Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 224

GaP 1 224.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २२४ सूत उवाच । चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिको लयः । अनावृष्टिश्च कल्पान्ते जायते शतवार्षिकी

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 224 sūta uvāca / caturyugasahasrānte brāhmo naimittiko layaḥ / anāvṛṣṭiśca kalpānte jāyate śatavārṣikī

Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa 224. Sūta said: At the end of a thousand four-yuga (cycles) there is the occasional dissolution belonging to Brahmā; and at the end of the kalpa a drought lasting a hundred years arises.

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GaP 1 224.2

उतिष्ठन्ति तदा रौद्रा दिवि सप्त दिवाकराः । ते तु पीत्वा जलं सर्वं शोषयन्ति जगत्त्रयम्

utiṣṭhanti tadā raudrā divi sapta divākarāḥ / te tu pītvā jalaṃ sarvaṃ śoṣayanti jagattrayam

Then seven terrible suns rise in the sky; and they, drinking up all the water, dry out the three worlds.

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GaP 1 224.3

भूर्भुवः स्वर्महर्लोकं चराचरं जनस्तथा । विष्णुश्च रुद्रो भूत्वासौ पातालानि दहत्यधः

bhūrbhuvaḥ svarmaharlokaṃ carācaraṃ janastathā / viṣṇuśca rudro bhūtvāsau pātālāni dahatyadhaḥ

(They burn) Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ, Svar, Mahar and Jana, with all that moves and does not move; and Viṣṇu, having become Rudra, burns the nether regions below.

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GaP 1 224.4

विष्णुर्दहेत्त्रिलोकञ्चि मुखान्मेघान् सृजत्यलम् । वर्षन्ते वै वर्षशतं नानावर्णा महाघनाः

viṣṇurdahettrilokañci mukhānmeghān sṛjatyalam / varṣante vai varṣaśataṃ nānāvarṇā mahāghanāḥ

Viṣṇu would burn the three worlds, and from his mouth he abundantly sends forth clouds; great clouds of various colours rain for a hundred years.

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GaP 1 224.5

विष्णुरूपःशतं वाति वर्षाणां वायुरूर्जितः । विष्णुरे कार्णवी भूते वर्षे ब्रह्मस्वरूपधृक् । शेते ऽनन्तासने विष्णुर्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे

viṣṇurūpaḥśataṃ vāti varṣāṇāṃ vāyurūrjitaḥ / viṣṇure kārṇavī bhūte varṣe brahmasvarūpadhṛk / śete 'nantāsane viṣṇurnaṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame

A mighty wind in the form of Viṣṇu blows for a hundred years; and when, through Viṣṇu, (all) has become one ocean by the rain, bearing the form of Brahman, Viṣṇu lies on the seat of Ananta, all things moving and unmoving having perished.

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GaP 1 224.6

सुप्त्वा वर्षसहस्रं स जगद्भूयो ऽसृजद्धरिः । अथ प्राकृतिकं वक्ष्ये प्रलयं शृणु शौनक

suptvā varṣasahasraṃ sa jagadbhūyo 'sṛjaddhariḥ / atha prākṛtikaṃ vakṣye pralayaṃ śṛṇu śaunaka

Having slept a thousand years, that Hari created the world again. Now I shall tell of the material dissolution; listen, Śaunaka.

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GaP 1 224.7

पूर्णे संवत्सरशते संहृत्य सकलं जगत् । ब्रह्माणं न्यस्य देहे हि मुक्तो योगबलैर्हरिः

pūrṇe saṃvatsaraśate saṃhṛtya sakalaṃ jagat / brahmāṇaṃ nyasya dehe hi mukto yogabalairhariḥ

When the hundred years are complete, Hari, having withdrawn the whole world and placed Brahmā in his own body, is freed by the powers of yoga.

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GaP 1 224.8

ये गता ब्रह्मणः स्थानं ते ऽपि यान्ति परं पदम् । अनावृष्ट्यर्कसम्पन्ना आसन्मेघास्तथा द्विज । शतं वर्षाणि वर्षद्भिर्मेधैरण्डं प्रपूर्यते

ye gatā brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ te 'pi yānti paraṃ padam / anāvṛṣṭyarkasampannā āsanmeghāstathā dvija / śataṃ varṣāṇi varṣadbhirmedhairaṇḍaṃ prapūryate

Those who have gone to Brahmā's abode—they too go to the supreme state. There was drought (and) intense sun, and then clouds, O twice-born; the egg is filled by clouds raining for a hundred years.

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GaP 1 224.9

अन्तर्गतेन तोयेन भिन्नमण्डं जगत्पतेः । पूर्णे ब्रह्मायुषि गते भिद्यते ऽम्भसि लीयते

antargatena toyena bhinnamaṇḍaṃ jagatpateḥ / pūrṇe brahmāyuṣi gate bhidyate 'mbhasi līyate

By the water within, the egg of the Lord of the world is split; when the full lifespan of Brahmā has passed, it bursts and dissolves in the water.

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GaP 1 224.10

एवं सा जगदाधारा तोये चोर्वो प्रलीयते । आपस्तेजसि लीयन्ते तेजो वायौ प्रलीयते

evaṃ sā jagadādhārā toye corvo pralīyate / āpastejasi līyante tejo vāyau pralīyate

Thus that (earth), the support of the world, dissolves — the earth into water; the waters dissolve into fire, fire dissolves into wind.

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GaP 1 224.11

वायुः खे खञ्च भूतादौ विशते च तदा महान् । महान्प्रपद्यते ऽव्यक्तं प्रकृतिः पुरुषे परे

vāyuḥ khe khañca bhūtādau viśate ca tadā mahān / mahānprapadyate 'vyaktaṃ prakṛtiḥ puruṣe pare

Wind (dissolves) into space, and space into the origin of the elements (ahaṃkāra); and then the Great One (mahat) — the Great One enters the Unmanifest, and Prakṛti (enters) the supreme Puruṣa.

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GaP 1 224.12

शतवर्षं हरिः शेते सृजत्यथ दिनगमे । अव्यक्तादिक्रमेणैव व्यक्तीभूतं चराचरम्

śatavarṣaṃ hariḥ śete sṛjatyatha dinagame / avyaktādikrameṇaiva vyaktībhūtaṃ carācaram

For a hundred years Hari sleeps, and then at the coming of day he creates; by the very sequence beginning with the Unmanifest, the moving and unmoving becomes manifest.

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