Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 21
VaP 1 21.1
।। सूत उवाच ।। ऋषीणामग्निकल्पानां नैमिषारण्यवासिनाम् । ऋषिः श्रुतिधरः प्राज्ञः सावर्णिर्न्नाम नामतः
|| sūta uvāca || ṛṣīṇāmagnikalpānāṃ naimiṣāraṇyavāsinām | ṛṣiḥ śrutidharaḥ prājñaḥ sāvarṇirnnāma nāmataḥ
Sūta said: Among the seers who were like fire, dwelling in the Naimiṣa forest, there was a wise seer, a retainer of what he heard, Sāvarṇi by name.
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VaP 1 21.2
तेषां सोप्यग्रतो भूत्वा वायुं वाक्यविशारदः। सातत्यं तत्र कुर्वन्तं प्रियार्थे सत्रयाजिनाम्। विनयेनोपसंगम्य पप्रच्छ स महाद्युतिम्
teṣāṃ sopyagrato bhūtvā vāyuṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ| sātatyaṃ tatra kurvantaṃ priyārthe satrayājinām| vinayenopasaṃgamya papraccha sa mahādyutim
He too, standing before them, skilled in speech, of great splendour, approaching with humility (Vāyu) who was constantly (discoursing) there for the pleasure of those who performed the sacrificial session, questioned Vāyu.
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VaP 1 21.3
।।सावर्णिरुवाच ।। विभो पुराणसं बद्धां कथां वै वेदसंमिताम्। श्रोतुमिच्छामहे सम्यक् प्रसादात्सर्वदर्शिनः
||sāvarṇiruvāca || vibho purāṇasaṃ baddhāṃ kathāṃ vai vedasaṃmitām| śrotumicchāmahe samyak prasādātsarvadarśinaḥ
Sāvarṇi said: O mighty one, we wish to hear rightly, by the grace of the all-seeing one, the narrative that is connected with the Purāṇa (ancient lore) and equal in measure to the Veda.
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VaP 1 21.4
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् ललाटान्नीललोहितम्। कथं तत्तेजसं देवं लब्धवान् पुत्रमात्मनः
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān lalāṭānnīlalohitam| kathaṃ tattejasaṃ devaṃ labdhavān putramātmanaḥ
How did the lord Hiraṇyagarbha obtain from his forehead the blue-red one, that fiery god, as his own son?
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VaP 1 21.5
कथं च भगवान् जज्ञे ब्रह्मा कमलसंभवः। रुद्रत्वं चैव सर्वस्य स्वात्मजस्य कथं पुनः
kathaṃ ca bhagavān jajñe brahmā kamalasaṃbhavaḥ| rudratvaṃ caiva sarvasya svātmajasya kathaṃ punaḥ
And how was the lord Brahmā born, arising from a lotus? And again, how (came) the state of being Rudra to (him who is) the son of himself, (the son) of the All?
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VaP 1 21.6
कथं च विष्णो रुद्रेण सार्द्धं प्रीतिरनुत्तमा। सर्वे विष्णुमया देवा सर्वे विष्णुमया गणाः
kathaṃ ca viṣṇo rudreṇa sārddhaṃ prītiranuttamā| sarve viṣṇumayā devā sarve viṣṇumayā gaṇāḥ
And how is there the supreme affection of Viṣṇu together with Rudra? All the gods consist of Viṣṇu, all the hosts consist of Viṣṇu.
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VaP 1 21.7
न च विष्णुसमा काचिद्गतिरन्या विधीयते। इत्येवं सततं देवा गायन्ते नात्र संशयः। भवस्य सकथं नित्यं प्रणामं कुरुते हरिः
na ca viṣṇusamā kācidgatiranyā vidhīyate| ityevaṃ satataṃ devā gāyante nātra saṃśayaḥ| bhavasya sakathaṃ nityaṃ praṇāmaṃ kurute hariḥ
And no other goal is laid down as equal to Viṣṇu — thus indeed the gods constantly sing, there is no doubt of it; then how is it that Hari always makes obeisance to Bhava?
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VaP 1 21.8
।।सूत उवाच ।। एवमुक्ते तु भगवान् वायुः सावर्णिमब्रवीत्। अहो साधु त्वया साधो पृष्टः प्रश्नो ह्यनुत्तमः
||sūta uvāca || evamukte tu bhagavān vāyuḥ sāvarṇimabravīt| aho sādhu tvayā sādho pṛṣṭaḥ praśno hyanuttamaḥ
Sūta said: When this had been said, the lord Vāyu spoke to Sāvarṇi: "Ah, well done, good sir! A most excellent question has been asked by you.
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VaP 1 21.9
भवस्य पुत्रजन्मत्वं ब्रह्मणः सोऽभवद्यथा। ब्रह्मणः पद्म योनित्वं रुद्रत्वं शंकरस्य च
bhavasya putrajanmatvaṃ brahmaṇaḥ so'bhavadyathā| brahmaṇaḥ padma yonitvaṃ rudratvaṃ śaṃkarasya ca
How Bhava came to be born as a son of Brahmā, and Brahmā's having a lotus for his birthplace, and Śaṃkara's Rudra-hood;
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VaP 1 21.10
द्वाभ्यामपि च सम्प्रीतिर् विष्णोश्चैव भवस्य च । यच्चापि कुरुते नित्यं प्रणामं शंकरस्य च। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्याच्च श्रृणुत ब्रुवतो मम
dvābhyāmapi ca samprītir viṣṇoścaiva bhavasya ca | yaccāpi kurute nityaṃ praṇāmaṃ śaṃkarasya ca| vistareṇānupūrvyācca śrṛṇuta bruvato mama
and also the mutual affection of the two, of Viṣṇu and of Bhava, and why he constantly makes obeisance to Śaṃkara — hear all this from me as I tell it in detail and in due order.
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VaP 1 21.11
मन्वन्तरस्य संहारे पश्चिमस्य महात्मनः। आसीत्तु सप्तमः कल्पः पद्मो नाम द्विजोत्तम। वाराहः साम्प्रतस्तेषां तस्य वक्ष्यामि विस्तरम्
manvantarasya saṃhāre paścimasya mahātmanaḥ| āsīttu saptamaḥ kalpaḥ padmo nāma dvijottama| vārāhaḥ sāmpratasteṣāṃ tasya vakṣyāmi vistaram
At the dissolution of the last manvantara of the great-souled one, there was the seventh kalpa named Padma, O best of the twice-born; of those (kalpas) the present one is the Vārāha, and of it I shall tell in detail.
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VaP 1 21.12
।।सावर्णिरुवाच।। कियता चैव कालेन कल्पः सम्भवते कथम्। किं च प्रमाणं कल्पस्य तत्र प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम्
||sāvarṇiruvāca|| kiyatā caiva kālena kalpaḥ sambhavate katham| kiṃ ca pramāṇaṃ kalpasya tatra prabrūhi pṛcchatām
Sāvarṇi said: By how much time, and how, does a kalpa come to be? And what is the measure of a kalpa? Tell that to us who ask.
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VaP 1 21.13
।।वायुरुवाच।। मन्वन्तराणां सप्तानां कालसंख्या यथाक्रमम्। प्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
||vāyuruvāca|| manvantarāṇāṃ saptānāṃ kālasaṃkhyā yathākramam| pravakṣyāmi samāsena bruvato me nibodhata
Vāyu said: I shall declare in brief, in due order, the reckoning of the time of the seven manvantaras; understand it as I speak.
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VaP 1 21.14
कोटीनां द्वे सहस्रे वै अष्टौ कोटिशतानि च । द्विषष्टिश्च तथा कोट्यो नियुतानि च सप्ततिः। कल्पार्द्धस्य तु संख्यायामेतत् सर्वमुदाहृतम्
koṭīnāṃ dve sahasre vai aṣṭau koṭiśatāni ca | dviṣaṣṭiśca tathā koṭyo niyutāni ca saptatiḥ| kalpārddhasya tu saṃkhyāyāmetat sarvamudāhṛtam
Two thousand crores, and eight hundred crores, and sixty-two crores, and seventy niyutas (hundred-thousands): all this is stated as the reckoning of half a kalpa.
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VaP 1 21.15
पूर्वोक्तौ च गुणच्छेदौ वर्षाग्रं लब्दमादिशेत् । शतं चैव तु कोटीनां कोटीनामष्टसप्ततिः। द्वे च शतसहस्रे तु नवतिर्नियुतानि च
pūrvoktau ca guṇacchedau varṣāgraṃ labdamādiśet | śataṃ caiva tu koṭīnāṃ koṭīnāmaṣṭasaptatiḥ| dve ca śatasahasre tu navatirniyutāni ca
With the multiplier and divisor stated before, one should declare the total of years obtained: one hundred crores, and seventy-eight crores, and two hundred thousand, and ninety niyutas.
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VaP 1 21.16
मानुषेण प्रमाणेन यावद्वैवस्वतान्तरम्। एष कल्पस्तु विज्ञेयः कल्पार्द्धद्विगुणीकृतः
mānuṣeṇa pramāṇena yāvadvaivasvatāntaram| eṣa kalpastu vijñeyaḥ kalpārddhadviguṇīkṛtaḥ
By human measure, as far as the end of the Vaivasvata (manvantara) — this is to be known as the kalpa, half a kalpa doubled.
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VaP 1 21.17
अनागतानां सप्तानामेतदेव यथाक्रमम्। प्रमाणं कालसंख्याया विज्ञेयं मतमैश्वरम्
anāgatānāṃ saptānāmetadeva yathākramam| pramāṇaṃ kālasaṃkhyāyā vijñeyaṃ matamaiśvaram
For the seven that are yet to come this same, in due order, is to be known as the measure of the reckoning of time; (such is) the doctrine of the Lord.
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VaP 1 21.18
नियुतान्यष्टपञ्चाशत्तथाऽशीतिशतानि च। चतुरशीतिश्चवान्यानि प्रयुतानि प्रमाणतः
niyutānyaṣṭapañcāśattathā'śītiśatāni ca| caturaśītiścavānyāni prayutāni pramāṇataḥ
Fifty-eight niyutas, and eighty hundreds, and eighty-four other prayutas (millions) by measure —
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VaP 1 21.19
सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव देवाश्चेन्द्रपुरोगमाः। एतत् कालस्य विज्ञेयं वर्षाग्रन्तु प्रमाणतः
saptarṣayo manuścaiva devāścendrapurogamāḥ| etat kālasya vijñeyaṃ varṣāgrantu pramāṇataḥ
The seven sages and the Manu and the gods led by Indra: this is to be known as the total of years of (their) time by measure.
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VaP 1 21.20
एवं मन्वन्तरं तेषां मानुषान्तः प्रकीर्त्तितः। प्रणवान्ताशचव ये देवाः साध्या देवगणाश्च ये। विश्वेदेवाशचव ये नित्याः कल्पं जीवन्ति ते गणाः
evaṃ manvantaraṃ teṣāṃ mānuṣāntaḥ prakīrttitaḥ| praṇavāntāśacava ye devāḥ sādhyā devagaṇāśca ye| viśvedevāśacava ye nityāḥ kalpaṃ jīvanti te gaṇāḥ
Thus their manvantara, ending with the human (measure), has been proclaimed. And those gods who end with the Praṇava, and those hosts of gods who are the Sādhyas, and those Viśvedevas who are perpetual — those hosts live for a kalpa.
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VaP 1 21.21
अयं यो वर्त्तते कल्पो वाराहः स तु कीर्त्त्यते। यस्मिन् स्वायम्भुवाद्याश्च मनवश्च चतुर्द्दश
ayaṃ yo varttate kalpo vārāhaḥ sa tu kīrttyate| yasmin svāyambhuvādyāśca manavaśca caturddaśa
This kalpa which is now in progress is proclaimed as the Vārāha, in which (there are) the fourteen Manus beginning with Svāyambhuva.
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VaP 1 21.22
।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। कस्माद्वाराहकल्पोयं नामतः परिकीर्तितः। कस्माच्च कारणाद्देवो वराह इति कीर्त्त्यते
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| kasmādvārāhakalpoyaṃ nāmataḥ parikīrtitaḥ| kasmācca kāraṇāddevo varāha iti kīrttyate
The sages said: Why is this kalpa proclaimed by the name Vārāha? And for what reason is the god called "Boar"?
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VaP 1 21.23
को वा वराहो भगवान् कस्य योनिः किमात्मकः। वराहः कथमुत्पन्न एतदिच्छाम वेदितुम्
ko vā varāho bhagavān kasya yoniḥ kimātmakaḥ| varāhaḥ kathamutpanna etadicchāma veditum
Or who is the lord Boar, whose offspring is he, of what nature is he? How was the Boar produced? This we wish to know.
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VaP 1 21.24
।।वायुरुवाच।। वराहस्तु यथोत्पन्नो यस्मिन्नर्थे च कल्पितः। वाराहश्च यथा कल्पः कल्पत्वं कल्पना च या
||vāyuruvāca|| varāhastu yathotpanno yasminnarthe ca kalpitaḥ| vārāhaśca yathā kalpaḥ kalpatvaṃ kalpanā ca yā
Vāyu said: How the Boar came to be, and for what purpose he was fashioned; and how the Vārāha kalpa (came about), and what its being a kalpa is, and what the fashioning is —
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VaP 1 21.25
कल्पयोरन्तरं यच्च तस्य चास्य च कल्पितम्। तत्सर्वं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम्
kalpayorantaraṃ yacca tasya cāsya ca kalpitam| tatsarvaṃ sampravakṣyāmi yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam
and what the difference between the two kalpas is, and what was fashioned in that one and in this one — all that I shall declare, as I have seen it and as I have heard it.
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VaP 1 21.26
भवस्तु प्रथमः कल्पो लोकादौ प्रथितः पुरा। ज्ञातव्यो भगवानत्र ह्यानन्दः साम्प्रतः स्वयम्
bhavastu prathamaḥ kalpo lokādau prathitaḥ purā| jñātavyo bhagavānatra hyānandaḥ sāmprataḥ svayam
Now Bhava is the first kalpa, renowned of old at the beginning of the worlds; therein the Lord is to be known, for he is himself bliss at present.
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VaP 1 21.27
ब्रह्मस्थानमिदं दिव्यं प्राप्तं वा दिव्यसम्भवम्। द्वितीयस्तु भुवः कल्पस्तृतीयस्तप उच्यते
brahmasthānamidaṃ divyaṃ prāptaṃ vā divyasambhavam| dvitīyastu bhuvaḥ kalpastṛtīyastapa ucyate
This divine station of Brahmā was attained (then), or (it is) of divine origin. The second is the kalpa of Bhū, and the third is called Tapas.
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VaP 1 21.28
भवश्चतुर्थो विज्ञेयः पंचमो रम्भ एव च। ऋतुकल्पस्तथा षष्ठः सप्तमस्तु क्रतुः स्मृतः
bhavaścaturtho vijñeyaḥ paṃcamo rambha eva ca| ṛtukalpastathā ṣaṣṭhaḥ saptamastu kratuḥ smṛtaḥ
Bhava is to be known as the fourth, and the fifth is Rambha; likewise the sixth is the Ṛtu kalpa, and the seventh is recorded as Kratu.
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VaP 1 21.29
अष्टमस्तु भवेद्वह्निर्नवमो हव्यवहनः। सावित्रो दशमः कल्पो भुवस्त्वेकादशः स्मृतः
aṣṭamastu bhavedvahnirnavamo havyavahanaḥ| sāvitro daśamaḥ kalpo bhuvastvekādaśaḥ smṛtaḥ
The eighth would be Vahni, the ninth Havyavahana; the tenth kalpa is Sāvitra, and the eleventh is recorded as Bhuvas.
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VaP 1 21.30
उशिको द्वादशस्तत्र कुशिकस्तु त्रयोदशः। चतुर्द्दशस्तु गन्धर्वो गन्धर्वो यत्र वै स्वरः। उत्पन्नस्तु यथा नादो गन्धर्वा यत्र चोत्थिताः
uśiko dvādaśastatra kuśikastu trayodaśaḥ| caturddaśastu gandharvo gandharvo yatra vai svaraḥ| utpannastu yathā nādo gandharvā yatra cotthitāḥ
There the twelfth is Uśika, and the thirteenth Kuśika; the fourteenth is Gāndharva, in which indeed (arose) the musical note — as the sound arose (there), and where the Gandharvas came forth.
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VaP 1 21.31
ऋषभस्तु ततः कल्पो ज्ञेयः पंचदशो द्विजाः। ऋषयो यत्र सम्भूताः स्वरो लोकमनोहरः
ṛṣabhastu tataḥ kalpo jñeyaḥ paṃcadaśo dvijāḥ| ṛṣayo yatra sambhūtāḥ svaro lokamanoharaḥ
Then, O twice-born, the fifteenth kalpa is to be known as Ṛṣabha, in which the seers came into being, (and) the note that delights the world.
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VaP 1 21.32
षड्जस्तु षोडशः कल्पः षड्जना यत्र चर्षयः। शिशिरश्च वसन्तश्च निदाघो वर्ष एव च
ṣaḍjastu ṣoḍaśaḥ kalpaḥ ṣaḍjanā yatra carṣayaḥ| śiśiraśca vasantaśca nidāgho varṣa eva ca
The sixteenth kalpa is Ṣaḍja, in which the seers were born six (at once): Śiśira, Vasanta, Nidāgha, and Varṣa,
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VaP 1 21.33
शरद्धेमन्त इत्येते मानसा ब्रह्मणः सुताः। उत्पन्नाः षड्ज संसिद्धाः पुत्राः कल्पे तु षोडशे
śaraddhemanta ityete mānasā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ| utpannāḥ ṣaḍja saṃsiddhāḥ putrāḥ kalpe tu ṣoḍaśe
Śarad and Hemanta — these are the mind-born sons of Brahmā, born fully perfected, six sons in the sixteenth kalpa.
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VaP 1 21.34
यस्माज्जातैश्च तैः षडभिः सद्यो जातो महेश्वरः। तस्मात् समुत्थितः षड्जः स्वरस्तूदधिसन्निभः
yasmājjātaiśca taiḥ ṣaḍabhiḥ sadyo jāto maheśvaraḥ| tasmāt samutthitaḥ ṣaḍjaḥ svarastūdadhisannibhaḥ
And because, when those six were born, Maheśvara was at once born, therefore the note ṣaḍja arose, a note resembling (the roar of) the ocean.
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VaP 1 21.35
ततः सप्तदशः कल्पो मार्जालीय इति स्मृतः। मार्ज्जालीयं तु तत् कर्म यस्माद्ब्राह्ममकल्पयत्
tataḥ saptadaśaḥ kalpo mārjālīya iti smṛtaḥ| mārjjālīyaṃ tu tat karma yasmādbrāhmamakalpayat
Then the seventeenth kalpa is recorded as Mārjālīya, because Brahmā ordained that rite as the mārjālīya (the purificatory one).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.36
ततस्तु मध्यमो नाम कल्पोऽष्टादश उच्यते। यस्मिंस्तु मध्यमो नाम स्वरो धैवतपूजितः । उत्पन्नः सर्वभूतेषु मध्यमो वै स्वयंभुवः
tatastu madhyamo nāma kalpo'ṣṭādaśa ucyate| yasmiṃstu madhyamo nāma svaro dhaivatapūjitaḥ | utpannaḥ sarvabhūteṣu madhyamo vai svayaṃbhuvaḥ
Then the eighteenth kalpa is called Madhyama, in which the note named madhyama, honoured by the dhaivata, arose — the middle one of the Self-existent among all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.37
ततस्त्वेकोनविंशस्तु कल्पो वैराजकः स्मृतः। वैराजो यत्र भगवान् मुनुर्वै ब्रह्मणः सुतः
tatastvekonaviṃśastu kalpo vairājakaḥ smṛtaḥ| vairājo yatra bhagavān munurvai brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
Then the nineteenth kalpa is recorded as Vairājaka, in which the lord Vairāja, the Manu, was the son of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.38
तस्य पुत्रस्तु धर्मात्मा दधीचिर्न्नाम धार्मिकः। प्रजापतिर्महातेजा बभूव त्रिदशेश्वरः
tasya putrastu dharmātmā dadhīcirnnāma dhārmikaḥ| prajāpatirmahātejā babhūva tridaśeśvaraḥ
His son was the righteous one of dharma-nature named Dadhīci, a Prajāpati of great splendour, who became lord of the thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.39
अकामयत गायत्री यजमानं प्रजापतिम्। तस्माज्जज्ञे स्वरः स्रिग्धः पुत्रस्तस्य दधीचिनः
akāmayata gāyatrī yajamānaṃ prajāpatim| tasmājjajñe svaraḥ srigdhaḥ putrastasya dadhīcinaḥ
Gāyatrī desired the Prajāpati as he was sacrificing; from that was born a smooth note, the son of that Dadhīci.
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VaP 1 21.40
ततो विंशतिमः कल्पो निषादः परिकीर्त्तितः। प्रजापतिस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा स्वयम्भूप्रभवं तदा। विरराम प्रजाः स्रष्टुं निषादस्तु तपोऽतपत्
tato viṃśatimaḥ kalpo niṣādaḥ parikīrttitaḥ| prajāpatistu taṃ dṛṣṭvā svayambhūprabhavaṃ tadā| virarāma prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ niṣādastu tapo'tapat
Then the twentieth kalpa is proclaimed as Niṣāda. The Prajāpati, seeing it then, arisen from the Self-existent, ceased from creating creatures, and Niṣāda performed austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.41
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रन्तु निराहारो जितेन्द्रियः। तमुवाच महांतेजा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
divyaṃ varṣasahasrantu nirāhāro jitendriyaḥ| tamuvāca mahāṃtejā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
For a thousand divine years, without food, his senses subdued — to him spoke the greatly splendid Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.42
ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुं तपोग्लानं दुःखितं क्षुत्पिपासितम्। निषीदेत्यब्रवीदेनं पुत्रं शान्तं पितामहः। तस्मान्निषादः सम्भूतः स्वरस्तु स निषादवान्
ūrddhvabāhuṃ tapoglānaṃ duḥkhitaṃ kṣutpipāsitam| niṣīdetyabravīdenaṃ putraṃ śāntaṃ pitāmahaḥ| tasmānniṣādaḥ sambhūtaḥ svarastu sa niṣādavān
(Seeing him) with arms raised, wasted with austerity, suffering, afflicted with hunger and thirst, the Grandfather said to him, his quieted son, "Sit down (niṣīda)"; from that the niṣāda came to be, that note possessing the niṣāda.
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VaP 1 21.43
एकविंशतिमः कल्पो विज्ञेयः पञ्चमो द्विजाः। प्राणोऽपानः समानश्च उदानो व्यान एव च
ekaviṃśatimaḥ kalpo vijñeyaḥ pañcamo dvijāḥ| prāṇo'pānaḥ samānaśca udāno vyāna eva ca
The twenty-first kalpa, O twice-born, is to be known as the fifth: Prāṇa, Apāna, Samāna, Udāna, and Vyāna —
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VaP 1 21.44
ब्रह्मणो मानसाः पुत्राः पञ्चैते ब्रह्मणः समाः। तैस्त्वर्थवादिभिर्युक्तैर्वाग्भिरिष्टो महेश्वरः
brahmaṇo mānasāḥ putrāḥ pañcaite brahmaṇaḥ samāḥ| taistvarthavādibhiryuktairvāgbhiriṣṭo maheśvaraḥ
These five are Brahmā's mind-born sons, equal to Brahmā; by them, joined in the declaring of meanings, Maheśvara was worshipped with words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.45
यस्मात्परिगतैर्गीतः पञ्चभिस्तैर्महात्मभिः। स्वरस्तु पञ्चमः स्निग्धः तस्मात्कल्पस्तु पञ्चमः
yasmātparigatairgītaḥ pañcabhistairmahātmabhiḥ| svarastu pañcamaḥ snigdhaḥ tasmātkalpastu pañcamaḥ
Since (he) was hymned by those five great-souled ones who had come round (him), and since the fifth note is the mellow one, therefore the kalpa is (called) the Fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.46
द्वाविंशस्तु तथा कल्पो विज्ञेयो मेघवाहनः। यत्र विष्णुर्महाबाहुर्मेघो भूत्वा महेश्वरम्। दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रन्तु अवहत् कृत्तिवाससम्
dvāviṃśastu tathā kalpo vijñeyo meghavāhanaḥ| yatra viṣṇurmahābāhurmegho bhūtvā maheśvaram| divyaṃ varṣasahasrantu avahat kṛttivāsasam
So the twenty-second kalpa is to be known as Meghavāhana, wherein Viṣṇu of mighty arms, having become a cloud, bore Maheśvara, the wearer of the hide, for a thousand divine years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.47
तस्य निःश्वसमानस्य भाराकान्तस्य वै मुखात्। निर्जगाम महाकायः कालो लोकप्रकाशनः। यस्त्वयं पठ्यते विप्रैर्विष्णुर्वै कश्यपात्मजः
tasya niḥśvasamānasya bhārākāntasya vai mukhāt| nirjagāma mahākāyaḥ kālo lokaprakāśanaḥ| yastvayaṃ paṭhyate viprairviṣṇurvai kaśyapātmajaḥ
From the mouth of him, panting and weighed down by the burden, there issued forth the great-bodied Kāla, the illuminator of the worlds — he who is recited of by the brahmins as Viṣṇu, the son of Kaśyapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.48
त्रयोविंशतिमः कल्पो विज्ञेयश्चिन्तकस्तथा। प्रजापतिसुतः श्रीमान् चितिश्च मिथुनञ्च तौ
trayoviṃśatimaḥ kalpo vijñeyaścintakastathā| prajāpatisutaḥ śrīmān citiśca mithunañca tau
The twenty-third kalpa is to be known as Cintaka: the glorious son of Prajāpati, and Citi — those two (were) a couple.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.49
ध्यायतो ब्रह्मणश्चैव यस्माच्चिन्ता समुत्थिता। तस्मात्तु चिन्तकः सो वै कल्पः प्रोक्तः स्वयम्भुवा
dhyāyato brahmaṇaścaiva yasmāccintā samutthitā| tasmāttu cintakaḥ so vai kalpaḥ proktaḥ svayambhuvā
Since a thought (cintā) arose from Brahmā as he was meditating, therefore that kalpa was called Cintaka by the Self-existent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.50
चतुर्विंशतिमश्चापि ह्याकूतिः कल्प उच्यते। आकूतिश्च तथा देवी मिथुनं सम्बभूव ह
caturviṃśatimaścāpi hyākūtiḥ kalpa ucyate| ākūtiśca tathā devī mithunaṃ sambabhūva ha
And the twenty-fourth is called the Ākūti kalpa; and the goddess Ākūti — thus a couple came into being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.51
प्रजाः स्रष्टुं तथाकूतिं यस्मादाह प्रजापतिः। तस्मात् स पुरुषो ज्ञेय आकूतिः कल्पसंज्ञितः
prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ tathākūtiṃ yasmādāha prajāpatiḥ| tasmāt sa puruṣo jñeya ākūtiḥ kalpasaṃjñitaḥ
Since Prajāpati declared his intention (ākūti) to create creatures, therefore that man is to be known (as such), and the kalpa is named Ākūti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.52
पञ्चविंशतिमः कल्पो विज्ञातिः परिकीर्त्तितः। विज्ञातिश्च तथा देवी मिथुनं सम्प्रसूयते
pañcaviṃśatimaḥ kalpo vijñātiḥ parikīrttitaḥ| vijñātiśca tathā devī mithunaṃ samprasūyate
The twenty-fifth kalpa is proclaimed as Vijñāti; and the goddess Vijñāti — a couple is brought forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.53
ध्यायतः पुत्रकामस्य मनस्यध्यात्मसंज्ञितम्। विज्ञातं वै समासेन विज्ञातिस्तु ततः स्मृतः
dhyāyataḥ putrakāmasya manasyadhyātmasaṃjñitam| vijñātaṃ vai samāsena vijñātistu tataḥ smṛtaḥ
Of him meditating, desiring a son, that which is called adhyātma was known in brief in his mind; hence it is remembered as Vijñāti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.54
षड्विंशस्तु ततः कल्पो मन इत्यभिधीयते। देवी च शाङ्करी नाम मिथुनं सम्प्रसूयते
ṣaḍviṃśastu tataḥ kalpo mana ityabhidhīyate| devī ca śāṅkarī nāma mithunaṃ samprasūyate
Then the twenty-sixth kalpa is named Manas; and the goddess called Śāṅkarī — a couple is brought forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.55
प्रजा वै चिन्तमानस्य स्रष्टुकामस्य वै तदा। यस्मात् प्रजासम्भवनादुत्पन्नस्तु स्वयम्भुवा । तस्मात् प्रजासम्भवनाद्भावनासम्भवः स्मृतः
prajā vai cintamānasya sraṣṭukāmasya vai tadā| yasmāt prajāsambhavanādutpannastu svayambhuvā | tasmāt prajāsambhavanādbhāvanāsambhavaḥ smṛtaḥ
Then, of him thinking upon creatures and desiring to create, since from the coming-to-be of creatures (it) was produced by the Self-existent, therefore from the coming-to-be of creatures the origin of Bhāvanā is remembered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.56
सप्तविंशतिमः कल्पो भावो वै कल्पसंज्ञितः। पौर्णमासी तथा देवी मिथुनं समपद्यत
saptaviṃśatimaḥ kalpo bhāvo vai kalpasaṃjñitaḥ| paurṇamāsī tathā devī mithunaṃ samapadyata
The twenty-seventh kalpa is the one named Bhāva; and the goddess Paurṇamāsī — thus a couple came about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.57
प्रजा वै स्रष्टुकामस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः। ध्यायतस्तु परं ध्यानं परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
prajā vai sraṣṭukāmasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| dhyāyatastu paraṃ dhyānaṃ paramātmānamīśvaram
Of Brahmā Parameṣṭhin, desiring to create creatures and meditating the supreme meditation, the supreme Self, the Lord —
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VaP 1 21.58
अग्निस्तु मण्डलीभूत्वा रश्मिजालसमावृतः । भुवन्दिवञ्चविष्टभ्य दीप्यते स महावपुः
agnistu maṇḍalībhūtvā raśmijālasamāvṛtaḥ | bhuvandivañcaviṣṭabhya dīpyate sa mahāvapuḥ
and Fire, becoming a disc, encompassed by a net of rays, propping apart earth and heaven, blazes, that one of vast body.
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VaP 1 21.59
ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते सम्पूर्णे ज्योतिमण्डले। आविष्टया सहोत्पन्नमपश्यत् सूर्यमण्डलम्
tato varṣasahasrānte sampūrṇe jyotimaṇḍale| āviṣṭayā sahotpannamapaśyat sūryamaṇḍalam
Then, at the end of a thousand years, when the orb of light was full, he beheld the sun's orb arisen together with her who had entered (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.60
यस्माददृश्यो भूतानां ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना। दृष्टस्तु भगवान् देवः सूर्य्यः सम्पूर्णमण्डलः
yasmādadṛśyo bhūtānāṃ brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā| dṛṣṭastu bhagavān devaḥ sūryyaḥ sampūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ
Since the lord god Sūrya, invisible to beings, with his orb complete, was seen by Brahmā Parameṣṭhin —
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VaP 1 21.61
सर्व्वे योगाश्च मन्त्राश्च मण्डलेन सहोत्थिताः। यस्मात् कल्पो ह्ययं दृष्टस्तस्मात्तं दर्श मुच्यते
sarvve yogāśca mantrāśca maṇḍalena sahotthitāḥ| yasmāt kalpo hyayaṃ dṛṣṭastasmāttaṃ darśa mucyate
all the yogas and the mantras arose together with the orb; since this kalpa was seen (dṛṣṭa), therefore it is called Darśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.62
यस्मान्मनसि सम्पूर्णो ब्रहमणः परमेष्ठिनः। पुरा वै भगवान् सोमः पौर्णमासी ततः स्मृता
yasmānmanasi sampūrṇo brahamaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| purā vai bhagavān somaḥ paurṇamāsī tataḥ smṛtā
Since formerly the lord Soma was full in the mind of Brahmā Parameṣṭhin, she is therefore remembered as Paurṇamāsī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.63
तस्मात्तु पर्वदर्शे वै पौर्णमासञ्च योगिभिः। उभयोः पक्षयोर्ज्येष्ठमात्मनो हितकाम्यया
tasmāttu parvadarśe vai paurṇamāsañca yogibhiḥ| ubhayoḥ pakṣayorjyeṣṭhamātmano hitakāmyayā
Therefore the new moon and the full moon of the parva (are honoured) by the yogins — the foremost (day) of both fortnights — out of desire for one's own welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.64
दर्शञ्च पौर्णमासञ्च ये यजन्ति द्विजातयः। न तेषां पुनरावृत्तिर्ब्रह्मलोकात् कदाचन
darśañca paurṇamāsañca ye yajanti dvijātayaḥ| na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttirbrahmalokāt kadācana
Those twice-born who sacrifice at the new moon and at the full moon — for them there is never again a return from the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.65
योऽनाहिताग्निः प्रयतो वीराध्वानं गतोपि वा । समाधाय मनस्तीव्रं मन्त्रमुच्चारयेच्छनैः
yo'nāhitāgniḥ prayato vīrādhvānaṃ gatopi vā | samādhāya manastīvraṃ mantramuccārayecchanaiḥ
He who has not established the (sacred) fire, being self-restrained, or even one who has gone the hero's road, should collect his intent mind and utter the mantra softly:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.66
त्वमग्ने रुद्रो असुरो मही दिवस्त्वं शर्व्वो मारुतं पृष्ट ईशिषे। * त्वं पाशगन्धर्व्वशिषं पूषा विधत्तपासिना। इत्येव मन्त्रं मनसा सम्यगुच्चारयेद्द्विजः। अग्निं प्रविशते यस्तु रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
tvamagne rudro asuro mahī divastvaṃ śarvvo mārutaṃ pṛṣṭa īśiṣe| * tvaṃ pāśagandharvvaśiṣaṃ pūṣā vidhattapāsinā| ityeva mantraṃ manasā samyaguccārayeddvijaḥ| agniṃ praviśate yastu rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
"You, Agni, are Rudra, the asura, the great one of heaven; you are Śarva, you rule over the Marut host when invoked; you are the fetter(?) ... of the Gandharvas, you are Pūṣan, who dispenses ... " — just this mantra the twice-born should utter rightly with his mind; and whoever then enters the fire goes to Rudra's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.67
सोमश्चाग्निस्तु भगवान् कालो रुद्र इति श्रुतिः। तस्माद्यः प्रविशेदग्निं स रुद्रान्न निवर्त्तते
somaścāgnistu bhagavān kālo rudra iti śrutiḥ| tasmādyaḥ praviśedagniṃ sa rudrānna nivarttate
Soma, and Agni the Lord, and Time — (all these) are Rudra: so says scripture. Therefore whoever enters the fire does not return from Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.68
अष्टाविंशतिमः कल्पो बृहदित्यभिसंज्ञितः। ब्रह्मणः पुत्रकामस्य स्रष्ठुकामस्य वै प्रजाः। ध्यायमानस्य मनसा बृहत्साम रथन्तरम्
aṣṭāviṃśatimaḥ kalpo bṛhadityabhisaṃjñitaḥ| brahmaṇaḥ putrakāmasya sraṣṭhukāmasya vai prajāḥ| dhyāyamānasya manasā bṛhatsāma rathantaram
The twenty-eighth kalpa is named "Bṛhat": when Brahmā, desiring a son and desiring to create creatures, was meditating with his mind, (there arose) the Bṛhat chant and the Rathantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.69
यस्मात्तत्र समुत्पन्नो बृहतः सर्व्वतोमुखः। तस्मात्तु बृहतः कल्पो विज्ञेयस्तत्त्वचिन्तकैः
yasmāttatra samutpanno bṛhataḥ sarvvatomukhaḥ| tasmāttu bṛhataḥ kalpo vijñeyastattvacintakaiḥ
Since there arose therein the Bṛhat (chant), facing in all directions, therefore the kalpa is to be known as "of the Bṛhat" by those who ponder the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 21.70
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणां योजनानां प्रमाणतः । रथन्तरन्तुविज्ञेयं परमं सूर्य्यमण्डलम्। तस्मादण्डन्तु विज्ञेयमभेद्यं सूर्यमण्डलम्
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇāṃ yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ | rathantarantuvijñeyaṃ paramaṃ sūryyamaṇḍalam| tasmādaṇḍantu vijñeyamabhedyaṃ sūryamaṇḍalam
By measure it is eighty-eight thousand yojanas: the supreme orb of the sun is to be known as the Rathantara; hence the sun's orb is to be known as the egg, unsplittable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.71
यत्सूर्य्यमण्डलञ्चापि बृहत्साम तु भिद्यते। भित्वा चैवं द्विजा यान्ति योगात्मानो दृढव्रताः। सङ्घातमुपनीताश्च अन्ये कल्पा रथन्तरे
yatsūryyamaṇḍalañcāpi bṛhatsāma tu bhidyate| bhitvā caivaṃ dvijā yānti yogātmāno dṛḍhavratāḥ| saṅghātamupanītāśca anye kalpā rathantare
And the Bṛhat chant does split the sun's orb; and having thus split it, twice-born ones whose selves are yoked (in yoga), firm in their vows, go (forth); and other kalpas, brought to aggregation, (rest) in the Rathantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 21.72
इत्येतत्तु मया प्रोक्तं चित्रमध्यात्मदर्शनम्। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि कल्पानां विस्तरं शुभम्
ityetattu mayā proktaṃ citramadhyātmadarśanam| ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi kalpānāṃ vistaraṃ śubham
Thus this wondrous vision of the inner self has been declared by me. Beyond this I shall proclaim the auspicious full account of the kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition