Kalika Purana — Chapter 24
KaP 24.1
कालिकापुराणम् चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः संहारकथनम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय २४ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततो हिमवतः प्रस्थे गिरे: शिप्रसरस्तटे । उपविष्टो महादेवस्तत्सरोऽपश्यदन्तिके
kālikāpurāṇam caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ saṃhārakathanam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 24 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tato himavataḥ prasthe gire: śiprasarastaṭe | upaviṣṭo mahādevastatsaro'paśyadantike
The Kālikāpurāṇa, chapter twenty-four: the account of the dissolution. Now the Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 24. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, on a tableland of the Himālaya, on the bank of the Śiprā lake of the mountain, Mahādeva sat down and saw that lake nearby.
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KaP 24.2
पुनः पुनः प्रेष्यमाणो ब्रह्मणा हरिणा च सः । ध्यानं कर्तुं तत्र मनः स्थिरं कृत्वा दृढात्मवान्
punaḥ punaḥ preṣyamāṇo brahmaṇā hariṇā ca saḥ | dhyānaṃ kartuṃ tatra manaḥ sthiraṃ kṛtvā dṛḍhātmavān
Again and again urged on by Brahmā and by Hari, he, firm of self, making his mind steady there in order to practise meditation—
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KaP 24.3
आत्मानमात्मना द्रष्टुमात्मन्येव विशेषतः । परमं यत्नमकरोद् ध्यानेन स्मरशासनः
ātmānamātmanā draṣṭumātmanyeva viśeṣataḥ | paramaṃ yatnamakarod dhyānena smaraśāsanaḥ
—the chastiser of Smara made the utmost effort to see the Self by the Self, within the Self especially, by means of meditation.
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KaP 24.4
ध्याने प्रविष्टचित्तन्तु तं दृष्ट्वा द्रुहिणादयः । हरे प्रविष्टां मायाख्यां तुष्टुवुर्यतमानसाः
dhyāne praviṣṭacittantu taṃ dṛṣṭvā druhiṇādayaḥ | hare praviṣṭāṃ māyākhyāṃ tuṣṭuvuryatamānasāḥ
But seeing him with his mind entered into meditation, Druhiṇa (Brahmā) and the others, their minds controlled, praised her called Māyā who had entered into Hara.
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KaP 24.5
मायया मोहितो भर्गः सतीशोकाकुलो भृशम् । विलपत्येव तां तस्मिन् मोहहेतुं जगत्प्रसूम्
māyayā mohito bhargaḥ satīśokākulo bhṛśam | vilapatyeva tāṃ tasmin mohahetuṃ jagatprasūm
Deluded by Māyā, Bharga is greatly afflicted with grief for Satī, and just laments for her—(Māyā), the cause of delusion in him, the mother of the world.
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KaP 24.6
स्तुत्वा शम्भुशरीरात्तु निःसार्यैनां निराकुलम् । शम्भुचित्तं करिष्यामो ध्यानासक्तं निरञ्जनम्
stutvā śambhuśarīrāttu niḥsāryaināṃ nirākulam | śambhucittaṃ kariṣyāmo dhyānāsaktaṃ nirañjanam
"Having praised (her), we shall drive her out from Śambhu's body and make Śambhu's mind free from agitation, fixed on meditation, and unstained.
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KaP 24.7
यावत् सती पुनर्देहं गृहीत्वा हरभामिनी । भवित्री तावदेवेष विशोको ध्यातु निष्कलम्
yāvat satī punardehaṃ gṛhītvā harabhāminī | bhavitrī tāvadeveṣa viśoko dhyātu niṣkalam
Until Satī, Hara's beloved, shall again take on a body, for just so long let him, free of grief, meditate on the partless (Absolute)."
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KaP 24.8
इति संचित्य मनसा ब्रह्माद्यास्त्रिदिवौकसः । योगनिद्रां महामायां स्तोतुमेवं समारभन् यावद्वर्षशतं वायुर्भ्रमन् भुवनगर्भगः । सर्वमुत्सारयामास यत् किञ्चित्तूलराशिवत्
iti saṃcitya manasā brahmādyāstridivaukasaḥ | yoganidrāṃ mahāmāyāṃ stotumevaṃ samārabhan yāvadvarṣaśataṃ vāyurbhraman bhuvanagarbhagaḥ | sarvamutsārayāmāsa yat kiñcittūlarāśivat
Having thus resolved in their minds, Brahmā and the other dwellers of heaven began thus to praise Yoganidrā, the great Māyā. For a hundred years the wind, moving about, going within the womb of the worlds, drove away everything, whatever there was, as if it were a heap of cotton.
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KaP 24.28
आगे श्लोक ९ से २७ में [https://ptvaishnavi.blogspot.com/2023/04/Yoganidra-stuti.html DP Karmakand अन्तर्मायास्तुतिः] को दिया गया है । ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। योगनिद्रा महामाया संस्तुतेयं तदा सुरैः । हरस्य हृदयात् क्षिप्रं निःससार तदाञ्जसा
āge śloka 9 se 27 meṃ [https://ptvaishnavi.blogspot.com/2023/04/Yoganidra-stuti.html DP Karmakand antarmāyāstutiḥ] ko diyā gayā hai | || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || yoganidrā mahāmāyā saṃstuteyaṃ tadā suraiḥ | harasya hṛdayāt kṣipraṃ niḥsasāra tadāñjasā
Further, in verses 9 to 27 the 'Antarmāyāstuti' of DP Karmakand [link] has been given. Mārkaṇḍeya said: When Yoganidrā, the great Māyā, was thus praised by the gods, she at once swiftly went forth straightaway from Hara's heart.
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KaP 24.29
विनिःसृतायां तु तस्यां विवेश मधुसूदनः । शम्भोरन्तः स्वयं तस्य शान्त्यर्थं विश्वरूपधृक्
viniḥsṛtāyāṃ tu tasyāṃ viveśa madhusūdanaḥ | śambhorantaḥ svayaṃ tasya śāntyarthaṃ viśvarūpadhṛk
And when she had gone out, Madhusūdana himself, bearing the universal form, entered within Śambhu for the sake of his calming.
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KaP 24.30
प्रविश्य हृदयं तस्य कल्पे कल्पे यथाभवत् । सृष्टि: स्थितिस्तथैवान्तस्तथादर्शयदच्युतः
praviśya hṛdayaṃ tasya kalpe kalpe yathābhavat | sṛṣṭi: sthitistathaivāntastathādarśayadacyutaḥ
Having entered his heart, the Imperishable One showed him how, in each and every kalpa, creation, maintenance, and likewise the end had come about.
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KaP 24.31
यथा सती तस्य जाया भूता सा या च यत्सुता । तत् सर्वं दयामास मुक्तदेहा च सा यथा
yathā satī tasya jāyā bhūtā sā yā ca yatsutā | tat sarvaṃ dayāmāsa muktadehā ca sā yathā
How Satī had become his wife, and whose daughter she was—all that he showed, and how she had left her body.
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KaP 24.32
वहिर्व्यक्तं तु निःसारं प्रपञ्चं रजसं बहु । दर्शयित्वा परं ज्योतिर्गतचित्तं तदाकरोत्
vahirvyaktaṃ tu niḥsāraṃ prapañcaṃ rajasaṃ bahu | darśayitvā paraṃ jyotirgatacittaṃ tadākarot
And having shown him the outwardly manifest, sapless, much-agitated expanse (of the world), he then made his mind go to the supreme Light.
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KaP 24.33
ततो हरोऽपि तान् सर्वान् प्रपञ्चान् वीक्ष्य चासकृत् । निःसारांश्च तदा मत्वा सारे चित्तं न्यवेशयत्
tato haro'pi tān sarvān prapañcān vīkṣya cāsakṛt | niḥsārāṃśca tadā matvā sāre cittaṃ nyaveśayat
Then Hara too, having looked again and again at all those manifold displays, and judging them to be without substance, fixed his mind upon the essence.
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KaP 24.34
ब्रह्मादीनां तदा माया देवानां तैः परिष्टुता । प्रतिश्रुत्य च कर्तव्यं तत्रैवान्तर्दधे द्रुतम्
brahmādīnāṃ tadā māyā devānāṃ taiḥ pariṣṭutā | pratiśrutya ca kartavyaṃ tatraivāntardadhe drutam
Then the Māyā of Brahmā and the (other) gods, being praised by them, and having promised what was to be done, at once vanished on that very spot.
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KaP 24.35
भगवानपि वैकुण्ठः शम्भोश्चित्तं पदे पदे । संयम्य निःसृतः कायाद्राजेव रविमण्डलात्
bhagavānapi vaikuṇṭhaḥ śambhościttaṃ pade pade | saṃyamya niḥsṛtaḥ kāyādrājeva ravimaṇḍalāt
And the Lord Vaikuṇṭha, having restrained Śambhu's mind step by step, went forth from (his) body, as a king (comes forth) from the orb of the sun.
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KaP 24.36
कृतकृत्यास्तदा देवा ब्रह्मनारायणादयः । स्वं स्वं स्थानं ययुः प्रीतियुतास्त्यक्त्वा हरं गिरौ
kṛtakṛtyāstadā devā brahmanārāyaṇādayaḥ | svaṃ svaṃ sthānaṃ yayuḥ prītiyutāstyaktvā haraṃ girau
Then the gods, Brahmā, Nārāyaṇa and the rest, their task accomplished, went each to his own place, filled with delight, leaving Hara on the mountain.
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KaP 24.37
ध्यानासक्तं महादेवं प्रणम्येन्द्रादयः सुराः । विज्ञाप्य मौनिनं देवं जग्मुः स्थानं स्वकं स्वकम्
dhyānāsaktaṃ mahādevaṃ praṇamyendrādayaḥ surāḥ | vijñāpya mauninaṃ devaṃ jagmuḥ sthānaṃ svakaṃ svakam
Having bowed to the Great God, who was intent upon meditation, and having informed the silent god, Indra and the other gods went each to his own place.
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KaP 24.38
यातेषु तेषु देवेषु कपर्दी वृषवाहनः । सहस्रं दिव्यमानेन दध्यौ ज्योतिः परं समाः
yāteṣu teṣu deveṣu kapardī vṛṣavāhanaḥ | sahasraṃ divyamānena dadhyau jyotiḥ paraṃ samāḥ
When those gods had departed, the matted-haired one, whose mount is the bull, meditated upon the supreme light for a thousand years by divine reckoning.
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KaP 24.39
।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। कथं मधुरिपुः शम्भोः प्रविश्य हृदयेऽञ्जसा । कल्पे कल्पे स्थितिं सृष्टिं संयमञ्चाप्यदर्शयत्
|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || kathaṃ madhuripuḥ śambhoḥ praviśya hṛdaye'ñjasā | kalpe kalpe sthitiṃ sṛṣṭiṃ saṃyamañcāpyadarśayat
The sages said: How did the foe of Madhu, having entered directly into Śambhu's heart, show (him) the maintenance, the creation, and the dissolution, in kalpa after kalpa?
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KaP 24.40
यथा जगत्प्रपञ्चाय रजसा जगतीं गताः । निःसारता कथं तेषां दर्शिता कैटभारिणा
yathā jagatprapañcāya rajasā jagatīṃ gatāḥ | niḥsāratā kathaṃ teṣāṃ darśitā kaiṭabhāriṇā
Since they went to the earth through rajas for the sake of the world's manifold display, how was their insubstantiality shown by the slayer of Kaiṭabha?
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KaP 24.41
किन्नु सारतरं गुह्यं परं ज्योतिः सनातनम् । दर्शितं तेन तत् सत्यमाचक्ष्व द्विजसत्तम
kinnu sārataraṃ guhyaṃ paraṃ jyotiḥ sanātanam | darśitaṃ tena tat satyamācakṣva dvijasattama
What indeed is that more essential, secret, supreme, eternal light which was shown by him? Tell that truth, O best of the twice-born.
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KaP 24.42
श्रोतुमिच्छाम इति ते मुनीन्द्राद्भुतमुत्तमम् । विस्तरादिदमाख्याहि धर्मं निःश्रेयसं परम्
śrotumicchāma iti te munīndrādbhutamuttamam | vistarādidamākhyāhi dharmaṃ niḥśreyasaṃ param
"We wish to hear" — so (said) they: O lord of sages, tell this at length, the wondrous and excellent supreme dharma that leads to final release.
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KaP 24.43
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। आदिसर्गमहं वक्ष्ये वाराहं द्विजसत्तमाः । कल्पे कल्पे यथा सृष्टिर्वाराहे यादृशी भवेत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ādisargamahaṃ vakṣye vārāhaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | kalpe kalpe yathā sṛṣṭirvārāhe yādṛśī bhavet
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I shall declare the first creation, the Vārāha one, O best of the twice-born — how creation takes place in kalpa after kalpa, and of what sort it is in the Vārāha (kalpa).
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KaP 24.44
आदिसृष्टिं दर्शयित्वा प्रतिसर्गं तथा हरिः । शम्भवे दर्शयामास प्रलयादीन् निबोधत
ādisṛṣṭiṃ darśayitvā pratisargaṃ tathā hariḥ | śambhave darśayāmāsa pralayādīn nibodhata
Having shown the first creation and likewise the re-creation, Hari showed to Śambhu the dissolutions and the rest — learn (of them).
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KaP 24.45
प्रलयं प्रथमं वक्ष्ये सर्गमादिं ततः परम् । प्रतिसर्ग ततो विप्रा वाराहं विनिबोधत
pralayaṃ prathamaṃ vakṣye sargamādiṃ tataḥ param | pratisarga tato viprā vārāhaṃ vinibodhata
I shall speak first of the dissolution, and after that of the first creation; then, O brahmins, learn of the re-creation, the Vārāha one.
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KaP 24.46
निमेषो नाम कालांशो नेत्रोन्मेषविलक्षितः । तैरष्टादशभिः काष्ठा काष्ठानां त्रिंशता कला
nimeṣo nāma kālāṃśo netronmeṣavilakṣitaḥ | tairaṣṭādaśabhiḥ kāṣṭhā kāṣṭhānāṃ triṃśatā kalā
There is a portion of time called nimeṣa, marked out by the opening of the eyes; by eighteen of these, a kāṣṭhā; by thirty kāṣṭhās, a kalā.
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KaP 24.47
कलाभिस्तावतीभिस्तु क्षणाख्यं परिकीर्तितः । क्षणैर्द्वादशभिः प्रोक्तो मुहूर्तस्तैस्तु त्रिंशता
kalābhistāvatībhistu kṣaṇākhyaṃ parikīrtitaḥ | kṣaṇairdvādaśabhiḥ prokto muhūrtastaistu triṃśatā
By just that many kalās (i.e. thirty) is declared what is called a kṣaṇa; by twelve kṣaṇas a muhūrta is declared, and by thirty of those—
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KaP 24.48
मानुषः स्यादहोरात्रः पक्षस्ते दश पञ्च च । पक्षाभ्यां मानुषो मासः पितॄणां तदहर्निशम्
mānuṣaḥ syādahorātraḥ pakṣaste daśa pañca ca | pakṣābhyāṃ mānuṣo māsaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tadaharniśam
—there would be a human day and night; a fortnight is fifteen of those; by two fortnights a human month, which is a day and night of the ancestors.
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KaP 24.49
कृष्णपक्षः पितॄणां तु कर्मार्थं दिवसो मतः । स्वप्नार्थ शुक्लपक्षस्तु रजनी परिकीर्तिता
kṛṣṇapakṣaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tu karmārthaṃ divaso mataḥ | svapnārtha śuklapakṣastu rajanī parikīrtitā
The dark fortnight is held to be the daytime of the ancestors, for the sake of work; the bright fortnight is declared to be their night, for the sake of sleep.
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KaP 24.50
मासैर्द्वादशभिर्वर्षो देवानां तदहर्निशम् । देवानां तु दिनं प्रोक्तं षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् । रात्रिः स्वप्नाय देवानां षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्
māsairdvādaśabhirvarṣo devānāṃ tadaharniśam | devānāṃ tu dinaṃ proktaṃ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam | rātriḥ svapnāya devānāṃ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam
By twelve months, a year; that is a day and night of the gods. The day of the gods is said to be the six months of the northern course; their night, for sleep, is the six months of the southern course.
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KaP 24.51
द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यान्तु मासाभ्यामर्कजाभ्यामृतुः स्मृतः । ऋतुभिश्चायनं प्रोक्तं त्रिभिस्तन्मानुषं मतम्
dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāntu māsābhyāmarkajābhyāmṛtuḥ smṛtaḥ | ṛtubhiścāyanaṃ proktaṃ tribhistanmānuṣaṃ matam
By each pair of months, produced from the sun('s course), a season is reckoned; by three seasons an ayana is declared, and that is held to be human (reckoning).
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KaP 24.52
ऋतुभिर्वत्सरः षड्भिस्तांश्च शृणु पृथक् पृथक् । चैत्रादि-मासयुगलैः संज्ञाभेदाद् द्विजोत्तमाः
ṛtubhirvatsaraḥ ṣaḍbhistāṃśca śṛṇu pṛthak pṛthak | caitrādi-māsayugalaiḥ saṃjñābhedād dvijottamāḥ
By six seasons, a year; and hear of them one by one, distinguished by their names according to the pairs of months beginning with Caitra, O best of the twice-born.
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KaP 24.53
वसन्तश्चैत्र वैशाखो ग्रीष्मो ज्येष्ठः शुचिस्तथा । प्रावृट् नभोनभस्यौ तु शरत् स्यादिष-कार्तिके
vasantaścaitra vaiśākho grīṣmo jyeṣṭhaḥ śucistathā | prāvṛṭ nabhonabhasyau tu śarat syādiṣa-kārtike
Spring is Caitra and Vaiśākha; summer, Jyeṣṭha and Śuci (Āṣāḍha); the rains are Nabhas and Nabhasya (Śrāvaṇa and Bhādrapada); autumn would be Iṣa and Kārttika.
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KaP 24.54
सहः पौषौ च हेमन्तः शिशिरो माघफाल्गुनौ । षडिमे ऋतवः प्रोक्ता यज्ञादौ विहिताः पृथक्
sahaḥ pauṣau ca hemantaḥ śiśiro māghaphālgunau | ṣaḍime ṛtavaḥ proktā yajñādau vihitāḥ pṛthak
Sahas and Pauṣa are winter (hemanta); Māgha and Phālguna the cool season (śiśira). These six are declared to be the seasons, each separately prescribed for sacrifice and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.55
नृणां मानेन दशभिर्लक्षैः सप्तभिरुत्तरैः । अष्टाविंशतिसाहस्त्रैर्मानं कृतयुगस्य तु
nṛṇāṃ mānena daśabhirlakṣaiḥ saptabhiruttaraiḥ | aṣṭāviṃśatisāhastrairmānaṃ kṛtayugasya tu
By human reckoning, with ten lakhs plus seven more, and twenty-eight thousand (years), is the measure of the Kṛta age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.56
सन्ध्या चतुःशतानीह वर्षाणामन्तरालतः । सन्ध्यांशस्तावता प्रोक्तस्तदन्तर्गत ईप्सितः
sandhyā catuḥśatānīha varṣāṇāmantarālataḥ | sandhyāṃśastāvatā proktastadantargata īpsitaḥ
Here the twilight (sandhyā) is four hundred years in the interval; the twilight-portion (sandhyāṃśa) is said to be of the same amount, and it is to be understood as included within that (total).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 24.57
त्रेता द्वादशभिर्लक्षैर्मानुषैर्वत्सरैर्भवेत् ! षण्णवत्या सहस्त्रैश्च सन्ध्या चास्य शतत्रयम् । शतत्रयं तु सन्ध्यांशस्तदन्तः परिकीर्तितः
tretā dvādaśabhirlakṣairmānuṣairvatsarairbhavet ! ṣaṇṇavatyā sahastraiśca sandhyā cāsya śatatrayam | śatatrayaṃ tu sandhyāṃśastadantaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
The Tretā would be twelve lakhs of human years, and ninety-six thousand; and its twilight is three hundred, and the twilight-portion three hundred, declared as (included) within it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.58
चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि लक्ष्याण्यष्टौ प्रमाणतः
catuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi lakṣyāṇyaṣṭau pramāṇataḥ
Sixty-four thousand and eight lakhs by measure —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.59
भवेद्युगं द्वापराख्यं तेषु सन्ध्या शतद्वयम् । शतद्वयं तु सन्ध्यांशस्तदन्तर्गत इष्यते
bhavedyugaṃ dvāparākhyaṃ teṣu sandhyā śatadvayam | śatadvayaṃ tu sandhyāṃśastadantargata iṣyate
— such would be the age called Dvāpara; in these (years) the twilight is two hundred, and the twilight-portion two hundred, held to be included within that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.60
द्वात्रिंशत्तु सहस्राणि चतुर्लक्षाणि वै कलेः
dvātriṃśattu sahasrāṇi caturlakṣāṇi vai kaleḥ
But thirty-two thousand and four lakhs — of the Kali —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.61
संवत्सरैर्भवेन्मानं सन्ध्यैकं प्रोच्यते शतम् । वत्सराणामेकशतं सन्ध्यांशश्च तदन्तरे
saṃvatsarairbhavenmānaṃ sandhyaikaṃ procyate śatam | vatsarāṇāmekaśataṃ sandhyāṃśaśca tadantare
— by (such) years the measure would be; the twilight alone is said to be a hundred, and a hundred years is the twilight-portion, within that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.62
एवं कृतश्च त्रेता च द्वापरश्च तथा कलिः । मानुषेण प्रमाणेन भवेद् युगचतुष्टयम्
evaṃ kṛtaśca tretā ca dvāparaśca tathā kaliḥ | mānuṣeṇa pramāṇena bhaved yugacatuṣṭayam
Thus the Kṛta, the Tretā, the Dvāpara, and likewise the Kali: by human measure the set of four ages would be (as stated).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.63
त्रिचत्वारिंशता लक्षैर्मानञ्चातुर्युगं भवेत् । सहस्त्रैरपि विंशत्या सन्ध्या संध्यांशसंयुतम्
tricatvāriṃśatā lakṣairmānañcāturyugaṃ bhavet | sahastrairapi viṃśatyā sandhyā saṃdhyāṃśasaṃyutam
The measure of the four-age period would be forty-three lakhs and also twenty thousand, together with the twilight and the twilight-portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.64
दैवं दिनं वत्सरेण मानुषेण सरात्रकम् । एवं क्रमं गणित्वा तु मानुषीयैश्चतुर्युगैः । दैवं द्वादशसाहस्रं वत्सराणां प्रकीर्तिम्
daivaṃ dinaṃ vatsareṇa mānuṣeṇa sarātrakam | evaṃ kramaṃ gaṇitvā tu mānuṣīyaiścaturyugaiḥ | daivaṃ dvādaśasāhasraṃ vatsarāṇāṃ prakīrtim
A divine day, with its night, is (equal to) a year by human (measure). Having reckoned the sequence in this way, by human four-age periods, the divine (period) is declared to be twelve thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 24.65
देवैर्द्वादशसाहस्त्रैर्वत्सरैदैविकं युगम् । तद्वै चतुर्युगं नृणां सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशसंयुतम्
devairdvādaśasāhastrairvatsaraidaivikaṃ yugam | tadvai caturyugaṃ nṛṇāṃ sandhyā sandhyāṃśasaṃyutam
By twelve thousand divine years is the divine age; that indeed is the four-age period of men, together with the twilight and the twilight-portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.66
देवानां तु कृते त्रेताद्वापरदिव्यवस्थया । न युगव्यवहारोऽस्ति न च धर्मादिभिन्नता
devānāṃ tu kṛte tretādvāparadivyavasthayā | na yugavyavahāro'sti na ca dharmādibhinnatā
But for the gods there is no usage of ages by the arrangement of Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and the divine (Kali), nor any difference in dharma and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 24.67
किन्तु चातुर्युगं नारं भवेद्दैवयुगं सदा । दैविकैरेकसप्तत्या युगैर्मन्वन्तरं भवेत्
kintu cāturyugaṃ nāraṃ bhaveddaivayugaṃ sadā | daivikairekasaptatyā yugairmanvantaraṃ bhavet
Rather, the human four-age period is always (equal to) a divine age; by seventy-one divine ages a Manu-period comes about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.68
दैवयुगसहस्त्रे द्वे ब्रह्मण: स्यादहर्निशम् । चतुर्युगसहस्त्रे द्वे नृणां मानेन तद्भवेत्
daivayugasahastre dve brahmaṇa: syādaharniśam | caturyugasahastre dve nṛṇāṃ mānena tadbhavet
Two thousand divine ages would be a day and night of Brahmā; by human measure that would be two thousand four-age periods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.69
एकस्मिन् ब्राह्मदिवसे मनवः स्युश्चतुर्दश । एवं ब्राह्मण मानेन दिवसैस्तु त्रिभिः शतैः । स- षष्टिभिर्वत्सरः स्याद् ब्राह्मो वर्षो नृणां यथा
ekasmin brāhmadivase manavaḥ syuścaturdaśa | evaṃ brāhmaṇa mānena divasaistu tribhiḥ śataiḥ | sa- ṣaṣṭibhirvatsaraḥ syād brāhmo varṣo nṛṇāṃ yathā
In a single day of Brahmā there would be fourteen Manus. Thus by Brahmā's measure, with three hundred and sixty days, a year would come about — a year of Brahmā, as (a year) of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.70
ब्राह्मैः पञ्चशता वर्षैः परार्धः परिकीर्तितः । तदीश्वरस्य दिवसस्तावती रात्रीरीड्यते
brāhmaiḥ pañcaśatā varṣaiḥ parārdhaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | tadīśvarasya divasastāvatī rātrīrīḍyate
By five hundred years of Brahmā a parārdha is declared; that is a day of the Lord, and a night of the same length is spoken of.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.71
शतेन ब्रह्मणो वर्षो कालः स्याद्विपरार्धकः । परार्धद्वितयेऽतीते ब्रह्मण: प्रलयोभवेत् । प्रलीने ब्रह्मणि परे जगतां प्राकृतो लयः
śatena brahmaṇo varṣo kālaḥ syādviparārdhakaḥ | parārdhadvitaye'tīte brahmaṇa: pralayobhavet | pralīne brahmaṇi pare jagatāṃ prākṛto layaḥ
With a hundred years of Brahmā the time would be two parārdhas; when the two parārdhas have passed, the dissolution of Brahmā occurs; and when the supreme Brahmā is dissolved, there is the material (prākṛta) dissolution of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 24.72
समस्तजगदाधारमव्ययं यत् परात्परम् । तस्य ब्रह्मस्वरूपस्य दिवारात्रस्य यद् भवेत् । तत्परं नाम तस्यार्थं परार्धमभिधीयते
samastajagadādhāramavyayaṃ yat parātparam | tasya brahmasvarūpasya divārātrasya yad bhavet | tatparaṃ nāma tasyārthaṃ parārdhamabhidhīyate
That which is the support of the whole world, imperishable, higher than the high — of that one whose nature is Brahman, whatever constitutes its day and night, that is named 'para'; half of it is called 'parārdha'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.73
जगत्स्वरूपी भगवान् परमात्माक्षयोऽव्ययः । स्थूलात् स्थूलतमः सूक्ष्माद् यस्तु सूक्ष्मतमो मतः
jagatsvarūpī bhagavān paramātmākṣayo'vyayaḥ | sthūlāt sthūlatamaḥ sūkṣmād yastu sūkṣmatamo mataḥ
The Lord, whose form is the world, the supreme Self, imperishable and undecaying, is held to be grosser than the gross and subtler than the subtle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.74
न तस्यास्ति दिवारात्रिव्यवहारो न वत्सरः
na tasyāsti divārātrivyavahāro na vatsaraḥ
For him there is no reckoning of day and night, nor any year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.75
किन्तु पौराणिकैः पूर्वैरस्माभिरपि तादृशैः । सृष्टिप्रलयबोधार्थं कल्प्यते तदहर्निशम्
kintu paurāṇikaiḥ pūrvairasmābhirapi tādṛśaiḥ | sṛṣṭipralayabodhārthaṃ kalpyate tadaharniśam
But by the ancient Purāṇa-authors, and by us who are of like kind, that day and night (of his) is posited in order to make creation and dissolution understood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.76
स एव रात्रि: स दिवा स वर्ष: स वै क्षिति: सृष्टिकरो हरश्च । स विष्णुरूपी पुरुष: पुराण-स्तस्मिन् समस्तञ्च विभाति तद्वत्
sa eva rātri: sa divā sa varṣa: sa vai kṣiti: sṛṣṭikaro haraśca | sa viṣṇurūpī puruṣa: purāṇa-stasmin samastañca vibhāti tadvat
He alone is the night, he the day, he the year, he indeed the earth, and (he) the maker of creation and Hara; he is the ancient Person in the form of Viṣṇu, and in him everything likewise shines forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.77
ततो ब्रह्मणि लीने तु परमात्मनि शाश्वते । जगत् सर्वं क्रमेणैव तद्रूपत्वाय गच्छति
tato brahmaṇi līne tu paramātmani śāśvate | jagat sarvaṃ krameṇaiva tadrūpatvāya gacchati
Then, when (all) is dissolved into Brahman, the eternal supreme Self, the whole world goes step by step to (assume) that (very) form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.78
ब्रह्मण: शतवर्षान्ते रुद्ररूपी जनार्दनः । जगदन्तं स्वयं कृत्वा परमे लीनमेति वै
brahmaṇa: śatavarṣānte rudrarūpī janārdanaḥ | jagadantaṃ svayaṃ kṛtvā parame līnameti vai
At the end of a hundred years of Brahmā, Janārdana in the form of Rudra, having himself made an end of the world, goes to dissolution in the Supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.79
प्रथमं सविता सर्व स्थावरं जङ्गमं तथा । तीव्रैः करैः शोषयित्वा जलं सर्वं ग्रहीष्यति
prathamaṃ savitā sarva sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ tathā | tīvraiḥ karaiḥ śoṣayitvā jalaṃ sarvaṃ grahīṣyati
First the sun, having dried up with his fierce rays all that is immobile and mobile, will take up all the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.80
शुष्का वृक्षास्तृणगणाः प्राणिनः पर्वतास्तथा । चूर्णीकृत्वा विशीर्णाः स्युर्दिव्यवर्षशतेन तु
śuṣkā vṛkṣāstṛṇagaṇāḥ prāṇinaḥ parvatāstathā | cūrṇīkṛtvā viśīrṇāḥ syurdivyavarṣaśatena tu
Dried up, the trees, the masses of grass, the living beings and the mountains too, being ground to powder, will fall to pieces in a hundred divine years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.81
ततो द्वादशसूर्यस्य रश्मयः प्रबला भृशम् । अभवन् द्वादशादित्या जगद्भोग्योपबृंहिताः
tato dvādaśasūryasya raśmayaḥ prabalā bhṛśam | abhavan dvādaśādityā jagadbhogyopabṛṃhitāḥ
Then the rays of the twelvefold sun became exceedingly powerful; they became twelve Ādityas, swollen by (having consumed) what the world had to offer for enjoyment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 24.82
रश्मिद्वारेण सकलास्सूर्यास्ते भुवनानि च । अदहन् पृथिवी द्यौश्च मेदिनी चोष्णतां गता
raśmidvāreṇa sakalāssūryāste bhuvanāni ca | adahan pṛthivī dyauśca medinī coṣṇatāṃ gatā
By way of their rays those suns burned all the worlds; and the earth, the sky and the ground became hot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.83
ततो विनष्टे सकले स्थावरे जङ्गमे तथा । आदित्यरश्मितो देवो रुद्ररूपी जनार्दनः
tato vinaṣṭe sakale sthāvare jaṅgame tathā | ādityaraśmito devo rudrarūpī janārdanaḥ
Then, when everything immobile and mobile had perished, the god Janārdana in the form of Rudra, (arising) from the sun's rays,
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KaP 24.84
निःसृत्य प्रथमं यातः पातालतलमुन्नतः
niḥsṛtya prathamaṃ yātaḥ pātālatalamunnataḥ
having come forth, went up first, towering, to the floor of the nether world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.85
सप्तपातालसंस्थांस्तु नागगन्धर्वराक्षसान् । देवानृषीश्च शेषञ्च जघान वरशूलधृक्
saptapātālasaṃsthāṃstu nāgagandharvarākṣasān | devānṛṣīśca śeṣañca jaghāna varaśūladhṛk
And the bearer of the excellent trident slew the Nāgas, Gandharvas and Rākṣasas dwelling in the seven nether worlds, and the gods and seers and Śeṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.86
एवं स्वर्गे च पाताले पृथिव्यां सागरेषु च । ये प्राणिनस्तान् समस्तान् जघान स जनार्दनः
evaṃ svarge ca pātāle pṛthivyāṃ sāgareṣu ca | ye prāṇinastān samastān jaghāna sa janārdanaḥ
Thus in heaven, in the nether world, on earth and in the oceans, whatever living beings there were, that Janārdana slew them all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.87
ततो मुखान्महावायुं रुद्रश्च सृष्टवान् स्वयम् । सोऽव्याहतगतिर्गाढं ससार भुवनत्रये
tato mukhānmahāvāyuṃ rudraśca sṛṣṭavān svayam | so'vyāhatagatirgāḍhaṃ sasāra bhuvanatraye
Then Rudra himself created a great wind from his mouth; it, unimpeded in its course, moved violently through the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.89
समस्तं तत् समुत्सार्य जगद्वर्ति समन्ततः । विवेश द्वादशादित्यान् स वायुर्जवनाधिकः
samastaṃ tat samutsārya jagadvarti samantataḥ | viveśa dvādaśādityān sa vāyurjavanādhikaḥ
Having driven away entirely all that abides in the world on every side, that wind, exceeding in speed, entered the twelve suns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.90
प्रविश्य मण्डलं तेषां तेजोभिः सह मारुतः । महामेघान् समारेभे रुद्रेण प्रतियोजितः
praviśya maṇḍalaṃ teṣāṃ tejobhiḥ saha mārutaḥ | mahāmeghān samārebhe rudreṇa pratiyojitaḥ
Having entered their orb, the wind, together with (their) fiery energies, being set to the task by Rudra, began (to form) great clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.91
ततस्ते प्रेरिता मेघास्तेन वातेन वेगिना । रुद्रेणाप्यतिरौद्रेण पर्यावब्रुर्नभस्तलम्
tataste preritā meghāstena vātena veginā | rudreṇāpyatiraudreṇa paryāvabrurnabhastalam
Then those clouds, driven by that swift wind and by the exceedingly terrible Rudra, covered over the vault of the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.92
संवर्ताख्या महामेघा भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमाः । केचिद्धूम्राः शोणवर्णाः शुक्लाश्चित्राश्च भीषणाः
saṃvartākhyā mahāmeghā bhinnāñjanacayopamāḥ | keciddhūmrāḥ śoṇavarṇāḥ śuklāścitrāśca bhīṣaṇāḥ
Great clouds called Saṃvartaka, resembling heaps of crushed collyrium; some smoky, some crimson-coloured, some white and some variegated, terrifying;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 24.93
केचिच्च पर्वताकाराः केचिन्नागसमप्रभाः । प्रासादसदृशाः केचित् क्रौञ्चवर्णा विभीषणाः
kecicca parvatākārāḥ kecinnāgasamaprabhāḥ | prāsādasadṛśāḥ kecit krauñcavarṇā vibhīṣaṇāḥ
and some shaped like mountains, some with the sheen of elephants, some like palaces, of the colour of the krauñca bird, dreadful;
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KaP 24.94
गर्जन्तस्ते महामेघा वर्षाणामधिकं शतम् । ववृषुस्त्रीनथो लोकान् प्लावयन्तो महास्वनाः
garjantaste mahāmeghā varṣāṇāmadhikaṃ śatam | vavṛṣustrīnatho lokān plāvayanto mahāsvanāḥ
Those great clouds, thundering, rained for more than a hundred years, loud-roaring, flooding the three worlds.
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KaP 24.95
अथ स्तम्भप्रमाणेन धारापातेन वै दृढम् । धारासारेण महता पूरितं भुवनत्रयम्
atha stambhapramāṇena dhārāpātena vai dṛḍham | dhārāsāreṇa mahatā pūritaṃ bhuvanatrayam
Then, by the falling of streams thick as pillars, firmly, by a great downpour of torrents, the three worlds were filled.
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KaP 24.96
आध्रुवस्थानमासाद्य तोयराशौ स्थिते ततः । स मुखादसृजद्वायुं रुद्ररूपी जनार्दनः
ādhruvasthānamāsādya toyarāśau sthite tataḥ | sa mukhādasṛjadvāyuṃ rudrarūpī janārdanaḥ
Then, when (the waters) reached the station of Dhruva and stood as a mass of water, he, Janārdana in the form of Rudra, released wind from his mouth.
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KaP 24.97
तेनौघवायुनाक्षिप्ता मेघाः संवत्सराञ्छतम् । अव्याहततेनाशु विध्वस्ता अभवंस्ततः
tenaughavāyunākṣiptā meghāḥ saṃvatsarāñchatam | avyāhatatenāśu vidhvastā abhavaṃstataḥ
Struck by that flood-wind, the clouds, unobstructed, were then swiftly shattered for a hundred years.
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KaP 24.98
नष्टेषु तेषु मेघेषु जनलोकादिकं पुनः । रुद्रस्त्वाब्रह्मभुवनं ध्वंसयामास निर्दयः
naṣṭeṣu teṣu megheṣu janalokādikaṃ punaḥ | rudrastvābrahmabhuvanaṃ dhvaṃsayāmāsa nirdayaḥ
When those clouds had perished, Rudra, pitiless, then destroyed again (the worlds) beginning with Janaloka up to the world of Brahmā.
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KaP 24.99
विध्वस्तेषु समस्तेषु भुवनेषु विशेषतः । विनष्टे ब्रह्मलोके च रुद्रोऽगाद् द्वादशारुणान्
vidhvasteṣu samasteṣu bhuvaneṣu viśeṣataḥ | vinaṣṭe brahmaloke ca rudro'gād dvādaśāruṇān
When all the worlds in particular had been shattered, and the world of Brahmā destroyed, Rudra went to the twelve suns.
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KaP 24.100
स गत्वा द्वादशादित्यान् वेगेन महता हरिः । अग्रसच्चातिजज्वाल तैर्गर्भस्थैदिवाकरैः
sa gatvā dvādaśādityān vegena mahatā hariḥ | agrasaccātijajvāla tairgarbhasthaidivākaraiḥ
Having gone with great speed to the twelve suns, Hari swallowed (them) and blazed exceedingly with those sun-gods lodged within his belly.
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KaP 24.101
ततो ब्रह्माण्डमासाद्य रुद्रः कालान्तकोपमः । चूर्णीचकार सकलं मुष्टिपेषं महाबलाः
tato brahmāṇḍamāsādya rudraḥ kālāntakopamaḥ | cūrṇīcakāra sakalaṃ muṣṭipeṣaṃ mahābalāḥ
Then, reaching the egg of Brahmā, Rudra, like Time the ender, ground the whole of it to powder, crushing it in his fist, O mighty ones.
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KaP 24.102
चूर्णीकुर्वन्तु ब्रह्माण्डं पृथिव्यपि विचूर्णिता । तोयानि च समस्तानि स दध्रे योगतो हरिः
cūrṇīkurvantu brahmāṇḍaṃ pṛthivyapi vicūrṇitā | toyāni ca samastāni sa dadhre yogato hariḥ
While he was pulverizing the egg of Brahmā, the earth too was pulverized; and Hari held all the waters by his yogic power.
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KaP 24.103
यद् ब्रह्माण्डाद्वहिस्तोयं स्थितं पूर्वं समन्ततः । यद्वाभ्यन्तर्गतं तोयं तत् सर्वञ्चैकतां गतम्
yad brahmāṇḍādvahistoyaṃ sthitaṃ pūrvaṃ samantataḥ | yadvābhyantargataṃ toyaṃ tat sarvañcaikatāṃ gatam
The water that stood formerly outside the egg of Brahmā on all sides, and the water that was within it — all that became one.
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KaP 24.104
एकीभूतेषु तोयेषु सर्वव्यापिषु सर्वतः । ब्रह्माण्डखण्डपूर्णौघः प्लवन्नासीत् स नौरिव
ekībhūteṣu toyeṣu sarvavyāpiṣu sarvataḥ | brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍapūrṇaughaḥ plavannāsīt sa nauriva
When the waters had become one, pervading all things everywhere, that flood, filled with the fragments of the egg of Brahmā, floated like a ship.
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KaP 24.105
ततः पृथिव्याः सारन्तु गन्धं तन्मात्रकं क्रमात् । अम्भो जग्राह सकलं विनष्टा पृथिवी ततः
tataḥ pṛthivyāḥ sārantu gandhaṃ tanmātrakaṃ kramāt | ambho jagrāha sakalaṃ vinaṣṭā pṛthivī tataḥ
Then the water seized, in order, the essence of the earth, namely its subtle element of smell, entirely; and thereupon the earth perished.
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KaP 24.106
पुनः स रुद्रस्तेजांसि गर्भस्थानि स्वकायतः । निःसारयामास पुन: पुंजीभूतानि भीषणः
punaḥ sa rudrastejāṃsi garbhasthāni svakāyataḥ | niḥsārayāmāsa puna: puṃjībhūtāni bhīṣaṇaḥ
Again that dreadful Rudra brought forth from his own body the fiery energies lodged within, now gathered into a single mass.
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KaP 24.107
तानि तेजांसि सकलं जगृहुः सर्वतः स्थितम् । अन्तर्बहिश्च ब्रह्माण्डात्तेजो यच्चान्यतो गतम्
tāni tejāṃsi sakalaṃ jagṛhuḥ sarvataḥ sthitam | antarbahiśca brahmāṇḍāttejo yaccānyato gatam
Those fiery energies seized all (the fire) that stood everywhere, within and outside the egg of Brahmā, and whatever fire had gone elsewhere.
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KaP 24.108
जगद्वतं सर्वतेजो गृहीत्वा चैकतो ज्वलन् । रौद्रब्रह्माण्डखण्डानि तेजोऽथ न्यदहज्जले
jagadvataṃ sarvatejo gṛhītvā caikato jvalan | raudrabrahmāṇḍakhaṇḍāni tejo'tha nyadahajjale
Having taken up all the fire that was in the world and blazing as one, the fire then burnt up the fragments of Rudra's egg of Brahmā in the water.
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KaP 24.109
दग्ध्वा ब्रह्माण्डचूर्णानि तेजांस्युज्ज्वलितानि च । जलेभ्यो रसतन्मात्रं सारभूतं ततोऽग्रहीत् । गृहीतसारास्ता आपः प्रनष्टास्तेजसा ततः
dagdhvā brahmāṇḍacūrṇāni tejāṃsyujjvalitāni ca | jalebhyo rasatanmātraṃ sārabhūtaṃ tato'grahīt | gṛhītasārāstā āpaḥ pranaṣṭāstejasā tataḥ
Having burnt the powdered fragments of the egg of Brahmā, the blazing fires then took from the waters the subtle element of taste, which is their essence; and those waters, their essence taken, thereupon perished by the fire.
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KaP 24.110
अप्सु नष्टासु तत्तेजः प्रविश्याथ सदागतिः । एकीभूतो महाभागो रूपं तन्मात्रमग्रहीत्
apsu naṣṭāsu tattejaḥ praviśyātha sadāgatiḥ | ekībhūto mahābhāgo rūpaṃ tanmātramagrahīt
When the waters had perished, he of eternal course entered that fire and, become one with it, the greatly blessed one took hold of the subtle element of form.
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KaP 24.111
गृहीते रूपतन्मात्रे तेजांसि सकलान्यथ । विनष्टानि ततो वायुः प्रबलोऽभूदवारितः
gṛhīte rūpatanmātre tejāṃsi sakalānyatha | vinaṣṭāni tato vāyuḥ prabalo'bhūdavāritaḥ
When the subtle element of form had been seized, all the fires then perished; thereupon the wind became strong and unchecked.
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KaP 24.112
महास्वनं ततो वायुमासाद्याग्निरिवज्वलन् । रुद्रः संक्षोभयामास तदाकाशं स्वयं ततः
mahāsvanaṃ tato vāyumāsādyāgnirivajvalan | rudraḥ saṃkṣobhayāmāsa tadākāśaṃ svayaṃ tataḥ
Then, reaching the loud-roaring wind, blazing like fire, Rudra himself thereupon set that space (ether) into agitation.
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KaP 24.113
तेन संक्षुब्धमाकाशमग्रहीन्मरुतस्ततः । तद्गतं स्पर्शतन्मात्रं ततोनष्ट: प्रभञ्जनः
tena saṃkṣubdhamākāśamagrahīnmarutastataḥ | tadgataṃ sparśatanmātraṃ tatonaṣṭa: prabhañjanaḥ
By him space was agitated, and then the wind seized the subtle element of touch that resided in it; thereafter the wind perished.
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KaP 24.114
नष्टे वायौ ततो रुद्र आकाशात् रासमग्रहीत् । शब्दतन्मात्रकं तस्मिन् गृहीते विगतं वियत्
naṣṭe vāyau tato rudra ākāśāt rāsamagrahīt | śabdatanmātrakaṃ tasmin gṛhīte vigataṃ viyat
When the wind had perished, Rudra then took (its essence) from ether; when the sound-subtle-element in it had been taken, the sky ceased to be.
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KaP 24.115
नष्टे नभसि रुद्रोऽसौ काये ब्राह्मे तदाविशत् । ब्राह्मं तदाकुलं कायं निराधारं निराकुलम् । विवेश वैष्णवे काये शङ्खचक्रगदाधरे
naṣṭe nabhasi rudro'sau kāye brāhme tadāviśat | brāhmaṃ tadākulaṃ kāyaṃ nirādhāraṃ nirākulam | viveśa vaiṣṇave kāye śaṅkhacakragadādhare
When the sky had perished, that Rudra then entered into the body of Brahmā; and that confused body of Brahmā, without support (and then) unconfused, entered into the body of Viṣṇu, who bears the conch, discus and mace.
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KaP 24.116
ततः शौरिर्महातेजाः कायं तत् पाञ्चभौतिकम् । शङ्खचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गवरासिधरमच्युतम् । स्वशक्त्या संजाहाराशु सारमादाय सर्वतः
tataḥ śaurirmahātejāḥ kāyaṃ tat pāñcabhautikam | śaṅkhacakragadāśārṅgavarāsidharamacyutam | svaśaktyā saṃjāhārāśu sāramādāya sarvataḥ
Then Śauri (Viṣṇu) of great splendour, the imperishable one bearing conch, discus, mace, the Śārṅga bow and the excellent sword, swiftly withdrew by his own power that body made of the five elements, taking its essence from every side.
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KaP 24.117
निराधारं निराकारं निःसत्तं निरवग्रहम् । आनन्दमयमद्वैतं द्वैतहीनाविशेषणम्
nirādhāraṃ nirākāraṃ niḥsattaṃ niravagraham | ānandamayamadvaitaṃ dvaitahīnāviśeṣaṇam
(It was) without support, without form, without being, without restraint, made of bliss, non-dual, free of duality and without distinguishing marks.
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KaP 24.118
न स्थूलं न च सूक्ष्मं यज्ज्ञानं नित्यं निरञ्जनम् । एकमासीत् परं ब्रह्म स्वप्रकाशं समन्ततः
na sthūlaṃ na ca sūkṣmaṃ yajjñānaṃ nityaṃ nirañjanam | ekamāsīt paraṃ brahma svaprakāśaṃ samantataḥ
That which is neither gross nor subtle, which is knowledge, eternal, unstained — the one supreme Brahman alone remained, self-luminous on every side.
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KaP 24.119
नाहो न रात्रिर्न वियन्न पृथ्वी नासीत्तमो ज्योतिरभून्नचान्यत् । श्रोत्रादिबुद्ध्याद्युपलभ्यमेकं प्राधानिकं ब्रह्म पुमांस्तदासीत्
nāho na rātrirna viyanna pṛthvī nāsīttamo jyotirabhūnnacānyat | śrotrādibuddhyādyupalabhyamekaṃ prādhānikaṃ brahma pumāṃstadāsīt
There was neither day nor night, neither sky nor earth; there was no darkness, no light arose, nor anything else. The one, apprehensible by hearing and the other (senses), by intellect and the rest, the Brahman belonging to primal matter — that Person then was.
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KaP 24.120
एवं यावत्स्थिता सृष्टिस्तावत् कालमसृष्टिकम् । आसीदेकं परं तत्त्वं ततः सृष्टिः प्रवर्तते
evaṃ yāvatsthitā sṛṣṭistāvat kālamasṛṣṭikam | āsīdekaṃ paraṃ tattvaṃ tataḥ sṛṣṭiḥ pravartate
Thus, for as long as the creation lasts, for that length of time there is non-creation; the one supreme reality alone was, and thereafter creation proceeds.
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KaP 24.121
प्रकृतौ संस्थितो यस्मात् सर्वतन्मात्रसञ्चयः । अहङ्कारं महत्तत्वं गतो यत् प्राकृतो लयः
prakṛtau saṃsthito yasmāt sarvatanmātrasañcayaḥ | ahaṅkāraṃ mahattatvaṃ gato yat prākṛto layaḥ
Since the whole aggregate of the subtle elements comes to rest in primal matter, and since the ego and the great principle (also) go (there), that dissolution is of primal matter (prākṛta).
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KaP 24.122
प्रकृतौ संस्थितं व्यक्तमतीयप्रलयन्तु तत् । तस्मात् प्राकृतसंज्ञोऽयमुच्यते प्रतिसञ्चरः
prakṛtau saṃsthitaṃ vyaktamatīyapralayantu tat | tasmāt prākṛtasaṃjño'yamucyate pratisañcaraḥ
The manifest, resting in primal matter, has passed beyond dissolution; therefore this reabsorption is called the 'prākṛta' (elemental) one.
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KaP 24.123
अयं वः कथितो विप्राः प्राकृताख्यो महालयः । आदिसृष्टिं शृणुष्वेमां कथ्यमानां मया पुनः
ayaṃ vaḥ kathito viprāḥ prākṛtākhyo mahālayaḥ | ādisṛṣṭiṃ śṛṇuṣvemāṃ kathyamānāṃ mayā punaḥ
This great dissolution named 'prākṛta' has been told to you, O brahmins; now hear this primal creation, which will be related by me again.
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