Vishnu Purana — Amsha 5 — Chapter 2
ViP 5 2.1
यथोक्तं सा जगद्धात्री देवदेवेन वै तदा षड्गर्भगर्भविन्यासं चक्रे चान्यस्य कर्षणम् ॥
yathoktaṃ sā jagaddhātrī devadevena vai tadā ṣaḍgarbhagarbhavinyāsaṃ cakre cānyasya karṣaṇam //
Then she, the sustainer of the world, (did) as had been told her by the god of gods: she made the placing of the six embryos in the womb, and the drawing away of another.
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ViP 5 2.2
सप्तमे रोहिणीं प्राप्ते गते गर्भे ततो हरिः लोकत्रयोपकाराय देवक्याः प्रविवेश वै ॥
saptame rohiṇīṃ prāpte gate garbhe tato hariḥ lokatrayopakārāya devakyāḥ praviveśa vai //
Then, when the seventh embryo had gone and reached Rohiṇī, Hari entered Devakī for the benefit of the three worlds.
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ViP 5 2.3
योगनिद्रा यशोदायास् तस्मिन्न् एव ततो दिने संभूता जठरे तद्वद् यथोक्तं परमेष्ठिना ॥
yoganidrā yaśodāyās tasminn eva tato dine saṃbhūtā jaṭhare tadvad yathoktaṃ parameṣṭhinā //
Then on that very day Yoganidrā came to be in Yaśodā's womb likewise, as had been said by the Supreme One.
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ViP 5 2.4
ततो ग्रहगणः सम्यक् प्रचचार दिवि द्विज विष्णोर् अंशे भुवं याते ऋतवश् चाभवन् शुभाः ॥
tato grahagaṇaḥ samyak pracacāra divi dvija viṣṇor aṃśe bhuvaṃ yāte ṛtavaś cābhavan śubhāḥ //
Then the host of planets moved rightly in the sky, O twice-born, and the seasons became auspicious, when a portion of Viṣṇu had gone to the earth.
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ViP 5 2.5
न सेहे देवकीं द्रष्टुं कश्चिद् अप्य् अतितेजसा जाज्वल्यमानां तां दृष्ट्वा मनांसि क्षोभम् आययुः ॥
na sehe devakīṃ draṣṭuṃ kaścid apy atitejasā jājvalyamānāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā manāṃsi kṣobham āyayuḥ //
No one could bear to look at Devakī, blazing with excessive radiance; seeing her, their minds were thrown into agitation.
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ViP 5 2.6
अदृष्टाः पुरुषैः स्त्रीभिर् देवकीं देवतागणाः बिभ्राणां वपुषा विष्णुं तुष्टुवुस् ताम् अहर्निशम् ॥
adṛṣṭāḥ puruṣaiḥ strībhir devakīṃ devatāgaṇāḥ bibhrāṇāṃ vapuṣā viṣṇuṃ tuṣṭuvus tām aharniśam //
Unseen by men and women, the hosts of gods praised Devakī day and night, as she bore Viṣṇu in her body.
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ViP 5 2.7
प्रकृतिस् त्वं परा सूक्ष्मा ब्रह्मगर्भाभवः पुरा ततो वाणी जगद्धातुर् वेदगर्भातिशोभने ॥
prakṛtis tvaṃ parā sūkṣmā brahmagarbhābhavaḥ purā tato vāṇī jagaddhātur vedagarbhātiśobhane //
You are Prakṛti, supreme and subtle; formerly you became the womb of Brahmā; then you were the Speech of the world-creator, O Veda-wombed, most resplendent one.
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ViP 5 2.8
सृज्यस्वरूपगर्भा च सृष्टिभूता सनातने बीजभूता तु सर्वस्य यज्ञगर्भाभवस् त्रयी ॥
sṛjyasvarūpagarbhā ca sṛṣṭibhūtā sanātane bījabhūtā tu sarvasya yajñagarbhābhavas trayī //
And you bear in your womb the very forms of what is to be created, and you became creation itself, O eternal one; being the seed of all, you became the triple Veda, bearing sacrifice in your womb.
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ViP 5 2.9
फलगर्भा त्वम् एवेज्या वह्निगर्भा तथारणिः अदितिर् देवगर्भा त्वं दैत्यगर्भा तथा दितिः ॥
phalagarbhā tvam evejyā vahnigarbhā tathāraṇiḥ aditir devagarbhā tvaṃ daityagarbhā tathā ditiḥ //
You yourself are the offering, bearing fruit (of the rite) in your womb; likewise the fire-drill bearing fire; you are Aditi, bearing the gods in her womb, and likewise Diti, bearing the Daityas.
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ViP 5 2.10
ज्योत्स्ना वासरगर्भा त्वं ज्ञानगर्भासि सन्नतिः नयगर्भधरा नीतिर् लज्जा त्वं प्रश्रयोद्वहा ॥
jyotsnā vāsaragarbhā tvaṃ jñānagarbhāsi sannatiḥ nayagarbhadharā nītir lajjā tvaṃ praśrayodvahā //
You are moonlight bearing day in its womb; you are Sannati (submission), bearing knowledge in the womb; you are Nīti, holding right conduct in the womb; you are Modesty, carrying deference.
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ViP 5 2.11
कामगर्भा तथेच्छा त्वं त्वं तुष्टिस् तोषगर्भिणी मेधा च बोधगर्भासि धैर्यगर्भोद्वहा धृतिः ॥
kāmagarbhā tathecchā tvaṃ tvaṃ tuṣṭis toṣagarbhiṇī medhā ca bodhagarbhāsi dhairyagarbhodvahā dhṛtiḥ //
You are Desire, bearing love in the womb; you are Contentment, pregnant with satisfaction; you are Intelligence, bearing understanding in the womb; you are Firmness, carrying steadfastness in the womb.
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ViP 5 2.12
ग्रहर्क्षतारकागर्भा द्यौर् अस्याखिलहैतुकी एता विभूतयो देवि तथान्याश् च सहस्रशः ॥
graharkṣatārakāgarbhā dyaur asyākhilahaitukī etā vibhūtayo devi tathānyāś ca sahasraśaḥ //
You are the sky bearing in its womb the planets, lunar mansions and stars — the cause of all this. These, O goddess, are your manifestations, and others by the thousands,
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ViP 5 2.13
तथासंख्या जगद्धात्रि साम्प्रतं जठरे तव समुद्रादिनदीद्वीपवनपत्तनभूषणा ग्रामखर्वटखेटाढ्या समस्ता पृथिवी शुभे ॥
tathāsaṃkhyā jagaddhātri sāmprataṃ jaṭhare tava samudrādinadīdvīpavanapattanabhūṣaṇā grāmakharvaṭakheṭāḍhyā samastā pṛthivī śubhe //
And so, countless (are they), O sustainer of the world; at present, in your womb, O auspicious one, (lies) the whole earth, adorned with oceans and the rest, with rivers, islands, forests and cities, rich in villages, market-towns and hamlets.
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ViP 5 2.15
भूर्लोको ऽथ भुवर्लोकः स्वर्लोको ऽथ महर् जनः तपश् च ब्रह्मलोकश् च ब्रह्माण्डम् अखिलं शुभे ॥
bhūrloko 'tha bhuvarlokaḥ svarloko 'tha mahar janaḥ tapaś ca brahmalokaś ca brahmāṇḍam akhilaṃ śubhe //
The earth-world, then the mid-region world, the heaven-world, then Mahar, Jana, Tapas, and the world of Brahmā — the entire egg of Brahmā, O auspicious one;
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ViP 5 2.16
तदन्तर् ये स्थिता देवा दैत्यगन्धर्वचारणाः महोरगास् तथा यक्षा राक्षसाः प्रेतगुह्यकाः ॥
tadantar ye sthitā devā daityagandharvacāraṇāḥ mahoragās tathā yakṣā rākṣasāḥ pretaguhyakāḥ //
and the gods who abide within it, the Daityas, Gandharvas and Cāraṇas, and the great serpents, the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Pretas and Guhyakas;
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ViP 5 2.17
मनुष्याः पशवश् चान्ये ये च जीवा यशस्विनि तैर् अन्तःस्थैर् अनन्तो ऽसौ सर्वेशः सर्वभावनः ॥
manuṣyāḥ paśavaś cānye ye ca jīvā yaśasvini tair antaḥsthair ananto 'sau sarveśaḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ //
and men, beasts, and the other living beings there are, O illustrious one — with these abiding within (him), that Endless One, the lord of all, the bringer-into-being of all (is in your womb).
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ViP 5 2.18
रूपकर्मस्वरूपाणि न परिच्छेदगोचरे यस्याखिलप्रमाणानि स विष्णुर् गर्भगस् तव ॥
rūpakarmasvarūpāṇi na paricchedagocare yasyākhilapramāṇāni sa viṣṇur garbhagas tava //
He whose forms, deeds and essential natures are not within the range of delimitation, whose measures are all (things) — that Viṣṇu has entered your womb.
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ViP 5 2.19
त्वं स्वाहा त्वं स्वधा विद्या सुधा त्वं ज्योतिरम्बरे त्वं सर्वलोकरक्षार्थम् अवतीर्णा महीतले ॥
tvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ svadhā vidyā sudhā tvaṃ jyotirambare tvaṃ sarvalokarakṣārtham avatīrṇā mahītale //
You are Svāhā, you are Svadhā, you are knowledge, you are the nectar, the light in the sky; you have descended to the surface of the earth for the protection of all the worlds.
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ViP 5 2.20
प्रसीद देवि सर्वस्य जगतः शं शुभे कुरु प्रीत्या तं धारयेशानं धृतं येनाखिलं जगत् ॥
prasīda devi sarvasya jagataḥ śaṃ śubhe kuru prītyā taṃ dhārayeśānaṃ dhṛtaṃ yenākhilaṃ jagat //
Be gracious, O goddess; bring about welfare for the whole world, O auspicious one; with gladness bear that Lord by whom the entire world is borne.
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