Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 9
VaP 1 9.1
॥ सूत उवाच ॥ ततोऽभिध्यायतस्तस्य जज्ञिरे मानसीप्रजाः। तच्छरीरसमुत्पन्नैः कार्यैस्तैः कारणैः सह। क्षेत्रज्ञाः समवर्त्तन्त गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य धीमतः
|| sūta uvāca || tato'bhidhyāyatastasya jajñire mānasīprajāḥ| taccharīrasamutpannaiḥ kāryaistaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ saha| kṣetrajñāḥ samavarttanta gātrebhyastasya dhīmataḥ
Sūta said: Then, as he meditated, mind-born creatures were born; along with those effects and those causes arisen from his body, knowers of the field came forth from the limbs of that wise one.
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VaP 1 9.2
ततो देवासुरपितॄन् मानवञ्च चतुष्टयम्। सिसृक्षुम्भांस्येतांश्च स्वात्मना समयूयुजत्
tato devāsurapitṝn mānavañca catuṣṭayam| sisṛkṣumbhāṃsyetāṃśca svātmanā samayūyujat
Then, wishing to create the fourfold group — gods, asuras, ancestors and men — he joined these portions with his own self.
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VaP 1 9.3
युक्तात्मनस्ततस्तस्य ततो मात्रा स्वयम्भुवः। तमभिध्यायतः सर्गं प्रयत्नोऽभुत् प्रजापतेः
yuktātmanastatastasya tato mātrā svayambhuvaḥ| tamabhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ prayatno'bhut prajāpateḥ
Then, for the Self-existent one whose self was thus yoked, the measures (arose); as that Prajāpati meditated on it, an effort towards creation came about.
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VaP 1 9.4
ततोऽस्य जघनात् पूर्वमसुरा जज्ञिरे सुताः। असुः प्राणः स्मृतो विप्रा स्तज्जन्मानस्ततोऽसुराः
tato'sya jaghanāt pūrvamasurā jajñire sutāḥ| asuḥ prāṇaḥ smṛto viprā stajjanmānastato'surāḥ
Then from his loins the asuras were first born as sons; 'asu' is remembered as breath, O brahmins, and since their birth was from that they are the asuras.
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VaP 1 9.5
यया सृष्टाः सुरास्तन्वा तां तनुं स व्यपोहत। सापविद्धा तनुस्तेन सद्यो रात्रिरजायत
yayā sṛṣṭāḥ surāstanvā tāṃ tanuṃ sa vyapohata| sāpaviddhā tanustena sadyo rātrirajāyata
The body by which the gods were created — that body he cast off; and that body, cast away by him, at once became night.
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VaP 1 9.6
सा तमोबहुला यस्मात्ततो रात्रिस्त्रियामिका। आवृतास्तमसा रात्रौ प्रजास्तस्मात् स्वयम्भुवः
sā tamobahulā yasmāttato rātristriyāmikā| āvṛtāstamasā rātrau prajāstasmāt svayambhuvaḥ
Because she was full of darkness, therefore night has three watches; and therefore at night the creatures of the Self-existent one are covered over by darkness.
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VaP 1 9.7
दृष्ट्वा सुरांस्तु देवेशस्तनुमन्यामपद्यत। अव्यक्तां सत्त्वबहुलां ततस्तां सोऽभ्ययूयुजत्। ततस्तां युञ्जतस्तस्य प्रियमासीत् प्रभोः किल
dṛṣṭvā surāṃstu deveśastanumanyāmapadyata| avyaktāṃ sattvabahulāṃ tatastāṃ so'bhyayūyujat| tatastāṃ yuñjatastasya priyamāsīt prabhoḥ kila
But having seen the asuras, the lord of the gods took on another body, unmanifest and abundant in sattva, and then he joined himself to it; and as he joined it, there was delight for that lord, so it is said.
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VaP 1 9.8
ततो मुखे समुत्पन्ना दीव्यतस्तस्य देवताः। यतोऽस्य दीव्यतो जातास्तेन देवाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
tato mukhe samutpannā dīvyatastasya devatāḥ| yato'sya dīvyato jātāstena devāḥ prakīrttitāḥ
Then, as he was playing, the gods (devatāḥ) arose from his mouth; since they were born of him while he was playing (dīvyat), for that reason they are proclaimed 'devas'.
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VaP 1 9.9
धातुर्द्दिवीति यः प्रोक्तः क्रीडायां स विभाव्यते। तस्यान्तन्वान्तु दिव्यायां जज्ञिरे तेन देवताः
dhāturddivīti yaḥ proktaḥ krīḍāyāṃ sa vibhāvyate| tasyāntanvāntu divyāyāṃ jajñire tena devatāḥ
The root that is called 'div' is understood in the sense of 'play'; and in his second body, in the divine (one), the gods were born—hence (they are) 'devatāḥ'.
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VaP 1 9.10
देवान् सृष्ट्वाथ देवेशस्तनुमन्यामपद्यत। सत्त्वमात्रात्मिकां देवस्ततोऽन्यां सोऽभ्यपद्यत
devān sṛṣṭvātha deveśastanumanyāmapadyata| sattvamātrātmikāṃ devastato'nyāṃ so'bhyapadyata
Then, having created the gods, the lord of gods took on another body; the god then assumed another (body) consisting of pure sattva.
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VaP 1 9.11
पितृवन्मन्यमानस्तान् पुत्रान् प्राध्यायत प्रभुः। पितरो ह्युपपक्षाभ्यां रात्र्यह्नोरन्तरासृजत्। तस्मात्ते पितरो देवाः पुत्रत्वन्तेन तेषु तत्
pitṛvanmanyamānastān putrān prādhyāyata prabhuḥ| pitaro hyupapakṣābhyāṃ rātryahnorantarāsṛjat| tasmātte pitaro devāḥ putratvantena teṣu tat
Regarding them as sons in the manner of a father, the lord meditated (upon them); indeed he created the fathers from his two flanks, in the interval between night and day. Therefore those fathers are gods, and by that (relation) there is sonship in respect of them.
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VaP 1 9.12
यया सृष्टास्तु पितरस्तान्तनुं स व्यपोहत। सापविद्धा तनुस्तेन सद्यः सन्ध्या प्रजायत
yayā sṛṣṭāstu pitarastāntanuṃ sa vyapohata| sāpaviddhā tanustena sadyaḥ sandhyā prajāyata
And that body by which the fathers were created, he cast off; that body, cast away by him, at once became twilight.
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VaP 1 9.13
तस्मादहस्तु देवानां रात्रिर्या साऽसुरी स्मृता। तयोर्मध्ये तु वै पैत्री या तनुः सा गरीयसी
tasmādahastu devānāṃ rātriryā sā'surī smṛtā| tayormadhye tu vai paitrī yā tanuḥ sā garīyasī
Therefore day belongs to the gods, and that which is night is held to be of the asuras; but between the two, the body which is of the fathers—that is the weightier one.
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VaP 1 9.14
तस्माद्देवासुराः सर्वे ऋषयो मनवस्तथा। ते युक्तास्तामुपासन्ते ब्रह्मणो मध्यमान्तनुम्
tasmāddevāsurāḥ sarve ṛṣayo manavastathā| te yuktāstāmupāsante brahmaṇo madhyamāntanum
Therefore all the gods and asuras, the seers, and likewise the Manus—they, being intent, worship that middle body of Brahmā.
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VaP 1 9.15
ततोऽन्यां स पुनर्ब्रह्मा तनुं वै प्रत्यपद्यत। रजोमात्रात्मिकायान्तु मनसा सोऽसृजत् प्रभुः
tato'nyāṃ sa punarbrahmā tanuṃ vai pratyapadyata| rajomātrātmikāyāntu manasā so'sṛjat prabhuḥ
Then Brahmā again took on another body; and in (that body) consisting of pure rajas the lord created by means of the mind.
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VaP 1 9.16
रजःप्रायात् ततः सोऽथ मानसानसृजत् सुतान्। मनसस्तु ततस्तस्य मानसा जज्ञिरे प्रजाः
rajaḥprāyāt tataḥ so'tha mānasānasṛjat sutān| manasastu tatastasya mānasā jajñire prajāḥ
Then, from (that body) predominantly of rajas, he created mind-born sons; from his mind, then, mind-born creatures were born.
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VaP 1 9.17
दृष्ट्वा पुनः प्रजाश्चापि स्वान्तनुन्ता मपौहत। सापविद्धा तनुस्तेन ज्योत्स्ना सद्यस्त्वजायत
dṛṣṭvā punaḥ prajāścāpi svāntanuntā mapauhata| sāpaviddhā tanustena jyotsnā sadyastvajāyata
Having again seen the creatures, he cast off his own body; that body, cast away by him, at once became moonlight.
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VaP 1 9.18
तस्माद्भवन्ति संदृष्टा ज्योत्स्नाया उद्भवे प्रजाः। इत्येतास्तनवस्तेन व्यपविद्धा महात्मना
tasmādbhavanti saṃdṛṣṭā jyotsnāyā udbhave prajāḥ| ityetāstanavastena vyapaviddhā mahātmanā
Therefore creatures are seen (to come forth) at the rising of the moonlight. These, then, are the bodies cast away by that great one.
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VaP 1 9.19
सद्यो रात्र्यहनी चैव सन्ध्या ज्योत्स्ना च जज्ञिरे। जयोत्स्ना सन्ध्या तथाहश्च सत्त्वमात्रात्मकं स्वयम्। तमोमात्रात्मिका रात्रिः सा वै तस्मात्र्त्रियामि का
sadyo rātryahanī caiva sandhyā jyotsnā ca jajñire| jayotsnā sandhyā tathāhaśca sattvamātrātmakaṃ svayam| tamomātrātmikā rātriḥ sā vai tasmātrtriyāmi kā
At once night and day, twilight and moonlight were born. Moonlight, twilight and day are themselves of the nature of pure sattva; night is of the nature of pure tamas—and that is why it has three watches.
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VaP 1 9.20
तस्माद्देवा दिव्यतत्त्वात् दृष्टा सृष्टा मुखात्तु वै। यस्मात्तेषां दिवा जन्म बलिनस्तेन ते दिवा
tasmāddevā divyatattvāt dṛṣṭā sṛṣṭā mukhāttu vai| yasmātteṣāṃ divā janma balinastena te divā
Therefore the gods, from the divine essence, were seen (and) created from his mouth; and since their birth is by day, they are strong by day.
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VaP 1 9.21
तन्वा यदसुरान् रात्रौ जघनादसृ जत् प्रभुः ॥ प्राणेभ्यो रात्रिजन्मानो ह्यसह्या निशि तेन ते
tanvā yadasurān rātrau jaghanādasṛ jat prabhuḥ || prāṇebhyo rātrijanmāno hyasahyā niśi tena te
When with (that) body the lord created the asuras at night from his hindquarters—from the breaths—they, born of the night, are for that reason irresistible by night.
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VaP 1 9.22
एतान्येव भविष्याणां देवानामसुरैः सह। पितॄणां मानवानाञ्च अतीतानागतेषु वै। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषां निमित्तानि भवन्ति हि
etānyeva bhaviṣyāṇāṃ devānāmasuraiḥ saha| pitṝṇāṃ mānavānāñca atītānāgateṣu vai| manvantareṣu sarveṣāṃ nimittāni bhavanti hi
These very same (things) become the causes, in past and future manvantaras, of all the gods to come together with the asuras, and of the fathers and of men.
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VaP 1 9.23
ज्योत्स्ना रात्र्यहनी सन्ध्या चत्वार्याभासितानि वै। भान्ति यस्मात्ततो भासि भाशब्दोऽयं मनीषिभिः। व्याप्तिदीप्त्यां निगदितः पुनश्चाह प्रजापतिः
jyotsnā rātryahanī sandhyā catvāryābhāsitāni vai| bhānti yasmāttato bhāsi bhāśabdo'yaṃ manīṣibhiḥ| vyāptidīptyāṃ nigaditaḥ punaścāha prajāpatiḥ
Moonlight, night, day and twilight—these four are indeed illuminated; since they shine (bhānti), therefore (they are called) 'bhāsi'; this word bhā has been declared by the wise in the sense of pervading and shining. And Prajāpati spoke again.
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VaP 1 9.24
सोऽम्भांस्येतानि दृष्ट्वा तु देवदानवमानवान्। पितॄंश्च वासृजत्सोऽन्यानात्मनो विबुधान् पुनः
so'mbhāṃsyetāni dṛṣṭvā tu devadānavamānavān| pitṝṃśca vāsṛjatso'nyānātmano vibudhān punaḥ
But he, having seen these waters (ambhāṃsi)—gods, dānavas, men, and the fathers—created still others, wise ones, from himself.
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VaP 1 9.25
तामुत्कृत्य तनुं कृत्स्नान्ततोऽन्यामसृजत् प्रभुः। मूर्तिं रजस्तमःप्रायां पुनरेवाभ्ययूयुजत्
tāmutkṛtya tanuṃ kṛtsnāntato'nyāmasṛjat prabhuḥ| mūrtiṃ rajastamaḥprāyāṃ punarevābhyayūyujat
Having cut off that whole body, the lord then created another; and he joined himself again to a form predominantly of rajas and tamas.
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VaP 1 9.26
अन्धकारे क्षुधाविष्ट स्ततोऽन्यां सृजते पुनः। तेन सृष्टाः क्षुधात्मानस्तेऽम्भांस्यादातुमुद्यताः
andhakāre kṣudhāviṣṭa stato'nyāṃ sṛjate punaḥ| tena sṛṣṭāḥ kṣudhātmānaste'mbhāṃsyādātumudyatāḥ
In the darkness, overcome by hunger, he then creates another (set) again; those created by him, hunger-natured, set out to seize the waters.
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VaP 1 9.27
अम्भांस्येतानि रक्षाम उक्तवन्तश्च तेषु च। राक्षसास्ते स्मृता लोके क्रोधात्मानो निशाचराः
ambhāṃsyetāni rakṣāma uktavantaśca teṣu ca| rākṣasāste smṛtā loke krodhātmāno niśācarāḥ
And among them (some) said, "Let us guard (rakṣāma) these waters"—they are known in the world as rākṣasas, anger-natured, night-roamers.
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VaP 1 9.28
येऽब्रुवन् क्षिणुमोऽम्भांसि तेषां दृष्टाः परस्परम्। तेन ते कर्मणा यक्षा गुह्यकाः क्रूरकर्मिणः
ye'bruvan kṣiṇumo'mbhāṃsi teṣāṃ dṛṣṭāḥ parasparam| tena te karmaṇā yakṣā guhyakāḥ krūrakarmiṇaḥ
Those who said "let us diminish the waters" — of them (some) were seen (looking) at one another; by that deed they (became) Yakṣas, the Guhyakas, doers of cruel deeds.
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VaP 1 9.29
रक्षणे पालने चापि धातुरेष विभाव्यते। य एष क्षितिधातुर्वै क्षयणे सन्निरुच्यते
rakṣaṇe pālane cāpi dhātureṣa vibhāvyate| ya eṣa kṣitidhāturvai kṣayaṇe sannirucyate
This root (rakṣ) is understood in the sense of guarding and protecting; and this root kṣi is properly explained in the sense of diminishing.
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VaP 1 9.30
तान्दृष्ट्वा ह्यप्रियेणास्य केशा अशीर्यंत धीमतः। शीतोष्णाच्चोच्छ्रिता ह्यूर्द्ध्वं तदारोहन्त तं प्रभुम्
tāndṛṣṭvā hyapriyeṇāsya keśā aśīryaṃta dhīmataḥ| śītoṣṇāccocchritā hyūrddhvaṃ tadārohanta taṃ prabhum
On seeing them, from displeasure the hairs of that wise one fell away; and, raised up from cold and heat, they then climbed upon that lord.
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VaP 1 9.31
हीना मच्छिरसो व्याला यस्माच्चैवापसर्पिताः। व्यालात्मानः स्मृता व्यालाद्धीनत्वादहयः स्मृताः
hīnā macchiraso vyālā yasmāccaivāpasarpitāḥ| vyālātmānaḥ smṛtā vyālāddhīnatvādahayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Since they fell from my head and crept away, they are called vyālas (because) their nature is vyāla; from 'vyāla' and from their having fallen they are called ahis.
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VaP 1 9.32
पन्नत्वात्पन्नगाश्चैव सर्पाश्चैवापसर्पिणः। तेषां पृथिव्यां निलयाः सूर्याचन्द्रमसोरधः
pannatvātpannagāścaiva sarpāścaivāpasarpiṇaḥ| teṣāṃ pṛthivyāṃ nilayāḥ sūryācandramasoradhaḥ
And because of their having fallen they are pannagas, and because they creep away, sarpas; their dwellings are on the earth, below the sun and the moon.
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VaP 1 9.33
तस्य क्रोधोद्भवो योऽसावग्निगर्भस्सुदारुणः। स तु सर्पसहोत्पन्नानाविवेश विषात्मिकान्
tasya krodhodbhavo yo'sāvagnigarbhassudāruṇaḥ| sa tu sarpasahotpannānāviveśa viṣātmikān
That very dreadful (fire), fire-wombed, which arose from his anger — that entered those born together with the serpents, whose nature is venom.
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VaP 1 9.34
सर्पान् दृष्ट्वा ततः क्रोधात् क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्ममे। वर्णेन कपिशेनोग्रास्ते भूताः पिशिताशनाः
sarpān dṛṣṭvā tataḥ krodhāt krodhātmāno vinirmame| varṇena kapiśenogrāste bhūtāḥ piśitāśanāḥ
Then, having seen the serpents, out of anger he fashioned beings whose nature is anger; they were fierce, brown in colour, eaters of flesh.
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VaP 1 9.35
भूतत्वात्ते स्मृता भूताः पिशाचाः पिशिताशनात्। वयतो गास्ततस्तस्य गन्धर्वो जज्ञिरे तदा
bhūtatvātte smṛtā bhūtāḥ piśācāḥ piśitāśanāt| vayato gāstatastasya gandharvo jajñire tadā
From their being (bhūta) they are called Bhūtas, and from eating flesh (piśita), Piśācas. Then, as he was singing songs, the Gandharvas were born from him.
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VaP 1 9.37
ध्यायतीत्येष धातुर्वै यात्रार्थे परिपठ्यते। पिबतो जज्ञिरे गास्तु गंधर्वास्तेन ते स्मृताः ।.३६॥ अष्टास्वेतासु सृष्टासु देवयोनिषु स प्रभुः। ततः स्वच्छन्दतोऽन्यानि वयांसि वय सोऽसृजत्
dhyāyatītyeṣa dhāturvai yātrārthe paripaṭhyate| pibato jajñire gāstu gaṃdharvāstena te smṛtāḥ |.36|| aṣṭāsvetāsu sṛṣṭāsu devayoniṣu sa prabhuḥ| tataḥ svacchandato'nyāni vayāṃsi vaya so'sṛjat
This root (dhyai) 'he meditates' is recited in the sense of going; but as he was drinking, songs (gāḥ) were born — therefore they are called Gandharvas. (36) When these eight classes of divine beings had been created, that lord then, at his own will, created other birds (vayāṃsi) at a (certain) age.
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VaP 1 9.38
छाद्यतस्तानि छन्दांसि वयसोऽपि वयांस्यपि। शून्यान् दृष्ट्वा तु देवो वैऽसृजत्पक्षिगणानपि
chādyatastāni chandāṃsi vayaso'pi vayāṃsyapi| śūnyān dṛṣṭvā tu devo vai'sṛjatpakṣigaṇānapi
As he covered (chad-), those became the metres (chandas); from vayas too came birds (vayāṃsi). But seeing (the regions) empty, the god created the flocks of birds as well.
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VaP 1 9.39
मुखतोऽजान् ससर्ज्जाथ वक्षसश्चवयोऽसृजत्। गाश्चैवाथोदराद्ब्रह्मा पार्श्वाभ्याञ्च विनिर्ममे
mukhato'jān sasarjjātha vakṣasaścavayo'sṛjat| gāścaivāthodarādbrahmā pārśvābhyāñca vinirmame
From his mouth he then created goats, and from his chest he created sheep; and Brahmā made cows from his belly, and from his two sides (other creatures).
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VaP 1 9.40
पद्भ्याञ्चाश्चान् समातङ्गान् शरभान् गवयान् मृगान्। उष्ट्रानश्चतरांश्चैव ताश्वान्याश्चैव जातयः
padbhyāñcāścān samātaṅgān śarabhān gavayān mṛgān| uṣṭrānaścatarāṃścaiva tāśvānyāścaiva jātayaḥ
And from his feet, horses, elephants, śarabhas, gavayas, deer, camels, mules, and the other kinds (of such animals).
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VaP 1 9.41
ओषध्यः फलमूलानि रोमतस्तस्य जज्ञिरे। एवं पश्वोषधीः सृष्ट्वा न्ययुञ्जत्सोऽध्वरे प्रभुः
oṣadhyaḥ phalamūlāni romatastasya jajñire| evaṃ paśvoṣadhīḥ sṛṣṭvā nyayuñjatso'dhvare prabhuḥ
The herbs, fruits and roots were born from his body-hair. Having thus created the animals and the herbs, that lord employed them in the sacrifice.
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VaP 1 9.42
तस्मादादौ तु कल्पस्य त्रेतायुगमुखे तदा। गौरजः पुरुषो मेषो ह्यश्वोऽश्वतरगर्द्दभौ। एतान् ग्राम्यान् पशूनाहुरारण्यांश्च निबोधत
tasmādādau tu kalpasya tretāyugamukhe tadā| gaurajaḥ puruṣo meṣo hyaśvo'śvataragarddabhau| etān grāmyān paśūnāhurāraṇyāṃśca nibodhata
Therefore at the beginning of the kalpa, then, at the opening of the Tretā age: the cow, the goat, man, the ram, the horse, the mule and the ass — these they call the village animals; now learn of the wild ones.
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VaP 1 9.43
श्वापदा द्विखुरो हस्ती वानरः पक्षिपञ्चमाः। उन्दकाः पशवः सृष्टाः सप्तमास्तु सरीसृपाः
śvāpadā dvikhuro hastī vānaraḥ pakṣipañcamāḥ| undakāḥ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ saptamāstu sarīsṛpāḥ
Beasts of prey, the two-hoofed, the elephant, the monkey, with birds as the fifth, (and) the water-dwelling animals were created; the seventh are the creeping things.
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VaP 1 9.44
गायत्रं वरुणञ्चैव त्रिवृत्सौम्यं रथन्तरम्। अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात्
gāyatraṃ varuṇañcaiva trivṛtsaumyaṃ rathantaram| agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt
The Gāyatra and the Vāruṇa, the trivṛt, the saumya, the rathantara, and the Agniṣṭoma among sacrifices — these he made from his first (eastern) mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.45
छन्दांसि त्रैष्टुभङ्कर्म स्तोमं पञ्चदशन्तथा। बृहत्साममथोक्थञ्च दक्षिणात्सोऽसृजन्मुखात्
chandāṃsi traiṣṭubhaṅkarma stomaṃ pañcadaśantathā| bṛhatsāmamathokthañca dakṣiṇātso'sṛjanmukhāt
The metres, the triṣṭubh rite, and likewise the fifteenfold stoma, the bṛhat sāman and the uktha — these he created from his southern mouth.
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VaP 1 9.46
सामानि जगती च्छन्दस्तोमं पञ्चदशन्तथा। वैरूप्यमतिरात्रञ्च पश्चिमादसृजन्मुखात्
sāmāni jagatī cchandastomaṃ pañcadaśantathā| vairūpyamatirātrañca paścimādasṛjanmukhāt
The sāmans, the jagatī metre, and likewise the fifteenfold stoma, the vairūpya and the atirātra — these he created from his western mouth.
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VaP 1 9.47
एकविंशमथर्वाणमाप्तोर्यामाणमेव च। अनुष्टुभं सवैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात्
ekaviṃśamatharvāṇamāptoryāmāṇameva ca| anuṣṭubhaṃ savairājamuttarādasṛjanmukhāt
The twenty-onefold (stoma), the Atharvan, and the āptoryāma, the anuṣṭubh together with the vairāja — these he created from his northern mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.48
विद्युतोऽशनिमेघांश्च रोहितेन्द्रधनूंषि च। वयांसि च ससर्ज्जादौ कल्पस्य भगवान् प्रभुः
vidyuto'śanimeghāṃśca rohitendradhanūṃṣi ca| vayāṃsi ca sasarjjādau kalpasya bhagavān prabhuḥ
Lightnings, thunderbolts and clouds, red (rainbows) and Indra's bows, and birds — these the blessed lord created at the beginning of the kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.49
उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेब्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे। ब्रह्मणस्तु प्रजासर्गं सृजतो हि प्रजापतेः
uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebyastasya jajñire| brahmaṇastu prajāsargaṃ sṛjato hi prajāpateḥ
High and low beings were born from his limbs — from Brahmā, the Lord of creatures, as he created the creation of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.50
सृष्ट्वा चतुष्टयं पूर्वं देवासुरपितॄन् प्रजाः। ततः सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
sṛṣṭvā catuṣṭayaṃ pūrvaṃ devāsurapitṝn prajāḥ| tataḥ sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
Having first created the fourfold (classes of) offspring — gods, demons, and forefathers — he then creates beings, both immobile and moving.
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VaP 1 9.51
यक्षान् पिशाचान् गन्धर्वान् तथैवाप्सरसाङ्गणान्। नरकिन्नररक्षांसि वयः पशुमृगोरगान्
yakṣān piśācān gandharvān tathaivāpsarasāṅgaṇān| narakinnararakṣāṃsi vayaḥ paśumṛgoragān
Yakṣas, piśācas, gandharvas, and likewise the throngs of apsarases; men, kinnaras and rākṣasas; birds, cattle, wild beasts and serpents.
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VaP 1 9.52
अव्ययञ्च व्ययं चैव यदिदं स्थाणु जङ्गमम्। तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्ट्यां प्रतिपेदिरे। तान्येव प्रतिपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः
avyayañca vyayaṃ caiva yadidaṃ sthāṇu jaṅgamam| teṣāṃ ye yāni karmāṇi prāksṛṣṭyāṃ pratipedire| tānyeva pratipadyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
(He creates) both the imperishable and the perishable, this world that is standing and moving. Whatever deeds they undertook in the previous creation, those very ones they take up again, as they are created over and over.
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VaP 1 9.53
हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते। तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते
hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte| tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāttattasya rocate
Injurious and non-injurious, gentle and cruel, righteous and unrighteous, truthful and false — being conditioned by that (former disposition) they take it up; hence that is what pleases each one.
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VaP 1 9.54
महाभूतेषु नानात्वमिन्द्रियार्थेषु मूर्त्तिषु। विनियोगञ्च भूतानां धातैव व्यदधात् स्वयम्
mahābhūteṣu nānātvamindriyārtheṣu mūrttiṣu| viniyogañca bhūtānāṃ dhātaiva vyadadhāt svayam
The Ordainer himself arranged the manifoldness among the great elements, the objects of the senses and the bodily forms, and the allotment of the beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.55
केचित् पुरुषकारन्तु प्राहुः कर्म च मानवाः। दैवमित्यपरे विप्राः स्वभावं दैवचिन्तकाः
kecit puruṣakārantu prāhuḥ karma ca mānavāḥ| daivamityapare viprāḥ svabhāvaṃ daivacintakāḥ
Some men declare human effort, and (some) action (to be the cause); other brahmins say it is fate; and those who reflect on destiny say it is inherent nature.
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VaP 1 9.56
पौरुषं कर्म दैवञ्च फलवृत्तिस्वभावतः। न चैकं न पृथग्भावमधिकं न तयोर्विदुः। एतदेवञ्च नैकञ्च न चोभे न च वाप्युभे
pauruṣaṃ karma daivañca phalavṛttisvabhāvataḥ| na caikaṃ na pṛthagbhāvamadhikaṃ na tayorviduḥ| etadevañca naikañca na cobhe na ca vāpyubhe
Human effort, action, and fate — by (their) fruit, operation and inherent nature — they know these two to be neither one, nor of separate being, nor one superior (to the other); it is thus and yet not one, nor both, nor again the two together.
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VaP 1 9.57
कर्मस्थान् विषयान् ब्रूयुः सत्त्वस्थाः समदर्शिनः। नामरूपञ्च भूतानां कृतानाञ्च प्रपञ्चनम्। वेदशब्धेभ्य एवादौ निर्ममे स महेश्वरः
karmasthān viṣayān brūyuḥ sattvasthāḥ samadarśinaḥ| nāmarūpañca bhūtānāṃ kṛtānāñca prapañcanam| vedaśabdhebhya evādau nirmame sa maheśvaraḥ
Those who abide in goodness and see (all) equally would call the objects (of experience) grounded in action. And the name and form of beings, and the elaboration of the things made, that Great Lord fashioned in the beginning from the very words of the Veda.
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VaP 1 9.58
ऋषीणां नामधेयानि याश्च देवेषु दृष्टयः। शर्वर्यन्ते प्रसूतानां तान्येवास्य दधाति सः
ṛṣīṇāṃ nāmadheyāni yāśca deveṣu dṛṣṭayaḥ| śarvaryante prasūtānāṃ tānyevāsya dadhāti saḥ
The names of the seers, and the visions (that appear) among the gods — to those born at the end of the night he assigns just those.
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VaP 1 9.59
यथर्त्तावृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये। दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु
yatharttāvṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye| dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā bhāvā yugādiṣu
Just as, in the turning (of the year), the marks of a season, of manifold form, are seen season by season — those very same ones — so are the states of things at the beginnings of the yugas.
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VaP 1 9.60
एवंविधासु सृष्टासु ब्रह्मणाऽव्यक्तजन्मना। शर्वर्यन्ते प्रदृश्यन्ते सिद्धिमाश्रित्य मानसीम्
evaṃvidhāsu sṛṣṭāsu brahmaṇā'vyaktajanmanā| śarvaryante pradṛśyante siddhimāśritya mānasīm
When such (beings) have been created by Brahmā, who is born of the unmanifest, they are made to appear at the end of the night, by resort to a mental power of accomplishment.
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VaP 1 9.61
एवंभूतानि सृष्टानि चराणि स्थावराणि च। यदास्य ताः प्रजाः सृष्टा न व्यवर्धन्त धीमतः
evaṃbhūtāni sṛṣṭāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca| yadāsya tāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭā na vyavardhanta dhīmataḥ
Thus were beings created, moving and immobile; but when those creatures of that wise one, once created, did not multiply—
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VaP 1 9.62
अथान्यान्मानसान् पुत्रान् सदृशानात्मनोऽसृजत्। भृगुं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुमाङ्गिरसन्तथा
athānyānmānasān putrān sadṛśānātmano'sṛjat| bhṛguṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratumāṅgirasantathā
then he created other mind-born sons, like unto himself: Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Āṅgirasa,
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VaP 1 9.63
मरीचिं दक्षमत्रिं च वसिष्ठं चैव मानसम्। नव ब्रह्माण इत्येते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः । तेषां ब्रह्मात्मकानां वै सर्वेषां ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
marīciṃ dakṣamatriṃ ca vasiṣṭhaṃ caiva mānasam| nava brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ | teṣāṃ brahmātmakānāṃ vai sarveṣāṃ brahmavādinām
Marīci, Dakṣa, Atri, and Vasiṣṭha too, (all) mind-born. These, in the Purāṇa, are settled upon as the nine Brahmās; of all of them, whose essence is Brahman and who expound Brahman—
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VaP 1 9.64
ततोऽसृजत्पुनर्ब्रह्मा रुद्रं रोषात्मसंभवम्। संकल्पं चैव धर्मं च पूर्वेषामपि पूर्वजः
tato'sṛjatpunarbrahmā rudraṃ roṣātmasaṃbhavam| saṃkalpaṃ caiva dharmaṃ ca pūrveṣāmapi pūrvajaḥ
Thereafter Brahmā again created Rudra, arisen from his own wrath, and Saṃkalpa and Dharma, (he being) born before even the earlier ones.
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VaP 1 9.65
अग्रे ससर्ज्ज वै ब्रह्मा मानसानात्मनः समान्। सनन्दनं ससनकं विद्वांसं च सनातनम्
agre sasarjja vai brahmā mānasānātmanaḥ samān| sanandanaṃ sasanakaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ ca sanātanam
In the beginning Brahmā created, mind-born and equal to himself, Sanandana, Sanaka, and the learned Sanātana,
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VaP 1 9.66
सनत्कुमारं च विभुं सनकं च सनन्दनम्। न ते लोकेषु सर्ज्जन्ते निरपेक्षाः सनातनाः
sanatkumāraṃ ca vibhuṃ sanakaṃ ca sanandanam| na te lokeṣu sarjjante nirapekṣāḥ sanātanāḥ
and Sanatkumāra, and Vibhu, and Sanaka and Sanandana. These, being eternal and indifferent, do not procreate in the worlds.
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VaP 1 9.67
सर्वे ते ह्यागतज्ञाना वीतरागा विमत्सराः। तेष्वेवं निरपेक्ष्येषु लोकवृत्तानुकारणात्
sarve te hyāgatajñānā vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ| teṣvevaṃ nirapekṣyeṣu lokavṛttānukāraṇāt
For all of them had knowledge come to them, were free of passion and free of envy. Since they were thus indifferent, (and) for the sake of carrying on the course of the world,
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VaP 1 9.68
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् परमेष्ठी ह्यचिन्तयत्। तस्य रोषात्समुत्पन्नः पुरुषोऽर्क्कसमद्युतिः। अर्द्धनारीनरवपुस्तेजसा ज्वलनोपमः
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān parameṣṭhī hyacintayat| tasya roṣātsamutpannaḥ puruṣo'rkkasamadyutiḥ| arddhanārīnaravapustejasā jvalanopamaḥ
the Lord Hiraṇyagarbha, the Highest One, pondered. From his wrath there arose a Person of splendour equal to the sun, half woman and half man in body, like a blazing fire in his radiance.
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VaP 1 9.69
सर्वं तेजोमयं जातमादित्यसमतेजसम्। विभजात्मानमित्युक्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
sarvaṃ tejomayaṃ jātamādityasamatejasam| vibhajātmānamityuktvā tatraivāntaradhīyata
All that came to be became made of light, with radiance equal to the sun's. Having said, "Divide yourself," he vanished right there.
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VaP 1 9.70
एवमुक्त्वा द्विधाभूतः पृथक् स्त्री पुरुषः पृथक्। स चैकादशधा जज्ञे अर्द्धमात्मानमीश्वरः
evamuktvā dvidhābhūtaḥ pṛthak strī puruṣaḥ pṛthak| sa caikādaśadhā jajñe arddhamātmānamīśvaraḥ
Being so addressed, he became twofold, the woman apart and the man apart; and that Lord was born elevenfold from half of himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.71
तेनोक्तास्ते महात्मानः सर्व एव महात्मना। जगतो बहुलीभावमधिकृत्य हितैषिणः
tenoktāste mahātmānaḥ sarva eva mahātmanā| jagato bahulībhāvamadhikṛtya hitaiṣiṇaḥ
By him, by that great-souled one, all those great-souled ones were addressed, (they) desiring the good (of the world), with reference to the manifolding of the world:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.72
लोकवृत्तान्तहेतोर्हि प्रयतध्वमतन्द्रिताः। विश्वं विश्वस्य लोकस्य स्थापनाय हिताय च
lokavṛttāntahetorhi prayatadhvamatandritāḥ| viśvaṃ viśvasya lokasya sthāpanāya hitāya ca
"For the sake of the course of the world's affairs, exert yourselves unwearied — (make) all things, for the establishment and the welfare of the whole world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.73
एवमुक्तास्तु रुरुदुर्दुद्रुवुश्च समन्ततः। रोदनाद्द्रावणाच्चैव रुद्रा नाम्नेतिविश्रुताः
evamuktāstu rurudurdudruvuśca samantataḥ| rodanāddrāvaṇāccaiva rudrā nāmnetiviśrutāḥ
But being so addressed, they wept and ran off in all directions; from weeping (rodana) and from running (drāvaṇa) they are thus renowned by the name Rudras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.74
यैर्हि व्याप्तमिदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्। तेषामनुचरा लोके सर्वलोकपरायणाः
yairhi vyāptamidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram| teṣāmanucarā loke sarvalokaparāyaṇāḥ
By whom indeed this whole triple world with its moving and unmoving (beings) is pervaded — their followers in the world are the recourse of all people,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.75
नैकनागा युतबला विक्रान्ताशचव गणेश्वराः। तत्र या सा महाभागा शंकरस्यार्द्धकायिनी
naikanāgā yutabalā vikrāntāśacava gaṇeśvarāḥ| tatra yā sā mahābhāgā śaṃkarasyārddhakāyinī
having the strength of many myriads of elephants, valorous, and lords of the (Śiva) hosts. Now she who is there, the greatly blessed one, forming half the body of Śaṃkara —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.76
प्रागुक्ता तु मया तुभ्यं स्त्री स्वयंभोर्मुखोद्गता। कायार्द्धं दक्षिणन्तस्याः शुक्लं वामं तथाऽसितम्
prāguktā tu mayā tubhyaṃ strī svayaṃbhormukhodgatā| kāyārddhaṃ dakṣiṇantasyāḥ śuklaṃ vāmaṃ tathā'sitam
she was described by me to you before, the woman who issued from the face of the Self-existent. Half her body, the right, was white, and the left likewise black.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.77
आत्मानं विभजस्वेति सोक्ता देवी स्वयंभुवा। सा तु प्रोक्ता द्विधाभूता शूक्ला कृष्णा च वै द्विजाः। तस्या नामानि वक्ष्यामि श्रृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः
ātmānaṃ vibhajasveti soktā devī svayaṃbhuvā| sā tu proktā dvidhābhūtā śūklā kṛṣṇā ca vai dvijāḥ| tasyā nāmāni vakṣyāmi śrṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ
She, the goddess, was told by the Self-existent, "Divide yourself." And she, being so addressed, became twofold, white and black indeed, O twice-born. I shall declare her names; listen, well concentrated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.78
स्वाहा स्वधा महाविद्या मेधा लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती। अपर्णा चैकपर्णा च तथा स्यादेव पाटला
svāhā svadhā mahāvidyā medhā lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī| aparṇā caikaparṇā ca tathā syādeva pāṭalā
Svāhā, Svadhā, Mahāvidyā, Medhā, Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Aparṇā and Ekaparṇā, and likewise Pāṭalā;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.79
उमा हैमवती षष्ठी कल्याणी चैव नामतः। ख्यातिः प्रज्ञा महाभागा लोके गौरीति विश्रुता
umā haimavatī ṣaṣṭhī kalyāṇī caiva nāmataḥ| khyātiḥ prajñā mahābhāgā loke gaurīti viśrutā
Umā, Haimavatī, Ṣaṣṭhī, and Kalyāṇī by name; Khyāti, Prajñā, the greatly blessed one who is known in the world as Gaurī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.80
विश्वरूपमथार्यायाः पृथग्देहविभावनात्। श्रृणु संक्षेपतस्तस्या यथावदनुपूर्वशः
viśvarūpamathāryāyāḥ pṛthagdehavibhāvanāt| śrṛṇu saṃkṣepatastasyā yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ
Now hear in brief, duly and in order, the universal form of the Noble Lady, (arising) from her manifesting bodies separately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.81
प्रकृतिर्नियता रौद्री दुर्गा भद्रा प्रमाथिनी। कालरात्रिर्महामाया रेवती भुतनायिका
prakṛtirniyatā raudrī durgā bhadrā pramāthinī| kālarātrirmahāmāyā revatī bhutanāyikā
Prakṛti, Niyatā, Raudrī, Durgā, Bhadrā, Pramāthinī, Kālarātri, Mahāmāyā, Revatī, mistress of beings;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.82
द्वापरान्तविकारेषु देव्या नामानि मे श्रृणु। गौतमी कौशिकी आर्या चण्डी कात्यायनी सती
dvāparāntavikāreṣu devyā nāmāni me śrṛṇu| gautamī kauśikī āryā caṇḍī kātyāyanī satī
Hear from me the names of the Goddess among (her) transformations at the end of the Dvāpara (age): Gautamī, Kauśikī, Āryā, Caṇḍī, Kātyāyanī, Satī;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.83
कुमारी यादवी देवी वरदा कृष्णपिङ्गला। बर्हिर्ध्वजा शूलधरा परमब्रह्मचारिणी
kumārī yādavī devī varadā kṛṣṇapiṅgalā| barhirdhvajā śūladharā paramabrahmacāriṇī
Kumārī, Yādavī, Devī, Varadā, Kṛṣṇapiṅgalā, Barhirdhvajā (peacock-bannered), Śūladharā (trident-bearer), supremely chaste;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.84
माहेन्द्री चेन्द्रभगिनी वृषकन्यैकवाससी। अपराजिता बहुभुजा प्रगल्भा सिंहवाहिनी
māhendrī cendrabhaginī vṛṣakanyaikavāsasī| aparājitā bahubhujā pragalbhā siṃhavāhinī
Māhendrī and Indra's sister, Vṛṣakanyā, the single-garmented, Aparājitā, many-armed, bold, riding a lion;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.85
एकानसा दैत्यहनी माया महिषमर्द्दिनी। अमोघा विन्ध्यनिलया विक्रान्ता गणनायिका
ekānasā daityahanī māyā mahiṣamarddinī| amoghā vindhyanilayā vikrāntā gaṇanāyikā
Ekānasā, slayer of Daityas, Māyā, crusher of the buffalo, Amoghā, dwelling in the Vindhyas, valorous, leader of the hosts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.86
देवीनामविकाराणि इत्येतानि यथाक्रमम्। भद्रकाल्यास्तवोक्तानि देव्या नामानि तत्त्वतः
devīnāmavikārāṇi ityetāni yathākramam| bhadrakālyāstavoktāni devyā nāmāni tattvataḥ
These, in order, are the variations of the Goddess's names, spoken in the hymn to Bhadrakālī — the names of the Goddess as they truly are.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.87
ये पठन्ति नरास्तेषां विद्यते न पराभवः। अरण्ये प्रान्तरे वापि पुरे वापि गृहेऽपि वा
ye paṭhanti narāsteṣāṃ vidyate na parābhavaḥ| araṇye prāntare vāpi pure vāpi gṛhe'pi vā
Those men who recite (them) — for them there is no defeat, whether in the forest, or at a border region, or in a town, or even at home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.88
रक्षामेतां प्रयुञ्जीत जले वापि स्थलेऽपि वा। व्याध्रकुम्भीरचौरेभ्यो भूतस्थाने विशेषतः। आधिष्वपि च सर्वासु देव्या नामानि कीर्त्तयेत्
rakṣāmetāṃ prayuñjīta jale vāpi sthale'pi vā| vyādhrakumbhīracaurebhyo bhūtasthāne viśeṣataḥ| ādhiṣvapi ca sarvāsu devyā nāmāni kīrttayet
One should employ this protection, whether in water or on land, against tigers, crocodiles and thieves, and especially in a haunt of spirits; and in all afflictions too one should proclaim the names of the Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.89
अर्भकग्रहभूतैश्च पूतनामातृभिः सदा। अभ्यर्दितानां बालानां रक्षामेतां प्रयोजयेत्
arbhakagrahabhūtaiśca pūtanāmātṛbhiḥ sadā| abhyarditānāṃ bālānāṃ rakṣāmetāṃ prayojayet
For children constantly afflicted by child-seizing spirits and ghosts, by Pūtanā and the Mothers, one should employ this protective (charm).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.90
महादेवी कुले द्वे तु प्रज्ञा श्रीश्च प्रकीर्त्त्यते। आभ्यां देवीसहस्राणि यैर्व्याप्तमखिलं जगत्
mahādevī kule dve tu prajñā śrīśca prakīrttyate| ābhyāṃ devīsahasrāṇi yairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat
In the lineage of the Great Goddess two are proclaimed: Prajñā (wisdom) and Śrī; from these two (come) the thousands of goddesses by whom the whole world is pervaded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.91
साऽसृजद् व्यवसायन्तु धर्मं भूतसुखावहम्। सङ्कल्पञ्चैव कल्पादौ जज्ञिरेऽव्यक्तयोनितः
sā'sṛjad vyavasāyantu dharmaṃ bhūtasukhāvaham| saṅkalpañcaiva kalpādau jajñire'vyaktayonitaḥ
She created resolve (vyavasāya) and dharma, which brings happiness to beings, and also intention (saṅkalpa); at the beginning of the kalpa they were born from the unmanifest womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.92
मानसश्च रुचिर्न्नाम विज्ञेयो ब्रह्मणः सुतः। प्राणात् स्वादसृजद्दक्षञ्चक्षुर्भ्याञ्च मरीचिकम्
mānasaśca rucirnnāma vijñeyo brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ| prāṇāt svādasṛjaddakṣañcakṣurbhyāñca marīcikam
And the mind-born one named Ruci is to be known as a son of Brahmā; from his breath he created Dakṣa, and from his two eyes Marīci.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.93
भृगुस्तु हृदयाज्जज्ञे ऋषिः सलिलजन्मनः। शिरसोऽङ्गिरसञ्चैव श्रोत्रादत्रिन्तथैव च
bhṛgustu hṛdayājjajñe ṛṣiḥ salilajanmanaḥ| śiraso'ṅgirasañcaiva śrotrādatrintathaiva ca
Bhṛgu, the seer, was born from the heart of him whose birth was in the waters; and Aṅgiras from the head, and likewise Atri from the ear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.94
पुलस्त्यञ्च तथोदानाद्य्वानाच्च पुलहं पुनः। समानजं वसिष्ठन्तु अपानान्निर्ममे क्रतुम्
pulastyañca tathodānādyvānācca pulahaṃ punaḥ| samānajaṃ vasiṣṭhantu apānānnirmame kratum
And Pulastya from the udāna breath, and again Pulaha from the vyāna; Vasiṣṭha born from the samāna, and from the apāna he fashioned Kratu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.95
अभिमानात्मकं भद्रं निर्ममे नीललोहितम्। इत्येते ब्रह्मणः पुत्राः प्राणजा द्वादश स्मृताः
abhimānātmakaṃ bhadraṃ nirmame nīlalohitam| ityete brahmaṇaḥ putrāḥ prāṇajā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
He fashioned the auspicious Nīlalohita, who is made of self-conception (abhimāna). These are declared to be the twelve sons of Brahmā, born of his breaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.96
इत्येते मानसाः पुत्रा विज्ञेया ब्रह्मणः सुताः। भृग्वादयस्तु ये सृष्टा ना चैते ब्रह्मवादिनः
ityete mānasāḥ putrā vijñeyā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ| bhṛgvādayastu ye sṛṣṭā nā caite brahmavādinaḥ
Thus these mind-born ones are to be known as sons of Brahmā; but those who were created beginning with Bhṛgu — these were not expounders of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.97
गृहमेधिनः पुराणास्ते धर्मस्तैः प्राक् प्रवार्त्तितः। द्वादशैते प्रवर्त्तन्ते सह रुद्रेण वैप्रजाः
gṛhamedhinaḥ purāṇāste dharmastaiḥ prāk pravārttitaḥ| dvādaśaite pravarttante saha rudreṇa vaiprajāḥ
They are householders, the ancient ones; by them dharma was set going in earlier times. These twelve, together with Rudra, carry on the generating of creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.98
ऋभुः सनत्कुमारस्तु द्वावेतावूर्द्ध्वरेतसौ। पूर्वोत्पन्नौ पुरा तेभ्यः सर्वेषामपि पूर्वजौ
ṛbhuḥ sanatkumārastu dvāvetāvūrddhvaretasau| pūrvotpannau purā tebhyaḥ sarveṣāmapi pūrvajau
But Ṛbhu and Sanatkumāra — these two keep their seed drawn upward; they arose earlier, before those (others), being born prior to all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.99
व्यतीते प्रथमे कल्पे पुराणे लोकसाधकौ। वैराजे तावुभौ लोके तेजः संक्षिप्य चास्थितौ
vyatīte prathame kalpe purāṇe lokasādhakau| vairāje tāvubhau loke tejaḥ saṃkṣipya cāsthitau
When the first, ancient kalpa had passed, those two, the accomplishers of the worlds, both remained in the Vairāja world, having drawn in their radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.100
तावुभौ योगधर्माणावारोप्यात्मानमात्मनि। प्रजाधर्मञ्च कामञ्च वर्त्तयेतां महौजसा
tāvubhau yogadharmāṇāvāropyātmānamātmani| prajādharmañca kāmañca varttayetāṃ mahaujasā
Both of them, having yoga as their law, placing the self within the self, carried on with great energy the law of progeny and desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.101
यथोत्पन्नस्तथैवेह कुमार इति चोच्यते। तस्मात्सनत्कुमारोयमिति नामास्य कीर्तितम्
yathotpannastathaiveha kumāra iti cocyate| tasmātsanatkumāroyamiti nāmāsya kīrtitam
As he was born, just so he is here called "Kumāra" (a boy); therefore his name is proclaimed as "Sanatkumāra" (ever a boy).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.102
तेषां द्वादश ते वंशा दिव्या देवगुणान्विताः। क्रियावन्तः प्रजावन्तो महर्षिभिरलंकृताः
teṣāṃ dvādaśa te vaṃśā divyā devaguṇānvitāḥ| kriyāvantaḥ prajāvanto maharṣibhiralaṃkṛtāḥ
Of them there are those twelve lineages, divine, endowed with the qualities of gods, performing rites, possessed of offspring, adorned with great seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.103
इत्येष करणोद्भूतो लोकान् स्रष्टुं स्वयंभुवः। महदादिविशेषान्तो विकारः प्रकृतेः स्वयम्
ityeṣa karaṇodbhūto lokān sraṣṭuṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ| mahadādiviśeṣānto vikāraḥ prakṛteḥ svayam
Thus this modification of prakṛti itself, arisen from the instruments (of sense), extending from mahat to the particulars, (came about) for the Self-existent one to create the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.104
चन्द्रसूर्यप्रभालोको ग्रहनक्षत्रमण्डितः। नदीभिश्च समुद्रैश्च पर्वतैश्च समावृतः
candrasūryaprabhāloko grahanakṣatramaṇḍitaḥ| nadībhiśca samudraiśca parvataiśca samāvṛtaḥ
(This world) has for its light the radiance of moon and sun, is adorned with planets and stars, and is encompassed by rivers, oceans, and mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.105
पुरैश्च विविधाकारैः प्रीतैर्ज्जनपदैस्तथा। तस्मिन् ब्रह्मवनेऽव्यक्ते ब्रह्मा चरति शर्वरीम्
puraiśca vividhākāraiḥ prītairjjanapadaistathā| tasmin brahmavane'vyakte brahmā carati śarvarīm
and by cities of various forms and by pleasant settled regions. In that unmanifest brahma-forest Brahmā roams the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.106
अव्यक्तबीजप्रभवस्तस्यैवानुग्रहोत्थितः। बुद्धिस्कन्धमयश्चैव इन्द्रियाङ्कुरकोटरः
avyaktabījaprabhavastasyaivānugrahotthitaḥ| buddhiskandhamayaścaiva indriyāṅkurakoṭaraḥ
(The brahma-tree) springs from the seed of the unmanifest, risen up by that very one's favour; it consists of intellect as its trunk, with the senses as its shoots and hollows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.107
महाभूतप्रशाखश्च विशेषैः पत्रवांस्तथा। धर्माधर्मसुपुष्पस्तु सुखदुःखफलोदयः
mahābhūtapraśākhaśca viśeṣaiḥ patravāṃstathā| dharmādharmasupuṣpastu sukhaduḥkhaphalodayaḥ
with the great elements as its branches and the particulars as its leaves; dharma and adharma are its fair flowers, and pleasure and pain the arising of its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.108
आजीवः सर्वभूतानामयं वृक्षः सनातनः। एतद्ब्रह्मबलं चैव ब्रह्मवृक्षस्य तस्य ह
ājīvaḥ sarvabhūtānāmayaṃ vṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ| etadbrahmabalaṃ caiva brahmavṛkṣasya tasya ha
This eternal tree is the livelihood of all beings. This indeed is the brahma-power of that brahma-tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.109
अव्यक्तं कारणं यत्तन्नित्यं सदसदात्मकम्। इत्येषोऽनुग्रहः सर्गो ब्रह्मणः प्राकृतस्तु यः
avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattannityaṃ sadasadātmakam| ityeṣo'nugrahaḥ sargo brahmaṇaḥ prākṛtastu yaḥ
That unmanifest cause which is eternal, having the nature of both the existent and the non-existent — such is this creation of Brahmā called anugraha, which belongs to the primary (prākṛta) order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.110
मुख्यादयस्तु षट्सर्गा वैकृता बुद्धिपूर्वकाः। त्रैकाले समवर्तन्त ब्रह्मणस्तेऽभिमानिनः
mukhyādayastu ṣaṭsargā vaikṛtā buddhipūrvakāḥ| traikāle samavartanta brahmaṇaste'bhimāninaḥ
But the six creations beginning with the chief one (mukhya) are the modified (vaikṛta) ones, preceded by intelligence; in the three times they came into being, they being the self-assertive (aspects) of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.111
सर्गाः परस्परस्याथ कारणं ते बुधैः स्मृताः। दिव्यौ सुपर्णौ सयुजौ सशाखौ पटविद्रुमौ ॥ एकस्तु योद्रुमं वेत्ति नान्यः सर्वात्मनस्ततः
sargāḥ parasparasyātha kāraṇaṃ te budhaiḥ smṛtāḥ| divyau suparṇau sayujau saśākhau paṭavidrumau || ekastu yodrumaṃ vetti nānyaḥ sarvātmanastataḥ
And these creations are held by the wise to be cause of one another. Two divine birds, joined together, with branches, ... (paṭavidrumau, obscure); but the one who knows the tree — not the other — is thereby (the knower) of the All-Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 9.112
द्यौर्मूर्द्धानं यस्य विप्रास्तुवन्ति खन्नाभिं वै चन्द्रसूर्यौ च नेत्रे। दिशः श्रोत्रे चरणौ चास्य भूमिः सोऽचिन्त्यात्मा सर्वभूत प्रसूतिः
dyaurmūrddhānaṃ yasya viprāstuvanti khannābhiṃ vai candrasūryau ca netre| diśaḥ śrotre caraṇau cāsya bhūmiḥ so'cintyātmā sarvabhūta prasūtiḥ
He whose head, the brahmins praise, is heaven, whose navel is the sky, whose two eyes are the moon and the sun, whose ears are the directions and whose feet are the earth — he is of inconceivable nature, the begetter of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.113
वक्राद्यस्य ब्राह्मणाः संप्रसूता यद्वक्षस्तः क्षत्रियाः पूर्वभागे। वैश्याश्वोरोर्यस्य पद्भयां च शूद्राः सर्वे वर्णा गात्रतः संप्रसूताः
vakrādyasya brāhmaṇāḥ saṃprasūtā yadvakṣastaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pūrvabhāge| vaiśyāśvororyasya padbhayāṃ ca śūdrāḥ sarve varṇā gātrataḥ saṃprasūtāḥ
From whose mouth the brahmins were brought forth, from whose chest, the front part, the kṣatriyas, from whose thighs the vaiśyas and from his feet the śūdras: all the classes were brought forth from his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 9.114
महेश्वरः परोऽव्यक्तादण्डमव्यक्तसंभवम्। अण्डाज्जज्ञे पुनर्ब्रह्मा येन लोकाः कृतास्त्विमे
maheśvaraḥ paro'vyaktādaṇḍamavyaktasaṃbhavam| aṇḍājjajñe punarbrahmā yena lokāḥ kṛtāstvime
Maheśvara is beyond the unmanifest; the egg arises from the unmanifest; and from the egg Brahmā was born again, by whom these worlds were made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition