Shloka 10

Matsya Purana — Dialogue of Aṣṭaka and Yayāti: Exhaustion of Merit

Devanagari script

*ययातिरुवाच असृग्रेतः पुष्परसानुयुक्तम् अन्वेति सद्यः पुरुषेण सृष्टम् तव तरया रज आपद्यते च स गर्भभूतः समुपैति तत्र //

Transliteration

*yayātiruvāca asṛgretaḥ puṣparasānuyuktam anveti sadyaḥ puruṣeṇa sṛṣṭam tava tarayā raja āpadyate ca sa garbhabhūtaḥ samupaiti tatra //

Translation

Yayāti said: “The semen—mingled with the essence of the flowers—immediately follows the course set by the man at the moment of emission. Through your (female) channel the menstrual fluid also becomes involved; and there, it comes together, becoming an embryo.”

Word by Word

• ययातिः उवाच: Yayāti said

• असृक्-रेताः: semen (retas) connected with blood/essence (asṛk), i.e., generative fluid

• पुष्प-रस-अनुयुक्तम्: joined with the ‘juice/essence’ of flowers (a poetic term for reproductive essence)

• अन्वेति: follows, proceeds

• सद्यः: immediately

• पुरुषेण: by the man

• सृष्टम्: emitted, produced

• तव: your

• तरया: by the passage/channel (female tract

• रजः: rajas, menstrual fluid

• आपद्यते: comes to be involved/enters into the process

• च: and

• सः: that (mixture/seed)

• गर्भ-भूतः: having become an embryo

• समुपैति: comes together/attains formation

• तत्र: there (in the womb).

Speaker

• King Yayāti

Entities Mentioned

• Yayāti

Tags

• Dynasties
• Garbha
• Embryology
• Householder Dharma
• Procreation

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse is not about Pralaya; it describes biological creation at the human level—how seed and menstrual fluid unite to form an embryo.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

It supports the Purāṇic emphasis on gṛhastha-dharma: lawful procreation and continuation of lineage, which is especially central to royal duty in dynasty narratives like Yayāti’s.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple-architecture rule is stated here; the verse belongs to a physiological/lineage discussion rather than ritual construction procedures.