Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 29

VaP 1 29.1

योऽसावग्निरभिमानी ह्यासीत् स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। ब्रह्मणो मानसः पुत्रस्तस्मात्स्वाहा व्यजायत

yo'sāvagnirabhimānī hyāsīt svāyambhuve'ntare| brahmaṇo mānasaḥ putrastasmātsvāhā vyajāyata

That Agni who was the self-conscious one in the Svāyambhuva interval was the mind-born son of Brahmā; from him Svāhā gave birth.

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VaP 1 29.2

पावकः पवमानश्च पावमानश्च यः स्मृतः। शुचिः शौरस्तु विज्ञेयः स्वाहापुत्रास्त्रयस्तु ते

pāvakaḥ pavamānaśca pāvamānaśca yaḥ smṛtaḥ| śuciḥ śaurastu vijñeyaḥ svāhāputrāstrayastu te

Pāvaka, Pavamāna, and he who is remembered as Pāvamāna; Śuci is to be known as the solar one — these are the three sons of Svāhā.

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VaP 1 29.3

निर्म्मथ्य पवमानस्तु शुचिः शौरस्तु यः स्मृतः. पावका वैद्युताश्चैव तेषां स्थानानि यानि वै

nirmmathya pavamānastu śuciḥ śaurastu yaḥ smṛtaḥ. pāvakā vaidyutāścaiva teṣāṃ sthānāni yāni vai

Pavamāna (arises) by churning, while Śuci is the one remembered as solar; and the Pāvakas are of lightning — such are their stations.

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VaP 1 29.4

पवमानात्मजश्चैव कव्यवाहन उच्यते। पावकात् सहरक्षस्तु हव्यवाहः शुचेः सुतः

pavamānātmajaścaiva kavyavāhana ucyate| pāvakāt saharakṣastu havyavāhaḥ śuceḥ sutaḥ

And the son of Pavamāna is called Kavyavāhana; from Pāvaka (comes) Saharakṣas, and Havyavāha is the son of Śuci.

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VaP 1 29.5

देवानां हव्यवाहोऽग्निः पितॄणां कव्यवाहनः। सहरक्षोऽसुराणान्तु त्रयाणान्तु त्रयोऽग्नयः

devānāṃ havyavāho'gniḥ pitṝṇāṃ kavyavāhanaḥ| saharakṣo'surāṇāntu trayāṇāntu trayo'gnayaḥ

The fire Havyavāha is (the fire) of the gods, Kavyavāhana of the ancestors, and Saharakṣas of the asuras: thus (there are) three fires for the three (classes of beings).

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VaP 1 29.6

एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रास्तु चत्वारिंशन्नवैव तु। वक्ष्यामि नामतस्तेषां प्रविभागं पृथक् पृथक्

eteṣāṃ putrapautrāstu catvāriṃśannavaiva tu| vakṣyāmi nāmatasteṣāṃ pravibhāgaṃ pṛthak pṛthak

Their sons and grandsons are forty-nine; I shall declare them by name, (making) their division separately, one by one.

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VaP 1 29.7

वैद्युतो लौकिकाग्निस्तु प्रथमो ब्रह्मणः सुतः। ब्रह्मौदनाग्निस्तत्पुत्रो भरतो नाम विश्रुतः

vaidyuto laukikāgnistu prathamo brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ| brahmaudanāgnistatputro bharato nāma viśrutaḥ

The lightning-born (fire), which is the worldly fire, is the first son of Brahmā; his son is the Brahmaudana fire, famed by the name Bharata.

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VaP 1 29.9

अथर्वा तु भृगुर्ज्ञेयोऽप्यङ्गिराऽथर्वणः सुतः। तस्मात् स लौकिकाग्निस्तु दध्यङ्चाथर्वणः सुतः

atharvā tu bhṛgurjñeyo'pyaṅgirā'tharvaṇaḥ sutaḥ| tasmāt sa laukikāgnistu dadhyaṅcātharvaṇaḥ sutaḥ

But Atharvan is to be known as Bhṛgu, and Aṅgiras too (is) the son of Atharvan; from him (comes) that worldly fire, and Dadhyañc is the son of Atharvan.

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VaP 1 29.10

अथ यः पवमानोऽग्निर्निर्मन्थाः कविभिः स्मृतः। स ज्ञेयो गार्हपत्योऽग्निस्ततः पुत्रद्वयं स्मृतम्

atha yaḥ pavamāno'gnirnirmanthāḥ kavibhiḥ smṛtaḥ| sa jñeyo gārhapatyo'gnistataḥ putradvayaṃ smṛtam

Now the fire which is Pavamāna, which the seers hold to be produced by churning — that is to be known as the Gārhapatya fire; from it two sons are recorded.

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VaP 1 29.11

शंस्यस्त्वाहवनीयोऽग्निर्यः स्मृतो हव्यवाहनः। द्वितीयस्तु सुतः प्रोक्तः शुक्रोऽग्निर्यः प्रणीयते

śaṃsyastvāhavanīyo'gniryaḥ smṛto havyavāhanaḥ| dvitīyastu sutaḥ proktaḥ śukro'gniryaḥ praṇīyate

Śaṃsya is the Āhavanīya fire, which is (also) known as Havyavāhana; and the second son is said to be the Śukra fire, which is carried forward (in the ritual).

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VaP 1 29.12

तथा सभ्यावसथ्यौ वै शंस्यस्याग्नेः सुतावुभौ। शंस्यास्तु षोडश नदीश्वकमे हव्यवाहनः। योऽसावाहवनीयोऽग्निरभिमानी द्विजैः स्मृतः

tathā sabhyāvasathyau vai śaṃsyasyāgneḥ sutāvubhau| śaṃsyāstu ṣoḍaśa nadīśvakame havyavāhanaḥ| yo'sāvāhavanīyo'gnirabhimānī dvijaiḥ smṛtaḥ

Likewise Sabhya and Āvasathya are both sons of the fire Śaṃsya. But Śaṃsya's (offspring are) sixteen ... (in?) the rivers ... Havyavāhana; that fire which is the Āhavanīya is held by the twice-born to be self-conscious (abhimānin).

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VaP 1 29.13

कावेरीं कृष्णवेणीञ्च नर्मदां यमुनान्तथा। गोदावरीं वितस्ताञ्च चन्द्रभागामिरावतीम्

kāverīṃ kṛṣṇaveṇīñca narmadāṃ yamunāntathā| godāvarīṃ vitastāñca candrabhāgāmirāvatīm

(He divided himself into) the Kāverī, the Kṛṣṇaveṇī, the Narmadā and the Yamunā, the Godāvarī and the Vitastā, the Candrabhāgā, the Irāvatī,

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VaP 1 29.14

विपाशां कौशिकीञ्चैव शतद्रुं सरयून्तथा। सीतां सरस्वतीञ्चैव ह्रादिनीं पावनीं तथा

vipāśāṃ kauśikīñcaiva śatadruṃ sarayūntathā| sītāṃ sarasvatīñcaiva hrādinīṃ pāvanīṃ tathā

the Vipāśā and the Kauśikī, the Śatadru and the Sarayū, the Sītā and the Sarasvatī, the Hrādinī and the Pāvanī.

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VaP 1 29.15

तासु षोडशधात्मानं प्रविभज्य पृथक् पृथक् । आत्मानं व्यदधात्तासु धिष्णीष्वथ बभूव सः

tāsu ṣoḍaśadhātmānaṃ pravibhajya pṛthak pṛthak | ātmānaṃ vyadadhāttāsu dhiṣṇīṣvatha babhūva saḥ

Dividing himself sixteenfold among them, separately one by one, he distributed himself among them, and then came to be in the dhiṣṇyas (fire-hearths).

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VaP 1 29.16

धिष्णयो दिव्यभिचारिण्यस्तासूत्पन्नास्तु धिष्णयः। धिष्णीषु जज्ञिरे यस्माद्धिष्णयस्तेन कीर्त्तिताः

dhiṣṇayo divyabhicāriṇyastāsūtpannāstu dhiṣṇayaḥ| dhiṣṇīṣu jajñire yasmāddhiṣṇayastena kīrttitāḥ

The dhiṣṇyas move about in heaven; the dhiṣṇyas were produced in those (rivers). Since they were born in the dhiṣṇīs (hearths), they are for that reason called dhiṣṇyas.

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VaP 1 29.17

इत्येते वै नदीपुत्रा धिष्णीष्वेव विजज्ञिरे। तेषां विहरणीया ये उपस्थेयाश्च येऽग्नयः। तान् श्रृणुध्वं समासेन कीर्त्यमानान् यथा तथा

ityete vai nadīputrā dhiṣṇīṣveva vijajñire| teṣāṃ viharaṇīyā ye upastheyāśca ye'gnayaḥ| tān śrṛṇudhvaṃ samāsena kīrtyamānān yathā tathā

Thus these sons of the rivers were born in the dhiṣṇīs. Which of them are to be distributed (in the ritual) and which fires are to be attended upon — hear of them, briefly recounted as they are.

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VaP 1 29.18

[image captions: uttaravedī; sadomaṇḍapam; dhiṣṇya] Ṛtu, Pravāhaṇa, Agnīdhra, and to the east another dhiṣṇya — they are appointed each in its place on the pressing day, in the order of the (soma) pressings.

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VaP 1 29.19

अनिर्द्देश्यान्यवाच्यानामग्नीनां श्रृणुत क्रमम्। सम्राडग्निः कृशानुर्यो द्वितीयोत्तरवेदिकः

anirddeśyānyavācyānāmagnīnāṃ śrṛṇuta kramam| samrāḍagniḥ kṛśānuryo dvitīyottaravedikaḥ

Hear the sequence of the fires that are not to be indicated and not to be named: the Samrāj fire, which is Kṛśānu, is the second, belonging to the northern altar.

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VaP 1 29.20

सम्राडग्निः स्मृता ह्यष्टौ उपतिष्ठन्ति तान् द्विजाः. अधस्तात्पर्षदन्यस्तु द्वितीयः सोऽत्र दृश्यते

samrāḍagniḥ smṛtā hyaṣṭau upatiṣṭhanti tān dvijāḥ. adhastātparṣadanyastu dvitīyaḥ so'tra dṛśyate

The Samrāj fire — eight are recorded — the twice-born attend upon them. But another, below, is the second (?) of the assembly; he is seen here.

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VaP 1 29.21

प्रतद्वोचे नभो नाम चत्वारि स विभाव्यते। ब्रह्मज्योतिर्वसुर्नाम ब्रह्मस्थाने स उच्यते

pratadvoce nabho nāma catvāri sa vibhāvyate| brahmajyotirvasurnāma brahmasthāne sa ucyate

"Pratadvoce" — named Nabhas — he is manifested in the four (?); Brahmajyotis, named Vasu, is said to be in the Brahman's place.

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VaP 1 29.22

हव्यसूर्य्याद्यसंसृष्टः शामित्रे स विभाव्यते। विश्वस्याथ समुद्रोग्निर्ब्रह्मस्थाने स कीर्त्त्यते

havyasūryyādyasaṃsṛṣṭaḥ śāmitre sa vibhāvyate| viśvasyātha samudrognirbrahmasthāne sa kīrttyate

Unmixed with the oblation, the sun, and so forth, he is manifested at the Śāmitra (slaughtering place); and then the fire Samudra of Viśva is proclaimed as (being) in the Brahman's place.

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VaP 1 29.23

ऋतुधामा च सुज्योतिरौदुम्बर्य्यां स कीर्त्त्यते। ब्रह्मज्योतिर्वसुर्नाम ब्रह्मस्थाने स उच्यते

ṛtudhāmā ca sujyotiraudumbaryyāṃ sa kīrttyate| brahmajyotirvasurnāma brahmasthāne sa ucyate

And Ṛtudhāman Sujyotis is proclaimed as (being) at the udumbara post; Brahmajyotis, named Vasu, is said to be in the Brahman's place.

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VaP 1 29.24

अजैकपादुपस्थेयः स वै शालामुखीयकः। अनुद्देश्योप्यहिर्बुध्न्यः सोऽग्निर्गृहपतिः स्मृतः

ajaikapādupastheyaḥ sa vai śālāmukhīyakaḥ| anuddeśyopyahirbudhnyaḥ so'gnirgṛhapatiḥ smṛtaḥ

Ajaikapād is to be attended upon; he indeed belongs to the hall-entrance (fire). Ahirbudhnya too, though not to be designated, is held to be the fire (called) Gṛhapati.

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VaP 1 29.25

शंस्यस्यैव सुताः सर्व्वे उपस्थेया द्विजैः स्मृताः। ततो विहरणीयांश्च वक्ष्याम्यष्टौ तु तत्सुतान्

śaṃsyasyaiva sutāḥ sarvve upastheyā dvijaiḥ smṛtāḥ| tato viharaṇīyāṃśca vakṣyāmyaṣṭau tu tatsutān

All the sons of Śaṃsya are held by the twice-born to be ones to be attended upon (in the upasthāna rite); next I shall declare the eight sons of his who are to be distributed (among the hearths).

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VaP 1 29.26

क्रतुप्रवाहणोऽग्नीध्रस्तत्रस्था धिष्णयोऽपरे। विह्रियन्ते यथास्थानं सौत्योह्नि सवनक्रमात्

kratupravāhaṇo'gnīdhrastatrasthā dhiṣṇayo'pare| vihriyante yathāsthānaṃ sautyohni savanakramāt

Kratu, Pravāhaṇa, Agnīdhra, and the other dhiṣṇya (fires) stationed there — they are distributed each to its place on the pressing day, in the order of the savanas.

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VaP 1 29.27

पौत्रेयस्तु ततो ह्यग्निः स्मृतो यो हव्यवाहनः। शान्तिस्वाग्निः प्रचेतास्तु द्वितीयः सत्य उच्यते

pautreyastu tato hyagniḥ smṛto yo havyavāhanaḥ| śāntisvāgniḥ pracetāstu dvitīyaḥ satya ucyate

Then the grandson-fire is remembered, the one called Havyavāhana; Śāntisvāgni Pracetas is the second; (another) is called Satya.

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VaP 1 29.28

तथाग्निर्विश्वदेवस्तु ब्रह्मस्थाने स उच्यते। अवक्षुरच्छावाकस्तु भुवः स्थाने विभाव्यते

tathāgnirviśvadevastu brahmasthāne sa ucyate| avakṣuracchāvākastu bhuvaḥ sthāne vibhāvyate

So too the fire Viśvadeva — he is said (to stand) in the Brahman's place; and Avakṣur, the Acchāvāka fire, is understood (to stand) in the place of the earth.

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VaP 1 29.29

उशीराग्निः सवीर्यस्तु नेष्ठीयः संविभाव्यते। अष्टमस्तु व्यरत्निस्तु मार्जालीयः प्रकीर्त्तितः

uśīrāgniḥ savīryastu neṣṭhīyaḥ saṃvibhāvyate| aṣṭamastu vyaratnistu mārjālīyaḥ prakīrttitaḥ

The fire Uśīra, called Savīrya, is understood as the Neṣṭhīya (fire); and the eighth, Vyaratni, is proclaimed as the Mārjālīya.

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VaP 1 29.30

धिष्ण्या विहरणीया ये सौम्येनान्येन चैव हि। तयोर्यः पावको नाम स चापां गर्भ उच्यते

dhiṣṇyā viharaṇīyā ye saumyenānyena caiva hi| tayoryaḥ pāvako nāma sa cāpāṃ garbha ucyate

Those dhiṣṇya fires that are to be distributed, together with the Soma (fire) and with the other one — of those two, the one named Pāvaka is called the embryo of the waters.

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VaP 1 29.31

अग्निः सोऽवभृथो ज्ञेयः सम्यक् प्राप्याप्सु हूयते। हृच्छयस्तत्सुतो ह्यग्निर्जठरे यो नृणां स्थितः

agniḥ so'vabhṛtho jñeyaḥ samyak prāpyāpsu hūyate| hṛcchayastatsuto hyagnirjaṭhare yo nṛṇāṃ sthitaḥ

That fire is to be known as the Avabhṛtha; when duly reached, it is offered into the waters. Its son is the fire Hṛcchaya, which abides in the belly of men.

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VaP 1 29.32

मन्युमान् जाठरस्याग्नेर्विद्वानग्निः सुतः स्मृतः। परस्परोच्छ्रितः सोऽग्निर्भूतानां ह विभुर्महान्

manyumān jāṭharasyāgnervidvānagniḥ sutaḥ smṛtaḥ| parasparocchritaḥ so'gnirbhūtānāṃ ha vibhurmahān

Manyumat is remembered as the son of the belly-fire, the wise fire; that fire, raised up by (their) mutual (friction?), is the great lord of beings.

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VaP 1 29.33

पुत्रः सोऽग्नेर्मन्युमतो घोरः संवर्त्तकः स्मृतः । पिबन्नपः स वसति समुद्रे वढवामुखः

putraḥ so'gnermanyumato ghoraḥ saṃvarttakaḥ smṛtaḥ | pibannapaḥ sa vasati samudre vaḍhavāmukhaḥ

The son of that fire Manyumat is remembered as the terrible Saṃvartaka; drinking the waters, he dwells in the ocean as the mare's-mouth (fire).

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VaP 1 29.34

समुद्र वासिनः पुत्रः सहरक्षो विभाव्यते। सहरक्षसुतः क्षामो गृहाणि स दहेन्नॄणाम्

samudra vāsinaḥ putraḥ saharakṣo vibhāvyate| saharakṣasutaḥ kṣāmo gṛhāṇi sa dahennṝṇām

The son of the ocean-dweller is understood to be Saharakṣas; the son of Saharakṣas is Kṣāma, who burns the houses of men.

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VaP 1 29.35

क्रव्यादोऽग्निः सुतस्तस्य पुरुषानत्ति यो मृतान् । इत्येते पावकस्याग्नेः पुत्रा ह्येवं प्रकीर्तिताः

kravyādo'gniḥ sutastasya puruṣānatti yo mṛtān | ityete pāvakasyāgneḥ putrā hyevaṃ prakīrtitāḥ

His son is the fire Kravyāda, who eats dead men. Thus these have been proclaimed as the sons of the fire Pāvaka.

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VaP 1 29.36

ततः शुचेस्तु यैः सौरेर्गन्धर्वैरसुरावृतैः। मथितो यस्त्वरण्यां वै सोऽग्निरग्निः समिध्यते

tataḥ śucestu yaiḥ saurergandharvairasurāvṛtaiḥ| mathito yastvaraṇyāṃ vai so'gniragniḥ samidhyate

Then, of Śuci: that (fire) which was churned out in the forest by those solar Gandharvas surrounded by Asuras — that fire is kindled as Agni.

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VaP 1 29.37

आयुर्नामाथ भगवान् पशौ यस्तु प्रणीयते। आयुषो महिमान् पुत्रः स शावान्नामतः सुतः

āyurnāmātha bhagavān paśau yastu praṇīyate| āyuṣo mahimān putraḥ sa śāvānnāmataḥ sutaḥ

Then the lord named Āyus, who is led forth at the animal sacrifice; the son of Āyus is Mahimān, and his son is named Śāvān.

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VaP 1 29.38

पाकयज्ञेष्वभिमानी सोऽग्निस्तु सवनः स्मृतः। पुत्रश्च सवनस्याग्नेरद्भुतः स महायशाः

pākayajñeṣvabhimānī so'gnistu savanaḥ smṛtaḥ| putraśca savanasyāgneradbhutaḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ

That fire which presides over the cooked-food sacrifices is remembered as Savana; and the son of the fire Savana is Adbhuta, of great renown.

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VaP 1 29.39

विविचिस्त्वद्भुतस्यापि पुत्रोऽग्नेः स महान् स्मृतः। प्रायश्चित्तेऽथ भीमानां हुतं भुह्क्ते हविः सदा

vivicistvadbhutasyāpi putro'gneḥ sa mahān smṛtaḥ| prāyaścitte'tha bhīmānāṃ hutaṃ bhuhkte haviḥ sadā

And Vivici is remembered as the great son of the fire Adbhuta; at the expiatory rite he ever consumes the oblation offered by the fearful (?).

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VaP 1 29.40

विविचेस्तु सुतो ह्यर्को योऽग्निस्तस्य सुतास्त्विमे। अनीकवान् वासृजवांश्च रक्षोहा पितृकृत्तथा। सुरभिर्वसुरत्नादौ प्रविष्टो यश्च रुक्मवान्

vivicestu suto hyarko yo'gnistasya sutāstvime| anīkavān vāsṛjavāṃśca rakṣohā pitṛkṛttathā| surabhirvasuratnādau praviṣṭo yaśca rukmavān

The son of Vivici is Arka, and these are the sons of that fire: Anīkavat, Vāsṛjavat, Rakṣohan, and Pitṛkṛt, Surabhi, and he who entered into Vasuratna and the rest, and Rukmavat.

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VaP 1 29.41

शुचेरग्नेः प्रजा वह्नयस्तु चतुर्द्दश। इत्येते वह्नयः प्रोक्ताः प्रणीयन्तेऽध्वरेषु ये

śuceragneḥ prajā vahnayastu caturddaśa| ityete vahnayaḥ proktāḥ praṇīyante'dhvareṣu ye

The offspring of the fire Śuci are fourteen fires. Thus these fires have been declared, which are led forth in the sacrifices.

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VaP 1 29.42

आदिसर्गे ह्यतीता वै यामैः सह सुरोत्तमैः। स्वायम्भु वेऽन्तरे पूर्वमग्नयस्तेऽभिमानिनः

ādisarge hyatītā vai yāmaiḥ saha surottamaiḥ| svāyambhu ve'ntare pūrvamagnayaste'bhimāninaḥ

In the first creation they passed away together with the Yāmas, the best of gods; formerly, in the Svāyambhuva interval, those fires were the presiding ones.

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VaP 1 29.43

एते विहरणीयास्तु चेतनाचेतनेष्विह। स्थानाभिमानिनो लोके प्रागासन् हव्यवाहनाः

ete viharaṇīyāstu cetanācetaneṣviha| sthānābhimānino loke prāgāsan havyavāhanāḥ

These are the ones to be distributed here among conscious and unconscious things; formerly the fire-bearers existed in the world as presiders over (their) stations.

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VaP 1 29.44

काम्यनैमित्तिकाजस्रेष्वेते कर्मस्ववस्थिताः। पूर्वमन्वन्तरेऽतीते शुक्लैर्यामैः सुतैः सह। देवैर्महात्मभिः पुण्यैः प्रथमस्यान्तरे मनोः

kāmyanaimittikājasreṣvete karmasvavasthitāḥ| pūrvamanvantare'tīte śuklairyāmaiḥ sutaiḥ saha| devairmahātmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ prathamasyāntare manoḥ

These are established in the optional, occasional, and perpetual rites, in the past former manvantara, together with the pure Yāma sons, with the meritorious great-souled gods, in the interval of the first Manu.

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VaP 1 29.45

इत्येतानि मयोक्तानि स्थानानि स्थानिनश्च ह । तैरेव तु प्रसङ्ख्यातमतीतानागतेष्वपि

ityetāni mayoktāni sthānāni sthāninaśca ha | taireva tu prasaṅkhyātamatītānāgateṣvapi

Thus these stations and the occupants of the stations have been declared by me; and by those same (ones) the reckoning is made for the past and the future as well.

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VaP 1 29.46

मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु लक्षणं जातवेदसाम्। सर्वे तपस्विनो ह्येते सर्वे ह्यवभृथा स्तथा। प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे ज्योतिष्मन्तश्च ते स्मृताः

manvantareṣu sarveṣu lakṣaṇaṃ jātavedasām| sarve tapasvino hyete sarve hyavabhṛthā stathā| prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve jyotiṣmantaśca te smṛtāḥ

In all the Manu-periods the mark of the fire-gods (is the same). All these are ascetics, and all are likewise (associated with) the final ablution; all are lords of creatures, and they are remembered as possessing light.

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VaP 1 29.47

स्वारोचिषादिषु ज्ञेयाः सावर्ण्यन्तेषु सप्तसु। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु नानारूपप्रयोजनैः

svārociṣādiṣu jñeyāḥ sāvarṇyanteṣu saptasu| manvantareṣu sarveṣu nānārūpaprayojanaiḥ

They are to be known in the (periods) beginning with Svārociṣa, up to the seven Sāvarṇa ones: in all the Manu-periods, with manifold forms and functions.

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VaP 1 29.48

वर्त्तन्ते वर्त्तमानैश्च देवैरिह सहाग्नयः। अनागतैः सुरैः सार्द्धं वर्त्तन्तेऽनागताग्नयः

varttante varttamānaiśca devairiha sahāgnayaḥ| anāgataiḥ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ varttante'nāgatāgnayaḥ

And the fires here continue along with the gods now current; together with the gods yet to come, the fires yet to come will continue.

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VaP 1 29.49

इत्येष निनयोऽग्नीनां मया प्रोक्तो यथातथम्। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च पितॄणां वक्ष्यते ततः

ityeṣa ninayo'gnīnāṃ mayā prokto yathātatham| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca pitṝṇāṃ vakṣyate tataḥ

Thus this determination concerning the fires has been declared by me as it truly is; and next, at length and in order, (the account) of the Fathers will be told.

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