Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 10
KuP 1 10.1
श्रीकूर्म उवाच गते महेश्वरे देवे स्वाधिवासं पितामहः । तदेव सुमहत् पद्मं भेजे नाभिसमुत्थितम्
śrīkūrma uvāca gate maheśvare deve svādhivāsaṃ pitāmahaḥ / tadeva sumahat padmaṃ bheje nābhisamutthitam
Śrī Kūrma said: When the god Maheśvara had gone to his own dwelling, the Grandfather (Brahmā) resorted to that very vast lotus that had sprung up from the navel.
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KuP 1 10.2
अथ दीर्घेण कालेन तत्राप्रतिमपौरुषौ । महासुरौ समायातौ भ्रातरौ मधुकैटभौ
atha dīrgheṇa kālena tatrāpratimapauruṣau / mahāsurau samāyātau bhrātarau madhukaiṭabhau
Then, after a long time, there came there two great demons of unmatched valour, the brothers Madhu and Kaiṭabha,
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KuP 1 10.3
क्रोधेन महताविष्टौ महापर्वतविग्रहौ । कर्णान्तरसमुद्भूतौ देवदेवस्य शार्ङ्गिणः
krodhena mahatāviṣṭau mahāparvatavigrahau / karṇāntarasamudbhūtau devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ
possessed by great wrath, with bodies like huge mountains, arisen from within the ear of the god of gods, the bearer of the bow.
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KuP 1 10.4
तावागतौ समीक्ष्याह नारायणमजो विभुः । त्रैलोक्यकण्टकावेतावसुरौ हन्तुमर्हसि
tāvāgatau samīkṣyāha nārāyaṇamajo vibhuḥ / trailokyakaṇṭakāvetāvasurau hantumarhasi
Seeing those two arrived, the unborn, mighty one said to Nārāyaṇa: "These two demons are thorns to the three worlds; you ought to kill them."
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KuP 1 10.5
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । आज्ञापयामास तयोर्वधार्थं पुरुषावुभौ
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ / ājñāpayāmāsa tayorvadhārthaṃ puruṣāvubhau
Hearing that speech of his, Hari Nārāyaṇa, the lord, commanded two Persons for the slaying of those two.
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KuP 1 10.6
तदाज्ञया महद्युद्धं तयोस्ताभ्यामभूद् द्विजाः । व्यनयत् कैटभं विष्णुर्जिष्णुश्च व्यनयन्मधुम्
tadājñayā mahadyuddhaṃ tayostābhyāmabhūd dvijāḥ / vyanayat kaiṭabhaṃ viṣṇurjiṣṇuśca vyanayanmadhum
By his command a great battle took place between those two and these two, O twice-born; Viṣṇu destroyed Kaiṭabha, and Jiṣṇu destroyed Madhu.
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KuP 1 10.7
ततः पद्मासनासीनं जगन्नाथं पितामहम् । बभाषे मधुरं वाक्यं स्नेहाविष्टमना हरिः
tataḥ padmāsanāsīnaṃ jagannāthaṃ pitāmaham / babhāṣe madhuraṃ vākyaṃ snehāviṣṭamanā hariḥ
Then Hari, his mind filled with affection, spoke a sweet word to the Grandfather, the Lord of the world, seated on the lotus seat:
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KuP 1 10.8
अस्मान्मयोच्यमानस्त्वं पद्मादवतर प्रभो । नाहं भवन्तं शक्नोमि वोढुं तेजामयं गुरुम्
asmānmayocyamānastvaṃ padmādavatara prabho / nāhaṃ bhavantaṃ śaknomi voḍhuṃ tejāmayaṃ gurum
"Being told this by me, come down from the lotus, O Lord; I am not able to bear you, who are made of radiance and heavy."
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KuP 1 10.9
ततो ऽवतीर्य विश्वात्मा देहमाविश्य चक्रिणः । अवाच वैष्णवीं निद्रामेकीभूयाथ विष्णुना
tato 'vatīrya viśvātmā dehamāviśya cakriṇaḥ / avāca vaiṣṇavīṃ nidrāmekībhūyātha viṣṇunā
Then the Self of all, having descended and entered the body of the discus-bearer, becoming one with Viṣṇu, spoke of (i.e. entered upon) the Vaiṣṇava sleep.
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KuP 1 10.10
सहस्त्रशीर्षनयनः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यो ऽसौ सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
sahastraśīrṣanayanaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ / brahmā nārāyaṇākhyo 'sau suṣvāpa salile tadā
Thousand-headed and thousand-eyed, bearing conch, discus and mace, that Brahmā, named Nārāyaṇa, then slept upon the waters.
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KuP 1 10.11
सो ऽनुभूय चिरं कालमानन्दं परमात्मनः । अनाद्यनन्तमद्वैतं स्वात्मानं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम्
so 'nubhūya ciraṃ kālamānandaṃ paramātmanaḥ / anādyanantamadvaitaṃ svātmānaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam
He, having experienced for a long time the bliss of the supreme Self, his own Self, beginningless, endless, without a second, designated as Brahman —
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KuP 1 10.12
ततः प्रभाते योगात्मा भूत्वा देवश्चतुर्मुखः । ससर्ज सृष्टिं तद्रूपां वैष्णवं भावमाश्रितः
tataḥ prabhāte yogātmā bhūtvā devaścaturmukhaḥ / sasarja sṛṣṭiṃ tadrūpāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ bhāvamāśritaḥ
then at daybreak the god, becoming four-faced and of yogic nature, resorting to the Vaiṣṇava disposition, sent forth a creation of that (same) form.
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KuP 1 10.13
पुरस्तादसृजद् देवः सनन्दं सनकं तथा । ऋभुं सनत्कुमारं च पुर्वजं तं सनातनम्
purastādasṛjad devaḥ sanandaṃ sanakaṃ tathā / ṛbhuṃ sanatkumāraṃ ca purvajaṃ taṃ sanātanam
First the god created Sananda and Sanaka, and Ṛbhu and Sanatkumāra, and that first-born Sanātana.
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KuP 1 10.14
ते द्वन्द्वमोहनिर्मुक्ताः परं वैराग्यमास्थिताः । विदित्वा परमं भावं न सृष्टौ दधिरे मतिम्
te dvandvamohanirmuktāḥ paraṃ vairāgyamāsthitāḥ / viditvā paramaṃ bhāvaṃ na sṛṣṭau dadhire matim
They, freed from the delusion of the pairs (of opposites), established in the highest dispassion, having known the supreme state, did not set their minds on creation.
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KuP 1 10.15
तेष्वेवं निरपेक्षेषु लोकसृष्टौ पितामहः । बभूव नष्टचेता वै मायया परमेष्ठिनः
teṣvevaṃ nirapekṣeṣu lokasṛṣṭau pitāmahaḥ / babhūva naṣṭacetā vai māyayā parameṣṭhinaḥ
While they were thus indifferent to the creation of the worlds, the Grandfather became bereft of understanding through the illusive power of the Supreme One.
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KuP 1 10.16
ततः पुराणपुरुषो जगन्मूर्तिर्जनार्दनः । व्याजहारात्मनः पुत्रं मोहनाशाय पद्मजम्
tataḥ purāṇapuruṣo jaganmūrtirjanārdanaḥ / vyājahārātmanaḥ putraṃ mohanāśāya padmajam
Then the ancient Person, Janārdana, whose form is the world, spoke to his own son, the lotus-born, in order to destroy his delusion.
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KuP 1 10.17
विष्णुरुवाच कच्चिन्न विस्मृतो देवः शूलपाणिः सनातनः । यदुक्तवानात्मनो ऽसौ पुत्रत्वे तव शङ्करः
viṣṇuruvāca kaccinna vismṛto devaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ sanātanaḥ / yaduktavānātmano 'sau putratve tava śaṅkaraḥ
Viṣṇu said: Surely you have not forgotten the eternal god who holds the trident — what that Śaṅkara said about his own becoming your son?
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KuP 1 10.18
अवाप्य संज्ञां गोविन्दात् पद्मयोनिः पितामहः । प्रजाः स्त्रष्टुमनास्तेपे तपः परमदुश्चरम्
avāpya saṃjñāṃ govindāt padmayoniḥ pitāmahaḥ / prajāḥ straṣṭumanāstepe tapaḥ paramaduścaram
Having regained awareness from Govinda, the lotus-born Grandfather, intent on creating offspring, practised exceedingly hard austerity.
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KuP 1 10.19
तस्यैवं तप्यमानस्य न किञ्चित् समवर्तत । ततो दीर्घेण कालेन दुः खात् क्रोधो ऽभ्यजायत
tasyaivaṃ tapyamānasya na kiñcit samavartata / tato dīrgheṇa kālena duḥ khāt krodho 'bhyajāyata
While he was thus performing austerity, nothing came about; then after a long time anger arose from his distress.
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KuP 1 10.20
क्रोधाविष्टस्य नेत्राभ्यां प्रापतन्नश्रुबिन्दवः । ततस्तेभ्यो ऽश्रुबिन्दुभ्यो भूताः प्रेतास्तथाभवन्
krodhāviṣṭasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatannaśrubindavaḥ / tatastebhyo 'śrubindubhyo bhūtāḥ pretāstathābhavan
From the eyes of him who was possessed by anger, drops of tears fell; and then from those teardrops there came into being the Bhūtas and the Pretas.
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KuP 1 10.21
सर्वांस्तानश्रुजान् दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मात्मानमनिन्दन । जहौ प्राणांश्च भगवान् क्रोधाविष्टः प्रजापतिः
sarvāṃstānaśrujān dṛṣṭvā brahmātmānamanindana / jahau prāṇāṃśca bhagavān krodhāviṣṭaḥ prajāpatiḥ
Seeing all those born from his tears, Brahmā reproached himself; and the Lord, the Lord of creatures, possessed by anger, gave up his breaths.
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KuP 1 10.22
तदा प्राणमयो रुद्रः प्रादुरसीत् प्रभीर्मुखात् । सहस्त्रादित्यसंकाशो युगान्तदहनोपमः
tadā prāṇamayo rudraḥ prādurasīt prabhīrmukhāt / sahastrādityasaṃkāśo yugāntadahanopamaḥ
Then Rudra, made of breath, appeared from (his) mouth—resplendent, like a thousand suns, resembling the fire at the end of an age.
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KuP 1 10.23
रुरोद सुस्वरं घोरं देवदेवः स्वयं शिवः । रोदमानं ततो ब्रह्मा मा रोदीरित्यभाषत । रोदनाद् रुद्र इत्येवं लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि
ruroda susvaraṃ ghoraṃ devadevaḥ svayaṃ śivaḥ / rodamānaṃ tato brahmā mā rodīrityabhāṣata / rodanād rudra ityevaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi
The god of gods, Śiva himself, wept loudly and terribly; then Brahmā said to him as he wept, "Do not weep! Because of this weeping (rodana) you will become known in the world as Rudra."
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KuP 1 10.24
अन्यानि सप्त नामानि पत्नीः पुत्रांश्चशाश्वतान् । स्थानानि चैषामष्टानां ददौ लोकपितामहः
anyāni sapta nāmāni patnīḥ putrāṃścaśāśvatān / sthānāni caiṣāmaṣṭānāṃ dadau lokapitāmahaḥ
And the grandfather of the world gave (him) seven other names, wives, everlasting sons, and stations for these eight.
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KuP 1 10.25
भवः शर्वस्तथेशानः पशूनां पतिरेव च । भीमश्चोग्रो महादेवस्तानि नामानि सप्त वै
bhavaḥ śarvastatheśānaḥ paśūnāṃ patireva ca / bhīmaścogro mahādevastāni nāmāni sapta vai
Bhava, Śarva, and Īśāna, and the Lord of Cattle, and Bhīma, Ugra, Mahādeva—these indeed are the seven names.
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KuP 1 10.26
सूर्यो जलं मही वह्निर्वायुराकाशमेव च । दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणश्चन्द्र इत्येता अष्टमूर्तयः
sūryo jalaṃ mahī vahnirvāyurākāśameva ca / dīkṣito brāhmaṇaścandra ityetā aṣṭamūrtayaḥ
The sun, water, the earth, fire, wind, and space, the consecrated brahmin, and the moon—these are the eight forms.
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KuP 1 10.27
स्थानेष्वेतेषु ये रुद्रं ध्यायन्ति प्रणमन्ति च । तेषामष्टतनुर्देवो ददाति परमं पदम्
sthāneṣveteṣu ye rudraṃ dhyāyanti praṇamanti ca / teṣāmaṣṭatanurdevo dadāti paramaṃ padam
Those who meditate on Rudra in these stations and bow down (to him)—to them the god of eight bodies grants the highest state.
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KuP 1 10.28
सुवर्चला तथैवोमा विकेशी च तथा शिवा । स्वाहा दिशश्च दीक्षा च रोहिणी चेति पत्नयः
suvarcalā tathaivomā vikeśī ca tathā śivā / svāhā diśaśca dīkṣā ca rohiṇī ceti patnayaḥ
Suvarcalā, and likewise Umā, Vikeśī, and also Śivā, Svāhā, Diś, Dīkṣā, and Rohiṇī—these are the wives.
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KuP 1 10.29
शनैश्चरस्तथा शुक्रो लोहिताङ्गो मनोजवः । स्कन्दः सर्गो ऽथ सन्तानो बुधश्चैषां सुताः स्मृताः
śanaiścarastathā śukro lohitāṅgo manojavaḥ / skandaḥ sargo 'tha santāno budhaścaiṣāṃ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ
Śanaiścara, and Śukra, Lohitāṅga, Manojava, Skanda, Sarga, then Santāna, and Budha—these are said to be their sons.
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KuP 1 10.30
एवंप्रकारो भगवान् देवदेवो महेश्वरः । प्रजाधर्मं च काम च त्यक्त्वा वैराग्यमाश्रितः
evaṃprakāro bhagavān devadevo maheśvaraḥ / prajādharmaṃ ca kāma ca tyaktvā vairāgyamāśritaḥ
Of such a kind is the Lord, the god of gods, Maheśvara, who, abandoning both the duty of offspring and desire, took recourse to dispassion.
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KuP 1 10.31
आत्मन्याध्य चात्मानमैश्वरं भावमास्थितः । पीत्वा तदक्षरं ब्रह्म शाश्वतं परमामृतम्
ātmanyādhya cātmānamaiśvaraṃ bhāvamāsthitaḥ / pītvā tadakṣaraṃ brahma śāśvataṃ paramāmṛtam
And placing the self in the Self, he abode in the state of lordship, having drunk that imperishable Brahman, the eternal supreme nectar.
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KuP 1 10.32
प्रजाः सृजेति चादिष्टो ब्रह्मणा नीललोहितः । स्वात्मना सदृशान् रुद्रान् ससर्ज मनसा शिवः
prajāḥ sṛjeti cādiṣṭo brahmaṇā nīlalohitaḥ / svātmanā sadṛśān rudrān sasarja manasā śivaḥ
Commanded by Brahmā, "Create offspring," the blue-red one, Śiva, created by mind Rudras like unto his own self.
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KuP 1 10.33
कपर्दिनो निरातङ्कान् नीलकण्ठान् पिनाकिनः । त्रिशूलहस्तानृष्टिघ्नान् महानन्दांस्त्रिलोचनान्
kapardino nirātaṅkān nīlakaṇṭhān pinākinaḥ / triśūlahastānṛṣṭighnān mahānandāṃstrilocanān
(He created them) wearing matted locks, free of fear, blue-throated, bearing the Pināka bow, with tridents in their hands, slayers with the spear, of great bliss, three-eyed,
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KuP 1 10.34
जरामरणनिर्मुक्तान् महावृषभवाहनान् । वीतरागांश्च सर्वज्ञान् कोटिकोटिशतान् प्रभुः
jarāmaraṇanirmuktān mahāvṛṣabhavāhanān / vītarāgāṃśca sarvajñān koṭikoṭiśatān prabhuḥ
free from old age and death, riding on great bulls, free of passion, all-knowing—the Lord (created) them in hundreds of tens of millions of tens of millions.
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KuP 1 10.35
तान् दृष्ट्वा विविधान् रुद्रान निर्मलान् नीललोहितान् । जरामरणनिर्मुक्तान् व्याजहरा हरं गुरुः
tān dṛṣṭvā vividhān rudrāna nirmalān nīlalohitān / jarāmaraṇanirmuktān vyājaharā haraṃ guruḥ
Seeing those manifold Rudras, spotless, blue-red, free from old age and death, the teacher (Brahmā) spoke to Hara:
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KuP 1 10.36
मा स्त्राक्षीरीदृशीर्देव प्रजा मृत्युविवर्जिताः । अन्याः सृजस्व भूतेश जन्ममृत्युसमन्विताः
mā strākṣīrīdṛśīrdeva prajā mṛtyuvivarjitāḥ / anyāḥ sṛjasva bhūteśa janmamṛtyusamanvitāḥ
"Do not create such offspring, O god, devoid of death; create others, O lord of beings, endowed with birth and death."
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KuP 1 10.37
ततस्तमाह भगवान् कपर्दे कामशासनः । नास्ति मे तादृशः सर्गः सृज त्वमशुभाः प्रजाः
tatastamāha bhagavān kaparde kāmaśāsanaḥ / nāsti me tādṛśaḥ sargaḥ sṛja tvamaśubhāḥ prajāḥ
Then the Lord with matted hair, the chastiser of Kāma, said to him: "I have no creation of that sort; you yourself create the inauspicious offspring."
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KuP 1 10.38
ततः प्रभृति देवो ऽसौ न प्रसूते ऽशुभाः प्रजाः । स्वात्मजैरेव तै रुद्रैर्निवृत्तात्मा ह्यतिष्ठत । स्थाणुत्वं तेन तस्यासीद् देवदेवस्य शूलिनः
tataḥ prabhṛti devo 'sau na prasūte 'śubhāḥ prajāḥ / svātmajaireva tai rudrairnivṛttātmā hyatiṣṭhata / sthāṇutvaṃ tena tasyāsīd devadevasya śūlinaḥ
From that time on that god does not beget inauspicious offspring; he remained with those Rudras, his own sons, his self turned away (from activity); therefore that god of gods, the trident-bearer, had the state of being Sthāṇu (the motionless pillar).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.39
ज्ञानं वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं तपः सत्यं क्षमा धृतिः । स्त्रष्टृत्वमात्मसंबोधो ह्यधिष्ठातृत्वमेव च
jñānaṃ vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ / straṣṭṛtvamātmasaṃbodho hyadhiṣṭhātṛtvameva ca
Knowledge, dispassion, lordship, austerity, truth, patience, firmness, creatorship, self-awakening, and indeed the state of being the presiding one—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.40
अव्ययानि दशैतानि नित्यं तिष्ठन्ति शङ्करे । स एव शङ्करः साक्षात् पिनाकी परमेश्वरः
avyayāni daśaitāni nityaṃ tiṣṭhanti śaṅkare / sa eva śaṅkaraḥ sākṣāt pinākī parameśvaraḥ
These ten imperishable (qualities) abide forever in Śaṅkara; he indeed is Śaṅkara himself, the bearer of the Pināka bow, the supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.41
ततः स भगवान् ब्रह्मा वीक्ष्य देवं त्रिलोचनम् । सहैव मानसैः पुत्रैः प्रीतिविस्फारिलोचनः
tataḥ sa bhagavān brahmā vīkṣya devaṃ trilocanam / sahaiva mānasaiḥ putraiḥ prītivisphārilocanaḥ
Then that lord Brahmā, beholding the three-eyed god together with his mind-born sons, his eyes widened with delight,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.42
ज्ञात्वा परतरं भावमैश्वरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । तुष्टाव जगतामेकं कृत्वा शिरसि चाञ्जलिम्
jñātvā parataraṃ bhāvamaiśvaraṃ jñānacakṣuṣā / tuṣṭāva jagatāmekaṃ kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim
having known with the eye of knowledge the supreme state belonging to the Lord, praised the one (Lord) of the worlds, having placed his joined palms upon his head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.43
ब्रह्मोवाच नमस्ते ऽस्तु महादेव नमस्ते परमेश्वर । नमः शिवाय देवाय नमस्ते ब्रह्मरूपिणे
brahmovāca namaste 'stu mahādeva namaste parameśvara / namaḥ śivāya devāya namaste brahmarūpiṇe
Brahmā said: Homage be to you, Mahādeva; homage to you, supreme Lord; homage to Śiva, the god; homage to you whose form is brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.44
नमो ऽस्तु ते महेशाय नमः शान्ताय हेतवे । प्रधानपुरुषेशाय योगाधिपतये नमः
namo 'stu te maheśāya namaḥ śāntāya hetave / pradhānapuruṣeśāya yogādhipataye namaḥ
Homage be to you, the great Lord; homage to the tranquil one, the (first) cause; homage to the lord of the pradhāna and the puruṣa, to the sovereign of yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.45
नमः कालाय रुद्राय महाग्रासाय शूलिने । नमः पिनाकहस्ताय त्रिनेत्राय नमो नमः
namaḥ kālāya rudrāya mahāgrāsāya śūline / namaḥ pinākahastāya trinetrāya namo namaḥ
Homage to Kāla, to Rudra, to the great devourer, to the trident-bearer; homage to him whose hand holds the Pināka, homage and homage to the three-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.46
नमस्त्रिमूर्तये तुभ्यं ब्रह्मणो जनकाय ते । ब्रह्मविद्याधिपतये ब्रह्मविद्याप्रदायिने
namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ brahmaṇo janakāya te / brahmavidyādhipataye brahmavidyāpradāyine
Homage to you of the three forms, to you the begetter of Brahmā, to the lord of the knowledge of brahman, to the giver of the knowledge of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.47
नमो वेदरहस्याय कालकालाय ते नमः । वेदान्तसारसाराय नमो वेदात्ममूर्तये
namo vedarahasyāya kālakālāya te namaḥ / vedāntasārasārāya namo vedātmamūrtaye
Homage to the secret of the Vedas, homage to you, the death of Death; homage to the essence of the essence of the Vedānta, homage to him whose form is the self of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.48
नमो बुद्धाय शुद्धाय योगिनां गुरवे नमः । प्रहीणशोकैर्विविधैर्भूतैः वरिवृताय ते
namo buddhāya śuddhāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ / prahīṇaśokairvividhairbhūtaiḥ varivṛtāya te
Homage to the awakened one, the pure one, homage to the teacher of the yogins; (homage) to you who are attended by manifold beings whose sorrows have departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.49
नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय ब्रह्माधिपतये नमः । त्रियम्बकाय देवाय नमस्ते परमेष्ठिने
namo brahmaṇyadevāya brahmādhipataye namaḥ / triyambakāya devāya namaste parameṣṭhine
Homage to the god favourable to brahman(s), homage to the lord of brahman; homage to you, Tryambaka, the god, the highest-placed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.50
नमो दिग्वाससे तुभ्यं नमो मुण्डाया दण्डिने । अनादिमलहीनाय ज्ञानगम्याय ते नमः
namo digvāsase tubhyaṃ namo muṇḍāyā daṇḍine / anādimalahīnāya jñānagamyāya te namaḥ
Homage to you who are clothed in the (four) quarters, homage to the shaven-headed one bearing a staff; homage to you who are beginningless, free of impurity, to be reached by knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.51
नमस्ताराय तीर्थाय नमो योगर्धिहेतवे । नमो धर्माधिगम्याय योगगम्याय ते नमः
namastārāya tīrthāya namo yogardhihetave / namo dharmādhigamyāya yogagamyāya te namaḥ
Homage to the deliverer, to the ford (of crossing), homage to the source of the powers of yoga; homage to you who are attained through dharma, who are attained through yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.52
नमस्ते निष्प्रपञ्चाय निराभासाय ते नमः । ब्रह्मणे विश्वरूपाय नमस्ते परमात्मने
namaste niṣprapañcāya nirābhāsāya te namaḥ / brahmaṇe viśvarūpāya namaste paramātmane
Homage to you who are without manifoldness, homage to you who are without appearance; homage to brahman, whose form is the universe, to you the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.53
त्वयैव सृष्टमखिलं त्वय्येव सकलं स्थितम् । त्वया संह्रियते विश्वं प्रधानाद्यं जगन्मय
tvayaiva sṛṣṭamakhilaṃ tvayyeva sakalaṃ sthitam / tvayā saṃhriyate viśvaṃ pradhānādyaṃ jaganmaya
By you alone is all this created, in you alone does everything abide, by you the universe beginning with the pradhāna is withdrawn, O you who are the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.54
त्वमीश्वरो महादेवः परं ब्रह्म महेश्वरः । परमेष्ठी शिवः शान्तः पुरुषो निष्कलो हरः
tvamīśvaro mahādevaḥ paraṃ brahma maheśvaraḥ / parameṣṭhī śivaḥ śāntaḥ puruṣo niṣkalo haraḥ
You are the Lord, Mahādeva, the supreme brahman, Maheśvara, the highest-placed, Śiva, the tranquil, the Puruṣa, the partless, Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.55
त्वमक्षरं परं ज्योतिस्त्वं कालः परमेश्वरः । त्वमेव पुरुषो ऽनन्तः प्रधानं प्रकृतिस्तथा
tvamakṣaraṃ paraṃ jyotistvaṃ kālaḥ parameśvaraḥ / tvameva puruṣo 'nantaḥ pradhānaṃ prakṛtistathā
You are the imperishable, the supreme light; you are Time, the supreme Lord; you alone are the endless Puruṣa, and the pradhāna and prakṛti as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.56
भूमिरापो ऽनलो वायुर्व्योमाहङ्कार एव च । यस्य रूपं नमस्यामि भवन्तं ब्रह्मसंज्ञितम्
bhūmirāpo 'nalo vāyurvyomāhaṅkāra eva ca / yasya rūpaṃ namasyāmi bhavantaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam
Earth, water, fire, wind, sky and the I-principle — whose form these are: to you, named brahman, I pay homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.57
यस्य द्यौरभवन्मूर्धा पादौ पृथ्वी दिशो भुजाः । आकाशमुदरं तस्मै विराजे प्रणमाम्यहम्
yasya dyaurabhavanmūrdhā pādau pṛthvī diśo bhujāḥ / ākāśamudaraṃ tasmai virāje praṇamāmyaham
He whose head became the sky, whose feet the earth, whose arms the directions, whose belly the atmosphere — to that Virāj I bow down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.58
संतापयति यो विश्वं स्वभाभिर्भासयन् दिशः । ब्रह्मतेजोमयं नित्यं तस्मै सूर्यात्मने नमः
saṃtāpayati yo viśvaṃ svabhābhirbhāsayan diśaḥ / brahmatejomayaṃ nityaṃ tasmai sūryātmane namaḥ
He who heats the universe, illuminating the quarters with his own rays, ever made of the radiance of brahman — homage to him, whose self is the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.59
हव्यं वहति यो नित्यं रौद्री तेजोमयो तनुः । कव्यं पितृगणानां च तस्मै वह्न्यात्मने नमः
havyaṃ vahati yo nityaṃ raudrī tejomayo tanuḥ / kavyaṃ pitṛgaṇānāṃ ca tasmai vahnyātmane namaḥ
He who ever carries the oblation, whose body is made of Rudra's fiery radiance, and the offering to the hosts of the fathers — homage to him, whose self is fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.60
आप्यायति यो नित्यं स्वधाम्ना सकलं जगत् । पीयते देवतासङ्घैस्तस्मै सोमात्मने नमः
āpyāyati yo nityaṃ svadhāmnā sakalaṃ jagat / pīyate devatāsaṅghaistasmai somātmane namaḥ
Homage to him whose self is the moon, who ever swells this whole world with his own radiance, and who is drunk by the hosts of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.61
विभर्त्यशेषभूतानि यो ऽन्तश्चरति सर्वदा । शक्तिर्माहेश्चरी तुभ्यं तस्मै वाय्वात्मने नमः
vibhartyaśeṣabhūtāni yo 'ntaścarati sarvadā / śaktirmāheścarī tubhyaṃ tasmai vāyvātmane namaḥ
He bears all beings without exception and moves always within (them); yours is the power of Maheśvara — homage to him whose self is the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.62
सृजत्यशेषमेवेदं यः स्वकर्मानुरूपतः । स्वात्मन्यवस्थितस्तस्मै चतुर्वक्त्रात्मने नमः
sṛjatyaśeṣamevedaṃ yaḥ svakarmānurūpataḥ / svātmanyavasthitastasmai caturvaktrātmane namaḥ
Homage to him whose self is the four-faced one, who, abiding in his own self, creates all this in accordance with (beings') own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.63
यः शेषशयने शेते विश्वमावृत्य मायया । स्वात्मानुभूतियोगेन तस्मै विश्वात्मने नमः
yaḥ śeṣaśayane śete viśvamāvṛtya māyayā / svātmānubhūtiyogena tasmai viśvātmane namaḥ
Homage to him whose self is the universe, who lies on the couch of Śeṣa, having enveloped the world by his māyā, through the practice of the experience of his own self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.64
विभर्ति शिरसा नित्यं द्विसप्तभुवनात्मकम् । ब्रह्माण्डं यो ऽखिलाधारस्तस्मै शेषात्मने नमः
vibharti śirasā nityaṃ dvisaptabhuvanātmakam / brahmāṇḍaṃ yo 'khilādhārastasmai śeṣātmane namaḥ
Homage to him whose self is Śeṣa, who is the support of all, and who ever bears upon his head the egg of Brahmā, consisting of the fourteen worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.65
यः परान्ते परानन्दं पीत्वा दिव्यैकसाक्षिकम् । नृत्यत्यनन्तमहिमा तस्मै रुद्रात्मने नमः
yaḥ parānte parānandaṃ pītvā divyaikasākṣikam / nṛtyatyanantamahimā tasmai rudrātmane namaḥ
Homage to him whose self is Rudra, whose greatness is endless, who at the end of all, having drunk the supreme bliss whose sole witness is divine, dances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.66
यो ऽन्तरा सर्वभूतानां नियन्ता तिष्ठतीश्वरः । तं सर्वसाक्षिणं देवं नमस्ये भवतस्तनुम्
yo 'ntarā sarvabhūtānāṃ niyantā tiṣṭhatīśvaraḥ / taṃ sarvasākṣiṇaṃ devaṃ namasye bhavatastanum
The Lord who stands within all beings as their controller — that god, the witness of all, your own body, I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.67
यं विनिन्द्रा जितश्वासाः संतुष्टाः समदर्शिनः । ज्योतिः पश्यन्ति युञ्जानास्तस्मै योगात्मने नमः
yaṃ vinindrā jitaśvāsāḥ saṃtuṣṭāḥ samadarśinaḥ / jyotiḥ paśyanti yuñjānāstasmai yogātmane namaḥ
Homage to him whose self is yoga, whom those who are sleepless, who have conquered the breath, who are content and see all alike, behold as light when they practise (yoga).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.68
यया संतरते मायां योगी संक्षीणकल्मषः । अपारतरपर्यन्तां तस्मै विद्यात्मने नमः
yayā saṃtarate māyāṃ yogī saṃkṣīṇakalmaṣaḥ / apārataraparyantāṃ tasmai vidyātmane namaḥ
Homage to him whose self is knowledge, by which the yogin, his taint worn away, crosses over māyā, whose farther limit is beyond all crossing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.69
यस्य भासा विभातीदमद्वयं तमसः परम् । प्रपद्ये तत् परं तत्त्वं तद्रूपं परमेश्वरम्
yasya bhāsā vibhātīdamadvayaṃ tamasaḥ param / prapadye tat paraṃ tattvaṃ tadrūpaṃ parameśvaram
By whose light this shines forth — that which is without a second, beyond darkness: I take refuge in that supreme reality, in that form, the supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.70
नित्यानन्दं निराधारं निष्कलं परमं शिवम् । प्रपद्ये परमात्मानं भवन्तं परमेश्वरम्
nityānandaṃ nirādhāraṃ niṣkalaṃ paramaṃ śivam / prapadye paramātmānaṃ bhavantaṃ parameśvaram
I take refuge in you, the supreme Self, the supreme Lord: eternal bliss, without support, without parts, the highest, Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.71
एवं स्तुत्वा महादेवं ब्रह्मा तद्भावभावितः । प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतस्तस्थौ गृणन् ब्रह्म सनातनम्
evaṃ stutvā mahādevaṃ brahmā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ / prāñjaliḥ praṇatastasthau gṛṇan brahma sanātanam
Having thus praised Mahādeva, Brahmā, pervaded by (devotion to) his being, stood with palms joined and bowed, reciting the eternal brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.72
ततस्तस्मै महादेवो दिव्यं योगमनुत्तमम् । ऐश्वर्यं ब्रह्मसद्भावं वैराग्यं च ददौ हरः
tatastasmai mahādevo divyaṃ yogamanuttamam / aiśvaryaṃ brahmasadbhāvaṃ vairāgyaṃ ca dadau haraḥ
Then Mahādeva, Hara, gave him divine, unsurpassed yoga, lordship, the true being of brahman, and dispassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.73
कराभ्यां सुशुभाभ्यां च संस्पृश्य प्रणतार्तिहा । व्याजहरा स्वयं देवः सो ऽनुगृह्य पितामहम्
karābhyāṃ suśubhābhyāṃ ca saṃspṛśya praṇatārtihā / vyājaharā svayaṃ devaḥ so 'nugṛhya pitāmaham
And the god himself, remover of the suffering of those who bow, having touched (him) with his two most auspicious hands, favoured the Grandfather and spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.74
यत्त्वयाभ्यर्थितं ब्रह्मन् पुत्रत्वे भवतो मम । कृतं मया तत् सकलं सृजस्व विविधं जगत्
yattvayābhyarthitaṃ brahman putratve bhavato mama / kṛtaṃ mayā tat sakalaṃ sṛjasva vividhaṃ jagat
What you requested of me, O brahman, that I should be your son — all that has been done by me; now create the manifold world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.75
त्रिधा भिन्नो ऽस्म्यहं ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मविष्णुहराख्यया । सर्गरक्षालयगुणैर्निष्कलः परमेश्वरः
tridhā bhinno 'smyahaṃ brahman brahmaviṣṇuharākhyayā / sargarakṣālayaguṇairniṣkalaḥ parameśvaraḥ
I am divided threefold, O brahman, under the names Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Hara, by the qualities of creation, preservation, and dissolution — (though) the supreme Lord is without parts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.76
स त्वं ममाग्रजः पुत्रः सृष्टिहेतोर्विनिर्मितः । ममैव दक्षिणादङ्गाद् वामाङ्गात् पुरुषोत्तमः
sa tvaṃ mamāgrajaḥ putraḥ sṛṣṭihetorvinirmitaḥ / mamaiva dakṣiṇādaṅgād vāmāṅgāt puruṣottamaḥ
You are that eldest son of mine, fashioned for the sake of creation, from my own right side; from the left side (came) Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.77
तस्य देवादिदेवस्य शंभोर्हृदयदेशतः । संबभूवाथ रुद्रो ऽसावहं तस्यापरा तनुः
tasya devādidevasya śaṃbhorhṛdayadeśataḥ / saṃbabhūvātha rudro 'sāvahaṃ tasyāparā tanuḥ
Then from the region of the heart of that Śambhu, the god of gods, this Rudra came into being — I am another body of his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.78
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवा ब्रह्मन् सर्गस्थित्यन्तहेतवः । विभज्यात्मानमेको ऽपि स्वेच्छया शङ्करः स्थितः
brahmaviṣṇuśivā brahman sargasthityantahetavaḥ / vibhajyātmānameko 'pi svecchayā śaṅkaraḥ sthitaḥ
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, O brahman, are the causes of creation, continuance, and end; though one, Śaṅkara abides thus, having divided himself by his own will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.79
तथान्यानि च रूपाणि मम मायाकृतानि तु । निरूपः केवलः स्वच्छो महादेवः स्वभावतः
tathānyāni ca rūpāṇi mama māyākṛtāni tu / nirūpaḥ kevalaḥ svaccho mahādevaḥ svabhāvataḥ
And likewise my other forms are made by māyā; by his own nature Mahādeva is formless, alone, and pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.80
एभ्यः परतरो देवस्त्रिमूर्तिः परमा तनुः । माहेश्वरी त्रिनयना योगिनां शान्तिदा सदा
ebhyaḥ parataro devastrimūrtiḥ paramā tanuḥ / māheśvarī trinayanā yogināṃ śāntidā sadā
Higher than these is the god of three forms, the supreme body: Māheśvarī, three-eyed, ever the giver of peace to yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 10.81
तस्या एव परां मूर्ति मामवेहि पितामह । शाश्वतैश्वर्यविज्ञानतेजोयोगसमन्विताम्
tasyā eva parāṃ mūrti māmavehi pitāmaha / śāśvataiśvaryavijñānatejoyogasamanvitām
Know me, O grandfather, as the supreme form of her very self, endowed with eternal sovereignty, knowledge, splendour and yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.82
सो ऽहं ग्रसामि सकलमधिष्ठाय तमोगुणम् । कालो भूत्वा न तमसा मामन्यो ऽभिभविष्यति
so 'haṃ grasāmi sakalamadhiṣṭhāya tamoguṇam / kālo bhūtvā na tamasā māmanyo 'bhibhaviṣyati
It is I who, presiding over the quality of darkness, devour everything, having become Time; nor will any other overpower me through darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.83
यदा यदा हि मां नित्यं विचिन्तयसि पद्मज । तदा तदा मे सान्निध्यं भविष्यति तवानघ
yadā yadā hi māṃ nityaṃ vicintayasi padmaja / tadā tadā me sānnidhyaṃ bhaviṣyati tavānagha
Whenever, O lotus-born, you constantly meditate upon me, then and there my presence will be at hand for you, O sinless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.84
एतावदुक्त्वा ब्रह्माणं सो ऽभिवन्द्य गुरुं हरः । सहैव मानसैः पुत्रैः क्षणादन्तरधीयत
etāvaduktvā brahmāṇaṃ so 'bhivandya guruṃ haraḥ / sahaiva mānasaiḥ putraiḥ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata
Having said only this much to Brahmā, and having saluted (him as) teacher, Hara, together with his mind-born sons, vanished in an instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.85
सो ऽपि योगं समास्थाय ससर्ज विविधं जगत् । नारायणाख्यो भगवान् यथापूर्वं प्रिजापतिः
so 'pi yogaṃ samāsthāya sasarja vividhaṃ jagat / nārāyaṇākhyo bhagavān yathāpūrvaṃ prijāpatiḥ
And he too, the Lord called Nārāyaṇa, the lord of creatures, having established himself in yoga, created the manifold world as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.86
मरीचिभृग्वङ्गिरसं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् । दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च सो ऽसृजद् योगविद्यया
marīcibhṛgvaṅgirasaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum / dakṣamatriṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca so 'sṛjad yogavidyayā
By the science of yoga he created Marīci, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Dakṣa, Atri and Vasiṣṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.87
नव ब्रह्माण इत्येते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः । सर्वे ते ब्रह्मणा तुल्याः साधका ब्रह्मवादिनः
nava brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ / sarve te brahmaṇā tulyāḥ sādhakā brahmavādinaḥ
These are settled in the Purāṇa as the nine Brahmās; all of them are equal to Brahmā, accomplishers, expounders of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 10.88
संकल्पं चैव धर्मं च युगधर्मांश्च शाश्वतान् । स्थानाभिमानिनः सर्वान् यथा ते कथितं पुरा
saṃkalpaṃ caiva dharmaṃ ca yugadharmāṃśca śāśvatān / sthānābhimāninaḥ sarvān yathā te kathitaṃ purā
(He created) resolve, and dharma, and the eternal dharmas of the yugas, and all those who preside over (their) stations, as was told to you before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain