Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 199

Devanagari script

आनन्ददिवसाहारि हृदयं मे ऽधुना मुने नाध्यवस्यति कृत्यानां प्रविभागविचारणम् यदि वाचामधीशः स्यां त्वद्गुणानां विचारणे //

Transliteration

ānandadivasāhāri hṛdayaṃ me 'dhunā mune nādhyavasyati kṛtyānāṃ pravibhāgavicāraṇam yadi vācāmadhīśaḥ syāṃ tvadguṇānāṃ vicāraṇe //

Translation

Ô sage, mon cœur, emporté à présent par la joie de ce jour propice, ne parvient pas à se poser pour examiner la juste répartition et la délibération des devoirs. Quand bien même je serais le maître de la parole, je ne pourrais embrasser pleinement la contemplation de tes vertus.

Word by Word

• ānanda: joy, delight

• divasa: day

• āhāri: carrying away, drawing along

• hṛdayam: heart, mind

• me: my

• adhunā: now, at present

• mune: O sage

• na: not

• adhyavasyati: resolves, settles, determines

• kṛtyānām: of duties, of what is to be done

• pravibhāga: division, classification

• vicāraṇam: examination, deliberation

• yadi: if

• vācām: of speech/words

• adhīśaḥ: lord, master

• syām: I might be/were

• tvat: your

• guṇānām: virtues, qualities

• vicāraṇe: in the consideration/contemplation.

Speaker

• Vaivasvata Manu (addressing a sage)

Entities Mentioned

• Vaivasvata Manu
• Muni (Sage)

Tags

• Dharma
• Karma
• Stuti (Praise)
• Ritual Duties
• Ethics

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe pralaya directly; it focuses on mental absorption in joy and on pausing the technical deliberation of duties, shifting instead to praise of the sage’s virtues.

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

It highlights that dharma requires careful discernment (pravibhāga-vicāra) of duties, yet also acknowledges human states of mind; a ruler/householder should return to duty-analysis once composure is regained, while maintaining humility toward the wise.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or iconographic rule is stated; the verse uses the administrative-ritual idea of “classifying duties” (kṛtya-pravibhāga), which can frame later procedural sections on rites and regulated conduct.