Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 2
PdP 3 2.1
सूत उवाच-। आदिसर्गमहं तावत्कथयामि द्विजोत्तमाः । ज्ञायते येन भगवान्परमात्मा सनातनः
sūta uvāca-| ādisargamahaṃ tāvatkathayāmi dvijottamāḥ | jñāyate yena bhagavānparamātmā sanātanaḥ
Sūta said: First I shall relate the primal creation, O best of the twice-born, by which the Lord, the eternal supreme Self, is known.
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PdP 3 2.2
सृष्टेषु प्रलयादूर्ध्वं नासीत्किंचिद्द्विजोत्तमाः । ब्रह्मसंज्ञमभूदेकं ज्योतिर्वै सर्वकारकम्
sṛṣṭeṣu pralayādūrdhvaṃ nāsītkiṃciddvijottamāḥ | brahmasaṃjñamabhūdekaṃ jyotirvai sarvakārakam
Among created things, after the dissolution, there was nothing at all, O best of the twice-born; there was one light called Brahman, the maker of all.
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PdP 3 2.3
नित्यं निरंजनं शांतं निर्मलं नित्यनिर्मलम् । आनंदसागरंस्वच्छं यत्कांक्षंति मुमुक्षवः
nityaṃ niraṃjanaṃ śāṃtaṃ nirmalaṃ nityanirmalam | ānaṃdasāgaraṃsvacchaṃ yatkāṃkṣaṃti mumukṣavaḥ
Eternal, unstained, at peace, spotless, ever pure, an ocean of bliss, clear — which those seeking release long for.
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PdP 3 2.4
सर्वज्ञं ज्ञानरूपत्वादनंतमजमव्ययम् । अविनाशि सदास्वच्छमच्युतं व्यापकं महत्
sarvajñaṃ jñānarūpatvādanaṃtamajamavyayam | avināśi sadāsvacchamacyutaṃ vyāpakaṃ mahat
(They long for that which is) all-knowing, since its nature is knowledge, endless, unborn, imperishable, indestructible, ever pure, unfallen, all-pervading, great.
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PdP 3 2.5
सर्गकाले तु संप्राप्ते ज्ञात्वा तं ज्ञानरूपकम् । आत्मलीनं विकारं च तत्स्रष्टुमुपचक्रमे
sargakāle tu saṃprāpte jñātvā taṃ jñānarūpakam | ātmalīnaṃ vikāraṃ ca tatsraṣṭumupacakrame
But when the time for creation had come, knowing that (principle) whose form is knowledge, and the modification (of it) merged in the Self, he set about creating it.
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PdP 3 2.6
तस्मात्प्रधानमुद्भूतं ततश्चापि महानभूत् । सात्विको राजसश्चैव तामसश्च त्रिधा महान्
tasmātpradhānamudbhūtaṃ tataścāpi mahānabhūt | sātviko rājasaścaiva tāmasaśca tridhā mahān
From that arose pradhāna (primal matter), and from that too came the Great (mahat); the great one is threefold: sattvic, rajasic and tamasic.
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PdP 3 2.7
प्रधानेनावृतो ह्येव त्वचा बीजमिवावृतम् । वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च भूतादिश्चैव तामसः
pradhānenāvṛto hyeva tvacā bījamivāvṛtam | vaikārikastaijasaśca bhūtādiścaiva tāmasaḥ
It is indeed enveloped by pradhāna, as a seed is enveloped by its husk; (the threefold ego is) the modificatory (vaikārika), the fiery (taijasa), and the tamasic, which is the origin of the elements.
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PdP 3 2.8
त्रिविधोयमहंकारो महत्तत्वादजायत । यथा प्रधानेन महान्महता स तथा वृतः
trividhoyamahaṃkāro mahattatvādajāyata | yathā pradhānena mahānmahatā sa tathā vṛtaḥ
This threefold ego-principle was born from the mahat-principle; as the great one is enveloped by pradhāna, so is it (the ego) enveloped by the great one.
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PdP 3 2.9
भूतादिस्तु विकुर्वाणः शब्दतन्मात्रकं ततः । ससर्ज शब्दतन्मात्रादाकाशं शब्दलक्षणम्
bhūtādistu vikurvāṇaḥ śabdatanmātrakaṃ tataḥ | sasarja śabdatanmātrādākāśaṃ śabdalakṣaṇam
But the origin-of-elements (tamasic ego), undergoing modification, then (produced) the subtle element of sound; from the sound-subtle-element it created ether, whose mark is sound.
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PdP 3 2.10
शब्दमात्रं तथाकाशं भूतादिः सममावृणोत् । शब्दमात्रं तथाकाशं स्पर्शमात्रं ससर्ज ह
śabdamātraṃ tathākāśaṃ bhūtādiḥ samamāvṛṇot | śabdamātraṃ tathākāśaṃ sparśamātraṃ sasarja ha
The origin-of-elements enveloped alike the sound-subtle-element and ether; and sound-in-itself and ether created the subtle element of touch.
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PdP 3 2.11
बलवानभवद्वायुस्तस्य स्पर्शो गुणो मतः । आकाशं शब्दमात्रं तु स्पर्शमात्रं समावृणोत्
balavānabhavadvāyustasya sparśo guṇo mataḥ | ākāśaṃ śabdamātraṃ tu sparśamātraṃ samāvṛṇot
Wind came to be, powerful; touch is held to be its quality. And the touch-subtle-element enveloped ether, which is sound-in-itself.
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PdP 3 2.12
ततो वायुविकुर्वाणो रूपमात्रं ससर्ज ह । ज्योतिरुत्पद्यते वायोस्तद्रूपगुणमुच्यते
tato vāyuvikurvāṇo rūpamātraṃ sasarja ha | jyotirutpadyate vāyostadrūpaguṇamucyate
Then wind, undergoing modification, created the subtle element of form; light arises from wind, and form is called its quality.
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PdP 3 2.13
स्पर्शमात्रस्तु वै वायू रूपमात्रं समावृणोत् । ज्योतिश्चापि विकुर्वाणं रसमात्रं ससर्ज ह
sparśamātrastu vai vāyū rūpamātraṃ samāvṛṇot | jyotiścāpi vikurvāṇaṃ rasamātraṃ sasarja ha
But wind, which is touch-in-itself, was enveloped by the form-subtle-element; and light too, undergoing modification, created the subtle element of taste.
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PdP 3 2.14
संभवंति ततोंभांसि रसमात्राणि तानि तु । रसमात्राणिचांभांसि रूपमात्रं समावृणोत्
saṃbhavaṃti tatoṃbhāṃsi rasamātrāṇi tāni tu | rasamātrāṇicāṃbhāṃsi rūpamātraṃ samāvṛṇot
From that the waters come into being, and they are taste-in-itself; and the waters, which are taste-in-itself, enveloped the form-subtle-element.
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PdP 3 2.15
विकुर्वाणानिचांभांसिगंधमात्रंससर्जिरे । तस्माज्जाता मही चेयं सर्वभूतगुणाधिका
vikurvāṇānicāṃbhāṃsigaṃdhamātraṃsasarjire | tasmājjātā mahī ceyaṃ sarvabhūtaguṇādhikā
And the waters, undergoing modification, created the subtle element of smell; from that was born this earth, exceeding (all) in the qualities of the elements.
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PdP 3 2.16
ससंघातो यतस्तस्मात्तस्य गंधो गुणो मतः । तस्मिंस्तस्मिंस्तु तन्मात्रात्तेन तन्मात्रता स्मृता
sasaṃghāto yatastasmāttasya gaṃdho guṇo mataḥ | tasmiṃstasmiṃstu tanmātrāttena tanmātratā smṛtā
Since it is an aggregate, therefore smell is held to be its quality. In each of these there is (only) that much (tanmātra), and by that the state of being a 'tanmātra' is taught.
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PdP 3 2.17
तन्मात्राण्यविशेषाणि विशेषाः क्रमशो पराः । भूततन्मात्रसर्गोयमहंकारात्तु तामसात्
tanmātrāṇyaviśeṣāṇi viśeṣāḥ kramaśo parāḥ | bhūtatanmātrasargoyamahaṃkārāttu tāmasāt
The subtle elements are without distinguishing features; the distinct ones are later, in order. This is the creation of the elements and subtle elements from the tamasic ego.
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PdP 3 2.18
कीर्तितस्तु समासेन मुनिवर्यास्तपोधनाः । तैजसानींद्रियाण्याहुर्देवा वैकारिका दश
kīrtitastu samāsena munivaryāstapodhanāḥ | taijasānīṃdriyāṇyāhurdevā vaikārikā daśa
It has been declared in brief, O best of sages, rich in austerity. They call the sense-faculties taijasa, and the ten deities vaikārika.
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PdP 3 2.19
एकादशं मनश्चात्र कीर्तितं तत्त्वचिंतकैः । ज्ञानेंद्रियाणि पंचात्र पंचकर्मेंद्रियाणि च
ekādaśaṃ manaścātra kīrtitaṃ tattvaciṃtakaiḥ | jñāneṃdriyāṇi paṃcātra paṃcakarmeṃdriyāṇi ca
And here the mind is declared the eleventh by those who ponder the principles; here there are five organs of knowledge and five organs of action.
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PdP 3 2.20
तानि वक्ष्यामि तेषां च कर्माणि कुलपावनाः । श्रवणं त्वक्चक्षुर्जिह्वा नासिका चैव पंचमी
tāni vakṣyāmi teṣāṃ ca karmāṇi kulapāvanāḥ | śravaṇaṃ tvakcakṣurjihvā nāsikā caiva paṃcamī
I shall tell of them and of their functions, O purifiers of your lineage: hearing, skin, eye, tongue, and the nose as fifth—
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PdP 3 2.21
शब्दादिज्ञानसिद्ध्यर्थं बुद्धियुक्तानि पंच वै । पायूपस्थं हस्तपादौ कीर्तिता वाक्चपंचमी
śabdādijñānasiddhyarthaṃ buddhiyuktāni paṃca vai | pāyūpasthaṃ hastapādau kīrtitā vākcapaṃcamī
these five, joined with intellect, serve for the accomplishment of the knowledge of sound and the rest. The anus, the generative organ, the hands and feet are declared, with speech as fifth.
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PdP 3 2.22
विसर्गानंदनादानगत्युक्तिकर्मतत्स्मृतम् । आकाशवायुतेजांसि सलिलं पृथिवी तथा
visargānaṃdanādānagatyuktikarmatatsmṛtam | ākāśavāyutejāṃsi salilaṃ pṛthivī tathā
Their function is said to be excretion, pleasure, grasping, motion, and speech. Ether, wind, fire, water and earth likewise—
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PdP 3 2.23
शब्दादिभिर्गुणैर्विप्राः संयुक्ता उत्तरोत्तरैः । नानावीर्याः पृथग्भूतास्ततस्ते संहतिं विना
śabdādibhirguṇairviprāḥ saṃyuktā uttarottaraiḥ | nānāvīryāḥ pṛthagbhūtāstataste saṃhatiṃ vinā
—these, O brahmins, are joined with the qualities of sound and the rest, each successive one (having one more); of various potencies, existing separately, they, without combination,
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PdP 3 2.24
नाशक्नुवन्प्रजाः स्रष्टुमसमागत्य कृत्स्नशः । समेत्यान्योन्यसंयोगं परस्परमथाश्रयात्
nāśaknuvanprajāḥ sraṣṭumasamāgatya kṛtsnaśaḥ | sametyānyonyasaṃyogaṃ parasparamathāśrayāt
(these) were unable to create the creatures, not having come together completely; but then, having met, through mutual conjunction and through resting upon one another,
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PdP 3 2.25
एकसंघास्सलक्ष्याश्च संप्राप्यैक्यमशेषतः । पुरुषाधिष्ठितत्वाच्च प्रधानानुग्रहेण च
ekasaṃghāssalakṣyāśca saṃprāpyaikyamaśeṣataḥ | puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca pradhānānugraheṇa ca
forming a single aggregate and having distinguishing marks, attaining unity without remainder, and because of being presided over by the Puruṣa, and by the favour of the Pradhāna,
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PdP 3 2.26
महदादयो विशेषांता अंडमुत्पादयंति ते । तत्क्रमेण विवृद्धं तु जलबुद्बुदवत्सदा
mahadādayo viśeṣāṃtā aṃḍamutpādayaṃti te | tatkrameṇa vivṛddhaṃ tu jalabudbudavatsadā
they, beginning with Mahat and ending with the particulars (viśeṣas), produce the egg; and that, growing step by step, was ever like a bubble on water.
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PdP 3 2.27
भूतेभ्योंडं महाप्राज्ञा वृद्धं तदुदकेशयम् । प्राकृतं ब्रह्मरूपस्य विष्णोः स्थानमनुत्तमम्
bhūtebhyoṃḍaṃ mahāprājñā vṛddhaṃ tadudakeśayam | prākṛtaṃ brahmarūpasya viṣṇoḥ sthānamanuttamam
From the elements arose the egg, O greatly wise ones — grown, lying upon the waters; that primordial (egg) is the unsurpassed abode of Viṣṇu in the form of Brahmā.
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PdP 3 2.28
तत्राव्यक्तस्वरूपोसौ विष्णुर्विश्वेश्वरः प्रभुः । ब्रह्मरूपं समास्थाय स्वयमेव व्यवस्थितः
tatrāvyaktasvarūposau viṣṇurviśveśvaraḥ prabhuḥ | brahmarūpaṃ samāsthāya svayameva vyavasthitaḥ
There that Viṣṇu, the lord and ruler of the universe, whose own nature is unmanifest, having assumed the form of Brahmā, abides of his own accord.
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PdP 3 2.29
स्वेदजांडमभूत्तस्य जरायुश्च महीधराः । गर्भोदकं समुद्राश्च तस्याभून्महदात्मनः
svedajāṃḍamabhūttasya jarāyuśca mahīdharāḥ | garbhodakaṃ samudrāśca tasyābhūnmahadātmanaḥ
The egg came to be born of his sweat; the mountains became the outer membrane, and the oceans became the womb-water of that great-souled one.
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PdP 3 2.30
साद्रिद्वीपसमुद्राश्च सज्योतिर्लोकसंग्रहः । तस्मिन्नंडेभवत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
sādridvīpasamudrāśca sajyotirlokasaṃgrahaḥ | tasminnaṃḍebhavatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
With its mountains, islands and oceans, together with the whole array of the lights and the worlds — all this, with gods, asuras and men, came to be within that egg.
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PdP 3 2.31
अनादिनिधनस्यैव विष्णोर्नाभेः समुत्थितम् । यत्पद्मं तद्धैममंडमभूच्छ्रीकेशवेच्छया
anādinidhanasyaiva viṣṇornābheḥ samutthitam | yatpadmaṃ taddhaimamaṃḍamabhūcchrīkeśavecchayā
The lotus which arose from the navel of Viṣṇu, who is without beginning or end — that became the golden egg, by the will of Śrī Keśava.
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PdP 3 2.32
रजोगुणधरो देवः स्वयमेव हरिः परः । ब्रह्मरूपंसमास्थाय जगत्स्रष्टुं प्रवर्तते
rajoguṇadharo devaḥ svayameva hariḥ paraḥ | brahmarūpaṃsamāsthāya jagatsraṣṭuṃ pravartate
The god, the supreme Hari himself, bearing the quality of rajas, having assumed the form of Brahmā, sets about creating the world.
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PdP 3 2.33
सृष्टं च पात्यनुयुगं यावत्कल्पविकल्पना । नारसिंहादिरूपेण रुद्ररुपेण संहरेत्
sṛṣṭaṃ ca pātyanuyugaṃ yāvatkalpavikalpanā | nārasiṃhādirūpeṇa rudrarupeṇa saṃharet
And he protects what has been created, age after age, as long as the ordering of the kalpa lasts, by the form of Narasiṃha and the rest; and in the form of Rudra he would withdraw (it).
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PdP 3 2.34
सब्रह्मरूपं विसृजन्महात्मा जगत्समस्तं परिपातुमिच्छन् । रामादिरूपं स तु गृह्य याति बभूव रुद्रो जगदेतदत्तुम्
sabrahmarūpaṃ visṛjanmahātmā jagatsamastaṃ paripātumicchan | rāmādirūpaṃ sa tu gṛhya yāti babhūva rudro jagadetadattum
The great-souled one, emitting (the world) in the form of Brahmā, desiring to protect the whole world, takes on the form of Rāma and the others and goes forth; and he became Rudra in order to devour this world.
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