Matsya Purana — Chapter 97

MtP 97.1

यदारोग्यकरं पुंसां यदनन्तफलप्रदम् यच्छान्तये च मर्त्यानां वद नन्दीश तद्व्रतम्

yadārogyakaraṃ puṃsāṃ yadanantaphalapradam yacchāntaye ca martyānāṃ vada nandīśa tadvratam

That which produces health in men, that which bestows endless fruit, and that which (works) for the peace of mortals—tell (me) that vow, O lord Nandin.

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MtP 97.2

यत्तद्विश्वात्मनो धाम परं ब्रह्म सनातनम् सूर्याग्निचन्द्ररूपेण तत्त्रिधा जगति स्थितम्

yattadviśvātmano dhāma paraṃ brahma sanātanam sūryāgnicandrarūpeṇa tattridhā jagati sthitam

That which is the abode of the Self of all, the supreme eternal brahman—that stands threefold in the world in the form of sun, fire and moon.

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MtP 97.3

तदाराध्य पुमान्विप्र प्राप्नोति कुशलं सदा तस्मादादित्यवारेण सदा नक्ताशनो भवेत्

tadārādhya pumānvipra prāpnoti kuśalaṃ sadā tasmādādityavāreṇa sadā naktāśano bhavet

Having worshipped that, O brahmin, a man always obtains well-being; therefore on Sunday one should always be an eater at night.

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MtP 97.4

यदा हस्तेन संयुक्तम् आदित्यस्य च वासरम् तदा शनिदिने कुर्याद् एकभक्तं विमत्सरः

yadā hastena saṃyuktam ādityasya ca vāsaram tadā śanidine kuryād ekabhaktaṃ vimatsaraḥ

When the Sun's day is joined with (the lunar mansion) Hasta, then, free of envy, one should take a single meal on the Saturday.

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MtP 97.5

नक्तमादित्यवारेण भोजयित्वा द्विजोत्तमान् पत्त्रैर्द्वादशसंयुक्तं रक्तचन्दनपङ्कजम्

naktamādityavāreṇa bhojayitvā dvijottamān pattrairdvādaśasaṃyuktaṃ raktacandanapaṅkajam

Having fed the best of the twice-born at night on Sunday, (one should draw) a lotus of red sandal paste furnished with twelve petals,

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MtP 97.6

विलिख्य विन्यसेत्सूर्यं नमस्कारेण पूर्वतः दिवाकरं तथाग्नेये विवस्वन्तमतः परम्

vilikhya vinyasetsūryaṃ namaskāreṇa pūrvataḥ divākaraṃ tathāgneye vivasvantamataḥ param

and having drawn (it), one should install Sūrya with obeisance on the east, and Divākara likewise in the southeast, and Vivasvat next after that,

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MtP 97.7

भगं तु नैरृते देवं वरुणं पश्चिमे दले महेन्द्रमनिले तद्वद् आदित्यं च तथोत्तरे

bhagaṃ tu nairṛte devaṃ varuṇaṃ paścime dale mahendramanile tadvad ādityaṃ ca tathottare

and the god Bhaga in the southwest, Varuṇa on the western petal, Mahendra in the northwest, and likewise Āditya in the north,

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MtP 97.8

शान्तमीशानभागे तु नमस्कारेण विन्यसेत् कर्णिकापूर्वपत्त्रे तु सूर्यस्य तुरगान्न्यसेत्

śāntamīśānabhāge tu namaskāreṇa vinyaset karṇikāpūrvapattre tu sūryasya turagānnyaset

and he should install Śānta with obeisance in the quarter of Īśāna; and on the pericarp and the eastern petal he should place the horses of Sūrya.

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MtP 97.9

दक्षिणे ऽर्यमनामानं मार्तण्डं पश्चिमे दले उत्तरे तु रविं देवं कर्णिकायां च भास्करम्

dakṣiṇe 'ryamanāmānaṃ mārtaṇḍaṃ paścime dale uttare tu raviṃ devaṃ karṇikāyāṃ ca bhāskaram

On the south (petal) the one named Aryaman, on the western petal Mārtaṇḍa, on the north the god Ravi, and on the pericarp Bhāskara.

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MtP 97.10

रक्तपुष्पोदकेनार्घ्यं सतिलारुणचन्दनम् तस्मिन्पद्मे ततो दद्याद् इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

raktapuṣpodakenārghyaṃ satilāruṇacandanam tasminpadme tato dadyād imaṃ mantramudīrayet

Then he should offer on that lotus the arghya of water with red flowers, together with sesame and red sandal, and should utter this mantra:

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MtP 97.11

कालात्मा सर्वभूतात्मा वेदात्मा विश्वतोमुखः यस्मादग्नीन्द्ररूपस्त्वम् अतः पाहि दिवाकर

kālātmā sarvabhūtātmā vedātmā viśvatomukhaḥ yasmādagnīndrarūpastvam ataḥ pāhi divākara

"(You are) the Self of time, the Self of all beings, the Self of the Veda, facing in every direction; since you are in the form of Agni and Indra, therefore protect (me), O maker of day.

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MtP 97.12

अग्निम् ईडे नमस्तुभ्यम् इषेत्वोर्जे च भास्कर अग्न आयाहि वरद नमस्ते ज्योतिषां पते

agnim īḍe namastubhyam iṣetvorje ca bhāskara agna āyāhi varada namaste jyotiṣāṃ pate

I praise Agni—homage to you; 'iṣe tvorje' (I invoke you), O Bhāskara; Agni, come, giver of boons—homage to you, lord of lights."

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MtP 97.13

अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा विसृजाथ निशि तैलविवर्जितम् भुञ्जीत वत्सरान्ते तु काञ्चनं कमलोत्तमम् पुरुषं च यथाशक्त्या कारयेद्द्विभुजं तथा

arghyaṃ dattvā visṛjātha niśi tailavivarjitam bhuñjīta vatsarānte tu kāñcanaṃ kamalottamam puruṣaṃ ca yathāśaktyā kārayeddvibhujaṃ tathā

Having given the arghya, he should then dismiss (the god); at night he should eat (food) free of oil; and at the end of the year he should have made, according to his ability, an excellent lotus of gold and likewise a two-armed (image of the) Puruṣa.

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MtP 97.14

सुवर्णशृङ्गीं कपिलां महार्घ्यां रौप्यैः खुरैः कांस्यदोहां सवत्साम् पूर्णे गुडस्योपरि ताम्रपात्रे निधाय पद्मं पुरुषं च दद्यात्

suvarṇaśṛṅgīṃ kapilāṃ mahārghyāṃ raupyaiḥ khuraiḥ kāṃsyadohāṃ savatsām pūrṇe guḍasyopari tāmrapātre nidhāya padmaṃ puruṣaṃ ca dadyāt

(He should give) a tawny cow with golden horns, of great price, fitted with silver hooves, with a bronze milking-vessel, together with her calf; and having set (them) upon a copper dish filled with molasses, he should give the lotus and the (golden) man.

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MtP 97.15

सम्पूज्य रक्ताम्बरमाल्यधूपैर् द्विजं च रक्तैरथ हेमशृङ्गैः संकल्पयित्वा पुरुषं सपद्मं दद्यादनेकव्रतदानकाय अव्यङ्गरूपाय जितेन्द्रियाय कुटुम्बिने देयमनुद्धताय

sampūjya raktāmbaramālyadhūpair dvijaṃ ca raktairatha hemaśṛṅgaiḥ saṃkalpayitvā puruṣaṃ sapadmaṃ dadyādanekavratadānakāya avyaṅgarūpāya jitendriyāya kuṭumbine deyamanuddhatāya

Having worshipped with red garments, garlands and incense, and (having honoured) the brahmin with red (things), and then, having formally resolved (the gift of) the man together with the lotus, with golden horns (?), he should give it to one who has made many vows and gifts, of unmaimed form, with senses subdued, a householder — it is to be given to one not arrogant.

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MtP 97.16

नमो नमः पापविनाशनाय विश्वात्मने सप्ततुरंगमाय सामर्ग्यजुर्धामनिधे विधात्रे भवाब्धिपोताय जगत्सवित्रे

namo namaḥ pāpavināśanāya viśvātmane saptaturaṃgamāya sāmargyajurdhāmanidhe vidhātre bhavābdhipotāya jagatsavitre

Homage, homage to the destroyer of sin, to the Self of all, to him of the seven horses, to the treasury that is the abode of Sāman, Rc and Yajus, to the ordainer, to the boat over the ocean of existence, to the begetter of the world.

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MtP 97.17

इत्यनेन विधिना समाचरेद् अब्दभेकमिह यस्तु मानवः सो ऽधिरोहति विनष्टकल्मषः सूर्यधाम धुतचामरावलिः

ityanena vidhinā samācared abdabhekamiha yastu mānavaḥ so 'dhirohati vinaṣṭakalmaṣaḥ sūryadhāma dhutacāmarāvaliḥ

The man who here performs (this) for one year according to this rule, his sins destroyed, ascends to the abode of the sun, with rows of fly-whisks waving (over him).

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MtP 97.18

धर्मसंक्षयमवाप्य भूपतिः शोकदुःखभयरोगवर्जितः द्वीपसप्तकपतिः पुनः पुनर् वर्ममूर्तिर् अमितौजसा युतः

dharmasaṃkṣayamavāpya bhūpatiḥ śokaduḥkhabhayarogavarjitaḥ dvīpasaptakapatiḥ punaḥ punar varmamūrtir amitaujasā yutaḥ

And when (that merit) is exhausted, (he becomes) a king free of grief, pain, fear and disease, lord of the seven continents again and again, embodied (in) armour(?), endowed with measureless energy.

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MtP 97.19

या च भर्तृगुरुदेवतत्परा वेदमूर्तिदिननक्तमाचरेत् सापि लोकममरेशवन्दिता याति नारद रवेर्न संशयः

yā ca bhartṛgurudevatatparā vedamūrtidinanaktamācaret sāpi lokamamareśavanditā yāti nārada raverna saṃśayaḥ

And the woman who, devoted to husband, elders and gods, performs (this) day and night for him whose body is the Veda — she too, praised by the lord of the immortals, goes to the world of the sun, Nārada; there is no doubt.

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MtP 97.20

यः पठेदपि शृणोति मानवः पठ्यमानमथ वानुमोदते सो ऽपि शक्रभुवनस्थितो ऽमरैः पूज्यते वसति चाक्षयं दिवि

yaḥ paṭhedapi śṛṇoti mānavaḥ paṭhyamānamatha vānumodate so 'pi śakrabhuvanasthito 'maraiḥ pūjyate vasati cākṣayaṃ divi

The man who recites this, or hears it, or even assents to its being recited — he too, established in Indra's world, is honoured by the immortals and dwells imperishably in heaven.

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