Matsya Purana — Chapter 9
MtP 9.1
एवं श्रुत्वा मनुः प्राह पुनरेव जनार्दनम् पूर्वेषां चरितं ब्रूहि मनूनां मधुसूदन
evaṃ śrutvā manuḥ prāha punareva janārdanam pūrveṣāṃ caritaṃ brūhi manūnāṃ madhusūdana
Having heard this, Manu spoke again to Janārdana: "Tell (me) the deeds of the former Manus, O slayer of Madhu."
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MtP 9.2
मन्वन्तराणि राजेन्द्र मनूनां चरितं च यत् प्रमाणं चैव कालस्य तां सृष्टिं च समासतः
manvantarāṇi rājendra manūnāṃ caritaṃ ca yat pramāṇaṃ caiva kālasya tāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ ca samāsataḥ
"(Tell me) the manvantaras, O best of kings, and what the deeds of the Manus were, and the measure of the time, and that creation, in brief."
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MtP 9.3
एकचित्तः प्रशान्तात्मा शृणु मार्तण्डनन्दन यामा नाम पुरा देवा आसन् स्वायम्भुवान्तरे
ekacittaḥ praśāntātmā śṛṇu mārtaṇḍanandana yāmā nāma purā devā āsan svāyambhuvāntare
Listen with single mind and calm spirit, O son of the Sun: formerly, in the Svāyambhuva interval, there were gods called Yāmas.
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MtP 9.4
सप्तैव ऋषयः पूर्वे ये मरीच्यादयः स्मृताः आग्नीध्रश्चाग्निबाहुश्च सहः सवन एव च
saptaiva ṛṣayaḥ pūrve ye marīcyādayaḥ smṛtāḥ āgnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca sahaḥ savana eva ca
The seven seers of old are recorded as those beginning with Marīci; and (the sons of Manu were) Āgnīdhra and Agnibāhu, Saha and Savana,
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MtP 9.5
ज्योतिष्मान् द्युतिमान् हव्यो मेधा मेधातिथिर् वसुः स्वायम्भुवस्यास्य मनोर् दशैते वंशवर्धनाः
jyotiṣmān dyutimān havyo medhā medhātithir vasuḥ svāyambhuvasyāsya manor daśaite vaṃśavardhanāḥ
Jyotiṣmān, Dyutimān, Havya, Medhā, Medhātithi, Vasu: these ten were the increasers of the line of this Manu Svāyambhuva.
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MtP 9.6
प्रतिसर्गमिमे कृत्वा जग्मुर्यत्परमंपदम् एतत् स्वायम्भुवं प्रोक्तं स्वारोचिषमतः परम्
pratisargamime kṛtvā jagmuryatparamaṃpadam etat svāyambhuvaṃ proktaṃ svārociṣamataḥ param
Having accomplished the subsequent creation, these went to the highest state. This has been declared as the Svāyambhuva (manvantara); next after it, the Svārociṣa.
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MtP 9.7
स्वारोचिषस्य तनयाश् चत्वारो देववर्चसः नभोनभस्यप्रसृतिभानवः कीर्तिवर्धनाः
svārociṣasya tanayāś catvāro devavarcasaḥ nabhonabhasyaprasṛtibhānavaḥ kīrtivardhanāḥ
The four sons of Svārociṣa, splendid as gods, increasers of fame, were Nabha, Nabhasya, Prasṛti, and Bhānu.
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MtP 9.8
दत्तो निश्च्यवनस्तम्बः प्राणः कश्यप एव च और्वो बृहस्पतिश्चैव सप्तैते ऋषयः स्मृताः
datto niścyavanastambaḥ prāṇaḥ kaśyapa eva ca aurvo bṛhaspatiścaiva saptaite ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Datta, Niścyavana, Stamba, Prāṇa, and Kaśyapa, Aurva and Bṛhaspati: these seven are recorded as the seers.
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MtP 9.9
देवाश्च तुषिता नाम स्मृताः स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे हस्तीन्द्रः सुकृतो मूर्तिर् आपो ज्योतिरयः स्मयः
devāśca tuṣitā nāma smṛtāḥ svārociṣe 'ntare hastīndraḥ sukṛto mūrtir āpo jyotirayaḥ smayaḥ
And the gods in the Svārociṣa interval are recorded as those called Tuṣitas; (and) Hastīndra, Sukṛta, Mūrti, Āpa, Jyotis, Aya, Smaya —
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MtP 9.10
वसिष्ठस्य सुताः सप्त ये प्रजापतयः स्मृताः द्वितीयमेतत्कथितं मन्वन्तरमतः परम्
vasiṣṭhasya sutāḥ sapta ye prajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥ dvitīyametatkathitaṃ manvantaramataḥ param
— these are the seven sons of Vasiṣṭha, who are recorded as Prajāpatis. This second manvantara has been told; next after it (comes another).
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MtP 9.11
औत्तमीयं प्रवक्ष्यामि तथा मन्वन्तरं शुभम् मनुर्नामौत्तमिर्यत्र दश पुत्रानजीजनत्
auttamīyaṃ pravakṣyāmi tathā manvantaraṃ śubham manurnāmauttamiryatra daśa putrānajījanat
Next I shall declare the auspicious Manu-period of Auttami, in which a Manu named Auttami begot ten sons.
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MtP 9.12
ईष ऊर्जश्च तर्जश् च शुचिः शुक्रस्तथैव च मधुश् च माधवश्चैव नभस्यो ऽथ नभास्तथा
īṣa ūrjaśca tarjaś ca śuciḥ śukrastathaiva ca madhuś ca mādhavaścaiva nabhasyo 'tha nabhāstathā
Īṣa and Ūrja and Tarja, Śuci and likewise Śukra, and Madhu and Mādhava, and Nabhasya, and Nabhas as well;
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MtP 9.13
सहः कनीयानेतेषाम् उदारः कीर्तिवर्धनः भावनास् तत्र देवाः स्युर् ऊर्जाः सप्तर्षयः स्मृताः
sahaḥ kanīyāneteṣām udāraḥ kīrtivardhanaḥ bhāvanās tatra devāḥ syur ūrjāḥ saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Sahas is the youngest of these, (then) Udāra and Kīrtivardhana. There the gods would be the Bhāvanas, and the Ūrjas are recorded as the seven seers.
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MtP 9.14
कौकुरुण्डिश्च दाल्भ्यश्च शङ्गः प्रवहणः शिवः सितश्च सस्मितश्चैव सप्तैते योगवर्धनाः
kaukuruṇḍiśca dālbhyaśca śaṅgaḥ pravahaṇaḥ śivaḥ sitaśca sasmitaścaiva saptaite yogavardhanāḥ
Kaukuruṇḍi, Dālbhya, Śaṅga, Pravahaṇa, Śiva, Sita, and Sasmita — these seven are increasers of yoga.
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MtP 9.15
मन्वन्तरं चतुर्थं तु तामसं नाम विश्रुतम् कविः पृथुस् तथैवाग्निर् अकपिः कपिरेव च
manvantaraṃ caturthaṃ tu tāmasaṃ nāma viśrutam kaviḥ pṛthus tathaivāgnir akapiḥ kapireva ca
The fourth manvantara, however, is known by the name Tāmasa: Kavi, Pṛthu, and likewise Agni, Akapi, and Kapi indeed,
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MtP 9.16
तथैव जल्पधीमानौ मुनयः सप्त तामसे साध्या देवगणा यत्र कथितास्तामसे ऽन्तरे
tathaiva jalpadhīmānau munayaḥ sapta tāmase sādhyā devagaṇā yatra kathitāstāmase 'ntare
and likewise Jalpa and Dhīmān — (these are) the seven sages in the Tāmasa (manvantara); and the Sādhyas are declared (to be) the classes of gods in that Tāmasa interval.
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MtP 9.17
अकल्मषस् तथा धन्वी तपोमूलस्तपोधनः तपोरतिस्तपस्यश्च तपोद्युतिपरंतपौ
akalmaṣas tathā dhanvī tapomūlastapodhanaḥ taporatistapasyaśca tapodyutiparaṃtapau
(And there were) Akalmaṣa, and Dhanvin, Tapomūla, Tapodhana, Taporati, and Tapasya, Tapodyuti and Paraṃtapa,
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MtP 9.18
तपोभागी तपोयोगी धर्माचाररताः सदा तामसस्य सुताः सर्वे दश वंशविवर्धनाः
tapobhāgī tapoyogī dharmācāraratāḥ sadā tāmasasya sutāḥ sarve daśa vaṃśavivardhanāḥ
Tapobhāgī (and) Tapoyogī — always devoted to the practice of dharma, all ten were the sons of Tāmasa, increasers of his line.
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MtP 9.19
पञ्चमस्य मनोस् तद्वद् रैवतस्यान्तरं शृणु देवबाहुः सुबाहुश्च पर्जन्यः सोमपो मुनिः
pañcamasya manos tadvad raivatasyāntaraṃ śṛṇu devabāhuḥ subāhuśca parjanyaḥ somapo muniḥ
Likewise hear (about) the era of the fifth Manu, Raivata: Devabāhu and Subāhu, Parjanya, Somapa, Muni,
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MtP 9.20
हिरण्यरोमा सप्ताश्वः सप्तैते ऋषयः स्मृताः देवाश्चाभूतरजसस् तथा प्रकृतयः शुभाः
hiraṇyaromā saptāśvaḥ saptaite ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ devāścābhūtarajasas tathā prakṛtayaḥ śubhāḥ
Hiraṇyaroman and Saptāśva — these seven are remembered as the seers; and the gods (were) the Abhūtarajases and likewise the auspicious Prakṛtis.
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MtP 9.21
अरुणस् तत्त्वदर्शी च वित्तवान्हव्यपः कपिः युक्तो निरुत्सुकः सत्त्वो निर्मोहो ऽथ प्रकाशकः
aruṇas tattvadarśī ca vittavānhavyapaḥ kapiḥ yukto nirutsukaḥ sattvo nirmoho 'tha prakāśakaḥ
Aruṇa, Tattvadarśin, Vittavān, Havyapa, Kapi, Yukta, Nirutsuka, Sattva, Nirmoha, and then Prakāśaka —
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MtP 9.22
धर्मवीर्यबलोपेता दशैते रैवतात्मजाः भृगुः सुधामा विरजाः सहिष्णुर्नाद एव च
dharmavīryabalopetā daśaite raivatātmajāḥ bhṛguḥ sudhāmā virajāḥ sahiṣṇurnāda eva ca
these ten, endowed with righteousness, valour, and strength, are the sons of Raivata. (Then) Bhṛgu, Sudhāman, Virajas, Sahiṣṇu, and Nāda as well —
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MtP 9.23
विवस्वानतिनामा च षष्ठे सप्तर्षयो ऽपरे चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे देवा लेखा नाम परिश्रुताः
vivasvānatināmā ca ṣaṣṭhe saptarṣayo 'pare cākṣuṣasyāntare devā lekhā nāma pariśrutāḥ
and Vivasvān and Atināmā — these are the other seven seers in the sixth (manvantara); in the interval of Cākṣuṣa the gods are widely known by the name Lekhas.
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MtP 9.24
ऋभवो ऽथ ऋभाद्याश् च वारिमूला दिवौकसः चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे प्रोक्ता देवानां पञ्च योनयः
ṛbhavo 'tha ṛbhādyāś ca vārimūlā divaukasaḥ cākṣuṣasyāntare proktā devānāṃ pañca yonayaḥ
The Ṛbhus, then those beginning with Ṛbhu, and the Vārimūlas, dwellers in heaven — in the interval (manvantara) of Cākṣuṣa five classes of gods are declared.
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MtP 9.25
रुरुप्रभृतयस्तद्वच् चाक्षुषस्य सुता दश प्रोक्ताः स्वायम्भुवे वंशे ये मया पूर्वमेव तु
ruruprabhṛtayastadvac cākṣuṣasya sutā daśa proktāḥ svāyambhuve vaṃśe ye mayā pūrvameva tu
Likewise Ruru and the rest, the ten sons of Cākṣuṣa, who were already declared by me earlier in (the account of) the Svāyambhuva lineage.
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MtP 9.26
अन्तरं चाक्षुषं चैतन् मया ते परिकीर्तितम् सप्तमं तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यद्वैवस्वतमुच्यते
antaraṃ cākṣuṣaṃ caitan mayā te parikīrtitam saptamaṃ tatpravakṣyāmi yadvaivasvatamucyate
And this, the Cākṣuṣa interval (manvantara), has been fully recounted by me to you; I shall now declare the seventh, which is called the Vaivasvata.
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MtP 9.27
अत्रिश् चैव वसिष्ठश्च कश्यपो गौतमस्तथा भरद्वाजस्तथा योगी विश्वामित्रः प्रतापवान्
atriś caiva vasiṣṭhaśca kaśyapo gautamastathā bharadvājastathā yogī viśvāmitraḥ pratāpavān
Atri and Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa and likewise Gautama, Bharadvāja and likewise the yogin Viśvāmitra of great might,
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MtP 9.28
जमदग्निश्च सप्तैते साम्प्रतं ये महर्षयः कृत्वा धर्मव्यवस्थानं प्रयान्ति परमं पदम्
jamadagniśca saptaite sāmprataṃ ye maharṣayaḥ kṛtvā dharmavyavasthānaṃ prayānti paramaṃ padam
and Jamadagni — these seven are the great seers of the present (age); having established the ordinances of dharma, they go to the highest state.
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MtP 9.29
साध्या विश्वे च रुद्राश्च मरुतो वसवो ऽश्विनौ आदित्याश्च सुरास्तद्वत् सप्त देवगणाः स्मृताः
sādhyā viśve ca rudrāśca maruto vasavo 'śvinau ādityāśca surāstadvat sapta devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ
The Sādhyas, the Viśve (devas), the Rudras, the Maruts, the Vasus, the two Aśvins, and the Ādityas — these gods are likewise remembered as the seven classes of deities.
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MtP 9.30
इक्ष्वाकुप्रमुखाश्चास्य दश पुत्राः स्मृता भुवि मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु सप्त सप्त महर्षयः
ikṣvākupramukhāścāsya daśa putrāḥ smṛtā bhuvi manvantareṣu sarveṣu sapta sapta maharṣayaḥ
And his ten sons, headed by Ikṣvāku, are remembered on earth; in all the Manu-intervals there are seven great seers in each.
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MtP 9.31
कृत्वा धर्मव्यवस्थानं प्रयान्ति परमं पदम् सावर्ण्यस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि मनोर्भावि तथान्तरम्
kṛtvā dharmavyavasthānaṃ prayānti paramaṃ padam sāvarṇyasya pravakṣyāmi manorbhāvi tathāntaram
Having set dharma in order, they go to the highest state. I shall now declare the coming interval of Sāvarṇi Manu.
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MtP 9.32
अश्वत्थामा शरद्वांश्च कौशिको गालवस्तथा शतानन्दः काश्यपश्च रामश्च ऋषयः स्मृताः
aśvatthāmā śaradvāṃśca kauśiko gālavastathā śatānandaḥ kāśyapaśca rāmaśca ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Aśvatthāman, Śaradvān, Kauśika, and Gālava, Śatānanda, Kāśyapa and Rāma — these are recorded as the sages.
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MtP 9.33
धृतिर् वरीयान् यवसः सुवर्णो वष्टिरेव च चरिष्णुर् ईड्यः सुमतिर् वसुः शुक्रश्च वीर्यवान्
dhṛtir varīyān yavasaḥ suvarṇo vaṣṭireva ca cariṣṇur īḍyaḥ sumatir vasuḥ śukraśca vīryavān
Dhṛti, Varīyas, Yavasa, Suvarṇa, and Vaṣṭi, Cariṣṇu, Īḍya, Sumati, Vasu, and the valiant Śukra —
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MtP 9.34
भविष्या दश सावर्णेर् मनोः पुत्राः प्रकीर्तिताः रौच्यादयस्तथान्ये ऽपि मनवः संप्रकीर्तिताः
bhaviṣyā daśa sāvarṇer manoḥ putrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ raucyādayastathānye 'pi manavaḥ saṃprakīrtitāḥ
these ten are proclaimed as the future sons of Sāvarṇi Manu; and the other Manus too, beginning with Raucya, are proclaimed.
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MtP 9.35
रुचेः प्रजापतेः पुत्रो रौच्यो नाम भविष्यति मनुर् भूतिसुतस् तद्वद् भौत्यो नाम भविष्यति
ruceḥ prajāpateḥ putro raucyo nāma bhaviṣyati manur bhūtisutas tadvad bhautyo nāma bhaviṣyati
The son of Ruci, the lord of creatures, will be a Manu named Raucya; likewise the son of Bhūti will be (the Manu) named Bhautya.
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MtP 9.36
ततस्तु मेरुसावर्णिर् ब्रह्मसूनुर् मनुः स्मृतः ऋतश्च ऋतधामा च विष्वक्सेनो मनुस् तथा
tatastu merusāvarṇir brahmasūnur manuḥ smṛtaḥ ṛtaśca ṛtadhāmā ca viṣvakseno manus tathā
Then Merusāvarṇi, the son of Brahmā, is recorded as Manu, and Ṛta and Ṛtadhāman, and Viṣvaksena as Manu.
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MtP 9.37
अतीतानागताश्चैते मनवः परिकीर्तिताः षडूनं युगसाहस्रम् एभिर् व्याप्तं नराधिप
atītānāgatāścaite manavaḥ parikīrtitāḥ ṣaḍūnaṃ yugasāhasram ebhir vyāptaṃ narādhipa
These Manus, past and yet to come, have been fully recounted; by them a thousand ages less six is filled out, O lord of men.
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MtP 9.38
स्वे स्वे ऽन्तरे सर्वमिदम् उत्पाद्य सचराचरम् कल्पक्षये विनिर्वृत्ते मुच्यन्ते ब्रह्मणा सहा
sve sve 'ntare sarvamidam utpādya sacarācaram kalpakṣaye vinirvṛtte mucyante brahmaṇā sahā
Each in his own interval, having brought forth all this together with what moves and does not move, when the destruction of the kalpa has come to pass they are released along with Brahmā.
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