Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 49

KuP 1 49.1

ऋषय ऊचुः अतीतानागतानीह यानि मन्वन्तराणि तु । तानि त्वं कथयास्माकं व्यासांश्च द्वापरे युगे

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ atītānāgatānīha yāni manvantarāṇi tu / tāni tvaṃ kathayāsmākaṃ vyāsāṃśca dvāpare yuge

The seers said: The manvantaras here that are past and yet to come — tell us of those, and of the Vyāsas in the Dvāpara age.

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KuP 1 49.2

वेदशाखाप्रणयनं देवदेवस्य धीमतः । तथावतारान् धर्मार्थमीशानस्य कलौ युगे

vedaśākhāpraṇayanaṃ devadevasya dhīmataḥ / tathāvatārān dharmārthamīśānasya kalau yuge

(Tell us of) the wise God of gods' arrangement of the branches of the Veda, and likewise of the descents (incarnations) of the Lord for the sake of dharma in the Kali age.

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KuP 1 49.3

कियन्तो देवदेवस्य शिष्याः कलियुगेषु वै । एतत् सर्वं समासेन सूत वक्तुमिहार्हसि

kiyanto devadevasya śiṣyāḥ kaliyugeṣu vai / etat sarvaṃ samāsena sūta vaktumihārhasi

How many are the disciples of the God of gods in the Kali ages? All this you ought to tell here in brief, O Sūta.

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KuP 1 49.4

सूत उवाच मनुः स्वायंभुवः पूर्वं ततः स्वारोचिषो मनुः । उत्तमस्तामसश्चैव रैवतश्चाक्षुषस्तथा

sūta uvāca manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvaḥ pūrvaṃ tataḥ svārociṣo manuḥ / uttamastāmasaścaiva raivataścākṣuṣastathā

Sūta said: First Manu Svāyaṃbhuva, then Manu Svārociṣa, and Uttama and Tāmasa, and Raivata and Cākṣuṣa.

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KuP 1 49.5

षडेते मनवो ऽतीताः सांप्रतं तु रवेः सुतः । वैवस्वतो ऽयं यस्यैतत् सप्तमं वर्तते ऽन्तरम्

ṣaḍete manavo 'tītāḥ sāṃprataṃ tu raveḥ sutaḥ / vaivasvato 'yaṃ yasyaitat saptamaṃ vartate 'ntaram

These six Manus are past; at present it is the son of the Sun, this Vaivasvata, whose seventh interval (manvantara) is now in progress.

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KuP 1 49.6

स्वायंभुवं तु कथितं कल्पादावन्तरं मया । अत ऊर्ध्वं निबोधध्वं मनोः स्वारोचिषस्य तु

svāyaṃbhuvaṃ tu kathitaṃ kalpādāvantaraṃ mayā / ata ūrdhvaṃ nibodhadhvaṃ manoḥ svārociṣasya tu

The Svāyaṃbhuva interval I have already told at the beginning of the kalpa; higher than that, learn now of Manu Svārociṣa.

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KuP 1 49.7

पारावताश्च तुषिता देवाः स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे । विपश्चिन्नाम देवेन्द्रो बभूवासुरसूदनः

pārāvatāśca tuṣitā devāḥ svārociṣe 'ntare / vipaścinnāma devendro babhūvāsurasūdanaḥ

The Pārāvatas and the Tuṣitas were the gods in the Svārociṣa interval, and the lord of the gods was named Vipaścit, slayer of demons.

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KuP 1 49.8

ऊर्जस्तम्भस्तथा प्राणो दान्तो ऽथ वृषभस्तथा । तिमिरश्चार्वरीवांश्च सप्त सप्तर्षयो ऽभवन्

ūrjastambhastathā prāṇo dānto 'tha vṛṣabhastathā / timiraścārvarīvāṃśca sapta saptarṣayo 'bhavan

Ūrjastambha and Prāṇa, Dānta and Vṛṣabha, Timira and Ārvarīvat — these seven were the seven seers.

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KuP 1 49.9

चैत्रकिंपुरुषाद्याश्च सुताः स्वारोचिषस्य तु । द्वितीयमतदाख्यातमन्तरं शृणु चोत्तरम्

caitrakiṃpuruṣādyāśca sutāḥ svārociṣasya tu / dvitīyamatadākhyātamantaraṃ śṛṇu cottaram

And Caitra, Kiṃpuruṣa and the rest were the sons of Svārociṣa. Thus the second interval has been told; now hear the next.

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KuP 1 49.10

तृतीये ऽप्यन्तरे विप्रा उत्तमो नाम वै मनुः । सुशान्तिस्तत्र देवेन्द्रो बभूवामित्रकर्षणः

tṛtīye 'pyantare viprā uttamo nāma vai manuḥ / suśāntistatra devendro babhūvāmitrakarṣaṇaḥ

In the third interval too, O brahmins, the Manu was named Uttama, and there Suśānti was the lord of the gods, harrier of foes.

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KuP 1 49.11

सुधामानस्तथा सत्याः शिवाश्चाथ प्रतर्दनाः । वशवर्तिनश्च पञ्चैते गणा द्वादशकाः स्मृताः

sudhāmānastathā satyāḥ śivāścātha pratardanāḥ / vaśavartinaśca pañcaite gaṇā dvādaśakāḥ smṛtāḥ

The Sudhāmans, the Satyas, the Śivas, then the Pratardanas, and the Vaśavartins — these five groups are held to consist of twelve each.

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KuP 1 49.12

रजोर्ध्वश्चोर्ध्वबाहुश्च सबलश्चानयस्तथा । सुतपाः शुक्र इत्येते सप्त सप्तर्षयो ऽभवन्

rajordhvaścordhvabāhuśca sabalaścānayastathā / sutapāḥ śukra ityete sapta saptarṣayo 'bhavan

Rajordhva and Ūrdhvabāhu, Sabala and Anaya, Sutapas and Śukra — these seven were the seven seers.

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KuP 1 49.13

तामसस्यान्तरे देवाः सुरा वाहरयस्तथा । सत्याश्च सुधियश्चैव सप्तविंशतिका गणाः

tāmasasyāntare devāḥ surā vāharayastathā / satyāśca sudhiyaścaiva saptaviṃśatikā gaṇāḥ

In the interval of Tāmasa the gods were the Suras and the Vāharayas, and the Satyas and the Sudhīs — groups of twenty-seven.

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KuP 1 49.14

शिबिरिन्द्रस्तथैवासीच्छतयज्ञोपलक्षणः । बभूव शङ्करे भक्तो महादेवार्चने रतः

śibirindrastathaivāsīcchatayajñopalakṣaṇaḥ / babhūva śaṅkare bhakto mahādevārcane rataḥ

And Śibi was Indra, marked by a hundred sacrifices; he was devoted to Śaṅkara, intent on the worship of Mahādeva.

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KuP 1 49.15

ज्योतिर्धर्मा पृथुः काव्यश्चैत्रोग्निर्वनकस्तथा । पीवरस्त्वृषयो ह्येते सप्त तत्रापि चान्तरे

jyotirdharmā pṛthuḥ kāvyaścaitrognirvanakastathā / pīvarastvṛṣayo hyete sapta tatrāpi cāntare

Jyotirdharmā, Pṛthu, Kāvya, Caitra, Agni and Vanaka, and Pīvara — these indeed were the seven seers in that interval too.

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KuP 1 49.16

पञ्चमे चापि विप्रेन्द्रा रैवतो नाम नामतः । मनुर्वसुश्च तत्रेन्द्रो बभूवासुरमर्दनः

pañcame cāpi viprendrā raivato nāma nāmataḥ / manurvasuśca tatrendro babhūvāsuramardanaḥ

And in the fifth, O best of brahmins, the Manu was Raivata by name, and there Vasu became Indra, crusher of the demons.

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KuP 1 49.17

अमिताभा भूतरया वैकुण्ठाः स्वच्छमेधसः । एते देवगणास्तत्र चतुर्दश चतुर्दश

amitābhā bhūtarayā vaikuṇṭhāḥ svacchamedhasaḥ / ete devagaṇāstatra caturdaśa caturdaśa

The Amitābhas, the Bhūtarayas, the Vaikuṇṭhas, the Svacchamedhases — these were the groups of gods there, fourteen each.

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KuP 1 49.18

हिरण्यरोमा वेदश्रीरूर्ध्वबाहुस्तथैव च । वेदबाहुः सुधामा च पर्जन्यश्च महामुनिः । एते सप्तर्षयो विप्रास्तत्रासन् रैवते ऽन्तरे

hiraṇyaromā vedaśrīrūrdhvabāhustathaiva ca / vedabāhuḥ sudhāmā ca parjanyaśca mahāmuniḥ / ete saptarṣayo viprāstatrāsan raivate 'ntare

Hiraṇyaroman, Vedaśrī, and likewise Ūrdhvabāhu, Vedabāhu, Sudhāman, and Parjanya the great sage — these brahmin sages were the seven seers there in the Raivata interval.

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KuP 1 49.19

स्वारोचिषश्चोत्तमश्च तामसो रैवतस्तथा । प्रियव्रतान्वया ह्येते चत्वारो मनवः स्मृताः

svārociṣaścottamaśca tāmaso raivatastathā / priyavratānvayā hyete catvāro manavaḥ smṛtāḥ

Svārociṣa, Uttama, Tāmasa, and Raivata — these four Manus are held to be of Priyavrata's line.

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KuP 1 49.20

षष्ठे मन्वन्तरे चासीच्चाक्षुषस्तु मनुर्द्विजाः । मनोजवस्तथैवेन्द्रो देवानपि निबोधतः

ṣaṣṭhe manvantare cāsīccākṣuṣastu manurdvijāḥ / manojavastathaivendro devānapi nibodhataḥ

And in the sixth Manu-interval, O twice-born, Cākṣuṣa was the Manu, and Manojava was the Indra; learn of the gods too.

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KuP 1 49.21

आद्याः प्रसूता भाव्याश्च पृथुगाश्च दिवौकसः । महानुभावा लेख्याश्च पञ्चैते ह्यष्टका गणाः

ādyāḥ prasūtā bhāvyāśca pṛthugāśca divaukasaḥ / mahānubhāvā lekhyāśca pañcaite hyaṣṭakā gaṇāḥ

The Ādyas, Prasūtas, Bhāvyas, Pṛthugas dwelling in heaven, the Mahānubhāvas and the Lekhyas — these five groups, each of eight.

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KuP 1 49.22

सुमेधा विरजाश्चैव हविष्मानुत्तमो मधुः । अतिनामा सहिष्णुश्च सप्तासन्नृषयः शुभाः

sumedhā virajāścaiva haviṣmānuttamo madhuḥ / atināmā sahiṣṇuśca saptāsannṛṣayaḥ śubhāḥ

Sumedhas, Virajas, Haviṣmān, Uttama, Madhu, Atināman and Sahiṣṇu — these seven were the auspicious seers.

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KuP 1 49.23

विवस्वतः सुतो विप्राः श्राद्धदेवो महाद्युतिः । मनुः स वर्तते धीमान् सांप्रतं सप्तमे ऽन्तरे

vivasvataḥ suto viprāḥ śrāddhadevo mahādyutiḥ / manuḥ sa vartate dhīmān sāṃprataṃ saptame 'ntare

The son of Vivasvat, O brahmins, Śrāddhadeva of great splendour — that wise Manu is present now, in the seventh interval.

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KuP 1 49.24

आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा देवास्तत्र मरुद्गणाः । पुरन्दरस्तथैवेन्द्रो बभूव परवीरहा

ādityā vasavo rudrā devāstatra marudgaṇāḥ / purandarastathaivendro babhūva paravīrahā

The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras are the gods there, and the troops of Maruts; and Purandara, slayer of enemy heroes, became the Indra.

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KuP 1 49.25

वसिष्ठः कश्यपश्चात्रिर्जमदग्निश्च गौतमः । विश्वामित्रो भरद्वाजः सप्त सप्तर्षयो ऽभवन्

vasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapaścātrirjamadagniśca gautamaḥ / viśvāmitro bharadvājaḥ sapta saptarṣayo 'bhavan

Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, Atri, Jamadagni, Gautama, Viśvāmitra and Bharadvāja — these seven became the seven seers.

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KuP 1 49.26

विष्णुशक्तिरनौपम्या सत्त्वोद्रिक्ता स्थिता स्थितौ । तदंशभूता राजानः सर्वे च त्रिदिवौकसः

viṣṇuśaktiranaupamyā sattvodriktā sthitā sthitau / tadaṃśabhūtā rājānaḥ sarve ca tridivaukasaḥ

The power of Viṣṇu, incomparable, abounding in sattva, abides in (the world's) maintenance; and the kings and all the dwellers in heaven are portions of it.

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KuP 1 49.27

स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे पूर्वमाकूत्यां मानसः सुतः । रुचेः प्रजापतेर्यज्ञस्तदंशेनाभवद् द्विजाः

svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare pūrvamākūtyāṃ mānasaḥ sutaḥ / ruceḥ prajāpateryajñastadaṃśenābhavad dvijāḥ

In the Svāyaṃbhuva interval, formerly, the mind-born son (born) of Ākūti to Ruci the Lord of Creatures was Yajña, who came to be by a portion of him, O twice-born.

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KuP 1 49.28

ततः पुनरसौ देवः प्राप्ते स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे । तुषितायां समुत्पन्नस्तुषितैः सह दैवतैः

tataḥ punarasau devaḥ prāpte svārociṣe 'ntare / tuṣitāyāṃ samutpannastuṣitaiḥ saha daivataiḥ

Then again that god, when the Svārociṣa interval had arrived, was born of Tuṣitā together with the Tuṣita deities.

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KuP 1 49.29

औत्तमे ऽप्यन्तरे विष्णुः सत्यैः सह सुरोत्तमैः । सत्यायामभवत् सत्यः सत्यरूपो जनार्दनः

auttame 'pyantare viṣṇuḥ satyaiḥ saha surottamaiḥ / satyāyāmabhavat satyaḥ satyarūpo janārdanaḥ

In the Auttama interval too, Viṣṇu, together with the Satyas, the best of gods, was born of Satyā as Satya, Janārdana whose form is truth.

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KuP 1 49.30

तामसस्यान्तरे चैव संप्राप्ते पुनरेव हि । हर्यायां हरिभिर्देवैर्हरिरेवाभवद्धरिः

tāmasasyāntare caiva saṃprāpte punareva hi / haryāyāṃ haribhirdevairharirevābhavaddhariḥ

And when the interval of Tāmasa had arrived, again indeed, Hari became Hari, born of Harī with the Hari gods.

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KuP 1 49.31

रैवते ऽप्यन्तरे चैव संभूत्यां मानसो ऽभवत् । संभूतो मानसैः सार्धं देवैः सह महाद्युतिः

raivate 'pyantare caiva saṃbhūtyāṃ mānaso 'bhavat / saṃbhūto mānasaiḥ sārdhaṃ devaiḥ saha mahādyutiḥ

And in the Raivata interval too he became the mind-born (one) of Saṃbhūti: born of great splendour together with the Mānasa gods.

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KuP 1 49.32

चाक्षुषे ऽप्यन्तरे चैव वैकुण्ठः पुरुषोत्तमः । विकुण्ठायामसौ जज्ञे वैकुण्ठैर्दैवतैः सह

cākṣuṣe 'pyantare caiva vaikuṇṭhaḥ puruṣottamaḥ / vikuṇṭhāyāmasau jajñe vaikuṇṭhairdaivataiḥ saha

And in the Cākṣuṣa interval too, Vaikuṇṭha, the highest Person, was born of Vikuṇṭhā together with the Vaikuṇṭha deities.

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KuP 1 49.33

मन्वन्तरे ऽत्र संप्राप्ते तथा वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे । वामनः कश्यपाद् विष्णुरदित्यां संबभूव ह

manvantare 'tra saṃprāpte tathā vaivasvate 'ntare / vāmanaḥ kaśyapād viṣṇuradityāṃ saṃbabhūva ha

And when this Manu-interval, the Vaivasvata interval, had arrived, Viṣṇu came to be as Vāmana, from Kaśyapa, of Aditi.

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KuP 1 49.34

त्रिभिः क्रमैरिमांल्लोकाञ्जित्वा येन महात्मना । पुरन्दराय त्रैलोक्यं दत्तं निहतकण्टकम्

tribhiḥ kramairimāṃllokāñjitvā yena mahātmanā / purandarāya trailokyaṃ dattaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam

By which great being, having won these worlds with three strides, the three worlds were given to Purandara, with the thorns (i.e. enemies) struck down.

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KuP 1 49.35

इत्येतास्तनवस्तस्य सप्त मन्वन्तरेषु वै । सप्त चैवाभवन् विप्रा याभिः संरक्षिताः प्रजाः

ityetāstanavastasya sapta manvantareṣu vai / sapta caivābhavan viprā yābhiḥ saṃrakṣitāḥ prajāḥ

Thus these were his bodies in the seven Manu-intervals — indeed seven, O brahmins — by which the creatures were protected.

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KuP 1 49.36

यस्माद् विष्टमिदं कृत्स्नं वामनेन महात्मना । तस्मात् स वै स्मृतो विष्णुर्विशेर्धातोः प्रवेशनात्

yasmād viṣṭamidaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vāmanena mahātmanā / tasmāt sa vai smṛto viṣṇurviśerdhātoḥ praveśanāt

Since this whole (universe) was pervaded by the great-souled Vāmana, therefore he is called Viṣṇu, from the root viś, in the sense of entering.

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KuP 1 49.37

एष सर्वं सृजत्यादौ पाति हन्ति च केशवः । भूतान्तरात्मा भगवान् नारायण इति श्रुतिः

eṣa sarvaṃ sṛjatyādau pāti hanti ca keśavaḥ / bhūtāntarātmā bhagavān nārāyaṇa iti śrutiḥ

He, Keśava, creates everything in the beginning, protects it, and destroys it; the scripture (says) he is the inner self of beings, the Lord Nārāyaṇa.

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KuP 1 49.38

एकांशेन जगत् सर्वं व्याप्य नारायणः स्थितः । चतुर्धा संस्थितो व्यापी सगुणो निर्गुणो ऽपि च

ekāṃśena jagat sarvaṃ vyāpya nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ / caturdhā saṃsthito vyāpī saguṇo nirguṇo 'pi ca

With a single portion Nārāyaṇa abides, pervading the whole world; the pervader stands in fourfold form, both with qualities and without qualities.

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KuP 1 49.39

एका भगवतो मूर्तिर्ज्ञानरूपा शिवामला । वासुदेवाभिधाना सा गुणातीता सुनिष्कला

ekā bhagavato mūrtirjñānarūpā śivāmalā / vāsudevābhidhānā sā guṇātītā suniṣkalā

One form of the Blessed One is of the nature of knowledge, auspicious and spotless; it is named Vāsudeva, beyond the qualities, wholly partless.

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KuP 1 49.40

द्वितीया कालसंज्ञान्या तामसी शेषसंज्ञिता । निहन्ति सकलं चान्ते वैष्णवी परमा तनुः

dvitīyā kālasaṃjñānyā tāmasī śeṣasaṃjñitā / nihanti sakalaṃ cānte vaiṣṇavī paramā tanuḥ

The second is another, called Time, dark (tāmasic), known as Śeṣa; that supreme body of Viṣṇu destroys everything at the end.

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KuP 1 49.41

सत्त्वोद्रिक्ता तथैवान्या प्रद्युम्नेति च संज्ञिता । जगत् स्थापयते सर्वं स विष्णुः प्रकृतिर्ध्रुवा

sattvodriktā tathaivānyā pradyumneti ca saṃjñitā / jagat sthāpayate sarvaṃ sa viṣṇuḥ prakṛtirdhruvā

Likewise another, in which sattva predominates, is named Pradyumna; that Viṣṇu maintains the whole world—(he is) the steadfast Prakṛti.

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KuP 1 49.42

चतुर्थो वासुदेवस्य मूर्तिर्ब्राह्मीति संज्ञिता । राजसी चानिरुद्धाख्या प्रद्युम्नः सृष्टिकारिका

caturtho vāsudevasya mūrtirbrāhmīti saṃjñitā / rājasī cāniruddhākhyā pradyumnaḥ sṛṣṭikārikā

The fourth form of Vāsudeva is called Brāhmī, rājasic, named Aniruddha; Pradyumna is the maker of creation.

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KuP 1 49.43

यः स्वपित्यखिलं भूत्वा प्रद्युम्नेन सह प्रभुः । नारायणाख्यो ब्रह्मासौ प्रिजासर्गं करोति सः

yaḥ svapityakhilaṃ bhūtvā pradyumnena saha prabhuḥ / nārāyaṇākhyo brahmāsau prijāsargaṃ karoti saḥ

He who, becoming the whole, sleeps together with Pradyumna—that lord named Nārāyaṇa is Brahmā; he performs the creation of creatures.

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KuP 1 49.44

या सा नारायणतनुः प्रद्युम्नाख्या मुनीश्वराः । तया संमोहयेद् विश्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्

yā sā nārāyaṇatanuḥ pradyumnākhyā munīśvarāḥ / tayā saṃmohayed viśvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam

That body of Nārāyaṇa which is called Pradyumna, O best of sages—by it he deludes the universe together with gods, demons, and men.

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KuP 1 49.45

सैव सर्वजगत्सूतिः प्रकृतिः परिकीर्तिता । वासुदेवो ह्यनन्तात्मा केवलो निर्गुणो हरिः

saiva sarvajagatsūtiḥ prakṛtiḥ parikīrtitā / vāsudevo hyanantātmā kevalo nirguṇo hariḥ

That very one is proclaimed to be Prakṛti, the bringer-forth of the whole world; for Vāsudeva, Hari, is the infinite Self, alone, without qualities.

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KuP 1 49.46

प्रधानं पुरुषः कालस्तत्त्वत्रयमनुत्तमम् । वासुदेवात्मकं नित्यमेतद् विज्ञाय मुच्यते

pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ kālastattvatrayamanuttamam / vāsudevātmakaṃ nityametad vijñāya mucyate

Pradhāna, Puruṣa, and Time—this unsurpassed triad of principles is eternally of the nature of Vāsudeva; knowing this, one is liberated.

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KuP 1 49.47

एकं चेदं चतुष्पादं चतुर्धा पुनरच्युतः । बिभेद वासुदेवो ऽसौ प्रद्युम्नो हरिरव्ययः

ekaṃ cedaṃ catuṣpādaṃ caturdhā punaracyutaḥ / bibheda vāsudevo 'sau pradyumno hariravyayaḥ

And this one thing, having four parts, the unfallen one again divided fourfold—he, Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, the imperishable Hari.

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KuP 1 49.48

कृष्णद्वैपायनो व्यासो विष्णुर्नारायणः स्वयम् । अपान्तरतमाः पूर्वं स्वेच्छया ह्यभवद्धरिः

kṛṣṇadvaipāyano vyāso viṣṇurnārāyaṇaḥ svayam / apāntaratamāḥ pūrvaṃ svecchayā hyabhavaddhariḥ

Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa is Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa himself; formerly Hari, by his own will, became Apāntaratamas.

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KuP 1 49.49

अनाद्यन्तं परं ब्रह्म न देवा नर्षयो विदुः । एको ऽयं वेद भगवान् व्यासो नारायणः प्रभुः

anādyantaṃ paraṃ brahma na devā narṣayo viduḥ / eko 'yaṃ veda bhagavān vyāso nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ

Neither the gods nor the seers know the supreme Brahman without beginning or end; this one alone knows (it)—the Blessed Lord Vyāsa, Nārāyaṇa.

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KuP 1 49.50

इत्येतद् विष्णुमाहात्म्यमुक्तं वो मुनिपुङ्गवाः । एतत् सत्यं पुनः सत्यमेवं ज्ञात्वा न मुह्यति

ityetad viṣṇumāhātmyamuktaṃ vo munipuṅgavāḥ / etat satyaṃ punaḥ satyamevaṃ jñātvā na muhyati

Thus this greatness of Viṣṇu has been told to you, O bulls among sages; this is true, again true—knowing it so, one is not deluded.

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