Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 9
BndP 2 9.1
तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः । व्याप्ता येस्तु त्रयो लोकाः सूर्यस्येव गभस्तिभिः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,८।१०२ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे ऋषिवंशवर्णनं नामाष्टमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ८॥ ऋषय ऊचुः कथं द्विवारावुत्पन्ना भवानी प्राक्सती तु या । आसीद्दाक्षायणी पूर्वमुमा कथमजायत
teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ / vyāptā yestu trayo lokāḥ sūryasyeva gabhastibhiḥ // bndp_2,8.102 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde ṛṣivaṃśavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 8// ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ dvivārāvutpannā bhavānī prāksatī tu yā / āsīddākṣāyaṇī pūrvamumā kathamajāyata
Their sons and grandsons (are) by hundreds and by thousands, by whom the three worlds are filled as by the rays of the sun. // BndP 2,8.102 // Thus, in the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu, in the middle portion, in the third, the Upoddhāta section, the eighth chapter, called "The Description of the Lineages of the Seers." // 8 // The seers said: How was Bhavānī born twice, she who was formerly Satī? Earlier she was Dākṣāyaṇī; how was she born (again) as Umā?
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BndP 2 9.2
मेनायां पितृकन्यायां जनयञ्छैलराट् स्वयम् । के वै ते पितरो नाम येषां मेना तु मानसी
menāyāṃ pitṛkanyāyāṃ janayañchailarāṭ svayam / ke vai te pitaro nāma yeṣāṃ menā tu mānasī
—the king of mountains himself begetting (her) upon Menā, the daughter of the Pitṛs. Who indeed are those called the Pitṛs, whose mind-born (daughter) Menā is?
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BndP 2 9.3
मैनाकश्चैव दोहित्रो दौहित्री च तथा ह्युमा । एकपर्णा तथा चैव तथा चैवैकपाटला
mainākaścaiva dohitro dauhitrī ca tathā hyumā / ekaparṇā tathā caiva tathā caivaikapāṭalā
And Maināka (was their) daughter's son, and Umā likewise (their) daughter's daughter, and so too Ekaparṇā, and likewise Ekapāṭalā,
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BndP 2 9.4
गङ्गा चापि सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा सर्वासां पूर्वजा तथा । सर्वमेतत्वयोद्दिष्टं निर्देशं तस्य नो वद
gaṅgā cāpi saricchreṣṭhā sarvāsāṃ pūrvajā tathā / sarvametatvayoddiṣṭaṃ nirdeśaṃ tasya no vada
and Gaṅgā too, best of rivers, the firstborn of them all. All this has been indicated by you; tell us the exact account of it.
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BndP 2 9.5
श्रोतुमिच्छामि भद्रं ते श्राद्धस्य च विधिं परम् । पुत्राश्च के स्मृतास्तेषां कथं च पितरस्तु ते
śrotumicchāmi bhadraṃ te śrāddhasya ca vidhiṃ param / putrāśca ke smṛtāsteṣāṃ kathaṃ ca pitarastu te
I wish to hear — blessings upon you — the highest rule of the śrāddha; and who are said to be their sons, and how are those (beings) the Pitṛs?
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BndP 2 9.6
कथं वा ते समुत्पन्नाः किंना मानः किमात्मकाः । स्वर्गे वै पितरो ह्येते देवानामपि देवताः
kathaṃ vā te samutpannāḥ kiṃnā mānaḥ kimātmakāḥ / svarge vai pitaro hyete devānāmapi devatāḥ
Or how were they produced, what are their names, of what nature are they? For these Pitṛs in heaven are deities even of the gods.
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BndP 2 9.7
एवं वेदितुमिच्छामि पितॄणां सर्गमुत्तममा । यथा च दत्तमस्माभिः सार्द्धं प्रीणाति वै पितॄन्
evaṃ veditumicchāmi pitṝṇāṃ sargamuttamamā / yathā ca dattamasmābhiḥ sārddhaṃ prīṇāti vai pitṝn
Thus I wish to know the excellent creation of the Pitṛs, and how what is given by us gratifies the Pitṛs.
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BndP 2 9.8
यदर्थं ते न दृश्यन्ते तत्र किं कारणं स्मृतम् । स्वर्गे तु के च वर्त्तन्ते पितरो नरके व के
yadarthaṃ te na dṛśyante tatra kiṃ kāraṇaṃ smṛtam / svarge tu ke ca varttante pitaro narake va ke
For what reason are they not seen? What cause is stated in that matter? And which Pitṛs abide in heaven, and which in hell?
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BndP 2 9.9
अभिसंभाष्य पितरं पितुश्च पितरं तथा । प्रतितामहं तथा चैव त्रिषु पिण्डेषु नामतः
abhisaṃbhāṣya pitaraṃ pituśca pitaraṃ tathā / pratitāmahaṃ tathā caiva triṣu piṇḍeṣu nāmataḥ
Having addressed by name the father, and the father's father, and likewise the great-grandfather, in the three piṇḍas —
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BndP 2 9.10
नाम्ना दत्तानि श्राद्धानि कथं गच्छन्ति वै पितॄन् । कथं च शक्तास्ते दातुं नरकस्थाः फलं पुनः
nāmnā dattāni śrāddhāni kathaṃ gacchanti vai pitṝn / kathaṃ ca śaktāste dātuṃ narakasthāḥ phalaṃ punaḥ
how do the śrāddha offerings, given by name, go to the Pitṛs? And how are they, being situated in hell, able to give back the fruit (of them)?
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BndP 2 9.11
के च ते पितरो नाम कान्यजामो वयं पुनः । देवा अपि पितॄन् स्वर्गे यजन्तीति हि नः श्रुतम्
ke ca te pitaro nāma kānyajāmo vayaṃ punaḥ / devā api pitṝn svarge yajantīti hi naḥ śrutam
And who are those called the Pitṛs, and which ones, again, do we worship? For we have heard that even the gods worship the Pitṛs in heaven.
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BndP 2 9.12
एतदिच्छामि वै श्रोतुं विस्तरेण बहुश्रुतम् । स्पष्टाभिधान मपि वै तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हसि
etadicchāmi vai śrotuṃ vistareṇa bahuśrutam / spaṣṭābhidhāna mapi vai tadbhavānvaktumarhasi
This much-reported matter I wish to hear in detail; and you are the one fit to state it with plain wording.
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BndP 2 9.13
सूत उवाच अत्र वो कीर्तयिष्यामि यथाप्रज्ञं यथाश्रुतम् । मन्वन्तरेषु जायन्ते पितरो देवसूनवः
sūta uvāca atra vo kīrtayiṣyāmi yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam / manvantareṣu jāyante pitaro devasūnavaḥ
Sūta said: On this I shall proclaim to you according to my understanding and as I have heard it. In the manvantaras the Pitṛs are born as sons of the gods,
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BndP 2 9.14
अतीतानागताः श्रेष्ठाः कनिष्ठाः क्रमशस्तु वै । देवैः सार्द्धं पुरातीताः पितरो ऽन्येन्तरेषु वै
atītānāgatāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ kaniṣṭhāḥ kramaśastu vai / devaiḥ sārddhaṃ purātītāḥ pitaro 'nyentareṣu vai
past and future, senior and junior, in due order. Together with the gods, the Pitṛs of former times have passed away in the other (manvantara) intervals;
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BndP 2 9.15
वर्तन्ते सांप्रतं चे तु तान्वै पक्ष्यामि निश्चयात् । श्राद्धक्रियां मनुश्चैषां श्राद्धदेवः प्रवर्त्तयेत्
vartante sāṃprataṃ ce tu tānvai pakṣyāmi niścayāt / śrāddhakriyāṃ manuścaiṣāṃ śrāddhadevaḥ pravarttayet
and those that exist at present — those I shall declare with certainty. Manu, the god of the śrāddha, should institute the śrāddha rite for these.
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BndP 2 9.16
देवान्सृजत ब्रह्मा मां यक्ष्यन्तीति च प्रभुः । तमुत्सृज्य तदात्मानमयजंस्ते फलार्थिनः
devānsṛjata brahmā māṃ yakṣyantīti ca prabhuḥ / tamutsṛjya tadātmānamayajaṃste phalārthinaḥ
Brahmā, the Lord, created the gods (thinking) "they will sacrifice to me"; but abandoning him, they, desiring the fruit, sacrificed then to themselves.
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BndP 2 9.17
ते शप्ता ब्रह्मणा मूढा नष्टसंज्ञा भविष्यथ । तस्मात्किञ्चिन्न जानीत ततो लोकेषु मुह्यत
te śaptā brahmaṇā mūḍhā naṣṭasaṃjñā bhaviṣyatha / tasmātkiñcinna jānīta tato lokeṣu muhyata
They were cursed by Brahmā: "Deluded, you shall become bereft of awareness; therefore you shall know nothing, and hence you go astray among the worlds."
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BndP 2 9.18
ते भूयः प्रणताः सर्वे याचन्ति स्म पितामहम् । अनुग्रहाय लोकानां पुनस्तानब्रवीत्प्रभुः
te bhūyaḥ praṇatāḥ sarve yācanti sma pitāmaham / anugrahāya lokānāṃ punastānabravītprabhuḥ
Then all of them, bowing again, kept entreating the Grandfather; and the Lord spoke to them once more, for the sake of favouring the worlds.
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BndP 2 9.19
प्रायश्चित्तं चरध्वं वै व्यभिचारो हि वः कृतः । पुत्रान्स्वान्परिपृच्छध्वं ततो ज्ञानमवाप्स्यथ
prāyaścittaṃ caradhvaṃ vai vyabhicāro hi vaḥ kṛtaḥ / putrānsvānparipṛcchadhvaṃ tato jñānamavāpsyatha
"Perform an expiation, for a transgression has been committed by you. Ask your own sons; from that you will regain knowledge."
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BndP 2 9.20
ततस्त स्वसुतांश्चैव प्रयश्चित्तजि घृक्षवः । अपृच्छन्संयतात्मानो विधिवच्च मिथो मिथः
tatasta svasutāṃścaiva prayaścittaji ghṛkṣavaḥ / apṛcchansaṃyatātmāno vidhivacca mitho mithaḥ
Then they, wishing to grasp the expiation, self-restrained, asked their own sons, and each other in turn, according to rule.
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BndP 2 9.21
तेभ्यस्ते नियतात्मानः पुत्राः शंसुरनेकधा । प्रयश्चित्तानि धर्मज्ञावाङ्मनः कर्मजानि च
tebhyaste niyatātmānaḥ putrāḥ śaṃsuranekadhā / prayaścittāni dharmajñāvāṅmanaḥ karmajāni ca
Then those sons, of restrained selves and knowers of dharma, declared to them in many ways the expiations, those arising from speech, from mind, and from action.
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BndP 2 9.22
ते पुत्रानब्रुवन्प्रीता लब्धसंज्ञा दिवौकसः । यूयं वै पितरो ऽस्माकं यैर्वयं प्रतिबोधिताः
te putrānabruvanprītā labdhasaṃjñā divaukasaḥ / yūyaṃ vai pitaro 'smākaṃ yairvayaṃ pratibodhitāḥ
Those dwellers in heaven, pleased, having regained their awareness, said to their sons: "You are indeed our fathers, by whom we have been awakened.
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BndP 2 9.23
धर्मं ज्ञानं च वैराग्यं को वरो वः प्रदीयताम् । पुस्तानब्रवीद्ब्रह्मा यूयं वै सत्यवादिनः
dharmaṃ jñānaṃ ca vairāgyaṃ ko varo vaḥ pradīyatām / pustānabravīdbrahmā yūyaṃ vai satyavādinaḥ
Dharma, knowledge, and dispassion — which boon shall be granted to you?" Brahmā said to the sons: "You are indeed speakers of truth.
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BndP 2 9.24
तस्माद्यदुक्तं युष्माभिस्तत्तथा न तदन्यथा । उक्तं च पितरो ऽस्माकं चेति वै तनयाः स्वकाः
tasmādyaduktaṃ yuṣmābhistattathā na tadanyathā / uktaṃ ca pitaro 'smākaṃ ceti vai tanayāḥ svakāḥ
Therefore what has been said by you is so and not otherwise. And it was said by (them,) our own sons: 'You are our fathers.'
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BndP 2 9.25
पितरस्ते भविष्यन्ति तेभ्यो ऽयं दीयतां वरः । तेनैव वचसा ते वै ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
pitaraste bhaviṣyanti tebhyo 'yaṃ dīyatāṃ varaḥ / tenaiva vacasā te vai brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
They shall be the fathers; let this boon be given to them." By that very word of Brahmā, the Supreme One,
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BndP 2 9.26
पुत्राः पितृत्वमाजग्मुः पुत्रत्वं पितरः पुनः । तस्मात्ते पितरः पुत्राः पितृत्वं तेषु तत्स्मृतम्
putrāḥ pitṛtvamājagmuḥ putratvaṃ pitaraḥ punaḥ / tasmātte pitaraḥ putrāḥ pitṛtvaṃ teṣu tatsmṛtam
the sons attained fatherhood, and the fathers in turn sonhood. Therefore the sons are the fathers; fatherhood is held to be in them.
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BndP 2 9.27
एवं स्मृत्वा पितॄन्पुत्राः पुत्रांश्चैव पितॄंस्तथा । व्याजहार पुनर्ब्रह्मा वितॄनात्मविवृद्धये
evaṃ smṛtvā pitṝnputrāḥ putrāṃścaiva pitṝṃstathā / vyājahāra punarbrahmā vitṝnātmavivṛddhaye
Having thus recalled the sons as fathers and the fathers likewise as sons, Brahmā spoke again to the Fathers, for their own increase.
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BndP 2 9.28
यो ह्य निष्टान्पितॄञ्श्राद्धि क्रियां काञ्चितकरिष्यति । राक्षसा दानवाश्बैव फलं प्राप्स्यन्ति तस्य तत्
yo hya niṣṭānpitṝñśrāddhi kriyāṃ kāñcitakariṣyati / rākṣasā dānavāśbaiva phalaṃ prāpsyanti tasya tat
"Whoever shall perform any śrāddha rite for the Fathers without faith — the rākṣasas and dānavas will obtain that fruit of his.
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BndP 2 9.29
श्राद्धैराप्यायिताश्चैव पितरः सोममव्ययम् । आप्यायमाना युष्माभिर्वर्द्धयिष्यन्ति नित्यशः
śrāddhairāpyāyitāścaiva pitaraḥ somamavyayam / āpyāyamānā yuṣmābhirvarddhayiṣyanti nityaśaḥ
And the Fathers, satisfied by śrāddhas, (will nourish) the imperishable Soma; being satisfied by you, they will increase (it) perpetually.
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BndP 2 9.30
श्राद्धैराप्यायितः सोमो लोकानाप्याययिष्यति । कृत्स्नं सपर्वतवनं जङ्गमाजङ्गमैर्वृतम्
śrāddhairāpyāyitaḥ somo lokānāpyāyayiṣyati / kṛtsnaṃ saparvatavanaṃ jaṅgamājaṅgamairvṛtam
Soma, satisfied by śrāddhas, will nourish the worlds — the whole (earth) with its mountains and forests, filled with moving and unmoving beings.
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BndP 2 9.31
श्राद्धानि पुष्टिकामाश्च ये करिष्यन्ति मानवाः । तेभ्यः पुष्टिं प्रजाश्चैव दास्यन्ति पितरः सदा
śrāddhāni puṣṭikāmāśca ye kariṣyanti mānavāḥ / tebhyaḥ puṣṭiṃ prajāścaiva dāsyanti pitaraḥ sadā
And those men who, desiring prosperity, shall perform śrāddhas — to them the Fathers will always give prosperity and offspring.
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BndP 2 9.32
श्राद्धे येभ्यः प्रदास्यन्ति त्रीन्पिण्डान्नामगोत्रतः । सर्वत्र वर्तमानास्ते पितरः प्रपितामहाः
śrāddhe yebhyaḥ pradāsyanti trīnpiṇḍānnāmagotrataḥ / sarvatra vartamānāste pitaraḥ prapitāmahāḥ
Those to whom at a śrāddha (men) shall offer the three balls of rice by name and lineage — those Fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers, abiding everywhere,
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BndP 2 9.33
तेषामाप्याययिष्यन्ति श्राद्धदानेन वै प्रजाः । एवमाज्ञा कृता पूर्वं ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना
teṣāmāpyāyayiṣyanti śrāddhadānena vai prajāḥ / evamājñā kṛtā pūrvaṃ brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā
will nourish their offspring by the giving of the śrāddha." Thus was the command made of old by Brahmā, the Supreme One.
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BndP 2 9.34
तेनैतत्सर्वथा सिद्धं दानमध्ययनं तपः । ते तु ज्ञानप्रदातारः पितरो वो न संशयः
tenaitatsarvathā siddhaṃ dānamadhyayanaṃ tapaḥ / te tu jñānapradātāraḥ pitaro vo na saṃśayaḥ
By that, all this is accomplished — giving, study, and austerity. And they, the Fathers, are the bestowers of knowledge upon you; there is no doubt.
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BndP 2 9.35
इत्येते पितरो देवा देवाश्च पितरः पुनः । अन्योन्यपितरो ह्येते देवाश्च पितरश्च ह
ityete pitaro devā devāśca pitaraḥ punaḥ / anyonyapitaro hyete devāśca pitaraśca ha
Thus these Fathers are gods, and the gods again are fathers; these are fathers of one another — both gods and fathers indeed.
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BndP 2 9.36
एतद्ब्रह्मवचः श्रुत्वा सूतस्य विदितात्मनः । पप्रच्छुर्मुनयो भूयः सूतं तस्माद्यदुत्तरम्
etadbrahmavacaḥ śrutvā sūtasya viditātmanaḥ / papracchurmunayo bhūyaḥ sūtaṃ tasmādyaduttaram
Having heard this word of Brahmā from the Sūta, who knew the Self, the sages asked the Sūta again what came after that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.37
ऋषय ऊचुः कियन्तो वै मुनिगणाः कस्मिन्काले च ते गणाः । पूर्वे तु देवप्रवरा देवानां सोमवर्द्धनाः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kiyanto vai munigaṇāḥ kasminkāle ca te gaṇāḥ / pūrve tu devapravarā devānāṃ somavarddhanāḥ
The sages said: How many are the hosts of sages, and in what age were those hosts, the foremost of gods among the gods of old, the increasers of Soma?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 9.38
सूत उवाच एतद्वो ऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि पितृसर्गमनुत्तमम् । शंयुः पप्रच्छ यत्पूर्वं पितरं वै बृहस्पतिम्
sūta uvāca etadvo 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi pitṛsargamanuttamam / śaṃyuḥ papraccha yatpūrvaṃ pitaraṃ vai bṛhaspatim
Sūta said: I shall declare this to you—the most excellent creation of the Fathers—which Śaṃyu formerly asked of his father Bṛhaspati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.39
बृहस्पतिमुपासीनं सर्वज्ञानार्थकोविदम् । पुत्रः शंयुरिमं प्रश्नं पप्रच्छ विनयान्वितः
bṛhaspatimupāsīnaṃ sarvajñānārthakovidam / putraḥ śaṃyurimaṃ praśnaṃ papraccha vinayānvitaḥ
His son Śaṃyu, full of humility, asked this question of Bṛhaspati, who was seated (in meditation) and skilled in the meaning of all knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.40
क एते पितरो नाम कियन्तः के च नामतः । समुद्भूताः कथं चैते पितृत्वं समुपागताः
ka ete pitaro nāma kiyantaḥ ke ca nāmataḥ / samudbhūtāḥ kathaṃ caite pitṛtvaṃ samupāgatāḥ
Who are these called the Fathers? How many are they, and what are their names? How did they come into being, and how did they attain the state of being Fathers?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.41
कस्माच्च पितरः पूर्वं यज्ञं पुष्णन्ति नित्यशः । क्रियाश्च सर्वा वर्त्तन्ते श्राद्धपूर्वा महात्मनाम्
kasmācca pitaraḥ pūrvaṃ yajñaṃ puṣṇanti nityaśaḥ / kriyāśca sarvā varttante śrāddhapūrvā mahātmanām
And why do the Fathers first and always nourish the sacrifice? And (why) do all the rites of the great-souled ones proceed with the śrāddha first?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.42
कस्मै श्राद्धानि देयानि किं च दत्ते महाफलम् । केषु चाप्यक्षयं श्राद्धं तीर्थेषु च नदीषु च
kasmai śrāddhāni deyāni kiṃ ca datte mahāphalam / keṣu cāpyakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ tīrtheṣu ca nadīṣu ca
To whom should śrāddhas be given, and what, when given, (yields) great fruit? And in which sacred fords and in which rivers is the śrāddha imperishable?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.43
केषु वै सर्वमाप्तोति श्राद्धं कृत्वा द्विजोत्तमः । कश्च कालो भवेच्छ्राद्धे विधिः कश्चानुवर्त्तते
keṣu vai sarvamāptoti śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā dvijottamaḥ / kaśca kālo bhavecchrāddhe vidhiḥ kaścānuvarttate
In which (places) does the best of the twice-born, having performed the śrāddha, obtain everything? And what should be the time for the śrāddha, and what rule applies?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.44
एतदिच्छामि भगवन्विस्तरेण यथा तथा । व्याख्यातमानुपूर्व्येण यत्र चोदाहृतं मया
etadicchāmi bhagavanvistareṇa yathā tathā / vyākhyātamānupūrvyeṇa yatra codāhṛtaṃ mayā
This I wish (to hear), O lord, in full detail exactly as it is, expounded in order, wherever it has been raised by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 9.45
बृहस्पतिरिदं सम्यगेवं पृष्टो महामतिः । व्याजहारानुपूर्व्येण प्रश्नं प्रश्नविदां वरः
bṛhaspatiridaṃ samyagevaṃ pṛṣṭo mahāmatiḥ / vyājahārānupūrvyeṇa praśnaṃ praśnavidāṃ varaḥ
Bṛhaspati of great intelligence, being thus rightly questioned, best of those who understand questions, answered the question in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.46
बृहस्पतिरुवाच कथ यिष्यामि ते तात यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । विनयेन यथान्यायं गम्भीरं प्रश्नमुत्तमम्
bṛhaspatiruvāca katha yiṣyāmi te tāta yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi / vinayena yathānyāyaṃ gambhīraṃ praśnamuttamam
Bṛhaspati said: I shall tell you, my son, what you ask of me with humility, according to rule—the profound and excellent question.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.47
द्यौरंरिक्षं पृथिवी नक्षत्राणि दिशस्त था । सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ चैव तथाहोरात्रमेव च
dyauraṃrikṣaṃ pṛthivī nakṣatrāṇi diśasta thā / sūryācandramasau caiva tathāhorātrameva ca
Heaven, the mid-region, the earth, the stars and the directions, the sun and moon, and likewise day and night—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.48
न बभूवुस्तदा तात तमोभूतमभूज्जगत् । ब्रह्मैको दुश्चरं तत्र तताप परमं तपः
na babhūvustadā tāta tamobhūtamabhūjjagat / brahmaiko duścaraṃ tatra tatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ
—these did not exist then, my son; the world had become darkness. There Brahmā alone performed supreme, hard-to-practise austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.49
शंयुस्तमब्रवीद्भूयः पितरं ब्रह्मवित्तमम् । सर्ववेदव्रतस्नातः सर्वज्ञानविदां वरः । कीदृशं सर्वभूतेशस्तपस्तेपे प्रजा पतिः
śaṃyustamabravīdbhūyaḥ pitaraṃ brahmavittamam / sarvavedavratasnātaḥ sarvajñānavidāṃ varaḥ / kīdṛśaṃ sarvabhūteśastapastepe prajā patiḥ
Śaṃyu spoke again to his father, best of the knowers of brahman—he (Śaṃyu) bathed in the vows of all the Vedas, best of those versed in all knowledge: "What sort of austerity did the lord of all beings, Prajāpati, perform?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.50
बृहस्पतिरुवाच सर्वेषां तपसां यत्तत्तपो योगमनुत्तमम् । ध्यायंस्तदा स भगवांस्तेन लोकानवासृजत्
bṛhaspatiruvāca sarveṣāṃ tapasāṃ yattattapo yogamanuttamam / dhyāyaṃstadā sa bhagavāṃstena lokānavāsṛjat
Bṛhaspati said: Of all austerities, that austerity which is the unsurpassed yoga—meditating on it, the Lord then created the worlds thereby.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.51
ज्ञानानि भूतभव्यानि लोका वेदाश्च सर्वशः । योगामृतास्तदा सृष्टा ब्रह्मणा लोकचक्षुषा
jñānāni bhūtabhavyāni lokā vedāśca sarvaśaḥ / yogāmṛtāstadā sṛṣṭā brahmaṇā lokacakṣuṣā
The kinds of knowledge, things past and future, the worlds and the Vedas entirely, and the yoga-nectars, were then created by Brahmā, the eye of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.53
योगेन तपसा युक्तः पूर्वमेव तदा प्रभुः । देवानसृजत ब्रह्मा योगयुक्तान्सनातनान्
yogena tapasā yuktaḥ pūrvameva tadā prabhuḥ / devānasṛjata brahmā yogayuktānsanātanān
Then the Lord Brahmā, joined with yoga and austerity, first of all created the gods, eternal and joined with yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.54
आदिदेवा इति ख्याता महासत्त्वा महौजसः । सर्वकामप्रदाः पूज्या देवादानवमानवैः
ādidevā iti khyātā mahāsattvā mahaujasaḥ / sarvakāmapradāḥ pūjyā devādānavamānavaiḥ
They are known as the primal gods, of great being and great vigour, granting all desires, to be worshipped by gods, dānavas and men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.55
तेषां सप्त समाख्याता गणास्त्रैलोक्यपूजिताः । अमूर्त्तयस्त्रयस्तेषां चत्वारस्तु समूर्त्तयः
teṣāṃ sapta samākhyātā gaṇāstrailokyapūjitāḥ / amūrttayastrayasteṣāṃ catvārastu samūrttayaḥ
Of them seven groups are declared, honoured in the three worlds; three of them are without form, but four possess form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.56
उपरिष्टात् त्रयस्तेषां वर्त्तन्ते भावमूर्त्तयः । तेषामधस्ताद्वर्त्तन्ते चत्वारः सूक्ष्ममूर्त्तयः
upariṣṭāt trayasteṣāṃ varttante bhāvamūrttayaḥ / teṣāmadhastādvarttante catvāraḥ sūkṣmamūrttayaḥ
Three of them abide above, having (only) ideal form; below them abide the four, having subtle forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.57
ततो देवास्ततो भूमिरेषा लोकपरंपरा । लोके वर्षन्ति ते ह्यस्मिंस्तेभ्यः पर्जन्यसंभवः
tato devāstato bhūmireṣā lokaparaṃparā / loke varṣanti te hyasmiṃstebhyaḥ parjanyasaṃbhavaḥ
From them the gods, and from them this earth—such is the succession of worlds. For they rain upon this world; from them arises the rain-cloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.58
अन्नं भवति वै वृष्ट्या लोकानां संभवस्ततः । आप्याययन्ति ते यस्मात्सोमं चान्नं च योगतः
annaṃ bhavati vai vṛṣṭyā lokānāṃ saṃbhavastataḥ / āpyāyayanti te yasmātsomaṃ cānnaṃ ca yogataḥ
By rain food comes to be, and from that the origin of the worlds; since they, by yoga, cause the soma and the food to swell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.59
ऊचुस्तान्वै पितॄंस्त स्माल्लोकानां लोकसत्तमाः । मनोजवाः स्वधाभक्ष्यः सर्वकामपरिष्कृताः
ūcustānvai pitṝṃsta smāllokānāṃ lokasattamāḥ / manojavāḥ svadhābhakṣyaḥ sarvakāmapariṣkṛtāḥ
Therefore the most excellent of the worlds called them "Fathers": swift as thought, feeding on svadhā, furnished with every object of desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 9.60
लोभमोहभयोपेता निश्चिन्ताः शोक वर्जिताः । एते योगं परित्यज्य प्राप्ता लोकान्सुदर्शनान्
lobhamohabhayopetā niścintāḥ śoka varjitāḥ / ete yogaṃ parityajya prāptā lokānsudarśanān
Beset by greed, delusion and fear, (yet) free from care and rid of grief — these, having abandoned yoga, attained the fair-seeming worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 9.61
दिव्याः पुण्या विपाप्मानो महात्मानो भवन्त्युत । ततो युगसहस्रान्ते जायन्ते ब्रह्मवादिनः
divyāḥ puṇyā vipāpmāno mahātmāno bhavantyuta / tato yugasahasrānte jāyante brahmavādinaḥ
They become divine, meritorious, free of evil, great of soul; then at the end of a thousand yugas they are born as expounders of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.62
प्रतिलभ्य पुनर्योगं मोक्षं गच्छन्त्यमूर्त्तयः । व्यक्ताव्यक्तं परित्यज्य महायोगबलेन च
pratilabhya punaryogaṃ mokṣaṃ gacchantyamūrttayaḥ / vyaktāvyaktaṃ parityajya mahāyogabalena ca
Regaining yoga once more, they go bodiless to liberation, abandoning the manifest and the unmanifest by the power of great yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.63
नश्यन्त्युल्केव गगने क्षणद्विद्युत्प्रभेव च । उत्सृज्य देहजालानि महायोगबलेन च
naśyantyulkeva gagane kṣaṇadvidyutprabheva ca / utsṛjya dehajālāni mahāyogabalena ca
They vanish like a meteor in the sky, like the flash of a lightning-instant, casting off the nets of bodies by the power of great yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.64
निराख्योपास्यता यान्ति सरितं सागरं यथा । क्रियया गुरुपूजाभिर्यागं कुर्वन्ति यत्नतः
nirākhyopāsyatā yānti saritaṃ sāgaraṃ yathā / kriyayā gurupūjābhiryāgaṃ kurvanti yatnataḥ
They go to the state of being worshipped as the Unnameable, as a river (goes) to the ocean; by ritual action and by honouring teachers they perform sacrifice with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 9.65
श्राद्धे प्रीतास्ततः सोमं पितरो योगमास्थिताः । आप्याययन्ति योगेन त्रैलोक्यं येन जीवति
śrāddhe prītāstataḥ somaṃ pitaro yogamāsthitāḥ / āpyāyayanti yogena trailokyaṃ yena jīvati
Pleased at the śrāddha, the Fathers, established in yoga, then by yoga nourish the soma by which the three worlds live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.66
तस्माच्छ्राद्धानि देयानि योगानां यत्नतः सदा । पितॄणां हि बलं योगो योगात्सोमः प्रवर्त्तते
tasmācchrāddhāni deyāni yogānāṃ yatnataḥ sadā / pitṝṇāṃ hi balaṃ yogo yogātsomaḥ pravarttate
Therefore śrāddhas should always be given carefully to yogins; for yoga is the strength of the Fathers, and from yoga soma proceeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.67
सहस्रशतविप्रान्वै भोजयेद्यावदागतान् । एकस्तानपि मन्त्रज्ञः सर्वानर्हति तच्छृणु
sahasraśataviprānvai bhojayedyāvadāgatān / ekastānapi mantrajñaḥ sarvānarhati tacchṛṇu
One might feed a hundred thousand brahmins, as many as have come; but a single knower of the mantras is worth them all — hear that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.68
एतानेव च मन्त्रज्ञान्भोजयेद्यः समागतान् । एकस्तान्स्नातकः प्रितः सर्वानर्हति तच्छृणु
etāneva ca mantrajñānbhojayedyaḥ samāgatān / ekastānsnātakaḥ pritaḥ sarvānarhati tacchṛṇu
And whoever should feed these very knowers of the mantras who have assembled — a single snātaka, pleased, is worth them all: hear that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.69
मन्त्रज्ञानां सहस्रेण स्नातकानां शतेन च । योगाचार्येण यद्भुक्तं त्रायते महातो भयात्
mantrajñānāṃ sahasreṇa snātakānāṃ śatena ca / yogācāryeṇa yadbhuktaṃ trāyate mahāto bhayāt
What is eaten by a teacher of yoga saves from great fear more than (feeding) a thousand knowers of the mantras and a hundred snātakas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 9.70
गृहस्थानां सहस्रेण वानप्रस्थशतेन च । ब्रह्मचारिसहस्रेण योग एव विशिष्यते
gṛhasthānāṃ sahasreṇa vānaprasthaśatena ca / brahmacārisahasreṇa yoga eva viśiṣyate
Over a thousand householders, a hundred forest-dwellers, and a thousand celibate students, the yogin alone is pre-eminent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.71
नास्तिको वाप्यधर्मो वा संकीर्मस्तस्करो ऽपि वा । नान्यत्र तारणं दानं योगेष्वाह प्रजापतिः
nāstiko vāpyadharmo vā saṃkīrmastaskaro 'pi vā / nānyatra tāraṇaṃ dānaṃ yogeṣvāha prajāpatiḥ
Even an unbeliever, or an unrighteous man, or one of mixed birth, or even a thief — nowhere else is a gift a means of crossing over: so Prajāpati said of (gifts to) yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 9.72
पितरस्तस्य तुष्यन्ति सुवृष्टेनैव कर्षकाः । पुत्रो वाप्यथ वा पौत्रो ध्यानिनं भोजयिष्यति
pitarastasya tuṣyanti suvṛṣṭenaiva karṣakāḥ / putro vāpyatha vā pautro dhyāninaṃ bhojayiṣyati
His Fathers are satisfied, like farmers by good rain, (if) a son or else a grandson will feed a meditator.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.73
अलाभे ध्याननिष्ठानां भोजयेद्ब्रह्मचारिणम् । तदलाभे उदसीनं गूहस्थमपि भोजयेत्
alābhe dhyānaniṣṭhānāṃ bhojayedbrahmacāriṇam / tadalābhe udasīnaṃ gūhasthamapi bhojayet
Failing (to obtain) those devoted to meditation, one should feed a celibate student; failing that, one should feed even an indifferent householder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.74
यस्तिष्ठेदेकपादेन वायुभक्षः शतं समाः । ध्यानयोगी परस्तस्मादिति ब्रह्मानुशासनम्
yastiṣṭhedekapādena vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ samāḥ / dhyānayogī parastasmāditi brahmānuśāsanam
Though a man should stand on one foot for a hundred years living on air, the yogin of meditation is higher than he: such is the teaching of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.75
आद्य एष गणः प्रोक्तः पितॄणाममितौजसाम् । भावयन्सर्वलोकान्वै स्थित एष गणः सदा
ādya eṣa gaṇaḥ proktaḥ pitṝṇāmamitaujasām / bhāvayansarvalokānvai sthita eṣa gaṇaḥ sadā
This has been declared the first troop of the Fathers of measureless power; sustaining all the worlds, this troop abides forever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 9.76
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वानपि गणान्पुनः । संततिं संस्थितिं चैव भावनां च यथाक्रमम्
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvānapi gaṇānpunaḥ / saṃtatiṃ saṃsthitiṃ caiva bhāvanāṃ ca yathākramam
Hereafter I shall declare again all the troops as well, and their lineage, their abiding, and their sustaining, in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition