Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 6
VaP 1 6.1
।।सूत उवाच।। आपो ह्यग्नेः समभवन्नष्टेऽग्नौ पृथिवीतले। सान्तरालैकलीनेऽस्मान्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे
||sūta uvāca|| āpo hyagneḥ samabhavannaṣṭe'gnau pṛthivītale| sāntarālaikalīne'smānnaṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame
Sūta said: Water indeed came into being from fire, when the fire on the surface of the earth was destroyed, when this (world), together with the intermediate regions, had been dissolved into one, and the moving and unmoving had perished.
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VaP 1 6.2
एकार्णवे तदा तस्मिन् न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन। तदा स भगवान् ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
ekārṇave tadā tasmin na prājñāyata kiñcana| tadā sa bhagavān brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
Then, in that single ocean, nothing whatever could be discerned; then that lord Brahmā, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed,
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VaP 1 6.3
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णोऽह्यतीन्द्रियः। ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यः स सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇo'hyatīndriyaḥ| brahmā nārāyaṇākhyaḥ sa suṣvāpa salile tadā
thousand-headed, the Person, gold-coloured, beyond the senses — that Brahmā, called Nārāyaṇa, slept then upon the water.
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VaP 1 6.4
सत्त्वोद्रेकात् प्रबुद्धस्तु शून्यं लोकमुदीक्ष्य सः। इमं चोदाहरन्त्यत्र श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति
sattvodrekāt prabuddhastu śūnyaṃ lokamudīkṣya saḥ| imaṃ codāharantyatra ślokaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prati
But awakening through the predominance of sattva, and beholding the world empty, he (acted); and here they recite this verse concerning Nārāyaṇa:
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VaP 1 6.5
आपो नारा वै तनव इत्यपां नाम शुश्रुमः। अप्सु शेते च यत्तस्मात्तेन नारायणः स्मृतः
āpo nārā vai tanava ityapāṃ nāma śuśrumaḥ| apsu śete ca yattasmāttena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
"The waters are called nārā, being (his) bodies" — thus we have heard the name of the waters; and because he lies in the waters, therefore he is called Nārāyaṇa.
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VaP 1 6.6
तुल्यं युगसहस्रस्य नैशं कालमुपास्य सः। शर्वर्यन्ते प्रकुरुते ब्रह्मत्वं सर्गकारणात्
tulyaṃ yugasahasrasya naiśaṃ kālamupāsya saḥ| śarvaryante prakurute brahmatvaṃ sargakāraṇāt
Having passed a night-time equal to a thousand yugas, at the end of the night he assumes Brahmā-hood for the sake of creation.
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VaP 1 6.7
ब्रह्मा तु सलिले तस्मिन् वायुर्भूत्वा तदाचरत्। निशायामिव खद्योतः प्रावृट्काले ततस्ततः
brahmā tu salile tasmin vāyurbhūtvā tadācarat| niśāyāmiva khadyotaḥ prāvṛṭkāle tatastataḥ
But Brahmā, becoming wind, moved about there on that water, here and there, like a firefly in the night in the rainy season.
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VaP 1 6.8
ततस्तु सलिले तस्मिन् विज्ञायान्तर्गतां महीम्। अनुमानादसंमूढो भूमेरुद्धरणं प्रति
tatastu salile tasmin vijñāyāntargatāṃ mahīm| anumānādasaṃmūḍho bhūmeruddharaṇaṃ prati
Then, having recognized the earth gone down within that water, unbewildered by (his) inference concerning the raising up of the earth,
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VaP 1 6.9
अकरोत् स तनुं त्वन्यां कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा। ततो महात्मा मनसा दिव्यं रूपमचिन्तयत्
akarot sa tanuṃ tvanyāṃ kalpādiṣu yathā purā| tato mahātmā manasā divyaṃ rūpamacintayat
he made yet another body, as before at the beginnings of kalpas; then the great-souled one pondered in his mind a divine form.
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VaP 1 6.10
सलिलेनाप्लुतां भूमिं दृष्ट्वा स तु समन्ततः। किन्नु रूपं महत् कृत्वा उद्धरेयमहं महीम्
salilenāplutāṃ bhūmiṃ dṛṣṭvā sa tu samantataḥ| kinnu rūpaṃ mahat kṛtvā uddhareyamahaṃ mahīm
Seeing the earth flooded with water on every side, (he thought:) "By making what great form might I raise up the earth?"
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VaP 1 6.11
जलक्रीडासु रुचिरं वाराहं रूपमस्मरत्। अधृष्यं सर्व्वभूतानां वाङ्मयं धर्मसंज्ञितम्
jalakrīḍāsu ruciraṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamasmarat| adhṛṣyaṃ sarvvabhūtānāṃ vāṅmayaṃ dharmasaṃjñitam
He called to mind the boar form, delightful in water-sports, unassailable by all beings, made of sacred speech, known as dharma —
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VaP 1 6.12
दशयोजनविस्तींर्ण शतयोजनमुच्छ्रितम्। नीलमेघप्रतीकाशं मेघस्तनितनिःस्वनम्
daśayojanavistīṃrṇa śatayojanamucchritam| nīlameghapratīkāśaṃ meghastanitaniḥsvanam
ten yojanas broad, a hundred yojanas tall, resembling a dark blue cloud, its voice the thundering of clouds,
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VaP 1 6.13
महापर्व्वतवर्ष्माणं श्वेतं तीक्ष्णोग्रदंष्ट्रिणम्। विद्युदग्निप्रकाशाक्षमादित्यसमतेजसम्
mahāparvvatavarṣmāṇaṃ śvetaṃ tīkṣṇogradaṃṣṭriṇam| vidyudagniprakāśākṣamādityasamatejasam
Of the bulk of a great mountain, white, with sharp and terrible tusks, with eyes blazing like lightning-fire, with splendour equal to the sun's,
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VaP 1 6.14
पीनवृत्तायतस्कन्धं सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनम्। पीनोन्नतकटीदेशं सुश्लक्ष्णं शुभलक्षणम्
pīnavṛttāyataskandhaṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam| pīnonnatakaṭīdeśaṃ suślakṣṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam
With thick, round, broad shoulders, moving with the stride of a lion, with a thick and raised hip region, very smooth, of auspicious marks,
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VaP 1 6.15
रूपमास्थाय विपुलं वाराहममितं हरिः। पृथिव्युद्धरणार्थाय प्रविवेश रसातलम्
rūpamāsthāya vipulaṃ vārāhamamitaṃ hariḥ| pṛthivyuddharaṇārthāya praviveśa rasātalam
Having assumed the vast, immeasurable boar-form, Hari entered the nether region (rasātala) for the sake of lifting up the earth.
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VaP 1 6.16
स वेदवाद्युपद्रष्टा क्रतुवक्षाश्चितीमुखः। अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः
sa vedavādyupadraṣṭā kratuvakṣāścitīmukhaḥ| agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ
He was the beholder of the Veda-utterances, his chest the sacrifice, his face the fire-altar, his tongue the fire, his hairs the darbha grass, his head the brahman (or: the Brahmā priest), of great austerity;
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VaP 1 6.17
अहोरात्रेक्षणधरो वेदाङ्गश्रुतिभूषणः। आज्यनासः स्रुवतुण्डः सामघोषस्वनो महान्
ahorātrekṣaṇadharo vedāṅgaśrutibhūṣaṇaḥ| ājyanāsaḥ sruvatuṇḍaḥ sāmaghoṣasvano mahān
Holding day and night as his (two) eyes, the Vedāṅgas and the Śruti his ornaments, his nose the clarified butter, his snout the sacrificial ladle, his voice the sound of the Sāman chant, he the great one;
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VaP 1 6.18
सत्यधर्ममयः श्रीमान् धर्म्मविक्रमसंस्थितः। प्रायश्चित्तरतो घोरः पशुजानुर्महाकृति
satyadharmamayaḥ śrīmān dharmmavikramasaṃsthitaḥ| prāyaścittarato ghoraḥ paśujānurmahākṛti
Made of true dharma, glorious, established in the might of dharma, devoted to expiation, terrible, his knees the sacrificial victims, of huge form;
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VaP 1 6.19
ऊर्द्ध्वगात्रो होमलिङ्गः स्थानबीजो महौषधिः। वेद्यान्तरात्मा मन्त्रस्फिगाज्यस्पृक् सोमशोणितः
ūrddhvagātro homaliṅgaḥ sthānabījo mahauṣadhiḥ| vedyāntarātmā mantrasphigājyaspṛk somaśoṇitaḥ
His body upraised, his phallus the oblation, his seed(?) the (sacrificial) station, the great herb, his inner self the altar, his hips the mantras, touching the ghee, his blood the soma;
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VaP 1 6.20
- पा.भे. वेदस्कन्धो हविर्गन्धो हव्यकव्यातिवेगवान्। प्राग्वंशकायो द्युतिमान्नानादीक्षाभिरन्वितः
- pā.bhe. vedaskandho havirgandho havyakavyātivegavān| prāgvaṃśakāyo dyutimānnānādīkṣābhiranvitaḥ
— variant reading: his shoulder the Veda, his smell the oblation, of great speed in (carrying) offerings to gods and ancestors, his body the prāgvaṃśa (sacrificial hall), radiant, attended by the various consecrations;
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VaP 1 6.21
दक्षिणाहृदयो योगी महासत्रमयो विभुः। उपाकर्मेष्टिरुचिरः प्रवर्ग्यवित्तभूषणः
dakṣiṇāhṛdayo yogī mahāsatramayo vibhuḥ| upākarmeṣṭiruciraḥ pravargyavittabhūṣaṇaḥ
His heart the sacrificial fee, a yogin, consisting of the great sacrifice, the all-pervading one, delighting in the upākarma rite and the iṣṭi, his ornament the knowledge of the pravargya;
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VaP 1 6.22
नानाच्छन्दोगतिपथो गुह्योपनिषदासनः। छायापत्नीसहायो वै मणिश्रृङ्ग इवोच्छ्रितः। भूत्वा यज्ञवराहो वै अपः स प्राविशत् प्रभुः
nānācchandogatipatho guhyopaniṣadāsanaḥ| chāyāpatnīsahāyo vai maṇiśrṛṅga ivocchritaḥ| bhūtvā yajñavarāho vai apaḥ sa prāviśat prabhuḥ
His paths the courses of the various metres, his seat the secret Upaniṣads, accompanied by his wife Chāyā, upraised like a jewelled peak — having become the sacrificial boar, the Lord entered the waters.
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VaP 1 6.23
अद्भिः संछादितामुर्वीं स तामश्नन् प्रजापतिः। उपगम्योज्जहाराशु अपस्ताश्च स विन्यसत्
adbhiḥ saṃchāditāmurvīṃ sa tāmaśnan prajāpatiḥ| upagamyojjahārāśu apastāśca sa vinyasat
That Prajāpati, consuming (or: cleaving) the earth covered over by the waters, having approached it swiftly lifted it up, and he set those waters in their places:
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VaP 1 6.24
सामुद्रीर्वै समुद्रेषु नादेयीश्च नदीष्वथ। रसातलतले मग्नां रसातलतले गताम्। प्रभुर्ल्लोकहितार्थाय दंष्ट्रयाभ्युज्जहार गाम्
sāmudrīrvai samudreṣu nādeyīśca nadīṣvatha| rasātalatale magnāṃ rasātalatale gatām| prabhurllokahitārthāya daṃṣṭrayābhyujjahāra gām
The ocean-waters in the oceans, and the river-waters in the rivers; the earth, sunk down to the floor of the nether region, gone to the floor of the nether region — the Lord, for the good of the worlds, lifted the earth up with his tusk.
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VaP 1 6.25
ततः स्वस्थानमानीय पृथिवीं पृथिवीकरः। मुमोच पूर्वं मनसा धारयित्वा धराधरः
tataḥ svasthānamānīya pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīkaraḥ| mumoca pūrvaṃ manasā dhārayitvā dharādharaḥ
Then, having brought the earth to its own place, the maker of the earth, the upholder of the earth, having first upheld it with his mind, released it.
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VaP 1 6.26
तस्योपरि जलौघस्य महती नौरिव स्थितः। चरितत्वाच्च देवस्य न मही याति विप्लवम्
tasyopari jalaughasya mahatī nauriva sthitaḥ| caritatvācca devasya na mahī yāti viplavam
It stood upon that flood of water like a great ship; and because of the god's action the earth does not go to ruin.
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VaP 1 6.27
ततोद्धृत्य क्षितिं देवो जगतः स्थापनेच्छया। पृथिव्याः प्रविभागाय मनश्चक्रेऽम्बुजेक्षणः। पृथिवीं तु समीकृत्य पृथिव्यां सोऽचिनोद् गिरीन्
tatoddhṛtya kṣitiṃ devo jagataḥ sthāpanecchayā| pṛthivyāḥ pravibhāgāya manaścakre'mbujekṣaṇaḥ| pṛthivīṃ tu samīkṛtya pṛthivyāṃ so'cinod girīn
Then, having raised up the earth, the lotus-eyed god, wishing to establish the world, set his mind to the division of the earth; and having levelled the earth, he heaped up mountains upon it.
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VaP 1 6.28
प्राक् सर्वे दह्यमानास्तु तदा संवर्त्तकाग्निना। तेनाग्निना विशीर्णास्ते पर्वता भुवि सर्वशः
prāk sarve dahyamānāstu tadā saṃvarttakāgninā| tenāgninā viśīrṇāste parvatā bhuvi sarvaśaḥ
Formerly they had all been burnt by the fire of dissolution; by that fire those mountains were shattered everywhere on the earth.
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VaP 1 6.29
शैत्यादेकार्णवे तस्मिन्वायुनापस्तु संहृताः। निषिक्ता यत्र यत्रासंस्तत्रतत्राचलोऽभवत्
śaityādekārṇave tasminvāyunāpastu saṃhṛtāḥ| niṣiktā yatra yatrāsaṃstatratatrācalo'bhavat
Through cold, in that single ocean, the waters were gathered together by the wind; wherever they were poured out, there a mountain came to be.
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VaP 1 6.30
स्कन्नाचलत्वादचलाः पर्व्वभिः पर्व्वताः स्मृताः। गिरयोऽन्तर्निगीर्णत्वाच्चयनाच्च शिलोच्चयाः
skannācalatvādacalāḥ parvvabhiḥ parvvatāḥ smṛtāḥ| girayo'ntarnigīrṇatvāccayanācca śiloccayāḥ
Because they have flowed out (skanna) and do not move, they are 'acalas'; because of their joints (parvas) they are called 'parvatas'; they are 'giris' because they have swallowed (things) within, and 'śiloccayas' because they are heaps (of stone).
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VaP 1 6.31
ततस्तेषु विशीर्णेषु लोकोदधिगिरिष्वथ। विश्वकर्म्मा विभजते कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः
tatasteṣu viśīrṇeṣu lokodadhigiriṣvatha| viśvakarmmā vibhajate kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ
Then, when those worlds, oceans and mountains have been shattered, Viśvakarman divides them again and again at the beginnings of the kalpas.
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VaP 1 6.32
ससमुद्रामिमां पृथ्वीं सप्तद्वीपां सपर्व्वताम्। भूराद्यां श्चतुरो लोकान् पुनः सोऽथ प्रकल्पयत्। लोकान् प्रकल्पयित्वा च प्रजासर्गं ससर्ज्ज ह
sasamudrāmimāṃ pṛthvīṃ saptadvīpāṃ saparvvatām| bhūrādyāṃ ścaturo lokān punaḥ so'tha prakalpayat| lokān prakalpayitvā ca prajāsargaṃ sasarjja ha
Then he again fashioned this earth with its oceans, its seven continents and its mountains, and the four worlds beginning with Bhūr; and having fashioned the worlds, he brought forth the creation of creatures.
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VaP 1 6.33
ब्रह्मा स्वयम्भूर्भगवान् सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः। ससर्ज्ज सृष्टिन्तद्रूपां कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा
brahmā svayambhūrbhagavān sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ| sasarjja sṛṣṭintadrūpāṃ kalpādiṣu yathā purā
Brahmā, the self-existent lord, wishing to create manifold creatures, brought forth a creation of that same form as before at the beginnings of (earlier) aeons.
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VaP 1 6.34
तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं तदा वै बुद्धिपूर्वकम्। प्रधानसमकालं वै प्रादुर्भूतस्तमोमयः
tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ tadā vai buddhipūrvakam| pradhānasamakālaṃ vai prādurbhūtastamomayaḥ
As he was meditating on creation, then, with intelligence going before it, simultaneously with the primal matter (pradhāna) there appeared (a creation) made of darkness.
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VaP 1 6.35
तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्रो ह्यन्धसंज्ञितः। अविद्या पञ्चपर्व्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः
tamo moho mahāmohastāmisro hyandhasaṃjñitaḥ| avidyā pañcaparvvaiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ
Darkness (tamas), delusion, great delusion, gloom, and that called blindness: this fivefold-jointed ignorance appeared from the great-souled one.
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VaP 1 6.36
प़ञ्चधा चाश्रितः सर्गो ध्यायतः सोऽभिमानिनः। सर्व्वतस्तमसा चैव दीपः कुम्भवदावृतः। बहिरन्तः प्रकाशश्च शुद्धो निःसंज्ञ एव च
pa़ñcadhā cāśritaḥ sargo dhyāyataḥ so'bhimāninaḥ| sarvvatastamasā caiva dīpaḥ kumbhavadāvṛtaḥ| bahirantaḥ prakāśaśca śuddho niḥsaṃjña eva ca
And fivefold was the creation of him who meditated, of him possessed of self-conceit; and it was everywhere enveloped by darkness, like a lamp covered by a pot—shining within and without, pure, and yet without consciousness.
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VaP 1 6.37
यस्मात्तैः संवृता बुद्धिर्मुख्यानि करणानि च। तस्मात्ते संवृतात्मानो नगा मुख्याः प्रकीर्तिताः
yasmāttaiḥ saṃvṛtā buddhirmukhyāni karaṇāni ca| tasmātte saṃvṛtātmāno nagā mukhyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Since by these (forms of ignorance) the intellect and the chief organs are enveloped, therefore those enveloped-selved ones, the unmoving (plants/trees), are declared to be the 'chief' (mukhya) ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.38
मुख्यसर्गे तथाभूतं ब्रह्मा दृष्ट्वा ह्यसाधकम्। अप्रसन्नमनाः सोऽथ ततो न्यासोऽभ्यमन्यत
mukhyasarge tathābhūtaṃ brahmā dṛṣṭvā hyasādhakam| aprasannamanāḥ so'tha tato nyāso'bhyamanyata
Seeing that what had come into being in the chief creation was ineffective, Brahmā, his mind not pleased, then thought upon another disposition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.39
तस्याभिध्यायतस्तत्र तिर्य्यक् स्रोतोऽभ्यवर्त्तत। यस्मात्तिर्यग् व्यवर्त्तेत तिर्य्यक्स्रोतस्ततः स्मृतम्
tasyābhidhyāyatastatra tiryyak sroto'bhyavarttata| yasmāttiryag vyavartteta tiryyaksrotastataḥ smṛtam
As he was meditating there, the 'sideways stream' came forth; since it proceeded sideways (tiryak), it is therefore known as the sideways stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.40
तमोबहुत्वात्ते सर्व्वे ह्यज्ञानबहुलाः स्मृताः। उत्पथग्राहिणश्चापि ते ध्यानाद्ध्यानमानिनः
tamobahutvātte sarvve hyajñānabahulāḥ smṛtāḥ| utpathagrāhiṇaścāpi te dhyānāddhyānamāninaḥ
Because of the abundance of darkness, all of them are held to be full of ignorance; and they take wrong paths, and from meditation they fancy themselves (to have) meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.41
तिर्य्यक्स्रोतस्तु दृष्ट्वा वै द्वितीयं विश्वमीश्वरः। अहंकृता अहंमना अष्टाविंशद्विधात्मकाः
tiryyaksrotastu dṛṣṭvā vai dvitīyaṃ viśvamīśvaraḥ| ahaṃkṛtā ahaṃmanā aṣṭāviṃśadvidhātmakāḥ
The Lord, seeing the sideways stream to be a second world (creation): (its beings are) made by 'I', minded with 'I', of twenty-eight kinds in their nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.42
एकादशेन्द्रियविधा नवधा चोदयस्तथा। अष्टौ च तारकाद्याश्च तेषां शक्तिविधाः स्मृताः
ekādaśendriyavidhā navadhā codayastathā| aṣṭau ca tārakādyāśca teṣāṃ śaktividhāḥ smṛtāḥ
Elevenfold as to the sense-organs, and ninefold likewise as to the (?) risings, and eight beginning with tāraka: these are held to be the kinds of their powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.43
अतः प्रकाशास्ते सर्व्वे आवृताश्च बहिः पुनः। यस्मात्तिर्यक् प्रवर्त्तेत तिर्य्यक्स्रोताः स उच्यते
ataḥ prakāśāste sarvve āvṛtāśca bahiḥ punaḥ| yasmāttiryak pravartteta tiryyaksrotāḥ sa ucyate
Hence they are all luminous (within), and again covered on the outside; since it proceeds sideways, it is called the sideways stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.44
तिर्यक्स्रोताश्च दृष्ट्वा वै द्वितीयं विश्वमीश्वरः। अभिप्रायमथोद्धूतं दृष्ट्वा सर्व्वन्तथाभिधम्। तस्याभिध्यायतो नित्यं सात्त्विकः समवर्त्तत
tiryaksrotāśca dṛṣṭvā vai dvitīyaṃ viśvamīśvaraḥ| abhiprāyamathoddhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvvantathābhidham| tasyābhidhyāyato nityaṃ sāttvikaḥ samavarttata
And having seen the sideways stream as a second world, the Lord, and having seen the intention that had arisen and all that was so named—as he was constantly meditating, the sāttvika (creation) came to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.45
ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतास्तृतीयस्तु स चैवोर्द्ध्वव्यवस्थितः। यस्माद्व्यवर्त्ततोह्द्ध्वन्तु ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतास्ततः स्मृतः
ūrddhvasrotāstṛtīyastu sa caivorddhvavyavasthitaḥ| yasmādvyavarttatohddhvantu ūrddhvasrotāstataḥ smṛtaḥ
The third is the upward stream, and it is established upward; since it proceeded upward, it is therefore known as the upward stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.46
ते सुखप्रीतिबहुला बहिरन्तश्च संवृता। प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतोद्भवाः स्मृताः
te sukhaprītibahulā bahirantaśca saṃvṛtā| prakāśā bahirantaśca ūrddhvasrotodbhavāḥ smṛtāḥ
They are abundant in pleasure and joy, and are enclosed both without and within; luminous both without and within are those born of the upward stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.47
तेन वा तादयो ज्ञेयाः सृष्टात्मानो व्यवस्थिताः। ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतास्तृतीयो वै तेन सर्गस्तु स स्मृतः
tena vā tādayo jñeyāḥ sṛṣṭātmāno vyavasthitāḥ| ūrddhvasrotāstṛtīyo vai tena sargastu sa smṛtaḥ
By that, the (beings) beginning with... are to be known, established as created selves; the upward stream is the third, and by that (name) that creation is known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.48
ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतःसु सृष्टेषु देवेषु स तदा प्रभुः। प्रीतिमानभवद्ब्रह्मा ततोऽन्यं सोऽभ्यमन्यत। ससर्ज्ज सर्गमन्यं स साधकं प्रभुरीश्वरः
ūrddhvasrotaḥsu sṛṣṭeṣu deveṣu sa tadā prabhuḥ| prītimānabhavadbrahmā tato'nyaṃ so'bhyamanyata| sasarjja sargamanyaṃ sa sādhakaṃ prabhurīśvaraḥ
When the gods of the upward streams had been created, the Lord Brahmā then became pleased; thereafter he thought upon another (creation), and the lord and master brought forth another creation, an effective one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.49
अथाभिध्यायतस्तस्य सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तदा। प्रादुर्ब्बभूव चाव्यक्तादर्व्वाक्स्रोतः सुसाधकम्। यस्मादर्वाक्व्यवर्त्तेत ततोऽर्व्वाक्स्रोत उच्यते
athābhidhyāyatastasya satyābhidhyāyinastadā| prādurbbabhūva cāvyaktādarvvāksrotaḥ susādhakam| yasmādarvākvyavartteta tato'rvvāksrota ucyate
Then, as he was meditating, meditating on the real, there appeared from the unmanifest the 'downward stream', highly effective; since it proceeded downward (arvāk), it is therefore called the downward stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.50
ते च प्रकाशबहुलास्तमः सत्त्वरजोधिकाः। तस्मात्ते दुःखबहुला भूयो भूयश्च कारिणः
te ca prakāśabahulāstamaḥ sattvarajodhikāḥ| tasmātte duḥkhabahulā bhūyo bhūyaśca kāriṇaḥ
And they are abundant in light, with darkness, goodness and passion in excess; therefore they are abundant in suffering and act again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.51
प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च मनुष्याः साधकाश्च ते। लक्षणैस्तारकाद्यैस्ते अष्टधा च व्यवस्थिताः
prakāśā bahirantaśca manuṣyāḥ sādhakāśca te| lakṣaṇaistārakādyaiste aṣṭadhā ca vyavasthitāḥ
Luminous both without and within are those human beings, and they are effective; by marks beginning with tāraka they are established in eight ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.52
सिद्धात्मानो मनुष्यास्ते गन्धर्वसहधर्म्मिणः। इत्येष तेजसः सर्गो ह्यर्व्वाक्स्रोताः प्रकीर्त्तितः
siddhātmāno manuṣyāste gandharvasahadharmmiṇaḥ| ityeṣa tejasaḥ sargo hyarvvāksrotāḥ prakīrttitaḥ
Those humans, perfected in self, share the same nature as the gandharvas; thus this creation of light has been proclaimed as the downward stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.53
पञ्चमोऽनुग्रहः सर्गश्चतुर्द्धा स व्यवस्थितः। विपर्य्ययेण शक्त्या च तुष्ट्या सिद्ध्या तथैव च। विवृत्तं वर्त्तमानञ्च तेऽर्थं जानन्ति तत्त्वतः
pañcamo'nugrahaḥ sargaścaturddhā sa vyavasthitaḥ| viparyyayeṇa śaktyā ca tuṣṭyā siddhyā tathaiva ca| vivṛttaṃ varttamānañca te'rthaṃ jānanti tattvataḥ
The fifth is the creation of grace (anugraha); it is arranged in four ways: by inversion (viparyaya), by power (śakti), by contentment (tuṣṭi), and likewise by attainment (siddhi). What has unfolded and what is present—these (beings) know that object as it truly is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.54
भूतादिकानां सत्त्वानां षष्ठः सर्गः स उच्यते। विपर्य्ययेण भूतादिरशक्त्या च व्यवस्थितः
bhūtādikānāṃ sattvānāṃ ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ sa ucyate| viparyyayeṇa bhūtādiraśaktyā ca vyavasthitaḥ
That is called the sixth creation, of beings beginning with the elements; it is established by inversion, the elemental (creation), and by incapacity (aśakti).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.55
प्रथमो महतः सर्गो विज्ञेयो महतस्तु सः। तन्मात्राणां द्वितीयस्तु भूतसर्गः स उच्यते
prathamo mahataḥ sargo vijñeyo mahatastu saḥ| tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūtasargaḥ sa ucyate
The first is the creation of the Great (mahat)—it is to be known as that of mahat; the second is that of the subtle elements (tanmātras), which is called the creation of the elements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.56
वैकारिकस्तृतीयस्तु सर्ग ऐन्द्रिय कः स्मृतः। इत्येष प्राकृतः सर्गः सम्भूतो भुद्धिपूर्वकः
vaikārikastṛtīyastu sarga aindriya kaḥ smṛtaḥ| ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ sambhūto bhuddhipūrvakaḥ
The third is the modificatory (vaikārika) creation, which is held to be that of the sense-organs. Thus this is the primary (prākṛta) creation, come into being preceded by intelligence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.57
मुख्यसर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः। तिर्य्यक्सोताश्च यः सर्गस्तिर्य्यग्योनिः स पञ्चमः
mukhyasargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ| tiryyaksotāśca yaḥ sargastiryyagyoniḥ sa pañcamaḥ
The fourth is the creation of the chief (beings)—and the immovable ones are held to be the 'chief'; and the creation of the transverse-streamed, which is the animal womb, is the fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.58
तथोर्द्ध्वस्रोतसां षष्ठो देवसर्गस्तु स स्मृतः। तथार्वाक्स्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः
tathorddhvasrotasāṃ ṣaṣṭho devasargastu sa smṛtaḥ| tathārvāksrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mānuṣaḥ
Likewise the sixth is that of the upward-streamed, which is held to be the creation of the gods; and likewise the creation of the downward-streamed is the seventh, which is the human one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.59
अष्टमोऽनुग्रहः सर्गः सात्त्विकस्तामसस्तु सः। पञ्चैते वैकृताः सर्गाः प्राकृतास्तु त्रयः स्मृताः
aṣṭamo'nugrahaḥ sargaḥ sāttvikastāmasastu saḥ| pañcaite vaikṛtāḥ sargāḥ prākṛtāstu trayaḥ smṛtāḥ
The eighth is the creation of grace, which is of the nature of sattva and of tamas. These five are the modified (vaikṛta) creations, and three are held to be primary (prākṛta).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.60
प्राकृतो वैकृतश्चैव कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः। प्राकृतास्तु त्रयः सर्गाः कृतास्ते बुद्धिपूर्व्वकाः
prākṛto vaikṛtaścaiva kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ| prākṛtāstu trayaḥ sargāḥ kṛtāste buddhipūrvvakāḥ
The ninth is held to be the Kaumāra, which is both primary and modified. But the three primary creations were made preceded by intelligence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.61
बुद्धिपूर्व्वं प्रवर्त्तन्ते षट्सर्गा ब्रह्मणस्तु ते। विस्तरानुग्रहं सर्गं कीर्त्त्यमानं निबोधत
buddhipūrvvaṃ pravarttante ṣaṭsargā brahmaṇastu te| vistarānugrahaṃ sargaṃ kīrttyamānaṃ nibodhata
Those six creations of Brahmā proceed preceded by intelligence. Now learn of the creation of grace, being recited in detail.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.62
चतुर्द्धावास्थितः सोऽथ सर्वभूतेषु कृत्स्नशः। विपर्ययेण शक्त्या च तुष्ट्या सिद्ध्या तथैव च
caturddhāvāsthitaḥ so'tha sarvabhūteṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ| viparyayeṇa śaktyā ca tuṣṭyā siddhyā tathaiva ca
Then it is established in four ways, entirely among all beings: by inversion, by power, by contentment, and likewise by attainment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.63
स्थावरेषु विपर्यासस्तिर्यग्योनिषु शक्तिता। सिद्धात्मानो मनुष्यास्तु तुष्टिर्द्देवेषु कृत्स्नशः
sthāvareṣu viparyāsastiryagyoniṣu śaktitā| siddhātmāno manuṣyāstu tuṣṭirddeveṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ
Among the immovables there is inversion; among the animal wombs, the state of power; humans have attainment as their nature; and among the gods, entirely, contentment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.64
इत्येते प्राकृताश्चैव वैकृताश्च नव स्मृताः। सर्गाः परस्परस्याथ प्रकारा बहवः स्मृताः
ityete prākṛtāścaiva vaikṛtāśca nava smṛtāḥ| sargāḥ parasparasyātha prakārā bahavaḥ smṛtāḥ
Thus these nine are held to be the creations, both primary and modified; and (their) modes, in relation to one another, are held to be many.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.65
अग्रे ससर्ज्ज वै ब्रह्मा मानसानात्मनः समान्। सनन्दनञ्च सनकं विद्वांसं च सनातनम्
agre sasarjja vai brahmā mānasānātmanaḥ samān| sanandanañca sanakaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ ca sanātanam
At the beginning Brahmā created from his mind (sons) equal to himself: Sanandana, Sanaka, the learned one, and Sanātana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.66
विज्ञानेन निवृत्तास्ते वैवर्तेन महौजसः। संबुद्धाश्चैव नानात्वादपविद्धास्त्रयोऽपिते। असृष्ट्वैव प्रजासर्गं प्रतिसर्गं गताः पुनः
vijñānena nivṛttāste vaivartena mahaujasaḥ| saṃbuddhāścaiva nānātvādapaviddhāstrayo'pite| asṛṣṭvaiva prajāsargaṃ pratisargaṃ gatāḥ punaḥ
Those (sons) of great vigour turned away, through knowledge, from the round of change; and being fully awakened, all three of them were indifferent to multiplicity, and without creating any creation of offspring they went back again to (the state of) dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.67
तदा तेषु व्यतीतेषु तदान्यान् साधकांश्च तान्। मानसानसृजद्ब्रह्मा पुनः स्थानाभिमानिनः। आभूतसंप्लवावस्थान्नामतस्तान्निबोधत
tadā teṣu vyatīteṣu tadānyān sādhakāṃśca tān| mānasānasṛjadbrahmā punaḥ sthānābhimāninaḥ| ābhūtasaṃplavāvasthānnāmatastānnibodhata
Then, when they had passed away, Brahmā again created others from his mind, those accomplishers who identify themselves with (their) stations, (enduring) until the state of the dissolution of beings. Learn of them by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.68
आपोऽग्निः पृथिवी वायुरन्तरिक्षं दिशस्तथा। स्वर्गं दिवः समुद्रांश्च नदान् शैलान् वनस्पतीन्
āpo'gniḥ pṛthivī vāyurantarikṣaṃ diśastathā| svargaṃ divaḥ samudrāṃśca nadān śailān vanaspatīn
The waters, fire, earth, wind, the atmosphere and the directions, heaven, the skies, the oceans, the rivers, the mountains, the trees;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.69
ओषधीनां तथात्मानो ह्यात्मानो वृक्षवीरुधाम्। लवाः काष्ठाः कलाश्चैव मुहूर्त्ताः सन्धिरात्र्यहाः
oṣadhīnāṃ tathātmāno hyātmāno vṛkṣavīrudhām| lavāḥ kāṣṭhāḥ kalāścaiva muhūrttāḥ sandhirātryahāḥ
likewise the selves of the herbs, and the selves of trees and creepers, the lavas, kāṣṭhās and kalās, the muhūrtas, the twilights, nights and days;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.70
अर्द्धमासाश्च मासाश्च अयनाब्दयुगानि च। स्थानाभिमानिनः सर्वे स्थानाख्याश्चैव ते स्मृताः
arddhamāsāśca māsāśca ayanābdayugāni ca| sthānābhimāninaḥ sarve sthānākhyāścaiva te smṛtāḥ
and the half-months and months, the solstitial courses, years and ages—all these identify themselves with (their) stations, and they are held to be named after (those) stations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.71
वक्राद्यस्य ब्राह्मणाः संप्रसूतास्तद्वक्षस्तः क्षत्रियाः पूर्वभागैः। वैश्याश्चोर्वोर्यस्य पद्भ्याञ्च शूद्राः सर्वे वर्णा गात्रतः संप्रसूताः
vakrādyasya brāhmaṇāḥ saṃprasūtāstadvakṣastaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pūrvabhāgaiḥ| vaiśyāścorvoryasya padbhyāñca śūdrāḥ sarve varṇā gātrataḥ saṃprasūtāḥ
From whose mouth the brahmins were brought forth, from his chest the kṣatriyas by the foremost parts, from whose thighs the vaiśyas and from his feet the śūdras: all the classes were brought forth from his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 6.72
नारायणः परोऽव्यक्तादण्डमव्यक्तसम्भवम्। अण्डाज्जज्ञे पुनर्ब्रह्मा लोकास्तेन कृताः स्वयम्
nārāyaṇaḥ paro'vyaktādaṇḍamavyaktasambhavam| aṇḍājjajñe punarbrahmā lokāstena kṛtāḥ svayam
Nārāyaṇa is beyond the unmanifest; the egg arose from the unmanifest; from the egg Brahmā was in turn born, and by him the worlds were made of themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 6.73
एष वः कथितः पादः समासान्न तु विस्तरात्। अनेनाद्येन पादेन पुराणं संप्रकीर्तितम्
eṣa vaḥ kathitaḥ pādaḥ samāsānna tu vistarāt| anenādyena pādena purāṇaṃ saṃprakīrtitam
This section (pāda) has been recounted to you in summary, and not at length; by this first section the Purāṇa has been proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition