Vishnu Purana — Amsha 1 — Chapter 5
ViP 1 5.1
यथा ससर्ज देवो ऽसौ देवर्षिपितृदानवान् मनुष्यतिर्यग्वृक्षादीन् भूव्योमसलिलौकसः ॥
yathā sasarja devo 'sau devarṣipitṛdānavān manuṣyatiryagvṛkṣādīn bhūvyomasalilaukasaḥ //
How that god created the gods, sages, ancestors and dānavas, and men, animals, trees and the rest, which dwell in earth, sky and water—
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ViP 1 5.2
यद्गुणं यत्स्वभावं च यद्रूपं च जगद् द्विज सर्गादौ सृष्टवान् ब्रह्मा तन् ममाचक्ष्व विस्तरात् ॥
yadguṇaṃ yatsvabhāvaṃ ca yadrūpaṃ ca jagad dvija sargādau sṛṣṭavān brahmā tan mamācakṣva vistarāt //
with what qualities, of what nature and of what form Brahmā created the world at the beginning of creation, O twice-born—tell me that in detail.
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ViP 1 5.3
मैत्रेय कथयाम्य् एष शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः यथा ससर्ज देवो ऽसौ देवादीन् अखिलान् विभुः ॥
maitreya kathayāmy eṣa śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ yathā sasarja devo 'sau devādīn akhilān vibhuḥ //
Maitreya, I shall relate this; listen well-composed, how that god, the all-pervading one, created the gods and all the rest.
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ViP 1 5.4
सृष्टिं चिन्तयतस् तस्य कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा अबुद्धिपूर्वकः सर्गः प्रादुर्भूतस् तमोमयः ॥
sṛṣṭiṃ cintayatas tasya kalpādiṣu yathā purā abuddhipūrvakaḥ sargaḥ prādurbhūtas tamomayaḥ //
As formerly at the beginnings of the aeons, while he was thinking of creation, a creation not preceded by intelligence, made of darkness, appeared.
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ViP 1 5.5
तमो मोहो महामोहस् तामिस्रो ह्य् अन्धसंज्ञितः अविद्या पञ्चपर्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः ॥
tamo moho mahāmohas tāmisro hy andhasaṃjñitaḥ avidyā pañcaparvaiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ //
Darkness, delusion, great delusion, gloom, and that called blindness—this fivefold ignorance appeared from the great soul.
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ViP 1 5.6
पञ्चधावस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायतो ऽप्रतिबोधवान् बहिर् अन्तश् चाप्रकाशः संवृतात्मा नगात्मकः ॥
pañcadhāvasthitaḥ sargo dhyāyato 'pratibodhavān bahir antaś cāprakāśaḥ saṃvṛtātmā nagātmakaḥ //
The creation of him who was meditating stood forth in five ways, lacking awakening, unilluminated outside and within, its self enveloped, of the nature of trees (immovable things).
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ViP 1 5.7
मुख्या नगा यतश् चोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस् ततस् त्व् अयम् ॥
mukhyā nagā yataś coktā mukhyasargas tatas tv ayam //
And since trees are called 'principal' (mukhya), this is therefore the 'principal creation'.
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ViP 1 5.8
तं दृष्ट्वासाधकं सर्गम् अमन्यद् अपरं पुनः ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvāsādhakaṃ sargam amanyad aparaṃ punaḥ //
Seeing that creation to be ineffective, he thought again of another.
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ViP 1 5.9
तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं तिर्यक्स्रोतो ऽभ्यवर्तत यस्मात् तिर्यक्प्रवृत्तः स तिर्यक्स्रोतस् ततः स्मृतः ॥
tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ tiryaksroto 'bhyavartata yasmāt tiryakpravṛttaḥ sa tiryaksrotas tataḥ smṛtaḥ //
While he was meditating on creation, the 'horizontal stream' came about; since it proceeded horizontally, it is therefore called the horizontal-stream (creation).
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ViP 1 5.10
पश्वादयस् ते विख्यातास् तमःप्राया ह्य् अवेदिनः उत्पथग्राहिणश् चैव ते ऽज्ञाने ज्ञानमानिनः ॥
paśvādayas te vikhyātās tamaḥprāyā hy avedinaḥ utpathagrāhiṇaś caiva te 'jñāne jñānamāninaḥ //
These are known as the animals and the rest, mostly of darkness and without knowledge, taking wrong paths and, in their ignorance, fancying themselves knowing.
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ViP 1 5.11
अहंकृता अहंमाना अष्टाविंशद्वधात्मकाः अन्तःप्रकाशास् ते सर्वे आवृताश् च परस्परम् ॥
ahaṃkṛtā ahaṃmānā aṣṭāviṃśadvadhātmakāḥ antaḥprakāśās te sarve āvṛtāś ca parasparam //
Self-conceited, self-regarding, of twenty-eight kinds, all of them illuminated within and mutually veiled.
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ViP 1 5.12
तम् अप्य् असाधकं मत्वा ध्यायतो ऽन्यस् ततो ऽभवत् ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस् तृतीयस् तु सात्त्विकोर्ध्वम् अवर्तत ॥
tam apy asādhakaṃ matvā dhyāyato 'nyas tato 'bhavat ūrdhvasrotas tṛtīyas tu sāttvikordhvam avartata //
Considering that too ineffective, as he meditated another came to be from it: the third, the 'upward stream', proceeded upward and was of sattva.
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ViP 1 5.13
ते सुखप्रीतिबहुला बहिर् अन्तश् च नावृताः प्रकाशा बहिर् अन्तश् च ऊर्ध्वस्रोतोद्भवाः स्मृताः ॥
te sukhaprītibahulā bahir antaś ca nāvṛtāḥ prakāśā bahir antaś ca ūrdhvasrotodbhavāḥ smṛtāḥ //
They abound in pleasure and delight, are unveiled outside and within, and are luminous outside and within: these are known as arisen from the upward stream.
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ViP 1 5.14
तुष्ट्यात्मकस् तृतीयस् तु देवसर्गस् तु स स्मृतः तस्मिन् सर्गे ऽभवत् प्रीतिर् निष्पन्ने ब्रह्मणस् तथा ॥
tuṣṭyātmakas tṛtīyas tu devasargas tu sa smṛtaḥ tasmin sarge 'bhavat prītir niṣpanne brahmaṇas tathā //
The third, consisting of satisfaction, is known as the creation of the gods; and when that creation was accomplished, Brahmā felt delight.
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ViP 1 5.15
ततो ऽन्यं स तदा दध्यौ साधकं सर्गम् उत्तमम् असाधकांस् तु ताञ् ज्ञात्वा मुख्यसर्गादिसंभवान् ॥
tato 'nyaṃ sa tadā dadhyau sādhakaṃ sargam uttamam asādhakāṃs tu tāñ jñātvā mukhyasargādisaṃbhavān //
Then he thought of another, an excellent creation that would be effective, having recognized those beginning with the principal creation to be ineffective.
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ViP 1 5.16
तथाभिध्यायतस् तस्य सत्याभिध्यायिनस् ततः प्रादुर्भूतस् तदाव्यक्ताद् अर्वाक्स्रोतस् तु साधकः ॥
tathābhidhyāyatas tasya satyābhidhyāyinas tataḥ prādurbhūtas tadāvyaktād arvāksrotas tu sādhakaḥ //
As he meditated thus, meditating on truth, then from the unmanifest appeared the 'downward stream', which was effective.
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ViP 1 5.17
यस्माद् अर्वाग् व्यवर्तन्त ततो ऽर्वाक्स्रोतसस् तु ते ते च प्रकाशबहुलास् तमोउद्रिक्ता रजोऽधिकाः ॥
yasmād arvāg vyavartanta tato 'rvāksrotasas tu te te ca prakāśabahulās tamoudriktā rajo'dhikāḥ //
Because they turned downward, they are the 'downward-stream' ones; and they abound in illumination, with darkness excessive and rajas predominant.
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ViP 1 5.18
तस्मात् ते दुःखबहुला भूयो भूयश् च कारिणः प्रकाशा बहिर् अन्तश् च मनुष्याः साधकास् तु ते ॥
tasmāt te duḥkhabahulā bhūyo bhūyaś ca kāriṇaḥ prakāśā bahir antaś ca manuṣyāḥ sādhakās tu te //
Therefore they abound in sorrow and act again and again; luminous outside and within, they are men, and they are effective.
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ViP 1 5.19
इत्य् एते कथिताः सर्गाः षड् अत्र मुनिसत्तम प्रथमो महतः सर्गो विज्ञेयो ब्रह्मणस् तु सः ॥
ity ete kathitāḥ sargāḥ ṣaḍ atra munisattama prathamo mahataḥ sargo vijñeyo brahmaṇas tu saḥ //
Thus these six creations have been described here, O best of sages; the first is to be known as the creation of Mahat, and that belongs to Brahmā.
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ViP 1 5.20
तन्मात्राणां द्वितीयश् च भूतसर्गस् तु स स्मृतः वैकारिकस् तृतीयस् तु सर्ग ऐन्द्रियकः स्मृतः ॥
tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyaś ca bhūtasargas tu sa smṛtaḥ vaikārikas tṛtīyas tu sarga aindriyakaḥ smṛtaḥ //
And the second is (the creation) of the subtle elements, which is known as the creation of the elements; and the third is the modificatory one, known as the creation of the sense-organs.
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ViP 1 5.21
इत्य् एष प्राकृतः सर्गः संभूतो बुद्धिपूर्वकः मुख्यसर्गश् चतुर्थस् तु मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः ॥
ity eṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ saṃbhūto buddhipūrvakaḥ mukhyasargaś caturthas tu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ //
Thus this is the primary (prākṛta) creation, which came about preceded by intelligence; the fourth is the creation of the chief ones, and the immobile beings are indeed known as the "chief ones."
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ViP 1 5.22
पञ्चमस् तु च यः प्रोक्तस् तैर्यग्योन्यः स उच्यते ततोर्ध्वस्रोतसां षष्ठो देवसर्गस् तु स स्मृतः ॥
pañcamas tu ca yaḥ proktas tairyagyonyaḥ sa ucyate tatordhvasrotasāṃ ṣaṣṭho devasargas tu sa smṛtaḥ //
And that which is called the fifth is said to be the creation of animal wombs; after that the sixth is that of those whose current flows upward, and it is known as the creation of the gods.
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ViP 1 5.23
ततो ऽर्वाक्स्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः ॥
tato 'rvāksrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mānuṣaḥ //
Then the seventh is the creation of those whose current flows downward, and that is the human one.
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ViP 1 5.24
अष्टमो ऽनुग्रहः सर्गः सात्त्विकस् तामसश् च सः पञ्चैते वैकृताः सर्गाः प्राकृतास् तु त्रयः स्मृताः ॥
aṣṭamo 'nugrahaḥ sargaḥ sāttvikas tāmasaś ca saḥ pañcaite vaikṛtāḥ sargāḥ prākṛtās tu trayaḥ smṛtāḥ //
The eighth is the creation of grace, and it is both sāttvika and tāmasa; these five are the modificatory (vaikṛta) creations, while three are known as the primary (prākṛta) ones.
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ViP 1 5.25
प्राकृतो वैकृतश् चैव कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः इत्य् एते वै समाख्याता नव सर्गाः प्रजापतेः ॥
prākṛto vaikṛtaś caiva kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ ity ete vai samākhyātā nava sargāḥ prajāpateḥ //
The ninth, known as the Kumāra creation, is both primary and modificatory; thus these nine creations of the Lord of creatures have been fully declared.
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ViP 1 5.26
प्राकृता वैकृताश् चैव जगतो मूलहेतवः सृजतो जगदीशस्य किम् अन्यच् छ्रोतुम् इच्छसि ॥
prākṛtā vaikṛtāś caiva jagato mūlahetavaḥ sṛjato jagadīśasya kim anyac chrotum icchasi //
The primary and the modificatory ones are the root causes of the world; what else do you wish to hear of the Lord of the world as he creates?
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ViP 1 5.27
संक्षेपात् कथितः सर्गो देवादीनां मुने त्वया विस्तराच् छ्रोतुम् इच्छामि त्वत्तो मुनिवरोत्तम ॥
saṃkṣepāt kathitaḥ sargo devādīnāṃ mune tvayā vistarāc chrotum icchāmi tvatto munivarottama //
The creation of the gods and the rest has been told by you in brief, O sage; I wish to hear it from you in detail, O most excellent of the best of sages.
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ViP 1 5.28
कर्मभिर् भाविताः पूर्वैः कुशलाकुशलैस् तु ताः ख्यात्या तया ह्य् अनिर्मुक्ताः संहारे ऽप्य् उपसंहृताः ॥
karmabhir bhāvitāḥ pūrvaiḥ kuśalākuśalais tu tāḥ khyātyā tayā hy anirmuktāḥ saṃhāre 'py upasaṃhṛtāḥ //
Those (creatures), shaped by their former deeds, good and bad, and not released from that khyāti, are withdrawn (into it) even at the dissolution.
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ViP 1 5.29
स्थावरान्ताः सुराद्यास् तु प्रजा ब्रह्मंश् चतुर्विधाः ब्रह्मणः कुर्वतः सृष्टिं जज्ञिरे मानसास् तु ताः ॥
sthāvarāntāḥ surādyās tu prajā brahmaṃś caturvidhāḥ brahmaṇaḥ kurvataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ jajñire mānasās tu tāḥ //
O Brahman, the creatures of four kinds, from the gods down to the immobile beings, were born as mind-born ones from Brahmā as he performed the creation.
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ViP 1 5.30
ततो देवासुरपितॄन् मनुष्यांश् च चतुष्टयम् सिसृक्षुर् अम्भांस्य् एतानि स्वम् आत्मानम् अयूयुजत् ॥
tato devāsurapitṝn manuṣyāṃś ca catuṣṭayam sisṛkṣur ambhāṃsy etāni svam ātmānam ayūyujat //
Then, desiring to create the foursome — gods, asuras, ancestors, and men — he yoked his own self to these waters.
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ViP 1 5.31
युक्तात्मनस् तमोमात्रा उद्रिक्ताभूत् प्रजापतेः सिसृक्षोर् जघनात् पूर्वम् असुरा जज्ञिरे ततः ॥
yuktātmanas tamomātrā udriktābhūt prajāpateḥ sisṛkṣor jaghanāt pūrvam asurā jajñire tataḥ //
In him whose self was thus yoked, in the Lord of creatures who desired to create, the portion of darkness became predominant; hence from his thigh the asuras were born first.
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ViP 1 5.32
उत्ससर्ज ततस् तां तु तमोमात्रात्मिकां तनुम् सा तु त्यक्ता ततस् तेन मैत्रेयाभूद् विभावरी ॥
utsasarja tatas tāṃ tu tamomātrātmikāṃ tanum sā tu tyaktā tatas tena maitreyābhūd vibhāvarī //
He then cast off that body which consisted of the portion of darkness; and that, once abandoned by him, became night, O Maitreya.
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ViP 1 5.33
सिसृक्षुर् अन्यदेहस्थः प्रीतिम् आप ततः सुराः सत्त्वोद्रिक्ताः समुद्भूता मुखतो ब्रह्मणो द्विज ॥
sisṛkṣur anyadehasthaḥ prītim āpa tataḥ surāḥ sattvodriktāḥ samudbhūtā mukhato brahmaṇo dvija //
Desiring to create, abiding in another body, he then felt delight; and the gods, in whom sattva was predominant, arose from Brahmā's mouth, O twice-born one.
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ViP 1 5.34
त्यक्ता सापि तनुस् तेन सत्त्वप्रायम् अभूद् दिनम् ततो हि बलिनो रात्राव् असुरा देवता दिवा ॥
tyaktā sāpi tanus tena sattvaprāyam abhūd dinam tato hi balino rātrāv asurā devatā divā //
That body too, abandoned by him, became day, which is mostly sattva; hence the asuras are strong at night, the deities by day.
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ViP 1 5.35
सत्त्वमात्रात्मिकाम् एव ततो ऽन्यां जगृहे तनुम् पितृवन् मन्यमानस्य पितरस् तस्य जज्ञिरे ॥
sattvamātrātmikām eva tato 'nyāṃ jagṛhe tanum pitṛvan manyamānasya pitaras tasya jajñire //
Then he took on another body, consisting only of the portion of sattva; and while he was thinking of himself as a father, the ancestors were born from him.
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ViP 1 5.36
उत्ससर्ज पितॄन् सृष्ट्वा ततस् ताम् अपि स प्रभुः सा चोत्सृष्टाभवत् संध्या दिननक्तान्तरस्थिता ॥
utsasarja pitṝn sṛṣṭvā tatas tām api sa prabhuḥ sā cotsṛṣṭābhavat saṃdhyā dinanaktāntarasthitā //
Having created the ancestors, the Lord then cast off that (body) too; and that, once cast off, became the twilight that stands between day and night.
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ViP 1 5.37
रजोमात्रात्मिकाम् अन्यां जगृहे स तनुं ततः रजोमात्रोत्कटा जाता मनुष्या द्विजसत्तम ॥
rajomātrātmikām anyāṃ jagṛhe sa tanuṃ tataḥ rajomātrotkaṭā jātā manuṣyā dvijasattama //
Then he took on another body, consisting of the portion of rajas; and men, in whom the portion of rajas was strong, were born, O best of the twice-born.
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ViP 1 5.38
ताम् अप्य् आशु स तत्याज तनुं सद्यः प्रजापतिः ज्योत्स्ना समभवत् सापि प्राक्संध्या याभिधीयते ॥
tām apy āśu sa tatyāja tanuṃ sadyaḥ prajāpatiḥ jyotsnā samabhavat sāpi prāksaṃdhyā yābhidhīyate //
That body too the Lord of creatures at once quickly abandoned; and it became the dawn-light, which is called the twilight before (day).
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ViP 1 5.39
ज्योत्स्नागमे तु बलिनो मनुष्याः पितरस् तथा मैत्रेय संध्यासमये तस्माद् एते भवन्ति वै ॥
jyotsnāgame tu balino manuṣyāḥ pitaras tathā maitreya saṃdhyāsamaye tasmād ete bhavanti vai //
But at the coming of the moonlight men are strong, and likewise the fathers at the time of twilight, Maitreya — therefore these (are so).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 5.40
ज्योत्स्ना रात्र्यहनी संध्या चत्वार्य् एतानि वै विभोः ब्रह्मणस् तु शरीराणि त्रिगुणोपाश्रयाणि तु ॥
jyotsnā rātryahanī saṃdhyā catvāry etāni vai vibhoḥ brahmaṇas tu śarīrāṇi triguṇopāśrayāṇi tu //
Moonlight, night, day, and twilight — these four are indeed the bodies of the all-pervading Brahmā, and they rest upon the three qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.41
रजोमात्रात्मिकाम् एव ततो ऽन्यां जगृहे तनुम् ततः क्षुद् ब्रह्मणो जाता जज्ञे कोपस् तया ततः ॥
rajomātrātmikām eva tato 'nyāṃ jagṛhe tanum tataḥ kṣud brahmaṇo jātā jajñe kopas tayā tataḥ //
Then he took on another body, consisting solely of the quality of rajas; from that hunger was born in Brahmā, and from her (hunger) anger then arose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.42
क्षुत्क्षामान् अन्धकारे ऽथ सो ऽसृजद् भगवान् प्रभुः विरूपाः श्मश्रुला जातास् ते ऽभ्यधावन्त तं प्रभुम् ॥
kṣutkṣāmān andhakāre 'tha so 'sṛjad bhagavān prabhuḥ virūpāḥ śmaśrulā jātās te 'bhyadhāvanta taṃ prabhum //
Then the lord, the blessed one, created in the darkness (beings) wasted with hunger; they were born misshapen and bearded, and they ran at that lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.43
मैवं भो रक्ष्यताम् एष यैर् उक्तं राक्षसास् तु ते ऊचुः खादाम इत्य् अन्ये ये ते यक्षास् तु जक्षणात् ॥
maivaṃ bho rakṣyatām eṣa yair uktaṃ rākṣasās tu te ūcuḥ khādāma ity anye ye te yakṣās tu jakṣaṇāt //
Those by whom it was said, "Not so, sirs! Let him be protected (rakṣyatām)" — they are the rākṣasas; but the others who said, "Let us eat (khādāma)" — they are the yakṣas, from 'eating' (jakṣaṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.44
अप्रियान् अथ तान् दृष्ट्वा केशाः शीर्यन्त वेधसः हीनाश् च शिरसो भूयः समारोहन्त तच्छिरः ॥
apriyān atha tān dṛṣṭvā keśāḥ śīryanta vedhasaḥ hīnāś ca śiraso bhūyaḥ samārohanta tacchiraḥ //
Then, seeing them displeasing, the hairs of the Creator fell away, and, having left the head, they climbed up onto that head again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.45
सर्पणात् ते ऽभवन् सर्पा हीनत्वाद् अहयः स्मृताः ततः क्रुद्धो जगत्स्रष्टा क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्ममे वर्णेन कपिशेनोग्रा भूतास् ते पिशिताशनाः ॥
sarpaṇāt te 'bhavan sarpā hīnatvād ahayaḥ smṛtāḥ tataḥ kruddho jagatsraṣṭā krodhātmāno vinirmame varṇena kapiśenogrā bhūtās te piśitāśanāḥ //
From their crawling (sarpaṇa) they became serpents (sarpa), and from their having fallen away (hīnatva) they are called ahi. Then the maker of the world, being angry, fashioned beings whose very nature was wrath, of a tawny colour, fierce, eaters of flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.46
ध्यायतो ऽङ्गात् समुद्भूता गन्धर्वास् तस्य तत्क्षणात् पिबन्तो जज्ञिरे वाचं गन्धर्वास् तेन ते द्विज ॥
dhyāyato 'ṅgāt samudbhūtā gandharvās tasya tatkṣaṇāt pibanto jajñire vācaṃ gandharvās tena te dvija //
As he was meditating, the gandharvas sprang forth from his body at that very moment; they were born drinking speech (vāc/dhayantaḥ), and for that reason they are gandharvas, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 5.47
एतानि सृष्ट्वा भगवान् ब्रह्मा तच्छक्तिचोदितः ततः स्वच्छन्दतो ऽन्यानि वयांसि वयसो ऽसृजत् ॥
etāni sṛṣṭvā bhagavān brahmā tacchakticoditaḥ tataḥ svacchandato 'nyāni vayāṃsi vayaso 'sṛjat //
Having created these, the blessed Brahmā, impelled by that power (of his), then at his own will created other birds from his (own) bird-nature/vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 1 5.48
अवयो वक्षसश् चक्रे मुखतो ऽजाः स सृष्टवान् सृष्टवान् उदराद् गाश् च पार्श्वाभ्यां च प्रजापतिः ॥
avayo vakṣasaś cakre mukhato 'jāḥ sa sṛṣṭavān sṛṣṭavān udarād gāś ca pārśvābhyāṃ ca prajāpatiḥ //
He made sheep from his chest, and goats he created from his mouth; and the Lord of creatures created cows from his belly and from his two sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.49
पद्भ्यां चाश्वान् समातङ्गान् रासभान् गवयान् मृगान् उष्ट्रान् अश्वतरांश् चैव न्यङ्कून् अन्याश् च जातयः ॥
padbhyāṃ cāśvān samātaṅgān rāsabhān gavayān mṛgān uṣṭrān aśvatarāṃś caiva nyaṅkūn anyāś ca jātayaḥ //
And from his feet (he created) horses together with elephants, asses, gavayas, deer, camels, mules, antelopes, and other kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.50
ओषध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस् तस्य जज्ञिरे त्रेतायुगमुखे ब्रह्मा कल्पस्यादौ द्विजोत्तम सृष्ट्वा पश्वोषधीः सम्यग् युयोज स तदाध्वरे ॥
oṣadhyaḥ phalamūlinyo romabhyas tasya jajñire tretāyugamukhe brahmā kalpasyādau dvijottama sṛṣṭvā paśvoṣadhīḥ samyag yuyoja sa tadādhvare //
Herbs bearing fruits and roots were born from his hairs. At the beginning of the Tretā age, at the start of the kalpa, O best of the twice-born, Brahmā, having created cattle and herbs, duly employed them in the sacrifice.
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ViP 1 5.51
गौर् अजः पुरुषो मेषा अश्वाश्वतरगर्दभाः एतान् ग्राम्यान् पशून् आहुर् आरण्यांश् च निबोध मे ॥
gaur ajaḥ puruṣo meṣā aśvāśvataragardabhāḥ etān grāmyān paśūn āhur āraṇyāṃś ca nibodha me //
The cow, the goat, man, sheep, the horse, the mule and the ass — these they call the village animals; and now learn from me the forest ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.52
श्वापदो द्विखुरो हस्ती वानरः पक्षिपञ्चमाः औदकाः पशवः षष्ठाः सप्तमास् तु सरीसृपाः ॥
śvāpado dvikhuro hastī vānaraḥ pakṣipañcamāḥ audakāḥ paśavaḥ ṣaṣṭhāḥ saptamās tu sarīsṛpāḥ //
The beast of prey, the cloven-hoofed animal, the elephant, the monkey, birds as the fifth, the water animals as the sixth, and the creeping things as the seventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.53
गायत्रं च ऋचश् चैव त्रिवृत्साम रथन्तरम् अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान् मुखात् ॥
gāyatraṃ ca ṛcaś caiva trivṛtsāma rathantaram agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamān mukhāt //
And the Gāyatrī (metre), the ṛc verses, the Trivṛt chant, the Rathantara, and the Agniṣṭoma, the first of sacrifices — these he fashioned from his (eastern) mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.54
यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छन्दः स्तोमं पञ्चदशं तथा बृहत् साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणाद् असृजन् मुखात् ॥
yajūṃṣi traiṣṭubhaṃ chandaḥ stomaṃ pañcadaśaṃ tathā bṛhat sāma tathokthaṃ ca dakṣiṇād asṛjan mukhāt //
The yajus formulas, the Triṣṭubh metre, the fifteenfold stoma, the Bṛhat chant and the Ukthya — these he created from his southern mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.55
सामानि जगतीछन्दः स्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा वैरूपम् अतिरात्रं च पश्चिमाद् असृजन् मुखात् ॥
sāmāni jagatīchandaḥ stomaṃ saptadaśaṃ tathā vairūpam atirātraṃ ca paścimād asṛjan mukhāt //
The sāman chants, the Jagatī metre, the seventeenfold stoma, the Vairūpa and the Atirātra — these he created from his western mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.56
एकविंशम् अथर्वाणम् आप्तोर्यामाणम् एव च अनुष्टुभं स वैराजम् उत्तराद् असृजन् मुखात् ॥
ekaviṃśam atharvāṇam āptoryāmāṇam eva ca anuṣṭubhaṃ sa vairājam uttarād asṛjan mukhāt //
The twenty-onefold (stoma), the Atharvan, the Āptoryāma, the Anuṣṭubh and the Vairāja — these he created from his northern mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.57
उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस् तस्य जज्ञिरे देवासुरपितॄन् सृष्ट्वा मनुष्यांश् च प्रजापतिः ॥
uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyas tasya jajñire devāsurapitṝn sṛṣṭvā manuṣyāṃś ca prajāpatiḥ //
High and low beings were born from his limbs; the Lord of creatures, having created gods, demons, fathers and men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.58
ततः पुनः ससर्जादौ स कल्पस्य पितामहः यक्षान् पिशाचान् गन्धर्वान् तथैवाप्सरसां गणान् ॥
tataḥ punaḥ sasarjādau sa kalpasya pitāmahaḥ yakṣān piśācān gandharvān tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇān //
then, at the beginning of the kalpa, that grandfather created again the yakṣas, the piśācas, the gandharvas, and likewise the hosts of apsarases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.59
नरकिंनररक्षांसि वयःपशुमृगोरगान् अव्ययं च व्ययं चैव यद् इदं स्थाणुजङ्गमम् ॥
narakiṃnararakṣāṃsi vayaḥpaśumṛgoragān avyayaṃ ca vyayaṃ caiva yad idaṃ sthāṇujaṅgamam //
(He created) men, kiṃnaras, rākṣasas, birds, domestic animals, wild beasts and serpents, and the imperishable and the perishable, all this that stands still and moves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.60
तत् ससर्ज तदा ब्रह्मा भगवान् आदिकृद् विभुः तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्ट्यां प्रतिपेदिरे तान्य् एव प्रतिपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः ॥
tat sasarja tadā brahmā bhagavān ādikṛd vibhuḥ teṣāṃ ye yāni karmāṇi prāksṛṣṭyāṃ pratipedire tāny eva pratipadyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ //
That the Lord Brahmā, the primal maker, the pervading one, then created; and whatever deeds each of them had taken up in the previous creation, those very ones they take up again as they are created over and over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.61
हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्माव् ऋतानृते तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात् तत् तस्य रोचते ॥
hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāv ṛtānṛte tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāt tat tasya rocate //
The violent and the non-violent, the gentle and the cruel, righteousness and unrighteousness, truth and untruth — shaped by that (former disposition) they resort to them; therefore that pleases that (creature).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.62
इन्द्रियार्थेषु भूतेषु शरीरेषु च स प्रभुः नानात्वं विनियोगांश् च धातैवं व्यसृजत् स्वयम् ॥
indriyārtheṣu bhūteṣu śarīreṣu ca sa prabhuḥ nānātvaṃ viniyogāṃś ca dhātaivaṃ vyasṛjat svayam //
That Lord, the ordainer, himself thus sent forth the manifoldness and the (particular) applications in the objects of the senses, in the elements, and in bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.63
नामरूपं च भूतानां कृत्यानां च प्रपञ्चनम् वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ देवादीनां चकार सः ॥
nāmarūpaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ kṛtyānāṃ ca prapañcanam vedaśabdebhya evādau devādīnāṃ cakāra saḥ //
And in the beginning he made the name and form of beings, and the elaboration of their functions — of the gods and the rest — from the words of the Veda alone.
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ViP 1 5.64
ऋषीणां नामधेयानि यथा वेदश्रुतानि वै यथा नियोगयोग्यानि सर्वेषाम् अपि सो ऽकरोत् ॥
ṛṣīṇāṃ nāmadheyāni yathā vedaśrutāni vai yathā niyogayogyāni sarveṣām api so 'karot //
He made the names of the sages too, as they are heard in the Veda, and as they fitted their appointed offices, for all of them likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.65
यथर्तुष्व् ऋतुलिङ्गानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्य् एव तथा भावा युगादिषु ॥
yathartuṣv ṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye dṛśyante tāni tāny eva tathā bhāvā yugādiṣu //
As in the seasons the marks of the seasons, of various forms, are seen in their recurring turn as those same ones, so are the (created) beings at the beginnings of the ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 5.66
करोत्य् एवंविधां सृष्टिं कल्पादौ स पुनः पुनः सिसृक्षाशक्तियुक्तो ऽसौ सृज्यशक्तिप्रचोदितः ॥
karoty evaṃvidhāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kalpādau sa punaḥ punaḥ sisṛkṣāśaktiyukto 'sau sṛjyaśaktipracoditaḥ //
He makes a creation of this kind again and again at the beginning of each kalpa, joined with the power of the wish to create, and impelled by the power of what is to be created.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition