Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 10
SB 3 10.1
विदुर उवाच अन्तर्हिते भगवति ब्रह्मा लोक-पितामहः प्रजाः ससर्ज कतिधा दैहिकीर् मानसीर् विभुः
vidura uvāca antarhite bhagavati brahmā loka-pitāmahaḥ prajāḥ sasarja katidhā daihikīr mānasīr vibhuḥ
Vidura said: When the Lord had disappeared, how many kinds of progeny did the mighty Brahmā, grandsire of the worlds, bring forth — those from his body and those from his mind?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 3 10.2
ये च मे भगवन् पृष्टास् त्वय्य् अर्था बहुवित्तम तान् वदस्वानुपूर्व्येण छिन्धि नः सर्व-संशयान्
ye ca me bhagavan pṛṣṭās tvayy arthā bahuvittama tān vadasvānupūrvyeṇa chindhi naḥ sarva-saṃśayān
And those matters, O lord, about which I have questioned you, O richest in knowledge — tell them in due order; cut away all our doubts.
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SB 3 10.3
सूत उवाच एवं सञ्चोदितस् तेन क्षत्त्रा कौषारविर् मुनिः प्रीतः प्रत्याह तान् प्रश्नान् हृदि-स्थान् अथ भार्गव
sūta uvāca evaṃ sañcoditas tena kṣattrā kauṣāravir muniḥ prītaḥ pratyāha tān praśnān hṛdi-sthān atha bhārgava
Sūta said: Thus urged by that Kṣattā, the sage, the son of Kuṣāru, pleased, then answered those questions that lay in (Vidura's) heart, O descendant of Bhṛgu.
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SB 3 10.4
मैत्रेय उवाच विरिञ्चो ऽपि तथा चक्रे दिव्यं वर्ष-शतं तपः आत्मन्य् आत्मानम् आवेश्य यथाह भगवान् अजः
maitreya uvāca viriñco 'pi tathā cakre divyaṃ varṣa-śataṃ tapaḥ ātmany ātmānam āveśya yathāha bhagavān ajaḥ
Maitreya said: Viriñca too performed austerity for a hundred divine years in that manner, entering his self into the Self, just as the unborn Lord had told him.
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SB 3 10.5
तद् विलोक्याब्ज-सम्भूतो वायुना यद्-अधिष्ठितः पद्मम् अम्भश् च तत्-काल- कृत-वीर्येण कम्पितम्
tad vilokyābja-sambhūto vāyunā yad-adhiṣṭhitaḥ padmam ambhaś ca tat-kāla- kṛta-vīryeṇa kampitam
Then the lotus-born one beheld that the lotus on which he was seated, and the water, were shaken by the wind, whose force was generated at that time.
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SB 3 10.6
तपसा ह्य् एधमानेन विद्यया चात्म-संस्थया विवृद्ध-विज्ञान-बलो न्यपाद् वायुं सहाम्भसा
tapasā hy edhamānena vidyayā cātma-saṃsthayā vivṛddha-vijñāna-balo nyapād vāyuṃ sahāmbhasā
For by his growing austerity and by knowledge grounded in the self, his power of discernment being greatly increased, he drank up the wind together with the water.
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SB 3 10.7
तद् विलोक्य वियद्-व्यापि पुष्करं यद्-अधिष्ठितम् अनेन लोकान् प्राग्-लीनान् कल्पितास्मीत्य् अचिन्तयत्
tad vilokya viyad-vyāpi puṣkaraṃ yad-adhiṣṭhitam anena lokān prāg-līnān kalpitāsmīty acintayat
Seeing that the lotus on which he was seated pervaded the sky, he thought: "By means of this I shall fashion the worlds that were formerly dissolved."
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SB 3 10.8
पद्म-कोशं तदाविश्य भगवत्-कर्म-चोदितः एकं व्यभाङ्क्षीद् उरुधा त्रिधा भाव्यं द्वि-सप्तधा
padma-kośaṃ tadāviśya bhagavat-karma-coditaḥ ekaṃ vyabhāṅkṣīd urudhā tridhā bhāvyaṃ dvi-saptadhā
Then, entering the whorl of the lotus, impelled by the Lord's work, he divided the one into many — into three, and into fourteen that were to come to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 10.9
एतावाञ् जीव-लोकस्य संस्था-भेदः समाहृतः धर्मस्य ह्य् अनिमित्तस्य विपाकः परमेष्ठ्य् असौ
etāvāñ jīva-lokasya saṃsthā-bhedaḥ samāhṛtaḥ dharmasya hy animittasya vipākaḥ parameṣṭhy asau
This much is the division of the states of the world of living beings, as gathered together; and this Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā) is the ripened fruit of motiveless dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 3 10.10
विदुर उवाच यथात्थ बहु-रूपस्य हरेर् अद्भुत-कर्मणः कालाख्यं लक्षणं ब्रह्मन् यथा वर्णय नः प्रभो
vidura uvāca yathāttha bahu-rūpasya harer adbhuta-karmaṇaḥ kālākhyaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ brahman yathā varṇaya naḥ prabho
Vidura said: As you have spoken of Hari of many forms and wondrous deeds, O brahman, describe to us the mark of him called time, as it is, O master.
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SB 3 10.11
मैत्रेय उवाच गुण-व्यतिकराकारो निर्विशेषो ऽप्रतिष्ठितः पुरुषस् तद्-उपादानम् आत्मानं लीलयासृजत्
maitreya uvāca guṇa-vyatikarākāro nirviśeṣo 'pratiṣṭhitaḥ puruṣas tad-upādānam ātmānaṃ līlayāsṛjat
Maitreya said: The Puruṣa, whose form is the interaction of the guṇas, without distinguishing marks, without support, by his play brought forth his own self as the material cause of that (interaction).
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SB 3 10.12
विश्वं वै ब्रह्म-तन्-मात्रं संस्थितं विष्णु-मायया ईश्वरेण परिच्छिन्नं कालेनाव्यक्त-मूर्तिना
viśvaṃ vai brahma-tan-mātraṃ saṃsthitaṃ viṣṇu-māyayā īśvareṇa paricchinnaṃ kālenāvyakta-mūrtinā
The universe is indeed brahman alone in essence, held together by Viṣṇu's māyā, and marked off by the Lord in the form of time, whose shape is unmanifest.
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SB 3 10.13
यथेदानीं तथाग्रे च पश्चाद् अप्य् एतद् ईदृशम् सर्गो नव-विधस् तस्य प्राकृतो वैकृतस् तु यः
yathedānīṃ tathāgre ca paścād apy etad īdṛśam sargo nava-vidhas tasya prākṛto vaikṛtas tu yaḥ
As it is now, so it was before and so it will be afterwards — such is this. His creation is ninefold, that which is prākṛta and that which is vaikṛta.
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SB 3 10.14
काल-द्रव्य-गुणैर् अस्य त्रि-विधः प्रतिसङ्क्रमः आद्यस् तु महतः सर्गो गुण-वैषम्यम् आत्मनः
kāla-dravya-guṇair asya tri-vidhaḥ pratisaṅkramaḥ ādyas tu mahataḥ sargo guṇa-vaiṣamyam ātmanaḥ
Its dissolution is of three kinds, through time, through substance, and through the guṇas. The first is the creation of mahat, the disequilibrium of the guṇas of the self.
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SB 3 10.15
द्वितीयस् त्व् अहमो यत्र द्रव्य-ज्ञान-क्रियोदयः भूत-सर्गस् तृतीयस् तु तन्-मात्रो द्रव्य-शक्तिमान्
dvitīyas tv ahamo yatra dravya-jñāna-kriyodayaḥ bhūta-sargas tṛtīyas tu tan-mātro dravya-śaktimān
The second is that of ahaṃkāra, in which substance, knowledge, and action arise; the third is the creation of the elements, consisting of the tanmātras, possessed of the power of substance.
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SB 3 10.16
चतुर्थ ऐन्द्रियः सर्गो यस् तु ज्ञान-क्रियात्मकः वैकारिको देव-सर्गः पञ्चमो यन्-मयं मनः
caturtha aindriyaḥ sargo yas tu jñāna-kriyātmakaḥ vaikāriko deva-sargaḥ pañcamo yan-mayaṃ manaḥ
The fourth is the creation of the senses, which is of the nature of knowledge and action; the fifth is the vaikārika creation of the gods, of which the mind consists.
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SB 3 10.17
षष्ठस् तु तमसः सर्गो यस् त्व् अबुद्धि-कृतः प्रभोः षड् इमे प्राकृताः सर्गा वैकृतान् अपि मे शृणु
ṣaṣṭhas tu tamasaḥ sargo yas tv abuddhi-kṛtaḥ prabhoḥ ṣaḍ ime prākṛtāḥ sargā vaikṛtān api me śṛṇu
The sixth is the creation of darkness belonging to the Lord, which is produced by the absence of intelligence. These six are the prākṛta creations; now hear from me of the vaikṛta ones too.
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SB 3 10.18
रजो-भाजो भगवतो लीलेयं हरि-मेधसः सप्तमो मुख्य-सर्गस् तु षड्-विधस् तस्थुषां च यः
rajo-bhājo bhagavato līleyaṃ hari-medhasaḥ saptamo mukhya-sargas tu ṣaḍ-vidhas tasthuṣāṃ ca yaḥ
This is the play of the Lord who partakes of rajas, whose intelligence is Hari('s). But the seventh is the principal creation, which is of the standing (immobile) beings, of six kinds.
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SB 3 10.19
वनस्पत्य्-ओषधि-लता- त्वक्सारा वीरुधो द्रुमाः उत्स्रोतसस् तमः-प्राया अन्तः-स्पर्शा विशेषिणः
vanaspaty-oṣadhi-latā- tvaksārā vīrudho drumāḥ utsrotasas tamaḥ-prāyā antaḥ-sparśā viśeṣiṇaḥ
(These are) trees, herbs, creepers, plants with bark for pith, bushes and great trees; their currents flow upward, they are chiefly of tamas, they have feeling within, and they are distinct (kinds).
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SB 3 10.20
तिरश्चाम् अष्टमः सर्गः सो ऽष्टाविंशद्-विधो मतः अविदो भूरि-तमसो घ्राण-ज्ञा हृद्य् अवेदिनः
tiraścām aṣṭamaḥ sargaḥ so 'ṣṭāviṃśad-vidho mataḥ avido bhūri-tamaso ghrāṇa-jñā hṛdy avedinaḥ
The eighth is the creation of animals moving crosswise; it is held to be of twenty-eight kinds. They are without discernment, of abundant tamas, they know by smell, and are without knowledge in the heart.
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SB 3 10.21
गौर् अजो महिषः कृष्णः सूकरो गवयो रुरुः द्वि-शफाः पशवश् चेमे अविर् उष्ट्रश् च सत्तम
gaur ajo mahiṣaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sūkaro gavayo ruruḥ dvi-śaphāḥ paśavaś ceme avir uṣṭraś ca sattama
Cow, goat, buffalo, black antelope, boar, gayal, ruru deer — these are cloven-hoofed beasts, and also the sheep and the camel, O best one.
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SB 3 10.22
खरो ऽश्वो ऽश्वतरो गौरः शरभश् चमरी तथा एते चैक-शफाः क्षत्तः शृणु पञ्च-नखान् पशून्
kharo 'śvo 'śvataro gauraḥ śarabhaś camarī tathā ete caika-śaphāḥ kṣattaḥ śṛṇu pañca-nakhān paśūn
The ass, horse, mule, gaura, śarabha, and likewise the camarī (yak) — these have a single hoof, O Kṣattā; now hear of the five-nailed beasts.
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SB 3 10.23
श्वा सृगालो वृको व्याघ्रो मार्जारः शश-शल्लकौ सिंहः कपिर् गजः कूर्मो गोधा च मकरादयः
śvā sṛgālo vṛko vyāghro mārjāraḥ śaśa-śallakau siṃhaḥ kapir gajaḥ kūrmo godhā ca makarādayaḥ
Dog, jackal, wolf, tiger, cat, hare and porcupine, lion, monkey, elephant, tortoise, iguana, and the crocodiles and the rest.
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SB 3 10.24
कङ्क-गृध्र-बक-श्येन- भास-भल्लूक-बर्हिणः हंस-सारस-चक्राह्व- काकोलूकादयः खगाः
kaṅka-gṛdhra-baka-śyena- bhāsa-bhallūka-barhiṇaḥ haṃsa-sārasa-cakrāhva- kākolūkādayaḥ khagāḥ
Heron, vulture, crane, hawk, bhāsa, bhallūka, peacock, swan, sārasa crane, cakravāka, crow, owl and the rest are the birds.
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SB 3 10.25
अर्वाक्-स्रोतस् तु नवमः क्षत्तर् एक-विधो नृणाम् रजो ऽधिकाः कर्म-परा दुःखे च सुख-मानिनः
arvāk-srotas tu navamaḥ kṣattar eka-vidho nṛṇām rajo 'dhikāḥ karma-parā duḥkhe ca sukha-māninaḥ
But the ninth, whose current runs downward, O Kṣattā, is of one kind, that of men: they have an excess of rajas, are devoted to action, and take pleasure to lie in what is suffering.
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SB 3 10.26
वैकृतास् त्रय एवैते देव-सर्गश् च सत्तम वैकारिकस् तु यः प्रोक्तः कौमारस् तूभयात्मकः
vaikṛtās traya evaite deva-sargaś ca sattama vaikārikas tu yaḥ proktaḥ kaumāras tūbhayātmakaḥ
These three are the secondary (vaikṛta) creations, and also the creation of the gods, O best one. And the creation which was called vaikārika, the Kumāra creation, is of both kinds.
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SB 3 10.27
देव-सर्गश् चाष्ट-विधो विबुधाः पितरो ऽसुराः गन्धर्वाप्सरसः सिद्धा यक्ष-रक्षांसि चारणाः
deva-sargaś cāṣṭa-vidho vibudhāḥ pitaro 'surāḥ gandharvāpsarasaḥ siddhā yakṣa-rakṣāṃsi cāraṇāḥ
And the creation of the gods is of eight kinds: the gods, the forefathers, the asuras, the Gandharvas and Apsarases, the Siddhas, the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, the Cāraṇas,
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SB 3 10.28
भूत-प्रेत-पिशाचाश् च विद्याध्राः किन्नरादयः दशैते विदुराख्याताः सर्गास् ते विश्व-सृक्-कृताः
bhūta-preta-piśācāś ca vidyādhrāḥ kinnarādayaḥ daśaite vidurākhyātāḥ sargās te viśva-sṛk-kṛtāḥ
and the Bhūtas, Pretas and Piśācas, and the Vidyādharas, Kinnaras and the rest. These ten creations, Vidura, have been declared to you; they were made by the maker of the universe.
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SB 3 10.29
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि वंशान् मन्वन्तराणि च एवं रजः-प्लुतः स्रष्टा कल्पादिष्व् आत्मभूर् हरिः सृजत्य् अमोघ-सङ्कल्प आत्मैवात्मानम् आत्मना
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi vaṃśān manvantarāṇi ca evaṃ rajaḥ-plutaḥ sraṣṭā kalpādiṣv ātmabhūr hariḥ sṛjaty amogha-saṅkalpa ātmaivātmānam ātmanā
Hereafter I shall speak of the dynasties and of the manvantaras. Thus, flooded with rajas, the self-existent creator Hari, whose will is never thwarted, at the beginnings of the kalpas creates himself out of himself by himself, being himself.
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