Matsya Purana — Chapter 85

MtP 85.1

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि गुडपर्वतमुत्तमम् यत्प्रदानान्नरः स्वर्गम् आप्नोति सुरपूजितम्

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi guḍaparvatamuttamam yatpradānānnaraḥ svargam āpnoti surapūjitam

Next I shall proclaim the excellent mountain of raw sugar, by the giving of which a man attains heaven, honoured by the gods.

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MtP 85.2

उत्तमो दशभिर्भारैर् मध्यमः पञ्चभिर्मतः त्रिभिर्भारैः कनिष्ठः स्यात् तदर्धेनाल्पवित्तवान्

uttamo daśabhirbhārair madhyamaḥ pañcabhirmataḥ tribhirbhāraiḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ syāt tadardhenālpavittavān

The best (mountain) is of ten loads, the middling is reckoned at five; the least would be of three loads, and one of little wealth (may make it) of half of that.

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MtP 85.3

तद्वदामन्त्रणं पूजां हेमवृक्षसुरार्चनम् विष्कम्भपर्वतांस्तद्वत् सरांसि वनदेवताः

tadvadāmantraṇaṃ pūjāṃ hemavṛkṣasurārcanam viṣkambhaparvatāṃstadvat sarāṃsi vanadevatāḥ

In the same way (are to be done) the invitation, the worship, the golden trees and the honouring of the gods, and likewise the supporting-mountains, the lakes, and the forest deities.

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MtP 85.4

होमजागरणं तद्वल् लोकपालाधिवासनम् धान्यपर्वतवत् कुर्याद् इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

homajāgaraṇaṃ tadval lokapālādhivāsanam dhānyaparvatavat kuryād imaṃ mantramudīrayet

Likewise the oblation and the night vigil, and the installation of the guardians of the world: he should do (all) as in the case of the grain-mountain, and should utter this formula.

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MtP 85.5

यथा देवेषु विश्वात्मा प्रवरो ऽयं जनार्दनः सामवेदस्तु वेदानां महादेवस्तु योगिनाम्

yathā deveṣu viśvātmā pravaro 'yaṃ janārdanaḥ sāmavedastu vedānāṃ mahādevastu yoginām

As among the gods this Janārdana, the Self of all, is foremost, and the Sāmaveda among the Vedas, and Mahādeva among the yogins,

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MtP 85.6

प्रणवः सर्वमन्त्राणां नारीणां पार्वती यथा तथा रसानां प्रवरः सदैवेक्षुरसो मतः

praṇavaḥ sarvamantrāṇāṃ nārīṇāṃ pārvatī yathā tathā rasānāṃ pravaraḥ sadaivekṣuraso mataḥ

as the syllable Om is (foremost) of all formulas, and as Pārvatī is of women, so sugarcane juice is always held to be the foremost of juices.

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MtP 85.7

मम तस्मात्परां लक्ष्मीं गुडपर्वत देहि वै यस्मात्सौभाग्यदायिन्या भ्राता त्वं गुडपर्वत निवासश्चापि पार्वत्यास् तस्माच्छान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे

mama tasmātparāṃ lakṣmīṃ guḍaparvata dehi vai yasmātsaubhāgyadāyinyā bhrātā tvaṃ guḍaparvata nivāsaścāpi pārvatyās tasmācchāntiṃ prayaccha me

Therefore, O mountain of raw sugar, grant me the highest prosperity; since you, O mountain of raw sugar, are the brother of her who bestows good fortune, and are also the dwelling of Pārvatī, therefore grant me peace.

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MtP 85.8

अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्याद्गुडमयं गिरिम् पूज्यमानः स गन्धर्वैर् गौरीलोके महीयते

anena vidhinā yastu dadyādguḍamayaṃ girim pūjyamānaḥ sa gandharvair gaurīloke mahīyate

Whoever, by this rule, gives a mountain made of raw sugar, he, being worshipped by the gandharvas, is magnified in Gaurī's world.

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MtP 85.9

ततः कल्पशतान्ते तु सप्तद्वीपाधिपो भवेत् आयुरारोग्यसम्पन्नः शत्रुभिश्चापराजितः

tataḥ kalpaśatānte tu saptadvīpādhipo bhavet āyurārogyasampannaḥ śatrubhiścāparājitaḥ

Then, at the end of a hundred aeons, he becomes lord of the seven continents, endowed with long life and health, and unconquered by enemies.

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