Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 6
BndP 1 6.1
सूत उवाच इत्येवं प्रथमं पादं प्रकृत्यर्थं प्रकीर्तितम् । श्रुत्वा तु संहृष्टमनाः कापेयः संशयायति
sūta uvāca ityevaṃ prathamaṃ pādaṃ prakṛtyarthaṃ prakīrtitam / śrutvā tu saṃhṛṣṭamanāḥ kāpeyaḥ saṃśayāyati
Sūta said: Thus the first quarter, dealing with prakṛti, has been proclaimed. Having heard it, Kāpeya, delighted in mind, raises a question.
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BndP 1 6.2
आराध्य वचसा सूतं तस्यार्थ त्वपरां कथाम् । अथ प्रबृति कल्पज्ञः प्रतिसंधिः प्रचक्षते
ārādhya vacasā sūtaṃ tasyārtha tvaparāṃ kathām / atha prabṛti kalpajñaḥ pratisaṃdhiḥ pracakṣate
Having honoured the Sūta with words, (he asked) for a further account of its meaning: 'From this point on, those who know the kalpas speak of the junction (of kalpas).'
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BndP 1 6.3
समतीतस्य कल्पस्य वर्तमानस्य चानयोः । कल्पयोरन्तरं यत्र प्रतिसंधिश्च यस्तयोः । एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि यथावत्कुशलो ह्यसि
samatītasya kalpasya vartamānasya cānayoḥ / kalpayorantaraṃ yatra pratisaṃdhiśca yastayoḥ / etadveditumicchāmi yathāvatkuśalo hyasi
Of the kalpa that is wholly past and of the present one — the interval between these two kalpas, and the junction of the two: this I wish to know exactly, for you are skilled (in it).
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BndP 1 6.4
कापेयेनैवमुक्तस्तु सूतः प्रवदतां वरः । त्रैलोक्यस्योद्भवं कृत्स्नमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे
kāpeyenaivamuktastu sūtaḥ pravadatāṃ varaḥ / trailokyasyodbhavaṃ kṛtsnamākhyātumupacakrame
Thus addressed by Kāpeya, the Sūta, best of speakers, began to relate the whole origin of the three worlds.
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BndP 1 6.5
सूत उवाच अत्र वै वर्णयिष्यामि याथातथ्येन सुव्रताः । कल्पं भूतं भविष्यं च प्रतिसंधिश्च यस्तयोः
sūta uvāca atra vai varṇayiṣyāmi yāthātathyena suvratāḥ / kalpaṃ bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca pratisaṃdhiśca yastayoḥ
The Sūta said: Here, O men of good vows, I shall describe as it truly is the kalpa past and the kalpa to come, and the juncture that lies between the two.
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BndP 1 6.6
मन्वन्तराणि कल्पेषु यानि यानि च सुव्रताः । यश्चायं वर्तते कल्पो वाराहः सांप्रतः शुभः
manvantarāṇi kalpeṣu yāni yāni ca suvratāḥ / yaścāyaṃ vartate kalpo vārāhaḥ sāṃprataḥ śubhaḥ
(And I shall tell) which manvantaras there are in each of the kalpas, O men of good vows, and this present auspicious Vārāha kalpa that is now in progress.
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BndP 1 6.7
अस्मात्कल्पात्तु यः पूर्वः कल्पो ऽतीतः सनातनः । तस्य चास्य च कल्पस्य मध्यावस्थां निबोधत
asmātkalpāttu yaḥ pūrvaḥ kalpo 'tītaḥ sanātanaḥ / tasya cāsya ca kalpasya madhyāvasthāṃ nibodhata
And the kalpa which, before this kalpa, has passed away, the ancient one — learn the middle state (that lies) between that one and this kalpa.
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BndP 1 6.8
प्रत्यागते पूर्वकल्पे प्रतिसंधिं विनानघाः । अन्यः प्रवर्त्तते कल्पो जनलोकादयः पुनः
pratyāgate pūrvakalpe pratisaṃdhiṃ vinānaghāḥ / anyaḥ pravarttate kalpo janalokādayaḥ punaḥ
When the former kalpa has come to its return, O sinless ones, without a juncture another kalpa begins, with the Janaloka and the rest again.
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BndP 1 6.9
व्युच्छिन्नप्रतिसंधिस्तु कल्पात्कल्पः परस्परम् । व्युच्छिद्यन्ते प्रजाः सर्वाः कल्पान्ते सर्वशस्तदा
vyucchinnapratisaṃdhistu kalpātkalpaḥ parasparam / vyucchidyante prajāḥ sarvāḥ kalpānte sarvaśastadā
But the junction of one kalpa with another is mutually severed; for at the end of a kalpa all creatures are then wholly cut off.
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BndP 1 6.10
तस्मात्कल्पात्तु कल्पस्य प्रतिसंधिर्न विद्यते । मन्वन्तरे युगाख्यानामविच्छिन्नास्तु संधयः
tasmātkalpāttu kalpasya pratisaṃdhirna vidyate / manvantare yugākhyānāmavicchinnāstu saṃdhayaḥ
Therefore there is no continuous joining of one kalpa to (the next) kalpa; but within a manvantare the junctures of the so-called yugas are unbroken.
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BndP 1 6.11
परस्परात् प्रवर्तन्ते मन्वन्तरयुगैः सह । उक्ता ये प्रक्रियार्थेन पूर्वकल्पाः समासतः
parasparāt pravartante manvantarayugaiḥ saha / uktā ye prakriyārthena pūrvakalpāḥ samāsataḥ
They proceed one from another together with the manvantaras and yugas. Those former kalpas which have been stated summarily for the sake of the exposition —
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BndP 1 6.12
तेषां परार्द्धकल्पानां पूर्वे यस्मात्तु यः परः । आसीत्कल्पे व्यतीते वै परर्द्धात्परमस्तु यः
teṣāṃ parārddhakalpānāṃ pūrve yasmāttu yaḥ paraḥ / āsītkalpe vyatīte vai pararddhātparamastu yaḥ
of those kalpas of the further half, since one is prior and one is later — there was, when a kalpa had elapsed, that which is furthest from the further half.
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BndP 1 6.13
कल्पास्त्वन्ये भविष्या ये ह्यपरार्द्धगुणीकृताः । प्रथमः सांप्रतस्तेषां कल्प्ॐ यो वर्तते द्विजाः
kalpāstvanye bhaviṣyā ye hyaparārddhaguṇīkṛtāḥ / prathamaḥ sāṃpratasteṣāṃ kalpoṃ yo vartate dvijāḥ
But the other kalpas that are yet to come are those reckoned to the latter half; the first of these, O twice-born, is the present kalpa which is now in progress.
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BndP 1 6.14
अस्मिन्पूर्वे परार्द्धे तु द्वितीयः पर उच्यते । एष संस्थितकालस्तु प्रत्याहारस्ततः स्मृतः
asminpūrve parārddhe tu dvitīyaḥ para ucyate / eṣa saṃsthitakālastu pratyāhārastataḥ smṛtaḥ
In this former further half, the second is called the later one. This is the time of continuance; thereafter is remembered the withdrawal.
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BndP 1 6.15
अस्मात्कल्पात्ततः पूर्वं कल्पो ऽतीतः पुरातनः । चतुर्युगसहस्रति सह मन्वन्तरैः पुरा
asmātkalpāttataḥ pūrvaṃ kalpo 'tītaḥ purātanaḥ / caturyugasahasrati saha manvantaraiḥ purā
Before this kalpa, then, a kalpa passed away, an ancient one, of a thousand fourfold yugas together with the manvantaras, of old.
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BndP 1 6.16
क्षीणे कल्पे ततस्तस्मिन् दाहकाल उपस्थिते । तस्मिन्काले तदा देवा आसन्वैमानिकास्तु ये
kṣīṇe kalpe tatastasmin dāhakāla upasthite / tasminkāle tadā devā āsanvaimānikāstu ye
Then, when that kalpa was spent and the time of the burning had come upon (it) — at that time there were those gods who travel in celestial cars,
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BndP 1 6.17
नक्षत्रग्रहताराश्च चन्द्रसूर्यादयस्तु ते । अष्टाविंशतिरेवैताः कोट्यस्तु सुकृतात्म नाम्
nakṣatragrahatārāśca candrasūryādayastu te / aṣṭāviṃśatirevaitāḥ koṭyastu sukṛtātma nām
and the lunar mansions, the planets and the stars, the moon and the sun and the rest: these were just twenty-eight crores of beings of meritorious nature.
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BndP 1 6.18
मन्वन्तरे यथैकस्मिन् चतुर्द्दशसु वै तथा । त्रीणि कोटिशतान्यासन् कोट्यो द्विनवतिस्तथा
manvantare yathaikasmin caturddaśasu vai tathā / trīṇi koṭiśatānyāsan koṭyo dvinavatistathā
As in a single manvantara, so too in the fourteen: there were three hundred crores and ninety-two crores,
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BndP 1 6.19
अथाधिकासप्त तिश्च सहस्राणां पुरा स्मृता । एकैकस्मिंस्तु कल्पे वै देवा वैमानिकाः स्मृताः
athādhikāsapta tiśca sahasrāṇāṃ purā smṛtā / ekaikasmiṃstu kalpe vai devā vaimānikāḥ smṛtāḥ
and further, seven (times ten?) thousands more are recorded of old. In each single kalpa the gods travelling in celestial cars are thus recorded.
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BndP 1 6.20
अथ मन्वन्तरेष्वासंश्चतुर्दशसु खे दिवि । देवाश्च पितरश्चैव ऋषयो ऽमृतपास्तथा
atha manvantareṣvāsaṃścaturdaśasu khe divi / devāśca pitaraścaiva ṛṣayo 'mṛtapāstathā
Then in the fourteen manvantaras there were, in the sky, in heaven, the gods and the fathers and the seers and the drinkers of the nectar,
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BndP 1 6.21
तेषामनुचराश्चैव पत्न्यः पुत्रास्तथैव च । वर्णाश्रमातिरिक्ताश्च तस्मिन्काले तु खे सुराः
teṣāmanucarāścaiva patnyaḥ putrāstathaiva ca / varṇāśramātiriktāśca tasminkāle tu khe surāḥ
and their attendants, and likewise their wives and sons, and those outside the classes and the stages of life — at that time (they were) gods in the sky.
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BndP 1 6.22
तैस्तैः सायुज्यगैः सार्द्ध प्राप्ते वस्तुमये तदा । तुल्यनिष्ठाभवन्सर्वे प्राप्ते ह्याभूतसंप्लवे
taistaiḥ sāyujyagaiḥ sārddha prāpte vastumaye tadā / tulyaniṣṭhābhavansarve prāpte hyābhūtasaṃplave
Together with all those who had attained union (with them), when the (dissolution?) came, they all then reached an equal end, when the flood that engulfs beings had arrived.
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BndP 1 6.23
ततस्ते ऽवश्यभावित्वादू बुद्ध्याः पर्या यमात्मनः । त्रैलोक्यवासिनो देवा इह तानाभिमानिनः
tataste 'vaśyabhāvitvādū buddhyāḥ paryā yamātmanaḥ / trailokyavāsino devā iha tānābhimāninaḥ
Then they, since it must inevitably be so, understanding the turn of their own (time) — the gods dwelling in the three worlds, who here consider these (worlds) their own —
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BndP 1 6.24
स्थितिकाले तदा पूर्णे आसन्ने पश्चिमोत्तरे । कल्पावसानिका देवास्त स्मिनप्राप्ते ह्युपप्लवे
sthitikāle tadā pūrṇe āsanne paścimottare / kalpāvasānikā devāsta sminaprāpte hyupaplave
When the period of duration was then complete, and the last (portion) had drawn near, the gods belonging to the kalpa's end, when the dissolution had come upon them —
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BndP 1 6.25
तदोत्सुका विषादेंन त्यक्तस्थानानि भागशः । महर्लोकाय संविग्नास्ततस्ते दधिरे मनः
tadotsukā viṣādeṃna tyaktasthānāni bhāgaśaḥ / maharlokāya saṃvignāstataste dadhire manaḥ
— then, eager, having through despair abandoned their stations one by one, agitated, they set their minds upon Maharloka.
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BndP 1 6.26
ते युक्ता नुपपद्यन्ते महतीं च शरीरिके । विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः
te yuktā nupapadyante mahatīṃ ca śarīrike / viśuddhibahulāḥ sarve mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ
Those who are yoked do not attain the great bodily (perfection); abounding in purity, all of them take their stand on the mental accomplishment.
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BndP 1 6.27
तैः कल्पवासिभिः सार्द्धं महानासादितस्तदा । ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैस्तद्भवैश्चापरैर्जनैः
taiḥ kalpavāsibhiḥ sārddhaṃ mahānāsāditastadā / brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaistadbhavaiścāparairjanaiḥ
Together with those dwellers of the kalpa, Mahar(loka) was then reached — by brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and other people born therein.
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BndP 1 6.28
गत्वा तु ते महार्लोकं देवसंघाश्चतुर्द्दश । स्ततस्ते जनलोकाय सोद्वेगा दधिरे मनः
gatvā tu te mahārlokaṃ devasaṃghāścaturddaśa / stataste janalokāya sodvegā dadhire manaḥ
But when those fourteen hosts of gods had gone to Maharloka, then, troubled, they set their minds upon Janaloka.
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BndP 1 6.29
एतेन क्रमयोगेन ययुस्ते कल्पवासिनः । एवं देवयुगानां तु सहस्राणि परस्परम्
etena kramayogena yayuste kalpavāsinaḥ / evaṃ devayugānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi parasparam
By this sequential process those dwellers of the kalpa went (upward); and thus thousands of divine yugas (passed), one after another.
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BndP 1 6.30
विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः । तैः कल्पवासिभिः सार्द्धं जन आसादितस्तु वै
viśuddhibahulāḥ sarve mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ / taiḥ kalpavāsibhiḥ sārddhaṃ jana āsāditastu vai
All of them, abounding in purity, take their stand on the mental accomplishment; and together with those dwellers of the kalpa, Jana(loka) is indeed reached.
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BndP 1 6.31
तत्र कल्पान्दश स्थित्वा सत्यं गच्छन्ति वै पुनः । गत्वा ते ब्रह्मलोकं वै अपरावर्त्तिनीं गतिम्
tatra kalpāndaśa sthitvā satyaṃ gacchanti vai punaḥ / gatvā te brahmalokaṃ vai aparāvarttinīṃ gatim
Having stayed there ten kalpas, they go again to Satya; having gone to the Brahmaloka, (they attain) the state from which there is no returning.
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BndP 1 6.32
आधिपत्यं विमाने वै ऐश्वर्येण तु तत्समाः । भवन्ति ब्रह्मणा तुल्या रूपेण विषयेण च
ādhipatyaṃ vimāne vai aiśvaryeṇa tu tatsamāḥ / bhavanti brahmaṇā tulyā rūpeṇa viṣayeṇa ca
(They obtain) lordship in the celestial car; in sovereignty they are equal to it, and they become equal to Brahmā in form and in domain.
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BndP 1 6.33
तत्र ते ह्यवतिष्ठन्त प्रीतियुक्ताश्च संयमान् । आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्य मुच्यन्ते ब्रह्मणा सह
tatra te hyavatiṣṭhanta prītiyuktāśca saṃyamān / ānandaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpya mucyante brahmaṇā saha
There they remain, joined to delight and to (their) restraints; having obtained the bliss of Brahmā, they are released along with Brahmā.
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BndP 1 6.34
अवश्यभाविनार्थेन प्राकृतेनैव ते स्वयम् । मानार्चनाभिः संबद्धास्तदा तत्कालभाविताः
avaśyabhāvinārthena prākṛtenaiva te svayam / mānārcanābhiḥ saṃbaddhāstadā tatkālabhāvitāḥ
By the inevitable purpose, which is of prakṛti itself, they of their own accord are bound with honours and worship, being then produced by that (particular) time.
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BndP 1 6.35
स्वपतो बुद्धिपूर्वं तु बोधो भवति वै यथा । तथातु भाविते सेवां तथानन्दः प्रवर्तते
svapato buddhipūrvaṃ tu bodho bhavati vai yathā / tathātu bhāvite sevāṃ tathānandaḥ pravartate
Just as for one who sleeps an awakening occurs preceded by cognition, so too, when (that state) has been brought about, bliss arises accordingly.
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BndP 1 6.36
प्रत्याहारैस्तु भोदानां येषां भिन्नानि शुष्मिणाम् । तैः सार्द्ध वर्द्धते तेषां कार्याणि करणानि च
pratyāhāraistu bhodānāṃ yeṣāṃ bhinnāni śuṣmiṇām / taiḥ sārddha varddhate teṣāṃ kāryāṇi karaṇāni ca
But by the withdrawals of the perceptions of those vigorous ones whose (functions) are divided — along with those, their effects and instruments increase.
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BndP 1 6.37
नाना त्वदर्शिनां तेषां ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिनाम् । विनिवृत्ताधिकारणां स्वेन धर्मेण तिष्ठताम्
nānā tvadarśināṃ teṣāṃ brahmalokanivāsinām / vinivṛttādhikāraṇāṃ svena dharmeṇa tiṣṭhatām
Of those dwellers in Brahmaloka who do not perceive multiplicity, whose office has ceased, who abide by their own proper nature —
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BndP 1 6.38
ते तुल्यलक्षणाः सिद्धाः शुद्धात्मानो निरञ्जनाः । प्राकृते करणोपेताः स्वात्मन्येव व्यवस्थिताः
te tulyalakṣaṇāḥ siddhāḥ śuddhātmāno nirañjanāḥ / prākṛte karaṇopetāḥ svātmanyeva vyavasthitāḥ
— they are of like characteristics, perfected, pure of self, unstained; furnished with the instruments in the material (order), they are established in their own self alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.39
प्रख्यापयित्वा चात्मानं प्रकृतिस्त्वेष तत्त्वतः । पुरुषान्यबहुत्वेन प्रतीता तत्प्रवर्तते
prakhyāpayitvā cātmānaṃ prakṛtistveṣa tattvataḥ / puruṣānyabahutvena pratītā tatpravartate
And having made itself known in truth, this prakṛti, perceived as the manifoldness of the other, the puruṣa, proceeds thereupon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.40
प्रवर्तिते पुनः सर्गे तेषां साकारणात्मनाम् । संयोगे प्रकृतिर्ज्ञैया मुक्तानां तत्त्वदर्शिनाम्
pravartite punaḥ sarge teṣāṃ sākāraṇātmanām / saṃyoge prakṛtirjñaiyā muktānāṃ tattvadarśinām
When creation is again set in motion, prakṛti is to be known as (existing) in the conjunction of those whose selves are together with their causes — (but not so) for the liberated who see the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.41
तत्रोपवर्गिणां तेषां न पुनर्मार्गगामिनाम् । अभावः पुनरुत्पन्नः शान्तानामर्चिषामिव
tatropavargiṇāṃ teṣāṃ na punarmārgagāminām / abhāvaḥ punarutpannaḥ śāntānāmarciṣāmiva
There, for those who have attained release, who do not travel the path again, there is no arising again — like flames that have been quenched.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.42
ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्ध्वं त्रैलोक्येषु महात्मसु । एतैः सार्धं महर्लोकस्तदानासादितस्तु वै
tatasteṣu gateṣūrdhvaṃ trailokyeṣu mahātmasu / etaiḥ sārdhaṃ maharlokastadānāsāditastu vai
Then, when those great-souled ones of the three worlds had gone upward, Maharloka was at that time reached together with these.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.43
तच्छिष्या वै भविष्यन्ति कल्पदाह उपस्थिते । गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचाश्च मानुषा ब्राह्मणादयः
tacchiṣyā vai bhaviṣyanti kalpadāha upasthite / gandharvādyāḥ piśācāśca mānuṣā brāhmaṇādayaḥ
When the burning of the kalpa is at hand, these will be their pupils: gandharvas and the rest, piśācas, and humans, brahmins and the others,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.44
पशवः पक्षिणस्चैव स्थावराश्च सरीसृपाः । तिष्ठत्सु तेषु तत्कालं पृथिवीतलवासिषु
paśavaḥ pakṣiṇascaiva sthāvarāśca sarīsṛpāḥ / tiṣṭhatsu teṣu tatkālaṃ pṛthivītalavāsiṣu
Cattle and birds, and immobile beings and creeping things — while those dwellers on the earth's surface are still standing there at that time,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.45
सहस्रं यत्तु रश्मीनां स्वयमेव विभाव्यते । तत्सप्तरश्मयो भूत्वा एकैको जायते रविः
sahasraṃ yattu raśmīnāṃ svayameva vibhāvyate / tatsaptaraśmayo bhūtvā ekaiko jāyate raviḥ
That thousand of rays which manifests of itself — becoming seven rays, each one becomes a sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.46
क्रमेणोत्तिष्टमानास्ते त्रींल्लोकान्प्रदहन्त्युत । जङ्गमाः स्थावराश्चैवनद्यः सर्वे च पर्वताः
krameṇottiṣṭamānāste trīṃllokānpradahantyuta / jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāścaivanadyaḥ sarve ca parvatāḥ
Rising up in succession, they burn up the three worlds — moving beings and immobile ones, the rivers and all the mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.47
शुष्काः पूर्वमनावृष्ट्या सूर्य्यैस्ते च प्रधूपिताः । तदा तु विवशाः सर्वे निर्दग्धाः सूर्यरश्मि भिः
śuṣkāḥ pūrvamanāvṛṣṭyā sūryyaiste ca pradhūpitāḥ / tadā tu vivaśāḥ sarve nirdagdhāḥ sūryaraśmi bhiḥ
Dried up beforehand by the drought, and then scorched by the suns, at that time all of them, helpless, are burnt up by the sun's rays,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.48
जङ्गमाः स्थावराश्चैव धर्माधर्मात्मकास्तु वै । दग्धदेहास्तदा ते तु धूतपापायुगान्तरे
jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāścaiva dharmādharmātmakāstu vai / dagdhadehāstadā te tu dhūtapāpāyugāntare
Both moving and immobile, whose natures are righteous and unrighteous; their bodies burnt then, their evil shaken off at the end of the age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.49
ख्यातातपा विनिर्मुक्ताः शुभय चातिबन्धया । ततस्ते ह्युपपद्यन्ते तुल्यरूपैर्जनैर्जनाः
khyātātapā vinirmuktāḥ śubhaya cātibandhayā / tataste hyupapadyante tulyarūpairjanairjanāḥ
(their) manifest heat gone, released, by the auspicious and (?)unbinding (state) — then they come to birth as people among people of like form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.50
उषित्वा रजनीं तत्र ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । पुनः सर्गे भवन्तीह मानसा ब्रह्मणः सुताः
uṣitvā rajanīṃ tatra brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ / punaḥ sarge bhavantīha mānasā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
Having dwelt there through the night of Brahmā, whose birth is from the unmanifest, they become again, at the (new) creation, the mind-born sons of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.51
ततस्तेषूपपन्नेषु जनैस्त्रैलोक्यवासिषु । निर्दग्धेषु च लोकेषु तदा सूर्यैस्तु सप्तभिः
tatasteṣūpapanneṣu janaistrailokyavāsiṣu / nirdagdheṣu ca lokeṣu tadā sūryaistu saptabhiḥ
Then, when those (beings) have come into being as the people dwelling in the three worlds, and when the worlds have been burnt up by the seven suns,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.52
वृष्ट्या क्षितौ प्लावितायां विजनेष्वर्णवेषु च । सामुद्राश्चैव मेघाश्च आपः सर्वाश्च पार्थिवाः
vṛṣṭyā kṣitau plāvitāyāṃ vijaneṣvarṇaveṣu ca / sāmudrāścaiva meghāśca āpaḥ sarvāśca pārthivāḥ
when the earth has been flooded by rain and the oceans are without people, then the waters of the sea and of the clouds and all the earthly waters
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.53
शरमाणा व्रजन्त्येव सलिलाख्यास्तथा नुगाः । आगतागतिकं चैव यदा तत्सलिलं बहु
śaramāṇā vrajantyeva salilākhyāstathā nugāḥ / āgatāgatikaṃ caiva yadā tatsalilaṃ bahu
go on flowing, called "salila," and likewise following after; and when that water is abundant, coming and going,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.54
संछाद्येमां स्थितां भमिमर्णवाख्यं तदाभवत् । आभाति यस्मात् स्वाभासो भाशब्दो व्याप्तिदीप्तिषु
saṃchādyemāṃ sthitāṃ bhamimarṇavākhyaṃ tadābhavat / ābhāti yasmāt svābhāso bhāśabdo vyāptidīptiṣu
having covered this earth as it stands, it then became known as "arṇava" (ocean); since it shines with its own radiance — the word "bhā" is used for pervading and for shining.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.55
सर्वतः समनुप्राप्त्या तासां चाम्भो विभाव्यते । तदन्तस्तनुते यस्मात्सर्वां पृथ्वीं समन्त ततः
sarvataḥ samanuprāptyā tāsāṃ cāmbho vibhāvyate / tadantastanute yasmātsarvāṃ pṛthvīṃ samanta tataḥ
And because of their reaching everywhere, their water is called "ambhas"; and because it spreads itself out (tanute) over the whole earth on every side,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.56
धातुस्तनोति विस्तारे नचैतास्तनवः स्मृताः । शर इत्येष शीर्णे तु नानार्थो धातुरुच्यते
dhātustanoti vistāre nacaitāstanavaḥ smṛtāḥ / śara ityeṣa śīrṇe tu nānārtho dhāturucyate
the root "tan" (is used) in the sense of extension, and these are not called "tanavaḥ"; and this "śara" — the root is said to have various meanings, in the sense of "scattered."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.57
एकार्णवे भवत्यापो न शीघ्रास्तेन ते नराः । तस्मिन् युगसहस्रान्ते संस्थिते ब्रह्मणो ऽहनि
ekārṇave bhavatyāpo na śīghrāstena te narāḥ / tasmin yugasahasrānte saṃsthite brahmaṇo 'hani
The waters become one ocean; therefore those men (call them) not swift(?). At the end of that thousand of ages, when Brahmā's day has come to a stop,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.58
तावत्काले रजन्यां च वर्तन्त्यां सलिलात्मना । ततस्तु सलिले तास्मिन्नष्टाग्नौ पृथवीतले
tāvatkāle rajanyāṃ ca vartantyāṃ salilātmanā / tatastu salile tāsminnaṣṭāgnau pṛthavītale
and while for that long a time the night continues in the form of water — then, in that water, when the fire has been destroyed on the earth's surface,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.59
प्रशान्तवाते ऽन्धकारे निरालोके समन्ततः । एतेनाधिष्ठितं हीदं ब्रह्मा स पुरुषः प्रभुः
praśāntavāte 'ndhakāre nirāloke samantataḥ / etenādhiṣṭhitaṃ hīdaṃ brahmā sa puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ
the wind being stilled, in darkness, without light on every side — by this one indeed is this (all) presided over: he, Brahmā, the Person, the lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.60
विभागमस्य लोकस्य प्रकर्तुं पुनरैच्छत । एकार्णवे तदा तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे
vibhāgamasya lokasya prakartuṃ punaraicchata / ekārṇave tadā tasminnaṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame
He desired again to make the division of this world; then, in that single ocean, when the immobile and the moving had perished,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.61
तदा भवति स ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णो जितेन्द्रियः । इमं चोदाहरन्त्यत्रर् श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति
tadā bhavati sa brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt / sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇo jitendriyaḥ / imaṃ codāharantyatrar ślokaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prati
then that Brahmā becomes thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, thousand-headed, the Person, gold-coloured, with senses conquered. And here they recite this verse concerning Nārāyaṇa:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.62
आपो नारास्तत्तनव इत्यर्था ननुशुश्रुम । आपूर्यमाणास्तत्रास्ते तेन नारायणः स्मृतः
āpo nārāstattanava ityarthā nanuśuśruma / āpūryamāṇāstatrāste tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
"The waters are 'nāra,' they are his body" — such are the meanings we have indeed heard; since he abides there in the waters as they fill up, he is called Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.63
सहस्रशीर्षा सुमनाः सहस्रपात् सहस्रचक्षुर्वदनः सहस्रकृत् । सहस्रबाहुः प्रथमः प्रजापतिस्त्रयीमयो ऽयं पुरुषो निरुच्यते
sahasraśīrṣā sumanāḥ sahasrapāt sahasracakṣurvadanaḥ sahasrakṛt / sahasrabāhuḥ prathamaḥ prajāpatistrayīmayo 'yaṃ puruṣo nirucyate
Thousand-headed, of good mind, thousand-footed, having a thousand eyes and faces, doing a thousand (deeds), thousand-armed, the first Prajāpati — this Person is declared to consist of the three Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.64
आदित्यवर्णो भुवनस्य गोप्ता एको ह्यमूर्तः प्रथमस्त्वसो विराट् । हिरण्य गर्भः पुरुषो महात्मा संपद्यते वै मनसः परस्तात्
ādityavarṇo bhuvanasya goptā eko hyamūrtaḥ prathamastvaso virāṭ / hiraṇya garbhaḥ puruṣo mahātmā saṃpadyate vai manasaḥ parastāt
Sun-coloured, protector of the world, one indeed, formless, first, the Virāṭ of...(?); the Golden Womb (Hiraṇyagarbha), the great-souled Person, comes into being beyond mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.65
कल्पादौ रजसोद्रिक्तो ब्रह्मा भूस्त्वासृजत्प्रभुः । कल्पान्ते तमसोद्रिक्तः कालो भूत्वाग्रसत्पुनः
kalpādau rajasodrikto brahmā bhūstvāsṛjatprabhuḥ / kalpānte tamasodriktaḥ kālo bhūtvāgrasatpunaḥ
At the beginning of the kalpa, the Lord, becoming Brahmā with rajas predominant, created (the world); at the end of the kalpa, with tamas predominant, becoming Time (Kāla), he devoured it again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.66
स वै नारायणो भूत्वा सत्त्वोद्रिक्तो जलाशये । त्रिधा विभज्य चात्मानं त्रैलोक्ये संप्रवर्त्तते
sa vai nārāyaṇo bhūtvā sattvodrikto jalāśaye / tridhā vibhajya cātmānaṃ trailokye saṃpravarttate
And he, becoming Nārāyaṇa with sattva predominant, (rests) on the expanse of water; and dividing himself threefold, he operates in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.67
सृजति ग्रसते चैव वीक्ष्यते च त्रिभिः स्वयम् । एकार्णवे तदा तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे
sṛjati grasate caiva vīkṣyate ca tribhiḥ svayam / ekārṇave tadā tasminnaṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame
By himself, with the three (forms), he creates, devours, and looks on; then, when all that moves and stands still has perished, in that single ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.68
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते सर्वतः स जलावृते । ब्रह्मां नारायणाख्यस्तु स चकाशे भवे स्वयम्
caturyugasahasrānte sarvataḥ sa jalāvṛte / brahmāṃ nārāyaṇākhyastu sa cakāśe bhave svayam
At the end of the thousand of four-yuga (periods), when (all) was covered with water on every side, that Brahmā called Nārāyaṇa shone forth himself in (that) state of being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.69
चतुर्विधाः प्रजाः सर्वा ब्रह्मशक्त्या तमोवृताः । पश्यन्ति तं महर्लोके कालं सुप्तं महर्षयः
caturvidhāḥ prajāḥ sarvā brahmaśaktyā tamovṛtāḥ / paśyanti taṃ maharloke kālaṃ suptaṃ maharṣayaḥ
All creatures of the four kinds, wrapped in darkness by Brahmā's power—the great seers in the Maharloka behold him, Time, asleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.70
भृग्वादयो यथोद्दिष्टास्तस्मिन् काले महर्षयः । सत्यादयस्तथा त्वष्टौ कल्पे लीने महर्षयः । तदा विवर्त्यमानैस्तैर्महत्परिगतं पराम्
bhṛgvādayo yathoddiṣṭāstasmin kāle maharṣayaḥ / satyādayastathā tvaṣṭau kalpe līne maharṣayaḥ / tadā vivartyamānaistairmahatparigataṃ parām
Bhṛgu and the rest, the great seers, as has been stated, (are) at that time; and likewise the eight great seers, Satya and the rest, when the kalpa is dissolved; then by them, as they are being turned about (in the round of existence), the supreme Great One is encompassed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.71
गत्यर्थादृषतेर्धातोर्नामनिष्पत्तिरुच्यते । यस्मादृषतिसत्त्वेन महत्तस्मान्महर्षयः
gatyarthādṛṣaterdhātornāmaniṣpattirucyate / yasmādṛṣatisattvena mahattasmānmaharṣayaḥ
The derivation of the name is said to be from the root ṛṣ in the sense of 'to go'; because by (their) sattva there is a great going (ṛṣati), they are therefore Maharṣis (great seers).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.72
महर्लोकस्थितैर्दृष्टः कालः सुप्तस्तदा च तैः । सत्त्वाद्याः सप्त ये त्वासन्कल्पे ऽतीते महर्षयः
maharlokasthitairdṛṣṭaḥ kālaḥ suptastadā ca taiḥ / sattvādyāḥ sapta ye tvāsankalpe 'tīte maharṣayaḥ
Time asleep was then seen by them who abide in Maharloka—by those seven great seers, Sattva and the rest, who existed in the past kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.73
एवं ब्रह्मा तासु तासु रजनीषु सहस्रशः । दृष्टवन्तस्तदानीताः कालं सुप्तं महर्षयः
evaṃ brahmā tāsu tāsu rajanīṣu sahasraśaḥ / dṛṣṭavantastadānītāḥ kālaṃ suptaṃ maharṣayaḥ
Thus in each of those nights, a thousand times over, the great seers brought there beheld Brahmā as Time asleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.74
कल्पस्यादौ सुबहुला यस्मात्संस्थाश्चतुर्द्दश । कल्पया मास वै ब्रह्मा तस्मात्कल्पो निरुच्यते
kalpasyādau subahulā yasmātsaṃsthāścaturddaśa / kalpayā māsa vai brahmā tasmātkalpo nirucyate
Because at the beginning of the kalpa Brahmā fashioned (kalpayāmāsa) the very numerous fourteen orders of being, therefore it is called 'kalpa'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.75
स स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः । व्यक्ताव्यको महादेवस्तस्य सर्वमिदं जगत्
sa sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ / vyaktāvyako mahādevastasya sarvamidaṃ jagat
He is the creator of all beings again and again at the beginnings of the kalpas; the great god, manifest and unmanifest—all this world is his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 6.76
इत्येष प्रतिसंबन्धः कीर्तितः कल्पयोर्द्वयोः । सांप्रतं हि तयोर्मध्ये प्रागवस्था बभूव ह
ityeṣa pratisaṃbandhaḥ kīrtitaḥ kalpayordvayoḥ / sāṃprataṃ hi tayormadhye prāgavasthā babhūva ha
Thus this mutual connection of the two kalpas has been proclaimed; for the present condition came about in between the two, in the past.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 6.77
कीर्तितस्तु समासेन पूर्वकल्पे यथातथम् । सांप्रतं संप्रवक्ष्यामि कल्पमेतं निबोधत
kīrtitastu samāsena pūrvakalpe yathātatham / sāṃprataṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi kalpametaṃ nibodhata
It has been recounted in brief, as it truly was, in the earlier kalpa; now I shall declare the present one—learn of this kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition