Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 40
KuP 1 40.1
सूत उवाच स रथो ऽधिष्ठितो देवैरादित्यैर्वसुभिस्तथा । गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च ग्रामणीसर्पराक्षसैः
sūta uvāca sa ratho 'dhiṣṭhito devairādityairvasubhistathā / gandharvairapsarobhiśca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ
Sūta said: That chariot is occupied by the gods — by the Ādityas and the Vasus, by gandharvas and apsarases, by the grāmaṇīs, serpents and rākṣasas.
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KuP 1 40.2
धातार्ऽयमाथ मित्रश्च वरुणः शक्र एव च । विवस्वानथ पूषा च पर्जन्यश्चांशुरेव च
dhātār'yamātha mitraśca varuṇaḥ śakra eva ca / vivasvānatha pūṣā ca parjanyaścāṃśureva ca
Dhātṛ, Aryaman, Mitra, Varuṇa, and Śakra, then Vivasvat, and Pūṣan, Parjanya, and Aṃśu,
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KuP 1 40.3
भगस्त्वष्टा च विष्णुश्च द्वादशैते दिवाकराः । आप्यायन्ति वै भानुं वसन्तादिषु वै क्रमात्
bhagastvaṣṭā ca viṣṇuśca dvādaśaite divākarāḥ / āpyāyanti vai bhānuṃ vasantādiṣu vai kramāt
Bhaga, Tvaṣṭṛ, and Viṣṇu — these twelve are the day-makers; they nourish the sun in turn in spring and the other (seasons).
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KuP 1 40.4
पुलस्त्यः पुलहश्चात्रिर्वसिष्ठश्चाङ्गिरा भृगुः । भरद्वाजो गौतमश्च कश्यपः क्रतुरेव च
pulastyaḥ pulahaścātrirvasiṣṭhaścāṅgirā bhṛguḥ / bharadvājo gautamaśca kaśyapaḥ kratureva ca
Pulastya, Pulaha, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Aṅgiras, Bhṛgu, Bharadvāja, Gautama, Kaśyapa, and Kratu,
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KuP 1 40.5
जमदग्निः कौशिकश्च मुनयो ब्रह्मवादिनः । स्तुवन्ति देवं विविधैश्छन्दोभिस्ते यथाक्रमम्
jamadagniḥ kauśikaśca munayo brahmavādinaḥ / stuvanti devaṃ vividhaiśchandobhiste yathākramam
Jamadagni and Kauśika — these sages, speakers of brahman, praise the god with various metres, each in his turn.
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KuP 1 40.6
रथकृच्च रथौज्श्च रथचित्रः सुबाहुकः । रथस्वनो ऽथ वरुणः सुषेणः सेनजित् तथा
rathakṛcca rathaujśca rathacitraḥ subāhukaḥ / rathasvano 'tha varuṇaḥ suṣeṇaḥ senajit tathā
Rathakṛt, Rathaujas, Rathacitra, Subāhuka, Rathasvana, Varuṇa, Suṣeṇa, and Senajit,
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KuP 1 40.7
तार्क्ष्यश्चारिष्टनेमिश्च रथजित् सत्यजित् तथा । ग्रामण्यो देवदेवस्य कुर्वते ऽभीशुसंग्रहम्
tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca rathajit satyajit tathā / grāmaṇyo devadevasya kurvate 'bhīśusaṃgraham
Tārkṣya, Ariṣṭanemi, Rathajit and Satyajit — these grāmaṇīs of the god of gods take up the reins.
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KuP 1 40.8
अथ हेतिः प्रहेतिश्च पौरुषेयो वधस्तथा । सर्पो व्याघ्रस्तथापश्च वातो विद्युद् दिवाकरः
atha hetiḥ prahetiśca pauruṣeyo vadhastathā / sarpo vyāghrastathāpaśca vāto vidyud divākaraḥ
Then Heti and Praheti, Pauruṣeya and Vadha, Sarpa, Vyāghra, Āpa, Vāta, Vidyut, Divākara,
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KuP 1 40.9
ब्रह्मोपेतश्च विप्रेन्द्रा यज्ञोपेतस्तथैव च । राक्षसप्रवरा ह्येते प्रयान्ति पुरतः क्रमात्
brahmopetaśca viprendrā yajñopetastathaiva ca / rākṣasapravarā hyete prayānti purataḥ kramāt
and Brahmopeta and Yajñopeta, O chief of brahmins — these foremost of rākṣasas go in front, each in order.
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KuP 1 40.10
वासुकिः कङ्कनीरश्च तक्षकः सर्पपुङ्गवः । एलापत्रः शङ्खपालस्तथैरावतसंज्ञितः
vāsukiḥ kaṅkanīraśca takṣakaḥ sarpapuṅgavaḥ / elāpatraḥ śaṅkhapālastathairāvatasaṃjñitaḥ
Vāsuki and Kaṅkanīra, Takṣaka the bull among serpents, Elāpatra, Śaṅkhapāla, and the one named Airāvata,
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KuP 1 40.11
धनञ्जयो महापद्मस्तथा कर्कोटको द्विजाः । कम्बलाश्वतरश्चैव वहन्त्येनं यथाक्रमम्
dhanañjayo mahāpadmastathā karkoṭako dvijāḥ / kambalāśvataraścaiva vahantyenaṃ yathākramam
Dhanañjaya, Mahāpadma, and Karkoṭaka, O twice-born ones, and Kambala and Aśvatara — these bear him in due order.
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KuP 1 40.12
तुम्बुरुर्नारदो हाहा हूहूर्विश्वावसुस्तथा । उग्रसेनो वसुरुचिरर्वावसुरथापरः
tumbururnārado hāhā hūhūrviśvāvasustathā / ugraseno vasurucirarvāvasurathāparaḥ
Tumburu, Nārada, Hāhā, Hūhū, and Viśvāvasu, Ugrasena, Vasuruci, and another, Arvāvasu,
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KuP 1 40.13
चित्रसेनस्तथोर्णायुर्धृतराष्ट्रो द्विजोत्तमाः । सूर्यवर्चा द्वादशैते गन्धर्वा गायतां वराः । गायन्ति विविधैर्गानैर्भानुं षड्जादिभिः क्रमात्
citrasenastathorṇāyurdhṛtarāṣṭro dvijottamāḥ / sūryavarcā dvādaśaite gandharvā gāyatāṃ varāḥ / gāyanti vividhairgānairbhānuṃ ṣaḍjādibhiḥ kramāt
Citrasena, and Ūrṇāyu, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, O best of the twice-born, and Sūryavarcas — these twelve Gandharvas, the best of singers, sing to the sun with various songs, with ṣaḍja and the other notes in order.
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KuP 1 40.14
क्रतुस्थलाप्सरोवर्या तथान्या पुञ्जिकस्थला । मेनका सहजन्या च प्रम्लोचा च द्विजोत्तमाः
kratusthalāpsarovaryā tathānyā puñjikasthalā / menakā sahajanyā ca pramlocā ca dvijottamāḥ
Kratusthalā, the foremost of Apsarases, and another, Puñjikasthalā, and Menakā and Sahajanyā and Pramlocā, O best of the twice-born,
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KuP 1 40.15
अनुम्लोचा घृतीची च विश्वाची चोर्वशी तथा । अन्या च पूर्वचित्तिः स्यादन्या चैव तिलोत्तमा
anumlocā ghṛtīcī ca viśvācī corvaśī tathā / anyā ca pūrvacittiḥ syādanyā caiva tilottamā
and Anumlocā and Ghṛtācī, and Viśvācī and Urvaśī, and another would be Pūrvacitti, and yet another Tilottamā.
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KuP 1 40.16
ताण्डवैर्विविधैरेनं वसन्तादिषु वै क्रमात् । तोषयन्ति महादेवं भानुमात्मानमव्ययम्
tāṇḍavairvividhairenaṃ vasantādiṣu vai kramāt / toṣayanti mahādevaṃ bhānumātmānamavyayam
With various tāṇḍava dances they delight him, in spring and the other (seasons) in turn — the great god, the sun, the imperishable Self.
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KuP 1 40.17
एवं देवा वसन्त्यर्के द्वौ द्वौ मासौ क्रमेण तु । सूर्यमाप्याययन्त्येते तेजसा तेजसां निधिम्
evaṃ devā vasantyarke dvau dvau māsau krameṇa tu / sūryamāpyāyayantyete tejasā tejasāṃ nidhim
Thus the gods dwell in the sun, two by two, each for two months in turn; these augment with their radiance the sun, the treasury of radiances.
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KuP 1 40.18
ग्रथितैः स्वैर्वचोभिस्तु स्तुवन्ति मुनयो रविम् । गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैनं नृत्यगेयैरुपासते
grathitaiḥ svairvacobhistu stuvanti munayo ravim / gandharvāpsarasaścainaṃ nṛtyageyairupāsate
The sages praise the sun with their own well-composed words, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases attend upon him with dance and song.
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KuP 1 40.19
ग्रामणीयक्षभूतानि कुर्वते ऽभीषुसंग्रहम् । सर्पा वहन्ति देवेशं यातुधानाः प्रयान्ति च
grāmaṇīyakṣabhūtāni kurvate 'bhīṣusaṃgraham / sarpā vahanti deveśaṃ yātudhānāḥ prayānti ca
The Grāmaṇī Yakṣas and the (attendant) beings take hold of the reins; the serpents carry the lord of gods, and the Yātudhānas go along (behind).
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KuP 1 40.20
बालखिल्या नयन्त्यस्तं परिवार्योदयाद् रविम् । एते तपन्ति वर्षन्ति भान्ति वान्ति सृजन्ति च । भूतानामशुभं कर्म व्यपोहन्तीह कीर्तिताः
bālakhilyā nayantyastaṃ parivāryodayād ravim / ete tapanti varṣanti bhānti vānti sṛjanti ca / bhūtānāmaśubhaṃ karma vyapohantīha kīrtitāḥ
The Bālakhilyas, surrounding the sun, lead him from rising to setting. These, as celebrated here, burn, rain, shine, blow, and create, and they drive away the inauspicious deeds of beings.
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KuP 1 40.21
एते सहैव सूर्येण भ्रमन्ति दिवि सानुगाः । विमाने च स्थितो नित्यं कामगे वातरंहसि
ete sahaiva sūryeṇa bhramanti divi sānugāḥ / vimāne ca sthito nityaṃ kāmage vātaraṃhasi
These, together with the sun, wander in the sky with their followers; and (the sun) abides always in his chariot, which goes as he wishes and has the speed of the wind.
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KuP 1 40.22
वर्षन्तश्च तपन्तश्च ह्लादयन्तश्च वै प्रजाः । गोपयन्तीह भूतानि सर्वाणीहायुगक्षयात्
varṣantaśca tapantaśca hlādayantaśca vai prajāḥ / gopayantīha bhūtāni sarvāṇīhāyugakṣayāt
Raining and burning and refreshing the creatures, they guard here all beings until the destruction of the age.
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KuP 1 40.23
एतेषामेव देवानां यथावीर्यं यथातपः । यथायोगं यथासत्त्वं स एष तपति प्रभुः
eteṣāmeva devānāṃ yathāvīryaṃ yathātapaḥ / yathāyogaṃ yathāsattvaṃ sa eṣa tapati prabhuḥ
According to the might, the heat, the yoga-power and the essential nature of these very gods, this lord burns.
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KuP 1 40.24
अहोरात्रव्यवस्थानकारणं स प्रजापतिः । पितृदेवमनुष्यादीन् स सदाप्यायेद् रविः
ahorātravyavasthānakāraṇaṃ sa prajāpatiḥ / pitṛdevamanuṣyādīn sa sadāpyāyed raviḥ
He is Prajāpati, the cause of the arrangement of day and night; that sun ever nourishes the fathers, the gods, men and the rest.
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KuP 1 40.25
तत्र देवो महादेवो भास्वान् साक्षान्महेश्वरः । भासते वेदविदुषां नीलग्रीवः सनातनः
tatra devo mahādevo bhāsvān sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ / bhāsate vedaviduṣāṃ nīlagrīvaḥ sanātanaḥ
There the god Mahādeva, the shining one, Maheśvara himself, the eternal blue-throated one, shines forth for those who know the Vedas.
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KuP 1 40.26
स एष देवो भगवान् परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिः । स्थानं तद् विदुरादित्यं वेदज्ञा वेदविग्रहम्
sa eṣa devo bhagavān parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ / sthānaṃ tad vidurādityaṃ vedajñā vedavigraham
This very one is the god, the Lord, Parameṣṭhin, Prajāpati; those who know the Veda know that station to be the sun, having the Veda for its body.
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