Shloka 67

Matsya Purana — Yadu Lineage

Devanagari script

काव्यो ह्य् एष इदं सर्वं व्यावर्तयति नो बलात् साधु गच्छामहे तूर्णं यावन्नाध्यापयिष्यति //

Transliteration

kāvyo hy eṣa idaṃ sarvaṃ vyāvartayati no balāt sādhu gacchāmahe tūrṇaṃ yāvannādhyāpayiṣyati //

Translation

For this Kāvya will forcibly turn all this back against us. So let us go quickly—before he compels someone to teach or recite it, thereby binding the outcome.

Word by Word

• kāvyaḥ: Kāvya (a proper name, ‘the poet’)

• hi: indeed/for

• eṣaḥ: this (person)

• idam sarvam: all this (entire affair)

• vyāvartayati: turns back, reverses, diverts

• naḥ: for us/against us

• balāt: by force, coercively

• sādhu: well then, rightly

• gacchāmahe: let us go/we should go

• tūrṇam: quickly, at once

• yāvat: before/as long as not

• na-adhyāpayiṣyati: he will not cause to be taught/recited, he will not make (someone) rehearse/instruct (a text/act).

Speaker

• Uncertain (a participant in the narrative addressing companions; likely a human interlocutor within the Matsya Purana’s dialogue frame rather than Lord Matsya directly)

Entities Mentioned

• Kāvya

Tags

• Narrative
• Nīti (prudential counsel)
• Urgency
• Speech-act power
• Matsya Purana episode

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe Pralaya directly; it highlights urgency and the perceived power of coercive intervention—suggesting that certain acts (like enforced recitation/instruction) can decisively alter outcomes in the narrative.

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

It reflects practical nīti: when faced with a powerful adversary who can ‘force a reversal,’ one should withdraw swiftly and avoid conditions where coercion can shape decisions—an applied lesson in safeguarding agency and counsel.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple-building rule is stated; however, the line implies a ritualized or formal ‘recitation/instruction’ (adhyāpana) that can make an act binding—an idea often relevant to rites where correct utterance or authorized teaching is decisive.