Vishnu Purana — Amsha 2 — Chapter 9
ViP 2 9.1
तारामयं भगवतः शिशुमाराकृति प्रभोः दिवि रूपं हरेर् यत् तु तस्य पुच्छे स्थितो ध्रुवः ॥
tārāmayaṃ bhagavataḥ śiśumārākṛti prabhoḥ divi rūpaṃ harer yat tu tasya pucche sthito dhruvaḥ //
That form of the Lord Hari in the sky, made of stars, shaped like a dolphin (śiśumāra), belongs to the Master; and Dhruva is stationed at its tail.
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ViP 2 9.2
एष भ्रमन् भ्रामयति चन्द्रादित्यादिकान् ग्रहान् भ्रमन्तम् अनु तं यान्ति नक्षत्राणि च चक्रवत् ॥
eṣa bhraman bhrāmayati candrādityādikān grahān bhramantam anu taṃ yānti nakṣatrāṇi ca cakravat //
Turning, it makes the planets beginning with the moon and the sun turn; and the constellations follow after it as it turns, like a wheel.
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ViP 2 9.3
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ तारा नक्षत्राणि ग्रहैः सह वातानीकमयैर् बन्धैर् ध्रुवे बद्धानि तानि वै ॥
sūryācandramasau tārā nakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha vātānīkamayair bandhair dhruve baddhāni tāni vai //
The sun and the moon, the stars, the lunar mansions together with the planets — all these are indeed bound to Dhruva by bonds consisting of ranks of wind.
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ViP 2 9.5
उत्तानपादपुत्रस् तु तम् आराध्य जगत्पतिम् सताराशिशुमारस्य ध्रुवः पुच्छे व्यवस्थितः ॥
uttānapādaputras tu tam ārādhya jagatpatim satārāśiśumārasya dhruvaḥ pucche vyavasthitaḥ //
And Dhruva, son of Uttānapāda, having propitiated that Lord of the world, is established at the tail of the star-formed dolphin.
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ViP 2 9.6
आधारः शिशुमारस्य सर्वाध्यक्षो जनार्दनः ध्रुवस्य शिशुमारश् च ध्रुवे भानुर् व्यवस्थितः ॥
ādhāraḥ śiśumārasya sarvādhyakṣo janārdanaḥ dhruvasya śiśumāraś ca dhruve bhānur vyavasthitaḥ //
Janārdana, the overseer of all, is the support of the dolphin; the dolphin is the support of Dhruva, and the sun is established upon Dhruva.
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ViP 2 9.7
तदाधारं जगच् चेदं सदेवासुरमानुषम् ॥
tadādhāraṃ jagac cedaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam //
And this world, with its gods, demons and men, has that (the sun) as its support.
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ViP 2 9.8
येन विप्र विधानेन तन् ममैकमनाः शृणु विवस्वान् अष्टभिर् मासैर् आदायापो रसान्विताः वर्षत्य् अम्बु ततश् चान्नम् अन्नाद् अप्य् अखिलं जगत् ॥
yena vipra vidhānena tan mamaikamanāḥ śṛṇu vivasvān aṣṭabhir māsair ādāyāpo rasānvitāḥ varṣaty ambu tataś cānnam annād apy akhilaṃ jagat //
By what arrangement that is so, O brahmin, hear from me with undivided mind: the sun, having drawn up the waters with their sap for eight months, rains down water; from that comes food, and from food the whole world.
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ViP 2 9.9
विवस्वान् अंशुभिस् तीक्ष्णैर् आदाय जगतो जलम् सोमे मुञ्चत्य् अथेन्दुश् च वायुनाडीमयैर् दिवि नालैर् विक्षिपते ऽभ्रेषु धूमाग्न्यनिलमूर्तिषु ॥
vivasvān aṃśubhis tīkṣṇair ādāya jagato jalam some muñcaty athenduś ca vāyunāḍīmayair divi nālair vikṣipate 'bhreṣu dhūmāgnyanilamūrtiṣu //
The sun, taking up the world's water with its sharp rays, releases it into the moon; and the moon, through the tubes in the sky made of wind-channels, casts it into the clouds, which have the form of smoke, fire and wind.
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ViP 2 9.10
न भ्रश्यन्ति यतस् तेभ्यो जलान्य् अभ्राणि तान्य् अतः अभ्रस्थाः प्रपतन्त्य् आपो वायुना समुदीरिताः संस्कारं कालजनितं मैत्रेयासाद्य निर्मलाः ॥
na bhraśyanti yatas tebhyo jalāny abhrāṇi tāny ataḥ abhrasthāḥ prapatanty āpo vāyunā samudīritāḥ saṃskāraṃ kālajanitaṃ maitreyāsādya nirmalāḥ //
Since the waters do not fall away from them, they are therefore called abhras (clouds, lit. 'non-falling'); the waters residing in the clouds, driven forth by the wind, fall down, having become pure, O Maitreya, on attaining the refinement produced by time.
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ViP 2 9.11
सरित्समुद्रभौमास् तु तथापः प्राणिसंभवाः चतुष्प्रकारा भगवान् आदत्ते सविता मुने ॥
saritsamudrabhaumās tu tathāpaḥ prāṇisaṃbhavāḥ catuṣprakārā bhagavān ādatte savitā mune //
The blessed sun, O sage, takes up water of four kinds: from rivers, from the ocean, from the earth, and that arising from living beings.
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ViP 2 9.12
आकाशगङ्गासलिलं तथादाय गभस्तिमान् अनभ्रगतम् एवोर्व्यां सद्यः क्षिपति रश्मिभिः ॥
ākāśagaṅgāsalilaṃ tathādāya gabhastimān anabhragatam evorvyāṃ sadyaḥ kṣipati raśmibhiḥ //
Likewise, having taken up the water of the celestial Gaṅgā, the radiant one at once casts it down upon the earth with his rays, without its passing through clouds.
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ViP 2 9.13
तस्य संस्पर्शनिर्धूतपापपङ्को द्विजोत्तम न याति नरकं मर्त्यो दिव्यं स्नानं हि तत् स्मृतम् ॥
tasya saṃsparśanirdhūtapāpapaṅko dvijottama na yāti narakaṃ martyo divyaṃ snānaṃ hi tat smṛtam //
By contact with that, O best of brahmins, a mortal, the mire of whose sin has been shaken off, does not go to hell; for that is declared to be the divine bath.
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ViP 2 9.14
दृष्टसूर्यं हि यद् वारि पतत्य् अभ्रैर् विना दिवः आकाशगङ्गासलिलं तद् गोभिः क्षिप्यते रवेः ॥
dṛṣṭasūryaṃ hi yad vāri pataty abhrair vinā divaḥ ākāśagaṅgāsalilaṃ tad gobhiḥ kṣipyate raveḥ //
For the water that falls from the sky without clouds, the sun being visible, is the water of the celestial Gaṅgā, cast down by the rays of the sun.
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ViP 2 9.15
कृत्तिकादिषु ऋक्षेषु विषमेष्व् अम्बु यद् दिवः दृष्टार्कं पतितं ज्ञेयं तद् गाङ्गं दिग्गजोज्झितम् ॥
kṛttikādiṣu ṛkṣeṣu viṣameṣv ambu yad divaḥ dṛṣṭārkaṃ patitaṃ jñeyaṃ tad gāṅgaṃ diggajojjhitam //
Water that falls from the sky with the sun visible, in odd-numbered constellations beginning with Kṛttikā, is to be known as Gaṅgā water, released by the elephants of the quarters.
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ViP 2 9.16
युग्मर्क्षेषु तु यत् तोयं पतत्य् अर्कोज्झितं दिवः तत् सूर्यरश्मिभिः सद्यः समादाय निरस्यते ॥
yugmarkṣeṣu tu yat toyaṃ pataty arkojjhitaṃ divaḥ tat sūryaraśmibhiḥ sadyaḥ samādāya nirasyate //
But the water that falls from the sky in even-numbered constellations, cast down by the sun, is at once taken up again by the sun's rays and thrown out.
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ViP 2 9.17
उभयं पुण्यम् अत्यर्थं नृणां पापहरं द्विज आकाशगङ्गासलिलं दिव्यं स्नानं महामुने ॥
ubhayaṃ puṇyam atyarthaṃ nṛṇāṃ pāpaharaṃ dvija ākāśagaṅgāsalilaṃ divyaṃ snānaṃ mahāmune //
Both are exceedingly holy, removing men's sins, O twice-born: the water of the celestial Gaṅgā, the divine bath, O great sage.
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ViP 2 9.18
यत् तु मेघैः समुत्सृष्टं वारि तत् प्राणिनां द्विज पुष्णात्य् ओषधयः सर्वा जीवनायामृतं हि तत् ॥
yat tu meghaiḥ samutsṛṣṭaṃ vāri tat prāṇināṃ dvija puṣṇāty oṣadhayaḥ sarvā jīvanāyāmṛtaṃ hi tat //
But the water released by the clouds, O twice-born, nourishes all the plants for the life of living beings; for that is nectar.
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ViP 2 9.19
तेन वृद्धिं परां नीतः सलिलेनौषधीगणः साधकः फलपाकान्तः प्रजानां द्विज जायते ॥
tena vṛddhiṃ parāṃ nītaḥ salilenauṣadhīgaṇaḥ sādhakaḥ phalapākāntaḥ prajānāṃ dvija jāyate //
Brought to full growth by that water, the host of plants, ending in the ripening of fruit, becomes, O twice-born, the sustainer of creatures.
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ViP 2 9.20
तेन यज्ञान् यथाप्रोक्तान् मानवाः शास्त्रचक्षुषः कुर्वन्त्य् अहरहस् तैश् च देवान् आप्याययन्ति ते ॥
tena yajñān yathāproktān mānavāḥ śāstracakṣuṣaḥ kurvanty aharahas taiś ca devān āpyāyayanti te //
By means of that, men whose eye is scripture perform day after day the sacrifices as prescribed, and by these they nourish the gods.
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ViP 2 9.21
एवं यज्ञाश् च वेदाश् च वर्णाश् च द्विजपूर्वकाः सर्वे देवनिकायाश् च पशुभूतगणाश् च ये ॥
evaṃ yajñāś ca vedāś ca varṇāś ca dvijapūrvakāḥ sarve devanikāyāś ca paśubhūtagaṇāś ca ye //
Thus the sacrifices, and the Vedas, and the classes headed by the twice-born, and all the hosts of gods, and the herds of beasts and creatures that there are —
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ViP 2 9.22
वृष्ट्या धृतम् इदं सर्वम् अन्नं निष्पाद्यते यया सापि निष्पाद्यते वृष्टिः सवित्रा मुनिसत्तम ॥
vṛṣṭyā dhṛtam idaṃ sarvam annaṃ niṣpādyate yayā sāpi niṣpādyate vṛṣṭiḥ savitrā munisattama //
All this is sustained by rain, and by rain food is produced; and that rain too is produced by the sun, O best of sages.
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ViP 2 9.23
आधारभूतः सवितुर् ध्रुवो मुनिवरोत्तम ध्रुवस्य शिशुमारो ऽसौ सो ऽपि नारायणाश्रयः ॥
ādhārabhūtaḥ savitur dhruvo munivarottama dhruvasya śiśumāro 'sau so 'pi nārāyaṇāśrayaḥ //
Dhruva is the support of the sun, O best of sages; and of Dhruva that Śiśumāra (the celestial porpoise) is (the support); and it too rests on Nārāyaṇa.
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ViP 2 9.24
हृदि नारायणस् तस्य शिशुमारस्य संस्थितः बिभर्ता सर्वभूतानाम् आदिभूतः सनातनः ॥
hṛdi nārāyaṇas tasya śiśumārasya saṃsthitaḥ bibhartā sarvabhūtānām ādibhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ //
In the heart of that Śiśumāra abides Nārāyaṇa, the sustainer of all beings, the primal one, the eternal.
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