Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 24
VaP 1 24.1
।। वायुरुवाच ।। चत्वारि भारते वर्षे युगानि मुनयो विदुः । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च तिष्यं चेति चतुर्युगम्
|| vāyuruvāca || catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni munayo viduḥ | kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca tiṣyaṃ ceti caturyugam
Vāyu said: The sages know four ages in the land of Bhārata: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Tiṣya — such is the set of four ages.
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VaP 1 24.2
एतत्सहस्रपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणः स्मृतम्। यामाद्यास्तु गणाः सप्त रोमवन्तश्चतुर्द्दश
etatsahasraparyantamaharyadbrahmaṇaḥ smṛtam| yāmādyāstu gaṇāḥ sapta romavantaścaturddaśa
That which extends to a thousand of these is remembered as a day of Brahmā. But the seven groups beginning with the Yāmas, and the fourteen Romavants,
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VaP 1 24.3
सशरीराः श्रयन्ते स्म जनलोकं सहानुगाः। एवं देवेष्वतीतेषु महर्ल्लोकाज्जनं तपः
saśarīrāḥ śrayante sma janalokaṃ sahānugāḥ| evaṃ deveṣvatīteṣu maharllokājjanaṃ tapaḥ
with their bodies, together with their followers, take refuge in the Jana world. Thus, when the gods have passed away, (they go) from the Mahar world to Jana and to Tapas.
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VaP 1 24.4
मन्वन्तरेष्वतीतेषु देवाः सर्वे महौजसः। ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्द्ध्वं सायुज्यं कल्पवासिनाम्
manvantareṣvatīteṣu devāḥ sarve mahaujasaḥ| tatasteṣu gateṣūrddhvaṃ sāyujyaṃ kalpavāsinām
When the manvantaras have passed, all the gods of great vigour — then, when they have gone upward, (there is) union with those who dwell for the kalpa.
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VaP 1 24.5
समेत्य देवैस्ते देवाः प्राप्ते सङ्कालने तदा। महर्लोकं परित्यज्य गणास्ते वै चतुर्द्दश
sametya devaiste devāḥ prāpte saṅkālane tadā| maharlokaṃ parityajya gaṇāste vai caturddaśa
When the time of dissolution had come, those gods, joining with the (other) gods — those fourteen troops indeed — abandoned Maharloka.
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VaP 1 24.6
भूतदिष्ववशिष्टेषु स्थावरान्तेषु वै तदा । शून्येषु तेषु लोकेषु महान्तेषु भुवादिषु। देवेष्वथ गतेषूर्द्ध्वं कल्पवासिषु वै जनम्
bhūtadiṣvavaśiṣṭeṣu sthāvarānteṣu vai tadā | śūnyeṣu teṣu lokeṣu mahānteṣu bhuvādiṣu| deveṣvatha gateṣūrddhvaṃ kalpavāsiṣu vai janam
Then, when nothing remained among the beings and the rest, down to the immobile things, and when those worlds, beginning with Bhūḥ and ending with Mahat, were empty, and when the gods who dwell through the kalpa had gone upward, (they went) to Janaloka.
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VaP 1 24.7
तत्संहत्या ततो ब्रह्मा देवर्षिगणदानवान्। संस्थापयति वै सर्व्वान् दाहवृष्ट्या युगक्षये
tatsaṃhatyā tato brahmā devarṣigaṇadānavān| saṃsthāpayati vai sarvvān dāhavṛṣṭyā yugakṣaye
Then, having drawn them together, Brahmā establishes them all — gods, seers, hosts and dānavas — by burning and by rain at the end of the yuga.
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VaP 1 24.8
योऽतीतः सप्तमः कल्पो मया वः परिकीर्तितः। समुद्रैः सप्तभिर्गाढमेकीभूतैर्महार्णवैः । आसीदेकार्णवं घोरमविभागं तमोमयम्
yo'tītaḥ saptamaḥ kalpo mayā vaḥ parikīrtitaḥ| samudraiḥ saptabhirgāḍhamekībhūtairmahārṇavaiḥ | āsīdekārṇavaṃ ghoramavibhāgaṃ tamomayam
That seventh kalpa which is past I have fully declared to you: it was flooded by the seven oceans that had become one as a great flood; it was a single terrible ocean, undivided, made of darkness.
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VaP 1 24.9
माययैकार्णवे तस्मिन् शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः। जीमूताभोऽम्बुजाक्षश्च किरीटी श्रीपतिर्हरिः
māyayaikārṇave tasmin śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ| jīmūtābho'mbujākṣaśca kirīṭī śrīpatirhariḥ
By (his) māyā, in that single ocean, (there was) Hari, the lord of Śrī, bearing conch, discus and mace, of the hue of a raincloud, lotus-eyed, wearing a diadem.
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VaP 1 24.10
नारायणमुखोद्गीर्णः सोऽष्टमः पुरुषोत्तमः। अष्टबाहुर्महोरस्को लोकानां योनिरुच्यते। किमप्यचिन्त्यं युक्तात्मा योगमास्थाय योगवित्
nārāyaṇamukhodgīrṇaḥ so'ṣṭamaḥ puruṣottamaḥ| aṣṭabāhurmahorasko lokānāṃ yonirucyate| kimapyacintyaṃ yuktātmā yogamāsthāya yogavit
He, the eighth, the highest Person, issued forth from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa, eight-armed, broad-chested, is called the womb of the worlds; and something inconceivable — with his self collected, knowing yoga, he took his stand in yoga.
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VaP 1 24.11
फणासहस्रकलितं तमप्रतिमवर्चसम्। महाभोगपतेर्भोगमन्वास्तीर्य महोच्छ्रयम्। तस्मिन्महति पर्यङ्के शेते वै कनकप्रभे
phaṇāsahasrakalitaṃ tamapratimavarcasam| mahābhogapaterbhogamanvāstīrya mahocchrayam| tasminmahati paryaṅke śete vai kanakaprabhe
Having spread out beneath (himself) the coil of the lord of great serpents — that coil, of incomparable brilliance, furnished with a thousand hoods and of great height — he lies on that great couch shining like gold.
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VaP 1 24.12
एवं तत्र शयानेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना। आत्मारामेण क्रीडार्थं सृष्टं नाभ्यां तु पङ्कजम्
evaṃ tatra śayānena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā| ātmārāmeṇa krīḍārthaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ nābhyāṃ tu paṅkajam
Thus, by Viṣṇu the mighty lord lying there, who delights in himself, a lotus was created from his navel for the sake of play.
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VaP 1 24.13
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं तरुणादित्यवर्च्चसम्। बज्रदण्डं महोत्सेधं लीलया प्रभविष्णुना
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ taruṇādityavarccasam| bajradaṇḍaṃ mahotsedhaṃ līlayā prabhaviṣṇunā
(A lotus) a hundred yojanas broad, with the radiance of the young sun, with a stalk (hard) as adamant, of great height, (created) in sport by the mighty lord.
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VaP 1 24.14
तस्यैवं क्रीडमानस्य समीपं देवमीढुषः। हेमब्रह्माण्डजो ब्रह्मा रुक्मवर्णोह्यतीन्द्रियः। चतुर्मुखो विशालाक्षः समागम्य यदृच्छया
tasyaivaṃ krīḍamānasya samīpaṃ devamīḍhuṣaḥ| hemabrahmāṇḍajo brahmā rukmavarṇohyatīndriyaḥ| caturmukho viśālākṣaḥ samāgamya yadṛcchayā
While he, the bestower (of gifts) among gods, was playing thus, Brahmā, born of the golden cosmic egg, gold-coloured, beyond the senses, four-faced and wide-eyed, came near him by chance.
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VaP 1 24.15
श्रिया युक्तेन नव्येन सुप्रभेण सुगन्धिना। तं क्रीडमानं पझेन दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मा तु भेजिवान्
śriyā yuktena navyena suprabheṇa sugandhinā| taṃ krīḍamānaṃ pajhena dṛṣṭvā brahmā tu bhejivān
Seeing him playing with that lotus — endowed with beauty, fresh, of fine radiance and sweet fragrance — Brahmā approached (him).
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VaP 1 24.16
स विस्मयमथागम्य शस्य संपूर्णया गिरा। प्रोवाच को भवान् शेते आक्षितो म्ध्यमम्भसाम्
sa vismayamathāgamya śasya saṃpūrṇayā girā| provāca ko bhavān śete ākṣito mdhyamambhasām
Then, filled with wonder, he spoke with a voice full of praise: "Who are you who lie here, resting in the midst of the waters?"
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VaP 1 24.17
अथ तस्याच्युतः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणस्तु शुभं वचः। उदतिष्ठत पर्य्यङ्काद्विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः
atha tasyācyutaḥ śrutvā brahmaṇastu śubhaṃ vacaḥ| udatiṣṭhata paryyaṅkādvismayotphullalocanaḥ
Then the Imperishable One, hearing that auspicious speech of Brahmā, rose up from his couch, his eyes wide open with wonder.
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VaP 1 24.18
प्रत्युवाचोत्तरं चैव क्रियते यच्च किञ्चन। द्यौरन्तरिक्षं भूतञ्च परं पदमहं प्रभुः
pratyuvācottaraṃ caiva kriyate yacca kiñcana| dyaurantarikṣaṃ bhūtañca paraṃ padamahaṃ prabhuḥ
And he answered in reply: "Whatever is done, and the sky, the atmosphere, and what has come to be — I am the highest station, the lord."
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VaP 1 24.19
तमेवमुक्त्वा भगवान् विष्णुः पुनरथाव्रवीत् । कस्त्वं खलु समायातः समीपं भगवान् कुतः । कुतस्व भूयो गन्तव्यं कुत्र वा ते प्रतिश्रयः
tamevamuktvā bhagavān viṣṇuḥ punarathāvravīt | kastvaṃ khalu samāyātaḥ samīpaṃ bhagavān kutaḥ | kutasva bhūyo gantavyaṃ kutra vā te pratiśrayaḥ
Having spoken to him thus, the lord Viṣṇu then spoke again: "Who indeed are you, sir, who have come near? From where? And where must you go again, or where is your dwelling?"
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VaP 1 24.20
को भवान् विश्वमूर्तिस्त्वं कर्त्तव्यं किञ्च ते मया। एवं ब्रुवाण वैकुण्ठं प्रत्युवाच पितामहः
ko bhavān viśvamūrtistvaṃ karttavyaṃ kiñca te mayā| evaṃ bruvāṇa vaikuṇṭhaṃ pratyuvāca pitāmahaḥ
"Who are you, whose form is the universe? And what is to be done for you by me?" To Vaikuṇṭha speaking thus the Grandfather replied:
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VaP 1 24.21
यथा भवांस्तथा चाहमादिकर्त्त प्रजापतिः। नारायणसमाख्यातः सर्व्वं वै मयि तिष्ठति
yathā bhavāṃstathā cāhamādikartta prajāpatiḥ| nārāyaṇasamākhyātaḥ sarvvaṃ vai mayi tiṣṭhati
"As you are, so am I too: the first maker, the lord of creatures, called by the name Nārāyaṇa; truly everything rests in me."
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VaP 1 24.22
सविस्मयं परं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा। सोऽनुज्ञातो भगवता वैकुण्ठो विश्वसम्भवः
savismayaṃ paraṃ śrutvā brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā| so'nujñāto bhagavatā vaikuṇṭho viśvasambhavaḥ
Having heard that supreme (word) with wonder from Brahmā the world-maker, he, Vaikuṇṭha, the origin of the universe, being permitted by the lord,
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VaP 1 24.23
कौतूहलान्महायोगी प्रविष्टो ब्रह्मणो मुखम्। इमानष्टादशद्वीपान् ससमुद्रान् सपर्व्वतान्। प्रविश्य स महातेजाश्चातुर्वर्ण्यसमाकुलान्। ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्य्यन्तान् सप्तलोकान् सनातनान्
kautūhalānmahāyogī praviṣṭo brahmaṇo mukham| imānaṣṭādaśadvīpān sasamudrān saparvvatān| praviśya sa mahātejāścāturvarṇyasamākulān| brahmādistambaparyyantān saptalokān sanātanān
out of curiosity the great yogin entered Brahmā's mouth; and that one of great splendour, having entered, (saw) these eighteen continents with their oceans and mountains, thronged with the four classes, and the seven eternal worlds from Brahmā down to a clump of grass.
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VaP 1 24.24
ब्रह्मणस्तूदरे दृष्ट्वा सर्व्वान् विष्णुर्महायशाः। अहोऽस्य तपसो वीर्य्यं पुनः पुनरभाषत
brahmaṇastūdare dṛṣṭvā sarvvān viṣṇurmahāyaśāḥ| aho'sya tapaso vīryyaṃ punaḥ punarabhāṣata
Seeing all these in Brahmā's belly, Viṣṇu of great renown said again and again, "Ah, the power of his ascetic heat!"
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VaP 1 24.25
पर्य्यटन् विविधान् लोकान् विष्णुर्नानाविधाश्रमान्। ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते नान्तं हि ददृशे तदा
paryyaṭan vividhān lokān viṣṇurnānāvidhāśramān| tato varṣasahasrānte nāntaṃ hi dadṛśe tadā
Viṣṇu, wandering through the various worlds and the manifold hermitages, then, at the end of a thousand years, did not see the end (of it).
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VaP 1 24.26
तदाऽस्य वक्रान्निष्क्रम्य पन्नगेन्द्रारिकेतनः। अजातशत्रुर्भगवान् पितामहमथाब्रवीत्
tadā'sya vakrānniṣkramya pannagendrāriketanaḥ| ajātaśatrurbhagavān pitāmahamathābravīt
Then, coming out from his mouth, the Lord whose dwelling is the enemy of the lord of serpents (Garuḍa), he who has no foe born (to match him), spoke to the Grandfather:
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VaP 1 24.27
भगवन् आदि मध्यञ्च अन्तं कालदिशोर्न च। नाहमन्तं प्रपश्यामि ह्युदरस्य तवानघ
bhagavan ādi madhyañca antaṃ kāladiśorna ca| nāhamantaṃ prapaśyāmi hyudarasya tavānagha
"Lord, there is no beginning, middle, or end, nor of time and the directions; indeed I do not see the end of your belly, O sinless one."
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VaP 1 24.28
एवमुक्त्वाब्रवीद्भूयः पितामहमिदं हरिः। भवानप्येवमेवाद्य ह्युदरं मम शाश्वतम्। प्रविश्य लोकान् पश्यैताननौपम्यान् द्विजोत्तम
evamuktvābravīdbhūyaḥ pitāmahamidaṃ hariḥ| bhavānapyevamevādya hyudaraṃ mama śāśvatam| praviśya lokān paśyaitānanaupamyān dvijottama
Having spoken thus, Hari again said this to the Grandfather: "You too, just so, today (enter) my eternal belly; having entered, behold these incomparable worlds, O best of the twice-born."
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VaP 1 24.29
मनःप्रह्लादनीं वाणीं श्रुत्वा तस्याभिनन्द्य च। श्रीपतेरुदरं भूयः प्रविवेश पितामहः
manaḥprahlādanīṃ vāṇīṃ śrutvā tasyābhinandya ca| śrīpaterudaraṃ bhūyaḥ praviveśa pitāmahaḥ
Having heard that speech which gladdened the mind, and having applauded it, the Grandfather again entered the belly of the Lord of Śrī.
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VaP 1 24.30
तानेव लोकान् गर्भस्थः पश्यन् सोऽचिन्त्यविक्रमः। पर्यटित्वादिदेवस्य ददर्शान्तं न वै हरेः
tāneva lokān garbhasthaḥ paśyan so'cintyavikramaḥ| paryaṭitvādidevasya dadarśāntaṃ na vai hareḥ
Situated in the womb, he of inconceivable might, beholding those very worlds and wandering about, did not see the end of the primal god Hari.
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VaP 1 24.31
ज्ञात्वागमन्तस्य पितामहस्य द्वाराणि सर्वाणि पिधाय विष्णुः। विभुर्मनः कर्त्तुमियेष चाशु सुखं प्रसुप्तोऽस्मि महाजलौघे
jñātvāgamantasya pitāmahasya dvārāṇi sarvāṇi pidhāya viṣṇuḥ| vibhurmanaḥ karttumiyeṣa cāśu sukhaṃ prasupto'smi mahājalaughe
Knowing that the Grandfather was coming, Viṣṇu, the all-pervading, closed all the doors and quickly made up his mind: "I am sleeping comfortably in the great flood of waters."
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VaP 1 24.32
ततो द्वाराणि सर्वाणि पिहितान्युपलक्ष्यते। सूक्ष्मं कृत्वात्मनो रूपं नाभ्यां द्वारमविन्दत
tato dvārāṇi sarvāṇi pihitānyupalakṣyate| sūkṣmaṃ kṛtvātmano rūpaṃ nābhyāṃ dvāramavindata
Then, observing that all the doors were shut, having made his own form subtle, he found a door in the navel.
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VaP 1 24.33
पझसूत्रानुमार्गेण ह्यनुगम्य पितामहः। उज्जहारात्मनो रूपं पुष्कराच्चतुराननः। विरराजारविन्दस्थः पझगर्भसमद्युतिः
pajhasūtrānumārgeṇa hyanugamya pitāmahaḥ| ujjahārātmano rūpaṃ puṣkarāccaturānanaḥ| virarājāravindasthaḥ pajhagarbhasamadyutiḥ
Following along the path of the lotus-stalk fibre, the Grandfather drew forth his own form out of the lotus; four-faced, seated on the lotus, he shone with a radiance like the lotus's interior.
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VaP 1 24.34
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ताभ्यामेकैकस्य तु कार्त्स्न्यतः। प्रवर्त्तमाने संहर्षे मध्ये तस्यार्णवस्य तु
etasminnantare tābhyāmekaikasya tu kārtsnyataḥ| pravarttamāne saṃharṣe madhye tasyārṇavasya tu
In this interval, while the delight of each one of the two of them was fully arising in the middle of that ocean—
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VaP 1 24.35
।।सूत उवाच।। ततो ह्यपरिमेयात्मा भूतानां प्रभुरीश्वरः। शूलपाणिर्महादेवो हैमचीराम्बरच्छदः। आगच्छद् यत्र सोऽनन्तो नागभोगपतिर्हरिः
||sūta uvāca|| tato hyaparimeyātmā bhūtānāṃ prabhurīśvaraḥ| śūlapāṇirmahādevo haimacīrāmbaracchadaḥ| āgacchad yatra so'nanto nāgabhogapatirhariḥ
Sūta said: Then he of immeasurable self, the lord and ruler of beings, the great god with the trident in hand, clad in a golden bark-garment, came to where Hari, the endless one, lord of the serpent's coils, was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.36
शीघ्रं विक्रमतस्तस्य पद्भ्यामत्यन्तपीडिताः। उद्धूतास्तूर्णमाकाशे पृथुलास्तोयबिन्दवः। अत्युष्णाश्चातिशीताश्च वायुस्तत्र ववौ भृशम्
śīghraṃ vikramatastasya padbhyāmatyantapīḍitāḥ| uddhūtāstūrṇamākāśe pṛthulāstoyabindavaḥ| atyuṣṇāścātiśītāśca vāyustatra vavau bhṛśam
As he strode swiftly, the large drops of water, exceedingly pressed by his two feet, were flung up at once into the sky, very hot and very cold, and the wind there blew strongly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.37
तद्दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यं ब्रह्मा विष्णुमभाषत। अब्बिन्दवो हि स्थूलोष्णाः कम्पते चाम्बुजं भृशम्। एतं मे संशयं ब्रूहि किञ्चान्यत् त्वञ्चिकीर्षसि
taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ brahmā viṣṇumabhāṣata| abbindavo hi sthūloṣṇāḥ kampate cāmbujaṃ bhṛśam| etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ brūhi kiñcānyat tvañcikīrṣasi
Seeing that great marvel, Brahmā said to Viṣṇu: "The water-drops are indeed thick and hot, and the lotus trembles greatly. Tell me (the resolution of) this doubt of mine, and what else you intend to do."
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VaP 1 24.38
एतदेवंविधं वाक्यं पितामहमुखोद्भवम्। श्रुत्वाप्रतिमकर्माह भगवानसुरान्तकृत्
etadevaṃvidhaṃ vākyaṃ pitāmahamukhodbhavam| śrutvāpratimakarmāha bhagavānasurāntakṛt
Having heard this speech of such a kind, arisen from the mouth of the Grandfather, the Lord of incomparable deeds, the destroyer of the asuras, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.39
किन्नु खल्वत्र मे नाभ्यां भूतमन्यत्कृतालयम् । वदन्ति प्रियमत्यर्थं विप्रियेपि च ते मया
kinnu khalvatra me nābhyāṃ bhūtamanyatkṛtālayam | vadanti priyamatyarthaṃ vipriyepi ca te mayā
"What other being indeed has made its dwelling here in my navel? They speak (words) exceedingly agreeable, and also disagreeable, to you (as it were) by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.40
इत्येवं मनसा ध्यात्वा प्रत्युवाचेदमुत्तरम्। किन्न्वत्र भगवांस्तस्मिन् पुष्करे जातसम्भ्रमः
ityevaṃ manasā dhyātvā pratyuvācedamuttaram| kinnvatra bhagavāṃstasmin puṣkare jātasambhramaḥ
Having reflected thus in his mind, he replied this answer: "What indeed is it here, O Lord, that you have become agitated there on that lotus?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.41
किं मया यत् कृतं देव यन्मां प्रियमनुत्तमम्। भाषसे पुरुषश्रेष्ठ किमर्थं ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः
kiṃ mayā yat kṛtaṃ deva yanmāṃ priyamanuttamam| bhāṣase puruṣaśreṣṭha kimarthaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ
"What has been done by me, O god, that you speak to me (as) an unsurpassed dear one? O best of men, for what purpose? Tell me truly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.42
एवं ब्रुवाणं देवेशं लोकया त्रान्तु तत्त्वगाम्। प्रत्युवाचाम्बुजाभास्को ब्रह्म वेदनिधिः प्रभुः
evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ deveśaṃ lokayā trāntu tattvagām| pratyuvācāmbujābhāsko brahma vedanidhiḥ prabhuḥ
To the lord of gods who spoke thus, (Brahmā,) the lord, treasury of the Vedas, of lotus-like radiance, replied—(a speech) reaching the truth for the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.43
योऽसौ तवोदरं पूर्वं प्रविष्टोऽहं त्वदिच्छया। यथा ममोदरे लोकाः सर्वे दृष्टास्त्वया प्रभो। तथैव दृष्टाः कार्त्स्न्येन मया लोकास्तवोदरे
yo'sau tavodaraṃ pūrvaṃ praviṣṭo'haṃ tvadicchayā| yathā mamodare lokāḥ sarve dṛṣṭāstvayā prabho| tathaiva dṛṣṭāḥ kārtsnyena mayā lokāstavodare
"I am that one who formerly entered your belly by your wish. Just as all the worlds in my belly were seen by you, O Lord, so too were the worlds in your belly seen by me in their entirety.
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VaP 1 24.44
ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते उपावृत्तस्य मेऽनघ। नूनं मत्सरभावेन मां वशीकर्तुमिच्छता। आशु द्वाराणि सर्वाणि घटितानि त्वया पुनः
tato varṣasahasrānte upāvṛttasya me'nagha| nūnaṃ matsarabhāvena māṃ vaśīkartumicchatā| āśu dvārāṇi sarvāṇi ghaṭitāni tvayā punaḥ
Then, O sinless one, when I turned back at the end of a thousand years, surely by you, out of a jealous disposition and wishing to bring me under your control, all the doors were at once fastened shut again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.45
ततो मया महाभाग सञ्चिन्त्य स्वेन चेतसा। लब्धो नाभ्यां प्रवेशतु पद्मसूत्राद्विनिर्गमः
tato mayā mahābhāga sañcintya svena cetasā| labdho nābhyāṃ praveśatu padmasūtrādvinirgamaḥ
Then, O greatly blessed one, having reflected with my own mind, I found a way out of the lotus-stalk so as to enter by (your) navel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.46
माभूत्ते मनसोऽल्पोऽपि व्याघातोऽयं कथञ्चन। इत्येषानुगतिर्विष्णोः कार्याणामौपसर्गिकी
mābhūtte manaso'lpo'pi vyāghāto'yaṃ kathañcana| ityeṣānugatirviṣṇoḥ kāryāṇāmaupasargikī
"Let there not be even the least obstruction to your mind in any way" — such is this compliance of Viṣṇu, arising incidentally in the course of (his) undertakings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.47
यन्म यानन्तरं कार्यं मयाध्यवसितं त्वयि। त्वाञ्चाबाधितुकामेन क्रीडापूर्वं यदृच्छया। आशु द्वाराणि सर्वाणि घटितानि मया पुनः
yanma yānantaraṃ kāryaṃ mayādhyavasitaṃ tvayi| tvāñcābādhitukāmena krīḍāpūrvaṃ yadṛcchayā| āśu dvārāṇi sarvāṇi ghaṭitāni mayā punaḥ
Whatever further deed I resolved upon with regard to you — and, wishing not to trouble you, in play, at random, all the doors were quickly shut again by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.48
न तेऽन्यथावमन्तव्यो मान्यः पूज्यश्च मे भवान्। सर्वं मर्षय कल्याण यन्मयाऽपकृतन्तव। तस्मान्मयोच्यमानस्त्वं पझादवतर प्रभो
na te'nyathāvamantavyo mānyaḥ pūjyaśca me bhavān| sarvaṃ marṣaya kalyāṇa yanmayā'pakṛtantava| tasmānmayocyamānastvaṃ pajhādavatara prabho
You are not to be slighted by me in any other way: your honour is to be esteemed and worshipped by me. Forgive it all, O auspicious one, whatever wrong I have done you. Therefore, being asked by me, descend from the lotus, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.49
नाहं भवन्तं शक्नोमि सोदुन्तेजोमयं गुरुम्। स चोवाच वरं ब्रूहि पझादवतराम्ययम्
nāhaṃ bhavantaṃ śaknomi soduntejomayaṃ gurum| sa covāca varaṃ brūhi pajhādavatarāmyayam
"I cannot bear you, the teacher, who are made of fiery splendour." And he said: "Name a boon; I shall descend from the lotus."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.50
।।विष्णुरुवाच ।। पुत्रो भव ममारिघ्न मुदं प्राप्स्यसि शोभनम्। सत्यधनो महायोगी त्वमीड्यः प्रणवात्मकः
||viṣṇuruvāca || putro bhava mamārighna mudaṃ prāpsyasi śobhanam| satyadhano mahāyogī tvamīḍyaḥ praṇavātmakaḥ
Viṣṇu said: Be my son, O slayer of foes; you will obtain fine joy. You have truth for your wealth, are a great yogin, worthy of praise, having the nature of the praṇava (Oṃ).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.51
अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेश श्वेतोष्णीषविभूषणः। पझयोनिरितीत्येवं ख्यातो नाम्ना भविष्यसि। पुत्रो मे त्वं भव ब्रह्मन् सर्वलोकाधिप प्रभो
adyaprabhṛti sarveśa śvetoṣṇīṣavibhūṣaṇaḥ| pajhayoniritītyevaṃ khyāto nāmnā bhaviṣyasi| putro me tvaṃ bhava brahman sarvalokādhipa prabho
From today, O lord of all, adorned with a white turban, you shall be known by the name "Padmayoni" (Lotus-born). Be my son, O Brahman, O lord, ruler of all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.52
ततः स भगवान् ब्रह्म वरं गृह्य किरीटिनः । एवं भवतु चेत्युक्त्वां प्रीतात्मा गतमत्सरः
tataḥ sa bhagavān brahma varaṃ gṛhya kirīṭinaḥ | evaṃ bhavatu cetyuktvāṃ prītātmā gatamatsaraḥ
Then that lord Brahmā, having accepted the boon of the diademed one, said "So be it," his heart pleased, his envy gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.53
प्रत्यासन्नमथायातं बालार्काभं महाननम्। भूतमत्यद्भुतं दृष्ट्वा नारायणमथाब्रवीत्
pratyāsannamathāyātaṃ bālārkābhaṃ mahānanam| bhūtamatyadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇamathābravīt
Then, seeing a most wondrous being that had come near, with the radiance of the newly risen sun and a huge face, he said to Nārāyaṇa:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.54
अप्रमेयो महावक्रो दंष्ट्री व्यस्तशिरो रुहः। दशबाहुस्त्रिशूलाङ्को नयनैर्विश्वतोमुखः
aprameyo mahāvakro daṃṣṭrī vyastaśiro ruhaḥ| daśabāhustriśūlāṅko nayanairviśvatomukhaḥ
immeasurable, greatly misshapen, tusked, with the hair of his head flying loose, ten-armed, marked with a trident, facing every direction with his eyes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.55
लोकप्रभुः स्वयं साक्षाद्विकृतो मुञ्जमेखली । मेढ्रेणोर्ध्वेन महता नदमानोऽतिभैरवम्
lokaprabhuḥ svayaṃ sākṣādvikṛto muñjamekhalī | meḍhreṇordhvena mahatā nadamāno'tibhairavam
the lord of the worlds himself, visibly present, of distorted form, girded with muñja grass, with his great phallus erect, roaring most terribly.
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VaP 1 24.56
कः खल्वेष पुमान् विष्णो तेजोराशिर्महाद्युतिः। व्याप्य सर्वा दिशो द्याञ्च इत एवाभिवर्त्तते
kaḥ khalveṣa pumān viṣṇo tejorāśirmahādyutiḥ| vyāpya sarvā diśo dyāñca ita evābhivarttate
"Who indeed is this Man, O Viṣṇu, a mass of fiery energy, of great brilliance, who, filling all the directions and the sky, is advancing right this way?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.57
तेनैवमुक्तो भगवान् विष्णुर्ब्रह्माणमब्रवीत्। पद्भ्यान्तलनिपातेन यस्य विक्रमतोऽर्णवे। वेगेन महताकाशे व्यथिताश्च जलाशयाः
tenaivamukto bhagavān viṣṇurbrahmāṇamabravīt| padbhyāntalanipātena yasya vikramato'rṇave| vegena mahatākāśe vyathitāśca jalāśayāḥ
Addressed thus by him, the lord Viṣṇu said to Brahmā: as he strides, by the striking down of his soles in the ocean, and by his great speed in the sky, the bodies of water are shaken;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.58
छटाभिर्विष्णुतोऽत्यर्थं सिच्यते पझसम्भवः। घ्राणजेन च वातेन कम्पमानं त्वया सह। दोधूयते महापझं स्वच्छन्दं मम नाभिजम्
chaṭābhirviṣṇuto'tyarthaṃ sicyate pajhasambhavaḥ| ghrāṇajena ca vātena kampamānaṃ tvayā saha| dodhūyate mahāpajhaṃ svacchandaṃ mama nābhijam
the lotus-born one is drenched exceedingly by the spray from Viṣṇu; and by the wind from his nostrils the great lotus sprung from my navel, trembling together with you, is shaken at his will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.59
स एष भगवानीशो ह्यनादिश्चान्तकृद्विभुः। भवानहञ्च स्तोत्रेण ह्युपतिष्ठाव गोध्वजम्
sa eṣa bhagavānīśo hyanādiścāntakṛdvibhuḥ| bhavānahañca stotreṇa hyupatiṣṭhāva godhvajam
This very one is the lord, the ruler, beginningless, the maker of the end, all-pervading. Let your honour and I attend upon the bull-bannered one with a hymn of praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.60
ततः क्रुद्धोऽम्बुजाभास्कं ब्रह्मा प्रोवाच केशवम्। न भवान् न्यूनमात्मानं लोकानां योनिमुत्तमम्
tataḥ kruddho'mbujābhāskaṃ brahmā provāca keśavam| na bhavān nyūnamātmānaṃ lokānāṃ yonimuttamam
Then Brahmā, angry, said to Keśava, whose radiance is that of a lotus: "Your honour does not (know) himself to be lesser, nor (know) me, the highest womb of the worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.61
ब्रह्माणं लोककर्त्तारं माञ्च वेत्ति सनातनम्। कोऽयं भोः शङ्करो नाम ह्यावयोर्व्यतिरिच्यते
brahmāṇaṃ lokakarttāraṃ māñca vetti sanātanam| ko'yaṃ bhoḥ śaṅkaro nāma hyāvayorvyatiricyate
— Brahmā, the maker of the worlds, and myself, the eternal one. Who, sir, is this one called Śaṅkara, who is supposed to exceed the two of us?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.62
तस्य तत् क्रोधजं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा विष्णुरभाषत। मा मैवं वद कल्याण परिवादं महात्मनः
tasya tat krodhajaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā viṣṇurabhāṣata| mā maivaṃ vada kalyāṇa parivādaṃ mahātmanaḥ
Hearing that speech of his, born of anger, Viṣṇu said: "Do not, do not speak thus, O auspicious one — this censure of the great-souled one."
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VaP 1 24.63
मायायोगेश्वरो धर्मो दुराधर्षो वरप्रदः। हेतुरस्यात्र जगतः पुराणः पुरुषोऽव्ययः
māyāyogeśvaro dharmo durādharṣo varapradaḥ| heturasyātra jagataḥ purāṇaḥ puruṣo'vyayaḥ
He is the lord of māyā and of yoga, he is dharma, hard to assail, the giver of boons; he is the cause of this world here, the ancient, unchanging Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.64
जीवः खल्वेष जीवानां ज्योतिरेकं प्रकाशते। बालक्रीडनकैर्द्देवः क्रीडतो शङ्करः स्वयम्
jīvaḥ khalveṣa jīvānāṃ jyotirekaṃ prakāśate| bālakrīḍanakairddevaḥ krīḍato śaṅkaraḥ svayam
Indeed he is the life of living beings; as the one light he shines forth; the god Śaṅkara himself, playing with children's playthings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.65
प्रधानमव्ययं ज्योतिरव्यक्तं प्रकृतिस्तमः। अस्य चैतानि नामानि नित्यं प्रसवधर्मिणः। यः कः स इति दुःखार्त्तैर्मृग्यते यतिभिः शिवः
pradhānamavyayaṃ jyotiravyaktaṃ prakṛtistamaḥ| asya caitāni nāmāni nityaṃ prasavadharmiṇaḥ| yaḥ kaḥ sa iti duḥkhārttairmṛgyate yatibhiḥ śivaḥ
(He is) the primordial matter, the imperishable, light, the unmanifest, nature, darkness — these are the names of him who is ever of the nature of bringing forth. "Who is he?" — thus Śiva is sought by ascetics afflicted with suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.66
एष बीजी भवान् बीजमहं योनिः सनातनः। एवमुक्रोऽथ विश्वात्मा ब्रह्मा विष्णुमभाषत
eṣa bījī bhavān bījamahaṃ yoniḥ sanātanaḥ| evamukro'tha viśvātmā brahmā viṣṇumabhāṣata
"He is the possessor of the seed, you are the seed, and I am the eternal womb." Thus addressed, Brahmā, the soul of all, then spoke to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.67
भवान्योनिरहं बीजं कथं बीजी महेश्वरः । एतन्मे सूक्ष्ममव्यक्तं संशयं छेत्तुमर्हसि
bhavānyonirahaṃ bījaṃ kathaṃ bījī maheśvaraḥ | etanme sūkṣmamavyaktaṃ saṃśayaṃ chettumarhasi
"You are the womb, I am the seed — how is Maheśvara the possessor of the seed? You should cut away this subtle, unmanifest doubt of mine."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.68
ज्ञात्वा चैवं समुत्पत्तिं ब्रह्मणा लोकतन्त्रिणा। इदं परमसादृश्यं प्रश्रमभ्यवदद्धरिः
jñātvā caivaṃ samutpattiṃ brahmaṇā lokatantriṇā| idaṃ paramasādṛśyaṃ praśramabhyavadaddhariḥ
And having thus learned of (his own) origination from Brahmā, the ordainer of the worlds, Hari, out of exertion, uttered this supreme comparison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.69
अस्मान्महत्तरं गुह्यं भूतमव्यन्न विद्यते। महतः परमं धाम शिवमध्यात्मिनां पदम्
asmānmahattaraṃ guhyaṃ bhūtamavyanna vidyate| mahataḥ paramaṃ dhāma śivamadhyātmināṃ padam
There exists no being, manifest (or unmanifest?), greater or more secret than this; higher than the great is the abode, Śiva, the station of those (devoted to) the inner self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.70
द्वैधीभावेन चात्मानं प्रविष्टस्तु व्यवस्थितः। निष्कलः सूक्ष्ममव्यक्तः सकलश्च महेश्वरः
dvaidhībhāvena cātmānaṃ praviṣṭastu vyavasthitaḥ| niṣkalaḥ sūkṣmamavyaktaḥ sakalaśca maheśvaraḥ
And by becoming twofold he entered into himself and abides (so): Maheśvara is partless, subtle, unmanifest, and also possessed of parts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.71
अस्य मायाविधिज्ञस्य अगम्यगहनस्य च। पुरा लिङ्गं भवद्बीजं प्रथमं त्वादिसर्गिकम्
asya māyāvidhijñasya agamyagahanasya ca| purā liṅgaṃ bhavadbījaṃ prathamaṃ tvādisargikam
Of him who knows the working of illusion and who is unreachable and unfathomable, the liṅga was formerly your seed, the first (thing) belonging to the primal creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.72
मयि योनौ समायुक्तं तद्बीजं कालपर्ययात्। हिरण्मयमपारन्तद्योन्यामण्डमजायत
mayi yonau samāyuktaṃ tadbījaṃ kālaparyayāt| hiraṇmayamapārantadyonyāmaṇḍamajāyata
That seed, joined with me as the womb, in the course of time — thence in the womb was born a golden, boundless egg.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.73
शतानि दशवर्षाणामण्डञ्चाप्सु प्रतिष्ठितम्। अन्ते वर्षसहस्रस्य वायुना तद्द्विधा कृतम्
śatāni daśavarṣāṇāmaṇḍañcāpsu pratiṣṭhitam| ante varṣasahasrasya vāyunā taddvidhā kṛtam
And the egg rested in the waters for ten hundreds of years; at the end of the thousand years it was split in two by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.74
कपालमेकं द्यौर्जज्ञे कपालमपरं क्षितिः। उल्वन्तस्य महोत्सेधं योऽसौ कनकपर्वतः
kapālamekaṃ dyaurjajñe kapālamaparaṃ kṣitiḥ| ulvantasya mahotsedhaṃ yo'sau kanakaparvataḥ
One shell became the sky, the other shell the earth; the great elevation that was its membrane is that golden mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.75
ततस्तस्मात् प्रबुद्धात्मा देवो देववरः प्रभुः । हिरण्यगर्भो भगवानहं जज्ञे चतुर्भुजः
tatastasmāt prabuddhātmā devo devavaraḥ prabhuḥ | hiraṇyagarbho bhagavānahaṃ jajñe caturbhujaḥ
Then from that I was born, awakened in soul, a god, the best of gods, the lord, the blessed Hiraṇyagarbha, four-armed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.76
ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते वायुना तद्द्विधाकृतम्। अतारार्केन्दुनक्षत्रं शून्यं लोकमवेक्ष्य च। कोऽयमत्रे त्यभिध्याते कुमारास्तेऽभवंस्तदा
tato varṣasahasrānte vāyunā taddvidhākṛtam| atārārkendunakṣatraṃ śūnyaṃ lokamavekṣya ca| ko'yamatre tyabhidhyāte kumārāste'bhavaṃstadā
Then at the end of a thousand years it was split in two by the wind; and seeing the world empty, without stars, sun, moon and constellations, you pondered "Who is here?" — then those youths came into being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.77
प्रियदर्शनास्सुतनवो येऽतीताः पूर्वजास्तव। भूयो वर्षसहस्रान्ते तत एवात्मजास्तव। भुवनानलसङ्काशाः पझपत्रायतेक्षणाः
priyadarśanāssutanavo ye'tītāḥ pūrvajāstava| bhūyo varṣasahasrānte tata evātmajāstava| bhuvanānalasaṅkāśāḥ pajhapatrāyatekṣaṇāḥ
Fair to look upon, of slender bodies, they who passed away, born before you — again at the end of a thousand years, from that very (source), your own sons, resembling the world-fire, with eyes long as lotus petals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.78
श्रीमान् सनत्कुमारस्तु ऋभुश्चैवोर्द्ध्वरेतसौ । सनातनश्च सनकस्तथैव च सनन्दनः। उत्पन्नाः समकालं ते बुद्धयाऽतीन्द्रियदर्शनाः
śrīmān sanatkumārastu ṛbhuścaivorddhvaretasau | sanātanaśca sanakastathaiva ca sanandanaḥ| utpannāḥ samakālaṃ te buddhayā'tīndriyadarśanāḥ
The illustrious Sanatkumāra and Ṛbhu, both keepers of the seed upward, and Sanātana and Sanaka, and likewise Sanandana — they arose at the same time, seeing by the intellect what is beyond the senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.79
उत्पन्नाः प्रतिघात्मानो जगदुश्च तदैव हि। नारप्स्यन्ते च कर्माणि तापत्रयविवर्जिताः
utpannāḥ pratighātmāno jagaduśca tadaiva hi| nārapsyante ca karmāṇi tāpatrayavivarjitāḥ
They were born with natures averse (to the world), and at that very time indifferent to the world; and free of the three torments they would not undertake works.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.80
अस्य सौम्यं बहुक्लेशं जराशोकसमन्वितम्। जीवितं मरणं चैव संभवञ्च पुनः पुनः
asya saumyaṃ bahukleśaṃ jarāśokasamanvitam| jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ caiva saṃbhavañca punaḥ punaḥ
(They saw that) this (world's) life is (only apparently) pleasant, full of much affliction, attended by old age and grief — living, and dying, and being born again and again;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.81
स्वप्रभूतं पुनः स्वर्गे दुःखानि नरकांस्तथा। विदित्वा चागमं सर्वमवश्यं भवितव्यताम्
svaprabhūtaṃ punaḥ svarge duḥkhāni narakāṃstathā| viditvā cāgamaṃ sarvamavaśyaṃ bhavitavyatām
and (they saw) again the sufferings arising of themselves in heaven, and the hells likewise; and knowing all that is to come, and the inevitability of what must be —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.82
ऋभुं सनत्कुमारञ्च दृष्ट्वा तव वशे स्थितौ। त्रयस्तु त्रीन् गुणान् हित्वा आत्मजाः सनकादयः। वैवर्त्तेन तु ज्ञानेन निवृत्तास्ते महौजसः
ṛbhuṃ sanatkumārañca dṛṣṭvā tava vaśe sthitau| trayastu trīn guṇān hitvā ātmajāḥ sanakādayaḥ| vaivarttena tu jñānena nivṛttāste mahaujasaḥ
seeing Ṛbhu and Sanatkumāra standing under your control, the three sons, Sanaka and the rest, abandoning the three qualities — those great in vigour turned away (from the world) through the knowledge of change.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.83
ततस्तेष्वपवृत्तेषु सनकादिषु वै त्रिषु। भविष्यसि विमूढस्तु मायया शङ्करस्य तु
tatasteṣvapavṛtteṣu sanakādiṣu vai triṣu| bhaviṣyasi vimūḍhastu māyayā śaṅkarasya tu
Then, when those three, Sanaka and the others, had turned away, you will become utterly bewildered by the illusion of Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.84
एवं कल्पे तु वैकल्पे संज्ञा नस्यति तेऽनघ। कल्पशेषाणि भूतानि सूक्ष्माणि पार्थिवानि च
evaṃ kalpe tu vaikalpe saṃjñā nasyati te'nagha| kalpaśeṣāṇi bhūtāni sūkṣmāṇi pārthivāni ca
Thus in the kalpa, in the (secondary) vaikalpa, your consciousness perishes, O sinless one; and the beings that remain at the kalpa's end, subtle and earthly —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.85
सा चैषा ह्यैश्वरी माया जगतः समुदाहृता। स एष पर्वतो मेरु र्देवलोक उदाहृतः
sā caiṣā hyaiśvarī māyā jagataḥ samudāhṛtā| sa eṣa parvato meru rdevaloka udāhṛtaḥ
And this is declared to be the lordly māyā of the world; and this mountain Meru is called the world of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.86
तवैवेदं हि माहात्म्यं दृष्ट्वा चात्मानमात्मना । ज्ञात्वा चेश्वरसद्भावं ज्ञात्वा मामम्बुजेक्षणम्
tavaivedaṃ hi māhātmyaṃ dṛṣṭvā cātmānamātmanā | jñātvā ceśvarasadbhāvaṃ jñātvā māmambujekṣaṇam
For this greatness is yours alone — having seen the self by the self, and having known the true being of the Lord, and having known me, O lotus-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.87
महादेवं महायोगं भूतानां वरदं प्रभुम्। प्रणवात्मानमासाद्य नमस्कृत्या जगद्गुरुम्। त्वाञ्च माञ्चैव संक्रुद्धो निःश्वासान्निर्द्दहेदयम्
mahādevaṃ mahāyogaṃ bhūtānāṃ varadaṃ prabhum| praṇavātmānamāsādya namaskṛtyā jagadgurum| tvāñca māñcaiva saṃkruddho niḥśvāsānnirddahedayam
Having approached Mahādeva, the great yogin, the giver of boons to beings, the lord, whose self is the praṇava, and having bowed to the teacher of the world — (otherwise) he, enraged, would burn up both you and me with his breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.88
एवं ज्ञात्वा महायोगं अभ्युत्तिष्ठन् महाबलः। अहं त्वामग्रतः कृत्वा स्तोष्येऽहमनलप्रभम्
evaṃ jñātvā mahāyogaṃ abhyuttiṣṭhan mahābalaḥ| ahaṃ tvāmagrataḥ kṛtvā stoṣye'hamanalaprabham
Knowing thus the great yogin, the greatly powerful one rose up: "I, placing you in front, will praise him whose radiance is fire."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.89
।।सूत उवाच।। ब्रह्माणमग्रतः कृत्वा ततः स गरुडध्वजः। अतीतैश्च भविष्यैश्च वर्त्तमानैस्तथैव च। नामभिश्छान्दसैश्चैव इदं स्तोत्रमुदीरयत्
||sūta uvāca|| brahmāṇamagrataḥ kṛtvā tataḥ sa garuḍadhvajaḥ| atītaiśca bhaviṣyaiśca varttamānaistathaiva ca| nāmabhiśchāndasaiścaiva idaṃ stotramudīrayat
Sūta said: Then he whose banner is Garuḍa, placing Brahmā in front, uttered this hymn of praise with names past, future, and likewise present, and with Vedic names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.90
नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते सुव्रतेऽनन्ततेजसे। नमः क्षेत्राधिपतये बीजिने शूलिने नमः
namastubhyaṃ bhagavate suvrate'nantatejase| namaḥ kṣetrādhipataye bījine śūline namaḥ
Homage to you, the Blessed One, of excellent vows, of endless splendour; homage to the lord of the field, homage to the possessor of the seed, to the bearer of the trident.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.91
अमेढ्रायोर्द्ध्वमेढ्राय नमो वैकुण्ठरेतसे । नमो ज्येष्ठाय श्रेष्ठाय अपूर्वप्रथमाय च
ameḍhrāyorddhvameḍhrāya namo vaikuṇṭharetase | namo jyeṣṭhāya śreṣṭhāya apūrvaprathamāya ca
To him without a phallus, to him with the phallus upraised, homage; to him whose seed is imperishable; homage to the eldest, to the best, and to the first, who has none before him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.92
नमो हव्याय पूज्याय सद्यो जाताय वै नमः । गह्वराय धनेशाय हैमचीराम्बराय च
namo havyāya pūjyāya sadyo jātāya vai namaḥ | gahvarāya dhaneśāya haimacīrāmbarāya ca
Homage to the oblation, to the one to be worshipped, and homage to him who is born instantly; to him of the cavern, to the lord of wealth, and to him whose garment is of golden bark-cloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.93
नमस्ते ह्यस्मदादीनां भूतानां प्रभवाय च। वेदकर्म्मावदानानां द्रव्याणां प्रभवे नमः
namaste hyasmadādīnāṃ bhūtānāṃ prabhavāya ca| vedakarmmāvadānānāṃ dravyāṇāṃ prabhave namaḥ
Homage to you, the source of beings such as ourselves; homage to the source of the substances (used in) the Vedic rites and the offering-portions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.94
नमो योग्स्य प्रभवे सांख्यस्य प्रभवे नमः । नमो ध्रुवनिशीथानामृषीणां पतये नमः
namo yogsya prabhave sāṃkhyasya prabhave namaḥ | namo dhruvaniśīthānāmṛṣīṇāṃ pataye namaḥ
Homage to the source of yoga, homage to the source of Sāṃkhya; homage to the lord of the seers who are fixed and of the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.95
विद्युदशनिमेघानां गर्ज्जितप्रभवे नमः। उदधीनाञ्च प्रभवे द्वीपानां प्रभवे नमः
vidyudaśanimeghānāṃ garjjitaprabhave namaḥ| udadhīnāñca prabhave dvīpānāṃ prabhave namaḥ
Homage to the source of the thundering of lightnings, thunderbolts and clouds; homage to the source of the oceans and to the source of the continents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.96
अद्रीणां प्रभवे चैव वर्षाणां प्रभवे नमः। नमो नदानां प्रभवे नदीनां प्रभवे नमः
adrīṇāṃ prabhave caiva varṣāṇāṃ prabhave namaḥ| namo nadānāṃ prabhave nadīnāṃ prabhave namaḥ
And homage to the source of the mountains, to the source of the rains; homage to the source of the streams, homage to the source of the rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.97
नमश्चौषधिप्रभवे वृक्षाणां प्रभवे नमः। धर्म्माध्यक्षाय धर्म्माय स्थितीनां प्रभवे नमः
namaścauṣadhiprabhave vṛkṣāṇāṃ prabhave namaḥ| dharmmādhyakṣāya dharmmāya sthitīnāṃ prabhave namaḥ
And homage to the source of the herbs, homage to the source of the trees; to the overseer of dharma, to dharma, homage to the source of the stable states.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.98
नमो रसानां प्रभवे रत्नानां प्रभवे नमः । नमः क्षणानां प्रभवे कलानां प्रभवे नमः
namo rasānāṃ prabhave ratnānāṃ prabhave namaḥ | namaḥ kṣaṇānāṃ prabhave kalānāṃ prabhave namaḥ
Homage to the source of the savours, homage to the source of the jewels; homage to the source of the kṣaṇas, homage to the source of the kalās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.99
निमेषप्रभवे चैव काष्ठानां प्रभवे नमः । अहोरात्रार्द्धमासानां मासानां प्रभवे नमः
nimeṣaprabhave caiva kāṣṭhānāṃ prabhave namaḥ | ahorātrārddhamāsānāṃ māsānāṃ prabhave namaḥ
And homage to the source of the instant of a wink, to the source of the kāṣṭhās; homage to the source of days and nights, half-months and months.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.100
नम ऋतुनां प्रभवे संख्यायाः प्रभवे नमः। प्रभवे च परार्द्धस्य परस्य प्रभवे नमः
nama ṛtunāṃ prabhave saṃkhyāyāḥ prabhave namaḥ| prabhave ca parārddhasya parasya prabhave namaḥ
Homage to the source of the seasons, homage to the source of number; and to the source of the parārdha, homage to the source of the supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.101
नमः पुराणप्रभवे युगस्य प्रभवे नमः। चतुर्विधस्य सर्गस्य प्रभवेऽनन्तचक्षुषे
namaḥ purāṇaprabhave yugasya prabhave namaḥ| caturvidhasya sargasya prabhave'nantacakṣuṣe
Homage to the source of what is ancient, homage to the source of the yuga; to the source of the fourfold creation, to him of endless eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.102
कल्पोदये निबद्धानां वार्त्तानां प्रभवे नमः। नमो विश्वस्य प्रभवे ब्रह्मदिप्रभवे नमः
kalpodaye nibaddhānāṃ vārttānāṃ prabhave namaḥ| namo viśvasya prabhave brahmadiprabhave namaḥ
Homage to the source of the affairs bound up at the beginning of the kalpa; homage to the source of the universe, homage to the source of Brahmā and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.103
विद्यानां प्रभवे चैव विद्यानां पतये नमः। नमो व्रतानां पतये मन्त्राणां पतये नमः
vidyānāṃ prabhave caiva vidyānāṃ pataye namaḥ| namo vratānāṃ pataye mantrāṇāṃ pataye namaḥ
And homage to the source of the sciences, homage to the lord of the sciences; homage to the lord of vows, homage to the lord of the mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.104
पितॄणां पतये चैव पशूनां पतये नमः। वाग्वृषाय नमस्तुभ्यं पुराणवृषभाय च
pitṝṇāṃ pataye caiva paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ| vāgvṛṣāya namastubhyaṃ purāṇavṛṣabhāya ca
And homage to the lord of the fathers, homage to the lord of the beasts; homage to you, the bull of speech, and to the ancient bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.105
सुचारुचारुकेशाय ऊर्द्ध्वचक्षुःशिराय च। नमः पशूनां पतये गोवृषेन्द्रध्वजाय च
sucārucārukeśāya ūrddhvacakṣuḥśirāya ca| namaḥ paśūnāṃ pataye govṛṣendradhvajāya ca
To him of beautiful, lovely hair, and to him whose eyes and head are turned upward; homage to the lord of animals, and to him whose banner bears the bull, chief of cattle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.106
प्रजापतीनां पतये सिद्धानां पतये नमः। गरुडोरगसर्पाणां पक्षिणां पतये नमः
prajāpatīnāṃ pataye siddhānāṃ pataye namaḥ| garuḍoragasarpāṇāṃ pakṣiṇāṃ pataye namaḥ
Homage to the lord of the Prajāpatis, homage to the lord of the Siddhas; homage to the lord of Garuḍa, the serpents and snakes, and of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.107
गोकर्णाय च गोष्ठाय शङ्कुकर्णाय वै नमः। वाराहायाप्रमेयाय रक्षोधिपतये नमः
gokarṇāya ca goṣṭhāya śaṅkukarṇāya vai namaḥ| vārāhāyāprameyāya rakṣodhipataye namaḥ
Homage to the cow-eared one, to him of the cow-pen, and indeed to him whose ears are like stakes; homage to the boar-formed, the immeasurable one, to the overlord of the Rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.108
नमो ह्यप्सरसांपतये गणानां (पतये) ह्रीमये नमः। अम्भसां पतये चैव तेजसां पतये नमः
namo hyapsarasāṃpataye gaṇānāṃ (pataye) hrīmaye namaḥ| ambhasāṃ pataye caiva tejasāṃ pataye namaḥ
Homage indeed to the lord of the Apsarases, homage to the (lord) of the hosts, to him who is modesty; and homage to the lord of the waters, homage to the lord of the fiery energies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.109
नमोऽस्तु लक्ष्मीपतये श्रीमते ह्रीमते नमः। बलाबलसमूहाय ह्यक्षोभ्यक्षोभणाय च
namo'stu lakṣmīpataye śrīmate hrīmate namaḥ| balābalasamūhāya hyakṣobhyakṣobhaṇāya ca
Homage be to the lord of Lakṣmī, to him possessed of śrī, homage to him possessed of hrī; to him who is the aggregate of strength and weakness, and to him who is unshakable yet shakes (others).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.110
दीर्घश्रृङ्गैकश्रृङ्गाय वृषभाय ककुद्मिने। नमः स्थैर्याय वपुषे तेजसे सुप्रभाय च
dīrghaśrṛṅgaikaśrṛṅgāya vṛṣabhāya kakudmine| namaḥ sthairyāya vapuṣe tejase suprabhāya ca
To him of the long horn, to him of the single horn, to the bull with a hump; homage to steadiness, to bodily form, to fiery energy, and to him of fair radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.111
भूताय च भविष्याय वर्त्तमानाय वै नमः। सुवर्च्चसेऽथ वीराय शूराय ह्यतिगाय च
bhūtāya ca bhaviṣyāya varttamānāya vai namaḥ| suvarccase'tha vīrāya śūrāya hyatigāya ca
Homage indeed to what has been, to what will be, and to what is present; to him of good lustre, then to the hero, to the brave one, and to him who goes beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.112
वरदाय वरेण्याय नमः सर्वगताय च। नमो भूताय भव्याय भवाय महते तथा
varadāya vareṇyāya namaḥ sarvagatāya ca| namo bhūtāya bhavyāya bhavāya mahate tathā
To the giver of boons, to the most excellent one, and homage to him who goes everywhere; homage to the past, to the future, to Bhava, and likewise to the great one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.113
जनाय च नमस्तुभ्यं तपसे वरदाय च। नमो वन्द्याय मोक्षाय जनाय नरकाय च
janāya ca namastubhyaṃ tapase varadāya ca| namo vandyāya mokṣāya janāya narakāya ca
And homage to you as Jana, as austerity, and as the giver of boons; homage to him who is to be praised, to release, to (the world) Jana and to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.114
भवाय भजमानाय इष्टाय याजकाय च। अभ्युदीर्णाय दीप्ताय तत्त्वाय निर्गुणाय च
bhavāya bhajamānāya iṣṭāya yājakāya ca| abhyudīrṇāya dīptāya tattvāya nirguṇāya ca
To Bhava, to him who is worshipping, to the desired one, and to the sacrificer; to him who has risen up, to the blazing one, to the (ultimate) reality, and to him free of qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.115
नमः पाशाय हस्ताय नमः स्वाभरणाय च। हुताय चापहुताय प्रहुतप्रशिताय च
namaḥ pāśāya hastāya namaḥ svābharaṇāya ca| hutāya cāpahutāya prahutapraśitāya ca
Homage to the noose, to the hand, homage to him with his own ornaments; to the oblation offered, to the oblation offered away, to what is offered forth and what is eaten (of the offering).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.116
नमोऽस्त्विष्टाय मूर्त्ताय ह्यग्निष्टोमर्त्विजाय च। नम ऋताय सत्याय भूताधिपतये नमः
namo'stviṣṭāya mūrttāya hyagniṣṭomartvijāya ca| nama ṛtāya satyāya bhūtādhipataye namaḥ
Homage be to the desired one, to him possessed of form, and indeed to the officiating priest of the Agniṣṭoma; homage to cosmic order, to truth, homage to the overlord of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.117
सदस्याय नमश्चैव दक्षिणावभृथाय च। अहिंसायाथ लोकानां पशुमन्त्रौषधाय च
sadasyāya namaścaiva dakṣiṇāvabhṛthāya ca| ahiṃsāyātha lokānāṃ paśumantrauṣadhāya ca
And homage to the assembly-member, to the sacrificial fee and to the final ablution; then to non-injury of the worlds, and to animals, mantras and herbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.118
नमस्तुष्टिप्रदानाय त्र्यम्बकाय सुगन्धिने। नमोऽस्त्विन्द्रियपतये परिहाराय स्रग्विणे
namastuṣṭipradānāya tryambakāya sugandhine| namo'stvindriyapataye parihārāya sragviṇe
Homage to the giving of satisfaction, to Tryambaka, to the fragrant one; homage be to the lord of the senses, to the one who removes (evil), to the wearer of garlands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.119
विश्वाय विश्वरूपाय विश्वतोऽक्षिमुखाय च। सर्वतः पाणिपादाय रुद्रायाप्रमिताय च
viśvāya viśvarūpāya viśvato'kṣimukhāya ca| sarvataḥ pāṇipādāya rudrāyāpramitāya ca
To the All, to him whose form is the All, to him with eyes and faces on every side; to him with hands and feet on all sides, to Rudra, to the immeasurable one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.120
नमो हव्याय कव्याय हव्यकव्याय वै नमः। नमः सिद्धाय मेध्याय चेष्टाय त्वव्ययाय च
namo havyāya kavyāya havyakavyāya vai namaḥ| namaḥ siddhāya medhyāya ceṣṭāya tvavyayāya ca
Homage to the offering for the gods, to the offering for the ancestors, homage indeed to both together; homage to the accomplished one, to the pure, to the desired, and to the imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.121
सुवीराय सुघोराय ह्यक्षोभ्यक्षोभणाय च। सुमेधसे सुप्रजाय दीप्ताय भास्कराय च
suvīrāya sughorāya hyakṣobhyakṣobhaṇāya ca| sumedhase suprajāya dīptāya bhāskarāya ca
To him of great valour, to the very terrible one, to him unshakable who shakes (others); to him of good understanding, to him of good offspring, to the blazing one, and to the sun-like one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.122
मनो नमः सुपर्णाय तपनीयनिभाय च। विरूपाक्षाय त्र्यक्षाय पिङ्गलाय महौजसे
mano namaḥ suparṇāya tapanīyanibhāya ca| virūpākṣāya tryakṣāya piṅgalāya mahaujase
Homage to the mind, to the fair-winged one, and to him resembling refined gold; to him of misshapen eyes, to the three-eyed, to the tawny one, of great might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.123
दृष्टिघ्नाय नमश्चैव नमः सौम्येक्षणाय च। नमो धूम्राय श्वेताय कृष्णाय लोहिताय च
dṛṣṭighnāya namaścaiva namaḥ saumyekṣaṇāya ca| namo dhūmrāya śvetāya kṛṣṇāya lohitāya ca
And homage to the destroyer of sight, and homage to him of gentle gaze; homage to the smoke-coloured, to the white, to the black, and to the red one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.124
पिशिताय पिशङ्गाय पीताय च निषङ्गिणे। नमस्ते सविशेषाय निर्विशेषाय वै नमः
piśitāya piśaṅgāya pītāya ca niṣaṅgiṇe| namaste saviśeṣāya nirviśeṣāya vai namaḥ
To the flesh-coloured, to the reddish-brown, to the yellow, and to the quiver-bearer; homage to you who have distinguishing marks, and homage indeed to you without distinctions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.125
नमो वै पझवर्णाय मृत्युघ्नाय च मृत्यवे । नमः श्यामाय गौराय कद्रवे रोहिताय च
namo vai pajhavarṇāya mṛtyughnāya ca mṛtyave | namaḥ śyāmāya gaurāya kadrave rohitāya ca
Homage to him of the colour of [padma?], to the slayer of death and to death itself; homage to the dark one, to the fair one, to the tawny one and to the red one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.126
नमः कान्ताय सन्ध्याभ्रवर्णाय बहुरूपिणे। नमः कपालहस्ताय दिग्वस्त्राय कपर्द्दिने
namaḥ kāntāya sandhyābhravarṇāya bahurūpiṇe| namaḥ kapālahastāya digvastrāya kaparddine
Homage to the lovely one, to him coloured like the clouds of twilight, to him of many forms; homage to him with a skull in his hand, to him clothed in the directions, to him with braided hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.127
अप्रमेयाय शर्वाय ह्यवध्याय वराय च। पुरस्तात् पृष्ठतश्चैव बिभ्राणाय कृशानवे
aprameyāya śarvāya hyavadhyāya varāya ca| purastāt pṛṣṭhataścaiva bibhrāṇāya kṛśānave
To the immeasurable one, to Śarva, to the unslayable one and to the excellent one; to him who bears fire both in front and behind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.128
दुर्गाय महते चैव रोधाय कपिलाय च। अर्कप्रभशरीराय बलिने रंहसाय च
durgāya mahate caiva rodhāya kapilāya ca| arkaprabhaśarīrāya baline raṃhasāya ca
To the hard-to-reach one, to the great one, to the obstructer and to the tawny one; to him whose body has the radiance of the sun, to the strong one and to the swift one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.129
पिनाकिने प्रसिद्धाय स्फीताय प्रसृताय च। सुमेधसेऽक्षमालाय दिग्वासाय शिखण्डिने
pinākine prasiddhāya sphītāya prasṛtāya ca| sumedhase'kṣamālāya digvāsāya śikhaṇḍine
To the bearer of the Pināka, to the renowned one, to the abundant one and to the extended one; to him of good understanding, to him with the rosary of beads, to him clothed in the directions, to him with a crest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.130
चित्राय चित्रवर्णाय विचित्राय धराय च। चेकितानाय तुष्टाय नमस्त्वनिहिताय च
citrāya citravarṇāya vicitrāya dharāya ca| cekitānāya tuṣṭāya namastvanihitāya ca
To the many-hued one, to him of variegated colour, to the wondrously varied one and to the sustainer; to the perceiving one, to the contented one, and homage to him who is not laid down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.131
नमः क्षान्ताय शान्ताय वज्रसंहननाय च। रक्षोघ्नाय मखघ्नाय शितिकण्ठोर्द्ध्वरेतसे
namaḥ kṣāntāya śāntāya vajrasaṃhananāya ca| rakṣoghnāya makhaghnāya śitikaṇṭhorddhvaretase
Homage to the patient one, to the tranquil one, and to him whose frame is (hard as) a thunderbolt; to the slayer of demons, to the destroyer of the sacrifice, to him with the dark-blue throat, whose seed is drawn upward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.132
अरिहाय कृतान्ताय तिग्मायुधधराय च। समोदाय प्रमोदाय इरिणायैव ते नमः
arihāya kṛtāntāya tigmāyudhadharāya ca| samodāya pramodāya iriṇāyaiva te namaḥ
To the slayer of enemies, to him who is the end of all that is done, and to the bearer of sharp weapons; to him who is joyful, to him who is exceedingly joyful, and homage to you as the barren waste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.133
प्रणवप्रणवेशाय भक्तानां शर्मदाय च। मृगव्याधाय दक्षाय दक्षयज्ञहराय च
praṇavapraṇaveśāya bhaktānāṃ śarmadāya ca| mṛgavyādhāya dakṣāya dakṣayajñaharāya ca
To the praṇava and to the lord of the praṇava, and to the giver of refuge to his devotees; to the hunter of the deer, to Dakṣa, and to the destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.134
सर्वभूताय भूताय सर्वेशातिशयाय च। पुरभेत्रे च शान्ताय सुगन्धाय वरेशवे
sarvabhūtāya bhūtāya sarveśātiśayāya ca| purabhetre ca śāntāya sugandhāya vareśave
To him who is all beings, to him who is (pure) being, and to him who surpasses all lords; to the splitter of the citadel, to the tranquil one, to the fragrant one, to the excellent Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.135
पुष्पवन्तस्वरुपाय भगनेत्रान्तकाय च । कणादाय वरिष्ठाय कामाङ्गदहनाय च
puṣpavantasvarupāya bhaganetrāntakāya ca | kaṇādāya variṣṭhāya kāmāṅgadahanāya ca
To him whose form is the flowering pair (sun and moon), and to him who put an end to Bhaga's eyes; to the eater of grains, to the most excellent one, and to the burner of Kāma's body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.136
रवेः करालचक्राय नागेन्द्रदमनाय च। दैत्यानामन्तकायाथो दिव्याक्रन्दकराय च
raveḥ karālacakrāya nāgendradamanāya ca| daityānāmantakāyātho divyākrandakarāya ca
To the terrible disc of the sun, and to the subduer of the lord of serpents; then to him who makes an end of the Daityas, and to him who makes (even) the divine ones cry out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.137
श्मशानरतिनित्याय नमस्त्र्यम्बकधारिणे। नमस्ते प्राणपालाय धवमालाधराय च
śmaśānaratinityāya namastryambakadhāriṇe| namaste prāṇapālāya dhavamālādharāya ca
To him whose pleasure is ever in the cremation ground, homage to the bearer of the three-eyed (form); homage to you, protector of breath, and wearer of the garland of dhava flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 24.138
प्रहीणशोकैर्विविधैर्भूतैः परिष्टुताय च। नरनारीशरीराय देव्याः प्रियकराय च
prahīṇaśokairvividhairbhūtaiḥ pariṣṭutāya ca| naranārīśarīrāya devyāḥ priyakarāya ca
And to him who is praised all around by manifold beings whose sorrow has departed; to him whose body is man and woman, and to him who does what pleases the Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.139
जटिने दण्डिने तुभ्यं व्यालयज्ञोपवीतिने । नमोऽस्तु नृत्यशीलाय वाद्यनृत्यप्रियाय च
jaṭine daṇḍine tubhyaṃ vyālayajñopavītine | namo'stu nṛtyaśīlāya vādyanṛtyapriyāya ca
To you with matted hair, with a staff, with a serpent for a sacred thread; homage to him whose habit is dancing, and to him who loves music and dance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.140
मन्यवे शीतशीलाय सुगीतिगायते नमः। कटककराय भीमाय चोग्ररूपधराय च
manyave śītaśīlāya sugītigāyate namaḥ| kaṭakakarāya bhīmāya cograrūpadharāya ca
Homage to Wrath, to him of cool disposition, to him who sings fine songs; to him with a bracelet on his hand, to the terrible one, and to the bearer of a fierce form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.141
विभीषणाय भीमाय भगप्रमथनाय च। सिद्धसङ्घातगीताय महाभागाय वै नमः
vibhīṣaṇāya bhīmāya bhagapramathanāya ca| siddhasaṅghātagītāya mahābhāgāya vai namaḥ
To the frightful one, to the terrible one, and to the crusher of Bhaga; homage indeed to him who is sung by the assembled Siddhas, to the greatly blessed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.142
नमो मुक्ताट्टहासाय क्ष्वेडितास्फोटिताय च। नदते कूर्दते चैव नमः प्रमुदिताय च
namo muktāṭṭahāsāya kṣveḍitāsphoṭitāya ca| nadate kūrdate caiva namaḥ pramuditāya ca
Homage to him of unrestrained loud laughter, and to the hissing and arm-slapping one; homage to him who roars and who leaps, and to him who is delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.143
नमोऽद्भुताय स्वपते धावते प्रस्थिताय च। ध्यायते जृम्भते चैव तुदते द्रवते नमः
namo'dbhutāya svapate dhāvate prasthitāya ca| dhyāyate jṛmbhate caiva tudate dravate namaḥ
Homage to the wondrous one, to him who sleeps, who runs and who sets forth; homage to him who meditates, who yawns, who strikes and who runs away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 24.144
चलते क्रीडते चैव लम्बोदरशरीरिणे। नमः कृताय कम्पाय मुण्डाय विकराय च
calate krīḍate caiva lambodaraśarīriṇe| namaḥ kṛtāya kampāya muṇḍāya vikarāya ca
To him who moves and who plays, to him whose body has a hanging belly; homage to the accomplished one, to the trembling one, to the shaven-headed one and to the deformed one.
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VaP 1 24.145
नम उन्मत्तवेषाय किङ्किणीकाय वै नमः। नमो विकृतवेषाय क्रूरोग्रामर्षणाय च
nama unmattaveṣāya kiṅkiṇīkāya vai namaḥ| namo vikṛtaveṣāya krūrogrāmarṣaṇāya ca
Homage to him whose garb is that of a madman, homage indeed to him who wears little bells; homage to him of misshapen garb, and to the cruel, fierce, wrathful one.
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VaP 1 24.146
अप्रमेयाय दीप्ताय दीप्तये निर्गुणाय च। नमः प्रियाय वादाय मुद्रामणिधराय च
aprameyāya dīptāya dīptaye nirguṇāya ca| namaḥ priyāya vādāya mudrāmaṇidharāya ca
To the immeasurable, to the blazing one, to radiance, and to the one without qualities; homage to the beloved, to speech, and to the bearer of the seal-jewel.
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VaP 1 24.147
नमस्तोकाय तनवे गुणैरप्रतिमाय च। नमो गणाय गुह्याय अगम्यागमनाय च
namastokāya tanave guṇairapratimāya ca| namo gaṇāya guhyāya agamyāgamanāya ca
Homage to the small one, to the slender one, to him who has no equal in qualities; homage to the troop(-lord), to the hidden one, and to him who goes where none may go.
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VaP 1 24.148
लोक धात्री त्वियं भूमिः पादौ सज्जनसेवितौ। सर्व्वेषां सिद्धयोगानामधिष्ठानन्तवोदरम्
loka dhātrī tviyaṃ bhūmiḥ pādau sajjanasevitau| sarvveṣāṃ siddhayogānāmadhiṣṭhānantavodaram
This earth, the supporter of the worlds, is your two feet, served by good men; your belly is the abode of all the accomplished yogas.
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VaP 1 24.149
मध्येऽन्तरिक्षं विस्तीर्णन्तारागणविभूषितम्। तारापथ इवा भाति श्रीमान् हारस्तवोरसि
madhye'ntarikṣaṃ vistīrṇantārāgaṇavibhūṣitam| tārāpatha ivā bhāti śrīmān hārastavorasi
In the middle is the wide mid-air, adorned with the host of stars; the splendid necklace on your chest shines like the path of the stars.
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VaP 1 24.150
दिशो दश भुजास्ते वै केयूराङ्गदभूषिताः। विस्तीर्णपरिणाहश्च नीलाम्बुदचयोपमः
diśo daśa bhujāste vai keyūrāṅgadabhūṣitāḥ| vistīrṇapariṇāhaśca nīlāmbudacayopamaḥ
The ten directions are your arms, adorned with armlets and bracelets; and (your form is) of vast girth, like a mass of dark rain-clouds.
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VaP 1 24.151
कण्ठस्ते शोभते श्रीमान् हेमसूत्रविभूषितः । दंष्ट्राकरालदुर्द्धर्षमनौपम्यं मुखं तव
kaṇṭhaste śobhate śrīmān hemasūtravibhūṣitaḥ | daṃṣṭrākarāladurddharṣamanaupamyaṃ mukhaṃ tava
Your splendid throat shines, adorned with a golden thread; your face is incomparable, terrible with tusks, hard to assail.
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VaP 1 24.152
पझमालाकृतोष्णीषं शीर्षण्यं शोभते कथम्। दीप्तिः सूर्ये वपुश्चन्द्रे स्थैर्ये भूर्ह्यनिलो बले
pajhamālākṛtoṣṇīṣaṃ śīrṣaṇyaṃ śobhate katham| dīptiḥ sūrye vapuścandre sthairye bhūrhyanilo bale
How the headdress shines, with a turban made of a garland of... ! Radiance is in the sun, beauty in the moon, in steadiness the earth, in strength the wind.
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VaP 1 24.153
तैक्ष्ण्यमग्नौ प्रभा चन्द्रे खे शब्दः शैत्यमप्सु च। अक्षरोत्तमनिष्पन्दान् गुणानेतान्विदुर्बुधाः
taikṣṇyamagnau prabhā candre khe śabdaḥ śaityamapsu ca| akṣarottamaniṣpandān guṇānetānvidurbudhāḥ
Sharpness is in fire, brilliance in the moon, sound in space, and coolness in the waters; the wise know these as your qualities, imperishable, supreme, unwavering.
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VaP 1 24.154
जपो जप्यो महायोगी महादेवो महेश्वरः। पुरेशयो गुहावासी खेचरो रजनीचरः
japo japyo mahāyogī mahādevo maheśvaraḥ| pureśayo guhāvāsī khecaro rajanīcaraḥ
(You are) the muttered prayer and what is to be muttered, the great yogin, the great god, the great lord; dwelling in the citadel, inhabiting the cave, moving in the sky, roaming by night.
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VaP 1 24.155
तपोनिधिर्गुहगुरुर्नन्दनो नन्दिवर्द्धनः। हयशीर्षो धराधाता विधाता भूतिवाहनः
taponidhirguhagururnandano nandivarddhanaḥ| hayaśīrṣo dharādhātā vidhātā bhūtivāhanaḥ
A treasury of ascetic power, the teacher of Guha, the delighter, the increaser of joy, horse-headed, the upholder of the earth, the ordainer, whose vehicle is well-being.
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VaP 1 24.156
बोद्धव्यो बोधनो नेता धूर्वहो दुष्प्रकम्पकः। बृहद्रथो भीमकर्मा बृहत्कीर्तिर्धनञ्जयः
boddhavyo bodhano netā dhūrvaho duṣprakampakaḥ| bṛhadratho bhīmakarmā bṛhatkīrtirdhanañjayaḥ
He who is to be known, the awakener, the leader, the bearer of the yoke, hard to shake; of great chariot, of terrible deeds, of vast fame, the winner of wealth.
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VaP 1 24.157
घण्टाप्रियो ध्वजीछत्री पताकाध्वजिनीपतिः। कवची पट्टिशी शङ्खी पाशहस्तः परश्वभृत्
ghaṇṭāpriyo dhvajīchatrī patākādhvajinīpatiḥ| kavacī paṭṭiśī śaṅkhī pāśahastaḥ paraśvabhṛt
Fond of the bell, bearing a banner and a parasol, lord of flags and of the banner-bearing army; wearing armour, holding the spear, the conch, with a noose in his hand, bearing the axe.
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VaP 1 24.158
अगमस्त्वनघः शूरो देवराजारिमर्दनः। त्वां प्रसाद्य पुराऽस्माभिर्द्विषन्तो निहता युधि
agamastvanaghaḥ śūro devarājārimardanaḥ| tvāṃ prasādya purā'smābhirdviṣanto nihatā yudhi
Unapproachable, sinless, a hero, crusher of the foes of the king of the gods; having propitiated you, we formerly slew our enemies in battle.
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VaP 1 24.159
अग्निस्त्वं चार्णवान् सर्वान् पिभन्नैव न तृप्यसे। क्रोधागारः प्रसन्नात्मा कामहा कामदः प्रियः
agnistvaṃ cārṇavān sarvān pibhannaiva na tṛpyase| krodhāgāraḥ prasannātmā kāmahā kāmadaḥ priyaḥ
You are fire, and though drinking up all the oceans you are not satisfied; a dwelling-place of wrath (yet) of serene self, destroyer of desire, giver of desire, the beloved.
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VaP 1 24.160
ब्रह्मण्यो ब्रह्मचारी च गोघ्नस्त्वं शिष्टपूजितः। वेदानामव्ययः कोशस्त्वया यज्ञः प्रकल्पितः
brahmaṇyo brahmacārī ca goghnastvaṃ śiṣṭapūjitaḥ| vedānāmavyayaḥ kośastvayā yajñaḥ prakalpitaḥ
Devoted to the Veda and a chaste student, you are the slayer of the cow, honoured by the well-behaved; you are the imperishable treasury of the Vedas, and by you the sacrifice was ordained.
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VaP 1 24.161
हव्यञ्च वेदं वहति वेदोक्तं हव्यवाहनः। प्रीते त्वयि महादेव वयं प्रीता भवामहे
havyañca vedaṃ vahati vedoktaṃ havyavāhanaḥ| prīte tvayi mahādeva vayaṃ prītā bhavāmahe
And the bearer of oblations carries the oblation and the Veda that is uttered in the Veda; when you are pleased, O great god, we become pleased.
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VaP 1 24.162
भवानीशो नादिमान् धामराशिर्ब्रह्मम लोकानान्त्वं कर्त्ता त्वादिसर्गः। साङ्ख्याः प्रकृतिभ्यः परमं त्वां विदित्वा क्षीणध्यानास्ते न मृत्युं विशन्ति
bhavānīśo nādimān dhāmarāśirbrahmama lokānāntvaṃ karttā tvādisargaḥ| sāṅkhyāḥ prakṛtibhyaḥ paramaṃ tvāṃ viditvā kṣīṇadhyānāste na mṛtyuṃ viśanti
O Bhava, O lord, you are without beginning, a mass of splendour, the Brahman; you are the maker of the worlds and their first creation. The Sāṃkhyas, having known you as higher than the primal natures, their meditation exhausted, do not enter death.
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VaP 1 24.163
योगेन त्वान्ध्यानिनो नित्ययुक्ताः ज्ञात्वा भोगान् सन्त्यजन्ते पुनस्तान् । येऽन्ये मर्त्त्यास्त्वां प्रपन्ना विशुद्धास्ते कर्मभिर्दिव्यभोगान् भजन्ते
yogena tvāndhyānino nityayuktāḥ jñātvā bhogān santyajante punastān | ye'nye marttyāstvāṃ prapannā viśuddhāste karmabhirdivyabhogān bhajante
Those who meditate on you through yoga, ever disciplined, having known (you), abandon those enjoyments again; other mortals who, purified, have taken refuge in you, obtain divine enjoyments by their deeds.
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VaP 1 24.164
अप्रमेयस्य तत्त्वस्य यथा विझः स्वशक्तितः। कीर्तितं तव माहात्म्यमपारं परमात्मनः। शिवो नो भव सर्वत्र योऽसि सोऽसि नमोऽस्तु ते
aprameyasya tattvasya yathā vijhaḥ svaśaktitaḥ| kīrtitaṃ tava māhātmyamapāraṃ paramātmanaḥ| śivo no bhava sarvatra yo'si so'si namo'stu te
As a knower, according to his own capacity, (has praised) the immeasurable reality — thus has your greatness been proclaimed, boundless, (the greatness) of the supreme Self. Be auspicious to us everywhere; whoever you are, that you are — homage to you.
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