Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

भवद्विधानां नियतम् अमोघं दर्शनं मुने तवास्मान्प्रति चापल्यं व्यक्तं मम महामुने //

Transliteration

bhavadvidhānāṃ niyatam amoghaṃ darśanaṃ mune tavāsmānprati cāpalyaṃ vyaktaṃ mama mahāmune //

Translation

Ô sage, la vision sacrée (darśana) des êtres saints tels que toi est infailliblement efficace. Pourtant, ô grand voyant, mon inconstance envers toi apparaît manifestement.

Word by Word

• भवद्विधानाम्: of persons like you (saintly ones)

• नियतम्: certainly, invariably

• अमोघम्: unfailing, never fruitless

• दर्शनम्: sight, audience, sacred meeting (darśana)

• मुने: O sage

• तव: your

• अस्मान् प्रति: toward us / toward me (in relation to you)

• चापल्यम्: fickleness, unsteadiness, caprice

• व्यक्तम्: manifest, clearly seen

• मम: my

• महामुने: O great sage

Speaker

• A humble petitioner/disciple addressing a great sage (likely within the Sūta-to-Ṛṣi narrative frame of the Matsya Purāṇa; exact interlocutors unclear from the single verse)

Tags

• Darshana
• Humility
• Rishi
• Ethics
• Devotion

FAQs

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

It does not speak directly about pralaya; it emphasizes the spiritual efficacy of a sage’s darśana and the need for humility rather than cosmology.

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

It supports a core Purāṇic duty: honoring sages and maintaining steadiness (non-capricious conduct). For a king or householder, it implies disciplined behavior, respectful approach to spiritual counsel, and acknowledging one’s faults.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No explicit Vāstu or temple-architecture rule appears here; the ritual takeaway is that darśana of the virtuous is considered spiritually potent and should be approached with reverence and mental steadiness.