Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 31
VaP 1 31.1
।।सूत उवाच ।। इत्येषा समनुज्ञाता कथा पापप्रणाशिनी। या दक्षमधिकृत्येह कथा शर्वादुपागता
||sūta uvāca || ityeṣā samanujñātā kathā pāpapraṇāśinī| yā dakṣamadhikṛtyeha kathā śarvādupāgatā
Sūta said: Thus this tale that destroys sin has been assented to, the tale which, taking Dakṣa as its subject, has here come down from Śarva.
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VaP 1 31.2
पितृवंशप्रसङ्गेन कथा ह्येषा प्रकीर्तिता। पितॄणामानुपूर्व्येण देवान् वक्ष्याम्यतः परम्
pitṛvaṃśaprasaṅgena kathā hyeṣā prakīrtitā| pitṝṇāmānupūrvyeṇa devān vakṣyāmyataḥ param
For this tale has been proclaimed in connection with the lineage of the Fathers; after (dealing with) the Fathers in order, I shall next speak of the gods.
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VaP 1 31.3
त्रेतायुगमुखे पूर्वमासन् स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे । देवा यामा इति ख्याताः पूर्वं ये यज्ञसूनवः
tretāyugamukhe pūrvamāsan svāyambhuve'ntare | devā yāmā iti khyātāḥ pūrvaṃ ye yajñasūnavaḥ
Formerly, at the beginning of the Tretā age, in the Svāyambhuva interval, there were gods renowned as the Yāmas, who were of old the sons of the sacrifice.
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VaP 1 31.4
अजिता ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा जिता जिदजिताश्च ये। पुत्राः स्वायम्भुवस्यैते शुक्रनाम्ना मानसाः
ajitā brahmaṇaḥ putrā jitā jidajitāśca ye| putrāḥ svāyambhuvasyaite śukranāmnā mānasāḥ
The unconquered ones (Ajitas) are sons of Brahmā; and those who are Jita, Jit and Ajita—these are sons of Svāyambhuva, mind-born, under the name Śukra.
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VaP 1 31.5
तृप्तिमन्तो गणा ह्येते देवानान्तु त्रयः स्मृताः । छन्दोगास्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सर्वे स्वायम्भुवस्य ह
tṛptimanto gaṇā hyete devānāntu trayaḥ smṛtāḥ | chandogāstu trayastriṃśatsarve svāyambhuvasya ha
For these hosts are possessed of satisfaction; three (classes) of gods are recorded; and the Chandogas are thirty-three—all belonging to Svāyambhuva.
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VaP 1 31.6
यदुर्ययातिर्द्वौ देवौ दीधयः स्रवसो मतिः। विभासश्च क्रतुश्चैव प्रजातिर्विशतो द्युतिः
yaduryayātirdvau devau dīdhayaḥ sravaso matiḥ| vibhāsaśca kratuścaiva prajātirviśato dyutiḥ
Yadu, Yayāti—two gods—Dīdhi, Sravas, Mati, Vibhāsa, Kratu, Prajāti, Viśata, Dyuti,
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VaP 1 31.7
वायसो मङ्गलश्चैव यामा द्वादश कीर्तिताः। अभिमन्युरुग्रदृष्टिः समयोऽथ शुचिश्रवाः। केवलो विश्वरूपश्च सुपक्षो मधुपस्तथा
vāyaso maṅgalaścaiva yāmā dvādaśa kīrtitāḥ| abhimanyurugradṛṣṭiḥ samayo'tha śuciśravāḥ| kevalo viśvarūpaśca supakṣo madhupastathā
Vāyasa and Maṅgala—these twelve are declared to be the Yāmas. Abhimanyu, Ugradṛṣṭi, Samaya, then Śuciśravas, Kevala, Viśvarūpa, Supakṣa, and Madhupa,
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VaP 1 31.8
तुरीयो निर्हपुश्चैव युक्तो ग्रावाजिनस्तु ते। यमिनो विश्वदेवाद्यं यविष्ठोऽमृतवानपि
turīyo nirhapuścaiva yukto grāvājinastu te| yamino viśvadevādyaṃ yaviṣṭho'mṛtavānapi
Turīya and Nirhapu, Yukta, Grāvājina—these; the Yamins, headed by Viśvadeva, Yaviṣṭha, and Amṛtavān too.
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VaP 1 31.9
अजिरो विभुर्विभावश्च मृलिकोऽथ दिदेहकः। श्रुतिश्रृणो बृहच्छुक्रो देवा द्वादश कीर्तिताः
ajiro vibhurvibhāvaśca mṛliko'tha didehakaḥ| śrutiśrṛṇo bṛhacchukro devā dvādaśa kīrtitāḥ
Ajira, Vibhu, Vibhāva, Mṛlika, then Didehaka, Śrutiśṛṇa, Bṛhacchukra—these are declared the twelve gods.
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VaP 1 31.10
आसन् स्वायम्भुवस्यैते अन्तरे सोमपायिनः। त्विषिमन्तो गणा ह्येते वीर्यवन्तो महाबलाः
āsan svāyambhuvasyaite antare somapāyinaḥ| tviṣimanto gaṇā hyete vīryavanto mahābalāḥ
These, drinkers of soma, existed in the Svāyambhuva interval; for these hosts were radiant, valorous, of great strength.
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VaP 1 31.11
तेषामिन्द्रः सदा ह्यासीद्विश्वभुक् प्रथमो विभुः। असुरा येतदा तेषामासन् दायादबान्धवाः
teṣāmindraḥ sadā hyāsīdviśvabhuk prathamo vibhuḥ| asurā yetadā teṣāmāsan dāyādabāndhavāḥ
Their Indra was always Viśvabhuk, the first, the mighty one; and the asuras were then their kinsmen sharing the inheritance.
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VaP 1 31.12
सुपर्णयक्षगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः। अष्टौ ते पितृभिः सार्द्धं नासत्या देवयोनयः
suparṇayakṣagandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ| aṣṭau te pitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ nāsatyā devayonayaḥ
Suparṇas, yakṣas, gandharvas, piśācas, serpents, rākṣasas—these eight, together with the Fathers, are (the classes of) divine origin, not being the Nāsatyas.
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VaP 1 31.13
स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरेऽतीताः प्रजास्त्वासां सहस्रशः। प्रभावरूपसम्पन्ना आयुषा च बलेन च
svāyambhuve'ntare'tītāḥ prajāstvāsāṃ sahasraśaḥ| prabhāvarūpasampannā āyuṣā ca balena ca
In the Svāyambhuva interval (these) have passed away; but their offspring were by the thousands, endowed with power and beauty, and with long life and strength.
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VaP 1 31.14
विस्तरादिह नोच्यन्ते मा प्रसङ्गो भवत्विह। स्वायम्भुवो निसर्गश्च विज्ञेयः साम्प्रतं मनुः
vistarādiha nocyante mā prasaṅgo bhavatviha| svāyambhuvo nisargaśca vijñeyaḥ sāmprataṃ manuḥ
They are not told here at length; let there be no digression here. The creation of Svāyambhuva (has been described); the present Manu is now to be known.
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VaP 1 31.15
अतीते वर्त्तमानेन दृष्टो वैवस्वतेन सः। प्रजाभिर्देवताभिश्च ऋषिभिः पितृभिः सह
atīte varttamānena dṛṣṭo vaivasvatena saḥ| prajābhirdevatābhiśca ṛṣibhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha
He, the past one, was seen by the present Vaivasvata, together with his offspring, the deities, the seers, and the Fathers.
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VaP 1 31.16
तेषां सप्तर्षयः पूर्वमासन्ये तान् निबोधत। भृग्वङ्गिरा मरीचिश्च पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः
teṣāṃ saptarṣayaḥ pūrvamāsanye tān nibodhata| bhṛgvaṅgirā marīciśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ
Among them the seven seers were formerly (these); learn who they were: Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Marīci, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu,
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VaP 1 31.17
अत्रिश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च सप्त स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। अग्नीध्रश्चातिबाहुश्च मेधा मेधातिथिर्वसुः
atriścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca sapta svāyambhuve'ntare| agnīdhraścātibāhuśca medhā medhātithirvasuḥ
Atri and Vasiṣṭha — (these) seven (were the seers) in the Svāyambhuva interval. And Agnīdhra, Atibāhu, Medhā, Medhātithi, Vasu,
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VaP 1 31.18
ज्योतिष्मान् द्युतिमान् हव्यः सवनः पुत्र एव च ।। मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्यैते दश पुत्रा महौजसः
jyotiṣmān dyutimān havyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca || manoḥ svāyambhuvasyaite daśa putrā mahaujasaḥ
Jyotiṣmān, Dyutimān, Havya, Savana, and (Putra) the son — these ten were the sons of Manu Svāyambhuva, of great vigour.
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VaP 1 31.19
वायुप्रोक्ता महासत्त्वा राजानः प्रथमेऽन्तरे। सासुरन्तत्सगन्धर्वं सयक्षोरगराक्षसम्। सपिशाचमनुष्यञ्च सुपर्णाप्सरसाङ्गणम्
vāyuproktā mahāsattvā rājānaḥ prathame'ntare| sāsurantatsagandharvaṃ sayakṣoragarākṣasam| sapiśācamanuṣyañca suparṇāpsarasāṅgaṇam
They were, as declared by Vāyu, kings of great substance in the first interval — (that world) together with asuras, together with gandharvas, with yakṣas, serpents and rākṣasas, with piśācas and men, with the flocks of suparṇas and apsarases.
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VaP 1 31.20
नो शक्यमानुपूर्व्येण वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि। बहुत्वान्नामधेयानां सङ्ख्या तेषां कुले तथा
no śakyamānupūrvyeṇa vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi| bahutvānnāmadheyānāṃ saṅkhyā teṣāṃ kule tathā
It is not possible to tell (them) in order even in hundreds of years, because of the multitude of names, and likewise the number of them in (each) family.
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VaP 1 31.21
या वै व्रजकुलाख्यास्तु आसन् स्वायम्बुवेऽन्तरे। कालेन बहुनातीता अयनाब्दयुगक्रमैः
yā vai vrajakulākhyāstu āsan svāyambuve'ntare| kālena bahunātītā ayanābdayugakramaiḥ
Those which were known as the herd-families in the Svāyambhuva interval have passed away through much time, by the successions of solstices, years and ages.
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VaP 1 31.22
।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। क एष भगवान् कालः सर्वभूतापहारकः। कस्य योनिः किमादिश्च किन्तत्त्वं स किमात्मजः
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| ka eṣa bhagavān kālaḥ sarvabhūtāpahārakaḥ| kasya yoniḥ kimādiśca kintattvaṃ sa kimātmajaḥ
The seers said: Who is this lord Time, the carrier-off of all beings? Whose offspring is he, what is his origin, what is his essence, whose son is he?
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VaP 1 31.23
किमस्य चक्षुः का मूर्तिः के चास्यावयवाः स्मृताः। किंनामधेयः कोऽस्यात्मा एतत् प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम्
kimasya cakṣuḥ kā mūrtiḥ ke cāsyāvayavāḥ smṛtāḥ| kiṃnāmadheyaḥ ko'syātmā etat prabrūhi pṛcchatām
What is his eye, what his form, and what are said to be his limbs? What is his name, who is his self? Tell this to us who ask.
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VaP 1 31.24
।।सूत उवाच।। श्रूयतां कालसद्भावः श्रुत्वा चैवावधार्यताम्। सूर्ययोनिर्निमेषादिः सङ्ख्याचक्षुः स उच्यते
||sūta uvāca|| śrūyatāṃ kālasadbhāvaḥ śrutvā caivāvadhāryatām| sūryayonirnimeṣādiḥ saṅkhyācakṣuḥ sa ucyate
Sūta said: Let the true nature of Time be heard, and having heard it, let it be borne in mind. The sun is his origin, the twinkling of the eye his beginning; reckoning is said to be his eye.
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VaP 1 31.25
मूर्त्तिरस्य त्वहोरात्रे निमेषावयवश्च सः। संवत्सरशतं त्वस्य नाम चास्य कलात्मकम्। साम्प्रतानागतातीतकालात्मा स प्रजापतिः
mūrttirasya tvahorātre nimeṣāvayavaśca saḥ| saṃvatsaraśataṃ tvasya nāma cāsya kalātmakam| sāmpratānāgatātītakālātmā sa prajāpatiḥ
His form is day and night, and the twinkling is his limb; a hundred years is his (measure), and his name consists of the kalā. He, Prajāpati, is the self of present, future and past time.
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VaP 1 31.26
पञ्चानां प्रविभक्तानां कालावस्थां निभोधत। दिनार्द्धमासमासैस्तु ऋतुभिस्त्वयनैस्तथा
pañcānāṃ pravibhaktānāṃ kālāvasthāṃ nibhodhata| dinārddhamāsamāsaistu ṛtubhistvayanaistathā
Learn the condition of time of the five divisions — by days, half-months and months, by seasons and by the two solstitial courses.
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VaP 1 31.27
संवत्सरस्तु प्रथमो द्वितीयः परिवत्सरः। इद्वत्सरस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थश्चानुवत्सरः
saṃvatsarastu prathamo dvitīyaḥ parivatsaraḥ| idvatsarastṛtīyastu caturthaścānuvatsaraḥ
The first is the saṃvatsara, the second the parivatsara, the third the idvatsara, and the fourth the anuvatsara.
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VaP 1 31.28
वत्सरः पञ्चमस्तेषां कालः स युगसंज्ञितः। तेषान्तु तत्त्वं वक्ष्यामि कीर्त्त्यमानं निबोधत
vatsaraḥ pañcamasteṣāṃ kālaḥ sa yugasaṃjñitaḥ| teṣāntu tattvaṃ vakṣyāmi kīrttyamānaṃ nibodhata
The fifth of these is the vatsara; that time is called the yuga. I shall declare their essence — learn it as it is recited.
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VaP 1 31.29
ऋतुरग्निस्तु यः प्रोक्तः स तु संवत्सरो मतः। आदित्ये यस्त्वसौ सारः कालाग्निः परिवत्सरः
ṛturagnistu yaḥ proktaḥ sa tu saṃvatsaro mataḥ| āditye yastvasau sāraḥ kālāgniḥ parivatsaraḥ
That which is called the fire of the seasons is held to be the saṃvatsara; that essence which is in the sun, the fire of time, is the parivatsara.
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VaP 1 31.30
शुक्लकृष्णा गतिश्चापि अपां सारमयः खगः। स इडावत्सरः सोमः पुराणे निश्चयो मतः
śuklakṛṣṇā gatiścāpi apāṃ sāramayaḥ khagaḥ| sa iḍāvatsaraḥ somaḥ purāṇe niścayo mataḥ
And the bright and dark course, the sky-goer made of the essence of the waters — he, Soma, is the iḍāvatsara: this is held as the settled view in the Purāṇa.
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VaP 1 31.31
यश्चायं तपते लोकांस्तनुभिः सप्तसप्तभिः। आशुकर्त्ता च लोकस्य सवायुरिति वत्सरः इत्येषां यदपत्यं वै न तच्छक्यं प्रमाणतः। बहुत्वात् परिसङ्ख्यातुं पुत्रपौत्रमनन्तकम्
yaścāyaṃ tapate lokāṃstanubhiḥ saptasaptabhiḥ| āśukarttā ca lokasya savāyuriti vatsaraḥ ityeṣāṃ yadapatyaṃ vai na tacchakyaṃ pramāṇataḥ| bahutvāt parisaṅkhyātuṃ putrapautramanantakam
And he who heats the worlds with his seven-times-seven bodies, and is the swift mover of the world, together with the wind — that is the vatsara. Thus the offspring of these cannot be counted by measure; because of the multitude, sons and grandsons are endless.
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VaP 1 31.32
अहङ्कारात् रुदन् रुद्रः सद्भूतो ब्रह्मणस्त्रयः। स रुद्रो वत्सरस्तेषां विजज्ञे नीललोहितः। तेषां हि तत्त्वं वक्ष्यामि कीर्त्यमानं निबोधत
ahaṅkārāt rudan rudraḥ sadbhūto brahmaṇastrayaḥ| sa rudro vatsarasteṣāṃ vijajñe nīlalohitaḥ| teṣāṃ hi tattvaṃ vakṣyāmi kīrtyamānaṃ nibodhata
From egoity, weeping, Rudra, come into being, the three of Brahmā; that Rudra, the vatsara of them, was born blue-red. I shall declare their essence — learn it as it is recited.
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VaP 1 31.33
अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गसंयोगात् कालात्मा प्रपितामहः। ऋक्साम यजुषां योनिः पञ्चानां पतिरीश्वरः
aṅgapratyaṅgasaṃyogāt kālātmā prapitāmahaḥ| ṛksāma yajuṣāṃ yoniḥ pañcānāṃ patirīśvaraḥ
From the joining of limbs and sub-limbs, (he is) the self of time, the great-grandfather, the source of the Ṛk, Sāman and Yajus, the lord and master of the five.
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VaP 1 31.34
सोऽग्निर्यजुश्च सोमश्च स भूतः स प्रजापतिः। प्रोक्तः संवत्सरश्चेति सूर्यो योऽग्निर्मनीषिभिः
so'gniryajuśca somaśca sa bhūtaḥ sa prajāpatiḥ| proktaḥ saṃvatsaraśceti sūryo yo'gnirmanīṣibhiḥ
He is Agni, and the Yajus, and Soma; he is the (elemental) being, he is Prajāpati; and the sun who is Agni is called the saṃvatsara by the wise.
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VaP 1 31.35
यस्मात् कालविभागानां मासर्त्वयनयोरपि। ग्रहनक्षत्रशीतोष्णवर्षायुःकर्मणां तथा। योजितः प्रविभागानां दिवसानाञ्च भास्करः
yasmāt kālavibhāgānāṃ māsartvayanayorapi| grahanakṣatraśītoṣṇavarṣāyuḥkarmaṇāṃ tathā| yojitaḥ pravibhāgānāṃ divasānāñca bhāskaraḥ
Since the sun is the one appointed over the divisions of time, and over the month, season and solstitial course, and over the planets, lunar mansions, cold and heat, rains, lifespan and rites, and over the subdivisions and the days —
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VaP 1 31.36
वैकारिकः प्रसन्नात्मा ब्रह्मपुत्रः प्रजापतिः। एकेनैकोऽथ दिवसो मासोऽथर्तुः पितामहः
vaikārikaḥ prasannātmā brahmaputraḥ prajāpatiḥ| ekenaiko'tha divaso māso'thartuḥ pitāmahaḥ
He is of the modified (order), of serene self, son of Brahmā, a lord of creatures; by one (and one) is the single day, then the month, then the season, then the grandfather.
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VaP 1 31.37
आदित्यः सविता भानुर्जीवनो ब्रह्मसत्कृतः। प्रभवश्चात्य यश्चैव भूतानां तेन भास्करः
ādityaḥ savitā bhānurjīvano brahmasatkṛtaḥ| prabhavaścātya yaścaiva bhūtānāṃ tena bhāskaraḥ
(He is) Āditya, Savitṛ, Bhānu, the giver of life, honoured by Brahmā; and since he is the origin of beings, he is therefore Bhāskara (the light-maker).
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VaP 1 31.38
ताराभिमानी विज्ञेयस्तृतीयः परिवत्सरः। सोमः सर्वौषधिपतिर्यस्मात्स प्रपितामहः
tārābhimānī vijñeyastṛtīyaḥ parivatsaraḥ| somaḥ sarvauṣadhipatiryasmātsa prapitāmahaḥ
The one who presides over the stars is to be known as the third, the parivatsara; (he is) Soma, lord of all plants, and therefore he is the great-grandfather.
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VaP 1 31.39
आजीवः सर्वभूतानां योगक्षेमकृदीश्वरः। अवेक्षणाणः सततं बिभर्ति जगदंशुभिः
ājīvaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yogakṣemakṛdīśvaraḥ| avekṣaṇāṇaḥ satataṃ bibharti jagadaṃśubhiḥ
(He is) the livelihood of all beings, the lord who brings about acquisition and security; ever watching over (them), he sustains the world with his rays.
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VaP 1 31.40
तिथीनां पर्वसन्धीनां पूर्णिमादर्शयोरपि। योनिर्निशाकरो यश्च योऽमृतात्मा प्रजापतिः
tithīnāṃ parvasandhīnāṃ pūrṇimādarśayorapi| yonirniśākaro yaśca yo'mṛtātmā prajāpatiḥ
He who is the source of the lunar days, of the junctures of the fortnights, and of the full moon and the new moon, the night-maker, whose self is the nectar, the lord of creatures —
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VaP 1 31.41
तस्मात् स पितृमान् सोम ऋग्यजुश्छन्दआत्मकः। प्राणापानसमानाद्यैर्व्यानोदानात्मकैरपि
tasmāt sa pitṛmān soma ṛgyajuśchandaātmakaḥ| prāṇāpānasamānādyairvyānodānātmakairapi
therefore that Soma has the fathers (as his own) and consists of the Ṛg and Yajus metres; and by prāṇa, apāna, samāna and the rest, and by those (breaths) that consist of vyāna and udāna,
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VaP 1 31.42
कर्मभिः प्राणिनां लोके सर्वचेष्टाप्रवर्त्तकः। प्राणापानसमानानां वायूनाञ्च प्रवर्त्तकः
karmabhiḥ prāṇināṃ loke sarvaceṣṭāpravarttakaḥ| prāṇāpānasamānānāṃ vāyūnāñca pravarttakaḥ
by (their) workings he sets in motion all activity of living beings in the world, and he is the mover of the winds prāṇa, apāna and samāna.
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VaP 1 31.43
पञ्चानाञ्चेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिस्मृति जलात्मनाम्। समानकालकरणः क्रियाः सम्पादयन्निव
pañcānāñcendriyamanobuddhismṛti jalātmanām| samānakālakaraṇaḥ kriyāḥ sampādayanniva
And of the five whose nature is sense-faculty, mind, intellect, memory and water(?), he is the one who makes their occasions simultaneous, as it were bringing their operations to completion.
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VaP 1 31.44
सर्वात्मा सर्वलोकानामावहः प्रवहादिभिः। विधाता सर्वभूतानां क्षमी नित्यं प्रभञ्जनः
sarvātmā sarvalokānāmāvahaḥ pravahādibhiḥ| vidhātā sarvabhūtānāṃ kṣamī nityaṃ prabhañjanaḥ
He is the self of all, the bearer for all the worlds by (the winds) Pravaha and the rest; the ordainer of all beings, patient, ever the great breaker (of things).
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VaP 1 31.45
योनिरग्नेरपां भूमे रवेश्चन्द्रमसश्चयः। वायुः प्रजापिर्भूतं लोकात्मा प्रपितामहः
yoniragnerapāṃ bhūme raveścandramasaścayaḥ| vāyuḥ prajāpirbhūtaṃ lokātmā prapitāmahaḥ
He who is the source of fire, of the waters, of the earth, of the sun and of the moon — the wind, lord of creatures, a (primal) being, the self of the world, the great-grandfather.
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VaP 1 31.46
प्रजापति मुखैर्देवैः सम्यगिष्टफलार्थिभिः। त्रिभिरेव कपालैस्तु अम्बकैरोषधिक्षये। इज्यते भगवान् यस्मात्तस्मात् त्र्यम्बक उच्यते
prajāpati mukhairdevaiḥ samyagiṣṭaphalārthibhiḥ| tribhireva kapālaistu ambakairoṣadhikṣaye| ijyate bhagavān yasmāttasmāt tryambaka ucyate
Since the Lord is worshipped duly by the gods with Prajāpati at their head, who seek the fruit of their desires, with the three cups and with the three 'ambakas' at the failing of the plants, therefore he is called Tryambaka.
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VaP 1 31.47
गायत्री चैव त्रिष्टुप् च जगती चैव या स्मृता। त्र्यम्बका नामतः प्रोक्ता योनयः सवनस्य ताः
gāyatrī caiva triṣṭup ca jagatī caiva yā smṛtā| tryambakā nāmataḥ proktā yonayaḥ savanasya tāḥ
The Gāyatrī, the Triṣṭubh, and that which is known as the Jagatī — these are by name called the 'tryambakā', and they are the wombs of the pressing (of soma).
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VaP 1 31.48
ताभिरेकत्वभूताभिस्त्रिविधाभिः स्ववीर्यतः। त्रिसाधनपुरोडाशस्त्रि कपालः स वै स्मृतः
tābhirekatvabhūtābhistrividhābhiḥ svavīryataḥ| trisādhanapuroḍāśastri kapālaḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ
By these, which are threefold yet have become one, through their own power, the cake with three means (of preparation) is indeed known as the three-cupped one.
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VaP 1 31.49
इत्येतत्पञ्चवर्षं हि युगं प्रोक्तं मनीषिभिः। यच्चैव पञ्चधात्मा वै प्रोक्तः संवत्सरो द्विजैः। सैकं षट्कं विजज्ञेऽथ मध्वादीनृतवःकिल
ityetatpañcavarṣaṃ hi yugaṃ proktaṃ manīṣibhiḥ| yaccaiva pañcadhātmā vai proktaḥ saṃvatsaro dvijaiḥ| saikaṃ ṣaṭkaṃ vijajñe'tha madhvādīnṛtavaḥkila
Thus this five-year cycle has been declared a yuga by the wise, and the year has been declared by the twice-born to be fivefold in nature; then the sixfold group with the one arose, namely the seasons beginning with Madhu.
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VaP 1 31.50
ऋतुपुत्रार्त्तवः पञ्च इति सर्गः समासतः। इत्येष पवमानो वै प्राणिनां जीवितानि तु
ṛtuputrārttavaḥ pañca iti sargaḥ samāsataḥ| ityeṣa pavamāno vai prāṇināṃ jīvitāni tu
The Ārtavas, sons of the Seasons, are five — such is the creation in brief. Thus this Pavamāna (wind) (bears) the lives of living beings.
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VaP 1 31.51
नदी वेगसमायुक्तं कालो धावति संहरन्। अहोरात्रकरस्तस्मात् स वायुरभवत्पुनः
nadī vegasamāyuktaṃ kālo dhāvati saṃharan| ahorātrakarastasmāt sa vāyurabhavatpunaḥ
Time runs on, carrying (all) away, like a river joined with a swift current; therefore, as maker of day and night, he became the wind again.
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VaP 1 31.52
एते प्रजानां पतयः प्रधानाः सर्वदेहिनाम् । पितरः सर्व लोकानां लोकात्मानः प्रकीर्तिताः
ete prajānāṃ patayaḥ pradhānāḥ sarvadehinām | pitaraḥ sarva lokānāṃ lokātmānaḥ prakīrtitāḥ
These are the chief lords of creatures, of all embodied beings; they are proclaimed the fathers of all the worlds, the selves of the worlds.
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VaP 1 31.53
ध्यायतो ब्रह्मणो वक्रादुद्यन् समभवद्भवः। ऋषिर्विप्रो महादेवो भूतात्मा प्रपितामहः
dhyāyato brahmaṇo vakrādudyan samabhavadbhavaḥ| ṛṣirvipro mahādevo bhūtātmā prapitāmahaḥ
From the mouth of Brahmā as he meditated, Bhava arose, coming forth — the seer, the brahmin, the great god, the self of beings, the great-grandfather.
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VaP 1 31.54
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां प्रणवायोपपद्यते। आत्मवेशेन भूतानामङ्गप्रत्यङ्गसम्भवः
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ praṇavāyopapadyate| ātmaveśena bhūtānāmaṅgapratyaṅgasambhavaḥ
The lord of all beings comes to be for the sake of the praṇava(?); by entering (them) as their self, he is the origin of the limbs and sub-limbs of beings.
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VaP 1 31.55
अग्निः संवत्सरः सूर्यश्चन्द्रमा वायुरेव च। युगाभिमानी कालात्मा नित्यं संक्षेपकृद्विभुः। उन्मादकोऽनुग्रहकृत्स इद्वत्सर उच्यते
agniḥ saṃvatsaraḥ sūryaścandramā vāyureva ca| yugābhimānī kālātmā nityaṃ saṃkṣepakṛdvibhuḥ| unmādako'nugrahakṛtsa idvatsara ucyate
Fire, the year, the sun, the moon, and the wind: he who presides over the yuga, whose self is time, ever the ruler who contracts (all things), the deluder and the bestower of grace — he is called Idvatsara.
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VaP 1 31.56
रुद्राविष्टो भगवता जगत्यस्मिन् स्वतेजसा। आश्रयाश्रयसंयोगात्तनुभिर्नामभिस्तथा
rudrāviṣṭo bhagavatā jagatyasmin svatejasā| āśrayāśrayasaṃyogāttanubhirnāmabhistathā
Pervaded by the Lord Rudra with his own splendour in this world, through the conjunction of the support and the supported, and likewise through bodies and names —
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VaP 1 31.57
ततस्तस्य तु वीर्येण लोकानुग्रहकारकम्। द्वितीयं भद्रसंयोगं सन्ततस्यैककारकम्
tatastasya tu vīryeṇa lokānugrahakārakam| dvitīyaṃ bhadrasaṃyogaṃ santatasyaikakārakam
Then, by his potency, (there came to be) the second, which brings favour to the worlds, the auspicious conjunction, the sole agent of continuance.
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VaP 1 31.58
देवत्वञ्च पितृत्वञ्च कालत्वञ्चास्य यत्परम्। तस्माद्वै सर्वथा भद्रस्तद्वद्भिरभिपूज्यते
devatvañca pitṛtvañca kālatvañcāsya yatparam| tasmādvai sarvathā bhadrastadvadbhirabhipūjyate
Godhood, and fatherhood, and the state of being Time — whatever of his is supreme: therefore in every way he is Bhadra (the auspicious one), and is worshipped as such by those who speak of him thus.
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VaP 1 31.59
पतिः पतीनां भगवान् प्रजेशानां प्रजापतिः। भवनः सर्वभूतानां सर्वेषां नीललोहितः। ओषधीः प्रतिसन्धत्ते रुद्रः क्षीणाः पुनः पुनः
patiḥ patīnāṃ bhagavān prajeśānāṃ prajāpatiḥ| bhavanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ nīlalohitaḥ| oṣadhīḥ pratisandhatte rudraḥ kṣīṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
The Lord is the master of masters, the Prajāpati of the lords of creatures, the source of becoming of all beings, the dark-red one of them all; Rudra joins together again and again the herbs that have withered away.
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VaP 1 31.61
..६० ।। इमं वंशं प्रजेशानां महतां पुण्यकर्मणाम्। कीर्त्तयन् स्थिरकीर्त्तीनां महतीं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
..60 || imaṃ vaṃśaṃ prajeśānāṃ mahatāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām| kīrttayan sthirakīrttīnāṃ mahatīṃ siddhimāpnuyāt
...60. Reciting this lineage of the lords of creatures, the great ones of meritorious deeds, of enduring fame, one would attain great success.
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