Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 2
VaP 2 2.1
।। उत्तरार्द्धम् - २ ।।सूत उवाच ।। आसीदियं समुद्रान्ता मेदिनीति परिश्रुता। वसु धारयते यस्माद्वसुधा तेन चोच्यते
|| uttarārddham - 2 ||sūta uvāca || āsīdiyaṃ samudrāntā medinīti pariśrutā| vasu dhārayate yasmādvasudhā tena cocyate
Latter half, chapter 2. Sūta said: This (earth), bounded by the oceans, was widely known as Medinī; and because she holds wealth (vasu), she is therefore called Vasudhā.
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VaP 2 2.2
मधुकैटभयोः पूर्वं मेदसा संपरिप्लुता। ततोऽभ्युपगमाद्राज्ञः पृथोर्वैन्यस्य धीमतः चारिष्णवस्य देवस्य संप्राप्ते चान्तरे मनोः। दुग्धा मही पुराणेन वत्सञ्चारिष्णवं प्रति इतिश्रीमहापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते पृथुवंशानुकीर्त्तनं नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः
madhukaiṭabhayoḥ pūrvaṃ medasā saṃpariplutā| tato'bhyupagamādrājñaḥ pṛthorvainyasya dhīmataḥ cāriṣṇavasya devasya saṃprāpte cāntare manoḥ| dugdhā mahī purāṇena vatsañcāriṣṇavaṃ prati itiśrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pṛthuvaṃśānukīrttanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ
Formerly she was flooded over with the fat (medas) of Madhu and Kaiṭabha. Then, by the coming of the wise king Pṛthu, son of Vena — of the god Cāriṣṇava — when the interval of the Manu had arrived, the earth was milked by the ancient one, with Cāriṣṇava for the calf. Thus, in the glorious great Purāṇa spoken by Vāyu, the second chapter, called the Recital of Pṛthu's Lineage.
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VaP 2 2.3
इयञ्चासीत् समुद्रान्ता मेदिनीति परिश्रुता। दुहितृत्वमनुप्राप्ता पृथिवीत्युच्यते ततः
iyañcāsīt samudrāntā medinīti pariśrutā| duhitṛtvamanuprāptā pṛthivītyucyate tataḥ
And this (earth), bounded by the oceans, was widely known as Medinī; having attained the state of his daughter, she is thereafter called Pṛthivī.
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VaP 2 2.4
प्रथिता प्रविभक्ता च शोभिता च वसुन्धरा। सस्याकरवती राज्ञा पत्तनाकरमालिनी। चातुर्वर्ण्यसमाकीर्णा रक्षिता तेन धीमता
prathitā pravibhaktā ca śobhitā ca vasundharā| sasyākaravatī rājñā pattanākaramālinī| cāturvarṇyasamākīrṇā rakṣitā tena dhīmatā
Vasundharā was made renowned, divided out, and adorned by the king; made to possess crops and mines, garlanded with towns and mines, filled with the four classes, she was protected by that wise one.
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VaP 2 2.5
एवंप्रभावो राजासीद्वैन्यः स नृपसत्तमः। नमस्यश्चैव पूज्यश्च भूतग्रामेण सर्वशः
evaṃprabhāvo rājāsīdvainyaḥ sa nṛpasattamaḥ| namasyaścaiva pūjyaśca bhūtagrāmeṇa sarvaśaḥ
Of such power was that king Vainya, the best of rulers, to be bowed to and honoured by the whole company of beings.
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VaP 2 2.6
ब्राह्मणैश्च महाभागैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः। पृथुरेव नमस्कार्यो ब्रह्मयोनिः सनातनः
brāhmaṇaiśca mahābhāgairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ| pṛthureva namaskāryo brahmayoniḥ sanātanaḥ
And by greatly fortunate Brahmins who have mastered the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, Pṛthu alone is to be saluted, he whose origin is Brahman, the eternal one.
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VaP 2 2.7
पार्थिवैश्च महाभागैः प्रार्थयद्भिर्महद्यशः। आदिराजा न मस्कार्यः पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रतापवान्
pārthivaiśca mahābhāgaiḥ prārthayadbhirmahadyaśaḥ| ādirājā na maskāryaḥ pṛthurvainyaḥ pratāpavān
And by greatly fortunate rulers who seek great fame, the first king, the majestic Pṛthu son of Vena, is to be saluted.
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VaP 2 2.8
योधैरपि च संग्रामे प्रार्थयानैर्जयं युधि। आदिकर्त्ता नराणां वै नमस्यः पृथुरेव हि
yodhairapi ca saṃgrāme prārthayānairjayaṃ yudhi| ādikarttā narāṇāṃ vai namasyaḥ pṛthureva hi
And by warriors too, who seek victory in battle, in combat, Pṛthu indeed is to be saluted, the first maker (of order) among men.
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VaP 2 2.9
यो हि योद्धा रणं याति कीर्त्तयित्वा पृथुं नृपम्। स घोररूपे संग्रामे क्षेमी तरति कीर्तिमान्
yo hi yoddhā raṇaṃ yāti kīrttayitvā pṛthuṃ nṛpam| sa ghorarūpe saṃgrāme kṣemī tarati kīrtimān
For the warrior who goes to battle after invoking king Pṛthu crosses through the dreadful battle safe and famous.
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VaP 2 2.10
वैश्यैरपि च राजर्षिर्वैश्यवृत्तिसमास्थितैः। पृथुरेव नमस्कार्यो वृत्तिदाता महायशाः
vaiśyairapi ca rājarṣirvaiśyavṛttisamāsthitaiḥ| pṛthureva namaskāryo vṛttidātā mahāyaśāḥ
And by the Vaiśyas too, established in the Vaiśya occupation, the royal sage Pṛthu alone is to be saluted, the giver of livelihood, of great fame.
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VaP 2 2.11
एते वत्सविशेषाश्च दोग्धारः क्षीरमेव च। पात्राणि च मयोक्तानि सर्वाण्येव यथाक्रमम्
ete vatsaviśeṣāśca dogdhāraḥ kṣīrameva ca| pātrāṇi ca mayoktāni sarvāṇyeva yathākramam
These are the particular calves, the milkers, and the milk itself, and the vessels — all of them have been declared by me in due order.
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VaP 2 2.12
ब्रह्मणा प्रथमं दुग्धा पुरा पृथ्वी महात्मना। वायुं कृत्वा तदा वत्सं बीजानि वसुधातले
brahmaṇā prathamaṃ dugdhā purā pṛthvī mahātmanā| vāyuṃ kṛtvā tadā vatsaṃ bījāni vasudhātale
First of all, long ago, the earth was milked by the great-souled Brahmā, when he had made Vāyu the calf — (the milk being) seeds upon the surface of the earth.
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VaP 2 2.13
ततः स्वायम्भुवे पूर्वन्तदा मन्वन्तरे पुनः। वत्सं स्वायम्भुवं कृत्वा दुग्धा ग्रीष्मेण वै मही
tataḥ svāyambhuve pūrvantadā manvantare punaḥ| vatsaṃ svāyambhuvaṃ kṛtvā dugdhā grīṣmeṇa vai mahī
Then again, in the earlier Svāyambhuva manvantara, the earth was milked by Grīṣma (Summer), having made Svāyambhuva the calf.
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VaP 2 2.14
मनौ स्वारोचिषे दुग्धा मही चैत्रेण धीमता। मनुं स्वारोचिषं कृत्वा वत्सं सस्यानि वै पुरा
manau svārociṣe dugdhā mahī caitreṇa dhīmatā| manuṃ svārociṣaṃ kṛtvā vatsaṃ sasyāni vai purā
Under Manu Svārociṣa the earth was milked by the wise Caitra, having made Manu Svārociṣa the calf — (the milk being) the crops, in olden times.
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VaP 2 2.15
उत्तमेऽनुत्तमेनापि दुग्धा देवभुजेन तु । मनुं कृत्वोत्तमं वत्सं सर्वसस्यानि धीमता
uttame'nuttamenāpi dugdhā devabhujena tu | manuṃ kṛtvottamaṃ vatsaṃ sarvasasyāni dhīmatā
Under Uttama it was milked by Anuttama Devabhuja, the wise one having made Manu Uttama the calf — (the milk being) all the crops.
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VaP 2 2.16
पुनश्च पञ्चमे पृथ्वी तामसस्यान्तरे मनोः। दुग्धेयं तामसं वत्सं कृत्वा तु बलबन्धुना
punaśca pañcame pṛthvī tāmasasyāntare manoḥ| dugdheyaṃ tāmasaṃ vatsaṃ kṛtvā tu balabandhunā
And again, fifthly, this earth was milked in the interval of Manu Tāmasa by Balabandhu, having made Tāmasa the calf.
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VaP 2 2.18
..१७ ।। चाक्षुषेऽपि च सम्प्राप्ते तदा मन्वन्तरे पुनः। दुग्धा मही पुराणेन वत्सं कृत्वा तु चाक्षुषम्
..17 || cākṣuṣe'pi ca samprāpte tadā manvantare punaḥ| dugdhā mahī purāṇena vatsaṃ kṛtvā tu cākṣuṣam
And when the Cākṣuṣa manvantara had come round, again the earth was milked by Purāṇa, having made Cākṣuṣa the calf.
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VaP 2 2.19
चाक्षुषस्यान्तरेऽतीते प्राप्ते वैवस्वते पुनः । वैन्येनेयं मही दुग्धा यथा ते कीर्तितं मया
cākṣuṣasyāntare'tīte prāpte vaivasvate punaḥ | vainyeneyaṃ mahī dugdhā yathā te kīrtitaṃ mayā
When Cākṣuṣa's interval had passed and the Vaivasvata had come, this earth was milked by Vainya (Pṛthu, son of Vena), as has been recounted to you by me.
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VaP 2 2.20
एतैर्दुग्धा पुरा पृथ्वी व्यतीतेष्वन्तरेषु वै। देवादिभिर्मनुष्यैश्च तथा भूतादिभिश्च या
etairdugdhā purā pṛthvī vyatīteṣvantareṣu vai| devādibhirmanuṣyaiśca tathā bhūtādibhiśca yā
By these was the earth milked of old in the intervals that have gone by — by the gods and the rest, by men, and likewise by the spirits and the rest.
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VaP 2 2.21
एवं सर्वेषु विज्ञेया ह्यतीतानागतेष्विह। देवा मन्वन्तरेष्वस्य पृथोस्तु श्रृणुत प्रजाः
evaṃ sarveṣu vijñeyā hyatītānāgateṣviha| devā manvantareṣvasya pṛthostu śrṛṇuta prajāḥ
Thus it is to be understood in all the intervals here, past and yet to come. Now, O gods, hear of the offspring of this Pṛthu.
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VaP 2 2.22
पृथोस्तु पुत्रौ विक्रान्तौ जज्ञातेऽन्तर्द्धिपालिनौ। शिखण्डिनी हविर्द्धानमन्तर्द्धानाद्व्यजायत
pṛthostu putrau vikrāntau jajñāte'ntarddhipālinau| śikhaṇḍinī havirddhānamantarddhānādvyajāyata
To Pṛthu were born two valiant sons, Antardhi and Pālin; Śikhaṇḍinī bore Havirdhāna from Antardhāna.
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VaP 2 2.23
हविर्द्धानात्षडाग्नेयी धिषणाऽजनयत्सुतान्। प्राचीनबर्हिषं शुक्रं गयं कृष्णं व्रजाजिनौ
havirddhānātṣaḍāgneyī dhiṣaṇā'janayatsutān| prācīnabarhiṣaṃ śukraṃ gayaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vrajājinau
From Havirdhāna, Dhiṣaṇā, born of Agni, brought forth six sons: Prācīnabarhis, Śukra, Gaya, Kṛṣṇa, Vraja and Ajina.
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VaP 2 2.24
प्राचीनबर्हिर्भगवान् महानासीत् प्रजापतिः। बलुश्रुततपोवीर्यैः पृथिव्यामेकराढसौ। प्राचीनाग्राः कुशास्तस्य तस्मात्प्राचीन बर्ह्यसौ
prācīnabarhirbhagavān mahānāsīt prajāpatiḥ| baluśrutatapovīryaiḥ pṛthivyāmekarāḍhasau| prācīnāgrāḥ kuśāstasya tasmātprācīna barhyasau
The lord Prācīnabarhis was a great Prajāpati; by his might, his learning, his austerity and his valour he was sole king upon the earth. His kuśa grasses had their tips turned eastward, and for that reason he was (called) Prācīnabarhis.
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VaP 2 2.25
समुद्रतनयायान्तु कृतदारः स वै प्रभुः। महतस्तमसः पारे सवर्णायां प्रजापतेः। सवर्णाऽऽधत्त सामुद्री दश प्राचीन बर्हिषः
samudratanayāyāntu kṛtadāraḥ sa vai prabhuḥ| mahatastamasaḥ pāre savarṇāyāṃ prajāpateḥ| savarṇā''dhatta sāmudrī daśa prācīna barhiṣaḥ
That lord took to wife a daughter of the ocean, Savarṇā, daughter of a Prajāpati, on the far shore of the great darkness; and the ocean-born Savarṇā conceived ten (sons) of Prācīnabarhis.
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VaP 2 2.26
सर्वे प्रचेतसो नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगाः। अपृथग्धर्मचरणास्तेऽतप्यन्त महत्तपः। दशवर्षसहस्राणि समुद्रसलिलेशयाः
sarve pracetaso nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ| apṛthagdharmacaraṇāste'tapyanta mahattapaḥ| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi samudrasalileśayāḥ
All of them were named the Pracetases, masters of the science of archery. Practising the same religious observance, they performed great austerity, lying in the waters of the ocean for ten thousand years.
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VaP 2 2.27
तपश्चरत्सु पृथिवीं प्रचेतःसु महीरुहाः। अरक्ष्यमाणामाववृर्बभूवाथ प्रजाक्षयः
tapaścaratsu pṛthivīṃ pracetaḥsu mahīruhāḥ| arakṣyamāṇāmāvavṛrbabhūvātha prajākṣayaḥ
While the Pracetases were practising austerity, the trees covered over the unguarded earth, and there came about a destruction of the creatures.
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VaP 2 2.28
प्रत्याहते तदा तस्मिंश्चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः । नाशकन् मारुतो वातुं वृतं खमभवद्द्रुमैः। दशवर्षसहस्राणि न शेकुश्चेष्टितुं प्रजाः
pratyāhate tadā tasmiṃścākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ | nāśakan māruto vātuṃ vṛtaṃ khamabhavaddrumaiḥ| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi na śekuśceṣṭituṃ prajāḥ
When it was thus obstructed, in the interval of Manu Cākṣuṣa, the wind could not blow; the sky became covered with trees; for ten thousand years the creatures could not stir.
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VaP 2 2.29
तदुपश्रुत्य तपसा सर्वे युक्ताः प्रचेतसः। मुखेभ्यो वायुमग्निञ्च ससृजुर्ज्जातमन्यवः
tadupaśrutya tapasā sarve yuktāḥ pracetasaḥ| mukhebhyo vāyumagniñca sasṛjurjjātamanyavaḥ
Hearing of that, all the Pracetases, joined with their austerity and their anger arisen, sent forth wind and fire from their mouths.
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VaP 2 2.30
उन्मूलानथ तान् वृक्षान् कृत्वा वायुरशोषयत्। तानग्निरदहद्वोर एवमासीद् द्रुमक्षयः
unmūlānatha tān vṛkṣān kṛtvā vāyuraśoṣayat| tānagniradahadvora evamāsīd drumakṣayaḥ
The wind, having torn those trees up by the roots, dried them out, and the fire burned them: thus came about the destruction of the trees.
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VaP 2 2.31
द्रुमक्षयमथो बुद्ध्वा किञ्चिच्छेषेषु शाखिषु। उपगम्याब्रवीदेतान् राजा सोमः प्रचेतसः
drumakṣayamatho buddhvā kiñciccheṣeṣu śākhiṣu| upagamyābravīdetān rājā somaḥ pracetasaḥ
Then, perceiving the destruction of the trees, when only a few branching ones were left, King Soma approached and spoke to these Pracetases.
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VaP 2 2.32
दृष्ट्वा प्रयोजनं सर्वं लोकसन्तानकारणात्। कोपन्त्यजत राजानः सर्वं प्राचीनबर्हिषः
dṛṣṭvā prayojanaṃ sarvaṃ lokasantānakāraṇāt| kopantyajata rājānaḥ sarvaṃ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ
"Seeing the whole purpose (of trees), since they are the cause of the continuance of the world, O kings, sons of Prācīnabarhis, give up all your anger."
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VaP 2 2.33
वृक्षाः क्षित्यां जनिष्यन्ति शाम्येतामग्निमारुतौ। रत्नभूता तु कन्येयं वृक्षाणां वरवर्णिनी
vṛkṣāḥ kṣityāṃ janiṣyanti śāmyetāmagnimārutau| ratnabhūtā tu kanyeyaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ varavarṇinī
"The trees will bring forth (offspring) on the earth; let fire and wind grow calm. And this maiden, of excellent complexion, is the jewel-treasure born of the trees."
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VaP 2 2.34
भविष्यं जानता ह्येषा मया गोभिर्विवर्द्धिता। मारिषा नाम नाम्नैषा वृक्षैरेव विनिर्मिता। भार्या भवतु वो ह्येषा सोमगर्भविवर्द्धिता
bhaviṣyaṃ jānatā hyeṣā mayā gobhirvivarddhitā| māriṣā nāma nāmnaiṣā vṛkṣaireva vinirmitā| bhāryā bhavatu vo hyeṣā somagarbhavivarddhitā
"Since I know what is to come, she has been reared by me with milk (lit. by cows); she is Māriṣā by name, and she was fashioned by the trees themselves. Let her, nourished in Soma's womb, become your wife."
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VaP 2 2.35
युष्माकं तेजसोऽर्द्धेन मम चार्द्धेन तेजसः। अस्यामुत्पत्स्यते विद्वान् दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः
yuṣmākaṃ tejaso'rddhena mama cārddhena tejasaḥ| asyāmutpatsyate vidvān dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ
"From half of your radiance and half of my radiance, there will be born in her a learned Prajāpati named Dakṣa."
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VaP 2 2.36
स इमां दग्धभूयिष्ठां युष्मत्तेजोमयेन वै। अग्निनाग्निसमो भूयः प्रजाः संवर्द्धयिष्यति
sa imāṃ dagdhabhūyiṣṭhāṃ yuṣmattejomayena vai| agnināgnisamo bhūyaḥ prajāḥ saṃvarddhayiṣyati
"He, becoming equal to fire, will again make creatures increase upon this (earth) which has been mostly burnt by the fire composed of your radiance."
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VaP 2 2.37
ततः सोमस्य वचनाज्जगृहुस्ते प्रचेतसः। संहृत्य कोपं वृक्षेभ्यः पत्नीं धर्मेण मारिषाम्
tataḥ somasya vacanājjagṛhuste pracetasaḥ| saṃhṛtya kopaṃ vṛkṣebhyaḥ patnīṃ dharmeṇa māriṣām
Then, at Soma's word, those Pracetases, having withheld their anger against the trees, took Māriṣā as a wife according to dharma.
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VaP 2 2.38
मारिषायां ततस्ते वै मनसा गर्भमादधुः। दशभ्यस्तु प्रचेतोभ्यो मारिषायां प्रजापतिः
māriṣāyāṃ tataste vai manasā garbhamādadhuḥ| daśabhyastu pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ
Then they placed an embryo in Māriṣā by (an act of) mind; and from the ten Pracetases, in Māriṣā, the Prajāpati—
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VaP 2 2.39
दक्षो जज्ञे महातेजाः सोमस्यांशेन वीर्यवान् । असृजन्मानसानादौ प्रजा दक्षोऽथ मैथुनात्
dakṣo jajñe mahātejāḥ somasyāṃśena vīryavān | asṛjanmānasānādau prajā dakṣo'tha maithunāt
—Dakṣa of great radiance was born, mighty, by a portion of Soma. At first Dakṣa created offspring mind-born, and afterwards from sexual union.
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VaP 2 2.40
अचरांश्च चरांश्चैव द्विपदोऽथ चतुष्पदान्। विसृज्य मनसा दक्षः पश्चादसृजत स्त्रियः
acarāṃśca carāṃścaiva dvipado'tha catuṣpadān| visṛjya manasā dakṣaḥ paścādasṛjata striyaḥ
Having emitted by his mind the unmoving and the moving, the two-footed and the four-footed, Dakṣa afterwards created women.
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VaP 2 2.41
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश। कालस्य नयने युक्ताः सप्तविंशतिमिन्दवे
dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa| kālasya nayane yuktāḥ saptaviṃśatimindave
He gave ten (daughters) to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, and twenty-seven, yoked to the leading on of time, to the Moon.
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VaP 2 2.42
एभ्यो दत्त्वा ततोऽन्या वै चतस्रोऽरिष्टनेमिने । द्वे चैव बाहुपुत्राय द्वे चैवाङ्गिरसे तथा। कन्यामेकां कृशाश्वाय तेभ्योऽपत्यं निबोधत
ebhyo dattvā tato'nyā vai catasro'riṣṭanemine | dve caiva bāhuputrāya dve caivāṅgirase tathā| kanyāmekāṃ kṛśāśvāya tebhyo'patyaṃ nibodhata
Having given (these) to them, he then gave four others to Ariṣṭanemi, and two to Bāhuputra, and likewise two to Aṅgiras, and one girl to Kṛśāśva. Learn now of the offspring from them.
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VaP 2 2.43
अन्तरं चाक्षुषस्यात्र मनोः षष्ठन्तु हीयते। मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यापि सप्तमस्य प्रजापतेः
antaraṃ cākṣuṣasyātra manoḥ ṣaṣṭhantu hīyate| manorvaivasvatasyāpi saptamasya prajāpateḥ
And here the interval of Cākṣuṣa, the sixth Manu, comes to an end, and also of Vaivasvata, the seventh Manu, the lord of creatures.
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VaP 2 2.44
तासु देवाः खगा गावो नागा दितिजदानवाः। गन्धर्वोप्सरसश्चैव जज्ञिरेऽन्याश्च जातयः
tāsu devāḥ khagā gāvo nāgā ditijadānavāḥ| gandharvopsarasaścaiva jajñire'nyāśca jātayaḥ
In them were born the gods, the birds, the cattle, the nāgas, the sons of Diti and the Dānavas, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases, and other kinds (of beings).
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VaP 2 2.45
ततः प्रभृति लोकेऽस्मिन् प्रजा मैथुनसम्भवाः। सङ्कल्पाद्दर्शनात्स्पर्शात्पूर्वेषां सृष्टिरुच्यते
tataḥ prabhṛti loke'smin prajā maithunasambhavāḥ| saṅkalpāddarśanātsparśātpūrveṣāṃ sṛṣṭirucyate
From that time onward in this world creatures arise from sexual union; the creation of the earlier ones is said to be from will, from sight, and from touch.
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VaP 2 2.46
।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। देवानां दानवानाञ्च देवर्षीणाञ्च ते शुभः। सम्भवः कथितः पूर्वं दक्षस्य च महात्मनः
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| devānāṃ dānavānāñca devarṣīṇāñca te śubhaḥ| sambhavaḥ kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ
The seers said: The auspicious origin of the gods, the Dānavas, and the divine seers, and of the great-souled Dakṣa, has been told by you before.
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VaP 2 2.47
प्राणात्प्रजापतेर्जन्म दक्षस्य कथितं त्वया। कथं प्रचेतसत्वञ्च पुनर्लेभे महातपाः
prāṇātprajāpaterjanma dakṣasya kathitaṃ tvayā| kathaṃ pracetasatvañca punarlebhe mahātapāḥ
The birth of Dakṣa the Prajāpati from the breath (of Brahmā) has been related by you; how then did that man of great austerity again obtain the state of being a son of the Pracetases?
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VaP 2 2.48
एतन्नः संशयं सूत व्याख्यातुं त्वमिहार्हसि। स दौहित्रश्च सोमस्य कथं श्वशुरताङ्गतः
etannaḥ saṃśayaṃ sūta vyākhyātuṃ tvamihārhasi| sa dauhitraśca somasya kathaṃ śvaśuratāṅgataḥ
This doubt of ours, O Sūta, you ought to explain here: how did he, the daughter's son of Soma, become his father-in-law?
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VaP 2 2.49
।।सूत उवाच।। उत्पत्तिश्च निरोधश्च नित्यं भूतेषु सत्तमाः। ऋषयोऽत्र न मुह्यन्ति विद्यावन्तश्च ये नराः
||sūta uvāca|| utpattiśca nirodhaśca nityaṃ bhūteṣu sattamāḥ| ṛṣayo'tra na muhyanti vidyāvantaśca ye narāḥ
Sūta said: Origination and cessation, O best of men, are perpetual among beings; the seers are not confused about this, nor those men who possess knowledge.
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VaP 2 2.50
युगे युगे भवन्त्येते सर्वे दक्षादयो द्विजाः । पुनश्चैव निरुध्यन्ते विद्वांस्तत्र न मुह्यति
yuge yuge bhavantyete sarve dakṣādayo dvijāḥ | punaścaiva nirudhyante vidvāṃstatra na muhyati
In age after age all these twice-born, Dakṣa and the rest, come into being, and again they are checked (dissolved); a wise man is not confused about that.
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VaP 2 2.51
ज्यैष्ठ्यं कानिष्ठ्यमप्येषां पूर्वं नासीद् द्विजोत्तमाः। तप एव गरीयोऽभूत् प्रभावश्चैव कारणम्
jyaiṣṭhyaṃ kāniṣṭhyamapyeṣāṃ pūrvaṃ nāsīd dvijottamāḥ| tapa eva garīyo'bhūt prabhāvaścaiva kāraṇam
There was formerly no seniority or juniority among them, O best of the twice-born; austerity alone was weightier, and power was the (determining) cause.
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VaP 2 2.52
इमां विसृष्टिं यो वेद चाक्षुषस्य चराचरम्। प्रजानामायुरुत्तीर्णः स्वर्गलोके महीयते
imāṃ visṛṣṭiṃ yo veda cākṣuṣasya carācaram| prajānāmāyuruttīrṇaḥ svargaloke mahīyate
Whoever knows this emission (of creatures) of Cākṣuṣa, moving and unmoving, having passed beyond the (ordinary) life-span of creatures, is honoured in the world of heaven.
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VaP 2 2.53
एष सर्गः समाख्यातश्चाक्षुषस्य समा सतः। इत्येते षढविसर्गा हिक्रान्ता मन्वन्तरात्मकाः। स्वायम्भुवाद्या- संक्षेपाच्चाक्षुषान्ता यथाक्रमम्
eṣa sargaḥ samākhyātaścākṣuṣasya samā sataḥ| ityete ṣaḍhavisargā hikrāntā manvantarātmakāḥ| svāyambhuvādyā- saṃkṣepāccākṣuṣāntā yathākramam
This creation of Cākṣuṣa, who was equal (in years), has been fully declared. Thus these six emissions, constituting the manvantaras, have passed—beginning with that of Svāyambhuva and ending with Cākṣuṣa, in order, in brief.
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VaP 2 2.54
एते सर्गा यथाप्रज्ञं प्रोक्ता वै द्विजसत्तमाः। वैवस्वतनिसर्गेण तेषां ज्ञेयस्तु विस्तरः
ete sargā yathāprajñaṃ proktā vai dvijasattamāḥ| vaivasvatanisargeṇa teṣāṃ jñeyastu vistaraḥ
These creations have been declared according to (my) understanding, O best of the twice-born; but their full extent is to be known through the creation of Vaivasvata.
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VaP 2 2.55
अनन्ता नातिरिक्ताश्च सर्वे सर्गा विवस्वतः। आरोग्यायुष्प्रमाणेन धर्मतः कामतोऽर्थतः। एतानेव गुणानेति यः पठत्यनसूयकः
anantā nātiriktāśca sarve sargā vivasvataḥ| ārogyāyuṣpramāṇena dharmataḥ kāmato'rthataḥ| etāneva guṇāneti yaḥ paṭhatyanasūyakaḥ
Endless and not in excess are all the creations of Vivasvat. By the measure of health and lifespan, from dharma, from desire, from wealth—he who recites (this) without envy attains just these qualities.
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VaP 2 2.56
वैवस्वतस्य वक्ष्यामि साम्प्रतस्य महात्मनः। समासाद्व्यासतः सर्गं ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
vaivasvatasya vakṣyāmi sāmpratasya mahātmanaḥ| samāsādvyāsataḥ sargaṃ bruvato me nibodhata
I shall declare the creation of the great-souled Vaivasvata, the present (Manu), briefly and at length; listen to me as I speak.
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