Chapter 10 - Shakradi-krta brahmastuti (The Prayer of Brahma done by Sakra etc.)

matsyapuranatah From Matsya Purana Evam sakradikrta brahmastutih The Prayer of Brahma done by Sakra etc. evam krte tato deva duyamanena cetasa | ||1|| jagmurjagadgurum drastum saranam kamalodbhavam || 1|| krte tato deva duyamanena cetasa. Jagmurjagadgurum drastum saranam kamalodbhavam.(1) After having done this, devas - Indra etc. with a pensive mind went in the retreat of Lotus-born Brahma to see Him. (1) niveditaste sakradyah sirobhirdharanim gatah | tustuvuh spastavarnairnu vacobhih kamalasanam ||2|| Niveditaste Sakradyah sirobhirdharanim gatah. Tustuvuh spastavarnaimu vacobhih kamalasanarin. (2) Devas-Indra etc. going there, decided to narrate the entire events that they felt themselves. Having reached there, they sat bending their heads. Then they prayed Lord Brahma, seated on the lotus-seat, with the recitation of the clear and sensible sentences. (2) devah "tvamo'nkarasyankuraya prasuto visvasyatma'nantabhedasya purvam | sambhutasyanantaram sattvamurte samharecchoste namo rudramurte " ||3|| Tvamonkarasyankuraya prasuto visvasyatma'nantabhedasya purvam. Sambhutasyanantaram sattvamurtte samharecchoste namo Rudramurtc. (3) Devas- O the Universal Soul! you are the root cause of the world of infinite varieties and the cause of creation and the embodiment of ' Om'. Your that ancient form of 'Om' is the germinated form of the tree of the world. O Sattvamurti! you being 'Sattvarupa' act in accordance with sattva behind the

(104) creation, and O Rudramurte! (The embodiment of Rudra) on the occasion of destruction, it is you who with a dreadful form destroy all. (3) vyaktim nitva tvam vapuh svam mahimna tasmadandat svabhidhanadacintyah | dyavaprthvyorurdhvakhandavarabhyam hyandadasmat tvam vibhagam karosi ||4|| Vyaktim nitva tvam vapuh svam mahimni tasmadandat svabhidhanadacintyah. Dyavaprthvyorurdhvakhandavarabhyam hyandadasmat tvam vibhagam karosi. We are saluting you-the form of the three virtues (sattva, rajas and tamas). By changing your body into the form of an egg gloriously you divide the egg into two parts-the upper one as heaven and the lower one, as the earth. You are beyond thinking. vyaktam merau yajjanayustavabhuddevam vidyastvatpranitascakasti | vyaktam deva janmatah sasvatasya dyauste murdha locane candrasuryau ||5|| Vyaktam merau yajjanayustavabhuddevam vidmastvatpranitascakasti. Vyaktam deva janmatah sasvatasya dyauste murdha locanc Candrasuryau. (5) The age limit of the deva and Creatures etc. that you decided on the mountain-Meru, the same rule framed by you is even now in vogue; this we clearly know. O Deva! you are birthless and eternal, heaven is your very head and the Sun and the Moon are your eyes. (5) vyalah kesah srotrarandhra disaste padau bhumirnabhirandhre samudrah | mayakarah karanam tvam prasiddho vedaih santo jyotisa tvam vimuktah || 6 || Vyalah kesah srotrarandhra disaste padau bhumimnabhirandhrc samudrah. Mayakarah karanam tvam prasiddho vedaih santo jyotisa tvam vimuktah.(6) Snakes are your hair, directions your ears, earth your feet and the sea your centre (the nabhi). You are the creator of Maya (the worldly affairs) and the prime cause of the entire world. Vedas call you quiet and free from light. bedarthesu tvam vivrnvanti buddhava hrtpadyantah sannivistam puranam | (6) tvamatmanam labdhayoga grnanti sankhyairyastah sapta suksmah pranitah ||7|| '

(105) Vedarthcsu tvam vivrnvanti buddhva hrtpadmantah sannivistam puranam Tvamatmanam labdhayoga grnanti sankhyairyastah sapta suksmah pranitah(7) 'Intelligent people knowing you, through the meaning of Vedas , decide your existence by saying you Puranapurusa present in the heart. The people knowing Sankhya and yoga identify you by saying 'Soul' Seven abstract (suksma) substances have been indicated by them. (7) tasam heturya'stami capi gita tasyam tasyam giyase vai tvamantam | drstvam murti sthulasuksmam cakara devairbhavah karanaih kaisciduktah ||8|| Tasam hcturyastami capi gita tasyam tasyam giyasc vai tvamantam. Drstva murtim sthulasuksmam cakara devairbhavah karanaih kaisciduktah. (8) And in the form of cause, tamas is the eighth substance, thus eight substances which have been accepted by them, in all of others you have been supposed to be present. Not only this, you have been recognised to be beyond that. (8) sambhutaste tvatta evadisarge bhuyastam vam vasanam tebhyupeyuh | tvatsankalpanantamayaptigudhakalo meyo dhvastasamkhyavikalpah || 9 || Sambhutaste tvatta evadisarge bhuyastam vam vasanam tcbhyupcyuh. Tvatsankalpanantamayaptigudhakalo mcyo dhyastasamkhyavikalpah. (9) In the primitive age by some unknown reasons you converted your idol in the concrete and abstract form in various substances. Deva etc. who have bodies have emerged from you and according to your sankalpa (will) their passions have also emerged from you. O Deva! you are unknown to maya and are beyond the willed numbers , you are the form of death. (9) bhavabhavavyaktisamharahetustvam so'nantastasya kartasi catman | ye'nye suksmah santi tebhyo'bhigitah sthula bhavascavrtara'sca tesam ||10|| Bhavabhavavyaktisanharahetustvam Ye'nyc suksmah santi tebhyo'bhigitah sthula bhavascavitarasca tesam.(10) so'nantastasya kartasi catman. O Lord! the bearer of your own form, you are the root cause for the destruction of all the substances -sat and asat

(106) what they are, you are the doer of all bearing in your infinite form. (10) tebhyah sthulaistaih puranaih pranito bhutam bhavyam caivamudbhutibhajam | bhave . bhave bhavitam tvam yunaktim yuktam yuktam vyaktibhavannirasya || 11 || Tebhyah sthulaistaih puranaih pranito bhutamm bhavyam caivamudbhutibhajam. Bhave bhave bhavitam tvam yunakti yuktam yuktam vyaktibhavannirasya.(11) Whatever substances-abstract and concrete in their comparison are present, and all other substances which cover the concrete substances, you are most concrete of all. You are eternal. You are all the past and the future. You by your will entering each substance reveal yourself and emerge from those substances. (11) ittham devo bhaktibhajam saranyastrata gopta no bhavanantamurtih ||12|| Ittham devo bhaktibhajam saranyastrata gopta no bhavanantamurtih.(12) Thus even after cancellation of the revealed feelings, you exist. You are the bearer of infinite forms. This is your nature. You are the giver of retreat, the giver of relief and protection, you are all. (12) srimatsyapurane sakradikrta brahmastutih sampurna || . (154 adhyaya, sloka sam . 5 tah 15 paryanta ) Thus the end of the stuti of Brahma done by Sakra etc. as described in Sri Matsya Purana.