Matsya Purana 244: adhyāyaḥ 244

244.1

vāmanāvatāracaritravarṇanam.

The Rṣis asked:—Sūta! you have related to us the duties of a sovereign and also about the various omens and effects of dreams, now we are desirous of hearing the glory of Lord Viṣṇu Pray tell us why the Lord in His Vâmana incarnation made Bali the great demon king a captive? How did He make His Dwarfish form increase all over the three worlds? —1 2 Sûta said :—Ṛiṣis ! the same question was put by Arjuna to the Muni Śaunaka in Vâmanâyatan in days gone by when the former was on a pilgrimage When Arjuna violated his promise with Yudhiṣṭhira about living with Draupadî, he went on pilgrimage for the expiation of his sin The image of Vâmana was installed in Kurukṣettra When Arjuna saw the image of Vâmana, he asked Śaunaka why Vâmana was worshipped ? and why did He assume the Dwarfish form ? Why Lord Viṣṇu incarnated Himself as Vârâha and how this Kṣettra became so dear to Vâmana ?’—3-7

244.2

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.
rājadharmastvayā sūta! kathito vistareṇa tu.
tathaivādbhutamaṅgalyaṃ svapnadarśanameva ca .. 244.1 ..

244.3

viṣṇoridānīṃ māhātmyaṃ punarvaktumihārhasi.
kathaṃ sa vāmano bhūtvā babandha balidānavam .. 244.2 ..
kramataḥ kīdṛśaṃ rupamāsīllokatraye hareḥ.

244.4

sūta uvāca.
etadeva purā pṛṣṭaḥ kurukṣetre tapodhanaḥ .. 244.3 ..

244.5

śaunakastīrthayātrāyāṃ vāmanāyatane purā.
yadā samayabheditvaṃ draupadyāḥ pārthivaṃ prati .. 244.4 ..

244.6

arjunena kṛtantatra tīrthayātrāṃ tadā yayau.
dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre vāmanāyatane sthitaḥ .. 244.5 ..

244.7

dṛṣṭvā sa vāmanastatra arjuno vākyamabravīt.

244.8

arjuna uvāca.
kinnimittamayaṃ devo vāmanākṛtirijyate .. 244.6 ..

244.9

varāharūpī bhagavān kasmātpūjyo'bhavatpurā.
kasmācca vāmanasyedamiṣṭaṃ kṣetramajāyata .. 244.7 ..

244.10

śaunaka uvāca.
vāmanasya ca vakṣyāmi varāhasya ca dhīmataḥ.
purā nivārite śakre sureṣu vijiteṣu ca .. 244.8 ..

Śaunaka replied :—I shall relate to you in brief the glories of Vâmana and Vârâha ” In the past decade, when Indra was vanquished by the Devas, then Aditi the mother of the Devas began to practise rigid austerities for sons again —8-9

244.11

cintayāmāsa devānāṃ jananī punarudbhavam.
aditirdevamātā ca paramaṃ duścaraṃ tapaḥ .. 244.9 ..

244.12

tīvrañca cāravarṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ pṛthivīpate!.
ārādhanāya kṛṣṇasya vātāhārā hyabhojanā .. 244.10 ..

For one thousand years she worshipped Lord Kṛiṣṇa by living on air alone, and on seeing Her children oppressed by the Devas she said to Herself that Her sons were born in vain and she then saluted Lord Viṣṇu and became very distressed —10-12

244.13

daityairnirākṛtān dṛṣṭvā tanayān kurunandana!.
vṛthā putrāhamasmīti nirvedātpraṇatāharim .. 244.11 ..

244.14

tuṣṭāva vāgbhiriṣṭābhiḥ paramārthanibodhane.
devadevaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ natvā sarvagataṃ harim .. 244.12 ..

244.15

aditiruvāca.
namaḥ smṛtārtināśāya namaḥ puṣkaramāline.
namaḥ paramakalyāṇa kalyāṇāyādivedhase .. 244.13 ..

Aditi said :—O Lord ! the Dispeller of all the troubles of the devotees on mere remembrance, the one who wears a garland of lotus flowers, the Prosperity of all beings, I salute Thee —13

244.16

namaḥ paṅkajanetrāya namaḥ paṅgajanābhaye.
śriyaḥ kāntāya dāntāya dāntadṛśyāya cakriṇe .. 244.14 ..

O Lotus eyed one ! Thou art the Prime Deva, Thou art more auspicious than the most auspicious From thy navel sprang the lotus, O Lord of Lakṣmî, the One, armed with a quoit, I salute Thee—14

244.17

namaḥ paṅkajasambhūti sambhavāyātmayonaye.
namaḥ śaṅkhāsihastāya namaḥ kanakaretase .. 244.15 ..

My salutations to the One from whose lotus navel has sprung Brahmâ, O Thou, the self-manifested ! the One armed with a conch, sword, etc, Thy essence is goldlike, salutations to Thee —15

244.18

tathātmajñātavijñāta yogicintyātma yogine.
nirguṇāyāviśeṣāya haraye brahmarūpiṇe .. 244.16 ..

O Âtmayogin ! O Âviśeṣa ! O Yogâchintya ! O Âtmajñân ! O Vijñâna sampanna ! O Nirguṇ ! my salutations to the One within whom the universe exists but whose majestic glory the universe does not realize I salute that Being, the Deva Hari, who is the gross of the gross and the subtle of the subtle Who hold conch in His hand —16

244.19

jagatpratiṣṭhitaṃ yatra jagatā yo na dṛśyate.
namaḥ sthūlātisūkṣmāya tasmai devāya śaṅkhine .. 244.17 ..

244.20

yanna paśyanti paśyanto jagadapyakhilannarāḥ.
apaśyadbhirjagatyatra na devo hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ .. 244.18 ..

I salute Him whom ordinary eyes do not see in spite of their seeing the universe, who although enshrined in every heart is not accessible to the mind of the wise even, in whom exist the grain, milk, rivers and in fact the whole universe, the sustainer of the whole universe, who is the very first Prajâpati, the Lord of all the creation, the Lord of all things, the Lord of all the Devas, who is Kṛiṣhṇa, the ordainer, who is adored both in the Pravṛitti Mârga and Nivṛitti Mârga by one’s own karmas, who is the giver of heavenly joys and emancipation, who drives away all the ills by a mere devotional meditation of Him, by realizing whom the soul is liberated from the cycle of births and deaths the Deva worshipped in the form of sacrifices the One Who is said to be inherent in all the Devas the One from whom the universe emanates, the One in whom the universe ultimately merges, in whose infinite glory the whole universe from Brahmâ downwards is sustained, the Supreme Lord Who sustains the universe in the form of water, by devoting to whom with all heart and soul people cross over all ignorance, Who exercises His influence in the minds of all beings by dancing in forms of dismay, contentment anger, etc, the Great Deva who All the demons have become suddenly void of their glory and look like coals charred in fire. They therefore appear as if visited by Providential calamity. How is this? Are these the symptoms of their approaching death?—2

244.21

yasminnannaṃ payaścaiva nadyaścaivākhilaṃ jagat.
tasmai samastajagatāmādhārāya namo namaḥ .. 244.19 ..

244.22

ādyaḥ prajāpatipatiḥ yaḥ prabhūṇāṃ patiḥ paraḥ.
patiḥ surāṇāṃ yastasmai namaḥ kṛṣṇāya vedhase .. 244.20 ..

244.23

yaḥ pravṛttau nivṛttau ca ijyate karmabhiḥ svakaiḥ.
svargāpavargaphalado namastasmai gadābhṛte .. 244.21 ..

244.24

yaścintyamāno manasā sadyaḥ pāpaṃ vyapohati.
namastasmai viśuddhāya parāya harivedhase .. 244.22 ..

244.25

yaṃ buddhvā sarvabhūtāni devadeveśamavyayam.
na punarjanmamaraṇe prāpnuvanti namāmi tam .. 244.23 ..

244.26

yo yajñe yajñaparamairijyate yajñasaṃjñitaḥ.
taṃ yajñapuruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ namāmi prabhumīśvaram .. 244.24 ..

244.27

gīyate sarvadeveṣu vedavidbhirvidāṃ patiḥ.
yastasmai vedavedyāya viṣṇave jiṣṇave namaḥ .. 244.25 ..

244.28

yato viśvaṃ samutpannaṃ yasmiṃśca layameṣyati.
viśvāgama pratiṣṭhāya namastasmai mahātmane .. 244.26 ..

244.29

brahmādi stambaparyantaṃ yena viśvamidaṃ tatam.
māyājālaṃ samuttartuṃ tamupendraṃ namāmyaham .. 244.27 ..

244.30

yastu toyasvarūpastho bibhartyakhilamīśvaraḥ.
viśvaṃ prajāpatiṃ viṣṇuṃ taṃ namāmi prajāpatim .. 244.28 ..

244.31

yamārādhya viśuddhena manasā karmaṇā girā.
tarantyavidyāmakhilāntamupendraṃ namāmyaham .. 244.29 ..

244.32

viṣādatoṣaroṣadyaiḥ yo'jasraṃ sukhaduḥkhajaiḥ.
nṛtyatyakhilabhūtasthastamupendraṃ namāmyaham .. 244.30 ..

244.33

mūrtaṃ tamo suramayantadvadhāt vinihanti yaḥ.
rātrirūpī sūryarūpī tamupendraṃ namāmyaham .. 244.31 ..

244.34

yasyākṣiṇī candrasūryau sarvalokaśubhāśubham.
paśyataḥ karma satatamupendraṃ taṃ namāmyaham .. 244.32 ..

244.35

yasmin sarveśvare sarvaṃ satyametanmayoditam.
nānṛtaṃ tamajaṃ viṣṇuṃ namāmi prabhavāvyayam .. 244.33 ..

244.36

yaccaitatsatyamuktaṃ me bhūyāṃścāto janārdanaḥ.
satyena tena sakalāḥ pūryantāṃ me manorathāḥ .. 244.34 ..

244.37

evaṃstutaḥ sa bhagavān vāsudeva uvāca tām.
adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāḥ sandarśane sthitaḥ .. 244.35 ..

244.38

manorathāṃ stvamadite! yānicchasyabhivāñchitān.
tāṃstvaṃ prāpsyasi dharmajñe! matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ .. 244.36 ..

244.39

śrṛṇuṣva sumahābhāge varo yaste hṛdi sthitaḥ.
tamāśu vriyatāṃ kāmaṃ śreyaste sambhaviṣyati
maddarśanaṃ hi viphalaṃ na kadācidbhaviṣyati .. 244.37 ..

244.40

aditiruvāca.
yadi deva! prasannastvaṃ madbhaktyā bhaktavatsala!.
trailokyādhipatiḥ putrastadastu mama vāsavaḥ .. 244.38 ..

244.41

hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ hṛtāścāsya yajñabhāgā mahāsuraiḥ.
tvayi prasanne varade tān prāpnotu suto mama .. 244.39 ..

244.42

hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ na duḥkhāya mama putrasya keśava!.
sāpantyāddāyanirbhraṃśo bādhāṃ na kurute hṛdi .. 244.40 ..

244.43

śrībhagavānuvāca.
kṛtaḥ prasādo hi mayā tava devi! yathepsitaḥ.
svāṃśena caiva te garbhe sambhaviṣyāmi kaśyapāt .. 244.41 ..

244.44

tava garbhasamudbhūtastataste ye surārayaḥ.
tānahaṃ nihaniṣyāmi nivṛttā bhava nandini! .. 244.42 ..

244.45

aditiruvāca.
prasīda deva! deveśa! namaste viśvabhāvana!.
nāhaṃ tvāmudare deva!voḍhuṃ śakṣyāmi keśava!.. 244.43 ..

244.46

yasmin pratiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ yo viśvaṃ svayamīśvaraḥ.
tamahaṃ nodareṇa tvāṃ voḍhuṃ śakṣyāmi durdharam .. 244.44 ..

244.47

śrībhagavānuvāca.
satyamāttha mahābhāge! mayi sarvamidaṃ jagat.
pratiṣṭhitaṃ na māṃ śaktāvoḍhuṃ sendrā divaukasaḥ .. 244.45 ..

244.48

kiṃ tvahaṃ sakalān lokān sadevāsuramānuṣān.
jaṅgamān sthāvarān sarvān tvāñca devi! sakaśyapām .. 244.46 ..

244.49

dhārayiṣyāmi bhadrante tadalaṃ sambhrameṇa te.
na te glānirna te svedo garbhasthe bhavitā mayi .. 244.47 ..

244.50

dākṣāyaṇi! prasādante karomyanyaiḥ sudurlabham.
garbhasthe mayi putrāṇāṃ tava yo'bhibhaviṣyati
tejasastasya hāniñca kariṣye mā vyathāṃ kṛthāḥ .. 244.48 ..

244.51

śainaka uvāca.
evamuktvā tataḥ sadyo yāto'ntardhānamīśvaraḥ.
sāpi kālena taṃ garbhamavāpa kurusattama! .. 244.49 ..

244.52

garbhasthite tataḥ kṛṣṇe cacāla sakalā kṣitiḥ.
cakampire mahāśailāḥ kṣobhañjagmustathābdhayaḥ .. 244.50 ..

244.53

yato yato'ditiryāti dadāti lalitaṃ padam.
tatastataḥ kṣitiḥ svedāt nanāma vasudhādhipa! .. 244.51 ..

244.54

daityānāmatha sarveṣāṃ garbhasthe madhusūdane.
babhūva tejasāṃ hāniryathoktaṃ parameṣṭhinā .. 244.52 ..