Narasimha Purana — Chapter 4

NsP 4.1

नवधा सृष्टिर् उत्पन्ना ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः कथं सा ववृधे सूत एतत् कथय मे ऽधुना

navadhā sṛṣṭir utpannā brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ kathaṃ sā vavṛdhe sūta etat kathaya me 'dhunā

The ninefold creation arose from Brahmā, who is born of the unmanifest; how did it grow, O Sūta? Tell me this now.

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NsP 4.2

प्रथमं ब्रह्मणा सृष्टा मरीच्यादय एव च मरीचिर् अत्रिश् च तथा अङ्गिराः पुलहः क्रतुः

prathamaṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭā marīcyādaya eva ca marīcir atriś ca tathā aṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ

First there were created by Brahmā Marīci and the rest: Marīci, and Atri, and likewise Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu,

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NsP 4.3

पुलस्त्यश् च महातेजाः प्रचेता भृगुर् एव च नारदो दशमश् चैव वसिष्ठश् च महामतिः

pulastyaś ca mahātejāḥ pracetā bhṛgur eva ca nārado daśamaś caiva vasiṣṭhaś ca mahāmatiḥ

and Pulastya of great splendour, and Pracetas, and Bhṛgu, and Nārada as the tenth, and Vasiṣṭha of great mind.

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NsP 4.4

सनकादयो निवृत्ताख्ये ते च धर्मे नियोजिताः प्रवृत्ताख्ये मरीच्याद्या मुक्त्वैकं नारदं मुनिम्

sanakādayo nivṛttākhye te ca dharme niyojitāḥ pravṛttākhye marīcyādyā muktvaikaṃ nāradaṃ munim

Sanaka and the others were appointed to the dharma called "cessation," and Marīci and the rest, except the one sage Nārada, to that called "activity."

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NsP 4.5

यो ऽसौ प्रजापतिस् त्व् अन्यो दक्षनामाङ्गसंभवः तस्य दौहित्रवंशेन जगद् एतच् चराचरम्

yo 'sau prajāpatis tv anyo dakṣanāmāṅgasaṃbhavaḥ tasya dauhitravaṃśena jagad etac carācaram

But that other Prajāpati, born from (Brahmā's) body, named Dakṣa — through the lineage of his daughters' sons (came) this world, moving and unmoving.

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NsP 4.6

देवाश् च दानवाश् चैव गन्धर्वोरगपक्षिणः सर्वे दक्षस्य कन्यासु जाताः परमधार्मिकाः

devāś ca dānavāś caiva gandharvoragapakṣiṇaḥ sarve dakṣasya kanyāsu jātāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ

Gods and dānavas, and gandharvas, serpents and birds — all were born from the daughters of Dakṣa, supremely righteous ones.

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NsP 4.7

चतुर्विधानि भूतानि ह्य् अचरानि चराणि च वृद्धिं गतानि तान्य् एवम् अनुसर्गोद्भवानि तु

caturvidhāni bhūtāni hy acarāni carāṇi ca vṛddhiṃ gatāni tāny evam anusargodbhavāni tu

For the four kinds of beings, unmoving and moving, thus attained increase, being produced in the subsequent creation (anusarga).

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NsP 4.8

अनुसर्गस्य कर्तारो मरीच्याद्या महर्षयः वसिष्ठान्ता महाभाग ब्रह्मणो मानसोद्भवाः

anusargasya kartāro marīcyādyā maharṣayaḥ vasiṣṭhāntā mahābhāga brahmaṇo mānasodbhavāḥ

The makers of the subsequent creation are the great seers, Marīci and the rest, ending with Vasiṣṭha, O greatly fortunate one — they who arose from Brahmā's mind.

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NsP 4.9

सर्गे तु भुतानि धियश् च खानि ख्यातानि सर्वं सृजते महात्मा स एव पश्चाच् चतुरास्यरूपी मुनिस्वरूपी च सृजत्य् अनन्तः

sarge tu bhutāni dhiyaś ca khāni khyātāni sarvaṃ sṛjate mahātmā sa eva paścāc caturāsyarūpī munisvarūpī ca sṛjaty anantaḥ

In the (first) creation the elements and the faculties and the senses were made manifest; that great Self creates everything. He himself afterwards, in the form of the four-faced one and in the form of the sages, the endless one, creates.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain