Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 3

VaP 1 3.1

सूत उवाच।। महेश्वरायोत्तमवीर्यकर्मणे सुरर्षभायामितबुद्धितेजसे। सहस्रसूर्यानलवर्च्चसे नमस्त्रिलोकसंहारविसृष्टये नमः

sūta uvāca|| maheśvarāyottamavīryakarmaṇe surarṣabhāyāmitabuddhitejase| sahasrasūryānalavarccase namastrilokasaṃhāravisṛṣṭaye namaḥ

Sūta said: To Maheśvara, of supreme valour and deeds, to the bull among the gods, of measureless intellect and brilliance, of the radiance of a thousand suns and fires — homage; homage to him who destroys and sends forth the three worlds.

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VaP 1 3.2

प्रजापतीन् लोकनमस्कृतां स्तथा स्वयम्भुरुद्रप्रभृतीन् महेश्वरान्। भृगुं मरीचिं परमेष्ठिनं मनुं रजस्तमोधर्ममथापि कश्यपम्

prajāpatīn lokanamaskṛtāṃ stathā svayambhurudraprabhṛtīn maheśvarān| bhṛguṃ marīciṃ parameṣṭhinaṃ manuṃ rajastamodharmamathāpi kaśyapam

The Prajāpatis, honoured by the worlds, and likewise the great lords beginning with the Self-existent and Rudra; Bhṛgu, Marīci, Parameṣṭhin, Manu, (the lords of) passion, darkness and dharma, and also Kaśyapa —

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VaP 1 3.3

वसिष्ठदक्षात्रिपुलस्त्यकर्द्दमान् रुचिं विवस्वन्तमथापि च क्रतुम्। मुनिं तथैवाङ्गिरसं प्रजापतिं प्रणम्य मूर्ध्ना पुलहं च भावतः

vasiṣṭhadakṣātripulastyakarddamān ruciṃ vivasvantamathāpi ca kratum| muniṃ tathaivāṅgirasaṃ prajāpatiṃ praṇamya mūrdhnā pulahaṃ ca bhāvataḥ

— Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, Atri, Pulastya, Kardama, Ruci, Vivasvat, and also Kratu, and likewise the sage Aṅgiras the Prajāpati, and Pulaha — having bowed to them with my head, devoutly,

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VaP 1 3.4

तथैव चुक्रोधनमेकविंशतिं प्रजा विवृद्ध्यार्पितकार्यशासनम्। पुरातनानप्यपरांश्च शाश्वतांस्तथैव चान्यान् सगणानवस्थितान्

tathaiva cukrodhanamekaviṃśatiṃ prajā vivṛddhyārpitakāryaśāsanam| purātanānapyaparāṃśca śāśvatāṃstathaiva cānyān sagaṇānavasthitān

and likewise Krodhana, and the twenty-one whose task and command was assigned for the increase of offspring, and the ancient ones too, and others, the everlasting ones, and likewise still others who abide with their hosts —

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VaP 1 3.5

तथैव चान्यानपि धैर्यशोभिनो मुनीन् बृहस्पत्युशनःपुरोगमान्। तपःशुभाचारऋषीन् दयान्वितान् प्रणम्य वक्ष्ये कलिपापनाशिनीम्

tathaiva cānyānapi dhairyaśobhino munīn bṛhaspatyuśanaḥpurogamān| tapaḥśubhācāraṛṣīn dayānvitān praṇamya vakṣye kalipāpanāśinīm

and likewise yet others, sages resplendent with steadfastness, headed by Bṛhaspati and Uśanas, seers of ascetic and pure conduct, filled with compassion — having bowed to them, I shall declare (that) which destroys the sin of the Kali age:

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VaP 1 3.6

प्रजापतेः सृष्टिमिमामनुत्तमां सुरेश देवर्षिगणैरलंकृताम्। शुबामतुल्यामनघामृषिप्रियां प्रजापतीनामपि चोल्बणार्च्चिषाम्

prajāpateḥ sṛṣṭimimāmanuttamāṃ sureśa devarṣigaṇairalaṃkṛtām| śubāmatulyāmanaghāmṛṣipriyāṃ prajāpatīnāmapi colbaṇārcciṣām

this unsurpassed creation of Prajāpati, adorned by the hosts of the lords of gods and the divine seers, auspicious, without equal, blameless, dear to the seers, and (the creation) of the Prajāpatis too, of blazing radiance,

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VaP 1 3.7

तपोभृतां ब्रह्मदिनादिकालिकीं प्रभूतमाविष्कृतपौरुषश्रियम्। श्रुतौ स्मृतौ च प्रसृतामुदाहृतां परां पराणामनिलप्रकीर्त्तिताम्

tapobhṛtāṃ brahmadinādikālikīṃ prabhūtamāviṣkṛtapauruṣaśriyam| śrutau smṛtau ca prasṛtāmudāhṛtāṃ parāṃ parāṇāmanilaprakīrttitām

(That creation) belonging to the ascetics, dated from the beginning of Brahmā's day, abundant, in which the splendour of (its) creative power is made manifest, spread abroad and set forth in śruti and smṛti, highest of the high, proclaimed by the Wind (Vāyu),

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VaP 1 3.8

समासबन्धैर्नियतैर्यथातथं विशब्दनेनापि मनःप्रहर्षिणीम्। यस्याञ्च बद्धा प्रथमा प्रवृत्तिः प्राधानिकी चेश्वरकारिता च

samāsabandhairniyatairyathātathaṃ viśabdanenāpi manaḥpraharṣiṇīm| yasyāñca baddhā prathamā pravṛttiḥ prādhānikī ceśvarakāritā ca

delighting the mind by its fixed compound-constructions, aptly (formed), and even by its wording; and in which is bound (i.e. contained) the first activity, both that belonging to Pradhāna and that brought about by the Lord —

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VaP 1 3.9

यत्तत्स्मृतं कारणमप्रमेयं ब्रह्म प्रधानं प्रकृतिप्रसूतिः। आत्मा गुहा योनिरथापि चक्षुः क्षेत्रं ततैवामृतमक्षरञ्च

yattatsmṛtaṃ kāraṇamaprameyaṃ brahma pradhānaṃ prakṛtiprasūtiḥ| ātmā guhā yonirathāpi cakṣuḥ kṣetraṃ tataivāmṛtamakṣarañca

that which is remembered as the immeasurable cause: Brahman, Pradhāna, the source of Prakṛti, the Self, the cave, the womb, and also the eye, the field, and likewise the immortal and the imperishable;

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VaP 1 3.10

शुक्रं तपः सत्त्वमतिप्रकाशं तद्व्यष्टि नित्यं पुरुषं द्वितीयम्। तमप्रमेयं पुरुषेण युक्तं स्वयम्भुवा लोकपितामहेन

śukraṃ tapaḥ sattvamatiprakāśaṃ tadvyaṣṭi nityaṃ puruṣaṃ dvitīyam| tamaprameyaṃ puruṣeṇa yuktaṃ svayambhuvā lokapitāmahena

the bright, heat (tapas), the highly luminous sattva — this pervades (or: this it distributes as) the eternal, second Puruṣa; that immeasurable (Pradhāna), joined with Puruṣa, the self-existent grandfather of the worlds —

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VaP 1 3.11

उत्पादकत्वाद्रजसोतिरेकात् कालस्य योगान्निगमावधेश्च। क्षेत्रज्ञयुक्तान् नियतान्विकारान् लोकस्य सन्तानाविवृद्धिहेतून्। प्रकृत्यवस्था सुषुवे तथाष्टौ सङ्कल्पमात्रेण महेश्वरस्य

utpādakatvādrajasotirekāt kālasya yogānnigamāvadheśca| kṣetrajñayuktān niyatānvikārān lokasya santānāvivṛddhihetūn| prakṛtyavasthā suṣuve tathāṣṭau saṅkalpamātreṇa maheśvarasya

through (its) generative power, through the excess of rajas, through conjunction with time and through the limit set by scripture, Prakṛti's condition brought forth, by the mere will of Maheśvara, the eight fixed modifications joined with the knower of the field, which are the causes of the continuance and increase of the world —

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VaP 1 3.12

देवासुराद्रिद्रुमसागराणां मनुप्रजेशर्षिपितृद्विजानाम्। पिशाचयक्षोरगराक्षसानां ताराग्र हार्क्कर्क्षनिशाचराणाम्

devāsurādridrumasāgarāṇāṃ manuprajeśarṣipitṛdvijānām| piśācayakṣoragarākṣasānāṃ tārāgra hārkkarkṣaniśācarāṇām

of gods, demons, mountains, trees and oceans; of Manus, lords of creatures, seers, ancestors and twice-born; of piśācas, yakṣas, serpents and rākṣasas; of stars, planets, the sun, the lunar mansions and the night-wanderers;

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VaP 1 3.13

मासर्त्तु संवत्सररात्र्यहानां दिक्कालयोगादियुगायनानाम्। वनौषधीनामपि वीरुधाञ्च जलौकसामप्सरसां पशूनाम्

māsarttu saṃvatsararātryahānāṃ dikkālayogādiyugāyanānām| vanauṣadhīnāmapi vīrudhāñca jalaukasāmapsarasāṃ paśūnām

of months, seasons, years, nights and days; of the directions, times, conjunctions and so on, of ages and solstitial courses; and of forest herbs and creepers too, of water-dwellers, of apsarases, of cattle;

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VaP 1 3.14

विद्युत्सरिन्मेघविहङ्गमानां यत्सूक्ष्मगं यद्भुवि यद्वियत्स्थम्। यत्स्थावरं यत्र यदस्ति किञ्चित् सर्वस्य तस्यास्ति गतिर्विभक्तिः

vidyutsarinmeghavihaṅgamānāṃ yatsūkṣmagaṃ yadbhuvi yadviyatstham| yatsthāvaraṃ yatra yadasti kiñcit sarvasya tasyāsti gatirvibhaktiḥ

of lightnings, rivers, clouds and birds; whatever moves subtly, whatever is on earth, whatever stands in the sky; whatever is unmoving, wherever anything at all exists — of all that there is the course and the apportionment.

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VaP 1 3.15

छन्दांसि वेदाः सऋचो यजूंषि सामानि सोमस्व तथैव यज्ञः। आजीव्यमेषां यदभीप्सितञ्च देवस्य तस्यैव च वै प्रजापतेः

chandāṃsi vedāḥ saṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni somasva tathaiva yajñaḥ| ājīvyameṣāṃ yadabhīpsitañca devasya tasyaiva ca vai prajāpateḥ

The metres, the Vedas together with the Ṛc verses, the Yajus formulas, the Sāmans, the soma, and likewise the sacrifice; what is the livelihood of these and what is desired (by them) — (all that) belongs to that very god, to Prajāpati indeed.

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VaP 1 3.16

वैवस्वतस्यास्य मनोः पुरस्तात् सम्भू तिरुक्ता प्रसवश्च तेषाम्। येषामिदं पुण्यकृतां प्रसूत्या लोकत्रयं लोकनमस्कृतानाम्। सुरेशदेवर्षिमनुप्रधीनामापूरितञ्चोपरिभूषितञ्च

vaivasvatasyāsya manoḥ purastāt sambhū tiruktā prasavaśca teṣām| yeṣāmidaṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ prasūtyā lokatrayaṃ lokanamaskṛtānām| sureśadevarṣimanupradhīnāmāpūritañcoparibhūṣitañca

Prior to this Manu Vaivasvata, the origination and the begetting of those (beings) has been told — those doers of merit, honoured by the worlds, by whose progeny this triple world, consisting chiefly of the lord of gods, the divine seers and the Manus, was filled up and adorned above.

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VaP 1 3.17

रुद्रस्य शापात् पुनरुद्भवश्च दक्षस्य चाप्यत्र मनुष्यलोके। वासः क्षितौ वा नियमाद्भवस्य दक्षस्य चात्र प्रतिशापलाभः

rudrasya śāpāt punarudbhavaśca dakṣasya cāpyatra manuṣyaloke| vāsaḥ kṣitau vā niyamādbhavasya dakṣasya cātra pratiśāpalābhaḥ

And (there is told) the re-arising, through Rudra's curse and Dakṣa's too, here in the world of men; or the dwelling on earth of Bhava by (that) ordinance, and Dakṣa's receiving of a counter-curse here;

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VaP 1 3.18

मन्वन्तराणां परिवर्त्तनानि युगेषु सम्भूतिविकल्पनञ्च। ऋषित्वमार्षस्य च संप्रवृद्धिर्यथा युगादिष्वपि चेत्तदत्र

manvantarāṇāṃ parivarttanāni yugeṣu sambhūtivikalpanañca| ṛṣitvamārṣasya ca saṃpravṛddhiryathā yugādiṣvapi cettadatra

the revolutions of the Manu-periods, and the differentiation of births in the (four) ages; the state of being a seer and the full increase of what pertains to the seers, as (it happens) at the beginnings of the ages — that too (is told) here;

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VaP 1 3.19

ये द्वापरेषु प्रथयन्ति वेदान् व्यासाश्च तेऽज्ञ क्रमशो निबद्धाः। कल्पस्य संख्या भुवनस्य संख्या ब्राह्मस्य चाप्यत्र दिनस्य संख्या

ye dvāpareṣu prathayanti vedān vyāsāśca te'jña kramaśo nibaddhāḥ| kalpasya saṃkhyā bhuvanasya saṃkhyā brāhmasya cāpyatra dinasya saṃkhyā

those who spread the Vedas in the Dvāpara ages — those Vyāsas, O you who do not know, are set down in order; the count of the kalpa, the count of the world, and here too the count of Brahmā's day;

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VaP 1 3.20

अण्डोद्भिजस्वेदजरायुजानां धर्मात्मनां स्वर्गनिवासिनां वा। ये यातनास्थानगताश्च जीवास्तर्केण तेषामपि च प्रमाणम्

aṇḍodbhijasvedajarāyujānāṃ dharmātmanāṃ svarganivāsināṃ vā| ye yātanāsthānagatāśca jīvāstarkeṇa teṣāmapi ca pramāṇam

and by reasoning, the measure also of those living beings that are egg-born, sprout-born, sweat-born and womb-born, of those whose nature is dharma or who dwell in heaven, and of those who have gone to the places of torment;

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VaP 1 3.21

आत्यन्तिकः प्राकृतिकश्च योऽयं नैमित्तिकश्च प्रतिसर्गहेतुः। बन्धश्च मोक्षश्च विशिष्य तत्र प्रोक्ता च संसारगतिः परा च

ātyantikaḥ prākṛtikaśca yo'yaṃ naimittikaśca pratisargahetuḥ| bandhaśca mokṣaśca viśiṣya tatra proktā ca saṃsāragatiḥ parā ca

the final and the material (dissolution), and this occasional one, which is the cause of re-creation; bondage and release, distinguished there; and the course of transmigration is declared, and the highest (course);

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VaP 1 3.22

प्रकृत्यवस्थैषु च कारणेषु याच स्थितिर्या च पुनः प्रवृत्तिः। तच्छास्त्रयुक्त्या स्वमतिप्रयत्नात् समस्तमाविष्कृतधीधृतिभ्यः। विप्रा ऋषिभ्यः समुदाहृतं यद्यथातथं तच्छृणुतोच्यमानम्

prakṛtyavasthaiṣu ca kāraṇeṣu yāca sthitiryā ca punaḥ pravṛttiḥ| tacchāstrayuktyā svamatiprayatnāt samastamāviṣkṛtadhīdhṛtibhyaḥ| viprā ṛṣibhyaḥ samudāhṛtaṃ yadyathātathaṃ tacchṛṇutocyamānam

and what is the abiding and what again the going-forth among these causes that are in the state of Prakṛti — all that, by the method of the treatise and by the effort of their own intellect, was fully set forth by the seers who had made manifest their insight and steadfastness: hear, O brahmins, that as it is, being now recited.

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