Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga — Chapter 10
SiP 7.1 10.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वभागे सृष्टिपालनप्रलयकर्तृत्ववर्णनं नाम नवमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् १० वायुरुवाच पुरुषाधिष्ठितात्पूर्वमव्यक्तादीश्वराज्ञया बुद्ध्यादयो विशेषांता विकाराश्चाभवन् क्रमात्
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvabhāge sṛṣṭipālanapralayakartṛtvavarṇanaṃ nāma navamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 10 vāyuruvāca puruṣādhiṣṭhitātpūrvamavyaktādīśvarājñayā buddhyādayo viśeṣāṃtā vikārāścābhavan kramāt
Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (section), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the first part, the ninth chapter, called the description of (his) agency in creation, preservation and dissolution. Chapter 10. Vāyu said: First, from the unmanifest presided over by puruṣa, by the command of the Lord, the modifications beginning with buddhi and ending with the particulars came into being in order.
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SiP 7.1 10.2
ततस्तेभ्यो विकारेभ्यो रुद्रो विष्णुः पितामहः कारणत्वेन सर्वेषां त्रयो देवाः प्रजज्ञिरे
tatastebhyo vikārebhyo rudro viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaḥ kāraṇatvena sarveṣāṃ trayo devāḥ prajajñire
Then out of those modifications three gods were born — Rudra, Viṣṇu, and the Grandfather — as being the causes of all.
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SiP 7.1 10.3
सर्वतो भुवनव्याप्तिशक्तिमव्याहतां क्वचित् ज्ञानमप्रतिमं शश्वदैश्वर्यं चाणिमादिकम्
sarvato bhuvanavyāptiśaktimavyāhatāṃ kvacit jñānamapratimaṃ śaśvadaiśvaryaṃ cāṇimādikam
(He grants them) the power of pervading the worlds on every side, unobstructed anywhere, incomparable knowledge, and perpetual lordship (consisting of the powers) of minuteness and the rest;
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SiP 7.1 10.4
सृष्टिस्थितिलयाख्येषु कर्मसु त्रिषु हेतुताम् प्रभुत्वेन सहैतेषां प्रसीदति महेश्वरः
sṛṣṭisthitilayākhyeṣu karmasu triṣu hetutām prabhutvena sahaiteṣāṃ prasīdati maheśvaraḥ
Maheśvara graciously grants to these, together with mastery, the status of cause in the three works named creation, maintenance and dissolution.
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SiP 7.1 10.5
कल्पान्तरे पुनस्तेषामस्पर्धा बुद्धिमोहिनाम् सर्गरक्षालयाचारं प्रत्येकं प्रददौ च सः
kalpāntare punasteṣāmaspardhā buddhimohinām sargarakṣālayācāraṃ pratyekaṃ pradadau ca saḥ
And again, in another kalpa, to them, whose minds were deluded (and) without rivalry, he assigned to each separately the office of creation, protection and dissolution.
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SiP 7.1 10.6
एते परस्परोत्पन्ना धारयन्ति परस्परम् परस्परेण वर्धंते परस्परमनुव्रताः
ete parasparotpannā dhārayanti parasparam paraspareṇa vardhaṃte parasparamanuvratāḥ
These (three), arisen from one another, sustain one another; they grow by one another, devoted to one another.
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SiP 7.1 10.7
क्वचिद्ब्रह्मा क्वचिद्विष्णुः क्वचिद्रुद्रः प्रशस्यते नानेन तेषामाधिक्यमैश्वर्यं चातिरिच्यते
kvacidbrahmā kvacidviṣṇuḥ kvacidrudraḥ praśasyate nānena teṣāmādhikyamaiśvaryaṃ cātiricyate
In one place Brahmā is praised, in another Viṣṇu, in another Rudra; by this no superiority among them, nor any excess of lordship, (is established).
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SiP 7.1 10.8
मूर्खा निंदंति तान्वाग्भिः संरंभाभिनिवेशिनः यातुधाना भवंत्येव पिशाचाश्च न संशयः
mūrkhā niṃdaṃti tānvāgbhiḥ saṃraṃbhābhiniveśinaḥ yātudhānā bhavaṃtyeva piśācāśca na saṃśayaḥ
Fools, obstinately bent on quarrel, revile them with words; they surely become demons and goblins—there is no doubt.
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SiP 7.1 10.9
देवो गुणत्रयातीतश्चतुर्व्यूहो महेश्वरः सकलस्सकलाधारशक्तेरुत्पत्तिकारणम्
devo guṇatrayātītaścaturvyūho maheśvaraḥ sakalassakalādhāraśakterutpattikāraṇam
The god Maheśvara, beyond the three qualities, having four arrays (vyūhas), is 'with parts' (sakala) and the cause of the arising of the power that is the support of all.
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SiP 7.1 10.10
सोयमात्मा त्रयस्यास्य प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्य च लीलाकृतजगत्सृष्टिरीश्वरत्वे व्यवस्थितः
soyamātmā trayasyāsya prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca līlākṛtajagatsṛṣṭirīśvaratve vyavasthitaḥ
He, this Self of this triad, and of prakṛti and puruṣa, whose creation of the world is made in play, is established in lordship.
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SiP 7.1 10.11
यस्सर्वस्मात्परो नित्यो निष्कलः परमेश्वरः स एव च तदाधारस्तदात्मा तदधिष्ठितः
yassarvasmātparo nityo niṣkalaḥ parameśvaraḥ sa eva ca tadādhārastadātmā tadadhiṣṭhitaḥ
He who is beyond all, eternal, partless, the supreme lord—he indeed is their support, their self, and abides within them.
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SiP 7.1 10.12
तस्मान्महेश्वरश्चैव प्रकृतिः पुरुषस्तथा सदाशिवभवो विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा सर्वशिवात्मकम्
tasmānmaheśvaraścaiva prakṛtiḥ puruṣastathā sadāśivabhavo viṣṇurbrahmā sarvaśivātmakam
Therefore Maheśvara, and prakṛti and puruṣa likewise, Sadāśiva, Bhava, Viṣṇu, Brahmā—all of it has Śiva for its self.
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SiP 7.1 10.13
प्रधानात्प्रथमं जज्ञे वृद्धिः ख्यातिर्मतिर्महान् महत्तत्त्वस्य संक्षोभादहंकारस्त्रिधा ऽभवत्
pradhānātprathamaṃ jajñe vṛddhiḥ khyātirmatirmahān mahattattvasya saṃkṣobhādahaṃkārastridhā 'bhavat
From the pradhāna there was first born growth (vṛddhi), discernment (khyāti), intellect (mati), the Great One (mahat); from the agitation of the mahat-principle, egoity came to be threefold.
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SiP 7.1 10.14
अहंकारश्च भूतानि तन्मात्रानींद्रियाणि च वैकारिकादहंकारात्सत्त्वोद्रिक्तात्तु सात्त्विकः
ahaṃkāraśca bhūtāni tanmātrānīṃdriyāṇi ca vaikārikādahaṃkārātsattvodriktāttu sāttvikaḥ
And egoity (produces) the elements, the subtle elements and the senses; from the modificatory (vaikārika) egoity, in which sattva predominates, (arises) the sāttvika (creation).
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SiP 7.1 10.15
वैकारिकः स सर्गस्तु युगपत्संप्रवर्तते बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि पञ्चैव पञ्चकर्मेंद्रियाणि च
vaikārikaḥ sa sargastu yugapatsaṃpravartate buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiva pañcakarmeṃdriyāṇi ca
That modificatory creation proceeds all at once: the five organs of cognition and the five organs of action,
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SiP 7.1 10.16
एकादशं मनस्तत्र स्वगुणेनोभयात्मकम् तमोयुक्तादहंकाराद्भूततन्मात्रसंभवः
ekādaśaṃ manastatra svaguṇenobhayātmakam tamoyuktādahaṃkārādbhūtatanmātrasaṃbhavaḥ
and mind as the eleventh there, partaking of both by its own quality. From egoity conjoined with tamas comes the origination of the elements and subtle elements.
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SiP 7.1 10.17
भूतानामादिभूतत्वाद्भूतादिः कथ्यते तु सः भूतादेश्शब्दमात्रं स्यात्तत्र चाकाशसंभवः
bhūtānāmādibhūtatvādbhūtādiḥ kathyate tu saḥ bhūtādeśśabdamātraṃ syāttatra cākāśasaṃbhavaḥ
Since it is the first of the elements, it is called bhūtādi ('element-origin'); from bhūtādi arises mere sound, and therein the origination of ether.
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SiP 7.1 10.18
आकाशात्स्पर्श उत्पन्नः स्पर्शाद्वायुसमुद्भवः वायो रूपं ततस्तेजस्तेजसो रससंभवः
ākāśātsparśa utpannaḥ sparśādvāyusamudbhavaḥ vāyo rūpaṃ tatastejastejaso rasasaṃbhavaḥ
From ether touch is produced; from touch arises wind; from wind form, then fire; from fire the arising of taste.
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SiP 7.1 10.19
रसादापस्समुत्पन्नास्तेभ्यो गन्धसमुद्भवः गन्धाच्च पृथिवी जाता भूतेभ्योन्यच्चराचरम्
rasādāpassamutpannāstebhyo gandhasamudbhavaḥ gandhācca pṛthivī jātā bhūtebhyonyaccarācaram
From taste the waters are produced; from them arises smell; and from smell earth is born; from the elements comes the rest, moving and unmoving.
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SiP 7.1 10.20
पुरुषाधिष्ठितत्वाच्च अव्यक्तानुग्रहेण च महदादिविशेषान्ता ह्यण्डमुत्पादयन्ति ते
puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca avyaktānugraheṇa ca mahadādiviśeṣāntā hyaṇḍamutpādayanti te
And because they are presided over by puruṣa and by the favour of the unmanifest, those (principles), from mahat down to the particulars, produce the egg.
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SiP 7.1 10.21
५१२अ तत्र कार्यं च करणं संसिद्धं ब्रह्मणो यदा तदंडे सुप्रवृद्धो ऽभूत् क्षेत्रज्ञो ब्रह्मसंज्ञितः
512a tatra kāryaṃ ca karaṇaṃ saṃsiddhaṃ brahmaṇo yadā tadaṃḍe supravṛddho 'bhūt kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñitaḥ
When there the effect and the instrument of Brahmā were fully accomplished, then in that egg the knower of the field, named Brahmā, grew greatly.
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SiP 7.1 10.22
स वै शरीरी प्रथमः स वै पुरुष उच्यते आदिकर्ता स भूतानां ब्रह्माग्रे समवर्तत
sa vai śarīrī prathamaḥ sa vai puruṣa ucyate ādikartā sa bhūtānāṃ brahmāgre samavartata
He indeed is the first embodied one; he indeed is called puruṣa; he, the first maker of beings, Brahmā, came into being at the beginning.
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SiP 7.1 10.23
तस्येश्वरस्य प्रतिमा ज्ञानवैराग्यलक्षणा धर्मैश्वर्यकरी बुद्धिर्ब्राह्मी यज्ञे ऽभिमानिनः
tasyeśvarasya pratimā jñānavairāgyalakṣaṇā dharmaiśvaryakarī buddhirbrāhmī yajñe 'bhimāninaḥ
The image of that lord is the brāhmī intellect, marked by knowledge and dispassion, producing dharma and lordship, in him who identifies himself with the sacrifice.
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SiP 7.1 10.24
अव्यक्ताज्जायते तस्य मनसा यद्यदीप्सितम् वशी विकृत्वात्त्रैगुण्यात्सापेक्षत्वात्स्वभावतः
avyaktājjāyate tasya manasā yadyadīpsitam vaśī vikṛtvāttraiguṇyātsāpekṣatvātsvabhāvataḥ
From the unmanifest there is born for him by mere thought whatever is desired—(he being) master, because of modification, because of the triad of qualities, because of dependence, by his own nature.
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SiP 7.1 10.25
त्रिधा विभज्य चात्मानं त्रैलोक्ये संप्रवर्तते सृजते ग्रसते चैव वीक्षते च त्रिभिस्स्वयम्
tridhā vibhajya cātmānaṃ trailokye saṃpravartate sṛjate grasate caiva vīkṣate ca tribhissvayam
And dividing himself threefold he operates in the three worlds; by the three he himself creates, devours, and observes.
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SiP 7.1 10.26
चतुर्मुखस्तु ब्रह्मत्वे कालत्वे चांतकस्स्मृतः सहस्रमूर्धा पुरुषस्तिस्रोवस्थास्स्वयंभुवः
caturmukhastu brahmatve kālatve cāṃtakassmṛtaḥ sahasramūrdhā puruṣastisrovasthāssvayaṃbhuvaḥ
In (his) state as Brahmā (he is) four-faced, and in (his) state as Time he is called the Ender; (as) the thousand-headed Puruṣa — (these are) the three conditions of the Self-existent.
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SiP 7.1 10.27
सत्त्वं रजश्च ब्रह्मा च कालत्वे च तमो रजः विष्णुत्वे केवलं सत्त्वं गुणवृद्धिस्त्रिधा विभौ
sattvaṃ rajaśca brahmā ca kālatve ca tamo rajaḥ viṣṇutve kevalaṃ sattvaṃ guṇavṛddhistridhā vibhau
Goodness (sattva) and passion (rajas) — (that is) Brahmā; in (his) state as Time, darkness and passion; in (his) state as Viṣṇu, goodness alone: the increase of the strands (occurs) threefold in the all-pervading one.
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SiP 7.1 10.28
ब्रह्मत्वे सृजते लोकान् कालत्वे संक्षिपत्यपि पुरुषत्वे ऽत्युदासीनः कर्म च त्रिविधं विभोः
brahmatve sṛjate lokān kālatve saṃkṣipatyapi puruṣatve 'tyudāsīnaḥ karma ca trividhaṃ vibhoḥ
In (his) state as Brahmā he creates the worlds, in (his) state as Time he also draws (them) together, and in (his) state as Puruṣa he is wholly indifferent: thus the action of the all-pervading one is of three kinds.
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SiP 7.1 10.29
एवं त्रिधा विभिन्नत्वाद्ब्रह्मा त्रिगुण उच्यते चतुर्धा प्रविभक्तत्वाच्चातुर्व्यूहः प्रकीर्तितः
evaṃ tridhā vibhinnatvādbrahmā triguṇa ucyate caturdhā pravibhaktatvāccāturvyūhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
Thus, from being divided in three ways, Brahmā is said to be possessed of the three strands; and from being distributed in four ways he is proclaimed as having four arrays (cāturvyūha).
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SiP 7.1 10.30
आदित्वादादिदेवो ऽसावजातत्वादजः स्मृतः पाति यस्मात्प्रजाः सर्वाः प्रजापतिरिति स्मृतः
āditvādādidevo 'sāvajātatvādajaḥ smṛtaḥ pāti yasmātprajāḥ sarvāḥ prajāpatiriti smṛtaḥ
Because he is the first, he is the first god; because he is unborn, he is remembered as the Unborn; because he protects all creatures (prajā), he is called Prajāpati.
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SiP 7.1 10.31
हिरण्मयस्तु यो मेरुस्तस्योल्बं सुमहात्मनः गर्भोदकं समुद्राश्च जरायुश्चा ऽपि पर्वताः
hiraṇmayastu yo merustasyolbaṃ sumahātmanaḥ garbhodakaṃ samudrāśca jarāyuścā 'pi parvatāḥ
The golden Meru is the caul of that greatly exalted one; the oceans are the amniotic fluid, and the mountains are the outer membrane.
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SiP 7.1 10.32
तस्मिन्नंडे त्विमे लोका अंतर्विश्वमिदं जगत् चंद्रादित्यौ सनक्षत्रौ सग्रहौ सह वायुना
tasminnaṃḍe tvime lokā aṃtarviśvamidaṃ jagat caṃdrādityau sanakṣatrau sagrahau saha vāyunā
Within that egg are these worlds, this whole universe inside — the moon and the sun with the constellations, with the planets, together with the wind.
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SiP 7.1 10.33
अद्भिर्दशगुणाभिस्तु बाह्यतोण्डं समावृतम् आपो दशगुणेनैव तेजसा बहिरावृताः
adbhirdaśaguṇābhistu bāhyatoṇḍaṃ samāvṛtam āpo daśaguṇenaiva tejasā bahirāvṛtāḥ
The egg is enveloped outside by waters ten times (its size); the waters in turn are enveloped outside by fire ten times (as great).
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SiP 7.1 10.34
तेजो दशगुणेनैव वायुना बहिरावृतम् आकाशेनावृतो वायुः खं च भूतादिनावृतम्
tejo daśaguṇenaiva vāyunā bahirāvṛtam ākāśenāvṛto vāyuḥ khaṃ ca bhūtādināvṛtam
The fire is enveloped outside by wind ten times (as great); the wind is enveloped by ether (ākāśa), and the ether by the origin of the elements (ahaṃkāra).
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SiP 7.1 10.35
भूतादिर्महता तद्वदव्यक्तेनावृतो महान् एतैरावरणैरण्डं सप्तभिर्बहिरावृतम्
bhūtādirmahatā tadvadavyaktenāvṛto mahān etairāvaraṇairaṇḍaṃ saptabhirbahirāvṛtam
The origin of the elements (is enveloped) by the Great One (mahat), and likewise the Great One by the Unmanifest; by these seven coverings the egg is enveloped from without.
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SiP 7.1 10.36
एतदावृत्त्य चान्योन्यमष्टौ प्रकृतयः स्थिताः सृष्टिपालनविध्वंसकर्मकर्त्र्यो द्विजोत्तमाः
etadāvṛttya cānyonyamaṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ sthitāḥ sṛṣṭipālanavidhvaṃsakarmakartryo dvijottamāḥ
Enveloping this and one another, the eight material principles (prakṛti) stand, performing the work of creation, preservation and destruction, O best of the twice-born.
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SiP 7.1 10.37
एवं परस्परोत्पन्ना धारयंति परस्परम् आधाराधेयभावेन विकारास्तु विकारिषु
evaṃ parasparotpannā dhārayaṃti parasparam ādhārādheyabhāvena vikārāstu vikāriṣu
Thus, arisen from one another, they support one another by the relation of support and supported — the modifications (resting) in the things modified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.38
कूर्म्ॐगानि यथा पूर्वं प्रसार्य विनियच्छति विकारांश्च तथा ऽव्यक्तं सृष्ट्वा भूयो नियच्छति
kūrmoṃgāni yathā pūrvaṃ prasārya viniyacchati vikārāṃśca tathā 'vyaktaṃ sṛṣṭvā bhūyo niyacchati
As a tortoise first stretches out its limbs and then draws them in, so the Unmanifest, having created the modifications, again draws (them) in.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.39
अव्यक्तप्रभवं सर्वमानुलोम्येन जायते प्राप्ते प्रलयकाले तु प्रतिलोम्येनुलीयते
avyaktaprabhavaṃ sarvamānulomyena jāyate prāpte pralayakāle tu pratilomyenulīyate
Everything that has its origin in the Unmanifest comes into being in the forward order; but when the time of dissolution arrives it is reabsorbed in the reverse order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.40
गुणाः कालवशादेव भवंति विषमाः समाः गुणसाम्ये लयो ज्ञेयो वैषम्ये सृष्टिरुच्यते
guṇāḥ kālavaśādeva bhavaṃti viṣamāḥ samāḥ guṇasāmye layo jñeyo vaiṣamye sṛṣṭirucyate
By the power of Time alone the strands become unequal or equal; in the equality of the strands dissolution is to be known, in their inequality creation is spoken of.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.41
तदिदं ब्रह्मणो योनिरेतदंडं घनं महत् ब्रह्मणः क्षेत्रमुद्दिष्टं ब्रह्मा क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते
tadidaṃ brahmaṇo yoniretadaṃḍaṃ ghanaṃ mahat brahmaṇaḥ kṣetramuddiṣṭaṃ brahmā kṣetrajña ucyate
This, then, is the womb of Brahmā, this dense and great egg; it is declared to be the field of Brahmā, and Brahmā is called the knower of the field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.42
इतीदृशानामण्डानां कोट्यो ज्ञेयाः सहस्रशः सर्वगत्वात्प्रधानस्य तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधः स्थिताः
itīdṛśānāmaṇḍānāṃ koṭyo jñeyāḥ sahasraśaḥ sarvagatvātpradhānasya tiryagūrdhvamadhaḥ sthitāḥ
Thus of such eggs there are, one should know, crores by the thousand, situated athwart, above and below, because the Primal Matter (pradhāna) is all-pervading.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.43
५१२ब् तत्र तत्र चतुर्वक्त्रा ब्रह्माणो हरयो भवाः सृष्टा प्रधानेन तथा लब्ध्वा शंभोस्तु सन्निधिम्
512b tatra tatra caturvaktrā brahmāṇo harayo bhavāḥ sṛṣṭā pradhānena tathā labdhvā śaṃbhostu sannidhim
In each of them there are four-faced Brahmās, Haris and Bhavas, created by the Primal Matter, having thus obtained the presence of Śambhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.44
महेश्वरः परोव्यक्तादंडमव्यक्तसंभवम् अण्डाज्जज्ञे विभुर्ब्रह्मा लोकास्तेन कृतास्त्विमे
maheśvaraḥ parovyaktādaṃḍamavyaktasaṃbhavam aṇḍājjajñe vibhurbrahmā lokāstena kṛtāstvime
Maheśvara is beyond the Unmanifest; the egg arises from the Unmanifest; from the egg was born the all-pervading Brahmā, and by him these worlds were made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.45
अबुद्धिपूर्वः कथितो मयैष प्रधानसर्गः प्रथमः प्रवृतः आत्यंतिकश्च प्रलयोन्तकाले लीलाकृतः केवलमीश्वरस्य
abuddhipūrvaḥ kathito mayaiṣa pradhānasargaḥ prathamaḥ pravṛtaḥ ātyaṃtikaśca pralayontakāle līlākṛtaḥ kevalamīśvarasya
This first creation of the Primal Matter, which proceeds without any prior act of intelligence, has been told by me, and (so has) the ultimate dissolution at the end of time — merely the play of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.1 10.46
यत्तत्स्मृतं कारणमप्रमेयं ब्रह्मा प्रधानं प्रकृतेः प्रसूतिः अनादिमध्यान्तमनन्तवीर्यं शुक्लं सुरक्तं पुरुषेण युक्तम्
yattatsmṛtaṃ kāraṇamaprameyaṃ brahmā pradhānaṃ prakṛteḥ prasūtiḥ anādimadhyāntamanantavīryaṃ śuklaṃ suraktaṃ puruṣeṇa yuktam
That which is called the immeasurable cause is Brahmā, the pradhāna, the bringing-forth of nature—without beginning, middle, or end, of endless power, white (and) deep red, joined with the puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 10.47
उत्पादकत्वाद्रजसोतिरेकाल्लोकस्य संतानविवृद्धिहेतून् अष्टौ विकारानपि चादिकाले सृष्ट्वा समश्नाति तथांतकाले
utpādakatvādrajasotirekāllokasya saṃtānavivṛddhihetūn aṣṭau vikārānapi cādikāle sṛṣṭvā samaśnāti tathāṃtakāle
Because of (its) generative character, through the excess of rajas, having created at the beginning of time the eight modifications, which are the causes of the growth of the world's continuance, it likewise devours (them) at the end of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.1 10.48
प्रकृत्यवस्थापितकारणानां या च स्थितिर्या च पुनः प्रवृत्तिः तत्सर्वमप्राकृतवैभवस्य संकल्पमात्रेण महेश्वरस्य
prakṛtyavasthāpitakāraṇānāṃ yā ca sthitiryā ca punaḥ pravṛttiḥ tatsarvamaprākṛtavaibhavasya saṃkalpamātreṇa maheśvarasya
And whatever persistence, and whatever renewed activity, belongs to the causes established in prakṛti—all that comes about by the mere will of Maheśvara, whose majesty is not of nature (aprākṛta).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition