Matanga - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.71.3767	It was Viswamitra whose wife, in a season of distress, was maintained by the royal sage Matanga Trisanku who was then living under a father's curse as a hunter.
Mbh.1.71.3769	It was Viswamitra who in return for the services of Matanga, himself became the latter's priest for purposes of a sacrifice.
Mbh.2.8.350	And Agastya and Matanga, and Kala, and Mrityu Death, performers of sacrifices, the Siddhas, and many Yogins; the Prtris belonging to the classes, called Agniswattas, Fenapa, Ushampa, Swadhavat, and Verhishada, as also those others that have forms; the wheel of time, and the illustrious conveyer himself of the sacrificial butter; all sinners among human beings, as also those that have died during the winter solstice; these officers of Yama who have been appointed to count the allotted days of everybody and everything; the Singsapa, Palasa, Kasa, and Kusa trees and plants, in their embodied forms, these all, O king, wait upon and worship the god of justice in that assembly house of his.
Mbh.3.84.4514	There in that tirtha is the hermitage of the great Rishi Matanga of soul under complete control.
Mbh.5.127.5627	Those Kshatriyas that desire their own good, accept regardfully this saying of Matanga, viz, that as regards a Kshatriya, one should always keep himself erect, and never bow down, for exertion alone is manliness; one should rather break at the knots than bend.
Mbh.12.296.18481	My grandfather Vasishtha, Rishyasringa, Kasyapa, Veda, Tandya, Kripa, Kakshivat, Kamatha, and others, and Yavakrita, O king, and Drona, that foremost of speakers, and Ayu, and Matanga, and Datta, and Drupada, and Matsya, all these, O ruler of the Videhas, obtained their respective positions through penance as the means.
Mbh.13.3.269	Do thou, O sire, truly relate this matter to me as thou hast related to me the story of Matanga.
Mbh.13.3.270	Matanga was born as a Chandala and could not attain to Brahmanahoodwith all his austerities but how could this man attain to the status of a Brahmana
Mbh.13.25.3452	He that bathes in the lake known by the name of Matanga is sure to attain to success in one night.
Mbh.13.27.3669	In this connection is cited an old history, O Yudhishthira, of a conversation between Matanga and a she-ass.
Mbh.13.27.3671	The child was called by the name of Matanga and was possessed of every accomplishment.
Mbh.13.27.3676	Matanga, dissatisfied with this, began to strike repeatedly the animal with his goad on its nose.
Mbh.13.27.3687	Hearing these harsh words of the she-ass, Matanga quickly, came down from the car and addressing the she-ass, said, Tell me, O blessed dame, by what fault is my mother stained?
Mbh.13.27.3696	Brahmana continued, Thus addressed by the she-ass, Matanga retraced his way homewards.
Mbh.13.27.3700	Matanga said, How can he who belongs to no definite order of birth, or to an order that is very low be regarded as all right and happy?
Mbh.13.27.3705	Setting himself to the performance of those penances for the purpose of happily acquiring the status of a Brahmana, Matanga began to scorch the very deities by the severity of his asceticism.
Mbh.13.27.3706	Unto him thus engaged in penances, the chief of the celestials, viz, Indra, appeared and said, Why, O Matanga, dost thou pass thy time in such grief, abstaining from all kinds of human enjoyments?
Mbh.13.27.3711	Matanga said, Desirous of attaining to the status of Brahmana I have begun to practise these penances.
Mbh.13.27.3715	The status of a Brahmana, O Matanga, which thou desirest to acquire is really unattainable by thee.
Mbh.13.28.3722	SECTION XXVIII Bhishma said, Thus addressed by Indra, Matanga of restrained vows and well regulated soul, without hearkening to the counsels of the chief of the celestials, stood for a hundred years on one foot, O thou of unfading glory.
Mbh.13.28.3725	O Matanga, by coveting that very high status thou art sure to be destroyed.
Mbh.13.28.3734	Verily, one having taken birth in that sinful order of existence, viz, Pukkasa, one, O Matanga, has to wander in it for a very long time.
Mbh.13.28.3751	Knowing this for certain, O Matanga, I say unto thee, do thou name some other boon, for the status of a Brahmana is incapable of being attained by thee that hast been born as a Chandala'
Mbh.13.29.3752	SECTION XXIX Bhishma said, Thus advised by Indra, Matanga, observant of vows, refused, to hear what he was bid.
Mbh.13.29.3756	Matanga said, I have passed these thousand years, standing on one foot, in deep meditation, observing of the vow of Brahmacharyya.
Mbh.13.29.3759	Do thou, therefore name some boon so that all this labour of thine may not prove fruitless, Thus addressed by the chief of the celestials, Matanga became filled with grief.
Mbh.13.29.3763	Indeed, it has been heard by us that the righteous-souled Matanga, while practising those austerities at Gaya, dropped down on the ground from sheer exhaustion.
Mbh.13.29.3765	Sakra said, It seems, O Matanga, that the status of a Brahmana which thou seekest is ill-suited to thee.
Mbh.13.29.3771	The Brahmana, O Matanga, is said to be foremost of all created Beings.
Mbh.13.29.3778	Matanga said, Afflicted as I am with grief, why, O Sakra, dost thou afflict me further with such speeches as these?
Mbh.13.29.3792	Thus urged by the great Indra, Matanga said the following words: Matanga said, Let me be possessed of the power of assuming any form at will, and journeying through the skies and let me enjoy whatever pleasures I may set my heart upon.
Mbh.13.29.3799	Matanga also, casting off his life-breaths, attained to a high place.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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