Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 33
BndP 1 33.1
सूत उवाच ऋषिकाणां सुताश्चापि विज्ञेया ऋषिपुत्रकाः । ब्राह्यणानां प्रवक्तारो नामतश्च निबोधत
sūta uvāca ṛṣikāṇāṃ sutāścāpi vijñeyā ṛṣiputrakāḥ / brāhyaṇānāṃ pravaktāro nāmataśca nibodhata
Sūta said: The sons of the seers too are to be known as the ṛṣiputras, the expounders of the brahmins; learn of them by name.
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BndP 1 33.2
सप्रधानाः प्रवक्ष्यन्ते समासाच्च श्रुतर्षयः । बह्वृचो भार्गवः पैलः सांकृत्यो जाजलिस्तथा
sapradhānāḥ pravakṣyante samāsācca śrutarṣayaḥ / bahvṛco bhārgavaḥ pailaḥ sāṃkṛtyo jājalistathā
The śruti-seers will be declared, along with the chief ones, in brief: Bahvṛca, Bhārgava, Paila, Sāṃkṛtya, and Jājali,
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BndP 1 33.3
संध्यास्तिर्माठरश्चैव याज्ञवल्क्यः पराशरः । उपमन्युरिन्द्रप्रमतिर्माडूकिः शाकलिश्च सः
saṃdhyāstirmāṭharaścaiva yājñavalkyaḥ parāśaraḥ / upamanyurindrapramatirmāḍūkiḥ śākaliśca saḥ
and Saṃdhyāsti, and Māṭhara, Yājñavalkya, Parāśara, Upamanyu, Indrapramati, Māḍūki, and that Śākali,
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BndP 1 33.4
बाष्कलिः शोकपाणिश्च नैलः पैलो ऽलकस्तथा । पन्नगाः पक्षगन्ताश्च षडशीतिः श्रुतर्षयः
bāṣkaliḥ śokapāṇiśca nailaḥ pailo 'lakastathā / pannagāḥ pakṣagantāśca ṣaḍaśītiḥ śrutarṣayaḥ
Bāṣkali, and Śokapāṇi, Naila, Paila, and Alaka, the Pannagas and the Pakṣagantas—(these are) the eighty-six śruti-seers.
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BndP 1 33.5
एते द्विजातयो मुख्या बह्वृचानां श्रुतर्षयः । वैशंपायनलौहित्यौ कण्ठकालावशावधः
ete dvijātayo mukhyā bahvṛcānāṃ śrutarṣayaḥ / vaiśaṃpāyanalauhityau kaṇṭhakālāvaśāvadhaḥ
These twice-born ones are the chief śruti-seers of the Bahvṛcas (Ṛgvedins): Vaiśaṃpāyana and Lauhitya, Kaṇṭha and Kāla, and Aśāvadha,
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BndP 1 33.6
श्यामापतिः पलाडुश्च आलंबिः कमलापतिः । तेषां शिष्याः प्रशिष्याश्च षडशीति श्रुतर्षयः
śyāmāpatiḥ palāḍuśca ālaṃbiḥ kamalāpatiḥ / teṣāṃ śiṣyāḥ praśiṣyāśca ṣaḍaśīti śrutarṣayaḥ
Śyāmāpati and Palāḍu, Ālaṃbi, Kamalāpati — their pupils and pupils' pupils are the eighty-six śruti-seers.
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BndP 1 33.7
एते द्विजर्षयः प्रोक्ताश्चरकाध्वर्यवो द्विजाः । चैमिनिः सभरद्वाजः काव्यः पौष्यञ्जिरेव च
ete dvijarṣayaḥ proktāścarakādhvaryavo dvijāḥ / caiminiḥ sabharadvājaḥ kāvyaḥ pauṣyañjireva ca
These twice-born seers have been declared (to be) the Caraka adhvaryus: Jaimini together with Bharadvāja, Kāvya, and Pauṣyañji,
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BndP 1 33.8
हिरण्यनाभः कौशिल्यो लौगाक्षिः कुसुमिस्तथा । लङ्गली शालिहोत्रश्च शक्तिराजश्च भार्गवः
hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśilyo laugākṣiḥ kusumistathā / laṅgalī śālihotraśca śaktirājaśca bhārgavaḥ
Hiraṇyanābha, Kauśilya, Laugākṣi, and Kusumi, Laṅgalī and Śālihotra, and Śaktirāja the Bhārgava.
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BndP 1 33.9
सामगानामथाचार्य ऐलो राजा पुरूरवाः । षट्चत्वारिंशदन्ये वै तेषां शिष्याः श्रुतर्षयः
sāmagānāmathācārya ailo rājā purūravāḥ / ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadanye vai teṣāṃ śiṣyāḥ śrutarṣayaḥ
Then the teacher of the Sāma-singers (was) King Purūravas, son of Ilā; and forty-six others, their pupils, are śruti-seers:
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BndP 1 33.10
कौशीतिः कङ्कमुद्गश्च कुण्डकः सपराशरः । लोभालोभश्च धर्मात्मा तथा ब्रह्म बलश्च सः
kauśītiḥ kaṅkamudgaśca kuṇḍakaḥ saparāśaraḥ / lobhālobhaśca dharmātmā tathā brahma balaśca saḥ
Kauśīti, Kaṅka and Mudga, Kuṇḍaka along with Parāśara, and Lobha and Alobha the righteous-souled, and likewise Brahma and Bala,
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BndP 1 33.11
क्रन्थलो ऽथो मदगलो मार्कण्डेयो ऽथ धर्मवित् । इत्येते नवतिर्ज्ञेया होत्रवद्ब्रह्मचारिणः
kranthalo 'tho madagalo mārkaṇḍeyo 'tha dharmavit / ityete navatirjñeyā hotravadbrahmacāriṇaḥ
then Kranthala, then Madagala, then Mārkaṇḍeya the knower of dharma — these are to be known as ninety, celibate students like the Hotṛ.
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BndP 1 33.12
चरकाध्वर्यवश्चापि ह्यनुमंन्त्रं तु ब्राह्मणम् । चलूभिः सुमतिश्चैव तथा देववरश्च यः
carakādhvaryavaścāpi hyanumaṃntraṃ tu brāhmaṇam / calūbhiḥ sumatiścaiva tathā devavaraśca yaḥ
And the Caraka adhvaryus (recite) the Brāhmaṇa following the mantra: Calūbhi and Sumati, and likewise he who is Devavara,
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BndP 1 33.13
अनुकृष्णस्तथायुश्च अनुभूमिस्तथैव च । तथाप्रीतः कृशाश्वश्व सुमूलिर्बाष्कलिस्तथा
anukṛṣṇastathāyuśca anubhūmistathaiva ca / tathāprītaḥ kṛśāśvaśva sumūlirbāṣkalistathā
Anukṛṣṇa and likewise Āyu, and Anubhūmi as well, and likewise Aprīta, Kṛśāśva, Sumūli and Bāṣkali.
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BndP 1 33.14
चरकाध्वर्यकाध्वर्युनमस्युर्ब्रह्मचारिणः । वैयासकिः शुको विद्वांल्लौकिर्भूरिश्रवास्तथा
carakādhvaryakādhvaryunamasyurbrahmacāriṇaḥ / vaiyāsakiḥ śuko vidvāṃllaukirbhūriśravāstathā
(These are) the Caraka adhvaryus; the adhvaryu Namasyu and the celibate students: Vaiyāsaki Śuka the learned, Lauki, and Bhūriśravas,
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BndP 1 33.15
सोमाविरतुनान्तक्यस्तथा धौम्यश्च काश्यपः । आरण्या इलकश्चैव उपमन्युर्विदस्तथा
somāviratunāntakyastathā dhaumyaśca kāśyapaḥ / āraṇyā ilakaścaiva upamanyurvidastathā
Somāvirata, Nāntakya, and likewise Dhaumya and Kāśyapa, Āraṇya and Ilaka, and Upamanyu and Vida,
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BndP 1 33.16
भार्गवो मधुकः पिङ्गः श्वेत केतुस्तथैव च । प्रजादर्पः कहोडश्च याज्ञवल्क्यो ऽथ शौनकः
bhārgavo madhukaḥ piṅgaḥ śveta ketustathaiva ca / prajādarpaḥ kahoḍaśca yājñavalkyo 'tha śaunakaḥ
Bhārgava, Madhuka, Piṅga, and likewise Śvetaketu, Prajādarpa and Kahoḍa, Yājñavalkya, then Śaunaka,
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BndP 1 33.17
अनङ्गो निरतालश्च मध्यमाध्वर्यवस्तुते । अदितिर्देवमाता च जलापा चैव मानवी
anaṅgo niratālaśca madhyamādhvaryavastute / aditirdevamātā ca jalāpā caiva mānavī
Anaṅga and Niratāla — these are praised as the middle adhvaryus. And Aditi the mother of the gods, and Jalāpā, and Mānavī,
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BndP 1 33.18
उर्वशी विश्वयोषा च ह्यप्सरःप्रवरे शुभे । मुद्गला चातुजीवैव तारा चैव यशस्विनी
urvaśī viśvayoṣā ca hyapsaraḥpravare śubhe / mudgalā cātujīvaiva tārā caiva yaśasvinī
Urvaśī and Viśvayoṣā — these two auspicious ones (are) foremost among the apsarases — and Mudgalā and Ātujīvā, and Tārā the illustrious,
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BndP 1 33.19
प्रातिमेधी च मार्गा च सुजाता च महातपा । लोपामुद्रा च धर्मज्ञा या च कोशीतिका स्मृता
prātimedhī ca mārgā ca sujātā ca mahātapā / lopāmudrā ca dharmajñā yā ca kośītikā smṛtā
and Prātimedhī and Mārgā, and Sujātā, and Mahātapā, and Lopāmudrā the knower of dharma, and she who is remembered as Kośītikā —
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BndP 1 33.20
एताश्च ब्रह्मवादिन्य अप्सरो रूपंसमताः । इत्येता मुख्यशः प्रोक्ता मया च ऋषिपुत्रकाः
etāśca brahmavādinya apsaro rūpaṃsamatāḥ / ityetā mukhyaśaḥ proktā mayā ca ṛṣiputrakāḥ
and these women, speakers of brahman, equal to the apsarases in beauty — thus have these been declared by me according to their chief ones, and (also) the sons of the seers.
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BndP 1 33.21
वैदशाखाप्रणयनास्ततस्ते ऋषयः स्मृताः । ईश्वरा मन्त्रवक्तार ऋषयो ह्यृषिकास्तथा
vaidaśākhāpraṇayanāstataste ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ / īśvarā mantravaktāra ṛṣayo hyṛṣikāstathā
Therefore those (are) remembered as the seers, the composers of the branches of the Veda: the lords, the utterers of mantras, the (male) seers and likewise the female seers,
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BndP 1 33.22
ऋषिपुत्राः प्रवक्तरः कल्पानां ब्राह्मणस्य तु । ईश्वराणामृषीणां च ऋषिकाणां सहात्मजैः
ṛṣiputrāḥ pravaktaraḥ kalpānāṃ brāhmaṇasya tu / īśvarāṇāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca ṛṣikāṇāṃ sahātmajaiḥ
and the sons of the seers, the expounders of the Kalpas and of the Brāhmaṇa — of the lords, of the seers, and of the female seers together with their offspring.
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BndP 1 33.23
तथा वाक्यानि जनीष्व यथैषां मन्त्रदृष्टयः । तत्राज्ञायुक्तमद्वैतं दीप्तं गंभीरशब्दवत्
tathā vākyāni janīṣva yathaiṣāṃ mantradṛṣṭayaḥ / tatrājñāyuktamadvaitaṃ dīptaṃ gaṃbhīraśabdavat
So learn the utterances, as their mantra-visions (are): therein (there is) what is joined with authority, non-dual, blazing, as if of deep sound,
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BndP 1 33.24
अत्यन्तमपरोक्षं च लिङ्गं नाम तथैव च । सर्वभूतान्यभूतं च परिदानं च यद्भवेत्
atyantamaparokṣaṃ ca liṅgaṃ nāma tathaiva ca / sarvabhūtānyabhūtaṃ ca paridānaṃ ca yadbhavet
and what is utterly not-hidden, and likewise what is called a mark (liṅga), and (what is) all beings and yet no being, and what would be a complete giving-over.
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BndP 1 33.25
क्वचिन्निरुक्तप्रोक्तार्थं वाक्यं स्वायंभुवं विदुः । यत्किञ्चिन्मन्त्रसंयुक्तं तत्र नामविभक्तिभिः
kvacinniruktaproktārthaṃ vākyaṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ viduḥ / yatkiñcinmantrasaṃyuktaṃ tatra nāmavibhaktibhiḥ
In some places (they) know a statement whose meaning is stated by etymology (nirukta) to be self-existent (svāyambhuva); whatever is joined with mantra there (is expressed) by nominal case-forms.
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BndP 1 33.26
प्रत्यक्षाभिहितं चैवमृषीणां वचनं मतम् । नैगमैर्विविधैः शब्दैर्निपातैर्बहुलं च यत्
pratyakṣābhihitaṃ caivamṛṣīṇāṃ vacanaṃ matam / naigamairvividhaiḥ śabdairnipātairbahulaṃ ca yat
And what is thus stated directly (before the eyes) is considered the word of the seers, (as also) what is abundant with various Vedic (naigama) words and particles.
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BndP 1 33.27
यच्चाप्यस्ति महद्वाक्यमृषीकाणां वचः स्मृतम् । अविस्पष्टपदं यच्च यच्च स्याद्बहुसंशयम्
yaccāpyasti mahadvākyamṛṣīkāṇāṃ vacaḥ smṛtam / avispaṣṭapadaṃ yacca yacca syādbahusaṃśayam
And whatever great utterance there is, is remembered as the speech of the ṛṣīkas; and that whose words are unclear, and that which is full of doubt—
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BndP 1 33.28
ऋषिपुत्रवचस्तद्वै सर्वाश्च परिदेवताः । हेतुदृष्टान्त बहुलं चित्रशब्दमपार्थकम्
ṛṣiputravacastadvai sarvāśca paridevatāḥ / hetudṛṣṭānta bahulaṃ citraśabdamapārthakam
that indeed is the speech of the sons of the seers, and all lamentations, abounding in reasons and examples, of varied wording, (and) meaningless.
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BndP 1 33.29
सर्वास्तु तमशक्तं च वाक्यमेतत्तु मानुषम् । मिश्रा इति समाख्याताः प्रभावादृषितां गाताः
sarvāstu tamaśaktaṃ ca vākyametattu mānuṣam / miśrā iti samākhyātāḥ prabhāvādṛṣitāṃ gātāḥ
But all (that is) dark and feeble—this utterance is human. Those who by (their) power have attained seer-hood are called 'mixed'.
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BndP 1 33.30
समुत्कर्षाय कर्षाभ्यां जातिव्यत्याससंभवाः । भूतभव्यभवज्ज्ञान जन्मदुःखचिकित्सनम्
samutkarṣāya karṣābhyāṃ jātivyatyāsasaṃbhavāḥ / bhūtabhavyabhavajjñāna janmaduḥkhacikitsanam
(Those) arisen from the interchange of castes, for exaltation by the two (kinds of) pulling; knowledge of past, future and present, (and) the curing of the pain of birth—
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BndP 1 33.31
मिश्राणां तद्भवेद्वाक्यं गुरोर्बलप्रवर्त्तनम् । धर्मशास्त्रप्रणेतारो महिम्ना सर्वगाश्च वै
miśrāṇāṃ tadbhavedvākyaṃ gurorbalapravarttanam / dharmaśāstrapraṇetāro mahimnā sarvagāśca vai
that would be the utterance of the mixed (seers), the setting forth of the teacher's strength. And the promulgators of the dharma-treatises, all-pervading by (their) greatness—
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BndP 1 33.32
तपःप्रकर्षः सुमहान्येषां ते ऋषयः स्मृताः । बृहस्पतिश्च शुक्रश्च व्यासः सारस्वतस्तथा
tapaḥprakarṣaḥ sumahānyeṣāṃ te ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ / bṛhaspatiśca śukraśca vyāsaḥ sārasvatastathā
theirs is a very great excellence of austerity; they are remembered as the seers: Bṛhaspati and Śukra and Vyāsa and Sārasvata,
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BndP 1 33.33
व्यासाः शास्त्रप्रणयना वेदव्यास इति स्मृताः । यस्मादवारजाः संतः पूर्वेभ्यो मेधयाधिकाः
vyāsāḥ śāstrapraṇayanā vedavyāsa iti smṛtāḥ / yasmādavārajāḥ saṃtaḥ pūrvebhyo medhayādhikāḥ
the Vyāsas who composed treatises, remembered as 'Veda-Vyāsa'; since, though born later, they were superior in intelligence to the earlier ones,
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BndP 1 33.34
ऐश्वर्येण च संपन्नास्ततस्ते ऋषयः स्मृताः । यस्मिन्कालो न चं वयः प्रमाणमृषिभावने
aiśvaryeṇa ca saṃpannāstataste ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ / yasminkālo na caṃ vayaḥ pramāṇamṛṣibhāvane
and endowed with lordly power, therefore they are remembered as seers. In the making of a seer, neither time nor age is a criterion,
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BndP 1 33.35
दृश्यते हि पुमान्कश्चित्कश्चिज्ज्येष्ठतमो धिया । यस्माद्बुद्ध्या च वर्षीयान्बलो ऽपि श्रुतवानृषिः
dṛśyate hi pumānkaścitkaścijjyeṣṭhatamo dhiyā / yasmādbuddhyā ca varṣīyānbalo 'pi śrutavānṛṣiḥ
for some man is seen to be foremost by his understanding; since one who is greater in intellect, though a boy, is a learned seer.
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BndP 1 33.36
यः कश्चित्पादवान्मध्ये प्रयुक्तो ऽक्षर संपदा । विनियुक्तावसानां तु तामृचं परिचक्षते
yaḥ kaścitpādavānmadhye prayukto 'kṣara saṃpadā / viniyuktāvasānāṃ tu tāmṛcaṃ paricakṣate
Whatever (utterance), having pādas, is employed in the middle with a full complement of syllables, and whose ending is fixed by application—that they call a ṛc.
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BndP 1 33.37
यः कश्चित्करणैर्मन्त्रो न च पादक्षरैर्मितः । अतियुक्तावसानं च तद्यजुर्वै प्रचक्षते
yaḥ kaścitkaraṇairmantro na ca pādakṣarairmitaḥ / atiyuktāvasānaṃ ca tadyajurvai pracakṣate
Whatever mantra (is used) with the ritual acts and is not measured by pādas and syllables, and whose ending is over-joined—that indeed they call a yajus.
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BndP 1 33.38
ह्रीङ्कारः प्रणवो गीतः प्रस्तावश्च चतुर्थकम् । पञ्चमः प्रतिहोत्रश्च षष्ठमाहुरुपद्रवम्
hrīṅkāraḥ praṇavo gītaḥ prastāvaśca caturthakam / pañcamaḥ pratihotraśca ṣaṣṭhamāhurupadravam
The hriṅkāra, the praṇava, the sung (part), and the prastāva as the fourth; the fifth is the pratihotra (pratihāra), and the sixth they call upadrava;
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BndP 1 33.39
निधनं सप्तमं साम्नः सप्तविन्ध्य मिदं स्मृतम् । पञ्चविन्ध्य इति प्रोक्तं ह्रीङ्कारः प्रणवादृते
nidhanaṃ saptamaṃ sāmnaḥ saptavindhya midaṃ smṛtam / pañcavindhya iti proktaṃ hrīṅkāraḥ praṇavādṛte
the nidhana is the seventh of the sāman: this is remembered as sevenfold; without the hriṅkāra and the praṇava it is called fivefold.
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BndP 1 33.40
ब्रह्मणे धर्ममत्युक्तौ यत्तदा ज्ञाप्यतेर्ऽथतः । आशास्तिस्तु प्रसंख्याता विलापः परिदेवना
brahmaṇe dharmamatyuktau yattadā jñāpyater'thataḥ / āśāstistu prasaṃkhyātā vilāpaḥ paridevanā
When dharma is over-stated to brahman, then what is to be made known by its sense; and 'āśāsti' (benediction) is reckoned, (and) lament is paridevanā,
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BndP 1 33.41
क्रोधाद्वा द्वेषणाच्चैव प्रश्राख्यानं तथैव च । एतत्तु सर्वविद्यानां विहितं मन्त्रलक्षणम्
krodhādvā dveṣaṇāccaiva praśrākhyānaṃ tathaiva ca / etattu sarvavidyānāṃ vihitaṃ mantralakṣaṇam
and (what arises) from anger or from hatred, and likewise question-and-narration—this is laid down as the characteristic of mantra for all the branches of knowledge.
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BndP 1 33.42
मन्त्रा नवविधाः प्रोक्ता ऋग्यजुः सामलक्षणाः । मूर्तिर्निन्दा प्रशंसा चाक्रोशस्तोषस्तथैव च
mantrā navavidhāḥ proktā ṛgyajuḥ sāmalakṣaṇāḥ / mūrtirnindā praśaṃsā cākrośastoṣastathaiva ca
Mantras are declared to be of nine kinds, having the marks of ṛc, yajus and sāman: form, blame, praise, reproach, and satisfaction,
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BndP 1 33.43
प्रश्रानुज्ञास्तथाख्यानमाशास्मतिविधयो मताः । मन्त्रभेदांश्च वक्ष्यामि चतुर्विशतिलक्षणान्
praśrānujñāstathākhyānamāśāsmatividhayo matāḥ / mantrabhedāṃśca vakṣyāmi caturviśatilakṣaṇān
question, assent, and narration, benediction and injunctions are held (to be the rest). And I shall declare the varieties of mantra, having twenty-four marks.
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BndP 1 33.44
प्रशंसा स्तुतिराक्रोशो निन्दा च परिदेवना । अभिशापो विशापश्च प्रश्नः प्रतिवचस्तथा
praśaṃsā stutirākrośo nindā ca paridevanā / abhiśāpo viśāpaśca praśnaḥ prativacastathā
Praise, laud, reproach, blame, and lament; curse and release from curse, question and likewise answer,
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BndP 1 33.45
आशीर्यज्ञस्तथाक्षेप अर्थाख्यानं च संकथा । वियोगा ह्यभियोगाश्च कथा संस्था वरश्च वै
āśīryajñastathākṣepa arthākhyānaṃ ca saṃkathā / viyogā hyabhiyogāśca kathā saṃsthā varaśca vai
Benediction, sacrifice, and reproach, the statement of a matter and conversation, separations and accusations, narrative, settled conclusion, and a boon,
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BndP 1 33.46
प्रतिषेधोप देशौ च नमस्कारः स्पृहा तथा । विलापश्चेति मन्त्राणां चतुर्विंशतिरुद्धृताः
pratiṣedhopa deśau ca namaskāraḥ spṛhā tathā / vilāpaśceti mantrāṇāṃ caturviṃśatiruddhṛtāḥ
prohibition and instruction, salutation, and likewise longing, and lamentation: thus twenty-four (kinds) of mantras have been extracted.
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BndP 1 33.47
ऋषिभिर्यज्ञतत्त्वज्ञैर्विहितं ब्रह्मणं पुरा । हेतु र्निर्वचनं निन्दा प्रशस्तिः संशयो निधिः
ṛṣibhiryajñatattvajñairvihitaṃ brahmaṇaṃ purā / hetu rnirvacanaṃ nindā praśastiḥ saṃśayo nidhiḥ
Formerly the Brāhmaṇa was arranged by the seers who knew the truth of sacrifice: (its parts are) reason, etymological explanation, censure, praise, doubt, (and) the store (of established fact),
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BndP 1 33.48
पुराकृतिपुराकल्पौ व्यवधारणकल्पना । उपमा च दशैते वै विधयो ब्राह्मणस्य तु
purākṛtipurākalpau vyavadhāraṇakalpanā / upamā ca daśaite vai vidhayo brāhmaṇasya tu
a former deed and a former usage, the supposition that determines (between alternatives), and simile — these ten are the modes of the Brāhmaṇa.
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BndP 1 33.49
लक्षणं ब्राह्मणस्यैनद्विहितं सर्वशाखिनाम । हेतुर्हन्तेः स्मृतो धातोर्यन्निहन्त्युदितं परैः
lakṣaṇaṃ brāhmaṇasyainadvihitaṃ sarvaśākhināma / heturhanteḥ smṛto dhātoryannihantyuditaṃ paraiḥ
This is stated as the definition of the Brāhmaṇa (portion) of all who follow the (Vedic) branches. 'Hetu' is held (to derive) from the root 'han', since it strikes down what has been asserted by opponents.
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BndP 1 33.50
अथवार्थे परिप्राप्ते हिनो तेर्गतिकर्मणा । तथा निर्वचनं ब्रूयाद्वाक्यार्थस्यावधारणम्
athavārthe pariprāpte hino tergatikarmaṇā / tathā nirvacanaṃ brūyādvākyārthasyāvadhāraṇam
Or else, when the sense is arrived at, from 'hi' (or) from 'i' with the sense of motion. And one should call 'nirvacana' the determination of the meaning of a sentence.
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BndP 1 33.51
निन्दां तामाहुरायार्या यद्दोषे निन्दनं वचः । प्रपूर्वाच्छंसतेर्धातोः प्रशंसागुणवत्तया
nindāṃ tāmāhurāyāryā yaddoṣe nindanaṃ vacaḥ / prapūrvācchaṃsaterdhātoḥ praśaṃsāguṇavattayā
That speech which is a censuring in respect of a fault, the noble ones call 'nindā'; from the root 'śaṃs' preceded by 'pra' (comes) 'praśaṃsā', by way of (declaring) the possession of merits.
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BndP 1 33.52
इदं त्विदमिदं नैदमित्यनिश्चित्य संशयम् । इदमेवं विधातव्यमित्ययं विधिरुच्यते
idaṃ tvidamidaṃ naidamityaniścitya saṃśayam / idamevaṃ vidhātavyamityayaṃ vidhirucyate
'Is it this? or this? not this?' — without determining, (that is) doubt. 'This is to be enjoined thus' — this is called injunction (vidhi).
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BndP 1 33.53
अन्यस्यान्यस्य चौक्तिर्या बुधैः सोक्ता पुराकृतिः । यो ह्यत्यन्तपरोक्षार्थः स पुराकल्प उच्यते
anyasyānyasya cauktiryā budhaiḥ soktā purākṛtiḥ / yo hyatyantaparokṣārthaḥ sa purākalpa ucyate
That statement which is of one thing after another, the wise call 'purākṛti'; and that whose subject-matter is utterly beyond sight is called 'purākalpa'.
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BndP 1 33.54
पुरातिक्रान्तवाचित्वात्पुराकल्पस्य कल्प नाम् । मन्त्रब्राह्मणकल्पैश्च निगमैः शुद्धविस्तरैः
purātikrāntavācitvātpurākalpasya kalpa nām / mantrabrāhmaṇakalpaiśca nigamaiḥ śuddhavistaraiḥ
Because it speaks of what has passed away long ago, the name 'kalpa' belongs to 'purākalpa' — (established) by the mantra, Brāhmaṇa and Kalpa (texts) and by the traditional texts with their pure expositions.
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BndP 1 33.55
अनिश्चित्य कृतामाहुर्व्यवधारणकल्पनाम् । यथा हीदं तथा तद्वै इदं चैव तथैव तत्
aniścitya kṛtāmāhurvyavadhāraṇakalpanām / yathā hīdaṃ tathā tadvai idaṃ caiva tathaiva tat
What is done without determining they call the 'determining supposition' (vyavadhāraṇa-kalpanā): 'as this is, so indeed is that; and this is precisely so, and so is that.'
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BndP 1 33.56
इत्येवमेषा ह्युपमा दशमो ब्राह्मणस्य तु । इत्येतद्ब्रह्मणस्यादौ विहितं रक्षणं बुधैः
ityevameṣā hyupamā daśamo brāhmaṇasya tu / ityetadbrahmaṇasyādau vihitaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ budhaiḥ
Thus this simile is the tenth (mode) of the Brāhmaṇa. Thus at the beginning this preserving of the Brāhmaṇa (portion) was ordained by the wise.
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BndP 1 33.57
तस्य तद्विद्भिरुद्दिष्टा व्याख्याम्यनुपदं द्विजैः । मन्त्राणां कल्पना चैव विधिदृष्टिषु कर्मसु
tasya tadvidbhiruddiṣṭā vyākhyāmyanupadaṃ dvijaiḥ / mantrāṇāṃ kalpanā caiva vidhidṛṣṭiṣu karmasu
I shall explain step by step what has been taught concerning it by the twice-born who know it: the arrangement of the mantras also, in the rites seen (prescribed) in the injunctions.
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BndP 1 33.58
मन्त्रो मन्त्रयतेर्द्धातोर्ब्राह्मणो ब्राह्मणेन तु । अल्पाक्षरमसंदिग्धं सारवद्विश्वतोमुखम् । अस्तोभमनवद्यं च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः
mantro mantrayaterddhātorbrāhmaṇo brāhmaṇena tu / alpākṣaramasaṃdigdhaṃ sāravadviśvatomukham / astobhamanavadyaṃ ca sūtraṃ sūtravido viduḥ
'Mantra' (comes) from the root 'mantray'; 'brāhmaṇa' from 'brahman'. Of few syllables, free of doubt, pithy, facing all directions, without filler-words and blameless — such the knowers of sūtras know the sūtra to be.
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