Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 13
BndP 1 13.1
सुत उवाच ब्रह्मणः सृजतः पुत्रान् पूर्वं स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे । गात्रेभ्यो जज्ञिरे तस्य मनुष्यासुरदेवताः
suta uvāca brahmaṇaḥ sṛjataḥ putrān pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare / gātrebhyo jajñire tasya manuṣyāsuradevatāḥ
Sūta said: When Brahmā was creating sons formerly, in the Svāyambhuva interval, from his limbs were born men, asuras, and gods.
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BndP 1 13.2
पितृवन्मन्यमानास्तं जज्ञिरे पितरो ऽपि च । तेषां निसर्गः प्रागुक्तः समासाच्छ्रुयतां पुनः
pitṛvanmanyamānāstaṃ jajñire pitaro 'pi ca / teṣāṃ nisargaḥ prāguktaḥ samāsācchruyatāṃ punaḥ
And the ancestors too were born, regarding him as a father; their production has been told before—let it be heard again in brief.
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BndP 1 13.3
देवासुरमनुष्यांश्च सृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माभ्यमन्यत । पितृवन्मन्यमाना वै जज्ञिरे ऽस्योपपक्षतः
devāsuramanuṣyāṃśca sṛṣṭvā brahmābhyamanyata / pitṛvanmanyamānā vai jajñire 'syopapakṣataḥ
Having created gods, asuras, and men, Brahmā reflected; and those who regarded him as a father were born from his side.
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BndP 1 13.4
मध्वादयः षडृतवः पितॄंस्तान्परिचक्षते । ऋतवः पितरो देवा इत्येषा वैदिकी श्रुतिः
madhvādayaḥ ṣaḍṛtavaḥ pitṝṃstānparicakṣate / ṛtavaḥ pitaro devā ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ
The six seasons beginning with Madhu—those they call the ancestors; "the seasons are the ancestors, the gods"—this is the Vedic scriptural word.
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BndP 1 13.5
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ह्यतीतानागतेषु वै । एते स्वायंभुवे पूर्वमुत्पन्नाश्चान्तरे शुभे
manvantareṣu sarveṣu hyatītānāgateṣu vai / ete svāyaṃbhuve pūrvamutpannāścāntare śubhe
In all the Manu-intervals, past and future indeed—these were produced formerly in the auspicious Svāyambhuva interval.
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BndP 1 13.6
अग्निष्वात्ता स्मृता नाम्ना तथा बर्हिषदश्च वै । अयज्वानस्तथा तेषामासन्ये गृहमेधिनः
agniṣvāttā smṛtā nāmnā tathā barhiṣadaśca vai / ayajvānastathā teṣāmāsanye gṛhamedhinaḥ
By name they are known as the Agniṣvāttas and likewise the Barhiṣads; and among them those who were non-sacrificers were the householders.
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BndP 1 13.7
अग्निष्वात्ता स्मृतास्ते वै पितरो नाहिताग्नयः । यज्वानस्तेषु ये त्वासन्पितरः सोमपीथिनः
agniṣvāttā smṛtāste vai pitaro nāhitāgnayaḥ / yajvānasteṣu ye tvāsanpitaraḥ somapīthinaḥ
Those ancestors who did not maintain the sacred fires are known as the Agniṣvāttas; but those among them who were sacrificers were the ancestors who drink the soma.
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BndP 1 13.8
स्मृता बर्हिषदस्ते वै पितर स्त्वग्निहोत्रिणः । ऋतवः पितरो देवाः शास्त्रे ऽस्मिन्निश्चयं गताः
smṛtā barhiṣadaste vai pitara stvagnihotriṇaḥ / ṛtavaḥ pitaro devāḥ śāstre 'sminniścayaṃ gatāḥ
Those ancestors who performed the agnihotra are known as the Barhiṣads; "the seasons are the ancestors, the gods"—in this teaching (the matter) has reached certainty.
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BndP 1 13.9
मधुमाधवौ रसौ ज्ञेयौ शुचिशुक्रौ च शुष्मिणौ । नभाश्चैव नभस्यश्च जीवावेतापुदात्दृतौ
madhumādhavau rasau jñeyau śuciśukrau ca śuṣmiṇau / nabhāścaiva nabhasyaśca jīvāvetāpudātdṛtau
Madhu and Mādhava are to be known as the two saps; Śuci and Śukra as the two vigorous ones; and Nabhas and Nabhasya—these two, honoured, as the two life-givers.
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BndP 1 13.10
इषश्चैव तथोर्जश्च स्वधावन्तावृदात्दृतौ । सहश्चैव सहस्यश्च घोरावेतापुदात्दृतौ
iṣaścaiva tathorjaśca svadhāvantāvṛdātdṛtau / sahaścaiva sahasyaśca ghorāvetāpudātdṛtau
Iṣa and likewise Ūrja are the two possessed of svadhā, held in honour; and Sahas and Sahasya—these two, held in honour, are the terrible ones.
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BndP 1 13.11
तपाश्चैव तपस्यश्च मन्युमन्तौ तु शैशिरौ । कालावस्थासु षट्स्वेते मासाख्या वै व्यवस्थिताः
tapāścaiva tapasyaśca manyumantau tu śaiśirau / kālāvasthāsu ṣaṭsvete māsākhyā vai vyavasthitāḥ
Tapas and Tapasya, the two of the cool season, having Manyu(mant) as their (lord); these six, established in the divisions of time, are indeed called months.
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BndP 1 13.12
इमे च ऋतवः प्रोक्ताश्चेतनाचेतनेषु वै । ऋतवो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा विज्ञेयास्ते ऽभिमानिनः
ime ca ṛtavaḥ proktāścetanācetaneṣu vai / ṛtavo brahmaṇaḥ putrā vijñeyāste 'bhimāninaḥ
And these seasons have been declared (to exist) among both the sentient and the insentient; the seasons are to be known as the sons of Brahmā, they being the ones who claim (their respective) identity.
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BndP 1 13.13
मासार्द्धमासस्थानेषु स्थानिनौ ऋतवो मताः । स्थानानां व्यतिरेकेण ज्ञेयाः स्थानागिमानिनः
māsārddhamāsasthāneṣu sthāninau ṛtavo matāḥ / sthānānāṃ vyatirekeṇa jñeyāḥ sthānāgimāninaḥ
The seasons are held to be the occupants of the stations (called) months and half-months; apart from the stations, they are to be known as the ones presiding over (those) stations.
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BndP 1 13.14
अहोरात्राणि मासाश्च ऋतवश्चायनानि च । संवत्सराश्च स्थानानि कामाख्या ह्यभिमानिनाम्
ahorātrāṇi māsāśca ṛtavaścāyanāni ca / saṃvatsarāśca sthānāni kāmākhyā hyabhimāninām
Days and nights, months, seasons, and the two halves of the year, and the years, are the stations, which bear the names, of those who preside (over them).
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BndP 1 13.15
एतेषु स्थानिनो ये तु कालावस्था व्यवस्थिताः । तत्सतत्त्वास्तदात्मानस्तान्वक्ष्यामि निबोधत
eteṣu sthānino ye tu kālāvasthā vyavasthitāḥ / tatsatattvāstadātmānastānvakṣyāmi nibodhata
But those occupants who are established in these (stations) as the conditions of time — having that same nature, having that same self — those I shall declare: listen.
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BndP 1 13.16
पार्वण्यस्ति थयः संध्याः पक्षा मासार्द्धसंमिताः । निमेषाश्च कलाः कष्ठा मुहुर्त्ता दिवसाः क्षयाः
pārvaṇyasti thayaḥ saṃdhyāḥ pakṣā māsārddhasaṃmitāḥ / nimeṣāśca kalāḥ kaṣṭhā muhurttā divasāḥ kṣayāḥ
The days of the new and full moon, the lunar days, the twilights, the fortnights measured as half-months, the winks (nimeṣa), the kalās, the kāṣṭhās, the muhūrtas, the days, the omitted (days).
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BndP 1 13.17
द्वावर्द्धमासौ मासस्तु द्वौ मासावृ तुरुच्यते । ऋतुत्रयं चाप्ययनं द्वे ऽयने दक्षिणोत्तरे
dvāvarddhamāsau māsastu dvau māsāvṛ turucyate / ṛtutrayaṃ cāpyayanaṃ dve 'yane dakṣiṇottare
Two half-months make a month; two months are called a season; three seasons make a half-year, and the two half-years are the southern and northern.
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BndP 1 13.18
संवत्सरः समेतश्च स्थानान्येतानि स्थानिनाम् । ऋतवस्तु निमेः पुत्रा विज्ञेयास्ते तथैव षट्
saṃvatsaraḥ sametaśca sthānānyetāni sthāninām / ṛtavastu nimeḥ putrā vijñeyāste tathaiva ṣaṭ
And the year is the whole put together: these are the stations of those who occupy them. But the seasons are to be known as the sons of Nimi, and they are likewise six.
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BndP 1 13.19
ऋतुपुत्राः स्मृताः पञ्च प्रजाः स्वार्तवलक्षणाः । यस्माच्चैवार्त्तवेभ्यस्तु जायन्ते स्थाणु जङ्गमाः
ṛtuputrāḥ smṛtāḥ pañca prajāḥ svārtavalakṣaṇāḥ / yasmāccaivārttavebhyastu jāyante sthāṇu jaṅgamāḥ
The sons of the seasons are held to be five, the offspring marked by their own menstrual (or seasonal) periods; because from the seasonal flows (ārtava) are born beings fixed and moving.
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BndP 1 13.20
आर्तवाः पितरस्तस्मादृतवश्च पितामहाः । समेतास्तु प्रसूयन्ते प्रजाश्चैव प्रजापतेः
ārtavāḥ pitarastasmādṛtavaśca pitāmahāḥ / sametāstu prasūyante prajāścaiva prajāpateḥ
Therefore the ārtavas are the fathers, and the seasons the grandfathers; and combined they bring forth the creatures of Prajāpati.
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BndP 1 13.21
तस्मात्स्मृतः प्रजानां वै वत्सरः प्रपितामहः । स्थानेषु स्थानिनो ह्येते स्थानात्मानः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
tasmātsmṛtaḥ prajānāṃ vai vatsaraḥ prapitāmahaḥ / sthāneṣu sthānino hyete sthānātmānaḥ prakīrttitāḥ
Therefore the year is held to be the great-grandfather of creatures; these are the occupants in the stations, declared to have the stations as their selves.
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BndP 1 13.22
तदाख्यास्तत्ससत्त्वाश्च तदात्मानश्च ते स्मृताः । प्रजापतिः स्मृतो यस्तु स तु संवत्सरो मतः
tadākhyāstatsasattvāśca tadātmānaśca te smṛtāḥ / prajāpatiḥ smṛto yastu sa tu saṃvatsaro mataḥ
They are held to bear those names, to have that same nature, and to have that same self; and he who is called Prajāpati is regarded as the year.
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BndP 1 13.23
संवत्सरसुतो ह्यग्नि ऋत इत्युच्यते बुधैः । ऋतात्तु ऋतवो यस्माज्जज्ञिरे ऋतवस्ततः
saṃvatsarasuto hyagni ṛta ityucyate budhaiḥ / ṛtāttu ṛtavo yasmājjajñire ṛtavastataḥ
The son of the year is Agni, who is called Ṛta by the wise; and since from Ṛta the seasons were born, therefore (they are called) ṛtus.
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BndP 1 13.24
मासाः षडर्तवो ज्ञेयास्तेषां पञ्चर्तवाः स्मृताः । द्विपदां चतुष्पदां चैव पक्षिणां सर्वतामपि
māsāḥ ṣaḍartavo jñeyāsteṣāṃ pañcartavāḥ smṛtāḥ / dvipadāṃ catuṣpadāṃ caiva pakṣiṇāṃ sarvatāmapi
The months are to be known as the six seasons, and of them five are held to be the seasonal periods (ārtavas) — of bipeds, of quadrupeds, and also of birds, of all of them.
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BndP 1 13.25
स्थावराणां च पञ्चानां पुष्पं कालार्त्तवं स्मृतम् । ऋतुत्वमार्तवत्वं च पितृत्वं च प्रकीर्त्तितम्
sthāvarāṇāṃ ca pañcānāṃ puṣpaṃ kālārttavaṃ smṛtam / ṛtutvamārtavatvaṃ ca pitṛtvaṃ ca prakīrttitam
And for the five (classes) of immobile beings, the flower is held to be the seasonal product of time. Thus have (their) being-a-season, being-a-seasonal-product, and being-a-father been declared.
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BndP 1 13.26
इत्येते पितरो ज्ञेया ऋतवश्चार्तवाश्च ये । सर्वभूतानि तेभ्यो यदृतुकालाद्विजज्ञिरे
ityete pitaro jñeyā ṛtavaścārtavāśca ye / sarvabhūtāni tebhyo yadṛtukālādvijajñire
Thus the seasons and the seasonal products are to be known as the fathers, since all beings were born from them, from the time of the season.
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BndP 1 13.27
तस्मादेते हि पितर आर्तवा इति नः श्रुतम् । मन्वन्तरेष्विह त्वेते स्थिताः कालभिमानिनः
tasmādete hi pitara ārtavā iti naḥ śrutam / manvantareṣviha tvete sthitāḥ kālabhimāninaḥ
Therefore these fathers are the ārtavas — so we have heard. And here in the manvantaras these presiders over time abide.
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BndP 1 13.28
कार्यकारणयुक्तास्तु ए श्वर्याद्व्याप्य संस्थिताः । स्थानाभिमानिनो ह्येते तिष्ठन्तीह प्रसंगमात्
kāryakāraṇayuktāstu e śvaryādvyāpya saṃsthitāḥ / sthānābhimānino hyete tiṣṭhantīha prasaṃgamāt
Joined as effect and cause, they abide pervading (all) through their lordship; and these presiders over their stations remain here by (their) connection (with them).
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BndP 1 13.29
अग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदः पितरो विविधाः पुनः । जज्ञे स्वधापितृभ्यस्तु द्वे कन्ये लोकविश्रुते
agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ pitaro vividhāḥ punaḥ / jajñe svadhāpitṛbhyastu dve kanye lokaviśrute
Again, the fathers are of various kinds: the Agniṣvāttas and the Barhiṣads; and from the fathers, by Svadhā, were born two daughters famed in the world.
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BndP 1 13.30
मेना च धारणी चैव याभ्यां धतमिदं जगत् । ते उभे ब्रह्मवादिन्यौ योगिन्यौ चैव ते उभे
menā ca dhāraṇī caiva yābhyāṃ dhatamidaṃ jagat / te ubhe brahmavādinyau yoginyau caiva te ubhe
Menā and Dhāraṇī, by whom this world is upheld; both of them were speakers of the Veda and both of them were yoginīs.
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BndP 1 13.31
पितरस्ते निजे कन्ये धर्मार्थं प्रददुः शुभे । अग्निष्वात्तास्तु ये प्रोक्तास्तेषां मेना तु मानसी
pitaraste nije kanye dharmārthaṃ pradaduḥ śubhe / agniṣvāttāstu ye proktāsteṣāṃ menā tu mānasī
Those fathers gave their own auspicious daughters for the sake of dharma; of those who are called the Agniṣvāttas, Menā was the mind-born (daughter).
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BndP 1 13.32
धारणी मानसी चैव कन्या बर्हिषदां स्मृता । मेरोस्तां धारणीं नाम पत्न्यर्थं वा सृजन् घुभाम्
dhāraṇī mānasī caiva kanyā barhiṣadāṃ smṛtā / merostāṃ dhāraṇīṃ nāma patnyarthaṃ vā sṛjan ghubhām
And Dhāraṇī is remembered as the mind-born daughter of the Barhiṣads; that auspicious one named Dhāraṇī they created (or: gave) to be Meru's wife.
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BndP 1 13.33
पितरस्ते बर्हिषदः स्मृता ये सोमपायिनः । अग्निष्वात्तास्तु तां मेना पत्नी हिमवते ददुः
pitaraste barhiṣadaḥ smṛtā ye somapāyinaḥ / agniṣvāttāstu tāṃ menā patnī himavate daduḥ
Those Barhiṣads are remembered as the fathers who drink soma; but the Agniṣvāttas gave that Menā as wife to Himavat.
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BndP 1 13.34
उपहूता स्मृता ये वै तद्दौहित्रान्निबोधत । मेना हिमवतः पत्नी मैनाकं सा व्यजायत
upahūtā smṛtā ye vai taddauhitrānnibodhata / menā himavataḥ patnī mainākaṃ sā vyajāyata
Those who are known as the Upahūtas — learn of their daughter's offspring. Menā, the wife of Himavat, gave birth to Maināka,
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BndP 1 13.35
गङ्गां सरिद्वरां चैव पत्नी या लवणोदधेः । मैनाकस्या त्मजः क्रौचः क्रैञ्चद्वीपो यतः स्मृतः
gaṅgāṃ saridvarāṃ caiva patnī yā lavaṇodadheḥ / mainākasyā tmajaḥ kraucaḥ kraiñcadvīpo yataḥ smṛtaḥ
and to Gaṅgā, best of rivers, who is the wife of the salt ocean. Maināka's son was Krauñca, from whom Krauñcadvīpa is named.
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BndP 1 13.36
मेरोस्तु धारणी पत्नी दिव्यौषधिसमन्वितम् । मन्दरं सुषुवे पुत्रं तिस्रः कन्याश्च विश्रुताः
merostu dhāraṇī patnī divyauṣadhisamanvitam / mandaraṃ suṣuve putraṃ tisraḥ kanyāśca viśrutāḥ
But Dhāraṇī, the wife of Meru, bore a son, Mandara, filled with divine herbs, and three renowned daughters.
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BndP 1 13.37
वेलां च नियतिं चैव तृतीयां चायतिं विदुः । धातुश्चैवायतिः पत्नी विधातुर्नियतिः स्मृता
velāṃ ca niyatiṃ caiva tṛtīyāṃ cāyatiṃ viduḥ / dhātuścaivāyatiḥ patnī vidhāturniyatiḥ smṛtā
They know them as Velā, Niyati, and the third, Āyati. Āyati was the wife of Dhātṛ, and Niyati is remembered as Vidhātṛ's (wife),
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BndP 1 13.38
स्वायं भुवेंऽतरे पूर्वं ययोर्वै कीर्त्तिताः प्रजाः । सुषुवे सागराद्वेला कन्यामेकामनिन्दिताम्
svāyaṃ bhuveṃ'tare pūrvaṃ yayorvai kīrttitāḥ prajāḥ / suṣuve sāgarādvelā kanyāmekāmaninditām
whose offspring were earlier proclaimed (as belonging) to the Svāyambhuva interval. Velā bore, from the Ocean, one blameless daughter,
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BndP 1 13.39
सवर्णां नाम सामुद्रीं पत्नीं प्राचीनबर्हिषः । सवर्णायां सुता जाता दश प्राचीनबर्हिषः
savarṇāṃ nāma sāmudrīṃ patnīṃ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ / savarṇāyāṃ sutā jātā daśa prācīnabarhiṣaḥ
Savarṇā by name, born of the sea, the wife of Prācīnabarhis. To Savarṇā were born ten sons of Prācīnabarhis,
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BndP 1 13.40
सर्वे प्रचेतसो नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगाः । तेषां स्वायंभुवो दक्षः पुत्रत्वं जग्मि वान्प्रभुः
sarve pracetaso nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ / teṣāṃ svāyaṃbhuvo dakṣaḥ putratvaṃ jagmi vānprabhuḥ
all of them named the Pracetases, masters of the science of the bow. Among them the lord Dakṣa, son of Svāyambhuva, came to the state of a son,
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BndP 1 13.41
त्रयंबकस्याभिशापेन चाक्षुषस्यातरे मनोः । एतच्छुत्वा ततः सूतमपृच्छच्छांशपायनिः
trayaṃbakasyābhiśāpena cākṣuṣasyātare manoḥ / etacchutvā tataḥ sūtamapṛcchacchāṃśapāyaniḥ
by the curse of Tryambaka, in the interval of Manu Cākṣuṣa. Having heard this, Śāṃśapāyani then asked the Sūta:
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BndP 1 13.42
उत्पन्नः स कथं दक्षो ह्यभिशापाद्भवस्य तु । चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे पूर्वं तन्नः प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम्
utpannaḥ sa kathaṃ dakṣo hyabhiśāpādbhavasya tu / cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvaṃ tannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām
"How was that Dakṣa born, indeed from a curse of Bhava, formerly in the interval of Cākṣuṣa? Tell us that, who ask."
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BndP 1 13.43
इत्युक्तः कथयामास सूतो दक्षाश्रयां कथाम् । शांशपायनिमामन्त्र्य त्र्यंबकाच्छापकारणम्
ityuktaḥ kathayāmāsa sūto dakṣāśrayāṃ kathām / śāṃśapāyanimāmantrya tryaṃbakācchāpakāraṇam
Thus addressed, the Sūta, having addressed Śāṃśapāyani, related the story that concerns Dakṣa, the reason for the curse from Tryambaka.
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BndP 1 13.44
सूत उवाच दक्षस्यासन्सुता ह्यष्टौ कन्या याः कीर्त्तिता मया । स्वेभ्यो गृहेभ्य आनाय्य ताः पिताभ्यर्चयद्गृहे
sūta uvāca dakṣasyāsansutā hyaṣṭau kanyā yāḥ kīrttitā mayā / svebhyo gṛhebhya ānāyya tāḥ pitābhyarcayadgṛhe
The Sūta said: Dakṣa had eight daughters, the girls whom I have named. Having brought them from their own homes, their father honoured them in his house.
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BndP 1 13.45
ततस्त्वभ्यर्चिताः सर्वा न्यवसंस्ताः पितुर्गृहे । तासां ज्येष्ठा सती नाम पत्नी या त्र्यंबकस्य वै
tatastvabhyarcitāḥ sarvā nyavasaṃstāḥ piturgṛhe / tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhā satī nāma patnī yā tryaṃbakasya vai
Then, being all honoured, they dwelt in their father's house. The eldest among them was named Satī, she who was the wife of Tryambaka.
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BndP 1 13.46
नाजुहावात्मजां तां वै दक्षो रुद्रमभिद्विषन् । अकरोत्संनतिं दक्षे न कदाचिन्महेश्वरः
nājuhāvātmajāṃ tāṃ vai dakṣo rudramabhidviṣan / akarotsaṃnatiṃ dakṣe na kadācinmaheśvaraḥ
Dakṣa, hating Rudra, did not invite that daughter of his; nor did Maheśvara ever show deference to Dakṣa.
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BndP 1 13.47
जामाता श्वशुरे तस्मिन्स्वभावात्तेजसि स्थितः । ततो ज्ञात्वा सती सर्वाः न्यवसंस्ताः पितुर्गृहे
jāmātā śvaśure tasminsvabhāvāttejasi sthitaḥ / tato jñātvā satī sarvāḥ nyavasaṃstāḥ piturgṛhe
The son-in-law stood, toward that father-in-law, by his own nature in (his) fiery power. Then, having learned (of it), Satī (came, while) all (her sisters) were dwelling in their father's house.
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BndP 1 13.48
जगाम साप्यनाहूता सती तत्स्व पितुर्गृहम् । ताभ्यो हीनां पिता चक्रे सत्याः पूजामसंमताम्
jagāma sāpyanāhūtā satī tatsva piturgṛham / tābhyo hīnāṃ pitā cakre satyāḥ pūjāmasaṃmatām
She too, Satī, uninvited, went to that house of her own father. Her father made Satī's honouring inferior to theirs, and unbecoming.
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BndP 1 13.49
ततो ऽब्रवीत्सा पितरं देवी क्रोधादमर्षिता । यवीयसीभ्यो प्यधमां पूजां कृत्वा मम प्रभो
tato 'bravītsā pitaraṃ devī krodhādamarṣitā / yavīyasībhyo pyadhamāṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā mama prabho
Then the goddess, unable to bear it out of anger, said to her father: "Having made my honouring lower even than that of the younger ones, O lord,
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BndP 1 13.50
असत्कृत्य पितर्मां त्वं कृतवानसि गर्हितम् । अहं ज्येष्ठा वरिष्ठा च त्वं मां सत्कर्तुमर्ह सि
asatkṛtya pitarmāṃ tvaṃ kṛtavānasi garhitam / ahaṃ jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhā ca tvaṃ māṃ satkartumarha si
in dishonouring me, father, you have done a blameworthy thing. I am the eldest and the foremost; you ought to honour me."
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BndP 1 13.51
एवमुक्तो ऽब्रवीदेनां दक्षः संरक्तलोचनः । त्वत्तः श्रेष्ठावरिष्ठाश्च पूज्या बालाः सुता मम
evamukto 'bravīdenāṃ dakṣaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ / tvattaḥ śreṣṭhāvariṣṭhāśca pūjyā bālāḥ sutā mama
Thus addressed, Dakṣa, his eyes red (with rage), said to her: "My daughters, (though) girls, are better and best beyond you, and worthy of honour."
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BndP 1 13.52
तासां चैव तु भर्तार स्ते मे बहुमाताः सति । ब्रह्मिष्ठाः सुतपस्काश्च महायोगाः सुधार्मिकाः
tāsāṃ caiva tu bhartāra ste me bahumātāḥ sati / brahmiṣṭhāḥ sutapaskāśca mahāyogāḥ sudhārmikāḥ
"And their husbands, O Satī, are held in high esteem by me: devoted to brahman, of good austerities, great yogins, thoroughly righteous."
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BndP 1 13.53
गुणैश्चैवाधिकाः श्लाघ्याः सर्वे ते त्र्यंबकात्सति । वसिष्ठो ऽत्रिः पुलस्त्यश्च ह्यङ्गिरा पुलहः क्रतुः
guṇaiścaivādhikāḥ ślāghyāḥ sarve te tryaṃbakātsati / vasiṣṭho 'triḥ pulastyaśca hyaṅgirā pulahaḥ kratuḥ
"And all of them, O Satī, exceed Tryambaka in virtues and are praiseworthy: Vasiṣṭha, Atri, Pulastya, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu,"
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BndP 1 13.54
भृगुर्मरीचिश्च तथा श्रैष्ठा जामातरो मम । यस्मान्मां स्पर्द्धते शर्वः सदा चैवावमन्यते
bhṛgurmarīciśca tathā śraiṣṭhā jāmātaro mama / yasmānmāṃ sparddhate śarvaḥ sadā caivāvamanyate
"Bhṛgu and Marīci too — my sons-in-law are the most excellent. Since Śarva contends with me and always slights me,"
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BndP 1 13.55
तेन त्वां न विभूषोमि प्रतिकूलो हि मे भवः । इत्युक्तवांस्तदा दक्षः संप्रमूढेन चेतसा
tena tvāṃ na vibhūṣomi pratikūlo hi me bhavaḥ / ityuktavāṃstadā dakṣaḥ saṃpramūḍhena cetasā
"for that reason I do not honour you; for Bhava is opposed to me." So Dakṣa spoke then, with his mind utterly deluded.
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BndP 1 13.56
शापार्थमात्मनश्चैव ये चोक्ताः परमर्षयः । तथोक्ता पितरं सा वै क्रुद्धा देवीदम ब्रवीत्
śāpārthamātmanaścaiva ye coktāḥ paramarṣayaḥ / tathoktā pitaraṃ sā vai kruddhā devīdama bravīt
— (words) that led to a curse upon himself, and (upon) the supreme sages who were spoken of. Thus addressed, the goddess, angered, said this to her father:
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BndP 1 13.57
वाङ्मनः कर्मभिर्यस्माददुष्टां मां विगर्हसे । तस्मात्त्यजाम्यहमिमं देहं तात तवात्मजम्
vāṅmanaḥ karmabhiryasmādaduṣṭāṃ māṃ vigarhase / tasmāttyajāmyahamimaṃ dehaṃ tāta tavātmajam
"Since you revile me, who am unblemished in speech, mind, and deeds, therefore, father, I abandon this body, which is born of you."
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BndP 1 13.58
ततस्तेनावमानेन सती दुःखादमर्षिता । अब्रवीद्वचनं देवी नमस्कृत्य स्वयंभुवे
tatastenāvamānena satī duḥkhādamarṣitā / abravīdvacanaṃ devī namaskṛtya svayaṃbhuve
Then, on account of that insult, Satī, the goddess, indignant out of grief, having made obeisance to the Self-born, spoke these words:
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BndP 1 13.59
यत्राहमुपपद्ये च पुनर्देहेन भास्वता । तत्राप्यहमसंभूता संभूता धार्मिकादपि
yatrāhamupapadye ca punardehena bhāsvatā / tatrāpyahamasaṃbhūtā saṃbhūtā dhārmikādapi
"Wherever I come into being again with a shining body, there too, not born (of such a one as this), but born of a righteous (father),"
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BndP 1 13.60
गच्छेयं धर्मपत्नीत्वं त्र्यंबकस्यैव धीमतः । तत्रैवाथ समासीना युक्तात्मानं समादधे
gaccheyaṃ dharmapatnītvaṃ tryaṃbakasyaiva dhīmataḥ / tatraivātha samāsīnā yuktātmānaṃ samādadhe
"may I attain the status of lawful wife of the wise Tryambaka himself." Then, seated in that very place, she composed her disciplined self.
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BndP 1 13.61
धारयामास चाग्नेयीं धारणां मनसात्मनः । तत आत्मसमुत्थो ऽस्या वायुना समुदीरितः । सर्वागेभ्यो विनिःसृत्य वह्निस्तां भस्मसात्करोत्
dhārayāmāsa cāgneyīṃ dhāraṇāṃ manasātmanaḥ / tata ātmasamuttho 'syā vāyunā samudīritaḥ / sarvāgebhyo viniḥsṛtya vahnistāṃ bhasmasātkarot
And with her mind she held the fiery concentration upon the self; then a fire arisen from herself, stirred up by the wind, issuing from all her limbs, reduced her to ashes.
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BndP 1 13.62
तदुपश्रुत्य निधनं सत्या देवो ऽथ शूलभृत् । संवादं च तयोर्बुद्धा याथातथ्येन शङ्करः । दक्षस्य च ऋषीणां च चुकोप भगवान्प्रभुः
tadupaśrutya nidhanaṃ satyā devo 'tha śūlabhṛt / saṃvādaṃ ca tayorbuddhā yāthātathyena śaṅkaraḥ / dakṣasya ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca cukopa bhagavānprabhuḥ
Then, hearing of Satī's death, and learning as it truly was the exchange between those two, the god who bears the trident, Śaṅkara, the blessed lord, grew angry with Dakṣa and with the sages.
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BndP 1 13.63
रुद्र उवाच सर्वेषामेव लोकानां भूर्लोकस्त्वादिरुच्यते । तं सदा धारयिष्यामि निदेशात्परमेष्ठिनः
rudra uvāca sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ bhūrlokastvādirucyate / taṃ sadā dhārayiṣyāmi nideśātparameṣṭhinaḥ
Rudra said: Of all the worlds, Bhūrloka is called the first; that (world) I shall always uphold, by the direction of Parameṣṭhin.
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BndP 1 13.64
अस्यां क्षितौ धृता लोकाः सर्वे तिष्ठन्ति भास्वराः । तानहं धारया मीह सततं च तदाज्ञया
asyāṃ kṣitau dhṛtā lokāḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti bhāsvarāḥ / tānahaṃ dhārayā mīha satataṃ ca tadājñayā
Upheld upon this earth all the shining worlds stand; those I uphold here constantly, and by his command.
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BndP 1 13.65
चातुर्वर्ण्यं हि देवानां ते चाप्येकत्र भुञ्जते । नाहं तैः सह भोक्षये वै ततो दास्यन्ति ते पृथक्
cāturvarṇyaṃ hi devānāṃ te cāpyekatra bhuñjate / nāhaṃ taiḥ saha bhokṣaye vai tato dāsyanti te pṛthak
The gods have four classes, and they eat together in one place; I shall not eat along with them — therefore they shall give (me my portion) separately.
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BndP 1 13.66
यस्मादवमता दक्ष मत्कृते ऽनागसा सती । प्रशस्ताश्चेतराः सर्वाः स्वसुता भर्तृभिः सह
yasmādavamatā dakṣa matkṛte 'nāgasā satī / praśastāścetarāḥ sarvāḥ svasutā bhartṛbhiḥ saha
Since, Dakṣa, the blameless Satī was slighted on my account, while all your other daughters together with their husbands were praised —
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BndP 1 13.67
तस्मा द्वैवस्वते प्राप्ते पुनरेते महर्षयः । उत्पत्स्यन्ते द्वितीये वै मम यज्ञ ह्ययोनिचाः
tasmā dvaivasvate prāpte punarete maharṣayaḥ / utpatsyante dvitīye vai mama yajña hyayonicāḥ
therefore, when the Vaivasvata (manvantara) arrives, these great sages shall be born again, not from a womb, at my second sacrifice,
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BndP 1 13.68
हुते वै ब्रह्मणा शुक्रे चाक्षुषस्यातरे मनोः । अभिव्याहृत्य सर्वांस्तान् दक्षं चैवाशपत्पुनः
hute vai brahmaṇā śukre cākṣuṣasyātare manoḥ / abhivyāhṛtya sarvāṃstān dakṣaṃ caivāśapatpunaḥ
when the seed has been offered by Brahmā, in the interval of the Cākṣuṣa Manu. Having pronounced (this) upon them all, he cursed Dakṣa too once more:
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BndP 1 13.69
भविता मानुषो राजा चाक्षुषस्य त्वमन्वये । प्राचीनबर्हिषः पौत्रः पुत्रश्चैव प्रचे तसाम्
bhavitā mānuṣo rājā cākṣuṣasya tvamanvaye / prācīnabarhiṣaḥ pautraḥ putraścaiva prace tasām
"You shall become a human king in the lineage of Cākṣuṣa, the grandson of Prācīnabarhis and the son of the Pracetases."
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BndP 1 13.70
दक्ष एवेह नाम्ना तु मारिषायां जनिष्यसि । कन्यायां शाखिनां त्वं वै प्राप्ते वैवस्वतेंऽतरे
dakṣa eveha nāmnā tu māriṣāyāṃ janiṣyasi / kanyāyāṃ śākhināṃ tvaṃ vai prāpte vaivasvateṃ'tare
"Here, by the very name of Dakṣa, you shall be born of Māriṣā, the daughter of the trees, when the Vaivasvata interval has arrived."
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BndP 1 13.71
विघ्नं तत्रा प्यहं तुभ्यमाचरिष्यामि दुर्मते । धर्म्मयुक्ते च ते कार्ये एकस्मिंस्तु दुरासदे
vighnaṃ tatrā pyahaṃ tubhyamācariṣyāmi durmate / dharmmayukte ca te kārye ekasmiṃstu durāsade
There too I shall make an obstacle for you, evil-minded one, in that one task of yours joined to dharma, hard to attain.
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BndP 1 13.72
सुत उवाच तदुपश्रुत्य दक्षस्तु रुद्रं सो ऽभ्य शपत्पुनः । यस्मात्त्वं मत्कृते ऽनिष्टमृषीणां कृतवानसि । तस्मात्सार्द्धं सुरैर्यज्ञे न त्वां यक्ष्यन्ति वै द्विजाः
suta uvāca tadupaśrutya dakṣastu rudraṃ so 'bhya śapatpunaḥ / yasmāttvaṃ matkṛte 'niṣṭamṛṣīṇāṃ kṛtavānasi / tasmātsārddhaṃ surairyajñe na tvāṃ yakṣyanti vai dvijāḥ
Suta said: Hearing that, Dakṣa in turn cursed Rudra: "Since you have done what is unwelcome to the seers on my account, therefore the twice-born shall not offer sacrifice to you along with the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.73
हुत्वाऽहुतिं तव क्रूर ह्यपः स्प्रक्ष्यन्ति कर्मसु । इहैव वत्स्यसि तथा दिवं हित्वा युगक्षयात्
hutvā'hutiṃ tava krūra hyapaḥ sprakṣyanti karmasu / ihaiva vatsyasi tathā divaṃ hitvā yugakṣayāt
"Having offered an oblation to you, cruel one, (they) shall touch water in their rites; and you shall dwell here alone, having left heaven, until the destruction of the age."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.76
ततो देवैःस तैः सार्द्धं नेज्यते पृथसिज्यते । ततो ऽभिव्याहृतो दक्षो रुद्रेणामिततेजसा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,१३।७४ ॥ स्वायंभुवीं तनुं त्यक्त्वा उत्पन्नो मानुषेष्विह ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,१३।७५ ॥ ज्ञात्वा गृहपतिर्दक्षो यज्ञाना मीश्वरं प्रभुम् । समस्तेनेह यज्ञेन सो ऽयजद्दैवतैः सह
tato devaiḥsa taiḥ sārddhaṃ nejyate pṛthasijyate / tato 'bhivyāhṛto dakṣo rudreṇāmitatejasā // bndp_1,13.74 // svāyaṃbhuvīṃ tanuṃ tyaktvā utpanno mānuṣeṣviha // bndp_1,13.75 // jñātvā gṛhapatirdakṣo yajñānā mīśvaraṃ prabhum / samasteneha yajñena so 'yajaddaivataiḥ saha
Thereupon he is not worshipped together with those gods; separately he is worshipped. Then Dakṣa was addressed by Rudra of immeasurable splendour. (74) Having abandoned his Svāyambhuva body, he was born here among men. (75) Knowing the Lord, the master of sacrifices, Dakṣa the householder sacrificed here with a complete sacrifice together with the deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 13.77
अथ देवी सती या तु प्राप्ते वैवस्वतेंऽतरे । मेनायां तामुमां देवीं जनयामास शैलराट्
atha devī satī yā tu prāpte vaivasvateṃ'tare / menāyāṃ tāmumāṃ devīṃ janayāmāsa śailarāṭ
Then that goddess who was Satī, when the Vaivasvata interval had come, the king of mountains begot as that goddess Umā in Menā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.78
या तु देवी सती पूर्वमासीत्पश्चादुमाभवत् । सदा पत्नी भवस्यैषा न तया मुच्यते भवः
yā tu devī satī pūrvamāsītpaścādumābhavat / sadā patnī bhavasyaiṣā na tayā mucyate bhavaḥ
She who was formerly the goddess Satī afterwards became Umā; she is always the wife of Bhava, and Bhava is never parted from her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.79
मरीचं कश्यपं देवी यथादितिरनुव्रता । यथा नारायणं श्रीश्च मघवतं शची यथा
marīcaṃ kaśyapaṃ devī yathāditiranuvratā / yathā nārāyaṇaṃ śrīśca maghavataṃ śacī yathā
As the goddess Aditi is devoted to Kaśyapa, son of Marīci, as Śrī to Nārāyaṇa, and as Śacī to Maghavan,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.80
विष्णुं कीर्ती रुषा मूर्यं वसिष्ठं चाप्यरुन्धती । नैतास्तु विजहत्येतान् भर्तॄन् देव्यः कदाचन
viṣṇuṃ kīrtī ruṣā mūryaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ cāpyarundhatī / naitāstu vijahatyetān bhartṝn devyaḥ kadācana
as Kīrti (is devoted) to Viṣṇu, Uṣā to the Sun, and Arundhatī to Vasiṣṭha — these goddesses never abandon these husbands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.81
आवर्तमानाः कल्पेषु जायन्ते तैः पुनः सह । एवं प्राचेतसो दक्षो जज्ञे वै चाक्षुषेंऽतरे
āvartamānāḥ kalpeṣu jāyante taiḥ punaḥ saha / evaṃ prācetaso dakṣo jajñe vai cākṣuṣeṃ'tare
Recurring through the kalpas, they are born again together with them. Thus Dakṣa the son of the Pracetases was born in the Cākṣuṣa interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.82
दशभ्यस्तु प्रचेतोभ्यो मारिषायां पुनर्नृपः । जज्ञे तदाभिशापेन द्वितीय इति नः श्रुतम्
daśabhyastu pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ punarnṛpaḥ / jajñe tadābhiśāpena dvitīya iti naḥ śrutam
From the ten Pracetases, in Māriṣā, the king was born again; by that curse he was born a second time — so we have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.83
भृगवादयश्च ये सप्त जज्ञिरे च महर्षयः । आद्ये त्रेतायुगे पूर्वं मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य च
bhṛgavādayaśca ye sapta jajñire ca maharṣayaḥ / ādye tretāyuge pūrvaṃ manorvaivasvatasya ca
And the seven great seers, Bhṛgu and the rest, were born formerly in the first Tretā age of Manu Vaivasvata,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.84
देवस्य महतो यज्ञे वारुणीं बिभ्रतस्तनुम् । इत्येषो ऽनुशयो ह्यासीत्तयोर्जात्यन्तरानुगः
devasya mahato yajñe vāruṇīṃ bibhratastanum / ityeṣo 'nuśayo hyāsīttayorjātyantarānugaḥ
at the sacrifice of the great god, wearing a Vāruṇa body. Thus this rancour of the two of them persisted, following them into another birth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 13.85
प्रजापतेश्च दक्षस्य त्र्यबकस्य च धीमतः । तस्मान्नानुशयः कार्यो वैरेष्विह कदाचन
prajāpateśca dakṣasya tryabakasya ca dhīmataḥ / tasmānnānuśayaḥ kāryo vaireṣviha kadācana
of Dakṣa the Prajāpati and of the wise Three-eyed one. Therefore no rancour should ever be harboured here in enmities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.86
जात्यन्तरगतस्यापि भवितस्य शुभाशुभैः । ख्यातिं न मुञ्चते जन्तुस्तन्न कार्यं विपश्चिता
jātyantaragatasyāpi bhavitasya śubhāśubhaiḥ / khyātiṃ na muñcate jantustanna kāryaṃ vipaścitā
Even for one who has gone to another birth, having become (so) through good and bad deeds, a creature does not lose its renown; therefore that (rancour) should not be done by the wise one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 13.87
इत्येषा समनुक्रान्ता कथा पापप्रमोचनी । या दक्षमधिकृत्येह त्वया पूर्वं प्रचौदिता
ityeṣā samanukrāntā kathā pāpapramocanī / yā dakṣamadhikṛtyeha tvayā pūrvaṃ pracauditā
Thus has been related this tale that frees from sin, which you here formerly prompted concerning Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.88
पितृवंशप्रसंगेन कथा ह्येषा प्रकीर्त्तिता । पितॄणामानुपूर्व्येण देवान्वक्ष्याम्यतः परम्
pitṛvaṃśaprasaṃgena kathā hyeṣā prakīrttitā / pitṝṇāmānupūrvyeṇa devānvakṣyāmyataḥ param
In connection with the lineage of the Fathers this tale has been proclaimed; after (giving) the Fathers in order, I shall next speak of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.89
त्रेतायुगमुखे पूर्वमासन्स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे । देवायामा इति ख्याताः पूर्वं ये यज्ञसूनवः
tretāyugamukhe pūrvamāsansvāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare / devāyāmā iti khyātāḥ pūrvaṃ ye yajñasūnavaḥ
At the beginning of the Tretā age, formerly, in the Svāyambhuva interval, there were those known as the Devas and the Yāmas, who were formerly the sons of Yajña.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 13.90
प्रथिता ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा अजत्वादजितास्तु ते । पुत्राः स्वायंभुवस्यैते शक्ता नाम तु मानसाः
prathitā brahmaṇaḥ putrā ajatvādajitāstu te / putrāḥ svāyaṃbhuvasyaite śaktā nāma tu mānasāḥ
They are renowned as the sons of Brahmā; being unborn, they are unconquered. These sons of Svāyambhuva, mind-born, are named the Śaktas.
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BndP 1 13.91
तेषां यतो गणा ह्येते देवानां तु त्रयः स्मृताः । छन्दजास्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सर्गे स्वायंभुवस्य ह
teṣāṃ yato gaṇā hyete devānāṃ tu trayaḥ smṛtāḥ / chandajāstu trayastriṃśatsarge svāyaṃbhuvasya ha
From them these groups of gods are known as three; and thirty-three born of the metres in the creation of Svāyambhuva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 13.92
यदुर्ययातिर्देवौ द्वौ वीवधस्रासतो मतिः । विभासश्च क्रतुश्चैव प्रयातिर्विश्रुतो द्युतिः
yaduryayātirdevau dvau vīvadhasrāsato matiḥ / vibhāsaśca kratuścaiva prayātirviśruto dyutiḥ
Yadu and Yayāti, the two gods, Vīvadha, Srāsata(?), Mati, Vibhāsa, Kratu, Prayāti, Viśruta, Dyuti,
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BndP 1 13.93
वायव्यः संयमश्चैव यामा द्वादश कीर्त्तिताः । असमश्चोग्रदृष्टिश्च सुनयो ऽथ शुचिश्रवाः
vāyavyaḥ saṃyamaścaiva yāmā dvādaśa kīrttitāḥ / asamaścogradṛṣṭiśca sunayo 'tha śuciśravāḥ
Vāyavya and Saṃyama — (thus) the twelve Yāmas are named; Asama, Ugradṛṣṭi, Sunaya, and then Śuciśravas,
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BndP 1 13.94
केवलो विश्वरूपश्च सुदक्षो मधुपस्तथा । तुरीय इद्रयुक्चैव युक्तो ग्रावजितस्तु वै
kevalo viśvarūpaśca sudakṣo madhupastathā / turīya idrayukcaiva yukto grāvajitastu vai
Kevala and Viśvarūpa, Sudakṣa and likewise Madhupa, Turīya, and Indrayuj, Yukta, and indeed Grāvajit.
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BndP 1 13.95
चनिमा विश्वदेवा च जविष्ठो मितवानपि । जरो विभुर्विभावश्च स ऋचीको ऽथ दुर्दिहः
canimā viśvadevā ca javiṣṭho mitavānapi / jaro vibhurvibhāvaśca sa ṛcīko 'tha durdihaḥ
Canimā and Viśvadevā, Javiṣṭha and Mitavat too, Jara, Vibhu and Vibhāva, that Ṛcīka, and then Durdiha,
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BndP 1 13.96
श्रुतिर्गृणानो ऽथ बृहच्छुक्रा द्वादश कीर्त्तिताः । आसन्स्वायंभुवस्यैते चान्तरे सोमपायिनः
śrutirgṛṇāno 'tha bṛhacchukrā dvādaśa kīrttitāḥ / āsansvāyaṃbhuvasyaite cāntare somapāyinaḥ
Śruti, Gṛṇāna, and Bṛhacchukra — (these) twelve are named; these were the soma-drinkers in the period of Svāyaṃbhuva (Manu).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 13.97
दीप्तिमन्तो गणा ह्येते वीर्यवन्तो महाबलाः । तेषामिन्द्रस्तद्दा ह्यासीत्प्रथमे विश्वभुक्त प्रभुः
dīptimanto gaṇā hyete vīryavanto mahābalāḥ / teṣāmindrastaddā hyāsītprathame viśvabhukta prabhuḥ
These troops (of gods) were radiant, valorous, of great strength; and their Indra then, in the first (manvantara), was the lord Viśvabhuj.
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BndP 1 13.98
असुरा ये तदा तेषामासन् दायादबान्धवाः । सुपर्णयक्षगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः
asurā ye tadā teṣāmāsan dāyādabāndhavāḥ / suparṇayakṣagandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ
The Asuras who were then their kinsmen and co-heirs, (and) the Suparṇas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Piśācas, Uragas and Rākṣasas —
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BndP 1 13.99
अष्टौ ताः पितृभिः सार्द्धमासन्या देवयोनयः । स्वायंभुवेन्तरे ऽतीताः प्रजास्तासां महस्रशः
aṣṭau tāḥ pitṛbhiḥ sārddhamāsanyā devayonayaḥ / svāyaṃbhuventare 'tītāḥ prajāstāsāṃ mahasraśaḥ
these eight, together with the Fathers, were the divine classes of beings; they passed away in the Svāyaṃbhuva period, and their offspring (were) by the thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.100
प्रभावरूपसंपन्ना आयुषा च बलेन च । विस्तरादिह नोच्यन्ते माप्रसंगो भवेदिह
prabhāvarūpasaṃpannā āyuṣā ca balena ca / vistarādiha nocyante māprasaṃgo bhavediha
They were endowed with majesty and beauty, and with long life and strength; (they) are not described here at length, lest there be excessive digression here.
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BndP 1 13.101
स्वायंभुवो विसर्गस्तु विज्ञेयः सांप्रतेन ह । अतीतो वर्तमानेन दृष्टो वैवस्वते न सः
svāyaṃbhuvo visargastu vijñeyaḥ sāṃpratena ha / atīto vartamānena dṛṣṭo vaivasvate na saḥ
The creation of Svāyaṃbhuva is to be understood by (analogy with) the present one; the past (creation) is seen through the present, (but) it is not (seen) in the Vaivasvata (manvantara).
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BndP 1 13.102
प्रजाभिर्देवाताभिश्च ऋषिभिः पितृभिः सह । तेषां सर्पर्षयः पूर्वमासन्ये तान्निबोधत
prajābhirdevātābhiśca ṛṣibhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha / teṣāṃ sarparṣayaḥ pūrvamāsanye tānnibodhata
together with the creatures and the deities, the seers and the Fathers. Of these, the seven seers were formerly (such); learn of them.
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BndP 1 13.103
भृग्वं गिरा मरीचिश्च पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । अत्रिश्चैव वसिष्ठस्च सप्त स्वायंभुवे ऽतरे
bhṛgvaṃ girā marīciśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ / atriścaiva vasiṣṭhasca sapta svāyaṃbhuve 'tare
Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, and Marīci, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Atri and Vasiṣṭha — (these) seven (were the seers) in the Svāyaṃbhuva period.
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BndP 1 13.104
आग्नीध्रश्चाग्निबाहुश्च मोधा मेधातिथिर् वसुः । ज्योतिष्मान् द्युतिमान्हव्यः सवनः सत्त्र एव च
āgnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca modhā medhātithir vasuḥ / jyotiṣmān dyutimānhavyaḥ savanaḥ sattra eva ca
Āgnīdhra and Agnibāhu, Medha, Medhātithi, Vasu, Jyotiṣmat, Dyutimat, Havya, Savana, and Sattra —
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BndP 1 13.105
मनोः स्वायंभुवस्यैते दश पुत्रा महौजसः । वायुवेगा महासत्त्वा राजानः प्रथमेंऽतरे
manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasyaite daśa putrā mahaujasaḥ / vāyuvegā mahāsattvā rājānaḥ prathameṃ'tare
these ten were the sons of Svāyaṃbhuva Manu, of great vigour, swift as the wind, of great strength, kings in the first (manvantara).
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BndP 1 13.106
सासुरं तत्सुगन्धर्वं सयक्षोरगराक्षसम् । सपिशाचमनुष्यञ्च ससुपर्णाप्सरोगणम्
sāsuraṃ tatsugandharvaṃ sayakṣoragarākṣasam / sapiśācamanuṣyañca sasuparṇāpsarogaṇam
That (world) with its Asuras, with its Gandharvas, with its Yakṣas, Uragas and Rākṣasas, with its Piśācas and men, with its hosts of Suparṇas and Apsarases —
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BndP 1 13.107
नशक्यमानु पूर्व्येण वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि । बहुत्वान्नामधेयानां संख्या तेषां कुतः कुले
naśakyamānu pūrvyeṇa vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi / bahutvānnāmadheyānāṃ saṃkhyā teṣāṃ kutaḥ kule
it is not possible to tell it in order even in hundreds of years; because of the multitude of the names, how can there be a counting of them by family?
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BndP 1 13.108
या वै प्रजा युगाख्यास्तु आसन्स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे । कालेन महतातीता अयनाब्दयुगक्रमैः
yā vai prajā yugākhyāstu āsansvāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare / kālena mahatātītā ayanābdayugakramaiḥ
Those creatures which were reckoned by yugas in the Svāyaṃbhuva period passed away through great time, by the successions of half-years, years and yugas.
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BndP 1 13.109
ऋषय ऊचुः क एष भगवान् कालः सर्वभूतापहारकः । कस्य योनिः किमादिश्च किं सतत्त्वः किमात्मकः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ka eṣa bhagavān kālaḥ sarvabhūtāpahārakaḥ / kasya yoniḥ kimādiśca kiṃ satattvaḥ kimātmakaḥ
The seers said: Who is this lord Time, the carrier-off of all beings? Whose offspring is he, what is his origin, what is his true nature, of what does he consist?
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BndP 1 13.110
किमस्य चक्षुः का मूर्तिः के वा अवयवाः स्मृताः । किं नामधेयं को ऽस्यात्मा एप्तत्त्वं ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः
kimasya cakṣuḥ kā mūrtiḥ ke vā avayavāḥ smṛtāḥ / kiṃ nāmadheyaṃ ko 'syātmā eptattvaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ
What is his eye, what is his form, or what are held to be his limbs? What is his name, who is his self? Tell this to us as it truly is.
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BndP 1 13.111
सूत उवाच श्रूयता कालसद्भावः श्रुत्वा चैवावधार्यताम् । सूर्ययोनिर्निमेषादिः संख्याचक्षुः स उच्यते
sūta uvāca śrūyatā kālasadbhāvaḥ śrutvā caivāvadhāryatām / sūryayonirnimeṣādiḥ saṃkhyācakṣuḥ sa ucyate
Sūta said: Let the real nature of Time be heard, and having heard it, let it be borne in mind. The sun is his source, the nimeṣa (twinkling) his beginning; reckoning is said to be his eye.
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BndP 1 13.112
मूर्तिरस्य त्वहो रात्रो निमेषावयवश्च सः । संवत्सरः सतत्त्वश्च नाम चास्य कलात्मकः
mūrtirasya tvaho rātro nimeṣāvayavaśca saḥ / saṃvatsaraḥ satattvaśca nāma cāsya kalātmakaḥ
Day and night are his form, and the nimeṣa is his limb; the year is his essential nature, and his name consists of the kalā (time-division).
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BndP 1 13.113
साम्प्रतानागतातीतकालात्मा स प्रजापतिः । पञ्चधा प्रविभक्तां तु कालावस्थां निबोधत
sāmpratānāgatātītakālātmā sa prajāpatiḥ / pañcadhā pravibhaktāṃ tu kālāvasthāṃ nibodhata
That Prajāpati is the self of time present, future, and past. Now learn of the condition of time as divided fivefold.
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BndP 1 13.114
दिवसार्द्धमासमासैश्च ऋतुभिस्त्वयनैस्तथा । संवत्सरस्तु प्रथमो द्वितीयः परिवत्सरः
divasārddhamāsamāsaiśca ṛtubhistvayanaistathā / saṃvatsarastu prathamo dvitīyaḥ parivatsaraḥ
By days, half-months, and months, and by seasons and by the two halves of the year (the solstitial courses): the first is the saṃvatsara, the second the parivatsara,
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BndP 1 13.115
इड्रवत्सरस्तृतीयश्च चतुर्थश्चानुवत्सरः । पञ्चमो वत्सरस्तेषां कालःस युगसज्ञितः
iḍravatsarastṛtīyaśca caturthaścānuvatsaraḥ / pañcamo vatsarasteṣāṃ kālaḥsa yugasajñitaḥ
the third is the iḍvatsara, and the fourth the anuvatsara; the fifth of these is the vatsara — that time is designated a yuga.
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BndP 1 13.116
तेषां तत्त्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि कीर्त्यमानं निबोधत । क्रतुरग्निस्तु यः प्रोक्तः स तु संवत्सरो मतः
teṣāṃ tattvaṃ pravakṣyāmi kīrtyamānaṃ nibodhata / kraturagnistu yaḥ proktaḥ sa tu saṃvatsaro mataḥ
I shall declare their true nature; learn it as it is recited. That fire which is called the sacrifice (kratu) — that is held to be the saṃvatsara.
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BndP 1 13.117
आदितेयस्त्वसौ सूर्यः कालाग्निः परिवत्सरः । शुक्लकृष्णगतिश्चापि अपां सारमयः खगः
āditeyastvasau sūryaḥ kālāgniḥ parivatsaraḥ / śuklakṛṣṇagatiścāpi apāṃ sāramayaḥ khagaḥ
That sun, the son of Aditi, the fire of time, is the parivatsara; and he who has a bright and a dark course, the sky-goer made of the essence of the waters —
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BndP 1 13.118
स इडावत्सरः सोमः पुराणे निश्चयं गतः । यश्चायं पवते लोकांस्तनुभिः सप्तसप्तभिः
sa iḍāvatsaraḥ somaḥ purāṇe niścayaṃ gataḥ / yaścāyaṃ pavate lokāṃstanubhiḥ saptasaptabhiḥ
that is the moon, the iḍāvatsara — this has been settled in the ancient lore. And he who blows through the worlds with his seven times seven bodies,
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BndP 1 13.119
अनुवाता च लोकस्य स वायुरनुवत्सरः । अहङ्कारादुदग्रुद्रः संभूतो ब्रह्मणास्तु यः
anuvātā ca lokasya sa vāyuranuvatsaraḥ / ahaṅkārādudagrudraḥ saṃbhūto brahmaṇāstu yaḥ
and who blows after (in accord with) the world — that wind is the anuvatsara. And Rudra, who arose from the principle of ego (ahaṃkāra), born of Brahmā —
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BndP 1 13.120
स रुद्रो वत्सर स्तेषां विज्ञेयो नीललोहितः । सतत्त्वं तस्य वक्ष्यमि कीर्त्यमानं निबोधत
sa rudro vatsara steṣāṃ vijñeyo nīlalohitaḥ / satattvaṃ tasya vakṣyami kīrtyamānaṃ nibodhata
that Rudra, the dark-red one, is to be known as the vatsara of these. I shall declare his true nature; learn it as it is recited.
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BndP 1 13.121
अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गसंयोगात्कालात्मा प्रतितामहः । ऋक्सामयजुषां योनिः पञ्चानां पतिरीश्वरः
aṅgapratyaṅgasaṃyogātkālātmā pratitāmahaḥ / ṛksāmayajuṣāṃ yoniḥ pañcānāṃ patirīśvaraḥ
Through the conjunction of limbs and sub-limbs he is the self of time, the great-grandfather, the womb of the Ṛk, Sāman and Yajus, the lord and ruler of the five.
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BndP 1 13.122
सो ऽग्निर्यमश्च कालश्च संभूतिः स प्रजापतिः । प्रोक्तः संवत्सरश्चेति सूर्य चोनिर्मनीषिभिः
so 'gniryamaśca kālaśca saṃbhūtiḥ sa prajāpatiḥ / proktaḥ saṃvatsaraśceti sūrya conirmanīṣibhiḥ
He is Agni and Yama and Time and origination; he is Prajāpati; and he is declared by the wise to be the saṃvatsara and the sun.
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BndP 1 13.123
यस्मात्कालविभागानां मासर्त्वयनयोरपि । ग्रहनक्षत्रशीतोष्णवर्षायुः कर्मणां तथा
yasmātkālavibhāgānāṃ māsartvayanayorapi / grahanakṣatraśītoṣṇavarṣāyuḥ karmaṇāṃ tathā
Since he is the source of the divisions of time — of the month, the season, and the two yearly courses — and of the planets, the lunar mansions, cold, heat, rain, lifespan, and rites,
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BndP 1 13.124
योनिः स प्रविभागानां दिवसानां च भास्करः । वैकारिकः प्रसन्नात्मा ब्रह्मपुत्रः प्रजापतिः
yoniḥ sa pravibhāgānāṃ divasānāṃ ca bhāskaraḥ / vaikārikaḥ prasannātmā brahmaputraḥ prajāpatiḥ
and the source of the (further) subdivisions and of the days, he is the Sun (bhāskara); he is a product of modification, of serene self, son of Brahmā, a lord of creatures.
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BndP 1 13.125
एको नैको ऽथ दिवसो मासो ऽथर्तुः पितामहः । आदित्यः सविता भानुर्जीवनो ब्रह्मसत्कृतः
eko naiko 'tha divaso māso 'thartuḥ pitāmahaḥ / ādityaḥ savitā bhānurjīvano brahmasatkṛtaḥ
He is one and not one; he is the day, the month, and the season; he is the grandfather, Āditya, Savitṛ, Bhānu, the giver of life, honoured by Brahmā.
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BndP 1 13.126
प्रभवश्चाव्ययश्चैव भूतानां तेन भास्करः । ताराभिमानी विज्ञेयो द्वितीयः परिवत्सरः
prabhavaścāvyayaścaiva bhūtānāṃ tena bhāskaraḥ / tārābhimānī vijñeyo dvitīyaḥ parivatsaraḥ
And he is the origin and the imperishability of beings — therefore he is Bhāskara. He who presides over the stars is to be known as the second, the parivatsara.
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BndP 1 13.127
सोमः सर्वौंषधिपतिर्यस्मात्स प्रपितामहः । आजीवः सर्वभूतानां योगक्षेमकृदीश्वरः
somaḥ sarvauṃṣadhipatiryasmātsa prapitāmahaḥ / ājīvaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yogakṣemakṛdīśvaraḥ
Since Soma is lord of all plants, he is the great-grandfather; he is the livelihood of all beings, the lord who brings about acquisition and security.
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BndP 1 13.128
आवेक्षमाणः सततं बिभर्ति जगदंशुभिः । तिथीनां पर्वसंधीनां पूर्णिमादर्शयोरपि
āvekṣamāṇaḥ satataṃ bibharti jagadaṃśubhiḥ / tithīnāṃ parvasaṃdhīnāṃ pūrṇimādarśayorapi
Constantly watching over (it), he sustains the world with his rays; and he is the source of the lunar days, of the junctures of the fortnights, and of the full moon and the new moon —
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BndP 1 13.129
योनिर्निशाकरो यश्च अमृतात्मा प्रजापतिः । तस्मात्स पितृमान्सोमः स्मृत इङ्वत्सरात्मकः
yonirniśākaro yaśca amṛtātmā prajāpatiḥ / tasmātsa pitṛmānsomaḥ smṛta iṅvatsarātmakaḥ
he, the night-maker, whose self is the nectar of immortality, a lord of creatures; therefore that Soma, possessed of the fathers, is remembered as constituting the iḍvatsara.
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BndP 1 13.130
प्राणापानसमानाद्यैर्व्यानोदानात्मकैरपि । कर्मभिः प्राणिनां लोके सर्वचेष्टाप्रवर्तकः
prāṇāpānasamānādyairvyānodānātmakairapi / karmabhiḥ prāṇināṃ loke sarvaceṣṭāpravartakaḥ
By the functions of prāṇa, apāna, samāna and the rest, and of vyāna and udāna as well, he sets in motion all activity of living beings in the world.
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BndP 1 13.131
पञ्चानां चेन्द्रियमनोर्बुद्धिस्मृतिबलात्मनाम् । समानकालकरणक्रियाः संपादयन्नपि
pañcānāṃ cendriyamanorbuddhismṛtibalātmanām / samānakālakaraṇakriyāḥ saṃpādayannapi
And bringing about the simultaneous operations and actions of the five — the senses, mind, intellect, memory, and strength —
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BndP 1 13.132
सर्वात्मा सर्वलोकेश आवहप्रवहादिभिः । वर्त्तते चोपकारैर्यस्तनुभिः सप्तसप्तभिः
sarvātmā sarvalokeśa āvahapravahādibhiḥ / varttate copakārairyastanubhiḥ saptasaptabhiḥ
he, the self of all, the lord of all worlds, abides with his services through (the winds) āvaha, pravaha and the rest, with his seven times seven bodies,
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BndP 1 13.133
विधाता सर्वभूतानाङ्क्षेमी नित्यं प्रभञ्जनः । योनिरग्नेरपां भूमे रवेश्चन्द्रमसश्चयः
vidhātā sarvabhūtānāṅkṣemī nityaṃ prabhañjanaḥ / yoniragnerapāṃ bhūme raveścandramasaścayaḥ
The wind is the ordainer of all beings, ever bringing safety; (it is) the womb of fire, of the waters, of the earth, of the sun and of the moon, the collection (of them).
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BndP 1 13.134
वायुः प्रजापतिर्भूतो लोकात्मा प्रपितामहः । अहोरात्रकरस्तस्मात्स वायुरनुवत्सरः
vāyuḥ prajāpatirbhūto lokātmā prapitāmahaḥ / ahorātrakarastasmātsa vāyuranuvatsaraḥ
The wind has become Prajāpati, the self of the world, the great-grandfather; therefore that wind, the maker of day and night, is the (year called) anuvatsara.
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BndP 1 13.135
एते प्रजानां पतयश्चत्वार उपपक्षजाः । पितरः सर्वलोकानां लोकात्मानः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
ete prajānāṃ patayaścatvāra upapakṣajāḥ / pitaraḥ sarvalokānāṃ lokātmānaḥ prakīrttitāḥ
These four, born of the secondary wings (upapakṣa), are lords of creatures; they are declared to be the fathers of all worlds, the selves of the worlds.
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BndP 1 13.136
ध्यायतो ब्रह्माणो वक्त्रादुदन्समभवद्भवः । ऋषिर्विप्रा महादेवो भूतात्मा प्रपितामहः
dhyāyato brahmāṇo vaktrādudansamabhavadbhavaḥ / ṛṣirviprā mahādevo bhūtātmā prapitāmahaḥ
From the mouth of Brahmā, as he was meditating, there arose upward Bhava — a seer, O brahmins, the great god, the self of beings, the great-grandfather.
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BndP 1 13.137
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां प्रणवो यो ऽथपठ्यते । आत्मावेशेन भूतानामङ्गप्रत्यङ्गसंभवः
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ praṇavo yo 'thapaṭhyate / ātmāveśena bhūtānāmaṅgapratyaṅgasaṃbhavaḥ
He is the lord of all beings, who is moreover recited as the praṇava (Oṃ); by entering as the self of beings he is the origin of (their) limbs and minor limbs.
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BndP 1 13.138
उन्मादको ऽनुग्रहकृद्रुद्रो वत्सर उच्यते । सूर्य्यश्च चन्द्रमाश्चाग्निर्वायू रुद्रस्तथैव च
unmādako 'nugrahakṛdrudro vatsara ucyate / sūryyaśca candramāścāgnirvāyū rudrastathaiva ca
Rudra, the maddener and the bestower of grace, is called the vatsara (year); and (so are) the sun and the moon and fire and the wind, and Rudra likewise.
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BndP 1 13.139
युगाभिमानी कालात्मा नित्यं संक्षयकृद्विभुः । रुद्रः प्रविष्टो भगवाञ्जगत्यस्मिन्स्वतेजसा
yugābhimānī kālātmā nityaṃ saṃkṣayakṛdvibhuḥ / rudraḥ praviṣṭo bhagavāñjagatyasminsvatejasā
Identifying himself with the yuga, the self of time, ever the maker of destruction, the all-pervading lord Rudra, the Blessed One, has entered this world with his own splendour.
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BndP 1 13.140
आश्रयान्मयि संयोगात्तनुभिर्नाममिस्तथा । ततस्तस्य तु वीर्येण लोकानुग्रहकारकम्
āśrayānmayi saṃyogāttanubhirnāmamistathā / tatastasya tu vīryeṇa lokānugrahakārakam
Through resort (to me?), through union with me, and likewise with (his) bodies and names — then, by his power, that which brings grace to the worlds (arises).
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BndP 1 13.141
देवत्वं च पितृत्वं च कालत्वं चास्य यत्परम् । तस्माद्वै सर्वथा रुद्रस्तद्विद्वद्भिरभीज्यते
devatvaṃ ca pitṛtvaṃ ca kālatvaṃ cāsya yatparam / tasmādvai sarvathā rudrastadvidvadbhirabhījyate
His godhood, his fatherhood, and his nature as time, which is supreme — therefore indeed Rudra is worshipped in every way by those who know this.
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BndP 1 13.142
यतः पतिः स भगवान् प्रजेशानां प्रजापतिः । भावनः सर्वभूतानां सर्वात्मा नीललोहितः
yataḥ patiḥ sa bhagavān prajeśānāṃ prajāpatiḥ / bhāvanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvātmā nīlalohitaḥ
Since that blessed one is the lord, the Prajāpati of the lords of creatures, the bringer-into-being of all beings, the self of all, the blue-and-red one —
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BndP 1 13.143
औषधीः प्रतिसंधत्ते रुद्रः क्षीणाः पुनःपुनः । प्रजापतिमुखैर्देवैः सम्यगिष्टफलार्थिभिः
auṣadhīḥ pratisaṃdhatte rudraḥ kṣīṇāḥ punaḥpunaḥ / prajāpatimukhairdevaiḥ samyagiṣṭaphalārthibhiḥ
Rudra joins together again and again the herbs when they have wasted away, together with the gods headed by Prajāpati, who rightly seek the fruit of the sacrifice.
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BndP 1 13.144
त्रिभिरेव कपालैश्च त्रयंबकैरौषधिक्षये । इज्यते भगवान् यस्मात्तस्मार्त्र्यंबक उच्यते
tribhireva kapālaiśca trayaṃbakairauṣadhikṣaye / ijyate bhagavān yasmāttasmārtryaṃbaka ucyate
Since at the wasting of the herbs the Blessed One is worshipped with just three cups (kapālas), the tryambaka ones, therefore he is called Tryambaka.
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BndP 1 13.145
गायत्री चैव त्रिष्टुप्च जगती चैव याः स्मृताः । त्र्यंबका नामतः प्रेम्णा योनयस्ता वनस्पतेः
gāyatrī caiva triṣṭupca jagatī caiva yāḥ smṛtāḥ / tryaṃbakā nāmataḥ premṇā yonayastā vanaspateḥ
The Gāyatrī, the Triṣṭubh and the Jagatī, which are so remembered — these are called by name 'tryambakā' out of affection, the wombs of the lord of the forest (the sacrificial tree/soma).
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BndP 1 13.146
ताभिरेकत्वभूताभिस्त्रिविधाभिः स्ववीर्यतः । त्रिसाधनः पुरोडाशस्त्रिकपालः स वै स्मृतः
tābhirekatvabhūtābhistrividhābhiḥ svavīryataḥ / trisādhanaḥ puroḍāśastrikapālaḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ
By these three, which have become one, through its own potency, the sacrificial cake, having three means (of preparation), is indeed remembered as the three-cupped (trikapāla) one.
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BndP 1 13.147
त्र्यंबकः स पुरोडाशस्तेनैष त्र्यंबकः स्मृतः । इत्येतत्पञ्चवर्षं हि युगं प्रोक्तं मनीषिभिः
tryaṃbakaḥ sa puroḍāśastenaiṣa tryaṃbakaḥ smṛtaḥ / ityetatpañcavarṣaṃ hi yugaṃ proktaṃ manīṣibhiḥ
That cake is tryambaka; by that this (rite) is remembered as Tryambaka. Thus this five-year period has been called a yuga by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.148
यश्चैष पञ्चधात्मा वै प्रोक्तः संवत्सरो द्विजैः । सैकः षट्को विजज्ञे ऽथ मध्वादिऋतुसंज्ञकः
yaścaiṣa pañcadhātmā vai proktaḥ saṃvatsaro dvijaiḥ / saikaḥ ṣaṭko vijajñe 'tha madhvādiṛtusaṃjñakaḥ
And this year which is declared by the twice-born to be fivefold in nature — that one became sixfold, designated as the seasons beginning with Madhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 13.149
ऋतुपुत्रार्त्तवाः पञ्च इति सर्गः समासतः । इत्येष बहुमानो वै प्राणिना जीवितानि च । नदीवेग इवासक्तः कालो धावति संहरन्
ṛtuputrārttavāḥ pañca iti sargaḥ samāsataḥ / ityeṣa bahumāno vai prāṇinā jīvitāni ca / nadīvega ivāsaktaḥ kālo dhāvati saṃharan
The five seasonal (Ārtava) ones are the sons of the seasons — such is the creation in brief. Thus this is a great reckoning; and the lives of living beings — like the current of a river, unattached, time runs on, carrying (all) away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 13.150
एतेषां यदपत्यं वै तदशक्यं प्रमाणतः । बहुत्वात्परिसंख्यातुं पुत्र पौत्रमनन्तकम्
eteṣāṃ yadapatyaṃ vai tadaśakyaṃ pramāṇataḥ / bahutvātparisaṃkhyātuṃ putra pautramanantakam
Whatever offspring belongs to these is impossible to count exactly, because of their multitude — sons and grandsons without end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 13.151
इमं वंशं प्रजेशानां महतः पुण्यकर्मणाम् । कीर्त्तयन्पुण्यकीर्त्तीनां महतीं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
imaṃ vaṃśaṃ prajeśānāṃ mahataḥ puṇyakarmaṇām / kīrttayanpuṇyakīrttīnāṃ mahatīṃ siddhimāpnuyāt
One who recounts this lineage of the great lords of creatures, of holy deeds and holy fame, would obtain great success.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition