Matsya Purana 242: adhyāyaḥ 242

242.1

manumatsyasaṃvāde svapnadarśanavarṇanam.

Manu asked :—"Lord! be pleased to tell me all about the effects of the dreams that a king may see as well the auspicious signs when he goes out on some purpose How should those different dreams be interpreted?"—1

242.2

manuruvāca.
svapnākhyānaṃ kathaṃ deva! gamane pratyupasthite.
dṛśyante vividhākārāḥ kathan teṣāṃ phalaṃ bhavet .. 242.1 ..

242.3

matsya uvāca.
idīnīṃ kathayiṣyāmi nimittaṃ svapnadarśane.
nābhiṃ vinānyagātreṣu tṛṇavṛkṣasamudbhavaḥ .. 242.2 ..

Matsya said :—"Now listen to the effects of the various kinds of dreams If one dreams that grass has grown all over his body excepting on the navel, or that pieces of bell metal have been pasted on the head, or that his head is clean shaven, or that he is naked or that he has put on poor clothings or that he has fallen down from a height, or that he is besmeared with mud or oil, or that he is collecting molten iron, or sees the carcass of horses, red flowers, red trees, red halos, or that he is riding on a boar, bear, donkey or a camel, or that he iseating cooked flesh, oil or kichari (rice and pulse cooked together), or sees dancing, merry making marriage, hears songs, etc., or the playing of musical instruments other than the Vina or the guitar, or that he is plunging himself in the source of a river, or that he is bathing after rubbing himself in waters dirty with cowdung, or that he is bathing in muddled water, or that he is in his mother's womb, or that he is on a burning pole, or that the banner set up in honour of Indra has fallen, or the fall of the Sun and the Moon, or the various ills that arise in the Celestial, Intermediate or Terrestrial regions, or that the gods, the twice-born, the king or the preceptor are angry, or that he is embracing virgins, or the males committing unnatural offence, or that he has lost a limb of his body, or that he is besmeared with vomit or stool, or that he is going towards the south, or that is laid up with some disease, or that the fruits and flowers are on the decline, or that the houses have tumbled down, or the houses are being swept, or that he is playing with demons, monkeys, bears or men, or that he is discarded by his enemies, the sight of one wearing gerua (red) cloth, or that he is drinking oil or bathing in it, or that he is wearing red garlands, or his body is besmeared with red paste are all unlucky signs. It is always good to tell such bad dreams to other people. Also it is advisable to go to sleep again after seeing such dreams—2-15

242.4

cūrṇanaṃ mūrdhni kāṃsyānāṃ muṇḍanaṃ nagnatā tathā.
malināmbaradhāritvamabhyaṅgaḥ paṅkadigdhatā .. 242.3 ..

242.5

uccāt prapatanañcaiva dolārohaṇameva ca .
arjanaṃ pakkalohānāṃ hayānāmapi māraṇam .. 242.4 ..

242.6

raktapuṣpadrumāṇāñca maṇḍalasya tathaiva ca.
varāharkṣakharoṣṭrāṇāṃ tathā cārohaṇakriyā .. 242.5 ..

242.7

bhakṣaṇaṃ pakvamāṃsānāṃ tairasya kṛsarasya ca.
nartanaṃ hasanañcaiva vivāho gītameva ca.. 242.6 ..

242.8

tantrīvādya vihīnānāṃ vādyānāmabhivādanam.
sroto'vagāhagamanaṃ snānaṃ gomayavāriṇā .. 242.7 ..

242.9

paṅkodakena ca tathā mahī toyena cāpyatha.
mātuḥ praveśo jaṭhare citārohaṇameva ca .. 242.8 ..

242.10

śakradhvajābhipatanaṃ patanaṃ śaśisūryayoḥ.
divyāntarikṣabhaumānāmutpātānāñca darśanam .. 242.9 ..

242.11

devadvijātibhūpāla gurūṇāṃ krodha eva ca.
āliṅganaṃ kumārīṇāṃ puruṣāṇāñca maithunam .. 242.10 ..

242.12

hāniścaiva svagātrāṇāṃ virekavamanakriyā.
dakṣiṇāśābhigamanaṃ vyādhinābhibhavastathā .. 242.11 ..

242.13

phalāpahāniśca tathā puṣpahānistathaiva ca.
gṛhāṇāñcaiva pātaśca gṛhasammārjanantathā .. 242.12 ..

242.14

krīr̤ā piśācakravyāda vānararkṣanarairapi.
parādabhibhavaścaiva tasmācca vyasanodbhavaḥ .. 242.13 ..

242.15

kāṣāyavastradhāritvaṃ tadvat strī krīr̤anantathā.
snehapānāvagāhau ca raktamālyānulepanam .. 242.14 ..

242.16

evamādīni cānyāni duḥsvapnāni vinirdiśet.
etāṃ saṅkathanaṃ dhanyaṃ bhūyaḥ prasvāpanantathā .. 242.15 ..

242.17

kalkasnānantilaiḥ homo brāhmaṇānāñca pūjanam.
stutiśca vāsudevasya tathā tasyaiva pūjanam .. 242.16 ..

By bathing after rubbing over his body some grain paste, performing a sacrifice with sesamums, or worshipping the Brâhmaṇas, worshipping Viṣṇu, and by listening to the story of the liberation of the elephant by the Lord (Gajamoksan) the evil effects of bad dreams are driven away. A dream dreamt in the first part of the night gives its fruit in the first year, if it is dreamt in the second part of the night it gives its fruit in six months, if it occurs in the third part of the night it gives fruit in three months and if it comes in the fourth part of the night, it undoubtedly gives its fruit within a month—16-18

242.18

nāgendramokṣaśravaṇaṃ jñeyaṃ duḥsvapnāśanam.
svapnastu prathame yāme samvatsaravipākinaḥ .. 242.17 ..

242.19

ṣaḍbhirmāsaiḥ dvitīye tu tribhirmāsaistṛtīyake.
caturthaṃ māsamātreṇa paśyato nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 242.18 ..

242.20

aruṇodayavelāyāṃ daśāhena phalambhavet.
ekasyāṃ yadi vā rātrau śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham .. 242.19 ..

If one gets a dream just before sunrise, it gives fruit within ten days If one gets a couple of dreams in the night, the last one bears fruit consequently one should not go to sleep after he has dreamt a good dream—19 20

242.21

paścād vaṭastu yastatra tasya pākaṃ vinirdiśet.
tasmācchobhanake svapne paścāt svapno na paśyati .. 242.20 ..

242.22

śailaprāsādanāgāśva vṛṣabhārohaṇaṃ hitam.
drumāṇāṃ śvetapuṣpāṇāṃ gamane ca tathā dvija! .. 242.21 ..

If one rides on a horse, an elephant or an ox or climbs a hill or a palace or on a tree bearing white flowers, it is very auspicious—21 It is also equally auspicious to see in dream that a tree or some grass has grown in one's navel, or that he has several arms, heads, or the luxuriance of fruits, or that he is wearing white raiments and withered garlands or that he sees the eclipse of the Sun, the Moon or the stars or that he catches hold of the rainbow, or that he sweeps a floor or so or that the heaven and the earth are under his subjugation, or that he has killed his enemies. The seeing of these dreams brings victory in battle and gambling. When a man dreams that he has eaten raw flesh, fish or rice cooked in milk and sugar, or he sees a flow of blood, or that he is bathing in blood, or that he is drinking wine, blood, or milk, or that he is intwined in the intestines, or sees a clear sky, or the lioness, the she-elephant, and the mare or cow yields milk from their mouths, or that he is getting favours from the Devas, Brâhmaṇas or his guru or spiritual teacher, all these are auspicious dreams. When a man dreams that he is being anointed with waters from the cow's horns or moon, he will have chance of getting a kingdom When a man dreams that he is being installed in a throne or that he is beheaded, or that he is burnt in a fire and dead, or that his house or person is on fire, or that he has been blessed with the regalia of kingship, or that he is hearing the playing of guitar these also indicate the getting of sovereignty The dream of crossing the water by swimming, or that he is crossing an uneven country, or that a mare, a cow or a she elephant is giving birth in his house, or that he is riding on horses, these are auspicious, or that he is weeping, or that he has obtained good women or that he is embracing beautiful women, or that he is fettered or that he is besmeared with filth, or is being visited by a living king or friends or the sight of the Devas or crystal waters, these are auspicious.—22 34

242.23

drumatṛṇodbhavo nābhau tathaiva bahubāhutā.
tathaiva bahuśīrṣatvaṃ phalitodbhava eva ca .. 242.22 ..

242.24

suśuklamālyadhāritvaṃ suśuklāmbaradhāritā.
candrārkatārāgrahaṇaṃ parimārjanameva ca .. 242.23 ..

242.25

śakradhvajāliṅganañca taducchrāyakriyā tathā.
bhūmyambudhānāṃ grasanaṃ śatrūṇāñca vadhakriyā .. 242.24 ..

242.26

jayo vivāde dyūte ca saṃgrāme ca tathā dvija!.
bhakṣaṇañcārdramāṃsānāṃ matsyānāṃ pāyasasya ca .. 242.25 ..

242.27

darśanaṃ rudhirasyāpi snānaṃ vā rudhireṇa ca.
surārudhiramadyānāṃ pānaṃ kṣīrasya cāthavā .. 242.26 ..

242.28

antrervā veṣṭanaṃ bhūmau nirmalaṃ gaganaṃ tathā.
mukhena dohanaṃ śastaṃ mahiṣīṇāṃ tathā gavām .. 242.27 ..

242.29

siṃhīnāṃ hastinīnāñca vaḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca.
prasādo devaviprebhyo gurubhyaśca tathā śubhaḥ .. 242.28 ..

242.30

ambhasā tvabhiṣekastu gavāṃ śrṛṅgaśritena vā.
candrād bhraṣṭena vā rājan! jñeyo rājyaprado hi saḥ .. 242.29 ..

242.31

rājyābhiṣekaśca tathā chedanaṃ śirasastathā.
maraṇaṃ vahnidāhaśca vahnidāho gṛhādiṣu .. 242.30 ..

242.32

labdhiśca rājyaliṅgānāṃ tantrīvādyābhivādanam.
tathodakānāṃ taraṇaṃ tathā viṣamalaṅghanam .. 242.31 ..

242.33

hastinīvaḍavānāñca gavāñca prasavo gṛhe.
ārohaṇamathāśvānāṃ rodanañca tathā śubham.. 242.32 ..

242.34

varastrīṇāṃ tathālābhaḥ tathāliṅganameva ca.
nigaḍairbandhanaṃ dhanyaṃ tathā viṣṭhānulepanam .. 242.33 ..

242.35

jīvitāṃ bhūmipālānāṃ suhṛdāmapi darśanam.
darśaṃ devatānāñca vimalānāṃ tathāmbhasām .. 242.34 ..

242.36

śubhānyathaitāni narastu dṛṣṭvā prāpnotyayatnād dhruvamarthalābham.
svapnāni vai dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭha! vyādhervimokṣañca tathā''turo'pi .. 242.35 ..

One who sees such dreams readily gets wealth without any effort and if a sick person gets such dreams he is sure to be cured ere long—35