Matsya Purana — Chapter 42
MtP 42.1
पृच्छाम्यहं वसुमानौषदश्विर् यद्यस्ति लोको दिवि मह्यं नरेन्द्र यद्यन्तरिक्षे प्रथितो महात्मन् क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये
pṛcchāmyahaṃ vasumānauṣadaśvir yadyasti loko divi mahyaṃ narendra yadyantarikṣe prathito mahātman kṣetrajñaṃ tvāṃ tasya dharmasya manye
I, Vasumān son of Auṣadaśvi, ask: if there is a world for me in heaven, O lord of men, or one renowned in the mid-air, O great-souled one — I consider you one who knows the field of that dharma.
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MtP 42.2
यदन्तरिक्षं पृथिवी दिशश्च यत्तेजसा तपते भानुमांश्च लोकास् तावन्तो दिवि संस्थिता वै ते त्वां भवन्तं प्रतिपालयन्ति
yadantarikṣaṃ pṛthivī diśaśca yattejasā tapate bhānumāṃśca lokās tāvanto divi saṃsthitā vai te tvāṃ bhavantaṃ pratipālayanti
However much the mid-air, the earth and the quarters (extend), and (however far) the sun burns with its heat — that many worlds stand established for you in heaven; they await you, sir.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 42.3
तांस् ते ददामि पत मां प्रपातं ये मे लोकास्तव ते वै भवन्तु क्रीणीष्वैनांस् तृणकेनापि राजन् प्रतिग्रहस्ते यदि सम्यक्प्रदुष्टः
tāṃs te dadāmi pata māṃ prapātaṃ ye me lokāstava te vai bhavantu krīṇīṣvaināṃs tṛṇakenāpi rājan pratigrahaste yadi samyakpraduṣṭaḥ
Those I give to you: fall upon me, (not) the fall! Let those worlds of mine be yours. Or buy them, O king, even for a blade of grass, if accepting a gift is wholly abhorrent to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 42.4
न मिथ्याहं विक्रयं वै स्मरामि मया कृतं शिशुभावे ऽपि राजन् कुर्यां न चैवाकृतपूर्वमन्यैर् विवित्समानो वसुमन्न साधु
na mithyāhaṃ vikrayaṃ vai smarāmi mayā kṛtaṃ śiśubhāve 'pi rājan kuryāṃ na caivākṛtapūrvamanyair vivitsamāno vasumanna sādhu
I do not recall any false trade made by me, even in childhood, O king; nor would I do what was never done before by others, out of a wish to find out — that is not good, Vasumān.
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MtP 42.5
तांस् त्वं लोकान्प्रतिपद्यस्व राजन् मया दत्तान्यदि नेष्टः क्रयस्ते नाहं तान्वै प्रतिगन्ता नरेन्द्र सर्वे लोकास्तावका वै भवन्तु
tāṃs tvaṃ lokānpratipadyasva rājan mayā dattānyadi neṣṭaḥ krayaste nāhaṃ tānvai pratigantā narendra sarve lokāstāvakā vai bhavantu
Then take up those worlds, O king, given by you — if the purchase is not desired by you, I shall not accept them, O lord of men; let all the worlds be yours.
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MtP 42.6
पृच्छामि त्वां शिबिरौशीनरो ऽहं ममापि लोका यदि सन्ति तात यद्यन्तरिक्षे यदि वा दिवि श्रिताः क्षेत्रज्ञं त्वां तस्य धर्मस्य मन्ये
pṛcchāmi tvāṃ śibirauśīnaro 'haṃ mamāpi lokā yadi santi tāta yadyantarikṣe yadi vā divi śritāḥ kṣetrajñaṃ tvāṃ tasya dharmasya manye
I, Śibi son of Uśīnara, ask you: whether there are worlds for me too, dear sir, whether resting in the mid-air or in heaven — I consider you one who knows the field of that dharma.
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MtP 42.7
न त्वं वाचा हृदयेनापि राजन् परीप्समानो मावमंस्था नरेन्द्र तेनानन्ता दिवि लोकाः स्थिता वै विद्युद्रूपाः स्वनवन्तो महान्तः
na tvaṃ vācā hṛdayenāpi rājan parīpsamāno māvamaṃsthā narendra tenānantā divi lokāḥ sthitā vai vidyudrūpāḥ svanavanto mahāntaḥ
You have not slighted me, O king, either in word or in heart, though you were seeking (your own gain), O lord of men; by that (merit) endless worlds stand for you in heaven, lightning-formed, resounding, vast.
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MtP 42.8
तांस् त्वं लोकान्प्रतिपद्यस्व राजन् मया दत्तान्यदि नेष्टः क्रयस्ते न चाहं तान्प्रतिपद्य दत्त्वा यत्र त्वं तात गन्तासि लोकान्
tāṃs tvaṃ lokānpratipadyasva rājan mayā dattānyadi neṣṭaḥ krayaste na cāhaṃ tānpratipadya dattvā yatra tvaṃ tāta gantāsi lokān
Take possession of those worlds, O king, given by me; and if they are not wanted, the price of them is yours. And I, having given them, will not take them back — (I shall go) where you, dear one, are to go among the worlds.
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MtP 42.9
यथा त्वमिन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभावस् तेचाप्यनन्ता नरदेव लोकाः तथाद्य लोके न रमे ऽन्यदत्ते तस्माच्छिबे नाभिनन्दामि वाचम्
yathā tvamindrapratimaprabhāvas tecāpyanantā naradeva lokāḥ tathādya loke na rame 'nyadatte tasmācchibe nābhinandāmi vācam
Just as you are of power equal to Indra's, so too are those worlds endless, O god among men; yet today I take no delight in a world given by another — therefore, Śibi, I do not welcome (your) offer.
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MtP 42.10
न चेदेकैकशो राजंल् लोकान्नः प्रतिनन्दसि सर्वे प्रदाय तांल्लोकान् गन्तारो नरकं वयम्
na cedekaikaśo rājaṃl lokānnaḥ pratinandasi sarve pradāya tāṃllokān gantāro narakaṃ vayam
And if you do not accept our worlds from each of us one by one, O king, then all of us, having given away those worlds, will go to hell.
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MtP 42.11
यदर्हास् तद्वदध्वं वः सन्तः सत्यादिदर्शिनः अहं तु नाभिगृह्णामि यत्कृतं न मया पुरा
yadarhās tadvadadhvaṃ vaḥ santaḥ satyādidarśinaḥ ahaṃ tu nābhigṛhṇāmi yatkṛtaṃ na mayā purā
Speak as befits you: you are good men, seers of truth; but I for my part do not accept what was not earned by me before.
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MtP 42.12
अलिप्समानस्य तु मे यदुक्तं न तत्तथास्तीह नरेन्द्रसिंह अस्य प्रदानस्य यदेव युक्तं तस्यैव चानन्तफलं भविष्यम्
alipsamānasya tu me yaduktaṃ na tattathāstīha narendrasiṃha asya pradānasya yadeva yuktaṃ tasyaiva cānantaphalaṃ bhaviṣyam
But what has been said to me, who do not desire (it), is not so here, O lion among kings; whatever is fitting for this gift, of that alone shall the endless fruit be.
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MtP 42.13
कस्यैते प्रतिदृश्यन्ते रथाः पञ्च हिरण्मयाः उच्चैः सन्तः प्रकाशन्ते ज्वलन्तो ऽग्निशिखा इव
kasyaite pratidṛśyante rathāḥ pañca hiraṇmayāḥ uccaiḥ santaḥ prakāśante jvalanto 'gniśikhā iva
To whom do these five golden chariots appear, which, standing on high, shine blazing like tongues of fire?
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MtP 42.14
भवतां मम चैवैते रथा भान्ति हिरण्मयाः आरुह्यैतेषु गन्तव्यं भवद्भिश्च मया सह
bhavatāṃ mama caivaite rathā bhānti hiraṇmayāḥ āruhyaiteṣu gantavyaṃ bhavadbhiśca mayā saha
These golden chariots gleam for you and for me; you must mount them and travel, together with me.
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MtP 42.15
आतिष्ठस्व रथं राजन् विक्रमस्व विहायसा वयमप्यनुयास्यामो यदा कालो भविष्यति
ātiṣṭhasva rathaṃ rājan vikramasva vihāyasā vayamapyanuyāsyāmo yadā kālo bhaviṣyati
Mount the chariot, O king, and stride forth through the air; we too shall follow when the time comes.
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MtP 42.16
सर्वैरिदानीं गन्तव्यं सह स्वर्गो जितो यतः एष वो विरजाः पन्था दृश्यते देवसद्मगः
sarvairidānīṃ gantavyaṃ saha svargo jito yataḥ eṣa vo virajāḥ panthā dṛśyate devasadmagaḥ
Now all must go together, since heaven has been won; this dustless path of yours is seen, leading to the abode of the gods.
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MtP 42.17
ते ऽभिरुह्य रथान्सर्वे प्रयाता नृपते नृपाः आक्रामन्तो दिवं भान्ति धर्मेणावृत्य रोदसी
te 'bhiruhya rathānsarve prayātā nṛpate nṛpāḥ ākrāmanto divaṃ bhānti dharmeṇāvṛtya rodasī
Having mounted the chariots, all those kings set forth, O ruler; ascending the sky they shine, covering heaven and earth with their merit.
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MtP 42.18
अहं मन्ये पूर्वमेको ऽभिगन्ता सखा चेन्द्रः सर्वथा मे महात्मा कस्मादेवं शिबिरौशीनरो ऽयम् एको ऽत्ययात् सर्वं वेगेन वाहान्
ahaṃ manye pūrvameko 'bhigantā sakhā cendraḥ sarvathā me mahātmā kasmādevaṃ śibirauśīnaro 'yam eko 'tyayāt sarvaṃ vegena vāhān
I thought that I alone would go ahead, and that Indra, the great-souled one, was in every way my friend; why then has this Śibi, son of Uśīnara, alone outstripped us all, driving his horses at speed?
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MtP 42.19
अददाद्देवयानाय यावद्वित्तमनिन्दितः उशीनरस्य पुत्रो ऽयं तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठो हि वः शिबिः
adadāddevayānāya yāvadvittamaninditaḥ uśīnarasya putro 'yaṃ tasmācchreṣṭho hi vaḥ śibiḥ
The blameless one gave away all the wealth he had for the path to the gods; this is the son of Uśīnara — therefore Śibi is the foremost of you.
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MtP 42.20
दानं शौचं सत्यमथो ह्य् अहिंसा ह्रीः श्रीस्तितिक्षा समतानृशंस्यम् राजन्त्येतान्यथ सर्वाणि राज्ञि शिबौ स्थितान्यप्रतिमे सुबुद्ध्या एवं वृत्तं ह्रीनिषेवी बिभर्ति तस्माच्छिबिर् अभिगन्ता रथेन
dānaṃ śaucaṃ satyamatho hy ahiṃsā hrīḥ śrīstitikṣā samatānṛśaṃsyam rājantyetānyatha sarvāṇi rājñi śibau sthitānyapratime subuddhyā evaṃ vṛttaṃ hrīniṣevī bibharti tasmācchibir abhigantā rathena
Giving, purity, truth and also non-injury, modesty, splendour, endurance, equanimity, freedom from cruelty — all these shine in king Śibi, the peerless one, being established (in him) by his good understanding; thus conducting himself, cultivating modesty, he sustains them; therefore Śibi goes ahead by chariot.
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MtP 42.21
अथाष्टकः पुनरेवान्वपृच्छन् मातामहं कौतुकादिन्द्रकल्पम् पृच्छामि त्वां नृपते ब्रूहि सत्यं कुतश्च कश्चासि कथं त्वमागाः कृतं त्वया यद्धि न तस्य कर्ता लोके त्वदन्यो ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वा
athāṣṭakaḥ punarevānvapṛcchan mātāmahaṃ kautukādindrakalpam pṛcchāmi tvāṃ nṛpate brūhi satyaṃ kutaśca kaścāsi kathaṃ tvamāgāḥ kṛtaṃ tvayā yaddhi na tasya kartā loke tvadanyo brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vā
Then Aṣṭaka out of curiosity questioned again his maternal grandfather, who was like Indra: "I ask you, O king, tell the truth: from where and who are you, and how did you come here? For no one else in the world but you, brahmin or kṣatriya, is a doer of what you have done."
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MtP 42.22
ययातिरस्मि नहुषस्य पुत्रः पूरोः पिता सार्वभौमस्त्विहासम् गुह्यं मन्त्रं मामकेभ्यो ब्रवीमि मातामहो भवतां सुप्रकाशः
yayātirasmi nahuṣasya putraḥ pūroḥ pitā sārvabhaumastvihāsam guhyaṃ mantraṃ māmakebhyo bravīmi mātāmaho bhavatāṃ suprakāśaḥ
"I am Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, father of Pūru; I was here a universal sovereign. I tell my secret counsel to my own kin; to you (my grandsons) your grandfather is fully revealed."
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MtP 42.23
सर्वाम् इमां पृथिवीं निर्जिगाय ऋद्धां महीमददां ब्राह्मणेभ्यः मेध्यानश्वान्नैकशस् तान्सुरूपांस् तदा देवाः पुण्यभाजो भवन्ति
sarvām imāṃ pṛthivīṃ nirjigāya ṛddhāṃ mahīmadadāṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ medhyānaśvānnaikaśas tānsurūpāṃs tadā devāḥ puṇyabhājo bhavanti
He conquered all this prosperous earth; I gave the land to the brahmins, and sacrificial horses of fine form, not one at a time only — then the gods become sharers in the merit.
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MtP 42.24
अदामहं पृथिवीं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः पूर्णामिमामखिलान्नैः प्रशस्ताम् गोभिः सुवर्णैश्च धनैश्च मुख्यैर् अश्वाः सनागाः शतशस्त्वर्बुदानि
adāmahaṃ pṛthivīṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pūrṇāmimāmakhilānnaiḥ praśastām gobhiḥ suvarṇaiśca dhanaiśca mukhyair aśvāḥ sanāgāḥ śataśastvarbudāni
I gave the earth to the brahmins, this earth full and praised for its abundant food, with cows and gold and choice riches, and horses along with elephants, by hundreds and by hundreds of millions.
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MtP 42.25
सत्येन मे द्यौश्च वसुंधरा च तथैवाग्निर्ज्वलते मानुषेषु न मे वृथा व्याहृतमेव वाक्यं सत्यं हि सन्तः प्रतिपूजयन्ति
satyena me dyauśca vasuṃdharā ca tathaivāgnirjvalate mānuṣeṣu na me vṛthā vyāhṛtameva vākyaṃ satyaṃ hi santaḥ pratipūjayanti
By my truthfulness heaven and the earth (endure), and likewise fire blazes among men; no word of mine has ever been spoken in vain, for good men honour truth.
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MtP 42.27
यो नः सर्वजितं सर्वं यथावृत्तं निवेदयेत् अनसूयुर् द्विजाग्न्येभ्यः स भजेन्नः सलोकताम्
yo naḥ sarvajitaṃ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ nivedayet anasūyur dvijāgnyebhyaḥ sa bhajennaḥ salokatām
Whoever, free from envy, would report all this — our complete conquest — just as it happened, to the twice-born and to the fires, he shall attain sharing of our world.
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MtP 42.28
एवं राजन्स महात्मा ययातिः स्वदौहित्रैस्तारितो मित्रवर्यैः त्यक्त्वा महीं परमोदारकर्मा स्वर्गं गतः कर्मभिर्व्याप्य पृथ्वीम्
evaṃ rājansa mahātmā yayātiḥ svadauhitraistārito mitravaryaiḥ tyaktvā mahīṃ paramodārakarmā svargaṃ gataḥ karmabhirvyāpya pṛthvīm
Thus, O king, that great soul Yayāti, rescued by his own daughter's sons, the best of friends, having given up the earth—he of most exalted deeds—went to heaven, having filled the earth with his works.
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MtP 42.29
एवं सर्वं विस्तरतो यथावद् आख्यातं ते चरितं नाहुषस्य वंशो यस्य प्रथितं पौरवेयो यस्मिञ्जातस्त्वं मनुजेन्द्रकल्पः
evaṃ sarvaṃ vistarato yathāvad ākhyātaṃ te caritaṃ nāhuṣasya vaṃśo yasya prathitaṃ pauraveyo yasmiñjātastvaṃ manujendrakalpaḥ
Thus all the history of Nahuṣa's son has been told to you in full and duly, and (that of) his renowned lineage, the Paurava line, in which you, the equal of a lord of men, were born.
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