Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 15

VaP 1 15.1

।। वायुरुवाच ।। चतुर्द्दशविधं ह्येतद्बुद्ध्वा संसारमण्डलम्। तथा समारभेत् कर्म्म संसारभयपीडितः

|| vāyuruvāca || caturddaśavidhaṃ hyetadbuddhvā saṃsāramaṇḍalam| tathā samārabhet karmma saṃsārabhayapīḍitaḥ

Vāyu said: Having understood this circle of rebirth to be of fourteen kinds, one oppressed by the fear of rebirth should undertake action accordingly.

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VaP 1 15.2

ततः स्मरति संसारचक्रेण परिवर्त्तितः। तस्मात्तु सततं युक्तो ध्यानतत्परयुञ्जकः। तथा समारभेद्योगं यथात्मानं स पश्यति

tataḥ smarati saṃsāracakreṇa parivarttitaḥ| tasmāttu satataṃ yukto dhyānatatparayuñjakaḥ| tathā samārabhedyogaṃ yathātmānaṃ sa paśyati

Then, whirled about by the wheel of rebirth, he remembers; therefore, ever disciplined, engaging himself in devotion to meditation, he should so undertake yoga that he sees the Self.

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VaP 1 15.3

एष आद्यः परं ज्योतिरेष सेतुरनुत्तमः। विवृद्धो ह्येष भूतानां न सम्भेदश्च शाश्वतः

eṣa ādyaḥ paraṃ jyotireṣa seturanuttamaḥ| vivṛddho hyeṣa bhūtānāṃ na sambhedaśca śāśvataḥ

This is the first, the supreme light; this is the unsurpassed bridge. For he has grown great (in the midst) of beings, and (he is) without division, everlasting.

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VaP 1 15.4

तदेनं सेतुमात्मानं अग्निं वै विश्वतोमुखम्। हृदिस्थं सर्वभूतानामुपासीत विधानवित्

tadenaṃ setumātmānaṃ agniṃ vai viśvatomukham| hṛdisthaṃ sarvabhūtānāmupāsīta vidhānavit

Therefore one who knows the prescription should worship this bridge, the Self, the fire facing in all directions, seated in the heart of all beings.

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VaP 1 15.5

हुत्वाष्टावाहुतीः सम्यक् शुचिस्तद्गतमानसः। वैश्वानरं हृदिस्थन्तु यथावदनुपूर्वशः। अपः पूर्व सकृत् प्राश्य तुष्णीं भूत्वा उपासते

hutvāṣṭāvāhutīḥ samyak śucistadgatamānasaḥ| vaiśvānaraṃ hṛdisthantu yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ| apaḥ pūrva sakṛt prāśya tuṣṇīṃ bhūtvā upāsate

Having properly offered the eight oblations, pure, with his mind fixed on that — (to) Vaiśvānara who is seated in the heart, duly and in order — first sipping water once, they worship, having become silent.

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VaP 1 15.6

प्राणायेति ततस्तस्य प्रथमा ह्याहुतिः स्मृता। अपानाय द्वितीया तु समानायेति चापरा

prāṇāyeti tatastasya prathamā hyāhutiḥ smṛtā| apānāya dvitīyā tu samānāyeti cāparā

Then 'to prāṇa' — that is held to be his first oblation; the second is 'to apāna', and the next 'to samāna'.

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VaP 1 15.7

उदानाय चतुर्थीति व्यानायेति च पञ्चमी। स्वाहा कारैः परं हुत्वा शेषं भुञ्जीत कामतः। अपः पुनः सकृत् प्राश्य त्र्याचम्य हृदयं स्पृशेत्

udānāya caturthīti vyānāyeti ca pañcamī| svāhā kāraiḥ paraṃ hutvā śeṣaṃ bhuñjīta kāmataḥ| apaḥ punaḥ sakṛt prāśya tryācamya hṛdayaṃ spṛśet

The fourth is 'to udāna', and the fifth 'to vyāna'. Having offered what remains beyond (these) with utterances of svāhā, he may eat the remnant as he wishes; sipping water once again and rinsing the mouth three times, he should touch his heart.

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VaP 1 15.8

ॐप्राणानां ग्रन्थिरस्यात्मा रुद्रो ह्यात्मा विशान्तकः। स रुद्रो ह्यात्मनः प्राणा एवमाप्याययेत् स्वयम्

oṃprāṇānāṃ granthirasyātmā rudro hyātmā viśāntakaḥ| sa rudro hyātmanaḥ prāṇā evamāpyāyayet svayam

Om. The knot of the breaths is his self; for the self is Rudra, the ender (of all). He is Rudra; the breaths are of the self — thus should he himself nourish (them).

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VaP 1 15.9

त्वं देवानामपि ज्येष्ठ उग्रस्त्वं चतुरो वृषा । मृत्युघ्नोऽसि त्वमस्मभ्यं भद्रमेतद्धुतं हविः

tvaṃ devānāmapi jyeṣṭha ugrastvaṃ caturo vṛṣā | mṛtyughno'si tvamasmabhyaṃ bhadrametaddhutaṃ haviḥ

You are eldest even of the gods; you are fierce, you are the clever bull; you are the slayer of death for us — may this oblation offered be auspicious.

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VaP 1 15.10

एवं हृदयमालभ्य पादाङ्गुष्ठे तु दक्षिणे। विश्राव्य दक्षिणं पाणिं नाभिं वै पाणिना स्पृशेत् । ततः पुनरुपस्पृश्य चात्मानमभिसंस्पृशेत्

evaṃ hṛdayamālabhya pādāṅguṣṭhe tu dakṣiṇe| viśrāvya dakṣiṇaṃ pāṇiṃ nābhiṃ vai pāṇinā spṛśet | tataḥ punarupaspṛśya cātmānamabhisaṃspṛśet

Having thus touched the heart, (and) on the right big toe, having poured out (water), he should touch the navel with the right hand; then, touching again, he should touch himself all over.

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VaP 1 15.11

अक्षिणी नासिका श्रोत्रे हृदयं शिर एव च। द्वावात्मानावुभावेतौ प्राणापानावुदाहृतौ

akṣiṇī nāsikā śrotre hṛdayaṃ śira eva ca| dvāvātmānāvubhāvetau prāṇāpānāvudāhṛtau

The two eyes, the nose, the two ears, the heart, and the head — these two selves, both of them, are declared to be prāṇa and apāna.

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VaP 1 15.12

तयोः प्राणोऽन्तरात्मास्य बाह्योऽपानोऽत उच्यते। अन्नं प्राणस्तथापानं मृत्युर्ज्जीवितमेव च

tayoḥ prāṇo'ntarātmāsya bāhyo'pāno'ta ucyate| annaṃ prāṇastathāpānaṃ mṛtyurjjīvitameva ca

Of these two, prāṇa is his inner self; apāna, therefore, is called the outer. Food is prāṇa and likewise apāna, (and is) death and life itself.

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VaP 1 15.13

अन्नं ब्रह्म च विज्ञेयं प्रजानां प्रसवस्तथा। अन्नाद्भूतानि जायन्ते स्थितिरन्नेन चेष्यते। वर्द्धन्ते तेन भूतानि तस्मादन्नन्तदुच्यते

annaṃ brahma ca vijñeyaṃ prajānāṃ prasavastathā| annādbhūtāni jāyante sthitirannena ceṣyate| varddhante tena bhūtāni tasmādannantaducyate

And food is to be known as brahman, and as the begetting of creatures. From food beings are born, and by food their continuance is secured; by it beings grow — therefore that is called food (anna).

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VaP 1 15.14

तदेवाग्नौ हुतं ह्यन्नं भुञ्जते देवदानवाः। गन्धर्वयक्षरक्षांसि पिशाचाश्चान्नमेव हि

tadevāgnau hutaṃ hyannaṃ bhuñjate devadānavāḥ| gandharvayakṣarakṣāṃsi piśācāścānnameva hi

That very food, offered in the fire, the gods and dānavas eat; gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas and piśācas (eat) food alone.

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