Sanatkumara and Narada: The Nine Creations

Verse 1 (13.38.1)

क्लिश्यमानेषु भूतेषु जातीमरणसागरे । यत्प्राप्य क्लेशं नाप्नोति तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

kliśyamāneṣu bhūteṣu jātīmaraṇasāgare | yatprāpya kleśaṃ nāpnoti tanme brūhi pitāmaha

Beings are tormented in the ocean of birth and death. Tell me, grandfather, that by reaching which one is no longer touched by suffering.

Note on the text: Wikisource row held the speaker heading `युधिष्ठिर उवाच (backtick removed) in the verse text; made it the speaker. In the Appendix the heading yudhiṣṭhiraḥ precedes line 0176. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0176-0177).

Verse 2 (13.38.2)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । सनत्कुमारस्य सतः संवादं नारदस्य च ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | sanatkumārasya sataḥ saṃvādaṃ nāradasya ca

On this they cite an ancient account, the conversation of the holy Sanatkumara with Narada.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0178-0179).

Verse 3 (13.38.3)

सनत्कुमारो भगवान्ब्रह्मपुत्रो महायशाः । पूर्वजातास्त्रयस्तस्य कथ्यन्ते ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥

sanatkumāro bhagavānbrahmaputro mahāyaśāḥ | pūrvajātāstrayastasya kathyante brahmavādinaḥ

The blessed Sanatkumara, son of Brahma, was of great fame; three born before him are spoken of as expounders of Brahman:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0180-0181).

Verse 4 (13.38.4)

सनकः सनन्दनश्चैव तृतीयश्च सनातनः । जातमात्राश्च ते सर्वे प्रतिबुद्धा इति श्रुतिः ॥

sanakaḥ sanandanaścaiva tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ | jātamātrāśca te sarve pratibuddhā iti śrutiḥ

Sanaka, Sanandana, and Sanatana as the third. All of them were awakened from the moment of their birth; so the scripture says.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0182-0183).

Verse 5 (13.38.5)

चतुर्थश्चैव तेषां स भगवान्योगवित्तमः । सनत्कुमार इति वै कथयन्ति महर्षयः ॥

caturthaścaiva teṣāṃ sa bhagavānyogavittamaḥ | sanatkumāra iti vai kathayanti maharṣayaḥ

The fourth of them was the blessed one, foremost among knowers of yoga, whom the great sages call Sanatkumara.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0184-0185).

Verse 6 (13.38.6)

हैरण्यगर्भः स मुनिर्वसिष्ठः पञ्चमः स्मृतः । षष्ठः स्थाणुः स भगवानमेयात्मा त्रिशूलधृत् ॥

hairaṇyagarbhaḥ sa munirvasiṣṭhaḥ pañcamaḥ smṛtaḥ | ṣaṣṭhaḥ sthāṇuḥ sa bhagavānameyātmā triśūladhṛt

The sage Vasishtha, born of Hiranyagarbha, is remembered as the fifth; the sixth is Sthanu, the blessed one of immeasurable spirit, bearer of the trident.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0186-0187).

Verse 7 (13.38.7)

ततोऽपरे समुत्पन्नाः पावकादारुणे क्रतौ । मनसा स्वयंभुवो हीमे मरीचिप्रमुखास्तथा ॥

tato'pare samutpannāḥ pāvakādāruṇe kratau | manasā svayaṃbhuvo hīme marīcipramukhāstathā

Then others were born from fire at the terrible sacrifice, born of the mind of the Self-existent: Marichi and the rest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0188-0189).

Verse 8 (13.38.8)

भृगुर्मरीचेरनुजो भृगोरप्यङ्गिरास्तथा । अनुजोङ्गिरसोऽथात्रिः पुलस्त्योत्रेस्तथाऽनुजः ॥

bhṛgurmarīceranujo bhṛgorapyaṅgirāstathā | anujoṅgiraso'thātriḥ pulastyotrestathā'nujaḥ

Bhrigu is the younger brother of Marichi, and Angiras after Bhrigu; Atri is the younger brother of Angiras, and Pulastya the younger brother of Atri.

Note on the text: Corrected भुगुर् → भृगुर् (misprint in Wikisource; भुगुः is not a word; CE bhṛgur). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0190-0191).

Verse 9 (13.38.9)

पुलस्त्यस्यानुजो विद्वान्पुलहो नु महाद्युतिः । पठ्यन्ते ब्रह्मजा ह्येते विद्वद्भिरमितौजसः ॥

pulastyasyānujo vidvānpulaho nu mahādyutiḥ | paṭhyante brahmajā hyete vidvadbhiramitaujasaḥ

Pulaha, the learned one of great radiance, is the younger brother of Pulastya. These are recited by the learned as the sons of Brahma, of boundless might.

Note on the text: Corrected पुलहो न महाद्युतिः → पुलहो नु महाद्युतिः (misprint in Wikisource; the negative न would reverse the sense; CE nu). Corrected विद्वद्बिर → विद्वद्भिर (misprint in Wikisource; बि for भि; CE vidvadbhir). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0192-0193).

Verse 10 (13.38.10)

सर्वमेतन्महाराज कुर्वन्नादिगुरुर्महान् । प्रभुर्विभुरनन्तश्रीर्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥

sarvametanmahārāja kurvannādigururmahān | prabhurvibhuranantaśrīrbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

All this, O great king, was done by the great primal teacher, the lord, the all-pervading, of endless glory, Brahma, grandfather of the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0194-0195).

Verse 11 (13.38.11)

मूर्तिमन्तोऽमृतीभूतास्तेजसाऽतितपोन्विताः । सनकप्रभृतयस्तत्र ये च प्राप्ताः परं पदम् । कृत्स्नं क्षयमनुप्राप्य विमुक्ता मूर्तिबन्धनात् ॥

mūrtimanto'mṛtībhūtāstejasā'titaponvitāḥ | sanakaprabhṛtayastatra ye ca prāptāḥ paraṃ padam | kṛtsnaṃ kṣayamanuprāpya vimuktā mūrtibandhanāt

Embodied, yet become immortal, endowed with splendour and austerity, Sanaka and the others there, who attained the highest state, reached the complete dissolution of the body and were freed from the bondage of form.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0196-0198).

Verse 12 (13.38.12)

सनत्कुमारस्तु विभुर्योगमास्थाय योगवित् । त्रीँल्लोकानचरच्छश्वदैश्वर्येण परेण हि ॥

sanatkumārastu vibhuryogamāsthāya yogavit | trīm̐llokānacaracchaśvadaiśvaryeṇa pareṇa hi

But the all-pervading Sanatkumara, knower of yoga, took to yoga and roamed the three worlds always, in supreme sovereignty.

Note on the text: Corrected श्वदैर्येण → श्वदैश्वर्येण (misprint in Wikisource; ऐर्येण is not a word; CE aiśvaryeṇa). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0199-0200).

Verse 13 (13.38.13)

रुद्रश्चाप्यष्टगुणितं योगं प्राप्तो महायशाः । सूक्ष्ममष्टगुणं राजन्नितरे नृपसत्तम ॥

rudraścāpyaṣṭaguṇitaṃ yogaṃ prāpto mahāyaśāḥ | sūkṣmamaṣṭaguṇaṃ rājannitare nṛpasattama

And Rudra of great fame attained the eightfold yoga; the others also, O best of kings, attained the subtle eightfold power.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0201-0202).

Verse 14 (13.38.14)

मरीचिप्रमुखास्तात सर्वे सृष्ट्यर्थमेव ते । नियुक्ता राजशार्दूल तेषां सृष्टिं शृणुष्व मे ॥

marīcipramukhāstāta sarve sṛṣṭyarthameva te | niyuktā rājaśārdūla teṣāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ śṛṇuṣva me

Marichi and the others, dear child, were all appointed for the sake of creation, O tiger among kings. Hear from me their creation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0203-0204).

Verse 15 (13.38.15)

सप्त ब्रह्मण इत्येते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः । सर्वे वेदेषु चैवोक्ताः खिलेषु च न संशयः ॥

sapta brahmaṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ | sarve vedeṣu caivoktāḥ khileṣu ca na saṃśayaḥ

These are the seven sons of Brahma, established as such in the Purana; they are all spoken of in the Vedas and in the Khilas, without doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0205-0206).

Verse 16 (13.38.16)

इतिहासपुराणे च श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी । ब्राह्मणा वरदानेतान्प्राहुर्वेदान्तपारगाः ॥

itihāsapurāṇe ca śrutireṣā sanātanī | brāhmaṇā varadānetānprāhurvedāntapāragāḥ

This is the eternal teaching in the Itihasa and Purana too; brahmins who have mastered the Vedanta call these the givers of boons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0207-0208).

Verse 17 (13.38.17)

एतेषां पितरस्तात पुत्रा इत्यनुचक्षते । गणाः सप्त महाराज मूर्तयोऽमूर्तयस्तथा ॥

eteṣāṃ pitarastāta putrā ityanucakṣate | gaṇāḥ sapta mahārāja mūrtayo'mūrtayastathā

Their fathers, dear child, are said to be their sons. There are seven groups, O great king, some with form and some without.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0209-0210).

Verse 18 (13.38.18)

पितॄणां चैव राजेन्द्र पुत्रा देवा इति श्रुतिः । देवैर्व्याप्ता इमे लोका इत्येवमनुशुश्रुम ॥

pitṝṇāṃ caiva rājendra putrā devā iti śrutiḥ | devairvyāptā ime lokā ityevamanuśuśruma

And the gods, O king of kings, are the sons of the ancestors; so the scripture says. We have heard that these worlds are pervaded by the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected पितृणां → पितॄणां (misprint in Wikisource; genitive plural needs long ॠ; CE pitṝṇāṃ). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0211-0212).

Verse 19 (13.38.19)

कृष्णद्वैपायनाच्चैव देवस्थानात्तथैव च । देवलाच्च नरश्रेष्ठ काश्यपाच्च मया श्रुतम् ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanāccaiva devasthānāttathaiva ca | devalācca naraśreṣṭha kāśyapācca mayā śrutam

I heard this from Krishna Dvaipayana, from Devasthana, from Devala, O best of men, and from Kashyapa;

Note on the text: Corrected तथैव त → तथैव च (misprint in Wikisource; त for च; CE ca). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0213-0214).

Verse 20 (13.38.20)

गौतमादपि कौण्डिन्याद्भारद्वाजात्तथैव च । मार्कण्डेयात्तथैवैतदृषेर्देवमतादपि ॥

gautamādapi kauṇḍinyādbhāradvājāttathaiva ca | mārkaṇḍeyāttathaivaitadṛṣerdevamatādapi

from Gautama, Kaundinya and Bharadvaja, from Markandeya, and likewise from the sage Devamata.

Note on the text: Corrected बारद्वाजात् → भारद्वाजात् (misprint in Wikisource; बारद्वाज is not the name; CE bhāradvājāt). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0215-0216).

Verse 21 (13.38.21)

पित्रा च मम राजेन्द्र श्राद्धकाले प्रभाषितम् । परं रहस्यं वेदान्तं प्रियं हि परमात्मनः ॥

pitrā ca mama rājendra śrāddhakāle prabhāṣitam | paraṃ rahasyaṃ vedāntaṃ priyaṃ hi paramātmanaḥ

And my father too spoke of it to me, O king of kings, at the time of the shraddha: a supreme secret, the Vedanta, dear to the Supreme Self.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0217-0218).

Verse 22 (13.38.22)

अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि यन्मां पृच्छसि भारतः । तदिहैकमनोबुद्धिः शृणुष्वावहितो नृप । स्वायंभुवस्य संवादं नारदस्य च धीमतः ॥

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi yanmāṃ pṛcchasi bhārataḥ | tadihaikamanobuddhiḥ śṛṇuṣvāvahito nṛpa | svāyaṃbhuvasya saṃvādaṃ nāradasya ca dhīmataḥ

Now I shall tell you what you ask me, O Bharata. Listen here with a single mind and full attention, O king: the conversation of the Self-born sage and the wise Narada.

Note on the text: Wikisource भारतः (CE bhārata) is kept as a valid form. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0219-0221).

Verse 23 (13.38.23)

सनत्कुमारो भगवान्दिव्यं जज्वाल तेजसा । अङ्गुष्ठमात्रो भूत्वा वै विचचार महाद्युतिः ॥

sanatkumāro bhagavāndivyaṃ jajvāla tejasā | aṅguṣṭhamātro bhūtvā vai vicacāra mahādyutiḥ

The blessed Sanatkumara blazed with divine radiance; becoming no larger than a thumb, the greatly radiant one went about.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0222-0223).

Verse 24 (13.38.24)

स कदाचिन्महाभागो मेरुपृष्ठं समागमत् । नारदेन नरश्रेष्ठ मुनिना ब्रह्मवादिना ॥

sa kadācinmahābhāgo merupṛṣṭhaṃ samāgamat | nāradena naraśreṣṭha muninā brahmavādinā

Once the greatly fortunate one came to the summit of Meru, where he met Narada, O best of men, the sage who knows Brahman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0224-0225).

Verse 25 (13.38.25)

जिज्ञासमानावन्योन्यं सकाशे ब्रह्मणस्ततः । ब्रह्म भागवतौ तात परमार्थार्थचिन्तकौ ॥

jijñāsamānāvanyonyaṃ sakāśe brahmaṇastataḥ | brahma bhāgavatau tāta paramārthārthacintakau

Each wishing to learn from the other, they were then in the presence of Brahma, both devoted to the Brahman, dear one, and intent on the highest truth.

Note on the text: Wikisource ब्रह्म भागवतौ (CE brahmabhāvagatau) is kept as a variant. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0226-0227).

Verse 26 (13.38.26)

मतिमान्मतिमच्छ्रेष्ठं बुद्धिमान्बुद्धिमत्तरम् । क्षेत्रवित्क्षेत्रविच्छ्रेष्ठं ज्ञानविज्ज्ञानमत्तमम् ॥

matimānmatimacchreṣṭhaṃ buddhimānbuddhimattaram | kṣetravitkṣetravicchreṣṭhaṃ jñānavijjñānamattamam

The wise one faced the best of the wise, the intelligent one a still more intelligent, the knower of the field the best of such knowers, the knower of knowledge the greatest of those who know it:

Note on the text: Wikisource ज्ञानमत्तमम् (CE jñānavittamam) is kept as a variant. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0228-0229).

Verse 27 (13.38.27)

सनत्कुमारं तत्वज्ञं भगवन्तमरिंदम । लोकविल्लोकविच्छ्रेष्ठमात्मविच्चात्मवित्तमम् । सर्ववेदार्थकुशलं सर्वशास्त्रविशारदम् ॥

sanatkumāraṃ tatvajñaṃ bhagavantamariṃdama | lokavillokavicchreṣṭhamātmaviccātmavittamam | sarvavedārthakuśalaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam

Sanatkumara, the knower of truth, the blessed one, O subduer of foes; knower of the worlds and best among such, knower of the Self and greatest among such, skilled in the meaning of all the Vedas and learned in all the scriptures,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0230-0232).

Verse 28 (13.38.28)

साङ्ख्ययोगं च यो वेद पाणावामलकं यथा । नारदोऽथ नरश्रेष्ठ तं पप्रच्छ महाद्युतिः ॥

sāṅkhyayogaṃ ca yo veda pāṇāvāmalakaṃ yathā | nārado'tha naraśreṣṭha taṃ papraccha mahādyutiḥ

who knew Sankhya and Yoga as plainly as a myrobalan fruit held in the palm of the hand. Narada, O best of men, the greatly radiant, then questioned him.

Note on the text: In the Appendix the heading nāradaḥ is printed beside line 0234 (the second line of this verse), but the speech it introduces is the next verse; as on the Wikisource page, this verse stays the narration of Bhishma. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0233-0234).

Verse 29 (13.38.29)

त्रयोविंशतितत्वस्य अव्यक्तस्य महामुने । प्रभवं चाप्ययं चैव श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्वतः ॥

trayoviṃśatitatvasya avyaktasya mahāmune | prabhavaṃ cāpyayaṃ caiva śrotumicchāmi tatvataḥ

Great sage, of the Unmanifest with its twenty-three principles, I wish to hear truly the origin and the dissolution,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0235-0236).

Verse 30 (13.38.30)

अध्यात्ममधिभूतं च अधिदैवं तथैव च । कालसङ्ख्याश्च सर्गं च स्रष्टारं पुरुषं प्रभुम् ॥

adhyātmamadhibhūtaṃ ca adhidaivaṃ tathaiva ca | kālasaṅkhyāśca sargaṃ ca sraṣṭāraṃ puruṣaṃ prabhum

the spiritual, the elemental and the divine, the reckonings of time and creation, and the Creator, the Purusha, the Lord,

Note on the text: Wikisource कालसङ्ख्याश्च (CE kālasaṃkhyāṃ ca) is kept as a variant. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0237-0238).

Verse 31 (13.38.31)

यं विश्वमुपजीवन्ति येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥

yaṃ viśvamupajīvanti yena sarvamidaṃ tatam | yaṃ prāpya na nivartante tadbhavānvaktumarhati

on whom the whole world lives, by whom all this is pervaded, and attaining whom they do not return: you ought to tell me of him.

Note on the text: In the Appendix the heading sanatkumāraḥ is printed beside line 0240 (the second line of this verse); Wikisource heads the reply at the next verse, which is followed here. Corrected विस्वमुप → विश्वमुप (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the next verse has विश्वमुपजीवन्ति, CE viśvam). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0239-0240).

Verse 32 (13.38.32)

यं विश्वमुपजीवन्ति यमाहुः पुरुषं परम् । तं वै शृणु महाबुद्धे नारायणमनामयम् ॥

yaṃ viśvamupajīvanti yamāhuḥ puruṣaṃ param | taṃ vai śṛṇu mahābuddhe nārāyaṇamanāmayam

Hear, O great-minded one, of him on whom the universe lives, whom they call the Supreme Purusha: Narayana, free from affliction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0241-0242).

Verse 33 (13.38.33)

एष नारायणो नाम यं विश्वमुपजीवति । एष स्रष्टा विधाता च भर्ता पालयिता प्रभुः ॥

eṣa nārāyaṇo nāma yaṃ viśvamupajīvati | eṣa sraṣṭā vidhātā ca bhartā pālayitā prabhuḥ

This is he whose name is Narayana, on whom the universe lives. He is the creator, the ordainer, the sustainer, the protector, the lord.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0243-0244).

Verse 34 (13.38.34)

प्राप्यैनं न निवर्तन्ते यतयोऽध्यात्मचिन्तकाः । एतावदेव वक्तव्यं मया नारद पृच्छते ॥

prāpyainaṃ na nivartante yatayo'dhyātmacintakāḥ | etāvadeva vaktavyaṃ mayā nārada pṛcchate

Ascetics who contemplate the Self do not return once they have reached him. This much only is to be said by me, Narada, to you who ask.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0245-0246).

Verse 35 (13.38.35)

परं न वेद्मि तत्सर्गं यावांश्चायं यथाप्यहम् । श्रूयतामानुपूर्व्येण न च सर्गः प्रयत्नतः ॥

paraṃ na vedmi tatsargaṃ yāvāṃścāyaṃ yathāpyaham | śrūyatāmānupūrvyeṇa na ca sargaḥ prayatnataḥ

Beyond this I do not know that creation, how vast it is and what its extent is, save as I know it myself. Let it be heard in due order, and without strain over the account of creation.

Note on the text: Wikisource यथाप्यहम् … न च सर्गः (CE yathāpyayam … nava sargāḥ) is kept as a variant; the sense of the second line is uncertain. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0247-0248).

Verse 36 (13.38.36)

यथा कालपरीमाणं तत्वानामृषिसत्तम । अध्यात्ममधिभूतं च अधिदैवं तथैव च । कालसंख्यां च सर्गं च सर्वमेव महामुने ॥

yathā kālaparīmāṇaṃ tatvānāmṛṣisattama | adhyātmamadhibhūtaṃ ca adhidaivaṃ tathaiva ca | kālasaṃkhyāṃ ca sargaṃ ca sarvameva mahāmune

As to the measure of time of the principles, O best of sages, the spiritual, the elemental and the divine, the reckoning of time and creation, everything, O great sage:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0249-0251).

Verse 37 (13.38.37)

तमसः कुर्वतः सर्गं तामसो ह्यभिधीयते । ब्रह्मविद्भिर्द्विजैर्नित्यं नित्यमध्यात्मचिन्तकैः ॥

tamasaḥ kurvataḥ sargaṃ tāmaso hyabhidhīyate | brahmavidbhirdvijairnityaṃ nityamadhyātmacintakaiḥ

When he makes the creation of darkness he is called the Tamasa, by the twice-born who know Brahman and ever contemplate the Self.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0252-0253).

Verse 38 (13.38.38)

पर्यायनामान्येतस्य कथयन्ति मनीषिणः । तानि ते सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तदिहैकमनाः शृणु ॥

paryāyanāmānyetasya kathayanti manīṣiṇaḥ | tāni te sampravakṣyāmi tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

The wise tell his other names. I shall tell them to you; listen to them here with a single mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0254-0255).

Verse 39 (13.38.39)

महार्णवोऽर्णवश्चैव सलिलं च गुणास्तथा । वेदास्तपांसि यज्ञाश्च धर्माश्च भगवान्विभुः । प्राणः सांवर्तकोग्निश्च व्योम कालस्तथैव च ॥

mahārṇavo'rṇavaścaiva salilaṃ ca guṇāstathā | vedāstapāṃsi yajñāśca dharmāśca bhagavānvibhuḥ | prāṇaḥ sāṃvartakogniśca vyoma kālastathaiva ca

The great ocean and the ocean, water, the qualities, the Vedas, austerities, sacrifices, the dharmas, the blessed all-pervading one, the vital breath, the fire of dissolution, the sky, and time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0256-0258).

Verse 40 (13.38.40)

नामान्येतानि ब्रह्मर्षे शरीरस्येश्वरस्य वै । कीर्तितानि द्विजश्रेष्ठ मया शास्त्रानुसारतः ॥

nāmānyetāni brahmarṣe śarīrasyeśvarasya vai | kīrtitāni dvijaśreṣṭha mayā śāstrānusārataḥ

These are the names, O Brahmarshi, of the body of the Lord. I have recited them, best of the twice-born, according to the scriptures.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0259-0260).

Verse 41 (13.38.41)

चतुर्युगसहस्राणि चतुर्युगमरिंदम । प्राहुः कल्पसहस्रं वै ब्राह्मणास्तत्वदर्शिनः ॥

caturyugasahasrāṇi caturyugamariṃdama | prāhuḥ kalpasahasraṃ vai brāhmaṇāstatvadarśinaḥ

A thousand four-age cycles, O subduer of foes: this the brahmins who see the truth call a thousand kalpas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0261-0262).

Verse 42 (13.38.42)

दशकल्पसहस्राणि अव्ययस्य महानिशा । तथैव दिवसं प्राहुर्योगाः सांख्याश्च तत्वतः ॥

daśakalpasahasrāṇi avyayasya mahāniśā | tathaiva divasaṃ prāhuryogāḥ sāṃkhyāśca tatvataḥ

Ten thousand kalpas are the great night of the Imperishable, and the same, say the yogins and the Sankhyas in truth, is his day.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0263-0264).

Verse 43 (13.38.43)

निशासुप्तोथ भगवान्क्षपान्ते प्रत्यबुध्यत । पश्चाद्बुद्ध्वा ससर्जापस्तासु वीर्यमवासृजत् ॥

niśāsuptotha bhagavānkṣapānte pratyabudhyata | paścādbuddhvā sasarjāpastāsu vīryamavāsṛjat

Asleep through the night, the Blessed One awoke at its end. Having awakened, he created the waters and poured his seed into them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0265-0266).

Verse 44 (13.38.44)

तदण्डमभवद्धैमं सहस्रांशुसमप्रभम् । अहंकृत्वा ततस्तस्मिन्ससर्ज प्रभुरीश्वरः ॥

tadaṇḍamabhavaddhaimaṃ sahasrāṃśusamaprabham | ahaṃkṛtvā tatastasminsasarja prabhurīśvaraḥ

That became a golden egg, shining like a thousand-rayed sun. Having made the sense of I, the lord God then created in it:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0267-0268).

Verse 45 (13.38.45)

हिरण्यगर्भं विश्वात्मा ब्रह्माणं जलवन्मुनिम् । भूतभव्यभविष्यस्य कर्तारमनघं विभुम् । मूर्तिमन्तं महात्मानं विश्वशम्भुं स्वयंभुवम् ॥

hiraṇyagarbhaṃ viśvātmā brahmāṇaṃ jalavanmunim | bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasya kartāramanaghaṃ vibhum | mūrtimantaṃ mahātmānaṃ viśvaśambhuṃ svayaṃbhuvam

Hiranyagarbha, the soul of the universe, Brahma, the sage of the waters, maker of what was, is and will be, the sinless all-pervader, embodied and great-souled, Vishvashambhu, the Self-existent.

Note on the text: Corrected विस्वात्मा → विश्वात्मा (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; CE viśvātmā). Corrected ब्रह्माणां → ब्रह्माणं (misprint in Wikisource; object of ससर्ज; CE brahmāṇaṃ). Corrected विश्वशभुं → विश्वशम्भुं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara; CE viśvaśaṃbhuṃ). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0269-0271).

Verse 46 (13.38.46)

अणिमा लघिमा प्राप्तिरीशानो ज्योतिषां नरम् । चक्रे तिरोधां भगवानेतत्कृत्वा महायशाः ॥

aṇimā laghimā prāptirīśāno jyotiṣāṃ naram | cakre tirodhāṃ bhagavānetatkṛtvā mahāyaśāḥ

Having done this, the glorious Blessed One, endowed with the powers of minuteness, lightness, attainment and lordship, the foremost man among the luminaries, withdrew from sight.

Note on the text: Corrected भगवानेत्कृत्वा → भगवानेतत्कृत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; एत् is not a word; CE etat kṛtvā). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0272-0273).

Verse 47 (13.38.47)

एतस्यापि निशामाहुर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः । पञ्चकल्पसहस्राणि अहरेतावदेव च ॥

etasyāpi niśāmāhurvedavedāṅgapāragāḥ | pañcakalpasahasrāṇi aharetāvadeva ca

Of him too the masters of the Veda and its limbs speak of a night: five thousand kalpas, and a day of just that length.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0274-0275).

Verse 48 (13.38.48)

स सर्गं कुरुते ब्रह्मा तामसश्चानुपूर्व्यशः । सृजते ह त्वहंकारं परमेष्ठिनमव्ययम् ॥

sa sargaṃ kurute brahmā tāmasaścānupūrvyaśaḥ | sṛjate ha tvahaṃkāraṃ parameṣṭhinamavyayam

Brahma carries out the creation, the dark one in due order, and brings forth the sense of I, the supreme and imperishable.

Note on the text: Corrected कुरुत ब्रह्मा → कुरुते ब्रह्मा (misprint in Wikisource; कुरुत does not agree with the singular subject; CE kurute). Corrected सृजतेऽहं त्वहंकारं → सृजते ह त्वहंकारं (misprint in Wikisource; सृजतेऽहं would make Brahma say "I"; CE sṛjate ha). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0276-0277).

Verse 49 (13.38.49)

अहङ्कारेणैव लोका व्याप्ताः साहंकृतेन वै । येनाविष्टानि भूतानि मज्जन्त्यव्यक्तसागरे ॥

ahaṅkāreṇaiva lokā vyāptāḥ sāhaṃkṛtena vai | yenāviṣṭāni bhūtāni majjantyavyaktasāgare

The worlds are pervaded by egoism, together with the sense of I; beings possessed by it sink in the ocean of the Unmanifest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0278-0279).

Verse 50 (13.38.50)

देवर्षिदानवनरा यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नराः । उन्मज्जन्ति निमज्जन्ति ऊर्ध्वाधस्तिर्यगेव च ॥

devarṣidānavanarā yakṣagandharvakinnarāḥ | unmajjanti nimajjanti ūrdhvādhastiryageva ca

Gods, sages, danavas, men, yakshas, gandharvas and kinnaras rise and sink, upward, downward and crosswise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0280-0281).

Verse 51 (13.38.51)

एतस्यापि निशामाहुस्तृतीयामथ कुर्वतः । त्रीणि कल्पसहस्राणि अहरेतावदेव तु ॥

etasyāpi niśāmāhustṛtīyāmatha kurvataḥ | trīṇi kalpasahasrāṇi aharetāvadeva tu

Of him too, when he makes the third creation, they speak of a night: three thousand kalpas, and a day of just that length.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0282-0283).

Verse 52 (13.38.52)

अहङ्कारस्तु सृजति महाभूतानि पञ्च वै । पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम् ॥

ahaṅkārastu sṛjati mahābhūtāni pañca vai | pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam

Egoism creates the five great elements: earth, air, space, water, and fire as the fifth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0284-0285).

Verse 53 (13.38.53)

एतेषां गुणतत्वानि पञ्च प्राहुर्द्विजातयः । शब्दे स्पर्शे च रूपे च रसे गन्धे तथैव च ॥

eteṣāṃ guṇatatvāni pañca prāhurdvijātayaḥ | śabde sparśe ca rūpe ca rase gandhe tathaiva ca

The twice-born name five qualities of these: in sound, touch, form, taste and smell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0286-0287).

Verse 54 (13.38.54)

गुणेष्वेतेष्वभिरताः पङ्कलग्ना इव द्विपाः । नोत्तिष्ठन्त्यवशीभूताः सक्ता अव्यक्तसागरे ॥

guṇeṣveteṣvabhiratāḥ paṅkalagnā iva dvipāḥ | nottiṣṭhantyavaśībhūtāḥ saktā avyaktasāgare

Those absorbed in these qualities, like elephants stuck in mud, do not rise; helpless, they cling in the ocean of the Unmanifest.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0288-0289).

Verse 55 (13.38.55)

एतेषामिह वै सर्गं चतुर्थमिह कुर्वतः । चतुर्युगसहस्रे वै अहोरात्रास्तथैव च ॥

eteṣāmiha vai sargaṃ caturthamiha kurvataḥ | caturyugasahasre vai ahorātrāstathaiva ca

When he makes the fourth creation here, a thousand four-age cycles are its length, and days and nights likewise.

Note on the text: Corrected वै सर्वं चतुर्थ → वै सर्गं चतुर्थ (misprint in Wikisource; the verses count the creations (the fifth follows); CE sargaṃ). Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0290-0291).

Verse 56 (13.38.56)

अनन्त इति विख्यातः पञ्चमः सर्ग उच्यते । इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च यथाश्रुतिनिदर्शनात् ॥

ananta iti vikhyātaḥ pañcamaḥ sarga ucyate | indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca yathāśrutinidarśanāt

The fifth creation, known as Ananta, is spoken of; it is the eleven senses, as the scriptural teaching shows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0292-0293).

Verse 57 (13.38.57)

मनः सर्वमिदं तात विश्वं सर्वमिदं जगत् । न तथान्यानि भूतानि बलवन्ति यथा मनः ॥

manaḥ sarvamidaṃ tāta viśvaṃ sarvamidaṃ jagat | na tathānyāni bhūtāni balavanti yathā manaḥ

Mind, dear one, is all this, the whole universe, the whole world. No other beings are as powerful as the mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0294-0295).

Verse 58 (13.38.58)

एतस्यापि ह वै सर्गं षष्ठमाहुर्द्विजातयः । अहः कल्पसहस्रं वै रात्रिरेतावती तथा ॥

etasyāpi ha vai sargaṃ ṣaṣṭhamāhurdvijātayaḥ | ahaḥ kalpasahasraṃ vai rātriretāvatī tathā

Of him too the twice-born speak of a sixth creation; its day is a thousand kalpas, and its night the same.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0296-0297).

Verse 59 (13.38.59)

ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्तु वै सर्गं सप्तमं ब्रह्मणो विदुः । अष्टमं चाप्यधःस्रोतस्तिर्यक्तु नवमः स्मृतः ॥

ūrdhvasrotastu vai sargaṃ saptamaṃ brahmaṇo viduḥ | aṣṭamaṃ cāpyadhaḥsrotastiryaktu navamaḥ smṛtaḥ

The seventh creation of Brahma they know as the upward-flowing; the eighth is the downward-flowing; and the ninth, the sideways-flowing, is so remembered.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0298-0299).

Verse 60 (13.38.60)

एतानि नव सर्गाणि तत्वानि च महामुने । चतुर्विंशतितत्वानि तत्वसंख्यानि तेऽनघ ॥

etāni nava sargāṇi tatvāni ca mahāmune | caturviṃśatitatvāni tatvasaṃkhyāni te'nagha

These are the nine creations and the principles, O great sage; the principles are counted as twenty-four, O sinless one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0300-0301).

Verse 61 (13.38.61)

सर्वस्य प्रभवः पूर्वमुक्तो नारायणः प्रभुः । अव्ययः प्रभवश्चैव अव्यक्तस्य महामुने । प्रवक्ष्याम्यपरं तत्वं यस्य यस्येश्वरश्च यः ॥

sarvasya prabhavaḥ pūrvamukto nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | avyayaḥ prabhavaścaiva avyaktasya mahāmune | pravakṣyāmyaparaṃ tatvaṃ yasya yasyeśvaraśca yaḥ

Narayana the Lord was declared earlier as the origin of all: the imperishable one, and the origin of the Unmanifest, O great sage. Now I shall tell of the further principle, whose lord is whom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0302-0304).

Verse 62 (13.38.62)

अध्यात्ममधिभूतं च अधिदैवं तथैव च । यथाश्रुतं यथादृष्टं तत्वतो वै निबोध मे ॥

adhyātmamadhibhūtaṃ ca adhidaivaṃ tathaiva ca | yathāśrutaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ tatvato vai nibodha me

The spiritual, the elemental and the divine: hear it truly, as I have heard and seen it.

Note on the text: Removed the stray quotation mark and doubled danda printed after मे (page: निबोध मे।।'); in the Appendix the heading sanatkumāraḥ follows this line and opens adhyaya 39. Not in the critical edition text proper; found as Appendix I, No. 3 (the passage printed after 13.13.6d, lines 13.13.6d@003_0305-0306).