Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 3
PdP 1 3.1
भीष्म उवाच। निर्गुणस्याप्रमेयस्य शुद्धस्याथ महात्मनः। कथं सर्गादिकर्त्तृत्वं ब्रह्मणो ह्युपपद्यते
bhīṣma uvāca| nirguṇasyāprameyasya śuddhasyātha mahātmanaḥ| kathaṃ sargādikarttṛtvaṃ brahmaṇo hyupapadyate
Bhīṣma said: How can the agency of creation and the rest be established for brahman, which is without qualities, immeasurable, pure, and great of self?
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PdP 1 3.2
पुलस्त्य उवाच। शक्तयः सर्वभावानामचिंत्या ज्ञानगोचराः। यत्ततो ब्रह्मणस्तास्तुसर्गाद्या भावशक्तयः
pulastya uvāca| śaktayaḥ sarvabhāvānāmaciṃtyā jñānagocarāḥ| yattato brahmaṇastāstusargādyā bhāvaśaktayaḥ
Pulastya said: The powers of all existing things are inconceivable, not within the range of knowledge; therefore those powers of creation and the rest belonging to brahman are its inherent powers.
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PdP 1 3.3
उत्पन्नः प्रोच्यते विद्वान्नित्य एवोपचारतः। निजेन तस्य मानेन आयुर्वर्षशतं स्मृतम्
utpannaḥ procyate vidvānnitya evopacārataḥ| nijena tasya mānena āyurvarṣaśataṃ smṛtam
The wise one, though eternal, is said to be 'arisen' by a figure of speech; by his own measure his lifespan is reckoned to be a hundred years.
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PdP 1 3.4
तत्पराख्यं परार्द्धं च तदर्द्धं परिकीर्त्तितम्। काष्ठा पंचदशाख्या ता निमेषा नृपसत्तम
tatparākhyaṃ parārddhaṃ ca tadarddhaṃ parikīrttitam| kāṣṭhā paṃcadaśākhyā tā nimeṣā nṛpasattama
That is called para, and half of it is declared to be parārdha. Fifteen nimeṣas are called a kāṣṭhā, O best of kings.
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PdP 1 3.5
काष्ठा स्त्रिंशत्कला त्रिंशत्कला मौहूर्त्तिको विधिः। तावत्संख्यैरहोरात्रं मुहूर्त्तैर्मानुषं स्मृतम्
kāṣṭhā striṃśatkalā triṃśatkalā mauhūrttiko vidhiḥ| tāvatsaṃkhyairahorātraṃ muhūrttairmānuṣaṃ smṛtam
Thirty kāṣṭhās (make) a kalā; thirty kalās (make) the measure of a muhūrta; by that same number of muhūrtas a human day-and-night is reckoned.
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PdP 1 3.6
अहोरात्राणि तावंति मासः पक्षद्वयात्मकः। तैष्षड्भिरयनं वर्षमयने दक्षिणोत्तरे
ahorātrāṇi tāvaṃti māsaḥ pakṣadvayātmakaḥ| taiṣṣaḍbhirayanaṃ varṣamayane dakṣiṇottare
That many days-and-nights (make) a month, which consists of two fortnights; by six of those (comes) a half-year, and (two) half-years, southern and northern, (make) a year.
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PdP 1 3.7
अयनं दक्षिणं रात्रिर्देवानामुत्तरं दिनम्। दिव्यैर्वर्षसहस्रैस्तु कृतत्रेतादिसंज्ञितम्
ayanaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ rātrirdevānāmuttaraṃ dinam| divyairvarṣasahasraistu kṛtatretādisaṃjñitam
The southern course is the night of the gods, the northern their day; and by thousands of divine years (the ages) named Kṛta, Tretā and the rest (are measured).
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PdP 1 3.8
चतुर्युगं द्वादशभिस्तद्विभागं निबोध मे। चत्वारि त्रीणिद्वे चैकं कृतादिषु यथाक्रमम्
caturyugaṃ dvādaśabhistadvibhāgaṃ nibodha me| catvāri trīṇidve caikaṃ kṛtādiṣu yathākramam
The set of four ages consists of twelve (thousand); learn from me its division: four, three, two, and one, in Kṛta and the rest respectively.
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PdP 1 3.9
दिव्याब्दानां सहस्राणि युगेष्वाहुः पुराविदः। तत्प्रमाणैः शतैः संध्या पूर्वा तत्राभिधीयते
divyābdānāṃ sahasrāṇi yugeṣvāhuḥ purāvidaḥ| tatpramāṇaiḥ śataiḥ saṃdhyā pūrvā tatrābhidhīyate
The knowers of old say (these are) thousands of divine years in the ages; by hundreds of that same measure the preceding twilight is there reckoned.
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PdP 1 3.10
संध्यांशकश्च तत्तुल्यो युगस्यानंतरो हि यः। संध्यासंध्यांशयोरंतः कालो यो नृपसत्तम
saṃdhyāṃśakaśca tattulyo yugasyānaṃtaro hi yaḥ| saṃdhyāsaṃdhyāṃśayoraṃtaḥ kālo yo nṛpasattama
And the twilight-portion, equal to it, is that which comes immediately after the age; the time that lies between the twilight and the twilight-portion, O best of kings —
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PdP 1 3.11
युगाख्यः स तु विज्ञेयः कृतत्रेतादिसंज्ञितः। कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव चतुर्युगम्
yugākhyaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ kṛtatretādisaṃjñitaḥ| kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliścaiva caturyugam
That is to be known as what is called a yuga, designated Kṛta, Tretā, and so on. Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali — these are the four yugas.
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PdP 1 3.12
प्रोच्यते तत्सहस्रं तु ब्रह्मणो दिवसं नृप। ब्रह्मणो दिवसे राजन्मनवश्च चतुर्दश
procyate tatsahasraṃ tu brahmaṇo divasaṃ nṛpa| brahmaṇo divase rājanmanavaśca caturdaśa
A thousand of these, O king, is said to be a day of Brahmā; and in a day of Brahmā, O king, there are fourteen Manus.
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PdP 1 3.13
भवंति परिमाणं च तेषां कालकृतं शृणु। सप्तर्षयः सुराः शक्रो मनुस्तत्सूनवो नृप
bhavaṃti parimāṇaṃ ca teṣāṃ kālakṛtaṃ śṛṇu| saptarṣayaḥ surāḥ śakro manustatsūnavo nṛpa
So it comes about; and hear the measure of their time. The seven sages, the gods, Śakra, the Manu, and his sons, O king,
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PdP 1 3.14
एककाले हि सृज्यंते संह्रियंते च पूर्ववत्। चतर्युगानां संख्याता साधिका ह्येकसप्ततिः
ekakāle hi sṛjyaṃte saṃhriyaṃte ca pūrvavat| cataryugānāṃ saṃkhyātā sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ
are indeed created at one and the same time, and are withdrawn likewise as before. The reckoning of the four-yuga periods (in a manvantara) is seventy-one and somewhat more.
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PdP 1 3.15
मन्वंतरं मनोः कालः सुरादीनां च पार्थिव। अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि दिव्यया संख्यया स्मृतः
manvaṃtaraṃ manoḥ kālaḥ surādīnāṃ ca pārthiva| aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi divyayā saṃkhyayā smṛtaḥ
A manvantara is the (life)time of a Manu and of the gods and the rest, O king; it is remembered as eight hundred thousand by divine reckoning.
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PdP 1 3.16
द्विपंचाशत्तथान्यानि सहस्राण्यधिकानि च। त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु संपूर्णाः संख्याताः संख्यया नृप
dvipaṃcāśattathānyāni sahasrāṇyadhikāni ca| triṃśatkoṭyastu saṃpūrṇāḥ saṃkhyātāḥ saṃkhyayā nṛpa
And likewise fifty-two thousand more (years); by reckoning, O king, thirty full crores are counted,
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PdP 1 3.17
सप्तषष्टिस्तथान्यानि नियुतानि महामते। विंशतिश्च सहस्राणि कालोयमधिकं विना
saptaṣaṣṭistathānyāni niyutāni mahāmate| viṃśatiśca sahasrāṇi kāloyamadhikaṃ vinā
and likewise sixty-seven lakhs more, O greatly wise one, and twenty thousand — this is the time, without the surplus.
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PdP 1 3.18
मन्वंतरस्य संख्येयं मानुषैरिह वत्सरैः। चतुर्द्दशगुणो ह्येष कालो ब्राह्ममहः स्मृतम्
manvaṃtarasya saṃkhyeyaṃ mānuṣairiha vatsaraiḥ| caturddaśaguṇo hyeṣa kālo brāhmamahaḥ smṛtam
This is the reckoning of a manvantara here in human years. Fourteen times this period is remembered as a day of Brahmā.
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PdP 1 3.19
ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिको नाम तस्यांते प्रतिसंचरः। तदाहि दह्यते सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं भूर्भुवादिकम्
brāhmo naimittiko nāma tasyāṃte pratisaṃcaraḥ| tadāhi dahyate sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ bhūrbhuvādikam
The dissolution at the end of it is the occasional one, called Brāhma; for then all the three worlds — Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, and the rest — are burned.
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PdP 1 3.20
जनं प्रयांति तापार्त्ता महर्लोकनिवासिनः। एकार्णवे तु त्रैलोक्ये ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः
janaṃ prayāṃti tāpārttā maharlokanivāsinaḥ| ekārṇave tu trailokye brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ
Afflicted by the heat, the dwellers of the Mahar world go to (the world) Jana; and when the three worlds have become a single ocean, Brahmā, the best of the knowers of brahman,
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PdP 1 3.21
भोगिशय्यागतः शेते त्रैलोक्यग्रासबृंहितः। जनस्थैर्योगिभिर्द्देवश्चिंत्यमानो जगद्विभुः
bhogiśayyāgataḥ śete trailokyagrāsabṛṃhitaḥ| janasthairyogibhirddevaściṃtyamāno jagadvibhuḥ
lies resting on the serpent's couch, swollen from having swallowed the three worlds, the god, the lord of the world, meditated upon by the yogins who dwell in Jana.
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PdP 1 3.22
तत्प्रमाणां हि तां रात्रिं तदंते सृजते पुनः। एवं तु ब्रह्मणो वर्षमेवं वर्षशतं च तत्
tatpramāṇāṃ hi tāṃ rātriṃ tadaṃte sṛjate punaḥ| evaṃ tu brahmaṇo varṣamevaṃ varṣaśataṃ ca tat
That night is of the same measure (as the day), and at its end he creates again. Thus is a year of Brahmā, and thus a hundred years of his.
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PdP 1 3.23
शतं हि तस्य वर्षाणां परमायुर्महात्मनः। एकमस्य व्यतीतं तु परार्धं ब्रह्मणोनघ
śataṃ hi tasya varṣāṇāṃ paramāyurmahātmanaḥ| ekamasya vyatītaṃ tu parārdhaṃ brahmaṇonagha
A hundred of those years is the full life-span of that great one; and one half of Brahmā's (life) has passed, O sinless one.
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PdP 1 3.24
तस्यान्तेभून्महाकल्पः पाद्म इत्यभिविश्रुतः। द्वितीयस्य परार्धस्य वर्तमानस्य वै नृप
tasyāntebhūnmahākalpaḥ pādma ityabhiviśrutaḥ| dvitīyasya parārdhasya vartamānasya vai nṛpa
At the end of that came the great kalpa renowned as the Pādma; and of the second half, now in progress, O king,
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PdP 1 3.25
वाराह इति कल्पोयं प्रथमः परिकल्पितः। ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्योसौ कल्पादौ भगवान्यथा
vārāha iti kalpoyaṃ prathamaḥ parikalpitaḥ| brahmā nārāyaṇākhyosau kalpādau bhagavānyathā
this kalpa, called the Vārāha, has been reckoned as the first. (Tell) how that Brahmā named Nārāyaṇa, the Blessed One, at the beginning of the kalpa
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PdP 1 3.26
ससर्ज सर्वभूतानि तदाचक्ष्व महामुने। पुलस्त्य उवाच। प्रजाः ससर्ज भगवाननादिस्सर्वसंभवः
sasarja sarvabhūtāni tadācakṣva mahāmune| pulastya uvāca| prajāḥ sasarja bhagavānanādissarvasaṃbhavaḥ
created all beings — tell that, O great sage. Pulastya said: The Blessed One, beginningless, the origin of all, created the creatures.
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PdP 1 3.27
अतीतकल्पावसाने निशासुप्तोत्थितः प्रभुः। सत्वोद्रिक्तस्तथा ब्रह्मा शून्यं लोकमवैक्षत
atītakalpāvasāne niśāsuptotthitaḥ prabhuḥ| satvodriktastathā brahmā śūnyaṃ lokamavaikṣata
At the close of the past kalpa, the Lord, having risen from his sleep of night, Brahmā, with sattva predominant, looked upon the empty world.
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PdP 1 3.28
तोयान्तस्स महीं ज्ञात्वा निमग्नां वारिसंप्लवे। प्रविचिंत्य तदुद्धारं कर्तुकामः प्रजापतिः
toyāntassa mahīṃ jñātvā nimagnāṃ vārisaṃplave| praviciṃtya taduddhāraṃ kartukāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ
Knowing the earth to be within the waters, submerged in the flood of water, Prajāpati, having reflected, wished to accomplish its raising up.
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PdP 1 3.29
विष्णुरूपं तदा ज्ञात्वा पृथ्वीं वोढुं स्वतेजसा। मत्स्यकूर्मादिकां चान्यां वाराहीं तनुमाविशत्
viṣṇurūpaṃ tadā jñātvā pṛthvīṃ voḍhuṃ svatejasā| matsyakūrmādikāṃ cānyāṃ vārāhīṃ tanumāviśat
Then, recognizing the form of Viṣṇu (as the means) to bear up the earth by his own power, he entered the boar body — and other (bodies) such as the fish and the tortoise.
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PdP 1 3.30
वेदयज्ञमयं रूपमाश्रित्य जगतः स्थितौ। स्थितः स्थिरात्मा सर्वात्मा परमात्मा प्रजापतिः
vedayajñamayaṃ rūpamāśritya jagataḥ sthitau| sthitaḥ sthirātmā sarvātmā paramātmā prajāpatiḥ
Taking up a form made of the Veda and sacrifice, for the maintenance of the world, Prajāpati stood firm — the steadfast self, the self of all, the supreme self —
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PdP 1 3.31
प्रविवेशे तदा तोयं तोयाधारे धराधरः। निरीक्ष्य तं तदा देवी पातालतलमागतम्
praviveśe tadā toyaṃ toyādhāre dharādharaḥ| nirīkṣya taṃ tadā devī pātālatalamāgatam
Then the upholder of the earth entered the water, into the water resting in its receptacle. Then the goddess, seeing him come to the floor of Pātāla —
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PdP 1 3.32
तुष्टाव प्रणता भूत्वा भक्तिनम्रा वसुंधरा। पृथिव्युवाच। नमस्ते सर्वभूताय नमस्ते परमात्मने
tuṣṭāva praṇatā bhūtvā bhaktinamrā vasuṃdharā| pṛthivyuvāca| namaste sarvabhūtāya namaste paramātmane
— Vasundharā, bowing low and humbled by devotion, praised (him). The Earth said: Homage to you who are all beings, homage to you the Supreme Self!
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PdP 1 3.33
मामुद्धरास्मादद्य त्वं त्वत्तोहं पूर्वमुत्थिता। परमात्मन्नमस्तेस्तु पुरुषात्मन्नमोस्तु ते
māmuddharāsmādadya tvaṃ tvattohaṃ pūrvamutthitā| paramātmannamastestu puruṣātmannamostu te
Lift me up out of this today — from you I arose in the beginning. O Supreme Self, homage be to you; O Self that is the Puruṣa, homage to you!
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PdP 1 3.34
प्रधानव्यक्तरूपाय कालभूताय ते नमः। त्वं कर्त्तासर्वभूतानां त्वं पाता त्वं विनाशकृत्
pradhānavyaktarūpāya kālabhūtāya te namaḥ| tvaṃ karttāsarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ pātā tvaṃ vināśakṛt
Homage to you, whose form is the unmanifest (pradhāna) and the manifest, who have become Time. You are the maker of all beings, you the protector, you the doer of destruction.
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PdP 1 3.35
सर्गादौ यः परोब्रह्मा विष्णुरुद्रात्मरूपधृक्। भक्षयित्वा च सकलं जगत्येकार्णवीकृते
sargādau yaḥ parobrahmā viṣṇurudrātmarūpadhṛk| bhakṣayitvā ca sakalaṃ jagatyekārṇavīkṛte
You who at the beginning of creation are the supreme Brahmā, bearing the forms of the selves of Viṣṇu and Rudra; and having devoured the whole (world), when the universe has been made a single ocean —
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PdP 1 3.36
शेषे त्वमेव गोविन्द चिन्त्यमानो मनीषिभिः। भवतो यत्परं रूपं तन्न जानाति कश्चन
śeṣe tvameva govinda cintyamāno manīṣibhiḥ| bhavato yatparaṃ rūpaṃ tanna jānāti kaścana
— you alone lie (asleep), Govinda, meditated upon by the wise. That form of yours which is highest, no one knows it.
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PdP 1 3.37
अवतारेषु यद्रूपं तदर्चन्ति दिवौकसः। त्वामाराध्य परं ब्रह्म याता मुक्तिं मुमुक्षवः
avatāreṣu yadrūpaṃ tadarcanti divaukasaḥ| tvāmārādhya paraṃ brahma yātā muktiṃ mumukṣavaḥ
The form (you take) in your descents — that the dwellers in heaven worship. Having propitiated you, the supreme Brahman, those who seek release have gone to liberation.
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PdP 1 3.38
वासुदेवमनाराध्य को हि मोक्षमवाप्स्यति। यद्रूपं मनसा ग्राह्यं यद्ग्राह्यं चक्षुरादिभिः
vāsudevamanārādhya ko hi mokṣamavāpsyati| yadrūpaṃ manasā grāhyaṃ yadgrāhyaṃ cakṣurādibhiḥ
For who, without worshipping Vāsudeva, will attain liberation? Whatever form is graspable by the mind, whatever is graspable by the eye and the other (senses),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.39
बुद्ध्या च यत्परिछेद्यं तद्रूपमखिलं तव। त्वन्मय्यहं त्वदाधारात्वत्सृष्टा त्वामुपाश्रिता
buddhyā ca yatparichedyaṃ tadrūpamakhilaṃ tava| tvanmayyahaṃ tvadādhārātvatsṛṣṭā tvāmupāśritā
and whatever is delimitable by the intellect — that whole is your form. I am made of you, supported by you, created by you, dependent on you;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.40
माधवीमिति लोकोयमभिधत्ते ततो हि माम्। एवं संस्तूयमानस्तु पृथिव्या पृथिवीधरः
mādhavīmiti lokoyamabhidhatte tato hi mām| evaṃ saṃstūyamānastu pṛthivyā pṛthivīdharaḥ
therefore this world calls me Mādhavī. Thus praised by the Earth, the upholder of the earth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.41
सामस्वरध्वनिः श्रीमान्जगर्ज परिघर्घरम्। ततः समुत्क्षिप्य धरां स्वदंष्ट्रया महावराहः स्फुटपद्मलोचनः। रसातलादुत्पलपत्रसन्निभः समुत्थितो नील इवाचलो महान्
sāmasvaradhvaniḥ śrīmānjagarja parighargharam| tataḥ samutkṣipya dharāṃ svadaṃṣṭrayā mahāvarāhaḥ sphuṭapadmalocanaḥ| rasātalādutpalapatrasannibhaḥ samutthito nīla ivācalo mahān
— the glorious one, whose sound was the tone of the Sāman, roared with a deep rumbling. Then the great Boar, with eyes like opened lotuses, lifting up the earth with his tusk, rose from Rasātala, resembling a blue lotus-petal, great as a dark mountain.
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PdP 1 3.42
उत्तिष्ठता तेन मुखानिलाहतं तदाप्लवांभो जनलोक संश्रयान्। सनंदनादीनपकल्मषान्मुनींश्चकार भूयोपि पवित्रतास्पदम्
uttiṣṭhatā tena mukhānilāhataṃ tadāplavāṃbho janaloka saṃśrayān| sanaṃdanādīnapakalmaṣānmunīṃścakāra bhūyopi pavitratāspadam
By him as he rose, the water of the flood, struck by the wind of his mouth, made the sages beginning with Sanandana, who dwell in the Janaloka, free of stain and once again a seat of purity.
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PdP 1 3.43
प्रयांति तोयानि खुराग्रविक्षते रसातलेऽधकृतशब्दसंततिः। बलाहकानां च तति स्तुतस्य श्वासानिलास्ता परितः प्रयाति
prayāṃti toyāni khurāgravikṣate rasātale'dhakṛtaśabdasaṃtatiḥ| balāhakānāṃ ca tati stutasya śvāsānilāstā paritaḥ prayāti
The waters flow away as Rasātala is torn by the tips of his hooves, and a continuous sound is produced below; and the winds of the breath of him who is (thus) praised go forth all around among the masses of clouds.
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PdP 1 3.44
उत्तिष्ठतस्तस्य जलार्द्रकुक्षेर्महावराहस्य महीं विदार्य। विधून्वतो वेदमयं श(शि?)रीरं रोमांतरस्था मुनयो जुषंति
uttiṣṭhatastasya jalārdrakukṣermahāvarāhasya mahīṃ vidārya| vidhūnvato vedamayaṃ śa(śi?)rīraṃ romāṃtarasthā munayo juṣaṃti
As the great Boar rises with his belly wet with water, having split open the earth, and shakes his body that is made of the Vedas, the sages dwelling within his bristles cling to (him).
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PdP 1 3.45
जनेश्वराणां परमेश केशव प्रभुर्गदा शंखदरासिचक्रधृक्। प्रभूति नाश स्थिति हेतुरीश्वरस्त्वमेव नान्यत्परमं च यत्पदम्
janeśvarāṇāṃ parameśa keśava prabhurgadā śaṃkhadarāsicakradhṛk| prabhūti nāśa sthiti heturīśvarastvameva nānyatparamaṃ ca yatpadam
O supreme lord of the lords of men, Keśava, mighty one, bearer of mace, conch, sword and discus — you alone are the Lord, the cause of origination, destruction and continuance; there is no other, and no state higher than that.
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PdP 1 3.46
पादेषु वेदास्तव यूपदंष्ट्रा दंतेषु यज्ञाः श्रुतयश्च वक्त्रे। हुताश जिह्वोसि तनूरुहाणि दर्भाः प्रभो यज्ञपुमांस्त्वमेव
pādeṣu vedāstava yūpadaṃṣṭrā daṃteṣu yajñāḥ śrutayaśca vaktre| hutāśa jihvosi tanūruhāṇi darbhāḥ prabho yajñapumāṃstvameva
In your feet are the Vedas, your tusk is the sacrificial post, in your teeth are the sacrifices, and the Vedic hymns are in your mouth; your tongue is the fire that eats the oblation, your body-hairs are the darbha grass — O Lord, you yourself are the Sacrifice-Person.
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PdP 1 3.47
द्यावापृथिव्योरतुलप्रभाव यदंतरं तद्वपुषा तवैव। व्याप्तं जगद्वापि समस्तमेतद्धिताय विश्वस्य विभो भवत्वम्
dyāvāpṛthivyoratulaprabhāva yadaṃtaraṃ tadvapuṣā tavaiva| vyāptaṃ jagadvāpi samastametaddhitāya viśvasya vibho bhavatvam
O you of incomparable power, whatever lies between heaven and earth, that (is filled) by your body alone; this whole world is pervaded (by you). O all-pervading one, be for the welfare of the universe.
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PdP 1 3.48
परमात्मा त्वमेवैको नान्योस्ति जगतः पते
paramātmā tvamevaiko nānyosti jagataḥ pate
You alone are the Supreme Self; there is no other, O Lord of the world.
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PdP 1 3.49
तवैष महिमा येन व्याप्तमेतच्चराचरं। ज्ञानस्वरूपमखिलं जगदेतदबुद्धयः
tavaiṣa mahimā yena vyāptametaccarācaraṃ| jñānasvarūpamakhilaṃ jagadetadabuddhayaḥ
This is your greatness, by which this world of the moving and the unmoving is pervaded. This whole world has knowledge for its own nature; but the unintelligent,
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PdP 1 3.50
अर्थस्वरूपं पश्यंतो भ्राम्यंते तमसः प्लवे। ये तु ज्ञानविदश्शुद्धचेतसस्तेऽखिलं जगत् ५० 1.3.
arthasvarūpaṃ paśyaṃto bhrāmyaṃte tamasaḥ plave| ye tu jñānavidaśśuddhacetasaste'khilaṃ jagat 50 1.3.
seeing it as having the nature of (material) objects, are made to wander in the flood of darkness. But those who know knowledge, whose minds are pure — they (see) the whole world
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PdP 1 3.51
ज्ञानात्मकं प्रपश्यंति त्वद्रूपं परमेश्वर। प्रसीद सर्वभूतात्मन्भवाय जगतस्त्विमाम्
jñānātmakaṃ prapaśyaṃti tvadrūpaṃ parameśvara| prasīda sarvabhūtātmanbhavāya jagatastvimām
(They) behold your form as consisting of knowledge, O Supreme Lord. Be gracious, O Self of all beings, for the welfare of the world; this (earth)—
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PdP 1 3.52
उद्धरोर्वीममेयात्मन्निमग्नामब्जलोचन। सत्वोद्रिक्तोसि भगवन्गोविंद पृथिवीमिमाम्
uddharorvīmameyātmannimagnāmabjalocana| satvodriktosi bhagavangoviṃda pṛthivīmimām
raise up the earth, O you of immeasurable self, (for it is) sunk (in the waters), O lotus-eyed one. You abound in sattva, O Lord Govinda: this earth—
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PdP 1 3.53
समुद्धर भवायेश कुरु सर्वजगद्धितं। एवं संस्तूयमानश्च परमात्मा महीधरः
samuddhara bhavāyeśa kuru sarvajagaddhitaṃ| evaṃ saṃstūyamānaśca paramātmā mahīdharaḥ
lift (it) up, O Lord, for (its) well-being; do what benefits the whole world. And being thus praised, the Supreme Self, the upholder of the earth,
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PdP 1 3.54
उज्जहार क्षितिं क्षिप्रं न्यस्तवान्स महार्णवे। तस्योपरि जलौघेस्य महती नौरिवस्थिता
ujjahāra kṣitiṃ kṣipraṃ nyastavānsa mahārṇave| tasyopari jalaughesya mahatī naurivasthitā
quickly lifted up the earth and set it upon the great ocean. Upon that flood of water it stood like a huge ship.
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PdP 1 3.55
ततः क्षितिं समां कृत्वा पृथिव्यामचिनोद्गिरीन्। यथाविभागं भगवाननादिः पुरुषोत्तमः
tataḥ kṣitiṃ samāṃ kṛtvā pṛthivyāmacinodgirīn| yathāvibhāgaṃ bhagavānanādiḥ puruṣottamaḥ
Then, having made the ground level, he heaped up the mountains on the earth, each according to its allotment—the Lord, the beginningless, the highest Person.
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PdP 1 3.56
भूविभागं ततः कृत्वा सप्तद्वीपान्यथातथं। भूताद्यांश्चतुरोलोकान्पूर्ववत्समकल्पयत्
bhūvibhāgaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā saptadvīpānyathātathaṃ| bhūtādyāṃścaturolokānpūrvavatsamakalpayat
Then, having made the division of the earth and the seven continents just as they were, he arranged, as before, the four worlds beginning with the earth.
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PdP 1 3.57
ब्रह्मणे विष्णुना पूर्वमेतदेव प्रदर्शितं। तुष्टेन देवदेवेन त्वं देवः पुरुषोत्तमः
brahmaṇe viṣṇunā pūrvametadeva pradarśitaṃ| tuṣṭena devadevena tvaṃ devaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
This very thing was formerly shown to Brahmā by Viṣṇu, the god of gods, being pleased: "You are the god, the highest Person."
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PdP 1 3.58
त्वया मया जगच्चेदं धार्यं पाल्यं च यत्नतः। येषां त्वसुरमुख्यानां वरो दत्तो मयाधुना
tvayā mayā jagaccedaṃ dhāryaṃ pālyaṃ ca yatnataḥ| yeṣāṃ tvasuramukhyānāṃ varo datto mayādhunā
By you and by me this world is to be upheld and protected with effort. But those chief asuras to whom a boon has now been given by me—
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PdP 1 3.59
देवानां हितकामेन हंतव्यास्ते त्वया विभो। अहं सृष्टिं करिष्यामि सा च पाल्या त्वया विभो
devānāṃ hitakāmena haṃtavyāste tvayā vibho| ahaṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kariṣyāmi sā ca pālyā tvayā vibho
they are to be slain by you, who desire the good of the gods, O mighty one. I shall carry out creation, and it is to be protected by you, O mighty one.
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PdP 1 3.60
एवमुक्तो गतो विष्णुर्देवादीनसृजद्विभुः। अबुद्धिपूर्वकस्तस्य प्रादुर्भूतस्तमोमयः
evamukto gato viṣṇurdevādīnasṛjadvibhuḥ| abuddhipūrvakastasya prādurbhūtastamomayaḥ
Thus addressed, Viṣṇu departed; the mighty one created the gods and the rest. There appeared for him (a creation) not preceded by intelligence, made of darkness.
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PdP 1 3.61
तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्रो ह्यन्धसंज्ञकः। पंचधावस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायतस्तु महात्मनः
tamo moho mahāmohastāmisro hyandhasaṃjñakaḥ| paṃcadhāvasthitaḥ sargo dhyāyatastu mahātmanaḥ
Darkness (tamas), delusion, great delusion, tāmisra, and that called andha (blind): fivefold stood the creation of the great-souled one as he meditated.
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PdP 1 3.62
बहिरंतश्चाप्रकाशः संवृतात्मा नगात्मकः। मुख्यानागायतश्चोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस्ततस्त्वयं
bahiraṃtaścāprakāśaḥ saṃvṛtātmā nagātmakaḥ| mukhyānāgāyataścoktā mukhyasargastatastvayaṃ
Unlit outside and within, self-enclosed, of the nature of trees; they are called the principal ones, the unmoving; hence this is the principal creation (mukhya-sarga).
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PdP 1 3.63
तं दृष्ट्वा साधकं सर्गममन्यदपरं प्रभुः। तस्याभिध्यायतस्सर्गस्तिर्यक्स्रोतोभ्यवर्तत
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sādhakaṃ sargamamanyadaparaṃ prabhuḥ| tasyābhidhyāyatassargastiryaksrotobhyavartata
Seeing that creation to be ineffective, the Lord thought of another; as he meditated, the creation called tiryaksrotas ('sideways-flowing') came into being.
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PdP 1 3.64
यस्मात्तिर्यक्प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्तिर्यक्स्रोतस्ततः स्मृतः। पश्वादयस्ते विख्यातास्तमः प्राया ह्यवेदिनः
yasmāttiryakpravṛttiḥ syāttiryaksrotastataḥ smṛtaḥ| paśvādayaste vikhyātāstamaḥ prāyā hyavedinaḥ
Because their activity goes crosswise, it is therefore called tiryaksrotas. They are known as the beasts and the rest, predominantly of darkness and without knowledge.
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PdP 1 3.65
उत्पथग्राहिणश्चैव ते ज्ञाने ज्ञानमानिनः। अहंकृतास्त्वहंमाना अष्टाविंशद्विधात्मकाः। अंतःप्रकाशास्ते सर्व आवृतास्ते परस्परम्
utpathagrāhiṇaścaiva te jñāne jñānamāninaḥ| ahaṃkṛtāstvahaṃmānā aṣṭāviṃśadvidhātmakāḥ| aṃtaḥprakāśāste sarva āvṛtāste parasparam
And they take the wrong road, and in the matter of knowledge they fancy themselves knowers; they are made of egoity, presuming on the 'I', of twenty-eight kinds; all of them are lit within, and are (mutually) veiled from one another.
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PdP 1 3.66
तमप्यसाधकं मत्वा ध्यायतोन्यस्ततोभवत्। ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतस्तृतीयस्तु सात्विकोर्ध्वमवर्तत
tamapyasādhakaṃ matvā dhyāyatonyastatobhavat| ūrddhvasrotastṛtīyastu sātvikordhvamavartata
Considering that too ineffective, as he meditated another came about thereafter: the third, the upward-flowing (ūrdhvasrotas), sāttvic, proceeded upward.
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PdP 1 3.67
ते सुखप्रीतिबहुला बहिरंतरनावृताः। प्रकाशा बहिरंतश्च ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतास्ततः स्मृताः
te sukhaprītibahulā bahiraṃtaranāvṛtāḥ| prakāśā bahiraṃtaśca ūrddhvasrotāstataḥ smṛtāḥ
They abound in pleasure and delight, unveiled outside and within, luminous both without and within; hence they are called ūrdhvasrotas.
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PdP 1 3.68
तुष्टात्मनस्तृतीयस्तु देवसर्गस्तु संस्मृतः। तस्मिन्सर्गे भवत्प्रीतिर्निष्पन्ने ब्रह्मणस्तदा
tuṣṭātmanastṛtīyastu devasargastu saṃsmṛtaḥ| tasminsarge bhavatprītirniṣpanne brahmaṇastadā
The third, of one whose self is content, is remembered as the creation of the gods. When that creation was accomplished, there was then delight for Brahmā.
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PdP 1 3.69
ततोन्यं स तदा दध्यौ साधकं सर्गमुत्तमम्। असाधकांस्तुतान्ज्ञात्वा मुख्यसर्गादिसंभवान्
tatonyaṃ sa tadā dadhyau sādhakaṃ sargamuttamam| asādhakāṃstutānjñātvā mukhyasargādisaṃbhavān
Then he meditated on yet another, an excellent and effective creation, knowing those arisen from the principal creation and the rest to be ineffective.
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PdP 1 3.70
तथाभिध्यायतस्तस्य सत्याभिध्यायिनस्ततः। प्रादुर्भूतस्तदाव्यक्तादर्वाक्स्रोतस्तु साधकः
tathābhidhyāyatastasya satyābhidhyāyinastataḥ| prādurbhūtastadāvyaktādarvāksrotastu sādhakaḥ
As he thus meditated, meditating upon the true, there then appeared from the unmanifest the downward-flowing (arvāksrotas), which was effective.
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PdP 1 3.71
यस्मादर्वाक्प्रवर्तंते ततोऽवाक्स्रोतसस्तु ते। ते च प्रकाशबहुलास्तमोद्रिक्ता रजोधिकाः
yasmādarvākpravartaṃte tato'vāksrotasastu te| te ca prakāśabahulāstamodriktā rajodhikāḥ
Since they proceed downward, therefore they are the ones of the downward stream; and they are abundant in light, with an excess of darkness (tamas) and a preponderance of activity (rajas).
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PdP 1 3.72
तस्मात्ते दुःखबहुला भूयोभूयश्च कारिणः। प्रकाशा बहिरंतश्च मनुष्याः साधकाश्च ते
tasmātte duḥkhabahulā bhūyobhūyaśca kāriṇaḥ| prakāśā bahiraṃtaśca manuṣyāḥ sādhakāśca te
Therefore they abound in suffering, and they act again and again; being manifest outwardly and inwardly, they are men and strivers (sādhakas).
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PdP 1 3.74
पंचमोनुग्रहः सर्गः स चतुर्द्धा व्यवस्थितः। विपर्ययेण सिद्ध्या च शक्त्या तुष्ट्या तथैव च ७३ (तुलनीय - ब्रह्माण्ड पुराणम् [https://sa.wikisource.org/s/89a १.१.५.६१], लिङ्ग पुराणम् [https://sa.wikisource.org/s/4ii १.७०.१५८])। विवृत्तं वर्त्तमानं च ते न जानंति वै पुनः। भूतादिकानां भूतानां षष्ठः सर्गः स उच्यते
paṃcamonugrahaḥ sargaḥ sa caturddhā vyavasthitaḥ| viparyayeṇa siddhyā ca śaktyā tuṣṭyā tathaiva ca 73 (tulanīya - brahmāṇḍa purāṇam [https://sa.wikisource.org/s/89a 1.1.5.61], liṅga purāṇam [https://sa.wikisource.org/s/4ii 1.70.158])| vivṛttaṃ varttamānaṃ ca te na jānaṃti vai punaḥ| bhūtādikānāṃ bhūtānāṃ ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ sa ucyate
The fifth is the creation of grace (anugraha); it is arranged in four ways: by error (viparyaya), by accomplishment (siddhi), by power (śakti), and likewise by contentment (tuṣṭi). And they do not know what has passed away nor what is present. Of beings beginning with the elements — that is said to be the sixth creation.
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PdP 1 3.75
ते परिग्राहिणः सर्वे सविभागतरास्तु ते। चोदना जाप्यशीलाश्च ज्ञेया भूतादिकास्तु ते
te parigrāhiṇaḥ sarve savibhāgatarāstu te| codanā jāpyaśīlāśca jñeyā bhūtādikāstu te
They are all acquisitive, and they are the more given to division; those beings beginning with the elements are to be known as having the nature of impelling and of being invoked.
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PdP 1 3.76
इत्येते कथिताः सर्गाः षडत्र नृपसत्तम। प्रथमो महतस्सर्गो द्वितीयो ब्रह्मणस्तु यः
ityete kathitāḥ sargāḥ ṣaḍatra nṛpasattama| prathamo mahatassargo dvitīyo brahmaṇastu yaḥ
Thus these six creations have been recounted here, O best of kings: the first is the creation of mahat, and the second is that of Brahmā.
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PdP 1 3.77
तन्मात्राणां द्वितीयस्तु भूतसर्गोहि स स्मृतः। वैकारिकस्तृतीयस्तु सर्गश्चैंद्रियकः स्मृतः
tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūtasargohi sa smṛtaḥ| vaikārikastṛtīyastu sargaścaiṃdriyakaḥ smṛtaḥ
The second is that of the subtle elements (tanmātras) — that indeed is known as the creation of the elements; and the third is the modificatory (vaikārika) one, known as the creation of the sense-organs.
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PdP 1 3.78
इत्येष प्राकृतः सर्गः संभूतो बुद्धिपूर्वकः। मुख्यसर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः
ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ saṃbhūto buddhipūrvakaḥ| mukhyasargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ
Thus this creation from primal matter (prākṛta) came about, preceded by intelligence. The fourth is the principal (mukhya) creation, and the immovable things are indeed called the principal ones.
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PdP 1 3.79
तिर्यक्स्रोतश्च यः प्रोक्तस्तिर्यग्योन्यस्स उच्यते। ततोर्ध्वस्रोतसां षष्ठो देवसर्गस्तु स स्मृतः
tiryaksrotaśca yaḥ proktastiryagyonyassa ucyate| tatordhvasrotasāṃ ṣaṣṭho devasargastu sa smṛtaḥ
And that which was called the sideways stream is said to be (the creation) of animal wombs; then the sixth, of those of the upward stream, is known as the creation of the gods.
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PdP 1 3.80
ततोर्वाक्स्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः। अष्टमोनुग्रहः सर्गः सात्विकस्तामसस्तु सः
tatorvāksrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mānuṣaḥ| aṣṭamonugrahaḥ sargaḥ sātvikastāmasastu saḥ
Then the creation of those of the downward stream is the seventh, and that is the human one; the eighth is the creation of grace, and it is both sāttvika and tāmasa.
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PdP 1 3.81
पंचैते वैकृताः सर्गाः प्राकृतास्तु त्रयः स्मृताः। प्राकृतो वैकृतश्चैव कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः
paṃcaite vaikṛtāḥ sargāḥ prākṛtāstu trayaḥ smṛtāḥ| prākṛto vaikṛtaścaiva kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ
These five are the modificatory (vaikṛta) creations, while three are known as those from primal matter (prākṛta); the ninth, the Kumāra creation, is known to be both prākṛta and vaikṛta.
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PdP 1 3.82
एते तव समाख्याता नवसर्गाः प्रजापतेः। प्राकृता वैकृताश्चैव जगतो मूलहेतवः
ete tava samākhyātā navasargāḥ prajāpateḥ| prākṛtā vaikṛtāścaiva jagato mūlahetavaḥ
These nine creations of Prajāpati have been declared to you, both the prākṛta and the vaikṛta, which are the root causes of the world.
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PdP 1 3.83
सृजतो जगदीशस्य किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमर्हसि। भीष्म उवाच। संक्षेपात्कथिताः सर्गा देवादीनां गुरोस्तथा
sṛjato jagadīśasya kimanyacchrotumarhasi| bhīṣma uvāca| saṃkṣepātkathitāḥ sargā devādīnāṃ gurostathā
What else are you fit to hear about the Lord of the world as he creates? Bhīṣma said: The creations of the gods and the rest, and of their teacher, have been told in brief.
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PdP 1 3.84
विस्तराच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वत्तो मुनिवरोत्तम। पुलस्त्य उवाच। कर्मभिर्भाविताः सर्वेकुशलाकुशलैस्तु ते
vistarācchrotumicchāmi tvatto munivarottama| pulastya uvāca| karmabhirbhāvitāḥ sarvekuśalākuśalaistu te
I wish to hear it from you at length, O most excellent of the best of sages. Pulastya said: All of them are shaped by their deeds, both wholesome and unwholesome.
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PdP 1 3.85
ख्यात्या तया ह्यनिर्मुक्ताः संहारे ह्युपसंहृताः। स्थावरान्तास्सुराद्यास्तु प्रजा राजंश्चतुर्विधाः
khyātyā tayā hyanirmuktāḥ saṃhāre hyupasaṃhṛtāḥ| sthāvarāntāssurādyāstu prajā rājaṃścaturvidhāḥ
Not freed from that notion (khyāti), they are gathered back in at the dissolution; the creatures from the gods down to the immovable things, O king, are of four kinds.
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PdP 1 3.86
ब्रह्मणः कुर्वतः सृष्टिं जज्ञिरे मानसाः स्मृताः। ततो देवासुरपितॄन्मानुषांस्तु चतुष्टयं
brahmaṇaḥ kurvataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ jajñire mānasāḥ smṛtāḥ| tato devāsurapitṝnmānuṣāṃstu catuṣṭayaṃ
As Brahmā performed the creation, they were born, and are known as mind-born; then the fourfold set: gods, asuras, ancestors and men.
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PdP 1 3.87
सिसृक्षुरंभांस्येतानि स्वमात्मानमयूयुजत्। मुक्तात्मनस्ततो जाता दुरात्मानः प्रजापतेः
sisṛkṣuraṃbhāṃsyetāni svamātmānamayūyujat| muktātmanastato jātā durātmānaḥ prajāpateḥ
Desiring to create these waters (i.e. these four classes), he yoked his own self (to the task); thereupon from the freed self of Prajāpati the evil-natured ones were born.
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PdP 1 3.88
सिसृक्षोर्जघनात्पूर्वं जज्ञिरे त्वसुरास्ततः। तत्याज तां ततो दुष्टान्तमोमात्रात्मिकां तनुं
sisṛkṣorjaghanātpūrvaṃ jajñire tvasurāstataḥ| tatyāja tāṃ tato duṣṭāntamomātrātmikāṃ tanuṃ
From the loins of him who desired to create, the asuras were born first; then he cast off that corrupted body which consisted of nothing but darkness (tamas).
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PdP 1 3.89
सा तु त्यक्ता तनुस्तेन राजेंद्राभूद्विभावरी। सिसृक्षुरन्यदेहस्थः प्रीतिमापुस्ततः सुराः
sā tu tyaktā tanustena rājeṃdrābhūdvibhāvarī| sisṛkṣuranyadehasthaḥ prītimāpustataḥ surāḥ
That body, cast off by him, O lord of kings, became the night; and while he abode in another body desiring to create, the gods thereupon attained delight.
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PdP 1 3.90
सत्वोद्रिक्ताः समुद्भूता मुखतो ब्रह्मणो नृप। त्यक्ता सापि तनुस्तेन सत्वप्रायमभूद्दिनं
satvodriktāḥ samudbhūtā mukhato brahmaṇo nṛpa| tyaktā sāpi tanustena satvaprāyamabhūddinaṃ
Predominant in sattva, they came forth from the mouth of Brahmā, O king; and that body too, cast off by him, became the day, which is chiefly sattva.
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PdP 1 3.91
ततो हि बलिनो रात्रावसुरा देवतादि वा। सत्वमात्रात्मिकां चैव ततोन्यां जगृहे तनुम्
tato hi balino rātrāvasurā devatādi vā| satvamātrātmikāṃ caiva tatonyāṃ jagṛhe tanum
Hence indeed the asuras are strong by night, and the deities and the rest (by day); then he took on yet another body, one consisting of sattva alone.
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PdP 1 3.92
पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य पितरस्तस्य जज्ञिरे। उत्ससर्ज पितॄन्कृत्वा ततस्तामपि स प्रभुः
pitṛvanmanyamānasya pitarastasya jajñire| utsasarja pitṝnkṛtvā tatastāmapi sa prabhuḥ
Of him, as he thought of himself as a father, the fathers (pitṛs) were born; and after making the fathers, the lord then abandoned that (body) too.
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PdP 1 3.93
सा चोत्सृष्टा भवत्संध्या दिननक्तांतरा स्थितिः। रजोमात्रात्मिकामन्यां जगृहे स तनुं ततः
sā cotsṛṣṭā bhavatsaṃdhyā dinanaktāṃtarā sthitiḥ| rajomātrātmikāmanyāṃ jagṛhe sa tanuṃ tataḥ
And that body, once cast off, became twilight, the state lying between day and night; then he took on another body, one made of rajas.
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PdP 1 3.94
रजोमात्रोत्कटा जाता मनुष्याः कुरुसत्तम। तामप्याशु स तत्याज तनुमाद्यां प्रजापतिः
rajomātrotkaṭā jātā manuṣyāḥ kurusattama| tāmapyāśu sa tatyāja tanumādyāṃ prajāpatiḥ
Men, in whom rajas predominates, were born, O best of the Kurus; and that first body too the Prajāpati quickly cast off.
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PdP 1 3.95
ज्योत्स्ना समभवच्चापि प्राक्संध्या याभिधीयते। ज्योत्स्नागमे तु बलिनो मनुष्याः पितरस्तथा
jyotsnā samabhavaccāpi prāksaṃdhyā yābhidhīyate| jyotsnāgame tu balino manuṣyāḥ pitarastathā
And moonlight came to be, which is called the twilight before (dawn); and at the coming of moonlight men are strong, and likewise the fathers
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PdP 1 3.96
राजेंद्र संध्यासमये तस्मात्ते प्रभवंति वै। ज्योत्स्ना रात्र्यहनी सन्ध्या चत्वार्येतानि वै विभोः
rājeṃdra saṃdhyāsamaye tasmātte prabhavaṃti vai| jyotsnā rātryahanī sandhyā catvāryetāni vai vibhoḥ
at the time of twilight, O lord of kings — therefore they come into being. Moonlight, night, day, twilight: these four belong to the mighty one.
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PdP 1 3.97
ब्रह्मणस्तु शरीराणि त्रिगुणोपाश्रयाणि च। रजोमात्रात्मिकामेव ततोन्यां जगृहे तनुं
brahmaṇastu śarīrāṇi triguṇopāśrayāṇi ca| rajomātrātmikāmeva tatonyāṃ jagṛhe tanuṃ
These are the bodies of Brahmā, resting upon the three qualities. Then he took on yet another body, one made of rajas.
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PdP 1 3.98
ततः क्षुद्ब्रह्मणोजाता जज्ञे कोपस्तया कृतः। क्षुत्क्षामो ह्यंधकारे तु सोसृजद्भगवांस्ततः
tataḥ kṣudbrahmaṇojātā jajñe kopastayā kṛtaḥ| kṣutkṣāmo hyaṃdhakāre tu sosṛjadbhagavāṃstataḥ
Then hunger was born from Brahmā, and by it anger was produced; gaunt with hunger, in the darkness the Blessed One then created (beings).
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PdP 1 3.99
विरूपा अत्तुकामास्ते समधावंत तं प्रभुम्। रक्षतामेष यैरुक्तं राक्षसास्ते ततोभवन्
virūpā attukāmāste samadhāvaṃta taṃ prabhum| rakṣatāmeṣa yairuktaṃ rākṣasāste tatobhavan
Misshapen, wishing to eat, they ran at that lord; those by whom it was said, "Let him be protected (rakṣatām)," became the rākṣasas.
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PdP 1 3.100
ऊचुः खादाम इत्यन्ये ये ते यक्षास्तु तेभवन्। अतिभीतस्य तान्दृष्ट्वा केशाः शीर्यन्ति वेधसः १०० 1.3.
ūcuḥ khādāma ityanye ye te yakṣāstu tebhavan| atibhītasya tāndṛṣṭvā keśāḥ śīryanti vedhasaḥ 100 1.3.
Others said, "Let us devour (khādāma)" — those became the yakṣas. Seeing them, the hairs of the terrified Creator fell away.
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PdP 1 3.101
हीनाश्च शिरसो भूयः समारोहंति ते शिरः। सर्पणात्तेभवन्सर्पा हीनत्वादहयः स्मृताः
hīnāśca śiraso bhūyaḥ samārohaṃti te śiraḥ| sarpaṇāttebhavansarpā hīnatvādahayaḥ smṛtāḥ
And fallen (hīna) from his head, they climb up again to the head; from their creeping (sarpaṇa) they became serpents (sarpa), and from their falling away they are known as ahis.
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PdP 1 3.102
ततः क्रुद्धेन वै स्रष्ट्रा क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्मिताः। वर्णेन कपिशेनोग्रा भूतास्ते पिशिताशिनः
tataḥ kruddhena vai sraṣṭrā krodhātmāno vinirmitāḥ| varṇena kapiśenogrā bhūtāste piśitāśinaḥ
Then by the angry creator were fashioned those of wrathful nature, fierce, tawny in colour, the flesh-eating bhūtas.
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PdP 1 3.103
धयतो गां समुद्भूता गंधर्वास्तस्य तत्क्षणात्। पिबंतो जज्ञिरे वाचं गंधर्वास्तेन तेऽभवन्
dhayato gāṃ samudbhūtā gaṃdharvāstasya tatkṣaṇāt| pibaṃto jajñire vācaṃ gaṃdharvāstena te'bhavan
As he was sucking (or drinking), gandharvas sprang from him in that very moment; they were born drinking speech (gāṃ / vāc), and by that they became gandharvas.
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PdP 1 3.104
एतानि सृष्ट्वा भगवान्ब्रह्मा तच्छक्तिचोदितः। ततः स्वच्छंदतोऽन्यानि वयांसि वयसोऽसृजत्
etāni sṛṣṭvā bhagavānbrahmā tacchakticoditaḥ| tataḥ svacchaṃdato'nyāni vayāṃsi vayaso'sṛjat
Having created these, the blessed Brahmā, impelled by that power, then at his own will created other beings — birds, from his (vital) age (vayas).
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PdP 1 3.105
अवयो वक्षसश्चक्रे मुखतोजांश्च सृष्टवान्। सृष्टवानुदराद्गाश्च महिषांश्च प्रजापतिः
avayo vakṣasaścakre mukhatojāṃśca sṛṣṭavān| sṛṣṭavānudarādgāśca mahiṣāṃśca prajāpatiḥ
He made sheep from his chest, and created goats from his mouth; and from his belly the Prajāpati created cattle and buffaloes.
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PdP 1 3.106
पद्भ्यां चाश्वान्स मातंगान्रासभान्गवयान्मृगान्। उष्ट्रानश्वतरांश्चैव न्यंकूनन्याश्च जातयः
padbhyāṃ cāśvānsa mātaṃgānrāsabhāngavayānmṛgān| uṣṭrānaśvatarāṃścaiva nyaṃkūnanyāśca jātayaḥ
And from his feet horses, elephants, asses, gavayas, deer, camels, mules, antelopes, and other species.
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PdP 1 3.107
ओषध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे। त्रेतायुगमुखे ब्रह्मा कल्पस्यादौ नृपोत्तम
oṣadhyaḥ phalamūlinyo romabhyastasya jajñire| tretāyugamukhe brahmā kalpasyādau nṛpottama
Plants bearing fruits and roots were born from his hairs. Brahmā, at the opening of the tretā age, at the beginning of the kalpa, O best of kings,
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PdP 1 3.108
सृष्ट्वा पश्वोषधीस्सम्यक्युयोज स तदाध्वरे। गामजं महिषम्मेषमश्वाश्वतरगर्दभान्
sṛṣṭvā paśvoṣadhīssamyakyuyoja sa tadādhvare| gāmajaṃ mahiṣammeṣamaśvāśvataragardabhān
having duly created the animals and the plants, employed them then in the sacrifice: the cow, goat, buffalo, sheep, horse, mule and ass.
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PdP 1 3.109
एतान्ग्राम्यपशूनाहुरारण्यांश्च निबोधमे। श्वापदो द्विखुरो हस्ती वानरः पञ्चमः खगः
etāngrāmyapaśūnāhurāraṇyāṃśca nibodhame| śvāpado dvikhuro hastī vānaraḥ pañcamaḥ khagaḥ
These they call the village animals; and learn from me the forest ones: the beast of prey, the cloven-hoofed, the elephant, the monkey, and fifth the bird.
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PdP 1 3.110
उष्ट्रकाः पशवष्षष्ठास्सप्तमास्तु सरीसृपाः। गायत्रं च ऋचश्चैव त्रिवृत्सोमं रथन्तरम्
uṣṭrakāḥ paśavaṣṣaṣṭhāssaptamāstu sarīsṛpāḥ| gāyatraṃ ca ṛcaścaiva trivṛtsomaṃ rathantaram
Camels are the sixth animals, and the seventh are the reptiles. The gāyatrī, the ṛc verses, the trivṛt (stoma), soma, the rathantara,
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PdP 1 3.111
अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात्। यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छन्दः स्तोमं पञ्चदशं तथा
agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt| yajūṃṣi traiṣṭubhaṃ chandaḥ stomaṃ pañcadaśaṃ tathā
and the agniṣṭoma among sacrifices he fashioned from his first mouth; the yajus formulas, the triṣṭubh metre, and likewise the fifteenfold stoma
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PdP 1 3.112
बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात्। सामानि जगतीच्छन्दः स्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा
bṛhatsāma tathokthaṃ ca dakṣiṇādasṛjanmukhāt| sāmāni jagatīcchandaḥ stomaṃ saptadaśaṃ tathā
The Bṛhat chant and the Uktha he sent forth from the southern mouth, and the Sāman verses, the Jagatī metre, and the seventeen-fold stoma.
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PdP 1 3.113
वैरूपमतिरात्रं च पश्चिमादसृजन्मुखात्। एकविंशमथर्वाणमप्तोर्यामाणमेव च
vairūpamatirātraṃ ca paścimādasṛjanmukhāt| ekaviṃśamatharvāṇamaptoryāmāṇameva ca
The Vairūpa (chant) and the Atirātra (rite) he sent forth from the western mouth, and the twenty-one-fold (stoma), the Atharvan (Veda), and the Āptoryāman as well.
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PdP 1 3.114
आनुष्टुभं सवैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात्। उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे
ānuṣṭubhaṃ savairājamuttarādasṛjanmukhāt| uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyastasya jajñire
The Ānuṣṭubha together with the Vairāja he sent forth from the northern mouth; and beings high and low were born from his limbs.
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PdP 1 3.115
सुरासुरपितॄन्सृष्ट्वा मनुष्यांश्च प्रजापतिः। ततः पुनः ससर्जासौ स कल्पादौ पितामहः
surāsurapitṝnsṛṣṭvā manuṣyāṃśca prajāpatiḥ| tataḥ punaḥ sasarjāsau sa kalpādau pitāmahaḥ
Having created gods, demons, the fathers, and men, Prajāpati—that Grandfather—then again created at the beginning of the kalpa:
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PdP 1 3.116
यक्षान्पिशाचान्गंधर्वांस्तथैवाप्सरसां गणान्। सिद्धकिन्नररक्षांसि सिंहान्पक्षिमृगोरगान्
yakṣānpiśācāngaṃdharvāṃstathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇān| siddhakinnararakṣāṃsi siṃhānpakṣimṛgoragān
Yakṣas, piśācas, gandharvas, and likewise the troops of apsarases, siddhas, kinnaras and rākṣasas, lions, birds, wild beasts and serpents.
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PdP 1 3.117
अव्ययं च व्ययं चैव यदिदं स्थाणुजंगमम्। तत्ससर्ज तदा ब्रह्मा भगवानादिकृद्विभुः
avyayaṃ ca vyayaṃ caiva yadidaṃ sthāṇujaṃgamam| tatsasarja tadā brahmā bhagavānādikṛdvibhuḥ
Whatever here is unperishing and perishing, standing still and moving—that Brahmā, the lord, the first maker, the all-pervading one, then created.
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PdP 1 3.118
तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्ट्यां प्रतिपेदिरे। तान्येव प्रतिपद्यंते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः
teṣāṃ ye yāni karmāṇi prāksṛṣṭyāṃ pratipedire| tānyeva pratipadyaṃte sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Whichever acts of theirs they took up in the earlier creation, those very acts they take up (again), being created over and over.
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PdP 1 3.119
हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते। तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यंते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते
hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte| tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyaṃte tasmāttattasya rocate
Injurious and non-injurious, mild and cruel, dharma and non-dharma, truth and falsehood—shaped by that (former disposition) they resort (to these); hence that (act) is what pleases each one.
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PdP 1 3.120
इंद्रियार्थेषु भूतेषु शरीरेषु च स प्रभुः। नानात्त्वं विनियोगं च धातैव व्यसृजत्स्वयं
iṃdriyārtheṣu bhūteṣu śarīreṣu ca sa prabhuḥ| nānāttvaṃ viniyogaṃ ca dhātaiva vyasṛjatsvayaṃ
In the objects of the senses, in the elements, and in bodies, that lord—the Ordainer himself—sent forth diversity and (each one's) specific employment.
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PdP 1 3.121
नामरूपं च भूतानां कृत्यानां च प्रपंचनम्। वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ देवादीनां चकार सः
nāmarūpaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ kṛtyānāṃ ca prapaṃcanam| vedaśabdebhya evādau devādīnāṃ cakāra saḥ
And the name and form of beings, and the elaboration of their functions, he made at the beginning, for the gods and the rest, from the words of the Veda alone.
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PdP 1 3.122
ऋषीणां नामधेयानि यथा वेदे श्रुतानि वै। यथानियोगं योग्यानि अन्येषामपि सोकरोत्
ṛṣīṇāṃ nāmadheyāni yathā vede śrutāni vai| yathāniyogaṃ yogyāni anyeṣāmapi sokarot
The names of the sages, just as they are heard in the Veda, and fitting ones according to their appointed task, he made for the others too.
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PdP 1 3.123
यथर्तावृतुलिंगानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये। दृश्यंते तानितान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु
yathartāvṛtuliṃgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye| dṛśyaṃte tānitānyeva tathā bhāvā yugādiṣu
Just as, in the turning round, the marks of a season, of various forms, are seen in each season—those very same ones—so are the states (of beings) at the beginnings of the yugas.
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PdP 1 3.124
करोत्येवंविधां सृष्टिं कल्पादौ स पुनःपुनः। सिसृक्षुश्शक्तियुक्तोसौ सृज्य शक्तिप्रचोदितः
karotyevaṃvidhāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kalpādau sa punaḥpunaḥ| sisṛkṣuśśaktiyuktosau sṛjya śaktipracoditaḥ
He performs a creation of this kind again and again at the beginning of a kalpa; wishing to create, joined with (his) power, he is impelled by the power to be created (or: by the creative power).
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PdP 1 3.125
भीष्म उवाच। अर्वाक्स्रोतास्तु कथितो भवता यस्तु मानुषः। ब्रह्मन्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि ब्रह्मा तमसृजद्यथा
bhīṣma uvāca| arvāksrotāstu kathito bhavatā yastu mānuṣaḥ| brahmanvistarato brūhi brahmā tamasṛjadyathā
Bhīṣma said: The downward-flowing creation, which is the human one, has been told by you; O brahman, tell me in detail how Brahmā created it,
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PdP 1 3.126
यथा सवर्णानसृजद्गुणांश्च स महामुने। यच्च तेषां स्मृतं कर्म विप्रादीनां तदुच्यताम्
yathā savarṇānasṛjadguṇāṃśca sa mahāmune| yacca teṣāṃ smṛtaṃ karma viprādīnāṃ taducyatām
how he created (the beings) along with their classes and their qualities, O great sage; and let the duty that is traditionally laid down for them, for the brahmins and the rest, be told.
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PdP 1 3.127
पुलस्त्य उवाच। सत्वाभिध्यायिनः पूर्वं सिसृक्षोर्ब्रह्मणः प्रजाः। अजायंत कुरुश्रेष्ठ सत्वोद्रिक्ता मुखात्प्रजाः
pulastya uvāca| satvābhidhyāyinaḥ pūrvaṃ sisṛkṣorbrahmaṇaḥ prajāḥ| ajāyaṃta kuruśreṣṭha satvodriktā mukhātprajāḥ
Pulastya said: First, when Brahmā, meditating on sattva, desired to create offspring, O best of Kurus, there were born from his mouth creatures in whom sattva predominated.
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PdP 1 3.128
वक्षसो रजसोद्रिक्तास्तथान्या ब्रह्मणोभवन्। रजसस्तमसश्चैव समुद्रिक्तास्तथोरुतः
vakṣaso rajasodriktāstathānyā brahmaṇobhavan| rajasastamasaścaiva samudriktāstathorutaḥ
Others, in whom rajas predominated, came from Brahmā's chest; and from his thigh, likewise, those in whom rajas and tamas were mixed together.
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PdP 1 3.129
पद्भ्यामन्याः प्रजा ब्रह्मा ससर्ज कुरुसत्तम। तमःप्रधानास्ताः सर्वाश्चातुर्वर्ण्यमिदं ततः
padbhyāmanyāḥ prajā brahmā sasarja kurusattama| tamaḥpradhānāstāḥ sarvāścāturvarṇyamidaṃ tataḥ
Other creatures Brahmā created from his feet, O best of Kurus; all those had tamas predominant. From this came this set of four classes.
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PdP 1 3.130
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्च नृपसत्तम। पादोरुवक्षस्थलतो मुखतश्च समुद्गताः
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāśca nṛpasattama| pādoruvakṣasthalato mukhataśca samudgatāḥ
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, O best of kings, arose from the mouth, the chest, the thighs and the feet (respectively).
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PdP 1 3.131
यज्ञनिष्पत्तये सर्वमेतद्ब्रह्मा चकार ह। चातुर्वर्ण्यं महाराज यज्ञसाधनमुत्तमम्
yajñaniṣpattaye sarvametadbrahmā cakāra ha| cāturvarṇyaṃ mahārāja yajñasādhanamuttamam
For the accomplishment of sacrifice Brahmā made all this—the four classes, O great king—the best instrument of sacrifice.
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PdP 1 3.132
यज्ञेनाप्यायिता देवा वृष्ट्युत्सर्गेण मानवाः। आप्यायंते धर्मयज्ञा यतः कल्याणहेतवः
yajñenāpyāyitā devā vṛṣṭyutsargeṇa mānavāḥ| āpyāyaṃte dharmayajñā yataḥ kalyāṇahetavaḥ
The gods, nourished by sacrifice, (nourish) men by the release of rain; the sacrifices of dharma are nourished, since they are the causes of welfare.
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PdP 1 3.133
निष्पद्यंते नरैस्ते तु सुकर्मनिरतैः सदा। विरुद्धाचरणापेतैः सद्भिः सन्मार्गगामिभिः
niṣpadyaṃte naraiste tu sukarmanirataiḥ sadā| viruddhācaraṇāpetaiḥ sadbhiḥ sanmārgagāmibhiḥ
And these are brought to completion by men who are always devoted to good works, free of contrary conduct, good, and walking the good path.
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PdP 1 3.134
स्वर्गापवर्गं मानुष्यात्प्राप्नुवंति नरा नृप। यच्चाभिरुचितं स्थानं तद्यांति मनुजा विभो
svargāpavargaṃ mānuṣyātprāpnuvaṃti narā nṛpa| yaccābhirucitaṃ sthānaṃ tadyāṃti manujā vibho
From the human state, O king, men obtain heaven and release; and whatever place is desired, to that men go, O mighty one.
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PdP 1 3.135
प्रजास्ता ब्रह्मणा सृष्टाश्चातुर्वर्ण्यव्यवस्थितौ। सम्यक्शुद्धाः समाचारा चरणा नृपसत्तम
prajāstā brahmaṇā sṛṣṭāścāturvarṇyavyavasthitau| samyakśuddhāḥ samācārā caraṇā nṛpasattama
Those creatures created by Brahmā, established in the four classes, were thoroughly pure, of good conduct and (good) practice, O best of kings.
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PdP 1 3.136
यथेच्छावासनिरताः सर्वबाधाविवर्जिताः। शुद्धांतःकरणाः शुद्धा धर्मानुष्ठाननिर्मलाः
yathecchāvāsaniratāḥ sarvabādhāvivarjitāḥ| śuddhāṃtaḥkaraṇāḥ śuddhā dharmānuṣṭhānanirmalāḥ
Dwelling at will as they pleased, free of every affliction, pure in the inner faculty, pure, unstained through the performance of dharma;
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PdP 1 3.137
शुद्धे च तासां मनसि शुद्धांतःसंस्थिते हरौ। शुद्धज्ञानं प्रपश्यंति ब्रह्माख्यं येन तत्पदं
śuddhe ca tāsāṃ manasi śuddhāṃtaḥsaṃsthite harau| śuddhajñānaṃ prapaśyaṃti brahmākhyaṃ yena tatpadaṃ
And, when their mind was pure and Hari abode within (that) purity, they perceived the pure knowledge called brahman, by which (they attained) that station.
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PdP 1 3.138
ततः कालात्मको योसौ विरिंचा वा स उच्यते। संसारपातमत्यर्थं घोरमल्पाल्पसारवत्
tataḥ kālātmako yosau viriṃcā vā sa ucyate| saṃsārapātamatyarthaṃ ghoramalpālpasāravat
Then that (being) who is of the nature of time — or he is called Viriñca — (brought about) the fall into transmigration, exceedingly terrible and having very little substance,
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PdP 1 3.139
अधर्मबीजभूतं तत्तमोलोभसमुद्गतम्। प्रजासु तासु राजेंद्र रागादिक्रमसाधनम्
adharmabījabhūtaṃ tattamolobhasamudgatam| prajāsu tāsu rājeṃdra rāgādikramasādhanam
— that (fall), which had become the seed of unrighteousness, arisen from darkness and greed, and which, among those creatures, O lord of kings, was the instrument for the succession of passion and the rest.
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PdP 1 3.140
ततः सा सहजासिद्धिस्तेषां नातीव जायते। राजन्वश्यादयश्चान्याः सिद्धयोष्टौ भवंति याः
tataḥ sā sahajāsiddhisteṣāṃ nātīva jāyate| rājanvaśyādayaścānyāḥ siddhayoṣṭau bhavaṃti yāḥ
Thereafter that innate perfection of theirs no longer arose fully, nor, O king, the other perfections, mastery and the rest, which are the eight siddhis.
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PdP 1 3.141
तासु क्षीणास्वशेषासु वर्द्धमाने च पातके। द्वंद्वाभिभवदुःखार्तास्ता भवंति ततः प्रजाः
tāsu kṣīṇāsvaśeṣāsu varddhamāne ca pātake| dvaṃdvābhibhavaduḥkhārtāstā bhavaṃti tataḥ prajāḥ
When these were entirely exhausted and sin was increasing, those creatures then became afflicted with the pain of being overwhelmed by the pairs (of opposites).
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PdP 1 3.142
ततो दुर्गाणि ताश्चक्रुर्वार्क्षं पार्वतमौदकम्। धान्वनं च तथा दुर्गं पुरं खार्वटकादि यत्
tato durgāṇi tāścakrurvārkṣaṃ pārvatamaudakam| dhānvanaṃ ca tathā durgaṃ puraṃ khārvaṭakādi yat
Then they made forts — of trees, of mountains, of water — and likewise the desert fort, and the city, and whatever hamlets and the like there are.
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PdP 1 3.143
गृहाणि च यथान्यायं तेषु चक्रुः पुरादिषु। शीततापादिबाधानां प्रशमाय महामते
gṛhāṇi ca yathānyāyaṃ teṣu cakruḥ purādiṣu| śītatāpādibādhānāṃ praśamāya mahāmate
And in those cities and the rest they made houses according to rule, for the allaying of the afflictions of cold and heat and the rest, O great-minded one.
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PdP 1 3.144
प्रतिहारमिमं कृत्वा शीतादेस्ताः प्रजाः पुनः। वार्तोपायं ततश्चक्रुर्हस्तसिद्धिं च कर्मजाम्
pratihāramimaṃ kṛtvā śītādestāḥ prajāḥ punaḥ| vārtopāyaṃ tataścakrurhastasiddhiṃ ca karmajām
Having made this defence against cold and the rest, those creatures then again devised a means of livelihood and manual skill born of work.
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PdP 1 3.145
व्रीहयश्च यवाश्चैव गोधूमा अणवस्तिलाः। प्रियंगुकोविदाराश्च कोरदूषाः सचीनकाः
vrīhayaśca yavāścaiva godhūmā aṇavastilāḥ| priyaṃgukovidārāśca koradūṣāḥ sacīnakāḥ
Rice and barley, wheat, aṇu-millet, sesame, priyaṅgu-millet and kovidāra, koradūṣa together with cīnaka,
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PdP 1 3.146
माषा मुद्गा मसूराश्च निष्पावाः सकुलत्थकाः। अढकाश्चणकाश्चैव शणास्सप्तदश स्मृताः
māṣā mudgā masūrāśca niṣpāvāḥ sakulatthakāḥ| aḍhakāścaṇakāścaiva śaṇāssaptadaśa smṛtāḥ
black gram, mung bean, and lentils, niṣpāva beans together with kulattha, aḍhaka and chickpeas, and hemp — seventeen are recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.147
इत्येता ओषधीनां तु ग्राम्याणां जातयो नृप। ओषध्यो यज्ञियाश्चैव ग्राम्यावन्याश्चतुर्दश
ityetā oṣadhīnāṃ tu grāmyāṇāṃ jātayo nṛpa| oṣadhyo yajñiyāścaiva grāmyāvanyāścaturdaśa
These, O king, are the kinds of cultivated plants; and the plants fit for sacrifice, both cultivated and wild, are fourteen.
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PdP 1 3.148
व्रीहयः सयवा माषा गोधूमा अणवस्तिलाः। प्रियंगुसप्तमा ह्येता अष्टमास्तु कुलुत्थकाः
vrīhayaḥ sayavā māṣā godhūmā aṇavastilāḥ| priyaṃgusaptamā hyetā aṣṭamāstu kulutthakāḥ
Rice with barley, black gram, wheat, aṇu-millet, sesame, with priyaṅgu as the seventh — these; and the eighth is kulattha.
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PdP 1 3.149
श्यामाकस्त्वथ नीवारो वर्तुलस्स गवेधुकः। अथ वेणुयवाः प्रोक्तास्तद्वन्मर्कटका नृप
śyāmākastvatha nīvāro vartulassa gavedhukaḥ| atha veṇuyavāḥ proktāstadvanmarkaṭakā nṛpa
Then śyāmāka, nīvāra, the round gavedhuka; then bamboo-grain is mentioned, and likewise markaṭaka, O king.
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PdP 1 3.150
ग्राम्या वन्याः स्मृता ह्येता ओषध्यश्च चतुर्दश। यज्ञनिष्पत्तये तद्वत्तथासां हेतुरुत्तमः १५० 1.3.
grāmyā vanyāḥ smṛtā hyetā oṣadhyaśca caturdaśa| yajñaniṣpattaye tadvattathāsāṃ heturuttamaḥ 150 1.3.
These, cultivated and wild, are recorded as the fourteen plants; and likewise they are the chief cause for the accomplishment of sacrifice.
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PdP 1 3.151
एताश्च सहयज्ञेन प्रजानां कारणं परम्। परापरविदः प्राज्ञास्ततो यज्ञान्वितन्वते
etāśca sahayajñena prajānāṃ kāraṇaṃ param| parāparavidaḥ prājñāstato yajñānvitanvate
And these, together with sacrifice, are the supreme cause of creatures; therefore the wise who know the higher and the lower perform sacrifices.
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PdP 1 3.152
अहन्यहन्यनुष्ठानं यज्ञानां पार्थिवोत्तम। उपकारकरं पुंसां क्रियमाणं फलार्थिनाम्
ahanyahanyanuṣṭhānaṃ yajñānāṃ pārthivottama| upakārakaraṃ puṃsāṃ kriyamāṇaṃ phalārthinām
Day after day, best of kings, the performance of sacrifices, when carried out by men who desire fruits, brings them benefit.
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PdP 1 3.153
येषां चकालसृष्टोसौ पपा(?)बिंदुर्महामते। मर्यादां स्थापयामास यथास्थानं यथागुणम्
yeṣāṃ cakālasṛṣṭosau papā(?)biṃdurmahāmate| maryādāṃ sthāpayāmāsa yathāsthānaṃ yathāguṇam
(...) of whom this (was) created by Time (?), O great-minded one; he established the boundary according to place and according to quality.
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PdP 1 3.154
वर्णानामाश्रमाणां च धर्मान्धर्मभृतांवर। लोकांश्च सर्ववर्णानां सम्यग्धर्मानुपालिनाम्
varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca dharmāndharmabhṛtāṃvara| lokāṃśca sarvavarṇānāṃ samyagdharmānupālinām
(He established) the duties of the classes and of the stages of life, O best of upholders of dharma, and the worlds (destined) for all the classes that rightly observe their duties.
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PdP 1 3.155
प्राजापत्यं ब्राह्मणानां स्मृतं स्थानं तु पार्थिव। स्थानमैंद्रं क्षत्रियाणां सङ्ग्रामेष्वनिवर्तिनाम्
prājāpatyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ smṛtaṃ sthānaṃ tu pārthiva| sthānamaiṃdraṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ saṅgrāmeṣvanivartinām
The station of Prajāpati is declared to be that of the brahmins, O king; the station of Indra is for kṣatriyas who do not turn back in battles.
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PdP 1 3.156
वैश्यानाम्मारुतं स्थानं स्वधर्ममनुवर्तिनाम्। गान्धर्वं शूद्रजातीनां परिचर्या सुवर्तिनाम्
vaiśyānāmmārutaṃ sthānaṃ svadharmamanuvartinām| gāndharvaṃ śūdrajātīnāṃ paricaryā suvartinām
For vaiśyas who follow their own duty, the station of the Maruts; for the śūdra castes who conduct themselves well in service, the gandharva station.
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PdP 1 3.157
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणां यतीनामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम्। स्मृतं तेषां तु यत्स्थानं तदेव गुरुवासिनाम्
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇāṃ yatīnāmūrddhvaretasām| smṛtaṃ teṣāṃ tu yatsthānaṃ tadeva guruvāsinām
Whatever station is declared to belong to those eighty-eight thousand ascetics whose seed flows upward, that very one belongs to those who dwell with a teacher.
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PdP 1 3.158
सप्तर्षीणां च यत्स्थानं स्मृतं तद्वै वनौकसाम्। प्राजापत्यं गृहस्थानां न्यासिनां ब्राह्मसंज्ञितम्
saptarṣīṇāṃ ca yatsthānaṃ smṛtaṃ tadvai vanaukasām| prājāpatyaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ nyāsināṃ brāhmasaṃjñitam
And whatever station is declared to be that of the seven seers, that indeed belongs to forest-dwellers; that of Prajāpati to householders, the one called Brahmā's to those who have laid (all) down.
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PdP 1 3.159
योगिनाममृतं स्थानं ब्रह्मणः परमं पदं। एकांतिनः सदोद्युक्ता ध्यायिनो योगिनो हि ये
yogināmamṛtaṃ sthānaṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ padaṃ| ekāṃtinaḥ sadodyuktā dhyāyino yogino hi ye
For yogins there is the immortal station, the supreme abode of Brahman; those yogins who are single-minded, ever intent, given to meditation —
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PdP 1 3.160
तेषां तत्परमं स्थानं यत्तत्पश्यंति सूरयः। गतागतानि वर्त्तंते चंद्रादित्यादयो ग्रहाः
teṣāṃ tatparamaṃ sthānaṃ yattatpaśyaṃti sūrayaḥ| gatāgatāni varttaṃte caṃdrādityādayo grahāḥ
theirs is that supreme station which the wise behold. The moon, the sun and the other heavenly bodies move in comings and goings,
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PdP 1 3.161
अद्यापि न निवर्तंते नारायणपरायणाः। तामिस्रमंधतामिस्रं महारौरव रौरवम्
adyāpi na nivartaṃte nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ| tāmisramaṃdhatāmisraṃ mahāraurava rauravam
but even now those devoted to Nārāyaṇa do not return. Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, Mahāraurava, Raurava,
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PdP 1 3.162
असिपत्रवनं घोरं कालसूत्रमवीचिमत्। विनिंदकानां वेदस्य यज्ञव्याघातकारिणाम्
asipatravanaṃ ghoraṃ kālasūtramavīcimat| viniṃdakānāṃ vedasya yajñavyāghātakāriṇām
the terrible Asipatravana, Kālasūtra and Avīci — (these are) for revilers of the Veda, for those who obstruct sacrifice,
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PdP 1 3.163
स्थानमेतत्समाख्यातं स्वधर्मत्यागिनश्च ये। ततोभिध्यायतस्तस्य जज्ञिरे मानसाः प्रजाः
sthānametatsamākhyātaṃ svadharmatyāginaśca ye| tatobhidhyāyatastasya jajñire mānasāḥ prajāḥ
this station is declared (for them), and for those who abandon their own duty. Then, as he meditated, mind-born offspring were born to him.
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PdP 1 3.164
तच्छरीरसमुत्पन्नैः कायस्थैः करणैः सह। क्षेत्रज्ञाः समवर्त्तंत गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य धीमतः
taccharīrasamutpannaiḥ kāyasthaiḥ karaṇaiḥ saha| kṣetrajñāḥ samavarttaṃta gātrebhyastasya dhīmataḥ
Together with the organs stationed in the body, arisen from that body, knowers of the field came forth from the limbs of that wise one.
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PdP 1 3.165
ते सर्वे समवर्तंत ये मया प्रागुदाहृताः। देवाद्याः स्थावरां ताश्च त्रैगुण्यविषयेस्थिताः
te sarve samavartaṃta ye mayā prāgudāhṛtāḥ| devādyāḥ sthāvarāṃ tāśca traiguṇyaviṣayesthitāḥ
All those came into being whom I have mentioned before: the gods and the rest, and the immobile beings, all fixed in the sphere of the three qualities.
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PdP 1 3.166
एवं भूतानि सृष्टानि स्थावराणि चराणि च। यदास्य ताः प्रजाः सर्वानव्यवर्द्धंतधीमतः
evaṃ bhūtāni sṛṣṭāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca| yadāsya tāḥ prajāḥ sarvānavyavarddhaṃtadhīmataḥ
Thus beings were created, immobile and moving; when all those creatures of that wise one did not increase,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.167
अथान्यान्मानसान्पुत्रान्सदृशानात्मनोऽसृजत्। भृगुं मां पुलहं चैव क्रतुमंगिरसं तथा
athānyānmānasānputrānsadṛśānātmano'sṛjat| bhṛguṃ māṃ pulahaṃ caiva kratumaṃgirasaṃ tathā
then he created other mind-born sons, like unto himself: Bhṛgu, me, Pulaha, and Kratu, and Aṅgiras likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.168
मरीचिं दक्षमत्रिं चवसिष्ठंचैवमानसान्। नवब्रह्माण इत्येतेपुराणे निश्चयं गताः
marīciṃ dakṣamatriṃ cavasiṣṭhaṃcaivamānasān| navabrahmāṇa ityetepurāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ
Marīci, Dakṣa, Atri, and Vasiṣṭha — these mind-born ones; in the Purāṇa these have been settled upon as the nine Brahmās.
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PdP 1 3.169
सनंदनादयो ये च पूर्वं सृष्टास्तु वेधसा। न ते लोकेष्वसज्जंत निरपेक्षाः प्रजासुते
sanaṃdanādayo ye ca pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭāstu vedhasā| na te lokeṣvasajjaṃta nirapekṣāḥ prajāsute
And those, Sanandana and the rest, who had earlier been created by the ordainer — they did not become attached to the worlds, being indifferent to the begetting of offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.170
सर्वे ह्यागतविज्ञाना वीतरागा विमत्सराः। तेष्वेवं निरपेक्षेषु लोकसृष्टौ महात्मनः
sarve hyāgatavijñānā vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ| teṣvevaṃ nirapekṣeṣu lokasṛṣṭau mahātmanaḥ
For all of them had attained knowledge, their passion gone, their envy gone. While they were thus indifferent to the creation of the world, of that great-souled one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.171
ब्रह्मणोभून्महान्क्रोधस्त्रैलोक्यदहन क्षमः। तस्य क्रोधात्समुद्भूतं ज्वालामालावदीपितम्
brahmaṇobhūnmahānkrodhastrailokyadahana kṣamaḥ| tasya krodhātsamudbhūtaṃ jvālāmālāvadīpitam
there arose in Brahmā a great wrath, capable of burning up the three worlds; from his wrath there arose (a fire) blazing with garlands of flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 3.172
ब्रह्मणस्तु तदा ज्योतिस्त्रैलोक्यमखिलं दहत्। भ्रकुटी कुटिलात्तस्य ललाटात्क्रोधदीपितात्
brahmaṇastu tadā jyotistrailokyamakhilaṃ dahat| bhrakuṭī kuṭilāttasya lalāṭātkrodhadīpitāt
But then Brahmā's fiery light, burning the entire triple world, (came forth) from his forehead, crooked with a frown and blazing with anger —
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PdP 1 3.173
समुत्पन्नस्तदा रुद्रो मध्याह्नार्कसमप्रभः। अर्द्धनारीनरवपुः प्रचण्डोति शरीरवान्
samutpannastadā rudro madhyāhnārkasamaprabhaḥ| arddhanārīnaravapuḥ pracaṇḍoti śarīravān
Then Rudra arose, of splendour like the midday sun, his body half woman and half man, fierce and of enormous body.
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PdP 1 3.174
विभजात्मानमित्युक्त्वा तं ब्रह्मांतर्दधेः ततः। तथोक्तोसौ द्विधा स्त्रीत्वं पुरुषत्वं तथाकरोत्
vibhajātmānamityuktvā taṃ brahmāṃtardadheḥ tataḥ| tathoktosau dvidhā strītvaṃ puruṣatvaṃ tathākarot
Saying "Divide yourself," Brahmā then vanished from him; and he, so addressed, made (himself) twofold, femaleness and maleness.
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PdP 1 3.175
बिभेद पुरुषत्वं च दशधा चैकधा च सः। सौम्यासौम्यैस्तथा रूपैः शांतैः स्त्रीत्वं च स प्रभुः
bibheda puruṣatvaṃ ca daśadhā caikadhā ca saḥ| saumyāsaumyaistathā rūpaiḥ śāṃtaiḥ strītvaṃ ca sa prabhuḥ
And he split the maleness into ten and into one; and that lord (split) the femaleness too by forms gentle and ungentle and calm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 3.176
बिभेद बहुधा चैव स्वरूपैरसितैः सितैः। ततो ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूतं पूर्वं स्वायंभुवं प्रभुम्
bibheda bahudhā caiva svarūpairasitaiḥ sitaiḥ| tato brahmā svayaṃbhūtaṃ pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ prabhum
And he split (himself) manifoldly by his own forms, black and white. Then Brahmā (made) the self-become lord Svāyambhuva first —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 3.177
आत्मानमेव कृतवान्प्रजापत्ये मनुं नृप। शतरूपां च तां नारीं तपोनिर्द्धूतकल्मषाम्
ātmānameva kṛtavānprajāpatye manuṃ nṛpa| śatarūpāṃ ca tāṃ nārīṃ taponirddhūtakalmaṣām
— he made his very own self into Manu for the lordship of creatures, O king; and that woman Śatarūpā, whose stain had been shaken off by austerity,
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PdP 1 3.178
स्वायंभुवो मनुर्नाम पत्नीत्वे जगृहे प्रभुः। तस्माच्च पुरुषाद्देवी शतरूपा व्यजायत
svāyaṃbhuvo manurnāma patnītve jagṛhe prabhuḥ| tasmācca puruṣāddevī śatarūpā vyajāyata
the lord named Svāyambhuva Manu took as his wife; and from that man the goddess Śatarūpā bore (children):
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PdP 1 3.179
प्रियव्रतोत्तातनपाद प्रसूत्याकूति संज्ञितम्। ददौ प्रसूतिं दक्षाय आकूतिं रुचये पुरा
priyavratottātanapāda prasūtyākūti saṃjñitam| dadau prasūtiṃ dakṣāya ākūtiṃ rucaye purā
those named Priyavrata, Uttānapāda, Prasūti and Ākūti. He gave Prasūti to Dakṣa, and Ākūti to Ruci, long ago.
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PdP 1 3.180
प्रजापतिः स जग्राह तयोर्जज्ञे स दक्षिणः। पुत्रो यज्ञो महाभाग दंपत्योर्मिथुनं ततः
prajāpatiḥ sa jagrāha tayorjajñe sa dakṣiṇaḥ| putro yajño mahābhāga daṃpatyormithunaṃ tataḥ
That Prajāpati received (her); of those two was born Dakṣiṇā, and a son, Yajña, O greatly fortunate one — thus a twin pair from the married couple.
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PdP 1 3.181
यज्ञस्य दक्षिणायां तु पुत्रा द्वादश जज्ञिरे। यामा इति समाख्याता देवाः स्वायंभुवे मनौ
yajñasya dakṣiṇāyāṃ tu putrā dvādaśa jajñire| yāmā iti samākhyātā devāḥ svāyaṃbhuve manau
And of Yajña in Dakṣiṇā twelve sons were born; they are known as the Yāmas, gods in (the age of) Svāyambhuva Manu.
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PdP 1 3.182
प्रसूत्यां च तथा दक्षश्चतस्रो विंशतिं तथा। ससर्ज कन्यास्तासां तु सम्यङ्नामानि मे शृणु
prasūtyāṃ ca tathā dakṣaścatasro viṃśatiṃ tathā| sasarja kanyāstāsāṃ tu samyaṅnāmāni me śṛṇu
And in Prasūti, Dakṣa likewise begot twenty-four daughters; hear from me their names correctly.
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PdP 1 3.183
श्रद्धा लक्ष्सीर्धृतिः पुष्टिस्तुष्टिर्मेधा क्रिया तथा। बुद्धिर्लज्जावपुः शांतिर्ऋद्धिः कीर्तिस्त्रयोदशी
śraddhā lakṣsīrdhṛtiḥ puṣṭistuṣṭirmedhā kriyā tathā| buddhirlajjāvapuḥ śāṃtirṛddhiḥ kīrtistrayodaśī
Śraddhā, Lakṣmī, Dhṛti, Puṣṭi, Tuṣṭi, Medhā, and Kriyā, Buddhi, Lajjā, Vapus, Śānti, Ṛddhi, and Kīrti as the thirteenth —
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PdP 1 3.184
पत्न्यर्थं प्रतिजग्राह धर्मो दाक्षायिणीः प्रभुः। ताभ्यः शिष्टा यवीयस्य(स्प?) एकादश सुलोचनाः
patnyarthaṃ pratijagrāha dharmo dākṣāyiṇīḥ prabhuḥ| tābhyaḥ śiṣṭā yavīyasya(spa?) ekādaśa sulocanāḥ
these daughters of Dakṣa the lord Dharma received as wives; the remaining eleven, younger and fair-eyed, (were):
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PdP 1 3.185
ख्यातिः सत्यथ संभूतिः स्मृतिः प्रीतिः क्षमा तथा। सन्नतिश्चानसूया च ऊर्ज्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तथा
khyātiḥ satyatha saṃbhūtiḥ smṛtiḥ prītiḥ kṣamā tathā| sannatiścānasūyā ca ūrjjā svāhā svadhā tathā
Khyāti, then Sati, Saṃbhūti, Smṛti, Prīti, and Kṣamā, Sannati, Anasūyā, Ūrjā, Svāhā and Svadhā.
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PdP 1 3.186
भृगुर्भवो मरीचिश्च तथा चैवांगिरा मुनिः। अहं च पुलहश्चैव क्रतुर्मुनिवरस्तथा
bhṛgurbhavo marīciśca tathā caivāṃgirā muniḥ| ahaṃ ca pulahaścaiva kraturmunivarastathā
Bhṛgu, Bhava, Marīci, and the sage Aṅgiras, and I, and Pulaha, and Kratu, best of sages,
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PdP 1 3.187
अत्रिर्वसिष्ठो वह्निश्च पितरश्च यथाक्रमम्। ख्यात्याद्या जगृहुः कन्या मुनयो राजसत्तम
atrirvasiṣṭho vahniśca pitaraśca yathākramam| khyātyādyā jagṛhuḥ kanyā munayo rājasattama
Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Vahni, and the ancestors, in due order — these sages took the daughters, Khyāti and the rest, O best of kings.
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PdP 1 3.188
श्रद्धा कामं बलं लक्ष्मीर्नियमं धृतिरात्मजम्। संतोषं च तथा तुष्टिर्लोभं पुष्टिरसूयत
śraddhā kāmaṃ balaṃ lakṣmīrniyamaṃ dhṛtirātmajam| saṃtoṣaṃ ca tathā tuṣṭirlobhaṃ puṣṭirasūyata
Śraddhā (bore) Kāma, Lakṣmī Bala, Dhṛti a son Niyama, Tuṣṭi Saṃtoṣa, and Puṣṭi bore Lobha,
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PdP 1 3.189
मेधा श्रुतं क्रिया दण्डं नयं विनयमवे च। बोधं बुद्धिस्तथा लज्जा विनयं वपुरात्मजम्
medhā śrutaṃ kriyā daṇḍaṃ nayaṃ vinayamave ca| bodhaṃ buddhistathā lajjā vinayaṃ vapurātmajam
Medhā (bore) Śruta, Kriyā Daṇḍa, Naya and Vinaya, Buddhi Bodha, Lajjā Vinaya, Vapus a son,
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PdP 1 3.190
व्यवसायं प्रजज्ञे वै क्षेमं शान्तिरसूयत। सुखमृद्धिर्यशः कीर्तिरित्येते धर्मसूनवः
vyavasāyaṃ prajajñe vai kṣemaṃ śāntirasūyata| sukhamṛddhiryaśaḥ kīrtirityete dharmasūnavaḥ
namely Vyavasāya, she bore; Śānti bore Kṣema, Ṛddhi Sukha, Kīrti Yaśas — these are the sons of Dharma.
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PdP 1 3.191
कामान्नंदी सुतं हर्षं धर्मपौत्रमसूयत। हिंसा भार्यात्वधर्मस्य तस्य जज्ञे तदानृतं
kāmānnaṃdī sutaṃ harṣaṃ dharmapautramasūyata| hiṃsā bhāryātvadharmasya tasya jajñe tadānṛtaṃ
Nandī bore of Kāma a son, Harṣa, a grandson of Dharma; Hiṃsā was the wife of Adharma, and of him she bore Anṛta,
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PdP 1 3.192
कन्या च निकृतिस्ताभ्यां भयं नरक एव च। माया च वेदना चैव मिथुनं द्वंद्वमेव च
kanyā ca nikṛtistābhyāṃ bhayaṃ naraka eva ca| māyā ca vedanā caiva mithunaṃ dvaṃdvameva ca
And (there was) a daughter, Nikṛti (Deceit); from those two (came) Fear and Hell, and Illusion and Torment, a pair and indeed a couple.
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PdP 1 3.193
तयोर्जज्ञेथ वै माया मृत्युं भूतापहारिणम्। वेदनायास्ततश्चापि दुःखं जज्ञेथ रौरवात्
tayorjajñetha vai māyā mṛtyuṃ bhūtāpahāriṇam| vedanāyāstataścāpi duḥkhaṃ jajñetha rauravāt
From those two Māyā (Illusion) gave birth to Death, the carrier-off of beings; and then from Vedanā (Torment) Sorrow was born, out of Raurava.
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PdP 1 3.194
मृत्योर्व्याधिजराशोक तृष्णाक्रोधाश्च जज्ञिरे। दुःखोत्तराः स्मृता ह्येते सर्वे चाधर्मलक्षणाः
mṛtyorvyādhijarāśoka tṛṣṇākrodhāśca jajñire| duḥkhottarāḥ smṛtā hyete sarve cādharmalakṣaṇāḥ
From Death were born Disease, Old Age, Grief, Thirst and Anger; all these are remembered as having sorrow as their sequel and as marked by unrighteousness.
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PdP 1 3.195
नैषां भार्यास्ति पुत्रो वा ते सर्वे ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः। रौद्राण्येतानि रूपाणि ब्रह्मणो नृवरात्मज
naiṣāṃ bhāryāsti putro vā te sarve hyūrddhvaretasaḥ| raudrāṇyetāni rūpāṇi brahmaṇo nṛvarātmaja
None of these has a wife or a son; they are all indeed of upward-flowing seed (celibate). These are the terrible forms of Brahmā, O son of the best of men.
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PdP 1 3.196
नित्यं प्रलयहेतुत्वं जगतोस्य प्रयांति वै। रुद्रसर्गं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा ब्रह्मा चकार हा(?)
nityaṃ pralayahetutvaṃ jagatosya prayāṃti vai| rudrasargaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā brahmā cakāra hā(?)
They constantly serve as the cause of the dissolution of this world. I shall now relate the creation of Rudra, how Brahmā brought it about.
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PdP 1 3.197
कल्पादावात्मनस्तुल्यं सुतं प्रध्यायतस्ततः। प्रादुरासीत्प्रभोरंके कुमारो नीललोहितः
kalpādāvātmanastulyaṃ sutaṃ pradhyāyatastataḥ| prādurāsītprabhoraṃke kumāro nīlalohitaḥ
At the beginning of the kalpa, as he meditated upon a son equal to himself, there appeared in the lap of the Lord a boy, dark blue and red.
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PdP 1 3.198
रुदन्वै सुस्वरं सोथ द्रवंश्च नृपसत्तम। किं रोदिषीति तं देवो रुदंतं प्रत्युवाच ह
rudanvai susvaraṃ sotha dravaṃśca nṛpasattama| kiṃ rodiṣīti taṃ devo rudaṃtaṃ pratyuvāca ha
He then cried aloud with a clear voice and ran about, O best of kings; and the god said in reply to him as he cried, "Why do you cry?"
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PdP 1 3.199
नामधेहीति तं सोथ प्रत्युवाच प्रजापतिम्। रोदनाद्रुद्रनामासि मा रोदीर्धैर्यमावह
nāmadhehīti taṃ sotha pratyuvāca prajāpatim| rodanādrudranāmāsi mā rodīrdhairyamāvaha
He then answered Prajāpati, "Give me a name." "From your crying (rodana) your name is Rudra; do not cry, take on firmness."
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PdP 1 3.200
एवमुक्तः पुनस्सोथ सप्तकृत्वो रुरोद ह। ततोन्यानि ददौ तस्मै सप्तनामानि वै प्रभुः २०० 1.3.
evamuktaḥ punassotha saptakṛtvo ruroda ha| tatonyāni dadau tasmai saptanāmāni vai prabhuḥ 200 1.3.
Addressed thus, he then cried again seven times; thereupon the Lord gave him seven other names.
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PdP 1 3.201
मूर्त्तीनां चैवमष्टानां स्थानान्यष्टौ चकार ह। भवं शर्वमथेशानं तथा पशुपतिं नृप
mūrttīnāṃ caivamaṣṭānāṃ sthānānyaṣṭau cakāra ha| bhavaṃ śarvamatheśānaṃ tathā paśupatiṃ nṛpa
And so he made eight places for the eight forms: Bhava, Śarva, and Īśāna, and likewise Paśupati, O king,
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PdP 1 3.202
भीममुग्रं महादेवमुवाच स पितामहः। सूर्यो जलं मही वह्निर्वायुराकाशमेव च
bhīmamugraṃ mahādevamuvāca sa pitāmahaḥ| sūryo jalaṃ mahī vahnirvāyurākāśameva ca
Bhīma, Ugra, Mahādeva — (so) that grandfather (Brahmā) spoke. The sun, water, the earth, fire, the wind, and space,
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PdP 1 3.203
दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणः सोम इत्येते तनवः कमात्। एवं प्रकारो रुद्रोसौ सतीं भार्यामविंदत
dīkṣito brāhmaṇaḥ soma ityete tanavaḥ kamāt| evaṃ prakāro rudrosau satīṃ bhāryāmaviṃdata
the initiated brahmin, and the moon — these are (his) bodies in order. Rudra, of such a kind, obtained Satī as his wife.
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PdP 1 3.204
दक्षकोपाच्च तत्याज सा सती स्वं कलेवरम्। हिमवद्दुहिता साभून्मेनायां नृपसत्तम
dakṣakopācca tatyāja sā satī svaṃ kalevaram| himavadduhitā sābhūnmenāyāṃ nṛpasattama
And because of Dakṣa's anger that Satī abandoned her own body; she became the daughter of Himavat, (born) of Menā, O best of kings.
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PdP 1 3.205
उपयेमे पुनश्चैव याचित्वा भगवान्भवः। दाक्षी धातृविधातारौ भृगोः ख्यातिरसूयत
upayeme punaścaiva yācitvā bhagavānbhavaḥ| dākṣī dhātṛvidhātārau bhṛgoḥ khyātirasūyata
And the Lord Bhava, having asked for her, married her again. Khyāti, Dakṣa's daughter, bore to Bhṛgu Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ,
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PdP 1 3.206
श्रियं च देवदेवस्य पत्नी नारायणस्य या
śriyaṃ ca devadevasya patnī nārāyaṇasya yā
and Śrī, who is the wife of Nārāyaṇa, the god of gods.
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