Vishnu Purana — Amsha 1 — Chapter 7
ViP 1 7.1
ततो ऽभिध्यायतस् तस्य जज्ञिरे मानसाः प्रजाः तच्छरीरसमुत्पन्नैः कार्यैस् तैः करणैः सह क्षेत्रज्ञाः समवर्तन्त गात्रेभ्यस् तस्य धीमतः ॥
tato 'bhidhyāyatas tasya jajñire mānasāḥ prajāḥ taccharīrasamutpannaiḥ kāryais taiḥ karaṇaiḥ saha kṣetrajñāḥ samavartanta gātrebhyas tasya dhīmataḥ //
Then, as he meditated, mind-born creatures were born to him; together with those effects and those instruments arisen from his body, the knowers of the field came forth from the limbs of that wise one.
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ViP 1 7.2
ते सर्वे समवर्तन्त ये मया प्राग् उदाहृताः देवाद्याः स्थावरान्ताश् च त्रैगुण्यविषये स्थिताः ॥
te sarve samavartanta ye mayā prāg udāhṛtāḥ devādyāḥ sthāvarāntāś ca traiguṇyaviṣaye sthitāḥ //
All those came forth whom I have described before, beginning with the gods and ending with immobile things, established in the domain of the three qualities.
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ViP 1 7.3
एवं भूतानि सृष्टानि चराणि स्थावराणि च ॥
evaṃ bhūtāni sṛṣṭāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca //
Thus were beings created, both moving and immobile.
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ViP 1 7.4
यदास्य ताः प्रजाः सर्वा न व्यवर्धन्त धीमतः तदान्यान् मानसान् पुत्रान् सदृशान् आत्मनो ऽसृजत् ॥
yadāsya tāḥ prajāḥ sarvā na vyavardhanta dhīmataḥ tadānyān mānasān putrān sadṛśān ātmano 'sṛjat //
When all those creatures of that wise one did not multiply, then he created other mind-born sons, like unto himself:
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ViP 1 7.5
भृगुं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् अङ्गिरसं तथा मरीचिं दक्षम् अत्रिं च वसिष्ठं चैव मानसान् ॥
bhṛguṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum aṅgirasaṃ tathā marīciṃ dakṣam atriṃ ca vasiṣṭhaṃ caiva mānasān //
Bhṛgu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Aṅgiras, Marīci, Dakṣa, Atri, and Vasiṣṭha — the mind-born ones.
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ViP 1 7.6
नव ब्रह्माण इत्य् एते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः ॥
nava brahmāṇa ity ete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ //
These are settled in the Purāṇa as the nine Brahmās.
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ViP 1 7.7
सनन्दनादयो ये च पूर्वं सृष्टास् तु वेधसा न ते लोकेष्व् असज्जन्त निरपेक्षाः प्रजासु ते ॥
sanandanādayo ye ca pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭās tu vedhasā na te lokeṣv asajjanta nirapekṣāḥ prajāsu te //
And those, Sanandana and the rest, who were created earlier by the Creator — they did not attach themselves to the worlds, being indifferent to (begetting) offspring.
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ViP 1 7.8
सर्वे ते ऽभ्यागतज्ञाना वीतरागा विमत्सराः तेष्व् एवं निरपेक्षेषु लोकसृष्टौ महात्मनः ब्रह्मणो ऽभून् महान् क्रोधस् त्रैलोक्यदहनक्षमः ॥
sarve te 'bhyāgatajñānā vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ teṣv evaṃ nirapekṣeṣu lokasṛṣṭau mahātmanaḥ brahmaṇo 'bhūn mahān krodhas trailokyadahanakṣamaḥ //
All of them had knowledge come to them (of itself), were free from passion and free from envy. When they were thus indifferent to the creation of the world, there arose in the great-souled Brahmā a great anger, able to burn up the three worlds.
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ViP 1 7.9
तस्य क्रोधसमुद्भूतं ज्वालामालाविदीपितम् ब्रह्मणो ऽभूत् तदा सर्वं त्रैलोक्यम् अखिलं मुने ॥
tasya krodhasamudbhūtaṃ jvālāmālāvidīpitam brahmaṇo 'bhūt tadā sarvaṃ trailokyam akhilaṃ mune //
Then the whole of the three worlds entire, O sage, became lit up by the garland of flames that sprang from that anger of Brahmā.
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ViP 1 7.10
भ्रुकुटीकुटिलात् तस्य ललाटात् क्रोधदीपितात् समुत्पन्नस् तदा रुद्रो मध्याह्नार्कसमप्रभः अर्धनारीनरवपुः प्रचण्डो ऽतिशरीरवान् ॥
bhrukuṭīkuṭilāt tasya lalāṭāt krodhadīpitāt samutpannas tadā rudro madhyāhnārkasamaprabhaḥ ardhanārīnaravapuḥ pracaṇḍo 'tiśarīravān //
Then from his forehead, crooked with a frown and blazing with anger, was born Rudra, of splendour equal to the midday sun, his body half woman and half man, fierce, of enormous frame.
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ViP 1 7.11
विभजात्मानम् इत्य् उक्त्वा तं ब्रह्मान्तर्दधे ततः ॥
vibhajātmānam ity uktvā taṃ brahmāntardadhe tataḥ //
Having said "Divide yourself," Brahmā then vanished (from his sight).
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ViP 1 7.12
तथोक्तो ऽसौ द्विधा स्त्रीत्वं पुरुषत्वं तथाकरोत् बिभेद पुरुषत्वं च दशधा चैकधा च सः ॥
tathokto 'sau dvidhā strītvaṃ puruṣatvaṃ tathākarot bibheda puruṣatvaṃ ca daśadhā caikadhā ca saḥ //
Thus addressed, he made himself twofold, femaleness and maleness; and he divided the maleness tenfold and onefold.
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ViP 1 7.13
सौम्यासौम्यैस् तथा शान्त(अ)शान्तैः स्त्रीत्वं च स प्रभुः बिभेद बहुधा देवः स्वरूपैर् असितैः सितैः ॥
saumyāsaumyais tathā śānta(a)śāntaiḥ strītvaṃ ca sa prabhuḥ bibheda bahudhā devaḥ svarūpair asitaiḥ sitaiḥ //
And that lord, the god, divided the femaleness in many ways, by forms gentle and ungentle, calm and uncalm, dark and white.
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ViP 1 7.14
ततो ब्रह्मात्मसंभूतं पूर्वं स्वायम्भुवं प्रभुः आत्मानम् एव कृतवान् प्राजापत्ये मनुं द्विज ॥
tato brahmātmasaṃbhūtaṃ pūrvaṃ svāyambhuvaṃ prabhuḥ ātmānam eva kṛtavān prājāpatye manuṃ dvija //
Then, O twice-born, the lord made his own self, born from himself, the former Svāyambhuva Manu, into the office of Prajāpati.
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ViP 1 7.15
शतरूपां च तां नारीं तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाम् स्वायम्भुवो मनुर् देवः पत्नीत्वे जगृहे विभुः ॥
śatarūpāṃ ca tāṃ nārīṃ taponirdhūtakalmaṣām svāyambhuvo manur devaḥ patnītve jagṛhe vibhuḥ //
And that woman Śatarūpā, whose stain had been shaken off by austerity, the god Manu Svāyambhuva, the mighty one, took as his wife.
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ViP 1 7.16
तस्माच् च पुरुषाद् देवी शतरूपा व्यजायत प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ प्रसूत्याकूतिसंज्ञितम् कन्याद्वयं च धर्मज्ञ रूपौदार्यगुणान्वितम् ॥
tasmāc ca puruṣād devī śatarūpā vyajāyata priyavratottānapādau prasūtyākūtisaṃjñitam kanyādvayaṃ ca dharmajña rūpaudāryaguṇānvitam //
And from that man the goddess Śatarūpā bore Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and two daughters named Prasūti and Ākūti, O knower of dharma, endowed with beauty, nobility and (good) qualities.
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ViP 1 7.17
ददौ प्रसूतिं दक्षाय आकूतिं रुचये पुरा प्रजापतिः स जग्राह तयोर् जज्ञे सदक्षिणः पुत्रो यज्ञो महाभाग दम्पत्योर् मिथुनं ततः ॥
dadau prasūtiṃ dakṣāya ākūtiṃ rucaye purā prajāpatiḥ sa jagrāha tayor jajñe sadakṣiṇaḥ putro yajño mahābhāga dampatyor mithunaṃ tataḥ //
Formerly the Prajāpati gave Prasūti to Dakṣa and Ākūti to Ruci, who took (her); of those two, O greatly fortunate one, was born a son, Yajña, together with Dakṣiṇā — from that married couple, a twin pair.
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ViP 1 7.18
यज्ञस्य दक्षिणायां तु पुत्रा द्वादश जज्ञिरे यामा इति समाख्याता देवाः स्वायम्भुवे मनौ ॥
yajñasya dakṣiṇāyāṃ tu putrā dvādaśa jajñire yāmā iti samākhyātā devāḥ svāyambhuve manau //
And of Yajña by Dakṣiṇā twelve sons were born, called the Yāmas, gods in the (age of) Manu Svāyambhuva.
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ViP 1 7.19
प्रसूत्यां च तथा दक्षश् चतस्रो विंशतिं तथा ससर्ज कन्यास् तासां तु सम्यङ् नामानि मे शृणु ॥
prasūtyāṃ ca tathā dakṣaś catasro viṃśatiṃ tathā sasarja kanyās tāsāṃ tu samyaṅ nāmāni me śṛṇu //
And Dakṣa likewise begot on Prasūti twenty-four daughters; hear from me their names correctly.
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ViP 1 7.20
श्रद्धा लक्ष्मीर् धृतिस् तुष्टिर् पुष्टिर् मेधा क्रिया तथा बुद्धिर् लज्जा वपुः शान्तिः सिद्धिः कीर्तिस् त्रयोदशी ॥
śraddhā lakṣmīr dhṛtis tuṣṭir puṣṭir medhā kriyā tathā buddhir lajjā vapuḥ śāntiḥ siddhiḥ kīrtis trayodaśī //
Śraddhā, Lakṣmī, Dhṛti, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, Medhā, and Kriyā, Buddhi, Lajjā, Vapus, Śānti, Siddhi, and Kīrti as the thirteenth —
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ViP 1 7.21
पत्न्यर्थं प्रतिजग्राह धर्मो दाक्षायणीः प्रभुः ताभ्यः शिष्टा यवीयस्य एकादश सुलोचनाः ॥
patnyarthaṃ pratijagrāha dharmo dākṣāyaṇīḥ prabhuḥ tābhyaḥ śiṣṭā yavīyasya ekādaśa sulocanāḥ //
these daughters of Dakṣa the lord Dharma took as wives; the remaining eleven, younger and fair-eyed, (were):
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ViP 1 7.22
ख्यातिः सत्य् अथ संभूतिः स्मृतिः प्रीतिः क्षमा तथा सन्नतिश् चानसूया च ऊर्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तथा ॥
khyātiḥ saty atha saṃbhūtiḥ smṛtiḥ prītiḥ kṣamā tathā sannatiś cānasūyā ca ūrjā svāhā svadhā tathā //
Khyāti, Sati, then Saṃbhūti, Smṛti, Prīti, Kṣamā, and Sannati, and Anasūyā, Ūrjā, Svāhā, and Svadhā.
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ViP 1 7.23
भृगुर् भवो मरीचिश् च तथा चैवाङ्गिरा मुनिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहश् चैव क्रतुश् चर्षिवरस् तथा ॥
bhṛgur bhavo marīciś ca tathā caivāṅgirā muniḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaś caiva kratuś carṣivaras tathā //
Bhṛgu, Bhava, Marīci, and the sage Aṅgiras, Pulastya and Pulaha, and Kratu, best of seers,
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ViP 1 7.24
अत्रिर् वसिष्ठो वह्निश् च पितरश् च यथाक्रमम् ख्यात्याद्या जगृहुः कन्या मुनयो मुनिसत्तम ॥
atrir vasiṣṭho vahniś ca pitaraś ca yathākramam khyātyādyā jagṛhuḥ kanyā munayo munisattama //
Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Vahni, and the ancestors — in order these sages took the daughters beginning with Khyāti, O best of sages.
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ViP 1 7.25
श्रद्धा कामं चला दर्पं नियमं धृतिर् आत्मजम् संतोषं च तथा तुष्टिर् लोभं पुष्टिर् असूयत ॥
śraddhā kāmaṃ calā darpaṃ niyamaṃ dhṛtir ātmajam saṃtoṣaṃ ca tathā tuṣṭir lobhaṃ puṣṭir asūyata //
Śraddhā bore Kāma, Calā bore Darpa, Dhṛti bore a son Niyama, Tuṣṭi bore Saṃtoṣa, and Puṣṭi bore Lobha.
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ViP 1 7.26
मेधा श्रुतं क्रिया दण्डं नयं विनयम् एव च बोधं बुद्धिस् तथा लज्जा विनयं वपुर् आत्मजम् व्यवसायं प्रजज्ञे वै क्षेमं शान्तिर् असूयत ॥
medhā śrutaṃ kriyā daṇḍaṃ nayaṃ vinayam eva ca bodhaṃ buddhis tathā lajjā vinayaṃ vapur ātmajam vyavasāyaṃ prajajñe vai kṣemaṃ śāntir asūyata //
Medhā (bore) Śruta; Kriyā (bore) Daṇḍa, Naya and Vinaya; Buddhi (bore) Bodha; Lajjā (bore) Vinaya; Vapus bore a son Vyavasāya; Śānti bore Kṣema.
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ViP 1 7.27
सुखं सिद्धिर् यशः कीर्तिर् इत्य् एते धर्मसूनवः कामाद् रतिः सुतं हर्षं धर्मपौत्रम् असूयत ॥
sukhaṃ siddhir yaśaḥ kīrtir ity ete dharmasūnavaḥ kāmād ratiḥ sutaṃ harṣaṃ dharmapautram asūyata //
Siddhi (bore) Sukha, Kīrti (bore) Yaśas — these are the sons of Dharma; and from Kāma, Rati bore a son Harṣa, Dharma's grandson.
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ViP 1 7.28
हिंसा भार्या त्व् अधर्मस्य तयोर् जज्ञे तथानृतम् कन्या च निकृतिस् ताभ्यां भयं नरकम् एव च ॥
hiṃsā bhāryā tv adharmasya tayor jajñe tathānṛtam kanyā ca nikṛtis tābhyāṃ bhayaṃ narakam eva ca //
But Hiṃsā was the wife of Adharma; of those two was born Anṛta, and a daughter Nikṛti; from those two came Bhaya and Naraka.
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ViP 1 7.29
माया च वेदना चैव मिथुनं त्व् इदम् एतयोः तयोर् जज्ञे ऽथ वै माया मृत्युं भूतापहारिणम् ॥
māyā ca vedanā caiva mithunaṃ tv idam etayoḥ tayor jajñe 'tha vai māyā mṛtyuṃ bhūtāpahāriṇam //
And Māyā and Vedanā — this was the twin pair of those two; and then of those two Māyā bore Mṛtyu, the carrier-off of beings.
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ViP 1 7.30
वेदना स्वसुतं चापि दुःखं जज्ञे ऽथ रौरवात् मृत्योर् व्याधिजराशोकतृष्णाक्रोधाश् च जज्ञिरे ॥
vedanā svasutaṃ cāpi duḥkhaṃ jajñe 'tha rauravāt mṛtyor vyādhijarāśokatṛṣṇākrodhāś ca jajñire //
And Vedanā bore her own son Duḥkha from Raurava; and from Mṛtyu were born Vyādhi, Jarā, Śoka, Tṛṣṇā and Krodha.
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ViP 1 7.31
दुःखोत्तराः स्मृता ह्य् एते सर्वे चाधर्मलक्षणाः नैषां भार्यास्ति पुत्रो वा ते सर्वे ह्य् ऊर्ध्वरेतसः ॥
duḥkhottarāḥ smṛtā hy ete sarve cādharmalakṣaṇāḥ naiṣāṃ bhāryāsti putro vā te sarve hy ūrdhvaretasaḥ //
All these are held to have sorrow as their sequel, and all bear the mark of unrighteousness; none of them has a wife or a son — they are all celibate, their seed drawn upward.
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ViP 1 7.32
रौद्राण्य् एतानि रूपाणि विष्णोर् मुनिवरात्मज नित्यप्रलयहेतुत्वं जगतो ऽस्य प्रयान्ति वै ॥
raudrāṇy etāni rūpāṇi viṣṇor munivarātmaja nityapralayahetutvaṃ jagato 'sya prayānti vai //
These are the terrible forms of Viṣṇu, O son of the best of sages; they attain the condition of being the cause of the perpetual dissolution of this world.
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ViP 1 7.33
दक्षो मरीचिर् अत्रिश् च भृग्वाद्याश् च प्रजेश्वराः जगत्य् अत्र महाभाग नित्यं सर्गस्य हेतवः ॥
dakṣo marīcir atriś ca bhṛgvādyāś ca prajeśvarāḥ jagaty atra mahābhāga nityaṃ sargasya hetavaḥ //
Dakṣa, Marīci, Atri, Bhṛgu and the other lords of creatures are, O greatly fortunate one, the perpetual causes of creation in this world.
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ViP 1 7.34
मनवो मनुपुत्राश् च भूपा वीर्यधराश् च ये सन्मार्गाभिरताः शूरास् ते नित्यं स्थितिकारिणः ॥
manavo manuputrāś ca bhūpā vīryadharāś ca ye sanmārgābhiratāḥ śūrās te nityaṃ sthitikāriṇaḥ //
The Manus and the sons of the Manus, and those kings who possess valour, heroes devoted to the good path — they are the perpetual maintainers.
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ViP 1 7.35
येयं नित्यस्थितिर् ब्रह्मन् नित्यसर्गस् तथेरितः नित्याभावश् च तेषां वै स्वरूपं मम कथ्यताम् ॥
yeyaṃ nityasthitir brahman nityasargas tatheritaḥ nityābhāvaś ca teṣāṃ vai svarūpaṃ mama kathyatām //
This perpetual maintenance, O brahmin, and the perpetual creation likewise spoken of, and the perpetual dissolution — let their nature be told to me.
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ViP 1 7.36
सर्गस्थितिविनाशांश् च भगवान् मधुसूदनः तैस् तै रूपैर् अचिन्त्यात्मा करोत्य् अव्याहतान् विभुः ॥
sargasthitivināśāṃś ca bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ tais tai rūpair acintyātmā karoty avyāhatān vibhuḥ //
And the Lord, the slayer of Madhu, whose self is unthinkable, the all-pervading one, brings about, by those several forms, creation, maintenance and destruction unobstructed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 7.37
नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिकस् तथैवात्यन्तिको द्विज नित्यश् च सर्वभूतानां प्रलयो ऽयं चतुर्विधः ॥
naimittikaḥ prākṛtikas tathaivātyantiko dvija nityaś ca sarvabhūtānāṃ pralayo 'yaṃ caturvidhaḥ //
Occasional, elemental (of prakṛti), and likewise final, O twice-born, and perpetual — this dissolution of all beings is of four kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 7.38
ब्राह्मो नैमित्तिकस् तत्र यच् छेते जगतः पतिः प्रयाति प्राकृते चैव ब्रह्माण्डं प्रकृतौ लयम् ॥
brāhmo naimittikas tatra yac chete jagataḥ patiḥ prayāti prākṛte caiva brahmāṇḍaṃ prakṛtau layam //
Of these the occasional is the Brāhma one, in which the Lord of the world sleeps; and in the prākṛta the egg of Brahmā goes to dissolution in prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 7.39
ज्ञानाद् आत्यन्तिकः प्रोक्तो योगिनः परमात्मनि नित्यः सदैव जातानां यो विनाशो दिवानिशम् ॥
jñānād ātyantikaḥ prokto yoginaḥ paramātmani nityaḥ sadaiva jātānāṃ yo vināśo divāniśam //
The final is said to come from knowledge, for the yogin (who merges) in the supreme Self; the perpetual is that destruction of things born which goes on always, day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 7.40
प्रसूतिः प्रकृतेर् या तु सा सृष्टिः प्राकृता स्मृता दैनंदिनी तथा प्रोक्ता यान्तरप्रलयाद् अनु ॥
prasūtiḥ prakṛter yā tu sā sṛṣṭiḥ prākṛtā smṛtā dainaṃdinī tathā proktā yāntarapralayād anu //
But the bringing forth that proceeds from prakṛti — that is remembered as the prākṛta creation; and that which follows upon the intermediate dissolution is called the daily one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 7.41
भूतान्य् अनुदिनं यत्र जायन्ते मुनिसत्तम नित्यसर्गो हि स प्रोक्तः पुराणार्थविचक्षणैः ॥
bhūtāny anudinaṃ yatra jāyante munisattama nityasargo hi sa proktaḥ purāṇārthavicakṣaṇaiḥ //
That in which beings are born day after day, O best of sages, is indeed called the perpetual creation by those skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 7.42
एवं सर्वशरीरेषु भगवान् भूतभावनः संस्थितः कुरुते विष्णुर् उत्पत्तिस्थितिसंयमान् ॥
evaṃ sarvaśarīreṣu bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ saṃsthitaḥ kurute viṣṇur utpattisthitisaṃyamān //
Thus the Lord Viṣṇu, the bringer-into-being of creatures, abiding in all bodies, effects origination, maintenance and dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 7.43
सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानां शक्तयः सर्वदेहिषु वैष्णव्यः परिवर्तन्ते मैत्रेयाहर्निशं सदा ॥
sṛṣṭisthitivināśānāṃ śaktayaḥ sarvadehiṣu vaiṣṇavyaḥ parivartante maitreyāharniśaṃ sadā //
The powers of Viṣṇu, of creation, maintenance and destruction, revolve in all embodied beings, Maitreya, always, day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 1 7.44
गुणत्रयमयं ह्य् एतद् ब्रह्मञ् छक्तित्रयं महत् यो ऽतियाति स यात्य् एव परं नावर्तते पुनः ॥
guṇatrayamayaṃ hy etad brahmañ chaktitrayaṃ mahat yo 'tiyāti sa yāty eva paraṃ nāvartate punaḥ //
This great triad of powers, O brahmin, consists of the three qualities; he who goes beyond it goes indeed to the supreme, and does not return again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition