Matsya Purana — Chapter 59

MtP 59.1

पादपानां विधिं सूत यथावद्विस्तराद्वद विधिना केन कर्तव्यं पादपोद्यापनं बुधैः

pādapānāṃ vidhiṃ sūta yathāvadvistarādvada vidhinā kena kartavyaṃ pādapodyāpanaṃ budhaiḥ

Tell (us), O Sūta, in due order and at length the rule concerning trees: by what procedure should the dedication of trees be performed by the wise?

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MtP 59.2

ये च लोकाः स्मृतास्तेषां तानिदानीं वदस्व नः यत्फलं लभते प्रेत्य तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि

ye ca lokāḥ smṛtāsteṣāṃ tānidānīṃ vadasva naḥ yatphalaṃ labhate pretya tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi

And what worlds are declared to be theirs — tell us these now; you should tell all that fruit which one obtains after death.

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MtP 59.3

पादपानां विधिं वक्ष्ये तथैवोद्यानभूमिषु तडागविधिवत्सर्वम् आसाद्य जगदीश्वर

pādapānāṃ vidhiṃ vakṣye tathaivodyānabhūmiṣu taḍāgavidhivatsarvam āsādya jagadīśvara

I shall declare the rule concerning trees, and likewise for garden grounds: everything is as in the rule for tanks, once one has secured (the site), O Lord of the world.

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MtP 59.4

ऋत्विङ्मण्डपसम्भारश् चाचार्यश्चैव तद्विधः पूजयेद्ब्राह्मणांस्तद्वद् धेमवस्त्रानुलेपनैः

ṛtviṅmaṇḍapasambhāraś cācāryaścaiva tadvidhaḥ pūjayedbrāhmaṇāṃstadvad dhemavastrānulepanaiḥ

The officiating priests, the pavilion equipment, and the preceptor too are of that same kind; likewise one should honour the brahmins with gold, garments and unguents.

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MtP 59.5

सर्वौषध्युदकैः सिक्तान् पिष्टातकविभूषितान् वृक्षान्माल्यैरलंकृत्य वासोभिरभिवेष्टयेत्

sarvauṣadhyudakaiḥ siktān piṣṭātakavibhūṣitān vṛkṣānmālyairalaṃkṛtya vāsobhirabhiveṣṭayet

Having adorned with garlands the trees, which have been sprinkled with waters containing all the herbs and decorated with fragrant powder, one should wrap them round with cloths.

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MtP 59.6

सूच्या सौवर्णया कार्यं सर्वेषां कर्णवेधनम् अञ्जनं चापि दातव्यं तद्वद्धेमशलाकया

sūcyā sauvarṇayā kāryaṃ sarveṣāṃ karṇavedhanam añjanaṃ cāpi dātavyaṃ tadvaddhemaśalākayā

With a golden needle the piercing of the ears is to be done for all of them; and collyrium too is to be applied, likewise with a golden rod.

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MtP 59.7

फलानि सप्त चाष्टौ वा कालधौतानि कारयेत् प्रत्येकं सर्ववृक्षाणां वेद्यां तान्यधिवासयेत्

phalāni sapta cāṣṭau vā kāladhautāni kārayet pratyekaṃ sarvavṛkṣāṇāṃ vedyāṃ tānyadhivāsayet

He should have seven or eight fruits made of gold; one should let them rest overnight on the altar, for each of all the trees separately.

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MtP 59.8

धूपो ऽत्र गुग्गुलः श्रेष्ठस् ताम्रपात्रैरधिष्ठितान् सप्तधान्यस्थितान्कृत्वा वस्त्रगन्धानुलेपनैः

dhūpo 'tra guggulaḥ śreṣṭhas tāmrapātrairadhiṣṭhitān saptadhānyasthitānkṛtvā vastragandhānulepanaiḥ

Here guggulu is the best incense; having made them (the jars) set upon copper vessels and placed on the seven grains, with cloths and fragrant unguents —

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MtP 59.9

कुम्भान्सर्वेषु वृक्षेषु स्थापयित्वा नरेश्वर सहिरण्यानशेषांस्तान् कृत्वा बलिनिवेदनम्

kumbhānsarveṣu vṛkṣeṣu sthāpayitvā nareśvara sahiraṇyānaśeṣāṃstān kṛtvā balinivedanam

— having set the jars, O lord of men, at all the trees, all of them together with gold, having made the offering of the oblation,

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MtP 59.10

यथास्वं लोकपालानाम् इन्द्रादीनां विशेषतः वनस्पतेश्च विद्वद्भिर् होमः कार्यो द्विजातिभिः

yathāsvaṃ lokapālānām indrādīnāṃ viśeṣataḥ vanaspateśca vidvadbhir homaḥ kāryo dvijātibhiḥ

the oblation into the fire is to be made by learned twice-born men to the guardians of the quarters, Indra and the rest, each in his own manner, and especially to the Lord of the Forest (the tree).

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MtP 59.11

ततः शुक्लाम्बरधरां सौवर्णकृतभूषणाम् सकांस्यदोहां सौवर्णशृङ्गाभ्याम् अतिशालिनीम् पयस्विनीं वृक्षमध्याद् उत्सृजेद्गामुदङ्मुखीम्

tataḥ śuklāmbaradharāṃ sauvarṇakṛtabhūṣaṇām sakāṃsyadohāṃ sauvarṇaśṛṅgābhyām atiśālinīm payasvinīṃ vṛkṣamadhyād utsṛjedgāmudaṅmukhīm

Then he should release, from among the trees, a cow facing north, clothed in white cloth, with ornaments made of gold, with a bronze milking-pail, most splendid with its two golden horns, and rich in milk.

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MtP 59.12

ततो ऽभिषेकमन्त्रेण वाद्यमङ्गलगीतकैः ऋग्यजुःसाममन्त्रैश्च वारुणैरभितस्तथा तैरेव कुम्भैः स्नपनं कुर्याद्ब्राह्मणपुंगवः

tato 'bhiṣekamantreṇa vādyamaṅgalagītakaiḥ ṛgyajuḥsāmamantraiśca vāruṇairabhitastathā taireva kumbhaiḥ snapanaṃ kuryādbrāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ

Then, with the consecration mantra, with instrumental music and auspicious songs, and with Ṛg, Yajur and Sāma mantras and with the Vāruṇa (verses) on all sides, the foremost of brahmins should perform the bathing with those very jars.

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MtP 59.13

स्नातः शुक्लाम्बरस्तद्वद् यजमानो ऽभिपूजयेत् गोभिर् विभवतः सर्वान् ऋत्विजस्तान्समाहितः

snātaḥ śuklāmbarastadvad yajamāno 'bhipūjayet gobhir vibhavataḥ sarvān ṛtvijastānsamāhitaḥ

Bathed and likewise clad in white garments, the sacrificer, collected in mind, should honour all those officiants with cows according to his means,

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MtP 59.14

हेमसूत्रैः सकटकैर् अङ्गुलीयपवित्रकैः वासोभिः शयनीयैश्च तथोपस्करपादुकैः क्षीरेण भोजनं दद्याद् यावद्दिनचतुष्टयम्

hemasūtraiḥ sakaṭakair aṅgulīyapavitrakaiḥ vāsobhiḥ śayanīyaiśca tathopaskarapādukaiḥ kṣīreṇa bhojanaṃ dadyād yāvaddinacatuṣṭayam

with golden threads, with bracelets, with rings and (gold) purificatory rings, with garments and beds, and likewise with utensils and sandals; he should give food with milk for four days.

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MtP 59.15

होमश्च सर्षपैः कार्यो यवैः कृष्णतिलैस्तथा पलाशसमिधः शस्ताश् चतुर्थे ऽह्नि तथोत्सवः दक्षिणा च पुनस्तद्वद् देया तत्रापि शक्तितः

homaśca sarṣapaiḥ kāryo yavaiḥ kṛṣṇatilaistathā palāśasamidhaḥ śastāś caturthe 'hni tathotsavaḥ dakṣiṇā ca punastadvad deyā tatrāpi śaktitaḥ

And the fire-offering is to be made with mustard seeds, with barley and with black sesame; palāśa fuel-sticks are commended; and on the fourth day (there should be) a festival. And again the sacrificial fee is likewise to be given there too, according to one's ability.

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MtP 59.16

यद्यदिष्टतमं किंचित् तत्तद् दद्यादमत्सरी आचार्ये द्विगुणं दद्यात् प्रणिपत्य विसर्जयेत्

yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ kiṃcit tattad dadyādamatsarī ācārye dviguṇaṃ dadyāt praṇipatya visarjayet

Whatever is most desired, that he should give without grudging; to the teacher he should give twofold, and bowing down, he should dismiss (him).

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MtP 59.17

अनेन विधिना यस्तु कुर्याद्वृक्षोत्सवं बुधः सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति फलं चानन्त्यमश्नुते

anena vidhinā yastu kuryādvṛkṣotsavaṃ budhaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnoti phalaṃ cānantyamaśnute

The wise man who performs the tree-festival by this rule obtains all his desires and enjoys endless fruit.

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MtP 59.18

यश्चैकमपि राजेन्द्र वृक्षं संस्थापयेन्नरः सो ऽपि स्वर्गे वसेद्राजन् यावदिन्द्रायुतत्रयम्

yaścaikamapi rājendra vṛkṣaṃ saṃsthāpayennaraḥ so 'pi svarge vasedrājan yāvadindrāyutatrayam

And the man who plants even a single tree, O best of kings — he too, O king, dwells in heaven for thirty thousand Indras (i.e., as long as thirty thousand Indras endure).

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MtP 59.19

भूतान्भव्यांश्च मनुजांस् तारयेद्द्रुमसंमितान् परमां सिद्धिमाप्नोति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभाम्

bhūtānbhavyāṃśca manujāṃs tārayeddrumasaṃmitān paramāṃ siddhimāpnoti punarāvṛttidurlabhām

He carries across (his) forefathers and descendants, and men equal in number to the trees; he attains the supreme perfection, which is hard to win, from which there is no return.

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MtP 59.20

य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं श्रावयेद्वापि मानवः सो ऽपि सम्पूजितो देवैर् ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvāpi mānavaḥ so 'pi sampūjito devair brahmaloke mahīyate

The man who constantly hears this or causes it to be heard, he too, honoured by the gods, is exalted in the world of Brahmā.

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