Matsya Purana — Chapter 75
MtP 75.1
विशोकसप्तमीं तद्वद् वक्ष्यामि मुनिपुंगव यामुपोष्य नरः शोकं न कदाचिदिहाश्नुते
viśokasaptamīṃ tadvad vakṣyāmi munipuṃgava yāmupoṣya naraḥ śokaṃ na kadācidihāśnute
In the same way I shall declare the Viśoka (Sorrowless) Seventh, O bull among sages, by fasting on which a man never in this world meets with sorrow.
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MtP 75.2
माघे कृष्णतिलैः स्नात्वा षष्ठ्यां वै शुक्लपक्षतः कृताहारः कृसरया दन्तधावनपूर्वकम् उपवासव्रतं कृत्वा ब्रह्मचारी भवेन्निशि
māghe kṛṣṇatilaiḥ snātvā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vai śuklapakṣataḥ kṛtāhāraḥ kṛsarayā dantadhāvanapūrvakam upavāsavrataṃ kṛtvā brahmacārī bhavenniśi
In the month of Māgha, in the bright fortnight, on the sixth, having bathed with black sesame and having eaten a meal of kṛsara (rice and sesame) after cleaning his teeth, he should undertake the vow of fasting and remain chaste through the night.
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MtP 75.3
ततः प्रभात उत्थाय कृतस्नानजपः शुचिः कृत्वा तु काञ्चनं पद्मम् अर्कायेति च पूजयेत् करवीरेण रक्तेन रक्तवस्त्रयुगेन च
tataḥ prabhāta utthāya kṛtasnānajapaḥ śuciḥ kṛtvā tu kāñcanaṃ padmam arkāyeti ca pūjayet karavīreṇa raktena raktavastrayugena ca
Then, rising at daybreak, having bathed and murmured his prayers, pure, he should make a golden lotus and worship (it) with the words 'to Arka,' with red oleander and with a pair of red garments.
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MtP 75.4
यथा विशोकं भुवनं त्वयैवादित्य सर्वदा तथा विशोकता मे ऽस्तु त्वद्भक्तिः प्रतिजन्म च
yathā viśokaṃ bhuvanaṃ tvayaivāditya sarvadā tathā viśokatā me 'stu tvadbhaktiḥ pratijanma ca
"As the world is ever sorrowless through you alone, O Āditya, so let there be sorrowlessness for me, and devotion to you in every birth."
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MtP 75.5
एवं सम्पूज्य षष्ठ्यां तु भक्त्या सम्पूजयेद्द्विजान् सुप्त्वा संप्राश्य गोमूत्रम् उत्थाय कृतनैत्यकः
evaṃ sampūjya ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu bhaktyā sampūjayeddvijān suptvā saṃprāśya gomūtram utthāya kṛtanaityakaḥ
Having worshipped thus on the sixth, he should devoutly honour the brahmins; then, having slept, having sipped cow's urine, having risen and performed his daily rites,
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MtP 75.6
सम्पूज्य विप्रानन्नेन गुडपात्रसमन्वितम् तद्वस्त्रयुग्मं पद्मं च ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
sampūjya viprānannena guḍapātrasamanvitam tadvastrayugmaṃ padmaṃ ca brāhmaṇāya nivedayet
having honoured the brahmins with food together with a vessel of jaggery, he should present that pair of garments and the lotus to a brahmin.
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MtP 75.7
अतैललवणं भुक्त्वा सप्तम्यां मौनसंयुतः ततः पुराणश्रवणं कर्तव्यं भूतिमिच्छता
atailalavaṇaṃ bhuktvā saptamyāṃ maunasaṃyutaḥ tataḥ purāṇaśravaṇaṃ kartavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā
On the seventh, having eaten food without oil and salt, keeping silence, one who desires prosperity should then have the Purāṇa recited to him.
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MtP 75.8
अनेन विधिना सर्वम् उभयोरपि पक्षयोः कृत्वा यावत्पुनर्माघशुक्लपक्षस्य सप्तमी
anena vidhinā sarvam ubhayorapi pakṣayoḥ kṛtvā yāvatpunarmāghaśuklapakṣasya saptamī
Having done all this by this rule in both fortnights, until the seventh of the bright fortnight of Māgha comes again,
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MtP 75.9
व्रतान्ते कलशं दद्यात् सुवर्णकमलान्वितम् शय्यां सोपस्करां दद्यात् कपिलां च पयस्विनीम्
vratānte kalaśaṃ dadyāt suvarṇakamalānvitam śayyāṃ sopaskarāṃ dadyāt kapilāṃ ca payasvinīm
at the end of the vow he should give a water-jar together with a golden lotus; he should give a bed with its furnishings, and a tawny cow yielding milk.
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MtP 75.10
अनेन विधिना यस्तु वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः विशोकसप्तमीं कुर्यात् स याति परमां गतिम्
anena vidhinā yastu vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ viśokasaptamīṃ kuryāt sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
Whoever, avoiding stinginess with his wealth, performs the Viśoka Seventh by this rule goes to the highest state.
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MtP 75.11
यावज्जन्मसहस्राणां साग्रं कोटिशतं भवेत् तावन्न शोकमभ्येति रोगदौर्गत्यवर्जितः
yāvajjanmasahasrāṇāṃ sāgraṃ koṭiśataṃ bhavet tāvanna śokamabhyeti rogadaurgatyavarjitaḥ
For as long as a full hundred crore of thousands of births may last, for that long he does not come to sorrow, being free of disease and misfortune.
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MtP 75.12
यं यं प्रार्थयते कामं तं तमाप्नोति पुष्कलम् निष्कामः कुरुते यस्तु स परं ब्रह्म गच्छति
yaṃ yaṃ prārthayate kāmaṃ taṃ tamāpnoti puṣkalam niṣkāmaḥ kurute yastu sa paraṃ brahma gacchati
Whatever desire he prays for, that he obtains in abundance; but he who performs it without desire goes to the supreme Brahman.
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MtP 75.13
यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि विशोकाख्यां च सप्तमीम् सो ऽपीन्द्रलोकमाप्नोति न दुःखी जायते क्वचित्
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi viśokākhyāṃ ca saptamīm so 'pīndralokamāpnoti na duḥkhī jāyate kvacit
He too who recites or even hears (of) the Seventh called Viśoka attains the world of Indra and is nowhere born to sorrow.
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