Matsya Purana — Chapter 78

MtP 78.1

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि तद्वत्कमलसप्तमीम् यस्याः संकीर्तनादेव तुष्यतीह दिवाकरः

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi tadvatkamalasaptamīm yasyāḥ saṃkīrtanādeva tuṣyatīha divākaraḥ

Next after this I shall proclaim, in the same way, the Kamala-saptamī (Seventh of the Lotus), at the mere praising of which the Sun is pleased here.

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MtP 78.2

वसन्तामलसप्तम्यां स्नातः सन्गौरसर्षपैः तिलपात्रे च सौवर्णे विधाय कमलं शुभम्

vasantāmalasaptamyāṃ snātaḥ sangaurasarṣapaiḥ tilapātre ca sauvarṇe vidhāya kamalaṃ śubham

On the spotless (bright) seventh of spring, having bathed together with white mustard seeds, and having placed a fair lotus in a golden vessel of sesame,

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MtP 78.3

वस्त्रयुग्मावृतं कृत्वा गन्धपुष्पैः समर्चयेत् नमः कमलहस्ताय नमस्ते विश्वधारिणे

vastrayugmāvṛtaṃ kṛtvā gandhapuṣpaiḥ samarcayet namaḥ kamalahastāya namaste viśvadhāriṇe

having covered it with a pair of garments, he should worship it with perfumes and flowers: "Homage to him who holds a lotus in his hand, homage to you, the supporter of the universe;

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MtP 78.4

दिवाकर नमस्तुभ्यं प्रभाकर नमो ऽस्तु ते ततो द्विकालवेलायाम् उदकुम्भसमन्विताम्

divākara namastubhyaṃ prabhākara namo 'stu te tato dvikālavelāyām udakumbhasamanvitām

O Day-maker, homage to you; O Light-maker, let there be homage to you." Then, at the hour of the two junctures, (the vessel) together with a water-jar

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MtP 78.5

विप्राय दद्यात्सम्पूज्य वस्त्रमाल्यविभूषणैः शक्त्या च कपिलां दद्याद् अलंकृत्य विधानतः

viprāya dadyātsampūjya vastramālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ śaktyā ca kapilāṃ dadyād alaṃkṛtya vidhānataḥ

he should give to a brahmin, having honoured (him) with garments, garlands and ornaments; and according to his means he should give a tawny cow, adorned according to the prescription.

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MtP 78.6

अहोरात्रे गते पश्चाद् अष्टम्यां भोजयेद्द्विजान् यथाशक्त्यथ भुञ्जीत मांसतैलविवर्जितम्

ahorātre gate paścād aṣṭamyāṃ bhojayeddvijān yathāśaktyatha bhuñjīta māṃsatailavivarjitam

After a day and night have passed, on the eighth he should feed brahmins according to his means, and then eat (food) free of meat and oil.

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MtP 78.7

अनेन विधिना शुक्लसप्तम्यां मासि मासि च सर्वं समाचरेद्भक्त्या वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः

anena vidhinā śuklasaptamyāṃ māsi māsi ca sarvaṃ samācaredbhaktyā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ

By this procedure he should perform everything with devotion on the seventh of the bright fortnight, month after month, avoiding stinginess with wealth.

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MtP 78.8

व्रतान्ते शयनं दद्यात् सुवर्णकमलान्वितम् गां च दद्यात्स्वशक्त्या तु सुवर्णाढ्यां पयस्विनीम्

vratānte śayanaṃ dadyāt suvarṇakamalānvitam gāṃ ca dadyātsvaśaktyā tu suvarṇāḍhyāṃ payasvinīm

At the end of the observance he should give a bed together with a golden lotus, and should give, according to his own means, a milch cow enriched with gold.

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MtP 78.9

भाजनासनदीपादीन् दद्याद् इष्टानुपस्करान् अनेन विधिना यस्तु कुर्यात्कमलसप्तमीम् लक्ष्मीमनन्तामभ्येति सूर्यलोके महीयते

bhājanāsanadīpādīn dadyād iṣṭānupaskarān anena vidhinā yastu kuryātkamalasaptamīm lakṣmīmanantāmabhyeti sūryaloke mahīyate

He should give vessels, seats, lamps and the rest, the desired utensils. He who performs the Kamala-saptamī by this procedure attains endless prosperity and is honoured in the world of the Sun.

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MtP 78.10

कल्पे कल्पे ततो लोकान् सप्तगत्वा पृथक्पृथक् अप्सरोभिः परिवृतस् ततो याति परां गतिम्

kalpe kalpe tato lokān saptagatvā pṛthakpṛthak apsarobhiḥ parivṛtas tato yāti parāṃ gatim

Then, kalpa after kalpa, having gone to the seven worlds one by one, surrounded by apsarases, he thereafter goes to the supreme goal.

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MtP 78.11

यः पश्यतीदं शृणुयाच्च मर्त्यः पठेच्च भक्त्याथ मतिं ददाति सो ऽप्यत्र लक्ष्मीमचलामवाप्य गन्धर्वविद्याधरलोकभाक्स्यात्

yaḥ paśyatīdaṃ śṛṇuyācca martyaḥ paṭhecca bhaktyātha matiṃ dadāti so 'pyatra lakṣmīmacalāmavāpya gandharvavidyādharalokabhāksyāt

The mortal who beholds this, and hears it, and recites it with devotion, or gives his attention to it — he too, having gained unshakable prosperity here, will come to share the world of the gandharvas and vidyādharas.

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