Narasimha Purana — Chapter 3
NsP 3.1
तत्र सुप्तस्य देवस्य नाभौ पद्मम् अभून् महत् तस्मिन् पद्मे महाभाग वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः
tatra suptasya devasya nābhau padmam abhūn mahat tasmin padme mahābhāga vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ
There, in the navel of the sleeping god, arose a great lotus; in that lotus, O greatly fortunate one, (arose Brahmā,) master of the Vedas and their ancillary sciences.
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NsP 3.2
ब्रह्मोत्पन्नः स तेनोक्तः प्रजां सृज महामते एवम् उक्त्वा तिरोभावं गतो नारायणः प्रभुः
brahmotpannaḥ sa tenoktaḥ prajāṃ sṛja mahāmate evam uktvā tirobhāvaṃ gato nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
Brahmā, having come forth, was told by him: "Create offspring, O great-minded one." Having spoken thus, the lord Nārāyaṇa passed into invisibility.
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NsP 3.3
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा स तं देवं विष्णुं ब्रह्माथ चिन्तयन् आस्ते किंचिज् जगद्बीजं नाध्यगच्छत किंचन
tathety uktvā sa taṃ devaṃ viṣṇuṃ brahmātha cintayan āste kiṃcij jagadbījaṃ nādhyagacchata kiṃcana
Saying "So be it," Brahmā then remained meditating on that god Viṣṇu; he did not find any seed of the world at all.
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NsP 3.4
तावत् तस्य महान् रोषो ब्रह्मणो ऽभून् महात्मनः ततो बालः समुत्पन्नस् तस्याङ्के रोषसंभवः
tāvat tasya mahān roṣo brahmaṇo 'bhūn mahātmanaḥ tato bālaḥ samutpannas tasyāṅke roṣasaṃbhavaḥ
Meanwhile a great anger arose in that great-souled Brahmā; then a boy, born of that anger, came forth in his lap.
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NsP 3.5
स रुदन् वारितस् तेन ब्रह्मणा व्यक्तमूर्तिना नाम मे देहि चेत्युक्तस् तस्य रुद्रेत्य् असौ ददौ
sa rudan vāritas tena brahmaṇā vyaktamūrtinā nāma me dehi cetyuktas tasya rudrety asau dadau
As he wept he was checked by that Brahmā of manifest form; and when told, "Give me a name," he gave him (the name) "Rudra."
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NsP 3.6
तेनासौ विसृजस्वेति प्रोक्तो लोकम् इमं पुनः अशक्तस् तत्र सलिले ममज्ज तपसादृतः
tenāsau visṛjasveti prokto lokam imaṃ punaḥ aśaktas tatra salile mamajja tapasādṛtaḥ
Told by him, "Now create this world," he, being unable, sank there into the water, devoted to austerity.
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NsP 3.7
तस्मिन् सलिलमग्ने तु पुनर् अन्यं प्रजापतिः ब्रह्मा ससर्ज भूतेशो दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठतो ऽपरम्
tasmin salilamagne tu punar anyaṃ prajāpatiḥ brahmā sasarja bhūteśo dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhato 'param
But while he was sunk in the water, Brahmā, the Lord of beings, Prajāpati, created yet another, a second one, from his right thumb;
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NsP 3.8
दक्षं वामे ततो ऽङ्गुष्ठे तस्य पत्नी व्यजायत स तस्यां जनयाम्_अस मनुं स्वायंभुवं प्रभुः
dakṣaṃ vāme tato 'ṅguṣṭhe tasya patnī vyajāyata sa tasyāṃ janayām_asa manuṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ prabhuḥ
(namely) Dakṣa; then from the left thumb his wife was born, and in her the lord begot Manu Svāyambhuva.
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NsP 3.9
तस्मात् संभाविता सृष्टिः प्रजानां ब्रह्मणा तदा इत्य् एवं कथिता सृष्टिर् मया ते मुनिसत्तम सृजतो जगतीं तस्य किं भूयः श्रोतुम् इच्छसि
tasmāt saṃbhāvitā sṛṣṭiḥ prajānāṃ brahmaṇā tadā ity evaṃ kathitā sṛṣṭir mayā te munisattama sṛjato jagatīṃ tasya kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi
From him the creation of creatures was then brought about by Brahmā. Thus the creation has been recounted by me to you, best of sages; what further do you wish to hear about him who creates the world?
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NsP 3.10
संक्षेपेण तदाख्यातं त्वया मे लोमहर्षण विस्तरेण पुनर् ब्रूहि आदिसर्गं महामते
saṃkṣepeṇa tadākhyātaṃ tvayā me lomaharṣaṇa vistareṇa punar brūhi ādisargaṃ mahāmate
That has been told to me by you in brief, Lomaharṣaṇa; tell again at length of the primal creation, O great-minded one.
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NsP 3.11
तथैव कल्पावसाने निशासुप्तोत्थितः प्रभुः सत्त्वोद्रिक्तस् तदा ब्रह्मा शून्यं लोकम् अवैक्षत
tathaiva kalpāvasāne niśāsuptotthitaḥ prabhuḥ sattvodriktas tadā brahmā śūnyaṃ lokam avaikṣata
Just so, at the end of the kalpa, the lord, risen from sleep of the night, Brahmā, with sattva grown abundant in him, then looked upon the empty world.
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NsP 3.12
नारायणः परो ऽचिन्त्यः पूर्वेषाम् अपि पूर्वजः ब्रह्मस्वरूपी भगवान् अनादिः सर्वसंभवः
nārāyaṇaḥ paro 'cintyaḥ pūrveṣām api pūrvajaḥ brahmasvarūpī bhagavān anādiḥ sarvasaṃbhavaḥ
Nārāyaṇa is supreme, beyond thought, born before even those of old, having brahman as his form, the Lord, without beginning, the origin of all.
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NsP 3.13
इमं चोदाहरन्त्य् अत्र श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणं देवं जगतः प्रभवात्मकम्
imaṃ codāharanty atra ślokaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prati brahmasvarūpiṇaṃ devaṃ jagataḥ prabhavātmakam
And here they quote this verse concerning Nārāyaṇa, the god whose form is brahman, whose nature is the origin of the world:
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NsP 3.14
आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता आपो वै नरसूनवः अयनं तस्य ताः पूर्वं तेन नारायण स्मृतः
āpo nārā iti proktā āpo vai narasūnavaḥ ayanaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇa smṛtaḥ
The waters are called nāra; the waters indeed are the offspring of Nara; they were formerly his resting place (ayana), and therefore he is known as Nārāyaṇa.
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NsP 3.15
सृष्टिं चिन्तयतस् तस्य कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा अबुद्धिपूर्वकं तस्य प्रादुर्भूतं तमस् तदा
sṛṣṭiṃ cintayatas tasya kalpādiṣu yathā purā abuddhipūrvakaṃ tasya prādurbhūtaṃ tamas tadā
As before, while he was pondering creation at the beginnings of the kalpas, darkness appeared to him, not preceded by (his) intention.
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NsP 3.16
तमो मोहो महामोहस् तामिस्रो ह्य् अन्धसंज्ञितः अविद्या पञ्चपर्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः
tamo moho mahāmohas tāmisro hy andhasaṃjñitaḥ avidyā pañcaparvaiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ
Darkness (tamas), delusion, great delusion, tāmisra, and that named andha(-tāmisra): this fivefold-jointed ignorance appeared from the great one.
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NsP 3.17
पञ्चधाधिष्ठितः सर्गो ध्यायतो ऽप्रतिबोधवान् बहिर् अन्तो ऽप्रकाशश् च संवृतात्मा नगात्मकः मुख्यसर्गः स विज्ञेयः सर्गसिद्धिविचक्षणैः
pañcadhādhiṣṭhitaḥ sargo dhyāyato 'pratibodhavān bahir anto 'prakāśaś ca saṃvṛtātmā nagātmakaḥ mukhyasargaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sargasiddhivicakṣaṇaiḥ
The creation that arose fivefold as he meditated was devoid of awakening, unlit without and within, with its self enclosed, having the nature of trees; that is to be known as the principal (mukhya) creation by those versed in the working out of creation.
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NsP 3.18
यत् पुनर् ध्यायतस् तस्य ब्रह्मणः समपद्यत तिर्यक्स्रोतस् ततस् तस्मात् तिर्यग्योनिस् ततः स्मृतः
yat punar dhyāyatas tasya brahmaṇaḥ samapadyata tiryaksrotas tatas tasmāt tiryagyonis tataḥ smṛtaḥ
And what further came about for that Brahmā as he meditated was the horizontally-flowing (stream); hence from that the animal births (tiryagyoni) are so called.
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NsP 3.19
पश्वादयस् ते विख्याता उत्पथग्राहिणश् च ये तम् अप्य् असाधकं मत्वा तिर्यग्योनि चतुर्मुखः
paśvādayas te vikhyātā utpathagrāhiṇaś ca ye tam apy asādhakaṃ matvā tiryagyoni caturmukhaḥ
Those are known as the cattle and the rest, and those that take a wrong course; and deeming that too ineffective, the four-faced one (turned from) the animal womb.
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NsP 3.20
ऊर्ध्वस्रोतास् तृतीयस् तु सात्त्विकः समवर्तत तदा तुष्टो ऽन्यसर्गं च चिन्तयाम्_अस वै प्रभुः
ūrdhvasrotās tṛtīyas tu sāttvikaḥ samavartata tadā tuṣṭo 'nyasargaṃ ca cintayām_asa vai prabhuḥ
But the third, the upward-flowing, came to be, endowed with sattva; then the lord, satisfied, pondered yet another creation.
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NsP 3.21
ततश् चिन्तयतस् तस्य सर्गवृद्धिं प्रजापतेः अर्वाक्स्रोताः समुत्पन्ना मनुष्याः साधका मताः
tataś cintayatas tasya sargavṛddhiṃ prajāpateḥ arvāksrotāḥ samutpannā manuṣyāḥ sādhakā matāḥ
Then, as that Prajāpati pondered the increase of creation, the downward-flowing ones arose: human beings, held to be effective (in accomplishing ends).
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NsP 3.22
ते च प्रकाशबहुलास् तमोयुक्ता रजोधिकाः तस्मात् ते दुःखबहुला भूयो भूयश् च कारिणः
te ca prakāśabahulās tamoyuktā rajodhikāḥ tasmāt te duḥkhabahulā bhūyo bhūyaś ca kāriṇaḥ
And they are abundant in light, joined with darkness, and with rajas in excess; therefore they are full of suffering and act again and again.
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NsP 3.23
एते ते कथिताः सर्गा बहवो मुनिसत्तम प्रथमो महतः सर्गस् तन्मात्राणां द्वितीयकः
ete te kathitāḥ sargā bahavo munisattama prathamo mahataḥ sargas tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyakaḥ
These many creations have been recounted to you, best of sages: the first is the creation of the mahat, the second that of the tanmātras.
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NsP 3.24
वैकारिकस् तृतीयस् तु सर्ग ऐन्द्रियकः स्मृतः मुख्यसर्गश् चतुर्थस् तु मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः
vaikārikas tṛtīyas tu sarga aindriyakaḥ smṛtaḥ mukhyasargaś caturthas tu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ
But the third, the vaikārika creation, is known as that of the senses; and the fourth is the principal creation — indeed the immobile beings are called the 'principal' ones.
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NsP 3.25
तिर्यक्स्रोताश् च यः प्रोक्तस् तिर्यग्योनिः स उच्यते ततोऊर्ध्वस्रोतसां षष्ठो देवसर्गस् तु स स्मृतः
tiryaksrotāś ca yaḥ proktas tiryagyoniḥ sa ucyate tatoūrdhvasrotasāṃ ṣaṣṭho devasargas tu sa smṛtaḥ
And that which is called "horizontal-streaming" is said to be the animal kind; after that, the sixth is the creation of the gods, that of the upward-streaming ones.
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NsP 3.26
ततो ऽर्वाक्स्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमो मानुषः स्मृतः अष्टमो ऽनुग्रहः सर्गः सात्त्विको य उदाहृतः
tato 'rvāksrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamo mānuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ aṣṭamo 'nugrahaḥ sargaḥ sāttviko ya udāhṛtaḥ
Then the creation of the downward-streaming ones, the seventh, is held to be the human one; the eighth is the creation (called) "grace," which is declared to be of the nature of sattva.
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NsP 3.27
नवमो रुद्रसर्गस् तु नव सर्गाः प्रजापतेः पञ्चैते वैकृताः सर्गाः प्राकृतास् ते त्रयः स्मृताः प्राकृतो वैकृतश् चैव कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः
navamo rudrasargas tu nava sargāḥ prajāpateḥ pañcaite vaikṛtāḥ sargāḥ prākṛtās te trayaḥ smṛtāḥ prākṛto vaikṛtaś caiva kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ
The ninth is the creation of Rudra; (these are) the nine creations of Prajāpati. Five of these are secondary (vaikṛta) creations, and three of them are held to be primary (prākṛta); the ninth, the Kumāra creation, is held to be both primary and secondary.
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NsP 3.28
प्राकृता वैकृताश् चैव जगतो मूलहेतवः सृजतो ब्रह्मणः सृष्टिम् उत्पन्ना ये मयेरिता
prākṛtā vaikṛtāś caiva jagato mūlahetavaḥ sṛjato brahmaṇaḥ sṛṣṭim utpannā ye mayeritā
The primary and the secondary (creations) are the root causes of the world; they arose as Brahmā was producing the creation — those (creations) which have been spoken of by me.
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NsP 3.29
तं तं विकारं च परं परेशो मायाम् अधिष्ठाय सृजत्य् अनन्तः अव्यक्तरूपी परमात्मसंज्ञः संप्रेर्यमाणो निखिलात्मवेद्यः
taṃ taṃ vikāraṃ ca paraṃ pareśo māyām adhiṣṭhāya sṛjaty anantaḥ avyaktarūpī paramātmasaṃjñaḥ saṃpreryamāṇo nikhilātmavedyaḥ
And the supreme Lord, the endless one, taking his stand upon māyā, creates each and every modification — he whose form is unmanifest, who is named the Supreme Self, being impelled (to it), knowable by (or: as) the self of all.
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