Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 60
VaP 1 60.1
।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। ऋषयस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा सूतमाहुः सुदुस्तरम्। कथं वेदा पुरा व्यस्तास्तन्नो ब्रूहि महामते
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| ṛṣayastadvacaḥ śrutvā sūtamāhuḥ sudustaram| kathaṃ vedā purā vyastāstanno brūhi mahāmate
The seers said: Having heard that speech, the seers said to the Sūta (something) very hard to answer: How were the Vedas divided in ancient times? Tell us that, O greatly wise one.
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VaP 1 60.2
।।सूत उवाच ।। द्वापरे तु परावृत्ते मनोः स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे । ब्रह्मा मनुमुवाचेदं तद्वदिष्ये महामते
||sūta uvāca || dvāpare tu parāvṛtte manoḥ svāyambhuve'ntare | brahmā manumuvācedaṃ tadvadiṣye mahāmate
Sūta said: When the Dvāpara age had turned away, in the Manu-period of Svāyambhuva Manu, Brahmā said this to Manu — that I shall tell (you), O great-minded one.
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VaP 1 60.3
परिवृत्ते युगे तात स्वल्पवीर्या द्विजातयः। संवृत्तां युग दोषेण सर्वे चैव यथाक्रमम्
parivṛtte yuge tāta svalpavīryā dvijātayaḥ| saṃvṛttāṃ yuga doṣeṇa sarve caiva yathākramam
When the yuga had turned, dear one, the twice-born became of little vigour; through the fault of the yuga all (of them) became so, each in order.
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VaP 1 60.4
भ्रश्यमानं युगवशादल्पशिष्टं हि दृश्यते। दशसाहस्रभागेन ह्यवशिष्टं कृतादिदम्
bhraśyamānaṃ yugavaśādalpaśiṣṭaṃ hi dṛśyate| daśasāhasrabhāgena hyavaśiṣṭaṃ kṛtādidam
Falling away through the power of the yuga, it is seen as having little left; by a ten-thousandth part (only) this much of the Kṛta age remains.
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VaP 1 60.5
वीर्यं तेजो बलं वाक्यं सर्वञ्चैव प्रणश्यति। वेदवेदा हि कार्याः स्युर्माभूद्वेदविनाशनम्
vīryaṃ tejo balaṃ vākyaṃ sarvañcaiva praṇaśyati| vedavedā hi kāryāḥ syurmābhūdvedavināśanam
Vigour, splendour, strength, speech — all this perishes; therefore the Vedas must be made (into separate) Vedas: let there be no destruction of the Veda.
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VaP 1 60.6
वेदे नाशमनुप्राप्ते यज्ञो नाशं गमिष्यति। यत्रे नष्टे देवनाशस्ततः सर्वं प्रणश्यति
vede nāśamanuprāpte yajño nāśaṃ gamiṣyati| yatre naṣṭe devanāśastataḥ sarvaṃ praṇaśyati
When the Veda has met with destruction, sacrifice will go to destruction; when sacrifice is destroyed there is destruction of the gods, and thereupon everything perishes.
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VaP 1 60.7
आद्यो वेदश्चतुष्पादः शतसाहस्रसंज्ञितः। पुनर्दशगुणः कृत्स्नो यज्ञो वै सर्वकामधुक्
ādyo vedaścatuṣpādaḥ śatasāhasrasaṃjñitaḥ| punardaśaguṇaḥ kṛtsno yajño vai sarvakāmadhuk
The primeval Veda had four parts and was reckoned at a hundred thousand (verses); the whole sacrifice, again tenfold (that), milks out all desires.
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VaP 1 60.8
एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा मनुर्लोकहिते रतः। वेदमेकं चतुष्पादं चतुर्धा व्यभजत्प्रभुः
evamuktastathetyuktvā manurlokahite rataḥ| vedamekaṃ catuṣpādaṃ caturdhā vyabhajatprabhuḥ
Thus addressed, and having said "So be it," Manu, devoted to the world's welfare, the mighty one, divided the single four-part Veda into four.
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VaP 1 60.9
ब्रह्मणो वचनात्तात लोकानां हितकाम्यया। तदिदं वर्त्तमानेन युष्माकं वेदकल्पनम्
brahmaṇo vacanāttāta lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā| tadidaṃ varttamānena yuṣmākaṃ vedakalpanam
At Brahmā's word, dear one, out of desire for the good of the worlds — this is that arrangement of the Veda for you (people) in the present (age).
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VaP 1 60.10
मन्वन्तरेण वक्ष्यामि व्यतीतानां प्रकल्पनम्। प्रत्यक्षेण परोक्षं वै तन्निबोधत सत्तमाः
manvantareṇa vakṣyāmi vyatītānāṃ prakalpanam| pratyakṣeṇa parokṣaṃ vai tannibodhata sattamāḥ
I shall declare, Manu-period by Manu-period, the arrangement (of the Vedas) in the ages that have passed; (I shall declare) what is beyond sight by means of what is before the eyes — learn that, O best of the good.
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VaP 1 60.11
अस्मिन् युगे कृतो व्यासः पाराशर्यः परन्तपः। द्वैपायन इति ख्यातो विष्णोरंशः प्रकीर्तितः
asmin yuge kṛto vyāsaḥ pārāśaryaḥ parantapaḥ| dvaipāyana iti khyāto viṣṇoraṃśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
In this age the Vyāsa was Kṛṣṇa (Kṛta), son of Parāśara, scorcher of foes, known as Dvaipāyana, and proclaimed to be a portion of Viṣṇu.
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VaP 1 60.12
ब्रह्मणा चोदितः सोऽस्मिन् वेदं व्यस्तुं प्रचक्रमे। अथ शिष्यान् स जग्राह चतुरो वेदकारणात्
brahmaṇā coditaḥ so'smin vedaṃ vyastuṃ pracakrame| atha śiṣyān sa jagrāha caturo vedakāraṇāt
Urged by Brahmā, in this (age) he set about dividing the Veda; then he took four pupils for the sake of the Vedas.
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VaP 1 60.13
जैमिनिञ्च सुमन्तुञ्च वैशम्पायनमेव च। पैलन्तेषां चतुर्थन्तु पञ्चमं लोमहर्षणम्
jaiminiñca sumantuñca vaiśampāyanameva ca| pailanteṣāṃ caturthantu pañcamaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
Jaimini, Sumantu, and Vaiśampāyana; Paila was the fourth of them, and Lomaharṣaṇa the fifth.
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VaP 1 60.14
ऋग्वेदश्रावकं पैलञ्जग्राह विधिवद् द्विजम् । यजुर्वेदप्रवक्तारं वैशम्पायनमेव च
ṛgvedaśrāvakaṃ pailañjagrāha vidhivad dvijam | yajurvedapravaktāraṃ vaiśampāyanameva ca
He duly took the brahmin Paila as the reciter of the Ṛgveda, and Vaiśampāyana as the expounder of the Yajurveda.
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VaP 1 60.15
जैमिनिं सामवेदार्थश्रावकं सोऽन्वपद्यत। तथैवाथर्ववेदस्य सुमन्तुमृषिसत्तमम्
jaiminiṃ sāmavedārthaśrāvakaṃ so'nvapadyata| tathaivātharvavedasya sumantumṛṣisattamam
He obtained Jaimini as the reciter of the sense of the Sāmaveda, and likewise Sumantu, best of sages, for the Atharvaveda.
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VaP 1 60.16
इतिहासपुराणस्य वक्तारं सम्यगेव हि। माञ्चैव प्रतिजग्राह भगवानीश्वरः प्रभुः
itihāsapurāṇasya vaktāraṃ samyageva hi| māñcaiva pratijagrāha bhagavānīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
And the lord, the blessed master, accepted me too, as the correct reciter of the epic and Purāṇa (lore).
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VaP 1 60.17
एक आसीद्यजुर्वेदस्तञ्चतुर्द्धा व्यकल्पयत्। चतुर्होत्रमभूत्तस्मिंस्तेन यज्ञमकल्पयत्
eka āsīdyajurvedastañcaturddhā vyakalpayat| caturhotramabhūttasmiṃstena yajñamakalpayat
The Yajurveda was one; he arranged it in four; in it there came to be the fourfold priesthood, and by that he arranged the sacrifice.
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VaP 1 60.18
आध्वर्यवं यजुर्भिस्तु ऋग्भिर्होत्रं तथैव च। उद्गात्रं सामभिश्वक्रे ब्रह्मत्वञ्चाप्यथर्वभिः। ब्रह्मत्वमकरोद्यज्ञे वेदेनाथर्वणेन तु
ādhvaryavaṃ yajurbhistu ṛgbhirhotraṃ tathaiva ca| udgātraṃ sāmabhiśvakre brahmatvañcāpyatharvabhiḥ| brahmatvamakarodyajñe vedenātharvaṇena tu
With the yajus verses (he made) the adhvaryu's office, and likewise the hotṛ's with the ṛc verses; with the sāmans he made the udgātṛ's office, and the brahman's office with the atharvan (verses); he performed the brahman's function in the sacrifice with the Atharvan Veda.
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VaP 1 60.19
ततः सऋचमुद्धृत्य ऋग्वेदं समकल्प यत्। होतृकं कल्प्यते तेन यज्ञवाहं जगद्धितम्
tataḥ saṛcamuddhṛtya ṛgvedaṃ samakalpa yat| hotṛkaṃ kalpyate tena yajñavāhaṃ jagaddhitam
Then, drawing out what consisted of ṛc verses, he arranged the Ṛgveda; by it is arranged the hotṛ's office, which carries the sacrifice and benefits the world.
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VaP 1 60.20
सामभिः सामवेदञ्च तेनोद्गात्रमरोचयत् । राज्ञस्त्वथर्ववेदेन सर्वकर्माण्यकारयत्
sāmabhiḥ sāmavedañca tenodgātramarocayat | rājñastvatharvavedena sarvakarmāṇyakārayat
And with the sāmans (he arranged) the Sāmaveda, and thereby he made the udgātṛ's office pleasing; with the Atharvaveda he had all the rites of kings performed.
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VaP 1 60.21
आख्यानैश्चाप्युपाख्यानैर्गाथाभिः कुलकर्मभिः। पुराणसंहिताश्चक्रे पुराणार्थविशारदः
ākhyānaiścāpyupākhyānairgāthābhiḥ kulakarmabhiḥ| purāṇasaṃhitāścakre purāṇārthaviśāradaḥ
With narratives and subsidiary narratives, with songs and with the deeds of families, he, skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas, composed the Purāṇa collections.
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VaP 1 60.22
यच्छिष्टन्तु यजुर्वेदे तेन यज्ञमथायुजत्। युञ्जानः स यजुर्वेदे इति शास्त्रविनिश्चयः
yacchiṣṭantu yajurvede tena yajñamathāyujat| yuñjānaḥ sa yajurvede iti śāstraviniścayaḥ
What remained over in the Yajurveda — with that he then joined the sacrifice; "he is joining (it) in the Yajurveda" — such is the settled view of the scriptures.
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VaP 1 60.23
पदानामुद्धृतत्वाच्च यजूंषि विषमाणि वै । स तेनोद्धृतवीर्यस्तु ऋत्विग्भिर्वेदपारगैः। प्रयुज्यते ह्यश्वमेधस्तेन वा युज्यते तु सः
padānāmuddhṛtatvācca yajūṃṣi viṣamāṇi vai | sa tenoddhṛtavīryastu ṛtvigbhirvedapāragaiḥ| prayujyate hyaśvamedhastena vā yujyate tu saḥ
And because (some) words were extracted, the yajus formulas are indeed uneven; he, whose potency was thereby drawn out, together with priests who had gone to the end of the Vedas — the horse-sacrifice is performed, or rather he is joined with it.
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VaP 1 60.24
ऋचो गृहीत्वा पैलस्तु व्यभजत्तद् विधा पुनः । द्विष्कृत्वा संयुगे चैव शिष्याभ्यामददत्प्रभुः
ṛco gṛhītvā pailastu vyabhajattad vidhā punaḥ | dviṣkṛtvā saṃyuge caiva śiṣyābhyāmadadatprabhuḥ
But Paila, taking the ṛc verses, divided them again in that fashion; having made (them) twofold in combination, the master gave (them) to his two pupils.
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VaP 1 60.25
इन्द्रप्रमतये चैकां द्वितीयां बाष्कलाय च। चतस्रः संहिताः कृत्वा बाष्कलिर्द्विजसत्तमः। शिष्यानध्यापयामास शुश्रूषाभिरतान् हितान्
indrapramataye caikāṃ dvitīyāṃ bāṣkalāya ca| catasraḥ saṃhitāḥ kṛtvā bāṣkalirdvijasattamaḥ| śiṣyānadhyāpayāmāsa śuśrūṣābhiratān hitān
One to Indrapramati, and the second to Bāṣkala; and Bāṣkali, the best of the twice-born, having made four collections, taught them to his pupils, who were devoted to service and well-disposed.
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VaP 1 60.26
बोधन्तु प्रथमां शाखां द्वितीयामग्निमाठरम्। पाराशरं तृतीयान्तु याज्ञवल्क्यामथापराम्
bodhantu prathamāṃ śākhāṃ dvitīyāmagnimāṭharam| pārāśaraṃ tṛtīyāntu yājñavalkyāmathāparām
(He gave) the first branch to Bodha, the second to Agnimāṭhara, the third to Pārāśara, and the remaining one to Yājñavalkya.
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VaP 1 60.27
इन्द्रप्रमतिरेकान्तु संहितां द्विजसत्तमः। अध्यापयन्महाभागं मार्कण्डेयं यशस्विनम्
indrapramatirekāntu saṃhitāṃ dvijasattamaḥ| adhyāpayanmahābhāgaṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ yaśasvinam
But Indrapramati, best of the twice-born, taught one collection to the greatly fortunate and renowned Mārkaṇḍeya.
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VaP 1 60.28
सत्यश्रवसमग्र्यन्तु पुत्रं स तु महायशाः। सत्यश्रवाः सत्यहितं पुनरध्यापयद् द्विजः
satyaśravasamagryantu putraṃ sa tu mahāyaśāḥ| satyaśravāḥ satyahitaṃ punaradhyāpayad dvijaḥ
And he of great fame (taught it) to his eldest son Satyaśravas; and the brahmin Satyaśravas in turn taught Satyahita.
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VaP 1 60.29
सोऽपि सत्यतरं पुत्रं पुनरध्यापयद्विभुः। सत्यश्रियं महात्मानं सत्यधर्मपरायणम्
so'pi satyataraṃ putraṃ punaradhyāpayadvibhuḥ| satyaśriyaṃ mahātmānaṃ satyadharmaparāyaṇam
He too, the mighty one, again taught his son Satyatara — Satyaśrī, the great-souled one, wholly devoted to true dharma.
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VaP 1 60.30
अभवंस्तस्य शिष्या वै त्रयस्तु सुमहौजसः । सत्यश्रियस्तु विद्वासः शास्त्रग्रहणतत्पराः
abhavaṃstasya śiṣyā vai trayastu sumahaujasaḥ | satyaśriyastu vidvāsaḥ śāstragrahaṇatatparāḥ
Now Satyaśrī had three pupils of very great vigour, learned, intent upon mastering the scriptures.
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VaP 1 60.31
शाकल्यः प्रथमस्तेषां तस्मादन्यो रथ(ा)न्तरः । बाष्कलिश्च भरद्वाज इति शाखाप्रवर्तकाः
śākalyaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ tasmādanyo ratha(ā)ntaraḥ | bāṣkaliśca bharadvāja iti śākhāpravartakāḥ
Śākalya was the first of them, another after him was Rathāntara, and Bāṣkali Bharadvāja — these were the founders of branches.
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VaP 1 60.32
देवमित्रस्तु शाकल्यो ज्ञानाहङ्कारगर्वितः। जनकस्यस यज्ञे वै विनाशमगमद् द्विजः
devamitrastu śākalyo jñānāhaṅkāragarvitaḥ| janakasyasa yajñe vai vināśamagamad dvijaḥ
But Devamitra Śākalya, puffed up with the conceit of his knowledge — that brahmin met with destruction at Janaka's sacrifice.
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VaP 1 60.33
।।शांशपायन उवाच।। कथं विनाशमगमत्स मुनिर्ज्ञानगर्वितः। जनकस्याश्वमेधेन कथं वादो बभूव ह
||śāṃśapāyana uvāca|| kathaṃ vināśamagamatsa munirjñānagarvitaḥ| janakasyāśvamedhena kathaṃ vādo babhūva ha
Śāṃśapāyana said: How did that sage, proud of his knowledge, meet with destruction? How did the dispute arise at Janaka's horse-sacrifice?
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VaP 1 60.34
किमर्थञ्चाभवद्वादः केन सार्द्धमथापि वा। सर्वमेतद्यथावृत्तमाचक्ष्व विदितन्तव। ऋषीणान्तु वचः श्रुत्वा तदुत्तरमथाब्रवीत्
kimarthañcābhavadvādaḥ kena sārddhamathāpi vā| sarvametadyathāvṛttamācakṣva viditantava| ṛṣīṇāntu vacaḥ śrutvā taduttaramathābravīt
And for what reason did the dispute occur, and with whom? Tell all this as it happened; it is known to you. Hearing the words of the sages, he then spoke this reply.
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VaP 1 60.35
।।सूत उवाच।। जनकस्याश्वमेधे तु महानासीत्समागमः। ऋषीणान्तु सहस्राणि तत्राजग्मुरनेकशः। राजर्षेर्जनकस्याथ तं यज्ञं हि दिदृक्षवः
||sūta uvāca|| janakasyāśvamedhe tu mahānāsītsamāgamaḥ| ṛṣīṇāntu sahasrāṇi tatrājagmuranekaśaḥ| rājarṣerjanakasyātha taṃ yajñaṃ hi didṛkṣavaḥ
Sūta said: At Janaka's horse-sacrifice there was a great gathering; thousands of sages came there in numbers, wishing to see that sacrifice of the royal sage Janaka.
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VaP 1 60.36
आगतान् ब्राह्मणान् दृष्ट्वा जिज्ञासास्याभवत्ततः। कोन्वेषां ब्राह्मणः श्रेष्ठः कथं मे निश्चयो भवेत्। इति निश्चित्य मनसा बुद्धिं चक्रे जनाधिपः
āgatān brāhmaṇān dṛṣṭvā jijñāsāsyābhavattataḥ| konveṣāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kathaṃ me niścayo bhavet| iti niścitya manasā buddhiṃ cakre janādhipaḥ
Seeing the brahmins who had come, a desire to know arose in him: "Which of these is the foremost brahmin? How shall I reach certainty?" Having settled this in his mind, the ruler of men formed a plan.
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VaP 1 60.37
गवां सहस्रमादाय सुवर्णमधिकं ततः। ग्रामान् रत्नानि दासांश्च मुनीन् प्राह नराधिपः। सर्वानहं प्रपन्ननोऽस्मि शिरसा श्रेष्ठभागिनः
gavāṃ sahasramādāya suvarṇamadhikaṃ tataḥ| grāmān ratnāni dāsāṃśca munīn prāha narādhipaḥ| sarvānahaṃ prapannano'smi śirasā śreṣṭhabhāginaḥ
Taking a thousand cows, and gold besides, villages, jewels and servants, the king said to the sages: "With my head (bowed) I have taken refuge with you all, you who have the best portion."
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VaP 1 60.38
यदेतदाहृतं वित्तं ये वः श्रेष्ठतमो भवेत्। तस्मै तदुपनीतं हि विद्यावित्तं द्विजोत्तमाः
yadetadāhṛtaṃ vittaṃ ye vaḥ śreṣṭhatamo bhavet| tasmai tadupanītaṃ hi vidyāvittaṃ dvijottamāḥ
"This wealth that has been brought here — whoever among you is the most excellent, to him it is presented as the wealth of knowledge, O best of the twice-born."
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VaP 1 60.39
जनकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा मुनयस्ते श्रुतिक्षमाः। दृष्ट्वा धनं महासारं धनवृद्ध्या जिघृक्षवः । श्रद्धयाञ्चक्रुरन्योन्यं वेदज्ञानमदोल्बणाः
janakasya vacaḥ śrutvā munayaste śrutikṣamāḥ| dṛṣṭvā dhanaṃ mahāsāraṃ dhanavṛddhyā jighṛkṣavaḥ | śraddhayāñcakruranyonyaṃ vedajñānamadolbaṇāḥ
Hearing Janaka's words, those sages, competent in sacred learning, seeing the wealth of great substance, and eager to seize it out of desire for increase of wealth, put trust in (?) one another, swollen with the intoxication of their Vedic knowledge.
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VaP 1 60.40
मनसा गतवित्तास्ते ममेदं धनमित्युत। ममैवैतन्न वेत्यन्यो ब्रूहि किं वा विकल्ष्यते। इत्येवं धनदोषेण वादांश्चक्रुरनेकशः
manasā gatavittāste mamedaṃ dhanamityuta| mamaivaitanna vetyanyo brūhi kiṃ vā vikalṣyate| ityevaṃ dhanadoṣeṇa vādāṃścakruranekaśaḥ
Their minds gone over to the wealth, (one said) "this wealth is mine"; another, "no, this is mine alone — speak up! or what is there to be disputed?" Thus, through the fault of wealth, they engaged in many disputes.
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VaP 1 60.41
तथान्यस्तत्र वै विद्वान् ब्रह्मवाहसुतः कविः। याज्ञवल्क्यो महातेजास्तपस्वी ब्रह्मवित्तमः
tathānyastatra vai vidvān brahmavāhasutaḥ kaviḥ| yājñavalkyo mahātejāstapasvī brahmavittamaḥ
So too there was another there, learned, a seer, the son of Brahmavāha: Yājñavalkya of great splendour, an ascetic, the foremost knower of brahman.
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VaP 1 60.42
ब्रह्मणोऽङ्गात् समुत्पन्नो वाक्यं प्रोवाच सुस्वरम्। शिष्यं ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो धनमेतद् गृहाण भो
brahmaṇo'ṅgāt samutpanno vākyaṃ provāca susvaram| śiṣyaṃ brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho dhanametad gṛhāṇa bho
Sprung from the body of Brahmā, he spoke a word in a sweet voice: "Best among knowers of Brahman, take this wealth, sir, (as) a pupil."
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VaP 1 60.43
नयस्व च गृहं वत्स ममैतन्नात्र संशयः। सर्ववेदेष्वहं वक्ता नान्यः कश्चित्तु मत्समः। योवा न प्रीयते विप्रः स मे ह्यवतु माऽचिरम्
nayasva ca gṛhaṃ vatsa mamaitannātra saṃśayaḥ| sarvavedeṣvahaṃ vaktā nānyaḥ kaścittu matsamaḥ| yovā na prīyate vipraḥ sa me hyavatu mā'ciram
"And take (it) home, my boy; this is mine, there is no doubt about it. In all the Vedas I am the (authoritative) speaker; there is no other equal to me. Or whichever brahmin is not pleased (with this), let him at once confront me."
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VaP 1 60.44
ततो ब्रह्मार्णवः क्षुब्धः समुद्र इव सम्प्लवे । तानुवाच ततः स्वस्थो याज्ञवल्क्यो हसन्निव
tato brahmārṇavaḥ kṣubdhaḥ samudra iva samplave | tānuvāca tataḥ svastho yājñavalkyo hasanniva
Then the ocean of brahmins was churned up like the sea at the (world-)flood; and then Yājñavalkya, self-possessed, said to them, as if laughing:
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VaP 1 60.45
क्रोध माकार्षुविद्वांसो भवन्तः सत्यवादिनः। वदामहे यथायुक्तं जिज्ञासन्तः परस्परम्
krodha mākārṣuvidvāṃso bhavantaḥ satyavādinaḥ| vadāmahe yathāyuktaṃ jijñāsantaḥ parasparam
"Do not be angry; you gentlemen are learned and speakers of truth. Let us speak as is fitting, questioning one another."
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VaP 1 60.46
ततोऽभ्युपागमंस्तेषां वादा जग्मुरनेकशः। सहस्रधा शुभैरर्थैः सूक्ष्मदर्शनसम्भवैः
tato'bhyupāgamaṃsteṣāṃ vādā jagmuranekaśaḥ| sahasradhā śubhairarthaiḥ sūkṣmadarśanasambhavaiḥ
Then they engaged (with him), and their disputations proceeded in many ways, in a thousand ways, with fine points arising from subtle insight.
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VaP 1 60.47
लोके वेदे तथाध्यात्मे विद्यास्थानैरलंकृताः। शापोत्तमगुणैर्युक्ता नृपौघपरिवर्जनाः । वादाः समभवंस्तत्र धनहेतोर्महात्मनाम्
loke vede tathādhyātme vidyāsthānairalaṃkṛtāḥ| śāpottamaguṇairyuktā nṛpaughaparivarjanāḥ | vādāḥ samabhavaṃstatra dhanahetormahātmanām
Concerning the world, the Veda, and the self, adorned with the branches of learning, endowed with the highest qualities (?) of curse, avoiding the throngs of kings — such were the disputations that arose there among those great souls, for the sake of the wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 60.48
ऋषयस्त्वेकतः सर्वे याज्ञवल्क्यस्तथैकतः। सर्वे ते मुनयस्तेन याज्ञवल्क्येन धीमता । एकैकशस्ततः पृष्टा नैवोत्तरमथाव्रुवन्
ṛṣayastvekataḥ sarve yājñavalkyastathaikataḥ| sarve te munayastena yājñavalkyena dhīmatā | ekaikaśastataḥ pṛṣṭā naivottaramathāvruvan
The seers all on one side, and Yājñavalkya on the other: all those sages, questioned one by one by that wise Yājñavalkya, then gave no answer at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 60.49
तान्विजित्य मुनीन् सर्वान् ब्रह्मराशिर्महाद्युतिः। शाकल्यमिति होवाच वादकर्त्तारमञ्जसा
tānvijitya munīn sarvān brahmarāśirmahādyutiḥ| śākalyamiti hovāca vādakarttāramañjasā
Having defeated all those sages, Brahmarāśi of great splendour spoke thus straightaway to Śākalya, the maker of the debate:
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VaP 1 60.50
शाकल्य वद वक्तव्यं किं ध्यायन्नवतिष्टसे। पूर्णस्त्वं जडमानेन वाताध्मातो यथा दृतिः
śākalya vada vaktavyaṃ kiṃ dhyāyannavatiṣṭase| pūrṇastvaṃ jaḍamānena vātādhmāto yathā dṛtiḥ
"Śākalya, say what is to be said. Why do you stand there brooding? You are full of dull conceit, like a leather bag blown up with wind."
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VaP 1 60.51
एवं स धर्षितस्तेन रोषात्ताम्रास्यलोचनः। प्रोवाच याज्ञवल्क्यं तं पुरुषं मुनिसन्निधौ
evaṃ sa dharṣitastena roṣāttāmrāsyalocanaḥ| provāca yājñavalkyaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ munisannidhau
Thus insulted by him, his face and eyes red with rage, he spoke to that man Yājñavalkya in the presence of the sages:
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VaP 1 60.52
त्वमस्मांस्तृणवत्त्यक्त्वा तथैवेमान् द्विजोत्तमान्। विद्याधनं महासारं स्वयंग्राहं जिघृक्षसि
tvamasmāṃstṛṇavattyaktvā tathaivemān dvijottamān| vidyādhanaṃ mahāsāraṃ svayaṃgrāhaṃ jighṛkṣasi
"Having cast us aside like straw, and likewise these best of twice-born, you wish to seize by your own grasp the wealth of knowledge, which is of great worth."
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VaP 1 60.53
शाकल्येनैवनुक्तः स्याद्याज्ञवल्क्यः समब्रवीत्। ब्रह्मिष्ठानां बलं विद्धि विद्यातत्त्वार्थदर्शनम्
śākalyenaivanuktaḥ syādyājñavalkyaḥ samabravīt| brahmiṣṭhānāṃ balaṃ viddhi vidyātattvārthadarśanam
When he had been thus addressed by Śākalya, Yājñavalkya replied: "Know that the strength of those most versed in Brahman is the perception of the true meaning of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 60.54
कामश्चार्थेन सम्बद्धस्तेनार्थं कामयामहे । कामप्रश्रधना विप्राः कामप्रश्रान्वदामहे
kāmaścārthena sambaddhastenārthaṃ kāmayāmahe | kāmapraśradhanā viprāḥ kāmapraśrānvadāmahe
"And desire is bound up with wealth; hence it is for wealth that we feel desire. Brahmins whose wealth (lies in) questions of desire — we speak questions of desire."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 60.55
पणश्चैषोऽस्य राजर्षेस्तस्मान्नीतं धनं मया। एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य शाकल्यः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः। याज्ञवल्क्यमथोवाच कामप्रश्रार्थमद्वचः
paṇaścaiṣo'sya rājarṣestasmānnītaṃ dhanaṃ mayā| etacchrutvā vacastasya śākalyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ| yājñavalkyamathovāca kāmapraśrārthamadvacaḥ
"And this was the stake set by that royal seer; therefore the wealth has been carried off by me." Hearing this speech of his, Śākalya, dazed with anger, then said to Yājñavalkya a word for the sake of the questions-at-will:
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VaP 1 60.56
ब्रूहीदानीं मयोद्दिष्टान् कामप्रश्रान् यथार्थतः। ततः समभवद्वादस्तयोर्ब्रह्मविदोर्महान्
brūhīdānīṃ mayoddiṣṭān kāmapraśrān yathārthataḥ| tataḥ samabhavadvādastayorbrahmavidormahān
"Answer now, according to the truth, the questions at will that I put to you." Then a great disputation arose between those two knowers of Brahman.
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VaP 1 60.57
साग्रं प्रश्नसहस्रन्तु शाकल्यस्तमुचूचुदत्। याज्ञवल्क्योऽब्रवीत्सर्वान् ऋषीणां श्रृण्वतां तदा
sāgraṃ praśnasahasrantu śākalyastamucūcudat| yājñavalkyo'bravītsarvān ṛṣīṇāṃ śrṛṇvatāṃ tadā
Śākalya pressed him with a thousand questions and more; Yājñavalkya answered them all, while the seers listened.
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VaP 1 60.58
शाकल्ये चापि निर्वादे याज्ञवल्क्यस्तमब्रवीत् । प्रश्रमेकं ममापि त्वं वद शाकल्य कामिकम्। शापः पणोऽस्य वादस्य अब्रुवन् मृत्युमाव्रजेत्
śākalye cāpi nirvāde yājñavalkyastamabravīt | praśramekaṃ mamāpi tvaṃ vada śākalya kāmikam| śāpaḥ paṇo'sya vādasya abruvan mṛtyumāvrajet
And when Śākalya had run out of arguments, Yājñavalkya said to him: "You too, Śākalya, put to me one question at will. A curse is the stake of this debate: he who cannot answer shall go to death."
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VaP 1 60.59
अथ सन्नोदितं प्रश्रं याज्ञवल्क्येन धीमता । शाकल्यस्तमविज्ञाय सद्यो मृत्युमवाप्नुयात्
atha sannoditaṃ praśraṃ yājñavalkyena dhīmatā | śākalyastamavijñāya sadyo mṛtyumavāpnuyāt
Then, when a question was put by the wise Yājñavalkya, Śākalya, not knowing it, met with death at once.
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VaP 1 60.60
एवं मृतः स शाकल्यः प्रश्रव्याख्यानपीडितः। एवं वादश्च सुमहानासीत्तेषां धनार्थिभिः। ऋषीणां मुनिभिः सार्द्धं याज्ञवल्क्यस्य चैव हि
evaṃ mṛtaḥ sa śākalyaḥ praśravyākhyānapīḍitaḥ| evaṃ vādaśca sumahānāsītteṣāṃ dhanārthibhiḥ| ṛṣīṇāṃ munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ yājñavalkyasya caiva hi
Thus that Śākalya died, afflicted by the exposition of the question. Such was the very great disputation of theirs — of the seers who sought the wealth, together with the sages, and of Yājñavalkya.
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VaP 1 60.61
सर्वैः पृष्टांस्तु सम्प्रश्रान् शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। व्याख्याय वै मुने तेषां प्रश्रसारं महागतिः
sarvaiḥ pṛṣṭāṃstu sampraśrān śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ| vyākhyāya vai mune teṣāṃ praśrasāraṃ mahāgatiḥ
Having expounded, O sage, the questions put by all of them, by hundreds and by thousands, and the essence of their questioning, he of great course —
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VaP 1 60.62
याज्ञवल्क्यो धनं गृह्य यशो विख्याप्य चात्मनः। जगाम वै गृहं स्वस्थः शिष्यैः परिवृतो वशी
yājñavalkyo dhanaṃ gṛhya yaśo vikhyāpya cātmanaḥ| jagāma vai gṛhaṃ svasthaḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto vaśī
Yājñavalkya, having taken the wealth and made his own fame known, went home at ease, self-controlled, surrounded by his pupils.
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VaP 1 60.63
देवमित्रस्तु शाकल्यो महात्मा द्विजसत्तमः। चकार संहिताः पञ्चबुद्धिमान् पदवित्तमः
devamitrastu śākalyo mahātmā dvijasattamaḥ| cakāra saṃhitāḥ pañcabuddhimān padavittamaḥ
But Devamitra Śākalya, the great-souled one, best of the twice-born, wise and most skilled in words (padas), made five saṃhitās.
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VaP 1 60.64
तच्छिष्या अभवन् पञ्च मुद्घलो गोलकस्तथा। खालीयश्च तथा मत्स्वः शैशिरेयस्तु पञ्चमः
tacchiṣyā abhavan pañca mudghalo golakastathā| khālīyaśca tathā matsvaḥ śaiśireyastu pañcamaḥ
His pupils were five: Mudgala and Golaka, and Khālīya, and Matsva, and Śaiśireya as the fifth.
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VaP 1 60.65
प्रोवाच संहितास्तिस्रः शाकपूर्णरथीतरः। निरुक्तञ्च पुनश्चक्रे चतुर्थं द्विजसत्तमः
provāca saṃhitāstisraḥ śākapūrṇarathītaraḥ| niruktañca punaścakre caturthaṃ dvijasattamaḥ
Śākapūrṇa Rathītara declared three saṃhitās, and further the best of the twice-born composed a Nirukta as the fourth.
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VaP 1 60.66
तस्य शिष्यास्तु चत्वारः केतवो दालकिस्तथा। धर्मशर्मा देवशर्मा सर्वे व्रतधरा द्विजाः
tasya śiṣyāstu catvāraḥ ketavo dālakistathā| dharmaśarmā devaśarmā sarve vratadharā dvijāḥ
His pupils were four: Ketava and Dālaki, Dharmaśarman and Devaśarman, all twice-born observers of vows.
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VaP 1 60.67
शाकल्ये तु मृते सर्वे ब्रह्मघ्नास्ते बभूविरे। तदा चिन्तां परां प्राप्य गतास्ते ब्रह्मणोऽन्तिकम्
śākalye tu mṛte sarve brahmaghnāste babhūvire| tadā cintāṃ parāṃ prāpya gatāste brahmaṇo'ntikam
But when Śākalya died, they all became brahmin-slayers; then, falling into deep anxiety, they went into Brahmā's presence.
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VaP 1 60.68
तान् ज्ञात्वा चेतसा ब्रह्मा प्रेषितः पवनःपुरे। तत्र गच्छत यूयं वःसद्यः पापं प्रणश्यति
tān jñātvā cetasā brahmā preṣitaḥ pavanaḥpure| tatra gacchata yūyaṃ vaḥsadyaḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati
Knowing them in his mind, Brahmā sent (them) to the city of the Wind: "Go there, and your sin will at once perish."
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VaP 1 60.69
द्वादशार्कं नमस्कृत्या तथा वै वालुकेश्वरम् । एकादश तथा रुद्रान् वायुपुत्रं विशेषतः। कुण्डे चतुष्टये स्नात्वा ब्रह्महत्यां तरिष्यथ
dvādaśārkaṃ namaskṛtyā tathā vai vālukeśvaram | ekādaśa tathā rudrān vāyuputraṃ viśeṣataḥ| kuṇḍe catuṣṭaye snātvā brahmahatyāṃ tariṣyatha
"Having paid homage to the twelve suns and likewise to Vālukeśvara, and to the eleven Rudras, and especially to the son of the Wind, and having bathed in the four sacred pools, you will cross beyond brahmin-murder."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 60.70
सर्वे शीघ्रतरा भूत्वा तत्पुरं समुपागताः। स्नानं कृतं विधानेन देवानां दर्शनं कृतम्
sarve śīghratarā bhūtvā tatpuraṃ samupāgatāḥ| snānaṃ kṛtaṃ vidhānena devānāṃ darśanaṃ kṛtam
All of them, moving very swiftly, came to that city; the bathing was done according to rule, and the sight of the gods was obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 60.71
उत्तरेश्वरं नमस्कृत्य वाडवानां प्रसादतः। सर्वे पापविनिर्मुक्ता गतास्ते सूर्यमण्डलम्
uttareśvaraṃ namaskṛtya vāḍavānāṃ prasādataḥ| sarve pāpavinirmuktā gatāste sūryamaṇḍalam
Having paid homage to Uttareśvara, by the grace of the Vāḍavas, all of them, freed from sin, went to the orb of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 60.72
तदा प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं जातं पातकनाशनम्। वायोः पुरं पवित्रञ्च वायुना निर्मितं पुरा
tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ jātaṃ pātakanāśanam| vāyoḥ puraṃ pavitrañca vāyunā nirmitaṃ purā
From that time on that tīrtha became a destroyer of sins; and the city of Vāyu is holy, fashioned of old by Vāyu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 60.73
अञ्जनागर्भसम्भूतहनुमान्पवनात्मजः। यदा जातो महादेवोहनुमान्सत्यविक्रमः। तदेवं निर्मितं तीर्थं वायुना ब्रह्मयोनिना
añjanāgarbhasambhūtahanumānpavanātmajaḥ| yadā jāto mahādevohanumānsatyavikramaḥ| tadevaṃ nirmitaṃ tīrthaṃ vāyunā brahmayoninā
When Hanumān, sprung from Añjanā's womb, the son of the Wind, the great god Hanumān of true valour, was born — then this tīrtha was fashioned by Vāyu, who is born of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 60.74
ऊर्व्यां जातास्तु ये शूद्रा ब्राह्मणानां निवेदिताः। वृत्त्यर्थं ब्रह्मयज्ञार्थं करस्तेषु कृतो महान्
ūrvyāṃ jātāstu ye śūdrā brāhmaṇānāṃ niveditāḥ| vṛttyarthaṃ brahmayajñārthaṃ karasteṣu kṛto mahān
Those śūdras who were born on the earth were assigned to the brahmins; for the sake of livelihood and for the sake of the brahma-sacrifice a great tax was laid upon them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 60.75
अनेन विधिना जातं विप्राणां शासनं महत् । गोघ्नो वापि कृतघ्नो वा सुरापी गुरूतल्पगः। वाडादित्यं नमस्कृत्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
anena vidhinā jātaṃ viprāṇāṃ śāsanaṃ mahat | goghno vāpi kṛtaghno vā surāpī gurūtalpagaḥ| vāḍādityaṃ namaskṛtya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
By this rule the great authority of the brahmins arose. Even a cow-killer, or an ingrate, a drinker of liquor, or one who violates his guru's bed, is freed from all sins by paying homage to Vāḍāditya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition