Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 5
BndP 1 5.1
श्रीसूत उवाच आपो ऽग्रे सर्वगा आसन्नेनसिमन्पृथिवीतले । शान्तवातैः प्रलीने ऽस्मिन्न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन
śrīsūta uvāca āpo 'gre sarvagā āsannenasimanpṛthivītale / śāntavātaiḥ pralīne 'sminna prājñāyata kiñcana
Śrī Sūta said: In the beginning there were waters going everywhere, upon this surface of the earth; the winds being stilled, when this (world) was dissolved, nothing at all was discerned.
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BndP 1 5.2
एकार्णवे तदा तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे । विभुर्भवति स ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
ekārṇave tadā tasminnaṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame / vibhurbhavati sa brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
Then, when all that moves and stands still had perished in that single ocean, that Brahmā becomes the all-pervading one, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed.
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BndP 1 5.3
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णो ह्यतीन्द्रियः । ब्रह्म नारायणाख्यस्तु सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇo hyatīndriyaḥ / brahma nārāyaṇākhyastu suṣvāpa salile tadā
The thousand-headed Person, gold-coloured, beyond the senses — the Brahman named Nārāyaṇa — then slept upon the water.
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BndP 1 5.4
सत्त्वोद्रेकान्निषिद्धस्तु शून्यं लोकमवैक्षत । इमं चोदाहरन्त्यत्रर् श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति
sattvodrekānniṣiddhastu śūnyaṃ lokamavaikṣata / imaṃ codāharantyatrar ślokaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prati
Held back by the preponderance of sattva, he looked upon the empty world; and here they cite this verse concerning Nārāyaṇa:
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BndP 1 5.5
आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता आपो वै नरसूनवः । अयन तस्य ताःप्रोक्तास्तेन नारायणः स्मृतः
āpo nārā iti proktā āpo vai narasūnavaḥ / ayana tasya tāḥproktāstena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
The waters are called nārā, for the waters are the offspring of Nara; they are said to be his resting-place (ayana), and therefore he is known as Nārāyaṇa.
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BndP 1 5.6
तुल्य युगसहस्रस्य वसन्कालमुपास्यतः । स्वर्णपत्रेप्रकुरुते ब्रह्मत्वादर्शकारणात्
tulya yugasahasrasya vasankālamupāsyataḥ / svarṇapatreprakurute brahmatvādarśakāraṇāt
Dwelling for a span equal to a thousand ages, he is to be worshipped; he acts upon the golden leaf, by reason of the mirror(?) of his Brahman-nature.
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BndP 1 5.7
ब्रह्म तु सलिले तस्मिन्नवाग् भूत्वा तदा चरन् । निशायामिव खद्योतः प्रापृट्काले ततस्ततः
brahma tu salile tasminnavāg bhūtvā tadā caran / niśāyāmiva khadyotaḥ prāpṛṭkāle tatastataḥ
But Brahman, becoming downward-faced in that water and moving about then, was like a firefly at night in the rainy season, (flitting) here and there.
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BndP 1 5.8
ततस्तु सलिले तस्मिन् विज्ञायान्तर्गते महत् । अनुमानादसंमूढो भूमेरद्धरणं प्रति
tatastu salile tasmin vijñāyāntargate mahat / anumānādasaṃmūḍho bhūmeraddharaṇaṃ prati
Then, having recognized by inference the great (earth) that had gone within that water, undeluded, (he set his mind) upon the raising up of the earth,
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BndP 1 5.9
ओङ्काराषृतनुं त्वन्यां कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा । ततो महात्मा मनसा दिव्यरूपम चिन्तयत्
oṅkārāṣṛtanuṃ tvanyāṃ kalpādiṣu yathā purā / tato mahātmā manasā divyarūpama cintayat
— (assuming) that other body, made of the syllable Oṃ, as before at the beginnings of kalpas. Then the great-souled one pondered in his mind a divine form.
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BndP 1 5.10
सलिले ऽवप्लुतां भूमिं दृष्ट्वा स समचिन्तयत् । किं तु रूपमहं कृत्वा सलिलादुद्धरे महीम्
salile 'vaplutāṃ bhūmiṃ dṛṣṭvā sa samacintayat / kiṃ tu rūpamahaṃ kṛtvā salilāduddhare mahīm
Seeing the earth submerged in the water, he reflected: "What form shall I take, to lift the earth out of the water?"
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BndP 1 5.11
जलक्रीडासमुचितं वाराहं रूपमस्मरत् । उदृश्यं सर्वभूतानां वाङ्मयं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम्
jalakrīḍāsamucitaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamasmarat / udṛśyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ vāṅmayaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam
He called to mind the boar form, fit for sport in water, visible to all beings, made of speech, designated as Brahman.
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BndP 1 5.12
दशयोजनविस्तीर्णमायतंशतयोजनम् । नीलमेघप्रतीकाशं मेघस्तनितनिःस्वनम्
daśayojanavistīrṇamāyataṃśatayojanam / nīlameghapratīkāśaṃ meghastanitaniḥsvanam
ten yojanas broad, a hundred yojanas long, resembling a dark cloud, its voice the roar of thunderclouds,
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BndP 1 5.13
महापर्वतवर्ष्माणं श्वेततीक्ष्णोग्रदंष्ट्रिणाम् । विद्युदग्निप्रतिकाशमादित्यसमतेजसम्
mahāparvatavarṣmāṇaṃ śvetatīkṣṇogradaṃṣṭriṇām / vidyudagnipratikāśamādityasamatejasam
with the bulk of a great mountain, with white, sharp, terrible tusks, like lightning-fire, of splendour equal to the sun,
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BndP 1 5.14
पीनवृत्तायतस्कन्धं विष्णुविक्रमगामि च । पीनोन्नतकटीदेशं वृषलक्षणपूजितम्
pīnavṛttāyataskandhaṃ viṣṇuvikramagāmi ca / pīnonnatakaṭīdeśaṃ vṛṣalakṣaṇapūjitam
with thick, round, broad shoulders, moving with Viṣṇu's stride, with thick, high haunches, honoured with the marks of a bull.
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BndP 1 5.15
आस्थाय रूपमतुलं वाराहममितं हरिः । पृथिव्युद्धरणार्थाय प्रविवेश रसातलम्
āsthāya rūpamatulaṃ vārāhamamitaṃ hariḥ / pṛthivyuddharaṇārthāya praviveśa rasātalam
Taking on that incomparable, measureless boar form, Hari entered Rasātala in order to raise up the earth:
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BndP 1 5.16
दीक्षासमाप्तीष्टिदंष्ट्रःक्रतुदन्तो जुहूसुखः । अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः
dīkṣāsamāptīṣṭidaṃṣṭraḥkratudanto juhūsukhaḥ / agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ
his tusks the consecration, the concluding rite and the iṣṭi offering, his teeth the sacrifices, his mouth the juhū ladle, fire his tongue, darbha grass his hair, the Veda(-recitation) his head, of great austerity;
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BndP 1 5.17
वेदस्कन्धो हविर्गन्धिर्हव्यकव्यादिवेगवान् । प्राग्वंशकायो द्युतिमान् नानादीक्षाभिरन्वितः
vedaskandho havirgandhirhavyakavyādivegavān / prāgvaṃśakāyo dyutimān nānādīkṣābhiranvitaḥ
the Veda his shoulder, the oblation his scent, his speed the havya and kavya offerings, his body the prāgvaṃśa hall, radiant, attended by the various consecrations;
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BndP 1 5.18
दक्षिणा त्दृदयो योगी श्रद्धासत्त्वमयो विभुः । उपाकर्मरुचिश्चैव प्रवर्ग्यावर्तभूषणः
dakṣiṇā tdṛdayo yogī śraddhāsattvamayo vibhuḥ / upākarmaruciścaiva pravargyāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ
the sacrificial fee his heart, a yogin, made of faith and sattva, the all-pervading; the preliminary rite his lustre, adorned with the pravargya and its circlings;
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BndP 1 5.19
नानाछन्दोगतिपथो गुह्योपनिषदासनः । मायापत्नीसहायो वै गिरिशृङ्गमिवोच्छ्रयः
nānāchandogatipatho guhyopaniṣadāsanaḥ / māyāpatnīsahāyo vai giriśṛṅgamivocchrayaḥ
(He whose) pathways are the movements of the various metres, whose seat is the secret Upaniṣad, having Māyā his wife as companion, towering up like the peak of a mountain.
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BndP 1 5.20
अहोरात्रेक्षणाधरो वेदाङ्गश्रुतिभूषणः । आज्यगन्धः स्रुवस्तुण्डः सामघोषस्वनो महान्
ahorātrekṣaṇādharo vedāṅgaśrutibhūṣaṇaḥ / ājyagandhaḥ sruvastuṇḍaḥ sāmaghoṣasvano mahān
(He whose) lower lip (or support) is the day and night as his two eyes, adorned with the Vedāṅgas and the śruti as his ornaments, whose smell is that of clarified butter, whose snout is the sacrificial ladle, the great one whose sound is the chanting of the Sāman.
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BndP 1 5.21
सत्यधर्ममयः श्रीमान् कर्मविक्रमसत्कृतः । प्रायश्चित्तनखो घोरः पशुजानुर्महामखः
satyadharmamayaḥ śrīmān karmavikramasatkṛtaḥ / prāyaścittanakho ghoraḥ paśujānurmahāmakhaḥ
Made of truth and dharma, glorious, honoured by his deeds and valour, whose claws are the expiations, terrible, whose knees are the sacrificial victims, the great sacrifice (himself).
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BndP 1 5.22
उद्गातात्रो होमलिङ्गः फलबीजमहोषधीः । वाद्यन्तरात्मसत्रस्य नास्मिकासो मशोणितः
udgātātro homaliṅgaḥ phalabījamahoṣadhīḥ / vādyantarātmasatrasya nāsmikāso maśoṇitaḥ
(He whose) entrails are the Udgātā('s chants?), whose mark is the oblation, whose great herbs are fruits and seeds, ... of the inner self, the sacrifice of the sacrificial session, whose nostrils and blood are ...
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BndP 1 5.23
भक्ता यज्ञवराहान्ताश्चापः संप्राविशत्पुनः । अग्निसंछादितां भूमिं समामिच्छन्प्रजापतिम्
bhaktā yajñavarāhāntāścāpaḥ saṃprāviśatpunaḥ / agnisaṃchāditāṃ bhūmiṃ samāmicchanprajāpatim
...devoted, ending with the sacrificial boar; and (he) entered the waters again, seeking to level the earth that was covered over by fire — (he,) Prajāpati.
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BndP 1 5.24
उपगम्या जुहावैता मद्यश्चाद्यसमन्यसत् । मामुद्राश्च समुद्रेषु नादेयाश्च नदीषु च । पृथक् तास्तु समीकृत्य पृथिव्यां सो ऽचिनोद्गिरीन्
upagamyā juhāvaitā madyaścādyasamanyasat / māmudrāśca samudreṣu nādeyāśca nadīṣu ca / pṛthak tāstu samīkṛtya pṛthivyāṃ so 'cinodgirīn
Having approached, he offered these (as oblation), and set down the fluids(?) and the foods; and the ocean-waters in the oceans, and the river-waters in the rivers. Having made them level separately, he heaped up the mountains on the earth.
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BndP 1 5.25
प्राक्सर्गे दह्यमानास्तु तदा संवर्तकाग्निना । देनाग्निना विलीनास्ते पर्वता भुवि सर्वशः
prāksarge dahyamānāstu tadā saṃvartakāgninā / denāgninā vilīnāste parvatā bhuvi sarvaśaḥ
But in the earlier creation, when they were being burned then by the fire of dissolution, those mountains were melted by that fire everywhere upon the earth.
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BndP 1 5.26
सत्यादेकार्णवे तस्मिन् वायुना यत्तु संहिताः । निषिक्ता यत्रयत्रासंस्तत्रतत्राचलो ऽभवत्
satyādekārṇave tasmin vāyunā yattu saṃhitāḥ / niṣiktā yatrayatrāsaṃstatratatrācalo 'bhavat
Since (they were) held together by the wind in that single ocean, wherever they were poured down, there a mountain came to be.
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BndP 1 5.27
ततस्तेषु प्रकीर्णेषु लोकोदधिगिरींस्तथा । विश्वकर्मा विभजते कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः
tatasteṣu prakīrṇeṣu lokodadhigirīṃstathā / viśvakarmā vibhajate kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ
Then, when those (mountains) were scattered, Viśvakarman apportions the worlds, the oceans and likewise the mountains, again and again at the beginnings of the kalpas.
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BndP 1 5.28
ससमुद्रामिमां पृथ्वीं सप्तद्वीपां सपर्वताम् । भूराद्यांश्चतुरो लोकान्पुनःपुनरकल्पयत्
sasamudrāmimāṃ pṛthvīṃ saptadvīpāṃ saparvatām / bhūrādyāṃścaturo lokānpunaḥpunarakalpayat
This earth with its oceans, its seven continents and its mountains, and the four worlds beginning with Bhūḥ, he fashioned again and again.
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BndP 1 5.29
लाकान्प्रकल्पयित्वा च प्रजासर्ग ससर्ज ह । ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूर्भगवाम् सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः
lākānprakalpayitvā ca prajāsarga sasarja ha / brahmā svayaṃbhūrbhagavām sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ
And having fashioned the worlds, he brought forth the creation of living beings: Brahmā, the self-existent, the Lord, desiring to create manifold creatures.
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BndP 1 5.30
ससर्ज सृष्टं तद्रूपं कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा । तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं तदा वै बुद्धिपूर्वकम्
sasarja sṛṣṭaṃ tadrūpaṃ kalpādiṣu yathā purā / tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ tadā vai buddhipūrvakam
He brought forth that form as it had been created before at the beginnings of the kalpas. As he was meditating on the creation, then indeed (it came about) preceded by intelligence (i.e. deliberately).
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BndP 1 5.31
प्रधानसमकाले च प्रादुर्भूतस्तमो मयः । तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्रो ह्यन्धसंज्ञितः
pradhānasamakāle ca prādurbhūtastamo mayaḥ / tamo moho mahāmohastāmisro hyandhasaṃjñitaḥ
And at the same time as the pradhāna, there appeared (that which is) made of darkness: darkness (tamas), delusion (moha), great delusion (mahāmoha), the murky (tāmisra), and that called blind (andha-tāmisra).
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BndP 1 5.32
अविद्या पञ्चपर्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः । पञ्चधावस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायत साभिमानिनः
avidyā pañcaparvaiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ / pañcadhāvasthitaḥ sargo dhyāyata sābhimāninaḥ
This fivefold-jointed ignorance appeared from the great one; and the creation stood in five ways for him as he meditated, being possessed of self-conceit.
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BndP 1 5.33
सर्वतस्तमसा चैव बीजकुंभलतावृताः । बहिरन्तश्चाप्रकाशस्तथानिःसंज्ञ एव च
sarvatastamasā caiva bījakuṃbhalatāvṛtāḥ / bahirantaścāprakāśastathāniḥsaṃjña eva ca
(They were) covered on all sides by darkness, as seeds, pots(?) and creepers are, without light outside and within, and likewise wholly without consciousness.
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BndP 1 5.34
यस्मात्तेषां कृता बुद्धिर् दुःखानि करणानि च । तस्माच्च संवृतात्मानो नगा मुख्याः प्रकीर्तिताः
yasmātteṣāṃ kṛtā buddhir duḥkhāni karaṇāni ca / tasmācca saṃvṛtātmāno nagā mukhyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Since their intelligence was made (such), and their sufferings and their organs, therefore they are declared to be the 'principal' (mukhya) ones, the immovable plants, whose selves are enveloped.
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BndP 1 5.35
मुख्यसर्गे तदोद्भूतं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मात्मसंभवः । अप्रती तमनाः सोथ तदोत्पत्तिममन्यत
mukhyasarge tadodbhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmātmasaṃbhavaḥ / apratī tamanāḥ sotha tadotpattimamanyata
Then, seeing what had arisen in the principal creation, Brahmā, self-originated, being dissatisfied in mind, thereupon reflected on (a further) production.
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BndP 1 5.36
तस्याभिध्यायतश्चान्यस्तिर्यक्स्रोतो ऽभ्यवर्तत । यस्मात्तिर्यग्विवर्त्तेत तिर्यकस्रोतस्ततः स्मृतः
tasyābhidhyāyataścānyastiryaksroto 'bhyavartata / yasmāttiryagvivartteta tiryakasrotastataḥ smṛtaḥ
And as he meditated, another (creation), the transverse stream, came about; because it moves crosswise, it is therefore called the 'transverse stream'.
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BndP 1 5.37
तमोबहुत्वात्ते सर्वे ह्यज्ञानबहुलाः स्मृताः । उत्पाद्यग्राहिमश्चैव ते ऽज्ञाने ज्ञानमानिनः
tamobahutvātte sarve hyajñānabahulāḥ smṛtāḥ / utpādyagrāhimaścaiva te 'jñāne jñānamāninaḥ
Because of the abundance of darkness, all of them are said to be full of ignorance; they seize (things) irregularly(?), and in their ignorance they fancy themselves possessed of knowledge.
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BndP 1 5.38
अहङ्कृता अहंमाना अष्टाविंशद्द्विधात्मिकाः । एकादशन्द्रियविधा नवधात्मादयस्तथा
ahaṅkṛtā ahaṃmānā aṣṭāviṃśaddvidhātmikāḥ / ekādaśandriyavidhā navadhātmādayastathā
Made of egoism, having self-conceit, twenty-eight in kind and twofold in nature; the sense-organs are of eleven kinds, and likewise the (defects of) the self and the rest are ninefold.
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BndP 1 5.41
अष्टौ तु तारकाद्याश्च तेषां शक्तिवधाः स्मृताः । अन्तः प्रकाशास्ते सर्वे आवृताश्च बहिः पुनः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,५।३९ ॥ तिर्यक् स्रोतस उच्यन्ते वश्यात्मानस्त्रिसंज्ञकाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,५।४० ॥ तिर्यक् स्रोतस्तु सृष्ट्वा वै द्वितीयं विश्वमीश्वरः । अभिप्रायमथोद्भूतं दृष्ट्वा सर्गं तथाविधम्
aṣṭau tu tārakādyāśca teṣāṃ śaktivadhāḥ smṛtāḥ / antaḥ prakāśāste sarve āvṛtāśca bahiḥ punaḥ // bndp_1,5.39 // tiryak srotasa ucyante vaśyātmānastrisaṃjñakāḥ // bndp_1,5.40 // tiryak srotastu sṛṣṭvā vai dvitīyaṃ viśvamīśvaraḥ / abhiprāyamathodbhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sargaṃ tathāvidham
And eight, beginning with 'tāraka'(?), are declared to be their kinds of capacity. All of them have light within and are again covered outside. // (39) // They are called the transverse stream, having selves that are subdued(?), designated by three (names). // (40) // Having created the transverse stream, the Lord (created) the second universe; then, seeing the creation of such a kind that had arisen, (he formed) an intention.
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BndP 1 5.42
तस्याभिध्यायतो योन्त्यः सात्त्विकः समजायत । ऊर्द्धस्रोतस्तृतीयस्तु तद्वै चोर्द्धं व्यवस्थितम्
tasyābhidhyāyato yontyaḥ sāttvikaḥ samajāyata / ūrddhasrotastṛtīyastu tadvai corddhaṃ vyavasthitam
As he was meditating, another (creation), sāttvic, was born; and the third is the 'upward stream', and that indeed was established above.
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BndP 1 5.43
यस्मादूर्द्धं न्यवर्तन्त तदूर्द्धस्रोतसंज्ञकम् । ताः सुखं प्रीतिबहुला बहिरन्तश्च वावृताः
yasmādūrddhaṃ nyavartanta tadūrddhasrotasaṃjñakam / tāḥ sukhaṃ prītibahulā bahirantaśca vāvṛtāḥ
Because they turned upward, it is called the 'upward stream'; those (beings) are happy, abounding in delight, and unenveloped outside and within.
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BndP 1 5.44
प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च ऊर्द्धस्रोतःप्रजाः स्मृताः । नवधातादयस्ते वै तुष्टात्मानो बुधाः स्मृताः
prakāśā bahirantaśca ūrddhasrotaḥprajāḥ smṛtāḥ / navadhātādayaste vai tuṣṭātmāno budhāḥ smṛtāḥ
The creatures of the upward stream are said to be luminous outside and within; they are the ninefold ones and the rest, said to be contented in self and wise.
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BndP 1 5.45
ऊर्द्धस्रोत स्तुतीयो यः स्मृतः सर्वः सदैविकः । ऊर्द्धस्रोतःसु सृष्टेषु देवेषु स तदा प्रभुः
ūrddhasrota stutīyo yaḥ smṛtaḥ sarvaḥ sadaivikaḥ / ūrddhasrotaḥsu sṛṣṭeṣu deveṣu sa tadā prabhuḥ
The third is the upward-flowing (stream), which is said to be entirely divine; when the gods of the upward stream had been created, then he (was) the lord.
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BndP 1 5.46
प्रीतिमानभवद्ब्रह्मा ततो ऽन्यं नाभिमन्यत । सर्गमन्यं सिमृक्षुस्तं साधकं पुनरीश्वरः
prītimānabhavadbrahmā tato 'nyaṃ nābhimanyata / sargamanyaṃ simṛkṣustaṃ sādhakaṃ punarīśvaraḥ
Brahmā became pleased, and thereafter did not consider any other (creation); yet the Lord, wishing to create another creation, (created) that accomplishing (creation).
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BndP 1 5.47
तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तदा । प्रादुर्बभौ भौतसर्गः सोर्वाक् स्रोतस्तु साधकः
tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ satyābhidhyāyinastadā / prādurbabhau bhautasargaḥ sorvāk srotastu sādhakaḥ
As he was meditating upon a creation, meditating upon truth, then the creation of beings appeared, the downward stream, which is the accomplishing (one).
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BndP 1 5.48
यस्मात्तेर्वाक्प्रवर्तन्ते ततोर्वाकूस्रोतसस्तु ते । ते च प्रकाशबहुलास्तमस्पृष्टरजोधिकाः
yasmāttervākpravartante tatorvākūsrotasastu te / te ca prakāśabahulāstamaspṛṣṭarajodhikāḥ
Since they proceed downward, therefore they are the downward-streaming ones; and they have much light (sattva), are touched by darkness, and have an excess of passion.
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BndP 1 5.49
तस्मात्ते दुःखबहुला भूयोभूयश्च कारिमः । प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च मनुष्याः साधकाश्च ते
tasmātte duḥkhabahulā bhūyobhūyaśca kārimaḥ / prakāśā bahirantaśca manuṣyāḥ sādhakāśca te
Therefore they have much suffering, and are active again and again; luminous outside and within, they are human beings and accomplishers.
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BndP 1 5.50
लक्षणैर्नारकाद्यैस्तैरष्टधा च व्यवस्थिताः । सिद्धात्मानो मनुष्यास्ते गन्धर्वैः सह धर्मिणः
lakṣaṇairnārakādyaistairaṣṭadhā ca vyavasthitāḥ / siddhātmāno manuṣyāste gandharvaiḥ saha dharmiṇaḥ
By those marks, beginning with the hellish ones, they are arranged in eight kinds; those human beings, perfected in soul, are the righteous ones, together with the gandharvas.
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BndP 1 5.51
पञ्चमो ऽनुग्रहः सर्गश्चतुर्द्धा स व्यवस्थितः । विपर्ययेण शक्त्या च सिद्ध मुख्यास्तथैव च
pañcamo 'nugrahaḥ sargaścaturddhā sa vyavasthitaḥ / viparyayeṇa śaktyā ca siddha mukhyāstathaiva ca
The fifth creation is (that of) grace; it is arranged in four kinds: by inversion, by power, and likewise by perfection and by the primary (ones).
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BndP 1 5.52
निवृत्ता वर्तमानाश्च प्रजायन्ते पुनःपुनः । भूतादिकानां सत्त्वानां षष्ठः सर्गः स उच्यते
nivṛttā vartamānāśca prajāyante punaḥpunaḥ / bhūtādikānāṃ sattvānāṃ ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ sa ucyate
Having ceased and (yet) continuing, they are born again and again; that is called the sixth creation, of the beings beginning with the elements (bhūtādika).
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BndP 1 5.53
स्वादनाश्चाप्यशीलाश्च ज्ञेया भूतादिकाश्च ते । प्रथमो महतः सर्गो विज्ञेयो ब्रह्मणस्तु सः
svādanāścāpyaśīlāśca jñeyā bhūtādikāśca te / prathamo mahataḥ sargo vijñeyo brahmaṇastu saḥ
And they, the bhūtādikas, are to be known as tasting (sensual) and without (fixed) conduct; but that first creation is to be known as (that) of the Great (mahat), of Brahman.
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BndP 1 5.54
तन्मात्राणां द्वितीयस्तु भूत सर्गः स उच्यते । वैकारिकस्तृतीयस्तु चैद्रियः सर्ग उच्यते
tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūta sargaḥ sa ucyate / vaikārikastṛtīyastu caidriyaḥ sarga ucyate
The second is called the creation of the subtle elements (tanmātras), that of the elements; and the third, the modificational one, is called the creation of the senses.
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BndP 1 5.55
इत्येत प्राकृताः सर्गा उत्पन्ना बुद्धिपूर्वकाः । मुख्यसर्गश्च तुर्थस्तु मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः
ityeta prākṛtāḥ sargā utpannā buddhipūrvakāḥ / mukhyasargaśca turthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ
Thus these are the creations from primal matter (prākṛta), arisen with deliberation; and the fourth is the primary creation—for the immovable things are said to be the 'primary' ones.
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BndP 1 5.56
तिर्यक्स्रोतःससर्गस्तु तैर्यग्योन्यस्तु पञ्चमः । तथोर्द्धस्रोतसां सर्गः षष्ठो देवत उच्यते
tiryaksrotaḥsasargastu tairyagyonyastu pañcamaḥ / tathorddhasrotasāṃ sargaḥ ṣaṣṭho devata ucyate
The creation of the transverse stream, that of animal wombs, is the fifth; and likewise the creation of the upward-streaming ones, the sixth, is called divine.
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BndP 1 5.57
तत्रोर्द्धस्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः । अष्टमोनुग्रहः सर्गः सात्त्विकस्तामसश्च सः
tatrorddhasrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mānuṣaḥ / aṣṭamonugrahaḥ sargaḥ sāttvikastāmasaśca saḥ
Therein the creation of the upward-streaming ones is the seventh, but that is the human one; the eighth creation is (that of) grace, and it is both sāttvika and tāmasa.
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BndP 1 5.58
पञ्चैते वैकृताः सर्गाः प्राकृताद्यास्त्रयः स्मृताः । प्राकृतो वैकृतश्चैव कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः
pañcaite vaikṛtāḥ sargāḥ prākṛtādyāstrayaḥ smṛtāḥ / prākṛto vaikṛtaścaiva kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ
These five are the modificational (vaikṛta) creations; three, beginning with the prākṛta, are recorded (as primal); and the ninth, the Kaumāra, is both prākṛta and vaikṛta.
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BndP 1 5.59
प्रकृता बुद्धिपूर्वास्तु त्रयः सर्गास्तु वैकृताः । दुद्धिबुर्वाः प्रवर्तेयुस्तद्वर्गा ब्राह्मणास्तु वै
prakṛtā buddhipūrvāstu trayaḥ sargāstu vaikṛtāḥ / duddhiburvāḥ pravarteyustadvargā brāhmaṇāstu vai
The prākṛta (creations) are preceded by deliberation—but three creations are vaikṛta; they would proceed preceded by intelligence, and those groups are indeed brahminical.
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BndP 1 5.60
विस्तराच्च यथा सर्वे कीर्त्यमानं निबोधत । चतुर्द्धा च स्थितस्सो ऽपि सर्वभूतेषु कृत्स्नशः
vistarācca yathā sarve kīrtyamānaṃ nibodhata / caturddhā ca sthitasso 'pi sarvabhūteṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ
And learn how all (this) is being proclaimed at length: he too abides fourfold, wholly, in all beings.
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BndP 1 5.61
विपर्ययोण शत्त्या च बुद्ध्या सिद्ध्या तथैव च । स्थावरेषु विपर्यासस्तिर्यग्योनिषु शक्तितः
viparyayoṇa śattyā ca buddhyā siddhyā tathaiva ca / sthāvareṣu viparyāsastiryagyoniṣu śaktitaḥ
By inversion, by power, and likewise by intelligence and by perfection: among the immovable there is inversion, among animal wombs (it is) by power.
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BndP 1 5.62
सिद्धात्मानो मनुष्यास्तु पुष्टिर्देवेषु कृत्स्नशः । अथो ससर्ज वै ब्रह्मा मानसानात्मनः समान्
siddhātmāno manuṣyāstu puṣṭirdeveṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ / atho sasarja vai brahmā mānasānātmanaḥ samān
Human beings are perfected in soul, and among the gods there is complete fullness; then Brahmā created mind-born (sons) equal to himself.
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BndP 1 5.63
वैवर्त्येन तु ज्ञानेन निवृत्तास्ते महौ जसः । संबुद्ध्य चैव नामाथो अपवृत्तास्त्रयस्तु ते
vaivartyena tu jñānena nivṛttāste mahau jasaḥ / saṃbuddhya caiva nāmātho apavṛttāstrayastu te
But by (its) turning away, through knowledge, they, greatly glorious, withdrew; and having come fully to understanding, those three then turned away.
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BndP 1 5.64
असृष्ट्वैव प्रजासर्गंप्रतिसर्गं ततस्ततः । ब्रह्मा तेषु व्यरक्तेषु ततो ऽन्यान्सा धकान्सृजन्
asṛṣṭvaiva prajāsargaṃpratisargaṃ tatastataḥ / brahmā teṣu vyarakteṣu tato 'nyānsā dhakānsṛjan
Without creating at all the creation of offspring, (nor) the counter-creation, here and there—Brahmā, when they were devoid of attachment, then created other accomplishers.
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BndP 1 5.65
स्थानाभिमानिनो देवाः पुनर्ब्रह्मानुशासनम् । अभूतसृष्ट्यवस्था चे स्थानिनस्तान्निबोध मे
sthānābhimānino devāḥ punarbrahmānuśāsanam / abhūtasṛṣṭyavasthā ce sthāninastānnibodha me
The gods who preside over (their several) stations (arose) again by Brahmā's command; hear from me those station-holders and the condition of the creation of what had not (yet) come to be.
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BndP 1 5.66
आपो ऽग्निः पृथिवी वायुरन्तरिक्षो दिवं तथा । स्वर्गो दिशः समुद्राश्च नद्यश्चैव वनस्पतीन्
āpo 'gniḥ pṛthivī vāyurantarikṣo divaṃ tathā / svargo diśaḥ samudrāśca nadyaścaiva vanaspatīn
The waters, fire, earth, wind, the mid-region and likewise the sky, heaven, the directions, the oceans, the rivers, and the forest-trees;
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BndP 1 5.67
औषधीनां तथात्मानो ह्यात्मनो वृक्षवीरुधाम् । लताः काष्ठाः कलाश्चैव मुहूर्ताः संधिरात्र्यहाः
auṣadhīnāṃ tathātmāno hyātmano vṛkṣavīrudhām / latāḥ kāṣṭhāḥ kalāścaiva muhūrtāḥ saṃdhirātryahāḥ
likewise the presiding selves of the herbs, and the selves of trees and creeping plants, the latās, the kāṣṭhās, and the kalās, the muhūrtas, the twilight, night and day,
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BndP 1 5.68
अर्द्धमासाश्च मासाश्च अयनाब्दयुगानि च । स्थाने स्रोतःस्वभीमानाः स्थानाख्याश्चैव ते स्मृताः
arddhamāsāśca māsāśca ayanābdayugāni ca / sthāne srotaḥsvabhīmānāḥ sthānākhyāścaiva te smṛtāḥ
and the half-months and the months, the half-years, years and yugas — these are the self-conceits (of the presiding deities) in their stations and streams, and they are called the station-deities.
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BndP 1 5.69
स्थानात्मनः स सृष्ट्वा तु ततो ऽन्यान्स तदासृजत् । देवांश्चैव पितॄंश्चैव यौरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः
sthānātmanaḥ sa sṛṣṭvā tu tato 'nyānsa tadāsṛjat / devāṃścaiva pitṝṃścaiva yaurimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ
Having created the selves of the stations, he then created others: the gods and the ancestors, by whom these creatures were increased.
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BndP 1 5.70
भृग्वङ्गिरा मरीचिश्च पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । दक्षो ऽत्रिश्च वसिष्ठश्च सासृजन्नव मानसान्
bhṛgvaṅgirā marīciśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ / dakṣo 'triśca vasiṣṭhaśca sāsṛjannava mānasān
Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Marīci, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Dakṣa, Atri and Vasiṣṭha — these nine mind-born ones he created.
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BndP 1 5.71
नव ब्रह्माण इत्येते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः । ब्रह्मा यथात्मकानां तु सर्वेषां ब्रह्मयोगिनाम्
nava brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ / brahmā yathātmakānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ brahmayoginām
These are the nine Brahmās, so established as certain in the Purāṇa; but Brahmā (is the source) of all those Brahma-yogins who are of like nature (with himself).
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BndP 1 5.72
ततो ऽसृजत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा रुद्रं रोषत्मसंभवम् । संकल्पं चैव धर्म च सर्वेषामेव पर्वतौ
tato 'sṛjatpunarbrahmā rudraṃ roṣatmasaṃbhavam / saṃkalpaṃ caiva dharma ca sarveṣāmeva parvatau
Then Brahmā again created Rudra, born of his own wrath, and Saṃkalpa (Resolve) and Dharma, the two who are prior to all.
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BndP 1 5.73
सो ऽसृजद्व्यवसायं तु ब्रह्मा भूतं सुखात्मकम् । संकल्पाच्चैव संकल्पो जज्ञे सो ऽव्यक्तयोनिनः
so 'sṛjadvyavasāyaṃ tu brahmā bhūtaṃ sukhātmakam / saṃkalpāccaiva saṃkalpo jajñe so 'vyaktayoninaḥ
And Brahmā created Vyavasāya (Determination), a being whose nature is pleasure; and from resolve was born Saṃkalpa, (the son) of him whose womb is the Unmanifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 5.74
प्राणाद्दक्षो ऽसृजद्वाचं चक्षुर्भ्यां च मरीचिनम् । भृगुश्च हृदयाज्जज्ञे ऋषिः सलिलयोनिनः
prāṇāddakṣo 'sṛjadvācaṃ cakṣurbhyāṃ ca marīcinam / bhṛguśca hṛdayājjajñe ṛṣiḥ salilayoninaḥ
From his breath he created Dakṣa, from his speech and from his two eyes Marīci; and the seer Bhṛgu was born from the heart of him whose womb is the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 5.75
शिरसश्चाङ्गिराश्चैव श्रोत्रादत्रिस्तथैव च । पुलस्त्यश्च तथोदानाद्व्यानात्तु पुलहस्तथा
śirasaścāṅgirāścaiva śrotrādatristathaiva ca / pulastyaśca tathodānādvyānāttu pulahastathā
And Aṅgiras from his head, and Atri from his ear, and Pulastya from the up-breath, and Pulaha from the diffused breath,
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BndP 1 5.76
समानतो वसिष्ठश्च ह्यपानान्निर्ममे क्रतुम् । इत्येते ब्रह्मणः श्रेष्ठाः पुत्रा वै द्वादश स्मृताः
samānato vasiṣṭhaśca hyapānānnirmame kratum / ityete brahmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhāḥ putrā vai dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
and Vasiṣṭha from the equalizing breath, and he formed Kratu from the down-breath. These are declared to be the twelve foremost sons of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.77
धर्मादयः प्रथमजा विज्ञेया ब्रह्ममः स्मृताः । भृग्वादयस्तु ये सृष्टा न च ते ब्रह्मवादिनः
dharmādayaḥ prathamajā vijñeyā brahmamaḥ smṛtāḥ / bhṛgvādayastu ye sṛṣṭā na ca te brahmavādinaḥ
Dharma and the rest are to be known as the first-born, declared (to be sprung) from Brahmā; but Bhṛgu and the others who were created were not expounders of Brahman.
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BndP 1 5.78
गृहमेधिपुराणास्ते विज्ञेया ब्रह्मणः सुताः । द्वादशैते प्रसूयन्ते सह रूद्रेण च द्विजाः
gṛhamedhipurāṇāste vijñeyā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ / dvādaśaite prasūyante saha rūdreṇa ca dvijāḥ
Those sons of Brahmā are to be known as the ancient householders; these twelve twice-born are born together with Rudra.
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BndP 1 5.79
क्रतुः सनत्कुमारश्च द्वावेतावूर्द्धरेतसौ । पूर्वोत्पत्तौ पुरा ह्येतौ सर्वेषामपि पूर्वजौ
kratuḥ sanatkumāraśca dvāvetāvūrddharetasau / pūrvotpattau purā hyetau sarveṣāmapi pūrvajau
Kratu and Sanatkumāra, these two whose seed is drawn upward — these two, in the earlier creation, were of old born before all the rest.
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BndP 1 5.80
व्यतीतौ सप्तमे कल्पे पुराणौ लोकसाधकौ । विरजेते ऽत्र वै लोके तेजसाक्षिप्य चात्मनः
vyatītau saptame kalpe purāṇau lokasādhakau / virajete 'tra vai loke tejasākṣipya cātmanaḥ
The two ancient ones, accomplishers of the world, having passed away in the seventh kalpa, shine here in this world, having withdrawn (into themselves) their own splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 5.81
तापुभौ योगधर्माणावारोप्यात्मानमात्मना । प्रजाधर्मं च कामं च वर्तयेते महौजसौ
tāpubhau yogadharmāṇāvāropyātmānamātmanā / prajādharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca vartayete mahaujasau
Those two, whose dharma is yoga, having raised up the self by the self, the two of great vigour carry on the dharma of progeny and desire.
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BndP 1 5.82
यथोत्पन्नस्तथैवेह कुमार इति चोच्यते । ततः सनत्कुमारेति नाम तस्य प्रतिष्ठितम्
yathotpannastathaiveha kumāra iti cocyate / tataḥ sanatkumāreti nāma tasya pratiṣṭhitam
As he was born, so he is here called 'Kumāra' (a youth); hence the name Sanatkumāra was fixed for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.83
तेषां द्वादश ते वंशा दिव्या देवगाणान्विताः । क्रियावन्तः प्रजावन्तो महर्षिभिरलङ्कृताः
teṣāṃ dvādaśa te vaṃśā divyā devagāṇānvitāḥ / kriyāvantaḥ prajāvanto maharṣibhiralaṅkṛtāḥ
Of them there are those twelve lineages, divine, attended by hosts of gods, performing rites, possessed of offspring, adorned with great seers.
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BndP 1 5.84
प्राणजांस्तु स दृष्ट्वा वै ब्रह्मा द्वादश सात्त्विकान् । ततो ऽसुरान्पितॄन्देवान्मनुष्यांश्चासृजत्प्रभुः
prāṇajāṃstu sa dṛṣṭvā vai brahmā dvādaśa sāttvikān / tato 'surānpitṝndevānmanuṣyāṃścāsṛjatprabhuḥ
But when Brahmā saw the twelve sāttvika ones born from his breaths, the Lord then created the asuras, the ancestors, the gods and men.
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BndP 1 5.85
मुखाद्देवानजनयत् पितॄंश्चैवाथ वक्षसः । प्रजननान्मनुष्यान्वै जघनान्निर्ममे ऽसुरान्
mukhāddevānajanayat pitṝṃścaivātha vakṣasaḥ / prajananānmanuṣyānvai jaghanānnirmame 'surān
From (his) mouth he generated the gods, and the fathers from (his) chest; from (his) generative organ, indeed, the human beings, and from (his) hips he fashioned the demons.
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BndP 1 5.86
नक्तं सृजन्पुनर्ब्रह्मा ज्योत्स्नाया मानुषात्मनः । सुधायाश्च पितॄंश्चैव देवदेवः ससर्जह
naktaṃ sṛjanpunarbrahmā jyotsnāyā mānuṣātmanaḥ / sudhāyāśca pitṝṃścaiva devadevaḥ sasarjaha
Creating again by night, Brahmā, the god of gods, brought forth from moonlight the ones whose nature is human, and from nectar the fathers.
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BndP 1 5.87
मुख्यामुख्यान् मृजन्देवानसुरांश्च ततः पुनः । सनसश्च मनुष्यांश्च पितृवन्महतः पितॄन्
mukhyāmukhyān mṛjandevānasurāṃśca tataḥ punaḥ / sanasaśca manuṣyāṃśca pitṛvanmahataḥ pitṝn
Then again, forming the chief and the non-chief gods and the demons, and the men (born) of mind, and the great fathers in the manner of fathers.
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BndP 1 5.88
विद्युतो ऽशनिमेघांश्च लोहितेन्द्रधनूंषि च । ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि निर्ममे यज्ञसिद्धये
vidyuto 'śanimeghāṃśca lohitendradhanūṃṣi ca / ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni nirmame yajñasiddhaye
He fashioned lightnings, thunderbolts and clouds, and red rainbows, and the Ṛc, Yajus and Sāman verses, for the accomplishment of sacrifice.
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BndP 1 5.89
उच्चावचानि भूतानि महसस्तस्य जज्ञिरे । ब्रह्मणस्तु प्रजासर्गं देवार्षिपितृमानवम्
uccāvacāni bhūtāni mahasastasya jajñire / brahmaṇastu prajāsargaṃ devārṣipitṛmānavam
High and low beings were born from that splendour of his — the creation of Brahmā's offspring, (consisting of) gods, seers, fathers and men.
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BndP 1 5.90
पुनः सृजति भूतानि चराणि स्थावराणि च । यक्षान्पिशाचान् गन्धर्वान्सर्वशो ऽप्सरसस्तथा
punaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca / yakṣānpiśācān gandharvānsarvaśo 'psarasastathā
Again he creates beings, moving and stationary: yakṣas, piśācas, gandharvas, and apsarases of every kind,
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BndP 1 5.91
नरकिन्नररक्षांसि वयः पशुमृगोरगान् । अव्ययं वा व्ययञ्चैव द्वयं स्थावरजङ्गमम्
narakinnararakṣāṃsi vayaḥ paśumṛgoragān / avyayaṃ vā vyayañcaiva dvayaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam
men, kinnaras and rākṣasas, birds, cattle, wild beasts and serpents — the imperishable and the perishable, the twofold (world) of the stationary and the moving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.92
तेषां ते यान्ति कर्माणि प्राक् सृष्टानि स्वयंभुवा । तान्येव प्रतिपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः
teṣāṃ te yānti karmāṇi prāk sṛṣṭāni svayaṃbhuvā / tānyeva pratipadyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Their deeds, created earlier by the Self-existent, come to them; being created again and again, they take up just those same (deeds).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.93
हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मौं कृताकृते । तेषामेव पृथक् सूतमविभक्तं त्रयं विदुः
hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmauṃ kṛtākṛte / teṣāmeva pṛthak sūtamavibhaktaṃ trayaṃ viduḥ
Violence and non-violence, gentleness and cruelty, dharma and adharma, the done and the undone — of these they know each set as separately produced, (yet) the three as undivided.
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BndP 1 5.94
एतदेवं च नैवं च न चोभे नानुभे तथा । कर्म स्वविषयं प्राहुः सत्त्वस्थाः समदर्शिनः
etadevaṃ ca naivaṃ ca na cobhe nānubhe tathā / karma svaviṣayaṃ prāhuḥ sattvasthāḥ samadarśinaḥ
"This is so," and "it is not so," and "not both," and likewise "not neither" — those established in sattva, who see impartially, declare action to have its own proper sphere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 5.95
नामात्मपञ्चभूतानां कृतानां च प्रपञ्चताम् । दिवशब्देन पञ्चैते निर्ममे समहेश्वरः
nāmātmapañcabhūtānāṃ kṛtānāṃ ca prapañcatām / divaśabdena pañcaite nirmame samaheśvaraḥ
(He fashioned) the names of the self and of the five elements that had been made, and their manifoldness; by the word 'div' the Great Lord fashioned these five.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 5.96
आर्षाणि चैव नामानि याश्च देवेषु सृष्टयः । शर्वर्यां न प्रसूयन्ते पुनस्तेभ्योदधत्प्रभुः
ārṣāṇi caiva nāmāni yāśca deveṣu sṛṣṭayaḥ / śarvaryāṃ na prasūyante punastebhyodadhatprabhuḥ
And the names (found) in the seers' hymns, and whatever creations there are among the gods — they are not brought forth in the night; the Lord again bestowed (them) upon them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 5.97
इत्येवं कारणाद्भूतो लोकसर्गः स्वयंभुवः । महदाद्या विशेषान्ता विकाराः प्राकृताः स्वयम्
ityevaṃ kāraṇādbhūto lokasargaḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ / mahadādyā viśeṣāntā vikārāḥ prākṛtāḥ svayam
Thus this creation of the world by the Self-existent came about from a cause; the modifications belonging to Prakṛti, beginning with the Great one and ending with the gross particulars, (arose) of themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.98
चन्द्रसूर्यप्रभो लोको ग्रहनक्षत्रमण्डितः । नदीभिश्च समुद्रैश्च पर्वतैश्च सहस्रशः
candrasūryaprabho loko grahanakṣatramaṇḍitaḥ / nadībhiśca samudraiśca parvataiśca sahasraśaḥ
The world, lit by moon and sun, adorned with planets and constellations, with rivers and oceans and with mountains by the thousand,
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BndP 1 5.99
पुरैश्च विविधै रम्यैः स्फीतैर्जनपदैस्तथा । अस्मिन् ब्रह्मवने ऽव्यक्तो ब्रह्मा चरति सर्ववित्
puraiśca vividhai ramyaiḥ sphītairjanapadaistathā / asmin brahmavane 'vyakto brahmā carati sarvavit
and with various delightful cities and with prosperous countries — in this forest of Brahman the unmanifest, all-knowing Brahmā moves about.
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BndP 1 5.100
अव्यक्तबीजप्रभवस्तस्यैवानुग्रहे स्थितः । बुद्धिस्कन्धमयश्चैव इन्द्रियान्तरकोटरः
avyaktabījaprabhavastasyaivānugrahe sthitaḥ / buddhiskandhamayaścaiva indriyāntarakoṭaraḥ
Arising from the seed that is the unmanifest, resting in the favour of that very (unmanifest), having the intellect for its trunk and the senses for its inner hollows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.101
महाभूतप्रकाशश्च विशेषैः पत्रवांस्तु सः । धर्माधर्मसुपुष्पस्तु सुखदुःखफलोदयः
mahābhūtaprakāśaśca viśeṣaiḥ patravāṃstu saḥ / dharmādharmasupuṣpastu sukhaduḥkhaphalodayaḥ
having the great elements for its light, and it has the gross particulars for its leaves; dharma and adharma are its fair blossoms, and pleasure and pain arise as its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.102
आजीवः सर्वभूतानां ब्रह्मवृक्षः सनातनः । एतद्ब्रह्मवनं चैव ब्रह्मवृक्षस्य तस्य तत्
ājīvaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ brahmavṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ / etadbrahmavanaṃ caiva brahmavṛkṣasya tasya tat
The eternal tree of Brahman is the livelihood of all beings; and this forest of Brahman is that (forest) of that tree of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 5.103
अव्यक्तं कारणं यत्र नित्यं सदसदात्मकम् । प्रधानं प्रकृतिंमायां चैवाहुस्तत्त्वचिन्तकाः
avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yatra nityaṃ sadasadātmakam / pradhānaṃ prakṛtiṃmāyāṃ caivāhustattvacintakāḥ
Where the unmanifest is the eternal cause, whose nature is both existent and non-existent — the ponderers of the principles call it pradhāna, prakṛti, and māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.104
इत्येषो ऽनुग्रहःमर्गो ब्रह्मनैमित्तिकः स्मृतः । अबुद्धिपूर्वकाः सर्गा ब्रह्मणः प्राकृतास्त्रयः
ityeṣo 'nugrahaḥmargo brahmanaimittikaḥ smṛtaḥ / abuddhipūrvakāḥ sargā brahmaṇaḥ prākṛtāstrayaḥ
Thus this is declared to be the path of grace, occasioned by Brahman. Three are the creations of Brahmā belonging to Prakṛti, which are not preceded by (conscious) intellect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.105
सुख्यादयस्तु षट् सर्गा वैकृता बुद्धिपूर्वकाः । वैकल्पात्संप्रवर्तन्ते ब्रह्मणस्तेभिमन्यवः
sukhyādayastu ṣaṭ sargā vaikṛtā buddhipūrvakāḥ / vaikalpātsaṃpravartante brahmaṇastebhimanyavaḥ
But the six creations beginning with (the chief?) are secondary (vaikṛta) and preceded by intelligence; they come forth from the (creative) option of Brahmā, they being (creations) attended by self-conceit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 5.106
इत्येते प्राकृताश्चैव वैकृताश्च नव स्मृताः । सर्गाः परस्परोत्पन्नाः कारणं तु बुधैः स्मृतम्
ityete prākṛtāścaiva vaikṛtāśca nava smṛtāḥ / sargāḥ parasparotpannāḥ kāraṇaṃ tu budhaiḥ smṛtam
Thus these nine creations, the primary ones and the secondary ones, are handed down (in tradition); the creations arise from one another, and the wise call (this) the cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.107
मूर्द्धानं वै यस्य वेदा वदन्ति वियन्नाभिश्चन्द्रसूर्यौं च नेत्रे । दिशः श्रोत्रे विद्धि पादौ क्षितिं च सो ऽचिन्त्यात्मा सर्वभूतप्रणेता
mūrddhānaṃ vai yasya vedā vadanti viyannābhiścandrasūryauṃ ca netre / diśaḥ śrotre viddhi pādau kṣitiṃ ca so 'cintyātmā sarvabhūtapraṇetā
He whose head the Vedas declare (themselves to be), whose navel is the sky and whose two eyes are the moon and the sun; know the quarters to be his ears and the earth his two feet — he is the one of inconceivable self, the leader forth of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.108
वक्त्राद्यस्य ब्राह्मणाः संप्रसूता वक्षसश्चैव क्षत्रियाः पूर्वभागे । वैश्या ऊरुभ्यां यस्य पद्भ्यां च शूद्राःसर्वेवर्णा गात्रतः संप्रसूताः
vaktrādyasya brāhmaṇāḥ saṃprasūtā vakṣasaścaiva kṣatriyāḥ pūrvabhāge / vaiśyā ūrubhyāṃ yasya padbhyāṃ ca śūdrāḥsarvevarṇā gātrataḥ saṃprasūtāḥ
From whose mouth the brahmins were brought forth, and the kṣatriyas from his chest, in the forward part; the vaiśyas from his thighs, and from his feet the śūdras — all the classes were brought forth from his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 5.109
नारायणात्परोव्यक्तादण्डमव्यक्तसंज्ञितम् । अण्डजस्तु स्वयं ब्रह्मा लोकास्तेन कृताः स्वयम्
nārāyaṇātparovyaktādaṇḍamavyaktasaṃjñitam / aṇḍajastu svayaṃ brahmā lokāstena kṛtāḥ svayam
From Nārāyaṇa, who is higher than the unmanifest, (arose) the egg designated as unmanifest; and Brahmā himself is born of the egg, (and) the worlds were made by him himself.
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BndP 1 5.110
तत्र कल्पान् दशस्थित्वा सत्यं गच्छन्ति ते पुनः । ते लोका ब्रह्मलोकं वै अपरावर्तिनीं गतिम्
tatra kalpān daśasthitvā satyaṃ gacchanti te punaḥ / te lokā brahmalokaṃ vai aparāvartinīṃ gatim
Having remained there for ten kalpas, they go again to Satya(loka); those worlds (lead) to the Brahmā-world, the goal from which there is no returning.
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BndP 1 5.111
आधिपत्यं विना ते वै ऐश्वर्येण तु तत्समाः । भवन्ति ब्रह्मणा तुल्या रूपेण विषयेण च
ādhipatyaṃ vinā te vai aiśvaryeṇa tu tatsamāḥ / bhavanti brahmaṇā tulyā rūpeṇa viṣayeṇa ca
Apart from overlordship, they are indeed equal to him in sovereignty; they become the equals of Brahmā in form and in sphere (of enjoyment).
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BndP 1 5.112
तत्र ते ह्यवतिष्ठन्ते प्रीतियुक्ताः स्वसंयुताः । अवश्यंभाविनार्थेन प्राकृतं तनुते स्वयम्
tatra te hyavatiṣṭhante prītiyuktāḥ svasaṃyutāḥ / avaśyaṃbhāvinārthena prākṛtaṃ tanute svayam
There they abide, filled with delight, self-contained; by the force of that which must necessarily come to be, he himself extends the primary (creation).
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BndP 1 5.113
नानात्वनाभिसंबध्यास्तदा तत्कालभाविताः । स्वपतो ऽबुद्धिपूर्व हि बोधो भवति वै यथा
nānātvanābhisaṃbadhyāstadā tatkālabhāvitāḥ / svapato 'buddhipūrva hi bodho bhavati vai yathā
Then, not to be connected with plurality, brought into being at that time — just as, for one asleep, awakening comes about without being preceded by intelligence,
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BndP 1 5.114
तत्कालभाविते तेषां तथा ज्ञानं प्रवर्त्तते । प्रत्याहारैस्तु भेदानां तेषां हि न तु शुष्मिणाम्
tatkālabhāvite teṣāṃ tathā jñānaṃ pravarttate / pratyāhāraistu bhedānāṃ teṣāṃ hi na tu śuṣmiṇām
so knowledge arises for them, (it being) brought about at that time; by withdrawals of the differentiations belonging to them, but not of the vigorous ones.
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BndP 1 5.115
तैश्व सार्धं प्रवर्तन्ते कार्याणि कारणानि च । नानात्वदर्शिनां तेषां ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिनाम्
taiśva sārdhaṃ pravartante kāryāṇi kāraṇāni ca / nānātvadarśināṃ teṣāṃ brahmalokanivāsinām
And along with them the effects and the causes proceed — (the effects and causes) of those dwellers in the Brahmā-world who see plurality,
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BndP 1 5.116
विनिवृत्तविकाराणां स्वेन धर्मेण तिष्ठताम् । तुल्यलक्षण सिद्धास्तु शुभात्मानो निरञ्जनाः
vinivṛttavikārāṇāṃ svena dharmeṇa tiṣṭhatām / tulyalakṣaṇa siddhāstu śubhātmāno nirañjanāḥ
of those whose modifications have ceased, who abide by their own proper nature; (they are) of like characteristics, perfected, of pure self, unstained,
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BndP 1 5.117
प्राकृते करणोपेताः स्वात्मन्येव व्यवस्थिताः । प्रस्थापयित्वा चात्मानं प्रकृतिस्त्वेष तत्तवतः
prākṛte karaṇopetāḥ svātmanyeva vyavasthitāḥ / prasthāpayitvā cātmānaṃ prakṛtistveṣa tattavataḥ
provided with instruments in the primary (state), established in their own self alone; and having sent forth the self, this indeed is prakṛti in truth.
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BndP 1 5.118
पुरुषान्यबहुत्वेन प्रतीता न प्रवर्तते । प्रवर्तते पुनः सर्गस्तेषां साकारणात्मनाम्
puruṣānyabahutvena pratītā na pravartate / pravartate punaḥ sargasteṣāṃ sākāraṇātmanām
Perceived through the plurality of the other, (namely) the puruṣas, it does not become active; (yet) the creation of those whose selves are joined with a cause proceeds once more.
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BndP 1 5.119
संयोगः प्रकृतिर्ज्ञेया यक्तानां तत्त्वदर्शिनाम् । तत्रोपवर्गिणी तेषामपुनर्भारगामिनाम्
saṃyogaḥ prakṛtirjñeyā yaktānāṃ tattvadarśinām / tatropavargiṇī teṣāmapunarbhāragāminām
Conjunction is to be known as prakṛti for those (yoked ones?) who see the truth; therein it brings release for them, who go to no further rebirth.
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BndP 1 5.120
अभावतः पुनः सत्यं शान्तानामर्चिषामिव । ततरतेषु गतेषूर्द्धं त्रैलोक्यात्तु मुदात्मसु
abhāvataḥ punaḥ satyaṃ śāntānāmarciṣāmiva / tatarateṣu gateṣūrddhaṃ trailokyāttu mudātmasu
And again, through non-being, (they attain) the True, like flames grown still; when those (?) have gone upward, beyond the three worlds, their selves in joy,
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BndP 1 5.121
ते सार्द्धं चैर्महर्ल्लोकस्तदानासादितस्तु वै । तच्छिष्या ये ह तिष्ठन्ति कल्पदाह उपस्थिते
te sārddhaṃ cairmaharllokastadānāsāditastu vai / tacchiṣyā ye ha tiṣṭhanti kalpadāha upasthite
together with them Maharloka is then not reached; and those pupils of his who remain here when the kalpa-conflagration has come near —
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BndP 1 5.122
गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचाश्चमानुषा ब्रह्मणादयः । पशवः पक्षिणश्चैव स्थावराः ससरीसृपाः
gandharvādyāḥ piśācāścamānuṣā brahmaṇādayaḥ / paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva sthāvarāḥ sasarīsṛpāḥ
gandharvas and the rest, piśācas, and men, brahmins and the others, cattle and birds, immobile beings together with creeping things —
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BndP 1 5.123
तिष्ठत्सुतेषु तत्कालं पृथिवीतलवसिषु । सहस्रंयत्तु रश्मीनां सूर्यस्येह विनश्यति
tiṣṭhatsuteṣu tatkālaṃ pṛthivītalavasiṣu / sahasraṃyattu raśmīnāṃ sūryasyeha vinaśyati
while these remain at that time dwelling on the surface of the earth, the thousand rays of the sun perish here.
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BndP 1 5.124
ते सप्त रश्मयो भूत्वा एकैको जायते रविः । क्रमेण शतमानास्ते त्रींल्लोकान्प्रदहन्त्युत
te sapta raśmayo bhūtvā ekaiko jāyate raviḥ / krameṇa śatamānāste trīṃllokānpradahantyuta
Those (rays), becoming sevenfold, each one is born as a sun; and these, in order attaining a hundredfold measure, burn up the three worlds.
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BndP 1 5.125
जङ्गमान्स्थावरांश्चैव नदीः सर्वाश्च पर्वतान् । शुष्के पूर्वमनावृष्ट्या चैस्तैशचैव प्रतापिताः
jaṅgamānsthāvarāṃścaiva nadīḥ sarvāśca parvatān / śuṣke pūrvamanāvṛṣṭyā caistaiśacaiva pratāpitāḥ
Moving and unmoving things, all the rivers and the mountains — (all) having first dried up through drought, are then scorched by those (suns).
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BndP 1 5.126
तदा ते विवशाः सर्वे निर्दग्धाः सूर्यरश्मिभिः । जङ्गमाः स्थावराश्चैव धर्माधर्मादिकास्तु वै
tadā te vivaśāḥ sarve nirdagdhāḥ sūryaraśmibhiḥ / jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāścaiva dharmādharmādikāstu vai
Then all of them, helpless, are burned up by the sun's rays — the moving and the unmoving, and those (beings) beginning with dharma and adharma.
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BndP 1 5.127
दग्धदेहास्तदा ते तु धूतपापा युगात्यये । ख्यातातपा विनिर्मुक्ताः शुभया चातिबन्धया
dagdhadehāstadā te tu dhūtapāpā yugātyaye / khyātātapā vinirmuktāḥ śubhayā cātibandhayā
Then, at the ending of the age, their bodies burned, their evil shaken off, they are (called) khyātātapa, released, by (that) auspicious and greatly binding (fire?).
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BndP 1 5.128
ततस्ते ह्युपपद्यन्ते तुल्यरूपैर्जनैर्जनाः । उषित्वा रजनीं ते च ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः
tataste hyupapadyante tulyarūpairjanairjanāḥ / uṣitvā rajanīṃ te ca brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ
Thereafter those people are reborn as people of like form; and they, having dwelt through the night of Brahmā, who is born of the unmanifest —
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BndP 1 5.129
पुनः सर्गे भवन्तीह मानस्यो ब्रह्मणः प्रजाः । ततस्तेषु प्रपन्नेषु जनैस्त्रैलोक्यवासिषु
punaḥ sarge bhavantīha mānasyo brahmaṇaḥ prajāḥ / tatasteṣu prapanneṣu janaistrailokyavāsiṣu
— at the new creation they become here the mind-born offspring of Brahmā. Then, when those beings, dwellers in the three worlds, have gone (thus),
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BndP 1 5.130
निर्दग्धेषु च लोकेषु तदा सूर्यैस्तु सप्तभिः । वृष्ट्या क्षितौ प्लावितायां विजनेष्वर्णवेषु वा
nirdagdheṣu ca lokeṣu tadā sūryaistu saptabhiḥ / vṛṣṭyā kṣitau plāvitāyāṃ vijaneṣvarṇaveṣu vā
and when the worlds have been burned up by the seven suns, and the earth is flooded by rain, and the oceans are without people,
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BndP 1 5.131
समुद्राश्चैव मेघाश्च आपश्चैवाथ पार्थिवाः । शरमाणा व्रजन्त्येव सलिलाख्यास्तथाचलाः
samudrāścaiva meghāśca āpaścaivātha pārthivāḥ / śaramāṇā vrajantyeva salilākhyāstathācalāḥ
the seas and the clouds and the earthly waters, and likewise the mountains, go flowing along, called 'water'.
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BndP 1 5.132
आगतागतिकं चैव यदा तु सलिलं बहु । संछाद्येमां स्थितां भूमिमर्णवाख्यं तदाभवत
āgatāgatikaṃ caiva yadā tu salilaṃ bahu / saṃchādyemāṃ sthitāṃ bhūmimarṇavākhyaṃ tadābhavata
And when the water, coming again and again, becomes abundant, having covered this earth as it stands, it then became known as 'arṇava' (ocean).
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BndP 1 5.133
आभाति यस्माच्चाभासाद्भाशब्दः कान्तिदीप्तिषु । स सर्वः समनुप्राप्ता मासां भाभ्यो विभाव्यते
ābhāti yasmāccābhāsādbhāśabdaḥ kāntidīptiṣu / sa sarvaḥ samanuprāptā māsāṃ bhābhyo vibhāvyate
Since it shines (ābhāti) from its lustre — the word 'bhā' being used for radiance and brightness — all that (water), having spread out, is discerned by (its) radiances.
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BndP 1 5.134
तदन्तस्तनुते यस्मात्सर्वां पृथ्वीं समततः । धातुस्तनोति विस्तारं ततोपतनवः स्मृताः
tadantastanute yasmātsarvāṃ pṛthvīṃ samatataḥ / dhātustanoti vistāraṃ tatopatanavaḥ smṛtāḥ
And since it stretches (tanute) the whole earth within itself all around — the root 'tan' means to extend, to spread — therefore they are called 'āpas' (waters).
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BndP 1 5.135
शार इत्येव शीर्णे तु नानार्थो धातु रुच्यते । एकार्णवे भवन्त्यापो न शीर्णास्तेन ता नराः
śāra ityeva śīrṇe tu nānārtho dhātu rucyate / ekārṇave bhavantyāpo na śīrṇāstena tā narāḥ
The root 'śāra' is said in the sense of 'withered/scattered', with various meanings; in the single ocean the waters exist unwithered, and hence they are called 'nāra'.
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BndP 1 5.136
तस्मिन् युगसहस्रान्ते संस्थिते ब्रह्मणो ऽहनि । तावत्कालं रजन्यां च वर्तन्त्यां सलिलात्मनः
tasmin yugasahasrānte saṃsthite brahmaṇo 'hani / tāvatkālaṃ rajanyāṃ ca vartantyāṃ salilātmanaḥ
When, at the end of that thousand of ages, the day of Brahmā has come to its close, and the night is running for just as long a time, (all things) being of the nature of water,
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BndP 1 5.137
ततस्ते सलिले तस्मिन् नष्टाग्नौ पृथिवीतले । प्रशान्तवाते ऽन्धकारे निरालोके समन्ततः
tataste salile tasmin naṣṭāgnau pṛthivītale / praśāntavāte 'ndhakāre nirāloke samantataḥ
then, in that water, with fire lost on the surface of the earth, the wind stilled, in darkness, without light on every side —
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BndP 1 5.138
येनैवाधिष्ठितं हीदं ब्रह्मणः पुरुषः प्रभुः । विभागमस्य लोकस्य प्रकर्तुं पुनरैच्छत
yenaivādhiṣṭhitaṃ hīdaṃ brahmaṇaḥ puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ / vibhāgamasya lokasya prakartuṃ punaraicchata
— by whom indeed this (universe) of Brahmā is presided over, that Puruṣa, the Lord, desired again to make the division of this world.
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BndP 1 5.139
शार इत्येव शीर्णे तु नानार्थो धातु रुच्यते । एकर्णवे ततस्तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावर जङ्गमे । तदा भवति स ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
śāra ityeva śīrṇe tu nānārtho dhātu rucyate / ekarṇave tatastasminnaṣṭe sthāvara jaṅgame / tadā bhavati sa brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
The root 'śāra' is said in the sense of 'withered', with various meanings. Then, in that single ocean, when the moving and unmoving had perished, Brahmā becomes thousand-eyed and thousand-footed.
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BndP 1 5.140
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णो ह्यतीन्द्रियः । ब्रह्मा नारायणा ख्यस्तु सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇo hyatīndriyaḥ / brahmā nārāyaṇā khyastu suṣvāpa salile tadā
Thousand-headed, the Puruṣa, gold-coloured, beyond the senses — Brahmā, called Nārāyaṇa, then slept upon the water.
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BndP 1 5.141
सत्त्वोद्रेकात्प्रबुद्धस्तु स शून्यं लोकमैक्षत । अनेनाद्येन पादेन पुराणं परिकीर्तितम्
sattvodrekātprabuddhastu sa śūnyaṃ lokamaikṣata / anenādyena pādena purāṇaṃ parikīrtitam
Awakened by the predominance of sattva, he beheld the world empty. With this first quarter (of the work) the Purāṇa has been proclaimed.
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