Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 38
VaP 2 38.1
श्रुत्वा पादं तृतीयन्तु क्रान्तं सूतेन धीमता। ततश्चतुर्थं पप्रच्छुः पादं वै ऋषिसत्तमाः
śrutvā pādaṃ tṛtīyantu krāntaṃ sūtena dhīmatā| tataścaturthaṃ papracchuḥ pādaṃ vai ṛṣisattamāḥ
Having heard the third quarter traversed by the wise Sūta, the best of the seers then asked about the fourth quarter.
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VaP 2 38.2
ऋषय ऊचुः।। पादः क्रान्तस्तृतीयोऽयमनुषङ्गेण यस्त्वया। चतुर्थं विस्तरात्पादं संहारं परिकीर्त्तय
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| pādaḥ krāntastṛtīyo'yamanuṣaṅgeṇa yastvayā| caturthaṃ vistarātpādaṃ saṃhāraṃ parikīrttaya
The seers said: This third quarter has been traversed by you incidentally; now proclaim in full the fourth quarter, the dissolution.
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VaP 2 38.3
मन्वन्तराणि सर्वाणि पूर्वाण्येवापरैः सह। सप्तर्षीणामथैतेषां साम्प्रतस्यान्तरे मनोः
manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi pūrvāṇyevāparaiḥ saha| saptarṣīṇāmathaiteṣāṃ sāmpratasyāntare manoḥ
All the manvantaras, the earlier ones along with the later, and (the account) of these seven seers in the interval of the present Manu;
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VaP 2 38.4
विस्तरावयवञ्चैव निसर्गस्य महात्मनः। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च सर्वमेव ब्रवीहि मे
vistarāvayavañcaiva nisargasya mahātmanaḥ| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca sarvameva bravīhi me
and the detail and the parts of the creation of the great-souled one — tell me all of it at length and in due order.
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VaP 2 38.5
सूत उवाच।। भवतां कथयिष्यामि सर्वमेतद्यथातथम्। पादं त्विमं ससंहारं चतुर्थं मुनिसत्तमाः
sūta uvāca|| bhavatāṃ kathayiṣyāmi sarvametadyathātatham| pādaṃ tvimaṃ sasaṃhāraṃ caturthaṃ munisattamāḥ
Sūta said: I shall tell you all this just as it is, this fourth quarter together with the dissolution, O best of sages.
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VaP 2 38.6
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्येमं सांप्रतस्य महात्मनः। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च निसर्गं श्रृणुत द्विजाः
manorvaivasvatasyemaṃ sāṃpratasya mahātmanaḥ| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca nisargaṃ śrṛṇuta dvijāḥ
Hear, O twice-born, at length and in due order this creation of the great-souled Vaivasvata Manu, the present one.
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VaP 2 38.7
मन्वन्तराणां संक्षेपं भविष्यैः सह सप्तभिः। प्रलयञ्चैव लोकानां ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
manvantarāṇāṃ saṃkṣepaṃ bhaviṣyaiḥ saha saptabhiḥ| pralayañcaiva lokānāṃ bruvato me nibodhata
Learn from me as I speak the summary of the manvantaras, together with the seven that are to come, and the dissolution of the worlds.
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VaP 2 38.8
एतान्युक्तानि वै सम्यक् सप्तसप्तसु वै मया। मन्वन्तराणि संक्षेपाच्छृणुतानागतानि मे
etānyuktāni vai samyak saptasaptasu vai mayā| manvantarāṇi saṃkṣepācchṛṇutānāgatāni me
These have been rightly told by me in the seven sevens; hear from me in summary the manvantaras yet to come.
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VaP 2 38.9
सावर्णस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह। भविष्यस्य भविष्यन्ति समासात्तु निबोधत
sāvarṇasya pravakṣyāmi manorvaivasvatasya ha| bhaviṣyasya bhaviṣyanti samāsāttu nibodhata
I shall declare (the manvantara) of Sāvarṇa, (son) of Vaivasvata Manu; learn in brief those that will be in the future.
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VaP 2 38.10
अनागताश्च सप्तैव स्मृतास्त्विह महर्षयः। कौशिको गातवश्चैव जामदग्न्यश्च भार्गवः
anāgatāśca saptaiva smṛtāstviha maharṣayaḥ| kauśiko gātavaścaiva jāmadagnyaśca bhārgavaḥ
And seven great seers are recorded here as yet to come: Kauśika and Gātava, and Jāmadagnya the Bhārgava,
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VaP 2 38.11
द्वैपायनो वसिष्ठश्च कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा। आत्रेयो दीप्तिमांश्चैव ऋष्यश्रृङ्गस्तु काश्यपः
dvaipāyano vasiṣṭhaśca kṛpaḥ śāradvatastathā| ātreyo dīptimāṃścaiva ṛṣyaśrṛṅgastu kāśyapaḥ
Dvaipāyana Vasiṣṭha, and Kṛpa Śāradvata, Dīptimān of the Atri line, and Ṛṣyaśṛṅga the Kāśyapa,
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VaP 2 38.12
भारद्वाजस्तथा द्रौणिरश्वत्थामा महायशाः। एते सप्त महात्मानो भविष्याः परमर्षयः
bhāradvājastathā drauṇiraśvatthāmā mahāyaśāḥ| ete sapta mahātmāno bhaviṣyāḥ paramarṣayaḥ
and Bhāradvāja, and Drauṇi Aśvatthāman of great renown: these seven great-souled ones will be the supreme seers.
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VaP 2 38.13
सुतपा श्चामिताभाश्च सुखाश्चैव गणास्त्रयः। तेषां गणास्तु देवानां एकैको विंशकः स्मृतः
sutapā ścāmitābhāśca sukhāścaiva gaṇāstrayaḥ| teṣāṃ gaṇāstu devānāṃ ekaiko viṃśakaḥ smṛtaḥ
The Sutapas, the Amitābhas, and the Sukhas — these are the three troops; of those gods each single troop is recorded as consisting of twenty.
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VaP 2 38.14
नामतस्तु प्रवक्ष्यामि निबोधध्वं समाहिताः। रितस्तपश्च शुक्रश्च द्युतिर्ज्योतिः प्रभाकरौ
nāmatastu pravakṣyāmi nibodhadhvaṃ samāhitāḥ| ritastapaśca śukraśca dyutirjyotiḥ prabhākarau
I shall declare them by name; attend with concentrated minds: Rita, Tapas, Śukra, Dyuti, Jyotis, and Prabhākara,
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VaP 2 38.15
प्रभासो भासकृद्धर्म्मस्तेजोरश्मिऋतुर्विराट्। अर्चिष्मान् द्योतनो भानुर्यशकीर्त्तिर्बुधो धृतिः। विंशतिः सुतपा ह्येते नामभिः परिकीर्तिताः
prabhāso bhāsakṛddharmmastejoraśmiṛturvirāṭ| arciṣmān dyotano bhānuryaśakīrttirbudho dhṛtiḥ| viṃśatiḥ sutapā hyete nāmabhiḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Prabhāsa, Bhāsakṛt, Dharma, Tejas, Raśmi, Ṛtu, Virāṭ, Arciṣmān, Dyotana, Bhānu, Yaśas, Kīrti, Budha, Dhṛti — these twenty are proclaimed by name as the Sutapas (gods).
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VaP 2 38.16
प्रभुर्विभुर्विभासश्च जेता हन्ताऽरिहा रितुः। सुमतिः प्रमतिर्दीप्तिः समाख्यातो महोमहान्
prabhurvibhurvibhāsaśca jetā hantā'rihā rituḥ| sumatiḥ pramatirdīptiḥ samākhyāto mahomahān
Prabhu, Vibhu, Vibhāsa, Jetā, Hantā, Arihā, Ṛtu, Sumati, Pramati, Dīpti, and (one) named Maho-mahān,
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VaP 2 38.17
देहो मुनिर्नयो ज्येष्ठः समः सत्यश्च विश्रुतः। इत्येते ह्यमिताभास्तु विंशतिः परिकीर्त्तिताः
deho munirnayo jyeṣṭhaḥ samaḥ satyaśca viśrutaḥ| ityete hyamitābhāstu viṃśatiḥ parikīrttitāḥ
Deha, Muni, Naya, Jyeṣṭha, Sama, and Satya the renowned — these are proclaimed as the twenty Amitābhas.
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VaP 2 38.18
दमो दाता विदः सोमो वित्तवैद्यौ यमो निधिः। होमं हव्यं हुतं दानं देयं दाता तपः शमः
damo dātā vidaḥ somo vittavaidyau yamo nidhiḥ| homaṃ havyaṃ hutaṃ dānaṃ deyaṃ dātā tapaḥ śamaḥ
Dama, Dātā, Vid, Soma, Vitta and Vaidya, Yama, Nidhi, Homa, Havya, Huta, Dāna, Deya, Dātā, Tapas, Śama,
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VaP 2 38.19
ध्रुवं स्थानं विधानञ्च नियमश्चेति विंशतिः। मुख्या ह्येते समाख्याताः सावर्णे प्रथमेऽन्तरे
dhruvaṃ sthānaṃ vidhānañca niyamaśceti viṃśatiḥ| mukhyā hyete samākhyātāḥ sāvarṇe prathame'ntare
Dhruva, Sthāna, Vidhāna, and Niyama — so, twenty. These are declared to be the chief (gods) in the first Sāvarṇa interval.
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VaP 2 38.20
मारीचस्यैव ते पुत्राः कश्यपस्य महात्मनः। साम्प्रतस्य भविष्यन्ति सावर्णस्यान्तरे मनोः
mārīcasyaiva te putrāḥ kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ| sāmpratasya bhaviṣyanti sāvarṇasyāntare manoḥ
They will be the sons of Kaśyapa, the great-souled son of Marīci, in the present interval of Manu Sāvarṇa.
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VaP 2 38.21
तेषामिन्द्रो भविष्यस्तु बलिर्वैरोचनः पुरा। वीरवांश्चावरीयांश्च निर्मोहः सत्यवाक् कृती
teṣāmindro bhaviṣyastu balirvairocanaḥ purā| vīravāṃścāvarīyāṃśca nirmohaḥ satyavāk kṛtī
Their Indra will be Bali, son of Virocana, (who was such) formerly; and (the sons will be) Vīravān, Avarīyān, Nirmoha, Satyavāk, Kṛtī,
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VaP 2 38.22
चरिष्णुराज्यो विष्णुश्च वाचः सुमतिरेव च। सावर्णस्य मनोः पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति नवैव तु
cariṣṇurājyo viṣṇuśca vācaḥ sumatireva ca| sāvarṇasya manoḥ putrā bhaviṣyanti navaiva tu
Cariṣṇu, Ājya, Viṣṇu, Vāc, and Sumati: these nine will be the sons of Manu Sāvarṇa.
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VaP 2 38.23
नव चान्येषु वक्ष्यामि सावर्णेश्चान्तरेषु वै। सावर्णमनवश्चान्ये भविष्या ब्रह्मणः सुताः
nava cānyeṣu vakṣyāmi sāvarṇeścāntareṣu vai| sāvarṇamanavaścānye bhaviṣyā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
And I shall tell of the nine in the other intervals, those of the Sāvarṇis; and the other Sāvarṇa Manus will be sons of Brahmā.
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VaP 2 38.24
मेरुसावर्णिनस्ते वै दृष्टा ये दिव्यदृष्टिभिः। दक्षस्य ते हि दौहित्राः प्रियाया दुहितुः सुताः
merusāvarṇinaste vai dṛṣṭā ye divyadṛṣṭibhiḥ| dakṣasya te hi dauhitrāḥ priyāyā duhituḥ sutāḥ
Those Meru-sāvarṇis have been seen by those with divine sight; they are indeed Dakṣa's daughter's sons, the sons of his daughter Priyā.
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VaP 2 38.25
महता तपसा युक्ता मेरुपृष्ठे महौजसः। ब्रह्मादिभिस्ते जनिता दक्षेणैव च धीमता
mahatā tapasā yuktā merupṛṣṭhe mahaujasaḥ| brahmādibhiste janitā dakṣeṇaiva ca dhīmatā
Endowed with great ascetic power, of great might, on the summit of Meru — they were begotten by Brahmā and the others and by the wise Dakṣa himself.
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VaP 2 38.26
महर्लोकगतावृत्य भविष्या मेरुमाश्रिताः। महाभावात्तु ते पूर्वं जज्ञिरे चाक्षुषेऽन्तरे
maharlokagatāvṛtya bhaviṣyā merumāśritāḥ| mahābhāvāttu te pūrvaṃ jajñire cākṣuṣe'ntare
Having covered (i.e. traversed) the passage to the Mahar-world, the future ones took their station on Meru; but formerly, through the great state (of being), they were born in the Cākṣuṣa interval.
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VaP 2 38.27
ऋषय ऊचुः।। दक्षेण जनिताः पुत्राः कन्यायामात्मनः कथम्। भवेत्तु ब्रह्मणश्चैव धर्मेण च महात्मनः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| dakṣeṇa janitāḥ putrāḥ kanyāyāmātmanaḥ katham| bhavettu brahmaṇaścaiva dharmeṇa ca mahātmanaḥ
The seers said: How were sons begotten by Dakṣa upon his own daughter? And how could that be of Brahmā and of the great-souled Dharma?
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VaP 2 38.28
सूत उवाच।। अतो भविष्यान् वक्ष्यामि सावर्णमनवस्तु ये। तेषां जन्म प्रभावञ्च नमस्कृत्य प्रचेतसे
sūta uvāca|| ato bhaviṣyān vakṣyāmi sāvarṇamanavastu ye| teṣāṃ janma prabhāvañca namaskṛtya pracetase
Sūta said: Now I shall tell of the future ones, those who are the Sāvarṇa Manus — their birth and their power — after making obeisance to Pracetas (Brahmā).
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VaP 2 38.29
वैवस्वते ह्युपस्पृष्टे किञ्चिच्छिष्टे च चाक्षुषे। जज्ञिरे मनवस्ते हि भविष्यानागतान्तरे
vaivasvate hyupaspṛṣṭe kiñcicchiṣṭe ca cākṣuṣe| jajñire manavaste hi bhaviṣyānāgatāntare
When the Vaivasvata (interval) was (already) touched upon and something of the Cākṣuṣa still remained, those Manus were born who are to be in the interval yet to come.
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VaP 2 38.30
प्राचेतसस्य दक्षस्य दौहित्रा मनवस्तु ये। सावर्णा नामतः पञ्च चत्वारः परमर्षिजाः
prācetasasya dakṣasya dauhitrā manavastu ye| sāvarṇā nāmataḥ pañca catvāraḥ paramarṣijāḥ
Those Manus who are the daughter's sons of Dakṣa Prācetasa are five by name Sāvarṇa; four are born of the supreme seers.
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VaP 2 38.31
संज्ञापुत्रस्तु सावर्ण एको वैवस्वतस्तथा। ज्येष्ठः संज्ञासुतो नाम मनुर्वैवस्वतः प्रभुः
saṃjñāputrastu sāvarṇa eko vaivasvatastathā| jyeṣṭhaḥ saṃjñāsuto nāma manurvaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ
One Sāvarṇa is the son of Saṃjñā, and likewise (he is) Vaivasvata; the eldest, named the son of Saṃjñā, is the lord Manu Vaivasvata.
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VaP 2 38.32
वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे प्राप्ते समुत्पत्तिस्तयोः शुभा। चतुर्द्दशैते मनवः कीर्त्तिताः कीर्त्तिवर्द्धनाः
vaivasvate'ntare prāpte samutpattistayoḥ śubhā| caturddaśaite manavaḥ kīrttitāḥ kīrttivarddhanāḥ
When the Vaivasvata interval arrived, the auspicious birth of those two took place. These fourteen Manus, increasers of fame, have been declared.
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VaP 2 38.33
वेदे श्रुतौ पुराणे च सर्वे ते प्रभविष्णवः। प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे भूतानां पतयः स्थिताः
vede śrutau purāṇe ca sarve te prabhaviṣṇavaḥ| prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve bhūtānāṃ patayaḥ sthitāḥ
In the Veda, in the Śruti, and in the Purāṇa, all of them are mighty; all stand as lords of creatures, lords of beings.
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VaP 2 38.34
तैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपर्वता। पूर्णं युगसहस्रं वै परिपाल्या नरेश्वरैः
tairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā saparvatā| pūrṇaṃ yugasahasraṃ vai paripālyā nareśvaraiḥ
By them, as lords of men, this whole earth with its seven continents and its mountains is to be protected for a full thousand yugas.
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VaP 2 38.35
प्रजाभिस्तपसा चैव विस्तरं तेषु वक्ष्यते। चतुर्द्दशैव ते ज्ञेयाः सर्गाः स्वायम्भुवादयः
prajābhistapasā caiva vistaraṃ teṣu vakṣyate| caturddaśaiva te jñeyāḥ sargāḥ svāyambhuvādayaḥ
Their extent will be told (further on), in terms of offspring and of austerity. These creations, beginning with that of Svāyambhuva, are to be known as fourteen in number.
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VaP 2 38.36
मन्वन्तराधिकारेषु वर्तन्ते च सकृत् सकृत्। विनिवृत्ताधिकारास्ते महर्लोकं समाश्रिताः
manvantarādhikāreṣu vartante ca sakṛt sakṛt| vinivṛttādhikārāste maharlokaṃ samāśritāḥ
They hold office in the (successive) manvantaras, each one once; and when their office has ceased they take up residence in Maharloka.
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VaP 2 38.37
समतीतास्तु ये तेषामष्टौ षष्ठास्तथापरे। पूर्वेषु साम्प्रतश्चायं शान्तिर्वैवस्वतः प्रभुः
samatītāstu ye teṣāmaṣṭau ṣaṣṭhāstathāpare| pūrveṣu sāmprataścāyaṃ śāntirvaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ
Of these, those that have wholly passed are eight, and the others (are) sixth(?); among the earlier ones... and the present lord is Vaivasvata, (whose nature is) peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.38
ये शिष्टास्तान् प्रवक्ष्यामि सह देवर्षिदानवैः। सह प्रजानिसर्गेण सर्व्वांस्त्वनागतान् द्विजान्
ye śiṣṭāstān pravakṣyāmi saha devarṣidānavaiḥ| saha prajānisargeṇa sarvvāṃstvanāgatān dvijān
Those that remain I shall proclaim, together with their gods, sages and dānavas, together with the creation of their offspring — all those yet to come, O twice-born ones.
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VaP 2 38.39
वैवस्वतनिसर्गेण तेषां ज्ञेयस्तु विस्तरः। अन्यूना नातिरिक्तास्ते यस्मात् सर्व्वे विवस्वतः
vaivasvatanisargeṇa teṣāṃ jñeyastu vistaraḥ| anyūnā nātiriktāste yasmāt sarvve vivasvataḥ
Their extent is to be known from the creation of Vaivasvata; they are neither fewer nor more, since all are (as) Vivasvat's.
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VaP 2 38.40
पुनरुक्ता बहुत्वात्तु वक्ष्ये न तेषु विस्तरम्। मन्वन्तरेषु भाव्येषु भूतेष्वपि तथैव च
punaruktā bahutvāttu vakṣye na teṣu vistaram| manvantareṣu bhāvyeṣu bhūteṣvapi tathaiva ca
Since, being many, they would be mere repetition, I shall not give their extent in detail — neither for the manvantaras to come nor likewise for those that have been.
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VaP 2 38.41
कुले कुले निसर्गांस्तु तस्माद्भूयो विभागशः । तेषामेव हि शिष्टार्थं विस्तरेण क्रमेण च
kule kule nisargāṃstu tasmādbhūyo vibhāgaśaḥ | teṣāmeva hi śiṣṭārthaṃ vistareṇa krameṇa ca
Therefore (I shall tell) the creations family by family, again division by division, in detail and in order, for the sake of what remains of them.
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VaP 2 38.42
दक्षस्य कन्या धर्मिष्ठा सुव्रता नाम विश्रुता। सर्वकन्यावशिष्टा तु श्रेष्ठा धर्मपरा सुता। गृहीत्वा तां पिता कन्यां जगाम ब्रह्मणोऽन्तिके
dakṣasya kanyā dharmiṣṭhā suvratā nāma viśrutā| sarvakanyāvaśiṣṭā tu śreṣṭhā dharmaparā sutā| gṛhītvā tāṃ pitā kanyāṃ jagāma brahmaṇo'ntike
Dakṣa had a daughter, most righteous, well known by the name Suvratā, the best, remaining over from all his daughters, a daughter devoted to dharma. Taking that maiden, her father went into the presence of Brahmā.
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VaP 2 38.43
वैराजस्तमुपासीनं धर्मेण च भवेन च। भवधर्मसमीपस्थं दक्षं ब्रह्माभ्यभाषत
vairājastamupāsīnaṃ dharmeṇa ca bhavena ca| bhavadharmasamīpasthaṃ dakṣaṃ brahmābhyabhāṣata
Brahmā, the Vairāja, addressed Dakṣa, who was sitting near him along with Dharma and Bhava, standing close by Bhava and Dharma.
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VaP 2 38.44
दक्ष कन्या तवेयं वै जनयिष्यति सुव्रता। चतुरो वै मनून् पुत्रांश्चातुर्वर्ण्यकराञ्छुभान्
dakṣa kanyā taveyaṃ vai janayiṣyati suvratā| caturo vai manūn putrāṃścāturvarṇyakarāñchubhān
"Dakṣa, this daughter of yours, Suvratā, shall bring forth four Manus as sons, auspicious ones, makers of the four classes."
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VaP 2 38.45
ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा दक्षो धर्मो भवस्तदा। तां कन्यां मनसा जग्मुस्त्रयस्ते ब्रह्मणा सह
brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣo dharmo bhavastadā| tāṃ kanyāṃ manasā jagmustrayaste brahmaṇā saha
Having heard Brahmā's words, Dakṣa, Dharma and Bhava then — those three, along with Brahmā — approached that maiden in thought.
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VaP 2 38.46
सत्याभिध्यायिनां तेषां सद्यः कन्या व्यजायत। सदृशानुरूपांस्तेषां चतुरो वै कुमारकान्
satyābhidhyāyināṃ teṣāṃ sadyaḥ kanyā vyajāyata| sadṛśānurūpāṃsteṣāṃ caturo vai kumārakān
As they meditated on the truth, at once the maiden gave birth to four boys, like and answering to them.
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VaP 2 38.47
संसिद्धाः कार्यकरणे सम्भूतास्ते श्रियान्वितः। उपभोगसमर्थैश्च सद्योजातैः शरीरकैः
saṃsiddhāḥ kāryakaraṇe sambhūtāste śriyānvitaḥ| upabhogasamarthaiśca sadyojātaiḥ śarīrakaiḥ
They were born perfected for the doing of work, endowed with splendour, with small bodies just born yet already fit for enjoyment.
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VaP 2 38.48
ते दृष्ट्वा तान् स्वयम्बुद्ध्वा ब्रह्मा व्याहाहिणस्तदा। संरब्धा वै व्यकर्षन्त मम पुत्रो ममेत्युत
te dṛṣṭvā tān svayambuddhvā brahmā vyāhāhiṇastadā| saṃrabdhā vai vyakarṣanta mama putro mametyuta
Seeing them, and understanding of himself, Brahmā then spoke(?); and they, excited, pulled (at the boys), each saying "my son, mine!"
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VaP 2 38.49
अभिध्यानान्मनोत्पन्नानूचुर्वै ते परस्परम्। यो यस्य वपुषा तुल्यो भजतां स तु तं सुतम्
abhidhyānānmanotpannānūcurvai te parasparam| yo yasya vapuṣā tulyo bhajatāṃ sa tu taṃ sutam
About those (boys) produced from mind by contemplation they said to one another: "Whoever is equal to whom in body, let him take that one as his son."
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VaP 2 38.50
यस्य यः सदृशश्चापि रूपे वीर्य च नामतः। तं गृह्णातु सुभद्रं वो वर्णतो यस्य यः समः
yasya yaḥ sadṛśaścāpi rūpe vīrya ca nāmataḥ| taṃ gṛhṇātu subhadraṃ vo varṇato yasya yaḥ samaḥ
"Whoever is like whom in form, in vigour, and by name — good fortune to you — let him take that one, whoever is equal to whom in colour."
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VaP 2 38.51
ध्रुवं रूपं पितुः पुत्रः सोऽनुरुध्यति सर्वदा। तस्मादात्मसमः पुत्रः पितुर्मातुश्च जायते
dhruvaṃ rūpaṃ pituḥ putraḥ so'nurudhyati sarvadā| tasmādātmasamaḥ putraḥ piturmātuśca jāyate
A son surely conforms always to the father's form; therefore a son is born resembling his father and his mother.
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VaP 2 38.52
एवं ते समयं कृत्वा सवर्णान् जगृहुः सुतान्। यस्मात् सवर्णास्तेषां वै ब्रह्मादीनां कुमारकाः
evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā savarṇān jagṛhuḥ sutān| yasmāt savarṇāsteṣāṃ vai brahmādīnāṃ kumārakāḥ
Thus, having made this agreement, they took as sons those of like colour; and since the boys of these (fathers), Brahmā and the rest, were of like colour,
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VaP 2 38.53
सवर्णा मनवस्तस्मात् सवर्णत्वं हि ते यतः। मननान्माननाच्चैव तस्मात्ते मनवः स्मृताः
savarṇā manavastasmāt savarṇatvaṃ hi te yataḥ| mananānmānanāccaiva tasmātte manavaḥ smṛtāḥ
therefore the Manus are savarṇa ("of like colour"), since they possess that likeness of colour; and from thinking (manana) and from honouring (mānana) they are accordingly called Manus.
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VaP 2 38.54
चाक्षुषस्यान्तरेऽतीते प्राप्ते वैवस्वतस्य ह। रुचेः प्रजापतेः पुत्रो रौच्यो नामाभवत्सुतः
cākṣuṣasyāntare'tīte prāpte vaivasvatasya ha| ruceḥ prajāpateḥ putro raucyo nāmābhavatsutaḥ
When the interval of Cākṣuṣa had passed and that of Vaivasvata had come, there was a son of Ruci Prajāpati, a son named Raucya.
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VaP 2 38.55
भूत्यामुत्पादितो यस्तु भौत्यो नामाभवत्सुतः। वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे राजा द्वौ मनू तु विवस्वतोः
bhūtyāmutpādito yastu bhautyo nāmābhavatsutaḥ| vaivasvate'ntare rājā dvau manū tu vivasvatoḥ
And the son who was begotten in Bhūti was named Bhautya; in the Vaivasvata interval (there was) a king — but two Manus (were born) of Vivasvat.
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VaP 2 38.56
वैवस्वतो मनुर्यश्च सावर्णो यश्च विश्रुतः। ज्येष्ठः संज्ञासुतो विद्वान् मनुर्वैवस्वतः प्रभुः
vaivasvato manuryaśca sāvarṇo yaśca viśrutaḥ| jyeṣṭhaḥ saṃjñāsuto vidvān manurvaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ
He who is Vaivasvata Manu, and he who is renowned as Sāvarṇa: the eldest, the learned lord Manu Vaivasvata, is the son of Saṃjñā.
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VaP 2 38.57
सवर्णायाः सुतश्चान्यः स्मृतो वैवस्वतो मनुः । सवर्णा मनवो ये च चत्वारस्तु महर्षिजाः
savarṇāyāḥ sutaścānyaḥ smṛto vaivasvato manuḥ | savarṇā manavo ye ca catvārastu maharṣijāḥ
And the other, the son of Savarṇā, is remembered as Manu Vaivasvata; and the Savarṇa Manus, who are four, are born of the great sages.
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VaP 2 38.58
तपसा सम्भृतात्मानः स्वेषु मन्वन्तरेषु वै। भविष्येषु भविष्यन्ति सर्वकार्यार्थसाधकाः
tapasā sambhṛtātmānaḥ sveṣu manvantareṣu vai| bhaviṣyeṣu bhaviṣyanti sarvakāryārthasādhakāḥ
Their selves fully formed by austerity, in their own coming Manu-intervals they will come to be, accomplishing the purposes of every task.
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VaP 2 38.59
प्रथमं मेरुसावर्णेर्दक्षपुत्रस्य वै मनोः। पुत्रा मरीचिगर्भाश्च सुशर्माणश्च ते त्रयः । सम्भूताश्च महात्मानः सर्वे वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे
prathamaṃ merusāvarṇerdakṣaputrasya vai manoḥ| putrā marīcigarbhāśca suśarmāṇaśca te trayaḥ | sambhūtāśca mahātmānaḥ sarve vaivasvate'ntare
First, of Meru-sāvarṇi, the Manu who is Dakṣa's son, the sons are the Marīcigarbhas and the Suśarmans — those three; and all these great-souled ones came into being in the Vaivasvata interval.
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VaP 2 38.60
दक्षपुत्रस्य पुत्रास्ते रोहितस्य प्रजापतेः। भविष्यस्य भविष्यस्तु एकैको द्वादशो गणः
dakṣaputrasya putrāste rohitasya prajāpateḥ| bhaviṣyasya bhaviṣyastu ekaiko dvādaśo gaṇaḥ
They are the sons of the son of Dakṣa, of Rohita the Prajāpati; and of the future (Manu) each single group of the future will be twelvefold.
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VaP 2 38.61
ऐश्वर्यसंग्राहो राहो बाहुवशस्तथैव च। पारा द्वादश विज्ञेया उत्तरांस्तु निबोधत
aiśvaryasaṃgrāho rāho bāhuvaśastathaiva ca| pārā dvādaśa vijñeyā uttarāṃstu nibodhata
Aiśvarya, Saṃgrāha, Rāha, and likewise Bāhuvaśa — the Pāras are to be known as twelve; now learn of the later ones.
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VaP 2 38.62
वाजियो वाजिजिच्चैव प्रभृतिश्च ककुद्यथ। दधिक्रावायपक्वाश्च प्रणीतो विजयो मधुः
vājiyo vājijiccaiva prabhṛtiśca kakudyatha| dadhikrāvāyapakvāśca praṇīto vijayo madhuḥ
Vājiya and Vājijit, and Prabhṛti, then Kakudin, Dadhikrāvan, Ayapakva, Praṇīta, Vijaya, Madhu,
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VaP 2 38.63
तेजस्मान्नथवो द्वौ तु द्वादशैते मरीचयः। सुशर्म्माणस्तु वक्ष्यामि नामतस्तु निबोधत
tejasmānnathavo dvau tu dvādaśaite marīcayaḥ| suśarmmāṇastu vakṣyāmi nāmatastu nibodhata
Tejasmān and Nathava — these two: these twelve are the Marīcis. Now I shall declare the Suśarmans; learn them by name.
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VaP 2 38.64
वर्णस्तथाप्यङ्गविश्वौ मुरण्यो व्रजनो मतः। अमितो द्रवकेतुश्च जम्भोस्थाजस्रशक्रकाः
varṇastathāpyaṅgaviśvau muraṇyo vrajano mataḥ| amito dravaketuśca jambhosthājasraśakrakāḥ
Varṇa, and also Aṅga and Viśva, Muraṇya, Vrajana are held (to be among them), Amita and Dravaketu, Jambha, Ostha, Ajasra, Śakraka,
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VaP 2 38.65
सुनेमिर्द्युतपाश्चैव सुशर्म्माणः प्रकीर्त्तिताः। तेषामिन्द्रस्तदा भाव्यो ह्यद्भुतो नाम नामतः
sunemirdyutapāścaiva suśarmmāṇaḥ prakīrttitāḥ| teṣāmindrastadā bhāvyo hyadbhuto nāma nāmataḥ
Sunemi and Dyutapa — thus the Suśarmans are proclaimed. Their Indra then will be one Adbhuta by name.
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VaP 2 38.66
स्कन्दः सोमप्रतीकाशः कार्तिकेयस्तु पावकः। माघातिथिश्च पौलस्त्यो वसुः काश्यप एव च
skandaḥ somapratīkāśaḥ kārtikeyastu pāvakaḥ| māghātithiśca paulastyo vasuḥ kāśyapa eva ca
Skanda, resembling the moon, Kārtikeya, Pāvaka, Māghātithi the descendant of Pulastya, Vasu the descendant of Kaśyapa,
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VaP 2 38.67
ज्योतिष्मान् भार्गवश्चैव द्युतिमानङ्गिरास्तथा। वसितश्चैव वासिष्ठ आत्रेयो हव्यवाहनः
jyotiṣmān bhārgavaścaiva dyutimānaṅgirāstathā| vasitaścaiva vāsiṣṭha ātreyo havyavāhanaḥ
Jyotiṣmān the descendant of Bhṛgu, and Dyutimān the descendant of Aṅgiras, and Vasita of Vasiṣṭha's line, Havyavāhana of Atri's line,
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VaP 2 38.68
सुतपाः पौलवश्चैव सप्तैते रोहितान्तरे। धृतिकेतुदीप्तिकेतुशापहस्ता निरामयः
sutapāḥ paulavaścaiva saptaite rohitāntare| dhṛtiketudīptiketuśāpahastā nirāmayaḥ
and Sutapas the descendant of Pulaha — these seven (are the sages) in the interval of Rohita. Dhṛtiketu, Dīptiketu, Śāpahasta, Nirāmaya,
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VaP 2 38.69
पृथुश्रवास्तथा नाको भूरिद्युम्नो बृहद्रथः। प्रथमस्य तु सावर्णेर्नव पुत्राः प्रकीर्तिताः
pṛthuśravāstathā nāko bhūridyumno bṛhadrathaḥ| prathamasya tu sāvarṇernava putrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Pṛthuśravas, and Nāka, Bhūridyumna, Bṛhadratha — these are proclaimed the nine sons of the first Sāvarṇi.
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VaP 2 38.70
दशमे त्वथ पर्याये धर्मपुत्रस्य वै मनोः। द्वितीयस्य तु सावर्णेर्भाव्यस्यैवान्तरे मनोः
daśame tvatha paryāye dharmaputrasya vai manoḥ| dvitīyasya tu sāvarṇerbhāvyasyaivāntare manoḥ
Then in the tenth cycle, (that) of the Manu who is the son of Dharma, in the interval of the second Sāvarṇi, the Manu who is to be,
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VaP 2 38.71
सुखामना विरुद्धाश्च द्वावेव तु गणौ स्मृतौ। त्विषिवन्तश्च ते सर्वे शतसङ्ख्याश्च ते समाः
sukhāmanā viruddhāśca dvāveva tu gaṇau smṛtau| tviṣivantaśca te sarve śatasaṅkhyāśca te samāḥ
the Sukhāmanas and the Viruddhas — just these two groups are recorded; and they are all possessed of brilliance, and they are equal, a hundred in number.
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VaP 2 38.72
प्राणा नायच्छतः प्रोक्त ऋषिभिः पुरुषेषु वै। देवास्ते वै भविष्यन्ति धर्मपुत्रस्य वै मनोः
prāṇā nāyacchataḥ prokta ṛṣibhiḥ puruṣeṣu vai| devāste vai bhaviṣyanti dharmaputrasya vai manoḥ
They are called by the sages the vital breaths that do not hold back in men; they will be the gods of the Manu who is the son of Dharma.
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VaP 2 38.73
तेषामिन्द्रस्तथा विद्वान् भविष्यः शान्तिरुच्यते। हविष्मान् पौलहः श्रीमान् सुकीर्तिश्चापि भार्गवः
teṣāmindrastathā vidvān bhaviṣyaḥ śāntirucyate| haviṣmān paulahaḥ śrīmān sukīrtiścāpi bhārgavaḥ
Their Indra, the learned one who is to be, is said to be Śānti; Haviṣmān of Pulaha's line, the illustrious Sukīrti of Bhṛgu's line,
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VaP 2 38.74
आपोमूर्तिस्तथात्रेयो वसिष्ठश्चापि यः स्मृतः। पौलस्त्यः प्रतिपश्चापि नाभागश्चैव काश्यपः। अभिमन्युश्चाङ्गिरसः सप्तैते परमर्षयः
āpomūrtistathātreyo vasiṣṭhaścāpi yaḥ smṛtaḥ| paulastyaḥ pratipaścāpi nābhāgaścaiva kāśyapaḥ| abhimanyuścāṅgirasaḥ saptaite paramarṣayaḥ
and Āpomūrti of Atri's line, and he who is remembered as Vasiṣṭha, and Pratipa of Pulastya's line, and Nābhāga of Kaśyapa's line, and Abhimanyu of Aṅgiras' line — these seven are the highest sages.
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VaP 2 38.75
सुक्षेत्रश्चोत्तमौजाश्च भूरिषेणश्च वीर्यवान्। शतानीको निरामित्रो वृषसेनो जयद्रथः
sukṣetraścottamaujāśca bhūriṣeṇaśca vīryavān| śatānīko nirāmitro vṛṣaseno jayadrathaḥ
Sukṣetra and Uttamaujas, and the valiant Bhūriṣeṇa, Śatānīka, Nirāmitra, Vṛṣasena, Jayadratha,
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VaP 2 38.76
भूरिद्युम्नः सुवर्च्चाश्च दशैते मानवाः स्मृताः। एकादशे तु पर्य्याये सावर्णे वै तृतीयके
bhūridyumnaḥ suvarccāśca daśaite mānavāḥ smṛtāḥ| ekādaśe tu paryyāye sāvarṇe vai tṛtīyake
Bhūridyumna and Suvarcas — these ten are known as the sons of Manu. But in the eleventh round, in (the manvantara of) the third Sāvarṇa,
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VaP 2 38.77
निर्म्माणरतयो देवाः कामजा वै मनोजवाः। गणास्त्वेते त्रयः ख्याता देवतानां महात्मनाम्
nirmmāṇaratayo devāḥ kāmajā vai manojavāḥ| gaṇāstvete trayaḥ khyātā devatānāṃ mahātmanām
the gods (are) the Nirmāṇaratis, the Kāmajas, and the Manojavas: these three are declared to be the troops of the great-souled deities.
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VaP 2 38.78
एकैकं त्रिंशतस्तेषां गणास्तु त्रिदिवौकसाम्। मासस्याहानि त्रिंशत्तु यानि वै कवयो विदुः
ekaikaṃ triṃśatasteṣāṃ gaṇāstu tridivaukasām| māsasyāhāni triṃśattu yāni vai kavayo viduḥ
Each one of those troops of the dwellers in heaven numbers thirty — as (there are) the thirty days of a month, which the seers know.
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VaP 2 38.79
निर्म्माणरतयो देवा रात्रयस्तु विहङ्गमाः। गणास्ते वै त्रयः प्रोक्ता देवतानां भविष्यति
nirmmāṇaratayo devā rātrayastu vihaṅgamāḥ| gaṇāste vai trayaḥ proktā devatānāṃ bhaviṣyati
The Nirmāṇarati gods (are the days), and the Vihaṅgamas the nights: those three troops of the deities in the future have been declared.
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VaP 2 38.80
मनोजवा मुहूर्त्तास्तु इति देवाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः । एते हि ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा भविष्या मनवः स्मृताः
manojavā muhūrttāstu iti devāḥ prakīrttitāḥ | ete hi brahmaṇaḥ putrā bhaviṣyā manavaḥ smṛtāḥ
And the Manojavas are proclaimed to be the gods (identified with) the muhūrtas. These indeed are the sons of Brahmā, and are recorded as the future Manus.
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VaP 2 38.81
तेषामिन्द्रो वृषो नाम भविष्यः सुरराट् ततः। तेषां सप्तर्षयश्चापि कीर्त्त्यमानान्निबोधत
teṣāmindro vṛṣo nāma bhaviṣyaḥ surarāṭ tataḥ| teṣāṃ saptarṣayaścāpi kīrttyamānānnibodhata
Their Indra will be the one named Vṛṣa, king of the gods thereafter. Learn also of their seven seers as they are recounted.
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VaP 2 38.82
हविष्मान् काश्यपश्चापि वपुष्मान् यश्च भार्गवः। वारुणिश्चैव चात्रेयो वासिष्ठो भग एव च
haviṣmān kāśyapaścāpi vapuṣmān yaśca bhārgavaḥ| vāruṇiścaiva cātreyo vāsiṣṭho bhaga eva ca
Haviṣmān the Kāśyapa, and Vapuṣmān who is the Bhārgava, and the Vāruṇi, and the Ātreya, the Vāsiṣṭha, and Bhaga,
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VaP 2 38.83
पुष्टिश्चाङ्गिरसो ज्ञेयः पौलस्त्यो निश्चरस्तथा। पौलहो ह्यग्नितेजाश्च देवा ह्येकादशेऽन्तरे
puṣṭiścāṅgiraso jñeyaḥ paulastyo niścarastathā| paulaho hyagnitejāśca devā hyekādaśe'ntare
and Puṣṭi is to be known as the Āṅgirasa, and likewise Niścara the Paulastya, and the Paulaha, and Agnitejas — these are the (seers) in the eleventh interval.
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VaP 2 38.84
सर्व्ववेगः सुधर्म्मा च देवानीकः पुरोवहः। क्षेमधर्मा गृहेषुश्च ह्यादर्शः पौण्ड्रको मनः
sarvvavegaḥ sudharmmā ca devānīkaḥ purovahaḥ| kṣemadharmā gṛheṣuśca hyādarśaḥ pauṇḍrako manaḥ
Sarvavega and Sudharmā, Devānīka, Purovaha, Kṣemadharmā, Gṛheṣu, and Ādarśa, Pauṇḍraka, Manas —
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VaP 2 38.85
सावर्णस्य तु ते पुत्राः प्राजापत्यस्य वै मनोः। द्वादशे त्वथ पर्याये रुद्रपुत्रस्य वै मनोः
sāvarṇasya tu te putrāḥ prājāpatyasya vai manoḥ| dvādaśe tvatha paryāye rudraputrasya vai manoḥ
these are the sons of that Sāvarṇa, the Manu (son) of Prajāpati. Then in the twelfth round, of the Manu who is the son of Rudra —
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VaP 2 38.86
चतुर्थे ऋतुसावर्णे देवास्तस्यान्तरे श्रृणु। पञ्चैव तु गणाः प्रोक्ता देवतानामनागताः
caturthe ṛtusāvarṇe devāstasyāntare śrṛṇu| pañcaiva tu gaṇāḥ proktā devatānāmanāgatāḥ
hear (of) the gods in the interval of that fourth (Manu), Ṛtusāvarṇa: five troops of deities are declared, (still) to come.
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VaP 2 38.87
हरिता रोहिताश्चैव देवाः सुमनसस्तथा। सुकर्म्माणः सुपाराश्च पञ्च देवगणाः स्मृताः
haritā rohitāścaiva devāḥ sumanasastathā| sukarmmāṇaḥ supārāśca pañca devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ
The Haritas and the Rohitas, and the gods Sumanases, the Sukarmans and the Supāras — these are known as the five troops of gods.
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VaP 2 38.88
ब्रह्मणो मानसा ह्येते एकैको दशको गणः। अरुन्तिजो हरिश्चैव विद्वान् यश्च सहस्रशः
brahmaṇo mānasā hyete ekaiko daśako gaṇaḥ| aruntijo hariścaiva vidvān yaśca sahasraśaḥ
These are mind-born of Brahmā; each troop consists of ten: Aruntija and Hari, and Vidvān, and Sahasraśas,
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VaP 2 38.89
पर्वतानुचरश्चैव ह्यपोंऽशुश्च मनोजवः। उर्ज्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तारा दशैते रोहिताः स्मृताः
parvatānucaraścaiva hyapoṃ'śuśca manojavaḥ| urjjā svāhā svadhā tārā daśaite rohitāḥ smṛtāḥ
and Parvatānucara, and Apoṃśu, and Manojava, Ūrjā, Svāhā, Svadhā, Tārā — these ten are known as the Rohitas.
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VaP 2 38.90
तपोजानिर्भृतिश्चैव वाचा बन्धुश्च यः स्मृतः । रजश्चैव तु राजश्च स्वर्णपादस्तथैव च
tapojānirbhṛtiścaiva vācā bandhuśca yaḥ smṛtaḥ | rajaścaiva tu rājaśca svarṇapādastathaiva ca
Tapojāni and Bhṛti, and Vācā, and he who is known as Bandhu, and Rajas and Rāja, and likewise Svarṇapāda,
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VaP 2 38.91
व्युष्टिर्विधिश्च वै देवो दशैते रोहिताः स्मृताः । उषिताद्यास्तु ये देवास्त्रयस्त्रिशत्प्रकीर्तिताः
vyuṣṭirvidhiśca vai devo daśaite rohitāḥ smṛtāḥ | uṣitādyāstu ye devāstrayastriśatprakīrtitāḥ
and the god Vyuṣṭi and Vidhi — these ten are known as the Rohitas. But those gods beginning with Uṣita are proclaimed to be thirty-three.
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VaP 2 38.92
देवान् सुमनसो विद्धि सुकर्माणो निबोधत। सुपर्वा वृषभः पृष्टः कृपिद्युम्नौ विपश्चितः
devān sumanaso viddhi sukarmāṇo nibodhata| suparvā vṛṣabhaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ kṛpidyumnau vipaścitaḥ
Know the gods (called) Sumanases; learn (now) of the Sukarmans: Suparvā, Vṛṣabha, Pṛṣṭa, Kṛpi and Dyumna, Vipaścit,
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VaP 2 38.93
विक्रमश्च क्रमश्चैव निभृतः कान्त एव च।। एते सुकर्मणो देवाः सुतांश्चैषां निबोधत
vikramaśca kramaścaiva nibhṛtaḥ kānta eva ca|| ete sukarmaṇo devāḥ sutāṃścaiṣāṃ nibodhata
and Vikrama and Krama, Nibhṛta, and Kānta: these are the Sukarman gods; learn now of their sons.
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VaP 2 38.94
वर्य्योदितस्तथा जिष्टो वर्चस्वी द्युतिमान् हविः। शुभो हविकृतात्प्राप्तिर्व्यापृथो दशमस्तथा
varyyoditastathā jiṣṭo varcasvī dyutimān haviḥ| śubho havikṛtātprāptirvyāpṛtho daśamastathā
Varyodita, and likewise Jiṣṭa, Varcasvī, Dyutimān, Havis, Śubha, Havikṛta, Prāpti, and Vyāpṛtha as the tenth.
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VaP 2 38.95
सुपारा मानसास्त्वेते देवा वै सम्प्रकीर्त्तिताः। तेषामिन्द्रस्तु विज्ञेय ऋतधामा महायशाः
supārā mānasāstvete devā vai samprakīrttitāḥ| teṣāmindrastu vijñeya ṛtadhāmā mahāyaśāḥ
These Supāras and Mānasas have been proclaimed as gods; and their Indra is to be known as Ṛtadhāmā of great renown.
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VaP 2 38.96
कृतिर्वसिष्ठपुत्रस्तु ह्यात्रेयः सुतपास्तथा। तपोमूर्तिश्चाङ्गिरसस्तपस्वी काश्यपस्तथा
kṛtirvasiṣṭhaputrastu hyātreyaḥ sutapāstathā| tapomūrtiścāṅgirasastapasvī kāśyapastathā
Kṛti, the son of Vasiṣṭha; and Sutapas of Atri's line; and Tapomūrti of Aṅgiras' line; and Tapasvin of Kaśyapa's line;
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VaP 2 38.97
तपोऽशयानः पौलस्त्यः पुलहश्च तपोरतिः। भार्गवः सप्तमस्त्वेषां विज्ञेयस्तु तपोमतिः
tapo'śayānaḥ paulastyaḥ pulahaśca taporatiḥ| bhārgavaḥ saptamastveṣāṃ vijñeyastu tapomatiḥ
Tapo'śayāna of Pulastya's line, and Taporati of Pulaha's; and the seventh of these, the Bhārgava, is to be known as Tapomati.
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VaP 2 38.98
एते सप्तर्षयः सिद्धा अन्ये सावर्णिकेऽन्तरे। देववानुपदेवश्च देवश्रेष्ठो विदूरथः
ete saptarṣayaḥ siddhā anye sāvarṇike'ntare| devavānupadevaśca devaśreṣṭho vidūrathaḥ
These seven sages are accomplished ones; others (belong) to the Sāvarṇika interval. Devavān and Upadeva, Devaśreṣṭha, Vidūratha,
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VaP 2 38.99
मित्रवान् मित्रबिन्दुश्च मित्रसेनो ह्यमित्रहा। मित्रबाहुः सुवर्चाश्च द्वादशैते मनोः सुताः
mitravān mitrabinduśca mitraseno hyamitrahā| mitrabāhuḥ suvarcāśca dvādaśaite manoḥ sutāḥ
Mitravān and Mitrabindu, Mitrasena, Amitrahan, Mitrabāhu and Suvarcas — these twelve are the sons of Manu.
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VaP 2 38.100
त्रयो दशे तु पर्याये भाव्या रौच्यान्तरे पुनः। त्रय एव गणाः प्रोक्ता देवानान्तु स्वयम्भुवा
trayo daśe tu paryāye bhāvyā raucyāntare punaḥ| traya eva gaṇāḥ proktā devānāntu svayambhuvā
But in the thirteenth cycle, again, in the interval of Raucya, those to come — precisely three groups of gods have been declared by the Self-existent.
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VaP 2 38.101
ब्रह्मणो मानसाः पुत्रास्ते हि सर्वे महात्मनः। सुत्रामाणः सुधर्म्माणः सुकर्म्माणश्च ते त्रयः
brahmaṇo mānasāḥ putrāste hi sarve mahātmanaḥ| sutrāmāṇaḥ sudharmmāṇaḥ sukarmmāṇaśca te trayaḥ
They are the mind-born sons of Brahmā, all of them great-souled: the Sutrāmans, the Sudharmans, and the Sukarmans — those three.
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VaP 2 38.102
त्रिदशानां गणाः प्रोक्ता भविष्याः सोमपायिनः। त्रयस्त्रिंशद्देवता याः प्राभविष्यन्त याज्ञिकैः
tridaśānāṃ gaṇāḥ proktā bhaviṣyāḥ somapāyinaḥ| trayastriṃśaddevatā yāḥ prābhaviṣyanta yājñikaiḥ
(These) are declared the groups of the thirty gods, the future soma-drinkers; the thirty-three deities who were brought into being by the sacrificers,
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VaP 2 38.103
आज्येन पृषदाज्येन ग्रहश्रेष्ठेन चैव हि। देवैर्देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्पृथक्त्वेन निबोधत
ājyena pṛṣadājyena grahaśreṣṭhena caiva hi| devairdevāstrayastriṃśatpṛthaktvena nibodhata
by ghee, by sprinkled ghee (pṛṣadājya), and by the best of the (soma-)cups: learn the thirty-three gods, god by god, in their distinctness.
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VaP 2 38.104
सुत्रामाणः प्रयाज्यास्तु ह्याद्याज्यास्तु साम्प्रतम्। सुकर्मणोऽनुयाज्यास्तु पृषदाज्याशिनस्तु ये
sutrāmāṇaḥ prayājyāstu hyādyājyāstu sāmpratam| sukarmaṇo'nuyājyāstu pṛṣadājyāśinastu ye
The Sutrāmans are those to be offered to at the prayāja, indeed the first oblations at present; the Sukarmans are those offered to at the anuyāja, and they are the ones who eat the sprinkled ghee.
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VaP 2 38.105
उपयाज्याः सुधर्माण इति देवाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः । दिवस्पतिर्महासत्त्वस्तेषामिन्द्रो भविष्यति
upayājyāḥ sudharmāṇa iti devāḥ prakīrttitāḥ | divaspatirmahāsattvasteṣāmindro bhaviṣyati
The Sudharmans are those offered to at the upayāja — thus are the gods proclaimed. Divaspati of great strength will be their Indra.
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VaP 2 38.106
पुलहात्मजपुत्रास्ते विज्ञेयास्तु रुचेः सुताः । अङ्गिराश्चैव धृतिमान् पौलस्त्यः पथ्यवांस्तु सः
pulahātmajaputrāste vijñeyāstu ruceḥ sutāḥ | aṅgirāścaiva dhṛtimān paulastyaḥ pathyavāṃstu saḥ
They are to be known as the sons of Pulaha's son, the sons of Ruci; and Dhṛtimān of Aṅgiras' line, and he, Pathyavān, of Pulastya's line;
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VaP 2 38.107
पौलहस्तत्त्व दर्शी च भार्गवश्च निरुत्सकः। निष्प्रकम्पस्तथात्रेयो निर्मोहः कश्यपस्तथा
paulahastattva darśī ca bhārgavaśca nirutsakaḥ| niṣprakampastathātreyo nirmohaḥ kaśyapastathā
and Tattvadarśin of Pulaha's line, and the Bhārgava Nirutsuka, and likewise Niṣprakampa of Atri's line, and Nirmoha of Kaśyapa's line,
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VaP 2 38.108
स्वरूपश्चैव वासिष्ठः सप्तैते तु त्रयोदशे। चित्रसेनो विचित्रश्च तपो धर्मधृतो भवः
svarūpaścaiva vāsiṣṭhaḥ saptaite tu trayodaśe| citraseno vicitraśca tapo dharmadhṛto bhavaḥ
and Svarūpa of Vasiṣṭha's line — these seven in the thirteenth (interval). Citrasena and Vicitra, Tapas, Dharmadhṛt, Bhava,
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VaP 2 38.109
अनेकक्षत्रबद्धश्च सुरसो निर्भयः पृथः। रौच्यस्यैते मनोः पुत्रा ह्यन्तरे तु त्रयोदशे
anekakṣatrabaddhaśca suraso nirbhayaḥ pṛthaḥ| raucyasyaite manoḥ putrā hyantare tu trayodaśe
and Anekakṣatrabaddha, Surasa, Nirbhaya, Pṛtha — these are the sons of Manu Raucya, in the thirteenth interval.
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VaP 2 38.110
चतुर्द्दशे तु पर्याये भौतस्याप्यन्तरे मनोः । देवतानां गणाः पञ्च प्रोक्ता येतु भविष्यति
caturddaśe tu paryāye bhautasyāpyantare manoḥ | devatānāṃ gaṇāḥ pañca proktā yetu bhaviṣyati
But in the fourteenth cycle, in the interval of Manu Bhauta, five groups of deities are declared, which are yet to be.
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VaP 2 38.111
चाक्षुषाश्च कनिष्ठाश्च पवित्रा भाजरास्तथा। वाचावृद्धाश्च इत्येते पञ्च देवगणाः स्मृताः
cākṣuṣāśca kaniṣṭhāśca pavitrā bhājarāstathā| vācāvṛddhāśca ityete pañca devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ
The Cākṣuṣas and the Kaniṣṭhas, the Pavitras and likewise the Bhājaras, and the Vācāvṛddhas — these five are recorded as the groups of gods.
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VaP 2 38.112
सप्तैव तांस्तान् भागांश्च विद्धि चाक्षुषसंज्ञकान्। बृहदाद्यानि सामानि कनिष्ठान् सप्त तान् विदुः। सप्त लोकाः परित्रास्ते भाजिराः सप्त सिन्धवः
saptaiva tāṃstān bhāgāṃśca viddhi cākṣuṣasaṃjñakān| bṛhadādyāni sāmāni kaniṣṭhān sapta tān viduḥ| sapta lokāḥ paritrāste bhājirāḥ sapta sindhavaḥ
Know those very seven portions as the ones named Cākṣuṣa; the sāmans beginning with the Bṛhat they know as those seven Kaniṣṭhas; the seven worlds are the Paritras, and the Bhājiras are the seven rivers.
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VaP 2 38.113
वाचावृद्धानृषीन् विद्धि मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्य वै। सर्वे मन्वन्तरेन्द्राश्च विज्ञेयास्तुल्यलक्षणाः
vācāvṛddhānṛṣīn viddhi manoḥ svāyambhuvasya vai| sarve manvantarendrāśca vijñeyāstulyalakṣaṇāḥ
Know the Vācāvṛddhas as the sages of Manu Svāyambhuva; and all the Indras of the manvantaras are to be known as having like characteristics.
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VaP 2 38.114
तेजसा तपसा बुद्ध्या बलश्रुतपराक्रमैः। त्रैलोक्ये यानि सत्त्वानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च। सर्वशः स्वैर्गुणैस्तानि इन्द्रास्तेऽभिभवन्ति वै
tejasā tapasā buddhyā balaśrutaparākramaiḥ| trailokye yāni sattvāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca| sarvaśaḥ svairguṇaistāni indrāste'bhibhavanti vai
By splendour, by austerity, by intellect, by strength, learning and valour — whatever beings there are in the three worlds, moving and fixed, those Indras surpass them all by their own qualities.
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VaP 2 38.115
भूतापवादिनो हृष्टा मध्यस्था भूतवादिनः। भूतानुवादिनः सक्तास्त्रयो वेदाः प्रवादिनाम्
bhūtāpavādino hṛṣṭā madhyasthā bhūtavādinaḥ| bhūtānuvādinaḥ saktāstrayo vedāḥ pravādinām
Those who decry beings are (yet) delighted; those who speak of beings (as they are) stand in the middle; those who merely repeat (what is said of) beings are attached; the three Vedas belong to the proclaimers.
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VaP 2 38.116
अग्निध्रः काश्यपश्चैव पौलस्त्यो मागधश्च यः। भार्गवो ह्यग्निबाहुश्च शुचिराङ्गिरसस्तथा। ओजस्वी सुबलश्चैव भौत्यस्यैते मनोः सुताः
agnidhraḥ kāśyapaścaiva paulastyo māgadhaśca yaḥ| bhārgavo hyagnibāhuśca śucirāṅgirasastathā| ojasvī subalaścaiva bhautyasyaite manoḥ sutāḥ
Agnidhra, and Kāśyapa, and Paulastya, and he who is Māgadha, and Bhārgava and Agnibāhu, and Śuci the Āṅgirasa, and Ojasvin and Subala — these are the sons of the Manu Bhautya.
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VaP 2 38.117
सवर्णा मनवो ह्येते चत्वारो ब्रह्मणः सुताः। एको वैवस्वतश्चैव सावर्णो मनुरुच्यते
savarṇā manavo hyete catvāro brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ| eko vaivasvataścaiva sāvarṇo manurucyate
These four Manus of like class (savarṇa) are sons of Brahmā; and one is the Vaivasvata, (yet) he is called the Sāvarṇa Manu.
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VaP 2 38.118
रौच्यो भौत्यश्च यौ तौ तु मनोः पौलहभार्गवौ। भौत्यस्यैवाधिपत्ये तु पूर्णः कल्पस्तु पूर्य्यते
raucyo bhautyaśca yau tau tu manoḥ paulahabhārgavau| bhautyasyaivādhipatye tu pūrṇaḥ kalpastu pūryyate
And those two Manus, Raucya and Bhautya, are (respectively) of Pulaha and of Bhṛgu; and under the sovereignty of Bhautya the kalpa is filled out complete.
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VaP 2 38.119
सूत उवाच।। निःशेषेषु च सर्वेषु तदा मन्वन्तरेष्विह। अन्तेऽनेकयुगे तस्मिन् क्षीणे संहार उच्यते
sūta uvāca|| niḥśeṣeṣu ca sarveṣu tadā manvantareṣviha| ante'nekayuge tasmin kṣīṇe saṃhāra ucyate
Sūta said: And when all the manvantaras here are wholly exhausted, at the end, when those many yugas have run out, the dissolution is spoken of.
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VaP 2 38.120
सप्तैते भार्गवा देवा अन्ते मन्वन्तरे तदा। भुक्त्वा त्रैलोक्यमध्यस्था युगाख्यां ह्येकसप्ततिम्
saptaite bhārgavā devā ante manvantare tadā| bhuktvā trailokyamadhyasthā yugākhyāṃ hyekasaptatim
These seven Bhārgava gods, then, at the end of the manvantara, having enjoyed and dwelt in the midst of the triple world for seventy-one yuga-spans —
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VaP 2 38.121
पितृभिर्मनुभिश्चैव सार्द्धं सप्तर्षिभिस्तु ये। यज्वानश्चैव तेऽप्यन्ये तद्भाक्ताश्चैव तैः सह
pitṛbhirmanubhiścaiva sārddhaṃ saptarṣibhistu ye| yajvānaścaiva te'pyanye tadbhāktāścaiva taiḥ saha
— together with the fathers and the Manus and the seven sages, and those others too who are sacrificers and those who share in that, along with them —
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VaP 2 38.122
महर्लोकं गमिष्यन्ति त्यक्त्वा त्रैलोक्यमीश्वराः। ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्द्ध्वं क्षीणे मन्वन्तरे तदा। अनाधारमिदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं वै भविष्यति
maharlokaṃ gamiṣyanti tyaktvā trailokyamīśvarāḥ| tatasteṣu gateṣūrddhvaṃ kṣīṇe manvantare tadā| anādhāramidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ vai bhaviṣyati
— those lords will go to the Mahar-loka, abandoning the triple world. Then, when they have gone upward and the manvantara is exhausted, this whole triple world will be without support.
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VaP 2 38.123
ततः स्थानानि शून्यानि स्थानिनां तानि वै द्विजाः। प्रभ्रश्यन्ति विमुक्तानि ताराऋक्षग्रहैस्तथा
tataḥ sthānāni śūnyāni sthānināṃ tāni vai dvijāḥ| prabhraśyanti vimuktāni tārāṛkṣagrahaistathā
Then, O twice-born, those stations of the station-holders (become) empty; released, they fall away, along with the stars, the lunar mansions and the planets.
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VaP 2 38.124
ततस्तेषु व्यतीतेषु त्रैलोक्यस्येश्वरेष्विह। सेन्द्राष्टेषु महर्लोकं यस्मिंस्ते कल्पवासिनः
tatasteṣu vyatīteṣu trailokyasyeśvareṣviha| sendrāṣṭeṣu maharlokaṃ yasmiṃste kalpavāsinaḥ
Then, when those lords of the triple world have passed away here, the eight with Indra (go) to the Mahar-loka, wherein dwell those who abide for the (whole) kalpa.
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VaP 2 38.125
जिताद्याश्च गणा ह्यत्र चाक्षुषान्ताश्चतुर्दश। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्व्वेषु देवास्ते वै महौजसः
jitādyāśca gaṇā hyatra cākṣuṣāntāścaturdaśa| manvantareṣu sarvveṣu devāste vai mahaujasaḥ
And here the fourteen groups, beginning with Jita and ending with Cākṣuṣa, in all the manvantaras — they are the gods of great vigour.
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VaP 2 38.126
ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्द्ध्वं सायोज्यं कल्पवासिनाम्। समेत्य देवास्ते सर्वे प्राप्ते संकलने तदा
tatasteṣu gateṣūrddhvaṃ sāyojyaṃ kalpavāsinām| sametya devāste sarve prāpte saṃkalane tadā
Then, when they have gone upward to union with those who dwell for the kalpa, all those gods, having come together when the time of gathering-in has arrived —
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VaP 2 38.127
महर्लोकं परित्यज्य गणास्ते वै चतुर्द्दश। सशरीराश्च श्रूयन्ते जनलोकं सहानुगाः
maharlokaṃ parityajya gaṇāste vai caturddaśa| saśarīrāśca śrūyante janalokaṃ sahānugāḥ
— those fourteen groups, abandoning the Mahar-loka, are said to (go), with their bodies and with their followers, to the Jana-loka.
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VaP 2 38.128
एवं देवेष्वतीतेषु महर्लोकाज्जनं प्रति। भूतादिष्ववशिष्टेषु स्थावरान्तेषु चाप्युत
evaṃ deveṣvatīteṣu maharlokājjanaṃ prati| bhūtādiṣvavaśiṣṭeṣu sthāvarānteṣu cāpyuta
Thus, when the gods have passed from the Mahar-loka toward the Jana(-loka), while the beings beginning with (the great elements) and ending with the immovable ones remain over,
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VaP 2 38.129
शून्येषु लोकस्थानेषु महान्तेषु भूरादिषु। देवेषु च गतेषूर्द्ध्वं सायोज्यं कल्पवासिनाम्
śūnyeṣu lokasthāneṣu mahānteṣu bhūrādiṣu| deveṣu ca gateṣūrddhvaṃ sāyojyaṃ kalpavāsinām
— when the stations of the worlds, the great ones beginning with Bhūr, are empty, and when the gods have gone upward to union with those who dwell for the kalpa,
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VaP 2 38.130
संहृत्य तांस्ततो ब्रह्मा देवर्षिपितृदानवान्। संस्थापयति वै सर्गं महदॄष्ट्या युगक्षये
saṃhṛtya tāṃstato brahmā devarṣipitṛdānavān| saṃsthāpayati vai sargaṃ mahadṝṣṭyā yugakṣaye
— then Brahmā, having withdrawn them, the gods, sages, fathers and dānavas, establishes the creation anew by his great vision at the passing away of the yuga.
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VaP 2 38.131
तत्र युगसहस्रान्तमहर्यर्द्ब्रह्मणो विदुः। रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तामहोरात्रविदो जनाः
tatra yugasahasrāntamaharyardbrahmaṇo viduḥ| rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāmahorātravido janāḥ
Therein, people who know the day and night (of Brahmā) know Brahmā's day to end with a thousand yugas, and his night to have a thousand yugas as its limit.
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VaP 2 38.132
नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिको यश्चैवात्यन्तिकोऽर्थतः। त्रिविधः सर्व्वभूतानामित्येष प्रतिसञ्चरः
naimittikaḥ prākṛtiko yaścaivātyantiko'rthataḥ| trividhaḥ sarvvabhūtānāmityeṣa pratisañcaraḥ
The occasional (naimittika), the material (prākṛtika), and that which is final (ātyantika) in the real sense — thus this reabsorption of all beings is of three kinds.
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VaP 2 38.133
ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिकस्तस्य कल्पदाहः प्रसंयमः। प्रतिसर्गे तु भूतानां प्राकृतः करणक्षयः
brāhmo naimittikastasya kalpadāhaḥ prasaṃyamaḥ| pratisarge tu bhūtānāṃ prākṛtaḥ karaṇakṣayaḥ
Of these, the occasional is Brahmā's: the burning of the kalpa is (that) restraint; but in the counter-creation of beings, the material one is the destruction of the instruments (of sense).
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VaP 2 38.134
ज्ञानाच्चात्यन्तिकः प्रोक्तः कारणानामसम्भवः । ततः संहृत्य तान् ब्रह्मा देवांस्त्रैलोक्यवासिनः
jñānāccātyantikaḥ proktaḥ kāraṇānāmasambhavaḥ | tataḥ saṃhṛtya tān brahmā devāṃstrailokyavāsinaḥ
And the final one is declared (to come) from knowledge: the non-arising of the causes. Then Brahmā, having withdrawn those gods who dwell in the triple world,
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VaP 2 38.135
अहरन्ते प्रकुरुते सर्गस्य प्रलयं पुनः। सुषुप्सुर्भगवान् ब्रह्मा प्रजाः संहरते तदा
aharante prakurute sargasya pralayaṃ punaḥ| suṣupsurbhagavān brahmā prajāḥ saṃharate tadā
At the end of (his) day he brings about once more the dissolution of creation; then the lord Brahmā, wishing to sleep, withdraws the creatures.
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VaP 2 38.136
ततो युगसहस्रान्ते संप्राप्ते च युगक्षये। तत्रात्मस्थाः प्रजाः कर्त्तुं प्रपेदे स प्रजापतिः
tato yugasahasrānte saṃprāpte ca yugakṣaye| tatrātmasthāḥ prajāḥ karttuṃ prapede sa prajāpatiḥ
Then, when a thousand yugas have run out and the destruction of the age has come, that Prajāpati set about making the creatures abide within himself.
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VaP 2 38.137
तदा भवत्यनावृष्टिस्तदा सा शत वार्षिकी। तथा यान्यल्पसाराणि सत्त्वानि पृथिवीतले
tadā bhavatyanāvṛṣṭistadā sā śata vārṣikī| tathā yānyalpasārāṇi sattvāni pṛthivītale
Then there comes a drought, that (drought) lasting a hundred years; and likewise those beings on the face of the earth that have little substance—
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VaP 2 38.138
तान्येवात्र प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च। सप्तरश्मिरथो भूत्वा ह्युदतिष्ठद्विभावसुः
tānyevātra pralīyante bhūmitvamupayānti ca| saptaraśmiratho bhūtvā hyudatiṣṭhadvibhāvasuḥ
—those very ones dissolve away here and pass into the state of earth. And the bright one (the sun) rose up, having become a chariot of seven rays.
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VaP 2 38.139
असह्यरश्मिर्भगवान् पिबन्नम्भो गभस्तिभिः। हरिता रश्मयस्तस्य दीप्यमानास्तु सप्तभिः
asahyaraśmirbhagavān pibannambho gabhastibhiḥ| haritā raśmayastasya dīpyamānāstu saptabhiḥ
The lord, whose rays are unbearable, drinking up the water with his beams: green are his rays, blazing with (their) seven (kinds).
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VaP 2 38.140
भूय एव विवर्तन्ते व्याप्नुवन्तो वनं शनैः। भौमं काष्ठं धनं तेजो भृशमद्भिस्तु दीप्यते
bhūya eva vivartante vyāpnuvanto vanaṃ śanaiḥ| bhaumaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ dhanaṃ tejo bhṛśamadbhistu dīpyate
Again they turn about, slowly spreading over the forest; the earthly wood, the mass (of fuel), the fire—it blazes intensely by means of the waters.
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VaP 2 38.141
तस्मादुदकं सूर्य्यस्य तपतोऽति हि कथ्यते। नावृष्ट्या तपते सूर्यो नावृष्ट्या परिविष्यते
tasmādudakaṃ sūryyasya tapato'ti hi kathyate| nāvṛṣṭyā tapate sūryo nāvṛṣṭyā pariviṣyate
Therefore water is said to be (the fuel) of the burning sun; the sun does not burn through drought, nor is it encircled through drought.
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VaP 2 38.142
नावृष्ट्या परिचिन्वन्ति वारिणा दीप्यते रविः। तस्मादपः पिबन् या वै दीप्यते रविरम्बरे
nāvṛṣṭyā paricinvanti vāriṇā dīpyate raviḥ| tasmādapaḥ piban yā vai dīpyate ravirambare
They do not gather (heat) through drought; by water the sun blazes; therefore, drinking up the waters, the sun blazes in the sky.
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VaP 2 38.143
तस्य ते रश्मयः सप्त पिबन्त्यम्भो महार्णवात्। तेनाहारेण सन्दीप्तः सूर्य्यः सप्त भवत्युत
tasya te raśmayaḥ sapta pibantyambho mahārṇavāt| tenāhāreṇa sandīptaḥ sūryyaḥ sapta bhavatyuta
Those seven rays of his drink up the water from the great ocean; kindled by that food, the sun becomes sevenfold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.144
ततस्ते रश्मयः सप्त सूर्य्यभूताश्चतुर्दिशम्। चतुर्लोकमिमं सर्वं दहन्ति शिखिनस्तदा
tataste raśmayaḥ sapta sūryyabhūtāścaturdiśam| caturlokamimaṃ sarvaṃ dahanti śikhinastadā
Then those seven rays, having become suns, flaming, burn up this whole fourfold world on all four sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.145
प्राप्नुवन्ति च भाभिस्तु ह्यूर्द्धं चाधश्च रश्मिभिः। दीप्यन्ते भास्कराः सप्त युगान्ताग्निः प्रतापिनः
prāpnuvanti ca bhābhistu hyūrddhaṃ cādhaśca raśmibhiḥ| dīpyante bhāskarāḥ sapta yugāntāgniḥ pratāpinaḥ
And with their lights and rays they reach both upward and downward; the seven sun-makers blaze, scorching like the fire at the end of the age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.146
ते वारिणा च संदीप्ता बहुसाहस्ररश्मयः। खं समावृत्य तिष्ठन्ति निर्दहन्तो वसुन्धराम्
te vāriṇā ca saṃdīptā bahusāhasraraśmayaḥ| khaṃ samāvṛtya tiṣṭhanti nirdahanto vasundharām
Kindled by the water, with their many thousands of rays, they stand covering the sky, burning up the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.147
ततस्तेषां प्रतापेन दह्यमाना वसुन्धरा। साद्रिनद्यर्णवा पृथ्वी विस्नेहा समपद्यत
tatasteṣāṃ pratāpena dahyamānā vasundharā| sādrinadyarṇavā pṛthvī visnehā samapadyata
Then the earth, being burnt by their scorching, the earth with its mountains, rivers and oceans, became devoid of moisture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.148
दीप्ताभिः सन्तताभिश्च चित्राभिश्च समन्ततः। अधश्चोर्ध्वश्च तिर्यक् च संरुद्धं सूर्यरश्मिभिः
dīptābhiḥ santatābhiśca citrābhiśca samantataḥ| adhaścordhvaśca tiryak ca saṃruddhaṃ sūryaraśmibhiḥ
By the sun's rays—blazing, unbroken and many-hued—everything on every side, below and above and across, was hemmed in.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.149
सूर्य्यग्नीनां प्रवृद्धानां संसृष्टानां परस्परम्। एकत्वमुपयातानामेकज्वालं भवत्युत
sūryyagnīnāṃ pravṛddhānāṃ saṃsṛṣṭānāṃ parasparam| ekatvamupayātānāmekajvālaṃ bhavatyuta
When the sun-fires have grown great, have been mingled with one another and have come to be one, there arises a single flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.150
सर्वलोकप्रणाशञ्च सोऽग्निर्भूत्वा तु मण्डली। चतुर्लोकमिदं सर्वं निर्दहत्याशु तेजसा
sarvalokapraṇāśañca so'gnirbhūtvā tu maṇḍalī| caturlokamidaṃ sarvaṃ nirdahatyāśu tejasā
And that fire, becoming a disc, the destruction of all the worlds, swiftly burns up with its heat this whole fourfold world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.151
ततः प्रलीयते सर्व्वं जङ्गमं स्थावरं तदा। निर्वृक्षा निस्तृणा भूमिः कूर्मपृष्ठसमा भवेत्
tataḥ pralīyate sarvvaṃ jaṅgamaṃ sthāvaraṃ tadā| nirvṛkṣā nistṛṇā bhūmiḥ kūrmapṛṣṭhasamā bhavet
Then all that moves and all that stands still dissolves away; the earth, without trees and without grass, becomes level like a tortoise's back.
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VaP 2 38.152
अम्बरीषमिवाभाति सर्वं मारिषितं जगत्। सर्वमेव तदार्चिर्भिः पूर्णं जज्वाल्यते नभः
ambarīṣamivābhāti sarvaṃ māriṣitaṃ jagat| sarvameva tadārcirbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ jajvālyate nabhaḥ
The whole world, roasted, looks like a frying-pan; the whole sky, filled with flames, is set ablaze.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.153
पाताले यानि भूतानि महोतधिगतानि च । ततस्तानि प्रलीयन्ते भूमित्वमुपयान्ति च
pātāle yāni bhūtāni mahotadhigatāni ca | tatastāni pralīyante bhūmitvamupayānti ca
The beings that are in Pātāla and those that are in the great ocean—then those dissolve away and pass into the state of earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.154
द्वीपाश्च पर्वताश्चैव वर्षाण्यथ महोदधिः। सर्व्वं तद्भस्मसाच्चक्रे सर्व्वात्मा पावकस्तु सः
dvīpāśca parvatāścaiva varṣāṇyatha mahodadhiḥ| sarvvaṃ tadbhasmasāccakre sarvvātmā pāvakastu saḥ
The islands and the mountains, the continents and the great ocean—all that the fire, the self of all, reduced to ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.155
समुद्रेभ्यो नदीभ्यश्च पातालेभ्यश्च सर्वतः। पिबन्नपः समिद्धोऽग्निः पृथिवीमाश्रितो ज्वलन्
samudrebhyo nadībhyaśca pātālebhyaśca sarvataḥ| pibannapaḥ samiddho'gniḥ pṛthivīmāśrito jvalan
From the oceans and from the rivers and from the underworlds, on every side, the blazing fire, drinking up the waters, burns, having taken hold of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.156
ततः संवर्त्तकः शैलानतिक्रम्य महांस्तथा। लोकान् संहरते दीप्तो घोरः संवर्त्तकोऽनलः
tataḥ saṃvarttakaḥ śailānatikramya mahāṃstathā| lokān saṃharate dīpto ghoraḥ saṃvarttako'nalaḥ
Then the great Saṃvartaka, having passed over the mountains, gathers in the worlds — the blazing, dreadful Saṃvartaka fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.157
ततः स पृथिवीं भित्त्वा रसातलमशोषयत्। निर्दह्य तांस्तु पातालान्नागलोकमथादहत्
tataḥ sa pṛthivīṃ bhittvā rasātalamaśoṣayat| nirdahya tāṃstu pātālānnāgalokamathādahat
Then, having split open the earth, it dried up Rasātala; and having burned up those underworlds, it next burned the world of the Nāgas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.158
अधस्तात्पृथिवीं दग्ध्वा ह्यूर्द्ध्वं स दहते दिवम्। योजनानां सहस्राणि ह्ययुतान्यर्बुदानि च
adhastātpṛthivīṃ dagdhvā hyūrddhvaṃ sa dahate divam| yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi hyayutānyarbudāni ca
Having burned the earth below, it burns heaven above — thousands, indeed tens of thousands and hundreds of millions of yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.159
उदतिष्ठञ्छिखास्तस्य बह्वयः संवर्त्तकस्य तु। गन्धर्वांश्च पिशाचांश्च समहोरगराक्षसान् । तदा दहति सन्दीप्तो गोलकं चैव सर्व्वशः
udatiṣṭhañchikhāstasya bahvayaḥ saṃvarttakasya tu| gandharvāṃśca piśācāṃśca samahoragarākṣasān | tadā dahati sandīpto golakaṃ caiva sarvvaśaḥ
Many flames of that Saṃvartaka rose up; and then, blazing, it burns the Gandharvas, the Piśācas together with the great serpents and the Rākṣasas, and the whole globe on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.160
भूर्लोकन्तु भुवर्लोकं स्वर्लोकञ्च महस्तथा। घोरं दहति कालाग्निरेवं लोकचतुष्टयम्
bhūrlokantu bhuvarlokaṃ svarlokañca mahastathā| ghoraṃ dahati kālāgnirevaṃ lokacatuṣṭayam
The fire of time dreadfully burns Bhūrloka, Bhuvarloka, Svarloka and likewise Mahas — thus the fourfold set of worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.161
व्याप्तेषु तेषु लोकेषु तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वमथाग्निना। तत्तेजः समनुप्राप्तं कृत्स्नं जगदिदं शनैः। अयोगुडनिभं सर्व्वं तदा ह्येवं प्रकाशते
vyāpteṣu teṣu lokeṣu tiryagūrddhvamathāgninā| tattejaḥ samanuprāptaṃ kṛtsnaṃ jagadidaṃ śanaiḥ| ayoguḍanibhaṃ sarvvaṃ tadā hyevaṃ prakāśate
When those worlds have been pervaded by the fire crosswise and upward, that heat gradually reaches this entire universe; then everything appears thus, like a ball of iron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.162
ततो गजकुलाकारास्तडिद्भि समलंकृताः। उत्तिष्ठन्ति तदा घोरा व्योम्नि संवर्त्तका घनाः
tato gajakulākārāstaḍidbhi samalaṃkṛtāḥ| uttiṣṭhanti tadā ghorā vyomni saṃvarttakā ghanāḥ
Then dreadful Saṃvartaka clouds, shaped like herds of elephants and adorned with lightning-flashes, rise up in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.163
केचिन्नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित्कुमुदसन्निभाः। केचिद्वैढूर्यसंकाशा इन्द्रनीलनिभाऽपरे
kecinnīlotpalaśyāmāḥ kecitkumudasannibhāḥ| kecidvaiḍhūryasaṃkāśā indranīlanibhā'pare
Some are dark as blue lotuses, some resemble white water-lilies, some look like beryl, and others like sapphire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.164
शङ्खकुन्दनिभाश्चान्ये जात्यञ्जननिभास्तथा । धूम्र वर्णा घनाः केचित्केचित्पीताः पयोधराः
śaṅkhakundanibhāścānye jātyañjananibhāstathā | dhūmra varṇā ghanāḥ kecitkecitpītāḥ payodharāḥ
Others are like conch-shells and jasmine, and some like fine collyrium; some clouds are smoke-coloured, and some rain-bearers are yellow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.165
केचिद्रासभवर्णाभा लाक्षारक्तनिभास्तथा। मनःशिलाभास्त्वपरे कपोताभास्तथाम्बुदाः
kecidrāsabhavarṇābhā lākṣāraktanibhāstathā| manaḥśilābhāstvapare kapotābhāstathāmbudāḥ
Some have the colour of a donkey, and some resemble the red of lac; others look like realgar, and some clouds like doves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.166
इन्द्रगोपनिभाः केचिदुत्तिष्ठन्ति घना दिवि। केचित्पुरधराकाराः केचिद्गजकुलोपमाः
indragopanibhāḥ keciduttiṣṭhanti ghanā divi| kecitpuradharākārāḥ kecidgajakulopamāḥ
Some clouds resembling cochineal insects rise up in the sky; some have the shape of a city('s ramparts), some are like herds of elephants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.167
के चित्पर्वतसंकाशाः केचित्स्थलनिभा घनाः। कुण्डागारनिभाः केचित्केचिन्मीनकुलोपमाः
ke citparvatasaṃkāśāḥ kecitsthalanibhā ghanāḥ| kuṇḍāgāranibhāḥ kecitkecinmīnakulopamāḥ
Some clouds look like mountains, some like dry land, some like fire-pit chambers, some like shoals of fish.
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VaP 2 38.168
बहुरूपा घोररूपा घोरस्वरनिनादिनः। तदा जलधराः सर्वे पूरयन्ति नभःस्थलम्
bahurūpā ghorarūpā ghorasvaraninādinaḥ| tadā jaladharāḥ sarve pūrayanti nabhaḥsthalam
Of many forms, of dreadful form, roaring with a dreadful sound, all the rain-clouds then fill the expanse of the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.169
ततस्ते जलदा घोरा नवीना भास्करात्मिकाः। सप्तधा संवृतात्मानस्तमग्निं शमयन्त्युत
tataste jaladā ghorā navīnā bhāskarātmikāḥ| saptadhā saṃvṛtātmānastamagniṃ śamayantyuta
Then those dreadful clouds, newly formed, having the sun's nature, their bodies massed sevenfold, quench that fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.170
ततस्ते जलदा वर्षं मुञ्चन्ति च महोद्यमम्। सुघोरमशिवं सर्व्वं नाशयन्ति च पावकम्
tataste jaladā varṣaṃ muñcanti ca mahodyamam| sughoramaśivaṃ sarvvaṃ nāśayanti ca pāvakam
Then those clouds release rain with great effort, and destroy the whole dreadful, inauspicious fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.171
प्रवृष्टैश्च तथात्यर्थं वारिभिः पूर्य्यते जगत्। अद्भिस्तेजोऽभिभूतञ्च तदाग्निः प्राविशत्यपः
pravṛṣṭaiśca tathātyarthaṃ vāribhiḥ pūryyate jagat| adbhistejo'bhibhūtañca tadāgniḥ prāviśatyapaḥ
And by the waters raining down thus excessively the world is filled; and the heat being overcome by the waters, the fire then enters the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.172
नष्टे चाग्नौ वर्षशते पयोदाः पाकसम्भवाः। प्लावयन्ति जगत्सर्वं बृहज्जालपरिस्रवैः
naṣṭe cāgnau varṣaśate payodāḥ pākasambhavāḥ| plāvayanti jagatsarvaṃ bṛhajjālaparisravaiḥ
And when the fire has perished, for a hundred years clouds born of the cooking (of the world) flood the whole world with the streamings of their great net (of rain).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.173
धाराभिः पूरयन्तीमं चोद्यमानाः स्वयम्भुवा। अन्ये तु सलिलौघैस्तु वेलामभिभवन्त्यपि। साद्रिर्द्वीपान्तरं पृथ्वी ह्यद्भिः संछाद्यते तदा
dhārābhiḥ pūrayantīmaṃ codyamānāḥ svayambhuvā| anye tu salilaughaistu velāmabhibhavantyapi| sādrirdvīpāntaraṃ pṛthvī hyadbhiḥ saṃchādyate tadā
Urged on by the Self-existent, they fill this (world) with torrents; and others with floods of water overwhelm even the shore-line; then the earth with its mountains and the interiors of its continents is covered over by the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.174
तस्य वृष्ट्या च तोयं तत्सर्व्वं हि परिमण्डितम्। प्रविशत्युदधौ विप्राः पीतं सूर्य्यस्य रश्मिभिः
tasya vṛṣṭyā ca toyaṃ tatsarvvaṃ hi parimaṇḍitam| praviśatyudadhau viprāḥ pītaṃ sūryyasya raśmibhiḥ
And by its rain all that water is completely encircled; drunk up by the rays of the sun, O brahmins, it enters the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.175
आदित्यरश्मिभिः पीतं जलमभ्रेषु तिष्ठति। पुनः पतति तद्भूमौ तेन पूर्य्यन्ति चार्णवाः
ādityaraśmibhiḥ pītaṃ jalamabhreṣu tiṣṭhati| punaḥ patati tadbhūmau tena pūryyanti cārṇavāḥ
The water drunk up by the sun's rays remains in the clouds; it falls again upon the earth, and by it the oceans are filled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.176
ततः समुद्राः स्वां वेलां परिक्रामन्ति सर्व्वशः। पर्व्वताश्च विशीर्य्यन्ते मही चाप्सु निमज्जति
tataḥ samudrāḥ svāṃ velāṃ parikrāmanti sarvvaśaḥ| parvvatāśca viśīryyante mahī cāpsu nimajjati
Then the seas overflow their shoreline on every side, the mountains break apart, and the earth sinks down into the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.177
ततस्तु सहसोद्भ्रान्तः पयोदांस्तान्नभस्तले। संवेष्टयति घोरात्मा दिवि वायुः समन्ततः
tatastu sahasodbhrāntaḥ payodāṃstānnabhastale| saṃveṣṭayati ghorātmā divi vāyuḥ samantataḥ
Then the wind, of terrible nature, suddenly rushing up in the sky, wraps together those rain-clouds in the vault of heaven on all sides.
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VaP 2 38.178
तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे घोरे नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे। पूर्णे युगसहस्रे वै निःशेषः कल्प उच्यते
tasminnekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame| pūrṇe yugasahasre vai niḥśeṣaḥ kalpa ucyate
When (all is) that one dreadful ocean and the moving and unmoving have perished, when the thousand of yugas is complete, that is called the kalpa without remainder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.179
अथाम्भसा वृते लोके प्राहुरेकार्णवं बुधाः। अथ भूमितलं खञ्च वायुश्चैकार्णवे तदा। नष्टे भावेऽवलीनं तत्प्राज्ञायत न किञ्चन
athāmbhasā vṛte loke prāhurekārṇavaṃ budhāḥ| atha bhūmitalaṃ khañca vāyuścaikārṇave tadā| naṣṭe bhāve'valīnaṃ tatprājñāyata na kiñcana
Now when the world is covered by water, the wise call it 'one ocean'; and then the surface of the earth, and space, and the wind (are) in that one ocean; when being (bhāva) had perished and dissolved away, nothing at all could be discerned.
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VaP 2 38.180
पार्थिवास्त्वथ सामुद्रा आपो हैमाश्च सर्व्वशः। प्रसरन्त्यो व्रजन्त्येकं सलिलाख्यां भजन्त्युत
pārthivāstvatha sāmudrā āpo haimāśca sarvvaśaḥ| prasarantyo vrajantyekaṃ salilākhyāṃ bhajantyuta
Then the earthly waters and those of the sea and the snow-waters, all of them, spreading out, go to one (state) and take on the name 'salila'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.181
आगतागतिकं चैव तदा तत्सलिलं स्मृतम्। प्रच्छाद्य तिष्ठति महीमर्णवाख्यं च तज्जलम्
āgatāgatikaṃ caiva tadā tatsalilaṃ smṛtam| pracchādya tiṣṭhati mahīmarṇavākhyaṃ ca tajjalam
That water is then remembered as 'that which comes and goes' (āgatāgatika); and that water, covering the earth, stands (there) under the name 'arṇava'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.182
आभान्ति यस्मात्ता भाभिर्भाशब्दव्याप्तिदीप्तिषु। भस्म सर्व्वमनुप्राप्य तस्मादम्भो निरुच्यते
ābhānti yasmāttā bhābhirbhāśabdavyāptidīptiṣu| bhasma sarvvamanuprāpya tasmādambho nirucyate
Because they shine (ābhānti) with radiances — the root bhā being in the senses of 'pervasion' and 'shining' — and having reached everything (that has become) ash, therefore it is called ambhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.183
नानात्वे चैव शीघ्रे च धातुर्वै अर उच्यते। एकार्णवे तदा यो वै न शीघ्रास्तेन ता नराः
nānātve caiva śīghre ca dhāturvai ara ucyate| ekārṇave tadā yo vai na śīghrāstena tā narāḥ
In the senses of 'multiplicity' and of 'swift', the verbal element 'ara' is spoken of; then, in the one ocean, since they are not swift, those (waters are so named) by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.184
तस्मिन् युगसहस्रान्ते दिवसे ब्रह्मणो गते। तावन्तं कालमेवं तु भवत्येकार्णवं जगत्। तदा तु सर्व्वव्यापारा निवर्त्तन्ते प्रजापतेः
tasmin yugasahasrānte divase brahmaṇo gate| tāvantaṃ kālamevaṃ tu bhavatyekārṇavaṃ jagat| tadā tu sarvvavyāpārā nivarttante prajāpateḥ
When that day of Brahmā, ending with the thousand of yugas, has passed, for just so long a time the world remains one ocean; and then all the activities of Prajāpati cease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.185
एवमेकार्णवे तस्मिन्नष्टे स्थावर जङ्गमे। तदा स भवति ब्रह्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात्
evamekārṇave tasminnaṣṭe sthāvara jaṅgame| tadā sa bhavati brahmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt
Thus, when (all is) that one ocean and the moving and unmoving have perished, then he becomes Brahmā, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.186
सहस्रशीर्षा सुमनाः सहस्रपात् सहस्रचक्षुर्वदनः सहस्रवाक्। सहस्रबाहुः प्रथमः प्रजापतिस्त्रीयपथे यः पुरुषो निरुच्यते
sahasraśīrṣā sumanāḥ sahasrapāt sahasracakṣurvadanaḥ sahasravāk| sahasrabāhuḥ prathamaḥ prajāpatistrīyapathe yaḥ puruṣo nirucyate
Thousand-headed, well-minded, thousand-footed, thousand-eyed and thousand-faced, of a thousand voices, thousand-armed, the first Prajāpati, who on the third path is called Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.187
आदित्यवर्णो भुवनस्य गोप्ता ह्यपूर्व्व एकः प्रथमस्तुराषाट् । हिरण्यगर्भः पुरुषो महान् वै संपद्यते वै तमसः परस्तात्
ādityavarṇo bhuvanasya goptā hyapūrvva ekaḥ prathamasturāṣāṭ | hiraṇyagarbhaḥ puruṣo mahān vai saṃpadyate vai tamasaḥ parastāt
Sun-coloured, guardian of the world, without a predecessor, one, the first, the overpowering one — Hiraṇyagarbha, the great Puruṣa, comes into being beyond the darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.188
चतुर्युगसहस्रान्ते सर्वतः सलिलप्लुते। सुषुप्सुरप्रकाशां स्वां रात्रिं तु कुरुते प्रभुः
caturyugasahasrānte sarvataḥ salilaplute| suṣupsuraprakāśāṃ svāṃ rātriṃ tu kurute prabhuḥ
At the end of the thousand of four-yuga (periods), when all is flooded with water, the Lord, wishing to sleep, makes his own lightless night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.189
चतुर्विधा यदा शेते प्रजाः सर्व्वाण्डमण्डिताः। पश्यन्ते तं महात्मानं कालं सप्त महर्षयः
caturvidhā yadā śete prajāḥ sarvvāṇḍamaṇḍitāḥ| paśyante taṃ mahātmānaṃ kālaṃ sapta maharṣayaḥ
When the fourfold creatures, encompassed within the whole egg, lie (asleep), the seven great seers behold that great-souled Time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.190
जनलोकविवर्त्तन्तस्तपसा लब्धचक्षुषः। भृग्वादयो महात्मानः पूर्व्वे व्याख्यातलक्षणाः
janalokavivarttantastapasā labdhacakṣuṣaḥ| bhṛgvādayo mahātmānaḥ pūrvve vyākhyātalakṣaṇāḥ
Abiding in the Janaloka, having gained (their) eye through austerity, the great-souled ones beginning with Bhṛgu, whose marks were described before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.191
सत्यादीन् सप्तलोकान् वै ते हि पश्यन्ति चक्षुषा। ब्रह्माणं ते तु पश्यन्ति महाब्राह्मीषु रात्रिषु
satyādīn saptalokān vai te hi paśyanti cakṣuṣā| brahmāṇaṃ te tu paśyanti mahābrāhmīṣu rātriṣu
With that eye they behold the seven worlds beginning with Satya; and they behold Brahmā during the great Brahmic nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.192
सप्तर्षयः प्रपश्यन्ति सप्तकालं स्वरात्रिषु। कल्पानां परमेष्ठित्वात्तस्मादाद्यः स पठ्यते
saptarṣayaḥ prapaśyanti saptakālaṃ svarātriṣu| kalpānāṃ parameṣṭhitvāttasmādādyaḥ sa paṭhyate
The seven seers behold sevenfold Time during his nights; because he is the highest-placed one of the kalpas, therefore he is declared the first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.193
स यष्टा सर्वभूतानां कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः। एवमावेशयित्वा तु स्वात्मन्येव प्रजापतिः
sa yaṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ| evamāveśayitvā tu svātmanyeva prajāpatiḥ
He is the sacrificer of all beings at the beginnings of the kalpas, again and again; and Prajāpati, having thus made (them) enter into his own self —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.194
अथात्मनि महातेजाः सर्वमादाय सर्वकृत्। ततस्ते वसते रात्रिं तमस्येकार्णवे जले
athātmani mahātejāḥ sarvamādāya sarvakṛt| tataste vasate rātriṃ tamasyekārṇave jale
— then the maker of all, of great splendour, taking everything into himself, thereafter dwells through the night in the darkness, in the water of the one ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.195
ततो रात्रिक्षये प्राप्ते प्रतिबुद्धः प्रजापतिः। मनः सिसृक्षया युक्तं सर्गाय निदधे पुनः
tato rātrikṣaye prāpte pratibuddhaḥ prajāpatiḥ| manaḥ sisṛkṣayā yuktaṃ sargāya nidadhe punaḥ
Then, when the end of the night arrived, Prajāpati, awakened, again set his mind, joined with the desire to create, upon creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.196
एवं सलोके निर्वृत्ते उपशान्ते प्रजापतौ। ब्रह्मनैमित्तिके तस्मिन् कल्पिते वै प्रसंयमे
evaṃ saloke nirvṛtte upaśānte prajāpatau| brahmanaimittike tasmin kalpite vai prasaṃyame
Thus, when the world together (with its inhabitants) has come to an end and Prajāpati has grown still, when that dissolution occasioned by Brahmā has been brought about,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.197
देहैर्वियोगः सत्वानां तस्मिन् वै कृत्स्नशः स्मृतः। ततो दग्धेषु भूतेषु सर्व्वेष्वादित्यरश्मिभिः। देवर्षिमनुवर्य्येषु तस्मिन् सङ्कलने तदा
dehairviyogaḥ satvānāṃ tasmin vai kṛtsnaśaḥ smṛtaḥ| tato dagdheṣu bhūteṣu sarvveṣvādityaraśmibhiḥ| devarṣimanuvaryyeṣu tasmin saṅkalane tadā
In that (dissolution) the separation of beings from their bodies is said to be complete. Then, when all the creatures have been burned up by the sun's rays — the gods, the seers and the foremost of the Manus (included) — at that time, in that gathering-up,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.198
गन्धर्वादीनि सत्वानि पिशाचान्तानि सर्व्वशः। कल्पादावप्रतप्तानि जनमेवाश्रयन्ति वै
gandharvādīni satvāni piśācāntāni sarvvaśaḥ| kalpādāvaprataptāni janamevāśrayanti vai
The beings beginning with the gandharvas and ending with the piśācas, all of them, being unscorched at the beginning of the kalpa, take refuge in Janaloka alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.199
तिर्यग्योनीनि सत्वानि नारकेयानि यान्यपि। तदा तान्यपि दग्धानि धुतपापानि सर्व्वशः। जने तान्युपपद्यन्ते यावत्संप्लवते जगत्
tiryagyonīni satvāni nārakeyāni yānyapi| tadā tānyapi dagdhāni dhutapāpāni sarvvaśaḥ| jane tānyupapadyante yāvatsaṃplavate jagat
Those beings that are of animal birth, and those that belong to the hells — then they too, being burned and having their evil shaken off completely, come to be among (the world of) men, for as long as the world is flooded over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.200
व्युष्टायान्तु रजन्यां तु ब्रह्मणेऽव्यक्तयोनये। जायन्ते हि पुनस्तानि सर्व्वभूतानि कृत्स्नशः
vyuṣṭāyāntu rajanyāṃ tu brahmaṇe'vyaktayonaye| jāyante hi punastāni sarvvabhūtāni kṛtsnaśaḥ
But when the night has passed, for Brahmā whose source is the unmanifest, all those beings are born again, every one of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.201
ऋषयो मनवो देवाः प्रजाः सर्व्वश्चतुर्विधाः। तेषामपीह सिद्धानां निधनोत्पत्तिरुच्यते
ṛṣayo manavo devāḥ prajāḥ sarvvaścaturvidhāḥ| teṣāmapīha siddhānāṃ nidhanotpattirucyate
The seers, the Manus, the gods, and all creatures — these four kinds; even of these, (though) accomplished, a passing away and a coming into being is spoken of here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.202
यथा सूर्यस्य लोकेऽस्मिन्नुदयास्तमनं स्मृतम्। तथा जन्मनिरोधश्च भूतानामिह दृश्यते
yathā sūryasya loke'sminnudayāstamanaṃ smṛtam| tathā janmanirodhaśca bhūtānāmiha dṛśyate
Just as in this world the rising and setting of the sun is recorded, so too the birth and cessation of beings is seen here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.203
आभूतसंप्लवात्तस्माद्भवः संसार उच्यते । यथा सर्व्वाणि भूतानि जायन्ते हि वर्षास्विह
ābhūtasaṃplavāttasmādbhavaḥ saṃsāra ucyate | yathā sarvvāṇi bhūtāni jāyante hi varṣāsviha
Therefore existence, lasting until the dissolution of (all) beings, is called saṃsāra; just as here all creatures are born in the rains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.204
स्थावरादीनि सत्त्वानि कल्पे कल्पे तथा प्रजाः। यथार्त्तावृतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्य्यये
sthāvarādīni sattvāni kalpe kalpe tathā prajāḥ| yathārttāvṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryyaye
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 2 38.205
दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा ब्रह्मात्तरात्रिषु । प्रत्याहारे च सर्गे च गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च
dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā brahmāttarātriṣu | pratyāhāre ca sarge ca gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca
Those very same ones are seen (again), and so too in the nights that fall between (the days) of Brahmā; in the withdrawal and in the emission (of the world alike), both the moving beings and the fixed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.206
निष्क्रमन्ते विशन्ते च प्रजाकारं प्रजापतिम्। ब्रह्माणं सर्वभूतानि महायोगं महेश्वरम्
niṣkramante viśante ca prajākāraṃ prajāpatim| brahmāṇaṃ sarvabhūtāni mahāyogaṃ maheśvaram
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 2 38.207
संस्रष्टा सर्वभूतानां कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः। व्यक्ता व्यक्तो महादेवस्तस्य सर्वमिदं जगत्
saṃsraṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ| vyaktā vyakto mahādevastasya sarvamidaṃ jagat
(He is) the creator of all beings, again and again at the beginnings of the kalpas; Mahādeva is (both) the manifester and the manifest, and all this world is his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.208
येनैव सृष्टाः प्रथमं प्रयाता आपो हि मार्गेण महीतलेऽस्मिन्। पूर्वप्रयातेन तथा ह्यपोऽन्यास्तेनैव तेनैव तु संव्रजन्ति
yenaiva sṛṣṭāḥ prathamaṃ prayātā āpo hi mārgeṇa mahītale'smin| pūrvaprayātena tathā hyapo'nyāstenaiva tenaiva tu saṃvrajanti
By whom the waters were first created, they went along a path on this surface of the earth; and by that path traversed before, other waters likewise travel along that very same one, that very same one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.209
यथा शूभेन त्वशुभेन चैव तत्रैव तत्रैव विवर्त्तमानाः। मर्त्यास्तु देहान्तरभावितत्त्वाद्रवेर्वशादूर्द्ध्वमधश्चरन्ति
yathā śūbhena tvaśubhena caiva tatraiva tatraiva vivarttamānāḥ| martyāstu dehāntarabhāvitattvādravervaśādūrddhvamadhaścaranti
Just as, by good and by bad (deeds), they keep turning back to that very same place, so mortals, since their nature is determined by (their) existence in another body, move upward and downward at the sun's behest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.210
ये चापि देवा मनवः प्रजेशा अन्येऽपि ये स्वर्गगताश्च सिद्धाः। सद्भाविताख्यातिवशाच्च धर्म्म्याः पुनर्निसर्गेण भवन्ति सत्त्वाः
ye cāpi devā manavaḥ prajeśā anye'pi ye svargagatāśca siddhāḥ| sadbhāvitākhyātivaśācca dharmmyāḥ punarnisargeṇa bhavanti sattvāḥ
And those who are gods, Manus, and lords of creatures, and those others, the Siddhas who have gone to heaven — righteous by the power of the declared (state) brought about by their goodness — these beings come into existence again at (the next) emission (of creation).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.211
अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि कालमाभूतसंप्लवम्। मन्वन्तराणि यानि स्युर्व्याख्यातानि मया द्विजाः। सह प्रज्ञानिसर्गेण सह देवैश्चतुर्द्दश
ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi kālamābhūtasaṃplavam| manvantarāṇi yāni syurvyākhyātāni mayā dvijāḥ| saha prajñānisargeṇa saha devaiścaturddaśa
Beyond this I shall declare the time up to the dissolution of (all) beings. The manvantaras that there are have been expounded by me, O twice-born ones — fourteen (of them), together with the creation of creatures and together with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 38.212
स युगाख्या सहस्रं तु सर्वाण्येवान्तराणि वै । अस्याः सहस्रे द्वे पूर्णे निःशेषः कल्प उच्यते
sa yugākhyā sahasraṃ tu sarvāṇyevāntarāṇi vai | asyāḥ sahasre dve pūrṇe niḥśeṣaḥ kalpa ucyate
All those intervals (the manvantaras) together amount to a thousand of what are called yugas; when two thousand of these are complete, the kalpa is said to be entire, with nothing left over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.213
एतद्ब्राह्ममहो ज्ञेयं तस्य संख्यां निबोधत। निमेषस्तुल्य मात्रा हि कृतो लघ्वक्षरेण तु
etadbrāhmamaho jñeyaṃ tasya saṃkhyāṃ nibodhata| nimeṣastulya mātrā hi kṛto laghvakṣareṇa tu
This is to be known as the day of Brahmā; learn now its reckoning. A nimeṣa (blink) is made of a measure equal to that of a short syllable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.214
मानुषाक्षिनिमेषास्तु काष्ठा पञ्चदश स्मृता। लवः क्षणास्तु पञ्चैव विंशत्काष्ठा तु ते त्रयः
mānuṣākṣinimeṣāstu kāṣṭhā pañcadaśa smṛtā| lavaḥ kṣaṇāstu pañcaiva viṃśatkāṣṭhā tu te trayaḥ
Fifteen blinks of a human eye are held to be one kāṣṭhā; a lava is five kṣaṇas, and three of those (make) twenty kāṣṭhās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.215
प्रस्थः सप्तोदकाश्चैव साधिकास्तु लवः स्मृतः। लवास्त्रिंशत्कला ज्ञेयै मुहूर्तस्त्रिंशतः कलाः
prasthaḥ saptodakāścaiva sādhikāstu lavaḥ smṛtaḥ| lavāstriṃśatkalā jñeyai muhūrtastriṃśataḥ kalāḥ
A prastha, and seven measures of water with something over, is called a lava; thirty lavas are to be known as a kalā, and a muhūrta as thirty kalās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 38.216
मुहूर्त्तास्तु पुनस्त्रिंशदहोरात्रमिति स्थितिः। अहोरात्रं कलानान्तु व्यधिकानि शतानि षट्
muhūrttāstu punastriṃśadahorātramiti sthitiḥ| ahorātraṃ kalānāntu vyadhikāni śatāni ṣaṭ
Thirty muhūrtas again make a day-and-night: such is the rule. And a day-and-night amounts to six hundred kalās and more.
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VaP 2 38.217
ताश्चैव संख्याया ज्ञेयं चन्द्रादित्यगतिर्यथा। निमेषा दश पञ्चैव काष्ठास्तास्त्रिंशतः कला
tāścaiva saṃkhyāyā jñeyaṃ candrādityagatiryathā| nimeṣā daśa pañcaiva kāṣṭhāstāstriṃśataḥ kalā
And by the counting of these is to be known how the motion of the moon and the sun goes. Fifteen nimeṣas (make) a kāṣṭhā; thirty of those (make) a kalā.
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VaP 2 38.218
त्रिंशत्कला मुहूर्त्तस्तु दशभागः कला स्मृता। चत्वारिंशत्कलानान्तु मुहूर्त्त इति संज्ञतः
triṃśatkalā muhūrttastu daśabhāgaḥ kalā smṛtā| catvāriṃśatkalānāntu muhūrtta iti saṃjñataḥ
Thirty kalās are a muhūrta; a kalā is held to be a tenth part. But (by another reckoning) forty kalās are designated a muhūrta.
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VaP 2 38.219
मुहूर्त्ताश्च लवाश्चापि प्रमाणज्ञैः प्रकल्पिताः। तत्स्थाने नाम्भसाश्चापि पलान्यथ त्रयोदश
muhūrttāśca lavāścāpi pramāṇajñaiḥ prakalpitāḥ| tatsthāne nāmbhasāścāpi palānyatha trayodaśa
Muhūrtas and also lavas have been fixed by those who know measures; and in place of that, thirteen palas of water.
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VaP 2 38.220
मागधेनैव मानेन जलप्रस्थो विधीयते। एते चाप्युदकप्रस्थाश्चत्वारो नालिको धटः
māgadhenaiva mānena jalaprastho vidhīyate| ete cāpyudakaprasthāścatvāro nāliko dhaṭaḥ
By the Magadha measure the water-prastha is laid down; and four of these water-prasthas (make) the nālika, the vessel.
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VaP 2 38.221
हेममाषैः कृतच्छिद्रै श्चतुर्भिश्चतुरङ्गुलैः. समाहनि च रात्रौ च मुहूर्त्तो वै द्विनालिकौ
hemamāṣaiḥ kṛtacchidrai ścaturbhiścaturaṅgulaiḥ. samāhani ca rātrau ca muhūrtto vai dvinālikau
With four holes made by (four) gold māṣas, four aṅgulas (in size); alike by day and by night, a muhūrta is two nālikas.
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VaP 2 38.222
रवेर्गतिविशेषेण सर्वेषु नृषु नित्यशः। अधिकं षट् शतं पञ्चैव काष्ठास्तास्त्रिंशतः कला
ravergativiśeṣeṇa sarveṣu nṛṣu nityaśaḥ| adhikaṃ ṣaṭ śataṃ pañcaiva kāṣṭhāstāstriṃśataḥ kalā
By the particular motion of the sun, constantly among all men: six hundred and five more (kalās); those kāṣṭhās, thirty of them, (make) a kalā.
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VaP 2 38.223
तदहर्मानुषं ज्ञेयं नाक्षत्रन्तु दशाधिकम्। सावनेन तु मासेन ह्यब्दोऽयं मानुषः स्मृतः
tadaharmānuṣaṃ jñeyaṃ nākṣatrantu daśādhikam| sāvanena tu māsena hyabdo'yaṃ mānuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
That day is to be known as the human one; the sidereal (day) is ten more. And by the sāvana month this human year is reckoned.
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VaP 2 38.224
एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रमिति शास्त्रविनिश्चयः। अह्नाऽनेन तु या संख्या मासर्त्वयनवार्षिकी
etaddivyamahorātramiti śāstraviniścayaḥ| ahnā'nena tu yā saṃkhyā māsartvayanavārṣikī
This is a divine day-and-night: such is the determination of the treatise. And by this day (is measured) the count that pertains to month, season, half-year and year.
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VaP 2 38.225
तदा बद्धमिदं ज्ञानं संज्ञा या ह्युपलक्ष्यताम्। कलानां सुपरीमाणात्काल इत्यभिधीयते
tadā baddhamidaṃ jñānaṃ saṃjñā yā hyupalakṣyatām| kalānāṃ suparīmāṇātkāla ityabhidhīyate
Then this knowledge is established; let the designation be marked. From the full measuring out of the kalās it is called kāla (time).
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VaP 2 38.226
यदहर्ब्रह्मणः प्रोक्तं दिव्या कोटी तु तत् स्मृत। शतानाञ्च सहस्राणि दशद्विगुणतानि च। नवतिञ्च सहस्राणि तथैवान्यानि यानि तु
yadaharbrahmaṇaḥ proktaṃ divyā koṭī tu tat smṛta| śatānāñca sahasrāṇi daśadviguṇatāni ca| navatiñca sahasrāṇi tathaivānyāni yāni tu
What is declared to be the day of Brahmā is reckoned as a crore of divine (years); and thousands of hundreds, and those doubled tenfold, and ninety thousand, and likewise the others that there are.
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VaP 2 38.227
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु ऋषयो विस्मयं परमाद्भुतम्। संस्थासम्भजनं ज्ञानमपृच्छन्नन्तरन्तदा
etacchrutvā tu ṛṣayo vismayaṃ paramādbhutam| saṃsthāsambhajanaṃ jñānamapṛcchannantarantadā
Having heard this, the sages (fell into) supreme and most marvellous astonishment; and then they asked about the knowledge concerning the distribution of the world's constitution.
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VaP 2 38.228
।।ऋषय ऊचुः ।। संप्लावनस्य कालन्तु मानुषेणैव सम्मतम्। मानेन श्रोतुमिच्छामः संक्षेपार्थपदाक्षरम्
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || saṃplāvanasya kālantu mānuṣeṇaiva sammatam| mānena śrotumicchāmaḥ saṃkṣepārthapadākṣaram
The sages said: But the time of the great flooding, as agreed in human (measure) — by that measure we wish to hear it, in brief, with its meaning in few words.
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VaP 2 38.229
तेषां श्रुत्वा स देवस्तु वायुर्लोकहिते रतः। संक्षेपाद्दिव्यचक्षुष्मान् प्रोवाच भगवान् प्रभुः
teṣāṃ śrutvā sa devastu vāyurlokahite rataḥ| saṃkṣepāddivyacakṣuṣmān provāca bhagavān prabhuḥ
Having heard them, that god Vāyu, devoted to the welfare of the worlds, possessed of divine sight, the lord and blessed one, spoke concisely.
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VaP 2 38.230
एते रात्र्यहनी पूर्वं कीर्त्तिते त्विह तौकिके। तासां सङ्ख्याय वर्षाग्रं ब्राह्यं वक्ष्याम्यहःक्षये
ete rātryahanī pūrvaṃ kīrttite tviha taukike| tāsāṃ saṅkhyāya varṣāgraṃ brāhyaṃ vakṣyāmyahaḥkṣaye
These night and day have been declared before as the worldly ones; having counted them up, I shall state the sum of years, Brahmā's, at the ending of the day.
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VaP 2 38.231
कोटिशतानि चत्वारि वर्षाणि मानुषाणि तु। द्वात्रिंशच्च तथा कोट्यः सङ्ख्याताः सङ्ख्यया द्विजैः
koṭiśatāni catvāri varṣāṇi mānuṣāṇi tu| dvātriṃśacca tathā koṭyaḥ saṅkhyātāḥ saṅkhyayā dvijaiḥ
Four hundred crore human years, and thirty-two crores besides, have been counted in the reckoning by the twice-born,
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VaP 2 38.232
तथा शतसहस्राणि एकोननवतिः पुनः। आशीतिश्च सहस्राणि एष कालः प्लवस्य तु
tathā śatasahasrāṇi ekonanavatiḥ punaḥ| āśītiśca sahasrāṇi eṣa kālaḥ plavasya tu
and further eighty-nine hundred thousand and eighty thousand: this is the time of the flood.
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VaP 2 38.233
मानुषाख्येण सङ्ख्यातः कालो ह्याभूतसंप्लवः। सप्त सूर्य्यास्तदाऽग्रेषु तदा लोकेषु तेषु वै
mānuṣākhyeṇa saṅkhyātaḥ kālo hyābhūtasaṃplavaḥ| sapta sūryyāstadā'greṣu tadā lokeṣu teṣu vai
So the time up to the flooding of (all) beings is counted in what is called human (measure). Then seven suns (appear) in front, then in those worlds,
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VaP 2 38.234
महाभूतेषु लीयन्ते प्रजाः सर्व्वाश्चतुर्विधाः । सलिलेनाप्लुते लोके नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे
mahābhūteṣu līyante prajāḥ sarvvāścaturvidhāḥ | salilenāplute loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame
all creatures of the four kinds dissolve into the great elements. When the world is flooded with water and the moving and unmoving have perished,
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VaP 2 38.235
विनिवृत्ते च संहारे उपशान्ते प्रजापतौ। निरालोके प्रदग्धे तु नैशेन तु समावृते । ईश्वराधिष्ठिते ह्यस्मिंस्तदा ह्येकार्णवे तदा
vinivṛtte ca saṃhāre upaśānte prajāpatau| nirāloke pradagdhe tu naiśena tu samāvṛte | īśvarādhiṣṭhite hyasmiṃstadā hyekārṇave tadā
And when the destruction has ceased, when Prajāpati has grown still — in (a world) without light, burnt away, wrapped round by night, this (all) being presided over by the Lord, then, when there is but one ocean —
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VaP 2 38.236
तावदेकार्णवो ज्ञेयो यावदासीदहः प्रभोः । रात्रिस्तु सलिलावस्था निवृत्तौ चाप्यहः समृतम्
tāvadekārṇavo jñeyo yāvadāsīdahaḥ prabhoḥ | rātristu salilāvasthā nivṛttau cāpyahaḥ samṛtam
The single-ocean (state) is to be known to last as long as the Lord's day lasted; the night is the watery condition, and at its cessation the day is declared (to begin).
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VaP 2 38.237
अहोरात्रस्तथैवास्य क्रमेण परिवर्त्तते। आभूतसंप्लवो ह्येष अहोरात्रः स्मृतः प्रभोः
ahorātrastathaivāsya krameṇa parivarttate| ābhūtasaṃplavo hyeṣa ahorātraḥ smṛtaḥ prabhoḥ
Thus his day and night revolve in turn; this dissolution of beings (ābhūtasaṃplava) is declared to be the Lord's day-and-night.
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VaP 2 38.238
त्रैलोक्ये यानि सत्वानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च। आभूतेभ्यः प्रलीयन्ते तस्मादाभूतसंप्लवः
trailokye yāni satvāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca| ābhūtebhyaḥ pralīyante tasmādābhūtasaṃplavaḥ
Whatever creatures there are in the three worlds, moving and fixed, they dissolve away into the elements (ābhūtas) — hence 'ābhūtasaṃplava.'
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VaP 2 38.239
अग्रे भूतः प्रजानान्तु तस्माद्भूतः प्रजापतिः। आभूतः प्लवते चैव तस्मादाभूतसंप्लवः
agre bhūtaḥ prajānāntu tasmādbhūtaḥ prajāpatiḥ| ābhūtaḥ plavate caiva tasmādābhūtasaṃplavaḥ
He came to be first among creatures, therefore Prajāpati is 'bhūta'; and the ābhūta floats — therefore 'ābhūtasaṃplava.'
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VaP 2 38.240
शाश्वते चामृतत्वे च शब्दे चाभूतसंप्लवः। अतीता वर्त्तमानाश्च तथैवानागताः प्रजाः। दिव्यसङ्ख्या प्रसङ्ख्याता ह्यपरार्धगुणीकृता
śāśvate cāmṛtatve ca śabde cābhūtasaṃplavaḥ| atītā varttamānāśca tathaivānāgatāḥ prajāḥ| divyasaṅkhyā prasaṅkhyātā hyaparārdhaguṇīkṛtā
And 'ābhūtasaṃplava' (applies) to the everlasting, to immortality, and to sound (or: to the word). The creatures past, present and likewise those to come — the divine reckoning has been reckoned out, multiplied by a parārdha.
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VaP 2 38.241
परार्धद्विगुणञ्चापि परमायुः प्रकीर्त्तितम्। एतावान् स्थितिकालस्तु ह्यजस्येह प्रजामतेः। स्थित्यन्ते प्रतिसर्गस्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
parārdhadviguṇañcāpi paramāyuḥ prakīrttitam| etāvān sthitikālastu hyajasyeha prajāmateḥ| sthityante pratisargasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
And the highest lifespan is proclaimed as twice a parārdha. So much is the duration here of the unborn one whose mind is on creatures; at the end of that duration comes the re-creation (pratisarga) of Brahmā, the supreme dweller.
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VaP 2 38.242
यथा वायुप्रवेगेन दीपार्चिरुपशाम्यति। तथैवं प्रतिसर्गेण ब्रह्मा समुपशाम्यति
yathā vāyupravegena dīpārcirupaśāmyati| tathaivaṃ pratisargeṇa brahmā samupaśāmyati
As the flame of a lamp is put out by a rush of wind, just so is Brahmā extinguished by the pratisarga (dissolution-and-recreation).
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VaP 2 38.243
तथा ह्यप्रतिसंसृष्टे महदादौ महेश्वरे ।। महत्प्रलीयतेऽव्यक्ते गुणसाम्यं ततो भवेत्
tathā hyapratisaṃsṛṣṭe mahadādau maheśvare || mahatpralīyate'vyakte guṇasāmyaṃ tato bhavet
So too, when the mahat and the rest are not re-emitted, (all resting) in Maheśvara, the mahat dissolves into the unmanifest, and thereupon there is equilibrium of the guṇas.
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VaP 2 38.244
इत्येष च समाख्यातो मया ह्याभूतसंप्लवः। ब्रह्मनैमित्तिको ह्येष संप्रक्षालनसंयमः
ityeṣa ca samākhyāto mayā hyābhūtasaṃplavaḥ| brahmanaimittiko hyeṣa saṃprakṣālanasaṃyamaḥ
So this dissolution of beings has been fully declared by me; this restraining, cleansing-away has Brahmā as its occasion.
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VaP 2 38.245
समासेन समाख्यातो भूयः किं वर्त्तयामि वः। य इदं धारयेन्नित्यं श्रृणुयाद्वाप्यभीक्ष्णशः । कीर्त्तनाच्छ्रवणाच्चापि महतीं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
samāsena samākhyāto bhūyaḥ kiṃ varttayāmi vaḥ| ya idaṃ dhārayennityaṃ śrṛṇuyādvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ | kīrttanācchravaṇāccāpi mahatīṃ siddhimāpnuyāt
It has been declared in brief; what more shall I recount to you? Whoever holds this (in mind) constantly, or hears it again and again, by reciting and by hearing would attain great accomplishment.
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