Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 43
KuP 2 43.1
सूत उवाच एतदाकर्ण्य विज्ञानं नारायणमुखेरितम् । कूर्मरूपधरं देवं पप्रच्छुर्मुनयः प्रभुम्
sūta uvāca etadākarṇya vijñānaṃ nārāyaṇamukheritam / kūrmarūpadharaṃ devaṃ papracchurmunayaḥ prabhum
Sūta said: Having heard this knowledge uttered from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa, the sages questioned the Lord, the god who bore the form of a tortoise.
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KuP 2 43.2
मुनय ऊचुः कथिता भवता धर्मा मोक्षज्ञानं सविस्तरम् । लोकानां सर्गविस्तारं वंशमन्वन्तराणि च
munaya ūcuḥ kathitā bhavatā dharmā mokṣajñānaṃ savistaram / lokānāṃ sargavistāraṃ vaṃśamanvantarāṇi ca
The sages said: You have related the duties and the knowledge of liberation in full, and the extent of the creation of the worlds, the lineages and the Manu-intervals.
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KuP 2 43.3
प्रतिसर्गमिदानीं नो वक्तुमर्हसी माधव । भूतानां भूतभव्येश यथा पूर्वं त्वयोदितम्
pratisargamidānīṃ no vaktumarhasī mādhava / bhūtānāṃ bhūtabhavyeśa yathā pūrvaṃ tvayoditam
Now, O Mādhava, you ought to tell us of the dissolution of beings, O Lord of what has been and what will be, as was formerly stated by you.
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KuP 2 43.4
सूत उवाच श्रुत्वा तेषां तदा वाक्यं भगवान् कूर्मरूपधृक् । व्याजहार महायोगी भूतानां प्रतिसंचरम्
sūta uvāca śrutvā teṣāṃ tadā vākyaṃ bhagavān kūrmarūpadhṛk / vyājahāra mahāyogī bhūtānāṃ pratisaṃcaram
Sūta said: Then, having heard their words, the Blessed One who bore the tortoise form, the great yogin, declared the dissolution of beings.
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KuP 2 43.5
कूर्म उवाच नित्यो नैमित्तिकश्चैव प्राकृतात्यन्तिकौ तथा । चतुर्धायं पुराणे ऽस्मिन् प्रोच्यते प्रतिसंचरः
kūrma uvāca nityo naimittikaścaiva prākṛtātyantikau tathā / caturdhāyaṃ purāṇe 'smin procyate pratisaṃcaraḥ
The Tortoise said: The constant, the occasional, the elemental and the final — in fourfold form is dissolution declared in this Purāṇa.
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KuP 2 43.6
यो ऽयं संदृश्यते नित्यं लोके भूतक्षयस्त्विह । नित्यः संकीर्त्यते नाम्ना मुनिभिः प्रतिसंचरः
yo 'yaṃ saṃdṛśyate nityaṃ loke bhūtakṣayastviha / nityaḥ saṃkīrtyate nāmnā munibhiḥ pratisaṃcaraḥ
This destruction of beings which is seen constantly here in the world — that the sages call by the name of the constant dissolution.
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KuP 2 43.7
ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिको नाम कल्पान्ते यो भविष्यति । त्रैलोक्यस्यास्य कथितः प्रतिसर्गो मनीषिभिः
brāhmo naimittiko nāma kalpānte yo bhaviṣyati / trailokyasyāsya kathitaḥ pratisargo manīṣibhiḥ
The one belonging to Brahmā, named 'occasional', which will occur at the end of a kalpa — that has been declared by the wise to be the dissolution of this triple world.
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KuP 2 43.8
महादाद्यां विशेषान्तं यदा संयाति संक्षयम् । प्राकृतः प्रतिसर्गो ऽयं प्रोच्यते कालचिन्तकैः
mahādādyāṃ viśeṣāntaṃ yadā saṃyāti saṃkṣayam / prākṛtaḥ pratisargo 'yaṃ procyate kālacintakaiḥ
When (all) beginning with the Great One (mahat) and ending with the particulars goes to destruction, this is called by those who reflect on time the elemental dissolution.
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KuP 2 43.9
ज्ञानादात्यन्तिकः प्रोक्तो योगिनः परमात्मनि । प्रलयः प्रतिसर्गो ऽयं कालचिन्तापरैर्द्विजैः
jñānādātyantikaḥ prokto yoginaḥ paramātmani / pralayaḥ pratisargo 'yaṃ kālacintāparairdvijaiḥ
The final (dissolution) is said (to occur) through knowledge, for the yogin in the supreme Self; this dissolution is (so called) by the twice-born devoted to reflection on time.
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KuP 2 43.10
आत्यन्तिकश्च कथितः प्रलयो ऽत्र ससाधनः । नैमित्तिकमिदानीं वः कथयिष्ये समासतः
ātyantikaśca kathitaḥ pralayo 'tra sasādhanaḥ / naimittikamidānīṃ vaḥ kathayiṣye samāsataḥ
And the final dissolution has here been told together with its means; now I shall tell you the occasional one in brief.
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KuP 2 43.11
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते संप्राप्ते प्रतिसंचरे । स्वात्मसंस्थाः प्रजाः कर्तुं प्रतिपेदे प्रजापतिः
caturyugasahasrānte saṃprāpte pratisaṃcare / svātmasaṃsthāḥ prajāḥ kartuṃ pratipede prajāpatiḥ
When at the end of a thousand four-yuga (periods) the dissolution has arrived, the Lord of creatures undertook to make the creatures rest within his own self.
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KuP 2 43.12
ततो भवत्यनावृष्टिस्तीव्रा सा शतवार्षिकी । भूतक्षयकरी घोरा सर्वभूतक्षयङ्करी
tato bhavatyanāvṛṣṭistīvrā sā śatavārṣikī / bhūtakṣayakarī ghorā sarvabhūtakṣayaṅkarī
Then there comes a drought, severe, lasting a hundred years, destroying beings, dreadful, bringing about the destruction of all beings.
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KuP 2 43.13
ततो यान्यल्पसाराणि सत्त्वानि पृथिवीतले । तानि चाग्रे प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च
tato yānyalpasārāṇi sattvāni pṛthivītale / tāni cāgre pralīyante bhūmitvamupayānti ca
Then those creatures on the earth's surface which have little substance — they dissolve first and pass into the state of earth.
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KuP 2 43.14
सप्तरश्मिरथो भूत्वा समुत्तिष्ठन् दिवाकरः । असह्यरश्मिर्भवति पिबन्नम्भो गभस्तिभिः
saptaraśmiratho bhūtvā samuttiṣṭhan divākaraḥ / asahyaraśmirbhavati pibannambho gabhastibhiḥ
Having become one whose chariot has seven rays, the sun, rising up, becomes one whose rays cannot be endured, drinking up the water with its beams.
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KuP 2 43.15
तस्य ते रश्मयः सप्त पिबन्त्यम्बु महार्णवे । तेनाहारेण ता दीप्ताः सूर्याः सप्त भवन्त्युत
tasya te raśmayaḥ sapta pibantyambu mahārṇave / tenāhāreṇa tā dīptāḥ sūryāḥ sapta bhavantyuta
Those seven rays of his drink the water in the great ocean, and by that food they, blazing, become seven suns indeed.
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KuP 2 43.16
ततस्ते रश्मयः सप्त सूर्या भूत्वा चतुर्दिशम् । चतुर्लोकमिदं सर्वं दहन्ति शिखिनस्तथा
tataste raśmayaḥ sapta sūryā bhūtvā caturdiśam / caturlokamidaṃ sarvaṃ dahanti śikhinastathā
Then those seven rays, having become suns, burn up in the four directions this whole fourfold world, flaming as they do.
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KuP 2 43.17
व्याप्नुवन्तश्च ते विप्रास्तूर्ध्वं चाधश्च रश्मिभिः । दीप्यन्ते भास्कराः सप्त युगान्ताग्निप्रतापिनः
vyāpnuvantaśca te viprāstūrdhvaṃ cādhaśca raśmibhiḥ / dīpyante bhāskarāḥ sapta yugāntāgnipratāpinaḥ
And pervading with their rays both above and below, O brahmins, the seven suns blaze, scorching like the fire at the end of the age.
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KuP 2 43.18
ते सूर्या वारिणा दीप्ता बहुसाहस्त्ररश्मयः । खं समावृत्य तिष्ठन्ति निर्दहन्तो वसुंधराम्
te sūryā vāriṇā dīptā bahusāhastraraśmayaḥ / khaṃ samāvṛtya tiṣṭhanti nirdahanto vasuṃdharām
Those suns, blazing from the water (they drank), with many thousands of rays, stand covering the sky, burning up the earth.
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KuP 2 43.19
ततस्तेषां प्रतापेन दह्यमाना वसुंधरा । साद्रिनद्यर्णवद्वीपा निस्नेहा समपद्यत
tatasteṣāṃ pratāpena dahyamānā vasuṃdharā / sādrinadyarṇavadvīpā nisnehā samapadyata
Then the earth, being burnt by their heat, with its mountains, rivers, oceans and islands, became devoid of moisture.
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KuP 2 43.20
दीप्ताभिः संतताभिश्च रश्मिभिर्वै समन्ततः । अधश्चोर्ध्वं च लग्नाभिस्तिर्यक् चैव समावृतम्
dīptābhiḥ saṃtatābhiśca raśmibhirvai samantataḥ / adhaścordhvaṃ ca lagnābhistiryak caiva samāvṛtam
And by the blazing, continuous rays on every side, clinging below and above, (all) is enveloped crosswise as well.
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KuP 2 43.21
सूर्याग्निना प्रमृष्टानां संसृष्टानां परस्परम् । एकत्वमुपयातानामेकज्वालं भवत्युत
sūryāgninā pramṛṣṭānāṃ saṃsṛṣṭānāṃ parasparam / ekatvamupayātānāmekajvālaṃ bhavatyuta
Of (the worlds) scoured by the sun's fire, mingled with one another, come to a single state, there arises a single flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 43.22
सर्वलोकप्रणाशश्च सो ऽग्निर्भूत्वा सुकुण्डली । चतुर्लोकमिदं सर्वं निर्दहत्यात्मतेजसा
sarvalokapraṇāśaśca so 'gnirbhūtvā sukuṇḍalī / caturlokamidaṃ sarvaṃ nirdahatyātmatejasā
And that fire, become the destroyer of all worlds, well-coiled, burns up this whole fourfold world with its own energy.
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KuP 2 43.23
ततः प्रलीने सर्वस्मिञ् जङ्गमे स्थावरे तथा । निर्वृक्षा निस्तृणा भूमिः कूर्मपृष्ठा प्रकाशते
tataḥ pralīne sarvasmiñ jaṅgame sthāvare tathā / nirvṛkṣā nistṛṇā bhūmiḥ kūrmapṛṣṭhā prakāśate
Then, when everything moving and unmoving has dissolved, the earth, without trees and without grass, appears like the back of a tortoise.
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KuP 2 43.24
अम्बरीषमिवाभाति सर्वमापूरितं जगत् । सर्वमेव तदर्चिर्भिः पूर्णं जाज्वल्यते पुनः
ambarīṣamivābhāti sarvamāpūritaṃ jagat / sarvameva tadarcirbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ jājvalyate punaḥ
The whole world, filled (with fire), shines like a frying-pan; and everything, full of its flames, blazes up again.
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KuP 2 43.25
पाताले यानि सत्त्वानि महोदधिगतानि च । ततस्तानि प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च
pātāle yāni sattvāni mahodadhigatāni ca / tatastāni pralīyante bhūmitvamupayānti ca
Those beings which are in the netherworld and those which dwell in the great ocean — then they dissolve away and pass into the state of earth.
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KuP 2 43.26
द्वीपांश्च पर्वतांश्चैव वर्षाण्यथ महोदधीन् । तान् सर्वान् भस्मसात् कृत्वा सप्तात्मा पावकः प्रभुः
dvīpāṃśca parvatāṃścaiva varṣāṇyatha mahodadhīn / tān sarvān bhasmasāt kṛtvā saptātmā pāvakaḥ prabhuḥ
The islands and the mountains, and the continents and the great oceans — having reduced all these to ashes, (there is) the seven-formed fire, the lord.
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KuP 2 43.27
समुद्रेभ्यो नदीभ्यश्च पातालेभ्यश्च सर्वशः । पिबन्नपः समिद्धो ऽग्निः पृथिवीमाश्रितो ज्वलन्
samudrebhyo nadībhyaśca pātālebhyaśca sarvaśaḥ / pibannapaḥ samiddho 'gniḥ pṛthivīmāśrito jvalan
Drinking up the waters from the seas and from the rivers and from the netherworlds on every side, the kindled fire, having taken hold of the earth, blazes.
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KuP 2 43.28
ततः संवर्तकः शैलानतिक्रम्य महांस्तथा । लोकान् दहति दीप्तात्मा रुद्रतेजोविजॄम्भितः
tataḥ saṃvartakaḥ śailānatikramya mahāṃstathā / lokān dahati dīptātmā rudratejovijṝmbhitaḥ
Then the great Saṃvartaka (fire), passing beyond the mountains, burns the worlds, blazing in its being, expanded by the fiery power of Rudra.
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KuP 2 43.29
स दग्ध्वा पृथिवीं देवो रसातलमशोषयत् । अधस्तात् पृथिवीं दग्ध्वा दिवमूर्ध्वं दहिष्यति
sa dagdhvā pṛthivīṃ devo rasātalamaśoṣayat / adhastāt pṛthivīṃ dagdhvā divamūrdhvaṃ dahiṣyati
That god, having burnt the earth, dried up Rasātala; having burnt the earth below, it will burn the heaven above.
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KuP 2 43.30
योजनानां शतानीह सहस्राण्ययुतानि च । उत्तिष्ठन्ति शिखास्तस्य वह्नेः संवर्तकस्य तु
yojanānāṃ śatānīha sahasrāṇyayutāni ca / uttiṣṭhanti śikhāstasya vahneḥ saṃvartakasya tu
Here hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of yojanas rise up the flames of that Saṃvartaka fire.
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KuP 2 43.31
गन्धर्वांश्च पिशाचांश्च सयक्षोरगराक्षसान् । तदा दहत्यसौ दीप्तः कालरुद्रप्रचोदितः
gandharvāṃśca piśācāṃśca sayakṣoragarākṣasān / tadā dahatyasau dīptaḥ kālarudrapracoditaḥ
Then that blazing (fire), urged on by Kāla-Rudra, burns the gandharvas and the piśācas together with the yakṣas, serpents, and rākṣasas.
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KuP 2 43.32
भूर्लोकं च भुवर्लोकं स्वर्लोकं च तथा महः । दहेदशेषं कालाग्निः कालो विश्वतनुः स्वयम्
bhūrlokaṃ ca bhuvarlokaṃ svarlokaṃ ca tathā mahaḥ / dahedaśeṣaṃ kālāgniḥ kālo viśvatanuḥ svayam
Bhūrloka and Bhuvarloka and Svarloka and likewise Mahas — the fire of time, Time himself whose body is the universe, would burn (them) without remainder.
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KuP 2 43.33
व्याप्तेष्वेतेषु लोकेषु तिर्यगूर्ध्वमथाग्निना । तत् तेजः समनुप्राप्य कृत्स्नं जगदिदं शनैः । अयोगुडनिभं सर्वं तदा चैकं प्रकाशते
vyāpteṣveteṣu lokeṣu tiryagūrdhvamathāgninā / tat tejaḥ samanuprāpya kṛtsnaṃ jagadidaṃ śanaiḥ / ayoguḍanibhaṃ sarvaṃ tadā caikaṃ prakāśate
When these worlds have been pervaded by the fire crosswise and upward, this whole world, gradually attaining that heat, then shines forth as one, all of it like a ball of iron.
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KuP 2 43.34
ततो गजकुलोन्नादास्तडिद्भिः समलङ्कृताः । उत्तिष्ठन्ति तदा व्योम्नि घोराः संवर्तका घनाः
tato gajakulonnādāstaḍidbhiḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ / uttiṣṭhanti tadā vyomni ghorāḥ saṃvartakā ghanāḥ
Then, roaring like herds of elephants, adorned with lightnings, there rise up in the sky the terrible Saṃvartaka clouds.
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KuP 2 43.35
केचिन्नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित् कुमुदसन्निभाः । धूम्रवर्णास्तथा केचित् केचित् पीताः पयोधराः
kecinnīlotpalaśyāmāḥ kecit kumudasannibhāḥ / dhūmravarṇāstathā kecit kecit pītāḥ payodharāḥ
Some (are) dark like blue lotuses, some resemble white water-lilies, some are smoke-coloured, and some of the clouds are yellow.
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KuP 2 43.36
केचिद् रासभवर्णास्तु लाक्षारसनिभास्तथा । शङ्खकुन्दनिभाश्चान्ये जात्यञ्जननिभाः परे
kecid rāsabhavarṇāstu lākṣārasanibhāstathā / śaṅkhakundanibhāścānye jātyañjananibhāḥ pare
Some are the colour of a donkey, and some like lac-juice; others resemble the conch and the jasmine, and others fine black collyrium.
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KuP 2 43.37
मनः शिलाभास्त्वन्ये च कपोतसदृशाः परे । इन्द्रगोपनिभाः केचिद्धरितालनिभास्तथा । इन्द्रचापनिभाः केचिदुत्तिष्ठन्ति घना दिवि
manaḥ śilābhāstvanye ca kapotasadṛśāḥ pare / indragopanibhāḥ keciddharitālanibhāstathā / indracāpanibhāḥ keciduttiṣṭhanti ghanā divi
Others have the sheen of realgar, and others are like pigeons; some resemble the cochineal insect, and some yellow orpiment; some like the rainbow — such clouds rise up in the sky.
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KuP 2 43.38
केचित् पर्वतसंकाशाः केचिद् गजकुलोपमाः । कूटाङ्गारनिभाश्चान्ये केचिन्मीनकुलोद्वहाः । बहूरूपा घोरूपा घोरस्वरनिनादिनः
kecit parvatasaṃkāśāḥ kecid gajakulopamāḥ / kūṭāṅgāranibhāścānye kecinmīnakulodvahāḥ / bahūrūpā ghorūpā ghorasvaraninādinaḥ
Some look like mountains, some like herds of elephants, others like heaps of charcoal, some carrying up shoals of fish — of many forms, of dreadful form, roaring with a dreadful sound.
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KuP 2 43.39
तदा जलधराः सर्वे पूरयन्ति नभः स्थलम् । ततस्ते जलदा घोरा राविणो भास्करात्मजाः । सप्तधा संवृतात्मानस्तमग्निं शमयन्त्युत
tadā jaladharāḥ sarve pūrayanti nabhaḥ sthalam / tataste jaladā ghorā rāviṇo bhāskarātmajāḥ / saptadhā saṃvṛtātmānastamagniṃ śamayantyuta
Then all the rain-clouds fill the expanse of the sky; then those terrible roaring clouds, born of the sun, with their bodies gathered sevenfold, quench that fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 43.40
ततस्ते जलदा वर्षं मुञ्चन्तीह महौघवत् । सुघोरमशिवं सर्वं नाशयन्ति च पावकम्
tataste jaladā varṣaṃ muñcantīha mahaughavat / sughoramaśivaṃ sarvaṃ nāśayanti ca pāvakam
Then those clouds release rain here like a great flood, and they extinguish that wholly dreadful, inauspicious fire.
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KuP 2 43.41
प्रवृष्टे च तदात्यर्थमम्भसा पूर्यते जगत् । अद्भिस्तेजोभिभूतत्वात् तदाग्निः प्रविशत्यपः
pravṛṣṭe ca tadātyarthamambhasā pūryate jagat / adbhistejobhibhūtatvāt tadāgniḥ praviśatyapaḥ
And when it has rained exceedingly, the world is filled with water; since the heat is overpowered by the waters, then the fire enters the waters.
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KuP 2 43.42
नष्टे चाग्नौ वर्षशतैः पयोदाः क्षयसंभवाः । प्लावयन्तो ऽथ भुवनं महाजलपरिस्त्रवैः
naṣṭe cāgnau varṣaśataiḥ payodāḥ kṣayasaṃbhavāḥ / plāvayanto 'tha bhuvanaṃ mahājalaparistravaiḥ
And when the fire is destroyed, for hundreds of years the clouds arising at the dissolution, flooding the world with great outpourings of water,
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KuP 2 43.43
धाराभिः पूरयन्तीदं चोद्यमानाः स्वयंभुवा । अत्यन्तसलिलौघैश्च वेला इव महोदधिः
dhārābhiḥ pūrayantīdaṃ codyamānāḥ svayaṃbhuvā / atyantasalilaughaiśca velā iva mahodadhiḥ
fill this (world) with their torrents, driven on by the Self-existent, and with immense floods of water, like the great ocean (overflowing) its shores.
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KuP 2 43.44
साद्रिद्वीपा तथा पृथ्वी जलैः संच्छाद्यते शनैः । आदित्यरश्मिभिः पीतं जलमभ्रेषु तिष्ठति । पुनः पतति तद् भूमौ पूर्यन्ते तेन चार्णवाः
sādridvīpā tathā pṛthvī jalaiḥ saṃcchādyate śanaiḥ / ādityaraśmibhiḥ pītaṃ jalamabhreṣu tiṣṭhati / punaḥ patati tad bhūmau pūryante tena cārṇavāḥ
So the earth, with its mountains and continents, is slowly covered over by the waters. The water drunk up by the sun's rays remains in the clouds; again it falls upon the ground, and by it the oceans are filled.
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KuP 2 43.45
ततः समुद्राः स्वां वेलामतिक्रान्तास्तु कृत्स्नशः । पर्वताश्च विलीयन्ते मही चाप्सु निमज्जति
tataḥ samudrāḥ svāṃ velāmatikrāntāstu kṛtsnaśaḥ / parvatāśca vilīyante mahī cāpsu nimajjati
Then the seas, having wholly overstepped their shore-line, (spread out); the mountains dissolve away, and the earth sinks down into the waters.
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KuP 2 43.46
तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे घोरे नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे । योगनिन्द्रां समास्थाय शेते देवः प्रजापतिः
tasminnekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame / yoganindrāṃ samāsthāya śete devaḥ prajāpatiḥ
In that one dreadful ocean, when all that stands still and all that moves has perished, the god, the Lord of creatures, taking up the sleep of yoga, lies down.
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KuP 2 43.47
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्तं कल्पमाहुर्महर्षयः । वाराहो वर्तते कल्पो यस्य विस्तार ईरितः
caturyugasahasrāntaṃ kalpamāhurmaharṣayaḥ / vārāho vartate kalpo yasya vistāra īritaḥ
The great seers call a kalpa that which ends with a thousand sets of four ages. The Vārāha kalpa is the one now in progress, whose extent has been described.
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KuP 2 43.48
असंख्यातास्तथा कल्पा ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मकाः । कथिता हि पुराणेषु मुनिभिः कालचिन्तकैः
asaṃkhyātāstathā kalpā brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakāḥ / kathitā hi purāṇeṣu munibhiḥ kālacintakaiḥ
Likewise innumerable kalpas, having the nature of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, have been recounted in the Purāṇas by the sages who reflect upon time.
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KuP 2 43.49
सात्त्विकेष्वथ कल्पेषु माहात्म्यमधिकं हरेः । तामसेषु हरस्योक्तं राजसेषु प्रजापतेः
sāttvikeṣvatha kalpeṣu māhātmyamadhikaṃ hareḥ / tāmaseṣu harasyoktaṃ rājaseṣu prajāpateḥ
Now in the sāttvika kalpas the greatness of Hari is preeminent; in the tāmasa ones that of Hara is declared, and in the rājasa ones that of the Lord of creatures.
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KuP 2 43.50
यो ऽयं प्रवर्तते कल्पो वाराहः सात्त्विको मतः । अन्ये च सात्त्विकाः कल्पा मम तेषु परिग्रहः
yo 'yaṃ pravartate kalpo vārāhaḥ sāttviko mataḥ / anye ca sāttvikāḥ kalpā mama teṣu parigrahaḥ
This kalpa which is now in progress, the Vārāha, is held to be sāttvika; and there are other sāttvika kalpas too — in them is my presence.
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KuP 2 43.51
ध्यानं तपस्तथा ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा तेष्वेव योगिनः । आराध्य गिरिशं मां च यान्ति तत् परमं पदम्
dhyānaṃ tapastathā jñānaṃ labdhvā teṣveva yoginaḥ / ārādhya giriśaṃ māṃ ca yānti tat paramaṃ padam
Having gained meditation, ascetic heat and knowledge in just those (kalpas), the yogins, having worshipped the Mountain-dweller and me, go to that supreme state.
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KuP 2 43.52
सो ऽहं सत्त्वं समास्थाय मायी मायामयीं स्वयम् । एकार्णवे जगत्यस्मिन् योगनिद्रां व्रजामि तु
so 'haṃ sattvaṃ samāsthāya māyī māyāmayīṃ svayam / ekārṇave jagatyasmin yoganidrāṃ vrajāmi tu
I, that same one, possessor of māyā, taking my stand of my own accord upon goodness, which is made of māyā, go to the sleep of yoga in this world become one ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 43.53
मां पश्यन्ति महात्मानः सुप्तं कालं महर्षयः । जनलोके वर्तमानास्तपसा योगचक्षुषा
māṃ paśyanti mahātmānaḥ suptaṃ kālaṃ maharṣayaḥ / janaloke vartamānāstapasā yogacakṣuṣā
The great-souled great seers, dwelling in the Jana world, behold me sleeping (all that) time, by ascetic power, with the eye of yoga.
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KuP 2 43.54
अहं पुराणपुरुषो भूर्भुवः प्रभवो विभुः । सहस्रचरणः श्रीमान् सहस्रांशुः सहस्रदृक्
ahaṃ purāṇapuruṣo bhūrbhuvaḥ prabhavo vibhuḥ / sahasracaraṇaḥ śrīmān sahasrāṃśuḥ sahasradṛk
I am the ancient Person, the earth and the mid-air, the source, the all-pervading, thousand-footed, glorious, thousand-rayed, thousand-eyed.
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KuP 2 43.55
मन्त्रो ऽग्निर्ब्राह्मिणा गावः कुशाश्च समिधो ह्यहम् । प्रोक्षणी च श्रुवश्चैव सोमो घृतमथास्म्यहम्
mantro 'gnirbrāhmiṇā gāvaḥ kuśāśca samidho hyaham / prokṣaṇī ca śruvaścaiva somo ghṛtamathāsmyaham
I am the mantra, the fire, the brahmins, the cows, the kuśa grass and the firewood; and I am the sprinkling-vessel, the ladle, the soma and the ghee.
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KuP 2 43.56
संवर्तको महानात्मा पवित्रं परमं यशः । वेदो वेद्यं प्रभुर्गोप्ता गोपतिर्ब्रह्मणो मुखम्
saṃvartako mahānātmā pavitraṃ paramaṃ yaśaḥ / vedo vedyaṃ prabhurgoptā gopatirbrahmaṇo mukham
(I am) the dissolver, the great Self, the purifier, the supreme glory, the Veda and what is to be known, the lord, the protector, the lord of cattle, the mouth of Brahmā.
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KuP 2 43.57
अनन्तस्तारको योगी गतिर्गतिमतां वरः । हंसः प्राणो ऽथ कपिलो विश्वमूर्तिः सनातनः
anantastārako yogī gatirgatimatāṃ varaḥ / haṃsaḥ prāṇo 'tha kapilo viśvamūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ
(I am) the endless one, the ferryman across, the yogin, the goal, the best of those who move, the swan, the breath, and Kapila, whose form is the universe, everlasting.
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KuP 2 43.58
क्षेत्रज्ञः प्रकृतिः कालो जगद्बीजमथामृतम् । माता पिता महादेवो मत्तो ह्यन्यन्न विद्यते
kṣetrajñaḥ prakṛtiḥ kālo jagadbījamathāmṛtam / mātā pitā mahādevo matto hyanyanna vidyate
(I am) the knower of the field, primal nature, time, the seed of the world, and the nectar of immortality; mother, father, the Great God — indeed there is nothing other than me.
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KuP 2 43.59
आदित्यवर्णो भुवनस्य गोप्ता नारायणः पुरुषो योगमूर्तिः । मां पश्यन्ति यतयो योगनिष्ठा ज्ञात्वात्मानममृतत्वं व्रजन्ति
ādityavarṇo bhuvanasya goptā nārāyaṇaḥ puruṣo yogamūrtiḥ / māṃ paśyanti yatayo yoganiṣṭhā jñātvātmānamamṛtatvaṃ vrajanti
Sun-coloured, protector of the world, Nārāyaṇa, the Person whose form is yoga — the ascetics fixed in yoga behold me, and having known the Self they go to immortality.
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