Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 1
BndP 3 1.1
श्रुत्वा पादं तृतीयं तु क्रान्तं सूतेन धीमता । ततश्चतुर्थं पप्रच्छुः पादं वै ऋषिसत्तमाः
śrutvā pādaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu krāntaṃ sūtena dhīmatā / tataścaturthaṃ papracchuḥ pādaṃ vai ṛṣisattamāḥ
Having heard the third quarter traversed by the wise Sūta, the most excellent of seers then asked about the fourth quarter.
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BndP 3 1.2
पादः क्रान्तस्तृतीयो ऽयमनुषङ्गेण नस्त्वया । चतुर्थं विस्तरात्पादं संहारं पारिकीर्त्तय
pādaḥ krāntastṛtīyo 'yamanuṣaṅgeṇa nastvayā / caturthaṃ vistarātpādaṃ saṃhāraṃ pārikīrttaya
"This third quarter has been traversed by you for us in due connection; now proclaim in full the fourth quarter, the Dissolution."
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BndP 3 1.3
मन्वन्तराणि सर्वाणि पूर्वाण्येवापरैः सह । सप्तर्षीणामथैतेषां सांप्रतस्यान्तरे मनोः
manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi pūrvāṇyevāparaiḥ saha / saptarṣīṇāmathaiteṣāṃ sāṃpratasyāntare manoḥ
All the earlier Manu-periods together with the later ones, and (the account) of these seven seers in the interval of the present Manu —
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BndP 3 1.4
विस्तरावयवं चैव निसर्गस्य महात्मनः । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च सर्वमेव ब्रवीहि नः
vistarāvayavaṃ caiva nisargasya mahātmanaḥ / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca sarvameva bravīhi naḥ
And the detailed particulars of the creation of the great-souled one — tell us all of it, at length and in due order.
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BndP 3 1.5
सूत उवाच भवतां कथयिष्यामि सर्वमेतद्यथातथम् । पादं त्विमं ससंहारं चतुर्थं मुनिसत्तमाः
sūta uvāca bhavatāṃ kathayiṣyāmi sarvametadyathātatham / pādaṃ tvimaṃ sasaṃhāraṃ caturthaṃ munisattamāḥ
Sūta said: I shall relate all this to you just as it is, O best of sages — this fourth quarter (of the work) together with the dissolution.
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BndP 3 1.6
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्येमं सांप्रतस्य महात्मंनः । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च निसर्गं शृणुत द्विजाः
manorvaivasvatasyemaṃ sāṃpratasya mahātmaṃnaḥ / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca nisargaṃ śṛṇuta dvijāḥ
Hear, O twice-born ones, at length and in due order, this creation of the present great-souled Manu Vaivasvata.
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BndP 3 1.7
मन्वन्तराणां संक्षेपं भविष्यैः सह सप्तभिः । प्रलयं चैव लोकानां ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
manvantarāṇāṃ saṃkṣepaṃ bhaviṣyaiḥ saha saptabhiḥ / pralayaṃ caiva lokānāṃ bruvato me nibodhata
Learn from me as I speak of the summary of the Manu-periods, together with the seven future ones, and of the dissolution of the worlds.
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BndP 3 1.8
एतान्युक्तानि वै सम्यक्सप्तसप्तसु वै प्रजाः । मन्वन्तराणि संक्षेपाच्छृणुता नागतानि मे
etānyuktāni vai samyaksaptasaptasu vai prajāḥ / manvantarāṇi saṃkṣepācchṛṇutā nāgatāni me
These have been rightly declared, O creatures, in the seven and seven (sections?); hear from me in brief the Manu-periods that have not yet come.
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BndP 3 1.9
सावर्णस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह । भविष्यस्य भविष्यं तु समासात्तन्निबोधत
sāvarṇasya pravakṣyāmi manorvaivasvatasya ha / bhaviṣyasya bhaviṣyaṃ tu samāsāttannibodhata
I shall declare (the period) of the future Sāvarṇa, (son) of Manu Vaivasvata; learn that future in brief.
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BndP 3 1.10
अनागताश्च सप्तैव स्मृतास्त्विह महर्षयः । कौशिको गालवश्चैव जामदग्न्यश्च भार्गवः
anāgatāśca saptaiva smṛtāstviha maharṣayaḥ / kauśiko gālavaścaiva jāmadagnyaśca bhārgavaḥ
And here seven great seers are recorded as (belonging to the time) not yet come: Kauśika, and Gālava, and Jāmadagnya the Bhārgava,
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BndP 3 1.11
द्वैपायनो वशिष्टश्च कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा । आत्रेयो दीप्तिमांश्चैव ऋषयशृङ्गस्तु काश्यपः
dvaipāyano vaśiṣṭaśca kṛpaḥ śāradvatastathā / ātreyo dīptimāṃścaiva ṛṣayaśṛṅgastu kāśyapaḥ
Dvaipāyana and Vasiṣṭha, and Kṛpa Śāradvata likewise, and Dīptimān the son of Atri, and Ṛṣyaśṛṅga the Kāśyapa,
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BndP 3 1.12
भरद्वाजस्तथा द्रौणिरश्वत्थामा महायशाः । एते सप्त महात्मानो भविष्याः परमर्षयः । सुतपाश्चामिताभाश्च सुखाश्चैव गणास्त्रयः
bharadvājastathā drauṇiraśvatthāmā mahāyaśāḥ / ete sapta mahātmāno bhaviṣyāḥ paramarṣayaḥ / sutapāścāmitābhāśca sukhāścaiva gaṇāstrayaḥ
and Bharadvāja, and Droṇa's son Aśvatthāman of great fame: these seven great-souled ones will be the supreme seers. And there are three troops (of gods): the Sutapas, the Amitābhas, and the Sukhas.
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BndP 3 1.13
तेषां गणस्तु देवानामेकैको विंशकः स्मृतः । नामतस्तु प्रवक्ष्यामि निबोधध्वं समाहिताः
teṣāṃ gaṇastu devānāmekaiko viṃśakaḥ smṛtaḥ / nāmatastu pravakṣyāmi nibodhadhvaṃ samāhitāḥ
Each single troop of those gods is recorded as consisting of twenty. I shall declare them by name; listen attentively.
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BndP 3 1.16
ऋतुस्तपश्च शुक्रश्च कृतिर्नेमिः प्रभाकरः । प्रभासो मासकृद्धर्मस्तेजोरश्मिः क्रतुर्विराट् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१।१४ ॥ अर्चिष्मान् द्योतनो भानुर्यशः कीर्त्तिर्बुधो धृतिः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१।१५ ॥ विंशतिः सुतपा ह्येते नामभिः परिकीर्त्तिताः । प्रभुर्विभुर्विभासश्च जेता हन्ता रिहा ऋतुः
ṛtustapaśca śukraśca kṛtirnemiḥ prabhākaraḥ / prabhāso māsakṛddharmastejoraśmiḥ kraturvirāṭ // bndp_3,1.14 // arciṣmān dyotano bhānuryaśaḥ kīrttirbudho dhṛtiḥ // bndp_3,1.15 // viṃśatiḥ sutapā hyete nāmabhiḥ parikīrttitāḥ / prabhurvibhurvibhāsaśca jetā hantā rihā ṛtuḥ
Ṛtu, Tapas, Śukra, Kṛti, Nemi, Prabhākara, Prabhāsa, Māsakṛt, Dharma, Tejoraśmi, Kratu, Virāṭ, Arciṣmān, Dyotana, Bhānu, Yaśas, Kīrti, Budha, Dhṛti — these twenty are the Sutapas, proclaimed by their names. Prabhu, Vibhu, Vibhāsa, Jetā, Hantā, Rihā, Ṛtu,
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BndP 3 1.17
सुमतिः प्रमतिर्दीप्तिः समाख्यातो महो महान् । देही मुनिरिनः पोष्टा समः सत्यश्च विश्रुतः
sumatiḥ pramatirdīptiḥ samākhyāto maho mahān / dehī munirinaḥ poṣṭā samaḥ satyaśca viśrutaḥ
Sumati, Pramati, Dīpti, Samākhyāta, Mahas, Mahān, Dehin, Muni, Ina, Poṣṭā, Sama, and Satya, Viśruta —
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BndP 3 1.18
इत्येतेह्यमिताभास्तु विंशतिः परिकीर्त्तिताः । दामो दानी ऋतः सोमो वित्तं वैद्यो यमो निधिः
ityetehyamitābhāstu viṃśatiḥ parikīrttitāḥ / dāmo dānī ṛtaḥ somo vittaṃ vaidyo yamo nidhiḥ
thus these twenty are proclaimed as the Amitābhas. Dāma, Dānin, Ṛta, Soma, Vitta, Vaidya, Yama, Nidhi,
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BndP 3 1.19
होमो हव्यं हुतं दानं देयं दाता तपः शमः । ध्रुवं स्थानं विधानं च नियमश्चेति विंशतिः
homo havyaṃ hutaṃ dānaṃ deyaṃ dātā tapaḥ śamaḥ / dhruvaṃ sthānaṃ vidhānaṃ ca niyamaśceti viṃśatiḥ
Homa, Havya, Huta, Dāna, Deya, Dātā, Tapas, Śama, Dhruva, Sthāna, Vidhāna, and Niyama — so twenty.
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BndP 3 1.20
सुखा ह्येते समाख्याताः सावर्ण्ये प्रथर्मेतरे । मारीचस्यैव ते पुत्राः कश्यपस्य महात्मनः
sukhā hyete samākhyātāḥ sāvarṇye pratharmetare / mārīcasyaiva te putrāḥ kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ
These are declared to be the Sukhas, the others (being) first in the Sāvarṇya (period). They are the sons of the great-souled Kaśyapa, son of Marīci.
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BndP 3 1.21
सांप्रतस्य भविष्यन्ति षष्टिर्देवास्तदन्तरे । सावर्णस्य मनोः पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति नवैव तु
sāṃpratasya bhaviṣyanti ṣaṣṭirdevāstadantare / sāvarṇasya manoḥ putrā bhaviṣyanti navaiva tu
In the present (Manu's) interval there will be sixty gods; and of Manu Sāvarṇa there will be just nine sons.
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BndP 3 1.22
विरजाश्चार्वरीवांश्च निर्मोकाद्यास्तथा परे । नव चान्येषु वक्ष्यामि सावर्णेष्वन्तरेषु वै
virajāścārvarīvāṃśca nirmokādyāstathā pare / nava cānyeṣu vakṣyāmi sāvarṇeṣvantareṣu vai
Virajas and Cārvarīvān and the others beginning with Nirmoka; and I shall speak of nine others in the other Sāvarṇi intervals.
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BndP 3 1.23
सावर्णमनवश्चान्ये भविष्या ब्रह्मणः सुताः । मेरुसावर्णितस्ते वै चत्वारो दिव्यदृष्टयः
sāvarṇamanavaścānye bhaviṣyā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ / merusāvarṇitaste vai catvāro divyadṛṣṭayaḥ
And the other Sāvarṇa Manus who are to come are sons of Brahmā; those four Meru-Sāvarṇis possess divine vision.
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BndP 3 1.24
दक्षस्य ते हि वौहित्राः क्रियाया दुहितुः सुताः । महता तपसा युक्ता मेरुपृष्ठे महौ जसः
dakṣasya te hi vauhitrāḥ kriyāyā duhituḥ sutāḥ / mahatā tapasā yuktā merupṛṣṭhe mahau jasaḥ
For they are Dakṣa's daughter's sons, the sons of his daughter Kriyā, endowed with great austerity, of great splendour, on the ridge of Meru.
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BndP 3 1.25
ब्रह्मादिभिस्तेजनिता दक्षेणैव च धीमता । महर्लोकं गता वृत्ता भविष्या मेरुमाश्रिताः
brahmādibhistejanitā dakṣeṇaiva ca dhīmatā / maharlokaṃ gatā vṛttā bhaviṣyā merumāśritāḥ
Begotten by the fiery power of Brahmā and the others, and by wise Dakṣa himself, they went to Maharloka — those who have passed and those yet to be — taking their station on Meru.
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BndP 3 1.26
महानुभावास्ते पूर्वं जज्ञिरे चाक्षुषेन्तरे । जज्ञिरे मनवस्ते हि भविष्यानागतान्तरे
mahānubhāvāste pūrvaṃ jajñire cākṣuṣentare / jajñire manavaste hi bhaviṣyānāgatāntare
Those of great dignity were born formerly, in the Cākṣuṣa interval; and those Manus (also) are born in the future, in the interval yet to come.
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BndP 3 1.27
प्राचेतसस्य दक्षस्य दौहित्रा मनवस्तु ये । सावर्णा नामतः पञ्च चत्वारः परमर्षिजाः
prācetasasya dakṣasya dauhitrā manavastu ye / sāvarṇā nāmataḥ pañca catvāraḥ paramarṣijāḥ
The Manus who are the daughter's sons of Dakṣa Prācetasa are five, Sāvarṇas by name; four (others) are born of the highest sages.
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BndP 3 1.28
संज्ञापुत्रस्तु सावर्णिरेको वैवस्वतस्तथा । ज्येष्ठः संज्ञासुतो नाम मुर्वैवस्वतः प्रभुः
saṃjñāputrastu sāvarṇireko vaivasvatastathā / jyeṣṭhaḥ saṃjñāsuto nāma murvaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ
But one is Sāvarṇi, the son of Saṃjñā, and likewise Vaivasvata; the eldest, named the son of Saṃjñā, is the lord Vaivasvata.
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BndP 3 1.29
वैवस्वतेंऽतरे प्राप्ते समुत्पत्तिस्तयोः शुभा । चतुर्दशैते मनवः कीर्तिता कीर्तिवर्द्धनाः
vaivasvateṃ'tare prāpte samutpattistayoḥ śubhā / caturdaśaite manavaḥ kīrtitā kīrtivarddhanāḥ
When the Vaivasvata interval arrived, the auspicious birth of those two (took place). These fourteen Manus have been proclaimed, increasers of fame.
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BndP 3 1.30
वेदे स्मृतौ पुराणे च सर्वे ते प्रभविष्णवः । प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे भूतानां पतयः स्थिताः
vede smṛtau purāṇe ca sarve te prabhaviṣṇavaḥ / prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve bhūtānāṃ patayaḥ sthitāḥ
In the Veda, in the Smṛti and in the Purāṇa, they are all mighty; all are lords of creatures, and they stand as lords of beings.
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BndP 3 1.31
तैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना । पूर्णं युगसहस्रं वै परिपाल्या नरेश्वरैः
tairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā / pūrṇaṃ yugasahasraṃ vai paripālyā nareśvaraiḥ
By them, as lords of men, this whole earth with its seven continents and its towns is to be protected for a full thousand yugas.
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BndP 3 1.32
प्रजाभिस्तपसा चैव विस्तरस्तेषु वक्ष्यते । चतुर्द्दशैते विज्ञेयाः सर्गाः स्वायंभुवादयः
prajābhistapasā caiva vistarasteṣu vakṣyate / caturddaśaite vijñeyāḥ sargāḥ svāyaṃbhuvādayaḥ
The detailed account concerning them, with their offspring and their austerity, will be told. These fourteen are to be known as the creations, beginning with that of Svāyaṃbhuva.
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BndP 3 1.33
मन्वन्तराधिकारेषु वर्त्तन्ते ऽत्र सकृत्सकृत् । विनिवृत्ताधिकारास्ते महार्लोकं समाश्रिताः
manvantarādhikāreṣu varttante 'tra sakṛtsakṛt / vinivṛttādhikārāste mahārlokaṃ samāśritāḥ
They function here, again and again, in the offices of the manvantaras; when their office has ceased they resort to Maharloka.
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BndP 3 1.34
समतीतास्तु ये तेषामष्टौ षट् च तथापरे । पूर्वेषु सांप्रतश्चायं शास्ति वैवस्वतः प्रभुः
samatītāstu ye teṣāmaṣṭau ṣaṭ ca tathāpare / pūrveṣu sāṃprataścāyaṃ śāsti vaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ
Of them, those that have wholly passed are eight, and six others besides; among the former ones (?), and at present this lord Vaivasvata rules.
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BndP 3 1.35
ये शिष्टास्तान्प्रवक्ष्यामि सह देवर्षिदानवैः । सह प्रजा निसर्गेण सर्वांस्ते ऽनागतान्द्विजः
ye śiṣṭāstānpravakṣyāmi saha devarṣidānavaiḥ / saha prajā nisargeṇa sarvāṃste 'nāgatāndvijaḥ
Those that remain I shall proclaim, together with the gods, sages and dānavas, and together with the creation of offspring — all those that are yet to come, O twice-born.
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BndP 3 1.36
वैवस्वत निसर्गेण तेषां ज्ञेयस्तु विस्तरः । अनूना नातिरिक्तास्ते यस्मात्मर्वे विवस्वतः
vaivasvata nisargeṇa teṣāṃ jñeyastu vistaraḥ / anūnā nātiriktāste yasmātmarve vivasvataḥ
Their full extent is to be known from the creation of Vaivasvata; they are neither less nor more, since all (of them are) of Vivasvat (?).
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BndP 3 1.37
पुनरुक्तबहुत्वात्तु न वक्ष्ये तेषु विस्तरम् । मन्वन्तरेषु भाव्येषु भूतेष्वपि तथैव च
punaruktabahutvāttu na vakṣye teṣu vistaram / manvantareṣu bhāvyeṣu bhūteṣvapi tathaiva ca
But because of the great amount of repetition I shall not tell the detail concerning them — concerning the manvantaras to come, and likewise concerning the beings (in them).
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BndP 3 1.38
कुलेकुले निसर्गास्तु तस्माज्ज्ञेया विभागशः । तेषामेव हि सिद्ध्यर्थं विस्तरेण क्रमेण च
kulekule nisargāstu tasmājjñeyā vibhāgaśaḥ / teṣāmeva hi siddhyarthaṃ vistareṇa krameṇa ca
Therefore the creations are to be known family by family, division by division; and for the very establishing of these, in detail and in order —
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BndP 3 1.39
दक्षस्य कन्या धर्मिष्ठा सुव्रता नाम विश्रुता । सर्वकन्यावरिष्ठा तु ज्येष्ठा या वीरिणीसुता
dakṣasya kanyā dharmiṣṭhā suvratā nāma viśrutā / sarvakanyāvariṣṭhā tu jyeṣṭhā yā vīriṇīsutā
Dakṣa had a daughter, most righteous, renowned by the name Suvratā, the best of all maidens, the eldest, who was born of Vīriṇī.
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BndP 3 1.40
गृहीत्वा तां पिता कन्यां जगाम ब्रह्मणो ऽतिके । वैराजस्थमुपासीनं धर्मेण च भवेन च
gṛhītvā tāṃ pitā kanyāṃ jagāma brahmaṇo 'tike / vairājasthamupāsīnaṃ dharmeṇa ca bhavena ca
Taking that maiden, her father went into the presence of Brahmā, who was seated in the Vairāja (hall) along with Dharma and with Bhava.
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BndP 3 1.41
भवधर्मसमीपस्थं दक्षं ब्रह्माभ्यभाषत । दक्ष कन्या तवेयं वै जनयिष्यति सुव्रता
bhavadharmasamīpasthaṃ dakṣaṃ brahmābhyabhāṣata / dakṣa kanyā taveyaṃ vai janayiṣyati suvratā
Brahmā spoke to Dakṣa, who stood near Bhava and Dharma: "Dakṣa, this daughter of yours, Suvratā, shall bring forth
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BndP 3 1.42
चतुरो वै मनून्पुत्रांश्चातुर्वर्ण्यकराञ्छुभान् । ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा दक्षो धर्मो भवस्तदा
caturo vai manūnputrāṃścāturvarṇyakarāñchubhān / brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣo dharmo bhavastadā
four Manus as sons, auspicious, makers of the four varṇas." Having heard Brahmā's word, then Dakṣa, Dharma and Bhava —
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BndP 3 1.43
तां कन्यां मनसा जग्मुस्त्रयस्ते ब्रह्मणा सह । सत्याभिध्यायिनां तेषां सद्यः कन्या व्यजायत
tāṃ kanyāṃ manasā jagmustrayaste brahmaṇā saha / satyābhidhyāyināṃ teṣāṃ sadyaḥ kanyā vyajāyata
those three, together with Brahmā, went to that maiden in mind; and as they meditated truly, at once the maiden gave birth,
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BndP 3 1.44
सदृशानूपतस्तेषां चतुरो वै कुमारकान् । संसिद्धाः कार्यकरणे संभूतास्ते श्रियान्विताः
sadṛśānūpatasteṣāṃ caturo vai kumārakān / saṃsiddhāḥ kāryakaraṇe saṃbhūtāste śriyānvitāḥ
to four boys resembling and conformable to them; they came into being accomplished in the doing of their task, endowed with splendour,
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BndP 3 1.45
उपभोगासमर्थैश्च सद्योजातैः शरीरकैः । ते दृष्ट्वा तान्स्वयंभूतान्ब्रह्मव्याहारिणस्तदा
upabhogāsamarthaiśca sadyojātaiḥ śarīrakaiḥ / te dṛṣṭvā tānsvayaṃbhūtānbrahmavyāhāriṇastadā
(the sons had) little bodies just born, incapable of enjoyment; then, seeing those self-born ones, they, uttering the word of Brahmā, (spoke)
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BndP 3 1.46
सरंब्धा वै व्यकर्षन्त मम पुत्रो ममेत्युत । अभिध्यायात्मनोत्पन्नानूचुर्वै ते परस्परम्
saraṃbdhā vai vyakarṣanta mama putro mametyuta / abhidhyāyātmanotpannānūcurvai te parasparam
Agitated, they pulled (them) about, saying "my son!" "mine!"; and, concerning those born from themselves by (mere) thought, they said to one another:
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BndP 3 1.47
यो यस्य वपुषा तुल्यो भजतां सततं सुतम् । यस्य यः सदृशश्चापि रूपे वीर्ये च मानतः
yo yasya vapuṣā tulyo bhajatāṃ satataṃ sutam / yasya yaḥ sadṛśaścāpi rūpe vīrye ca mānataḥ
"Let each cherish forever as his son the one who is equal to him in body; and whoever resembles whom in form, in valour, and in measure —
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BndP 3 1.48
तं गृह्णातु स भद्रं वो वर्णतो यस्य यः समः । ध्रुवं रूपं पितुः पुत्रः सो ऽनुरुध्यति सर्वदा
taṃ gṛhṇātu sa bhadraṃ vo varṇato yasya yaḥ samaḥ / dhruvaṃ rūpaṃ pituḥ putraḥ so 'nurudhyati sarvadā
let him take that one — good fortune to you all — whoever is equal to whom in colour; for a son surely conforms always to the father's form."
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BndP 3 1.49
तस्मादात्मसमः पुत्रः पितुर्मातुश्च वीर्यतः । एवं ते समयं कृत्वा सर्वेषां जगृहः सुतान्
tasmādātmasamaḥ putraḥ piturmātuśca vīryataḥ / evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā sarveṣāṃ jagṛhaḥ sutān
Therefore a son is like himself (i.e. like his begetter), (deriving) from the potency of the father and the mother. Having made an agreement in this way, they took the sons of all of them.
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BndP 3 1.50
चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे ऽतीते प्राप्ते वैवस्वतस्य ह । रुचेः प्रजापतेः पुत्रो रौच्यो नामाभवत्सुतः
cākṣuṣasyāntare 'tīte prāpte vaivasvatasya ha / ruceḥ prajāpateḥ putro raucyo nāmābhavatsutaḥ
When the interval of Cākṣuṣa had passed and that of Vaivasvata had arrived, the son of Ruci the Prajāpati was born, a son named Raucya.
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BndP 3 1.51
भूत्यामुत्पादितो यस्तु भौत्यो नाम कवेः सुतः । वैवस्वतेंऽतरे जातौ द्वौ मनू तु विवस्वतः
bhūtyāmutpādito yastu bhautyo nāma kaveḥ sutaḥ / vaivasvateṃ'tare jātau dvau manū tu vivasvataḥ
And he who was begotten in Bhūti was Kavi's son named Bhautya. In the Vaivasvata interval two Manus of Vivasvat were born.
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BndP 3 1.52
वैवस्वतो मनुर्यश्च सावर्णो यश्च वै श्रुतः । ज्ञेयः संज्ञासुतो विद्वान्मनुर्वैवस्वतः प्रभुः
vaivasvato manuryaśca sāvarṇo yaśca vai śrutaḥ / jñeyaḥ saṃjñāsuto vidvānmanurvaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ
There is Manu Vaivasvata and the one who is known as Sāvarṇa; the learned and mighty Manu Vaivasvata is to be understood as the son of Saṃjñā.
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BndP 3 1.53
सवर्णायाः सुतश्चान्यः स्मृतो वैवस्वतो मनुः । सावर्णम नवो ये च चत्वारस्तु महर्षिजाः
savarṇāyāḥ sutaścānyaḥ smṛto vaivasvato manuḥ / sāvarṇama navo ye ca catvārastu maharṣijāḥ
The other, the son of Savarṇā, is remembered as Manu Vaivasvata (Sāvarṇa); and the Sāvarṇa Manus, and the four who are born of the great sages,
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BndP 3 1.54
तपसा संभृतात्मानः स्वेषु मन्वन्तरेषु वै । भविष्येषु भविष्यन्ति सर्वकार्यार्थसाधकाः
tapasā saṃbhṛtātmānaḥ sveṣu manvantareṣu vai / bhaviṣyeṣu bhaviṣyanti sarvakāryārthasādhakāḥ
their selves matured by austerity, in their own future manvantaras they will come to be, accomplishing all tasks and purposes.
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BndP 3 1.55
प्रथमे मेरुसावर्णेदक्षपुत्रस्य वै मनोः । परामरीचिगर्भाश्च सुधर्माणश्च ते त्रयः । संभूताश्च महात्मानः सर्वे वैवस्वतेन्तरे
prathame merusāvarṇedakṣaputrasya vai manoḥ / parāmarīcigarbhāśca sudharmāṇaśca te trayaḥ / saṃbhūtāśca mahātmānaḥ sarve vaivasvatentare
In the first (manvantara), that of Merusāvarṇa, of the Manu who is the son of Dakṣa: the Pāras, the Marīcigarbhas, and the Sudharmans — those three (groups), all great-souled, came into being in the Vaivasvata interval.
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BndP 3 1.56
दक्षपुत्रस्य पुत्रास्ते रोहितस्य प्रजापतेः । भविष्यन्ति भविष्यास्तु एकैको द्वादशो गणः
dakṣaputrasya putrāste rohitasya prajāpateḥ / bhaviṣyanti bhaviṣyāstu ekaiko dvādaśo gaṇaḥ
They will be the sons of the Prajāpati Rohita, the son of Dakṣa; and of those to come, each single group is twelvefold.
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BndP 3 1.57
ऐश्वरश्च ग्रहो राहुर्वाकुर्वंशस्तथैव च । पारा द्वादश विज्ञेया उत्तरांस्तु निबोधत
aiśvaraśca graho rāhurvākurvaṃśastathaiva ca / pārā dvādaśa vijñeyā uttarāṃstu nibodhata
Aiśvara, Graha, Rāhu, and likewise Vākurvaṃśa — twelve Pāras are to be known; now learn of the later ones.
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BndP 3 1.58
वाजिपो वाजिजिच्चैव प्रभूतिश्च ककुद्यथ । दधिक्रावा विपक्वश्च प्रणीतो विजयो मधुः
vājipo vājijiccaiva prabhūtiśca kakudyatha / dadhikrāvā vipakvaśca praṇīto vijayo madhuḥ
Vājipa and Vājijit, Prabhūti, then Kakudi, Dadhikrāvan, Vipakva, Praṇīta, Vijaya, Madhu,
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BndP 3 1.59
उतथ्योत्तमकौ द्वौ तु द्वादशैते मरीचयः । सुधर्माणस्तु वक्ष्यामि नामतस्तान्निबोधत
utathyottamakau dvau tu dvādaśaite marīcayaḥ / sudharmāṇastu vakṣyāmi nāmatastānnibodhata
and the two, Utathya and Uttamaka — these twelve are the Marīcis. Now I shall tell of the Sudharmans; learn them by name.
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BndP 3 1.60
वर्णस्तथाथगर्विश्च भुरण्यो व्रजनो ऽमितः । अमितो द्रवकेतुश्च जंभो ऽथाजस्तु शक्रकः
varṇastathāthagarviśca bhuraṇyo vrajano 'mitaḥ / amito dravaketuśca jaṃbho 'thājastu śakrakaḥ
Varṇa, and then Agarvi, Bhuraṇya, Vrajana, Amita, Amita (again), Dravaketu, Jambha, then Aja, and Śakraka,
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BndP 3 1.61
सुनेमिर्द्युतयश्चैव सुधर्माणः प्रकीर्तिताः । तेषामिन्द्रस्तदा भाव्यो ह्यद्भुतो नाम नामतः
sunemirdyutayaścaiva sudharmāṇaḥ prakīrtitāḥ / teṣāmindrastadā bhāvyo hyadbhuto nāma nāmataḥ
Sunemi and the Dyutis — thus the Sudharmans have been proclaimed. Their Indra then will be one named Adbhuta.
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BndP 3 1.62
स्कन्दो ऽसौ पार्वतीयो वै कार्तिकेयस्तु पावकिः । मेधातिथिश्च पौलस्त्यो वसुः काश्यप एवं च
skando 'sau pārvatīyo vai kārtikeyastu pāvakiḥ / medhātithiśca paulastyo vasuḥ kāśyapa evaṃ ca
That Skanda, the mountain-born, indeed Kārttikeya, the son of Fire; and Medhātithi of Pulastya's line, and Vasu of Kaśyapa's line likewise,
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BndP 3 1.63
ज्योतिष्मान्भार्गवाश्चैव द्युतिमानङ्गिरास्तथा । वसिनश्चैव वासिष्ठ आत्रेयो हव्यवाहनः
jyotiṣmānbhārgavāścaiva dyutimānaṅgirāstathā / vasinaścaiva vāsiṣṭha ātreyo havyavāhanaḥ
Jyotiṣmān of Bhṛgu's line, and Dyutimān of Aṅgiras's line likewise, and Vasin of Vasiṣṭha's line, Havyavāhana of Atri's line,
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BndP 3 1.64
सुतपाः पौलहश्चैव सप्तैते रोहितेतरे । धृतिकेतुर्दीप्तिकेतुः शापहस्तनिरामयाः
sutapāḥ paulahaścaiva saptaite rohitetare / dhṛtiketurdīptiketuḥ śāpahastanirāmayāḥ
and Sutapas of Pulaha's line — these seven are in the other than Rohita('s period); Dhṛtiketu, Dīptiketu, Śāpahasta, Nirāmaya,
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BndP 3 1.65
पृथुश्रवास्तथानीको भूरिद्युम्नो बृहद्यशः । प्रथमस्य तु सावर्णेर्नव पुत्राः प्रकीर्तिताः
pṛthuśravāstathānīko bhūridyumno bṛhadyaśaḥ / prathamasya tu sāvarṇernava putrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Pṛthuśravas, Anīka, Bhūridyumna, Bṛhadyaśas — thus the nine sons of the first Sāvarṇi have been declared.
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BndP 3 1.66
दशमे त्वथ पर्याये धर्मपुत्रस्य वै मनोः । द्वीतीयस्य तु सावर्णेर्भाव्यस्यैवान्तरे मनोः
daśame tvatha paryāye dharmaputrasya vai manoḥ / dvītīyasya tu sāvarṇerbhāvyasyaivāntare manoḥ
Now in the tenth cycle, (the manvantara) of Manu the son of Dharma; and in the interval of the second Sāvarṇi, Manu Bhāvya —
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BndP 3 1.67
सुधामानो विरुद्धाश्च द्वावेव तु गणौ स्मृतौ । दीप्तिमन्तश्च ते सर्वे शतसंख्याश्च ते समाः
sudhāmāno viruddhāśca dvāveva tu gaṇau smṛtau / dīptimantaśca te sarve śatasaṃkhyāśca te samāḥ
The Sudhāmans and the Viruddhas: just these two are recorded as the (deva) groups; and all of them are radiant, and they are equal, a hundred in number.
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BndP 3 1.68
प्राणानां यच्छतं प्रोक्तं ऋषिभिः पुरषेति वै । देवास्ते वै भविष्यन्ति धर्मपुत्रस्य वै मनोः
prāṇānāṃ yacchataṃ proktaṃ ṛṣibhiḥ puraṣeti vai / devāste vai bhaviṣyanti dharmaputrasya vai manoḥ
That hundred of the vital breaths which was declared of old by the seers — those indeed will be the gods of Manu the son of Dharma.
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BndP 3 1.69
तेषामिन्द्रस्तथा विद्वान्भविष्यः शान्तिरुच्यते । हविष्मान्पौलहः श्रीमान्सुकीर्तिश्चाथ भार्गवः
teṣāmindrastathā vidvānbhaviṣyaḥ śāntirucyate / haviṣmānpaulahaḥ śrīmānsukīrtiścātha bhārgavaḥ
Their Indra will be the learned Śānti, it is said. Haviṣmān of the line of Pulaha, the illustrious Sukīrti of the line of Bhṛgu,
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BndP 3 1.70
आपोमूर्तिस्तथात्रेयो वसिष्ठश्चापवः स्मृतः । पौलस्त्यो ऽप्रतिमश्चापि नाभागश्चैव काश्यपः
āpomūrtistathātreyo vasiṣṭhaścāpavaḥ smṛtaḥ / paulastyo 'pratimaścāpi nābhāgaścaiva kāśyapaḥ
Āpomūrti of the line of Atri, and Vasiṣṭha's (descendant) is recorded as Āpava, Apratima of the line of Pulastya, and Nābhāga of the line of Kaśyapa,
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BndP 3 1.71
अभिमन्युश्चाङ्गिरसः सप्तैते परमर्षयः । सुक्षेत्रश्चोत्तमौजाश्च भूरिसेनश्च वीर्यवान्
abhimanyuścāṅgirasaḥ saptaite paramarṣayaḥ / sukṣetraścottamaujāśca bhūrisenaśca vīryavān
and Abhimanyu of the line of Aṅgiras — these seven are the supreme seers. And Sukṣetra, Uttamaujas, and the valorous Bhūrisena,
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BndP 3 1.72
शतानीको निरामित्रो वृषसेनो जयद्रथः । भूरिद्युम्नः सुवर्चाश्च दशैतेमानवाः स्मृताः
śatānīko nirāmitro vṛṣaseno jayadrathaḥ / bhūridyumnaḥ suvarcāśca daśaitemānavāḥ smṛtāḥ
Śatānīka, Nirāmitra, Vṛṣasena, Jayadratha, Bhūridyumna and Suvarcas — these ten are recorded as the sons of Manu.
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BndP 3 1.73
एकादशे तु पर्याये सावर्णे वै तृतीयके । निर्वाणरतयो देवाः कामगा वै मनोजवाः
ekādaśe tu paryāye sāvarṇe vai tṛtīyake / nirvāṇaratayo devāḥ kāmagā vai manojavāḥ
But in the eleventh cycle, that of the third Sāvarṇa, the gods are the Nirvāṇaratis, the Kāmagas and the Manojavas.
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BndP 3 1.74
गणास्त्वेते त्रयः ख्याता देवातानां महात्मनाम् । एकैकस्त्रिंशतस्तेषां गणस्तु त्रिदिवौकसाम्
gaṇāstvete trayaḥ khyātā devātānāṃ mahātmanām / ekaikastriṃśatasteṣāṃ gaṇastu tridivaukasām
These three groups of the great-souled deities are renowned; and each single group of those dwellers in heaven is thirty (in number).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.75
मासस्याहानि त्रिंशत्तु यानि वै कवयो विदुः । निर्वाणरतयो देवा रात्रयस्तु विहङ्गमाः
māsasyāhāni triṃśattu yāni vai kavayo viduḥ / nirvāṇaratayo devā rātrayastu vihaṅgamāḥ
The thirty days of a month, which the wise know — (these are) the Nirvāṇarati gods; and the nights are the Vihaṅgamas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.76
गणस्तृतीयो यः प्रोक्ते देवतानां भविष्यति । मनोजवा मूरूर्त्तास्तु इति देवाः प्रकीर्तिताः
gaṇastṛtīyo yaḥ prokte devatānāṃ bhaviṣyati / manojavā mūrūrttāstu iti devāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
The third group of deities which has been declared will come to be: the Manojavas — Murūrttas, thus the gods are proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.77
एते हि ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा भविष्या मानवाः स्मृताः । तेषामिद्रो वृषा नाम भविष्यः सुरराट् ततः
ete hi brahmaṇaḥ putrā bhaviṣyā mānavāḥ smṛtāḥ / teṣāmidro vṛṣā nāma bhaviṣyaḥ surarāṭ tataḥ
For these sons of Brahmā are recorded as the future Mānavas; their Indra thereafter will be the ruler of the gods named Vṛṣā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.78
तेषां सप्तऋषींश्चापि कीर्त्यमानान्निवौधत । हविष्मान्काश्यपश्चापि वपुष्मांश्चैव भार्गवः
teṣāṃ saptaṛṣīṃścāpi kīrtyamānānnivaudhata / haviṣmānkāśyapaścāpi vapuṣmāṃścaiva bhārgavaḥ
And hear their seven seers too, as they are being recounted: Haviṣmān of the line of Kaśyapa, and Vapuṣmān of the line of Bhṛgu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.79
आरुणिश्च तथात्रेयो वसिष्ठो नग एव च । पुष्टिराङ्गिरसो ज्ञेयः पौलस्त्यो निश्चरस्तथा
āruṇiśca tathātreyo vasiṣṭho naga eva ca / puṣṭirāṅgiraso jñeyaḥ paulastyo niścarastathā
and Āruṇi of the line of Atri, and Naga (of the line) of Vasiṣṭha; Puṣṭi is to be known as of the line of Aṅgiras, and Niścara of the line of Pulastya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.80
पौलहो ह्यतितेजश्च देवा ह्येकादशेन्तरे । सर्ववेगः सुधर्मा च देवानीकः पुरोवहः
paulaho hyatitejaśca devā hyekādaśentare / sarvavegaḥ sudharmā ca devānīkaḥ purovahaḥ
and Atitejas of the line of Pulaha — (these are the seers); and the gods in the eleventh interval: Sarvavega, Sudharmā, Devānīka, Purovaha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.81
क्षेमधर्मा ग्रहेषुश्च आदर्शः पैण्ड्रको मरुः । सावर्णस्य तु ते पुत्राः प्राजापत्यस्य वै नव
kṣemadharmā graheṣuśca ādarśaḥ paiṇḍrako maruḥ / sāvarṇasya tu te putrāḥ prājāpatyasya vai nava
Kṣemadharmā, Graheṣu, Ādarśa, Paiṇḍraka, Maru — these are the nine sons of Sāvarṇa, son of Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.82
द्वादशे त्वथ पर्याये रुद्रपुत्रस्य वै मनोः । चतुर्थो रुद्रसावर्णो देवांस्तस्यान्तरे शृणु
dvādaśe tvatha paryāye rudraputrasya vai manoḥ / caturtho rudrasāvarṇo devāṃstasyāntare śṛṇu
Now in the twelfth cycle, (that) of Manu the son of Rudra — the fourth (Sāvarṇa is) Rudrasāvarṇa; hear the gods in his interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.83
पञ्चैव तुगणाः प्रोक्ता देवतानामनागताः । हरिता रोहिताश्चैव देवाः सुमनसस्तथा
pañcaiva tugaṇāḥ proktā devatānāmanāgatāḥ / haritā rohitāścaiva devāḥ sumanasastathā
Five groups of deities yet to come are declared: the Haritas, the Rohitas, and the gods called Sumanas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.84
सुकर्माणः सुतरश्च विद्वांश्चैव सहस्रदः । पर्वतो ऽनु चरश्चैव अपाशुश्च मनोजवः
sukarmāṇaḥ sutaraśca vidvāṃścaiva sahasradaḥ / parvato 'nu caraścaiva apāśuśca manojavaḥ
the Sukarmans and Sutaras. And the learned Sahasrada, Parvata, Anucara, Apāśu and Manojava,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.85
ऊर्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तारा दशेते हरिताः स्मृताः । तपो ज्ञानी मृतिश्चैव वर्चा बन्धुश्च यः स्मृतः
ūrjā svāhā svadhā tārā daśete haritāḥ smṛtāḥ / tapo jñānī mṛtiścaiva varcā bandhuśca yaḥ smṛtaḥ
Ūrjā, Svāhā, Svadhā, Tārā — these ten are known as the Haritas. Tapas, Jñānin, Mṛti, and Varcas, and he who is known as Bandhu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.86
रजश्चैव तु राजश्च स्वर्णपादस्तथैव च । पुष्टिर्विधिश्च वै देवा दशैते रोहिताः स्मृताः
rajaścaiva tu rājaśca svarṇapādastathaiva ca / puṣṭirvidhiśca vai devā daśaite rohitāḥ smṛtāḥ
and Rajas, and Rāja, and likewise Svarṇapāda, Puṣṭi and Vidhi — these ten gods are known as the Rohitas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.87
तुष्ताद्यास्तु ये देवास्त्रय स्त्रिंशत्प्रकीर्तिताः । ते वै सुमनसो वेद्यान्निबोधत सुकर्मणः
tuṣtādyāstu ye devāstraya striṃśatprakīrtitāḥ / te vai sumanaso vedyānnibodhata sukarmaṇaḥ
Those gods beginning with Tuṣṭa who are proclaimed to be thirty-three — they are the Sumanasas. Now learn of the Sukarmans, who are to be known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.88
सुपर्वा वृषभः पृष्टा कपिद्युम्नविपश्चितः । विक्रमश्च क्रमश्चैव विभृतः कान्त एव च
suparvā vṛṣabhaḥ pṛṣṭā kapidyumnavipaścitaḥ / vikramaśca kramaścaiva vibhṛtaḥ kānta eva ca
Suparvan, Vṛṣabha, Pṛṣṭā, Kapi, Dyumna, Vipaścit, and Vikrama, and Krama, Vibhṛta, and Kānta —
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BndP 3 1.89
एते देवाः सुकर्माणः सुतरांश्च निबोधत । वर्षो दिव्यस्तथाञ्जिष्ठो वर्चस्वी द्युतिमान्कविः
ete devāḥ sukarmāṇaḥ sutarāṃśca nibodhata / varṣo divyastathāñjiṣṭho varcasvī dyutimānkaviḥ
these are the gods called Sukarmans. Now learn of the Sutaras: Varṣa, Divya, and likewise Añjiṣṭha, Varcasvin, Dyutimān, Kavi,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.90
शुभो हविः कृतप्राप्तिर्व्यापृतो दशमस्तथा । सुतारा नामतस्त्वेते देवा वै संप्रकीर्तिताः
śubho haviḥ kṛtaprāptirvyāpṛto daśamastathā / sutārā nāmatastvete devā vai saṃprakīrtitāḥ
Śubha, Havis, Kṛtaprāpti, and Vyāpṛta as the tenth — these gods are proclaimed by name as the Sutaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.91
तेषामिन्द्रस्तु विज्ञेयो ऋतधामा महायशाः । द्युतिर्वसिष्ठपुत्रस्तु आत्रेयः सुतपास्तथा
teṣāmindrastu vijñeyo ṛtadhāmā mahāyaśāḥ / dyutirvasiṣṭhaputrastu ātreyaḥ sutapāstathā
Their Indra is to be known as Ṛtadhāman of great fame. Dyuti the son of Vasiṣṭha, and Sutapas of Atri's line,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.92
तपोमूर्तिस्त्वाङ्गिरसस्तपस्वी काश्यपस्तथा । तपोधनश्च पौलस्त्यः पौलहश्च तपोरतिः
tapomūrtistvāṅgirasastapasvī kāśyapastathā / tapodhanaśca paulastyaḥ paulahaśca taporatiḥ
Tapomūrti of Aṅgiras' line, and Tapasvin of Kaśyapa's line, and Tapodhana of Pulastya's line, and Taporati of Pulaha's line,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.93
भार्गवः सप्तमस्तेषां विज्ञेयस्तु तपोधृतिः । एते सप्तर्षयः सिद्धा अन्त्ये सावर्णिकेंऽतरे
bhārgavaḥ saptamasteṣāṃ vijñeyastu tapodhṛtiḥ / ete saptarṣayaḥ siddhā antye sāvarṇikeṃ'tare
and the seventh of them, of Bhṛgu's line, is to be known as Tapodhṛti. These are the seven seers, the accomplished ones, in the last Sāvarṇika interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.94
देववानुपदेवश्च देवश्रेष्ठो विदूरथः । मित्रवान् मित्रसेनो ऽथ चित्रसेनो ह्यमित्रहा
devavānupadevaśca devaśreṣṭho vidūrathaḥ / mitravān mitraseno 'tha citraseno hyamitrahā
Devavān and Upadeva, Devaśreṣṭha, Vidūratha, Mitravān, Mitrasena, then Citrasena, Amitrahan,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.95
मित्रबाहुः सुवर्चाश्च द्वादशस्य मनोः सुताः । त्रयोदशेतु पर्याये भाव्ये रौच्येन्तरे पुनः
mitrabāhuḥ suvarcāśca dvādaśasya manoḥ sutāḥ / trayodaśetu paryāye bhāvye raucyentare punaḥ
Mitrabāhu and Suvarcas — (these are) the sons of the twelfth Manu. But in the thirteenth turn, again, in the future interval of Rucya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.96
त्रय एव गणाः प्रोक्ता देवानां तु स्वयंभुवा । ब्रह्मणो मानसाः पुत्रास्ते हि सर्वे महात्मनः
traya eva gaṇāḥ proktā devānāṃ tu svayaṃbhuvā / brahmaṇo mānasāḥ putrāste hi sarve mahātmanaḥ
just three troops of gods were declared by the Self-existent One; they are the mind-born sons of Brahmā, all of them great-souled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.97
सुत्रामाणः सुधर्माणः सुकर्माणश्च ते त्रयः । त्रिदशानां गणाः प्रोक्ता भविष्याः सोमपायिनाम्
sutrāmāṇaḥ sudharmāṇaḥ sukarmāṇaśca te trayaḥ / tridaśānāṃ gaṇāḥ proktā bhaviṣyāḥ somapāyinām
The Sutrāmans, the Sudharmans, and the Sukarmans — these three are declared to be the troops of the thirty (gods) who will be soma-drinkers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.98
त्रयस्त्रिशद्देवता याः पृथगिज्यास्तु याज्ञिकैः । आज्येन पृषदाज्येन ग्रहश्रेष्टेन चैव ह
trayastriśaddevatā yāḥ pṛthagijyāstu yājñikaiḥ / ājyena pṛṣadājyena grahaśreṣṭena caiva ha
The thirty-three deities who are to be worshipped separately by the sacrificers — with ghee, with sprinkled ghee, and with the best of the (soma-)draughts —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.99
ये वै देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्पृथक्त्वेन निबोधत । सुत्रामाणः प्रयाज्यास्तु आज्याशा ये तु सांप्रतम्
ye vai devāstrayastriṃśatpṛthaktvena nibodhata / sutrāmāṇaḥ prayājyāstu ājyāśā ye tu sāṃpratam
learn now of these thirty-three gods individually: the Sutrāmans are to be worshipped in the fore-offering, they who at present eat ghee;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.100
सुकर्माणो ऽनुयाज्याख्याः पृषदाज्याशिनस्तु ये । उपयाज्याः सुधर्माण इति देवाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
sukarmāṇo 'nuyājyākhyāḥ pṛṣadājyāśinastu ye / upayājyāḥ sudharmāṇa iti devāḥ prakīrttitāḥ
the Sukarmans are called those to be worshipped in the after-offering, they who eat the sprinkled ghee; the Sudharmans are those worshipped in the subsidiary offering — thus the gods are proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.101
दिवस्पतिर्महासत्वस्तेषामिन्द्रो भविष्यति । पुलहात्मजपुत्रास्ते विज्ञेयास्तु रुचेः सुताः
divaspatirmahāsatvasteṣāmindro bhaviṣyati / pulahātmajaputrāste vijñeyāstu ruceḥ sutāḥ
Divaspati of great strength will be their Indra. Those sons of Ruci are to be known as sons of the son of Pulaha's offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.102
अङ्गिराश्चैव धृतिमान् पौलस्त्यो ऽप्यव्ययस्तु सः । पौलहस्तत्त्वदर्शी छ भार्गवश्च निरुप्सुकः
aṅgirāścaiva dhṛtimān paulastyo 'pyavyayastu saḥ / paulahastattvadarśī cha bhārgavaśca nirupsukaḥ
And Dhṛtimān of Aṅgiras' line, and Avyaya of Pulastya's line, and Tattvadarśin of Pulaha's line, and Nirutsuka of Bhṛgu's line,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.103
निष्प्रकंप्यस्तथात्रेयो निर्मोहः काश्यपस्तथा । सुतपाश्चैव वासिष्ठः सप्तैते तु त्रयोदश
niṣprakaṃpyastathātreyo nirmohaḥ kāśyapastathā / sutapāścaiva vāsiṣṭhaḥ saptaite tu trayodaśa
and likewise Niṣprakampya of Atri's line, and Nirmoha of Kaśyapa's line, and Sutapas of Vasiṣṭha's line — these seven (are the seers) in the thirteenth (interval).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.104
चित्रसेनो विचित्रश्च नयो धर्मो धृतो भवः । अनेकः क्षत्रविद्धश्च सुरसो निर्भयो दश
citraseno vicitraśca nayo dharmo dhṛto bhavaḥ / anekaḥ kṣatraviddhaśca suraso nirbhayo daśa
Citrasena and Vicitra, Naya, Dharma, Dhṛta, Bhava, Aneka, and Kṣatraviddha, Surasa, Nirbhaya — ten.
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BndP 3 1.105
रौच्यस्यैते मनोः पुत्रा ह्यन्तरे तु त्रयोदशे । चतुर्दशे तु पर्याये भौत्यस्याप्यन्तरे मनोः
raucyasyaite manoḥ putrā hyantare tu trayodaśe / caturdaśe tu paryāye bhautyasyāpyantare manoḥ
These were the sons of Manu Raucya, in the thirteenth interval; and in the fourteenth turn, in the interval of Manu Bhautya (as follows).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.106
देवतानां गणाः पञ्च प्रोक्ता ये तु भविष्यति । चाक्षुषाश्च पवित्राश्च कनिष्ठा भ्राजितास्तथा
devatānāṃ gaṇāḥ pañca proktā ye tu bhaviṣyati / cākṣuṣāśca pavitrāśca kaniṣṭhā bhrājitāstathā
Five hosts of gods are declared, those which shall be: the Cākṣuṣas, the Pavitras, the Kaniṣṭhas, and likewise the Bhrājitas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.107
वाचावृद्धाश्च इत्येते पञ्च देवगणाः स्मृताः । निषादाद्याः स्वराः सप्त सप्त तान्विद्धि चाक्षुषान्
vācāvṛddhāśca ityete pañca devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ / niṣādādyāḥ svarāḥ sapta sapta tānviddhi cākṣuṣān
and the Vācāvṛddhas — these five are recorded as the god-hosts. The seven musical notes beginning with niṣāda — know those seven as the Cākṣuṣas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.108
बृहदाद्यानि सामानि कनिष्ठान्सप्त तान्विदुः । सप्त लोकाः पवित्रास्ते भ्राजिताः सप्तसिंधवः
bṛhadādyāni sāmāni kaniṣṭhānsapta tānviduḥ / sapta lokāḥ pavitrāste bhrājitāḥ saptasiṃdhavaḥ
They know the seven chants beginning with the Bṛhat to be the Kaniṣṭhas; the seven worlds are those Pavitras, and the Bhrājitas are the seven oceans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.109
वाचावृद्धानृषीन्विद्धि मनोः स्वायभुवस्य ये । सर्वे मन्वन्तरेद्राश्च विज्ञेयास्तुल्यलक्षणाः
vācāvṛddhānṛṣīnviddhi manoḥ svāyabhuvasya ye / sarve manvantaredrāśca vijñeyāstulyalakṣaṇāḥ
Know the Vācāvṛddhas to be the sages who belonged to Manu Svāyambhuva. And all the Indras in the intervals of the Manus are to be known as having like characteristics,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.110
तेजसा तपसा वुद्ध्या बलश्रुतपराक्रमैः । त्रैलोक्ये यानि सत्त्वानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च
tejasā tapasā vuddhyā balaśrutaparākramaiḥ / trailokye yāni sattvāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca
in splendour, in ascetic power, in intelligence, in strength, learning and valour. Whatever beings there are in the three worlds, moving and fixed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.111
सर्वशः सर्वैर्गुणैस्तानि इन्द्रास्ते ऽभिभवन्ति वै । भूतापवादिनो हृष्टा मध्यस्था भूतवादिनः
sarvaśaḥ sarvairguṇaistāni indrāste 'bhibhavanti vai / bhūtāpavādino hṛṣṭā madhyasthā bhūtavādinaḥ
in every way and with all their qualities those Indras surpass them. Those who decry beings (are) delighted; the middling ones speak (well) of beings.
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BndP 3 1.112
भूताभवादिनः शक्तास्त्रयो वेदाः प्रवादिनाम् । अग्नीध्रः काश्यपश्चैव पौलस्त्यो मागधश्च यः
bhūtābhavādinaḥ śaktāstrayo vedāḥ pravādinām / agnīdhraḥ kāśyapaścaiva paulastyo māgadhaśca yaḥ
Those who speak of the non-being of beings are the powerful; the three Vedas belong to the proclaimers. Agnīdhra, and Kāśyapa, and Paulastya, and he who is Māgadha,
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BndP 3 1.113
भार्गवो ह्यग्निवाहुश्च शुचिराङ्गिरसस्तथा । शुक्रश्चैव तु वासिष्ठः पौलहो मुक्त एव च
bhārgavo hyagnivāhuśca śucirāṅgirasastathā / śukraścaiva tu vāsiṣṭhaḥ paulaho mukta eva ca
and Bhārgava and Agnibāhu, and Śuci the Āṅgirasa, and Śukra, and the Vāsiṣṭha, the Paulaha, and Mukta,
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BndP 3 1.114
आत्रेयः श्वाजितः प्रोक्तो मनुपुत्रानतः शृणु । उरुर्गुरुश्च गंभीरो बुद्धः शुद्धः शुचिः कृती
ātreyaḥ śvājitaḥ prokto manuputrānataḥ śṛṇu / ururguruśca gaṃbhīro buddhaḥ śuddhaḥ śuciḥ kṛtī
and the Ātreya called Śvājita (are declared). Hear now the sons of the Manu: Uru, Guru, Gambhīra, Buddha, Śuddha, Śuci, Kṛtī,
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BndP 3 1.115
ऊर्जस्वी सुबलश्चैव भौत्यस्यैते मनोः सुताः । सावर्णा मनवो ह्येते चत्वारो ब्रह्मणः सुताः
ūrjasvī subalaścaiva bhautyasyaite manoḥ sutāḥ / sāvarṇā manavo hyete catvāro brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
Ūrjasvī and Subala — these are the sons of Manu Bhautya. These four Sāvarṇa Manus are sons of Brahmā;
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BndP 3 1.116
एको वैवस्वतश्चैव सावर्णो मनुरुच्यते । रौच्यो भौत्यश्च यौ तौ तु मतौ पौलहभार्गवौ । भौत्यस्यैवाधिपत्ये तु तूर्णं कल्पस्तु पूर्यते
eko vaivasvataścaiva sāvarṇo manurucyate / raucyo bhautyaśca yau tau tu matau paulahabhārgavau / bhautyasyaivādhipatye tu tūrṇaṃ kalpastu pūryate
one, the son of Vivasvat, is also called Manu Sāvarṇa. And those two, Raucya and Bhautya, are held to be the Paulaha and the Bhārgava; and under the sovereignty of Bhautya alone the kalpa is swiftly completed.
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BndP 3 1.117
सूत उवाच निःशेषेषु तु सर्वेषु तदा मन्वन्तरेष्विह
sūta uvāca niḥśeṣeṣu tu sarveṣu tadā manvantareṣviha
Sūta said: But when all the intervals of the Manus here are without remainder,
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BndP 3 1.118
अन्ते ऽनेकयुगे तस्मिन्क्षीणे संहार उच्यते । सप्तैते भार्गवा देवा अन्ते मन्वन्तरे तदा
ante 'nekayuge tasminkṣīṇe saṃhāra ucyate / saptaite bhārgavā devā ante manvantare tadā
at the end, when that (period) of many yugas is exhausted, the dissolution is spoken of. These seven Bhārgava gods, then, at the end of the manvantara —
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BndP 3 1.119
भुक्त्वा त्रैलोक्यम ध्यस्था युगाख्या ह्येकसप्ततीः । पितृभिर्मनुभिः सार्द्धं क्षीणे मन्वन्तरे तदा
bhuktvā trailokyama dhyasthā yugākhyā hyekasaptatīḥ / pitṛbhirmanubhiḥ sārddhaṃ kṣīṇe manvantare tadā
having enjoyed the three worlds as middling ones for seventy-one yuga-spans, together with the fathers and the Manus, when the manvantara is exhausted —
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BndP 3 1.120
अनाधारमिदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं वै भविष्यति । ततः स्थाना नि शुभ्राणि स्थानिनां तानि वै तदा
anādhāramidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ vai bhaviṣyati / tataḥ sthānā ni śubhrāṇi sthānināṃ tāni vai tadā
then all this triple world will be without support; then those shining stations of the station-holders,
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BndP 3 1.121
प्रभ्रशयन्ते विमुक्तानि तारा ऋक्षग्रहैस्तथा । ततस्तेषु व्यतीतेषु त्रैलोक्यस्येश्वरेष्विह
prabhraśayante vimuktāni tārā ṛkṣagrahaistathā / tatasteṣu vyatīteṣu trailokyasyeśvareṣviha
released, fall away, together with the stars, constellations and planets. Then, when those lords of the three worlds here have passed on,
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BndP 3 1.122
संप्रप्तेषु महर्लोकं यस्मिंस्ते कल्पवासिनः । अजिताद्या गणा यत्र आयुष्मन्तश्चतुर्दश
saṃprapteṣu maharlokaṃ yasmiṃste kalpavāsinaḥ / ajitādyā gaṇā yatra āyuṣmantaścaturdaśa
when they have reached the Mahar world, in which are those dwellers of the kalpa, where the hosts beginning with the Ajitas, the fourteen long-lived ones, (abide) —
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BndP 3 1.123
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु देवास्ते वै चतुर्द्दश । सशरीराश्च श्रूयन्ते जनलोके सहानुगाः
manvantareṣu sarveṣu devāste vai caturddaśa / saśarīrāśca śrūyante janaloke sahānugāḥ
in all the intervals of the Manus those gods are indeed fourteen; and they are heard of as being with their bodies in the Jana world, along with their followers.
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BndP 3 1.124
एवं देवेष्वतीतेषु महर्लोकाज्जनं प्रति । भूतादिष्ववशिष्टेषु स्थावरां तेषु तेषु वै
evaṃ deveṣvatīteṣu maharlokājjanaṃ prati / bhūtādiṣvavaśiṣṭeṣu sthāvarāṃ teṣu teṣu vai
Thus, when the gods have passed from the Mahar world toward the Jana (world), while the elements and the rest remain, and the immobile beings in each of those (worlds),
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BndP 3 1.125
शून्येषु लोकस्थानेषु महान्तेषु भुवादिषु । देवेषु च गतेष्वूर्द्ध्वं सायुज्यं कल्पवासिनाम्
śūnyeṣu lokasthāneṣu mahānteṣu bhuvādiṣu / deveṣu ca gateṣvūrddhvaṃ sāyujyaṃ kalpavāsinām
When the world-stations, the great ones beginning with the Bhuvar (world), have become empty, and the gods have gone upward to union (with Brahman) — (this is the fate) of those who dwell (only) for a kalpa.
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BndP 3 1.126
संहृत्य तास्ततो ब्रह्मा देवर्षिपितृदानवान् । संस्थापयति वै सर्गमहर्दृष्ट्वा युगक्षये
saṃhṛtya tāstato brahmā devarṣipitṛdānavān / saṃsthāpayati vai sargamahardṛṣṭvā yugakṣaye
Then Brahmā, having withdrawn them — the gods, sages, forefathers and dānavas — establishes the creation (again), having seen the (period of a) day at the end of the yuga.
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BndP 3 1.127
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः । रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां ते ऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः
caturyugasahasrāntamaharyadbrahmaṇo viduḥ / rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te 'horātravido janāḥ
That which ends with a thousand fourfold-yugas they know as a day of Brahmā; and the night likewise ends with a thousand yugas — so (say) those people who know his day and night.
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BndP 3 1.128
नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिको यश्चैवात्यन्तिकोर्ऽथतः । त्रिविधिः सर्वभूतानामित्येष प्रतिसंचरः
naimittikaḥ prākṛtiko yaścaivātyantikor'thataḥ / trividhiḥ sarvabhūtānāmityeṣa pratisaṃcaraḥ
The occasional (dissolution), the material one, and that which is final in the true sense: thus this dissolution of all beings is of three kinds.
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BndP 3 1.129
ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिकस्तस्य कल्पदाहः प्रसंयमः । प्रतिसर्गे तु भूतानां प्राकृतः करणक्षयः
brāhmo naimittikastasya kalpadāhaḥ prasaṃyamaḥ / pratisarge tu bhūtānāṃ prākṛtaḥ karaṇakṣayaḥ
The occasional one, belonging to Brahmā, is the burning up of the kalpa, the (great) restraining; but in the (material) dissolution of beings it is the material perishing of the instruments (of creation).
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BndP 3 1.130
ज्ञानाच्चात्यन्तिकः प्रोक्तः कारणानामसंभवः । ततः संहृत्य तान्ब्रह्मा देवांस्त्रैलोक्यवासिनः
jñānāccātyantikaḥ proktaḥ kāraṇānāmasaṃbhavaḥ / tataḥ saṃhṛtya tānbrahmā devāṃstrailokyavāsinaḥ
The final one is declared (to come) from knowledge: the non-arising of the causes. Then Brahmā, having withdrawn those gods who dwell in the three worlds,
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BndP 3 1.131
प्रहरति प्रकुरुते सर्गस्य प्रलयं पुनः । सुषुप्सुर्भगवान्ब्रह्मा प्रजाः संहरते तदा
praharati prakurute sargasya pralayaṃ punaḥ / suṣupsurbhagavānbrahmā prajāḥ saṃharate tadā
strikes (them) down and brings about the dissolution of the creation again; wishing to sleep, the lord Brahmā then withdraws his creatures.
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BndP 3 1.132
ततो युगसहस्रान्ते संप्राप्ते च युगक्षये । तत्रात्मस्थाः प्रजाः कर्तुं प्रपेदे स प्रजापतिः
tato yugasahasrānte saṃprāpte ca yugakṣaye / tatrātmasthāḥ prajāḥ kartuṃ prapede sa prajāpatiḥ
Then, at the end of a thousand yugas, when the destruction of the yuga has arrived, that Prajāpati set about making the creatures abide there in himself.
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BndP 3 1.133
तदा भवत्यनावृष्टिः संतता शतवार्षिकी । तया यान्यल्पसाराणि सत्त्वानि वृथिवीतले
tadā bhavatyanāvṛṣṭiḥ saṃtatā śatavārṣikī / tayā yānyalpasārāṇi sattvāni vṛthivītale
Then there comes a drought, continuous, lasting a hundred years; by it, those creatures on the earth's surface that have little substance —
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BndP 3 1.134
तान्येवात्र प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च । सप्तरश्मिरथो भूत्वा उदत्तिष्ठद्विभावसुः
tānyevātra pralīyante bhūmitvamupayānti ca / saptaraśmiratho bhūtvā udattiṣṭhadvibhāvasuḥ
just those are dissolved here and pass into the state of (mere) earth. Becoming one whose chariot has seven rays, the sun (Vibhāvasu) rose up.
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BndP 3 1.135
असह्यरश्मिर्भगवान्पिबत्यंभो गनस्तिभिः । हरीतारश्मयस्तस्यदीप्यमानास्तु सप्ततिः
asahyaraśmirbhagavānpibatyaṃbho ganastibhiḥ / harītāraśmayastasyadīpyamānāstu saptatiḥ
The lord, whose rays are unbearable, drinks up the water with his rays; and of him there are seventy blazing tawny rays.
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BndP 3 1.136
भूय एव विवर्त्तन्ते व्याप्नुवन्त्ॐबरं शनैः । भौमं काष्ठेन्धनं तेजो भृशमद्भिस्तु दीप्यते
bhūya eva vivarttante vyāpnuvantoṃbaraṃ śanaiḥ / bhaumaṃ kāṣṭhendhanaṃ tejo bhṛśamadbhistu dīpyate
Again and again they turn round, slowly filling the sky; the earthly fire fed on wood blazes greatly by means of the waters.
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BndP 3 1.137
तस्मादुदकभृत्सूर्यस्तपतीति हि कथ्यते । नावृष्ट्या तपते सूर्य्यो नावृष्ट्या परिषिच्यते
tasmādudakabhṛtsūryastapatīti hi kathyate / nāvṛṣṭyā tapate sūryyo nāvṛṣṭyā pariṣicyate
Therefore it is said that the sun burns as a bearer of water; the sun does not burn through drought, nor is he sprinkled through drought.
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BndP 3 1.138
नावृष्ट्या परिविश्येत वारिणा दीप्यते रविः । तस्मादपः पिबन्यो वै दीप्यते रविरंबरे
nāvṛṣṭyā pariviśyeta vāriṇā dīpyate raviḥ / tasmādapaḥ pibanyo vai dīpyate raviraṃbare
He is not entered into through drought; the sun blazes by means of water; therefore, drinking up the waters, the sun blazes in the sky.
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BndP 3 1.139
तस्य ते रश्मयः सप्त पिबन्त्यंभो महार्णवात् । तेनाहारेण संदीप्ताः सूर्याः सप्त भवन्त्युत
tasya te raśmayaḥ sapta pibantyaṃbho mahārṇavāt / tenāhāreṇa saṃdīptāḥ sūryāḥ sapta bhavantyuta
Those seven rays of his drink the water from the great ocean; kindled by that food, they become seven suns.
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BndP 3 1.140
ततस्ते रश्मयः सप्त सूर्यभूताश्चतुर्द्दिशम् । चतुर्लोकमिमं सर्वं दहन्ति शिखिनस्तदा
tataste raśmayaḥ sapta sūryabhūtāścaturddiśam / caturlokamimaṃ sarvaṃ dahanti śikhinastadā
Then those seven rays, having become suns, flaming, burn this whole fourfold world in the four directions.
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BndP 3 1.141
प्राप्नुवन्ति च ताभिस्तु ह्यूर्द्ध्वं चाधश्च रश्मिभिः । दीप्यन्ते भास्कराः सप्त युगान्ताग्निप्रतापिनः
prāpnuvanti ca tābhistu hyūrddhvaṃ cādhaśca raśmibhiḥ / dīpyante bhāskarāḥ sapta yugāntāgnipratāpinaḥ
And with those rays they reach both upward and downward; the seven sun-makers blaze, burning like the fire at the end of the yuga.
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BndP 3 1.142
ते वारिणा प्रदीप्ताश्च बहुसाहस्ररश्मयः । स्वं समावृत्य तिष्ठन्ति निर्दहन्तो वसुंधराम्
te vāriṇā pradīptāśca bahusāhasraraśmayaḥ / svaṃ samāvṛtya tiṣṭhanti nirdahanto vasuṃdharām
They, kindled by the water, having many thousands of rays, stand covering their own (sphere), burning up the earth.
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BndP 3 1.143
ततस्तेषां प्रतापेन दह्यमाना वसुंधरा । साद्रिनद्यर्णवा पृथ्वी निस्नेहा समपद्यत
tatasteṣāṃ pratāpena dahyamānā vasuṃdharā / sādrinadyarṇavā pṛthvī nisnehā samapadyata
Then the earth, being burnt by their heat, with its mountains, rivers and oceans, became devoid of moisture.
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BndP 3 1.144
दीप्ताभिः संतताभिश्च चित्राभिश्च समन्ततः । अधश्चोर्ध्वं च तिर्यक् च संरूद्धा सूर्यरश्मिभिः
dīptābhiḥ saṃtatābhiśca citrābhiśca samantataḥ / adhaścordhvaṃ ca tiryak ca saṃrūddhā sūryaraśmibhiḥ
On every side, below, above and across, it was hemmed in by the sun's rays, blazing, unbroken and many-hued.
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BndP 3 1.145
सूर्याग्नीनां प्रवृद्धानां संसृष्टानां परस्परम् । एकत्वमुपयातानामेकज्वाला भवत्युत
sūryāgnīnāṃ pravṛddhānāṃ saṃsṛṣṭānāṃ parasparam / ekatvamupayātānāmekajvālā bhavatyuta
Of the suns and fires, grown great, mingled with one another, and come to be one, there arises a single flame.
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BndP 3 1.146
सर्वलोकप्रणाशश्च सो ऽग्निर्भूत्वानुमण्डली । चतुर्लोकमिदं सर्वं निर्दहत्याशु तेजसा
sarvalokapraṇāśaśca so 'gnirbhūtvānumaṇḍalī / caturlokamidaṃ sarvaṃ nirdahatyāśu tejasā
And that fire, being the destruction of all the worlds, becoming ring-shaped, swiftly burns up this whole fourfold world with its heat.
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BndP 3 1.147
ततः प्रलीने सर्वस्मिञ्जङ्गमे स्थावरे तथा । निर्वृक्षा निस्तृणा भूमिः कूर्मपृष्ठसमा भवेत्
tataḥ pralīne sarvasmiñjaṅgame sthāvare tathā / nirvṛkṣā nistṛṇā bhūmiḥ kūrmapṛṣṭhasamā bhavet
Then, when all that moves and all that stands still has dissolved, the earth, without trees and without grass, becomes level as a tortoise's back.
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BndP 3 1.148
अंबरीषमिवाभाति सर्वमप्यखिलं जगत् । सर्वमेव तदर्चिर्भिः पूर्णं जाज्वल्यते घनः
aṃbarīṣamivābhāti sarvamapyakhilaṃ jagat / sarvameva tadarcirbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ jājvalyate ghanaḥ
The whole world entirely shines like a frying-pan; all of it, filled with those flames, blazes densely.
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BndP 3 1.149
भूतले यानि सत्त्वानि महोदधिगतानि च । ततस्तानि प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च
bhūtale yāni sattvāni mahodadhigatāni ca / tatastāni pralīyante bhūmitvamupayānti ca
Whatever creatures are on the surface of the earth and those that are in the great ocean — then they dissolve and pass into the state of earth.
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BndP 3 1.150
द्वीपाश्च पर्वताश्चैव वर्षाण्यथ महोदधिः । सर्वं तद्भस्मसाच्चक्रे सर्वात्मा पावकस्तु सः
dvīpāśca parvatāścaiva varṣāṇyatha mahodadhiḥ / sarvaṃ tadbhasmasāccakre sarvātmā pāvakastu saḥ
The islands, the mountains, the continents, and the great ocean — all that the fire, the self of all, reduced to ashes.
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BndP 3 1.151
समुद्रेभ्यो नदीभ्यश्च पातालेभ्यश्च सर्वशः । पिबत्यपः समिद्धो ऽग्निः पृथिवीमाश्रितो ज्वलन्
samudrebhyo nadībhyaśca pātālebhyaśca sarvaśaḥ / pibatyapaḥ samiddho 'gniḥ pṛthivīmāśrito jvalan
From the oceans, from the rivers, and from the netherworlds on every side the kindled fire drinks up the waters, blazing as it clings to the earth.
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BndP 3 1.152
ततः संवर्द्धितः शैलानति क्रम्य ग्रहांस्तथा । लोकान्संहरते दीप्तो घोरः संवर्त्तको ऽनलः
tataḥ saṃvarddhitaḥ śailānati kramya grahāṃstathā / lokānsaṃharate dīpto ghoraḥ saṃvarttako 'nalaḥ
Then, grown huge, overstepping the mountains and likewise the planets, the blazing, terrible fire of dissolution gathers in the worlds.
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BndP 3 1.153
ततः स पृथिवीं भित्त्वा रसातलमशोष्यत् । निर्दह्यान्ते तु पातालं वायुलोकमथादहत्
tataḥ sa pṛthivīṃ bhittvā rasātalamaśoṣyat / nirdahyānte tu pātālaṃ vāyulokamathādahat
Then, splitting the earth, it dried up Rasātala; and when the netherworld had been burnt out, it then burned the world of wind.
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BndP 3 1.154
अधस्तात्पृथिवीं दग्ध्वा तूर्द्ध्वं स दहतो दिवम् । योजनानां सहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च
adhastātpṛthivīṃ dagdhvā tūrddhvaṃ sa dahato divam / yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca
Having burned the earth below, above it burns the sky — thousands, millions, and hundreds of millions of yojanas.
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BndP 3 1.155
उदतिष्ठञ्शिखास्तस्य बह्व्यः संवर्त्तकस्य तु । गन्धर्वांश्च पिशाचांश्च समहोरगराक्षसान्
udatiṣṭhañśikhāstasya bahvyaḥ saṃvarttakasya tu / gandharvāṃśca piśācāṃśca samahoragarākṣasān
Many flames of that fire of dissolution rose up, (consuming) the gandharvas, the piśācas, together with the great serpents and the rākṣasas.
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BndP 3 1.156
तदा दहति संदीप्तो गोलकं चैव सर्वशः । भूर्लोकं च भुवर्ल्लोकं स्वर्लोकं च महस्तथा
tadā dahati saṃdīpto golakaṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ / bhūrlokaṃ ca bhuvarllokaṃ svarlokaṃ ca mahastathā
Then, fully blazing, it burns the globe entirely on all sides, and the Bhūr world, the Bhuvar world, the Svar world, and likewise Mahas.
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BndP 3 1.157
घोरो दहति कालाग्निरेवं लोकचतुष्टयम् । व्याप्तेषु तेषु लोकेषु तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वमथाग्निना
ghoro dahati kālāgnirevaṃ lokacatuṣṭayam / vyāpteṣu teṣu lokeṣu tiryagūrddhvamathāgninā
Thus the terrible fire of time burns the four worlds; and when those worlds have been pervaded across and above by the fire —
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BndP 3 1.158
तत्तेजः समनुप्राप्य कृत्स्नं जगदिदं शनैः । अयोगुडनिभं सर्वं तदा ह्येवं प्रकाशते
tattejaḥ samanuprāpya kṛtsnaṃ jagadidaṃ śanaiḥ / ayoguḍanibhaṃ sarvaṃ tadā hyevaṃ prakāśate
this whole world, gradually reaching that heat, then indeed appears thus, entirely like a ball of iron.
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BndP 3 1.159
ततो गजकुलाकारास्तडिद्भिः समलङ्कृताः । उत्तिष्ठन्ति तदा घोरा व्योम्नि संवर्तका घनाः
tato gajakulākārāstaḍidbhiḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ / uttiṣṭhanti tadā ghorā vyomni saṃvartakā ghanāḥ
Then terrible clouds of dissolution, shaped like herds of elephants and adorned with lightnings, rise up in the sky.
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BndP 3 1.160
केचिन्नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित्कुमुदसन्निभाः । केचिद्वैडूर्यसंकाशा इन्द्रनीलनिभाः परे
kecinnīlotpalaśyāmāḥ kecitkumudasannibhāḥ / kecidvaiḍūryasaṃkāśā indranīlanibhāḥ pare
Some are dark as blue lotuses, some like white water-lilies, some resembling beryl, others like sapphire.
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BndP 3 1.161
शङ्खकुन्दनिभाश्चान्ये जात्यञ्जननिभास्तथा । धूम्रवर्णा घनाः केचित्केचित्पीताःपयोधराः
śaṅkhakundanibhāścānye jātyañjananibhāstathā / dhūmravarṇā ghanāḥ kecitkecitpītāḥpayodharāḥ
Others are like conch and jasmine, and others like fine collyrium; some clouds are smoke-coloured, and some rain-bearers are yellow.
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BndP 3 1.162
केचिद्रासभवर्णाभा लाक्षारसनिभास्तथा । मनशिलाभास्त्वपरे कपोताभास्तथांबुदाः
kecidrāsabhavarṇābhā lākṣārasanibhāstathā / manaśilābhāstvapare kapotābhāstathāṃbudāḥ
Some have the colour of an ass, and some are like lac-juice; others look like realgar, and some clouds like a dove.
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BndP 3 1.163
इन्द्रगोपनिभाः केचिद्धरितालनिभास्तथा । चाषपत्रनिभाः केचिदुत्तिष्ठन्ति घना दिवि
indragopanibhāḥ keciddharitālanibhāstathā / cāṣapatranibhāḥ keciduttiṣṭhanti ghanā divi
Some like the cochineal insect, some like yellow orpiment, and some like the blue jay's wing — such clouds rise in the sky.
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BndP 3 1.164
केचित्पुरवराकाराः केचिद्गजकुलोपमाः । केचित्पर्वतसंकाशाः केचित्स्थलनिभा घनाः
kecitpuravarākārāḥ kecidgajakulopamāḥ / kecitparvatasaṃkāśāḥ kecitsthalanibhā ghanāḥ
Some have the shape of great cities, some resemble herds of elephants, some look like mountains, and some clouds are like level ground.
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BndP 3 1.165
क्रीडागारनिभाः केचित्केचिन्मीनकुलोपमाः । बहुरूपा घोररूपा घोरस्वरनिनादिनः
krīḍāgāranibhāḥ kecitkecinmīnakulopamāḥ / bahurūpā ghorarūpā ghorasvaraninādinaḥ
Some (clouds) resembled pleasure-houses, some were like shoals of fish; of many forms, of dreadful form, roaring with dreadful sound.
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BndP 3 1.166
तदा जलधराः सर्वे पूरयन्ति नभस्तलम् । ततस्ते जलदा घोरराविणो भास्करात्मकाः
tadā jaladharāḥ sarve pūrayanti nabhastalam / tataste jaladā ghorarāviṇo bhāskarātmakāḥ
Then all the cloud-bearers fill the vault of heaven; then those clouds, dreadfully roaring, having the sun as their essence,
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BndP 3 1.167
सप्तधा संवृतात्मानस्तमग्निं शमयन्त्युत । ततस्ते जलदा वर्षं मुञ्चन्ति च महौघवत्
saptadhā saṃvṛtātmānastamagniṃ śamayantyuta / tataste jaladā varṣaṃ muñcanti ca mahaughavat
in sevenfold manner, having enveloped themselves, quench that fire; then those clouds release rain like a great flood,
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BndP 3 1.168
सुघोरमशिवं सर्वं नाशयन्ति च पावकम् । प्रवृष्टैश्च तथात्यर्थं वारिणा पूर्यते जगत्
sughoramaśivaṃ sarvaṃ nāśayanti ca pāvakam / pravṛṣṭaiśca tathātyarthaṃ vāriṇā pūryate jagat
and they extinguish the whole most dreadful, inauspicious fire; and by the waters rained down thus exceedingly the world is filled.
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BndP 3 1.169
अद्भिस्तेजोभिभूतं च तदाग्निः प्रविशत्यपः । नष्टे चाग्नौ वर्षगते पयोदाः पावकोद्भवाः
adbhistejobhibhūtaṃ ca tadāgniḥ praviśatyapaḥ / naṣṭe cāgnau varṣagate payodāḥ pāvakodbhavāḥ
And overwhelmed in its heat by the waters, that fire enters the waters; and when the fire is destroyed by the coming of the rain, the clouds born from the fire—
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BndP 3 1.170
प्लावयन्तो जगत्सर्वं बृहज्जलपरिस्रवैः । धाराभिः पूरयन्तीमं चोद्यमानाः स्वयंभुवा
plāvayanto jagatsarvaṃ bṛhajjalaparisravaiḥ / dhārābhiḥ pūrayantīmaṃ codyamānāḥ svayaṃbhuvā
flooding the whole world with great outpourings of water, urged on by the Self-existent, fill this (world) with their streams.
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BndP 3 1.171
अन्ये तु सलिलौघैस्तु वेलामभिभवन्त्यपि । साद्रिद्वीपान्तरं पीतं जलमन्नेषु तिष्ठति
anye tu salilaughaistu velāmabhibhavantyapi / sādridvīpāntaraṃ pītaṃ jalamanneṣu tiṣṭhati
But others overwhelm even the shore-line with floods of water; the water drunk (up), together with the mountains and the interiors of the continents, stands in the foods.
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BndP 3 1.172
पुनः पतति भूमौ तत्पयोधस्तान्नभस्तले । संवेष्टयति घोरात्मा दिवि वायुः समततः
punaḥ patati bhūmau tatpayodhastānnabhastale / saṃveṣṭayati ghorātmā divi vāyuḥ samatataḥ
That water falls again upon the earth from the clouds in the sky; the wind of dreadful nature in the sky wraps (it) round on all sides.
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BndP 3 1.173
तस्मिन्नेकार्मवे घोरे नष्टे स्थावारजङ्गमे । पूर्मे युगसहस्रे वै निःशेषः कल्प उच्यते
tasminnekārmave ghore naṣṭe sthāvārajaṅgame / pūrme yugasahasre vai niḥśeṣaḥ kalpa ucyate
When in that dreadful single ocean the moving and unmoving have perished, when the thousand of ages is complete, it is called the kalpa of no remainder.
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BndP 3 1.174
अथांभसऽऽवृते लोके प्राहुरेकार्मवं बुधाः । अथ भूमिर्जलं खं च वायुश्चैकार्मवे तदा
athāṃbhasa''vṛte loke prāhurekārmavaṃ budhāḥ / atha bhūmirjalaṃ khaṃ ca vāyuścaikārmave tadā
Then, the world being covered with water, the wise call it "one ocean"; then earth and water and space and wind (were) in the single ocean at that time.
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BndP 3 1.175
नष्टे ऽनले ऽन्धभूते तु प्राज्ञायत न किञ्चन । पार्थिवास्त्वथ सामुद्रा आपो दैव्याश्च सर्वशः
naṣṭe 'nale 'ndhabhūte tu prājñāyata na kiñcana / pārthivāstvatha sāmudrā āpo daivyāśca sarvaśaḥ
When the fire was destroyed and (all) had become blind darkness, nothing whatever was discerned; then the earthly and the oceanic and the divine waters, on all sides,
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BndP 3 1.176
असरन्त्यो व्रजन्त्यैक्यं सलिलाख्यां भजन्त्युत । आगतागतिके चैव तदा तत्सलिलं स्मृतम्
asarantyo vrajantyaikyaṃ salilākhyāṃ bhajantyuta / āgatāgatike caiva tadā tatsalilaṃ smṛtam
not flowing (apart), go to unity and take on the name "water" (salila); and because of its coming and going, that water is then so remembered.
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BndP 3 1.177
प्रच्छाद्यति महीमेतामर्णवाख्यं तु तज्जलम् । आभाति यस्मात्तद्भाभिर्भाशब्दो व्याप्तिदीप्तिषु
pracchādyati mahīmetāmarṇavākhyaṃ tu tajjalam / ābhāti yasmāttadbhābhirbhāśabdo vyāptidīptiṣu
That water, named arṇava, covers over this earth; since it shines with its splendours—the root bhā (is used) in the senses of pervading and shining—
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BndP 3 1.178
भस्म सर्वमनुप्राप्य तस्मादंभो निरुच्यते । नानात्वे चैव शीघ्रे च धातुर्वै अर उच्यते
bhasma sarvamanuprāpya tasmādaṃbho nirucyate / nānātve caiva śīghre ca dhāturvai ara ucyate
having pervaded all the ashes, therefore it is called aṃbhas; and the root ara is said (to be used) in the sense of multiplicity and of swiftness.
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BndP 3 1.179
एकार्मवे तदा ह्यो वै न शीघ्रस्तेन ता नराः । तस्मिन्युगसहस्रान्ते दिवसे ब्रह्मणो गते
ekārmave tadā hyo vai na śīghrastena tā narāḥ / tasminyugasahasrānte divase brahmaṇo gate
Then in the single ocean there was indeed no swiftness; by that (name) those men (call it so). When that day of Brahmā, at the end of the thousand ages, has passed,
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BndP 3 1.180
तावन्तं कालमेवं तु भवत्येकार्मवं जगत् । तदा तु सर्वे व्यापारा निवर्त्तन्ते प्रजापतेः
tāvantaṃ kālamevaṃ tu bhavatyekārmavaṃ jagat / tadā tu sarve vyāpārā nivarttante prajāpateḥ
for just so long a time the world remains a single ocean; and then all the activities of the Lord of creatures cease.
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BndP 3 1.181
एकमेकार्णवे तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे । तदा स भवति ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
ekamekārṇave tasminnaṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame / tadā sa bhavati brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
When the moving and unmoving have perished in that one single ocean, then he becomes Brahmā of a thousand eyes and a thousand feet,
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BndP 3 1.182
सहस्रशीर्षा सुमनाः सहस्रपात्सहस्रचक्षुर्वदनः सहस्रवाक् । सहस्रबाहुः प्रथमः प्रजापतिस्त्रयी मयो यः पुरुषो निरुच्यते
sahasraśīrṣā sumanāḥ sahasrapātsahasracakṣurvadanaḥ sahasravāk / sahasrabāhuḥ prathamaḥ prajāpatistrayī mayo yaḥ puruṣo nirucyate
thousand-headed, of good mind, thousand-footed, with a thousand eyes and faces, with a thousand voices, thousand-armed, the first Lord of creatures, who is called the Puruṣa consisting of the triple (Veda).
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BndP 3 1.183
आदित्यवर्मा भुवनस्य गोप्ता अपूर्व एकः प्रथमस्तुराषाट् । हिरण्यगर्भः पुरुषो महान्वै संपठ्यते वै रजसः परस्तात्
ādityavarmā bhuvanasya goptā apūrva ekaḥ prathamasturāṣāṭ / hiraṇyagarbhaḥ puruṣo mahānvai saṃpaṭhyate vai rajasaḥ parastāt
With the sun as his armour, the protector of the world, without a predecessor, one, the first, victorious in swiftness; he is recited as Hiraṇyagarbha, the great Puruṣa, beyond rajas.
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BndP 3 1.184
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते सर्वतः सलिलाप्लुते । सुषुप्सुरप्रकाशेप्सुः स रात्रिं कुरुते प्रभुः
caturyugasahasrānte sarvataḥ salilāplute / suṣupsuraprakāśepsuḥ sa rātriṃ kurute prabhuḥ
At the end of the thousand of four-age (periods), when all is flooded with water, that Lord, wishing to sleep and not wishing to be manifest, makes the night.
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BndP 3 1.187
चतुर्विधा यदा शेते प्रजाः सर्वा लयं गताः । पश्यन्ति तं महात्मानं कालं सप्त महर्षयः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१।१८५ ॥ जनलोकं विवर्त्तास्ते तपसा लब्धचक्षुषः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१।१८५ ॥भृग्वादयो महात्मानः पूर्वे व्याख्यातलक्षणाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१।१८६ ॥ सत्यादीन्सप्तलोकान्वै ते हि पश्यन्ति चक्षुषा । ब्रह्माणं ते तु पश्यन्ति सदा ब्राह्मीषु रात्रिषु
caturvidhā yadā śete prajāḥ sarvā layaṃ gatāḥ / paśyanti taṃ mahātmānaṃ kālaṃ sapta maharṣayaḥ // bndp_3,1.185 // janalokaṃ vivarttāste tapasā labdhacakṣuṣaḥ // bndp_3,1.185 //bhṛgvādayo mahātmānaḥ pūrve vyākhyātalakṣaṇāḥ // bndp_3,1.186 // satyādīnsaptalokānvai te hi paśyanti cakṣuṣā / brahmāṇaṃ te tu paśyanti sadā brāhmīṣu rātriṣu
When the fourfold creatures all lie down, having gone to dissolution, the seven great sages behold that great-souled Time. // They abide in Janaloka, having gained (that) eye through austerity. // The great-souled ones beginning with Bhṛgu, whose marks were set forth earlier, // they indeed behold with (that) eye the seven worlds beginning with Satya; and they always behold Brahmā in the nights of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.188
सप्तर्षयः प्रपश्यन्ति स्वप्नं कालं स्वरात्रिषु । कल्पानां परमेष्टि त्वात्तस्मादाद्यः स पठ्यते
saptarṣayaḥ prapaśyanti svapnaṃ kālaṃ svarātriṣu / kalpānāṃ parameṣṭi tvāttasmādādyaḥ sa paṭhyate
The seven sages behold the dream-time in their own nights; and since he is the supreme dweller of the kalpas, he is therefore recited as the first.
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BndP 3 1.189
स स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः । एवमेशायित्वा तु ह्यात्मन्येव प्रजापतिः
sa sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ / evameśāyitvā tu hyātmanyeva prajāpatiḥ
He is the creator of all beings at the beginnings of the kalpas, again and again; thus indeed, having laid (them) down within his very self, Prajāpati—
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BndP 3 1.190
अथात्मनि महातेजाः सर्वमादाय सर्वकृत् । ततः स वसते रात्रिं तमस्येकार्णवे जले
athātmani mahātejāḥ sarvamādāya sarvakṛt / tataḥ sa vasate rātriṃ tamasyekārṇave jale
Then the greatly radiant maker of all, having gathered everything into himself, dwells through the night in darkness, in the water of the single ocean.
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BndP 3 1.191
ततो रात्रिक्षये प्राप्ते प्रति बुद्धः प्रजापतिः । मनः सिसृक्षया युक्तः सर्गाय निदधे पुनः
tato rātrikṣaye prāpte prati buddhaḥ prajāpatiḥ / manaḥ sisṛkṣayā yuktaḥ sargāya nidadhe punaḥ
Then, when the ending of the night has come, Prajāpati, awakened, joined with the desire to create, again sets his mind upon creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.192
एवं स लोके निर्वृत्त उपशान्ते प्रजापतौ । ब्राह्मे नैमित्तिके तस्मिन्कल्पिते वै प्रसंयमे
evaṃ sa loke nirvṛtta upaśānte prajāpatau / brāhme naimittike tasminkalpite vai prasaṃyame
Thus, when the world has ceased and Prajāpati has come to rest, in that occasional (naimittika) dissolution of Brahmā, when the great withdrawal has been appointed—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.193
देहैर्वियोगः सत्त्वानां तस्मिन्वै कृत्स्नशः स्मृतः । ततो धग्धेषु भूतेषु सर्वेष्वादित्यरशिमभिः
dehairviyogaḥ sattvānāṃ tasminvai kṛtsnaśaḥ smṛtaḥ / tato dhagdheṣu bhūteṣu sarveṣvādityaraśimabhiḥ
In that (dissolution) the separation of living beings from their bodies is held to be complete; then, when all beings have been burnt up by the sun's rays,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.194
देवर्षिमनुवर्येषु तस्मिन्नंबुप्लवे तदा । गन्धर्वादीनि सत्त्वानि पिशायान्तानि सर्वशः
devarṣimanuvaryeṣu tasminnaṃbuplave tadā / gandharvādīni sattvāni piśāyāntāni sarvaśaḥ
—the gods, sages and foremost Manus (being gone)—then, in that flood of water, the beings beginning with gandharvas and ending with piśācas, wholly,
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BndP 3 1.195
कल्पादावप्रतप्तानि जनमेवाश्रयन्ति वै । तिर्यग्योनीनि नरके यानि यानि गतान्यपि
kalpādāvaprataptāni janamevāśrayanti vai / tiryagyonīni narake yāni yāni gatānyapi
not scorched at the kalpa's beginning, take refuge precisely in Janaloka; and whatever beings of animal births have gone into hell,
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BndP 3 1.196
तदा तान्यापि दग्धानि धूतपापानि सर्वशः । जले तान्युपपद्यन्ते यावत्संप्लवते जगत्
tadā tānyāpi dagdhāni dhūtapāpāni sarvaśaḥ / jale tānyupapadyante yāvatsaṃplavate jagat
then those too, burnt, their sins entirely shaken off, come to exist in the water for as long as the world is flooded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.197
व्युष्टायां च रचन्यां तु ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तयोनितः । जायन्ते हि पुनस्तानि सर्वभूतानि कृतस्नशः
vyuṣṭāyāṃ ca racanyāṃ tu brahmaṇo 'vyaktayonitaḥ / jāyante hi punastāni sarvabhūtāni kṛtasnaśaḥ
And when the night of Brahmā has passed away, from the unmanifest womb all those beings are born once more, entirely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.198
ऋषयो मनवो देवाः प्रजाः सर्वाश्चतुर्विधाः । तेषामपि च सिद्धानां निधनोत्पत्तिरुच्यते
ṛṣayo manavo devāḥ prajāḥ sarvāścaturvidhāḥ / teṣāmapi ca siddhānāṃ nidhanotpattirucyate
Sages, Manus, gods, and all the fourfold creatures—of those perfected ones too the destruction and origination is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.199
यथासूर्यस्य लोके ऽस्मिन्नुदयास्तमने स्मृते । तथा जन्मनिरोधश्च भूतानामिह दृश्यते
yathāsūryasya loke 'sminnudayāstamane smṛte / tathā janmanirodhaśca bhūtānāmiha dṛśyate
Just as the rising and setting of the sun are recorded in this world, so too the birth and cessation of beings is seen here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.200
आभूतसंप्लवात्तस्माद्भवः संसार उच्यते । यथा सर्वाणि भूतानां जायन्ते वर्षणेष्विह
ābhūtasaṃplavāttasmādbhavaḥ saṃsāra ucyate / yathā sarvāṇi bhūtānāṃ jāyante varṣaṇeṣviha
Therefore existence up to the dissolution of beings is called saṃsāra. Just as all the beings here are born at the rains—
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BndP 3 1.201
स्थावरादीनि नियमात्कल्पे कल्पे तथा प्रजाः । यथार्त्तावृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये
sthāvarādīni niyamātkalpe kalpe tathā prajāḥ / yathārttāvṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye
—plants and the rest—so too, by fixed rule, are the creatures in kalpa after kalpa; just as the marks of the seasons, of various forms, in the round of the seasons
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BndP 3 1.202
दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा ब्रह्मद्युरात्रिषु । प्रत्याहारे विसर्गे च गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च
dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā brahmadyurātriṣu / pratyāhāre visarge ca gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca
—those very same are seen (again)—so too in the days and nights of Brahmā, in withdrawal and in emission, both the moving and the fixed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.203
निष्क्रमन्ते विशन्ते च प्रजाः काले प्रजापतिम् । ब्रह्माणं सर्वभूतानि महायोगं महेश्वरम्
niṣkramante viśante ca prajāḥ kāle prajāpatim / brahmāṇaṃ sarvabhūtāni mahāyogaṃ maheśvaram
In time the creatures go forth from Prajāpati and enter him; all beings (enter) Brahmā, the great yoga, the great lord.
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BndP 3 1.204
स स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः । व्यक्तो ऽव्यक्तो महादेवस्तस्य सर्वमिदं जगत्
sa sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ / vyakto 'vyakto mahādevastasya sarvamidaṃ jagat
He is the creator of all beings at the beginnings of the kalpas, again and again; the great god, manifest and unmanifest—all this world is his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.205
येनैव सृष्टाः प्रथमं प्रयाता आपो हि मार्गेण महीतले ऽस्मिन् । पूर्वं प्रयातेन यथात्वथापस्तेनैव तेनैव तु स्वर्व्रजन्ति
yenaiva sṛṣṭāḥ prathamaṃ prayātā āpo hi mārgeṇa mahītale 'smin / pūrvaṃ prayātena yathātvathāpastenaiva tenaiva tu svarvrajanti
By that very path by which the waters, first created, went forth upon this surface of the earth—by that path travelled before, just so the waters go to heaven by that very same one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.206
यथा शूभेन त्वशुभेन चैव तत्रैव तत्रैव विवर्त्तमानाः । मर्त्यास्तु देहान्तरभावितत्वाद्रवेर्वशादूर्ध्वमधश्चरन्ति
yathā śūbhena tvaśubhena caiva tatraiva tatraiva vivarttamānāḥ / martyāstu dehāntarabhāvitatvādravervaśādūrdhvamadhaścaranti
Just as, by the auspicious and by the inauspicious (deed), they keep turning about in this place and that, so mortals, because of being destined for another body, move upward and downward by the power of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 1.207
ये चापि देवा मनवः प्रजेशा अन्ये ऽपि ये स्वर्गगताश्च सिद्धाः । तद्भाविताः ख्यातिवशाश्च धर्म्याः पुनर्विसर्गेण भवन्ति सत्त्वाः
ye cāpi devā manavaḥ prajeśā anye 'pi ye svargagatāśca siddhāḥ / tadbhāvitāḥ khyātivaśāśca dharmyāḥ punarvisargeṇa bhavanti sattvāḥ
And those who are gods, the Manus, the lords of creatures, and the others who have gone to heaven, and the Siddhas — brought into being by that (state), subject to their renown, and righteous — these beings come into existence again at the (next) emission (of creation).
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BndP 3 1.208
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि कालमाभूतसंप्लवम् । मन्वन्तराणि यानि स्युर्व्याख्यातानि मया द्विजाः
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi kālamābhūtasaṃplavam / manvantarāṇi yāni syurvyākhyātāni mayā dvijāḥ
Beyond this I shall declare the time up to the dissolution (of beings); the manvantaras, whatever they are, have (already) been explained by me, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 1.209
सह प्रजानिसर्गेण सह देवैश्चतुर्द्दश । सा युगाख्या सहस्रं तु सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि वै
saha prajānisargeṇa saha devaiścaturddaśa / sā yugākhyā sahasraṃ tu sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi vai
Together with the emission of creatures and together with the gods, (they are) fourteen; that is called a yuga-measure, and all the (manv)antaras together (make) a thousand.
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BndP 3 1.210
अस्याः सहस्रे द्व पूर्ण विशेषः कल्प उच्यते । एतद्ब्राह्ममहर्ज्ञेयं तस्य सख्यां निबोधत
asyāḥ sahasre dva pūrṇa viśeṣaḥ kalpa ucyate / etadbrāhmamaharjñeyaṃ tasya sakhyāṃ nibodhata
Of this, two full thousands — the distinction (thereof) — is called a kalpa; this is to be known as a day of Brahmā; learn now its reckoning.
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BndP 3 1.211
निमेषतुल्यमात्रा हि कृता लब्दक्षणेन तु । मानुषाक्षिनिमेषास्तु काष्ठा पञ्चदश स्मृताः
nimeṣatulyamātrā hi kṛtā labdakṣaṇena tu / mānuṣākṣinimeṣāstu kāṣṭhā pañcadaśa smṛtāḥ
For a measure equal to a nimeṣa is made by the obtained kṣaṇa; and fifteen nimeṣas of the human eye are declared (to be) a kāṣṭhā.
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BndP 3 1.212
नव क्षणस्तु पञ्जैव विंशत्काष्ठा तु ते त्रयः । प्रस्था सप्तो दकाश्चैव साधिकाक्तु लवः स्मृतः
nava kṣaṇastu pañjaiva viṃśatkāṣṭhā tu te trayaḥ / prasthā sapto dakāścaiva sādhikāktu lavaḥ smṛtaḥ
Nine kṣaṇas, and five, and twenty kāṣṭhās — those three; seven prasthas and udakas: with a little more, a lava is declared.
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BndP 3 1.213
लवास्त्रिंशत्कला ज्ञेया मुहूर्त्तस्त्रिंशतः कलाः । मुहूर्त्तास्तु पुनस्त्रिंशदहोरात्रमिति स्थितिः
lavāstriṃśatkalā jñeyā muhūrttastriṃśataḥ kalāḥ / muhūrttāstu punastriṃśadahorātramiti sthitiḥ
Thirty lavas are to be known as a kalā, and thirty kalās (make) a muhūrta; and thirty muhūrtas again (make) a day and night — such is the settled rule.
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BndP 3 1.214
अहोरात्रं कलानां तु अधिकानि शतानि षट् । ताश्चैव संख्याया ज्ञेयाश्चन्द्रादित्यगतिर्यथा
ahorātraṃ kalānāṃ tu adhikāni śatāni ṣaṭ / tāścaiva saṃkhyāyā jñeyāścandrādityagatiryathā
A day and night consists of six hundred kalās and more; and these are to be known by calculation, according as the motion of the moon and sun (goes).
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BndP 3 1.215
निमेषा दशपञ्चैवं काष्ठा स्तास्त्रिंशतः कला । त्रिंशत्कला मुहूर्त्तं तु दशभागं कला स्मृतम्
nimeṣā daśapañcaivaṃ kāṣṭhā stāstriṃśataḥ kalā / triṃśatkalā muhūrttaṃ tu daśabhāgaṃ kalā smṛtam
Fifteen nimeṣas thus (make) a kāṣṭhā; thirty of those (make) a kalā; thirty kalās (make) a muhūrta; and a kalā is declared (to be) a tenth part.
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BndP 3 1.216
चत्वारिंशत्कलाः पञ्च मुहूर्त्त इति संज्ञितः । मुहूर्त्ताश्च लवाश्चापि प्रमाणज्ञैः प्रकल्पिताः
catvāriṃśatkalāḥ pañca muhūrtta iti saṃjñitaḥ / muhūrttāśca lavāścāpi pramāṇajñaiḥ prakalpitāḥ
Forty-five kalās are designated a muhūrta; and the muhūrtas and the lavas too have been fixed by those who know measurement.
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BndP 3 1.217
तथानेनांभसश्चापिं पलान्यथ त्रयोदश । मागधेनैव मानेन जलप्रस्थो विधीयते
tathānenāṃbhasaścāpiṃ palānyatha trayodaśa / māgadhenaiva mānena jalaprastho vidhīyate
And by this (measure) thirteen palas of water, indeed: by the Magadha measure a prastha of water is prescribed.
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BndP 3 1.218
एते वाराप्लुतप्रस्थाश्चत्वारो नालिकोच्चयः । हेममाषैः कृतच्छिद्रश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरङ्गुलैः
ete vārāplutaprasthāścatvāro nālikoccayaḥ / hemamāṣaiḥ kṛtacchidraścaturbhiścaturaṅgulaiḥ
These four prasthas filled with water (make) the volume of a nālikā (water-clock), pierced with a hole by four gold māṣas four fingers (long).
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BndP 3 1.219
समाहनि च रात्रौ च मुहूर्त्ता वै द्विनालिकाः । रवेर्गतिविशेषेण सर्वेष्वेतेषु नित्यशः
samāhani ca rātrau ca muhūrttā vai dvinālikāḥ / ravergativiśeṣeṇa sarveṣveteṣu nityaśaḥ
Both in the day and in the night the muhūrtas are (each) of two nālikās, constantly in all these (cases), (varying) by the particular motion of the sun.
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BndP 3 1.220
अधिकं षट्शतं यच्च कलानां प्रविधीयते । तदहर्मानुषं ज्ञेयं नाक्षत्रं तु दशाधिकम्
adhikaṃ ṣaṭśataṃ yacca kalānāṃ pravidhīyate / tadaharmānuṣaṃ jñeyaṃ nākṣatraṃ tu daśādhikam
And the six hundred and more of kalās which is prescribed — that is to be known as the human day; the sidereal (day) is ten more.
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BndP 3 1.221
सावनेन तु मानेन अब्दो ऽयं मानुषः स्मृतः । एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रमिति शास्त्रविनिश्चयः
sāvanena tu mānena abdo 'yaṃ mānuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ / etaddivyamahorātramiti śāstraviniścayaḥ
By the sāvana measure this is declared the human year; this (same) is a divine day and night — such is the determination of the treatise.
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BndP 3 1.222
अह्लानेन तु या संख्या मासर्त्वयनवार्षिकी । तदा बद्धमिदं ज्ञानं संज्ञया ह्युपलक्षितम्
ahlānena tu yā saṃkhyā māsartvayanavārṣikī / tadā baddhamidaṃ jñānaṃ saṃjñayā hyupalakṣitam
And the reckoning by days which pertains to months, seasons, half-years and years — thereby this knowledge is fixed, marked out by (its) designations.
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BndP 3 1.223
कलानां तु परिमाणं कला इत्यभिधीयते । यदहो ब्रह्मणः प्रोक्तं दिव्या कोटी तु सा स्मृता
kalānāṃ tu parimāṇaṃ kalā ityabhidhīyate / yadaho brahmaṇaḥ proktaṃ divyā koṭī tu sā smṛtā
The measure of the kalās is called kalā; that which is declared the day of Brahmā is reckoned as a crore of divine (years).
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BndP 3 1.224
शतानां च सहस्राणि दशद्विगुणितानि च । नवतिं च सहस्राणि तथैवान्यानि यानि तु
śatānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi daśadviguṇitāni ca / navatiṃ ca sahasrāṇi tathaivānyāni yāni tu
And thousands of hundreds, twice multiplied by ten, and ninety thousands, and likewise the others that there are —
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BndP 3 1.225
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु ऋषयो विस्मयं परमाद्भुतम् । संख्यासंभजनं ज्ञानमपृच्छन्सुतरां तदा
etacchrutvā tu ṛṣayo vismayaṃ paramādbhutam / saṃkhyāsaṃbhajanaṃ jñānamapṛcchansutarāṃ tadā
Having heard this, the sages (felt) an exceedingly great astonishment, and then asked further about the knowledge of the division of the reckoning.
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BndP 3 1.226
ऋषय ऊचुः संप्रकालन मानं तु मानुषेणैव सम्मतम् । मानेन श्रोतुमिच्छामः संक्षेपार्थपादाक्षरम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ saṃprakālana mānaṃ tu mānuṣeṇaiva sammatam / mānena śrotumicchāmaḥ saṃkṣepārthapādākṣaram
The sages said: (As for) the measure in the great dissolution — that which is agreed upon in human (terms) — we wish to hear it by (that) measure, in brief, in words of concise import.
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BndP 3 1.227
तेषां श्रुत्वा स देवस्तु वायुर्लोकहिते रतः । संक्षेपाद्दिव्यचक्षुष्ट्वा त्प्रोवाच वचनं प्रभुः
teṣāṃ śrutvā sa devastu vāyurlokahite rataḥ / saṃkṣepāddivyacakṣuṣṭvā tprovāca vacanaṃ prabhuḥ
Having heard them, that god Vāyu, devoted to the welfare of the world, being possessed of divine sight, the lord spoke these words in brief:
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BndP 3 1.228
एते रात्र्यहनी पूर्वं कीर्तिते त्विह लौकिके । तासां संख्याथ वर्षाग्रं ब्राह्मे वक्ष्याम्यहःक्षये
ete rātryahanī pūrvaṃ kīrtite tviha laukike / tāsāṃ saṃkhyātha varṣāgraṃ brāhme vakṣyāmyahaḥkṣaye
These, the night and the day, have already been declared here as reckoned by worldly (human) measure; now I shall state their number, the total of years, at the ending of Brahmā's day.
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BndP 3 1.229
कोडीशतानि चत्वारि वर्षाणि मानुषाणि तु । द्वात्रिंशच्च तथा कोट्यः संख्याताः संख्यया द्विजैः
koḍīśatāni catvāri varṣāṇi mānuṣāṇi tu / dvātriṃśacca tathā koṭyaḥ saṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyayā dvijaiḥ
Four hundred crores of human years, and likewise thirty-two crores, have been counted in reckoning by the twice-born;
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BndP 3 1.230
तथा शतसहस्राणि एकोननवतिः पुनः । अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि एष कालः प्लवस्य तु
tathā śatasahasrāṇi ekonanavatiḥ punaḥ / aśītiśca sahasrāṇi eṣa kālaḥ plavasya tu
and likewise eighty-nine hundred-thousands, and eighty thousands more — this is the time of the deluge.
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BndP 3 1.233
मानुषाख्येन संख्यातः कालो ह्याभूतसं प्लवः । सप्तसूर्यप्रदग्धेषु तदा लोकेषु तेषु वै । महाभूतषु लीयन्त प्रजाः सर्वाश्चतुर्विधाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१।२३१ ॥ सलिलेनाप्लुते लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१।२३२ ॥ विनिवृत्ते च संहारे उपशान्ते प्रजापतौ । निरालोके प्रदग्धे तु नैशेन तमसा वृते
mānuṣākhyena saṃkhyātaḥ kālo hyābhūtasaṃ plavaḥ / saptasūryapradagdheṣu tadā lokeṣu teṣu vai / mahābhūtaṣu līyanta prajāḥ sarvāścaturvidhāḥ // bndp_3,1.231 // salilenāplute loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame // bndp_3,1.232 // vinivṛtte ca saṃhāre upaśānte prajāpatau / nirāloke pradagdhe tu naiśena tamasā vṛte
Reckoned by what is called human (measure), this is the time up to the dissolution of beings. Then, when those worlds were burnt up by the seven suns, all creatures of the four kinds dissolved into the great elements; when the world was flooded with water and the moving and unmoving were destroyed; and when the destruction had ceased and Prajāpati had come to rest, (all being) lightless, burnt up, and covered by the darkness of night —
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BndP 3 1.234
ईश्वराधिष्ठिते त्वस्मिं स्तदा ह्येकार्मवे किल । तावदेकार्मवे ज्ञेयं यावदासीदहः प्रभोः
īśvarādhiṣṭhite tvasmiṃ stadā hyekārmave kila / tāvadekārmave jñeyaṃ yāvadāsīdahaḥ prabhoḥ
— when this (all) is presided over by the Lord, then indeed it is a single ocean, so they say; and the single-ocean state is to be known as lasting just as long as the Lord's day had lasted.
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BndP 3 1.235
रात्रिस्तु सलिलावस्था निवृत्तौ वाप्यहः स्मृतम् । अहोरात्रस्तथैवास्य क्रमेण परिवर्तते
rātristu salilāvasthā nivṛttau vāpyahaḥ smṛtam / ahorātrastathaivāsya krameṇa parivartate
The night is the condition of water; at its cessation the day is declared (to begin). Thus his day and night revolve in succession.
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BndP 3 1.236
आभूतसंप्लवो ह्येष अहोरात्रः स्मृतः प्रभोः । त्रैलोक्ये यानि सत्त्वानि गतिमन्तिध्रुवाणि च
ābhūtasaṃplavo hyeṣa ahorātraḥ smṛtaḥ prabhoḥ / trailokye yāni sattvāni gatimantidhruvāṇi ca
This day and night of the Lord is declared to extend to the dissolution of beings. Whatever creatures there are in the triple world, the moving and the fixed,
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BndP 3 1.237
आभूतेभ्यः प्रलीयन्ते तस्मादाभूतसंप्लवः । अतीता वर्तमानाश्च तथैवानागताः प्रजाः
ābhūtebhyaḥ pralīyante tasmādābhūtasaṃplavaḥ / atītā vartamānāśca tathaivānāgatāḥ prajāḥ
they dissolve away into the (primal) elements — hence "the dissolution of beings" (ābhūtasaṃplava). Creatures past, present, and likewise those yet to come —
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BndP 3 1.238
दिव्यसंख्या प्रसंख्याता अपरार्धगुणीकृताः । परार्द्धं द्विगुणं चापि परमायुः प्रकीर्त्ततम्
divyasaṃkhyā prasaṃkhyātā aparārdhaguṇīkṛtāḥ / parārddhaṃ dviguṇaṃ cāpi paramāyuḥ prakīrttatam
The divine reckoning has been enumerated, multiplied by the latter half; and the parārdha doubled is declared to be the maximum lifespan.
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BndP 3 1.239
एतावान्स्थितिकालस्तु ह्यजस्येह प्रजापतेः । स्थित्यन्तं प्रतिसर्गश्च ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
etāvānsthitikālastu hyajasyeha prajāpateḥ / sthityantaṃ pratisargaśca brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Such is the duration of the unborn Prajāpati here; and at the end of that duration comes the dissolution of Brahmā, the highest-standing one.
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BndP 3 1.240
यथा वायुप्रवेगेन दीपार्चिरुपशम्यति । तथैव प्रतिसर्गेण ब्रह्मा समुपशाम्यति
yathā vāyupravegena dīpārcirupaśamyati / tathaiva pratisargeṇa brahmā samupaśāmyati
Just as by the rush of the wind a lamp's flame is extinguished, exactly so, at the dissolution, Brahmā is extinguished.
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BndP 3 1.241
तथा स्वप्रतिसंसृष्टे महदादौ महेश्वरे । महत्प्रलीयते व्यक्ते गुणसाम्यं ततो भवेत्
tathā svapratisaṃsṛṣṭe mahadādau maheśvare / mahatpralīyate vyakte guṇasāmyaṃ tato bhavet
So too, when mahat and the rest are drawn back into their own source in Maheśvara, mahat dissolves into the unmanifest, and thereafter there is equilibrium of the guṇas.
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BndP 3 1.242
इत्येष वः समाख्यातो मया ह्याभूतसंप्लवः । ब्रह्मनैमित्तिको ह्येष संप्रक्षालनसंयमः । समासेन समाख्यातो भूयः किं वर्मयामि वः
ityeṣa vaḥ samākhyāto mayā hyābhūtasaṃplavaḥ / brahmanaimittiko hyeṣa saṃprakṣālanasaṃyamaḥ / samāsena samākhyāto bhūyaḥ kiṃ varmayāmi vaḥ
Thus this dissolution of beings has been declared to you by me. This restraint, the great washing-away, has to do with Brahmā; it has been declared in summary. What more shall I tell you?
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BndP 3 1.243
य इदं धारयेन्नित्यं शृणुयाद्वाप्यभीक्ष्णशः । कीर्त्तयेद्वर्णयेद्वापि महतीं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
ya idaṃ dhārayennityaṃ śṛṇuyādvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ / kīrttayedvarṇayedvāpi mahatīṃ siddhimāpnuyāt
Whoever constantly holds this (in mind), or listens to it repeatedly, or recites it, or expounds it, would attain great success.
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