Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 41
VaP 2 41.1
।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। सूत सुमहदाख्यानं भवता परिकीर्तितम्। प्रजानां मनुभिः सार्द्धं देवानामृषिभिः सह
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| sūta sumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam| prajānāṃ manubhiḥ sārddhaṃ devānāmṛṣibhiḥ saha
The seers said: Sūta, a very great narrative has been fully recounted by you — of the creatures together with the Manus, of the gods along with the seers,
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VaP 2 41.2
पितृगन्धर्वभूतानां पिशाचोरगरक्षसाम्। दैत्यानां दानवानां च यक्षाणामेव पक्षिणाम्
pitṛgandharvabhūtānāṃ piśācoragarakṣasām| daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca yakṣāṇāmeva pakṣiṇām
of the ancestors, gandharvas and spirits, of the piśācas, serpents and rākṣasas, of the daityas and the dānavas, and of the yakṣas and the birds —
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VaP 2 41.3
अत्यद्भुतानि कर्म्माणि विधिमान्धर्म्मनिश्चयः। विचित्राश्च कथायोगा जन्म चाग्र्यमनुत्तमम्
atyadbhutāni karmmāṇi vidhimāndharmmaniścayaḥ| vicitrāśca kathāyogā janma cāgryamanuttamam
(His) deeds are most wondrous, (he is) versed in ordinance, (his) determination of dharma (sure); and (his) linkings of narratives are varied, and (his) birth foremost and unsurpassed.
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VaP 2 41.4
तत्कथ्यमानमस्माकं भवता श्लक्ष्णया गिरा। मनःकर्मसुखं सौते प्रीणात्याभूतसम्भवम्
tatkathyamānamasmākaṃ bhavatā ślakṣṇayā girā| manaḥkarmasukhaṃ saute prīṇātyābhūtasambhavam
That which is being told to us by you with smooth speech, O Sauta, gladdens (us) — the arising of beings — being a delight to mind and deed.
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VaP 2 41.5
एवमाराध्य ते सूतं सत्कृत्य च महर्षयः । पप्रच्छुः सत्रिणः सर्वे पुनः सर्गप्रवर्त्तनम्
evamārādhya te sūtaṃ satkṛtya ca maharṣayaḥ | papracchuḥ satriṇaḥ sarve punaḥ sargapravarttanam
Having thus honoured and paid respect to the Sūta, those great seers, all of them participants in the sacrificial session, asked again about the setting in motion of creation.
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VaP 2 41.6
कथं सूत महाप्राज्ञ पुनं सर्गः प्रपत्स्यते। बन्धेषु सम्प्रलीनेषु गुणसाम्ये तमोमये
kathaṃ sūta mahāprājña punaṃ sargaḥ prapatsyate| bandheṣu sampralīneṣu guṇasāmye tamomaye
How, O Sūta of great wisdom, will creation come about again, when the bonds have been wholly dissolved, in the equilibrium of the guṇas that consists of darkness?
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VaP 2 41.7
विकारेष्वविसृष्टोषु ह्यव्यक्ते चात्मनि स्थिते। अप्रवृत्तौ ब्रह्मणस्तु महासायुज्यगैस्तदा । कथं प्रपत्स्यते सर्गस्तन्नः प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम्
vikāreṣvavisṛṣṭoṣu hyavyakte cātmani sthite| apravṛttau brahmaṇastu mahāsāyujyagaistadā | kathaṃ prapatsyate sargastannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām
When the modifications have not been sent forth, and the self abides in the unmanifest, and there is no activity on Brahmā's part — then, when (beings) have gone to great union (with him), how will creation come about? Tell us that, who ask.
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VaP 2 41.8
एवमुक्तस्ततः सूतस्तदासौ लोमहर्षणः । व्याख्यातुमुपचक्राम पुनः सर्गप्रवर्त्तनम्
evamuktastataḥ sūtastadāsau lomaharṣaṇaḥ | vyākhyātumupacakrāma punaḥ sargapravarttanam
Thus addressed, that Sūta Lomaharṣaṇa then began to explain the setting in motion of creation once more.
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VaP 2 41.9
अहं वौ वर्त्तयिष्यामि यथा सर्गः प्रपत्स्यते। पूर्ववत्स तु विज्ञेयः समासात्तं निबोधत
ahaṃ vau varttayiṣyāmi yathā sargaḥ prapatsyate| pūrvavatsa tu vijñeyaḥ samāsāttaṃ nibodhata
I shall relate to you how creation will come about; it is to be understood as being like the former one — learn it in brief.
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VaP 2 41.10
दृष्टं चैवानुमेयञ्च तर्कं वक्ष्यामि युक्तितः। तस्माद्वाचो निवर्त्तन्ते ह्यप्राप्य मनसा सह
dṛṣṭaṃ caivānumeyañca tarkaṃ vakṣyāmi yuktitaḥ| tasmādvāco nivarttante hyaprāpya manasā saha
I shall state, according to reasoning, what is seen and what is to be inferred, and the argument; for from that (unmanifest) words turn back, along with the mind, without reaching (it).
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VaP 2 41.11
अव्यक्तवत् परोक्षत्वाद्घ्रहणं तद्दुरासदम्। विकारैः प्रतिसंदृष्टे गुणसाम्ये निवर्त्तते
avyaktavat parokṣatvādghrahaṇaṃ taddurāsadam| vikāraiḥ pratisaṃdṛṣṭe guṇasāmye nivarttate
Because it is beyond the senses, like the unmanifest, the grasping of it is hard to come by; when the equilibrium of the guṇas is perceived together with the modifications, it ceases.
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VaP 2 41.12
प्रधानं पुरुषाणाञ्च साधर्म्म्येणैव तिष्ठति। धर्म्माधर्म्मौ प्रलीयेते अव्यक्तौ प्राणिनां सदा
pradhānaṃ puruṣāṇāñca sādharmmyeṇaiva tiṣṭhati| dharmmādharmmau pralīyete avyaktau prāṇināṃ sadā
The pradhāna abides with the puruṣas by mere similarity of nature; dharma and adharma of living beings are always dissolved (and) unmanifest.
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VaP 2 41.13
सत्त्वमात्रात्मको धर्म्मो गुणसत्त्वे प्रतिष्ठितः। तमोमात्रात्मकोऽधर्म्मो गुणे तमसि तिष्ठति
sattvamātrātmako dharmmo guṇasattve pratiṣṭhitaḥ| tamomātrātmako'dharmmo guṇe tamasi tiṣṭhati
Dharma, whose nature is pure sattva, is established in the guṇa sattva; adharma, whose nature is pure darkness, abides in the guṇa tamas.
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VaP 2 41.14
अविभागवतावेतौ गुणसाम्यस्थितावुभौ। सर्वकार्य्ये बुद्धिपूर्वं प्रधानस्य प्रपत्स्यते
avibhāgavatāvetau guṇasāmyasthitāvubhau| sarvakāryye buddhipūrvaṃ pradhānasya prapatsyate
These two are undivided, both standing in the equilibrium of the guṇas; in all activity, preceded by intellect, it will come about for the pradhāna.
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VaP 2 41.15
अबुद्धिपूर्वं क्षेत्रज्ञ अधिष्ठास्यति तान् गुणान्। एवं तानभिमानेन प्रपत्स्येत पुरस्तदा
abuddhipūrvaṃ kṣetrajña adhiṣṭhāsyati tān guṇān| evaṃ tānabhimānena prapatsyeta purastadā
Not preceded by intellect, the knower of the field will preside over those guṇas; thus, through self-appropriation, he would then approach them as of old.
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VaP 2 41.16
यदा प्रवर्त्तितव्यन्तु क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्द्वयोः। भोज्यभोक्तृत्वसम्बन्धं प्रपत्स्येते युतावुभौ
yadā pravarttitavyantu kṣetrakṣetrajñayordvayoḥ| bhojyabhoktṛtvasambandhaṃ prapatsyete yutāvubhau
When there is to be activity on the part of the two, the field and the knower of the field, then both, conjoined, will enter into the relation of the enjoyed and the enjoyer.
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VaP 2 41.17
तस्माच्छरणमव्यक्तं साम्ये स्थित्वा गुणात्मकान्। क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितं तच्च वैषम्यं भजते तु तत्
tasmāccharaṇamavyaktaṃ sāmye sthitvā guṇātmakān| kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ tacca vaiṣamyaṃ bhajate tu tat
Therefore the unmanifest is the refuge; standing in equilibrium, (it holds) the guṇa-natured (products); and that, when presided over by the knower of the field, takes on disequilibrium.
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VaP 2 41.18
ततः प्रपत्स्यते व्यक्तं क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्द्वयोः। क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितं सत्त्वं विकारं जनयिष्यति
tataḥ prapatsyate vyaktaṃ kṣetrakṣetrajñayordvayoḥ| kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ sattvaṃ vikāraṃ janayiṣyati
Then the manifest will come about, belonging to the two, the field and the knower of the field; sattva, presided over by the knower of the field, will generate the modification.
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VaP 2 41.19
महदाद्यं विशेषान्तं चतुर्विंशगुणात्मकम्। क्षेत्रज्ञस्य प्रधानस्य पुरुषस्य प्रपत्स्यते
mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ caturviṃśaguṇātmakam| kṣetrajñasya pradhānasya puruṣasya prapatsyate
(That which) begins with the mahat and ends with the particulars, consisting of the twenty-four principles, will come about for the knower of the field, for the pradhāna, for the puruṣa.
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VaP 2 41.20
ब्रह्माण्डे प्रथमः सोऽथ भविता चेश्वरः पुनः। ततो ज्ञेयस्य कृत्स्नस्य सर्वभूतपतिः शिवः
brahmāṇḍe prathamaḥ so'tha bhavitā ceśvaraḥ punaḥ| tato jñeyasya kṛtsnasya sarvabhūtapatiḥ śivaḥ
He will then be the first in the world-egg, and again the Lord; thereafter Śiva, lord of all beings, (the knower) of all that is to be known.
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VaP 2 41.21
ईश्वरः सर्व्वमुक्तानां ब्रह्मा ब्रह्ममयो महान्। आदि देवः प्रधानस्यानुग्रहाय प्रवक्ष्यते
īśvaraḥ sarvvamuktānāṃ brahmā brahmamayo mahān| ādi devaḥ pradhānasyānugrahāya pravakṣyate
The Lord of all the liberated, Brahmā, the great one made of brahman, the primal god, will be set forth for the favouring of the pradhāna.
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VaP 2 41.22
अनाद्यौ स्वयमुत्पन्नावुभौ सूक्ष्मौ तु तौ स्मृतौ । अनादिसंयोगयुतौ सर्वक्षेत्रज्ञमेव च
anādyau svayamutpannāvubhau sūkṣmau tu tau smṛtau | anādisaṃyogayutau sarvakṣetrajñameva ca
The two are beginningless, self-arisen, and both are held to be subtle; joined by a beginningless conjunction, and (constituting) the knower of every field.
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VaP 2 41.23
अबुद्धि पूर्वकं युक्तौ मशकौ तु वरौ तदा। अप्रत्ययमनाद्यं च स्थितावुदकमप्स्यशः
abuddhi pūrvakaṃ yuktau maśakau tu varau tadā| apratyayamanādyaṃ ca sthitāvudakamapsyaśaḥ
The two were then joined without any preceding intelligence, (like) two excellent gnats; and without cognition and without beginning the two stood, (as) water (mixed) with water.
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VaP 2 41.24
प्रवृत्ते पूर्वतः पूर्वं पुनः सर्गे प्रपत्स्यते। अज्ञागुणैः प्रवर्त्तन्ते रजःसत्त्वतमात्मकम्
pravṛtte pūrvataḥ pūrvaṃ punaḥ sarge prapatsyate| ajñāguṇaiḥ pravarttante rajaḥsattvatamātmakam
When the process has begun, as before, so again in the (new) creation it will come about; by the qualities of the unknowing (principle) there proceeds what consists of rajas, sattva and tamas.
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VaP 2 41.25
प्रवृत्तिकाले रजसाभिपन्नमहत्त्वभूतादिविशेष्यताञ्च। विशेषतां चेन्द्रियताञ्च यान्ति गुणावसाने पतिभिर्मनुष्याः
pravṛttikāle rajasābhipannamahattvabhūtādiviśeṣyatāñca| viśeṣatāṃ cendriyatāñca yānti guṇāvasāne patibhirmanuṣyāḥ
At the time of activity, overtaken by rajas, (things) attain the state of being differentiated into the Great One, the elements and so forth, and the state of particularity, and the state of being sense-organs; at the ending of the qualities men (go) with their lords.
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VaP 2 41.26
सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तस्य ध्यायिनः सन्निमित्तकम्। रजःसत्त्वतमा व्यक्ता विधर्म्माणः परस्परम्
satyābhidhyāyinastasya dhyāyinaḥ sannimittakam| rajaḥsattvatamā vyaktā vidharmmāṇaḥ parasparam
For him who meditates on the true, for the meditator, there is a proper cause: rajas, sattva and tamas become manifest, mutually opposed in their natures.
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VaP 2 41.27
आद्यन्ते संप्रपत्स्यन्ते क्षेत्रतज्ज्ञास्तु सर्वशः। संसिद्धकार्य्यकरणा उत्पद्यन्तेऽभिमानिनः
ādyante saṃprapatsyante kṣetratajjñāstu sarvaśaḥ| saṃsiddhakāryyakaraṇā utpadyante'bhimāninaḥ
At the beginning and end they will come forth, and the knowers of the field in every way; with their effects and instruments fully accomplished, they arise possessed of self-conceit.
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VaP 2 41.28
सर्वे सत्वाः प्रपद्यन्ते ह्यव्यक्तात्पूर्वमेव च। प्रसूते या च सुवहाः साधिकाश्चाप्यसाधिका
sarve satvāḥ prapadyante hyavyaktātpūrvameva ca| prasūte yā ca suvahāḥ sādhikāścāpyasādhikā
All beings indeed come forth from the unmanifest, and (that) precisely first; and she brings forth (those) that are easily borne, both effective and ineffective.
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VaP 2 41.29
संसरन्तस्तु ते सर्वे स्तानप्रकरणैः सह। कार्य्याणि प्रतिपत्स्यन्ते उत्पद्यन्ते पुनः पुनः
saṃsarantastu te sarve stānaprakaraṇaiḥ saha| kāryyāṇi pratipatsyante utpadyante punaḥ punaḥ
And all those, transmigrating together with their stations and their appurtenances, will take up their tasks and be born again and again.
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VaP 2 41.30
गुणमात्रात्मकाश्चैव धर्म्माधर्म्मौ परस्परम्। आरप्सन्तीह चान्योन्यं वरेणानुग्रहेण च
guṇamātrātmakāścaiva dharmmādharmmau parasparam| ārapsantīha cānyonyaṃ vareṇānugraheṇa ca
And consisting merely of the qualities, dharma and adharma (arise) reciprocally; here they will begin one another, by a boon and by favour.
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VaP 2 41.31
सर्वे तुल्याः प्रसृष्टार्थं सर्ग्गदौ यान्ति विक्रियाम्। गुणास्तत्प्रतिधावन्ते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते
sarve tulyāḥ prasṛṣṭārthaṃ sarggadau yānti vikriyām| guṇāstatpratidhāvante tasmāttattasya rocate
All being alike, for the sake of emission they undergo transformation at the beginning of creation; the qualities run after that (each one), and hence this pleases that one.
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VaP 2 41.32
गुणास्ते यानि सर्वाणि प्राक् दृष्टेः प्रतिपेदिरे। तान्येव प्रतिपद्यन्ते सृष्टमानाः पुनः पुनः
guṇāste yāni sarvāṇi prāk dṛṣṭeḥ pratipedire| tānyeva pratipadyante sṛṣṭamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Whatever the qualities all attained before the (present) view, those very (states) they attain, being emitted again and again.
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VaP 2 41.33
हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्म्माधर्म्मावृतानृते। तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते
hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmmādharmmāvṛtānṛte| tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāttattasya rocate
Cruel and non-cruel, gentle and harsh, dharma and adharma, truth and untruth — conditioned by that, they come forth; hence this pleases that one.
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VaP 2 41.34
महाभूतेषु नानात्वमिन्द्रियार्थेषु मूर्त्तिषु। विप्रयोगाश्च भूतानां युणोभ्यः संप्रवर्त्तते
mahābhūteṣu nānātvamindriyārtheṣu mūrttiṣu| viprayogāśca bhūtānāṃ yuṇobhyaḥ saṃpravarttate
Multiplicity among the great elements, among the objects of the senses, among embodied forms, and the separations of beings, arise from the qualities.
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VaP 2 41.35
इत्येष वो मया ख्यातः पुनः सर्गः समासतः। समासादेव वक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मणोऽथ समुद्भवम्
ityeṣa vo mayā khyātaḥ punaḥ sargaḥ samāsataḥ| samāsādeva vakṣyāmi brahmaṇo'tha samudbhavam
Thus this re-creation has been declared to you by me in brief; and in brief I shall next relate the origination of Brahmā.
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VaP 2 41.36
अव्यक्तात्कारणात्तस्मान्नित्यात्सदसदात्मकात्। प्रधान पुरुषाभ्यान्तु जायते च महेश्वरः
avyaktātkāraṇāttasmānnityātsadasadātmakāt| pradhāna puruṣābhyāntu jāyate ca maheśvaraḥ
From that unmanifest cause, eternal, consisting of being and non-being, from Pradhāna and Puruṣa, Maheśvara is born.
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VaP 2 41.37
स पुनः सम्भावयिता जायते ब्रह्मसंज्ञितः। सृजते स पुनर्लोकानभिमानगुणात्मकान्
sa punaḥ sambhāvayitā jāyate brahmasaṃjñitaḥ| sṛjate sa punarlokānabhimānaguṇātmakān
He again is born as the producer, named Brahmā; he again creates the worlds, which consist of self-conceit and the qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.38
अहङ्कारस्तु महतस्तस्माद्भूतानि चात्मनः। युगपत् सम्प्रवर्त्तन्ते भूतान्येवेन्द्रियाणि च। भूतभेदाश्च भूतेभ्य इति सर्गः प्रवर्त्तते
ahaṅkārastu mahatastasmādbhūtāni cātmanaḥ| yugapat sampravarttante bhūtānyevendriyāṇi ca| bhūtabhedāśca bhūtebhya iti sargaḥ pravarttate
But from that Great One (comes) the I-principle, and from the self the elements; simultaneously there proceed the elements and the sense-organs, and from the elements the varieties of elements — thus creation proceeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 41.39
विस्तरावयवस्तेषां यथाप्रज्ञं यथाश्रुतम्। कीर्त्तितं वो यथा पूर्वं तथैवाभ्युपधार्य्यताम्
vistarāvayavasteṣāṃ yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam| kīrttitaṃ vo yathā pūrvaṃ tathaivābhyupadhāryyatām
Their extent and parts, according to (my) understanding and according to what was heard, have been proclaimed to you as before; just so let it be borne in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 41.40
एतच्छ्रुत्वा नैमिषेयास्तदानीं लोकोत्पत्तिं संस्थितिं च व्ययञ्च। तस्मिन् सत्रेऽवभृथं प्राप्य शुद्धाः पुण्यं लोकमृषयः प्राप्नुवन्ति
etacchrutvā naimiṣeyāstadānīṃ lokotpattiṃ saṃsthitiṃ ca vyayañca| tasmin satre'vabhṛthaṃ prāpya śuddhāḥ puṇyaṃ lokamṛṣayaḥ prāpnuvanti
Having heard this — the origin, the persistence and the dissolution of the world — the Naimiṣeyas then, having attained the final ablution at that sacrifice, purified, those sages attain the holy world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.41
यथा यूयं विधिवद्देवतादीनिष्ट्वा चैवावभृथं प्राप्य शुद्धाः। त्यक्त्वा देहानायुषोऽन्ते कृतार्थान्पुण्याँल्लोकान्प्राप्य यथेष्टं चरिष्यथ
yathā yūyaṃ vidhivaddevatādīniṣṭvā caivāvabhṛthaṃ prāpya śuddhāḥ| tyaktvā dehānāyuṣo'nte kṛtārthānpuṇyā~llokānprāpya yatheṣṭaṃ cariṣyatha
Just as you, having sacrificed duly to the gods and the rest, and having attained the final ablution, purified, having abandoned your bodies at the end of your lifespan, will reach the holy worlds where (your) aims are fulfilled, and will move about as you wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.42
एते ते नैमिषेया वै इष्ट्वा सृष्ट्वा च वै तदा। जग्मुश्चावभृधस्नाताः स्वर्गं सर्वे तु सत्रिणः
ete te naimiṣeyā vai iṣṭvā sṛṣṭvā ca vai tadā| jagmuścāvabhṛdhasnātāḥ svargaṃ sarve tu satriṇaḥ
These, indeed, were those Naimiṣeyas: having sacrificed and having created then, all those sacrificers, bathed in the final ablution, went to heaven.
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VaP 2 41.43
विप्रास्तथा यूयमपि चेष्ट्वा बहुविधैर्मखैः । आयुषोऽन्ते ततः स्वर्गं गन्तारः स्थ द्विजोत्तमाः
viprāstathā yūyamapi ceṣṭvā bahuvidhairmakhaiḥ | āyuṣo'nte tataḥ svargaṃ gantāraḥ stha dvijottamāḥ
So too you brahmins, best of the twice-born, having sacrificed with sacrifices of many kinds, will go to heaven at the end of your lifespan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.44
प्रक्रिया प्रथमे पादे कथावस्तुपरिग्रहः। अनुषङ्ग उपोद्वात उपसंहार एव च
prakriyā prathame pāde kathāvastuparigrahaḥ| anuṣaṅga upodvāta upasaṃhāra eva ca
In the first section, the procedure; the taking up of the subject-matter of the narrative; the sequel, the introduction, and the conclusion as well.
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VaP 2 41.45
एवमेतच्चतुष्पादं पुराणं लोकसम्मतम्। उवाच भगवान् साक्षाद्वायुर्लोकहिते रतः
evametaccatuṣpādaṃ purāṇaṃ lokasammatam| uvāca bhagavān sākṣādvāyurlokahite rataḥ
Thus this four-part Purāṇa, esteemed by the world, was spoken by the Lord Vāyu himself, who delights in the welfare of the world,
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VaP 2 41.46
नैमिषे सत्रमासाद्य मुनिभ्यो मुनिसत्तमाः । तत्प्रसादादसंदिग्धं भूतोत्पत्तिलयानि च
naimiṣe satramāsādya munibhyo munisattamāḥ | tatprasādādasaṃdigdhaṃ bhūtotpattilayāni ca
having come to the sacrifice at Naimiṣa, (he spoke) to the sages, O best of sages; and by his grace, without doubt, (they learned) the arising and dissolution of beings,
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VaP 2 41.47
प्राधानिकीमिमां सृष्टिं तथैवेश्वरकारिताम्। सम्यग्विदित्वा मेधावी न मोहमधिगच्छति
prādhānikīmimāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ tathaiveśvarakāritām| samyagviditvā medhāvī na mohamadhigacchati
When the wise man has rightly understood this creation, which proceeds from Primal Matter and is likewise brought about by the Lord, he does not fall into delusion.
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VaP 2 41.48
इदं यो ब्राह्मणो विद्वानितिहासं पुरातनम्। श्रृणुयाच्छ्रावयेद्वापि तथाध्यापयतेऽपि च
idaṃ yo brāhmaṇo vidvānitihāsaṃ purātanam| śrṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi tathādhyāpayate'pi ca
The learned brahmin who hears this ancient narrative, or causes it to be heard, or also teaches it —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.49
स्थानेषु स महेन्द्रस्य मोदते शाश्वतीः समाः। ब्रह्मसायुज्यगो भूत्वा ब्रह्मणा सह मोक्ष्यते
sthāneṣu sa mahendrasya modate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ| brahmasāyujyago bhūtvā brahmaṇā saha mokṣyate
he rejoices for everlasting years in the abodes of great Indra, and having attained union with Brahman, he is released along with Brahmā.
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VaP 2 41.50
तेषां कीर्त्तिमतां कीर्त्तिं प्रजेशानां महात्मनाम्। प्रथयन्पृथिवीशानां ब्रह्मभूयाय गच्छति
teṣāṃ kīrttimatāṃ kīrttiṃ prajeśānāṃ mahātmanām| prathayanpṛthivīśānāṃ brahmabhūyāya gacchati
Making known the fame of those renowned, great-souled lords of creatures and rulers of the earth, he goes to the state of Brahman.
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VaP 2 41.51
धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं पुण्यं वेदैश्च सम्मतम्। कृष्णद्वैपायनेनोक्तं पुराणं ब्रह्मवादिना
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca sammatam| kṛṣṇadvaipāyanenoktaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmavādinā
Bringing wealth, fame, and long life, meritorious, and approved by the Vedas, is this Purāṇa spoken by Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, the expounder of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.52
मन्वन्तरेश्वराणां च यः कीर्तिं प्रथयेदिमाम्। देवतानामृषीणाञ्च भूरिद्रविणतेजसाम्। स सर्वैर्मुच्यते पापैः पुण्यञ्च महदाप्नुयात्
manvantareśvarāṇāṃ ca yaḥ kīrtiṃ prathayedimām| devatānāmṛṣīṇāñca bhūridraviṇatejasām| sa sarvairmucyate pāpaiḥ puṇyañca mahadāpnuyāt
And whoever spreads abroad this fame of the lords of the manvantaras, of the gods and the seers who possess abundant wealth and splendour — he is freed from all sins and would obtain great merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.53
यश्चेदं श्रावयेद्विद्वान्सदा पर्वणि पर्वणि। धूतपाप्मा जितस्वर्गो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते
yaścedaṃ śrāvayedvidvānsadā parvaṇi parvaṇi| dhūtapāpmā jitasvargo brahmabhūyāya kalpate
And the learned man who has this recited at every festival day, his evil shaken off and heaven won, becomes fit for the state of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.54
यश्चेदं श्रावयेच्छ्राद्धे ब्राह्मणान्पादमन्ततः। अक्षयं सार्वकामीयं पितॄंस्तच्चोपतिष्ठति
yaścedaṃ śrāvayecchrāddhe brāhmaṇānpādamantataḥ| akṣayaṃ sārvakāmīyaṃ pitṝṃstaccopatiṣṭhati
And whoever has this recited to brahmins at a śrāddha, even a quarter of it — that (offering) becomes imperishable and fulfilling every desire, and it attends upon the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.55
यस्मात्पुरा ह्यनन्तीदं पुराणं तेन चोच्यते। निरुक्तमस्य यो वेद सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
yasmātpurā hyanantīdaṃ purāṇaṃ tena cocyate| niruktamasya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Because this breathes of old (?), it is therefore called Purāṇa; whoever knows its etymology is wholly freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 41.56
तथैव त्रिषु वर्णेषु ये मनुष्याः प्रधानतः। इतिहासमिमं श्रुत्वा धर्माय विदधे मतिम्
tathaiva triṣu varṇeṣu ye manuṣyāḥ pradhānataḥ| itihāsamimaṃ śrutvā dharmāya vidadhe matim
So too, among the three classes, those men who chiefly, having heard this narrative, have set their mind on dharma —
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VaP 2 41.57
यावन्त्यस्य शरीरेषु रोमकूपाणि सर्वशः। तावत्कोटि सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिवि मोदते। ब्रह्मसायुज्यगो भूत्वा दैवतैः सह मोदते
yāvantyasya śarīreṣu romakūpāṇi sarvaśaḥ| tāvatkoṭi sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate| brahmasāyujyago bhūtvā daivataiḥ saha modate
as many hair-pores as there are altogether on his body, for that many thousands of crores of years he rejoices in heaven; and having attained union with Brahman, he rejoices together with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.58
सर्व्वपापहरं पुण्यं पवित्रञ्च यशस्वि च। ब्रह्मा ददौ शास्त्रमिदं पुराणं मातरिश्वने
sarvvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitrañca yaśasvi ca| brahmā dadau śāstramidaṃ purāṇaṃ mātariśvane
Brahmā gave this treatise, this Purāṇa — which removes all sin, is meritorious, purifying, and conferring fame — to Mātariśvan (the Wind).
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VaP 2 41.59
तस्माच्चोशनसा प्राप्तं तस्माच्चापि बृहस्पतिः। बृहस्पतिस्तु प्रेवाच सवित्रे तदनन्तरम्
tasmāccośanasā prāptaṃ tasmāccāpi bṛhaspatiḥ| bṛhaspatistu prevāca savitre tadanantaram
From him it was obtained by Uśanas, and from him Bṛhaspati (obtained it); and Bṛhaspati then declared it to Savitṛ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 41.60
सविता मृत्यवे प्राह मृत्युश्चेन्द्राय वै पुनः। इन्द्रश्चापि वसिष्ठाय सोऽपि सारस्वताय च
savitā mṛtyave prāha mṛtyuścendrāya vai punaḥ| indraścāpi vasiṣṭhāya so'pi sārasvatāya ca
Savitṛ told it to Mṛtyu, and Mṛtyu again to Indra; and Indra to Vasiṣṭha, and he to Sārasvata.
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VaP 2 41.61
सारस्वतस्त्रिधाम्ने च त्रिधामा च शरद्वते। शरद्वतस्त्रिविष्टाय सोऽन्तरिक्षाय दत्तवान्
sārasvatastridhāmne ca tridhāmā ca śaradvate| śaradvatastriviṣṭāya so'ntarikṣāya dattavān
Sārasvata (gave it) to Tridhāman, and Tridhāman to Śaradvat; Śaradvat gave it to Triviṣṭa, and he to Antarikṣa.
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VaP 2 41.62
वर्षिणे चान्तरिक्षो वै सोऽपि त्रय्यारुणाय च। त्रय्यारुणो धनञ्जये स च प्रादात्कृतञ्जये
varṣiṇe cāntarikṣo vai so'pi trayyāruṇāya ca| trayyāruṇo dhanañjaye sa ca prādātkṛtañjaye
And Antarikṣa (gave it) to Varṣin, and he to Trayyāruṇa; Trayyāruṇa to Dhanañjaya, and he gave it to Kṛtañjaya.
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VaP 2 41.63
कृत ञ्जयात्तृणञ्जयो भरद्वाजाय सोऽप्यथ। गौतमाय भरद्वाजः सोऽपि निर्य्यन्तरे पुनः
kṛta ñjayāttṛṇañjayo bharadvājāya so'pyatha| gautamāya bharadvājaḥ so'pi niryyantare punaḥ
From Kṛtañjaya (it passed) to Tṛṇañjaya, and he in turn to Bharadvāja; Bharadvāja to Gautama, and he again to Niryantara.
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VaP 2 41.64
निर्यन्तरस्तु प्रोवाच तथा वाजश्रवाय च। स ददौ सोमशूष्माय स ददौ तृणबिन्दवे
niryantarastu provāca tathā vājaśravāya ca| sa dadau somaśūṣmāya sa dadau tṛṇabindave
And Niryantara declared it to Vājaśravas; he gave it to Somaśūṣma, and he gave it to Tṛṇabindu.
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VaP 2 41.65
तृणबिन्दुस्तु दक्षाय दक्षः प्रोवाच शक्तये। शक्तेः पराशरश्चापि गर्भस्थः श्रुतवानिदम्
tṛṇabindustu dakṣāya dakṣaḥ provāca śaktaye| śakteḥ parāśaraścāpi garbhasthaḥ śrutavānidam
Tṛṇabindu (gave it) to Dakṣa, and Dakṣa declared it to Śakti; and from Śakti, Parāśara, while still in the womb, heard this.
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VaP 2 41.66
पराशराज्जातुकर्णस्तस्माद्द्वैपायनः प्रभुः। द्वैपायनात्पुनश्चापि मया प्राप्तं द्विजोत्तमाः
parāśarājjātukarṇastasmāddvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ| dvaipāyanātpunaścāpi mayā prāptaṃ dvijottamāḥ
From Parāśara, Jātūkarṇa; from him the lord Dvaipāyana; and from Dvaipāyana again it was obtained by me, O best of the twice-born.
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VaP 2 41.67
शांशपायन उवाच ।। मया वै तत्पुनः प्रोक्तं पुत्रायामितबुद्धये। इत्येव वाचा ब्रह्मादिगुरुणा समुदाहृता
śāṃśapāyana uvāca || mayā vai tatpunaḥ proktaṃ putrāyāmitabuddhaye| ityeva vācā brahmādiguruṇā samudāhṛtā
Śāṃśapāyana said: And by me it was told again to (my) son of measureless intellect. Just so was the utterance proclaimed by the teachers beginning with Brahmā.
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VaP 2 41.68
नमस्कार्य्यश्च गुरवः प्रयत्नेन मनीषिभिः। धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं पुण्यं सर्वार्थसाधकम्
namaskāryyaśca guravaḥ prayatnena manīṣibhiḥ| dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvārthasādhakam
And teachers are to be saluted by the wise with diligence. This (purāṇa) bestows wealth, fame and long life, is meritorious and accomplishes every aim,
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VaP 2 41.69
पापघ्नं नियमेनेदं श्रोतव्यं ब्राह्मणैः सदा। नाशुचौ नापि पापाय नाप्यसंवत्सरोषिते
pāpaghnaṃ niyamenedaṃ śrotavyaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ sadā| nāśucau nāpi pāpāya nāpyasaṃvatsaroṣite
and destroys sin; it is always to be heard by brahmins under (proper) observance — not by one who is impure, nor by a sinner, nor by one who has not resided (with the teacher) for a year.
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VaP 2 41.70
नाश्रद्दधानाविदुषे नापुत्राय कथञ्चन। नाहिताय प्रदातव्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्
nāśraddadhānāviduṣe nāputrāya kathañcana| nāhitāya pradātavyaṃ pavitramidamuttamam
This supreme purifier is on no account to be given to one without faith, to one unlearned, to one who has no son, nor to one who is hostile.
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VaP 2 41.71
अव्यक्तं वै यस्य योनिं वदन्ति व्यक्तं देहं कालमन्तर्गतञ्च । वह्निं वक्रं चन्द्र सूर्य्यौ च नेत्रे दिशः श्रोत्रे घ्राणमाहुश्च वायुम्
avyaktaṃ vai yasya yoniṃ vadanti vyaktaṃ dehaṃ kālamantargatañca | vahniṃ vakraṃ candra sūryyau ca netre diśaḥ śrotre ghrāṇamāhuśca vāyum
Whose womb they call the unmanifest, whose body the manifest and time contained within; fire (his) mouth, the moon and sun (his) two eyes, the directions (his) ears, and the wind, they say, (his) nose;
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VaP 2 41.72
वायो वेदांश्चान्तरिक्षं शरीरं क्षितिं पादौ तारका रोमकूपान् । सर्वाणि चाङ्गानि तथैव तानि विद्यास्सर्वा यस्य पुच्छं वदन्ति
vāyo vedāṃścāntarikṣaṃ śarīraṃ kṣitiṃ pādau tārakā romakūpān | sarvāṇi cāṅgāni tathaiva tāni vidyāssarvā yasya pucchaṃ vadanti
the Vedas (his) speech, the mid-air (his) body, the earth (his) feet, the stars (his) hair-pores, and all the limbs likewise those (things); whose tail, they say, is all the branches of knowledge —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 41.73
तं देवदेवं जननं जनानां सर्व्वेषु लोकेषु प्रतिष्ठितञ्च। वरं वराणां वरदं महेश्वरं ब्रह्माणमादिं प्रयतो नमस्ये
taṃ devadevaṃ jananaṃ janānāṃ sarvveṣu lokeṣu pratiṣṭhitañca| varaṃ varāṇāṃ varadaṃ maheśvaraṃ brahmāṇamādiṃ prayato namasye
That god of gods, the begetter of beings, established in all the worlds, best of the best, the boon-giver, Maheśvara, Brahmā the first — him I reverently salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition