Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 38

BndP 1 38.1

सूत उवाच सप्तम त्वथ पर्याये मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह । मारीचात्कश्यपाद्देवा जज्ञिरे परमर्षयः

sūta uvāca saptama tvatha paryāye manorvaivasvatasya ha / mārīcātkaśyapāddevā jajñire paramarṣayaḥ

Sūta said: Then in the seventh cycle, that of Manu Vaivasvata, the gods and the supreme seers were born from Kaśyapa, son of Marīci.

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BndP 1 38.2

आदित्या वसवी रुद्राः साध्या विश्वे मरुद्गणाः । भृगव्ॐऽगिरसश्चैव ते ऽष्ठौ देवगणाः स्मृताः

ādityā vasavī rudrāḥ sādhyā viśve marudgaṇāḥ / bhṛgavoṃ'girasaścaiva te 'ṣṭhau devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

The Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sādhyas, Viśve(devas), the host of Maruts, the Bhṛgus and the Aṅgirases — these are remembered as the eight classes of gods.

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BndP 1 38.3

आदित्या मरुतो रुद्रा विज्ञेयाः कश्यपात्मजाः । साध्याश्य वसवो विश्वे धर्मपुत्रास्त्रयो गणाः

ādityā maruto rudrā vijñeyāḥ kaśyapātmajāḥ / sādhyāśya vasavo viśve dharmaputrāstrayo gaṇāḥ

The Ādityas, Maruts and Rudras are to be known as sons of Kaśyapa; the Sādhyas, Vasus and Viśve(devas) are the three classes that are sons of Dharma.

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BndP 1 38.4

भृगोस्तु भृगवो देवा ह्यङ्गिरस्ॐऽगिरः सुताः । वैवस्वतेंऽतरे ह्यस्मिन्नित्ये ते छन्दजा मताः

bhṛgostu bhṛgavo devā hyaṅgirasoṃ'giraḥ sutāḥ / vaivasvateṃ'tare hyasminnitye te chandajā matāḥ

From Bhṛgu (came) the Bhṛgu gods, and the Aṅgirases are the sons of Aṅgiras; in this Vaivasvata interval they are held to be eternal, born of (Vedic) metre.

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BndP 1 38.5

एते ऽपि च गमिष्यन्ति महान्तं कालपर्ययात् । एवं सर्गस्तु मारीचो विज्ञेयः सांप्रतः शुभः

ete 'pi ca gamiṣyanti mahāntaṃ kālaparyayāt / evaṃ sargastu mārīco vijñeyaḥ sāṃprataḥ śubhaḥ

These too will pass away in the great turning of time. Thus is the Mārīca creation to be known, the present and auspicious one.

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BndP 1 38.6

तेजस्वी सांप्रतस्तेषामिन्द्रो नाम्ना महाबलः । अतीतानागता ये च वर्त्तन्ते सांप्रतं च ये

tejasvī sāṃpratasteṣāmindro nāmnā mahābalaḥ / atītānāgatā ye ca varttante sāṃprataṃ ca ye

The present Indra among them is glorious, of great strength, (Indra) by name; and those who are past and future and those who exist in the present —

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BndP 1 38.7

सर्वे मन्वन्तरेद्रास्ते विज्ञेयास्तुल्यलक्षणाः । भूतभव्यभवन्नाथाः सहस्राक्षाः पुरन्दराः

sarve manvantaredrāste vijñeyāstulyalakṣaṇāḥ / bhūtabhavyabhavannāthāḥ sahasrākṣāḥ purandarāḥ

all those Indras of the manvantaras are to be known as having like marks: lords of past, future and present, thousand-eyed, breakers of citadels.

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BndP 1 38.8

सघवन्तश्चते सर्वे शृङ्गिणो वज्रपाणयः । सर्वैः क्रतुशतेनेष्टं पृथक्छतगुणेन तु

saghavantaścate sarve śṛṅgiṇo vajrapāṇayaḥ / sarvaiḥ kratuśateneṣṭaṃ pṛthakchataguṇena tu

And they are all possessed of might, horned, bearing the thunderbolt in hand; by all of them a hundred sacrifices were performed, each a hundredfold.

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BndP 1 38.9

त्रैलोक्ये यानि सत्त्वानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च । अभिभूयावतिष्ठन्ति धर्माद्यैः कारणैरपि

trailokye yāni sattvāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca / abhibhūyāvatiṣṭhanti dharmādyaiḥ kāraṇairapi

Whatever beings there are in the three worlds, moving and fixed, (these Indras) overcome them and stand above them, by dharma and the other causes as well.

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BndP 1 38.10

तेजसा तपसा बुद्ध्या बलश्रुतपराक्रमैः । भूतभव्यभवन्नाथा यथा ते प्रभविष्णवः

tejasā tapasā buddhyā balaśrutaparākramaiḥ / bhūtabhavyabhavannāthā yathā te prabhaviṣṇavaḥ

By energy, by austerity, by intelligence, by strength, learning and valour — how they, lords of past, future and present, are mighty —

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BndP 1 38.11

एतत्सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत । भूतभव्यभवद्ध्येत त्समृतं लोकत्रयं द्विजैः

etatsarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi bruvato me nibodhata / bhūtabhavyabhavaddhyeta tsamṛtaṃ lokatrayaṃ dvijaiḥ

all this I shall declare; hear me as I speak. For this triad of worlds is called by the twice-born "past, future and present."

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BndP 1 38.12

भूर्लोको ऽयं स्मृतो भूतमन्तरिक्षं भवत्स्मृतम् । भव्यं स्मृतं दिवं ह्येतत्तेषां वक्ष्यामि साधनम्

bhūrloko 'yaṃ smṛto bhūtamantarikṣaṃ bhavatsmṛtam / bhavyaṃ smṛtaṃ divaṃ hyetatteṣāṃ vakṣyāmi sādhanam

This earth-world is called "bhūta" (past); the mid-region is called "bhavat" (present); heaven is called "bhavya" (future) — I shall tell the establishing of these (names).

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BndP 1 38.13

ध्यायता लोकनामानि ब्रह्मणाग्रे विभाषितम् । भूरिति व्याहृतं पूर्वं भूर्लोको ऽयमभूत्तदा

dhyāyatā lokanāmāni brahmaṇāgre vibhāṣitam / bhūriti vyāhṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ bhūrloko 'yamabhūttadā

By Brahmā, as he meditated on the names of the worlds, it was uttered at the beginning: "bhūḥ" was pronounced first, and thereupon this became the Bhūrloka.

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BndP 1 38.14

भू सत्तायां स्मृतो धातुस्तथासौ लोकदर्शने । भूतत्वाद्दर्शनाच्चैव भूर्लोको ऽयमभूत्ततः

bhū sattāyāṃ smṛto dhātustathāsau lokadarśane / bhūtatvāddarśanāccaiva bhūrloko 'yamabhūttataḥ

The root "bhū" is recorded in the sense of "being," and likewise in the sense of "seeing the world"; from its being (bhūtatva) and from its being seen, this became the Bhūrloka.

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BndP 1 38.15

अतो ऽयं प्रथमो लोको भूतत्वाद्भूर्द्वजैः स्मृतः । भूते ऽस्मिन्भवदित्युक्तं द्वितीयं ब्रह्मणा पुनः

ato 'yaṃ prathamo loko bhūtatvādbhūrdvajaiḥ smṛtaḥ / bhūte 'sminbhavadityuktaṃ dvitīyaṃ brahmaṇā punaḥ

Therefore this first world, because it had come to be (bhūta), is called Bhūḥ by the twice-born; and when this world had come to be, the second was uttered by Brahmā as "bhuvat" (bhavat).

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BndP 1 38.16

भवदित्यत्पद्यमाने काले शब्दो ऽयमुच्यते । भवनात्तु भुवल्लोको निरुत्तया हि निरुच्यते

bhavadityatpadyamāne kāle śabdo 'yamucyate / bhavanāttu bhuvalloko niruttayā hi nirucyate

"Bhavat" — this word is used of time that is now coming to pass; and from coming-to-be (bhavana) the world Bhuvaḥ is so derived by etymology.

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BndP 1 38.17

अन्तरिक्षं भवत्तस्माद्द्वितीयो लोक उच्यते । उत्पन्ने तु तथा लोके द्वितीये ब्रह्मणा पुनः

antarikṣaṃ bhavattasmāddvitīyo loka ucyate / utpanne tu tathā loke dvitīye brahmaṇā punaḥ

The mid-air region came into being, and therefore it is called the second world; and when the second world had thus arisen, again by Brahmā—

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BndP 1 38.18

भव्येति व्याहृतं पश्चाद्भव्यो लोकस्ततो ऽभवत् । अनागते भव्य इत शब्द एष विभाव्यते

bhavyeti vyāhṛtaṃ paścādbhavyo lokastato 'bhavat / anāgate bhavya ita śabda eṣa vibhāvyate

—"bhavya" was uttered afterwards, and from that the world Bhavya came to be. This word "bhavya" is understood with reference to what is yet to come.

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BndP 1 38.19

तस्माद्भव्यो ह्यसौ लोको नामतस्त्रिदिवं स्मृतम् । भूरितीयं स्मृता भूमिरन्तरिक्षं भुवः स्मृतम्

tasmādbhavyo hyasau loko nāmatastridivaṃ smṛtam / bhūritīyaṃ smṛtā bhūmirantarikṣaṃ bhuvaḥ smṛtam

Therefore that world is Bhavya, and by name it is known as Tridiva. This earth is called Bhūḥ, and the mid-air region is called Bhuvaḥ.

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BndP 1 38.20

दिवं स्मृतं तथा भव्यं त्रलोक्यस्यैष निर्णयः । त्रैलोक्ययुक्तैर्व्याहारैस्तिस्रो व्याहृतयो ऽभवन्

divaṃ smṛtaṃ tathā bhavyaṃ tralokyasyaiṣa nirṇayaḥ / trailokyayuktairvyāhāraistisro vyāhṛtayo 'bhavan

Heaven likewise is called Bhavya: this is the determination of the triple world. From the utterances connected with the three worlds the three vyāhṛtis came to be.

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BndP 1 38.21

नाथ इत्येष धातुर्वै धातुज्ञैः पालने स्मृतः । यस्माद्भूतस्य लोकस्य भव्यस्य भवतस्तथा

nātha ityeṣa dhāturvai dhātujñaiḥ pālane smṛtaḥ / yasmādbhūtasya lokasya bhavyasya bhavatastathā

"Nāth" — this root is held by the knowers of roots to have the sense of protecting; since of the world that has been, of that which is to be, and likewise of that which is—

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BndP 1 38.22

लोकत्रयस्य नाथास्ते तस्मादिन्द्राद्विजैः स्मृताः । प्रधानभूता देवेन्द्रा गुणभूतास्तथैव च

lokatrayasya nāthāste tasmādindrādvijaiḥ smṛtāḥ / pradhānabhūtā devendrā guṇabhūtāstathaiva ca

—they are the protectors (nātha) of the three worlds, they are therefore called Indras by the twice-born. Some of these lords of the gods are principal, and some likewise are subordinate.

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BndP 1 38.23

मन्वन्तरेषु ये देवा यज्ञभाजो भवन्ति हि । यज्ञगन्धर्वरक्षांसि पिशाचो रगमानुषाः

manvantareṣu ye devā yajñabhājo bhavanti hi / yajñagandharvarakṣāṃsi piśāco ragamānuṣāḥ

The gods in the manvantaras who are sharers in the sacrifice, and the yakṣas, gandharvas, rākṣasas, piśācas, serpents and men—

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BndP 1 38.24

महिमानः स्मृता ह्येते देवेन्द्राणां तु सर्वशः । देवेन्द्रा गुरवो नाथा राजानः पितरो हि ते

mahimānaḥ smṛtā hyete devendrāṇāṃ tu sarvaśaḥ / devendrā guravo nāthā rājānaḥ pitaro hi te

—all these are held to be, in every respect, the majesties of the lords of the gods; for those lords of the gods are teachers, protectors, kings and fathers.

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BndP 1 38.25

रक्षन्तीमाः प्रजा ह्येते धर्मेणेह सुरोत्तमाः । इत्येतल्लक्षणं प्रोक्तं देवेन्द्राणां समासतः

rakṣantīmāḥ prajā hyete dharmeṇeha surottamāḥ / ityetallakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ devendrāṇāṃ samāsataḥ

These best of gods protect these creatures here according to dharma. Thus this defining mark of the lords of the gods has been stated in brief.

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BndP 1 38.26

सप्तर्षीन्संप्रवक्ष्यामि सांप्रतं ये दिवं श्रिताः । गाधिजः कौशिको धीमान्विश्वामित्रो महातपाः

saptarṣīnsaṃpravakṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ ye divaṃ śritāḥ / gādhijaḥ kauśiko dhīmānviśvāmitro mahātapāḥ

I shall now proclaim the seven seers who at present dwell in heaven: the wise Kauśika, son of Gādhi, Viśvāmitra of great austerities;

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BndP 1 38.27

भार्गवो जमदग्निश्च ह्यौर्वपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । बृहस्पतिसुतश्चापि भरद्वाजो महा यशाः

bhārgavo jamadagniśca hyaurvaputraḥ pratāpavān / bṛhaspatisutaścāpi bharadvājo mahā yaśāḥ

and Jamadagni the Bhārgava, the mighty son of Ūrva; and also Bharadvāja of great fame, the son of Bṛhaspati;

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BndP 1 38.28

औतथ्यो गौतमो विद्वाञ्शरद्वान्नाम धार्मिकः । स्वायंभुवो ऽत्रिर्भगवान्ब्रह्मकोशः सपञ्चमः

autathyo gautamo vidvāñśaradvānnāma dhārmikaḥ / svāyaṃbhuvo 'trirbhagavānbrahmakośaḥ sapañcamaḥ

the learned Gautama, son of Utathya, the righteous one named Śaradvān; and the lord Atri, son of the Self-existent, a treasury of sacred knowledge, as the fifth;

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BndP 1 38.29

षष्ठो वसिष्ठपुत्रस्तु वसुमांल्लोकविश्रुतः । वत्सरः काश्यपश्यैव सप्तैते साधुसंमताः

ṣaṣṭho vasiṣṭhaputrastu vasumāṃllokaviśrutaḥ / vatsaraḥ kāśyapaśyaiva saptaite sādhusaṃmatāḥ

the sixth is Vasiṣṭha's son Vasumān, renowned in the world; and Vatsara the Kāśyapa: these seven are approved by the good.

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BndP 1 38.30

एते सप्तर्षयश्योक्ता वर्त्तन्ते सांप्रतेंऽतरे । इक्ष्वाकुश्च नृगश्चैव धृष्टः शर्यातिरेब च

ete saptarṣayaśyoktā varttante sāṃprateṃ'tare / ikṣvākuśca nṛgaścaiva dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātireba ca

These are declared to be the seven seers who exist in the present manvantara. And Ikṣvāku, and Nṛga, Dhṛṣṭa and Śaryāti,

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BndP 1 38.31

नरिष्यन्तश्चविख्यातो नाभागो दिष्ट एव च । करूषश्च पृषध्रश्च पांशुश्चनवमः स्मृतः

nariṣyantaścavikhyāto nābhāgo diṣṭa eva ca / karūṣaśca pṛṣadhraśca pāṃśuścanavamaḥ smṛtaḥ

and the renowned Nariṣyanta, Nābhāga and Diṣṭa, and Karūṣa and Pṛṣadhra, and Pāṃśu who is reckoned the ninth—

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BndP 1 38.32

मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यैते नव पुत्राः सुधार्मिकाः । कीर्तिता वै तथा ह्येते सप्तमं चैतदन्तरम्

manorvaivasvatasyaite nava putrāḥ sudhārmikāḥ / kīrtitā vai tathā hyete saptamaṃ caitadantaram

these nine very righteous sons of Manu Vaivasvata have thus been recounted; and this is the seventh manvantara.

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BndP 1 38.33

इत्येष ह मया पादो द्वितीयः कथितोद्विजाः । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च भूयः किं कथयाम्यहम्

ityeṣa ha mayā pādo dvitīyaḥ kathitodvijāḥ / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bhūyaḥ kiṃ kathayāmyaham

Thus this second pāda has been narrated by me, O twice-born ones, at length and in due order. What more shall I relate?

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