Shloka 10

Matsya Purana — The Greatness of the Vibhūti-Dvādaśī Vow: Pushkara

Devanagari script

तस्मात्किमन्यजननीजठरोद्भवेन धर्मादिकं कृतमशेषफलाप्तिहेतुः भगवन्मयाथ तनयैर् अथवानयापि भद्रं यदेतदखिलं कथय प्रचेतः //

Transliteration

tasmātkimanyajananījaṭharodbhavena dharmādikaṃ kṛtamaśeṣaphalāptihetuḥ bhagavanmayātha tanayair athavānayāpi bhadraṃ yadetadakhilaṃ kathaya pracetaḥ //

Translation

Therefore, what further need is there to be born again from another mother’s womb? O Blessed Lord—if the practice of dharma and related duties is the cause of attaining every fruit—then tell me fully, O Pracetas, what is truly auspicious, whether it should be done by me, by my sons, or even by her (my wife) as well.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• किम्: what?

• अन्य-जननी: another mother

• जठर-उद्भवेन: by arising from the womb

• धर्म-आदिकम्: dharma and allied duties (rites, vows, disciplines)

• कृतम्: when performed / done

• अशेष-फल-आप्ति-हेतुः: the cause of obtaining all results (complete fruition)

• भगवन्: O Blessed Lord

• मया: by me

• अथ: and/or then

• तनयैः: by (my) sons

• अथवा: or else

• अनया अपि: by this (woman) too, i.e., my wife

• भद्रम्: auspicious good / welfare

• यत्: which

• एतत्: this

• अखिलम्: entirely, without remainder

• कथय: tell, explain

• प्रचेतः: O Pracetas (a revered sage/title of the addressed teacher).

Speaker

• Vaivasvata Manu (the inquirer), addressing a revered sage/teacher as 'Pracetas'

Entities Mentioned

• Vaivasvata Manu
• Pracetas (epithet/title of the addressed sage)

Tags

• Dharma
• Householder duties
• Merit (Punya)
• Liberation-oriented conduct
• Instruction request

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe pralaya directly; it emphasizes escaping repeated birth (rebirth from a womb) through the complete practice of dharma that yields “all results,” implying a soteriological aim rather than a cosmological event.

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

It frames dharma as a comprehensive, results-bearing discipline to be practiced not only by the ruler (Manu) but also by his sons and wife—highlighting family-wide responsibility in vows, rites, charity, and ethical conduct central to householder and royal life.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No explicit Vastu or temple-architecture rule appears here; the ritual significance is general—dharma “and allied duties” (rites/vows) are presented as the means to secure auspicious welfare and complete fruition.