Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 1
BndP 2 1.1
श्रीगणेशाय नमः अथ ब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणमध्यभागप्रारम्भः । शांशपायन उवाच पादः शेक्तो द्वितीयस्तु अनुषङ्गेन नस्त्वया । तृतीयं विस्तरात्पादं सोपोद्धातं प्रवर्त्तय
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha brahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇamadhyabhāgaprārambhaḥ / śāṃśapāyana uvāca pādaḥ śekto dvitīyastu anuṣaṅgena nastvayā / tṛtīyaṃ vistarātpādaṃ sopoddhātaṃ pravarttaya
Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa. Here begins the middle portion of the great Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa. Śāṃśapāyana said: The second pāda has been recited to us by you as a sequel; now set forth the third pāda at length, together with its introduction.
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BndP 2 1.2
सूत उवाच कीर्त्तयिष्ये तृतीयं वः सोपोद्धातं सविस्तरम् । पादं समुच्चयाद्विप्रा गदतो मे निबोधत
sūta uvāca kīrttayiṣye tṛtīyaṃ vaḥ sopoddhātaṃ savistaram / pādaṃ samuccayādviprā gadato me nibodhata
Sūta said: I shall recount to you the third section, with its introduction and in full detail; listen, brahmins, to me as I speak it in summary compilation.
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BndP 2 1.3
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्येमं सांप्रतं तु महात्मनः । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च निसर्गं शृणुत द्विजाः
manorvaivasvatasyemaṃ sāṃprataṃ tu mahātmanaḥ / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca nisargaṃ śṛṇuta dvijāḥ
Now hear, twice-born ones, in detail and in due order, this creation of the great-souled Vaivasvata Manu.
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BndP 2 1.4
चतुर्युगैकस प्तत्या संख्यातं पूर्वमेव तु । मह देवगणैश्चैव ऋषिभिर्दानवैस्सह
caturyugaikasa ptatyā saṃkhyātaṃ pūrvameva tu / maha devagaṇaiścaiva ṛṣibhirdānavaissaha
It has already been reckoned before as seventy-one sets of four ages, together with the great hosts of gods, the seers, and the Dānavas,
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BndP 2 1.5
पितृगन्धर्वयक्षैश्च रक्षोभूतमहोरगैः । मानुषैः पशुभिश्चैव पक्षिभिः स्थावरैः सह
pitṛgandharvayakṣaiśca rakṣobhūtamahoragaiḥ / mānuṣaiḥ paśubhiścaiva pakṣibhiḥ sthāvaraiḥ saha
and with the fathers, Gandharvas and Yakṣas, the Rākṣasas, Bhūtas and great serpents, with men, beasts, birds and immobile beings.
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BndP 2 1.6
मन्वादिकं भविष्यान्तमाख्यानैर्बहुभिर्युतम् । वक्ष्ये वैवस्वतं सर्गं नमस्कृत्य विवस्वते
manvādikaṃ bhaviṣyāntamākhyānairbahubhiryutam / vakṣye vaivasvataṃ sargaṃ namaskṛtya vivasvate
Having made obeisance to Vivasvat, I shall declare the Vaivasvata creation, beginning with Manu and ending with what is to come, furnished with many narratives.
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BndP 2 1.7
आद्ये मन्वन्तरे ऽतीताः सर्गप्रावर्त्तकास्तु ये । स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे पूर्वं सप्तासन्ये महर्षयः
ādye manvantare 'tītāḥ sargaprāvarttakāstu ye / svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare pūrvaṃ saptāsanye maharṣayaḥ
Those who set creation in motion passed away in the first manvantara — formerly, in the interval of Svāyaṃbhuva, the seven great seers (were seated?) in the seven seats.
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BndP 2 1.8
चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे ऽतीते प्राप्ते वैवस्वते पुनः । दक्षस्य च ऋषीणां च भृग्वादीनां महौजसाम्
cākṣuṣasyāntare 'tīte prāpte vaivasvate punaḥ / dakṣasya ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca bhṛgvādīnāṃ mahaujasām
When the interval of Cākṣuṣa had passed and the Vaivasvata had come round again, of Dakṣa and of the seers headed by Bhṛgu, of great vigour,
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BndP 2 1.9
शापान्महेश्वरस्यासीत्प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनाम् । भूयः सप्तर्षयस्त्वेवमुत्पन्नाः सप्त मानसाः
śāpānmaheśvarasyāsītprādurbhāvo mahātmanām / bhūyaḥ saptarṣayastvevamutpannāḥ sapta mānasāḥ
there came about, through the curse of Maheśvara, the manifestation of those great-souled ones; and thus again seven seers, seven mind-born ones, were produced,
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BndP 2 1.10
पुत्रत्वे कल्पिताश्चैव स्वयमेव स्वयंभुवा । प्रजासंतानकृद्भिस्तैरुत्पदद्भिर्महात्मभिः
putratve kalpitāścaiva svayameva svayaṃbhuvā / prajāsaṃtānakṛdbhistairutpadadbhirmahātmabhiḥ
and they were appointed as sons by the Self-existent himself; and by those great-souled ones, born (thus) as continuers of the line of creatures,
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BndP 2 1.11
पुनः प्रवर्त्तितः सर्गो यथापूर्वं यथाक्रमम् । तेषां प्रसूतिं वक्ष्यामि विशुद्धज्ञानकर्मणाम्
punaḥ pravarttitaḥ sargo yathāpūrvaṃ yathākramam / teṣāṃ prasūtiṃ vakṣyāmi viśuddhajñānakarmaṇām
creation was set going again as before, in due sequence. I shall tell the progeny of those of pure knowledge and action,
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BndP 2 1.12
समासव्यासयोगाभ्यां यथावदनुपूर्वशः । येषामन्वयसंभूतैलर् एको ऽयं सचराचरः । पुनरापूरितः सर्वो ग्रहनक्षत्रमण्डितः
samāsavyāsayogābhyāṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ / yeṣāmanvayasaṃbhūtailar eko 'yaṃ sacarācaraḥ / punarāpūritaḥ sarvo grahanakṣatramaṇḍitaḥ
in due order and as it is, both concisely and at length — those by whose descendants this single (world), with its moving and unmoving beings, was again wholly filled, adorned with planets and constellations.
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BndP 2 1.13
ऋषय ऊचुः कथं सप्तर्षयः पूर्वमुत्पन्नाः सप्त मनसाः । पुत्रत्वे कल्पिताश्चैव तन्नो निगद सत्तम
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ saptarṣayaḥ pūrvamutpannāḥ sapta manasāḥ / putratve kalpitāścaiva tanno nigada sattama
The seers said: How were the seven seers, the seven mind-born ones, produced formerly, and appointed as sons? Tell us that, best of men.
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BndP 2 1.14
सूत उवाच पूर्वं सप्तर्षयः प्रोक्ता ये वै स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे । मनोरन्तरमासाद्य पुनर्वैवस्वतं किल
sūta uvāca pūrvaṃ saptarṣayaḥ proktā ye vai svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare / manorantaramāsādya punarvaivasvataṃ kila
Sūta said: Those seven seers who were formerly declared to be in the interval of Svāyaṃbhuva — having reached another Manu's interval, and again the Vaivasvata,
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BndP 2 1.15
भवाभिशाप संविद्धा अप्राप्तास्ते तदा तपः । उपपन्ना जने लोके सकृदागमनास्तु त
bhavābhiśāpa saṃviddhā aprāptāste tadā tapaḥ / upapannā jane loke sakṛdāgamanāstu ta
pierced by Bhava's curse, they did not then attain (the fruit of) their austerity; they came to be in Jana-loka, going there but once.
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BndP 2 1.16
ऊचुः सर्वे सदान्योन्यं जनलोके महार्षयः । एत एव महाभागा वरुणे वितते ऽध्वरे
ūcuḥ sarve sadānyonyaṃ janaloke mahārṣayaḥ / eta eva mahābhāgā varuṇe vitate 'dhvare
In Jana-loka the great seers all said to one another constantly: These very greatly fortunate ones, at the sacrifice spread out by Varuṇa —
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BndP 2 1.17
सर्वे वयं प्रसूयामश्चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः । पितामहात्मजाः सर्वे तन्नः श्रेयो भविष्यति
sarve vayaṃ prasūyāmaścākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ / pitāmahātmajāḥ sarve tannaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati
"Let us all be born in the age of Manu Cākṣuṣa, all of us as sons of the Grandfather (Brahmā); that will be to our benefit."
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BndP 2 1.18
एवमुक्त्वा तु ते सर्वे चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः । स्वायंभुवेन्तरे प्राप्ताः सृष्ट्यर्थं ते भवेन तु
evamuktvā tu te sarve cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ / svāyaṃbhuventare prāptāḥ sṛṣṭyarthaṃ te bhavena tu
Having spoken thus, all of them, (though belonging) to the age of Manu Cākṣuṣa, were brought about in the age of Svāyaṃbhuva by Bhava for the sake of creation.
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BndP 2 1.19
जज्ञिरे ह पुनस्ते वै जनलोकादिहागताः । देवस्य महतो यज्ञे वारुणीं बिभ्रतस्तनुम्
jajñire ha punaste vai janalokādihāgatāḥ / devasya mahato yajñe vāruṇīṃ bibhratastanum
Indeed they were born again, having come here from the Jana world, at the great sacrifice of the god, bearing a body (born) of Varuṇa.
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BndP 2 1.20
ब्रह्मणो जुह्वतः शुक्रमग्रौ पूर्वं प्रजेप्सया । ऋषयो जज्ञिरे दीर्घे द्वितीयमिति नः श्रुतम्
brahmaṇo juhvataḥ śukramagrau pūrvaṃ prajepsayā / ṛṣayo jajñire dīrghe dvitīyamiti naḥ śrutam
When Brahmā, desiring offspring, formerly poured the semen into the fire, the seers were born in (that) long (sacrifice) — this we have heard as the second (account of their birth).
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BndP 2 1.21
भृग्वङ्गिरा मरीचिश्च पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । अत्रिश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च ह्यष्टौ ते ब्रह्मणः सुताः
bhṛgvaṅgirā marīciśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ / atriścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca hyaṣṭau te brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Marīci, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Atri and Vasiṣṭha — these eight are the sons of Brahmā.
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BndP 2 1.22
तथास्य वितते यज्ञे देवाः सर्वे समागताः । यज्ञाङ्गानि च सर्वाणि वषठ्कारश्च मूर्त्तिमान्
tathāsya vitate yajñe devāḥ sarve samāgatāḥ / yajñāṅgāni ca sarvāṇi vaṣaṭhkāraśca mūrttimān
Likewise, at his sacrifice when it was spread out, all the gods came together, and all the limbs of the sacrifice, and the Vaṣaṭ-utterance in bodily form.
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BndP 2 1.23
मूर्त्तिमन्ति च सामानि यजूंषि च सहस्रशः । ऋग्वेदश्चाभवत्तत्र यश्च क्रमविभूषितः
mūrttimanti ca sāmāni yajūṃṣi ca sahasraśaḥ / ṛgvedaścābhavattatra yaśca kramavibhūṣitaḥ
And the Sāmans in bodily form, and the Yajus verses by the thousand; and the Ṛgveda was there, and that which is adorned with the krama (step-recitation).
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BndP 2 1.24
यजुर्वेदश्च वृत्ताढ्य ओङ्कारवदनोज्ज्वलः । स्थितो यज्ञार्थसंपृक्तः सूक्तब्राह्मणमन्त्रवान्
yajurvedaśca vṛttāḍhya oṅkāravadanojjvalaḥ / sthito yajñārthasaṃpṛktaḥ sūktabrāhmaṇamantravān
And the Yajurveda, rich in metres, radiant with the syllable Oṃ for its face, stood joined to the purpose of the sacrifice, possessed of its hymns, brāhmaṇas and mantras.
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BndP 2 1.25
सामवेदश्च वृत्ताढ्यः सर्वगेयपुरः सरः । विश्वावस्वादिभिः सार्द्धं गन्धर्वैः संभृतो ऽभवत्
sāmavedaśca vṛttāḍhyaḥ sarvageyapuraḥ saraḥ / viśvāvasvādibhiḥ sārddhaṃ gandharvaiḥ saṃbhṛto 'bhavat
And the Sāmaveda, rich in metres, foremost of all that is to be sung, came fully attended, together with the gandharvas Viśvāvasu and the rest.
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BndP 2 1.26
ब्रह्मवेदस्तथा घोरैः कृत्वा विधिभिरन्वितः । प्रत्यङ्गिरसयोगैश्च द्विशरीरशिरो ऽभवत्
brahmavedastathā ghoraiḥ kṛtvā vidhibhiranvitaḥ / pratyaṅgirasayogaiśca dviśarīraśiro 'bhavat
So too the Brahmaveda, having performed (its rites), accompanied by dreadful ordinances and by the pratyaṅgirasa applications, became one having two bodies and heads.
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BndP 2 1.27
लक्षणा विस्तराः स्तोभा निरुक्तस्वर भक्तयः । आश्रयस्तु वषट्कारो निग्रहप्रग्रहावपि
lakṣaṇā vistarāḥ stobhā niruktasvara bhaktayaḥ / āśrayastu vaṣaṭkāro nigrahapragrahāvapi
The characteristic marks, the expansions, the stobha-syllables, the etymological explanation, the accents and the divisions; and the Vaṣaṭ-utterance as their support, and also the nigraha and the pragraha.
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BndP 2 1.28
दीप्तिमूर्त्तिरिलादेवी दिशश्चसदिगीश्वराः । देवकन्याश्च पत्न्यश्च तथा मातर एव च
dīptimūrttirilādevī diśaścasadigīśvarāḥ / devakanyāśca patnyaśca tathā mātara eva ca
The goddess Ilā, whose form is radiance, and the directions and the lords of the directions, and the daughters of the gods and the wives, and likewise the mothers.
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BndP 2 1.29
आययुः सर्व एवैते देवस्य यजतो मखे । मूर्तिमन्तः सुरूपाख्या वरुणस्य वपुर्भृतः
āyayuḥ sarva evaite devasya yajato makhe / mūrtimantaḥ surūpākhyā varuṇasya vapurbhṛtaḥ
All these came to the sacrificial rite of the god who was sacrificing, embodied, called fair of form, bearing the body of Varuṇa.
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BndP 2 1.30
स्वयंभु वस्तु ता दृष्ट्वा रेतः समपतद्भुवि । ब्रह्मर्षिभाविनोर्ऽथस्य विधानाच्च न संशयः
svayaṃbhu vastu tā dṛṣṭvā retaḥ samapatadbhuvi / brahmarṣibhāvinor'thasya vidhānācca na saṃśayaḥ
Seeing them, the Self-existent's seed fell upon the ground; and this was by the ordaining of the purpose that was to become the brahman-seers — there is no doubt of it.
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BndP 2 1.31
धृत्वा जुहाव हस्ताभ्यां स्रुवेण परिगृह्य च । आस्रवज्जुहुयां चक्रे मन्त्रवच्च पितामहः
dhṛtvā juhāva hastābhyāṃ sruveṇa parigṛhya ca / āsravajjuhuyāṃ cakre mantravacca pitāmahaḥ
Holding it, he offered it with both hands, having taken it up with the ladle; and the Grandfather made the offering of the flowing (seed) together with mantras.
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BndP 2 1.32
ततः स जनयामास भूतग्रामं प्रजापतिः । तस्यार्वाक्तेजसश्चैव जज्ञे लोकेषु तैजसम्
tataḥ sa janayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ prajāpatiḥ / tasyārvāktejasaścaiva jajñe lokeṣu taijasam
Then that Prajāpati generated the host of beings; and from his lower radiance the fiery (element) was born among the worlds.
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BndP 2 1.33
तमसा भावि याप्यत्वं यथा सत्त्वं तथा रजः । आज्यस्थाल्यामुपादाय स्वशुक्रं हुतवांश्च ह
tamasā bhāvi yāpyatvaṃ yathā sattvaṃ tathā rajaḥ / ājyasthālyāmupādāya svaśukraṃ hutavāṃśca ha
Through darkness comes what is to be censured; as is sattva, so is rajas. Taking his own seed in the ghee-pot, he offered it as oblation.
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BndP 2 1.34
शुक्रे हु ते ऽथ तस्मिंस्तु प्रादुर्भूता महर्षयः । ज्वलन्तो वपुषा युक्ताः सप्रभावैः स्वकैर्गुणैः
śukre hu te 'tha tasmiṃstu prādurbhūtā maharṣayaḥ / jvalanto vapuṣā yuktāḥ saprabhāvaiḥ svakairguṇaiḥ
Now when that seed had been offered, the great seers appeared, blazing, endowed with bodies, with their own qualities and their splendours.
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BndP 2 1.35
हुते चाग्नौ सकृच्छुक्रे ज्वालाया निसृतः कविः । हिरण्यगर्भस्तं दृष्ट्वा ज्वालां भित्त्वा विनिर्गतम्
hute cāgnau sakṛcchukre jvālāyā nisṛtaḥ kaviḥ / hiraṇyagarbhastaṃ dṛṣṭvā jvālāṃ bhittvā vinirgatam
When the seed had been offered in the fire once, a seer came forth from the flame; Hiraṇyagarbha, seeing him come out breaking through the flame,
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BndP 2 1.36
भृगुस्त्वमिति चोवाच यस्मात्तस्मात्स वै भृगुः । महादेवस्तथोद्भूतो दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माणमब्रवीत्
bhṛgustvamiti covāca yasmāttasmātsa vai bhṛguḥ / mahādevastathodbhūto dṛṣṭvā brahmāṇamabravīt
said, "You are Bhṛgu" — and for that reason he is indeed Bhṛgu. Mahādeva, who was present there, seeing Brahmā, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 1.37
ममैष पुत्रकामस्य दीक्षितस्य त्वया प्रभो । विजज्ञे प्रथमं देव मम पुत्रो भवत्वयम्
mamaiṣa putrakāmasya dīkṣitasya tvayā prabho / vijajñe prathamaṃ deva mama putro bhavatvayam
"This one, O Lord, was born first of me, who desire a son and have been consecrated by you; O god, let him be my son."
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BndP 2 1.38
तथेति समनुज्ञातो महादेवः स्वयंभुवा । पुत्रत्वे कल्पयामास महादेव स्तदा भृगुम्
tatheti samanujñāto mahādevaḥ svayaṃbhuvā / putratve kalpayāmāsa mahādeva stadā bhṛgum
Being permitted with "So be it" by the Self-existent, Mahādeva then appointed Bhṛgu to the status of his son.
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BndP 2 1.39
वारुणा भृगवस्तस्मात्तदपत्यं च स प्रभुः । द्वितीयं च ततः शुक्रमङ्गारेष्वजुहोत्प्रभुः
vāruṇā bhṛgavastasmāttadapatyaṃ ca sa prabhuḥ / dvitīyaṃ ca tataḥ śukramaṅgāreṣvajuhotprabhuḥ
Hence the Bhṛgus are Vāruṇas, and that lord (had) that offspring; and then the Lord offered the second seed upon the coals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 1.40
अङ्गारेष्वङ्गिरो ऽङ्गानि संहतानि ततोङ्गिराः । संभूतिं तस्य तां दृष्ट्वा वह्निर्ब्रह्माणमब्रवीत्
aṅgāreṣvaṅgiro 'ṅgāni saṃhatāni tatoṅgirāḥ / saṃbhūtiṃ tasya tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vahnirbrahmāṇamabravīt
Upon the coals (aṅgāra) the limbs (aṅga) were compacted together, hence Aṅgiras. Seeing that coming-into-being of his, Fire said to Brahmā:
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BndP 2 1.41
रेतोधास्तुभ्यमेवाहं द्वितीयो ऽयं ममास्त्विति । एवमस्त्विति सो ऽप्युक्तो ब्रह्मणा सदसस्पतिः
retodhāstubhyamevāhaṃ dvitīyo 'yaṃ mamāstviti / evamastviti so 'pyukto brahmaṇā sadasaspatiḥ
"I am the placer of the seed for you alone; let this second one be mine." And he too, the lord of the assembly, being told by Brahmā, "So be it,"
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BndP 2 1.42
जग्रा हाग्निस्त्वङ्गिरस आग्नेया इति नः श्रुतम् । षट् कृत्वा तु पुनः शुक्रे ब्रह्मणा लोककारिणा
jagrā hāgnistvaṅgirasa āgneyā iti naḥ śrutam / ṣaṭ kṛtvā tu punaḥ śukre brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā
Agni took (them): "you are Aṅgiras" — (hence) "the Āgneyas," so we have heard. But when, six times over, the seed was again (offered) by Brahmā, the maker of the world,
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BndP 2 1.43
हुते समभवंस्तस्मिन्यद् ब्रह्माण इति श्रुतिः । मरीचिः प्रथमं तत्र मरीचिभ्यः समुत्थितः
hute samabhavaṃstasminyad brahmāṇa iti śrutiḥ / marīciḥ prathamaṃ tatra marīcibhyaḥ samutthitaḥ
— when it was offered, there arose in it those who are the Brahmāṇas, so runs the tradition. There Marīci (arose) first; from the rays (marīci) he arose up.
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BndP 2 1.44
क्रतौ तस्मिन्क्रतुर्जज्ञे यतस्तस्मात्स वै क्रतुः । अहं तृतीय इत्यत्रिस्तस्मादत्रिः स कीर्त्यते
kratau tasminkraturjajñe yatastasmātsa vai kratuḥ / ahaṃ tṛtīya ityatristasmādatriḥ sa kīrtyate
In that rite (kratu) Kratu was born; since (he arose) from that, therefore he is indeed Kratu. "I am the third" — (saying) thus he is Atri; therefore he is proclaimed Atri.
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BndP 2 1.45
केशैस्तु निचितैर्भूतः पुलस्त्यस्तेन स स्मृतः । केशैर्लंबैः समुद्भूतस्तस्मात्स पुलहः स्मृतः
keśaistu nicitairbhūtaḥ pulastyastena sa smṛtaḥ / keśairlaṃbaiḥ samudbhūtastasmātsa pulahaḥ smṛtaḥ
He came into being from thickly matted hair (keśa), and by that he is remembered as Pulastya; (another) arose from hanging hairs, and therefore he is remembered as Pulaha.
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BndP 2 1.46
वसुमध्यात्समुत्पन्नो वशी च वसुमान् स्वयम् । वसिष्ठ इति तत्त्वज्ञैः प्रोच्यते ब्रह्मवादिभिः
vasumadhyātsamutpanno vaśī ca vasumān svayam / vasiṣṭha iti tattvajñaiḥ procyate brahmavādibhiḥ
Arisen from the midst of wealth (vasu), self-controlled, and himself possessed of wealth, he is called Vasiṣṭha by the knowers of truth who expound brahman.
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BndP 2 1.47
इत्येते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा मानसाः षण्महर्षयः । लोकस्य सन्तानकरा यैरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः
ityete brahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ ṣaṇmaharṣayaḥ / lokasya santānakarā yairimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ
These, then, are the sons of Brahmā, the six great seers born of his mind, who continue the line of the world, by whom these creatures were made to increase.
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BndP 2 1.48
प्रजापतय इत्येवं पठ्यन्ते ब्रह्मणःसुताः । अपरे पितरो नाम एतैरेव महर्षिभिः
prajāpataya ityevaṃ paṭhyante brahmaṇaḥsutāḥ / apare pitaro nāma etaireva maharṣibhiḥ
Thus the sons of Brahmā are recited as "Prajāpatis"; others (are) named the Pitṛs. By these very great seers
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BndP 2 1.49
उत्पादिता देवगणाः सप्त लोकेषु विश्रुताः । अजेयाश्च गणाः सप्त सप्तलोकेषु विश्रुताः
utpāditā devagaṇāḥ sapta lokeṣu viśrutāḥ / ajeyāśca gaṇāḥ sapta saptalokeṣu viśrutāḥ
were produced the hosts of gods, seven (in number), renowned in the worlds; and the unconquerable hosts, seven, renowned in the seven worlds:
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BndP 2 1.50
मारीया भार्गवाश्चैव तथैवाङ्गिरसो ऽपरे । पौलस्त्याः पौलहाश्चैव वासिष्ठाश्चैव विश्रुताः
mārīyā bhārgavāścaiva tathaivāṅgiraso 'pare / paulastyāḥ paulahāścaiva vāsiṣṭhāścaiva viśrutāḥ
the Mārīyas and the Bhārgavas, and likewise the others, the Āṅgirasas, the Paulastyas and the Paulahas, and the renowned Vāsiṣṭhas,
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BndP 2 1.51
आत्रेयाश्च गणाः प्रोक्ता पितॄणां लोकवर्द्धनाः । एते समासतः ख्याताः पुनरन्ये गणास्त्रयः
ātreyāśca gaṇāḥ proktā pitṝṇāṃ lokavarddhanāḥ / ete samāsataḥ khyātāḥ punaranye gaṇāstrayaḥ
and the Ātreya hosts are declared (to be) of the Pitṛs, increasers of the world. These have been named in brief; again there are three other hosts:
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BndP 2 1.52
अमर्त्ताश्चाप्रकाशाश्च ज्योतिष्मन्तश्च विश्रुताः । तेषां राजायमो देवो यमैर्विहतकल्मषः
amarttāścāprakāśāśca jyotiṣmantaśca viśrutāḥ / teṣāṃ rājāyamo devo yamairvihatakalmaṣaḥ
the Amūrtas and the Aprakāśas and the renowned Jyotiṣmantas. Their king is the god Yama, whose defilement has been destroyed by his restraints (yama).
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BndP 2 1.53
अपरं प्रजानां यतयस्ताञ्छृमुध्वमतन्द्रिताः । कश्यपः कर्दमः शेषो विक्रान्तः सुश्रवास्तथा
aparaṃ prajānāṃ yatayastāñchṛmudhvamatandritāḥ / kaśyapaḥ kardamaḥ śeṣo vikrāntaḥ suśravāstathā
Another (class) among creatures are the Yatis; hear of them, unwearied: Kaśyapa, Kardama, Śeṣa, Vikrānta, and likewise Suśravas,
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BndP 2 1.54
बहुपुत्रः कुमारश्च विवस्वान्स शुचिव्रतः । प्रचेतसोरिष्टनेमिर्बहुलश्च प्रजापतिः
bahuputraḥ kumāraśca vivasvānsa śucivrataḥ / pracetasoriṣṭanemirbahulaśca prajāpatiḥ
Bahuputra and Kumāra, and Vivasvat of pure observances, Pracetas, Ariṣṭanemi, and Bahula the lord of creatures.
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BndP 2 1.55
इत्येवमादयो ऽन्ये ऽपि बहवो वै प्रजेश्वराः । कुशोच्चया वालखिल्याः सभूताः परमर्षयः
ityevamādayo 'nye 'pi bahavo vai prajeśvarāḥ / kuśoccayā vālakhilyāḥ sabhūtāḥ paramarṣayaḥ
These and yet other, many lords of creatures, and the Kuśoccayas and the Vālakhilyas, came into being — supreme seers.
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BndP 2 1.56
मनोजवाः सर्वगताः सर्वभोगाश्च ते ऽभवन् । जाताश्च भस्मनो ह्यन्ये ब्रह्मर्षिगणसंमताः
manojavāḥ sarvagatāḥ sarvabhogāśca te 'bhavan / jātāśca bhasmano hyanye brahmarṣigaṇasaṃmatāḥ
They were swift as thought, going everywhere, and possessed of every enjoyment; and others were born from ash, honoured by the host of brahman-seers,
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BndP 2 1.57
वैखानसा मुनिगणास्तपः श्रुतपरायणाः । नस्तो द्वावस्य चोत्पन्नावश्विनौ रूपसंमतौ
vaikhānasā munigaṇāstapaḥ śrutaparāyaṇāḥ / nasto dvāvasya cotpannāvaśvinau rūpasaṃmatau
the Vaikhānasas, hosts of sages, wholly devoted to austerity and sacred learning. And from his nose two were born, the Aśvins, esteemed for their beauty.
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BndP 2 1.58
विदुर्जन्मर्क्षरजसो तथा तन्नेत्रसंचरात् । अन्ये प्रजानां पतयः श्रोतोभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे
vidurjanmarkṣarajaso tathā tannetrasaṃcarāt / anye prajānāṃ patayaḥ śrotobhyastasya jajñire
They know the birth of Ṛkṣarajas, and (that it came) from the movement of his eye. Other lords of creatures were born from his ears.
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BndP 2 1.59
ऋषयो रोमकूपेभ्यस्तथा स्वेदमलोद्भवाः । अयने ऋतवो मासर्द्धमासाः पक्षसंधयः
ṛṣayo romakūpebhyastathā svedamalodbhavāḥ / ayane ṛtavo māsarddhamāsāḥ pakṣasaṃdhayaḥ
The seers (came) from his hair-pores, and likewise those arisen from his sweat and bodily impurity; (and there came) the two solstitial courses, the seasons, the months and half-months, the junctures of the fortnights,
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BndP 2 1.60
वत्सरा ये त्वहोरात्राः पित्तं ज्योतिश्च दारुणम् । रौद्रं लोहितमित्याहुर्लोहितं कनकं स्मृतम्
vatsarā ye tvahorātrāḥ pittaṃ jyotiśca dāruṇam / raudraṃ lohitamityāhurlohitaṃ kanakaṃ smṛtam
and the years, and the days and nights; his bile and (his) harsh radiance — this fierce (radiance) they call red, and red is held to be gold.
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BndP 2 1.61
तत्तैजसमिति प्रोक्तं धूमाश्च पशवः स्मृताः । ये ऽर्चिषस्तस्य ते रुद्रास्तथादित्याः समृद्गताः
tattaijasamiti proktaṃ dhūmāśca paśavaḥ smṛtāḥ / ye 'rciṣastasya te rudrāstathādityāḥ samṛdgatāḥ
That is said to be of the nature of fire; and the smoke is held to be the animals. Those which are his flames, they are the Rudras, and likewise the Ādityas who attained abundance.
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BndP 2 1.62
अङ्गारेभ्यः समुत्पन्ना अर्चिषो दिव्यमानुषाः । आदिभूतो ऽस्य लोकस्य ब्रह्मा त्वं ब्रह्मसंभवः
aṅgārebhyaḥ samutpannā arciṣo divyamānuṣāḥ / ādibhūto 'sya lokasya brahmā tvaṃ brahmasaṃbhavaḥ
From the embers arose the flames, divine and human. (They said:) "You, Brahmā, are the primal being of this world, sprung from brahman."
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BndP 2 1.63
सर्वकामदमित्याहुस्तथा वाक्यमुदाहरन् । ब्रह्मा सुरगुरुस्तत्र त्रिदशैः संप्रसादितः
sarvakāmadamityāhustathā vākyamudāharan / brahmā suragurustatra tridaśaiḥ saṃprasāditaḥ
They called (him) the giver of all desires, and thus uttered their speech; there Brahmā, the teacher of the gods, was fully propitiated by the Thirty.
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BndP 2 1.64
इमेवै जनयिष्यन्ति प्रजाः सर्वाः प्रचेश्वराः । सर्वे प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे चापि तपस्विनः
imevai janayiṣyanti prajāḥ sarvāḥ praceśvarāḥ / sarve prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve cāpi tapasvinaḥ
These lords of creatures will indeed beget all the creatures; all are lords of progeny, and all likewise are practisers of austerity.
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BndP 2 1.65
त्वत्प्रसादादिमांल्लोकान्धारयेयुरिमाः क्रियाः । त्वद्वंशवर्द्धनाः शश्वत्तव तेजोविवर्द्धनाः
tvatprasādādimāṃllokāndhārayeyurimāḥ kriyāḥ / tvadvaṃśavarddhanāḥ śaśvattava tejovivarddhanāḥ
By your grace may they uphold these worlds and these rites, they who increase your lineage and ever augment your splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 1.66
भवेयुर्वेदविद्वांसः सर्वे वाक्पतयस्तथा । वेदमन्त्रधराः सर्वे प्रजापतिसमुद्भवाः
bhaveyurvedavidvāṃsaḥ sarve vākpatayastathā / vedamantradharāḥ sarve prajāpatisamudbhavāḥ
May they become knowers of the Veda, and all of them masters of speech, all bearers of the Vedic mantras, sprung from Prajāpati.
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BndP 2 1.67
श्रयन्तु ब्रह्मसत्यं तु तपश्च परमं भुवि । सर्वे हि वयमेते च तवैव प्रसवः प्रभो
śrayantu brahmasatyaṃ tu tapaśca paramaṃ bhuvi / sarve hi vayamete ca tavaiva prasavaḥ prabho
And let them resort to the truth of brahman and to supreme austerity on earth; for all of us, and these too, are your offspring alone, O Lord.
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BndP 2 1.68
ब्रह्म च ब्रह्माणाश्चैव लोकश्चैव चराचराः । मरीचिमादितः कृत्वा देवाश्च ऋषिभिः सह
brahma ca brahmāṇāścaiva lokaścaiva carācarāḥ / marīcimāditaḥ kṛtvā devāśca ṛṣibhiḥ saha
brahman, and the brahmās, and the world with its moving and unmoving (beings), and the gods together with the seers, beginning with Marīci—
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BndP 2 1.69
अपत्यानीति संचिन्त्य ते ऽपत्ये कामयामहे । तस्मिन् यज्ञे महाभागा देवाश्च ऋषयश्च ये
apatyānīti saṃcintya te 'patye kāmayāmahe / tasmin yajñe mahābhāgā devāśca ṛṣayaśca ye
—reflecting "offspring!", we desire offspring in him. In that sacrifice, the greatly fortunate gods and the seers who (were present)—
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BndP 2 1.70
एते त्वद्वंशसंभूताः स्थानकालाभिमानिनः । तव तेनैव रूपेण स्थापयेयुरिमाः प्रजाः
ete tvadvaṃśasaṃbhūtāḥ sthānakālābhimāninaḥ / tava tenaiva rūpeṇa sthāpayeyurimāḥ prajāḥ
These, born of your lineage, laying claim to (their proper) place and time, may establish these creatures by that very form of yours.
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BndP 2 1.71
युगादिनिधनाश्चापि स्थापयन्तु इति द्विजाः । ततो ऽब्रवील्लोकगुरुः परमित्यभिधार यन्
yugādinidhanāścāpi sthāpayantu iti dvijāḥ / tato 'bravīllokaguruḥ paramityabhidhāra yan
"And let the twice-born establish the beginnings and ends of the yugas"—then the teacher of the world said "So be it," giving his assent.
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BndP 2 1.72
एतदेव विनिश्चित्य मया सृष्टा न संशयः । भवतां वंशसंभूताः पुनरेते महर्षयः
etadeva viniścitya mayā sṛṣṭā na saṃśayaḥ / bhavatāṃ vaṃśasaṃbhūtāḥ punarete maharṣayaḥ
"Having determined just this, they were created by me—there is no doubt; these great seers, once again, are born in your lineage."
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BndP 2 1.73
तेषां भृगोः कीर्त्तयिष्ये वंशं पूर्वं महात्मनः । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च प्रथमस्य प्रजापतेः
teṣāṃ bhṛgoḥ kīrttayiṣye vaṃśaṃ pūrvaṃ mahātmanaḥ / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca prathamasya prajāpateḥ
Of them I shall first proclaim the lineage of the great-souled Bhṛgu, the first Prajāpati, at length and in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 1.74
भार्ये भृगोरप्रतिमे उत्तमाभिजने शुभे । हिरण्यकशिपो कन्या दिव्या नाम परिश्रुता
bhārye bhṛgorapratime uttamābhijane śubhe / hiraṇyakaśipo kanyā divyā nāma pariśrutā
Bhṛgu had two incomparable wives, auspicious and of the highest birth: the daughter of Hiraṇyakaśipu, renowned by the name Divyā,
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BndP 2 1.75
पुलोम्नश्चव पौलोमी दुहिता वरवर्णिनी । भृगोस्त्वजनयद्दिव्या पुत्रं ब्रह्मविदां वरम्
pulomnaścava paulomī duhitā varavarṇinī / bhṛgostvajanayaddivyā putraṃ brahmavidāṃ varam
and Paulomī, the daughter of Puloman, of lovely complexion. Divyā bore to Bhṛgu a son, the best of the knowers of brahman,
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BndP 2 1.76
देवासुराणामाचार्यं शुक्रं कविवरं ग्रहम् । शुक्र एवोशना नित्यमतः काव्यो ऽपि नामतः
devāsurāṇāmācāryaṃ śukraṃ kavivaraṃ graham / śukra evośanā nityamataḥ kāvyo 'pi nāmataḥ
Śukra, the teacher of gods and asuras, the finest of sages, a planet. Śukra is ever Uśanas, and hence also Kāvya by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 1.77
पितॄणां मानसी कन्या सोमपानां यशस्विनी । शुक्रस्य भार्या गौर्नाम विजज्ञे चतुरः सुतान्
pitṝṇāṃ mānasī kanyā somapānāṃ yaśasvinī / śukrasya bhāryā gaurnāma vijajñe caturaḥ sutān
The mind-born daughter of the soma-drinking Fathers, the illustrious wife of Śukra named Gau, gave birth to four sons:
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BndP 2 1.78
त्वष्टा चैव वरत्री च शण्डामकारै च तावुभौ । तेजसादित्यसंकाशा ब्रह्मकल्पाः प्रभावतः
tvaṣṭā caiva varatrī ca śaṇḍāmakārai ca tāvubhau / tejasādityasaṃkāśā brahmakalpāḥ prabhāvataḥ
Tvaṣṭā and Varatrī, and those two, Śaṇḍa and Amarka—in splendour like the sun, in power the equals of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 1.79
रजतः पृथुरश्मिश्च विद्वान्यश्च बृहङ्गिराः । वरत्रिणः सुता ह्येते ब्रह्मिष्ठा दैत्ययाजकाः
rajataḥ pṛthuraśmiśca vidvānyaśca bṛhaṅgirāḥ / varatriṇaḥ sutā hyete brahmiṣṭhā daityayājakāḥ
Rajata, Pṛthuraśmi, the learned Vidvān(?), and Bṛhaṅgiras—these are the sons of Varatrin, most devoted to brahman, sacrificial priests of the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 1.80
इज्याधर्मविनाशार्थं मनुमेत्याभ्ययाजयन् । निरस्यमानं वै धर्मं दृष्ट्वेन्द्रो मनुमाब्रवीत्
ijyādharmavināśārthaṃ manumetyābhyayājayan / nirasyamānaṃ vai dharmaṃ dṛṣṭvendro manumābravīt
In order to destroy the law of sacrifice they approached Manu and had him sacrifice; and seeing dharma being cast aside, Indra said to Manu:
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BndP 2 1.81
एतैरेव तु कामं त्वां प्रापयिष्यामि याजनम् । श्रुत्वेन्द्रस्य तु तद्वाक्यं तस्माद्देशादपाक्रमन्
etaireva tu kāmaṃ tvāṃ prāpayiṣyāmi yājanam / śrutvendrasya tu tadvākyaṃ tasmāddeśādapākraman
"By these very men I shall, if you wish, bring the sacrificing upon you." But hearing that speech of Indra's, they withdrew from that country.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 1.82
तिरोभूतेषु तेष्विन्द्रो मनुपत्नीमचेतनाम् । ग्रहेण मोचयित्वा च ततश्चानुससार ताम्
tirobhūteṣu teṣvindro manupatnīmacetanām / graheṇa mocayitvā ca tataścānusasāra tām
When they had vanished, Indra freed Manu's wife, who was unconscious, from the seizure (of the demon), and then followed after her.
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BndP 2 1.83
तत इन्द्रविनाशाय यतमानान्मुनींस्तु तान् । तानागतान्पुनर्दृष्ट्वा दुष्टानिन्द्रो विहस्य तु
tata indravināśāya yatamānānmunīṃstu tān / tānāgatānpunardṛṣṭvā duṣṭānindro vihasya tu
Then, seeing those sages come again, wicked ones striving for Indra's destruction, Indra laughed.
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BndP 2 1.84
ततस्ता नदहत्क्रुद्धो वेद्यर्द्धे दक्षिणे ततः । तेषां तु धृष्यमाणानां तत्र शालावृकैः सह
tatastā nadahatkruddho vedyarddhe dakṣiṇe tataḥ / teṣāṃ tu dhṛṣyamāṇānāṃ tatra śālāvṛkaiḥ saha
Then, enraged, he burned them at the southern half of the altar; and as they were being mauled there by the śālāvṛka (wild dogs),
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BndP 2 1.85
शीर्षाणि न्यपतंस्तानि खर्जूरा ह्यभवंस्ततः । एवं वरत्रिणः पुत्रा इन्द्रेण निहताः पुरा
śīrṣāṇi nyapataṃstāni kharjūrā hyabhavaṃstataḥ / evaṃ varatriṇaḥ putrā indreṇa nihatāḥ purā
their heads fell off, and from them arose date-palms. Thus the sons of Varatrin were slain of old by Indra.
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BndP 2 1.86
जयन्त्यां देवयानी तु शुक्रस्य दुहिताभवत् । त्रिशिरा विश्वरूपस्तु त्वष्टुः पुत्रो ऽभवन्महान्
jayantyāṃ devayānī tu śukrasya duhitābhavat / triśirā viśvarūpastu tvaṣṭuḥ putro 'bhavanmahān
But Devayānī was born of Jayantī as Śukra's daughter; and the three-headed Viśvarūpa, the great one, was Tvaṣṭṛ's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 1.87
यशोधरायामुत्पन्नो वैरोचन्यां महायशाः । विश्वरूपानुजश्चैव विश्वकर्मा च यः स्मृतः
yaśodharāyāmutpanno vairocanyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ / viśvarūpānujaścaiva viśvakarmā ca yaḥ smṛtaḥ
(He was) born of Yaśodharā, the daughter of Virocana, greatly renowned; and Viśvarūpa's younger brother is the one remembered as Viśvakarman.
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BndP 2 1.88
भृगोस्तु भृगवो देवा जज्ञिरे द्वादशात्मजाः । दिव्यानुसुषुवे कन्या काव्यस्यैवानुजा प्रभोः
bhṛgostu bhṛgavo devā jajñire dvādaśātmajāḥ / divyānusuṣuve kanyā kāvyasyaivānujā prabhoḥ
Of Bhṛgu were born the twelve sons, the Bhṛgu gods; and the maiden, the younger sister of Kāvya the lord, bore divine offspring.
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BndP 2 1.89
भुवनोभावनश्चैव अन्त्यश्चान्त्यायनस्तथा । क्रतुः शुचिः स्वमूर्द्धा च व्याजश्च वसुदश्च यः
bhuvanobhāvanaścaiva antyaścāntyāyanastathā / kratuḥ śuciḥ svamūrddhā ca vyājaśca vasudaśca yaḥ
Bhuvana and Bhāvana, and Antya and Antyāyana likewise, Kratu, Śuci, Svamūrdhan, Vyāja, and he who is Vasuda,
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BndP 2 1.90
प्रभवश्चाव्ययश्चैव द्वादशो ऽधिपतिः स्मृतः । इत्येते भृगवो देवाः स्मृता द्वादश यज्ञियाः
prabhavaścāvyayaścaiva dvādaśo 'dhipatiḥ smṛtaḥ / ityete bhṛgavo devāḥ smṛtā dvādaśa yajñiyāḥ
and Prabhava and Avyaya — the twelfth is remembered as Adhipati. These are remembered as the twelve Bhṛgu gods who share in the sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 1.91
पौलोम्यजनयत्पुत्रं ब्रह्मिष्ठं वशिनं द्विजम् । व्यादितः सो ऽष्टमे मासिगर्भः क्रूरेण रक्षसा
paulomyajanayatputraṃ brahmiṣṭhaṃ vaśinaṃ dvijam / vyāditaḥ so 'ṣṭame māsigarbhaḥ krūreṇa rakṣasā
Paulomī bore a son, most devoted to Brahman, self-controlled, twice-born; in the eighth month the embryo was made to slip out by a cruel demon.
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BndP 2 1.92
च्यवनाच्च्यवनः सो ऽथ चेतनात्तु प्रचेतनः । प्रचेताः श्च्यवनः क्रोधाद्दग्धवान्पुरुषादकान्
cyavanāccyavanaḥ so 'tha cetanāttu pracetanaḥ / pracetāḥ ścyavanaḥ krodhāddagdhavānpuruṣādakān
From the falling (cyavana) he became Cyavana; and from consciousness (cetana), Pracetana. Pracetas Cyavana in anger burned up the man-eaters.
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BndP 2 1.93
जनयामास पुत्रौ द्वौ सुकन्यायां सभार्गवः । आप्रवानं दधीचं च तावुभौ साधुसंमतौ
janayāmāsa putrau dvau sukanyāyāṃ sabhārgavaḥ / āpravānaṃ dadhīcaṃ ca tāvubhau sādhusaṃmatau
That descendant of Bhṛgu begot two sons upon Sukanyā: Āpravāna and Dadhīca, both esteemed by the good.
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BndP 2 1.94
सारस्वतः सरस्वत्यां दधीचस्योदपद्यत । ऋची पत्नी महाभागा अप्रवानस्य नाहुषी
sārasvataḥ sarasvatyāṃ dadhīcasyodapadyata / ṛcī patnī mahābhāgā apravānasya nāhuṣī
Sārasvata was born to Dadhīca from Sarasvatī; and the greatly blessed Ṛcī, daughter of Nahuṣa, was Āpravāna's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 1.95
तस्यामौर्व ऋषिर्जज्ञे ऊरुं भित्तवा महायशाः । और्वस्यासीदृचीकस्तु दीप्तो ऽग्निसमतेजसा
tasyāmaurva ṛṣirjajñe ūruṃ bhittavā mahāyaśāḥ / aurvasyāsīdṛcīkastu dīpto 'gnisamatejasā
From her the sage Aurva of great renown was born, splitting open her thigh; and Aurva's son was Ṛcīka, blazing with a radiance equal to fire's.
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BndP 2 1.96
जमदग्निरृचीकस्य सत्यवत्यामजायत । भृगोश्चरुविपर्यासे रौद्रवैष्णवयौः पुरा
jamadagnirṛcīkasya satyavatyāmajāyata / bhṛgoścaruviparyāse raudravaiṣṇavayauḥ purā
Jamadagni was born to Ṛcīka from Satyavatī, formerly, when Bhṛgu's oblation-dishes — the Rudra one and the Viṣṇu one — were exchanged.
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BndP 2 1.97
जमनाद्वैष्मवस्याग्नेर्जमदग्निरजायत । रेणुकाजमदग्नेश्च शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमम्
jamanādvaiṣmavasyāgnerjamadagnirajāyata / reṇukājamadagneśca śakratulyaparākramam
From the going forth (jamana) of the fire belonging to Viṣṇu, Jamadagni was born; and Reṇukā (bore) to Jamadagni (a son) whose valour equalled Śakra's,
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BndP 2 1.98
ब्रह्मक्षत्रमयं रामं सुषुवे ऽमिततेजसम् । ओर्वस्यासीत्पुत्रशतं जमदग्निपुरोगमम्
brahmakṣatramayaṃ rāmaṃ suṣuve 'mitatejasam / orvasyāsītputraśataṃ jamadagnipurogamam
she bore Rāma, made of both brahman and kṣatra, of measureless energy. Aurva had a hundred sons, with Jamadagni at their head.
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BndP 2 1.99
तेषां पुत्र सहस्राणि भार्गवाणां परस्परात् । ऋष्यतरेषु वै बाह्या बहवो भार्गवाः स्मृताः
teṣāṃ putra sahasrāṇi bhārgavāṇāṃ parasparāt / ṛṣyatareṣu vai bāhyā bahavo bhārgavāḥ smṛtāḥ
From these Bhārgavas, through one another, came thousands of sons; and among the other sages many Bhārgavas are recorded as outsiders.
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BndP 2 1.100
वत्सा विदा आर्ष्टिषेणा यस्का वैन्याश्च शौनकाः । मित्रेयुः सप्तमा ह्येते पक्षा ज्ञेयास्तु भार्गवाः
vatsā vidā ārṣṭiṣeṇā yaskā vainyāśca śaunakāḥ / mitreyuḥ saptamā hyete pakṣā jñeyāstu bhārgavāḥ
Vatsas, Vidas, Ārṣṭiṣeṇas, Yaskas, Vainyas and Śaunakas, and Mitreyu the seventh — these are to be known as the branches of the Bhārgavas.
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BndP 2 1.101
शृणुताङ्गिरसो वंशमग्नेः पुत्रस्य धीमतः । यस्यान्ववाये संभूता भारद्वाजाः सगौतमाः
śṛṇutāṅgiraso vaṃśamagneḥ putrasya dhīmataḥ / yasyānvavāye saṃbhūtā bhāradvājāḥ sagautamāḥ
Hear the lineage of Aṅgiras, the wise son of Agni, in whose descent arose the Bhāradvājas together with the Gautamas.
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BndP 2 1.102
देवाश्चाङ्गिरसो मुख्यास्त्त्विषिमन्तो महौजसः । सुरूपा चैव मारीची कार्दमी च तथा स्वराट्
devāścāṅgiraso mukhyāsttviṣimanto mahaujasaḥ / surūpā caiva mārīcī kārdamī ca tathā svarāṭ
And the Āṅgirasa gods, foremost, brilliant, of great vigour; and Surūpā the daughter of Marīci, and Kārdamī, and likewise Svarāṭ.
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BndP 2 1.103
पथ्या च मानवी कन्या तिस्रो भार्या ह्यथर्वणः । अथर्वणस्तु दायादास्तासु जाताः कुलोद्वहाः
pathyā ca mānavī kanyā tisro bhāryā hyatharvaṇaḥ / atharvaṇastu dāyādāstāsu jātāḥ kulodvahāḥ
And Pathyā, the daughter of Manu — (these were) the three wives of Atharvan; and Atharvan's heirs, upholders of the line, were born of them.
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BndP 2 1.104
उत्पन्ना महता चैव तपसा भावितात्मनः । बृहस्पतिं सुरूपायां गौतमं सुषुवे स्वराट्
utpannā mahatā caiva tapasā bhāvitātmanaḥ / bṛhaspatiṃ surūpāyāṃ gautamaṃ suṣuve svarāṭ
They were produced by (his) great austerity, (he being) one of purified self; Svarāṭ bore Bṛhaspati in Surūpā, (and) Gautama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 1.105
अयास्यं वामदेवं च उतथ्यमुशितिं तथा । धृष्णिः पुत्रस्तु पथ्यायाः संवर्त्तश्चैव मानसः
ayāsyaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca utathyamuśitiṃ tathā / dhṛṣṇiḥ putrastu pathyāyāḥ saṃvarttaścaiva mānasaḥ
And Ayāsya, and Vāmadeva, and Utathya, and likewise Uśiti; and Dhṛṣṇi was the son of Pathyā, and Saṃvarta, the mind-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 1.106
कितवश्चाप्ययास्यस्य शरद्वांश्चप्युतथ्यजः । अथोशिजो दीर्घतमा बृहदुक्थो वामदेवजः
kitavaścāpyayāsyasya śaradvāṃścapyutathyajaḥ / athośijo dīrghatamā bṛhaduktho vāmadevajaḥ
And Kitava was Ayāsya's, and Śaradvān was born of Utathya; then Dīrghatamas, son of Uśij, (and) Bṛhaduktha, born of Vāmadeva.
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BndP 2 1.107
धृष्णेः पुत्रः सुधन्वा तु ऋषभश्च सुधन्वनः । रथकाराः स्मृता देवा ऋभवो ये परिश्रुताः
dhṛṣṇeḥ putraḥ sudhanvā tu ṛṣabhaśca sudhanvanaḥ / rathakārāḥ smṛtā devā ṛbhavo ye pariśrutāḥ
But Dhṛṣṇi's son was Sudhanvan, and Ṛṣabha was Sudhanvan's; (their sons) are remembered as the chariot-making gods, the Ṛbhus, who are widely renowned.
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BndP 2 1.108
बृहस्पतेर्भरद्वाजो विश्रुतः सुमहायशाः । बृहस्पतिं सुरूपायां गौतमं सुषुवे स्वराट्
bṛhaspaterbharadvājo viśrutaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ / bṛhaspatiṃ surūpāyāṃ gautamaṃ suṣuve svarāṭ
Bharadvāja was Bṛhaspati's (son), renowned and of very great fame; Svarāṭ bore Bṛhaspati in Surūpā, (and) Gautama.
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BndP 2 1.109
औरसांगिरसः पुत्राः सुरूपायां विजज्ञिरे । आधार्यायुर्द्दनुर्दक्षो दमः प्राणस्त थैव च
aurasāṃgirasaḥ putrāḥ surūpāyāṃ vijajñire / ādhāryāyurddanurdakṣo damaḥ prāṇasta thaiva ca
The bodily-born sons of Aṅgiras were begotten in Surūpā: Ādhārya, Āyus, Danu, Dakṣa, Dama, and likewise Prāṇa,
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BndP 2 1.110
हविष्यांश्च हविष्णुश्च ऋतः सत्यश्च ते दश । अयास्याश्चप्युतथ्याश्च वामदेवास्तथौशिजाः
haviṣyāṃśca haviṣṇuśca ṛtaḥ satyaśca te daśa / ayāsyāścapyutathyāśca vāmadevāstathauśijāḥ
and Haviṣyat and Haviṣṇu, Ṛta and Satya — these ten; and the Ayāsyas and the Utathyas, the Vāmadevas and likewise the Auśijas,
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BndP 2 1.111
भारद्वाजाः सांकृतयो गर्गाः कण्वरथीतराः । मुद्गला विष्णुवृद्धाश्च हरिताः कपयस्तथा
bhāradvājāḥ sāṃkṛtayo gargāḥ kaṇvarathītarāḥ / mudgalā viṣṇuvṛddhāśca haritāḥ kapayastathā
the Bhāradvājas, the Sāṃkṛtis, the Gargas, the Kaṇvas and Rathītaras, the Mudgalas and the Viṣṇuvṛddhas, the Haritas and likewise the Kapis,
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BndP 2 1.112
तथा रूक्षभरद्वाजा आर्षभाः कितवस्तथा । एते चाङ्गिरसां पक्षा विज्ञेया दश पञ्च च
tathā rūkṣabharadvājā ārṣabhāḥ kitavastathā / ete cāṅgirasāṃ pakṣā vijñeyā daśa pañca ca
and likewise the Rūkṣabharadvājas, the Ārṣabhas, and the Kitavas: these are to be known as the branches of the Āṅgirasas, fifteen (in number).
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BndP 2 1.113
ऋष्यन्तरेषु वै बाह्या बहवोङ्गिरसः स्मृताः । मरीचेरपि वक्ष्यामि भेद मुत्तमपूरुषम्
ṛṣyantareṣu vai bāhyā bahavoṅgirasaḥ smṛtāḥ / marīcerapi vakṣyāmi bheda muttamapūruṣam
Among the other seers, many Āṅgirasas are recorded as outside (these branches). Of Marīci too I shall tell the division, which has the highest of men (in it).
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BndP 2 1.114
यस्यान्ववाये संभूतं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । मरीचिरापश्चकमे नाभिध्यायन्प्रजेप्सया
yasyānvavāye saṃbhūtaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / marīcirāpaścakame nābhidhyāyanprajepsayā
In whose lineage arose the world with its moving and unmoving (beings): Marīci, meditating, desired the waters out of a wish for offspring.
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BndP 2 1.115
पुत्रः सर्वगुणोपेतः प्रजावान्प्रभवेदिति । संयुज्यात्मानमेवन्तु तपसा भावितः प्रभुः
putraḥ sarvaguṇopetaḥ prajāvānprabhavediti / saṃyujyātmānamevantu tapasā bhāvitaḥ prabhuḥ
(Thinking) "Let a son endowed with all virtues, possessed of offspring, come forth" — thus the lord, matured by austerity, joined himself (to them).
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BndP 2 1.116
आहताश्च ततः सर्वा आपः समभवंस्तदा । तासु प्रणिहितात्मानमेकं सो ऽजनयत्प्रभुः
āhatāśca tataḥ sarvā āpaḥ samabhavaṃstadā / tāsu praṇihitātmānamekaṃ so 'janayatprabhuḥ
And thereupon all the waters were struck and came together; having placed himself in them, that lord generated one (being),
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BndP 2 1.117
पुत्रमप्रतिमं नाम्नारिष्टनेमिं प्रजापतिम् । पुत्रं मरीचिस्तपसि निरतः सो ऽप्स्वतीतपत्
putramapratimaṃ nāmnāriṣṭanemiṃ prajāpatim / putraṃ marīcistapasi nirataḥ so 'psvatītapat
a son without equal, Ariṣṭanemi by name, a Prajāpati. Marīci, intent on austerity, heated (that) son within the waters.
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BndP 2 1.118
प्रध्याय हि सतीं वाचं पुत्रार्थी सरिरे स्थितः । सप्तवर्षसहस्राणि ततः सो ऽप्रतिमो ऽभवत्
pradhyāya hi satīṃ vācaṃ putrārthī sarire sthitaḥ / saptavarṣasahasrāṇi tataḥ so 'pratimo 'bhavat
For, having meditated on true speech, desiring a son, he stood in the water for seven thousand years; thereupon he became one without equal —
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BndP 2 1.119
कश्यपः सवितुर्विद्वांस्तेजसा ब्रह्मणा समः । मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ब्रह्मण्ॐऽशेन जायते
kaśyapaḥ saviturvidvāṃstejasā brahmaṇā samaḥ / manvantareṣu sarveṣu brahmaṇoṃ'śena jāyate
Kaśyapa, learned, (sprung) from Savitṛ, equal in splendour to Brahmā; in all the manvantaras he is born with a portion of Brahmā.
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BndP 2 1.120
कन्यानिमित्तमत्युक्तो दक्षेण कुपितः प्रभुः । अपिबत्स तदा कश्यं कश्यं मद्यमिहोच्यते
kanyānimittamatyukto dakṣeṇa kupitaḥ prabhuḥ / apibatsa tadā kaśyaṃ kaśyaṃ madyamihocyate
Being abused by Dakṣa on account of the daughters, the angry lord then drank kaśya; kaśya is here said to be liquor.
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BndP 2 1.121
हास्ये कशिर्हि विज्ञेयो वाङ्मनः कश्यमुच्यते । कश्यं मद्यं स्मृतं विप्रैः कश्यपानां तु कश्यपः
hāsye kaśirhi vijñeyo vāṅmanaḥ kaśyamucyate / kaśyaṃ madyaṃ smṛtaṃ vipraiḥ kaśyapānāṃ tu kaśyapaḥ
For kaśi is to be understood in the sense of laughter; speech and mind are called kaśya; kaśya is held by the brahmins to be liquor, and Kaśyapa (is the ancestor) of the Kaśyapas.
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BndP 2 1.122
कशेति नाम यद्वाचो वाचा क्रूरमुदात्दृतम् । दक्षाभिशप्तः कुपितः कश्यपस्तेन सो ऽभवत्
kaśeti nāma yadvāco vācā krūramudātdṛtam / dakṣābhiśaptaḥ kupitaḥ kaśyapastena so 'bhavat
Because the name "kaśa" was harshly uttered by (his) speech in a word — cursed by Dakṣa and enraged, he thereby became Kaśyapa.
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BndP 2 1.123
तस्माच्च कश्यपायोक्तो ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । तस्मै प्राचेतसो दक्षः कन्यास्ताः प्रत्यपादयत्
tasmācca kaśyapāyokto brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā / tasmai prācetaso dakṣaḥ kanyāstāḥ pratyapādayat
And for that reason he was called Kaśyapa by Brahmā Parameṣṭhin; to him Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, gave over those daughters.
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BndP 2 1.124
सर्वाश्च ब्रह्मवादिन्यः सर्वा वै लोकमातरः । इत्येतमृषिसर्गं तु पुण्यं यो वेद वारुणम्
sarvāśca brahmavādinyaḥ sarvā vai lokamātaraḥ / ityetamṛṣisargaṃ tu puṇyaṃ yo veda vāruṇam
And all (of them) were expounders of the Veda, all indeed mothers of the world. Thus, whoever knows this meritorious creation of sages belonging to Varuṇa —
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BndP 2 1.125
आयुष्मान्पुण्यवाञ्छुद्धः सुखमाप्नोति शाश्वतम् । धारणाच्छ्रवणाद्वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
āyuṣmānpuṇyavāñchuddhaḥ sukhamāpnoti śāśvatam / dhāraṇācchravaṇādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
— long-lived, meritorious and pure, he attains everlasting happiness; whether by retaining (it in memory) or by hearing (it), he is released from all sins.
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