Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 7
KuP 1 7.1
श्रीकूर्म उवाच सृष्टिं चिन्तयतस्तस्य कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा । अबुद्धिपूर्वकः सर्गः प्रादुर्भूतस्तमोमयः
śrīkūrma uvāca sṛṣṭiṃ cintayatastasya kalpādiṣu yathā purā / abuddhipūrvakaḥ sargaḥ prādurbhūtastamomayaḥ
Śrī Kūrma said: As he was thinking on creation, as formerly at the beginnings of the kalpas, a creation not preceded by intelligence, made of darkness, came forth.
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KuP 1 7.2
तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्त्रश्चान्धसंज्ञितः । अविद्या पञ्चपर्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः
tamo moho mahāmohastāmistraścāndhasaṃjñitaḥ / avidyā pañcaparvaiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ
Darkness (tamas), delusion, great delusion, gloom (tāmisra), and that named blindness (andha-tāmisra) — this fivefold-jointed ignorance appeared from the great-souled one.
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KuP 1 7.3
पञ्चधावस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायतः सो ऽभिमानिनः । संवृतस्तमसा चैव बीजकम्भुवनावृतः
pañcadhāvasthitaḥ sargo dhyāyataḥ so 'bhimāninaḥ / saṃvṛtastamasā caiva bījakambhuvanāvṛtaḥ
As he meditated, self-conceited, the creation stood forth in five ways, enveloped by darkness, covered over like a seed-sprout(?).
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KuP 1 7.4
वर्हिरन्तश्चाप्रकाशः स्तब्धो निः संज्ञ एव च । मुक्या नगा इति प्रोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस्तु स स्मृतः
varhirantaścāprakāśaḥ stabdho niḥ saṃjña eva ca / mukyā nagā iti proktā mukhyasargastu sa smṛtaḥ
Unilluminated without and within, motionless and indeed without consciousness — these are called the chief ones, the trees; and that is remembered as the chief creation (mukhya-sarga).
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KuP 1 7.5
तं दृष्ट्वासाधकं सर्गममन्यदपरं प्रभुः । तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गस्तिर्यक्स्त्रोतो ऽभ्यवर्तत
taṃ dṛṣṭvāsādhakaṃ sargamamanyadaparaṃ prabhuḥ / tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargastiryakstroto 'bhyavartata
Seeing that creation to be ineffectual, the Lord thought of another; and as he meditated, the creation flowing crosswise came about.
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KuP 1 7.6
यस्मात् तिर्यक् प्रवृत्तः स तिर्यक्स्त्रोतस्ततः स्मृतः । पश्वादयस्ते विख्याता उत्पथग्राहिणो द्विजाः
yasmāt tiryak pravṛttaḥ sa tiryakstrotastataḥ smṛtaḥ / paśvādayaste vikhyātā utpathagrāhiṇo dvijāḥ
Because it proceeded crosswise, it is therefore remembered as 'flowing crosswise'; those are known as the beasts and the rest, who take the wrong path, O twice-born.
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KuP 1 7.7
तमप्यसाधकं ज्ञात्वा सर्गमन्यं ससर्ज ह । ऊर्ध्वस्त्रोत इति प्रोक्तो देवसर्गस्तु सात्त्विकः
tamapyasādhakaṃ jñātvā sargamanyaṃ sasarja ha / ūrdhvastrota iti prokto devasargastu sāttvikaḥ
Knowing that too to be ineffectual, he created another creation: it is called 'flowing upward', the creation of the gods, which is of the nature of sattva.
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KuP 1 7.8
ते सुखप्रतिबहुला बहिरन्तश्च नावृताः । प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च स्वभावाद् देवसंज्ञिताः
te sukhapratibahulā bahirantaśca nāvṛtāḥ / prakāśā bahirantaśca svabhāvād devasaṃjñitāḥ
They abound in pleasure and are unveiled without and within; being luminous without and within, they are by their own nature named gods.
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KuP 1 7.9
ततो ऽबिधायायतस्तस्य सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तदा । प्रादुरासीत् तदाव्यक्तादर्वाक्स्त्रोतस्तु साधकः
tato 'bidhāyāyatastasya satyābhidhyāyinastadā / prādurāsīt tadāvyaktādarvākstrotastu sādhakaḥ
Then, as he meditated and contemplated the truth, there appeared from the unmanifest the 'downward-flowing' creation, which was effectual.
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KuP 1 7.10
ते च प्रकाशबहुलास्तमोद्रिक्ता रजोधिकाः । दुः खोत्कटाः सत्त्वयुता मनुष्याः परिकीर्तिता
te ca prakāśabahulāstamodriktā rajodhikāḥ / duḥ khotkaṭāḥ sattvayutā manuṣyāḥ parikīrtitā
And they abound in illumination, with darkness in excess and rajas predominant, intense in suffering yet joined with sattva: they are declared to be human beings.
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KuP 1 7.11
तं दृष्ट्वा चापरं सर्गममन्यद् भगवानजः । तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं सर्गो भूतादिको ऽभवत्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā cāparaṃ sargamamanyad bhagavānajaḥ / tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ sargo bhūtādiko 'bhavat
And seeing that, the unborn Lord thought of another creation; and as he meditated on that creation, the creation beginning with the elemental beings came to be.
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KuP 1 7.12
ते ऽपरिग्राहिणः सर्वे संविभागरताः पुनः । खादनाश्चाप्यशीलाश्च भूताद्याः परिकीर्तिताः । इत्येते पञ्च कथिताः सर्गा वै द्विजपुङ्गवाः
te 'parigrāhiṇaḥ sarve saṃvibhāgaratāḥ punaḥ / khādanāścāpyaśīlāśca bhūtādyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / ityete pañca kathitāḥ sargā vai dvijapuṅgavāḥ
They are all non-acquisitive, again devoted to sharing out, eaters and without good conduct: they are declared to be the elemental beings and the rest. Thus these five creations have been told, O bulls among the twice-born.
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KuP 1 7.13
प्रथमो महतः सर्गो विज्ञेयो ब्रह्मणस्तु सः । तन्मात्राणां द्वितीयस्तु भूतसर्गो हि स स्मृतः
prathamo mahataḥ sargo vijñeyo brahmaṇastu saḥ / tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūtasargo hi sa smṛtaḥ
The first is the creation of the Great (mahat); it is to be known as Brahmā's own. The second is that of the subtle elements (tanmātras), which is remembered as the creation of the elements.
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KuP 1 7.14
वैकारिकस्तृतीयस्तु सर्ग ऐन्द्रियकः स्मृतः । इत्येष प्राकृतः सर्गः संभूतो ऽबुद्धिपूर्वकः
vaikārikastṛtīyastu sarga aindriyakaḥ smṛtaḥ / ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ saṃbhūto 'buddhipūrvakaḥ
The third is the modified creation, remembered as that of the sense-organs. Thus this material (prākṛta) creation came about without prior intention.
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KuP 1 7.15
मुख्यसर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः । तिर्यक्स्त्रोतस्तु यः प्रोक्तस्तिर्यग्योन्यः स पञ्चमः
mukhyasargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ / tiryakstrotastu yaḥ proktastiryagyonyaḥ sa pañcamaḥ
The fourth is the chief creation; the immobile things are indeed remembered as the 'chief'. That which was called 'flowing crosswise' is the fifth, the animal births.
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KuP 1 7.16
तथोर्ध्वस्त्रोतसां षष्ठो देवसर्गस्तु स स्मृतः । ततोर्ऽवाक्स्त्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः
tathordhvastrotasāṃ ṣaṣṭho devasargastu sa smṛtaḥ / tator'vākstrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mānuṣaḥ
So too the sixth is that of the upward-flowing ones, remembered as the creation of the gods. Then the seventh is the creation of the downward-flowing ones, which is human.
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KuP 1 7.17
अष्टमो भौतिकः सर्गो भूतादीनां प्रकीर्तितः । नवमश्चैव कौमारः प्राकृता वैकृतास्त्विमे
aṣṭamo bhautikaḥ sargo bhūtādīnāṃ prakīrtitaḥ / navamaścaiva kaumāraḥ prākṛtā vaikṛtāstvime
The eighth is declared to be the elemental creation, of the bhūtas and the rest; and the ninth is the Kumāra creation. These are material and modified.
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KuP 1 7.18
प्राकृतास्तु त्रयः पूर्वे सर्गास्ते ऽबुद्धिपूर्वकाः । बुद्धिपूर्वं प्रवर्तन्ते मुख्याद्या मुनिपुङ्गवाः
prākṛtāstu trayaḥ pūrve sargāste 'buddhipūrvakāḥ / buddhipūrvaṃ pravartante mukhyādyā munipuṅgavāḥ
The first three creations are material and without prior intention; those beginning with the chief creation proceed with prior intention, O bulls among sages.
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KuP 1 7.19
अग्रे ससर्ज वै ब्रह्मा मानसानात्मनः समान् । सनकं सनातनं चैव तथैव च सनन्दनम् । ऋभुं सनात्कुमारं च पूर्वमेव प्रजापतिः
agre sasarja vai brahmā mānasānātmanaḥ samān / sanakaṃ sanātanaṃ caiva tathaiva ca sanandanam / ṛbhuṃ sanātkumāraṃ ca pūrvameva prajāpatiḥ
First Brahmā created from his mind (sons) equal to himself: Sanaka and Sanātana, and likewise Sanandana, and Ṛbhu and Sanatkumāra — the lord of creatures (created them) first of all.
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KuP 1 7.20
पञ्चैते योगिनो विप्राः परं वैराग्यमास्थिताः । ईश्वरासक्तमनसो न सृष्टौ दधिरे मतिम्
pañcaite yogino viprāḥ paraṃ vairāgyamāsthitāḥ / īśvarāsaktamanaso na sṛṣṭau dadhire matim
These five, O brahmins, were yogins established in the highest dispassion; their minds fixed on the Lord, they did not set their thought upon creation.
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KuP 1 7.21
तेष्वेवं निरपेक्षेषु लोकसृष्टौ प्रजापतिः । मुमोह मायया सद्यो मायिनः परमेष्ठिनः
teṣvevaṃ nirapekṣeṣu lokasṛṣṭau prajāpatiḥ / mumoha māyayā sadyo māyinaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
When they were thus indifferent to the creation of the world, the lord of creatures was at once bewildered by the māyā of the māyin, the supreme one.
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KuP 1 7.22
तं बोधयामास सुतं जगन्मायो महामुनिः । नारायणो महायोगी योगिचित्तानुरञ्जनः
taṃ bodhayāmāsa sutaṃ jaganmāyo mahāmuniḥ / nārāyaṇo mahāyogī yogicittānurañjanaḥ
The great sage Nārāyaṇa, whose māyā is the world, the great yogin who delights the minds of yogins, awakened that son (of his).
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KuP 1 7.23
बोधितस्तेन विश्वात्मा तताप परमं तपः । स तप्यमानो भगवान् न किञ्चित् प्रतिपद्यत
bodhitastena viśvātmā tatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ / sa tapyamāno bhagavān na kiñcit pratipadyata
Awakened by him, the Self of all performed the highest austerity; but as he was practising austerity, the Lord attained nothing at all.
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KuP 1 7.24
ततो दीर्घेण कालेन दुखात् क्रोधो व्यजायत । क्रोधाविष्टस्य नेत्राभ्यां प्रापतन्नश्रु बिन्दवः
tato dīrgheṇa kālena dukhāt krodho vyajāyata / krodhāviṣṭasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatannaśru bindavaḥ
Then, after a long time, anger arose out of (his) distress; and from the eyes of him, possessed by anger, drops of tears fell.
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KuP 1 7.25
भ्रुकुटीकुटिलात् तस्य ललाटात् परमेश्वरः । समुत्पन्नो महादेवः शरण्यो नीललोहितः
bhrukuṭīkuṭilāt tasya lalāṭāt parameśvaraḥ / samutpanno mahādevaḥ śaraṇyo nīlalohitaḥ
From his forehead, crooked with a frown, arose the supreme Lord, the great god, the giver of refuge, the blue-and-red one.
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KuP 1 7.26
स एव भगवानीशस्तेजोराशिः सनातनः । यं प्रपश्यन्ति विद्वांसः स्वात्मस्थं परमेश्वरम्
sa eva bhagavānīśastejorāśiḥ sanātanaḥ / yaṃ prapaśyanti vidvāṃsaḥ svātmasthaṃ parameśvaram
He indeed is the Lord, the Blessed One, the mass of radiance, the eternal, whom the wise behold as the supreme Lord dwelling within their own self.
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KuP 1 7.27
ओङ्कारं समनुस्मृत्य प्रणम्य च कृताञ्जलिः । ताम भगवान् ब्रह्मा सृजेमा विविधाः प्रजाः
oṅkāraṃ samanusmṛtya praṇamya ca kṛtāñjaliḥ / tāma bhagavān brahmā sṛjemā vividhāḥ prajāḥ
Having called to mind the syllable Om and having bowed with joined palms, the Blessed Brahmā said: "Create these manifold creatures."
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KuP 1 7.28
निशम्य भगवान् वाक्यं शङ्करो धर्मवाहनः । स्वात्मना सद्शान् रुद्रान् ससर्ज मनसा शिवः । कपर्दिनो निरातङ्कांस्त्रिनेत्रान् नीललोहितान्
niśamya bhagavān vākyaṃ śaṅkaro dharmavāhanaḥ / svātmanā sadśān rudrān sasarja manasā śivaḥ / kapardino nirātaṅkāṃstrinetrān nīlalohitān
Having heard (that) speech, the Blessed Śaṅkara, the bearer of dharma, the auspicious one, created by his mind Rudras like his own self — with matted locks, free of fear, three-eyed, blue-and-red.
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KuP 1 7.29
तं प्राह भगवान् ब्रह्मा जन्ममृत्युयुताः प्रजाः । सृजेति सो ऽब्रवीदीशो नाहं मृत्युजरान्विताः । प्रजाः स्त्रक्ष्ये जगन्नाथ सृज त्वमशुभाः प्रजाः
taṃ prāha bhagavān brahmā janmamṛtyuyutāḥ prajāḥ / sṛjeti so 'bravīdīśo nāhaṃ mṛtyujarānvitāḥ / prajāḥ strakṣye jagannātha sṛja tvamaśubhāḥ prajāḥ
The Blessed Brahmā said to him: "Create creatures subject to birth and death." He, the Lord, replied: "I will not create creatures afflicted by death and old age; you yourself, O Lord of the world, create the inauspicious creatures."
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KuP 1 7.30
निवार्य च तदा रुद्रं ससर्ज कमलोद्भवः । स्थानाभिमानिनः सर्वान् गदतस्तान् निबोधत
nivārya ca tadā rudraṃ sasarja kamalodbhavaḥ / sthānābhimāninaḥ sarvān gadatastān nibodhata
And then, having restrained Rudra, the lotus-born one created all those who preside over the (various) stations; learn of them as I recount them.
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KuP 1 7.31
अपो ऽग्निरन्तरिक्षं च द्यौर्वायुः पृथिवी तथा । नद्यः समुद्राः शैलाश्च वृक्षा वीरुध एव च
apo 'gnirantarikṣaṃ ca dyaurvāyuḥ pṛthivī tathā / nadyaḥ samudrāḥ śailāśca vṛkṣā vīrudha eva ca
The waters, fire, the intermediate space, the sky, wind, and the earth likewise; rivers, oceans, mountains, trees, and creeping plants as well;
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KuP 1 7.32
लवाः काष्ठाः कलाश्चैव मुहूर्ता दिवसाः क्षपाः । अर्धमासाश्च मासाश्च अयनाब्दयुगादयः
lavāḥ kāṣṭhāḥ kalāścaiva muhūrtā divasāḥ kṣapāḥ / ardhamāsāśca māsāśca ayanābdayugādayaḥ
lavas, kāṣṭhās and kalās, muhūrtas, days, nights, half-months and months, solstitial courses, years, ages and the rest.
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KuP 1 7.33
स्थानाबिमानिनः सृष्ट्वा साधकानसृजत् पुनः । मरीचिभृग्वङ्गिरसं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् । दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च धर्मं संकल्पमेव च
sthānābimāninaḥ sṛṣṭvā sādhakānasṛjat punaḥ / marīcibhṛgvaṅgirasaṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum / dakṣamatriṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca dharmaṃ saṃkalpameva ca
Having created those presiding over the stations, he next created the accomplishers: Marīci, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Dakṣa, Atri, and Vasiṣṭha, and Dharma and Saṃkalpa too.
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KuP 1 7.34
प्राणाद् ब्रह्मासृजद् दक्षं चक्षुषश्च मरीचिनम् । शिरसो ऽङ्गिरसं देवो हृदयाद् भृगुमेव च
prāṇād brahmāsṛjad dakṣaṃ cakṣuṣaśca marīcinam / śiraso 'ṅgirasaṃ devo hṛdayād bhṛgumeva ca
From (his) breath Brahmā created Dakṣa, and from (his) eye Marīci; the god (created) Aṅgiras from (his) head, and Bhṛgu from (his) heart.
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KuP 1 7.35
श्रोत्राभ्यामत्रिनामानं धर्मं च व्यवसायतः । संकल्पं चैव संकल्पात् सर्वलोकपितामहः
śrotrābhyāmatrināmānaṃ dharmaṃ ca vyavasāyataḥ / saṃkalpaṃ caiva saṃkalpāt sarvalokapitāmahaḥ
From (his) two ears the one named Atri, and Dharma from (his) resolve, and Saṃkalpa from (his) conception — (so did) the grandfather of all the worlds.
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KuP 1 7.36
पुलस्त्यं च तथोदानाद् व्यनाच्च पुलहं मुनिम् । अपानात् क्रतुमव्यग्रं समानाच्च वसिष्ठकम्
pulastyaṃ ca tathodānād vyanācca pulahaṃ munim / apānāt kratumavyagraṃ samānācca vasiṣṭhakam
And Pulastya from the upward breath (udāna), and the sage Pulaha from the diffused breath (vyāna); from the downward breath (apāna) the unagitated Kratu, and from the equalizing breath (samāna) Vasiṣṭha.
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KuP 1 7.37
इत्येते ब्रह्मणा सृष्टाः साधका गृहमेधिनः । आस्थाय मानवं रूपं धर्मस्तैः संप्रवर्तितः
ityete brahmaṇā sṛṣṭāḥ sādhakā gṛhamedhinaḥ / āsthāya mānavaṃ rūpaṃ dharmastaiḥ saṃpravartitaḥ
These, then, are the accomplishers, householders, created by Brahmā; taking on human form, dharma was set in motion by them.
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KuP 1 7.38
ततो देवासुरपितृन् मनुष्यांश्च चतुष्टयम् । सिसृक्षुरम्भांस्येतानि स्वमात्मानमयूयुजत्
tato devāsurapitṛn manuṣyāṃśca catuṣṭayam / sisṛkṣurambhāṃsyetāni svamātmānamayūyujat
Then, wishing to create the fourfold group — gods, demons, ancestors and men — he joined his own self to these waters.
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KuP 1 7.39
युक्तात्मनस्तमोमात्रा उद्रिक्ताभूत् प्रजापतेः । ततो ऽस्य जघनात् पूर्वमसुरा जज्ञिरे सुताः
yuktātmanastamomātrā udriktābhūt prajāpateḥ / tato 'sya jaghanāt pūrvamasurā jajñire sutāḥ
When Prajāpati had thus concentrated himself, the portion of darkness became predominant; then first from his hip the asuras were born as (his) sons.
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KuP 1 7.40
उत्ससर्जासुरान् सृष्ट्वा तां तनुं पुरुषोत्तमः । सा चोत्सृष्टा तनुस्तेन सद्यो रात्रिरजायत । सा तमोबहुला यस्मात् प्रजास्तस्यांस्वपन्त्यतः
utsasarjāsurān sṛṣṭvā tāṃ tanuṃ puruṣottamaḥ / sā cotsṛṣṭā tanustena sadyo rātrirajāyata / sā tamobahulā yasmāt prajāstasyāṃsvapantyataḥ
Having created the asuras, the highest Person cast off that body; and the body cast off by him at once became night. Because it is abundant in darkness, creatures sleep during it.
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KuP 1 7.41
सत्त्वमात्रत्मिकां देवस्तनुमन्यामगृह्णत । ततो ऽस्य मुखतो देवा दीव्यतः संप्रजज्ञिरे
sattvamātratmikāṃ devastanumanyāmagṛhṇata / tato 'sya mukhato devā dīvyataḥ saṃprajajñire
The god took on another body, consisting solely of sattva; then from the mouth of him as he shone forth the gods were born.
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KuP 1 7.42
त्यक्ता सापि तनुस्तेन सत्त्वप्रायमभूद् दिनम् । तस्मादहो धर्मयुक्ता देवताः समुपासते
tyaktā sāpi tanustena sattvaprāyamabhūd dinam / tasmādaho dharmayuktā devatāḥ samupāsate
That body too was abandoned by him, and it became the day, which is predominantly sattva; therefore by day the deities, joined with dharma, are worshipped.
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KuP 1 7.43
सत्त्वमात्रात्मिकामेव ततो ऽन्यां जगृहे तनुम् । पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य पितरः संप्रजज्ञिरे
sattvamātrātmikāmeva tato 'nyāṃ jagṛhe tanum / pitṛvanmanyamānasya pitaraḥ saṃprajajñire
Then he took up yet another body, made of pure sattva alone; and as he thought of himself as a father, the Fathers (Pitṛs) were born.
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KuP 1 7.44
उत्ससर्ज पितृन् सृष्ट्वा ततस्तामपि विश्वसृक् । सापविद्धा तनुस्तेन सद्यः सन्ध्या व्यजायत
utsasarja pitṛn sṛṣṭvā tatastāmapi viśvasṛk / sāpaviddhā tanustena sadyaḥ sandhyā vyajāyata
Having created the Fathers, the maker of all then cast off that body too; and that body, discarded by him, at once became twilight.
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KuP 1 7.45
तस्मादहर्देवतानां रात्रिः स्याद् देवविद्विषाम् । तयोर्मध्ये पितॄणां तु मूर्तिः सन्ध्या गरीयसी
tasmādahardevatānāṃ rātriḥ syād devavidviṣām / tayormadhye pitṝṇāṃ tu mūrtiḥ sandhyā garīyasī
Therefore day belongs to the deities, and night to the haters of the gods; but between the two, twilight, the form of the Fathers, is the weightier.
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KuP 1 7.46
तस्माद् देवासुराः सर्वे मनवो मानवास्तथा । उपासते तदा युक्ता रात्र्यह्नोर्मध्यमां तनुम्
tasmād devāsurāḥ sarve manavo mānavāstathā / upāsate tadā yuktā rātryahnormadhyamāṃ tanum
Therefore all the gods and asuras, the Manus and the descendants of Manu, being intent, then worship that middle body, (which lies) between night and day.
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KuP 1 7.47
रजोमात्रात्मिकां ब्रह्मा तनुमन्यामगृह्णत । ततो ऽस्य जज्ञिरे पुत्रा मनुष्या रजसावृताः
rajomātrātmikāṃ brahmā tanumanyāmagṛhṇata / tato 'sya jajñire putrā manuṣyā rajasāvṛtāḥ
Brahmā took up another body, made of pure rajas alone; from it were born his sons, human beings, enveloped in rajas.
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KuP 1 7.48
तामप्याशु स तत्याज तनुं सद्यः प्रजापतिः । ज्योत्स्त्रा सा चाभवद्विप्राः प्राक्सन्ध्या याबिधीयते
tāmapyāśu sa tatyāja tanuṃ sadyaḥ prajāpatiḥ / jyotstrā sā cābhavadviprāḥ prāksandhyā yābidhīyate
That body too the Lord of creatures quickly abandoned at once; and it became, O brahmins, the moonlight (dawn-glow) which is called the twilight before (day).
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KuP 1 7.49
ततः स भगवान् ब्रह्मा संप्राप्य द्विजपुङ्गवाः । मूर्ति तमोरजः प्रायां पुनरेवाभ्ययूयुजत्
tataḥ sa bhagavān brahmā saṃprāpya dvijapuṅgavāḥ / mūrti tamorajaḥ prāyāṃ punarevābhyayūyujat
Then, O bulls among the twice-born, the Lord Brahmā, having obtained a form predominantly of darkness and passion, joined himself to it once more.
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KuP 1 7.50
अन्धकारे क्षुधाविष्टा राक्षसास्तस्य जज्ञिरे । पुत्रास्तमोरजः प्राया बलिनस्ते निशाचराः
andhakāre kṣudhāviṣṭā rākṣasāstasya jajñire / putrāstamorajaḥ prāyā balinaste niśācarāḥ
In the darkness there were born to him, seized by hunger, the rākṣasas — sons predominantly of darkness and passion, mighty ones who roam by night.
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KuP 1 7.51
सर्पा यक्षास्तथा बूता गन्धर्वाः संप्रजज्ञिरे । रजस्तमोभ्यामाविष्टांस्ततो ऽन्यानसृजत् प्रभुः
sarpā yakṣāstathā būtā gandharvāḥ saṃprajajñire / rajastamobhyāmāviṣṭāṃstato 'nyānasṛjat prabhuḥ
Serpents, yakṣas, and likewise ghosts and gandharvas were born; then the Lord created others, filled with rajas and tamas.
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KuP 1 7.52
वयांसि वयसः सृष्ट्वा अवयो वक्षसो ऽसृजत् । मुखतो ऽजान् ससर्जान्यान् उदराद्गाश्चनिर्ममे
vayāṃsi vayasaḥ sṛṣṭvā avayo vakṣaso 'sṛjat / mukhato 'jān sasarjānyān udarādgāścanirmame
Having created birds from his vigour, he created sheep from his chest; from his mouth he brought forth goats, and from his belly he fashioned cattle.
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KuP 1 7.53
पद्भ्याञ्चाश्वान् समातङ्गान् रासभान् गवयान् मृगान् । उष्ट्रानश्वतरांश्चैव न्यङ्कूनन्यांश्व जातयः । औपध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे
padbhyāñcāśvān samātaṅgān rāsabhān gavayān mṛgān / uṣṭrānaśvatarāṃścaiva nyaṅkūnanyāṃśva jātayaḥ / aupadhyaḥ phalamūlinyo romabhyastasya jajñire
And from his feet (he created) horses, elephants, donkeys, gayals, deer, camels, mules, antelopes, and other kinds; herbs bearing fruits and roots were born from his hairs.
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KuP 1 7.54
गायत्रं च ऋचं चैव त्रिवृत्साम रथन्तरम् । अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात्
gāyatraṃ ca ṛcaṃ caiva trivṛtsāma rathantaram / agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt
From his first (eastern) mouth he fashioned the Gāyatrī metre, the Ṛgveda, the trivṛt chant, the rathantara, and, among sacrifices, the agniṣṭoma.
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KuP 1 7.55
यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छन्दः स्तोमं पञ्चदशं तथा । बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात्
yajūṃṣi traiṣṭubhaṃ chandaḥ stomaṃ pañcadaśaṃ tathā / bṛhatsāma tathokthaṃ ca dakṣiṇādasṛjanmukhāt
From his southern mouth he created the Yajus formulas, the Triṣṭubh metre, the fifteenfold stoma, the bṛhat chant, and the ukthya.
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KuP 1 7.56
सामानि जागतं छन्दस्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा । वैरूपमतिरात्रं च पश्चिमादसृजन्मुखात्
sāmāni jāgataṃ chandastomaṃ saptadaśaṃ tathā / vairūpamatirātraṃ ca paścimādasṛjanmukhāt
From his western mouth he created the Sāmans, the Jagatī metre, the seventeenfold stoma, the vairūpa, and the atirātra.
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KuP 1 7.57
एकविशमथर्वाणमाप्तोर्यामाणमेव च । अनुष्टुभं सवैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात्
ekaviśamatharvāṇamāptoryāmāṇameva ca / anuṣṭubhaṃ savairājamuttarādasṛjanmukhāt
From his northern mouth he created the twenty-onefold (stoma), the Atharvaveda, the āptoryāma, the Anuṣṭubh, and the vairāja.
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KuP 1 7.58
उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे । ब्रह्मणो हि प्रजासर्गं सृजतस्तु प्रजापतेः
uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyastasya jajñire / brahmaṇo hi prajāsargaṃ sṛjatastu prajāpateḥ
High and low beings were born from the limbs of him, of Brahmā, the Lord of creatures, as he brought forth the creation of living beings.
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KuP 1 7.59
सृष्ट्वा चतुष्टयं सर्गं देवर्षिपितृमानुषम् । ततो ऽसृजच्च भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
sṛṣṭvā catuṣṭayaṃ sargaṃ devarṣipitṛmānuṣam / tato 'sṛjacca bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
Having created the fourfold creation — of gods, sages, Fathers and men — he then created (other) beings, both immobile and moving.
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KuP 1 7.60
यक्षान् पिशाचान् गन्धर्वांस्तथैवाप्सरसः शुभाः । नरकिन्नररक्षांसि वयः पुशुमृगोरगान् । अव्ययं च व्ययं चैव द्वयं स्थावरजङ्गमम्
yakṣān piśācān gandharvāṃstathaivāpsarasaḥ śubhāḥ / narakinnararakṣāṃsi vayaḥ puśumṛgoragān / avyayaṃ ca vyayaṃ caiva dvayaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam
Yakṣas, piśācas, gandharvas, and likewise the lovely apsarases, men, kinnaras and rākṣasas, birds, cattle, wild beasts and snakes; the imperishable and the perishable, the pair (that is) the immobile and the moving.
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KuP 1 7.61
तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्टौ प्रतिपेदिरे । तान्येव ते प्रपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः
teṣāṃ ye yāni karmāṇi prāksṛṣṭau pratipedire / tānyeva te prapadyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Whatever deeds any of them had assumed in the earlier creation, those very ones they take up again, as they are created over and over.
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KuP 1 7.62
हिंस्त्राहिंस्त्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते । तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात् तत् तस्य रोचते
hiṃstrāhiṃstre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte / tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāt tat tasya rocate
Harmfulness and harmlessness, mildness and cruelty, dharma and adharma, truth and falsehood — being conditioned by that (from before), they take these up again; therefore that is what pleases each one.
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KuP 1 7.63
महाभूतेषु नानात्वमिन्द्रियार्थेषु मूर्तिषु । विनियोगं च भूतानां धातैव विदधात् स्वयम्
mahābhūteṣu nānātvamindriyārtheṣu mūrtiṣu / viniyogaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ dhātaiva vidadhāt svayam
The Ordainer himself established the manifoldness among the great elements, the objects of the senses and the bodily forms, and the allotted function of beings.
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KuP 1 7.64
नामरूपं च भूतानां कृत्यानां च प्रपञ्चनम् । वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ निर्ममे स महेश्वरः
nāmarūpaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ kṛtyānāṃ ca prapañcanam / vedaśabdebhya evādau nirmame sa maheśvaraḥ
And that Great Lord fashioned in the beginning, from the words of the Veda alone, the name and form of beings and the elaboration of their activities.
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KuP 1 7.65
आर्षाणि चैव नामानि याश्च वेदेषु दृष्टयः । शर्वर्यन्ते प्रसूतानां तान्येवैभ्यो ददात्यजः
ārṣāṇi caiva nāmāni yāśca vedeṣu dṛṣṭayaḥ / śarvaryante prasūtānāṃ tānyevaibhyo dadātyajaḥ
The names derived from the seers, and whatever perceptions (are recorded) in the Vedas — those very ones the Unborn gives to these (beings) when they are brought forth at the night's end.
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KuP 1 7.66
यथर्तावृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये । दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु
yathartāvṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye / dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā bhāvā yugādiṣu
Just as, in the round of seasons, the marks of each season, of various forms, are seen — those very same ones — so are the states of things at the beginnings of the yugas.
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