Brahma Purana — Chapter 179
BrP 179.1
व्यासस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनयः संयतेन्द्रियाः प्रीता बभूवुः संहृष्टा विस्मिताश् च पुनः पुनः ॥
vyāsasya vacanaṃ śrutvā munayaḥ saṃyatendriyāḥ prītā babhūvuḥ saṃhṛṣṭā vismitāś ca punaḥ punaḥ //
Having heard Vyāsa's words, the sages, their senses controlled, became pleased, delighted, and astonished again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.2
अहो भारतवर्षस्य त्वया संकीर्तिता गुणाः तद्वच् छ्रीपुरुषाख्यस्य क्षेत्रस्य पुरुषोत्तम ॥
aho bhāratavarṣasya tvayā saṃkīrtitā guṇāḥ tadvac chrīpuruṣākhyasya kṣetrasya puruṣottama //
Ah! You have proclaimed the excellences of Bhāratavarṣa, and likewise those of the field called Śrī Puruṣa (Puruṣottama), O Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.3
विस्मयो हि न चैकस्य श्रुत्वा माहात्म्यम् उत्तमम् पुरुषाख्यस्य क्षेत्रस्य प्रीतिश् च वदतां वर ॥
vismayo hi na caikasya śrutvā māhātmyam uttamam puruṣākhyasya kṣetrasya prītiś ca vadatāṃ vara //
Indeed the wonder is not of one alone on hearing the supreme greatness of the field called Puruṣa, nor the delight, O best of speakers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.4
चिरात् प्रभृति चास्माकं संशयो हृदि वर्तते त्वदृते संशयस्यास्य च्छेत्ता नान्यो ऽस्ति भूतले ॥
cirāt prabhṛti cāsmākaṃ saṃśayo hṛdi vartate tvadṛte saṃśayasyāsya cchettā nānyo 'sti bhūtale //
And from long ago a doubt has abided in our hearts; apart from you there is no other on earth who can cut through this doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.5
उत्पत्तिं बलदेवस्य कृष्णस्य च महीतले भद्रायाश् चैव कार्त्स्न्येन पृच्छामस् त्वां महामुने ॥
utpattiṃ baladevasya kṛṣṇasya ca mahītale bhadrāyāś caiva kārtsnyena pṛcchāmas tvāṃ mahāmune //
We ask you in full, O great sage, about the birth on earth of Baladeva and of Kṛṣṇa, and of Bhadrā as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.6
किमर्थं तौ समुत्पन्नौ कृष्णसंकर्षणाव् उभौ वसुदेवसुतौ वीरौ स्थितौ नन्दगृहे मुने ॥
kimarthaṃ tau samutpannau kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāv ubhau vasudevasutau vīrau sthitau nandagṛhe mune //
For what purpose were those two born, both Kṛṣṇa and Saṃkarṣaṇa, the two heroes, sons of Vasudeva, (and why) did they stay in Nanda's house, O sage?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.7
निःसारे मृत्युलोके ऽस्मिन् दुःखप्राये ऽतिचञ्चले जलबुद्बुदसंकाशे भैरवे लोमहर्षणे ॥
niḥsāre mṛtyuloke 'smin duḥkhaprāye 'ticañcale jalabudbudasaṃkāśe bhairave lomaharṣaṇe //
In this world of death, without substance, filled with suffering, utterly unsteady, like a bubble on water, dreadful, hair-raising —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.8
विण्मूत्रपिच्छलं कष्टं संकटं दुःखदायकम् कथं घोरतरं तेषां गर्भवासम् अरोचत ॥
viṇmūtrapicchalaṃ kaṣṭaṃ saṃkaṭaṃ duḥkhadāyakam kathaṃ ghorataraṃ teṣāṃ garbhavāsam arocata //
— how did dwelling in the womb, slimy with excrement and urine, painful, cramped, giving suffering, most horrible, please them?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.9
यानि कर्माणि चक्रुस् ते समुत्पन्ना महीतले विस्तरेण मुने तानि ब्रूहि नो वदतां वर ॥
yāni karmāṇi cakrus te samutpannā mahītale vistareṇa mune tāni brūhi no vadatāṃ vara //
Tell us at length, O sage, best of speakers, those deeds which they did once born on earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.10
समग्रं चरितं तेषाम् अद्भुतं चातिमानुषम् कथं स भगवान् देवः सुरेशः सुरसत्तमः ॥
samagraṃ caritaṃ teṣām adbhutaṃ cātimānuṣam kathaṃ sa bhagavān devaḥ sureśaḥ surasattamaḥ //
their entire course of action, wonderful and more than human. How did that blessed god, lord of the gods, best of the gods,
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BrP 179.11
वसुदेवकुले धीमान् वासुदेवत्वम् आगतः अमरैश् चावृतं पुण्यं पुण्यकृद्भिर् अलंकृतम् ॥
vasudevakule dhīmān vāsudevatvam āgataḥ amaraiś cāvṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyakṛdbhir alaṃkṛtam //
wise, come in the family of Vasudeva to the state of being Vāsudeva? — (leaving) the holy (world) thronged with immortals and adorned by doers of merit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.12
देवलोकं किम् उत्सृज्य मर्त्यलोक इहागतः देवमानुषयोर् नेता द्योर् भुवः प्रभवो ऽव्ययः ॥
devalokaṃ kim utsṛjya martyaloka ihāgataḥ devamānuṣayor netā dyor bhuvaḥ prabhavo 'vyayaḥ //
Why has he abandoned the world of the gods and come here to the world of mortals — he who leads both gods and men, the imperishable source of heaven and earth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.13
किमर्थं दिव्यम् आत्मानं मानुषेषु न्ययोजयत् यश् चक्रं वर्तयत्य् एको मानुषाणाम् अनामयम् ॥
kimarthaṃ divyam ātmānaṃ mānuṣeṣu nyayojayat yaś cakraṃ vartayaty eko mānuṣāṇām anāmayam //
For what purpose did he yoke his divine self among men — he who alone turns the wheel (of dominion), free of affliction, for mankind?
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BrP 179.14
स मानुष्ये कथं बुद्धिं चक्रे चक्रगदाधरः गोपायनं यः कुरुते जगतः सार्वभौतिकम् ॥
sa mānuṣye kathaṃ buddhiṃ cakre cakragadādharaḥ gopāyanaṃ yaḥ kurute jagataḥ sārvabhautikam //
How did he, the bearer of the discus and the mace, set his mind upon human birth — he who provides protection for the world, extending to all beings?
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BrP 179.15
स कथं गां गतो विष्णुर् गोपत्वम् अकरोत् प्रभुः महाभूतानि भूतात्मा यो दधार चकार च ॥
sa kathaṃ gāṃ gato viṣṇur gopatvam akarot prabhuḥ mahābhūtāni bhūtātmā yo dadhāra cakāra ca //
How did Viṣṇu, the lord, come to the earth and take up cowherdhood — he, the self of beings, who upheld and made the great elements?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.16
श्रीगर्भः स कथं गर्भे स्त्रिया भूचरया धृतः येन लोकान् क्रमैर् जित्वा त्रिभिर् वै त्रिदशेप्सया ॥
śrīgarbhaḥ sa kathaṃ garbhe striyā bhūcarayā dhṛtaḥ yena lokān kramair jitvā tribhir vai tridaśepsayā //
How was he, whose womb is Śrī, held in the womb of a woman who walks on earth — he by whom the worlds were conquered with three strides for the sake of the thirty gods?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.17
स्थापिता जगतो मार्गास् त्रिवर्गाश् चाभवंस् त्रयः यो ऽन्तकाले जगत् पीत्वा कृत्वा तोयमयं वपुः ॥
sthāpitā jagato mārgās trivargāś cābhavaṃs trayaḥ yo 'ntakāle jagat pītvā kṛtvā toyamayaṃ vapuḥ //
By whom the paths of the world were established, and the three groups of three (the trivarga) came to be — who at the time of the end, having drunk down the world and made his body of water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.18
लोकम् एकार्णवं चक्रे दृश्यादृश्येन चात्मना यः पुराणः पुराणात्मा वाराहं रूपम् आस्थितः ॥
lokam ekārṇavaṃ cakre dṛśyādṛśyena cātmanā yaḥ purāṇaḥ purāṇātmā vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ //
made the world a single ocean, by his self both visible and invisible — he who, ancient, the ancient self, took on the boar's form,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.19
विषाणाग्रेण वसुधाम् उज्जहारारिसूदनः यः पुरा पुरुहूतार्थे त्रैलोक्यम् इदम् अव्ययम् ॥
viṣāṇāgreṇa vasudhām ujjahārārisūdanaḥ yaḥ purā puruhūtārthe trailokyam idam avyayam //
the slayer of foes, lifted up the earth with the tip of his tusk — he who long ago, for Puruhūta's (Indra's) sake, (won) this imperishable triple world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.20
ददौ जित्वा वसुमतीं सुराणां सुरसत्तमः येन सैंहवपुः कृत्वा द्विधा कृत्वा च तत् पुनः ॥
dadau jitvā vasumatīṃ surāṇāṃ surasattamaḥ yena saiṃhavapuḥ kṛtvā dvidhā kṛtvā ca tat punaḥ //
and having conquered the earth, the best of gods gave it to the gods — by whom, having made a lion's body and having made that body twofold (man-lion),
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BrP 179.21
पूर्वदैत्यो महावीर्यो हिरण्यकशिपुर् हतः यः पुरा ह्य् अनलो भूत्वा और्वः संवर्तको विभुः ॥
pūrvadaityo mahāvīryo hiraṇyakaśipur hataḥ yaḥ purā hy analo bhūtvā aurvaḥ saṃvartako vibhuḥ //
the primeval daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu of great might was slain — he who of old, becoming the fire, the Aurva (submarine) fire of dissolution, the all-pervading one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.22
पातालस्थो ऽर्णवरसं पपौ तोयमयं हरिः सहस्रचरणं ब्रह्म सहस्रांशुसहस्रदम् ॥
pātālastho 'rṇavarasaṃ papau toyamayaṃ hariḥ sahasracaraṇaṃ brahma sahasrāṃśusahasradam //
dwelling in Pātāla, drank up the essence of the ocean, made of water — Hari, the brahman with a thousand feet, the giver of a thousand thousand-rayed (suns),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.23
सहस्रशिरसं देवं यम् आहुर् वै युगे युगे नाभ्यां पद्मं समुद्भूतं यस्य पैतामहं गृहम् ॥
sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ yam āhur vai yuge yuge nābhyāṃ padmaṃ samudbhūtaṃ yasya paitāmahaṃ gṛham //
whom age after age they call the thousand-headed god, from whose navel arose the lotus that is the Grandfather's house,
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BrP 179.24
एकार्णवे नागलोके सद्धिरण्मयपङ्कजम् येन ते निहता दैत्याः संग्रामे तारकामये ॥
ekārṇave nāgaloke saddhiraṇmayapaṅkajam yena te nihatā daityāḥ saṃgrāme tārakāmaye //
a true golden lotus in the world of serpents when all was one ocean — by whom those daityas were struck down in the battle over Tāraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.25
येन देवमयं कृत्वा सर्वायुधधरं वपुः गुहासंस्थेन चोत्सिक्तः कालनेमिर् निपातितः ॥
yena devamayaṃ kṛtvā sarvāyudhadharaṃ vapuḥ guhāsaṃsthena cotsiktaḥ kālanemir nipātitaḥ //
by whom, having made a body composed of (all) the gods and bearing every weapon, and stationed in a cave, the arrogant Kālanemi was struck down;
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BrP 179.26
उत्तरान्ते समुद्रस्य क्षीरोदस्यामृतोदधौ यः शेते शाश्वतं योगम् आस्थाय तिमिरं महत् ॥
uttarānte samudrasya kṣīrodasyāmṛtodadhau yaḥ śete śāśvataṃ yogam āsthāya timiraṃ mahat //
who lies at the northern shore of the ocean, in the sea of milk, the sea of nectar, having entered upon eternal yoga and the great darkness;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.27
सुरारणी गर्भम् अधत्त दिव्यं तपःप्रकर्षाद् अदितिः पुराणम् शक्रं च यो दैत्यगणावरुद्धं गर्भावधानेन कृतं चकार
surāraṇī garbham adhatta divyaṃ tapaḥprakarṣād aditiḥ purāṇam śakraṃ ca yo daityagaṇāvaruddhaṃ garbhāvadhānena kṛtaṃ cakāra
Aditi, the kindling-stick of the gods, by the excellence of her austerity bore the divine, ancient embryo; and Śakra, who had been hemmed in by the host of daityas, he made accomplished by placing (him) in the womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.28
पदानि यो योगमयानि कृत्वा चकार दैत्यान् सलिलेशयस्थान् कृत्वा च देवांस् त्रिदशेश्वरांस् तु चक्रे सुरेशं पुरुहूतम् एव
padāni yo yogamayāni kṛtvā cakāra daityān salileśayasthān kṛtvā ca devāṃs tridaśeśvarāṃs tu cakre sureśaṃ puruhūtam eva
who, having made his strides consist of yoga, made the daityas dwellers lying in the waters, and having made the gods lords of the thirty, made Puruhūta the lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.29
गार्हपत्येन विधिना अन्वाहार्येण कर्मणा अग्निम् आहवनीयं च वेदं दीक्षां समिद् ध्रुवम् ॥
gārhapatyena vidhinā anvāhāryeṇa karmaṇā agnim āhavanīyaṃ ca vedaṃ dīkṣāṃ samid dhruvam //
By the rule of the householder's fire, by the anvāhārya rite, (he made) the āhavanīya fire, the Veda, the consecration, the kindling-stick, the dhruva ladle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.30
प्रोक्षणीयं स्रुवं चैव आवभृथ्यं तथैव च अवाक्पाणिस् तु यश् चक्रे हव्यभागभुजस् तथा ॥
prokṣaṇīyaṃ sruvaṃ caiva āvabhṛthyaṃ tathaiva ca avākpāṇis tu yaś cakre havyabhāgabhujas tathā //
the sprinkling water and the sruva ladle, and likewise the concluding bath — he who made those whose hands point downward and likewise those who eat the share of the oblation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.31
हव्यादांश् च सुरांश् चक्रे कव्यादांश् च पितॄन् अथ भोगार्थे यज्ञविधिना ऽयोजयद् यज्ञकर्मणि ॥
havyādāṃś ca surāṃś cakre kavyādāṃś ca pitṝn atha bhogārthe yajñavidhinā 'yojayad yajñakarmaṇi //
and he made the gods eaters of the havya and the fathers eaters of the kavya; for the sake of (their) enjoyment he employed (them) in the sacrificial act according to the rule of sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.32
पात्राणि दक्षिणां दीक्षां चरूंश् चोलूखलानि च यूपं समित् स्रुवं सोमं पवित्रान् परिधीन् अपि ॥
pātrāṇi dakṣiṇāṃ dīkṣāṃ carūṃś colūkhalāni ca yūpaṃ samit sruvaṃ somaṃ pavitrān paridhīn api //
(He created) the vessels, the priestly fee, the consecration, the oblation-cakes and the mortars, the sacrificial post, the kindling-stick, the ladle, the soma, the strainers, and the enclosing sticks too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.33
यज्ञियानि च द्रव्याणि चमसांश् च तथापरान् सदस्यान् यजमानांश् च मेधादींश् च क्रतूत्तमान् ॥
yajñiyāni ca dravyāṇi camasāṃś ca tathāparān sadasyān yajamānāṃś ca medhādīṃś ca kratūttamān //
And the objects fit for sacrifice, and the cups, and likewise the others—the members of the assembly, the sacrificers, and the highest rites, the (animal) sacrifices and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.34
विबभाज पुरा यस् तु पारमेष्ठ्येन कर्मणा युगानुरूपं यः कृत्वा लोकान् अनुपराक्रमात् ॥
vibabhāja purā yas tu pārameṣṭhyena karmaṇā yugānurūpaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā lokān anuparākramāt //
(He) who of old apportioned (all this) by his supreme act, who, having made the worlds in accordance with the yuga, went on further.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.35
क्षणा निमेषाः काष्ठाश् च कलास् त्रैकाल्यम् एव च मुहूर्तास् तिथयो मासा दिनं संवत्सरस् तथा ॥
kṣaṇā nimeṣāḥ kāṣṭhāś ca kalās traikālyam eva ca muhūrtās tithayo māsā dinaṃ saṃvatsaras tathā //
The moments, the twinklings, the kāṣṭhās and the kalās, and the three times (past, present, future), the muhūrtas, the lunar days, the months, the day, and likewise the year;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.36
ऋतवः कालयोगाश् च प्रमाणं त्रिविधं त्रिषु आयुःक्षेत्राण्य् उपचयो लक्षणं रूपसौष्ठवम् ॥
ṛtavaḥ kālayogāś ca pramāṇaṃ trividhaṃ triṣu āyuḥkṣetrāṇy upacayo lakṣaṇaṃ rūpasauṣṭhavam //
the seasons and the conjunctions of time, and the threefold measure in the three (worlds? times?), the fields of lifespan, growth, characteristic marks, and beauty of form;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.37
त्रयो लोकास् त्रयो देवास् त्रैविद्यं पावकास् त्रयः त्रैकाल्यं त्रीणि कर्माणि त्रयो वर्णास् त्रयो गुणाः ॥
trayo lokās trayo devās traividyaṃ pāvakās trayaḥ traikālyaṃ trīṇi karmāṇi trayo varṇās trayo guṇāḥ //
the three worlds, the three gods, the threefold knowledge, the three fires, the three times, the three (kinds of) acts, the three classes, the three qualities—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.38
सृष्टा लोकाः पुरा सर्वे येनानन्तेन कर्मणा सर्वभूतगतः स्रष्टा सर्वभूतगुणात्मकः ॥
sṛṣṭā lokāḥ purā sarve yenānantena karmaṇā sarvabhūtagataḥ sraṣṭā sarvabhūtaguṇātmakaḥ //
by whom of old all the worlds were created by an endless act—the creator who has gone into all beings, who consists of the qualities of all beings;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.39
नृणाम् इन्द्रियपूर्वेण योगेन रमते च यः गतागताभ्यां योगेन य एव विधिर् ईश्वरः ॥
nṛṇām indriyapūrveṇa yogena ramate ca yaḥ gatāgatābhyāṃ yogena ya eva vidhir īśvaraḥ //
and who takes his pleasure in men by the union that begins with the senses, who by the union of going and coming is himself the ordainer, the lord;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.40
यो गतिर् धर्मयुक्तानाम् अगतिः पापकर्मणाम् चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य प्रभवश् चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षिता ॥
yo gatir dharmayuktānām agatiḥ pāpakarmaṇām cāturvarṇyasya prabhavaś cāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā //
who is the resort of those joined to dharma and no resort for those of evil deeds, the origin of the four classes and the protector of the four classes;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.41
चातुर्विद्यस्य यो वेत्ता चातुराश्रम्यसंश्रयः दिगन्तरं नभो भूमिर् वायुर् वापि विभावसुः ॥
cāturvidyasya yo vettā cāturāśramyasaṃśrayaḥ digantaraṃ nabho bhūmir vāyur vāpi vibhāvasuḥ //
who is the knower of the fourfold knowledge, the support of the four stages of life; (who is) the space between the directions, the sky, the earth, the wind, or also fire;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.42
चन्द्रसूर्यमयं ज्योतिर् युगेशः क्षणदाचरः यः परं श्रूयते ज्योतिर् यः परं श्रूयते तपः ॥
candrasūryamayaṃ jyotir yugeśaḥ kṣaṇadācaraḥ yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate jyotir yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate tapaḥ //
the light made of moon and sun, the lord of the yugas, the mover in the night; who is heard of as the highest light, who is heard of as the highest heat (tapas);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.43
यं परं प्राहुर् अपरं यः परः परमात्मवान् आदित्यानां तु यो देवो यश् च दैत्यान्तको विभुः ॥
yaṃ paraṃ prāhur aparaṃ yaḥ paraḥ paramātmavān ādityānāṃ tu yo devo yaś ca daityāntako vibhuḥ //
whom they call the highest and the lower, who is highest, possessed of the supreme self; who is the god among the Ādityas, and who is the mighty ender of the Daityas;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.44
युगान्तेष्व् अन्तको यश् च यश् च लोकान्तकान्तकः सेतुर् यो लोकसेतूनां मेध्यो यो मेध्यकर्मणाम् ॥
yugānteṣv antako yaś ca yaś ca lokāntakāntakaḥ setur yo lokasetūnāṃ medhyo yo medhyakarmaṇām //
who is the ender at the ends of the yugas, and who is the ender of the ender of the worlds; who is the bridge (or dam) of the world's bridges, who is the pure one of pure acts;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.45
वेद्यो यो वेदविदुषां प्रभुर् यः प्रभवात्मनाम् सोमभूतश् च सौम्यानाम् अग्निभूतो ऽग्निवर्चसाम् ॥
vedyo yo vedaviduṣāṃ prabhur yaḥ prabhavātmanām somabhūtaś ca saumyānām agnibhūto 'gnivarcasām //
who is to be known by the knowers of the Veda, who is lord of those whose nature is (to be) origins; who is Soma among the soma-natured, who is fire among those with fire's brilliance;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.46
यः शक्राणाम् ईशभूतस् तपोभूतस् तपस्विनाम् विनयो नयवृत्तीनां तेजस् तेजस्विनाम् अपि ॥
yaḥ śakrāṇām īśabhūtas tapobhūtas tapasvinām vinayo nayavṛttīnāṃ tejas tejasvinām api //
who is the lord of the Śakras, the austerity of ascetics, the discipline of those whose conduct is guidance, and the brilliance of the brilliant;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.47
विग्रहो विग्रहार्हाणां गतिर् गतिमताम् अपि आकाशप्रभवो वायुर् वायोः प्राणाद् धुताशनः ॥
vigraho vigrahārhāṇāṃ gatir gatimatām api ākāśaprabhavo vāyur vāyoḥ prāṇād dhutāśanaḥ //
the (embodied) form of those deserving a body, and the course of those that move; from space arises wind, from the breath of the wind, fire;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.48
दिवो हुताशनः प्राणः प्राणो ऽग्निर् मधुसूदनः रसाच् छोणितसंभूतिः शोणितान् मांसम् उच्यते ॥
divo hutāśanaḥ prāṇaḥ prāṇo 'gnir madhusūdanaḥ rasāc choṇitasaṃbhūtiḥ śoṇitān māṃsam ucyate //
from heaven, fire; (from fire) breath; the breath is fire, Madhusūdana; from the sap arises blood, from blood, it is said, comes flesh;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.49
मांसात् तु मेदसो जन्म मेदसो ऽस्थि निरुच्यते अस्थ्नो मज्जा समभवन् मज्जातः शुक्रसंभवः ॥
māṃsāt tu medaso janma medaso 'sthi nirucyate asthno majjā samabhavan majjātaḥ śukrasaṃbhavaḥ //
but from flesh comes the birth of fat, from fat, bone is declared (to arise); from bone marrow came to be, from marrow the arising of semen;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.50
शुक्राद् गर्भः समभवद् रसमूलेन कर्मणा तत्रापां प्रथमो भागः स सौम्यो राशिर् उच्यते ॥
śukrād garbhaḥ samabhavad rasamūlena karmaṇā tatrāpāṃ prathamo bhāgaḥ sa saumyo rāśir ucyate //
from semen the embryo came to be, by a process rooted in the sap; therein the first portion is of the waters—that is called the lunar heap;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.51
गर्भोष्मसंभवो ज्ञेयो द्वितीयो राशिर् उच्यते शुक्रं सोमात्मकं विद्याद् आर्तवं पावकात्मकम् ॥
garbhoṣmasaṃbhavo jñeyo dvitīyo rāśir ucyate śukraṃ somātmakaṃ vidyād ārtavaṃ pāvakātmakam //
the second heap, it is said, is to be known as arising from the embryo's heat; one should know semen to be of the nature of the moon, and the menstrual blood to be of the nature of fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.52
भावा रसानुगाश् चैषां बीजे च शशिपावकौ कफवर्गे भवेच् छुक्रं पित्तवर्गे च शोणितम् ॥
bhāvā rasānugāś caiṣāṃ bīje ca śaśipāvakau kaphavarge bhavec chukraṃ pittavarge ca śoṇitam //
And the constituents of these (two) follow the (bodily) fluids; in the seed are the moon and fire. Semen belongs to the phlegm class, and blood to the bile class.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.53
कफस्य हृदयं स्थानं नाभ्यां पित्तं प्रतिष्ठितम् देहस्य मध्ये हृदयं स्थानं तन् मनसः स्मृतम् ॥
kaphasya hṛdayaṃ sthānaṃ nābhyāṃ pittaṃ pratiṣṭhitam dehasya madhye hṛdayaṃ sthānaṃ tan manasaḥ smṛtam //
The heart is the seat of phlegm; bile is established in the navel. The heart is the seat in the middle of the body; that is held to be (the seat) of the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.54
नाभिकोष्ठान्तरं यत् तु तत्र देवो हुताशनः मनः प्रजापतिर् ज्ञेयः कफः सोमो विभाव्यते ॥
nābhikoṣṭhāntaraṃ yat tu tatra devo hutāśanaḥ manaḥ prajāpatir jñeyaḥ kaphaḥ somo vibhāvyate //
But that which is the space between the navel and the abdomen — there is the god Fire (the oblation-eater). The mind is to be known as Prajāpati, and phlegm is regarded as Soma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.55
पित्तम् अग्निः स्मृतं त्व् एवम् अग्निसोमात्मकं जगत् एवं प्रवर्तिते गर्भे वर्धिते ऽर्बुदसंनिभे ॥
pittam agniḥ smṛtaṃ tv evam agnisomātmakaṃ jagat evaṃ pravartite garbhe vardhite 'rbudasaṃnibhe //
Bile is held to be fire; thus the world consists of fire and moon. When the embryo has thus been set going and has grown to the likeness of a tumour (arbuda),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.56
वायुः प्रवेशं संचक्रे संगतः परमात्मनः स पञ्चधा शरीरस्थो भिद्यते वर्तते पुनः ॥
vāyuḥ praveśaṃ saṃcakre saṃgataḥ paramātmanaḥ sa pañcadhā śarīrastho bhidyate vartate punaḥ //
the wind made its entry, having joined with the supreme self; and being situated in the body it divides fivefold and functions again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.57
प्राणापानौ समानश् च उदानो व्यान एव च प्राणो ऽस्य परमात्मानं वर्धयन् परिवर्तते ॥
prāṇāpānau samānaś ca udāno vyāna eva ca prāṇo 'sya paramātmānaṃ vardhayan parivartate //
Prāṇa and apāna, and samāna, and udāna, and vyāna as well: its prāṇa moves about, causing the supreme self to grow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.58
अपानः पश्चिमं कायम् उदानो ऽर्धं शरीरिणः व्यानस् तु व्याप्यते येन समानः संनिवर्तते ॥
apānaḥ paścimaṃ kāyam udāno 'rdhaṃ śarīriṇaḥ vyānas tu vyāpyate yena samānaḥ saṃnivartate //
Apāna (occupies) the hinder body, udāna half of the embodied one; but vyāna is that by which (the body) is pervaded, (and) samāna turns back (within).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.59
भूतावाप्तिस् ततस् तस्य जायेतेन्द्रियगोचरा पृथिवी वायुर् आकाशम् आपो ज्योतिश् च पञ्चमम् ॥
bhūtāvāptis tatas tasya jāyetendriyagocarā pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam āpo jyotiś ca pañcamam //
Then the acquisition of the elements arises for it, within the range of the senses: earth, wind, space, water, and light as the fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.60
तस्येन्द्रियनिविष्टानि स्वं स्वं भागं प्रचक्रिरे पार्थिवं देहम् आहुस् तु प्राणात्मानं च मारुतम् ॥
tasyendriyaniviṣṭāni svaṃ svaṃ bhāgaṃ pracakrire pārthivaṃ deham āhus tu prāṇātmānaṃ ca mārutam //
Being lodged in its senses, they performed each its own part; they call the body earthy, and the self of the breath (they call) wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.61
छिद्राण्य् आकाशयोनीनि जलात् स्रावः प्रवर्तते ज्योतिश् चक्षूंषि तेजश् च आत्मा तेषां मनः स्मृतम् ॥
chidrāṇy ākāśayonīni jalāt srāvaḥ pravartate jyotiś cakṣūṃṣi tejaś ca ātmā teṣāṃ manaḥ smṛtam //
The openings have space as their source; from water flow the secretions; light (accounts for) the eyes and heat; the self of these is held to be the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.62
ग्रामाश् च विषयाश् चैव यस्य वीर्यात् प्रवर्तिताः इत्य् एतान् पुरुषः सर्वान् सृजंल् लोकान् सनातनः ॥
grāmāś ca viṣayāś caiva yasya vīryāt pravartitāḥ ity etān puruṣaḥ sarvān sṛjaṃl lokān sanātanaḥ //
And the groups (of organs) and the objects (of sense), which are set in motion by whose power — thus the eternal Puruṣa, creating all these worlds (...).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.63
नैधने ऽस्मिन् कथं लोके नरत्वं विष्णुर् आगतः एष नः संशयो ब्रह्मन्न् एष नो विस्मयो महान् ॥
naidhane 'smin kathaṃ loke naratvaṃ viṣṇur āgataḥ eṣa naḥ saṃśayo brahmann eṣa no vismayo mahān //
How, in this perishable world, did Viṣṇu come to human status? This is our doubt, O brahman; this is our great astonishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.64
कथं गतिर् गतिमताम् आपन्नो मानुषीं तनुम् आश्चर्यं परमं विष्णुर् देवैर् दैत्यैश् च कथ्यते ॥
kathaṃ gatir gatimatām āpanno mānuṣīṃ tanum āścaryaṃ paramaṃ viṣṇur devair daityaiś ca kathyate //
How did he, the goal of those who go (to a goal), take on a human body? Viṣṇu is spoken of as the supreme wonder by gods and demons alike.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.65
विष्णोर् उत्पत्तिम् आश्चर्यं कथयस्व महामुने प्रख्यातबलवीर्यस्य विष्णोर् अमिततेजसः ॥
viṣṇor utpattim āścaryaṃ kathayasva mahāmune prakhyātabalavīryasya viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ //
Tell (us), great sage, the wondrous birth of Viṣṇu — of Viṣṇu whose strength and valour are renowned, whose splendour is unmeasured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.66
कर्मणाश्चर्यभूतस्य विष्णोस् तत्त्वम् इहोच्यताम् कथं स देवो देवानाम् आर्तिहा पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
karmaṇāścaryabhūtasya viṣṇos tattvam ihocyatām kathaṃ sa devo devānām ārtihā puruṣottamaḥ //
Let the truth of Viṣṇu, whose deeds are wonders, be told here: how is that god the remover of the gods' distress, the highest among persons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.67
सर्वव्यापी जगन्नाथः सर्वलोकमहेश्वरः सर्गस्थित्यन्तकृद् देवः सर्वलोकसुखावहः ॥
sarvavyāpī jagannāthaḥ sarvalokamaheśvaraḥ sargasthityantakṛd devaḥ sarvalokasukhāvahaḥ //
all-pervading, lord of the world, great lord of all worlds, the god who makes creation, maintenance, and end, who brings happiness to all worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.68
अक्षयः शाश्वतो ऽनन्तः क्षयवृद्धिविवर्जितः निर्लेपो निर्गुणः सूक्ष्मो निर्विकारो निरञ्जनः ॥
akṣayaḥ śāśvato 'nantaḥ kṣayavṛddhivivarjitaḥ nirlepo nirguṇaḥ sūkṣmo nirvikāro nirañjanaḥ //
undecaying, everlasting, endless, free of diminution and increase, unstained, without qualities, subtle, without change, spotless,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.69
सर्वोपाधिविनिर्मुक्तः सत्तामात्रव्यवस्थितः अविकारी विभुर् नित्यः परमात्मा सनातनः ॥
sarvopādhivinirmuktaḥ sattāmātravyavasthitaḥ avikārī vibhur nityaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ //
released from all limiting conditions, established as mere being, unchanging, all-pervading lord, eternal, the everlasting supreme Self,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.70
अचलो निर्मलो व्यापी नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः विशुद्धं श्रूयते यस्य हरित्वं च कृते युगे ॥
acalo nirmalo vyāpī nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ viśuddhaṃ śrūyate yasya haritvaṃ ca kṛte yuge //
unmoving, stainless, pervading, ever content, without support — whose pure state is heard of, and his being Hari, in the Kṛta age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.71
वैकुण्ठत्वं च देवेषु कृष्णत्वं मानुषेषु च ईश्वरस्य हि तस्येमां गहनां कर्मणो गतिम् ॥
vaikuṇṭhatvaṃ ca deveṣu kṛṣṇatvaṃ mānuṣeṣu ca īśvarasya hi tasyemāṃ gahanāṃ karmaṇo gatim //
and his being Vaikuṇṭha among the gods, and his being Kṛṣṇa among humans. For this deep course of the action of that Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.72
समतीतां भविष्यं च श्रोतुम् इच्छा प्रवर्तते अव्यक्तो व्यक्तलिङ्गस्थो य एष भगवान् प्रभुः ॥
samatītāṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca śrotum icchā pravartate avyakto vyaktaliṅgastho ya eṣa bhagavān prabhuḥ //
A wish arises (in us) to hear of the past and of what is to come — (of) this blessed Lord who, unmanifest, abides in a manifest form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 179.73
नारायणो ह्य् अनन्तात्मा प्रभवो ऽव्यय एव च एष नारायणो भूत्वा हरिर् आसीत् सनातनः ॥
nārāyaṇo hy anantātmā prabhavo 'vyaya eva ca eṣa nārāyaṇo bhūtvā harir āsīt sanātanaḥ //
For he is Nārāyaṇa, whose self is endless, the source (of all) and imperishable; this Nārāyaṇa, having become (incarnate), was the eternal Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.74
ब्रह्मा शक्रश् च रुद्रश् च धर्मः शुक्रो बृहस्पतिः प्रधानात्मा पुरा ह्य् एष ब्रह्माणम् असृजत् प्रभुः ॥
brahmā śakraś ca rudraś ca dharmaḥ śukro bṛhaspatiḥ pradhānātmā purā hy eṣa brahmāṇam asṛjat prabhuḥ //
(He is) Brahmā and Śakra and Rudra, Dharma, Śukra, Bṛhaspati; for this Lord, whose self is the primal matter (pradhāna), formerly created Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 179.75
सो ऽसृजत् पूर्वपुरुषः पुरा कल्पे प्रजापतीन् एवं स भगवान् विष्णुः सर्वलोकमहेश्वरः किमर्थं मर्त्यलोके ऽस्मिन् यातो यदुकुले हरिः ॥
so 'sṛjat pūrvapuruṣaḥ purā kalpe prajāpatīn evaṃ sa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sarvalokamaheśvaraḥ kimarthaṃ martyaloke 'smin yāto yadukule hariḥ //
He, the primal Person, formerly in the (first) kalpa created the Lords of creatures. So then, that blessed Viṣṇu, the great lord of all the worlds — for what purpose has Hari come here into the world of mortals, into the Yadu family?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition