Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 2
BndP 3 2.1
वायुरुवाच असाधारणवृत्तैस्तु हुतशेषादिभिर्जनैः । धर्मा वैशेषिकाश्चैव आचीर्णाः सूक्ष्मदर्शिभिः
vāyuruvāca asādhāraṇavṛttaistu hutaśeṣādibhirjanaiḥ / dharmā vaiśeṣikāścaiva ācīrṇāḥ sūkṣmadarśibhiḥ
Vāyu said: By people of extraordinary conduct, living on the remnants of oblations and the like, special dharmas too have been practised — by those who see the subtle.
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BndP 3 2.2
ते देवैः सह तिष्ठन्ति महर्लोकनिवासिनः । चतुर्दशैते मनवः कीर्तिताः कीर्तिवर्द्धनाः
te devaiḥ saha tiṣṭhanti maharlokanivāsinaḥ / caturdaśaite manavaḥ kīrtitāḥ kīrtivarddhanāḥ
They dwell together with the gods, inhabiting the Maharloka. These fourteen Manus, increasers of fame, have been proclaimed.
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BndP 3 2.3
अतीता वर्त्तमानाश्च तथैवानागताश्च ये । देवाश्च ऋषयश्चैव मनवः पितरस्तथा
atītā varttamānāśca tathaivānāgatāśca ye / devāśca ṛṣayaścaiva manavaḥ pitarastathā
Those who are past, present, and likewise those yet to come — the gods, and the seers, and the Manus, and the fathers —
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BndP 3 2.4
सर्वे ह्युक्ता मयातीत महर्लोकं समाश्रिताः । ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैर्धार्मिकैः सहितैः सरैः
sarve hyuktā mayātīta maharlokaṃ samāśritāḥ / brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyairdhārmikaiḥ sahitaiḥ saraiḥ
all these have been spoken of by me as gone by, having resorted to the Maharloka, together with righteous brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas,
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BndP 3 2.5
तैस्तथाकारिभिर्युक्तैः श्रद्धावद्भिरदर्पितैः । वर्णाश्रमाणान्धर्मेषु श्रौतस्मार्त्तेषु संस्थितैः । विनिवृत्ताधिकारास्ते यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः
taistathākāribhiryuktaiḥ śraddhāvadbhiradarpitaiḥ / varṇāśramāṇāndharmeṣu śrautasmārtteṣu saṃsthitaiḥ / vinivṛttādhikārāste yāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ
— by those who act accordingly, who are yoked (to duty), full of faith, free of pride, established in the dharmas of the classes and life-stages, both Vedic and traditional; their office having ceased, they remain so until the end of the manvantara.
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BndP 3 2.6
ऋषय ऊचुः महर्ल्लोकेति यत्प्रोक्तं मातरिश्वंस्त्वया विभोः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ maharlloketi yatproktaṃ mātariśvaṃstvayā vibhoḥ
The seers said: As for what you have said, O Mātariśvan (Wind), about the Mahar world of the mighty one —
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BndP 3 2.7
प्रतिलोके तु कर्त्तव्यं तत्रकिं समधिष्ठितम् । प्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं यथा तत्त्वेन तत्त्ववित्
pratiloke tu karttavyaṃ tatrakiṃ samadhiṣṭhitam / provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ yathā tattvena tattvavit
what is to be done in each world, and what is established there? — (Thus asked,) he who knows the truth spoke sweet words, in accordance with the truth.
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BndP 3 2.8
वायुरुवाच चतर्दशैव स्थानानि निर्मितानि महर्षिभिः । लोकाख्यानि तु यानि स्युर्येषां तिष्ठन्ति मानवाः
vāyuruvāca catardaśaiva sthānāni nirmitāni maharṣibhiḥ / lokākhyāni tu yāni syuryeṣāṃ tiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ
Vāyu said: Just fourteen are the places fashioned by the great seers, those which are called "worlds," in which beings abide.
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BndP 3 2.9
सप्त तेषु कृतान्याहुरकृतानि तु सप्त वै । भूरादयस्तु सत्यान्ताः सप्त लोकाः कृतास्त्विह
sapta teṣu kṛtānyāhurakṛtāni tu sapta vai / bhūrādayastu satyāntāḥ sapta lokāḥ kṛtāstviha
Seven among them, they say, are made, and seven indeed are unmade; the seven worlds beginning with Bhūr and ending with Satya are here the made ones.
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BndP 3 2.10
अकृतानि तु सप्तैव प्राकृतानि तु यानि वै । स्थानानि स्थानिभिः सार्द्धं कृतानि तु निबन्धनम्
akṛtāni tu saptaiva prākṛtāni tu yāni vai / sthānāni sthānibhiḥ sārddhaṃ kṛtāni tu nibandhanam
And just seven are unmade, those which are primordial (prākṛta); the places together with their occupants are made — that is the rule.
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BndP 3 2.11
पृथिवी चान्तरीक्षं च दिव्यं यच्च महः स्मृतम् । स्थानान्येतानि चत्वारि स्मृतान्यावर्णकानि च
pṛthivī cāntarīkṣaṃ ca divyaṃ yacca mahaḥ smṛtam / sthānānyetāni catvāri smṛtānyāvarṇakāni ca
Earth, and the mid-region, and what is heavenly, and what is remembered as Mahar — these four places are said also to be those of the (four) classes.
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BndP 3 2.12
क्षयातिशययुक्तानि तथायुक्तानि चक्षते । यानि नैमित्तिकानि स्युस्तिष्ठन्त्याभूतसंप्लवात्
kṣayātiśayayuktāni tathāyuktāni cakṣate / yāni naimittikāni syustiṣṭhantyābhūtasaṃplavāt
They declare them to be subject to decay and increase, and (also) not so subject; those that are occasional (naimittika) stand until the dissolution of beings.
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BndP 3 2.13
जनस्तपश्च सत्यं च स्थानान्येतानि त्रीणि तु । एकान्तिकानि तानि स्युस्तिष्ठन्तीहाप्रसंयमात्
janastapaśca satyaṃ ca sthānānyetāni trīṇi tu / ekāntikāni tāni syustiṣṭhantīhāprasaṃyamāt
Jana, Tapas and Satya — these three places are absolute (ekāntika); they endure here until the final restraint (dissolution).
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BndP 3 2.14
व्यक्तानि तु प्रवक्ष्यामि स्थानान्येतानि सप्त वै । भूर्लोकः प्रथमस्तेषां द्वितीयस्तु भुवः स्मृतः
vyaktāni tu pravakṣyāmi sthānānyetāni sapta vai / bhūrlokaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ dvitīyastu bhuvaḥ smṛtaḥ
I shall now declare the manifest ones — these seven places. Of them the first is the Bhūr world, and the second is held to be Bhuvas.
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BndP 3 2.15
स्वस्तृतीयस्तु विज्ञेयश्चतुर्थो वै महः स्मृतः । जनस्तु पञ्चमो लोकस्तपः षष्ठो विभाव्यते
svastṛtīyastu vijñeyaścaturtho vai mahaḥ smṛtaḥ / janastu pañcamo lokastapaḥ ṣaṣṭho vibhāvyate
The third is to be known as Svar, and the fourth is called Mahar; Jana is the fifth world, and Tapas is reckoned the sixth.
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BndP 3 2.16
सत्यस्तु सप्तमो लोको निरालोकस्ततः परम् । भूरिति व्याहृतेः पूर्व भूर्लोकश्च ततो ऽभवत्
satyastu saptamo loko nirālokastataḥ param / bhūriti vyāhṛteḥ pūrva bhūrlokaśca tato 'bhavat
Satya is the seventh world, and beyond that there is no light. From the utterance "bhūḥ," first, the Bhūr world came to be.
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BndP 3 2.17
द्वीतीयो भुव इत्युक्त अन्तरिक्षं ततो ऽभवत् । तृतीयं स्वरितीत्युक्तो दिवं प्रादुर्बभूव ह
dvītīyo bhuva ityukta antarikṣaṃ tato 'bhavat / tṛtīyaṃ svaritītyukto divaṃ prādurbabhūva ha
The second was spoken as "bhuvaḥ," and thence the mid-region came to be; the third was uttered as "svar," and heaven appeared.
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BndP 3 2.18
व्याहारैस्त्रिभिरेतैस्तु ब्रह्मा लोकमकल्पयत् । ततो भूः पार्थिवो लोको ह्यन्तरिक्षं भूवः स्मृतम्
vyāhāraistribhiretaistu brahmā lokamakalpayat / tato bhūḥ pārthivo loko hyantarikṣaṃ bhūvaḥ smṛtam
With these three utterances Brahmā fashioned the world(s). Thence Bhūḥ is the earthly world, and the mid-region is held to be Bhuvaḥ.
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BndP 3 2.19
स्वर्लोकं वै दिवं ह्येष पुराणे निश्चयो गतः । भूतस्याधिपतिश्चाग्निस्ततो भूतपतिः स्मृतः
svarlokaṃ vai divaṃ hyeṣa purāṇe niścayo gataḥ / bhūtasyādhipatiścāgnistato bhūtapatiḥ smṛtaḥ
And heaven is the Svar world — this is the settled conclusion in the Purāṇa. Agni is the overlord of what has come to be (bhūta), hence he is called Bhūtapati.
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BndP 3 2.20
वायुर्भुवश्चाधिपतिस्तेन वायुर्भुवस्पतिः । दिवस्य सूर्यो ऽधिपतिस्तेन सूर्यो दिवस्पतिः
vāyurbhuvaścādhipatistena vāyurbhuvaspatiḥ / divasya sūryo 'dhipatistena sūryo divaspatiḥ
Vāyu is the overlord of Bhuvaḥ, therefore Vāyu is Bhuvaspati; the sun is the overlord of heaven (div), therefore the sun is Divaspati.
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BndP 3 2.21
महेति व्यात्दृतेनैव महर्लोकस्ततो ऽभवत् । विनिवृत्ताधिकारणां देवानां तत्र वै क्षयः
maheti vyātdṛtenaiva maharlokastato 'bhavat / vinivṛttādhikāraṇāṃ devānāṃ tatra vai kṣayaḥ
By the utterance "mahaḥ" the Mahar world came to be; there is the dwelling of the gods whose office has ceased.
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BndP 3 2.22
जनस्तु पञ्चमो लोकस्तस्माज्जायन्ति वै जनाः । तासां स्वायंभुवाद्यानां प्रजानां जननाज्जनः
janastu pañcamo lokastasmājjāyanti vai janāḥ / tāsāṃ svāyaṃbhuvādyānāṃ prajānāṃ jananājjanaḥ
Jana is the fifth world; from it indeed people (jana) are born — from the begetting of those creatures beginning with Svāyaṃbhuva comes (the name) Jana.
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BndP 3 2.23
ये ते स्वायंभुवाद्या हि पुरस्तात्परिकीर्त्तिताः । कल्प एते यदा लोके प्रतिष्ठन्ति तदा तपः
ye te svāyaṃbhuvādyā hi purastātparikīrttitāḥ / kalpa ete yadā loke pratiṣṭhanti tadā tapaḥ
Those beginning with Svāyaṃbhuva who were proclaimed before — when these stand firm in the world at (the end of) a kalpa, then (there is) Tapas.
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BndP 3 2.24
ऋभुः सनत्कुमाराद्या यत्रासन्नूर्द्ध्वरेतसः । तपसा भावितात्मानस्तत्र संतीति वा तपः
ṛbhuḥ sanatkumārādyā yatrāsannūrddhvaretasaḥ / tapasā bhāvitātmānastatra saṃtīti vā tapaḥ
Or (it is called) Tapas because Ṛbhu, Sanatkumāra and the others, who were of upward-flowing seed, their selves purified by austerity (tapas), are there.
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BndP 3 2.25
सत्येति ब्रह्मणः शब्दः सत्तामात्रस्तु स स्मृतः । ब्रह्मलोकस्ततः सत्यः सप्तमः स तु भास्वरः
satyeti brahmaṇaḥ śabdaḥ sattāmātrastu sa smṛtaḥ / brahmalokastataḥ satyaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu bhāsvaraḥ
"Satya" is a word for Brahman; it is held to be mere existence (sattā). Hence the Brahmā-world is Satya, the seventh, and it is shining.
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BndP 3 2.26
गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा गुह्यकास्तु सराक्षसाः । सर्वभूतपिशाचाश्च नागाश्च सह मानुषैः
gandharvāpsaraso yakṣā guhyakāstu sarākṣasāḥ / sarvabhūtapiśācāśca nāgāśca saha mānuṣaiḥ
Gandharvas and apsarases, yakṣas, guhyakas together with the rākṣasas, and all the bhūtas and piśācas, and the nāgas along with men —
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BndP 3 2.27
स्वर्लोकवासिनः सर्वे देवा भुवि निवासिनः । मरुतो मातरिश्वानो रुद्रा देवास्तथाश्विनौ
svarlokavāsinaḥ sarve devā bhuvi nivāsinaḥ / maruto mātariśvāno rudrā devāstathāśvinau
all these dwell in the Svarloka; (and) the gods who dwell on the earth: the Maruts, the Mātariśvans, the Rudras, and the two Aśvins —
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BndP 3 2.28
अनिकेतान्तरिक्षास्ते भुवर्लोका दिवौकसः । आदित्या ऋभवो विश्वे साध्याश्च पितरस्तथा
aniketāntarikṣāste bhuvarlokā divaukasaḥ / ādityā ṛbhavo viśve sādhyāśca pitarastathā
Those without a fixed abode, (dwelling) in the intermediate space, are the (gods of) Bhuvarloka, dwellers in the sky: the Ādityas, the Ṛbhus, the Viśve (devas), the Sādhyas, and likewise the Fathers.
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BndP 3 2.29
ऋषयोङ्गिर सश्चैव भुवर्लोकं समाश्रिताः । एते वैमानिका देवास्ताराग्रहनिवासिनः
ṛṣayoṅgira saścaiva bhuvarlokaṃ samāśritāḥ / ete vaimānikā devāstārāgrahanivāsinaḥ
And the seers, the Aṅgirases, have resorted to Bhuvarloka. These are the gods who travel in celestial cars, dwelling in the stars and planets.
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BndP 3 2.30
आरंभन्ते तु तन्मात्रैः शुद्धास्तेषां परस्परम् । शुक्राद्याश्चक्षुषान्ताश्च ये व्यतीता भुवं श्रिताः
āraṃbhante tu tanmātraiḥ śuddhāsteṣāṃ parasparam / śukrādyāścakṣuṣāntāśca ye vyatītā bhuvaṃ śritāḥ
But they begin (their activity) with the subtle elements alone; being pure, (they act) among one another. Those beginning with Śukra and ending with Cākṣuṣa, who have passed away, have resorted to the earth.
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BndP 3 2.31
महर्लोकश्चतुर्थस्तु तस्मिंस्ते कल्पवासिनः । इत्येते क्रमशः प्रोक्ता ब्रह्मव्याहारसंभवाः
maharlokaścaturthastu tasmiṃste kalpavāsinaḥ / ityete kramaśaḥ proktā brahmavyāhārasaṃbhavāḥ
The fourth is Maharloka; in it are those who abide for a kalpa. Thus these (worlds) have been declared in order, arisen from Brahmā's utterance.
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BndP 3 2.32
भूर्लोकप्रथमा लोका महरन्ताश्च ते स्मृताः । तान्सर्वान्सप्तसूर्यास्ते अर्चिभिर्निर्दहन्ति वै
bhūrlokaprathamā lokā maharantāśca te smṛtāḥ / tānsarvānsaptasūryāste arcibhirnirdahanti vai
The worlds beginning with Bhūrloka and ending with Mahar are held to be those (worlds); all of them the seven suns burn up entirely with their flames.
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BndP 3 2.33
मारीचिः कश्यपो दक्षस्तथा स्वायंभुवोङ्गिराः । भृगुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुरित्येवमादयः
mārīciḥ kaśyapo dakṣastathā svāyaṃbhuvoṅgirāḥ / bhṛguḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kraturityevamādayaḥ
Mārīci (Marīci), Kaśyapa, Dakṣa, and likewise the son of Svayaṃbhū, Aṅgiras, Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu — these and such others,
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BndP 3 2.34
प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे वर्त्तंन्ने तत्र तैः सह । निःसत्त्वा निर्ममाश्चैव तत्र ते ह्यूर्द्वरेतसः
prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve varttaṃnne tatra taiḥ saha / niḥsattvā nirmamāścaiva tatra te hyūrdvaretasaḥ
all the lords of creatures, dwell there together with them; free of (worldly) substance and free of possessiveness, they there indeed keep their seed drawn upward.
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BndP 3 2.35
ऋभुः सनत्कुमाराद्या वैराजास्ते तपोधनाः । मन्वन्तराणां सर्वेषां सावर्णानां ततः स्मृताः
ṛbhuḥ sanatkumārādyā vairājāste tapodhanāḥ / manvantarāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ sāvarṇānāṃ tataḥ smṛtāḥ
Ṛbhu, Sanatkumāra and the rest, those Vairājas whose wealth is austerity, are then held (to belong) to all the manvantaras of the Sāvarṇas,
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BndP 3 2.36
चतुर्दशानां सर्वेषां पुनरावृत्तिहेतवः । योगं तपश्च सत्त्वं च समाधाय तदात्मनि
caturdaśānāṃ sarveṣāṃ punarāvṛttihetavaḥ / yogaṃ tapaśca sattvaṃ ca samādhāya tadātmani
of all fourteen (manus); (they are) causes of no return again. Having concentrated yoga, austerity and sattva in the self,
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BndP 3 2.37
षष्ठे काले निवर्त्तते तदा प्राहुर्विपर्ययात् । सत्यस्तु सप्तमो लोको ह्यपुनर्मार्गगामिनाम्
ṣaṣṭhe kāle nivarttate tadā prāhurviparyayāt / satyastu saptamo loko hyapunarmārgagāminām
in the sixth period (or world) one turns back — so they say, by contrariety. But the seventh world is Satya, for those who go by the path of no-return.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.38
ब्रह्मलोकः समाख्यातो ह्यप्रतीघातलक्षणः । पर्यासपरिमाणेन भूर्लोकः समभिस्मृतः
brahmalokaḥ samākhyāto hyapratīghātalakṣaṇaḥ / paryāsaparimāṇena bhūrlokaḥ samabhismṛtaḥ
It is called Brahmaloka, marked by unobstructedness. By measure of circumference Bhūrloka is reckoned equal (to it).
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BndP 3 2.39
भूम्यन्तरं यदादित्यादन्तरिक्षं भुवः स्मृतम् । सूर्यध्रुवान्तरं यच्च स्वर्गलोको दिवः स्मृतः
bhūmyantaraṃ yadādityādantarikṣaṃ bhuvaḥ smṛtam / sūryadhruvāntaraṃ yacca svargaloko divaḥ smṛtaḥ
The interval from the earth up to the sun is called the intermediate region, that of Bhuvaḥ; and what lies between the sun and Dhruva is called the heaven-world, that of Div.
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BndP 3 2.40
ध्रुवाज्जनान्तरं यच्च महर्लोकः स उच्यते । व्याख्याताः सप्तलोकास्तु तेषां वक्ष्यामि सिद्धयः
dhruvājjanāntaraṃ yacca maharlokaḥ sa ucyate / vyākhyātāḥ saptalokāstu teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi siddhayaḥ
And what lies between Dhruva and Jana is called Maharloka. The seven worlds have (now) been explained; I shall tell of their attainments.
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BndP 3 2.41
भूर्लोकवासिनः सर्वे उन्नादास्तु रसात्मकाः । भुवि स्वर्गे च ये सर्वे सोमपा आज्यपाश्च ते
bhūrlokavāsinaḥ sarve unnādāstu rasātmakāḥ / bhuvi svarge ca ye sarve somapā ājyapāśca te
All the dwellers in Bhūrloka are unnādas, consisting of sap; and all those in Bhuvaḥ and in heaven are drinkers of soma and drinkers of ghee.
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BndP 3 2.42
चतुर्थे ये ऽपि वर्त्तन्ते महर्लोकं समाश्रिताः । विज्ञेया मानसी तेषां सिद्धिर्वै पञ्चलक्षणा
caturthe ye 'pi varttante maharlokaṃ samāśritāḥ / vijñeyā mānasī teṣāṃ siddhirvai pañcalakṣaṇā
Those too who dwell in the fourth, resorting to Maharloka — their attainment is to be known as mental, having five marks.
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BndP 3 2.43
सद्यश्चोत्पद्यते तेषां मनसा सर्वमीप्सितम् । एते देवा यजन्ते वै यज्ञैः सर्वैः परस्परम्
sadyaścotpadyate teṣāṃ manasā sarvamīpsitam / ete devā yajante vai yajñaiḥ sarvaiḥ parasparam
And for them whatever is desired arises at once by mere thought; these gods sacrifice to one another with all the sacrifices.
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BndP 3 2.44
अतीता वर्त्तमानाश्च तथा ये चाप्यनागताः । प्रथमानन्तरोद्दिष्टा अन्तराः सांप्रतैः पुनः
atītā varttamānāśca tathā ye cāpyanāgatāḥ / prathamānantaroddiṣṭā antarāḥ sāṃprataiḥ punaḥ
Those past, those present, and those also yet to come — the ones indicated immediately after the first, and again the intermediate ones with the present ones.
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BndP 3 2.45
निवर्त्तते हि संबन्धो ऽतीते देवगणे तपः । विनिवृत्ताधिकाराणां सिद्धस्तेषां तु मानसी
nivarttate hi saṃbandho 'tīte devagaṇe tapaḥ / vinivṛttādhikārāṇāṃ siddhasteṣāṃ tu mānasī
For the connection ceases when a troop of gods has passed away; austerity (remains). For those whose office has ceased, their attainment is mental.
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BndP 3 2.46
तषां तु मानसी ज्ञेया शुद्धा सिद्धिः परस्परात् । उक्ता लोकास्तु चत्वारो जनस्यानुविधिस्तथा । समासेन मया विप्रा भूयस्तं वर्त्तयामि वः
taṣāṃ tu mānasī jñeyā śuddhā siddhiḥ parasparāt / uktā lokāstu catvāro janasyānuvidhistathā / samāsena mayā viprā bhūyastaṃ varttayāmi vaḥ
But their perfection is to be known as mental, pure, (arising) from one another. The four worlds have been declared, and likewise the ordinance of (the world) Jana, in brief by me, O brahmins; I shall relate it to you once more.
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BndP 3 2.47
वायुरुवाच मरीचिः कश्यपो दक्षो वसिष्ठश्चाङ्गिरा भृगुः
vāyuruvāca marīciḥ kaśyapo dakṣo vasiṣṭhaścāṅgirā bhṛguḥ
Vāyu said: Marīci, Kaśyapa, Dakṣa, Vasiṣṭha, Aṅgiras, Bhṛgu,
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BndP 3 2.48
पुलस्त्यः पुलहस्छैव क्रतुरित्येवामादयः । पूर्वं ते संप्रसूयन्ते ब्रह्मणो मानसा इह
pulastyaḥ pulahaschaiva kraturityevāmādayaḥ / pūrvaṃ te saṃprasūyante brahmaṇo mānasā iha
Pulastya, and Pulaha, and Kratu — these and such others: they are brought forth first here as the mind-born (sons) of Brahmā.
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BndP 3 2.49
ततः प्रजाः प्रतिष्ठाप्य जनमेवाश्रयन्ति ते । कल्पदाहेषु तु सदा तथा कालेषु तेषु वै
tataḥ prajāḥ pratiṣṭhāpya janamevāśrayanti te / kalpadāheṣu tu sadā tathā kāleṣu teṣu vai
Then, having established the creatures, they resort to Jana (loka); and always at the burnings of the kalpas, and likewise at those (appointed) times,
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BndP 3 2.50
भूरादिषु महान्तेषु भृशं व्याप्ते यथाग्निना । शिखाः संवर्त्तकाग्नेर्याः प्राप्नुवन्ति सवासनाः
bhūrādiṣu mahānteṣu bhṛśaṃ vyāpte yathāgninā / śikhāḥ saṃvarttakāgneryāḥ prāpnuvanti savāsanāḥ
when the great (worlds) beginning with Bhūr are utterly pervaded, as it were, by fire — the flames of the fire of dissolution which reach (them) together with their residues —
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BndP 3 2.51
यामादयो गणाः सर्वे महर्लोकनिवासिनः । महर्लोकेषु दीप्तेषु जनमेवाश्रयन्ति ते
yāmādayo gaṇāḥ sarve maharlokanivāsinaḥ / maharlokeṣu dīpteṣu janamevāśrayanti te
the Yāmas and the other hosts, all of them dwellers in Maharloka, when the Mahar worlds are ablaze, resort to Jana (loka).
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BndP 3 2.52
सर्वे सूक्ष्मशरीरास्ते तत्रस्थाश्च भवन्ति ते । तेषां ते तुल्यसामर्थ्या स्तुल्यमूर्त्तिधरास्तथा
sarve sūkṣmaśarīrāste tatrasthāśca bhavanti te / teṣāṃ te tulyasāmarthyā stulyamūrttidharāstathā
They all have subtle bodies and remain established there; they are of power equal to theirs, and likewise bear forms equal (to theirs).
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BndP 3 2.53
जनलोके विवर्त्तन्ते संवर्त्तः प्लवते जगत् । व्युष्टायां तु रजन्यां वै ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तयोनितः
janaloke vivarttante saṃvarttaḥ plavate jagat / vyuṣṭāyāṃ tu rajanyāṃ vai brahmaṇo 'vyaktayonitaḥ
They revolve in Janaloka (while) the dissolution floods the world; but when the night of Brahmā, who is born of the unmanifest, has passed,
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BndP 3 2.54
अहरादौ प्रसूयन्ते पूर्ववत्क्रमशस्त्विह । स्वायंभुवादयः सर्वे मरीच्यन्तास्तु साधकाः
aharādau prasūyante pūrvavatkramaśastviha / svāyaṃbhuvādayaḥ sarve marīcyantāstu sādhakāḥ
at the beginning of the day they are brought forth here in order, as before — all those beginning with Svāyambhuva and ending with Marīci, the accomplishers.
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BndP 3 2.55
देवास्ते वै पुनस्तेषां जायन्ते निधनेष्विह । यामादयः क्रमेणैव कनिष्ठाद्याः प्रजापतेः
devāste vai punasteṣāṃ jāyante nidhaneṣviha / yāmādayaḥ krameṇaiva kaniṣṭhādyāḥ prajāpateḥ
And those gods are born here again at their (the sages') deaths — the Yāmas and the rest, just in order, beginning with the youngest, (as offspring) of Prajāpati.
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BndP 3 2.56
पूर्वं पूर्वे प्रसूयन्ते पश्चिमे पश्चिमास्तथा । देवान्वये देवता हि सप्त संभूत यः स्मृताः
pūrvaṃ pūrve prasūyante paścime paścimāstathā / devānvaye devatā hi sapta saṃbhūta yaḥ smṛtāḥ
The earlier ones are brought forth earlier, and the later ones later; for in the lineage of the gods seven deities are remembered as having come into being.
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BndP 3 2.57
व्यतीताः कल्पजास्तेषां तिस्रः शिष्टास्तथापरे । आवर्त्तमाना देवास्ते क्रमेणैतेन सर्वशः
vyatītāḥ kalpajāsteṣāṃ tisraḥ śiṣṭāstathāpare / āvarttamānā devāste krameṇaitena sarvaśaḥ
Of them the kalpa-born ones have passed away; three remain, and likewise others; those gods revolve by this order in every way,
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BndP 3 2.58
गत्वा जव जवीभावं दशकृत्वाः पुनः पुनः । ततस्ते वै गणाः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा भावेष्वनित्यताम्
gatvā java javībhāvaṃ daśakṛtvāḥ punaḥ punaḥ / tataste vai gaṇāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā bhāveṣvanityatām
having attained speed upon speed ten times over, again and again. Then all those hosts, having seen the impermanence in (all) states of being,
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BndP 3 2.59
भाविनोर्ऽथस्य च बलात्पुण्यख्यातिबलेन च । निवृत्तवृत्त्यः सर्वे ऽत्रस्थाः सुमनसस्तथा
bhāvinor'thasya ca balātpuṇyakhyātibalena ca / nivṛttavṛttyaḥ sarve 'trasthāḥ sumanasastathā
and by the force of the purpose that is to come and by the power of merit and renown, all of them, their activity ceased, remaining there, of good mind,
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BndP 3 2.60
वैराजमुपपद्यन्ते लोकानुत्सृज्य तं गताः । ततो ऽनेनैव कालेन नित्ययुक्तास्तपस्विनः
vairājamupapadyante lokānutsṛjya taṃ gatāḥ / tato 'nenaiva kālena nityayuktāstapasvinaḥ
attain the Vairāja (world), having gone there abandoning the (lower) worlds. Then, after this same span of time, the ascetics ever devoted (to austerity),
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BndP 3 2.61
कथनाच्चैव धर्मस्य तेषां ते जज्ञिरे ऽन्वये । इहोत्पन्नास्ततस्ते वै स्थानान्यापूरयन्त्युत
kathanāccaiva dharmasya teṣāṃ te jajñire 'nvaye / ihotpannāstataste vai sthānānyāpūrayantyuta
and by the proclaiming of dharma, they were born in their lineage; and having arisen here they then fill up the (several) stations,
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BndP 3 2.62
देवत्वे च ऋषित्वे च मनुष्यत्वे च सर्वशः । एवं देवगणाः सर्वे दशकृत्वो निवर्त्यवै
devatve ca ṛṣitve ca manuṣyatve ca sarvaśaḥ / evaṃ devagaṇāḥ sarve daśakṛtvo nivartyavai
in godhood, in seerhood, and in humanhood, in every way. Thus all the hosts of gods, being turned back ten times over,
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BndP 3 2.63
वैराजेषूपपन्नास्ते दश तिष्ठन्त्युपप्लवान् । पूर्णोपूर्णो ततः कल्पेस्थित्वा वैराजके पुनः
vairājeṣūpapannāste daśa tiṣṭhantyupaplavān / pūrṇopūrṇo tataḥ kalpesthitvā vairājake punaḥ
having come to birth among the Vairājas, abide (through) ten upheavals; then, when the kalpa is filled and refilled, having stayed in the Vairāja (world) again,
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BndP 3 2.64
ब्रह्मलोके विवर्त्तन्ते पूर्वपूर्वक्रमेण तु । एतस्मिन्ब्रह्मलोके तु कल्पे वैराजके गते
brahmaloke vivarttante pūrvapūrvakrameṇa tu / etasminbrahmaloke tu kalpe vairājake gate
they revolve in Brahmaloka, by the order of each preceding one; and when this Vairāja kalpa in Brahmaloka has passed,
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BndP 3 2.65
वैराजः पुनरव्यक्ते कल्पस्थानमकल्पयत् । एवं पूर्वानुपूर्व्येण ब्रह्मलोकगतेन वै
vairājaḥ punaravyakte kalpasthānamakalpayat / evaṃ pūrvānupūrvyeṇa brahmalokagatena vai
Vairāja again fashioned a kalpa-station in the unmanifest. Thus, in due order of precedence, by one who has gone to Brahmaloka,
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BndP 3 2.66
वैराजेषूपपद्यन्ते दशकृत्वो विवर्त्यत । एवं देवयुगानीह व्यतीतानि सहस्रशः
vairājeṣūpapadyante daśakṛtvo vivartyata / evaṃ devayugānīha vyatītāni sahasraśaḥ
(They) are born among the Vairājas; ten times (the cycle) is revolved. Thus here divine ages have passed away by the thousands.
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BndP 3 2.67
निधनं ब्रह्मलोके तु गतानामृषिभिः सह । न शक्यमानुपूर्व्येण तेषां वक्तुं प्रविस्तरम्
nidhanaṃ brahmaloke tu gatānāmṛṣibhiḥ saha / na śakyamānupūrvyeṇa teṣāṃ vaktuṃ pravistaram
But of those who have gone to their end in the Brahmā-world together with the seers, it is not possible to tell in order and in detail.
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BndP 3 2.68
अनादित्वाच्च कालस्य ह्यसंख्यानाच्च सर्वशः । एवमेव न संदेहो यथावत्कथितं मया
anāditvācca kālasya hyasaṃkhyānācca sarvaśaḥ / evameva na saṃdeho yathāvatkathitaṃ mayā
And because time is without beginning and altogether beyond counting — just so it is, there is no doubt; (this) has been told by me as it is.
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BndP 3 2.69
तदुपश्रुत्य वाक्यार्थमृषयः संशयान्विताः । सूतमाहुः पुराणज्ञं व्यासशिष्यं महामतिम्
tadupaśrutya vākyārthamṛṣayaḥ saṃśayānvitāḥ / sūtamāhuḥ purāṇajñaṃ vyāsaśiṣyaṃ mahāmatim
Having heard the meaning of that speech, the seers, filled with doubt, said to the Sūta, the knower of the ancient lore, the disciple of Vyāsa, of great mind:
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BndP 3 2.70
ऋषय ऊचुः वैराजास्ते यदाहारा यत्सत्त्वाश्च यदाश्रयाः । तिष्ठन्ति चैव यत्कालं तन्नो ब्रूहि यथातथम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ vairājāste yadāhārā yatsattvāśca yadāśrayāḥ / tiṣṭhanti caiva yatkālaṃ tanno brūhi yathātatham
The seers said: Those Vairājas — what is their food, what their nature, what their support, and for what length of time do they abide? Tell us that as it truly is.
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BndP 3 2.71
तदुक्तमृषिभिर्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा लोकार्थतत्त्ववित् । सूतः पौराणिको वाक्यं विनयेनेदम ब्रवीत्
taduktamṛṣibhirvākyaṃ śrutvā lokārthatattvavit / sūtaḥ paurāṇiko vākyaṃ vinayenedama bravīt
Having heard that speech uttered by the seers, the Sūta, versed in the ancient lore and knowing the truth of the world's meaning, spoke these words with modesty:
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BndP 3 2.72
ततः प्राप्य तु सर्वेशं शुद्धबुद्धिं तमाश्रयत् । आभूतसंप्लवास्तत्र दश तिष्ठन्ति ते ऽज्वराः
tataḥ prāpya tu sarveśaṃ śuddhabuddhiṃ tamāśrayat / ābhūtasaṃplavāstatra daśa tiṣṭhanti te 'jvarāḥ
Then, having attained the Lord of all, of pure intellect, he took refuge in him; there those ten abide until the dissolution of the elements, free from fever (of sorrow).
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BndP 3 2.73
सर्वे सूक्ष्मशरीरास्ते विद्वांसो घनमूर्तयः । स्थितलोकस्थितत्वाच्च तेषां भूतं न विद्यते
sarve sūkṣmaśarīrāste vidvāṃso ghanamūrtayaḥ / sthitalokasthitatvācca teṣāṃ bhūtaṃ na vidyate
All of them have subtle bodies, are wise, and are of compact form; and because they abide in an abiding world, for them there is no becoming (destruction).
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BndP 3 2.74
ऊचुः सनत्कुमाराद्याः सिद्धास्ते योगधर्मिणः । एवमेव महाभागाः प्रणवं संप्रविश्य ह
ūcuḥ sanatkumārādyāḥ siddhāste yogadharmiṇaḥ / evameva mahābhāgāḥ praṇavaṃ saṃpraviśya ha
Sanatkumāra and the others, those perfected ones whose law is yoga, said: Even so, O greatly blessed ones, having entered into the syllable Om,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.75
ब्रह्मलोके प्रवर्त्तामस्तन्नः श्रेयो भविष्यते । एवमुक्त्वा तदा सर्वे ब्रह्माण्डाध्यवसायि नः
brahmaloke pravarttāmastannaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyate / evamuktvā tadā sarve brahmāṇḍādhyavasāyi naḥ
let us proceed in the Brahmā-world; that will be our welfare. Having thus spoken, all of them then, resolved upon (dwelling in) the egg of Brahmā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.76
याजयित्वा तदात्मानो वर्त्तन्ते योगधर्मिणः । तत्रैव संप्रलीयन्ते शान्ता दीपर्चिषो यथा
yājayitvā tadātmāno varttante yogadharmiṇaḥ / tatraiva saṃpralīyante śāntā dīparciṣo yathā
having made their own selves perform the sacrifice, they abide, having yoga for their law; there itself they are dissolved away, grown calm, like the flames of a lamp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.77
ब्रह्मकायमवर्त्तन्त पुन रावृत्तिदुर्लभम् । लोकं तं समनुप्राप्य सर्वे ते भावनामयम्
brahmakāyamavarttanta puna rāvṛttidurlabham / lokaṃ taṃ samanuprāpya sarve te bhāvanāmayam
They proceeded to the body of Brahmā, from which return is hard (to have); having reached that world, all of them, which consists of (mental) conception,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.78
आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्य अमृतत्वाय ते गताः । वैराजेभ्यस्तथैवोर्द्ध्व मन्तरे षड्गुणे ततः
ānandaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpya amṛtatvāya te gatāḥ / vairājebhyastathaivorddhva mantare ṣaḍguṇe tataḥ
having attained the bliss of Brahman, they went to immortality. And likewise above the Vairājas, in the interval, sixfold in quality, thereafter
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.79
ब्रह्मलोकः समाख्यातो यत्र ब्रह्मा पुरोहितः । ते सर्वे प्रणवात्मानो बुद्धिशुद्धतया स्थिताः
brahmalokaḥ samākhyāto yatra brahmā purohitaḥ / te sarve praṇavātmāno buddhiśuddhatayā sthitāḥ
is proclaimed the Brahmā-world, where Brahmā is the officiating priest. All those, having Om for their self, abide by the purity of their intellect;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.80
आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्य ह्यमृतत्वं भजन्त्युत । द्वन्द्वैस्ते नाभिभूयन्ते भावत्रयविवर्जिताः
ānandaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpya hyamṛtatvaṃ bhajantyuta / dvandvaiste nābhibhūyante bhāvatrayavivarjitāḥ
having attained the bliss of Brahman, they indeed partake of immortality. They are not overcome by the pairs (of opposites), being free of the three states.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.81
आधिपत्यं विना तुल्या ब्रह्मणस्ते महौजसः । प्रभावविजयैश्वर्यस्थितिवैराग्यदर्शनः
ādhipatyaṃ vinā tulyā brahmaṇaste mahaujasaḥ / prabhāvavijayaiśvaryasthitivairāgyadarśanaḥ
Except for lordship, those of great vigour are equal to Brahmā, (having) power, victory, sovereignty, stability, dispassion and (true) vision.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.82
ते ब्रह्मलौकिकाः सर्वे गतिं प्राप्यानिवर्त्तिनीम् । ब्रह्मणा सहदेवैश्च संप्राप्ते प्रतिसंचरे
te brahmalaukikāḥ sarve gatiṃ prāpyānivarttinīm / brahmaṇā sahadevaiśca saṃprāpte pratisaṃcare
All those dwellers in the Brahmā-world, having attained the goal from which there is no return, when the dissolution has come, together with Brahmā and the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.83
तपस्ॐऽते क्रियात्मानो बुद्धावस्था मनीषिणः । अव्यक्ते संप्रलीयन्ते सर्वे ते क्षणदर्शिनः
tapasoṃ'te kriyātmāno buddhāvasthā manīṣiṇaḥ / avyakte saṃpralīyante sarve te kṣaṇadarśinaḥ
at the end of their austerity, those whose self is action, established in awakening, the thoughtful ones, all of them who see the moment, are dissolved into the Unmanifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.84
इत्येतदमृतं शुक्रं नित्यमक्षयव्ययम् । देवर्षयो ब्रह्मसत्रं सनातनमुपासते
ityetadamṛtaṃ śukraṃ nityamakṣayavyayam / devarṣayo brahmasatraṃ sanātanamupāsate
Thus this immortal, bright (essence) is eternal, without decay or diminution; the divine seers attend upon the everlasting sacrifice of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.85
अपुनर्मारकादीनां तेषां चैवोद्ध्वरेतसाम् । कर्माभ्यासकृतां श्रद्धां वेदान्तेषूपलक्ष्यते
apunarmārakādīnāṃ teṣāṃ caivoddhvaretasām / karmābhyāsakṛtāṃ śraddhāṃ vedānteṣūpalakṣyate
And of those who are not to die again and the rest, and of those whose seed is drawn upward, the faith wrought by the practice of rites is indicated in the Vedāntas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.86
तत्र ते ऽभ्यासिनो युक्ताः परां काष्ठामुपासते । हित्वा शरीरं पाप्मानममृतत्वाय ते गाताः
tatra te 'bhyāsino yuktāḥ parāṃ kāṣṭhāmupāsate / hitvā śarīraṃ pāpmānamamṛtatvāya te gātāḥ
There those practitioners, being yoked (in discipline), attend upon the highest limit; having left behind the sinful body, they have gone to immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.87
वीतरागा जितक्रोधा निर्मोहाः सत्यवादिनः । शान्ताः प्रणिहितात्मानो दयावन्तो जितेन्द्रियाः
vītarāgā jitakrodhā nirmohāḥ satyavādinaḥ / śāntāḥ praṇihitātmāno dayāvanto jitendriyāḥ
Free of passion, with anger conquered, without delusion, speakers of truth, calm, with their selves fixed (in concentration), compassionate, with senses subdued —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.88
निःसंगाः शुचयश्चैव ब्रह्मसायुज्यगाः स्मृताः । अकामयुक्तैर्ये वीरास्तपोभिर्दग्धकिल्बिषाः
niḥsaṃgāḥ śucayaścaiva brahmasāyujyagāḥ smṛtāḥ / akāmayuktairye vīrāstapobhirdagdhakilbiṣāḥ
— unattached and pure, they are said to attain union with Brahman; and those heroes whose faults have been burned away by austerities undertaken without desire —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.89
तेषांमभ्रंशिनो लोका अप्रमेयसुखाः स्मृताः । एतद्ब्रह्मपदं दिव्यं परमे व्योम्नि भास्वरम् । यत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति ह्यमरा ब्रह्मणा सह
teṣāṃmabhraṃśino lokā aprameyasukhāḥ smṛtāḥ / etadbrahmapadaṃ divyaṃ parame vyomni bhāsvaram / yatra gatvā na śocanti hyamarā brahmaṇā saha
— their worlds are declared to be unfailing and of immeasurable happiness. This is the divine station of Brahman, shining in the highest sky, where, having gone, they do not grieve, being immortal, together with Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.90
ऋषय ऊचुः कस्मादेषु परार्द्धंश्च कश्चैव पर उच्यते । एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामस्तन्नो निगद सत्तम
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kasmādeṣu parārddhaṃśca kaścaiva para ucyate / etadveditumicchāmastanno nigada sattama
The seers said: On what ground (are these terms used) among these — parārdha, and what is called para? We wish to know this; tell us that, O best of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.91
सूत उवाच शृणुध्वं मे परार्द्धस्य परिसंख्यां परस्यच
sūta uvāca śṛṇudhvaṃ me parārddhasya parisaṃkhyāṃ parasyaca
Sūta said: Hear from me the full reckoning of the parārdha and of the para.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.92
एकं दशशतं चैव सहस्रं चैव संख्याया । विज्ञेयमासहस्रं तु सहस्राणि दशायुतम्
ekaṃ daśaśataṃ caiva sahasraṃ caiva saṃkhyāyā / vijñeyamāsahasraṃ tu sahasrāṇi daśāyutam
One, ten, a hundred, and a thousand in counting; and ten thousands are to be known as an ayuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.93
एकं शतसहस्रं तु नियुतं प्रोच्यते बुधैः । तथा शतसहस्राणां दशप्रयुतमुच्यते
ekaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu niyutaṃ procyate budhaiḥ / tathā śatasahasrāṇāṃ daśaprayutamucyate
But one hundred thousand is called niyuta by the wise; and likewise ten hundred-thousands are called prayuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.94
तथा दशसहस्राणामयुतं कोटिरुच्यते । अर्बुदं दशकोट्यस्तु ह्यब्जं कोटिशतं विदुः
tathā daśasahasrāṇāmayutaṃ koṭirucyate / arbudaṃ daśakoṭyastu hyabjaṃ koṭiśataṃ viduḥ
And likewise, ten thousand ayutas are called a koṭi; ten koṭis are an arbuda, and a hundred koṭis they know as an abja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.95
सहस्रमापि कोटीनां खर्वमाहुर्मनीषिणः । दशकोटिसहस्राणि निखर्वमिति तं विदुः
sahasramāpi koṭīnāṃ kharvamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / daśakoṭisahasrāṇi nikharvamiti taṃ viduḥ
A thousand koṭis, too, the thoughtful call a kharva; ten thousand koṭis they know as nikharva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.96
शतं कोटि सहस्राणां शङ्कुरित्यभिधीयते । सहस्रं तु सहस्राणां कोटीनां पद्ममुच्यते
śataṃ koṭi sahasrāṇāṃ śaṅkurityabhidhīyate / sahasraṃ tu sahasrāṇāṃ koṭīnāṃ padmamucyate
A hundred thousand koṭis is termed a śaṅku; and a thousand thousand koṭis is called a padma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.97
सहस्राणि सहस्राणां कोटीनां दशधा पुनः । गुणितानि समुद्रं वै प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
sahasrāṇi sahasrāṇāṃ koṭīnāṃ daśadhā punaḥ / guṇitāni samudraṃ vai prāhuḥ saṃkhyāvido janāḥ
Thousands of thousands of koṭis, again multiplied tenfold — that, people who know counting call a samudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.98
कोटीसहस्रनियुतमन्त्यमित्यभिधीयते । कोटीसहस्रप्रयुतं मध्यमित्यभिसंज्ञितम्
koṭīsahasraniyutamantyamityabhidhīyate / koṭīsahasraprayutaṃ madhyamityabhisaṃjñitam
A thousand koṭis times a niyuta is termed antya; a thousand koṭis times a prayuta is designated madhya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.99
कोटिकोटिसहस्रं तु परार्द्ध इति कीर्त्यते । परार्द्धं द्विगुणं चापि परमाहुर्मनीषिणः
koṭikoṭisahasraṃ tu parārddha iti kīrtyate / parārddhaṃ dviguṇaṃ cāpi paramāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
But a koṭi times a thousand koṭis is proclaimed as parārdha; and the parārdha doubled the thoughtful call para.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.100
शतमाहुः परिवृढं सहस्रं परिपद्मकम् । विज्ञेयमयुतं तस्मान्नियुतं प्रयुतं ततः
śatamāhuḥ parivṛḍhaṃ sahasraṃ paripadmakam / vijñeyamayutaṃ tasmānniyutaṃ prayutaṃ tataḥ
They call a hundred parivṛḍha, a thousand paripadmaka; from that an ayuta is to be known, then niyuta, then prayuta;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.101
अर्बुदं न्यर्बुदं चैव खर्बुदं च ततः स्मृतम् । खर्वं चैव निखर्वं च शङ्कुः पद्मन्तथैव च
arbudaṃ nyarbudaṃ caiva kharbudaṃ ca tataḥ smṛtam / kharvaṃ caiva nikharvaṃ ca śaṅkuḥ padmantathaiva ca
then arbuda, nyarbuda, and kharbuda are recorded; and kharva and nikharva, śaṅku and likewise padma;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.102
समुद्रमन्त्यं मध्यं च परार्द्धं च परं ततः । एवमष्टादशैतानि स्थानानि गणनाविधौ
samudramantyaṃ madhyaṃ ca parārddhaṃ ca paraṃ tataḥ / evamaṣṭādaśaitāni sthānāni gaṇanāvidhau
samudra, antya, madhya, and parārdha, and then para. Thus these are the eighteen places in the method of counting,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.103
शतादीनि विजानीयात्संज्ञितानि महर्षिभिः । कल्पसंख्याप्रवृत्तस्य परार्द्धो ब्रह्ममः स्मृतः
śatādīni vijānīyātsaṃjñitāni maharṣibhiḥ / kalpasaṃkhyāpravṛttasya parārddho brahmamaḥ smṛtaḥ
beginning from a hundred — one should know them as named by the great seers. For (Brahmā), whose reckoning proceeds in kalpas, a parārdha is said to be (his measure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.104
तावच्छेषो ऽपि कालो ऽस्य तस्यान्ते प्रतितिष्ठते । पर एव परार्द्धश्च संख्यातः संख्याया मया
tāvaccheṣo 'pi kālo 'sya tasyānte pratitiṣṭhate / para eva parārddhaśca saṃkhyātaḥ saṃkhyāyā mayā
Just so much also is his remaining time; at the end of that he comes to a stand. The para and the parārdha have thus been counted by me in respect of number.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.105
यस्मादस्य परं विर्यं परमायुः परं तपः । परा शक्तिः परो धर्मः पराविद्या परा धृतिः
yasmādasya paraṃ viryaṃ paramāyuḥ paraṃ tapaḥ / parā śaktiḥ paro dharmaḥ parāvidyā parā dhṛtiḥ
Since his virility is supreme, his lifespan supreme, his austerity supreme, his power supreme, his dharma supreme, his knowledge supreme, his steadfastness supreme —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.106
परं ब्रह्म परं ज्ञानं परमैश्वर्यमेव च । तस्मात्परतरं भूतं ब्रह्मणो यन्न विद्यते
paraṃ brahma paraṃ jñānaṃ paramaiśvaryameva ca / tasmātparataraṃ bhūtaṃ brahmaṇo yanna vidyate
(Since his is) the supreme brahman, supreme knowledge, and supreme lordship as well — therefore no being exists that is higher than Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.107
परे स्थितो ह्येष परः सर्वार्थेवु ततः परम् । संख्यातस्तु परो ब्रह्मा तस्यार्द्धस्य परार्द्धता
pare sthito hyeṣa paraḥ sarvārthevu tataḥ param / saṃkhyātastu paro brahmā tasyārddhasya parārddhatā
For this supreme one stands in the supreme, and is therefore beyond all things. Brahmā is reckoned as 'para' (supreme/beyond); of his half comes the state of being 'parārdha' (the further half).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.108
संख्येयं चाप्यसंख्येयं सततं चापि तान्त्रिकम् । संख्येयं संख्यया दृष्टमपरार्द्धाद्विभाष्यते
saṃkhyeyaṃ cāpyasaṃkhyeyaṃ satataṃ cāpi tāntrikam / saṃkhyeyaṃ saṃkhyayā dṛṣṭamaparārddhādvibhāṣyate
The countable and also the uncountable, and the perpetual too, are matters of the doctrine; the countable is what is apprehended by counting, and it is explained beginning from the aparārdha (lower half).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.109
राशौ दृष्टे न संख्यास्ति तदसंख्यास्तु लक्ष्णम् । आनन्त्यं सिकता द्येषु हृष्टं चान्यं त्वलक्षणम्
rāśau dṛṣṭe na saṃkhyāsti tadasaṃkhyāstu lakṣṇam / ānantyaṃ sikatā dyeṣu hṛṣṭaṃ cānyaṃ tvalakṣaṇam
When a heap is seen, there is no counting; that is the mark of the uncountable — endlessness, as in the case of grains of sand and the like; anything else is without that mark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.110
ईश्वरैस्तत्प्रसंख्यानं शुद्धत्वाद्दिव्यदृष्टिभिः । एवं ज्ञानप्रतिष्ठत्वात्सर्वं ब्रह्मानुपश्यति
īśvaraistatprasaṃkhyānaṃ śuddhatvāddivyadṛṣṭibhiḥ / evaṃ jñānapratiṣṭhatvātsarvaṃ brahmānupaśyati
The reckoning of that (is made) by the lords, who possess divine sight because of their purity; thus, through being established in knowledge, one sees everything as brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.111
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु ते सर्वे नैमिषेयास्तपस्विनः । बाष्पपर्याकुलाक्षास्तु प्रहर्षाद्गद्गदस्वराः
etacchrutvā tu te sarve naimiṣeyāstapasvinaḥ / bāṣpaparyākulākṣāstu praharṣādgadgadasvarāḥ
Having heard this, all those ascetics of Naimiṣa, their eyes brimming with tears and their voices choked with joy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.112
पप्रच्छुर्मातारिश्वानं सर्वे ते ब्रह्मवादिनः । ब्रह्मलोकस्तु भगवन्यावन्मात्रान्तरे प्रभो
papracchurmātāriśvānaṃ sarve te brahmavādinaḥ / brahmalokastu bhagavanyāvanmātrāntare prabho
all those speakers of brahman asked Mātariśvan (the Wind): "Lord, at what distance away is the Brahmaloka, O mighty one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.113
योजनाग्रेण संख्यातः साधनं योजनस्य तु । क्रोशस्य च परीमाणं श्रोतुमीच्छाम तत्त्वतः
yojanāgreṇa saṃkhyātaḥ sādhanaṃ yojanasya tu / krośasya ca parīmāṇaṃ śrotumīcchāma tattvataḥ
It is reckoned by the extent in yojanas; we wish to hear truly the establishing of the yojana and the measure of the krośa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.114
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मातरिश्वा विनीतवत् । उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं यथादृष्टं यथाक्रमम्
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mātariśvā vinītavat / uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathākramam
Having heard that speech of theirs, Mātariśvan spoke sweet words modestly, as he had seen it and in due order:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.115
वायुरुवाच एतद्वो ऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रुणुध्वं मे विवक्षितम् । अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तभागो वै महान्स्थूलो विभाष्यते
vāyuruvāca etadvo 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi śruṇudhvaṃ me vivakṣitam / avyaktādvyaktabhāgo vai mahānsthūlo vibhāṣyate
Vāyu said: I shall declare this to you; hear what I intend to say. From the unmanifest (comes) the manifest portion; the mahat is called gross.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.116
दशैव महतो भागा भूतादिः स्थूल उच्यते । दशभागाधिकं चापि भूतादिपरिमाणकम्
daśaiva mahato bhāgā bhūtādiḥ sthūla ucyate / daśabhāgādhikaṃ cāpi bhūtādiparimāṇakam
Ten are the parts of the mahat; the bhūtādi (origin of the elements) is called gross; and the measure of the bhūtādi is greater by ten parts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.117
परमाणुः सुसूक्ष्मस्तु भावग्राह्यो न चक्षुषा । यदभेद्यतमं लोके विज्ञेयं परमाणुवत्
paramāṇuḥ susūkṣmastu bhāvagrāhyo na cakṣuṣā / yadabhedyatamaṃ loke vijñeyaṃ paramāṇuvat
The atom (paramāṇu) is very subtle, to be grasped by thought and not by the eye; whatever in the world is most indivisible is to be known as of the nature of an atom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.118
जालान्तरगते भानैं यत्सूक्ष्मं दृश्यते रजः । प्रथमं तत्प्रमाणानां परमाणुं प्रचक्षते
jālāntaragate bhānaiṃ yatsūkṣmaṃ dṛśyate rajaḥ / prathamaṃ tatpramāṇānāṃ paramāṇuṃ pracakṣate
That fine mote of dust which is seen in a sunbeam passing through a lattice — that they call the first of the measures, the paramāṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.119
अष्टानां परमाणूनां समावायो यदा भवेत् । त्रसरेणुः समाख्यातस्तत्पद्मरज उच्यते
aṣṭānāṃ paramāṇūnāṃ samāvāyo yadā bhavet / trasareṇuḥ samākhyātastatpadmaraja ucyate
When there is a combination of eight atoms, it is called a trasareṇu; that is spoken of as lotus-dust.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.120
त्रसरेणवो ऽथ ये ऽप्यष्टौ रथरेणुस्तु सस्मृतः । ते ऽप्यष्टौ समवायस्था बालाग्रं तत्स्मृतं बुधैः
trasareṇavo 'tha ye 'pyaṣṭau rathareṇustu sasmṛtaḥ / te 'pyaṣṭau samavāyasthā bālāgraṃ tatsmṛtaṃ budhaiḥ
Then eight trasareṇus are held to be a rathareṇu; eight of these joined together are known by the wise as a hair's-tip (bālāgra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.121
बालाग्राण्यष्टलिक्षा स्याद्यूकालिक्षाष्टकं भवेत् । यूकाष्टकं यवप्राहुरङ्गुलं तु यवाष्टकम्
bālāgrāṇyaṣṭalikṣā syādyūkālikṣāṣṭakaṃ bhavet / yūkāṣṭakaṃ yavaprāhuraṅgulaṃ tu yavāṣṭakam
Eight hair's-tips make a likṣā, and eight likṣās make a yūkā; eight yūkās they call a barley-grain (yava), and eight barley-grains a finger-breadth (aṅgula).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.122
द्वादशाङ्गुलपर्वाणि वितस्तिस्थानमुच्यते । रत्निश्चागुलिपर्वाणि विज्ञेयो ह्येकविंशतिः
dvādaśāṅgulaparvāṇi vitastisthānamucyate / ratniścāguliparvāṇi vijñeyo hyekaviṃśatiḥ
Twelve finger-joints is said to be the extent of a vitasti (span); and a ratni is to be known as twenty-one finger-joints.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.123
चत्वारो विंशतिश्चैव हस्तः स्यादङ्गुलानि तु । किष्कुर्द्विरत्निर्विज्ञेयो द्विचत्वारिंशदङ्गुलः
catvāro viṃśatiścaiva hastaḥ syādaṅgulāni tu / kiṣkurdviratnirvijñeyo dvicatvāriṃśadaṅgulaḥ
A hasta (cubit) would be twenty-four finger-breadths; a kiṣku is to be known as two ratnis, forty-two finger-breadths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.124
षण्णवत्यङ्गुलं चैव धनुराहुर्मनीषिणः । एतद्गव्यूतिसंख्यायामादानं धनुषः स्मृतम्
ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulaṃ caiva dhanurāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / etadgavyūtisaṃkhyāyāmādānaṃ dhanuṣaḥ smṛtam
And the wise say that a bow (dhanus) is ninety-six finger-breadths; this is held to be the standard taken for the bow in the reckoning of a gavyūti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.125
धनुर्दण्डयुगं नाली तुल्यान्यस्तैस्तथाङ्गुलैः । धनुषां त्रिशतं नल्वमाहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
dhanurdaṇḍayugaṃ nālī tulyānyastaistathāṅgulaiḥ / dhanuṣāṃ triśataṃ nalvamāhuḥ saṃkhyāvido janāḥ
A nālī is a pair of bow-staves, equal (in measure) by those same finger-breadths; three hundred bows the people versed in reckoning call a nalva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.126
धनुः सहस्रे द्वे चापि गव्यूतिरुपदिश्यते । अष्टौ धनुः सहस्राणि योजनं तु विधीयते
dhanuḥ sahasre dve cāpi gavyūtirupadiśyate / aṣṭau dhanuḥ sahasrāṇi yojanaṃ tu vidhīyate
And two thousand bows are taught to be a gavyūti; but eight thousand bows are laid down as a yojana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.127
एतेन धनुषा चैव योजनं तु समाप्यते । एतत्सहस्रं विज्ञेयं शक्रकोशान्तरं तथा
etena dhanuṣā caiva yojanaṃ tu samāpyate / etatsahasraṃ vijñeyaṃ śakrakośāntaraṃ tathā
By this bow-measure the yojana is completed; and a thousand of these is to be known as the distance to Śakra's treasury (?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.128
योजनानां च संख्यातं संख्याज्ञानविशारदैः । एतेन योजनाग्रेण शृणुध्वं ब्रह्मण्ॐऽतरे
yojanānāṃ ca saṃkhyātaṃ saṃkhyājñānaviśāradaiḥ / etena yojanāgreṇa śṛṇudhvaṃ brahmaṇoṃ'tare
And the counting of yojanas (has been made) by those skilled in the knowledge of numbers; by this measure of yojanas, hear about the interval up to Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.129
महीतलात्सहस्राणां रातादूर्ध्वं दिवाकरः । दिवाकरात्सहस्रे तु शते चौर्द्ध्वं निशाकरः
mahītalātsahasrāṇāṃ rātādūrdhvaṃ divākaraḥ / divākarātsahasre tu śate caurddhvaṃ niśākaraḥ
The sun is a hundred thousand (yojanas) above the surface of the earth; and the moon is a hundred thousand above the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.130
पूर्णं शतसहस्रं तु योजनानां निशाकरात् । नक्षत्रमण्डलं कृत्स्नमुपरिष्टात्प्रकाशत
pūrṇaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu yojanānāṃ niśākarāt / nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnamupariṣṭātprakāśata
A full hundred thousand yojanas above the moon the whole circle of the lunar mansions shines.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.131
शतं सहस्रं संख्यातमेतद्द्विगुणितं पुनः । ग्रहान्तरमथैकैकमूर्द्ध्वं नक्षत्रमण्डरात्
śataṃ sahasraṃ saṃkhyātametaddviguṇitaṃ punaḥ / grahāntaramathaikaikamūrddhvaṃ nakṣatramaṇḍarāt
This reckoned hundred thousand, doubled again, is the interval from one planet to the next, upward from the circle of the lunar mansions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.132
ताराग्रहाणां सर्वेषामध्यस्ताच्चरते बुधः । तस्योर्द्ध्वं चरते शुक्रस्तस्मादूर्द्ध्वं च लोहितः
tārāgrahāṇāṃ sarveṣāmadhyastāccarate budhaḥ / tasyorddhvaṃ carate śukrastasmādūrddhvaṃ ca lohitaḥ
Below all the starry planets moves Mercury; above him moves Venus, and above that the red one (Mars).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.133
ततो बृहस्पतिश्चोर्द्ध्वं तस्मादूर्द्ध्वं शनैश्चरः । उर्द्ध्वं शतसहस्रं तु योजनानां शनैश्चरात्
tato bṛhaspatiścorddhvaṃ tasmādūrddhvaṃ śanaiścaraḥ / urddhvaṃ śatasahasraṃ tu yojanānāṃ śanaiścarāt
Above that Jupiter, and above that Saturn; and a hundred thousand yojanas above Saturn
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.134
सप्तर्षिमण्डलं कृत्स्नमुपरिष्टात्प्रकाशते । ऋषिभ्यस्तु सहस्राणां शतादूर्द्ध्वं विभाष्यते
saptarṣimaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnamupariṣṭātprakāśate / ṛṣibhyastu sahasrāṇāṃ śatādūrddhvaṃ vibhāṣyate
the whole circle of the seven sages shines above; and it is declared that a hundred thousand (yojanas) above the sages
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.135
यो ऽसौ तारामये दिव्ये विमाने ह्रस्वरूपके । उत्तानपादपुत्रो ऽसौ मेढीभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि
yo 'sau tārāmaye divye vimāne hrasvarūpake / uttānapādaputro 'sau meḍhībhūto dhruvo divi
is he who (dwells) in a divine star-made chariot of small form: he, the son of Uttānapāda, Dhruva, become the pivot in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.136
त्रैलोक्यस्यैष उत्सेधो व्याख्यातो योजनैर्मया । मन्वन्तरेषु देवानामिज्या यत्रैव लौकिकी
trailokyasyaiṣa utsedho vyākhyāto yojanairmayā / manvantareṣu devānāmijyā yatraiva laukikī
This is the height of the three worlds, expounded by me in yojanas — where, in the manvantaras, the worldly sacrificial offering to the gods
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.137
वर्णाश्रमेभ्य इष्टा तु लोके ऽस्मिन्संप्रवर्त्तते । सर्वासां देवयोनीनां स्थितिहेतुः स वै स्मृतः
varṇāśramebhya iṣṭā tu loke 'sminsaṃpravarttate / sarvāsāṃ devayonīnāṃ sthitihetuḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ
performed by the (members of the) classes and stages of life proceeds in this world; he indeed is held to be the cause of the continuance of all the divine orders of birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.138
त्रैलोक्यमेतद्व्याख्यातमत ऊर्द्ध्वं निबोधत । ध्रुवादूर्द्ध्वं महर्लोको यस्मिंस्ते कल्पवासिनः
trailokyametadvyākhyātamata ūrddhvaṃ nibodhata / dhruvādūrddhvaṃ maharloko yasmiṃste kalpavāsinaḥ
This threefold world has been expounded; now learn what is above it. Above Dhruva is the Mahar world, in which dwell those who last a kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.141
एकायोजनकोटीशा इत्येवं निश्चयोगतः । द्वीकोट्यां तु महर्लोकाज्जनलोको व्यवस्थितः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२।१३९ ॥ यत्र ते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा दक्षाद्याः साधकाः स्मृताः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२।१४० ॥ वै राजा यत्र ते देवा भूतदाहविवर्जिताः । षड्गुणं तु तपोलोकात्सत्यलोकान्तरं स्मृतम्
ekāyojanakoṭīśā ityevaṃ niścayogataḥ / dvīkoṭyāṃ tu maharlokājjanaloko vyavasthitaḥ // bndp_3,2.139 // yatra te brahmaṇaḥ putrā dakṣādyāḥ sādhakāḥ smṛtāḥ // bndp_3,2.140 // vai rājā yatra te devā bhūtadāhavivarjitāḥ / ṣaḍguṇaṃ tu tapolokātsatyalokāntaraṃ smṛtam
...one crore of yojanas..., thus by ascertainment; and at two crores from the Mahar world the Jana world is established, (139) where those sons of Brahmā, Dakṣa and the rest, are held to be the accomplishers; (140) where those gods, free from being burnt by the elements, (dwell); and the interval up to the Satya world is held to be six times (that) from the Tapas world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.142
अपुनर्मारको नाम ब्रह्मलोकः स उच्यते । यस्मिन्न च्यवते भूयो ब्रह्मणं य उपासते
apunarmārako nāma brahmalokaḥ sa ucyate / yasminna cyavate bhūyo brahmaṇaṃ ya upāsate
That is called the Brahmā world, named 'no second death', from which he who worships Brahmā does not fall again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.143
एककोटिर्योजनानां पञ्चाशन्नियुतानि तु । ऊर्द्ध्वभागस्तत्ॐऽडस्य ब्रह्मलोकात्परः स्मृतः
ekakoṭiryojanānāṃ pañcāśanniyutāni tu / ūrddhvabhāgastatoṃ'ḍasya brahmalokātparaḥ smṛtaḥ
One crore and fifty niyutas of yojanas — that is held to be the upper part of the egg, beyond the Brahmā world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.144
चतुर्दशैव कोट्यस्तु नियुतानि च पञ्च षट् । स चौर्द्ध्व संप्रचारो ऽस्य गत्यन्तश्चपरः स्मृतः
caturdaśaiva koṭyastu niyutāni ca pañca ṣaṭ / sa caurddhva saṃpracāro 'sya gatyantaścaparaḥ smṛtaḥ
Fourteen crores and five or six niyutas — that is its upward extension, and it is held to be the further limit of motion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.145
ध्रुवाग्रमेतद्व्याख्यातं योजनग्राद्यथाश्रुतम् । अधोगतीनां वक्ष्यामि भूतानां स्थानकल्पनाम्
dhruvāgrametadvyākhyātaṃ yojanagrādyathāśrutam / adhogatīnāṃ vakṣyāmi bhūtānāṃ sthānakalpanām
This, as far as Dhruva, has been expounded in yojanas as it was heard; (now) I shall tell of the arrangement of the abodes of beings whose course is downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.146
गच्छन्ति घोरकर्माणः प्राणिनो यत्र कर्मभिः । नरको रौरवो घोरः शूकरस्ताल एवं च
gacchanti ghorakarmāṇaḥ prāṇino yatra karmabhiḥ / narako rauravo ghoraḥ śūkarastāla evaṃ ca
where beings of dreadful deeds go by their deeds: the hell Raurava, the terrible, Śūkara, and Tāla likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.147
तप्तकुम्भो महाज्वालः शबलो ऽथ विमोहनः । कृमी च कृमिभक्षश्च लालाभक्षो विशंसनः
taptakumbho mahājvālaḥ śabalo 'tha vimohanaḥ / kṛmī ca kṛmibhakṣaśca lālābhakṣo viśaṃsanaḥ
Taptakumbha, Mahājvāla, Śabala, then Vimohana, Kṛmi and Kṛmibhakṣa, Lālābhakṣa, Viśaṃsana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.148
अधःशिराः पूयवहो रुधिरान्धुस्तथैवच । विष्टाकीर्णश्च नरको मूत्रकीर्ण स्तथैव च
adhaḥśirāḥ pūyavaho rudhirāndhustathaivaca / viṣṭākīrṇaśca narako mūtrakīrṇa stathaiva ca
(There are) Adhaḥśirā (Head-Downward), Pūyavaha (Pus-Stream), and likewise Rudhirāndhu (Blood-Well), and the hell Viṣṭākīrṇa (Strewn with Excrement), and likewise Mūtrakīrṇa (Strewn with Urine).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.149
तथा वैतरणी कृष्णमसिपत्रवनं तथा । अग्निज्वालो महाघोरः संदंशो ऽथाश्वभोजनः
tathā vaitaraṇī kṛṣṇamasipatravanaṃ tathā / agnijvālo mahāghoraḥ saṃdaṃśo 'thāśvabhojanaḥ
So too Vaitaraṇī, Kṛṣṇa (the Black), and Asipatravana (the Forest of Sword-Leaves), Agnijvāla (Fire-Flame), Mahāghora (the Greatly Terrible), Saṃdaṃśa (the Pincers), and then Aśvabhojana (Horse-Fodder).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.150
तमश्चकृष्णसूत्रश्च लोहश्चाप्यभिजस्तथा । अप्रतिष्ठो ऽथ वीचिश्च नरका ह्येवमादयः
tamaścakṛṣṇasūtraśca lohaścāpyabhijastathā / apratiṣṭho 'tha vīciśca narakā hyevamādayaḥ
And Tamas (Darkness), Kṛṣṇasūtra (Black-Thread), Loha (Iron), and likewise Abhija, and Apratiṣṭha (the Unsupported), and Vīci (the Wave) — such are the hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.151
तामसा नरकाः सर्वे यमस्य विषये स्थिताः । येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पतन्तीह वृथक्पृथक्
tāmasā narakāḥ sarve yamasya viṣaye sthitāḥ / yeṣu duṣkṛtakarmāṇaḥ patantīha vṛthakpṛthak
All these dark hells are situated in the domain of Yama, into which those whose deeds are evil fall here, each one separately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.152
भूमेरधस्तात्ते सर्वे रौरवाद्यः प्रकीर्त्तिताः । रौरवे कूटसाक्षे तुमिथ्या यश्चाभिशसति
bhūmeradhastātte sarve rauravādyaḥ prakīrttitāḥ / raurave kūṭasākṣe tumithyā yaścābhiśasati
All those, beginning with Raurava, are declared to be beneath the earth. In Raurava (falls) the false witness and he who accuses (another) falsely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.153
क्रूरग्रह पक्षवादी ह्यसक्तः पतते नरः । राधो गोध्रो भ्रूणहा च ह्यग्निदाता पुरस्य च
krūragraha pakṣavādī hyasaktaḥ patate naraḥ / rādho godhro bhrūṇahā ca hyagnidātā purasya ca
The man of cruel grasping, the partisan speaker, one unattached (to duty), falls (there); also the ..., the cow-killer, the slayer of an embryo, and the one who sets fire to a town.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.154
शूकरे ब्रह्महा मज्जेत्सुरापः स्वर्णतस्करः । ताले पतेत्क्षत्रियहा हत्वा वैश्यं च मज्जति
śūkare brahmahā majjetsurāpaḥ svarṇataskaraḥ / tāle patetkṣatriyahā hatvā vaiśyaṃ ca majjati
The killer of a brahmin sinks in Śūkara, (as does) the drinker of liquor and the stealer of gold; the killer of a kṣatriya falls into Tāla, and having killed a vaiśya one sinks (there too).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.155
ब्रह्महत्या च यः कुर्याद्यश्च स्याद्गुरुतल्पगः । सप्तकुम्भेष्वसौ गामी तथा राजभटश्च यः
brahmahatyā ca yaḥ kuryādyaśca syādgurutalpagaḥ / saptakumbheṣvasau gāmī tathā rājabhaṭaśca yaḥ
He who commits the murder of a brahmin, and he who goes to his teacher's bed, and one who has intercourse with a cow, and whoever is a king's soldier — (they go) into the Seven Cauldrons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.156
संताप्यते वाश्वणिक्तथाच धनरक्षिता । साध्वीविक्रयकर्त्ता च यस्तु भक्तं परित्यजेत्
saṃtāpyate vāśvaṇiktathāca dhanarakṣitā / sādhvīvikrayakarttā ca yastu bhaktaṃ parityajet
And there is tormented the trader (?), and likewise the hoarder of wealth, and the seller of a virtuous woman, and one who abandons a devotee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.157
महाज्वाले दुहितरं स्नुषां गच्छति यस्तु वै । वेदं विक्रीणतेये च वेदं वै दूषयन्ति ये
mahājvāle duhitaraṃ snuṣāṃ gacchati yastu vai / vedaṃ vikrīṇateye ca vedaṃ vai dūṣayanti ye
In Mahājvāla (falls) he who goes to his daughter or his son's wife, and those who sell the Veda, and those who defile the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.158
गुरुंश्चैवावमन्यन्ते वाक्शरैस्ताडयन्ति च । अगम्यगामी च नरो नरकं शबलं व्रजेत्
guruṃścaivāvamanyante vākśaraistāḍayanti ca / agamyagāmī ca naro narakaṃ śabalaṃ vrajet
And those who despise their teachers and strike them with the arrows of speech; and the man who goes to a woman not to be approached goes to the hell Śabala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.159
विमोहे पतते घोरे मर्यादां योभिनत्ति वै । दुरिष्टं कुरुते यस्तु कीडलोहं प्रपद्यते
vimohe patate ghore maryādāṃ yobhinatti vai / duriṣṭaṃ kurute yastu kīḍalohaṃ prapadyate
He who indeed breaks the (established) boundary falls into the dreadful Vimoha; and he who performs an evil sacrifice goes to Kīḍaloha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.160
देवब्राह्मणविद्वेष्टा गुरूणां वाप्यपूजकः । रत्नं दूषयते यस्तु कृमिभक्षे प्रपद्यते
devabrāhmaṇavidveṣṭā gurūṇāṃ vāpyapūjakaḥ / ratnaṃ dūṣayate yastu kṛmibhakṣe prapadyate
The hater of gods and brahmins, or one who does not honour his teachers, and he who defiles a jewel, goes to Kṛmibhakṣa (Worm-Eating).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.161
पर्यश्नाति य एको ऽन्नं ब्राह्मणान्सुहृदो विना । लालाभक्षे स तिष्ठेत्तु दुर्गन्धे नरके गतः
paryaśnāti ya eko 'nnaṃ brāhmaṇānsuhṛdo vinā / lālābhakṣe sa tiṣṭhettu durgandhe narake gataḥ
He who eats food alone, without brahmins and friends, will remain in Lālābhakṣa (Spittle-Eating), having gone to that foul-smelling hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.162
काण्डकर्त्ता कुलालश्च निष्कहर्ता चिकित्सकः । आरामे ऽप्यग्निदाता यः पतते स विशंसनि
kāṇḍakarttā kulālaśca niṣkahartā cikitsakaḥ / ārāme 'pyagnidātā yaḥ patate sa viśaṃsani
The maker of arrow-shafts, the potter, the taker of coins (?), the physician, and he who sets fire even to a pleasure-garden — he falls into Viśaṃsana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.165
असत्प्रतिग्रही यश्च तथैवायाज्ययाजकः । नक्षत्रैर्जीवते यश्च नरो गच्छत्यधोमुखम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२।१६३ ॥ क्षीरं सुरां च लवणं लाक्षां गन्धं रसं तिलान् एवमादीनि विक्रीणन्घोरे पूयवहे पतेत् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,२।१६४ ॥ यः कुक्कुटान्निबद्नाति मार्जारान्सूकरांस्तथा । पक्षिणश्च मृगाञ्छागान्सो ऽप्येनं नरकं व्रजेत्
asatpratigrahī yaśca tathaivāyājyayājakaḥ / nakṣatrairjīvate yaśca naro gacchatyadhomukham // bndp_3,2.163 // kṣīraṃ surāṃ ca lavaṇaṃ lākṣāṃ gandhaṃ rasaṃ tilān evamādīni vikrīṇanghore pūyavahe patet // bndp_3,2.164 // yaḥ kukkuṭānnibadnāti mārjārānsūkarāṃstathā / pakṣiṇaśca mṛgāñchāgānso 'pyenaṃ narakaṃ vrajet
And he who accepts gifts from the wicked, and likewise he who sacrifices for those unfit to sacrifice, and the man who lives by (reading) the stars, goes to Adhomukha (the Head-Downward one). [163] Selling milk, liquor, salt, lac, perfume, juice, sesame seeds and the like, one falls into the dreadful Pūyavaha. [164] He who ties up cocks, cats and pigs, and birds, deer and goats, he too goes to that hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.166
अजाविको माहिषिकस्तथा चक्रध्वजी च यः । रङ्गोपजीवको विप्रः शाकनिर्ग्रामयाजकः
ajāviko māhiṣikastathā cakradhvajī ca yaḥ / raṅgopajīvako vipraḥ śākanirgrāmayājakaḥ
The keeper of goats and sheep, the keeper of buffaloes, and he who bears the wheel-banner (?), the brahmin who lives by the stage, the vegetable(-seller), and the one who sacrifices for a whole village (?),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.167
अगारदाही गरदः कुण्डाशी सोमविक्रयी । सुरापो मासभक्षश्च तथा च पशुघातकः
agāradāhī garadaḥ kuṇḍāśī somavikrayī / surāpo māsabhakṣaśca tathā ca paśughātakaḥ
the burner of houses, the poisoner, the eater of forbidden food, the seller of soma, the liquor-drinker, the flesh-eater, and likewise the killer of cattle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.168
विशस्ता महिषादीनां मृगहन्ता तथैव च । पर्वकारश्च मूची च यश्च स्यान्मित्रघातकः
viśastā mahiṣādīnāṃ mṛgahantā tathaiva ca / parvakāraśca mūcī ca yaśca syānmitraghātakaḥ
the butcher of buffaloes and the like, and likewise the killer of deer, and the ... and the shoemaker, and whoever is a betrayer of a friend —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.169
रुधिरान्धौ पतन्त्येते ह्येवमाहुर्मनीषिणः । उपविष्टं भोक्तुमथ पङ्क्त्यां वै वञ्चयन्ति ये
rudhirāndhau patantyete hyevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / upaviṣṭaṃ bhoktumatha paṅktyāṃ vai vañcayanti ye
these fall into Rudhirāndhu (the Well of Blood) — so say the wise. And those who cheat one who has sat down in the row to eat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.170
पतन्ति नरके घोरे विड्भुजे नात्र संशयः । मृषावादी नरो यश्च तथा प्राक्रोशको ऽशुभः
patanti narake ghore viḍbhuje nātra saṃśayaḥ / mṛṣāvādī naro yaśca tathā prākrośako 'śubhaḥ
They fall into a terrible hell where dung is the food — there is no doubt of this. And the man who speaks falsely, and likewise the foul reviler,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.171
पतते नरके घोरे मूत्राकीर्णे स पापकृत । मधुग्राहाभिहन्तारो यान्ति वैतग्णीं नराः
patate narake ghore mūtrākīrṇe sa pāpakṛta / madhugrāhābhihantāro yānti vaitagṇīṃ narāḥ
that evildoer falls into a terrible hell filled with urine. Men who seize honey and kill (the bees) go to the Vaitaraṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.172
उन्मत्ताश्चित्तभग्नाश्चशौचाचारविवर्जिताः । क्रोधना दुःखदा ये च कुहकाः कृष्णगामिनः
unmattāścittabhagnāścaśaucācāravivarjitāḥ / krodhanā duḥkhadā ye ca kuhakāḥ kṛṣṇagāminaḥ
The mad, the broken in mind, those devoid of purity and (right) conduct, the wrathful, those who cause pain, and the deceivers, go the black way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.173
असिपत्र वनच्छदकृतो ह्योरभ्रिकाश्च ये । कर्त्तनषु विकृत्यन्त मृगव्याधः सुदारुणैः
asipatra vanacchadakṛto hyorabhrikāśca ye / karttanaṣu vikṛtyanta mṛgavyādhaḥ sudāruṇaiḥ
Those who cut down the foliage of the sword-leaf forest, and the sheep-butchers, are cut apart on the chopping blocks; and hunters of deer (are torn) by most dreadful (beasts).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.174
आश्रम प्रत्यवसिता ह्यग्निज्वाले पतन्ति वै । भक्ष्यन्ते श्यामशबलैरयस्तुडश्व वायसैः
āśrama pratyavasitā hyagnijvāle patanti vai / bhakṣyante śyāmaśabalairayastuḍaśva vāyasaiḥ
Those who have fallen away from their stage of life fall indeed into the flame of fire; they are devoured by the dark and dappled (dogs) and by iron-beaked crows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.175
इष्टापूर्तव्रतालोपात्संदंशे नरके पतेत् । स्कन्दन्ते ये दिवास्वप्ने व्रतिनो ब्रह्मचारिणः
iṣṭāpūrtavratālopātsaṃdaṃśe narake patet / skandante ye divāsvapne vratino brahmacāriṇaḥ
Through the breaking of sacrificial and charitable works and of vows one falls into the hell Saṃdaṃśa (the Tongs); and those vow-keepers and celibate students who emit (seed) in daytime sleep,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.176
पुत्रैरध्यापिता ये च पुत्रैराक्षापिताश्च ये । ते सर्व नरकं यान्ति नियतं तु श्वभोजनम्
putrairadhyāpitā ye ca putrairākṣāpitāśca ye / te sarva narakaṃ yānti niyataṃ tu śvabhojanam
and those who have been taught by their sons, and those who have been reproached by their sons — all these certainly go to the hell that is the dogs' food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.177
वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धा ये क्रोधहर्षसमन्विताः । कर्माणि ये तु कुर्वन्ति सर्वे निरयवासिनः
varṇāśramaviruddhā ye krodhaharṣasamanvitāḥ / karmāṇi ye tu kurvanti sarve nirayavāsinaḥ
Those who are opposed to the (rules of) class and stage of life, who are possessed by anger and elation, and those who do (such) deeds — all are dwellers in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.178
उपरिष्टात्स्थितो घोर उष्णात्मा रौरवो महान् । सुदारुणस्तु शीतात्मा तस्याधस्तात्तपः स्मृतः
upariṣṭātsthito ghora uṣṇātmā rauravo mahān / sudāruṇastu śītātmā tasyādhastāttapaḥ smṛtaḥ
Situated above is the great Raurava, terrible and hot by nature; below it is Tapa, most dreadful and cold by nature, so it is remembered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.179
एवमादिक्रमेणैव वर्ण्यमानान्निबोधत । भूमेरधस्तात्सप्तैव नरकाः परिकीर्त्तिताः
evamādikrameṇaiva varṇyamānānnibodhata / bhūmeradhastātsaptaiva narakāḥ parikīrttitāḥ
Learn of those (hells) as they are described in just this order, beginning thus: below the earth seven hells are proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.180
अधर्मसूतयस्ते स्युरन्धतामिस्रकादयः । रौरवः प्रथमस्तेषां महारौरव एव च
adharmasūtayaste syurandhatāmisrakādayaḥ / rauravaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ mahāraurava eva ca
They are the offspring of unrighteousness — Andhatāmisra and the rest. The first of them is Raurava, and then Mahāraurava,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.181
अस्याधः पुनरप्यन्यः शीतस्तप इति स्मृतः । तृतीयः कालसूत्रः स्यान्महाहिर्विविधः स्मृतः
asyādhaḥ punarapyanyaḥ śītastapa iti smṛtaḥ / tṛtīyaḥ kālasūtraḥ syānmahāhirvividhaḥ smṛtaḥ
Below this again is yet another, called the cold Tapa; the third would be Kālasūtra, remembered as a great serpent of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.182
अप्रतिष्ठश्चतुर्थः स्याद वीचिः पञ्चमः स्मृतः । लोहः षष्ठः स्मृतस्तेषामविधेयस्तु सप्तमः
apratiṣṭhaścaturthaḥ syāda vīciḥ pañcamaḥ smṛtaḥ / lohaḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ smṛtasteṣāmavidheyastu saptamaḥ
The fourth would be Apratiṣṭha, the fifth is remembered as Avīci; the sixth of them is remembered as Loha, and the seventh Avidheya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.183
घोरात्वाद्रौरवः प्रोक्तः सोष्णको दहनः स्मृतः । सुदारुणस्तु शीतात्मा त्स्याधस्तात्तपो ऽधमः
ghorātvādrauravaḥ proktaḥ soṣṇako dahanaḥ smṛtaḥ / sudāruṇastu śītātmā tsyādhastāttapo 'dhamaḥ
Because of its terribleness it is called Raurava; being hot, it is remembered as the burner. But most dreadful and cold by nature, below it, is the lowest Tapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.184
सवां निकृन्तनः प्रोक्तो कालसूत्रो ऽतिदारुणः । अप्रतिष्ठे स्थितिर्नास्ति भ्रमस्तस्मिन्सदा स्मृतः
savāṃ nikṛntanaḥ prokto kālasūtro 'tidāruṇaḥ / apratiṣṭhe sthitirnāsti bhramastasminsadā smṛtaḥ
Kālasūtra, exceedingly dreadful, is said to be the cutter of all; in Apratiṣṭha there is no standing still — a constant whirling is declared to be in it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.185
अवीचिर्दारुणः प्रोक्तो यन्त्रसंपीडनाच्च सः । तस्मात्सुदारुणो लोहः कर्मणां श्रयणाच्च सः
avīcirdāruṇaḥ prokto yantrasaṃpīḍanācca saḥ / tasmātsudāruṇo lohaḥ karmaṇāṃ śrayaṇācca saḥ
Avīci is called dreadful, and that because of the crushing by machines; more dreadful than that is Loha, and that because it is the resort of (evil) deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.186
तथाभूतशरीत्वादविधेयस्तु स स्मृतः । पीडाबन्धवधासंगादप्रतीकारलक्षणः
tathābhūtaśarītvādavidheyastu sa smṛtaḥ / pīḍābandhavadhāsaṃgādapratīkāralakṣaṇaḥ
And because the body is of such a sort, it is remembered as Avidheya (unmanageable); it is characterized by irremediableness, through the concurrence of torment, binding and slaying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.187
ऊर्द्ध्वाधः संगतास्ते तु निरालोकाश्च ते स्मृताः । दुःखोत्कर्षस्तु सर्वेषु ह्यधर्मस्य निमित्ततः
ūrddhvādhaḥ saṃgatāste tu nirālokāśca te smṛtāḥ / duḥkhotkarṣastu sarveṣu hyadharmasya nimittataḥ
They are joined one above the other, and they are remembered as without light; and in all of them the excess of suffering is on account of unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.188
उपभोगसमर्थैस्तु सद्यो जायन्ति कर्मभिः । दुःखप्रकर्षश्चोग्रस्तु तेषु सर्वेषु वै स्मृतः
upabhogasamarthaistu sadyo jāyanti karmabhiḥ / duḥkhaprakarṣaścograstu teṣu sarveṣu vai smṛtaḥ
By the deeds fit for (such) experience they are born there at once; and in all of them a fierce intensity of suffering is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.189
उपभोगसमर्थैस्तु सद्यो जायन्ति कर्मभिः । दुःखप्रकर्षश्चोग्रस्तु तेषु सर्वेषु वै स्मृतः
upabhogasamarthaistu sadyo jāyanti karmabhiḥ / duḥkhaprakarṣaścograstu teṣu sarveṣu vai smṛtaḥ
By the deeds fit for (such) experience they are born there at once; and in all of them a fierce intensity of suffering is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.190
यातनाश्चाप्यसंख्येया नारकाणां तथा स्मृताः । तत्रानुभूयते दुःखं क्षीणे कर्मणि वै पुनः
yātanāścāpyasaṃkhyeyā nārakāṇāṃ tathā smṛtāḥ / tatrānubhūyate duḥkhaṃ kṣīṇe karmaṇi vai punaḥ
And the torments of the hell-dwellers are likewise said to be innumerable. There suffering is undergone, and again, when the karma is spent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.191
तिर्यग्योनौ प्रसूयन्ते कर्मशेषेण तेंऽततः । देवांश्च तारकाश्चैव ह्यूर्द्ध्वं चाधश्च संस्थिताः
tiryagyonau prasūyante karmaśeṣeṇa teṃ'tataḥ / devāṃśca tārakāścaiva hyūrddhvaṃ cādhaśca saṃsthitāḥ
they are then born in animal wombs by the remainder of their karma; and the gods and the stars too are established above, and (these) below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.192
धर्माधर्मनिमित्तेन सद्यो जायन्ति मूर्त्तयः । उपभोगार्थमुत्पत्तिरौपपत्तिककर्मतः
dharmādharmanimittena sadyo jāyanti mūrttayaḥ / upabhogārthamutpattiraupapattikakarmataḥ
Through the cause of dharma and adharma bodily forms come into being at once; the coming-to-be is for the sake of enjoyment (of results), from karma of the spontaneous-birth kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.193
पश्यन्ति नारकान्देवा ह्यधोवक्त्रा ह्यघोगतान् । नारकांश्च तथा देवान्सर्वान्पश्यं त्यधेमुखान्
paśyanti nārakāndevā hyadhovaktrā hyaghogatān / nārakāṃśca tathā devānsarvānpaśyaṃ tyadhemukhān
The gods, their faces turned downward, see the hell-beings who have gone below; and the hell-beings likewise see all the gods with their faces downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.194
अनयोस्तुल्यता यस्माद्धारमाश्च स्वभावतः । तस्मादूर्द्ध्वमधोभावो लोकालोके न विद्यते
anayostulyatā yasmāddhāramāśca svabhāvataḥ / tasmādūrddhvamadhobhāvo lokāloke na vidyate
Since these two have equality, and (are) by their own nature ... , therefore there is no state of being above or below in the world and the non-world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.195
एषा स्वाभाविकी संज्ञा लोकालोके प्रवर्त्तते । अथाब्रुवन्पुनर्वायुंब्राह्मणाः सत्रिणस्तदा
eṣā svābhāvikī saṃjñā lokāloke pravarttate / athābruvanpunarvāyuṃbrāhmaṇāḥ satriṇastadā
This designation, being natural, holds good with regard to the world and the non-world. Then the brahmins who were performing the sacrifice spoke again to Vāyu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.196
ऋषय ऊचुः सर्वेषामेव भूतानां लोकालोकनिवासिनाम् । संसारे संसरन्तीह यावन्तः प्राणिनश्च ते
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ lokālokanivāsinām / saṃsāre saṃsarantīha yāvantaḥ prāṇinaśca te
The seers said: Of all the beings whatever that dwell in the world and the non-world, as many living creatures as transmigrate here in saṃsāra—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.197
संख्याया परिसंख्याय तान्नः प्रब्रूहि कृत्स्नशः । ऋषीणां तद्वचः श्रुत्वा मरुतो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
saṃkhyāyā parisaṃkhyāya tānnaḥ prabrūhi kṛtsnaśaḥ / ṛṣīṇāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā maruto vākyamabravīt
having reckoned them up by number, tell us of them completely. Hearing that speech of the seers, the Marut (Vāyu) spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.198
वायुरुवाच न शक्यं दिव्यया दृष्ट्या ज्ञातुं ज्ञानेन वा पुनः । चक्षुषा वै प्रसंख्यातुमतो ह्यन्ते न च द्विजाः
vāyuruvāca na śakyaṃ divyayā dṛṣṭyā jñātuṃ jñānena vā punaḥ / cakṣuṣā vai prasaṃkhyātumato hyante na ca dvijāḥ
Vāyu said: They cannot be known by divine sight, nor again by knowledge, nor counted up with the eye, for of these there is no end, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.199
अनाध्यानादमेयत्वान्नैव प्रश्नो विधीयते । ब्रह्मणा संज्ञितं यत्तु संख्यया तन्निबोधत
anādhyānādameyatvānnaiva praśno vidhīyate / brahmaṇā saṃjñitaṃ yattu saṃkhyayā tannibodhata
Since it is beyond contemplation and immeasurable, the question is not admissible; but learn by number that which was reckoned by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.200
यः सहस्रतमो भागः स्थावराणां भवेदिह । पार्थिवाः कृमयस्तावत्संसेकाद्येषु संभवः
yaḥ sahasratamo bhāgaḥ sthāvarāṇāṃ bhavediha / pārthivāḥ kṛmayastāvatsaṃsekādyeṣu saṃbhavaḥ
Whatever would be the thousandth part of the immobile beings here, so many are the earth-born worms; among those born of moisture and so forth is (their) origin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.201
संसेकजानां भागेन सहस्रेणैव संमिताः । औदका जन्तवः सर्वे निश्चयात्तन्निधार्यताम्
saṃsekajānāṃ bhāgena sahasreṇaiva saṃmitāḥ / audakā jantavaḥ sarve niścayāttannidhāryatām
By a thousandth part of those born of moisture are all the water-dwelling creatures measured; let that be held as settled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.202
सहस्रेणैव भागेन सत्त्वानां सलिलौकसाम् । विहङ्गमास्तु विज्ञेया लौकिकास्ते च सर्वशः
sahasreṇaiva bhāgena sattvānāṃ salilaukasām / vihaṅgamāstu vijñeyā laukikāste ca sarvaśaḥ
By just a thousandth part of the creatures whose abode is water the birds are to be known, and they are wholly of this world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.203
यः सहस्रतमो भागस्तेषां वै पक्षिमां भवेत् । पशवस्तत्समा ज्ञेया लौकिकास्तु चतुष्पदाः
yaḥ sahasratamo bhāgasteṣāṃ vai pakṣimāṃ bhavet / paśavastatsamā jñeyā laukikāstu catuṣpadāḥ
Whatever would be the thousandth part of those birds, equal to that are the beasts to be known, the four-footed creatures of this world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.204
चतुष्पदानां सर्वेषां सहस्रेणैव संमिताः । द्विपदास्तत्सहस्रेण संमिता धार्मिकाः पुनः
catuṣpadānāṃ sarveṣāṃ sahasreṇaiva saṃmitāḥ / dvipadāstatsahasreṇa saṃmitā dhārmikāḥ punaḥ
By just a thousandth of all four-footed creatures are the two-footed measured; and by a thousandth of those again are the righteous measured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.205
सहस्रेणैव भागेन धार्मिकेभ्यो दिवं गताः । यः सहस्रतमो भागो धार्मिकाणां भवेद्दिवि
sahasreṇaiva bhāgena dhārmikebhyo divaṃ gatāḥ / yaḥ sahasratamo bhāgo dhārmikāṇāṃ bhaveddivi
By just a thousandth part of the righteous are those who have gone to heaven; and whatever would be the thousandth part of the righteous in heaven,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.206
संमितास्तेन भागेन मोक्षिणस्तावदेव हि । स्वर्गोपपादकैस्तुल्या यातनास्थानवासिनः
saṃmitāstena bhāgena mokṣiṇastāvadeva hi / svargopapādakaistulyā yātanāsthānavāsinaḥ
measured by that part, just so many are those who attain release. Equal to those who come to be in heaven are the dwellers in the places of torment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.207
पतिताधर्मविद्वेषाद्दुरात्मानो म्रियन्ति ये । रौरवे तमसि ह्येते शीतोष्णं प्राप्नुवन्ति ते
patitādharmavidveṣāddurātmāno mriyanti ye / raurave tamasi hyete śītoṣṇaṃ prāpnuvanti te
Those evil-souled ones who die fallen and out of hatred of dharma—they meet with cold and heat in Raurava and in Tamas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.208
वेदनाः कटुकाः स्तब्धा यातनास्थानमागताः । उष्णस्तु रौरवो ज्ञेयस्तेजोघोररसात्मकः
vedanāḥ kaṭukāḥ stabdhā yātanāsthānamāgatāḥ / uṣṇastu rauravo jñeyastejoghorarasātmakaḥ
Bitter and numbing are the pains of those who have come to the place of torment; Raurava is to be known as the hot one, whose nature is fire and terrible savour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.209
तत्ॐऽधनामकश्चापि शीतान्मा सततं तपः । एवं सुदुर्लभाः संतः स्वर्गे वा धार्मिका नराः
tatoṃ'dhanāmakaścāpi śītānmā satataṃ tapaḥ / evaṃ sudurlabhāḥ saṃtaḥ svarge vā dhārmikā narāḥ
Then too there is the one named Andha (the dark), ... from cold, constant burning; thus very hard to find are good men, or righteous men in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.210
एषा संज्ञीकृता संख्या चेश्वरेण स्वयंभुवा । गणाना दिनिवृत्तैषा संख्या ब्राह्मी त्वमानुषी
eṣā saṃjñīkṛtā saṃkhyā ceśvareṇa svayaṃbhuvā / gaṇānā dinivṛttaiṣā saṃkhyā brāhmī tvamānuṣī
This numbering has been assigned by the Lord, the Self-existent one himself; this reckoning of the groups (of gods), (arrived at) by (dividing by) days, is Brahmā's measure, not human.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.211
ऋषय ऊचुः महाञ्जनस्तपः सत्यो भूतो भव्यो भवस्तथा । उक्ता ह्येते त्वया लाका लाकानामन्तरण च
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ mahāñjanastapaḥ satyo bhūto bhavyo bhavastathā / uktā hyete tvayā lākā lākānāmantaraṇa ca
The seers said: Mahat (or: great), Jana, Tapas, Satya, Bhūta, Bhavya, and likewise Bhava — these worlds have been declared by you, and also the intervals between the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.212
लोकान्तरं च यादृक् च तन्नो ब्रूहि यथा तथा । तेषां तद्वचन श्रुत्वा ऋषीणामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् । स वायुर्दृष्टतत्त्वार्थ इदं तत्त्वमुवाच ह
lokāntaraṃ ca yādṛk ca tanno brūhi yathā tathā / teṣāṃ tadvacana śrutvā ṛṣīṇāmūrddhvaretasām / sa vāyurdṛṣṭatattvārtha idaṃ tattvamuvāca ha
And of what sort is (the region) beyond the worlds — tell us that as it truly is. Hearing that speech of theirs, of the seers whose seed was drawn upward, that Vāyu, who had seen the truth of things, spoke this truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.213
वायुरुवाच व्यक्तं तर्केण पश्यन्ति योगात्प्रत्यक्षदर्शिनः
vāyuruvāca vyaktaṃ tarkeṇa paśyanti yogātpratyakṣadarśinaḥ
Vāyu said: Those who see directly by yoga perceive plainly, by reasoning,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.214
प्रत्याहारेण ध्यानेन तपसा क्षयमात्मनः । ऋभुः सनत्कुमाराद्याः संबुद्धाः शुद्धबुद्धयः
pratyāhāreṇa dhyānena tapasā kṣayamātmanaḥ / ṛbhuḥ sanatkumārādyāḥ saṃbuddhāḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ
by withdrawal (of the senses), by meditation, by austerity, the (place of) the self's imperishability(?): Ṛbhu, Sanatkumāra and the others, fully awakened, of purified understanding,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.215
व्यपेतकोशा विरजाः संतो ब्रह्मैव सत्तमाः । अक्षयाः प्रीतिसंयुक्ता ब्राह्मे तिष्ठन्ति योगिनः
vyapetakośā virajāḥ saṃto brahmaiva sattamāḥ / akṣayāḥ prītisaṃyuktā brāhme tiṣṭhanti yoginaḥ
with their sheaths cast off, free of taint, being verily Brahman, the best of beings, imperishable, joined with delight — those yogins abide in the Brahman (world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.216
ऋषीणां बालशिल्यानां तैर्यथाकृतमीश्वरैः । यथात्रैव सया दृष्टं सांनिध्यं तत्र कुर्वता
ṛṣīṇāṃ bālaśilyānāṃ tairyathākṛtamīśvaraiḥ / yathātraiva sayā dṛṣṭaṃ sāṃnidhyaṃ tatra kurvatā
As was done by those lords for the seers, the Bālaśilyas — as was seen here itself by him(?), making his presence there —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.217
अग्राह्यमकृतार्थानामालयं चेश्वरस्य यत् । ईश्वरः परमाणुत्वाद्भावग्राह्यो मनीषिणाम्
agrāhyamakṛtārthānāmālayaṃ ceśvarasya yat / īśvaraḥ paramāṇutvādbhāvagrāhyo manīṣiṇām
and the abode of the Lord, which cannot be grasped by those whose aim is unaccomplished — the Lord, because of his extreme minuteness, is graspable (only) by the thought of the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.218
ज्ञानं वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं तपः सत्यं क्षमा धृतिः । द्रष्टृत्वमात्मसंबन्धमधिष्टातृत्वमेव च
jñānaṃ vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ / draṣṭṛtvamātmasaṃbandhamadhiṣṭātṛtvameva ca
Knowledge, dispassion, sovereign power, austerity, truth, patience, firmness, being the seer, connection with the self, and being the overseer:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.219
अव्ययानि दशैतानि तस्मिस्तिंष्ठन्ति शङ्करे । विभुत्वात्खलु योगाढ्यो ब्रह्मणो ऽनुग्रहे रतः
avyayāni daśaitāni tasmistiṃṣṭhanti śaṅkare / vibhutvātkhalu yogāḍhyo brahmaṇo 'nugrahe rataḥ
these ten imperishable (attributes) abide in that Śaṅkara; through his pervading power, rich in yoga, he delights in showing favour to Brahman(-knowers).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.220
स लोकविग्रहो भूत्वा साहाय्यमुपतिष्ठते । अक्षरं ध्रुवमव्यग्रमष्टमं त्वौपसर्गिकम्
sa lokavigraho bhūtvā sāhāyyamupatiṣṭhate / akṣaraṃ dhruvamavyagramaṣṭamaṃ tvaupasargikam
Becoming embodied in the world, he stands by as a helper; (his abode is) imperishable, fixed, undisturbed, the eighth, and incidental(?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.221
तस्येश्वरस्य चिन्मात्रं स्थानं मायामयं परम् । मायया कृतमाचष्टे मायी देवो महेश्वरः
tasyeśvarasya cinmātraṃ sthānaṃ māyāmayaṃ param / māyayā kṛtamācaṣṭe māyī devo maheśvaraḥ
The station of that Lord is pure consciousness alone, supreme, made of māyā; the possessor of māyā, the god Maheśvara, declares what is made by māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.222
देवानामुपसंहारस्तत्प्रमाणं हि कीर्त्यते । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
devānāmupasaṃhārastatpramāṇaṃ hi kīrtyate / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bruvato me nibodhata
The withdrawal of the gods and its measure is indeed proclaimed; learn from me as I tell it in detail and in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.223
त्रयोदशैव कोट्यस्तु नियुतानि दशेषवः । भूलोकाद्ब्रह्मलोको वै योजनैः संप्रकीर्त्यते
trayodaśaiva koṭyastu niyutāni daśeṣavaḥ / bhūlokādbrahmaloko vai yojanaiḥ saṃprakīrtyate
Thirteen crores and ten times a hundred thousand (?) — thus in yojanas is the Brahmā-world reckoned from the earth-world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.224
एका योजनकोटी तु पञ्चाशन्नियुतानि च । ऊर्द्ध्व भागवतो ऽडं तु ब्रह्मलोकात्परं स्मृतम्
ekā yojanakoṭī tu pañcāśanniyutāni ca / ūrddhva bhāgavato 'ḍaṃ tu brahmalokātparaṃ smṛtam
One crore of yojanas and fifty hundred-thousands: above that, from the Brahmā-world onward, the egg is held to be beyond, belonging to Bhagavān(?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.225
एषोर्द्ध्वगः प्रचारस्तु गत्यन्तश्च ततः स्मृतः । नित्या ह्यपरिसंक्षाताः परस्परगुणाश्रयात्
eṣorddhvagaḥ pracārastu gatyantaśca tataḥ smṛtaḥ / nityā hyaparisaṃkṣātāḥ parasparaguṇāśrayāt
This is the upward course, and the end of motion is held to be from there onward; (the prakṛtis are) eternal and unenumerated, since they depend on one another's qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.226
सूक्ष्माः प्रसवधर्मिण्यस्ततः प्रकृतयः स्मृताः । येभ्यो ऽधिकर्त्ता संजज्ञे क्षेत्रज्ञो ब्रह्मसंज्ञितः
sūkṣmāḥ prasavadharmiṇyastataḥ prakṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ / yebhyo 'dhikarttā saṃjajñe kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñitaḥ
Subtle and having the nature of bringing forth — such are the prakṛtis said to be; from which arose the further agent, the knower of the field, called Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.227
तासु प्रकृतिमत्सूक्ष्ममधिष्ठातृत्वमव्ययम् । अनुत्पाद्यं परं धाम परमाणु परेशयम्
tāsu prakṛtimatsūkṣmamadhiṣṭhātṛtvamavyayam / anutpādyaṃ paraṃ dhāma paramāṇu pareśayam
In those (prakṛtis) there is (his) subtle, imperishable overseership together with prakṛti; unproducible, the supreme abode, the finest atom, the lord of the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.228
अक्षयश्चाप्यनूह्यश्च त्वमूर्त्तिर्मूर्त्तिमानसौ । प्रादुर्भावस्तिरोभावः स्थितिश्चैवाप्यनुग्रहः
akṣayaścāpyanūhyaśca tvamūrttirmūrttimānasau / prādurbhāvastirobhāvaḥ sthitiścaivāpyanugrahaḥ
He is undecaying and inconceivable; he is both formless and possessed of form: manifestation, disappearance, continuance, and also grace —
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BndP 3 2.229
विधिरन्यैरनौपम्यः परमाणुमहेश्वरः । सतेजा एष तमसो यः पुरस्तात्प्रकाशकः
vidhiranyairanaupamyaḥ paramāṇumaheśvaraḥ / satejā eṣa tamaso yaḥ purastātprakāśakaḥ
the ordainer, incomparable with others, Maheśvara the finest atom; possessed of splendour, he is the illuminator who is beyond the darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.230
यदण्डमासीत्सौवर्मं प्रथमं त्वौपसर्गिकम् । बृहत्तु सर्वतो वृत्तमीश्वरात्तद्व्यजायते
yadaṇḍamāsītsauvarmaṃ prathamaṃ tvaupasargikam / bṛhattu sarvato vṛttamīśvarāttadvyajāyate
The egg that first came to be, golden and formed by the (primal) impulse, vast and rounded on every side — that was born from the Lord.
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BndP 3 2.231
ईश्वराद्बीजनिर्भेदः क्षेत्रज्ञो बीजमिष्यते । योनिं प्रकृति माचष्टे सा च नारायणात्मिका
īśvarādbījanirbhedaḥ kṣetrajño bījamiṣyate / yoniṃ prakṛti mācaṣṭe sā ca nārāyaṇātmikā
From the Lord (comes) the bursting of the seed; the knower of the field is held to be the seed. (Tradition) declares the womb to be prakṛti, and she has Nārāyaṇa for her essence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.232
विभुर्लोकस्य सृष्ट्यर्थं लोकसंस्थानमेव च । सन्निसर्गः सतत्त्वाच्च लोकधातुर्महात्मनः
vibhurlokasya sṛṣṭyarthaṃ lokasaṃsthānameva ca / sannisargaḥ satattvācca lokadhāturmahātmanaḥ
The all-pervading (Lord acts) for the sake of the world's creation and for the world's arrangement; and from (his) true being (comes) the good emission, the world-substance of the great-souled one.
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BndP 3 2.233
पुरस्ताद्ब्रह्मलोकस्य ह्यण्डादर्वाक् च ब्रह्मणः । त्योर्मध्ये पुरं दिव्यं मन मयमनामयम्
purastādbrahmalokasya hyaṇḍādarvāk ca brahmaṇaḥ / tyormadhye puraṃ divyaṃ mana mayamanāmayam
In front of the Brahmā-world, and on this side of the egg of Brahmā — between those two (lies) a divine city, made of mind, free from disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.234
तद्विग्रहवतः स्थानमीश्वरस्यामितौजसः । शिवं नाम पुरं तत्र शरणं जन्मभीरुणाम्
tadvigrahavataḥ sthānamīśvarasyāmitaujasaḥ / śivaṃ nāma puraṃ tatra śaraṇaṃ janmabhīruṇām
That is the abode of the embodied Lord of measureless might; the city there is named Śiva, a refuge for those who fear birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.235
सहस्राणां शतं पूर्वं योजनानां द्विजोत्तमाः । अभ्यन्तरं तु विस्तीर्णं महीमण्डलसंस्थितम्
sahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ pūrvaṃ yojanānāṃ dvijottamāḥ / abhyantaraṃ tu vistīrṇaṃ mahīmaṇḍalasaṃsthitam
A hundred thousand yojanas in front, O best of twice-born ones; but within it is extended, set upon the disc of the earth.
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BndP 3 2.236
मध्याह्नार्कप्रकाशेन परतेजो ऽभिमर्दिना । शात कैंभेन महता प्राकारेणार्कवर्चसा
madhyāhnārkaprakāśena paratejo 'bhimardinā / śāta kaiṃbhena mahatā prākāreṇārkavarcasā
(Encircled) by a great rampart of gold with the radiance of the sun, with the brilliance of the midday sun, crushing (all) other light — it is tightly and well enclosed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.237
द्वारैश्चतुर्भिः सौवर्णैर्मुक्तादामविभूषितैः । तपनीयनिभैः शुभ्रैर्गाढं सुकृतवेष्टनम्
dvāraiścaturbhiḥ sauvarṇairmuktādāmavibhūṣitaiḥ / tapanīyanibhaiḥ śubhrairgāḍhaṃ sukṛtaveṣṭanam
with four golden gates adorned with strings of pearls, bright and resembling refined gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.238
तच्चाकाशे पुरं रम्यं दिव्यं घण्टादिनादितम् । रम्ये पुरवरश्रेष्ठे तस्मिन्वैहायभूमिषु
taccākāśe puraṃ ramyaṃ divyaṃ ghaṇṭādināditam / ramye puravaraśreṣṭhe tasminvaihāyabhūmiṣu
And that lovely, divine city (stands) in the sky, resounding with bells and the like; in that most excellent of cities, upon its aerial terraces —
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BndP 3 2.239
नानारत्नविचित्रेषु पताकाबहुलेषु च । सर्वकामसमृद्धेषु वनोपवनशोभिषु
nānāratnavicitreṣu patākābahuleṣu ca / sarvakāmasamṛddheṣu vanopavanaśobhiṣu
(terraces) variegated with many jewels and thick with banners, abounding in all objects of desire, beautiful with woods and pleasure-groves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.240
राजतेषु गृहान्तेषु शातकैंभमयेषु च । संध्याभ्रसन्निकाशेषु कैलासप्रतिमेषु च
rājateṣu gṛhānteṣu śātakaiṃbhamayeṣu ca / saṃdhyābhrasannikāśeṣu kailāsapratimeṣu ca
among the silver house-quarters and those made of gold, resembling twilight clouds and like Kailāsa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.241
हृष्टैः शब्दादिभिर्भोगैर्ये भविष्यानुसारिणः । प्रासादवरपृष्ठेषु तेषु मोदन्ति सुव्रताः
hṛṣṭaiḥ śabdādibhirbhogairye bhaviṣyānusāriṇaḥ / prāsādavarapṛṣṭheṣu teṣu modanti suvratāḥ
those of good vows who follow after Bhava rejoice there, on the roofs of the finest palaces, with delighting enjoyments of sound and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.242
ब्रह्मघोषैरविरताः कथाश्च विविधाः शुभाः । गीतवादित्रघोषाश्च संस्रवाश्च समन्ततः
brahmaghoṣairaviratāḥ kathāśca vividhāḥ śubhāḥ / gītavāditraghoṣāśca saṃsravāśca samantataḥ
And unceasing (are the sounds) of Vedic recitation, and various auspicious stories, and the sounds of song and instruments, and streams (of music?) on every side,
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BndP 3 2.243
संहताश्चैवमतुला जनाश्रयकृतस्तथा । एवमादीनि वर्तन्ते तेषां प्रासादमूर्द्धनि
saṃhatāścaivamatulā janāśrayakṛtastathā / evamādīni vartante teṣāṃ prāsādamūrddhani
and (crowds) gathered together, incomparable, and likewise resorts made for the people: such things and the like go on upon the tops of their palaces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.244
सहस्रपादः प्रासादस्तपनीयमयः शुभः । अनौपम्यैर्वरै रत्नैः सर्वतः संविभूषितः
sahasrapādaḥ prāsādastapanīyamayaḥ śubhaḥ / anaupamyairvarai ratnaiḥ sarvataḥ saṃvibhūṣitaḥ
(There is) a thousand-footed palace of refined gold, auspicious, adorned on all sides with incomparable choice jewels —
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BndP 3 2.245
स्फाटिकैश्चन्द्रसंकाशैर्वैडूर्यमणिसप्रभैः । बालसुर्यमयैश्चापि सौवर्णैश्चाग्निसप्रभैः
sphāṭikaiścandrasaṃkāśairvaiḍūryamaṇisaprabhaiḥ / bālasuryamayaiścāpi sauvarṇaiścāgnisaprabhaiḥ
with crystals resembling the moon, with lustrous cat's-eye gems, and with (jewels) like the young sun, and with golden ones shining like fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.246
चुक्रुशुर्मुनयः श्रुत्वा नैमिषेयास्तपस्विनः । आपन्नसंशयाश्चेमं वाक्यमूचुः समीरणम्
cukruśurmunayaḥ śrutvā naimiṣeyāstapasvinaḥ / āpannasaṃśayāścemaṃ vākyamūcuḥ samīraṇam
Hearing (this), the ascetic sages of Naimiṣa cried out, and having fallen into doubt they spoke this word to the Wind:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.247
ऋषय ऊचुः के तु तत्र महात्मानो ये भवस्यानुसारिणः । अनुग्राह्यतमाः सम्यक्प्रमोदन्ते पुरोत्तमे
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ke tu tatra mahātmāno ye bhavasyānusāriṇaḥ / anugrāhyatamāḥ samyakpramodante purottame
The sages said: But who are those great souls there who follow after Bhava, who, most highly favoured, fully rejoice in that best of cities?
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BndP 3 2.248
ऋषीणां वचनं श्रुत्वा वायुर्वाक्यमुदैरयत् । वायुरुवाच श्रूयतां देवदेवस्य भक्तिर्यैरनुकल्पिता
ṛṣīṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā vāyurvākyamudairayat / vāyuruvāca śrūyatāṃ devadevasya bhaktiryairanukalpitā
Hearing the sages' word, the Wind uttered a speech. The Wind said: Let it be heard by whom the devotion to the God of gods has been fashioned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.249
ह्रीमन्तस्फूर्जिता दान्ताः शौर्ययुक्ता ह्यलोलुपाः । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना
hrīmantasphūrjitā dāntāḥ śauryayuktā hyalolupāḥ / karmaṇā manasā vācā viśuddhenāntarātmanā
Modest, radiant, self-controlled, endowed with valour, free from greed, by act, by mind, by speech, with a wholly purified inner self,
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BndP 3 2.250
अनन्यमनसो भूत्वा प्रपन्ना ये महेश्वरम् । तैर्लब्धं रुद्रसालोक्यं शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्
ananyamanaso bhūtvā prapannā ye maheśvaram / tairlabdhaṃ rudrasālokyaṃ śāśvataṃ padamavyayam
Those who, having become single-minded, took refuge in Maheśvara — by them was won co-residence with Rudra, the everlasting, imperishable state.
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BndP 3 2.251
भवस्य रूपसादृश्यं गताश्चैव ह्यनुत्तमम् । वैश्वानारमुखाः सर्वे विश्वरूपाः कपर्दिनः
bhavasya rūpasādṛśyaṃ gatāścaiva hyanuttamam / vaiśvānāramukhāḥ sarve viśvarūpāḥ kapardinaḥ
And they attained a likeness of form to Bhava, unsurpassed indeed: all of them with faces (bright) like fire, of universal form, wearing matted hair-knots.
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BndP 3 2.252
नीलकण्ठाः शितग्रीवास्तीक्ष्णदंष्टास्त्रिलोचनाः । अर्द्धचन्द्रकृतोष्णीषा जटामुकुट धारिणः
nīlakaṇṭhāḥ śitagrīvāstīkṣṇadaṃṣṭāstrilocanāḥ / arddhacandrakṛtoṣṇīṣā jaṭāmukuṭa dhāriṇaḥ
Blue-throated, with pale necks, with sharp tusks, three-eyed, with the half-moon made their headband, wearing crowns of matted hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.253
सर्वे दशभुजा वीराः पद्मान्तरसुगन्धिनः । तरुणादित्यसंकाशाः सर्वे ते पीतवाससः
sarve daśabhujā vīrāḥ padmāntarasugandhinaḥ / taruṇādityasaṃkāśāḥ sarve te pītavāsasaḥ
All of them heroes with ten arms, fragrant as the inside of a lotus, resembling the young sun, all of them clad in yellow.
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BndP 3 2.254
पिनाकपाणयः सर्वेश्वेत गोवृषवाहनाः । श्रियान्विताः कुण्डलिनो मुक्ताहारविभूषिताः
pinākapāṇayaḥ sarveśveta govṛṣavāhanāḥ / śriyānvitāḥ kuṇḍalino muktāhāravibhūṣitāḥ
All bearing the Pināka bow in hand, riding on white bulls, endowed with splendour, wearing earrings, adorned with pearl necklaces.
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BndP 3 2.255
तेजसाभ्यधिकैर्दहैः सर्वज्ञाः सर्वदर्शिनः । विभज्य बहुधात्मानं जरामृत्युविवर्जिताः
tejasābhyadhikairdahaiḥ sarvajñāḥ sarvadarśinaḥ / vibhajya bahudhātmānaṃ jarāmṛtyuvivarjitāḥ
With bodies of surpassing brilliance, all-knowing, all-seeing, dividing themselves into many, free of old age and death.
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BndP 3 2.256
क्रीडन्ते विविधैर्भावैर्भोगान्प्राप्य सुदुर्लभान् । स्वच्छन्दगतयः सिद्धाः सिद्धैश्चन्यैर्विबोधिताः
krīḍante vividhairbhāvairbhogānprāpya sudurlabhān / svacchandagatayaḥ siddhāḥ siddhaiścanyairvibodhitāḥ
They play with manifold moods, having obtained enjoyments most hard to gain; moving at their own will, perfected, and awakened by other perfected ones.
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BndP 3 2.257
एकादशानां रुद्राणां कोट्यो नैका महात्मनाम् । एभिः सह महात्मा वै देवदेवो महेश्वरः
ekādaśānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ koṭyo naikā mahātmanām / ebhiḥ saha mahātmā vai devadevo maheśvaraḥ
Of the eleven Rudras, great souls, there are not one but many crores; together with these the great-souled Maheśvara, god of gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.258
भक्तानुकंपी भगवान्मोदते पार्वतीप्रियः । नाहं तेषां तु रुद्राणां भवस्य च महात्मनः
bhaktānukaṃpī bhagavānmodate pārvatīpriyaḥ / nāhaṃ teṣāṃ tu rudrāṇāṃ bhavasya ca mahātmanaḥ
the Lord, compassionate to his devotees, beloved of Pārvatī, rejoices. But I see no manifoldness among those Rudras and the great-souled Bhava;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.259
नानात्वमनुपश्यामि सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि वः । मातारिश्वाब्रवीत्पुण्यमित्येतामीश्वराच्छ्रुताम्
nānātvamanupaśyāmi satyametadbravīmi vaḥ / mātāriśvābravītpuṇyamityetāmīśvarācchrutām
this I tell you as the truth. Thus Mātariśvan (the Wind) spoke this meritorious (account) as heard from the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.260
अथ ते ऋषयः सर्वे दिवाकरसमप्रभाः । श्रुत्वेमां परमां पुण्यां कथां त्रैयंबकीन्ततः
atha te ṛṣayaḥ sarve divākarasamaprabhāḥ / śrutvemāṃ paramāṃ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ traiyaṃbakīntataḥ
Then all those seers, radiant as the sun, having heard this supremely meritorious tale of Tryambaka's consort,
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BndP 3 2.261
भृशं चानुग्रहं प्राप्य हर्षं चैवाप्यनुत्तमम् । संभाजयित्वा चाप्येनं वायुमूचुर्महाबलम्
bhṛśaṃ cānugrahaṃ prāpya harṣaṃ caivāpyanuttamam / saṃbhājayitvā cāpyenaṃ vāyumūcurmahābalam
and having received abundant grace and unsurpassed joy, and having honoured him, said to the Wind of great strength:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.262
ऋषय ऊचुः समीरण महाभाग त्वस्माकं च त्वया विभो । ईश्वरस्योत्तमं पुण्यमष्टमं त्वौपसार्गिकम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ samīraṇa mahābhāga tvasmākaṃ ca tvayā vibho / īśvarasyottamaṃ puṇyamaṣṭamaṃ tvaupasārgikam
The seers said: O Wind, greatly fortunate one, O pervading lord, by you (has been told) to us the excellent, meritorious eighth (section), the Aupasārgika, of the Lord;
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BndP 3 2.263
तस्य स्थानं प्रमाणं च चथावत्परिकीर्तितम् । योगधर्मसमृद्धं वै परमं परमात्मनः
tasya sthānaṃ pramāṇaṃ ca cathāvatparikīrtitam / yogadharmasamṛddhaṃ vai paramaṃ paramātmanaḥ
and his abode and its measure have been duly proclaimed, rich in yoga and dharma, the supreme (abode) of the Supreme Self.
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BndP 3 2.264
महादेवस्य माहात्म्यं दुर्विज्ञेयं सुरैरपि । स्वेन माहात्म्ययोगेन सहस्रस्यामितौजसः
mahādevasya māhātmyaṃ durvijñeyaṃ surairapi / svena māhātmyayogena sahasrasyāmitaujasaḥ
The greatness of Mahādeva is hard to know even for the gods — of him of boundless might, of a thousand (forms), by his own greatness of yoga;
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BndP 3 2.265
यस्य भक्तंषु संमोहो ह्यनुकंपार्थमेव च । ब्राह्मी लक्ष्म्या स्वयं जुष्टा या साप्रतिमशालिनी
yasya bhaktaṃṣu saṃmoho hyanukaṃpārthameva ca / brāhmī lakṣmyā svayaṃ juṣṭā yā sāpratimaśālinī
in whom there is bewilderment concerning his devotees only for the sake of compassion. That splendour belonging to Brahmā, itself attended by Lakṣmī, which is of unmatched beauty,
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BndP 3 2.266
व्याप्यज्योत्स्नेव चन्द्रस्य विन्यस्ता विश्वरूपिणः । विभूतिर्भ्राजते ऽत्यर्थं देवदेवस्य वेश्मनि
vyāpyajyotsneva candrasya vinyastā viśvarūpiṇaḥ / vibhūtirbhrājate 'tyarthaṃ devadevasya veśmani
pervading like the moonlight of the moon, placed in him of universal form — that majesty shines exceedingly in the house of the god of gods.
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BndP 3 2.267
महादेवस्य तुल्यानां रुद्राणां तु महात्मनाम् । तत्सर्वं निखिलेनेदं वक्त्रादमृतनिस्रवः
mahādevasya tulyānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ tu mahātmanām / tatsarvaṃ nikhilenedaṃ vaktrādamṛtanisravaḥ
And of the great-souled Rudras equal to Mahādeva — all that, entirely, this stream of nectar from your mouth
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BndP 3 2.268
आपीतं खलु शर्वस्य भक्त्यास्माभिस्तु सुव्रत । नास्ति किञ्चिदविज्ञेय मन्यच्चैवानुगामिनः । प्रश्नं देववरप्राण यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
āpītaṃ khalu śarvasya bhaktyāsmābhistu suvrata / nāsti kiñcidavijñeya manyaccaivānugāminaḥ / praśnaṃ devavaraprāṇa yathāvadvaktumarhasi
has indeed been drunk up by us with devotion, O you of good vows. There is nothing unknown, nor anything else, for us who follow (you); O life-breath of the best of gods, you are fit to answer (our) question duly.
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BndP 3 2.269
सूत उवाच स खलूवाच भगवान्किं भूयो वर्त्तयाम्यहम् । यन्मया चैव वक्तव्यं तद्वदिष्यामि सुव्रताः
sūta uvāca sa khalūvāca bhagavānkiṃ bhūyo varttayāmyaham / yanmayā caiva vaktavyaṃ tadvadiṣyāmi suvratāḥ
Sūta said: The Lord indeed said: What more shall I relate? Whatever is to be told by me, that I shall tell, O you of good vows.
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BndP 3 2.270
ऋषय ऊचुः आदित्याः परिपार्श्वे ये सिंहा वै क्रोधविक्रमाः । वैश्वानरा भूतगण व्याघ्रास्चैवानुगामिनः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ādityāḥ paripārśve ye siṃhā vai krodhavikramāḥ / vaiśvānarā bhūtagaṇa vyāghrāscaivānugāminaḥ
The seers said: The Ādityas who are at (his) sides, the lions of angry valour, the Vaiśvānaras, the hosts of beings, and the tigers that follow (him) —
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BndP 3 2.271
आभुतसंप्लवे घोरे सर्वप्राणिभृतां क्षये । किमावस्था भवन्त्येते तन्नो ब्रूहि यथार्थवत्
ābhutasaṃplave ghore sarvaprāṇibhṛtāṃ kṣaye / kimāvasthā bhavantyete tanno brūhi yathārthavat
in the terrible dissolution of beings, in the destruction of all that bear breath, what condition do these come to? Tell us that as it truly is.
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BndP 3 2.272
विज्ञायेश्वरसद्भावमव्यक्तं प्रभवं तथा । वायुरुवाच यत्र पूर्वं गतास्ते तु कुमारा ब्रह्मणः सुताः
vijñāyeśvarasadbhāvamavyaktaṃ prabhavaṃ tathā / vāyuruvāca yatra pūrvaṃ gatāste tu kumārā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
— having understood the true being of the Lord, and the unmanifest as (their) origin. Vāyu said: Where those youths, the sons of Brahmā, went before —
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BndP 3 2.273
सनन्दनश्च सनकस्तृतीयश्च सनातनः । वोढुश्च कपिलस्तेषामासुरिश्च महायशाः
sanandanaśca sanakastṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ / voḍhuśca kapilasteṣāmāsuriśca mahāyaśāḥ
Sanandana and Sanaka, and Sanātana the third, and Voḍhu and Kapila among them, and Āsuri of great fame,
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BndP 3 2.274
मुनिः पञ्जशिखश्चैव ये चान्ये ऽप्येवमादयः । ततः काले व्यतिक्रान्ते कल्पानां पर्यये गते
muniḥ pañjaśikhaścaiva ye cānye 'pyevamādayaḥ / tataḥ kāle vyatikrānte kalpānāṃ paryaye gate
and the sage Pañjaśikha (Pañcaśikha), and the others too who are of this kind — then, when the time had passed away and the succession of the kalpas was gone,
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BndP 3 2.275
महाभूतविनाशान्ते प्रलये प्रत्युपस्थिते । अनेकरुद्रकोट्यस्तु या प्रसन्ना महेश्वरीम्
mahābhūtavināśānte pralaye pratyupasthite / anekarudrakoṭyastu yā prasannā maheśvarīm
at the end of the destruction of the great elements, when the dissolution had drawn near, the many crores of Rudras who were gracious toward Maheśvarī,
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BndP 3 2.276
शब्दादीन्विषयान्भोगान्संत्यज्याष्टविधाश्रयात् । प्रविश्य सर्वभूतानि ज्ञानयुक्तेन तेजसा
śabdādīnviṣayānbhogānsaṃtyajyāṣṭavidhāśrayāt / praviśya sarvabhūtāni jñānayuktena tejasā
having abandoned the objects and enjoyments beginning with sound, from the eightfold base, and having entered into all beings with a radiance joined to knowledge,
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BndP 3 2.277
विहाय पदमव्यग्रं भूतानाम नुकंपया । तत्र यान्ति महात्मानः परमाणुं महेश्वरम्
vihāya padamavyagraṃ bhūtānāma nukaṃpayā / tatra yānti mahātmānaḥ paramāṇuṃ maheśvaram
leaving behind (their) undisturbed station out of compassion for beings — there the great souls go to Maheśvara, the supreme atom.
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BndP 3 2.278
तरन्ति सुमहावर्त्तां जन्ममृत्यूदकां नदीम् । ततः पश्यन्त्यपर्वाणं परं ब्रह्माणामेव च
taranti sumahāvarttāṃ janmamṛtyūdakāṃ nadīm / tataḥ paśyantyaparvāṇaṃ paraṃ brahmāṇāmeva ca
They cross the river of vast whirlpools whose water is birth and death; then they behold the jointless one, and the supreme even among the Brahmās.
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BndP 3 2.279
देव्या वै सहिताः सप्त या देव्यः परिकीर्त्तिताः । यत्तत्सहस्रं सिंहानामादित्यानां तथैव च
devyā vai sahitāḥ sapta yā devyaḥ parikīrttitāḥ / yattatsahasraṃ siṃhānāmādityānāṃ tathaiva ca
Together with the Goddess are the seven goddesses who have been proclaimed; and that thousand of lions, and likewise of Ādityas,
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BndP 3 2.280
वैश्वानरा भूतगणा व्याघ्राश्चैवानुगामिनः । आवेश्यात्मनि तान्सर्वान् संख्यायोग्यभवांस्तथा
vaiśvānarā bhūtagaṇā vyāghrāścaivānugāminaḥ / āveśyātmani tānsarvān saṃkhyāyogyabhavāṃstathā
the Vaiśvānaras, the hosts of beings, and the tigers that follow — having caused all of them to enter into himself, and likewise the Sāṃkhya and Yoga states,
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BndP 3 2.281
लोकान्सप्त इमान्भूयो महाभूतानि पञ्च च । विष्णुना सह संयुक्तः करोति विकरोति च
lokānsapta imānbhūyo mahābhūtāni pañca ca / viṣṇunā saha saṃyuktaḥ karoti vikaroti ca
and further these seven worlds and the five great elements — joined together with Viṣṇu, he makes and unmakes (them).
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BndP 3 2.282
स रुद्रो यः साममयस्तथैव च यजुर्मयः । स एष ओतः प्रोतश्च बहिरन्तश्च निश्चयात्
sa rudro yaḥ sāmamayastathaiva ca yajurmayaḥ / sa eṣa otaḥ protaśca bahirantaśca niścayāt
That Rudra who consists of the Sāman and likewise of the Yajus — he indeed is woven warp and weft, outside and inside, assuredly.
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BndP 3 2.283
एको हि भगवान्नाथः प्रभवश्चान्तकृद्द्विजाः । ततस्ते ऋषयः सर्वे दिवाकरसमप्रभाः
eko hi bhagavānnāthaḥ prabhavaścāntakṛddvijāḥ / tataste ṛṣayaḥ sarve divākarasamaprabhāḥ
For the Lord, the master, is one, the origin and the maker of the end, O twice-born. Then all those seers, whose splendour equalled the sun's,
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BndP 3 2.284
सुसत्यं श्रवसः सम्यगारोप्याग्निं तथात्मनि । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना
susatyaṃ śravasaḥ samyagāropyāgniṃ tathātmani / karmaṇā manasā vācā viśuddhenāntarātmanā
having rightly placed the good truth of what is heard, and the fire, within themselves, by act, by mind, by speech, with a purified inner self,
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BndP 3 2.285
अनन्यमनसो भूत्वा प्रपद्यन्ते महेश्वरम् । व्रतोपवासनिरताः सर्वभूतदयापराः
ananyamanaso bhūtvā prapadyante maheśvaram / vratopavāsaniratāḥ sarvabhūtadayāparāḥ
becoming of undivided mind, they take refuge in Maheśvara, devoted to vows and fasting, intent on compassion for all beings.
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BndP 3 2.286
योगं त्वनुयमं दिव्यं प्राप्तन्तैश्छिन्नसंशयैः । प्रपद्य परया भक्त्याज्ञानयुक्तेन तेजसा
yogaṃ tvanuyamaṃ divyaṃ prāptantaiśchinnasaṃśayaiḥ / prapadya parayā bhaktyājñānayuktena tejasā
The divine yoga, with its restraints, was attained by them whose doubts were cut off, having resorted (to it) with supreme devotion and with a radiance joined to knowledge.
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BndP 3 2.287
तैर्लब्धं रुद्रसालोक्यं शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् । यः पठेत्तपसा युक्तो वायुप्रोक्तामिमां श्रुतिम्
tairlabdhaṃ rudrasālokyaṃ śāśvataṃ padamavyayam / yaḥ paṭhettapasā yukto vāyuproktāmimāṃ śrutim
By them was obtained co-residence in Rudra's world, the eternal, imperishable station. Whoever, endowed with ascetic practice, recites this revelation spoken by Vāyu —
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BndP 3 2.288
ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वापिवैश्यो वा स्वक्रियापरः । लभते रुद्रलोकं वै कारणं लोककारणम्
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpivaiśyo vā svakriyāparaḥ / labhate rudralokaṃ vai kāraṇaṃ lokakāraṇam
a brāhmaṇa, or a kṣatriya, or a vaiśya, intent on his own duties — he attains Rudra's world, the cause, the cause of the worlds.
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BndP 3 2.289
विनिवृत्ते तदा सर्गे प्रकृत्या वस्थितेन वै । तदात्यन्तपरोक्षत्वाददृष्टत्वाच्च कस्यचित्
vinivṛtte tadā sarge prakṛtyā vasthitena vai / tadātyantaparokṣatvādadṛṣṭatvācca kasyacit
When creation has then ceased, with (all) abiding in primal nature, then, because of its being utterly beyond the senses and because it is seen by no one,
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BndP 3 2.290
अनाख्यानादबोध्यत्वादज्ञानाज्ज्ञानिनामपि । आगतागतिकत्वाच्च ग्रहणं तन्न विद्यते
anākhyānādabodhyatvādajñānājjñānināmapi / āgatāgatikatvācca grahaṇaṃ tanna vidyate
Because it is not spoken of, because it cannot be made known, and because even those who know (it) do not know (it), and because of its coming and going, there is no apprehension of it.
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BndP 3 2.291
भावग्राह्यानुमानाच्च चिन्तयित्वेदमुच्यते । स्थिते तु कारणे तस्मिन्नित्ये सदसदात्मके
bhāvagrāhyānumānācca cintayitvedamucyate / sthite tu kāraṇe tasminnitye sadasadātmake
And on the basis of inference apprehensible through (mental) conception, this is stated after reflection. But when that cause stands firm, eternal, having the nature of both the existent and the non-existent,
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BndP 3 2.292
अनिर्देश्ये प्रवृत्तिर्वै स्वात्मिकाकारणेन तु । एवं सप्तद्विरभ्यस्ताः क्रमात्प्रकृतयस्तु वै
anirdeśye pravṛttirvai svātmikākāraṇena tu / evaṃ saptadvirabhyastāḥ kramātprakṛtayastu vai
then, in the indescribable (state), there is activity of its own accord, without a cause. Thus, in order, the primary constituents, repeated twice seven (times),
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BndP 3 2.293
प्रत्याहारे तदा सर्गे प्रविशन्ति परस्परम् । येनेदमावृतं सर्वमण्डमप्सु प्रलीयते
pratyāhāre tadā sarge praviśanti parasparam / yenedamāvṛtaṃ sarvamaṇḍamapsu pralīyate
at the time of withdrawal, when the creation (is dissolved), they enter into one another; and that by which all this egg is enveloped dissolves away in the waters.
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BndP 3 2.294
सप्तद्वीपसमुद्रान्तं सप्तलोकं सपर्वतम् । उदकावरणं यच्च ज्योतिष्यालीयते तु यत्
saptadvīpasamudrāntaṃ saptalokaṃ saparvatam / udakāvaraṇaṃ yacca jyotiṣyālīyate tu yat
(The earth) bounded by the seven continents and oceans, the seven worlds together with their mountains, and the water-envelope — that dissolves away into fire.
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BndP 3 2.295
यत्तेजसं चावरणं मारुतो ग्रसते नु यत् । यद्वायव्यं चावरणमाकाशग्रसते तु तत्
yattejasaṃ cāvaraṇaṃ māruto grasate nu yat / yadvāyavyaṃ cāvaraṇamākāśagrasate tu tat
And the envelope made of fire — the wind devours that; and the envelope made of wind — ether devours that.
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BndP 3 2.296
आकाशावरणं यच्च भूतादिर्ग्रसते तु तत् । भूतादिं ग्रसते चापि महान्वै बुद्धिलक्षमः
ākāśāvaraṇaṃ yacca bhūtādirgrasate tu tat / bhūtādiṃ grasate cāpi mahānvai buddhilakṣamaḥ
And the envelope of ether — bhūtādi (the origin of the elements) devours that; and bhūtādi is devoured by the Great One (mahat), which is characterized by intellect.
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BndP 3 2.297
महान्तं ग्रसते ऽव्यक्तं गुणसाम्यं ततः परम् । एतौ संहारविस्तारौ ब्रह्मा व्यक्तौ ततः पुनः
mahāntaṃ grasate 'vyaktaṃ guṇasāmyaṃ tataḥ param / etau saṃhāravistārau brahmā vyaktau tataḥ punaḥ
The unmanifest devours the Great One; beyond that is the equilibrium of the qualities. These two, dissolution and expansion, are Brahmā's manifestations; then again
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BndP 3 2.298
सृजते ग्रसते चैव विकारात्सर्गसंयमे । संसिद्धकार्यकरणाः संसिद्धा ज्ञानिनस्तु ये
sṛjate grasate caiva vikārātsargasaṃyame / saṃsiddhakāryakaraṇāḥ saṃsiddhā jñāninastu ye
he creates and devours, through modification, in creation and in restraint. But those knowers who are perfected, whose effects and instruments are perfected,
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BndP 3 2.299
गत्वा जवं जवीभावे स्थाने स्वेषु प्रसंयमात् । प्रत्याहारे ऽधियुज्यन्ते क्षेत्रज्ञाः करणैः पुनः
gatvā javaṃ javībhāve sthāne sveṣu prasaṃyamāt / pratyāhāre 'dhiyujyante kṣetrajñāḥ karaṇaiḥ punaḥ
having gone with speed, in the state of swiftness, into their own stations by (that) restraint — at the withdrawal the knowers of the field are again joined to the instruments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.300
अव्यक्तं क्षेत्रमित्याहुर्ब्रह्मा क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते । साधर्म्यवैधर्म्यकृतः संयोगो नादिमास्तयोः
avyaktaṃ kṣetramityāhurbrahmā kṣetrajña ucyate / sādharmyavaidharmyakṛtaḥ saṃyogo nādimāstayoḥ
They call the unmanifest the field, and Brahmā is called the knower of the field; the conjunction of these two, brought about by likeness and unlikeness, is without beginning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.301
एवं सर्गेषु विज्ञेयः क्षेत्रज्ञेष्विह ब्राह्मणाः । ब्रह्मविच्चैव विज्ञेयः क्षेत्रज्ञानात्पृथक्
evaṃ sargeṣu vijñeyaḥ kṣetrajñeṣviha brāhmaṇāḥ / brahmaviccaiva vijñeyaḥ kṣetrajñānātpṛthak
Thus, brahmins, he is to be known here in the creations, among the knowers of the field; and the knower of brahman is to be known as distinct from the knowledge of the field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.302
विषयाविषयत्वं च क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोः स्मृतम् । ब्रह्मा त्वविषयो ज्ञेयो विषयः क्षेत्रमुच्यते
viṣayāviṣayatvaṃ ca kṣetrakṣetrajñayoḥ smṛtam / brahmā tvaviṣayo jñeyo viṣayaḥ kṣetramucyate
And the being an object and not being an object is taught of the field and of the knower of the field: Brahmā is to be known as no object, while the field is called the object.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.303
क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितं क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञार्थं प्रचक्षते । बहुत्वाच्च शरीराणां शरीरी बहुधा स्मृतः
kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ kṣetraṃ kṣetrajñārthaṃ pracakṣate / bahutvācca śarīrāṇāṃ śarīrī bahudhā smṛtaḥ
They declare that the field, presided over by the knower of the field, exists for the sake of the knower of the field; and because bodies are many, the embodied one is held to be manifold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.304
अव्यूहाशङ्कराच्चैव ज्योतिर्यच्च व्यवस्थितम् । यस्मात्प्रतिशरीरं हि सुखदुःखो पलब्धिता
avyūhāśaṅkarāccaiva jyotiryacca vyavasthitam / yasmātpratiśarīraṃ hi sukhaduḥkho palabdhitā
And because there is no aggregation and no confusion (of them), and because of the light that is established (in each); since in each separate body there is the experiencing of pleasure and pain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.305
तस्मात्पुरुषनानात्वं विज्ञेयं तु विजानता । यदा प्रवर्त्तते चैषां भेदानां चैव संयमः
tasmātpuruṣanānātvaṃ vijñeyaṃ tu vijānatā / yadā pravarttate caiṣāṃ bhedānāṃ caiva saṃyamaḥ
therefore the multiplicity of the puruṣas should be understood by one who understands. When the restraint of these divisions sets in,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.306
स्वभावकारिताः सर्वे कालेन महता तदा । निवर्त्तन्ते तदा तस्मिन्स्थितरागाः स्वयंभुवः
svabhāvakāritāḥ sarve kālena mahatā tadā / nivarttante tadā tasminsthitarāgāḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ
then all those (beings), impelled by their own nature, after a great length of time cease in that (cause) — the self-existent ones, whose passion has come to rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.307
सह सायुज्यकैः सर्वैर्ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिभिः । विनिवृत्तेस्तदा तेषां स्थितेरात्मनिवासिनाम्
saha sāyujyakaiḥ sarvairbrahmalokanivāsibhiḥ / vinivṛttestadā teṣāṃ sthiterātmanivāsinām
together with all those who share in union (with Brahmā), the dwellers in the world of Brahmā. Then, upon their ceasing, upon the abiding of those who dwell in the self,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.308
तत्कालवासिनां तेषां तत्र वै दोषदर्शिनाम् । उत्पद्यते ऽथ वैराग्यमात्मवाद प्रणाशनम्
tatkālavāsināṃ teṣāṃ tatra vai doṣadarśinām / utpadyate 'tha vairāgyamātmavāda praṇāśanam
in those who dwell there for that period and who see the defect there, there arises detachment, which destroys the doctrine of a self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.309
भोज्यभोक्तृत्वनानात्वैस्तेषां तद्भावदर्शिनाम् । पृथग्ज्ञानेन क्षेत्रज्ञास्ततस्ते ब्रह्मलौकिकाः
bhojyabhoktṛtvanānātvaisteṣāṃ tadbhāvadarśinām / pṛthagjñānena kṣetrajñāstataste brahmalaukikāḥ
Through the diversities of being the enjoyed and being the enjoyer, in those who see that condition, the knowers of the field — those inhabitants of the world of Brahmā — by the knowledge of separateness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.310
प्रकृतौ कारणातीताः सर्वे नानाप्रदर्शिनः । स्वात्मन्येवावतिष्ठन्ते प्रशान्तादर्शनात्मकाः
prakṛtau kāraṇātītāḥ sarve nānāpradarśinaḥ / svātmanyevāvatiṣṭhante praśāntādarśanātmakāḥ
In (primordial) nature, beyond causation, all who perceive multiplicity come to rest in their own self alone, being of the character of tranquil non-perceiving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.311
शुद्धा निरञ्जनाः सर्वे चेतनाचेतनास्तथा । तत्रैव परिनिर्वाणाः स्मृतानागामिनस्तु ते
śuddhā nirañjanāḥ sarve cetanācetanāstathā / tatraiva parinirvāṇāḥ smṛtānāgāminastu te
All of them, pure and stainless, both the conscious and the unconscious, are completely extinguished there itself; and they are held to be non-returning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.312
निर्गुणत्वाग्निरात्मानः प्रकृत्यन्ते व्यतिक्रमात् । इत्येवं प्राकृतः प्रोक्तः प्रतिसर्गः स्वयंभुवा
nirguṇatvāgnirātmānaḥ prakṛtyante vyatikramāt / ityevaṃ prākṛtaḥ proktaḥ pratisargaḥ svayaṃbhuvā
By transcending, at the end of nature, (they become) selves whose fire is quality-lessness. Thus has the primary (prākṛta) re-dissolution been declared by the Self-existent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 2.313
वर्णाश्रमाचारयुतः प्रतिसर्गं शृणोति यः । स व्रजेच्छिवसालोक्यं भक्तिमान्विगतज्वरः
varṇāśramācārayutaḥ pratisargaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ / sa vrajecchivasālokyaṃ bhaktimānvigatajvaraḥ
Whoever, being endowed with the observances of his class and stage of life, listens to (the account of) the re-dissolution, he, being devoted and freed of fever (of affliction), goes to dwelling in the same world as Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.314
अमद्यपश्च य शूद्रो भवभक्तो जितेद्रियः । आभूतसंप्लवस्थायी अप्रतीघातलक्षणः
amadyapaśca ya śūdro bhavabhakto jitedriyaḥ / ābhūtasaṃplavasthāyī apratīghātalakṣaṇaḥ
And the śūdra who drinks no liquor, who is devoted to Bhava, who has mastered his senses, who endures until the dissolution of beings, marked by unobstructedness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.315
गाणपत्यं स लभते स्थानं वा सार्वकालिकम् । मद्यपो मद्यपैः सार्द्धं भूतसंघैश्च मोदते
gāṇapatyaṃ sa labhate sthānaṃ vā sārvakālikam / madyapo madyapaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhūtasaṃghaiśca modate
he attains the state of belonging to the Gaṇas, or a station lasting for all time; the liquor-drinker takes pleasure together with liquor-drinkers and with the hosts of spirits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 2.316
सेव्यमानो महीपृष्ठे मर्त्यानां वरदो भवः । इति होवाच भगवान्वायुर्वाक्यमिदवरम्
sevyamāno mahīpṛṣṭhe martyānāṃ varado bhavaḥ / iti hovāca bhagavānvāyurvākyamidavaram
Bhava, when served on the surface of the earth, is the granter of boons to mortals. Thus indeed did the venerable Vāyu speak this excellent utterance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition