Narasimha Purana — Chapter 2
NsP 2.1
ब्रह्मा भूत्वा जगत्सृष्टौ नरसिंहः प्रवर्तते यथा ते कथयिष्यामि भरद्वाज निबोध मे
brahmā bhūtvā jagatsṛṣṭau narasiṃhaḥ pravartate yathā te kathayiṣyāmi bharadvāja nibodha me
How Narasiṃha, having become Brahmā, sets about the creation of the world, I shall tell you: Bharadvāja, learn it from me.
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NsP 2.2
नारायणाख्यो भगवान् ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः उत्पन्नः प्रोच्यते विद्वन् नित्यो ऽसाव् उपचारतः
nārāyaṇākhyo bhagavān brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ utpannaḥ procyate vidvan nityo 'sāv upacārataḥ
The Lord called Nārāyaṇa (as) Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, is spoken of as 'arisen', O learned one; but he is eternal — (the expression) is figurative.
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NsP 2.3
निजेन तस्य मानेन आयुर् वर्षशतं स्मृतम् तत् पराख्यं तदर्धं च परार्धम् अभिधीयते
nijena tasya mānena āyur varṣaśataṃ smṛtam tat parākhyaṃ tadardhaṃ ca parārdham abhidhīyate
By his own measure his lifespan is reckoned as a hundred years; that is named para, and half of it is called parārdha.
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NsP 2.4
कालस्वरूपं विष्णोश् च यन् मयोक्तं तवानघ तेन तस्य निबोध त्वं परिमाणोपपादनम्
kālasvarūpaṃ viṣṇoś ca yan mayoktaṃ tavānagha tena tasya nibodha tvaṃ parimāṇopapādanam
And as for the time-form of Viṣṇu which has been told you by me, O faultless one, learn by that the establishing of its measurement.
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NsP 2.5
अन्येषां चैव भूतानं चराणाम् अचराश् च ये भूभूभृत्सागरादीनाम् अशेषाणां च सत्तम
anyeṣāṃ caiva bhūtānaṃ carāṇām acarāś ca ye bhūbhūbhṛtsāgarādīnām aśeṣāṇāṃ ca sattama
And (learn) that of other beings too, the moving and those that are unmoving, and of the earth, the mountains, the seas and the rest, of all of them without exception, O best of the good.
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NsP 2.6
संख्याज्ञानं च ते वच्मि मनुष्याणं निबोध मे अष्टादश निमेषास् तु काष्ठैका परिकीर्तिता
saṃkhyājñānaṃ ca te vacmi manuṣyāṇaṃ nibodha me aṣṭādaśa nimeṣās tu kāṣṭhaikā parikīrtitā
And I tell you the knowledge of the reckoning of men — learn it from me: eighteen nimeṣas are declared to be one kāṣṭhā.
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NsP 2.7
काष्ठास् त्रिंशत् कला ज्ञेया कलास् त्रिंशन् मुहूर्तकम् त्रिंशत्संख्यैर् अहोरात्रं मुहूर्तैर् मानुषं स्मृतम्
kāṣṭhās triṃśat kalā jñeyā kalās triṃśan muhūrtakam triṃśatsaṃkhyair ahorātraṃ muhūrtair mānuṣaṃ smṛtam
Thirty kāṣṭhās are to be known as a kalā, thirty kalās as a muhūrta; by thirty muhūrtas in number a human day-and-night is reckoned.
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NsP 2.8
अहोरात्राणि तावन्ति मासपक्षद्वयात्मकः तैः षड्भिर् अयनं मासैर् द्वे ऽयने दक्षिणोत्तरे
ahorātrāṇi tāvanti māsapakṣadvayātmakaḥ taiḥ ṣaḍbhir ayanaṃ māsair dve 'yane dakṣiṇottare
So many days-and-nights make a month, which consists of two fortnights; by six such months an ayana; there are two ayanas, the southern and the northern.
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NsP 2.9
अयनं दक्षिणं रात्रिर् देवानाम् उत्तरं दिनम् अयनद्वितयं वर्षं मर्त्यानाम् इह कीर्तितम्
ayanaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ rātrir devānām uttaraṃ dinam ayanadvitayaṃ varṣaṃ martyānām iha kīrtitam
The southern ayana is the night of the gods, the northern their day; the pair of ayanas is here declared to be a year of mortals.
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NsP 2.10
नृणां मासः पितृणां तु अहोरात्रम् उदाहृतम् वस्वादीनाम् अहोरात्रम् मानुषो वत्सरः स्मृतः
nṛṇāṃ māsaḥ pitṛṇāṃ tu ahorātram udāhṛtam vasvādīnām ahorātram mānuṣo vatsaraḥ smṛtaḥ
A month of men, however, is said to be a day-and-night of the fathers; a human year is reckoned a day-and-night of the Vasus and the rest.
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NsP 2.11
दिव्यैर् वर्षसहस्रैस् तु युगं त्रेतादिसंज्ञितम् चतुर्युगं द्वादशभिस् तद्विभागं निबोध मे
divyair varṣasahasrais tu yugaṃ tretādisaṃjñitam caturyugaṃ dvādaśabhis tadvibhāgaṃ nibodha me
But by thousands of divine years (are measured) the yuga named tretā and the others; the set of four yugas by twelve (thousand) — learn from me its division.
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NsP 2.12
चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैकं कृतादिषु यथाक्रमम् दिव्याब्दानां सहस्राणि युगेष्व् आहुः पुराविदः
catvāri trīṇi dve caikaṃ kṛtādiṣu yathākramam divyābdānāṃ sahasrāṇi yugeṣv āhuḥ purāvidaḥ
Four, three, two and one thousands of divine years, respectively, in the yugas beginning with kṛta — so say those who know the ancient lore.
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NsP 2.13
तत्प्रमाणैः शतैः संध्या पूर्वा तत्र विधीयते संध्यांशकश् च तत्तुल्यो युगस्यानन्तरो हि सः
tatpramāṇaiḥ śataiḥ saṃdhyā pūrvā tatra vidhīyate saṃdhyāṃśakaś ca tattulyo yugasyānantaro hi saḥ
By hundreds of that same measure the preceding twilight (saṃdhyā) is prescribed there, and the twilight-portion (saṃdhyāṃśa) equal to it, for it comes immediately after the yuga.
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NsP 2.14
संध्यासंध्यांशयोर् मध्ये यः कालो वर्तते द्विज युगाख्यः स तु विज्ञेयः कृतत्रेतादिसंज्ञकः
saṃdhyāsaṃdhyāṃśayor madhye yaḥ kālo vartate dvija yugākhyaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ kṛtatretādisaṃjñakaḥ
The time that runs in between the twilight and the twilight-portion, O twice-born, that is to be known as the yuga proper, called Kṛta, Tretā, and so on.
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NsP 2.15
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरश् च कलिश् चेति चतुर्युगम् प्रोच्यते तत्सहस्रं तु ब्रह्मणो दिवसं द्विज
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaś ca kaliś ceti caturyugam procyate tatsahasraṃ tu brahmaṇo divasaṃ dvija
Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — this is called the set of four yugas; and a thousand of these is a day of Brahmā, O twice-born.
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NsP 2.16
ब्रह्मणो दिवसे ब्रह्मन् मनवस् तु चतुर्दश भवन्ति परिमाणं च तेषां कालकृतं शृणु
brahmaṇo divase brahman manavas tu caturdaśa bhavanti parimāṇaṃ ca teṣāṃ kālakṛtaṃ śṛṇu
In a day of Brahmā, O brahman, there are fourteen Manus; hear too the measure of them made in terms of time.
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NsP 2.17
सप्तर्षयस् तु शक्रो ऽथ मनुस् तत्सूनवो ऽपि ये एककालं हि सृज्यन्ते संह्रियन्ते च पूर्ववत्
saptarṣayas tu śakro 'tha manus tatsūnavo 'pi ye ekakālaṃ hi sṛjyante saṃhriyante ca pūrvavat
The seven seers, then Śakra, the Manu, and also those who are his sons — these are brought forth at one time and withdrawn together, as before.
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NsP 2.18
चतुर्युगानां संख्या च साधिका ह्य् एकसप्ततिः मन्वन्तरं मनोः कालः शक्रादीनाम् अपि द्विज
caturyugānāṃ saṃkhyā ca sādhikā hy ekasaptatiḥ manvantaraṃ manoḥ kālaḥ śakrādīnām api dvija
And the number of the four-yuga sets is seventy-one with a surplus; the manvantara is the time of a Manu, and also of Śakra and the rest, O twice-born.
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NsP 2.19
अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि दिव्यया संख्यया स्मृतः द्विपञ्चाशत् तथान्यानि सहस्राण्य् अधिकानि तु
aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi divyayā saṃkhyayā smṛtaḥ dvipañcāśat tathānyāni sahasrāṇy adhikāni tu
It is declared to be eight hundred thousand by the divine reckoning, and fifty-two thousand more besides.
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NsP 2.20
त्रिंशत् कोट्यस् तु संपूर्णाः संख्याताः संख्यया द्विज सप्तषष्टिस् तथान्यानि नियुतानि महामुने
triṃśat koṭyas tu saṃpūrṇāḥ saṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyayā dvija saptaṣaṣṭis tathānyāni niyutāni mahāmune
Thirty full crores are counted by the reckoning, O twice-born, and sixty-seven lakhs besides, O great sage,
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NsP 2.21
विंशतिश् च सहस्राणि कालो ऽयम् अधिकं विना मन्वन्तरस्य संख्येयं मानुषैर् वत्सरैर् द्विज
viṃśatiś ca sahasrāṇi kālo 'yam adhikaṃ vinā manvantarasya saṃkhyeyaṃ mānuṣair vatsarair dvija
and twenty thousand: this is the time to be reckoned for a manvantara in human years, apart from the surplus, O twice-born.
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NsP 2.22
चतुर्दशगुणो ह्य् एष कालो ब्राह्मम् अहः स्मृतम् विश्वस्यादौ सुमनसा सृष्ट्वा देवांस् तथा पितृन्
caturdaśaguṇo hy eṣa kālo brāhmam ahaḥ smṛtam viśvasyādau sumanasā sṛṣṭvā devāṃs tathā pitṛn
This time multiplied fourteenfold is declared to be Brahmā's day. At the beginning of the universe, the well-minded one, having created gods and likewise the fathers,
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NsP 2.23
गन्धर्वान् राक्षसान् यक्षान् पिशाचान् गुह्यकांस् तथा ऋषीन् विद्याधरांश् चैव मनुष्यांश् च पशूंस् तथा
gandharvān rākṣasān yakṣān piśācān guhyakāṃs tathā ṛṣīn vidyādharāṃś caiva manuṣyāṃś ca paśūṃs tathā
gandharvas, rākṣasas, yakṣas, piśācas and guhyakas, seers and vidyādharas too, and human beings and likewise cattle,
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NsP 2.24
पक्षिणः स्थावरांश् चैव पिपीलिकभुजंगमान् चातुर्वर्ण्यं तथा सृष्ट्वा नियुज्याध्वरकर्मणि
pakṣiṇaḥ sthāvarāṃś caiva pipīlikabhujaṃgamān cāturvarṇyaṃ tathā sṛṣṭvā niyujyādhvarakarmaṇi
birds and immobile beings, ants and serpents, and having created the four classes and appointed (them) to the work of sacrifice,
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NsP 2.25
पुनर् दिनान्ते त्रैलोक्यम् उपसंहृत्य स प्रभुः शेते चानन्तशयने तावन्तीं रात्रिम् अव्ययः
punar dinānte trailokyam upasaṃhṛtya sa prabhuḥ śete cānantaśayane tāvantīṃ rātrim avyayaḥ
then at the day's end that Lord, having withdrawn the three worlds, lies down upon the couch of Ananta for a night of that same length, he the imperishable.
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NsP 2.26
तस्यान्ते ऽभून् महान् कल्पो ब्राह्म इत्य् अभिविश्रुतः यस्मिन् मत्स्यावतारो ऽभून् मथनं च महोदधेः
tasyānte 'bhūn mahān kalpo brāhma ity abhiviśrutaḥ yasmin matsyāvatāro 'bhūn mathanaṃ ca mahodadheḥ
At the end of that came the great kalpa widely known as the Brāhma, in which occurred the Fish incarnation and the churning of the great ocean.
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NsP 2.27
तद्वद् वराहकल्पश् च तृतीयः परिकल्पितः यत्र विष्णुः स्वयं प्रीत्या वाराहं वपुर् आश्रितः उद्धर्तुं वसुधां देवीं स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः
tadvad varāhakalpaś ca tṛtīyaḥ parikalpitaḥ yatra viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ prītyā vārāhaṃ vapur āśritaḥ uddhartuṃ vasudhāṃ devīṃ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ
Likewise the third is reckoned the Varāha kalpa, in which Viṣṇu himself, out of pleasure, took on the body of a boar in order to lift up the goddess Earth, being praised by the great seers.
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NsP 2.28
सृष्ट्वा जगद् व्योमचराप्रमेयः प्रजाश् च सृष्ट्वा सकलास् तथेशः नैमित्तिकाख्ये प्रलये समस्तं संहृत्य शेते हरिर् आदिदेवः
sṛṣṭvā jagad vyomacarāprameyaḥ prajāś ca sṛṣṭvā sakalās tatheśaḥ naimittikākhye pralaye samastaṃ saṃhṛtya śete harir ādidevaḥ
Having created the world, he the immeasurable one who moves in the sky, and having likewise created all creatures, the Lord Hari, the primal god, in the dissolution called occasional, having withdrawn everything, sleeps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain