Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 24
BndP 1 24.1
सूत उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु सुनयः पुनस्ते संशयान्विताः । पप्रच्छुरुत्तरं भूयस्तदा ते रोमहर्षणम्
sūta uvāca etacchrutvā tu sunayaḥ punaste saṃśayānvitāḥ / papracchuruttaraṃ bhūyastadā te romaharṣaṇam
Sūta said: Having heard this, those sages, again filled with doubt, then asked Romaharṣaṇa further for a reply.
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BndP 1 24.2
यदेतदुक्तं भवतागृहाणीत्येव विस्तृतम् । कथं देवगृहाणि स्युः कथं ज्योतींषिवर्णय
yadetaduktaṃ bhavatāgṛhāṇītyeva vistṛtam / kathaṃ devagṛhāṇi syuḥ kathaṃ jyotīṃṣivarṇaya
"What was said by you at length, namely 'houses' — how can they be houses of the gods, and how are they luminaries? Describe (this)."
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BndP 1 24.3
एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व ज्योतिषां चैव निर्णयम् । वायुरुवाच श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तेषां तदा सूतः समाहितः
etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva jyotiṣāṃ caiva nirṇayam / vāyuruvāca śrutvā tu vacanaṃ teṣāṃ tadā sūtaḥ samāhitaḥ
"Explain all this, and also the determination concerning the luminaries." Vāyu said: Having heard their words, the Sūta, then, with concentrated mind,
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BndP 1 24.4
उवाच परमं वाक्यं तेषां संशयनिर्णयम् । अस्मिन्नर्थे माहाप्राज्ञैर्यदुक्तं ज्ञानबुद्धिभिः
uvāca paramaṃ vākyaṃ teṣāṃ saṃśayanirṇayam / asminnarthe māhāprājñairyaduktaṃ jñānabuddhibhiḥ
spoke the highest speech, the resolution of their doubt: "On this matter, what was said by the greatly wise ones whose intellects are (grounded in) knowledge —
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BndP 1 24.5
एतद्वो ऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्भवम् । यथा देवगृहाणीह सूर्यचन्द्रग्रहाः स्मृताः
etadvo 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi sūryācandramasorbhavam / yathā devagṛhāṇīha sūryacandragrahāḥ smṛtāḥ
this I shall declare to you: the origin of the sun and the moon, and how here the sun, moon and planets are held to be the houses of the gods.
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BndP 1 24.6
ततः परं च त्रिविधस्याग्नेर्वक्ष्ये समुद्भवम् । दिव्यस्य भौतिकस्याग्नेरब्योनेः पार्थि वस्य तु
tataḥ paraṃ ca trividhasyāgnervakṣye samudbhavam / divyasya bhautikasyāgnerabyoneḥ pārthi vasya tu
And after that I shall tell the arising of the threefold fire: of the divine (fire), of the elemental fire, and of the water-born (fire), and of the earthly (fire).
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BndP 1 24.7
व्युष्टायां तु रजन्यां वै ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । अव्याकृतमिदं त्वासीन्नैशेन तमसावृतम्
vyuṣṭāyāṃ tu rajanyāṃ vai brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ / avyākṛtamidaṃ tvāsīnnaiśena tamasāvṛtam
When the night of Brahmā, whose birth is from the Unmanifest, had passed away, this (world) was unevolved, covered by the darkness of night.
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BndP 1 24.8
सर्वभूतावशिष्टे ऽस्मिंल्लोके नष्टविशेषणे । स्वयंभूर्भगवांस्तत्र लोकतन्त्रार्थसाधकः
sarvabhūtāvaśiṣṭe 'smiṃlloke naṣṭaviśeṣaṇe / svayaṃbhūrbhagavāṃstatra lokatantrārthasādhakaḥ
When in this world all beings were left over (only as remnants) and (all) distinguishing marks were destroyed, the blessed Self-existent one, the accomplisher of the purpose of the world's order, (was) there.
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BndP 1 24.9
खद्योतवत्स व्यचरदाविर्भावचिकीर्षया । सो ऽग्निं दृष्ट्वाथ लोकादौ पृथिवीजलसंश्रितम्
khadyotavatsa vyacaradāvirbhāvacikīrṣayā / so 'gniṃ dṛṣṭvātha lokādau pṛthivījalasaṃśritam
He moved about like a firefly, wishing to bring about manifestation. Then, seeing fire at the beginning of the world, resting in earth and water,
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BndP 1 24.10
संवृत्य तं प्रकाशार्थं त्रिधा व्यमजदीश्वरः । पवनो यस्तु लोके ऽस्मिन्पार्थिवः सो ऽग्निरुच्यते
saṃvṛtya taṃ prakāśārthaṃ tridhā vyamajadīśvaraḥ / pavano yastu loke 'sminpārthivaḥ so 'gnirucyate
the Lord, having enclosed it, for the sake of light divided it into three. That which is wind in this world — that is called the earthly fire.
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BndP 1 24.11
यश्चासौ तपते सूर्ये शुचिरग्निस्तु स स्मृतः । वैद्युतो ऽब्जस्तु विज्ञेयस्तेषां वक्ष्ये ऽथ लक्षमम्
yaścāsau tapate sūrye śuciragnistu sa smṛtaḥ / vaidyuto 'bjastu vijñeyasteṣāṃ vakṣye 'tha lakṣamam
And that which burns in the sun, that is remembered as the pure (śuci) fire; and the lightning fire is to be known as water-born. Now I shall tell their characteristics.
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BndP 1 24.12
वैद्युतो जाठरः सौरो ह्यपां गर्भास्त्रयो ऽग्रयः । तस्मादपः पिबन्सूर्यो गोभिर्दीप्यत्यसौ दिवि
vaidyuto jāṭharaḥ sauro hyapāṃ garbhāstrayo 'grayaḥ / tasmādapaḥ pibansūryo gobhirdīpyatyasau divi
The lightning-fire, the stomach-fire, and the solar — these three fires are the embryos of the waters; therefore the sun, drinking the waters, blazes with its rays in heaven.
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BndP 1 24.13
वैद्युतेन समाविष्टो वार्ष्यो नाद्भिः प्रशाम्यति । मानवा नां च कुक्षिस्थो नाद्भिः शास्यति पावकः
vaidyutena samāviṣṭo vārṣyo nādbhiḥ praśāmyati / mānavā nāṃ ca kukṣistho nādbhiḥ śāsyati pāvakaḥ
The rain(-born) fire, being pervaded by the lightning fire, is not quenched by waters; and the fire situated in the belly of men is not quenched by waters.
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BndP 1 24.14
तस्मात्सौरो वैद्युतश्च जाठरश्चप्यनिन्धनः । किञ्चिदप्सु मतं तेजः किञ्चिद्दृष्टमबिं धनम्
tasmātsauro vaidyutaśca jāṭharaścapyanindhanaḥ / kiñcidapsu mataṃ tejaḥ kiñciddṛṣṭamabiṃ dhanam
Therefore the solar, the lightning, and the stomach fire are without fuel. Some heat is held to be in the waters, and some is seen to have water as its fuel.
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BndP 1 24.15
काष्ठेन्धनस्तु निर्मथ्यः सो ऽद्भिः शाम्यति पावकः । अर्चिष्मान्पवमानो ऽग्निर्निष्प्रभो जाठरः स्मृतः
kāṣṭhendhanastu nirmathyaḥ so 'dbhiḥ śāmyati pāvakaḥ / arciṣmānpavamāno 'gnirniṣprabho jāṭharaḥ smṛtaḥ
But the fire that has wood as fuel is to be produced by friction; that fire is quenched by waters. The fire that is fanned (by wind) is flaming; the stomach-fire is held to be without brightness.
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BndP 1 24.16
यश्चायं मण्डले शुक्लो निरूष्मा संप्रकाशकः । प्रभा सौरी तु पादेन ह्यस्तं याति देवाकरे
yaścāyaṃ maṇḍale śuklo nirūṣmā saṃprakāśakaḥ / prabhā saurī tu pādena hyastaṃ yāti devākare
And this (moon), white in its disc, without heat, illuminating — but the solar radiance, by a quarter, when the day-maker god goes to setting,
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BndP 1 24.17
अग्निमाविशते रात्रौ तस्माद्दूरात्प्रकाशते । उद्यन्तं च पुनः सूर्यमौष्णमयमाग्नेयमाविशत्
agnimāviśate rātrau tasmāddūrātprakāśate / udyantaṃ ca punaḥ sūryamauṣṇamayamāgneyamāviśat
enters into fire at night; therefore (fire) gives light from afar. And again, when the sun rises, the heat belonging to fire enters (it),
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BndP 1 24.18
पादेन पार्थिवस्याग्नेस्तस्मादग्निस्तपत्यसौ । प्राकाश्यं च तथौष्ण्यं च सौराग्नेये तु तेजसी
pādena pārthivasyāgnestasmādagnistapatyasau / prākāśyaṃ ca tathauṣṇyaṃ ca saurāgneye tu tejasī
by a quarter of the earthly fire; therefore that (sun) burns. Luminosity and likewise heat — these two energies, the solar and the fiery,
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BndP 1 24.19
परस्परानुप्रवेशादाप्यायेते परस्परम् । उत्तरे चैव भूम्यर्द्धे तथा ह्यग्निश्च दक्षिणे
parasparānupraveśādāpyāyete parasparam / uttare caiva bhūmyarddhe tathā hyagniśca dakṣiṇe
by mutually entering into each other, nourish each other. And (the sun) is in the northern half of the earth, and fire likewise in the southern.
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BndP 1 24.20
उत्तिष्ठति पुनः सूर्ये रात्रिराविशते ह्यपः । तस्मात्तप्ता भवन्त्यापो दिवारत्रिप्रवेशनात्
uttiṣṭhati punaḥ sūrye rātrirāviśate hyapaḥ / tasmāttaptā bhavantyāpo divāratripraveśanāt
When the sun rises again, night enters into the waters; therefore the waters become hot, from the entering of day and night (into them).
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BndP 1 24.21
अस्तं याति पुन सूर्ये अहर्वै प्रविशत्यपः । तस्मान्नक्तं पुनः शुक्ला आपो ऽदृश्यन्त भास्वराः
astaṃ yāti puna sūrye aharvai praviśatyapaḥ / tasmānnaktaṃ punaḥ śuklā āpo 'dṛśyanta bhāsvarāḥ
When the sun again goes to setting, the day enters into the waters; therefore at night the waters are seen white and shining.
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BndP 1 24.22
एतेन क्रमयोगेन भूम्यर्द्धे दक्षिणोत्तरे । उदयास्तमने नित्यमहोरात्रं विशत्यपः
etena kramayogena bhūmyarddhe dakṣiṇottare / udayāstamane nityamahorātraṃ viśatyapaḥ
By this sequence, in the southern and northern halves of the earth, at rising and setting, day and night constantly enter the waters.
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BndP 1 24.23
यश्चासौ तपते सूर्यः पिबन्नंभो गभस्तिभिः । पार्थिवाग्निविमिश्रो ऽसौ दिव्यः शुचिरिति स्मृतः
yaścāsau tapate sūryaḥ pibannaṃbho gabhastibhiḥ / pārthivāgnivimiśro 'sau divyaḥ śuciriti smṛtaḥ
And that sun which burns, drinking up the waters with its rays — it, mingled with the earthly fire, is called the divine "Śuci" (the pure).
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BndP 1 24.24
सहस्रपादसौ वह्निर्घृतकुंभनिभः शुचिः । आदत्ते स तु नाडीनां सहस्रेण समन्ततः
sahasrapādasau vahnirghṛtakuṃbhanibhaḥ śuciḥ / ādatte sa tu nāḍīnāṃ sahasreṇa samantataḥ
That fire, thousand-footed (thousand-rayed), pure, resembling a jar of clarified butter — it draws (the waters) up on all sides by a thousand channels.
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BndP 1 24.25
नादेयीश्चैव सामुद्रीः कौप्याश्चैव समन्ततः । स्थावरा जङ्गमाश्चैव याश्च कुल्यादिका अपः
nādeyīścaiva sāmudrīḥ kaupyāścaiva samantataḥ / sthāvarā jaṅgamāścaiva yāśca kulyādikā apaḥ
(Waters) of the rivers and of the oceans, and those of wells, on all sides, both still and moving, and the waters that are in canals and the like —
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BndP 1 24.26
तस्य रश्मिसहस्रं तु शीतवर्षोष्णनिःस्तवम् । तासां चतुःशता नाड्यो वर्षन्ते चित्र मूर्त्तयः
tasya raśmisahasraṃ tu śītavarṣoṣṇaniḥstavam / tāsāṃ catuḥśatā nāḍyo varṣante citra mūrttayaḥ
His thousand rays pour forth cold, rain, and heat; of these, four hundred conduits, of varied forms, send down rain.
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BndP 1 24.27
चन्दनाश्चैव साध्यश्च कूतनाकूतनास्तथा । अमृता नामतः सर्वा रश्मयो वृष्टिसर्जनाः
candanāścaiva sādhyaśca kūtanākūtanāstathā / amṛtā nāmataḥ sarvā raśmayo vṛṣṭisarjanāḥ
Candanas and Sādhyas, and likewise Kūtanas and Akūtanas, and Amṛtās — all these rays, by name, are the producers of rain.
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BndP 1 24.28
हिमोद्गताश्च ताभ्यो ऽन्या रश्मयस्त्रिशताः पुनः । दृश्या मेघाश्च याम्यश्च ह्रदिन्यो हिमसर्जनाः
himodgatāśca tābhyo 'nyā raśmayastriśatāḥ punaḥ / dṛśyā meghāśca yāmyaśca hradinyo himasarjanāḥ
Other than these, again, are three hundred rays that bring forth snow: the Dṛśyas, the Meghas, the Yāmyas and the Hradinīs, producers of snow.
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BndP 1 24.29
चन्द्रास्ता नामतः प्रोक्ता मिताभास्तु गभस्तयः । शुक्लाश्च कुहकाश्चैव गावो विश्वभृतस्तथा
candrāstā nāmataḥ proktā mitābhāstu gabhastayaḥ / śuklāśca kuhakāścaiva gāvo viśvabhṛtastathā
These rays are declared by name to be the Candras, and the Mitābhās, the Śuklas, the Kuhakas, the Gāvas and the Viśvabhṛts.
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BndP 1 24.30
शुक्लास्ता नामतः सर्वस्त्रिशता धर्मसर्जनाः । समं विभज्य नाडीस्तु मनुष्टपितृदेवताः
śuklāstā nāmataḥ sarvastriśatā dharmasarjanāḥ / samaṃ vibhajya nāḍīstu manuṣṭapitṛdevatāḥ
All these, by name Śuklas, three hundred (in number), are the producers of dharma; and having divided the conduits equally (among) men, ancestors, and gods,
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BndP 1 24.31
मनुष्यानौषधेनेह स्वधया तु पितॄनपि । अमृतेन सुरान्सर्वांस्त्रींस्त्रिभिस्तर्पयत्यसौ
manuṣyānauṣadheneha svadhayā tu pitṝnapi / amṛtena surānsarvāṃstrīṃstribhistarpayatyasau
he satisfies men here with the medicinal plants, the ancestors with the svadhā offering, and all the gods with ambrosia — the three (classes) with these three.
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BndP 1 24.32
वसंते चैव ग्रीष्मे च शतैः स तपति त्रिभिः । वर्षास्वथो शरदि वै चतुर्भिश्च प्रवर्षति
vasaṃte caiva grīṣme ca śataiḥ sa tapati tribhiḥ / varṣāsvatho śaradi vai caturbhiśca pravarṣati
In spring and in summer he burns with three hundred (rays); and in the rains and in autumn he rains with four hundred.
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BndP 1 24.33
हेमन्ते शिशिरे चैव हिम मुत्सृजते त्रिभिः । इन्द्रो धाता भगः पूषा मित्रो ऽथ वरुणोर्ऽयमा
hemante śiśire caiva hima mutsṛjate tribhiḥ / indro dhātā bhagaḥ pūṣā mitro 'tha varuṇor'yamā
In early and late winter he releases snow with three hundred. Indra, Dhātā, Bhaga, Pūṣā, Mitra, then Varuṇa, Aryamā,
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BndP 1 24.34
अंशुर्विवस्वास्त्वष्टा च सविता विष्णुरेव च । माघमासे तु वरुणः पूषा चैव तु फलाल्गुने
aṃśurvivasvāstvaṣṭā ca savitā viṣṇureva ca / māghamāse tu varuṇaḥ pūṣā caiva tu phalālgune
Aṃśu, Vivasvān, Tvaṣṭā, Savitā, and Viṣṇu (are the sun's names): in the month of Māgha he is Varuṇa, and in Phālguna, Pūṣā.
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BndP 1 24.35
चैत्रे मासि तु देत्ॐशुर्धाता वैशाखतापनः । ज्येष्ठमासे भवेदिन्द्रश्चाषाढे सविता रविः
caitre māsi tu detoṃśurdhātā vaiśākhatāpanaḥ / jyeṣṭhamāse bhavedindraścāṣāḍhe savitā raviḥ
In the month of Caitra the god is Aṃśu; Dhātā burns in Vaiśākha; in the month of Jyeṣṭha he becomes Indra, and in Āṣāḍha the sun is Savitā.
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BndP 1 24.36
विवस्वाञ्छ्रावणे मासि प्रोष्ठे मासे भागः स्मृतः । पर्जन्यो ऽश्वयुजे मासि त्वष्टा च कार्तिके रविः
vivasvāñchrāvaṇe māsi proṣṭhe māse bhāgaḥ smṛtaḥ / parjanyo 'śvayuje māsi tvaṣṭā ca kārtike raviḥ
In the month of Śrāvaṇa he is Vivasvān; in the month of Proṣṭhapada he is held to be Bhaga; in the month of Āśvayuja he is Parjanya, and in Kārttika the sun is Tvaṣṭā.
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BndP 1 24.37
मार्गशीर्षे भवेन्मित्रः पौषेविष्णुः सनातनः । पञ्चरश्मिसहस्राणि वरुणस्यार्ककर्मणि
mārgaśīrṣe bhavenmitraḥ pauṣeviṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ / pañcaraśmisahasrāṇi varuṇasyārkakarmaṇi
In Mārgaśīrṣa he becomes Mitra, in Pauṣa the eternal Viṣṇu. Five thousand rays belong to Varuṇa in the sun's work.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.38
षड्भिः सहस्रैः पूषा तु देवो ऽशुसप्तभिस्तथा । धाताष्टभिः सहस्रैस्तु नवभिस्तु शतक्रतुः
ṣaḍbhiḥ sahasraiḥ pūṣā tu devo 'śusaptabhistathā / dhātāṣṭabhiḥ sahasraistu navabhistu śatakratuḥ
Pūṣā (burns) with six thousand, and the god Aṃśu likewise with seven, Dhātā with eight thousand, and Śatakratu (Indra) with nine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.39
सविता दशभिर्याति यात्येकादशभिर्भगः । सप्तभिस्तपते सित्रस्त्वष्टा चैवाष्टभिस्तपेत्
savitā daśabhiryāti yātyekādaśabhirbhagaḥ / saptabhistapate sitrastvaṣṭā caivāṣṭabhistapet
Savitā moves with ten (thousand), Bhaga moves with eleven; Mitra burns with seven, and Tvaṣṭā would burn with eight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.40
अर्यमा दशाभिर्याति पर्जन्यो नवभिस्तपेत् । षड्भी रश्मिसहस्रैस्तु विषणुस्तपति मेदिनीम्
aryamā daśābhiryāti parjanyo navabhistapet / ṣaḍbhī raśmisahasraistu viṣaṇustapati medinīm
Aryamā moves with ten (thousand), Parjanya burns with nine; and Viṣṇu burns the earth with six thousand rays.
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BndP 1 24.41
वसंते कपिलः सूर्यो ग्रीष्मेर्ऽकः कनकप्रभः । श्वेतवर्णस्तु वर्षासु पाण्डुः शरदि भास्करः
vasaṃte kapilaḥ sūryo grīṣmer'kaḥ kanakaprabhaḥ / śvetavarṇastu varṣāsu pāṇḍuḥ śaradi bhāskaraḥ
In spring the sun is tawny, in summer of golden radiance, in the rains white in colour, in autumn the light-maker is pale.
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BndP 1 24.42
हेमन्ते ताम्रवर्णस्तु शैशिरे लोहितो रविः । इति वर्णाः समा ख्याताः सूर्यस्यर्तुसमुद्भवाः
hemante tāmravarṇastu śaiśire lohito raviḥ / iti varṇāḥ samā khyātāḥ sūryasyartusamudbhavāḥ
In early winter he is copper-coloured, in late winter the sun is red. Thus are declared the colours of the sun, arising from the seasons.
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BndP 1 24.43
औषधीषु बलं धत्ते स्वधया च पिदृष्वपि । सूर्यो ऽमरेष्वप्यमृतं त्रयं त्रिषु न यच्छति
auṣadhīṣu balaṃ dhatte svadhayā ca pidṛṣvapi / sūryo 'mareṣvapyamṛtaṃ trayaṃ triṣu na yacchati
(The sun) places strength in the plants, and by svadhā (nourishment) in the fathers too; and among the immortals (he places) nectar — (thus) he grants the three (kinds of food) to the three (classes of beings).
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BndP 1 24.44
एवं रश्मिसहस्रं तु सौरं लोकार्थसाधकम् । भिद्यते ऋतुमासाद्य जलशीतोष्णनिस्रवम्
evaṃ raśmisahasraṃ tu sauraṃ lokārthasādhakam / bhidyate ṛtumāsādya jalaśītoṣṇanisravam
Thus the sun's thousand rays, which accomplish the purpose of the worlds, are divided according to the season, streaming forth water, cold, and heat.
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BndP 1 24.45
इत्येतन्मण्डलं शुक्लं भास्वरं सूर्य संज्ञितम् । नक्षत्रग्रहसोमानां प्रतिष्ठा योनिरेव च
ityetanmaṇḍalaṃ śuklaṃ bhāsvaraṃ sūrya saṃjñitam / nakṣatragrahasomānāṃ pratiṣṭhā yonireva ca
So this disc, white and shining, is named the sun; it is the support and indeed the womb of the constellations, the planets, and the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.46
चन्द्रऋक्षग्रहाः सर्वे विज्ञेयाः सूर्यसंभवाः । नक्षत्राधिपतिः सोमो ग्रह राजो दिवाकरः
candraṛkṣagrahāḥ sarve vijñeyāḥ sūryasaṃbhavāḥ / nakṣatrādhipatiḥ somo graha rājo divākaraḥ
The moon, the lunar mansions, and the planets are all to be known as arising from the sun. Soma is the lord of the constellations, and the day-maker (sun) is the king of the planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.47
शेषाः पञ्च ग्रहा ज्ञेया ईश्वराः कामचारिणः । पठ्यते चाग्निरादित्य उदकं चन्द्रमाः स्मृतः
śeṣāḥ pañca grahā jñeyā īśvarāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ / paṭhyate cāgnirāditya udakaṃ candramāḥ smṛtaḥ
The remaining five planets are to be known as lords moving at will. And the sun is declared to be fire, the moon is held to be water.
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BndP 1 24.48
शेषाणा प्रकृतीः स्मयग्वर्ण्यमाना निबोधत । सुरसेनापतिः स्कन्दः पठ्यते ऽङ्गारको ग्रहः
śeṣāṇā prakṛtīḥ smayagvarṇyamānā nibodhata / surasenāpatiḥ skandaḥ paṭhyate 'ṅgārako grahaḥ
Learn now the natures of the rest, as they are rightly described: the planet Mars is declared to be Skanda, the commander of the army of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.49
नारायणं बुधं प्राहुर्वेदज्ञानविदो बुधाः । रुद्रो वैवस्वतः साक्षाद्यमो लोकप्रभुः स्वयम्
nārāyaṇaṃ budhaṃ prāhurvedajñānavido budhāḥ / rudro vaivasvataḥ sākṣādyamo lokaprabhuḥ svayam
Those learned in the knowledge of the Veda call Mercury Nārāyaṇa; (Saturn is) Rudra, the son of Vivasvat, Yama himself in visible form, the lord of the worlds.
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BndP 1 24.50
महाग्रहो द्विजश्रेष्ठो मन्दगामी शनैश्वरः । देवासुरगुरू द्वौ तु भानुमन्तौ महा ग्रहौ
mahāgraho dvijaśreṣṭho mandagāmī śanaiśvaraḥ / devāsuragurū dvau tu bhānumantau mahā grahau
Slow-moving Śanaiścara (Saturn) is the great planet, foremost of the twice-born. And the two teachers of the gods and the asuras are two great luminous planets.
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BndP 1 24.51
प्रजापतिसुतावेतावुभौ शुक्रबृहस्पती । आदित्यमूलमखिलं त्रैलोक्यं नात्र संशयः
prajāpatisutāvetāvubhau śukrabṛhaspatī / ādityamūlamakhilaṃ trailokyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
These two, Śukra and Bṛhaspati, are both sons of Prajāpati. The whole triple world has the sun as its root — there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.52
भवत्यस्माज्जगत्कृत्स्नं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । रुद्रोपेन्द्रेन्द्रचन्द्राणां विप्रेन्द्रास्त्रिदिवौकसाम्
bhavatyasmājjagatkṛtsnaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam / rudropendrendracandrāṇāṃ viprendrāstridivaukasām
From him arises this entire world with its gods, asuras, and men; (from him comes) the (splendour) of Rudra, Upendra, Indra, and the moon, of the chiefs of brahmins and of the dwellers in heaven —
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BndP 1 24.53
द्युतिर्द्युतिमतां कृत्स्नं यत्तेजः सार्वलौकिकम् । सर्वात्मा सर्वलोकेशो महादेवः प्रजापतिः
dyutirdyutimatāṃ kṛtsnaṃ yattejaḥ sārvalaukikam / sarvātmā sarvalokeśo mahādevaḥ prajāpatiḥ
— the radiance of the radiant, and whatever splendour belongs to all the worlds. (He is) the self of all, lord of all worlds, the great god, Prajāpati.
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BndP 1 24.54
सूर्य एव त्रिलोकस्य सूलं परमदैवतम् । ततः संजायते सर्वं तत्र चैव प्रलीयते
sūrya eva trilokasya sūlaṃ paramadaivatam / tataḥ saṃjāyate sarvaṃ tatra caiva pralīyate
The sun alone is the pillar of the three worlds, the supreme deity. From him everything is born, and in him it dissolves away.
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BndP 1 24.55
भावाभावौ हि लोकानामादित्यान्निःमृतौ पुरा । जगज्ज्ञेयो ग्रहो विप्रा दीप्तिमान्सुप्रभो रविः
bhāvābhāvau hi lokānāmādityānniḥmṛtau purā / jagajjñeyo graho viprā dīptimānsuprabho raviḥ
For the existence and non-existence of the worlds issued forth from the sun of old. The sun, O brahmins, is to be known as the planet of the world, blazing and of fair splendour.
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BndP 1 24.56
अत्र गच्छन्ति निधनं जायन्ते च पुनः पुनः । क्षणा मुहूर्त्ता दिवसा निशाः पक्षाश्च कृत्स्नशः
atra gacchanti nidhanaṃ jāyante ca punaḥ punaḥ / kṣaṇā muhūrttā divasā niśāḥ pakṣāśca kṛtsnaśaḥ
In him moments, hours, days, nights, and fortnights in their entirety come to their end and are born again and again,
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BndP 1 24.57
मासाः संवत्सराश्चैव ऋतवो ऽथ युगानि च । तदादित्यादृते ह्येषा कालंसख्या न विद्यते
māsāḥ saṃvatsarāścaiva ṛtavo 'tha yugāni ca / tadādityādṛte hyeṣā kālaṃsakhyā na vidyate
and months and years and seasons and ages too. For without the sun this reckoning of time does not exist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.58
कालादृते न निगमो न दीक्षा नाह्निकक्रमः । ऋतूनामविभागाच्च पुष्पमूलफलं कुतः
kālādṛte na nigamo na dīkṣā nāhnikakramaḥ / ṛtūnāmavibhāgācca puṣpamūlaphalaṃ kutaḥ
Without time there is no recitation of scripture, no consecration, no order of daily rites; and since the seasons would not be divided, whence flower, root, and fruit?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.59
कुतः सस्यविनिष्पत्तिस्तृणौषधिगणो ऽपि वा । अभावो व्यवहाराणां जन्तूनां दिवि चैह च
kutaḥ sasyaviniṣpattistṛṇauṣadhigaṇo 'pi vā / abhāvo vyavahārāṇāṃ jantūnāṃ divi caiha ca
Whence the ripening of crops, or the host of grasses and herbs? (There would be) an absence of the transactions of creatures, both in heaven and here,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.60
जगत्प्रतापनमृते भास्करं वारितस्करम् । स एष कालश्चाग्निश्च द्वादशात्मा प्रजापतिः
jagatpratāpanamṛte bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram / sa eṣa kālaścāgniśca dvādaśātmā prajāpatiḥ
without the sun, the heater of the world, the stealer of the waters. This very one is time and fire, Prajāpati of twelve forms.
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BndP 1 24.61
तपत्येष द्विजश्रेष्ठास्त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । स एष तेचसां राशिस्तमो घ्रन्सार्वलौकिकम्
tapatyeṣa dvijaśreṣṭhāstrailokyaṃ sacarācaram / sa eṣa tecasāṃ rāśistamo ghransārvalaukikam
He heats the three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings, O best of the twice-born. He is the mass of radiances, the destroyer of the darkness belonging to all the worlds.
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BndP 1 24.62
उत्तमं मार्गमास्थाय वायोर्भाभिरिदं जगत् । पार्श्वमूर्ध्वमधश्चैव तापयत्येष सर्वशः
uttamaṃ mārgamāsthāya vāyorbhābhiridaṃ jagat / pārśvamūrdhvamadhaścaiva tāpayatyeṣa sarvaśaḥ
Taking the highest path of the wind, with his rays he heats this world on all sides — to the side, above, and below.
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BndP 1 24.63
यथा प्रभाकरो दीपोगृहमध्ये ऽवलंबितः । पार्श्वमूर्ध्वमधश्चैव तमो नाशयते समम्
yathā prabhākaro dīpogṛhamadhye 'valaṃbitaḥ / pārśvamūrdhvamadhaścaiva tamo nāśayate samam
Just as a light-giving lamp hung in the middle of a house destroys the darkness equally at the sides, above, and below,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.64
तद्वत्सहस्रकिरणो ग्रहराजो जगत्पतिः । सूर्यो गोभिर्जगत्सर्वमादीपयति सर्वतः
tadvatsahasrakiraṇo graharājo jagatpatiḥ / sūryo gobhirjagatsarvamādīpayati sarvataḥ
so the thousand-rayed king of planets, lord of the world, the sun, illumines this whole world on every side with his rays.
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BndP 1 24.65
रवे रश्मिसहस्रं यत्प्राङ्मया समुदात्दृतम् । तेषां श्रेष्ठाः पुनः सप्त रश्मयो ग्रहयो नयः
rave raśmisahasraṃ yatprāṅmayā samudātdṛtam / teṣāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ punaḥ sapta raśmayo grahayo nayaḥ
Of the sun's thousand rays which I set forth earlier, seven rays again are the best, (being) the sources of the planets.
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BndP 1 24.66
सुषुम्णो हरिकेशश्च विश्वकर्मा तथैव च । विश्वश्रवाः पुनश्चान्यः संपद्वसुरतः परः
suṣumṇo harikeśaśca viśvakarmā tathaiva ca / viśvaśravāḥ punaścānyaḥ saṃpadvasurataḥ paraḥ
Suṣumṇa, and Harikeśa, and likewise Viśvakarman, and again another, Viśvaśravas, and beyond that Saṃpadvasu,
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BndP 1 24.67
अर्वावसुः पुनश्चान्यः स्वराडन्यः प्रकीर्त्तितः । सुषुम्णः सूर्यरश्मिस्तु क्षीण शशिनमेधयेत्
arvāvasuḥ punaścānyaḥ svarāḍanyaḥ prakīrttitaḥ / suṣumṇaḥ sūryaraśmistu kṣīṇa śaśinamedhayet
and again another, Arvāvasu, and another is proclaimed, Svarāj. Now the sun's ray Suṣumṇa nourishes the waned moon.
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BndP 1 24.68
तिर्यगूर्ध्वप्रचारो ऽसौ सुषुम्णः परिकीर्त्तितः । हरि केशः पुरस्ताद्य ऋक्षयोनिः स कीत्यते
tiryagūrdhvapracāro 'sau suṣumṇaḥ parikīrttitaḥ / hari keśaḥ purastādya ṛkṣayoniḥ sa kītyate
That Suṣumṇa is declared to move crosswise and upward; and Harikeśa, which is in the east, is called the source of the stars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.69
दक्षिणे विश्वकर्मा तु रश्मिन्वर्द्धयते वुधम् । विश्वश्रवास्तु यः पश्चच्छुक्रयोनिः स्मृतो बुधैः
dakṣiṇe viśvakarmā tu raśminvarddhayate vudham / viśvaśravāstu yaḥ paścacchukrayoniḥ smṛto budhaiḥ
But Viśvakarman in the south makes the ray of Mercury increase; and Viśvaśravas, which is in the west, is held by the wise to be the source of Venus.
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BndP 1 24.70
संपद्वसुस्तु यो रश्मिः स योनिर्लोहितस्य तु । षष्ठस्त्वर्व्वावसू रश्मिर्योनिस्तु स बृहस्पतेः
saṃpadvasustu yo raśmiḥ sa yonirlohitasya tu / ṣaṣṭhastvarvvāvasū raśmiryonistu sa bṛhaspateḥ
And the ray which is Saṃpadvasu, that is the source of the Red One (Mars); and the sixth ray, Arvāvasu, that is the source of Bṛhaspati (Jupiter).
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BndP 1 24.71
शनैश्चरंपुन श्चापि रश्मिराप्यायते स्वराट् । एवं सूर्यप्रभावेण ग्रहनक्षत्रतारकाः
śanaiścaraṃpuna ścāpi raśmirāpyāyate svarāṭ / evaṃ sūryaprabhāveṇa grahanakṣatratārakāḥ
And again the ray Svarāj replenishes Saturn. Thus by the sun's power the planets, lunar mansions, and stars
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BndP 1 24.72
वर्त्न्ते दिवि ताः सर्वा विश्वं चैदं पुनर्जगत् । नक्षीयन्ते यतस्तानि तस्मान्नक्षत्रसंज्ञिताः
vartnte divi tāḥ sarvā viśvaṃ caidaṃ punarjagat / nakṣīyante yatastāni tasmānnakṣatrasaṃjñitāḥ
— all those move in the sky, and again this whole world (moves). Since they do not waste away (na kṣīyante), they are therefore named nakṣatras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.73
क्षेत्राण्येतानि वै पूर्वमापतन्ति गभस्तिभिः । तेषां क्षेत्राण्यथादत्ते सूर्यो नक्षत्रकारकाः
kṣetrāṇyetāni vai pūrvamāpatanti gabhastibhiḥ / teṣāṃ kṣetrāṇyathādatte sūryo nakṣatrakārakāḥ
These fields (of theirs) first come under (the sun's) rays; the sun then takes their fields, (they being) the makers of the lunar mansions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.74
तीर्णानां सुकृतेनेह सुकृतान्ते ग्रहाश्रयात् । तारणात्तारका ह्येताः शुक्लत्वाच्चैव तारकाः
tīrṇānāṃ sukṛteneha sukṛtānte grahāśrayāt / tāraṇāttārakā hyetāḥ śuklatvāccaiva tārakāḥ
Of those who have crossed over here by their merit, at the end of their merit, through resort to the planets — because of (this) carrying across (tāraṇa) these are tārakās, and also tārakās from their whiteness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.75
दिव्यानां पार्थिवानां च नैशानां चैव सर्वशः । आदानान्नित्यमादित्यस्तेजसा तपसामपि
divyānāṃ pārthivānāṃ ca naiśānāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ / ādānānnityamādityastejasā tapasāmapi
Because he constantly takes up (ādāna), by his heat, (the powers) of the heavenly, the earthly, and the nocturnal (lights) in every way, and of the austerities too, he is Āditya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.76
स्वनं स्यन्दनार्थे चु धातुरेषु विभाव्यते । स्वनात्तेजसो ऽपां च तेनासौ सविता मतः
svanaṃ syandanārthe cu dhātureṣu vibhāvyate / svanāttejaso 'pāṃ ca tenāsau savitā mataḥ
Among the verbal roots, 'su' is understood in the sense of flowing forth; from his flowing forth of light and of waters, he is therefore held to be Savitā.
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BndP 1 24.77
बह्वर्थश्चदिरित्येष ह्लादने धातुरुच्यते । शुक्लत्वे चामृतत्वे च शीतत्वे च विभाव्यते
bahvarthaścadirityeṣa hlādane dhāturucyate / śuklatve cāmṛtatve ca śītatve ca vibhāvyate
And this root 'cadi' has many meanings; it is said (to be used) in the sense of gladdening, and is understood in the senses of whiteness, immortality, and coolness.
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BndP 1 24.78
सूर्याचन्द्रमसो र्दिव्ये मण्डले भास्वरे खगे । जलतेचौमये शुक्ले वृत्तकुंभनिभे शुभे
sūryācandramaso rdivye maṇḍale bhāsvare khage / jalatecaumaye śukle vṛttakuṃbhanibhe śubhe
The two divine orbs of the sun and the moon, shining and moving in the sky, are made of water and of fire (respectively), white, auspicious, like a round pot.
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BndP 1 24.79
घनतोयात्मकं तत्र मण्डलं शशिनः स्मृतम् । घनतेजोमयं शुक्लं मण्डलं भास्करस्य तु
ghanatoyātmakaṃ tatra maṇḍalaṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtam / ghanatejomayaṃ śuklaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhāskarasya tu
Of these, the orb of the moon is held to consist of dense water; but the white orb of the sun is made of dense fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.80
विशन्ति सर्वदेवास्तु स्थानान्येतानि सर्वशः । मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ऋक्षसूर्यग्रहाश्रयाः
viśanti sarvadevāstu sthānānyetāni sarvaśaḥ / manvantareṣu sarveṣu ṛkṣasūryagrahāśrayāḥ
And all the gods enter these stations in every way; in all the manvantaras they take their abode in the stars, the sun, and the planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.81
तानि देवगृहाण्येव तदाख्यास्ते भवन्ति च । सौरं सूर्यो विशेत्स्थानं सौम्यं सोमस्तथैव च
tāni devagṛhāṇyeva tadākhyāste bhavanti ca / sauraṃ sūryo viśetsthānaṃ saumyaṃ somastathaiva ca
Those (stations) are indeed the houses of the gods, and they come to bear their names: the sun enters the solar station, and Soma likewise the lunar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.82
शौक्रं शुक्रो विशेत्स्थानं षोड शार्चिः प्रभास्वरम् । जैवं बृहस्पतिश्चैव लौहितं चैव लोहितः
śaukraṃ śukro viśetsthānaṃ ṣoḍa śārciḥ prabhāsvaram / jaivaṃ bṛhaspatiścaiva lauhitaṃ caiva lohitaḥ
Venus enters the station of Venus, sixteen-rayed and radiant; and Bṛhaspati the Jovian, and the Red One (Mars) the red (station).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.83
शनैश्चरो र्विशेत्स्थानं देवः शानैस्चरं तथा । बौधं बुधो ऽथ स्वर्भानुः स्वर्भानुस्थानमास्थितः
śanaiścaro rviśetsthānaṃ devaḥ śānaiscaraṃ tathā / baudhaṃ budho 'tha svarbhānuḥ svarbhānusthānamāsthitaḥ
The god Saturn would enter the station of Saturn, likewise; Mercury (enters) the Mercurial (station), and then Svarbhānu abides in Svarbhānu's station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.84
नक्षत्राणि च सर्वाणि नक्षत्राणि विशन्त्युत । गृहाण्येतानि सर्वाणि ज्योतींषि सुकृतात्म नाम्
nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi nakṣatrāṇi viśantyuta / gṛhāṇyetāni sarvāṇi jyotīṃṣi sukṛtātma nām
And all the constellations enter the constellations; all these are the houses, the luminaries, of those whose selves are (made of) good deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.85
कल्पादौ संप्रवृत्तानि निर्मितानि स्वयंभुवा । स्थानान्येतानि तिष्ठन्ति यावदात्रूतसंप्लवम्
kalpādau saṃpravṛttāni nirmitāni svayaṃbhuvā / sthānānyetāni tiṣṭhanti yāvadātrūtasaṃplavam
Set in motion at the beginning of the kalpa, fashioned by the Self-existent, these stations remain until the dissolution (of all beings).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.86
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु देवस्थानानि तानि वै । अभिमानिनो ऽवतिष्ठन्ते देवस्थानानि वै पुनः
manvantareṣu sarveṣu devasthānāni tāni vai / abhimānino 'vatiṣṭhante devasthānāni vai punaḥ
In all the manvantaras those (same) are indeed the stations of the gods; the (deities) who identify themselves (with them) take their stand again in the stations of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.87
अतीतैस्तु सहातीता भाव्या भाव्यैः सुरैः सह । वर्त्तन्ते वर्त्तमानैश्च स्थानिभिस्तैः सुरैः सह । अस्मिन्मन्वन्तरे चैव ग्रहा वैतानिकाः स्मृताः
atītaistu sahātītā bhāvyā bhāvyaiḥ suraiḥ saha / varttante varttamānaiśca sthānibhistaiḥ suraiḥ saha / asminmanvantare caiva grahā vaitānikāḥ smṛtāḥ
With the past (gods) the past ones (have gone), the future ones (will be) together with the future gods, and the present ones continue along with those gods who occupy the stations; and in this manvantara the planets are held to be those that belong to the (sacred) fires.
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BndP 1 24.88
विवस्वानदितेः पुत्रः सूर्यो वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे । त्विषिनामा धर्मसुतः सोमो देवो वसुः स्मृतः
vivasvānaditeḥ putraḥ sūryo vaivasvate 'ntare / tviṣināmā dharmasutaḥ somo devo vasuḥ smṛtaḥ
In the Vaivasvata (manvantara) the sun is Vivasvān, the son of Aditi; the moon, the god named Tviṣi, son of Dharma, is held to be a Vasu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.89
शुक्रो देवस्तु विज्ञेयो भार्गवो ऽसुरयाजकः । बृहत्तेजाः स्मृतो देवो देवाचार्यो ऽगि रस्सुतः
śukro devastu vijñeyo bhārgavo 'surayājakaḥ / bṛhattejāḥ smṛto devo devācāryo 'gi rassutaḥ
Venus is to be known as the god Bhārgava, the sacrificial priest of the asuras; and the god called Bṛhattejas, the preceptor of the gods, is held to be the son of Aṅgiras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.90
बुधो मनोहरश्चैव त्विषिपुत्रस्तु स स्मृतः । शनैश्चरो विरूपस्तु संज्ञापुत्रो विवस्वतः
budho manoharaścaiva tviṣiputrastu sa smṛtaḥ / śanaiścaro virūpastu saṃjñāputro vivasvataḥ
Mercury is Manohara, and he is held to be the son of Tviṣi; Saturn is Virūpa, the son of Saṃjñā and of Vivasvān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.91
अग्नेर्विकेश्यां जज्ञे तु युवासौ लोहिताधिपः । नक्षत्राण्यृक्षनामानो दाक्षायण्यस्तु ताः स्मृताः
agnervikeśyāṃ jajñe tu yuvāsau lohitādhipaḥ / nakṣatrāṇyṛkṣanāmāno dākṣāyaṇyastu tāḥ smṛtāḥ
And that youthful lord of the red (planet, Mars) was born of Agni in Vikeśī; the constellations bear the names of stars, and they are held to be the daughters of Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.92
स्वर्भानुः सिंहिकापुत्रो भूतसंतापनो ऽसुरः । सोमर्क्षग्रहसूर्येषु कीर्त्तिता ह्यभिमानिनः
svarbhānuḥ siṃhikāputro bhūtasaṃtāpano 'suraḥ / somarkṣagrahasūryeṣu kīrttitā hyabhimāninaḥ
Svarbhānu is the son of Siṃhikā, the asura who torments beings; thus have been declared those who preside over the moon, the stars, the planets and the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.93
स्थानान्येतानि चोक्तानि स्थानिनश्चाथ देवताः । शुक्लमग्निमयं स्थानं सहस्रांशोर्विवस्वतः
sthānānyetāni coktāni sthāninaścātha devatāḥ / śuklamagnimayaṃ sthānaṃ sahasrāṃśorvivasvataḥ
These stations have been stated, and also the occupants of the stations, the deities. White and made of fire is the station of the thousand-rayed Vivasvān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.94
सहस्रांशोस्त्विषेः स्थानमम्मयं शुक्लमेव च । आप्यं श्यामं मनोज्ञस्य पञ्चरश्मेर्गृहं स्मृतम्
sahasrāṃśostviṣeḥ sthānamammayaṃ śuklameva ca / āpyaṃ śyāmaṃ manojñasya pañcaraśmergṛhaṃ smṛtam
The station of the thousand-rayed Tviṣi (the moon) is made of water and is white; watery and dark is the house held to belong to Manojña (Mercury) of the five rays.
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BndP 1 24.95
शुक्रस्याप्यम्मयं शुक्लं पद्मं षौडःशरश्मिषु । नवरश्मेस्तु भौमस्य लौहितं स्थानमम्मयम्
śukrasyāpyammayaṃ śuklaṃ padmaṃ ṣauḍaḥśaraśmiṣu / navaraśmestu bhaumasya lauhitaṃ sthānamammayam
Venus's is likewise watery, white, lotus-like, among (bodies) of sixteen rays; and of Mars of the nine rays the station is red and made of water.
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BndP 1 24.96
हरिदाप्यं बृहत्स्थानं द्वादशांशैर्बृहस्पतेः । अषृ रश्मिगृहं प्रोक्तं कृष्णं मन्दस्य चाम्मयम्
haridāpyaṃ bṛhatsthānaṃ dvādaśāṃśairbṛhaspateḥ / aṣṛ raśmigṛhaṃ proktaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ mandasya cāmmayam
Yellow and watery is the great station of Bṛhaspati, who has twelve rays; and the house of the slow one (Saturn), having eight rays, is said to be black and made of water.
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BndP 1 24.97
स्वर्भानोस्तामसं स्थानं भूतसंतापनालयम् । विज्ञेयास्तारकाः सर्वा अम्मयास्त्त्वे करश्मयः
svarbhānostāmasaṃ sthānaṃ bhūtasaṃtāpanālayam / vijñeyāstārakāḥ sarvā ammayāsttve karaśmayaḥ
Svarbhānu's station is of darkness, the dwelling of him who torments beings; all the stars are to be known as made of water and having their own single rays.
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BndP 1 24.98
आश्रयाः पुण्यकीर्तीनां सुशुक्लाश्चापि वर्णतः । घनतोयात्मिका ज्ञेयाः कल्पादावेव निर्मिताः
āśrayāḥ puṇyakīrtīnāṃ suśuklāścāpi varṇataḥ / ghanatoyātmikā jñeyāḥ kalpādāveva nirmitāḥ
They are the abodes of those of meritorious fame, and also very white in colour; they are to be known as consisting of dense water, fashioned at the very beginning of the kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.99
आदित्यरश्मिसंयोगात्संप्रकाशात्मिकाः स्मृताः । नवयोजनसाहस्रो विष्कंभः सवितुः स्मृतः
ādityaraśmisaṃyogātsaṃprakāśātmikāḥ smṛtāḥ / navayojanasāhasro viṣkaṃbhaḥ savituḥ smṛtaḥ
By contact with the sun's rays they are held to be luminous. The diameter of the sun is said to be nine thousand yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.100
त्रिगुणास्तस्य विस्तारो मण्डलस्य प्रमाणतः । द्विगुणः सूर्यविस्ताराद्विस्तारः शशिनः स्मृतः
triguṇāstasya vistāro maṇḍalasya pramāṇataḥ / dviguṇaḥ sūryavistārādvistāraḥ śaśinaḥ smṛtaḥ
Threefold that is his extent, by the measure of his disc; and the extent of the moon is said to be twice the sun's extent.
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BndP 1 24.101
तुल्यस्तयोस्तु स्वर्भानुर्भूत्वाधस्तात्प्रसर्पति । उद्धृत्य पृथिवीछायां निर्मितो मण्डलाकृतिः
tulyastayostu svarbhānurbhūtvādhastātprasarpati / uddhṛtya pṛthivīchāyāṃ nirmito maṇḍalākṛtiḥ
Svarbhānu, being equal to those two, moves along below (them); fashioned from the earth's shadow drawn up, he has the shape of a disc.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.102
स्वर्भानोस्तु बृहत्स्थानं तृतीयं यत्तमोमयम् । आदित्यात्तच्च निष्क्रम्य सोमं गच्छति पर्वसु
svarbhānostu bṛhatsthānaṃ tṛtīyaṃ yattamomayam / ādityāttacca niṣkramya somaṃ gacchati parvasu
Svarbhānu's great station is the third one, which is made of darkness; and issuing from the sun it goes to the moon at the junctures (of the lunar fortnights).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.103
आदित्यमेति सोमाच्च पुनः सौरेषु पर्वसु । स्वर्भासा नुदते यस्मात्तस्मात्स्वर्भानुरुच्यते
ādityameti somācca punaḥ saureṣu parvasu / svarbhāsā nudate yasmāttasmātsvarbhānurucyate
He goes to the sun, and from the moon again, at the sun's conjunction-days; because he thrusts (them) aside with the light of heaven (svar-bhās), he is therefore called Svarbhānu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.104
चन्द्रस्य षोडशो भागो भार्गवस्तु विधीयते । विष्कंभान्मण्डलाच्चैव योजनाग्रात्प्रमाणतः
candrasya ṣoḍaśo bhāgo bhārgavastu vidhīyate / viṣkaṃbhānmaṇḍalāccaiva yojanāgrātpramāṇataḥ
Bhārgava (Venus) is laid down as a sixteenth part of the moon, in diameter and in disc, by measure in yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.105
भार्गवात्पादहीनस्तु विज्ञेयो वै बृहस्पतिः । बृहस्पतेः पाद हीनौ भौमसौरावुभौ स्मृतौ
bhārgavātpādahīnastu vijñeyo vai bṛhaspatiḥ / bṛhaspateḥ pāda hīnau bhaumasaurāvubhau smṛtau
Bṛhaspati (Jupiter) is to be known as smaller than Bhārgava by a quarter; and both Mars and Saturn are held to be smaller than Bṛhaspati by a quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.106
विस्तारान्मण्डलाच्चैव पादहीनस्तयोर्बुधः । तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि वपुष्मन्ति च यानि वै
vistārānmaṇḍalāccaiva pādahīnastayorbudhaḥ / tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi vapuṣmanti ca yāni vai
Budha (Mercury) is smaller than those two by a quarter in breadth and in disc; and the stars, the nakṣatra-forms, which possess bodies—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.107
बुधेन समरूपाणि विस्तारान्मण्डलाच्च वै । प्रायशश्चन्द्रयोगीनि विद्यादृक्षाणि तत्त्ववित्
budhena samarūpāṇi vistārānmaṇḍalācca vai / prāyaśaścandrayogīni vidyādṛkṣāṇi tattvavit
—these are equal in form to Mercury in breadth and in disc; one who knows the truth should know that the constellations are for the most part conjoined with the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.108
तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि हीनानि तु परस्परात् । शतानि पञ्च चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैव योजने
tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi hīnāni tu parasparāt / śatāni pañca catvāri trīṇi dve caiva yojane
The stars, the nakṣatra-forms, are less than one another by five hundred, four hundred, three hundred, and two hundred yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.109
पूर्वापरनिकृष्टानि तारकामण्डलानि च । योजनाद्यर्द्धमात्राणि तेभ्यो ह्रस्वं न विद्यते
pūrvāparanikṛṣṭāni tārakāmaṇḍalāni ca / yojanādyarddhamātrāṇi tebhyo hrasvaṃ na vidyate
And the discs of the stars, diminished the later after the earlier, are of half a yojana and upward in measure; smaller than these none is found.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.110
उपरिष्टात्त्रयस्तेषां ग्रहा ये दूरसर्पिणः । सौरोङ्गिराश्च वक्रश्च ज्ञेया मन्दविचारिणः
upariṣṭāttrayasteṣāṃ grahā ye dūrasarpiṇaḥ / sauroṅgirāśca vakraśca jñeyā mandavicāriṇaḥ
Above these are three planets which move at a distance: Saturn, Aṅgiras (Jupiter), and Vakra (Mars) are to be known as slow-moving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.111
तेभ्यो ऽध स्तात्तु चत्वारः पुनरेव महाग्रहाः । सूर्यसोमौ बुधश्चैव भार्गवश्चैव शीघ्रगाः
tebhyo 'dha stāttu catvāraḥ punareva mahāgrahāḥ / sūryasomau budhaścaiva bhārgavaścaiva śīghragāḥ
Below these again are four great planets: the sun and the moon, Mercury, and Bhārgava (Venus), which are swift-going.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.112
तावत्यस्तारकाकोट्यो यावदृक्षाणि सर्वशः । विधिना नियमाच्चैषामृक्षचर्या व्यवस्थिता
tāvatyastārakākoṭyo yāvadṛkṣāṇi sarvaśaḥ / vidhinā niyamāccaiṣāmṛkṣacaryā vyavasthitā
There are as many crores of stars as there are constellations altogether; and by rule and by fixed law the course of the constellations has been established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.113
गतिस्तासु च सूर्यस्य नीचौच्चे त्वयनक्रमात् । उत्तरायणमार्गस्थो यदा पर्वसु चन्द्रमाः
gatistāsu ca sūryasya nīcaucce tvayanakramāt / uttarāyaṇamārgastho yadā parvasu candramāḥ
And among them the sun's motion is low and high according to the sequence of its (two) courses. When at the junction-days the moon stands on the northward path,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.114
उच्चत्वाद्दृश्यते शीघ्रं नीतिव्यक्तैर्गभस्तिभिः । तदा दक्षिणमार्गस्यो नीयां विथीमुपाश्रितः
uccatvāddṛśyate śīghraṃ nītivyaktairgabhastibhiḥ / tadā dakṣiṇamārgasyo nīyāṃ vithīmupāśritaḥ
it is seen quickly, because of its height, by rays that are... clear (?); but then, standing on the southern path, it keeps to the lower lane.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.115
भूमि लेखावृतः सूर्यः पूर्णामावास्ययोः सदा । न दृश्यते यथाकालं शीघ्रमस्तमुपैति च
bhūmi lekhāvṛtaḥ sūryaḥ pūrṇāmāvāsyayoḥ sadā / na dṛśyate yathākālaṃ śīghramastamupaiti ca
Encircled by the line of the earth, the sun at the full moon and at the new moon is always not seen at the (proper) time, and quickly goes to setting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.116
तस्मादुत्तरमार्गस्थो ह्यमावस्यां निशाकरः । दृश्यते दक्षिणे मार्गे नियमाद्दृश्यते न च
tasmāduttaramārgastho hyamāvasyāṃ niśākaraḥ / dṛśyate dakṣiṇe mārge niyamāddṛśyate na ca
Therefore the moon, standing on the northern path, is seen on the new-moon day; but on the southern path, by rule, it is not seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.117
ज्योतिषां गतियोगेन सूर्याचन्द्रमसावृतः । समानकालास्तमयौ विषुवत्सु समोदयौ
jyotiṣāṃ gatiyogena sūryācandramasāvṛtaḥ / samānakālāstamayau viṣuvatsu samodayau
By the conjunction of the motions of the luminaries, the sun and the moon are encompassed; at the equinoxes their settings are at the same time and their risings equal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.118
उत्तरासु च वीथीषु व्यन्तरास्तमनोदयौ । पूर्णामवास्ययोर्ज्ञोयौ ज्योतिश्चक्रानुवर्तिनौ
uttarāsu ca vīthīṣu vyantarāstamanodayau / pūrṇāmavāsyayorjñoyau jyotiścakrānuvartinau
But in the northern lanes their settings and risings are at different times; they are to be known, at full moon and new moon, as following the circle of the luminaries.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.119
दक्षिणायनमार्गस्थो यदा चरति रश्मिवान् । तदा सर्वग्रहाणां च सूर्यो ऽधस्तात्प्रसर्पति
dakṣiṇāyanamārgastho yadā carati raśmivān / tadā sarvagrahāṇāṃ ca sūryo 'dhastātprasarpati
When the ray-possessing one (the sun) travels standing on the southern course, then the sun creeps along below all the planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.120
विस्तीर्ण मण्डलं कृत्वा तस्योर्द्ध्व चरते शशी । नक्षत्रमण्डलं कृत्स्नं सोमादूर्द्ध्व प्रसर्पति
vistīrṇa maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā tasyorddhva carate śaśī / nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ somādūrddhva prasarpati
Making a wide circle, the moon moves above it; and the whole circle of the constellations moves above the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.121
नक्षत्रेभ्यो बुधश्चोर्द्ध्र बुधादूर्द्ध्वं तु भार्गवः । वक्रस्तु भार्गवादूर्द्ध्व वक्रादूर्द्ध्वं बृहस्पतिः
nakṣatrebhyo budhaścorddhra budhādūrddhvaṃ tu bhārgavaḥ / vakrastu bhārgavādūrddhva vakrādūrddhvaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ
Mercury is above the constellations, and Bhārgava (Venus) above Mercury; Vakra (Mars) is above Bhārgava, and Bṛhaspati above Vakra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.122
तस्माच्छनैश्चरश्चोर्द्ध्वं तस्मात्सप्तर्षिमण्डलम् । ऋषीणां चापि सप्तानां ध्रुव ऊर्द्ध्वं व्यवस्थितः
tasmācchanaiścaraścorddhvaṃ tasmātsaptarṣimaṇḍalam / ṛṣīṇāṃ cāpi saptānāṃ dhruva ūrddhvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ
Above him is Śanaiścara (Saturn), and above him the circle of the seven sages; and above the seven sages Dhruva is established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.123
द्विगुणेषु सहस्रेषु योजनानां शतेषु च । ताराग्रहान्तराणि स्युरुपरिष्टाद्यथाक्रमम्
dviguṇeṣu sahasreṣu yojanānāṃ śateṣu ca / tārāgrahāntarāṇi syurupariṣṭādyathākramam
At two thousand and (some) hundreds of yojanas — thus the intervals between the stars and the planets are, one above the other, in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.124
ग्रहाश्च चन्द्रसूर्यौं च दिवि दिव्येन तेज सा । नित्यमृक्षेषु युज्यन्ते गच्छन्तो नियताः क्रमात्
grahāśca candrasūryauṃ ca divi divyena teja sā / nityamṛkṣeṣu yujyante gacchanto niyatāḥ kramāt
The planets and the moon and the sun, with their divine radiance, are constantly conjoined with the lunar mansions in the sky, moving on, fixed in their order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.125
ग्रहनक्षत्रसूर्यास्तु नीचोच्चमृजवस्तथा । समागमे च भेदे च पश्यन्ति युगपत्प्रजाः
grahanakṣatrasūryāstu nīcoccamṛjavastathā / samāgame ca bhede ca paśyanti yugapatprajāḥ
But the planets, the lunar mansions and the suns, whether low, high, or straight (in course), at their meeting and at their separation, the creatures see all at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.126
परस्परस्थिता ह्येते युज्यन्ते च परस्परम् । असंकरेण विज्ञेयस्तेषां योगस्तु वै बुधैः
parasparasthitā hyete yujyante ca parasparam / asaṃkareṇa vijñeyasteṣāṃ yogastu vai budhaiḥ
For these, standing in relation to one another, are conjoined with one another; their conjunction is to be understood by the wise without confusion (of one with another).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.127
इत्येवं सन्निवेशो वै वृथिव्या ज्यौतिषस्य च । द्विपानामुदधीनां च पर्वतानां त्थैव च
ityevaṃ sanniveśo vai vṛthivyā jyautiṣasya ca / dvipānāmudadhīnāṃ ca parvatānāṃ tthaiva ca
Such, then, is the arrangement of the earth and of the luminaries, and of the continents and the oceans, and likewise of the mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.128
वर्षाणां च नदीनां च ये च तेषु वसंति वै । एतेष्वेव ग्रहाः सर्वे नक्षत्रेषु समुत्थिताः
varṣāṇāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca ye ca teṣu vasaṃti vai / eteṣveva grahāḥ sarve nakṣatreṣu samutthitāḥ
and of the regions and the rivers and those who dwell in them. And it is in these very lunar mansions that all the planets have arisen:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.129
विवस्वानदितेः पुत्रः सूर्यो वै चाक्षुषेंऽतरे । विशाखासु समुत्पन्नो ग्रहाणां प्रथमो ग्रहः
vivasvānaditeḥ putraḥ sūryo vai cākṣuṣeṃ'tare / viśākhāsu samutpanno grahāṇāṃ prathamo grahaḥ
Vivasvat, son of Aditi, the sun, arose indeed in (the asterism) Viśākhā in the Cākṣuṣa interval (manvantara); he is the first of the planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.130
त्विषिमान् धर्मपुत्रस्तु सोमो देवो वसोस्सुतः । शीतरश्मिः समुत्पन्नः कृत्तिकासु निशाकरः
tviṣimān dharmaputrastu somo devo vasossutaḥ / śītaraśmiḥ samutpannaḥ kṛttikāsu niśākaraḥ
The radiant Soma, son of Dharma, the god, the son of Vasu, of cool rays, the night-maker, arose in the Kṛttikās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.131
षोडशार्चिर्भृगोः पुत्रः शुक्रः सूर्यादनन्तरम् । ताराग्रहाणां प्रवरस्तिष्यऋक्षे समुत्थितः
ṣoḍaśārcirbhṛgoḥ putraḥ śukraḥ sūryādanantaram / tārāgrahāṇāṃ pravarastiṣyaṛkṣe samutthitaḥ
Śukra, son of Bhṛgu, of sixteen rays, next after the sun, foremost among the star-planets, arose in the asterism Tiṣya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.132
ग्रहश्चाङ्गिरसः पुत्रो द्वादशार्चिर्बृहस्पतिः । फाल्गुनीषु समुत्पन्नः पूर्वासु च जगद्गुरुः
grahaścāṅgirasaḥ putro dvādaśārcirbṛhaspatiḥ / phālgunīṣu samutpannaḥ pūrvāsu ca jagadguruḥ
And the planet Bṛhaspati, son of Aṅgiras, of twelve rays, the teacher of the world, arose in the Pūrva Phālgunīs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.133
नवार्चिर्लोहिताङ्गश्च प्रजापतिसुतो ग्रहः । आषाढास्विह पूर्वासु समुत्पन्न इति श्रुतिः
navārcirlohitāṅgaśca prajāpatisuto grahaḥ / āṣāḍhāsviha pūrvāsu samutpanna iti śrutiḥ
And the red-limbed one (Mars) of nine rays, the planet, son of Prajāpati, arose here in the Pūrva Āṣāḍhās — so the tradition says.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.134
रेवतीष्वेव सप्तार्चिस्तथा सौरिः शनैश्चरः । सौम्यो बुधो धनिष्ठासु पञ्चार्चिरुदितो ग्रहः
revatīṣveva saptārcistathā sauriḥ śanaiścaraḥ / saumyo budho dhaniṣṭhāsu pañcārcirudito grahaḥ
In the Revatīs likewise the seven-rayed Sauri, Śanaiścara (Saturn); and the gentle Budha (Mercury), the five-rayed planet, rose in the Dhaniṣṭhās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.135
तमोमयो मृत्युसुतः प्रजाक्षयकरः शिखी । आर्श्लेषासु समुत्पन्नः सर्वहारी महाग्रहः
tamomayo mṛtyusutaḥ prajākṣayakaraḥ śikhī / ārśleṣāsu samutpannaḥ sarvahārī mahāgrahaḥ
Made of darkness, son of Death, causing the destruction of creatures, the crested one (the comet), the all-seizing great planet, arose in the Āśleṣās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.136
तथा स्वनामधेयेषु दाक्षायण्यः समुछ्रिताः । तमोवीर्यमयो राहुः प्रकृत्या कृष्णमण्डलः
tathā svanāmadheyeṣu dākṣāyaṇyaḥ samuchritāḥ / tamovīryamayo rāhuḥ prakṛtyā kṛṣṇamaṇḍalaḥ
Likewise the daughters of Dakṣa rose up under their own names. Rāhu, made of the power of darkness, black-orbed by nature,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.137
भरणीषु समुत्पन्नो ग्रहश्चन्द्रार्कमर्द्दनः । एते तारा ग्रहाश्चापि बोद्धव्या भार्गवादयः
bharaṇīṣu samutpanno grahaścandrārkamarddanaḥ / ete tārā grahāścāpi boddhavyā bhārgavādayaḥ
arose in the Bharaṇīs, the planet that crushes the moon and the sun. These star-planets too, beginning with the son of Bhṛgu, are to be known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.138
जन्मनक्षत्रपीडासु यान्ति वैगुण्यतां यतः । स्पृश्यन्ते तेन दोषेण ततस्तद्ग्रहभक्तितः
janmanakṣatrapīḍāsu yānti vaiguṇyatāṃ yataḥ / spṛśyante tena doṣeṇa tatastadgrahabhaktitaḥ
Since in the afflictions of the birth-asterism they (creatures) come to a defective state, they are touched by that fault, and thence by devotion to that planet (they are freed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.139
सर्वग्रहाणामेतेषामादिरादित्य उच्यते । ताराग्रहाणां शुक्रस्तु केतूनामपि धूमवान्
sarvagrahāṇāmeteṣāmādirāditya ucyate / tārāgrahāṇāṃ śukrastu ketūnāmapi dhūmavān
Of all these planets the sun is said to be the first; of the star-planets, Śukra; and of the comets, the smoky one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.140
ध्रुवः कीलो ग्रहाणां तु विभक्तानां चतुर्द्दिशम् । नक्षत्राणां श्रविष्ठा स्यादयनानां तथोत्तरम्
dhruvaḥ kīlo grahāṇāṃ tu vibhaktānāṃ caturddiśam / nakṣatrāṇāṃ śraviṣṭhā syādayanānāṃ tathottaram
Dhruva is the pin of the planets distributed in the four directions; of the lunar mansions it would be Śraviṣṭhā, and of the solstitial courses the northern one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.141
वर्षाणां चापि पञ्चानामाद्यः संवत्सरः स्मृतः । ऋतूनां शिशिरश्चापि मासानां माघ एव च
varṣāṇāṃ cāpi pañcānāmādyaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ smṛtaḥ / ṛtūnāṃ śiśiraścāpi māsānāṃ māgha eva ca
And of the five years the Saṃvatsara is held to be the first; of the seasons, the cool season; and of the months, Māgha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.142
पक्षाणां शुक्लपक्षश्च तिथीनां प्रतिपत्तथा । अहोरात्रविभागानामहश्चापि प्रकीर्तितम्
pakṣāṇāṃ śuklapakṣaśca tithīnāṃ pratipattathā / ahorātravibhāgānāmahaścāpi prakīrtitam
Of the fortnights, the bright fortnight; of the lunar days, the first day; and of the divisions of day and night, the day is declared (first).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.143
मुहूर्त्तानां तथैवादिर्मुहूर्त्तो रुद्रदैवतः । क्षणश्चापि निमेषादिः कालः कालविदां वराः
muhūrttānāṃ tathaivādirmuhūrtto rudradaivataḥ / kṣaṇaścāpi nimeṣādiḥ kālaḥ kālavidāṃ varāḥ
Likewise the first of the muhūrtas is the muhūrta whose deity is Rudra; and the kṣaṇa too, beginning with the nimeṣa, is (the first unit of) time, O best of those who know time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.144
श्रवणान्तं धनिष्ठादि युगं स्यात्पञ्चवार्षिकम् । भानोर्गतिविशेषेण चक्रवत्परिवर्त्तते
śravaṇāntaṃ dhaniṣṭhādi yugaṃ syātpañcavārṣikam / bhānorgativiśeṣeṇa cakravatparivarttate
The five-year cycle (yuga) begins with Dhaniṣṭhā and ends with Śravaṇa; by the particular motion of the sun it revolves like a wheel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.145
दिवाकरः स्मृतस्तस्मात्कालस्तद्विद्भिरीश्वरः । चतुर्विधानां भूतानां प्रवर्त्तकनिवर्त्तकः
divākaraḥ smṛtastasmātkālastadvidbhirīśvaraḥ / caturvidhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ pravarttakanivarttakaḥ
Therefore the sun is remembered by those who know it as time, as the lord, the setter in motion and the stopper of beings of the four kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.146
तस्यापि भगवान्रुद्रः साक्षाद्देवः प्रवर्त्तकः । इत्येष ज्योतिषामेव संनिवेशोर्ऽथनिश्चयात्
tasyāpi bhagavānrudraḥ sākṣāddevaḥ pravarttakaḥ / ityeṣa jyotiṣāmeva saṃniveśor'thaniścayāt
And of him too the lord Rudra, the god himself, is the one who sets (him) in motion. Thus this arrangement of the luminaries (has been described), from the determination of the matter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.147
लोकसंव्यवहारार्थ मीश्वरेण विनिर्मितः । उत्तराश्रवणेनासौ संक्षिप्तश्च ध्रुवे तथा
lokasaṃvyavahārārtha mīśvareṇa vinirmitaḥ / uttarāśravaṇenāsau saṃkṣiptaśca dhruve tathā
It was fashioned by the Lord for the sake of the world's dealings; it is drawn in at the north by Śravaṇa and likewise at the pole star.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.148
सर्वतस्तेषु विस्तीर्णो वृत्ताकार इव स्थितः । बुद्धिबूर्वं भागवता कल्पदौ संप्रवर्त्तितः
sarvatasteṣu vistīrṇo vṛttākāra iva sthitaḥ / buddhibūrvaṃ bhāgavatā kalpadau saṃpravarttitaḥ
Extended on all sides among them, it stands as though circular in shape; it was set going at the beginning of the kalpa by the Lord, preceded by (his) thought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.149
साश्रयः सो ऽभिमानी च सर्वस्य ज्योतिषात्मकः । वैश्वरूपप्रधानस्य परिणामो ऽयमद्भुतः
sāśrayaḥ so 'bhimānī ca sarvasya jyotiṣātmakaḥ / vaiśvarūpapradhānasya pariṇāmo 'yamadbhutaḥ
He has a substratum and is possessed of self-identification, and he is the luminous essence of all; this is the wondrous transformation of the universal-formed pradhāna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 24.150
नैतच्छक्यं प्रसंख्यातुं याथातथ्येन केनचित् । गतागतं मनुष्येण ज्योतिषां सांसचक्षुषा
naitacchakyaṃ prasaṃkhyātuṃ yāthātathyena kenacit / gatāgataṃ manuṣyeṇa jyotiṣāṃ sāṃsacakṣuṣā
This cannot be reckoned up exactly by anyone — the going and coming of the luminaries — by a man with (only) fleshly eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.151
आगमादनुमा नाच्च प्रत्यक्षदुपपत्तितः । परिक्ष्य निपुणं बुद्ध्या श्रद्धातव्यं विपश्चिता
āgamādanumā nācca pratyakṣadupapattitaḥ / parikṣya nipuṇaṃ buddhyā śraddhātavyaṃ vipaścitā
From scripture, from inference, and from what is directly perceived and from reasoning, having examined it skilfully with the intellect, the learned man should give it credence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 24.152
चक्षुः शास्त्रं जलं लेख्यं गणितं बुद्धिवित्तमाः । पञ्चैते हेतवो विप्रा ज्योतिर्गणविवेचने
cakṣuḥ śāstraṃ jalaṃ lekhyaṃ gaṇitaṃ buddhivittamāḥ / pañcaite hetavo viprā jyotirgaṇavivecane
The eye, the treatise, water, the written figure, and calculation, O you richest in understanding — these five, O brahmins, are the means in discerning the host of luminaries.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition