Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 61

VaP 1 61.1

।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। भारद्वाजो याज्ञवल्क्यो गालकिः सालकिस्तथा। धीमान् शतबलाकश्च नैगमश्च द्विजोत्तमः

||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| bhāradvājo yājñavalkyo gālakiḥ sālakistathā| dhīmān śatabalākaśca naigamaśca dvijottamaḥ

The seers said: Bhāradvāja, Yājñavalkya, Gālaki and likewise Sālaki, and the wise Śatabalāka, and Naigama, best of the twice-born...

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VaP 1 61.2

बाष्कलिश्च भरद्वाजस्तिस्रः प्रोवाच संहिताः। रथीतरो निरुक्तञ्च पुनश्चक्रे चतुर्थकम्

bāṣkaliśca bharadvājastisraḥ provāca saṃhitāḥ| rathītaro niruktañca punaścakre caturthakam

And Bāṣkali and Bharadvāja declared three saṃhitās; and Rathītara further composed a Nirukta as a fourth.

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VaP 1 61.3

त्रयस्तस्याभवञ्छिष्या महात्मानो गुणान्विताः। धीमान्नन्दायनीयश्च पन्नगारिश्च बुद्धिमान्। तृतीयश्चार्यवस्ते च तपसा शंसितव्रताः

trayastasyābhavañchiṣyā mahātmāno guṇānvitāḥ| dhīmānnandāyanīyaśca pannagāriśca buddhimān| tṛtīyaścāryavaste ca tapasā śaṃsitavratāḥ

He had three pupils, great-souled and endowed with virtues: the wise Nandāyanīya, and the intelligent Pannagāri, and the third, Āryavasta — (all) of vows made keen by austerity.

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VaP 1 61.4

वीतरागा महातेजाः संहिताज्ञानपारगाः। इत्येते बह्वृचाः प्रोक्ताः संहिता यैः प्रवर्त्तिताः

vītarāgā mahātejāḥ saṃhitājñānapāragāḥ| ityete bahvṛcāḥ proktāḥ saṃhitā yaiḥ pravarttitāḥ

Free from passion, of great splendour, having gone to the far shore of the knowledge of the saṃhitās — these have been declared the Bahvṛcas (Ṛgvedins), by whom the saṃhitās were set going.

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VaP 1 61.5

वैशम्पायनगोत्रोऽसौ यजुर्वेदं व्यकल्पयत्। षडशीतिश्च तस्यापि संहितानां विकल्पकाः

vaiśampāyanagotro'sau yajurvedaṃ vyakalpayat| ṣaḍaśītiśca tasyāpi saṃhitānāṃ vikalpakāḥ

He of the Vaiśampāyana lineage arranged the Yajurveda; and of it too there were eighty-six variant redactions of the saṃhitās.

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VaP 1 61.6

शिष्येभ्यः प्रददौ ताश्च जगृहुस्ते विधानतः। एकस्तत्र परित्यक्तो याज्ञवल्क्यो महातपाः। षडशीतिश्च तस्यापि संहितानां विकल्पकाः

śiṣyebhyaḥ pradadau tāśca jagṛhuste vidhānataḥ| ekastatra parityakto yājñavalkyo mahātapāḥ| ṣaḍaśītiśca tasyāpi saṃhitānāṃ vikalpakāḥ

And he gave them to his pupils, and they received them according to rule. One there was cast out, Yājñavalkya of great austerity; and of his too there were eighty-six variant redactions of the saṃhitās.

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VaP 1 61.7

सर्वेषामेव तेषां वै त्रिधा भेदाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः। त्रिधा भेदास्तु ते प्रोक्ता भेदेऽस्मिन्नवमे शुभे

sarveṣāmeva teṣāṃ vai tridhā bhedāḥ prakīrttitāḥ| tridhā bhedāstu te proktā bhede'sminnavame śubhe

Of all of these indeed threefold divisions are declared; and those threefold divisions have been proclaimed in this ninth auspicious division.

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VaP 1 61.8

उदीच्या मध्यदेशाश्च प्राच्याश्चैव पृथग्विधाः। श्यामायनिरुदीच्यानां प्रधानः सम्बभूव ह

udīcyā madhyadeśāśca prācyāścaiva pṛthagvidhāḥ| śyāmāyanirudīcyānāṃ pradhānaḥ sambabhūva ha

The northerners, those of the middle country, and the easterners are of separate kinds; Śyāmāyani became the chief of the northerners.

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VaP 1 61.9

मध्य देशप्रतिष्ठानामारुणिः प्रथमः स्तुतः। आलम्बिरादिः प्राच्यानान्त्रयोदश्यादयस्तु ते

madhya deśapratiṣṭhānāmāruṇiḥ prathamaḥ stutaḥ| ālambirādiḥ prācyānāntrayodaśyādayastu te

Āruṇi is praised as the first of those established in the middle country; Ālambi and the rest are of the easterners, and they are the thirteen beginning (with him).

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VaP 1 61.10

इत्येते चरकाः प्रोक्ताः संहितावादिनो द्विजाः। ऋषय स्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा सूतं जिज्ञासवोऽब्रुवन्

ityete carakāḥ proktāḥ saṃhitāvādino dvijāḥ| ṛṣaya stadvacaḥ śrutvā sūtaṃ jijñāsavo'bruvan

Thus these Carakas, the twice-born reciters of the Saṃhitā, have been described. The sages, hearing that speech, desiring to know, said to the Sūta:

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VaP 1 61.11

चरकाध्वर्यवः केन कारणं ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः। किञ्चीर्णं कस्य हेतोश्च वाचकत्वञ्च भेजिरे। इत्युक्तः प्राह तेषां स चरकत्वमभूद्यथा

carakādhvaryavaḥ kena kāraṇaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ| kiñcīrṇaṃ kasya hetośca vācakatvañca bhejire| ityuktaḥ prāha teṣāṃ sa carakatvamabhūdyathā

"For what reason (are they called) Caraka Adhvaryus? Tell (us) truly. What was performed, and for whose sake, and (how) did they come by that designation?" Being thus addressed, he told them how the state of being Carakas came about.

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VaP 1 61.12

।।सूत उवाच ।। कार्यमासीदृषीणाञ्च किञ्चिद्ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः। मेरुपृष्ठं समासाद्य तैस्तदा त्विति मन्त्रितम्

||sūta uvāca || kāryamāsīdṛṣīṇāñca kiñcidbrāhmaṇasattamāḥ| merupṛṣṭhaṃ samāsādya taistadā tviti mantritam

The Sūta said: There was some business of the sages, O best of brahmins; having reached the summit of Meru, it was then thus agreed upon by them:

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VaP 1 61.13

यो नोऽत्र सप्तरात्रेण नागच्छेद् द्विजसत्तमाः। स कुर्याद्ब्रह्मवध्यां वै समयो नः प्रकीर्तितः

yo no'tra saptarātreṇa nāgacched dvijasattamāḥ| sa kuryādbrahmavadhyāṃ vai samayo naḥ prakīrtitaḥ

"Whoever among us does not come here within seven nights, O best of the twice-born, he shall incur the guilt of brahmin-slaying — this is declared to be our agreement."

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VaP 1 61.14

ततस्ते सगणाः सर्वे वैशम्पायन वर्जिताः। प्रययुः सप्तरात्रेण यत्र सन्धिः कृतोऽभवत्

tataste sagaṇāḥ sarve vaiśampāyana varjitāḥ| prayayuḥ saptarātreṇa yatra sandhiḥ kṛto'bhavat

Then all of them together with their followers, excepting Vaiśampāyana, went within seven nights to where the compact had been made.

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VaP 1 61.15

ब्राह्मणानान्तु वचनाद्ब्रह्मवध्याञ्चकार सः । शिष्यानथ समानीय स वैशण्पायनोऽब्रवीत्

brāhmaṇānāntu vacanādbrahmavadhyāñcakāra saḥ | śiṣyānatha samānīya sa vaiśaṇpāyano'bravīt

By the word of the brahmins he incurred the guilt of brahmin-slaying; then, having assembled his pupils, that Vaiśampāyana said:

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VaP 1 61.16

ब्रह्मवद्याञ्चरध्वं वै मत्कृते द्विजसत्तमाः। सर्वे यूयं समागम्य ब्रूत मे तद्धितं वचः

brahmavadyāñcaradhvaṃ vai matkṛte dvijasattamāḥ| sarve yūyaṃ samāgamya brūta me taddhitaṃ vacaḥ

"Perform (the expiation for) brahmin-slaying on my behalf, O best of the twice-born; all of you, having come together, tell me the speech that is beneficial in this."

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VaP 1 61.17

।।याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच।। अहमेव चरिष्यामि तिष्ठन्तु मुनयस्त्विमे। बलञ्चोत्थापयिष्यामि तपसा स्वेन भावितः

||yājñavalkya uvāca|| ahameva cariṣyāmi tiṣṭhantu munayastvime| balañcotthāpayiṣyāmi tapasā svena bhāvitaḥ

Yājñavalkya said: "I alone will perform it; let these sages remain. And I shall raise up strength, being empowered by my own austerity."

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VaP 1 61.18

एवमुक्तस्ततः क्रुद्धो याज्ञवल्क्यमथाब्रवीत् । उवाच यत्त्वयाधीतं सर्वं प्रत्यर्पयस्व मे

evamuktastataḥ kruddho yājñavalkyamathābravīt | uvāca yattvayādhītaṃ sarvaṃ pratyarpayasva me

Thus addressed, he then, angered, spoke to Yājñavalkya; he said: "Give back to me all that has been learned by you."

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VaP 1 61.19

एवमुक्तः स रूपाणि यजूंषि प्रददौ गुरोः। रुधिरेण तथाक्तानि छर्दित्वा ब्रह्मवित्तमः

evamuktaḥ sa rūpāṇi yajūṃṣi pradadau guroḥ| rudhireṇa tathāktāni charditvā brahmavittamaḥ

Thus addressed, that best of the knowers of the Veda, having vomited them forth smeared with blood, gave the Yajus formulas in (their) forms to the teacher.

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VaP 1 61.20

ततः स ध्यानमास्थाय सूर्यमाराधयद् द्विजाः । सूर्यब्रह्म यदुच्छिन्नं खं गत्वा प्रतितिष्ठति

tataḥ sa dhyānamāsthāya sūryamārādhayad dvijāḥ | sūryabrahma yaducchinnaṃ khaṃ gatvā pratitiṣṭhati

Then he, taking to meditation, propitiated the Sun, O twice-born ones: (for) the solar Veda that is cut off goes to the sky and there abides.

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VaP 1 61.21

ततो यानि गतान्यूर्द्ध्वं यजूंष्यादित्यमण्डलम्। तानि तस्मै ददौ तुष्टः सूर्यो वै ब्रह्मरीतये। अश्व रूपाय मार्तण्डो याज्ञवल्क्याय धीमते

tato yāni gatānyūrddhvaṃ yajūṃṣyādityamaṇḍalam| tāni tasmai dadau tuṣṭaḥ sūryo vai brahmarītaye| aśva rūpāya mārtaṇḍo yājñavalkyāya dhīmate

Then those Yajus formulas which had gone upward to the sun's orb — those Mārtaṇḍa, the Sun, being pleased, gave to him, to wise Yājñavalkya in the form of a horse, for the continuance of the Veda.

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VaP 1 61.22

यजूंष्यधीयन्ते यानि ब्राह्मणा येन केन च। अश्वरूपाय दत्तानि ततस्ते वाजिनोऽभवन्

yajūṃṣyadhīyante yāni brāhmaṇā yena kena ca| aśvarūpāya dattāni tataste vājino'bhavan

Whatever Yajus formulas brahmins study, by whomever — since they were given to (one in) horse form, therefore they became the Vājins.

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VaP 1 61.23

ब्रह्महत्या तु यैश्चीर्णा चरणाच्चरकाः स्मृताः । वैशम्पायनशिष्यास्ते चरकाः समुदाहृताः

brahmahatyā tu yaiścīrṇā caraṇāccarakāḥ smṛtāḥ | vaiśampāyanaśiṣyāste carakāḥ samudāhṛtāḥ

But those by whom the brahmin-slaying (expiation) was performed are called Carakas from the performing (caraṇa); those pupils of Vaiśampāyana are termed Carakas.

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VaP 1 61.24

इत्येते चरकाः प्रोक्ता वाजिनस्तान्निबोधत। याज्ञवल्क्यस्य शिष्यास्ते कण्ववैधेयशालिनः

ityete carakāḥ proktā vājinastānnibodhata| yājñavalkyasya śiṣyāste kaṇvavaidheyaśālinaḥ

Thus these Carakas have been described; learn now of the Vājins. Those pupils of Yājñavalkya are Kaṇva, Vaidheya, and Śālin.

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VaP 1 61.25

मध्यन्दिनश्च शापेयी विदिग्धश्चाप्य उद्दलः। ताम्रायणश्च वात्स्यश्च तथा गालवशैशिरी। आटवी च तथा पर्णी वीरणी सपरायणः

madhyandinaśca śāpeyī vidigdhaścāpya uddalaḥ| tāmrāyaṇaśca vātsyaśca tathā gālavaśaiśirī| āṭavī ca tathā parṇī vīraṇī saparāyaṇaḥ

And Madhyandina, Śāpeyī, Vidigdha, Āpya, Uddala, and Tāmrāyaṇa and Vātsya, likewise Gālava and Śaiśirī, and Āṭavī, and Parṇī, Vīraṇī together with Parāyaṇa.

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VaP 1 61.26

इत्येते वाजिनः प्रोक्ता दश पञ्च च संस्मृताः। शतमेकाधिकं कृत्स्नं यजुषां वै विकल्पकाः

ityete vājinaḥ proktā daśa pañca ca saṃsmṛtāḥ| śatamekādhikaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yajuṣāṃ vai vikalpakāḥ

Thus these Vājins are declared, remembered as ten and five; the varieties of the Yajus (schools) are in all a hundred and one.

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VaP 1 61.27

पुत्रमध्यापयामास सुमन्तुमथ जैमिनिः। सुमन्तुश्चापि सुत्वानं पुत्रमध्यापयत्प्रभुः। सुकर्माणं सुतं सुत्वा पुत्रमध्यापयत्प्रभुः

putramadhyāpayāmāsa sumantumatha jaiminiḥ| sumantuścāpi sutvānaṃ putramadhyāpayatprabhuḥ| sukarmāṇaṃ sutaṃ sutvā putramadhyāpayatprabhuḥ

Then Jaimini taught his son Sumantu; and Sumantu, the master, taught his son Sutvan; Sutvan, the master, taught his son Sukarman.

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VaP 1 61.28

स सहस्रमधीत्याशु सुकर्माप्यथ संहिताः। प्रोवाचाथ सहस्रस्य सुकर्मा सूर्यवर्चसः

sa sahasramadhītyāśu sukarmāpyatha saṃhitāḥ| provācātha sahasrasya sukarmā sūryavarcasaḥ

And Sukarman, having quickly studied the thousand compilations, then recited (them) — Sukarman, of the splendour of the sun, (recited) the thousand.

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VaP 1 61.29

अनध्यायेष्वधीयानांस्ताञ्जघान शतक्रतुः। प्रायोपवेशमकरोत्ततोऽसौ शिष्यकारणात्

anadhyāyeṣvadhīyānāṃstāñjaghāna śatakratuḥ| prāyopaveśamakarottato'sau śiṣyakāraṇāt

Śatakratu (Indra) slew those who were reciting on the days when recitation is forbidden; thereupon he (Sukarman) undertook a fast unto death for the sake of (obtaining) pupils.

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VaP 1 61.30

क्रुद्धं दृष्ट्वा ततः शक्रो वरमस्मै ददौ पुनः। भाविनौ ते महावीर्यौ शिष्यावनलवर्चसौ

kruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ śakro varamasmai dadau punaḥ| bhāvinau te mahāvīryau śiṣyāvanalavarcasau

Then Śakra, seeing him angry, granted him a boon again: "You shall have two pupils of great might, with the splendour of fire,

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VaP 1 61.31

अधीयानौ महाप्राज्ञौ सहस्रं सहितावुभौ। एतौ सुरौ महाभागौ मा क्रुध्य द्विजसत्तम

adhīyānau mahāprājñau sahasraṃ sahitāvubhau| etau surau mahābhāgau mā krudhya dvijasattama

both of great wisdom, reciting the thousand together; these two are gods, of great fortune — do not be angry, best of the twice-born."

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VaP 1 61.32

इत्युक्त्वा वासवः श्रीमान्सुकर्माणं यशस्विनम्। शान्तक्रोधं द्विजं दृष्ट्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

ityuktvā vāsavaḥ śrīmānsukarmāṇaṃ yaśasvinam| śāntakrodhaṃ dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatraivāntaradhīyata

Having said this, the glorious Vāsava, seeing the illustrious Sukarman, the twice-born, with his anger appeased, vanished then and there.

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VaP 1 61.33

तस्य शिष्यो भवेद्धीमान्पौष्यञ्जी द्विजसत्तमाः। हिरण्यनाभः कौशिक्यौ द्वितीयोऽभून्नराधिपः

tasya śiṣyo bhaveddhīmānpauṣyañjī dvijasattamāḥ| hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśikyau dvitīyo'bhūnnarādhipaḥ

His pupil, O best of the twice-born, was the wise Pauṣyañji; the second was Hiraṇyanābha Kauśikya (Kauśalya), a ruler of men.

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VaP 1 61.34

अध्यापयत्तु पौष्यञ्जी सहस्रार्द्धन्तु संहिताः। तेनान्योदीच्यसामान्याः शिष्याः पौष्यञ्जिनः शुभाः

adhyāpayattu pauṣyañjī sahasrārddhantu saṃhitāḥ| tenānyodīcyasāmānyāḥ śiṣyāḥ pauṣyañjinaḥ śubhāḥ

Pauṣyañji taught half a thousand compilations; through him arose the other auspicious pupils, the Pauṣyañjis, singers of the northern Sāmans.

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VaP 1 61.35

शतानि पञ्च कौशिक्यः संहितानाञ्च वीर्यवान्। शिष्या हिरण्यनाभस्य स्मृतास्ते प्राच्यसामगाः

śatāni pañca kauśikyaḥ saṃhitānāñca vīryavān| śiṣyā hiraṇyanābhasya smṛtāste prācyasāmagāḥ

And the mighty Kauśikya (taught) five hundred of the compilations; those pupils of Hiraṇyanābha are known as the eastern Sāman-singers.

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VaP 1 61.36

लोकाक्षी कुथुमिश्चैव कुशीती लाङ्गलिस्तथा। पौष्यञ्जिशिष्याश्चत्वारस्तेषां भेदान्निबोधत

lokākṣī kuthumiścaiva kuśītī lāṅgalistathā| pauṣyañjiśiṣyāścatvārasteṣāṃ bhedānnibodhata

Lokākṣi, Kuthumi, Kuśīti and Lāṅgali — these four were Pauṣyañji's pupils; learn now their branches.

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VaP 1 61.37

राणायनीयः स हि तण्डिपुत्रस्तस्मादन्यो मूलचारी सुविद्वान्। सकतिपुत्रः सहसात्यपुत्र एतान् भेदान् वित्त लोकाक्षिणस्तु

rāṇāyanīyaḥ sa hi taṇḍiputrastasmādanyo mūlacārī suvidvān| sakatiputraḥ sahasātyaputra etān bhedān vitta lokākṣiṇastu

He, the son of Taṇḍi, was Rāṇāyanīya; other than him was Mūlacārī, the very learned one, and the son of Sakati and the son of Sahasātya — know these as the branches of Lokākṣi.

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VaP 1 61.38

त्रयस्तु कुथुमेः पुत्रा औरसो रसपासरः। भागवित्तिश्च तेजस्वी त्रिविधाः कौथुमाः स्मृताः

trayastu kuthumeḥ putrā auraso rasapāsaraḥ| bhāgavittiśca tejasvī trividhāḥ kauthumāḥ smṛtāḥ

Kuthumi had three sons: Aurasa, Rasapāsara, and the brilliant Bhāgavitti; the Kauthumas are known to be of three kinds.

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VaP 1 61.39

शौरिद्युः श्रृङ्गिपुत्रश्चद्वावेतौ चरितव्रतौ। राणायनीयः सौमित्रिः सामवेदविशारदौ

śauridyuḥ śrṛṅgiputraścadvāvetau caritavratau| rāṇāyanīyaḥ saumitriḥ sāmavedaviśāradau

Śauridyu and the son of Śṛṅgi — these two kept their vows: Rāṇāyanīya and Saumitri, both skilled in the Sāmaveda.

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VaP 1 61.40

प्रोवाच संहितास्तिस्रः श्रृङ्गिपुत्रो महातपाः। चैलः प्राचीनयोगश्च सुरालश्च द्विजोत्तमाः

provāca saṃhitāstisraḥ śrṛṅgiputro mahātapāḥ| cailaḥ prācīnayogaśca surālaśca dvijottamāḥ

The son of Śṛṅgi, of great austerity, recited three compilations; Caila, Prācīnayoga and Surāla, best of the twice-born (were his pupils).

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VaP 1 61.41

प्रोवाच संहिताः षट्तु पाराशर्यस्तु कौथुमः। आसुरायणवैशाख्यौ वेदवृद्धपरायणौ

provāca saṃhitāḥ ṣaṭtu pārāśaryastu kauthumaḥ| āsurāyaṇavaiśākhyau vedavṛddhaparāyaṇau

But Pārāśarya the Kauthuma recited six compilations; Āsurāyaṇa and Vaiśākhya, devoted to the elders of the Veda,

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VaP 1 61.42

प्राचीनयोगपुत्रश्च बुद्धिमांश्च पतञ्जलिः। कौथुमस्य तु भेदास्ते पाराशर्यस्य षट् स्मृताः। लाङ्गलिः शालिहोत्रश्च षट् षट् प्रोवाच संहिताः

prācīnayogaputraśca buddhimāṃśca patañjaliḥ| kauthumasya tu bhedāste pārāśaryasya ṣaṭ smṛtāḥ| lāṅgaliḥ śālihotraśca ṣaṭ ṣaṭ provāca saṃhitāḥ

and the son of Prācīnayoga, and the intelligent Patañjali — these are the branches of Kauthuma; six are reckoned as Pārāśarya's. Lāṅgali and Śālihotra each recited six compilations.

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VaP 1 61.43

भालुकिः कामहानिश्च जैमिनिर्लोमगायिनः। कण्डश्च कोलहश्चैव षडेते लाङ्गलाः स्मृताः। एते लाङ्गलिनः शिष्याः संहिता यैः प्रसाधिताः

bhālukiḥ kāmahāniśca jaiminirlomagāyinaḥ| kaṇḍaśca kolahaścaiva ṣaḍete lāṅgalāḥ smṛtāḥ| ete lāṅgalinaḥ śiṣyāḥ saṃhitā yaiḥ prasādhitāḥ

Bhāluki, Kāmahāni, Jaimini, the Lomagāyins, Kaṇḍa and Kolaha — these six are known as the Lāṅgalas; these are the pupils of Lāṅgali, by whom the compilations were made ready.

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VaP 1 61.44

ततो हिरण्यनाभस्य कृतशिष्यो नृपात्मजः । सोऽकरोच्च चतुर्विंशत्संहिता द्विपदां वरः । प्रोवाच चैव शिष्येभ्यो येभ्यस्तांश्च निबोधत

tato hiraṇyanābhasya kṛtaśiṣyo nṛpātmajaḥ | so'karocca caturviṃśatsaṃhitā dvipadāṃ varaḥ | provāca caiva śiṣyebhyo yebhyastāṃśca nibodhata

Then the king's son (Hiraṇyanābha) became an accomplished pupil of Hiraṇyanābha; and that best of two-footed beings made twenty-four compilations, and recited them to his pupils — learn who they were.

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VaP 1 61.45

राडश्च महवीर्यश्च पञ्चमो वाहनस्तथा। तालकः पाण्डकश्चैष कालिको राजिकस्तथा। गौतमश्चाजबस्तश्च सोमराजापतत्ततः

rāḍaśca mahavīryaśca pañcamo vāhanastathā| tālakaḥ pāṇḍakaścaiṣa kāliko rājikastathā| gautamaścājabastaśca somarājāpatattataḥ

Rāḍa and Mahavīrya, and fifth Vāhana, Tālaka, this Pāṇḍaka, Kālika and Rājika, Gautama and Ajabasta, and then Somarājā fell (from the list?).

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VaP 1 61.46

पृष्ठग्नः परिकृष्टश्च उलूखलक एव च। यवीयसश्च वैशालो अंगुलीयश्च कौशिकः

pṛṣṭhagnaḥ parikṛṣṭaśca ulūkhalaka eva ca| yavīyasaśca vaiśālo aṃgulīyaśca kauśikaḥ

Pṛṣṭhagna and Parikṛṣṭa, and Ulūkhalaka too, Yavīyasa, Vaiśāla, and Aṅgulīya the Kauśika,

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VaP 1 61.47

सालिमञ्जरिसत्यश्च कापीयः कानिकश्च यः। पराशरश्च धर्मात्मा इति क्रान्तास्तु सामगाः

sālimañjarisatyaśca kāpīyaḥ kānikaśca yaḥ| parāśaraśca dharmātmā iti krāntāstu sāmagāḥ

Sālimañjari, Satya, Kāpīya, and he who is Kānika, and Parāśara whose nature is dharma — these are the Sāma-singers who have passed on (in the line).

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VaP 1 61.48

सामगानान्तु सर्वेषां श्रेष्ठौ द्वौ तु प्रकीर्त्तितौ। पौष्यञ्जिश्च कृतिश्चैव संहितानां विकल्पकौ

sāmagānāntu sarveṣāṃ śreṣṭhau dvau tu prakīrttitau| pauṣyañjiśca kṛtiścaiva saṃhitānāṃ vikalpakau

Of all the Sāma-singers two are declared the foremost: Pauṣyañji and Kṛti, the two who made the divisions of the collections.

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VaP 1 61.49

अथर्वाणं द्विधा कृत्वा सुमन्तुरददद् द्विजाः । कबन्धाय पुनः कृत्स्रं स च विद्याद्यथाक्रमम्

atharvāṇaṃ dvidhā kṛtvā sumanturadadad dvijāḥ | kabandhāya punaḥ kṛtsraṃ sa ca vidyādyathākramam

Having made the Atharvan twofold, Sumantu gave (it), O twice-born ones; and again he gave the whole to Kabandha, and he too knew it in due order.

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VaP 1 61.50

कबन्धस्तु द्विदा कृत्वा पथ्यायैकं पुनर्ददौ। द्वितीयं वेदस्पर्शाय स चतुर्द्धाकरोत् पुनः

kabandhastu dvidā kṛtvā pathyāyaikaṃ punardadau| dvitīyaṃ vedasparśāya sa caturddhākarot punaḥ

But Kabandha, having made (it) twofold, gave one to Pathya; the second to Vedasparśa, and he in turn made (it) fourfold.

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VaP 1 61.51

मोदो ब्रह्मबलश्चैव पिप्पलादस्तथैव च। शौकायनिश्च धर्मज्ञश्चतुर्थस्तपनः स्मृतः।? वेदस्पर्शस्य चत्वारः शिष्यास्त्वेते दृढव्रताः

modo brahmabalaścaiva pippalādastathaiva ca| śaukāyaniśca dharmajñaścaturthastapanaḥ smṛtaḥ|? vedasparśasya catvāraḥ śiṣyāstvete dṛḍhavratāḥ

Moda and Brahmabala, and likewise Pippalāda, and Śaukāyani who knows dharma — the fourth is recorded as Tapana; these four were Vedasparśa's disciples, firm in their vows.

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VaP 1 61.52

पुनश्च त्रिविधं विद्धि पथ्यानां भेदमुत्तमम्। जाजलिः कुमुदादिश्च तृतीयः शौनकः स्मृतः

punaśca trividhaṃ viddhi pathyānāṃ bhedamuttamam| jājaliḥ kumudādiśca tṛtīyaḥ śaunakaḥ smṛtaḥ

And know again the excellent threefold division of the Pathyas: Jājali, Kumudādi, and the third is recorded as Śaunaka.

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VaP 1 61.53

शौनकस्तु द्विधा कृत्वा ददावेकन्तु बभ्रवे। द्वितीयां संहितां धीमान्सैन्धवायनसंज्ञिते

śaunakastu dvidhā kṛtvā dadāvekantu babhrave| dvitīyāṃ saṃhitāṃ dhīmānsaindhavāyanasaṃjñite

But Śaunaka, having made (it) twofold, gave one to Babhru, and the wise one (gave) the second collection to him named Saindhavāyana.

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VaP 1 61.54

सैन्धवो मुञ्जकेशाय भिन्ना सा च द्विधा पुनः। नक्षत्र कल्पो वैतानस्तृतीयः संहितानिधिः। चतुर्थोऽङ्गिरसः कल्पः शान्तिकल्पश्च पञ्चमः

saindhavo muñjakeśāya bhinnā sā ca dvidhā punaḥ| nakṣatra kalpo vaitānastṛtīyaḥ saṃhitānidhiḥ| caturtho'ṅgirasaḥ kalpaḥ śāntikalpaśca pañcamaḥ

Saindhava (gave it) to Muñjakeśa, and that too was again split in two; the Nakṣatra-kalpa, the Vaitāna, the third the treasury of the collections, the fourth the Āṅgirasa-kalpa, and the fifth the Śānti-kalpa.

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VaP 1 61.55

श्रेष्ठस्त्वथर्वणो ह्येते संहितानां विकल्पनाः। षट्शः कृत्वा मयाप्युक्तं पुराणमृषिसत्तमाः

śreṣṭhastvatharvaṇo hyete saṃhitānāṃ vikalpanāḥ| ṣaṭśaḥ kṛtvā mayāpyuktaṃ purāṇamṛṣisattamāḥ

These are the best divisions of the collections of the Atharvan. Having made it into six (parts), the Purāṇa too was recited by me, O best of seers.

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VaP 1 61.56

आत्रेयः सुमतिर्धीमान्काश्यपो ह्यकृतव्रणः। भारद्वाजोऽग्निवर्चाश्च वसिष्ठो मित्रयुश्च यः । सावर्णिः सोमदत्तिस्तु सुशर्मा शांशपायनः

ātreyaḥ sumatirdhīmānkāśyapo hyakṛtavraṇaḥ| bhāradvājo'gnivarcāśca vasiṣṭho mitrayuśca yaḥ | sāvarṇiḥ somadattistu suśarmā śāṃśapāyanaḥ

The wise Sumati son of Atri, Akṛtavraṇa the Kāśyapa, Agnivarcas of the Bhāradvāja line, Vasiṣṭha's (descendant) Mitrayu, Sāvarṇi, Somadatti, Suśarman, and Śāṃśapāyana.

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VaP 1 61.57

एते शिष्या मम ब्रह्मन् पुराणेषु दृढव्रताः। त्रिभिस्तिस्रः कृतास्तिस्रः संहिताः पुनरेव हि

ete śiṣyā mama brahman purāṇeṣu dṛḍhavratāḥ| tribhistisraḥ kṛtāstisraḥ saṃhitāḥ punareva hi

These are my disciples, O brahman, firm in their vows regarding the Purāṇas; by three of them three collections were made, again three (in all).

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VaP 1 61.58

काश्यपः संहिताकर्त्ता सावर्णिः शांशपायनः। सामिका च चतुर्थीस्यात्सा चैषा पूर्वसंहिता

kāśyapaḥ saṃhitākarttā sāvarṇiḥ śāṃśapāyanaḥ| sāmikā ca caturthīsyātsā caiṣā pūrvasaṃhitā

The maker of a collection (was) Kāśyapa, (and) Sāvarṇi, (and) Śāṃśapāyana; and the fourth would be the Sāmikā, and this very one is the earlier collection.

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VaP 1 61.59

सर्वास्ता हि चतुष्पादाः सर्वाश्चैकार्थवाचिकाः। पाठान्तरे पृथग्भूता वेदशाखा यथा तथा। चतुःसाहस्रिकाः सर्वाः शांशपायनिकामृते

sarvāstā hi catuṣpādāḥ sarvāścaikārthavācikāḥ| pāṭhāntare pṛthagbhūtā vedaśākhā yathā tathā| catuḥsāhasrikāḥ sarvāḥ śāṃśapāyanikāmṛte

For all those (collections) have four sections and all express one and the same meaning; they are separate only in variant readings, as the branches of the Veda are; all are of four thousand (verses), except the Śāṃśapāyana one.

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VaP 1 61.60

लोमहर्षणिका मूलास्ततः काश्यपिकाः पराः। सावर्णिकास्तृतीयास्ता यजुर्वाक्यार्थपण्डिताः

lomaharṣaṇikā mūlāstataḥ kāśyapikāḥ parāḥ| sāvarṇikāstṛtīyāstā yajurvākyārthapaṇḍitāḥ

The Lomaharṣaṇikā are the root ones; after them the Kāśyapikā; the third are the Sāvarṇikā, learned in the sense of the yajus formulas.

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VaP 1 61.61

शांशपायनिकाश्चान्या नोदनार्थविभूषिताः । सहस्राणि ऋचामष्टौ षट्शतानि तथैव च

śāṃśapāyanikāścānyā nodanārthavibhūṣitāḥ | sahasrāṇi ṛcāmaṣṭau ṣaṭśatāni tathaiva ca

And the Śāṃśapāyanikā are others, adorned with the sense of injunctions; (they contain) eight thousand verses and six hundred as well.

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VaP 1 61.62

एताः पञचदशान्याश्च दशान्या दशभिस्तथा। वालखिल्याः समप्रैखाः (षाः) ससावर्णाः प्रकीर्तिताः

etāḥ pañacadaśānyāśca daśānyā daśabhistathā| vālakhilyāḥ samapraikhāḥ (ṣāḥ) sasāvarṇāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

These (are) fifteen, and others ten, and others by tens; the Vālakhilyas, of equal extent, together with the Sāvarṇas, are so declared.

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VaP 1 61.63

अष्टौ सामसहस्राणि सामानि च चतुर्द्दश। आरण्यकं सहोमञ्च एताद्गायन्ति सामगाः

aṣṭau sāmasahasrāṇi sāmāni ca caturddaśa| āraṇyakaṃ sahomañca etādgāyanti sāmagāḥ

Eight thousand Sāmans and fourteen Sāmans, the Āraṇyaka together with the Homa — thus do the Sāma-singers chant.

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VaP 1 61.64

द्वादशैव सहस्राणि छन्द आध्वर्यवं स्मृतम्। यजुषां ब्राह्मणानाञ्च यथा व्यासो व्यकल्पयत्

dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇi chanda ādhvaryavaṃ smṛtam| yajuṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāñca yathā vyāso vyakalpayat

The metrical Adhvaryu (portion) is recorded as twelve thousand, of the yajus texts and the Brāhmaṇas, as Vyāsa arranged it.

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VaP 1 61.65

सग्राम्यारण्यकन्तत्स्यात्समन्त्रकरणं तथा। अतः परं कथानान्तु पूर्वा इति विशेषणम्

sagrāmyāraṇyakantatsyātsamantrakaraṇaṃ tathā| ataḥ paraṃ kathānāntu pūrvā iti viśeṣaṇam

That would be together with the domestic and the forest (portions), and likewise with the making of the mantras; beyond this, of the narratives, the qualification 'earlier' (applies).

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VaP 1 61.66

ग्राम्यारण्यं समन्त्रञ्च ऋग्ब्राह्मणयजुः स्मृतम्। तथा हारिद्रवीयाणां खिलान्युपखिलानि च। तथैव तैत्तिरीयाणां परक्षुद्रा इति स्मृतम्

grāmyāraṇyaṃ samantrañca ṛgbrāhmaṇayajuḥ smṛtam| tathā hāridravīyāṇāṃ khilānyupakhilāni ca| tathaiva taittirīyāṇāṃ parakṣudrā iti smṛtam

The domestic-and-forest (portion) together with the mantras is recorded as the Ṛg-, Brāhmaṇa- and Yajus (material); likewise, of the Hāridravīyas, the Khilas and the Upakhilas; and just so, of the Taittirīyas, they are recorded as 'the further minor ones'.

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VaP 1 61.67

द्वे सहस्रे शतन्यूने वेदे वाजसनेयके। ऋग्गणः परि संख्यातो ब्राह्मणन्तु चतुर्गुणम्

dve sahasre śatanyūne vede vājasaneyake| ṛggaṇaḥ pari saṃkhyāto brāhmaṇantu caturguṇam

In the Vājasaneya Veda there are two thousand (verses) less a hundred; the collection of ṛcs has been fully counted, but the brāhmaṇa (portion) is four times (that).

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VaP 1 61.68

अष्टौ सहस्राणि शतानि चाष्टौ अशीतिरन्यान्यधिकश्च पादः। एतत्प्रमाणं यजुषामृचाञ्च सशुक्रियं साखिल याज्ञवल्क्यम्

aṣṭau sahasrāṇi śatāni cāṣṭau aśītiranyānyadhikaśca pādaḥ| etatpramāṇaṃ yajuṣāmṛcāñca saśukriyaṃ sākhila yājñavalkyam

Eight thousand, and eight hundred, and eighty more besides, and a quarter: this is the measure of the yajus verses and of the ṛcs, together with the śukriya and with the khila, of Yājñavalkya.

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VaP 1 61.69

तथा चरणविद्यानां प्रमाणं संहितां श्रृणु। षट्साहस्रमृचामुक्तमृचः षड्विंशतिः पुनः । एतावदधिकं तेषां यजुः कामं विवक्षति

tathā caraṇavidyānāṃ pramāṇaṃ saṃhitāṃ śrṛṇu| ṣaṭsāhasramṛcāmuktamṛcaḥ ṣaḍviṃśatiḥ punaḥ | etāvadadhikaṃ teṣāṃ yajuḥ kāmaṃ vivakṣati

Now hear the measure of the collection (saṃhitā) of the Caraṇavidyas: six thousand ṛcs are stated, and again twenty-six ṛcs; by just so much do their yajus (portions) exceed, if one wishes to state it.

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VaP 1 61.70

एकादश सहस्राणि दश चान्या दशोत्तराः । ऋचान्दश सहस्राणि अशीतित्रिशतानि च

ekādaśa sahasrāṇi daśa cānyā daśottarāḥ | ṛcāndaśa sahasrāṇi aśītitriśatāni ca

Eleven thousand, and ten others plus ten; and of ṛcs ten thousand and three hundred and eighty.

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VaP 1 61.71

सहस्रमेकं मन्त्राणामृचामुक्तं प्रमाणतः। एतावद्भृगुविस्तारमन्यच्चाथर्विकं बहु

sahasramekaṃ mantrāṇāmṛcāmuktaṃ pramāṇataḥ| etāvadbhṛguvistāramanyaccātharvikaṃ bahu

One thousand of mantras, of ṛcs, is stated as the measure; such is the extent of the Bhṛgu (portion), and the other Atharvan material is much.

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VaP 1 61.72

ऋचामथर्वणां पञ्च सहस्राणि विनिश्चयः। सहस्रमन्यद्विज्ञेयमृषिभिर्विंशतिं विना

ṛcāmatharvaṇāṃ pañca sahasrāṇi viniścayaḥ| sahasramanyadvijñeyamṛṣibhirviṃśatiṃ vinā

Of the ṛcs of the Atharvans, five thousand is the fixed determination; another thousand, less twenty, is to be known through the seers.

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VaP 1 61.73

एतदङ्गिरसा प्रोक्तन्तेषामारण्यकं पुनः। इति संख्या प्रसंख्याता शाखाभेदास्तथैव च

etadaṅgirasā proktanteṣāmāraṇyakaṃ punaḥ| iti saṃkhyā prasaṃkhyātā śākhābhedāstathaiva ca

This was declared by Aṅgiras; and further, their Āraṇyaka. Thus the count has been enumerated, and likewise the divisions of the branches.

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VaP 1 61.74

कर्त्तारश्चैव शाखानां भेदे हेतुस्तथैव च। सर्वमन्वन्तरेष्वेवं शाखाभेदाः समाः स्मृताः

karttāraścaiva śākhānāṃ bhede hetustathaiva ca| sarvamanvantareṣvevaṃ śākhābhedāḥ samāḥ smṛtāḥ

And also the makers of the branches, and likewise the cause of the division. In all the manvantaras the divisions of the branches are held to be the same in this way.

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VaP 1 61.75

प्राजापत्या श्रुतिर्नित्या तद्विकल्पास्त्विमे स्मृताः। अनित्यभावाद्देवानां मन्त्रोत्पत्तिः पुनः पुनः

prājāpatyā śrutirnityā tadvikalpāstvime smṛtāḥ| anityabhāvāddevānāṃ mantrotpattiḥ punaḥ punaḥ

The śruti belonging to Prajāpati is eternal; these (branches) are held to be its variant forms. Because the gods are impermanent in nature, the arising of mantras happens again and again.

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VaP 1 61.76

मन्वन्तराणां क्रियते सुराणां नामनिश्चयः। द्वापरेषु पुनर्भेदाः श्रुतानां परिकीर्त्तिताः

manvantarāṇāṃ kriyate surāṇāṃ nāmaniścayaḥ| dvāpareṣu punarbhedāḥ śrutānāṃ parikīrttitāḥ

The fixing of the names of the gods is done for (each of) the manvantaras; and in the dvāpara ages the divisions of the śrutis are again proclaimed.

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VaP 1 61.77

एवं वेदं तदान्यस्य भगवानृषिसत्तमः। शिष्येभ्यश्च पुनर्दत्त्वा तपस्तप्तुं गतो वनम्। तस्य शिष्यप्रशिष्यैस्तु शाखाभेदास्त्विमे कृताः

evaṃ vedaṃ tadānyasya bhagavānṛṣisattamaḥ| śiṣyebhyaśca punardattvā tapastaptuṃ gato vanam| tasya śiṣyapraśiṣyaistu śākhābhedāstvime kṛtāḥ

Thus the blessed one, best of seers, having then given the Veda to another and to his disciples, went to the forest to practise austerity; and by his disciples and disciples' disciples these divisions into branches were made.

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VaP 1 61.78

अङ्गानि वेदाश्चत्वारो मीमांसा न्यायविस्तरः। धर्म शास्त्रं पुराणञ्च विद्यास्त्वेताश्चतुर्दश

aṅgāni vedāścatvāro mīmāṃsā nyāyavistaraḥ| dharma śāstraṃ purāṇañca vidyāstvetāścaturdaśa

The (six) Aṅgas, the four Vedas, Mīmāṃsā, the expanse of Nyāya, the treatise on dharma, and Purāṇa: these are the fourteen branches of knowledge.

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VaP 1 61.79

आयुर्वेदो धनुर्वेदो गान्धर्वश्चैव ते त्रयः। अर्थशास्त्रं चतुर्थन्तु विद्यास्त्वष्टादशैव तु

āyurvedo dhanurvedo gāndharvaścaiva te trayaḥ| arthaśāstraṃ caturthantu vidyāstvaṣṭādaśaiva tu

Āyurveda, Dhanurveda, and the Gāndharva (science) — these three — and, fourth, the treatise on statecraft: (with these) the sciences are indeed eighteen.

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VaP 1 61.80

ज्ञेया ब्रह्मर्षयः पूर्वन्तेभ्यो देवर्षयः पुनः। राजर्षयः पुनस्तेभ्य ऋषिप्रकृतयस्त्रयः। तेभ्य ऋषिप्रकृतयो मुनिभिः संशितव्रतैः

jñeyā brahmarṣayaḥ pūrvantebhyo devarṣayaḥ punaḥ| rājarṣayaḥ punastebhya ṛṣiprakṛtayastrayaḥ| tebhya ṛṣiprakṛtayo munibhiḥ saṃśitavrataiḥ

The brahmarṣis are to be known as first; after them, again, the devarṣis; then after them the rājarṣis — three classes of the kinds of seers; after them (come) the classes of seers (formed) by sages of strict vows.

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VaP 1 61.81

कश्यपेषु वसिष्ठेषु तथा भृग्वङ्गिरोऽत्रिषु। पञ्चस्वेतेषु जायन्ते गोत्रेषु ब्रह्मवादिनः। यस्मादृषन्ति ब्रह्माणन्तेन ब्रह्मर्षयः स्मृताः

kaśyapeṣu vasiṣṭheṣu tathā bhṛgvaṅgiro'triṣu| pañcasveteṣu jāyante gotreṣu brahmavādinaḥ| yasmādṛṣanti brahmāṇantena brahmarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

Among the Kaśyapas, the Vasiṣṭhas, and likewise the Bhṛgus, Aṅgirases and Atris — in these five gotras are born the speakers of brahman; because they reach (ṛṣanti) brahman, they are therefore called brahmarṣis.

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VaP 1 61.82

धर्मस्याथ पुलस्त्यस्य क्रतोश्च पुलहस्य च। प्रत्यूषस्य प्रभासस्य कश्यपस्य तथा पुनः

dharmasyātha pulastyasya kratośca pulahasya ca| pratyūṣasya prabhāsasya kaśyapasya tathā punaḥ

Now of Dharma, of Pulastya, of Kratu and of Pulaha, of Pratyūṣa, of Prabhāsa, and likewise again of Kaśyapa —

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VaP 1 61.83

देवर्षयः सुतास्तेषां नामतस्तान्निबोधत। देवर्षी धर्मपुत्रौ तु नरनारायणानुभौ

devarṣayaḥ sutāsteṣāṃ nāmatastānnibodhata| devarṣī dharmaputrau tu naranārāyaṇānubhau

— the devarṣis are their sons; learn them by name. The two sons of Dharma are devarṣis, both Nara and Nārāyaṇa.

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VaP 1 61.84

वालखिल्याः क्रतोः पुत्राः कर्दमः पुलहस्य तु। कुबेरश्चैव पौलस्त्यः प्रत्यूषस्याचलः स्मृतः

vālakhilyāḥ kratoḥ putrāḥ kardamaḥ pulahasya tu| kuberaścaiva paulastyaḥ pratyūṣasyācalaḥ smṛtaḥ

The Vālakhilyas are the sons of Kratu, and Kardama of Pulaha; Kubera is the son of Pulastya, and Acala is said to be Pratyūṣa's.

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VaP 1 61.85

पर्वतो नारदश्चैव कश्यपस्यात्मजावुभौ। ऋषन्ति देवान् तस्मात्ते तस्माद्देवर्षयः स्मृताः

parvato nāradaścaiva kaśyapasyātmajāvubhau| ṛṣanti devān tasmātte tasmāddevarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

Parvata and Nārada are both sons of Kaśyapa. They reach (ṛṣanti) the gods; for that reason they are called devarṣis.

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VaP 1 61.86

मानवे वैषये वंशे ऐलवंशे च ये नृपाः। ऐला ऐक्ष्वाकनाभागा ज्ञेया राजर्षयस्तु ते

mānave vaiṣaye vaṃśe ailavaṃśe ca ye nṛpāḥ| ailā aikṣvākanābhāgā jñeyā rājarṣayastu te

Those kings who are in the lineage of Manu, in the (Vaivasvata) lineage, and in the lineage of Ila — the Ailas, the Aikṣvākas and the Nābhāgas — they are to be known as rājarṣis.

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VaP 1 61.87

ऋषन्ति रञ्जनाद्यस्मात्प्रजा राजर्षयस्ततः । ब्रह्मलोकप्रतिष्ठास्तु स्मृता ब्रह्मर्षयो मताः

ṛṣanti rañjanādyasmātprajā rājarṣayastataḥ | brahmalokapratiṣṭhāstu smṛtā brahmarṣayo matāḥ

Because the subjects are delighted (rañjana) (by them) they move (to them) — hence they are 'royal seers' (rājarṣis); but those whose station is the Brahmā-world are traditionally held to be brahmarṣis.

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VaP 1 61.88

देवलोकप्रतिष्ठाश्च ज्ञेया देवर्षयः शुभाः। इन्द्रलोकप्रतिष्ठास्तु सर्वे राजर्षयो मताः

devalokapratiṣṭhāśca jñeyā devarṣayaḥ śubhāḥ| indralokapratiṣṭhāstu sarve rājarṣayo matāḥ

And the auspicious divine seers (devarṣis) are to be known as having their station in the world of the gods; but all the royal seers (rājarṣis) are held to have their station in Indra's world.

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VaP 1 61.89

अभिजात्या च तपसा मन्त्रव्याहरणैस्तथा। एवं ब्रह्मर्षयः प्रोक्ता दिव्या राजर्षयस्तु ये

abhijātyā ca tapasā mantravyāharaṇaistathā| evaṃ brahmarṣayaḥ proktā divyā rājarṣayastu ye

By noble birth, by austerity, and likewise by the uttering of mantras — thus are declared the brahmarṣis, and (likewise) those celestial ones who are rājarṣis,

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VaP 1 61.90

देवर्षयस्तथान्ये च तेषां वक्ष्यामि लक्षणम्। भूतभव्यभवज्ञानं सत्याभिव्याहृतं तथा

devarṣayastathānye ca teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam| bhūtabhavyabhavajñānaṃ satyābhivyāhṛtaṃ tathā

And likewise the divine sages (devarṣis) and the others—I shall state their distinguishing mark: knowledge of the past, the future, and the present, and speech that comes out true.

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VaP 1 61.91

सम्बुद्धास्तु स्वयं ये तु सम्बुद्धा ये च वै स्वयम्। तपसेह प्रसिद्धा ये गर्भेयैश्च प्रणोदितम्

sambuddhāstu svayaṃ ye tu sambuddhā ye ca vai svayam| tapaseha prasiddhā ye garbheyaiśca praṇoditam

Those who are fully awakened of themselves, and those indeed who are self-enlightened; those who here have become accomplished through austerity, and those by whom (knowledge) was uttered while still in the womb —

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VaP 1 61.92

मन्त्रव्याहारिणो ये च ऐश्वर्यात्सर्वगाश्च ये। इत्येते ऋषिभिर्युक्ता देवद्विजनृपास्तु ये

mantravyāhāriṇo ye ca aiśvaryātsarvagāśca ye| ityete ṛṣibhiryuktā devadvijanṛpāstu ye

And those who are utterers of mantras, and those who by (their) lordly power go everywhere — thus these, gods, twice-born men and kings, who are reckoned along with the seers.

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VaP 1 61.93

एतान् भावानधीयाना ये चैते ऋषयो मताः। सप्तैते सप्तभिश्चैव गुणैः सप्तर्षयः स्मृताः

etān bhāvānadhīyānā ye caite ṛṣayo matāḥ| saptaite saptabhiścaiva guṇaiḥ saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

Those who study these states (of being), and those who are held to be sages — these seven, by these seven qualities, are remembered as the Seven Sages.

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VaP 1 61.94

दीर्घायुषो मन्त्रकृत ईश्वरा दिव्यचक्षुषः। बुद्धाः प्रत्यक्षधर्माणो गोत्रप्रवर्तकाश्च ये

dīrghāyuṣo mantrakṛta īśvarā divyacakṣuṣaḥ| buddhāḥ pratyakṣadharmāṇo gotrapravartakāśca ye

(They are) long-lived, makers of mantras, lords, possessed of divine sight, awakened, having direct perception of dharma, and founders of the (brahmin) lineages.

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VaP 1 61.95

षट्कर्माभिरता नित्यं शालिनो गृहमेधिनः। तुल्यैर्व्यवहरन्ति स्म अदृष्टैः कर्महेतुभिः

ṣaṭkarmābhiratā nityaṃ śālino gṛhamedhinaḥ| tulyairvyavaharanti sma adṛṣṭaiḥ karmahetubhiḥ

Always devoted to the six duties, householders possessed of houses who kept the domestic sacrificial fire, they used to deal (with one another) on equal terms, by unseen causes that were their (past) deeds.

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VaP 1 61.96

अग्राम्यैर्वर्त्तयन्ति स्म रसैश्चैव स्वयंकृतैः। कुटुम्बिन ऋद्विमन्तो बाह्यान्तरनिवासिनः

agrāmyairvarttayanti sma rasaiścaiva svayaṃkṛtaiḥ| kuṭumbina ṛdvimanto bāhyāntaranivāsinaḥ

They subsisted on things not of the village and on flavourings (juices) prepared by themselves — householders with families, prosperous, dwelling both outside and within (the settlements).

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VaP 1 61.97

कृतादिषु युगाख्येषु सर्वेष्वेव पुनः पुनः। वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्थानं क्रियन्ते प्रथमन्तु वै

kṛtādiṣu yugākhyeṣu sarveṣveva punaḥ punaḥ| varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kriyante prathamantu vai

In all the ages named the Kṛta and the rest, again and again, the ordering of the classes and the stages of life is made (afresh) at the very beginning.

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VaP 1 61.98

प्राप्तै त्रेतायुगमुखे पुनः सप्तर्षयस्त्विह। प्रवर्त्तयन्ति ये वर्णानाश्रमांश्चैव सर्वशः। तेषामेवान्वये वीरा उत्पद्यन्ते पुनः पुनः

prāptai tretāyugamukhe punaḥ saptarṣayastviha| pravarttayanti ye varṇānāśramāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ| teṣāmevānvaye vīrā utpadyante punaḥ punaḥ

When the opening of the Tretā age has come, the seven seers again here set in motion the classes and the stages of life in every respect; and in their very lineage heroes are born again and again.

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VaP 1 61.99

जायमाने पिता पुत्रे पुत्रः पितरि चैव हि। एवं समेत्याविच्छेदाद्वर्त्तयन्त्यायुगक्षयात्। अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि प्रोक्तानि गृहमेधिनाम्

jāyamāne pitā putre putraḥ pitari caiva hi| evaṃ sametyāvicchedādvarttayantyāyugakṣayāt| aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi proktāni gṛhamedhinām

When a son is being born the father (is present) in the son, and the son in the father; thus, joining together without a break, they continue on until the yuga's end. Eighty-eight thousand are declared (to be the number) of the householders.

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VaP 1 61.100

अर्यम्णो दक्षिणा ये तु पितृयाणं समाश्रिताः। दाराग्निहोत्रिणस्ते वै ये प्रजाहेतवः स्मृताः

aryamṇo dakṣiṇā ye tu pitṛyāṇaṃ samāśritāḥ| dārāgnihotriṇaste vai ye prajāhetavaḥ smṛtāḥ

But those who, to the south of Aryaman, have taken to the path of the fathers — they indeed are the keepers of wife and sacrificial fire, who are declared to be the causes of offspring.

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VaP 1 61.101

गृहमेधिनाञ्च संख्येयाः श्मशानान्याश्रयन्ति ते। अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि निहिता उत्तरायणे

gṛhamedhināñca saṃkhyeyāḥ śmaśānānyāśrayanti te| aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi nihitā uttarāyaṇe

They are to be reckoned among the householders (who keep the domestic sacrifice), and they resort to the cremation grounds; eighty-eight thousand are stationed in the northern course.

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VaP 1 61.102

ये श्रूयन्ते दिवं प्राप्ता ऋषयो ह्यूर्द्वरेतसः। मन्त्रब्राह्मणकर्त्तारो जायन्ते ह युगक्षये

ye śrūyante divaṃ prāptā ṛṣayo hyūrdvaretasaḥ| mantrabrāhmaṇakarttāro jāyante ha yugakṣaye

Those seers of upward-flowing seed (i.e. celibate ascetics) who are heard to have attained heaven, the makers of the mantras and the Brāhmaṇas, are born again at the ending of a yuga.

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VaP 1 61.103

एवमावर्त्तमानास्ते द्वापरेषु पुनः पुनः। कल्पानां भाष्यविद्यानां नानाशास्त्रकृतः क्षये

evamāvarttamānāste dvāpareṣu punaḥ punaḥ| kalpānāṃ bhāṣyavidyānāṃ nānāśāstrakṛtaḥ kṣaye

Thus returning again and again in the Dvāpara ages, they become the composers of the various treatises, when the ritual manuals (kalpas) and the sciences of exposition (bhāṣya) have perished.

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VaP 1 61.104

भविष्ये द्वापरे चैव द्रोणिर्द्वैपायनः पुनः । वेदव्यासो ह्यतीतेऽस्मिन् भविता सुमहातपाः

bhaviṣye dvāpare caiva droṇirdvaipāyanaḥ punaḥ | vedavyāso hyatīte'smin bhavitā sumahātapāḥ

And in the Dvāpara yet to come, Droṇi (shall be) Dvaipāyana once again; for in this past one he was Vedavyāsa, and he shall be (a sage) of very great austerity.

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VaP 1 61.105

भविष्यन्ति भविष्येषु शाखाप्रणयनानि तु। तस्मै तद्ब्रह्मणा ब्रह्मतपसा प्राप्तमव्ययम्

bhaviṣyanti bhaviṣyeṣu śākhāpraṇayanāni tu| tasmai tadbrahmaṇā brahmatapasā prāptamavyayam

In the ages to come there will be the compositions of the (Vedic) branches; by him that imperishable (state) was attained through the brahman, through brahman-austerity.

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VaP 1 61.106

तपसा कर्म सम्प्राप्तं कर्मणा हि ततो यशः। यशसा प्राप्य सत्यं हि सत्येनाप्तो हि चाव्ययः

tapasā karma samprāptaṃ karmaṇā hi tato yaśaḥ| yaśasā prāpya satyaṃ hi satyenāpto hi cāvyayaḥ

By austerity action was obtained, and from action, then, fame; through fame, having attained truth — for by truth the imperishable is won.

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VaP 1 61.107

अव्ययादमृतं शुक्रममृतात् सर्वमेव हि। ध्रुवमेकाक्षरमिदं स्वात्मन्येव व्यवस्थितम्। बृहत्त्वाद्बृंहणाच्चैव तद्ब्रह्मेत्यभिधीयते

avyayādamṛtaṃ śukramamṛtāt sarvameva hi| dhruvamekākṣaramidaṃ svātmanyeva vyavasthitam| bṛhattvādbṛṃhaṇāccaiva tadbrahmetyabhidhīyate

From the imperishable (comes) the immortal, the bright (seed); and from the immortal, indeed everything. This fixed single syllable is established in its own self alone; because of its greatness and because it makes (all) grow, it is called Brahman.

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VaP 1 61.108

प्रणवाव स्थितं भूयो भूर्भुवःस्वरिति स्मृतम्। ऋग्यजुः सामाथर्वरूपिणे ब्रह्मणे नमः

praṇavāva sthitaṃ bhūyo bhūrbhuvaḥsvariti smṛtam| ṛgyajuḥ sāmātharvarūpiṇe brahmaṇe namaḥ

(It) stands in the praṇava; further it is remembered as "bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ." Homage to Brahman, whose forms are the Ṛg, the Yajus, the Sāma and the Atharva.

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VaP 1 61.109

जगतः प्रलयोत्पत्तौ यत्तत्कारणसंज्ञितम्। महतः परमं गुह्यं तस्मै सुब्रह्मणे नमः

jagataḥ pralayotpattau yattatkāraṇasaṃjñitam| mahataḥ paramaṃ guhyaṃ tasmai subrahmaṇe namaḥ

That which, in the dissolution and the arising of the world, is designated as their cause, (that which is) higher than the great and secret — homage to that excellent Brahman.

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VaP 1 61.110

अगाधापरमक्षय्यं जगत्सम्मोहनालयम्। सप्रकाशप्रवृत्तिभ्यां पुरुषार्थप्रयोजनम्

agādhāparamakṣayyaṃ jagatsammohanālayam| saprakāśapravṛttibhyāṃ puruṣārthaprayojanam

Unfathomable, endless, undecaying, the abode of the world's bewilderment; by (its) manifesting and (its) activity it serves the purposes of man.

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VaP 1 61.111

साङ्ख्यज्ञानवतां निष्ठा गतिः सङ्गदमात्मनः। यत्तदव्यक्तममृतं प्रकृतिब्रह्म शाश्वतम्

sāṅkhyajñānavatāṃ niṣṭhā gatiḥ saṅgadamātmanaḥ| yattadavyaktamamṛtaṃ prakṛtibrahma śāśvatam

(It is) the ground of those possessing Sāṃkhya knowledge, the goal, the bestower of union for the self; that unmanifest, immortal, eternal prakṛti-brahman —

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VaP 1 61.112

प्रधानमात्मयोनिश्च गुह्यं सत्त्वञ्च शब्द्यते। अविभागस्तथा शुक्रमक्षरं बहु वाचकम्। परमब्रह्मणे तस्मै नित्यमेव नमो नमः

pradhānamātmayoniśca guhyaṃ sattvañca śabdyate| avibhāgastathā śukramakṣaraṃ bahu vācakam| paramabrahmaṇe tasmai nityameva namo namaḥ

and it is spoken of as pradhāna, the womb of the self, the secret, and sattva; likewise as the undivided, the bright, the imperishable, and named in many ways — to that supreme Brahman homage, homage always.

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VaP 1 61.113

कृते पुनः क्रिया नास्ति कुत एवाकृतक्रिया। सकृदेव कृतं सर्वं यद्वै लोके कृताकृतम्

kṛte punaḥ kriyā nāsti kuta evākṛtakriyā| sakṛdeva kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yadvai loke kṛtākṛtam

When a thing is done, there is no doing it again; how then could there be the doing of what is not done? All was done just once, whatever in the world is done and not done.

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VaP 1 61.114

श्रोतव्यं वै श्रुतं वापि तथैवासाधुसाधुता। ज्ञातव्यञ्चाथ मन्तव्यं स्प्रष्टव्यं भोज्यमेव च। द्रष्टव्यञ्चाथ श्रोतव्यं ज्ञातव्यं वाथ किञ्चन

śrotavyaṃ vai śrutaṃ vāpi tathaivāsādhusādhutā| jñātavyañcātha mantavyaṃ spraṣṭavyaṃ bhojyameva ca| draṣṭavyañcātha śrotavyaṃ jñātavyaṃ vātha kiñcana

What is to be heard, or has been heard, and likewise badness and goodness, what is to be known and what is to be thought, what is to be touched and what is to be eaten, and what is to be seen, and what is to be heard, or anything to be known —

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VaP 1 61.115

दर्शितं यदनेनैव ज्ञानं तद्वै सुरर्षिणाम् । यद्वै दर्शितवानेष कस्तदन्वेष्टुमर्हति । सर्वाणि सर्वान्सर्वांश्च भगवानेव सोऽब्रवीत्

darśitaṃ yadanenaiva jñānaṃ tadvai surarṣiṇām | yadvai darśitavāneṣa kastadanveṣṭumarhati | sarvāṇi sarvānsarvāṃśca bhagavāneva so'bravīt

the knowledge that was shown by him alone to the sages of the gods — what he has shown, who is fit to search out? All things, all beings and all (kinds) — it was the Lord himself who declared them.

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VaP 1 61.116

यदा यत्क्रियते येन तदा तत्सोऽभिमन्यते। येनेदं क्रियते पूर्वं तदन्येन विभावितम्

yadā yatkriyate yena tadā tatso'bhimanyate| yenedaṃ kriyate pūrvaṃ tadanyena vibhāvitam

When something is done by someone, then he claims it as his own; but that by which this is done was first brought to light by another.

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VaP 1 61.117

यदा तु क्रियते किञ्चित्केनचिद्वाङ्मयं क्वचित्। तेनैव तत्कृतं पूर्वं कर्त्तॄणां प्रतिभाति वै

yadā tu kriyate kiñcitkenacidvāṅmayaṃ kvacit| tenaiva tatkṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ karttṝṇāṃ pratibhāti vai

But when anything made of speech is made somewhere by someone, it appears to the doers that it was formerly made by that one alone.

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VaP 1 61.118

विरक्तञ्चातिरिक्तञ्च ज्ञानाज्ञाने प्रियाप्रिये। धर्माधर्मौ सुखं दुःखं मृत्युश्चामृतमेव च। ऊर्द्ध्वन्तिर्यगधोभागस्तस्यैवादृष्टकारणम्

viraktañcātiriktañca jñānājñāne priyāpriye| dharmādharmau sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ mṛtyuścāmṛtameva ca| ūrddhvantiryagadhobhāgastasyaivādṛṣṭakāraṇam

The detached and the excessive, knowledge and ignorance, the liked and the disliked, dharma and adharma, pleasure and pain, death and also immortality, the upper, the transverse and the lower portions — of all this he alone is the unseen cause.

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VaP 1 61.119

स्वायम्भुवोऽथ ज्येष्ठस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः। प्रत्येकविद्यम्भवति त्रेतास्विह पुनः पुनः

svāyambhuvo'tha jyeṣṭhasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| pratyekavidyambhavati tretāsviha punaḥ punaḥ

Then, of the self-existent eldest Brahmā, the highest-placed, the knowledge becomes single here in the Tretā ages, again and again.

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VaP 1 61.120

व्यस्यते ह्येकविद्यन्तद्द्वापरेषु पुनः पुनः । ब्रह्मा चैतदुवाचादौ तस्मिन् वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे

vyasyate hyekavidyantaddvāpareṣu punaḥ punaḥ | brahmā caitaduvācādau tasmin vaivasvate'ntare

That single knowledge is divided up in the Dvāpara ages, again and again; and Brahmā spoke this at the beginning, in that Vaivasvata interval.

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VaP 1 61.121

आवर्त्तमाना ऋषयो युगाख्यासु पुनः पुनः। कुर्वन्ति संहिता ह्येते जायमानाः परस्परम्

āvarttamānā ṛṣayo yugākhyāsu punaḥ punaḥ| kurvanti saṃhitā hyete jāyamānāḥ parasparam

The seers, recurring again and again in the periods called yugas, being born in relation to one another, make these collections.

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VaP 1 61.122

अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि श्रुतर्षीणां स्मृतानि वै। ता एव संहिता ह्येते आवर्त्तन्ते पुनः पुनः

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi śrutarṣīṇāṃ smṛtāni vai| tā eva saṃhitā hyete āvarttante punaḥ punaḥ

Eighty-eight thousand seers of śruti are recorded; those same collections recur again and again.

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VaP 1 61.123

श्रिता दक्षिणपन्थानं ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे। युगे युगे तु ताः शाखा व्यस्यन्ते तैः पुनः पुनः

śritā dakṣiṇapanthānaṃ ye śmaśānāni bhejire| yuge yuge tu tāḥ śākhā vyasyante taiḥ punaḥ punaḥ

(They are) those who took to the southern path and resorted to the cremation grounds; and in yuga after yuga those branches are divided out by them again and again.

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VaP 1 61.124

द्वापरेष्विव सर्वेषु संहिताश्च श्रुतर्षिभिः। तेषां गोत्रेष्विमाः शाखा भवन्तीह पुनः पुनः। ताः शाखास्तत्र कर्त्तारो भवन्तीह युगक्षयात्

dvāpareṣviva sarveṣu saṃhitāśca śrutarṣibhiḥ| teṣāṃ gotreṣvimāḥ śākhā bhavantīha punaḥ punaḥ| tāḥ śākhāstatra karttāro bhavantīha yugakṣayāt

In all the Dvāparas alike the collections (are made) by the seers of śruti; in their lineages these branches come to be here again and again; and there the makers of those branches come to be here through the decline of the yuga.

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VaP 1 61.125

एवमेव तु विज्ञेयं व्यतीतानागतेष्विह। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु शाखाप्रणयनानि वै

evameva tu vijñeyaṃ vyatītānāgateṣviha| manvantareṣu sarveṣu śākhāpraṇayanāni vai

Just so should the promulgations of the branches be understood here in all past and future manvantaras.

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VaP 1 61.126

अतीतेषु अतीतानि वर्त्तन्ते साम्प्रतेषु च। भविष्याणि च यानि स्युर्वर्ण्यन्तेऽनागतेष्वपि

atīteṣu atītāni varttante sāmprateṣu ca| bhaviṣyāṇi ca yāni syurvarṇyante'nāgateṣvapi

In the past (manvantaras) the past ones (obtained), and in the present ones they continue; and those that will be future are described for the ones yet to come as well.

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VaP 1 61.127

पूर्वेण पश्चिमं ज्ञेयं वर्त्तमानेन चोभयम्। एतेन क्रमयोगेन मन्वन्तरविनिश्चयः

pūrveṇa paścimaṃ jñeyaṃ varttamānena cobhayam| etena kramayogena manvantaraviniścayaḥ

By the earlier the later is to be known, and by the present both; by this application of the sequence the determination of the manvantaras (is made).

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VaP 1 61.128

एवं देवाश्च पितर ऋषयो मनवश्च ये। मन्त्रैः सहोर्द्ध्वं गच्छन्ति ह्यावर्त्तन्ते च तैः सह

evaṃ devāśca pitara ṛṣayo manavaśca ye| mantraiḥ sahorddhvaṃ gacchanti hyāvarttante ca taiḥ saha

Thus the gods, the fathers, the seers, and those who are the Manus go upward together with the mantras, and return together with them.

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VaP 1 61.129

जनलोकात्सुराः सर्वे पशुकल्पात्पुनः पुनः। पर्याप्तकाले सम्प्राप्ते सम्भूता नैव नस्य (?) तु

janalokātsurāḥ sarve paśukalpātpunaḥ punaḥ| paryāptakāle samprāpte sambhūtā naiva nasya (?) tu

All the gods (come) from Janaloka, from the paśu-kalpa, again and again; when the full time has arrived, they have come into being, yet not ... (?)

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VaP 1 61.130

अवश्यम्भाविनार्थेन सम्बध्यन्ते तदा तु ते। ततस्ते दोषवज्जन्म पश्यन्ते रागपूर्वकम्

avaśyambhāvinārthena sambadhyante tadā tu te| tataste doṣavajjanma paśyante rāgapūrvakam

Then they become bound up with what must necessarily come to be; and thereupon they see birth, which is preceded by passion, as full of fault.

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VaP 1 61.131

निवर्त्तते तदा वृत्तिस्तेषामादोषदर्शनात् । एवं देव युगानीह दशकृत्वा निवर्त्तते

nivarttate tadā vṛttisteṣāmādoṣadarśanāt | evaṃ deva yugānīha daśakṛtvā nivarttate

Then their (former) course of life ceases, from the perceiving of that fault. Thus here the divine yugas turn back ten times.

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VaP 1 61.132

जनलोकात्तपोलोकं गच्छन्तीहानिवर्त्तनम्। एवं देवयुगानीह व्यतीतानि सहस्रशः। निधनं ब्रह्मलोके वै गतानि मुनिभिस्सह

janalokāttapolokaṃ gacchantīhānivarttanam| evaṃ devayugānīha vyatītāni sahasraśaḥ| nidhanaṃ brahmaloke vai gatāni munibhissaha

From Janaloka they go to Tapoloka, whence there is no returning. Thus divine yugas by the thousand have passed away here, having gone, along with the sages, to their end in Brahmaloka.

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VaP 1 61.133

न शक्यमानुपूर्व्येण तेषां वक्तुं सविस्तरान् । अनादित्वाच्च कालस्य असङ्ख्यानाच्च सर्वशः। मन्वन्तराण्यतीतानि यानि कल्पैः पुरा सह

na śakyamānupūrvyeṇa teṣāṃ vaktuṃ savistarān | anāditvācca kālasya asaṅkhyānācca sarvaśaḥ| manvantarāṇyatītāni yāni kalpaiḥ purā saha

It is not possible to tell them in order with all their details, because time is without beginning and altogether beyond counting — those manvantaras that have passed away of old together with the kalpas,

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VaP 1 61.134

पितृभिर्मुनिभिर्देवैः सार्द्धं सप्तार्षिभिश्च वै। कालेन प्रतिसृष्टानां युगानाञ्च निवर्तनम्

pitṛbhirmunibhirdevaiḥ sārddhaṃ saptārṣibhiśca vai| kālena pratisṛṣṭānāṃ yugānāñca nivartanam

together with the fathers, the sages, the gods, and the seven seers; and (not possible to tell) the turning back of the yugas that were sent forth in succession by time.

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VaP 1 61.135

एतेन क्रमयोगेन कल्पमन्वन्तराणि तु। सप्रजानि व्यतीतानि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

etena kramayogena kalpamanvantarāṇi tu| saprajāni vyatītāni śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

By this application of the sequence, kalpas and manvantaras together with their creatures have passed away by hundreds and by thousands.

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VaP 1 61.136

मन्वन्तरान्ते संहारः संहारान्ते च सम्भवः। देवतानामृषीणाञ्च मनोः पितृगणस्य च

manvantarānte saṃhāraḥ saṃhārānte ca sambhavaḥ| devatānāmṛṣīṇāñca manoḥ pitṛgaṇasya ca

At the end of a manvantara there is destruction, and at the end of destruction there is coming into being — of the deities, the seers, the Manu, and the host of the fathers.

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VaP 1 61.137

न शक्यमानुपूर्व्येण वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि। विस्तरस्तु निसर्गस्य संहारस्य च सर्वशः। मन्वन्तरस्य संख्यां तु मानुषेण निबोधत

na śakyamānupūrvyeṇa vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi| vistarastu nisargasya saṃhārasya ca sarvaśaḥ| manvantarasya saṃkhyāṃ tu mānuṣeṇa nibodhata

It is not possible to tell in order, even in hundreds of years, the full extent of the creating forth and of the destruction in every respect; but learn the reckoning of a manvantara by human (years).

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VaP 1 61.138

देवतानामृषीणाञ्च सङ्ख्यानार्थनिशारदैः। त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु संपूर्णाः सङ्ख्याताः सङ्ख्यया द्विजैः

devatānāmṛṣīṇāñca saṅkhyānārthaniśāradaiḥ| triṃśatkoṭyastu saṃpūrṇāḥ saṅkhyātāḥ saṅkhyayā dvijaiḥ

By twice-born ones skilled in the matter of reckoning, (this) has been counted by calculation as a full thirty crores — for the deities and the seers.

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VaP 1 61.139

सप्तषष्टिस्तथान्यानि नियुतानि च सङ्ख्यया। विंशतिश्च सहस्राणि कालोऽयं सोधिकान् विना

saptaṣaṣṭistathānyāni niyutāni ca saṅkhyayā| viṃśatiśca sahasrāṇi kālo'yaṃ sodhikān vinā

And sixty-seven other niyutas (hundred-thousands) by the reckoning, and twenty thousand: this is the time, apart from the surplus figures.

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VaP 1 61.140

मन्वन्तरस्य सङ्ख्यैषा मानुषेण प्रकीर्तिता। वत्सरेणैव दिव्येन प्रवक्ष्याम्यन्तरम्मनोः

manvantarasya saṅkhyaiṣā mānuṣeṇa prakīrtitā| vatsareṇaiva divyena pravakṣyāmyantarammanoḥ

This is the reckoning of a manvantara as proclaimed in human (years); now by the divine year I shall declare the interval of a Manu.

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VaP 1 61.141

अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि दिव्यया सङ्ख्यया स्मृतम्। द्विपञ्चाशत्तथान्यानि सहस्राण्यधिकानि तु

aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi divyayā saṅkhyayā smṛtam| dvipañcāśattathānyāni sahasrāṇyadhikāni tu

It is remembered as eight hundred thousand by the divine reckoning, and fifty-two thousand more besides.

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VaP 1 61.142

चतुर्द्दशगुणो ह्येष काल आहूतसंप्लवः। पूर्णं युगसहस्रं स्यात्तदहर्ब्रह्मणः स्मृतम्

caturddaśaguṇo hyeṣa kāla āhūtasaṃplavaḥ| pūrṇaṃ yugasahasraṃ syāttadaharbrahmaṇaḥ smṛtam

This time multiplied fourteenfold is the (period) called the deluge; it would be a full thousand yugas, and that is remembered as a day of Brahmā.

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VaP 1 61.143

तत्र सर्वाणि भूतानि दग्धान्यादित्यरश्मिभिः। ब्रह्माणमग्रतः कृत्वा सह देवर्षिदानवैः। प्रविशन्ति सुरश्रेष्ठं देवदेवं महेश्वरम्

tatra sarvāṇi bhūtāni dagdhānyādityaraśmibhiḥ| brahmāṇamagrataḥ kṛtvā saha devarṣidānavaiḥ| praviśanti suraśreṣṭhaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram

Therein all beings, burnt up by the rays of the sun, placing Brahmā in front, together with the gods, seers and dānavas, enter the best of the gods, the god of gods, Maheśvara.

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VaP 1 61.144

स स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानि कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः। इत्येष स्थितिकालो वै मनोर्देवर्षिभिः सह

sa sraṣṭā sarvabhūtāni kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ| ityeṣa sthitikālo vai manordevarṣibhiḥ saha

He is the creator of all beings, again and again, at the beginnings of the kalpas. Such, then, is the duration of a Manu together with the gods and the seers.

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VaP 1 61.145

सर्वमन्वन्तराणां वै प्रतिसन्धिं निबोधत। युगाख्या या समुद्दिष्टा प्रागेवास्मिन् मया तव

sarvamanvantarāṇāṃ vai pratisandhiṃ nibodhata| yugākhyā yā samuddiṣṭā prāgevāsmin mayā tava

Now learn the juncture of all the manvantaras. That designation of the yugas which was set forth by me to you earlier in this (account) —

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VaP 1 61.146

कृतत्रेतादि संयुक्तं चतुर्युगमिति स्मृतम्। तदेकसप्ततिगुणं परिवृत्तं तु साधिकम्। मनोरेकमधीकारं प्रोवाच भगवान् प्रभुः

kṛtatretādi saṃyuktaṃ caturyugamiti smṛtam| tadekasaptatiguṇaṃ parivṛttaṃ tu sādhikam| manorekamadhīkāraṃ provāca bhagavān prabhuḥ

joined with the Kṛta, Tretā and the rest, is remembered as the set of four yugas; and that, revolved seventy-one times with a surplus, the Lord, the mighty one, declared to be one rule of a Manu.

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VaP 1 61.147

एवं मन्वन्तराणां तु सर्वेषामेव लक्षणम्। अतीतानागतानां वै वर्त्तमानेन कीर्त्तितम्

evaṃ manvantarāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāmeva lakṣaṇam| atītānāgatānāṃ vai varttamānena kīrttitam

Thus (has been given) the characterization of all the Manu-intervals whatsoever; those past and those to come have been described by means of the present one.

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VaP 1 61.148

इत्येष कीर्त्तितः सर्गा मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्य ह। प्रति सन्धिन्तु वक्ष्यामि तस्य वै चापरस्य तु

ityeṣa kīrttitaḥ sargā manoḥ svāyambhuvasya ha| prati sandhintu vakṣyāmi tasya vai cāparasya tu

Thus this creation of Manu Svāyambhuva has been recounted. But I shall now tell of the juncture (between the periods), and of that other (Manu).

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VaP 1 61.149

मन्वन्तरं यथा पूर्वमृषिभिर्दैवतैः सह। अवश्यम्भाविनार्थेन यथा तद्वै निवर्त्तते

manvantaraṃ yathā pūrvamṛṣibhirdaivataiḥ saha| avaśyambhāvinārthena yathā tadvai nivarttate

(I shall tell) how the Manu-interval was formerly, together with the seers and the gods, and how, by the force of what must inevitably be, it comes to an end.

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VaP 1 61.150

अस्मिन् मन्वन्तरे पूर्वं त्रैलोक्यस्येश्वरास्तु ये। सप्तर्षयश्च देवास्ते पितरो मनवस्तथा। मन्वन्तरस्य काले तु सम्पूर्णे साधकास्तथा

asmin manvantare pūrvaṃ trailokyasyeśvarāstu ye| saptarṣayaśca devāste pitaro manavastathā| manvantarasya kāle tu sampūrṇe sādhakāstathā

In this Manu-interval, formerly, those who were the lords of the triple world—the seven seers, and those gods, the fathers and likewise the Manus—when the time of the Manu-interval was complete, and likewise the adepts,

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VaP 1 61.151

क्षीणाधिकाराः संवृत्ता बुद्ध्वा पर्यायमात्मनः। महर्लोकाय ते सर्वे उन्मुखा दधिरे गतिम्

kṣīṇādhikārāḥ saṃvṛttā buddhvā paryāyamātmanaḥ| maharlokāya te sarve unmukhā dadhire gatim

having become ones whose authority was exhausted, and recognizing the turn (of time) as their own, they all, facing upward, set their course toward the Mahar-world.

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VaP 1 61.152

ततो मन्वन्तरे तस्मिन् प्रक्षीणा देवतास्तु ताः। सम्पूर्णे स्थितिकाले तु तिष्ठन्त्येकं कृतं युगम्

tato manvantare tasmin prakṣīṇā devatāstu tāḥ| sampūrṇe sthitikāle tu tiṣṭhantyekaṃ kṛtaṃ yugam

Then, in that Manu-interval, those gods being worn away—when the time of (their) continuance is complete, they remain for one Kṛta age.

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VaP 1 61.153

उत्पद्यन्ते भविष्याश्च यावन्मन्वन्तरेश्वराः। देवताः पितरश्चैव ऋषयो मनुरेव च

utpadyante bhaviṣyāśca yāvanmanvantareśvarāḥ| devatāḥ pitaraścaiva ṛṣayo manureva ca

And the future ones are born, as many as are the lords of the Manu-interval: the gods, the fathers, the seers, and the Manu himself.

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VaP 1 61.154

मन्वन्तरे तु सम्पूर्णे यद्यन्यद्वै कलौ युगे। सम्पद्यते कृतं तेषु कलिशिष्टेषु वै तदा

manvantare tu sampūrṇe yadyanyadvai kalau yuge| sampadyate kṛtaṃ teṣu kaliśiṣṭeṣu vai tadā

But when the Manu-interval is complete, if anything else (occurs) in the Kali age, then among those who remain over from the Kali the Kṛta (age) comes about.

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VaP 1 61.155

यथा कृतस्य सन्तानः कलिपूर्वः स्मृतो बुधैः। तथा मन्वन्तरान्तेषु आदिर्मन्वन्तरस्य च

yathā kṛtasya santānaḥ kalipūrvaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ| tathā manvantarānteṣu ādirmanvantarasya ca

Just as the succession of the Kṛta is held by the wise to be preceded by the Kali, so it is at the ends of the Manu-intervals and at the beginning of a Manu-interval.

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VaP 1 61.156

क्षीणे मन्वन्तरे पूर्वे प्रवृत्ते चापरे पुनः। मुखे कृतयुगस्याथ तेषां शिष्टास्तु ये तदा

kṣīṇe manvantare pūrve pravṛtte cāpare punaḥ| mukhe kṛtayugasyātha teṣāṃ śiṣṭāstu ye tadā

When the former Manu-interval is spent and another has again begun, then at the opening of the Kṛta age, those of them who remain at that time—

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VaP 1 61.157

स्प्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव कालावेक्षास्तु ये स्थिताः। मन्वन्तरं प्रतीक्षन्ते क्षीयन्ते तपसि स्थिताः

sptarṣayo manuścaiva kālāvekṣāstu ye sthitāḥ| manvantaraṃ pratīkṣante kṣīyante tapasi sthitāḥ

the seven seers and the Manu, who stand awaiting the (proper) time—they await the Manu-interval, and, established in ascetic practice, they waste away.

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VaP 1 61.158

मन्वन्तरव्यवस्थार्थं सन्तत्यर्थञ्च सर्वशः। पूर्ववत् सम्प्रवर्त्तन्ते प्रवृत्ते वृष्टिसर्ज्जने

manvantaravyavasthārthaṃ santatyarthañca sarvaśaḥ| pūrvavat sampravarttante pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjjane

For the sake of the ordering of the Manu-interval and for the sake of continuity in every respect, they act as before, when the release of rain has set in.

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VaP 1 61.159

द्वन्द्वेषु सम्प्रवृत्तेषु उत्पन्नास्वौषधीषु च। प्रजासु च निकेतासु संस्थितासु क्वचित् क्वचित्

dvandveṣu sampravṛtteṣu utpannāsvauṣadhīṣu ca| prajāsu ca niketāsu saṃsthitāsu kvacit kvacit

When pairs (of opposites, or couples) have come into being, and the plants have sprung up, and the creatures have settled in dwellings here and there,

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VaP 1 61.160

वार्त्तायान्तु प्रवृत्तायां सद्धर्मे ऋषिभाविते । निरानन्दे गते लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे

vārttāyāntu pravṛttāyāṃ saddharme ṛṣibhāvite | nirānande gate loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame

and when livelihood has begun, and true dharma is fostered by the seers—the world having gone joyless, the standing and moving (beings) having perished,

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VaP 1 61.161

अग्रामनगरे चैव वर्णाश्रमविवर्जिते। पूर्वमन्वन्तरे शिष्टे ये भवन्तीह धार्मिकाः । सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव सन्तानार्थं व्यवस्तिताः

agrāmanagare caiva varṇāśramavivarjite| pūrvamanvantare śiṣṭe ye bhavantīha dhārmikāḥ | saptarṣayo manuścaiva santānārthaṃ vyavastitāḥ

and (the earth) being without village or town and devoid of classes and stages of life—those righteous ones who are here left over from the former Manu-interval, the seven seers and the Manu, are established for the sake of continuity.

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VaP 1 61.162

प्रजार्थं तपतां तेषां तपः परमदुश्चरम्। उत्पद्यन्तीह सर्वेषां निधनेष्विह सर्वशः

prajārthaṃ tapatāṃ teṣāṃ tapaḥ paramaduścaram| utpadyantīha sarveṣāṃ nidhaneṣviha sarvaśaḥ

While they practise most difficult austerity for the sake of offspring, there arise here all (beings), in every way, out of (their former) destruction.

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VaP 1 61.163

देवासुराः पितृगणा मुनयो मनवस्तथा। सर्पा भूताः पिशाचाश्च गन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसाः

devāsurāḥ pitṛgaṇā munayo manavastathā| sarpā bhūtāḥ piśācāśca gandharvā yakṣarākṣasāḥ

gods and demons, the hosts of the fathers, the sages and likewise the Manus, serpents, spirits and ghouls, gandharvas, yakṣas and rākṣasas.

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VaP 1 61.164

ततस्तेषां तु ये शिष्टा शिष्टाचारान् प्रचक्षते । सप्तर्षयो मनुश्चैव आदौ मन्वन्तरस्य ह। प्रारम्भन्ते च कर्माणि मनुष्या दैवतैः सह

tatasteṣāṃ tu ye śiṣṭā śiṣṭācārān pracakṣate | saptarṣayo manuścaiva ādau manvantarasya ha| prārambhante ca karmāṇi manuṣyā daivataiḥ saha

Then those of them who are left over proclaim the practices of the good; the seven seers and the Manu, at the beginning of the Manu-interval, and men together with the gods, begin (their) rites.

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VaP 1 61.165

मन्वन्तरादौ प्रागेव त्रेतायुगमुखे ततः । पूर्वं देवास्ततस्ते वै स्थिते धर्मे तु सर्वशः

manvantarādau prāgeva tretāyugamukhe tataḥ | pūrvaṃ devāstataste vai sthite dharme tu sarvaśaḥ

At the beginning of the Manu-interval, indeed even earlier, then at the opening of the Tretā age—first the gods, then they (the men), when dharma is established in every respect.

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VaP 1 61.166

ऋषीणां ब्रह्मचर्येण गत्वाऽऽनृण्यन्तु वै ततः। पितॄणां प्रजया चैव देवानामिज्यया तथा

ṛṣīṇāṃ brahmacaryeṇa gatvā''nṛṇyantu vai tataḥ| pitṝṇāṃ prajayā caiva devānāmijyayā tathā

Then, having become free of debt to the seers by studentship, to the fathers by offspring, and to the gods by sacrifice,

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VaP 1 61.167

शतं वर्षसहस्राणि धर्मे वर्णात्मके स्थिताः। त्रयीं वार्त्तां दण्डनीतिं धर्मान् वर्णाश्रमांस्तथा। स्थापयित्वाश्रमांश्चैव स्वर्गाय दधिरे मतीः

śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi dharme varṇātmake sthitāḥ| trayīṃ vārttāṃ daṇḍanītiṃ dharmān varṇāśramāṃstathā| sthāpayitvāśramāṃścaiva svargāya dadhire matīḥ

For a hundred thousand years they abided in the dharma that consists of the classes; and having established the triple Veda, husbandry (and trade), the rod of governance, the duties, the classes and the stages of life — having established the stages of life — they set their minds upon heaven.

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VaP 1 61.168

पूर्वं देवेषु तेष्वेव स्वर्गाय प्रमुखेषु च। पूर्वं देवास्ततस्ते वै स्थिता धर्मेण कृत्स्नशः

pūrvaṃ deveṣu teṣveva svargāya pramukheṣu ca| pūrvaṃ devāstataste vai sthitā dharmeṇa kṛtsnaśaḥ

Earlier, among those very gods and among the foremost ones, (they set their minds) upon heaven; for they first stood as gods, abiding wholly by dharma.

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VaP 1 61.169

मन्वन्तरे परावृत्ते स्थानान्युत्सृज्य सर्वशः। मन्त्रैः सहोर्ध्वङ्गच्छन्ति महर्लोकमनामयम्

manvantare parāvṛtte sthānānyutsṛjya sarvaśaḥ| mantraiḥ sahordhvaṅgacchanti maharlokamanāmayam

When the manvantara has turned round, giving up their stations entirely, they go upward together with the mantras to the disease-free Maharloka.

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VaP 1 61.170

विनिवृत्तविकारास्ते मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः। अवेक्षमाणा वशिनस्तिष्ठन्त्याभूतसंप्लवम्

vinivṛttavikārāste mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ| avekṣamāṇā vaśinastiṣṭhantyābhūtasaṃplavam

Their modifications having ceased, established in the mental perfection, self-controlled, they abide watching until the dissolution of beings.

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VaP 1 61.171

ततस्तेषु व्यतीतेषु सर्वेष्वेतेषु सर्वदा। शून्येषु देवस्थानेषु त्रैलोक्ये तेषु सर्वशः। उपस्थिता इहैवान्ये देवा ये स्वर्गवासिनः

tatasteṣu vyatīteṣu sarveṣveteṣu sarvadā| śūnyeṣu devasthāneṣu trailokye teṣu sarvaśaḥ| upasthitā ihaivānye devā ye svargavāsinaḥ

Then, when all these have passed away, and the stations of the gods stand empty always, throughout the three worlds entirely, other gods who dwell in heaven present themselves here.

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VaP 1 61.172

ततस्ते तपसा युक्ता स्थानान्यापूरयन्ति वै। सत्यैन ब्रह्मचर्येण श्रुतेन च समन्विताः

tataste tapasā yuktā sthānānyāpūrayanti vai| satyaina brahmacaryeṇa śrutena ca samanvitāḥ

Then they, endowed with ascetic power, fill up the stations, being furnished with truth, with chastity, and with sacred learning.

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VaP 1 61.173

सप्तर्षीणं मनोश्चैव देवानां पितृभिः सह। निधनानीह पूर्वेषामादिना च भविष्यता

saptarṣīṇaṃ manoścaiva devānāṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha| nidhanānīha pūrveṣāmādinā ca bhaviṣyatā

The deaths here of the earlier seven seers, of Manu, and of the gods along with the fathers, (occur) and with a future beginning.

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VaP 1 61.174

तेषामत्यन्तविच्छेद इह मन्वन्तरक्षयात्। एवं पूर्वानुपूर्व्येण स्थितिरेषानवस्थिता। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

teṣāmatyantaviccheda iha manvantarakṣayāt| evaṃ pūrvānupūrvyeṇa sthitireṣānavasthitā| manvantareṣu sarveṣu yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

For them there is an absolute cutting-off here through the perishing of the manvantara. Thus, in due succession, this arrangement is unstable in all the manvantaras, up to the dissolution of beings.

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VaP 1 61.175

एवं मन्वन्तराणान्तु प्रतिसन्धानलक्षणम्। अतीतानागतानान्तु प्रोक्तं स्वायम्भुवेन तु

evaṃ manvantarāṇāntu pratisandhānalakṣaṇam| atītānāgatānāntu proktaṃ svāyambhuvena tu

Thus the mark of the joining together of the manvantaras, past and future, has been declared by the Self-existent one('s Manu).

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VaP 1 61.176

मन्वन्तरेष्वतीतेषु भविष्याणां तु साधनम् । एवमत्यन्तविच्छिन्नं भवत्याभूतसंप्लवात्

manvantareṣvatīteṣu bhaviṣyāṇāṃ tu sādhanam | evamatyantavicchinnaṃ bhavatyābhūtasaṃplavāt

When the manvantaras have passed, (there is) the accomplishing of those to come; thus it becomes absolutely cut off at the dissolution of beings.

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VaP 1 61.177

मन्वन्तराणां परिवर्त्तनानि एकान्ततस्तानि महर्गतानि। महर्जनञ्चैव जनन्तपश्च एकान्तगानि स्म भवन्ति सत्ये

manvantarāṇāṃ parivarttanāni ekāntatastāni mahargatāni| maharjanañcaiva janantapaśca ekāntagāni sma bhavanti satye

The revolutions of the manvantaras — those reach in one direction as far as Mahar; and Mahar, Jana, and Tapas go in one direction, becoming (fixed) in Satya.

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VaP 1 61.178

तद्भाविनां तत्र तु दर्शनेन नानात्वदृष्टेन च प्रत्ययेन। सत्ये स्थितानीह तदा तु तानि प्रप्ते विकारे प्रतिसर्गकाले

tadbhāvināṃ tatra tu darśanena nānātvadṛṣṭena ca pratyayena| satye sthitānīha tadā tu tāni prapte vikāre pratisargakāle

But there, by the seeing of those who are to be there, and by conviction based on the perception of diversity, those things then stand here in Satya, when the change, the time of re-creation, has arrived.

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VaP 1 61.179

मन्वन्तराणां परिवर्त्तनानि मुञ्चन्ति सत्यन्तु ततोऽपरान्ते। ततोऽभियोगाद्विषमप्रमाणं विशन्ति नारायणमेव देवम्

manvantarāṇāṃ parivarttanāni muñcanti satyantu tato'parānte| tato'bhiyogādviṣamapramāṇaṃ viśanti nārāyaṇameva devam

The revolutions of the manvantaras release Satya then at the further end; then, through (their) application, they enter the god Nārāyaṇa himself, whose measure is uneven.

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VaP 1 61.180

मन्वन्तराणां परिवर्त्तनेषु चिरप्रवृत्तेषु निधिस्वभावात्। क्षणं रसं तिष्ठति जीवलोकः क्षयोदयाभ्यां परिवन्दमानः

manvantarāṇāṃ parivarttaneṣu cirapravṛtteṣu nidhisvabhāvāt| kṣaṇaṃ rasaṃ tiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivandamānaḥ

In the revolutions of the manvantaras, long set in motion by the nature of the store (of karma), the world of living beings stands in its savour for a moment, praised on all sides by decline and rise.

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VaP 1 61.181

इत्युत्तराण्येवमृषिस्तुतानां धर्मात्मनां दिव्यदृशां मनूनाम्। वायुप्रणीतान्युपलभ्य दृश्यं दिव्यौजसा व्याससमासयोगैः

ityuttarāṇyevamṛṣistutānāṃ dharmātmanāṃ divyadṛśāṃ manūnām| vāyupraṇītānyupalabhya dṛśyaṃ divyaujasā vyāsasamāsayogaiḥ

Thus (are told) these later (accounts) of the Manus, praised by the seers, whose nature is dharma, of divine vision — accounts conveyed by Vāyu, having obtained what is to be seen, by divine energy, through expansions and abridgements.

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VaP 1 61.182

सर्वाणि राजर्षिसुरर्षिमन्ति ब्रह्मर्षिदेवोरगवन्ति चैव। सुरेशसप्तर्षिपितृप्रजैशैर्युक्तानि सम्यक् परिवर्त्तनानि

sarvāṇi rājarṣisurarṣimanti brahmarṣidevoragavanti caiva| sureśasaptarṣipitṛprajaiśairyuktāni samyak parivarttanāni

All the revolutions are duly furnished with royal seers and divine seers, and with brahman-seers, gods and serpents, and with the lords of gods, the seven seers, the fathers, and the lords of creatures.

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VaP 1 61.183

उदारवंशाभिजनद्युतीनां प्रकृष्टमेधाभिसमेधितानाम्। कीर्तिद्युतिख्यातिभिरन्वितानां पुण्यं हि विख्यापनमीश्वराणाम्

udāravaṃśābhijanadyutīnāṃ prakṛṣṭamedhābhisamedhitānām| kīrtidyutikhyātibhiranvitānāṃ puṇyaṃ hi vikhyāpanamīśvarāṇām

For the making known of those lords — of noble lineage, birth and splendour, nourished by surpassing intelligence, endowed with fame, radiance and renown — is meritorious.

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VaP 1 61.184

स्वर्गीयमेतत् परमं पवित्रं पुत्रीयमेतच्च परं रहस्यम्। जप्यं महत्पर्वसु चैतदग्र्यं दुःस्वप्नशान्तिः परमायुषेयम्

svargīyametat paramaṃ pavitraṃ putrīyametacca paraṃ rahasyam| japyaṃ mahatparvasu caitadagryaṃ duḥsvapnaśāntiḥ paramāyuṣeyam

This is heavenly, supremely purifying; this is son-bestowing and the highest secret; this is foremost to be recited at the great festival days; it quiets bad dreams, it is for the longest life.

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VaP 1 61.185

प्रजेशदेवर्षिमनुप्रधानां पुण्यप्रसूतिं प्रथितामजस्य। ममापि विख्यापनसंयमाय सिद्धिं जुषध्वं सुमहेशतत्वम्

prajeśadevarṣimanupradhānāṃ puṇyaprasūtiṃ prathitāmajasya| mamāpi vikhyāpanasaṃyamāya siddhiṃ juṣadhvaṃ sumaheśatatvam

(This) meritorious progeny of the Unborn, renowned, having as its chief the lords of creatures, the gods, the seers and the Manus — for my making it known and my self-restraint too, may you (all) grant success, O supremely great essence of the Lord.

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VaP 1 61.186

इत्येतदन्तरं प्रोक्तं मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्य तु। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च भूयः किं वर्णयाम्यहम्

ityetadantaraṃ proktaṃ manoḥ svāyambhuvasya tu| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bhūyaḥ kiṃ varṇayāmyaham

Thus this interval (manvantara) of Manu Svāyambhuva has been declared, in detail and in due order. What more shall I describe?

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