Shloka 24

Matsya Purana — Maya’s Nectar-Reservoir in Tripura and the Revival of the Slain in the Tripur...

Devanagari script

दिष्ट्या त्वां दैत्य पश्यामि यमलोकाद् इहागतम् दुर्गतावनयग्रस्तं भोक्ष्यामो ऽद्य महानिधिम् //

Transliteration

diṣṭyā tvāṃ daitya paśyāmi yamalokād ihāgatam durgatāvanayagrastaṃ bhokṣyāmo 'dya mahānidhim //

Translation

By good fortune I see you, O Daitya, returned here from Yama’s world. Crushed by misfortune and fallen into distress, you shall serve today as a great treasure for us to consume and enjoy.

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā): by good fortune/fortunately

• त्वाम् (tvām): you

• दैत्य (daitya): O Daitya/demon

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi): I see

• यमलोकात् (yamalokāt): from Yama’s realm

• इह (iha): here

• आगतम् (āgatam): come/arrived

• दुर्गत (durgata): misfortune/distress

• अवनय (avanaya): downfall/ruin (state of being brought low)

• ग्रस्तम् (grastam): seized/overcome/crushed

• भोक्ष्यामः (bhokṣyāmaḥ): we shall eat/consume/enjoy

• अद्य (adya): today

• महानिधिम् (mahānidhim): great treasure/valuable hoard

Speaker

• Unspecified speaker within Adhyaya 136 (likely a hostile figure addressing the Daitya; exact attribution uncertain without surrounding verses)

Entities Mentioned

• Daitya
• Yama
• Yamaloka

Tags

• Matsya Purana narrative
• Yamaloka
• Daitya
• Karma and downfall
• Threat/consumption motif

FAQs

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

This verse does not address Pralaya directly; it focuses on a being returning from Yama’s realm and being targeted due to his fallen, distressed condition—highlighting karmic consequence rather than cosmic dissolution.

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

Indirectly, it warns against predatory conduct and the exploitation of the vulnerable; Matsya Purana’s ethical frame generally upholds dharma (restraint, protection, justice), contrasting with the adharmic tone of treating a distressed person as ‘booty’ or ‘treasure’.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vastu Shastra, temple-building, iconographic, or ritual procedure is mentioned in this verse; it is narrative and moral-psychological in tone (misfortune, threat, and karmic aftermath).