Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 30
BndP 1 30.1
शांशापायनिरुवाच कथं त्रेतायुगमुखे यज्ञस्य स्यात्प्रवर्त्तनम् । पूर्वं स्वायंभुवे सर्गे यथावत्तच्च ब्रूहि मे
śāṃśāpāyaniruvāca kathaṃ tretāyugamukhe yajñasya syātpravarttanam / pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve sarge yathāvattacca brūhi me
Śāṃśapāyana said: How did the sacrifice come to be set in motion at the beginning of the Tretā age, formerly, in the creation of Svāyaṃbhuva (Manu)? Tell me that as it truly was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.2
अन्तर्हितायां संध्यायां सार्द्धं कृतयुगेन वै । कालाख्यायां प्रवृत्तायां प्राप्ते त्रेतायुगे तदा
antarhitāyāṃ saṃdhyāyāṃ sārddhaṃ kṛtayugena vai / kālākhyāyāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ prāpte tretāyuge tadā
When the twilight had vanished along with the Kṛta age, and when the (period) called Kāla had set in, the Tretā age having then arrived—
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BndP 1 30.3
औषधीषु च जातासु प्रवृत्ते वृष्टिसर्जने । प्रतिष्ठितायां वार्त्तायां गृहाश्रमपरे पुनः
auṣadhīṣu ca jātāsu pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjane / pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārttāyāṃ gṛhāśramapare punaḥ
and when the herbs had come forth, when the discharge of rain had begun, when livelihood (agriculture and trade) was established, and again when (men) were devoted to the household state—
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BndP 1 30.4
वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थानं कृतवन्तश्च संख्यया । संभारांस्तांस्तु मंभृत्य कथं यज्ञः प्रवर्त्तितः
varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kṛtavantaśca saṃkhyayā / saṃbhārāṃstāṃstu maṃbhṛtya kathaṃ yajñaḥ pravarttitaḥ
and (when the sages) had made the ordering of the classes and the stages of life according to their number: having gathered together those requisites, how was the sacrifice set in motion?
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BndP 1 30.5
एतच्छुत्वाब्रवीत्सूतः श्रूयतां शांशपायने । यथा त्रेतायुगमुखे यज्ञस्य स्यात्प्रवर्तनम्
etacchutvābravītsūtaḥ śrūyatāṃ śāṃśapāyane / yathā tretāyugamukhe yajñasya syātpravartanam
Having heard this, the Sūta said: Let it be heard, O Śāṃśapāyana, how at the beginning of the Tretā age the sacrifice came to be set in motion
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BndP 1 30.6
पूर्वं स्वायंभुवे सर्गे तद्वक्ष्याम्यानुपूर्व्यतः । अन्तर्हितायां संध्यायां सार्द्धं कृतयुगेन तु
pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve sarge tadvakṣyāmyānupūrvyataḥ / antarhitāyāṃ saṃdhyāyāṃ sārddhaṃ kṛtayugena tu
formerly, in the creation of Svāyaṃbhuva; that I shall tell in due order. When the twilight had vanished along with the Kṛta age,
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BndP 1 30.7
कालाख्यायां प्रवृत्तायां प्रप्ते त्रेतायुगे तदा । औषधीषु च जातासु प्रवृत्ते वृष्टिसर्जने
kālākhyāyāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ prapte tretāyuge tadā / auṣadhīṣu ca jātāsu pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjane
when the (period) called Kāla had set in, the Tretā age having then arrived, and when the herbs had come forth, when the discharge of rain had begun,
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BndP 1 30.8
प्रतिष्ठितायां वार्त्तायां गृहश्रमपरेषु च । वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थानं कृत्वा मन्त्रांस्तु संहतान्
pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārttāyāṃ gṛhaśramapareṣu ca / varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kṛtvā mantrāṃstu saṃhatān
when livelihood was established, and among those devoted to the household state, having made the ordering of the classes and stages of life, and (having) the mantras collected together,
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BndP 1 30.9
मन्त्रांस्तान्योजयित्वाथ इहामुत्र च कर्मसु । तदा विश्वभुगिन्द्रश्च यज्ञं प्रावर्त्तयत्प्रभुः
mantrāṃstānyojayitvātha ihāmutra ca karmasu / tadā viśvabhugindraśca yajñaṃ prāvarttayatprabhuḥ
and then having applied those mantras to the rites (that bear fruit) here and in the other world—then Viśvabhug, the lord Indra, set the sacrifice in motion,
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BndP 1 30.10
दैवतैः सहितैः सर्वैः सर्वसंभारसंभृतैः । तस्याश्वमेधे वितते समाजग्मुर्महर्षयः
daivataiḥ sahitaiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtaiḥ / tasyāśvamedhe vitate samājagmurmaharṣayaḥ
together with all the deities, provided with all the requisites. When his horse-sacrifice was spread out, the great sages came together.
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BndP 1 30.11
यजन्तं पशुभिर्मे ध्यैरूचुः सर्वे समागताः । कर्मव्यग्रेषु ऋत्विक्षु संतते यज्ञकर्मणि
yajantaṃ paśubhirme dhyairūcuḥ sarve samāgatāḥ / karmavyagreṣu ṛtvikṣu saṃtate yajñakarmaṇi
All those assembled spoke to him as he was sacrificing with sacrificial animals, while the officiating priests were busy with the rites and the sacrificial work went on continuously,
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BndP 1 30.12
संप्रगीथेषु सर्वेषु सामगेष्वथ सुस्वग्म् । परिक्रान्तेषु लघुषु ह्यध्वर्युवृषभेषु च
saṃpragītheṣu sarveṣu sāmageṣvatha susvagm / parikrānteṣu laghuṣu hyadhvaryuvṛṣabheṣu ca
while all the Sāma-singers were chanting the pragītha portions with fine voice, and while the foremost of the Adhvaryu priests moved nimbly about (the altar),
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BndP 1 30.13
आलब्धेषु च मेध्येषु तथा पशुगणेषु च । हविष्यग्नौ हूयमाने ब्राह्मणैश्चाग्निहोत्रिभिः
ālabdheṣu ca medhyeṣu tathā paśugaṇeṣu ca / haviṣyagnau hūyamāne brāhmaṇaiścāgnihotribhiḥ
and while the pure sacrificial animal-herds were being seized, and while the oblation was being offered into the fire by the Brahmins who maintain the fire-sacrifice,
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BndP 1 30.14
आहूतेषु च सर्वेषु यज्ञभाक्षु क्रमात्तदा । य इन्द्रियात्मका देवास्तदा ते यज्ञभागिनः
āhūteṣu ca sarveṣu yajñabhākṣu kramāttadā / ya indriyātmakā devāstadā te yajñabhāginaḥ
and when all the sharers of the sacrifice had been invoked in due order—then those gods who are of the nature of the senses were sharers in that sacrifice.
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BndP 1 30.15
तद्यचन्ते तदा देवान्कल्पादिषु भवन्ति ये । अध्वर्यवः प्रैषकाले व्यत्थिता वै महर्षयः
tadyacante tadā devānkalpādiṣu bhavanti ye / adhvaryavaḥ praiṣakāle vyatthitā vai maharṣayaḥ
They then sacrifice to those gods who come into being at the beginnings of the kalpas; the Adhvaryus, the great sages, stood up at the time of the summoning call.
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BndP 1 30.16
महर्षयस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा दीनान्पशुगणांस्तदा । प्रपच्छुरिद्रं संभूय को ऽयं यज्ञ विधिस्तव
maharṣayastu tāndṛṣṭvā dīnānpaśugaṇāṃstadā / prapacchuridraṃ saṃbhūya ko 'yaṃ yajña vidhistava
But the great sages, seeing those herds of animals in their wretched state, came together and asked Indra: What is this sacrificial rule of yours?
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BndP 1 30.17
अधर्मो बलवानेष हिंसाधर्मेप्सया ततः । ततः पशुवधश्चैष तव यज्ञे सुरोत्तम
adharmo balavāneṣa hiṃsādharmepsayā tataḥ / tataḥ paśuvadhaścaiṣa tava yajñe surottama
This is a mighty unrighteousness, arising from the wish to make injury a duty; hence this slaughter of animals in your sacrifice, O best of the gods.
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BndP 1 30.18
अधर्मो धर्मघाताय प्रारब्धः पशुहिसया । नायं धर्मो ह्यधर्मो ऽयं न हिंसा धर्म उच्यते
adharmo dharmaghātāya prārabdhaḥ paśuhisayā / nāyaṃ dharmo hyadharmo 'yaṃ na hiṃsā dharma ucyate
Unrighteousness has been set going for the destruction of righteousness, by the injuring of animals. This is not dharma; this is adharma; injury is not called dharma.
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BndP 1 30.19
आगमेन भवान्यज्ञं करोतु यदिहेच्छति । विधिदृष्टेन यज्ञेन धर्मेणाव्यपसेतुना
āgamena bhavānyajñaṃ karotu yadihecchati / vidhidṛṣṭena yajñena dharmeṇāvyapasetunā
Let your honour perform the sacrifice, if you wish it here, according to the received tradition—with a sacrifice as prescribed by rule, with a righteousness whose boundary is not overstepped,
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BndP 1 30.20
यज्ञबीचैः सुरेश्रष्ठ येषु हिंसा न विद्यते । त्रिवर्षं परमं कालमुषितैरप्ररोहिभिः
yajñabīcaiḥ sureśraṣṭha yeṣu hiṃsā na vidyate / trivarṣaṃ paramaṃ kālamuṣitairaprarohibhiḥ
(Let it be performed) with sacrificial seeds, O best of the gods, in which there is no injury—(seeds) kept at most for three years and no longer capable of sprouting.
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BndP 1 30.21
एष धर्मो महाप्राज्ञ विरञ्चिविहितः पुरा । एवं विश्वभुगिन्द्रस्तु ऋषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
eṣa dharmo mahāprājña virañcivihitaḥ purā / evaṃ viśvabhugindrastu ṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ
This is the law, O greatly wise one, ordained of old by Brahmā (Viriñci). Thus (spoke) Indra Viśvabhuj with the seers who see the truth.
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BndP 1 30.22
तदा विवादः सुमहानिन्द्रस्यासीन्महर्षिभिः । जङ्गमस्थावरैः कैर्हि यष्टव्यमिति चोच्यते
tadā vivādaḥ sumahānindrasyāsīnmaharṣibhiḥ / jaṅgamasthāvaraiḥ kairhi yaṣṭavyamiti cocyate
Then there was a very great dispute between Indra and the great seers, and it was asked: "By which is one to sacrifice—by moving (creatures) or by immobile (things)?"
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BndP 1 30.23
ते तु खिन्ना विवादेन तत्त्वमुत्त्वा महर्षयः । सन्धाय वाक्यमिन्द्रेण पप्रच्छुः खेचरं वसुम्
te tu khinnā vivādena tattvamuttvā maharṣayaḥ / sandhāya vākyamindreṇa papracchuḥ khecaraṃ vasum
But those great seers, wearied by the dispute, having spoken the truth and having made an agreement with Indra, questioned Vasu who moved in the sky.
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BndP 1 30.24
सहाप्राज्ञ कथं दृष्टस्त्वया यज्ञविधिर्नृप । औत्तानपादे प्रब्रूहि संशयं नो नुद प्रभो
sahāprājña kathaṃ dṛṣṭastvayā yajñavidhirnṛpa / auttānapāde prabrūhi saṃśayaṃ no nuda prabho
"O greatly wise one, O king, how is the rule of sacrifice seen by you? Speak, son of Uttānapāda; dispel our doubt, O lord."
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BndP 1 30.25
श्रुत्वा वाक्यं वसुस्तेषाम विचार्य बलाबलम् । वेदशास्त्रमनुस्मृत्य यज्ञतत्त्वमुवाच ह
śrutvā vākyaṃ vasusteṣāma vicārya balābalam / vedaśāstramanusmṛtya yajñatattvamuvāca ha
Having heard their words, Vasu, considering the strength and weakness (of each side) and calling to mind the Veda and the treatises, declared the truth of sacrifice.
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BndP 1 30.26
यथोपनीर्तैर्यष्टव्यमिति होवाच पार्थिवः । यष्टव्यं पशुभिर्मे ध्यैरथ बीजैः फलैरपि
yathopanīrtairyaṣṭavyamiti hovāca pārthivaḥ / yaṣṭavyaṃ paśubhirme dhyairatha bījaiḥ phalairapi
The king said: "One should sacrifice with whatever is brought near (as offering); sacrifice is to be made by me with animals, with ghee, and also with seeds and fruits.
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BndP 1 30.27
हिंसास्वभावो यज्ञस्य इति मे दर्शनागमौ । यथेह देवता मन्त्रा हिंसालिङ्गा महर्षिभिः
hiṃsāsvabhāvo yajñasya iti me darśanāgamau / yatheha devatā mantrā hiṃsāliṅgā maharṣibhiḥ
That sacrifice is by nature (attended with) injury—such are my (received) view and tradition, inasmuch as here the deities and the mantras bear the mark of injury, (as taught) by the great seers
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BndP 1 30.28
दीर्घेण तपसा युक्तैर्दर्शनैस्तारकादिभिः । तत्प्रामाण्यान्मया चोक्तं तस्मात्स प्राप्तुमर्हथ
dīrgheṇa tapasā yuktairdarśanaistārakādibhiḥ / tatprāmāṇyānmayā coktaṃ tasmātsa prāptumarhatha
who were joined to long austerity, by (their) visions, beginning with Tāraka. And it was spoken by me on the authority of that; therefore you ought to accept it.
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BndP 1 30.29
यदि प्रमाणं तान्येव मन्त्रवाक्यानि वै द्विजाः । तथा प्रवततां यज्ञो ह्यन्यथा वो ऽनृतं वचः
yadi pramāṇaṃ tānyeva mantravākyāni vai dvijāḥ / tathā pravatatāṃ yajño hyanyathā vo 'nṛtaṃ vacaḥ
If indeed those very mantra-utterances are the authority, O twice-born, then let the sacrifice proceed accordingly; otherwise your speech is untrue."
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BndP 1 30.30
एवं कृतोत्तरास्ते वै युक्तात्मानस्तपोधनाः । अवश्यभावितं दृष्ट्वा तमथो वाग्यताभवन्
evaṃ kṛtottarāste vai yuktātmānastapodhanāḥ / avaśyabhāvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tamatho vāgyatābhavan
Thus answered, those men of austerity as their wealth, of disciplined selves, seeing that what must inevitably be had come to pass, then fell silent.
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BndP 1 30.31
इत्युक्तमात्रे नृपतिः प्रविवेश रसातलम् । ऊर्ध्वचारी वसुर्भूत्वा रसातलचरो ऽभवत्
ityuktamātre nṛpatiḥ praviveśa rasātalam / ūrdhvacārī vasurbhūtvā rasātalacaro 'bhavat
The moment this was said, the king entered the nether world; Vasu, who had moved on high, became one who moves in the nether world.
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BndP 1 30.32
वसुधा तलवासी तु तेन वाक्येन सो ऽभवत् । धर्माणां संशयच्छेत्ता राजा वसुरधोगतः
vasudhā talavāsī tu tena vākyena so 'bhavat / dharmāṇāṃ saṃśayacchettā rājā vasuradhogataḥ
By that utterance he became a dweller beneath the earth: king Vasu, the cutter of doubts about the laws, went below.
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BndP 1 30.33
तस्मान्न वाच्यमेकेन बहुज्ञेनापि संशये । बहुद्वारस्य धर्मस्य सूक्ष्मा दूरतरा गतिः
tasmānna vācyamekena bahujñenāpi saṃśaye / bahudvārasya dharmasya sūkṣmā dūratarā gatiḥ
Therefore, in a matter of doubt, one man alone should not pronounce, even if he knows much; for the law has many doors, and its course is subtle and very far off.
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BndP 1 30.34
तस्मान्न निश्चयाद्वक्तुं धर्मः शक्यस्तु केनचित् । देवानृषीनुपादाय स्वायंभुवमृते मनुम्
tasmānna niścayādvaktuṃ dharmaḥ śakyastu kenacit / devānṛṣīnupādāya svāyaṃbhuvamṛte manum
Therefore the law cannot be stated with certainty by anyone—taking (even) the gods and the seers—except by Manu the son of the Self-existent.
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BndP 1 30.35
तस्मादहिंसा धर्मस्य द्वारमुक्तं महर्षिभिः । ऋषिकोटिसहस्राणि स्वतपोभिर्दिवं ययुः
tasmādahiṃsā dharmasya dvāramuktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ / ṛṣikoṭisahasrāṇi svatapobhirdivaṃ yayuḥ
Therefore non-injury has been declared by the great seers to be the door of the law; thousands of crores of seers have gone to heaven by their own austerities.
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BndP 1 30.36
तस्मान्न दानं यज्ञं वा प्रशंसंति महर्षयः । उञ्छमूलफलं शाकमुदपात्रं तपोधनाः
tasmānna dānaṃ yajñaṃ vā praśaṃsaṃti maharṣayaḥ / uñchamūlaphalaṃ śākamudapātraṃ tapodhanāḥ
Therefore the great seers do not praise gift-giving or sacrifice; those whose wealth is austerity (praise) gleanings, roots and fruit, greens, and a vessel of water.
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BndP 1 30.37
एतद्दत्वा विभवतः स्वर्गे लोके प्रतिष्ठिताः । अद्रोहश्चाप्य लोभश्च तपो भुतदया दमः
etaddatvā vibhavataḥ svarge loke pratiṣṭhitāḥ / adrohaścāpya lobhaśca tapo bhutadayā damaḥ
Having given this according to their means, they are established in the world of heaven. Freedom from malice, freedom from greed, austerity, compassion for beings, self-control,
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BndP 1 30.38
ब्रह्मचर्यं तथा सत्यमनुक्रोशः क्षमा धृतिः । सनातनस्य धर्मस्य मूलमेतद्दुरासदम्
brahmacaryaṃ tathā satyamanukrośaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ / sanātanasya dharmasya mūlametaddurāsadam
chastity, likewise truth, sympathy, patience, firmness—this is the root of the eternal law, hard to attain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.39
श्रूयन्ते हि तपःसिद्धा ब्रह्मक्षत्रादयो ऽनघाः । प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ ध्रुवो मेधातिथिर्वसुः
śrūyante hi tapaḥsiddhā brahmakṣatrādayo 'naghāḥ / priyavratottānapādau dhruvo medhātithirvasuḥ
For it is heard that the faultless ones, brahmins and kṣatriyas and the rest, were perfected by austerity: Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, Dhruva, Medhātithi, Vasu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.40
सुधामा विरजाश्चैव शङ्खः पाण्ड्यज एव च । प्राजीनबर्हिः पर्जन्यो हविर्धानादयो नृपः
sudhāmā virajāścaiva śaṅkhaḥ pāṇḍyaja eva ca / prājīnabarhiḥ parjanyo havirdhānādayo nṛpaḥ
Sudhāman and Virajas, Śaṅkha and Pāṇḍyaja too, Prājīnabarhi, Parjanya, Havirdhāna and the other kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.41
एते चान्ये च बहवः स्वैस्तपोभिर्दिवं गताः । राजर्षयो महासत्त्वा येषां कीर्त्तिः प्रतिष्ठिता
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ svaistapobhirdivaṃ gatāḥ / rājarṣayo mahāsattvā yeṣāṃ kīrttiḥ pratiṣṭhitā
These and many others went to heaven by their own austerities—royal sages of great strength, whose fame stands firm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.42
तस्माद्विशिष्यते यज्ञात्तपः सर्वैस्तु कारणः । ब्रह्मणा तपसा सृष्टं जगद्विश्वमिदं पुरा
tasmādviśiṣyate yajñāttapaḥ sarvaistu kāraṇaḥ / brahmaṇā tapasā sṛṣṭaṃ jagadviśvamidaṃ purā
Therefore austerity is superior to sacrifice, and is the cause of all things; for by Brahmā, through austerity, this whole world was created of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.43
तस्मान्नान्वेति तद्यज्ञस्तपोमूलमिदं स्मृतम् । द्रव्यमन्त्रात्मको यज्ञस्तपस्त्वनशनात्मकम्
tasmānnānveti tadyajñastapomūlamidaṃ smṛtam / dravyamantrātmako yajñastapastvanaśanātmakam
Therefore sacrifice does not equal it; this (world) is held to have austerity as its root. Sacrifice consists of material offerings and mantras, but austerity consists of fasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.44
यज्ञेन देवानाप्नोति वैराजं तपसा पुनः । ब्राह्मं तु कर्म संन्यासाद्वैराग्यात्प्रकृतेर्जयम्
yajñena devānāpnoti vairājaṃ tapasā punaḥ / brāhmaṃ tu karma saṃnyāsādvairāgyātprakṛterjayam
By sacrifice one attains the gods, and by austerity the world of Virāj; by renunciation of action, the world of Brahmā; by dispassion, the conquest of primal matter (prakṛti).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.45
ज्ञानात्प्राप्नोति कैवल्यं पञ्चैतागतयः स्मृताः । एवं विवादः सुमहान्य ज्ञस्यासीत्प्रवर्त्तने
jñānātprāpnoti kaivalyaṃ pañcaitāgatayaḥ smṛtāḥ / evaṃ vivādaḥ sumahānya jñasyāsītpravarttane
By knowledge one attains absolute isolation (kaivalya): these five are declared the goings. Thus there was a very great dispute over the instituting of the sacrifice...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 30.46
देवतानामृषीणां च पूर्व स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे । ततस्तमृषयो दृष्ट्वा हतं धर्मबलेन तु
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca pūrva svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare / tatastamṛṣayo dṛṣṭvā hataṃ dharmabalena tu
...between the gods and the sages, formerly, in the Svāyambhuva interval. Then the sages, seeing him struck down by the power of dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 30.47
वसोर्वाक्यमना दृत्य जगमुः सर्वे यथागतम् । गतेषु मुनिसंघेषु देवा यज्ञं समाप्नुवन्
vasorvākyamanā dṛtya jagamuḥ sarve yathāgatam / gateṣu munisaṃgheṣu devā yajñaṃ samāpnuvan
disregarding the word of Vasu, all went off as they had come. When the assemblies of sages had gone, the gods completed the sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 30.48
यज्ञप्रवर्त्तनं ह्येवमासीत्स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे । ततः प्रभृति यज्ञो ऽयं युगैः सह विवर्त्तितः
yajñapravarttanaṃ hyevamāsītsvāyaṃbhuve 'ntare / tataḥ prabhṛti yajño 'yaṃ yugaiḥ saha vivarttitaḥ
Thus the instituting of sacrifice took place in the Svāyambhuva interval; from that time on this sacrifice has been carried on along with the ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition