Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 8
VaP 2 8.1
॥सूत उवाच॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसः पुण्या मौनेयाः परिकीर्त्तिताः। चित्रसेनोग्रसेनश्च ऊर्णायुरनघस्तथा
||sūta uvāca|| gandharvāpsarasaḥ puṇyā mauneyāḥ parikīrttitāḥ| citrasenograsenaśca ūrṇāyuranaghastathā
Sūta said: The holy Gandharvas and Apsarases, the sons of Muni, have been declared: Citrasena and Ugrasena, Ūrṇāyu and Anagha,
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VaP 2 8.2
धृतराष्ट्रः पुलोमा च सूर्यवर्च्चास्तथैव च। युगपत्तृणपत्कालिर्दितिश्चित्ररथ स्तथा
dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ pulomā ca sūryavarccāstathaiva ca| yugapattṛṇapatkālirditiścitraratha stathā
Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pulomā, and likewise Sūryavarcas, Yugapat, Tṛṇapat, Kāli, Diti, and Citraratha,
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VaP 2 8.3
त्रयोदशो भ्रमिशिराः पर्जन्यश्च चतुर्दशः। कलिः पञ्चदशश्वैव नारदश्चैव षोडशः। इत्येते देवगन्धर्वा मौनेयाः परिकीर्त्तिताः
trayodaśo bhramiśirāḥ parjanyaśca caturdaśaḥ| kaliḥ pañcadaśaśvaiva nāradaścaiva ṣoḍaśaḥ| ityete devagandharvā mauneyāḥ parikīrttitāḥ
the thirteenth Bhramiśiras, and Parjanya the fourteenth, Kali the fifteenth, and Nārada the sixteenth: these are declared to be the divine Gandharvas, sons of Muni.
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VaP 2 8.4
चतुस्त्रिंशद्यवीयस्यस्तेषामप्सरसः शुभाः । अन्तरा दारवत्या च प्रियमुख्या सुरोत्तमा
catustriṃśadyavīyasyasteṣāmapsarasaḥ śubhāḥ | antarā dāravatyā ca priyamukhyā surottamā
Younger than they are thirty-four lovely Apsarases: Antarā and Dāravatī, and Priyamukhyā, Surottamā,
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VaP 2 8.5
मिश्रकेशी तथा शाची पर्णिनी वाप्यलम्बुषा। मारीची पुत्रिका चैव विद्युद्वर्णा तिलोत्तमा
miśrakeśī tathā śācī parṇinī vāpyalambuṣā| mārīcī putrikā caiva vidyudvarṇā tilottamā
Miśrakeśī, and Śācī, Parṇinī, and Alambuṣā, Mārīcī, and Putrikā, Vidyudvarṇā, Tilottamā,
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VaP 2 8.6
अद्रिका लक्षणा चैव देवी रम्भा मनोरमा। सुवरा च सुबाहुश्च पूर्णिता सुप्रतिष्ठिता
adrikā lakṣaṇā caiva devī rambhā manoramā| suvarā ca subāhuśca pūrṇitā supratiṣṭhitā
And Adrikā, Lakṣaṇā, the goddess Rambhā, Manoramā, Suvarā, Subāhu, Pūrṇitā, and Supratiṣṭhitā;
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VaP 2 8.7
पुण्डरीका सुगन्धा च सुदन्ता सुरसा तथा। हेमासरा सुती चैव सुवृत्ता कमला च या
puṇḍarīkā sugandhā ca sudantā surasā tathā| hemāsarā sutī caiva suvṛttā kamalā ca yā
Puṇḍarīkā and Sugandhā, Sudantā and likewise Surasā, Hemāsarā and Sutī, Suvṛttā, and she who is Kamalā—
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VaP 2 8.8
सुभुजा हंसपादा च लौकिक्योऽप्सरसस्तथा। गन्धर्वाप्सरसो ह्येता मौनेयाः परिकीर्तिताः
subhujā haṃsapādā ca laukikyo'psarasastathā| gandharvāpsaraso hyetā mauneyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Subhujā and Haṃsapādā — these are the worldly apsarases; these gandharva-apsarases are declared to be the Mauneyas (descendants of Muni).
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VaP 2 8.9
गन्धर्वाणां दुहितरो मया याः परिकीर्त्तिताः। तासां नामानि सर्वासां कीर्त्त्यमानानि मे श्रृणु
gandharvāṇāṃ duhitaro mayā yāḥ parikīrttitāḥ| tāsāṃ nāmāni sarvāsāṃ kīrttyamānāni me śrṛṇu
The daughters of the Gandharvas whom I have enumerated — hear from me the names of all of them as they are recited.
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VaP 2 8.10
सुयशा प्रथमा तासां गान्धर्वी तदनन्तरम् । विद्यावती चारुमुखी सुमुखी च वरानना
suyaśā prathamā tāsāṃ gāndharvī tadanantaram | vidyāvatī cārumukhī sumukhī ca varānanā
Suyaśā was the first among them, and Gāndharvī next after her; (then) Vidyāvatī, Cārumukhī, Sumukhī, and Varānanā.
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VaP 2 8.11
तत्रेमे सुयशापुत्रा महाबलपराक्रमाः। प्रचेतसः सुता यक्षास्तेषां नामानि मे श्रृणु
tatreme suyaśāputrā mahābalaparākramāḥ| pracetasaḥ sutā yakṣāsteṣāṃ nāmāni me śrṛṇu
There these are the sons of Suyaśā, of great strength and prowess; (they are) the sons of Pracetas, the yakṣas — hear their names from me.
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VaP 2 8.12
कम्बलो हरिकेशश्च कपिलः काञ्चनस्तथा। मेघमालीतु यक्षाणां गण एष उदाहृतः
kambalo harikeśaśca kapilaḥ kāñcanastathā| meghamālītu yakṣāṇāṃ gaṇa eṣa udāhṛtaḥ
Kambala and Harikeśa, Kapila, and likewise Kāñcana, and Meghamālin — this is declared to be the troop of the Yakṣas.
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VaP 2 8.13
सुयशाया दुहितरश्चतस्रोऽप्सरसः स्मृताः। तासां नामानि वै सम्यग् ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
suyaśāyā duhitaraścatasro'psarasaḥ smṛtāḥ| tāsāṃ nāmāni vai samyag bruvato me nibodhata
Suyaśā's daughters, four apsarases, are recorded; hear from me as I duly recite their names.
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VaP 2 8.14
लोहेयी त्वभवज्ज्येष्ठा भरता तदनन्तरम्। कृशाङ्गी च विशाला च रूपेणाप्रतिमा तथा
loheyī tvabhavajjyeṣṭhā bharatā tadanantaram| kṛśāṅgī ca viśālā ca rūpeṇāpratimā tathā
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 2 8.15
ताभ्योऽपरे यक्षगणाश्चत्वारः परिकीर्त्तिताः। उत्पादिता विशालेन विक्रान्तेन महात्मना
tābhyo'pare yakṣagaṇāścatvāraḥ parikīrttitāḥ| utpāditā viśālena vikrāntena mahātmanā
From them (were born) four other troops of yakṣas, as they are declared, begotten by the valiant, great-souled Viśāla.
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VaP 2 8.16
लोहेयो भरतेयश्च कृशाङ्गेयश्च विश्रुतः । विशालेश्च यक्षाणां पुराणे प्रथिता गणाः
loheyo bharateyaśca kṛśāṅgeyaśca viśrutaḥ | viśāleśca yakṣāṇāṃ purāṇe prathitā gaṇāḥ
Loheya, Bharateya, and the renowned Kṛśāṅgeya, and Viśāleśa — (these are) the troops of yakṣas celebrated in the Purāṇa.
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VaP 2 8.17
इत्येतैरसुरैर्घोरैर्महाबलपराक्रमैः। लोकैर्यक्षगणैर्व्याप्ता लोकालोक विदांवराः
ityetairasurairghorairmahābalaparākramaiḥ| lokairyakṣagaṇairvyāptā lokāloka vidāṃvarāḥ
Thus by these dreadful asuras, of great strength and prowess, and by the hosts of yakṣas, O best of the knowing, were the worlds pervaded, both the world and the un-world (loka and aloka).
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VaP 2 8.18
गन्धर्वाश्चाथ वालेया विक्रान्तेन महात्मना। उत्पादिता महावीर्या महागन्धर्वनायकाः
gandharvāścātha vāleyā vikrāntena mahātmanā| utpāditā mahāvīryā mahāgandharvanāyakāḥ
And then the Vāleya Gandharvas, of great valor, great chiefs of the Gandharvas, were begotten by the great-souled Vikrānta.
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VaP 2 8.19
विक्रमौदार्यसम्पन्ना महाबलपराक्रमाः। तेषां नामानि वक्ष्यामि यथावदनुपूर्वशः
vikramaudāryasampannā mahābalaparākramāḥ| teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ
(They were) endowed with valor and nobility, of great strength and prowess. I shall declare their names duly, in order.
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VaP 2 8.20
चित्राङ्गदो महावीर्यश्चित्रवर्मा तथैव च। चित्रकेतुर्महाभागः सोमदत्तोऽथ वीर्यवान्। तिस्रो दुहितरश्चैव तासां नामानि वक्ष्यते
citrāṅgado mahāvīryaścitravarmā tathaiva ca| citraketurmahābhāgaḥ somadatto'tha vīryavān| tisro duhitaraścaiva tāsāṃ nāmāni vakṣyate
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VaP 2 8.21
प्रथमा त्वग्निका नाम कम्बला तदनन्तरम्। तथा वसुमती नाम रूपेणाप्रतिमौजसः
prathamā tvagnikā nāma kambalā tadanantaram| tathā vasumatī nāma rūpeṇāpratimaujasaḥ
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VaP 2 8.22
ताभ्यः परे कुमारेण गणा उत्पादितास्त्विमे। त्रयो गन्धर्वमुख्यानां विक्रान्ता युद्धदुर्मदाः
tābhyaḥ pare kumāreṇa gaṇā utpāditāstvime| trayo gandharvamukhyānāṃ vikrāntā yuddhadurmadāḥ
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VaP 2 8.23
आग्नेयाः काम्बलेयाश्च तथा वसुमतीसुताः। तैर्गणैर्विविधैर्व्याप्तमिदं लोकचराचरम्
āgneyāḥ kāmbaleyāśca tathā vasumatīsutāḥ| tairgaṇairvividhairvyāptamidaṃ lokacarācaram
The Āgneyas, the Kāmbaleyas, and likewise the sons of Vasumatī — by these manifold hosts this world, with its moving and unmoving (beings), is pervaded.
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VaP 2 8.24
विद्यावन्तश्च तेनैव विक्रान्तेन महात्मना। उत्पादिता महाभागा रूपविद्याधनेश्वराः
vidyāvantaśca tenaiva vikrāntena mahātmanā| utpāditā mahābhāgā rūpavidyādhaneśvarāḥ
And by that same valiant great-souled one were begotten the possessors of knowledge, greatly fortunate, masters of beauty, learning, and wealth.
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VaP 2 8.25
तेषामुदीर्ण वीर्याणां गन्धर्वाणां महात्मनाम्। नामानि कीर्त्त्यमानानि श्रृणुध्वं मे विवक्षतः
teṣāmudīrṇa vīryāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ mahātmanām| nāmāni kīrttyamānāni śrṛṇudhvaṃ me vivakṣataḥ
Hear from me, as I wish to speak, the names of those great-souled gandharvas of surging valour, as they are recited.
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VaP 2 8.26
हिरण्यरोमा कपिलः सुलोमा मागधस्तथा। चन्द्रकेतुश्च वै गाङ्गो गोदश्चैव महाबलः
hiraṇyaromā kapilaḥ sulomā māgadhastathā| candraketuśca vai gāṅgo godaścaiva mahābalaḥ
Hiraṇyaroman, Kapila, Suloman, and Māgadha, and Candraketu, Gāṅga, and Goda of great strength —
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VaP 2 8.27
महाविद्यावदातानां विक्रान्तानां तपस्विनाम्। इत्येवमादिर्हि गणो द्वे चान्ये च सुलोचने
mahāvidyāvadātānāṃ vikrāntānāṃ tapasvinām| ityevamādirhi gaṇo dve cānye ca sulocane
such is the troop of those spotless in great knowledge, valiant, ascetic. And there were two others, fair-eyed:
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VaP 2 8.28
शिवा च सुमनाश्चैव ताभ्यामपि महात्मना। उत्पादिता विश्रवसा विद्याचरणगोचराः
śivā ca sumanāścaiva tābhyāmapi mahātmanā| utpāditā viśravasā vidyācaraṇagocarāḥ
Śivā and Sumanas: upon these two also the great-souled Viśravas begot (offspring) whose province is knowledge and conduct.
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VaP 2 8.29
शैवेयाश्चैव विक्रान्तास्तथा सौमनसो गणाः। एतैर्व्याप्तमिदं लोकं विद्याधरगणैस्त्रिभिः
śaiveyāścaiva vikrāntāstathā saumanaso gaṇāḥ| etairvyāptamidaṃ lokaṃ vidyādharagaṇaistribhiḥ
The Śaiveyas, valiant, and likewise the Saumanasa troops: by these three troops of vidyādharas this world is pervaded.
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VaP 2 8.30
एभ्योऽनेकानि जातानि अम्बरान्तरचारिणाम्। लोके गणशतान्येव विद्याघरविचेष्टितात्
ebhyo'nekāni jātāni ambarāntaracāriṇām| loke gaṇaśatānyeva vidyāgharaviceṣṭitāt
From these were born many hundreds of troops of those who move in the middle of the sky, in the world, through the activity of the vidyādharas.
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VaP 2 8.31
अश्वमुखाश्च तेनैव विक्रान्तेन महात्मना। उत्पादिता ह्यश्वमुखाः किन्नरांस्तान्निबोधत
aśvamukhāśca tenaiva vikrāntena mahātmanā| utpāditā hyaśvamukhāḥ kinnarāṃstānnibodhata
And by that same great-souled valiant one the horse-faced ones were begotten; learn of them, the horse-faced kinnaras.
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VaP 2 8.32
समुद्रः सेनः कालिन्दो महानेत्रो महाबलः। सुवर्णघोषः सुग्रीवो महाघोषश्च वीर्यवान्
samudraḥ senaḥ kālindo mahānetro mahābalaḥ| suvarṇaghoṣaḥ sugrīvo mahāghoṣaśca vīryavān
Samudra, Sena, Kālinda, Mahānetra of great strength, Suvarṇaghoṣa, Sugrīva, and the valorous Mahāghoṣa —
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VaP 2 8.33
इत्येवमादिर्हि गणः किन्नराणां महात्मनाम्। हयाननानां विद्वद्भिर्विस्तीर्णः परिकीर्त्त्यते
ityevamādirhi gaṇaḥ kinnarāṇāṃ mahātmanām| hayānanānāṃ vidvadbhirvistīrṇaḥ parikīrttyate
such is the troop of the great-souled kinnaras, the horse-faced ones; it is proclaimed at length by the learned.
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VaP 2 8.34
तथासमुत्थितेनैव विक्रान्तेन महात्मना। उत्पादिता नरमुखाः किन्नराः शांशपायनाः
tathāsamutthitenaiva vikrāntena mahātmanā| utpāditā naramukhāḥ kinnarāḥ śāṃśapāyanāḥ
And by that same great-souled, valorous one who had thus arisen, the man-faced Kinnaras, the Śāṃśapāyanas, were brought forth.
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VaP 2 8.35
हरिषेणः सुषेणश्च वारिषेणश्च वीर्यवान्। रुद्रदत्तेन्द्रदत्तौ च चन्द्रद्रुम महाद्रुमौ
hariṣeṇaḥ suṣeṇaśca vāriṣeṇaśca vīryavān| rudradattendradattau ca candradruma mahādrumau
Hariṣeṇa and Suṣeṇa, and the valiant Vāriṣeṇa, and Rudradatta and Indradatta, and Candradruma and Mahādruma;
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VaP 2 8.36
बिन्दुश्च बिन्दुसारश्च चन्द्रवंशाश्च किन्नराः। इत्येते किन्नराः श्रेष्ठा लोके ख्याताः सुशोभनाः
binduśca bindusāraśca candravaṃśāśca kinnarāḥ| ityete kinnarāḥ śreṣṭhā loke khyātāḥ suśobhanāḥ
and Bindu and Bindusāra, and the Candravaṃśa Kinnaras — these are the foremost Kinnaras, renowned in the world, most beautiful.
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VaP 2 8.37
नृत्यगीतप्रगल्भानामेतेषां द्विजसत्तमाः। लोके गणशतान्येव किन्नराणां महात्मनाम्
nṛtyagītapragalbhānāmeteṣāṃ dvijasattamāḥ| loke gaṇaśatānyeva kinnarāṇāṃ mahātmanām
Of these (Kinnaras), bold in dance and song, O best of the twice-born, there are in the world hundreds of troops of great-souled Kinnaras.
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VaP 2 8.38
यक्षा यक्षोपशान्तश्च लौहेया रूपशालिनी। दुहीता सुरविन्देति प्रकाशा सिद्धसम्मता
yakṣā yakṣopaśāntaśca lauheyā rūpaśālinī| duhītā suravindeti prakāśā siddhasammatā
The Yakṣas, and Yakṣopaśānta, and the Lauheyas; the beautiful daughter named Suravindā, famed and esteemed by the Siddhas.
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VaP 2 8.39
उपायाकेतनस्याहि स्वयमुत्पादितो गणः । करालकेन भूतानां तेषां नामानि मे श्रृणु
upāyāketanasyāhi svayamutpādito gaṇaḥ | karālakena bhūtānāṃ teṣāṃ nāmāni me śrṛṇu
For the troop of Bhūtas belonging to Upāyāketana was brought forth by himself, by Karālaka; hear from me the names of those (Bhūtas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.40
भूता भूतगणैर्ज्ञेया आवेशकनिवेशकाः। इत्येवमादिर्हि गणो भूमिगोचरकः स्मृतः
bhūtā bhūtagaṇairjñeyā āveśakaniveśakāḥ| ityevamādirhi gaṇo bhūmigocarakaḥ smṛtaḥ
The Bhūtas are to be recognized by their troops of Bhūtas, as possessors and installers; such and so forth is the troop reckoned as moving on the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.41
विज्ञेय इह लोकेऽस्मिन् भूतानां भूतनायकः। ये उत्कृष्टा भवन्त्येषामम्बरान्तरचारिणाम्। वृक्षाग्रमात्रमाकाशं ते चरन्ति न संशयः
vijñeya iha loke'smin bhūtānāṃ bhūtanāyakaḥ| ye utkṛṣṭā bhavantyeṣāmambarāntaracāriṇām| vṛkṣāgramātramākāśaṃ te caranti na saṃśayaḥ
In this world the leader of the Bhūtas is to be known among the Bhūtas. Those of them, moving in the interior of the sky, who are superior — they move through as much sky as reaches the treetops; there is no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.42
तत्रेमे देवगन्धर्वाः प्रायेण कथिता मया। देवोपस्थाननिरता विज्ञेयास्ते यशस्विनः
tatreme devagandharvāḥ prāyeṇa kathitā mayā| devopasthānaniratā vijñeyāste yaśasvinaḥ
Therein these Deva-gandharvas have been told of by me for the most part; those glorious ones are to be known as devoted to attendance upon the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.43
नारायणं सुरगुरुं विरजं पुष्करेक्षणम्। हिरण्यगर्भञ्च तथा चतुर्वक्त्रं स्वयम्भुवम्
nārāyaṇaṃ suraguruṃ virajaṃ puṣkarekṣaṇam| hiraṇyagarbhañca tathā caturvaktraṃ svayambhuvam
Nārāyaṇa, the guru of the gods, the stainless one, the lotus-eyed; and Hiraṇyagarbha, and likewise the four-faced Self-existent one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.44
शङ्करञ्च महादेवमीशानञ्च जगत्प्रभुम्। इन्द्रपूर्वांस्तथा दित्यान् रुद्रांश्च वसुभिः सह
śaṅkarañca mahādevamīśānañca jagatprabhum| indrapūrvāṃstathā dityān rudrāṃśca vasubhiḥ saha
and Śaṅkara, the great god, and Īśāna, the lord of the world; and the Ādityas headed by Indra, and the Rudras together with the Vasus —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.45
उपतस्थुः सगन्धर्वा नृत्त्यगीतविशारदाः। त्रिदशाः सर्वलोकस्था निपुणा गीतवादिनः
upatasthuḥ sagandharvā nṛttyagītaviśāradāḥ| tridaśāḥ sarvalokasthā nipuṇā gītavādinaḥ
(They) waited upon (them) together with the gandharvas, who were skilled in dance and song; and the Thirty (gods), present in all the worlds, adept singers and players (of instruments).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.46
हंसो ज्येष्ठः कनिष्ठोऽन्यो मध्यमौ च हहा हुहूः। चतुर्थो धिषणश्चैव ततो वासिरुचिस्तथा
haṃso jyeṣṭhaḥ kaniṣṭho'nyo madhyamau ca hahā huhūḥ| caturtho dhiṣaṇaścaiva tato vāsirucistathā
Haṃsa is the eldest, another the youngest, and the two middle ones are Hāhā and Huhū; the fourth is Dhiṣaṇa, and after him Vāsiruci.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.47
षष्ठस्तु तुम्बुरुस्तेषां ततो विश्वावसुः स्मृतः। इमाश्चाप्सरसो दिव्या विहिताः पुण्यलक्षणाः
ṣaṣṭhastu tumburusteṣāṃ tato viśvāvasuḥ smṛtaḥ| imāścāpsaraso divyā vihitāḥ puṇyalakṣaṇāḥ
The sixth of them is Tumburu, and after him Viśvāvasu is recorded; and these divine apsarases, marked with auspicious signs, were appointed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.48
सुषुवेऽष्टौ महाभागा वरिष्ठा देवपूजिताः। अनवद्यामनवशामन्वतां मदनप्रियाम्। अरूषां सुभगां भासी मरिष्टाऽष्टौ व्यजायत
suṣuve'ṣṭau mahābhāgā variṣṭhā devapūjitāḥ| anavadyāmanavaśāmanvatāṃ madanapriyām| arūṣāṃ subhagāṃ bhāsī mariṣṭā'ṣṭau vyajāyata
(She) bore eight (daughters), greatly blessed, most excellent, honoured by the gods: Anavadyā, Anavaśā, Anvatā, Madanapriyā, Arūṣā, Subhagā, Bhāsī — (thus) Ariṣṭā brought forth eight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.49
मनोवती सुकेशा च तुम्बुरोस्तु सुते उभे। पञ्चचूडास्त्विमा दिव्या दैविक्योऽप्सरसो दश
manovatī sukeśā ca tumburostu sute ubhe| pañcacūḍāstvimā divyā daivikyo'psaraso daśa
Manovatī and Sukeśā — both are daughters of Tumburu; these ten divine apsarases, of the celestial kind, wear five braids.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.50
मेनका सहजन्या च पर्णिनी पुञ्जिकस्थला। घृतस्थला घृताची च विश्वाची पूर्वचीत्यपि। प्रम्लोचेत्यभिविख्यातानुम्लोचन्ती तथैव च
menakā sahajanyā ca parṇinī puñjikasthalā| ghṛtasthalā ghṛtācī ca viśvācī pūrvacītyapi| pramlocetyabhivikhyātānumlocantī tathaiva ca
Menakā and Sahajanyā, Parṇinī, Puñjikasthalā, Ghṛtasthalā and Ghṛtācī, Viśvācī and also Pūrvacitti, she known as Pramlocā, and likewise Anumlocantī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.51
अनादिनिधनस्याथ जज्ञे नारायणस्य या। ऊरोः सर्वानवद्याङ्गी उर्वश्येकादशी स्मृता
anādinidhanasyātha jajñe nārāyaṇasya yā| ūroḥ sarvānavadyāṅgī urvaśyekādaśī smṛtā
Then she who was born from the thigh of Nārāyaṇa, who is without beginning or end — she of wholly faultless limbs, Urvaśī, is reckoned the eleventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.52
मेनस्य मेनका कन्या ब्रह्मणो हृष्टचेतसः । सर्वाश्च ब्रह्म वादिन्यो महायोगाश्च ताः स्मृताः
menasya menakā kanyā brahmaṇo hṛṣṭacetasaḥ | sarvāśca brahma vādinyo mahāyogāśca tāḥ smṛtāḥ
Menakā is the daughter of Mena, (born) of Brahmā of gladdened mind; and all of them are speakers of brahman, and they are recorded as great yoginīs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.53
गणा अप्सरसाङ्ख्याताः पुण्यास्ते वै चतुर्द्दश। आहूताः शोभयन्तश्च गणा ह्येते चतुर्द्दश
gaṇā apsarasāṅkhyātāḥ puṇyāste vai caturddaśa| āhūtāḥ śobhayantaśca gaṇā hyete caturddaśa
The groups of apsarases (thus) enumerated, those meritorious ones, are indeed fourteen: the Āhūtas and the Śobhayantas — these groups are fourteen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.54
ब्रह्मणो मानसाः कन्याः शोभयन्त्यो मनोः सुताः। वेगवन्त्यस्त्वरिष्टाया ऊर्ज्जायाश्चाग्निसम्भवाः
brahmaṇo mānasāḥ kanyāḥ śobhayantyo manoḥ sutāḥ| vegavantyastvariṣṭāyā ūrjjāyāścāgnisambhavāḥ
The mind-born daughters of Brahmā; the Śobhayantīs, daughters of Manu; the Vegavatīs, (born) of Ariṣṭā; and those sprung from fire, (born) of Ūrjā;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.55
आयुष्मन्त्यश्च सूर्यस्य रश्मिजाताः सुभा स्वराः। वारिजा ह्यमृतोत्पन्ना अमृता नामतः स्मृताः
āyuṣmantyaśca sūryasya raśmijātāḥ subhā svarāḥ| vārijā hyamṛtotpannā amṛtā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ
and the Āyuṣmatīs of the Sun, born from his rays, lovely and sweet-voiced; the water-born, arisen from the nectar, are known by the name Amṛtās;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.56
वायूत्पन्ना मुदा नाम भूमिजाता भवास्तु वै । विद्युतश्च रुचो नाम मृत्योः कन्याश्च भैरवाः
vāyūtpannā mudā nāma bhūmijātā bhavāstu vai | vidyutaśca ruco nāma mṛtyoḥ kanyāśca bhairavāḥ
those arisen from the wind are named Mudās, and the earth-born are the Bhavās; those from the lightning are named Rucas, and the daughters of Death are the Bhairavās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.57
शोभयन्त्यः कामगुणा गणाः प्रोक्ताश्चतुर्द्दश। सेन्द्रोपेन्द्रैः सुरगणैः रूपातिशयनिर्मिताः
śobhayantyaḥ kāmaguṇā gaṇāḥ proktāścaturddaśa| sendropendraiḥ suragaṇaiḥ rūpātiśayanirmitāḥ
The Śobhayantīs, having the qualities of desire — the fourteen groups (thus) declared — were fashioned with surpassing beauty by the hosts of gods together with Indra and Upendra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.58
शुभरूपा महाभागा दिव्या नारी तिलोत्तमा। ब्रह्मणश्चाग्निकुण्डाच्च देवनारी प्रभावती। रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना उत्पन्ना लोकविश्रुता
śubharūpā mahābhāgā divyā nārī tilottamā| brahmaṇaścāgnikuṇḍācca devanārī prabhāvatī| rūpayauvanasampannā utpannā lokaviśrutā
(There was) the fair-formed, greatly blessed, divine woman Tilottamā; and from Brahmā's fire-pit the divine woman Prabhāvatī, endowed with beauty and youth, was born, renowned in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.59
वे दीतलसमुत्पन्ना चतुर्वक्त्रस्य धीमतः। नाम्ना वेदवती नाम सुरनारी महाप्रभा
ve dītalasamutpannā caturvaktrasya dhīmataḥ| nāmnā vedavatī nāma suranārī mahāprabhā
Arisen from the surface of the Veda of the wise four-faced one, by name Vedavatī, a divine woman of great radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.60
तथा यमस्य दुहिता रूपयौवनशालिनी। वरहेमविभा हेमा देवनारी सुलोचना
tathā yamasya duhitā rūpayauvanaśālinī| varahemavibhā hemā devanārī sulocanā
Likewise the daughter of Yama, resplendent with beauty and youth, shining like fine gold, Hemā, a divine woman with beautiful eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.61
इत्येते बहुसाहस्रं भास्वरा ह्यप्सरोगणाः। देवतानामृषीणाञ्च पत्न्यस्ता मातरश्च ह
ityete bahusāhasraṃ bhāsvarā hyapsarogaṇāḥ| devatānāmṛṣīṇāñca patnyastā mātaraśca ha
Thus these many thousands are the radiant hosts of apsarases; they are the wives of the gods and the sages, and their mothers too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.62
सुगन्धाश्चम्पवर्णाश्च सर्वाश्चाप्सरसः समाः। सम्प्रयोगे तु कान्तेन माद्यन्ति मदिरां विना। तासामाप्यायते स्पर्शादानन्दश्च विवर्द्धते
sugandhāścampavarṇāśca sarvāścāpsarasaḥ samāḥ| samprayoge tu kāntena mādyanti madirāṃ vinā| tāsāmāpyāyate sparśādānandaśca vivarddhate
Fragrant and of the colour of the campa(ka) flower, all the apsarases are alike; in union with a lover they grow intoxicated without any wine; from their touch (a man) is filled out, and his delight increases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.63
पर्वते नारदे पूर्वं रेतः स्कन्नं प्रजापतेः। पर्वतस्तत्र संभूतो नारदश्चैव तावुभौ॥ तयोर्यवीयसी चैव तृतीयारन्धती स्मृता। देवरुख्यो सूर्यजन्म तस्मिन्नारदपर्वतौ॥(पाठभेदः) विनतायास्तु पुत्रौ द्वावरुणो गरुडश्च ह। षट्त्रिंशत्तु स्वसारश्च यवीयस्यस्तु ताः स्मृताः
parvate nārade pūrvaṃ retaḥ skannaṃ prajāpateḥ| parvatastatra saṃbhūto nāradaścaiva tāvubhau|| tayoryavīyasī caiva tṛtīyārandhatī smṛtā| devarukhyo sūryajanma tasminnāradaparvatau||(pāṭhabhedaḥ) vinatāyāstu putrau dvāvaruṇo garuḍaśca ha| ṣaṭtriṃśattu svasāraśca yavīyasyastu tāḥ smṛtāḥ
Formerly the seed of Prajāpati fell upon Parvata and Nārada; there Parvata came into being, and Nārada — those two. Of those two the younger... and the third is recorded as Arandhatī. Called Devaru(?), born of the Sun — in that (place) Nārada and Parvata. (variant reading) Vinatā had two sons, Aruṇa and Garuḍa; and thirty-six sisters, who are recorded as the younger ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.64
गायत्र्यादीनि च्छन्दांसि सौपर्णेयाश्च पक्षिणः। इत्येवाहानि सर्वाणि दिक्षु सन्निहितानि च
gāyatryādīni cchandāṃsi sauparṇeyāśca pakṣiṇaḥ| ityevāhāni sarvāṇi dikṣu sannihitāni ca
The metres beginning with Gāyatrī, and the birds descended from Suparṇa; so too all the days, and (those) stationed in the directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.65
कद्रूर्नागसहस्रं वै चरा चरमजीजनत् । अनेकशिरसां तेषां खेचराणां महात्मनाम्। बहुधानामधेयानां प्रायशस्तु निबोधत
kadrūrnāgasahasraṃ vai carā caramajījanat | anekaśirasāṃ teṣāṃ khecarāṇāṃ mahātmanām| bahudhānāmadheyānāṃ prāyaśastu nibodhata
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 2 8.66
तेषां प्रधाननागाश्च शेषवासुकितक्षकाः। सकणीरश्च जम्भश्च अञ्जनो वामनस्तथा
teṣāṃ pradhānanāgāśca śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ| sakaṇīraśca jambhaśca añjano vāmanastathā
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 2 8.67
ऐरावतमहापझौ कम्बलाश्वतरावुभौ। ऐलपत्रश्च शङ्खश्च कर्कोटकधनञ्जयौ
airāvatamahāpajhau kambalāśvatarāvubhau| ailapatraśca śaṅkhaśca karkoṭakadhanañjayau
Airāvata and Mahāpadma, and both Kambala and Aśvatara; Elāpatra and Śaṅkha, and Karkoṭaka and Dhanañjaya —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.68
महाकर्णो महानीलो धृतराष्ट्रबलाहकौ। कुमारः पुष्पदन्तश्च सुमुखो दुर्मुखस्तथा
mahākarṇo mahānīlo dhṛtarāṣṭrabalāhakau| kumāraḥ puṣpadantaśca sumukho durmukhastathā
Mahākarṇa, Mahānīla, Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Balāhaka, Kumāra and Puṣpadanta, Sumukha and likewise Durmukha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.69
शिलीमुखो दधिमुखः कालीयः शालिपिण्डकः । बिन्दुपादः पुण्डरीको नागश्चापूरणस्तथा
śilīmukho dadhimukhaḥ kālīyaḥ śālipiṇḍakaḥ | bindupādaḥ puṇḍarīko nāgaścāpūraṇastathā
Śilīmukha, Dadhimukha, Kālīya, Śālipiṇḍaka, Bindupāda, Puṇḍarīka, and the nāga Āpūraṇa,
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VaP 2 8.70
कपिलश्चाम्बरीषश्च धृतपादश्च कच्छपः । प्रह्लादः पझचित्रश्च गन्धर्वोऽथ नमस्विकः
kapilaścāmbarīṣaśca dhṛtapādaśca kacchapaḥ | prahlādaḥ pajhacitraśca gandharvo'tha namasvikaḥ
And Kapila and Ambarīṣa, and Dhṛtapāda and Kacchapa; Prahlāda and Pajhacitra, and the Gandharva, then Namasvika —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.71
नहुषः खररोमा च मणिरित्येवमादयः। काद्रवेया मया ख्याताः खशायांस्तु निबोधत
nahuṣaḥ khararomā ca maṇirityevamādayaḥ| kādraveyā mayā khyātāḥ khaśāyāṃstu nibodhata
Nahuṣa, Khararomā, and Maṇi — these and others (are their names). (These) descendants of Kadrū have been recounted by me; now learn about Khaśā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.72
खशा विजज्ञे पुत्रौ द्वौ विश्रुतौ पुरुषादकौ। ज्येष्ठं पश्चिमसङ्ख्यायां पूर्वस्यां मनुजास्तथा
khaśā vijajñe putrau dvau viśrutau puruṣādakau| jyeṣṭhaṃ paścimasaṅkhyāyāṃ pūrvasyāṃ manujāstathā
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 2 8.73
विलोहितं विकर्णञ्च पूर्वं साऽजनयत् सुतम्। चतुर्भुजं चतुष्पादं द्विमूर्द्धानं द्विधागतिम्
vilohitaṃ vikarṇañca pūrvaṃ sā'janayat sutam| caturbhujaṃ catuṣpādaṃ dvimūrddhānaṃ dvidhāgatim
First she gave birth to a son, ruddy-red and misshapen of ear, four-armed, four-footed, two-headed, and of twofold gait.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.74
सर्वाङ्गकेशं स्थूलाङ्गं तुङ्गनासं महोदरम्। स्थूलशीर्षं महाकर्णं मुञ्जाकेशं मनोरथम्
sarvāṅgakeśaṃ sthūlāṅgaṃ tuṅganāsaṃ mahodaram| sthūlaśīrṣaṃ mahākarṇaṃ muñjākeśaṃ manoratham
(him) with hair over all his limbs, with thick limbs, a high nose, a great belly, a thick head, huge ears, hair like muñja grass, (and) swift as thought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.75
हस्त्योष्ठं दीर्घजङ्घञ्च अश्वदंष्ठ्रं महाहनुम्। रक्तजिह्वं जटाक्षञ्च स्थूलास्यं दीर्घनासिकम्
hastyoṣṭhaṃ dīrghajaṅghañca aśvadaṃṣṭhraṃ mahāhanum| raktajihvaṃ jaṭākṣañca sthūlāsyaṃ dīrghanāsikam
— tr. refused: cyber
VaP 2 8.76
गुह्यकं शितिकर्णञ्च महानन्दं महामुखम्। एवंविधं खशापुत्रं विजज्ञे साऽतिभीषणम्
guhyakaṃ śitikarṇañca mahānandaṃ mahāmukham| evaṃvidhaṃ khaśāputraṃ vijajñe sā'tibhīṣaṇam
A Guhyaka, white-eared, of great joy and of huge mouth — such a son did Khaśā bring forth, exceedingly terrifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.77
तस्यानुजं द्वितीयन्तु खशा चैव व्यजायत। त्रिशीर्षञ्च त्रिपादञ्च त्रिहस्तं कृष्णलोचनम्
tasyānujaṃ dvitīyantu khaśā caiva vyajāyata| triśīrṣañca tripādañca trihastaṃ kṛṣṇalocanam
And Khaśā gave birth to a second (son), his younger brother, three-headed and three-footed, three-handed and black-eyed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.78
ऊर्द्ध्वकेशं हरिच्छ्मश्रुं शिलासंहननं दृढम् । ह्रस्व कायं सुबाहुञ्च महाकायं महाबलम्
ūrddhvakeśaṃ haricchmaśruṃ śilāsaṃhananaṃ dṛḍham | hrasva kāyaṃ subāhuñca mahākāyaṃ mahābalam
(He had) hair standing upright, a tawny beard, a frame compact as stone, firm; (he was) short of body yet strong-armed, huge of body and of great strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.79
आकर्णदारितास्यञ्च लम्बभ्रूं स्थूलनासिकम्। स्थूलोष्ठमष्टदंष्ट्रञ्च द्विजिह्वं शङ्कुकर्णकम्
ākarṇadāritāsyañca lambabhrūṃ sthūlanāsikam| sthūloṣṭhamaṣṭadaṃṣṭrañca dvijihvaṃ śaṅkukarṇakam
(him) with mouth split open as far as the ears, with drooping brows, thick-nosed, thick-lipped and having eight fangs, two-tongued, with peg-shaped ears —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.80
पिङ्गलोद्वृत्तनयनं जटिलं पिङ्गलं तथा। महाकर्णं महोरस्कं कटिहीनं कृशोदरम्। नखिनं लोहितग्रीवं सा कनिष्ठं प्रसूयते
piṅgalodvṛttanayanaṃ jaṭilaṃ piṅgalaṃ tathā| mahākarṇaṃ mahoraskaṃ kaṭihīnaṃ kṛśodaram| nakhinaṃ lohitagrīvaṃ sā kaniṣṭhaṃ prasūyate
With tawny, bulging eyes, matted-haired and tawny (of hue), with huge ears, a broad chest, no hips and a lean belly, with (great) claws and a red neck — such was the younger one she bore.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.81
सद्यः प्रसूयमात्रौ तु विवृद्धौ च प्रमाणतः। उपभोगसमर्थाभ्यां शरीराभ्यामुपस्थितौ। सद्योजातविवृद्धाङ्गौ मातरं पर्यभूष्यताम्
sadyaḥ prasūyamātrau tu vivṛddhau ca pramāṇataḥ| upabhogasamarthābhyāṃ śarīrābhyāmupasthitau| sadyojātavivṛddhāṅgau mātaraṃ paryabhūṣyatām
But the two, the very moment they were born, grew at once in size, and stood there with bodies fit for enjoyment; with limbs full-grown the instant they were born, the two waited upon (their) mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.82
ज्यायांस्तयोस्तु यः क्रूरो मातरं सोऽभ्यकर्षत। अब्रवीन्मातरायाहि भक्षार्थे क्षुधयार्द्दितः
jyāyāṃstayostu yaḥ krūro mātaraṃ so'bhyakarṣata| abravīnmātarāyāhi bhakṣārthe kṣudhayārdditaḥ
But the elder of the two, who was cruel, dragged the mother (toward himself); tormented by hunger, he said, "Mother, come here!" — meaning to eat (her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.83
न्यषेधयत् पुनर्ह्येनं ज्यायांसन्तु कनिष्ठकः। अब्रवीत् सोऽसकृत्तं वै रक्षेमां मातरं खशाम्। बाहुभ्यां परिगृह्यैनं मातरं तां व्यमोचयत्
nyaṣedhayat punarhyenaṃ jyāyāṃsantu kaniṣṭhakaḥ| abravīt so'sakṛttaṃ vai rakṣemāṃ mātaraṃ khaśām| bāhubhyāṃ parigṛhyainaṃ mātaraṃ tāṃ vyamocayat
But the younger one held back this elder brother again, and said to him repeatedly, "Spare this mother, Khaśā!"; and seizing him with both arms, he set that mother free.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.84
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु प्रादुर्भूतस्तयोः पिता । तौ दृष्ट्वा विकृताकारौ वसतां हीत्यभाषत
etasminneva kāle tu prādurbhūtastayoḥ pitā | tau dṛṣṭvā vikṛtākārau vasatāṃ hītyabhāṣata
But at that very moment the father of the two appeared; seeing them both of misshapen form, he said, "Let them live, then."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.85
तौ तु तं पितरं दृष्ट्वा बलवन्तौ त्वरान्वितौ । मातुरेव पुनस्वाङ्के प्रलपेतां स्वमायया
tau tu taṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā balavantau tvarānvitau | mātureva punasvāṅke pralapetāṃ svamāyayā
But those two, strong and moving swiftly, on seeing that father of theirs, once more babbled in their own mother's lap by their own magic.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.86
अथोऽब्रवीदृषिर्भार्यामावाभ्यामुक्तवत्यसि । पूर्वमाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन तथैवाभ्यां व्यतिक्रमम्
atho'bravīdṛṣirbhāryāmāvābhyāmuktavatyasi | pūrvamācakṣva tattvena tathaivābhyāṃ vyatikramam
Then the seer said to his wife: "You have told me about these two; tell (me) first, truly, and likewise their transgression."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.87
मातुलं भजते पुत्रः पितॄन् भजति कन्यका। यथाशीला भवेन्माता तथाशीलो भवेत् सुतः
mātulaṃ bhajate putraḥ pitṝn bhajati kanyakā| yathāśīlā bhavenmātā tathāśīlo bhavet sutaḥ
A son takes after the maternal uncle, a daughter after the fathers (the paternal line); of whatever character the mother is, of that character the son becomes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.88
यद्वर्णा तु भवेद्भूमिस्तद्वर्णं सलिलं ध्रुवम्। मातॄणां शीलदोषेण तथा शीलगुणैः पुनः। विभिन्नास्तु प्रजाः सर्वास्तथा ख्यातिवशेन च
yadvarṇā tu bhavedbhūmistadvarṇaṃ salilaṃ dhruvam| mātṝṇāṃ śīladoṣeṇa tathā śīlaguṇaiḥ punaḥ| vibhinnāstu prajāḥ sarvāstathā khyātivaśena ca
Of whatever colour the soil is, of that colour is the water, assuredly. Through the defect in the character of the mothers, and again through the virtues of (their) character, all offspring are differentiated, and likewise by the force of reputation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.89
बलशीलादिभिस्तासामदितिर्धर्मतत्परा। धर्मशीलादिभिश्चैव प्रबोधबलशालिनी
balaśīlādibhistāsāmaditirdharmatatparā| dharmaśīlādibhiścaiva prabodhabalaśālinī
Among them Aditi, by strength of character and the rest, is intent upon dharma; and by righteousness of character and the rest she is endowed with the power of awakening.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.90
(गन्धशीला दितिश्चैव प्रवार्ध्ययनशालिनी।) गीतशीला तथाऽरिष्टा मायाशीला दनुः स्मृता। विनता तु पुनर्द्देवी वैहायसगतिप्रिया
(gandhaśīlā ditiścaiva pravārdhyayanaśālinī|) gītaśīlā tathā'riṣṭā māyāśīlā danuḥ smṛtā| vinatā tu punarddevī vaihāyasagatipriyā
(And Diti is of the character of fragrance, given to excessive resting;) Ariṣṭā likewise is of the character of song, Danu is remembered as of the character of illusion; and Vinatā again is a goddess fond of travel through the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.91
तपोमयेन शीलेन सुरभिः समलंकृता। क्रोधशीला तथा कद्रूः क्रोधेनासुखशीलका
tapomayena śīlena surabhiḥ samalaṃkṛtā| krodhaśīlā tathā kadrūḥ krodhenāsukhaśīlakā
Surabhi is adorned with a character made of austerity; Kadrū likewise is of angry character, of unhappy disposition through anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.92
दनायुषायाः शीलं वै वैरनुग्रह लक्षणम्। त्वञ्च देवि महाभागे क्रोधशीला मतासि मे
danāyuṣāyāḥ śīlaṃ vai vairanugraha lakṣaṇam| tvañca devi mahābhāge krodhaśīlā matāsi me
Danāyus's character indeed has the mark of hostility and of favour. And you, goddess, greatly blessed one, are held by me to be of angry character.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.93
इत्येतानि सशीलानि स्वभावाल्लोकनान्नृणाम्। कर्मतो यत्नतो बुद्ध्या रूपतो बलतस्तथा। क्षमातश्चैव भिन्नानि भावितार्थबलेन च
ityetāni saśīlāni svabhāvāllokanānnṛṇām| karmato yatnato buddhyā rūpato balatastathā| kṣamātaścaiva bhinnāni bhāvitārthabalena ca
Thus these (mothers) are possessed of (their several) characters, by nature; and from the way men observe them they are differentiated by action, by effort, by intellect, by form, by strength, and by forbearance, and by the force of what has been cultivated as their aim.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.94
रजःसत्त्वतमोवृत्तेर्विश्वरूपाः स्वभावतः। मातुलन्त्वनुयातास्ते पुत्रका गुणवृत्तिभिः
rajaḥsattvatamovṛtterviśvarūpāḥ svabhāvataḥ| mātulantvanuyātāste putrakā guṇavṛttibhiḥ
Through the working of rajas, sattva and tamas they are of all forms by nature; and those little sons of yours have followed after the maternal uncle in the workings of their qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.95
इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान् खशामप्रतिमां तदा। पुत्रावाहूय साम्ना वै चक्रे सोममभीतयः
ityevamuktvā bhagavān khaśāmapratimāṃ tadā| putrāvāhūya sāmnā vai cakre somamabhītayaḥ
Having spoken thus, the lord then (addressed) the incomparable Khaśā, and calling his two sons, with conciliation he made them fearless (?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.96
ताभ्याञ्च यत् कृतं तस्यास्तदाचष्ट तदा खशा। मात्रा यथा समाख्यातं कर्म ताभ्यां पृथक् पृथक्। तेन धात्वर्थयोगेन तत्त्वदर्शी चकार ह
tābhyāñca yat kṛtaṃ tasyāstadācaṣṭa tadā khaśā| mātrā yathā samākhyātaṃ karma tābhyāṃ pṛthak pṛthak| tena dhātvarthayogena tattvadarśī cakāra ha
And Khaśā then told him what had been done by those two to her; and as the deed of each of the two was separately related by the mother, by that connection with the meaning of the verbal root the seer of truth did (name them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.97
यक्ष इत्येष धातुर्वै खादने कृषणे च सः। यक्षयेत्युक्तवान् यस्मात् तस्माद्यक्षो भवत्ययम्
yakṣa ityeṣa dhāturvai khādane kṛṣaṇe ca saḥ| yakṣayetyuktavān yasmāt tasmādyakṣo bhavatyayam
"Yakṣ" — this indeed is a verbal root, and it (is used) in the sense of eating and of dragging; since he said "let us eat," therefore this one becomes a Yakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.98
रक्ष इत्येष धातुर्यः पालने स विभाव्यते। उक्तवांश्चैव यस्मात्तु रक्ष मे मातरं खशाम्। नाम्नाऽयं राक्षसस्तस्मात् भविष्यति तवात्मजः
rakṣa ityeṣa dhāturyaḥ pālane sa vibhāvyate| uktavāṃścaiva yasmāttu rakṣa me mātaraṃ khaśām| nāmnā'yaṃ rākṣasastasmāt bhaviṣyati tavātmajaḥ
"Rakṣ" — that root which is understood in the sense of protecting: and since he said "protect my mother Khaśā," therefore this son of yours will be a Rākṣasa by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.99
स तदा तद्विधान् दृष्ट्वा विस्मितः परिमृग्य च। तयोः प्रादिशदाहारं प्रजापतिरसृग्वसे
sa tadā tadvidhān dṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ parimṛgya ca| tayoḥ prādiśadāhāraṃ prajāpatirasṛgvase
Then, seeing those two of such a kind, astonished, and after searching about, Prajāpati assigned to the two of them blood and fat as their food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.100
पिता तौ क्षुधितौ दृष्ट्वा वरञ्चेमं तयोर्ददौ। युवयोर्हस्तसंस्पर्शो नक्तमेन तु सर्वशः
pitā tau kṣudhitau dṛṣṭvā varañcemaṃ tayordadau| yuvayorhastasaṃsparśo naktamena tu sarvaśaḥ
The father, seeing the two of them hungry, gave them this boon: "The touch of your hands (shall be effective) by night in every way."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.101
नक्ताहारविहारौ च दिवा स्वप्नोपभोगिनौ। नक्तञ्चैव बलीयांसौ दिवा सुप्तावुभौ युवाम्
naktāhāravihārau ca divā svapnopabhoginau| naktañcaiva balīyāṃsau divā suptāvubhau yuvām
"And you two shall take food and roam by night, and enjoy sleep by day; by night you both are the stronger, by day you both are asleep."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.102
मातरं रक्षतञ्चैव धर्मश्चैवानुशिष्यताम्। इत्युक्त्वा कश्यपः पुत्रौ तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
mātaraṃ rakṣatañcaiva dharmaścaivānuśiṣyatām| ityuktvā kaśyapaḥ putrau tatraivāntaradhīyata
"And guard your mother, and let dharma be observed." Having said this to his two sons, Kaśyapa vanished on that very spot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.103
गते पितरि तौ वीरौ निसर्गादेव दारुणौ। विपर्ययेण वर्त्तन्तौ किम्भक्षौ प्राणिहिंसकौ
gate pitari tau vīrau nisargādeva dāruṇau| viparyayeṇa varttantau kimbhakṣau prāṇihiṃsakau
When the father had gone, those two heroes, cruel by their very nature, behaved contrarily, eating anything, doing violence to living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.104
महाबलौ महासत्त्वौ महाकायौ दुरासदौ। मायाविनौ च दृश्यौ तावन्तर्द्धानगतावुभौ
mahābalau mahāsattvau mahākāyau durāsadau| māyāvinau ca dṛśyau tāvantarddhānagatāvubhau
Of great strength, of great substance, of huge body, hard to approach, masters of illusion, and (only) visible (when they chose), both of them able to go into invisibility.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.105
तौ कामरूपिणौ घोरौ विकृताज्ञौ स्वभावतः। रूपानुरूपैराहारैः प्रभवेतामुभावपि
tau kāmarūpiṇau ghorau vikṛtājñau svabhāvataḥ| rūpānurūpairāhāraiḥ prabhavetāmubhāvapi
Those two, able to take any form at will, dreadful, by nature of perverse understanding, both grew strong on foods suited to the forms (they took).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.106
देवा सुरानृषींश्चैव गन्धर्वान् किन्नरानपि। पिशाचांश्च मनुष्यांश्च पन्नगान् पक्षिणः पशून्
devā surānṛṣīṃścaiva gandharvān kinnarānapi| piśācāṃśca manuṣyāṃśca pannagān pakṣiṇaḥ paśūn
Gods, suras, and seers too, gandharvas and also kinnaras, piśācas and men, serpents, birds, beasts —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.107
भक्षार्थमपि लिप्सन्तौ सर्वतस्तौ निशाचरौ। इन्द्रेण तु वरौ चैव धृतौ दत्त्वा सुवध्यताम्
bhakṣārthamapi lipsantau sarvatastau niśācarau| indreṇa tu varau caiva dhṛtau dattvā suvadhyatām
— those two night-roamers sought (them) everywhere, even for food; but by Indra the two boons were withheld (or: granted), so that they might easily be slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.108
यक्षस्तु न कदाचिद्वै निशीथै ह्येककश्चिरम्। आहारं स परीप्सन् वै शब्देनानुचचार ह
yakṣastu na kadācidvai niśīthai hyekakaściram| āhāraṃ sa parīpsan vai śabdenānucacāra ha
But the yakṣa was never alone for long in the depths of night; seeking food, he followed after a sound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.109
आससाद पिशाचौ द्वौ जन्तुचण्डौ च तावुभौ। पिङ्गाक्षावूर्द्ध्वरोमाणौ वृत्ताक्षौ तु सुदारूणौ
āsasāda piśācau dvau jantucaṇḍau ca tāvubhau| piṅgākṣāvūrddhvaromāṇau vṛttākṣau tu sudārūṇau
He came upon two piśācas, both of them fierce toward living creatures, tawny-eyed, with hair standing erect, round-eyed and most terrible,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.110
असृङ्मांसवसाहारौ पुरुषादौ महाबलौ। कन्याभ्यां सहितौ तौ तु ताभ्यां प्रियचिकीर्षया
asṛṅmāṃsavasāhārau puruṣādau mahābalau| kanyābhyāṃ sahitau tau tu tābhyāṃ priyacikīrṣayā
whose food was blood, flesh and fat, man-eaters of great strength, accompanied by two maidens, out of a wish to please those two (maidens).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.111
द्वे कन्ये कामरूपिण्यौ तदाचारे च ते शुभे। आहारार्थमटन्तौ तौ कन्याभ्यां सहितावुभौ
dve kanye kāmarūpiṇyau tadācāre ca te śubhe| āhārārthamaṭantau tau kanyābhyāṃ sahitāvubhau
The two maidens could take any form at will, and they were fair, (following) that same practice; the two (piśācas), roaming in search of food, were both accompanied by the maidens.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.112
तेऽपश्यन् राक्षसं तत्र कामरूपं महाबलम्। सहसा सन्निपाते तु दृष्ट्वा चैव परस्परम्
te'paśyan rākṣasaṃ tatra kāmarūpaṃ mahābalam| sahasā sannipāte tu dṛṣṭvā caiva parasparam
They saw there a rākṣasa of great strength who could take any form he wished; and when they suddenly came together and looked upon one another,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.113
रक्षमाणौ ततोऽन्योन्यं परस्परजिघृक्षवः। पितरावूचतुः कन्ये युवामानयत द्रुतम्
rakṣamāṇau tato'nyonyaṃ parasparajighṛkṣavaḥ| pitarāvūcatuḥ kanye yuvāmānayata drutam
then, guarding themselves from each other and eager to seize one another, the two parents said: "Maidens, bring (him) here quickly,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.114
जीवग्राहं विगृह्यैनं विस्फुरन्तं पदे पदे। ततः समभिसृत्यैनं कन्ये जगृहतुस्तदा। गृहीत्वा हस्तयोस्ताभ्यामानीते पितृसंसदि
jīvagrāhaṃ vigṛhyainaṃ visphurantaṃ pade pade| tataḥ samabhisṛtyainaṃ kanye jagṛhatustadā| gṛhītvā hastayostābhyāmānīte pitṛsaṃsadi
"— taking him alive, seizing him as he struggles at every step." Then the two maidens ran up and caught him; having seized him by the hands, he was brought by the two into the assembly of the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.115
ताभ्यां करे गृहीतं तं पिशाचमथ राक्षसम्। पृच्छतां कोऽसि कस्य त्वं स च सर्वमभाषत
tābhyāṃ kare gṛhītaṃ taṃ piśācamatha rākṣasam| pṛcchatāṃ ko'si kasya tvaṃ sa ca sarvamabhāṣata
Then the two asked him — the piśāca, rather the rākṣasa — held by the hand by the two (maidens): "Who are you? Whose (son) are you?" And he told everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.116
तस्य कर्माभिविज्ञातं ज्ञात्वा तौ राक्षसर्षभौ। अजञ्च शण्डं तस्यैते प्रत्यपादयतां सुते। तौ तुष्टौ कर्मणा तस्य कन्ये द्वे ददतुः सुते
tasya karmābhivijñātaṃ jñātvā tau rākṣasarṣabhau| ajañca śaṇḍaṃ tasyaite pratyapādayatāṃ sute| tau tuṣṭau karmaṇā tasya kanye dve dadatuḥ sute
Having learned his deed fully, those two bulls among rākṣasas, Aja and Śaṇḍa, made over to him their own daughters; pleased with his deed, the two gave him the two maidens, their daughters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.117
पैशाचेव विवाहेन सुदत्या बुद्धवाहनः। अजः खण्डश्च ताभ्यां तौ तदाश्रावयतां धनम्
paiśāceva vivāhena sudatyā buddhavāhanaḥ| ajaḥ khaṇḍaśca tābhyāṃ tau tadāśrāvayatāṃ dhanam
By the piśāca form of marriage indeed... with the fair-toothed one... ; then Aja and Khaṇḍa proclaimed to the two of them the wealth (of the brides).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.118
इयं ब्रह्मधना नाम मम कन्या ह्यलोमिका । ब्रह्मसत्त्वधनाहारा इति खण्डोभ्यभाषत
iyaṃ brahmadhanā nāma mama kanyā hyalomikā | brahmasattvadhanāhārā iti khaṇḍobhyabhāṣata
"This daughter of mine named Brahmadhanā is indeed hairless; her food and wealth are the wealth of brahman-beings" — so Khaṇḍa spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.119
इयं जन्तुधना नाम कन्या सर्वाङ्गसुन्दरी। जन्तवोऽस्या धनाहारास्तावश्रावयतां धनम्
iyaṃ jantudhanā nāma kanyā sarvāṅgasundarī| jantavo'syā dhanāhārāstāvaśrāvayatāṃ dhanam
"This maiden named Jantudhanā is lovely in every limb; living creatures are her food and wealth" — thus the two proclaimed the (brides') wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.120
सर्वाङ्गकेशी नाम्ना च कन्या जन्तुधना तथा। अकर्णान्ताप्यरोमा च कन्या ब्रह्मधना तु या
sarvāṅgakeśī nāmnā ca kanyā jantudhanā tathā| akarṇāntāpyaromā ca kanyā brahmadhanā tu yā
And by name Sarvāṅgakeśī ("hairy in every limb") is the maiden Jantudhanā; while the maiden who is Brahmadhanā is earless and also hairless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.121
ब्रह्मधनं प्रसूता सा धनानाच्चैव कन्यका। एवं पिशाचकन्ये ते मिथुने द्वे प्रसूयताम्। तयोः प्रजाविसर्गञ्च ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
brahmadhanaṃ prasūtā sā dhanānāccaiva kanyakā| evaṃ piśācakanye te mithune dve prasūyatām| tayoḥ prajāvisargañca bruvato me nibodhata
She, that maiden, gave birth to brahmadhana and to dhanāna(?); thus those two piśāca maidens each brought forth a pair; and learn from me, as I tell it, the issuing forth of their offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.122
हेतिः प्रहेतिरुग्रश्च पौरुषेयो वधस्तथा। विस्फूर्जिश्चैव वातश्च आपो व्याघ्रस्तथैव च
hetiḥ prahetirugraśca pauruṣeyo vadhastathā| visphūrjiścaiva vātaśca āpo vyāghrastathaiva ca
Heti, Praheti, Ugra, Pauruṣeya, and Vadha, Visphūrji, Vāta, Āpa, and Vyāghra likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.123
सर्पश्च राक्षसा ह्येते यातुधानात्मजा दश। सूर्यस्यानुचरा ह्येते सह तेन भ्रमन्ति च
sarpaśca rākṣasā hyete yātudhānātmajā daśa| sūryasyānucarā hyete saha tena bhramanti ca
and Sarpa — these are the rākṣasas, the ten sons of Yātudhāna; these are the followers of the Sun, and they wander together with him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.124
हेतिपुत्रस्तथा लङ्कुर्लङ्कोर्द्वावेव चात्मजौ। माल्यवांश्च सुमाली च प्रहेतितनयान् श्रृणु। प्रहेतितनयः श्रीमान् पुलोमा नाम विश्रुतः
hetiputrastathā laṅkurlaṅkordvāveva cātmajau| mālyavāṃśca sumālī ca prahetitanayān śrṛṇu| prahetitanayaḥ śrīmān pulomā nāma viśrutaḥ
Heti's son was Laṅku, and Laṅku had just two sons, Mālyavān and Sumālī. Hear now the sons of Praheti: Praheti's son was the illustrious one renowned by the name of Pulomā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.125
वधपुत्रो निकुम्भश्च क्रूरो वै ब्रह्मराक्षसः। वातपुत्रो विरागस्तु आपपुत्रस्तु जम्बुकः
vadhaputro nikumbhaśca krūro vai brahmarākṣasaḥ| vātaputro virāgastu āpaputrastu jambukaḥ
Nikumbha (was) the son of Vadha, a cruel brahma-rākṣasa indeed; Virāga (was) the son of Vāta, and Jambuka the son of Āpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.126
व्याघ्रपुत्रो निरानन्दो जन्तूनां विघ्नकारकः। इत्येते वै परिक्रान्ताः क्रूराः सर्वे तु राक्षसाः
vyāghraputro nirānando jantūnāṃ vighnakārakaḥ| ityete vai parikrāntāḥ krūrāḥ sarve tu rākṣasāḥ
Nirānanda (was) the son of Vyāghra, a maker of obstacles for living beings. These, then, are all the cruel rākṣasas who have ranged abroad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.127
कीर्तिता यातुधानास्तु ब्रह्मधानान् निबोधत। यज्ञः पिता धुनिः क्षेमो ब्रह्मा पापोऽथ यज्ञहा
kīrtitā yātudhānāstu brahmadhānān nibodhata| yajñaḥ pitā dhuniḥ kṣemo brahmā pāpo'tha yajñahā
The yātudhānas have (now) been named; learn of the Brahmadhānas: Yajña, Pitā, Dhuni, Kṣema, Brahmā, Pāpa, and then Yajñahā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.128
स्वाकोटकः कलिः सर्पो ब्रह्मधानात्मजा दश। स्वसारो ब्रह्मराक्षस्यस्तेषाञ्चेमाः सुदारुणाः
svākoṭakaḥ kaliḥ sarpo brahmadhānātmajā daśa| svasāro brahmarākṣasyasteṣāñcemāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
Svākoṭaka, Kali, Sarpa — (these are) the ten sons of Brahmadhāna; and their sisters, the brahma-rākṣasīs, are these, exceedingly dreadful:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.129
रक्तकर्णा महाजिह्वाऽक्षया चैवोपहारिणी। एतासामन्वये जाताः पृथिव्यां ब्रह्मराक्षसाः
raktakarṇā mahājihvā'kṣayā caivopahāriṇī| etāsāmanvaye jātāḥ pṛthivyāṃ brahmarākṣasāḥ
Raktakarṇā, Mahājihvā, Akṣayā, and Upahāriṇī. In their line the brahma-rākṣasas on earth were born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.130
श्लेष्मातकतरुष्वेते प्रायशस्तु कृतालयाः। इत्येते राक्षसाः क्रान्ता यक्षस्यापि निबोधत
śleṣmātakataruṣvete prāyaśastu kṛtālayāḥ| ityete rākṣasāḥ krāntā yakṣasyāpi nibodhata
These have made their dwellings for the most part in śleṣmātaka trees. Thus these rākṣasas have spread abroad; now learn of the Yakṣa as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.131
चकमेऽप्सरसं यक्ष पञ्चस्थूलां क्रतुस्थलीम्। तां लिप्सुश्चिन्तमानश्च नन्दनं स चचार ह
cakame'psarasaṃ yakṣa pañcasthūlāṃ kratusthalīm| tāṃ lipsuścintamānaśca nandanaṃ sa cacāra ha
A yakṣa desired the apsaras Kratusthalī, (called) Pañcasthūlā; wishing to win her and brooding (on her), he roamed about Nandana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.132
वैभ्राजं सुरभिञ्चैव तथा चैत्ररथञ्च यत्। दृष्टवान् नन्दने तस्मिन्नप्सरोभिः सहासतीम्
vaibhrājaṃ surabhiñcaiva tathā caitrarathañca yat| dṛṣṭavān nandane tasminnapsarobhiḥ sahāsatīm
and Vaibhrāja, and Surabhi, and Caitraratha too; in that Nandana he saw her sitting with the apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.133
नोपायं विन्दते तत्र तस्या लाभाय चिन्तयन्। दूषितः स्वेन रूपेण कर्म्मणा तेन दूषितः
nopāyaṃ vindate tatra tasyā lābhāya cintayan| dūṣitaḥ svena rūpeṇa karmmaṇā tena dūṣitaḥ
Pondering, he finds no means there for winning her: he is spoiled by his own form, and spoiled by that (his) manner of acting.
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VaP 2 8.134
ममोद्विजन्ते भूतानि भयावृत्तस्य सर्वशः। तत्कथं नाम चार्वङ्गीं प्राप्नुयामहमङ्गनाम्
mamodvijante bhūtāni bhayāvṛttasya sarvaśaḥ| tatkathaṃ nāma cārvaṅgīṃ prāpnuyāmahamaṅganām
"Beings shrink from me on every side, since I am wrapped in terror. How then can I obtain that fair-limbed woman?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.135
दृष्ट्वोपायं ततः सोऽथ शीघ्रकारी व्यवर्त्तत। कृत्वा रूपं बहुमतं गन्धर्वस्य तु गुह्यकः। ततः सोऽप्सरसां मध्ये तां जग्राह क्रतुस्थलीम्
dṛṣṭvopāyaṃ tataḥ so'tha śīghrakārī vyavarttata| kṛtvā rūpaṃ bahumataṃ gandharvasya tu guhyakaḥ| tataḥ so'psarasāṃ madhye tāṃ jagrāha kratusthalīm
Then, having found a means, he, quick to act, set about it: the guhyaka, having assumed the much-admired form of a gandharva, then seized Kratusthalī in the midst of the apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.136
बुद्ध्वा च सुरुचिं तं सा भावेनैवाभ्यवर्त्तत। संवृतः स तया सार्द्धं दृश्यमानोऽप्सरोगणैः
buddhvā ca suruciṃ taṃ sā bhāvenaivābhyavarttata| saṃvṛtaḥ sa tayā sārddhaṃ dṛśyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ
And, perceiving him to be charming, she approached him with (real) affection; he was hidden together with her, (though) seen by the throngs of apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.137
स तत्र सिद्धकरणः सद्यो जातः सुतोऽस्य वै । परिणाहोच्छ्रयैर्युक्तः सद्यो वृत्तो ज्वलन् श्रिया
sa tatra siddhakaraṇaḥ sadyo jātaḥ suto'sya vai | pariṇāhocchrayairyuktaḥ sadyo vṛtto jvalan śriyā
There a son was born to him at once, his purpose accomplished; endowed with full girth and height, grown up on the spot, blazing with splendour.
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VaP 2 8.138
राजाहमिति नाभिर्हि पितरं सोऽभ्यभाषत। तवात्र जाते न भीतिः पिता तं प्रत्युवाच ह
rājāhamiti nābhirhi pitaraṃ so'bhyabhāṣata| tavātra jāte na bhītiḥ pitā taṃ pratyuvāca ha
"I am a king," (said) Nābhi, thus he spoke to his father; "now that you are born here, there is no fear," the father replied to him.
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VaP 2 8.139
मात्रानुरूपो रूपेण पितुर्वीर्येण जायते। जाते स तस्मिन् हर्षेण स्वरूपं प्रत्यपद्यत
mātrānurūpo rūpeṇa piturvīryeṇa jāyate| jāte sa tasmin harṣeṇa svarūpaṃ pratyapadyata
He is born resembling his mother in form, (but) with his father's virility; when he was born, (the father) in his joy resumed his own form.
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VaP 2 8.140
स्वभावं प्रतिपद्यन्ते बृहन्तो यक्षराक्षसाः । म्रियमाणाः प्रसुप्ताश्च क्रुद्धा भीताः प्रहर्षिताः
svabhāvaṃ pratipadyante bṛhanto yakṣarākṣasāḥ | mriyamāṇāḥ prasuptāśca kruddhā bhītāḥ praharṣitāḥ
Great yakṣas and rākṣasas revert to their natural form (when) dying, asleep, angry, frightened, or greatly delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.141
ततोऽब्रवीदप्सरसः स्मयमानः स गुह्यकः। गृहं मे गच्छ सुश्रोणि सपुत्रा वरवर्णिनी
tato'bravīdapsarasaḥ smayamānaḥ sa guhyakaḥ| gṛhaṃ me gaccha suśroṇi saputrā varavarṇinī
Then that guhyaka, smiling, said to the apsaras: "Go to my house, fair-hipped one, together with your son, O you of lovely colour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.142
इत्युक्त्वा सहसा तञ्च दृष्ट्वा स्वं रूपमास्थितम्। विभ्रान्ताः प्राद्रवन् भीताः क्रोधमानाऽप्सरोगणाः
ityuktvā sahasā tañca dṛṣṭvā svaṃ rūpamāsthitam| vibhrāntāḥ prādravan bhītāḥ krodhamānā'psarogaṇāḥ
When he had spoken thus, and (they) saw him suddenly standing there in his own form, the throngs of apsarases, bewildered and frightened, ran away in anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.143
गच्छन्तीरन्वगच्छद्या पुत्रस्तां सान्त्वयन् गिरा। गन्धर्वाप्सरसां मध्येतां नीत्वा स न्यवर्त्तत
gacchantīranvagacchadyā putrastāṃ sāntvayan girā| gandharvāpsarasāṃ madhyetāṃ nītvā sa nyavarttata
The son went after her as she departed, soothing her with his speech; and having led her away from among the gandharvas and apsarases, he turned back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.144
ताञ्च दृष्ट्वा समुत्पत्तिं यक्षस्याप्सरसां गणाः। यक्षाणां त्वं जनित्रीति प्रोचुस्तां वै क्रतुस्थलीम्
tāñca dṛṣṭvā samutpattiṃ yakṣasyāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ| yakṣāṇāṃ tvaṃ janitrīti procustāṃ vai kratusthalīm
And the throngs of apsarases, having seen that birth of the yakṣa (child), said to Kratusthalī: "You are the mother of the yakṣas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.145
जगाम सह पुत्रेण ततो यक्षः स्वमालयम्। न्यग्रोधरोहिणं नाम गुह्यका यत्र शेरते। तस्मिन्निवासो यक्षाणां न्यग्रोधः सर्वतः प्रियः
jagāma saha putreṇa tato yakṣaḥ svamālayam| nyagrodharohiṇaṃ nāma guhyakā yatra śerate| tasminnivāso yakṣāṇāṃ nyagrodhaḥ sarvataḥ priyaḥ
Then the yakṣa went with his son to his own abode, (the place) named Nyagrodharohiṇa, where the Guhyakas rest; there is the dwelling of the yakṣas, and the banyan is dear (to them) in every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.146
यक्षो रजतनाभस्तु गुह्यकानां पितामहः। अनुह्रादस्य दैत्यस्य भद्रामतिवरां सुताम्। उपयेमे स भद्रायां यस्यां मणिवरो वशी
yakṣo rajatanābhastu guhyakānāṃ pitāmahaḥ| anuhrādasya daityasya bhadrāmativarāṃ sutām| upayeme sa bhadrāyāṃ yasyāṃ maṇivaro vaśī
The yakṣa Rajatanābha, the grandfather of the Guhyakas, married Bhadrā, the most excellent daughter of the daitya Anuhrāda; on Bhadrā (he begot) the self-controlled Maṇivara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.147
जज्ञे सा मणिभद्रञ्च शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमम्। तयोः पत्न्यौ भगिन्यौ तु क्रतुस्थल्यात्मजे शुभे
jajñe sā maṇibhadrañca śakratulyaparākramam| tayoḥ patnyau bhaginyau tu kratusthalyātmaje śubhe
She also bore Maṇibhadra, whose valour equalled Śakra's; and the wives of those two were sisters, the fair daughters of Kratusthalī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.148
नाम्ना पुण्यजनी चैव तथा देवजनी च या। विजज्ञे मणिभद्रात्तु पुत्रान् पुण्यजनी शुभान्
nāmnā puṇyajanī caiva tathā devajanī ca yā| vijajñe maṇibhadrāttu putrān puṇyajanī śubhān
They were named Puṇyajanī and Devajanī; and Puṇyajanī bore from Maṇibhadra fair sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.149
सिद्धार्थं सूर्यतेजञ्च सुमन्तं नन्दनं तथा। कन्यकं यविक्ञ्चैव मणिदत्तं वसुं तथा
siddhārthaṃ sūryatejañca sumantaṃ nandanaṃ tathā| kanyakaṃ yavikñcaiva maṇidattaṃ vasuṃ tathā
Siddhārtha and Sūryatejas, Sumanta and Nandana, Kanyaka and Yavika, Maṇidatta and Vasu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.150
सर्वानुभूतं शङ्खञ्च पिङ्गाक्षं भीरुमेव च। तथा मन्दरशोभिञ्च पझं चन्द्रप्रभं तथा
sarvānubhūtaṃ śaṅkhañca piṅgākṣaṃ bhīrumeva ca| tathā mandaraśobhiñca pajhaṃ candraprabhaṃ tathā
Sarvānubhūta and Śaṅkha, Piṅgākṣa and Bhīru, and Mandaraśobhin, Pajha and Candraprabha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.151
मघपूर्णं सुभद्रञ्च प्रद्योतञ्च महौजसम्। द्युतिमत्केतुमन्तौ च मित्रं मौलिसुदर्शनौ
maghapūrṇaṃ subhadrañca pradyotañca mahaujasam| dyutimatketumantau ca mitraṃ maulisudarśanau
Maghapūrṇa and Subhadra, and the greatly vigorous Pradyota, Dyutimat and Ketumat, Mitra and Maulisudarśana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.152
चत्वारो विंशतिश्चैव पुत्राः पुण्यजनाः शुभाः । जज्ञिरे मणिभद्रस्य ते सर्वे पुण्यलक्षणाः । तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च यक्षा पुण्यजनाः शुभाः
catvāro viṃśatiścaiva putrāḥ puṇyajanāḥ śubhāḥ | jajñire maṇibhadrasya te sarve puṇyalakṣaṇāḥ | teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca yakṣā puṇyajanāḥ śubhāḥ
These twenty-four fair sons, the Puṇyajanas, were born of Maṇibhadra, all of them bearing auspicious marks; and their sons and grandsons are the yakṣas, the fair Puṇyajanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.153
विजज्ञे देवजननी पुत्रान् मणिवरात्मजात् । पूर्णभद्रं हेमरथं मणिमन्नन्दिवर्द्धनौ
vijajñe devajananī putrān maṇivarātmajāt | pūrṇabhadraṃ hemarathaṃ maṇimannandivarddhanau
Devajananī bore sons from the son of Maṇivara: Pūrṇabhadra, Hemaratha, Maṇiman and Nandivardhana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.154
कुस्तुम्बुरुं पिशङ्गाभं स्थूलकर्णं महाजयम्। श्वेतञ्च विपुलञ्चैव पुष्पवन्तं भयावहम्
kustumburuṃ piśaṅgābhaṃ sthūlakarṇaṃ mahājayam| śvetañca vipulañcaiva puṣpavantaṃ bhayāvaham
Kustumburu, Piśaṅgābha, Sthūlakarṇa, Mahājaya, Śveta and Vipula, Puṣpavat and Bhayāvaha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.155
पद्मवर्णं सुनेत्रञ्च यक्षं बालं बकं तथा। कुमुदं क्षेमकञ्चैव वर्द्धमानं तथा दमम्
padmavarṇaṃ sunetrañca yakṣaṃ bālaṃ bakaṃ tathā| kumudaṃ kṣemakañcaiva varddhamānaṃ tathā damam
Padmavarṇa and Sunetra, Yakṣa, Bāla and Baka, Kumuda and Kṣemaka, Vardhamāna and Dama,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.156
पद्मनाभं वराङ्गञ्च सुवीरं विजयं कृतिम्। पूर्णमासं हिरण्याक्षं सुरूपञ्चैवमादयः
padmanābhaṃ varāṅgañca suvīraṃ vijayaṃ kṛtim| pūrṇamāsaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ surūpañcaivamādayaḥ
Padmanābha and Varāṅga, Suvīra, Vijaya, Kṛti, Pūrṇamāsa, Hiraṇyākṣa, Surūpa, and such others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.157
पुत्रा मणिवरस्यैते यक्षा वै गुह्यकाः स्मृताः । सुरूपाश्च विरूपाश्च स्रग्विणः प्रियदर्शनाः। तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
putrā maṇivarasyaite yakṣā vai guhyakāḥ smṛtāḥ | surūpāśca virūpāśca sragviṇaḥ priyadarśanāḥ| teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
These are the sons of Maṇivara, the yakṣas known as Guhyakas — well-formed and mis-formed, wearing garlands, pleasing to look at; and their sons and grandsons are by hundreds and thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.158
खशायास्त्वपरे पुत्रा राक्षसाः कामरूपिणः । तेषां यथा प्रधानान् वै वर्ण्यमानान्निबोधत
khaśāyāstvapare putrā rākṣasāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ | teṣāṃ yathā pradhānān vai varṇyamānānnibodhata
But Khaśā's other sons are the rākṣasas, who take any form at will; learn of the chief among them as they are described.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.159
लालाविः कुथनो भीमः सुमाली मधुरेव च। विस्फूर्ज्जितो विद्युज्जिह्वो मातङ्गो धूम्रितस्तता
lālāviḥ kuthano bhīmaḥ sumālī madhureva ca| visphūrjjito vidyujjihvo mātaṅgo dhūmritastatā
Lālāvi, Kuthana, Bhīma, Sumālin and Madhura, Visphūrjita, Vidyujjihva, Mātaṅga and Dhūmrita,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.160
चन्द्रार्कः सुकरो बुध्नः कपिलोमा प्रहासकः। क्रीडः परशुनाभश्च चक्राक्षश्च निशाचरः
candrārkaḥ sukaro budhnaḥ kapilomā prahāsakaḥ| krīḍaḥ paraśunābhaśca cakrākṣaśca niśācaraḥ
Candrārka, Sukara, Budhna, Kapiloman, Prahāsaka, Krīḍa and Paraśunābha, and Cakrākṣa the night-walker,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.161
त्रिशिराः शतदंष्ट्रश्च तुण्डकेशश्च राक्षसः। यक्षश्चाकम्पनश्चैव दुर्मुखश्च शिलीमुखः
triśirāḥ śatadaṃṣṭraśca tuṇḍakeśaśca rākṣasaḥ| yakṣaścākampanaścaiva durmukhaśca śilīmukhaḥ
Triśiras and Śatadaṃṣṭra, and the rākṣasa Tuṇḍakeśa, and Yakṣa and Akampana, and Durmukha and Śilīmukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.162
इत्येते राक्षसवरा विक्रान्ता गणरूपिणः. सर्वलोकचरास्ते तु त्रिदशानां समक्रमाः
ityete rākṣasavarā vikrāntā gaṇarūpiṇaḥ. sarvalokacarāste tu tridaśānāṃ samakramāḥ
These are the foremost rākṣasas, valiant, appearing in troops; they roam through all the worlds and are equal in stride to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.163
सप्त चान्या दुहितरस्ताः श्रृणुध्वं यथाक्रमम्। तासाञ्च यः प्रजासर्गो येन चोत्पादिता गणाः
sapta cānyā duhitarastāḥ śrṛṇudhvaṃ yathākramam| tāsāñca yaḥ prajāsargo yena cotpāditā gaṇāḥ
And there are seven other daughters: hear of them in order, and what offspring they produced, and by whom the troops were begotten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.164
आलम्बा उत्कचा कृष्णा निऋतो कपिला शिवा। केशिनी च महाभागा भगिन्यः सप्त याः स्मृताः
ālambā utkacā kṛṣṇā niṛto kapilā śivā| keśinī ca mahābhāgā bhaginyaḥ sapta yāḥ smṛtāḥ
Ālambā, Utkacā, Kṛṣṇā, Niṛtā, Kapilā, Śivā, and the greatly fortunate Keśinī — these are known as the seven sisters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.165
ताभ्यो लोकामिषादश्च हन्तारो युद्धदुर्मदाः। उदीर्णा राक्षसगणा इमे उत्पादिताः शुभाः
tābhyo lokāmiṣādaśca hantāro yuddhadurmadāḥ| udīrṇā rākṣasagaṇā ime utpāditāḥ śubhāḥ
From them (came) the eaters of the world's flesh, slayers, frenzied in battle; these swelling hosts of rākṣasas were brought forth, splendid (ones).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.166
आलम्बेयो गणः क्रूर उत्कचेयो गणस्तथा। तथा कार्ष्णेयशैवेया राक्षसा ह्युत्तमा गणाः
ālambeyo gaṇaḥ krūra utkaceyo gaṇastathā| tathā kārṣṇeyaśaiveyā rākṣasā hyuttamā gaṇāḥ
The cruel host called Ālambeya, and likewise the host called Utkaceya, and so the Kārṣṇeyas and Śaiveyas — these rākṣasas are the foremost hosts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.167
तथैव नैऋतो नाम त्र्यम्बकानुचरेण ह। उत्पादितः प्रजासर्गो गणेश्वरचरेण तु
tathaiva naiṛto nāma tryambakānucareṇa ha| utpāditaḥ prajāsargo gaṇeśvaracareṇa tu
In just the same way the progeny-creation named Naiṛta was brought forth by an attendant of the Three-Eyed (Śiva), by one who follows the Lord of Hosts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.168
उत्पादिता बलवता उदीर्णा यक्षराक्षसाः । विक्रान्ताः शौर्यसम्पन्ना नैऋता देवराक्षसाः। येषामधिपतिर्युक्तो नाम्ना ख्यातो विरूपकः
utpāditā balavatā udīrṇā yakṣarākṣasāḥ | vikrāntāḥ śauryasampannā naiṛtā devarākṣasāḥ| yeṣāmadhipatiryukto nāmnā khyāto virūpakaḥ
By that mighty one were brought forth the swelling yakṣas and rākṣasas, valorous, endowed with heroism, the Naiṛta divine rākṣasas, whose appointed overlord was known by the name Virūpaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.169
तेषां गणशतानेका उद्धृतानां महात्मनाम्। प्रायेणानुचरन्त्येते शङ्करं जगतः प्रभुम्
teṣāṃ gaṇaśatānekā uddhṛtānāṃ mahātmanām| prāyeṇānucarantyete śaṅkaraṃ jagataḥ prabhum
Of these exalted great-souled ones there are many hundreds of hosts; for the most part these attend upon Śaṅkara, the lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.170
दैत्यराजेन कुम्भेन महाकाया महात्मना ।. उत्पादिता महावीर्या महाबलपराक्रमाः
daityarājena kumbhena mahākāyā mahātmanā |. utpāditā mahāvīryā mahābalaparākramāḥ
By Kumbha, the great-souled king of the Daityas, were brought forth (beings) of huge body, of great valour, of great strength and prowess,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.171
कपिलेया महावीर्या उदीर्णा दैत्यराक्षसाः। कम्पनेन च यक्षेण केशिन्यास्ते परे जनाः
kapileyā mahāvīryā udīrṇā daityarākṣasāḥ| kampanena ca yakṣeṇa keśinyāste pare janāḥ
the Kāpileyas, of great valour, the swelling Daitya-rākṣasas; and by the yakṣa Kampana those other folk (were begotten) of Keśinī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.172
उत्पादिता महावाता उदीर्णा यक्षराक्षसाः। केशिनीदुहितुश्चैव नीलायाः क्षुद्रमानसाः
utpāditā mahāvātā udīrṇā yakṣarākṣasāḥ| keśinīduhituścaiva nīlāyāḥ kṣudramānasāḥ
There were brought forth the great winds (?), the swelling yakṣas and rākṣasas; and of Nīlā, the daughter of Keśinī, (were born) those of petty mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.173
आलम्बेयेन जनिता नैकाः सुरसिकेन हि। नैला इति समाख्याता दुर्जया घोरविक्रमाः
ālambeyena janitā naikāḥ surasikena hi| nailā iti samākhyātā durjayā ghoravikramāḥ
By Ālambeya, together with Surasika, not a few were begotten; they are called the Nailas, hard to conquer, of dreadful prowess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.174
चरन्ति पृतिवीं कृत्स्नां तत्र ते देवलौकिकाः। बहुत्वाच्चैव सर्गस्य तेषां वक्तुं न शक्यते
caranti pṛtivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ tatra te devalaukikāḥ| bahutvāccaiva sargasya teṣāṃ vaktuṃ na śakyate
They roam the whole earth, those (beings) belonging to the world of the gods; and because of the vastness of that creation it is not possible to tell of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.175
तस्यास्त्वपि च नीलाया विकचा नाम राक्षसी। दुहिता स्वभावविकचा मन्दसत्त्वपराक्रमा
tasyāstvapi ca nīlāyā vikacā nāma rākṣasī| duhitā svabhāvavikacā mandasattvaparākramā
And of that same Nīlā there was a rākṣasī named Vikacā, a daughter dishevelled by nature, of feeble strength and prowess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.176
तस्या अपि विरूपेण नैऋतेनेह च प्रजाः। उत्पादिताः सुरा घोराः श्रृणु तास्त्वनुपूर्वशः
tasyā api virūpeṇa naiṛteneha ca prajāḥ| utpāditāḥ surā ghorāḥ śrṛṇu tāstvanupūrvaśaḥ
Of her too, by Virūpa the Naiṛta, offspring were brought forth here — dreadful gods (?); hear of them in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 8.177
दंष्ट्राकरालविकृता महाकर्णा महोदराः। हारका भीषकाश्चैव तथैव क्रामकाः परे
daṃṣṭrākarālavikṛtā mahākarṇā mahodarāḥ| hārakā bhīṣakāścaiva tathaiva krāmakāḥ pare
Misshapen, with gaping tusks, with huge ears and huge bellies: the Hārakas and the Bhīṣakas, and likewise the others, the Krāmakas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.178
वैनकाश्च पिशाचाश्च वाहकाः प्राशकाः परे। भूमिराक्षसका ह्येते मन्दाः पुरुषविक्रमाः
vainakāśca piśācāśca vāhakāḥ prāśakāḥ pare| bhūmirākṣasakā hyete mandāḥ puruṣavikramāḥ
and the Vainakas and the Piśācas, the Vāhakas, and the others, the Prāśakas; these are the earth-rākṣasas, feeble, with the prowess of (mere) men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.179
चरन्त्यदृष्टपूर्वाश्च नानाकारा ह्यनेकशः। उत्कृष्ट बलसत्त्वा ये ते च वै खेचराः स्मृताः
carantyadṛṣṭapūrvāśca nānākārā hyanekaśaḥ| utkṛṣṭa balasattvā ye te ca vai khecarāḥ smṛtāḥ
They roam about, never seen before, of many forms and in many kinds; and those whose strength and vigour are superior are held to be the sky-goers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.180
लक्षमात्रेण चाकाशं स्वल्पाः स्वल्पं चरन्ति वै । एतैर्व्याप्तमिमं लोकं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
lakṣamātreṇa cākāśaṃ svalpāḥ svalpaṃ caranti vai | etairvyāptamimaṃ lokaṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
(They roam) the sky by the mere hundred thousand, while the lesser ones roam a lesser (space); by these this world is filled, by hundreds and by thousands.
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VaP 2 8.181
भूमी राक्षसकैः सर्वैरनेकैः क्षुद्रराक्षसैः। नानाप्रकारैराक्रान्ता नानादेशाः समन्ततः
bhūmī rākṣasakaiḥ sarvairanekaiḥ kṣudrarākṣasaiḥ| nānāprakārairākrāntā nānādeśāḥ samantataḥ
The earth is overrun by all the earth-rākṣasas, by the many petty rākṣasas of various kinds, and the various regions on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.182
समासाभिहताश्वैव ह्यष्टौ राक्षसमातरः। अष्टौ विभागा ह्येषां हि विख्याता अनुपूर्वशः
samāsābhihatāśvaiva hyaṣṭau rākṣasamātaraḥ| aṣṭau vibhāgā hyeṣāṃ hi vikhyātā anupūrvaśaḥ
Told together in brief, the mothers of the rākṣasas are eight, and eight are their divisions, made known in due order.
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VaP 2 8.183
भद्रका निकराः केचिद्यज्ञनिष्पत्तिहेतुकाः। सहस्रसतसङ्ख्याता मर्त्त्यलोकविचारिणः
bhadrakā nikarāḥ kecidyajñaniṣpattihetukāḥ| sahasrasatasaṅkhyātā marttyalokavicāriṇaḥ
Some are auspicious troops, serving as the cause of the completion of sacrifice, counted by hundreds of thousands, ranging through the world of mortals.
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VaP 2 8.184
पूतना मातृसामान्यास्तथा भूतभयङ्कराः। बालानां मानुषे लोके ग्रहा वैमानहेतुकाः
pūtanā mātṛsāmānyāstathā bhūtabhayaṅkarāḥ| bālānāṃ mānuṣe loke grahā vaimānahetukāḥ
The Pūtanās, resembling mothers, likewise terrifying to beings, are the seizers of children in the human world, causing (their) affliction.
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VaP 2 8.185
स्कन्दग्रहादयश्चैव आपकास्त्रासकादयः। कौमारास्ते तु विज्ञेया बालानां ग्रहवृत्तयः
skandagrahādayaścaiva āpakāstrāsakādayaḥ| kaumārāste tu vijñeyā bālānāṃ grahavṛttayaḥ
And Skandagraha and the rest, the Āpakas, Trāsakas and others — these are to be known as the Kaumāras, the graha-workings that afflict children.
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VaP 2 8.186
स्कन्दग्रहविशेषाणां मायिकानां तथैव च। पूतनानामभूतानां ये च लोकविनायकाः
skandagrahaviśeṣāṇāṃ māyikānāṃ tathaiva ca| pūtanānāmabhūtānāṃ ye ca lokavināyakāḥ
Of the particular kinds of Skandagraha, and likewise of the illusion-born (māyika) ones, of the Pūtanās, of the Abhūtas, and of those who are Lokavināyakas —
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VaP 2 8.187
सहस्रशत सङ्ख्यानां मर्त्यलोकविचारिणाम्। एवं गणशतान्येव चरन्ति पृथिवीमिमाम्
sahasraśata saṅkhyānāṃ martyalokavicāriṇām| evaṃ gaṇaśatānyeva caranti pṛthivīmimām
— (all these) numbering hundreds of thousands and ranging over the world of mortals: thus indeed do hundreds of troops roam this earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.188
यक्षाः पुण्यतमा नाम तथा ये केऽपि गुह्यकाः। यक्षा देवजना श्चैव तथा पुण्यजनाश्च ये
yakṣāḥ puṇyatamā nāma tathā ye ke'pi guhyakāḥ| yakṣā devajanā ścaiva tathā puṇyajanāśca ye
The Yakṣas called Puṇyatamas, and likewise whatever Guhyakas there are, and the Yakṣas (called) Devajanas, and those who are Puṇyajanas,
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VaP 2 8.189
गुह्यकानाञ्च सर्वेषामगस्त्या ये च राक्षसाः । पौलस्त्या राक्षसा ये च विश्वामित्राश्च ये स्मृताः
guhyakānāñca sarveṣāmagastyā ye ca rākṣasāḥ | paulastyā rākṣasā ye ca viśvāmitrāśca ye smṛtāḥ
and of all the Guhyakas, and those Rākṣasas who are Āgastyas, and the Rākṣasas who are Paulastyas, and those who are recorded as Viśvāmitras —
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VaP 2 8.190
यक्षाणां राक्षसानाञ्च पौलस्त्यागस्त्ययश्च ये । तेषां राजा महाराजः कुबेरो ह्यलकाधिपः
yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāñca paulastyāgastyayaśca ye | teṣāṃ rājā mahārājaḥ kubero hyalakādhipaḥ
of the Yakṣas and the Rākṣasas, and of those who are Paulastyas and Āgastyas, the king, the great king, is Kubera, the lord of Alakā.
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VaP 2 8.191
यक्षा दृष्ट्वा पिबन्तीह नृणां मांसमसृग्वसाम्। रक्षांस्यनुप्रवेशेन पिशाचाः परिपीडनैः
yakṣā dṛṣṭvā pibantīha nṛṇāṃ māṃsamasṛgvasām| rakṣāṃsyanupraveśena piśācāḥ paripīḍanaiḥ
Here the Yakṣas drink men's flesh, blood and fat on sight; the Rākṣasas (do so) by entering into (them), the Piśācas by tormenting (them).
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VaP 2 8.192
सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्नाः समक्षेत्राश्च दैवतैः। भास्वरा बलवन्तश्च ईश्वराः करामरूपिणः
sarvalakṣaṇasampannāḥ samakṣetrāśca daivataiḥ| bhāsvarā balavantaśca īśvarāḥ karāmarūpiṇaḥ
Endowed with all (auspicious) marks, having regions equal to those of the gods, shining and strong, lords, taking on any form at will,
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VaP 2 8.193
अनाभिभक्षा विक्रान्ताः सर्वलोकनमस्कृताः। सूक्ष्माश्चौजस्विनो मेध्या वरदा यज्ञियाश्च ये
anābhibhakṣā vikrāntāḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtāḥ| sūkṣmāścaujasvino medhyā varadā yajñiyāśca ye
unassailable, valiant, saluted by all the worlds, subtle, full of vigour, pure, granters of boons, and fit for sacrifice —
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VaP 2 8.194
देवानां तुल्यधर्माणां ह्यसुराः सर्वशः स्मृताः। त्रिभिः पाधैस्तु गन्धर्वा देवै र्हीनाः प्रभावतः
devānāṃ tulyadharmāṇāṃ hyasurāḥ sarvaśaḥ smṛtāḥ| tribhiḥ pādhaistu gandharvā devai rhīnāḥ prabhāvataḥ
the Asuras are recorded as being in every way of like properties with the gods; but the Gandharvas fall short of the gods in power by three quarters.
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VaP 2 8.195
गन्धर्वेभ्यस्त्रिभिः पादैर्हीना वै सर्वगुह्यकाः। प्रभावतुल्या यक्षाणां विज्ञेयाः सर्वराक्षसाः। ऐश्वर्यहीना यक्षेभ्यः पिशाचास्त्रि गुणं पुनः
gandharvebhyastribhiḥ pādairhīnā vai sarvaguhyakāḥ| prabhāvatulyā yakṣāṇāṃ vijñeyāḥ sarvarākṣasāḥ| aiśvaryahīnā yakṣebhyaḥ piśācāstri guṇaṃ punaḥ
All the Guhyakas fall short of the Gandharvas by three quarters; all the Rākṣasas are to be known as equal in power to the Yakṣas; the Piśācas are deficient in lordship compared with the Yakṣas, again by threefold.
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VaP 2 8.196
एवं धनेन रूपेण आयुषा च बलेन च। धर्मैश्वर्येण बुद्ध्या च तपःश्रुतपराक्रमैः
evaṃ dhanena rūpeṇa āyuṣā ca balena ca| dharmaiśvaryeṇa buddhyā ca tapaḥśrutaparākramaiḥ
Thus in wealth, in beauty, in length of life and in strength, in righteousness, in lordship and in intelligence, and in austerity, sacred learning and prowess,
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VaP 2 8.197
देवासुरेभ्यो हीयन्ते त्रीन् पादान् वै परस्परम्। गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचान्ताश्चतस्रो देवयोनयः
devāsurebhyo hīyante trīn pādān vai parasparam| gandharvādyāḥ piśācāntāścatasro devayonayaḥ
they fall short of the gods and Asuras by three quarters, each in relation to the next; the four divine species run from the Gandharvas down to the Piśācas.
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VaP 2 8.198
॥सूत उवाच॥ अतः श्रृणुत भद्रं वः प्रजाः क्रोधवशत्मकाः । क्रोधायां कन्यका जज्ञे द्वादश ह्यात्मसम्भवाः। ता भार्याः पुलहस्यासन्नामतस्ता निबोधत
||sūta uvāca|| ataḥ śrṛṇuta bhadraṃ vaḥ prajāḥ krodhavaśatmakāḥ | krodhāyāṃ kanyakā jajñe dvādaśa hyātmasambhavāḥ| tā bhāryāḥ pulahasyāsannāmatastā nibodhata
Sūta said: Now hear — good fortune to you — of the offspring that belong to Krodhavaśā. In Krodhā twelve daughters were born, sprung from her own self; they became the wives of Pulaha. Learn them by name.
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VaP 2 8.199
मृगी च मृगमन्दा च हरिभद्रा इरावती। भूता च कपिशा दंष्ट्रा निशा तिर्या तथैव च। श्वेता चैव स्वरा चैव सुरसा चेति विश्रुताः
mṛgī ca mṛgamandā ca haribhadrā irāvatī| bhūtā ca kapiśā daṃṣṭrā niśā tiryā tathaiva ca| śvetā caiva svarā caiva surasā ceti viśrutāḥ
Mṛgī and Mṛgamandā, Haribhadrā, Irāvatī, Bhūtā and Kapiśā, Daṃṣṭrā, Niśā and likewise Tiryā, and Śvetā, and Svarā, and Surasā — such are they, well known.
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VaP 2 8.200
मृग्यास्तु हरिणाः पुत्रा मृगाश्चान्ये शशास्तथा। न्यङ्कवः शरभा ये च रुरवः पृषताश्च ये
mṛgyāstu hariṇāḥ putrā mṛgāścānye śaśāstathā| nyaṅkavaḥ śarabhā ye ca ruravaḥ pṛṣatāśca ye
Mṛgī's sons are the antelopes, and the other deer, and likewise the hares, and the nyaṅku-deer, the śarabhas, the ruru-deer and the spotted deer.
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VaP 2 8.201
मृगराजा मृगमन्दाया गवयाश्चापरे तथा। महिषोष्ट्रवराहाश्च खड्गगौरमुखास्तथा
mṛgarājā mṛgamandāyā gavayāścāpare tathā| mahiṣoṣṭravarāhāśca khaḍgagauramukhāstathā
From Mṛgamandā (came) the lion, king of beasts, and likewise the other gavayas, and the buffalo, camel and boar, the rhinoceros and the gauramukhas.
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VaP 2 8.202
हरेस्तु हरयः पुत्रा गोलाङ्गुलतरक्षवः । वानराः किन्नराश्चैव व्याघ्राः किम्पुरुषास्तथा। इत्येवमादयोऽन्येऽपि इरावत्या निबोधत
harestu harayaḥ putrā golāṅgulatarakṣavaḥ | vānarāḥ kinnarāścaiva vyāghrāḥ kimpuruṣāstathā| ityevamādayo'nye'pi irāvatyā nibodhata
But Hari's sons are the tawny apes, the black-tailed monkeys and the hyenas, the monkeys and the Kinnaras, the tigers and the Kimpuruṣas; these and others of the same sort. Now learn of Irāvatī's (offspring).
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VaP 2 8.203
सूर्यस्याण्डकपाले द्वे समानीय तु भौवनः। हस्ताभ्यां परिगृह्याथ रथन्तरमगायत
sūryasyāṇḍakapāle dve samānīya tu bhauvanaḥ| hastābhyāṃ parigṛhyātha rathantaramagāyata
Bhauvana, having brought together the two shell-halves of the sun('s egg) and taken them in his two hands, then sang the Rathantara.
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VaP 2 8.204
साम्ना प्रसूयमानेन सद्य एव गजोऽभवत्। स प्रायच्छदिरावत्यै पुत्रार्थं स तु भौवनः
sāmnā prasūyamānena sadya eva gajo'bhavat| sa prāyacchadirāvatyai putrārthaṃ sa tu bhauvanaḥ
By the sāman as it was being brought forth, an elephant at once came into being; and that Bhauvana bestowed him on Irāvatī to be her son.
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VaP 2 8.205
इरावत्याः सुतो यस्मात्तस्मादैरावतः स्मृतः । देवराजोपवाह्यत्वात् प्रथमः स मतङ्गराट्। शुभ्राभ्रभाश्चतुर्द्दंष्ट्रः श्रीमानैरावतो गजः
irāvatyāḥ suto yasmāttasmādairāvataḥ smṛtaḥ | devarājopavāhyatvāt prathamaḥ sa mataṅgarāṭ| śubhrābhrabhāścaturddaṃṣṭraḥ śrīmānairāvato gajaḥ
Because he was the son of Irāvatī, he is therefore known as Airāvata; and because he is the mount of the king of the gods, he is the first of elephant-kings. Gleaming like a bright cloud, four-tusked, glorious is the elephant Airāvata.
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VaP 2 8.206
अप्सुजस्यैकमूलस्य सुवर्णाभस्य हस्तिनः । षड्दन्तस्य हि भद्रस्य औपावाह्यश्च वै बलः
apsujasyaikamūlasya suvarṇābhasya hastinaḥ | ṣaḍdantasya hi bhadrasya aupāvāhyaśca vai balaḥ
Of the water-born, single-rooted, gold-hued elephant, six-tusked and auspicious — and Bala (was) the one to be ridden upon.
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VaP 2 8.207
तस्य पुत्रोऽञ्जनश्चैव सुप्रतीकोऽथ वामनः। पद्मश्चैव चतुर्थोऽभूद्धस्तिनी चाभ्रमुस्तथा
tasya putro'ñjanaścaiva supratīko'tha vāmanaḥ| padmaścaiva caturtho'bhūddhastinī cābhramustathā
His son was Añjana, and Supratīka, and Vāmana, and Padma was the fourth; and the she-elephant was Abhramu.
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VaP 2 8.208
thumb|400px|दिग्गज1 दिग्गजांस्तांश्च चत्वारः श्वेताऽजनयताशुगान् । भद्रं मृगञ्च मन्दं च सङ्कीर्णं चतुरः सुतान्
thumb|400px|diggaja1 diggajāṃstāṃśca catvāraḥ śvetā'janayatāśugān | bhadraṃ mṛgañca mandaṃ ca saṅkīrṇaṃ caturaḥ sutān
And Śvetā bore those four swift-moving elephants of the quarters: Bhadra, Mṛga, Manda and Saṅkīrṇa, the four sons.
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VaP 2 8.209
सङ्कीर्णोऽप्यञ्जनो यस्तु उपवाह्यो यमस्य तु। भद्रो यः सुप्रतीकस्तु हरितः स ह्यपाम्पतेः
saṅkīrṇo'pyañjano yastu upavāhyo yamasya tu| bhadro yaḥ supratīkastu haritaḥ sa hyapāmpateḥ
Saṅkīrṇa, who is also Añjana, is the mount of Yama; while Supratīka, who is Bhadra, the green one, belongs to the lord of the waters.
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VaP 2 8.210
पद्मो मन्दस्तु यो गौरो द्विपो ह्यैलविलस्य सः। मृगः श्यामस्तु यो हस्ती उपवाह्यः स पावकैः
padmo mandastu yo gauro dvipo hyailavilasya saḥ| mṛgaḥ śyāmastu yo hastī upavāhyaḥ sa pāvakaiḥ
Padma, who is Manda, the white two-tusker, belongs to Ailavila (Kubera); and the elephant Mṛga, who is dark, is ridden by the fires.
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VaP 2 8.211
पद्मोत्तरस्तु यः पद्मौ गजो वै वरुणो गणः। उपलेपनमेषश्च तस्याष्टौ जज्ञिरे सुताः
padmottarastu yaḥ padmau gajo vai varuṇo gaṇaḥ| upalepanameṣaśca tasyāṣṭau jajñire sutāḥ
Padmottara, who (belongs to) the two Padmas, is indeed the elephant Varuṇa, the troop-(leader); and Upalepana and Meṣa — eight sons were born to him.
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VaP 2 8.212
उदग्रभावेनोपेता जायन्ते तस्य चान्वये। श्वेतबालनखाः पिङ्गा वर्ष्मवन्तो मतङ्गजाः। मतङ्गजान् प्रवक्ष्यामि नागानन्यानपि क्रमात्
udagrabhāvenopetā jāyante tasya cānvaye| śvetabālanakhāḥ piṅgā varṣmavanto mataṅgajāḥ| mataṅgajān pravakṣyāmi nāgānanyānapi kramāt
In his line are born (elephants) endowed with a lofty bearing, with white hairs and nails, tawny, of good stature — the elephants. I shall now declare the elephants and also the other nāgas in order.
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VaP 2 8.213
कपिलः पुण्डरीकश्च सुमनाभो रथान्तरः। जातौ नाम्ना सुतौ ताभ्यां सुप्रतिष्ठप्रमर्द्दनौ
kapilaḥ puṇḍarīkaśca sumanābho rathāntaraḥ| jātau nāmnā sutau tābhyāṃ supratiṣṭhapramarddanau
Kapila and Puṇḍarīka, Sumanābha, Rathāntara; and from those two were born two sons by name, Supratiṣṭha and Pramardana.
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VaP 2 8.214
शूलाः स्थूलाः शिरोदान्ताः शुद्धबालनखास्तथा। बलिनः शक्तिनश्चैव स्मृतास्त्वाकुलिका गजाः
śūlāḥ sthūlāḥ śirodāntāḥ śuddhabālanakhāstathā| balinaḥ śaktinaścaiva smṛtāstvākulikā gajāḥ
Sharp as spears, thick-set, (large) in head and tusk, with clean hairs and nails, strong and full of force — such are said to be the Ākulika elephants.
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VaP 2 8.215
पुष्पदन्तो बृहत्सामा षड्दन्तो दन्त पुष्पवान्। ताम्रवर्णश्च तत्पुत्रः सहचारिविषाणितः
puṣpadanto bṛhatsāmā ṣaḍdanto danta puṣpavān| tāmravarṇaśca tatputraḥ sahacāriviṣāṇitaḥ
Puṣpadanta, Bṛhatsāman, Ṣaḍdanta, Dantapuṣpavat; and his son was Tāmravarṇa, tusked like a fellow-traveller('s).
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VaP 2 8.216
अन्वये चास्य जायन्ते लम्बोष्ठाश्चारुदर्शिनः। श्यामाः सुदर्शनाश्चण्डा नानापीडायताननाः
anvaye cāsya jāyante lamboṣṭhāścārudarśinaḥ| śyāmāḥ sudarśanāścaṇḍā nānāpīḍāyatānanāḥ
And in his line are born (elephants) with pendulous lips, fair to look upon, dark, of pleasing appearance, fierce, with long faces marked by various swellings.
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VaP 2 8.217
वामदेवोऽञ्जनश्यामः साम्नो जज्ञेऽथ वामनः। भार्या चैवाङ्गदा तस्य नीलवल्लक्षणौ सुतौ
vāmadevo'ñjanaśyāmaḥ sāmno jajñe'tha vāmanaḥ| bhāryā caivāṅgadā tasya nīlavallakṣaṇau sutau
Vāmadeva, dark as collyrium, was born of Sāman; then Vāmana, whose wife was Aṅgadā, and their two sons Nīlavat and Lakṣaṇa.
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VaP 2 8.218
चण्डश्चात्रशिरो ग्रीवा व्यूढोरस्कास्तरस्विनः। नरैर्बद्धाः कुले तेषां जायन्ते विकृता गजाः
caṇḍaścātraśiro grīvā vyūḍhoraskāstarasvinaḥ| narairbaddhāḥ kule teṣāṃ jāyante vikṛtā gajāḥ
Fierce, (?) in head and neck, broad-chested and swift — bound by men, misshapen elephants are born in their family.
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VaP 2 8.219
सुप्रतीकस्तु रूपेण नास्त्यस्य सदृशो गजः । तस्य प्रहारी सम्पाती पृथुश्चित्तिसुतास्त्रयः
supratīkastu rūpeṇa nāstyasya sadṛśo gajaḥ | tasya prahārī sampātī pṛthuścittisutāstrayaḥ
As for Supratīka, there is no elephant equal to him in beauty; his three sons born of Citti were Prahārin, Sampātin and Pṛthu.
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VaP 2 8.220
पशवो दीर्घताल्वौष्ठाः सुविभक्तशिरोदराः। जायन्ते मृदुसम्भूता वंशे तस्य मतङ्गजाः
paśavo dīrghatālvauṣṭhāḥ suvibhaktaśirodarāḥ| jāyante mṛdusambhūtā vaṃśe tasya mataṅgajāḥ
In his line are born elephants that are tame, with long palates and lips, with well-proportioned heads and bellies, of gentle origin.
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VaP 2 8.221
अञ्जनादञ्जना साम्नो विजज्ञे चाञ्जनावती। एवं माता तयोश्चापि प्रथितायुरजःसुतौ
añjanādañjanā sāmno vijajñe cāñjanāvatī| evaṃ mātā tayoścāpi prathitāyurajaḥsutau
From Añjana, Añjanā of Sāman brought forth Añjanāvatī; thus she was the mother of those two also; (and) Prathita and Āyu were the sons of Aja.
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VaP 2 8.222
महाविभक्तशिरसः स्निग्धजीमूतसन्निभाः। सुदर्शनाः सुवर्ष्माणः पद्माभाः परिमण्डलाः। शूनाः पीतायतमुखा गजास्तस्यान्वयेऽभवन्
mahāvibhaktaśirasaḥ snigdhajīmūtasannibhāḥ| sudarśanāḥ suvarṣmāṇaḥ padmābhāḥ parimaṇḍalāḥ| śūnāḥ pītāyatamukhā gajāstasyānvaye'bhavan
With greatly well-formed heads, resembling glossy rain-clouds, handsome, of good stature, lotus-hued, well-rounded, swollen, with long yellow faces — such elephants were in his line.
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VaP 2 8.223
जज्ञे चन्द्रमसः साम्नः पिङ्गला कुमुदद्युतिः। पिङ्गलायाः सुतौ तस्या महापद्मोर्मिमालिनौ
jajñe candramasaḥ sāmnaḥ piṅgalā kumudadyutiḥ| piṅgalāyāḥ sutau tasyā mahāpadmormimālinau
Of Candramas, of Sāman, was born Piṅgalā, bright as a white water-lily; and Piṅgalā's two sons were Mahāpadma and Ūrmimālin.
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VaP 2 8.224
समायवरदांश्चण्डान् प्रवृद्धबलिनोदरान् । हस्तियुद्धे प्रियान्नागान् विद्धि तस्य कुलोद्भवान्
samāyavaradāṃścaṇḍān pravṛddhabalinodarān | hastiyuddhe priyānnāgān viddhi tasya kulodbhavān
Know that those born in his family are elephants that are (?) excellent in bearing, fierce, with grown strength and bellies, and dear (i.e. suited) in elephant-combat.
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VaP 2 8.225
एतान् देवासुरे युद्धे जयार्थे जगृहुः सुराः। कृतार्थैश्च विसृष्टास्तैः पूर्वोक्ताः प्रययुर्दिशः
etān devāsure yuddhe jayārthe jagṛhuḥ surāḥ| kṛtārthaiśca visṛṣṭāstaiḥ pūrvoktāḥ prayayurdiśaḥ
These the gods took hold of in the war between gods and asuras, for the sake of victory; and when their purpose was accomplished and they were released by them, the aforesaid (elephants) went off to the (several) directions.
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VaP 2 8.226
एतेषामन्वये जातान् विनीतांस्त्रिदशा ददुः । अङ्गाय लोमपादाय सूत्रकाराय वै द्विपान्
eteṣāmanvaye jātān vinītāṃstridaśā daduḥ | aṅgāya lomapādāya sūtrakārāya vai dvipān
The thirty (gods) gave the well-trained (elephants) born in the line of these—the tuskers—to Aṅga, to Lomapāda, and to Sūtrakāra.
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VaP 2 8.227
द्विरदो द्विरदाभ्याञ्च हस्ताद्धस्ती करात्करी। वरणाद्वारणो दन्ती दन्ताभ्यां गर्जनाद्गजः
dvirado dviradābhyāñca hastāddhastī karātkarī| varaṇādvāraṇo dantī dantābhyāṃ garjanādgajaḥ
(He is called) dvirada from having two tusks, hastin from the hand (trunk), karin from the trunk, vāraṇa from warding off, dantin from the tusks, gaja from roaring.
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VaP 2 8.228
कुञ्जरः कुञ्जचारित्वान्नागो नगविरोधतः । मतङ्गादिति मातङ्गो द्विपो द्वाभ्यामपि स्मृतः। सामजः सामजातत्वादिति निर्वचनक्रमः
kuñjaraḥ kuñjacāritvānnāgo nagavirodhataḥ | mataṅgāditi mātaṅgo dvipo dvābhyāmapi smṛtaḥ| sāmajaḥ sāmajātatvāditi nirvacanakramaḥ
Kuñjara from ranging in thickets, nāga from hostility to trees, mātaṅga from mataṅga, dvipa ("twice-drinking") too is held (to be so called) from the two (means of drinking), sāmaja from being born of the Sāman: such is the sequence of etymologies.
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VaP 2 8.229
एषां जिह्वापरावृत्तिरिवाक्तं ह्यग्निशापजम्। बलस्यानवतो या तु या चैषां गूढमुष्कता। उभयं दन्तिनामेतत्स्वयम्भूसूरशापजम्
eṣāṃ jihvāparāvṛttirivāktaṃ hyagniśāpajam| balasyānavato yā tu yā caiṣāṃ gūḍhamuṣkatā| ubhayaṃ dantināmetatsvayambhūsūraśāpajam
The turning-back of the tongue in these (elephants) is said to arise from the curse of Fire; and the (defect) of their strength which is not (constant?), and their having concealed testicles—both of these in the tusked ones arise from the curse of the self-existent one and of the god.
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VaP 2 8.230
देवदानवगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः। कन्यासु जाता दिङ्नागैर्नानासात्त्वास्ततो गजाः
devadānavagandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ| kanyāsu jātā diṅnāgairnānāsāttvāstato gajāḥ
Gods, dānavas, gandharvas, piśācas, serpents and rākṣasas—(they) were begotten by the elephants of the quarters upon maidens; hence elephants are of various natures.
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VaP 2 8.231
सम्भूतिश्च प्रभूतिश्च नामनिर्वचनं तथा। एतद्गजानां विज्ञेयं येषां राजा विभावसुः
sambhūtiśca prabhūtiśca nāmanirvacanaṃ tathā| etadgajānāṃ vijñeyaṃ yeṣāṃ rājā vibhāvasuḥ
And (their) coming-to-be and (their) origination, and likewise the explanation of (their) names—this is to be known of the elephants, whose king is Vibhāvasu.
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VaP 2 8.232
कौशिकाद्याः समुद्रात्तु गङ्गायास्तदनन्तरम्। अञ्जनस्यैकमूलस्य प्राच्यान्नागवनन्तु तत्
kauśikādyāḥ samudrāttu gaṅgāyāstadanantaram| añjanasyaikamūlasya prācyānnāgavanantu tat
(The tract) beginning with the Kauśikī from the ocean, and thereafter from the Gaṅgā—that is the eastern elephant-forest of Añjana, which has a single root.
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VaP 2 8.233
उत्तरा तस्य विन्ध्यस्य गङ्गाया दक्षिणञ्च यत्। गङ्गोद्भेदात्करूषेभ्यः सुप्रतीकस्य तद्वनम्
uttarā tasya vindhyasya gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇañca yat| gaṅgodbhedātkarūṣebhyaḥ supratīkasya tadvanam
That which is north of the Vindhya and south of the Gaṅgā, from Gaṅgodbheda up to the Karūṣas—that is the forest of Supratīka.
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VaP 2 8.234
अपरेणोत्कलाच्चैव ह्यावेदिभ्यश्च पञ्चमम्। एकभूतात्मनोस्यैतद्वामनस्य वनं स्मृतम्
apareṇotkalāccaiva hyāvedibhyaśca pañcamam| ekabhūtātmanosyaitadvāmanasya vanaṃ smṛtam
And to the west from Utkala and from the Āvedis, the fifth—this is said to be the forest of Vāmana, of a single elemental nature.
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VaP 2 8.235
अपरेण तु लौहित्यमासिन्धोः पश्चिमेन तु। यमस्यैतद्वनं प्रोक्तमनुपर्वतमेव तत्
apareṇa tu lauhityamāsindhoḥ paścimena tu| yamasyaitadvanaṃ proktamanuparvatameva tat
And to the west of the Lauhitya, as far as the Sindhu on the west—this is called the forest of Yama, and it runs along the mountain.
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VaP 2 8.236
भूतिर्विजज्ञे भूतांश्च रुद्रस्यानुचरान् प्रभोः। स्थूलान् कृशांश्च दीर्घांश्च वामनान् ह्रस्वकान् समान्
bhūtirvijajñe bhūtāṃśca rudrasyānucarān prabhoḥ| sthūlān kṛśāṃśca dīrghāṃśca vāmanān hrasvakān samān
Bhūti gave birth to the Bhūtas, the attendants of the lord Rudra: bulky, lean, tall, dwarfish, short and of even (stature),
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VaP 2 8.237
लम्बकर्णान् प्रलम्बोष्ठान् लम्बजिह्वास्तनोदरान्। एकरूपान् द्विरूपांश्च लम्बस्फिक्स्थूलपिण्डिकान्
lambakarṇān pralamboṣṭhān lambajihvāstanodarān| ekarūpān dvirūpāṃśca lambasphiksthūlapiṇḍikān
with hanging ears, with drooping lips, with hanging tongues, with thin bellies, of one form and of two forms, with drooping buttocks and thick calves,
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VaP 2 8.238
सरोवरसमुद्रादिनदीपुलिनवासिनः। कृष्णान् गौरांश्च नीलांश्च श्वेतांश्च लोहितारुणान्
sarovarasamudrādinadīpulinavāsinaḥ| kṛṣṇān gaurāṃśca nīlāṃśca śvetāṃśca lohitāruṇān
dwelling on the sandbanks of lakes, seas and rivers—black, fair, dark blue, white, and red-ruddy,
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VaP 2 8.239
बभ्रून् वै शबलान् धूम्रान् कद्रून् रासभदारूणान्। मुञ्जकेशान् हृषीकेशान् सर्पयजोपवीतिनः
babhrūn vai śabalān dhūmrān kadrūn rāsabhadārūṇān| muñjakeśān hṛṣīkeśān sarpayajopavītinaḥ
brown, dappled, smoke-coloured, tawny, ass-grey (?), with hair like muñja grass, with bristling hair, wearing serpents as their sacred threads,
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VaP 2 8.240
विसृष्टाक्षान् विरूपाक्षान् कृशाक्षानेकलोचनान्। बहुशीर्षान् विशीर्षांश्च एकशीर्षांश्च शीर्षकान्
visṛṣṭākṣān virūpākṣān kṛśākṣānekalocanān| bahuśīrṣān viśīrṣāṃśca ekaśīrṣāṃśca śīrṣakān
with protruding eyes, with misshapen eyes, with shrunken eyes, one-eyed, many-headed, headless, one-headed, and with (small) heads,
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VaP 2 8.241
चण्डांश्च विकटांश्चैव विरोमान् रोमशांस्तथा। अन्धांस्व जटिलांश्चैव कुञ्जान् हेषकवामनान्
caṇḍāṃśca vikaṭāṃścaiva viromān romaśāṃstathā| andhāṃsva jaṭilāṃścaiva kuñjān heṣakavāmanān
fierce and hideous, hairless and hairy, blind too and matted-haired, hunchbacked, neighing (?) and dwarfish,
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VaP 2 8.242
सरोवरसमुद्रादिनदीपुलिनसेविनः। एककर्णान् महाकर्णान् शङ्कुकर्णानकर्णिकान्
sarovarasamudrādinadīpulinasevinaḥ| ekakarṇān mahākarṇān śaṅkukarṇānakarṇikān
frequenting the sandbanks of lakes, seas and rivers—one-eared, huge-eared, with ears like pegs, and earless,
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VaP 2 8.243
दंष्ट्रिणो नखिनश्चैव निर्द्दन्तांश्च द्विजिह्वकान्। एकहस्तान् द्विहस्तांश्च त्रिहस्तांश्चाप्यहस्तकान्
daṃṣṭriṇo nakhinaścaiva nirddantāṃśca dvijihvakān| ekahastān dvihastāṃśca trihastāṃścāpyahastakān
fanged and clawed, toothless and double-tongued, one-handed, two-handed, three-handed and handless,
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VaP 2 8.244
एकपादान् द्विपादांश्च त्रिपादान् बहुपादकान् । महायोगान् महासत्त्वान् सुतपक्वान् महाबलान्
ekapādān dvipādāṃśca tripādān bahupādakān | mahāyogān mahāsattvān sutapakvān mahābalān
one-footed, two-footed, three-footed, many-footed, of great yogic power, of great strength, well matured (in austerity), of great might,
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VaP 2 8.245
सर्वत्रगानप्रतिघान् ब्रह्मज्ञान् कामरूपिणः । घोरान् क्रूरांश्च मेध्यांश्च शिवान् पुण्यान् सवादिनः
sarvatragānapratighān brahmajñān kāmarūpiṇaḥ | ghorān krūrāṃśca medhyāṃśca śivān puṇyān savādinaḥ
(He begot) those who go everywhere and are unopposable, knowers of brahman, taking any form at will; terrible ones and cruel ones, and pure ones, and benign, meritorious, well-spoken ones.
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VaP 2 8.246
कुशहस्तान् महाजिह्वान् महाकर्णान्महाननान्। हस्तादांश्च मुखादांश्च शिरोदांश्च कपालिनः
kuśahastān mahājihvān mahākarṇānmahānanān| hastādāṃśca mukhādāṃśca śirodāṃśca kapālinaḥ
(Some) with kuśa grass in hand, with huge tongues, huge ears, huge faces; eaters of hands, eaters of faces, eaters of heads, and bearers of skulls.
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VaP 2 8.247
धन्विनो मुद्गरधरानसिशूलधरांस्तथा। दीप्तास्यान् दीप्तनेत्रांश्च चित्र माल्यानुलेषनान्
dhanvino mudgaradharānasiśūladharāṃstathā| dīptāsyān dīptanetrāṃśca citra mālyānuleṣanān
Bearing bows, wielding clubs, and likewise bearing swords and spears; with blazing mouths and blazing eyes, with varied garlands and unguents.
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VaP 2 8.248
अन्नादान् पिशितादांश्च बहुरूपान् सुरूपकान् । रात्रिसन्ध्याचरान् घोरान् व्कचित्सौम्यान् दिवाचरान्। नक्तञ्चरान् सुदुष्प्रेक्ष्यान् घोरांस्तान् वै निशाचरान्
annādān piśitādāṃśca bahurūpān surūpakān | rātrisandhyācarān ghorān vkacitsaumyān divācarān| naktañcarān suduṣprekṣyān ghorāṃstān vai niśācarān
Eaters of food and eaters of flesh, of many forms and of fair forms; roaming by night and at twilight, terrible, in places gentle, roaming by day; roaming in the night, very hard to look upon — those terrible night-walkers.
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VaP 2 8.249
परत्वे च भयं दैव सर्वे ते गतमानसाः। नैषां भार्याऽस्ति पुत्रो वा सर्वे ते ह्यूर्द्ध्वरेतसः
paratve ca bhayaṃ daiva sarve te gatamānasāḥ| naiṣāṃ bhāryā'sti putro vā sarve te hyūrddhvaretasaḥ
And in the other world there is fear, O divine one; all of them have their minds gone (from it). They have no wife nor son; all of them indeed hold their seed upward.
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VaP 2 8.250
शतन्तानि सहस्राणि भूतानामात्मयोगिनाम्। एते सर्वे महात्मानो भूत्याः पुत्राः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
śatantāni sahasrāṇi bhūtānāmātmayoginām| ete sarve mahātmāno bhūtyāḥ putrāḥ prakīrttitāḥ
There are hundreds of thousands of these spirits (bhūtas) who are yogins of the self; all these great-souled ones are declared to be the sons of Bhūti.
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VaP 2 8.251
कपिशा चैव कूष्माण्डीकूष्माण्डाञ्जज्ञिरे पुनः । मिथुनानि पिशाचानां वर्णेन कपिशेन च। कपिशत्वात् पिशाचास्ते सर्वे च पिशिताशनाः
kapiśā caiva kūṣmāṇḍīkūṣmāṇḍāñjajñire punaḥ | mithunāni piśācānāṃ varṇena kapiśena ca| kapiśatvāt piśācāste sarve ca piśitāśanāḥ
And Kapiśā and Kūṣmāṇḍī again gave birth to the Kūṣmāṇḍas — pairs of Piśācas, of brown (kapiśa) colour; because of their brownness they are Piśācas, and all of them are eaters of flesh.
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VaP 2 8.252
युग्मानि षोडशान्यानि वर्त्तमानास्तदन्वयाः। नामतस्तान् प्रवक्ष्यामि पुरुषादांस्तदन्वयान्
yugmāni ṣoḍaśānyāni varttamānāstadanvayāḥ| nāmatastān pravakṣyāmi puruṣādāṃstadanvayān
Sixteen are the pairs now existing in that lineage; I shall declare them by name, the man-eaters of that line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 8.253
छगलश्छगली चैव वक्रो वक्रमुखी तथा। षोडशानां गणाश्चैव सूची सूचीमुखस्तथा
chagalaśchagalī caiva vakro vakramukhī tathā| ṣoḍaśānāṃ gaṇāścaiva sūcī sūcīmukhastathā
Chagala and Chagalī, and likewise Vakra and Vakramukhī — and the troops of the sixteen — and Sūcī and Sūcīmukha.
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VaP 2 8.254
सुम्भपा त्रश्च कुमभी च वज्रदंष्ट्रश्च दुन्दुभिः। उपचारोपचारश्च उलूखल उलूखली
sumbhapā traśca kumabhī ca vajradaṃṣṭraśca dundubhiḥ| upacāropacāraśca ulūkhala ulūkhalī
And Sumbhapātra and Kumbhī, and Vajradaṃṣṭra and Dundubhi, Upacāra and Upacārā, Ulūkhala and Ulūkhalī.
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VaP 2 8.255
अनर्कश्च अनर्का च कुखण्डश्च कुखण्डिका। पाणिपात्रः पाणिपात्री पांशुः पांशुमती तथा
anarkaśca anarkā ca kukhaṇḍaśca kukhaṇḍikā| pāṇipātraḥ pāṇipātrī pāṃśuḥ pāṃśumatī tathā
And Anarka and Anarkā, and Kukhaṇḍa and Kukhaṇḍikā, Pāṇipātra and Pāṇipātrī, and likewise Pāṃśu and Pāṃśumatī.
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VaP 2 8.256
नितुण्डश्च नितुण्डी च निपुणा निपुणस्तथा। छलादोच्छेषणा चैव प्रस्कन्दः स्कन्दिका तथा। षोडशानां पिशाचानां गणाः प्रोक्तास्तु षोडश
nituṇḍaśca nituṇḍī ca nipuṇā nipuṇastathā| chalādoccheṣaṇā caiva praskandaḥ skandikā tathā| ṣoḍaśānāṃ piśācānāṃ gaṇāḥ proktāstu ṣoḍaśa
And Nituṇḍa and Nituṇḍī, and Nipuṇā and Nipuṇa, and Chalāda and Uccheṣaṇā, and Praskanda and Skandikā: thus sixteen troops of the sixteen Piśācas are declared.
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VaP 2 8.257
अजामुखा वक्रमुखाः पूरिणः स्कन्दिनस्तथा। विपादाङ्गारिकाश्चैव कुम्भपात्राः प्रकुन्दकाः
ajāmukhā vakramukhāḥ pūriṇaḥ skandinastathā| vipādāṅgārikāścaiva kumbhapātrāḥ prakundakāḥ
The Ajāmukhas, the Vakramukhas, the Pūrins and likewise the Skandins, the Vipādas and Aṅgārikas, the Kumbhapātras, the Prakundakas,
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VaP 2 8.258
उपचारोलूखलिका ह्यनर्काश्च कुखण्डिकाः। पाणिपात्राश्च नैतुण्डा ऊर्णाशा निपुणास्तथा
upacārolūkhalikā hyanarkāśca kukhaṇḍikāḥ| pāṇipātrāśca naituṇḍā ūrṇāśā nipuṇāstathā
the Upacāras, the Ulūkhalikas, the Anarkas and the Kukhaṇḍikas, the Pāṇipātras and the Naituṇḍas, the Ūrṇāśas and likewise the Nipuṇas,
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VaP 2 8.259
सूचीमुखोच्छेषणादाः कुलान्येतानि षोडश। इत्येता ह्यभिजातास्तु कूष्माण्डानां प्रकीर्तिताः
sūcīmukhoccheṣaṇādāḥ kulānyetāni ṣoḍaśa| ityetā hyabhijātāstu kūṣmāṇḍānāṃ prakīrtitāḥ
the Sūcīmukhas and the Uccheṣaṇādas — these are the sixteen families; these are proclaimed as the ones born in the line of the Kūṣmāṇḍas.
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VaP 2 8.260
पिशाचास्ते तु विज्ञेयाः सुकल्पा इति जज्ञिरे। बीभत्सं विकृताचारं पुत्रपौत्रमनन्तकम्। अतस्तेषां पिशाचानां लक्षणञ्च निबोधत
piśācāste tu vijñeyāḥ sukalpā iti jajñire| bībhatsaṃ vikṛtācāraṃ putrapautramanantakam| atasteṣāṃ piśācānāṃ lakṣaṇañca nibodhata
They are to be known as Piśācas; they were born as ones of good form (?). Their offspring, sons and grandsons, endless, is loathsome and of perverse conduct. Now learn the marks of those Piśācas.
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VaP 2 8.261
सर्वाङ्गकेशा वृत्ताख्या दंष्ट्रिणो नखिनस्तथा। तिर्यङ्गाः पुरुषादाश्च पिशाचास्ते ह्यधोमुखाः
sarvāṅgakeśā vṛttākhyā daṃṣṭriṇo nakhinastathā| tiryaṅgāḥ puruṣādāśca piśācāste hyadhomukhāḥ
Hairy over all their limbs, called Vṛttas, with fangs and with claws, moving crosswise, man-eaters — those Piśācas are downward-faced.
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VaP 2 8.262
अकेशका ह्यरोमाणस्त्वग्वसाश्चर्मवाससः। कूष्माण्डिकाः पिशाचास्ते तिलभक्षाः सदामिषाः
akeśakā hyaromāṇastvagvasāścarmavāsasaḥ| kūṣmāṇḍikāḥ piśācāste tilabhakṣāḥ sadāmiṣāḥ
Hairless indeed and without body-hair, (clothed) in skin and fat, wearing hides — those are the Kūṣmāṇḍika Piśācas, eaters of sesame, always (eating) flesh.
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VaP 2 8.263
वक्राङ्गहस्तपादाश्च वक्रशीलागतास्तथा। ज्ञेया वक्रपिशाचास्ते वक्रगाः कामरूपिणः
vakrāṅgahastapādāśca vakraśīlāgatāstathā| jñeyā vakrapiśācāste vakragāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
With crooked limbs, hands and feet, and of crooked habits and gait — they are to be known as the Vakra Piśācas, going crookedly, taking any form at will.
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VaP 2 8.264
लम्बोदरास्तुण्डनाशा ह्रस्वकायशिरोभुजाः। नितुन्दकाः पिशाचास्ते तिलतक्षाः प्रियश्रवाः
lambodarāstuṇḍanāśā hrasvakāyaśirobhujāḥ| nitundakāḥ piśācāste tilatakṣāḥ priyaśravāḥ
Pot-bellied, with snouts and noses (?), with short bodies, heads and arms — those are the Nitundaka Piśācas, cutters of sesame, fond of listening.
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VaP 2 8.265
वामनाकृतयश्चैव वाचालाः प्लुतगामिनः। पिशाचानर्कमर्कास्ते वृक्षवासादनप्रियाः
vāmanākṛtayaścaiva vācālāḥ plutagāminaḥ| piśācānarkamarkāste vṛkṣavāsādanapriyāḥ
(They are) dwarfish in shape, chattering, moving with leaps; those Piśācas (called) Narkamarkas are fond of dwelling in trees and of (such) food.
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VaP 2 8.266
ऊर्द्ध्वबाहूर्द्ध्वरोमाण ऊर्द्ध्ववृक्षास्तथालयाः। मुञ्चन्ति पांशूनङ्गेभ्यः पिशाचाः पांशवश्च ते
ūrddhvabāhūrddhvaromāṇa ūrddhvavṛkṣāstathālayāḥ| muñcanti pāṃśūnaṅgebhyaḥ piśācāḥ pāṃśavaśca te
With arms upraised and hair standing up, and dwelling likewise in tall trees, they shake the dust from their limbs: these are the Piśācas (called) Pāṃśavas (dust-ones).
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VaP 2 8.267
धमनीमतकाः शुष्काः श्मश्रुलाश्चीरवाससः। उपवीराः पिशाचाश्च श्मशानायतनास्तथा
dhamanīmatakāḥ śuṣkāḥ śmaśrulāścīravāsasaḥ| upavīrāḥ piśācāśca śmaśānāyatanāstathā
With veins standing out, dry, bearded, clad in rags — these Piśācas (are called) Upavīras, and their haunt is the cremation ground.
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VaP 2 8.268
विष्टब्धाक्षा महाजिह्वा लेलिहाना ह्युदूखलाः। हस्त्युष्ट्रस्थूलशिरसो विरता बद्धपिण्डकाः
viṣṭabdhākṣā mahājihvā lelihānā hyudūkhalāḥ| hastyuṣṭrasthūlaśiraso viratā baddhapiṇḍakāḥ
With staring eyes, huge tongues, licking, mortar-like (in shape), with heads as bulky as an elephant's or camel's, motionless, with lumpish bodies —
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VaP 2 8.269
पिशाचाः सुम्भपात्रास्ते अदृष्टान्नानि भुञ्जते। सूक्ष्मास्तु रोमशाः पिङ्गा दृष्टादृष्टाश्चरन्ति वै
piśācāḥ sumbhapātrāste adṛṣṭānnāni bhuñjate| sūkṣmāstu romaśāḥ piṅgā dṛṣṭādṛṣṭāścaranti vai
Those Piśācas, having baskets for vessels, eat food (that is) unseen; the subtle, hairy, tawny ones move about both seen and unseen.
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VaP 2 8.270
अयुक्ताश्च विशन्तीह निपुणास्ते पिशाचकाः. आकर्ण दारितास्याश्च लम्बश्रूस्थूलनासिकाः
ayuktāśca viśantīha nipuṇāste piśācakāḥ. ākarṇa dāritāsyāśca lambaśrūsthūlanāsikāḥ
And unyoked (to any place) they enter here, those clever little Piśācas, their mouths split open up to the ears, with hanging lips and thick noses.
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VaP 2 8.271
हस्तपादाक्रान्तगणा ह्रस्वकाः क्षितिदृष्टयः। बालादास्ते पिशाचा वै सूतिकागृहसेविनः
hastapādākrāntagaṇā hrasvakāḥ kṣitidṛṣṭayaḥ| bālādāste piśācā vai sūtikāgṛhasevinaḥ
Those Piśācas, whose troops attack by hand and foot, short of stature, with eyes (fixed) on the ground, are devourers of children and haunt the lying-in chamber.
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VaP 2 8.272
पृष्ठतः पाणिपादाश्च ह्रस्वका वातरंहसः। पिशितादाः पिशाचास्ते संग्रामे रुधिराशिनः
pṛṣṭhataḥ pāṇipādāśca hrasvakā vātaraṃhasaḥ| piśitādāḥ piśācāste saṃgrāme rudhirāśinaḥ
Their hands and feet turned backwards, short, swift as the wind, those Piśācas are eaters of flesh, drinkers of blood in battle.
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VaP 2 8.273
नग्नका ह्यनिकेताश्च लम्बकेशाश्च पिण्डकाः। पिशाचाः स्कन्दिनस्ते वै अन्या उच्छुसनाशिनः । षोडश जातयस्तेषां पिशाचानां प्रकीर्त्तिताः
nagnakā hyaniketāśca lambakeśāśca piṇḍakāḥ| piśācāḥ skandinaste vai anyā ucchusanāśinaḥ | ṣoḍaśa jātayasteṣāṃ piśācānāṃ prakīrttitāḥ
Naked, homeless, with hanging hair and lumpish (bodies) — those Piśācas are the Skandins, and others are devourers of what is dried up; sixteen kinds of these Piśācas have been proclaimed.
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VaP 2 8.274
एवंविधान्पिशाचांस्तु दीनान्दृष्ट्वानुकम्पया। तेभ्यो ब्रह्मा वरं प्रादात्कारुण्यादल्पचेतसः। अन्तर्द्धानं प्रजास्तेषां कामरूपत्वमेव च
evaṃvidhānpiśācāṃstu dīnāndṛṣṭvānukampayā| tebhyo brahmā varaṃ prādātkāruṇyādalpacetasaḥ| antarddhānaṃ prajāsteṣāṃ kāmarūpatvameva ca
Seeing Piśācas of such a kind, wretched, Brahmā out of compassion granted a boon to them, the feeble-minded, out of pity: invisibility, offspring, and the power to take any form at will.
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VaP 2 8.275
उभयोः सन्द्ययोश्चारं स्थानान्याजीवमेव च। गृहाणि यानि भग्नानि शून्यान्यल्पजनानि च
ubhayoḥ sandyayoścāraṃ sthānānyājīvameva ca| gṛhāṇi yāni bhagnāni śūnyānyalpajanāni ca
And (he granted them) roaming at both twilights, dwelling places and a means of livelihood: those houses which are broken down, empty, and with few people (in them),
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VaP 2 8.276
विध्वस्तानि च यानि स्युरनाचारोषितानि च। असंस्पृष्टोप लिप्तानि संस्कारैर्वर्जितानि च
vidhvastāni ca yāni syuranācāroṣitāni ca| asaṃspṛṣṭopa liptāni saṃskārairvarjitāni ca
and those which may be ruined, and (those) inhabited without (proper) observance, unwashed and unplastered, and devoid of the rites (of consecration),
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VaP 2 8.277
राजमार्गोपरथ्याश्च निष्कुण्ठाश्चत्वराणि च। द्वाराण्यष्टालकाश्चैव निर्ममान्संक्रमांस्तथा
rājamārgoparathyāśca niṣkuṇṭhāścatvarāṇi ca| dvārāṇyaṣṭālakāścaiva nirmamānsaṃkramāṃstathā
and royal highways and side-lanes, and open spaces and crossroads, and gateways and watchtowers, and likewise ownerless bridges,
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VaP 2 8.278
पथो नद्योऽथ तीर्थानि चैत्यवृक्षान्महापथान् । पिशाचा विनिविष्टा वै स्थानेष्वेतेषु सर्वशः
patho nadyo'tha tīrthāni caityavṛkṣānmahāpathān | piśācā viniviṣṭā vai sthāneṣveteṣu sarvaśaḥ
roads, rivers, and fording-places, sacred trees and great highways — in all these places the Piśācas have settled.
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VaP 2 8.279
अधार्मिका जनास्ते वै आजीवा विहिताः सुरैः। वर्णाश्रमाः सङ्करिकाः कारुशिल्पिजनास्तथा
adhārmikā janāste vai ājīvā vihitāḥ suraiḥ| varṇāśramāḥ saṅkarikāḥ kāruśilpijanāstathā
Those irreligious people are (their) livelihood, appointed (as such) by the gods: (people of) mixed classes and stages of life, and artisan and craftsman folk,
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VaP 2 8.280
अमृतोपमसत्त्वानां चौरविश्वासघातिनाम्। एतैरन्यैश्च बहुबिरन्यायोपार्ज्जितैर्धनैः । आरभन्ते क्रिया यास्तु पिशाचास्तत्र देवताः
amṛtopamasattvānāṃ cauraviśvāsaghātinām| etairanyaiśca bahubiranyāyopārjjitairdhanaiḥ | ārabhante kriyā yāstu piśācāstatra devatāḥ
(the livelihood also) of thieves and betrayers of trust whose (outward) character is like nectar. Whatever rites are undertaken with these and with many other riches unjustly acquired, in them the Piśācas are the deities.
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VaP 2 8.281
मधुमांसौदनैर्दध्ना तिलचूर्णसुरासवैः। धूपैर्हारिद्रकृशरैस्तैलभद्रगुडौदनैः
madhumāṃsaudanairdadhnā tilacūrṇasurāsavaiḥ| dhūpairhāridrakṛśaraistailabhadraguḍaudanaiḥ
With honey, meat and boiled rice, with curds, with sesame flour, spirits and liquors, with incenses, with turmeric-gruel, with oil, bhadra and rice cooked with molasses,
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VaP 2 8.282
कृष्णानि चैव वासांसि धूपाः सुमनसस्तथा। एवं युक्ताः सुबलयस्तेषां वै पर्वसन्धिषु। पिशाचानामनुज्ञाय ब्रह्मा सोऽधिपतिर्ददौ
kṛṣṇāni caiva vāsāṃsi dhūpāḥ sumanasastathā| evaṃ yuktāḥ subalayasteṣāṃ vai parvasandhiṣu| piśācānāmanujñāya brahmā so'dhipatirdadau
and black garments, incenses and flowers — such are the fitting offerings to them at the junctures of the (lunar) divisions. And Brahmā, having consented, gave the Piśācas that lord (of theirs):
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VaP 2 8.283
सर्वभूतपिशाचानां गिरिशं शूलपाणिनम् । दृष्ट्वा त्वजनयन्पुत्रान्व्याघ्रान्सिंहांश्च भामिनी
sarvabhūtapiśācānāṃ giriśaṃ śūlapāṇinam | dṛṣṭvā tvajanayanputrānvyāghrānsiṃhāṃśca bhāminī
Giriśa, the trident-bearer, as (lord) of all Bhūtas and Piśācas. And the lady (Piśācī?), having seen (him), gave birth to sons, tigers and lions,
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VaP 2 8.284
द्विपिनश्च सुतास्तस्या व्यालेयाश्चामिषाशिनः। ऋषयश्चापि कार्त्स्न्येन प्रजासर्गं निबोधत। तस्या दुहितरः पञ्च तासां नामानि मे श्रृणु
dvipinaśca sutāstasyā vyāleyāścāmiṣāśinaḥ| ṛṣayaścāpi kārtsnyena prajāsargaṃ nibodhata| tasyā duhitaraḥ pañca tāsāṃ nāmāni me śrṛṇu
and leopards were her sons, and the Vyāleyas, eaters of raw flesh. Sages, learn now the creation of offspring in full: she had five daughters — hear their names from me.
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VaP 2 8.285
मीना माता तथा वृत्ता परिवृत्ता तथैव च। अनुवृत्ता तु विज्ञेया तासां वै श्रृणुत प्रजाः
mīnā mātā tathā vṛttā parivṛttā tathaiva ca| anuvṛttā tu vijñeyā tāsāṃ vai śrṛṇuta prajāḥ
Mīnā, Mātā, and Vṛttā, and likewise Parivṛttā, and Anuvṛttā is to be known (as the fifth): hear now of their offspring.
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VaP 2 8.286
सहस्रदन्ता मकराः पाठीनास्तामरोहिताः। इत्येवमादिर्हि गणो मैनो विस्तीर्ण उच्यते
sahasradantā makarāḥ pāṭhīnāstāmarohitāḥ| ityevamādirhi gaṇo maino vistīrṇa ucyate
Sahasradantas, makaras, pāṭhīnas, tāmarohitas — a group beginning thus is called the extensive (progeny) of Mīnā.
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VaP 2 8.287
ग्राहाश्चतुर्विधा ज्ञेयास्तथानुज्येष्ठका अपि। निष्कांश्च शिशुमारांश्च मता व्यजनयत्प्रजाः
grāhāścaturvidhā jñeyāstathānujyeṣṭhakā api| niṣkāṃśca śiśumārāṃśca matā vyajanayatprajāḥ
Crocodiles are to be known as of four kinds, and likewise the anujyeṣṭhakas; and Matā brought forth as offspring the niṣkas and the porpoises.
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VaP 2 8.288
वृत्ता कूर्मविकाराणि नैकानि जलचारिणाम्। तथा शङ्खविकाराणि जनयामास नैकशः
vṛttā kūrmavikārāṇi naikāni jalacāriṇām| tathā śaṅkhavikārāṇi janayāmāsa naikaśaḥ
Vṛttā (brought forth) the many modifications of tortoises among water-dwellers, and likewise she produced the modifications of conches in many forms.
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VaP 2 8.289
मण्डूकानां विकाराणि अनुवृत्ता व्यजायत। ऐणेयानां विकाराणि शम्बूकानां तथैव च
maṇḍūkānāṃ vikārāṇi anuvṛttā vyajāyata| aiṇeyānāṃ vikārāṇi śambūkānāṃ tathaiva ca
Anuvṛttā brought forth the varieties of frogs, and the varieties of aiṇeyas and of śambūkas (shellfish) as well.
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VaP 2 8.290
तथा शुक्तिविकाराणि वराटककृतानि च। तथा शङ्खविकाराणि परिवृत्ता व्यजायत
tathā śuktivikārāṇi varāṭakakṛtāni ca| tathā śaṅkhavikārāṇi parivṛttā vyajāyata
And Parivṛttā brought forth the varieties of oysters, and those made of cowries, and likewise the varieties of conches.
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VaP 2 8.291
कालकूटविकाराणि जलौकविहितानि च । इत्येष हि ऋषेर्वंशः पञ्चशाखाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
kālakūṭavikārāṇi jalaukavihitāni ca | ityeṣa hi ṛṣervaṃśaḥ pañcaśākhāḥ prakīrttitāḥ
And the varieties of kālakūṭa and those constituted of leeches. Thus this is the lineage of the sage; the five branches have been declared.
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VaP 2 8.292
तिर्यगं हेतुकमाद्यादुर्बहुलं वंशविस्तरम्। संस्वेदजविकाराणि यथा येभ्यो भवन्ति ह
tiryagaṃ hetukamādyādurbahulaṃ vaṃśavistaram| saṃsvedajavikārāṇi yathā yebhyo bhavanti ha
The animal (creation) which is caused — the manifold extension of the lineage — arose from the beginning; (hear) the varieties born of sweat, and how they come to be from which (sources).
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VaP 2 8.293
स्वस्तिपिकशरीरेभ्यो जायन्त्युत्पादका द्विजाः। मनुष्याः स्वेदमलजाः उशना नाम जन्तवः। नानापिपीलिकगणाः कीटका बद्धपादकाः
svastipikaśarīrebhyo jāyantyutpādakā dvijāḥ| manuṣyāḥ svedamalajāḥ uśanā nāma jantavaḥ| nānāpipīlikagaṇāḥ kīṭakā baddhapādakāḥ
From bodies... are born the generating twice-born; men (?) born of sweat and filth, creatures called uśanā, the various hosts of ants, and insects with joined feet.
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VaP 2 8.294
शङ्खोपलविकाराणि कीलकाचारकाणि च। इत्येवमादिबहुलाः स्वेदजाः पार्थिवा गणाः
śaṅkhopalavikārāṇi kīlakācārakāṇi ca| ityevamādibahulāḥ svedajāḥ pārthivā gaṇāḥ
And the varieties of conch-stones, and the kīlakas and ācārakas — the earthly groups born of sweat are manifold, beginning thus.
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VaP 2 8.295
तथा घर्मादितप्ताभ्यस्त्वद्भ्यो वृष्टिभ्य एव च। नैका मृगशरीरेभ्यो जायन्ते जन्तवस्त्विमे
tathā gharmāditaptābhyastvadbhyo vṛṣṭibhya eva ca| naikā mṛgaśarīrebhyo jāyante jantavastvime
And from waters heated by the sun's heat, and from rains, and from the bodies of many deer, these creatures are born:
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VaP 2 8.296
मीनकाः पिप्पला दंशास्तथा तित्तिरपुत्रिकाः। नीलचित्राश्च जायन्ते ह्यलका बहुविस्तराः
mīnakāḥ pippalā daṃśāstathā tittiraputrikāḥ| nīlacitrāśca jāyante hyalakā bahuvistarāḥ
mīnakas, pippalas, gadflies, and likewise the tittiraputrikās, and the blue-speckled ones are born, and alakas of great extent.
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VaP 2 8.297
जलजाः स्वेदजाश्चैव जायन्ते जन्तवस्त्विमे। काशातो यञ्जकाः कीटनलदा बहुपादकाः
jalajāḥ svedajāścaiva jāyante jantavastvime| kāśāto yañjakāḥ kīṭanaladā bahupādakāḥ
These creatures, water-born and sweat-born, are born: from grass the yañjakas, the reed-dwelling insects with many feet,
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VaP 2 8.298
सिहला रोमलाश्चैव पिच्छलाः परिकीर्त्तिताः। इत्येमादिर्हि गणो जलजः स्वेदजः स्मृतः
sihalā romalāścaiva picchalāḥ parikīrttitāḥ| ityemādirhi gaṇo jalajaḥ svedajaḥ smṛtaḥ
the sihalas and the hairy ones and the slimy ones are enumerated. A group beginning thus is held to be water-born and sweat-born.
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VaP 2 8.299
सर्पिर्भ्यो माषमुद्गानां जायन्ते क्रमशस्तथा। जम्बुबिल्वाम्रपूगेभ्यः फलेभ्यश्चैव जन्तवः
sarpirbhyo māṣamudgānāṃ jāyante kramaśastathā| jambubilvāmrapūgebhyaḥ phalebhyaścaiva jantavaḥ
From clarified butter, and from black gram and mung beans, creatures are born in succession, and from jambu, bilva, mango and areca fruits;
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VaP 2 8.300
मुद्गेभ्यः पनसेभ्यश्च तण्डुलेभ्यस्तथैव च। तथा कोटरशुष्केभ्यो निहितेभ्यो भवन्ति हि
mudgebhyaḥ panasebhyaśca taṇḍulebhyastathaiva ca| tathā koṭaraśuṣkebhyo nihitebhyo bhavanti hi
and from mung beans, from jackfruits, and likewise from rice grains, and from things dried up in hollows and stored away, they arise;
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VaP 2 8.301
अन्येभ्योऽपि च जायन्ते न हि तेभ्यश्चिरं सदा। जन्तवस्तुरगादिभ्यो विषादिभ्यस्तथैव च
anyebhyo'pi ca jāyante na hi tebhyaściraṃ sadā| jantavasturagādibhyo viṣādibhyastathaiva ca
and they are born from other things too, though not from them for long always — creatures from horses and the like, and likewise from poisons and such.
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VaP 2 8.302
बहून्यहानि निःक्षिप्ते सम्भवन्ति च गोमये। जायन्ते कृमयो विप्रा काष्ठेभ्यश्च घुणादयः
bahūnyahāni niḥkṣipte sambhavanti ca gomaye| jāyante kṛmayo viprā kāṣṭhebhyaśca ghuṇādayaḥ
When cow-dung has been cast away for many days, (creatures) arise in it; worms are born, O brahmins, and from wood the wood-borers and the rest.
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VaP 2 8.303
क्रमाद्द्रुमाणां जायन्ते विविधा नीलमक्षिकाः। तथा शुष्कविकारेभ्यः पुत्रिकाः प्रभवन्ति च
kramāddrumāṇāṃ jāyante vividhā nīlamakṣikāḥ| tathā śuṣkavikārebhyaḥ putrikāḥ prabhavanti ca
In due course various blue flies are born from trees, and likewise from dried-up modifications the putrikās come forth;
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VaP 2 8.304
कालिका शतिकेभ्यश्च सर्पा जायन्ति सर्वशः। संस्वेदजाश्च जायन्ते वृश्चिकाः शुष्कगोमयात्
kālikā śatikebhyaśca sarpā jāyanti sarvaśaḥ| saṃsvedajāśca jāyante vṛścikāḥ śuṣkagomayāt
and from kālikās and śatikas snakes are born on all sides; and scorpions, born of sweat, are produced from dried cow-dung.
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VaP 2 8.305
गोभ्यो हि महिषेभ्यश्च जायन्ते जन्तवः प्रभो। मत्स्यादयश्च विविधा अण्डकुक्षौ विशेषतः
gobhyo hi mahiṣebhyaśca jāyante jantavaḥ prabho| matsyādayaśca vividhā aṇḍakukṣau viśeṣataḥ
From cows and from buffaloes, O lord, creatures are born, and fish and various others in particular within the egg's belly.
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VaP 2 8.306
चैवीरिकाश्च जायन्ते तथा गोजाकुलानि च। तथान्यानि च सूक्ष्माणि जलौकादीनि जातयः
caivīrikāśca jāyante tathā gojākulāni ca| tathānyāni ca sūkṣmāṇi jalaukādīni jātayaḥ
And caivīrikas are born, and likewise swarms of gojās, and other minute kinds too, leeches and the like.
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VaP 2 8.307
मक्षिकाणां विकाराणि जायन्ते जात योऽपरे । प्रायेण तु वसन्त्यस्मिन्नुच्छिष्टोदककर्द्दमे
makṣikāṇāṃ vikārāṇi jāyante jāta yo'pare | prāyeṇa tu vasantyasminnucchiṣṭodakakarddame
Modifications of flies are born, and other creatures besides; but for the most part they dwell in this mud of leftover food and water.
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VaP 2 8.308
मशकानां विकाराणि भ्रमराणां तथैव च। तृणेभ्यश्चैव जायन्ते पुत्रिका पुत्रभासकाः
maśakānāṃ vikārāṇi bhramarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca| tṛṇebhyaścaiva jāyante putrikā putrabhāsakāḥ
Modifications of mosquitoes, and likewise of bees; and from grasses are born the putrikās and the putrabhāsakas.
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VaP 2 8.309
मणिच्छेदास्तथा व्यालाः पोतजाः परिकीर्त्तिताः। शतवेरिविकाराणि करीषेभ्यो भवन्तिह
maṇicchedāstathā vyālāḥ potajāḥ parikīrttitāḥ| śataverivikārāṇi karīṣebhyo bhavantiha
The maṇicchedas and likewise the vyālas are declared to be born from eggs (potaja); modifications of the śataveri kind arise here from dry dung.
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VaP 2 8.310
एवमादिरसङ्ख्यातो गणः संस्वेदजो मया। समासाभिहितो ह्येष प्राक्कर्मवशजः स्मृतः
evamādirasaṅkhyāto gaṇaḥ saṃsvedajo mayā| samāsābhihito hyeṣa prākkarmavaśajaḥ smṛtaḥ
The innumerable class of the sweat-born, beginning thus, has been stated by me in brief; and it is held to be produced by the power of former deeds.
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VaP 2 8.311
तथाऽन्ये नैऋताः सत्त्वास्ते स्मृता उपसर्गजाः। पूतास्तु योनिजाः केचित्केचिदौत्पत्तिकाः स्मृताः
tathā'nye naiṛtāḥ sattvāste smṛtā upasargajāḥ| pūtāstu yonijāḥ kecitkecidautpattikāḥ smṛtāḥ
So too other beings are of the Nirṛti kind; they are held to be born from affliction. But some pure ones are womb-born, and some are held to arise by (spontaneous) origination.
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VaP 2 8.312
प्रायेण देवाः सर्वे वै विज्ञेया ह्युपपत्तिजाः । केचित्तु योनिजा देवाः केचिदेवानिमित्ततः
prāyeṇa devāḥ sarve vai vijñeyā hyupapattijāḥ | kecittu yonijā devāḥ kecidevānimittataḥ
For the most part all the gods are to be known as born by (spontaneous) coming-into-being; but some gods are womb-born, and some without any cause at all.
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VaP 2 8.313
तूलालाघश्च कोलश्च शिवा कन्या तथैव च। अपत्यं सरमायास्तु गणा वै सरमादयः
tūlālāghaśca kolaśca śivā kanyā tathaiva ca| apatyaṃ saramāyāstu gaṇā vai saramādayaḥ
Tūlālāgha, Kola, Śivā, and likewise Kanyā—these are the offspring of Saramā, indeed the classes beginning with Saramā.
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VaP 2 8.314
श्यामश्च शबलश्चैव अर्जुनो हरितस्तथा। कृष्णो धूम्रारूणश्चैव तूलालाघश्च कद्रुकाः
śyāmaśca śabalaścaiva arjuno haritastathā| kṛṣṇo dhūmrārūṇaścaiva tūlālāghaśca kadrukāḥ
Śyāma, Śabala, Arjuna, Harita, Kṛṣṇa, Dhūmra, Aruṇa, and Tūlālāgha—these are the Kadru-descendants.
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VaP 2 8.315
सुरसाथ विजज्ञे तु शतमेकं शिरो मतम्। सर्पाणां तक्षको राजा नागानाञ्चापि वासुकिः । द्र. गरुडपुराणे १.१९७.१२ मध्ये वासुकेः पार्थिवमण्डले एवं तक्षकस्य वायुमण्डले स्थितिः तमोबहुल इत्येष गणः क्रोधवशात्मकः
surasātha vijajñe tu śatamekaṃ śiro matam| sarpāṇāṃ takṣako rājā nāgānāñcāpi vāsukiḥ | dra. garuḍapurāṇe 1.197.12 madhye vāsukeḥ pārthivamaṇḍale evaṃ takṣakasya vāyumaṇḍale sthitiḥ tamobahula ityeṣa gaṇaḥ krodhavaśātmakaḥ
Then Surasā brought forth one hundred; a head is held (for each). Takṣaka is king of the serpents, and Vāsuki of the nāgas. (See Garuḍapurāṇa 1.197.12: in the middle, Vāsuki's station is in the earthly sphere and thus Takṣaka's in the sphere of wind.) Abounding in darkness—such is this class, of the nature of Krodhavaśā.
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VaP 2 8.316
पुलहस्यात्मजा सर्गस्ताम्रायास्तन्निबोधत। बह्वन्यास्त्वभिविख्यातास्ताम्रायाश्च विजज्ञिरे
pulahasyātmajā sargastāmrāyāstannibodhata| bahvanyāstvabhivikhyātāstāmrāyāśca vijajñire
(That was) the creation of Pulaha's daughter; now learn that of Tāmrā: many other well-renowned (daughters) were born of Tāmrā.
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VaP 2 8.317
श्येनी भासी तथा क्रौञ्ची धृतराष्ट्री शुकी तथा। अरुणस्य भार्या श्येनी तु वीर्यवन्तौ महाबलौ। सम्पातिञ्च जटायुञ्च प्रसूता पक्षिसत्तमौ
śyenī bhāsī tathā krauñcī dhṛtarāṣṭrī śukī tathā| aruṇasya bhāryā śyenī tu vīryavantau mahābalau| sampātiñca jaṭāyuñca prasūtā pakṣisattamau
Śyenī, Bhāsī, Krauñcī, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī and Śukī. Śyenī, the wife of Aruṇa, brought forth two mighty and greatly strong ones, Sampāti and Jaṭāyu, the best of birds.
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VaP 2 8.318
सम्पातिरजनत् पुत्रं कन्यामेकां तथैव च। जटायुषश्च ये पुत्राः काक गृध्राश्चकर्णिनः
sampātirajanat putraṃ kanyāmekāṃ tathaiva ca| jaṭāyuṣaśca ye putrāḥ kāka gṛdhrāścakarṇinaḥ
Sampāti begot a son and likewise one daughter; and the sons of Jaṭāyu are the crows, vultures and karṇins.
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VaP 2 8.319
भार्या गरुत्मतश्चापि भासी क्रौञ्ची तथा शुकी। धृतराष्ट्री च भद्रा च तास्वपत्यानि वक्ष्यते
bhāryā garutmataścāpi bhāsī krauñcī tathā śukī| dhṛtarāṣṭrī ca bhadrā ca tāsvapatyāni vakṣyate
And the wives of Garutmān were Bhāsī, Krauñcī, Śukī, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī and Bhadrā; their offspring will be told.
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VaP 2 8.320
शुकी गरुत्मतः पुत्रान् सुषुवे षट् परिश्रुतान् । त्रिशिरं सुमुखञ्चैव बलं पृष्ठं महाबलम्
śukī garutmataḥ putrān suṣuve ṣaṭ pariśrutān | triśiraṃ sumukhañcaiva balaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ mahābalam
Śukī bore to Garutmān six well-known sons: Triśiras, Sumukha, Bala, Pṛṣṭha, Mahābala,
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VaP 2 8.321
त्रिशङ्खनेत्रं सुमुखं सुरूपं सुरसं बलम्। एषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च गरुडानां महात्मनाम्
triśaṅkhanetraṃ sumukhaṃ surūpaṃ surasaṃ balam| eṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca garuḍānāṃ mahātmanām
Triśaṅkhanetra, Sumukha, Surūpa, Surasa, Bala. Of these great-souled Garuḍas the sons and grandsons
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VaP 2 8.322
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि क्रूराणां पन्नगाशिनाम्। पुत्रपौत्रविसर्गाच्च तेषां वै वंशविस्तरः
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi krūrāṇāṃ pannagāśinām| putrapautravisargācca teṣāṃ vai vaṃśavistaraḥ
are fourteen thousand, cruel and eating serpents; and from the production of sons and grandsons comes the extension of their lineage.
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VaP 2 8.323
व्याप्तानि यानि देशानि तानि वक्ष्ये यथाक्रमम्। शाल्मलिद्वीपमखिलं देवकूटञ्च पर्वतम्
vyāptāni yāni deśāni tāni vakṣye yathākramam| śālmalidvīpamakhilaṃ devakūṭañca parvatam
I shall tell in order the regions that are pervaded (by them): the whole Śālmali continent, and Mount Devakūṭa,
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VaP 2 8.324
मणिमन्तञ्च शैलेन्द्रं सहस्रशिखरं तथा। पर्णमालं सुकेशञ्च शतश्रृङ्गं तथाचलम्
maṇimantañca śailendraṃ sahasraśikharaṃ tathā| parṇamālaṃ sukeśañca śataśrṛṅgaṃ tathācalam
and Maṇimanta, lord of mountains, and likewise Sahasraśikhara, Parṇamāla, Sukeśa, and the mountain Śataśṛṅga,
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VaP 2 8.325
कौरजं पञ्चशिखरं हेमकूटञ्च पर्वतम्। प्रचण्डवायुप्रभवैर्दीपितैः पझरागिभिः
kaurajaṃ pañcaśikharaṃ hemakūṭañca parvatam| pracaṇḍavāyuprabhavairdīpitaiḥ pajharāgibhiḥ
Kauraja, Pañcaśikhara, and mount Hemakūṭa — (these mountains,) with ruby-red (birds?) blazing, born of the violent wind,
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VaP 2 8.326
शैलजालानि व्याप्तानि गारुडैस्तैर्महात्मभिः । भासीपुत्राः स्मृता भासा उलूका काककुक्कुटाः
śailajālāni vyāptāni gāruḍaistairmahātmabhiḥ | bhāsīputrāḥ smṛtā bhāsā ulūkā kākakukkuṭāḥ
the networks of mountains are filled with those great-souled descendants of Garuḍa. The sons of Bhāsī are recorded to be the bhāsa-birds, owls, crows and cocks;
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VaP 2 8.327
मयूराः कलविङ्काश्च कपोता लावतित्तिराः। क्रौञ्ची वार्द्धीणसान् श्येनी कुररान्सारसान्बकान्
mayūrāḥ kalaviṅkāśca kapotā lāvatittirāḥ| krauñcī vārddhīṇasān śyenī kurarānsārasānbakān
peacocks and sparrows, pigeons, quails and partridges; Krauñcī (bore) the vārdhrīṇasa birds, Śyenī (bore) hawks, ospreys, cranes and herons,
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VaP 2 8.328
इत्येवमादयोन्येऽपि क्रव्यादा ये च पक्षिणः। धृतराष्ट्री च हंसांश्च कलहंसांश्च भामिनी
ityevamādayonye'pi kravyādā ye ca pakṣiṇaḥ| dhṛtarāṣṭrī ca haṃsāṃśca kalahaṃsāṃśca bhāminī
and others beginning with these, and those birds that eat flesh. And Dhṛtarāṣṭrī, that fair lady, (bore) the geese and the kalahaṃsa geese,
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VaP 2 8.329
चक्रवाकांश्च विहगान्सर्वांश्चैवादकान् द्विजान्। एतानेव विजज्ञेऽथ पुत्रपौत्रमनन्तकम्
cakravākāṃśca vihagānsarvāṃścaivādakān dvijān| etāneva vijajñe'tha putrapautramanantakam
and the cakravāka birds, and all the water-dwelling fowl; these she brought forth, with endless sons and grandsons.
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VaP 2 8.330
गरुडस्यात्मजाः प्रोक्ता इरायाः श्रृणुत प्रजाः। इरा प्रजज्ञे कन्या वैतिस्रः कमललोचनाः
garuḍasyātmajāḥ proktā irāyāḥ śrṛṇuta prajāḥ| irā prajajñe kanyā vaitisraḥ kamalalocanāḥ
The offspring of Garuḍa have been declared; now hear the progeny of Irā. Irā brought forth three lotus-eyed daughters,
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VaP 2 8.331
वन स्पतीनां वृक्षाणां वीरुधाञ्चैव मातरः। लता चैवाथ वल्ली च वीरुधा चेति तास्तु वै
vana spatīnāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ vīrudhāñcaiva mātaraḥ| latā caivātha vallī ca vīrudhā ceti tāstu vai
the mothers of the forest-lords, the trees, and the creeping plants: they are Latā, then Vallī, and Vīrudhā.
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VaP 2 8.332
लता वनस्पतीञ्जज्ञे ह्यपुष्पान् पुलिनस्थितान् । युक्तान्पुष्पफलैर्वृक्षान् लता वै सम्प्रसूयते
latā vanaspatīñjajñe hyapuṣpān pulinasthitān | yuktānpuṣpaphalairvṛkṣān latā vai samprasūyate
Latā gave birth to the forest-lords that bear no flowers and stand on the sandbanks; Latā indeed brings forth the trees furnished with flowers and fruits.
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VaP 2 8.333
अथ वल्ली तु गुल्मांश्च त्वक्सारास्तृणजातयः। वीरुधा तदपत्यानि वंशश्चात्र समाप्यते
atha vallī tu gulmāṃśca tvaksārāstṛṇajātayaḥ| vīrudhā tadapatyāni vaṃśaścātra samāpyate
Then Vallī (brought forth) the bushes, the bark-cored plants and the kinds of grass; Vīrudhā's offspring are these, and here the lineage comes to an end.
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VaP 2 8.334
एते कश्यपदायादा व्याख्याताः स्थाणुजङ्गमाः । तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च यैरिदं पूरितं जगत्
ete kaśyapadāyādā vyākhyātāḥ sthāṇujaṅgamāḥ | teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca yairidaṃ pūritaṃ jagat
These heirs of Kaśyapa, the stationary and the moving, have been explained, and their sons and grandsons, by whom this world has been filled.
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VaP 2 8.335
इति सर्गैकदेशस्य कीर्तितोऽवयवो मया। मारीचोऽयं प्रजा सर्गः समासेन प्रकीर्तितः। न शक्यं व्यासतो वक्तुमपि वर्षशतैर्द्विजाः
iti sargaikadeśasya kīrtito'vayavo mayā| mārīco'yaṃ prajā sargaḥ samāsena prakīrtitaḥ| na śakyaṃ vyāsato vaktumapi varṣaśatairdvijāḥ
Thus a fragment of a single portion of the creation has been recounted by me; this creation of the progeny of Mārīca (Kaśyapa) has been proclaimed in summary. It cannot be told at full length even in hundreds of years, O twice-born ones.
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VaP 2 8.336
अदितिर्धर्मशीला तु बलशीला दितिः स्मृता। तपःशीला तु सुरभि र्मायाशीला दनुः स्मृता
aditirdharmaśīlā tu balaśīlā ditiḥ smṛtā| tapaḥśīlā tu surabhi rmāyāśīlā danuḥ smṛtā
Aditi was of righteous character, while Diti is recorded as of the character of strength; Surabhi was of the character of ascetic practice, and Danu is recorded as of the character of illusion.
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VaP 2 8.337
क्रूरशीला तथा कद्रुः क्रौञ्च्यथ श्रुतिशालिनी । इरा ग्रहणशीला तु दनायुर्भक्षणे रता
krūraśīlā tathā kadruḥ krauñcyatha śrutiśālinī | irā grahaṇaśīlā tu danāyurbhakṣaṇe ratā
So too Kadru was of cruel character, and Krauñcī abounding in (sacred) sound; but Irā was of grasping character, and Danāyu given to devouring.
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VaP 2 8.338
वाहशीला तु विनता ताम्रा वै पाशशालिनी। स्वभावा लोकमातॄणां शीलान्येतानि सर्वशः
vāhaśīlā tu vinatā tāmrā vai pāśaśālinī| svabhāvā lokamātṝṇāṃ śīlānyetāni sarvaśaḥ
Vinatā was of the character of bearing (burdens), and Tāmrā abounding in snares; these, wholly, are the inborn natures, the characters, of the mothers of the world.
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VaP 2 8.339
धर्मतः शीलतो बुद्ध्या क्षमया बलरूपतः। रजः सत्त्वतमो वृत्ता धार्मिकाधार्मिकास्तु वै
dharmataḥ śīlato buddhyā kṣamayā balarūpataḥ| rajaḥ sattvatamo vṛttā dhārmikādhārmikāstu vai
In respect of dharma, of character, of intellect, of forbearance, of strength and of form, they behaved according to rajas, sattva and tamas, being righteous and unrighteous.
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VaP 2 8.340
मातृतुल्याश्चाबिजाताः कश्यपस्यात्मजाः प्रजाः। देवतासुरगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः। पिशाचाः पशवश्चैव मृगाः पतङ्गवीरुधः
mātṛtulyāścābijātāḥ kaśyapasyātmajāḥ prajāḥ| devatāsuragandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ| piśācāḥ paśavaścaiva mṛgāḥ pataṅgavīrudhaḥ
And like their mothers were born the offspring, the children of Kaśyapa: gods, asuras, gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, serpents, piśācas, and cattle, wild animals, winged creatures and plants.
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VaP 2 8.341
यस्माद्दाक्षायणीष्वेते जज्ञिरे मानुषीष्विह। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठास्तु मानुषाः
yasmāddākṣāyaṇīṣvete jajñire mānuṣīṣviha| manvantareṣu sarveṣu tasmācchreṣṭhāstu mānuṣāḥ
Since these were born here, in all the manvantaras, among the daughters of Dakṣa who were human, therefore human beings are the most excellent.
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VaP 2 8.342
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां मानुषाः साधकास्तु वै। ततोऽधः स्रोतसस्ते वै उत्पद्यन्ते सुरासुराः
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāḥ sādhakāstu vai| tato'dhaḥ srotasaste vai utpadyante surāsurāḥ
For human beings are the achievers of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation; lower than them, of the downward stream, arise gods and asuras.
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VaP 2 8.343
जायन्ते कार्यसिद्धयर्थं मानुषेषु पुनः पुनः। इत्येवं वंशप्रभवः प्रसङ्ख्यातस्तपस्विनाम्
jāyante kāryasiddhayarthaṃ mānuṣeṣu punaḥ punaḥ| ityevaṃ vaṃśaprabhavaḥ prasaṅkhyātastapasvinām
For the accomplishment of their purposes they are born again and again among humans. Thus the origin of the lineages of the ascetics has been fully enumerated —
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VaP 2 8.344
सुराणामसुराणाञ्च गन्धर्वाप्सरसां तथा। यक्षरक्षःपिशाचानां सुपर्णोरगपक्षिणाम्
surāṇāmasurāṇāñca gandharvāpsarasāṃ tathā| yakṣarakṣaḥpiśācānāṃ suparṇoragapakṣiṇām
of gods and of asuras, and likewise of gandharvas and apsarases, of yakṣas, rākṣasas and piśācas, of the suparṇas, serpents and birds,
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VaP 2 8.345
व्यालानां शिखिनाञ्चैव ओषधीनाञ्च सर्वशः। कृमिकीटपतङ्गानां क्षुद्राणां जलजाश्च ये। पशूनां ब्राह्णानाञ्च श्रीमतां पुण्यलक्षणम्
vyālānāṃ śikhināñcaiva oṣadhīnāñca sarvaśaḥ| kṛmikīṭapataṅgānāṃ kṣudrāṇāṃ jalajāśca ye| paśūnāṃ brāhṇānāñca śrīmatāṃ puṇyalakṣaṇam
(the auspicious mark) of the beasts of prey and of the crested (birds), and of plants in every way; of worms, insects and flying creatures, of small creatures and those that are water-born; of cattle and of brahmins — the auspicious mark of the fortunate.
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VaP 2 8.346
आयुष्यश्चैव धन्यश्च श्रीमान् हितसुखावहः। श्रोतव्यश्चैव सततं ग्राह्यश्चैवानुसूयता
āyuṣyaścaiva dhanyaśca śrīmān hitasukhāvahaḥ| śrotavyaścaiva satataṃ grāhyaścaivānusūyatā
(This account) bestows long life, brings wealth, is prosperous, and confers benefit and happiness; it should be listened to constantly, and taken up without envy.
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VaP 2 8.347
इमन्तु वंशं नियमेन यः पठेन्महात्मनां ब्राह्णवैद्यसंसदि । अपत्यलाभं हि लबेत्सुपुष्कलं श्रियं धनं प्रेत्य च शोभनां गतिम्
imantu vaṃśaṃ niyamena yaḥ paṭhenmahātmanāṃ brāhṇavaidyasaṃsadi | apatyalābhaṃ hi labetsupuṣkalaṃ śriyaṃ dhanaṃ pretya ca śobhanāṃ gatim
He who, with due observance, recites this lineage of the great ones in an assembly of brahmins and learned men, will obtain abundant offspring, prosperity and wealth, and after death a fair destination.
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