matsy avatar bhagavan vishnu ka pratham avatar hai. machhali ke roop mean avatar lekar bhagavan vishnu ne ek rrishi ko sab prakar ke jiv-jantu ekatrit karane ke liye kaha aur prithvi jab jal mean doob rahi thi, tab matsy avatar mean bhagavan ne us rrishi ki nav ki raksha ki. isake pashchat brahma ne punah jivan ka nirman kiya.
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kritayug ke adi mean raja satyavrat hue. satyavrat ek din nadi mean snan kar jalaanjali de rahe the. achanak unaki aanjali mean ek chhoti-si machhali a gee. unhoanne dekha to socha vapas sagar mean dal dooan, lekin us machhali ne kaha- "ap mujhe sagar mean mat dalie anyatha b di machhaliyaan mujhe kha jaeangi. tab raja satyavrat ne machhali ko apane kamandal mean rakh liya. machhali aur b di ho gee to satyavrat ne use apane sarovar mean rakha, tab dekhate hi dekhate machhali aur b di ho gee. satyavrat samajh gaya ki yah koee sadharan jiv nahian hai. usane machhali se vastavik svaroop mean ane ki prarthana ki.
raja satyavrat ki prarthana sunakar sakshat charabhujadhari bhagavan vishnu prakat ho ge aur unhoanne kaha ki- "ye mera 'matsyavatar' hai." bhagavan ne satyavrat se kaha- "suno raja satyavrat! aj se sat din bad pralay hogi. tab meri prerana se ek vishal nav tumhare pas aegi. tum sapt rrishiyoan, aushadhiyoan, bijoan v praniyoan ke sukshm sharir ko lekar usamean baith jana. jab tumhari nav dagamagane lagegi, tab maian matsy ke roop mean tumhare pas aooanga. us samay tum vasuki nag ke dvara us nav ko mere siang se baandh dena. us samay prashn puchhane par maian tumhean uttar dooanga, jisase meri mahima jo parabrahm nam se vikhyat hai, tumhare hriday mean prakat ho jaegi." tab samay ane par matsyaroopadhari bhagavan vishnu ne raja satyavrat ko tattvajnan ka upadesh diya, jo 'matsyapuran' nam se prasiddh hai.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh
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