Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 22
BndP 1 22.1
सूत उवाच स्वायंभूवनिसर्गे तु व्याख्यातान्यन्तराणि च । भविष्याणि च सर्वाणि तेषां वक्ष्याम्यनुक्रमम्
sūta uvāca svāyaṃbhūvanisarge tu vyākhyātānyantarāṇi ca / bhaviṣyāṇi ca sarvāṇi teṣāṃ vakṣyāmyanukramam
Sūta said: In (the account of) the Svāyambhuva creation the manvantaras too have been explained, and all the future ones; I shall relate their sequence.
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BndP 1 22.2
एतच्छ्रुतवा तु मुनयः पप्रच्छू रोमहर्षणम् । सूर्याचन्द्रमसोश्चारं ग्रहाणां चैव सर्वशः
etacchrutavā tu munayaḥ papracchū romaharṣaṇam / sūryācandramasoścāraṃ grahāṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
Having heard this, the sages asked Romaharṣaṇa about the course of the sun and the moon, and of the planets, in every respect.
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BndP 1 22.3
ऋषय ऋचुः । भ्रमन्ति कथमेतानि ज्योतीषि दिवमण्डलम् । अव्यूहेन च सर्वाणि तथैवासंकरेण वा
ṛṣaya ṛcuḥ / bhramanti kathametāni jyotīṣi divamaṇḍalam / avyūhena ca sarvāṇi tathaivāsaṃkareṇa vā
The sages said: How do these lights revolve (around) the circle of the sky, and all of them without crowding together and likewise without confusion?
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BndP 1 22.4
कश्चिद्भामयते तानि भ्रमन्ते यदि वा स्वयम् । एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामस्तन्नो निगद सत्तम
kaścidbhāmayate tāni bhramante yadi vā svayam / etadveditumicchāmastanno nigada sattama
Does someone make them revolve, or do they revolve of themselves? This we wish to know — tell us that, O best of the good.
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BndP 1 22.5
सूत उवाच भूतसंमोहनं ह्येतद्वदतो मे निबोधत । प्रत्यक्षमपि दृश्यं च संमोहयति यत्प्रजाः
sūta uvāca bhūtasaṃmohanaṃ hyetadvadato me nibodhata / pratyakṣamapi dṛśyaṃ ca saṃmohayati yatprajāḥ
Sūta said: Listen to me as I tell this, which bewilders beings; for though it is directly perceptible and visible, it bewilders creatures.
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BndP 1 22.6
यो ऽयं चतुर्द्दिशं पुच्छे शैशुमारे व्यवस्थितः । उत्तानपादपुत्रो ऽसौ मेढीभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि
yo 'yaṃ caturddiśaṃ pucche śaiśumāre vyavasthitaḥ / uttānapādaputro 'sau meḍhībhūto dhruvo divi
He who is stationed, facing the four directions, at the tail of the Śiśumāra — that son of Uttānapāda, Dhruva, is the post (of the churning-pole) in the sky.
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BndP 1 22.7
स वै भ्रामयते नित्यं चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहैः सह । भ्रमन्तमनुगच्छन्ति नक्षत्राणि च चक्रवत्
sa vai bhrāmayate nityaṃ candrādityau grahaiḥ saha / bhramantamanugacchanti nakṣatrāṇi ca cakravat
It is he who constantly makes the moon and the sun revolve, along with the planets; and the lunar mansions follow him as he revolves, as if on a wheel.
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BndP 1 22.8
ध्रुवस्य मनसा चासौ सर्वते ज्योतिषां गणः । सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ तारा नक्षत्राणि ग्रहैः सह
dhruvasya manasā cāsau sarvate jyotiṣāṃ gaṇaḥ / sūryācandramasau tārā nakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha
And by Dhruva's mind (moves) this whole host of luminaries: the sun and moon, the stars, the lunar mansions, together with the planets.
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BndP 1 22.9
वातानीकमयैर्बन्धैर्ध्रुवे बद्धानि तानि वै । तेषां योगश्च भेदश्च कालश्चारस्तथैव च
vātānīkamayairbandhairdhruve baddhāni tāni vai / teṣāṃ yogaśca bhedaśca kālaścārastathaiva ca
They are indeed bound to Dhruva by bonds made of masses of wind; and their conjunction, their separation, their time and their course,
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BndP 1 22.10
अस्तोदयौ तथोत्पाता अयने दक्षणोत्तरे । विषुवद्ग्रहवर्णाश्च द्रुवात्सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते
astodayau tathotpātā ayane dakṣaṇottare / viṣuvadgrahavarṇāśca druvātsarvaṃ pravarttate
their settings and risings, likewise portents, the southern and northern courses (of the sun), the equinox and the colours of the planets — all proceeds from Dhruva.
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BndP 1 22.11
वर्षा घर्मो हिमं रात्रिः संध्या चैव दिनं तथा । शुभाशुभं प्रजानां च ध्रुवात्सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते
varṣā gharmo himaṃ rātriḥ saṃdhyā caiva dinaṃ tathā / śubhāśubhaṃ prajānāṃ ca dhruvātsarvaṃ pravarttate
The rains, the heat, the frost, night, twilight and likewise day, and what is auspicious and inauspicious for creatures — all proceeds from Dhruva.
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BndP 1 22.12
ध्रुवेणाधिष्टितश्चैव सूर्यो ऽपो गृह्य वर्षति । तदेष दीप्त किरणः स कालग्निर्दिवाकरः
dhruveṇādhiṣṭitaścaiva sūryo 'po gṛhya varṣati / tadeṣa dīpta kiraṇaḥ sa kālagnirdivākaraḥ
And, set over (them) by Dhruva, the sun takes up the waters and rains (them down); thus this one of blazing rays, the day-maker, is the fire of time.
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BndP 1 22.13
परिवर्त्तक्रमाद्विप्रा भाभिरालोकयन् दिशः । सूर्यः किरमजालेन वायुयुक्तेन सर्वशः
parivarttakramādviprā bhābhirālokayan diśaḥ / sūryaḥ kiramajālena vāyuyuktena sarvaśaḥ
By the order of his revolution, O brahmins, illumining the quarters with his beams, the sun, with his net of rays joined to the wind, on every side
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BndP 1 22.14
जगतो जलमादत्ते कृत्स्नस्य द्विजसत्तमाः । आदित्यपीतं सकलं सोमः संक्रमते जलम्
jagato jalamādatte kṛtsnasya dvijasattamāḥ / ādityapītaṃ sakalaṃ somaḥ saṃkramate jalam
(The sun) takes up the water of the whole world, O best of the twice-born; and all the water drunk by the sun passes over to the moon.
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BndP 1 22.15
नाडीभिर्वायुयुक्ताभिर्लोकधारा प्रवर्त्तते । यत्सोमात्स्रवते ह्यंबु तदन्नेष्वेव तिष्ठति
nāḍībhirvāyuyuktābhirlokadhārā pravarttate / yatsomātsravate hyaṃbu tadanneṣveva tiṣṭhati
By channels joined with the wind the world's stream of water proceeds; and the water that flows from the moon settles in the plants (food).
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BndP 1 22.16
मेघा वायुविघातेन विसृजन्ति जलं भूवि । एवमुत्क्षिप्यते चैव पतते चासकृज्जलम्
meghā vāyuvighātena visṛjanti jalaṃ bhūvi / evamutkṣipyate caiva patate cāsakṛjjalam
The clouds, struck by the wind, release the water onto the earth; thus the water is lifted up and falls again and again.
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BndP 1 22.17
न नाश उदकस्यास्ति तदेव परिवर्त्तते । संधारणार्थं लोकानां मायैषा विश्वनिर्मिता
na nāśa udakasyāsti tadeva parivarttate / saṃdhāraṇārthaṃ lokānāṃ māyaiṣā viśvanirmitā
There is no destruction of the water; that same (water) revolves round. For the sustaining of the worlds this illusion has been fashioned for the universe.
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BndP 1 22.18
अन्या मायया व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । विश्वेशो लोककृद्देवः सहस्राक्षः प्रजापतिः
anyā māyayā vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram / viśveśo lokakṛddevaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ
By another illusion the triple world, with its moving and unmoving (beings), is pervaded: the lord of all, the world-maker god, the thousand-eyed, the lord of creatures,
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BndP 1 22.19
धाता कृत्स्नस्य लोकस्य प्रभविष्णुर्दिवाकरः । सार्वलोकिकमंभो यत्तत्सोमान्नभसश्व्युतम्
dhātā kṛtsnasya lokasya prabhaviṣṇurdivākaraḥ / sārvalokikamaṃbho yattatsomānnabhasaśvyutam
the ordainer of the whole world, the mighty maker, the day-maker (sun). And that water belonging to all the worlds, which drips from the moon and the sky —
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BndP 1 22.20
सोमाधारं जगत्सर्वमेतत्तथ्यं प्रकीर्तितम् । सूर्यादुष्णं निस्रवते सोमाच्छीतं प्रवर्त्तते
somādhāraṃ jagatsarvametattathyaṃ prakīrtitam / sūryāduṣṇaṃ nisravate somācchītaṃ pravarttate
this whole world has the moon for its support: so has it been truly declared. From the sun the hot flows forth, from the moon the cold proceeds.
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BndP 1 22.21
शीतोष्णवीर्यौं द्वावेतौ युक्त्या धारयतो जगत् । सोमाधारा नदी गङ्गा पवित्रा विमलोदका
śītoṣṇavīryauṃ dvāvetau yuktyā dhārayato jagat / somādhārā nadī gaṅgā pavitrā vimalodakā
These two potencies, cold and hot, by their conjunction uphold the world. Having the moon for its support is the river Ganges, holy, of clear water,
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BndP 1 22.22
भद्रसोमपुरोगाश्च महानद्यो द्विजोत्तमाः । सर्वभूतशरीरेषु ह्यापो ह्यनुसृताश्च याः
bhadrasomapurogāśca mahānadyo dvijottamāḥ / sarvabhūtaśarīreṣu hyāpo hyanusṛtāśca yāḥ
and the great rivers headed by the Bhadrasomā, O best of the twice-born; and the waters that run through the bodies of all beings —
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BndP 1 22.23
तेषु संदह्यमानेषु जङ्गमस्थावरेषु च । धूमभूतास्तु ता ह्यापो निष्कामन्तीह सर्वशः
teṣu saṃdahyamāneṣu jaṅgamasthāvareṣu ca / dhūmabhūtāstu tā hyāpo niṣkāmantīha sarvaśaḥ
when those (bodies), moving and unmoving, are burnt up, those waters, having become smoke, go out here on all sides.
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BndP 1 22.24
तेन चाभ्राणि जायन्ते स्थानमभ्रमयं स्मृतम् । तेजोर्ऽकः सर्वभूतेभ्य आदत्ते रश्मिभिर्जलम्
tena cābhrāṇi jāyante sthānamabhramayaṃ smṛtam / tejor'kaḥ sarvabhūtebhya ādatte raśmibhirjalam
And by that the clouds (abhra) come into being; the place (of them) is said to consist of cloud. The sun, being fire, takes up water from all beings with its rays.
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BndP 1 22.25
समुद्राद्वायुसंयोगाद्वहन्त्यापो गभस्तयः । संजीवनं च सस्यानामंभस्तदमृतोपमम्
samudrādvāyusaṃyogādvahantyāpo gabhastayaḥ / saṃjīvanaṃ ca sasyānāmaṃbhastadamṛtopamam
From the ocean, by conjunction with the wind, the rays carry the waters; and that water, the enlivener of the crops, is like the nectar of immortality.
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BndP 1 22.26
ततस्त्वृतुवशात्काले परिवत्य दिवाकरः । यच्छत्यापो हि मेघेभ्यः घुक्लाशुक्लैर्गभस्तिभिः
tatastvṛtuvaśātkāle parivatya divākaraḥ / yacchatyāpo hi meghebhyaḥ ghuklāśuklairgabhastibhiḥ
Then, revolving in due time according to the seasons, the day-maker gives the waters over to the clouds by its white and non-white rays.
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BndP 1 22.27
अभ्रस्थाः प्रपतन्त्यापो वायुना समुदीरिताः । सर्वभूतहितार्थाय वायुमिश्राः समन्ततः
abhrasthāḥ prapatantyāpo vāyunā samudīritāḥ / sarvabhūtahitārthāya vāyumiśrāḥ samantataḥ
The waters that are in the clouds, driven forth by the wind, fall down mixed with wind on every side, for the welfare of all beings.
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BndP 1 22.28
ततो वर्षति षण्मासान्सर्वभूतविवृद्धये । वायव्यं स्तनितं चैव वैद्युतं चाग्निसंभवम्
tato varṣati ṣaṇmāsānsarvabhūtavivṛddhaye / vāyavyaṃ stanitaṃ caiva vaidyutaṃ cāgnisaṃbhavam
Then it rains for six months, for the increase of all beings. The thundering is of the wind, and the lightning arises from fire.
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BndP 1 22.29
मेहनाच्च मिहेधातोमघत्वं व्यजयन्ति हि । न भ्रश्यन्ति यतश्चापस्तदभं कवयो विदुः
mehanācca mihedhātomaghatvaṃ vyajayanti hi / na bhraśyanti yataścāpastadabhaṃ kavayo viduḥ
And from their sprinkling (mehana), from the root mih, they win the name 'megha'; and since the waters do not fall away from it, the seers know that as 'abhra'.
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BndP 1 22.30
मेघानां पुनरुत्पत्तिश्त्रिविधा योनिरुच्यते । आग्नेया ब्रह्मजाश्चैव पक्षजाश्च पृथग्विधाः
meghānāṃ punarutpattiśtrividhā yonirucyate / āgneyā brahmajāścaiva pakṣajāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ
Again, the origin of the clouds is said to be of a threefold source: the fire-born, the Brahmā-born, and the wing-born, which are of separate kinds.
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BndP 1 22.31
त्रिधा मेघाः समाख्यातास्तेषां वक्ष्यामि संभवम् । आग्नेया स्तूष्णजाः प्रोक्तास्तेषां धूमप्रवर्त्तनम्
tridhā meghāḥ samākhyātāsteṣāṃ vakṣyāmi saṃbhavam / āgneyā stūṣṇajāḥ proktāsteṣāṃ dhūmapravarttanam
The clouds are declared to be of three sorts; I shall tell their origin. The fire-born are said to be produced from heat; theirs is the sending forth of smoke.
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BndP 1 22.32
शीतदुर्दिनवाता ये स्वगुणास्ते व्यवस्थिताः । महिषाश्च वाराहाश्च मत्तमातङ्गरूपिणः
śītadurdinavātā ye svaguṇāste vyavasthitāḥ / mahiṣāśca vārāhāśca mattamātaṅgarūpiṇaḥ
Those (clouds) whose own properties are cold, overcast weather and winds are established (as such); and, having the forms of buffaloes, boars and rutting elephants,
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BndP 1 22.33
भूत्वा धरणिमभ्येत्य रमन्ते विचरन्ति च । जीमूता नाम ते मेघा ह्येतेभ्यो जीवसंभवः
bhūtvā dharaṇimabhyetya ramante vicaranti ca / jīmūtā nāma te meghā hyetebhyo jīvasaṃbhavaḥ
having so become, they approach the earth, take their pleasure and roam about. Those clouds are named Jīmūta; from them arises life.
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BndP 1 22.34
विद्युद्गुणविहीनाश्च जलधारा विलंबिनः । मूकमेघा महाकाया आवहस्य वशानुगाः
vidyudguṇavihīnāśca jaladhārā vilaṃbinaḥ / mūkameghā mahākāyā āvahasya vaśānugāḥ
And devoid of the quality of lightning, with their water-streams hanging low, mute clouds of huge bulk, subject to the āvaha wind.
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BndP 1 22.35
क्रोशमात्राच्च वर्षन्ति क्रोशार्द्धादपि वा पुनः । पर्वताग्र नितंबेषु वर्षति च रसंति च
krośamātrācca varṣanti krośārddhādapi vā punaḥ / parvatāgra nitaṃbeṣu varṣati ca rasaṃti ca
And they rain from the height of a krośa only, or again even from half a krośa; on the peaks and slopes of mountains they rain and they roar.
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BndP 1 22.36
बलाकागर्भदाश्चैव बलाकागर्भधारिणः । ब्रह्मजा नाम ते मेघा ब्रह्मनिश्वाससंभवाः
balākāgarbhadāścaiva balākāgarbhadhāriṇaḥ / brahmajā nāma te meghā brahmaniśvāsasaṃbhavāḥ
And they are givers of the crane's conception and bearers of the crane's conception; those clouds are named brahmaja, arisen from Brahmā's breath.
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BndP 1 22.37
ते हि विद्युद्गुणोपेतास्तनयित्नुप्रियस्वनाः । तेषां शश्र्वत्प्रणादेन भूमिः स्वाङ्गरूहोद्भवा
te hi vidyudguṇopetāstanayitnupriyasvanāḥ / teṣāṃ śaśrvatpraṇādena bhūmiḥ svāṅgarūhodbhavā
For they are furnished with the quality of lightning and their welcome sound is thunder; by their constant roaring the earth brings forth the growth upon her own body.
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BndP 1 22.38
राज्ञी राज्याभिषिक्तेव पुनर्यौंवनमश्नुते । तेष्वियं प्रावृडासक्ता भूतानां जीवितोद्भवा
rājñī rājyābhiṣikteva punaryauṃvanamaśnute / teṣviyaṃ prāvṛḍāsaktā bhūtānāṃ jīvitodbhavā
Like a queen anointed to kingship, she attains her youth again; upon them depends this rainy season, the source of life for living beings.
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BndP 1 22.39
द्वितीयं प्रवहं वायुं मेघास्ते तु समाश्रिताः । एतं योजनमात्राच्च साध्यर्द्धा निष्कृतादपि
dvitīyaṃ pravahaṃ vāyuṃ meghāste tu samāśritāḥ / etaṃ yojanamātrācca sādhyarddhā niṣkṛtādapi
But those clouds resort to the second wind, pravaha; (they rain upon) this (earth) from the measure of a yojana, and (some) from one and a half, and even from a niṣkṛta.
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BndP 1 22.40
वृष्टिर्गर्भस्त्रिधा तेषां धारासारः प्रकीर्त्तितः । पुष्करावर्त्तका नाम ते मेघाः पक्षसंभवाः
vṛṣṭirgarbhastridhā teṣāṃ dhārāsāraḥ prakīrttitaḥ / puṣkarāvarttakā nāma te meghāḥ pakṣasaṃbhavāḥ
Their gestation of rain is threefold; the downpour of streams is (thus) proclaimed. Those clouds are named puṣkarāvartaka, born from wings.
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BndP 1 22.41
शक्रेण पक्षच्छिन्ना ये पर्वतानां महौजसाम् । कामागानां प्रवृद्धानां भूतानां शिवमिच्छता
śakreṇa pakṣacchinnā ye parvatānāṃ mahaujasām / kāmāgānāṃ pravṛddhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ śivamicchatā
(They are those) whose wings were cut off by Śakra—(wings) of the mighty mountains that moved at will and had grown huge—by him who desired the welfare of living beings.
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BndP 1 22.42
पुष्करा नाम ते मेघा बृंहन्तस्तोयमत्सराः । पुष्करावर्त्तकास्तेन कारणेनेह शब्दिताः
puṣkarā nāma te meghā bṛṃhantastoyamatsarāḥ / puṣkarāvarttakāstena kāraṇeneha śabditāḥ
Those clouds named puṣkara are vast and stingy with their water; for that reason they are here called puṣkarāvartaka.
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BndP 1 22.43
नानारूपधराश्चैव महाघोरस्वनाश्च ते । कल्पान्तवृष्टेः स्रष्टारः संवर्ताग्ने र्नियामकाः
nānārūpadharāścaiva mahāghorasvanāśca te / kalpāntavṛṣṭeḥ sraṣṭāraḥ saṃvartāgne rniyāmakāḥ
And they bear many forms and have a most terrible sound; they are the producers of the rain at the end of a kalpa, the restrainers of the fire of dissolution.
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BndP 1 22.44
वर्षन्त्येते युगान्तेषु तृतीयास्ते प्रकीर्त्तिताः । अनेकरूपसंस्थानाः पूरयन्तो महीतलम्
varṣantyete yugānteṣu tṛtīyāste prakīrttitāḥ / anekarūpasaṃsthānāḥ pūrayanto mahītalam
These rain at the ends of the yugas; they are proclaimed the third (class), of many forms and configurations, filling the surface of the earth.
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BndP 1 22.45
वायुं पुरा वहन्तः स्युराश्रिताः कल्पसाधकाः । यान्यण्डस्य तु भिन्नस्य प्राकृतस्याभवंस्तदा
vāyuṃ purā vahantaḥ syurāśritāḥ kalpasādhakāḥ / yānyaṇḍasya tu bhinnasya prākṛtasyābhavaṃstadā
They would be those resorting to the former wind, vaha(?), the accomplishers of the kalpa; and those (shells) which then belonged to the primordial egg when it was split—
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BndP 1 22.46
यस्मिन्ब्रह्मा समुत्पन्नश्चतुर्वक्त्रः स्वयंप्रभुः । तान्येवाण्डकपालानि सर्वे मेघाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
yasminbrahmā samutpannaścaturvaktraḥ svayaṃprabhuḥ / tānyevāṇḍakapālāni sarve meghāḥ prakīrttitāḥ
—the egg in which Brahmā, four-faced, self-sovereign, came into being: those very shells of the egg are all declared to be the clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 22.47
तेषामाप्यायनं धूमः सर्वेषामविशेषतः । तेषां श्रेष्ठस्तु पर्जन्यश्चत्वारश्चैव दिग्गजाः
teṣāmāpyāyanaṃ dhūmaḥ sarveṣāmaviśeṣataḥ / teṣāṃ śreṣṭhastu parjanyaścatvāraścaiva diggajāḥ
Smoke is what swells them, all of them without distinction; and the foremost among them is Parjanya, and the four elephants of the quarters.
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BndP 1 22.48
गजानां पर्वतानां च मेघानां भोगिभिः सह । कुलमेकं पृथग्भूतं योनिरेका जलं स्मृतम्
gajānāṃ parvatānāṃ ca meghānāṃ bhogibhiḥ saha / kulamekaṃ pṛthagbhūtaṃ yonirekā jalaṃ smṛtam
Of elephants, of mountains, and of clouds along with the serpents, the family is one though they exist separately; their single womb is said to be water.
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BndP 1 22.49
पर्जन्यो दिग्गजा श्चैव हेमन्ते शीतसंभवाः । तुषारवृष्टिं वर्षन्ति शिष्टः सस्यप्रवृद्धये
parjanyo diggajā ścaiva hemante śītasaṃbhavāḥ / tuṣāravṛṣṭiṃ varṣanti śiṣṭaḥ sasyapravṛddhaye
Parjanya and the elephants of the quarters, in winter arising from cold, rain down a rain of frost; the rest (rain) for the increase of the crops.
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BndP 1 22.50
षष्ठः परिवहो नाम तेषां वायुरपाश्रयः । यो ऽसौ बिबर्त्ति भगवान्गङ्गामाकाशगोचराम्
ṣaṣṭhaḥ parivaho nāma teṣāṃ vāyurapāśrayaḥ / yo 'sau bibartti bhagavāngaṅgāmākāśagocarām
The sixth wind, named parivaha, is the support of the waters for them—that lord who bears the Gaṅgā that moves in the sky,
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BndP 1 22.51
दिव्यामृतजला पुण्यां त्रिधास्वातिपथे स्थिताम् । तस्या निष्यन्दतोयानि दिग्गजाः पृथुभिः करैः
divyāmṛtajalā puṇyāṃ tridhāsvātipathe sthitām / tasyā niṣyandatoyāni diggajāḥ pṛthubhiḥ karaiḥ
her water divine ambrosia, holy, standing threefold on the path of Svāti; her trickling waters the elephants of the quarters, with their broad trunks,
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BndP 1 22.52
शीकरं संप्रमुञ्चन्ति नीहार इति स स्मृतः । दक्षिणेन गिरिर्यो ऽसौ हेमकूट इति स्मृतः
śīkaraṃ saṃpramuñcanti nīhāra iti sa smṛtaḥ / dakṣiṇena giriryo 'sau hemakūṭa iti smṛtaḥ
release as spray, and that is known as mist. That mountain which is to the south is known as Hemakūṭa.
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BndP 1 22.53
उदग्घिमवतः शैल उत्तरप्रायदक्षिणे । पुण्ड्रं नाम समाख्यातं नगरं तत्र विस्तृतम्
udagghimavataḥ śaila uttaraprāyadakṣiṇe / puṇḍraṃ nāma samākhyātaṃ nagaraṃ tatra vistṛtam
North of Himavat is the mountain, to the south of the northern region(?); there a city named Puṇḍra is renowned, an extensive one.
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BndP 1 22.54
तस्मिन्निपतितं वर्षं तत्तुषारसमुद्भवम् । ततस्तदा वहो वायुर्हेमवन्तं समुद्वहन्
tasminnipatitaṃ varṣaṃ tattuṣārasamudbhavam / tatastadā vaho vāyurhemavantaṃ samudvahan
The rain that falls there arises from that snow. Then at that time the bearing wind, carrying up the Himālaya,
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BndP 1 22.55
आनयत्यात्मयोगेन सिंचमानो महागिरिम् । हिमवन्तमतिक्रम्य वृष्टिशेषं ततः परम्
ānayatyātmayogena siṃcamāno mahāgirim / himavantamatikramya vṛṣṭiśeṣaṃ tataḥ param
brings (it) by its own power, drenching the great mountain; and having passed beyond the Himālaya, the remainder of the rain, beyond that,
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BndP 1 22.56
इहाभ्येति ततः पश्चादपरान्तविवृद्धये । वर्षद्वयं समाख्यातं सस्यद्वयविवृद्धये
ihābhyeti tataḥ paścādaparāntavivṛddhaye / varṣadvayaṃ samākhyātaṃ sasyadvayavivṛddhaye
comes here afterwards, for the increase of the western regions. Thus two rains are declared, for the increase of the two crops.
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BndP 1 22.57
मेघाश्चाप्यायनं चैव सर्वमेतत्प्रकीर्त्तितम् । सूर्य एव तु वृष्टीनां स्रष्टा समुपदिश्यते
meghāścāpyāyanaṃ caiva sarvametatprakīrttitam / sūrya eva tu vṛṣṭīnāṃ sraṣṭā samupadiśyate
The clouds and their swelling too — all this has been proclaimed. But the sun alone is taught to be the producer of the rains.
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BndP 1 22.58
सूर्यमूला च वै वृष्टिर्जलं सूर्यात्प्रवर्तते । ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठितः सूर्यस्तस्यां वृष्टौ प्रवर्त्तते
sūryamūlā ca vai vṛṣṭirjalaṃ sūryātpravartate / dhruveṇādhiṣṭhitaḥ sūryastasyāṃ vṛṣṭau pravarttate
Rain has the sun as its root, and water proceeds from the sun; the sun, presided over by Dhruva, operates in that rain.
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BndP 1 22.59
ध्रुवेणाधिष्टितो वायुर्वृष्टिं संहरते पुनः । ग्रहो निःसृत्य सूर्यात्तु कृत्स्ने नक्षत्रमण्डले
dhruveṇādhiṣṭito vāyurvṛṣṭiṃ saṃharate punaḥ / graho niḥsṛtya sūryāttu kṛtsne nakṣatramaṇḍale
The wind, presided over by Dhruva, gathers up the rain again. And the planet, having gone forth from the sun, over the whole circle of the lunar mansions,
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BndP 1 22.60
चरित्वान्ते विशत्यर्कं ध्रुवेण समाधिष्ठितम् । ततः सूर्यरथस्याथ सन्निवेशं निबोधत
caritvānte viśatyarkaṃ dhruveṇa samādhiṣṭhitam / tataḥ sūryarathasyātha sanniveśaṃ nibodhata
having travelled, at the end enters the sun, which is presided over by Dhruva. Now, next, learn the arrangement of the sun's chariot.
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BndP 1 22.61
संस्थितेनैकचक्रेण पञ्चारेण त्रिनाभिना । हिरण्मयेन भगवांस्तथैव हरिदर्वणा
saṃsthitenaikacakreṇa pañcāreṇa trinābhinā / hiraṇmayena bhagavāṃstathaiva haridarvaṇā
With a single fixed wheel having five spokes and three hubs, golden, and likewise with green (or: with a shaft of haridru wood), the Lord —
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BndP 1 22.62
अष्टापदनिबद्धेन षट्प्रकारैकनेमिना । चक्रेण भास्वता सूर्यः स्यन्दनेन प्रसर्पति
aṣṭāpadanibaddhena ṣaṭprakāraikaneminā / cakreṇa bhāsvatā sūryaḥ syandanena prasarpati
with a shining wheel bound with eight ... and having a single rim of six kinds, the sun travels on in his chariot.
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BndP 1 22.63
दशयोजनसाहस्रो विस्तारायामतः स्मृतः । द्विगुणो ऽस्य रथोपस्थादीषादण्डः प्रमाणतः
daśayojanasāhasro vistārāyāmataḥ smṛtaḥ / dviguṇo 'sya rathopasthādīṣādaṇḍaḥ pramāṇataḥ
It is held to be ten thousand yojanas in breadth and length; twice that, by measure, is its pole-shaft from the chariot's platform.
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BndP 1 22.64
स तस्य ब्रह्मणा सृष्टो रथो ह्यर्थवशेन तु । असंगः काञ्चनो दिव्यो युक्तः पवनगैर्हयैः
sa tasya brahmaṇā sṛṣṭo ratho hyarthavaśena tu / asaṃgaḥ kāñcano divyo yuktaḥ pavanagairhayaiḥ
That chariot of his was created by Brahmā for the sake of the purpose (it serves): unimpeded, golden, divine, yoked with horses that go like the wind.
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BndP 1 22.65
छन्दोभिर्वाजिरूपैस्तु यतश्चक्रं ततः स्थितैः । वारुणस्यन्दनस्येह लक्षणैः सदृशस्तु सः
chandobhirvājirūpaistu yataścakraṃ tataḥ sthitaiḥ / vāruṇasyandanasyeha lakṣaṇaiḥ sadṛśastu saḥ
With the metres in the form of horses, standing wherever the wheel (goes) — in its marks it resembles the chariot of Varuṇa here.
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BndP 1 22.66
तेनासौ सर्वते व्योम्नि भास्वता तु दिवाकरः । अथैतानि तु सूर्यस्य प्रत्यङ्गानि रथस्य ह
tenāsau sarvate vyomni bhāsvatā tu divākaraḥ / athaitāni tu sūryasya pratyaṅgāni rathasya ha
By that shining (chariot) the day-maker (moves) everywhere in the sky. Now these are the several parts of the sun's chariot.
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BndP 1 22.67
संवत्सरस्यावयवैः कल्पि तस्य यथाक्रमम् । अहस्तु नाभिः सौरस्य एकचक्रस्य वै स्मृतः
saṃvatsarasyāvayavaiḥ kalpi tasya yathākramam / ahastu nābhiḥ saurasya ekacakrasya vai smṛtaḥ
It is fashioned, in due order, out of the members of the year: the day is held to be the hub of the sun's single wheel.
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BndP 1 22.68
अराः पञ्चार्त्तवांस्तस्य नेमिः षडृतवः स्मृतः । रथनीडः स्मृतो ह्येष चायने कूबरावुभौ
arāḥ pañcārttavāṃstasya nemiḥ ṣaḍṛtavaḥ smṛtaḥ / rathanīḍaḥ smṛto hyeṣa cāyane kūbarāvubhau
Its spokes are the five seasons; its rim is held to be the six seasons; this is held to be the chariot's seat, and the two poles are the two solstitial courses.
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BndP 1 22.69
मुहूर्त्ता बन्धुरास्तस्य रम्याश्चास्य कलाः स्मृताः । तस्य काष्ठा स्मृता घोणा अक्षदण्डः क्षणस्तु वै
muhūrttā bandhurāstasya ramyāścāsya kalāḥ smṛtāḥ / tasya kāṣṭhā smṛtā ghoṇā akṣadaṇḍaḥ kṣaṇastu vai
The muhūrtas are its side-rails, and the kalās are held to be its pleasant (parts); the kāṣṭhā is held to be its nose-piece, and the moment (kṣaṇa) the axle-shaft.
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BndP 1 22.70
निमेषश्चानुकर्षो ऽस्य हीषा चास्य लवाःस्मृताः । रात्रिर्वरूथो धर्मो ऽस्य ध्वज ऊर्द्ध्व समुच्छ्रितः
nimeṣaścānukarṣo 'sya hīṣā cāsya lavāḥsmṛtāḥ / rātrirvarūtho dharmo 'sya dhvaja ūrddhva samucchritaḥ
The nimeṣa is its under-carriage, and the lavas are held to be its shaft; night is its fender, and dharma its banner, raised on high.
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BndP 1 22.71
युगाक्षकोडी ते तस्य अर्थकामावुभौ स्मृतौ । सप्ताश्वरूपाश्छन्दासि वहन्तो वामतो धुरम्
yugākṣakoḍī te tasya arthakāmāvubhau smṛtau / saptāśvarūpāśchandāsi vahanto vāmato dhuram
Its yoke-pin and axle-tips are held to be wealth and desire, both; the metres, in the form of the seven horses, bear the pole on the left.
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BndP 1 22.72
गायत्री चैव त्रिष्टुप्य ह्यनुष्टुब्जगती तथा । पङ्क्तिश्च बृहती चैव ह्युष्णिक्चैव तु सप्तमी
gāyatrī caiva triṣṭupya hyanuṣṭubjagatī tathā / paṅktiśca bṛhatī caiva hyuṣṇikcaiva tu saptamī
Gāyatrī and Triṣṭubh, Anuṣṭubh and Jagatī likewise, Paṅkti and Bṛhatī, and Uṣṇih as the seventh.
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BndP 1 22.73
चक्रमक्षे निबद्धं तु ध्रुवे चाक्षः समर्पितः । सहचक्रो भ्रमत्यक्षः सहक्षो भ्रमते ध्रुवः
cakramakṣe nibaddhaṃ tu dhruve cākṣaḥ samarpitaḥ / sahacakro bhramatyakṣaḥ sahakṣo bhramate dhruvaḥ
The wheel is fastened to the axle, and the axle is fixed on Dhruva; the axle turns together with the wheel, and Dhruva turns together with the axle.
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BndP 1 22.74
अक्षेण सह चक्रेशो भ्रमते ऽसौ ध्रुवेरितः । एवमर्थवशात्तस्य सन्निवेशो रथस्य तु
akṣeṇa saha cakreśo bhramate 'sau dhruveritaḥ / evamarthavaśāttasya sanniveśo rathasya tu
Together with the axle the lord of the wheel revolves, driven by Dhruva (the pole); in this way, according to its purpose, is the arrangement of that chariot.
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BndP 1 22.75
तथा संयोगभावेन संसिद्धो भासुरो रथः । तेनासौ तरणिर्देवो भास्वता सर्पते दिवि
tathā saṃyogabhāvena saṃsiddho bhāsuro rathaḥ / tenāsau taraṇirdevo bhāsvatā sarpate divi
Thus, by the fact of (all these parts) being joined together, the shining chariot is completed; by it that god, the sun, moves across the sky with his radiance.
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BndP 1 22.76
युगाक्षकोटिसन्नद्धौ द्वौ रश्मी स्यन्दनस्य तु । ध्रुवे तौ भ्राम्यते रश्मी च चक्रयुगयोस्तु वै
yugākṣakoṭisannaddhau dvau raśmī syandanasya tu / dhruve tau bhrāmyate raśmī ca cakrayugayostu vai
Two reins of the chariot are bound to the tip of the yoke-axle; Dhruva makes those two reins revolve, and also the pair of wheels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 22.77
भ्रमतो मण्डलान्यस्य खेचरस्य रथस्य तु । युगाक्षकोटी ते तस्य दक्षिणे स्यन्दनस्य हि
bhramato maṇḍalānyasya khecarasya rathasya tu / yugākṣakoṭī te tasya dakṣiṇe syandanasya hi
(These are) the circles of this revolving chariot that travels in the sky; the tip of the yoke-axle of that chariot is on the southern side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 22.78
ध्रुवेण प्रगृहीते वै विचक्रम तुरक्षवत् । भ्रमन्तमनुगच्छेतां ध्रुवं रश्मी तु तावुभौ
dhruveṇa pragṛhīte vai vicakrama turakṣavat / bhramantamanugacchetāṃ dhruvaṃ raśmī tu tāvubhau
Held fast by Dhruva they moved (?) like the axle of the horses; and both those reins follow Dhruva as he revolves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 22.79
युगाक्षकोटिस्तत्तस्य रश्मिभिः स्यन्दनस्य तु । कीलासक्ता यथा रज्जुर्भ्रंमते सर्वतो दिशम्
yugākṣakoṭistattasya raśmibhiḥ syandanasya tu / kīlāsaktā yathā rajjurbhraṃmate sarvato diśam
That tip of the yoke-axle of the chariot, together with the reins, revolves in every direction, like a rope tied to a peg.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 22.80
ह्रसतस्तस्य रश्मी तु मण्डलेषूत्तरायणे । वर्द्धते दक्षिणे चैव भ्रमतो मण्डलानि तु
hrasatastasya raśmī tu maṇḍaleṣūttarāyaṇe / varddhate dakṣiṇe caiva bhramato maṇḍalāni tu
As it revolves through the circles, its two reins grow shorter in the northern course, and grow longer in the southern.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 22.81
युगाक्षकोटिसंबद्धौ रश्मी द्वौ स्यन्दनस्य तु । ध्रुवेण प्रगृहीतौ वै तौ रश्मी नयतो रविम्
yugākṣakoṭisaṃbaddhau raśmī dvau syandanasya tu / dhruveṇa pragṛhītau vai tau raśmī nayato ravim
Two reins of the chariot are attached to the tip of the yoke-axle; those two reins, held fast by Dhruva, lead the sun along.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 22.82
आकृष्येते यदा तौ वै ध्रुवेण सम धिष्ठितौ । तदा सो ऽभ्यन्तरे सूर्यो भ्रमते मण्डलानि तु
ākṛṣyete yadā tau vai dhruveṇa sama dhiṣṭhitau / tadā so 'bhyantare sūryo bhramate maṇḍalāni tu
When those two, fixed alike, are drawn in by Dhruva, then that sun revolves through the inner circles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 22.83
अशीतिर्मण्डलशतं काष्ठयोरन्तरं स्मृतम् । ध्रुवेण मुच्यमानाभ्यां रश्मिभ्यां पुनरेव तु
aśītirmaṇḍalaśataṃ kāṣṭhayorantaraṃ smṛtam / dhruveṇa mucyamānābhyāṃ raśmibhyāṃ punareva tu
The interval between the two kāṣṭhās (extreme points) is reckoned as one hundred and eighty circles; and again, when the reins are released by Dhruva,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 22.84
तथैव बाह्यतः सूर्यो भ्रमते मण्डलानि तु । उद्वेषाटयन्स वेगेन मण्डलानि तु गच्छति
tathaiva bāhyataḥ sūryo bhramate maṇḍalāni tu / udveṣāṭayansa vegena maṇḍalāni tu gacchati
just so the sun revolves through the outer circles; unwinding (them) he passes through the circles with speed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain