Vishnu Purana — Amsha 2 — Chapter 8
ViP 2 8.1
व्याख्यातम् एतद् ब्रह्माण्डसंस्थानं तव सुव्रत ततः प्रमाणसंस्थाने सूर्यादीनां शृणुष्व मे ॥
vyākhyātam etad brahmāṇḍasaṃsthānaṃ tava suvrata tataḥ pramāṇasaṃsthāne sūryādīnāṃ śṛṇuṣva me //
This arrangement of the world-egg has been explained to you, O you of good vows; now hear from me about the measures and positions of the sun and the other (heavenly bodies).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.2
योजनानां सहस्राणि भास्करस्य रथो नव ईषादण्डस् तथैवास्य द्विगुणो मुनिसत्तम ॥
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi bhāskarasya ratho nava īṣādaṇḍas tathaivāsya dviguṇo munisattama //
The chariot of the sun is nine thousand yojanas (across), and its pole-shaft is twice as much, O best of sages.
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ViP 2 8.3
सार्धकोटिस् तथा सप्त नियुतान्य् अधिकानि वै योजनानां तु तस्याक्षस् तत्र चक्रं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
sārdhakoṭis tathā sapta niyutāny adhikāni vai yojanānāṃ tu tasyākṣas tatra cakraṃ pratiṣṭhitam //
Its axle is a crore and a half plus seven hundred thousand yojanas more; upon it the wheel is fixed.
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ViP 2 8.4
त्रिनाभिमति पञ्चारे षण्णेमिन्य् अक्षयात्मके संवत्सरमये कृत्स्नं कालचक्रं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
trinābhimati pañcāre ṣaṇṇeminy akṣayātmake saṃvatsaramaye kṛtsnaṃ kālacakraṃ pratiṣṭhitam //
On (that wheel), which has three naves, five spokes and six felloes, which is imperishable in nature and made of the year, the whole wheel of time is established.
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ViP 2 8.5
चत्वारिंशत् सहस्राणि द्वितीयो ऽक्षो विवस्वतः पञ्चान्यानि तु सार्धानि स्यन्दनस्य महामते ॥
catvāriṃśat sahasrāṇi dvitīyo 'kṣo vivasvataḥ pañcānyāni tu sārdhāni syandanasya mahāmate //
The second axle of Vivasvat is forty thousand (yojanas), and another five thousand five hundred of the chariot, O greatly wise one.
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ViP 2 8.6
अक्षप्रमाणम् उभयोः प्रमाणं तद्युगार्धयोः ह्रस्वो ऽक्षस् तद्युगार्धं च ध्रुवाधारो रथस्य वै द्वितीये ऽक्षे तु तच् चक्रं संस्थितं मानसाचले ॥
akṣapramāṇam ubhayoḥ pramāṇaṃ tadyugārdhayoḥ hrasvo 'kṣas tadyugārdhaṃ ca dhruvādhāro rathasya vai dvitīye 'kṣe tu tac cakraṃ saṃsthitaṃ mānasācale //
The measure of the two axles is the measure of the two halves of the yoke belonging to them; the short axle together with its half-yoke rests upon Dhruva as the chariot's support; and that wheel is set on the second axle upon the Mānasa mountain.
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ViP 2 8.7
हयाश् च सप्त छन्दांसि तेषां नामानि मे शृणु गायत्री च बृहत्य् उष्णिग् जगती त्रिष्टुब् एव च अनुष्टुप् पङ्क्तिर् इत्य् उक्ताश् छन्दांसि हरयो रवेः ॥
hayāś ca sapta chandāṃsi teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu gāyatrī ca bṛhaty uṣṇig jagatī triṣṭub eva ca anuṣṭup paṅktir ity uktāś chandāṃsi harayo raveḥ //
And the seven horses are the metres; hear from me their names: Gāyatrī, Bṛhatī, Uṣṇih, Jagatī and Triṣṭubh, Anuṣṭubh and Paṅkti — thus are named the metres, the horses of the sun.
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ViP 2 8.8
मानसोत्तरशैले तु पूर्वतो वासवी पुरी दक्षिणेन यमस्यान्या प्रतीच्यां वरुणस्य च उत्तरेण च सोमस्य तासां नामानि मे शृणु ॥
mānasottaraśaile tu pūrvato vāsavī purī dakṣiṇena yamasyānyā pratīcyāṃ varuṇasya ca uttareṇa ca somasya tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu //
On the Mānasottara mountain, on the east, is the city of Indra; on the south another, of Yama; in the west, of Varuṇa; and in the north, of Soma. Hear from me their names.
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ViP 2 8.9
वस्वोकसारा शक्रस्य याम्या संयमनी तथा पुरी सुखा जलेशस्य सोमस्य च विभावरी ॥
vasvokasārā śakrasya yāmyā saṃyamanī tathā purī sukhā jaleśasya somasya ca vibhāvarī //
Vasvokasārā is Śakra's; Saṃyamanī the southern one, of Yama; Sukhā the city of the lord of waters; and Vibhāvarī of Soma.
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ViP 2 8.10
काष्ठां गतो दक्षिणतः क्षिप्तेषुर् इव सर्पति मैत्रेय भगवान् भानुर् ज्योतिषां चक्रसंयुतः ॥
kāṣṭhāṃ gato dakṣiṇataḥ kṣipteṣur iva sarpati maitreya bhagavān bhānur jyotiṣāṃ cakrasaṃyutaḥ //
Having reached the southern point, the lord sun moves like an arrow shot forth, O Maitreya, joined with the circle of the luminaries.
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ViP 2 8.11
अहोरात्रव्यवस्थानकारणं भगवान् रविः देवयानः परः पन्था योगिनां क्लेशसंक्षये ॥
ahorātravyavasthānakāraṇaṃ bhagavān raviḥ devayānaḥ paraḥ panthā yogināṃ kleśasaṃkṣaye //
The lord sun is the cause of the ordering of day and night; he is the highest path, the way of the gods, for yogins when their afflictions are destroyed.
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ViP 2 8.12
दिवसस्य रविर् मध्ये सर्वकालं व्यवस्थितः सर्वद्वीपेषु मैत्रेय निशार्धस्य च संमुखः ॥
divasasya ravir madhye sarvakālaṃ vyavasthitaḥ sarvadvīpeṣu maitreya niśārdhasya ca saṃmukhaḥ //
The sun stands at all times at the midpoint of day and, facing (that), at the midpoint of night, in all the continents, O Maitreya.
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ViP 2 8.13
उदयास्तमने चैव सर्वकालं तु संमुखे दिशास्व् अशेषासु तथा मैत्रेय विदिशासु च ॥
udayāstamane caiva sarvakālaṃ tu saṃmukhe diśāsv aśeṣāsu tathā maitreya vidiśāsu ca //
And rising and setting are at all times facing one another, and likewise, O Maitreya, in all the directions and the intermediate directions.
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ViP 2 8.14
यैर् यत्र दृश्यते भास्वान् स तेषाम् उदयः स्मृतः तिरोभावं च यत्रैति तत्रैवास्तमनं रवेः ॥
yair yatra dṛśyate bhāsvān sa teṣām udayaḥ smṛtaḥ tirobhāvaṃ ca yatraiti tatraivāstamanaṃ raveḥ //
By whomever, and where, the shining one is seen, that is reckoned their sunrise; and where he goes to disappearance, there is the setting of the sun.
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ViP 2 8.15
नैवास्तमनम् अर्कस्य नोदयः सर्वदा सतः उदयास्तमनाख्यं हि दर्शनादर्शनं रवेः ॥
naivāstamanam arkasya nodayaḥ sarvadā sataḥ udayāstamanākhyaṃ hi darśanādarśanaṃ raveḥ //
There is really no setting of the sun, nor any rising, since he exists always; what is called rising and setting is (merely) the seeing and not-seeing of the sun.
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ViP 2 8.16
शक्रादीनां पुरे तिष्ठन् स्पृशत्य् एष पुरत्रयम् विकर्णौ द्वौ विकर्णस्थस् त्रीन् कोणान् द्वे पुरे तथा ॥
śakrādīnāṃ pure tiṣṭhan spṛśaty eṣa puratrayam vikarṇau dvau vikarṇasthas trīn koṇān dve pure tathā //
Standing over the city of Śakra and the others, he touches three cities and two intermediate points; standing at an intermediate point, three corners and two cities.
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ViP 2 8.17
उदितो वर्धमानाभिर् आमध्याह्नात् तपन् रविः ततः परं ह्रसन्तीभिर् गोभिर् अस्तं नियच्छति ॥
udito vardhamānābhir āmadhyāhnāt tapan raviḥ tataḥ paraṃ hrasantībhir gobhir astaṃ niyacchati //
Having risen, the sun burns with increasing rays until midday; after that, with diminishing rays, he brings on his setting.
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ViP 2 8.18
उदयास्तमनाभ्यां च स्मृते पूर्वापरे दिशौ यावत् पुरस्तात् तपति तावत् पृष्ठे च पार्श्वयोः ॥
udayāstamanābhyāṃ ca smṛte pūrvāpare diśau yāvat purastāt tapati tāvat pṛṣṭhe ca pārśvayoḥ //
By the rising and the setting the eastern and western directions are reckoned; and as far as he burns in front, so far also behind and on the two sides.
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ViP 2 8.19
ऋते ऽमरगिरेर् मेरोर् उपरि ब्रह्मणः सभाम् ये ये मरीचयो ऽर्कस्य प्रयान्ति ब्रह्मणः सभाम् ते ते निरस्तास् तद्भासा प्रतीपम् उपयान्ति वै ॥
ṛte 'maragirer meror upari brahmaṇaḥ sabhām ye ye marīcayo 'rkasya prayānti brahmaṇaḥ sabhām te te nirastās tadbhāsā pratīpam upayānti vai //
Except above Meru, the mountain of the immortals, (where is) the assembly hall of Brahmā: whatever rays of the sun go toward Brahmā's hall, those, driven back by its radiance, turn back the other way.
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ViP 2 8.20
तस्माद् दिश्य् उत्तरस्यां वै दिवारात्रिः सदैव हि सर्वेषां द्वीपवर्षाणां मेरुर् उत्तरतो यतः ॥
tasmād diśy uttarasyāṃ vai divārātriḥ sadaiva hi sarveṣāṃ dvīpavarṣāṇāṃ merur uttarato yataḥ //
Therefore in the northern direction there is always day and night alike, since Meru lies to the north of all the continents and regions.
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ViP 2 8.21
प्रभा विवस्वतो रात्राव् अस्तं गच्छति भास्करे विशत्य् अग्निम् अतो रात्रौ वह्निर् दूरात् प्रकाशते ॥
prabhā vivasvato rātrāv astaṃ gacchati bhāskare viśaty agnim ato rātrau vahnir dūrāt prakāśate //
At night, when the sun has set, the sun's light enters fire; therefore at night fire shines from afar.
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ViP 2 8.22
वह्निपादस् तथा भानुं दिनेष्व् आविशति द्विज अतीव वह्निसंयोगाद् अतः सूर्यः प्रकाशते ॥
vahnipādas tathā bhānuṃ dineṣv āviśati dvija atīva vahnisaṃyogād ataḥ sūryaḥ prakāśate //
Likewise a portion of fire enters the sun by day, O twice-born; hence, from its intense conjunction with fire, the sun shines.
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ViP 2 8.23
तेजसी भास्कराग्नेये प्रकाशोष्णस्वरूपिणी परस्परानुप्रवेशाद् आप्यायेते दिवानिशम् ॥
tejasī bhāskarāgneye prakāśoṣṇasvarūpiṇī parasparānupraveśād āpyāyete divāniśam //
The two fiery powers, the sun's and the fire's, having the natures of light and heat, nourish each other by mutual entering, day and night.
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ViP 2 8.24
दक्षिणोत्तरभूम्यर्धे समुत्तिष्ठति भास्करे अहोरात्रं विशत्य् अम्भस् तमःप्राकाश्यशीलवत् ॥
dakṣiṇottarabhūmyardhe samuttiṣṭhati bhāskare ahorātraṃ viśaty ambhas tamaḥprākāśyaśīlavat //
When the sun rises in the southern and northern halves of the earth, day and night enter the water, which takes on the character of darkness and of brightness (respectively).
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ViP 2 8.25
आताम्रा हि भवन्त्य् आपो दिवा नक्तप्रवेशनात् दिनं विशति चैवाम्भो भास्करे ऽस्तम् उपागते तस्माच् छुक्लीभवन्त्य् आपो नक्तम् अह्नः प्रवेशनात् ॥
ātāmrā hi bhavanty āpo divā naktapraveśanāt dinaṃ viśati caivāmbho bhāskare 'stam upāgate tasmāc chuklībhavanty āpo naktam ahnaḥ praveśanāt //
For the waters become coppery-red by day, because night has entered them; and the day enters the water when the sun has gone to its setting — therefore the waters become white at night, from the entering of the day.
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ViP 2 8.26
एवं पुष्करमध्ये तु यदा याति दिवाकरः त्रिंशद्भागं तु मेदिन्यास् तदा मौहूर्तिकी गतिः ॥
evaṃ puṣkaramadhye tu yadā yāti divākaraḥ triṃśadbhāgaṃ tu medinyās tadā mauhūrtikī gatiḥ //
Thus, when the sun goes in the middle of Puṣkara (-dvīpa), it (traverses) a thirtieth part of the earth; that is its motion in one muhūrta.
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ViP 2 8.27
कुलालचक्रपर्यन्तो भ्रमन्न् एष दिवाकरः करोत्य् अहस् तथा रात्रिं विमुञ्चन् मेदिनीं द्विज ॥
kulālacakraparyanto bhramann eṣa divākaraḥ karoty ahas tathā rātriṃ vimuñcan medinīṃ dvija //
Revolving like the rim of a potter's wheel, this sun makes day and likewise night, as it leaves the earth (behind), O twice-born.
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ViP 2 8.28
अयनस्योत्तरस्यादौ मकरं याति भास्करः ततः कुम्भं च मीनं च राशे राश्यन्तरं द्विज ॥
ayanasyottarasyādau makaraṃ yāti bhāskaraḥ tataḥ kumbhaṃ ca mīnaṃ ca rāśe rāśyantaraṃ dvija //
At the beginning of the northern course the sun goes to Capricorn, then to Aquarius and to Pisces, from one sign to the next sign, O twice-born.
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ViP 2 8.29
त्रिष्व् एतेष्व् अथ भुक्तेषु ततो वैषुवतीं गतिम् प्रयाति सविता कुर्वन्न् अहोरात्रं ततः समम् ॥
triṣv eteṣv atha bhukteṣu tato vaiṣuvatīṃ gatim prayāti savitā kurvann ahorātraṃ tataḥ samam //
Then, when these three have been passed through, the sun goes on to the equinoctial course, thereby making day and night equal.
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ViP 2 8.30
ततो रात्रिः क्षयं याति वर्धते ऽनुदिनं दिनम् ॥
tato rātriḥ kṣayaṃ yāti vardhate 'nudinaṃ dinam //
Thereafter the night goes to decrease, and the day grows longer each day.
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ViP 2 8.31
ततश् च मिथुनस्यान्ते परां काष्ठाम् उपागतः राशिं कर्कटकं प्राप्य कुरुते दक्षिणायनम् ॥
tataś ca mithunasyānte parāṃ kāṣṭhām upāgataḥ rāśiṃ karkaṭakaṃ prāpya kurute dakṣiṇāyanam //
And then, at the end of Gemini, having reached the farthest limit, and reaching the sign Cancer, it makes the southern course.
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ViP 2 8.32
कुलालचक्रपर्यन्तो यथा शीघ्रं प्रवर्तते दक्षिणे प्रक्रमे सूर्यस् तथा शीघ्रं प्रवर्तते ॥
kulālacakraparyanto yathā śīghraṃ pravartate dakṣiṇe prakrame sūryas tathā śīghraṃ pravartate //
As the rim of a potter's wheel turns swiftly, so the sun moves swiftly in the southern progress.
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ViP 2 8.33
अतिवेगितया कालं वायुवेगगतिश् चरन् तस्मात् प्रकृष्टां भूमिं तु कालेनाल्पेन गच्छति ॥
ativegitayā kālaṃ vāyuvegagatiś caran tasmāt prakṛṣṭāṃ bhūmiṃ tu kālenālpena gacchati //
Moving with the speed of the wind because of its extreme swiftness, it therefore traverses a great extent of ground in a short time.
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ViP 2 8.34
सूर्यो द्वादशभिः शैघ्र्यान् मुहूर्तैर् दक्षिणायने त्रयोदशार्धम् ऋक्षाणाम् अह्ना तु चरते द्विज मुहूर्तैस् तावदृक्षाणि नक्तम् अष्टादशैश् चरन् ॥
sūryo dvādaśabhiḥ śaighryān muhūrtair dakṣiṇāyane trayodaśārdham ṛkṣāṇām ahnā tu carate dvija muhūrtais tāvadṛkṣāṇi naktam aṣṭādaśaiś caran //
In the southern course, because of its swiftness, the sun traverses thirteen and a half of the lunar mansions in twelve muhūrtas by day, O twice-born, while at night it traverses the same number of mansions in eighteen muhūrtas.
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ViP 2 8.35
कुलालचक्रमध्यस्थो यथा मन्दं प्रसर्पति तथोदगयने सूर्यः सर्पते मन्दविक्रमः ॥
kulālacakramadhyastho yathā mandaṃ prasarpati tathodagayane sūryaḥ sarpate mandavikramaḥ //
As one placed at the centre of a potter's wheel moves slowly, so in the northern course the sun moves with slow pace.
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ViP 2 8.36
तस्माद् दीर्घेण कालेन भूमिम् अल्पां तु गच्छति अष्टादशमुहूर्तं यद् उत्तरायणपश्चिमम् ॥
tasmād dīrgheṇa kālena bhūmim alpāṃ tu gacchati aṣṭādaśamuhūrtaṃ yad uttarāyaṇapaścimam //
Therefore it covers little ground in a long time; that (day) of eighteen muhūrtas which is the last of the northern course —
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ViP 2 8.37
अहर् भवति तत्रापि चरते मन्दविक्रमः ॥
ahar bhavati tatrāpi carate mandavikramaḥ //
— becomes the day; there too it moves with slow pace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 8.38
त्रयोदशार्धम् अह्नैव ऋक्षाणां चरते रविः मुहूर्तैस् तावदृक्षाणि रात्रौ द्वादशभिश् चरन् ॥
trayodaśārdham ahnaiva ṛkṣāṇāṃ carate raviḥ muhūrtais tāvadṛkṣāṇi rātrau dvādaśabhiś caran //
The sun traverses thirteen and a half of the lunar mansions by day alone, while at night it traverses the same number of mansions in twelve muhūrtas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.39
अधो मन्दतरं नाभ्यां चक्रं भ्रमति वै यथा मृत्पिण्ड इव मध्यस्थो ध्रुवो भ्रमति वै तथा ॥
adho mandataraṃ nābhyāṃ cakraṃ bhramati vai yathā mṛtpiṇḍa iva madhyastho dhruvo bhramati vai tathā //
As the wheel turns more slowly below, at the hub, and like a lump of clay standing at the centre, so indeed does the pole star turn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.40
कुलालचक्रनाभिस् तु यथा तत्रैव वर्तते ध्रुवस् तथा हि मैत्रेय तत्रैव परिवर्तते ॥
kulālacakranābhis tu yathā tatraiva vartate dhruvas tathā hi maitreya tatraiva parivartate //
But as the hub of a potter's wheel turns in that very place, so, Maitreya, the pole star revolves in that very place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.41
उभयोः काष्ठयोर् मध्ये भ्रमतो मण्डलानि च दिवा नक्तं च सूर्यस्य मन्दा शीघ्रा च वै गतिः ॥
ubhayoḥ kāṣṭhayor madhye bhramato maṇḍalāni ca divā naktaṃ ca sūryasya mandā śīghrā ca vai gatiḥ //
And as (the sun) revolves in its circles between the two limits, its motion is by day and by night now slow and now swift.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.42
मन्दाह्नि यस्मिन्न् अयने शीघ्रा नक्तं तदा गतिः शीघ्रा निशि यदा चास्य तदा मन्दा दिवा गतिः ॥
mandāhni yasminn ayane śīghrā naktaṃ tadā gatiḥ śīghrā niśi yadā cāsya tadā mandā divā gatiḥ //
In whichever course its motion is slow by day, then it is swift at night; and when its motion is swift at night, then its motion by day is slow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.43
एकप्रमाणम् एवैष मार्गं याति दिवाकरः अहोरात्रेण यो भुङ्क्ते समस्ता राशयो द्विज ॥
ekapramāṇam evaiṣa mārgaṃ yāti divākaraḥ ahorātreṇa yo bhuṅkte samastā rāśayo dvija //
This sun travels his path by a single measure alone, he who in a day and night passes through all the zodiacal signs, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.44
षड् एव राशयो भुङ्क्ते रात्राव् अन्यांश् च षड् दिवा ॥
ṣaḍ eva rāśayo bhuṅkte rātrāv anyāṃś ca ṣaḍ divā //
Six signs he traverses by night and the other six by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.45
राशिप्रमाणजनिता दीर्घह्रस्वात्मता दिने तथा निशायां राशीनां प्रमाणैर् लघुदीर्घता ॥
rāśipramāṇajanitā dīrghahrasvātmatā dine tathā niśāyāṃ rāśīnāṃ pramāṇair laghudīrghatā //
The being long or short in the day is produced by the measure of the signs; likewise in the night, the shortness or length (arises) from the measures of the signs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.46
दिनादेर् दीर्घह्रस्वत्वं तद्भोगेनैव जायते उत्तरे प्रक्रमे शीघ्रा निशि मन्दा गतिर् दिवा ॥
dināder dīrghahrasvatvaṃ tadbhogenaiva jāyate uttare prakrame śīghrā niśi mandā gatir divā //
The length or shortness of the day and so forth arises just from his traversing of them; in the northern course his motion is fast by night and slow by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.47
दक्षिणे त्व् अयने चैव विपरीता विवस्वतः ॥
dakṣiṇe tv ayane caiva viparītā vivasvataḥ //
But in the southern course (the motion) of the sun is the reverse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.48
उषा रात्रिः समाख्याता व्युष्टिश् चाप्य् उच्यते दिनम् प्रोच्यते च तथा संध्या उषाव्युष्ट्योर् यद् अन्तरम् ॥
uṣā rātriḥ samākhyātā vyuṣṭiś cāpy ucyate dinam procyate ca tathā saṃdhyā uṣāvyuṣṭyor yad antaram //
Uṣā is declared to be the night, and vyuṣṭi is called the day; and what lies between uṣā and vyuṣṭi is called saṃdhyā (twilight).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.49
संध्याकाले तु संप्राप्ते रौद्रे परमदारुणे मन्देहा राक्षसा घोराः सूर्यम् इच्छन्ति खादितुम् ॥
saṃdhyākāle tu saṃprāpte raudre paramadāruṇe mandehā rākṣasā ghorāḥ sūryam icchanti khāditum //
But when the twilight time has come, terrible and utterly dreadful, the frightful rākṣasas called Mandehas wish to devour the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.50
प्रजापतिकृतः शापस् तेषां मैत्रेय रक्षसाम् अक्षयत्वं शरीराणां मरणं च दिने दिने ॥
prajāpatikṛtaḥ śāpas teṣāṃ maitreya rakṣasām akṣayatvaṃ śarīrāṇāṃ maraṇaṃ ca dine dine //
For those rākṣasas, Maitreya, there is a curse made by Prajāpati: indestructibility of their bodies, and death day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.51
ततः सूर्यस्य तैर् युद्धं भवत्य् अत्यन्तदारुणम् ततो द्विजोत्तमास् तोयं यत् क्षिपन्ति महामुने ॥
tataḥ sūryasya tair yuddhaṃ bhavaty atyantadāruṇam tato dvijottamās toyaṃ yat kṣipanti mahāmune //
Then there is an exceedingly dreadful battle of theirs with the sun; then, great sage, the water which the best of the twice-born throw—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.52
ॐकारब्रह्मसंयुक्तं गायत्र्या चाभिमन्त्रितम् तेन दह्यन्ति ते पापा वज्रीभूतेन वारिणा ॥
oṃkārabrahmasaṃyuktaṃ gāyatryā cābhimantritam tena dahyanti te pāpā vajrībhūtena vāriṇā //
joined with the syllable Oṃ, with brahman, and consecrated with the Gāyatrī—by that water, become a thunderbolt, those evil ones are burned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.53
अग्निहोत्रे हूयते या समन्त्रा प्रथमाहुतिः सूर्यो ज्योतिः सहस्रांशुस् तया दीप्यति भास्करः ॥
agnihotre hūyate yā samantrā prathamāhutiḥ sūryo jyotiḥ sahasrāṃśus tayā dīpyati bhāskaraḥ //
The first oblation, accompanied by the mantra, which is offered in the agnihotra—'the sun is light, the thousand-rayed'—by that the sun blazes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.54
ॐकारो भगवान् विष्णुस् त्रिधामा वचसां पतिः तदुच्चारणतस् ते तु विनाशं यान्ति राक्षसाः ॥
oṃkāro bhagavān viṣṇus tridhāmā vacasāṃ patiḥ taduccāraṇatas te tu vināśaṃ yānti rākṣasāḥ //
The syllable Oṃ is the Lord Viṣṇu, having three abodes, the lord of words; by its utterance those rākṣasas go to destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.55
वैष्णवो ऽंशः परः सूर्यो यो ऽन्तर्ज्योतिर् असंप्लवम् अभिधायक ॐकारस् तस्य स प्रेरकः परः ॥
vaiṣṇavo 'ṃśaḥ paraḥ sūryo yo 'ntarjyotir asaṃplavam abhidhāyaka oṃkāras tasya sa prerakaḥ paraḥ //
The sun is a supreme portion of Viṣṇu, that inner light which is not submerged; the syllable Oṃ is what designates it, and that (Oṃ) is its supreme impeller.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.56
तेन तत् प्रेरितं ज्योतिर् ॐकारेणाथ दीप्तिमत् दहत्य् अशेषरक्षांसि मन्देहाख्यान्य् अघानि वै ॥
tena tat preritaṃ jyotir oṃkāreṇātha dīptimat dahaty aśeṣarakṣāṃsi mandehākhyāny aghāni vai //
That light, impelled by it, by the syllable Oṃ, then blazing, burns up all the rākṣasas named Mandehas, who are indeed sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.57
तस्मान् नोल्लङ्घनं कार्यं संध्योपासनकर्मणः स हन्ति सूर्यं संध्याया नोपास्तिं कुरुते हि यः ॥
tasmān nollaṅghanaṃ kāryaṃ saṃdhyopāsanakarmaṇaḥ sa hanti sūryaṃ saṃdhyāyā nopāstiṃ kurute hi yaḥ //
Therefore the act of worship at twilight must not be omitted; for he who does not perform the worship of the twilight slays the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.58
ततः प्रयाति भगवान् ब्राह्मणैर् अभिरक्षितः वालखिल्यादिभिश् चैव जगतः पालनोद्यतः ॥
tataḥ prayāti bhagavān brāhmaṇair abhirakṣitaḥ vālakhilyādibhiś caiva jagataḥ pālanodyataḥ //
Then the Lord proceeds, guarded on all sides by the brahmans and by the Vālakhilyas and the rest, intent on the protection of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.59
काष्ठा निमेषा दश पञ्च चैव त्रिंशच् च काष्ठा गणयेत् कलां ताम् त्रिंशत्कलाश् चैव भवेन् मुहूर्तस् तैस् त्रिंशता रात्र्यहनी समेते ॥
kāṣṭhā nimeṣā daśa pañca caiva triṃśac ca kāṣṭhā gaṇayet kalāṃ tām triṃśatkalāś caiva bhaven muhūrtas tais triṃśatā rātryahanī samete //
A kāṣṭhā is fifteen nimeṣas; thirty kāṣṭhās one should reckon as a kalā; thirty kalās would be a muhūrta, and by thirty of those the night and day together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.60
ह्रासवृद्धी त्व् अहर्भागैर् दिवसानां यथाक्रमम् संध्या मुहूर्तमात्रा वै ह्रासवृद्धौ समा स्मृता ॥
hrāsavṛddhī tv aharbhāgair divasānāṃ yathākramam saṃdhyā muhūrtamātrā vai hrāsavṛddhau samā smṛtā //
But the decrease and increase of the days (occur) by parts of the day, in due order; the twilight, being just a muhūrta in measure, is held to be the same in decrease and increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.61
रेखाप्रभृत्य् अथादित्ये त्रिमुहूर्तगते तु वै प्रातः स्मृतस् ततः कालो भागश् चाह्नः स पञ्चमः ॥
rekhāprabhṛty athāditye trimuhūrtagate tu vai prātaḥ smṛtas tataḥ kālo bhāgaś cāhnaḥ sa pañcamaḥ //
Now when the sun, beginning from the (first) streak (of dawn), has gone three muhūrtas, that time is called morning, and it is the fifth part of the day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.62
तस्मात् प्रातस्तनात् कालात् त्रिमुहूर्तस् तु संगवः मध्याह्नस् त्रिमुहूर्तस् तु तस्मात् कालात् तु संगवात् ॥
tasmāt prātastanāt kālāt trimuhūrtas tu saṃgavaḥ madhyāhnas trimuhūrtas tu tasmāt kālāt tu saṃgavāt //
From that morning time, three muhūrtas is the saṃgava; and midday is three muhūrtas from that saṃgava time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.63
तस्मान् माध्याह्निकात् कालाद् अपराह्ण इति स्मृतः त्रय एव मुहूर्तास् तु कालभागः स्मृतो बुधैः ॥
tasmān mādhyāhnikāt kālād aparāhṇa iti smṛtaḥ traya eva muhūrtās tu kālabhāgaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ //
From that midday time onward (the next period) is called the afternoon (aparāhṇa); the wise hold that this division of time too is just three muhūrtas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.64
अपराह्णे व्यतीते तु कालः सायाह्न उच्यते दशपञ्चमुहूर्ताहो मुहूर्तास् त्रय एव च ॥
aparāhṇe vyatīte tu kālaḥ sāyāhna ucyate daśapañcamuhūrtāho muhūrtās traya eva ca //
But when the afternoon has passed, the time is called evening (sāyāhna); the day being of fifteen muhūrtas, this (portion) too is just three muhūrtas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 8.65
दशपञ्चमुहूर्तं वै अहर् वैषुवतं स्मृतम् ॥
daśapañcamuhūrtaṃ vai ahar vaiṣuvataṃ smṛtam //
The equinoctial day is held to be of fifteen muhūrtas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.66
वर्धते ऽहो ह्रसति च अयने दक्षिणोत्तरे अहस् तु ग्रसते रात्रिं रात्रिर् ग्रसति वासरम् ॥
vardhate 'ho hrasati ca ayane dakṣiṇottare ahas tu grasate rātriṃ rātrir grasati vāsaram //
The day grows longer and grows shorter in the southern and northern courses (of the sun); the day devours the night, and the night devours the day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.67
शरद्वसन्तयोर् मध्ये विषुवं तु विभाव्यते तुलामेषगते भानौ समरात्रिदिनं तु तत् ॥
śaradvasantayor madhye viṣuvaṃ tu vibhāvyate tulāmeṣagate bhānau samarātridinaṃ tu tat //
In the middle of autumn and of spring the equinox is reckoned; when the sun stands in Libra and in Aries, then night and day are equal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.68
कर्कटावस्थिते भानौ दक्षिणायनम् उच्यते उत्तरायणम् अप्य् उक्तं मकरस्थे दिवाकरे ॥
karkaṭāvasthite bhānau dakṣiṇāyanam ucyate uttarāyaṇam apy uktaṃ makarasthe divākare //
When the sun is situated in Cancer, it is called the southern course; and when the maker of day is in Capricorn, it is called the northern course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.69
त्रिंशन्मुहूर्तं कथितम् अहोरात्रं तु यन् मया तानि पञ्चदश ब्रह्मन् पक्ष इत्य् अभिधीयते ॥
triṃśanmuhūrtaṃ kathitam ahorātraṃ tu yan mayā tāni pañcadaśa brahman pakṣa ity abhidhīyate //
The day and night which has been declared by me to be of thirty muhūrtas — fifteen of these, O brahman, are called a fortnight (pakṣa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.70
मासः पक्षद्वयेनोक्तो द्वौ मासौ चार्कजाव् ऋतुः ऋतुत्रयं चाप्य् अयनं द्वे ऽयने वर्षसंज्ञिते ॥
māsaḥ pakṣadvayenokto dvau māsau cārkajāv ṛtuḥ ṛtutrayaṃ cāpy ayanaṃ dve 'yane varṣasaṃjñite //
A month is said to consist of two fortnights; two months born of the sun make a season; three seasons make a course (ayana); and the two courses are named a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.71
संवत्सरादयः पञ्च चतुर्मासविकल्पिताः निश्चयः सर्वकालस्य युगम् इत्य् अभिधीयते ॥
saṃvatsarādayaḥ pañca caturmāsavikalpitāḥ niścayaḥ sarvakālasya yugam ity abhidhīyate //
The five (years) beginning with saṃvatsara, divided by four-month periods, are the fixed measure of all time; that is called a yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.72
संवत्सरस् तु प्रथमो द्वितीयः परिवत्सरः इद्वत्सरस् तृतीयस् तु चतुर्थश् चानुवत्सरः वत्सरः पञ्चमश् चात्र कालो ऽयं युगसंज्ञितः ॥
saṃvatsaras tu prathamo dvitīyaḥ parivatsaraḥ idvatsaras tṛtīyas tu caturthaś cānuvatsaraḥ vatsaraḥ pañcamaś cātra kālo 'yaṃ yugasaṃjñitaḥ //
The first is saṃvatsara, the second parivatsara, the third idvatsara, the fourth anuvatsara, and the fifth here is vatsara; this period of time is named a yuga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.73
यः श्वेतस्योत्तरे शैलः शृङ्गवान् इति विश्रुतः त्रीणि तस्य तु शृङ्गाणि यैर् असौ शृङ्गवान् स्मृतः ॥
yaḥ śvetasyottare śailaḥ śṛṅgavān iti viśrutaḥ trīṇi tasya tu śṛṅgāṇi yair asau śṛṅgavān smṛtaḥ //
The mountain to the north of Śveta is known as Śṛṅgavān; it has three peaks, by which it is called Śṛṅgavān ('peaked').
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.74
दक्षिणं चोत्तरं चैव मध्यं वैषुवतं तथा शरद्वसन्तयोर् मध्ये तद् भानुः प्रतिपद्यते मेषादौ च तुलादौ च मैत्रेय विषुवत्स्थितः ॥
dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ caiva madhyaṃ vaiṣuvataṃ tathā śaradvasantayor madhye tad bhānuḥ pratipadyate meṣādau ca tulādau ca maitreya viṣuvatsthitaḥ //
(They are) the southern, the northern, and the middle one, which is the equinoctial; the sun reaches that one in the middle of autumn and of spring, standing at the equinox, O Maitreya, at the beginning of Aries and at the beginning of Libra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.75
तदा तुल्यम् अहोरात्रं करोति तिमिरापहः दशपञ्चमुहूर्तं वै तद् एतद् उभयं स्मृतम् ॥
tadā tulyam ahorātraṃ karoti timirāpahaḥ daśapañcamuhūrtaṃ vai tad etad ubhayaṃ smṛtam //
Then the dispeller of darkness makes day and night equal; both of these are then held to be of fifteen muhūrtas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.76
प्रथमे कृत्तिकाभागे यदा भास्वांस् तदा शशी विशाखानां चतुर्थे ऽंशे मुने तिष्ठत्य् असंशयम् ॥
prathame kṛttikābhāge yadā bhāsvāṃs tadā śaśī viśākhānāṃ caturthe 'ṃśe mune tiṣṭhaty asaṃśayam //
When the sun is in the first portion of the Kṛttikās, then the moon, O sage, stands without doubt in the fourth portion of the Viśākhās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.77
विशाखानां यदा सूर्यश् चरत्य् अंशं तृतीयकम् तदा चन्द्रं विजानीयात् कृत्तिकाशिरसि स्थितम् ॥
viśākhānāṃ yadā sūryaś caraty aṃśaṃ tṛtīyakam tadā candraṃ vijānīyāt kṛttikāśirasi sthitam //
When the sun traverses the third portion of the Viśākhās, then one should know the moon to be situated at the head of the Kṛttikās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.78
तदैव विषुवाख्यो वै कालः पुण्यो ऽभिधीयते तदा दानानि देयानि देवेभ्यः प्रयतात्मभिः ॥
tadaiva viṣuvākhyo vai kālaḥ puṇyo 'bhidhīyate tadā dānāni deyāni devebhyaḥ prayatātmabhiḥ //
Just then the time called the equinox is declared holy; then gifts are to be given to the gods by those of purified self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.79
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः पितृभ्यश् च मुखम् एतत् तु दानजम् दत्तदानस् तु विषुवे कृतकृत्यो ऽभिजायते ॥
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca mukham etat tu dānajam dattadānas tu viṣuve kṛtakṛtyo 'bhijāyate //
And to brahmans and to the ancestors — this is the foremost (occasion) arising from giving; one who has given gifts at the equinox becomes one whose duty is fulfilled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.80
अहोरात्रार्धमासौ तु कलाः काष्ठाः क्षणास् तथा पौर्णमासी तथा ज्ञेया अमावास्या तथैव च सिनीवाली कुहूश् चैव राका चानुमतिस् तथा ॥
ahorātrārdhamāsau tu kalāḥ kāṣṭhāḥ kṣaṇās tathā paurṇamāsī tathā jñeyā amāvāsyā tathaiva ca sinīvālī kuhūś caiva rākā cānumatis tathā //
Day and night, the half-month, kalās, kāṣṭhās and kṣaṇas, and likewise the full-moon day is to be known, and so too the new-moon day, and sinīvālī, kuhū, rākā and anumati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.81
तपस्तपस्यौ मधुमाधवौ च शुक्रः शुचिश् चायनम् उत्तरं स्यात् नभो नभस्यो ऽथ इषश् च सोर्जः सहःसहस्याव् इति दक्षिणं स्यात् ॥
tapastapasyau madhumādhavau ca śukraḥ śuciś cāyanam uttaraṃ syāt nabho nabhasyo 'tha iṣaś ca sorjaḥ sahaḥsahasyāv iti dakṣiṇaṃ syāt //
Tapas and Tapasya, Madhu and Mādhava, Śukra and Śuci — these would be the northern course; Nabhas and Nabhasya, then Iṣa and Ūrja, Sahas and Sahasya — thus would be the southern.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.82
लोकालोकस् तु यः शैलः प्रागुक्तो भवतो मया लोकपालास् तु चत्वारस् तत्र तिष्ठन्ति सुव्रताः ॥
lokālokas tu yaḥ śailaḥ prāgukto bhavato mayā lokapālās tu catvāras tatra tiṣṭhanti suvratāḥ //
As for the mountain Lokāloka, which I described to you earlier, four world-guardians of good vows stand there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.83
सुधामा शङ्खपाच् चैव कर्दमस्यात्मजौ द्विज हिरण्यरोमा चैवान्यश् चतुर्थः केतुमान् अपि ॥
sudhāmā śaṅkhapāc caiva kardamasyātmajau dvija hiraṇyaromā caivānyaś caturthaḥ ketumān api //
Sudhāman and Śaṅkhapād, two sons of Kardama, O twice-born, and another, Hiraṇyaroman, and a fourth as well, Ketumān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.84
निर्द्वंद्वा निरभीमाना निस्तन्द्रा निष्परिग्रहाः लोकपालाः स्थिता ह्य् एते लोकालोके चतुर्दिशम् ॥
nirdvaṃdvā nirabhīmānā nistandrā niṣparigrahāḥ lokapālāḥ sthitā hy ete lokāloke caturdiśam //
Free from pairs of opposites, without pride, without sloth, without possessions, these world-guardians stand on Lokāloka in the four directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.85
उत्तरं यद् अगस्त्यस्य अजवीथ्याश् च दक्षिणम् पितृयानः स वै पन्था वैश्वानरपथाद् बहिः ॥
uttaraṃ yad agastyasya ajavīthyāś ca dakṣiṇam pitṛyānaḥ sa vai panthā vaiśvānarapathād bahiḥ //
That which is north of Agastya and south of the Goat's Path — that is the road of the fathers, outside the path of Vaiśvānara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.86
तत्रासते महात्मान ऋषयो ये ऽग्निहोत्रिणः भूतारम्भकृतं ब्रह्म शंसन्त ऋत्विगुद्यताः लोकारम्भं प्रारभन्ते तेषां पन्थाः स दक्षिणः ॥
tatrāsate mahātmāna ṛṣayo ye 'gnihotriṇaḥ bhūtārambhakṛtaṃ brahma śaṃsanta ṛtvigudyatāḥ lokārambhaṃ prārabhante teṣāṃ panthāḥ sa dakṣiṇaḥ //
There dwell the great-souled seers who maintain the fire-offering, chanting the Veda that effects the origination of beings; engaged as officiating priests, they set in motion the beginning of the world: theirs is that southern road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 8.87
चलितं ते पुनर् ब्रह्म स्थापयन्ति युगे युगे संतत्या तपसा चैव मर्यादाभिः श्रुतेन च ॥
calitaṃ te punar brahma sthāpayanti yuge yuge saṃtatyā tapasā caiva maryādābhiḥ śrutena ca //
Age after age they re-establish the sacred law when it has been shaken, by (their) progeny, by austerity, by (upholding) the boundaries of conduct, and by sacred learning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.88
जायमानास् तु पूर्वे तु पश्चिमानां गृहेषु वै पश्चिमाश् चैव पूर्वेषां जायन्ते निधनेष्व् इह ॥
jāyamānās tu pūrve tu paścimānāṃ gṛheṣu vai paścimāś caiva pūrveṣāṃ jāyante nidhaneṣv iha //
The earlier ones, being born, (are born) in the houses of the later ones, and the later ones are born in the families of the earlier ones here, upon their deaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 8.89
एवम् आवर्तमानास् ते तिष्ठन्त्य् आभूतसंप्लवात् सवितुर् दक्षिणं मार्गं श्रिता ह्य् आचन्द्रतारकम् ॥
evam āvartamānās te tiṣṭhanty ābhūtasaṃplavāt savitur dakṣiṇaṃ mārgaṃ śritā hy ācandratārakam //
Thus revolving they remain until the dissolution of beings, having taken to the southern path of the sun, for as long as moon and stars endure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.90
नागवीथ्युत्तरं यच् च सप्तर्षिभ्यश् च दक्षिणम् उत्तरः सवितुः पन्था देवयानस् तु स स्मृतः ॥
nāgavīthyuttaraṃ yac ca saptarṣibhyaś ca dakṣiṇam uttaraḥ savituḥ panthā devayānas tu sa smṛtaḥ //
That which is north of the Serpent's Path and south of the Seven Seers is the northern road of the sun, and that is known as the way of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.91
तत्र ते वशिनः सिद्धा विमला ब्रह्मचारिणः संततिं ते जुगुप्सन्ति तस्मान् मृत्युर् जितश् च तैः ॥
tatra te vaśinaḥ siddhā vimalā brahmacāriṇaḥ saṃtatiṃ te jugupsanti tasmān mṛtyur jitaś ca taiḥ //
There are those self-controlled, perfected, stainless ones who practise chastity; they abhor procreation, and therefore death is conquered by them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.92
अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि यतीनाम् ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम् उदक्पन्थानम् अर्यम्णः श्रिता ह्य् आभूतसंप्लवात् ॥
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi yatīnām ūrdhvaretasām udakpanthānam aryamṇaḥ śritā hy ābhūtasaṃplavāt //
Eighty-eight thousand ascetics whose seed is drawn upward have taken to the northern path of Aryaman until the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.93
ते ऽसंप्रयोगाल् लोभस्य मैथुनस्य च वर्जनात् इच्छाद्वेषाप्रवृत्त्या च भूतारम्भविवर्जनात् ॥
te 'saṃprayogāl lobhasya maithunasya ca varjanāt icchādveṣāpravṛttyā ca bhūtārambhavivarjanāt //
They, through non-engagement with greed and through the avoidance of sexual union, and through not giving rise to desire and hatred, and through abandoning the origination of beings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.94
पुनश् चाकामसंयोगाच् शब्दादेर् दोषदर्शनात् इत्य् एभिः कारणैः शुद्धास् ते ऽमृतत्वं हि भेजिरे ॥
punaś cākāmasaṃyogāc śabdāder doṣadarśanāt ity ebhiḥ kāraṇaiḥ śuddhās te 'mṛtatvaṃ hi bhejire //
and again through non-connection with desire, and through seeing the fault in sound and the rest (of the sense-objects) — purified by these causes, they attained immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.95
आभूतसंप्लवं स्थानम् अमृतत्वं विभाव्यते त्रैलोक्यस्थितिकालो ऽयम् अपुनर्मार उच्यते ॥
ābhūtasaṃplavaṃ sthānam amṛtatvaṃ vibhāvyate trailokyasthitikālo 'yam apunarmāra ucyate //
The state (lasting) until the dissolution of beings is reckoned as immortality; this period of the subsistence of the three worlds is called freedom from dying again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.96
ब्रह्महत्याश्वमेधाभ्यां पापपुण्यकृतो विधिः आभूतसंप्लवान्तान्तं फलम् उक्तं तयोर् द्विज ॥
brahmahatyāśvamedhābhyāṃ pāpapuṇyakṛto vidhiḥ ābhūtasaṃplavāntāntaṃ phalam uktaṃ tayor dvija //
The rule laid down for the doer of evil and of merit is (measured) by brahmin-slaying and the horse-sacrifice; the fruit of those two is said to last to the very end, the dissolution of beings, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 8.97
यावन्मात्रप्रदेशे तु मैत्रेयावस्थितो ध्रुवः क्षयम् आयाति तावत् तु भूमेर् आभूतसंप्लवे ॥
yāvanmātrapradeśe tu maitreyāvasthito dhruvaḥ kṣayam āyāti tāvat tu bhūmer ābhūtasaṃplave //
But however great the region in which Dhruva is stationed, Maitreya, that much of the earth passes away (only) at the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 8.98
ऊर्ध्वोत्तरम् ऋषिभ्यस् तु ध्रुवो यत्र व्यवस्थितः एतद् विष्णुपदं दिव्यं तृतीयं व्योम्नि भास्वरम् ॥
ūrdhvottaram ṛṣibhyas tu dhruvo yatra vyavasthitaḥ etad viṣṇupadaṃ divyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ vyomni bhāsvaram //
Where Dhruva is established, higher up and northward from the seers — this is the divine third station of Viṣṇu, shining in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.99
निर्धूतदोषपङ्कानां यतीनां संयतात्मनाम् स्थानं तत् परमं विप्र पुण्यपापपरिक्षये ॥
nirdhūtadoṣapaṅkānāṃ yatīnāṃ saṃyatātmanām sthānaṃ tat paramaṃ vipra puṇyapāpaparikṣaye //
That is the supreme abode, O brahmin, of ascetics of subdued selves who have shaken off the mire of their faults, when merit and demerit are exhausted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.100
अपुण्यपुण्योपरमे क्षीणाशेषाप्तिहेतवः यत्र गत्वा न शोचन्ति तद् विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥
apuṇyapuṇyoparame kṣīṇāśeṣāptihetavaḥ yatra gatvā na śocanti tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam //
When merit and demerit have ceased, those whose causes of any remaining attainment are worn away, having gone where they do not grieve — that is the supreme station of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 8.101
धर्मध्रुवाद्यास् तिष्ठन्ति यत्र ते लोकसाक्षिणः तत्सार्ष्ट्योत्पन्नयोगेद्धास् तद् विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥
dharmadhruvādyās tiṣṭhanti yatra te lokasākṣiṇaḥ tatsārṣṭyotpannayogeddhās tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam //
Where Dharma, Dhruva and the rest, the witnesses of the world, abide, kindled by the yoga that arises from equality of state with Him — that is the supreme station of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 2 8.102
यत्रोतम् एतत् प्रोतं च यद् भूतं सचराचरम् भाव्यं च विश्वं मैत्रेय तद् विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥
yatrotam etat protaṃ ca yad bhūtaṃ sacarācaram bhāvyaṃ ca viśvaṃ maitreya tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam //
In which all this that has come to be, with its moving and unmoving things, is woven and stitched through, and the universe that is to be, Maitreya — that is the supreme station of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.103
दिवीव चक्षुर् आततं विततं यन् महात्मनाम् विवेकज्ञानदृष्टं च तद् विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥
divīva cakṣur ātataṃ vitataṃ yan mahātmanām vivekajñānadṛṣṭaṃ ca tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam //
Spread out like an eye in the sky, that which is extended for the great-souled ones, and beheld by the vision of discriminating knowledge — that is Viṣṇu's supreme abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.104
यस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितो भास्वान् मेढीभूतः स्वयं ध्रुवः ध्रुवे च सर्वज्योतींषि ज्योतिष्व् अम्भोमुचो द्विज ॥
yasmin pratiṣṭhito bhāsvān meḍhībhūtaḥ svayaṃ dhruvaḥ dhruve ca sarvajyotīṃṣi jyotiṣv ambhomuco dvija //
In which the shining sun is established, and Dhruva himself, who has become the central post; and in Dhruva are all the lights, and in the lights the water-releasing clouds, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.105
मेघेषु संतता वृष्टिर् वृष्टेः सृष्टेश् च पोषणम् आप्यायनं च सर्वेषां देवादीनां महामुने ॥
megheṣu saṃtatā vṛṣṭir vṛṣṭeḥ sṛṣṭeś ca poṣaṇam āpyāyanaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ devādīnāṃ mahāmune //
In the clouds is continuous rain, and from rain comes the nourishing of creation, and the refreshment of all the gods and the rest, O great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.106
ततश् चाज्याहुतिद्वारा पोषितास् ते हविर्भुजः वृष्टेः कारणतां यान्ति भूतानां स्थितये पुनः ॥
tataś cājyāhutidvārā poṣitās te havirbhujaḥ vṛṣṭeḥ kāraṇatāṃ yānti bhūtānāṃ sthitaye punaḥ //
And thereupon those eaters of oblations, nourished by way of the offerings of ghee, become the cause of rain again, for the sustenance of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.107
एवम् एतत् पदं विष्णोस् तृतीयम् अमलात्मकम् आधारभूतं लोकानां त्रयाणां वृष्टिकारणम् ॥
evam etat padaṃ viṣṇos tṛtīyam amalātmakam ādhārabhūtaṃ lokānāṃ trayāṇāṃ vṛṣṭikāraṇam //
Thus this third station of Viṣṇu, of stainless nature, is the support of the three worlds and the cause of rain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.108
ततः प्रभवति ब्रह्मन् सर्वपापहरा सरित् गङ्गा देवाङ्गनाङ्गानाम् अनुलेपनपिञ्जरा ॥
tataḥ prabhavati brahman sarvapāpaharā sarit gaṅgā devāṅganāṅgānām anulepanapiñjarā //
From there arises, O brahman, the river that removes all sins, the Gaṅgā, made tawny by the unguents on the limbs of the women of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.109
वामपादाम्बुजाङ्गुष्ठनखस्रोतोविनिर्गताम् विष्णोर् बिभर्ति यां भक्त्या शिरसाहर्निशं ध्रुवः ॥
vāmapādāmbujāṅguṣṭhanakhasrotovinirgatām viṣṇor bibharti yāṃ bhaktyā śirasāharniśaṃ dhruvaḥ //
Her, who has issued forth from the stream at the nail of the big toe of Viṣṇu's left lotus-foot, Dhruva bears with devotion upon his head day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.110
ततः सप्तर्षयो यस्याः प्राणायामपरायणाः तिष्ठन्ति वीचिमालाभिर् उह्यमानजटाजले ॥
tataḥ saptarṣayo yasyāḥ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ tiṣṭhanti vīcimālābhir uhyamānajaṭājale //
Then the seven seers, intent upon breath-control, stand in her waters, their matted locks carried along by the rows of waves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 2 8.111
वार्योघैः संततैर् यस्याः प्लावितं शशिमण्डलम् भूयो ऽधिकतरां कान्तिं वहत्य् एतद् उपक्षयम् ॥
vāryoghaiḥ saṃtatair yasyāḥ plāvitaṃ śaśimaṇḍalam bhūyo 'dhikatarāṃ kāntiṃ vahaty etad upakṣayam //
The disk of the moon, flooded by her unbroken streams of water, carries a still greater radiance at this its waning.
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ViP 2 8.112
मेरुपृष्ठे पतत्य् उच्चैर् निष्क्रान्ता शशिमण्डलात् जगतः पावनार्थाय या प्रयाति चतुर्दिशम् ॥
merupṛṣṭhe pataty uccair niṣkrāntā śaśimaṇḍalāt jagataḥ pāvanārthāya yā prayāti caturdiśam //
Having gone out from the moon's disk, she falls from on high upon the back of Meru, and goes in the four directions for the purification of the world.
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ViP 2 8.113
सीता चालकनन्दा च चक्षुर् भद्रा च संस्थिता एकैव या चतुर्भेदा दिग्भेदगतिलक्षणा ॥
sītā cālakanandā ca cakṣur bhadrā ca saṃsthitā ekaiva yā caturbhedā digbhedagatilakṣaṇā //
She stands as Sītā, Alakanandā, Cakṣu and Bhadrā — she who, though one alone, is fourfold, marked by courses in different directions.
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ViP 2 8.114
भेदं चालकनन्दाख्यं यस्याः शर्वो ऽपि दक्षिणम् दधार शिरसा प्रीत्या वर्षाणाम् अधिकं शतम् ॥
bhedaṃ cālakanandākhyaṃ yasyāḥ śarvo 'pi dakṣiṇam dadhāra śirasā prītyā varṣāṇām adhikaṃ śatam //
And her southern branch called Alakanandā even Śarva bore on his head with delight for more than a hundred years.
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ViP 2 8.115
शम्भोर् जटाकलापाच् च विनिष्क्रान्तास्थिशर्करान् प्लावयित्वा दिवं निन्ये या पापान् सगरात्मजान् ॥
śambhor jaṭākalāpāc ca viniṣkrāntāsthiśarkarān plāvayitvā divaṃ ninye yā pāpān sagarātmajān //
And she, come forth from Śambhu's mass of matted hair, having flooded the gravel of their bones, led to heaven the sinful sons of Sagara.
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ViP 2 8.116
स्नातस्य सलिले यस्याः सद्यः पापं प्रणश्यति अपूर्वपुण्यप्राप्तिश् च सद्यो मैत्रेय जायते ॥
snātasya salile yasyāḥ sadyaḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati apūrvapuṇyaprāptiś ca sadyo maitreya jāyate //
For one who has bathed in her water the sin perishes at once, and at once, Maitreya, there arises the acquisition of merit not gained before.
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ViP 2 8.117
दत्ताः पितृभ्यो यत्रापस् तनयैः श्रद्धयान्वितैः समात्रयं प्रयच्छन्ति तृप्तिं मैत्रेय दुर्लभाम् ॥
dattāḥ pitṛbhyo yatrāpas tanayaiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ samātrayaṃ prayacchanti tṛptiṃ maitreya durlabhām //
The waters given there to the ancestors by sons endowed with faith bestow a satisfaction lasting three years, hard to obtain, O Maitreya.
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ViP 2 8.118
यस्याम् इष्ट्वा महायज्ञैर् यज्ञेशं पुरुषोत्तमम् द्विजभूपाः पराम् ऋद्धिम् अवापुर् दिवि चेह च ॥
yasyām iṣṭvā mahāyajñair yajñeśaṃ puruṣottamam dvijabhūpāḥ parām ṛddhim avāpur divi ceha ca //
Having worshipped on her banks, with great sacrifices, Puruṣottama the lord of sacrifice, brahmins and kings attained supreme prosperity in heaven and here.
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ViP 2 8.119
स्नानाद् विधूतपापाश् च यज्जले यतयस् तथा केशवासक्तमनसः प्राप्ता निर्वाणम् उत्तमम् ॥
snānād vidhūtapāpāś ca yajjale yatayas tathā keśavāsaktamanasaḥ prāptā nirvāṇam uttamam //
And ascetics whose sins were shaken off by bathing in her water, their minds fixed on Keśava, attained the highest extinction.
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ViP 2 8.120
श्रुताभिलषिता दृष्टा स्पृष्टा पीतावगाहिता या पावयति भूतानि कीर्तिता च दिने दिने ॥
śrutābhilaṣitā dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭā pītāvagāhitā yā pāvayati bhūtāni kīrtitā ca dine dine //
She who, when heard of, longed for, seen, touched, drunk, entered into, and praised day after day, purifies living beings —
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ViP 2 8.121
गङ्गा गङ्गेति यन् नाम योजनानां शतेष्व् अपि स्थितैर् उच्चारितं हन्ति पापं जन्मत्रयार्जितम् ॥
gaṅgā gaṅgeti yan nāma yojanānāṃ śateṣv api sthitair uccāritaṃ hanti pāpaṃ janmatrayārjitam //
the name 'Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā', uttered even by those standing hundreds of leagues away, destroys the sin accumulated in three births.
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ViP 2 8.122
यतः सा पावनायालं त्रयाणां जगताम् अपि समुद्भूता परं तत् तु तृतीयं भगवत्पदम् ॥
yataḥ sā pāvanāyālaṃ trayāṇāṃ jagatām api samudbhūtā paraṃ tat tu tṛtīyaṃ bhagavatpadam //
Since she, who is sufficient to purify even the three worlds, has arisen from it, that third station of the Lord is supreme.
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