Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 7
BndP 1 7.1
सूत उवाच तुल्यं युगसहस्रं वै नैशं कालमुपास्य सः । शर्वर्यंते प्रकुरुते ब्रह्मा तूत्सर्गकारणात्
sūta uvāca tulyaṃ yugasahasraṃ vai naiśaṃ kālamupāsya saḥ / śarvaryaṃte prakurute brahmā tūtsargakāraṇāt
Sūta said: Having passed the time of night, equal indeed to a thousand yugas, Brahmā at the end of that night sets to work by reason of the emission (of creation).
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BndP 1 7.2
ब्रह्मा तु सलिले तस्मिन् वायुर्भूत्वा तदाचरत् । अन्धकारार्णवे तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे
brahmā tu salile tasmin vāyurbhūtvā tadācarat / andhakārārṇave tasminnaṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame
But Brahmā, becoming wind, moved about there in that water, in that ocean of darkness, when all that moves and stands still had perished.
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BndP 1 7.3
जलेन समनुप्लाव्य सर्वतः पृथिवीतले । प्रविभागेन भूतेषु सत्यमात्रे स्थितेषु वा
jalena samanuplāvya sarvataḥ pṛthivītale / pravibhāgena bhūteṣu satyamātre sthiteṣu vā
When the surface of the earth had been flooded over on all sides by the water, and the beings, by the process of separation, remained in the state of Satya (-loka) alone.
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BndP 1 7.4
निशयामिव खद्योतः प्रावृट् काले ततस्तदा । तदा कामेन तरसामन्यामानःस्वयं धिया
niśayāmiva khadyotaḥ prāvṛṭ kāle tatastadā / tadā kāmena tarasāmanyāmānaḥsvayaṃ dhiyā
Then at that time (he shone) like a firefly in the night in the rainy season; then, of his own accord, with desire and with speed, reflecting with his intellect.
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BndP 1 7.5
सोप्युपायं प्रतिष्ठायां मार्गमाणस्तदा भुवम् । ततस्तु सलिले तस्मिन् ज्ञात्वा त्वन्तर्गतो महीम्
sopyupāyaṃ pratiṣṭhāyāṃ mārgamāṇastadā bhuvam / tatastu salile tasmin jñātvā tvantargato mahīm
He too, seeking a means for a firm base, then (sought) the earth; then, in that water, having come to know it, he entered within and (found) the earth.
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BndP 1 7.6
अन्धमन्यतमं बुद्धा भूमेरुद्धरणक्षमः । चकार तं तु देवो ऽथ पूर्वकल्पादिषु स्मृतः
andhamanyatamaṃ buddhā bhūmeruddharaṇakṣamaḥ / cakāra taṃ tu devo 'tha pūrvakalpādiṣu smṛtaḥ
Having recognized it as blind and utterly dark, (and being) able to raise up the earth, the god then made that (form) which is remembered from the beginnings of former kalpas.
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BndP 1 7.7
सत्यं रूपं वराहस्य कृत्वाभो ऽनुप्रविश्य च । अद्भिः संछादितामिच्छन् पृथिवीं स प्रजापतिः
satyaṃ rūpaṃ varāhasya kṛtvābho 'nupraviśya ca / adbhiḥ saṃchāditāmicchan pṛthivīṃ sa prajāpatiḥ
Having assumed the true form of a boar and entered the waters, that Prajāpati, wishing (to raise) the earth that was covered over by the waters (took hold of it).
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BndP 1 7.8
उद्धृत्योर्वीमथ न्यस्ता सापत्यांतामतिन्यसत् । सामुद्राश्च समुद्रेषु नादेयाश्च नदीषु च
uddhṛtyorvīmatha nyastā sāpatyāṃtāmatinyasat / sāmudrāśca samudreṣu nādeyāśca nadīṣu ca
Then, having lifted up the earth, he set it down, and he placed apart (the waters?) with their offspring: the oceanic ones in the oceans and the riverine ones in the rivers.
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BndP 1 7.9
पृथक्तास्तु समीकृत्य पृथिव्यां सो ऽचिनोद्गिरीन् । प्राक्सर्गे दह्यमाने तु पुरा संवर्त काग्निना
pṛthaktāstu samīkṛtya pṛthivyāṃ so 'cinodgirīn / prāksarge dahyamāne tu purā saṃvarta kāgninā
Having levelled out the separated parts, he heaped up the mountains upon the earth; for in the earlier creation, when it was being burnt formerly by the fire of dissolution—
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BndP 1 7.10
तेनाग्निना विलीनास्ते पर्वता भुवि सर्वशः । शैल्यादेकार्णवे तस्मिन्वायुना ये तु संहिताः
tenāgninā vilīnāste parvatā bhuvi sarvaśaḥ / śailyādekārṇave tasminvāyunā ye tu saṃhitāḥ
—those mountains were melted by that fire everywhere on the ground; and (the fragments) of rock which, in that single ocean, were gathered together by the wind—
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BndP 1 7.11
निषिक्ता यत्र यत्रासंस्तत्रतत्राचलो ऽभवत् । स्कन्धाचलत्वादचलाः पर्वभिः पर्वताः स्मृताः
niṣiktā yatra yatrāsaṃstatratatrācalo 'bhavat / skandhācalatvādacalāḥ parvabhiḥ parvatāḥ smṛtāḥ
—wherever they were deposited, there a mountain (acala) came to be. Because they do not move (a-cala) with their masses they are called acalas, and because of their joints (parvas) they are called parvatas.
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BndP 1 7.12
गिरयो हि निगीर्णत्वादयनात्तु शिलोच्चयाः । तत स्तावासमुद्धृत्य क्षितिमंतर्जलात्प्रभुः
girayo hi nigīrṇatvādayanāttu śiloccayāḥ / tata stāvāsamuddhṛtya kṣitimaṃtarjalātprabhuḥ
For they are giris because they were swallowed (nigīrṇa), and heaps of stone (śiloccaya) because of their going up; then the Lord, having raised the earth up out of the water,
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BndP 1 7.13
सप्तसप्त तु वर्षाणि तस्या द्वीपेषु सप्तसु । विषमाणि समीकृत्य शिलाभिरभितो गिरीन्
saptasapta tu varṣāṇi tasyā dvīpeṣu saptasu / viṣamāṇi samīkṛtya śilābhirabhito girīn
and having levelled out the uneven places, (established) seven regions each in her seven continents, and mountains all around by means of rocks.
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BndP 1 7.14
द्वीपेषु तेषु वर्षाणि चत्वारिंशत्तथैव तु । तावंतः पर्वताश्चैव वर्षांते समवस्थिताः
dvīpeṣu teṣu varṣāṇi catvāriṃśattathaiva tu / tāvaṃtaḥ parvatāścaiva varṣāṃte samavasthitāḥ
In those continents (there are) likewise forty regions, and just as many mountains, standing at the ends of the regions.
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BndP 1 7.15
स्वर्गादौ कांतिविष्टास्ते स्वभावेनैव नान्यथा । सप्तद्वीपा समुद्राश्च अन्योन्यस्यानुमंडलम्
svargādau kāṃtiviṣṭāste svabhāvenaiva nānyathā / saptadvīpā samudrāśca anyonyasyānumaṃḍalam
They are set in place, beginning with heaven, by their own nature and not otherwise; and the seven continents and oceans are each one encircling the other,
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BndP 1 7.16
सन्निविष्टाः स्वभावेन समावृत्य परस्परम् । भूराद्याश्चतुरो लोकाश्चंद्रादित्यौ ग्रहैः सह
sanniviṣṭāḥ svabhāvena samāvṛtya parasparam / bhūrādyāścaturo lokāścaṃdrādityau grahaiḥ saha
arranged by their own nature, mutually enclosing one another; the four worlds beginning with Bhūr, and the moon and sun together with the planets—
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BndP 1 7.17
पूर्ववन्निर्ममे ब्रह्मा स्थावराणीह सर्वशः । कल्पस्य चास्य ब्रह्मा चासृजद्यः स्थानिनः सुरान्
pūrvavannirmame brahmā sthāvarāṇīha sarvaśaḥ / kalpasya cāsya brahmā cāsṛjadyaḥ sthāninaḥ surān
—Brahmā fashioned as before; and here he made all the immobile beings everywhere; and in this kalpa Brahmā also created the gods who preside over the stations,
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BndP 1 7.18
आपोग्निं पृथिवीं वायुमंतरिक्षं दिवं तथा । स्वर्गं दिशः समुद्रांश्च नदीः सर्वांस्तु पर्वतान्
āpogniṃ pṛthivīṃ vāyumaṃtarikṣaṃ divaṃ tathā / svargaṃ diśaḥ samudrāṃśca nadīḥ sarvāṃstu parvatān
(and) the waters, fire, earth, wind, the mid-region and the sky, heaven, the directions, the oceans, the rivers, and all the mountains,
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BndP 1 7.19
ओषधीनामात्मनश्च आत्मनो वृक्षवीरुधाम् । लवकाष्ठाः कलाश्चैव मुहुर्त्तान्संधिरात्र्यहान्
oṣadhīnāmātmanaśca ātmano vṛkṣavīrudhām / lavakāṣṭhāḥ kalāścaiva muhurttānsaṃdhirātryahān
and the selves of the herbs, and the selves of the trees and creepers, and the lavas, kāṣṭhās and kalās, the muhūrtas, the twilights, nights and days,
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BndP 1 7.20
अर्द्धमासांश्च मासांश्च अयनाब्दान् युगानि च । स्थानाभिमानिनश्चैव स्थानानिच पृथक्पृथक्
arddhamāsāṃśca māsāṃśca ayanābdān yugāni ca / sthānābhimāninaścaiva sthānānica pṛthakpṛthak
and the half-months and months, the solstitial courses, the years and the ages, and the presiding deities of the stations, and the stations themselves, each separately.
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BndP 1 7.21
स्थानात्मनस्तु सृष्ट्वा च युगावस्था विनिर्ममे । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च तिष्यं चैव तथा युगम्
sthānātmanastu sṛṣṭvā ca yugāvasthā vinirmame / kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca tiṣyaṃ caiva tathā yugam
And having created the selves of the stations, he fashioned the conditions of the ages: Kṛta, Tretā and Dvāpara, and likewise the Tiṣya age.
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BndP 1 7.22
कल्पस्यादौ कृतयुगे प्रथमं सो ऽसृजत्प्रजाः । प्रागुक्ताश्च मया तुभ्यं पूर्व्वे कल्पे प्रजास्तु ताः
kalpasyādau kṛtayuge prathamaṃ so 'sṛjatprajāḥ / prāguktāśca mayā tubhyaṃ pūrvve kalpe prajāstu tāḥ
At the beginning of the kalpa, in the Kṛta age, he first created the creatures; and those creatures of the earlier kalpa have already been described by me to you.
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BndP 1 7.23
तस्मिन्संवर्त माने तु कल्पे दग्धास्तदग्निना । अप्राप्तायास्तपोलोकं पृथिव्यां याः समासत
tasminsaṃvarta māne tu kalpe dagdhāstadagninā / aprāptāyāstapolokaṃ pṛthivyāṃ yāḥ samāsata
But at that dissolution in the kalpa, those (creatures) who had not reached the Tapas world and remained on the earth were burnt by that fire.
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BndP 1 7.24
आवर्तन्ते पुनः सर्गे वीक्षार्थं ता भवन्ति हि । वीक्ष्यार्थं ताः स्थितास्तत्र पुनः सर्गस्य कारणात्
āvartante punaḥ sarge vīkṣārthaṃ tā bhavanti hi / vīkṣyārthaṃ tāḥ sthitāstatra punaḥ sargasya kāraṇāt
They return again at the (new) creation, and they come into being for the sake of experience; they remained there for the sake of experience, because of the cause of a further creation.
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BndP 1 7.25
ततस्ताः सृज्यमानास्तु सन्तानार्थं भवन्ति हि । धर्म्मार्थ काममोक्षाणामिह ताः साधिताः स्मृताः
tatastāḥ sṛjyamānāstu santānārthaṃ bhavanti hi / dharmmārtha kāmamokṣāṇāmiha tāḥ sādhitāḥ smṛtāḥ
Then, being created, they come into being for the sake of continuance of the line; and here they are said to be brought about for the sake of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation.
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BndP 1 7.26
देवाश्च पितरश्चैव क्रमशो मानवास्तथा । ततस्ते तपसा युक्ताः स्थानान्यापूरयन्पुरा
devāśca pitaraścaiva kramaśo mānavāstathā / tataste tapasā yuktāḥ sthānānyāpūrayanpurā
And gods and the fathers, and likewise men, in order; then they, endowed with austerity, filled up the stations of old.
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BndP 1 7.27
ब्राह्मणो मनवस्ते वै सिद्धात्मानो भवन्ति हि । आसंगद्वेषयुक्तेन कर्मणा ते दिवं गताः
brāhmaṇo manavaste vai siddhātmāno bhavanti hi / āsaṃgadveṣayuktena karmaṇā te divaṃ gatāḥ
Those brahmins and Manus indeed become perfected in soul; by action joined with attachment and hatred they went to heaven.
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BndP 1 7.28
आवर्तमानास्ते देहे संभवन्ति युगे युगे । स्वकर्म्मफलशेषेण ख्याताश्चैव तदात्मकाः
āvartamānāste dehe saṃbhavanti yuge yuge / svakarmmaphalaśeṣeṇa khyātāścaiva tadātmakāḥ
Returning again (into embodiment), they come into being in a body age after age, through the remainder of the fruit of their own deeds, and they are known (as such), having that very nature.
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BndP 1 7.29
संभवन्ति जने लोकाः कल्पागमनिबन्धनाः । अप्सु यः कारणं तेषां बोधयन्कर्म्मणा तु सः
saṃbhavanti jane lokāḥ kalpāgamanibandhanāḥ / apsu yaḥ kāraṇaṃ teṣāṃ bodhayankarmmaṇā tu saḥ
The Jana worlds come into being among people, bound to the arrival of the kalpa; he who is the cause of them in the waters (is) that one, awakening (them) by action.
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BndP 1 7.30
कर्म्मभिस्तैस्तु जायन्ते जनलोकाच्छुभाशुभैः । गृह्णन्ति ते शरीराणि नानारूपाणि योनिषु
karmmabhistaistu jāyante janalokācchubhāśubhaiḥ / gṛhṇanti te śarīrāṇi nānārūpāṇi yoniṣu
By those deeds, auspicious and inauspicious, they are born from the Jana world; they take on bodies of various forms in the (various) wombs.
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BndP 1 7.31
देवाद्याः स्थावरांतास्तु आपद्यन्ते परस्परम् । तेषां मेध्यानि कर्म्माणि प्रायशः प्रतिपेदिरे
devādyāḥ sthāvarāṃtāstu āpadyante parasparam / teṣāṃ medhyāni karmmāṇi prāyaśaḥ pratipedire
Beginning with the gods and ending with immobile things, they pass into one another; for the most part they took up pure (i.e. sacrificially fit) works.
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BndP 1 7.32
तस्माद्यन्नांमरूपाणि तान्येव प्रतिपेदिरे । पुनः पुनस्ते कल्पेषु जायन्ते नामरूपेणः
tasmādyannāṃmarūpāṇi tānyeva pratipedire / punaḥ punaste kalpeṣu jāyante nāmarūpeṇaḥ
Therefore they took up just those names and forms; again and again in the kalpas they are born with (the same) name and form.
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BndP 1 7.33
ततः सर्गो ह्युपसृष्टिं सिसृक्षोर्ब्रह्मणस्तु वै । ताः प्रजा ध्यायतस्तस्य सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तदा
tataḥ sargo hyupasṛṣṭiṃ sisṛkṣorbrahmaṇastu vai / tāḥ prajā dhyāyatastasya satyābhidhyāyinastadā
Then (came) the creation, an additional emission, of Brahmā who wished to create; as he meditated on those creatures, contemplating the truth, then—
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BndP 1 7.34
मिथुनानां सहस्रं तु मुखात्समभवत्किल । जनास्ते ह्युपपद्यन्ते सत्त्वोद्रिक्ताः सुतेजसः
mithunānāṃ sahasraṃ tu mukhātsamabhavatkila / janāste hyupapadyante sattvodriktāḥ sutejasaḥ
a thousand pairs, it is said, came forth from his mouth; those people arise with sattva predominant, of great brilliance.
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BndP 1 7.35
चक्षुषो ऽन्यत्सहस्रं तु मिथुनानां ससर्ज्ज ह । ते सर्वे रजसोद्रिक्ताः शुष्मिणश्चाप्यमर्षिणः
cakṣuṣo 'nyatsahasraṃ tu mithunānāṃ sasarjja ha / te sarve rajasodriktāḥ śuṣmiṇaścāpyamarṣiṇaḥ
From his eye he created another thousand pairs; all of them had rajas predominant, were forceful and impatient.
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BndP 1 7.36
सहस्रमन्यदसृजद् बाहूनामसतां पुनः । रजस्तमोभ्यासुद्धिक्ता गृहशीलास्ततः स्मृताः
sahasramanyadasṛjad bāhūnāmasatāṃ punaḥ / rajastamobhyāsuddhiktā gṛhaśīlāstataḥ smṛtāḥ
Again he created another thousand of arms, of those who are not good; being predominant in rajas and tamas, they are therefore remembered as householders by nature.
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BndP 1 7.37
आयुष्ॐऽते प्रसूयंते मिथुनान्येव वासकृत् । कूटकाकूटकाश्चैव उत्पद्यंते मुमूर्षुणाम्
āyuṣoṃ'te prasūyaṃte mithunānyeva vāsakṛt / kūṭakākūṭakāścaiva utpadyaṃte mumūrṣuṇām
At the end of their lifespan they always bring forth only pairs; and of those about to die there arise both deceitful and guileless (offspring).
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BndP 1 7.38
कुतः कुलमथोत्पाद्य ताः शरीराणि तत्यजुः । ततः प्रभृति कल्पे ऽस्मिन्मैथुनानां च संभवः
kutaḥ kulamathotpādya tāḥ śarīrāṇi tatyajuḥ / tataḥ prabhṛti kalpe 'sminmaithunānāṃ ca saṃbhavaḥ
Having somehow produced a family, they abandoned those bodies; from then on in this kalpa there is the origination (of creatures) through sexual union.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.39
ध्यानेन मनसा तासां प्रजानां जायते कृते । शब्दादिविषयः शुद्धः प्रत्येकं पञ्चलक्षणम्
dhyānena manasā tāsāṃ prajānāṃ jāyate kṛte / śabdādiviṣayaḥ śuddhaḥ pratyekaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam
In the Kṛta age, for those creatures, by meditation with the mind there arises the pure object consisting of sound and the rest, of five kinds, each singly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.40
इत्येवं मानसैर्भावैः प्रेष्ठं तिष्ठंति चाप्रजाः । तथान्वयास्तु संभूता यैरिदं पूरितं जगत्
ityevaṃ mānasairbhāvaiḥ preṣṭhaṃ tiṣṭhaṃti cāprajāḥ / tathānvayāstu saṃbhūtā yairidaṃ pūritaṃ jagat
Thus by mental dispositions they remain in the highest (state), and without offspring; likewise there came into being their lineages, by which this world was filled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.41
सरित्सरःसमुद्रांश्च सेवंते पर्वतानपि । तदा ता ह्यल्पसंतोषायुद्धे तस्मिंश्चरंति वै
saritsaraḥsamudrāṃśca sevaṃte parvatānapi / tadā tā hyalpasaṃtoṣāyuddhe tasmiṃścaraṃti vai
They frequent rivers, lakes and seas, and mountains too; then, being content with little, they roam about in that (world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.42
पृथ्वी रसवती नाम आहारं व्याहरंति च । ताः प्रजाः कामचारिण्यो मानसीं सिद्धिमिच्छतः
pṛthvī rasavatī nāma āhāraṃ vyāharaṃti ca / tāḥ prajāḥ kāmacāriṇyo mānasīṃ siddhimicchataḥ
The earth is called 'full of savour', and they consume (that as) food; those creatures move at will, desiring mental accomplishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.43
तुल्यमायुः सुखं रूपं तासामासीत्कृते युगे । धर्माधर्मौं तदा न स्तः कल्पादौ प्रथमे युगे
tulyamāyuḥ sukhaṃ rūpaṃ tāsāmāsītkṛte yuge / dharmādharmauṃ tadā na staḥ kalpādau prathame yuge
Their lifespan, happiness and form were equal in the Kṛta age; then there were neither dharma nor adharma, at the beginning of the kalpa, in the first age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.44
स्वेनस्वेनाधि कारेण जज्ञिरे तु युगेयुगे । चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिव्यसंख्यया
svenasvenādhi kāreṇa jajñire tu yugeyuge / catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divyasaṃkhyayā
They were born, each according to his own office, in age after age; four thousand years by the divine reckoning—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.45
आदौ कृतयुगं प्राहुः संध्यांशौ च चतुःशतौ । ततः सहस्रशस्तास्तु प्रजासु प्रथितास्विह
ādau kṛtayugaṃ prāhuḥ saṃdhyāṃśau ca catuḥśatau / tataḥ sahasraśastāstu prajāsu prathitāsviha
at the beginning, they call it the Kṛta age, and the two twilight portions are four hundred each; then those (creatures came) by the thousands, among the creatures spread abroad here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.46
न तासां प्रतिघातो ऽस्ति न द्वंद्वं नापि च क्रमः । पर्वतोदधिवासिन्यो ह्यनिकेताश्रयास्तु ताः
na tāsāṃ pratighāto 'sti na dvaṃdvaṃ nāpi ca kramaḥ / parvatodadhivāsinyo hyaniketāśrayāstu tāḥ
For them there is no obstruction, no pairs of opposites, nor any gradation; they dwell on mountains and by the ocean, having no house as their shelter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.47
विशोकाः सत्त्वबहुला एकांतसुखिनः प्रजाः । ताश्शश्वत् कामचरिण्यो नित्यं मुदितमानसाः
viśokāḥ sattvabahulā ekāṃtasukhinaḥ prajāḥ / tāśśaśvat kāmacariṇyo nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ
Free from sorrow, abounding in sattva, the creatures were happy without interruption; they always roamed as they pleased, their minds delighted at all times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.48
पशवः पक्षिणश्चैव न तदासन्सरीसृपाः । नोद्विजा नोत्कटाश्चैव धर्मस्य प्रक्रिया तु सा
paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva na tadāsansarīsṛpāḥ / nodvijā notkaṭāścaiva dharmasya prakriyā tu sā
At that time there were no beasts, nor birds, nor creeping things; no trees (or: no plants sprung from seed), and no rank growths either — such was the working of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.49
समूल फलपुष्पाणि वर्त्तनाय त्वशेषतः । सर्वैकान्तसुखः कालो नात्यर्थं ह्युष्णशीतलः
samūla phalapuṣpāṇi varttanāya tvaśeṣataḥ / sarvaikāntasukhaḥ kālo nātyarthaṃ hyuṣṇaśītalaḥ
Roots, fruits and flowers, without exception, (were there) for their sustenance; the season was wholly and unbrokenly pleasant, not excessively hot or cold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.50
मनो ऽभिलषितः काम स्तासां सर्वत्र सर्वदा । उत्तिष्ठंति पृथिव्यां वै तेषां ध्यानै रसातलात्
mano 'bhilaṣitaḥ kāma stāsāṃ sarvatra sarvadā / uttiṣṭhaṃti pṛthivyāṃ vai teṣāṃ dhyānai rasātalāt
What their minds desired was theirs as pleasure, everywhere and at all times; for them (these things) rose up on the earth out of the nether region by their meditations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.51
बलवर्णकरी तेषां जरारोगप्रणाशिनी । असंस्कार्यैः शरीरैस्तु प्रजास्ताः स्थिरयौवनाः
balavarṇakarī teṣāṃ jarārogapraṇāśinī / asaṃskāryaiḥ śarīraistu prajāstāḥ sthirayauvanāḥ
(That) produced strength and good complexion for them and destroyed old age and disease; and with bodies that needed no tending, those creatures had unfailing youth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.52
तासां विना तु संकल्पाज्जायंते सिथुनात्प्रजाः । समं जन्म च रूपं च प्रीयंते चैव ताः समाः
tāsāṃ vinā tu saṃkalpājjāyaṃte sithunātprajāḥ / samaṃ janma ca rūpaṃ ca prīyaṃte caiva tāḥ samāḥ
Their offspring were born without coupling, from mere intention; their birth and their form were alike, and they took delight, being equals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.53
तदा सत्यमलोभश्च संतुष्टिश्च च सुखं दमः । निर्विशेषाश्च ताः सर्वा रूपायुःशिल्पचेष्टितैः
tadā satyamalobhaśca saṃtuṣṭiśca ca sukhaṃ damaḥ / nirviśeṣāśca tāḥ sarvā rūpāyuḥśilpaceṣṭitaiḥ
Then there were truth, freedom from greed, contentment, happiness, self-control; and all those (creatures) were without distinction in form, lifespan, skill and behaviour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.54
अबुद्धिपूर्विका पृत्तिः प्रजानां भवति स्वयम् । अप्रवृत्तिः कृतद्वारे कर्मणः शुभपापयोः
abuddhipūrvikā pṛttiḥ prajānāṃ bhavati svayam / apravṛttiḥ kṛtadvāre karmaṇaḥ śubhapāpayoḥ
The activity of the creatures came about of itself, not preceded by deliberation; there was no engaging, at the door of action, in what is good or evil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.55
वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थाश्च न तदासन्न तत्कराः । अनिच्छाद्वेषयुक्तास्ता वर्त्तयन्ति परस्परम्
varṇāśramavyavasthāśca na tadāsanna tatkarāḥ / anicchādveṣayuktāstā varttayanti parasparam
There were then no fixed arrangements of classes and stages of life, nor any who made them; free of desire and hatred, they lived with one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.56
तुल्यरूपायुषः सर्वा अधमोत्तमवर्जिताः । सुखप्राया विशोकाश्च उत्पद्यंते कृते युगे
tulyarūpāyuṣaḥ sarvā adhamottamavarjitāḥ / sukhaprāyā viśokāśca utpadyaṃte kṛte yuge
All of equal form and lifespan, without lowest and highest, mostly happy and free from sorrow, they are born in the Kṛta age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.59
लाभालाभौ न वा स्यातां मित्रामित्रौ प्रियाप्रियौ । मनसा विषयस्तासां निरीहाणां प्रवर्तते ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,७।५७ ॥ नाति हिंसति वान्योन्यं नानुगृङ्णंति वै तदा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,७।५८ ॥ ज्ञानं परं कृतयुगे त्रेतायां यज्ञ उच्यते । पवृत्तं द्वापरे युद्धं स्तेयमेव कलौ युगे
lābhālābhau na vā syātāṃ mitrāmitrau priyāpriyau / manasā viṣayastāsāṃ nirīhāṇāṃ pravartate // bndp_1,7.57 // nāti hiṃsati vānyonyaṃ nānugṛṅṇaṃti vai tadā // bndp_1,7.58 // jñānaṃ paraṃ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ yajña ucyate / pavṛttaṃ dvāpare yuddhaṃ steyameva kalau yuge
Neither gain nor loss existed for them, nor friend and foe, nor liked and disliked; for them, being without striving, the sense-objects functioned by mind alone. (57) Nor did they injure one another much, nor did they then show favour. (58) In the Kṛta age knowledge is supreme; in the Tretā, sacrifice is spoken of; in the Dvāpara war arose; in the Kali age, only theft.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.60
सत्त्वं कृतं रजस्त्रेता द्वापरं तु रजस्तमः । कलिस्तमस्तु विज्ञेयं गुणवृत्तं गुमेषु तत्
sattvaṃ kṛtaṃ rajastretā dvāparaṃ tu rajastamaḥ / kalistamastu vijñeyaṃ guṇavṛttaṃ gumeṣu tat
The Kṛta is sattva, the Tretā rajas, the Dvāpara rajas and tamas, and the Kali is to be known as tamas: that is the working of the qualities in the yugas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.61
कालः कृतयुगे त्वेष तस्य सन्ध्यां निबोधत । चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्कृतं युगम्
kālaḥ kṛtayuge tveṣa tasya sandhyāṃ nibodhata / catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatkṛtaṃ yugam
This is the duration in the case of the Kṛta yuga; now learn its twilight. Four thousand years — that is the Kṛta yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.62
साध्यांशौ तस्य दिव्यानि शतान्यष्टौ तु संख्यया । चत्वार्यैव सहस्राणि वर्षाणां मोनुषाणि तु
sādhyāṃśau tasya divyāni śatānyaṣṭau tu saṃkhyayā / catvāryaiva sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ monuṣāṇi tu
Its twilight and twilight-portion are eight hundred divine (years) in number; and four thousand years (of the yuga proper) are human ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.63
तदा तासु भवंत्याशु नोत्क्रोशाच्च विपर्ययाः । ततः कृत्युगे तस्मिन् ससंध्यांशे गते तदा
tadā tāsu bhavaṃtyāśu notkrośācca viparyayāḥ / tataḥ kṛtyuge tasmin sasaṃdhyāṃśe gate tadā
Then among those (creatures) reversals quickly come about, and not from any outcry; then, when that Kṛta yuga together with its twilight portion had passed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.64
पादावशिष्टो भवति युगधर्मस्तु सर्वशः । सन्ध्यायास्तु व्यतीतायाः सांध्यः कालो युगस्य सः
pādāvaśiṣṭo bhavati yugadharmastu sarvaśaḥ / sandhyāyāstu vyatītāyāḥ sāṃdhyaḥ kālo yugasya saḥ
the dharma of the yuga comes to have a quarter left of it in every respect; and when the twilight has gone by, that is the twilight-time of the yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.65
पादमिश्रावशिष्टेन संध्याधर्मे पुनः पुनः । एवं कृतयुगे तस्मिन्निश्शेषेंतर्दधे तदा
pādamiśrāvaśiṣṭena saṃdhyādharme punaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ kṛtayuge tasminniśśeṣeṃtardadhe tadā
With a quarter mixed in as what remains, in the dharma of the twilight, again and again — thus, when that Kṛta yuga had wholly disappeared,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.66
तस्यां च सन्धौ नष्टायां मानसी चाभवत्प्रजा । सिद्धिरन्ययुगे तस्मिंस्त्रेताख्ये ऽनंतरे कृतात्
tasyāṃ ca sandhau naṣṭāyāṃ mānasī cābhavatprajā / siddhiranyayuge tasmiṃstretākhye 'naṃtare kṛtāt
and when that juncture too had perished, the mind-born progeny came into being; (and) in that next yuga, called Tretā, after the Kṛta, (there was) the siddhi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.67
सर्गादौ या मयाष्टौ तु मानस्यो वै प्रकीर्तिताः । अष्टौ ताः क्रमयोगेन सिद्धयो यांति संक्षयम्
sargādau yā mayāṣṭau tu mānasyo vai prakīrtitāḥ / aṣṭau tāḥ kramayogena siddhayo yāṃti saṃkṣayam
The eight mind-born siddhis which were declared by me at the beginning of the creation — those eight siddhis come to destruction one after another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.68
कल्पादौ मानसी ह्येका सिद्धिर्भवति सा कृते । मन्वंतरेषु सर्वेषु चतुर्युगविभागशः
kalpādau mānasī hyekā siddhirbhavati sā kṛte / manvaṃtareṣu sarveṣu caturyugavibhāgaśaḥ
At the beginning of the kalpa there is a single mind-born siddhi, and that is in the Kṛta; in all the manvantaras, according to the division into four yugas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.69
वर्णाश्रमाचारकृतः कर्मसिद्ध्युद्भवः कृतः । संध्या कृतस्य पादेन संक्षेपेण वशात्ततः
varṇāśramācārakṛtaḥ karmasiddhyudbhavaḥ kṛtaḥ / saṃdhyā kṛtasya pādena saṃkṣepeṇa vaśāttataḥ
The Kṛta (age) is the arising of the perfection of action, wrought by the observances of the classes and the stages of life; the twilight-period (saṃdhyā) then (comes) by a quarter of the Kṛta, in brief, according to (that) power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.70
कृतसंध्यांशका ह्येते त्रीनादाय परस्परम् । हीयंते युगधर्मास्ते तपःश्रुतबलायुषः
kṛtasaṃdhyāṃśakā hyete trīnādāya parasparam / hīyaṃte yugadharmāste tapaḥśrutabalāyuṣaḥ
For these — the Kṛta, its twilight and its twilight-portion — taking the three (together) in mutual (succession), those yuga-dharmas decline: austerity, sacred learning, strength and lifespan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.71
कृते कृताशे ऽतीते तु वभूव तदनन्तरम् । त्रेतायुगसमुत्पत्तिः सांशा च ऋषिसत्तमाः
kṛte kṛtāśe 'tīte tu vabhūva tadanantaram / tretāyugasamutpattiḥ sāṃśā ca ṛṣisattamāḥ
But when the Kṛta and the Kṛta-portion had passed, thereafter there came about the origination of the Tretā yuga, together with its portions, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.72
तस्मिन् क्षीणे कृतांशे वै तासु शिष्टासु सप्तसु । कल्पादौ संप्रवृत्तायास्त्रेतायाः प्रसुखे तदा
tasmin kṣīṇe kṛtāṃśe vai tāsu śiṣṭāsu saptasu / kalpādau saṃpravṛttāyāstretāyāḥ prasukhe tadā
When that Kṛta-portion was worn away, while those seven remained, then, at the beginning of the kalpa, when the Tretā had fully set in, in (its) pleasantness —
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BndP 1 7.73
प्रणश्यति तदा सिद्धिः कालयोगेन नान्यथा । तस्यां सिद्धौ प्रनष्टायामन्या सिद्धिरजायत
praṇaśyati tadā siddhiḥ kālayogena nānyathā / tasyāṃ siddhau pranaṣṭāyāmanyā siddhirajāyata
— then that perfection perishes through the operation of time, not otherwise; and when that perfection had perished, another perfection came into being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.74
अपांशौ तौ प्रतिगतौ तदा मेघात्माना तु वै । मेघेभ्यः स्तनयितृभ्यः प्रवृत्तं पृष्टिसर्जनम्
apāṃśau tau pratigatau tadā meghātmānā tu vai / meghebhyaḥ stanayitṛbhyaḥ pravṛttaṃ pṛṣṭisarjanam
Those two went back into the waters, then indeed with the nature of clouds; from the thundering clouds the discharge of rain began.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.75
सकृदेव तया वृष्ट्या संसिद्धे पृषिवीतले । प्रजा आसंस्ततस्तासां वृक्षश्च गृह संज्ञिताः
sakṛdeva tayā vṛṣṭyā saṃsiddhe pṛṣivītale / prajā āsaṃstatastāsāṃ vṛkṣaśca gṛha saṃjñitāḥ
When, by that rain falling but once, the surface of the earth had been made ready, then there were creatures, and trees called 'houses' for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.76
सर्वः प्रत्युपभोगस्तु तासां तेभ्यो व्यजायत । वर्त्तयंतेस्म तेभ्यस्तास्त्रेतायुगमुखे प्रजाः
sarvaḥ pratyupabhogastu tāsāṃ tebhyo vyajāyata / varttayaṃtesma tebhyastāstretāyugamukhe prajāḥ
And all their means of enjoyment in return was produced from those (trees); on them those creatures subsisted at the opening of the Tretā yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.77
ततः कालेन महता तासामेव विपर्ययात् । संगलोलात्मको भावस्तदा ह्याकस्मिको ऽभवत्
tataḥ kālena mahatā tāsāmeva viparyayāt / saṃgalolātmako bhāvastadā hyākasmiko 'bhavat
Then, after a great length of time, through a reversal in those very (creatures), a disposition consisting of attachment and restlessness arose then, all of a sudden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.78
यत्तद्भवति नारीणां जीवितांते तदार्तवम् । तदा तद्वै न भवति पुनर्युगबलेन तु
yattadbhavati nārīṇāṃ jīvitāṃte tadārtavam / tadā tadvai na bhavati punaryugabalena tu
That menstruation which occurs for women at the end of (their) life — then that did not occur, once more, by the force of the yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.79
तासां पुनः प्रवृत्तं तन्मासिमासि तदार्तवम् । ततस्तेनैव योगेन वर्त्तते मैथुनं तदा
tāsāṃ punaḥ pravṛttaṃ tanmāsimāsi tadārtavam / tatastenaiva yogena varttate maithunaṃ tadā
For them that menstruation began again, month by month; and thereafter, by that very connection, sexual union then went on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.80
तेषां तत्का लभावित्वान्मासिमास्युपगच्छताम् । अकाले चार्तवोत्पत्त्या गर्भोत्पत्तिस्तदाभवत्
teṣāṃ tatkā labhāvitvānmāsimāsyupagacchatām / akāle cārtavotpattyā garbhotpattistadābhavat
Because they were then so disposed, coming together month by month, and through the arising of menses out of season, the arising of pregnancy then came about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.81
विपर्ययेण तेषां तु तेन तत्काल भाविता । प्रणश्यंति ततः सर्वे वृक्षास्ते गृहसंज्ञिताः
viparyayeṇa teṣāṃ tu tena tatkāla bhāvitā / praṇaśyaṃti tataḥ sarve vṛkṣāste gṛhasaṃjñitāḥ
But by the reversal in them, brought about at that time by that (conduct), all those trees called 'houses' then perished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.82
ततस्तेषु प्रनष्टेषु विभ्रांता व्याकुलेन्द्रियाः । अभिध्यायंति ताः सिद्धिं सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तदा
tatasteṣu pranaṣṭeṣu vibhrāṃtā vyākulendriyāḥ / abhidhyāyaṃti tāḥ siddhiṃ satyābhidhyāyinastadā
Then, when those had perished, bewildered and with senses distraught, they meditated upon that perfection, being (now) meditators upon the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.83
प्रादुर्बभूवुस्तेषां तु वृक्षास्ते गृहसंज्ञिताः । वस्त्राणि च प्रसूयंते फलान्याभरणानि च
prādurbabhūvusteṣāṃ tu vṛkṣāste gṛhasaṃjñitāḥ / vastrāṇi ca prasūyaṃte phalānyābharaṇāni ca
Then for them those trees called 'houses' appeared, and they bring forth garments, and fruits, and ornaments too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.84
तथैव जायते तेषां गन्धर्वाणां रसान्वितम् । आन्वीक्षिकं महावीर्यं पुटके पुटके मधु
tathaiva jāyate teṣāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ rasānvitam / ānvīkṣikaṃ mahāvīryaṃ puṭake puṭake madhu
In just the same way there arises for them, in every calyx, the fragrant honey, full of savour, clear (to the sight) and of great potency.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.85
तेन ता वर्त्तयन्ति स्ममुखे त्रेतायुगस्य वै । त्दृष्टपुष्टास्तया सिद्ध्या प्रजास्ता विगतज्वराः
tena tā varttayanti smamukhe tretāyugasya vai / tdṛṣṭapuṣṭāstayā siddhyā prajāstā vigatajvarāḥ
By that they subsisted at the opening of the Tretā yuga; well nourished by that perfection, those creatures were free of affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.86
ततः कालांतरेप्येवं पुनर्लोभावृताः प्रजाः । वृक्षांस्ताः पर्यगृह्णंत मधु वा माक्षिकं बलात्
tataḥ kālāṃtarepyevaṃ punarlobhāvṛtāḥ prajāḥ / vṛkṣāṃstāḥ paryagṛhṇaṃta madhu vā mākṣikaṃ balāt
Then, after some time, the creatures, again overcome by greed in this way, took possession of those trees, and of the honey of the bees, by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.87
तासां तेनापचारेण पुनर्लोभकृतेन वै । प्रनष्टा प्रभुणा सार्द्धं कल्पवृक्षाः क्वचित्क्वचित्
tāsāṃ tenāpacāreṇa punarlobhakṛtena vai / pranaṣṭā prabhuṇā sārddhaṃ kalpavṛkṣāḥ kvacitkvacit
By that transgression of theirs, done again out of greed, the wish-fulfilling trees perished here and there, along with their lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.88
तस्यामेवाल्पशिष्टायां सिद्ध्यां कालवशात्तदा । वर्त्तंते चानया तासां द्वंद्वान्यत्युत्थितानि तु
tasyāmevālpaśiṣṭāyāṃ siddhyāṃ kālavaśāttadā / varttaṃte cānayā tāsāṃ dvaṃdvānyatyutthitāni tu
When that very perfection remained but scantily, then, by the power of time, they lived on by this (means), and pairs of opposites arose in excess for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.89
शीतवातातपास्तीव्रास्ततस्ता दुःखिता भृशम् । द्वंद्वैस्तैः पीड्यमानास्तु चुक्रुशुरावृणानि वा
śītavātātapāstīvrāstatastā duḥkhitā bhṛśam / dvaṃdvaistaiḥ pīḍyamānāstu cukruśurāvṛṇāni vā
Then cold, wind and heat (became) severe, and they, greatly afflicted, being tormented by those pairs (of opposites), cried out — or (sought) coverings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.90
कृत्वा द्वन्द्वप्रतीयातं निकेतानि विचेतसः । पूर्व निकामचारास्ते ह्यनिकेता यथाभवन्
kṛtvā dvandvapratīyātaṃ niketāni vicetasaḥ / pūrva nikāmacārāste hyaniketā yathābhavan
Having made a counter-measure against the pairs (of opposites), the bewildered ones (made) dwellings; for formerly they were roamers at will, without dwellings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.91
यथायोगं यथाप्रीति निकेतेष्ववसन्पुरा । मधुधुन्वत्सु निष्ठेषु पर्वतेषु नदीषु च
yathāyogaṃ yathāprīti niketeṣvavasanpurā / madhudhunvatsu niṣṭheṣu parvateṣu nadīṣu ca
Formerly they dwelt in dwellings as was suitable and as they liked, on mountains that shook with honey(?) and were firm, and on rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.92
संश्रयंति च दुर्गाणि धन्वपावर्तमौदकम् । यथाजोषं यथाकामं समेषु विषमेषु च
saṃśrayaṃti ca durgāṇi dhanvapāvartamaudakam / yathājoṣaṃ yathākāmaṃ sameṣu viṣameṣu ca
And they resort to fastnesses — of dry land, of hollows(?), of water — as they find agreeable, as they wish, both in level and in uneven places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.93
आरब्धास्तान्निकेतान्वै कर्तुं शीतोष्णवारणात् । ततस्तान्निर्मयामासुः खेटानि च पुराणि च
ārabdhāstānniketānvai kartuṃ śītoṣṇavāraṇāt / tatastānnirmayāmāsuḥ kheṭāni ca purāṇi ca
Having begun to make those dwellings for the warding off of cold and heat, they then fashioned hamlets and towns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.94
ग्रामांश्चैव यथाभागं तथैव नगराणि च । तेषामायामविष्कंभाः सन्निवेशांतराणि च
grāmāṃścaiva yathābhāgaṃ tathaiva nagarāṇi ca / teṣāmāyāmaviṣkaṃbhāḥ sanniveśāṃtarāṇi ca
And villages, each according to its allotment, and likewise cities; and their lengths and breadths and the intervals between settlements —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.95
चक्रुस्तदा यथाज्ञानं मीत्वामीत्वात्मनोगुलैः । मानार्थानि प्रमाणानि तदा प्रभृति चक्रिरे
cakrustadā yathājñānaṃ mītvāmītvātmanogulaiḥ / mānārthāni pramāṇāni tadā prabhṛti cakrire
these they then made according to their knowledge, measuring them off with their own finger-breadths; and from that time onward they established standards for the purpose of measurement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.96
ययांगुलप्रदेशांस्त्रीन्हस्तः किष्कुं धनूंषि च । दश त्वंगुलपर्वाणि प्रादेश इति संज्ञितः
yayāṃgulapradeśāṃstrīnhastaḥ kiṣkuṃ dhanūṃṣi ca / daśa tvaṃgulaparvāṇi prādeśa iti saṃjñitaḥ
By which (are reckoned) the finger-breadths and the spans, the three (?), the hasta, the kiṣku and the bows; and ten finger-joints are designated a prādeśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.97
अंगुष्ठस्य प्रदेशिन्या व्यासप्रादेश उच्यते । तालः स्मृतो मध्यमया गोकर्णश्चाप्यनामया
aṃguṣṭhasya pradeśinyā vyāsaprādeśa ucyate / tālaḥ smṛto madhyamayā gokarṇaścāpyanāmayā
The spread of the thumb with the forefinger is called the vyāsaprādeśa; with the middle finger it is known as the tāla, and with the ring finger as the gokarṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.98
कनिष्ठया वितस्तिस्तु द्वादशांगुल उच्यते । रत्निरंगुलपर्वाणि संख्यया त्वेकविशतिः
kaniṣṭhayā vitastistu dvādaśāṃgula ucyate / ratniraṃgulaparvāṇi saṃkhyayā tvekaviśatiḥ
But with the little finger it is the vitasti, said to be twelve finger-breadths; the ratni is finger-joints twenty-one in number.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.99
चत्वारि विंशतिश्चैव हस्तः स्यादंगुलानि तु । किष्कुः स्मृतो द्विरत्निस्तु द्विचत्वारिंशदंगुलः
catvāri viṃśatiścaiva hastaḥ syādaṃgulāni tu / kiṣkuḥ smṛto dviratnistu dvicatvāriṃśadaṃgulaḥ
And a hasta would be twenty-four finger-breadths; the kiṣku is known as two ratnis, forty-two finger-breadths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.100
चतुर्हस्तो धनुर्द्दंडो नालिका युगमेव च । धनुःसहस्त्रे द्वे तत्र गव्यूतिस्तौः कृता तदा
caturhasto dhanurddaṃḍo nālikā yugameva ca / dhanuḥsahastre dve tatra gavyūtistauḥ kṛtā tadā
Four hastas make a bow, a staff, a nālikā, and also a yuga; two thousand bows there were then made a gavyūti by them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.101
अष्टौ धनुःसहस्राणि योजनं तैर्विभावितम् । एतेन योजनेनेह सन्निवेशास्ततः कृताः
aṣṭau dhanuḥsahasrāṇi yojanaṃ tairvibhāvitam / etena yojaneneha sanniveśāstataḥ kṛtāḥ
Eight thousand bows were determined by them as a yojana; by this yojana the settlements were thereafter laid out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.102
चतुर्णामथ दुर्गाणां स्वयमुत्थानि त्रीणि च । चतुर्थ कृतिमं दुग तस्य वक्ष्यामि निर्णयम्
caturṇāmatha durgāṇāṃ svayamutthāni trīṇi ca / caturtha kṛtimaṃ duga tasya vakṣyāmi nirṇayam
Now of the four (kinds of) fastnesses, three are self-arisen, and the fourth is man-made; of that I shall state the determination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.103
सोत्सेधरंध्रप्राकारं सर्वतः खातकावृतम् । रुचकः प्रतिकद्वारं कुमारीपुरमेव च
sotsedharaṃdhraprākāraṃ sarvataḥ khātakāvṛtam / rucakaḥ pratikadvāraṃ kumārīpurameva ca
(It has) a rampart with elevation and loopholes, surrounded on all sides by a moat, a rucaka, a counter-gate, and also a kumārī-tower.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.104
द्विहस्तः स्रोतसां श्रेष्ठं कुमारीपुरमञ्चतान् । हस्तस्रोतो दशश्रेष्ठो नवहस्तोष्ट एव च
dvihastaḥ srotasāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kumārīpuramañcatān / hastasroto daśaśreṣṭho navahastoṣṭa eva ca
Of two hastas is the best of the channels; ... the kumārī-tower ...; a channel of a hasta is best of the ten, and of nine hastas, and of eight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.105
खेटानां च पुराणां च ग्रामाणां चैव सर्वशः । त्रिविधानां च दुर्गाणां पर्वतोदकधन्विनाम्
kheṭānāṃ ca purāṇāṃ ca grāmāṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ / trividhānāṃ ca durgāṇāṃ parvatodakadhanvinām
Of hamlets and of towns and of villages in every respect, and of the three kinds of fastnesses — those of mountain, of water, and of dry land —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.106
कृत्रिमाणां च दुर्गाणां विष्कम्भायाममेव च । योजनादर्द्धविष्कम्भमष्टभागाधिकायतम्
kṛtrimāṇāṃ ca durgāṇāṃ viṣkambhāyāmameva ca / yojanādarddhaviṣkambhamaṣṭabhāgādhikāyatam
and of man-made fastnesses, (this is) the breadth and the length: half a yojana in breadth, and in length greater by an eighth part.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.107
परमार्द्धार्द्धमायामं प्रागुदक्प्लवनं पुरम् । छिन्नकर्णविकर्णं च व्यजनाकृतिसंस्थितम्
paramārddhārddhamāyāmaṃ prāgudakplavanaṃ puram / chinnakarṇavikarṇaṃ ca vyajanākṛtisaṃsthitam
At most half of a half is the length; the town slopes toward the east and the north; and (a town) with a cut corner or a crooked corner, or standing in the shape of a fan —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.108
वृत्तं वज्रं च दीर्घ च नगरं न प्रशस्यते । चतुरस्रयुतं दिव्यं प्रशस्तं तैः पुरं कृतम्
vṛttaṃ vajraṃ ca dīrgha ca nagaraṃ na praśasyate / caturasrayutaṃ divyaṃ praśastaṃ taiḥ puraṃ kṛtam
a city that is round, or diamond-shaped, or elongated is not approved; the four-cornered one is excellent and approved — such was the town made by them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.109
चतुर्विंशत्परं ह्रस्वं वास्तु वाष्टशतं परम् । अत्र मध्यं प्रशंसंति ह्रस्वं काष्ठविवर्ज्जितम्
caturviṃśatparaṃ hrasvaṃ vāstu vāṣṭaśataṃ param / atra madhyaṃ praśaṃsaṃti hrasvaṃ kāṣṭhavivarjjitam
The smallest building-site is twenty-four (cubits), and the largest eight hundred; here they commend the middling one, (while) the small is (to be) without timber.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.110
अथ किष्कुशतान्यष्टौ प्राहुर्मुख्यं निवेशनम् । नगरादर्द्धविषकंभः खेटं पानं तदूर्द्धतः
atha kiṣkuśatānyaṣṭau prāhurmukhyaṃ niveśanam / nagarādarddhaviṣakaṃbhaḥ kheṭaṃ pānaṃ tadūrddhataḥ
Then they declared eight hundred kiṣkus (to be) the chief settlement; the kheṭa (has) half the diameter of the city, and the pāna above that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.111
नगराद्योजनं खेटं खेटाद्गामोर्द्धयोजनम् । द्विक्रोशः परमा सीमा क्षेत्रसीमा चतुर्द्धनुः
nagarādyojanaṃ kheṭaṃ kheṭādgāmorddhayojanam / dvikrośaḥ paramā sīmā kṣetrasīmā caturddhanuḥ
The kheṭa (lies) a yojana from the city, and from the kheṭa to the village half a yojana; two krośas is the utmost boundary, and the boundary of a field is four bow-lengths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.112
विंशद्धनूंषि विस्तीर्णो दिशां मार्गस्तु तैः कृतः । विंशद्धनुर्ग्राममार्गः सीमामार्गो दशैव तु
viṃśaddhanūṃṣi vistīrṇo diśāṃ mārgastu taiḥ kṛtaḥ / viṃśaddhanurgrāmamārgaḥ sīmāmārgo daśaiva tu
Twenty bow-lengths wide was the road of the (cardinal) directions made by them; the village road (is) twenty bow-lengths, but the boundary road only ten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.113
धनूंषि दश विस्तीर्णः श्रीमान् राजपथः कृतः । नृवाजिरथनागानामसंबाधस्तु संचरः
dhanūṃṣi daśa vistīrṇaḥ śrīmān rājapathaḥ kṛtaḥ / nṛvājirathanāgānāmasaṃbādhastu saṃcaraḥ
Ten bow-lengths wide was the splendid royal highway made, so that the passage of men, horses, chariots and elephants would be unobstructed.
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BndP 1 7.114
धनूंषि चापि चत्वारि शाखारथ्याश्च तैर्मिताः । त्रिका रथ्योपरथ्याः स्युर्द्विका श्चाप्युपरत्यकाः
dhanūṃṣi cāpi catvāri śākhārathyāśca tairmitāḥ / trikā rathyoparathyāḥ syurdvikā ścāpyuparatyakāḥ
And the branch-streets were measured by them at four bow-lengths; the lanes off the streets are of three, and the side-lanes of two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.115
जंघापथश्चतुष्पादस्त्रिपदं च गृहांतरम् । धृतिमार्गस्तूर्द्धषष्ठं क्रमशः पदिकः स्मृतः
jaṃghāpathaścatuṣpādastripadaṃ ca gṛhāṃtaram / dhṛtimārgastūrddhaṣaṣṭhaṃ kramaśaḥ padikaḥ smṛtaḥ
The footway is of four pādas, and the gap between houses three pādas; the dhṛti-path (is reckoned) above the sixth, one pāda in order.
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BndP 1 7.116
अवस्कारपरीवारः पादमात्रं समंततः । कृतेषु तेषु स्थानेषु पुनर्गेहगृहाणि वै
avaskāraparīvāraḥ pādamātraṃ samaṃtataḥ / kṛteṣu teṣu sthāneṣu punargehagṛhāṇi vai
The refuse-enclosure (is) just a pāda all around. When those places had been made, then (they made) dwelling-houses.
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BndP 1 7.117
यथा ते पूर्वमासंश्च वृक्षास्तु गृह संस्थिताः । तथा कर्तुं समारब्धाश्चिंतयित्वा पुनः पुनः
yathā te pūrvamāsaṃśca vṛkṣāstu gṛha saṃsthitāḥ / tathā kartuṃ samārabdhāściṃtayitvā punaḥ punaḥ
As those trees had formerly stood, arranged as houses, so they set about making (them), having considered again and again.
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BndP 1 7.118
वृक्षस्यार्वाग्गताः शाखा इतश्चैवापरा गताः । अत ऊर्द्ध गताश्चान्या एवं तिर्यग्गताः परा
vṛkṣasyārvāggatāḥ śākhā itaścaivāparā gatāḥ / ata ūrddha gatāścānyā evaṃ tiryaggatāḥ parā
The branches of a tree go downward, and others go off this way; others again go upward, and yet others go crosswise.
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BndP 1 7.119
बुद्ध्यान्विष्य यथान्यायं वृक्षशाखा गता यथा । यथा कृतास्तु तैः शाखास्त स्माच्छालास्तु ताः स्मृताः
buddhyānviṣya yathānyāyaṃ vṛkṣaśākhā gatā yathā / yathā kṛtāstu taiḥ śākhāsta smācchālāstu tāḥ smṛtāḥ
Having investigated with their minds, in due order, how the branches (śākhā) of a tree ran — as they made the branchings, therefore those (structures) are called śālās.
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BndP 1 7.120
एवं प्रसिद्धाः शाखाभ्यः शालोश्चैव गृहाणि च । तस्मात्ताश्च स्मृताः शालाः शालात्वं तासु तत्स्मृतम्
evaṃ prasiddhāḥ śākhābhyaḥ śāloścaiva gṛhāṇi ca / tasmāttāśca smṛtāḥ śālāḥ śālātvaṃ tāsu tatsmṛtam
Thus both halls and houses became known from the branches; therefore they are called śālās, and the character of being a śālā is ascribed to them.
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BndP 1 7.121
प्रसीदंति यतस्तेषु ततः प्रासादसंज्ञितः । तस्माद् गृहाणि शालाश्च प्रासादाश्चैव संज्ञिता
prasīdaṃti yatasteṣu tataḥ prāsādasaṃjñitaḥ / tasmād gṛhāṇi śālāśca prāsādāścaiva saṃjñitā
Since (people) become pleased (prasīdanti) in them, therefore (a building) is named prāsāda; hence houses are named śālās and also prāsādas.
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BndP 1 7.122
कृत्वा द्वंद्वाभिघातास्तान्त्वार्तोपायमचिंतयान् । नष्टेषु मधुना सार्द्धं कल्पवृक्षेषु वै तदा
kṛtvā dvaṃdvābhighātāstāntvārtopāyamaciṃtayān / naṣṭeṣu madhunā sārddhaṃ kalpavṛkṣeṣu vai tadā
Having dealt each other blows, they gave no thought to any means of livelihood, when at that time the wishing-trees perished along with the honey.
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BndP 1 7.123
विषादव्याकुलास्ता वै प्रजाः सृष्टास्तु दर्शिताः । ततः प्रादुर्बभौ तासां सिद्धिस्त्रेतायुगे तदा
viṣādavyākulāstā vai prajāḥ sṛṣṭāstu darśitāḥ / tataḥ prādurbabhau tāsāṃ siddhistretāyuge tadā
Those created beings, bewildered by despair, were then shown (a way); thereupon their means of accomplishment appeared, then, in the Tretā age.
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BndP 1 7.124
सर्वार्थसाधका ह्यन्या वृष्टिस्तासां निकामतः । तासां वृष्ट्युदकानीह यानि मिष्टगतानि च
sarvārthasādhakā hyanyā vṛṣṭistāsāṃ nikāmataḥ / tāsāṃ vṛṣṭyudakānīha yāni miṣṭagatāni ca
For another rain, accomplishing all their aims, (came) at their desire; and those rain-waters of theirs here which had become sweet —
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BndP 1 7.125
एवं नयः प्रवृत्तस्तु द्वितीये वृष्टिसर्जने । ये परस्तादपां स्तोकाः संपाताः पुथिवीतले
evaṃ nayaḥ pravṛttastu dvitīye vṛṣṭisarjane / ye parastādapāṃ stokāḥ saṃpātāḥ puthivītale
thus the course (of things) began at the second sending forth of rain; those drops of water which fell thereafter upon the earth's surface —
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BndP 1 7.126
अपां भूमेस्तु संयोगादोषध्यस्तास्तदाभवन् । पुष्पमूलफलिन्यस्तु ओषध्यस्ता हि जज्ञिरे
apāṃ bhūmestu saṃyogādoṣadhyastāstadābhavan / puṣpamūlaphalinyastu oṣadhyastā hi jajñire
from the union of the waters with the earth the herbs then came into being; those herbs were born bearing flowers, roots and fruits.
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BndP 1 7.127
अफालकृष्टाश्चानुप्ता ग्राभ्यारम्याश्चतुर्द्दश । ऋतुपुष्पफलाश्चैव वृक्षा गुल्माश्च जज्ञिरे
aphālakṛṣṭāścānuptā grābhyāramyāścaturddaśa / ṛtupuṣpaphalāścaiva vṛkṣā gulmāśca jajñire
Fourteen (kinds), unploughed and unsown, cultivated and wild(?), and trees and shrubs bearing flowers and fruit in season, were born.
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BndP 1 7.128
प्रादुर्भूतास्तु त्रेतायां मायायामौषधस्य वा । तदौषधेन वर्तंते प्रजास्त्रेता मुखे तदा
prādurbhūtāstu tretāyāṃ māyāyāmauṣadhasya vā / tadauṣadhena vartaṃte prajāstretā mukhe tadā
They appeared in the Tretā, in the (time of) the māyā of herbs; then the people subsist by those herbs at the opening of the Tretā.
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BndP 1 7.129
ततः पुनरभूत्तासां रागो लोभस्तु सर्वदा । अवश्यभाविनार्थेन त्रेतायुगवशेन च
tataḥ punarabhūttāsāṃ rāgo lobhastu sarvadā / avaśyabhāvinārthena tretāyugavaśena ca
Then again there arose in them passion and greed, always, by the force of what must inevitably come to pass and by the power of the Tretā age.
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BndP 1 7.130
ततस्ते पर्यगृह्णंस्तु नदीक्षेत्राणि पर्वतान् । वृक्षगुल्मौषधीश्चैव प्रसह्य तु यथाबलम्
tataste paryagṛhṇaṃstu nadīkṣetrāṇi parvatān / vṛkṣagulmauṣadhīścaiva prasahya tu yathābalam
Then they took possession of rivers, fields and mountains, and of trees, shrubs and plants too, seizing them by force, each according to his strength.
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BndP 1 7.131
सिद्धात्मानस्तु ये पूर्वं व्याख्याता वः कृते मया । ब्रह्मणो मानसास्ते वै उत्पन्ना ये जनादिह
siddhātmānastu ye pūrvaṃ vyākhyātā vaḥ kṛte mayā / brahmaṇo mānasāste vai utpannā ye janādiha
But those perfected souls, who were described to you by me earlier in (the account of) the Kṛta age, who were born of Brahmā's mind, who (came forth) here from the beginning of created beings —
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BndP 1 7.132
शांता ये शुष्मिणश्चैव कर्मिणो दुःखितास्तथा । तत आवर्त्तमानास्ते त्रेतायां जज्ञिरे पुनः
śāṃtā ye śuṣmiṇaścaiva karmiṇo duḥkhitāstathā / tata āvarttamānāste tretāyāṃ jajñire punaḥ
those who were calm, those who were fiery, those given to action, and those who were afflicted — returning from there, they were born again in the Tretā age.
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BndP 1 7.133
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याःशूद्रा द्रोहजनास्तथा । भाविताः पूर्वजातीषु ख्यात्या ते शुभपापयोः
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥśūdrā drohajanāstathā / bhāvitāḥ pūrvajātīṣu khyātyā te śubhapāpayoḥ
(As) brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, and likewise men of malice — they had been shaped in their former births, by the designation of good and evil (deeds).
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BndP 1 7.134
ततस्ते प्रबला ये तु सत्यशीला अहिंसकाः । वीतलोभा जितात्मानो निवसंति स्मृतेषु वै
tataste prabalā ye tu satyaśīlā ahiṃsakāḥ / vītalobhā jitātmāno nivasaṃti smṛteṣu vai
Then those among them who were strong, truthful in conduct, non-injuring, free of greed, self-controlled, dwell among those who are remembered (as such).
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BndP 1 7.135
परिग्रहं न कुर्वंति वदंतस्तु उपस्थिताः । तेषां कर्माणि कुर्वंति तेभ्यश्चैवाबलाश्च ये
parigrahaṃ na kurvaṃti vadaṃtastu upasthitāḥ / teṣāṃ karmāṇi kurvaṃti tebhyaścaivābalāśca ye
They make no appropriation (of property); they speak (only) when approached. Those who are weaker than them do their work for them.
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BndP 1 7.136
परिचर्यासु वर्त्तन्ते तेभ्यश्चान्ये ऽल्पतेजसः । एवं विप्रतिपन्नेषु प्रपन्नेषु परस्परम्
paricaryāsu varttante tebhyaścānye 'lpatejasaḥ / evaṃ vipratipanneṣu prapanneṣu parasparam
And others, of less energy than those, engage in service. Thus, when (people) were at odds and had recourse to one another,
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BndP 1 7.137
तेन दोषेण वै शांता ओषध्यो नितरां तदा । प्रनष्टा गृह्यमाणा वै मुष्टिभ्यां सिकता यथा
tena doṣeṇa vai śāṃtā oṣadhyo nitarāṃ tadā / pranaṣṭā gṛhyamāṇā vai muṣṭibhyāṃ sikatā yathā
through that fault the plants then utterly ceased and perished, like sand grasped in the fists.
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BndP 1 7.138
अथास्य तु युगबलाद्गाम्यारण्याश्चतुर्द्दश । फलैर्गृह्णंति पुष्पैश्च तथा मूलैश्च ताः पुनः
athāsya tu yugabalādgāmyāraṇyāścaturddaśa / phalairgṛhṇaṃti puṣpaiśca tathā mūlaiśca tāḥ punaḥ
Then, by the force of the age, the fourteen (kinds) that grow in village and forest — with fruits, with flowers, and with roots — they gather these again.
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BndP 1 7.139
ततस्तासु प्रनष्टासु विभ्रांतास्ताः प्रजास्तदा । क्षुधाविष्टास्तदा सर्वा जग्मुस्ता वै स्वयम्भुवम्
tatastāsu pranaṣṭāsu vibhrāṃtāstāḥ prajāstadā / kṣudhāviṣṭāstadā sarvā jagmustā vai svayambhuvam
Then, when those too had perished, the people were bewildered, and all of them, seized by hunger, went to the Self-existent one,
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BndP 1 7.140
वृत्त्यर्थमभिलिप्संत्यो ह्यादौ त्रेतायुगस्य ताः । ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूर्भगवान् ज्ञात्वा तासां मनीषितम्
vṛttyarthamabhilipsaṃtyo hyādau tretāyugasya tāḥ / brahmā svayaṃbhūrbhagavān jñātvā tāsāṃ manīṣitam
seeking a means of livelihood, at the beginning of the Tretā age; and the Lord Brahmā, the Self-existent, knowing what they desired,
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BndP 1 7.141
पुष्टिप्रत्यक्षदृष्टेन दर्शनेन विचार्य सः । ग्रस्ताः पृथिव्या त्वोषध्यो ज्ञात्वा प्रत्यरूहत्पुनः
puṣṭipratyakṣadṛṣṭena darśanena vicārya saḥ / grastāḥ pṛthivyā tvoṣadhyo jñātvā pratyarūhatpunaḥ
reflecting with a vision that directly perceived (their) nourishment, and knowing that the plants had been swallowed by the earth, he made them grow up again.
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BndP 1 7.142
कृत्वा वत्सं समेरुं तु दुदोह पृथिवीमिमाम् । दुग्धेयं गौस्तदा तेन बीजानि वसुधातले
kṛtvā vatsaṃ sameruṃ tu dudoha pṛthivīmimām / dugdheyaṃ gaustadā tena bījāni vasudhātale
Making Meru the calf, he milked this earth; this cow was then milked by him, (yielding) seeds upon the surface of the earth.
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BndP 1 7.143
जज्ञिरे तानि बीजानि ग्रामारण्यास्तु ताः प्रभुः । ओषध्यः फलपाकाताः क्षणसप्तवशास्तु ताः
jajñire tāni bījāni grāmāraṇyāstu tāḥ prabhuḥ / oṣadhyaḥ phalapākātāḥ kṣaṇasaptavaśāstu tāḥ
Those seeds were born, both the village and the wild (kinds); the Lord (made) those plants that ripen into fruit — they are said to be seventeen in number.
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BndP 1 7.144
व्रीहयश्च यवाश्चैव गोधूमाश्चणकास्तिलाः । प्रियंगव उदारास्ते कोरदुष्टाः सवामकाः
vrīhayaśca yavāścaiva godhūmāścaṇakāstilāḥ / priyaṃgava udārāste koraduṣṭāḥ savāmakāḥ
Rice and barley, wheat, chickpeas, sesame, priyaṅgu millet, udāra, kodrava and vāmaka,
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BndP 1 7.145
माषा मुद्गा मसूरास्तु नीवाराः सकुलत्थकाः । हरिकाश्चरकाश्चैव गमः सप्तदश स्मृताः
māṣā mudgā masūrāstu nīvārāḥ sakulatthakāḥ / harikāścarakāścaiva gamaḥ saptadaśa smṛtāḥ
black gram, mung beans, lentils, wild rice and horse gram, harikā and caraka: these are remembered as the seventeen (kinds of) grain.
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BndP 1 7.146
इत्येता ओषधीनां तु ग्राम्याणां जातयः स्मृताः । श्यामाकाश्चैव नीवारा जर्तिलाः सगवेधुकाः
ityetā oṣadhīnāṃ tu grāmyāṇāṃ jātayaḥ smṛtāḥ / śyāmākāścaiva nīvārā jartilāḥ sagavedhukāḥ
These, then, are remembered as the kinds of cultivated plants. Śyāmāka millet, wild rice, jartila sesame and gavedhukā,
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BndP 1 7.147
कुरुविंदो वेणुयवास्ता मातीर्काटकाः स्मृताः । ग्रामारण्याः स्मृता ह्येता ओषध्यस्तु चतुर्दश
kuruviṃdo veṇuyavāstā mātīrkāṭakāḥ smṛtāḥ / grāmāraṇyāḥ smṛtā hyetā oṣadhyastu caturdaśa
kuruvinda, bamboo-barley, mātīrkāṭaka — so they are remembered: these are held to be the fourteen plants of village and forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.148
उत्पन्नाः प्रथमस्यैता आदौ त्रेतायुगस्य ह । अफालकृष्टास्ताः सर्वा ग्राम्यारण्यश्चतुर्द्दश
utpannāḥ prathamasyaitā ādau tretāyugasya ha / aphālakṛṣṭāstāḥ sarvā grāmyāraṇyaścaturddaśa
These arose in the beginning of the first Tretā age; all these fourteen, of village and forest, were unploughed by the plough.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.149
वृक्षगुल्मलतावल्ल्यो वीरुधस्तृणजातयः । मूलैः फलैश्च रोहैश्चगृह्णन्पुष्टाश्च यत्फलम्
vṛkṣagulmalatāvallyo vīrudhastṛṇajātayaḥ / mūlaiḥ phalaiśca rohaiścagṛhṇanpuṣṭāśca yatphalam
Trees, bushes, creepers, vines, shrubs and the kinds of grass — (people) took them by their roots, their fruits and their shoots, and were nourished by whatever fruit (they yielded).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.150
पृथ्वी दुग्धा तु बीजानि यानि पूर्वं स्वयंभुवा । ऋतुपुष्पफलास्ता वै ओषध्यो जज्ञिरे त्विह
pṛthvī dugdhā tu bījāni yāni pūrvaṃ svayaṃbhuvā / ṛtupuṣpaphalāstā vai oṣadhyo jajñire tviha
The earth was milked of those seeds which formerly (had been placed in her) by the Self-existent, and thus the plants were born here, flowering and fruiting according to the season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.151
यदा प्रसृष्टा ओषध्यो न प्रथंतीह याः पुनः । ततस्तासां च पृत्त्यर्थै वार्तोपायं चकार ह
yadā prasṛṣṭā oṣadhyo na prathaṃtīha yāḥ punaḥ / tatastāsāṃ ca pṛttyarthai vārtopāyaṃ cakāra ha
When the plants that had been sent forth did not again spread here, then, for the sake of their sustenance, he made agriculture the means (of livelihood).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.152
तासां स्वयंभूर्भगवान् हस्तसिद्धिं स्वकर्मजाम् । ततः प्रभृति चौषध्यः कृष्टपच्यास्तु जज्ञिरे
tāsāṃ svayaṃbhūrbhagavān hastasiddhiṃ svakarmajām / tataḥ prabhṛti cauṣadhyaḥ kṛṣṭapacyāstu jajñire
The blessed Self-existent (gave) to those (plants) the effectiveness of the hand, born of one's own action; and from then on the plants came to be such as ripen (only) when cultivated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.153
संसिद्धकायो वार्तायां ततस्तासां प्रजापतिः । मर्यादां स्थापयामास ययारक्षत्परस्परम्
saṃsiddhakāyo vārtāyāṃ tatastāsāṃ prajāpatiḥ / maryādāṃ sthāpayāmāsa yayārakṣatparasparam
When his body was fully accomplished in agriculture, the Lord of Creatures then established for them a boundary (of conduct), by which he protected them from one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.154
ये वै परिग्रहीतारस्तासामासन्बलीयसः । इतरेषां कृतत्राणान् स्थापयामास क्षत्रियान्
ye vai parigrahītārastāsāmāsanbalīyasaḥ / itareṣāṃ kṛtatrāṇān sthāpayāmāsa kṣatriyān
Those among them who were appropriators (of the crops) were the stronger; he appointed them kṣatriyas, as protectors of the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.155
उपतिष्ठंति तावंतो यावन्तो निर्मितास्तथा । सत्यं बूत यथाभूतं ध्रुवं वो ब्रह्मणास्तु ताः
upatiṣṭhaṃti tāvaṃto yāvanto nirmitāstathā / satyaṃ būta yathābhūtaṃ dhruvaṃ vo brahmaṇāstu tāḥ
As many as were created, just so many attend (upon them). Speak the truth as it actually is: may those (stations) be fixed for you from Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.156
ये चान्ये ह्यबलास्तेषां संरक्षाकर्म्मणि स्थिताः । क्रीतानि नाशयंति स्म पृथिव्यां ते व्यवस्थिताः
ye cānye hyabalāsteṣāṃ saṃrakṣākarmmaṇi sthitāḥ / krītāni nāśayaṃti sma pṛthivyāṃ te vyavasthitāḥ
And the others, who were without strength, were engaged in the work of guarding them; they destroyed (the pests of) the crops, being settled upon the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.157
वैश्यानित्येव तानाहुः कीनाशान्वृत्तिसाधकान् । सेवंतश्च द्रवंतश्च परिचर्यासु ये रताः
vaiśyānityeva tānāhuḥ kīnāśānvṛttisādhakān / sevaṃtaśca dravaṃtaśca paricaryāsu ye ratāḥ
These they call vaiśyas, ploughmen who bring about (the community's) livelihood. And those who serve and run about, who delight in attendance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.158
निस्तेजसो ऽल्पवीर्याश्च शूद्रांस्तानब्रवीच्च सः । तेषां कर्माणि धर्मांश्च ब्रह्मा तु व्यदधात्प्रभुः
nistejaso 'lpavīryāśca śūdrāṃstānabravīcca saḥ / teṣāṃ karmāṇi dharmāṃśca brahmā tu vyadadhātprabhuḥ
lacking lustre and of little strength — those he called śūdras. And Brahmā the lord assigned their works and duties.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.159
संस्थित्यां तु कृतायां हि यातुर्वर्ण्यस्य तेन वै । पुनः प्रजास्तु ता मोहाद्धर्म्मं तं नान्वपालयन्
saṃsthityāṃ tu kṛtāyāṃ hi yāturvarṇyasya tena vai / punaḥ prajāstu tā mohāddharmmaṃ taṃ nānvapālayan
When the ordering of the four classes had thus been made by him, those creatures again, out of delusion, did not observe that law.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.160
वर्णधर्मैश्च जीवंत्यो व्यरुद्ध्यंत परस्परम् । ब्रह्मा बुद्धा तु तत्सर्वं याथातथ्येन स प्रभुः
varṇadharmaiśca jīvaṃtyo vyaruddhyaṃta parasparam / brahmā buddhā tu tatsarvaṃ yāthātathyena sa prabhuḥ
Though living by the duties of their classes, they came into conflict with one another. But the lord Brahmā, having understood all that as it truly was,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.161
क्षत्रियाणां बलं दंडं युद्धमाजीव्यमादिशत् । याजनाध्यापने ब्रह्मा तथा दानप्रतिग्रहम्
kṣatriyāṇāṃ balaṃ daṃḍaṃ yuddhamājīvyamādiśat / yājanādhyāpane brahmā tathā dānapratigraham
assigned to the kṣatriyas force, punishment and war as their means of living; and (he assigned) sacrificing for others, teaching, and the receiving of gifts —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.162
ब्राह्मणानां विभुस्तेषां कर्माण्येता न्यथादिशत् । पाशुपाल्यं च वाणिज्यं कृषिं चैव विशां ददौ
brāhmaṇānāṃ vibhusteṣāṃ karmāṇyetā nyathādiśat / pāśupālyaṃ ca vāṇijyaṃ kṛṣiṃ caiva viśāṃ dadau
the lord assigned these as the works of the brāhmaṇas; and to the vaiśyas he gave cattle-keeping, trade, and agriculture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.163
शिल्पाजीवभृतां चैव शूद्राणां व्यदधात्पुनः । सामान्यानि च कर्माणि ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां पुनः
śilpājīvabhṛtāṃ caiva śūdrāṇāṃ vyadadhātpunaḥ / sāmānyāni ca karmāṇi brahmakṣatraviśāṃ punaḥ
And for the śūdras, who live by the crafts and by hire, he again ordained (their work); and again (he ordained) the works common to brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.164
यजनाध्यापने दानं सामान्यानीतरेषु च । कर्माजीवं तु वै दत्त्वा तेषामिह परस्परम्
yajanādhyāpane dānaṃ sāmānyānītareṣu ca / karmājīvaṃ tu vai dattvā teṣāmiha parasparam
Sacrificing, study and giving are common to the others as well. Having thus given them here their works and livelihoods with respect to one another,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.165
तेषां लोकांतरे मूर्ध्नि स्थानानि विदधे पुनः । प्राजापत्यं द्विजातीनां स्मृतं स्थानं क्रियावताम्
teṣāṃ lokāṃtare mūrdhni sthānāni vidadhe punaḥ / prājāpatyaṃ dvijātīnāṃ smṛtaṃ sthānaṃ kriyāvatām
he further ordained for them their stations on high in the other world: the station of Prajāpati is declared to be that of the twice-born who perform the rites;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.166
स्थानमैद्रं क्षत्रियाणां संग्रामेष्वपलायिनाम् । वैश्यानां मारुतं स्थानं स्वस्वकर्मोपजीविनाम्
sthānamaidraṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ saṃgrāmeṣvapalāyinām / vaiśyānāṃ mārutaṃ sthānaṃ svasvakarmopajīvinām
the station of Indra is for kṣatriyas who do not flee in battles; the station of the Maruts is for vaiśyas who live by their own respective work;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.167
गांधर्वं शूद्रजातीनां परिचर्ये च तिष्ठताम् । स्थानान्येतानि वर्णानां योग्याचारवतां सताम्
gāṃdharvaṃ śūdrajātīnāṃ paricarye ca tiṣṭhatām / sthānānyetāni varṇānāṃ yogyācāravatāṃ satām
the Gandharva station is for the śūdra classes who abide in service. These are the stations of the (four) classes when they are good and of fitting conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.168
संस्थित्यां सुकृतायां वै चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य तस्य तत् । वर्णास्तु दंडभयतः स्वेस्वे वर्ण्ये व्यवस्थिताः । ततः स्थितेषु वर्णेषु स्थापयामास ह्याश्रमान्
saṃsthityāṃ sukṛtāyāṃ vai cāturvarṇyasya tasya tat / varṇāstu daṃḍabhayataḥ svesve varṇye vyavasthitāḥ / tataḥ sthiteṣu varṇeṣu sthāpayāmāsa hyāśramān
When that ordering of the four classes had been well made, the classes, through fear of punishment, remained settled each in its own class-duty. Then, the classes being established, he established the stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.169
गृहस्थो ब्रह्मचारी च वानप्रस्थो यतिस्तथा । आश्रमाश्चतुरो ह्येतान्पूर्ववत्स्थापयन्प्रभुः
gṛhastho brahmacārī ca vānaprastho yatistathā / āśramāścaturo hyetānpūrvavatsthāpayanprabhuḥ
The householder, the student of sacred learning, the forest-dweller, and likewise the renunciant — these four stages of life the Lord established as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.170
वर्णकर्माणि ये केचित्तेषामिह चतुर्भवः । कृतकर्म्म कृतावासा आश्रमादुपभुञ्जते
varṇakarmāṇi ye kecitteṣāmiha caturbhavaḥ / kṛtakarmma kṛtāvāsā āśramādupabhuñjate
Whatever the duties of the classes are, of them there is here a fourfold state; having performed their works and taken up their dwellings, they enjoy (the fruits) from their stage of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.171
ब्रह्मा तान्स्थापयामास आश्रमान् भ्रामतामतः । निर्द्दिदेश ततस्तेषां ब्रह्मा धर्मान्प्रभा षते
brahmā tānsthāpayāmāsa āśramān bhrāmatāmataḥ / nirddideśa tatasteṣāṃ brahmā dharmānprabhā ṣate
Brahmā established those stages of life for those who were wandering about; thereafter Brahmā laid down for them the duties, as (the text) declares.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.172
प्रस्थानानि तु तेषां च यमान्सनियमांस्तथा । चतुर्वर्णात्मकः पूर्वं गृहस्थस्याश्रमः स्थितः
prasthānāni tu teṣāṃ ca yamānsaniyamāṃstathā / caturvarṇātmakaḥ pūrvaṃ gṛhasthasyāśramaḥ sthitaḥ
And (he laid down) their courses of conduct, the restraints together with the observances; first was established the householder's stage of life, which consists of (serves) all four classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.173
त्रयाणा माश्रमाणां च वृत्तियोनीति चैव हि । यथाक्रमं च वक्ष्यामि व्रतैश्च नियमैस्तथा
trayāṇā māśramāṇāṃ ca vṛttiyonīti caiva hi / yathākramaṃ ca vakṣyāmi vrataiśca niyamaistathā
And (he taught) that (the householder's stage) is the source of livelihood for the three (other) stages; and I shall relate (them) in order, together with their vows and observances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.174
दाराग्नयश्चातिथय इष्टाः श्राद्धक्रियाः प्रजाः । इत्येष वै गृहस्थस्य समासाद्धर्मसंग्रहः
dārāgnayaścātithaya iṣṭāḥ śrāddhakriyāḥ prajāḥ / ityeṣa vai gṛhasthasya samāsāddharmasaṃgrahaḥ
Wife and (sacred) fires, guests, sacrifices, śrāddha rites, offspring: this indeed is, in brief, the sum of the householder's duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.175
ढंडी च मेखली चैव अधःशायी तथाजिनी । गुरुशुश्रूषणं भैक्ष्यंविद्यार्थी ब्रह्मचारिणः
ḍhaṃḍī ca mekhalī caiva adhaḥśāyī tathājinī / guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ bhaikṣyaṃvidyārthī brahmacāriṇaḥ
Carrying a staff, wearing the girdle, sleeping on the ground, and clad in a skin, service to the teacher, begging for alms, seeking knowledge — (these belong) to the student of sacred learning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.176
चीरपत्राजिनानि स्युर्वनमूलफलौषधैः । उभे संध्ये वगाहश्च होमश्चारण्यवासिनाम्
cīrapatrājināni syurvanamūlaphalauṣadhaiḥ / ubhe saṃdhye vagāhaśca homaścāraṇyavāsinām
Bark garments, leaves and skins should (be their dress), with forest roots, fruits and herbs; bathing at both twilights and the fire-oblation belong to those who dwell in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.177
विपन्नमुसले भैक्ष्यमास्तेयं शौचमेव च । अप्रमादो ऽव्यवायश्च दया भूतेषु च क्षमा
vipannamusale bhaikṣyamāsteyaṃ śaucameva ca / apramādo 'vyavāyaśca dayā bhūteṣu ca kṣamā
Begging for alms when the pestle has been laid aside, non-stealing, purity, vigilance, abstention from sexual intercourse, compassion toward beings, and patience,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.178
श्रवणं गुरुशुश्रूषा सत्यं च दशमं स्मृतम् । दशलक्षणको ह्येष धर्मः प्रोक्तः स्वयंभूवा
śravaṇaṃ guruśuśrūṣā satyaṃ ca daśamaṃ smṛtam / daśalakṣaṇako hyeṣa dharmaḥ proktaḥ svayaṃbhūvā
listening (to sacred texts), service to the teacher, and truth as the tenth — this dharma of ten characteristics has been declared by the Self-existent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.179
भिक्षोर्व्रतानि पंचात्र भैक्ष्यवेदव्रतानि च । तेषां स्थानान्यशुष्मिं च संस्थिताना मचष्ट सः
bhikṣorvratāni paṃcātra bhaikṣyavedavratāni ca / teṣāṃ sthānānyaśuṣmiṃ ca saṃsthitānā macaṣṭa saḥ
Here the mendicant's vows are five, and the vows of begging and of the Veda; and he set forth the stations of those who are established (in them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.180
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् । स्मृतं तेषां तु यत् स्थानं तदेव गुरुवासिनाम्
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrdhvaretasām / smṛtaṃ teṣāṃ tu yat sthānaṃ tadeva guruvāsinām
Eighty-eight thousand seers whose seed is drawn upward — that station which is declared to be theirs, that very one belongs to those who dwell with their teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.181
सप्तर्षीणा तु यत्स्थानं स्मृतं तद्वै वनौकसाम् । प्राजापत्यं गृहस्थानां न्यासिनां ब्रह्मणःक्षयम्
saptarṣīṇā tu yatsthānaṃ smṛtaṃ tadvai vanaukasām / prājāpatyaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ nyāsināṃ brahmaṇaḥkṣayam
And that station which is declared to be the seven seers' belongs to the forest-dwellers; the station of Prajāpati to householders, and Brahmā's abode to renunciants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.182
योगिनामकृतं स्थानं तानाजित्बा न विद्यते । स्थानान्याश्रमिणस्तानि ब्रह्मस्थानस्थितानि तु
yogināmakṛtaṃ sthānaṃ tānājitbā na vidyate / sthānānyāśramiṇastāni brahmasthānasthitāni tu
For the yogins there is the uncreated station; it is not found without conquering them (the senses/the other stations); those are the stations of the men of the four stages, but they are situated within the station of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.183
चत्वार एव पंथानो देवयानानि निर्मिताः । पंथानः पितृयानास्तु समृताश्चत्वार एव ते
catvāra eva paṃthāno devayānāni nirmitāḥ / paṃthānaḥ pitṛyānāstu samṛtāścatvāra eva te
Just four are the paths made as the ways of the gods; and the paths that are the ways of the fathers are likewise recorded as just four.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.184
ब्रह्मणां लोकतन्त्रेण आद्ये मन्वन्तरे पुरा । पंथानो देवयाना ये तेषां द्वारं रंविः स्मृतः । तथैव पितृयानानां चन्द्रमा द्वारमुच्यते
brahmaṇāṃ lokatantreṇa ādye manvantare purā / paṃthāno devayānā ye teṣāṃ dvāraṃ raṃviḥ smṛtaḥ / tathaiva pitṛyānānāṃ candramā dvāramucyate
By Brahmā, through the ordering of the worlds, in the first manvantara of old: of those paths which are the ways of the gods, the sun is said to be the door; and just so the moon is called the door of the ways of the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.185
एवं वर्णाश्रमाणां च प्रविभागे कृते तदा । यदा प्रजा ना वर्द्धंत वर्णधर्मसमासिकाः
evaṃ varṇāśramāṇāṃ ca pravibhāge kṛte tadā / yadā prajā nā varddhaṃta varṇadharmasamāsikāḥ
Thus, when the division of classes and stages of life had then been made, when the creatures, being deficient in the duties of their class, did not increase,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.186
ततो ऽन्यां मानसीं स्वां वै त्रेतामध्ये ऽसृजत्प्रजाः । आत्मनस्तु शरीरेभ्यस्तुल्याश्चैवात्मना तु ताः
tato 'nyāṃ mānasīṃ svāṃ vai tretāmadhye 'sṛjatprajāḥ / ātmanastu śarīrebhyastulyāścaivātmanā tu tāḥ
then, in the middle of the Tretā, he created another mind-born offspring of his own, from his own bodies, and they were equal to himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.187
तस्मिस्त्रेतायुगे त्वाद्ये मध्यं प्राप्ते क्रमेण तु । ततो ऽन्यां मानसीं सो ऽथ प्रजाः स्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे
tasmistretāyuge tvādye madhyaṃ prāpte krameṇa tu / tato 'nyāṃ mānasīṃ so 'tha prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ pracakrame
When, in that first Tretā age, the middle had been reached in due course, then he set about creating another mind-born offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.188
ततः सत्त्वरजोद्रिक्ताः प्रजाः सह्यसृजत्प्रभुः । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां वार्त्तानां साधकाश्च याः
tataḥ sattvarajodriktāḥ prajāḥ sahyasṛjatprabhuḥ / dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ vārttānāṃ sādhakāśca yāḥ
Then the Lord created creatures in whom sattva and rajas predominated, who were accomplishers of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation, and of livelihoods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.189
देवाश्च पितरश्चैव ऋषयो मनवस्तथा । युगानुरूपा धर्मेण यैरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः
devāśca pitaraścaiva ṛṣayo manavastathā / yugānurūpā dharmeṇa yairimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ
And the gods, and the fathers, and the sages, and likewise the Manus, conforming to the yugas — by whom these creatures were made to increase through dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.190
उपस्थिते तदा तस्मिन् सृष्टिवर्गे स्वयंभुवः । अभिध्याय प्रजा ब्रह्मा नानावीर्याः स्वमानसीः
upasthite tadā tasmin sṛṣṭivarge svayaṃbhuvaḥ / abhidhyāya prajā brahmā nānāvīryāḥ svamānasīḥ
Then, when that set of creations of the Self-existent One had presented itself, Brahmā, having meditated, (brought forth) creatures of various potencies, born of his own mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 7.191
पूर्वोक्ता या मया तुभ्यं जनानीकं समाश्रिताः । कल्पे ऽतीते पुराण्यासीद्देवाद्यास्तु प्रजा इह
pūrvoktā yā mayā tubhyaṃ janānīkaṃ samāśritāḥ / kalpe 'tīte purāṇyāsīddevādyāstu prajā iha
Those (creatures) of which I spoke to you before, which had taken their place in the host of living beings: in the kalpa that had passed, the creatures here, gods and the rest, existed of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.192
ध्यायतस्तस्य तानीह संभूत्यर्थमुपस्तिताः । मन्वंतरक्रमेणेह कनिष्ठाः प्रथमेन ताः
dhyāyatastasya tānīha saṃbhūtyarthamupastitāḥ / manvaṃtarakrameṇeha kaniṣṭhāḥ prathamena tāḥ
As he was meditating, those (beings) presented themselves here for the sake of coming into existence, here in the order of the manvantaras, the youngest of them by the first (manvantara).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.193
ख्यातास्तु वंश्यैरेतैस्तु पूर्वं यैरिह भाविताः । कुशलाकुशलैः कंदैरक्षीणैस्तैस्तदा युताः
khyātāstu vaṃśyairetaistu pūrvaṃ yairiha bhāvitāḥ / kuśalākuśalaiḥ kaṃdairakṣīṇaistaistadā yutāḥ
They were made known by these members of the lineages, by whom they had formerly been brought into being here; with those undiminished roots (of action), good and bad, they were then conjoined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.194
तत्कर्मफलदोषेण ह्युपबाधाः प्रजज्ञिरे । देवासुरपितॄंश्चैव यक्षैर्गन्धर्वमानुषैः
tatkarmaphaladoṣeṇa hyupabādhāḥ prajajñire / devāsurapitṝṃścaiva yakṣairgandharvamānuṣaiḥ
Through the taint of the fruit of that karma they were born afflicted: the gods, the asuras and the fathers, and with the yakṣas, gandharvas and men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 7.195
राक्षसैस्तु पिशाचैस्तैः पशुपक्षिसरीसृपैः । वृक्षनारककीटाद्यैस्तैस्तैः सर्वैरुपस्थिताः । आहारार्थं प्रजानां वै विदात्मानो विनिर्ममे
rākṣasaistu piśācaistaiḥ paśupakṣisarīsṛpaiḥ / vṛkṣanārakakīṭādyaistaistaiḥ sarvairupasthitāḥ / āhārārthaṃ prajānāṃ vai vidātmāno vinirmame
and with the rākṣasas, with those piśācas, with cattle, birds and creeping things, with trees, hell-beings, worms and the rest — by all those they were attended; and for the sake of the food of the creatures he fashioned the knowing selves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain