā śaśāpa kusumāyudham
Even so, Prajāpati was formerly bowed down with shame, and Brahmā, because of the approaching of his own daughter, cursed the flower-weaponed one (Kāma).
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MtP 4.12
यस्मान्ममाभिभवता मनः संक्षोभितं शरैः तस्मात्त्वद्देहमचिराद् रुद्रो भस्मीकरिष्यति
yasmānmamābhibhavatā manaḥ saṃkṣobhitaṃ śaraiḥ tasmāttvaddehamacirād rudro bhasmīkariṣyati
"Since you, overpowering me, have agitated my mind with your arrows, therefore Rudra shall before long reduce your body to ashes."
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MtP 4.13
ततः प्रसादयामास कामदेवश्चतुर्मुखम् न मामकारणे शप्तुं त्वमिहार्हसि मानद
tataḥ prasādayāmāsa kāmadevaścaturmukham na māmakāraṇe śaptuṃ tvamihārhasi mānada
Then Kāmadeva propitiated the four-faced one: "You ought not to curse me here without cause, O giver of honour.
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MtP 4.14
अहमेवंविधः सृष्टस् त्वयैव चतुरानन इन्द्रियक्षोभजनकः सर्वेषामेव देहिनाम्
ahamevaṃvidhaḥ sṛṣṭas tvayaiva caturānana indriyakṣobhajanakaḥ sarveṣāmeva dehinām
I was created of just such a nature by you yourself, O four-faced one, as the producer of agitation in the senses of all embodied beings.
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MtP 4.15
स्त्रीपुंसोरविचारेण मया सर्वत्र सर्वदा क्षोभ्यं मनः प्रयत्नेन त्वयैवोक्तं पुरा विभो
strīpuṃsoravicāreṇa mayā sarvatra sarvadā kṣobhyaṃ manaḥ prayatnena tvayaivoktaṃ purā vibho
It was said by you yourself formerly, O lord, that the mind of women and men alike, without discrimination, is to be agitated by me everywhere, always, with effort.
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MtP 4.16
तस्मादनपराधो ऽहं त्वया शप्तस्तथा विभो कुरु प्रसादं भगवन् स्वशरीराप्तये पुनः
tasmādanaparādho 'haṃ tvayā śaptastathā vibho kuru prasādaṃ bhagavan svaśarīrāptaye punaḥ
Therefore I am without offence, yet thus cursed by you, O lord; show favour, O blessed one, for my regaining my own body again."
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MtP 4.17
वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे प्राप्ते यादवान्वयसम्भवः रामो नाम यदा मर्त्यो मत्सत्त्वबलमाश्रितः
vaivasvate 'ntare prāpte yādavānvayasambhavaḥ rāmo nāma yadā martyo matsattvabalamāśritaḥ
"When the Vaivasvata interval has come, and one born in the Yādava line, a mortal named Rāma, resorting to the power of my essence,
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MtP 4.18
अवतीर्यासुरध्वंसी द्वारकाम् अधिवत्स्यति तद्भ्रातुस्तत्समस्य त्वं तदा पुत्रत्वमेष्यसि
avatīryāsuradhvaṃsī dvārakām adhivatsyati tadbhrātustatsamasya tvaṃ tadā putratvameṣyasi
having descended, a destroyer of demons, shall dwell in Dvārakā — then you shall become the son of his brother, who is his equal.
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MtP 4.19
एवं शरीरमासाद्य भुक्त्वा भोगानशेषतः ततो भरतवंशान्ते भूत्वा वत्सनृपात्मजः
evaṃ śarīramāsādya bhuktvā bhogānaśeṣataḥ tato bharatavaṃśānte bhūtvā vatsanṛpātmajaḥ
Thus, having obtained a body and enjoyed pleasures without remainder, then, at the end of the Bharata lineage, becoming the son of the king of Vatsa,
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MtP 4.20
विद्याधराधिपत्यं च यावद् आभूतसंप्लवम् सुखानि धर्मतः प्राप्य मत्समीपं गमिष्यसि
vidyādharādhipatyaṃ ca yāvad ābhūtasaṃplavam sukhāni dharmataḥ prāpya matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyasi
and having obtained, by dharma, lordship over the Vidyādharas and pleasures until the dissolution of beings, you shall come into my presence."
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MtP 4.21
एवं शापप्रसादाभ्याम् उपेतः कुसुमायुधः शोकप्रमोदाभियुतो जगाम स यथागतम्
evaṃ śāpaprasādābhyām upetaḥ kusumāyudhaḥ śokapramodābhiyuto jagāma sa yathāgatam
Thus visited by both curse and favour, the flower-weaponed one, filled with grief and joy, went as he had come.
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MtP 4.22
को ऽसौ यदुरिति प्रोक्तो यद्वंशे कामसम्भवः कथं च दग्धो रुद्रेण किमथ कुसुमायुधः
ko 'sau yaduriti prokto yadvaṃśe kāmasambhavaḥ kathaṃ ca dagdho rudreṇa kimatha kusumāyudhaḥ
Who is that one called Yadu, in whose lineage the birth of Kāma (took place)? And how was the flower-weaponed one burnt by Rudra, and what then?
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MtP 4.23
भरतस्यान्वये कस्य का च सृष्टिः पुराभवत् एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व मूलतः संशयो हि मे
bharatasyānvaye kasya kā ca sṛṣṭiḥ purābhavat etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva mūlataḥ saṃśayo hi me
In whose line (stood) Bharata, and what creation was there in earlier times? Recount all this from its root, for I am in doubt.
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MtP 4.24
या सा देहार्धसम्भूता गायत्री ब्रह्मवादिनी जननी या मनोर्देवी शतरूपा शतेन्द्रिया
yā sā dehārdhasambhūtā gāyatrī brahmavādinī jananī yā manordevī śatarūpā śatendriyā
She who was born from half the body, Gāyatrī, expounder of the Veda, she who was the mother, the goddess of Manu, Śatarūpā of a hundred senses—
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MtP 4.25
रतिर्मनस्तपो बुद्धिर् महान् दिक्सम्भ्रमस् तथा ततः स शतरूपायां सप्तापत्यान्यजीजनत्
ratirmanastapo buddhir mahān diksambhramas tathā tataḥ sa śatarūpāyāṃ saptāpatyānyajījanat
Rati, Manas, Tapas, Buddhi, Mahān and likewise Diksambhrama—thus he begot seven children on Śatarūpā.
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MtP 4.26
ये मरीच्यादयः पुत्रा मानसास्तस्य धीमतः तेषामयमभूल्लोकः सर्वज्ञानात्मकः पुरा
ye marīcyādayaḥ putrā mānasāstasya dhīmataḥ teṣāmayamabhūllokaḥ sarvajñānātmakaḥ purā
Those mind-born sons of that wise one, Marīci and the rest—theirs was this world formerly, and it consisted wholly of knowledge.
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MtP 4.27
ततो ऽसृजद्वामदेवं त्रिशूलवरधारिणम् सनत्कुमारं च विभुं पूर्वेषामपि पूर्वजम्
tato 'sṛjadvāmadevaṃ triśūlavaradhāriṇam sanatkumāraṃ ca vibhuṃ pūrveṣāmapi pūrvajam
Then he created Vāmadeva, bearer of the excellent trident, and the mighty Sanatkumāra, born earlier even than the earlier ones.
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MtP 4.28
वामदेवस्तु भगवान् असृजन्मुखतो द्विजान् राजन्यान् असृजद्बाह्वोर् विट्छूद्रान् ऊरुपादयोः
vāmadevastu bhagavān asṛjanmukhato dvijān rājanyān asṛjadbāhvor viṭchūdrān ūrupādayoḥ
But the lord Vāmadeva created the twice-born from his mouth, the royal ones he created from his two arms, and the Vaiśyas and Śūdras from his thighs and feet.
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MtP 4.29
विद्युतो ऽशनिमेघांश्च रोहितेन्द्रधनूंषि च छन्दांसि च ससर्जादौ पर्जन्यं च ततः परम्
vidyuto 'śanimeghāṃśca rohitendradhanūṃṣi ca chandāṃsi ca sasarjādau parjanyaṃ ca tataḥ param
In the beginning he created the lightnings, the thunderbolts and the clouds, the red rainbows, and the metres, and after that Parjanya (the rain-god).
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MtP 4.30
ततः साध्यगणानीशस् त्रिनेत्रानसृजत्पुनः कोटीश्च चतुरशीतिं जरामरणवर्जिताः
tataḥ sādhyagaṇānīśas trinetrānasṛjatpunaḥ koṭīśca caturaśītiṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitāḥ
Then the Lord again created the hosts of Sādhyas, three-eyed, eighty-four crores of them, free from old age and death.
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MtP 4.31
वामो ऽसृजन्नमर्त्यांस् तान् ब्रह्मणा विनिवारितः नैवंविधा भवेत्सृष्टिर् जरामरणवर्जिता
vāmo 'sṛjannamartyāṃs tān brahmaṇā vinivāritaḥ naivaṃvidhā bhavetsṛṣṭir jarāmaraṇavarjitā
Vāma created those immortals, (but) he was restrained by Brahmā: "Creation should not be of such a kind, free from old age and death."
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MtP 4.32
शुभाशुभात्मिका या तु सैव सृष्टिः प्रशस्यते एवं स्थितः स तेनादौ सृष्टेः स्थाणुरतो ऽभवत्
śubhāśubhātmikā yā tu saiva sṛṣṭiḥ praśasyate evaṃ sthitaḥ sa tenādau sṛṣṭeḥ sthāṇurato 'bhavat
But that creation which is of a mixed good and evil nature—that alone is approved. So established, on that account he became Sthāṇu (the Unmoving) at the beginning of creation.
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MtP 4.33
स्वायम्भुवो मनुर्धीमांस् तपस्तप्त्वा सुदुश्चरम् पत्नीमेवाप रूपाढ्याम् अनन्ता नाम नामतः
svāyambhuvo manurdhīmāṃs tapastaptvā suduścaram patnīmevāpa rūpāḍhyām anantā nāma nāmataḥ
The wise Manu Svāyambhuva, having performed very hard austerity, obtained a wife rich in beauty, Anantā by name.
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MtP 4.34
प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ मनुस्तस्याम् अजीजनत् धर्मस्य कन्या चतुरा सूनृता नाम भामिनी
priyavratottānapādau manustasyām ajījanat dharmasya kanyā caturā sūnṛtā nāma bhāminī
Manu begot on her Priyavrata and Uttānapāda; (and there was) Dharma's clever daughter, the lovely lady named Sūnṛtā.
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MtP 4.35
उत्तानपादात्तनयान् प्राप मन्थरगामिनी अपस्यतिम् अपस्यन्तं कीर्तिमन्तं ध्रुवं तथा
uttānapādāttanayān prāpa mantharagāminī apasyatim apasyantaṃ kīrtimantaṃ dhruvaṃ tathā
From Uttānapāda she of slow gait obtained sons: Apasyati, Apasyanta, Kīrtimanta, and Dhruva.
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MtP 4.36
उत्तानपादो ऽजनयत् सूनृतायां प्रजापतिः ध्रुवो वर्षसहस्राणि त्रीणि कृत्वा तपः पुरा
uttānapādo 'janayat sūnṛtāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ dhruvo varṣasahasrāṇi trīṇi kṛtvā tapaḥ purā
Uttānapāda the Prajāpati begot (them) on Sūnṛtā. Dhruva, having formerly practised austerity for three thousand years,
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MtP 4.37
दिव्यमाप ततः स्थानम् अचलं ब्रह्मणो वरात् तमेव पुरतः कृत्वा ध्रुवं सप्तर्षयः स्थिताः
divyamāpa tataḥ sthānam acalaṃ brahmaṇo varāt tameva purataḥ kṛtvā dhruvaṃ saptarṣayaḥ sthitāḥ
thereupon obtained a divine, unmoving station by Brahmā's boon; and, keeping that very Dhruva before them, the seven sages abide.
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MtP 4.38
धन्या नाम मनोः कन्या ध्रुवाच्छिष्टम् अजीजनत् अग्निकन्या तु सुच्छाया शिष्टात्सा सुषुवे सुतान्
dhanyā nāma manoḥ kanyā dhruvācchiṣṭam ajījanat agnikanyā tu succhāyā śiṣṭātsā suṣuve sutān
Manu's daughter named Dhanyā bore Śiṣṭa to Dhruva; and Succhāyā, the daughter of Agni, bore sons to Śiṣṭa:
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MtP 4.39
कृपं रिपुं जयं वृत्तं वृकं च वृकतेजसम् चक्षुषं ब्रह्मदौहित्र्यां वीरिण्यां स रिपुंजयः
kṛpaṃ ripuṃ jayaṃ vṛttaṃ vṛkaṃ ca vṛkatejasam cakṣuṣaṃ brahmadauhitryāṃ vīriṇyāṃ sa ripuṃjayaḥ
Kṛpa, Ripu, Jaya, Vṛtta, Vṛka, and Vṛkatejas; that Ripuṃjaya (begot) Cakṣuṣa on Vīriṇī, the daughter of Brahmā's daughter.
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MtP 4.40
वीरणस्यात्मजायां तु चक्षुर्मनुमजीजनत् मनुर् वै राजकन्यायां नड्वलायां स चाक्षुषः
vīraṇasyātmajāyāṃ tu cakṣurmanumajījanat manur vai rājakanyāyāṃ naḍvalāyāṃ sa cākṣuṣaḥ
And Cakṣus begot Manu on the daughter of Vīraṇa; and that Manu Cākṣuṣa, on Naḍvalā, a king's daughter,
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MtP 4.41
जनयामास तनयान् दश शूरानकल्मषान् ऊरुः पूरुः शतद्युम्नस् तपस्वी सत्यवाग्घविः
janayāmāsa tanayān daśa śūrānakalmaṣān ūruḥ pūruḥ śatadyumnas tapasvī satyavāgghaviḥ
begot ten sons, heroic and without blemish: Ūru, Pūru, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavāc, Havi,
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MtP 4.42
अग्निष्टुदतिरात्रश्च सुद्युम्नश्चापराजितः अभिमन्युस्तु दशमो नड्वलायाम् अजायत
agniṣṭudatirātraśca sudyumnaścāparājitaḥ abhimanyustu daśamo naḍvalāyām ajāyata
And Agniṣṭut, Atirātra, Sudyumna, and Aparājita; and Abhimanyu, the tenth, was born of Naḍvalā.
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MtP 4.43
ऊरोर् अजनयत् पुत्रान् षड् आग्नेयी तु सुप्रभान् अग्निं सुमनसं ख्यातिं क्रतुमङ्गिरसं गयम्
ūror ajanayat putrān ṣaḍ āgneyī tu suprabhān agniṃ sumanasaṃ khyātiṃ kratumaṅgirasaṃ gayam
But Āgneyī bore to Ūru six radiant sons: Agni, Sumanas, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgiras, and Gaya.
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MtP 4.44
पितृकन्या सुनीथा तु वेनमङ्गादजीजनत् वेनमन्यायिनं विप्रा ममन्थुस् तत्कराद् अभूत् पृथुर्नाम महातेजाः स पुत्रौ द्वाव् अजीजनत्
pitṛkanyā sunīthā tu venamaṅgādajījanat venamanyāyinaṃ viprā mamanthus tatkarād abhūt pṛthurnāma mahātejāḥ sa putrau dvāv ajījanat
And Sunīthā, daughter of the Pitṛs, bore Vena from Aṅga; the brahmins churned the lawless Vena, and from his hand came one named Pṛthu, of great splendour; he begot two sons.
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MtP 4.45
अन्तर्धानस् तु मारीचं शिखण्डिन्यामजीजनत् हविर्धानात् षड् आग्नेयी धिषणाजनयत् सुतान् प्राचीनबर्हिषं साङ्गं यमं शुक्रं बलं शुभम्
antardhānas tu mārīcaṃ śikhaṇḍinyāmajījanat havirdhānāt ṣaḍ āgneyī dhiṣaṇājanayat sutān prācīnabarhiṣaṃ sāṅgaṃ yamaṃ śukraṃ balaṃ śubham
And Antardhāna begot Mārīca (Havirdhāna) upon Śikhaṇḍinī; from Havirdhāna, Āgneyī Dhiṣaṇā bore six sons: Prācīnabarhis, Sāṅga (Śuklaṅga?), Yama, Śukra, Bala, and Śubha.
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MtP 4.46
प्राचीनबर्हिर् भगवान् महान् आसीत् प्रजापतिः हविर्धानाः प्रजास् तेन बहवः सम्प्रवर्तिताः
prācīnabarhir bhagavān mahān āsīt prajāpatiḥ havirdhānāḥ prajās tena bahavaḥ sampravartitāḥ
The lord Prācīnabarhis was a great Prajāpati; by him were the many Havirdhāna offspring propagated.
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MtP 4.47
सवर्णायां तु सामुद्र्यां दशाधत्त सुतान्प्रभुः सर्वे प्रचेतसो नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगाः
savarṇāyāṃ tu sāmudryāṃ daśādhatta sutānprabhuḥ sarve pracetaso nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ
And upon Savarṇā, daughter of the ocean, the lord begot ten sons, all named Pracetas, masters of the science of archery.
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MtP 4.48
तत्तपोरक्षिता वृक्षा बभुर् लोके समन्ततः देवादेशाच्च तानग्निर् अदहद्रविनन्दन
tattaporakṣitā vṛkṣā babhur loke samantataḥ devādeśācca tānagnir adahadravinandana
Protected by their austerity, the trees flourished everywhere in the world; and by the gods' command Agni burnt them, O delight of the Ravi (line).
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MtP 4.49
सोमकन्याभवत् पत्नी मारीषा नाम विश्रुता तेभ्यस्तु दक्षमेकं सा पुत्रम् अग्र्यम् अजीजनत्
somakanyābhavat patnī mārīṣā nāma viśrutā tebhyastu dakṣamekaṃ sā putram agryam ajījanat
There was a wife, a daughter of Soma, well known by the name Mārīṣā; and she bore to them a single foremost son, Dakṣa.
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MtP 4.50
दक्षादनन्तरं वृक्षान् औषधानि च सर्वशः अजीजनत्सोमकन्या नदीं चन्द्रवतीं तथा
dakṣādanantaraṃ vṛkṣān auṣadhāni ca sarvaśaḥ ajījanatsomakanyā nadīṃ candravatīṃ tathā
After Dakṣa, the daughter of Soma bore trees and herbs of every kind, and also the river Candravatī.
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MtP 4.51
सोमांशस्य च तस्यापि दक्षस्याशीतिकोटयः वक्ष्ये तासां तु विस्तारं लोके यः सुप्रतिष्ठितः
somāṃśasya ca tasyāpi dakṣasyāśītikoṭayaḥ vakṣye tāsāṃ tu vistāraṃ loke yaḥ supratiṣṭhitaḥ
And of that Dakṣa too, who was a portion of Soma, there were eighty crores (of offspring); I shall relate their extent, which is well established in the world.
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MtP 4.52
द्विपदश्चाभवन् केचित् केचिद् बहुपदा नराः वलीमुखाः शङ्कुकर्णाः कर्णप्रावरणास् तथा
dvipadaścābhavan kecit kecid bahupadā narāḥ valīmukhāḥ śaṅkukarṇāḥ karṇaprāvaraṇās tathā
Some were two-footed, and some men were many-footed; (some) with wrinkled faces, with peg-shaped ears, and (some) using their ears as coverings.
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MtP 4.53
अश्वऋक्षमुखाः केचित् केचित् सिंहाननास्तथा श्वसूकरमुखाः केचित् केचिदुष्ट्रमुखास् तथा
aśvaṛkṣamukhāḥ kecit kecit siṃhānanāstathā śvasūkaramukhāḥ kecit keciduṣṭramukhās tathā
Some had horse- and bear-faces, and some had lion-faces; some had dog- and boar-faces, and some had camel-faces.
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MtP 4.54
जनयामास धर्मात्मा म्लेच्छान्सर्वाननेकशः स सृष्ट्वा मनसा दक्षः स्त्रियः पश्चादजीजनत्
janayāmāsa dharmātmā mlecchānsarvānanekaśaḥ sa sṛṣṭvā manasā dakṣaḥ striyaḥ paścādajījanat
The righteous one begot all the barbarian peoples in manifold kinds; and Dakṣa, having created them by his mind, afterwards begot daughters.
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MtP 4.55
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश सप्तविंशतिं सोमाय ददौ नक्षत्रसंज्ञिताः देवासुरमनुष्यादि ताभ्यः सर्वमभूज्जगत्
dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa saptaviṃśatiṃ somāya dadau nakṣatrasaṃjñitāḥ devāsuramanuṣyādi tābhyaḥ sarvamabhūjjagat
He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, and twenty-seven, named after the lunar mansions, he gave to Soma; from them arose this whole world—gods, demons, men and the rest.
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