Matsyapurana 74

English (machine translation) 74

Language: English

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Brahmā said:
O Blessed One, who brings about deliverance across the ocean of worldly existence, / declare some observance that bestows heaven, health, and happiness.

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Īśvara said:
I shall declare the solar duties: [the vow] named Kalyāṇasaptamī, / likewise Viśokasaptamī, rich in fruits, destroying sins,

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holy Śarkarāsaptamī, and likewise Kamalasaptamī, / likewise Mandārasaptamī, and Śubhasaptamī which grants what is auspicious.

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All are declared to bear endless fruit; all are honored by divine seers. / I shall declare the rule for them in proper sequence.

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When a day of Āditya falls on the bright seventh, / it is called Kalyāṇinī and also Vijayā.

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On this [day], in the morning, one should bathe with cow's milk; / then, clad in white garments, one should fashion an eight-petaled lotus with unbroken grains of rice,

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facing east, [placing] in the middle likewise a circular pericarp; / one should install the lord of gods in all directions in sequence with flowers and unbroken rice grains:

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in the east with "To Tapana," and in the fire [direction] with "To Mārtaṇḍa," / in the southern with "To Divākara," and in the south-west with "To Vidhātṛ,"

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in the west with "To Varuṇa," and in the wind [direction] with "To Bhāskara," / in the northern with "To Vikartana," and on the eighth petal with "To Ravi."

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In the beginning, at the end, and in the middle: "Homage be to the Supreme Self!" / Having worshiped with these mantras illuminated by namas at the end,

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with white garments, fruits, foods, incense, garlands, and ointments, / one should worship with devotion on a consecrated mound of earth, with jaggery and salt.

Then, with the vyāhṛti mantras, one should dismiss the eminent twice-born; / one should worship according to one's means with devotion, with jaggery, milk, ghee, and the like, / and present a vessel of sesame and gold to a brāhmaṇa.

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Having slept while observing this rule, rising in the morning, a man, / having performed his bath and muttered prayers, together with the vipras [should eat] rice cooked in milk with ghee;

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and having eaten, he should present a vessel of ghee containing gold, together with a water jar, / to a brāhmaṇa who knows the Veda and is free from the hypocrisy of a cat's vow,

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[saying:] "May the blessed one, the Supreme Self Divākara, be pleased with this." / By this rule, one should perform the entire observance month after month.

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Then, in the thirteenth month, one should give thirteen cows / furnished with garments and ornaments, with gold on their faces, and yielding milk.

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Or a person lacking wealth, free from envy, may give even one; / one should not practice deceit regarding wealth, for out of delusion one falls down.

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The one who performs the Kalyāṇasaptamī according to this rule / is freed from all sins and glorified in the world of Sūrya; / endless longevity, health, and sovereignty arise for him here.

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Kalyāṇasaptamī always removes all sins, is worshiped by all deities, / and pacifies all evil at all times.

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Whoever hears or recites this Kalyāṇasaptamī, which grants endless fruit, / is released from all sins in this world.

Translations (1)

The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English

Linked texts (1)

Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit