Matsya Purana — Chapter 77
MtP 77.1
शर्करासप्तमीं वक्ष्ये तद्वत्कल्मषनाशिनीम् आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं ययानन्तं प्रजायते
śarkarāsaptamīṃ vakṣye tadvatkalmaṣanāśinīm āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ yayānantaṃ prajāyate
I shall declare the Śarkarā-saptamī, likewise a destroyer of stains, by which endless length of life, health, and lordship arise.
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MtP 77.2
माधवस्य सिते पक्षे सप्तम्यां नियतव्रतः प्रातः स्नात्वा तिलैः शुक्लैः शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः
mādhavasya site pakṣe saptamyāṃ niyatavrataḥ prātaḥ snātvā tilaiḥ śuklaiḥ śuklamālyānulepanaḥ
In the bright fortnight of Mādhava, on the seventh, with vow fixed, having bathed at dawn with white sesame, wearing white garlands and unguents,
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MtP 77.3
स्थण्डिले पद्ममालिख्य कुङ्कुमेन सकर्णिकम् तस्मिन्नमः सवित्रे तु गन्धधूपौ निवेदयेत्
sthaṇḍile padmamālikhya kuṅkumena sakarṇikam tasminnamaḥ savitre tu gandhadhūpau nivedayet
having drawn a lotus with its pericarp on the levelled altar-ground with saffron, upon it he should present perfume and incense (saying) "Homage to Savitṛ."
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MtP 77.4
स्थापयेदुदकुम्भं च शर्करापात्रसंयुतम् शुक्लवस्त्रैरलंकृत्य शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनैः सुवर्णेन समायुक्तं मन्त्रेणानेन पूजयेत्
sthāpayedudakumbhaṃ ca śarkarāpātrasaṃyutam śuklavastrairalaṃkṛtya śuklamālyānulepanaiḥ suvarṇena samāyuktaṃ mantreṇānena pūjayet
And he should set down a water-jar joined with a vessel of sugar, having adorned it with white cloths, with white garlands and unguents, together with gold; he should worship it with this mantra:
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MtP 77.5
विश्ववेदमयो यस्माद् वेदवादीति पठ्यसे सर्वस्यामृतमेव त्वम् अतः शान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे
viśvavedamayo yasmād vedavādīti paṭhyase sarvasyāmṛtameva tvam ataḥ śāntiṃ prayaccha me
"Since you consist of all the Vedas, you are recited as the speaker of the Veda; you are the very nectar of all — therefore grant me peace."
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MtP 77.6
पञ्चगव्यं ततः पीत्वा स्वपेत्तत्पार्श्वतः क्षितौ सौरसूक्तं स्मरन्नास्ते पुराणश्रवणेन च
pañcagavyaṃ tataḥ pītvā svapettatpārśvataḥ kṣitau saurasūktaṃ smarannāste purāṇaśravaṇena ca
Then, having drunk the five products of the cow, he should sleep on the ground beside it; he remains recollecting the hymn to the Sun and hearing the Purāṇa.
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MtP 77.7
अहोरात्रे गते पश्चाद् अष्टम्यां कृतनैत्यकः तत्सर्वं विदुषे तद्वद् ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
ahorātre gate paścād aṣṭamyāṃ kṛtanaityakaḥ tatsarvaṃ viduṣe tadvad brāhmaṇāya nivedayet
After the day and night have passed, on the eighth, having done the daily rites, he should present all that likewise to a learned brahmin.
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MtP 77.8
भोजयेच्छक्तितो विप्राञ् छर्कराघृतपायसैः भुञ्जीतातैललवणं स्वयमप्यथ वाग्यतः
bhojayecchaktito viprāñ charkarāghṛtapāyasaiḥ bhuñjītātailalavaṇaṃ svayamapyatha vāgyataḥ
He should feed brahmins according to his means with sugar, ghee, and milk-rice; and he himself too should eat (food) without oil and salt, restrained in speech.
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MtP 77.9
अनेन विधिना सर्वं मासि मासि समाचरेत् संवत्सरान्ते शयनं शर्कराकलशान्वितम्
anena vidhinā sarvaṃ māsi māsi samācaret saṃvatsarānte śayanaṃ śarkarākalaśānvitam
By this rule he should perform the whole (rite) month after month; at the end of the year, a bed together with a pot of sugar,
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MtP 77.10
सर्वोपस्करसंयुक्तं तथैकां गां पयस्विनीम् गृहं च शक्तिमान्दद्यात् समस्तोपस्करान्वितम्
sarvopaskarasaṃyuktaṃ tathaikāṃ gāṃ payasvinīm gṛhaṃ ca śaktimāndadyāt samastopaskarānvitam
(a bed) furnished with all its appurtenances, and likewise one milch cow; and one who is able should give a house too, provided with all its furnishings.
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MtP 77.11
सहस्रेणाथ निष्काणां कृत्वा दद्याच्छतेन वा दशभिर्वाथ निष्केण तदर्धेनापि शक्तितः
sahasreṇātha niṣkāṇāṃ kṛtvā dadyācchatena vā daśabhirvātha niṣkeṇa tadardhenāpi śaktitaḥ
He should have (it) made at the cost of a thousand niṣkas, or give it for a hundred, or for ten, or for a single niṣka, or even for half of that, according to his means.
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MtP 77.12
सुवर्णाश्वः प्रदातव्यः पूर्ववन्मन्त्रवादनम् न वित्तशाठ्यं कुर्वीत कुर्वन्दोषं समश्नुते
suvarṇāśvaḥ pradātavyaḥ pūrvavanmantravādanam na vittaśāṭhyaṃ kurvīta kurvandoṣaṃ samaśnute
A golden horse is to be given; the mantra-recitation is as before. One should not practise miserliness with one's wealth; doing so, one incurs fault.
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MtP 77.13
अमृतं पिबतो वक्त्रात् सूर्यस्यामृतबिन्दवः निपेतुर्ये धरण्यां तु शालिमुद्गेक्षवः स्मृताः
amṛtaṃ pibato vaktrāt sūryasyāmṛtabindavaḥ nipeturye dharaṇyāṃ tu śālimudgekṣavaḥ smṛtāḥ
The drops of nectar which fell to the earth from the mouth of the Sun as he drank nectar — these are held to be rice, mung beans and sugarcane.
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MtP 77.14
शर्करा तु परा तस्माद् इक्षुसारो ऽमृतात्मवान् इष्टा रवेरतः पुण्या शर्करा हव्यकव्ययोः
śarkarā tu parā tasmād ikṣusāro 'mṛtātmavān iṣṭā raverataḥ puṇyā śarkarā havyakavyayoḥ
But sugar is higher than these, being the essence of the sugarcane and having the nature of nectar; hence sugar is dear to the Sun, and holy for offerings to gods and to the ancestors.
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MtP 77.15
शर्करासप्तमी चेयं वाजिमेधफलप्रदा सर्वदुष्टप्रशमनी पुत्रपौत्रप्रवर्धिनी
śarkarāsaptamī ceyaṃ vājimedhaphalapradā sarvaduṣṭapraśamanī putrapautrapravardhinī
And this Śarkarā-saptamī (the Seventh of Sugar) bestows the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, allays all evils, and increases sons and grandsons.
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MtP 77.16
यः कुर्यात्परया भक्त्या स वै सद्गतिमाप्नुयात् कल्पमेकं वसेत्स्वर्गे ततो याति परं पदम्
yaḥ kuryātparayā bhaktyā sa vai sadgatimāpnuyāt kalpamekaṃ vasetsvarge tato yāti paraṃ padam
Whoever performs it with the highest devotion attains indeed a good destiny; he dwells in heaven for one kalpa, and thereafter goes to the supreme station.
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MtP 77.17
इदमनघं शृणोति यः स्मरेद्वा परिपठतीह दिवाकरस्य लोके मतिमपि च ददाति सो ऽपि देवैर् अमरवधूजनमालयाभिपूज्यः
idamanaghaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ smaredvā paripaṭhatīha divākarasya loke matimapi ca dadāti so 'pi devair amaravadhūjanamālayābhipūjyaḥ
Whoever hears this faultless (account), or recalls it, or recites it through here, and also gives his attention (to it), he too is to be worshipped by the gods in the world of the Sun, with a garland (bestowed) by the throng of the wives of the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain