Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 7
VaP 1 7.1
इत्येष प्रथमः पादः प्रक्रियार्थः प्रकीर्तितः। श्रुत्वा तु संहृष्टमनाः काश्यपेयः सनातनः
ityeṣa prathamaḥ pādaḥ prakriyārthaḥ prakīrtitaḥ| śrutvā tu saṃhṛṣṭamanāḥ kāśyapeyaḥ sanātanaḥ
Thus this first section, whose subject is the process (of creation), has been proclaimed. But having heard it, the eternal son of Kaśyapa, his mind delighted,
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VaP 1 7.2
सम्बोध्य सूतं वचसा पप्रच्छाथोत्तरां कथाम्। अतःप्रभृति कल्पज्ञ प्रतिसंधिं प्रचक्ष्व नः
sambodhya sūtaṃ vacasā papracchāthottarāṃ kathām| ataḥprabhṛti kalpajña pratisaṃdhiṃ pracakṣva naḥ
addressing the Sūta with speech, then asked for the account that follows: "From this point on, O knower of the kalpas, declare to us the junction (between them)."
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VaP 1 7.3
समतीतस्य कल्पस्य वर्त्तमानस्य चोभयोः। कल्पयोरन्तरं यच्च प्रतिसंधिर्यतस्तयोः। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामः अत्यन्तकुशलो ह्यसि
samatītasya kalpasya varttamānasya cobhayoḥ| kalpayorantaraṃ yacca pratisaṃdhiryatastayoḥ| etadveditumicchāmaḥ atyantakuśalo hyasi
"What is the interval between the two kalpas, the one wholly past and the present one, and from what the junction of those two (arises) — this we wish to know, for you are exceedingly skilled."
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VaP 1 7.4
।।लोमहर्षण उवाच।। अत्र वोऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रतिसंधिञ्च यस्तयोः। समतीतस्य कल्पस्य वर्त्तमानस्य चोभयोः
||lomaharṣaṇa uvāca|| atra vo'haṃ pravakṣyāmi pratisaṃdhiñca yastayoḥ| samatītasya kalpasya varttamānasya cobhayoḥ
Lomaharṣaṇa said: Here I shall declare to you the junction which (holds) between those two, the kalpa wholly past and the present one, both of them;
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VaP 1 7.5
मन्वन्तराणि कल्पेषु येषु यानि च सुव्रताः। यश्चायं वर्त्तते कल्पो वाराहः साम्प्रतः शुभः
manvantarāṇi kalpeṣu yeṣu yāni ca suvratāḥ| yaścāyaṃ varttate kalpo vārāhaḥ sāmprataḥ śubhaḥ
and which manvantaras (belong) in which kalpas, O you of good vows; and this auspicious Vārāha kalpa which is now current at present.
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VaP 1 7.6
अस्मात् कल्पाच्च यः कल्पः पूर्वोऽतीतः सनातनः। तस्य चास्य च कल्पस्य मध्यावस्थान्निबोधत
asmāt kalpācca yaḥ kalpaḥ pūrvo'tītaḥ sanātanaḥ| tasya cāsya ca kalpasya madhyāvasthānnibodhata
And the kalpa which, prior to this kalpa, has passed away, the ancient one — learn of the intermediate condition of that one and of this kalpa.
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VaP 1 7.7
प्रत्याहृते पूर्वकल्पे प्रतिसंधिं च तत्र वै। अन्यः प्रवर्त्तते कल्पो जनाल्लोकात् पुनः पुनः
pratyāhṛte pūrvakalpe pratisaṃdhiṃ ca tatra vai| anyaḥ pravarttate kalpo janāllokāt punaḥ punaḥ
When the earlier kalpa has been withdrawn, and (when) the junction (occurs) there, another kalpa comes forth from Jana-loka, again and again.
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VaP 1 7.8
व्युच्छिन्नात् प्रतिसंधेस्तु कल्पात् कल्पः परस्परम्। व्युच्छिद्यन्ते क्रियाःसर्वाः कल्पान्ते सर्वशस्तदा। तस्मात् कल्पात्तु कल्पस्य प्रतिसंधिर्निगद्यते
vyucchinnāt pratisaṃdhestu kalpāt kalpaḥ parasparam| vyucchidyante kriyāḥsarvāḥ kalpānte sarvaśastadā| tasmāt kalpāttu kalpasya pratisaṃdhirnigadyate
Though the junction from kalpa to kalpa is severed, kalpa (follows) kalpa in succession; all rites are cut off altogether at the end of a kalpa; and for that reason the junction of one kalpa with (the next) kalpa is spoken of.
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VaP 1 7.9
मन्वन्तरयुगाख्यानामप्युच्छिन्नाश्च सन्धयः। परस्पराः प्रवर्त्तन्ते मन्वन्तरयुगैः सह
manvantarayugākhyānāmapyucchinnāśca sandhayaḥ| parasparāḥ pravarttante manvantarayugaiḥ saha
The junctions of what are called the manvantaras and yugas too are severed, (yet) they come forth in succession together with the manvantaras and yugas.
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VaP 1 7.10
उक्ता ये प्रक्रियार्थेन पूर्वकल्पाः समासतः। तेषां परार्द्धकल्पानां पूर्वो ह्यस्मात्तु यः परः। आसीत् कल्पो व्यतीतो वै परार्द्धेन परस्तु सः
uktā ye prakriyārthena pūrvakalpāḥ samāsataḥ| teṣāṃ parārddhakalpānāṃ pūrvo hyasmāttu yaḥ paraḥ| āsīt kalpo vyatīto vai parārddhena parastu saḥ
Those earlier kalpas which have been stated in summary for the sake of (setting out) the process — among those kalpas of the first half, the one which was later than this prior one, that kalpa had passed away, the last one of the first half.
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VaP 1 7.11
अन्ये भविष्या ये कल्पा अपरार्द्धाद्गुणीकृताः। प्रथमः साम्प्रतस्तेषां कल्पोऽयं वर्त्तते द्विजाः
anye bhaviṣyā ye kalpā aparārddhādguṇīkṛtāḥ| prathamaḥ sāmpratasteṣāṃ kalpo'yaṃ varttate dvijāḥ
The other kalpas which are to come, reckoned from the latter half — of these the first is the present one, this kalpa which is now current, O twice-born ones.
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VaP 1 7.12
यस्मिन् पूर्वः परार्द्धे तु द्वितीये पर उच्यते। एतावान् स्थितिकालश्च प्रत्याहारस्ततः स्मृतः
yasmin pūrvaḥ parārddhe tu dvitīye para ucyate| etāvān sthitikālaśca pratyāhārastataḥ smṛtaḥ
In which (half) the former (kalpa falls); in the second half the latter is said (to fall). Such is the duration of the standing (of the world), and thereafter the withdrawal is taught.
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VaP 1 7.13
अस्मात् कल्पात्तु यः पूर्वं कल्पोऽतीतः सनातनः। चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते अहो मन्वन्तरैः पुरा
asmāt kalpāttu yaḥ pūrvaṃ kalpo'tītaḥ sanātanaḥ| caturyugasahasrānte aho manvantaraiḥ purā
But the kalpa which, before this kalpa, passed away, the ancient one — formerly, at the end of a thousand four-yuga (cycles), by day, together with the manvantaras...
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VaP 1 7.14
क्षीणे कल्पे तदा तस्मिन् दाहकाले ह्युपस्थिते। तस्मिन् कल्पे तदा देवा आसन्वैमानिकास्तु ये
kṣīṇe kalpe tadā tasmin dāhakāle hyupasthite| tasmin kalpe tadā devā āsanvaimānikāstu ye
Then, when that kalpa was exhausted and the time of the burning had arrived — in that kalpa there were then the gods who travel in celestial cars,
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VaP 1 7.15
नक्षत्रग्रहतारास्तु चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहाश्च ये। अष्टाविंशतिरेवैताः कोट्यस्तु सुकृतात्मनाम्
nakṣatragrahatārāstu candrasūryagrahāśca ye| aṣṭāviṃśatirevaitāḥ koṭyastu sukṛtātmanām
and the lunar mansions, the planets and the stars, and those planets (that are) the moon and the sun: these were twenty-eight crores of beings of meritorious nature.
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VaP 1 7.16
मन्वन्तरे तथैकस्मिन् चतुर्दशसु वै तथा। त्रीणि कोटिशतान्यासन् कोट्याद्विनवतिस्तथा। अष्टाधिकाः सप्तशताः सहस्राणां स्मृताः पुरा
manvantare tathaikasmin caturdaśasu vai tathā| trīṇi koṭiśatānyāsan koṭyādvinavatistathā| aṣṭādhikāḥ saptaśatāḥ sahasrāṇāṃ smṛtāḥ purā
And likewise in one manvantara, and so in the fourteen: there were three hundred crores and ninety-two crores, and seven hundred and eight thousands, as recorded of old,
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VaP 1 7.17
वैमानिकानां देवानां कल्पेऽतीते तु येऽभवन्। एकैकस्मिंस्तु कल्पे वै देवा वैमानिकाः स्मृताः
vaimānikānāṃ devānāṃ kalpe'tīte tu ye'bhavan| ekaikasmiṃstu kalpe vai devā vaimānikāḥ smṛtāḥ
of the celestial-car gods who existed in the kalpa that has passed; in each single kalpa gods are recorded as travelling in celestial cars.
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VaP 1 7.18
अथ मन्वन्तरेष्वासंश्चतुर्दशसु वै दिवि। देवाश्च पितरश्चैव मुनयो मनवस्तथा
atha manvantareṣvāsaṃścaturdaśasu vai divi| devāśca pitaraścaiva munayo manavastathā
Then in the fourteen manvantaras there were in heaven the gods, and the fathers, and the sages, and the Manus,
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VaP 1 7.19
तेषामनुचरा ये च मनुपुत्रास्तथैव च। वर्णाश्रमिभिरीड्याश्च तस्मिन् काले तु ये सुराः। मन्वन्तरेषु येह्यासन् देवलोके दिवौकसः
teṣāmanucarā ye ca manuputrāstathaiva ca| varṇāśramibhirīḍyāśca tasmin kāle tu ye surāḥ| manvantareṣu yehyāsan devaloke divaukasaḥ
and those who were their attendants, and likewise the sons of Manu, and those gods who at that time were to be praised by the men of the classes and the stages of life — (all) those who in the manvantaras were dwellers in heaven in the world of the gods.
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VaP 1 7.20
ते तैः संयोजकैः सार्द्धं प्राप्ते सङ्कलने तथा। तुल्यनिष्ठास्तु ते सर्वे प्राप्ते ह्याभूतसंप्लवे
te taiḥ saṃyojakaiḥ sārddhaṃ prāpte saṅkalane tathā| tulyaniṣṭhāstu te sarve prāpte hyābhūtasaṃplave
They, together with those who join (them), when the summing-up has come — all of them come to a like end when the dissolution of beings has arrived.
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VaP 1 7.21
ततस्तेऽवश्यभावित्वाद् बुद्ध्वा पर्यायमात्मनः। त्रैलोक्यवासिनो देवास्तस्मिन् प्राप्ते ह्युपप्लवे
tataste'vaśyabhāvitvād buddhvā paryāyamātmanaḥ| trailokyavāsino devāstasmin prāpte hyupaplave
Then, because it must inevitably be so, the gods dwelling in the three worlds, having understood the turn (of events) for themselves, when that overwhelming (flood) has arrived —
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VaP 1 7.22
तेऽनौत्सुक्यविषादेन त्यक्त्वा स्थानानि भावतः। महर्ल्लोकाय संविग्नास्ततस्ते दधिरे मतिम्
te'nautsukyaviṣādena tyaktvā sthānāni bhāvataḥ| maharllokāya saṃvignāstataste dadhire matim
they, with a lack of eagerness and with dejection, abandoning their stations in reality, being agitated, then fixed their minds upon the Maharloka.
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VaP 1 7.23
ते युक्ता उपपद्यन्ते महसिस्थैः शरीरकैः। विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः
te yuktā upapadyante mahasisthaiḥ śarīrakaiḥ| viśuddhibahulāḥ sarve mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ
Being yoked (in discipline), they come to be with bodies established in Mahas; all of them, abounding in purification, take their stand on the mental attainment.
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VaP 1 7.24
तैः कल्प वासिभिः सार्द्धं महानासादितस्तु यैः। ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैस्तद्भक्तैश्चापरैर्ज्जनैः
taiḥ kalpa vāsibhiḥ sārddhaṃ mahānāsāditastu yaiḥ| brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaistadbhaktaiścāparairjjanaiḥ
Together with those dwellers of the kalpa by whom the Mahar(loka) was attained — brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and the other people devoted to that —
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VaP 1 7.25
मत्वा तु ते महर्ल्लोकं देवसङ्घाश्चतुर्द्दश। ततस्ते जनलोकाय सो द्वेगा दधिरे मतिम्
matvā tu te maharllokaṃ devasaṅghāścaturddaśa| tataste janalokāya so dvegā dadhire matim
But the fourteen hosts of gods, having considered the Maharloka, then, being agitated, fixed their minds on the Janaloka.
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VaP 1 7.26
विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः। तैः कल्पवासिभिः सांर्द्ध महानासादितस्तु यैः
viśuddhibahulāḥ sarve mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ| taiḥ kalpavāsibhiḥ sāṃrddha mahānāsāditastu yaiḥ
All of them, abounding in purification, take their stand on the mental attainment, together with those dwellers of the kalpa by whom the Mahar(loka) was attained.
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VaP 1 7.27
दशकृत्व इवावृत्त्या तस्माद्गच्छन्ति स्वस्तपः। तत्र कल्पान् दशस्थित्वा सत्यं गच्छन्ति वै पुनः। एतेन क्रमयोगेन यान्ति कल्पनिवासिनः
daśakṛtva ivāvṛttyā tasmādgacchanti svastapaḥ| tatra kalpān daśasthitvā satyaṃ gacchanti vai punaḥ| etena kramayogena yānti kalpanivāsinaḥ
Some ten times over, by returning, they go from there to their own Tapas (world); having stayed there ten kalpas, they go again to Satya. By this graded process the dwellers of the kalpa proceed.
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VaP 1 7.28
एवं देवयुगानान्तु सहस्राणि परस्परात्। गतानि ब्रह्मलोकं वै अपरावर्त्तिनीं गतिम्
evaṃ devayugānāntu sahasrāṇi parasparāt| gatāni brahmalokaṃ vai aparāvarttinīṃ gatim
Thus thousands of divine ages, one after another, have gone to the Brahmaloka, the goal from which there is no returning.
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VaP 1 7.29
आधिपत्यं विना ते वै ऐश्वर्येण तु तत्समाः। भवन्ति ब्रह्मणस्तुल्या रूपेण विषयेण च
ādhipatyaṃ vinā te vai aiśvaryeṇa tu tatsamāḥ| bhavanti brahmaṇastulyā rūpeṇa viṣayeṇa ca
Apart from overlordship, they are indeed equal to him in sovereign power; they become the equals of Brahmā in form and in sphere of enjoyment.
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VaP 1 7.30
तत्र ते ह्यवतिष्ठन्ति प्रीतियुक्ताः प्रसङ्गमात्। आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्य मुच्यन्ते ब्रह्मणा सह
tatra te hyavatiṣṭhanti prītiyuktāḥ prasaṅgamāt| ānandaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpya mucyante brahmaṇā saha
There they abide, filled with delight because of (that) attachment; having attained the bliss of Brahmā, they are released along with Brahmā.
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VaP 1 7.31
अवश्यम्भाविनाऽर्थेन प्राकृतेनैव ते स्वयम्। नाना त्वेनाभिसम्बद्धास्तदा तत्कालभाविनः
avaśyambhāvinā'rthena prākṛtenaiva te svayam| nānā tvenābhisambaddhāstadā tatkālabhāvinaḥ
By the inevitably-occurring purpose, which is of Nature itself, they of themselves become connected with multiplicity, coming to be at that time.
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VaP 1 7.32
स्वरूपतो बुद्धिपूर्वं यथा भवति जाग्रतः। तत्कालभावि तेषां तु तथा ज्ञानं प्रवर्त्तते
svarūpato buddhipūrvaṃ yathā bhavati jāgrataḥ| tatkālabhāvi teṣāṃ tu tathā jñānaṃ pravarttate
Just as, for one awake, (cognition) arises from the very nature (of things), preceded by intellect, so knowledge, arising at that time, proceeds for them.
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VaP 1 7.33
प्रत्याहारे तु भेदानां येषां भिन्नाभिसूष्मणाम्। तैः सार्द्धं प्रतिसृज्यन्ते कार्याणि करणानि च
pratyāhāre tu bhedānāṃ yeṣāṃ bhinnābhisūṣmaṇām| taiḥ sārddhaṃ pratisṛjyante kāryāṇi karaṇāni ca
But at the withdrawal of the differentiations, along with those (differentiations) whose subtle marks are separate, the effects and the instruments are created back again.
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VaP 1 7.34
नानात्वदर्शनात्तेषां ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिनाम्। विनष्टस्वाधिकाराणां स्वेन धर्मेण तिष्ठताम्
nānātvadarśanātteṣāṃ brahmalokanivāsinām| vinaṣṭasvādhikārāṇāṃ svena dharmeṇa tiṣṭhatām
Because of the perception of multiplicity on the part of those dwellers in the Brahmaloka, whose own offices have perished and who abide by their own law —
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VaP 1 7.35
ते तुल्यलक्षणाः सिद्धाः शुद्धात्मानो निरञ्जनाः। प्रकृतौ कारणातीताः स्वात्मन्येव व्यवस्थिताः
te tulyalakṣaṇāḥ siddhāḥ śuddhātmāno nirañjanāḥ| prakṛtau kāraṇātītāḥ svātmanyeva vyavasthitāḥ
they, of like characteristics, perfected, of pure selves, unstained, gone beyond causality within Nature, are established in their own self alone.
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VaP 1 7.36
प्रख्यापयित्वा ह्यात्मानं प्रकृतिस्तेषु सर्वशः। पुरुषाव्यवहृतत्वेन प्रतीता न प्रवर्त्तते
prakhyāpayitvā hyātmānaṃ prakṛtisteṣu sarvaśaḥ| puruṣāvyavahṛtatvena pratītā na pravarttate
For having made herself fully known to them, Nature, being recognised, does not proceed, because she is not made use of by the Person.
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VaP 1 7.37
प्रवर्तिते पुनः सर्गे तेषां वा कारणं पुनः। संयोगे प्राकृते तेषां युक्तानां तत्त्वदर्शिनाम्
pravartite punaḥ sarge teṣāṃ vā kāraṇaṃ punaḥ| saṃyoge prākṛte teṣāṃ yuktānāṃ tattvadarśinām
When creation is set going again, what again is the cause for them? — at the conjunction with Nature of those yoked ones who see the truth.
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VaP 1 7.38
अत्रापवर्गिणां तेषामपुनर्मार्गगामिनाम्। अभावः पुनरुत्पत्तौ शान्तानामर्च्चिषामिव
atrāpavargiṇāṃ teṣāmapunarmārgagāminām| abhāvaḥ punarutpattau śāntānāmarcciṣāmiva
Here, for those who have reached release, who do not travel the road again, there is non-being with respect to rebirth, like flames that have gone out.
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VaP 1 7.39
ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्द्ध्वं त्रैलोक्यात्सुमहात्मसु। तैः सार्द्धं ये महर्ल्लोकात्तदा नासादिता जनाः। तच्छिष्टाश्चेह तिष्ठन्ति कल्पाद्देहमुपासते
tatasteṣu gateṣūrddhvaṃ trailokyātsumahātmasu| taiḥ sārddhaṃ ye maharllokāttadā nāsāditā janāḥ| tacchiṣṭāśceha tiṣṭhanti kalpāddehamupāsate
Then, when those very great souls have gone up from the three worlds, those people who were not at that time brought along with them from the Maharloka, and the remainder of them, stay on here; from (the beginning of) the kalpa they serve the body.
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VaP 1 7.40
गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचान्ता मानुषा ब्राह्मणादयः। पशवः पक्षिणश्चैव स्थावराः ससरीसृपाः
gandharvādyāḥ piśācāntā mānuṣā brāhmaṇādayaḥ| paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva sthāvarāḥ sasarīsṛpāḥ
Gandharvas and the rest down to the piśācas, human beings such as the brahmins and the others, cattle and birds too, immobile things together with creeping creatures —
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VaP 1 7.41
तिष्ठत्सु तेषु तत्कालं पृथिवीतलवासिषु। सहस्रं यत्तु रश्मीनां सूर्यस्येह विभासते। ते सप्तरश्मयो भूत्वा ह्येकैको जायते रविः
tiṣṭhatsu teṣu tatkālaṃ pṛthivītalavāsiṣu| sahasraṃ yattu raśmīnāṃ sūryasyeha vibhāsate| te saptaraśmayo bhūtvā hyekaiko jāyate raviḥ
While those dwellers on the earth's surface remain (there), at that time the thousand rays of the sun which shine here — those, becoming seven rays (each), each one is born as a sun.
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VaP 1 7.42
क्रमेणोत्तिष्ठमानास्ते त्रीन् लोकान् प्रदहन्त्युत। जङ्गमाः स्थावराः चैव नदीः संर्वाश्च पर्वतान्। पूर्वे शुष्का ह्यनावृष्ट्या सूर्यैस्तैश्च प्रधूपिताः
krameṇottiṣṭhamānāste trīn lokān pradahantyuta| jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāḥ caiva nadīḥ saṃrvāśca parvatān| pūrve śuṣkā hyanāvṛṣṭyā sūryaistaiśca pradhūpitāḥ
Rising up in succession, they burn the three worlds — moving beings and immobile ones, the rivers and all the mountains; already dried up beforehand by drought, they are then scorched by those suns.
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VaP 1 7.43
तदा ते विविशुः सर्वे निर्द्दग्धाः सूर्यरश्मिभिः। जङ्गमाः स्थावराः सर्वे धर्माधर्मात्मकास्तु वै
tadā te viviśuḥ sarve nirddagdhāḥ sūryaraśmibhiḥ| jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāḥ sarve dharmādharmātmakāstu vai
Then all of them, burnt up by the sun's rays, entered (in), all moving and immobile beings, whose nature is (a mixture of) merit and demerit.
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VaP 1 7.44
दग्धदेहास्ततस्ते वै गताः पापयुगात्यये। योन्या तया ह्यनिर्मुक्ताः शुभपापानुबन्धया
dagdhadehāstataste vai gatāḥ pāpayugātyaye| yonyā tayā hyanirmuktāḥ śubhapāpānubandhayā
Then, their bodies burnt, they departed at the ending of the sinful age, not released from that womb (of rebirth) which is bound to (their) good and evil.
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VaP 1 7.45
ततस्ते ह्युपपद्यन्ते तुल्यरूपा जने जनाः। विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः
tataste hyupapadyante tulyarūpā jane janāḥ| viśuddhibahulāḥ sarve mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ
Then they come to be, of like form, among the people in Janaloka; all of them abounding in purity, established in the mental perfection.
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VaP 1 7.46
उषित्वा रजनीं तत्र ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः। पुनः सर्गे भवन्तीह ब्रह्मणो मानसीप्रजाः
uṣitvā rajanīṃ tatra brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ| punaḥ sarge bhavantīha brahmaṇo mānasīprajāḥ
Having dwelt there through the night of Brahmā, whose birth is from the unmanifest, they become again, at the (new) creation here, the mind-born offspring of Brahmā.
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VaP 1 7.47
ततस्तेषु प्रवृत्तेषु जने त्रैलोक्यवासिषु। निर्दग्धेषु च लोकेषु तेषु सूर्यैस्तु सप्तभिः। वृष्ट्या क्षितौ प्लावितायां विशीर्णेष्वालयेषु च
tatasteṣu pravṛtteṣu jane trailokyavāsiṣu| nirdagdheṣu ca lokeṣu teṣu sūryaistu saptabhiḥ| vṛṣṭyā kṣitau plāvitāyāṃ viśīrṇeṣvālayeṣu ca
Then, when those beings have gone on to (dwell) in Janaloka, the dwellers in the three worlds, and when those worlds have been burnt up by the seven suns, and the earth has been flooded by rain and the dwellings have crumbled away —
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VaP 1 7.48
समुद्राश्चैव मेघाश्च आपः सर्वाश्च पार्थिवाः। व्रजन्त्येकार्णवत्वं हि सलिलाख्यास्तदाश्रिताः
samudrāścaiva meghāśca āpaḥ sarvāśca pārthivāḥ| vrajantyekārṇavatvaṃ hi salilākhyāstadāśritāḥ
the oceans and the clouds and all the earthly waters, called salila and resting on it (the earth), pass into the state of one single sea.
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VaP 1 7.49
आगतागतिकं तद्वै यदा तु सलिलं बहु। संछाद्येमां स्थितां भूमिमर्णवाख्या तदा च सा
āgatāgatikaṃ tadvai yadā tu salilaṃ bahu| saṃchādyemāṃ sthitāṃ bhūmimarṇavākhyā tadā ca sā
That (water) is "come and going" (āgatāgatika); and when the water is abundant, covering over this earth as it stands, then it is called arṇava (the sea).
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VaP 1 7.50
आभाति यस्मान्नाभान्ति भासन्तो व्याप्तिदीप्तिषु। सर्वतः समनुप्लाव्य तासाञ्चाम्भो विभाव्यते
ābhāti yasmānnābhānti bhāsanto vyāptidīptiṣu| sarvataḥ samanuplāvya tāsāñcāmbho vibhāvyate
Because it shines forth (ābhāti), while things that shine do not shine amid (its) pervading brilliance — having flooded over everything on all sides, the ambhas of those (waters) is made manifest.
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VaP 1 7.51
तदम्भस्तनुते यस्मात् सर्वां पृथ्वीं समन्ततः। धातुस्तनोतिर्विस्तारे तेनाम्भस्तनवः स्मृताः
tadambhastanute yasmāt sarvāṃ pṛthvīṃ samantataḥ| dhātustanotirvistāre tenāmbhastanavaḥ smṛtāḥ
Since that ambhas stretches (tanute) over the whole earth on every side, and the root tanoti has the sense of extending, therefore they are recalled as ambhas-tanavaḥ ("stretchings of water").
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VaP 1 7.52
अरमित्येष शीघ्रन्तु निपातः कविभिः स्मृतः। एकार्णवे भवन्त्यापो न शीघ्रास्तेन ते नराः
aramityeṣa śīghrantu nipātaḥ kavibhiḥ smṛtaḥ| ekārṇave bhavantyāpo na śīghrāstena te narāḥ
"Ara" — this the sages have recalled to mean a swift falling; in the one sea the waters become not swift (na śīghrāḥ), and for that reason they are (called) nāra.
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VaP 1 7.53
तस्मिन् युगसहस्रान्ते संस्थिते ब्रह्मणोऽहनि। राजन्यां वर्त्तमानायान्तावत्तत् सलिलात्मना
tasmin yugasahasrānte saṃsthite brahmaṇo'hani| rājanyāṃ varttamānāyāntāvattat salilātmanā
At the end of that thousand of yugas, when the day of Brahmā has come to its close, and the night is in progress, this (universe) is thus far (only) of the nature of water.
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VaP 1 7.54
ततस्तु सलिले तस्मिन्नष्टेऽग्नौ पृथिवीतले। प्रशान्तवातेऽन्धकारे निरालोके समन्ततः
tatastu salile tasminnaṣṭe'gnau pṛthivītale| praśāntavāte'ndhakāre nirāloke samantataḥ
Then, when the fire has been extinguished in that water upon the surface of the earth, when the wind has grown still, and there is darkness, without light on every side —
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VaP 1 7.55
येनैवाधिष्ठितं हीदं ब्रह्मा स पुरुषः प्रभुः। विभागमस्य लोकस्य पुनर्वै कर्तुमिच्छति
yenaivādhiṣṭhitaṃ hīdaṃ brahmā sa puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ| vibhāgamasya lokasya punarvai kartumicchati
He by whom indeed this (all) is presided over, that Brahmā, the Person, the Lord, wishes again to make the division of this world.
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VaP 1 7.56
एकार्णवे तदा तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे। तदा स भवति ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
ekārṇave tadā tasminnaṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame| tadā sa bhavati brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
Then, in that one sea, when the immobile and moving beings have perished, then that Brahmā becomes the thousand-eyed, thousand-footed one,
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VaP 1 7.57
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णो ह्यतीन्द्रियः। ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यस्तु सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇo hyatīndriyaḥ| brahmā nārāyaṇākhyastu suṣvāpa salile tadā
the thousand-headed Person, gold-coloured, beyond the senses; and Brahmā, called Nārāyaṇa, then slept upon the water.
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VaP 1 7.58
सत्त्वोद्रेकात् प्रबुद्धस्तु शून्यं लोकमवेक्ष्य च। इमञ्चोदाहरन्त्यत्र श्लोकं नारायणं प्रति
sattvodrekāt prabuddhastu śūnyaṃ lokamavekṣya ca| imañcodāharantyatra ślokaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prati
But awakened by the predominance of sattva, and seeing the world empty — and here they cite this verse concerning Nārāyaṇa:
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VaP 1 7.59
आपो नाराख्यास्तनव इत्यपान्नाम शुश्रुमः। आपूर्य नाभिं तत्रास्ते तेन नारायणः स्मृतः
āpo nārākhyāstanava ityapānnāma śuśrumaḥ| āpūrya nābhiṃ tatrāste tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
"The waters are the stretchings called nāra" — thus we have heard the name of the waters; filling the navel he rests there, and therefore he is recalled as Nārāyaṇa.
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VaP 1 7.60
सहस्रशीर्षा सुमनाः सहस्रपात् सहस्रचक्षुर्वदनः सहस्रभुक्। सहस्रबाहुः प्रथमः प्रजा पतिस्त्रयीपथे यः पुरुषो निरुच्यते
sahasraśīrṣā sumanāḥ sahasrapāt sahasracakṣurvadanaḥ sahasrabhuk| sahasrabāhuḥ prathamaḥ prajā patistrayīpathe yaḥ puruṣo nirucyate
Thousand-headed, benevolent of mind, thousand-footed, thousand-eyed and thousand-faced, thousand-devouring, thousand-armed, the first, the Lord of creatures — he who in the path of the three Vedas is called the Puruṣa.
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VaP 1 7.61
आदित्यवर्णो भुवनस्य गोप्ता एको ह्यपूर्वः प्रथमं तुराषाट्। हिरण्यगर्भः पुरुषो महात्मा स पठ्यते वै तमसःपरस्तात्
ādityavarṇo bhuvanasya goptā eko hyapūrvaḥ prathamaṃ turāṣāṭ| hiraṇyagarbhaḥ puruṣo mahātmā sa paṭhyate vai tamasaḥparastāt
Sun-coloured, protector of the world, one indeed, without precedent, the first, the conqueror of the swift(?) — he is recited as Hiraṇyagarbha, the Puruṣa, the great-souled one, beyond the darkness.
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VaP 1 7.62
कल्पादौ रजसोद्रिक्तो ब्रह्मा भूत्वाऽसृजत् प्रजाः। कल्पान्ते तमसोद्रिक्तो कालो भूत्वाऽग्रसत् पुनः
kalpādau rajasodrikto brahmā bhūtvā'sṛjat prajāḥ| kalpānte tamasodrikto kālo bhūtvā'grasat punaḥ
At the beginning of a kalpa, with rajas predominant, having become Brahmā he emitted the creatures; at the end of the kalpa, with tamas predominant, having become Time he devoured (them) again.
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VaP 1 7.63
स वै नारायणा ख्यस्तु सत्त्वोद्रिक्तोऽर्णवे स्वपन्। त्रिधा विभज्य चात्मानं त्रैलोक्ये समवर्त्तत
sa vai nārāyaṇā khyastu sattvodrikto'rṇave svapan| tridhā vibhajya cātmānaṃ trailokye samavarttata
And he, called Nārāyaṇa, with sattva predominant, sleeping upon the ocean, having divided himself threefold, functioned in the three worlds.
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VaP 1 7.64
सृजते ग्रसते चैव वीक्षन्ते च त्रिभिस्तु तान्। एकार्णवे तदा लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे
sṛjate grasate caiva vīkṣante ca tribhistu tān| ekārṇave tadā loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame
With the three (forms) he creates them, devours them, and looks upon them — then, when the world of moving and unmoving things has perished, in the single ocean.
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VaP 1 7.65
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते सर्वतः सलिलावृते। ब्रह्मा नारायणाख्यस्तु अप्रकाशार्णवे स्वपन्
caturyugasahasrānte sarvataḥ salilāvṛte| brahmā nārāyaṇākhyastu aprakāśārṇave svapan
At the end of a thousand fourfold-yugas, when all is covered with water, Brahmā, called Nārāyaṇa, sleeps upon the unlit ocean.
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VaP 1 7.66
चतुर्विधाः प्रजा ग्रस्त्वा ब्राह्म्यां रात्र्यां महार्णवे। पश्यन्ति तं महर्ल्लोकात् सुप्तं कालं महर्षयः
caturvidhāḥ prajā grastvā brāhmyāṃ rātryāṃ mahārṇave| paśyanti taṃ maharllokāt suptaṃ kālaṃ maharṣayaḥ
Having swallowed the four kinds of creatures, in the night of Brahmā, in the great ocean, the great seers behold him, Time, asleep, from the Mahar world.
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VaP 1 7.67
भृग्वादयो यथा सप्त कल्पे ह्यस्मिन् महर्षयः। ततो विवर्त्तमानैस्तैर्महान् परिगतः परः
bhṛgvādayo yathā sapta kalpe hyasmin maharṣayaḥ| tato vivarttamānaistairmahān parigataḥ paraḥ
As Bhṛgu and the rest are the seven great seers in this kalpa, so by them, revolving thence, the Great One, the Supreme, is surrounded.
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VaP 1 7.68
गत्यर्थाद् ऋषयो धातोर्न्नामनिर्वृत्तिरादितः। तस्मादृषिपरत्वेन महांस्तस्मान्महर्षयः
gatyarthād ṛṣayo dhātornnāmanirvṛttirāditaḥ| tasmādṛṣiparatvena mahāṃstasmānmaharṣayaḥ
The seers (ṛṣi) are so named from the root meaning 'to go' — that is the derivation of the name from the beginning; therefore, since he is supreme among seers, he is great, and hence they are 'great seers' (maharṣi).
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VaP 1 7.69
महर्ल्लोकस्थितैर्दृष्टः कालः सुप्तस्तदा च तैः। सत्याद्याः सप्त येह्यासन् कल्पेऽतीते महर्षयः
maharllokasthitairdṛṣṭaḥ kālaḥ suptastadā ca taiḥ| satyādyāḥ sapta yehyāsan kalpe'tīte maharṣayaḥ
By those dwelling in the Mahar world Time was then seen asleep, and by those seven great seers, Satya and the rest, who existed in the past kalpa.
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VaP 1 7.70
एवं ब्राह्मीषु रात्रीषु ह्यती तासु सहस्रशः। दृष्टवन्तस्तथा ह्यन्ये सुप्तं कालं महर्षयः
evaṃ brāhmīṣu rātrīṣu hyatī tāsu sahasraśaḥ| dṛṣṭavantastathā hyanye suptaṃ kālaṃ maharṣayaḥ
Thus, as the nights of Brahmā passed away by the thousand, other great seers likewise beheld Time asleep.
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VaP 1 7.71
कल्पयामास वै ब्रह्मा तस्मात् कालो निरुच्यते
kalpayāmāsa vai brahmā tasmāt kālo nirucyate
Brahmā indeed ordained (kalpayāmāsa); therefore it is called kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 7.72
स स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः। व्यक्ताव्यक्तो महादेवस्तस्य सर्वमिदं जगत्
sa sraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ| vyaktāvyakto mahādevastasya sarvamidaṃ jagat
He is the creator of all beings at the beginnings of the kalpas, again and again; the Great God, both manifest and unmanifest — all this world is his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 7.73
इत्येष प्रतिसन्धिर्वः कीर्त्तितः कल्पयोर्द्वयोः। साम्प्रतातीतयोर्मध्ये प्रागवस्था बभूव या
ityeṣa pratisandhirvaḥ kīrttitaḥ kalpayordvayoḥ| sāmpratātītayormadhye prāgavasthā babhūva yā
Thus this juncture between the two kalpas has been proclaimed to you — the prior condition that existed in the interval between the present and the past (kalpa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 7.74
कीर्त्तिता तु समासेन कल्पे कल्पे यथा तथा। साम्प्रतं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि कल्पमेतं निबोधत
kīrttitā tu samāsena kalpe kalpe yathā tathā| sāmprataṃ te pravakṣyāmi kalpametaṃ nibodhata
It has been recounted in brief, as it is in each and every kalpa; now I shall declare to you — learn of this present kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition