Matsya Purana 131.24
Matsyapurāṇa 131.24
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131.24
khecarāḥ khecarārāvā bho bho dākṣāyaṇīsutāḥ.
niśāmayadhvaṃ svapno'yaṃ mayā drṛṣṭo bhayāvahaḥ.. 131.25 ..
When the three Asuras took their respective seats, it seemed that the clouds rested on the top of the summit of the golden mountain Then, one by one, all the Asuras, with their strong armours and military dress, very violent, came there to Maya's assembly And when everyone sat down on his seat, Maya the maker of Mâyâ addressed them as follows —23-24
"Hear, O, sons of Dîkṣîyanî wanderers in the air! you, that roar in the celestial regions! the dreadful dream that I dreamt last night I saw in my dream four women, three of them very terrible and belonging to this earth, raging like fire, enter the Tripura fortress On entering this city, they began to torment the people thereof Their valour is indomitable, they entered with rage into the city and divided themselves into many forms and entered into the bodies of the demons. This whole city, it seemed, was covered over with darkness You all, with your houses and everything were drowned in the ocean I saw one owl and a fair naked woman on a donkey, I saw also a man with a mark of redpowder on his forehead, he was four footed and three-eyed. The woman, seen before was chased by this man. I awoke then. O, sons of Diti! Thus this dreadful woman appeared. Thus the dream was dreamt by me. I do not know whether this dream portends future disasters to the Asuras? Whatever this may be, if I be fit to be your Emperor and if you consider my words beneficial to you, then, I advise you not to be jealous of each other. Avoid lust, anger, jealousy, envy and hold fast to truth, self restraint, Dharma and behave yourselves like Munis. Spread peace everywhere and worship Śiva. Who knows, that by observing these, all the forebodings of evils would be averted? From the dream, it appears that the three-eyed Rudra, the Deva of the Devas, is angry with us; for, O Asuras! I see clearly what will befall this Tripura castle. So you all should avoid quarrels acquire sincerety, and see how this dream fares with us.—29-36.
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit