Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 51
VaP 1 51.1
।।सूत उवाच।। स्वायम्भुवे निसर्गे तु व्याख्यातान्युत्तराणि तु। भविष्याणि च सर्वाणि तेषां वक्ष्याम्यनुक्रमम्
||sūta uvāca|| svāyambhuve nisarge tu vyākhyātānyuttarāṇi tu| bhaviṣyāṇi ca sarvāṇi teṣāṃ vakṣyāmyanukramam
Sūta said: In the Self-existent's creation the later matters have been expounded, and all that is to come—I shall tell their sequence.
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VaP 1 51.2
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु मुनयः पप्रच्छुर्लोमहर्षणम्। सूर्याचन्द्रमसोश्चारं ग्रहाणाञ्चैव सर्वशः
etacchrutvā tu munayaḥ papracchurlomaharṣaṇam| sūryācandramasoścāraṃ grahāṇāñcaiva sarvaśaḥ
Having heard this, the sages questioned Lomaharṣaṇa about the course of the sun and moon, and of the planets, in full.
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VaP 1 51.3
।।ऋषय ऊचुः ।। भ्रमन्ते कथमेतानि ज्योतींषि दिवि मण्डलम्। तिर्यग्व्यूहेन सर्वाणि तथैवासङ्करेण च। कश्च भ्रामयते तानि भ्रमन्ति यदि वा स्वयम्
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || bhramante kathametāni jyotīṃṣi divi maṇḍalam| tiryagvyūhena sarvāṇi tathaivāsaṅkareṇa ca| kaśca bhrāmayate tāni bhramanti yadi vā svayam
The seers said: How do these luminaries revolve in the sky in a circle, all of them arrayed crosswise and yet without confusion? And who makes them revolve, or do they revolve of themselves?
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VaP 1 51.4
एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामस्तन्नो निगद सत्तम्। भूतसम्मोहनन्त्वेतच्छ्रोतुमिच्छा प्रवर्त्तते
etadveditumicchāmastanno nigada sattam| bhūtasammohanantvetacchrotumicchā pravarttate
This we wish to know; tell us that, O best (of men). This is a thing that bewilders beings, and the wish to hear it arises (in us).
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VaP 1 51.5
।।सूत उवाच।। भूतसम्मोहनं ह्येतद् ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत। प्रत्यक्षमपि दृस्यं यत्तत् संमोहयते प्रजाः
||sūta uvāca|| bhūtasammohanaṃ hyetad bruvato me nibodhata| pratyakṣamapi dṛsyaṃ yattat saṃmohayate prajāḥ
Sūta said: Learn this from me as I speak—this bewilderment of beings; for even what is visible before the eyes bewilders creatures.
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VaP 1 51.6
योऽसौ चतुर्दिशं पुच्छे शिशुमारे व्यवस्थितः। उत्तानपादपुत्रोऽसौ मेढीभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि
yo'sau caturdiśaṃ pucche śiśumāre vyavasthitaḥ| uttānapādaputro'sau meḍhībhūto dhruvo divi
He who is stationed there in the tail of the Śiśumāra (dolphin constellation), facing the four directions—he is the son of Uttānapāda, Dhruva, become the central post in the sky.
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VaP 1 51.7
स हि भ्रमन् भ्रामयते चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहैः सह। भ्रमन्तमनुगच्छन्ति नक्षत्राणि च चक्रवत्
sa hi bhraman bhrāmayate candrādityau grahaiḥ saha| bhramantamanugacchanti nakṣatrāṇi ca cakravat
For he, revolving, makes the moon and the sun revolve together with the planets; and the lunar mansions follow him as he revolves, like a wheel.
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VaP 1 51.8
ध्रुवस्य मनसा चासौ सर्पते भगणः स्वयम्। सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ तारा नक्षत्राणि ग्रहैः सह
dhruvasya manasā cāsau sarpate bhagaṇaḥ svayam| sūryācandramasau tārā nakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha
And by Dhruva's will that host of stars moves of itself—the sun and moon, the stars, the lunar mansions, together with the planets.
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VaP 1 51.9
वातानीकमयैर्बन्धैर्ध्रुवे बद्धानि तानि वै। तेषां योगस्व भेदाश्च कालचारस्तथैव च
vātānīkamayairbandhairdhruve baddhāni tāni vai| teṣāṃ yogasva bhedāśca kālacārastathaiva ca
They are indeed bound to Dhruva by bonds made of arrays of wind; and their conjunctions, their separations, and likewise their courses in time,
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VaP 1 51.10
अस्तोदयौ तथोत्पाता अयने दक्षिणोत्तरे। विषुवद्ग्रहवर्णाश्च ध्रुवात्सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते
astodayau tathotpātā ayane dakṣiṇottare| viṣuvadgrahavarṇāśca dhruvātsarvaṃ pravarttate
their settings and risings, portents, the southern and northern solstitial courses, the equinox and the colours of the planets—all this proceeds from Dhruva.
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VaP 1 51.11
वर्षा घर्मो हिमं रात्रिः सन्ध्या चैव दिनं तथा । शुभाशुभं प्रजानाञ्च ध्रुवात्सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते
varṣā gharmo himaṃ rātriḥ sandhyā caiva dinaṃ tathā | śubhāśubhaṃ prajānāñca dhruvātsarvaṃ pravarttate
The rains, heat, frost, night, twilight and day likewise, and the good and ill fortune of creatures—all this proceeds from Dhruva.
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VaP 1 51.12
ध्रुवेणाधिकृतांश्चैव सूर्योऽपावृत्त्य तिष्ठति। तदेष दीप्तकिरणः स कालाग्निर्द्दिवाकरः
dhruveṇādhikṛtāṃścaiva sūryo'pāvṛttya tiṣṭhati| tadeṣa dīptakiraṇaḥ sa kālāgnirddivākaraḥ
And the sun, turning back, stands over those (regions) appointed by Dhruva; then this maker of day, with blazing rays, is the fire of time.
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VaP 1 51.13
परिवर्त्त क्रमाद्विप्रा भाभिरालोकयन् दिशः। सूर्यः किरणजालेन वायुयुक्तेन सर्वशः। जगतो जलमादत्ते कृत्स्नस्य द्विजसत्तमाः
parivartta kramādviprā bhābhirālokayan diśaḥ| sūryaḥ kiraṇajālena vāyuyuktena sarvaśaḥ| jagato jalamādatte kṛtsnasya dvijasattamāḥ
Turning in order, O brahmins, illuminating the directions with his beams, the sun with his net of rays joined with the wind takes up the water of the whole world on every side, O best of the twice-born.
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VaP 1 51.14
आधित्यपीतं सूर्याग्नेः सोमं संक्रमते जलम्। नाडीभिर्वायुयुक्ताभिर्लोकाधानं प्रवर्त्तते
ādhityapītaṃ sūryāgneḥ somaṃ saṃkramate jalam| nāḍībhirvāyuyuktābhirlokādhānaṃ pravarttate
The water drunk by the sun passes from the sun's fire into the moon; through channels joined with the wind the sustaining of the world proceeds.
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VaP 1 51.15
यत्सोमात् स्रवते सूर्यस्तदग्रेष्ववतिष्ठते। मेघा वायुनिघातेन विसृजन्ति जलम्भुवि
yatsomāt sravate sūryastadagreṣvavatiṣṭhate| meghā vāyunighātena visṛjanti jalambhuvi
What the sun causes to flow from the moon settles upon the tips (of the clouds); and the clouds, struck by the wind, release the water upon the earth.
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VaP 1 51.16
एकमुत्क्षिप्यते चैव पतते च पुनर्ज्जलम्। नानाप्रकारमुदकन्तदेव परिवर्त्तते
ekamutkṣipyate caiva patate ca punarjjalam| nānāprakāramudakantadeva parivarttate
One and the same water is drawn up and falls again; that very water circulates in many forms.
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VaP 1 51.17
सन्धारणार्थं भूतानां मायैषा विश्वनिर्मिता। अनया मायया व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
sandhāraṇārthaṃ bhūtānāṃ māyaiṣā viśvanirmitā| anayā māyayā vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
For the maintenance of beings this illusion has been fashioned as the universe; by this illusion the three worlds with all that moves and is still are pervaded.
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VaP 1 51.18
विश्वेशो लोककृद्देवः सहस्रांशुः प्रजापतिः। धाता कृत्स्नस्य लोकस्य प्रभु र्विष्णुर्दिवाकरः
viśveśo lokakṛddevaḥ sahasrāṃśuḥ prajāpatiḥ| dhātā kṛtsnasya lokasya prabhu rviṣṇurdivākaraḥ
The lord of all, the god who makes the worlds, the thousand-rayed, the lord of creatures, the ordainer of the entire world, the sovereign, Viṣṇu, the maker of day—
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VaP 1 51.19
सर्वलौकिकमम्भो वै यत्सोमान्नभसः स्नुतम्। सोमाधारं जगत्सर्वमेतत्तथ्यं प्रकीर्तितम्
sarvalaukikamambho vai yatsomānnabhasaḥ snutam| somādhāraṃ jagatsarvametattathyaṃ prakīrtitam
Indeed all the water of the world is what has trickled from the moon, from the sky; the whole world has the moon for its support—this is declared to be the truth.
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VaP 1 51.20
सूर्यादुष्णं निस्रवते सोमाच्छीतं प्रवर्त्तते। शीतोष्णवीर्यौ द्वावेतौ युक्तौ धारयतो जगत्
sūryāduṣṇaṃ nisravate somācchītaṃ pravarttate| śītoṣṇavīryau dvāvetau yuktau dhārayato jagat
From the sun heat flows forth, from the moon cold proceeds; these two potencies, cold and hot, joined together, uphold the world.
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VaP 1 51.21
सोमाधारा नदी गङ्गा पवित्रा विमलोदका। सोमपुत्रपुरोगाश्च महानद्यो द्विजोत्तमाः
somādhārā nadī gaṅgā pavitrā vimalodakā| somaputrapurogāśca mahānadyo dvijottamāḥ
The river Gaṅgā, pure and of clear water, has the moon for its support, and so do the great rivers headed by the moon's son, O best of the twice-born.
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VaP 1 51.22
सर्वभूतशरीरेषु आपो ह्यनुगताश्च याः । तेषु सन्दह्यमानेषु जङ्गमस्थावरेषु च। धूमभूतास्तु ता आपो निष्क्रामन्तीह सर्वशः
sarvabhūtaśarīreṣu āpo hyanugatāśca yāḥ | teṣu sandahyamāneṣu jaṅgamasthāvareṣu ca| dhūmabhūtāstu tā āpo niṣkrāmantīha sarvaśaḥ
And the waters that have entered into the bodies of all beings—when those beings, moving and unmoving, are burnt up, those waters become smoke and go out from here in every direction.
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VaP 1 51.23
तेन चाभ्राणि जायन्ते स्थानमत्राम्भसां स्मृतम् । आर्कन्तेजो हि भूतेभ्यो ह्यादत्ते रश्मिभिर्जलम्
tena cābhrāṇi jāyante sthānamatrāmbhasāṃ smṛtam | ārkantejo hi bhūtebhyo hyādatte raśmibhirjalam
By that the clouds come to be; the clouds are held to be the abode of the waters here. For the sun's heat takes up water from beings with its rays.
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VaP 1 51.24
समुद्राद्वायुसंयोगाद्वहन्त्यापो गभस्तयः। यतस्त्वृतुवशात् काले परिवर्त्तो दिवाकरः। यच्छत्यपो हि मेघेभ्यः शुक्लाः शुक्लगभस्तिभिः
samudrādvāyusaṃyogādvahantyāpo gabhastayaḥ| yatastvṛtuvaśāt kāle parivartto divākaraḥ| yacchatyapo hi meghebhyaḥ śuklāḥ śuklagabhastibhiḥ
The (sun's) rays carry up the waters from the ocean through their conjunction with the wind; and since the maker of day turns about in due time according to the seasons, he releases the waters to the clouds, white waters by his white rays.
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VaP 1 51.25
अभ्रस्था प्रपतन्त्यापो वायुना समुदीरिताः। सर्वभूतहितार्थाय वायुभिश्च समन्ततः
abhrasthā prapatantyāpo vāyunā samudīritāḥ| sarvabhūtahitārthāya vāyubhiśca samantataḥ
The waters that stand in the clouds fall down, driven forth by the wind, for the welfare of all beings, by the winds on every side.
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VaP 1 51.26
ततो वर्षति षण्मासान् सर्वभूतविवृद्धये। वायव्यं स्तनितञ्चैव वैद्युतञ्चाग्निसंभवम्
tato varṣati ṣaṇmāsān sarvabhūtavivṛddhaye| vāyavyaṃ stanitañcaiva vaidyutañcāgnisaṃbhavam
Then it rains for six months for the increase of all beings; the thundering is of the wind, and the lightning arises from fire.
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VaP 1 51.27
मेहनाच्च मिहेर्द्धातोर्मेघत्वं व्यञ्जयन्ति च। न भ्रश्यन्ति यतस्त्वापस्तदभ्रं कवयो विदुः
mehanācca miherddhātormeghatvaṃ vyañjayanti ca| na bhraśyanti yatastvāpastadabhraṃ kavayo viduḥ
And from the root 'mih', 'to make water', (the wise) declare their being 'megha' (cloud); and since the waters do not fall away from it, the seers know that as 'abhra'.
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VaP 1 51.28
मेघानां पुनरुत्पत्तिस्त्रिविधा योनिरुच्यते। आग्नेया ब्रह्मजाश्चैव पक्षजाश्च पृथग्विधाः। त्रिधा घनाः समाख्यातास्तेषां वक्ष्यामि सम्भवम्
meghānāṃ punarutpattistrividhā yonirucyate| āgneyā brahmajāścaiva pakṣajāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ| tridhā ghanāḥ samākhyātāsteṣāṃ vakṣyāmi sambhavam
Again, the origin of clouds is said to be of three kinds as to source: fire-born, born of Brahmā, and wing-born, each of a distinct kind. The clouds are declared to be of three sorts; I shall tell of their arising.
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VaP 1 51.29
आग्नेयास्त्वर्णजाः प्रोक्तास्तेषां तस्मात् प्रवर्त्तनम्। शीतदुर्दिनवाता ये स्वगुणास्ते व्यवस्थिताः
āgneyāstvarṇajāḥ proktāsteṣāṃ tasmāt pravarttanam| śītadurdinavātā ye svaguṇāste vyavasthitāḥ
The fire-born are said to be born of (?) — from that comes their activity; the cold, foul-weather winds that there are, those are established as their own qualities.
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VaP 1 51.30
महिषाश्च वराहाश्च मत्तमातङ्गगामिनः। भूत्वा धरणिमभ्येत्य विचरन्ति रमन्ति च
mahiṣāśca varāhāśca mattamātaṅgagāminaḥ| bhūtvā dharaṇimabhyetya vicaranti ramanti ca
And having become buffaloes and boars, moving like intoxicated elephants, they approach the earth and roam and take their pleasure.
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VaP 1 51.31
जीमूता नाम ते मेघा एतेभ्यो जीवसम्भवाः। विद्युद्गुणविहीनाश्च जलधारावलम्बिनः
jīmūtā nāma te meghā etebhyo jīvasambhavāḥ| vidyudguṇavihīnāśca jaladhārāvalambinaḥ
Those clouds are called Jīmūtas; from them arises life. They are devoid of the property of lightning, and they hang down with streams of water.
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VaP 1 51.32
मूका घना महाकाया प्रवाहस्य वशानुगाः। क्रोशमात्राच्च वर्षन्ति क्रोशार्द्धादपि वा पुनः
mūkā ghanā mahākāyā pravāhasya vaśānugāḥ| krośamātrācca varṣanti krośārddhādapi vā punaḥ
Mute, dense, of great bulk, following the sway of the (wind called) Pravāha, they rain from a mere krośa's height, or again from half a krośa.
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VaP 1 51.33
पर्वताग्रनितम्बेषु वर्षन्ति च रमन्ति च। बलाकागर्भदाश्चैव बलाकागर्भधारिणः
parvatāgranitambeṣu varṣanti ca ramanti ca| balākāgarbhadāścaiva balākāgarbhadhāriṇaḥ
They rain upon the slopes and peaks of the mountains and take their pleasure there; and they are givers of the embryo to the cranes, and bearers of the cranes' embryos.
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VaP 1 51.34
ब्रह्मजानाम ते मेघा ब्रह्मनिःश्वाससम्भवाः। ते हि विद्युद्गुणोपेताः स्तनयन्ति स्वनप्रियाः
brahmajānāma te meghā brahmaniḥśvāsasambhavāḥ| te hi vidyudguṇopetāḥ stanayanti svanapriyāḥ
Those clouds are called Brahmaja, arisen from Brahmā's breath; endowed with the property of lightning, they thunder, being fond of sound.
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VaP 1 51.35
तेषां शब्दप्रणादेन भूमिः स्वाङ्गरुहोद्घमा। राज्ञी राज्ञाभिषिक्तेव पुनर्यौवनमश्रुते। तेष्वियं प्रीतिमासक्ता भूतानां जीवितोद्भवा
teṣāṃ śabdapraṇādena bhūmiḥ svāṅgaruhodghamā| rājñī rājñābhiṣikteva punaryauvanamaśrute| teṣviyaṃ prītimāsaktā bhūtānāṃ jīvitodbhavā
At the roaring of their sound the earth puts forth the growths of her own body, and like a queen consecrated by a king she attains youth again; she, the source of the life of beings, is attached with delight to them.
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VaP 1 51.36
जीमूता नाम ते मेघास्तेभ्यो जीवस्य सम्भवः। द्वितीयं प्रवहं वायुं मेघास्ते तु समाश्रिताः
jīmūtā nāma te meghāstebhyo jīvasya sambhavaḥ| dvitīyaṃ pravahaṃ vāyuṃ meghāste tu samāśritāḥ
Those clouds are called Jīmūtas; from them is the arising of life. But those clouds have resorted to the second wind, the Pravaha.
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VaP 1 51.37
एते योजनमात्राच्च सार्द्धार्द्धान्निष्कृतादपि। वृष्टिसर्गस्तथा तेषां धारासाराः प्रकीर्त्तिताः। पुष्करावर्त्तका नाम ये मेघाः पक्षसम्भवाः
ete yojanamātrācca sārddhārddhānniṣkṛtādapi| vṛṣṭisargastathā teṣāṃ dhārāsārāḥ prakīrttitāḥ| puṣkarāvarttakā nāma ye meghāḥ pakṣasambhavāḥ
These (rain) from a yojana's measure, and from one and a half, and from a half, and even from a niṣkṛta; and their pouring of rain is declared to be in torrents of streams. Those clouds which arise from wings are called Puṣkarāvartakas.
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VaP 1 51.38
शक्रेण पक्षाश्छिन्ना ये पर्वतानां महोजसाम्। कामगानां प्रवृद्धानां भूतानां शिवमिच्छता
śakreṇa pakṣāśchinnā ye parvatānāṃ mahojasām| kāmagānāṃ pravṛddhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ śivamicchatā
Their wings were cut off by Śakra — the wings of the mountains of great might, which moved at will and had grown large — by him who wished the welfare of beings.
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VaP 1 51.39
पुष्करा नाम ते मेघा बृहन्तस्तोय मत्सराः। पुष्करावर्त्तकास्तेन कारणेनेह शब्दिताः
puṣkarā nāma te meghā bṛhantastoya matsarāḥ| puṣkarāvarttakāstena kāraṇeneha śabditāḥ
Those clouds are called Puṣkaras, vast and grudging of their water; for that reason they are here named Puṣkarāvartakas.
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VaP 1 51.40
नानारूपधराश्चैव महाघोरतराश्च ते। कल्पान्तवृष्टेः स्रष्टारः संवर्त्ताग्नेर्नियामकाः
nānārūpadharāścaiva mahāghoratarāśca te| kalpāntavṛṣṭeḥ sraṣṭāraḥ saṃvarttāgnerniyāmakāḥ
And they take on many forms and are exceedingly terrible; they are the producers of the rain at the end of the kalpa, and the restrainers of the fire of destruction.
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VaP 1 51.41
वर्षन्त्येते युगान्तेषु तृतीयास्ते प्रकीर्त्तिताः। अनेकरूपसंस्थानाः पूरयन्तो महीतलम् । वायुं परं वहन्तः स्युराश्रिताः कल्पसाधकाः
varṣantyete yugānteṣu tṛtīyāste prakīrttitāḥ| anekarūpasaṃsthānāḥ pūrayanto mahītalam | vāyuṃ paraṃ vahantaḥ syurāśritāḥ kalpasādhakāḥ
These rain at the ends of the yugas; they are declared to be the third kind. Of manifold forms and configurations, filling the surface of the earth, they abide resorting to the highest wind, the Vahat (?), and they accomplish the kalpa.
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VaP 1 51.42
यान्यस्याण्डकपालस्य प्राकृतस्याभवंस्तदा। तस्माद्ब्रह्मा समुत्पन्नश्चतुर्वक्त्रः स्वयम्भुवः। तान्येवाण्डकपालस्य सर्वे मेघाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
yānyasyāṇḍakapālasya prākṛtasyābhavaṃstadā| tasmādbrahmā samutpannaścaturvaktraḥ svayambhuvaḥ| tānyevāṇḍakapālasya sarve meghāḥ prakīrttitāḥ
Those (clouds) which then belonged to this shell of the primordial egg — from which was born Brahmā of four faces, the self-existent — just those, of the eggshell, are declared to be all the clouds.
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VaP 1 51.43
तेषामाप्यायनं धूमः सर्वेषामविशेषतः । तेषां श्रेष्ठस्तु पर्ज्जन्यश्चत्वारश्चैव दिग्गजाः
teṣāmāpyāyanaṃ dhūmaḥ sarveṣāmaviśeṣataḥ | teṣāṃ śreṣṭhastu parjjanyaścatvāraścaiva diggajāḥ
Smoke is what swells all of them, without distinction; but the foremost among them is Parjanya, and the four elephants of the quarters.
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VaP 1 51.44
गजानां पर्वतानाञ्च मेघानां भोगिभिः सह। कुलमेकं पृथग्भूतं योनिरेका जलं स्मृतम्
gajānāṃ parvatānāñca meghānāṃ bhogibhiḥ saha| kulamekaṃ pṛthagbhūtaṃ yonirekā jalaṃ smṛtam
Of elephants, of mountains, and of clouds together with the serpents, the family is one though it has become separate; their single origin is said to be water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 51.45
पर्जन्यो दिग्गजाश्चैव हेमन्ते शीतसम्भवाः। तुषारवृष्टिं वर्षन्ति सर्वसस्यविवृद्धये
parjanyo diggajāścaiva hemante śītasambhavāḥ| tuṣāravṛṣṭiṃ varṣanti sarvasasyavivṛddhaye
Parjanya and the elephants of the quarters, being productive of cold in winter, rain down a rain of frost for the growth of all the crops.
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VaP 1 51.46
श्रेष्ठः परिवहो नाम तेषां वायुरपाश्रयः। योऽसौ बिभर्त्ति भगवान् गङ्गामाकाशगोचराम्। दिव्यामतिजलां पुण्यां विद्यां स्वर्गपथिस्थिताम्
śreṣṭhaḥ parivaho nāma teṣāṃ vāyurapāśrayaḥ| yo'sau bibhartti bhagavān gaṅgāmākāśagocarām| divyāmatijalāṃ puṇyāṃ vidyāṃ svargapathisthitām
The foremost of them is the wind named Parivaha, on which (they) depend — that lord who bears the Gaṅgā that ranges in the sky, the divine one with abundant water, holy, known (as vidyā), established on the path of heaven.
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VaP 1 51.47
तस्याविष्पन्दजन्तोयं दिग्गजाः पृथुभिः करैः। शीकरं सम्प्रमुञ्चन्ति नीहार इति स स्मृतः
tasyāviṣpandajantoyaṃ diggajāḥ pṛthubhiḥ karaiḥ| śīkaraṃ sampramuñcanti nīhāra iti sa smṛtaḥ
That water of hers, produced by (her) splashing, the elephants of the quarters release as spray with their broad trunks; that is known as mist.
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VaP 1 51.48
दक्षिणेन गिरिर्योऽसौ हेमकूट इति स्मृतः। उदग् हिमवतः शैलादुत्तरस्य च दक्षिणे। पुण्ड्रं नाम समाख्यातं नगरं तत्र वै स्मृतम्
dakṣiṇena giriryo'sau hemakūṭa iti smṛtaḥ| udag himavataḥ śailāduttarasya ca dakṣiṇe| puṇḍraṃ nāma samākhyātaṃ nagaraṃ tatra vai smṛtam
That mountain which lies to the south is known as Hemakūṭa; north of the Himavat mountain and south of the northern one, there is said to be a city named Puṇḍra.
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VaP 1 51.49
तस्मिन्निपतितं वर्षं यत्तुषारसमुद्भवम् । ततस्तदावहो वायुर्हिमशैलात् समुद्वहन्। आनयत्यात्मयोगेन सिञ्चमानो महागिरिम्
tasminnipatitaṃ varṣaṃ yattuṣārasamudbhavam | tatastadāvaho vāyurhimaśailāt samudvahan| ānayatyātmayogena siñcamāno mahāgirim
The rain that has fallen there, which arises from frost — then that wind Āvaha, carrying it up from the snowy mountain, brings it by its own power, drenching the great mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 51.50
हिमवन्तमतिक्रम्य वृष्टिशेषं ततः परम्। इहाभ्येति ततः पश्चादपरान्तविवृद्धये
himavantamatikramya vṛṣṭiśeṣaṃ tataḥ param| ihābhyeti tataḥ paścādaparāntavivṛddhaye
Having passed beyond the Himavat, the remainder of the rain then goes on further; afterwards it comes here, for the increase of the western regions.
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VaP 1 51.51
मेघावाप्यायतश्चैव सर्वमेतत् प्रकीर्त्तितम् । सूर्य एव तु वृष्टिनां स्रष्टा समुपदिश्यते
meghāvāpyāyataścaiva sarvametat prakīrttitam | sūrya eva tu vṛṣṭināṃ sraṣṭā samupadiśyate
And thus all this has been declared about the filling up of the clouds; but the sun alone is taught to be the creator of the rains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 51.52
ध्रुवेणा वेष्टितः सूर्यस्ताभ्यां वृष्टिः प्रवर्त्तते। ध्रुवेणावेष्टितो वायुर्वृष्टिं संहरते पुनः
dhruveṇā veṣṭitaḥ sūryastābhyāṃ vṛṣṭiḥ pravarttate| dhruveṇāveṣṭito vāyurvṛṣṭiṃ saṃharate punaḥ
The sun is encircled by Dhruva; from those two the rain proceeds. The wind, encircled by Dhruva, again draws the rain back.
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VaP 1 51.53
ग्रहान्निःसृत्य सूर्यात्तु कृत्स्ने नक्षत्रमण्डले । वारस्यान्ते विशत्यर्कं ध्रुवेण परिवेष्टितम्
grahānniḥsṛtya sūryāttu kṛtsne nakṣatramaṇḍale | vārasyānte viśatyarkaṃ dhruveṇa pariveṣṭitam
Going out from the sun to the planets in the whole circle of the asterisms, at the end of its turn it enters the sun, which is encircled by Dhruva.
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VaP 1 51.54
अतः सूर्यरथस्याथ सन्निवेशं निबोधत। संस्थितैनैकचक्रेण पञ्चारेण त्रिनाभिना
ataḥ sūryarathasyātha sanniveśaṃ nibodhata| saṃsthitainaikacakreṇa pañcāreṇa trinābhinā
Now, next, learn the arrangement of the sun's chariot: it is fixed with one wheel, with five spokes, with three hubs.
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VaP 1 51.55
हिरण्मयेन भगवान् पर्वणा तु महौजसा। नष्टवर्त्मान्धकारेण षट्प्रकारैकनेमिना। चक्रेण भास्वता सूर्यः स्यन्दनेन प्रसर्प्पति
hiraṇmayena bhagavān parvaṇā tu mahaujasā| naṣṭavartmāndhakāreṇa ṣaṭprakāraikaneminā| cakreṇa bhāsvatā sūryaḥ syandanena prasarppati
With a joint made of gold and of great power, with its darkness whose track is destroyed, with a single rim of six kinds — with that shining wheel the lord Sun moves along on his car.
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VaP 1 51.56
दश योजनसाहस्रो विस्तारायामतः स्मृतः। द्विगुणोऽस्य रथोपस्थादीषादण्डप्रमाणतः
daśa yojanasāhasro vistārāyāmataḥ smṛtaḥ| dviguṇo'sya rathopasthādīṣādaṇḍapramāṇataḥ
It is said to be ten thousand yojanas in breadth and in length; twice that, measured from the chariot's floor, is the measure of the pole-shaft.
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VaP 1 51.57
स तस्य ब्रह्मणा सृष्टो रथो ह्यर्थवशेन तु। असङ्गः काञ्चनो दिव्यो युक्तः परमगैर्हयैः
sa tasya brahmaṇā sṛṣṭo ratho hyarthavaśena tu| asaṅgaḥ kāñcano divyo yuktaḥ paramagairhayaiḥ
That chariot of his was created by Brahmā for a purpose: unattached, golden, divine, yoked with the highest horses.
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VaP 1 51.58
छन्दोभिर्वाजिरूपैस्तु यतः शुक्रस्ततः स्थितः। वरुणस्यन्दनस्तेह लक्षणैः सदृशस्तु सः। ते नाऽसौ सर्पतिव्योम्नि भास्वता तु दिवाकरः
chandobhirvājirūpaistu yataḥ śukrastataḥ sthitaḥ| varuṇasyandanasteha lakṣaṇaiḥ sadṛśastu saḥ| te nā'sau sarpativyomni bhāsvatā tu divākaraḥ
With the metres in the form of horses; where Śukra is, there it stands. Here Varuṇa's car is like it in its marks; by it the maker of day moves shining in the sky.
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VaP 1 51.59
अथेमानि तु सूर्यस्य प्रत्यङ्गानि रथस्य तु। संवत्सरस्यावयवैः कल्पितानि यथा क्रमम्
athemāni tu sūryasya pratyaṅgāni rathasya tu| saṃvatsarasyāvayavaiḥ kalpitāni yathā kramam
Now these are the several parts of the Sun's chariot, fashioned in due order out of the members of the year.
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VaP 1 51.60
अहस्तु नाभिः सूर्यस्य एकचक्रः स वै स्मृतः। आराः पञ्चर्त्तवस्तस्य नेमिः षढृतवः स्मृताः
ahastu nābhiḥ sūryasya ekacakraḥ sa vai smṛtaḥ| ārāḥ pañcarttavastasya nemiḥ ṣaḍhṛtavaḥ smṛtāḥ
The day is the hub of the Sun — that (chariot) is said to have a single wheel; its spokes are the five (seasons), and its rim is said to be the six seasons.
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VaP 1 51.61
रथनीडः स्मृतो ह्यब्दस्त्वयने कूबरावुभौ । मुहूर्ता बन्धुरास्तस्य शम्या तस्य कलाः स्मृताः
rathanīḍaḥ smṛto hyabdastvayane kūbarāvubhau | muhūrtā bandhurāstasya śamyā tasya kalāḥ smṛtāḥ
The year is said to be the chariot's body, and the two halves of the year are the two poles; the muhūrtas are its fittings, and the kalās are said to be its yoke-pin.
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VaP 1 51.62
तस्य काष्ठाः स्मृता घोणा ईषादण्डः क्षणांस्तु वै। निमेषाश्चानुकर्षोऽस्य ईषा चास्य लवाः स्मृताः
tasya kāṣṭhāḥ smṛtā ghoṇā īṣādaṇḍaḥ kṣaṇāṃstu vai| nimeṣāścānukarṣo'sya īṣā cāsya lavāḥ smṛtāḥ
The kāṣṭhās are said to be its nose-piece, the kṣaṇas the pole-shaft; the nimeṣas are its under-carriage, and the lavas are said to be its pole.
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VaP 1 51.63
रात्रिर्वरूथो घर्मोऽस्य ध्वज ऊर्द्ध्वसमुच्छ्रितः। युगाक्षकोटी ते तस्य अर्थकामावुभौ स्मृतौ
rātrirvarūtho gharmo'sya dhvaja ūrddhvasamucchritaḥ| yugākṣakoṭī te tasya arthakāmāvubhau smṛtau
Night is its guard-rail (frame), the heat is its banner raised on high; and those two tips of its yoke and axle are held to be both Purpose (artha) and Desire (kāma).
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VaP 1 51.64
सप्ताश्वरूपाश्छन्दांसि वहन्ते वामतो धुराम्। गायत्री चैव त्रिष्टुप् च अनुष्टुब् जगती तथा
saptāśvarūpāśchandāṃsi vahante vāmato dhurām| gāyatrī caiva triṣṭup ca anuṣṭub jagatī tathā
The metres, in the form of seven horses, draw the pole from the left: Gāyatrī, and Triṣṭubh, Anuṣṭubh and Jagatī,
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VaP 1 51.65
पङ्क्तिश्च बृहती चैव उष्णिक् चैव तु सप्तमम्। अक्षे चक्रं निबद्धन्तु ध्रुवे त्वक्षः समर्पितः
paṅktiśca bṛhatī caiva uṣṇik caiva tu saptamam| akṣe cakraṃ nibaddhantu dhruve tvakṣaḥ samarpitaḥ
and Paṅkti, and Bṛhatī, and Uṣṇih as the seventh. The wheel is fastened to the axle, and the axle is fixed upon Dhruva (the polar star).
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VaP 1 51.66
सहचक्रो भ्रमत्यक्षः सहाक्षो भ्रमति ध्रुवः। अक्षः सहैव चक्रेण भ्रमतेऽसौ ध्रुवेरितः
sahacakro bhramatyakṣaḥ sahākṣo bhramati dhruvaḥ| akṣaḥ sahaiva cakreṇa bhramate'sau dhruveritaḥ
Together with the wheel the axle turns; together with the axle Dhruva turns; the axle, along with the wheel, turns as it is set in motion by Dhruva.
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VaP 1 51.67
एवमर्थ वशात्तस्य सन्निवेशो रथस्य तु। तथा संयोगभागेन संसिद्धो भास्वरो रथः
evamartha vaśāttasya sanniveśo rathasya tu| tathā saṃyogabhāgena saṃsiddho bhāsvaro rathaḥ
Thus, according to (its) purpose, is the arrangement of that chariot; and so, by the fitting together of its parts, the shining chariot is made complete.
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VaP 1 51.68
तेनाऽसौ तरणिर्देवस्तरसा सर्पते दिवि। युगाक्षकोटिसम्बद्धौ रश्मी द्वौ स्यन्दनस्य हि
tenā'sau taraṇirdevastarasā sarpate divi| yugākṣakoṭisambaddhau raśmī dvau syandanasya hi
By it that god, the Sun (taraṇi), glides swiftly through the sky; for the two reins of the vehicle are bound to the tips of the yoke and axle.
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VaP 1 51.69
ध्रुवेण भ्रमतो रश्मी विचक्रयुगयोस्तु वै। भ्रमतो मण्डलानि स्युः खेचरस्य रथस्य तु
dhruveṇa bhramato raśmī vicakrayugayostu vai| bhramato maṇḍalāni syuḥ khecarasya rathasya tu
The two reins, turning by (the agency of) Dhruva, belonging to the two wheels and the yoke, as they turn, would form the circular courses of the sky-travelling chariot.
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VaP 1 51.70
युगाक्षकोटी ते तस्य दक्षिणे स्यन्दनस्य तु। ध्रुवेण संगृहीते वै द्विचक्रश्वेतरज्जुवत्
yugākṣakoṭī te tasya dakṣiṇe syandanasya tu| dhruveṇa saṃgṛhīte vai dvicakraśvetarajjuvat
Those tips of the yoke and axle of his vehicle are on the right, and they are held fast by Dhruva, as if by a white rope upon the two wheels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 51.71
भ्रमन्तमनुगच्छेतां ध्रुवं रश्मी तु तावुभौ । युगाक्ष कोटी ते तस्य वातोर्मी स्यन्दनस्य तु
bhramantamanugacchetāṃ dhruvaṃ raśmī tu tāvubhau | yugākṣa koṭī te tasya vātormī syandanasya tu
Both those reins follow Dhruva as he turns; those tips of the yoke and axle of his vehicle are the two wind-currents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 51.72
कीलासक्तो यथा रज्जुर्भ्रमते सर्वतो दिशम्। ह्रसतस्तस्य रश्मी तौ मण्डलेषूत्तरायणे
kīlāsakto yathā rajjurbhramate sarvato diśam| hrasatastasya raśmī tau maṇḍaleṣūttarāyaṇe
As a rope tied to a peg swings around in every direction, so those two reins of his grow short in the circuits during the northern course,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 51.73
वर्द्धेते दक्षिणे चैव भ्रमतो मण्डलानि तु। ध्रुवेण संगृहीतौ तु रस्मी वै नयतो रविम्
varddhete dakṣiṇe caiva bhramato maṇḍalāni tu| dhruveṇa saṃgṛhītau tu rasmī vai nayato ravim
and they grow long in the southern (course), as he turns through the circuits; and the two reins, held fast by Dhruva, lead the sun along.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 51.74
आकृष्येते यदा तौ वै ध्रुवेण समधिष्ठितौ। तदा सोऽभ्यन्तरं सूर्यो भ्रमते मण्डलानि तु
ākṛṣyete yadā tau vai dhruveṇa samadhiṣṭhitau| tadā so'bhyantaraṃ sūryo bhramate maṇḍalāni tu
When those two, governed by Dhruva, are drawn in, then that sun turns through the inner circuits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 51.75
अशीतिमण्डलशतं काष्ठयोरुभयोश्चरन् । ध्रुवेण मुच्यमानाभ्यां रश्मिभ्यां पुनरेव तु
aśītimaṇḍalaśataṃ kāṣṭhayorubhayoścaran | dhruveṇa mucyamānābhyāṃ raśmibhyāṃ punareva tu
Moving through one hundred and eighty circuits at both of the turning-points, and then again, when the reins are released by Dhruva,
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VaP 1 51.76
तथैव बाह्यतः सूर्यो भ्रमते मण्डलानि तु। उद्वेष्टयन् स वेगेन मण्डलानि तु गच्छति
tathaiva bāhyataḥ sūryo bhramate maṇḍalāni tu| udveṣṭayan sa vegena maṇḍalāni tu gacchati
just so the sun turns through the circuits on the outer side; and unwinding (the reins), he goes through the circuits with speed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition