Shloka 44

Matsya Purana — Hiranyakashipu’s Boons

Devanagari script

सुसुखा न च दुःखा सा न शीता न च घर्मदा न क्षुत्पिपासे ग्लानिं वा प्राप्य तां प्राप्नुवन्ति ते //

Transliteration

susukhā na ca duḥkhā sā na śītā na ca gharmadā na kṣutpipāse glāniṃ vā prāpya tāṃ prāpnuvanti te //

Translation

That state is wholly blissful and not sorrowful; it brings neither cold nor heat. Having reached it, they experience neither hunger nor thirst, nor any weariness at all.

Word by Word

• su-sukhā: exceedingly blissful

• na ca duḥkhā: and not painful/sorrowful

• sā: that (state/condition)

• na śītā: not cold-giving

• na ca gharmadā: nor heat-giving

• na: not

• kṣut-pipāse: hunger and thirst

• glānim: fatigue, languor, weariness

• vā: or

• prāpya: having attained/reached

• tām: that (state)

• prāpnuvanti: they meet with/undergo/experience

• te: they (persons who attain it)

Speaker

• Likely Lord Matsya (teaching Vaivasvata Manu about the fruit of attainment and a suffering-free state); traditional dialogue attribution within the Matsya Purana

Tags

• Moksha
• Afterlife
• Bliss
• Freedom from suffering
• Puranic soteriology

FAQs

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

It does not directly describe Pralaya; it instead characterizes an attained state where physical opposites (heat/cold) and bodily needs (hunger/thirst) no longer operate.

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

By presenting the goal as freedom from suffering and bodily limitation, it implicitly supports the Matsya Purana’s ethical arc: righteous living, restraint, and merit-bearing duties culminate in a higher state beyond ordinary discomforts.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vastu or temple-building rule is stated in this verse; its significance is doctrinal—defining the fruit of attainment as a condition untouched by heat, cold, hunger, thirst, or fatigue.