Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 7
SB 12 7.1
सूत उवाच अथर्व-वित् सुमन्तुश् च शिष्यम् अध्यापयत् स्वकाम् संहितां सो ऽपि पथ्याय वेददर्शाय चोक्तवान्
sūta uvāca atharva-vit sumantuś ca śiṣyam adhyāpayat svakām saṃhitāṃ so 'pi pathyāya vedadarśāya coktavān
Sūta said: And Sumantu, the knower of the Atharva Veda, taught his own saṃhitā to his disciple; and he in turn recited it to Pathya and to Vedadarśa.
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SB 12 7.2
शौक्लायनिर् ब्रह्मबलिर् मोदोषः पिप्पलायनिः वेददर्शस्य शिष्यास् ते पथ्य-शिष्यान् अथो शृणु कुमुदः शुनको ब्रह्मन् जाजलिश् चाप्य् अथर्व-वित्
śauklāyanir brahmabalir modoṣaḥ pippalāyaniḥ vedadarśasya śiṣyās te pathya-śiṣyān atho śṛṇu kumudaḥ śunako brahman jājaliś cāpy atharva-vit
Śauklāyani, Brahmabali, Modoṣa and Pippalāyani — these are the disciples of Vedadarśa. Now hear the disciples of Pathya: Kumuda, Śunaka, O brahmin, and also Jājali, the knower of the Atharva Veda.
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SB 12 7.3
बभ्रुः शिष्यो ऽथान्गिरसः सैन्धवायन एव च अधीयेतां संहिते द्वे सावर्णाद्यास् तथापरे
babhruḥ śiṣyo 'thāngirasaḥ saindhavāyana eva ca adhīyetāṃ saṃhite dve sāvarṇādyās tathāpare
Babhru the disciple, and then Āṅgirasa, and Saindhavāyana as well — these two studied the two saṃhitās; and likewise others, beginning with Sāvarṇa.
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SB 12 7.4
नक्षत्रकल्पः शान्तिश् च कश्यपाङ्गिरसादयः एते आथर्वणाचार्याः शृणु पौराणिकान् मुने
nakṣatrakalpaḥ śāntiś ca kaśyapāṅgirasādayaḥ ete ātharvaṇācāryāḥ śṛṇu paurāṇikān mune
Nakṣatrakalpa, Śānti, and Kaśyapa, Aṅgiras and the rest — these are the teachers of the Atharva Veda. Hear now the teachers of the Purāṇas, O sage.
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SB 12 7.5
त्रय्यारुणिः कश्यपश् च सावर्णिर् अकृतव्रनः वैशम्पायन-हारीतौ षड् वै पौराणिका इमे
trayyāruṇiḥ kaśyapaś ca sāvarṇir akṛtavranaḥ vaiśampāyana-hārītau ṣaḍ vai paurāṇikā ime
Trayyāruṇi, Kaśyapa, Sāvarṇi, Akṛtavraṇa, Vaiśampāyana and Hārīta — these six indeed are the Paurāṇikas.
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SB 12 7.6
अधीयन्त व्यास-शिष्यात् संहितां मत्-पितुर् मुखात् एकैकाम् अहम् एतेषां शिष्यः सर्वाः समध्यगाम्
adhīyanta vyāsa-śiṣyāt saṃhitāṃ mat-pitur mukhāt ekaikām aham eteṣāṃ śiṣyaḥ sarvāḥ samadhyagām
They studied one saṃhitā each from the disciple of Vyāsa, from the mouth of my father; and I, being a disciple of these men, learned them all.
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SB 12 7.7
कश्यपो ऽहं च सावर्णी राम-शिष्यो ऽकृतव्रनः अधीमहि व्यास-शिष्याच् चत्वारो मूल-संहिताः
kaśyapo 'haṃ ca sāvarṇī rāma-śiṣyo 'kṛtavranaḥ adhīmahi vyāsa-śiṣyāc catvāro mūla-saṃhitāḥ
Kaśyapa, I myself, Sāvarṇi, and Akṛtavraṇa the disciple of Rāma — we four studied the original saṃhitās from Vyāsa's disciple.
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SB 12 7.8
पुराण-लक्षणं ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मर्षिभिर् निरूपितम् शृणुष्व बुद्धिम् आश्रित्य वेद-शास्त्रानुसारतः
purāṇa-lakṣaṇaṃ brahman brahmarṣibhir nirūpitam śṛṇuṣva buddhim āśritya veda-śāstrānusārataḥ
Hear, O brahmin, the defining marks of a Purāṇa as ascertained by the brahmin sages, applying your mind, in accordance with the Vedic scriptures.
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SB 12 7.9
सर्गो ऽस्याथ विसर्गश् च वृत्ति-रक्षान्तराणि च वंशो वंशानुचरीतं संस्था हेतुर् अपाश्रयः
sargo 'syātha visargaś ca vṛtti-rakṣāntarāṇi ca vaṃśo vaṃśānucarītaṃ saṃsthā hetur apāśrayaḥ
Its (primary) creation, then the secondary creation, sustenance, protection, the intervals (of the Manus), the dynasties, the deeds of the dynasties, the dissolution, the cause, and the ultimate support —
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SB 12 7.10
दशभिर् लक्षणैर् युक्तं पुराणं तद्-विदो विदुः केचित् पञ्च-विधं ब्रह्मन् महद्-अल्प-व्यवस्थया
daśabhir lakṣaṇair yuktaṃ purāṇaṃ tad-vido viduḥ kecit pañca-vidhaṃ brahman mahad-alpa-vyavasthayā
Those who know it understand a Purāṇa to be furnished with these ten marks; but some, O brahmin, (hold it to be) of five kinds, by the distinction between the great and the small (Purāṇas).
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SB 12 7.11
अव्याकृत-गुण-क्षोभान् महतस् त्रि-वृतो ऽहमः भूत-सूक्ष्मेन्द्रियार्थानां सम्भवः सर्ग उच्यते
avyākṛta-guṇa-kṣobhān mahatas tri-vṛto 'hamaḥ bhūta-sūkṣmendriyārthānāṃ sambhavaḥ sarga ucyate
From the agitation of the guṇas of the unevolved (prakṛti) comes the mahat; from that the threefold ego; and the arising of the subtle elements, the senses and their objects — this is called sarga (creation).
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SB 12 7.12
पुरुषानुगृहीतानाम् एतेषां वासना-मयः विसर्गो ऽयं समाहारो बीजाद् बीजं चराचरम्
puruṣānugṛhītānām eteṣāṃ vāsanā-mayaḥ visargo 'yaṃ samāhāro bījād bījaṃ carācaram
This visarga (secondary creation) is the aggregation, consisting of latent impressions, of these (elements) favoured by the Puruṣa — seed from seed, moving and unmoving.
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SB 12 7.13
वृत्तिर् भूतानि भूतानां चराणाम् अचराणि च कृता स्वेन नृणां तत्र कामाच् चोदनयापि वा
vṛttir bhūtāni bhūtānāṃ carāṇām acarāṇi ca kṛtā svena nṛṇāṃ tatra kāmāc codanayāpi vā
The subsistence of living beings is (other) living beings: for the moving ones the unmoving are (food), and (some moving ones are food) for others. Among men, in that matter, it is arranged by their own (effort), either out of desire or else by scriptural injunction.
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SB 12 7.14
रक्षाच्युतावतारेहा विश्वस्यानु युगे युगे तिर्यङ्-मर्त्यर्षि-देवेषु हन्यन्ते यैस् त्रयी-द्विषः
rakṣācyutāvatārehā viśvasyānu yuge yuge tiryaṅ-martyarṣi-deveṣu hanyante yais trayī-dviṣaḥ
'Protection' is the activity of the descents of the unfailing Lord on behalf of the universe, age after age—among animals, mortals, sages and gods—by which the enemies of the threefold Veda are slain.
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SB 12 7.15
मन्वन्तरं मनुर् देवा मनु-पुत्राः सुरेश्वराः र्षयो ऽंशावताराश् च हरेः षड्-विधम् उच्यते
manvantaraṃ manur devā manu-putrāḥ sureśvarāḥ rṣayo 'ṃśāvatārāś ca hareḥ ṣaḍ-vidham ucyate
A manvantara is said to be of six kinds: the Manu, the gods, the sons of Manu, the lords of the gods (Indras), the sages, and the partial descents of Hari.
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SB 12 7.16
राज्ञां ब्रह्म-प्रसूतानां वंशस् त्रै-कालिको ऽन्वयः वंशानुचरितं तेषाम् वृत्तं वंश-धरास् च ये
rājñāṃ brahma-prasūtānāṃ vaṃśas trai-kāliko 'nvayaḥ vaṃśānucaritaṃ teṣām vṛttaṃ vaṃśa-dharās ca ye
A 'dynasty' is the lineage of the kings sprung from Brahmā, extending through the three times; and 'dynastic narrative' is the conduct of those (kings) and of those who carry on their lines.
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SB 12 7.17
नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिको नित्य आत्यन्तिको लयः संस्थेति कविभिः प्रोक्तश् चतुर्धास्य स्वभावतः
naimittikaḥ prākṛtiko nitya ātyantiko layaḥ saṃstheti kavibhiḥ proktaś caturdhāsya svabhāvataḥ
Dissolution is occasional, elemental, continual, and final; the learned call this the 'end-state' (saṃsthā), fourfold by its very nature.
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SB 12 7.18
हेतुर् जीवो ऽस्य सर्गादेर् अविद्या-कर्म-कारकः यं चानुशायिनं प्राहुर् अव्याकृतम् उतापरे
hetur jīvo 'sya sargāder avidyā-karma-kārakaḥ yaṃ cānuśāyinaṃ prāhur avyākṛtam utāpare
The cause of its creation and the rest is the living being, which brings about ignorance and action; and some call it that which lies down within (as the residual), or else the unmanifest.
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SB 12 7.19
व्यतिरेकान्वयो यस्य जाग्रत्-स्वप्न-सुषुप्तिषु माया-मयेषु तद् ब्रह्म जीव-वृत्तिष्व् अपाश्रयः
vyatirekānvayo yasya jāgrat-svapna-suṣuptiṣu māyā-mayeṣu tad brahma jīva-vṛttiṣv apāśrayaḥ
That which stands both apart from and along with the states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep, which are made of māyā—that is Brahman, the support that is untouched by the functions of the living being.
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SB 12 7.20
पदार्थेषु यथा द्रव्यं सन्-मात्रं रूप-नामसु बीजादि-पञ्चतान्तासु ह्य् अवस्थासु युतायुतम्
padārtheṣu yathā dravyaṃ san-mātraṃ rūpa-nāmasu bījādi-pañcatāntāsu hy avasthāsu yutāyutam
Just as in objects the substance is mere existence within their forms and names, so it is both joined with and unjoined from the states (of a thing), from its seed onward up to its death.
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SB 12 7.21
विरमेत यदा चित्तं हित्वा वृत्ति-त्रयं स्वयम् योगेर्ल वा तदात्मानं वेदेहाया निवर्तते
virameta yadā cittaṃ hitvā vṛtti-trayaṃ svayam yogerla vā tadātmānaṃ vedehāyā nivartate
When the mind comes to rest, itself abandoning the three functions (waking, dream, sleep), or (does so) through yoga, then one knows the self and turns back from activity.
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SB 12 7.22
एवं लक्षण-लक्ष्याणि पुराणानि पुरा-विदः मुनयो ऽष्टादश प्राहुः क्षुल्लकानि महान्ति च
evaṃ lakṣaṇa-lakṣyāṇi purāṇāni purā-vidaḥ munayo 'ṣṭādaśa prāhuḥ kṣullakāni mahānti ca
Thus the sages who know the ancient lore have declared the eighteen Purāṇas, small and great, to be characterized by these marks.
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SB 12 7.23
ब्राह्मं पाद्मं वैष्णवं च शैवं लैङ्गं स-गारुडं नारदीयं भागवतम् आग्नेयं स्कान्द-संज्ञितम्
brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ laiṅgaṃ sa-gāruḍaṃ nāradīyaṃ bhāgavatam āgneyaṃ skānda-saṃjñitam
The Brāhma, the Pādma, the Vaiṣṇava, the Śaiva, the Laiṅga together with the Gāruḍa, the Nāradīya, the Bhāgavata, the Āgneya, that named Skānda,
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SB 12 7.24
भविष्यं ब्रह्म-वैवर्तं मार्कण्डेयं स-वामनम् वाराहं मात्स्यं कौर्मं च ब्रह्माण्डाख्यम् इति त्रि-षट्
bhaviṣyaṃ brahma-vaivartaṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ sa-vāmanam vārāhaṃ mātsyaṃ kaurmaṃ ca brahmāṇḍākhyam iti tri-ṣaṭ
the Bhaviṣya, the Brahma-vaivarta, the Mārkaṇḍeya together with the Vāmana, the Vārāha, the Mātsya, the Kaurma, and that called the Brahmāṇḍa—thus three times six.
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SB 12 7.25
ब्रह्मन्न् इदं समाख्यातं शाखा-प्रणयनं मुनेः शिष्य-शिष्य-प्रशिष्याणां ब्रह्म-तेजो-विवर्धनम्
brahmann idaṃ samākhyātaṃ śākhā-praṇayanaṃ muneḥ śiṣya-śiṣya-praśiṣyāṇāṃ brahma-tejo-vivardhanam
O brāhmaṇa, this has been fully related: the composing of the branches (of the Veda) by the sage, by his disciples, their disciples, and their disciples' disciples—a narration that increases spiritual power.
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