Shloka 64

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

Devanagari script

सजलजलदराजितां समस्तां कुमुदवरोत्पलफुल्लपङ्कजाढ्याम् सुरगुरुरपिबत्पयो ऽमृतं तद् रविरिव संचितशार्वरं तमो ऽन्धम् //

Transliteration

sajalajaladarājitāṃ samastāṃ kumudavarotpalaphullapaṅkajāḍhyām suragururapibatpayo 'mṛtaṃ tad raviriva saṃcitaśārvaraṃ tamo 'ndham //

Translation

Then the preceptor of the gods drank that milk-like nectar, and the entire expanse—shimmering with watery clouds and rich with white kumuda lilies, noble blue utpalas, and fully blossomed lotuses—was cleared of its gathered nocturnal blindness, as the sun dispels the darkness of night.

Word by Word

• sa-jala: with water, watery

• jala-da: cloud

• rājitām: made splendid, resplendent

• samastām: entire, wholly

• kumuda: white water-lily

• vara: excellent, best

• utpala: blue lotus

• phulla: blossomed

• paṅkaja: lotus (born of mud)

• āḍhyām: filled with, abundant in

• sura-guruḥ: the guru of the gods (Bṛhaspati)

• apibat: drank

• payaḥ: milk, milky fluid

• amṛtam: nectar of immortality

• tat: that

• raviḥ: the sun

• iva: like

• saṃcita: accumulated, heaped up

• śārvaram: of the night, nocturnal

• tamaḥ: darkness

• andham: blinding, dense.

Speaker

• Suta (Purana narrator) describing the event; framed within the Matsya Purana’s discourse to Manu

Entities Mentioned

• Brihaspati (Suraguru)
• Amrita
• Ravi (Sun)
• Kumuda
• Utpala
• Pankaja (Lotus)

Tags

• Samudra Manthana
• Amrita
• Devas
• Cosmic symbolism
• Purana imagery

FAQs

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

It uses a pralaya-restoration style metaphor: amṛta (restorative nectar) functions like the sun, removing accumulated darkness—signaling cosmic renewal after obscuration.

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

Ethically, it frames right guidance and sacred knowledge (embodied by the sura-guru) as that which removes “darkness” (ignorance/confusion), paralleling a king’s duty to dispel social disorder and a householder’s duty to uphold clarity through dharma.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, the verse emphasizes amṛta as a purifying, life-restoring substance and uses lotus-water imagery typical of consecration symbolism—useful for understanding how purity and auspiciousness are expressed in temple and ritual aesthetics in the Matsya Purana tradition.