Matsya Purana — Chapter 73

MtP 73.1

अथातः शृणु भूपाल प्रतिशुक्रं प्रशान्तये यात्रारम्भे ऽवसाने च तथा शुक्रोदये त्विह

athātaḥ śṛṇu bhūpāla pratiśukraṃ praśāntaye yātrārambhe 'vasāne ca tathā śukrodaye tviha

Now hear next, O protector of the earth, the rite for Śukra, for appeasement — at the beginning and the end of a journey, and likewise here at the rising of Śukra.

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MtP 73.2

राजते वाथ सौवर्णे कांस्यपात्रे ऽथवा पुनः शुक्लपुष्पाम्बरयुते सिततण्डुलपूरिते

rājate vātha sauvarṇe kāṃsyapātre 'thavā punaḥ śuklapuṣpāmbarayute sitataṇḍulapūrite

In a silver or a golden vessel, or else again in a bronze one, furnished with white flowers and cloth and filled with white rice grains,

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MtP 73.3

विधाय राजतं शुक्रं शुचिमुक्ताफलान्वितम् मन्त्रेणानेन तत्सर्वं सामगाय निवेदयेत्

vidhāya rājataṃ śukraṃ śucimuktāphalānvitam mantreṇānena tatsarvaṃ sāmagāya nivedayet

having made a silver Śukra set with pure pearls, one should present all that, with this mantra, to a chanter of the Sāman:

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MtP 73.4

नमस्ते सर्वलोकेश नमस्ते भृगुनन्दन कवे सर्वार्थसिद्ध्यर्थं गृहाणार्घ्यं नमो ऽस्तु ते

namaste sarvalokeśa namaste bhṛgunandana kave sarvārthasiddhyarthaṃ gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo 'stu te

"Homage to you, lord of all worlds, homage to you, son of Bhṛgu; O seer, for the attainment of every object accept the water-offering, homage be to you."

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MtP 73.5

एवमस्योदये कुर्वन् यात्रादिषु च भारत सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति विष्णुलोके महीयते

evamasyodaye kurvan yātrādiṣu ca bhārata sarvānkāmānavāpnoti viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Doing thus at his rising and at journeys and the like, O Bhārata, one obtains all desires and is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu.

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MtP 73.6

यावच्छुक्रस्य न हृता पूजा सा माल्यकैः शुभैः वटकैः पूरिकाभिश्च गोधूमैश्चणकैरपि तावदन्नं न चाश्नीयात् त्रिभिः कामार्थसिद्धये

yāvacchukrasya na hṛtā pūjā sā mālyakaiḥ śubhaiḥ vaṭakaiḥ pūrikābhiśca godhūmaiścaṇakairapi tāvadannaṃ na cāśnīyāt tribhiḥ kāmārthasiddhaye

So long as that worship of Śukra has not been carried out with auspicious garlands, with vaṭaka cakes and pūrikās, with wheat and with chickpeas, for so long one should not eat food — (this) for three (times/days), for the attainment of desires and wealth.

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MtP 73.7

तद्वद्वाचस्पतेः पूजां प्रवक्ष्यामि युधिष्ठिर सुवर्णपात्रे सौवर्णम् अमरेशपुरोहितम्

tadvadvācaspateḥ pūjāṃ pravakṣyāmi yudhiṣṭhira suvarṇapātre sauvarṇam amareśapurohitam

Likewise, O Yudhiṣṭhira, I shall declare the worship of Vācaspati: (one should place) on a golden dish a golden (image of) the chaplain of the lord of the immortals,

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MtP 73.8

पीतपुष्पाम्बरयुतं कृत्वा स्नात्वाथ सर्षपैः पलाशाश्वत्थयोगेन पञ्चगव्यजलेन च

pītapuṣpāmbarayutaṃ kṛtvā snātvātha sarṣapaiḥ palāśāśvatthayogena pañcagavyajalena ca

furnished with yellow flowers and yellow garments; having made (it so), and having then bathed (it) with mustard seeds, with a compound of palāśa and aśvattha, and with water mixed with the five products of the cow,

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MtP 73.9

पीताङ्गरागवसनो घृतहोमं तु कारयेत् प्रणम्य च गवा सार्धं ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्

pītāṅgarāgavasano ghṛtahomaṃ tu kārayet praṇamya ca gavā sārdhaṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet

wearing yellow unguent on the body and yellow clothes, he should have an oblation of ghee made; and having bowed, he should present (the image) together with a cow to a brahmin.

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MtP 73.10

नमस्ते ऽङ्गिरसां नाथ वाक्पते च बृहस्पते क्रूरग्रहैः पीडितानाम् अमृताय नमो नमः

namaste 'ṅgirasāṃ nātha vākpate ca bṛhaspate krūragrahaiḥ pīḍitānām amṛtāya namo namaḥ

"Homage to you, lord of the Aṅgirases, master of speech, Bṛhaspati; homage, homage to (you who are) the nectar of those afflicted by cruel planets."

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MtP 73.11

संक्रान्तावस्य कौन्तेय यात्रास्वभ्युदयेषु च कुर्वन्बृहस्पतेः पूजां सर्वान्कामान्समश्नुते

saṃkrāntāvasya kaunteya yātrāsvabhyudayeṣu ca kurvanbṛhaspateḥ pūjāṃ sarvānkāmānsamaśnute

Performing this worship of Bṛhaspati at the sun's passage (into a new sign), O son of Kuntī, and at journeys and at festive undertakings, one obtains all one's desires.

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