Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 2
BndP 2 2.1
सूत उवाच विनिवृत्ते प्रजासर्गे षष्ठे वै चाक्षुषस्य ह । प्रजाः सृजेति व्यदिष्टः स्वयं दक्षः स्वयंभुवा
sūta uvāca vinivṛtte prajāsarge ṣaṣṭhe vai cākṣuṣasya ha / prajāḥ sṛjeti vyadiṣṭaḥ svayaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā
Sūta said: When the sixth creation of beings, that of Cākṣuṣa, had ceased, Dakṣa himself was commanded by the Self-existent: "Create progeny."
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BndP 2 2.2
ससर्ज सर्वभूतानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च । मानसानि च भूतानि स पूर्वमसृजत्प्रभुः
sasarja sarvabhūtāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca / mānasāni ca bhūtāni sa pūrvamasṛjatprabhuḥ
He created all beings, those that move and those that are fixed; and the lord first created the beings born of his mind.
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BndP 2 2.3
ऋषीन्देवांश्च गन्धर्वान्मनुष्योरगराक्षसान् । यक्षभूतपिशाचांश्च वयः पशुमृगांस्तथा
ṛṣīndevāṃśca gandharvānmanuṣyoragarākṣasān / yakṣabhūtapiśācāṃśca vayaḥ paśumṛgāṃstathā
— sages and gods and gandharvas, men, serpents and rākṣasas, and yakṣas, bhūtas and piśācas, birds, cattle and wild animals.
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BndP 2 2.4
यदास्य मनसा सृष्टा न व्यवर्द्धन्त ताः प्रजाः । अपध्याता भगवता महादेवेन धीमता
yadāsya manasā sṛṣṭā na vyavarddhanta tāḥ prajāḥ / apadhyātā bhagavatā mahādevena dhīmatā
When those creatures of his, created by his mind, did not increase, being ill-thought-of by the blessed and wise Mahādeva —
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BndP 2 2.5
स मैथुनेन भावेन सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः । असिक्रीमावहद्भार्यां वीरणस्य प्रजापतेः
sa maithunena bhāvena sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ / asikrīmāvahadbhāryāṃ vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ
— he, wishing to create manifold progeny by the way of sexual union, took as wife Asikrī, (the daughter) of Vīraṇa Prajāpati,
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BndP 2 2.6
सुतां सुमहता युक्तां तपसा लोक धारिणीम् । यया धृतमिदं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
sutāṃ sumahatā yuktāṃ tapasā loka dhāriṇīm / yayā dhṛtamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
— (his) daughter, endowed with very great austerity, the supporter of the world, by whom all this world, moving and unmoving, is upheld.
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BndP 2 2.7
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमौ श्लोकौ प्राचेतसां प्रति । दक्षस्योद्वहतो भार्यांमसिक्रीं वैरणीं पुरा
atrāpyudāharantīmau ślokau prācetasāṃ prati / dakṣasyodvahato bhāryāṃmasikrīṃ vairaṇīṃ purā
On this too they recite these two verses concerning the descendants of Pracetas, about Dakṣa's marrying formerly as wife Asikrī, the daughter of Vīraṇa:
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BndP 2 2.8
कृपानां नियुतं दक्षं सर्पिणां साभिमानिनाम् । नदीगिरिष्बसज्जन्तं पृष्ठतो ऽनुययौ प्रभुम्
kṛpānāṃ niyutaṃ dakṣaṃ sarpiṇāṃ sābhimāninām / nadīgiriṣbasajjantaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nuyayau prabhum
...a myriad, (and) proud serpents(?)... she followed behind the lord Dakṣa as he went among rivers and mountains.
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BndP 2 2.9
तं दृष्ट्वा ऋषिभिः प्रोक्तं प्रतिष्ठास्यति वै प्रजाः । प्रथमो ऽत्र द्वितीयस्तु दक्षः स हि प्रजापतिः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ pratiṣṭhāsyati vai prajāḥ / prathamo 'tra dvitīyastu dakṣaḥ sa hi prajāpatiḥ
Seeing him, it was said by the sages: "He will indeed establish progeny; the first (is) here, but Dakṣa is the second, for he is the Lord of creatures."
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BndP 2 2.10
अथागच्छद्यथाकालं प्रहीनां नियुतं तु यत् । असिक्रीं वैरणीं तत्र दक्षः प्राचेतसो ऽवहत्
athāgacchadyathākālaṃ prahīnāṃ niyutaṃ tu yat / asikrīṃ vairaṇīṃ tatra dakṣaḥ prācetaso 'vahat
Then, in due course of time, there came about that diminished myriad; there Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, married Asikrī, the daughter of Vīraṇa.
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BndP 2 2.11
अथ पुत्रसहस्रं स वैरण्याममितौजसम् । असिक्न्यां जनयामास दक्षः प्राचे तसः प्रभुः
atha putrasahasraṃ sa vairaṇyāmamitaujasam / asiknyāṃ janayāmāsa dakṣaḥ prāce tasaḥ prabhuḥ
Then Dakṣa, the lord, son of Pracetas, begot upon Vairaṇī Asiknī a thousand sons of measureless might.
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BndP 2 2.12
तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा महातेजाः स विवर्द्धयिषुः प्रजाः । देवर्षिप्रियसंवादो नारदो ब्रह्मणः सुतः
tāṃstu dṛṣṭvā mahātejāḥ sa vivarddhayiṣuḥ prajāḥ / devarṣipriyasaṃvādo nārado brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
But seeing them, he of great splendour wishing to multiply progeny — (then) Nārada, the son of Brahmā, whose conversation was dear to gods and sages,
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BndP 2 2.13
नाशाय वचनं तेषां शापयैवात्मनो ऽब्रवीत् । यः कश्यपसुतस्याथ परमेष्ठी व्यजायत
nāśāya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ śāpayaivātmano 'bravīt / yaḥ kaśyapasutasyātha parameṣṭhī vyajāyata
spoke a word for their destruction, by (bringing about) a curse upon himself; he who then was born as Parameṣṭhin to the son of Kaśyapa —
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BndP 2 2.14
मानसः कश्यपस्यासीद्दक्षशापवशात्पुनः । तस्मात्स काश्यपस्याथ द्वितीयो मानसो ऽभवत्
mānasaḥ kaśyapasyāsīddakṣaśāpavaśātpunaḥ / tasmātsa kāśyapasyātha dvitīyo mānaso 'bhavat
— he became once more the mind-born son of Kaśyapa by force of Dakṣa's curse; therefore he became the second mind-born son of Kāśyapa.
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BndP 2 2.15
स हि पूर्वं समुत्पन्नो नारदः परमेष्ठिनः । तेन वृक्षस्य पुत्रा वै हर्यश्वा इति विश्रुताः
sa hi pūrvaṃ samutpanno nāradaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ / tena vṛkṣasya putrā vai haryaśvā iti viśrutāḥ
For he, Nārada, had earlier been born of Parameṣṭhin; by him the sons (of Dakṣa?), famed as the Haryaśvas, (were destroyed).
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BndP 2 2.16
धर्मार्थं नाशिताः सर्वे विधिना च न संशयः । तस्योद्यतस्तदा दक्षः क्रुद्धः शापाय वै प्रभुः
dharmārthaṃ nāśitāḥ sarve vidhinā ca na saṃśayaḥ / tasyodyatastadā dakṣaḥ kruddhaḥ śāpāya vai prabhuḥ
All were destroyed for the sake of dharma, and by (divine) ordinance, without doubt. Then the lord Dakṣa, enraged, set about cursing him.
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BndP 2 2.17
ब्रह्मर्षीन्वै पुरस्कृत्य याचितः परमेष्ठिना । ततो ऽभिसंधिं चक्रे वै दक्षश्च परमेष्ठिना
brahmarṣīnvai puraskṛtya yācitaḥ parameṣṭhinā / tato 'bhisaṃdhiṃ cakre vai dakṣaśca parameṣṭhinā
Putting the brahmin-seers in front, he was entreated by Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā); thereupon Dakṣa made a compact with Parameṣṭhin.
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BndP 2 2.18
कन्यायां नारदो मह्यं तव पुत्रो भवेदिति । ततो दक्षः सुतां प्रदात् प्रियां वै परमेष्ठिने । तस्मात्स नारदो जज्ञे भूयः शापभयदृषिः
kanyāyāṃ nārado mahyaṃ tava putro bhavediti / tato dakṣaḥ sutāṃ pradāt priyāṃ vai parameṣṭhine / tasmātsa nārado jajñe bhūyaḥ śāpabhayadṛṣiḥ
"Let Nārada be born as my son from your daughter" — then Dakṣa gave his dear daughter to Parameṣṭhin; from her that seer Nārada was born again, out of fear of the curse.
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BndP 2 2.19
शांशपायन उवाच कथं वै नाशिताः पूर्वं नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । प्रजापतिसुतास्ते वै श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
śāṃśapāyana uvāca kathaṃ vai nāśitāḥ pūrvaṃ nāradena surarṣiṇā / prajāpatisutāste vai śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ
Śāṃśapāyana said: How were they destroyed formerly by Nārada, the seer among the gods — those sons of the Lord of creatures? I wish to hear it as it truly was.
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BndP 2 2.20
सूत उवाच दक्षपुत्राश्च हर्यश्वा विवर्धयिषवः प्रजाः । समागता महावीर्या नारदस्तानुवाच ह
sūta uvāca dakṣaputrāśca haryaśvā vivardhayiṣavaḥ prajāḥ / samāgatā mahāvīryā nāradastānuvāca ha
Sūta said: The sons of Dakṣa, the Haryaśvas, of great might, came together wishing to increase progeny; and Nārada said to them:
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BndP 2 2.21
बालिशा बत यूयं वै न प्रजानीथ भूतलम् । अन्तरूर्ध्वमधश्चैव कथं स्रक्ष्यथ वै प्रजाः
bāliśā bata yūyaṃ vai na prajānītha bhūtalam / antarūrdhvamadhaścaiva kathaṃ srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ
"Alas, you are simpletons: you do not know the surface of the earth, its middle, above and below. How then will you create progeny?"
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BndP 2 2.22
ते तु तद्वचन श्रुत्वा प्याताः सर्वतो दिशम् । अधापि म निवर्त्तन्ते समुद्रस्था इवापगाः
te tu tadvacana śrutvā pyātāḥ sarvato diśam / adhāpi ma nivarttante samudrasthā ivāpagāḥ
But they, having heard that speech (of his), went off in every direction; even today they do not return, like rivers (that have) entered the sea.
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BndP 2 2.23
अथ तेषु प्रणष्टेषु दक्षः प्राचे तसः पुनः । वैरण्यामेव पुत्राणां सहस्रमसृजत्प्रभुः
atha teṣu praṇaṣṭeṣu dakṣaḥ prāce tasaḥ punaḥ / vairaṇyāmeva putrāṇāṃ sahasramasṛjatprabhuḥ
Then, when they had perished, Dakṣa Prācetasa again — the lord — begot in Vairaṇī a thousand sons.
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BndP 2 2.24
प्रजा विवर्द्धयिषवः शबलाश्वाः पुनस्तु ते । पूर्वमुक्तं वचस्तद्वै श्राविता नारदेन ह
prajā vivarddhayiṣavaḥ śabalāśvāḥ punastu te / pūrvamuktaṃ vacastadvai śrāvitā nāradena ha
Wishing to increase progeny, those Śabalāśvas in turn were made to hear by Nārada that same speech that had been spoken before.
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BndP 2 2.25
अन्योन्यमूचुस्ते सर्वे सम्यगाह ऋषिः स्वयम् । भ्रातॄणां पदवीं चैव गन्तव्या नात्र संशयः
anyonyamūcuste sarve samyagāha ṛṣiḥ svayam / bhrātṝṇāṃ padavīṃ caiva gantavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ
They all said to one another: "The seer has spoken rightly himself; and the path of our brothers is to be gone upon — there is no doubt of it.
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BndP 2 2.26
ज्ञात्वा प्रमाणं पृथ्व्या वै सुखं स्रक्ष्यामहे प्रजाः । प्रकाशाः स्वस्थमनसा यथावदनुशासिताः
jñātvā pramāṇaṃ pṛthvyā vai sukhaṃ srakṣyāmahe prajāḥ / prakāśāḥ svasthamanasā yathāvadanuśāsitāḥ
Having learned the measure of the earth, we shall create progeny with ease" — (so they spoke) openly, with untroubled minds, duly instructed.
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BndP 2 2.27
ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण प्रयाताः सर्वतो दिशम् । अद्यापि न निवर्त्तन्ते विस्तारायमलिप्सवः
te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa prayātāḥ sarvato diśam / adyāpi na nivarttante vistārāyamalipsavaḥ
They too went off by that very road in all directions; even today they do not return, desirous of grasping the extent (of the earth).
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BndP 2 2.28
ततः प्रभृति वै भ्राता भ्रातुरन्वेषणे रतः । प्रयतो नश्यति क्षिप्रं तन्न कार्यं विजानता
tataḥ prabhṛti vai bhrātā bhrāturanveṣaṇe rataḥ / prayato naśyati kṣipraṃ tanna kāryaṃ vijānatā
From that time on, a brother intent on searching for his brother, once he sets out, quickly perishes; therefore one who knows should not do that.
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BndP 2 2.29
नष्टेषु शबलाश्वेषु दक्षः क्रुद्धो ऽशपद्विभुः । नारदं नाशमेहीति गर्भवासं वसेति च
naṣṭeṣu śabalāśveṣu dakṣaḥ kruddho 'śapadvibhuḥ / nāradaṃ nāśamehīti garbhavāsaṃ vaseti ca
When the Śabalāśvas had perished, the mighty Dakṣa in anger cursed Nārada: "Go to destruction, and dwell in a womb!"
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BndP 2 2.30
तदा तेष्वपि नष्टेषु महात्मा स प्रभुः किल । षष्टिं दक्षो ऽसृजत्कन्या वैरण्यामेव विश्रुताः
tadā teṣvapi naṣṭeṣu mahātmā sa prabhuḥ kila / ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo 'sṛjatkanyā vairaṇyāmeva viśrutāḥ
Then, when these too had perished, that great-souled lord Dakṣa begot sixty renowned daughters in Vairaṇī.
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BndP 2 2.31
तास्तदा प्रतिजग्राह पत्न्यर्थं कश्यपः सुताः । धर्मः सोमश्च भगवांस्तथा चान्ये महर्षयः
tāstadā pratijagrāha patnyarthaṃ kaśyapaḥ sutāḥ / dharmaḥ somaśca bhagavāṃstathā cānye maharṣayaḥ
Then Kaśyapa received those daughters as wives, and Dharma, and the venerable Soma, and likewise other great seers.
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BndP 2 2.32
इमां विसृष्टिं दक्षस्य कृत्स्नां यो वेद तत्त्वतः । आयुष्मान्कीर्त्तिमान्धन्यः प्रजावाश्च भवत्युत
imāṃ visṛṣṭiṃ dakṣasya kṛtsnāṃ yo veda tattvataḥ / āyuṣmānkīrttimāndhanyaḥ prajāvāśca bhavatyuta
Whoever knows this whole emission (of progeny) of Dakṣa as it truly is becomes long-lived, famed, fortunate, and rich in offspring.
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