Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 23
VaP 1 23.1
।। वायुरुवाच ।। एकत्रिंशत्तमः कल्पः पीतवासा इति स्मृतः। ब्रह्म यत्र महातेजाः पीतवर्णत्वमागतः
|| vāyuruvāca || ekatriṃśattamaḥ kalpaḥ pītavāsā iti smṛtaḥ| brahma yatra mahātejāḥ pītavarṇatvamāgataḥ
Vāyu said: The thirty-first kalpa is remembered as 'Yellow-robed', in which brahman (Brahmā), of great splendour, attained a yellow colour.
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VaP 1 23.2
ध्यायतः पुत्रकामस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः। प्रादुर्भूतो महातेजाः कुमारः पीतवस्त्रवान्
dhyāyataḥ putrakāmasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| prādurbhūto mahātejāḥ kumāraḥ pītavastravān
While Brahmā, the highest lord, was meditating in his desire for a son, there appeared a youth of great splendour, wearing yellow garments.
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VaP 1 23.3
पीतगन्धानुलिप्ताङ्गः पीतमाल्यधरो युवा। पीतयज्ञोपवीतश्च पीतोष्णीषो महाभुजः
pītagandhānuliptāṅgaḥ pītamālyadharo yuvā| pītayajñopavītaśca pītoṣṇīṣo mahābhujaḥ
His limbs anointed with yellow perfume, wearing a yellow garland, young, with a yellow sacred thread, a yellow turban, and mighty arms.
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VaP 1 23.4
तं दृष्ट्वा ध्यानसंयुक्तं ब्रह्मा लोकेश्वरं प्रभुम्। मनसा लोकधातारं ववन्दे परमेश्वरम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā dhyānasaṃyuktaṃ brahmā lokeśvaraṃ prabhum| manasā lokadhātāraṃ vavande parameśvaram
Seeing him, the lord of the worlds, the master, absorbed in meditation, Brahmā honoured with his mind that supreme lord, the establisher of the worlds.
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VaP 1 23.5
ततो ध्यानगतस्तत्र ब्रह्म माहेश्वरीं पराम्। अपश्यद् गां विरुपां च महेश्वरमुखच्युताम्
tato dhyānagatastatra brahma māheśvarīṃ parām| apaśyad gāṃ virupāṃ ca maheśvaramukhacyutām
Then brahman (Brahmā), gone into meditation, saw there the supreme (goddess) of Maheśvara, a cow of strange form, fallen from Maheśvara's mouth.
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VaP 1 23.6
चतुष्पदां चतुर्वक्त्रां चतुर्हस्तां चतुःस्तनीम्। चतुर्न्नेत्रां चतुःश्रृङ्गीं चतुर्द्दंष्ट्रां चतुर्मुखीम्। द्वात्रिंशल्लोकसंयुक्तामीश्वरीं सर्वतोमुखीम्
catuṣpadāṃ caturvaktrāṃ caturhastāṃ catuḥstanīm| caturnnetrāṃ catuḥśrṛṅgīṃ caturddaṃṣṭrāṃ caturmukhīm| dvātriṃśallokasaṃyuktāmīśvarīṃ sarvatomukhīm
Four-footed, four-faced, four-handed, four-breasted, four-eyed, four-horned, four-tusked, with four mouths, joined with the thirty-two worlds, the Lady facing in all directions.
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VaP 1 23.7
स तां दृष्ट्वा महातेजाः महादेवीं महेश्वरीम्। पुनराह महादेवः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः
sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātejāḥ mahādevīṃ maheśvarīm| punarāha mahādevaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ
Seeing her, the great goddess, the great Lady, he of great splendour, Mahādeva, to whom all the gods bow, spoke again.
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VaP 1 23.8
मतिः स्मृतिर्बुद्धिरिति गायमानः पुनः पुनः। एह्येहीति महादेवी सोत्तिष्ठत् प्राञ्जलिर्भृशम्
matiḥ smṛtirbuddhiriti gāyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ| ehyehīti mahādevī sottiṣṭhat prāñjalirbhṛśam
Singing again and again, "(You are) mind, memory, intellect," and "Come, come!" — the great goddess rose up, palms firmly joined.
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VaP 1 23.9
विश्वमावृत्य योगेन जगत्सर्वं वशीकुरु। अथ वा महादेवेन रुद्राणी त्वं भविष्यसि। ब्राह्मणानां हितार्थाय परमार्थं भविष्यसि
viśvamāvṛtya yogena jagatsarvaṃ vaśīkuru| atha vā mahādevena rudrāṇī tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi| brāhmaṇānāṃ hitārthāya paramārthaṃ bhaviṣyasi
"Enveloping the universe by yoga, bring the whole world under your control; or else, through Mahādeva, you shall become Rudrāṇī; for the welfare of the brahmins you shall become the highest goal."
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VaP 1 23.10
अथैनां पुत्रकामस्य ध्यायतः परमेष्ठिनः। प्रददौ देवदेवेशश्चतुष्पादां महेश्वरीम्। ततस्तां ध्यानयोगेन विदित्वा परमेश्वरीम्
athaināṃ putrakāmasya dhyāyataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| pradadau devadeveśaścatuṣpādāṃ maheśvarīm| tatastāṃ dhyānayogena viditvā parameśvarīm
Then the god of gods bestowed her, the four-footed great Lady, upon the highest lord (Brahmā) as he meditated in his desire for a son; thereupon, having known her, the supreme Lady, through the yoga of meditation —
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VaP 1 23.11
ब्रह्मा लोकनमस्कार्यः प्रपद्य तां महेश्वरीम्। गायत्रीन्तु ततो रौद्रीं ध्यात्वा ब्रह्मा सुयन्त्रितः
brahmā lokanamaskāryaḥ prapadya tāṃ maheśvarīm| gāyatrīntu tato raudrīṃ dhyātvā brahmā suyantritaḥ
Brahmā, to whom the worlds must bow, resorting to that great Lady — then, having meditated on the Rudra-Gāyatrī, Brahmā was well restrained.
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VaP 1 23.12
इत्येतां वैदिकीं विद्यां रौद्रीं गायत्रीमर्पिताम्। जपित्वा तु महादेवीं रुद्रलोकनमस्कृताम्। प्रपन्नस्तु महादेवं ध्यानयुक्तेन चेतसा
ityetāṃ vaidikīṃ vidyāṃ raudrīṃ gāyatrīmarpitām| japitvā tu mahādevīṃ rudralokanamaskṛtām| prapannastu mahādevaṃ dhyānayuktena cetasā
Thus, having muttered this Vedic knowledge, the Rudra-Gāyatrī that had been entrusted (to him), the great goddess to whom the world of Rudra bows, he took refuge in Mahādeva with a mind joined to meditation.
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VaP 1 23.13
ततस्तस्य महादेवो दिव्यं योगं पुनः स्मृतः। ऐश्वर्यं ज्ञानसम्पत्तिं वैराग्यं च ददौ पुनः
tatastasya mahādevo divyaṃ yogaṃ punaḥ smṛtaḥ| aiśvaryaṃ jñānasampattiṃ vairāgyaṃ ca dadau punaḥ
Then Mahādeva, being (thus) called to mind, again gave him divine yoga, lordship, the attainment of knowledge, and dispassion.
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VaP 1 23.14
अथाट्टहासं मुमुचे भीषणं दीप्तमीश्वरः। ततोऽस्य सर्वतो दीप्ताः प्रादुर्भूताः कुमारकाः
athāṭṭahāsaṃ mumuce bhīṣaṇaṃ dīptamīśvaraḥ| tato'sya sarvato dīptāḥ prādurbhūtāḥ kumārakāḥ
Then the Lord let out a blazing, terrifying roar of laughter; thereupon blazing boys appeared from him on every side.
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VaP 1 23.15
पीतमाल्याम्बरधराः पीतगन्धविलेपनाः । पीतोष्णीषशिरस्काश्च पीतास्याः पीतमूर्द्धजाः
pītamālyāmbaradharāḥ pītagandhavilepanāḥ | pītoṣṇīṣaśiraskāśca pītāsyāḥ pītamūrddhajāḥ
Wearing yellow garlands and garments, anointed with yellow perfumes, with yellow turbans on their heads, yellow-faced, with yellow hair.
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VaP 1 23.16
ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते उषित्वा विमलौजसः। योगात्मानस्ततः स्नाता ब्राह्मणानां हितैषिणः
tato varṣasahasrānte uṣitvā vimalaujasaḥ| yogātmānastataḥ snātā brāhmaṇānāṃ hitaiṣiṇaḥ
Then, having dwelt (there) to the end of a thousand years, of stainless vigour, their selves given to yoga, then purified by bathing, seeking the welfare of the brahmins,
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VaP 1 23.17
धर्मयोगबलोपेता ऋषीणां दीर्घसत्रिणाम्। उपदिश्य तु ते योगं प्रविष्टा रुद्रमीश्वरम्
dharmayogabalopetā ṛṣīṇāṃ dīrghasatriṇām| upadiśya tu te yogaṃ praviṣṭā rudramīśvaram
endowed with the power of dharma and yoga, having taught yoga to the sages who performed long sacrificial sessions, they entered into Rudra, the Lord.
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VaP 1 23.18
एवमेतेन विधिना प्रपन्ना ये महेश्वरम्। अन्येऽपि नियतात्मानो ध्यानयुक्ता जितोन्द्रियाः
evametena vidhinā prapannā ye maheśvaram| anye'pi niyatātmāno dhyānayuktā jitondriyāḥ
Thus, those who by this rule take refuge in Maheśvara, and others too, self-controlled, joined to meditation, with their senses conquered —
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VaP 1 23.19
ते सर्वे पापमुत्सृज्य विरजा ब्रह्मवर्च्चसः। प्रविशन्ति महादेवं रुद्रन्ते त्वपुनर्भवाः
te sarve pāpamutsṛjya virajā brahmavarccasaḥ| praviśanti mahādevaṃ rudrante tvapunarbhavāḥ
All of them, casting off sin, free of impurity, radiant with brahman, enter Mahādeva, Rudra, and (become) subject no more to rebirth.
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VaP 1 23.20
ततस्तस्मिन् गते कल्पे पीतवर्णे स्वयम्भुवः। पुनरन्यः प्रवृत्तस्तु सितकल्पो हि नामतः
tatastasmin gate kalpe pītavarṇe svayambhuvaḥ| punaranyaḥ pravṛttastu sitakalpo hi nāmataḥ
Then, when that yellow-coloured kalpa of the Self-existent had passed, yet another began, called by name the White kalpa.
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VaP 1 23.21
एकार्णवे तदावृत्ते दिव्ये वर्षसहस्रके । स्रष्टुकामः प्रजा ब्रह्मा चिन्तयामास दुःखितः
ekārṇave tadāvṛtte divye varṣasahasrake | sraṣṭukāmaḥ prajā brahmā cintayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ
When (all) had turned into a single ocean for a thousand divine years, Brahmā, wishing to create creatures, pondered in distress.
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VaP 1 23.22
तस्य चिन्तयमानस्य पुत्रकामस्य वै प्रभोः । कृष्णः समभवद्वर्णो ध्यायतः परमेष्ठिनः
tasya cintayamānasya putrakāmasya vai prabhoḥ | kṛṣṇaḥ samabhavadvarṇo dhyāyataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
As that lord, desiring a son, was pondering — as Parameṣṭhin meditated — his colour became black.
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VaP 1 23.23
अथापश्यन्महातेजाः प्रादुर्भूतं कुमारकम्। कृष्णवर्णं महावीर्यं दीप्यमानं स्वतेजसा
athāpaśyanmahātejāḥ prādurbhūtaṃ kumārakam| kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ mahāvīryaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā
Then the greatly radiant one saw a boy who had appeared, black in colour, of great might, blazing with his own splendour.
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VaP 1 23.24
कृष्णाम्बरवरोष्णीषं कृष्णयज्ञोपवीतिनम्। कृष्णेन मौलिना युक्तं कृष्णस्रगनुलेपनम्
kṛṣṇāmbaravaroṣṇīṣaṃ kṛṣṇayajñopavītinam| kṛṣṇena maulinā yuktaṃ kṛṣṇasraganulepanam
(He was) wearing black garments and a fine black turban, with a black sacred thread, fitted with a black headband, with black garland and unguent.
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VaP 1 23.25
स तं दृष्ट्वा महात्मानममरं घोर मन्त्रिणम्। ववन्दे देवदेवेशं विश्वेशं कृष्णपिङ्गलम्
sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahātmānamamaraṃ ghora mantriṇam| vavande devadeveśaṃ viśveśaṃ kṛṣṇapiṅgalam
Seeing him, the great-souled, immortal one whose mantra is Ghora, he bowed to the lord of the gods of gods, the lord of all, the black-and-tawny one.
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VaP 1 23.26
प्राणायामपरः श्रीमान् हृदि कृत्वा महेश्वरम्। मनसा ध्यानसंयुक्तं प्रपन्नस्तु यतीश्वरम् । अघोरेति ततो ब्रह्मा ब्रह्म एवानुचिन्तयन्
prāṇāyāmaparaḥ śrīmān hṛdi kṛtvā maheśvaram| manasā dhyānasaṃyuktaṃ prapannastu yatīśvaram | aghoreti tato brahmā brahma evānucintayan
Intent on breath-control, the glorious one, having placed Maheśvara in his heart, resorted with his mind, joined to meditation, to the lord of ascetics; then Brahmā, meditating on brahman itself, (uttered) "Aghora."
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VaP 1 23.27
एवं वै ध्यायतस्तस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः। मुमोच भगवान् रुद्रः अट्टहासं महास्वनम्
evaṃ vai dhyāyatastasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| mumoca bhagavān rudraḥ aṭṭahāsaṃ mahāsvanam
As that Brahmā, Parameṣṭhin, was thus meditating, the lord Rudra let loose a loud roaring laugh.
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VaP 1 23.28
अथास्य पार्श्वतः कृष्णाः कृष्णस्रगनुलेपनाः । चत्वारस्तु महात्मानः सम्बभूवुः कुमारकाः
athāsya pārśvataḥ kṛṣṇāḥ kṛṣṇasraganulepanāḥ | catvārastu mahātmānaḥ sambabhūvuḥ kumārakāḥ
Then at his side four great-souled boys came into being, black, with black garlands and unguents.
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VaP 1 23.29
कृष्णाः कृष्णाम्बरोष्णीषाः कृष्णास्याः कृष्णवाससः। तैश्चाट्टहासः सुमहान् हूङ्कारश्चैव पुष्कलः। नमस्कारश्च सुमहान् पुनः पुनरुदीरितः
kṛṣṇāḥ kṛṣṇāmbaroṣṇīṣāḥ kṛṣṇāsyāḥ kṛṣṇavāsasaḥ| taiścāṭṭahāsaḥ sumahān hūṅkāraścaiva puṣkalaḥ| namaskāraśca sumahān punaḥ punarudīritaḥ
Black, with black garments and turbans, black-faced, black-clad — and by them a very great roaring laugh and an abundant "hūṃ" sound, and a very great salutation, was uttered again and again.
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VaP 1 23.30
ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते योगात्तत् पारमेश्वरम्। उपासित्वा महाभागाः शिष्येब्यः प्रददुस्ततः
tato varṣasahasrānte yogāttat pārameśvaram| upāsitvā mahābhāgāḥ śiṣyebyaḥ pradadustataḥ
Then, at the end of a thousand years, those greatly fortunate ones, having worshipped through yoga that state belonging to the Supreme Lord, thereupon imparted it to their disciples.
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VaP 1 23.31
योगेन योगसम्पन्नाः प्रविश्य मनसा शिवम्। अमलं निर्गुणं स्थानं प्रविष्टा विश्वमीश्वरम्
yogena yogasampannāḥ praviśya manasā śivam| amalaṃ nirguṇaṃ sthānaṃ praviṣṭā viśvamīśvaram
Perfected in yoga, by yoga entering Śiva with the mind, they entered the stainless, quality-less abode, the Lord who is the All.
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VaP 1 23.32
एवमेतेन योगेन ये चाप्यन्ये द्विजातयः। स्मरिष्यन्ति विधानज्ञा गन्तारो रुद्रमव्ययम्
evametena yogena ye cāpyanye dvijātayaḥ| smariṣyanti vidhānajñā gantāro rudramavyayam
And whatever other twice-born, knowing the rule, shall likewise remember (him) by this yoga, they will go to the imperishable Rudra.
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VaP 1 23.33
ततस्तस्मिन् गते कल्पे कृष्णरुपे भयानके। अन्यः प्रवर्त्तितः कल्पो विश्वरुपस्तु नामतः
tatastasmin gate kalpe kṛṣṇarupe bhayānake| anyaḥ pravarttitaḥ kalpo viśvarupastu nāmataḥ
Then, when that terrible black-formed kalpa had passed, another kalpa was set going, Viśvarūpa by name.
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VaP 1 23.34
विनिवृत्ते तु संहारे पुनः सृष्टे चराचरे। ब्रह्मणः पुत्रकामस्य ध्यायतः परमेष्ठिनः। प्रादुर्भूता महानादा विश्वरूपा सरस्वती
vinivṛtte tu saṃhāre punaḥ sṛṣṭe carācare| brahmaṇaḥ putrakāmasya dhyāyataḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| prādurbhūtā mahānādā viśvarūpā sarasvatī
When the dissolution had ceased and the moving and unmoving were created again, as Brahmā Parameṣṭhin, desiring a son, was meditating, there appeared Sarasvatī, loud-sounding, all-formed.
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VaP 1 23.35
विश्वमाल्याम्बरधरं विश्वयज्ञोपवीतिनम्। विश्वोष्णीषं विश्वगन्धं विश्वस्थानं महाभुजम्
viśvamālyāmbaradharaṃ viśvayajñopavītinam| viśvoṣṇīṣaṃ viśvagandhaṃ viśvasthānaṃ mahābhujam
(He was) wearing garland and garments of all kinds, with a sacred thread of all kinds, with an all-formed turban, all-fragrant, whose station is the all, mighty-armed.
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VaP 1 23.36
अथ तं मनसा ध्यात्वा युक्तात्मा वै पितामहः। ववन्दे देवमीशानं सर्वेशं सर्वगं प्रभुम्
atha taṃ manasā dhyātvā yuktātmā vai pitāmahaḥ| vavande devamīśānaṃ sarveśaṃ sarvagaṃ prabhum
Then, having meditated on him with his mind, the Grandfather, his self yoked (in yoga), bowed to the god Īśāna, lord of all, all-pervading, the master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.37
ओमीशानं नमस्तेऽस्तु महादेव नमोऽस्तु ते। एवं ध्यानगतं तत्र प्रणमन्तं पितामहम्। उवाच भगवानीशः प्रीतोऽहं ते किमिच्छसि
omīśānaṃ namaste'stu mahādeva namo'stu te| evaṃ dhyānagataṃ tatra praṇamantaṃ pitāmaham| uvāca bhagavānīśaḥ prīto'haṃ te kimicchasi
"Oṃ, Īśāna, homage be to you; Mahādeva, homage be to you." To the Grandfather, thus absorbed in meditation and bowing there, the lord Īśa said: "I am pleased with you; what do you wish?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.38
ततस्तु प्रणतो भूत्वा वाग्भिः स्तुत्वा महेश्वरम्। उवाच भगवान् ब्रह्मा प्रीतः प्रीतेन चेतसा
tatastu praṇato bhūtvā vāgbhiḥ stutvā maheśvaram| uvāca bhagavān brahmā prītaḥ prītena cetasā
Then, having bowed and praised Maheśvara with words, the lord Brahmā, pleased, spoke with a pleased mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.39
यदिदं विश्वरूपन्ते विश्वगं विश्वमीश्वरम्। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि कश्चायं परमेश्वरः
yadidaṃ viśvarūpante viśvagaṃ viśvamīśvaram| etadveditumicchāmi kaścāyaṃ parameśvaraḥ
"This universal form of yours, which pervades all, which is the universe and its lord — this I wish to know; and who is this Supreme Lord?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.40
कैषा भगवती देवी चतुष्पादा चतुर्मुखी। चतुःश्रृङ्गी चतुर्वक्रा चतुर्द्दन्ता चतुःस्तनी
kaiṣā bhagavatī devī catuṣpādā caturmukhī| catuḥśrṛṅgī caturvakrā caturddantā catuḥstanī
"Who is this venerable goddess, four-footed, four-faced, four-horned, four-mouthed, four-toothed, four-breasted,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.41
चतुर्हस्ता चतुर्नेत्रा विश्वरुपा कथं स्मृता। किन्नामधेया कोऽस्यात्मा किंवीर्या वापि कर्मतः
caturhastā caturnetrā viśvarupā kathaṃ smṛtā| kinnāmadheyā ko'syātmā kiṃvīryā vāpi karmataḥ
four-handed, four-eyed — how is she remembered as having the form of all? What is her name, who is her self, what is her power, or (what is she) in terms of action?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.42
।।महेश्वर उवाच ।। रहस्यं सर्वमन्त्राणां पावनं पुष्ठिवर्द्धनम्। श्रृणुष्वैतत्परं गुह्यमादिसर्गे यथा तथम्
||maheśvara uvāca || rahasyaṃ sarvamantrāṇāṃ pāvanaṃ puṣṭhivarddhanam| śrṛṇuṣvaitatparaṃ guhyamādisarge yathā tatham
Maheśvara said: (This is) the secret of all mantras, purifying, increasing prosperity. Hear this supreme mystery, just as it was at the first creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.43
अयं यो वर्त्तते कल्पो विश्वरूपस्त्वसौ स्मृतः। यस्मिन् भवादयो देवाः षड्विंशन्मनवः स्मृताः
ayaṃ yo varttate kalpo viśvarūpastvasau smṛtaḥ| yasmin bhavādayo devāḥ ṣaḍviṃśanmanavaḥ smṛtāḥ
This kalpa which is now current is remembered as Viśvarūpa ("of the universal form"), in which Bhava and the other gods, and the twenty-six Manus, are recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.44
ब्रह्मस्थानमिदं चापि यदा प्राप्तं त्वया विभो। तदाप्रभृति कल्पश्च त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तमो ह्ययम्
brahmasthānamidaṃ cāpi yadā prāptaṃ tvayā vibho| tadāprabhṛti kalpaśca trayastriṃśattamo hyayam
And from the time when this station of Brahmā was attained by you, O mighty one, from then on this is the thirty-third kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.45
शतं शतसहस्राणामतीता ये स्वयम्भुवः । पुरस्तात्तव देवेश तान् श्रृणुष्व महामुने
śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāmatītā ye svayambhuvaḥ | purastāttava deveśa tān śrṛṇuṣva mahāmune
A hundred hundred-thousands of Self-born ones have passed away before you, O lord of gods; hear of them, O great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.46
आनन्दस्तु स विज्ञेय आनन्दस्ते महालयः। गालव्यगोत्रतपसा मम पुत्रस्त्वमागतः
ānandastu sa vijñeya ānandaste mahālayaḥ| gālavyagotratapasā mama putrastvamāgataḥ
That is to be known as Ānanda; Ānanda is your great dissolution. By the austerity of the Gālavya lineage you have come to be my son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.47
त्वयि योगश्च साङ्ख्यश्च तपो विद्याविधिः क्रिया। ऋतं स्त्यञ्च यद्ब्रह्म अहिंसा सन्ततिक्रमाः
tvayi yogaśca sāṅkhyaśca tapo vidyāvidhiḥ kriyā| ṛtaṃ styañca yadbrahma ahiṃsā santatikramāḥ
In you are yoga and sāṃkhya, austerity, the rule of knowledge, ritual action, the cosmic order and truth, that which is brahman, non-injury, and the successions of continuity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.48
ध्यानं ध्यानवपुः शान्तिर्विद्याऽपिद्यामतिर्धृतिः। कान्तिः शान्तिः स्मृतिर्मेधा लज्जा शुद्दिः सरस्वती। तुष्टिः पुष्टिः क्रिया चैव लज्जा क्षान्तिः प्रतिष्ठिता
dhyānaṃ dhyānavapuḥ śāntirvidyā'pidyāmatirdhṛtiḥ| kāntiḥ śāntiḥ smṛtirmedhā lajjā śuddiḥ sarasvatī| tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kriyā caiva lajjā kṣāntiḥ pratiṣṭhitā
Meditation, the body of meditation, calm, knowledge and the thought of non-knowledge, steadfastness; loveliness, peace, memory, intelligence, modesty, purity, Sarasvatī; contentment, nourishment, action, modesty, patience — (all these) are established (in you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.49
षड्विंशत्तद्गुणा ह्येषा द्वात्रिशाक्षरसंज्ञिता । प्रकृतिं विद्धितां ब्रह्मंस्त्वत्प्रसूतिं महेश्वरीम्
ṣaḍviṃśattadguṇā hyeṣā dvātriśākṣarasaṃjñitā | prakṛtiṃ viddhitāṃ brahmaṃstvatprasūtiṃ maheśvarīm
She indeed has those twenty-six qualities, and is designated by thirty-two syllables. Know her, O Brahmā, as Prakṛti, the great sovereign lady, born of you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.50
सैषा भगवती देवी तत्प्रसूतिः स्वयम्भुवः। चतुर्मुखी जगद्योनिः प्रकृति र्गौः प्रकीर्त्तिता । प्रधानं प्रकृतिं चैव यदाहुस्तत्त्वचिन्तकाः
saiṣā bhagavatī devī tatprasūtiḥ svayambhuvaḥ| caturmukhī jagadyoniḥ prakṛti rgauḥ prakīrttitā | pradhānaṃ prakṛtiṃ caiva yadāhustattvacintakāḥ
She is that venerable goddess, the offspring of that Self-born one, four-faced, the womb of the world, proclaimed as Prakṛti and as the Cow — which the thinkers on the principles call Pradhāna and Prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.51
अजामेतां लोहितां शुक्लकृष्णां विश्वं संप्रसृजमानां सुरूपाम्। अजोऽहं वै बुद्धिमान्विश्वरूपां गायत्रीं गां विश्वरूपां हि बुद्ध्वा
ajāmetāṃ lohitāṃ śuklakṛṣṇāṃ viśvaṃ saṃprasṛjamānāṃ surūpām| ajo'haṃ vai buddhimānviśvarūpāṃ gāyatrīṃ gāṃ viśvarūpāṃ hi buddhvā
This unborn one, red, white and black, bringing forth the universe, fair of form — I, unborn and possessed of understanding, (approach her), having known the Cow of universal form, the Gāyatrī of universal form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.52
एवमुक्तवा महादेवः अट्टहासमथाकरोत् । वलितास्फोटितरवं कहाकहनदन्तथा
evamuktavā mahādevaḥ aṭṭahāsamathākarot | valitāsphoṭitaravaṃ kahākahanadantathā
Having spoken thus, Mahādeva then let out a loud laugh, a sound of arm-slapping, and a roar of "kahā-kaha."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.53
ततोऽस्य पार्श्वतो दिव्याः सर्वरूपाः कुमारकाः। जटी मुण्डी शिखण्डी च अर्द्धमुण्डश्च जज्ञिरे
tato'sya pārśvato divyāḥ sarvarūpāḥ kumārakāḥ| jaṭī muṇḍī śikhaṇḍī ca arddhamuṇḍaśca jajñire
Then at his side divine boys of every form were born: one with matted hair, one shaven, one with a crest of hair, and one half-shaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.54
ततस्ते तु यथोक्तेन योगेन सुमहौजसः। दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रन्तु उपासित्वा महेश्वरम्
tataste tu yathoktena yogena sumahaujasaḥ| divyaṃ varṣasahasrantu upāsitvā maheśvaram
Then those (boys) of very great vigour, having worshipped Maheśvara for a thousand divine years by the yoga described,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.55
धर्मोपदेशं नियतं कृत्वा योगमयं दृढम्। शिष्टानां नियतात्मानः प्रविष्टा रुद्रमीश्वरम्
dharmopadeśaṃ niyataṃ kṛtvā yogamayaṃ dṛḍham| śiṣṭānāṃ niyatātmānaḥ praviṣṭā rudramīśvaram
and having given a fixed teaching of dharma, firm and consisting of yoga, for those who remained — with selves restrained, they entered Rudra, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.56
।।वायुरुवाच।। ततो विस्मयमापन्नो ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। प्रपन्नस्तु महादेवं भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा। उवाच वचनं सर्वं श्वेतत्वन्ते कथं विभो
||vāyuruvāca|| tato vismayamāpanno brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ| prapannastu mahādevaṃ bhaktiyuktena cetasā| uvāca vacanaṃ sarvaṃ śvetatvante kathaṃ vibho
Vāyu said: Then Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, filled with amazement, taking refuge with Mahādeva with a mind full of devotion, said all this: "How is this whiteness of yours, O mighty one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.57
।।भगवानुवाच।। श्वेतकल्पो यदा ह्यासीदहं श्वेतस्ततोऽभवम्। श्वेतोष्णीषः श्वेतमाल्यः श्वेताम्बरधरः शिवः
||bhagavānuvāca|| śvetakalpo yadā hyāsīdahaṃ śvetastato'bhavam| śvetoṣṇīṣaḥ śvetamālyaḥ śvetāmbaradharaḥ śivaḥ
The Lord said: When the White Kalpa occurred, I then became white — white-turbaned, white-garlanded, wearing white garments, Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.58
श्वेतास्थिमांसरोमा च श्वेतत्वक् श्वेतलोहितः। तेन नाम्ना च विख्यातः श्वेतकल्पस्तदा ह्यसौ
śvetāsthimāṃsaromā ca śvetatvak śvetalohitaḥ| tena nāmnā ca vikhyātaḥ śvetakalpastadā hyasau
White were my bones, flesh and hair, white my skin, white my blood; and by that name it was then known as the White Kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.59
मत्प्रसादाच्च देवेशः श्वेताङ्गः श्वेतलोहितः। श्वेतवर्णा तदा ह्यासीद्गायत्री ब्रह्मसंज्ञिता
matprasādācca deveśaḥ śvetāṅgaḥ śvetalohitaḥ| śvetavarṇā tadā hyāsīdgāyatrī brahmasaṃjñitā
"And by my grace the lord of gods (became) white-limbed, white and red; and then Gāyatrī, called Brahmā's (consort), was of white colour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.60
यस्मादहं च देवेश त्वया गुह्ये पदे स्थितः। विज्ञातः स्वेन तपसा सद्यो जातः सनातनः। सद्यो जातेति ब्रह्मैतद् गुह्यं चैव प्रकीर्तितम्
yasmādahaṃ ca deveśa tvayā guhye pade sthitaḥ| vijñātaḥ svena tapasā sadyo jātaḥ sanātanaḥ| sadyo jāteti brahmaitad guhyaṃ caiva prakīrtitam
"Since, O lord of gods, I, who stand in the hidden station, was known by you through your own austerity as the eternal one 'born at once' — therefore this brahman is proclaimed as 'sadyojāta' and as secret."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.61
तस्माद् गुह्यत्वमापन्नं ये वेत्स्यन्ति द्विजातयः। तत्समीपङ्गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
tasmād guhyatvamāpannaṃ ye vetsyanti dvijātayaḥ| tatsamīpaṅgamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
"Therefore those twice-born who shall know (that brahman) which has attained secrecy will go near to it, (a state) from which return is hard (to come by)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.62
यदाऽहं च पुनस्त्वासं लोहितो नाम नामतः। ममकृतेन वर्णेन कल्पो वै लोहितः स्मृतः
yadā'haṃ ca punastvāsaṃ lohito nāma nāmataḥ| mamakṛtena varṇena kalpo vai lohitaḥ smṛtaḥ
"And when I in turn was Lohita by name, then by the colour brought about by me the kalpa is indeed called Lohita."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.63
तदा लोहितमासास्थिलोहितक्षीरसन्निभा । लोहिताक्षस्तनवती गायत्री गौः प्रकीर्तिता
tadā lohitamāsāsthilohitakṣīrasannibhā | lohitākṣastanavatī gāyatrī gauḥ prakīrtitā
Then Gāyatrī, the cow, was proclaimed as having red flesh and bones, and milk resembling blood, with red eyes and udder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.64
ततोऽस्य लोहितत्वेन वर्णस्य च विपर्य्यये। वामत्वाच्चैव योगस्य वामदेवत्वमागतः
tato'sya lohitatvena varṇasya ca viparyyaye| vāmatvāccaiva yogasya vāmadevatvamāgataḥ
Then, by his redness and by the reversal of the colour, and by the leftward (contrary) character of the yoga, he came to be Vāmadeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.65
तथापि हि महासत्त्व त्वयाऽहं नियतात्मना। विज्ञातः श्वेत वर्णेन तस्माद्वर्णोत्तमः स्मृतः । ततोऽहं वामदेवेति ख्यातिं यातो महीतले
tathāpi hi mahāsattva tvayā'haṃ niyatātmanā| vijñātaḥ śveta varṇena tasmādvarṇottamaḥ smṛtaḥ | tato'haṃ vāmadeveti khyātiṃ yāto mahītale
"Even so, O greatly-being one, I was known by you, of controlled self, by the white colour; therefore (I) am held to be highest in colour. Hence I have gone to renown on earth as Vāmadeva."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.66
ये चापि वामदेवत्वं ज्ञास्यन्तीह द्विजातयः। विज्ञाय चेमां रुद्राणीं गायत्रीं मातरं विभो
ye cāpi vāmadevatvaṃ jñāsyantīha dvijātayaḥ| vijñāya cemāṃ rudrāṇīṃ gāyatrīṃ mātaraṃ vibho
"And those twice-born here who shall know the state of Vāmadeva, and having known this Rudrāṇī, Gāyatrī, the mother, O mighty one —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.67
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ता विरजा ब्रह्मवर्चसः। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
sarvapāpavinirmuktā virajā brahmavarcasaḥ| rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
"— freed from all sins, stainless, having the lustre of brahman, they will go to Rudra's world, from which return is hard (to come by)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.68
यदा तु पुनरेवायं कृष्णवर्णो भयानकः। मत्कृतेन च वर्णेन मत्कल्पः कृष्ण उच्यते
yadā tu punarevāyaṃ kṛṣṇavarṇo bhayānakaḥ| matkṛtena ca varṇena matkalpaḥ kṛṣṇa ucyate
"But when again this (kalpa) is black in colour and terrifying, then by the colour brought about by me my kalpa is called Kṛṣṇa (the black)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.69
तत्राऽहं कालसंकाशः कालो लोकप्रकाशनः । विज्ञातोऽहं त्वया ब्रहमन् घोरो घोरपराक्रमः
tatrā'haṃ kālasaṃkāśaḥ kālo lokaprakāśanaḥ | vijñāto'haṃ tvayā brahaman ghoro ghoraparākramaḥ
"There I am like Time — Time, the illuminator of the worlds; there I was known by you, O brahman, as terrible, of terrible might."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.70
तस्माद्घोरत्वमापन्नं ये मां वेत्स्यन्ति भूतले। तेषामघोरः शान्तश्च भविष्याम्यहमव्ययः
tasmādghoratvamāpannaṃ ye māṃ vetsyanti bhūtale| teṣāmaghoraḥ śāntaśca bhaviṣyāmyahamavyayaḥ
"Therefore those on earth who shall know me who have attained terribleness — for them I, the imperishable, shall be non-terrible and calm."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.71
तस्माद्विश्वत्वमान्नं ये मां पश्यन्ति भूतले । तेषां शिवश्च सौम्यश्च भविष्यामि सदैव तु
tasmādviśvatvamānnaṃ ye māṃ paśyanti bhūtale | teṣāṃ śivaśca saumyaśca bhaviṣyāmi sadaiva tu
"Therefore those on earth who see me as having attained the state of the All — for them I shall always be benign (śiva) and gentle."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.72
तस्माच्च विश्वरूपो वै कल्पोऽयं समुदाहृतः। विश्वरूपा तथा चेयं सावित्री समुदाहृता
tasmācca viśvarūpo vai kalpo'yaṃ samudāhṛtaḥ| viśvarūpā tathā ceyaṃ sāvitrī samudāhṛtā
"And therefore this kalpa is declared to be Viśvarūpa (of all forms), and likewise this Sāvitrī is declared to be Viśvarūpā (of all forms)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.73
सर्वरूपास्तथा चेमे संवृत्ता मम पुत्रकाः। चत्वारस्ते समाख्याताः पादा वै लोकसंमताः
sarvarūpāstathā ceme saṃvṛttā mama putrakāḥ| catvāraste samākhyātāḥ pādā vai lokasaṃmatāḥ
"And likewise these my little sons have come to be of all forms; those four of yours are declared to be the feet (of dharma), esteemed in the world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.74
तस्माच्च सर्व वर्णत्वं प्रजात्वं मे भविष्यति। सर्वभक्ष्या च मेध्या च वर्णतश्च भविष्यति
tasmācca sarva varṇatvaṃ prajātvaṃ me bhaviṣyati| sarvabhakṣyā ca medhyā ca varṇataśca bhaviṣyati
"And therefore there will be for me the state of comprising all colours (classes) and the state of being offspring; and she will be all-eating and pure, and (so) by colour too."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.75
मोक्षो धर्मस्तथार्थश्च कामश्चेति चतुष्टयम्। तस्माद्वेत्ता च वेद्यं च चतुर्द्धा वै भविष्यति
mokṣo dharmastathārthaśca kāmaśceti catuṣṭayam| tasmādvettā ca vedyaṃ ca caturddhā vai bhaviṣyati
"Liberation, dharma, and wealth, and pleasure — this fourfold set; therefore the knower and the knowable will indeed be fourfold."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.76
भूतग्रामाश्च चत्वारः आश्रमाश्चतुरस्तथा। धर्मस्य पादाश्चत्वार श्चत्वारो मम पुत्रकाः
bhūtagrāmāśca catvāraḥ āśramāścaturastathā| dharmasya pādāścatvāra ścatvāro mama putrakāḥ
"And the four classes of beings, and likewise the four stages of life, the four feet of dharma, and my four sons —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.77
तस्माच्चतुर्युगावस्थं जगद्वै सचराचरम्। चतुर्द्धाऽवस्थितं चैव चतुष्पादं भविष्यति
tasmāccaturyugāvasthaṃ jagadvai sacarācaram| caturddhā'vasthitaṃ caiva catuṣpādaṃ bhaviṣyati
"— therefore the world with all that moves and does not move, resting on the four ages, will be established in four ways and four-footed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.78
भूर्लोकोऽथ भुवर्लोकः स्वर्लोकोऽथ महस्तथा। जनस्तपश्च शांतश्च रुद्रलोकस्ततः परम्
bhūrloko'tha bhuvarlokaḥ svarloko'tha mahastathā| janastapaśca śāṃtaśca rudralokastataḥ param
Bhūrloka, then Bhuvarloka, then Svarloka, and likewise Mahas, Jana and Tapas and Śānta, and beyond that Rudra's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.79
स्वर्लोको हि तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थस्तु महः स्मृतः। तत्र लोकः परं स्थानं परन्तद्योगिनां स्मृतम्
svarloko hi tṛtīyastu caturthastu mahaḥ smṛtaḥ| tatra lokaḥ paraṃ sthānaṃ parantadyogināṃ smṛtam
Svarloka indeed is the third, and the fourth is said to be Mahas; there is the world, the highest station — that is said to be the highest of the yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.80
निर्ममा निरहंकाराः कामक्रोधविवर्ज्जिताः। द्रक्ष्यन्ते तद्विदो युक्ता ध्यानतत्परयुञ्जकाः
nirmamā nirahaṃkārāḥ kāmakrodhavivarjjitāḥ| drakṣyante tadvido yuktā dhyānatatparayuñjakāḥ
Free of possessiveness, free of ego, rid of desire and anger, those who know that, disciplined, intent on meditation and practising it, shall see (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.81
यस्माच्चतुष्पदा ह्येषा त्वया दृष्टा सरस्वती। तस्माच्च पशवः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति चतुष्पदाः। तस्माच्चैषां भविष्यन्ति चत्वारो वै पयोधराः
yasmāccatuṣpadā hyeṣā tvayā dṛṣṭā sarasvatī| tasmācca paśavaḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti catuṣpadāḥ| tasmāccaiṣāṃ bhaviṣyanti catvāro vai payodharāḥ
Since this Sarasvatī was seen by you as four-footed, therefore all cattle shall be four-footed; and therefore they shall have four udders.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.82
सोमश्च मन्त्रसंयुक्तो यस्मान्मम मुखाच्च्युतः। जीवः प्राणभृतां ब्रह्मन् सर्वः पीत्वा स्तनैर्घृतम्
somaśca mantrasaṃyukto yasmānmama mukhāccyutaḥ| jīvaḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ brahman sarvaḥ pītvā stanairghṛtam
And since Soma, joined with mantra, fell from my mouth — the life of all breathing beings, O brahman, having drunk the ghee from (her) teats —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.83
तस्मात् सोममयं चैतदमृतं चैव संज्ञितम्। चतुष्पादा भविष्यन्ति श्वेतत्वं चास्य तेन तत्
tasmāt somamayaṃ caitadamṛtaṃ caiva saṃjñitam| catuṣpādā bhaviṣyanti śvetatvaṃ cāsya tena tat
therefore this is made of Soma and is called the nectar; (they) shall be four-footed, and by that (comes) its whiteness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.84
यस्माच्चैवं क्रियाभूत्वा द्विपादा वै महेश्वरी। दृष्टा पुनस्त्वया चैषा सावित्री लोकभाविनी। तस्माद्वै द्विपदाः सर्वे द्विस्तनाश्च नराः स्मृताः
yasmāccaivaṃ kriyābhūtvā dvipādā vai maheśvarī| dṛṣṭā punastvayā caiṣā sāvitrī lokabhāvinī| tasmādvai dvipadāḥ sarve dvistanāśca narāḥ smṛtāḥ
And since the Great Goddess, having thus become the (sacrificial) act, two-footed — she, Sāvitrī, who brings the worlds into being, was again seen by you — therefore all men are held to be two-footed and two-breasted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.85
यस्माच्चैवमजा भूत्वा सर्ववर्णा महेश्वरी। दृष्टा त्वया महासत्त्वा सर्वभूतधरा परा। तस्मात्तु विश्वरूपत्वमजानां वै भविष्यति
yasmāccaivamajā bhūtvā sarvavarṇā maheśvarī| dṛṣṭā tvayā mahāsattvā sarvabhūtadharā parā| tasmāttu viśvarūpatvamajānāṃ vai bhaviṣyati
And since the Great Goddess, having become a she-goat of all colours, of great being, supreme, the supporter of all beings, was seen by you, therefore goats shall have all forms (of colour).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.86
अजश्चैव महातेजा विश्वरूपो भविष्यति। अमोघरेताः सर्वत्र मुखे चास्य हुताशनः। तस्मात् सर्वगतो मेध्यः पशुरूपी हुताशनः
ajaścaiva mahātejā viśvarūpo bhaviṣyati| amogharetāḥ sarvatra mukhe cāsya hutāśanaḥ| tasmāt sarvagato medhyaḥ paśurūpī hutāśanaḥ
And the he-goat, of great splendour, shall be of all forms; his seed is never fruitless, and everywhere in his mouth is the fire-eater (Agni); therefore the fire-eater, all-pervading and pure, has the form of a sacrificial animal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.87
तपसा भावितात्मानो ये वै द्रक्ष्यन्ति वै द्विजाः। ईशित्वे च शिवत्वे च सर्वगं सर्वतः स्थिरम्
tapasā bhāvitātmāno ye vai drakṣyanti vai dvijāḥ| īśitve ca śivatve ca sarvagaṃ sarvataḥ sthiram
Those twice-born whose selves are formed by austerity shall see (me), all-pervading and everywhere steady, in lordship and in benignity;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.88
रजस्तमोविनिर्मुक्तास्त्यक्त्वा मानुष्यकम्बुवि। मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
rajastamovinirmuktāstyaktvā mānuṣyakambuvi| matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
released from passion and darkness, having abandoned the human (state) on earth, they shall go near to me, (a state) from which return is hard to come by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.89
इत्येवमुक्तो भगवान् ब्रह्मा रुद्रेण वै द्विजाः। प्रणम्य प्रयतो भूत्वा पुनराह पितामहः
ityevamukto bhagavān brahmā rudreṇa vai dvijāḥ| praṇamya prayato bhūtvā punarāha pitāmahaḥ
Thus addressed by Rudra, O twice-born, the lord Brahmā, the grandfather, having bowed and become composed, spoke again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.90
।।ब्रह्मोवाच।। भगवन्देवदेवेश विश्वरूपी महेश्वरः। इमास्तव महादेव तनवो लोकवन्दिताः
||brahmovāca|| bhagavandevadeveśa viśvarūpī maheśvaraḥ| imāstava mahādeva tanavo lokavanditāḥ
Brahmā said: O Lord, ruler of the gods of gods, Maheśvara of all forms — these forms of yours, O great god, are revered by the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.91
विश्वरूप महासत्त्व कस्मिन् काले महाभुज। कस्यां वा युगसम्भूत्यां द्रक्ष्यन्ति त्वां द्विजातयः
viśvarūpa mahāsattva kasmin kāle mahābhuja| kasyāṃ vā yugasambhūtyāṃ drakṣyanti tvāṃ dvijātayaḥ
O you of all forms, of great being, of mighty arms, at what time, or in the arising of which age, will the twice-born see you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.92
केन वा तत्त्वयोगेन ध्यानयोगेन केन वा । तनवस्ते महादेव शक्या द्रष्टुं द्विजातिभिः
kena vā tattvayogena dhyānayogena kena vā | tanavaste mahādeva śakyā draṣṭuṃ dvijātibhiḥ
Or by what union with truth, or by what yoga of meditation, are your forms, O great god, able to be seen by the twice-born?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.93
।।भगवानुवाच।। तपसा नैव योगेन दानधर्मफलेन वा। न तीर्थफलयोगेन क्रतुभिर्वा सदक्षिणैः
||bhagavānuvāca|| tapasā naiva yogena dānadharmaphalena vā| na tīrthaphalayogena kratubhirvā sadakṣiṇaiḥ
The Lord said: Not by austerity, nor by yoga, nor by the fruit of gift-giving and duty, nor by the fruit-yielding practice of pilgrimage, nor by sacrifices with their fees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.94
न वेदाध्यापनैर्वापि न चित्तेन विवेदनैः । शक्योऽहं मानुर्षैद्रष्टुमृते ध्यानात्परं न हि
na vedādhyāpanairvāpi na cittena vivedanaiḥ | śakyo'haṃ mānurṣaidraṣṭumṛte dhyānātparaṃ na hi
nor even by the teaching of the Vedas, nor by discernments of the mind, can I be seen by men — except by meditation; there is nothing higher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.95
साध्यो नारायणश्चैव विष्णुस्त्रिभुवनेश्वरः । भविष्यतीह नाम्ना तु वाराहो नाम विश्रुतः
sādhyo nārāyaṇaścaiva viṣṇustribhuvaneśvaraḥ | bhaviṣyatīha nāmnā tu vārāho nāma viśrutaḥ
Nārāyaṇa, to be won (by them), Viṣṇu, the lord of the three worlds, shall come to be here, renowned by the name Vārāha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.96
चतुर्बाहुश्चतुष्पादश्चतुर्नेत्रश्चतुर्मुखः। तदा संवत्सरो भूत्वा यज्ञरूपी भविष्यति। षडङ्गश्च त्रिशीर्षश्च त्रिस्थाने त्रिशरीरवान्
caturbāhuścatuṣpādaścaturnetraścaturmukhaḥ| tadā saṃvatsaro bhūtvā yajñarūpī bhaviṣyati| ṣaḍaṅgaśca triśīrṣaśca tristhāne triśarīravān
Four-armed, four-footed, four-eyed, four-faced, then, having become the year, he shall be of the form of the sacrifice, six-limbed, three-headed, in three places, having three bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.97
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव चतुर्युगम्। एतस्य पादाश्चत्वारः अङ्गानि क्रतवस्तथा
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliścaiva caturyugam| etasya pādāścatvāraḥ aṅgāni kratavastathā
Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali — the four ages: these are his four feet, and the sacrifices are his limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.98
भुजाश्च वेदाश्चत्वारो ऋतुः सन्धिमुखानि च। द्वे मुखे द्वे च अयने नेत्राश्च चतुरस्तथा
bhujāśca vedāścatvāro ṛtuḥ sandhimukhāni ca| dve mukhe dve ca ayane netrāśca caturastathā
His arms are the four Vedas; the season and the junction-points are (his) faces — the two faces are the two solstices — and likewise the four eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.99
शिरांसि त्रीणि पर्वाणि फाल्गुन्याषाढकृत्तिकाः। दिव्यान्तरिक्षभौमानि त्रीणि स्थानानि यानि तु। सम्भवः प्रलयश्चैव आश्रमौ द्वौ प्रकीर्त्तितौ
śirāṃsi trīṇi parvāṇi phālgunyāṣāḍhakṛttikāḥ| divyāntarikṣabhaumāni trīṇi sthānāni yāni tu| sambhavaḥ pralayaścaiva āśramau dvau prakīrttitau
The three heads are the (three) junctures — Phālgunī, Āṣāḍhī and Kṛttikā; the three stations that exist are the celestial, the atmospheric and the earthly; and origination and dissolution are declared to be the two āśramas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.100
स यदा कालरूपाभो वराहत्वे व्यवस्थितः। भविष्यति यदा साध्यो विष्णुर्नारायणः प्रभुः
sa yadā kālarūpābho varāhatve vyavasthitaḥ| bhaviṣyati yadā sādhyo viṣṇurnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
When he, whose radiance is the form of Time, has taken his stand in the state of the Boar — when the lord Viṣṇu Nārāyaṇa, who is to be attained, shall come to be —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.101
तदा त्वमपि देवेश चतुर्व्वक्त्रो भविष्यसि। ब्रह्मलोकनमस्कार्यो विष्णुर्नारायणः प्रभुः
tadā tvamapi deveśa caturvvaktro bhaviṣyasi| brahmalokanamaskāryo viṣṇurnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
then you too, O lord of gods, shall become four-faced; the lord Viṣṇu Nārāyaṇa is to be revered by the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.102
एकार्णवे प्लवे चैव शयानं पुरुषं हरिम्। यदा द्रक्ष्यसि देवेशं ध्यानयुक्तं महामुनिम्
ekārṇave plave caiva śayānaṃ puruṣaṃ harim| yadā drakṣyasi deveśaṃ dhyānayuktaṃ mahāmunim
When you shall see the Person, Hari, the lord of gods, the great sage absorbed in meditation, lying afloat upon the single ocean —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.103
तदावां मम योगेन मोहितौ नष्टचेतसौ। अन्योन्यस्पर्द्धिनौ रात्रावविज्ञाय परस्परम्
tadāvāṃ mama yogena mohitau naṣṭacetasau| anyonyasparddhinau rātrāvavijñāya parasparam
then we two, bewildered by my yoga-power, our minds lost, contending with each other in the night, not recognising one another —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.104
एकैकस्योदरस्थांस्तु दृष्ट्वा लोकांश्चराचरान्। विस्मयं परमं गत्वा ध्यानाद्बुद्ध्वा तु मानुषौ
ekaikasyodarasthāṃstu dṛṣṭvā lokāṃścarācarān| vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā dhyānādbuddhvā tu mānuṣau
but, seeing in the belly of each one the worlds with their moving and unmoving beings, and reaching the highest astonishment, the two of us, (till then) as men, awakening through meditation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.105
ततस्त्वं पझसंभूतः पझनाभः सनातनः। पद्माङ्कितस्तदा कल्पे ख्यातिं यास्यसि पुष्कलाम्
tatastvaṃ pajhasaṃbhūtaḥ pajhanābhaḥ sanātanaḥ| padmāṅkitastadā kalpe khyātiṃ yāsyasi puṣkalām
then you, arisen from the lotus, lotus-navelled, everlasting, marked with the lotus, shall attain abundant fame in that kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.106
ततस्तस्मिंस्तदा कल्पे वाराहे सप्तमे प्रभोः। पुनर्विष्णुर्महातेजाः कालो लोकप्रकालनः। मनुर्वैवस्वतो नाम तव पुत्रो भविष्यति
tatastasmiṃstadā kalpe vārāhe saptame prabhoḥ| punarviṣṇurmahātejāḥ kālo lokaprakālanaḥ| manurvaivasvato nāma tava putro bhaviṣyati
Then, in that seventh Vārāha kalpa of the Lord, again Viṣṇu of great splendour, (who is) Time, the destroyer of the worlds, shall be your son, Manu by name Vaivasvata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.107
तदा चतुर्युगावस्थे कल्पे तस्मिन् युगान्तके। भविष्यामि शिखायुक्तः श्वेतो नाम महामुनिः
tadā caturyugāvasthe kalpe tasmin yugāntake| bhaviṣyāmi śikhāyuktaḥ śveto nāma mahāmuniḥ
Then, in that kalpa consisting of four yugas, at the end of the yuga, I shall become a great sage named Śveta, wearing a topknot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.108
हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये छागले पर्वतोत्तमे। चतुःशिष्याः शिवे युक्ता भविष्यन्ति तदा मम
himavacchikhare ramye chāgale parvatottame| catuḥśiṣyāḥ śive yuktā bhaviṣyanti tadā mama
On the lovely peak of Himavat, on Chāgala, best of mountains, four disciples of mine, devoted to Śiva, shall then come to be.
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VaP 1 23.109
श्वेतश्चैव शिखश्चैव श्वेताश्वः श्वेतलोहितः। चत्वारस्ते महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः
śvetaścaiva śikhaścaiva śvetāśvaḥ śvetalohitaḥ| catvāraste mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ
Śveta, Śikha, Śvetāśva and Śvetalohita — these four are great-souled brahmins who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.110
ततस्ते ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठा दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मगतिं पराम् । तत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
tataste brahmabhūyiṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā brahmagatiṃ parām | tatsamīpaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
Then they, wholly given over to brahman, having seen the supreme brahman-goal, shall go into its presence, from which return is hard (to obtain).
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VaP 1 23.111
पुनस्तु मम देवेशो द्वितीयद्वापरे प्रभुः। प्रजापतिर्यदा व्यासः सत्यो नाम भविष्यति
punastu mama deveśo dvitīyadvāpare prabhuḥ| prajāpatiryadā vyāsaḥ satyo nāma bhaviṣyati
And again, when the lord of gods, my Prajāpati, shall be the Vyāsa named Satya in the second Dvāpara,
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VaP 1 23.112
तदा लोकहितार्थाय सुतारे नाम नामतः। भविष्यामि कलौ तस्मिन् लोकानुग्रहकारणात्
tadā lokahitārthāya sutāre nāma nāmataḥ| bhaviṣyāmi kalau tasmin lokānugrahakāraṇāt
then, for the welfare of the world, I shall become one named Sutāra in that Kali (age), for the sake of showing favour to the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.113
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्या नाम नामतः। दुन्दुभिः शतरूपश्च ऋचीकः क्रतुमांस्तथा
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyā nāma nāmataḥ| dundubhiḥ śatarūpaśca ṛcīkaḥ kratumāṃstathā
There too these sons of mine shall come to be, by name: Dundubhi, Śatarūpa, Ṛcīka and Kratumān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.114
प्राप्य योगं तथा ज्ञानं ब्रह्म चैव सनातनम्। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्ति दुर्लभम्
prāpya yogaṃ tathā jñānaṃ brahma caiva sanātanam| rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛtti durlabham
Having attained yoga and knowledge and the eternal brahman, they shall go to the world of Rudra, from which return is hard (to obtain).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.115
तृतीये द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासस्तु भार्गवः। तदा ह्यहं भविष्यामि दमनस्तु युगन्तिके
tṛtīye dvāpare caiva yadā vyāsastu bhārgavaḥ| tadā hyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi damanastu yugantike
And in the third Dvāpara, when the Vyāsa is Bhārgava, then indeed I shall become Damana at the end of the yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.116
तत्रापि च भविष्यन्ति चत्वारो मम पुत्रकाः। विशोकश्च विकेशश्च विशापः शापनाशनः
tatrāpi ca bhaviṣyanti catvāro mama putrakāḥ| viśokaśca vikeśaśca viśāpaḥ śāpanāśanaḥ
There too four little sons of mine shall come to be: Viśoka, Vikeśa, Viśāpa and Śāpanāśana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.117
तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण योगोक्तेन महौजसः। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa yogoktena mahaujasaḥ| rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
They too, of great vigour, by that same path taught in yoga, shall go to the world of Rudra, from which return is hard (to obtain).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.118
चतुर्थे द्वापरे चैव यदा व्यासोऽङ्गिराः स्मृतः। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि सुहोत्रो नाम नामतः
caturthe dvāpare caiva yadā vyāso'ṅgirāḥ smṛtaḥ| tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi suhotro nāma nāmataḥ
And in the fourth Dvāpara, when Aṅgiras is remembered as Vyāsa, then too I shall become one named Suhotra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.119
तत्रापि मम सत्पुत्राश्चत्वारश्च तपोधनाः। भविष्यन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठा योगात्मानो दृढव्रताः
tatrāpi mama satputrāścatvāraśca tapodhanāḥ| bhaviṣyanti dvijaśreṣṭhā yogātmāno dṛḍhavratāḥ
There too I shall have four good sons, rich in ascetic power, best of the twice-born, of yogic nature, firm in their vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.120
सुमुखो दुर्मुखश्चैव दुर्दमो दुरतिक्रमः। प्राप्य योगगतिं सूक्ष्मां विमला दग्धकिल्बिषाः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः
sumukho durmukhaścaiva durdamo duratikramaḥ| prāpya yogagatiṃ sūkṣmāṃ vimalā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ| te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ
Sumukha, Durmukha, Durdama and Duratikrama — having attained the subtle course of yoga, stainless, their taints burned away, they too will go by that very path; there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.121
पञ्चमे द्वापरे चैव व्यासस्तु सविता यदा। तदा चापि भविष्यामि कङ्गो नाम महातपाः। अनुग्रहार्थं लोकानां योगात्मा नैककर्मकृत्
pañcame dvāpare caiva vyāsastu savitā yadā| tadā cāpi bhaviṣyāmi kaṅgo nāma mahātapāḥ| anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ yogātmā naikakarmakṛt
And in the fifth Dvāpara, when Savitā is the Vyāsa, then too I shall be (born) as one named Kaṅga, of great austerity, for the sake of favouring the worlds, of yogic nature, performing many kinds of acts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.122
चत्वारस्तु महाभागा विरजाः शुद्धयोनयः । पुत्रा मम भविष्यन्ति योगात्मानो दृढव्रताः
catvārastu mahābhāgā virajāḥ śuddhayonayaḥ | putrā mama bhaviṣyanti yogātmāno dṛḍhavratāḥ
And four highly fortunate ones, free of impurity, of pure birth, will be my sons, of yogic nature, firm in their vows.
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VaP 1 23.123
सनः सनन्दनश्चैव प्रभुर्यश्च सनातनः। ऋतुः सनत्कुमारश्च निर्ममा निरहंकृताः। मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
sanaḥ sanandanaścaiva prabhuryaśca sanātanaḥ| ṛtuḥ sanatkumāraśca nirmamā nirahaṃkṛtāḥ| matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
Sana and Sanandana, Prabhu and Sanātana, Ṛtu and Sanatkumāra — free of possessiveness, free of egotism, they will come near to me, (a state) hard to attain, from which there is no returning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.124
परिवृत्ते पुनः षष्ठे मृत्युर्व्यासो यदा विभुः। तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि लोकाक्षिर्नाम नामतः
parivṛtte punaḥ ṣaṣṭhe mṛtyurvyāso yadā vibhuḥ| tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi lokākṣirnāma nāmataḥ
Again, when the sixth (age) has come round, when the mighty Mṛtyu is the Vyāsa, then too I shall be (born) as one named Lokākṣi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.125
शिष्याश्च मम ते दिव्या योगात्मानो दृढव्रताः। भविष्यन्ति महाभागाश्चत्वारो लोकसम्मताः
śiṣyāśca mama te divyā yogātmāno dṛḍhavratāḥ| bhaviṣyanti mahābhāgāścatvāro lokasammatāḥ
And those divine disciples of mine, of yogic nature, firm in their vows, will be four, highly fortunate, honoured by the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.126
सुधामा विरजश्चैव शङ्खपाद्रव एव च। योगात्मानो महात्मानस्ते सर्वे दग्धकिल्बिषाः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः
sudhāmā virajaścaiva śaṅkhapādrava eva ca| yogātmāno mahātmānaste sarve dagdhakilbiṣāḥ| te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ
Sudhāman and Viraja and Śaṅkhapād and Rava — of yogic nature, great souls, all of them with their taints burned away; they too will go by that very path; there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.127
सप्तमे परिवर्त्ते तु यदा व्यासः शतक्रतुः। विभुर्नाम महातेजा- पूर्वमासीच्छतक्रतुः
saptame parivartte tu yadā vyāsaḥ śatakratuḥ| vibhurnāma mahātejā- pūrvamāsīcchatakratuḥ
But in the seventh turning, when the Vyāsa is Śatakratu, named Vibhu, of great splendour — formerly he was Śatakratu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.128
तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके। जैगीषव्येति विखयातः सर्वेषां योगिनां वरः
tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi kalau tasmin yugāntike| jaigīṣavyeti vikhayātaḥ sarveṣāṃ yogināṃ varaḥ
Then too, in that Kali, at the end of the age, I shall be (born), renowned as Jaigīṣavya, the best of all yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.129
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति युगे तदा। सारस्वतः सुमेधाश्च वसुवाहः सुवाहनः
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti yuge tadā| sārasvataḥ sumedhāśca vasuvāhaḥ suvāhanaḥ
There too, in that age, these will be my sons: Sārasvata, Sumedhas, Vasuvāha and Suvāhana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.130
तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण ध्यानयुक्तिं समाश्रिताः । भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो रुद्रलोकपरायणाः
te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa dhyānayuktiṃ samāśritāḥ | bhaviṣyanti mahātmāno rudralokaparāyaṇāḥ
They too, by that same path, resorting to the practice of meditation, will become great souls devoted to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.131
वसिष्ठश्चाष्टमे व्यासः परिवर्त्ते भविष्यति। कपिलश्चासुरिश्चैव तथा पञ्चशिखो मुनिः। वाग्बलिश्च महायोगी सर्व एव महौजसः
vasiṣṭhaścāṣṭame vyāsaḥ parivartte bhaviṣyati| kapilaścāsuriścaiva tathā pañcaśikho muniḥ| vāgbaliśca mahāyogī sarva eva mahaujasaḥ
And Vasiṣṭha will be the Vyāsa in the eighth turning; and Kapila and Āsuri, and likewise the sage Pañcaśikha, and Vāgbali the great yogin — all of them of great vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.132
प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं ध्यानिनो दग्धकल्मषाः। मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ dhyānino dagdhakalmaṣāḥ| matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
Having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, meditators with their stains burned away, they will come near to me, (a state) hard to attain, from which there is no returning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.133
परिवर्त्तेऽथ नवमे व्यासः सारस्वतो यदा। तदा चाहं भविष्यामि ऋषभो नाम नामतः । तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः
parivartte'tha navame vyāsaḥ sārasvato yadā| tadā cāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi ṛṣabho nāma nāmataḥ | tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ
Then, in the ninth turning, when Sārasvata is the Vyāsa, then I shall be (born) by the name Ṛṣabha; there too these sons of mine will be of great vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.134
पराशरश्च गार्ग्यश्च भार्गवो ह्यङ्गिरास्तथा। भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः
parāśaraśca gārgyaśca bhārgavo hyaṅgirāstathā| bhaviṣyanti mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ
Parāśara and Gārgya and Bhārgava and likewise Aṅgiras will be great souls, brahmins who have mastered the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.135
सर्वे तपोबलोत्कृष्टाः शापानुग्रहकोविदाः। तेपि तेनैव मार्गेण योगोक्तेन तपस्विनः। ध्यानमार्गं समासाद्य गमिष्यन्ति तथैव ते
sarve tapobalotkṛṣṭāḥ śāpānugrahakovidāḥ| tepi tenaiva mārgeṇa yogoktena tapasvinaḥ| dhyānamārgaṃ samāsādya gamiṣyanti tathaiva te
All eminent in the power of austerity, skilled in cursing and in granting favours — those ascetics too, by that same path taught in yoga, having reached the way of meditation, will go in just that manner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.136
दशमे द्वापरे व्यासस्त्रिधामानाम नामतः। यदा भविष्यति विप्रास्तदाऽहं भविता पुनः
daśame dvāpare vyāsastridhāmānāma nāmataḥ| yadā bhaviṣyati viprāstadā'haṃ bhavitā punaḥ
In the tenth Dvāpara, when the Vyāsa will be one named Tridhāman — then, O brahmins, I shall be (born) again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.137
हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये भृगुतुङ्गे नगोत्तमे। नाम्ना भृगोस्तु शिखरन्तस्मात्तच्छिखरम्भृगुः
himavacchikhare ramye bhṛgutuṅge nagottame| nāmnā bhṛgostu śikharantasmāttacchikharambhṛguḥ
On a lovely peak of the Himālaya, on Bhṛgutuṅga, best of mountains — for it is Bhṛgu's peak by name, hence that peak is Bhṛgu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.138
तत्रैव मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति दृढव्रताः। बलबन्धुर्निरामित्रः केतुश्रृङ्गस्तपोधनः
tatraiva mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti dṛḍhavratāḥ| balabandhurnirāmitraḥ ketuśrṛṅgastapodhanaḥ
There itself these sons of mine will be, firm in their vows: Balabandhu, Nirāmitra, Ketuśṛṅga, (and) Tapodhana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.139
योगात्मानो महात्मानो ध्यानयोगसमन्विताः। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति तपसा दग्धकल्मषाः
yogātmāno mahātmāno dhyānayogasamanvitāḥ| rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti tapasā dagdhakalmaṣāḥ
Yogic in nature, great-souled, endowed with the discipline of meditation, their impurities burnt away by austerity, they will go to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.140
एकादशे द्वापरे तु त्रिवृद्व्यासो भविष्यति। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि गङ्गाद्वारे कलेर्धुरि
ekādaśe dvāpare tu trivṛdvyāso bhaviṣyati| tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi gaṅgādvāre kalerdhuri
But in the eleventh Dvāpara, Trivṛt will be the Vyāsa; then too I shall come to be at the gate of the Gaṅgā, at the threshold of the Kali (age).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.141
उग्रा नाम महानादास्तत्रैव मम पुत्रकाः। भविष्यन्ति महौजस्काः सुवृत्ता लोकविश्रुताः
ugrā nāma mahānādāstatraiva mama putrakāḥ| bhaviṣyanti mahaujaskāḥ suvṛttā lokaviśrutāḥ
There too my sons, called the Ugras, loud-roaring, will be of great vigour, of good conduct, renowned in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.142
लम्बोदरश्च लम्बश्च लम्बाक्षो लम्बकेशकः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति परां गतिम्
lambodaraśca lambaśca lambākṣo lambakeśakaḥ| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya saṃsthitāḥ| te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa gamiṣyanti parāṃ gatim
Lambodara and Lamba, Lambākṣa and Lambakeśaka: having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they are established for the world of Rudra; they too by that same path will go to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.143
द्वादशे पिरवर्त्ते तु शततेजा महामुनिः। भविष्यति महासत्त्वो व्यासः कविवरोत्तमः
dvādaśe piravartte tu śatatejā mahāmuniḥ| bhaviṣyati mahāsattvo vyāsaḥ kavivarottamaḥ
But in the twelfth turning (of the age), Śatatejas, the great sage, of great being, best of the foremost poets, will be the Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.144
ततोऽप्यहं भविष्यामि अत्रिर्नाम युगान्तिके। हैमकं वनमासाद्य योगमास्थाय भूतले
tato'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi atrirnāma yugāntike| haimakaṃ vanamāsādya yogamāsthāya bhūtale
After that too I shall come to be, Atri by name, at the end of the age, having reached the Haimaka forest and taken up yoga on the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.145
अत्रापि मा ते पुत्रा भस्मस्नानानुलेपनाः। भविष्यन्ति महायोग रुद्रलोकपरायणाः
atrāpi mā te putrā bhasmasnānānulepanāḥ| bhaviṣyanti mahāyoga rudralokaparāyaṇāḥ
There too those sons of mine, bathed and anointed with ashes, will be of great yoga, wholly devoted to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.146
सर्वज्ञः समबुद्धिश्च साध्यः सर्वस्तथैव च। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति ध्यानयोगपरायणाः
sarvajñaḥ samabuddhiśca sādhyaḥ sarvastathaiva ca| rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti dhyānayogaparāyaṇāḥ
Sarvajña and Samabuddhi, Sādhya and likewise Sarva—they, wholly devoted to the discipline of meditation, will go to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.147
त्रयोदशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमेण तु। धर्मो नरायणो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता यदा
trayodaśe punaḥ prāpte parivartte krameṇa tu| dharmo narāyaṇo nāma vyāsastu bhavitā yadā
And again, when the thirteenth turning is reached in due order, when Dharma by name Nārāyaṇa will be the Vyāsa—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.148
तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि वालिर्नाम महामुनिः। वालखिल्याश्रमे पुण्ये पर्वते गन्धमादने
tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi vālirnāma mahāmuniḥ| vālakhilyāśrame puṇye parvate gandhamādane
then too I shall come to be, a great sage, Vāli by name, in the holy hermitage of the Vālakhilyas, on the mountain Gandhamādana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.149
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वसिष्ठो विरजास्तथा
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ| sudhāmā kāśyapaścaiva vasiṣṭho virajāstathā
There too these sons of mine will be, rich in austerity: Sudhāman and Kāśyapa, Vasiṣṭha and Virajas as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.150
महायोगबलोपेता विमला ऊर्द्ध्वरेतसः। तेनैव योगमार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः
mahāyogabalopetā vimalā ūrddhvaretasaḥ| tenaiva yogamārgeṇa gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ
Endowed with the power of great yoga, stainless, their seed drawn upward, they will go by that very path of yoga—there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.151
सुरक्षणो यदा व्यासः पर्याये तु चतुर्द्दशे। तत्रापि पुनरेवाहं भविष्यामि युगान्तिके
surakṣaṇo yadā vyāsaḥ paryāye tu caturddaśe| tatrāpi punarevāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi yugāntike
When Surakṣaṇa is the Vyāsa, in the fourteenth turn, there too again I shall come to be at the end of the age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.152
वंशे त्वङ्गिरसः श्रेष्ठो गौतमो नाम योगवित्। तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं गौतमं नाम तद्वनम्
vaṃśe tvaṅgirasaḥ śreṣṭho gautamo nāma yogavit| tasmādbhaviṣyate puṇyaṃ gautamaṃ nāma tadvanam
in the lineage of Aṅgiras, the foremost, Gautama by name, knower of yoga; from that, that forest will become holy, named Gautama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.153
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति कलौ तथा। अत्रिरुग्रतपाश्चैव श्रावणोऽथ स्रविष्टकः
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti kalau tathā| atrirugratapāścaiva śrāvaṇo'tha sraviṣṭakaḥ
There too, in that Kali (age), these sons of mine will be: Atri and Ugratapas, then Śrāvaṇa and Sraviṣṭaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.154
योगात्मानो महात्मानो ध्यानयोगपरायणाः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण रुद्रलोकनिवासिनः
yogātmāno mahātmāno dhyānayogaparāyaṇāḥ| te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa rudralokanivāsinaḥ
Yogic in nature, great-souled, wholly devoted to the discipline of meditation, they too by that same path (become) dwellers in the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.155
ततः प्राप्ते पञ्चदशे परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। आरुणिस्तु यदा व्यासो द्वापरे भविता प्रभुः
tataḥ prāpte pañcadaśe parivartte kramāgate| āruṇistu yadā vyāso dvāpare bhavitā prabhuḥ
Then, when the fifteenth turning has come in due order, when Āruṇi will be the Vyāsa, the lord, in the Dvāpara (age)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.156
तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि नाम्ना वेदशिरा द्विजाः। तत्र वेदशिरा नाम अस्त्रं तत्पारमेश्वरम्
tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi nāmnā vedaśirā dvijāḥ| tatra vedaśirā nāma astraṃ tatpārameśvaram
then too I shall come to be, by name Vedaśiras, O twice-born ones; there (will be) that supreme weapon of Parameśvara called Vedaśiras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.157
भविष्यति महावीर्यं वेदशीर्षा च पर्वतः। हिमवत्पृष्ठमाश्रित्य सरस्वत्या नगोत्तमे
bhaviṣyati mahāvīryaṃ vedaśīrṣā ca parvataḥ| himavatpṛṣṭhamāśritya sarasvatyā nagottame
of great potency, and there will be a mountain Vedaśīrṣa, resting on the flank of Himavat, on the finest of hills by the Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.158
तदापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। कुणिश्च कुणिबाहुश्च कुशरीरः कुनेत्रकः
tadāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ| kuṇiśca kuṇibāhuśca kuśarīraḥ kunetrakaḥ
Then too these sons of mine will be, rich in austerity: Kuṇi and Kuṇibāhu, Kuśarīra and Kunetraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.159
योगात्मानो महात्मानो ब्रह्मिष्ठाश्चोर्द्ध्वरेतसः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण रुद्रलोकं गतास्तु ते
yogātmāno mahātmāno brahmiṣṭhāścorddhvaretasaḥ| te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa rudralokaṃ gatāstu te
Yoga-souled, great-souled, most devoted to brahman, holding their seed upward — they too, by that very path, went to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.160
ततः षोडशमे चापि परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। व्यासस्तु सञ्जयो नाम भविष्यति तदा प्रभुः
tataḥ ṣoḍaśame cāpi parivartte kramāgate| vyāsastu sañjayo nāma bhaviṣyati tadā prabhuḥ
Then, when the sixteenth turning-period comes around in due order, the Vyāsa will then be the lord named Sañjaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.161
तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गोकर्णो नाम नामतः। तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं गोकर्णं नाम तद्वनम्
tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi gokarṇo nāma nāmataḥ| tasmādbhaviṣyate puṇyaṃ gokarṇaṃ nāma tadvanam
Then too I shall be, Gokarṇa by name; hence that forest will become the holy (place) named Gokarṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.162
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः। कश्यपो ह्युशनाश्चैव च्यवनोऽथ बृहस्पतिः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति परं पदम्
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ| kaśyapo hyuśanāścaiva cyavano'tha bṛhaspatiḥ| te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa gamiṣyanti paraṃ padam
There too these sons of mine, of great vigour, will be: Kaśyapa, and Uśanas, and Cyavana, and Bṛhaspati; they too, by that same path, will go to the supreme state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.163
ततः सप्तदशे चैव परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। तदा भविष्यति व्यासो नाम्ना देवकृतञ्जयः
tataḥ saptadaśe caiva parivartte kramāgate| tadā bhaviṣyati vyāso nāmnā devakṛtañjayaḥ
Then, when the seventeenth turning-period comes around in due order, the Vyāsa will then be (the one) named Devakṛtañjaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.164
तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि गुहावासीति नामतः। हिमवच्छिखरे चैव महातुङ्गे महालये। सिद्धिक्षेत्रं महापुण्यं भविष्यति महालयम्
tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi guhāvāsīti nāmataḥ| himavacchikhare caiva mahātuṅge mahālaye| siddhikṣetraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati mahālayam
Then too I shall be, Guhāvāsin (Cave-dweller) by name, on the peak of Himavat, very high, at Mahālaya; and Mahālaya will become a field of attainment, of great merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.165
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा ब्रह्मण्या योगवेदिनः । भविष्यन्ति महात्मानः सर्वज्ञा निरहङ्कृताः
tatrāpi mama te putrā brahmaṇyā yogavedinaḥ | bhaviṣyanti mahātmānaḥ sarvajñā nirahaṅkṛtāḥ
There too these sons of mine will be, devoted to brahman, knowers of yoga, great-souled, all-knowing, free of egoism.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.166
उतथ्यो वामदेवश्च महाकालो महालयः। तेषां शतसहस्रन्तु शिष्याणां ध्यानसाधनम्
utathyo vāmadevaśca mahākālo mahālayaḥ| teṣāṃ śatasahasrantu śiṣyāṇāṃ dhyānasādhanam
Utathya and Vāmadeva, Mahākāla, Mahālaya; and their disciples, a hundred thousand, whose practice is meditation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.167
भविष्यन्ति तदा कल्पे सर्वे ते ध्यानयुञ्जकाः। ते तु सन्निहिता योगे हृदि कृत्वा महेश्वरम् । महालये पदं क्षिप्त्वा प्रविष्टाः शिवमव्ययम्
bhaviṣyanti tadā kalpe sarve te dhyānayuñjakāḥ| te tu sannihitā yoge hṛdi kṛtvā maheśvaram | mahālaye padaṃ kṣiptvā praviṣṭāḥ śivamavyayam
will then be in that kalpa, all of them yoked to meditation; and they, fixed in yoga, having placed Maheśvara in the heart, having set foot in Mahālaya, entered the imperishable Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.168
ये चान्येऽपि महात्मानः काले तस्मिन् युगान्तिके। ध्यानयुक्तेन मनसा विमलाः शुद्धबुद्धयः
ye cānye'pi mahātmānaḥ kāle tasmin yugāntike| dhyānayuktena manasā vimalāḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ
And whatever other great-souled ones there are at that time, at the end of the yuga, stainless, of purified understanding, with minds joined to meditation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.169
गत्वा महाल्यं पुण्यं दृष्ट्वा माहेश्वरं पदम् । तूर्णं तारयते जन्तून् दशपूर्वान् दशापरान्
gatvā mahālyaṃ puṇyaṃ dṛṣṭvā māheśvaraṃ padam | tūrṇaṃ tārayate jantūn daśapūrvān daśāparān
having gone to holy Mahālaya and seen the station of Maheśvara, (each) swiftly carries across (his) kin, ten before and ten after,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.170
आत्मानमेकविशंञ्च तारयित्वा महार्णवम्। मम प्रसादाद्यास्यन्ति रुद्रलोकं गतज्वराः
ātmānamekaviśaṃñca tārayitvā mahārṇavam| mama prasādādyāsyanti rudralokaṃ gatajvarāḥ
and having carried himself as the twenty-first across the great ocean, by my grace they will go, their fever gone, to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.171
ततोऽष्टादशमे चैव परिवर्त्ते यदा भवेत् । तदा ऋतञ्जयो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता मुनिः। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि शिखण्डी नाम नामतः
tato'ṣṭādaśame caiva parivartte yadā bhavet | tadā ṛtañjayo nāma vyāsastu bhavitā muniḥ| tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi śikhaṇḍī nāma nāmataḥ
Then, when the eighteenth turning-period occurs, then the sage who will be Vyāsa is named Ṛtañjaya; and then too I shall be, Śikhaṇḍin by name,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.172
सिद्धक्षेत्रे महापुण्ये देवदानवपूजिते। हिमवाच्छिखरे पुण्ये शिखण्डी यत्र पर्वतः। शिखण्डिनो वनञ्चापि ऋषिसिद्धनिषेवितम्
siddhakṣetre mahāpuṇye devadānavapūjite| himavācchikhare puṇye śikhaṇḍī yatra parvataḥ| śikhaṇḍino vanañcāpi ṛṣisiddhaniṣevitam
in a field of attainment, of great merit, honoured by gods and dānavas, on the holy peak of Himavat, where the mountain Śikhaṇḍin is, and also the forest of Śikhaṇḍin, frequented by seers and siddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.173
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। वाचःशवा ऋतीकश्च शावासश्च दृढव्रतः
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ| vācaḥśavā ṛtīkaśca śāvāsaśca dṛḍhavrataḥ
There too these sons of mine will be, rich in ascetic power: Vācaḥśrava, Ṛtīka, and Śāvāsa of firm vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.174
योगात्मानो महाशक्ताः सर्वे ते वेदपारगाः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं व्रजन्ति ते
yogātmāno mahāśaktāḥ sarve te vedapāragāḥ| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokaṃ vrajanti te
Yoga-souled, of great power, all of them gone to the far shore of the Vedas: having attained the yoga of Maheśvara, they go to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.175
ततस्त्वेकोनविंशे तु परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। व्यासस्तु भविता नाम्ना भरद्वाजो महामुनिः
tatastvekonaviṃśe tu parivartte kramāgate| vyāsastu bhavitā nāmnā bharadvājo mahāmuniḥ
Then, when the nineteenth turning-period comes around in due order, the Vyāsa will be the great sage named Bharadvāja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.176
तत्राप्यहं भविष्यामि जटामालीति नामतः। हिमवच्छिखरे रम्येजटायुर्यत्र पर्वतः
tatrāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi jaṭāmālīti nāmataḥ| himavacchikhare ramyejaṭāyuryatra parvataḥ
There too I shall be, Jaṭāmālin by name, on the lovely peak of Himavat, where the mountain Jaṭāyus is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.177
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः। हिरण्यनामा कौशिल्यः काक्षीवः कुथुमिस्तथा
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ| hiraṇyanāmā kauśilyaḥ kākṣīvaḥ kuthumistathā
There too these sons of mine, of great vigour, will be: Hiraṇyanāman, Kauśilya, Kākṣīva, and likewise Kuthumi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.178
ईश्वरा योगधर्माणः सर्वे ते ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः
īśvarā yogadharmāṇaḥ sarve te hyūrddhvaretasaḥ| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ
Lords, whose dharma is yoga, all of them holding their seed upward: having attained the yoga of Maheśvara they will go (there) — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.179
ततो विंशतिमे सर्गे परिवर्त्ते क्रमेण तु। वाचःश्रवाः स्मृतो व्यासो भविष्यति महामतिः
tato viṃśatime sarge parivartte krameṇa tu| vācaḥśravāḥ smṛto vyāso bhaviṣyati mahāmatiḥ
Then, in the twentieth creation, in the (cosmic) turn in due order, the Vyāsa will be the one known as Vācaḥśravas, of great mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.180
तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि ह्यट्टहासीति नामतः। अट्टहासप्रियाश्चापि भविष्यन्ति तदा नराः
tadāpyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi hyaṭṭahāsīti nāmataḥ| aṭṭahāsapriyāścāpi bhaviṣyanti tadā narāḥ
Then too I shall exist, by name Aṭṭahāsin; and at that time men will also be fond of loud laughter (aṭṭahāsa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.181
तत्रैव हिमवत्पृष्ठे सिद्धचारणसेविते। तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः। युक्तात्मानो महासत्त्वा ध्यानिनो नियतव्रताः
tatraiva himavatpṛṣṭhe siddhacāraṇasevite| tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ| yuktātmāno mahāsattvā dhyānino niyatavratāḥ
There on that same slope of the Himālaya, frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, there too these sons of mine will be born, of great vigour, disciplined in self, of great strength, given to meditation, of steadfast vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.182
सुमन्तुर्वर्वरिर्विद्वान् सुबन्धुः कुशिकन्धरः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय ते गताः
sumanturvarvarirvidvān subandhuḥ kuśikandharaḥ| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokāya te gatāḥ
Sumantu, Varvari the learned, Subandhu, and Kuśikandhara — having attained the Māheśvara yoga, they went to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.183
एकविशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमेण तु। वाचस्पतिः स्मृतो व्यासो यदा स ऋषिसत्तमः
ekaviśe punaḥ prāpte parivartte krameṇa tu| vācaspatiḥ smṛto vyāso yadā sa ṛṣisattamaḥ
Again, when the twenty-first turn arrives in due order, when that best of seers, the Vyāsa, is the one known as Vācaspati —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.184
तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि दारुको नाम नामतः। तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं देवदारुवनं महत्
tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi dāruko nāma nāmataḥ| tasmādbhaviṣyate puṇyaṃ devadāruvanaṃ mahat
then too I shall exist, Dāruka by name; from that the great holy forest of deodars (devadāru) will come to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.185
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः। प्लक्षो दाक्षायणिश्चैव केतुमाली बकस्तथा
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ| plakṣo dākṣāyaṇiścaiva ketumālī bakastathā
There too these sons of mine will be born, of great vigour: Plakṣa, Dākṣāyaṇi, Ketumālī, and Baka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.186
योगात्मानो महात्मानो नियता ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः। परमं योगमाक्थाय रुद्रं प्राप्तास्तथानघाः
yogātmāno mahātmāno niyatā hyūrddhvaretasaḥ| paramaṃ yogamākthāya rudraṃ prāptāstathānaghāḥ
Yoga-souled, great-souled, disciplined, with seed drawn upward — taking up the supreme yoga, those faultless ones thus attained Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.187
द्वाविंशे परिवर्त्ते तु व्यासः शुक्लायनो यदा। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि वाराणस्यां महामुनिः
dvāviṃśe parivartte tu vyāsaḥ śuklāyano yadā| tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi vārāṇasyāṃ mahāmuniḥ
But in the twenty-second turn, when the Vyāsa is Śuklāyana, then too I shall exist as a great sage in Vārāṇasī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.188
नाम्ना वै लाङ्गली भीमो यत्र देवाः सवासवाः। द्रक्ष्यन्ति मां कलौ तस्मिन्नवतीर्णं हलायुधम्
nāmnā vai lāṅgalī bhīmo yatra devāḥ savāsavāḥ| drakṣyanti māṃ kalau tasminnavatīrṇaṃ halāyudham
by the name Lāṅgalī, the terrible one, where the gods together with Vāsava will see me in that Kali (age), descended as one whose weapon is the plough.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.189
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति सुधार्मिकाः। तुल्यार्चिर्मधुपिङ्गाक्षः श्वेतकेतुस्तथैव च
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti sudhārmikāḥ| tulyārcirmadhupiṅgākṣaḥ śvetaketustathaiva ca
There too these sons of mine will be born, most righteous: Tulyārci, Madhupiṅgākṣa, and likewise Śvetaketu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.190
तेऽपि माहेश्वरं योगं प्राप्य ध्यानपरायणाः। विरजा ब्रह्मभूयिष्ठा रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः
te'pi māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ prāpya dhyānaparāyaṇāḥ| virajā brahmabhūyiṣṭhā rudralokāya saṃsthitāḥ
They too, having attained the Māheśvara yoga, intent on meditation, free of impurity, wholly become brahman, were established in the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.191
परिवर्त्ते त्रयोविंशे तृणबिन्दुर्यदा मुनिः। व्यासो भविष्यति ब्रह्म तदाऽहं भविता पुनः। श्वेतो नाम महाकायो मुनिपुत्रः सुधार्मिकः
parivartte trayoviṃśe tṛṇabinduryadā muniḥ| vyāso bhaviṣyati brahma tadā'haṃ bhavitā punaḥ| śveto nāma mahākāyo muniputraḥ sudhārmikaḥ
In the twenty-third turn, when the sage Tṛṇabindu will be the Vyāsa, O Brahmā, then I shall come to be again, Śveta by name, of great body, a sage's son, most righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.192
तत्र कालञ्जरिष्यामि तदा गिरिवरोत्तमे। तेन कालञ्जरो नाम भविष्यति स पर्वतः
tatra kālañjariṣyāmi tadā girivarottame| tena kālañjaro nāma bhaviṣyati sa parvataḥ
There, on that best of excellent mountains, I shall then wither away time (kālaṃ jarayiṣyāmi); by that, that mountain will bear the name Kālañjara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.193
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः। उषिजो बृहदुक्थश्च देवलः कविरेव च। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं गता हि ते
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti mahaujasaḥ| uṣijo bṛhadukthaśca devalaḥ kavireva ca| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokaṃ gatā hi te
There too these sons of mine will be born, of great vigour: Uṣij, Bṛhaduktha, Devala, and Kavi; having attained the Māheśvara yoga, they went to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.194
परिवर्त्ते चतुर्विंशे ऋक्षो व्यासो भविष्यति। तत्राऽहं भविता ब्रह्मन् कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके। शूली नाम महायोगी नैमिषे योगि वन्दिते
parivartte caturviṃśe ṛkṣo vyāso bhaviṣyati| tatrā'haṃ bhavitā brahman kalau tasmin yugāntike| śūlī nāma mahāyogī naimiṣe yogi vandite
In the twenty-fourth turn Ṛkṣa will be the Vyāsa; there, O brahman, I shall come to be at the end of that Kali age, a great yogin named Śūlin, in Naimiṣa which is honoured by yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.195
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपस्विनः। शलिहोत्रोऽग्निवेश्यश्च युवनाश्चः शरद्वसुः । तेऽपि योगबलोपेता रुद्रं यास्यन्ति सुव्रताः
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapasvinaḥ| śalihotro'gniveśyaśca yuvanāścaḥ śaradvasuḥ | te'pi yogabalopetā rudraṃ yāsyanti suvratāḥ
There too these sons of mine will be born, ascetics: Śalihotra, Agniveśya, Yuvanāśca, Śaradvasu; they too, endowed with the power of yoga, of good vows, will go to Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.196
पञ्चविंशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते यथाक्रमम्। वसिष्ठस्तु यदा व्यासः शक्तिर्नाम भविष्यति
pañcaviṃśe punaḥ prāpte parivartte yathākramam| vasiṣṭhastu yadā vyāsaḥ śaktirnāma bhaviṣyati
Again, when the twenty-fifth turn arrives in due order, when Vasiṣṭha is the Vyāsa, he will be named Śakti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.197
तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि दण्डी मुण्डीशरः प्रभुः। कोटिवर्षं समासाद्य नगरं देवपूजितम्
tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi daṇḍī muṇḍīśaraḥ prabhuḥ| koṭivarṣaṃ samāsādya nagaraṃ devapūjitam
Then too I shall exist as Daṇḍin Muṇḍīśara, the lord, having come to Koṭivarṣa, the city honoured by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.198
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति क्रमागताः। योगात्मानो महात्मानः सर्वे ते ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti kramāgatāḥ| yogātmāno mahātmānaḥ sarve te hyūrddhvaretasaḥ
There too these sons of mine will be born, come in due succession, yoga-souled, great-souled, all of them with seed drawn upward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.199
छगलः कुम्भकर्षाश्यः कुम्भश्चैव प्रबाहुकः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं गमिष्यन्ति तथैव ते
chagalaḥ kumbhakarṣāśyaḥ kumbhaścaiva prabāhukaḥ| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ gamiṣyanti tathaiva te
Chagala, Kumbhakarṣāśya, Kumbha, and Prabāhuka — having attained the Māheśvara yoga, they too will go (there) in the same way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.200
षड्विंशे परिवर्त्ते तु यदा व्यासः पराशरः। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि सहिष्णुर्नाम नामतः। पुण्यं रुद्रवनं प्राप्य कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके
ṣaḍviṃśe parivartte tu yadā vyāsaḥ parāśaraḥ| tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi sahiṣṇurnāma nāmataḥ| puṇyaṃ rudravanaṃ prāpya kalau tasmin yugāntike
But in the twenty-sixth turning, when Parāśara is the Vyāsa, then too I shall come to be, Sahiṣṇu by name, having reached the holy Rudra-forest in that Kali, at the end of the age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.201
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति सुधार्मिकाः। उलूको वैद्युतश्चैव सर्वको ह्याश्वलायनः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं गन्तारस्ते तथैव हि
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti sudhārmikāḥ| ulūko vaidyutaścaiva sarvako hyāśvalāyanaḥ| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ gantāraste tathaiva hi
There too these sons of mine will be, very righteous: Ulūka, Vaidyuta, Sarvaka, and Āśvalāyana; having attained the Māheśvara yoga they too will go (there) in the same way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.202
सप्तविंशतिमे प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। जातूकर्ण्यो यदा व्यासो भविष्यति तपोधनः
saptaviṃśatime prāpte parivartte kramāgate| jātūkarṇyo yadā vyāso bhaviṣyati tapodhanaḥ
When the twenty-seventh turning has arrived in due succession, when Jātūkarṇya, whose wealth is austerity, will be the Vyāsa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.203
तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि सोमशर्म्मा द्विजोत्तमः। प्रभासतीर्थमासाद्य योगात्मा लोकविश्रुतः
tadā'pyahaṃ bhaviṣyāmi somaśarmmā dvijottamaḥ| prabhāsatīrthamāsādya yogātmā lokaviśrutaḥ
then too I shall come to be, Somaśarman, the best of twice-born, having reached the Prabhāsa holy place — one whose self is yoga, renowned in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.204
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। अक्षपादः कणादश्च उलूको वत्स एव च
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapodhanāḥ| akṣapādaḥ kaṇādaśca ulūko vatsa eva ca
There too these sons of mine will be, whose wealth is austerity: Akṣapāda, Kaṇāda, Ulūka, and Vatsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.205
योगात्मानो महात्मानो विमलाः शुद्धबुद्धयः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकं ततो गताः
yogātmāno mahātmāno vimalāḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ rudralokaṃ tato gatāḥ
Their selves (given to) yoga, great-souled, stainless, of pure intellect — having attained the Māheśvara yoga, they then went to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.206
अष्टाविंशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। पराशरसुतः श्रीमान् विष्णुर्लोकपितामहः
aṣṭāviṃśe punaḥ prāpte parivartte kramāgate| parāśarasutaḥ śrīmān viṣṇurlokapitāmahaḥ
Again, when the twenty-eighth turning has arrived in due succession, the glorious son of Parāśara, Viṣṇu, the grandfather of the worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.207
यदा भविष्यति व्यासो नाम्ना द्वैपायनः प्रभुः। तदा षष्ठेन चांशेन कृष्णः पुरुषसत्तमः। वसुदेवाद्यदुश्रेष्ठो वासुदेवो भविष्यति
yadā bhaviṣyati vyāso nāmnā dvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ| tadā ṣaṣṭhena cāṃśena kṛṣṇaḥ puruṣasattamaḥ| vasudevādyaduśreṣṭho vāsudevo bhaviṣyati
when he will be the Vyāsa, the lord named Dvaipāyana — then, by a sixth portion, Kṛṣṇa, the best of men, foremost of the Yadus, son of Vasudeva, will become Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.208
तदा चाहं भविष्यामि योगात्मा योगमायया। लोकविस्मयनार्थाय ब्रह्मचारिशरीरकः
tadā cāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi yogātmā yogamāyayā| lokavismayanārthāya brahmacāriśarīrakaḥ
And then I too shall come to be, my self (given to) yoga, by yoga-māyā, for the sake of astonishing the world, having the body of a celibate student.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.209
श्मशावे मृतमुत्सृष्टं दृष्ट्वा लोकमनाथकम्। ब्राह्मणानां हितार्थाय प्रविष्टो योगमायया
śmaśāve mṛtamutsṛṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā lokamanāthakam| brāhmaṇānāṃ hitārthāya praviṣṭo yogamāyayā
Seeing in the cremation-ground a dead (body) cast away, ownerless (like) the world, for the welfare of the brahmins I entered (it) by yoga-māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 23.210
दिव्यां मेरुगुहां पुण्यां त्वया सार्द्धञ्च विष्णुना। भविष्यामि तदा ब्रह्मन् नकुली नाम नामतः
divyāṃ meruguhāṃ puṇyāṃ tvayā sārddhañca viṣṇunā| bhaviṣyāmi tadā brahman nakulī nāma nāmataḥ
Reaching the divine, holy cave of Meru together with you and with Viṣṇu, I shall then be, O brahmin, Nakulī by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.211
कायारोहणमित्येवं सिद्धक्षेत्रञ्च वैतदा। भविष्यति तु विख्यातं यावद्भूमिर्द्धरिष्यति
kāyārohaṇamityevaṃ siddhakṣetrañca vaitadā| bhaviṣyati tu vikhyātaṃ yāvadbhūmirddhariṣyati
And then this (place) will become renowned as "Kāyārohaṇa" and as a field of the perfected ones, as long as the earth shall endure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.212
तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपस्विनः । कुशइकश्चैव गार्ग्यश्च मित्रको रुष्ट एव च
tatrāpi mama te putrā bhaviṣyanti tapasvinaḥ | kuśaikaścaiva gārgyaśca mitrako ruṣṭa eva ca
There too these sons of mine will be, ascetics: Kuśaika, Gārgya, Mitraka, and Ruṣṭa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.213
योगयुक्ता महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं विमला ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
yogayuktā mahātmāno brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ| prāpya māheśvaraṃ yogaṃ vimalā hyūrddhvaretasaḥ| rudralokaṃ gamiṣyanti punarāvṛttidurlabham
Yoked to yoga, great-souled, brahmins who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas, having attained the Māheśvara yoga, stainless, their seed drawn upward, they will go to the world of Rudra, from which return is hard to come by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 23.214
इत्येतद्वै मया प्रोक्तमवतारेषु लक्षणम्। मन्वादिकृष्णपर्यन्तमष्टाविंशयुगक्रमात्। तत्र स्मृतिसमूहानां विभागो धर्मलक्षणम्
ityetadvai mayā proktamavatāreṣu lakṣaṇam| manvādikṛṣṇaparyantamaṣṭāviṃśayugakramāt| tatra smṛtisamūhānāṃ vibhāgo dharmalakṣaṇam
Thus this mark (of me) in the incarnations has been declared by me, from Manu onward up to Kṛṣṇa, according to the sequence of the twenty-eight ages; therein (is) the division of the collections of remembered tradition, the mark of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain