Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 42
VaP 2 42.1
।।शौनकादिऋषय ऊचुः।। सूत सूत महाभाग त्वया भगवता सता। व्यासप्रसादाधिगतशास्त्रसम्बोधनेन च
||śaunakādiṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| sūta sūta mahābhāga tvayā bhagavatā satā| vyāsaprasādādhigataśāstrasambodhanena ca
The seers headed by Śaunaka said: Sūta, Sūta, greatly fortunate one, by you, who are a venerable and good man, and through the understanding of scripture obtained by Vyāsa's grace,
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VaP 2 42.2
अष्टादशपुराणानि सेतिहासानि चानघ। उपक्रमोपसंहार विधिनोक्तानि कृत्स्नशः
aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni setihāsāni cānagha| upakramopasaṃhāra vidhinoktāni kṛtsnaśaḥ
the eighteen purāṇas together with the itihāsas, O faultless one, have been recounted in full, with (their) beginning and conclusion in due order.
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VaP 2 42.3
चतुर्दशसहस्रं च मात्स्यं प्रोक्तमतिस्फुटम्। तत्संख्यकं भविष्यञ्च प्रोक्तं पञ्चशताधिकम्
caturdaśasahasraṃ ca mātsyaṃ proktamatisphuṭam| tatsaṃkhyakaṃ bhaviṣyañca proktaṃ pañcaśatādhikam
The Mātsya, of fourteen thousand (verses), has been told most lucidly; and the Bhaviṣya, of that same number plus five hundred, has been told.
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VaP 2 42.4
मार्कण्डेयं महारम्यं प्रोक्तं नवसहस्रकम्। कथितं ब्रह्मवैवर्त्तमष्टादशसहस्रकम्
mārkaṇḍeyaṃ mahāramyaṃ proktaṃ navasahasrakam| kathitaṃ brahmavaivarttamaṣṭādaśasahasrakam
The Mārkaṇḍeya, most delightful, has been said to have nine thousand; the Brahmavaivarta is declared to have eighteen thousand.
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VaP 2 42.5
शतोत्तरञ्च ब्रह्माण्डं सूर्यसंख्यासहस्रकम् । अथ भागवतं दिव्यमष्टादशसहस्रकम्
śatottarañca brahmāṇḍaṃ sūryasaṃkhyāsahasrakam | atha bhāgavataṃ divyamaṣṭādaśasahasrakam
And the Brahmāṇḍa (has) a hundred more than thousands numbering as the suns (twelve); then the divine Bhāgavata, of eighteen thousand.
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VaP 2 42.6
सहस्राणि दशैवोक्तं पुराणं ब्रह्मनामकम्। अयुतश्लोकघटितं पुराणं वामनाभिधम्
sahasrāṇi daśaivoktaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmanāmakam| ayutaślokaghaṭitaṃ purāṇaṃ vāmanābhidham
The purāṇa named after Brahmā is declared to be just ten thousand; the purāṇa called Vāmana is composed of ten thousand verses.
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VaP 2 42.7
तथैवायुत संख्यातं षट्शताधिकमादिकम्। त्रयोविंशतिसाहस्रमनिलं तद्गतं शुभम्
tathaivāyuta saṃkhyātaṃ ṣaṭśatādhikamādikam| trayoviṃśatisāhasramanilaṃ tadgataṃ śubham
Likewise the first (the Āgneya?) is reckoned at ten thousand plus six hundred; the auspicious Vāyu contained therein is twenty-three thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 42.8
त्रयोविंशतिसाहस्रं नारदीयमुदाहृतम् । एकोनविंशसाहस्रं वैनतेयमुदाहृतम्
trayoviṃśatisāhasraṃ nāradīyamudāhṛtam | ekonaviṃśasāhasraṃ vainateyamudāhṛtam
The Nāradīya is said to be twenty-three thousand; the Vainateya (Garuḍa) is said to be nineteen thousand.
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VaP 2 42.9
सहस्रपञ्चपञ्चाशत्प्रोक्तं पाद्मं सुविस्तरम्। सप्तदशसहस्रन्तु कूर्मं प्रोक्तं मनोहरम्
sahasrapañcapañcāśatproktaṃ pādmaṃ suvistaram| saptadaśasahasrantu kūrmaṃ proktaṃ manoharam
The very extensive Pādma is declared to be fifty-five thousand; and the charming Kūrma is said to be seventeen thousand.
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VaP 2 42.10
चतुर्विंशति साहस्रं सौकरं परमाद्भुतम्। एकाशीतिसहस्राणि स्कान्दमुक्तं सुविस्तृतम्
caturviṃśati sāhasraṃ saukaraṃ paramādbhutam| ekāśītisahasrāṇi skāndamuktaṃ suvistṛtam
The Boar (Purāṇa), most wondrous, is twenty-four thousand (verses); the Skanda (Purāṇa), very extensive, is said to be eighty-one thousand.
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VaP 2 42.11
एवमष्टादशोक्तानि पुराणानि बृहन्ति च। पुराणेष्वेषु बहवो धर्मास्ते विनिरूपिताः
evamaṣṭādaśoktāni purāṇāni bṛhanti ca| purāṇeṣveṣu bahavo dharmāste vinirūpitāḥ
Thus the eighteen great Purāṇas have been named; in these Purāṇas many duties (dharmas) have been set forth.
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VaP 2 42.12
रागिणाञ्च विरागाणां यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम् गृहस्थानां वनस्थानां स्त्रीशूद्राणां विशेषतः
rāgiṇāñca virāgāṇāṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām gṛhasthānāṃ vanasthānāṃ strīśūdrāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ
(The duties) of the passionate and the dispassionate, of ascetics and celibate students, of householders and forest-dwellers, and especially of women and śūdras;
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VaP 2 42.13
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां ये च सङ्करजातयः। गङ्गाद्या या महानद्यो यज्ञव्रततपांसि च
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ ye ca saṅkarajātayaḥ| gaṅgādyā yā mahānadyo yajñavratatapāṃsi ca
(the duties) of brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, and of those castes born of mixture; the great rivers such as the Gaṅgā, and sacrifices, vows and austerities;
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VaP 2 42.14
अनेकविधदानानि यमाश्च नियमैः सह। योगधर्मा बहुविधाः सांख्या भागवतास्तथा
anekavidhadānāni yamāśca niyamaiḥ saha| yogadharmā bahuvidhāḥ sāṃkhyā bhāgavatāstathā
gifts of many kinds, and the restraints (yamas) together with the observances (niyamas); the yoga-teachings of many sorts, and likewise the Sāṃkhya and Bhāgavata ones;
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VaP 2 42.15
भक्तिमार्गा ज्ञानमार्गा वैराग्यानिलनीरजाः। उपासनविधिश्चोक्तः कर्मसंशुद्धिचेतसाम्
bhaktimārgā jñānamārgā vairāgyānilanīrajāḥ| upāsanavidhiścoktaḥ karmasaṃśuddhicetasām
the paths of devotion, the paths of knowledge, cloudless as (by) the wind of dispassion; and the rule of worship for those whose minds are purified by ritual action has been stated.
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VaP 2 42.16
ब्राह्मं शैवं वैष्णवं च सौरं शाक्तं तथार्हतम्। षड्दर्शनानि चोक्तानि स्वभावनियतानि च
brāhmaṃ śaivaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca sauraṃ śāktaṃ tathārhatam| ṣaḍdarśanāni coktāni svabhāvaniyatāni ca
And the six systems of philosophy have been stated—the Brāhma, Śaiva, Vaiṣṇava, Saura, Śākta, and likewise the Ārhata (Jain)—each fixed by its own nature.
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VaP 2 42.17
एतदन्यच्च विविधं पुराणेषु निरुपितम्। अतः परं किमप्यस्ति न वा बोद्धव्यमुत्तमम्
etadanyacca vividhaṃ purāṇeṣu nirupitam| ataḥ paraṃ kimapyasti na vā boddhavyamuttamam
This and much else besides has been set forth in the Purāṇas. Is there anything higher than this that ought to be known as supreme, or not?
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VaP 2 42.18
न ज्ञायेत यदि व्यासो गोपयेदथ वा भवान् । अत्र नः संशयं छिन्धि पूर्णः पौराणिको यतः
na jñāyeta yadi vyāso gopayedatha vā bhavān | atra naḥ saṃśayaṃ chindhi pūrṇaḥ paurāṇiko yataḥ
(Or is it) not made known, because Vyāsa concealed it, or you (conceal it)? Cut off our doubt in this matter, since you are a Purāṇa-reciter complete (in knowledge).
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VaP 2 42.19
सूत उवाच।। श्रृणु शौनक वक्ष्यामि प्रश्रमेनं सुदुर्लभम्। अतिगोप्यतरं दिव्यमनाख्येयं प्रचक्षते
sūta uvāca|| śrṛṇu śaunaka vakṣyāmi praśramenaṃ sudurlabham| atigopyataraṃ divyamanākhyeyaṃ pracakṣate
The Sūta said: Listen, Śaunaka; I shall tell you, in answer to your question, that which is very hard to obtain, most exceedingly secret, divine—they call it not to be told.
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VaP 2 42.20
पराशरसुतो व्यासः कृत्वा पौराणिकीं कथाम्। सर्ववेदार्थघटितां चिन्तयामास चेतसि
parāśarasuto vyāsaḥ kṛtvā paurāṇikīṃ kathām| sarvavedārthaghaṭitāṃ cintayāmāsa cetasi
Vyāsa, the son of Parāśara, having composed the Purāṇic narrative, framed out of the meaning of all the Vedas, reflected in his mind:
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VaP 2 42.21
वर्णाश्रमवतां धर्मो मया सम्यगुदाहृतः। मुक्तिमार्गा बहुविधा उक्ता वेदाविरोधतः
varṇāśramavatāṃ dharmo mayā samyagudāhṛtaḥ| muktimārgā bahuvidhā uktā vedāvirodhataḥ
"The duty of those in the classes and life-stages has been properly set out by me; the many kinds of paths to liberation have been stated, without contradicting the Vedas.
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VaP 2 42.22
जीवेश्वरब्रह्मभेदो निरस्तः सूत्रनिर्णये। निरूपितं परं ब्रह्म श्रुतियुक्तविचारतः
jīveśvarabrahmabhedo nirastaḥ sūtranirṇaye| nirūpitaṃ paraṃ brahma śrutiyuktavicārataḥ
The distinction between the individual soul, the Lord, and Brahman has been removed in the determination of the (Brahma-)sūtras; the supreme Brahman has been set forth by reasoning conjoined with scripture.
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VaP 2 42.23
अक्षरं परमं ब्रह्म परमात्मा परं पदम्। यदर्थं ब्रह्मचर्यादिवानप्रस्थयतिव्रतम्
akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma paramātmā paraṃ padam| yadarthaṃ brahmacaryādivānaprasthayativratam
The imperishable, supreme Brahman, the highest Self, the highest state—for the sake of which (there is) the vow of celibate studentship and so on, of the forest-dweller and the ascetic,
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VaP 2 42.24
आचरन्ति महाप्राज्ञा धारणाञ्च पृथग्विधाम्। आसनं प्राणरोधश्च प्रत्याहारश्च धारणा
ācaranti mahāprājñā dhāraṇāñca pṛthagvidhām| āsanaṃ prāṇarodhaśca pratyāhāraśca dhāraṇā
which the greatly wise practise, and concentration of various kinds: posture, restraint of breath, withdrawal (of the senses), concentration,
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VaP 2 42.25
ध्यानं समाधिरेतानि यमैश्च नियमैः सह। अष्टाङ्गानि यदर्थञ्च चरन्ति मुनिपुङ्गवाः
dhyānaṃ samādhiretāni yamaiśca niyamaiḥ saha| aṣṭāṅgāni yadarthañca caranti munipuṅgavāḥ
meditation, absorption—these, together with the restraints and observances, the eight limbs, for whose sake the foremost of sages practise (them);
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VaP 2 42.26
यदर्थं कर्म कुर्वन्ति वेदाज्ञामात्रतत्पराः। परार्पणधिया सम्यग् निष्कामाः कलिलोज्झिताः
yadarthaṃ karma kurvanti vedājñāmātratatparāḥ| parārpaṇadhiyā samyag niṣkāmāḥ kalilojjhitāḥ
for whose sake they perform action, intent solely on the Veda's command, with the intention of offering it to the Highest, wholly desireless, free of taint;
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VaP 2 42.27
यज्ज्ञप्तये निराकर्त्तुं पापाचरणमात्मनः। गङ्गादितीर्थचर्याणि निषेवन्ते शुचिव्रताः
yajjñaptaye nirākarttuṃ pāpācaraṇamātmanaḥ| gaṅgāditīrthacaryāṇi niṣevante śucivratāḥ
for the knowledge of which, in order to remove their own sinful conduct, those of pure vows resort to the practices of pilgrimage to the Gaṅgā and other holy places—
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VaP 2 42.28
तद्ब्रह्म परमं शुद्धमनाद्यन्तमनामयम्। नित्यं सर्वगतं स्थाणु कूटस्थं कूटविर्जितम्
tadbrahma paramaṃ śuddhamanādyantamanāmayam| nityaṃ sarvagataṃ sthāṇu kūṭasthaṃ kūṭavirjitam
that Brahman is supreme, pure, without beginning or end, free of disease, eternal, all-pervading, unmoving, immovably fixed, free of deceit;
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VaP 2 42.29
सर्वेन्द्रियचराभासं प्राकृतेन्द्रियवर्जितम्। दिक्कालाद्यनवच्छिन्नं नित्यं चिन्मात्रमव्ययम्
sarvendriyacarābhāsaṃ prākṛtendriyavarjitam| dikkālādyanavacchinnaṃ nityaṃ cinmātramavyayam
appearing as (though) moving in all the senses, yet devoid of material senses, unbounded by space, time and the rest, eternal, pure consciousness alone, imperishable;
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VaP 2 42.30
अध्यास्तं सर्पवद्यत्र विश्वमेतत्प्रकाशते। विश्वस्मिन्नपि चान्वेति निर्विकारश्च रज्जुवत्
adhyāstaṃ sarpavadyatra viśvametatprakāśate| viśvasminnapi cānveti nirvikāraśca rajjuvat
(That) upon which this universe appears superimposed, as a snake (upon a rope), and which pervades the universe too, yet remains changeless like the rope —
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VaP 2 42.31
सम्यग्विचारितं यद्वत्फेनोर्मिबुद्बुदोदकम्। तथा विचारितं ब्रह्म विश्वस्मान्न पृथग्भवेत्
samyagvicāritaṃ yadvatphenormibudbudodakam| tathā vicāritaṃ brahma viśvasmānna pṛthagbhavet
Just as foam, waves and bubbles, rightly examined, (are nothing but) water, so brahman, (rightly) examined, would not be separate from the universe.
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VaP 2 42.32
सर्वं ब्रह्मैव नानात्वं नास्तीति निगमा जगुः। यस्माद्भवन्ति ब्रह्माण्ड कोटयो न भवन्ति च
sarvaṃ brahmaiva nānātvaṃ nāstīti nigamā jaguḥ| yasmādbhavanti brahmāṇḍa koṭayo na bhavanti ca
"All is brahman alone; there is no manifoldness" — thus the scriptures have declared. (That) from which crores of world-eggs come to be and cease to be,
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VaP 2 42.33
यदुन्मेषनिमेषाभ्यां जगतां प्रलयोदयौ। भवेतां या परा शक्तिर्यदाधारतया स्थिता
yadunmeṣanimeṣābhyāṃ jagatāṃ pralayodayau| bhavetāṃ yā parā śaktiryadādhāratayā sthitā
By whose opening and closing of the eyes the dissolution and arising of the worlds take place; the supreme power that stands as (their) support —
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VaP 2 42.34
यस्मिन्निदं यतश्चेदं येनेदं यदिदं स्मृतम्। यदज्ञानाज्जगद्भाति यस्मिन् ज्ञाते जगन्न हि
yasminnidaṃ yataścedaṃ yenedaṃ yadidaṃ smṛtam| yadajñānājjagadbhāti yasmin jñāte jaganna hi
In which this (all) is, from which this is, by which this is, that which is remembered as this; through ignorance of which the world shines forth, and when which is known the world is not —
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VaP 2 42.35
असत्यं यज्जडं दुःखमवस्त्विति निरूपितम्। विपरीतमतो यद्वै सच्चिदानन्दमूर्त्तिकम्
asatyaṃ yajjaḍaṃ duḥkhamavastviti nirūpitam| viparītamato yadvai saccidānandamūrttikam
That which has been determined to be unreal, inert, painful, and no (real) thing — the opposite of this indeed is that whose form is being, consciousness and bliss.
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VaP 2 42.36
जीवे जाग्रति विश्वाख्यं स्वप्ने यत्तैजसं स्मृतम् । सुषुप्तौ प्राज्ञसंज्ञं तत्सर्वावस्थासु संस्मृतम्
jīve jāgrati viśvākhyaṃ svapne yattaijasaṃ smṛtam | suṣuptau prājñasaṃjñaṃ tatsarvāvasthāsu saṃsmṛtam
In the living being (that) which in waking is called viśva, in dream is remembered as taijasa, in deep sleep bears the name prājña — that is recalled (as present) in all states.
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VaP 2 42.37
यच्चक्षुषां चक्षुरथ श्रोत्राणां श्रोत्रमस्ति च। त्वक् त्वचां रसनं तस्य प्राणं प्राणस्य यद्विदुः
yaccakṣuṣāṃ cakṣuratha śrotrāṇāṃ śrotramasti ca| tvak tvacāṃ rasanaṃ tasya prāṇaṃ prāṇasya yadviduḥ
Which the intellect with (its) power of knowledge, and the vital breaths with (their) power of action, are unceasingly unable to reach and to know as it truly is —
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VaP 2 42.38
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानेन च प्राणाः क्रियाशक्त्या निरन्तरम्। यन्नेशिरि समभ्येतुं ज्ञातुं च परमार्थतः
buddhirjñānena ca prāṇāḥ kriyāśaktyā nirantaram| yanneśiri samabhyetuṃ jñātuṃ ca paramārthataḥ
As the snake in the rope, water in the desert, blueness in the sky, so this unreal universe, fabricated by ignorance, appears in it.
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VaP 2 42.39
रज्जावहिर्मरौ वारि नीलिमा गगने यथा। असद्विश्वमिदं भाति यस्मिन्नज्ञानकल्पितम्
rajjāvahirmarau vāri nīlimā gagane yathā| asadviśvamidaṃ bhāti yasminnajñānakalpitam
This same great space is (seemingly) divided when delimited by a pot; likewise that which is delimited by the limiting adjunct of an effect (and) bears the name 'individual soul' —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 42.40
घटावच्छिन्न एवायं महाकाशो विभिद्यते। कार्योपाधिपरिच्छिन्नं तद्वद्यज्जीवसंज्ञिकम्
ghaṭāvacchinna evāyaṃ mahākāśo vibhidyate| kāryopādhiparicchinnaṃ tadvadyajjīvasaṃjñikam
In which, by māyā the painter, whose qualities and character are manifold, the incomparable picture of the cosmic egg is laid on, as upon a wall —
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VaP 2 42.41
मायया चित्रकारिण्या विचित्रगुणशीलया । ब्रह्माण्डं चित्रमतुलं यस्मिन् भित्ताविवार्पितम्
māyayā citrakāriṇyā vicitraguṇaśīlayā | brahmāṇḍaṃ citramatulaṃ yasmin bhittāvivārpitam
Outrunning others who run, beyond the range of speech for one who speaks — that Imperishable has been settled by the Vedas and the doctrines of the Vedānta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 42.42
धावतोऽन्यानतिक्रान्तं वदतो वागगोचरम् । वेदवेदान्तसिद्धान्तैर्विनिर्णीतं तदक्षरम्
dhāvato'nyānatikrāntaṃ vadato vāgagocaram | vedavedāntasiddhāntairvinirṇītaṃ tadakṣaram
There is nothing higher than the Imperishable; that is the limit, that is the supreme goal — thus is it heard in the Veda, though examined in many ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 42.43
अक्षरान्न परं किञ्चित्सा काष्ठा सा परा गतिः । इत्येवं श्रूयते वेदे बहुधापि विचारिते
akṣarānna paraṃ kiñcitsā kāṣṭhā sā parā gatiḥ | ityevaṃ śrūyate vede bahudhāpi vicārite
(That) which stands as the very self of the Imperishable and of the Self (too), whose form is the mass of supreme bliss, whose body is bliss,
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VaP 2 42.44
अक्षरस्यात्मनश्चापि स्वात्मरूपतया स्थितम्। परमानन्दसन्दोहरूपमानन्द विग्रहम्
akṣarasyātmanaścāpi svātmarūpatayā sthitam| paramānandasandoharūpamānanda vigraham
delighting in the play of sport, moving amid the throng of cowherd girls, with a crown of peacock feathers studded with gleaming jewels,
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VaP 2 42.45
लीलाविलासरसिकं बल्लवीयूथमध्यगम्। शिखिपिच्छकिरीटेन बास्वद्रत्नचितेन च
līlāvilāsarasikaṃ ballavīyūthamadhyagam| śikhipicchakirīṭena bāsvadratnacitena ca
resplendent with a pair of earrings flashing like leaping lightning, charming with (his) eyes moving like wagtails at the corners of (his) ears,
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VaP 2 42.46
उल्लसद्विद्युदाटोपकुण्डलाभ्यां विराजितम्। कर्णोपान्तचरन्नेत्रखञ्जरीटमनोहरम्
ullasadvidyudāṭopakuṇḍalābhyāṃ virājitam| karṇopāntacarannetrakhañjarīṭamanoharam
eager for the pleasure of sporting with the crowd of beloveds in bower after bower, wearing yellow garments, divine, adorned with smears of sandal paste,
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VaP 2 42.47
कुञ्जकुञ्जप्रियावृन्दविलासरतिलम्पटम्। पीताम्बरधरं दिव्यं चन्दनालेपमण्डितम्
kuñjakuñjapriyāvṛndavilāsaratilampaṭam| pītāmbaradharaṃ divyaṃ candanālepamaṇḍitam
bewildering the cowherd women with the sound of the flute wetted by the nectar of (his) lips — (him who is) consciousness-and-bliss, the breaker of the pride of the god of love,
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VaP 2 42.48
अधरामृत संसिक्तवेणुनादेन वल्लवीः। मोहयन्तञ्चिदानन्दमनङ्गमदभञ्जनम्
adharāmṛta saṃsiktaveṇunādena vallavīḥ| mohayantañcidānandamanaṅgamadabhañjanam
filled with the arts of a crore of Loves, spotless as the beams of a crore of moons, with jewels, guñjā berries and musk(?) gleaming on his thrice-lined throat,
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VaP 2 42.49
कोटिकामकलापूर्णं कोटिचन्द्रांशुनिर्मलम्। त्रिरेखकम्ठविलसद्रत्नगुञ्जामृगा कुलम्
koṭikāmakalāpūrṇaṃ koṭicandrāṃśunirmalam| trirekhakamṭhavilasadratnaguñjāmṛgā kulam
(Him who is) filled with the loveliness of ten million Kāmas, spotless as the beams of ten million moons, with the three-lined throat on which gleam a cluster of jewels and guñjā berries, (and) a deer(-musk mark).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 42.50
यमुनापुलिने तुङ्गे तमालवनकानने। कदम्बचम्पकाशोकपारिजातमनोहरे
yamunāpuline tuṅge tamālavanakānane| kadambacampakāśokapārijātamanohare
On the high bank of the Yamunā, in the woodland grove of tamāla trees, lovely with kadamba, campaka, aśoka and pārijāta,
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VaP 2 42.51
शिखिपारावतशुकपिककोलाहलाकुले। निरोधार्थं गवामेव धावमानमितस्ततः
śikhipārāvataśukapikakolāhalākule| nirodhārthaṃ gavāmeva dhāvamānamitastataḥ
crowded with the clamor of peacocks, doves, parrots and cuckoos — (there he was) running this way and that just to hold back the cows.
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VaP 2 42.52
राधाविलासरसिकं कृष्णाख्यं पुरुषं परम्। श्रुतवानस्मि वेदेभ्यो यतस्तद्गोचरोऽभवत्
rādhāvilāsarasikaṃ kṛṣṇākhyaṃ puruṣaṃ param| śrutavānasmi vedebhyo yatastadgocaro'bhavat
I have heard from the Vedas of the supreme Person named Kṛṣṇa, who relishes his dalliance with Rādhā, since he became the object of their (speech).
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VaP 2 42.53
एवं ब्रह्मणि चिन्मात्रे निर्गुणे भेदवर्जिते। गोलोकसंज्ञिके कृष्णो दीव्यतीति श्रुतं मया
evaṃ brahmaṇi cinmātre nirguṇe bhedavarjite| golokasaṃjñike kṛṣṇo dīvyatīti śrutaṃ mayā
Thus I have heard that Kṛṣṇa sports in the Brahman that is pure consciousness, without qualities, devoid of difference, and named Goloka.
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VaP 2 42.54
नातः परतरं किञ्चिन्निगमागमयोरपि। तथापि निगमो वक्ति ह्यक्षरात् परतः परः
nātaḥ parataraṃ kiñcinnigamāgamayorapi| tathāpi nigamo vakti hyakṣarāt parataḥ paraḥ
There is nothing higher than this, in either nigama or āgama; yet the nigama does say, "higher than the imperishable, the higher one."
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VaP 2 42.55
गोलोकवासी भगवानक्षरात्पर उच्यते। तस्मादपि परः कोऽसौ गीयते श्रुतिभिः सदा
golokavāsī bhagavānakṣarātpara ucyate| tasmādapi paraḥ ko'sau gīyate śrutibhiḥ sadā
The Lord who dwells in Goloka is called the one beyond the imperishable; who then is that one higher even than him, who is ever sung of by the śrutis?
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VaP 2 42.56
उद्दिष्टो वेद वचनैर्विशेषो ज्ञायते कथम्। श्रुतेर्वार्थोऽन्यथा बोध्यः परतस्त्वक्षरादिति
uddiṣṭo veda vacanairviśeṣo jñāyate katham| śrutervārtho'nyathā bodhyaḥ paratastvakṣarāditi
How is the particular (being) indicated by the words of the Veda to be known? Or else the meaning of the śruti is to be understood otherwise: "beyond, higher than the imperishable."
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VaP 2 42.57
श्रुत्यर्थे संशयापन्नो व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः। विचारयामास चिरं न प्रपेदे यथातथम्
śrutyarthe saṃśayāpanno vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ| vicārayāmāsa ciraṃ na prapede yathātatham
Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, fallen into doubt about the meaning of the śruti, deliberated long, but did not arrive at how it truly is.
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VaP 2 42.58
सूत उवाच।। विचारयन्नपि मुनिर्नाप वेदार्थनिश्चयम्। वेदो नारायणः साक्षाद्यत्र मुह्यन्ति सूरयः
sūta uvāca|| vicārayannapi munirnāpa vedārthaniścayam| vedo nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣādyatra muhyanti sūrayaḥ
Sūta said: Even while deliberating, the sage did not attain certainty about the meaning of the Veda; the Veda is Nārāyaṇa himself, about whom (even) the wise are bewildered.
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VaP 2 42.59
तथापि महतीमार्त्तिं सतां हृदयतापिनीम्। पुनर्विचारयामास कं व्रजामि करोमि किम्
tathāpi mahatīmārttiṃ satāṃ hṛdayatāpinīm| punarvicārayāmāsa kaṃ vrajāmi karomi kim
Even so, (bearing) that great distress which burns the hearts of the good, he deliberated again: "To whom shall I go? What shall I do?"
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VaP 2 42.60
पश्यामि न जगत्यस्मिन्सर्वज्ञं सर्वदर्शनम्। अज्ञात्वाऽन्यतमं लोके सन्देहविनिवर्त्तकम्
paśyāmi na jagatyasminsarvajñaṃ sarvadarśanam| ajñātvā'nyatamaṃ loke sandehavinivarttakam
"I do not see in this world one who is all-knowing and all-seeing; without knowing some one such (person) in the world who could remove doubt—"
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VaP 2 42.61
मेरोः कुहरिणीं गत्वा चचार परमं तपः। यत्र कार्त्तस्वरक्फूर्जज्ज्योत्स्नाजालैर्निरन्तरम्
meroḥ kuhariṇīṃ gatvā cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ| yatra kārttasvarakphūrjajjyotsnājālairnirantaram
Going to a cave of Meru, he practiced supreme austerity — where, by the unbroken nets of moonlike radiance flashing from gold,
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VaP 2 42.62
सदा प्रबाधते विष्वक्तमःस्तोमं दृशन्तुदम्। चकास्ते यत्र परमं कान्तारमतिसुन्दरम्
sadā prabādhate viṣvaktamaḥstomaṃ dṛśantudam| cakāste yatra paramaṃ kāntāramatisundaram
the eye-piercing mass of darkness is always driven off on every side; where a supreme, exceedingly beautiful forest shone,
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VaP 2 42.63
नानाद्रुमलत ---त्पक्षिनिनादितम्। क्षुत्पिपासाभयक्रोधतापग्लानिविवर्जितम्
nānādrumalata ---tpakṣinināditam| kṣutpipāsābhayakrodhatāpaglānivivarjitam
resounding with birds ... of the various trees and creepers, free from hunger, thirst, fear, anger, heat and fatigue,
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VaP 2 42.64
जलाशयैर्बहुविधैः पद्मिनीखण्डमण्डितैः । जातरूपशिलानद्धतटसञ्चारपाक्ष
jalāśayairbahuvidhaiḥ padminīkhaṇḍamaṇḍitaiḥ | jātarūpaśilānaddhataṭasañcārapākṣa
with many kinds of pools adorned with clumps of lotuses, with banks faced with slabs of gold where birds move about,
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VaP 2 42.65
युक्तमम्भोज पवनैः सेव्यमानं समन्ततः। शिवैरध्यासितम्भावैर्हिंस्रैः सत्त्वैः समुज्झितम्
yuktamambhoja pavanaiḥ sevyamānaṃ samantataḥ| śivairadhyāsitambhāvairhiṃsraiḥ sattvaiḥ samujjhitam
provided with lotus-scented breezes, attended on all sides, occupied by auspicious beings, wholly free of predatory creatures,
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VaP 2 42.66
निर्जनं दिव्यलतिकाप्रियखण्डवराजितम्। शूकैः पारावतै र्हृद्यैरुन्मदन्मत्तकोकिलम्
nirjanaṃ divyalatikāpriyakhaṇḍavarājitam| śūkaiḥ pārāvatai rhṛdyairunmadanmattakokilam
unpeopled, resplendent with divine creepers and pleasant thickets, with parrots and doves, delightful, with cuckoos growing drunk with excitement,
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VaP 2 42.67
उत्पतत्पद्मरजसां पटलामोददिङ्मुखम्। तत्रापि काञ्चिनी दिव्या गुहा परमशोभना
utpatatpadmarajasāṃ paṭalāmodadiṅmukham| tatrāpi kāñcinī divyā guhā paramaśobhanā
its quarters perfumed by the sheets of lotus pollen flying up; and there too was a golden divine cave, supremely lovely.
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VaP 2 42.68
तां प्रविश्य जिता हारो जितचित्तो जितासनः। सस्मार वेदांश्चतुरस्तदेकाग्रमना मुनिः
tāṃ praviśya jitā hāro jitacitto jitāsanaḥ| sasmāra vedāṃścaturastadekāgramanā muniḥ
Entering it, with food, mind and posture mastered, the sage, his mind one-pointed upon that, called to mind the four Vedas.
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VaP 2 42.69
त्रयी जगाम शरदां शतस्य स्मरतोऽस्य हि । प्रादुरासंस्ततो वेदाश्चत्वारश्चारुदर्शनाः
trayī jagāma śaradāṃ śatasya smarato'sya hi | prādurāsaṃstato vedāścatvāraścārudarśanāḥ
Indeed, three hundred autumns passed for him as he was remembering; then the four Vedas appeared, fair to behold,
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VaP 2 42.70
स्फुरत्पद्मपलाशाक्षा जटामुकुटधारिणः। कुशमुष्टिकराम्भोजा मृगत्वङ्मण्डितांसकाः
sphuratpadmapalāśākṣā jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇaḥ| kuśamuṣṭikarāmbhojā mṛgatvaṅmaṇḍitāṃsakāḥ
(They had) eyes (like) the petals of a blooming lotus, and wore matted hair as a crown; their lotus-hands held bunches of kuśa grass, their shoulders were adorned with deerskins.
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VaP 2 42.71
स्वरैः षोडशभिः क्लृप्त वदनाः प्रणवान्तराः। कचवर्गोद्भवैर्वर्णैः पञ्चावयवपाणयः
svaraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ klṛpta vadanāḥ praṇavāntarāḥ| kacavargodbhavairvarṇaiḥ pañcāvayavapāṇayaḥ
Their faces were fashioned of the sixteen vowels, with the praṇava (OM) within them; their hands had five members (each) formed of the letters arising from the ka- and ca- series.
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VaP 2 42.72
पवर्गदक्षचरणा वामपादास्तवर्गतः। आतरन्त्यन्तवर्णाश्च येषां कुक्षिद्वयात्मकौ
pavargadakṣacaraṇā vāmapādāstavargataḥ| ātarantyantavarṇāśca yeṣāṃ kukṣidvayātmakau
Their right feet were the pa-series, their left feet from the ta-series; and the final letters (the semivowels) which extend—of these their two flanks consisted.
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VaP 2 42.73
नाभिनिद्राः कान्तपृष्ठा मोदरा यरलवोत्कचाः। अग्निदक्षांशरुचिरा धराग्रीवा भृतासकाः
nābhinidrāḥ kāntapṛṣṭhā modarā yaralavotkacāḥ| agnidakṣāṃśarucirā dharāgrīvā bhṛtāsakāḥ
Their navels were (of) the nasals(?), their backs lovely, their bellies (formed of ma), their hair rising up with ya, ra, la, va; their right shoulders shining with fire (ra), their necks (of) earth (la), their limbs sustained.
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VaP 2 42.74
अन्तस्थसन्धिसंस्थाना वैखरीवाग्विजृम्भिताः। अपश्यन्मथुरामेषां हृदयाम्भोजकल्पिताम्
antasthasandhisaṃsthānā vaikharīvāgvijṛmbhitāḥ| apaśyanmathurāmeṣāṃ hṛdayāmbhojakalpitām
With their joints placed in the semivowels (antaḥstha), unfolded as the vaikharī speech—(he) saw Mathurā of these (Vedas), fashioned in the lotus of their heart.
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VaP 2 42.75
हरेर्भगवतः साक्षादाविर्भावस्थली हि सा। काशीमपश्यद्भ्रूमध्ये मायामाधारसंस्थिताम्
harerbhagavataḥ sākṣādāvirbhāvasthalī hi sā| kāśīmapaśyadbhrūmadhye māyāmādhārasaṃsthitām
For that is the very place of the manifestation of the Lord Hari; (he) saw Kāśī between the brows and Māyā(purī) situated in the base (mūlādhāra).
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VaP 2 42.76
लिङ्गदेशे ततः काञ्चीमवन्तीं नाभिमण्डले । कण्ठस्थां द्वारकामेषां प्रयागं प्राणगं तथा
liṅgadeśe tataḥ kāñcīmavantīṃ nābhimaṇḍale | kaṇṭhasthāṃ dvārakāmeṣāṃ prayāgaṃ prāṇagaṃ tathā
Then Kāñcī in the region of the genitals, Avantī in the circle of the navel, Dvārakā of these placed in the throat, and Prayāga in the breath.
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VaP 2 42.77
सव्यापसव्ययोस्तेषां गड्गाऽपि यमुना नदी । मध्ये सरस्वती साक्षाद्गयाक्षेत्रं तथानने
savyāpasavyayosteṣāṃ gaḍgā'pi yamunā nadī | madhye sarasvatī sākṣādgayākṣetraṃ tathānane
On their right and left, the Gaṅgā and also the river Yamunā; in the middle the Sarasvatī herself, and the field of Gayā in the face.
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VaP 2 42.78
हनुग्रीवामध्यगतं प्रभासक्षेत्रमुत्तमम्। बदर्य्याश्रममेतेषां ब्रह्मरन्ध्रे ददर्श ह
hanugrīvāmadhyagataṃ prabhāsakṣetramuttamam| badaryyāśramameteṣāṃ brahmarandhre dadarśa ha
The excellent field of Prabhāsa, situated between jaw and neck; and the hermitage of Badarī of these he saw in the brahmarandhra (crown aperture).
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VaP 2 42.79
पौण्ड्रवर्धननेपालपीठं नयनयोर्युगे। पीठं पूर्णगिरिंनाम ललाटे समदृश्यत
pauṇḍravardhananepālapīṭhaṃ nayanayoryuge| pīṭhaṃ pūrṇagiriṃnāma lalāṭe samadṛśyata
The seats (pīṭhas) of Pauṇḍravardhana and Nepāla in the pair of eyes; the seat named Pūrṇagiri was seen on the forehead.
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VaP 2 42.80
कण्ठे च मथुरापीठं काञ्चीपीठं कटिस्थितम्। जालन्धरं तथा पीठं स्तनदेशेष्वदृश्यत
kaṇṭhe ca mathurāpīṭhaṃ kāñcīpīṭhaṃ kaṭisthitam| jālandharaṃ tathā pīṭhaṃ stanadeśeṣvadṛśyata
And the Mathurā seat in the throat, the Kāñcī seat situated in the hips; likewise the Jālandhara seat was seen in the region of the breasts.
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VaP 2 42.81
भृगुपीठं कर्णदेशे ह्ययोध्यां नासिकापुटे। ब्रह्मरन्ध्रे स्थितं ब्राह्यं शैवं सीमन्तसीमनि
bhṛgupīṭhaṃ karṇadeśe hyayodhyāṃ nāsikāpuṭe| brahmarandhre sthitaṃ brāhyaṃ śaivaṃ sīmantasīmani
The Bhṛgu seat in the region of the ear, Ayodhyā in the cavity of the nose; in the brahmarandhra stood what belongs to Brahmā, and the Śaiva (seat) at the parting-line of the hair.
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VaP 2 42.82
शाक्तं जिह्वाग्र धिषणं वैष्णवं हृदयाम्बुजे। सौरं चक्षुःप्रदेशस्थं बौद्धञ्छायासु सङ्गतम्
śāktaṃ jihvāgra dhiṣaṇaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ hṛdayāmbuje| sauraṃ cakṣuḥpradeśasthaṃ bauddhañchāyāsu saṅgatam
The Śākta (seat) had its abode at the tip of the tongue, the Vaiṣṇava in the lotus of the heart, the Saura placed in the region of the eyes, and the Bauddha joined to the shadows.
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VaP 2 42.83
सौत्रामणिं कण्ठदेशे पशुबन्धमथोरसि। वाजपेयं कटितटे ह्यग्निहोत्रं तथानने
sautrāmaṇiṃ kaṇṭhadeśe paśubandhamathorasi| vājapeyaṃ kaṭitaṭe hyagnihotraṃ tathānane
The Sautrāmaṇi (sacrifice) in the region of the throat, the Paśubandha on the chest, the Vājapeya at the slope of the hips, and the Agnihotra in the face.
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VaP 2 42.84
अश्वमेधं कटितटे नरमेधमथोदरे। राजसूयं शिरोदेशे आवसथ्यं तथाऽधरे
aśvamedhaṃ kaṭitaṭe naramedhamathodare| rājasūyaṃ śirodeśe āvasathyaṃ tathā'dhare
The Aśvamedha at the slope of the hips, the Naramedha in the belly, the Rājasūya in the region of the head, and the Āvasathya (fire) in the lower lip.
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VaP 2 42.85
ऊर्द्ध्वोष्ठे दक्षिणाग्निञ्च गार्हपत्यं मुखान्तरे। हव्यं श्रुतौ मन्त्रभेदांस्तथा रोमस्ववस्थितान्। भृत्यैरिव महाराजं पुराणैर्न्यायमिश्रितैः
ūrddhvoṣṭhe dakṣiṇāgniñca gārhapatyaṃ mukhāntare| havyaṃ śrutau mantrabhedāṃstathā romasvavasthitān| bhṛtyairiva mahārājaṃ purāṇairnyāyamiśritaiḥ
The southern fire on the upper lip, the Gārhapatya within the mouth, the oblation in the ears, and likewise the various mantras abiding in the body-hairs—(all these) attended, as servants attend a great king, by the Purāṇas mixed with Nyāya,
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VaP 2 42.86
संहिताभिश्च तन्त्रैश्च पृथक्पृथगुपासितान्। कर्म ज्ञानोपासनाभिर्जनानुग्रहकारकान्
saṃhitābhiśca tantraiśca pṛthakpṛthagupāsitān| karma jñānopāsanābhirjanānugrahakārakān
and worshipped severally by the Saṃhitās and by the Tantras—(he saw them) as bestowers of grace on people through action, knowledge and worship.
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VaP 2 42.87
दृष्ट्वा सुविस्मितमना मुनिः कृष्णो बभूव तान् । ब्रह्मतेजोमयान्दिव्यांस्तपतोऽर्कानिवच्युतान्। ज्लतोऽग्नी निवोदर्कान्कोटीन्दुसमदर्शनान्
dṛṣṭvā suvismitamanā muniḥ kṛṣṇo babhūva tān | brahmatejomayāndivyāṃstapato'rkānivacyutān| jlato'gnī nivodarkānkoṭīndusamadarśanān
Seeing them, the sage Kṛṣṇa (Dvaipāyana) became greatly amazed in mind—them, divine, made of the splendour of Brahman, imperishable, like blazing suns, like burning fires(?), looking like a crore of moons.
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VaP 2 42.88
ववन्दे सहसोत्थाय दण्डवत्पतितो मुनिः। कृतार्थोऽहं कृतार्थोऽहं कृतार्थोऽहमितीरयन्
vavande sahasotthāya daṇḍavatpatito muniḥ| kṛtārtho'haṃ kṛtārtho'haṃ kṛtārtho'hamitīrayan
Rising at once, the sage bowed and fell prostrate like a staff, exclaiming, "I have attained my purpose, I have attained my purpose, I have attained my purpose!"
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VaP 2 42.89
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं मनः। अद्य मे सफलञ्चायुर्यद्भवन्तोऽक्षिगोचराः
adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ manaḥ| adya me saphalañcāyuryadbhavanto'kṣigocarāḥ
"Today my birth has borne fruit, today my mind has borne fruit, today my life too has borne fruit, in that you have come within range of my eyes."
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VaP 2 42.90
अलौकिकंलौकिकञ्च यत् किञ्चिदपि विद्यते। न तद्वोऽविदितं वेद्यं भूत भव्यं भवच्च यत्
alaukikaṃlaukikañca yat kiñcidapi vidyate| na tadvo'viditaṃ vedyaṃ bhūta bhavyaṃ bhavacca yat
Whatever there is, otherworldly or worldly — nothing knowable is unknown to you, whatever has been, will be, or is.
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VaP 2 42.91
न प्रवृत्तिफला यूयं दर्शयन्तोऽपि तान्सदा। यदृच्छाकरसङ्कोचविधानायेह रागिणाम्
na pravṛttiphalā yūyaṃ darśayanto'pi tānsadā| yadṛcchākarasaṅkocavidhānāyeha rāgiṇām
You do not (act) with engagement in works as your fruit, though you constantly display them (as fruitful) — (you do so) here in order to prescribe a curbing of arbitrary action for those full of passion.
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VaP 2 42.92
प्रपञ्चस्यापि मिथ्यात्वे ब्रह्मत्वे वा निधीतरौ। न मृषारागविषयौ तत्सङ्कोचविधिक्षयौ
prapañcasyāpi mithyātve brahmatve vā nidhītarau| na mṛṣārāgaviṣayau tatsaṅkocavidhikṣayau
Even if the manifold world is false, or is Brahman, O supreme repositories (of knowledge), the objects of false passion and the abolition of the rule restraining them are not (real).
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VaP 2 42.93
अतो लोकहितैर्नूनं परमार्थनिरूपणे। स्वोक्ताः स्वर्गादिविषयाः नश्वरा इति निन्दिताः
ato lokahitairnūnaṃ paramārthanirūpaṇe| svoktāḥ svargādiviṣayāḥ naśvarā iti ninditāḥ
Therefore surely by you, who intend the good of the world, in determining the highest truth, the objects spoken of by yourselves — heaven and the rest — were censured as perishable.
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VaP 2 42.94
अधिकारिविभेदेन कर्मज्ञानोपदेशतः। त्रातं सर्वं जगन्नूनं शब्दब्रह्मात्ममूर्त्तिभिः
adhikārivibhedena karmajñānopadeśataḥ| trātaṃ sarvaṃ jagannūnaṃ śabdabrahmātmamūrttibhiḥ
By the teaching of action and of knowledge according to the differing qualifications (of people), the whole world has surely been rescued by you, who are the embodied forms of the Word-Brahman.
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VaP 2 42.95
अतोऽहं प्रष्टुमिच्छमि भवन्तश्चेत्कृपालवः । कर्मणां फलमादिष्टं सर्गः कामैकचेतसाम्
ato'haṃ praṣṭumicchami bhavantaścetkṛpālavaḥ | karmaṇāṃ phalamādiṣṭaṃ sargaḥ kāmaikacetasām
Therefore I wish to ask, if you are gracious: the fruit of works has been declared (by you) — for men whose mind is set on desire alone, (it is) rebirth;
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VaP 2 42.96
ईशार्पितधियां पुंसां कृतस्यापि च कर्मणः। चित्तशुद्धिस्ततो ज्ञानं मोक्षश्च तदनन्तरम्
īśārpitadhiyāṃ puṃsāṃ kṛtasyāpi ca karmaṇaḥ| cittaśuddhistato jñānaṃ mokṣaśca tadanantaram
while for men whose thought is offered up to the Lord, even from the work they have performed there comes purity of mind, from that knowledge, and immediately after that liberation.
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VaP 2 42.97
मोक्षो ब्रह्मैक्यमित्येवं सच्चिदानन्दमेव यत्। सर्वं समाप्यते तस्मिञ्ज्ञाते यद्धि कृताकृतम्
mokṣo brahmaikyamityevaṃ saccidānandameva yat| sarvaṃ samāpyate tasmiñjñāte yaddhi kṛtākṛtam
Liberation is oneness with Brahman — thus (you say) — which is nothing but being, consciousness and bliss; when that is known, everything is finished, whatever has been done and left undone.
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VaP 2 42.98
यन्निःसङ्गं चिदाकाशं ज्ञानरूपमसंवृतम्। निरीहमचलं शुद्धमगुणं व्यापकं स्मृतम्
yanniḥsaṅgaṃ cidākāśaṃ jñānarūpamasaṃvṛtam| nirīhamacalaṃ śuddhamaguṇaṃ vyāpakaṃ smṛtam
(That) which is unattached, the space of consciousness, of the nature of knowledge, unveiled, without striving, unmoving, pure, free of qualities, and is taught to be all-pervading;
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VaP 2 42.99
विकारेषु विनश्यत्सु निर्विकारं न नश्यति। यथान्धतमसा व्याप्तलोकस्य रविरोजसा
vikāreṣu vinaśyatsu nirvikāraṃ na naśyati| yathāndhatamasā vyāptalokasya ravirojasā
when the modifications perish, the unmodified does not perish — as the sun by its brilliance (does not perish) for a world overspread by blinding darkness,
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VaP 2 42.100
लोहस्येव मणिस्तद्वदरणिश्चानले यथा। यदाभासेन सा सत्तां प्रतिपद्य विजृम्भते
lohasyeva maṇistadvadaraṇiścānale yathā| yadābhāsena sā sattāṃ pratipadya vijṛmbhate
as the magnet is to iron, and so as fire is in the firewood — by whose reflected appearance she (māyā), attaining existence, unfolds
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VaP 2 42.101
जीवेश्वरादिरूपेण विश्वाकारेण चाप्यहो। तस्यामपि प्रलीनायां कूटस्थञ्च यदेकलम्
jīveśvarādirūpeṇa viśvākāreṇa cāpyaho| tasyāmapi pralīnāyāṃ kūṭasthañca yadekalam
in the form of individual soul, Lord and the rest, and also in the shape of the universe — ah! — and when even she has been dissolved, that which remains one and unchanging (kūṭastha):
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VaP 2 42.102
भवद्भिरेवं निर्णीतं तत्तथैव न संशयः। तथापि मम जिज्ञासा वर्त्तते केवलं हृदि
bhavadbhirevaṃ nirṇītaṃ tattathaiva na saṃśayaḥ| tathāpi mama jijñāsā varttate kevalaṃ hṛdi
This has thus been determined by you, and it is just so, without doubt. Even so, a desire to know remains merely in my heart:
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VaP 2 42.103
अतोऽपि परमं किञ्चिद्वर्त्तते किल वा न वा। तद्वदन्तु महाभागा भवन्तस्तत्त्वदर्शनाः
ato'pi paramaṃ kiñcidvarttate kila vā na vā| tadvadantu mahābhāgā bhavantastattvadarśanāḥ
Is there indeed something supreme even beyond this, or is there not? Let you, greatly blessed ones, seers of the truth, tell that.
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VaP 2 42.104
यच्छ्रवः फलमेवेह जनुषो मे कृतार्थता। एवं ब्रुवन्तमनघं व्यासं सत्यवतीसुतम्। साधु साध्विति सङ्कीर्त्य प्रत्यूचु र्निगमा वचः
yacchravaḥ phalameveha januṣo me kṛtārthatā| evaṃ bruvantamanaghaṃ vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam| sādhu sādhviti saṅkīrtya pratyūcu rnigamā vacaḥ
To hear it is itself the fruit here, the fulfilment of my birth. — To the faultless Vyāsa, son of Satyavatī, who spoke thus, the Vedas, proclaiming 'Well said, well said!', replied in words:
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VaP 2 42.105
वेदा ऊचुः ।। साधु साधु महाप्राज्ञा विष्णुरात्मा शरीरिणाम्। अजोऽपि जन्म सम्पद्य लोकानुग्रहमीहसे
vedā ūcuḥ || sādhu sādhu mahāprājñā viṣṇurātmā śarīriṇām| ajo'pi janma sampadya lokānugrahamīhase
The Vedas said: Well, well, O greatly wise one! Viṣṇu is the Self of embodied beings; though unborn, having taken birth you seek to favour the worlds.
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VaP 2 42.106
अन्यथा ते न घटते संसारकर्म्मबन्दनम्। अस्पृष्टो मायया देव्या कदाचिज्ज्ञानगूहया
anyathā te na ghaṭate saṃsārakarmmabandanam| aspṛṣṭo māyayā devyā kadācijjñānagūhayā
Otherwise the bondage of the works of transmigration would not apply to you, who are never touched by the divine māyā that conceals knowledge.
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VaP 2 42.107
बिभर्षि स्वेच्छया रूपं स्वेच्छयैव निगूहसे। अस्मत्सम्मत एवार्थो भवता सम्प्रदर्शितः
bibharṣi svecchayā rūpaṃ svecchayaiva nigūhase| asmatsammata evārtho bhavatā sampradarśitaḥ
By your own will you assume a form, and by your own will you conceal it. The very meaning that we hold has been fully set forth by you.
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VaP 2 42.108
पुराणेष्वितिहासेषु सूत्रेष्वपि च नैकधा। अक्षरं ब्रह्म परमं सर्वकारणकारणम्
purāṇeṣvitihāseṣu sūtreṣvapi ca naikadhā| akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam
In the Purāṇas, in the epic narratives, and in the sūtras too, in more than one way (it is declared to be) the imperishable, supreme Brahman, the cause of all causes.
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VaP 2 42.109
तस्यात्मनोऽप्यात्म भावतया पुष्पस्य गन्धवत्। रसवद्वा स्थितं रूपमवेहि परमं हि तत्
tasyātmano'pyātma bhāvatayā puṣpasya gandhavat| rasavadvā sthitaṃ rūpamavehi paramaṃ hi tat
Know that the supreme form stands as the very self even of that Self, as the fragrance of a flower, or as its savour — for that is the highest.
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VaP 2 42.110
अनुभूतं तदस्माभिर्जाते प्राकृतिके लये। अक्षरात्परतस्तस्माद्यत्परं केवलो रसः । न च तत्र वयं शक्ताः शब्दातीते तदात्मकाः
anubhūtaṃ tadasmābhirjāte prākṛtike laye| akṣarātparatastasmādyatparaṃ kevalo rasaḥ | na ca tatra vayaṃ śaktāḥ śabdātīte tadātmakāḥ
That was experienced by us when the dissolution into primal matter took place: beyond the imperishable, that which is higher is pure essence (rasa) alone. And there we have no power, (we) who are made of that, in what is beyond sound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain