Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 37
BndP 1 37.1
सूत उवाच आसीदिह समुद्रान्ता वसुधेति यथा श्रुतम् । वसु धत्ते यतस्तस्माद्वसुधा सेति गीयते
sūta uvāca āsīdiha samudrāntā vasudheti yathā śrutam / vasu dhatte yatastasmādvasudhā seti gīyate
Sūta said: Here (this earth) was bounded by the oceans, called Vasudhā, as we have heard; because she holds (dhatte) wealth (vasu), therefore she is sung of as Vasudhā.
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BndP 1 37.2
मधुकैटभयोः पूर्वं मेदसा संपरिप्लुता । तेनेयं मेदिनीत्युक्ता निरुक्त्या ब्रह्मवादिभिः
madhukaiṭabhayoḥ pūrvaṃ medasā saṃpariplutā / teneyaṃ medinītyuktā niruktyā brahmavādibhiḥ
Formerly she was wholly flooded with the fat of Madhu and Kaiṭabha; therefore she is called Medinī by the expounders of Brahman according to (that) etymology.
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BndP 1 37.3
ततो ऽभ्युपगमाद्राज्ञः पृथोर्वैन्यस्य धीमतः । दुहितृत्वमनुप्राप्ता पृथिवी पठ्यते ततः
tato 'bhyupagamādrājñaḥ pṛthorvainyasya dhīmataḥ / duhitṛtvamanuprāptā pṛthivī paṭhyate tataḥ
Then, by the consent of the wise king Pṛthu, son of Vena, she attained the state of being his daughter, and thereafter is called Pṛthivī.
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BndP 1 37.4
पृथुना प्रविभागश्चधरायाः साधितः पुरा । तस्याकरवती राज्ञः पत्तनाकरमालिनी
pṛthunā pravibhāgaścadharāyāḥ sādhitaḥ purā / tasyākaravatī rājñaḥ pattanākaramālinī
And formerly the division of the earth was accomplished by Pṛthu; (she became) full of mines for that king, garlanded with towns and mines.
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BndP 1 37.5
चातुर्वर्णमयसमाकीर्णा रक्षिता तेन धीमता । एवंप्रभावोराजासीद्वैन्यः सद्विजसत्तमाः
cāturvarṇamayasamākīrṇā rakṣitā tena dhīmatā / evaṃprabhāvorājāsīdvainyaḥ sadvijasattamāḥ
She was crowded with (people) made up of the four classes and protected by that wise one. Of such power was king Vainya, O best of twice-born ones.
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BndP 1 37.6
नमस्यश्चैव पूच्यश्च भूतग्रामेण सर्वशः । ब्राह्मणैश्च महाभागैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः
namasyaścaiva pūcyaśca bhūtagrāmeṇa sarvaśaḥ / brāhmaṇaiśca mahābhāgairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ
And he is to be saluted and honoured by the whole host of beings everywhere, and by the greatly blessed brahmins who have mastered the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas —
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BndP 1 37.7
पृथुरेव नमस्कार्यो ब्रह्मयोनिः सनातनः । पार्थिवैश्च महाभागैः प्रार्थयद्भिर्महद्यशः
pṛthureva namaskāryo brahmayoniḥ sanātanaḥ / pārthivaiśca mahābhāgaiḥ prārthayadbhirmahadyaśaḥ
Pṛthu alone is to be saluted, the eternal one whose origin is Brahman; and (he is to be saluted) by greatly blessed rulers of the earth who seek great fame;
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BndP 1 37.8
आदिराजो नमस्कार्यः पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रतापवान् । योधैरपि च संग्रामे प्राप्तुकामैर्जयं युधि
ādirājo namaskāryaḥ pṛthurvainyaḥ pratāpavān / yodhairapi ca saṃgrāme prāptukāmairjayaṃ yudhi
The first king, Pṛthu son of Vena, the mighty one, is to be saluted also by warriors in battle who wish to gain victory in the fight;
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BndP 1 37.9
आदिकर्त्तारणानां वै नमस्यः पृथुरेव हि । यो हि योद्धा रणं याति कीर्त्तयित्वा पृथुं नृपम्
ādikarttāraṇānāṃ vai namasyaḥ pṛthureva hi / yo hi yoddhā raṇaṃ yāti kīrttayitvā pṛthuṃ nṛpam
For Pṛthu, the first maker of battles, is indeed to be saluted; for that warrior who goes to battle after proclaiming king Pṛthu —
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BndP 1 37.10
स घोररूपात्संग्रामात्क्षेमी तरति कीर्त्तिमान् । वैश्यैरपि च राजर्षिर्वेश्यवृत्तिमिहास्थितैः
sa ghorarūpātsaṃgrāmātkṣemī tarati kīrttimān / vaiśyairapi ca rājarṣirveśyavṛttimihāsthitaiḥ
he, safe and famed, crosses over the battle of dreadful form. And by vaiśyas too who here follow the vaiśya way of life, the royal sage —
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BndP 1 37.11
पृथुरेव नमस्कार्यो वृत्तिदानान्महायशाः । एते वत्सविशेषाश्च दोग्धारः क्षीरमेव च
pṛthureva namaskāryo vṛttidānānmahāyaśāḥ / ete vatsaviśeṣāśca dogdhāraḥ kṣīrameva ca
Pṛthu alone is to be saluted, of great fame, because he granted (them their) livelihood. These particular calves, and the milkers, and the milk itself,
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BndP 1 37.12
पात्राणि च मयोक्तानि सर्वाण्येव यथाक्रमम् । ब्रह्मणा प्रथमं दुग्धा पुरा पृथ्वी महात्मना
pātrāṇi ca mayoktāni sarvāṇyeva yathākramam / brahmaṇā prathamaṃ dugdhā purā pṛthvī mahātmanā
and the vessels, have all been told by me in due order. In the beginning the earth was milked long ago by the great-souled Brahmā,
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BndP 1 37.13
वायुं कृत्वा तथा वत्सं बीजानि वसुधातले । ततः स्वायंभुवे पूर्वं तदा मन्वन्तरे पुनः
vāyuṃ kṛtvā tathā vatsaṃ bījāni vasudhātale / tataḥ svāyaṃbhuve pūrvaṃ tadā manvantare punaḥ
having made Vāyu the calf, (milking) the seeds onto the surface of the earth. Then again, in that former Svāyambhuva manvantara,
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BndP 1 37.14
वत्सं स्वायंभुवं कृत्वा सर्वसस्यानि चैव हि । ततः स्वारोचिषे वापि प्राप्ते मन्वन्तरे ऽधुना
vatsaṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ kṛtvā sarvasasyāni caiva hi / tataḥ svārociṣe vāpi prāpte manvantare 'dhunā
having made Svāyambhuva (Manu) the calf, (she was milked of) all the crops. Then, when the Svārociṣa manvantara had arrived, again,
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BndP 1 37.15
वत्सं स्वारोचिषं कृत्वा दुग्धा सस्यानि मेदिनी । उत्तमेन तु तेनापि दुग्धा देवानु जेन तु
vatsaṃ svārociṣaṃ kṛtvā dugdhā sasyāni medinī / uttamena tu tenāpi dugdhā devānu jena tu
having made Svārociṣa the calf, the earth was milked of crops. And by that Uttama too, the younger brother of the gods, she was milked,
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BndP 1 37.16
मनुं कृत्वोत्तमं वत्सं सर्वसस्यानि धीमता । पुनश्च पञ्चमे पृथ्वी तामसस्यान्तरे मनोः
manuṃ kṛtvottamaṃ vatsaṃ sarvasasyāni dhīmatā / punaśca pañcame pṛthvī tāmasasyāntare manoḥ
the wise one having made Manu Uttama the calf, (milking) all the crops. And again, in the fifth (period), the interval of Manu Tāmasa, the earth
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BndP 1 37.17
दुग्धेयं तामसं वत्सं कृत्वा वै बलबन्धुना । चारिष्टवस्य वै षष्ठे संप्राप्ते चान्तरे मनोः
dugdheyaṃ tāmasaṃ vatsaṃ kṛtvā vai balabandhunā / cāriṣṭavasya vai ṣaṣṭhe saṃprāpte cāntare manoḥ
was milked, having made Tāmasa the calf, by Balabandhu. And when the sixth interval, that of Manu Cāriṣṭava (Raivata?), had arrived,
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BndP 1 37.18
दुग्धा मही पुराणेन वत्सं चारिष्टवं प्रति । चाक्षुषे चापि संप्राप्ते तदा मन्वन्तरे पुनः
dugdhā mahī purāṇena vatsaṃ cāriṣṭavaṃ prati / cākṣuṣe cāpi saṃprāpte tadā manvantare punaḥ
the earth was milked by the ancient one, with Cāriṣṭava as the calf. And when the Cākṣuṣa manvantara had arrived, again,
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BndP 1 37.19
दुग्धा मही पुराणेन वत्सं कृत्वा तु चाक्षुषम् । चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे ऽतीते प्राप्ते वैवस्वते पुनः
dugdhā mahī purāṇena vatsaṃ kṛtvā tu cākṣuṣam / cākṣuṣasyāntare 'tīte prāpte vaivasvate punaḥ
The earth was milked by Purāṇa (the Ancient One), making Cākṣuṣa the calf; and when the interval of Cākṣuṣa had passed and the Vaivasvata (manvantara) had again arrived —
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BndP 1 37.20
वैन्येनेयं पुरा दुग्धा यथा ते कथितं मया । एतैर्दुग्धा पुरा पृथ्वी व्यतीतेष्वन्तरेषु वै
vainyeneyaṃ purā dugdhā yathā te kathitaṃ mayā / etairdugdhā purā pṛthvī vyatīteṣvantareṣu vai
formerly this (earth) was milked by Vainya (Pṛthu), as I have told you; by these (beings) was the earth milked in past ages of old.
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BndP 1 37.21
देवादिभिर्मनुष्यैश्च ततो भूतादिभिश्च ह । एवं सर्वेषु विज्ञेया अतीतानागतेष्विह
devādibhirmanuṣyaiśca tato bhūtādibhiśca ha / evaṃ sarveṣu vijñeyā atītānāgateṣviha
By the gods and others, and by men, and then by the spirits (bhūtas) and others; thus it should be understood in all (the manvantaras) here, past and yet to come.
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BndP 1 37.22
देवा मन्वन्तरे स्वस्थाः पृथोस्तु शृणुत प्रजाः । पृथोस्तु पुत्रौ विक्रान्तौ जज्ञाते ऽन्तर्द्धिपाषनौ
devā manvantare svasthāḥ pṛthostu śṛṇuta prajāḥ / pṛthostu putrau vikrāntau jajñāte 'ntarddhipāṣanau
In the manvantara the gods were at ease; now hear of the offspring of Pṛthu. To Pṛthu were born two mighty sons, Antardhi and Pāṣan(?).
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BndP 1 37.23
शिखण्डिनी हविर्धानमन्तर्द्धानाव्द्यजायत । हविर्धानात्षडाग्नेयी धिषणाजनयत्सुतान्
śikhaṇḍinī havirdhānamantarddhānāvdyajāyata / havirdhānātṣaḍāgneyī dhiṣaṇājanayatsutān
Śikhaṇḍinī bore Havirdhāna to Antardhāna; and by Havirdhāna, Dhiṣaṇā, born of Agni, brought forth six sons.
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BndP 1 37.24
प्राचीनबर्हिषं शुक्लं गयं कृष्णं प्रजाचिनौ । प्राचीनबर्हिर्भगवान्महानासीत्प्रजापतिः
prācīnabarhiṣaṃ śuklaṃ gayaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ prajācinau / prācīnabarhirbhagavānmahānāsītprajāpatiḥ
Prācīnabarhis, Śukla, Gaya, Kṛṣṇa, and the two Prajā-collectors(?); the lord Prācīnabarhis was a great Prajāpati.
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BndP 1 37.25
बलश्रुततपोवीर्यैः पृथिव्यामेकराडसौ । प्राचीनाग्राः कुशास्तस्य तस्मात्प्राचीनबर्ह्यसौ
balaśrutatapovīryaiḥ pṛthivyāmekarāḍasau / prācīnāgrāḥ kuśāstasya tasmātprācīnabarhyasau
By strength, learning, austerity and valour he was sole king upon the earth; his kuśa-grasses had their tips turned eastward, and from that (he was called) Prācīnabarhis.
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BndP 1 37.26
समुद्रतनयायां तु कृतदारः स वै प्रभुः । महतस्तपसः पारे सवर्णायां प्रजापतिः
samudratanayāyāṃ tu kṛtadāraḥ sa vai prabhuḥ / mahatastapasaḥ pāre savarṇāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ
And that lord, the Prajāpati, at the end of great austerity, took as wife Savarṇā, the daughter of the ocean.
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BndP 1 37.27
सवर्णाधत्त सामुद्री दश प्राचीनबर्हिषः । सर्वान्प्रचेतसो नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगान्
savarṇādhatta sāmudrī daśa prācīnabarhiṣaḥ / sarvānpracetaso nāma dhanurvedasya pāragān
Savarṇā, the ocean's daughter, conceived ten (sons) of Prācīnabarhis, all named the Pracetases, masters of the science of archery.
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BndP 1 37.28
अपृथग्धर्मचरणास्ते ऽतप्यन्त महात्तपः । दशवर्ष सहस्राणि समुद्रसलिलेशयाः
apṛthagdharmacaraṇāste 'tapyanta mahāttapaḥ / daśavarṣa sahasrāṇi samudrasalileśayāḥ
Practising their duty in common, they performed great austerity for ten thousand years, lying in the waters of the ocean.
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BndP 1 37.29
तपश्चतेषु पृथिवीं तप्यत्स्वथ महीरुहाः । अरक्ष्यमाणामावब्रुर्बभूवाथ प्रजाक्षयः
tapaścateṣu pṛthivīṃ tapyatsvatha mahīruhāḥ / arakṣyamāṇāmāvabrurbabhūvātha prajākṣayaḥ
While they were performing austerity, the trees covered over the unguarded earth, and there came about a destruction of creatures.
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BndP 1 37.30
प्रत्याहृते तदा तस्मिञ्चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः । नाशकन्मारुतो वातुं वृत्तं खमभवद्द्रुमैः
pratyāhṛte tadā tasmiñcākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ / nāśakanmāruto vātuṃ vṛttaṃ khamabhavaddrumaiḥ
When (the earth?) had thus been drawn back, in the interval of Manu Cākṣuṣa, the wind could not blow; the sky was enclosed by the trees.
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BndP 1 37.31
दशवर्षसहस्राणि न शेकुश्चेष्टितुं प्रजाः । तदुपश्रुत्य तपसा सर्वे युक्ताः प्रचेतसः
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi na śekuśceṣṭituṃ prajāḥ / tadupaśrutya tapasā sarve yuktāḥ pracetasaḥ
For ten thousand years the creatures could not move; hearing of this, all the Pracetases, joined with (the power of) austerity,
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BndP 1 37.32
मुखेभ्यो वायुमग्निं च ससृजुर्जातमन्यवः । उन्मूलानथ वृक्षांस्तान्कृत्वा वायुरशोषयत्
mukhebhyo vāyumagniṃ ca sasṛjurjātamanyavaḥ / unmūlānatha vṛkṣāṃstānkṛtvā vāyuraśoṣayat
with anger arisen, sent forth wind and fire from their mouths; and the wind, having uprooted those trees, dried them up.
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BndP 1 37.33
तानग्निरदहद्धोर एवमासीद्दुमक्षयः । द्रुमक्षयमथो बुद्ध्वा किञ्चिच्छिष्टेषु शाखिषु
tānagniradahaddhora evamāsīddumakṣayaḥ / drumakṣayamatho buddhvā kiñcicchiṣṭeṣu śākhiṣu
The dreadful fire burnt them: thus came about the destruction of the trees. Then, perceiving the destruction of the trees, when a few of the branching ones were left,
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BndP 1 37.34
उपगम्याब्रवी देतान्राजा सोमः प्रचेतसः । दृष्ट्वा प्रयोजनं सत्यं लोकसंतानकारणात्
upagamyābravī detānrājā somaḥ pracetasaḥ / dṛṣṭvā prayojanaṃ satyaṃ lokasaṃtānakāraṇāt
King Soma approached and spoke to those Pracetases, seeing a true purpose in it, for the sake of the continuance of the world:
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BndP 1 37.35
कोपं त्यजत राजानः सर्वे प्राचीनबर्हिषः । वृक्षाः क्षित्यां जनिष्यन्ति शाम्यतामग्निमारुतौ
kopaṃ tyajata rājānaḥ sarve prācīnabarhiṣaḥ / vṛkṣāḥ kṣityāṃ janiṣyanti śāmyatāmagnimārutau
"Give up your anger, all you kings, sons of Prācīnabarhis; trees will be born on the earth. Let the fire and the wind be quieted.
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BndP 1 37.36
रत्नभूता च कन्येयं वृक्षाणां वरवर्णिनीः । भविष्यज्जनता ह्येषा धृता गर्भेण वै मया
ratnabhūtā ca kanyeyaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ varavarṇinīḥ / bhaviṣyajjanatā hyeṣā dhṛtā garbheṇa vai mayā
"And this maiden, a jewel among the trees, of fair complexion — she is the future race of beings, borne by me in the womb.
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BndP 1 37.37
मारिषा नाम नाम्नैषा वृक्षैरेव विनिर्मिता । भार्या भवतु वो ह्येषा सोमगर्भा विवर्द्धिता
māriṣā nāma nāmnaiṣā vṛkṣaireva vinirmitā / bhāryā bhavatu vo hyeṣā somagarbhā vivarddhitā
"By name she is Māriṣā, fashioned by the trees themselves; let her become your wife, she who was conceived of Soma and raised (by them).
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BndP 1 37.38
युष्माकं तेजसार्द्धेन मम चार्धेन तेजसा । अस्यामुत्पत्स्यते विद्वान्दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः
yuṣmākaṃ tejasārddhena mama cārdhena tejasā / asyāmutpatsyate vidvāndakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ
"From half of your energy and half of my energy there shall be born in her a learned Prajāpati named Dakṣa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.39
स इमां दग्धभूयिष्ठां युष्मत्तेजोमयेन वै । अग्निनाग्निसमो भूयः प्रजाः संवर्द्धयिष्यति
sa imāṃ dagdhabhūyiṣṭhāṃ yuṣmattejomayena vai / agnināgnisamo bhūyaḥ prajāḥ saṃvarddhayiṣyati
He, equal to fire, by means of the fire made of your energy, will again cause the creatures to increase upon this (earth) that has been mostly burnt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.40
ततः सोमस्य वचनाज्जगृहुस्ते प्रचेतसः । संत्दृत्य कोपं वृक्षेभ्यः पत्नीं धर्मेण मारिषाम्
tataḥ somasya vacanājjagṛhuste pracetasaḥ / saṃtdṛtya kopaṃ vṛkṣebhyaḥ patnīṃ dharmeṇa māriṣām
Then, at Soma's word, those Pracetases, restraining their anger, took Māriṣā from the trees as their wife according to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.41
मारिषायां ततस्ते वै मनसा गर्भमादधुः । दशभ्यस्तु प्रचेतोभ्यो मारिषायां प्रजापतिः
māriṣāyāṃ tataste vai manasā garbhamādadhuḥ / daśabhyastu pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ
Then they placed an embryo in Māriṣā by (the power of) mind; from the ten Pracetases, in Māriṣā, the Prajāpati
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.42
दक्षो जज्ञे महातेजाः सोमस्यांशेन वीर्यवान् । असृजन्मनसा त्वादौ प्रजा दक्षो ऽथ मैथुनात्
dakṣo jajñe mahātejāḥ somasyāṃśena vīryavān / asṛjanmanasā tvādau prajā dakṣo 'tha maithunāt
Dakṣa was born, of great splendour and valour, with a portion of Soma. Dakṣa first created creatures by mind, and then by sexual union.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.43
अचरांश्च चरांश्चैव द्विपदो ऽथ चतुष्पदः । विसृज्य मनसा दक्षः पश्चादसृजत स्त्रियः
acarāṃśca carāṃścaiva dvipado 'tha catuṣpadaḥ / visṛjya manasā dakṣaḥ paścādasṛjata striyaḥ
Having created by mind the immobile and the mobile, the two-footed and the four-footed, Dakṣa afterwards created women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.44
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयां दश । कालस्य नयने युक्ताः सप्तविंशतिमिन्दवे
dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayāṃ daśa / kālasya nayane yuktāḥ saptaviṃśatimindave
He gave ten (daughters) to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, and twenty-seven, engaged in the guiding of time, to the Moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.45
एभ्यो दत्त्वा ततो ऽन्या वै चतस्रो ऽरिष्टनेमिने । द्वे चैव बहुपुत्राय द्वे चैवाङ्गिरसे तथा
ebhyo dattvā tato 'nyā vai catasro 'riṣṭanemine / dve caiva bahuputrāya dve caivāṅgirase tathā
Having given (these) to them, he then gave four others to Ariṣṭanemi, two to Bahuputra, and two likewise to Aṅgiras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.46
कन्यामेकां कृशाश्वाय तेभ्यो ऽपत्यं बभूव ह । अन्तरं चाक्षुषस्याथ मनोः षष्ठं तु गीयते
kanyāmekāṃ kṛśāśvāya tebhyo 'patyaṃ babhūva ha / antaraṃ cākṣuṣasyātha manoḥ ṣaṣṭhaṃ tu gīyate
and one maiden to Kṛśāśva; from them offspring came to be. And this is sung as the sixth interval, that of the Manu Cākṣuṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.47
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यापि सप्तमस्य प्रजापतेः । वसुदेवाः खगा गावो नागा दितिजदानवाः
manorvaivasvatasyāpi saptamasya prajāpateḥ / vasudevāḥ khagā gāvo nāgā ditijadānavāḥ
And of the seventh Manu, Vaivasvata, the Prajāpati: the Vasus, gods, birds, cows, Nāgas, the sons of Diti and the Dānavas,
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BndP 1 37.48
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव जज्ञिरे ऽन्याश्च जातयः । ततः प्रभृति लोके ऽस्मिन्प्रजा मैथुनसंभवाः । संकल्पाद्दर्शनात्स्पर्शात्पूर्वासां सृष्टिरुच्यते
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva jajñire 'nyāśca jātayaḥ / tataḥ prabhṛti loke 'sminprajā maithunasaṃbhavāḥ / saṃkalpāddarśanātsparśātpūrvāsāṃ sṛṣṭirucyate
and the Gandharvas and Apsarases were born, and other kinds as well. From then on in this world creatures come into being by sexual union; the creation of the earlier ones is said to be from will, from sight, and from touch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.49
ऋषिरुवाच देवानां दानवानां च देवर्षिणां च ते शुभः । संभवः कथितः पूर्वं दक्षस्य च महात्मनः
ṛṣiruvāca devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca devarṣiṇāṃ ca te śubhaḥ / saṃbhavaḥ kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ
The seer said: The auspicious origin of the gods, the Dānavas and the divine seers has been told by you before, and that of the great-souled Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.50
प्राणात्प्रजापतेर्जन्म दक्षस्य कथितं त्वया । कथं प्राचे तस्त्वं च पुनर्लेभे महातपाः
prāṇātprajāpaterjanma dakṣasya kathitaṃ tvayā / kathaṃ prāce tastvaṃ ca punarlebhe mahātapāḥ
The birth of Dakṣa the Prajāpati from Prāṇa has been told by you; how did he of great austerity again attain (birth) among the Pracetases?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 37.51
एतं नः संशयं सूत व्याख्यातुं त्वमिहार्हसि । दौहित्रश्चैव सोमस्य कथं श्र्वशुरतां गतः
etaṃ naḥ saṃśayaṃ sūta vyākhyātuṃ tvamihārhasi / dauhitraścaiva somasya kathaṃ śrvaśuratāṃ gataḥ
You ought here to explain this doubt of ours, O Sūta: how did (he), being Soma's daughter's son, come to be his father-in-law?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.52
सूत उवाच उत्पत्तिश्च निरोधश्च नित्यं भूतेषु सत्तमाः । ऋषयो ऽत्र न सुह्यन्ति विद्यावन्तश्च ये जनाः
sūta uvāca utpattiśca nirodhaśca nityaṃ bhūteṣu sattamāḥ / ṛṣayo 'tra na suhyanti vidyāvantaśca ye janāḥ
The Sūta said: Origination and cessation are constant among beings, O best of the good; the seers are not confused about this, nor those people who possess knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.53
युगे युगे भवन्त्येते सर्वे दक्षादयो द्विजाः । पुनश्चैव निरुध्यन्ते विद्वांस्तत्र न मुह्यति
yuge yuge bhavantyete sarve dakṣādayo dvijāḥ / punaścaiva nirudhyante vidvāṃstatra na muhyati
In every age all these, Dakṣa and the rest, come into being, O twice-born, and again they cease; the wise man is not confused about that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.54
ज्यैष्ठ्यकानिष्ठ्यमप्येषां पूर्वमासीद्द्विजोत्तमाः । तप एव गरीयो ऽभूत्प्रभावश्चैव कारणम्
jyaiṣṭhyakāniṣṭhyamapyeṣāṃ pūrvamāsīddvijottamāḥ / tapa eva garīyo 'bhūtprabhāvaścaiva kāraṇam
Even the seniority and juniority of these existed formerly, O best of the twice-born; austerity alone was the weightier thing, and power was the cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.55
इमां विसृष्टिं यो वेद चाक्षुषस्य चराचरम् । प्रजावानायुषस्तीर्णः स्वर्गलोके महीयते
imāṃ visṛṣṭiṃ yo veda cākṣuṣasya carācaram / prajāvānāyuṣastīrṇaḥ svargaloke mahīyate
Whoever knows this emanation of Cākṣuṣa, moving and unmoving, is blessed with offspring, lives out his full span, and is honoured in the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.56
एवं सर्गः समाख्यातश्चाक्षुषस्य समासतः । इत्येते षट् निसर्गाश्च क्रान्ता मन्वन्तरात्मकाः
evaṃ sargaḥ samākhyātaścākṣuṣasya samāsataḥ / ityete ṣaṭ nisargāśca krāntā manvantarātmakāḥ
Thus the creation of Cākṣuṣa has been recounted in brief; and so these six creations, constituting the manvantaras, have passed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.57
स्वायंभुवाद्याः संक्षेपाच्चाशुषान्ता यथाक्रमम् । एते सर्गा यथा प्राज्ञैः प्रोक्ता ये द्विजसत्तमाः
svāyaṃbhuvādyāḥ saṃkṣepāccāśuṣāntā yathākramam / ete sargā yathā prājñaiḥ proktā ye dvijasattamāḥ
These creations, beginning with Svāyaṃbhuva and ending with Cākṣuṣa in due order, have been declared in brief by the wise — those (creations), O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.58
वैवस्वतनिसर्गेण तेषां ज्ञेयस्तु विस्तरः । अन्यूनानतिरिक्तास्ते सर्वे सर्गा विवस्वतः
vaivasvatanisargeṇa teṣāṃ jñeyastu vistaraḥ / anyūnānatiriktāste sarve sargā vivasvataḥ
But their full extent is to be understood by way of the creation of Vaivasvata; all those creations of Vivasvat are neither less nor more (than it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 37.59
आरोग्यायुः प्रमाणेभ्यो धर्मतः कामतोर्ऽथतः । एतानेव गुणानेति यः पठन्ननसूयकः
ārogyāyuḥ pramāṇebhyo dharmataḥ kāmator'thataḥ / etāneva guṇāneti yaḥ paṭhannanasūyakaḥ
He who recites (this) without envy attains just these good qualities: health, long life, in respect of measure, of dharma, of desire, and of wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 37.60
वैवस्वतस्य वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतस्य महात्मनः । समासव्यासतः सर्गं ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
vaivasvatasya vakṣyāmi sāṃpratasya mahātmanaḥ / samāsavyāsataḥ sargaṃ bruvato me nibodhata
I shall declare the creation of the present great Vaivasvata, briefly and at length; hear me as I speak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition