Matsya Purana — Chapter 66
MtP 66.1
मधुरा भारती केन व्रतेन मधुसूदन तथैव जनसौभाग्यम् अतिविद्यासु कौशलम्
madhurā bhāratī kena vratena madhusūdana tathaiva janasaubhāgyam atividyāsu kauśalam
"By what observance, Madhusūdana, (does one gain) sweet speech, and likewise people's good fortune, and skill in the highest branches of learning,
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MtP 66.2
अभेदश्चापि दम्पत्योस् तथा बन्धुजनेन च आयुश्च विपुलं पुंसां तन्मे कथय माधव
abhedaścāpi dampatyos tathā bandhujanena ca āyuśca vipulaṃ puṃsāṃ tanme kathaya mādhava
and also non-division between husband and wife and with one's kinsfolk, and long life for men? Tell me that, Mādhava."
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MtP 66.3
सम्यक्पृष्टं त्वया राजञ् छृणु सारस्वतं व्रतम् यस्य संकीर्तनादेव तुष्यतीह सरस्वती
samyakpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā rājañ chṛṇu sārasvataṃ vratam yasya saṃkīrtanādeva tuṣyatīha sarasvatī
"You have asked well, O king. Hear the Sārasvata observance, at the mere proclaiming of which Sarasvatī is pleased here.
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MtP 66.4
यो यद्भक्तः पुमान्कुर्याद् एतद्व्रतमनुत्तमम् तद्वासरादौ सम्पूज्य विप्रानेतान्समाचरेत्
yo yadbhaktaḥ pumānkuryād etadvratamanuttamam tadvāsarādau sampūjya viprānetānsamācaret
A man, devoted to whichever (deity), who would perform this most excellent observance, should on the first day of it worship these brahmins and then proceed.
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MtP 66.5
अथवादित्यवारेण ग्रहताराबलेन च पायसं भोजयेद्विप्रान् कृत्वा ब्राह्मणवाचनम्
athavādityavāreṇa grahatārābalena ca pāyasaṃ bhojayedviprān kṛtvā brāhmaṇavācanam
Or else on a Sunday, and with the strength of the planets and stars (being favourable), having had the brahmins recite the благословение (svastivācana), he should feed the brahmins with milk-rice.
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MtP 66.6
शुक्लवस्त्राणि दत्त्वा च सहिरण्यानि शक्तितः गायत्रीं पूजयेद्भक्त्या शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनैः
śuklavastrāṇi dattvā ca sahiraṇyāni śaktitaḥ gāyatrīṃ pūjayedbhaktyā śuklamālyānulepanaiḥ
And having given white garments together with gold according to (one's) means, one should worship Gāyatrī with devotion, with white garlands and unguents.
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MtP 66.7
यथा न देवि भगवान् ब्रह्मलोके पितामहः त्वां परित्यज्य संतिष्ठेत् तथा भव वरप्रदा
yathā na devi bhagavān brahmaloke pitāmahaḥ tvāṃ parityajya saṃtiṣṭhet tathā bhava varapradā
"As, O Goddess, the Lord Grandfather (Brahmā) in the Brahmā-world would never remain having abandoned you, so be a giver of boons (to me)."
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MtP 66.8
वेदाः शास्त्राणि सर्वाणि गीतनृत्यादिकं च यत् न विहीनं त्वया देवि तथा मे सन्तु सिद्धयः
vedāḥ śāstrāṇi sarvāṇi gītanṛtyādikaṃ ca yat na vihīnaṃ tvayā devi tathā me santu siddhayaḥ
"The Vedas, all the treatises, and whatever consists of song, dance and the like — none of it is devoid of you, O Goddess; so may attainments be mine."
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MtP 66.9
लक्ष्मीर्मेधा धरा पुष्टिर् गौरी तुष्टिः प्रभा मतिः एताभिः पाहि चाष्टाभिस् तनुभिर्मां सरस्वति
lakṣmīrmedhā dharā puṣṭir gaurī tuṣṭiḥ prabhā matiḥ etābhiḥ pāhi cāṣṭābhis tanubhirmāṃ sarasvati
"Lakṣmī, Medhā, Dharā, Puṣṭi, Gaurī, Tuṣṭi, Prabhā, Mati — with these eight bodies protect me, O Sarasvatī."
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MtP 66.10
एवं सम्पूज्य गायत्रीं वीणाक्षमणिधारिणीम् शुक्लपुष्पाक्षतैर् भक्त्या सकमण्डलुपुस्तकाम् मौनव्रतेन भुञ्जीत सायं प्रातस्तु धर्मवित्
evaṃ sampūjya gāyatrīṃ vīṇākṣamaṇidhāriṇīm śuklapuṣpākṣatair bhaktyā sakamaṇḍalupustakām maunavratena bhuñjīta sāyaṃ prātastu dharmavit
Having thus worshipped Gāyatrī, who holds a lute and a rosary, and who holds a water-pot and a book, with white flowers and unbroken rice-grains, with devotion, the knower of dharma should eat under a vow of silence, evening and morning.
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MtP 66.11
पञ्चम्यां प्रतिपक्षं च पूजयेद्ब्रह्मवासिनीम् तथैव तण्डुलप्रस्थं घृतपात्रेण संयुतम् क्षीरं दद्याद्धिरण्यं च गायत्री प्रीयतामिति
pañcamyāṃ pratipakṣaṃ ca pūjayedbrahmavāsinīm tathaiva taṇḍulaprasthaṃ ghṛtapātreṇa saṃyutam kṣīraṃ dadyāddhiraṇyaṃ ca gāyatrī prīyatāmiti
And on the fifth day of each fortnight one should worship her who dwells in Brahmā; likewise one should give a prastha measure of rice-grains together with a vessel of ghee, and milk and gold, (saying) "may Gāyatrī be pleased."
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MtP 66.12
संध्यायां च तथा मौनम् एतत्कुर्वन्समाचरेत् नान्तरा भोजनं कुर्याद् यावन्मासास्त्रयोदश
saṃdhyāyāṃ ca tathā maunam etatkurvansamācaret nāntarā bhojanaṃ kuryād yāvanmāsāstrayodaśa
And at twilight likewise silence: doing this he should perform (the observance); he should not eat in between, for as long as thirteen months.
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MtP 66.13
समाप्ते तु व्रते कुर्याद् भोजनं शुक्लतण्डुलैः पूर्वं सवस्त्रयुग्मं च दद्याद्विप्राय भोजनम्
samāpte tu vrate kuryād bhojanaṃ śuklataṇḍulaiḥ pūrvaṃ savastrayugmaṃ ca dadyādviprāya bhojanam
But when the observance is completed one should make a meal with white rice; first one should give to a brahmin a pair of garments along with the food.
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MtP 66.14
देव्या वितानं घण्टां च सितनेत्रे पयस्विनीम् चन्दनं वस्त्रयुग्मं च दद्याच्च शिखरं पुनः
devyā vitānaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ ca sitanetre payasvinīm candanaṃ vastrayugmaṃ ca dadyācca śikharaṃ punaḥ
And (one should give) for the Goddess a canopy and a bell, a white-eyed milch cow, sandal-paste and a pair of garments, and further a crest(-ornament).
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MtP 66.15
तथोपदेष्टारमपि भक्त्या सम्पूजयेद्गुरुम् वित्तशाठ्येन रहितो वस्त्रमाल्यानुलेपनैः
tathopadeṣṭāramapi bhaktyā sampūjayedgurum vittaśāṭhyena rahito vastramālyānulepanaiḥ
Likewise one should also worship with devotion the teacher who instructed (one), free from stinginess with wealth, with garments, garlands and unguents.
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MtP 66.16
अनेन विधिना यस्तु कुर्यात्सारस्वतं व्रतम् विद्यावानर्थसंयुक्तो रक्तकण्ठश्च जायते
anena vidhinā yastu kuryātsārasvataṃ vratam vidyāvānarthasaṃyukto raktakaṇṭhaśca jāyate
But whoever performs the Sārasvata observance by this rule is born possessed of learning, endowed with wealth, and with a fine voice.
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MtP 66.17
सरस्वत्याः प्रसादेन ब्रह्मलोके महीयते नारी वा कुरुते या तु सापि तत्फलगामिनी
sarasvatyāḥ prasādena brahmaloke mahīyate nārī vā kurute yā tu sāpi tatphalagāminī
By the grace of Sarasvatī he is honoured in the Brahmā-world; and whatever woman performs it, she too goes to that fruit.
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MtP 66.18
ब्रह्मलोके वसेद् राजन् यावत् कल्पायुतत्रयम्
brahmaloke vased rājan yāvat kalpāyutatrayam
He would dwell in the Brahmā-world, O king, for as long as thirty thousand kalpas.
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MtP 66.19
सारस्वतं व्रतं यस्तु शृणुयादपि यः पठेत् विद्याधरपुरे सो ऽपि वसेत्कल्पायुतत्रयम्
sārasvataṃ vrataṃ yastu śṛṇuyādapi yaḥ paṭhet vidyādharapure so 'pi vasetkalpāyutatrayam
And whoever should hear the Sārasvata observance, or whoever should recite it, he too would dwell in the city of the Vidyādharas for thirty thousand kalpas.
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