Matsya Purana — Chapter 83
MtP 83.1
भगवञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि दानमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् यदक्षयं परे लोके देवर्षिगणपूजितम्
bhagavañchrotumicchāmi dānamāhātmyamuttamam yadakṣayaṃ pare loke devarṣigaṇapūjitam
Sir, I wish to hear the excellent greatness of giving, which is imperishable in the world beyond and honoured by the hosts of gods and sages.
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MtP 83.2
मेरोः प्रदानं वक्ष्यामि दशधा मुनिपुंगव यत्प्रदानान्नरो लोकान् आप्नोति सुरपूजितान्
meroḥ pradānaṃ vakṣyāmi daśadhā munipuṃgava yatpradānānnaro lokān āpnoti surapūjitān
I shall declare the gift of a Meru in ten kinds, O foremost of sages, by the giving of which a man attains the worlds honoured by the gods.
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MtP 83.3
पुराणेषु च वेदेषु यज्ञेष्वायतनेषु च न तत्फलमधीतेषु कृतेष्विह यदश्नुते
purāṇeṣu ca vedeṣu yajñeṣvāyataneṣu ca na tatphalamadhīteṣu kṛteṣviha yadaśnute
Not from Purāṇas, nor Vedas, nor sacrifices, nor temples, when these have been studied and made, (does one gain) that fruit which one enjoys here (by this gift).
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MtP 83.4
तस्माद्विधानं वक्ष्यामि पर्वतानामनुक्रमात् प्रथमो धान्यशैलः स्याद् द्वितीयो लवणाचलः
tasmādvidhānaṃ vakṣyāmi parvatānāmanukramāt prathamo dhānyaśailaḥ syād dvitīyo lavaṇācalaḥ
Therefore I shall declare the procedure for the mountains in order: the first would be the grain-mountain, the second the salt-mountain.
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MtP 83.5
गुडाचलस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो हेमपर्वतः पञ्चमस्तिलशैलः स्यात् षष्ठः कार्पासपर्वतः
guḍācalastṛtīyastu caturtho hemaparvataḥ pañcamastilaśailaḥ syāt ṣaṣṭhaḥ kārpāsaparvataḥ
The third is the molasses-mountain, the fourth the gold-mountain; the fifth would be the sesame-mountain, the sixth the cotton-mountain.
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MtP 83.6
सप्तमो घृतशैलश्च रत्नशैलस्तथाष्टमः राजतो नवमस्तद्वद् दशमः शर्कराचलः
saptamo ghṛtaśailaśca ratnaśailastathāṣṭamaḥ rājato navamastadvad daśamaḥ śarkarācalaḥ
The seventh is the ghee-mountain, and the eighth likewise the jewel-mountain; the ninth is of silver, and so the tenth is the sugar-mountain.
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MtP 83.7
वक्ष्ये विधानमेतेषां यथावदनुपूर्वशः अयने विषुवे पुण्ये व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये
vakṣye vidhānameteṣāṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ ayane viṣuve puṇye vyatīpāte dinakṣaye
I shall declare the procedure for these duly and in order: at a solstice, at an equinox, on an auspicious vyatīpāta, at the loss of a day (tithi),
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MtP 83.8
शुक्लपक्षे तृतीयायाम् उपरागे शशिक्षये विवाहोत्सवयज्ञेषु द्वादश्यामथ वा पुनः
śuklapakṣe tṛtīyāyām uparāge śaśikṣaye vivāhotsavayajñeṣu dvādaśyāmatha vā punaḥ
on the third day of the bright fortnight, at an eclipse, at the disappearance of the moon, at weddings, festivals and sacrifices, or else again on the twelfth,
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MtP 83.9
शुक्लायां पञ्चदश्यां वा पुण्यर्क्षे वा विधानतः धान्यशैलादयो देया यथाशास्त्रं विजानता
śuklāyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ vā puṇyarkṣe vā vidhānataḥ dhānyaśailādayo deyā yathāśāstraṃ vijānatā
or on the fifteenth of the bright fortnight, or under an auspicious asterism, the grain-mountain and the rest are to be given, according to rule, by one who knows, as the scriptures prescribe.
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MtP 83.10
तीर्थेष्वायतने वापि गोष्ठे वा भवनाङ्गणे मण्डपं कारयेद्भक्त्या चतुरस्रमुदङ्मुखम् प्रागुदक्प्रवणं तद्वत् प्राङ्मुखं च विधानतः
tīrtheṣvāyatane vāpi goṣṭhe vā bhavanāṅgaṇe maṇḍapaṃ kārayedbhaktyā caturasramudaṅmukham prāgudakpravaṇaṃ tadvat prāṅmukhaṃ ca vidhānataḥ
At sacred fords, or in a temple, or in a cow-pen, or in the courtyard of a house, one should have a pavilion made with devotion, four-cornered and facing north, sloping to the east and north, and likewise east-facing, according to rule.
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MtP 83.11
गोमयेनानुलिप्तायां भूमावास्तीर्य वै कुशान् तन्मध्ये पर्वतं कुर्याद् विष्कम्भपर्वतान्वितम्
gomayenānuliptāyāṃ bhūmāvāstīrya vai kuśān tanmadhye parvataṃ kuryād viṣkambhaparvatānvitam
On ground smeared with cow-dung, having spread kuśa grass, in the middle of it one should make the mountain, together with the supporting (subsidiary) mountains.
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MtP 83.12
धान्यद्रोणसहस्रेण भवेद्गिरिरिहोत्तमः मध्यमः पञ्चशतिकः कनिष्ठः स्यात् त्रिभिः शतैः
dhānyadroṇasahasreṇa bhavedgiririhottamaḥ madhyamaḥ pañcaśatikaḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ syāt tribhiḥ śataiḥ
With a thousand droṇas of grain the mountain here would be of the best kind; the middling one is of five hundred, the least would be with three hundred.
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MtP 83.13
मेरुर्महाव्रीहिमयस्तु मध्ये सुवर्णवृक्षत्रयसंयुतः स्यात् पूर्वेण मुक्ताफलवज्रयुक्तो याग्येन गोमेदकपुष्परागैः
merurmahāvrīhimayastu madhye suvarṇavṛkṣatrayasaṃyutaḥ syāt pūrveṇa muktāphalavajrayukto yāgyena gomedakapuṣparāgaiḥ
Meru, made of large rice-grain, should be in the middle, furnished with three golden trees; on the east it is joined with pearls and diamonds, on the southeast with gomeda stones and topazes.
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MtP 83.14
पश्चाच्च गारुत्मतनीलरत्नैः सौम्येन वैदूर्यसरोजरागैः श्रीखण्डखण्डैरभितः प्रवालैर् लतान्वितः शुक्तिशिलातलः स्यात्
paścācca gārutmatanīlaratnaiḥ saumyena vaidūryasarojarāgaiḥ śrīkhaṇḍakhaṇḍairabhitaḥ pravālair latānvitaḥ śuktiśilātalaḥ syāt
And on the west with emeralds and blue gems, on the north with cat's-eye and lotus-hued rubies; all round with pieces of sandalwood and with corals, it should be furnished with creepers and have its rock-floor of pearl-oysters.
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MtP 83.15
ब्रह्माथ विष्णुर्भगवान्पुरारिर् दिवाकरो ऽप्यत्र हिरण्मयः स्यात् मूर्धन्यवस्थानममत्सरेण कार्यं त्वनेकैश्च पुनर्द्विजौघैः
brahmātha viṣṇurbhagavānpurārir divākaro 'pyatra hiraṇmayaḥ syāt mūrdhanyavasthānamamatsareṇa kāryaṃ tvanekaiśca punardvijaughaiḥ
Brahmā, then the Lord Viṣṇu, the foe of the (three) cities (Śiva), and the sun too should here be made of gold; their placement on the summit is to be done ungrudgingly, and again by many throngs of brahmins.
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MtP 83.16
चत्वारि शृङ्गाणि च राजतानि नितम्बभागेष्वपि राजतः स्यात् तथेक्षुवंशावृतकन्दरस्तु घृतोदकप्रस्रवणैश्च दिक्षु
catvāri śṛṅgāṇi ca rājatāni nitambabhāgeṣvapi rājataḥ syāt tathekṣuvaṃśāvṛtakandarastu ghṛtodakaprasravaṇaiśca dikṣu
And its four peaks are of silver, and on the flank-portions too it should be of silver; likewise its caverns are covered with sugarcane stalks, and (it is furnished) in the directions with streams of ghee-water.
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MtP 83.17
शुक्लाम्बराण्यम्बुधरावली स्यात् पूर्वेण पीतानि च दक्षिणेन वासांसि पश्चादथ कर्बुराणि रक्तानि चैवोत्तरतो घनाली
śuklāmbarāṇyambudharāvalī syāt pūrveṇa pītāni ca dakṣiṇena vāsāṃsi paścādatha karburāṇi raktāni caivottarato ghanālī
The row of rain-clouds should have white garments in the east, and yellow ones in the south; the garments in the west then are variegated, and the cloud-row in the north red.
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MtP 83.18
रौप्यान्महेन्द्रप्रमुखांस् तथाष्टौ संस्थाप्य लोकाधिपतीन्क्रमेण नानाफलाली च समन्ततः स्यान् मनोरमं माल्यविलेपनं च
raupyānmahendrapramukhāṃs tathāṣṭau saṃsthāpya lokādhipatīnkrameṇa nānāphalālī ca samantataḥ syān manoramaṃ mālyavilepanaṃ ca
Having installed in order the eight lords of the worlds, headed by Mahendra, made of silver; and there should be a row of various fruits all around, and delightful garlands and unguent.
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MtP 83.19
वितानकं चोपरि पञ्चवर्णम् अम्लानपुष्पाभरणं सितं च इत्थं निवेश्यामरशैलमग्र्यं मेरोस्तु विष्कम्भगिरीन् क्रमेण
vitānakaṃ copari pañcavarṇam amlānapuṣpābharaṇaṃ sitaṃ ca itthaṃ niveśyāmaraśailamagryaṃ merostu viṣkambhagirīn krameṇa
And above, a canopy of five colours, white and adorned with unwithered flowers. Having thus set up the foremost mountain of the immortals, (one should set up) Meru's buttress-mountains in order,
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MtP 83.20
तुरीयभागेण चतुर्दिशं च संस्थापयेत्पुष्पविलेपनाढ्यान् पूर्वेण मन्दरमनेकफलावलीभिर् युक्तं यवैः कनकभद्रकदम्बचिह्नैः
turīyabhāgeṇa caturdiśaṃ ca saṃsthāpayetpuṣpavilepanāḍhyān pūrveṇa mandaramanekaphalāvalībhir yuktaṃ yavaiḥ kanakabhadrakadambacihnaiḥ
and with a fourth part (of the material) he should install them in the four directions, rich in flowers and unguents: in the east Mandara, furnished with many rows of fruits, (made) of barley, marked with a golden bhadra-kadamba tree.
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MtP 83.21
कामेन काञ्चनमयेन विराजमानम् आकारयेत्कुसुमवस्त्रविलेपनाढ्यम् क्षीरारुणोदसरसाथ वनेन चैवं रौप्येण शक्तिघटितेन विराजमानम्
kāmena kāñcanamayena virājamānam ākārayetkusumavastravilepanāḍhyam kṣīrāruṇodasarasātha vanena caivaṃ raupyeṇa śaktighaṭitena virājamānam
He should make it resplendent with a golden Kāma, rich in flowers, garments and unguents; and so too with the milk-lake Aruṇoda, and with a forest of silver made according to one's means, (making it) resplendent.
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MtP 83.22
याम्येन गन्धमदनश्च निवेशनीयो गोधूमसंचयमयः कलधौतयुक्तः हैमेन यज्ञपतिना घृतमानसेन वस्त्रैश्च राजतवनेन च संयुतः स्यात्
yāmyena gandhamadanaśca niveśanīyo godhūmasaṃcayamayaḥ kaladhautayuktaḥ haimena yajñapatinā ghṛtamānasena vastraiśca rājatavanena ca saṃyutaḥ syāt
And in the south Gandhamādana is to be set up, made of a heap of wheat, furnished with silver; it should be joined with a golden Lord of Sacrifice, with the Mānasa lake of ghee, with garments and with a silver forest.
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MtP 83.23
पश्चात् तिलाचलम् अनेकसुगन्धिपुष्पसौवर्णपिप्पलहिरण्मयहंसयुक्तम् आकारयेद्रजतपुष्पवनेन तद्वद् वस्त्रान्वितं दधिसितोदसरस् तथाग्रे
paścāt tilācalam anekasugandhipuṣpasauvarṇapippalahiraṇmayahaṃsayuktam ākārayedrajatapuṣpavanena tadvad vastrānvitaṃ dadhisitodasaras tathāgre
In the west he should make the sesame-mountain, furnished with many fragrant flowers, a golden pippala tree and golden geese; likewise with a silver flower-forest, provided with garments, and before it the lake Sitoda of curds.
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MtP 83.24
संस्थाप्य तं विपुलशैलमथोत्तरेण शैलं सुपार्श्वमपि माषमयं सुवस्त्रम् पुष्पैश्च हेमवटपादपशेखरं तम् आकारयेत् कनकधेनुविराजमानम्
saṃsthāpya taṃ vipulaśailamathottareṇa śailaṃ supārśvamapi māṣamayaṃ suvastram puṣpaiśca hemavaṭapādapaśekharaṃ tam ākārayet kanakadhenuvirājamānam
Having installed that vast mountain, then in the north the mountain Supārśva, made of black gram, well clothed; he should make it crested with a golden banyan tree with flowers, and resplendent with a golden cow.
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MtP 83.25
माक्षीकभद्रसरसाथ वनेन तद्वद् रौप्येण भास्वरवता च युतं विधाय होमश्चतुर्भिरथ वेदपुराणविद्भिर् दान्तैर् अनिन्द्यचरिताकृतिभिर्द्विजेन्द्रैः
mākṣīkabhadrasarasātha vanena tadvad raupyeṇa bhāsvaravatā ca yutaṃ vidhāya homaścaturbhiratha vedapurāṇavidbhir dāntair anindyacaritākṛtibhirdvijendraiḥ
And likewise the lake Bhadra of honey, and (it) joined with a forest of silver and with a shining one; having arranged this, then the fire-offering (is to be made) by four chief brahmins who know the Veda and the Purāṇas, self-controlled, of blameless conduct and appearance.
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MtP 83.26
पूर्वेण हस्तमितमत्र विधाय कुण्डं कार्यस्तिलैर्यवघृतेन समित्कुशैश्च रात्रौ च जागरमनुद्धतगीततूर्यैर् आवाहनं च कथयामि शिलोच्चयानाम्
pūrveṇa hastamitamatra vidhāya kuṇḍaṃ kāryastilairyavaghṛtena samitkuśaiśca rātrau ca jāgaramanuddhatagītatūryair āvāhanaṃ ca kathayāmi śiloccayānām
Having made here in the east a fire-pit measuring a cubit, the offering is to be performed with sesame, barley, ghee, fuel-sticks and kuśa grass; and at night a vigil with unboisterous song and instruments. And I shall tell the invocation of the mountains.
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MtP 83.27
त्वं सर्वदेवगणधामनिधे विरुद्धम् अस्मद्गृहेष्वमरपर्वत नाशयाशु क्षेमं विधत्स्व कुरु शान्तिमनुत्तमां नः सम्पूजितः परमभक्तिमता मया हि
tvaṃ sarvadevagaṇadhāmanidhe viruddham asmadgṛheṣvamaraparvata nāśayāśu kṣemaṃ vidhatsva kuru śāntimanuttamāṃ naḥ sampūjitaḥ paramabhaktimatā mayā hi
"You, O mountain of the immortals, treasury-abode of all the hosts of gods, quickly destroy what is hostile in our houses; ordain security, make for us unsurpassed peace, since you have been fully worshipped by me who am supremely devoted."
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MtP 83.28
त्वमेव भगवानीशो ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्दिवाकरः मूर्तामूर्तात्परं बीजम् अतः पाहि सनातन
tvameva bhagavānīśo brahmā viṣṇurdivākaraḥ mūrtāmūrtātparaṃ bījam ataḥ pāhi sanātana
"You alone are the Lord, the Ruler, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the Sun; (you are) the seed beyond the formed and the formless: therefore protect (me), O eternal one."
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MtP 83.29
यस्मात्त्वं लोकपालानां विश्वमूर्तेश्च मन्दिरम् रुद्रादित्यवसूनां च तस्माच्छान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे
yasmāttvaṃ lokapālānāṃ viśvamūrteśca mandiram rudrādityavasūnāṃ ca tasmācchāntiṃ prayaccha me
"Since you are the mansion of the world-guardians and of him whose form is the universe, and of the Rudras, Ādityas and Vasus, therefore grant me peace."
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MtP 83.30
यस्मादशून्यममरैर् नारीभिश्च शिवेन च तस्मान्माम् उद्धराशेषदुःखसंसारसागरात्
yasmādaśūnyamamarair nārībhiśca śivena ca tasmānmām uddharāśeṣaduḥkhasaṃsārasāgarāt
"Since (you are) not empty of the immortals and of women and of Śiva, therefore lift me out of the ocean of transmigration with all its sorrow."
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MtP 83.31
एवमभ्यर्च्य तं मेरुं मन्दरं चाभिपूजयेत् यस्माच्चैत्ररथेन त्वं भद्राश्वेन च वर्षतः
evamabhyarcya taṃ meruṃ mandaraṃ cābhipūjayet yasmāccaitrarathena tvaṃ bhadrāśvena ca varṣataḥ
Having worshipped that Meru in this way, he should then worship Mandara: "Since you shine by the Caitraratha grove and by the Bhadrāśva continent,
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MtP 83.32
शोभसे मन्दर क्षिप्रम् अतस्तुष्टिकरो भव यस्माच्चूडामणिर्जम्बूद्वीपे त्वं गन्धमादन
śobhase mandara kṣipram atastuṣṭikaro bhava yasmāccūḍāmaṇirjambūdvīpe tvaṃ gandhamādana
therefore, O Mandara, quickly become a giver of satisfaction. Since you, O Gandhamādana, are the crest-jewel on Jambūdvīpa,
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MtP 83.33
गन्धर्ववनशोभावान् अतः कीर्तिर्दृढास्तु मे यस्मात्त्वं केतुमालेन वैभ्राजेन वनेन च
gandharvavanaśobhāvān ataḥ kīrtirdṛḍhāstu me yasmāttvaṃ ketumālena vaibhrājena vanena ca
possessed of the beauty of the Gandharva forest, therefore let my fame be firm. Since you (shine) with Ketumāla and with the Vaibhrāja forest,
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MtP 83.34
हिरण्मयाश्वत्थशिरास् तस्मात्पुष्टिर्ध्रुवास्तु मे उत्तरैः कुरुभिर्यस्मात् सावित्रेण वनेन च
hiraṇmayāśvatthaśirās tasmātpuṣṭirdhruvāstu me uttaraiḥ kurubhiryasmāt sāvitreṇa vanena ca
“O Hiraṇmaya, whose crest is the aśvattha tree, therefore let my prosperity be firm; since you are (adorned) with the Northern Kurus and with the Sāvitra forest —
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MtP 83.35
सुपार्श्व राजसे नित्यम् अतः श्रीरक्षयास्तु मे एवमामन्त्र्य तान्सर्वान् प्रभाते विमले पुनः
supārśva rājase nityam ataḥ śrīrakṣayāstu me evamāmantrya tānsarvān prabhāte vimale punaḥ
“O Supārśva, you shine forever; therefore let my prosperity be unfailing.” Having thus invoked all of them, again at bright dawn,
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MtP 83.36
स्नात्वाथ गुरवे दद्यान् मध्यमं पर्वतोत्तमम् विष्कम्भपर्वतान्दद्याद् ऋत्विग्भ्यः क्रमशो मुने
snātvātha gurave dadyān madhyamaṃ parvatottamam viṣkambhaparvatāndadyād ṛtvigbhyaḥ kramaśo mune
having bathed, he should give the middle, the best of the mountains, to the teacher; and he should give the buttress-mountains to the officiating priests in order, O sage.
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MtP 83.37
गाश्च दद्याच्चतुर्विंशत् यथवा दश नारद नव सप्त तथाष्टौ वा पञ्च दद्याद् अशक्तिमान्
gāśca dadyāccaturviṃśat yathavā daśa nārada nava sapta tathāṣṭau vā pañca dadyād aśaktimān
And he should give twenty-four cows, or else ten, O Nārada; or nine, seven, or eight; one unable (to afford more) should give five.
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MtP 83.38
एकापि गुरवे देया कपिला च पयस्विनी पर्वतानामशेषाणाम् एष एव विधिः स्मृतः
ekāpi gurave deyā kapilā ca payasvinī parvatānāmaśeṣāṇām eṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
Even a single tawny milch cow should be given to the teacher. This same rule is declared for all the mountains without exception.
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MtP 83.39
त एव पूजने मन्त्रास् त एवोपस्करा मताः ग्रहाणां लोकपालानां ब्रह्मादीनां च सर्वदा
ta eva pūjane mantrās ta evopaskarā matāḥ grahāṇāṃ lokapālānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ ca sarvadā
Those very mantras (are used) in the worship, and those very implements are held (proper), always, for the planets, the world-guardians, and Brahmā and the rest.
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MtP 83.40
स्वमन्त्रेणैव सर्वेषु होमः शैलेषु पठ्यते उपवासी भवेन्नित्यम् अशक्ते नक्तमिष्यते
svamantreṇaiva sarveṣu homaḥ śaileṣu paṭhyate upavāsī bhavennityam aśakte naktamiṣyate
For all the mountains the oblation is prescribed with the deity's own mantra; one should constantly keep the fast, but for one unable, a single night meal is allowed.
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MtP 83.41
विधानं सर्वशैलानां क्रमशः शृणु नारद दानकाले च ये मन्त्राः पर्वतेषु च यत्फलम्
vidhānaṃ sarvaśailānāṃ kramaśaḥ śṛṇu nārada dānakāle ca ye mantrāḥ parvateṣu ca yatphalam
Hear in order, O Nārada, the procedure for all the mountains, and the mantras (to be used) at the time of the gift, and what fruit (accrues) in the case of the mountains.
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MtP 83.42
अन्नं ब्रह्म यतः प्रोक्तम् अन्ने प्राणाः प्रतिष्ठिताः अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि जगदन्नेन वर्तते
annaṃ brahma yataḥ proktam anne prāṇāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ annādbhavanti bhūtāni jagadannena vartate
Since food is declared to be brahman, in food the vital breaths are established; from food beings come to be, by food the world subsists.
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MtP 83.43
अन्नमेव ततो लक्ष्मीर् अन्नमेव जनार्दनः धान्यपर्वतरूपेण पाहि तस्मान्नगोत्तम
annameva tato lakṣmīr annameva janārdanaḥ dhānyaparvatarūpeṇa pāhi tasmānnagottama
Therefore food itself is Lakṣmī, food itself is Janārdana; therefore, in the form of a mountain of grain, protect (me), O best of mountains.
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MtP 83.44
अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्याद्धान्यमयं गिरिम् मन्वन्तरशतं साग्रं देवलोके महीयते
anena vidhinā yastu dadyāddhānyamayaṃ girim manvantaraśataṃ sāgraṃ devaloke mahīyate
He who by this procedure gives a mountain made of grain is honoured in the world of the gods for a full hundred manvantaras.
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MtP 83.45
अप्सरोगणगन्धर्वैर् आकीर्णेन विराजता विमानेन दिवः पृष्ठम् आयाति स्म निषेवित धर्मक्षये राजराज्यम् आप्नोतीह न संशयः
apsarogaṇagandharvair ākīrṇena virājatā vimānena divaḥ pṛṣṭham āyāti sma niṣevita dharmakṣaye rājarājyam āpnotīha na saṃśayaḥ
By a shining aerial car thronged with troops of apsarases and gandharvas he comes to the vault of heaven, waited upon (there); and when his merit is exhausted he obtains here the sovereignty of kings — there is no doubt.
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