Matsya Purana — Chapter 80
MtP 80.1
अथान्यामपि वक्ष्यामि शोभनां शुभसप्तमीम् यामुपोष्य नरो रोगशोकदुःखैः प्रमुच्यते
athānyāmapi vakṣyāmi śobhanāṃ śubhasaptamīm yāmupoṣya naro rogaśokaduḥkhaiḥ pramucyate
Now I shall declare yet another, the splendid Śubha-seventh, by fasting on which a man is freed from disease, grief and pain.
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MtP 80.2
पुण्येन चाश्वयुजे मासि कृतस्नानजपः शुचिः वाचयित्वा ततो विप्रान् आरभेच्छुभसप्तमीम्
puṇyena cāśvayuje māsi kṛtasnānajapaḥ śuciḥ vācayitvā tato viprān ārabhecchubhasaptamīm
And in the month of Āśvayuja (Āśvina), with merit, having bathed and murmured prayers, pure, and having had the brahmins recite (benedictions), he should then begin the Śubha-seventh.
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MtP 80.3
कपिलां पूजयेद्भक्त्या गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनैः नमामि सूर्यसम्भूताम् अशेषभुवनालयाम् त्वामहं शुभकल्याणशरीरां सर्वसिद्धये
kapilāṃ pūjayedbhaktyā gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ namāmi sūryasambhūtām aśeṣabhuvanālayām tvāmahaṃ śubhakalyāṇaśarīrāṃ sarvasiddhaye
He should worship a tawny (kapilā) cow with devotion, with perfumes, garlands and unguents: "I bow to you, born of the Sun, the dwelling of all the worlds, whose body is auspicious and blessed—for the accomplishment of all (my aims)."
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MtP 80.4
अथ कृत्वा तिलप्रस्थं ताम्रपात्रेण संयुतम् काञ्चनं वृषभं तद्वद् गन्धमाल्यगुडान्वितैः
atha kṛtvā tilaprasthaṃ tāmrapātreṇa saṃyutam kāñcanaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tadvad gandhamālyaguḍānvitaiḥ
Then, having prepared a prastha measure of sesame together with a copper vessel, and likewise a golden bull, with (offerings) accompanied by perfumes, garlands and molasses,
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MtP 80.5
फलैर् नानाविधैर् भक्ष्यैर् घृतपायससंयुतैः दद्याद्द्विकालवेलायाम् अर्यमा प्रीयतामिति
phalair nānāvidhair bhakṣyair ghṛtapāyasasaṃyutaiḥ dadyāddvikālavelāyām aryamā prīyatāmiti
with fruits of various kinds and edibles together with ghee and milk-rice, he should give (them) at the two (appointed) times, saying "may Aryaman be pleased."
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MtP 80.6
पञ्चगव्यं च संप्राश्य स्वपेद्भूमौ विमत्सरः ततः प्रभाते संजाते भक्त्या सम्पूजयेद्द्विजान्
pañcagavyaṃ ca saṃprāśya svapedbhūmau vimatsaraḥ tataḥ prabhāte saṃjāte bhaktyā sampūjayeddvijān
And having consumed the five products of the cow, he should sleep on the ground, free of envy; then, when dawn has come, he should worship the twice-born with devotion.
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MtP 80.7
अनेन विधिना दद्यान् मासि मासि सदा नरः वाससा वृषभं हैमं तद्वद्गां काञ्चनोद्भवाम्
anena vidhinā dadyān māsi māsi sadā naraḥ vāsasā vṛṣabhaṃ haimaṃ tadvadgāṃ kāñcanodbhavām
By this procedure a man should always give, month after month, a golden bull together with a garment, and likewise a cow made of gold.
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MtP 80.8
संवत्सरान्ते शयनम् इक्षुदण्डगुडान्वितम् सोपधानकविश्रामं भाजनासनसंयुतम्
saṃvatsarānte śayanam ikṣudaṇḍaguḍānvitam sopadhānakaviśrāmaṃ bhājanāsanasaṃyutam
At the year's end (he should give) a bed, together with sugarcane stalks and molasses, provided with a pillow and a resting-place (coverlet), and furnished with a vessel and a seat.
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MtP 80.9
ताम्रपात्रे तिलप्रस्थं सौवर्णं वृषभं तथा दद्याद्वेदविदे सर्वं विश्वात्मा प्रीयतामिति
tāmrapātre tilaprasthaṃ sauvarṇaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tathā dadyādvedavide sarvaṃ viśvātmā prīyatāmiti
And a prastha measure of sesame in a copper vessel, and a golden bull as well — all this he should give to one learned in the Veda, (saying) "may the Soul of the universe be pleased."
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MtP 80.10
अनेन विधिना विद्वान् कुर्याद्यः शुभसप्तमीम् तस्य श्रीर्विपुला कीर्तिर् भवेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि
anena vidhinā vidvān kuryādyaḥ śubhasaptamīm tasya śrīrvipulā kīrtir bhavejjanmani janmani
The learned man who observes the auspicious seventh by this procedure — his prosperity and fame will be abundant in birth after birth.
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MtP 80.11
अप्सरोगणगन्धर्वैः पूज्यमानः सुरालये वसेद्गणाधिपो भूत्वा यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् कल्पादाववतीर्णस्तु सप्तद्वीपाधिपो भवेत्
apsarogaṇagandharvaiḥ pūjyamānaḥ surālaye vasedgaṇādhipo bhūtvā yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam kalpādāvavatīrṇastu saptadvīpādhipo bhavet
Honoured by throngs of apsarases and by gandharvas, he would dwell in the abode of the gods, having become a lord of hosts, until the dissolution of beings; and when he descends (again) at the beginning of a kalpa he becomes ruler of the seven continents.
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MtP 80.12
ब्रह्महत्यासहस्रस्य भ्रूणहत्याशतस्य च नाशायालमियं पुण्या पठ्यते शुभसप्तमी
brahmahatyāsahasrasya bhrūṇahatyāśatasya ca nāśāyālamiyaṃ puṇyā paṭhyate śubhasaptamī
This meritorious auspicious seventh is declared sufficient for the destruction of a thousand slayings of a brahmin and of a hundred slayings of an embryo.
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MtP 80.13
इमां पठेद्यः शृणुयान्मुहूर्तं पश्येत्प्रसङ्गादपि दीयमानम् सो ऽप्यत्र सर्वाघविमुक्तदेहः प्राप्नोति विद्याधरनायकत्वम्
imāṃ paṭhedyaḥ śṛṇuyānmuhūrtaṃ paśyetprasaṅgādapi dīyamānam so 'pyatra sarvāghavimuktadehaḥ prāpnoti vidyādharanāyakatvam
Whoever recites this, or hears it, or for a moment even incidentally sees (the gift) being given — he too, his body freed here from all sin, attains the leadership of the vidyādharas.
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MtP 80.14
यावत्समाः सप्त नरः करोति यः सप्तमीं सप्तविधानयुक्ताम् स सप्तलोकाधिपतिः क्रमेण भूत्वा पदं याति परं मुरारेः
yāvatsamāḥ sapta naraḥ karoti yaḥ saptamīṃ saptavidhānayuktām sa saptalokādhipatiḥ krameṇa bhūtvā padaṃ yāti paraṃ murāreḥ
The man who for seven years performs the seventh (-day rite) joined with the sevenfold procedure — he, becoming in due course lord of the seven worlds, goes to the supreme abode of Murāri.
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