Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 4
BndP 2 4.1
सूत उवाच ब्रह्मणा वै मुखात्सृष्टा जया देवाः प्रजेप्सया । सर्वे मन्त्रशरीरास्ते स्मृता मन्वन्तरेष्विह
sūta uvāca brahmaṇā vai mukhātsṛṣṭā jayā devāḥ prajepsayā / sarve mantraśarīrāste smṛtā manvantareṣviha
Sūta said: Indeed, produced from Brahmā's mouth out of a desire for offspring were the gods called Jayas; all of them, having the sacred formulas for their bodies, are recalled here in the (successive) manvantaras.
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BndP 2 4.2
दर्शश्च पौर्णमासश्च बृहत्साम रथन्तरम् । चितिश्च सुचितिश्चैव ह्याकूतिः कूतिरेव च
darśaśca paurṇamāsaśca bṛhatsāma rathantaram / citiśca sucitiścaiva hyākūtiḥ kūtireva ca
Darśa and Paurṇamāsa, Bṛhatsāman and Rathantara, Citi and Suciti, and indeed Ākūti and Kūti,
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BndP 2 4.3
विज्ञातश्चैव विज्ञाता मना यज्ञश्च द्वादशः । दाराग्निहोत्रसंबन्धं वितत्य यजतेति च
vijñātaścaiva vijñātā manā yajñaśca dvādaśaḥ / dārāgnihotrasaṃbandhaṃ vitatya yajateti ca
and Vijñāta and Vijñātā, Manas, and Yajña as the twelfth; and (he said): "Having established the connection of a wife and the agnihotra, extend (the rite) and sacrifice."
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BndP 2 4.4
एवमुक्त्वा तु तान्ब्रह्मा तत्रैवान्तरधात्प्रभुः । ततस्ते नाभ्यनन्दन्त तद्वाक्यं परमेष्ठिनः
evamuktvā tu tānbrahmā tatraivāntaradhātprabhuḥ / tataste nābhyanandanta tadvākyaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Having spoken thus to them, the lord Brahmā vanished right there; thereupon they did not welcome that speech of the highest one.
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BndP 2 4.5
संन्यस्येह च कर्माणि वासनाः कर्मजाश्च वै । यमेष्वंवावन्तिष्ठन्ते दोषं दृष्ट्वा तु कर्मसु
saṃnyasyeha ca karmāṇi vāsanāḥ karmajāśca vai / yameṣvaṃvāvantiṣṭhante doṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu karmasu
And having renounced works here, and the impressions born of works, they abide firmly in the restraints, having seen the flaw in works.
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BndP 2 4.6
क्षयाति शययुक्तं च ते दृष्ट्वा कर्मणां फलम् । जुगुप्संतः प्रसूतिं च निःसत्त्वा निर्ममाभवन्
kṣayāti śayayuktaṃ ca te dṛṣṭvā karmaṇāṃ phalam / jugupsaṃtaḥ prasūtiṃ ca niḥsattvā nirmamābhavan
And seeing that the fruit of works is joined with decay and (mere) resting, loathing procreation, they became devoid of energy and free of the sense of "mine."
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BndP 2 4.7
अजन्म काङ्क्षमाणास्ते निर्मुक्ता दोषदर्शिनः । अर्थं धर्मं च कामं च हित्वा ते वै व्यवस्थिताः
ajanma kāṅkṣamāṇāste nirmuktā doṣadarśinaḥ / arthaṃ dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca hitvā te vai vyavasthitāḥ
Longing for non-birth, released, seeing the flaw (in it), they took their stand having abandoned wealth, duty, and pleasure.
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BndP 2 4.8
परमं ज्ञानमास्थाय तत्संक्षिप्य सुसंस्थिताः । तेषां तु तमभिप्रायं ज्ञात्वा ब्रह्मा तु कोपितः
paramaṃ jñānamāsthāya tatsaṃkṣipya susaṃsthitāḥ / teṣāṃ tu tamabhiprāyaṃ jñātvā brahmā tu kopitaḥ
Resting upon supreme knowledge, and drawing that together, they stood well established; but Brahmā, knowing that intention of theirs, was angered.
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BndP 2 4.9
तानब्रवीत्ततो ब्रह्मा निरुत्साहान्सुरानथ । प्रजार्थमिह यूयं वै मया सृष्टाः स्थ नान्यथा
tānabravīttato brahmā nirutsāhānsurānatha / prajārthamiha yūyaṃ vai mayā sṛṣṭāḥ stha nānyathā
Then Brahmā said to those gods who were without zeal: "You were created by me here for the sake of offspring, not otherwise.
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BndP 2 4.10
प्रसूयध्वं यजध्वं चेत्युक्तवानस्मि वः पुरा । यस्माद्वाक्यमनादृत्य मम वैराग्यमास्थिताः
prasūyadhvaṃ yajadhvaṃ cetyuktavānasmi vaḥ purā / yasmādvākyamanādṛtya mama vairāgyamāsthitāḥ
I said to you before, 'Beget and sacrifice'; since, disregarding my word, you have taken to dispassion,
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BndP 2 4.11
जुगुप्समानाः स्वं जन्म संततिं नाभ्यनन्दत । कर्मणां न कृतो ऽभ्यासो ह्यमृतत्वाभिकाङ्क्षया
jugupsamānāḥ svaṃ janma saṃtatiṃ nābhyanandata / karmaṇāṃ na kṛto 'bhyāso hyamṛtatvābhikāṅkṣayā
loathing your own birth, you did not welcome continuance (of the line); no practice of works was done, out of a craving for immortality —
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BndP 2 4.12
तस्माद्यूयमिहावृत्तिं सप्तकृत्वो ह्यवाप्स्यथ । ते शप्ता ब्रह्मणा देवा जयास्तं वै प्रसादयन्
tasmādyūyamihāvṛttiṃ saptakṛtvo hyavāpsyatha / te śaptā brahmaṇā devā jayāstaṃ vai prasādayan
therefore you shall obtain a return to existence here seven times over." Those Jaya gods, cursed by Brahmā, then propitiated him.
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BndP 2 4.13
क्षमास्माकं महादेव यदज्ञानात्मकं प्रभो । प्रणतान्वै सानुनयं ब्रह्मा तानब्रवीत्पुनः
kṣamāsmākaṃ mahādeva yadajñānātmakaṃ prabho / praṇatānvai sānunayaṃ brahmā tānabravītpunaḥ
"Forgive us, great god, whatever was done out of ignorance, O lord!" To them, bowing and conciliatory, Brahmā spoke again:
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BndP 2 4.14
लोके ऽप्यथानुभुञ्जीत कः स्वातन्त्र्यमिहार्हति । मयागतं तु सर्वं हि कथमच्छन्दतो मम
loke 'pyathānubhuñjīta kaḥ svātantryamihārhati / mayāgataṃ tu sarvaṃ hi kathamacchandato mama
"Even in the world, who is entitled here to independence, that he should enjoy (as he pleases)? For all of it has come from me — how could it be against my will?
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BndP 2 4.15
प्रतिपत्स्यन्ति भूतानि शुभं वा यदि वोत्तरम् । लोके यदपि किञ्चिद्वैशं वा शं वा व्यवस्थितम्
pratipatsyanti bhūtāni śubhaṃ vā yadi vottaram / loke yadapi kiñcidvaiśaṃ vā śaṃ vā vyavasthitam
Beings will attain (their lot), whether good or something higher; whatever at all is established in the world, be it ill or well —
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BndP 2 4.16
बुद्ध्यात्मना मया व्याप्तं को मां लोके ऽतिवर्त्तयेत् । भूताना मीहितं यच्च यच्चाप्येषां विचिन्तितम्
buddhyātmanā mayā vyāptaṃ ko māṃ loke 'tivarttayet / bhūtānā mīhitaṃ yacca yaccāpyeṣāṃ vicintitam
it is pervaded by me in my nature as intellect; who in the world could get past me? Whatever is desired by beings, and whatever is thought over by them,
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BndP 2 4.17
तथोपचरितं यच्च तत्सर्वं विदितं मम । मया बद्धमिदं सर्वं चजगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
tathopacaritaṃ yacca tatsarvaṃ viditaṃ mama / mayā baddhamidaṃ sarvaṃ cajagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
and likewise whatever is undertaken — all that is known to me. By me is bound all this world, the moving and the unmoving.
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BndP 2 4.18
आशामयेन बन्धेन कस्तं छेत्तुमिहोत्सहेत् । यस्माद्वहति दृप्तो वै सर्वार्थमिह नान्यथा
āśāmayena bandhena kastaṃ chettumihotsahet / yasmādvahati dṛpto vai sarvārthamiha nānyathā
Who here could venture to cut that bond made of hope? For it is because (of it) that a man, elated, carries on every purpose here, and not otherwise.
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BndP 2 4.19
इति कर्माण्यनारभ्य कामं छन्दाद्विमोक्षते । एवं संभाष्य तान्देवान् जयानध्यात्मचेतसः
iti karmāṇyanārabhya kāmaṃ chandādvimokṣate / evaṃ saṃbhāṣya tāndevān jayānadhyātmacetasaḥ
Thus, without undertaking (ritual) works, one is released from desire by (one's own) will. Having spoken thus to those Jaya gods, whose minds were turned to the inner self—
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BndP 2 4.20
अथ वीक्ष्य पुनश्चाह ध्रुवं दड्यान्प्रजापतिः । यस्मान्मानभिसंधाय सन्यासादिः कृतः सुराः
atha vīkṣya punaścāha dhruvaṃ daḍyānprajāpatiḥ / yasmānmānabhisaṃdhāya sanyāsādiḥ kṛtaḥ surāḥ
Then, looking again (at them), Prajāpati said to the steadfast (gods): "Since, gods, you have made renunciation and the rest with an eye to (your own) pride—"
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BndP 2 4.21
तस्मात्स विपुलायत्तो व्यापारस्त्वथ मत्कृतः । भविता च सुखोदर्के दिव्यभावेन जायताम्
tasmātsa vipulāyatto vyāpārastvatha matkṛtaḥ / bhavitā ca sukhodarke divyabhāvena jāyatām
"Therefore that activity of yours, resting on much, has now been made mine; and it will have happiness as its outcome—let it come about with a divine nature."
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BndP 2 4.22
आत्मच्छन्देन वो जन्म भविष्यति सुरोत्तमाः । मन्वन्तरेषु संसिद्धाः सप्तस्वाविर्भविष्यथ
ātmacchandena vo janma bhaviṣyati surottamāḥ / manvantareṣu saṃsiddhāḥ saptasvāvirbhaviṣyatha
"Your birth will come about by your own will, best of gods; fully perfected, you will appear in seven Manu-periods."
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BndP 2 4.23
वैवस्वतान्तेषु सुरास्तथा स्वायंभुवादिषु । एवं च ब्रह्मणा तत्र श्लोको गीतः पुरातनः
vaivasvatānteṣu surāstathā svāyaṃbhuvādiṣu / evaṃ ca brahmaṇā tatra śloko gītaḥ purātanaḥ
"—in those ending with the Vaivasvata (period), gods, and thus (beginning) with the Svāyaṃbhuva ones." And there an ancient verse was sung by Brahmā:
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BndP 2 4.24
त्रयी विद्या ब्रह्ममयप्रसूतिः श्राद्धं तपो यज्ञमनुप्रदानम् । एतानि नित्यैः महसा रजोभिर्भूत्वा विभुर्वसते ऽन्यत्प्रशस्तम्
trayī vidyā brahmamayaprasūtiḥ śrāddhaṃ tapo yajñamanupradānam / etāni nityaiḥ mahasā rajobhirbhūtvā vibhurvasate 'nyatpraśastam
"The threefold knowledge, the brahman-composed source of generation, the śrāddha offering, ascetic practice, sacrifice, and the giving of gifts—these, having become (established) by eternal (rites), through greatness and through the qualities of passion, the Pervader dwells (in), while the other is (that which is) praised."
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BndP 2 4.25
एवं श्लोकार्थमुक्त्वा तु जयान्देवानथाब्रवीत् । वैवस्वतेंऽतरेतीते मत्समीपमिहैष्यथ
evaṃ ślokārthamuktvā tu jayāndevānathābravīt / vaivasvateṃ'taretīte matsamīpamihaiṣyatha
Having thus stated the meaning of the verse, he then said to the Jaya gods: "When the Vaivasvata period has passed, you will come here into my presence."
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BndP 2 4.26
ततो देवस्तिरोभूत ईश्वरो ङ्यकुतोभयः । प्रपन्नाधारणामाद्यां युक्त्वा योगबलान्विताम्
tato devastirobhūta īśvaro ṅyakutobhayaḥ / prapannādhāraṇāmādyāṃ yuktvā yogabalānvitām
Then the god, the Lord who fears nothing from anywhere, vanished, having joined himself to the primal concentration that had come upon (him), endowed with the power of yoga.
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BndP 2 4.27
ततस्तेन रुषा शप्तास्ते ऽभवन्द्वादशाजिताः । जया इति समाख्याताः कृता एवं विसन्निभाः
tatastena ruṣā śaptāste 'bhavandvādaśājitāḥ / jayā iti samākhyātāḥ kṛtā evaṃ visannibhāḥ
Then, cursed by him in anger, they became the twelve Ajitas; called the Jayas, they were thus made alike in dejection.
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BndP 2 4.28
ततः स्वायंभुवे तस्मिन्सर्गे ऽतीते तु वै सुराः । पुनस्ते तुषिता देवा जाताः स्वारोचिषेंऽतरे
tataḥ svāyaṃbhuve tasminsarge 'tīte tu vai surāḥ / punaste tuṣitā devā jātāḥ svārociṣeṃ'tare
Then, when that Svāyaṃbhuva creation had passed, gods, those deities were born again as the Tuṣitas in the Svārociṣa period.
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BndP 2 4.29
उत्तमस्य मनोः पुत्राः सत्यायां जज्ञिरे तदा । ततः सत्याः स्मृता देवा औत्तमे चान्तरे मनोः
uttamasya manoḥ putrāḥ satyāyāṃ jajñire tadā / tataḥ satyāḥ smṛtā devā auttame cāntare manoḥ
They were then born as sons of Manu Uttama by Satyā; hence in the Auttama period of Manu the gods were called the Satyas.
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BndP 2 4.30
हरिण्यां नाम तुषिता जज्ञिरे द्वादशेव तु । हरयोनाम ते देवा यज्ञभाजस्तदाभवन्
hariṇyāṃ nāma tuṣitā jajñire dvādaśeva tu / harayonāma te devā yajñabhājastadābhavan
The Tuṣitas, twelve (in number), were born of one named Hariṇī; those gods, then called the Haris, became sharers in the sacrifice.
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BndP 2 4.32
ततस्ते हरयो देवाः प्राप्ते चारिष्ठवेन्तरे?॥ विकुण्ठायां पुनस्ते वै वरिष्ठा जज्ञिरे सुराः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४।३१ ॥ वैकुण्ठा नाम ते देवाः पञ्चमस्यान्तरे मानोः । ततस्ते वै पुनर्देवा वैकुण्ठाः प्राप्य चाक्षुषम्
tataste harayo devāḥ prāpte cāriṣṭhaventare?// vikuṇṭhāyāṃ punaste vai variṣṭhā jajñire surāḥ // bndp_2,4.31 // vaikuṇṭhā nāma te devāḥ pañcamasyāntare mānoḥ / tataste vai punardevā vaikuṇṭhāḥ prāpya cākṣuṣam
Then those Hari gods, when the Āriṣṭa (Raivata?) period arrived, were born again of Vikuṇṭhā as the most excellent gods. Those gods, named the Vaikuṇṭhas, (were so) in the fifth Manu period; then again those Vaikuṇṭha gods, on reaching the Cākṣuṣa (period)—
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BndP 2 4.33
ततस्ते वै पुनः साध्याः संक्षीणे चाक्षुषेन्तरे । उपस्थिते पुनः सर्गे मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह
tataste vai punaḥ sādhyāḥ saṃkṣīṇe cākṣuṣentare / upasthite punaḥ sarge manorvaivasvatasya ha
—then they again (became) the Sādhyas, when the Cākṣuṣa period was exhausted; and when the creation of Manu Vaivasvata came about again,
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BndP 2 4.34
अंशेन साध्यास्ते ऽदित्यां मारीचात्कश्यपात्पुनः । जज्ञिरे द्वादशादित्या वर्त्तमानेन्तरं सुराः
aṃśena sādhyāste 'dityāṃ mārīcātkaśyapātpunaḥ / jajñire dvādaśādityā varttamānentaraṃ surāḥ
those Sādhyas, by a portion (of themselves), were born again of Aditi from Kaśyapa, son of Marīci, as the twelve Ādityas, the gods of the present period.
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BndP 2 4.35
यदा चैते समुत्पन्नाश्चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः । शप्ताः स्वयंभुवा साध्या जज्ञिरे द्वादशामराः
yadā caite samutpannāścākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ / śaptāḥ svayaṃbhuvā sādhyā jajñire dvādaśāmarāḥ
And when these, cursed by the Self-existent, arose in the Cākṣuṣa period of Manu, the Sādhyas were born as the twelve immortals.
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BndP 2 4.36
एवं शृणोति यो मर्त्योजयस्तस्य भवेत्सदा । जयानां श्रद्धया युक्तः प्रत्यध्यायं तु गच्छति
evaṃ śṛṇoti yo martyojayastasya bhavetsadā / jayānāṃ śraddhayā yuktaḥ pratyadhyāyaṃ tu gacchati
The mortal who hears this thus will always have victory; joined with faith in the Jayas, he attains (the fruit) chapter by chapter.
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BndP 2 4.37
इत्येता वृत्तयः सप्त देवानां जन्मलक्षणाः । परिक्रान्ता मया वो ऽद्या किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छथ
ityetā vṛttayaḥ sapta devānāṃ janmalakṣaṇāḥ / parikrāntā mayā vo 'dyā kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchatha
These, then, are the seven courses (of existence) marked by the births of the gods; they have been gone over by me for you today. What further do you wish to hear?
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