Matsya Purana — Chapter 51
MtP 51.1
ये पूज्याः स्युर् द्विजातीनाम् अग्नयः सूत सर्वदा तानिदानीं समाचक्ष्व तद्वंशं चानुपूर्वशः
ye pūjyāḥ syur dvijātīnām agnayaḥ sūta sarvadā tānidānīṃ samācakṣva tadvaṃśaṃ cānupūrvaśaḥ
O Sūta, tell now of those fires that are always to be honoured by the twice-born, and of their lineage in due order.
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MtP 51.2
यो ऽसाव् अग्निरभीमानी स्मृतः स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे ब्रह्मणो मानसः पुत्रस् तस्मात्स्वाहा व्यजीजनत्
yo 'sāv agnirabhīmānī smṛtaḥ svāyambhuve 'ntare brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putras tasmātsvāhā vyajījanat
That fire which is remembered as Abhimānin in the Svāyambhuva interval was the mind-born son of Brahmā; from him Svāhā brought forth (offspring).
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MtP 51.3
पावकं पवमानं च शुचिरग्निश्च यः स्मृतः निर्मथ्यः पवमानो ऽग्निर् वैद्युतः पावकात्मजः
pāvakaṃ pavamānaṃ ca śuciragniśca yaḥ smṛtaḥ nirmathyaḥ pavamāno 'gnir vaidyutaḥ pāvakātmajaḥ
(She bore) Pāvaka and Pavamāna, and the one remembered as Śuci the fire. Pavamāna is the fire produced by churning; the son of Pāvaka is the fire of lightning.
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MtP 51.4
शुचिरग्निः स्मृतः सौरः स्थावराश्चैव ते स्मृताः पवमानात्मजो ह्य् अग्निर् हव्यवाहः स उच्यते
śuciragniḥ smṛtaḥ sauraḥ sthāvarāścaiva te smṛtāḥ pavamānātmajo hy agnir havyavāhaḥ sa ucyate
Śuci is remembered as the solar fire, and those (fires) are remembered as belonging to the immovable (i.e., stationary). The fire that is Pavamāna's son is called Havyavāha.
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MtP 51.5
पावकः सहरक्षस्तु हव्यवाहमुखः शुचिः देवानां हव्यवाहो ऽग्निः प्रथमो ब्रह्मणः सुतः
pāvakaḥ saharakṣastu havyavāhamukhaḥ śuciḥ devānāṃ havyavāho 'gniḥ prathamo brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
Pāvaka, however, is Saharakṣas; Śuci is the one whose mouth is Havyavāha. Havyavāha is the fire of the gods, the first son of Brahmā.
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MtP 51.6
सहरक्षः सुराणां तु त्रयाणां ते त्रयो ऽग्नयः एतेषां पुत्रपौत्राश्च चत्वारिंशत्तथैव च
saharakṣaḥ surāṇāṃ tu trayāṇāṃ te trayo 'gnayaḥ eteṣāṃ putrapautrāśca catvāriṃśattathaiva ca
Saharakṣas belongs to the gods. Those three fires belong to the three (classes/worlds); and the sons and grandsons of these are forty in all.
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MtP 51.7
प्रवक्ष्ये नामतस्तान्वै प्रविभागेन तान्पृथक् पावनो लौकिको ह्य् अग्निः प्रथमो ब्रह्मणश्च यः
pravakṣye nāmatastānvai pravibhāgena tānpṛthak pāvano laukiko hy agniḥ prathamo brahmaṇaśca yaḥ
I shall declare them by name, each separately according to their division. Pāvana is the worldly fire, the first, and the one who is of Brahmā.
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MtP 51.8
ब्रह्मौदनाग्निस् तत्पुत्रो भरतो नाम विश्रुतः वैश्वानरो हव्यवाहो वहन्हव्यं ममार सः
brahmaudanāgnis tatputro bharato nāma viśrutaḥ vaiśvānaro havyavāho vahanhavyaṃ mamāra saḥ
His son is the Brahmaudana fire, renowned by the name Bharata; Vaiśvānara Havyavāha, while carrying the oblation, perished.
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MtP 51.9
स मृतो ऽथर्वणः पुत्रो मथितः पुष्करोदधिः यो ऽथर्वा लौकिको ह्य् अग्निर् दक्षिणाग्निः स उच्यते
sa mṛto 'tharvaṇaḥ putro mathitaḥ puṣkarodadhiḥ yo 'tharvā laukiko hy agnir dakṣiṇāgniḥ sa ucyate
When he had died, the son of Atharvan, churned out, was the ocean-of-lotuses(?); the Atharvan who is the worldly fire is called the southern fire.
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MtP 51.10
भृगोः प्रजायताथर्वा ह्य् अङ्गिराथर्वणः स्मृतः तस्य ह्य् अलौकिको ह्य् अग्निर् दक्षिणाग्निः स वै स्मृतः
bhṛgoḥ prajāyatātharvā hy aṅgirātharvaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ tasya hy alaukiko hy agnir dakṣiṇāgniḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ
From Bhṛgu was born Atharvan; Aṅgiras is remembered as Atharvan's (son). His fire, the unworldly one, is remembered as the southern fire.
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MtP 51.11
अथ यः पवमानस्तु निर्मथ्यो ऽग्निः स उच्यते स च वै गार्हपत्यो ऽग्निः प्रथमो ब्रह्मणः स्मृतः
atha yaḥ pavamānastu nirmathyo 'gniḥ sa ucyate sa ca vai gārhapatyo 'gniḥ prathamo brahmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
Now the one that is Pavamāna is called the fire produced by churning; and he indeed is the Gārhapatya fire, remembered as the first of Brahmā.
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MtP 51.12
ततः सभ्यावसथ्यौ च संशत्यास् तौ सुतावुभौ ततः षोडश नद्यस्तु चकमे हव्यवाहनः यः खल्वाहवनीयो ऽग्निर् अभिमानी द्विजैः स्मृतः
tataḥ sabhyāvasathyau ca saṃśatyās tau sutāvubhau tataḥ ṣoḍaśa nadyastu cakame havyavāhanaḥ yaḥ khalvāhavanīyo 'gnir abhimānī dvijaiḥ smṛtaḥ
Then (came) Sabhya and Āvasathya, both sons of Saṃśatyā(?); then Havyavāhana desired sixteen rivers — he who is indeed remembered by the twice-born as the Āhavanīya fire, the self-conscious one.
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MtP 51.13
कावेरीं कृष्णवेणीं च नर्मदां यमुनां तथा गोदावरीं वितस्तां च चन्द्रभागामिरावतीम्
kāverīṃ kṛṣṇaveṇīṃ ca narmadāṃ yamunāṃ tathā godāvarīṃ vitastāṃ ca candrabhāgāmirāvatīm
(He desired) the Kāverī, the Kṛṣṇaveṇī, the Narmadā, and the Yamunā, the Godāvarī, the Vitastā, the Candrabhāgā, and the Irāvatī,
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MtP 51.14
विपाशां कौशिकीं चैव शतद्रुं सरयूं तथा सीतां मनस्विनीं चैव ह्रादिनीं पावनां तथा
vipāśāṃ kauśikīṃ caiva śatadruṃ sarayūṃ tathā sītāṃ manasvinīṃ caiva hrādinīṃ pāvanāṃ tathā
the Vipāśā and the Kauśikī, the Śatadru and the Sarayū, the Sītā and the Manasvinī, and the Hrādinī and the Pāvanā.
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MtP 51.15
तासु षोडशधात्मानं प्रविभज्य पृथक्पृथक् तदा तु विहरंस्तासु धिष्ण्येच्छः स बभूव ह
tāsu ṣoḍaśadhātmānaṃ pravibhajya pṛthakpṛthak tadā tu viharaṃstāsu dhiṣṇyecchaḥ sa babhūva ha
Dividing himself sixteenfold among them, separately in each, then, sporting among them, he became desirous of fire-hearths.
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MtP 51.16
स्वाभिधानस्थिता धिष्ण्यास् तासूत्पन्नाश्च धिष्णवः धिष्ण्येषु जज्ञिरे यस्मात् ततस्ते धिष्णवः स्मृताः
svābhidhānasthitā dhiṣṇyās tāsūtpannāśca dhiṣṇavaḥ dhiṣṇyeṣu jajñire yasmāt tataste dhiṣṇavaḥ smṛtāḥ
The hearths stand under their own names, and the Dhiṣṇavas were born in them; because they were born in the hearths, therefore they are remembered as Dhiṣṇavas.
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MtP 51.17
इत्येते वै नदीपुत्रा धिष्ण्येषु प्रतिपेदिरे तेषां विहरणीया ये उपस्थेयाश्च ताञ्शृणु विभुः प्रवाहणो ऽग्नीध्रस् तत्रस्था धिष्णवो ऽपरे
ityete vai nadīputrā dhiṣṇyeṣu pratipedire teṣāṃ viharaṇīyā ye upastheyāśca tāñśṛṇu vibhuḥ pravāhaṇo 'gnīdhras tatrasthā dhiṣṇavo 'pare
Thus these sons of the rivers came to be established in the hearths. Hear which of them are to be carried about and which are to be attended upon: Vibhu, Pravāhaṇa, Agnīdhra — the other hearth-fires stationed there.
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MtP 51.18
विहरति यथास्थानं पुण्याहे समुपक्रमे अनिर्देश्यानिवार्याणाम् अग्नीनां शृणुत क्रमम्
viharati yathāsthānaṃ puṇyāhe samupakrame anirdeśyānivāryāṇām agnīnāṃ śṛṇuta kramam
He is distributed according to place at the commencement (of the rite) on an auspicious day. Hear the order of the fires that cannot be designated and cannot be kept off.
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MtP 51.19
वासवो ऽग्निः कृशानुर्यो द्वितीयोत्तरवेदिकः सम्राडग्निसुतो ह्यष्टाव् उपतिष्ठन्ति तान्द्विजाः
vāsavo 'gniḥ kṛśānuryo dvitīyottaravedikaḥ samrāḍagnisuto hyaṣṭāv upatiṣṭhanti tāndvijāḥ
The fire Vāsava, and Kṛśānu, who is the second, belonging to the northern altar; and (the fire) Samrāṭ, the son of Agni — these eight the twice-born attend upon.
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MtP 51.20
पर्जन्यः पवमानस्तु द्वितीयः सो ऽनुदृश्यते पावकोष्णः समूह्यस्तु वोत्तरे सो ऽग्निरुच्यते
parjanyaḥ pavamānastu dvitīyaḥ so 'nudṛśyate pāvakoṣṇaḥ samūhyastu vottare so 'gnirucyate
Parjanya (is one); Pavamāna is observed as the second; and the hot Pāvaka is the one to be swept together (samūhya), or (as some say) he is called the fire on the northern (altar).
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MtP 51.21
हव्यसूदो ह्य् असंमृज्यः शामित्रः स विभाव्यते शतधामा सुधाज्योती रौद्रैश्वर्यः स उच्यते
havyasūdo hy asaṃmṛjyaḥ śāmitraḥ sa vibhāvyate śatadhāmā sudhājyotī raudraiśvaryaḥ sa ucyate
Havyasūda indeed, Asaṃmṛjya — he is designated the Śāmitra (fire); Śatadhāman, Sudhājyotis — he is called Raudraiśvarya.
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MtP 51.22
ब्रह्मज्योतिर् वसुधामा ब्रह्मस्थानीय उच्यते अजैकपादुपस्थेयः स वै शालामुखो यतः
brahmajyotir vasudhāmā brahmasthānīya ucyate ajaikapādupastheyaḥ sa vai śālāmukho yataḥ
Brahmajyotis (and) Vasudhāman is called the one belonging to the Brahman's station; Ajaikapād is the one to be attended upon, for he is the one whose mouth is the (sacrificial) hall.
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MtP 51.23
अनिर्देश्यो ह्यहिर्बुध्न्यो बहिरन्ते तु दक्षिणौ पुत्रा ह्येते तु सर्वस्य उपस्थेया द्विजैः स्मृताः
anirdeśyo hyahirbudhnyo bahirante tu dakṣiṇau putrā hyete tu sarvasya upastheyā dvijaiḥ smṛtāḥ
Anirdeśya indeed, (and) Ahirbudhnya, are the two southern ones at the outer end; these are the sons of them all, and are held by the twice-born to be attended upon.
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MtP 51.24
ततो विहरणीयांस्तु वक्ष्याम्यष्टौ तु तान्सुतान् हौत्रियस्य सुतो ह्यग्निर् बर्हिषो हव्यवाहनः
tato viharaṇīyāṃstu vakṣyāmyaṣṭau tu tānsutān hautriyasya suto hyagnir barhiṣo havyavāhanaḥ
Next I shall tell of the eight sons who are to be distributed (in the ritual): the son of the Hotṛ's fire is Agni; of the Barhis, Havyavāhana.
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MtP 51.25
प्रशंस्यो ऽग्निः प्रचेतास्तु द्वितीयः संसहायकः सुतो ह्यग्नेर् विश्ववेदा ब्राह्मणाच्छंसिरुच्यते
praśaṃsyo 'gniḥ pracetāstu dvitīyaḥ saṃsahāyakaḥ suto hyagner viśvavedā brāhmaṇācchaṃsirucyate
Praśaṃsya is the fire, and Pracetas the second, (and) Saṃsahāyaka; the son of Agni, Viśvavedas, is called the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin (fire).
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MtP 51.26
अपां योनिः स्मृतः स्वाम्भः सेतुर्नाम विभाव्यते धिष्ण्य आहरणा ह्येते सोमेनेज्यन्त वै द्विजैः
apāṃ yoniḥ smṛtaḥ svāmbhaḥ seturnāma vibhāvyate dhiṣṇya āharaṇā hyete somenejyanta vai dvijaiḥ
Svāmbhas is held to be the womb of the waters; (another) is designated Setu by name; these are the fires of the hearths (dhiṣṇya), to be brought forward, and are worshipped by the twice-born with Soma.
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MtP 51.27
ततो यः पावको नाम्ना यः सद्भिर्योग उच्यते अग्निः सो ऽवभृथो ज्ञेयो वरुणेन सहेज्यते
tato yaḥ pāvako nāmnā yaḥ sadbhiryoga ucyate agniḥ so 'vabhṛtho jñeyo varuṇena sahejyate
Then he who is Pāvaka by name, who is called by the good ones Yoga — that fire is to be known as the Avabhṛtha (fire); he is worshipped together with Varuṇa.
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MtP 51.28
हृदयस्य सुतो ह्यग्नेर् जठरे ऽसौ नृणां पचन् मन्युमाञ्जठरश्चाग्निर् विद्धाग्निः सततं स्मृतः
hṛdayasya suto hyagner jaṭhare 'sau nṛṇāṃ pacan manyumāñjaṭharaścāgnir viddhāgniḥ satataṃ smṛtaḥ
The son of the fire of the heart, cooking there in the belly of men, is the wrathful Jaṭhara fire; he is always held to be the Viddha fire.
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MtP 51.29
परस्परोत्थितो ह्यग्निर् भूतानीह विभुर्दहन् अग्नेर्मन्युमतः पुत्रो घोरः संवर्तकः स्मृतः
parasparotthito hyagnir bhūtānīha vibhurdahan agnermanyumataḥ putro ghoraḥ saṃvartakaḥ smṛtaḥ
The fire arisen from (things) rubbing against one another, pervasive, burning the beings here; the son of the wrathful fire (Manyumat) is held to be the dreadful Saṃvartaka.
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MtP 51.30
पिबन्नपः स वसति समुद्रे वडवामुखे समुद्रवासिनः पुत्रः सहरक्षो विभाव्यते
pibannapaḥ sa vasati samudre vaḍavāmukhe samudravāsinaḥ putraḥ saharakṣo vibhāvyate
Drinking the waters, he dwells in the ocean at the mare's mouth; the son of the ocean-dweller is designated Saharakṣa.
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MtP 51.31
सहरक्षस्तु वै कामान् गृहे स वसते नृणाम् क्रव्यादग्निः सुतस्तस्य पुरुषान्यो ऽत्ति वै मृतान्
saharakṣastu vai kāmān gṛhe sa vasate nṛṇām kravyādagniḥ sutastasya puruṣānyo 'tti vai mṛtān
And Saharakṣa dwells in the houses of men (fulfilling their) desires; his son is the flesh-eating fire, who devours dead men.
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MtP 51.32
इत्येते पावकस्याग्नेर् द्विजैः पुत्राः प्रकीर्तिताः ततः सुतास्तु सौवीर्याद् गन्धर्वैरसुरैर् हृताः
ityete pāvakasyāgner dvijaiḥ putrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ tataḥ sutāstu sauvīryād gandharvairasurair hṛtāḥ
Thus these sons of the fire Pāvaka have been proclaimed by the twice-born. Thereafter the sons, out of (their) valour, were carried off by the Gandharvas and Asuras.
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MtP 51.33
मथितो यस्त्वरण्यां तु सो ऽग्निराप समिन्धनम् आयुर् नाम्ना तु भगवान् पशौ यस्तु प्रणीयते
mathito yastvaraṇyāṃ tu so 'gnirāpa samindhanam āyur nāmnā tu bhagavān paśau yastu praṇīyate
He who is churned out in the fire-drill obtained kindling; the lord (is) Āyus by name, who is led forth at the animal sacrifice.
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MtP 51.34
आयुषो महिमान्पुत्रो दहनस्तु ततः सुतः पाकयज्ञेष्व् अभीमानी हुतं हव्यं भुनक्ति यः
āyuṣo mahimānputro dahanastu tataḥ sutaḥ pākayajñeṣv abhīmānī hutaṃ havyaṃ bhunakti yaḥ
The son of Āyus is Mahiman, and from him the son Dahana, who, presiding over the cooked-offering sacrifices, consumes the oblation that is offered.
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MtP 51.35
सर्वस्माद्देवलोकाच्च हव्यं कव्यं भुनक्ति यः पुत्रो ऽस्य सहितो ह्यग्निर् अद्भुतः स महायशाः
sarvasmāddevalokācca havyaṃ kavyaṃ bhunakti yaḥ putro 'sya sahito hyagnir adbhutaḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ
He who consumes the offering to the gods and the offering to the ancestors from the whole world of the gods — his son is the fire Sahita, and Adbhuta of great renown.
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MtP 51.36
प्रायश्चित्तेष्वभीमानी हृतं हव्यं भुनक्ति यः अद्भुतस्य सुतो वीरो देवांशस्तु महान्स्मृतः
prāyaścitteṣvabhīmānī hṛtaṃ havyaṃ bhunakti yaḥ adbhutasya suto vīro devāṃśastu mahānsmṛtaḥ
He who, presiding over expiatory rites, consumes the oblation that is taken (from the fire) — the son of Adbhuta is the hero held to be Mahat, a portion of the gods (Devāṃśa).
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MtP 51.37
विविधाग्निस्ततस्तस्य तस्य पुत्रो महाकविः विविधाग्निसुतादर्काद् अग्नयो ऽष्टौ सुताः स्मृताः
vividhāgnistatastasya tasya putro mahākaviḥ vividhāgnisutādarkād agnayo 'ṣṭau sutāḥ smṛtāḥ
Then his son is Vividhāgni, and his son is Mahākavi; from Arka, the son of Vividhāgni, eight fires are held to be the sons.
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MtP 51.38
काम्यास्विष्टिष्वभीमानी रक्षोहायतिकृच्च यः सुरभिर्वसुमान्नादो हर्यश्वश्चैव रुक्मवान्
kāmyāsviṣṭiṣvabhīmānī rakṣohāyatikṛcca yaḥ surabhirvasumānnādo haryaśvaścaiva rukmavān
He who presides over the optional iṣṭi offerings and who slays the demons and performs (rites) — (and) Surabhi, Vasumat, Annāda, Haryaśva, and Rukmavat,
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MtP 51.39
प्रवर्ग्यः क्षेमवांश्चैव इत्यष्टौ च प्रकीर्तिताः शुच्यग्नेस्तु प्रजा ह्येषा अग्नयश्च चतुर्दश
pravargyaḥ kṣemavāṃścaiva ityaṣṭau ca prakīrtitāḥ śucyagnestu prajā hyeṣā agnayaśca caturdaśa
Pravargya and Kṣemavat — thus these eight are proclaimed. This is the offspring of the fire Śuci, and the fires are fourteen.
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MtP 51.40
इत्येते ह्यग्नयः प्रोक्ताः प्रणीता ये हि चाध्वरे समतीते तु सर्गे ये यामैः सह सुरोत्तमैः
ityete hyagnayaḥ proktāḥ praṇītā ye hi cādhvare samatīte tu sarge ye yāmaiḥ saha surottamaiḥ
Thus these fires have been declared, those that are brought forward in the sacrifice — (those) who, in the creation now past, (existed) together with the Yāmas, the foremost gods,
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MtP 51.41
स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे पूर्वम् अग्नयस्ते ऽभिमानिनः एते विहरणीयेषु चेतनाचेतनेष्विह
svāyambhuve 'ntare pūrvam agnayaste 'bhimāninaḥ ete viharaṇīyeṣu cetanācetaneṣviha
in the earlier Svāyambhuva interval: those fires are the presiding (deities). These (preside) here over the things to be employed (in ritual), conscious and unconscious.
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MtP 51.42
स्थानाभिमानिनो ऽग्नीध्राः प्रागासन्हव्यवाहनाः काम्यनैमित्तिकाद्यास्ते ये ते कर्मस्ववस्थिताः
sthānābhimānino 'gnīdhrāḥ prāgāsanhavyavāhanāḥ kāmyanaimittikādyāste ye te karmasvavasthitāḥ
Presiding over (their) stations, the agnīdhra fires were formerly the bearers of the oblation; and those (fires) belonging to the optional, occasional and other (rites) are established in (their respective) ritual acts.
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MtP 51.43
पूर्वे मन्वन्तरे ऽतीते शुक्रैर्यामैश्च तैः सह एते देवगणैः सार्धं प्रथमस्यान्तरे मनोः
pūrve manvantare 'tīte śukrairyāmaiśca taiḥ saha ete devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ prathamasyāntare manoḥ
In the former, elapsed manvantara, together with those Śukras and Yāmas — these (fires existed) along with the god-groups in the interval of the first Manu.
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MtP 51.44
इत्येता योनयो ह्यक्ताः स्थानाख्या जातवेदसाम् स्वारोचिषादिषु ज्ञेयाः सवर्णान्तेषु सप्तसु
ityetā yonayo hyaktāḥ sthānākhyā jātavedasām svārociṣādiṣu jñeyāḥ savarṇānteṣu saptasu
Thus these origins, called the stations of the fires, have been stated; they are to be known in the seven (manvantaras) beginning with Svārociṣa and ending with Savarṇa.
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MtP 51.45
तैरेवं तु प्रसंख्यातं साम्प्रतानागतेष्विह मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु लक्षणं जातवेदसाम्
tairevaṃ tu prasaṃkhyātaṃ sāmpratānāgateṣviha manvantareṣu sarveṣu lakṣaṇaṃ jātavedasām
By them, in this way, the character of the fires has been reckoned up here for all manvantaras, present and yet to come.
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MtP 51.46
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु नानारूपप्रयोजनैः वर्तन्ते वर्तमानैश्च यामैर्देवैः सहाग्नयः
manvantareṣu sarveṣu nānārūpaprayojanaiḥ vartante vartamānaiśca yāmairdevaiḥ sahāgnayaḥ
In all the manvantaras the fires exist with manifold forms and functions, together with the Yāma gods who are (then) current;
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MtP 51.47
अनागतैः सुरैः सार्धं वत्स्यन्तो ऽनागतास्त्वथ इत्येष प्रचयो ऽग्नीनां मया प्रोक्तो यथाक्रमम् विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छथ
anāgataiḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ vatsyanto 'nāgatāstvatha ityeṣa pracayo 'gnīnāṃ mayā prokto yathākramam vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kimanyacchrotumicchatha
and the fires yet to come will dwell together with the gods yet to come. Thus this aggregate of the fires has been declared by me in due order, at length and in sequence. What else do you wish to hear?
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