Matsya Purana — Chapter 57
MtP 57.1
दीर्घायुरारोग्यकुलाभिवृद्धियुक्तः पुमान्भूपकुलायुतः स्यात् मुहुर्मुहुर्जन्मनि येन सम्यग् व्रतं समाचक्ष्व तदिन्दुमौले
dīrghāyurārogyakulābhivṛddhiyuktaḥ pumānbhūpakulāyutaḥ syāt muhurmuhurjanmani yena samyag vrataṃ samācakṣva tadindumaule
(Tell me) that vow by which a man, birth after birth, may be duly endowed with long life, health and the increase of his family, and be allied with royal houses — declare it, O you who wear the moon on your crest.
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MtP 57.2
त्वया पृष्टमिदं सम्यग् उक्तं चाक्षय्यकारकम् रहस्यं तव वक्ष्यामि यत्पुराणविदो विदुः
tvayā pṛṣṭamidaṃ samyag uktaṃ cākṣayyakārakam rahasyaṃ tava vakṣyāmi yatpurāṇavido viduḥ
This that you have asked is well asked, and it is said to produce imperishable (fruit). I shall tell you the secret which those who know the Purāṇas know.
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MtP 57.3
रोहिणीचन्द्रशयनं नाम व्रतमिहोत्तमम् तस्मिन्नारायणस्यार्चाम् अर्चयद् इन्दुनामभिः
rohiṇīcandraśayanaṃ nāma vratamihottamam tasminnārāyaṇasyārcām arcayad indunāmabhiḥ
There is here an excellent vow called the Rohiṇī-Candra-śayana; in it one should worship the image of Nārāyaṇa with the names of the moon.
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MtP 57.4
यदा सोमदिने शुक्ला भवेत्पञ्चदशी क्वचित् अथवा ब्रह्मनक्षत्रं पौर्णमास्यां प्रजायते
yadā somadine śuklā bhavetpañcadaśī kvacit athavā brahmanakṣatraṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ prajāyate
When at some time the fifteenth of the bright fortnight falls on a Monday, or when the constellation of Brahmā (Rohiṇī) occurs on the full-moon day —
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MtP 57.5
तदा स्नानं नरः कुर्यात् पञ्चगव्येन सर्षपैः आप्यायस्वेति तु जपेद् विद्वानष्टशतं पुनः
tadā snānaṃ naraḥ kuryāt pañcagavyena sarṣapaiḥ āpyāyasveti tu japed vidvānaṣṭaśataṃ punaḥ
then a man should bathe with the five products of the cow and with mustard seeds, and the learned man should further recite the (verse) 'āpyāyasva' one hundred and eight times.
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MtP 57.6
शूद्रो ऽपि परया भक्त्या पाषण्डालापवर्जितः सोमाय वरदायाथ विष्णवे च नमो नमः
śūdro 'pi parayā bhaktyā pāṣaṇḍālāpavarjitaḥ somāya varadāyātha viṣṇave ca namo namaḥ
Even a śūdra, with supreme devotion, avoiding conversation with heretics, (should say): 'Homage, homage to Soma the boon-giver and to Viṣṇu.'
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MtP 57.7
कृतजप्यः स्वभवनम् आगत्य मधुसूदनम् पूजयेत्फलपुष्पैश्च सोमनामानि कीर्तयन्
kṛtajapyaḥ svabhavanam āgatya madhusūdanam pūjayetphalapuṣpaiśca somanāmāni kīrtayan
Having completed the recitation, having come to his own house, he should worship Madhusūdana with fruits and flowers, proclaiming the names of the moon.
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MtP 57.8
सोमाय शान्ताय नमो ऽस्तु पादाव् अनन्तधाम्नेति च जानुजङ्घे ऊरुद्वयं चापि जलोदराय सम्पूजयेन्मेढ्रमनन्तबाहवे
somāya śāntāya namo 'stu pādāv anantadhāmneti ca jānujaṅghe ūrudvayaṃ cāpi jalodarāya sampūjayenmeḍhramanantabāhave
'Homage to Soma the tranquil' — (thus he worships) the feet; 'to him of endless splendour' — the knees and shanks and also the two thighs; 'to Jalodara' — and he should worship the generative organ with 'to him of endless arms'.
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MtP 57.9
नमो नमः कामसुखप्रदाय कटिः शशाङ्कस्य सदार्चनीया तथोदरं चाप्यमृतोदराय नाभिः शशाङ्काय नमो ऽभिपूज्या
namo namaḥ kāmasukhapradāya kaṭiḥ śaśāṅkasya sadārcanīyā tathodaraṃ cāpyamṛtodarāya nābhiḥ śaśāṅkāya namo 'bhipūjyā
'Homage, homage to the giver of love and pleasure' — the hip of the Moon is always to be worshipped thus; likewise the belly with 'to him whose belly holds nectar', and the navel is to be worshipped with 'homage to the Hare-marked one'.
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MtP 57.10
नमो ऽस्तु चन्द्राय मुखं च पूज्यं दन्ता द्विजानामधिपाय पूज्याः हास्यं नमश्चन्द्रमसे ऽभिपूज्यम् ओष्ठौ कुमुद्वन्तवनप्रियाय
namo 'stu candrāya mukhaṃ ca pūjyaṃ dantā dvijānāmadhipāya pūjyāḥ hāsyaṃ namaścandramase 'bhipūjyam oṣṭhau kumudvantavanapriyāya
'Homage to Candra' — and the face is to be worshipped; the teeth with 'to the lord of the twice-born'; the smile is to be worshipped with 'homage to Candramas'; the lips with 'to him who loves the groves of night-lotuses'.
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MtP 57.11
नासा च नाथाय वनौषधीनाम् आनन्दभूताय पुनर्भ्रुवौ च नेत्रद्वयं पद्मनिभं तथेन्दोर् इन्दीवरश्यामकराय शौरेः
nāsā ca nāthāya vanauṣadhīnām ānandabhūtāya punarbhruvau ca netradvayaṃ padmanibhaṃ tathendor indīvaraśyāmakarāya śaureḥ
And the nose with 'to the lord of the forest herbs', and again the brows with 'to him who is made of bliss'; and the pair of lotus-like eyes of the Moon with 'to Śauri whose hands are dark as the blue lotus'.
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MtP 57.12
नमः समस्ताध्वरवन्दिताय कर्णद्वयं दैत्यनिषूदनाय ललाटमिन्दोरुदधिप्रियाय केशाः सुषुम्नाधिपतेः प्रपूज्याः
namaḥ samastādhvaravanditāya karṇadvayaṃ daityaniṣūdanāya lalāṭamindorudadhipriyāya keśāḥ suṣumnādhipateḥ prapūjyāḥ
'Homage to him praised at all sacrifices' — the two ears; with 'to the slayer of the daityas'; the forehead of the Moon with 'to the beloved of the ocean'; the hair is to be worshipped with 'to the lord of the suṣumnā (ray)'.
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MtP 57.13
शिरः शशाङ्काय नमो मुरारेर् विश्वेश्वरायेति नमः किरीटिने पद्मप्रिये रोहिणि नाम लक्ष्मीः सौभाग्यसौख्यामृतचारुकाये
śiraḥ śaśāṅkāya namo murārer viśveśvarāyeti namaḥ kirīṭine padmapriye rohiṇi nāma lakṣmīḥ saubhāgyasaukhyāmṛtacārukāye
The head with 'homage to the Hare-marked Murāri'; 'homage to the lord of the universe' — thus to the diademed one; 'O Rohiṇī, dear to the lotus, Lakṣmī by name, whose lovely body is the nectar of good fortune and happiness'.
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MtP 57.14
देवीं च संपूज्य सुगन्धपुष्पैर् नैवेद्यधूपादिभिरिन्दुपत्नीम् सुप्त्वाथ भूमौ पुनरुत्थितेन स्नात्वा च विप्राय हविष्ययुक्तः
devīṃ ca saṃpūjya sugandhapuṣpair naivedyadhūpādibhirindupatnīm suptvātha bhūmau punarutthitena snātvā ca viprāya haviṣyayuktaḥ
And having duly worshipped the goddess, the Moon's wife, with fragrant flowers, food-offerings, incense and the rest, and having slept on the ground, then having risen again and bathed, keeping to sacrificial fare, (he should give) to a brahmin —
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MtP 57.15
देयः प्रभाते सहिरण्यवारिकुम्भो नमः पापविनाशनाय संप्राश्य गोमूत्रममांसमन्नम् अक्षारमष्टावथ विंशतिं च ग्रासान्पयःसर्पिर्युतानुपोष्य भुक्त्वेतिहासं शृणुयान्मुहूर्तम्
deyaḥ prabhāte sahiraṇyavārikumbho namaḥ pāpavināśanāya saṃprāśya gomūtramamāṃsamannam akṣāramaṣṭāvatha viṃśatiṃ ca grāsānpayaḥsarpiryutānupoṣya bhuktvetihāsaṃ śṛṇuyānmuhūrtam
at dawn a water-jar together with gold is to be given with 'homage to the destroyer of sins'; having sipped cow's urine, and having fasted on food without meat and without salt, taking twenty-eight mouthfuls mixed with milk and ghee, after eating he should listen to a sacred story for a muhūrta.
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MtP 57.16
कदम्बनीलोत्पलकेतकानि जाती सरोजं शतपत्त्रिका च अम्लानकुब्जान्यथ सिन्दुवारं पुष्पं पुनर्नारद मल्लिकायाः शुभ्रं च विष्णोः करवीरपुष्पं श्रीचम्पकं चन्द्रमसः प्रदेयम्
kadambanīlotpalaketakāni jātī sarojaṃ śatapattrikā ca amlānakubjānyatha sinduvāraṃ puṣpaṃ punarnārada mallikāyāḥ śubhraṃ ca viṣṇoḥ karavīrapuṣpaṃ śrīcampakaṃ candramasaḥ pradeyam
Kadamba, blue lotus and ketaka, jasmine, lotus and the hundred-petalled flower, amlāna and kubja, and sinduvāra, and again, Nārada, the flower of the mallikā; the white oleander flower is for Viṣṇu, and the beautiful campaka is to be offered to the Moon.
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MtP 57.17
श्रावणादिषु मासेषु क्रमादेतानि सर्वदा यस्मिन्मासे व्रतादिः स्यात् तत्पुष्पैरर्चयेद्धरिम्
śrāvaṇādiṣu māseṣu kramādetāni sarvadā yasminmāse vratādiḥ syāt tatpuṣpairarcayeddharim
These (flowers) are always (to be used) in order in the months beginning with Śrāvaṇa; in whichever month the vow begins, one should worship Hari with the flower of that (month).
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MtP 57.18
एवं संवत्सरं यावद् उपास्य विधिवन्नरः व्रतान्ते शयनं दद्याद् दर्पणोपस्करान्वितम्
evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ yāvad upāsya vidhivannaraḥ vratānte śayanaṃ dadyād darpaṇopaskarānvitam
Having thus worshipped duly for a full year, at the end of the vow the man should give a bed together with a mirror and furnishings.
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MtP 57.19
रोहिणीचन्द्रमिथुनं कारयित्वाथ काञ्चनम् चन्द्रः षडङ्गुलः कार्यो रोहिणी चतुरङ्गुला
rohiṇīcandramithunaṃ kārayitvātha kāñcanam candraḥ ṣaḍaṅgulaḥ kāryo rohiṇī caturaṅgulā
Having had a golden pair made — Rohiṇī and the Moon — the Moon should be made six fingers (tall), and Rohiṇī four fingers.
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MtP 57.20
मुक्ताफलाष्टकयुतं सितनेत्रपटावृतम् क्षीरकुम्भोपरि पुनः कांस्यपात्राक्षतान्वितम् दद्यान्मन्त्रेण पूर्वाह्णे शालीक्षुफलसंयुतम्
muktāphalāṣṭakayutaṃ sitanetrapaṭāvṛtam kṣīrakumbhopari punaḥ kāṃsyapātrākṣatānvitam dadyānmantreṇa pūrvāhṇe śālīkṣuphalasaṃyutam
(He) should give (it), joined with eight pearls, wrapped in a white cloth of fine fabric, (placed) upon a milk-pot, and again furnished with a bronze vessel and unhusked grain, with the mantra, in the forenoon, together with rice, sugarcane and fruit.
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MtP 57.21
श्वेतामथ सुवर्णास्यां खुरै रौप्यैः समन्विताम् सवस्त्रभाजनां धेनुं तथा शङ्खं च शोभनम्
śvetāmatha suvarṇāsyāṃ khurai raupyaiḥ samanvitām savastrabhājanāṃ dhenuṃ tathā śaṅkhaṃ ca śobhanam
And then a white cow with gilded face and with silvered hooves, together with a cloth and a vessel, and likewise a beautiful conch.
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MtP 57.22
भूषणैर्द्विजदाम्पत्यम् अलंकृत्य गुणान्वितम् चन्द्रो ऽयं द्विजरूपेण सभार्य इति कल्पयेत्
bhūṣaṇairdvijadāmpatyam alaṃkṛtya guṇānvitam candro 'yaṃ dvijarūpeṇa sabhārya iti kalpayet
Having adorned with ornaments a brahmin couple endowed with good qualities, one should conceive: "This is the Moon in brahmin form, together with his wife."
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MtP 57.23
यथा न रोहिणी कृष्ण शय्यां संत्यज्य गच्छति सोमरूपस्य ते तद्वन् ममाभेदो ऽस्तु भूतिभिः
yathā na rohiṇī kṛṣṇa śayyāṃ saṃtyajya gacchati somarūpasya te tadvan mamābhedo 'stu bhūtibhiḥ
"As Rohiṇī does not, O Kṛṣṇa, abandon the bed and go away, so let there be for me no separation from prosperities, (you) who have the form of Soma."
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MtP 57.24
यथा त्वमेव सर्वेषां परमानन्दमुक्तिदः भुक्तिर्मुक्तिस्तथा भक्तिस् त्वयि चन्द्रास्तु मे सदा
yathā tvameva sarveṣāṃ paramānandamuktidaḥ bhuktirmuktistathā bhaktis tvayi candrāstu me sadā
"As you alone are the giver of supreme bliss and liberation to all, so let there always be in you, O Moon, my enjoyment, liberation, and devotion."
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MtP 57.25
इति संसारभीतस्य मुक्तिकामस्य चानघ रूपारोग्यायुषामेतद् विधायकमनुत्तमम्
iti saṃsārabhītasya muktikāmasya cānagha rūpārogyāyuṣāmetad vidhāyakamanuttamam
Thus, O sinless one, for one who fears saṃsāra and desires liberation, this is the unsurpassed bestower of beauty, health and long life.
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MtP 57.26
इदमेव पितॄणां च सर्वदा वल्लभं मुने त्रैलोक्याधिपतिर्भूत्वा सप्तकल्पशतत्रयम् चन्द्रलोकमवाप्नोति विद्युद्भूत्वा तु मुच्यते
idameva pitṝṇāṃ ca sarvadā vallabhaṃ mune trailokyādhipatirbhūtvā saptakalpaśatatrayam candralokamavāpnoti vidyudbhūtvā tu mucyate
And this very (rite) is always dear to the ancestors, O sage; having become lord of the three worlds for three hundred and seven kalpas, he attains the world of the Moon, and becoming lightning he is liberated.
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MtP 57.27
नारी वा रोहिणी चन्द्रशयनं या समाचरेत् सापि तत्फलमाप्नोति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
nārī vā rohiṇī candraśayanaṃ yā samācaret sāpi tatphalamāpnoti punarāvṛttidurlabham
Or a woman who performs the Rohiṇī-Moon bed(-gift) rite, she too obtains that fruit, hard to gain, from which there is no return again.
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MtP 57.28
इति पठति शृणोति वा य इत्थं मधुमथनार्चनम् इन्दुकीर्तनेन मतिमपि च ददाति सो ऽपि शौरेर् भवनगतः परिपूज्यते ऽमरौघैः
iti paṭhati śṛṇoti vā ya itthaṃ madhumathanārcanam indukīrtanena matimapi ca dadāti so 'pi śaurer bhavanagataḥ paripūjyate 'maraughaiḥ
Whoever thus recites or hears this worship of the slayer of Madhu, and also gives (his) mind to the praise of the Moon, he too, having gone to the abode of Śauri (Viṣṇu), is honoured by the hosts of the immortals.
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