Matsya Purana — Chapter 87

MtP 87.1

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि तिलशैलं विधानतः यत्प्रदानान्नरो याति विष्णुलोकं सनातनम्

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi tilaśailaṃ vidhānataḥ yatpradānānnaro yāti viṣṇulokaṃ sanātanam

Next I shall proclaim, according to rule, the mountain of sesame, by the giving of which a man goes to the eternal world of Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

MtP 87.2

उत्तमो दशभिर् द्रोणैर् मध्यमः पञ्चभिः स्मृतः त्रिभिः कनिष्ठो विप्रेन्द्र तिलशैलः प्रकीर्तितः

uttamo daśabhir droṇair madhyamaḥ pañcabhiḥ smṛtaḥ tribhiḥ kaniṣṭho viprendra tilaśailaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

The best is of ten droṇas, the middling is held to be of five, and the least of three, O chief of brahmins: thus is the sesame-mountain declared.

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MtP 87.3

पूर्ववच्चापरान्सर्वान् विष्कम्भानभितो गिरीन् दानमन्त्रान् प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावन्मुनिपुंगव

pūrvavaccāparānsarvān viṣkambhānabhito girīn dānamantrān pravakṣyāmi yathāvanmunipuṃgava

(He should make) all the other supporting-mountains around it as before; and I shall proclaim duly the formulas for the gift, O foremost of sages.

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MtP 87.4

यस्मान्मधुवधे विष्णोर् देहस्वेदसमुद्भवाः तिलाः कुशाश्च माषाश्च तस्माच्छान्त्यै भवत्विह

yasmānmadhuvadhe viṣṇor dehasvedasamudbhavāḥ tilāḥ kuśāśca māṣāśca tasmācchāntyai bhavatviha

Since, at the slaying of Madhu, sesame seeds, kuśa grasses and beans arose from the sweat of Viṣṇu's body, therefore let (it) be here for (my) peace.

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MtP 87.5

हव्ये कव्ये च यस्माच्च तिला एवाभिरक्षणम् भवादुद्धर शैलेन्द्र तिलाचल नमो ऽस्तु ते

havye kavye ca yasmācca tilā evābhirakṣaṇam bhavāduddhara śailendra tilācala namo 'stu te

And since in the offering to the gods and in the offering to the ancestors sesame alone is the safeguard — deliver (me) from worldly existence, O lord of mountains, O sesame-mountain; homage be to you.

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MtP 87.6

इत्यामन्त्र्य च यो दद्यात् तिलाचलमनुत्तमम् स वैष्णवं पदं याति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्

ityāmantrya ca yo dadyāt tilācalamanuttamam sa vaiṣṇavaṃ padaṃ yāti punarāvṛttidurlabham

— tr. refused: cyber

MtP 87.7

दीर्घायुष्यं समाप्नोति पुत्रपौत्रैश्च मोदते पितृभिर्देवगन्धर्वैः पूज्यमानो दिवं व्रजेत्

dīrghāyuṣyaṃ samāpnoti putrapautraiśca modate pitṛbhirdevagandharvaiḥ pūjyamāno divaṃ vrajet

He attains long life and rejoices with sons and grandsons; honored by the fathers, the gods and the gandharvas, he goes to heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition