Narasimha Purana — Chapter 1
NsP 1.1
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् देवीं सरस्वतीं चैव ततो जयम् उदीरयेत्
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet
Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, and to Nara the best of men, and to the goddess Sarasvatī, one should then proclaim 'Victory!'
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NsP 1.2
तप्तहाटककेशान्त ज्वलत्पावकलोचन वज्राधिकनखस्पर्श दिव्यसिंह नमो ऽस्तु ते
taptahāṭakakeśānta jvalatpāvakalocana vajrādhikanakhasparśa divyasiṃha namo 'stu te
O you whose hair-ends are of molten gold, whose eyes are blazing fire, whose claws' touch is harder than the thunderbolt — divine lion, homage be to you.
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NsP 1.3
पान्तु वो नरसिंहस्य नखलाङ्गूलकोटयः हिरण्यकशिपोर् वक्षःक्षेत्रासृक्कर्दमारुणाः
pāntu vo narasiṃhasya nakhalāṅgūlakoṭayaḥ hiraṇyakaśipor vakṣaḥkṣetrāsṛkkardamāruṇāḥ
May the tips of Narasiṃha's claws and tail protect you (all) — reddened with the mire of blood from the field of Hiraṇyakaśipu's chest.
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NsP 1.4
हिमवद्वासिणः सर्वे मुनयो वेदपारगाः त्रिकालज्ञा महात्मानो नैमिषारण्यवासिनः
himavadvāsiṇaḥ sarve munayo vedapāragāḥ trikālajñā mahātmāno naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ
All the sages dwelling on the Himālaya, who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas, knowers of the three times, great souls, and those dwelling in the Naimiṣa forest;
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NsP 1.5
ये ऽर्बुदारण्यनिरताः पुष्करारण्यवासिनः महेन्द्राद्रिरता ये च ये च विन्ध्यनिवासिनः
ye 'rbudāraṇyaniratāḥ puṣkarāraṇyavāsinaḥ mahendrādriratā ye ca ye ca vindhyanivāsinaḥ
those who delight in the Arbuda forest, those dwelling in the Puṣkara forest, those devoted to the Mahendra mountain, and those living in the Vindhyas;
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NsP 1.6
धर्मारण्यरता ये च दण्डकारण्यवासिनः श्रीशैलनिरता ये च कुरुक्षेत्रनिवासिनः
dharmāraṇyaratā ye ca daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ śrīśailaniratā ye ca kurukṣetranivāsinaḥ
those who delight in the Dharma forest and those dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest, those devoted to Śrīśaila and those dwelling in Kurukṣetra;
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NsP 1.7
कौमारपर्वते ये च ये च पम्पानिवासिनः एते चान्ये च बहवः सशिष्या मुनयो ऽमलाः
kaumāraparvate ye ca ye ca pampānivāsinaḥ ete cānye ca bahavaḥ saśiṣyā munayo 'malāḥ
those on the Kaumāra mountain and those dwelling at Pampā — these and many others, spotless sages together with their pupils,
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NsP 1.8
माघमासे प्रयागं तु स्नातुं तीर्थं समागताः तत्र स्नात्वा यथान्यायं कृत्वा कर्म जपादिकम्
māghamāse prayāgaṃ tu snātuṃ tīrthaṃ samāgatāḥ tatra snātvā yathānyāyaṃ kṛtvā karma japādikam
came together in the month of Māgha to the sacred ford of Prayāga to bathe. Having bathed there according to rule and performed the rites, recitation and the rest,
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NsP 1.9
नत्वा तु माधवं देवं कृत्वा च पितृतर्पणम् दृष्ट्वा तत्र भरद्वाजं पुण्यतीर्थनिवासिनम्
natvā tu mādhavaṃ devaṃ kṛtvā ca pitṛtarpaṇam dṛṣṭvā tatra bharadvājaṃ puṇyatīrthanivāsinam
and having bowed to the god Mādhava and made the libation to the ancestors, and having seen Bharadvāja there, who dwelt at that holy ford,
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NsP 1.10
तं पूजयित्वा विधिवत् तेनैव च सुपूजिताः आसनेषु विचित्रेषु वृष्यादिषु यथाक्रमम्
taṃ pūjayitvā vidhivat tenaiva ca supūjitāḥ āsaneṣu vicitreṣu vṛṣyādiṣu yathākramam
having worshipped him according to rule, and being themselves well worshipped by him, (they sat) in due order on variegated seats, couches and the like,
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NsP 1.11
भरद्वाजेन दत्तेषु आसीनास् ते तपोधनाः कृष्णाश्रिताः कथाः सर्वे परस्परम् अथाब्रुवन्
bharadvājena datteṣu āsīnās te tapodhanāḥ kṛṣṇāśritāḥ kathāḥ sarve parasparam athābruvan
—seats given by Bharadvāja—; seated there, those whose wealth was austerity all then spoke to one another tales concerning Kṛṣṇa.
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NsP 1.12
कथान्तेषु ततस् तेषां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् आजगाम महातेजास् तत्र सूतो महामतिः
kathānteṣu tatas teṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām ājagāma mahātejās tatra sūto mahāmatiḥ
Then, at the end of the tales of those sages of purified minds, there arrived the Sūta of great splendour and great intelligence,
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NsP 1.13
व्यासशिष्यः पुराणज्ञो लोमहर्षणसंज्ञकः तान् प्रणम्य यथान्यायं स च तैश् चाभिपूजितः
vyāsaśiṣyaḥ purāṇajño lomaharṣaṇasaṃjñakaḥ tān praṇamya yathānyāyaṃ sa ca taiś cābhipūjitaḥ
the pupil of Vyāsa, knower of the Purāṇas, named Lomaharṣaṇa; having saluted them as was proper, and being himself honoured by them,
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NsP 1.14
उपविष्टो यथायोग्यं भरद्वाजमतेन सः व्यासशिष्यं सुखासीनं ततस् तं लोमहर्षणम् स पप्रच्छ भरद्वाजो मुनीनाम् अग्रतस् तदा
upaviṣṭo yathāyogyaṃ bharadvājamatena saḥ vyāsaśiṣyaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ tatas taṃ lomaharṣaṇam sa papraccha bharadvājo munīnām agratas tadā
he sat down suitably, by Bharadvāja's direction. Then Bharadvāja questioned him, Lomaharṣaṇa the pupil of Vyāsa, comfortably seated, in front of the sages.
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NsP 1.15
शौनकस्य महासत्त्रे वाराहाख्या तु संहिता त्वत्तः श्रुता पुरा सूत एतैर् अस्माभिर् एव च
śaunakasya mahāsattre vārāhākhyā tu saṃhitā tvattaḥ śrutā purā sūta etair asmābhir eva ca
"At Śaunaka's great sacrificial session, O Sūta, the collection called the Vārāha was formerly heard from you by these (sages) and by us as well.
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NsP 1.16
सांप्रतं नारसिंहाख्यां त्वत्तः पौराणसंहिताम् श्रोतुम् इच्छाम्य् अहं सूत श्रोतुकामा इमे स्थिताः
sāṃprataṃ nārasiṃhākhyāṃ tvattaḥ paurāṇasaṃhitām śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ sūta śrotukāmā ime sthitāḥ
Now, O Sūta, I wish to hear from you the Purāṇic collection called the Nārasiṃha; these (sages) are seated here wishing to hear it.
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NsP 1.17
अतस् त्वां परिपृच्छामि प्रश्नम् एतं महामुने ऋषीणाम् अग्रतः सूत प्रातर् ह्य् एषां महात्मनाम्
atas tvāṃ paripṛcchāmi praśnam etaṃ mahāmune ṛṣīṇām agrataḥ sūta prātar hy eṣāṃ mahātmanām
Therefore I ask you this question, O great sage, in front of the seers, O Sūta, at dawn, before these great souls:
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NsP 1.18
कुत एतत् समुत्पन्नं केन वा परिपाल्यते कस्मिन् वा लयम् अभ्येति जगद् एतच् चराचरम्
kuta etat samutpannaṃ kena vā paripālyate kasmin vā layam abhyeti jagad etac carācaram
From what has this arisen, or by whom is it protected, or in what does it come to dissolution — this world with its moving and unmoving beings?
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NsP 1.19
किं प्रमाणं च वै भूमेर् नृसिंहः केन तुष्यति कर्मणा तु महाभाग तन् मे ब्रूहि महामते
kiṃ pramāṇaṃ ca vai bhūmer nṛsiṃhaḥ kena tuṣyati karmaṇā tu mahābhāga tan me brūhi mahāmate
And what is the measure of the earth? By what act is Nṛsiṃha pleased, O greatly fortunate one? Tell me that, O you of great mind.
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NsP 1.20
कथं च सृष्टेर् आदिः स्याद् अवसानं कथं भवेत् कथं युगस्य गणना किं वा स्यात् तु चतुर्युगम्
kathaṃ ca sṛṣṭer ādiḥ syād avasānaṃ kathaṃ bhavet kathaṃ yugasya gaṇanā kiṃ vā syāt tu caturyugam
And how does creation begin, and how does it come to its end? How is an age reckoned, and what is a set of four ages?
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NsP 1.21
को वा विशेषस् तेष्व् अत्र का वावस्था कलौ युगे कथम् आराध्यते देवो नरसिंहो ऽप्य् अमानुषैः
ko vā viśeṣas teṣv atra kā vāvasthā kalau yuge katham ārādhyate devo narasiṃho 'py amānuṣaiḥ
And what is the distinguishing feature among them here, and what is the condition in the Kali age? How is the god Narasiṃha worshipped even by non-human beings?
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NsP 1.22
क्षेत्राणि कानि पुण्यानि के च पुण्याः शिलोच्चयाः नद्यश् च काः पराः पुण्या नृणां पापहराः शुभाः
kṣetrāṇi kāni puṇyāni ke ca puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ nadyaś ca kāḥ parāḥ puṇyā nṛṇāṃ pāpaharāḥ śubhāḥ
Which are the holy fields (of pilgrimage), and which are the holy heaps of rock (mountains)? And which rivers are supremely holy, auspicious, removers of men's sins?
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NsP 1.23
देवादीनां कथं सृष्टिः मनोर् मन्वन्तरस्य तु तथा विद्याधरादीनां सृष्टिर् आदौ कथं भवेत्
devādīnāṃ kathaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ manor manvantarasya tu tathā vidyādharādīnāṃ sṛṣṭir ādau kathaṃ bhavet
How does the creation of the gods and the rest come about, and that of Manu and of the manvantara? And likewise how does the creation of the Vidyādharas and the others come to be in the beginning?
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NsP 1.24
यज्वानः के च राजानः के च सिद्धिं परां गताः एतत् सर्वं महाभाग कथयस्व यथाक्रमम्
yajvānaḥ ke ca rājānaḥ ke ca siddhiṃ parāṃ gatāḥ etat sarvaṃ mahābhāga kathayasva yathākramam
And which sacrificers and which kings have attained the highest perfection? Tell all this, O greatly fortunate one, in due order.
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NsP 1.25
व्यासप्रसादाज् जानामि पुराणानि तपोधनाः तं प्रणम्य प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं नारसिंहकम्
vyāsaprasādāj jānāmi purāṇāni tapodhanāḥ taṃ praṇamya pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ nārasiṃhakam
The son of Parāśara, the supreme Person, the one womb of all the gods, possessed of knowledge, giver of ample intelligence, to be known through the Vedas and the members of the Veda; ever at peace, whose (sense-)objects are quieted, of pure radiance, vast, Vedavyāsa, free of stain — him I bow to at all times.
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NsP 1.26
पाराशर्यं परमपुरुषं विश्वदेवैकयोनिं विद्यावन्तं विपुलमतिदं वेदवेदाङ्गवेद्यम् शश्वच्छान्तं शमितविषयं शुद्धतेजो विशालम् वेदव्यासं विगतशमलं सर्वदाहं नमामि
pārāśaryaṃ paramapuruṣaṃ viśvadevaikayoniṃ vidyāvantaṃ vipulamatidaṃ vedavedāṅgavedyam śaśvacchāntaṃ śamitaviṣayaṃ śuddhatejo viśālam vedavyāsaṃ vigataśamalaṃ sarvadāhaṃ namāmi
Homage to that lord Vyāsa of measureless radiance, by whose grace I shall recount this story of Vāsudeva.
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NsP 1.27
नमो भगवते तस्मै व्यासायामिततेजसे यस्य प्रसादाद् वक्ष्यामि वासुदेवकथाम् इमाम्
namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase yasya prasādād vakṣyāmi vāsudevakathām imām
The great question which you have set forth is well settled; but without Viṣṇu's grace, can it be answered by anyone at all?
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NsP 1.28
सुनिर्णीतो महान् प्रश्नस् त्वया यः परिकीर्तितः विष्णुप्रसादेन विना वक्तुं केनापि शक्यते
sunirṇīto mahān praśnas tvayā yaḥ parikīrtitaḥ viṣṇuprasādena vinā vaktuṃ kenāpi śakyate
Even so, by the grace of Narasiṃha alone I shall now declare to you the greatly meritorious (account); O Bhāradvāja, listen to me.
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NsP 1.29
तथापि नरसिंहस्य प्रसादाद् एव ते ऽधुना प्रवक्ष्यामि महापुन्यं भारद्वाज शृणुष्व मे
tathāpi narasiṃhasya prasādād eva te 'dhunā pravakṣyāmi mahāpunyaṃ bhāradvāja śṛṇuṣva me
Let all the sages listen, together with the pupils who are gathered here: I shall relate the Purāṇa of Narasiṃha just as it is.
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NsP 1.30
शृण्वन्तु मुनयः सर्वे सशिष्यास् त्व् अत्र ये स्थिताः पुराणं नरसिंहस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि यथातथा
śṛṇvantu munayaḥ sarve saśiṣyās tv atra ye sthitāḥ purāṇaṃ narasiṃhasya pravakṣyāmi yathātathā
From Nārāyaṇa all this, moving and unmoving, has arisen; by him alone is all of it protected, through his forms beginning with Narasiṃha.
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NsP 1.31
नारायणाद् इदं सर्वं समुत्पन्नं चराचरम् तेनैव पाल्यते सर्वं नरसिंहादिमूर्तिभिः
nārāyaṇād idaṃ sarvaṃ samutpannaṃ carācaram tenaiva pālyate sarvaṃ narasiṃhādimūrtibhiḥ
And in just that way it dissolves at the end into Hari, whose own nature is light. I shall tell how the god creates; hear that.
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NsP 1.32
तथैव लीयते चान्ते हरौ ज्योतिःस्वरूपिणि यथैव देवः सृजति तथा वक्ष्यामि तच् छृणु
tathaiva līyate cānte harau jyotiḥsvarūpiṇi yathaiva devaḥ sṛjati tathā vakṣyāmi tac chṛṇu
For there is a verse remembered as common to all the Purāṇas; having heard it, O sage, then hear the whole of it (the rest) without remainder.
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NsP 1.33
पुराणानां हि सर्वेषाम् अयं साधारणः स्मृतः श्लोको यस् तं मुने श्रुत्वा निःशेषं त्वं ततः शृणु
purāṇānāṃ hi sarveṣām ayaṃ sādhāraṇaḥ smṛtaḥ śloko yas taṃ mune śrutvā niḥśeṣaṃ tvaṃ tataḥ śṛṇu
Creation and re-creation, lineage and the manvantaras, and the deeds following the lineages: a Purāṇa has these five marks.
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NsP 1.34
सर्गश् च प्रतिसर्गश् च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च वंशानुचरितं चैव पुराणं पञ्चलक्षणम्
sargaś ca pratisargaś ca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam
The first creation and the subsequent creation, lineage and the manvantaras, and the deeds following the lineages — these I shall declare in order and in brief.
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NsP 1.35
आदिसर्गो ऽनुसर्गश् च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च वंशानुचरितं चैव वक्ष्याम्य् अनुसमासतः
ādisargo 'nusargaś ca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva vakṣyāmy anusamāsataḥ
First, then, I shall relate the great primal creation, O twice-born ones — beginning from which the deeds of the gods and of the kings,
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NsP 1.36
आदिसर्गो महांस् तावत् कथयिष्यामि वै द्विजाः यस्माद् आरभ्य देवानां राज्ञां चरितम् एव च
ādisargo mahāṃs tāvat kathayiṣyāmi vai dvijāḥ yasmād ārabhya devānāṃ rājñāṃ caritam eva ca
and the eternal supreme Self together with its secret, become known. Before creation, and after the dissolution, there was nothing at all, O best of the twice-born.
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NsP 1.37
ज्ञायते सरहस्यं च परमात्मा सनातनः प्राक् सृष्टेः प्रलयाद् ऊर्ध्वं नासीत् किंचिद् द्विजोत्तम
jñāyate sarahasyaṃ ca paramātmā sanātanaḥ prāk sṛṣṭeḥ pralayād ūrdhvaṃ nāsīt kiṃcid dvijottama
There was one thing, named brahman, luminous, the cause of all, eternal, unblemished, tranquil, without qualities, ever spotless,
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NsP 1.38
ब्रह्मसंज्ञम् अभूद् एकं ज्योतिष्मत् सर्वकारणम् नित्यं निरञ्जनं शान्तं निर्गुणं नित्यनिर्मलम्
brahmasaṃjñam abhūd ekaṃ jyotiṣmat sarvakāraṇam nityaṃ nirañjanaṃ śāntaṃ nirguṇaṃ nityanirmalam
an ocean of bliss, clear, which those who seek release long for, all-knowing since its nature is knowledge, endless, unborn, imperishable.
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NsP 1.39
आनन्दसागरं स्वच्छं यं काङ्क्षन्ति मुमुक्षवः सर्वज्ञं ज्ञानरूपत्वाद् अनन्तम् अजम् अव्ययम्
ānandasāgaraṃ svacchaṃ yaṃ kāṅkṣanti mumukṣavaḥ sarvajñaṃ jñānarūpatvād anantam ajam avyayam
(He is) the ocean of bliss, the pure one, whom those who seek release long for; all-knowing, since his very nature is knowledge; endless, unborn, unchanging.
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NsP 1.40
सर्गकाले तु संप्राप्ते ज्ञात्वासौ ज्ञातृनायकः अन्तर्लीनं विकारं च तत् स्रष्टुम् उपचक्रमे
sargakāle tu saṃprāpte jñātvāsau jñātṛnāyakaḥ antarlīnaṃ vikāraṃ ca tat sraṣṭum upacakrame
But when the time of creation arrived, he, the chief of knowers, knowing (it), began to emit that modification which lay hidden within.
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NsP 1.41
तस्मात् प्रधानम् उद्भूतं ततश् चापि महान् अभूत् सात्त्विको राजसश् चैव तामसश् च त्रिधा महान्
tasmāt pradhānam udbhūtaṃ tataś cāpi mahān abhūt sāttviko rājasaś caiva tāmasaś ca tridhā mahān
From him arose the primal matter (pradhāna), and from that came the Great One (mahat); the Great One is threefold: sattvic, rajasic, and tamasic.
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NsP 1.42
वैकारिकस् तैजसश् च भूतादिश् चैव तामसः त्रिविधो ऽयम् अहंकारो महत्तत्त्वाद् अजायत
vaikārikas taijasaś ca bhūtādiś caiva tāmasaḥ trividho 'yam ahaṃkāro mahattattvād ajāyata
The modificatory (vaikārika), the fiery (taijasa), and the tamasic which is the origin of the elements (bhūtādi) — this threefold ego-principle (ahaṃkāra) was born from the mahat-principle.
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NsP 1.43
यथा प्रधानं हि महान् महता स तथावृतः भूतादिस् तु विकुर्वाणः शब्दतन्मात्रकं ततः
yathā pradhānaṃ hi mahān mahatā sa tathāvṛtaḥ bhūtādis tu vikurvāṇaḥ śabdatanmātrakaṃ tataḥ
For just as the pradhāna (was enveloped), so was the Great One enveloped by it; and the bhūtādi, undergoing modification, (produced) from that the subtle element of sound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 1.44
ससर्ज शब्दतन्मात्राद् आकाशं शब्दलक्षणम् शब्दमात्रं तथाकाशं भूतादिः स समावृणोत्
sasarja śabdatanmātrād ākāśaṃ śabdalakṣaṇam śabdamātraṃ tathākāśaṃ bhūtādiḥ sa samāvṛṇot
From the subtle element of sound it emitted space (ākāśa), whose mark is sound; and the bhūtādi enveloped both mere sound and space likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 1.45
आकाशस् तु विकुर्वाणः स्पर्शमात्रं ससर्ज ह बलवान् अभवद् वायुस् तस्य स्पर्शो गुणो मतः
ākāśas tu vikurvāṇaḥ sparśamātraṃ sasarja ha balavān abhavad vāyus tasya sparśo guṇo mataḥ
But space, undergoing modification, emitted the subtle element of touch; wind came to be, powerful, and touch is held to be its quality.
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NsP 1.46
आकाशं शब्दतन्मात्रं स्पर्शमात्रं तथावृणोत् ततो वायुर् विकुर्वाणो रूपमात्रं ससर्ज ह
ākāśaṃ śabdatanmātraṃ sparśamātraṃ tathāvṛṇot tato vāyur vikurvāṇo rūpamātraṃ sasarja ha
Space, the subtle element of sound, thus enveloped the subtle element of touch; then wind, undergoing modification, emitted the subtle element of form.
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NsP 1.47
ज्योतिर् उत्पद्यते वायोस् तद् रूपगुणम् उच्यते स्पर्शमात्रं तु वै वायू रूपमात्रं समावृणोत्
jyotir utpadyate vāyos tad rūpaguṇam ucyate sparśamātraṃ tu vai vāyū rūpamātraṃ samāvṛṇot
Light arises from wind; it is said to have form as its quality. And the subtle element of touch, namely wind, enveloped the subtle element of form.
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NsP 1.48
ज्योतिश् चापि विकुर्वाणं रसमात्रं ससर्ज ह संभवन्ति ततो ऽम्भांसि रसाधाराणि तानि तु
jyotiś cāpi vikurvāṇaṃ rasamātraṃ sasarja ha saṃbhavanti tato 'mbhāṃsi rasādhārāṇi tāni tu
And light too, undergoing modification, emitted the subtle element of taste; from that the waters come into being, and they are the support of taste.
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NsP 1.49
रसमात्राणि चाम्भांसि रूपमात्रं समावृणोत् विकुर्वाणानि चाम्भांसि गन्धमात्रं ससर्जिरे
rasamātrāṇi cāmbhāṃsi rūpamātraṃ samāvṛṇot vikurvāṇāni cāmbhāṃsi gandhamātraṃ sasarjire
And the subtle element of form enveloped the waters, which are the subtle element of taste; and the waters, undergoing modification, emitted the subtle element of smell.
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NsP 1.50
तस्माज् जाता मही चेयं सर्वभूतगुणाधिका संघातो जायते तस्मात् तस्य गन्धगुणो मतः
tasmāj jātā mahī ceyaṃ sarvabhūtaguṇādhikā saṃghāto jāyate tasmāt tasya gandhaguṇo mataḥ
From that was born this earth, exceeding (all) in the qualities of all the elements; from that an aggregate arises, and smell is held to be its quality.
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NsP 1.51
तस्मिंस् तस्मिंस् तु तन्मात्रा तेन तन्मात्रता स्मृता तन्मात्राण्य् अविशेषाणि विशेषाः कर्मशो ऽपराः
tasmiṃs tasmiṃs tu tanmātrā tena tanmātratā smṛtā tanmātrāṇy aviśeṣāṇi viśeṣāḥ karmaśo 'parāḥ
In each of these there is the subtle measure (tanmātrā); hence their being called tanmātras. The tanmātras are without distinguishing marks; the distinct forms are other, according to their action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 1.52
भूततन्मात्रसर्गो ऽयम् अहंकारात् तु तामसात् कीर्तितस् ते समासेन भरद्वाज मया तव
bhūtatanmātrasargo 'yam ahaṃkārāt tu tāmasāt kīrtitas te samāsena bharadvāja mayā tava
This is the creation of the elements and the subtle elements from the tamasic ego-principle, which has been declared to you in brief by me, Bharadvāja.
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NsP 1.53
तैजसानीन्द्रियाण्य् आहुर् देवा वैकारिका दश एकादशं मनश् चात्र कीर्तितं तत्र चिन्तकैः
taijasānīndriyāṇy āhur devā vaikārikā daśa ekādaśaṃ manaś cātra kīrtitaṃ tatra cintakaiḥ
They call the sense-organs fiery (taijasa); the gods are the ten modificatory (vaikārika) ones; and the mind is declared here as the eleventh by those who reflect on this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 1.54
बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि पञ्चात्र पञ्च कर्मेन्द्रियाणि च तानि वक्ष्यामि तेषां च कर्माणि कुलपावन
buddhīndriyāṇi pañcātra pañca karmendriyāṇi ca tāni vakṣyāmi teṣāṃ ca karmāṇi kulapāvana
There are five organs of knowledge here and five organs of action; those I shall declare, and their functions, O purifier of your lineage.
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NsP 1.55
श्रवणे च दृशौ जिह्वा नासिका त्वक् च पञ्चमी शब्दादिज्ञानसिद्ध्यर्थं बुद्धियुक्तानि पञ्च वै
śravaṇe ca dṛśau jihvā nāsikā tvak ca pañcamī śabdādijñānasiddhyarthaṃ buddhiyuktāni pañca vai
The two ears, the two eyes, the tongue, the nose, and the skin as the fifth — these five are joined with cognition, for the sake of accomplishing knowledge of sound and the rest.
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NsP 1.56
पायूपस्थे हस्तपादौ वाग् भरद्वाज पञ्चमी विसर्गानन्दशिल्पी च गत्युक्ती कर्म तत् स्मृतम्
pāyūpasthe hastapādau vāg bharadvāja pañcamī visargānandaśilpī ca gatyuktī karma tat smṛtam
The anus and the genitals, the hands and the feet, and speech as the fifth, Bharadvāja; their function is held to be excretion, pleasure, craft-work, motion, and utterance.
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NsP 1.57
आकाशवायुतेजांसि सलिलं पृथिवी तथा शब्दादिभिर् गुणैर् विप्र संयुक्तान्य् उत्तरोत्तरैः
ākāśavāyutejāṃsi salilaṃ pṛthivī tathā śabdādibhir guṇair vipra saṃyuktāny uttarottaraiḥ
Space, wind, and fire, water, and earth likewise are joined, O brahmin, with the qualities sound and the rest, each successive one (having one more).
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NsP 1.58
नानावीर्याः पृथग्भूतास् ततस् ते संहतिं विना नाशक्नुवन् प्रजां स्रष्टुम् असमागम्य कृत्स्नशः
nānāvīryāḥ pṛthagbhūtās tatas te saṃhatiṃ vinā nāśaknuvan prajāṃ sraṣṭum asamāgamya kṛtsnaśaḥ
Of various potencies and separate from one another, they were then unable, without combining, to create offspring, not having come together completely.
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NsP 1.59
समेत्यान्योन्यसंयोगं परस्परसमाश्रयात् एकसंघातलक्ष्याश् च संप्राप्यैक्यम् अशेषतः
sametyānyonyasaṃyogaṃ parasparasamāśrayāt ekasaṃghātalakṣyāś ca saṃprāpyaikyam aśeṣataḥ
Having come to mutual conjunction through reliance on one another, and being marked as a single aggregate, having attained unity entirely —
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NsP 1.60
पुरुषाधिष्ठितत्वाच् च प्रधानानुग्रहेण च महदाद्या विशेषान्तास् त्व् अण्डम् उत्पादयन्ति ते
puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvāc ca pradhānānugraheṇa ca mahadādyā viśeṣāntās tv aṇḍam utpādayanti te
And because they are presided over by the puruṣa, and through the favour of the pradhāna, those (principles), beginning with mahat and ending with the particulars, produce the egg.
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NsP 1.61
तत् क्रमेण विवृद्धं तु जलबुद्बुदवत् स्थितम् भूतेभ्यो ऽण्डं महाबुद्धे बृहत् तद् उदकेशयम्
tat krameṇa vivṛddhaṃ tu jalabudbudavat sthitam bhūtebhyo 'ṇḍaṃ mahābuddhe bṛhat tad udakeśayam
That (egg), growing by degrees, stood like a bubble on water; out of the elements (arose) the egg, O greatly wise one — vast, and resting upon the water.
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NsP 1.62
प्राकृतं ब्रह्मरूपस्य विष्णोः स्थानम् अनुत्तमम् तत्राव्यक्तस्वरूपो ऽसौ विष्णुर् विश्वेश्वरः प्रभुः
prākṛtaṃ brahmarūpasya viṣṇoḥ sthānam anuttamam tatrāvyaktasvarūpo 'sau viṣṇur viśveśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
It is the primordial, the unsurpassed abode of Viṣṇu who has the form of Brahmā; there that Viṣṇu, lord of the universe, the mighty one, whose own form is unmanifest,
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NsP 1.63
ब्रह्मस्वरूपम् आस्थाय स्वयम् एव व्यवस्थितः मेरुर् उल्बम् अभूत् तस्य जरायुश् च महीधराः गर्भोदकं समुद्राश् च तस्याभूवन् महात्मनः
brahmasvarūpam āsthāya svayam eva vyavasthitaḥ merur ulbam abhūt tasya jarāyuś ca mahīdharāḥ garbhodakaṃ samudrāś ca tasyābhūvan mahātmanaḥ
having taken on the form of Brahmā, is established of his own accord. Meru became its outer membrane, and the mountains the after-birth; and the oceans became the womb-waters of that great one.
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NsP 1.64
अद्रिद्वीपसमुद्राश् च सज्योतिर् लोकसंग्रहः तस्मिन्न् अण्डे ऽभवत् सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
adridvīpasamudrāś ca sajyotir lokasaṃgrahaḥ tasminn aṇḍe 'bhavat sarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
And mountains, continents and seas, together with the luminaries, the whole collection of worlds — everything, with gods, asuras and men, came to be within that egg.
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NsP 1.65
रजोगुणयुतो देवः स्वयम् एव हरिः परः ब्रह्मरूपं समास्थाय जगत्सृष्टौ प्रवर्तते
rajoguṇayuto devaḥ svayam eva hariḥ paraḥ brahmarūpaṃ samāsthāya jagatsṛṣṭau pravartate
The god joined with the quality of rajas, Hari himself, the supreme, having fully assumed the form of Brahmā, sets about the creation of the world.
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NsP 1.66
सृष्टं च पात्य् अनुयुगं यावत् कल्पविकल्पना नरसिंहादिरूपेण रुद्ररूपेण संहरेत्
sṛṣṭaṃ ca pāty anuyugaṃ yāvat kalpavikalpanā narasiṃhādirūpeṇa rudrarūpeṇa saṃharet
And he protects what has been created, age after age, as long as the reckoning of the kalpa lasts, in the form of Narasiṃha and the rest; in the form of Rudra he withdraws (it).
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NsP 1.67
ब्राह्मेण रूपेण सृजत्य् अनन्तो जगत् समस्तं परिपातुम् इच्छन् रामादिरूपं स तु गृह्य पाति भूत्वाथ रुद्रः प्रकरोति नाशम्
brāhmeṇa rūpeṇa sṛjaty ananto jagat samastaṃ paripātum icchan rāmādirūpaṃ sa tu gṛhya pāti bhūtvātha rudraḥ prakaroti nāśam
In the form belonging to Brahmā the Endless One creates; and wishing to protect the whole world, he takes on the form of Rāma and the others and protects it; then, having become Rudra, he brings about its destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition