Vayu Purana · Chapter 60

//ṛṣaya ūcuḥ//
ṛṣayastadvacaḥ śrutvā sūtamāhuḥ sudustaram/
kathaṃ vedā purā vyastāstanno brūhi mahāmate

//sūta uvāca //
dvāpare tu parāvṛtte manoḥ svāyambhuve'ntare /
brahmā manumuvācedaṃ tadvadiṣye mahāmate

parivṛtte yuge tāta svalpavīryā dvijātayaḥ/
saṃvṛttāṃ yuga doṣeṇa sarve caiva yathākramam

bhraśyamānaṃ yugavaśādalpaśiṣṭaṃ hi dṛśyate/
daśasāhasrabhāgena hyavaśiṣṭaṃ kṛtādidam

vīryaṃ tejo balaṃ vākyaṃ sarvañcaiva praṇaśyati/
vedavedā hi kāryāḥ syurmābhūdvedavināśanam

vede nāśamanuprāpte yajño nāśaṃ gamiṣyati/
yatre naṣṭe devanāśastataḥ sarvaṃ praṇaśyati

ādyo vedaścatuṣpādaḥ śatasāhasrasaṃjñitaḥ/
punardaśaguṇaḥ kṛtsno yajño vai sarvakāmadhuk

evamuktastathetyuktvā manurlokahite rataḥ/
vedamekaṃ catuṣpādaṃ caturdhā vyabhajatprabhuḥ

brahmaṇo vacanāttāta lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā/
tadidaṃ varttamānena yuṣmākaṃ vedakalpanam

manvantareṇa vakṣyāmi vyatītānāṃ prakalpanam/
pratyakṣeṇa parokṣaṃ vai tannibodhata sattamāḥ

asmin yuge kṛto vyāsaḥ pārāśaryaḥ parantapaḥ/
dvaipāyana iti khyāto viṣṇoraṃśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

brahmaṇā coditaḥ so'smin vedaṃ vyastuṃ pracakrame/
atha śiṣyān sa jagrāha caturo vedakāraṇāt

jaiminiñca sumantuñca vaiśampāyanameva ca/
pailanteṣāṃ caturthantu pañcamaṃ lomaharṣaṇam

ṛgvedaśrāvakaṃ pailañjagrāha vidhivad dvijam /
yajurvedapravaktāraṃ vaiśampāyanameva ca

jaiminiṃ sāmavedārthaśrāvakaṃ so'nvapadyata/
tathaivātharvavedasya sumantumṛṣisattamam

itihāsapurāṇasya vaktāraṃ samyageva hi/
māñcaiva pratijagrāha bhagavānīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ

eka āsīdyajurvedastañcaturddhā vyakalpayat/
caturhotramabhūttasmiṃstena yajñamakalpayat

ādhvaryavaṃ yajurbhistu ṛgbhirhotraṃ tathaiva ca/
udgātraṃ sāmabhiśvakre brahmatvañcāpyatharvabhiḥ/
brahmatvamakarodyajñe vedenātharvaṇena tu

tataḥ saṛcamuddhṛtya ṛgvedaṃ samakalpa yat/
hotṛkaṃ kalpyate tena yajñavāhaṃ jagaddhitam

sāmabhiḥ sāmavedañca tenodgātramarocayat /
rājñastvatharvavedena sarvakarmāṇyakārayat

ākhyānaiścāpyupākhyānairgāthābhiḥ kulakarmabhiḥ/
purāṇasaṃhitāścakre purāṇārthaviśāradaḥ

yacchiṣṭantu yajurvede tena yajñamathāyujat/
yuñjānaḥ sa yajurvede iti śāstraviniścayaḥ

padānāmuddhṛtatvācca yajūṃṣi viṣamāṇi vai /
sa tenoddhṛtavīryastu ṛtvigbhirvedapāragaiḥ/
prayujyate hyaśvamedhastena vā yujyate tu saḥ

ṛco gṛhītvā pailastu vyabhajattad vidhā punaḥ /
dviṣkṛtvā saṃyuge caiva śiṣyābhyāmadadatprabhuḥ

indrapramataye caikāṃ dvitīyāṃ bāṣkalāya ca/
catasraḥ saṃhitāḥ kṛtvā bāṣkalirdvijasattamaḥ/
śiṣyānadhyāpayāmāsa śuśrūṣābhiratān hitān

bodhantu prathamāṃ śākhāṃ dvitīyāmagnimāṭharam/
pārāśaraṃ tṛtīyāntu yājñavalkyāmathāparām

indrapramatirekāntu saṃhitāṃ dvijasattamaḥ/
adhyāpayanmahābhāgaṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ yaśasvinam

satyaśravasamagryantu putraṃ sa tu mahāyaśāḥ/
satyaśravāḥ satyahitaṃ punaradhyāpayad dvijaḥ

so'pi satyataraṃ putraṃ punaradhyāpayadvibhuḥ/
satyaśriyaṃ mahātmānaṃ satyadharmaparāyaṇam

abhavaṃstasya śiṣyā vai trayastu sumahaujasaḥ /
satyaśriyastu vidvāsaḥ śāstragrahaṇatatparāḥ

śākalyaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ tasmādanyo ratha(ā)ntaraḥ /
bāṣkaliśca bharadvāja iti śākhāpravartakāḥ

devamitrastu śākalyo jñānāhaṅkāragarvitaḥ/
janakasyasa yajñe vai vināśamagamad dvijaḥ

//śāṃśapāyana uvāca//
kathaṃ vināśamagamatsa munirjñānagarvitaḥ/
janakasyāśvamedhena kathaṃ vādo babhūva ha

kimarthañcābhavadvādaḥ kena sārddhamathāpi vā/
sarvametadyathāvṛttamācakṣva viditantava/
ṛṣīṇāntu vacaḥ śrutvā taduttaramathābravīt

//sūta uvāca//
janakasyāśvamedhe tu mahānāsītsamāgamaḥ/
ṛṣīṇāntu sahasrāṇi tatrājagmuranekaśaḥ/
rājarṣerjanakasyātha taṃ yajñaṃ hi didṛkṣavaḥ

āgatān brāhmaṇān dṛṣṭvā jijñāsāsyābhavattataḥ/
konveṣāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kathaṃ me niścayo bhavet/
iti niścitya manasā buddhiṃ cakre janādhipaḥ

gavāṃ sahasramādāya suvarṇamadhikaṃ tataḥ/
grāmān ratnāni dāsāṃśca munīn prāha narādhipaḥ/
sarvānahaṃ prapannano'smi śirasā śreṣṭhabhāginaḥ

yadetadāhṛtaṃ vittaṃ ye vaḥ śreṣṭhatamo bhavet/
tasmai tadupanītaṃ hi vidyāvittaṃ dvijottamāḥ

janakasya vacaḥ śrutvā munayaste śrutikṣamāḥ/
dṛṣṭvā dhanaṃ mahāsāraṃ dhanavṛddhyā jighṛkṣavaḥ /
śraddhayāñcakruranyonyaṃ vedajñānamadolbaṇāḥ

manasā gatavittāste mamedaṃ dhanamityuta/
mamaivaitanna vetyanyo brūhi kiṃ vā vikalṣyate/
ityevaṃ dhanadoṣeṇa vādāṃścakruranekaśaḥ

tathānyastatra vai vidvān brahmavāhasutaḥ kaviḥ/
yājñavalkyo mahātejāstapasvī brahmavittamaḥ

brahmaṇo'ṅgāt samutpanno vākyaṃ provāca susvaram/
śiṣyaṃ brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho dhanametad gṛhāṇa bho

nayasva ca gṛhaṃ vatsa mamaitannātra saṃśayaḥ/
sarvavedeṣvahaṃ vaktā nānyaḥ kaścittu matsamaḥ/
yovā na prīyate vipraḥ sa me hyavatu mā'ciram

tato brahmārṇavaḥ kṣubdhaḥ samudra iva samplave /
tānuvāca tataḥ svastho yājñavalkyo hasanniva

krodha mākārṣuvidvāṃso bhavantaḥ satyavādinaḥ/
vadāmahe yathāyuktaṃ jijñāsantaḥ parasparam

tato'bhyupāgamaṃsteṣāṃ vādā jagmuranekaśaḥ/
sahasradhā śubhairarthaiḥ sūkṣmadarśanasambhavaiḥ

loke vede tathādhyātme vidyāsthānairalaṃkṛtāḥ/
śāpottamaguṇairyuktā nṛpaughaparivarjanāḥ /
vādāḥ samabhavaṃstatra dhanahetormahātmanām

ṛṣayastvekataḥ sarve yājñavalkyastathaikataḥ/
sarve te munayastena yājñavalkyena dhīmatā /
ekaikaśastataḥ pṛṣṭā naivottaramathāvruvan

tānvijitya munīn sarvān brahmarāśirmahādyutiḥ/
śākalyamiti hovāca vādakarttāramañjasā

śākalya vada vaktavyaṃ kiṃ dhyāyannavatiṣṭase/
pūrṇastvaṃ jaḍamānena vātādhmāto yathā dṛtiḥ

evaṃ sa dharṣitastena roṣāttāmrāsyalocanaḥ/
provāca yājñavalkyaṃ taṃ puruṣaṃ munisannidhau

tvamasmāṃstṛṇavattyaktvā tathaivemān dvijottamān/
vidyādhanaṃ mahāsāraṃ svayaṃgrāhaṃ jighṛkṣasi

śākalyenaivanuktaḥ syādyājñavalkyaḥ samabravīt/
brahmiṣṭhānāṃ balaṃ viddhi vidyātattvārthadarśanam

kāmaścārthena sambaddhastenārthaṃ kāmayāmahe /
kāmapraśradhanā viprāḥ kāmapraśrānvadāmahe

paṇaścaiṣo'sya rājarṣestasmānnītaṃ dhanaṃ mayā/
etacchrutvā vacastasya śākalyaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ/
yājñavalkyamathovāca kāmapraśrārthamadvacaḥ

brūhīdānīṃ mayoddiṣṭān kāmapraśrān yathārthataḥ/
tataḥ samabhavadvādastayorbrahmavidormahān

sāgraṃ praśnasahasrantu śākalyastamucūcudat/
yājñavalkyo'bravītsarvān ṛṣīṇāṃ śrṛṇvatāṃ tadā

śākalye cāpi nirvāde yājñavalkyastamabravīt /
praśramekaṃ mamāpi tvaṃ vada śākalya kāmikam/
śāpaḥ paṇo'sya vādasya abruvan mṛtyumāvrajet

atha sannoditaṃ praśraṃ yājñavalkyena dhīmatā /
śākalyastamavijñāya sadyo mṛtyumavāpnuyāt

evaṃ mṛtaḥ sa śākalyaḥ praśravyākhyānapīḍitaḥ/
evaṃ vādaśca sumahānāsītteṣāṃ dhanārthibhiḥ/
ṛṣīṇāṃ munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ yājñavalkyasya caiva hi

sarvaiḥ pṛṣṭāṃstu sampraśrān śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ/
vyākhyāya vai mune teṣāṃ praśrasāraṃ mahāgatiḥ

yājñavalkyo dhanaṃ gṛhya yaśo vikhyāpya cātmanaḥ/
jagāma vai gṛhaṃ svasthaḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto vaśī

devamitrastu śākalyo mahātmā dvijasattamaḥ/
cakāra saṃhitāḥ pañcabuddhimān padavittamaḥ

tacchiṣyā abhavan pañca mudghalo golakastathā/
khālīyaśca tathā matsvaḥ śaiśireyastu pañcamaḥ

provāca saṃhitāstisraḥ śākapūrṇarathītaraḥ/
niruktañca punaścakre caturthaṃ dvijasattamaḥ

tasya śiṣyāstu catvāraḥ ketavo dālakistathā/
dharmaśarmā devaśarmā sarve vratadharā dvijāḥ

śākalye tu mṛte sarve brahmaghnāste babhūvire/
tadā cintāṃ parāṃ prāpya gatāste brahmaṇo'ntikam

tān jñātvā cetasā brahmā preṣitaḥ pavanaḥpure/
tatra gacchata yūyaṃ vaḥsadyaḥ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

dvādaśārkaṃ namaskṛtyā tathā vai vālukeśvaram /
ekādaśa tathā rudrān vāyuputraṃ viśeṣataḥ/
kuṇḍe catuṣṭaye snātvā brahmahatyāṃ tariṣyatha

sarve śīghratarā bhūtvā tatpuraṃ samupāgatāḥ/
snānaṃ kṛtaṃ vidhānena devānāṃ darśanaṃ kṛtam

uttareśvaraṃ namaskṛtya vāḍavānāṃ prasādataḥ/
sarve pāpavinirmuktā gatāste sūryamaṇḍalam

tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ jātaṃ pātakanāśanam/
vāyoḥ puraṃ pavitrañca vāyunā nirmitaṃ purā

añjanāgarbhasambhūtahanumānpavanātmajaḥ/
yadā jāto mahādevohanumānsatyavikramaḥ/
tadevaṃ nirmitaṃ tīrthaṃ vāyunā brahmayoninā

ūrvyāṃ jātāstu ye śūdrā brāhmaṇānāṃ niveditāḥ/
vṛttyarthaṃ brahmayajñārthaṃ karasteṣu kṛto mahān

anena vidhinā jātaṃ viprāṇāṃ śāsanaṃ mahat /
goghno vāpi kṛtaghno vā surāpī gurūtalpagaḥ/
vāḍādityaṃ namaskṛtya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte mahāsthānatīrthavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dyāyaḥ