Matsya Purana — Chapter 76

MtP 76.1

अन्यामपि प्रवक्ष्यामि नाम्ना तु फलसप्तमीम् यामुपोष्य नरः पापाद् विमुक्तः स्वर्गभाग्भवेत्

anyāmapi pravakṣyāmi nāmnā tu phalasaptamīm yāmupoṣya naraḥ pāpād vimuktaḥ svargabhāgbhavet

I shall declare yet another, called by name the Phala (Fruit) Seventh, by fasting on which a man, freed from sin, becomes a sharer in heaven.

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MtP 76.2

मार्गशीर्षे शुभे मासि सप्तम्यां नियतव्रतः तामुपोष्याथ कमलं कारयित्वा तु काञ्चनम्

mārgaśīrṣe śubhe māsi saptamyāṃ niyatavrataḥ tāmupoṣyātha kamalaṃ kārayitvā tu kāñcanam

In the auspicious month of Mārgaśīrṣa, on the seventh, with his vow duly kept, having fasted on that (day) and having had a lotus made of gold,

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MtP 76.3

शर्करासंयुतं दद्याद् ब्राह्मणाय कुटुम्बिने रविं काञ्चनकं कृत्वा पलस्यैकस्य धर्मवित् दद्याद्द्विकालवेलायां भानुर्मे प्रीयतामिति

śarkarāsaṃyutaṃ dadyād brāhmaṇāya kuṭumbine raviṃ kāñcanakaṃ kṛtvā palasyaikasya dharmavit dadyāddvikālavelāyāṃ bhānurme prīyatāmiti

He should give (it) together with sugar to a brahmin who maintains a household; and the knower of dharma, having made a golden sun of one pala, should give (it) at the time of the two junctures, saying, "May the Sun be pleased with me."

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MtP 76.4

भक्त्या तु विप्रान्सम्पूज्य चाष्टम्यां क्षीरभोजनम् दत्त्वा कुर्यात्फलयुतं यावत्स्यात्कृष्णेसप्तमी

bhaktyā tu viprānsampūjya cāṣṭamyāṃ kṣīrabhojanam dattvā kuryātphalayutaṃ yāvatsyātkṛṣṇesaptamī

And on the eighth, having worshipped brahmins with devotion and given them a meal of milk, he should carry (the observance) on with fruit, until the seventh of the dark fortnight arrives.

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MtP 76.5

तामप्युपोष्य विधिवद् अनेनैव क्रमेण तु तद्वद्धैमफलं दत्त्वा सुवर्णकमलान्वितम्

tāmapyupoṣya vidhivad anenaiva krameṇa tu tadvaddhaimaphalaṃ dattvā suvarṇakamalānvitam

Having fasted on that (seventh) too according to the rule, by this very same sequence, likewise giving a golden fruit together with a golden lotus,

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MtP 76.6

शर्करापात्रसंयुक्तं वस्त्रमाल्यसमन्वितम् संवत्सरं च तेनैव विधिनोभयसप्तमीम्

śarkarāpātrasaṃyuktaṃ vastramālyasamanvitam saṃvatsaraṃ ca tenaiva vidhinobhayasaptamīm

(the gift) joined with a vessel of sugar and accompanied by cloth and garland — and (so) for a year, by that same rule, (he observes) both seventh days.

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MtP 76.7

उपोष्य दत्त्वा क्रमशः सूर्यमन्त्रमुदीरयेत् भानुरर्को रविर्ब्रह्मा सूर्यः शक्रो हरिः शिवः श्रीमान्विभावसुस्त्वष्टा वरुणः प्रीयतामिति

upoṣya dattvā kramaśaḥ sūryamantramudīrayet bhānurarko ravirbrahmā sūryaḥ śakro hariḥ śivaḥ śrīmānvibhāvasustvaṣṭā varuṇaḥ prīyatāmiti

Having fasted and given in due order, he should utter the Sun's mantra: "Bhānu, Arka, Ravi, Brahmā, Sūrya, Śakra, Hari, Śiva, Śrīmān, Vibhāvasu, Tvaṣṭā, Varuṇa — may (he) be pleased."

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MtP 76.8

प्रतिमासं च सप्तम्याम् एकैकं नाम कीर्तयेत् प्रतिपक्षं फलत्यागम् एतत्कुर्वन्समाचरेत्

pratimāsaṃ ca saptamyām ekaikaṃ nāma kīrtayet pratipakṣaṃ phalatyāgam etatkurvansamācaret

And each month, on the seventh, he should pronounce one name at a time; every fortnight (there is) the giving up of a fruit — doing this, he should carry it out.

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MtP 76.9

व्रतान्ते विप्रमिथुनं पूजयेद्वस्त्रभूषणैः शर्कराकलशं दद्याद् धेमपद्मदलान्वितम्

vratānte vipramithunaṃ pūjayedvastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ śarkarākalaśaṃ dadyād dhemapadmadalānvitam

At the end of the observance he should honour a brahmin couple with garments and ornaments, and should give a pot of sugar furnished with golden lotus petals.

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MtP 76.10

यथा न विफलाः कामास् त्वद्भक्तानां सदा रवे तथानन्तफलावाप्तिर् अस्तु मे सप्तजन्मसु

yathā na viphalāḥ kāmās tvadbhaktānāṃ sadā rave tathānantaphalāvāptir astu me saptajanmasu

"As the desires of your devotees are never fruitless, O Ravi, so let there be for me the obtaining of endless fruit through seven births."

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MtP 76.11

इमामनन्तफलदां यः कुर्यात्फलसप्तमीम् सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा सूर्यलोके महीयते

imāmanantaphaladāṃ yaḥ kuryātphalasaptamīm sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā sūryaloke mahīyate

Whoever performs this Phala-saptamī, which bestows endless fruit, his self purified of all sins, is honoured in the world of the Sun.

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MtP 76.12

सुरापानादिकं किंचिद् यदत्रामुत्र वा कृतम् तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति यः कुर्यात्फलसप्तमीम्

surāpānādikaṃ kiṃcid yadatrāmutra vā kṛtam tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti yaḥ kuryātphalasaptamīm

Whatever has been done — the drinking of liquor and the rest — here or in the other world, all that goes to destruction for one who performs the Phala-saptamī.

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MtP 76.13

कुर्वाणः सप्तमीं चेमां सततं रोगवर्जितः भूतान्भव्यांश्च पुरुषांस् तारयेदेकविंशतिम् यः शृणोति पठेद्वापि सो ऽपि कल्याणभाग्भवेत्

kurvāṇaḥ saptamīṃ cemāṃ satataṃ rogavarjitaḥ bhūtānbhavyāṃśca puruṣāṃs tārayedekaviṃśatim yaḥ śṛṇoti paṭhedvāpi so 'pi kalyāṇabhāgbhavet

One who performs this seventh constantly is free of disease, and would carry across twenty-one men, past and future; and he who hears or recites (this) too becomes a sharer in well-being.

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