Linga Purana — Chapter 54
LiP 54.1
ज्योतिर्गणप्रचारं वै संक्षिप्याण्डे ब्रवीम्यहम् देवक्षेत्राणि चालोक्य ग्रहचारप्रसिद्धये
jyotirgaṇapracāraṃ vai saṃkṣipyāṇḍe bravīmyaham devakṣetrāṇi cālokya grahacāraprasiddhaye
Condensing (the account of) the movement of the host of luminaries within the egg, I shall speak, having surveyed the regions of the gods, for the establishing of the courses of the planets.
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LiP 54.2
मानसोपरि माहेन्द्री प्राच्यां मेरोः पुरी स्थिता दक्षिणे भानुपुत्रस्य वरुणस्य च वारुणी
mānasopari māhendrī prācyāṃ meroḥ purī sthitā dakṣiṇe bhānuputrasya varuṇasya ca vāruṇī
Above the Mānasa (mountain), in the east of Meru, stands Mahendra's city; in the south that of the sun's son (Yama), and in (the west) Varuṇa's Vāruṇī.
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LiP 54.3
सौम्ये सोमस्य विपुला तासु दिग्देवताः स्थिताः अमरावती संयमनी सुखा चैव विभा क्रमात्
saumye somasya vipulā tāsu digdevatāḥ sthitāḥ amarāvatī saṃyamanī sukhā caiva vibhā kramāt
In the northern (quarter), Soma's Vipulā; in them the deities of the directions dwell: Amarāvatī, Saṃyamanī, Sukhā, and Vibhā, in order.
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LiP 54.4
लोकपालोपरिष्टात् तु सर्वतो दक्षिणायने काष्ठां गतस्य सूर्यस्य गतिर् या तां निबोधत
lokapālopariṣṭāt tu sarvato dakṣiṇāyane kāṣṭhāṃ gatasya sūryasya gatir yā tāṃ nibodhata
But above the world-guardians, all around, in the southern course — learn what is the motion of the sun when it has gone to the (southern) quarter.
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LiP 54.5
दक्षिणप्रक्रमे भानुः क्षिप्तेषुरिव धावति ज्योतिषां चक्रमादाय सततं परिगच्छति
dakṣiṇaprakrame bhānuḥ kṣipteṣuriva dhāvati jyotiṣāṃ cakramādāya satataṃ parigacchati
In the southern advance the sun runs like an arrow shot forth; taking with it the wheel of the luminaries, it constantly goes around.
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LiP 54.6
पुरान्तगो यदा भानुः शक्रस्य भवति प्रभुः सर्वैः सायमनैः सौरो ह्य् उदयो दृश्यते द्विजाः
purāntago yadā bhānuḥ śakrasya bhavati prabhuḥ sarvaiḥ sāyamanaiḥ sauro hy udayo dṛśyate dvijāḥ
When the lord sun goes to the end of Śakra's city, then, O twice-born, the sun's rising is seen by all those at evening.
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LiP 54.7
स एव सुखवत्यां तु निशान्तस्थः प्रदृश्यते अस्तमेति पुनः सूर्यो विभायां विश्वदृग् विभुः
sa eva sukhavatyāṃ tu niśāntasthaḥ pradṛśyate astameti punaḥ sūryo vibhāyāṃ viśvadṛg vibhuḥ
That very one is seen standing at the end of night in Sukhavatī; and again the sun, the all-seeing lord, sets in Vibhā.
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LiP 54.8
मया प्रोक्तो ऽमरावत्यां यथासौ वारितस्करः तथा संयमनीं प्राप्य सुखां चैव विभां खगः
mayā prokto 'marāvatyāṃ yathāsau vāritaskaraḥ tathā saṃyamanīṃ prāpya sukhāṃ caiva vibhāṃ khagaḥ
As it was told by me with regard to Amarāvatī, how he (there) is the water-thief, so too (it is) when the sky-goer reaches Saṃyamanī, and Sukhā, and Vibhā.
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LiP 54.9
यदापराह्णस्त्वाग्नेय्यां पूर्वाह्णो नैरृते द्विजाः तदा त्वपररात्रश् च वायुभागे सुदारुणः
yadāparāhṇastvāgneyyāṃ pūrvāhṇo nairṛte dvijāḥ tadā tvapararātraś ca vāyubhāge sudāruṇaḥ
When it is afternoon in the southeast, and forenoon in the southwest, O twice-born, then in the wind's quarter (northwest) it is the very dreadful latter part of the night.
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LiP 54.10
ईशान्यां पूर्वरात्रस्तु गतिरेषा च सर्वतः एवं पुष्करमध्ये तु यदा सर्पति वारिपः
īśānyāṃ pūrvarātrastu gatireṣā ca sarvataḥ evaṃ puṣkaramadhye tu yadā sarpati vāripaḥ
In the northeast it is the first part of the night; and this motion is (the same) in every direction. Thus, when the lord of waters moves in the middle of Puṣkara...
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LiP 54.11
त्रिंशांशकं तु मेदिन्यां मुहूर्तेनैव गच्छति योजनानां मुहूर्तस्य इमां संख्यां निबोधत
triṃśāṃśakaṃ tu medinyāṃ muhūrtenaiva gacchati yojanānāṃ muhūrtasya imāṃ saṃkhyāṃ nibodhata
In a single muhūrta he traverses a thirtieth part of the earth; learn this reckoning of the yojanas of a muhūrta.
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LiP 54.12
पूर्णा शतसहस्राणाम् एकत्रिंशत्तु सा स्मृता पञ्चाशच्च तथान्यानि सहस्राण्यधिकानि तु
pūrṇā śatasahasrāṇām ekatriṃśattu sā smṛtā pañcāśacca tathānyāni sahasrāṇyadhikāni tu
It is remembered as a full thirty-one hundred-thousands, and fifty thousand more besides.
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LiP 54.13
मौहूर्तिकी गतिर्ह्येषा भास्करस्य महात्मनः एतेन गतियोगेन यदा काष्ठां तु दक्षिणाम्
mauhūrtikī gatirhyeṣā bhāskarasya mahātmanaḥ etena gatiyogena yadā kāṣṭhāṃ tu dakṣiṇām
This indeed is the motion per muhūrta of the great-souled maker of light; and by this conjunction of motion, when (he reaches) the southern quarter...
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LiP 54.14
पर्यपृच्छेत् पतङ्गो ऽपि सौम्याशां चोत्तरे ऽहनि मध्ये तु पुष्करस्याथ भ्रमते दक्षिणायने
paryapṛcchet pataṅgo 'pi saumyāśāṃ cottare 'hani madhye tu puṣkarasyātha bhramate dakṣiṇāyane
The sun would go all round even to the northern quarter on the northern day; and then in the middle of Puṣkara he wanders in the southern course.
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LiP 54.15
मानसोत्तरशैले तु महातेजा विभावसुः मण्डलानां शतं पूर्णं तदशीत्यधिकं विभुः
mānasottaraśaile tu mahātejā vibhāvasuḥ maṇḍalānāṃ śataṃ pūrṇaṃ tadaśītyadhikaṃ vibhuḥ
But on the Mānasottara mountain the greatly brilliant lord Vibhāvasu (traverses) a full hundred circles, and eighty more than that.
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LiP 54.16
बाह्यं चाभ्यन्तरं प्रोक्तम् उत्तरायणदक्षिणे प्रत्यहं चरते तानि सूर्यो वै मण्डलानि तु
bāhyaṃ cābhyantaraṃ proktam uttarāyaṇadakṣiṇe pratyahaṃ carate tāni sūryo vai maṇḍalāni tu
The outer and the inner (circles) are declared (to belong) to the northern and the southern course; the sun travels those circles day by day.
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LiP 54.17
कुलालचक्रपर्यन्तो यथा शीघ्रं प्रवर्तते दक्षिणप्रक्रमे देवस् तथा शीघ्रं प्रवर्तते
kulālacakraparyanto yathā śīghraṃ pravartate dakṣiṇaprakrame devas tathā śīghraṃ pravartate
As the rim of a potter's wheel turns swiftly, so the god moves swiftly in his southward progress.
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LiP 54.18
तस्मात्प्रकृष्टां भूमिं तु कालेनाल्पेन गच्छति सूर्यो द्वादशभिः शीघ्रं मुहूर्तैर्दक्षिणायने
tasmātprakṛṣṭāṃ bhūmiṃ tu kālenālpena gacchati sūryo dvādaśabhiḥ śīghraṃ muhūrtairdakṣiṇāyane
Therefore he covers a great stretch of ground in a short time: in the southern course the sun (traverses it) swiftly, in twelve muhūrtas.
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LiP 54.19
त्रयोदशार्धमृक्षाणाम् अह्ना तु चरते रविः मुहूर्तैस्तावदृक्षाणि नक्तमष्टादशैश्चरन्
trayodaśārdhamṛkṣāṇām ahnā tu carate raviḥ muhūrtaistāvadṛkṣāṇi naktamaṣṭādaśaiścaran
The sun traverses thirteen and a half of the lunar mansions by day, and by night the same number of mansions, moving through eighteen muhūrtas.
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LiP 54.20
कुलालचक्रमध्यं तु यथा मन्दं प्रसर्पति तथोदगयने सूर्यः सर्पते मन्दविक्रमः
kulālacakramadhyaṃ tu yathā mandaṃ prasarpati tathodagayane sūryaḥ sarpate mandavikramaḥ
But as the centre of a potter's wheel creeps slowly, so in the northern course the sun creeps with slow pace.
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LiP 54.21
तस्माद्दीर्घेण कालेन भूमिमल्पां तु गच्छति स रथो धिष्ठितो भानोर् आदित्यैर्मुनिभिस् तथा
tasmāddīrgheṇa kālena bhūmimalpāṃ tu gacchati sa ratho dhiṣṭhito bhānor ādityairmunibhis tathā
Therefore in a long time he covers only a little ground. That chariot of the sun is occupied by the Ādityas and by the sages,
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LiP 54.22
गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश् च ग्रामणीसर्पराक्षसैः प्रदीपयन् सहस्रांशुर् अग्रतः पृष्ठतो ऽप्यधः
gandharvairapsarobhiś ca grāmaṇīsarparākṣasaiḥ pradīpayan sahasrāṃśur agrataḥ pṛṣṭhato 'pyadhaḥ
and by gandharvas and apsarases, by the grāmaṇīs, the serpents and the rākṣasas; the thousand-rayed one, illuminating in front, behind, and below,
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LiP 54.23
ऊर्ध्वतश् च करं त्यक्त्वा सभां ब्राह्मीमनुत्तमाम् अंभोभिर् मुनिभिस्त्यक्तैः संध्यायां तु निशाचरान्
ūrdhvataś ca karaṃ tyaktvā sabhāṃ brāhmīmanuttamām aṃbhobhir munibhistyaktaiḥ saṃdhyāyāṃ tu niśācarān
and above—having let go his ray (and) the unsurpassed assembly of Brahmā—with the waters, with the sages who have been released, at twilight (he attacks) the night-roamers,
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LiP 54.24
हत्वा हत्वा तु सम्प्राप्तान् ब्राह्मणैश्चरते रविः अष्टादश मुहूर्तं तु उत्तरायणपश्चिमम्
hatvā hatvā tu samprāptān brāhmaṇaiścarate raviḥ aṣṭādaśa muhūrtaṃ tu uttarāyaṇapaścimam
striking down again and again those that come at him, the sun moves on with the brahmins; and eighteen muhūrtas is the western (portion) of the northern course.
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LiP 54.25
अहर्भवति तच्चापि चरते मन्दविक्रमः त्रयोदशार्धम् ऋक्षाणि नक्तं द्वादशभी रविः मुहूर्तैस् तावद् ऋक्षाणि दिवाष्टादशभिश्चरन्
aharbhavati taccāpi carate mandavikramaḥ trayodaśārdham ṛkṣāṇi naktaṃ dvādaśabhī raviḥ muhūrtais tāvad ṛkṣāṇi divāṣṭādaśabhiścaran
That too becomes day, and he moves with slow pace; the sun (traverses) thirteen and a half lunar mansions by night in twelve muhūrtas, and by day the same mansions, moving through eighteen.
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LiP 54.26
ततो मन्दतरं नाभ्यां चक्रं भ्रमति वै यथा मृत्पिण्ड इव मध्यस्थो ध्रुवो भ्रमति वै तथा
tato mandataraṃ nābhyāṃ cakraṃ bhramati vai yathā mṛtpiṇḍa iva madhyastho dhruvo bhramati vai tathā
Then, as a wheel turns more slowly at the hub, so Dhruva, standing at the centre like a lump of clay, revolves.
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LiP 54.27
त्रिंशन्मुहूर्तैर् एवाहुर् अहोरात्रं पुराविदः उभयोः काष्ठयोर्मध्ये भ्रमतो मण्डलानि तु
triṃśanmuhūrtair evāhur ahorātraṃ purāvidaḥ ubhayoḥ kāṣṭhayormadhye bhramato maṇḍalāni tu
Those who know the ancient (lore) have said that a day-and-night consists of just thirty muhūrtas—of him who revolves in circles between the two celestial points.
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LiP 54.28
कुलालचक्रनाभिस्तु यथा तत्रैव वर्तते औत्तानपादो भ्रमति ग्रहैः सार्धं ग्रहाग्रणीः
kulālacakranābhistu yathā tatraiva vartate auttānapādo bhramati grahaiḥ sārdhaṃ grahāgraṇīḥ
As the nave of a potter's wheel turns in that very place, so the son of Uttānapāda, the foremost of the heavenly bodies, revolves together with the planets.
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LiP 54.29
गणो मुनिज्योतिषां तु मनसा तस्य सर्पति अधिष्ठितः पुनस्तेन भानुस्त्वादाय तिष्ठति
gaṇo munijyotiṣāṃ tu manasā tasya sarpati adhiṣṭhitaḥ punastena bhānustvādāya tiṣṭhati
The host of sages and luminaries moves at his will; and again, established by him, the sun stands, taking up
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LiP 54.30
किरणैः सर्वतस्तोयं देवो वै ससमीरणः औत्तानपादस्य सदा ध्रुवत्वं वै प्रसादतः
kiraṇaiḥ sarvatastoyaṃ devo vai sasamīraṇaḥ auttānapādasya sadā dhruvatvaṃ vai prasādataḥ
with its rays the water from every side—the god together with the wind. The fixity of the son of Uttānapāda is always by (Viṣṇu's) grace,
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LiP 54.31
विष्णोरौत्तानपादेन चाप्तं तातस्य हेतुना आपः पीतास्तु सूर्येण क्रमन्ते शशिनः क्रमात्
viṣṇorauttānapādena cāptaṃ tātasya hetunā āpaḥ pītāstu sūryeṇa kramante śaśinaḥ kramāt
obtained from Viṣṇu by the son of Uttānapāda by reason of his father. The waters drunk by the sun pass on in turn to the moon.
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LiP 54.32
निशाकरान्निस्रवन्ते जीमूतान्प्रत्यपः क्रमात् वृन्दं जलमुचां चैव श्वसनेनाभिताडितम्
niśākarānnisravante jīmūtānpratyapaḥ kramāt vṛndaṃ jalamucāṃ caiva śvasanenābhitāḍitam
From the moon they flow down as waters into the clouds in turn; and the mass of the rain-givers, beaten about by the wind,
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LiP 54.33
क्ष्मायां सृष्टिं विसृजते ऽभासयत्तेन भास्करः तोयस्य नास्ति वै नाशः तदैव परिवर्तते
kṣmāyāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ visṛjate 'bhāsayattena bhāskaraḥ toyasya nāsti vai nāśaḥ tadaiva parivartate
releases its outpouring upon the earth—by that the sun illumined (it). There is indeed no destruction of water; it simply circulates again and again.
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LiP 54.34
हिताय सर्वजन्तूनां गतिः शर्वेण निर्मिता भूर्भुवः स्वस् तथा ह्यापो ह्य् अन्नं चामृतमेव च
hitāya sarvajantūnāṃ gatiḥ śarveṇa nirmitā bhūrbhuvaḥ svas tathā hyāpo hy annaṃ cāmṛtameva ca
For the benefit of all creatures this course was fashioned by Śarva: earth, mid-region, heaven, and likewise the waters, and food, and the nectar itself.
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LiP 54.35
प्राणा वै जगतामापो भूतानि भुवनानि च बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन चराचरमिदं जगत्
prāṇā vai jagatāmāpo bhūtāni bhuvanāni ca bahunātra kimuktena carācaramidaṃ jagat
The waters are indeed the life-breaths of the worlds, of beings and of the spheres. What need of much speaking here—this whole world, moving and unmoving (is water).
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LiP 54.36
अपां शिवस्य भगवान् आधिपत्ये व्यवस्थितः अपां त्वधिपतिर्देवो भव इत्येव कीर्तितः
apāṃ śivasya bhagavān ādhipatye vyavasthitaḥ apāṃ tvadhipatirdevo bhava ityeva kīrtitaḥ
The Lord Śiva is established in the overlordship of the waters; and the god who is lord of the waters is proclaimed as "Bhava" itself.
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LiP 54.37
भवात्मकं जगत्सर्वम् इति किं चेह चाद्भुतम् नारायणत्वं देवस्य हरेश्चाद्भिः कृतं विभोः जगतामालयो विष्णुस् त्व् आपस्तस्यालयानि तु
bhavātmakaṃ jagatsarvam iti kiṃ ceha cādbhutam nārāyaṇatvaṃ devasya hareścādbhiḥ kṛtaṃ vibhoḥ jagatāmālayo viṣṇus tv āpastasyālayāni tu
The whole world consists of Bhava — and what is astonishing in this? The condition of being Nārāyaṇa belonging to the god Hari, the all-pervading, was brought about by the waters: Viṣṇu is the resting-place of the worlds, but the waters are his resting-places.
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LiP 54.38
दन्दह्यमानेषु चराचरेषु गोधूमभूतास् त्वथनिष्क्रमन्ति या या ऊर्ध्वं मारुतेनेरिता वै तास्तास्त्वभ्राण्यग्निना वायुना च
dandahyamāneṣu carācareṣu godhūmabhūtās tvathaniṣkramanti yā yā ūrdhvaṃ māruteneritā vai tāstāstvabhrāṇyagninā vāyunā ca
When the moving and unmoving beings are being burnt up, they issue forth having become smoke; and whichever of these are driven upward by the wind, those become clouds, through fire and through wind.
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LiP 54.39
अतो धूमाग्निवातानां संयोगस्त्वभ्रमुच्यते वारीणि वर्षतीत्यभ्रम् अभ्रस्येशः सहस्रदृक्
ato dhūmāgnivātānāṃ saṃyogastvabhramucyate vārīṇi varṣatītyabhram abhrasyeśaḥ sahasradṛk
Therefore the conjunction of smoke, fire and wind is called abhra; since it rains waters (vāri), it is abhra; the lord of the cloud is the Thousand-eyed (Indra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.40
यज्ञधूमोद्भवं चापि द्विजानां हितकृत्सदा दावाग्निधूमसम्भूतम् अभ्रं वनहितं स्मृतम्
yajñadhūmodbhavaṃ cāpi dvijānāṃ hitakṛtsadā dāvāgnidhūmasambhūtam abhraṃ vanahitaṃ smṛtam
And the cloud that arises from the smoke of sacrifice always works the welfare of the twice-born; the cloud produced from the smoke of a forest fire is held to be beneficial to forests.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.41
मृतधूमोद्भवं त्वभ्रम् अशुभाय भविष्यति अभिचाराग्निधूमोत्थं भूतनाशाय वै द्विजाः
mṛtadhūmodbhavaṃ tvabhram aśubhāya bhaviṣyati abhicārāgnidhūmotthaṃ bhūtanāśāya vai dvijāḥ
But the cloud that arises from the smoke of the dead will be for misfortune; and the one risen from the smoke of the fire of hostile sorcery is for the destruction of beings, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.42
एवं धूमविशेषेण जगतां वै हिताहितम् तस्मादाच्छादयेद्धूमम् अभिचारकृतं नरः
evaṃ dhūmaviśeṣeṇa jagatāṃ vai hitāhitam tasmādācchādayeddhūmam abhicārakṛtaṃ naraḥ
Thus, according to the particular kind of smoke, there is benefit or harm to the worlds; therefore a man should cover over smoke made for sorcery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.43
अनाछाद्य द्विजः कुर्याद् धूमं यश्चाभिचारिकम् एवमुद्दिश्य लोकस्य क्षयकृच्च भविष्यति
anāchādya dvijaḥ kuryād dhūmaṃ yaścābhicārikam evamuddiśya lokasya kṣayakṛcca bhaviṣyati
And whatever twice-born should make smoke for sorcery without covering it — having thus directed it at the world, he will become a destroyer (of it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.44
अपां निधानं जीमूताः षण्मासानिह सुव्रताः वर्षयन्त्येव जगतां हिताय पवनाज्ञया
apāṃ nidhānaṃ jīmūtāḥ ṣaṇmāsāniha suvratāḥ varṣayantyeva jagatāṃ hitāya pavanājñayā
The rain-clouds, the storehouse of the waters, here for six months, O men of good vows, do indeed rain, for the welfare of the worlds, by the command of the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.45
स्तनितं चेह वायव्यं वैद्युतं पावकोद्भवम् त्रिधा तेषामिहोत्पत्तिर् अभ्राणां मुनिपुङ्गवाः
stanitaṃ ceha vāyavyaṃ vaidyutaṃ pāvakodbhavam tridhā teṣāmihotpattir abhrāṇāṃ munipuṅgavāḥ
And here the thundering belongs to wind, the lightning arises from fire; threefold is the origin of those clouds here, O bulls among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.46
न भ्रश्यन्ति यतो ऽभ्राणि मेहनान्मेघ उच्यते काष्ठावाहाश् च वैरिञ्च्याः पक्षाश्चैव पृथग्विधाः
na bhraśyanti yato 'bhrāṇi mehanānmegha ucyate kāṣṭhāvāhāś ca vairiñcyāḥ pakṣāścaiva pṛthagvidhāḥ
Since clouds do not fall away, and from raining (mehana), it is called megha; and there are the kāṣṭhāvāhas, those sprung from Viriñca (Brahmā), and the wing-born, of separate kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.47
आज्यानां काष्ठसंयोगाद् अग्नेर्धूमः प्रवर्तितः द्वितीयानां च संभूतिर् विरिञ्चोच्छ्वासवायुना
ājyānāṃ kāṣṭhasaṃyogād agnerdhūmaḥ pravartitaḥ dvitīyānāṃ ca saṃbhūtir viriñcocchvāsavāyunā
From the conjunction of clarified butter with wood, the smoke of the fire was set going; and the coming-to-be of the second kind is by the wind of Viriñca's out-breathing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.48
भूभृतां त्वथ पक्षैस्तु मघवच्छेदितैस्ततः वाह्नेयास्त्वथ जीमूतास् त्व् आवहस्थानगाः शुभाः
bhūbhṛtāṃ tvatha pakṣaistu maghavaccheditaistataḥ vāhneyāstvatha jīmūtās tv āvahasthānagāḥ śubhāḥ
Then, by the wings of the mountains cut off by Maghavan (Indra), (arise) the fiery ones; and the rain-clouds, auspicious, going to the Āvaha region.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.49
विरिञ्चोच्छ्वासजाः सर्वे प्रवहस्कन्धजास्ततः पक्षजाः पुष्कराद्याश् च वर्षन्ति च यदा जलम्
viriñcocchvāsajāḥ sarve pravahaskandhajāstataḥ pakṣajāḥ puṣkarādyāś ca varṣanti ca yadā jalam
All those born of Viriñca's out-breathing belong to the Pravaha layer; and the wing-born, headed by Puṣkara, when they rain water —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.50
मूकाः सशब्ददुष्टाशास् त्व् एतैः कृत्यं यथाक्रमम् क्षामवृष्टिप्रदा दीर्घकालं शीतसमीरिणः
mūkāḥ saśabdaduṣṭāśās tv etaiḥ kṛtyaṃ yathākramam kṣāmavṛṣṭipradā dīrghakālaṃ śītasamīriṇaḥ
The mute ones, and those that are noisy and of ill hopes — by these the work (is done) in due order; they give scanty rain and for a long time blow cold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.51
जीवकाश् च तथा क्षीणा विद्युद्ध्वनिविवर्जिताः तिष्ठन्त्याक्रोशमात्रे तु धरापृष्ठादितस्ततः
jīvakāś ca tathā kṣīṇā vidyuddhvanivivarjitāḥ tiṣṭhantyākrośamātre tu dharāpṛṣṭhāditastataḥ
And likewise the Jīvakas, thin, devoid of lightning and of noise, stand at a mere krośa here and there from the surface of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.52
अर्धक्रोशे तु सर्वे वै जीमूता गिरिवासिनः मेघा योजनमात्रं तु साध्यत्वाद् बहुतोयदाः
ardhakrośe tu sarve vai jīmūtā girivāsinaḥ meghā yojanamātraṃ tu sādhyatvād bahutoyadāḥ
At half a krośa are all the rain-clouds that dwell on the mountains; but the meghas are at a mere yojana, and, being of the accomplishable sort, give much water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.53
धरापृष्ठाद्द्विजाः क्ष्मायां विद्युद्गुणसमन्विताः तेषां तेषां वृष्टिसर्गं त्रेधा कथितमत्र तु
dharāpṛṣṭhāddvijāḥ kṣmāyāṃ vidyudguṇasamanvitāḥ teṣāṃ teṣāṃ vṛṣṭisargaṃ tredhā kathitamatra tu
(Reckoned) from the surface of the earth, O twice-born, upon the earth, endowed with the property of lightning; the rain-emission of each of these is here told to be of three kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.54
पक्षजाः कल्पजाः सर्वे पर्वतानां महत्तमाः कल्पान्ते ते च वर्षन्ति रात्रौ नाशाय शारदाः
pakṣajāḥ kalpajāḥ sarve parvatānāṃ mahattamāḥ kalpānte te ca varṣanti rātrau nāśāya śāradāḥ
The wing-born, all born of the kalpa, are the greatest of the mountains; and at the end of the kalpa they, the autumnal ones, rain by night for destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.55
पक्षजाः पुष्कराद्याश् च वर्षन्ति च यदा जलम् तदार्णवमभूत्सर्वं तत्र शेते निशीश्वरः
pakṣajāḥ puṣkarādyāś ca varṣanti ca yadā jalam tadārṇavamabhūtsarvaṃ tatra śete niśīśvaraḥ
And when the wing-born, headed by Puṣkara, rain water, then all became ocean; there sleeps the lord of the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.56
आग्नेयानां श्वासजानां पक्षजानां द्विजर्षभाः जलदानां सदा धूमो ह्य् आप्यायन इति स्मृतः
āgneyānāṃ śvāsajānāṃ pakṣajānāṃ dvijarṣabhāḥ jaladānāṃ sadā dhūmo hy āpyāyana iti smṛtaḥ
O bulls among the twice-born, for the water-giving (clouds) that are born of fire, born of breath, and born of wings, smoke is always held to be their nourishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.57
पौण्ड्रास्तु वृष्टयः सर्वा वैद्युताः शीतशस्यदाः पुण्ड्रदेशेषु पतिता नागानां शीकरा हिमाः
pauṇḍrāstu vṛṣṭayaḥ sarvā vaidyutāḥ śītaśasyadāḥ puṇḍradeśeṣu patitā nāgānāṃ śīkarā himāḥ
But the Pauṇḍra rains are all lightning-born and give cold and crops; fallen in the Puṇḍra lands, the sprays of the nāgas are snows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.58
गाङ्गा गङ्गाम्बुसम्भूता पर्जन्येन परावहैः नगानां च नदीनां च दिग्गजानां समाकुलम्
gāṅgā gaṅgāmbusambhūtā parjanyena parāvahaiḥ nagānāṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca diggajānāṃ samākulam
The Gāṅgā (rain), arisen from the water of the Gaṅgā, (is produced) by Parjanya together with the parāvaha winds; (it is) crowded with mountains, rivers, and the elephants of the quarters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.59
मेघानां च पृथग्भूतं जलं प्रायादगादगम् परावहो यः श्वसनश् चानयत्यम्बिकागुरुम्
meghānāṃ ca pṛthagbhūtaṃ jalaṃ prāyādagādagam parāvaho yaḥ śvasanaś cānayatyambikāgurum
And the water of the clouds, having become separate, went to the mountain; and the parāvaha, which is a wind, brings (it) to the father of Ambikā (Himālaya).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.60
मेनापतिमतिक्रम्य वृष्टिशेषं द्विजाः परम् अभ्येति भारते वर्षे त्व् अपरान्तविवृद्धये
menāpatimatikramya vṛṣṭiśeṣaṃ dvijāḥ param abhyeti bhārate varṣe tv aparāntavivṛddhaye
Passing beyond the husband of Menā (Himālaya), the further remainder of the rain, O twice-born, comes to Bhārata-varṣa for the increase of the western regions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.61
वृष्टयः कथिता ह्यद्य द्विधा वस्तु विवृद्धये सस्यद्वयस्य संक्षेपात् प्रब्रवीमि यथामति
vṛṣṭayaḥ kathitā hyadya dvidhā vastu vivṛddhaye sasyadvayasya saṃkṣepāt prabravīmi yathāmati
The rains have now been told, in two kinds, for the increase of substance; concerning the two sorts of crops I shall speak concisely, as far as my understanding goes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 54.62
स्रष्टा भानुर्महातेजा वृष्टीनां विश्वदृग् विभुः सो ऽपि साक्षाद्द्विजश्रेष्ठाश् चेशानः परमः शिवः
sraṣṭā bhānurmahātejā vṛṣṭīnāṃ viśvadṛg vibhuḥ so 'pi sākṣāddvijaśreṣṭhāś ceśānaḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ
The creator of the rains is the Sun, of great splendour, the all-seeing lord; and he too, O best of the twice-born, is directly Īśāna, the supreme Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.63
स एव तेजस्त्वोजस्तु बलं विप्रा यशः स्वयम् चक्षुः श्रोत्रं मनो मृत्युर् आत्मा मन्युर् विदिग् दिशः
sa eva tejastvojastu balaṃ viprā yaśaḥ svayam cakṣuḥ śrotraṃ mano mṛtyur ātmā manyur vidig diśaḥ
He himself, O brahmins, is splendour, vigour, strength, fame, eye, ear, mind, death, self, wrath, the intermediate quarters and the quarters.
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LiP 54.64
सत्यं ऋतं तथा वायुर् अंबरं खचरश् च सः लोकपालो हरिर्ब्रह्मा रुद्रः साक्षान्महेश्वरः
satyaṃ ṛtaṃ tathā vāyur aṃbaraṃ khacaraś ca saḥ lokapālo harirbrahmā rudraḥ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ
He is truth, cosmic order, and wind, the sky, and the sky-goer; he is the world-guardian, Hari, Brahmā, Rudra, Maheśvara himself.
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LiP 54.65
सहस्रकिरणः श्रीमान् अष्टहस्तः सुमङ्गलः अर्धनारिवपुः साक्षात् त्रिनेत्रस् त्रिदशाधिपः
sahasrakiraṇaḥ śrīmān aṣṭahastaḥ sumaṅgalaḥ ardhanārivapuḥ sākṣāt trinetras tridaśādhipaḥ
Thousand-rayed, glorious, eight-handed, most auspicious, having a body half female, he is directly the three-eyed lord of the thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.66
अस्यैवेह प्रसादात्तु वृष्टिर्नानाभवद्द्विजाः सहस्रगुणमुत्स्रष्टुम् आदत्ते किरणैर्जलम्
asyaiveha prasādāttu vṛṣṭirnānābhavaddvijāḥ sahasraguṇamutsraṣṭum ādatte kiraṇairjalam
By his grace alone, O twice-born, has rain here become manifold; he takes up water with his rays in order to release it a thousandfold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 54.67
जलस्य नाशो वृद्धिर्वा नास्त्येवास्य विचारतः ध्रुवेणाधिष्ठितो वायुर् वृष्टिं संहरते पुनः
jalasya nāśo vṛddhirvā nāstyevāsya vicārataḥ dhruveṇādhiṣṭhito vāyur vṛṣṭiṃ saṃharate punaḥ
On consideration, there is no destruction or increase of this water at all; the wind, presided over by Dhruva, gathers up the rain again.
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LiP 54.68
ग्रहान् निःसृत्य सूर्यात् तु कृत्स्ने नक्षत्रमण्डले चारस्यान्ते विशत्यर्के ध्रुवेण समधिष्ठिता
grahān niḥsṛtya sūryāt tu kṛtsne nakṣatramaṇḍale cārasyānte viśatyarke dhruveṇa samadhiṣṭhitā
Having gone forth from the sun, (it passes through) the planets in the whole circle of the lunar mansions, and at the end of its course it enters the sun, being wholly governed by Dhruva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain