Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 12

BndP 1 12.1

सूत उवाच यो ऽसावग्ने रभिमानी स्मृतः स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे । ब्रह्मणो मानसः पुत्रस्तस्मात्स्वाहा व्यजायत

sūta uvāca yo 'sāvagne rabhimānī smṛtaḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare / brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putrastasmātsvāhā vyajāyata

Sūta said: He who is remembered as the presiding self of fire in the Svāyambhuva period was the mind-born son of Brahmā; from him Svāhā gave birth (to sons).

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BndP 1 12.2

पावकं पवमानं च शुचिरग्निश्च यः स्मृतः । निर्मथ्यः पवमानस्तु वैद्युतः पावकः स्मृतः

pāvakaṃ pavamānaṃ ca śuciragniśca yaḥ smṛtaḥ / nirmathyaḥ pavamānastu vaidyutaḥ pāvakaḥ smṛtaḥ

Pāvaka, and Pavamāna, and the one remembered as Śuci the fire: Pavamāna is (the fire) produced by churning, and Pāvaka is remembered as the one born of lightning.

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BndP 1 12.3

शुचिः सौरस्तु विज्ञेयः स्वाहापुत्रास्तु ते त्रयः । निर्मथ्यः पवमानस्तु शुचिः सौरस्तु यः स्मृतः

śuciḥ saurastu vijñeyaḥ svāhāputrāstu te trayaḥ / nirmathyaḥ pavamānastu śuciḥ saurastu yaḥ smṛtaḥ

And Śuci is to be known as the solar (fire); these three are the sons of Svāhā. Pavamāna is (the fire) produced by churning, and Śuci is the one remembered as solar.

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BndP 1 12.4

अब्योनिर्वैद्युतश्चैव तेषां स्थानानि तानि वै । पवमानात्मजश्चैव कव्यवाहन उच्यते

abyonirvaidyutaścaiva teṣāṃ sthānāni tāni vai / pavamānātmajaścaiva kavyavāhana ucyate

(One is) born of the waters and (one) is born of lightning — those indeed are their stations; and the son of Pavamāna is called Kavyavāhana.

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BndP 1 12.5

पावकिः सहरक्षस्तु हव्यवाहः शुचेः सुतः । देवानां हव्यवाहो ऽग्निः पितॄणां कव्यवाहनः

pāvakiḥ saharakṣastu havyavāhaḥ śuceḥ sutaḥ / devānāṃ havyavāho 'gniḥ pitṝṇāṃ kavyavāhanaḥ

Saharakṣas is the son of Pāvaka, (and) Havyavāha is the son of Śuci. The fire Havyavāha (belongs) to the gods, Kavyavāhana to the ancestors.

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BndP 1 12.6

सह रक्षो ऽसुराणां तु त्रयाणां तु त्रयो ऽग्नयः । एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रास्तु चत्वारिंशन्न वैव तु

saha rakṣo 'surāṇāṃ tu trayāṇāṃ tu trayo 'gnayaḥ / eteṣāṃ putrapautrāstu catvāriṃśanna vaiva tu

And Saharakṣas to the asuras — thus the three fires (belong) to the three (classes of beings). Of these the sons and grandsons are forty-nine.

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BndP 1 12.7

वक्ष्यामि नामभिस्तेषां प्रविभागं पृथक्पृथक् । विश्रुप्तो लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु प्रथमो ब्रह्मणः सुतः

vakṣyāmi nāmabhisteṣāṃ pravibhāgaṃ pṛthakpṛthak / viśrupto laukiko 'gnistu prathamo brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ

I shall declare their division separately, one by one, by their names. The well-known worldly fire is the first, the son of Brahmā.

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BndP 1 12.8

ब्रह्मो दत्ताग्निस त्पुत्रो भरतो नाम विश्रुतः । वैश्वानरः सुतस्तस्य वहन् हव्यं समाः शतम्

brahmo dattāgnisa tputro bharato nāma viśrutaḥ / vaiśvānaraḥ sutastasya vahan havyaṃ samāḥ śatam

His son, given by Brahmā, is renowned by the name Bharata; his son was Vaiśvānara, who carried the oblation for a hundred years.

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BndP 1 12.9

संभृतो ऽथर्वणा पूर्वमेधितिः पुष्करोदधौ । सोथर्वा लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु दर्पहाथर्वणः स्मृतः

saṃbhṛto 'tharvaṇā pūrvamedhitiḥ puṣkarodadhau / sotharvā laukiko 'gnistu darpahātharvaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ

Formerly he was brought together by Atharvan — Medhiti — in the Puṣkara ocean; that worldly fire, (called) Atharvan, is known as Darpahan, son of Atharvan.

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BndP 1 12.10

अथर्वा तु भृगुर्जज्ञे ह्यग्निराथर्वणः स्मृतः । तस्मात्स लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु दध्यङ्ङाथर्वणो मतः

atharvā tu bhṛgurjajñe hyagnirātharvaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ / tasmātsa laukiko 'gnistu dadhyaṅṅātharvaṇo mataḥ

But Atharvan was born as Bhṛgu, and the fire is known as Ātharvaṇa (descended from Atharvan); therefore that worldly fire is held to be Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa.

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BndP 1 12.11

आथर्वः पवमानस्तु निर्मथ्यः कविभिः स्मृतः । स ज्ञेयो गार्हपत्यो ऽग्निस्तस्य पुत्रद्वयं स्मृतम्

ātharvaḥ pavamānastu nirmathyaḥ kavibhiḥ smṛtaḥ / sa jñeyo gārhapatyo 'gnistasya putradvayaṃ smṛtam

The Ātharva (fire) Pavamāna is declared by the sages to be the one produced by churning; it is to be known as the Gārhapatya fire, and two sons of his are recorded.

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BndP 1 12.12

शंस्यस्त्वाह वनीयो ऽग्नेः स्मृतो यो हव्यवाहनः । द्वितीयस्तु सुतः प्रोक्तः शुको ऽग्निर्यः प्रणीयते

śaṃsyastvāha vanīyo 'gneḥ smṛto yo havyavāhanaḥ / dvitīyastu sutaḥ proktaḥ śuko 'gniryaḥ praṇīyate

The first, Śaṃsya, is the Āhavanīya, the fire that is known as Havyavāhana; the second son is declared to be the Śuka fire, which is carried forward (as the Praṇīta).

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BndP 1 12.13

तथा सव्यापसव्यौ च शंस्यस्याग्नेः सुतावुभौ । शंस्यस्तु षोडश नदीश्चकमे हव्यवाहनः

tathā savyāpasavyau ca śaṃsyasyāgneḥ sutāvubhau / śaṃsyastu ṣoḍaśa nadīścakame havyavāhanaḥ

Likewise Savya and Apasavya are both sons of the fire Śaṃsya. And Śaṃsya the Havyavāhana desired sixteen rivers.

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BndP 1 12.14

यो सावाहवनीयो ऽग्निरभिमानी द्विजैः स्मृतः । कावेरीं कृष्णवेणां च नर्मदां यमुनां तथा

yo sāvāhavanīyo 'gnirabhimānī dvijaiḥ smṛtaḥ / kāverīṃ kṛṣṇaveṇāṃ ca narmadāṃ yamunāṃ tathā

That fire (called) Āhavanīya is known by the twice-born as Abhimānin: (he desired) the Kāverī, the Kṛṣṇaveṇā, the Narmadā and the Yamunā,

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BndP 1 12.15

गोदावरीं वितस्तां च चन्द्रभागामिरावतीम् । विपाशां कौशिकीञ्चैव शतद्रूं सरयूं तथा

godāvarīṃ vitastāṃ ca candrabhāgāmirāvatīm / vipāśāṃ kauśikīñcaiva śatadrūṃ sarayūṃ tathā

the Godāvarī and the Vitastā, the Candrabhāgā, the Irāvatī, the Vipāśā and the Kauśikī, the Śatadru and the Sarayū,

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BndP 1 12.16

सीतां सरस्वतीं चैव ह्रादिनीं पावनीन्तथा । तासु षोडशधामानं प्रविभज्य पृथक्पृथक्

sītāṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva hrādinīṃ pāvanīntathā / tāsu ṣoḍaśadhāmānaṃ pravibhajya pṛthakpṛthak

the Sītā, the Sarasvatī, the Hrādinī and the Pāvanī. Dividing his abode among them in sixteen ways, one by one,

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BndP 1 12.17

आत्मानं व्यदधात्तासु धिष्णीष्वथ बभूव सः । कृत्तिकाचारिणी धिष्णी जज्ञिरे ताश्च धिष्णयः

ātmānaṃ vyadadhāttāsu dhiṣṇīṣvatha babhūva saḥ / kṛttikācāriṇī dhiṣṇī jajñire tāśca dhiṣṇayaḥ

he then distributed himself among them in the fire-hearths (dhiṣṇyās) and came to be (there). The hearth (called) Kṛttikācāriṇī — and those Dhiṣṇyas were born.

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BndP 1 12.18

धिष्णीषु जज्ञिरे यस्माद् धिष्णयस्तेन कीर्त्तिताः । इत्येते वै नदीपुत्रा धिष्णीष्वेवं विजज्ञिरे

dhiṣṇīṣu jajñire yasmād dhiṣṇayastena kīrttitāḥ / ityete vai nadīputrā dhiṣṇīṣvevaṃ vijajñire

Because they were born in the fire-hearths, they are therefore called Dhiṣṇyas. Thus these sons of the rivers were born in the hearths in this way.

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BndP 1 12.19

तेषां विहरणीया ये उपस्थेयाश्च ये ऽग्नयः । ताञ्शृणुध्वं समासेन कीर्त्यमानान्यथातथम्

teṣāṃ viharaṇīyā ye upastheyāśca ye 'gnayaḥ / tāñśṛṇudhvaṃ samāsena kīrtyamānānyathātatham

Which of those fires are to be moved about and which are to be attended upon — hear of them in brief, as they are proclaimed exactly as they are.

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BndP 1 12.20

विभुः प्रवाहणो ग्नीध्रस्तत्रस्था धिष्णयो ऽपरे । विधीयन्ते यथास्थानं सूत्याहे सवने क्रमात्

vibhuḥ pravāhaṇo gnīdhrastatrasthā dhiṣṇayo 'pare / vidhīyante yathāsthānaṃ sūtyāhe savane kramāt

Vibhu, Pravāhaṇa, Āgnīdhra — the other Dhiṣṇya fires stationed there are appointed in order, each in its own place, on the pressing-day of the soma sacrifice.

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BndP 1 12.21

अनुद्देश्य निवास्यानामग्नीनां शृणुत क्रमम् । सम्राडग्नि कृशानुर्यो द्वितीय्ॐऽतरवेदिकः

anuddeśya nivāsyānāmagnīnāṃ śṛṇuta kramam / samrāḍagni kṛśānuryo dvitīyoṃ'taravedikaḥ

Without naming (them individually), hear the order of the fires that are to be established: the fire Samrāj, and Kṛśānu who is the second, (placed) within the altar.

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BndP 1 12.22

सम्राडग्नमुखानष्टौ उपतिष्ठन्ति तान् द्विजान् । परिषत्पवमानस्तु द्वितीय सो ऽनुदिश्यते

samrāḍagnamukhānaṣṭau upatiṣṭhanti tān dvijān / pariṣatpavamānastu dvitīya so 'nudiśyate

The eight (fires) headed by Samrāj attend upon those twice-born ones; and Pariṣat-Pavamāna is the second — he is indicated (thus).

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BndP 1 12.23

प्रतल्कान्यो नभोनाम चत्वरेसौ विभाव्यते । हव्यस्ततो ह्यसंमृष्टः शामित्रे ऽग्नौ विभाव्यते

pratalkānyo nabhonāma catvaresau vibhāvyate / havyastato hyasaṃmṛṣṭaḥ śāmitre 'gnau vibhāvyate

Another, Pratalka by name, Nabhas, is manifested at the courtyard; and thereupon Havya, unwiped, is manifested in the Śāmitra fire.

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BndP 1 12.24

ऋतुधामा च सुज्योतिरौदुंबर्यः प्रकीर्त्यते । विश्वव्यचाः समुद्रो ऽग्निर्ब्रह्मस्थाने स कीर्त्यते

ṛtudhāmā ca sujyotirauduṃbaryaḥ prakīrtyate / viśvavyacāḥ samudro 'gnirbrahmasthāne sa kīrtyate

And Ṛtudhāmā, Sujyotis, is proclaimed as the Auduṃbarya (fire); Viśvavyacas, the ocean-fire — he is declared (to stand) in the brahman's place.

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BndP 1 12.25

ब्रह्मज्योतिर्वसुर्धामा ब्रह्मस्थाने स उच्यते । अचौकपादुपस्थो यः स वै शालासुखीयकः

brahmajyotirvasurdhāmā brahmasthāne sa ucyate / acaukapādupastho yaḥ sa vai śālāsukhīyakaḥ

Brahmajyotis, Vasudhāmā — he is said (to be) in the brahman's place; he who is Acaukapāda, standing near, is indeed the Śālāsukhīyaka (fire of the śālā).

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BndP 1 12.26

अनुहेश्यो ह्यहिर्बुध्न्यो सो ऽग्रिर्गृहपतिः स्मृतः । शंस्यस्यैते सुताः सर्वे उपस्थेया द्विजैः स्मृताः

anuheśyo hyahirbudhnyo so 'grirgṛhapatiḥ smṛtaḥ / śaṃsyasyaite sutāḥ sarve upastheyā dvijaiḥ smṛtāḥ

Ahirbudhnya is to be invoked (anuheśya); that fire is known as Gṛhapati. All these are the sons of Śaṃsya, known to be attended upon by the twice-born.

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BndP 1 12.27

ततो विहरणीयांश्च वक्ष्याम्यष्टौ च तत्सुतान् । विभुः प्रवाहणो ऽग्नीध्रस्तेषां धिष्ण्यस्तथा परे

tato viharaṇīyāṃśca vakṣyāmyaṣṭau ca tatsutān / vibhuḥ pravāhaṇo 'gnīdhrasteṣāṃ dhiṣṇyastathā pare

Next I shall declare the fires to be carried about (viharaṇīya) and his eight sons: Vibhu, Pravāhaṇa, Agnīdhra, and, among them, Dhiṣṇya, and the others.

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BndP 1 12.28

विधीयन्ते यथास्थानं सौत्ये ऽह्नि सवने क्रमात् । होत्रीयस्तु स्मृते ह्यग्निर्वह्निर्यो हव्यवाहनः

vidhīyante yathāsthānaṃ sautye 'hni savane kramāt / hotrīyastu smṛte hyagnirvahniryo havyavāhanaḥ

They are assigned each to its own station, in order, at the pressing on the soma day. The fire Hotrīya is known (as such), the bearer who is Havyavāhana.

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BndP 1 12.29

प्रशान्तो ऽग्निः प्रचेतास्तु द्वितीयश्चात्र नामकः । ततो ऽग्निर्वैश्वदेवस्तु ब्राह्मणाच्छंसिरुच्यते

praśānto 'gniḥ pracetāstu dvitīyaścātra nāmakaḥ / tato 'gnirvaiśvadevastu brāhmaṇācchaṃsirucyate

Praśānta is the fire, and Pracetas is the second name here; then the Vaiśvadeva fire is called Brāhmaṇācchaṃsi.

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BndP 1 12.30

उशिगग्निः कविर्यस्तु पोतो ऽग्निः स विभाव्यते । आवारिरग्निर्वाभारिर्वैष्ठीयः स विभाव्यते

uśigagniḥ kaviryastu poto 'gniḥ sa vibhāvyate / āvāriragnirvābhārirvaiṣṭhīyaḥ sa vibhāvyate

The Uśij fire, who is Kavi, is made manifest as the Potā fire; the fire Āvārir, or Vābhārir, he is made manifest as the Vaiṣṭhīya.

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BndP 1 12.31

अवस्फूर्जो विवस्वांस्तु आस्थांश्चैव स उच्यते । अष्टमः सुध्युरग्निर्योमार्जालीयः स उच्यन्ते

avasphūrjo vivasvāṃstu āsthāṃścaiva sa ucyate / aṣṭamaḥ sudhyuragniryomārjālīyaḥ sa ucyante

Avasphūrja, and Vivasvat, and he is also called Āsthās; the eighth is the fire Sudhyu, who is called the Mārjālīya.

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BndP 1 12.32

धिष्ण्यावाहरणा ह्येते सौत्येह्नीज्यन्त वै द्विजैः । अपां योनिः स्मृतो ऽसौ स ह्यप्सुनामा विभाव्यते

dhiṣṇyāvāharaṇā hyete sautyehnījyanta vai dvijaiḥ / apāṃ yoniḥ smṛto 'sau sa hyapsunāmā vibhāvyate

These indeed are the fires brought (to the) dhiṣṇya hearths, worshipped by the twice-born on the soma-pressing day. That one is known as the womb of the waters, and he is made manifest as Apsunāman.

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BndP 1 12.33

ततो यः पावको नाम्ना अब्जो यो गर्भ उच्यते । अग्निः सो ऽवभृथे ज्ञेयो वरुणेन सहेज्यते

tato yaḥ pāvako nāmnā abjo yo garbha ucyate / agniḥ so 'vabhṛthe jñeyo varuṇena sahejyate

Then he who by name is Pāvaka, who is called Abja, the embryo (of the waters) — that fire is to be known at the avabhṛtha (final bath); he is worshipped together with Varuṇa.

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BndP 1 12.34

त्दृच्छयस्तत्सुतो ह्यग्निर्जठरे यो नृणां पचन् । मृत्युमाञ् जाठरस्याग्नेर्विद्वानाग्निः सुतः स्मृतः

tdṛcchayastatsuto hyagnirjaṭhare yo nṛṇāṃ pacan / mṛtyumāñ jāṭharasyāgnervidvānāgniḥ sutaḥ smṛtaḥ

His son is the fire Tdṛcchaya(?), who cooks in the belly of men; Mṛtyumān, the learned fire, is known as the son of the belly-fire.

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BndP 1 12.35

परस्परोत्थितः सो ऽग्निर्भूतानीह विनिर्दहेत् । पुत्रस्त्वग्नेर्मन्युमतो घोरः संवर्तकः स्मृतः

parasparotthitaḥ so 'gnirbhūtānīha vinirdahet / putrastvagnermanyumato ghoraḥ saṃvartakaḥ smṛtaḥ

That fire, arisen from (the friction of) one against another, would burn up the beings here; and the son of the fire Manyumān is the dreadful Saṃvartaka.

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BndP 1 12.36

पिबन्नवः स वसति समुद्रे वडवामुखः । समुद्रवासिनः पुत्रः साहरक्षो विभाव्यते

pibannavaḥ sa vasati samudre vaḍavāmukhaḥ / samudravāsinaḥ putraḥ sāharakṣo vibhāvyate

Drinking, he dwells below in the ocean, with a mare's mouth; the son of that ocean-dweller is made manifest as Saharakṣa.

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BndP 1 12.37

सहरक्षसुतः क्षामो गृहाणां दहते नृणाम् । क्रव्यादग्निः सुतस्तस्य पुरुषानत्ति यो मृतान्

saharakṣasutaḥ kṣāmo gṛhāṇāṃ dahate nṛṇām / kravyādagniḥ sutastasya puruṣānatti yo mṛtān

Saharakṣa's son Kṣāma burns the houses of men; his son is the flesh-eating fire, which devours dead men.

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BndP 1 12.38

इत्येते पावकस्याग्नेः पुत्रा एव प्रकीर्त्तिताः । ततः शुचिस्तु वै सौरो गन्धर्वैरायुराहुतः

ityete pāvakasyāgneḥ putrā eva prakīrttitāḥ / tataḥ śucistu vai sauro gandharvairāyurāhutaḥ

Thus these have been proclaimed as the sons of the fire Pāvaka. Next, Śuci, born of the sun, invoked by the gandharvas as Āyu.

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BndP 1 12.39

मथितो यस्त्वरण्यां च सो ऽग्निरग्निं समिन्धति । आयुर्नाम्ना तु भगवानसौ यस्तु प्रणीयते

mathito yastvaraṇyāṃ ca so 'gniragniṃ samindhati / āyurnāmnā tu bhagavānasau yastu praṇīyate

And he who is churned out in the araṇi wood — that fire kindles fire; but the lord named Āyu is he who is led forth (in the ritual procession).

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BndP 1 12.40

आयुषो महिषः पुत्रः सहसो नाम तत्सुतः । पाकयज्ञेष्वभीमानी सोग्निस्तु सहसः स्मृतः

āyuṣo mahiṣaḥ putraḥ sahaso nāma tatsutaḥ / pākayajñeṣvabhīmānī sognistu sahasaḥ smṛtaḥ

Āyu's son is Mahiṣa; his son is named Sahasa; that fire Sahasa is known to preside over the cooked-food offerings.

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BndP 1 12.41

पुत्रश्च सहसस्याग्नेरद्भुतः स महायशाः । विविधिश्चाद्भुतस्यापि पुत्रो ऽग्नेस्तुमाहान्स्मृतः

putraśca sahasasyāgneradbhutaḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ / vividhiścādbhutasyāpi putro 'gnestumāhānsmṛtaḥ

And the son of the fire Sahasa is Adbhuta, of great fame; and Adbhuta's son too, the fire, is known as Vividhi, the great one.

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BndP 1 12.42

प्रायश्चित्तेष्वभीमानी हुतं भुङ्क्ते हविः सदा । विविधेस्तु सुतो ह्यर्क्क स्तस्य चाग्नेः सुता इमे

prāyaścitteṣvabhīmānī hutaṃ bhuṅkte haviḥ sadā / vividhestu suto hyarkka stasya cāgneḥ sutā ime

Presiding over the expiatory rites, he always eats the oblation that is offered; the son of Vividhi is Arka, and these are the sons of that fire.

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BndP 1 12.43

अनीकवान् वाजसृक् च रक्षोहा चष्टिकृत्तथा । सुरभिर्वसुरन्नादो प्रविष्टो यः स रुकमराट्

anīkavān vājasṛk ca rakṣohā caṣṭikṛttathā / surabhirvasurannādo praviṣṭo yaḥ sa rukamarāṭ

Anīkavān and Vājasṛk, Rakṣohā and likewise Aṣṭikṛt, Surabhi, Vasu, Annāda, and he who has entered in — he is Rukmarāṭ.

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BndP 1 12.44

शुचेरग्नेः प्रजा ह्येषा वह्नयश्च चतुर्द्दश । इत्येते चाग्नयः प्रोक्ताः प्रणीयन्तेध्वरेषु वै

śuceragneḥ prajā hyeṣā vahnayaśca caturddaśa / ityete cāgnayaḥ proktāḥ praṇīyantedhvareṣu vai

For these are the offspring of Śuci the fire, and the bearers (of oblations) are fourteen; thus these fires have been declared, which are led forth in the sacrifices.

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BndP 1 12.45

आदिसर्गे व्यतीता वै यामैः सह सुरोत्तमैः । स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे पूर्वमग्नयस्तेभिमानिनः

ādisarge vyatītā vai yāmaiḥ saha surottamaiḥ / svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare pūrvamagnayastebhimāninaḥ

In the first creation they passed away, together with the Yāmas, the best of the gods; formerly, in the Svāyambhuva interval, (they were) the fires who presided over those (stations).

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BndP 1 12.46

एते विहरणीयेषु चेतनाचेतनेषु वै । स्थानाभिमानिनो लोके प्रागासन्हव्यवाहनाः

ete viharaṇīyeṣu cetanācetaneṣu vai / sthānābhimānino loke prāgāsanhavyavāhanāḥ

These, presiding over their stations among the things to be apportioned, both sentient and insentient, were formerly in the world the carriers of the oblation.

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BndP 1 12.47

काम्यनै मित्तिका यज्ञेष्वेते कर्मस्ववस्थिताः । पूर्वमन्वतंरे ऽतीताः शुकैर्यागैश्च तैः सह

kāmyanai mittikā yajñeṣvete karmasvavasthitāḥ / pūrvamanvataṃre 'tītāḥ śukairyāgaiśca taiḥ saha

These are established in the optional and occasional rites, in sacrifices, in (ritual) acts; in the earlier Manu-interval they passed away, together with those Śukra (gods?) and sacrifices.

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BndP 1 12.48

देवैर्महात्मभिः पुण्यैः प्रथमस्यान्तरे मनोः । इत्येतानि मजोक्तानि स्थानानि स्थानिनश्च ह

devairmahātmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ prathamasyāntare manoḥ / ityetāni majoktāni sthānāni sthāninaśca ha

—with the great-souled, meritorious gods, in the interval of the first Manu. Thus these stations and the occupants of the stations have been declared by me.

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BndP 1 12.49

तैरेव तु प्रसंख्यातमतीतानागतेष्विह । सन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु लक्षणं जातवेदसाम्

taireva tu prasaṃkhyātamatītānāgateṣviha / sanvantareṣu sarveṣu lakṣaṇaṃ jātavedasām

By those same (means) the characteristic of the fires (jātavedas) has been reckoned up here, in all the past and future Manu-intervals.

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BndP 1 12.50

सर्वे तपस्विनो ह्येते सर्वे ब्रह्मभृतस्तथा । प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे ज्योतिष्मन्तश्च ते स्मृताः

sarve tapasvino hyete sarve brahmabhṛtastathā / prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve jyotiṣmantaśca te smṛtāḥ

All these are ascetics, and all of them likewise sustainers of the Brahman; all are lords of creatures, and they are held to be possessed of light.

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BndP 1 12.51

स्वारोचिषादिषु ज्ञेयाः सावर्ण्यं तेषु सप्तसु । मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु नामरूपप्रयोजनैः

svārociṣādiṣu jñeyāḥ sāvarṇyaṃ teṣu saptasu / manvantareṣu sarveṣu nāmarūpaprayojanaiḥ

In the (intervals) of Svārociṣa and the rest they are to be known; among those seven there is a sameness of class, in all the Manu-intervals, through names, forms, and functions.

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BndP 1 12.52

वर्त्तन्ते वर्त्तमानैश्च यामैदेवैः सहाग्नयः । अनागतैः सुरैः सार्द्धं वर्त्स्यन्ते ऽनागताग्नयः

varttante varttamānaiśca yāmaidevaiḥ sahāgnayaḥ / anāgataiḥ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ vartsyante 'nāgatāgnayaḥ

The fires exist along with the existing Yāma gods; with the gods yet to come, the fires yet to come will exist.

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BndP 1 12.53

इत्येष निचयो ऽग्नीनामनुक्रान्तो यथाक्रमम् । विस्तरेणानुपुर्व्या च पितॄणां वक्ष्यते पुनः

ityeṣa nicayo 'gnīnāmanukrānto yathākramam / vistareṇānupurvyā ca pitṝṇāṃ vakṣyate punaḥ

Thus this collection of the fires has been gone through in order; and the (account) of the ancestors will again be told at length and in sequence.

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