Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 8

KuP 1 8.1

श्रीकूर्म उवाच एवं भूतानि सृष्टानि स्थावराणि चराणि च । यदा चास्य प्रजाः सृष्टा न व्यवर्धन्त धीमतः

śrīkūrma uvāca evaṃ bhūtāni sṛṣṭāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca / yadā cāsya prajāḥ sṛṣṭā na vyavardhanta dhīmataḥ

Śrī Kūrma said: Thus were beings created, the stationary and the moving; and when the creatures created by that wise one did not multiply,

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KuP 1 8.2

तमोमात्रावृतो ब्रह्मा तदाशोचत दुः खितः । ततः स विदधे बुद्धिमर्थनिश्चयगामिनीम्

tamomātrāvṛto brahmā tadāśocata duḥ khitaḥ / tataḥ sa vidadhe buddhimarthaniścayagāminīm

then Brahmā, enveloped by the tamas-portion, grieved and was distressed; thereupon he applied his intellect, which proceeds to the determining of the matter.

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KuP 1 8.3

अथात्मनि समद्राक्षीत् तमोमात्रां नियामिकाम् । रजः सत्त्वं च संवृत्य वर्तमानां स्वधर्मतः

athātmani samadrākṣīt tamomātrāṃ niyāmikām / rajaḥ sattvaṃ ca saṃvṛtya vartamānāṃ svadharmataḥ

Then he saw within himself the restraining portion of tamas, which, having covered over rajas and sattva, was operating according to its own nature.

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KuP 1 8.4

तमस्तद् व्यनुदत् पश्चात् रजः सत्त्वेन संयुतः । तत् तमः प्रतिनुन्नं वै मिथुनं समजायत

tamastad vyanudat paścāt rajaḥ sattvena saṃyutaḥ / tat tamaḥ pratinunnaṃ vai mithunaṃ samajāyata

Afterwards, being joined with rajas and sattva, he thrust away that tamas; and that tamas, when thrust away, became a pair (male and female):

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KuP 1 8.5

अधर्माचरणो विप्रा हिंसा चाशुभलक्षणा । स्वां तनुं स ततो ब्रह्मा तामपोहत भास्वराम्

adharmācaraṇo viprā hiṃsā cāśubhalakṣaṇā / svāṃ tanuṃ sa tato brahmā tāmapohata bhāsvarām

Adharma-conduct, O brahmins, and Violence, marked with inauspiciousness. Then Brahmā cast off that shining body of his.

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KuP 1 8.6

द्विधाकरोत् पुनर्देहमर्धेन पुरुषो ऽभवत् । अर्धेन नारी पुरुषो विराजमसृजत् प्रभुः

dvidhākarot punardehamardhena puruṣo 'bhavat / ardhena nārī puruṣo virājamasṛjat prabhuḥ

He made the body twofold: with one half he became a man, with the other half a woman; the man, the Lord, created Virāj.

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KuP 1 8.7

नारीं च शतरूपाख्यां योगिनीं ससृजे शुभाम् । सा दिवं पृथिवीं चैव महम्ना व्याप्य संस्थिता

nārīṃ ca śatarūpākhyāṃ yoginīṃ sasṛje śubhām / sā divaṃ pṛthivīṃ caiva mahamnā vyāpya saṃsthitā

And he created the auspicious woman named Śatarūpā, a yoginī; she stood pervading heaven and earth with her greatness.

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KuP 1 8.8

योगैश्वर्यबलोपेता ज्ञानविज्ञानसंयुता । यो ऽभवत् पुरुषात् पुत्रो विराडव्यक्तजन्मनः

yogaiśvaryabalopetā jñānavijñānasaṃyutā / yo 'bhavat puruṣāt putro virāḍavyaktajanmanaḥ

She was endowed with yogic lordship and power, possessed of knowledge and discernment. The son who was born from the man Virāj, whose birth was from the unmanifest —

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KuP 1 8.9

स्वायंभुवो मनुर्देवः सो ऽभवत् पुरुषो मुनिः । सा देवी शतरूपाख्या तपः कृत्वा सुदुश्चरम्

svāyaṃbhuvo manurdevaḥ so 'bhavat puruṣo muniḥ / sā devī śatarūpākhyā tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram

— he, that man, the sage, became the god Manu Svāyambhuva. That goddess named Śatarūpā, having performed very difficult austerity,

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KuP 1 8.10

भर्तारं ब्रह्मणः पुत्रं मनुमेवानुपद्यत । तस्माच्च शतरूपा सा पुत्रद्वयमसूयत

bhartāraṃ brahmaṇaḥ putraṃ manumevānupadyata / tasmācca śatarūpā sā putradvayamasūyata

obtained as her husband Manu himself, the son of Brahmā; and by him that Śatarūpā bore two sons,

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KuP 1 8.11

प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ कन्याद्वयमनुत्तमम् । तयोः प्रसूतिं दक्षाय मनुः कन्यां ददौ पुनः

priyavratottānapādau kanyādvayamanuttamam / tayoḥ prasūtiṃ dakṣāya manuḥ kanyāṃ dadau punaḥ

Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and a most excellent pair of daughters; of these two Manu in turn gave the daughter Prasūti to Dakṣa.

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KuP 1 8.12

प्रजापतिरथाकूतिं मानसो जगृहे रुचिः । आकूत्यां मिथुनं जज्ञे मानसस्य रुचेः शुभम् । यज्ञश्च दक्षिणा चैव याभ्यां संवर्धितं जगत्

prajāpatirathākūtiṃ mānaso jagṛhe ruciḥ / ākūtyāṃ mithunaṃ jajñe mānasasya ruceḥ śubham / yajñaśca dakṣiṇā caiva yābhyāṃ saṃvardhitaṃ jagat

Then the mind-born Prajāpati Ruci took Ākūti (to wife); of the mind-born Ruci an auspicious pair was born in Ākūti: Yajña and Dakṣiṇā, by whom the world was made to grow.

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KuP 1 8.13

यज्ञस्य दक्षिणायां तु पुत्रा द्वादश जज्ञिरे । यामा इति समाक्यता देवाः स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे

yajñasya dakṣiṇāyāṃ tu putrā dvādaśa jajñire / yāmā iti samākyatā devāḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare

And in Dakṣiṇā twelve sons of Yajña were born; they were called the Yāmas, gods in the Svāyambhuva interval.

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KuP 1 8.14

प्रसूत्यां च तथा दक्षश्चतस्त्रो विंशतिं तथा । ससर्ज कन्या नामानि तासां सम्यम् निबोधत

prasūtyāṃ ca tathā dakṣaścatastro viṃśatiṃ tathā / sasarja kanyā nāmāni tāsāṃ samyam nibodhata

And thus Dakṣa begot in Prasūti twenty-four daughters; learn their names correctly.

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KuP 1 8.15

श्रद्धा लक्ष्मीर्धृतिस्तुष्टिः पुष्टिर्मेधा क्रिया तथा । बुद्धिर्लज्जावपुः शान्तिः सिद्धिः कीर्तिस्त्रयोदशी

śraddhā lakṣmīrdhṛtistuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirmedhā kriyā tathā / buddhirlajjāvapuḥ śāntiḥ siddhiḥ kīrtistrayodaśī

Śraddhā, Lakṣmī, Dhṛti, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, Medhā, and Kriyā, Buddhi, Lajjā, Vapus, Śānti, Siddhi, and Kīrti as the thirteenth.

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KuP 1 8.16

पत्न्यर्थं प्रतिजग्राह धर्मो दाक्षायणीः शुभाः । ताभ्यः शिष्टा यवीयस्य एकादश सुलोचनाः

patnyarthaṃ pratijagrāha dharmo dākṣāyaṇīḥ śubhāḥ / tābhyaḥ śiṣṭā yavīyasya ekādaśa sulocanāḥ

Dharma took these auspicious daughters of Dakṣa as wives; of them, eleven fair-eyed ones remained over for the younger (brother).

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KuP 1 8.17

ख्यातिः सत्यथ संभूतिः स्मृतिः प्रीतिः क्षमा तथा । संततिश्चानसूया च ऊर्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तथा

khyātiḥ satyatha saṃbhūtiḥ smṛtiḥ prītiḥ kṣamā tathā / saṃtatiścānasūyā ca ūrjā svāhā svadhā tathā

Khyāti, Sati, then Saṃbhūti, Smṛti, Prīti, and Kṣamā, and Saṃtati, and Anasūyā, Ūrjā, Svāhā, and Svadhā.

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KuP 1 8.18

भृगुर्भवो मरीचिश्च तथा चैवाङ्गिरा मुनिः । पुलस्त्यः पुलहश्चैव क्रतुः परमधर्मवित्

bhṛgurbhavo marīciśca tathā caivāṅgirā muniḥ / pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva kratuḥ paramadharmavit

Bhṛgu, Bhava, and Marīci, and likewise the sage Aṅgiras, Pulastya and Pulaha, and Kratu, knower of the highest dharma,

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KuP 1 8.19

अत्रिर्वसिष्ठो वह्निश्च पितरश्च यथाक्रमम् । ख्यात्याद्या जगृहुः कन्या मुनयो मुनिसत्तमाः

atrirvasiṣṭho vahniśca pitaraśca yathākramam / khyātyādyā jagṛhuḥ kanyā munayo munisattamāḥ

Atri, Vasiṣṭha, and Vahni (Fire), and the Ancestors, in due order — these sages, best of sages, took the maidens beginning with Khyāti (as wives).

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KuP 1 8.20

श्रद्धाया आत्मजः कामो दर्पो लक्ष्मीसुतः स्मृतः । धृत्यास्तु नियमः पुत्रस्तुष्ट्याः संतोष उच्यते

śraddhāyā ātmajaḥ kāmo darpo lakṣmīsutaḥ smṛtaḥ / dhṛtyāstu niyamaḥ putrastuṣṭyāḥ saṃtoṣa ucyate

Śraddhā's son was Kāma; Darpa is remembered as Lakṣmī's son; Dhṛti's son is Niyama; of Tuṣṭi (the son) is called Saṃtoṣa.

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KuP 1 8.21

पुष्ट्या लाभः सुतश्चापि मेधापुत्रः श्रुतस्तथा । क्रियायाश्चाभवत् पुत्रो दण्डः समय एव च

puṣṭyā lābhaḥ sutaścāpi medhāputraḥ śrutastathā / kriyāyāścābhavat putro daṇḍaḥ samaya eva ca

Of Puṣṭi the son was Lābha, and Medhā's son was Śruta; and of Kriyā there were born sons, Daṇḍa and Samaya.

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KuP 1 8.22

बुद्ध्या बोधः सुतस्तद्वदप्रमादो व्यजायत । लज्जाया विनयः पुत्रो वपुषो व्यवसायकः

buddhyā bodhaḥ sutastadvadapramādo vyajāyata / lajjāyā vinayaḥ putro vapuṣo vyavasāyakaḥ

Of Buddhi, Bodha was the son, and likewise Apramāda was born; of Lajjā the son was Vinaya, of Vapus Vyavasāyaka.

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KuP 1 8.23

क्षेमः शान्तिसुतश्चापि सुखं सिद्धिरजायत । यशः कीर्तिसुतस्तद्वदित्येते धर्मसूनवः

kṣemaḥ śāntisutaścāpi sukhaṃ siddhirajāyata / yaśaḥ kīrtisutastadvadityete dharmasūnavaḥ

Kṣema was Śānti's son, and Sukha was born of Siddhi; likewise Yaśas was Kīrti's son — these are the sons of Dharma.

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KuP 1 8.24

कामस्य हर्षः पुत्रो ऽभूद् देवानन्दो व्यजायत । इत्येष वै सुखोदर्कः सर्गो धर्मस्य कीर्तितः

kāmasya harṣaḥ putro 'bhūd devānando vyajāyata / ityeṣa vai sukhodarkaḥ sargo dharmasya kīrtitaḥ

Of Kāma the son was Harṣa, and Nandana was born of Devī (his wife) — thus this creation of Dharma, whose outcome is happiness, has been declared.

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KuP 1 8.25

जज्ञे हिंसा त्वधर्माद् वै निकृतिं चानृतं सुतम् । निकृत्यनृतयोर्जज्ञे भयं नरक एव च

jajñe hiṃsā tvadharmād vai nikṛtiṃ cānṛtaṃ sutam / nikṛtyanṛtayorjajñe bhayaṃ naraka eva ca

From Adharma indeed was born Hiṃsā, and (from her) the offspring Nikṛti and Anṛta; of Nikṛti and Anṛta were born Bhaya and Naraka.

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KuP 1 8.26

माया च वेदना चैव मिथुनं त्विदमेतयोः । भयाज्जज्ञे ऽथ वै माया मृत्युं भूतापहारिणम्

māyā ca vedanā caiva mithunaṃ tvidametayoḥ / bhayājjajñe 'tha vai māyā mṛtyuṃ bhūtāpahāriṇam

And Māyā and Vedanā — these two were a pair (born) of those two; then from Bhaya was born Māyā, and (she bore) Mṛtyu, the carrier-off of living beings.

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KuP 1 8.27

वेदना च सुतं चापि दुः खं जज्ञे ऽथ रौरवात् । मृत्योर्व्याधिजराशोकतृष्णाक्रोधाश्च जज्ञिरे

vedanā ca sutaṃ cāpi duḥ khaṃ jajñe 'tha rauravāt / mṛtyorvyādhijarāśokatṛṣṇākrodhāśca jajñire

And Vedanā bore a son, Duḥkha, from Raurava; and from Mṛtyu were born Vyādhi, Jarā, Śoka, Tṛṣṇā, and Krodha.

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KuP 1 8.28

दुः खोत्तराः स्मृता ह्येते सर्वे चाधर्मलक्षणाः । नैषां भार्यास्ति पुत्रो वा सर्वे ते ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः

duḥ khottarāḥ smṛtā hyete sarve cādharmalakṣaṇāḥ / naiṣāṃ bhāryāsti putro vā sarve te hyūrdhvaretasaḥ

These are all remembered as having Duḥkha as their sequel and as bearing the marks of Adharma; none of them has a wife or a son, for they are all celibate (ūrdhvaretas).

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KuP 1 8.29

इत्येष तामसः सर्गो जज्ञे धर्मनियामकः । संक्षेपेण मया प्रोक्ता विसृष्टिर्मुनिपुङ्गवा

ityeṣa tāmasaḥ sargo jajñe dharmaniyāmakaḥ / saṃkṣepeṇa mayā proktā visṛṣṭirmunipuṅgavā

Thus this dark (tāmasa) creation came to be, which holds dharma in check; in brief the emanation has been declared by me, O foremost of sages.

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