Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 39
VaP 2 39.1
वायुरुवाच।। असाधारणवृत्तैस्तु हुतशेषादिभिर्द्विजैः। धर्म्मवैशेषिकैश्चैव ह्याचूर्णसूक्ष्मदर्शिभिः
vāyuruvāca|| asādhāraṇavṛttaistu hutaśeṣādibhirdvijaiḥ| dharmmavaiśeṣikaiścaiva hyācūrṇasūkṣmadarśibhiḥ
Vāyu said: But by twice-born men of no ordinary conduct, living on the remnants of the oblation and the like, distinguished in dharma, seeing what is subtle down to the finest particle —
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VaP 2 39.2
ते देवैः सह तिष्ठन्ति महर्लोकनिवासिनः। चतुर्द्दशैते मनवः कीर्त्तिताः कीर्त्तिवर्धनाः
te devaiḥ saha tiṣṭhanti maharlokanivāsinaḥ| caturddaśaite manavaḥ kīrttitāḥ kīrttivardhanāḥ
They abide together with the gods, dwelling in Maharloka. These fourteen Manus have been proclaimed, increasers of renown.
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VaP 2 39.3
अतीता वर्त्तमानाश्च तथैवानागताश्च ये। ऋषिभि र्दैवतैश्चैव सह गन्धर्वराक्षसैः
atītā varttamānāśca tathaivānāgatāśca ye| ṛṣibhi rdaivataiścaiva saha gandharvarākṣasaiḥ
Those past, those present, and likewise those yet to come — along with the seers and the deities, together with gandharvas and rākṣasas —
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VaP 2 39.4
सर्व्वे ह्यपि क्रमातीता महर्लोकं समाश्रिताः। ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैर्धार्मिकैः सहितैः सुराः
sarvve hyapi kramātītā maharlokaṃ samāśritāḥ| brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyairdhārmikaiḥ sahitaiḥ surāḥ
all of them, having passed beyond in due order, have taken refuge in Maharloka: the gods, together with brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas who are righteous,
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VaP 2 39.5
सर्व्वे ह्यपि क्रमातीता महर्लोकं समाश्रिताः। ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैर्धार्मिकैः सहितैः सुराः
sarvve hyapi kramātītā maharlokaṃ samāśritāḥ| brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyairdhārmikaiḥ sahitaiḥ surāḥ
all of them, having passed beyond in due order, have taken refuge in Maharloka: the gods, together with brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas who are righteous,
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VaP 2 39.6
तैस्तथ्यकारिभिर्युक्तैः श्रद्धावद्भिरदर्पितैः। वर्णाश्रमाणां धर्म्मेषु श्रौतस्मार्त्तेषु संस्थितैः। विनिवृत्ताधिकारास्ते यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः
taistathyakāribhiryuktaiḥ śraddhāvadbhiradarpitaiḥ| varṇāśramāṇāṃ dharmmeṣu śrautasmārtteṣu saṃsthitaiḥ| vinivṛttādhikārāste yāvanmanvantarakṣayaḥ
together with those doers of what is true, disciplined, possessed of faith, free of arrogance, established in the dharmas of the classes and the stages of life, both śrauta and smārta — their office has ceased, until the destruction of the manvantara.
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VaP 2 39.7
।.ऋषय ऊचुः।। महर्लोकेति यत्प्रोक्तं मातरिश्वंस्त्वया विभो। प्रतिलोके च कर्त्तव्यमनेकैः समधिष्ठिताः
|.ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| maharloketi yatproktaṃ mātariśvaṃstvayā vibho| pratiloke ca karttavyamanekaiḥ samadhiṣṭhitāḥ
The seers said: As to what was said by you, O Mātariśvan, O mighty one, namely 'Maharloka' — and (as to) what is to be done in each world, presided over by many —
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VaP 2 39.8
यावन्तश्चैव ते लोका दह्यन्ते ये न तेप्रभो। एतन्नः कथय प्रीत्या त्वं हि वेत्थ यथा तथम्
yāvantaścaiva te lokā dahyante ye na teprabho| etannaḥ kathaya prītyā tvaṃ hi vettha yathā tatham
And how many are those worlds that are burnt, and which are those that are not, O Lord? Tell us this graciously, for you know it as it truly is.
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VaP 2 39.9
एवमुक्तस्ततो वायुर्मुनिभिर्विनयात्मभिः। प्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं यथातत्त्वेन तत्त्ववित्
evamuktastato vāyurmunibhirvinayātmabhiḥ| provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ yathātattvena tattvavit
Thus addressed by the sages, whose nature was modesty, Vāyu then spoke sweet words, in accordance with the truth, as one who knows the truth.
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VaP 2 39.10
वायुरुवाच।। चतुर्द्दशैव स्थानानि वर्णितानि महर्षिभिः। लोकाख्यानि तु यानि स्युर्येषु तिष्ठन्ति मानवाः
vāyuruvāca|| caturddaśaiva sthānāni varṇitāni maharṣibhiḥ| lokākhyāni tu yāni syuryeṣu tiṣṭhanti mānavāḥ
Vāyu said: Just fourteen places have been described by the great sages, those which are called "worlds," in which human beings dwell.
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VaP 2 39.11
सप्त तेषु कृतान्याहुरकृतानि तु सप्त वै। भूरादयस्तु सङ्ख्याताः सप्त लोकाः कृतास्त्विह
sapta teṣu kṛtānyāhurakṛtāni tu sapta vai| bhūrādayastu saṅkhyātāḥ sapta lokāḥ kṛtāstviha
Of these, seven they call "made" (created), and seven indeed "unmade"; the seven worlds beginning with Bhūr are here reckoned as the made ones.
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VaP 2 39.12
अकृतानि तु सप्तैव प्राकृतानि तु यानि वै। स्थानानि स्थानिभिः सार्द्धं कृतानि तु निबन्धनम्
akṛtāni tu saptaiva prākṛtāni tu yāni vai| sthānāni sthānibhiḥ sārddhaṃ kṛtāni tu nibandhanam
But the unmade are just seven, those which are primordial (prākṛta); the made places, together with those who dwell in them, are a bondage.
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VaP 2 39.13
पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च दिव्यं यच्च महः स्मृतम्। स्थानान्येतानि चत्वारि स्मृतान्यार्णवकानि च
pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca divyaṃ yacca mahaḥ smṛtam| sthānānyetāni catvāri smṛtānyārṇavakāni ca
The earth, the mid-region, what is called the heavenly (divya), and what is known as Mahas — these four places are also said to be liable to the flood (of the ocean).
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VaP 2 39.14
क्षयातिशययुक्तानि तथा युक्तानि वक्ष्यते। यानि नैमित्तिकानि स्युस्तिष्ठन्त्याभूतसंप्लवम्
kṣayātiśayayuktāni tathā yuktāni vakṣyate| yāni naimittikāni syustiṣṭhantyābhūtasaṃplavam
(They) are subject to decay and to increase; and thus, being so joined, it will be told: those which are occasional (naimittika) endure up to the dissolution of beings.
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VaP 2 39.15
जनस्तपश्च सत्यञ्च स्थानान्येतानि त्रीणि तु। ऐकान्तिकानि सत्त्वानि तिष्ठन्तीहाप्रसंयमात्
janastapaśca satyañca sthānānyetāni trīṇi tu| aikāntikāni sattvāni tiṣṭhantīhāprasaṃyamāt
Janas, Tapas, and Satya — these three places (are) absolute (aikāntika); (their) beings remain here until the great dissolution.
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VaP 2 39.16
व्यक्तानि तु प्रवक्ष्यामि स्थानान्येतानि सप्त वै। भूर्लोकः प्रथमस्तेषां द्वितीयस्तु भुवः स्मृतः
vyaktāni tu pravakṣyāmi sthānānyetāni sapta vai| bhūrlokaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ dvitīyastu bhuvaḥ smṛtaḥ
But I shall declare the manifest (worlds); these places are indeed seven. The first of them is Bhūrloka, and the second is known as Bhuvaḥ.
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VaP 2 39.17
स्वस्तृतीयस्तु विज्ञेयश्चतुर्थो वै महः स्मृतः। जनस्तु पञ्चमो लोकस्तपः षष्ठो विभाव्यते
svastṛtīyastu vijñeyaścaturtho vai mahaḥ smṛtaḥ| janastu pañcamo lokastapaḥ ṣaṣṭho vibhāvyate
The third is to be known as Svar, and the fourth is called Mahas; Janas is the fifth world, and Tapas is reckoned the sixth.
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VaP 2 39.18
सत्यन्तु सप्तमो लोको निरालोकस्ततः परम्। भूरिति व्याहृते पूर्वं भूर्लोकश्च ततोऽभवत्
satyantu saptamo loko nirālokastataḥ param| bhūriti vyāhṛte pūrvaṃ bhūrlokaśca tato'bhavat
Satya is the seventh world; beyond that there is no light. When "bhūr" was first uttered, thereupon Bhūrloka came to be.
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VaP 2 39.19
द्वितीयं भुव इत्युक्त अन्तरिक्षं ततोऽभवत्। तृतीयं स्वरितीत्युक्ते दिवं प्रादुर्बभूव ह
dvitīyaṃ bhuva ityukta antarikṣaṃ tato'bhavat| tṛtīyaṃ svaritītyukte divaṃ prādurbabhūva ha
The second, when "bhuvaḥ" was spoken, thereupon the mid-region came to be; when the third, "svar," was spoken, heaven indeed appeared.
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VaP 2 39.20
व्याहारैस्त्रिभिरेतैस्तु ब्रह्मलोकमकल्पयत्। ततो भूः पार्थिवो लोक अन्तरिक्षं ततोऽभवत्। तृतीयं स्वरितीत्युक्ते दिवं प्रादुर्बभूव ह
vyāhāraistribhiretaistu brahmalokamakalpayat| tato bhūḥ pārthivo loka antarikṣaṃ tato'bhavat| tṛtīyaṃ svaritītyukte divaṃ prādurbabhūva ha
By these three utterances he fashioned the world of Brahmā. Then Bhūḥ, the earthly world; thereupon the mid-region came to be; when the third, "svar," was spoken, heaven indeed appeared.
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VaP 2 39.21
स्वर्लोको वै दिवं ह्येतत्पुराणे निश्चयं गतम्। भूतस्याधिपतिश्चाग्निस्ततो भूतपतिः स्मृतः
svarloko vai divaṃ hyetatpurāṇe niścayaṃ gatam| bhūtasyādhipatiścāgnistato bhūtapatiḥ smṛtaḥ
Svarloka is indeed this heaven — that has been settled as certain in the Purāṇa. And Agni is the overlord of what has come to be (bhūta); hence he is called Bhūtapati.
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VaP 2 39.22
वायुर्भुवस्याधिपतिस्तेन वायुर्भुवपतिः। भव्यस्य सूर्योऽधिपतिस्तेन सूर्यो दिवस्पतिः
vāyurbhuvasyādhipatistena vāyurbhuvapatiḥ| bhavyasya sūryo'dhipatistena sūryo divaspatiḥ
Vāyu is the overlord of Bhuvaḥ; therefore Vāyu is Bhuvaspati. The sun is the overlord of what is to come (bhavya); therefore the sun is Divaspati.
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VaP 2 39.23
महेति व्याहृतेनैवं महर्लोकस्ततोऽभवत्। विनिवृत्ताधिकाराणां देवानां तत्र वै क्षयः
maheti vyāhṛtenaivaṃ maharlokastato'bhavat| vinivṛttādhikārāṇāṃ devānāṃ tatra vai kṣayaḥ
Thus, by the utterance "mahas," Maharloka thereupon came to be; there is the abode of the gods whose office has ceased.
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VaP 2 39.24
जनस्तु पञ्चमो लोकस्तस्माज्जायन्ति वै जनाः । तासां स्वायंभुवाद्यानां प्रजानां जननाज्जनः
janastu pañcamo lokastasmājjāyanti vai janāḥ | tāsāṃ svāyaṃbhuvādyānāṃ prajānāṃ jananājjanaḥ
Janas is the fifth world, for from it people (janāḥ) are born; it is Janas from the generating of those creatures beginning with Svāyambhuva.
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VaP 2 39.25
यास्ताः स्वायम्भुवाद्या हि पुरस्तात्परिकीर्त्तिताः। कल्पदग्धे तदा लोके प्रतिष्ठन्ति तदा तपः
yāstāḥ svāyambhuvādyā hi purastātparikīrttitāḥ| kalpadagdhe tadā loke pratiṣṭhanti tadā tapaḥ
Those beginning with Svāyambhuva who were proclaimed earlier — when the world is burnt at the end of the kalpa, they then abide in Tapas.
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VaP 2 39.26
ऋभुः सनत्कुमाराद्या यत्र सन्त्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः । तपसा भावितात्मानस्तत्र सन्तीति वा तपः
ṛbhuḥ sanatkumārādyā yatra santyūrddhvaretasaḥ | tapasā bhāvitātmānastatra santīti vā tapaḥ
Or it is Tapas because there dwell Ṛbhu, Sanatkumāra and the others, the celibates (upward-flowing in seed), whose selves are perfected by austerity — they exist there.
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VaP 2 39.27
सत्येति ब्रह्मणः शब्दः सत्तामात्रस्तु सः स्मृतः। ब्रह्मलोकस्ततः सत्यं सप्तमः स तु भास्करः
satyeti brahmaṇaḥ śabdaḥ sattāmātrastu saḥ smṛtaḥ| brahmalokastataḥ satyaṃ saptamaḥ sa tu bhāskaraḥ
"Satya" is a word for Brahman; it is understood as mere existence. Hence the world of Brahmā is Satya, the seventh; and it is luminous.
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VaP 2 39.28
गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा गुह्यकास्तु सराक्षसाः। सर्वभूतपिशाचाश्च नागाश्च सह मानुषैः। स्वर्लोकवासिनः सर्वे देवा भुविनिवासिनः
gandharvāpsaraso yakṣā guhyakāstu sarākṣasāḥ| sarvabhūtapiśācāśca nāgāśca saha mānuṣaiḥ| svarlokavāsinaḥ sarve devā bhuvinivāsinaḥ
Gandharvas, apsarases, yakṣas, guhyakas together with rākṣasas, all the bhūtas and piśācas, and the nāgas along with humans — all these dwelling in Svarloka; the gods dwelling in Bhuvaḥ.
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VaP 2 39.29
मरुतो मातरिश्वानो रुद्रा देवास्तथाश्विनौ। अनिकेतान्तरिक्षास्ते भुवर्लौक्या दिवौकसः
maruto mātariśvāno rudrā devāstathāśvinau| aniketāntarikṣāste bhuvarlaukyā divaukasaḥ
The Maruts, the Mātariśvans, the Rudra gods, and the two Aśvins — these, homeless, belonging to the mid-region, are of Bhuvarloka, dwellers of the sky.
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VaP 2 39.30
आदित्या ऋभवो विश्वे साध्याश्च पितरस्तथा। ऋषयोऽङ्गिरसश्चैव भुवर्ल्लोकं समाश्रिताः
ādityā ṛbhavo viśve sādhyāśca pitarastathā| ṛṣayo'ṅgirasaścaiva bhuvarllokaṃ samāśritāḥ
The Ādityas, the Ṛbhus, the Viśve (devas), the Sādhyas, and likewise the Fathers, and the seers, the Aṅgirases — these have taken their abode in the Bhuvar world.
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VaP 2 39.31
एते वैमानिका देवास्ताराग्रहनिवासिनः। इत्येते क्रमशः प्रोक्ता ब्रह्मव्याहारसम्भवाः
ete vaimānikā devāstārāgrahanivāsinaḥ| ityete kramaśaḥ proktā brahmavyāhārasambhavāḥ
These gods travel in celestial cars and dwell in the stars and planets. Thus have these been declared in order, arisen from the utterance of Brahmā.
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VaP 2 39.32
भूर्लोकप्रथमा लोका महदन्ताश्च ते स्मृताः। आरभ्यन्ते तु तन्मात्रैः शुद्धास्तेषां परस्परम्
bhūrlokaprathamā lokā mahadantāśca te smṛtāḥ| ārabhyante tu tanmātraiḥ śuddhāsteṣāṃ parasparam
The worlds beginning with Bhūrloka and ending with the Mahat (world) are so remembered; and they begin with the subtle elements (tanmātras), which are pure with respect to one another.
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VaP 2 39.33
शुक्राद्याश्चाक्षुषान्ताश्च ये व्यतीता भुवं श्रिताः। महर्लोकश्चतुर्थस्तु तस्मिंस्ते कल्पवासिनः
śukrādyāścākṣuṣāntāśca ye vyatītā bhuvaṃ śritāḥ| maharlokaścaturthastu tasmiṃste kalpavāsinaḥ
And those beginning with Śukra and ending with Cākṣuṣa, who have passed away, have resorted to the earth; but the fourth is the Mahar world, and in it they dwell for a kalpa.
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VaP 2 39.34
भूर्लोकप्रथमा लोका महदन्ताश्च ये स्मृताः। तान् सर्वान् सप्त सूर्यास्ते अर्च्चिर्भिर्निदहन्ति वै
bhūrlokaprathamā lokā mahadantāśca ye smṛtāḥ| tān sarvān sapta sūryāste arccirbhirnidahanti vai
The worlds beginning with Bhūrloka and ending with the Mahat (world) that are so remembered — all of these the seven suns burn up with their flames.
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VaP 2 39.35
मरीचिः कश्यपो दक्षस्तथा स्वायम्भुवोऽङ्गिराः । भृगुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुरित्येवमादयः
marīciḥ kaśyapo dakṣastathā svāyambhuvo'ṅgirāḥ | bhṛguḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kraturityevamādayaḥ
Marīci, Kaśyapa, Dakṣa, and likewise the self-existent (Svāyambhuva) Aṅgiras, Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu — these and such as these,
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VaP 2 39.36
प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे वर्त्तन्ते तत्र तैः सह। निःसत्त्वा निर्ममाश्चैव तत्र ते ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः
prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve varttante tatra taiḥ saha| niḥsattvā nirmamāścaiva tatra te hyūrddhvaretasaḥ
all the lords of creatures, dwell there together with them, devoid of (the guṇa of) sattva and free from the sense of 'mine'; indeed there they are of upward-flowing seed (celibate).
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VaP 2 39.37
ऋभुः सनत्कुमाराद्या वैराज्यास्ते तपोधनाः। मन्वन्तराणां सर्वेषां सावर्णानां ततः स्मृताः । चतुर्द्दशानां सर्वेषां पुनरावृत्तिहेतवः
ṛbhuḥ sanatkumārādyā vairājyāste tapodhanāḥ| manvantarāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ sāvarṇānāṃ tataḥ smṛtāḥ | caturddaśānāṃ sarveṣāṃ punarāvṛttihetavaḥ
Ṛbhu, Sanatkumāra and the rest, they of the Vairāja class, rich in ascetic power; they are thereafter remembered (as belonging) to all the manvantaras of the Sāvarṇas, to all fourteen, being the causes of (their) return again.
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VaP 2 39.38
योगं तपश्च सत्यञ्च समाधाय तदात्मनि। षष्ठे काले निवर्त्तन्ते तत्तदाहर्विपर्यये
yogaṃ tapaśca satyañca samādhāya tadātmani| ṣaṣṭhe kāle nivarttante tattadāharviparyaye
Having concentrated yoga, austerity, and truth in themselves, they return at the sixth period, at the reversal of that particular day.
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VaP 2 39.39
सत्यन्तु सप्तमो लोको ह्यपुनर्मार्गगामिनाम्। ब्रह्मलोकः समाख्यातो ह्यप्रतीघातलक्षणः
satyantu saptamo loko hyapunarmārgagāminām| brahmalokaḥ samākhyāto hyapratīghātalakṣaṇaḥ
But the seventh world is Satya, of those who go by the path of no-return; it is called the Brahmā world, characterized by unobstructedness.
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VaP 2 39.40
पर्यासपारिमाण्येन भूर्लोकः समितिः स्मृतः । भूम्यन्तरं यदादित्यादन्तरिक्षं भुवः स्मृतम्
paryāsapārimāṇyena bhūrlokaḥ samitiḥ smṛtaḥ | bhūmyantaraṃ yadādityādantarikṣaṃ bhuvaḥ smṛtam
By measure of circumference the Bhūr world is reckoned equal (to it); what lies between the earth and the sun is remembered as the mid-region, Bhuvaḥ.
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VaP 2 39.41
सूर्यध्रुवान्तरं यच्च स्वर्गलोको दिवः स्मृतः। ध्रुवाज्जनान्तरं यच्च महर्लोकस्तदुच्यते
sūryadhruvāntaraṃ yacca svargaloko divaḥ smṛtaḥ| dhruvājjanāntaraṃ yacca maharlokastaducyate
And what lies between the sun and Dhruva is remembered as Div, the world of heaven; and what lies between Dhruva and Jana is called the Mahar world.
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VaP 2 39.42
विख्याताः सप्तलोकास्तु तेषां वक्ष्यामि सिद्धयः। भूर्लोकवासिनः सर्वे ह्यन्नादास्तु रमात्मकाः
vikhyātāḥ saptalokāstu teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi siddhayaḥ| bhūrlokavāsinaḥ sarve hyannādāstu ramātmakāḥ
Thus the seven worlds are made known; I shall (now) tell of their attainments. All the dwellers in the Bhūr world are eaters of food and of a pleasure-loving nature.
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VaP 2 39.43
भुवे स्वर्गे च ये सर्वे सोमपा आज्यपाश्च ते। चतुर्थे येऽपि वर्त्तन्ते मह र्लोकं समाश्रिताः
bhuve svarge ca ye sarve somapā ājyapāśca te| caturthe ye'pi varttante maha rlokaṃ samāśritāḥ
All those who are in Bhuvaḥ and in heaven are drinkers of soma and drinkers of ghee; and those too who abide in the fourth, resorting to the Mahar world —
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VaP 2 39.44
विज्ञेया मानसी तेषां सिद्धिर्वै पञ्चलक्षणा। सद्यश्चोत्पद्यते तेषां मनसा सर्व्वमीप्सितम्
vijñeyā mānasī teṣāṃ siddhirvai pañcalakṣaṇā| sadyaścotpadyate teṣāṃ manasā sarvvamīpsitam
their attainment is to be known as mental, having five marks; and for them whatever is desired arises at once by thought alone.
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VaP 2 39.45
एते दैवा यजन्ते वै यज्ञैः सर्वैः परस्परम्। अतीतान् वर्तमानांश्च वर्त्तमानाननागतान्
ete daivā yajante vai yajñaiḥ sarvaiḥ parasparam| atītān vartamānāṃśca varttamānānanāgatān
These divine ones indeed worship one another with all sacrifices — the past (worshipping) the present, and the present the future.
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VaP 2 39.46
प्रथमानन्तरैरिष्ट्वा ह्यन्तराः साम्प्रतैः पुनः। निवर्त्ततीत्यासम्बन्धोऽतीते देवगणे ततः
prathamānantarairiṣṭvā hyantarāḥ sāmprataiḥ punaḥ| nivarttatītyāsambandho'tīte devagaṇe tataḥ
The first having sacrificed with the intermediate ones, the intermediate again with the present ones; (the succession) ceases, it is said, so there is no connection thereafter, when a class of gods has passed away.
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VaP 2 39.47
विनिवृत्ताधिकाराणां सिद्धिस्तेषान्तु मानसी। तेषान्तु मानसी ज्ञेया शुद्धा सिद्धिपरम्परा
vinivṛttādhikārāṇāṃ siddhisteṣāntu mānasī| teṣāntu mānasī jñeyā śuddhā siddhiparamparā
Of those whose office has ceased, their attainment is mental; theirs is to be known as the pure mental succession of attainments.
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VaP 2 39.48
उक्ता लोकाश्च चत्वारो जनस्यानुविधिस्तथा। समासेन मया विप्रा भूयस्तं वर्त्तयामि वः
uktā lokāśca catvāro janasyānuvidhistathā| samāsena mayā viprā bhūyastaṃ varttayāmi vaḥ
The four worlds have been described, and likewise the ordering of the Jana (world), in brief, by me, O brahmins; I shall set it forth for you again.
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VaP 2 39.49
वायुरुवाच।। मरीचिः कश्यपो दक्षो वसिष्ठश्चाङ्गिरा भृगुः। पुलस्त्यः पुलहश्चैव क्रतुरित्येवमादयः
vāyuruvāca|| marīciḥ kaśyapo dakṣo vasiṣṭhaścāṅgirā bhṛguḥ| pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva kraturityevamādayaḥ
Vāyu said: Marīci, Kaśyapa, Dakṣa, Vasiṣṭha, Aṅgiras, Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu — these and such as these,
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VaP 2 39.50
पूर्वं ते संप्रसूयन्ते ब्रह्मणो मनसा इह। ततः प्रजाः प्रतिष्ठाप्य जनमेवाश्रयन्ति ते
pūrvaṃ te saṃprasūyante brahmaṇo manasā iha| tataḥ prajāḥ pratiṣṭhāpya janamevāśrayanti te
First they are brought forth here from the mind of Brahmā; then, having established the creatures, they resort to the Jana (world).
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VaP 2 39.51
कल्पदाहप्रदीप्तेषु तदा कालेषु तेषु वै। भूरा दिषु महान्तेषु भृशं व्याप्तेष्वथाग्निना
kalpadāhapradīpteṣu tadā kāleṣu teṣu vai| bhūrā diṣu mahānteṣu bhṛśaṃ vyāpteṣvathāgninā
Then, at those times when (the worlds) are blazing with the conflagration of the kalpa, when the great (regions) beginning with the earth are utterly pervaded by fire —
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VaP 2 39.52
शिखा संवर्त्तका ज्ञेया प्राप्नुवन्ति सदा जनाः। यामादयो गणाः सर्वे महर्लोकनिवासिनः
śikhā saṃvarttakā jñeyā prāpnuvanti sadā janāḥ| yāmādayo gaṇāḥ sarve maharlokanivāsinaḥ
(Then) the flames are to be known as the Saṃvartaka (destroying) ones; the people always reach (them). All the hosts beginning with the Yāmas, who dwell in the Mahar world —
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VaP 2 39.53
महर्लोकेषु दीप्तेषु जनमेवाश्रयन्ति ते। सर्वे सूक्ष्मशरीरास्ते तत्रस्थास्तु भवन्ति ते
maharlokeṣu dīpteṣu janamevāśrayanti te| sarve sūkṣmaśarīrāste tatrasthāstu bhavanti te
When the Mahar worlds are ablaze, they resort to the Jana (world); all of them have subtle bodies, and abiding there they come to be (so).
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VaP 2 39.54
तेषां ते तुल्यसामर्थ्यास्तुल्यमूर्त्तिधरास्तथा । जन लोके विवर्त्तन्ते यावत्संप्लवते जगत्
teṣāṃ te tulyasāmarthyāstulyamūrttidharāstathā | jana loke vivarttante yāvatsaṃplavate jagat
They are of power equal to theirs and bear forms equal (to theirs); they revolve in the Jana world for as long as the world is flooded over.
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VaP 2 39.55
व्युष्टायान्तु रजन्यां वै ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तयोनिनः। अहरादौ प्रसूयन्ते पूर्ववत्क्रमशास्त्विह
vyuṣṭāyāntu rajanyāṃ vai brahmaṇo'vyaktayoninaḥ| aharādau prasūyante pūrvavatkramaśāstviha
But when the night of Brahmā, whose womb is the unmanifest, has passed away, at the beginning of the day they are brought forth here in order, as before.
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VaP 2 39.56
स्वायम्भुवादयः सर्वे मरीच्यन्तास्तु साधकाः। देवास्ते वै पुनस्तेषां जायन्ते निधनेष्विह
svāyambhuvādayaḥ sarve marīcyantāstu sādhakāḥ| devāste vai punasteṣāṃ jāyante nidhaneṣviha
All those adepts, beginning with the Self-born and ending with Marīci — they, the gods, are indeed born again here at (the times of) their destruction.
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VaP 2 39.58
यामादयः क्रमेणैव कनिष्ठाद्याः प्रजापतेः। पूर्वं पूर्वं प्रसूयन्ते पश्चिमे पश्चचिमास्तथा। देवान्वये देवता हि सप्त सम्भूतयः स्मृताः। व्यतीताः कल्यजास्तेषां तिस्रः शिष्टास्तथा परे
yāmādayaḥ krameṇaiva kaniṣṭhādyāḥ prajāpateḥ| pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ prasūyante paścime paścacimāstathā| devānvaye devatā hi sapta sambhūtayaḥ smṛtāḥ| vyatītāḥ kalyajāsteṣāṃ tisraḥ śiṣṭāstathā pare
The Yāmas and the rest, in order, beginning with the youngest of the Prajāpati; the earlier ones are brought forth earlier, and the later ones later. In the lineage of the gods, seven divine origins (sambhūtis) are recorded; of these, those born in (past) kalpas have gone by, and three remain, and (so) the others too.
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VaP 2 39.59
आवर्त्तमाना देवास्ते क्रमेणैते न सर्व्वशः। गत्वा जवन्तवीभावन्दशकृत्वः पुनः पुनः
āvarttamānā devāste krameṇaite na sarvvaśaḥ| gatvā javantavībhāvandaśakṛtvaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
These gods, revolving in due order and not all at once, having gone... again and again ten times.
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VaP 2 39.60
ततस्ते वै गणाः सर्व्वे दृष्ट्वा भावेष्वनित्यताम्। भाविनोऽर्थस्य च बलात् पुण्याख्यातिबलेन च
tataste vai gaṇāḥ sarvve dṛṣṭvā bhāveṣvanityatām| bhāvino'rthasya ca balāt puṇyākhyātibalena ca
Then all those hosts, having seen the impermanence in (all) states of being, and by the force of what was destined to be, and by the force of the (accumulated) merit ascribed (to them) —
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VaP 2 39.61
निवृत्तवृत्तयः सर्वे स्वस्थाः सुमनसस्तथा। वैराजे तूपपद्यन्ते लोकमुत्सृज्य तज्जनम्
nivṛttavṛttayaḥ sarve svasthāḥ sumanasastathā| vairāje tūpapadyante lokamutsṛjya tajjanam
All of them, their activity turned back, self-possessed and of good mind, are born in the Vairāja (world), having abandoned that Jana world.
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VaP 2 39.62
ततोऽन्येनैव कालेन नित्ययुक्तास्तपस्विनः। कथनाच्चैव धर्मस्य तेषां ते जज्ञिरेऽन्वये
tato'nyenaiva kālena nityayuktāstapasvinaḥ| kathanāccaiva dharmasya teṣāṃ te jajñire'nvaye
Then, after another period of time, being constantly disciplined ascetics, and through the teaching of dharma, they were born in the lineage of those (former ones).
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VaP 2 39.63
ईहोत्पन्नास्ततस्ते वै स्थाना आपूरयन्त्युत। देवत्वे च ऋषित्वे च मनुष्यन्वे च सर्वशः
īhotpannāstataste vai sthānā āpūrayantyuta| devatve ca ṛṣitve ca manuṣyanve ca sarvaśaḥ
Arisen here, they then indeed fill up the (various) stations: in godhood, in ṛṣi-hood, and in humanity, in every way.
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VaP 2 39.64
एवं देवगणाः सर्वे दशकृत्वो निवर्त्त्य वै। वैराजेषूपपन्नास्ते दश तिष्ठन्त्युपप्लवान्
evaṃ devagaṇāḥ sarve daśakṛtvo nivarttya vai| vairājeṣūpapannāste daśa tiṣṭhantyupaplavān
Thus all the hosts of gods, having turned back ten times, being born among the Vairājas, endure ten dissolutions.
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VaP 2 39.65
पूर्णे पूर्णे ततः कल्पे स्थित्वा वैराजके पुनः। ब्रह्मलोके विवर्त्तंते पूर्व्वपूर्व्वक्रमेण तु
pūrṇe pūrṇe tataḥ kalpe sthitvā vairājake punaḥ| brahmaloke vivarttaṃte pūrvvapūrvvakrameṇa tu
Then, when each kalpa is complete, having abided in the Vairāja (world), they again revolve in the Brahmā world, in the order of the earlier and earlier ones.
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VaP 2 39.66
एतस्मिन् ब्रह्मलोके तु कल्पे वैराजके गते। वैराजं पुनरप्येके कल्पस्थानमकल्पयन्
etasmin brahmaloke tu kalpe vairājake gate| vairājaṃ punarapyeke kalpasthānamakalpayan
But when this Vairāja kalpa in the Brahmā world has passed, some again fashioned the Vairāja as the station of the kalpa.
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VaP 2 39.67
एवं पूर्व्वानुपूर्व्येण ब्रह्मलोकगतेन वै। एवं तेषु व्यतीतेषु तपसा परिकल्पिते। वैराजे तूपपद्यन्ते दशकृत्वो निवर्त्तते
evaṃ pūrvvānupūrvyeṇa brahmalokagatena vai| evaṃ teṣu vyatīteṣu tapasā parikalpite| vairāje tūpapadyante daśakṛtvo nivarttate
Thus, in the order of the earlier and earlier, with the going to the Brahmā world; thus, when those have passed away, in the (world) fashioned by ascetic power — they are born in the Vairāja, and turn back ten times.
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VaP 2 39.68
एवं देवयुगानीह व्यतीतानि सहस्रशः। निधनं ब्रह्मलोके तु गतानामृषिभिः सह
evaṃ devayugānīha vyatītāni sahasraśaḥ| nidhanaṃ brahmaloke tu gatānāmṛṣibhiḥ saha
Thus thousands of divine ages have passed away here, and (thus) the destruction of those who, together with the ṛṣis, have gone to the Brahmā world.
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VaP 2 39.69
।।सूत उवाच।. न शक्यमानुपूर्वेण तेषां वक्तुं प्रविस्तरम्। अनादित्वाच्च कालस्य ह्यसं ख्यानाच्च सर्वशः। एवमेव न सन्देहो यथावत्कथितं मया
||sūta uvāca|. na śakyamānupūrveṇa teṣāṃ vaktuṃ pravistaram| anāditvācca kālasya hyasaṃ khyānācca sarvaśaḥ| evameva na sandeho yathāvatkathitaṃ mayā
Sūta said: It is not possible to speak of them in detail in due sequence, because time is without beginning and because it is altogether beyond counting. Just so — there is no doubt — it has been told by me as it is.
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VaP 2 39.70
तदुपश्रुत्य वाक्यार्थमृषयः संशयान्विताः। सूतमाहुः पुराणज्ञं व्यासशिष्यं महा मतिम्
tadupaśrutya vākyārthamṛṣayaḥ saṃśayānvitāḥ| sūtamāhuḥ purāṇajñaṃ vyāsaśiṣyaṃ mahā matim
Having heard the sense of that speech, the ṛṣis, filled with doubt, said to Sūta, the knower of the Purāṇas, the disciple of Vyāsa, the great-minded one:
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VaP 2 39.71
ऋषय ऊचुः।। वैराजास्ते यदाहारा यत्सत्त्वाश्च यदाश्रयाः। तिष्ठन्ति चैव यत्कालं तन्नो ब्रूहि यथातथम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| vairājāste yadāhārā yatsattvāśca yadāśrayāḥ| tiṣṭhanti caiva yatkālaṃ tanno brūhi yathātatham
The seers said: Those Vairāja (beings) — what is their food, what is their essence, what is their support, and for how long a time do they remain? Tell us that exactly as it is.
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VaP 2 39.72
तदुक्तमृषिभिर्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा लोकार्थतत्त्ववित्। सूतः पौराणिको वाक्यं विनयेनेदमब्रवीत्
taduktamṛṣibhirvākyaṃ śrutvā lokārthatattvavit| sūtaḥ paurāṇiko vākyaṃ vinayenedamabravīt
Having heard that speech uttered by the seers, the Sūta, knower of the true nature of the worlds and versed in the ancient lore, spoke these words with modesty:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.73
ततः प्राप्यन्त ते सर्व्वे शुद्धिशुद्धतमाश्च ये। आभूत संप्लवास्तत्र दश तिष्ठन्ति तेजनाः
tataḥ prāpyanta te sarvve śuddhiśuddhatamāśca ye| ābhūta saṃplavāstatra daśa tiṣṭhanti tejanāḥ
Then all those who are pure and purest attained (that state); there ten shining ones remain until the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.74
सर्वे सूक्ष्मशरीरास्ते विद्वांसो घनमूर्त्तयः। स्थितलोकास्थितत्वाच्च तेषां भूतं न विद्यते
sarve sūkṣmaśarīrāste vidvāṃso ghanamūrttayaḥ| sthitalokāsthitatvācca teṣāṃ bhūtaṃ na vidyate
All of them have subtle bodies, are wise, and are of dense form; and because they abide in an abiding world, for them there is no (further) coming-to-be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.75
ऊचुः सनत्कुमाराद्याः सिद्धास्ते थोगधर्मिणः। ख्यातिं नैमित्तिकीं तेषां पर्य्याये समुपस्थिते
ūcuḥ sanatkumārādyāḥ siddhāste thogadharmiṇaḥ| khyātiṃ naimittikīṃ teṣāṃ paryyāye samupasthite
Sanatkumāra and the others, those Siddhas who follow the law of yoga, spoke; when their turn came round, (there arose in them) the awareness of the occasional (dissolution).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.76
स्थानत्यागे मनश्चापि युगपत्संप्रवर्त्तते। ऊचुः सर्व्वे तदान्योऽन्यं वैराजाञ्छुद्धबुद्धयः
sthānatyāge manaścāpi yugapatsaṃpravarttate| ūcuḥ sarvve tadānyo'nyaṃ vairājāñchuddhabuddhayaḥ
And the mind too turns at the same moment to the abandoning of (their) station; then all the Vairājas, of purified understanding, spoke to one another.
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VaP 2 39.77
एवमेव महाभागाः प्रणवं सम्प्रविश्य ह। ब्रह्मलोके प्रवर्त्तानस्तन्नः श्रेयो भविष्यति
evameva mahābhāgāḥ praṇavaṃ sampraviśya ha| brahmaloke pravarttānastannaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati
"Just so, greatly fortunate ones, having entered into the syllable Om and being established in the world of Brahmā, that will be our welfare."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.78
एवमुक्त्वा तदा सर्वे ब्रह्मान्ते व्यवसायिनः। योजयित्वा तदा सर्व्वे वर्त्तन्ते योगधर्म्मिणः
evamuktvā tadā sarve brahmānte vyavasāyinaḥ| yojayitvā tadā sarvve varttante yogadharmmiṇaḥ
Having spoken thus, all of them then, resolved upon (abiding until) the end of Brahmā, having yoked (themselves), all those followers of the law of yoga continue on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.80
तत्रैव सम्प्रलीयन्ते शान्ता दीपार्चिषो यथा। ब्रह्मकायमवर्त्तन्त पुनरावृत्तिदुर्ल्लभम् ।।. ३९.७९ ।। लोकं तं समनुप्राप्य सर्व्वे ते भावनामयम्। आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्य ह्यमृतत्वाय ते गताः
tatraiva sampralīyante śāntā dīpārciṣo yathā| brahmakāyamavarttanta punarāvṛttidurllabham ||. 39.79 || lokaṃ taṃ samanuprāpya sarvve te bhāvanāmayam| ānandaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpya hyamṛtatvāya te gatāḥ
There itself they are wholly dissolved, quieted like the flames of a lamp; they attained the body of Brahman, from which return is hard to come by. (39.79) Having fully reached that world made of contemplation, all of them, having attained the bliss of Brahman, went to immortality.
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VaP 2 39.81
वैराजेभ्यस्तथैवोर्द्ध्वमन्तरे षड्गुणे ततः। ब्रह्मलोकः समाख्यातो यत्र ब्रह्मा पुरोहितः
vairājebhyastathaivorddhvamantare ṣaḍguṇe tataḥ| brahmalokaḥ samākhyāto yatra brahmā purohitaḥ
Above the Vairājas, in the interval that is sixfold, is declared to be the world of Brahmā, where Brahmā is the presiding priest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.82
ते सर्वे प्रणवात्मानो बुद्धशुद्धतपास्तथा। आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्यामृतत्वञ्च भजन्त्युत
te sarve praṇavātmāno buddhaśuddhatapāstathā| ānandaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpyāmṛtatvañca bhajantyuta
All of them, having Om as their self, awakened and of purified austerity, having attained the bliss of Brahman, partake also of immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.83
द्वन्द्वैस्ते नाभिभूयन्ते भावत्रयविवर्ज्जिताः। आधिपत्यं विना तुल्या ब्रह्मणस्ते महौजसः
dvandvaiste nābhibhūyante bhāvatrayavivarjjitāḥ| ādhipatyaṃ vinā tulyā brahmaṇaste mahaujasaḥ
They are not overcome by the pairs (of opposites), being free of the three conditions; except for sovereignty they are equal to Brahmā, those of great might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.84
प्रभावविजयैश्वर्य्यस्थितिवैराग्यदर्शनैः। तेब्रह्मलौकिकाः सर्वे गतिं प्राप्य विवर्त्तनीम्
prabhāvavijayaiśvaryyasthitivairāgyadarśanaiḥ| tebrahmalaukikāḥ sarve gatiṃ prāpya vivarttanīm
By power, victory, lordship, stability, dispassion and insight, all those belonging to the world of Brahmā, having attained the state that is subject to (further) unfolding —
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VaP 2 39.85
ब्रह्मणा सह देवैश्च सम्प्राप्ते प्रतिसञ्चरे। तपसोऽन्ते क्रियात्मानो बुद्धावस्था मनीषिणः। अव्यक्ते संप्रलीयन्ते सर्वे ते क्षणदर्शिनः
brahmaṇā saha devaiśca samprāpte pratisañcare| tapaso'nte kriyātmāno buddhāvasthā manīṣiṇaḥ| avyakte saṃpralīyante sarve te kṣaṇadarśinaḥ
when the reabsorption arrives, together with Brahmā and the gods, at the end of their austerity, they whose selves are action, established in awakening, thoughtful — all those seers of the moment are wholly dissolved into the unmanifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.86
इत्येतदमृतं शुक्रं नित्यमक्षयमव्ययम्। देवर्षयो ब्रह्मसत्रं सनातनमुपासते
ityetadamṛtaṃ śukraṃ nityamakṣayamavyayam| devarṣayo brahmasatraṃ sanātanamupāsate
Thus this is the immortal, the bright, the eternal, the imperishable, the unchanging; the divine seers attend upon this everlasting sacrificial session of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.87
अपुनर्मार्गगादीनां तेषां चैवोर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् । कर्माभ्यासकृता शुद्धिर्वेदान्तेषूपलक्ष्यते
apunarmārgagādīnāṃ teṣāṃ caivorddhvaretasām | karmābhyāsakṛtā śuddhirvedānteṣūpalakṣyate
For those who go by the path of no-return and the rest, and for those who keep their seed drawn upward, the purification brought about by the practice of rites is taught in the Vedāntas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.88
तत्र तेऽभ्यासिनो युक्ताः परां काष्ठामुपासते। हित्वा शरीरं पाप्मानममृतत्वाय ते गताः
tatra te'bhyāsino yuktāḥ parāṃ kāṣṭhāmupāsate| hitvā śarīraṃ pāpmānamamṛtatvāya te gatāḥ
There those practitioners, yoked (in yoga), attend upon the highest limit; having left the body and evil behind, they have gone to immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.89
वीतरागा जितक्रोधाः निर्मोहाः सत्यवादिनः। शान्ताः प्रणिहितात्मानो दयावन्तो जितेन्द्रियाः
vītarāgā jitakrodhāḥ nirmohāḥ satyavādinaḥ| śāntāḥ praṇihitātmāno dayāvanto jitendriyāḥ
Free of passion, with anger conquered, without delusion, speakers of truth, calm, with selves well-composed, compassionate, with senses subdued,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.90
निःसङ्गाः शुचयश्चैव ब्रह्मसायुज्यगाः स्मृताः । अकामयुक्तैर्ये वीरास्तपोभिर्द्दग्धकिल्बिषाः। तेषामभ्रंशिनो लोका अप्रमेयसुखाः स्मृताः
niḥsaṅgāḥ śucayaścaiva brahmasāyujyagāḥ smṛtāḥ | akāmayuktairye vīrāstapobhirddagdhakilbiṣāḥ| teṣāmabhraṃśino lokā aprameyasukhāḥ smṛtāḥ
unattached and pure — they are held to go to union with Brahman. Those heroes whose sins are burnt away by austerities undertaken without desire — their worlds are said to be unfailing and of immeasurable happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.91
एतद्ब्रह्मपदं दिव्यं परमं व्योम्नि भास्वरम्। गत्वा न यत्र शोचन्ति ह्यमरा ब्रह्मणा सह
etadbrahmapadaṃ divyaṃ paramaṃ vyomni bhāsvaram| gatvā na yatra śocanti hyamarā brahmaṇā saha
This is the divine, supreme station of Brahman, shining in the sky, having gone where they do not grieve, being immortal together with Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.92
ऋषय ऊचुः।। कस्मादेष परार्द्धश्च कश्चैष पर उच्यते। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामस्तन्नो निगद सत्तम
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| kasmādeṣa parārddhaśca kaścaiṣa para ucyate| etadveditumicchāmastanno nigada sattama
The seers said: Why is this (called) parārdha, and what is this that is called para? We wish to know this — tell it to us, best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.93
सूत उवाच।। श्रृणुध्वं मे परार्द्धञ्च परिसंख्यां परस्य च। एवं दश शतञ्चैव सहस्रञ्चैव सङ्ख्यया
sūta uvāca|| śrṛṇudhvaṃ me parārddhañca parisaṃkhyāṃ parasya ca| evaṃ daśa śatañcaiva sahasrañcaiva saṅkhyayā
Sūta said: Hear from me the parārdha and the full reckoning of the para. Thus ten, and a hundred, and a thousand in counting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.94
विज्ञेयमासहस्रन्तु सहस्राणि दशायुतम्। एकं शतसहस्रन्तु नियुतं प्रोच्यते बुधैः
vijñeyamāsahasrantu sahasrāṇi daśāyutam| ekaṃ śatasahasrantu niyutaṃ procyate budhaiḥ
A thousand (times a thousand?) is to be known; ten thousands are an ayuta; one hundred thousand is called a niyuta by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.95
तथा शतसहस्राणामर्बुदं कोटिरुच्यते। अर्बुदं दशकोट्यस्तु ह्यब्जं कोटिशतं विदुः
tathā śatasahasrāṇāmarbudaṃ koṭirucyate| arbudaṃ daśakoṭyastu hyabjaṃ koṭiśataṃ viduḥ
Likewise a hundred of those hundred-thousands is called an arbuda, (or) a koṭi; ten koṭis are an arbuda, and a hundred koṭis they know as an abja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.96
सहस्रमपि कोटीनां खर्वमाहुर्मनीषिणः। दशकोटिसहस्राणि निखर्वमिति तं विदुः
sahasramapi koṭīnāṃ kharvamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ| daśakoṭisahasrāṇi nikharvamiti taṃ viduḥ
A thousand koṭis, too, the wise call a kharva; ten thousand koṭis they know as nikharva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.97
शतं कोटिसहस्राणां सङ्कुरित्यभिधीयते। कोटि सहस्र स्राणां कोटीनां दशधा पुनः। गुणितानि समुद्रं वै प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
śataṃ koṭisahasrāṇāṃ saṅkurityabhidhīyate| koṭi sahasra srāṇāṃ koṭīnāṃ daśadhā punaḥ| guṇitāni samudraṃ vai prāhuḥ saṃkhyāvido janāḥ
A hundred thousand koṭis is termed a śaṅku; and again a thousand koṭis of koṭis multiplied tenfold — that, those people who know reckoning call a samudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.98
कोटीनां सहस्रमयुतमित्ययं मध्य उच्यते। कोटि सहस्र नियुता स चान्त इति संज्ञितः
koṭīnāṃ sahasramayutamityayaṃ madhya ucyate| koṭi sahasra niyutā sa cānta iti saṃjñitaḥ
A thousand ayutas of koṭis — this is called the madhya; a thousand niyutas of koṭis is designated the anta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.99
कोटिकोटिसहस्राणिं परार्द्ध इति कीर्त्यते । परार्द्धद्विगुणञ्चापि परमाहुर्मनीषिणः
koṭikoṭisahasrāṇiṃ parārddha iti kīrtyate | parārddhadviguṇañcāpi paramāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
A thousand koṭis of koṭis is declared to be the parārdha; and twice the parārdha the wise call the para.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.100
शतमाहुः परिदृढं सहस्रं परिपद्मकम्। विज्ञेयमयुतं तस्मान्नियुतं प्रयुतं ततः
śatamāhuḥ paridṛḍhaṃ sahasraṃ paripadmakam| vijñeyamayutaṃ tasmānniyutaṃ prayutaṃ tataḥ
A hundred, they say, is a paridṛḍha; a thousand a paripadmaka; from that an ayuta is to be known, then a niyuta, then a prayuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.101
अर्बुदं निर्बुदञ्चैव खर्बुदञ्च ततः स्मृतम्। खर्वञ्चैव निखर्वञ्च शङ्कुः पद्मं तथैव च
arbudaṃ nirbudañcaiva kharbudañca tataḥ smṛtam| kharvañcaiva nikharvañca śaṅkuḥ padmaṃ tathaiva ca
Then are recorded the arbuda and the nirbuda and the kharbuda, and the kharva and the nikharva, the śaṅku and likewise the padma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.102
समुद्रं मध्यमञ्चैव परार्द्धमपरं ततः। एवमष्टादशैतानि स्थानानि गणनाविधौ
samudraṃ madhyamañcaiva parārddhamaparaṃ tataḥ| evamaṣṭādaśaitāni sthānāni gaṇanāvidhau
Then the samudra and the madhyama, and further the parārdha. Thus these eighteen are the places in the procedure of reckoning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.103
शतानीति विजानीयात् संज्ञितानि महर्षिभिः। कल्पसंख्या प्रवृत्तस्य परार्द्धं ब्रह्मणः स्मृतम्
śatānīti vijānīyāt saṃjñitāni maharṣibhiḥ| kalpasaṃkhyā pravṛttasya parārddhaṃ brahmaṇaḥ smṛtam
One should know them as (multiples of) hundreds, so named by the great seers. The parārdha is recorded as belonging to Brahmā, whose kalpa-reckoning has begun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.104
तावच्छेषोऽपि कालोऽस्य तस्यान्ते प्रतिसृज्यते। पर एष परार्द्धञ्च संख्यातः संख्यया मया
tāvaccheṣo'pi kālo'sya tasyānte pratisṛjyate| para eṣa parārddhañca saṃkhyātaḥ saṃkhyayā mayā
His remaining time is just as much; at the end of that he is dissolved (into re-creation). This is the para, and the parārdha, reckoned by me in numbers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.105
यस्मादस्य परं वीर्यं परमायुः परन्तपः। परा शक्तिः परो धर्म्मः परा विद्या परा धृतिः
yasmādasya paraṃ vīryaṃ paramāyuḥ parantapaḥ| parā śaktiḥ paro dharmmaḥ parā vidyā parā dhṛtiḥ
Since his valour is supreme, his lifespan supreme, his austerity supreme, his power supreme, his dharma supreme, his knowledge supreme, his steadfastness supreme —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.106
परं ब्रह्म परं ज्ञानं परमैश्वर्यमेव च। तस्मात्परतरं भूतं ब्रह्मणोऽन्यन्न विद्यते
paraṃ brahma paraṃ jñānaṃ paramaiśvaryameva ca| tasmātparataraṃ bhūtaṃ brahmaṇo'nyanna vidyate
the supreme brahman, supreme knowledge, and supreme lordship — therefore no being higher than Brahmā, other (than him), is known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.107
परे स्थितो ह्येष परः सर्वार्थेषु ततः परः। संख्यातस्तु परो ब्रह्मा तस्यार्द्धं तु परार्द्धता
pare sthito hyeṣa paraḥ sarvārtheṣu tataḥ paraḥ| saṃkhyātastu paro brahmā tasyārddhaṃ tu parārddhatā
For he stands in the supreme, (being) supreme; therefore he is supreme in all matters. Brahmā is reckoned as the para, and half of that is the state of being parārdha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.108
संख्येयं चाप्यसंख्येयं सततं चापि तं त्रिकम्। संख्येयं संख्यया दृष्टमपारार्द्धाद्विभाष्यते
saṃkhyeyaṃ cāpyasaṃkhyeyaṃ satataṃ cāpi taṃ trikam| saṃkhyeyaṃ saṃkhyayā dṛṣṭamapārārddhādvibhāṣyate
The countable, the uncountable, and also the perpetual — that triad. The countable is that which is seen by counting; it is distinguished (from the rest) by the limitless-parārdha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.109
राशौ दृष्टे न संख्यास्ति तदसंख्यस्य लक्षणम्। आनन्त्यं सिकताख्येषु दृष्टवान् पञ्चलक्षणम्
rāśau dṛṣṭe na saṃkhyāsti tadasaṃkhyasya lakṣaṇam| ānantyaṃ sikatākhyeṣu dṛṣṭavān pañcalakṣaṇam
When a heap is seen there is no counting (of it) — that is the mark of the uncountable. He saw endlessness in the things called sands, (which is) the fifth mark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.110
ईश्वरैस्तत्प्रसंख्यातं शुद्धत्वाद्दिव्यदृष्टिभिः। एवं ज्ञानप्रतिष्ठत्वात् सर्व्वं ब्रह्मानुपश्यति
īśvaraistatprasaṃkhyātaṃ śuddhatvāddivyadṛṣṭibhiḥ| evaṃ jñānapratiṣṭhatvāt sarvvaṃ brahmānupaśyati
That has been fully counted by the lords, who by their purity have divine sight. Thus, through being established in knowledge, one sees all as brahman.
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VaP 2 39.111
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु ते सर्वे नैमिषेयास्तपस्विनः। बाष्पपर्य्याकुलाक्षास्तु प्रहर्षाद्घद्घदस्वराः
etacchrutvā tu te sarve naimiṣeyāstapasvinaḥ| bāṣpaparyyākulākṣāstu praharṣādghadghadasvarāḥ
But having heard this, all those ascetics of Naimiṣa, their eyes brimming with tears, their voices choked with joy,
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VaP 2 39.112
पप्रच्छुर्मातरिश्वानं सर्व्वे ते ब्रह्मवादिनः। ब्रह्मलोकस्तु भगवन् यावन्मात्रान्तरः प्रभो
papracchurmātariśvānaṃ sarvve te brahmavādinaḥ| brahmalokastu bhagavan yāvanmātrāntaraḥ prabho
All those speakers of brahman questioned Mātariśvan (the Wind): "O Lord, at how great a distance is the world of Brahmā, O master?"
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VaP 2 39.113
योजनाग्रेण संख्यातः साधनं योजनस्य तु। क्रोशस्य च परीमाणं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
yojanāgreṇa saṃkhyātaḥ sādhanaṃ yojanasya tu| krośasya ca parīmāṇaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ
(It is) reckoned by the measure of yojanas; but (as for) the making up of a yojana, and the measure of a krośa, I wish to hear it as it truly is.
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VaP 2 39.114
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मातरिश्वा विनीतवाक्। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं यथादृष्टं यथाक्रमम्
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mātariśvā vinītavāk| uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathākramam
Hearing that speech of theirs, Mātariśvan, of modest speech, spoke sweet words, as he had seen (it) and in due order.
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VaP 2 39.115
वायुरुवाच।। एतद्वोऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रृणुध्वं मे विवक्षितम्। अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तभागो वै महास्थूलो विभाष्यते
vāyuruvāca|| etadvo'haṃ pravakṣyāmi śrṛṇudhvaṃ me vivakṣitam| avyaktādvyaktabhāgo vai mahāsthūlo vibhāṣyate
The Wind said: I shall declare this to you; hear what I mean to say. From the unmanifest, the manifest portion, the very gross, is described.
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VaP 2 39.116
दशैव महतां भागा भूतादिः स्थूल उच्यते। दशभागाधिकं चापि भूतादिः परमाणुकः
daśaiva mahatāṃ bhāgā bhūtādiḥ sthūla ucyate| daśabhāgādhikaṃ cāpi bhūtādiḥ paramāṇukaḥ
Ten portions of the great (mahat)—the origin of the elements (bhūtādi) is called gross; and greater by ten portions, the bhūtādi is atomic (paramāṇu).
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VaP 2 39.117
परमाणुः सुसूक्ष्मस्तु बावग्राह्यो न चक्षुषा। यदभेद्यतमं लोके विज्ञेयं परमाणु तत्
paramāṇuḥ susūkṣmastu bāvagrāhyo na cakṣuṣā| yadabhedyatamaṃ loke vijñeyaṃ paramāṇu tat
The atom is very subtle and not graspable by the eye; that which in the world is the most indivisible is to be known as the atom.
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VaP 2 39.118
जालान्तरगतं भानोर्यत्सूक्ष्मं दृश्यते रजः। प्रथमं तत्प्रमाणानां परमाणुं प्रचक्षते
jālāntaragataṃ bhānoryatsūkṣmaṃ dṛśyate rajaḥ| prathamaṃ tatpramāṇānāṃ paramāṇuṃ pracakṣate
The subtle mote that is seen in the sunbeam passing through a lattice—that they call the first of measures, the atom.
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VaP 2 39.119
अष्टानां परमाणूनां समवायो यदा भवेत् । त्रसरेणुः समाख्यातस्तत्पद्मरज उच्यते
aṣṭānāṃ paramāṇūnāṃ samavāyo yadā bhavet | trasareṇuḥ samākhyātastatpadmaraja ucyate
When a conjunction of eight atoms occurs, it is called a trasareṇu; that is said to be a lotus-pollen mote.
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VaP 2 39.120
त्रसरेणवश्च येऽप्यष्टौ रथरेणुस्तु स स्मृतः । तेऽप्यष्टौ समवायस्था बालाग्रं तत्स्मृतं बुधैः
trasareṇavaśca ye'pyaṣṭau rathareṇustu sa smṛtaḥ | te'pyaṣṭau samavāyasthā bālāgraṃ tatsmṛtaṃ budhaiḥ
And eight trasareṇus are held to be a rathareṇu (chariot-mote); and eight of those combined are held by the wise to be a hair-tip.
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VaP 2 39.121
बालाग्राण्यष्ट लिक्षा स्याद्यूका तच्चाष्टकं भवेत्। यूकाष्टकं यवं प्राहुरङ्गुलन्तु यवाष्टकम्
bālāgrāṇyaṣṭa likṣā syādyūkā taccāṣṭakaṃ bhavet| yūkāṣṭakaṃ yavaṃ prāhuraṅgulantu yavāṣṭakam
Eight hair-tips make a nit (likṣā), and eight of those make a louse; eight lice they call a barley-grain, and eight barley-grains a finger's breadth.
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VaP 2 39.122
द्वादशाङ्गुलपर्व्वाणि वितस्तिस्थानमुच्यते। रत्निश्चाङ्गुलपर्वाणि विज्ञेयो ह्येकविंशतिः
dvādaśāṅgulaparvvāṇi vitastisthānamucyate| ratniścāṅgulaparvāṇi vijñeyo hyekaviṃśatiḥ
Twelve finger-joints are called the measure of a span (vitasti); a ratni is to be known as twenty-one finger-joints.
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VaP 2 39.123
चत्वारि विंशतिश्चैव हस्तः स्यादङ्गुलानि तु। किष्कुर्द्विरत्निर्विज्ञेयो द्विचत्वारिंशदङ्गुलः
catvāri viṃśatiścaiva hastaḥ syādaṅgulāni tu| kiṣkurdviratnirvijñeyo dvicatvāriṃśadaṅgulaḥ
A cubit (hasta) is twenty-four finger-breadths; a kiṣku is to be known as two ratnis, forty-two fingers.
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VaP 2 39.124
षण्णवत्यङ्गुलञ्चैव धनुराहुर्मनीषिणः। एतद्गव्यूतिसंख्यायां पादानां धनुषः स्मृतः
ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulañcaiva dhanurāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ| etadgavyūtisaṃkhyāyāṃ pādānāṃ dhanuṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
And the wise call ninety-six finger-breadths a bow (dhanus); this is reckoned, in the counting of a gavyūti, as the quarters of a bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.125
धनुर्दण्डो युगं नाली तुल्यान्येतान्यथाङ्गुलैः। धनुषस्त्रिशतं नल्वमाहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
dhanurdaṇḍo yugaṃ nālī tulyānyetānyathāṅgulaiḥ| dhanuṣastriśataṃ nalvamāhuḥ saṃkhyāvido janāḥ
Bow, staff, yoke, and rod are equal in finger-breadths; those skilled in reckoning call three hundred bows a nalva.
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VaP 2 39.126
धनुःसहस्रे द्वे चापि गव्यूतिरुपदिश्यते। अष्टौ धनुःसहस्राणि योजनन्तु विधीयते
dhanuḥsahasre dve cāpi gavyūtirupadiśyate| aṣṭau dhanuḥsahasrāṇi yojanantu vidhīyate
Two thousand bows are taught to be a gavyūti; and eight thousand bows are laid down as a yojana.
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VaP 2 39.127
एतेन धनुषा चैव योजनं तु समाप्यते। एतत्सहस्रं विज्ञेयं शक्रक्रोशान्तरन्तथा
etena dhanuṣā caiva yojanaṃ tu samāpyate| etatsahasraṃ vijñeyaṃ śakrakrośāntarantathā
By this bow-measure the yojana is completed; and a thousand of these is to be known as the interval of Śakra's krośa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.128
योजनानान्तु संख्यातं संख्याज्ञानविशारदैः। एतेन योजनाग्रेण श्रृणुध्वं ब्रह्मणोऽन्तरम्
yojanānāntu saṃkhyātaṃ saṃkhyājñānaviśāradaiḥ| etena yojanāgreṇa śrṛṇudhvaṃ brahmaṇo'ntaram
The count of yojanas is (thus) reckoned by those skilled in the knowledge of numbers; by this yojana-measure hear the distance of Brahmā('s world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.129
महीतलात्सहस्राणां शतादूर्द्ध्वं दिवाकरः। दिवाकरात्सहस्रेण तावदूर्द्ध्वं निशाकरः
mahītalātsahasrāṇāṃ śatādūrddhvaṃ divākaraḥ| divākarātsahasreṇa tāvadūrddhvaṃ niśākaraḥ
The sun is a hundred thousand (yojanas) above the earth's surface; a thousand above the sun is the moon, that far up.
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VaP 2 39.130
पूर्णं शतसहस्रन्तु योजनानां निशाकरात्। नक्षत्रमण्डलं कृत्स्नमुपरिष्टात्प्रकाशते
pūrṇaṃ śatasahasrantu yojanānāṃ niśākarāt| nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnamupariṣṭātprakāśate
A full hundred thousand yojanas above the moon, the whole circle of the lunar mansions shines overhead.
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VaP 2 39.131
शतं सहस्रं संख्यातो मेरुर्द्विगुणितं पुनः। ग्रहान्तरमथैकैकमूर्द्ध्वं नक्षत्रमण्डलात्
śataṃ sahasraṃ saṃkhyāto merurdviguṇitaṃ punaḥ| grahāntaramathaikaikamūrddhvaṃ nakṣatramaṇḍalāt
Meru is reckoned at a hundred thousand, and again doubled; and above the circle of the lunar mansions the planets are each (in turn) at intervals.
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VaP 2 39.132
ताराग्रहाणां सर्व्वेषामधस्ताच्चरते बुधः। तस्योर्द्ध्वञ्चरते शुक्रस्तस्मादूर्द्ध्वं च लोहितः
tārāgrahāṇāṃ sarvveṣāmadhastāccarate budhaḥ| tasyorddhvañcarate śukrastasmādūrddhvaṃ ca lohitaḥ
Below all the stars and planets moves Mercury; above him moves Venus, and above him the red one (Mars).
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VaP 2 39.133
ततो बृहस्पतिश्चोर्द्ध्वं तस्मादूर्द्ध्वं शनैश्चरः। ऊर्द्ध्वं शतसहस्रन्तु योजनानां शनैश्चरात्
tato bṛhaspatiścorddhvaṃ tasmādūrddhvaṃ śanaiścaraḥ| ūrddhvaṃ śatasahasrantu yojanānāṃ śanaiścarāt
Above him is Jupiter, and above him Saturn; and a hundred thousand yojanas above Saturn—
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VaP 2 39.134
सप्तर्षिमण्डलं कृत्स्नमुपरिष्टात्प्रकाशते। ऋषिभिस्तु सहस्राणां शतादूर्द्ध्वं विभाव्यते
saptarṣimaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnamupariṣṭātprakāśate| ṛṣibhistu sahasrāṇāṃ śatādūrddhvaṃ vibhāvyate
the whole circle of the Seven Sages shines above; and a hundred thousand (yojanas) above the Sages it is held to be (situated)—
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VaP 2 39.135
योऽसौ तारामये दिव्ये विमाने ह्रस्वरूपके। उत्तानपादपुत्रोऽसौ मेढिभूतो ध्रुवो दिवि
yo'sau tārāmaye divye vimāne hrasvarūpake| uttānapādaputro'sau meḍhibhūto dhruvo divi
he who is in that divine star-formed chariot of small shape—he is the son of Uttānapāda, Dhruva, who has become the (central) post in the sky.
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VaP 2 39.136
त्रैलोक्यस्यैष उत्सेधो व्याख्यातो योजनैर्मया। मन्वन्तरेषु देवानामिज्या यत्रैव लौकिकी
trailokyasyaiṣa utsedho vyākhyāto yojanairmayā| manvantareṣu devānāmijyā yatraiva laukikī
This elevation of the three worlds has been explained by me in yojanas, wherein, during the manvantaras, the worldly sacrificial worship of the gods (takes place).
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VaP 2 39.137
वर्णाश्रमेभ्य इज्या तु लोकेऽस्मिन्या प्रवर्त्तते। सर्वेषां देवयोनीनां स्थितिहेतुः सवै स्मृतः
varṇāśramebhya ijyā tu loke'sminyā pravarttate| sarveṣāṃ devayonīnāṃ sthitihetuḥ savai smṛtaḥ
The sacrificial worship which is performed in this world by (the members of) the classes and life-stages—that is indeed declared to be the cause of the continuance of all the classes of gods.
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VaP 2 39.138
त्रैलोक्यमेतद्वयाख्यातमत ऊर्द्ध्वं निबोधत। ध्रुवा दूर्द्ध्वं महर्लोको यस्मिस्ते कल्पवासिनः। एकयोजनकोटी सा इत्येवं निश्चयं गतम्
trailokyametadvayākhyātamata ūrddhvaṃ nibodhata| dhruvā dūrddhvaṃ maharloko yasmiste kalpavāsinaḥ| ekayojanakoṭī sā ityevaṃ niścayaṃ gatam
This three-world (region) has been explained; now learn of what is above it. Above Dhruva is Maharloka, in which are those who dwell (through) the kalpa; that is one crore of yojanas—thus it has been settled.
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VaP 2 39.139
द्वे कोट्यौ तु महर्लोकाद्यस्मिंस्ते कल्पवासिनः। यत्र ते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा दक्षाद्याः साधकाः स्मृताः
dve koṭyau tu maharlokādyasmiṃste kalpavāsinaḥ| yatra te brahmaṇaḥ putrā dakṣādyāḥ sādhakāḥ smṛtāḥ
But two crores from Maharloka (is Janaloka), in which are those who dwell (through) the kalpa, where those sons of Brahmā, Dakṣa and the rest, are said to be the accomplishers.
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VaP 2 39.140
चतुर्गुणोत्तरादूर्द्ध्वं जनलोकात्तपः स्मृतम्। वैराजा यत्र ते देवा भूतदाहविवर्जिताः
caturguṇottarādūrddhvaṃ janalokāttapaḥ smṛtam| vairājā yatra te devā bhūtadāhavivarjitāḥ
Four times as much above Janaloka, Tapas (loka) is declared (to be), where those Vairāja gods are, exempt from the burning of beings.
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VaP 2 39.141
षड्गुणन्तु तपोलोकात्सत्यलोकान्तरं स्मृतम्। अपुनर्मारकामानां ब्रह्मलोकः स उच्यते
ṣaḍguṇantu tapolokātsatyalokāntaraṃ smṛtam| apunarmārakāmānāṃ brahmalokaḥ sa ucyate
Six times (that) from Tapoloka is declared to be the interval up to Satyaloka; it is called Brahmaloka, of those who desire not to die again.
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VaP 2 39.142
यस्मान्न च्यवते भूयो ब्रह्माणं स उपासते । एककोटिर्योजनानां पञ्चाशन्नियुतानि तु
yasmānna cyavate bhūyo brahmāṇaṃ sa upāsate | ekakoṭiryojanānāṃ pañcāśanniyutāni tu
From which one does not fall again; he there worships Brahmā. One crore of yojanas and fifty niyutas—
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VaP 2 39.143
ऊर्द्ध्वं भागस्ततोऽण्डस्य ब्रह्मलोकात्परः स्मृतः। चतुरश्चैव कोट्यस्तु नियुताः पञ्चषष्टि च
ūrddhvaṃ bhāgastato'ṇḍasya brahmalokātparaḥ smṛtaḥ| caturaścaiva koṭyastu niyutāḥ pañcaṣaṣṭi ca
above that is the (upper) portion of the egg, said to be beyond Brahmaloka: four crores and sixty-five niyutas.
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VaP 2 39.144
एषोऽर्द्धंशप्रचारोऽस्य गत्यन्तश्चापरः स्मृतः। ध्रवाग्रमेतद्वयाख्यातं योजनाग्राद्यथाश्रुतम्
eṣo'rddhaṃśapracāro'sya gatyantaścāparaḥ smṛtaḥ| dhravāgrametadvayākhyātaṃ yojanāgrādyathāśrutam
This is the extent of half its portion; the other is declared to be the limit of the course. This much up to Dhruva's summit has been explained in numbers of yojanas, as it has been heard.
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VaP 2 39.145
अधोगतीनां वक्ष्यामि भूतानां स्थानकल्पनाम्। गच्छन्ति घोरकर्म्माणः प्राणिनो यत्र कर्म्मभिः
adhogatīnāṃ vakṣyāmi bhūtānāṃ sthānakalpanām| gacchanti ghorakarmmāṇaḥ prāṇino yatra karmmabhiḥ
I shall now describe the arrangement of the places of beings that go downward, where living creatures of dreadful deeds go by reason of their deeds.
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VaP 2 39.146
नरको रौरवो रोधः सूकरस्ताल एव च। तप्तकुम्भो महाज्वालः शबलोऽथ विमोचनः
narako rauravo rodhaḥ sūkarastāla eva ca| taptakumbho mahājvālaḥ śabalo'tha vimocanaḥ
Naraka, Raurava, Rodha, Sūkara and Tāla, Taptakumbha, Mahājvāla, Śabala, and Vimocana,
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VaP 2 39.147
कृमी च कृमिभक्षश्च लालाभक्षो विशंसनः । अधःशिराः पूयवहो रुधिरान्धस्तथैव च
kṛmī ca kṛmibhakṣaśca lālābhakṣo viśaṃsanaḥ | adhaḥśirāḥ pūyavaho rudhirāndhastathaiva ca
and Kṛmi and Kṛmibhakṣa, Lālābhakṣa, Viśaṃsana, Adhaḥśirā, Pūyavaha, and likewise Rudhirāndha,
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VaP 2 39.148
तथा वैतरणं कृष्णमसिपत्रवनं तथा। अग्निज्वालो महाघोरः संदंशोऽथ श्वभोजनः
tathā vaitaraṇaṃ kṛṣṇamasipatravanaṃ tathā| agnijvālo mahāghoraḥ saṃdaṃśo'tha śvabhojanaḥ
likewise Vaitaraṇa, Kṛṣṇa, and Asipatravana, Agnijvāla, Mahāghora, Saṃdaṃśa, and Śvabhojana,
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VaP 2 39.149
तमश्च कृष्णसूत्रश्च लोहश्चाप्यसिजस्तथा। अप्रतिष्ठोऽथ वीच्यश्वनरका ह्येवमादयः
tamaśca kṛṣṇasūtraśca lohaścāpyasijastathā| apratiṣṭho'tha vīcyaśvanarakā hyevamādayaḥ
and Tamas and Kṛṣṇasūtra, and Loha and Asija, Apratiṣṭha, and Vīci—such are the hells.
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VaP 2 39.150
तामसा नरकाः सर्वे यमस्य विषये स्थिताः। येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पतन्तीह पृथक्पृथक्
tāmasā narakāḥ sarve yamasya viṣaye sthitāḥ| yeṣu duṣkṛtakarmāṇaḥ patantīha pṛthakpṛthak
All these dark hells are situated in Yama's domain, into which those who have done evil deeds fall here, each separately.
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VaP 2 39.151
भूमेरधस्तात्ते सर्वे रौरवाद्याः प्रकीर्त्तिताः। रौरवे कूटसाक्षी तु मिथ्या यश्चाभिशंसति। क्रूरग्रहे पक्षवादी ह्यसत्यः पतते नरः
bhūmeradhastātte sarve rauravādyāḥ prakīrttitāḥ| raurave kūṭasākṣī tu mithyā yaścābhiśaṃsati| krūragrahe pakṣavādī hyasatyaḥ patate naraḥ
All those beginning with Raurava are proclaimed (to be) beneath the earth. In Raurava (falls) the false witness and he who accuses falsely; in a cruel seizure the man who speaks partially and untruthfully falls (there).
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VaP 2 39.152
रोधे गोघ्नो ब्रूणहा च ह्यग्निदाता पुरस्य च। सूकरे ब्रह्महा मज्जेत्सुरापः स्वर्णतस्करः
rodhe goghno brūṇahā ca hyagnidātā purasya ca| sūkare brahmahā majjetsurāpaḥ svarṇataskaraḥ
In (the hell called) Rodha (fall) the killer of a cow, the slayer of an embryo, and one who sets fire to a town; in Sūkara the killer of a brahmin sinks, (as do) the drinker of liquor and the stealer of gold.
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VaP 2 39.153
ताले पतेत्क्षत्रियहा हत्वा वैश्यञ्च दुर्गतिम्। ब्रहमहत्याञ्च यः कुर्याद्यश्च स्याद्गुरुतल्पगः
tāle patetkṣatriyahā hatvā vaiśyañca durgatim| brahamahatyāñca yaḥ kuryādyaśca syādgurutalpagaḥ
Into Tāla falls the killer of a kṣatriya, and (he who), having killed a vaiśya, (goes to) an evil state; and he who commits the murder of a brahmin, and he who violates his teacher's bed.
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VaP 2 39.154
तप्तकुम्भी स्वसागामी तथा राजभटश्च यः। तप्तलोहे चाश्ववणिक्तथा बन्धनरक्षिता
taptakumbhī svasāgāmī tathā rājabhaṭaśca yaḥ| taptalohe cāśvavaṇiktathā bandhanarakṣitā
(In) Taptakumbhī (falls) he who goes to his own sister, and likewise he who is a king's soldier; and in Taptaloha the horse-trader and the keeper of a prison.
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VaP 2 39.155
साध्वीविक्रयकर्त्ता च यस्तु भक्तं परित्यजेत्। महाज्वाले दुहितरं स्नुषां गच्छति यस्तु वै
sādhvīvikrayakarttā ca yastu bhaktaṃ parityajet| mahājvāle duhitaraṃ snuṣāṃ gacchati yastu vai
And the one who sells a chaste woman, and he who abandons a devoted (dependent); in Mahājvāla (falls) he who goes to his daughter or his daughter-in-law.
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VaP 2 39.156
वेदो विक्रीयते येन वेदं दूषयते च यः। गुरूंश्चैवावमन्यन्ते वाक्क्रोशैस्ताडयन्ति च
vedo vikrīyate yena vedaṃ dūṣayate ca yaḥ| gurūṃścaivāvamanyante vākkrośaistāḍayanti ca
He by whom the Veda is sold and he who defiles the Veda, and those who despise their teachers and strike them with shouted abuse—
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VaP 2 39.157
अगम्यगामीच नरो नरकं शबलं व्रजेत्। विमोहे पतिते चौरे मर्यादां यो भिनत्ति वै
agamyagāmīca naro narakaṃ śabalaṃ vrajet| vimohe patite caure maryādāṃ yo bhinatti vai
and the man who goes to a woman he must not approach—(such a one) goes to the hell Śabala; in Vimoha (fall) the outcaste, the thief, and he who breaks through a boundary.
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VaP 2 39.158
दुरध्वं कुरुते यस्तु कीटलोहं प्रपद्यते। देवब्राह्मणविद्वेष्टा गुरूणाञ्चाप्यपूजकः। रत्नं दूषयते यस्तु कृमिभक्ष्यं प्रपद्यते
duradhvaṃ kurute yastu kīṭalohaṃ prapadyate| devabrāhmaṇavidveṣṭā gurūṇāñcāpyapūjakaḥ| ratnaṃ dūṣayate yastu kṛmibhakṣyaṃ prapadyate
And he who makes an evil road attains Kīṭaloha; the hater of gods and brahmins, and the one who does not honour his teachers, and he who defiles a jewel, attains Kṛmibhakṣya (worm-food).
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VaP 2 39.159
पर्य्यश्नाति य एकोऽन्यो ब्राह्मणीं सुहृदः सुताम्। लालाभक्षे स पतति दुर्गन्धे नरके गतः
paryyaśnāti ya eko'nyo brāhmaṇīṃ suhṛdaḥ sutām| lālābhakṣe sa patati durgandhe narake gataḥ
He who alone eats around (his food, without sharing), and another who (goes to) a brahmin woman or the daughter of a friend—he falls into Lālābhakṣa, gone to the foul-smelling hell.
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VaP 2 39.160
काण्डकर्त्ता कुलालश्च निष्कहर्त्ता चिकित्सकः। आरा मेष्वग्निदाता यः पतते स विशंसने
kāṇḍakarttā kulālaśca niṣkaharttā cikitsakaḥ| ārā meṣvagnidātā yaḥ patate sa viśaṃsane
The arrow-maker, the potter, the coin-taker (money-extorter), the physician, and he who sets fire in the awls (?)—he falls into Viśaṃsana.
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VaP 2 39.161
असत्प्रतिग्रही यश्च तथैवायाज्ययाजकः। नक्षत्रैर्जीवितो यश्च नरो गच्छत्यधोमुखम्
asatpratigrahī yaśca tathaivāyājyayājakaḥ| nakṣatrairjīvito yaśca naro gacchatyadhomukham
And he who accepts gifts from the unworthy, and likewise he who sacrifices for those unfit to sacrifice, and the man who lives by (reading) the stars—he goes head-downward (to Adhomukha).
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VaP 2 39.162
क्षीरं सुरां च मांसं च लाक्षां गन्धं रसन्तिलान्। एवमादीनि विक्रीणन्घोरो पूयवहे पतेत्
kṣīraṃ surāṃ ca māṃsaṃ ca lākṣāṃ gandhaṃ rasantilān| evamādīni vikrīṇanghoro pūyavahe patet
Selling milk, liquor, meat, lac, perfume, juices and sesame, and such things, one falls into the dreadful Pūyavaha (river of pus).
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VaP 2 39.163
यः कुक्कुटानि बध्नाति मार्जारान्सूकरांश्च तान्। पक्षिणश्च मृगाञ्छागान्सोऽप्येनं नरकं व्रजेत्
yaḥ kukkuṭāni badhnāti mārjārānsūkarāṃśca tān| pakṣiṇaśca mṛgāñchāgānso'pyenaṃ narakaṃ vrajet
He who ties up cocks, cats and pigs, and birds, deer and goats—he too goes to that hell.
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VaP 2 39.164
आजीविको माहिषकस्तथा चक्रध्वजी च यः। रङ्गोपजीविको विप्रः शाकुनिग्राम याजकः
ājīviko māhiṣakastathā cakradhvajī ca yaḥ| raṅgopajīviko vipraḥ śākunigrāma yājakaḥ
The one who lives (by keeping) buffaloes, the one who bears the wheel-banner, the brahmin who lives by the stage, the fowler, and the one who sacrifices for a whole village—
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VaP 2 39.165
अगारदाही गरदः कुण्डाशी सोमविक्रयी। सुरापो मांसभक्षश्च तथा च पशुघातकः
agāradāhī garadaḥ kuṇḍāśī somavikrayī| surāpo māṃsabhakṣaśca tathā ca paśughātakaḥ
the burner of houses, the poisoner, the eater of a kuṇḍa's food, the seller of soma, the drinker of liquor and the eater of meat, and likewise the slaughterer of cattle,
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VaP 2 39.166
विश(श्व)स्ता महिषादीनां मृग हन्ता तथैव च। पर्वकारश्च सूची च यश्च स्यान्मित्रघातकः। रुधिरान्धे पतन्त्येते एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः
viśa(śva)stā mahiṣādīnāṃ mṛga hantā tathaiva ca| parvakāraśca sūcī ca yaśca syānmitraghātakaḥ| rudhirāndhe patantyete evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
the poisoner (or: the trusted one) of buffaloes and the like, and likewise the killer of deer, and the joint-maker(?) and the informer, and he who kills a friend—these fall into Rudhirāndha: so say the wise.
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VaP 2 39.167
उपविष्टमेकपङ्क्त्यां विषमं भोजयन्ति ये। पतन्ति नरके घोरे विङ्भुजे नात्र संशयः
upaviṣṭamekapaṅktyāṃ viṣamaṃ bhojayanti ye| patanti narake ghore viṅbhuje nātra saṃśayaḥ
Those who feed unequally (guests) seated in one row fall into the terrible hell Viṅbhuja (where excrement is eaten)—there is no doubt of this.
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VaP 2 39.168
मृषावादी नरो यश्च तथा प्राक्रोशकोऽशुभः। पतेत्तु नरके घोरो मूत्राकीर्णे स पापकृत्
mṛṣāvādī naro yaśca tathā prākrośako'śubhaḥ| patettu narake ghoro mūtrākīrṇe sa pāpakṛt
And the man who speaks falsely, and likewise the vile reviler—that doer of evil falls into the terrible hell strewn with urine.
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VaP 2 39.169
मधुग्राहाबिहन्तारो यन्ति वैतरणीं नराः। उन्मत्ताश्चित्तभग्नाश्च शौचाचारविवर्ज्जिताः
madhugrāhābihantāro yanti vaitaraṇīṃ narāḥ| unmattāścittabhagnāśca śaucācāravivarjjitāḥ
Men who take honey and who strike (bees?) go to the Vaitaraṇī; (also) the mad, the broken in mind, and those devoid of purity and good conduct,
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VaP 2 39.170
क्रोधना दुःखदाश्चैव कुहकाः कृष्टगामिनः। असि पत्रवने छेदी तथा ह्यौरभ्रिकाश्च ये। कर्त्तनैश्च निकृष्यन्ते मृगव्याधाः सुदारुणैः
krodhanā duḥkhadāścaiva kuhakāḥ kṛṣṭagāminaḥ| asi patravane chedī tathā hyaurabhrikāśca ye| karttanaiśca nikṛṣyante mṛgavyādhāḥ sudāruṇaiḥ
the wrathful, the givers of pain, tricksters, and those who go by dragging (?); in the Asipatravana the cutter (of trees) and those who are sheep-dealers—and hunters of deer are cut apart with terrible shears.
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VaP 2 39.171
आश्रमप्रत्यवसिता अग्निज्वाले पतन्ति वै। भौज्यन्ते श्याम शबलैरयस्तुण्डैश्च वायसैः
āśramapratyavasitā agnijvāle patanti vai| bhaujyante śyāma śabalairayastuṇḍaiśca vāyasaiḥ
Those who fall away from their (proper) stage of life fall into Agnijvāla; they are devoured by dark, mottled crows with beaks of iron.
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VaP 2 39.172
इज्यायां व्रतमालोपात्सन्दंशे नरके पतेत्। स्कन्दन्ते यदि वा स्वप्ने व्रतिनो ब्रह्मचारिणः
ijyāyāṃ vratamālopātsandaṃśe narake patet| skandante yadi vā svapne vratino brahmacāriṇaḥ
By the breaking of a vow at the time of sacrifice one falls into the hell Sandaṃśa; or if vow-keeping students of the Veda emit (their seed) in a dream.
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VaP 2 39.173
पुत्रैरध्यापिता ये च पुत्रैराज्ञापिताश्च ये। तेसर्वे नरकं यान्ति नियतन्तु श्वभोजने
putrairadhyāpitā ye ca putrairājñāpitāśca ye| tesarve narakaṃ yānti niyatantu śvabhojane
Those who have been taught by their sons, and those who have been ordered about by their sons — all these go to hell, being assigned to Śvabhojana ('dog-food').
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VaP 2 39.174
वर्णाश्रमविरूद्धानि क्रोधहर्षसमन्विताः। कर्माणि ये तु कुर्वन्ति सर्वे निरयगामिनः
varṇāśramavirūddhāni krodhaharṣasamanvitāḥ| karmāṇi ye tu kurvanti sarve nirayagāminaḥ
But those who, being filled with anger and elation, perform acts contrary to (the rules of) class and stage of life — all go to hell.
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VaP 2 39.175
उपरिष्टात्सितो घोर उष्णात्मा रौरवो महान्। सुदारुणस्तु शीतात्मा तस्याधस्तात्तपः स्मृतः
upariṣṭātsito ghora uṣṇātmā rauravo mahān| sudāruṇastu śītātmā tasyādhastāttapaḥ smṛtaḥ
Above is the black, terrible, hot-natured, great Raurava; and below it is the exceedingly harsh, cold-natured (hell) known as Tapa.
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VaP 2 39.176
एवमादि क्रमेणैव वर्ण्यमानान्निबोधत। भूमेरधस्तात्सप्तैव नरकाः परिकीर्तिताः
evamādi krameṇaiva varṇyamānānnibodhata| bhūmeradhastātsaptaiva narakāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Learn of these and the rest just as they are described in order: below the earth seven hells are proclaimed.
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VaP 2 39.177
अधर्मसूनवस्ते स्युरन्धतामिस्रकादयः। रौरवः प्रथमस्तेषां महा रौरव एव च
adharmasūnavaste syurandhatāmisrakādayaḥ| rauravaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ mahā raurava eva ca
They are the sons of Adharma — Andhatāmisra and the rest; the first of them is Raurava, and Mahāraurava as well.
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VaP 2 39.178
अस्याधः पुनरप्यन्यः शीतस्तप इति स्मृतः। तृतीयः कालसूत्रः स्यान्महाहविविधिः स्मृतः
asyādhaḥ punarapyanyaḥ śītastapa iti smṛtaḥ| tṛtīyaḥ kālasūtraḥ syānmahāhavividhiḥ smṛtaḥ
Below this again is yet another, called the cold Tapa; the third would be Kālasūtra, said to be (attended) with manifold great (torments).
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VaP 2 39.179
अप्रतिष्ठ श्चतुर्थः स्यादवीची पञ्चमः स्मृतः। लोहपृष्ठस्तमस्तेषामविधेयस्तु सप्तमः
apratiṣṭha ścaturthaḥ syādavīcī pañcamaḥ smṛtaḥ| lohapṛṣṭhastamasteṣāmavidheyastu saptamaḥ
The fourth would be Apratiṣṭha, the fifth is called Avīci; Lohapṛṣṭha is the darkest of them, and Avidheya the seventh.
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VaP 2 39.180
घोरत्वाद्रौरवः प्रोक्तः साम्भको दहनः स्मृतः। सुदारुणस्तु शीतात्मा तस्याधस्तात्तपोऽधमः
ghoratvādrauravaḥ proktaḥ sāmbhako dahanaḥ smṛtaḥ| sudāruṇastu śītātmā tasyādhastāttapo'dhamaḥ
Because of its terribleness it is called Raurava; Sāmbhaka is said to be the burning one; but the exceedingly harsh one is cold-natured, and below it (is) the lowest Tapa.
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VaP 2 39.181
सर्पो निकृन्तनः प्रोक्तः कालसूत्रेति दारुणः। अप्रतिष्ठे स्थितिर्नास्ति भ्रमस्तस्मिन्सुदारुणः
sarpo nikṛntanaḥ proktaḥ kālasūtreti dāruṇaḥ| apratiṣṭhe sthitirnāsti bhramastasminsudāruṇaḥ
The serpent is called Nikṛntana ('the cutter'); Kālasūtra is thus dreadful; in Apratiṣṭha there is no standing still — in it there is an exceedingly dreadful whirling about.
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VaP 2 39.182
अवीचिर्दारुणः प्रोक्तो यन्त्रसंपीडनाच्च सः। तस्मात्सुदारुणो लोहः कर्म्मणां क्षयणाच्च सः
avīcirdāruṇaḥ prokto yantrasaṃpīḍanācca saḥ| tasmātsudāruṇo lohaḥ karmmaṇāṃ kṣayaṇācca saḥ
Avīci is called dreadful, and it is so from the crushing by machines; harsher than that is Loha, and it is so from the wearing away of (one's) deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.183
तथाभूतो शरीरत्वादविधिभ्यस्तु स स्मृतः। पीडबन्धवधासङ्गादप्रतीकारलक्षणः
tathābhūto śarīratvādavidhibhyastu sa smṛtaḥ| pīḍabandhavadhāsaṅgādapratīkāralakṣaṇaḥ
Being of such a kind, it is called (Avidheya) on account of the transgressions of rule; it is marked by the absence of any remedy, owing to the unbroken succession of pain, binding, and slaughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.184
ऊर्द्ध्वं सैलमितास्ते तु निरालोकाश्च ते स्मृताः। दुःखोत्कर्षस्तु सर्वेषु ह्यधर्मस्य निमित्ततः
ūrddhvaṃ sailamitāste tu nirālokāśca te smṛtāḥ| duḥkhotkarṣastu sarveṣu hyadharmasya nimittataḥ
Above they are measured by rock(?), and they are said to be devoid of light; and in all of them the intensity of suffering is caused by unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.185
ऊर्द्ध्वं लोकैः समावेतौ निरालोकौ च तावुभौ। कूटाङ्गारप्रमाणैश्च शरीरी मूत्रनायकः
ūrddhvaṃ lokaiḥ samāvetau nirālokau ca tāvubhau| kūṭāṅgārapramāṇaiśca śarīrī mūtranāyakaḥ
Above, the two are enclosed by the worlds, and both of them are lightless; and by the measures of heaps of coals ... the embodied one, the leader of urine(?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.186
उपभोगसमर्थैस्तु सद्यो जायन्ति कर्मभिः। दुःख प्रकर्षश्चोग्रत्वं तेषु सर्वेषु वै स्मृतः
upabhogasamarthaistu sadyo jāyanti karmabhiḥ| duḥkha prakarṣaścogratvaṃ teṣu sarveṣu vai smṛtaḥ
They come into being at once through deeds fit for (such) experiencing; and in all of them an extremity of pain and fierceness is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.187
यातनाश्चाप्यसंख्येया नारकाणां तथा स्मृताः। दुःखोत्कर्षस्तु सर्वेषु ह्यधर्मस्य निमित्ततः
yātanāścāpyasaṃkhyeyā nārakāṇāṃ tathā smṛtāḥ| duḥkhotkarṣastu sarveṣu hyadharmasya nimittataḥ
And the torments of the hell-dwellers are likewise said to be innumerable; and in all of them the intensity of suffering is caused by unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.188
तिर्यग्योनौ प्रसूयन्ते कर्मशेषे गते ततः। देवाश्च नारकाश्चैव ह्यूर्द्ध्वं चाधश्च संस्थिताः
tiryagyonau prasūyante karmaśeṣe gate tataḥ| devāśca nārakāścaiva hyūrddhvaṃ cādhaśca saṃsthitāḥ
Then, when the remainder of their karma is spent, they are born in animal wombs; and the gods and the hell-beings are stationed above and below (respectively).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.189
धर्माधर्मनिमित्तेन सद्यो जायन्ति मूर्त्तयः। उपभोगार्थमुत्पत्तिरौपपत्तिककर्मतः
dharmādharmanimittena sadyo jāyanti mūrttayaḥ| upabhogārthamutpattiraupapattikakarmataḥ
By reason of righteousness and unrighteousness, bodily forms come into being at once; the birth is for the sake of experiencing (the fruits), arising from karma of spontaneous origination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.190
पश्यन्ति नारकान्देवा ह्यधोवक्रान् ह्यधोगतान्। नारकाश्च तथा देवान् सर्वान्पश्यन्त्यधो मुखान्
paśyanti nārakāndevā hyadhovakrān hyadhogatān| nārakāśca tathā devān sarvānpaśyantyadho mukhān
The gods see the hell-beings turned downward and gone below; and likewise the hell-beings see all the gods as facing downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.191
अनग्रमूलता यस्माद्धारणाश्च स्वभावतः। तस्मादूर्द्ध्वमधोभावो लोकालोके न विद्यते
anagramūlatā yasmāddhāraṇāśca svabhāvataḥ| tasmādūrddhvamadhobhāvo lokāloke na vidyate
Since there is by nature no top and no root, and (likewise) the supports (are so by nature), therefore no state of being above or below exists in the world and the non-world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.192
एषा स्वाभाविकी संज्ञा लोकालोके प्रवर्त्तते। अथाब्रुवन्पुनर्वायुं ब्राह्मणाः सत्रिणस्तदा
eṣā svābhāvikī saṃjñā lokāloke pravarttate| athābruvanpunarvāyuṃ brāhmaṇāḥ satriṇastadā
This designation (of directions) holds in Loka and Aloka by its own nature. Then the brahmins engaged in the sacrifice spoke again to Vāyu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.193
ऋषय ऊचुः।। सर्वेषामेव भूतानां लोकालोकनिवासिनाम्। संसारे संसरन्तीह यावन्तः प्राणिनश्च तान्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ lokālokanivāsinām| saṃsāre saṃsarantīha yāvantaḥ prāṇinaśca tān
The sages said: Of all the beings whatsoever that dwell in Loka and Aloka, as many living creatures as here revolve in transmigration — them,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.194
सह्ख्यया परिसङ्ख्याय ततः प्रब्रूहि कृत्स्नशः। ऋषीणां तद्वचः श्रुत्वा मारुतो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
sahkhyayā parisaṅkhyāya tataḥ prabrūhi kṛtsnaśaḥ| ṛṣīṇāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā māruto vākyamabravīt
having counted up by number, tell us of completely. Hearing that speech of the sages, the Wind spoke these words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.195
वायुरुवाच।। न शक्या जन्तवः कृत्स्नाः प्रसंख्यातुं कथञ्चन। अनाद्यन्ताश्च संकीर्णा ह्यप्यूहेन व्यवस्थिताः। गणना विनिवृत्तैषामानन्त्येन प्रकीर्त्तिताः
vāyuruvāca|| na śakyā jantavaḥ kṛtsnāḥ prasaṃkhyātuṃ kathañcana| anādyantāśca saṃkīrṇā hyapyūhena vyavasthitāḥ| gaṇanā vinivṛttaiṣāmānantyena prakīrttitāḥ
Vāyu said: The creatures cannot in any way be wholly counted; they are without beginning or end, intermingled, and established only by conjecture. Counting has ceased for them; they are declared to be infinite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.196
न दिव्यचक्षुषा ज्ञातुं शक्या ज्ञानेन वा पुनः। चक्षुषा वै प्रसंख्यातुमतो ह्यन्ते नराधिपः
na divyacakṣuṣā jñātuṃ śakyā jñānena vā punaḥ| cakṣuṣā vai prasaṃkhyātumato hyante narādhipaḥ
They can be known neither by the divine eye nor again by knowledge; (nor) indeed can they be counted by the eye — therefore ... , O lord of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.197
अनाध्यानादवेद्यत्वान्नैव प्रश्नो विधीयते। ब्रह्मणा संज्ञितं यत्तु संख्यया तन्निबोधत
anādhyānādavedyatvānnaiva praśno vidhīyate| brahmaṇā saṃjñitaṃ yattu saṃkhyayā tannibodhata
Because (they are) not to be meditated on and not to be known, the question is simply not admissible; but learn that number which has been fixed by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.198
यः सहस्रतमो भागः स्थावराणां भवेदिह। पार्थिवाः कृमयस्तावत्संसेकाद्येषु सम्भवाः
yaḥ sahasratamo bhāgaḥ sthāvarāṇāṃ bhavediha| pārthivāḥ kṛmayastāvatsaṃsekādyeṣu sambhavāḥ
Whatever would be the thousandth part of the immobile beings here, that many are the earth-born worms, which arise from moisture and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.199
संसेकजानाम्भागेन सहस्रेणैव सम्मिताः। औदका जन्तवः सर्वे निश्चयात्तद्विचारितम्
saṃsekajānāmbhāgena sahasreṇaiva sammitāḥ| audakā jantavaḥ sarve niścayāttadvicāritam
By a thousandth part of those born of moisture are reckoned all the water creatures — that has been determined with certainty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.200
सहस्रेणैव भागेन सत्वानां सलिलौकसाम् । विहङ्गमास्तु विज्ञेया लौकिकास्ते च सर्वशः
sahasreṇaiva bhāgena satvānāṃ salilaukasām | vihaṅgamāstu vijñeyā laukikāste ca sarvaśaḥ
By just a thousandth part of the beings dwelling in water the birds are to be known, and they are wholly of this world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.201
यः सहस्रतमो भागस्तेषां वै पक्षिणां भवेत्। पशवस्तत्समा ज्ञेया लौकिकास्तु चतुष्पदाः
yaḥ sahasratamo bhāgasteṣāṃ vai pakṣiṇāṃ bhavet| paśavastatsamā jñeyā laukikāstu catuṣpadāḥ
Whatever would be the thousandth part of those birds, equal to that are to be known the domestic animals, the four-footed creatures of this world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.202
चतुष्पदानां सर्वेषां सहस्रेणैव संमताः । भागेन द्विपदा ज्ञेया लौकिकेऽस्मिंस्तु सर्व्वशः
catuṣpadānāṃ sarveṣāṃ sahasreṇaiva saṃmatāḥ | bhāgena dvipadā jñeyā laukike'smiṃstu sarvvaśaḥ
By a thousandth part of all the four-footed ones the two-footed are to be known, wholly here in this world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.203
यः सहस्रतमो भागो भागे तु द्विपदां पुनः। धार्म्मिकास्तेन भागेन विज्ञेयाः सम्मिताः पुनः
yaḥ sahasratamo bhāgo bhāge tu dvipadāṃ punaḥ| dhārmmikāstena bhāgena vijñeyāḥ sammitāḥ punaḥ
And again, whatever is the thousandth part of the portion of the two-footed, by that part are the righteous to be known as reckoned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.204
सहस्रेणैव भागेन धार्म्मिकेभ्यो दिवङ्गताः। यः सहस्रतमो भागो धार्म्मिकाणां भवेद्दिवि। संमितास्तेन भागेन मोक्षिणस्तावदेव हि
sahasreṇaiva bhāgena dhārmmikebhyo divaṅgatāḥ| yaḥ sahasratamo bhāgo dhārmmikāṇāṃ bhaveddivi| saṃmitāstena bhāgena mokṣiṇastāvadeva hi
By just a thousandth part of the righteous are those gone to heaven; and whatever would be the thousandth part of the righteous in heaven, by that part are reckoned the liberated ones — just that many.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.205
स्वर्गोपपादकैस्तुल्या यातना स्थानवासिनः। पतिता श्चूर्णमुद्देशाद्दुरात्मानो म्रियन्ति ये। रौरवे तामसे ह्येते शीतोष्णं प्राप्नुवन्ति ते
svargopapādakaistulyā yātanā sthānavāsinaḥ| patitā ścūrṇamuddeśāddurātmāno mriyanti ye| raurave tāmase hyete śītoṣṇaṃ prāpnuvanti te
Equal to those who attain heaven are the dwellers in the place of torment. Those evil-souled ones who fall and die, ground to powder from (their) station — these in the Raurava and the dark (hell) undergo cold and heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.206
वेदनाकटुकास्तब्धा यातना स्थानमागताः। उष्णस्तु रौरवो ज्ञेयस्तेजो घोररसात्मकः
vedanākaṭukāstabdhā yātanā sthānamāgatāḥ| uṣṇastu rauravo jñeyastejo ghorarasātmakaḥ
Bitter with pain and stiffened, they have come to the place of torment. The Raurava is to be known as hot, a fiery thing of dreadful essence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.207
ततो घनात्मिकश्चापि शीतात्मा सततं तपः। एवं सुदुर्लभाः सन्तः स्वर्गे च धार्म्मिका नराः
tato ghanātmikaścāpi śītātmā satataṃ tapaḥ| evaṃ sudurlabhāḥ santaḥ svarge ca dhārmmikā narāḥ
Beyond that is the dense one too, cold in nature, a perpetual torment. Thus the good and righteous men in heaven are very hard to come by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.208
एषा संख्या कृता संख्या ईश्वरेण स्वयम्भुवा। गणना विनिवृत्तैषा सङ्ख्या ब्राह्मी च मानुषी
eṣā saṃkhyā kṛtā saṃkhyā īśvareṇa svayambhuvā| gaṇanā vinivṛttaiṣā saṅkhyā brāhmī ca mānuṣī
This is the reckoning made, the number (made) by the self-existent Lord. Counting has ceased for it — this number is Brahmā's and (also) human.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.209
ऋषय ऊचुः। महो जनस्तपः सत्यं भूतो भाव्यो भवस्तथा। उक्ता ह्येते त्वया लोका लोकानामन्तरेण च। लोकान्तरञ्च यादृग्वै तन्नो ब्रूहि यथातथम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ| maho janastapaḥ satyaṃ bhūto bhāvyo bhavastathā| uktā hyete tvayā lokā lokānāmantareṇa ca| lokāntarañca yādṛgvai tanno brūhi yathātatham
The sages said: Mahas, Janas, Tapas, Satya, the past, the future and the present — these worlds have been told by you, and the space between the worlds. Tell us truly what the interval between the worlds is like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.210
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ऋषीणामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम्। स वायुर्दृष्टतत्त्वार्थ इदन्तत्त्वमुवाच ह
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ṛṣīṇāmūrddhvaretasām| sa vāyurdṛṣṭatattvārtha idantattvamuvāca ha
Hearing that speech of theirs, of the sages whose seed was drawn upward, Vāyu, who had seen the true nature of things, spoke this truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.211
वायुरुवाच।। व्यक्तं तर्केण पश्यन्ति योगात्प्रत्यक्षदर्शिनः। प्रत्याहारेण ध्यानेन तपसा च क्रियात्मनः
vāyuruvāca|| vyaktaṃ tarkeṇa paśyanti yogātpratyakṣadarśinaḥ| pratyāhāreṇa dhyānena tapasā ca kriyātmanaḥ
Vāyu said: Those who see directly, through yoga, perceive (it) manifestly by reasoning — those whose selves are (formed by) practice, through withdrawal (of the senses), meditation, and austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.212
ऋभुः सनत्कुमाराद्याः सम्बुद्धाः शुद्धबुद्धयः। व्यपेतशोका विरजाः सन्तो ब्रह्मेवसत्तमाः
ṛbhuḥ sanatkumārādyāḥ sambuddhāḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ| vyapetaśokā virajāḥ santo brahmevasattamāḥ
Ṛbhu, Sanatkumāra and the others, fully awakened, of purified intellect, their grief departed, free of passion — good men, most excellent in brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.213
अक्षयाः प्रीतिसंयुक्ता ब्रह्मे तिष्टन्ति योगिनः। ऋषीणां वालखिल्यानां तैर्यथाद्दृतमीश्वरैः
akṣayāḥ prītisaṃyuktā brahme tiṣṭanti yoginaḥ| ṛṣīṇāṃ vālakhilyānāṃ tairyathāddṛtamīśvaraiḥ
Undecaying, joined with delight, the yogins abide in brahman; as it was honoured by those lordly ones, by the seers, the Vālakhilyas —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.214
यथा चैव मया दृष्टं सान्निध्यन्तत्र कुर्वता। अनह्यसत्कृतार्थानामालयं चेश्वरस्य यत्
yathā caiva mayā dṛṣṭaṃ sānnidhyantatra kurvatā| anahyasatkṛtārthānāmālayaṃ ceśvarasya yat
And as it was seen by me when I made (my) presence there — and (as is) the abode of the Lord, of those whose ends are accomplished...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.215
ईश्वरः परमाणुत्वाद्भावग्राह्यो मनीषिणाम् । ज्ञानं वैराग्यमैश्वर्यन्तपः सत्यं क्षमा धृतिः
īśvaraḥ paramāṇutvādbhāvagrāhyo manīṣiṇām | jñānaṃ vairāgyamaiśvaryantapaḥ satyaṃ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ
The Lord, because of (his) being the finest atom, is to be grasped (only) by the inner disposition of the wise. Knowledge, dispassion, sovereignty, ascetic heat, truth, patience, firmness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.216
द्रष्टृत्वमात्मसम्बन्धमधिष्ठानत्वमेव च। अव्ययानि दशैतानि तस्मिंस्तिष्ठति शङ्करे
draṣṭṛtvamātmasambandhamadhiṣṭhānatvameva ca| avyayāni daśaitāni tasmiṃstiṣṭhati śaṅkare
the state of being the seer, connection with the self, and the state of being the substratum — these ten imperishable (qualities) abide in that Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.217
विबुत्वात्खलु योगाग्निर्ब्रह्मणोऽनुग्रहेरतः। स लोकविग्रहो भूत्वा साहाय्यमुपतिष्ठते
vibutvātkhalu yogāgnirbrahmaṇo'nugraherataḥ| sa lokavigraho bhūtvā sāhāyyamupatiṣṭhate
Indeed, through (his) pervasiveness the fire of yoga (arises) from the favour of brahman; and he, having taken on a body (in) the world, comes to (its) aid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 39.218
अक्षरं ध्रुवमव्यग्रमष्टमन्त्वौपसर्गिकम्। तस्येश्वरस्य यन्मात्रस्थानं मायामयं परम्
akṣaraṃ dhruvamavyagramaṣṭamantvaupasargikam| tasyeśvarasya yanmātrasthānaṃ māyāmayaṃ param
Imperishable, fixed, unagitated, eighth, and incidental — that which is the Lord's station of pure measure, supreme, made of māyā.
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VaP 2 39.219
मायया कृतमाचष्टे मायी देवो महेश्वरः। देवानामुपसंहारस्तत्प्रमाणं हि कीर्त्त्यते
māyayā kṛtamācaṣṭe māyī devo maheśvaraḥ| devānāmupasaṃhārastatpramāṇaṃ hi kīrttyate
The god Maheśvara, possessor of māyā, declares what has been made by māyā. The withdrawal of the gods — that indeed is proclaimed as its measure.
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VaP 2 39.220
विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत। त्रयोदशैव कोट्यस्तु नियुता दश पञ्च च। भूर्लोकाद्ब्रह्मलोको वैयोजनैः सम्प्रकीर्त्त्यते
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bruvato me nibodhata| trayodaśaiva koṭyastu niyutā daśa pañca ca| bhūrlokādbrahmaloko vaiyojanaiḥ samprakīrttyate
Learn from me as I speak in detail and in order: thirteen crores and fifteen hundred-thousands — thus from Bhūrloka to Brahmaloka is reckoned in yojanas.
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VaP 2 39.221
एकयोजनकोटी तु पञ्चाशन्नियुतानि च। ऊर्द्ध्वं भागवताण्डन्तु ब्रह्मलोकात्परं स्मृतम्
ekayojanakoṭī tu pañcāśanniyutāni ca| ūrddhvaṃ bhāgavatāṇḍantu brahmalokātparaṃ smṛtam
One crore of yojanas and fifty hundred-thousands: above, beyond Brahmaloka, is remembered the Bhāgavata egg.
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VaP 2 39.222
एषोर्द्ध्वगप्रचारस्तु गत्यन्तञ्च ततः स्मृतम् । नित्या ह्यपरिसंख्येयाः परस्परगुणाश्रयाः
eṣorddhvagapracārastu gatyantañca tataḥ smṛtam | nityā hyaparisaṃkhyeyāḥ parasparaguṇāśrayāḥ
This is the upward course, and thereafter is remembered the end of motion. The (primal natures) are eternal, innumerable, resting upon one another's qualities,
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VaP 2 39.223
सूक्ष्माः प्रसवधर्मिण्यस्ततः प्रकृतयः स्मृताः। येभ्योऽधिकर्त्ता संजज्ञो क्षेत्रज्ञो ब्रह्मसंज्ञितः
sūkṣmāḥ prasavadharmiṇyastataḥ prakṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ| yebhyo'dhikarttā saṃjajño kṣetrajño brahmasaṃjñitaḥ
subtle, given to bringing forth — thus the prakṛtis are remembered; over which was born the doer, the knower of the field, called brahman.
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VaP 2 39.224
तासु प्रकृतिमत्सूक्ष्ममधिष्ठातृत्वमव्ययम्। अनुत्पाद्यं परन्धाम परमाणु परेशयम्
tāsu prakṛtimatsūkṣmamadhiṣṭhātṛtvamavyayam| anutpādyaṃ parandhāma paramāṇu pareśayam
In them there is the subtle, imperishable state of presiding over prakṛti, ungenerated, the supreme abode, the finest atom, resting in the supreme Lord.
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VaP 2 39.225
अक्षयश्चाप्यनुह्यश्च अमूर्त्तिर्मूर्त्तिमानसौ। प्रादुर्भावस्तिरोभावः स्थितिश्चैवाप्यनुग्रहः
akṣayaścāpyanuhyaśca amūrttirmūrttimānasau| prādurbhāvastirobhāvaḥ sthitiścaivāpyanugrahaḥ
He is undecaying and unthinkable; he is formless and yet possessed of form. Manifestation, disappearance, maintenance, and also grace —
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VaP 2 39.226
विधिरन्यैरनौपम्यः परमाणुर्महेश्वरः। सतेजा एष तमसो यः परस्तात्प्रकाशकः
vidhiranyairanaupamyaḥ paramāṇurmaheśvaraḥ| satejā eṣa tamaso yaḥ parastātprakāśakaḥ
(such is his) way, incomparable with others: the finest atom, Maheśvara. He is possessed of splendour, the illuminator who is beyond darkness.
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VaP 2 39.227
यदण्डमासीत्सौवर्णं प्रथमन्त्वौपसर्गिकम्। बृहतं सर्वतोवृत्तमीश्वराद्व्यवजायत
yadaṇḍamāsītsauvarṇaṃ prathamantvaupasargikam| bṛhataṃ sarvatovṛttamīśvarādvyavajāyata
The egg which was golden, the first, incidental, huge, round on all sides, was born forth from the Lord.
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VaP 2 39.228
ईश्वराद्बीजनिर्भेदः क्षेत्रज्ञो बीज ईष्यते। योनिं प्रकृतिमाचष्टे सा च नारायणात्मिका
īśvarādbījanirbhedaḥ kṣetrajño bīja īṣyate| yoniṃ prakṛtimācaṣṭe sā ca nārāyaṇātmikā
From the Lord comes the bursting of the seed; the knower of the field is regarded as the seed. (Tradition) calls prakṛti the womb, and she has Nārāyaṇa for her self.
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VaP 2 39.229
विबुर्लोकस्य सृष्ट्यर्थं लोकसंस्थानमेव च। सन्निसर्गः स तन्वा च लोकधातुर्महात्मनः
viburlokasya sṛṣṭyarthaṃ lokasaṃsthānameva ca| sannisargaḥ sa tanvā ca lokadhāturmahātmanaḥ
The pervader (acts) for the sake of the world's creation and for the world's arrangement; that is his emission, and by his body the great one is the substrate of the world.
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VaP 2 39.230
पुरस्ताद्ब्रह्मलोकस्य ह्यण्डादर्वाक्च ब्रह्मणः। तयोर्मध्ये पुरं दिव्यं स्थानं यस्य मनोमयम्
purastādbrahmalokasya hyaṇḍādarvākca brahmaṇaḥ| tayormadhye puraṃ divyaṃ sthānaṃ yasya manomayam
In front of Brahmaloka, and on this side of the egg of Brahmā — between those two is the divine city, whose station is made of mind.
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VaP 2 39.231
तद्विग्रहवतः स्थानमीश्वरस्यामितौजसः। शिवं नाम पुरं तत्र शरणं जन्मभीरुणाम्
tadvigrahavataḥ sthānamīśvarasyāmitaujasaḥ| śivaṃ nāma puraṃ tatra śaraṇaṃ janmabhīruṇām
That is the station of the Lord of measureless might when he has taken a body; the city there, named Śiva, is the refuge of those who fear birth.
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VaP 2 39.232
सहस्राणां शतं पूर्णं योजनानां द्विजोत्तमाः। अभ्यन्तरे तु विस्तीर्णं महीमण्डलसंस्थितम्
sahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ pūrṇaṃ yojanānāṃ dvijottamāḥ| abhyantare tu vistīrṇaṃ mahīmaṇḍalasaṃsthitam
A full hundred thousand yojanas, O best of the twice-born; and within it (the city) is spread out, set upon the circle of the earth.
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VaP 2 39.233
मध्याह्नार्कप्रकाशेन परतेजोऽभिमर्दिना। शातकौम्भेन महता प्राकारेणार्कवर्चसा
madhyāhnārkaprakāśena paratejo'bhimardinā| śātakaumbhena mahatā prākāreṇārkavarcasā
(Enclosed) by a great golden rampart with the brilliance of the midday sun, overwhelming every other splendour, with the sun's own lustre;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.234
द्वारैश्चतुर्भिः सौवर्णैर्मुक्तादामविभूषितैः। तपनीयनिभैः शुभ्रैर्गाढं सुकृतवेष्टनम्
dvāraiścaturbhiḥ sauvarṇairmuktādāmavibhūṣitaiḥ| tapanīyanibhaiḥ śubhrairgāḍhaṃ sukṛtaveṣṭanam
with four golden gates adorned with strands of pearls, bright, resembling refined gold — a tight, well-made enclosure.
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VaP 2 39.235
तच्चाकाशे पुरं रम्यं दिव्यं घण्टादिनादितम्। न तत्र क्रमते मृत्युर्न तपो न जरा श्रमाः
taccākāśe puraṃ ramyaṃ divyaṃ ghaṇṭādināditam| na tatra kramate mṛtyurna tapo na jarā śramāḥ
And that city, in the sky, delightful, divine, resounding with bells and the like: there death does not encroach, nor heat, nor old age, nor fatigues.
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VaP 2 39.236
न हि तस्य पुरस्यान्यैरुपमां कर्तुमर्हति। सहस्राणां शतं पूर्णं योजनानां दिशो दश
na hi tasya purasyānyairupamāṃ kartumarhati| sahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ pūrṇaṃ yojanānāṃ diśo daśa
Indeed one cannot make a comparison of that city with any others: a full hundred thousand yojanas in the ten directions,
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VaP 2 39.237
तत्पुरं गोवृषाङ्कस्य तेजसा व्याप्य तिष्ठति। भावेन मनसो भूमिर्विन्यस्ता कनकामयी
tatpuraṃ govṛṣāṅkasya tejasā vyāpya tiṣṭhati| bhāvena manaso bhūmirvinyastā kanakāmayī
that city of the bull-marked one stands pervading (all) with its radiance; by the mere intent of (his) mind the golden ground was laid down.
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VaP 2 39.238
रत्नवालुकया तत्र विन्यस्ता शुशुभेऽधिकम्। शारदेन्दुर्पकाशानि बालसूर्य्यनिबानि च
ratnavālukayā tatra vinyastā śuśubhe'dhikam| śāradendurpakāśāni bālasūryyanibāni ca
There it shone exceedingly, laid out with sand of gems; (lotuses) shining like the autumn moon and resembling the young sun,
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VaP 2 39.239
अर्द्ध श्वेतार्द्धरक्तानि सौवर्णानि तथैव च। रथचक्रप्रमाणानि नालैर्मरकतप्रभैः
arddha śvetārddharaktāni sauvarṇāni tathaiva ca| rathacakrapramāṇāni nālairmarakataprabhaiḥ
half white and half red, and likewise golden, of the measure of chariot-wheels, with stalks of emerald sheen,
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VaP 2 39.240
सौकुमारेण रूपेण गन्धिनाप्रतिमेन च। तत्र दिव्यानि पद्मानि वनेषूपवनेषु च
saukumāreṇa rūpeṇa gandhināpratimena ca| tatra divyāni padmāni vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca
of delicate form and with an incomparable fragrance — divine lotuses (are) there, in the woods and the pleasure-groves;
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VaP 2 39.241
भृङ्गपत्रनिकाशानि तपनीयानि यानि च। अर्द्धकृष्णार्द्धरक्तानि सुकुमारान्तराणि च
bhṛṅgapatranikāśāni tapanīyāni yāni ca| arddhakṛṣṇārddharaktāni sukumārāntarāṇi ca
and those resembling the wings of bees, and those of refined gold, half black and half red, and those with very tender interiors,
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VaP 2 39.242
आतपत्र प्रमाणानि पङ्कजैः संवृतानि च। भूयः सप्त महानद्यस्तासान्नामानि बोधत
ātapatra pramāṇāni paṅkajaiḥ saṃvṛtāni ca| bhūyaḥ sapta mahānadyastāsānnāmāni bodhata
of the measure of parasols, and covered over with lotuses. Further, there are seven great rivers; learn their names.
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VaP 2 39.243
वरा वरेण्या वरदा वरार्हा वरवर्णिनी। वरमा वरभद्रा च रम्यास्तस्मिन्पुरोत्तमे
varā vareṇyā varadā varārhā varavarṇinī| varamā varabhadrā ca ramyāstasminpurottame
Varā, Vareṇyā, Varadā, Varārhā, Varavarṇinī, Varamā and Varabhadrā — delightful (rivers) in that highest of cities.
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VaP 2 39.244
पद्मोत्पलदलोन्मिश्रं फेनाद्यावर्त्तविग्रहम्। जलं मणिदलप्रख्यमावहन्ति सरिद्वराः
padmotpaladalonmiśraṃ phenādyāvarttavigraham| jalaṃ maṇidalaprakhyamāvahanti saridvarāḥ
Those best of rivers carry water mingled with the petals of lotuses and blue lotuses, its form (made of) foam and eddies, resembling flakes of gem.
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VaP 2 39.245
न तु ब्रह्मर्षयो देवा नासुराः पितरस्तथा। न खल्वन्येऽप्रमेयस्य विदुरीशस्य तत्पुरम्
na tu brahmarṣayo devā nāsurāḥ pitarastathā| na khalvanye'prameyasya vidurīśasya tatpuram
But neither the brahmin-seers nor the gods, nor the asuras nor the ancestors, nor indeed any others know that city of the immeasurable Lord.
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VaP 2 39.246
तत्र ये ध्यानमव्यग्राः सुयुक्ता विजितेन्द्रियाः। पश्यन्तीह महात्मानः पुरन्तद्गोवृषात्मनः
tatra ye dhyānamavyagrāḥ suyuktā vijitendriyāḥ| paśyantīha mahātmānaḥ purantadgovṛṣātmanaḥ
Those great-souled ones there who, undistracted, well concentrated in meditation, with senses subdued, do behold here that city of him whose self is the bull.
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VaP 2 39.247
मध्ये पुरवरेन्द्रस्य तस्याप्रतिमतेजसः। सुमहान्मेरुसङ्गाशो दिव्यो भद्रश्रिया वृतः
madhye puravarendrasya tasyāpratimatejasaḥ| sumahānmerusaṅgāśo divyo bhadraśriyā vṛtaḥ
In the middle of that best and chief of cities, of incomparable splendour, (there stands) a very great one, resembling Meru, divine, surrounded by auspicious beauty:
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VaP 2 39.248
सहस्र पादः प्रासादस्तपनीयमयः शुभः। अनुपमेयै रत्नैश्च सर्वतः स विभूषितः
sahasra pādaḥ prāsādastapanīyamayaḥ śubhaḥ| anupameyai ratnaiśca sarvataḥ sa vibhūṣitaḥ
a thousand-pillared palace, made of refined gold, auspicious; and it was adorned on all sides with incomparable jewels —
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VaP 2 39.249
स्फटिकैश्चन्द्रसङ्काशैर्वैढूर्यैः सोमसंप्रभैः। बालसूर्य्यप्रभैश्चैव सौवर्णैश्चाग्निसंप्रभैः
sphaṭikaiścandrasaṅkāśairvaiḍhūryaiḥ somasaṃprabhaiḥ| bālasūryyaprabhaiścaiva sauvarṇaiścāgnisaṃprabhaiḥ
with crystals resembling the moon, with beryls of moon-like radiance, with (gems) of the lustre of the young sun, and with golden ones of the lustre of fire;
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VaP 2 39.250
राजतैश्चापि शुशुभे इन्द्रनीलमयैः शुभैः। दृढैर्वज्रमयैश्चैव इत्येवं सुमहाहितैः
rājataiścāpi śuśubhe indranīlamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ| dṛḍhairvajramayaiścaiva ityevaṃ sumahāhitaiḥ
and it shone with silver ones too, with fine ones made of sapphire, and with hard ones made of diamond — thus, with these things of very great worth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.251
जलैश्च विविधाकारैर्दीप्यद्भिरधिवासितम्। चन्द्ररश्मिप्रकाशाभिः पताकाभिरलंकृतम्
jalaiśca vividhākārairdīpyadbhiradhivāsitam| candraraśmiprakāśābhiḥ patākābhiralaṃkṛtam
And it was perfumed with waters of various forms, and with blazing (lamps); it was decorated with banners bright as the rays of the moon.
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VaP 2 39.252
रुक्मघण्टानिनादैश्च नित्यप्रमुदितोत्सवः। किन्नराणामधीवासैः सन्ध्याभ्राकारराजितैः
rukmaghaṇṭāninādaiśca nityapramuditotsavaḥ| kinnarāṇāmadhīvāsaiḥ sandhyābhrākārarājitaiḥ
And with the ringing of golden bells (the palace was) a festival of perpetual joy; (adorned) with the dwellings of the kinnaras, gleaming like clouds at twilight,
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VaP 2 39.253
परिवारसमन्तात्तु हेमपुष्पोदकप्रभैः। यथा हि मेरुशैलेन्द्रो हेमश्रृङ्गैर्विराजते
parivārasamantāttu hemapuṣpodakaprabhaiḥ| yathā hi meruśailendro hemaśrṛṅgairvirājate
and all around with the attendant (buildings), shining with golden flowers and water — just as Meru, lord of mountains, is resplendent with its golden peaks,
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VaP 2 39.254
चामीकरमयीभिस्तु पताकाभिस्तथा पुरम् । एवं प्रासादराजोऽसौ भूमिकाभिर्विराजते
cāmīkaramayībhistu patākābhistathā puram | evaṃ prāsādarājo'sau bhūmikābhirvirājate
so (is) the city with banners made of gold; thus does that king of palaces shine with its storeys.
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VaP 2 39.255
वसन्तप्रतिमा यत्र त्र्यम्बकस्य निवेशने। लक्ष्मीः श्रीश्च वपुर्म्माया कीर्त्तिः शोभा सरस्वती
vasantapratimā yatra tryambakasya niveśane| lakṣmīḥ śrīśca vapurmmāyā kīrttiḥ śobhā sarasvatī
There, in the residence of Tryambaka, (dwell those who are) the very likeness of spring: Lakṣmī and Śrī, Vapus, Māyā, Kīrti, Śobhā, Sarasvatī —
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VaP 2 39.256
देव्या वै सहिता ह्येता रूपगन्धसमन्विताः। नित्या ह्यपरिसङ्ख्याताः परस्परगुणाश्रयाः । भूषणं सर्वरत्नानां योन्यः कान्तिविलासयोः
devyā vai sahitā hyetā rūpagandhasamanvitāḥ| nityā hyaparisaṅkhyātāḥ parasparaguṇāśrayāḥ | bhūṣaṇaṃ sarvaratnānāṃ yonyaḥ kāntivilāsayoḥ
these, indeed, together with the Goddess, endowed with beauty and fragrance, eternal and beyond counting, each depending on the qualities of the others, the adornment of all jewels, the sources of loveliness and grace,
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VaP 2 39.257
कोटिशतं महाभागा विभज्यात्मानमात्मना। भगवन्तं महात्मानं प्रतिमोदन्त्यतन्द्रिताः।
koṭiśataṃ mahābhāgā vibhajyātmānamātmanā| bhagavantaṃ mahātmānaṃ pratimodantyatandritāḥ|
a hundred crore of them, greatly blessed, dividing their own selves by themselves, they gladden the blessed great-souled one, never slackening.
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VaP 2 39.258
तासां सहस्रशश्चान्याः पृष्ठतः परिचारिकाः। रूपिण्यश्च श्रिया युक्ताः सर्वाः कमललोचनाः
tāsāṃ sahasraśaścānyāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ paricārikāḥ| rūpiṇyaśca śriyā yuktāḥ sarvāḥ kamalalocanāḥ
And behind them are thousands of other attendant women, shapely and possessed of splendour, all of them lotus-eyed,
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VaP 2 39.259
लीलाविलाससंयुक्तैर्भावैरतिमनोहरैः। गणैस्ताः सह मोदन्ते शैलाभैः पावकोपमैः
līlāvilāsasaṃyuktairbhāvairatimanoharaiḥ| gaṇaistāḥ saha modante śailābhaiḥ pāvakopamaiḥ
with feelings full of playful charm and exceedingly captivating; they take their pleasure together with the hosts, who are like mountains and comparable to fire.
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VaP 2 39.260
कुब्जा कामनिकामैश्च वरगात्रा हयाननाः । पुण्ड्राश्च विकटाश्चैव करलाश्चिपिटाननाः
kubjā kāmanikāmaiśca varagātrā hayānanāḥ | puṇḍrāśca vikaṭāścaiva karalāścipiṭānanāḥ
Hunchbacked ones, and (those) of desires at will, ones of excellent limbs, ones with horses' faces, and reddish-brown ones, and misshapen ones, and gap-toothed ones, and ones with flattened faces,
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VaP 2 39.261
लम्बोदरा ह्रस्वभुजा विनेत्रा ह्रस्वपादिकाः। मृगेन्द्रवदनाश्चान्या गजवक्रोदरास्तथा
lambodarā hrasvabhujā vinetrā hrasvapādikāḥ| mṛgendravadanāścānyā gajavakrodarāstathā
pot-bellied ones, short-armed ones, ones without eyes, ones with short feet, and others with the faces of lions, and likewise ones with elephant-crooked bellies,
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VaP 2 39.262
गजाननास्तथैवान्याः सिंह व्याघ्राननास्तथा। लोहिताक्षा महास्तन्यः सुभगाश्चारुलोचनाः
gajānanāstathaivānyāḥ siṃha vyāghrānanāstathā| lohitākṣā mahāstanyaḥ subhagāścārulocanāḥ
and likewise others with elephant faces, and (others) with the faces of lions and tigers; red-eyed ones, large-breasted ones, comely ones with lovely eyes,
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VaP 2 39.263
ह्रस्वकुञ्चितकेशाश्च सुन्दर्य्यश्चारुलोचनाः। अन्याश्च कामरूपिण्यो नानावेषधराः स्त्रियः
hrasvakuñcitakeśāśca sundaryyaścārulocanāḥ| anyāśca kāmarūpiṇyo nānāveṣadharāḥ striyaḥ
and (women) with short curly hair, beautiful, with lovely eyes; and other women who take on any form at will, wearing manifold garb —
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VaP 2 39.264
अभ्यन्तरपरिस्कन्धा देवावासगृहोचिताः। रराम भगवांस्तत्र दशबाहुर्महेश्वरः
abhyantarapariskandhā devāvāsagṛhocitāḥ| rarāma bhagavāṃstatra daśabāhurmaheśvaraḥ
(these are) the inner attendants, suited to the houses of the gods' dwelling. There the blessed ten-armed Maheśvara took his pleasure,
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VaP 2 39.265
नन्दिना च गणैः सार्द्धं विश्वरूपैर्महात्मभिः। तथा रुद्रगणैश्चापि तुल्यौदार्य्यपराक्रमैः
nandinā ca gaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ viśvarūpairmahātmabhiḥ| tathā rudragaṇaiścāpi tulyaudāryyaparākramaiḥ
together with Nandin and with the hosts, great-souled and of every shape, and likewise with the hosts of Rudras, equal (to him) in nobility and valour,
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VaP 2 39.266
पावकात्मजसङ्काशैर्यूपदंष्ट्रोत्कटाननैः। वन्द्यमानो विमानश्च पूज्यमानश्च तत्परैः
pāvakātmajasaṅkāśairyūpadaṃṣṭrotkaṭānanaiḥ| vandyamāno vimānaśca pūjyamānaśca tatparaiḥ
who resemble the son of Fire, whose faces are fierce with tusks like sacrificial posts; and he was praised, and the celestial car was worshipped, by those devoted to him,
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VaP 2 39.267
सर्वर्तुकुसुमां मालां जिघ्रमाणोरसि स्थितान् । नीलोत्पलदलश्यामं पृथुताम्रायतेक्षणम्
sarvartukusumāṃ mālāṃ jighramāṇorasi sthitān | nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ pṛthutāmrāyatekṣaṇam
as they smelled the garland of flowers of every season resting on his chest — (him who is) dark as the petal of a blue lotus, with broad, long, coppery eyes,
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VaP 2 39.268
ईषत्कराल्लम्बोष्ठं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रा गणाञचितम्। षडूर्द्ध्वनेत्रं दुष्प्रेक्ष्यं रुचिरञ्चीरवाससम्
īṣatkarāllamboṣṭhaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrā gaṇāñacitam| ṣaḍūrddhvanetraṃ duṣprekṣyaṃ rucirañcīravāsasam
with a slightly gaping (mouth) and pendulous lip, thronged about by sharp-fanged hosts, with six eyes above, hard to look upon, radiant, clad in rags,
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VaP 2 39.269
आहवेष्वपरिक्लिष्टं देवानामरिनाशनम्। बाहुना बाहुमावेश्य पार्श्वे सव्येऽन्तरे स्थितम्
āhaveṣvaparikliṣṭaṃ devānāmarināśanam| bāhunā bāhumāveśya pārśve savye'ntare sthitam
unwearied in battles, the destroyer of the enemies of the gods — resting his arm upon (another's) arm, standing at his left side, close by,
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VaP 2 39.270
रराजापदिशन्तस्य वामाग्रकरगोचरम्। महाभैरवनिर्घोषं बलेनाप्रतिमौजसम्। दशवर्णधनुश्चैव विचित्रं शोभतेऽधिकम्
rarājāpadiśantasya vāmāgrakaragocaram| mahābhairavanirghoṣaṃ balenāpratimaujasam| daśavarṇadhanuścaiva vicitraṃ śobhate'dhikam
there shone, within range of his left foremost hand, pointing (it) out (?), (a weapon) of great and terrible roar, of might unequalled in strength; and the ten-coloured bow, of varied hue, shines exceedingly,
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VaP 2 39.271
त्रिशूलं विद्युताभासममोघं शत्रुनाशनम्। जाज्वल्यमानं वपुषा परमं तत्त्विषा युतम्
triśūlaṃ vidyutābhāsamamoghaṃ śatrunāśanam| jājvalyamānaṃ vapuṣā paramaṃ tattviṣā yutam
(and) the trident, with the appearance of lightning, unfailing, destroyer of foes, blazing, supreme in form, endowed with that brilliance;
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VaP 2 39.272
असिश्चैवौजसां श्रेष्ठः शीतरश्मिः शशी तथा। तेजसा वपुषा कान्त्या देवेशस्य महात्मनः। शुशुभेऽभ्यधिकं तत्र वेद्यामग्निशिखा इव
asiścaivaujasāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ śītaraśmiḥ śaśī tathā| tejasā vapuṣā kāntyā deveśasya mahātmanaḥ| śuśubhe'bhyadhikaṃ tatra vedyāmagniśikhā iva
And the sword, best of powerful (weapons), and likewise the cool-rayed moon: by the splendour, the form and the loveliness of the great-souled lord of gods (it/they) shone there exceedingly, like flames of fire on the altar.
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VaP 2 39.273
स्थितः पुरस्ताद्देवस्य शातकौम्भमयो महान्। शुशुभे रुचिरः श्रीमान्सोदकः सकमण्डलुः
sthitaḥ purastāddevasya śātakaumbhamayo mahān| śuśubhe ruciraḥ śrīmānsodakaḥ sakamaṇḍaluḥ
Standing before the god, great and made of gold, (it) shone, bright and splendid, filled with water, together with its water-pot.
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VaP 2 39.274
असिमावेश्य चाङ्गेषु पाण्डुराम्बर धारिणी। उरश्छदेन महता मौक्तिकेन विराजिता। चतुर्भुजा महाभागा विजया लोकसम्मता
asimāveśya cāṅgeṣu pāṇḍurāmbara dhāriṇī| uraśchadena mahatā mauktikena virājitā| caturbhujā mahābhāgā vijayā lokasammatā
Having girded a sword upon her limbs, wearing white garments, resplendent with a great breast-covering of pearls, four-armed, greatly fortunate, Vijayā, esteemed by the world—
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VaP 2 39.275
देव्या आद्यः प्रतीहारी श्रीरिवाप्रतिमा परा। विभ्राजती स्थिता चैव कृत्वा देवस्य चाञ्जलिम्
devyā ādyaḥ pratīhārī śrīrivāpratimā parā| vibhrājatī sthitā caiva kṛtvā devasya cāñjalim
—she is the foremost doorkeeper of the Goddess, unequalled, supreme like Śrī; and she stood shining, making the folded-hands salutation to the god.
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VaP 2 39.276
तस्याः पृष्ठानुगाश्चान्याः स्त्रियोऽप्सरोगणान्विताः। ताः खल्वभिनवैः कान्तैरुपतिष्ठन्ति शङ्करम्
tasyāḥ pṛṣṭhānugāścānyāḥ striyo'psarogaṇānvitāḥ| tāḥ khalvabhinavaiḥ kāntairupatiṣṭhanti śaṅkaram
And others, following at her back, women accompanied by troops of apsarases: they indeed wait upon Śaṅkara with ever-fresh charms.
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VaP 2 39.277
सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्ना वादित्रै रुपबृंहिताः। उपगायन्ति देवेशं गणा गन्धर्वयोनयः
sarvalakṣaṇasampannā vāditrai rupabṛṃhitāḥ| upagāyanti deveśaṃ gaṇā gandharvayonayaḥ
Endowed with every (auspicious) mark, swelled out by musical instruments, the hosts of gandharva origin sing to the lord of gods.
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VaP 2 39.278
अभ्युन्नतो महोरस्कः शरन्मेघसमद्युतिः। शोभते नन्दमानश्च गोपतिस्तस्य वेश्मनि
abhyunnato mahoraskaḥ śaranmeghasamadyutiḥ| śobhate nandamānaśca gopatistasya veśmani
Towering, broad-chested, of radiance like an autumn cloud, the lord of cattle (the bull) shines, rejoicing, in his dwelling.
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VaP 2 39.279
स्कन्दश्च सपरीवारः पुत्रोऽस्यामितवीर्य्यवान्। रक्ताम्बरधरः श्रीमान्वराम्बुजदलेक्षणः
skandaśca saparīvāraḥ putro'syāmitavīryyavān| raktāmbaradharaḥ śrīmānvarāmbujadalekṣaṇaḥ
And Skanda, with his retinue, his son of measureless valour, wearing red garments, glorious, with eyes like fine lotus-petals;
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VaP 2 39.280
तस्य शाखो विशाखश्च नैगमेयश्च चाष्टवान्। व्यपेतव्यसनाक्रूराः प्रजानां पालने रताः
tasya śākho viśākhaśca naigameyaśca cāṣṭavān| vyapetavyasanākrūrāḥ prajānāṃ pālane ratāḥ
his (companions) Śākha and Viśākha and Naigameya and Cāṣṭavān(?), free of vice, not cruel, intent on the protection of creatures.
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VaP 2 39.281
तैः सार्द्धं स महावीर्य्यः शोभते शिखिवाहनः । व्यालक्रीडनकैस्तत्र क्रीडते विश्वतोमुखः
taiḥ sārddhaṃ sa mahāvīryyaḥ śobhate śikhivāhanaḥ | vyālakrīḍanakaistatra krīḍate viśvatomukhaḥ
Together with them that greatly valorous one, borne by the peacock, shines; there the one whose face is turned everywhere plays with serpents for playthings.
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VaP 2 39.282
ये नृपा विभुधेन्द्राणां काञ्चनस्य प्रदायिनः। ये च स्वायतना विप्रा गृहस्था ब्रह्मवादिनः
ye nṛpā vibhudhendrāṇāṃ kāñcanasya pradāyinaḥ| ye ca svāyatanā viprā gṛhasthā brahmavādinaḥ
Those kings who are givers of gold to the chiefs of the gods, and those brahmins who have their own sanctuaries, householders, expounders of the Veda,
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VaP 2 39.283
गूढस्वाध्याय तपसस्तथा चैवोञ्छवृत्तयः। एते सभासदस्तस्य देवेशस्य च सम्मताः
gūḍhasvādhyāya tapasastathā caivoñchavṛttayaḥ| ete sabhāsadastasya deveśasya ca sammatāḥ
whose recitation and austerity are kept hidden, and likewise those who live by gleaning—these are the members of his assembly, approved by that lord of gods.
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VaP 2 39.284
मन्वन्तराण्यनेकानि व्यवर्त्तन्त पुनः पुनः। श्रूयतां देवदेवस्य भविष्याश्चर्यमुत्तमम्
manvantarāṇyanekāni vyavarttanta punaḥ punaḥ| śrūyatāṃ devadevasya bhaviṣyāścaryamuttamam
Many manvantaras have passed away, again and again. Let the supreme marvel of the god of gods that is to come be heard.
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VaP 2 39.285
व्याघ्राश्चैवानुगास्तत्र काञ्चनाभास्तरस्विनः। स्वच्छन्दचारिणः सर्वे स्वयं देवेन निर्म्मिताः
vyāghrāścaivānugāstatra kāñcanābhāstarasvinaḥ| svacchandacāriṇaḥ sarve svayaṃ devena nirmmitāḥ
And there tigers are (his) attendants, golden of hue, swift, all of them roaming at their pleasure, fashioned by the god himself.
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VaP 2 39.286
मृत्योर्मृत्युसमास्ते तु यमदर्पापहारिणः । विभूतिमप्यसंख्येयां को न खल्वभिधास्यते
mṛtyormṛtyusamāste tu yamadarpāpahāriṇaḥ | vibhūtimapyasaṃkhyeyāṃ ko na khalvabhidhāsyate
But they are like Death to Death itself, taking away Yama's pride; and who indeed shall (be able to) tell his uncountable majesty?
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VaP 2 39.287
अतःपरमिदं भूयो भवेनाद्भुतमुत्तमम्। भूतानामनुकंपार्थं यत्कृतं तन्निबोधत
ataḥparamidaṃ bhūyo bhavenādbhutamuttamam| bhūtānāmanukaṃpārthaṃ yatkṛtaṃ tannibodhata
Beyond this, further, (learn) this supreme wonder wrought by Bhava: what was done out of compassion for beings—know that.
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VaP 2 39.288
मन्दरादिप्रकाशानां बलेनाप्रतिमौजसाम्। हारकुन्देन्दुवर्णानां विद्युद्वननिनादिनाम्
mandarādiprakāśānāṃ balenāpratimaujasām| hārakundenduvarṇānāṃ vidyudvananinādinām
Of those bright as Mandara and the (other mountains), of unmatched force in strength, of the colour of a pearl-necklace, of jasmine, of the moon, roaring like lightning-clouds,
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VaP 2 39.289
चूडामणिधराणां वै मेघसन्निभवाससाम्। श्रीवत्साङ्कितवज्राणामङ्गुलीशूलपाणिनाम्
cūḍāmaṇidharāṇāṃ vai meghasannibhavāsasām| śrīvatsāṅkitavajrāṇāmaṅgulīśūlapāṇinām
who wear crest-jewels, whose garments resemble clouds, whose thunderbolts are marked with the śrīvatsa, who hold rings and tridents in their hands,
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VaP 2 39.290
एवं दिशानां देवानां रूपेणोत्तमशालिनाम्। तस्य प्रासादमुख्यस्य स्तम्भेषूत्तमशोभिषु
evaṃ diśānāṃ devānāṃ rūpeṇottamaśālinām| tasya prāsādamukhyasya stambheṣūttamaśobhiṣu
—thus of the gods of the directions, excelling in beauty of form—on the supremely splendid pillars of that chief palace,
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VaP 2 39.291
संयताग्निमयीभिस्तु श्रृङ्खलाभिः पृथक्पृथक्। मायासहस्रं सिंहानां सुखं तत्र निवासिनाम्
saṃyatāgnimayībhistu śrṛṅkhalābhiḥ pṛthakpṛthak| māyāsahasraṃ siṃhānāṃ sukhaṃ tatra nivāsinām
bound each separately with chains made of fire, a thousand illusory lions dwell there at ease.
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VaP 2 39.292
स्तम्भेऽप्यपासृताषष्टं(?) त्र्यम्बकस्य निवेशने। अथ तत्प्रतिसंपूज्य वायोर्वाक्यं सुविस्मिताः। ऋषयः प्रत्यभाषन्त नैमिषेयास्तपस्विनः
stambhe'pyapāsṛtāṣaṣṭaṃ(?) tryambakasya niveśane| atha tatpratisaṃpūjya vāyorvākyaṃ suvismitāḥ| ṛṣayaḥ pratyabhāṣanta naimiṣeyāstapasvinaḥ
... even on the pillar (?) in the dwelling of Tryambaka. Then, having honoured that speech of Vāyu in return, the sages, the ascetics of Naimiṣa, greatly amazed, replied.
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VaP 2 39.293
भगवन्सर्वभूतानां प्राण सर्वत्रग प्रभो। के ते सिंहमहाभूताः क्व ते जाताः किमात्मकाः
bhagavansarvabhūtānāṃ prāṇa sarvatraga prabho| ke te siṃhamahābhūtāḥ kva te jātāḥ kimātmakāḥ
"O Lord, O breath of all beings, O all-pervading master! Who are those lion great-beings? Where were they born? Of what nature are they?"
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VaP 2 39.294
सिंहाः केनापराधेन भूतानां प्रभविष्णुना। वैश्वानरमयैः पाशैः संरुद्धास्तु पृथक्पृथक्
siṃhāḥ kenāparādhena bhūtānāṃ prabhaviṣṇunā| vaiśvānaramayaiḥ pāśaiḥ saṃruddhāstu pṛthakpṛthak
"For what offence have the lions been bound separately, each one, with fetters made of fire, by him who is the ruler of beings?"
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VaP 2 39.295
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा वायुर्वाक्यं जगाद ह । यद्वै सहस्रं सिंहानामीश्वरेण महात्मना। व्यपनीय स्वकाद्देहात्क्रोधास्ते सिंहविग्रहाः
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vāyurvākyaṃ jagāda ha | yadvai sahasraṃ siṃhānāmīśvareṇa mahātmanā| vyapanīya svakāddehātkrodhāste siṃhavigrahāḥ
Hearing that speech of theirs, Vāyu spoke these words: "That thousand of lions was drawn forth from his own body by the great-souled Lord; they are (his) wrath in lion-form.
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VaP 2 39.296
भूतानामभयं दत्त्वा पुराबद्धाग्निबन्धने। यज्ञभागनिमित्तं च ईश्वरस्याज्ञया तदा
bhūtānāmabhayaṃ dattvā purābaddhāgnibandhane| yajñabhāganimittaṃ ca īśvarasyājñayā tadā
Having granted safety to (all) beings, they were formerly bound in a bond of fire, and (that was) for the sake of the share in the sacrifice, then, by the command of the Lord.
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VaP 2 39.297
तेषां विधानमुक्तेन सिंहेनैकेन लीलया। देव्या मन्युं कृतं ज्ञात्वा हतो दक्षस्य स क्रतुः
teṣāṃ vidhānamuktena siṃhenaikena līlayā| devyā manyuṃ kṛtaṃ jñātvā hato dakṣasya sa kratuḥ
By a single lion, released from their confinement, in sport, knowing that the Goddess's anger had been provoked, that sacrifice of Dakṣa was destroyed.
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VaP 2 39.298
निःसृता च महादेव्या महाकाली महेश्वरी। आत्मनः कर्म्मसाक्षिण्या भूतैः सार्द्धं तदानुगैः
niḥsṛtā ca mahādevyā mahākālī maheśvarī| ātmanaḥ karmmasākṣiṇyā bhūtaiḥ sārddhaṃ tadānugaiḥ
And from the Great Goddess came forth Mahākālī, the great sovereign lady, witness of her own deeds, together with the beings that follow her.
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VaP 2 39.299
स एष भगवान्क्रोधो रुद्रावासकृतालयः। वीरभद्रोऽप्रमेयात्मा देव्या मन्युप्रमार्ज्जनः
sa eṣa bhagavānkrodho rudrāvāsakṛtālayaḥ| vīrabhadro'prameyātmā devyā manyupramārjjanaḥ
This very one is the divine Wrath, who has made his abode in Rudra's dwelling, Vīrabhadra of immeasurable nature, the wiper-away of the Goddess's anger.
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VaP 2 39.300
तस्य वेश्म सुरेन्द्रस्य सर्वगुह्यतमस्य वै। सन्निवेशस्त्वनौपम्यो मया वः परिकीर्त्तितः
tasya veśma surendrasya sarvaguhyatamasya vai| sanniveśastvanaupamyo mayā vaḥ parikīrttitaḥ
That dwelling of the lord of gods, who is the most secret of all — its incomparable arrangement has been fully declared to you by me.
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VaP 2 39.301
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि ये तत्र प्रति वासिनः। रम्ये पुरवरश्रेष्ठे तस्मिन्वैहायभूमिषु
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi ye tatra prati vāsinaḥ| ramye puravaraśreṣṭhe tasminvaihāyabhūmiṣu
Next I shall tell of those who dwell there, in that delightful, best of excellent cities, on its lofty (sky-) terraces —
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VaP 2 39.302
नानारत्नविचित्रेषु पताकाबहुलेषु च। सर्वकामसमृद्धेषु वनोपवनशोभिषु
nānāratnavicitreṣu patākābahuleṣu ca| sarvakāmasamṛddheṣu vanopavanaśobhiṣu
(terraces) variegated with many jewels and thick with banners, abounding in every desirable thing, adorned with woods and pleasure-groves,
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VaP 2 39.303
राजतेषु महान्तेषु शातकौम्भमयेषु च। सन्ध्याभ्रसन्निकाशेषु कैलासप्रतिमेषु च
rājateṣu mahānteṣu śātakaumbhamayeṣu ca| sandhyābhrasannikāśeṣu kailāsapratimeṣu ca
(mansions) of silver, great, and made of gold, resembling the clouds of twilight, and like Kailāsa.
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VaP 2 39.304
इष्टैः शब्दादिभिर्भागैर्ये भवस्यानुसारिणः । प्रासादवर पुष्पेषु तेषु मोदन्ति सुव्रताः
iṣṭaiḥ śabdādibhirbhāgairye bhavasyānusāriṇaḥ | prāsādavara puṣpeṣu teṣu modanti suvratāḥ
Those of good vows who follow Bhava with (their) desired portions, sounds and the rest, rejoice in those excellent palaces (bright as) flowers.
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VaP 2 39.305
ब्रह्मघोषैरविरताः कथाश्च विविधाः शुभाः । गीतवादित्रघोषाश्च संस्तवाश्च समन्ततः
brahmaghoṣairaviratāḥ kathāśca vividhāḥ śubhāḥ | gītavāditraghoṣāśca saṃstavāśca samantataḥ
Unceasing with the sound of Vedic recitation, and various auspicious tales, and the sounds of song and instruments, and hymns of praise on every side —
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VaP 2 39.306
संहताश्चैवमतुला नानाश्रयकृतास्तथा। एवमादीनि वर्त्तन्ते तेषां प्रासादमूर्द्धनि
saṃhatāścaivamatulā nānāśrayakṛtāstathā| evamādīni varttante teṣāṃ prāsādamūrddhani
Massed together and thus unequalled, and made with many supports — such things as these go on upon the tops of their palaces.
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VaP 2 39.307
सहस्रपादः प्रासादस्तपनीयमयः शुभः। अनौपम्यैर्वरै रत्नैः सर्वतः परिभूषितः
sahasrapādaḥ prāsādastapanīyamayaḥ śubhaḥ| anaupamyairvarai ratnaiḥ sarvataḥ paribhūṣitaḥ
There is a thousand-pillared palace, auspicious, made of refined gold, adorned on all sides with incomparable, excellent jewels —
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VaP 2 39.308
स्फटिकैश्चन्द्रसङ्काशैर्वैढूर्यमणिसम्प्रभैः। बालसूर्यमयैश्चापि सौवर्णैश्चाग्निसम्प्रभैः
sphaṭikaiścandrasaṅkāśairvaiḍhūryamaṇisamprabhaiḥ| bālasūryamayaiścāpi sauvarṇaiścāgnisamprabhaiḥ
with crystals resembling the moon, with the lustre of beryl gems, and with (gems) like the young sun, and with golden ones shining like fire.
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VaP 2 39.309
चुक्रुशुऋषयः श्रुत्वा नैमिषेयास्तपस्विनः। आपन्नसंशयाश्चेमं वाक्यमूचुः समीरणम्
cukruśuṛṣayaḥ śrutvā naimiṣeyāstapasvinaḥ| āpannasaṃśayāścemaṃ vākyamūcuḥ samīraṇam
Hearing (this), the sages, the ascetics of Naimiṣa, cried out; and, having fallen into doubt, they spoke this word to the Wind:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 39.310
ऋषय ऊचुः।। के तु तत्र महात्मानो ये भवस्यानुसारिणः। अनुग्राह्यतमाः सम्यक् प्रमोदन्ते पुरोत्तमे। ऋषीणां वचनं श्रुत्वा वायुर्वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| ke tu tatra mahātmāno ye bhavasyānusāriṇaḥ| anugrāhyatamāḥ samyak pramodante purottame| ṛṣīṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā vāyurvākyamathābravīt
The sages said: "But who are those great-souled ones who follow Bhava, most worthy of grace, who rejoice fully in that best of cities?" Hearing the sages' words, Vāyu then spoke:
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VaP 2 39.311
वायुरुवाच।। श्रूयतां देवदेवस्य भक्तिर्यैरनुकल्पिता। ह्रीमन्तः सूर्जिता दान्ताः शौर्ययुक्ता ह्यलोलुपाः
vāyuruvāca|| śrūyatāṃ devadevasya bhaktiryairanukalpitā| hrīmantaḥ sūrjitā dāntāḥ śauryayuktā hyalolupāḥ
Vāyu said: "Let it be heard by whom devotion to the god of gods has been fashioned: they are modest, vigorous, self-controlled, endowed with valour, and free of greed;
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VaP 2 39.312
मध्याहाराश्च मात्राश्च ह्यात्मारामा जितेन्द्रियाः। जितद्वन्द्वा महोत्साहाः सौम्या विगतमत्सराः
madhyāhārāśca mātrāśca hyātmārāmā jitendriyāḥ| jitadvandvā mahotsāhāḥ saumyā vigatamatsarāḥ
(They are) moderate in food and in measure, delighting in the self, their senses subdued; they have overcome the pairs of opposites, are of great vigour, gentle, and free from envy.
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VaP 2 39.313
भावस्थाः सर्व्वभूतानामव्यापारा अनाकुलाः। कर्मणा मनसा वाचा विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना। अनन्यमनसो भूत्वा प्रपन्ना ये महेश्वरम्
bhāvasthāḥ sarvvabhūtānāmavyāpārā anākulāḥ| karmaṇā manasā vācā viśuddhenāntarātmanā| ananyamanaso bhūtvā prapannā ye maheśvaram
Those who abide in (right) disposition toward all beings, without (worldly) business, unagitated, who, with deed, mind and speech, with a purified inner self, having become single-minded, have taken refuge in Maheśvara —
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VaP 2 39.314
तैर्लब्धं रुद्रसालोक्यं शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्। भवस्य रूपसादृश्यं नीताश्चैव ह्यनुत्तमम्
tairlabdhaṃ rudrasālokyaṃ śāśvataṃ padamavyayam| bhavasya rūpasādṛśyaṃ nītāścaiva hyanuttamam
— by them is won (the state of) dwelling in the same world as Rudra, the everlasting, imperishable station; and they are brought to a likeness of form with Bhava, than which there is nothing higher.
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VaP 2 39.315
वैश्वानरमुखाः सर्वे विश्वरूपाः कपर्द्दिनः । नीलकण्ठाः सितग्रीवास्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रास्त्रिलोचनाः
vaiśvānaramukhāḥ sarve viśvarūpāḥ kaparddinaḥ | nīlakaṇṭhāḥ sitagrīvāstīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāstrilocanāḥ
All of them have faces like the (universal) fire, are of universal form, wearing matted braids, blue-throated, white-necked, with sharp fangs and three eyes,
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VaP 2 39.316
अर्द्धचन्द्रकृतोऽणीषा जटामुकुटधारिणः । सर्वे दशभुजा वीराः पद्मान्तर सुगन्धिनः
arddhacandrakṛto'ṇīṣā jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇaḥ | sarve daśabhujā vīrāḥ padmāntara sugandhinaḥ
with turbans made (crowned) with the half-moon, wearing the diadem of matted hair; all are heroes with ten arms, fragrant as the inside of a lotus.
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VaP 2 39.317
तरुणादित्यसङ्काशाः सर्वे ते पीतवाससः । पिनाकपाणयः सर्व्वे श्वेतगोवृषवाहनाः
taruṇādityasaṅkāśāḥ sarve te pītavāsasaḥ | pinākapāṇayaḥ sarvve śvetagovṛṣavāhanāḥ
Resembling the newly risen sun, all of them clad in yellow, all bearing the Pināka bow in hand, riding white bulls,
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VaP 2 39.318
श्रियान्विताः कुण्डलिनो मुक्ताहारविभूषिताः। तेजसोऽभ्यधिका देवैः सर्वज्ञाः सर्वदर्शिनः
śriyānvitāḥ kuṇḍalino muktāhāravibhūṣitāḥ| tejaso'bhyadhikā devaiḥ sarvajñāḥ sarvadarśinaḥ
endowed with splendour, wearing earrings, adorned with pearl necklaces, surpassing the gods in radiance, all-knowing, all-seeing,
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VaP 2 39.319
विभज्य बहुधात्मानं जरामृत्युविवर्जिताः। क्रीडन्ते विविधैर्भावैर्भोगान् प्राप्य सुदुर्लभान्
vibhajya bahudhātmānaṃ jarāmṛtyuvivarjitāḥ| krīḍante vividhairbhāvairbhogān prāpya sudurlabhān
dividing themselves in many ways, freed from old age and death, they play with manifold moods, having obtained enjoyments most hard to win,
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VaP 2 39.320
स्वच्छन्दगतयः सिद्धाः सिद्धैश्चान्यौर्विबोधिताः। एकादशानां रुद्राणां कोट्योऽनेकमहात्मनाम्
svacchandagatayaḥ siddhāḥ siddhaiścānyaurvibodhitāḥ| ekādaśānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ koṭyo'nekamahātmanām
moving at their own will, perfected, and awakened by other perfected ones. Of the eleven Rudras there are crores, of many great souls.
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VaP 2 39.321
एभिः सह महात्मा हि देवदेवो महेश्वरः। भक्तानुकम्पी भगवान्मोदते पार्वतीप्रियः
ebhiḥ saha mahātmā hi devadevo maheśvaraḥ| bhaktānukampī bhagavānmodate pārvatīpriyaḥ
Together with these the great-souled Maheśvara, god of gods, the Lord who is compassionate to his devotees, the beloved of Pārvatī, rejoices.
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VaP 2 39.322
नाहन्तेषान्तु रुद्राणां भवस्य च महात्मनः। नानात्वमनुपश्यामि सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि वः
nāhanteṣāntu rudrāṇāṃ bhavasya ca mahātmanaḥ| nānātvamanupaśyāmi satyametadbravīmi vaḥ
I see no difference at all between those Rudras and the great-souled Bhava; this I tell you as the truth.
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VaP 2 39.323
मातरिश्वाऽब्रवीत्पुण्यामित्येतामीश्वरोऽप्युत। अथ ते ऋषयः सर्वे दिवाकरसमप्रभाः। श्रुत्वेमां परमां पुण्यां कथां त्रैयम्बकीं ततः
mātariśvā'bravītpuṇyāmityetāmīśvaro'pyuta| atha te ṛṣayaḥ sarve divākarasamaprabhāḥ| śrutvemāṃ paramāṃ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ traiyambakīṃ tataḥ
Mātariśvan (the Wind) spoke this holy (account) thus, and so too the Lord. Then all those seers, radiant as the sun, having heard this supreme and holy tale of Tryambaka,
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VaP 2 39.324
भृशञ्चानुग्रहं प्राप्य हर्षं चैवाप्यनुत्तमम्। सम्भावयित्वा चाप्येनां वायुमूचुर्महाबलम्
bhṛśañcānugrahaṃ prāpya harṣaṃ caivāpyanuttamam| sambhāvayitvā cāpyenāṃ vāyumūcurmahābalam
and having received abundant grace and the highest joy, and having honoured it, they said to the Wind of great strength:
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VaP 2 39.325
ऋषय ऊचुः।। समीरण महाभाग ह्यस्माकं च त्वया विभो। ईश्वरस्योत्तमं पुण्यमष्टमन्त्वौपसर्गिकम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| samīraṇa mahābhāga hyasmākaṃ ca tvayā vibho| īśvarasyottamaṃ puṇyamaṣṭamantvaupasargikam
The seers said: O Wind, greatly fortunate one, O pervading lord, by you (has been told) to us the Lord's supreme and holy eighth (chapter?) on what is incidental,
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VaP 2 39.326
तस्य स्थानं प्रमाणञ्च यथावत्परिकीर्त्तितम्। यो गन्धेन समृद्धं वै परमं परमात्मनः
tasya sthānaṃ pramāṇañca yathāvatparikīrttitam| yo gandhena samṛddhaṃ vai paramaṃ paramātmanaḥ
his station and its measure have been proclaimed as they are — which (station), rich with fragrance, is the supreme (abode) of the Supreme Self.
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VaP 2 39.327
महादेवस्य माहात्म्यं दुर्विज्ञेयं सुरैरपि । स्वेन माहात्म्ययोगेन सहस्रस्यामितौजसः
mahādevasya māhātmyaṃ durvijñeyaṃ surairapi | svena māhātmyayogena sahasrasyāmitaujasaḥ
The greatness of Mahādeva is hard to know even for the gods — by his own power of greatness, (the greatness) of the thousandfold one of measureless might.
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VaP 2 39.328
यस्य भक्तेष्वसंमोहो ह्यनुकम्पार्थमेव च। ब्राह्मलक्ष्म्या स्वयं जुष्ठा या साप्रतिमशालिनी
yasya bhakteṣvasaṃmoho hyanukampārthameva ca| brāhmalakṣmyā svayaṃ juṣṭhā yā sāpratimaśālinī
He who has no delusion regarding his devotees, and (acts) only for the sake of compassion — that (splendour), attended of itself by brahmic majesty, which shines with unmatched beauty,
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VaP 2 39.329
ज्योत्स्नया व्याप्य खं चन्द्रं विन्यस्ता विश्वरूपधृक् । विभूतिर्भ्राजतेऽत्यर्थं देवदेवस्य वेश्मनि
jyotsnayā vyāpya khaṃ candraṃ vinyastā viśvarūpadhṛk | vibhūtirbhrājate'tyarthaṃ devadevasya veśmani
— that glory, having filled the sky with moonlight, set upon the moon, bearing the universal form, blazes exceedingly in the house of the god of gods.
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VaP 2 39.330
महादेवस्य तुल्यानां रुद्राणान्तु महात्मनाम्। तत्सर्वं निखिलेनेदं वक्त्रादमृतनिस्रवम्
mahādevasya tulyānāṃ rudrāṇāntu mahātmanām| tatsarvaṃ nikhilenedaṃ vaktrādamṛtanisravam
And of the great-souled Rudras who are equal to Mahādeva — all this, in its entirety, flowing as nectar from (your) mouth,
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VaP 2 39.331
अपीत्वा खलु सर्वस्य भक्त्यास्माभिस्तु सुव्रताः। नास्ति किञ्चिदविज्ञेयमन्यच्चैवानुगामिनः। प्रश्नं देववर प्राण यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
apītvā khalu sarvasya bhaktyāsmābhistu suvratāḥ| nāsti kiñcidavijñeyamanyaccaivānugāminaḥ| praśnaṃ devavara prāṇa yathāvadvaktumarhasi
having indeed drunk it all with devotion, we, O men of good vows — there is nothing whatever left unknown, nor anything else for a follower; O best of gods, O Breath, you should answer (our) question as it truly is.
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VaP 2 39.332
सूत उवाच।। स खलूवाच भगवान्किं भूयो वर्त्तयाम्यहम्। किं मया चैव वक्तव्यं तद्वदिष्यामि सुव्रताः
sūta uvāca|| sa khalūvāca bhagavānkiṃ bhūyo varttayāmyaham| kiṃ mayā caiva vaktavyaṃ tadvadiṣyāmi suvratāḥ
Sūta said: He, the Lord, indeed said: What more shall I relate? What is there for me to tell? That I shall tell, O men of good vows.
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VaP 2 39.333
ऋषय ऊचुः।। आदित्याः पारिपार्श्वेयाः सिंहा वै क्रोधविक्रमाः। वैश्वानरा भूतगणा व्याघ्राश्चैवानुगामिनः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| ādityāḥ pāripārśveyāḥ siṃhā vai krodhavikramāḥ| vaiśvānarā bhūtagaṇā vyāghrāścaivānugāminaḥ
The sages said: The Ādityas are (his) attendants at his side, and the lions of wrathful might, the Vaiśvānaras, the hosts of beings, and the tigers as followers—
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VaP 2 39.334
आभूतसंप्लवे घोरे सर्वप्राणभृतां क्षये। किमवस्था भवन्त्येते तन्नो ब्रूहि यथार्थवत्
ābhūtasaṃplave ghore sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ kṣaye| kimavasthā bhavantyete tanno brūhi yathārthavat
—in the dreadful dissolution of beings, at the destruction of all that bears breath, what condition do these come to? Tell us that as it truly is.
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VaP 2 39.335
एते ये वै त्वया प्रोक्ताः सिंहव्याघ्रगणैः सह। ये चान्ये सिद्धिसम्प्राप्ता मातरिश्वा जगाद ह
ete ye vai tvayā proktāḥ siṃhavyāghragaṇaiḥ saha| ye cānye siddhisamprāptā mātariśvā jagāda ha
These of whom you have spoken, together with the hosts of lions and tigers, and the others who have attained perfection—(of them) Mātariśvan (the Wind) spoke:
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VaP 2 39.336
इदञ्च परमं तत्त्वं समाख्यास्यामि श्रृण्वताम्। विज्ञातेश्वरसद्भावमव्यक्तं प्रभवं तथा
idañca paramaṃ tattvaṃ samākhyāsyāmi śrṛṇvatām| vijñāteśvarasadbhāvamavyaktaṃ prabhavaṃ tathā
And this supreme truth I shall fully declare to those who listen: (namely) the true being of the Lord as known, and the unmanifest, and (its) origination.
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VaP 2 39.337
तत्र पूर्वगतास्तेषु कुमारा ब्रह्मणः सुताः। सनकश्च सनन्दश्च तृतीयश्च सनातनः
tatra pūrvagatāsteṣu kumārā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ| sanakaśca sanandaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ
Among them, those who went first are the Kumāras, the sons of Brahmā: Sanaka, and Sananda, and the third, Sanātana;
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VaP 2 39.338
वोढुश्च कपिलस्तेषामासुरिश्च महायशाः। मुनिः पञ्चशिखश्चैव ये चान्येऽप्येवमादयः
voḍhuśca kapilasteṣāmāsuriśca mahāyaśāḥ| muniḥ pañcaśikhaścaiva ye cānye'pyevamādayaḥ
and Voḍhu, and Kapila among them, and Āsuri of great fame, and the sage Pañcaśikha, and the others of this same sort.
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VaP 2 39.339
ततः काले व्यतिक्रान्ते कल्पानां पर्यये गते। महाभूतविनाशान्ते प्रलये प्रत्युपस्थिते
tataḥ kāle vyatikrānte kalpānāṃ paryaye gate| mahābhūtavināśānte pralaye pratyupasthite
Then, when time has passed away and the round of the kalpas has gone by, at the end of the destruction of the great elements, when the dissolution has arrived—
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VaP 2 39.340
अनेकरुद्रकोट्यस्तु याः प्रसन्ना महेश्वरी । शब्दादीन्विषयान्भोगान्सत्यस्याष्टविधश्रयात्
anekarudrakoṭyastu yāḥ prasannā maheśvarī | śabdādīnviṣayānbhogānsatyasyāṣṭavidhaśrayāt
the great Goddess, who is gracious to many crores of Rudras, (grants?) the objects of sense beginning with sound and the enjoyments, by resort to the eightfold (nature) of the real.
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VaP 2 39.341
प्रविश्य सर्वभूतानि ज्ञानयुक्तेन तेजसा। वैहायपदमव्यग्रं भूतानामनुकम्पया
praviśya sarvabhūtāni jñānayuktena tejasā| vaihāyapadamavyagraṃ bhūtānāmanukampayā
Having entered into all beings with a radiance joined to knowledge, (he grants) the untroubled station of the sky, out of compassion for beings.
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VaP 2 39.342
तत्र यान्ति महात्मानः परमाणुं महेश्वरम्। तरन्ति सुमहावर्त्तां जन्ममृत्यूदकां नदीम्
tatra yānti mahātmānaḥ paramāṇuṃ maheśvaram| taranti sumahāvarttāṃ janmamṛtyūdakāṃ nadīm
There the great-souled ones go to the supreme atom, the Great Lord; they cross the river of mighty whirlpools whose water is birth and death.
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VaP 2 39.343
ततः पश्यन्ति शर्वाणं परं ब्रह्माणमेव च। देव्या वै सहिताः सप्त या देव्यः परिकीर्त्तिताः
tataḥ paśyanti śarvāṇaṃ paraṃ brahmāṇameva ca| devyā vai sahitāḥ sapta yā devyaḥ parikīrttitāḥ
Then they behold Śarva and the supreme Brahman, together with the Goddess—the seven goddesses who have been proclaimed.
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VaP 2 39.344
यत्तत्सहस्रं सिंहानामादित्यानां तथैव च। वैश्वानरभूतभव्यव्याघ्राश्चैवानुगामिनः
yattatsahasraṃ siṃhānāmādityānāṃ tathaiva ca| vaiśvānarabhūtabhavyavyāghrāścaivānugāminaḥ
That thousand of lions, and likewise of Ādityas, and the Vaiśvānaras, beings past and future, and the tigers as followers—
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VaP 2 39.345
आवेश्यात्मनि तान्सर्वान्संख्यायोपद्रवांस्तथा। लोकान् सप्त इमान्सर्व्वान्महाभूतानि पञ्च च
āveśyātmani tānsarvānsaṃkhyāyopadravāṃstathā| lokān sapta imānsarvvānmahābhūtāni pañca ca
having made all those enter into himself, and likewise having reckoned up the afflictions, (and) all these seven worlds and the five great elements,
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VaP 2 39.346
विष्णुना सह संयुक्तं करोति विकरोति च। स रुद्रो यः साममयस्तथैव च यजुर्मयः
viṣṇunā saha saṃyuktaṃ karoti vikaroti ca| sa rudro yaḥ sāmamayastathaiva ca yajurmayaḥ
joined together with Viṣṇu he makes and unmakes (them)—that Rudra who consists of the Sāman and likewise of the Yajus.
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VaP 2 39.347
स एष ओतः प्रोतश्च बहिरन्तश्च निश्चयात्। एको हि भगवान्नाथो ह्यनादिश्चान्तकृद्द्विजाः
sa eṣa otaḥ protaśca bahirantaśca niścayāt| eko hi bhagavānnātho hyanādiścāntakṛddvijāḥ
He is this one woven warp and weft, outside and inside, assuredly; for the Lord, the master, is one, without beginning and the maker of the end, O twice-born ones.
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VaP 2 39.348
ततस्ते ऋषयः सर्वे दिवाकरसमप्रभाः। स्वंस्वमाश्रमसंवासमारोप्याग्निं तथात्मनि
tataste ṛṣayaḥ sarve divākarasamaprabhāḥ| svaṃsvamāśramasaṃvāsamāropyāgniṃ tathātmani
Then all those sages, of splendour equal to the sun, having placed each his own hermitage-dwelling, and the fire, within himself,
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VaP 2 39.349
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना । अनन्यमनसो भूत्वा प्रपद्यन्ते महेश्वरम्
karmaṇā manasā vācā viśuddhenāntarātmanā | ananyamanaso bhūtvā prapadyante maheśvaram
by act, by mind, by speech, with a purified inner self, becoming of undivided mind, take refuge in the Great Lord.
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VaP 2 39.350
व्रतोपवासनिरताः सर्वभूतदयापराः। योगं ह्यनुपमन्दिव्यं प्राप्तं तैश्छिन्नसंशयैः
vratopavāsaniratāḥ sarvabhūtadayāparāḥ| yogaṃ hyanupamandivyaṃ prāptaṃ taiśchinnasaṃśayaiḥ
Devoted to vows and fasting, intent on compassion to all beings—by them, their doubts cut away, the incomparable divine yoga was attained.
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VaP 2 39.351
प्रपद्य परया भक्त्या ज्ञानयुक्तेन चेतसा। तैर्लब्धं रुद्रसालोक्यं शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्
prapadya parayā bhaktyā jñānayuktena cetasā| tairlabdhaṃ rudrasālokyaṃ śāśvataṃ padamavyayam
Having taken refuge with supreme devotion, with a mind joined to knowledge, by them was gained co-residence with Rudra, the everlasting, unperishing station.
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VaP 2 39.352
यः पठेत्तपसा युक्तो वायुप्रोक्तामिमां स्तुतिम्। ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वापि वैश्यो वा स्वक्रियापरः
yaḥ paṭhettapasā yukto vāyuproktāmimāṃ stutim| brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi vaiśyo vā svakriyāparaḥ
Whoever, endowed with ascetic discipline, recites this hymn spoken by Vāyu — be he a brahmin, or a kṣatriya, or a vaiśya devoted to his own duties —
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VaP 2 39.353
लभते रुद्रसालोक्यं भक्तिमान्विगतज्वरः। अमद्यपश्च यः शूद्रो भवभक्तो जितेन्द्रियः
labhate rudrasālokyaṃ bhaktimānvigatajvaraḥ| amadyapaśca yaḥ śūdro bhavabhakto jitendriyaḥ
he, being devoted and freed of fever (of distress), attains co-residence in Rudra's world; and the śūdra who drinks no liquor, who is devoted to Bhava and has subdued his senses,
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VaP 2 39.354
आभूत संप्लवस्थायी ह्यप्रतीघातलक्षणः। गाणपत्यं स लभते स्थानं वा सर्वकामिकम्
ābhūta saṃplavasthāyī hyapratīghātalakṣaṇaḥ| gāṇapatyaṃ sa labhate sthānaṃ vā sarvakāmikam
he abides until the dissolution of beings and is marked by unassailability; he obtains the rank of a leader of the (Gaṇas), or a station fulfilling every desire.
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VaP 2 39.355
मद्यपो मद्यपैः सार्द्धं भूतसङ्घैश्च मोदते। सोऽर्च्यमानो महीपृष्ठो मर्त्त्यानां वरदो भवेत्। इति होवाच भगवान्वायुर्वाक्यमिदं वरः
madyapo madyapaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhūtasaṅghaiśca modate| so'rcyamāno mahīpṛṣṭho marttyānāṃ varado bhavet| iti hovāca bhagavānvāyurvākyamidaṃ varaḥ
The liquor-drinker rejoices together with liquor-drinkers and with the hosts of spirits; being worshipped on the surface of the earth, he becomes a granter of boons to mortals. Thus indeed did the lord Vāyu, the excellent one, speak this word.
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