Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 32

VaP 1 32.1

।।वायु रुवाच।। अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रणवस्य विनिश्वयम्। ओङ्कारमक्षरं ब्रह्म त्रिवर्णञ्चादितः स्मृतम्

||vāyu ruvāca|| ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi praṇavasya viniśvayam| oṅkāramakṣaraṃ brahma trivarṇañcāditaḥ smṛtam

Vāyu said: Beyond this I shall declare the determination of the praṇava. The syllable Oṃ is brahman, and it is held to consist of three sounds from the beginning.

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VaP 1 32.2

यो यो यस्य यथा वर्णो विहितो देवतास्तथा। ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि वायुरग्निस्तथा जलम्

yo yo yasya yathā varṇo vihito devatāstathā| ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni vāyuragnistathā jalam

Which sound belongs to whom and how it is assigned, and likewise the deities: the Ṛc verses, the Yajus formulas, the Sāman chants, and wind, fire, and water.

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VaP 1 32.3

तस्मात्तु अक्षरादेव पुनरन्ये प्रजज्ञिरे। चतुर्द्दश महात्मानो देवानां ये तु दैवताः

tasmāttu akṣarādeva punaranye prajajñire| caturddaśa mahātmāno devānāṃ ye tu daivatāḥ

And from that very syllable others again were born: the fourteen great-souled ones who are the deities of the gods.

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VaP 1 32.4

तेषु सर्वगतश्चैव सर्वगः सर्वयोगवित् । अनुग्रहाय लोकानामादिमध्यान्त उच्यते

teṣu sarvagataścaiva sarvagaḥ sarvayogavit | anugrahāya lokānāmādimadhyānta ucyate

Among them he is the all-pervading one, going everywhere, knowing every yoga; for the favouring of the worlds he is called the beginning, the middle, and the end.

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VaP 1 32.5

सप्तर्षयस्तथेन्द्रा ये देवाश्च पितृभिः सह। अक्षरान्निः सृताः सर्वे देवदेवान्महेश्वरात्

saptarṣayastathendrā ye devāśca pitṛbhiḥ saha| akṣarānniḥ sṛtāḥ sarve devadevānmaheśvarāt

The seven sages, and the Indras, and the gods together with the fathers — all issued forth from the syllable, from Maheśvara, the god of gods.

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VaP 1 32.6

इहामुत्र हितार्थाय वदन्ति परमं पदम्। पूर्वमेव मयोक्तस्ते कालस्तु युगसंज्ञितः

ihāmutra hitārthāya vadanti paramaṃ padam| pūrvameva mayoktaste kālastu yugasaṃjñitaḥ

For the sake of welfare here and hereafter they declare the supreme station. Already before this I told you of Time, which is designated by the yugas.

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VaP 1 32.7

कृतं त्रेता द्वापरञ्च युगादिः कलिना सह। परिवर्त्तमानैस्तैरेव भ्रममाणेषु चक्रवत्

kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparañca yugādiḥ kalinā saha| parivarttamānaistaireva bhramamāṇeṣu cakravat

Kṛta, Tretā and Dvāpara, the sequence of yugas beginning (with Kṛta), together with Kali — as these very ones turn round, whirling like a wheel...

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VaP 1 32.8

देवतास्तु तदोद्विग्नाः कालस्य वशमागताः. न शक्नुवन्ति तन्मानं संस्स्थापयितुमात्मना

devatāstu tadodvignāḥ kālasya vaśamāgatāḥ. na śaknuvanti tanmānaṃ saṃssthāpayitumātmanā

Then the deities, alarmed, having come under the sway of Time, are not able by themselves to establish its measure.

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VaP 1 32.9

तदा ते वाग्यता भूत्वा आदौ मन्वन्तरस्य वै। ऋषयश्चैव देवाश्च इन्द्रश्चैव महातपाः

tadā te vāgyatā bhūtvā ādau manvantarasya vai| ṛṣayaścaiva devāśca indraścaiva mahātapāḥ

Then, keeping silence at the beginning of the manvantara, the sages and the gods and Indra of great austerity —

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VaP 1 32.10

समाधाय मनस्तीव्रं सहस्रं परिवत्सरान्। प्रपन्नास्ते महादेवं भीताः कालस्य वै तदा

samādhāya manastīvraṃ sahasraṃ parivatsarān| prapannāste mahādevaṃ bhītāḥ kālasya vai tadā

— having fixed the mind intently for a thousand years, they, then afraid of Time, took refuge with Mahādeva.

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VaP 1 32.11

अयं हि कालो देवेशश्चतुर्मूर्तिश्चतुर्मुखः । कोऽस्य विद्यान्महादेव अगाधस्य महेश्वर

ayaṃ hi kālo deveśaścaturmūrtiścaturmukhaḥ | ko'sya vidyānmahādeva agādhasya maheśvara

"This Time, O lord of gods, has four forms and four faces; who could know him, O Mahādeva, unfathomable as he is, O Maheśvara?"

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VaP 1 32.12

अथ दृष्ट्वा महादेवस्तं तु कालञ्चतुर्मुखम्। न भेतव्यमिति प्राह को वः कामः प्रदीयताम्

atha dṛṣṭvā mahādevastaṃ tu kālañcaturmukham| na bhetavyamiti prāha ko vaḥ kāmaḥ pradīyatām

Then Mahādeva, having looked upon that four-faced Time, said, "You must not be afraid. What is your wish? Let it be granted.

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VaP 1 32.13

तत्करिष्याम्यहं सर्वं न वृथायं परिश्रमः । उवाच देवो भगवान् स्वयङ्कालः सुदुर्जयः

tatkariṣyāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ na vṛthāyaṃ pariśramaḥ | uvāca devo bhagavān svayaṅkālaḥ sudurjayaḥ

All that I shall do; this exertion (of yours) is not in vain." (Thus) spoke the divine Lord, who is himself Time, most hard to overcome.

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VaP 1 32.14

यदेतस्य मुखं श्वेतं चतुर्जिह्वं हि लक्ष्यते। एतत् कृतयुगं नाम तस्य कालस्य वै मुखम्। असौ देवः सुरश्रेष्ठो ब्रह्मा वैवस्वतो मुखः

yadetasya mukhaṃ śvetaṃ caturjihvaṃ hi lakṣyate| etat kṛtayugaṃ nāma tasya kālasya vai mukham| asau devaḥ suraśreṣṭho brahmā vaivasvato mukhaḥ

"That face of his which is seen as white and four-tongued — this is named the Kṛta age, the face of that Time; that god is the best of the gods, Brahmā, the face (called) Vaivasvata.

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VaP 1 32.15

यदेतद्रक्तवर्णाभं तृतीयं वः स्मृतं मया । त्रिजिह्वं लेलिहानं तु एतत् त्रेतायुगं द्विजाः

yadetadraktavarṇābhaṃ tṛtīyaṃ vaḥ smṛtaṃ mayā | trijihvaṃ lelihānaṃ tu etat tretāyugaṃ dvijāḥ

That third one, red-coloured in appearance, which has been declared by me to you, three-tongued and licking — that, O twice-born ones, is the Tretā age.

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VaP 1 32.16

अत्र यज्ञप्रवृत्तिस्तु जायते हि महेश्वरात्। ततोऽत्र इज्यते यज्ञस्तिस्रो जिह्वास्त्रयोऽग्नयः । इष्ट्वा चैवाग्नयो विप्राः कालजिह्वा प्रवर्त्तते

atra yajñapravṛttistu jāyate hi maheśvarāt| tato'tra ijyate yajñastisro jihvāstrayo'gnayaḥ | iṣṭvā caivāgnayo viprāḥ kālajihvā pravarttate

Here the practice of sacrifice arises from Maheśvara; therefore here the sacrifice is offered — the three tongues are the three fires; and when the fires have been offered to, O brāhmaṇas, the tongue of Time goes forth.

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VaP 1 32.17

यदेतद्वै मुखं भीमं द्विजिह्वं रक्तपिङ्गलम्। द्विपादोऽत्र भविष्यामि द्वापरं नाम तद्युगम्

yadetadvai mukhaṃ bhīmaṃ dvijihvaṃ raktapiṅgalam| dvipādo'tra bhaviṣyāmi dvāparaṃ nāma tadyugam

This face here that is terrible, two-tongued, red-tawny — in it I shall become two-footed; that age is named Dvāpara.

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VaP 1 32.18

यदेतत् कृष्णवर्णाभं तुरीयं रक्तलोचनम्। एकजिह्वं पृथुश्यामं लेलिहानं पुनः पुनः

yadetat kṛṣṇavarṇābhaṃ turīyaṃ raktalocanam| ekajihvaṃ pṛthuśyāmaṃ lelihānaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

This fourth (face) which has the appearance of black colour, red-eyed, one-tongued, broad and dark, licking again and again —

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VaP 1 32.19

ततः कलियुगं घोरं सर्वलोकभयङ्करम्। कल्पस्य तु मुखं ह्येतच्चतुर्थं नाम भीषणम्

tataḥ kaliyugaṃ ghoraṃ sarvalokabhayaṅkaram| kalpasya tu mukhaṃ hyetaccaturthaṃ nāma bhīṣaṇam

Then (comes) the dreadful Kali age, terrifying to all the worlds; and this is the fourth face of the aeon, called the Frightful.

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VaP 1 32.20

न मुखं नापि निर्वाणं तस्मिन् भवति वै युगे। कालग्रस्ता प्रजा चापि युगे तस्मिन् भविष्यति

na mukhaṃ nāpi nirvāṇaṃ tasmin bhavati vai yuge| kālagrastā prajā cāpi yuge tasmin bhaviṣyati

In that age there is neither a face nor extinction; and in that age the people will be swallowed by Time.

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VaP 1 32.21

ब्रह्मा कृतयुगे पूज्यस्त्रेतायां यज्ञ इच्यते। द्वापरे पूज्यते विष्णुरहम्पूज्यश्चतुर्ष्वपि

brahmā kṛtayuge pūjyastretāyāṃ yajña icyate| dvāpare pūjyate viṣṇurahampūjyaścaturṣvapi

In the Kṛta age Brahmā is to be worshipped; in the Tretā sacrifice is offered; in the Dvāpara Viṣṇu is worshipped; and I am to be worshipped in all four.

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VaP 1 32.22

ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च यज्ञश्च कालस्यैव कलास्त्रयः। सर्वेष्वेव हि कालेषु चतुर्मूर्तिर्महेश्वरः

brahmā viṣṇuśca yajñaśca kālasyaiva kalāstrayaḥ| sarveṣveva hi kāleṣu caturmūrtirmaheśvaraḥ

Brahmā, Viṣṇu and sacrifice are but three portions of Time; and in all times Maheśvara is the one of four forms.

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VaP 1 32.23

अहं जनो जनयिता (वः) कालः कालप्रवर्त्तकः। युगकर्ता तथा चैव परं परपरायणः

ahaṃ jano janayitā (vaḥ) kālaḥ kālapravarttakaḥ| yugakartā tathā caiva paraṃ paraparāyaṇaḥ

I am the creature and the begetter (of you), (I am) Time and the setter of Time in motion, the maker of the ages, and likewise the supreme, the final refuge of the supreme.

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VaP 1 32.24

तस्मात् कलियुगं प्राप्य लोकानां हितकारणात्। अभयार्थञ्च देवानामुभयोर्लोकयोरपि

tasmāt kaliyugaṃ prāpya lokānāṃ hitakāraṇāt| abhayārthañca devānāmubhayorlokayorapi

Therefore, when the Kali age has come, for the sake of the welfare of the worlds, and for the freedom from fear of the gods, in both worlds—

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VaP 1 32.25

तदा भव्यश्च पूज्यश्च भविष्यामि सुरोत्तमाः। तस्माद्भयं न कार्यं च कलिं प्राप्य महौजसः

tadā bhavyaśca pūjyaśca bhaviṣyāmi surottamāḥ| tasmādbhayaṃ na kāryaṃ ca kaliṃ prāpya mahaujasaḥ

then, best of gods, I shall be the one to come to be and the one to be worshipped; therefore no fear is to be had, O greatly vigorous ones, when Kali arrives.

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VaP 1 32.26

एवमुक्ता स्ततः सर्वा देवता ऋषिभिः सह। प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं पुनरूचुर्जगत्पतिम्

evamuktā stataḥ sarvā devatā ṛṣibhiḥ saha| praṇamya śirasā devaṃ punarūcurjagatpatim

Thus addressed, all the deities together with the seers, bowing with their heads to the god, spoke again to the lord of the world.

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VaP 1 32.27

।।देवर्षय ऊचुः।। महातेजा महाकायो महावीर्यो महाद्युतिः। भीषणः सर्वभूतानां कथं कालश्चतुर्मुखः

||devarṣaya ūcuḥ|| mahātejā mahākāyo mahāvīryo mahādyutiḥ| bhīṣaṇaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kathaṃ kālaścaturmukhaḥ

The divine seers said: Of great blaze, of great body, of great valour, of great splendour, frightful to all beings — how is Time four-faced?

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VaP 1 32.28

।।महादेव उवाच।। एष कालश्चतुर्मूर्तिश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रश्चतुर्मुखः। लोकसंरक्षणार्थाय अतिक्रामति सर्वशः

||mahādeva uvāca|| eṣa kālaścaturmūrtiścaturdaṃṣṭraścaturmukhaḥ| lokasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya atikrāmati sarvaśaḥ

Mahādeva said: This Time, of four forms, four fangs, four faces, moves onward in every direction for the sake of protecting the worlds.

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VaP 1 32.29

नासाध्यं विद्यते चास्य सर्वस्मिन् सचराचरे। कालः सृजति भूतानि पुनःसंहरति क्रमात्

nāsādhyaṃ vidyate cāsya sarvasmin sacarācare| kālaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni punaḥsaṃharati kramāt

There is nothing unattainable for him in this whole (world) with its moving and unmoving (beings); Time creates beings and again withdraws them in due order.

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VaP 1 32.30

सर्वे कालस्य वशगा न कालः कस्यचिद्वशे। तस्मात्तु सर्वभूतानि कालः कलयते सदा

sarve kālasya vaśagā na kālaḥ kasyacidvaśe| tasmāttu sarvabhūtāni kālaḥ kalayate sadā

All are subject to Time; Time is not subject to anyone; therefore Time always reckons (and consumes) all beings.

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VaP 1 32.31

विक्रमस्य पदान्यस्य पूर्वोक्तान्येकसप्ततिः। तानि मन्वन्तराणीह परिवृत्तयुगक्रमात्

vikramasya padānyasya pūrvoktānyekasaptatiḥ| tāni manvantarāṇīha parivṛttayugakramāt

The steps of his striding are the seventy-one mentioned before; these are here the manvantaras, by the revolving succession of the ages.

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VaP 1 32.32

एकं पदं परिक्रम्य पदानामेकसप्ततिः। यदा कालः प्रक्रमते तदा मन्वन्तरक्षयः

ekaṃ padaṃ parikramya padānāmekasaptatiḥ| yadā kālaḥ prakramate tadā manvantarakṣayaḥ

When Time strides forth, having traversed one step out of the seventy-one steps, then comes the end of a manvantara.

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VaP 1 32.33

एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवान् देवर्षिपितृदानवान्। नमस्कृतश्च तैः सर्वैस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

evamuktvā tu bhagavān devarṣipitṛdānavān| namaskṛtaśca taiḥ sarvaistatraivāntaradhīyata

Having spoken thus to the gods, seers, fathers and dānavas, the Lord, saluted by them all, vanished right there.

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VaP 1 32.34

एवं स काले भगवान् देवर्षिपितृदानवान्। पुनः पुनः संहरते सृजते च पुनः पुनः

evaṃ sa kāle bhagavān devarṣipitṛdānavān| punaḥ punaḥ saṃharate sṛjate ca punaḥ punaḥ

Thus in (due) time the Lord withdraws the gods, seers, fathers and dānavas again and again, and again and again creates them.

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VaP 1 32.35

अतो मन्वन्तरे चैव देवर्षिपितृदानवैः। पूज्यते भगवानीशो भयात् कालस्य तस्य वै

ato manvantare caiva devarṣipitṛdānavaiḥ| pūjyate bhagavānīśo bhayāt kālasya tasya vai

Hence in each manvantara the Lord, the ruler, is worshipped by gods, seers, fathers and dānavas, out of fear of that Time.

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VaP 1 32.36

तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन कलौ कुर्यात्तपो द्विजः। प्रपन्नस्य महादेवं तस्य पुण्यफलं महत्। तस्माद्देवा दिवं गत्वा अवतीर्य च भूतले

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena kalau kuryāttapo dvijaḥ| prapannasya mahādevaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ mahat| tasmāddevā divaṃ gatvā avatīrya ca bhūtale

Therefore in the Kali age a twice-born should practise austerity with all effort; for him who has taken refuge in Mahādeva there is a great fruit of merit; therefore the gods, having gone to heaven and having descended to the earth—

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VaP 1 32.37

ऋषयश्चैव देवाश्च कलिम्प्राप्य सुदारुणम्। तप इच्छन्ति भूयिष्ठं कर्त्तुं धर्मपरायणाः। अवतारान् कलिं प्राप्य करोति च पुनः पुनः

ṛṣayaścaiva devāśca kalimprāpya sudāruṇam| tapa icchanti bhūyiṣṭhaṃ karttuṃ dharmaparāyaṇāḥ| avatārān kaliṃ prāpya karoti ca punaḥ punaḥ

The seers and the gods too, having reached the terribly harsh Kali (age), devoted to dharma, desire to perform austerity in the greatest measure; and having reached Kali, (the Lord) makes descents again and again.

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VaP 1 32.38

एवं कालान्तरे सर्वे येऽतीता वै सहस्रशः। वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे तस्मिन् देवराजर्षयस्तथा

evaṃ kālāntare sarve ye'tītā vai sahasraśaḥ| vaivasvate'ntare tasmin devarājarṣayastathā

Thus, in the course of time, all those who have passed away, indeed by the thousands, in that Vaivasvata interval — the gods, kings and seers likewise.

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VaP 1 32.39

देवापिः पोरवो राजा मनुश्वेक्ष्वाकुवंशजाः। महायोगबलोपेताः कालान्तरमुपासते

devāpiḥ poravo rājā manuśvekṣvākuvaṃśajāḥ| mahāyogabalopetāḥ kālāntaramupāsate

Devāpi, the Paurava king, and Manu, born in the Ikṣvāku line, endowed with the great power of yoga, wait out the interval of time.

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VaP 1 32.40

क्षीणे कलियुगे तस्मिस्तिष्ये त्रेतायुगे कृते। सप्तर्षिभिश्चैव सार्द्धं भाव्ये त्रेतायुगे पुनः गोत्राणां क्षत्रियाणाञ्च भविष्यास्ते प्रकीर्तिताः

kṣīṇe kaliyuge tasmistiṣye tretāyuge kṛte| saptarṣibhiścaiva sārddhaṃ bhāvye tretāyuge punaḥ gotrāṇāṃ kṣatriyāṇāñca bhaviṣyāste prakīrtitāḥ

When that Kali age, the Tiṣya, has waned and the Tretā age has been made (i.e. arrives), together with the seven seers, again in the coming Tretā age, the future (lines) of the clans and of the kṣatriyas have been proclaimed.

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VaP 1 32.41

द्वापरान्ते प्रतिष्ठन्ते क्षत्रिया ऋषिभिः सह। कृते त्रेतायुगे चैव तथा क्षीणे च द्वापरे। नराः पातकिनो ये वै वर्त्तन्ते ते कलौ स्मृताः

dvāparānte pratiṣṭhante kṣatriyā ṛṣibhiḥ saha| kṛte tretāyuge caiva tathā kṣīṇe ca dvāpare| narāḥ pātakino ye vai varttante te kalau smṛtāḥ

At the end of the Dvāpara the kṣatriyas become established together with the seers. In the Kṛta and in the Tretā age, and likewise when the Dvāpara has waned, those men who are sinners and who continue on are reckoned as belonging to Kali.

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VaP 1 32.42

मन्वन्तराणां सप्तानां सान्तानार्था श्रुतिः स्मृतिः। एवमेतेषु सर्वेषु युगक्षयक्रमस्तथा

manvantarāṇāṃ saptānāṃ sāntānārthā śrutiḥ smṛtiḥ| evameteṣu sarveṣu yugakṣayakramastathā

The śruti and the smṛti serve the purpose of (tracing) the continuous succession of the seven manvantaras. Thus in all these (ages) is the sequence of the destruction of the yugas.

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VaP 1 32.43

परस्परं युगानाञ्च ब्रह्मक्षत्रस्य चोद्भवः। यथा वै प्रकृतिस्तेभ्यः प्रवृत्तानां यथा क्षयम्

parasparaṃ yugānāñca brahmakṣatrasya codbhavaḥ| yathā vai prakṛtistebhyaḥ pravṛttānāṃ yathā kṣayam

And (thus is told) the mutual (succession) of the yugas, and the origin of brahman and kṣatra: how their natural condition is (derived) from them, and how the destruction of those who have come forth (occurs).

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VaP 1 32.44

जामदग्न्येन रामेण क्षत्रे निरवशोषिते। क्रियन्ते कुलटाः सर्वाः क्षत्रियैर्वसुधाधिपैः। दिवं गतानहं तुभ्यं कीर्त्तयिष्ये निबोधत

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa kṣatre niravaśoṣite| kriyante kulaṭāḥ sarvāḥ kṣatriyairvasudhādhipaiḥ| divaṃ gatānahaṃ tubhyaṃ kīrttayiṣye nibodhata

When the kṣatra had been utterly drained away by Rāma Jāmadagnya, all the families are made (again) by the kṣatriyas, the lords of the earth. I shall recount to you those who have gone to heaven — listen.

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VaP 1 32.45

ऐडमिक्ष्वाकुवंशस्य प्रकृतिं परिचक्षते। राजानः श्रेणिबन्धास्तु तक्षान्ये क्षत्रिया भुवि

aiḍamikṣvākuvaṃśasya prakṛtiṃ paricakṣate| rājānaḥ śreṇibandhāstu takṣānye kṣatriyā bhuvi

They declare the original stock (prakṛti) of the line of Iḷa and of Ikṣvāku; but the kings (of other lines) are bound in guilds, and other kṣatriyas on earth are carpenters.

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VaP 1 32.46

ऐडवंशेऽथ सम्भूता यथा चेक्ष्वाकवो नृपाः। तेभ्य एव शतं पूर्णं कुलानामभिषेचितम्

aiḍavaṃśe'tha sambhūtā yathā cekṣvākavo nṛpāḥ| tebhya eva śataṃ pūrṇaṃ kulānāmabhiṣecitam

Then, as the Aikṣvāka kings arose in the line of Iḷa, from them a full hundred of families was consecrated.

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VaP 1 32.47

तावदेव तु भोजानां विस्तरो द्विगुणः स्मृतः । भोजन्तु त्रिशतं क्षत्रं चतुर्द्धा तद्यथादिशम्

tāvadeva tu bhojānāṃ vistaro dviguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ | bhojantu triśataṃ kṣatraṃ caturddhā tadyathādiśam

And just so much again — a twofold extent — is recorded for the Bhojas; the Bhoja kṣatra is three hundred, and it is fourfold according to the (four) directions.

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VaP 1 32.48

तेष्वतीतास्तु राजानो ब्रुवतस्तान्निबोधत। शतं वै प्रतिविन्ध्यानां हैहयानां तथा शतम्

teṣvatītāstu rājāno bruvatastānnibodhata| śataṃ vai prativindhyānāṃ haihayānāṃ tathā śatam

Among them the kings who have passed away — learn of them as I speak: a hundred of the Prativindhyas, and likewise a hundred of the Haihayas.

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VaP 1 32.49

धार्त्तराष्ट्रास्त्वेकशतं अशीतिर्जनमेजयाः। शतं वै ब्रह्मदत्तानां कुलानां वीर्यिणां शतम्

dhārttarāṣṭrāstvekaśataṃ aśītirjanamejayāḥ| śataṃ vai brahmadattānāṃ kulānāṃ vīryiṇāṃ śatam

The Dhārtarāṣṭras are one hundred, the Janamejayas eighty; a hundred of the Brahmadattas, and a hundred families of the heroic ones.

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VaP 1 32.50

ततः शतन्तु पौलानां शतं काशिकुशादयः । तथापरं सहस्रन्तु येऽतीताः शशबिन्दवः। इजानास्तेऽश्वमेधैस्तु सर्वे नियुतदक्षिणैः

tataḥ śatantu paulānāṃ śataṃ kāśikuśādayaḥ | tathāparaṃ sahasrantu ye'tītāḥ śaśabindavaḥ| ijānāste'śvamedhaistu sarve niyutadakṣiṇaiḥ

Then a hundred of the Paulas, a hundred beginning with Kāśi and Kuśa; and further another thousand who have passed away, the Śaśabindus — all of them offered horse-sacrifices with donations by the myriad.

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VaP 1 32.51

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्ता न शक्या विस्तरेण तु। वक्तुं राजर्षयः कृत्स्ना येऽतीतास्तैर्युकैःसह

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktā na śakyā vistareṇa tu| vaktuṃ rājarṣayaḥ kṛtsnā ye'tītāstairyukaiḥsaha

Thus (they) have been told in brief; it is not possible to tell in detail all the royal seers who have passed away, together with those joined to them.

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VaP 1 32.52

एते ययातिवंशस्य बभूवुर्वंशवर्द्धनाः। कीर्तिता द्युतिमन्तस्ते ये लोकान् धारयन्ति वै

ete yayātivaṃśasya babhūvurvaṃśavarddhanāḥ| kīrtitā dyutimantaste ye lokān dhārayanti vai

These became the increasers of the line of Yayāti; those radiant ones who have been celebrated do indeed uphold the worlds.

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VaP 1 32.53

लभन्ते च वरान् पञ्च दुर्लभान् ब्रह्मलौकिकान् । आयुः पुत्रा धनं कीर्तिरैश्वर्यं भूतिरेव च

labhante ca varān pañca durlabhān brahmalaukikān | āyuḥ putrā dhanaṃ kīrtiraiśvaryaṃ bhūtireva ca

And they obtain the five boons, hard to win, belonging to the world of Brahmā: long life, sons, wealth, fame, lordship, and prosperity too.

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VaP 1 32.54

धारणाच्छ्रवणाच्चैव पञ्चवर्गस्य धीमताम्। तथोक्ता लौकिकाश्चैव ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजन्ति वै

dhāraṇācchravaṇāccaiva pañcavargasya dhīmatām| tathoktā laukikāścaiva brahmalokaṃ vrajanti vai

By holding in mind and by hearing the fivefold group, wise men — and likewise those worldly ones so described — do go to the world of Brahmā.

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VaP 1 32.55

चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां च कृतं युगम् । तस्य तावच्छती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः

catvāryāhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ ca kṛtaṃ yugam | tasya tāvacchatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ

They say the Kṛta age is four thousand years; its twilight is as many hundreds, and the twilight-portion is of the same measure.

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VaP 1 32.56

कृते वै प्रक्रियापादश्चतुःसाहस्र उच्यते। तस्माच्चतुःशतं सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च यथाविधः

kṛte vai prakriyāpādaścatuḥsāhasra ucyate| tasmāccatuḥśataṃ sandhyā sandhyāṃśaśca yathāvidhaḥ

In the Kṛta, the quarter of procedure is said to be four thousand; hence the twilight is four hundred, and the twilight-portion accordingly.

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VaP 1 32.57

त्रेतादीनि सहस्राणि संख्यया मुनिभिः सह। तस्यापि त्रिशती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशस्त्रिशतः स्मृतः

tretādīni sahasrāṇi saṃkhyayā munibhiḥ saha| tasyāpi triśatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśastriśataḥ smṛtaḥ

The Tretā and the rest are (reckoned in) thousands in number, along with the sages; of that too the twilight is three hundred, and the twilight-portion is remembered as three hundred.

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VaP 1 32.58

अनुषङ्गपादस्त्रेतायास्त्रिसाहस्रस्तु सङ्ख्यया। द्वापरे द्वे सहस्रे तु वर्षाणां सम्प्रकीर्तितम्

anuṣaṅgapādastretāyāstrisāhasrastu saṅkhyayā| dvāpare dve sahasre tu varṣāṇāṃ samprakīrtitam

The supplementary quarter of the Tretā is three thousand in number; but in the Dvāpara two thousand years are declared.

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VaP 1 32.59

तस्यापि द्विशती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशो द्विशतस्तथा। उपोद्वातस्तृतीयस्तु द्वापरे पाद उच्यते

tasyāpi dviśatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśo dviśatastathā| upodvātastṛtīyastu dvāpare pāda ucyate

Of that too the twilight is two hundred, and likewise the twilight-portion is two hundred; and the third, the upodvāta, is called the (remaining) quarter in the Dvāpara.

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VaP 1 32.60

कलिं वर्षसहस्रन्तु प्राहुः सङ्ख्याविदो जनाः। तस्यापि शतिका सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशः शतमेव च

kaliṃ varṣasahasrantu prāhuḥ saṅkhyāvido janāḥ| tasyāpi śatikā sandhyā sandhyāṃśaḥ śatameva ca

People skilled in reckoning declare the Kali to be a thousand years; of that too the twilight is a hundred, and the twilight-portion just a hundred.

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VaP 1 32.61

संहारपादः संख्यातश्वतुर्थो वै कलौ युगे। ससन्ध्यानि सहांशानि चत्वारि तु युगानि वै

saṃhārapādaḥ saṃkhyātaśvaturtho vai kalau yuge| sasandhyāni sahāṃśāni catvāri tu yugāni vai

And the fourth, the quarter of dissolution, is reckoned in the Kali age; the four ages, with their twilights and with their twilight-portions,

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VaP 1 32.62

एतद् द्वादशसाहस्रं चतुर्युगमिति स्मृतम्। एवं पादैः सहस्राणि श्लोकानां पञ्च पञ्च च

etad dvādaśasāhasraṃ caturyugamiti smṛtam| evaṃ pādaiḥ sahasrāṇi ślokānāṃ pañca pañca ca

this (total of) twelve thousand is remembered as the four-age (cycle). So too, with the quarters, five and five thousand of verses,

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VaP 1 32.63

सन्ध्यासन्ध्यांशकैरेव द्वे सहस्रे तथाऽपरे। एवं द्वादशसाहस्रं पुराणं कवयो विदुः

sandhyāsandhyāṃśakaireva dve sahasre tathā'pare| evaṃ dvādaśasāhasraṃ purāṇaṃ kavayo viduḥ

and likewise two thousand more by way of the twilights and twilight-portions: thus the poets know the Purāṇa to be of twelve thousand (verses).

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VaP 1 32.64

यथा वेदश्चतुष्पादश्चतुष्पादं तथा युगम्। यथा युगं चतुष्पादं विधात्रा विहितं स्वयम्। छचतुष्पादं सुराणान्तु ब्रह्मणा विहितं पुरा

yathā vedaścatuṣpādaścatuṣpādaṃ tathā yugam| yathā yugaṃ catuṣpādaṃ vidhātrā vihitaṃ svayam| chacatuṣpādaṃ surāṇāntu brahmaṇā vihitaṃ purā

As the Veda has four parts, so the age has four parts; as the age of four parts was ordained by the Ordainer himself, so the four-part (division) of the gods was ordained of old by Brahmā.

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