Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 3.4

iti śrī brahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte uttarabhāge caturtha upasaṃhārapāde pratisargo nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
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śrutaṃ sumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrttitam /
prajānāṃ manubhiḥ sārddhaṃ devānāmṛṣibhiḥ saha

pitṛgandharvabhūtānāṃ piśācoragarakṣasām /
daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca yakṣāṇāmeva pakṣiṇām

atyadbhutāni karmāṇi vividhā dharmaniścayāḥ /
vicitrāśca kathāyogā janma cāgryamanuttamam

tatkathyamānamasmākaṃ bhavatā ślakṣṇayā girā /
manaḥ karṇasukhaṃ saute prīṇātyamṛtasannibham

evamārādhya te sūtaṃ satkṛtya ca maharṣayaḥ /
papracchuḥ sattriṇaḥ sarve punaḥ sargapravarttanam

kathaṃ suta mahāprājña punaḥ sargaḥ prapatsyate /
bandheṣu saṃpralīneṣu guṇasāmye tamomaye

vikāreṣvavisṛṣṭeṣu hyavyakte cātmani sthite /
apravṛtte brahmaṇā tu sahasā yojyagaistadā

kathaṃ prapatsyate sargastannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām /
evamuktastataḥ sūtastadāsau lomaharṣaṇaḥ

vyākhyātumupacakrāma punaḥ sargapravarttanam /
atra vo varttayiṣyāmi yathā sargaḥ prapatsyate

pūrvavatsa tu vijñeyaḥ samāsāttannibodhata /
dṛṣṭenaivānumeyaṃ ca tarkaṃ vakṣyāmi yuktitaḥ

yasmādvāco nivarttante tvaprāpya manasā saha /
avyakta vatparokṣatvādgahanaṃ taddurāsadam

vikāraiḥ pratisaṃsṛṣṭo guṇaḥ sāmyena varttate /
pradhānaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ ca sādharmyeṇaiva tiṣṭhati

dharmādharmauṃ pralīyete hyavyakte prāṇināṃ sadā /
sattvamātrātmako dharmo guṇe sattve pratiṣṭhitaḥ

tamomātrātmako dharmo guṇe tamasi tiṣṭhati /
avibhāgena tāvetau guṇasāmye sthitāvubhau

sarvaṃ kāryaṃ buddhipūrvaṃ pradhānasya prapatsyate /
buddhipūrvaṃ kṣetrajña adhiṣṭhāsyati tānguṇān

evaṃ tānabhimānena prapatsyati punastadā /
yadā pravarttitavyaṃ tu kṣetrakṣetrajñayor dvayoḥ

bhojyabhoktṛtvasaṃbandhāḥ prapatsyante ca tāvubhau /
tasmādakṣaramavyaktaṃ sāmye sthitvā guṇātmakam

kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ tatra vaipamyaṃ bhajate tu tat /
tataḥ prapatsyate vyaktaṃ kṣetrakṣetrajñayordvayoḥ

kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṃ sattvaṃ vikāraṃ janayiṣyati /
mahadādyaṃ viśeṣāntaṃ caturviṃśaguṇātmakam

kṣetrajñasya pradhānasya puruṣasya pravartsyataḥ /
ādidevaḥ pradhānasyānugrahāya prajakṣate

anādyau varamutpādau ubhau sūkṣmau tu tau smṛtau /
anādisaṃyogayutau sarvaṃ kṣetrajñameva ca

abuddhipūrvakaṃ yuktamāśaktau tu varau tadā /
apratyayamamoghaṃ ca sthitāvudakamatsyavat

pravṛttapūrvauṃ tau pūrvaṃ punaḥ sarvaṃ prapatsyate /
ajñā guṇaiḥ pravarttante rajaḥsattvatamo 'bhidhaiḥ

pravṛttikāle rajasābhipanno mahattvabhūtādiviśeṣatāṃ ca /
viśeṣatāṃ cendriyatāṃ ca yāti guṇāvasānauṣadhibhirmanuṣyaḥ

satyābhidhyāyinastasya dhyāyinaḥ sannimittakam /
rajaḥ sattvatamovyaktā vidharmāṇaḥ parasparam

ādyantaṃ vai pravatsyante kṣetramajñāmvu sarvaśaḥ /
saṃsiddhakāryakaraṇā utpadyante 'bhimāninaḥ

sarve sattvāḥ prapadyante hyavyaktātpūrvameva ca /
prāksṛtau ye tvasuvahāḥ sādhakāścāpyasādhakāḥ

asaṃśāntāstu te sarve sthānaprakaraṇaiḥ saha /
kāryāṇi pratipatsyante utpatsyante punaḥ punaḥ

guṇamātrātmakāveva dharmādharmauṃ parasparam /
ārapsaṃte hi cānyonyaṃ vareṇānugraheṇa vā

śarvastulyaprasṛṣṭyartha sargādau yāti vikriyām /
guṇāstaṃ pratidhīyante tasmāttattasya rocate

guṇāste yāni karmāṇi prāksṛṣṭyāṃ pratipedire /
tānyeva pratipadyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ

hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte /
tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāttattasya rocate

mahābhūteṣu nānātvamindriyārtheṣu mūrttiṣu /
viprayogaśca bhūtānāṃ guṇebhyaḥ saṃpravarttate

ityeṣa vo mayā khyātaḥ punaḥ sargaḥ samāsataḥ /
samāsādeva vakṣyāmi brahmaṇo 'tha samudbhavam

avyaktātkāraṇāttasmānnityātsadasadātmakāt /
pradhānapuruṣābhyāṃ tu jāyate ca maheśvaraḥ

sa punaḥ saṃbhāvayitā jāyate brahmasaṃjñitaḥ /
sṛjate sa punarlokānabhimāna guṇātmakān

ahaṅkārastu mahatastasmādbhūtāni cātmanaḥ /
yugapatsaṃpravarttante bhūtānyevendriyāṇi ca

bhūtabhedāśca bhūtebhya iti sargaḥ pravarttate /
vistarāvayavasteṣāṃ yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam /
kīrttyato vo yathāpūrvaṃ tathaivāpyupadhāryatām

etacchrutvā naimiṣeyā stadānīṃ lokotpattiṃ susthitiṃ cāpyayaṃ ca /
tasminsatre 'vabhṛthaṃ prāpya śuddhāḥ puṇyaṃ lokamṛṣayaḥ prāpnuvanti

yathā yūyaṃ vidhinā devātādīniṣṭvā caivāvabhṛthaṃ prāpya śuddhāḥ /
tyaktvā dehānāyuṣoṃ'te kṛtārthāḥ puṇyaṃ lokaṃ prāpya modadhvamevam

ete te naimiṣeyā vai dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā ca vai tadā /
jagmuścāvabhṛthasnātāḥ svargaṃ sarve tu satriṇaḥ

viprāstathā yūyamapi iṣṭā bahuvidhairmakhaiḥ /
āyuṣoṃ'te tataḥ svargaṃ gantāraḥ stha dvijottamāḥ

prakriyā prathamaḥ pādaḥ kathāyāstu parigrahaḥ /
anuṣaṅga upoddhāta upasaṃhāra eva ca

evameva catuḥpādaṃ purāṇaṃ lokasammatam /
uvāca bhāgavānsakṣādvāyulokahite rataḥ

naimiṣe satramā sādya munibhyo munisattama /
tatprasādaṃ ca saṃsiddhaṃ bhūtotpattilayānvitam

prādhānikīmimāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ tathaiveśvarakāritām /
samyagviditvā medhāvī na mohamadhigacchati

idaṃ yo brāhmaṇo vidvānitihāsaṃ purātanam /
śṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi tathādhyāpayate 'pi ca

sthāneṣu sa mahendrasya modate śāśvatīḥ samāḥ /
brahmasāyujyago bhūtvā brahmaṇā saha modate

teṣāṃ kīrtimatāṃ kīrtiṃ prajeśānāṃ mahātmanām /
prathayanpṛthivīśānāṃ brahmabhūyāya gacchati

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca saṃmitam /
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanenoktaṃ purāṇa brahmavādinā

manvantareśvarāṇāṃ ca yaḥ kīrtiṃ prathayedimām /
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca bhūridravimatejasām

sa sarvairmucyate pāpaiḥ puṇyaṃ ca mahadāpnuyāt /
yaścedaṃ śrāvayedvidvānsadā parvaṇi parvaṇi

dhūtapāpmā jitasvargo brahmabhūyāya kalpate /
yaścedaṃ śrāvayecchrāddhe brāhmaṇān pādamantataḥ

akṣeyaṃ sarvakāmīyaṃ pitṝṃstacchopatiṣṭhate /
yasmātpurā hyaṇantīdaṃ purāṇaṃ tena cocyate

niruktamasya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
tathaiva triṣu varṇeṣu ye manuṣyā adhīyate

itihāsamimaṃ śrutvā dharmāya vidadhe matim /
yāvantyasya śarīreṣu romakūpāni sarvaśaḥ

tāvatkoṭisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi divi modate /
brahmasāyujyago bhūtvā daivataiḥ saha modate

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca yaśasvi ca /
brahmā dadau śāstramidaṃ purāṇaṃ mātariśvane

tasmāccośanasā prāptaṃ tasmāccāpi bṛhaspatiḥ /
bṛhaspatistu provāca savitre tadanantaram

savitā mṛtyave prāha mṛtyuścendrāya vai punaḥ /
indraścāpi vasiṣṭhāya so 'pi sārasvatāya ca

sārasvatastridhāmne 'tha tridhāmā ca śaradvate /
śaradvāṃstu triviṣṭāya soṃ'tarikṣāya dattavān

carṣiṇe cāntarikṣo vai so 'pi trayyāruṇāya ca /
trayyāruṇāddhanañjayaḥ sa vai prādātkṛtañjaye

kṛtañjayāttṛṇañjayo bharadvājāya so 'pyatha /
gautamāya bharadvājaḥ so 'pi niryyantare punaḥ

niryyantarastu provāca tathā vājaśravāya vai /
sa dadau somaśuṣmāya sa cādāttṛṇabindave

tṛṇabindustu dakṣāya dakṣaḥ provāca śaktaye /
śakteḥ parāśaraścāpi garbhasthaḥ śrutavānidam

parāśarājjātukarṇyastasmāddvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ /
dvaipāyanā tpunaścāpi mayā prāptaṃ dvijottama

mayā caitatpunaḥ proktaṃ putrāyāmitabuddhaye /
ityeva vākyaṃ brahmādiguruṇāṃ samudātdṛtam

namaskāryāśca guravaḥ prayatnena manīṣibhiḥ /
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvārthasādhakam

pāpaghnaṃ niyamenedaṃ śrotavyaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ sadā /
nāśucau nāpi pāpāya nāpyasaṃvatsaroṣite

nāśraddadhāne 'viduṣe nāputrāya kathañcana /
nāhitāya pradātavyaṃ pavitramidamuttamam

avyaktaṃ vai yasya yoniṃ vadanti vyaktaṃ dehaṃ kālametaṃ gatiṃ ca /
vahnirvaktraṃ candrasūryauṃ ca netrediśaḥ śrotre ghrāṇamāhuśca vāyum

vāco vedā antarikṣaṃ śarīraṃ kṣitiḥ pādāstārakā romakūpāḥ /
sarvāṇi dyaurmastakāni tvatho vai vidyāścaivopaniṣadyasya puccham

taṃ devadevaṃ jananaṃ janānāṃ yajñātmakaṃ satyalokapratiṣṭham /
varaṃ varāṇāṃ varadaṃ maheśvaraṃ brahmāṇamādiṃ prayato namasye