Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 14
VaP 1 14.1
।। वायुरुवाच ।। न चैवमागतो ज्ञानाद्रागात् कर्म्म समाचरेत्। राजसं तामसं वापि भुक्त्वा तत्रैव युज्यते
|| vāyuruvāca || na caivamāgato jñānādrāgāt karmma samācaret| rājasaṃ tāmasaṃ vāpi bhuktvā tatraiva yujyate
Vāyu said: One who has come thus by knowledge should not perform action out of passion; having enjoyed (the fruit) — whether rājasa or tāmasa — he is bound just there.
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VaP 1 14.2
तथा सुकृतकर्म्मा तु फलं स्वर्गे समश्रुते। तस्मात् स्थानात् पुनर्भ्रष्टो मानुष्यमनुपद्यते
tathā sukṛtakarmmā tu phalaṃ svarge samaśrute| tasmāt sthānāt punarbhraṣṭo mānuṣyamanupadyate
So too the doer of good deeds obtains his fruit in heaven; then, fallen once more from that station, he comes to human birth.
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VaP 1 14.3
तस्माद्ब्रह्म परं सूक्ष्मं ब्रह्म शाश्वतमुच्यते। ब्रह्म एव हि सेवेत ब्रह्मैव परमं सुखम्
tasmādbrahma paraṃ sūkṣmaṃ brahma śāśvatamucyate| brahma eva hi seveta brahmaiva paramaṃ sukham
Therefore brahman is supreme and subtle; brahman is called everlasting. One should serve brahman alone, for brahman alone is the highest happiness.
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VaP 1 14.4
परिश्रमस्तु यज्ञानां महतार्थेन वर्त्तते। भूयो मृत्युवशं याति तस्मान्मोक्षः परं सुखम्
pariśramastu yajñānāṃ mahatārthena varttate| bhūyo mṛtyuvaśaṃ yāti tasmānmokṣaḥ paraṃ sukham
But the toil of sacrifices proceeds with (only) a great object (in view); (the sacrificer) goes again under the sway of death — therefore release is the highest happiness.
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VaP 1 14.5
अथ वै ध्यानसंयुक्तो ब्रह्मयज्ञपरायणः । न स स्याद् व्यापितुं शक्यो मन्वन्तरशतैरपि
atha vai dhyānasaṃyukto brahmayajñaparāyaṇaḥ | na sa syād vyāpituṃ śakyo manvantaraśatairapi
But one who is joined to meditation and devoted to the sacrifice of brahman — he could not be encompassed even by hundreds of manvantaras.
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VaP 1 14.6
दृष्ट्वा तु पुरुषं दिव्यं विश्वाख्यं विश्वरूपिणम्। विश्वपाद शिरोग्रीवं विश्वेशं विश्वभावनम्। विश्वगन्धं विश्वमाल्यं विश्वाम्बरधरं प्रभुम्
dṛṣṭvā tu puruṣaṃ divyaṃ viśvākhyaṃ viśvarūpiṇam| viśvapāda śirogrīvaṃ viśveśaṃ viśvabhāvanam| viśvagandhaṃ viśvamālyaṃ viśvāmbaradharaṃ prabhum
Having seen the divine Person, called the All, having all forms, whose feet, head and neck are all things, the Lord of all, the bringer-forth of all, whose fragrance is all, whose garland is all, wearing all as his garment, the Lord —
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VaP 1 14.7
गोभिर्मही संयतते पतत्रिणं महात्मानं परममतिं वरेण्यम्। कविं पुराणमनुशासितारं सूक्ष्माच्च सूक्ष्मं महतो महान्तम्। योगेन पश्यन्ति न चक्षुषा तं निरिन्द्रियं पुरुषं रुक्मवर्णम्
gobhirmahī saṃyatate patatriṇaṃ mahātmānaṃ paramamatiṃ vareṇyam| kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāraṃ sūkṣmācca sūkṣmaṃ mahato mahāntam| yogena paśyanti na cakṣuṣā taṃ nirindriyaṃ puruṣaṃ rukmavarṇam
...the winged one, the great self, the supreme mind, the one to be chosen, the seer, the ancient, the ruler, subtler than the subtle, greater than the great — him they see by yoga and not with the eye, the Person without sense-organs, of golden colour.
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VaP 1 14.8
अलिङ्गिनं पुरुषं रुक्मवर्णं सलिङ्गिनं निर्गुणं चेतनं च। नित्यं सदा सर्वगतन्तु शौचं पश्यन्ति युक्त्या ह्यचलं प्रकाशम्
aliṅginaṃ puruṣaṃ rukmavarṇaṃ saliṅginaṃ nirguṇaṃ cetanaṃ ca| nityaṃ sadā sarvagatantu śaucaṃ paśyanti yuktyā hyacalaṃ prakāśam
The Person without mark, of golden colour, (yet) possessed of mark, without qualities and (yet) conscious, eternal, always all-pervading and pure — him they see by the (yogic) method, unmoving, radiance itself.
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VaP 1 14.9
तद्भावितस्तेजसा दीप्यमानः अपाणिपादोदरपार्श्वजिह्वः। अतीन्द्रियोऽद्यापि सुसूक्ष्म एकः पश्यत्यचक्षुः स श्रृणोत्यकर्णः
tadbhāvitastejasā dīpyamānaḥ apāṇipādodarapārśvajihvaḥ| atīndriyo'dyāpi susūkṣma ekaḥ paśyatyacakṣuḥ sa śrṛṇotyakarṇaḥ
Made present by that (meditation), blazing with splendour, without hands, feet, belly, sides or tongue, beyond the senses, even now most subtle, one — he sees without eyes, he hears without ears.
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VaP 1 14.10
नास्यास्त्यबुद्धं न च बुद्धिरस्ति स वेद सर्वं न च वेदवेद्यः। तमाहुरग्र्यं पुरुषं महान्तं सचेतनं सर्व्वगतं सुसूक्ष्मम्
nāsyāstyabuddhaṃ na ca buddhirasti sa veda sarvaṃ na ca vedavedyaḥ| tamāhuragryaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntaṃ sacetanaṃ sarvvagataṃ susūkṣmam
There is nothing unknown to him, nor does he have (mere) intellect; he knows all, and is not to be known by knowledge. Him they call the foremost Person, the great one, conscious, all-pervading, most subtle.
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VaP 1 14.11
तामाहुर्मुनयः सर्व्वे लोके प्रसवधर्मिणीम्। प्रकृतिं सर्व्वभूतानां युक्ताः पश्यन्ति चेतसा
tāmāhurmunayaḥ sarvve loke prasavadharmiṇīm| prakṛtiṃ sarvvabhūtānāṃ yuktāḥ paśyanti cetasā
Her all the sages in the world call the one whose nature is bringing forth, the material source of all beings; the disciplined see (her) with the mind.
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VaP 1 14.12
सर्व्वतः पाणिपादान्तं सर्व्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्। सर्व्वतः श्रुति (म) माँल्लोके सर्व्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति
sarvvataḥ pāṇipādāntaṃ sarvvato'kṣiśiromukham| sarvvataḥ śruti (ma) mā~lloke sarvvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati
With hands and feet on every side, with eyes, heads and faces on every side, with ears on every side in the world, he stands enveloping all.
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VaP 1 14.13
युक्ता योगेन चेशानं सर्व्वतश्च सनातनम्। पुरुषं सर्व्वभूतानां तस्माद्ध्याता न मुह्यते
yuktā yogena ceśānaṃ sarvvataśca sanātanam| puruṣaṃ sarvvabhūtānāṃ tasmāddhyātā na muhyate
And those joined by yoga (behold) the Lord, on all sides, the eternal, the Person of all beings; hence the meditator is not deluded.
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VaP 1 14.14
भूतात्मानं महात्मानं परमात्मानमव्ययम्। सर्व्वात्मानं परं ब्रह्म तद्वै ध्यात्वा न मुह्यति
bhūtātmānaṃ mahātmānaṃ paramātmānamavyayam| sarvvātmānaṃ paraṃ brahma tadvai dhyātvā na muhyati
The self of the elements, the great self, the supreme self, the imperishable, the self of all, the highest brahman — having meditated on that, one is not deluded.
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VaP 1 14.15
पवनो हि यथा ग्राह्यो विचरन् सर्व्वमूर्तिषु। पुरि शेते तथाभ्रे च तस्मात् पुरुष उच्यते। अथ चेल्लुप्तधर्म्मात्तु सविशेषैश्च कर्म्माभिः
pavano hi yathā grāhyo vicaran sarvvamūrtiṣu| puri śete tathābhre ca tasmāt puruṣa ucyate| atha celluptadharmmāttu saviśeṣaiśca karmmābhiḥ
For just as the wind is to be apprehended as it moves in all forms, so does he lie in the citadel (puri) and in the cloud — therefore he is called puruṣa. But if, through duties neglected and through acts with particularising (attachments)...
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VaP 1 14.16
ततस्तु ब्रह्म योन्यां वै शुक्रशोणितसंयुतम्। स्त्रीपुमांसप्रयोगेण जायते हि पुनः पुनः
tatastu brahma yonyāṃ vai śukraśoṇitasaṃyutam| strīpumāṃsaprayogeṇa jāyate hi punaḥ punaḥ
Then indeed brahman, joined with semen and blood in the womb, is born again and again through the union of woman and man.
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VaP 1 14.17
ततस्तु गर्भकाले तु कलनं नाम जायते। कालेन कलनञ्चापि बुद्बुदश्च प्रजायते
tatastu garbhakāle tu kalanaṃ nāma jāyate| kālena kalanañcāpi budbudaśca prajāyate
Then, at the time of gestation, what is called the kalana arises; and by (the action of) time the kalana too becomes a bubble.
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VaP 1 14.18
मृत्पिण्डस्तु यथा चक्रे चक्रवातेन पीडितः। हस्ताभ्यां क्रियमाणस्तु विश्वत्वमुपगच्छति
mṛtpiṇḍastu yathā cakre cakravātena pīḍitaḥ| hastābhyāṃ kriyamāṇastu viśvatvamupagacchati
Just as a lump of clay on the wheel, pressed by the whirling motion and worked by the two hands, comes to take on shape,
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VaP 1 14.19
एवमात्मास्थिसंयुक्तो वायुना समुदीरितः। जायते मानुषस्तत्र यथा रूपं तथा मनः
evamātmāsthisaṃyukto vāyunā samudīritaḥ| jāyate mānuṣastatra yathā rūpaṃ tathā manaḥ
so the self, joined with bones and driven by the wind (breath), a human being is born there; as the form is, so is the mind.
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VaP 1 14.20
वायुः सम्भवते तेषां वातात् सञ्जायते जलम्। जलात्संभवति प्राणः प्राणाच्छुक्रं विवर्द्धते
vāyuḥ sambhavate teṣāṃ vātāt sañjāyate jalam| jalātsaṃbhavati prāṇaḥ prāṇācchukraṃ vivarddhate
Wind arises in them; from wind water comes to be; from water arises breath; from breath the semen increases.
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VaP 1 14.21
रक्तभागास्त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छुक्र भागाश्चतुर्द्दश। भागतोऽर्द्धपलं कृत्वा ततो गर्भे निषेवते
raktabhāgāstrayastriṃśacchukra bhāgāścaturddaśa| bhāgato'rddhapalaṃ kṛtvā tato garbhe niṣevate
Thirty-three portions of blood, fourteen portions of semen; making half a pala out of the portions, it then settles in the womb.
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VaP 1 14.22
ततस्तु गर्भसंयुक्तः पञ्चभिर्वायुभिर्वृतः। पितुः शरीरात् प्रत्यङ्गरूपमस्योपजायते
tatastu garbhasaṃyuktaḥ pañcabhirvāyubhirvṛtaḥ| pituḥ śarīrāt pratyaṅgarūpamasyopajāyate
Then, joined with the embryo (and) enveloped by the five winds, from the father's body the form of its limbs one by one arises.
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VaP 1 14.23
ततोऽस्य मातुराहारात् पीतलीढप्रवेशितम्। नाभि स्रोतःप्रवेशेन प्राणाधारो हि देहिनाम्
tato'sya māturāhārāt pītalīḍhapraveśitam| nābhi srotaḥpraveśena prāṇādhāro hi dehinām
Then, from its mother's food — what is drunk, licked, (or) taken in — through entry by the channel of the navel (comes) the support of life for embodied beings.
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VaP 1 14.24
नवमासान् परिक्लिष्टः संवेष्टितशिरोधरः । वेष्टितः सर्व्वगात्रैश्च अपर्य्यायक्रमागतः। नवमासोषितश्चैव योनिच्छिद्रादवाङ्मुखः
navamāsān parikliṣṭaḥ saṃveṣṭitaśirodharaḥ | veṣṭitaḥ sarvvagātraiśca aparyyāyakramāgataḥ| navamāsoṣitaścaiva yonicchidrādavāṅmukhaḥ
For nine months it is afflicted, its head and neck bent round, wrapped up with all its limbs, come (into being) by an irregular sequence; and having dwelt nine months, (it emerges) face downward from the opening of the womb.
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VaP 1 14.25
ततस्तु कर्म्मभिः पापैर्निरयं प्रतिपद्यते। असिपत्रवनञ्चैव शाल्मलीच्छेदभेदयोः
tatastu karmmabhiḥ pāpairnirayaṃ pratipadyate| asipatravanañcaiva śālmalīcchedabhedayoḥ
Then, by its evil deeds, it comes to hell — and to the forest of sword-leaves, in the cutting and splitting of the silk-cotton tree.
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VaP 1 14.26
तत्र निर्भर्त्सनञ्चैव तथा शोणितभोजनम् । एतास्तु यातन् घोराः कुम्भीपाकसुदुःसहाः
tatra nirbhartsanañcaiva tathā śoṇitabhojanam | etāstu yātan ghorāḥ kumbhīpākasuduḥsahāḥ
There (occur) reviling and likewise the eating of blood; these are the dreadful torments, hard to bear, of the boiling-cauldron (hell).
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VaP 1 14.27
यथा ह्यापस्तु विच्छिन्नाः स्वरूपमुपयान्ति वै । तस्माच्छिन्नाश्च भिन्नाश्च यातनास्थानमागतः
yathā hyāpastu vicchinnāḥ svarūpamupayānti vai | tasmācchinnāśca bhinnāśca yātanāsthānamāgataḥ
For just as waters, though divided, come back to their own form, therefore he too, cut and split apart, comes (again) to the place of torment.
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VaP 1 14.28
एवं जीवस्तु तैः पापैस्तप्यमानः स्वयं कृतैः । प्राप्नुयात् कर्म्मभिर्दुःखं शेषं वा यादि चेतरम्
evaṃ jīvastu taiḥ pāpaistapyamānaḥ svayaṃ kṛtaiḥ | prāpnuyāt karmmabhirduḥkhaṃ śeṣaṃ vā yādi cetaram
So the living being, tormented by those evils done by himself, would obtain suffering through his deeds — or the remainder, or else the other (kind, i.e. pleasure).
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VaP 1 14.29
एकेनैव तु गन्तव्यं सर्व्वमृत्युनिवेशनम्। एकनैव च भोक्तव्यं तस्मात् सुकृतमाचरेत्
ekenaiva tu gantavyaṃ sarvvamṛtyuniveśanam| ekanaiva ca bhoktavyaṃ tasmāt sukṛtamācaret
Alone one must go to the dwelling of universal death, and alone one must consume (the fruit); therefore let one do good.
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VaP 1 14.30
न ह्येनं प्रस्थितं कश्चिद्गच्छन्तमनुगच्छति। यदनेन कृतं कर्म्म तदेनमनुगच्छति
na hyenaṃ prasthitaṃ kaścidgacchantamanugacchati| yadanena kṛtaṃ karmma tadenamanugacchati
For no one follows him as he sets out and goes; but the deed that has been done by him — that follows him.
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VaP 1 14.31
ते नित्यं यमविषये विभिन्नदेहाः क्रोशन्तः सततमनिष्टसंप्रयोगैः। शुष्यन्ते परिगतवेदनाशरीराः बह्वीभिः सुभृशमधर्म्मयातनाभिः
te nityaṃ yamaviṣaye vibhinnadehāḥ krośantaḥ satatamaniṣṭasaṃprayogaiḥ| śuṣyante parigatavedanāśarīrāḥ bahvībhiḥ subhṛśamadharmmayātanābhiḥ
They, in Yama's domain, their bodies torn apart, forever crying out, constantly (afflicted) by contact with what is unwished for, are dried up, their bodies wholly overtaken by pain, exceedingly, by the many torments of unrighteousness.
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VaP 1 14.32
कर्मणाः मनसा वाचा यदभीष्टं निषेव्यते। तत् प्रसद्य हरेत् पापं तस्मात् सुकृतमाचरेत्
karmaṇāḥ manasā vācā yadabhīṣṭaṃ niṣevyate| tat prasadya haret pāpaṃ tasmāt sukṛtamācaret
Whatever is desired is pursued by act, by mind, by speech; that, being made propitious, would take away evil — therefore let one do good.
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VaP 1 14.33
यादृग् जातानि पापानि पूर्व्वं कर्म्माणि देहिनः। संसारं तामसं तादृक् षह्विधं प्रतिपद्यते
yādṛg jātāni pāpāni pūrvvaṃ karmmāṇi dehinaḥ| saṃsāraṃ tāmasaṃ tādṛk ṣahvidhaṃ pratipadyate
Of whatever sort are the evils and former deeds of an embodied being that have arisen, such is the dark round of rebirth, of six kinds, that he attains.
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VaP 1 14.34
मानुष्यं पशुभावञ्च पशुभावान्मृगो भवेत्। मृगत्वात् पक्षिभावन्तु तस्माच्चैव सरीसृपः
mānuṣyaṃ paśubhāvañca paśubhāvānmṛgo bhavet| mṛgatvāt pakṣibhāvantu tasmāccaiva sarīsṛpaḥ
Human state and the state of a beast; from the state of a beast he may become a wild animal; from being a wild animal, the state of a bird, and from that a creeping thing.
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VaP 1 14.35
सरीसृपत्वाद्गच्छोद्धि। स्थावरत्वन्न संशयः। स्थावरत्वं पुनः प्राप्तो यावदुन्मिषते नरः। कुलालचकवद्भान्तस्तत्रैवपरिकीर्तितः
sarīsṛpatvādgacchoddhi| sthāvaratvanna saṃśayaḥ| sthāvaratvaṃ punaḥ prāpto yāvadunmiṣate naraḥ| kulālacakavadbhāntastatraivaparikīrtitaḥ
From being a creeping thing he goes indeed to the immobile state — no doubt of it. And having again reached the immobile state, so long as a man opens his eyes (i.e. lives), he is declared to be whirling there like a potter's wheel.
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VaP 1 14.36
इत्येवं हि मनुष्यादिः संसारे स्थावरान्तके। विज्ञेयस्तामसो नाम तत्रैव परिवर्त्तते
ityevaṃ hi manuṣyādiḥ saṃsāre sthāvarāntake| vijñeyastāmaso nāma tatraiva parivarttate
Thus indeed, in the round of rebirth that begins with man and ends with immobile things, (this) is to be known as the one called dark; therein one revolves.
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VaP 1 14.37
सात्त्विकश्चापि संसारो ब्रह्मादिः परिकीर्त्तितः। पिशाचान्तः सविज्ञेयः स्वर्गस्थानेषु देहिनाम्
sāttvikaścāpi saṃsāro brahmādiḥ parikīrttitaḥ| piśācāntaḥ savijñeyaḥ svargasthāneṣu dehinām
The sattvic round of rebirth too is declared to begin with Brahmā; it is to be known as ending with the piśācas, among the heavenly stations of embodied beings.
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VaP 1 14.38
ब्राह्मे तु केवलं सत्त्वं स्थावरे केवलं तमः। चतुर्द्दशानां स्थानानां मध्ये विष्टम्भकं रजः। मर्मसु च्छिद्यमानेषु वेदनार्त्तस्य देहिनः
brāhme tu kevalaṃ sattvaṃ sthāvare kevalaṃ tamaḥ| caturddaśānāṃ sthānānāṃ madhye viṣṭambhakaṃ rajaḥ| marmasu cchidyamāneṣu vedanārttasya dehinaḥ
In the Brahmā (state) there is sattva alone; in the immobile, darkness alone; in the middle of the fourteen stations, rajas is the obstructor. When the vital parts are being cut, of an embodied being stricken with pain —
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VaP 1 14.39
ततस्तु परमं ब्रह्म कथं विप्रः स्मरिष्यति । संस्कारात् पूर्वधर्मस्य भावनायां प्रणोदितः। मानुष्यं भजते नित्यं तस्मान्नित्यं समादधेत्
tatastu paramaṃ brahma kathaṃ vipraḥ smariṣyati | saṃskārāt pūrvadharmasya bhāvanāyāṃ praṇoditaḥ| mānuṣyaṃ bhajate nityaṃ tasmānnityaṃ samādadhet
then how will the brahmin remember the supreme Brahman? Impelled in his meditation by the disposition of his former merit, he ever attains the human state; therefore let one always concentrate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain