Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 10
BndP 1 10.1
ऋषिरुवाच अस्मिन्कल्पे त्वया नोक्तः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः । महादेवस्य रुद्रस्य साधकैरृषिभिः सह
ṛṣiruvāca asminkalpe tvayā noktaḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ / mahādevasya rudrasya sādhakairṛṣibhiḥ saha
The seer said: In this kalpa you have not told (us) of the manifestation of the great-souled Mahādeva Rudra together with the seers who are adepts.
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BndP 1 10.2
सूत उवाच उत्पत्तिरादिसर्गस्य मया प्रोक्ता समासतः । विस्तरेण प्रवक्ष्यामि नामानि तनुभिः सह
sūta uvāca utpattirādisargasya mayā proktā samāsataḥ / vistareṇa pravakṣyāmi nāmāni tanubhiḥ saha
Sūta said: The origination of the first creation has been told by me in brief; I shall now declare it at length, with the names along with the bodies (forms).
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BndP 1 10.3
पत्नीषु जनयामास महादेवः सुतान्बहून । कल्पेष्वन्येष्वतीतेषु ह्यस्मिन्कल्पे तु ताञ्शृणु
patnīṣu janayāmāsa mahādevaḥ sutānbahūna / kalpeṣvanyeṣvatīteṣu hyasminkalpe tu tāñśṛṇu
Mahādeva begot many sons upon his wives in other kalpas that have passed away; but hear of those (born) in this kalpa.
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BndP 1 10.4
कल्पादावात्मनस्तुल्यं सुतमध्यायत प्रभुः । प्रादुरा सीत्ततोङ्के ऽस्य कुमारो नीललोहितः
kalpādāvātmanastulyaṃ sutamadhyāyata prabhuḥ / prādurā sīttatoṅke 'sya kumāro nīlalohitaḥ
At the beginning of the kalpa the Lord (Brahmā) meditated upon a son equal to himself; then there appeared in his lap a boy, dark-red (Nīlalohita).
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BndP 1 10.5
रुरोद सुस्वरं घोरं निर्दहन्निव तेजसा । दृष्ट्वा रुदन्तं सहसा कुमारं नीललोहितम्
ruroda susvaraṃ ghoraṃ nirdahanniva tejasā / dṛṣṭvā rudantaṃ sahasā kumāraṃ nīlalohitam
He wailed loudly and dreadfully, as if burning (all) up with his splendour. Seeing the dark-red boy suddenly weeping,
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BndP 1 10.6
किं रोदिषि कुमारेति ब्रह्मा तं प्रत्यभाषत । सो ऽब्रवीद्देहि मे नाम प्रथमं त्वं पितामह
kiṃ rodiṣi kumāreti brahmā taṃ pratyabhāṣata / so 'bravīddehi me nāma prathamaṃ tvaṃ pitāmaha
"Why do you weep, boy?" Brahmā said to him in reply. He said: "Give me a name first, O grandfather."
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BndP 1 10.7
रुद्रस्त्वं देव नामासि स इत्युक्तो ऽरुदत्पुनः । किं रोदिषि कुमारेति ब्रह्मा तं प्रत्यभाषत
rudrastvaṃ deva nāmāsi sa ityukto 'rudatpunaḥ / kiṃ rodiṣi kumāreti brahmā taṃ pratyabhāṣata
"Rudra, O god, is your name." Being thus addressed, he wept again. "Why do you weep, boy?" Brahmā said to him in reply.
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BndP 1 10.8
नाम देहि द्वितीयं मे इत्युवाच स्वयंभुवम् । भवस्त्वं देवनाम्नासि इत्युक्तः सो ऽरुदत्पुनः
nāma dehi dvitīyaṃ me ityuvāca svayaṃbhuvam / bhavastvaṃ devanāmnāsi ityuktaḥ so 'rudatpunaḥ
"Give me a second name," he said to the Self-born. "Bhava is your name, O god." Being thus addressed, he wept again.
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BndP 1 10.9
किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं प्रत्युवाच ह । तृतीयं देहि मे नाम इत्युक्तः सो ऽब्रवीत्पुनः
kiṃ rodiṣīti taṃ brahmā rudantaṃ pratyuvāca ha / tṛtīyaṃ dehi me nāma ityuktaḥ so 'bravītpunaḥ
"Why do you weep?" Brahmā said in reply to him as he wept. "Give me a third name," he said again when so addressed.
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BndP 1 10.10
शर्वस्त्वं देव नाम्नासि इत्युक्तः सो ऽरुदत्पुनः । किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं प्रत्युवाच ह
śarvastvaṃ deva nāmnāsi ityuktaḥ so 'rudatpunaḥ / kiṃ rodiṣīti taṃ brahmā rudantaṃ pratyuvāca ha
"Śarva, O god, is your name." Being thus addressed, he wept again. "Why do you weep?" Brahmā said in reply to him as he wept.
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BndP 1 10.11
चतुर्थ देहि मे नाम इत्युक्तः सो ऽब्रवीत्पुनः । ईशानो देवनाम्नासि इत्युक्तः सो ऽरुदत्पुनः
caturtha dehi me nāma ityuktaḥ so 'bravītpunaḥ / īśāno devanāmnāsi ityuktaḥ so 'rudatpunaḥ
"Give me a fourth name," he said again when so addressed. "Īśāna is your name, O god." Being thus addressed, he wept again.
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BndP 1 10.12
किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं पुनरब्रवीत् । पञ्चमं नाम देहीति प्रत्युवाच स्वयंभुवम्
kiṃ rodiṣīti taṃ brahmā rudantaṃ punarabravīt / pañcamaṃ nāma dehīti pratyuvāca svayaṃbhuvam
"Why do you weep?" Brahmā again said to him as he wept. "Give me a fifth name," he said in reply to the Self-born.
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BndP 1 10.13
पशूनां त्वं पतिर्देव इत्युक्तः सो ऽरुदत्पुनः । किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं पुनरब्रवीत्
paśūnāṃ tvaṃ patirdeva ityuktaḥ so 'rudatpunaḥ / kiṃ rodiṣīti taṃ brahmā rudantaṃ punarabravīt
"You are the lord of animals (Paśupati), O god." Being thus addressed, he wept again. "Why do you weep?" Brahmā again said to him as he wept.
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BndP 1 10.14
षष्ठं वै देहि मे नाम इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाच तम् । भीमस्त्वं देव नाम्नासि इत्युक्तः सो ऽरुदत्पुनः
ṣaṣṭhaṃ vai dehi me nāma ityuktaḥ pratyuvāca tam / bhīmastvaṃ deva nāmnāsi ityuktaḥ so 'rudatpunaḥ
"Give me indeed a sixth name," he said in reply to him when so addressed. "Bhīma is your name, O god." Being thus addressed, he wept again.
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BndP 1 10.15
किं रोदिषीति तं ब्रह्मा रुदन्तं पुनरब्रवीत् । सप्तमं देहि मे नाम इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाच ह
kiṃ rodiṣīti taṃ brahmā rudantaṃ punarabravīt / saptamaṃ dehi me nāma ityuktaḥ pratyuvāca ha
"Why do you weep?" Brahmā again said to him as he wept. "Give me a seventh name," he said in reply when so addressed.
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BndP 1 10.16
उग्रस्त्वं देव नाम्नासि इत्युक्तः सो ऽरुदत्पुनः । तं रुदन्तं कुमारं तु मारोदीरिति सो ऽब्रवीत्
ugrastvaṃ deva nāmnāsi ityuktaḥ so 'rudatpunaḥ / taṃ rudantaṃ kumāraṃ tu mārodīriti so 'bravīt
"You are Ugra by name, O god" — thus addressed, he wept again. To the weeping boy he said, "Do not weep."
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BndP 1 10.17
सो ऽब्रवीदष्टमं नाम देहि मे त्वं विभो पुनः । त्वं महादेवनामासि इत्युक्तो विरराम ह
so 'bravīdaṣṭamaṃ nāma dehi me tvaṃ vibho punaḥ / tvaṃ mahādevanāmāsi ityukto virarāma ha
He said again, "Give me an eighth name, O mighty one." "You bear the name Mahādeva" — thus addressed, he fell silent.
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BndP 1 10.18
लब्ध्वा नामानि चैतानि ब्रह्माणं नीललोहितः । प्रोवाच नाम्नामेतेषां स्थानानि प्रदिशेति ह
labdhvā nāmāni caitāni brahmāṇaṃ nīlalohitaḥ / provāca nāmnāmeteṣāṃ sthānāni pradiśeti ha
Having obtained these names, Nīlalohita said to Brahmā, "Assign the stations of these names."
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BndP 1 10.19
ततो विसृष्टास्तनव एषां नाम्ना स्वयंभुवा । सूर्यो जलं मही वायुर्व ह्निराकाशमेव च
tato visṛṣṭāstanava eṣāṃ nāmnā svayaṃbhuvā / sūryo jalaṃ mahī vāyurva hnirākāśameva ca
Then bodies were emitted by the Self-existent One in accordance with these names (of his): the sun, water, the earth, wind, fire, and space,
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BndP 1 10.20
दीक्षिता ब्राह्मणश्चन्द्र इत्येवं ते ऽष्टधा तनुः । तेषु पूज्यश्च वन्द्यश्च नमस्कार्यश्च यत्नतः
dīkṣitā brāhmaṇaścandra ityevaṃ te 'ṣṭadhā tanuḥ / teṣu pūjyaśca vandyaśca namaskāryaśca yatnataḥ
the initiated brahmin, and the moon — thus your body is eightfold; in these you are to be worshipped, praised and bowed to with diligence.
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BndP 1 10.21
प्रोवाच तं पुनर्ब्रह्मा कुमारं नीललोहितम् । यदुक्तं ते मया पूर्वं नाम रुद्रेति वै विभो
provāca taṃ punarbrahmā kumāraṃ nīlalohitam / yaduktaṃ te mayā pūrvaṃ nāma rudreti vai vibho
Brahmā spoke again to the boy Nīlalohita: "As for the name Rudra that was formerly given you by me, O mighty one,
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BndP 1 10.22
तस्यादित्यतनुर्नाम्नः प्रथमा प्रथमस्य ते । इत्युक्ते तस्य यत्तेजश्चक्षुस्त्वासीत्प्रकाशकम्
tasyādityatanurnāmnaḥ prathamā prathamasya te / ityukte tasya yattejaścakṣustvāsītprakāśakam
the sun is the first body of that name of yours, the first (of them)." When this was said, that radiance of his which was the illuminating eye
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BndP 1 10.23
विवेश तत्तदादित्यं तस्माद्रुद्रो ह्यसौ स्मृतः । उद्यतमस्तं यन्तं च वर्जयेद्दर्शनेरविम्
viveśa tattadādityaṃ tasmādrudro hyasau smṛtaḥ / udyatamastaṃ yantaṃ ca varjayeddarśaneravim
entered the sun then; therefore he is known as Rudra. One should avoid looking at the sun as it rises and as it sets.
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BndP 1 10.24
शश्वच्च जायते यस्माच्छश्वत्संतिष्ठते तु यत् । तस्मात्मूर्यं न वीक्षेत आयुष्कामः शुचिः सदा
śaśvacca jāyate yasmācchaśvatsaṃtiṣṭhate tu yat / tasmātmūryaṃ na vīkṣeta āyuṣkāmaḥ śuciḥ sadā
And since he is repeatedly born and repeatedly comes to a stand, therefore one who desires long life, being always pure, should not gaze at the sun.
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BndP 1 10.25
अतीतानागतं रुद्रं विप्रा ह्याप्याययन्ति यत् । उभे संध्ये ह्युपासीना गृणन्तः सामऋग्यजुः
atītānāgataṃ rudraṃ viprā hyāpyāyayanti yat / ubhe saṃdhye hyupāsīnā gṛṇantaḥ sāmaṛgyajuḥ
Since the brahmins strengthen Rudra, past and future, sitting in worship at both twilights and reciting the Sāma, Rg and Yajus —
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BndP 1 10.26
उद्यन्स तिष्ठते ऋक्षु मध्याह्ने च यजुःष्वथ । सामस्वथापराह्णे तु रुद्रः संविशति क्रमात्
udyansa tiṣṭhate ṛkṣu madhyāhne ca yajuḥṣvatha / sāmasvathāparāhṇe tu rudraḥ saṃviśati kramāt
rising, he abides in the Rg verses, at midday in the Yajus verses, and in the afternoon in the Sāmans: Rudra enters (them) in succession.
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BndP 1 10.27
तस्माद्भवेन्नाभ्युदितो बाह्यस्तमित एव च । न रुद्रम्प्रति मेहेत सर्वावस्थं कथं चन
tasmādbhavennābhyudito bāhyastamita eva ca / na rudramprati meheta sarvāvasthaṃ kathaṃ cana
Therefore one should not be (asleep) when the sun has risen, nor outside when it has set; nor should one urinate facing Rudra, in any circumstance whatsoever.
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BndP 1 10.28
एवं युक्तान् द्विजान् देवो रुद्रस्तान्न हिनस्ति वै । ततो ऽप्रवीत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं नीललोहितम्
evaṃ yuktān dvijān devo rudrastānna hinasti vai / tato 'pravītpunarbrahmā taṃ devaṃ nīlalohitam
The god Rudra does not harm twice-born men who are thus disciplined. Then Brahmā spoke again to that god Nīlalohita:
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BndP 1 10.29
द्वितीयं नामधेयं ते मया प्रोक्तं भवेति यत् । एतस्यापो द्वितीया ते तनुर्नाम्ना भवत्विति
dvitīyaṃ nāmadheyaṃ te mayā proktaṃ bhaveti yat / etasyāpo dvitīyā te tanurnāmnā bhavatviti
"As for the second appellation of yours pronounced by me, namely Bhava — let the waters be your second body, belonging to that name."
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BndP 1 10.30
इत्युक्ते त्वथ तस्यासीच्छरीरस्थं रसात्मकम् । विवेश तत्तदा यस्तु तस्मादापो भवः स्मृतः
ityukte tvatha tasyāsīccharīrasthaṃ rasātmakam / viveśa tattadā yastu tasmādāpo bhavaḥ smṛtaḥ
When this was said, that which was in his body and consisted of fluid entered the waters then; therefore the waters are known as Bhava.
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BndP 1 10.31
यस्माद्भवन्ति भूतानि ताभ्यस्ता भावयन्ति च । भवनाद्रावनाच्चैव भूतानामुच्यते भवः
yasmādbhavanti bhūtāni tābhyastā bhāvayanti ca / bhavanādrāvanāccaiva bhūtānāmucyate bhavaḥ
Since beings come to be (bhavanti) from them, and they cause beings to be, it is from the coming-to-be and the dissolving of beings that he is called Bhava.
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BndP 1 10.32
तस्मान्मूत्रं पुरीषं च नाप्सु कुर्वीत कर्हिचित् । न निष्ठीवेन्नावगाहेन्नैव गच्छेच्च मैथुनम्
tasmānmūtraṃ purīṣaṃ ca nāpsu kurvīta karhicit / na niṣṭhīvennāvagāhennaiva gacchecca maithunam
Therefore one should never pass urine or excrement in the waters; one should not spit, nor plunge in, nor have intercourse (there).
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BndP 1 10.33
न चैताः परिचक्षीत वहन्त्यो वा स्थिता अपि । मैध्यामेध्यास्त्वपामेतास्तनवो मुनिभिः स्मृताः
na caitāḥ paricakṣīta vahantyo vā sthitā api / maidhyāmedhyāstvapāmetāstanavo munibhiḥ smṛtāḥ
And one should not disparage these (waters), whether flowing or standing still; these, pure and impure, are declared by the sages to be the bodies of the waters.
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BndP 1 10.34
विवर्णरसगन्धाश्च वर्ज्या अल्पाश्च सर्वशः । अपां योनिः समुद्रस्तु तस्मात्तं कामयन्ति ताः
vivarṇarasagandhāśca varjyā alpāśca sarvaśaḥ / apāṃ yoniḥ samudrastu tasmāttaṃ kāmayanti tāḥ
Waters altered in colour, taste and smell, and scanty ones, are to be avoided in every case. The ocean is the womb of the waters, and therefore they long for it.
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BndP 1 10.35
मध्याश्चैवामृता ह्यापो भवन्ति प्राप्य सागरम् । तस्मादपो न रुन्धीत समुद्रं कामयन्ति ताः
madhyāścaivāmṛtā hyāpo bhavanti prāpya sāgaram / tasmādapo na rundhīta samudraṃ kāmayanti tāḥ
And the waters, (though) middling, become immortal on reaching the sea; therefore one should not dam up the waters: they long for the ocean.
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BndP 1 10.36
न हिनस्ति भवो देवो य एवं ह्यप्सु वर्तते । ततो ऽब्रवीत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा कुमारं नीललोहितम्
na hinasti bhavo devo ya evaṃ hyapsu vartate / tato 'bravītpunarbrahmā kumāraṃ nīlalohitam
The god Bhava does not injure him who behaves thus with regard to the waters. Then Brahmā again spoke to the boy who was dark-blue and red:
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BndP 1 10.37
शर्वेति यत्तृतीयं ते नाम प्रोक्तं मया विभो । तस्य भूमिस्तृतीयस्य तनुर्नाम्ना भवत्त्वियम्
śarveti yattṛtīyaṃ te nāma proktaṃ mayā vibho / tasya bhūmistṛtīyasya tanurnāmnā bhavattviyam
"As for that third name of yours, 'Śarva,' which was pronounced by me, O mighty one — of that third (name) let this earth here be the body by name."
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BndP 1 10.38
इत्युक्ते यत्स्थिरं तस्य शरीरे ह्यस्थिसंज्ञितम् । विवेश तत्तदा भूमिं यस्मात्सा शर्व उच्यते
ityukte yatsthiraṃ tasya śarīre hyasthisaṃjñitam / viveśa tattadā bhūmiṃ yasmātsā śarva ucyate
When this was said, that which is firm in his body, called bone, then entered the earth; for which reason she is called Śarva('s body).
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BndP 1 10.39
तस्मात्कृष्टेन कुर्वीत पुरीषं मूत्रमेव च । न च्छायायां तथा मार्गे स्वच्छायायां न मेहयेत्
tasmātkṛṣṭena kurvīta purīṣaṃ mūtrameva ca / na cchāyāyāṃ tathā mārge svacchāyāyāṃ na mehayet
Therefore one should void excrement and urine on ploughed (ground); (one should) not (do so) in the shade nor on a road, and should not urinate on one's own shadow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.40
शिरः प्रावृत्य कुर्वीत अन्तर्धाय तृणैर्महीम् । एवं यो वर्तते भूमौ शर्वस्तं न हिनस्ति वै
śiraḥ prāvṛtya kurvīta antardhāya tṛṇairmahīm / evaṃ yo vartate bhūmau śarvastaṃ na hinasti vai
One should do (it) having covered the head, having screened the ground with grasses. Śarva does not injure him who behaves thus upon the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.41
ततो ऽब्रवीत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा कुमारं नीललोहितम् । ईशानेति चतुर्थ ते नाम प्रोक्तं मयेह यत्
tato 'bravītpunarbrahmā kumāraṃ nīlalohitam / īśāneti caturtha te nāma proktaṃ mayeha yat
Then Brahmā again spoke to the boy who was dark-blue and red: "As for that fourth name of yours, 'Īśāna,' which was pronounced by me here—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.42
चतुर्थस्य चतुर्थी तु वायुर्नाम्ना तनुस्तव । इत्युक्ते यच्छरीरस्थं पञ्चधा प्राणसंज्ञितम्
caturthasya caturthī tu vāyurnāmnā tanustava / ityukte yaccharīrasthaṃ pañcadhā prāṇasaṃjñitam
—of the fourth (name) the fourth body of yours shall be the wind by name." When this was said, that which stands in his body in fivefold form, called breath,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.43
विवेश तस्य तद्वायुमीशानस्तन मारुतः । तस्मान्नैनं परिवदेत्प्रवान्तं वायुमीश्वरम्
viveśa tasya tadvāyumīśānastana mārutaḥ / tasmānnainaṃ parivadetpravāntaṃ vāyumīśvaram
that wind — the Maruta, Īśāna's body — entered it. Therefore one should not revile the wind, the lord, when it blows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 10.44
यज्ञैर्व्यवहरन्त्येनं ये वै परिचरन्ति च । एवं युक्तं महेशानो नैव देवो हिनस्ति तम्
yajñairvyavaharantyenaṃ ye vai paricaranti ca / evaṃ yuktaṃ maheśāno naiva devo hinasti tam
Those who deal with him by sacrifices and who attend upon (him) — the god Maheśāna does not injure the man who is thus engaged.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.45
ततो ऽब्रवीत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं ध५म्लमीश्वरम् । नाम यद्वै पशुपतिरित्युक्तं पञ्चमं मया
tato 'bravītpunarbrahmā taṃ devaṃ dha5mlamīśvaram / nāma yadvai paśupatirityuktaṃ pañcamaṃ mayā
Then Brahmā again spoke to that god, the lord, (…): "As for that fifth name which was pronounced by me, namely 'Paśupati'—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 10.46
पञ्चमी पञ्चम स्यैषा तनुर्नाम्नाग्निरस्तु ते । इत्युक्ते यच्छरीरस्थं तेजस्तस्योष्णसंज्ञितम्
pañcamī pañcama syaiṣā tanurnāmnāgnirastu te / ityukte yaccharīrasthaṃ tejastasyoṣṇasaṃjñitam
—let this fifth body of the fifth (name) be fire by name for you." When this was said, the heat standing in his body, called warmth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.47
विवेश तत्तदा ह्यग्निं तस्मात्पशुपतिस्तु सः । यस्मादग्निः पशुश्चासीद्यस्मात्पाति पशूंश्च सः
viveśa tattadā hyagniṃ tasmātpaśupatistu saḥ / yasmādagniḥ paśuścāsīdyasmātpāti paśūṃśca saḥ
that then entered fire; therefore he is Paśupati — because fire was a beast (paśu), and because he protects the beasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.48
तस्मात्पशुपतेस्तस्य तनुरग्निर्निरुच्यते । तस्मादमेद्यं न दहेन्न च पादौ प्रतापयेत्
tasmātpaśupatestasya tanuragnirnirucyate / tasmādamedyaṃ na dahenna ca pādau pratāpayet
Therefore fire is declared to be the body of that Paśupati. Hence one should not burn what is unfit for offering, nor warm the feet (at it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.49
अधस्तान्नोपदध्याच्च न चैनमतिलङ्घयेत् । नैनं पशुपतिर्देव एवं युक्तं हिनस्ति वै
adhastānnopadadhyācca na cainamatilaṅghayet / nainaṃ paśupatirdeva evaṃ yuktaṃ hinasti vai
And one should not place (anything) beneath it, nor step across it. The god Paśupati does not injure him who is thus engaged.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.50
ततो ऽब्रवीत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं श्वेतपिङ्गलम् । षष्टं नाम मया प्रोक्तं तव भीमेति यत्प्रभो
tato 'bravītpunarbrahmā taṃ devaṃ śvetapiṅgalam / ṣaṣṭaṃ nāma mayā proktaṃ tava bhīmeti yatprabho
Then Brahmā again spoke to that god, white and tawny: "As for that sixth name of yours which was pronounced by me, namely 'Bhīma,' O lord—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.51
आकाशं तस्य नाम्नस्तु तनुः षष्ठी भवत्विति । इत्युक्ते सुषिरं तस्य शरीरस्थमभूच्च यत्
ākāśaṃ tasya nāmnastu tanuḥ ṣaṣṭhī bhavatviti / ityukte suṣiraṃ tasya śarīrasthamabhūcca yat
—let the ether be the sixth body of that name of yours." When this was said, that hollow (space) which was situated in his body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.52
विवेश तत्तदाकाशं तस्माद्भीमस्य सा तनुः । यदाकाशे स्मृतो देवस्तस्मान्ना संवृतः क्वचित्
viveśa tattadākāśaṃ tasmādbhīmasya sā tanuḥ / yadākāśe smṛto devastasmānnā saṃvṛtaḥ kvacit
that then entered the ether; therefore that is Bhīma's body. Since the god is held to be in the ether, therefore a man not covered (i.e. in the open) should not anywhere
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 10.53
कुर्यान्मूत्रं पुरीषं वा न भुञ्जीत पिबेन्न वा । मैथुनं वापि न चरेदुच्छिष्टानि च नोत्क्षिपेत्
kuryānmūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā na bhuñjīta pibenna vā / maithunaṃ vāpi na careducchiṣṭāni ca notkṣipet
pass urine or excrement, nor eat, nor drink, nor engage in intercourse, and should not throw out leftovers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.54
न हिनस्ति च तं देवो यो भीमे ह्येवमाचरेत् । ततो ऽब्रवीत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं सबलं प्रभुम्
na hinasti ca taṃ devo yo bhīme hyevamācaret / tato 'bravītpunarbrahmā taṃ devaṃ sabalaṃ prabhum
And the god does not injure him who acts thus with regard to Bhīma. Then Brahmā again spoke to that god, the lord, together with his host:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.55
सप्तमं यन्मया प्रोक्तं नामोग्रेति तव प्रभो । तस्य नाम्नस्तनुस्तुभ्यं द्विजो भवति दीक्षितः
saptamaṃ yanmayā proktaṃ nāmogreti tava prabho / tasya nāmnastanustubhyaṃ dvijo bhavati dīkṣitaḥ
"As for that seventh name of yours which was pronounced by me, namely 'Ugra,' O lord — the body of that name for you is a consecrated twice-born."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.56
एवमुक्ते तु यत्तस्य चैतन्यं वै शरीरगम् । विवेश दीक्षितं तद्वै ब्राह्मणं सोमयाजिनम्
evamukte tu yattasya caitanyaṃ vai śarīragam / viveśa dīkṣitaṃ tadvai brāhmaṇaṃ somayājinam
When this had been said, that consciousness of his which resides in the body entered that consecrated brahmin, the performer of the soma sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.57
तावत्कालं स्मृतो विप्र उग्रो देवस्तु दीक्षितः । तस्मान्नेमं परिवदेन्नाश्लीलं चास्य कीर्त्तयेत्
tāvatkālaṃ smṛto vipra ugro devastu dīkṣitaḥ / tasmānnemaṃ parivadennāślīlaṃ cāsya kīrttayet
For that length of time, O brahmin, the consecrated one is held to be the god Ugra; therefore one should not revile him, nor utter anything indecent about him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.58
ते हरन्त्यस्य पाप्मानं ये वै परिवदन्ति तम् । एवं युक्तान् द्विजानुग्रो देवस्तान्न हिनस्ति वै
te harantyasya pāpmānaṃ ye vai parivadanti tam / evaṃ yuktān dvijānugro devastānna hinasti vai
Those who revile him take away his evil; the god Ugra does not harm those twice-born who are so engaged.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.59
ततोब्रवीत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा तं देवं भास्करद्युतिम् । अष्टमं नाम यत् प्रोक्तं महादेवेति ते मया
tatobravītpunarbrahmā taṃ devaṃ bhāskaradyutim / aṣṭamaṃ nāma yat proktaṃ mahādeveti te mayā
Then Brahmā spoke again to that god of the sun's radiance: "The eighth name that was declared by me for you is 'Mahādeva'."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.60
तस्य नाम्नो ऽष्टमस्यास्तु तनुस्तुभ्यं तु चन्द्रमाः । इत्युक्ते यन्मन स्तस्य संकल्पकमभूत्प्रभोः
tasya nāmno 'ṣṭamasyāstu tanustubhyaṃ tu candramāḥ / ityukte yanmana stasya saṃkalpakamabhūtprabhoḥ
"Of that eighth name let the moon be your body." When this was said, that will-forming (faculty) of the mind of that lord came to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 10.61
विवेश तच्चन्द्रमसं महादेवस्ततः शशी । तस्माद्विभाव्यते ह्येष महादेवस्तु चन्द्रमाः
viveśa taccandramasaṃ mahādevastataḥ śaśī / tasmādvibhāvyate hyeṣa mahādevastu candramāḥ
Mahādeva entered that lunar (body); hence the moon. Therefore this moon is discerned as Mahādeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.62
अमावास्यां न वै छिन्द्याद्वृक्षगुल्मौषधीर्द्विजः । महादेवः स्मृतः सोमस्तस्यात्मा ह्यौषधीगणः
amāvāsyāṃ na vai chindyādvṛkṣagulmauṣadhīrdvijaḥ / mahādevaḥ smṛtaḥ somastasyātmā hyauṣadhīgaṇaḥ
On the new-moon day a twice-born should not cut trees, shrubs, or herbs; Soma is held to be Mahādeva, and the host of herbs is his self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.63
एवं यो वर्त्तते चैह सदा पर्वणि पर्वणि । न हन्ति तं महादेवो य एवं वेद तं प्रभुम्
evaṃ yo varttate caiha sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi / na hanti taṃ mahādevo ya evaṃ veda taṃ prabhum
He who conducts himself thus here always at each parvan — Mahādeva does not slay him, (nor) him who thus knows that lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.64
गोपायति दिवादित्यः प्रजा नक्तं तु चन्द्रमाः । एकरात्रौ समेयातां सूर्या चन्द्रमसावुभौ
gopāyati divādityaḥ prajā naktaṃ tu candramāḥ / ekarātrau sameyātāṃ sūryā candramasāvubhau
By day the sun guards creatures, by night the moon; on one night both the sun and the moon come together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.65
अमावास्यानिशायां तु तस्यां युक्तः सादा भवेत् । रुद्राविष्टं सर्वमिदं तनुभिर्न्नामभिश्च ह
amāvāsyāniśāyāṃ tu tasyāṃ yuktaḥ sādā bhavet / rudrāviṣṭaṃ sarvamidaṃ tanubhirnnāmabhiśca ha
On that night of the new moon one should always be attentive; all this is pervaded by Rudra with his bodies and his names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.66
एकाकी चश्चरत्येष सूर्यो ऽसौ रुद्र उच्यते । सूर्यस्य यत्प्रकाशेन वीक्षन्ते चक्षुषा प्रजाः
ekākī caścaratyeṣa sūryo 'sau rudra ucyate / sūryasya yatprakāśena vīkṣante cakṣuṣā prajāḥ
This one moves alone; that sun is called Rudra. By the light of the sun creatures see with the eye.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.67
मुक्तात्मा संस्थितो रुद्रः पिबत्यंभो गभस्तिभिः । अद्यते पीयते चैव ह्यन्नपानादिकाम्यया
muktātmā saṃsthito rudraḥ pibatyaṃbho gabhastibhiḥ / adyate pīyate caiva hyannapānādikāmyayā
Rudra, established as the liberated self, drinks up the water with his rays; and (water) is eaten and drunk out of desire for food, drink and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 10.68
तनुरंबूद्भवा सा वै देहेष्वेवोपचीयते । यया धत्ते प्रजाः सर्वाः स्थिरीभूतेन तेजसा
tanuraṃbūdbhavā sā vai deheṣvevopacīyate / yayā dhatte prajāḥ sarvāḥ sthirībhūtena tejasā
That body of his arisen from water is accumulated in bodies, by which, with its energy become firm, he sustains all creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.69
पार्थिवी सा तनुस्तस्य साध्वी धारयते प्रजाः । या च स्थिता शरीरेषु भूतानां प्राणवृत्तिभिः
pārthivī sā tanustasya sādhvī dhārayate prajāḥ / yā ca sthitā śarīreṣu bhūtānāṃ prāṇavṛttibhiḥ
That earthly body of his, good, upholds creatures; and that which stands in the bodies of beings as the workings of breath —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.70
वातात्मिका तु चैशानी सा प्राणः प्राणिनामिह । पीताशितानि पचति भूतानां जठरेष्विह
vātātmikā tu caiśānī sā prāṇaḥ prāṇināmiha / pītāśitāni pacati bhūtānāṃ jaṭhareṣviha
— that is the Īśāna (body), whose nature is wind; it is the breath of breathing creatures here. It cooks what is drunk and eaten in the bellies of beings here —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.71
तनुः पाशुपती तस्य पाचकः सो ऽग्निरुच्यते । यानीह शुषिराणि स्युर्देहेष्वन्तर्गतानि वै
tanuḥ pāśupatī tasya pācakaḥ so 'gnirucyate / yānīha śuṣirāṇi syurdeheṣvantargatāni vai
— that is his Pāśupata body, the cooker; it is called fire. And whatever hollows there are here, situated within bodies,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.72
वायोः संचरणार्थानि भीमा सा प्रोच्यते तनुः । वैतान्यादीक्षितानां तु या स्थितिर्ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
vāyoḥ saṃcaraṇārthāni bhīmā sā procyate tanuḥ / vaitānyādīkṣitānāṃ tu yā sthitirbrahmavādinām
for the passage of wind — that body is called Bhīmā. And that condition of the brahman-knowers consecrated by the vaitāna and other (rites) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.73
तनुरुग्रात्मिका सा तु तेनोग्रो दीक्षितः स्मृतः । यत्तु संकल्पकं तस्य प्रजास्विह समास्थितम्
tanurugrātmikā sā tu tenogro dīkṣitaḥ smṛtaḥ / yattu saṃkalpakaṃ tasya prajāsviha samāsthitam
that body has Ugra for its nature; hence the consecrated one is held to be Ugra. And that will-forming faculty of his which is established here in creatures —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.74
सा तनुर्मानसी तस्य चन्द्रमाः प्राणिषु स्थितः । नवोनवो यो भवति जायमानः पुनःपुनः
sā tanurmānasī tasya candramāḥ prāṇiṣu sthitaḥ / navonavo yo bhavati jāyamānaḥ punaḥpunaḥ
that is his mental body: the moon, established in living beings, which becomes ever new, being born again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.75
पीयते ऽसौ यथाकालं विबुधैः पितृभिः सह । महादेवो ऽमृतात्मा स चन्द्रमा अम्मयः स्मृतः
pīyate 'sau yathākālaṃ vibudhaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha / mahādevo 'mṛtātmā sa candramā ammayaḥ smṛtaḥ
It is drunk in due season by the gods together with the fathers; that moon, Mahādeva, whose self is nectar, is held to be made of water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 10.76
तस्य या प्रथमा नाम्ना तनू रौद्री प्रकीर्त्तिता । पत्नी सुवर्च्चला तस्याः पुत्रश्चास्य शनैश्चरः
tasya yā prathamā nāmnā tanū raudrī prakīrttitā / patnī suvarccalā tasyāḥ putraścāsya śanaiścaraḥ
Of him the first body, by name, is proclaimed to be Raudrī; her wife is Suvarcalā, and his son is Śanaiścara (Saturn).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 10.77
भवस्य या द्वितीया तु आपो नाम्ना तनुः स्मृता । तस्या धात्री स्मृता पत्नी पुत्रश्च उशना स्मृतः
bhavasya yā dvitīyā tu āpo nāmnā tanuḥ smṛtā / tasyā dhātrī smṛtā patnī putraśca uśanā smṛtaḥ
The second body of Bhava, by name, is said to be Water; her wife is said to be Dhātrī, and the son is said to be Uśanā (Venus).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 10.78
शर्वस्य या तृतीयस्य नाम्नो भूमिस्तनुः स्मृता । तस्याः पत्नी विकेशी तु पुत्रो ऽस्याङ्गारकः स्मृतः
śarvasya yā tṛtīyasya nāmno bhūmistanuḥ smṛtā / tasyāḥ patnī vikeśī tu putro 'syāṅgārakaḥ smṛtaḥ
The body of the third, Śarva by name, is said to be Earth; her wife is Vikeśī, and his son is said to be Aṅgāraka (Mars).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 10.79
ईशानस्य चतुर्थस्य नाम्ना वातस्तनुस्तु या । तस्याः पत्नी शिवा नाम पुत्रश्चास्या मनोजवः
īśānasya caturthasya nāmnā vātastanustu yā / tasyāḥ patnī śivā nāma putraścāsyā manojavaḥ
The body of the fourth, Īśāna by name, is Wind; her wife is named Śivā, and her son is Manojava.
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BndP 1 10.80
अविज्ञातगतिश्चैव द्वौ पुत्रौ चानिलस्य तु । नाम्ना पशुपतेर्या तु तनुरग्निर्द्विजैः स्मृता
avijñātagatiścaiva dvau putrau cānilasya tu / nāmnā paśupateryā tu tanuragnirdvijaiḥ smṛtā
And Avijñātagati — these two are the sons of Anila (the Wind). The body of the one named Paśupati is said by the twice-born to be Fire.
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BndP 1 10.81
तस्याः पत्नी स्मृता स्वाहा स्कन्दस्तस्याः सुतः स्मृतः । नाम्ना षष्ठस्य या भीमा तनुराकाशमुच्यते
tasyāḥ patnī smṛtā svāhā skandastasyāḥ sutaḥ smṛtaḥ / nāmnā ṣaṣṭhasya yā bhīmā tanurākāśamucyate
Her wife is said to be Svāhā, and her son is said to be Skanda. The body of the sixth, Bhīma by name, is called Space.
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BndP 1 10.82
दिशः पत्न्यः स्मृतास्तस्य स्वर्गश्चापि सुतः स्मृतः । अग्रा तनुः सप्तमी या दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणः स्मृतः
diśaḥ patnyaḥ smṛtāstasya svargaścāpi sutaḥ smṛtaḥ / agrā tanuḥ saptamī yā dīkṣito brāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
The quarters are said to be his wives, and Svarga is said to be his son. The seventh body, the foremost, is said to be the consecrated brahmin.
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BndP 1 10.83
दीक्षा पत्नी स्मृता तस्याः संतानः पुत्र उच्यते । नाम्नाष्टमस्य महस्तनुर्या चन्द्रमाः स्मृतः
dīkṣā patnī smṛtā tasyāḥ saṃtānaḥ putra ucyate / nāmnāṣṭamasya mahastanuryā candramāḥ smṛtaḥ
Dīkṣā is said to be his wife, and Saṃtāna is called her son. The body of the eighth, Mahas by name, is said to be the Moon.
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BndP 1 10.84
तस्य वै रोहिणी पत्नी पुत्रस्तस्य बुधः स्मृतः । इत्येतास्तनवस्तस्य नामभिः सह कीर्तिताः
tasya vai rohiṇī patnī putrastasya budhaḥ smṛtaḥ / ityetāstanavastasya nāmabhiḥ saha kīrtitāḥ
His wife indeed is Rohiṇī, and his son is said to be Budha (Mercury). Thus these bodies of his have been proclaimed together with their names.
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BndP 1 10.85
तासु वन्द्यो नमस्यश्च प्रतिनामतनूषु वै । सूर्येप्सूर्व्यां तथा वायावग्नौ व्योम्न्यथ दीक्षिते
tāsu vandyo namasyaśca pratināmatanūṣu vai / sūryepsūrvyāṃ tathā vāyāvagnau vyomnyatha dīkṣite
In those bodies, each corresponding to a name, he is to be praised and bowed to: in the sun, in the waters, in the earth, and so in the wind, in fire, in space, and then in the consecrated (brahmin),
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BndP 1 10.86
भक्तैस्तथा चन्द्रमसि भत्तया वन्द्यस्तु नामभिः । एवं यो वेत्ति तं देवं तनुभिर्नामभिश्च ह
bhaktaistathā candramasi bhattayā vandyastu nāmabhiḥ / evaṃ yo vetti taṃ devaṃ tanubhirnāmabhiśca ha
and so in the moon he is to be praised by the devout with devotion, by (these) names. He who thus knows that god by his bodies and by his names,
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BndP 1 10.87
प्रजावानेति सायुज्यमीश्वरस्य भवस्य सः । इत्येतद्वो मया प्रोक्तं गुह्यं भीमास्य यद्यशः
prajāvāneti sāyujyamīśvarasya bhavasya saḥ / ityetadvo mayā proktaṃ guhyaṃ bhīmāsya yadyaśaḥ
he, possessed of offspring, attains union with the lord Bhava. Thus this has been declared by me to you — the secret which is the glory of Bhīma.
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BndP 1 10.88
शन्नो ऽस्तु द्विपदे विप्राः शन्नो ऽस्तु च चतुष्पदे । एतत्प्रोक्तमिदानीं च तनूनां नामभि सह । महादेवस्य देवस्य भृगोस्तु शृणुत प्रजाः
śanno 'stu dvipade viprāḥ śanno 'stu ca catuṣpade / etatproktamidānīṃ ca tanūnāṃ nāmabhi saha / mahādevasya devasya bhṛgostu śṛṇuta prajāḥ
May there be peace for the two-footed, O brahmins, and may there be peace for the four-footed. And now this has been declared, together with the names of the bodies, of the god Mahādeva; hear now of Bhṛgu, O creatures.
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