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Matsyapurana 167.65

Matsyapurāṇa 167.65

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Sanskrit

167.65

parastrivargād oṃkāras trivargārthanidarśanaḥ
evamādipurāṇeśo vadanneva mahāmatiḥ //

Śrī Bhagavâna said —"O Brâhmaṇa ! I am Nârâyaṇa I am the Creator and Destroyer of all I am known as Ananta, Sahsraśirṣâ, Śeṣa, &c in the Vedas I am that golden Person, illustrious like the Sun I am Brahmamâyâ yajña among the sacrifices I am Agni carrying oblations I am the father of waters I am Indra in his place I am the Parivatsara of the years I am the yogi, the cycle and the end of the cycle I am present in all the beings including the Devas I am the Śeṣa among the serpents and the Garuḍa among the birds I an the end of all in the shape of Dharmarâja I am the dharma of all the Âśramas I am the asceticism of all the dewellers in the hermitages I am the divine river I am the milk ocean Kṣiroda I am the supreme truth I am Prajâpati I am the Sâṅkhya and Yoga I am the highest place, the sacrifice, the Presiding Deity over learning I am the Sun the wind, the earth, the sky, the water, the ocean, the stars the directions, the years, the moon, the clouds , I sleep in the milk ocean, I am the conflagration fire in the salt ocean I drink up all the Haviḥs in the form of waters by means of saṃvartaka fire I am the Parâma Purâṇa I am the Creator of the past, future and the present Brâhmaṇa ! whatever you see or hear about or think about, I am all those I created this universe before and I am creating it now Mārkaṇḍeya ! I create this whole universe at the end of each yuga and then support it Hear about my dharmas by joyfully entering within My belly Brahmâ along with the Ṛiṣis and the Devas rests in My body I am the Avyakta Yoga again I am Vyakta, the enemy of the demons You attain to me I am the one-lettered mantra and again the three lettered mantra I give dharma, artha kâma, and again I am the giver of Mukti I am the giver of salvation I am 'Om' the symbol of the sacred Trinity'—51-65

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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