Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 50
KuP 1 50.1
सूत उवाच अस्मिन् मन्वन्तरे पूर्वं वर्तमाने महान् विभुः । द्वापरे प्रथमे व्यासो मनुः स्वायंभुवो मतः
sūta uvāca asmin manvantare pūrvaṃ vartamāne mahān vibhuḥ / dvāpare prathame vyāso manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo mataḥ
Sūta said: In this manvantara, formerly, in the first Dvāpara that was current, Manu Svāyaṃbhuva, the great and mighty one, is held to be Vyāsa.
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KuP 1 50.2
बिभेद बहुधा वेदं नियोगाद् ब्रह्मणः प्रभोः । द्वितीये द्वापरे चैव वेदव्यासः प्रजापतिः
bibheda bahudhā vedaṃ niyogād brahmaṇaḥ prabhoḥ / dvitīye dvāpare caiva vedavyāsaḥ prajāpatiḥ
By the command of lord Brahmā he divided the Veda in many ways; and in the second Dvāpara the Vedavyāsa was Prajāpati.
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KuP 1 50.3
तृतीये चोशना व्यासश्चतुर्थे स्याद् बृहस्पतिः । सविता पञ्चमे व्यासः षष्ठे मृत्युः प्रकीर्तितः
tṛtīye cośanā vyāsaścaturthe syād bṛhaspatiḥ / savitā pañcame vyāsaḥ ṣaṣṭhe mṛtyuḥ prakīrtitaḥ
In the third, Uśanas was Vyāsa; in the fourth it would be Bṛhaspati; in the fifth Savitṛ was Vyāsa; in the sixth Mṛtyu is declared (to be so).
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KuP 1 50.4
सप्तमे च तथैवेन्द्रो वसिष्ठश्चाष्टमे मतः । सारस्वतश्च नवमे त्रिधामा दशमे स्मृतः
saptame ca tathaivendro vasiṣṭhaścāṣṭame mataḥ / sārasvataśca navame tridhāmā daśame smṛtaḥ
And in the seventh likewise Indra; in the eighth Vasiṣṭha is held (to be so); Sārasvata in the ninth, and Tridhāman is recorded in the tenth.
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KuP 1 50.5
एकादशे तु त्रिवृषः शततेजास्ततः परः । त्रयोदशे तथा धर्मस्तरक्षुस्तु चतुर्दशे
ekādaśe tu trivṛṣaḥ śatatejāstataḥ paraḥ / trayodaśe tathā dharmastarakṣustu caturdaśe
In the eleventh, Trivṛṣa; after him Śatatejas; in the thirteenth, Dharma; and in the fourteenth, Tarakṣu.
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KuP 1 50.6
त्र्यारुणिर्वै पञ्चदशे षोडशे तु धनञ्जयः । कृतञ्जयः सप्तदशे ह्यष्टादशे ऋतञ्जयः
tryāruṇirvai pañcadaśe ṣoḍaśe tu dhanañjayaḥ / kṛtañjayaḥ saptadaśe hyaṣṭādaśe ṛtañjayaḥ
Tryāruṇi indeed in the fifteenth, and in the sixteenth Dhanañjaya; Kṛtañjaya in the seventeenth, and in the eighteenth Ṛtañjaya.
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KuP 1 50.7
ततो व्यासो भरद्वाजस्तस्मादूर्ध्वं तु गौतमः । राजश्रवाश्चैकविंशस्तस्माच्छुष्मायणः परः
tato vyāso bharadvājastasmādūrdhvaṃ tu gautamaḥ / rājaśravāścaikaviṃśastasmācchuṣmāyaṇaḥ paraḥ
Then Bharadvāja was Vyāsa, and after him Gautama; and Rājaśravas was the twenty-first; after him Śuṣmāyaṇa.
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KuP 1 50.8
तृणबिन्दुस्त्रयोविंशे वाल्मीकिस्तत्परः स्मृतः । पञ्चविशे तथा शक्तिः षड्विंशे तु पराशरः
tṛṇabindustrayoviṃśe vālmīkistatparaḥ smṛtaḥ / pañcaviśe tathā śaktiḥ ṣaḍviṃśe tu parāśaraḥ
In the twenty-third (dvāpara) Tṛṇabindu; after him Vālmīki is recorded; likewise in the twenty-fifth Śakti, and in the twenty-sixth Parāśara.
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KuP 1 50.9
सप्तविंशे तथा व्यासो जातूकर्णो महामुनिः । अष्टाविंशे पुनः प्राप्ते ह्यस्मिन् वै द्वापरे द्विजाः । पराशरसुतो व्यासः कृष्णद्वैपायनो ऽभवत्
saptaviṃśe tathā vyāso jātūkarṇo mahāmuniḥ / aṣṭāviṃśe punaḥ prāpte hyasmin vai dvāpare dvijāḥ / parāśarasuto vyāsaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano 'bhavat
And in the twenty-seventh, the Vyāsa (was) Jātūkarṇa, the great sage; and now, O twice-born, when the twenty-eighth (dvāpara) has come round again, in this dvāpara, the son of Parāśara, Vyāsa Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, came to be.
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KuP 1 50.10
स एव सर्ववेदानां पुराणानां प्रदर्शकः । पाराशर्यो महायोगी कृष्णद्वैपायनो हरिः
sa eva sarvavedānāṃ purāṇānāṃ pradarśakaḥ / pārāśaryo mahāyogī kṛṣṇadvaipāyano hariḥ
He indeed is the expounder of all the Vedas and of the Purāṇas — the son of Parāśara, the great yogin, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, Hari.
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KuP 1 50.11
आराध्य देवमीशानं दृष्ट्वा साम्बं त्रिलोचनम् । तत्प्रसादादसौ व्यासं वेदानामकरोत् प्रभुः
ārādhya devamīśānaṃ dṛṣṭvā sāmbaṃ trilocanam / tatprasādādasau vyāsaṃ vedānāmakarot prabhuḥ
Having worshipped the god Īśāna and seen the three-eyed one together with Ambā, by his grace this lord made the division of the Vedas.
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KuP 1 50.12
अथ शिष्यान् प्रिजग्राह चतुरो वेदपारगान् । जैमिनिं च सुमन्तुं च वैशम्पायनमेव च । पैलं तेषां चतुर्थं च पञ्चमं मां महामुनिः
atha śiṣyān prijagrāha caturo vedapāragān / jaiminiṃ ca sumantuṃ ca vaiśampāyanameva ca / pailaṃ teṣāṃ caturthaṃ ca pañcamaṃ māṃ mahāmuniḥ
Then he took on four disciples who had mastered the Vedas: Jaimini, Sumantu, and Vaiśampāyana, and Paila as the fourth of them; and me, the great sage (took) as the fifth.
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KuP 1 50.13
ऋग्वेदश्रावकं पैलं जग्राह स महामुनिः । यजुर्वेदप्रवक्तारं वैशम्पायनमेव च
ṛgvedaśrāvakaṃ pailaṃ jagrāha sa mahāmuniḥ / yajurvedapravaktāraṃ vaiśampāyanameva ca
That great sage took Paila as the reciter of the Ṛgveda, and Vaiśampāyana as the expounder of the Yajurveda.
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KuP 1 50.14
जैमिनिं सामवेदस्य श्रावकं सोन्वपद्यत । तथैवाथर्ववेदस्य सुमन्तुमृषिसत्तमम् । इतिहासपुराणानि प्रवक्तुं मामयोजयत्
jaiminiṃ sāmavedasya śrāvakaṃ sonvapadyata / tathaivātharvavedasya sumantumṛṣisattamam / itihāsapurāṇāni pravaktuṃ māmayojayat
He obtained Jaimini as the reciter of the Sāmaveda, and likewise Sumantu, best of seers, for the Atharvaveda; and he appointed me to expound the epics and the Purāṇas.
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KuP 1 50.15
एक आसीद्यजुर्वेदस्तं चतुर्धा व्यकल्पयत् । चातुर्हेत्रमभूद् यस्मिंस्तेन यज्ञमथाकरोत्
eka āsīdyajurvedastaṃ caturdhā vyakalpayat / cāturhetramabhūd yasmiṃstena yajñamathākarot
The Yajurveda was one; he arranged it in four parts. Since in it there came to be the fourfold priestly office, by it he then performed the sacrifice.
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KuP 1 50.16
आध्वर्यवं यजुर्भिः स्यादृग्भिर्हेत्रं द्विजोत्तमाः । औद्गात्रं सामभिश्चक्रे ब्रह्मत्वं चाप्यथर्वभिः
ādhvaryavaṃ yajurbhiḥ syādṛgbhirhetraṃ dvijottamāḥ / audgātraṃ sāmabhiścakre brahmatvaṃ cāpyatharvabhiḥ
The office of the adhvaryu is by the yajus (formulas), and that of the hotṛ by the ṛc verses, O best of the twice-born; he made the office of the udgātṛ with the sāmans, and the office of the brahman with the atharvan (verses).
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KuP 1 50.17
ततः स ऋच उद्धृत्य ऋग्वेदं कृतवान् प्रभुः । यजूंषि च यजुर्वेदं सामवेदं च सामभिः
tataḥ sa ṛca uddhṛtya ṛgvedaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ / yajūṃṣi ca yajurvedaṃ sāmavedaṃ ca sāmabhiḥ
Then that lord, having extracted the ṛc verses, made the Ṛgveda; and the yajus formulas (he made) the Yajurveda, and with the sāmans the Sāmaveda.
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KuP 1 50.18
एकविंशतिभेदेन ऋग्वेदं कृतवान् पुरा । शाखानां तु शतेनैव यजुर्वेदमथाकरोत्
ekaviṃśatibhedena ṛgvedaṃ kṛtavān purā / śākhānāṃ tu śatenaiva yajurvedamathākarot
Formerly he made the Ṛgveda with a division into twenty-one (branches), and then he made the Yajurveda with a hundred branches.
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KuP 1 50.19
सामवेदं सहस्त्रेण शाखानां प्रबिभेद सः । अथर्वाणमथो वेदं बिभेद नवकेन तु
sāmavedaṃ sahastreṇa śākhānāṃ prabibheda saḥ / atharvāṇamatho vedaṃ bibheda navakena tu
He divided the Sāmaveda into a thousand branches, and then he divided the Atharvan Veda into nine.
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KuP 1 50.20
भेदैरष्टादशैर्व्यासः पुराणं कृतवान् प्रभुः । सो ऽयमेकश्चतुष्पादो वेदः पूर्वं पुरातनात्
bhedairaṣṭādaśairvyāsaḥ purāṇaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ / so 'yamekaścatuṣpādo vedaḥ pūrvaṃ purātanāt
With eighteen divisions the lord Vyāsa composed the Purāṇa. This Veda, one and four-footed, (came) formerly from the ancient one.
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KuP 1 50.21
ओङ्कारो ब्रह्मणो जातः सर्वदोषविशोधनः । वेदवेद्यो हि भगवान् वासुदेवः सनातनः
oṅkāro brahmaṇo jātaḥ sarvadoṣaviśodhanaḥ / vedavedyo hi bhagavān vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ
From Brahman arose the syllable Oṃ, the purifier of all faults; for the blessed eternal Vāsudeva is what is to be known through the Veda.
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KuP 1 50.22
स गीयते परो वेदे यो वेदैनं स वेदवित् । एतत् परतरं ब्रह्म ज्योतिरानन्दमुत्तमम्
sa gīyate paro vede yo vedainaṃ sa vedavit / etat parataraṃ brahma jyotirānandamuttamam
He, the supreme, is sung of in the Veda; whoever knows him is a knower of the Veda. This is the highest Brahman, light, the supreme bliss.
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KuP 1 50.23
वेदवाक्योदितं तत्त्वं वासुदेवः परं पदम् । वेदवेद्यमिमं वेत्ति वेदं वेदपरो मुनिः
vedavākyoditaṃ tattvaṃ vāsudevaḥ paraṃ padam / vedavedyamimaṃ vetti vedaṃ vedaparo muniḥ
The reality declared by the Veda's words is Vāsudeva, the supreme state; the sage devoted to the Veda knows this Veda that is to be known through the Veda.
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KuP 1 50.24
अवेदं परमं वेत्ति वेदनिष्ठः सदेश्वरः । स वेदवेद्यो भगवान् वेदमूर्तिर्महेश्वरः । स एव वेदो वेद्यश्च तमेवाश्रित्य मुच्यते
avedaṃ paramaṃ vetti vedaniṣṭhaḥ sadeśvaraḥ / sa vedavedyo bhagavān vedamūrtirmaheśvaraḥ / sa eva vedo vedyaśca tamevāśritya mucyate
Established in the Veda, he knows the supreme that is not the Veda — always the lord. He, the blessed one, knowable through the Veda, whose form is the Veda, is Maheśvara. He alone is both the Veda and what is to be known; by taking refuge in him alone one is released.
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KuP 1 50.25
इत्येदक्षरं वेद्यमोङ्कारं वेदमव्ययम् । अवेदं च विजानाति पाराशर्यो महामुनिः
ityedakṣaraṃ vedyamoṅkāraṃ vedamavyayam / avedaṃ ca vijānāti pārāśaryo mahāmuniḥ
Thus the great sage, son of Parāśara, knows the imperishable Veda — the syllable Oṃ, the one syllable to be known — and also that which is not the Veda.
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