Brahma Purana — Chapter 1
BrP 1.1
यस्मात् सर्वम् इदं प्रपञ्चरचितं मायाजगज् जायते यस्मिंस् तिष्ठति याति चान्तसमये कल्पानुकल्पे पुनः यं ध्यात्वा मुनयः प्रपञ्चरहितं विन्दन्ति मोक्षं ध्रुवं तं वन्दे पुरुषोत्तमाख्यम् अमलं नित्यं विभुं निश्चलम्
yasmāt sarvam idaṃ prapañcaracitaṃ māyājagaj jāyate yasmiṃs tiṣṭhati yāti cāntasamaye kalpānukalpe punaḥ yaṃ dhyātvā munayaḥ prapañcarahitaṃ vindanti mokṣaṃ dhruvaṃ taṃ vande puruṣottamākhyam amalaṃ nityaṃ vibhuṃ niścalam
From whom this whole world of illusion, fashioned as manifold display, is born; in whom it abides; and to whom it goes at the time of the end, again in kalpa after kalpa; whom the sages, meditating, find free of all display, and (attain) sure liberation — him I praise, called the Highest Person, stainless, eternal, all-pervading, unmoving.
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BrP 1.2
यं ध्यायन्ति बुधाः समाधिसमये शुद्धं वियत्संनिभम् नित्यानन्दमयं प्रसन्नम् अमलं सर्वेश्वरं निर्गुणम् व्यक्ताव्यक्तपरं प्रपञ्चरहितं ध्यानैकगम्यं विभुम् तं संसारविनाशहेतुम् अजरं वन्दे हरिं मुक्तिदम्
yaṃ dhyāyanti budhāḥ samādhisamaye śuddhaṃ viyatsaṃnibham nityānandamayaṃ prasannam amalaṃ sarveśvaraṃ nirguṇam vyaktāvyaktaparaṃ prapañcarahitaṃ dhyānaikagamyaṃ vibhum taṃ saṃsāravināśahetum ajaraṃ vande hariṃ muktidam
Whom the wise contemplate at the time of samādhi — pure, like the sky, made of eternal bliss, serene, stainless, lord of all, without qualities, beyond the manifest and unmanifest, free of display, reached by meditation alone, all-pervading — him, the cause of the destruction of saṃsāra, unaging, Hari, the giver of liberation, I praise.
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BrP 1.3
सुपुण्ये नैमिषारण्ये पवित्रे सुमनोहरे नानामुनिजनाकीर्णे नानापुष्पोपशोभिते ॥
supuṇye naimiṣāraṇye pavitre sumanohare nānāmunijanākīrṇe nānāpuṣpopaśobhite //
In the greatly holy Naimiṣa forest, pure and most delightful, thronged with many kinds of sages and adorned with many kinds of flowers,
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BrP 1.4
सरलैः कर्णिकारैश् च पनसैर् धवखादिरैः आम्रजम्बूकपित्थैश् च न्यग्रोधैर् देवदारुभिः ॥
saralaiḥ karṇikāraiś ca panasair dhavakhādiraiḥ āmrajambūkapitthaiś ca nyagrodhair devadārubhiḥ //
with sarala and karṇikāra trees, with breadfruits, with dhava and khadira, with mango, rose-apple and wood-apple, with banyans and deodars,
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BrP 1.5
अश्वत्थैः पारिजातैश् च चन्दनागुरुपाटलैः बकुलैः सप्तपर्णैश् च पुंनागैर् नागकेसरैः ॥
aśvatthaiḥ pārijātaiś ca candanāgurupāṭalaiḥ bakulaiḥ saptaparṇaiś ca puṃnāgair nāgakesaraiḥ //
with aśvattha and pārijāta trees, with sandal, aloe and pāṭala, with bakula and saptaparṇa, with puṃnāga and nāgakesara,
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BrP 1.6
शालैस् तालैस् तमालैश् च नारिकेलैस् तथार्जुनैः अन्यैश् च बहुभिर् वृक्षैश् चम्पकाद्यैश् च शोभिते ॥
śālais tālais tamālaiś ca nārikelais tathārjunaiḥ anyaiś ca bahubhir vṛkṣaiś campakādyaiś ca śobhite //
with śāla, palm and tamāla trees, and with coconuts and arjunas, and adorned with many other trees, campaka and the rest,
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BrP 1.7
नानापक्षिगणाकीर्णे नानामृगगणैर् युते नानाजलाशयैः पुण्यैर् दीर्घिकाद्यैर् अलंकृते ॥
nānāpakṣigaṇākīrṇe nānāmṛgagaṇair yute nānājalāśayaiḥ puṇyair dīrghikādyair alaṃkṛte //
(In that place) thronged with flocks of many kinds of birds, filled with herds of many kinds of deer, adorned with many holy bodies of water, with long ponds and the like.
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BrP 1.8
ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर् वैश्यैः शूद्रैश् चान्यैश् च जातिभिः वानप्रस्थैर् गृहस्थैश् च यतिभिर् ब्रह्मचारिभिः ॥
brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyaiḥ śūdraiś cānyaiś ca jātibhiḥ vānaprasthair gṛhasthaiś ca yatibhir brahmacāribhiḥ //
(And) with brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, shudras and men of other castes, with forest-dwellers, householders, ascetics and celibate students.
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BrP 1.9
संपन्नैर् गोकुलैश् चैव सर्वत्र समलंकृते यवगोधूमचणकैर् माषमुद्गतिलेक्षुभिः ॥
saṃpannair gokulaiś caiva sarvatra samalaṃkṛte yavagodhūmacaṇakair māṣamudgatilekṣubhiḥ //
Adorned everywhere with prosperous herds of cattle, and with barley, wheat and chickpeas, with black gram, mung beans, sesame and sugarcane.
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BrP 1.10
चीनकाद्यैस् तथा मेध्यैः सस्यैश् चान्यैश् च शोभिते तत्र दीप्ते हुतवहे हूयमाने महामखे ॥
cīnakādyais tathā medhyaiḥ sasyaiś cānyaiś ca śobhite tatra dīpte hutavahe hūyamāne mahāmakhe //
And made beautiful with millet and the rest, with pure grains and with others too — there, while the fire blazed and oblations were being poured in the great sacrifice,
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BrP 1.11
यजतां नैमिषेयाणां सत्त्रे द्वादशवार्षिके आजग्मुस् तत्र मुनयस् तथान्ये ऽपि द्विजातयः ॥
yajatāṃ naimiṣeyāṇāṃ sattre dvādaśavārṣike ājagmus tatra munayas tathānye 'pi dvijātayaḥ //
—while the men of Naimiṣa were sacrificing at the twelve-year sattra—sages came there, and other twice-born men as well.
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BrP 1.12
तान् आगतान् द्विजांस् ते तु पूजां चक्रुर् यथोचिताम् तेषु तत्रोपविष्टेषु ऋत्विग्भिः सहितेषु च ॥
tān āgatān dvijāṃs te tu pūjāṃ cakrur yathocitām teṣu tatropaviṣṭeṣu ṛtvigbhiḥ sahiteṣu ca //
And they paid due honour to those twice-born who had arrived; and when these were seated there together with the priests,
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BrP 1.13
तत्राजगाम सूतस् तु मतिमांल् लोमहर्षणः तं दृष्ट्वा ते मुनिवराः पूजां चक्रुर् मुदान्विताः ॥
tatrājagāma sūtas tu matimāṃl lomaharṣaṇaḥ taṃ dṛṣṭvā te munivarāḥ pūjāṃ cakrur mudānvitāḥ //
there came the intelligent Sūta Lomaharṣaṇa; and seeing him those best of sages, filled with joy, did him honour.
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BrP 1.14
सो ऽपि तान् प्रतिपूज्यैव संविवेश वरासने कथां चक्रुस् तदान्योन्यं सूतेन सहिता द्विजाः ॥
so 'pi tān pratipūjyaiva saṃviveśa varāsane kathāṃ cakrus tadānyonyaṃ sūtena sahitā dvijāḥ //
He too, having honoured them in return, took his seat on an excellent seat; then the twice-born, together with the Sūta, made conversation with one another.
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BrP 1.15
कथान्ते व्यासशिष्यं ते पप्रच्छुः संशयं मुदा ऋत्विग्भिः सहिताः सर्वे सदस्यैः सह दीक्षिताः ॥
kathānte vyāsaśiṣyaṃ te papracchuḥ saṃśayaṃ mudā ṛtvigbhiḥ sahitāḥ sarve sadasyaiḥ saha dīkṣitāḥ //
At the end of the talk they gladly asked Vyāsa's pupil about their doubt — all of them, together with the priests, the consecrated ones along with the members of the assembly:
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BrP 1.16
पुराणागमशास्त्राणि सेतिहासानि सत्तम जानासि देवदैत्यानां चरितं जन्म कर्म च ॥
purāṇāgamaśāstrāṇi setihāsāni sattama jānāsi devadaityānāṃ caritaṃ janma karma ca //
"You know, O best of men, the Purāṇas, the Āgamas and the śāstras along with the epic histories, and the deeds, birth and works of the gods and demons.
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BrP 1.17
न ते ऽस्त्य् अविदितं किंचिद् वेदे शास्त्रे च भारते पुराणे मोक्षशास्त्रे च सर्वज्ञो ऽसि महामते ॥
na te 'sty aviditaṃ kiṃcid vede śāstre ca bhārate purāṇe mokṣaśāstre ca sarvajño 'si mahāmate //
There is nothing unknown to you in the Veda, in the śāstra, in the Bhārata, in the Purāṇa or in the scripture of liberation: you are all-knowing, O you of great mind.
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BrP 1.18
यथापूर्वम् इदं सर्वम् उत्पन्नं सचराचरम् ससुरासुरगन्धर्वं सयक्षोरगराक्षसम् ॥
yathāpūrvam idaṃ sarvam utpannaṃ sacarācaram sasurāsuragandharvaṃ sayakṣoragarākṣasam //
How all this came into being formerly, with what moves and what does not move, with gods, demons and gandharvas, with yakṣas, serpents and rākṣasas —
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BrP 1.19
श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे सूत ब्रूहि सर्वं यथा जगत् बभूव भूयश् च यथा महाभाग भविष्यति ॥
śrotum icchāmahe sūta brūhi sarvaṃ yathā jagat babhūva bhūyaś ca yathā mahābhāga bhaviṣyati //
that we wish to hear, O Sūta; tell us all of it: how the world came to be, and how, O greatly fortunate one, it will come to be again.
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BrP 1.20
यतश् चैव जगत् सूत यतश् चैव चराचरम् लीनम् आसीत् तथा यत्र लयम् एष्यति यत्र च ॥
yataś caiva jagat sūta yataś caiva carācaram līnam āsīt tathā yatra layam eṣyati yatra ca //
And from what, O Sūta, the world (arose), and from what what moves and what does not move (arose); and in what it lay dissolved, and in what it will go to dissolution.
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BrP 1.21
अविकाराय शुद्धाय नित्याय परमात्मने सदैकरूपरूपाय विष्णवे सर्वजिष्णवे ॥
avikārāya śuddhāya nityāya paramātmane sadaikarūparūpāya viṣṇave sarvajiṣṇave //
To the changeless, the pure, the eternal, to the supreme Self, to him whose form is ever one and the same, to Viṣṇu, the all-conquering,
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BrP 1.22
नमो हिरण्यगर्भाय हरये शङ्कराय च वासुदेवाय ताराय सर्गस्थित्यन्तकर्मणे ॥
namo hiraṇyagarbhāya haraye śaṅkarāya ca vāsudevāya tārāya sargasthityantakarmaṇe //
homage to Hiraṇyagarbha, to Hari and to Śaṅkara, to Vāsudeva, the deliverer, whose work is creation, maintenance and end;
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BrP 1.23
एकानेकस्वरूपाय स्थूलसूक्ष्मात्मने नमः अव्यक्तव्यक्तभूताय विष्णवे मुक्तिहेतवे ॥
ekānekasvarūpāya sthūlasūkṣmātmane namaḥ avyaktavyaktabhūtāya viṣṇave muktihetave //
homage to him whose own form is one and many, whose self is gross and subtle, who has become both unmanifest and manifest, to Viṣṇu, the cause of liberation.
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BrP 1.24
सर्गस्थितिविनाशाय जगतो यो ऽजरामरः मूलभूतो नमस् तस्मै विष्णवे परमात्मने ॥
sargasthitivināśāya jagato yo 'jarāmaraḥ mūlabhūto namas tasmai viṣṇave paramātmane //
He who, for the creation, maintenance and destruction of the world, is unaging and undying, being its root — homage to that Viṣṇu, the supreme Self.
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BrP 1.25
आधारभूतं विश्वस्याप्य् अणीयांसम् अणीयसाम् प्रणम्य सर्वभूतस्थम् अच्युतं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
ādhārabhūtaṃ viśvasyāpy aṇīyāṃsam aṇīyasām praṇamya sarvabhūtastham acyutaṃ puruṣottamam //
Having bowed to him who is the support of the universe, subtler than the subtle, who abides in all beings, the unfallen, the highest Person,
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BrP 1.26
ज्ञानस्वरूपम् अत्यन्तं निर्मलं परमार्थतः तम् एवार्थस्वरूपेण भ्रान्तिदर्शनतः स्थितम् ॥
jñānasvarūpam atyantaṃ nirmalaṃ paramārthataḥ tam evārthasvarūpeṇa bhrāntidarśanataḥ sthitam //
(having bowed) to him whose nature is knowledge, utterly stainless in the highest truth, and who yet, through deluded seeing, stands in the form of objects,
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BrP 1.27
विष्णुं ग्रसिष्णुं विश्वस्य स्थितौ सर्गे तथा प्रभुम् सर्वज्ञं जगताम् ईशम् अजम् अक्षयम् अव्ययम् ॥
viṣṇuṃ grasiṣṇuṃ viśvasya sthitau sarge tathā prabhum sarvajñaṃ jagatām īśam ajam akṣayam avyayam //
(Bowing to) Viṣṇu, the devourer of the universe, and the lord in its maintenance and creation, all-knowing, master of the worlds, unborn, imperishable, unchanging,
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BrP 1.28
आद्यं सुसूक्ष्मं विश्वेशं ब्रह्मादीन् प्रणिपत्य च इतिहासपुराणज्ञं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम् ॥
ādyaṃ susūkṣmaṃ viśveśaṃ brahmādīn praṇipatya ca itihāsapurāṇajñaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragam //
the first, most subtle, lord of all — and having bowed to Brahmā and the rest, and (to him who is) knower of the epic and Purāṇa lore, who has gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Vedic auxiliaries,
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BrP 1.29
सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्त्वज्ञं पराशरसुतं प्रभुम् गुरुं प्रणम्य वक्ष्यामि पुराणं वेदसंमितम् ॥
sarvaśāstrārthatattvajñaṃ parāśarasutaṃ prabhum guruṃ praṇamya vakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam //
who knows the truth and meaning of all the treatises, the mighty son of Parāśara — having bowed to (my) teacher, I shall declare the Purāṇa, equal in measure to the Veda.
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BrP 1.30
कथयामि यथा पूर्वं दक्षाद्यैर् मुनिसत्तमैः पृष्टः प्रोवाच भगवान् अब्जयोनिः पितामहः ॥
kathayāmi yathā pūrvaṃ dakṣādyair munisattamaiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ provāca bhagavān abjayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ //
I recount it as, formerly, the Lord, the Grandfather, born from the lotus, when asked by Dakṣa and the other best of sages, spoke it.
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BrP 1.31
शृणुध्वं संप्रवक्ष्यामि कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम् कथ्यमानां मया चित्रां बह्वर्थां श्रुतिविस्तराम् ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutivistarām //
Listen; I shall fully declare the tale that destroys sin — being told by me, wondrous, of much meaning, an extension of the Vedic revelation.
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BrP 1.32
यस् त्व् इमां धारयेन् नित्यं शृणुयाद् वाप्य् अभीक्ष्णशः स्ववंशधारणं कृत्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥
yas tv imāṃ dhārayen nityaṃ śṛṇuyād vāpy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ svavaṃśadhāraṇaṃ kṛtvā svargaloke mahīyate //
But whoever should constantly hold this (in mind), or should hear it again and again, having secured the continuance of his own lineage, is honored in the world of heaven.
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BrP 1.33
अव्यक्तं कारणं यत् तन् नित्यं सदसदात्मकम् प्रधानं पुरुषस् तस्मान् निर्ममे विश्वम् ईश्वरः ॥
avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yat tan nityaṃ sadasadātmakam pradhānaṃ puruṣas tasmān nirmame viśvam īśvaraḥ //
That unmanifest cause which is eternal, having the nature of both being and non-being, is pradhāna; the puruṣa, the Lord, fashioned the universe out of it.
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BrP 1.34
तं बुध्यध्वं मुनिश्रेष्ठा ब्रह्माणम् अमितौजसम् स्रष्टारं सर्वभूतानां नारायणपरायणम् ॥
taṃ budhyadhvaṃ muniśreṣṭhā brahmāṇam amitaujasam sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇam //
Know him, O best of sages, as Brahmā of measureless might, the creator of all beings, wholly devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
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BrP 1.35
अहंकारस् तु महतस् तस्माद् भूतानि जज्ञिरे भूतभेदाश् च भूतेभ्य इति सर्गः सनातनः ॥
ahaṃkāras tu mahatas tasmād bhūtāni jajñire bhūtabhedāś ca bhūtebhya iti sargaḥ sanātanaḥ //
But the I-principle (arose) from the great one; from that the elements were born, and from the elements the varieties of beings — such is the eternal creation.
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BrP 1.36
विस्तरावयवं चैव यथाप्रज्ञं यथाश्रुति कीर्त्यमानं शृणुध्वं वः सर्वेषां कीर्तिवर्धनम् ॥
vistarāvayavaṃ caiva yathāprajñaṃ yathāśruti kīrtyamānaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ vaḥ sarveṣāṃ kīrtivardhanam //
And listen as it is proclaimed, in its full extent and its parts, according to (my) understanding and according to what has been heard — it increases the renown of you all.
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BrP 1.37
कीर्तितं स्थिरकीर्तीनां सर्वेषां पुण्यवर्धनम् ततः स्वयंभूर् भगवान् सिसृक्षुर् विविधाः प्रजाः ॥
kīrtitaṃ sthirakīrtīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ puṇyavardhanam tataḥ svayaṃbhūr bhagavān sisṛkṣur vividhāḥ prajāḥ //
It has been proclaimed, increasing the merit of all those of steady fame. Then the self-existent Lord, wishing to create manifold creatures,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.38
अप एव ससर्जादौ तासु वीर्यम् अथासृजत् आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता आपो वै नरसूनवः ॥
apa eva sasarjādau tāsu vīryam athāsṛjat āpo nārā iti proktā āpo vai narasūnavaḥ //
created the waters first of all, and then emitted his seed into them. The waters are called nārāḥ; the waters indeed are the offspring of Nara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.39
अयनं तस्य ताः पूर्वं तेन नारायणः स्मृतः हिरण्यवर्णम् अभवत् तद् अण्डम् उदकेशयम् ॥
ayanaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ hiraṇyavarṇam abhavat tad aṇḍam udakeśayam //
They were his abode (ayana) in the beginning; hence he is remembered as Nārāyaṇa. That egg, lying in the water, became golden-colored.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.40
तत्र जज्ञे स्वयं ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूर् इति नः श्रुतम् हिरण्यवर्णो भगवान् उषित्वा परिवत्सरम् ॥
tatra jajñe svayaṃ brahmā svayaṃbhūr iti naḥ śrutam hiraṇyavarṇo bhagavān uṣitvā parivatsaram //
There Brahmā himself was born — 'the self-existent,' so we have heard. The golden-colored Lord, having dwelt (there) for a full year,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.41
तद् अण्डम् अकरोद् द्वैधं दिवं भुवम् अथापि च तयोः शकलयोर् मध्य आकाशम् अकरोत् प्रभुः ॥
tad aṇḍam akarod dvaidhaṃ divaṃ bhuvam athāpi ca tayoḥ śakalayor madhya ākāśam akarot prabhuḥ //
made that egg twofold, heaven and earth; and in the middle of the two halves the Lord made space.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.42
अप्सु पारिप्लवां पृथ्वीं दिशश् च दशधा दधे तत्र कालं मनो वाचं कामं क्रोधम् अथो रतिम् ॥
apsu pāriplavāṃ pṛthvīṃ diśaś ca daśadhā dadhe tatra kālaṃ mano vācaṃ kāmaṃ krodham atho ratim //
He set the earth floating on the waters, and the directions tenfold; there (he set) time, mind, speech, desire, anger, and then pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.43
ससर्ज सृष्टिं तद्रूपां स्रष्टुम् इच्छन् प्रजापतीन् मरीचिम् अत्र्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् ॥
sasarja sṛṣṭiṃ tadrūpāṃ sraṣṭum icchan prajāpatīn marīcim atryaṅgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum //
He emitted a creation of that same form, and wishing to create the Prajāpatis (he created) Marīci, Atri and Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.44
वसिष्ठं च महातेजाः सो ऽसृजत् सप्त मानसान् सप्त ब्रह्माण इत्य् एते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः ॥
vasiṣṭhaṃ ca mahātejāḥ so 'sṛjat sapta mānasān sapta brahmāṇa ity ete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ //
and Vasiṣṭha: he of great splendor created these seven mind-born ones. These are the seven Brahmās, so it has been settled in the Purāṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.45
नारायणात्मकानां तु सप्तानां ब्रह्मजन्मनाम् ततो ऽसृजत् पुरा ब्रह्मा रुद्रं रोषात्मसंभवम् ॥
nārāyaṇātmakānāṃ tu saptānāṃ brahmajanmanām tato 'sṛjat purā brahmā rudraṃ roṣātmasaṃbhavam //
the seven of Brahmā's begetting, having Nārāyaṇa as their self. Then, of old, Brahmā created Rudra, arisen from the substance of (his) wrath,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.46
सनत्कुमारं च विभुं पूर्वेषाम् अपि पूर्वजम् सप्तस्व् एता अजायन्त प्रजा रुद्राश् च भो द्विजाः ॥
sanatkumāraṃ ca vibhuṃ pūrveṣām api pūrvajam saptasv etā ajāyanta prajā rudrāś ca bho dvijāḥ //
and the mighty Sanatkumāra, born before even the earlier ones. Among these seven were born the creatures and the Rudras, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 1.47
स्कन्दः सनत्कुमारश् च तेजः संक्षिप्य तिष्ठतः तेषां सप्त महावंशा दिव्या देवगणान्विताः ॥
skandaḥ sanatkumāraś ca tejaḥ saṃkṣipya tiṣṭhataḥ teṣāṃ sapta mahāvaṃśā divyā devagaṇānvitāḥ //
Skanda and Sanatkumāra remain with their energy drawn in; from them (came) the seven great lineages, divine, attended by the hosts of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 1.48
क्रियावन्तः प्रजावन्तो महर्षिभिर् अलंकृताः विद्युतो ऽशनिमेघांश् च रोहितेन्द्रधनूंषि च ॥
kriyāvantaḥ prajāvanto maharṣibhir alaṃkṛtāḥ vidyuto 'śanimeghāṃś ca rohitendradhanūṃṣi ca //
(They were) performers of rites, possessed of offspring, adorned by great seers; and (he created) lightnings, thunderbolt-clouds, red streaks and Indra's bows (rainbows).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 1.49
वयांसि च ससर्जादौ पर्जन्यं च ससर्ज ह ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि निर्ममे यज्ञसिद्धये ॥
vayāṃsi ca sasarjādau parjanyaṃ ca sasarja ha ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni nirmame yajñasiddhaye //
And in the beginning he created the birds, and he created the rain-cloud; he fashioned the Ṛc, Yajus and Sāman verses for the accomplishment of sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.50
साध्यान् अजनयद् देवान् इत्य् एवम् अनुसंजगुः उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस् तस्य जज्ञिरे ॥
sādhyān ajanayad devān ity evam anusaṃjaguḥ uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyas tasya jajñire //
He generated the Sādhya gods — thus have (the sages) sung in succession; high and low beings were born from his limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.51
आपवस्य प्रजासर्गं सृजतो हि प्रजापतेः सृज्यमानाः प्रजा नैव विवर्धन्ते यदा तदा ॥
āpavasya prajāsargaṃ sṛjato hi prajāpateḥ sṛjyamānāḥ prajā naiva vivardhante yadā tadā //
When, as the lord of creatures Āpava was producing the creation of offspring, the offspring being created did not increase at all, then —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.52
द्विधा कृत्वात्मनो देहम् अर्धेन पुरुषो ऽभवत् अर्धेन नारी तस्यां तु सो ऽसृजद् द्विविधाः प्रजाः ॥
dvidhā kṛtvātmano deham ardhena puruṣo 'bhavat ardhena nārī tasyāṃ tu so 'sṛjad dvividhāḥ prajāḥ //
having made his body twofold, with one half he became a man, with the other half a woman; and in her he created offspring of two kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.53
दिवं च पृथिवीं चैव महिम्ना व्याप्य तिष्ठति विराजम् असृजद् विष्णुः सो ऽसृजत् पुरुषं विराट् ॥
divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ caiva mahimnā vyāpya tiṣṭhati virājam asṛjad viṣṇuḥ so 'sṛjat puruṣaṃ virāṭ //
He stands pervading heaven and earth with his greatness; Viṣṇu created Virāj, and Virāj created the Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.54
पुरुषं तं मनुं विद्यात् तस्य मन्वन्तरं स्मृतम् द्वितीयं मानसस्यैतन् मनोर् अन्तरम् उच्यते ॥
puruṣaṃ taṃ manuṃ vidyāt tasya manvantaraṃ smṛtam dvitīyaṃ mānasasyaitan manor antaram ucyate //
One should know that Puruṣa as Manu; his period is remembered as a Manvantara — this is called the second interval, that of the mind-born Manu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 1.55
स वैराजः प्रजासर्गं ससर्ज पुरुषः प्रभुः नारायणविसर्गस्य प्रजास् तस्याप्य् अयोनिजाः ॥
sa vairājaḥ prajāsargaṃ sasarja puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ nārāyaṇavisargasya prajās tasyāpy ayonijāḥ //
That Puruṣa, the lord, son of Virāj, produced the creation of offspring; his offspring too, (being) of Nārāyaṇa's emission, were not born from a womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 1.56
आयुष्मान् कीर्तिमान् पुण्यप्रजावांश् च भवेन् नरः आदिसर्गं विदित्वेमं यथेष्टां चाप्नुयाद् गतिम् ॥
āyuṣmān kīrtimān puṇyaprajāvāṃś ca bhaven naraḥ ādisargaṃ viditvemaṃ yatheṣṭāṃ cāpnuyād gatim //
A man becomes long-lived, famous, and possessed of meritorious offspring, and, having known this first creation, he would attain the goal he wishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition