Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 27
KuP 1 27.1
ऋषय ऊचुः कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । एषां स्वभावं सूताद्य कथयस्व समासतः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti caturyugam / eṣāṃ svabhāvaṃ sūtādya kathayasva samāsataḥ
The seers said: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — these are the four ages; tell us in brief, O Sūta, the nature of these.
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KuP 1 27.2
सूत उवाच गते नारायणे कृष्णे स्वमेव परमं पदम् । पार्थः परमधर्मात्मा पाण्डवः शत्रुतापनः
sūta uvāca gate nārāyaṇe kṛṣṇe svameva paramaṃ padam / pārthaḥ paramadharmātmā pāṇḍavaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ
Sūta said: When Nārāyaṇa Kṛṣṇa had gone to his own supreme station, Pārtha the son of Pāṇḍu, whose nature was supremely righteous, the scorcher of foes —
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KuP 1 27.3
कृत्वा चेवोत्तरविधिं शोकेन महतावृतः । अपश्यत् पथि गच्छन्तं कृष्णद्वैपायनं मुनिम्
kṛtvā cevottaravidhiṃ śokena mahatāvṛtaḥ / apaśyat pathi gacchantaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ munim
— having performed the funeral rites, enveloped in great grief, saw the sage Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana walking on the road.
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KuP 1 27.4
शिष्यैः प्रशिष्यैरभितः संवृतं ब्रह्मवादिनम् । पपात दण्डवद् भूमौ त्यक्त्वा शोकं तदार्ऽजुनः
śiṣyaiḥ praśiṣyairabhitaḥ saṃvṛtaṃ brahmavādinam / papāta daṇḍavad bhūmau tyaktvā śokaṃ tadār'junaḥ
(Seeing) that speaker of Brahman surrounded on all sides by pupils and pupils' pupils, Arjuna then fell to the ground like a staff, abandoning his grief.
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KuP 1 27.5
उवाच परमप्रीतः कस्माद् देशान्महामुने । इदानीं गच्छसि क्षिप्रं कं वा देशं प्रति प्रभो
uvāca paramaprītaḥ kasmād deśānmahāmune / idānīṃ gacchasi kṣipraṃ kaṃ vā deśaṃ prati prabho
Greatly delighted, he said: “From which region, great sage, do you come so swiftly now, and toward which region (do you go), O lord?
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KuP 1 27.6
संदर्शनाद् वै भवतः शोको मे विपुलो गतः । इदानीं मम यत् कार्यं ब्रूहि पद्मदलेक्षण
saṃdarśanād vai bhavataḥ śoko me vipulo gataḥ / idānīṃ mama yat kāryaṃ brūhi padmadalekṣaṇa
By the sight of you my vast grief is gone. Now tell me what I must do, O lotus-petal-eyed one.”
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KuP 1 27.7
तमुवाच महायोगी कृष्णद्वैपायनः स्वयम् । उपविश्य नदीतिरे शिष्यैः परिवृतो मुनिः
tamuvāca mahāyogī kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ svayam / upaviśya nadītire śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto muniḥ
To him the great yogin Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana himself spoke, the sage seated on the river bank, surrounded by his disciples.
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KuP 1 27.8
इदं कलियुगं घोरं संप्राप्तं पाण्डुनन्दन । ततो गच्छामि देवस्य वाराणसीं महापुरीम्
idaṃ kaliyugaṃ ghoraṃ saṃprāptaṃ pāṇḍunandana / tato gacchāmi devasya vārāṇasīṃ mahāpurīm
"This terrible Kali age has arrived, O son of Pāṇḍu; therefore I am going to Vārāṇasī, the great city of the god."
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KuP 1 27.9
अस्मिन् कलियुगे घोरे लोकाः पापानुवर्तिनः । भविष्यन्ति महापापा वर्णाश्रमविवर्जिताः
asmin kaliyuge ghore lokāḥ pāpānuvartinaḥ / bhaviṣyanti mahāpāpā varṇāśramavivarjitāḥ
"In this terrible Kali age people will follow after sin; they will be great sinners, devoid of (the rules of) class and stage of life."
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KuP 1 27.10
नान्यत् पश्यामि जन्तूनांमुक्त्वा वाराणसीं पुरीम् । सर्वपापप्रशमनं प्रायश्चित्तं कलौ युगे
nānyat paśyāmi jantūnāṃmuktvā vārāṇasīṃ purīm / sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ prāyaścittaṃ kalau yuge
"I see no other expiation for creatures in the Kali age that quells all sins, apart from the city of Vārāṇasī."
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KuP 1 27.11
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च सर्वेष्वेतेषु वै नराः । भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो धार्मिकाः सत्यवादिनः
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca sarveṣveteṣu vai narāḥ / bhaviṣyanti mahātmāno dhārmikāḥ satyavādinaḥ
"(There were) Kṛta, Tretā and Dvāpara: in all of these men were great-souled, righteous, speakers of truth."
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KuP 1 27.12
त्वं हि लोकेषु विख्यातो धृतिमाञ् जनवत्सलः । पालयाद्य परं धर्मं स्वकीयं मुच्यसे भयात्
tvaṃ hi lokeṣu vikhyāto dhṛtimāñ janavatsalaḥ / pālayādya paraṃ dharmaṃ svakīyaṃ mucyase bhayāt
"You indeed are renowned in the worlds, steadfast and fond of your people; guard now the highest law, your own (duty): you will be freed from fear."
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KuP 1 27.13
एवमुक्तो भगवता पार्थः परपुरञ्जयः । पृष्टवान् प्रणिपत्यासौ युगधर्मान् द्विजोत्तमाः
evamukto bhagavatā pārthaḥ parapurañjayaḥ / pṛṣṭavān praṇipatyāsau yugadharmān dvijottamāḥ
Thus addressed by the Blessed One, Pārtha, conqueror of enemy cities, bowed down and asked about the duties of the (four) ages, O best of twice-born.
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KuP 1 27.14
तस्मै प्रोवाच सकलं मुनिः सत्यवतीसुतः । प्रणम्य देवमीशानं युगधर्मान् सनातनान्
tasmai provāca sakalaṃ muniḥ satyavatīsutaḥ / praṇamya devamīśānaṃ yugadharmān sanātanān
To him the sage, the son of Satyavatī, after bowing to the god Īśāna, declared in full the eternal duties of the ages.
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KuP 1 27.15
वक्ष्यामि ते समासेन युगधर्मान् नरेश्वर । न शक्यते मया पार्थ विस्तरेणाभिभाषितुम्
vakṣyāmi te samāsena yugadharmān nareśvara / na śakyate mayā pārtha vistareṇābhibhāṣitum
"I shall tell you the duties of the ages in brief, O lord of men; it is not possible for me, Pārtha, to speak of them at length."
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KuP 1 27.16
आद्यं कृतयुगं प्रोक्तं ततस्त्रेतायुगं बुधैः । तृतीयं द्वापरं पार्थ चतुर्थं कलिरुच्यते
ādyaṃ kṛtayugaṃ proktaṃ tatastretāyugaṃ budhaiḥ / tṛtīyaṃ dvāparaṃ pārtha caturthaṃ kalirucyate
"The first is called the Kṛta age, then the Tretā age by the wise, the third is the Dvāpara, Pārtha, and the fourth is called Kali."
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KuP 1 27.17
ध्यानं परं कृतयुगे त्रेतायां ज्ञानमुच्यते । द्वापरे यज्ञमेवाहुर्दानमेव कलौ युगे
dhyānaṃ paraṃ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ jñānamucyate / dvāpare yajñamevāhurdānameva kalau yuge
"In the Kṛta age meditation is highest, in the Tretā knowledge is said (to be so), in the Dvāpara they say sacrifice indeed, and in the Kali age giving alone."
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KuP 1 27.18
ब्रह्मा कृतयुगे देवस्त्रेतायां भगवान् रविः । द्वापरे दैवतं विष्णुः कलौ रुद्रो महेश्वरः
brahmā kṛtayuge devastretāyāṃ bhagavān raviḥ / dvāpare daivataṃ viṣṇuḥ kalau rudro maheśvaraḥ
"In the Kṛta age Brahmā is the god, in the Tretā the blessed Sun, in the Dvāpara the deity is Viṣṇu, in the Kali Rudra Maheśvara."
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KuP 1 27.19
ब्रह्मा विष्णुस्तथा सूर्यः सर्व एव कलिष्वपि । पूज्यते भगवान् रुद्रश्चतुर्ष्वपि पिनाकधृक्
brahmā viṣṇustathā sūryaḥ sarva eva kaliṣvapi / pūjyate bhagavān rudraścaturṣvapi pinākadhṛk
"Brahmā, Viṣṇu and likewise the Sun—all of them (are worshipped) even in the Kali ages; but the blessed Rudra, bearer of the Pināka, is worshipped in all four."
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KuP 1 27.20
आद्ये कृतयुगे धर्मश्चतुष्पादः सनातनः । त्रेतायुगे त्रिपादः स्याद् द्विपादो द्वापरे स्थितः । त्रिपादहीनस्तिष्ये तु सत्तामात्रेण तिष्ठति
ādye kṛtayuge dharmaścatuṣpādaḥ sanātanaḥ / tretāyuge tripādaḥ syād dvipādo dvāpare sthitaḥ / tripādahīnastiṣye tu sattāmātreṇa tiṣṭhati
"In the first, the Kṛta age, eternal Dharma has four feet; in the Tretā age it would have three feet; in the Dvāpara it stands on two; but in the Kali it lacks three feet and remains as mere existence."
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KuP 1 27.21
कृते तु मिथुनोत्पत्तिर्वृत्तिः साक्षाद् रसोल्लसा । प्रजास्तृप्ताः सदा सर्वाः सदानन्दाश्च भोगिनः
kṛte tu mithunotpattirvṛttiḥ sākṣād rasollasā / prajāstṛptāḥ sadā sarvāḥ sadānandāśca bhoginaḥ
"In the Kṛta, procreation is by couples, and sustenance is directly the welling up of sap; all creatures are always satisfied, ever joyful and enjoying."
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KuP 1 27.22
अधमोत्तमत्वं नास्त्यासां निर्विशेषाः पुरञ्जय । तुल्यमायुः सुखं रूपं तासां तस्मिन् कृते युगे
adhamottamatvaṃ nāstyāsāṃ nirviśeṣāḥ purañjaya / tulyamāyuḥ sukhaṃ rūpaṃ tāsāṃ tasmin kṛte yuge
"There is no low or high among them; they are without distinctions, O conqueror of cities; their lifespan, happiness and form are alike in that Kṛta age."
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KuP 1 27.23
विशोकाः सत्त्वबहुला एकान्तबहुलास्तथा । ध्याननिष्ठास्तपोनिष्ठा महादेवपरायणाः
viśokāḥ sattvabahulā ekāntabahulāstathā / dhyānaniṣṭhāstaponiṣṭhā mahādevaparāyaṇāḥ
"(They are) free from grief, abounding in sattva, much given to solitude, fixed on meditation, fixed on austerity, devoted to Mahādeva."
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KuP 1 27.24
ता वै निष्कामचारिण्यो नित्यं मुदितमानसाः । पर्वतोदधिवासिन्यो ह्यनिकेतः परन्तप
tā vai niṣkāmacāriṇyo nityaṃ muditamānasāḥ / parvatodadhivāsinyo hyaniketaḥ parantapa
"They indeed move about free of desire, their minds always delighted, dwelling on mountains and by the ocean, without fixed abode, O scorcher of foes."
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KuP 1 27.25
रसोल्लासा कालयोगात् त्रेताख्ये नश्यते ततः । तस्यां सिद्धौ प्रणष्टायामन्या सिद्धिरवर्तत
rasollāsā kālayogāt tretākhye naśyate tataḥ / tasyāṃ siddhau praṇaṣṭāyāmanyā siddhiravartata
"Then, through the working of time, the welling up of sap perishes in (the age) called Tretā; and when that perfection had perished, another means came into operation."
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KuP 1 27.26
अपां सौक्ष्म्ये प्रतिहते तदा मेघात्मना तु वै । मेघेभ्यः स्तनयित्नुभ्यः प्रवृत्तं वृष्टिसर्जनम्
apāṃ saukṣmye pratihate tadā meghātmanā tu vai / meghebhyaḥ stanayitnubhyaḥ pravṛttaṃ vṛṣṭisarjanam
"When the subtle (state) of the waters was checked, then, in the form of clouds, the discharge of rain proceeded from the thundering clouds."
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KuP 1 27.27
सकृदेव तया वृष्ट्या संयुक्ते पृथिवीतले । प्रादुरासंस्तदा तासां वृक्षा वै गृहसंज्ञिताः
sakṛdeva tayā vṛṣṭyā saṃyukte pṛthivītale / prādurāsaṃstadā tāsāṃ vṛkṣā vai gṛhasaṃjñitāḥ
When the surface of the earth was joined with that rain just once, there appeared for them (those creatures) trees known as "houses."
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KuP 1 27.28
सर्वप्रत्युपयोगस्तु तासां तेभ्यः प्रजायते । वर्तयन्ति स्म तेभ्यस्तास्त्रेतायुगमुखे प्रजाः
sarvapratyupayogastu tāsāṃ tebhyaḥ prajāyate / vartayanti sma tebhyastāstretāyugamukhe prajāḥ
All their requisites came into being for them from those (trees); at the beginning of the Tretā age those creatures subsisted on them.
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KuP 1 27.29
ततः कालेन महता तासामेव विपर्यतात् । रागलोभात्मको भावस्तदा ह्याकस्मिको ऽभवत्
tataḥ kālena mahatā tāsāmeva viparyatāt / rāgalobhātmako bhāvastadā hyākasmiko 'bhavat
Then, after a long time, through a reversal in those very (creatures), a disposition consisting of passion and greed arose then, suddenly.
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KuP 1 27.30
विपर्ययेण तासां तु तेन तत्कालभाविना । प्रणश्यन्ति ततः सर्वे वृक्षास्ते गृहसंज्ञिताः
viparyayeṇa tāsāṃ tu tena tatkālabhāvinā / praṇaśyanti tataḥ sarve vṛkṣāste gṛhasaṃjñitāḥ
But by that reversal in them, which came about at that time, all those trees known as "houses" then perished.
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KuP 1 27.31
ततस्तेषु प्रनष्टेषु विभ्रान्ता मैथुनोद्भवाः । अभिध्यायन्ति तां सिद्धिं सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तदा
tatasteṣu pranaṣṭeṣu vibhrāntā maithunodbhavāḥ / abhidhyāyanti tāṃ siddhiṃ satyābhidhyāyinastadā
Then, when those had perished, those born of sexual union, bewildered, meditated upon that (former) attainment, being then meditators upon truth.
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KuP 1 27.32
प्रादुर्बभूवुस्तासां तु वृक्षास्ते गृहसंज्ञिताः । वस्त्राणि ते प्रसूयन्ते फलान्याभरणानि च
prādurbabhūvustāsāṃ tu vṛkṣāste gṛhasaṃjñitāḥ / vastrāṇi te prasūyante phalānyābharaṇāni ca
And those trees known as "houses" appeared for them; they produce garments, fruits, and ornaments.
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KuP 1 27.33
तेष्वेव जायते तासां गन्धवर्णरसान्वितम् । अमाक्षिकं महावीर्यं पुटके पुटके मधु
teṣveva jāyate tāsāṃ gandhavarṇarasānvitam / amākṣikaṃ mahāvīryaṃ puṭake puṭake madhu
In those very (trees) there is produced for them, endowed with fragrance, colour and flavour, honey not made by bees, of great potency, in cup after cup.
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KuP 1 27.34
तेन ता वर्तयन्ति स्म त्रेतायुगमुखे प्रिजाः । हृष्टपुष्टास्तया सिद्ध्या सर्वा वै विगतज्वराः
tena tā vartayanti sma tretāyugamukhe prijāḥ / hṛṣṭapuṣṭāstayā siddhyā sarvā vai vigatajvarāḥ
On that those creatures subsisted at the beginning of the Tretā age, all of them glad and well-nourished by that attainment, free of affliction.
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KuP 1 27.35
ततः कालान्तरेणैव पुनर्लोभावृतास्तदा । वृक्षांस्तान् पर्यगृह्णन्त मधु चामाक्षिकं बलात्
tataḥ kālāntareṇaiva punarlobhāvṛtāstadā / vṛkṣāṃstān paryagṛhṇanta madhu cāmākṣikaṃ balāt
Then, after a further interval of time, again enveloped by greed, they seized those trees and the bee-less honey by force.
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KuP 1 27.36
तासां तेनापचारेण पुनर्लोभकृतेन वै । प्रणष्टामधुना सार्धं कल्पवृक्षाः क्वचित् क्वचित्
tāsāṃ tenāpacāreṇa punarlobhakṛtena vai / praṇaṣṭāmadhunā sārdhaṃ kalpavṛkṣāḥ kvacit kvacit
By that transgression of theirs, done again out of greed, the wish-fulfilling trees perished here and there along with the honey.
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KuP 1 27.37
शीतवर्षातपैस्तीव्रै स्ततस्ता दुः खिता भृशम् । द्वन्द्वैः संपीड्यमानास्तु चक्रुरावरणानि च
śītavarṣātapaistīvrai statastā duḥ khitā bhṛśam / dvandvaiḥ saṃpīḍyamānāstu cakrurāvaraṇāni ca
Then, greatly pained by cold, rain and fierce heat, and oppressed by the pairs (of opposites), they made coverings (shelters).
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KuP 1 27.38
कृत्वा द्वन्द्वप्रतीघातान् वार्तोपायमचिन्तयन् । नष्टेषु मधुना सार्धं कल्पवृक्षेषु वै तदा
kṛtvā dvandvapratīghātān vārtopāyamacintayan / naṣṭeṣu madhunā sārdhaṃ kalpavṛkṣeṣu vai tadā
Having made defences against the pairs (of opposites), they thought out a means of livelihood, when the wish-fulfilling trees had perished along with the honey.
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KuP 1 27.39
ततः प्रादुर्बभौ तासां सिद्धिस्त्रेतायुगे पुनः । वार्तायाः साधिका ह्यन्या वृष्टिस्तासां निकामतः
tataḥ prādurbabhau tāsāṃ siddhistretāyuge punaḥ / vārtāyāḥ sādhikā hyanyā vṛṣṭistāsāṃ nikāmataḥ
Then in the Tretā age another attainment appeared for them again, one that accomplishes their livelihood: rain, at their wish.
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KuP 1 27.40
तासां वृष्ट्यूदकानीह यानि निम्नैर्गतानि तु । अवहन् वृष्टिसंतत्या स्त्रोतः स्थानानि निम्नगाः
tāsāṃ vṛṣṭyūdakānīha yāni nimnairgatāni tu / avahan vṛṣṭisaṃtatyā strotaḥ sthānāni nimnagāḥ
Those rain-waters of theirs which here went into the low places — the rivers, by the continuance of the rain, carried them off to the sites of their streams.
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KuP 1 27.41
ये पुनस्तदपां स्तोका आपन्नाः पृथिवीतले । अपां भूणेश्च संयोगादोषध्यस्तास्तदाभवन्
ye punastadapāṃ stokā āpannāḥ pṛthivītale / apāṃ bhūṇeśca saṃyogādoṣadhyastāstadābhavan
And those drops of water that fell upon the surface of the earth — from the union of the waters and the ground they then became plants.
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KuP 1 27.42
अफालकृष्टाश्चानुप्ता ग्राम्यारण्याश्चतुर्दश । ऋतुपुष्पफलैश्चैव वृक्षगुल्माश्च जज्ञिरे
aphālakṛṣṭāścānuptā grāmyāraṇyāścaturdaśa / ṛtupuṣpaphalaiścaiva vṛkṣagulmāśca jajñire
Fourteen (kinds), village and forest, unploughed and unsown; and trees and shrubs with flowers and fruits according to the seasons came into being.
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KuP 1 27.43
ततः प्रादुरभूत् तासां रागो लोभश्च सर्वशः । अवश्यं भाविनार्ऽथे न त्रेतायुगवशेन वै
tataḥ prādurabhūt tāsāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sarvaśaḥ / avaśyaṃ bhāvinār'the na tretāyugavaśena vai
Then passion and greed appeared in them in every way — inevitably, for what was destined to be, by the force of the Tretā age.
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KuP 1 27.44
ततस्ताः पर्यगृह्णन्त नदीक्षेत्राणि पर्वतान् । वृक्षगुल्मौषधीश्चैव प्रसह्य तु यथाबलम्
tatastāḥ paryagṛhṇanta nadīkṣetrāṇi parvatān / vṛkṣagulmauṣadhīścaiva prasahya tu yathābalam
Then they took possession of rivers, fields and mountains, and of trees, shrubs and plants, seizing them by force, each according to his strength.
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KuP 1 27.45
विपर्ययेण तासां ता ओषध्यो विविशुर्महीम् । पितामहनियोगेन दुदोह पृथिवीं पृथुः
viparyayeṇa tāsāṃ tā oṣadhyo viviśurmahīm / pitāmahaniyogena dudoha pṛthivīṃ pṛthuḥ
Because of that perversity of theirs, those plants entered into the earth; and by the command of the Grandfather, Pṛthu milked the earth.
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KuP 1 27.46
ततस्ता जगृहुः सर्वा अन्योन्यं क्रोधमूर्छिताः । वसुदारधनाद्यांस्तु बलात् कालबलेन तु
tatastā jagṛhuḥ sarvā anyonyaṃ krodhamūrchitāḥ / vasudāradhanādyāṃstu balāt kālabalena tu
Then they all, stupefied with anger, seized from one another wealth, wives, property and the rest by force — by the force of the age.
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KuP 1 27.47
मर्यादायाः प्रतिष्ठार्थं ज्ञात्वैतद् भगवानजः । ससर्ज क्षत्रियान् ब्रह्मा ब्राह्मणानां हिताय च
maryādāyāḥ pratiṣṭhārthaṃ jñātvaitad bhagavānajaḥ / sasarja kṣatriyān brahmā brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya ca
Knowing this, the unborn Lord Brahmā, for the establishing of the (proper) boundaries and for the welfare of the brahmins, created the kshatriyas.
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KuP 1 27.48
वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थां च त्रेतायां कृतवान् प्रभुः । यज्ञप्रवर्तनं चैव पशुहिंसाविवर्जितम्
varṇāśramavyavasthāṃ ca tretāyāṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ / yajñapravartanaṃ caiva paśuhiṃsāvivarjitam
And in the Tretā (age) the Lord instituted the ordering of the classes and stages of life, and the setting in motion of sacrifice, free of the killing of animals.
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KuP 1 27.49
द्वापरेष्वथ विद्यन्ते मतिभेदाः सदा नृणाम् । रागो लोभस्तथा युद्धं तत्त्वानामविनिश्चयः
dvāpareṣvatha vidyante matibhedāḥ sadā nṛṇām / rāgo lobhastathā yuddhaṃ tattvānāmaviniścayaḥ
Then in the Dvāpara (ages) there are always among men differences of opinion, passion, greed, and likewise war, and no settled conclusion about the truths.
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KuP 1 27.50
एको वेदश्चतुष्पादस्त्रेतास्विह विधीयते । वेदव्यासैश्चतुर्धा तु व्यस्यते द्वापरादिषु
eko vedaścatuṣpādastretāsviha vidhīyate / vedavyāsaiścaturdhā tu vyasyate dvāparādiṣu
Here in the Tretā ages the Veda is laid down as one, with four parts; but in the Dvāpara and following it is divided in four by the Veda-arrangers (Vyāsas).
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KuP 1 27.51
ऋषिपुत्रैः पुनर्भेदाद् भिद्यन्ते दृष्टिविभ्रमैः । मन्त्रब्राह्मणविन्यासैः स्वरवर्णविपर्ययैः
ṛṣiputraiḥ punarbhedād bhidyante dṛṣṭivibhramaiḥ / mantrabrāhmaṇavinyāsaiḥ svaravarṇaviparyayaiḥ
Again, through division by the sons of the seers they are split up by confusions of view, by (different) arrangements of mantra and brāhmaṇa, and by transpositions of accent and syllable.
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KuP 1 27.52
संहिता ऋग्यजुः साम्नां संहन्यन्ते श्रुतर्षिभिः । सामान्याद् वैकृताच्चैवदृष्टिभेदैः क्वचित् क्वचित्
saṃhitā ṛgyajuḥ sāmnāṃ saṃhanyante śrutarṣibhiḥ / sāmānyād vaikṛtāccaivadṛṣṭibhedaiḥ kvacit kvacit
The collections of the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman are put together by the seers versed in the śruti, from what is common and from what is modified, and here and there through differences of view.
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KuP 1 27.53
ब्राह्मणं कल्पसूत्राणि मन्त्रप्रवचनानि च । इतिहासपुराणानि धर्मशास्त्राणि सुव्रत
brāhmaṇaṃ kalpasūtrāṇi mantrapravacanāni ca / itihāsapurāṇāni dharmaśāstrāṇi suvrata
The Brāhmaṇa, the Kalpa-sūtras, the expositions of the mantras, the epics and Purāṇas, and the treatises on dharma, O you of good vows (are likewise divided).
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KuP 1 27.54
अवृष्टिर्मरणं चैव तथैव वायाध्युपद्रवाः । वाङ्मनः कायजैर्दुः सैर्निर्वेदो जायते नृणाम्
avṛṣṭirmaraṇaṃ caiva tathaiva vāyādhyupadravāḥ / vāṅmanaḥ kāyajairduḥ sairnirvedo jāyate nṛṇām
Drought and death, and likewise the afflictions of wind and disease: from the sufferings born of speech, mind and body, disgust (with the world) arises in men.
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KuP 1 27.55
निर्वेदाज्जायते तेषां दुः खमोक्षविचारणा । विचारणाच्च वैराग्यं वैराग्याद् दोषदर्शनम्
nirvedājjāyate teṣāṃ duḥ khamokṣavicāraṇā / vicāraṇācca vairāgyaṃ vairāgyād doṣadarśanam
From that disgust there arises in them reflection on the release from suffering; and from reflection, dispassion; from dispassion, the seeing of the faults (of things).
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KuP 1 27.56
दोषाणां दर्शनाच्चैव द्वापरे ज्ञानसंभवः । एषा रजस्तमोयुक्ता वृत्तिर्वै द्वापरे स्मृता
doṣāṇāṃ darśanāccaiva dvāpare jñānasaṃbhavaḥ / eṣā rajastamoyuktā vṛttirvai dvāpare smṛtā
And from the seeing of the faults, knowledge comes to be in the Dvāpara. This mode of life, joined with rajas and tamas, is declared (to be that) of the Dvāpara.
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KuP 1 27.57
आद्ये कृते तु धर्मो ऽस्ति स त्रेतायां प्रवर्तते । द्वापरे व्याकुलीभूत्वा प्रणश्यति कलौ युगे
ādye kṛte tu dharmo 'sti sa tretāyāṃ pravartate / dvāpare vyākulībhūtvā praṇaśyati kalau yuge
In the first, the Kṛta (age), dharma exists; it continues in the Tretā; in the Dvāpara, having become disordered, it perishes in the Kali age.
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