Vayu Purana · Chapter 61

//ṛṣaya ūcuḥ//
bhāradvājo yājñavalkyo gālakiḥ sālakistathā/
dhīmān śatabalākaśca naigamaśca dvijottamaḥ

bāṣkaliśca bharadvājastisraḥ provāca saṃhitāḥ/
rathītaro niruktañca punaścakre caturthakam

trayastasyābhavañchiṣyā mahātmāno guṇānvitāḥ/
dhīmānnandāyanīyaśca pannagāriśca buddhimān/
tṛtīyaścāryavaste ca tapasā śaṃsitavratāḥ

vītarāgā mahātejāḥ saṃhitājñānapāragāḥ/
ityete bahvṛcāḥ proktāḥ saṃhitā yaiḥ pravarttitāḥ

vaiśampāyanagotro'sau yajurvedaṃ vyakalpayat/
ṣaḍaśītiśca tasyāpi saṃhitānāṃ vikalpakāḥ

śiṣyebhyaḥ pradadau tāśca jagṛhuste vidhānataḥ/
ekastatra parityakto yājñavalkyo mahātapāḥ/
ṣaḍaśītiśca tasyāpi saṃhitānāṃ vikalpakāḥ

sarveṣāmeva teṣāṃ vai tridhā bhedāḥ prakīrttitāḥ/
tridhā bhedāstu te proktā bhede'sminnavame śubhe

udīcyā madhyadeśāśca prācyāścaiva pṛthagvidhāḥ/
śyāmāyanirudīcyānāṃ pradhānaḥ sambabhūva ha

madhya deśapratiṣṭhānāmāruṇiḥ prathamaḥ stutaḥ/
ālambirādiḥ prācyānāntrayodaśyādayastu te

ityete carakāḥ proktāḥ saṃhitāvādino dvijāḥ/
ṛṣaya stadvacaḥ śrutvā sūtaṃ jijñāsavo'bruvan

carakādhvaryavaḥ kena kāraṇaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ/
kiñcīrṇaṃ kasya hetośca vācakatvañca bhejire/
ityuktaḥ prāha teṣāṃ sa carakatvamabhūdyathā

//sūta uvāca //
kāryamāsīdṛṣīṇāñca kiñcidbrāhmaṇasattamāḥ/
merupṛṣṭhaṃ samāsādya taistadā tviti mantritam

yo no'tra saptarātreṇa nāgacched dvijasattamāḥ/
sa kuryādbrahmavadhyāṃ vai samayo naḥ prakīrtitaḥ

tataste sagaṇāḥ sarve vaiśampāyana varjitāḥ/
prayayuḥ saptarātreṇa yatra sandhiḥ kṛto'bhavat

brāhmaṇānāntu vacanād‌brahmavadhyāñcakāra saḥ /
śiṣyānatha samānīya sa vaiśaṇpāyano'bravīt

brahmavadyāñcaradhvaṃ vai matkṛte dvijasattamāḥ/
sarve yūyaṃ samāgamya brūta me taddhitaṃ vacaḥ

//yājñavalkya uvāca//
ahameva cariṣyāmi tiṣṭhantu munayastvime/
balañcotthāpayiṣyāmi tapasā svena bhāvitaḥ

evamuktastataḥ kruddho yājñavalkyamathābravīt /
uvāca yattvayādhītaṃ sarvaṃ pratyarpayasva me

evamuktaḥ sa rūpāṇi yajūṃṣi pradadau guroḥ/
rudhireṇa tathāktāni charditvā brahmavittamaḥ

tataḥ sa dhyānamāsthāya sūryamārādhayad dvijāḥ /
sūryabrahma yaducchinnaṃ khaṃ gatvā pratitiṣṭhati

tato yāni gatānyūrddhvaṃ yajūṃṣyādityamaṇḍalam/
tāni tasmai dadau tuṣṭaḥ sūryo vai brahmarītaye/
aśva rūpāya mārtaṇḍo yājñavalkyāya dhīmate

yajūṃṣyadhīyante yāni brāhmaṇā yena kena ca/
aśvarūpāya dattāni tataste vājino'bhavan

brahmahatyā tu yaiścīrṇā caraṇāccarakāḥ smṛtāḥ /
vaiśampāyanaśiṣyāste carakāḥ samudāhṛtāḥ

ityete carakāḥ proktā vājinastānnibodhata/
yājñavalkyasya śiṣyāste kaṇvavaidheyaśālinaḥ

madhyandinaśca śāpeyī vidigdhaścāpya uddalaḥ/
tāmrāyaṇaśca vātsyaśca tathā gālavaśaiśirī/
āṭavī ca tathā parṇī vīraṇī saparāyaṇaḥ

ityete vājinaḥ proktā daśa pañca ca saṃsmṛtāḥ/
śatamekādhikaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yajuṣāṃ vai vikalpakāḥ

putramadhyāpayāmāsa sumantumatha jaiminiḥ/
sumantuścāpi sutvānaṃ putramadhyāpayatprabhuḥ/
sukarmāṇaṃ sutaṃ sutvā putramadhyāpayatprabhuḥ

sa sahasramadhītyāśu sukarmāpyatha saṃhitāḥ/
provācātha sahasrasya sukarmā sūryavarcasaḥ

anadhyāyeṣvadhīyānāṃstāñjaghāna śatakratuḥ/
prāyopaveśamakarottato'sau śiṣyakāraṇāt

kruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ śakro varamasmai dadau punaḥ/
bhāvinau te mahāvīryau śiṣyāvanalavarcasau

adhīyānau mahāprājñau sahasraṃ sahitāvubhau/
etau surau mahābhāgau mā krudhya dvijasattama

ityuktvā vāsavaḥ śrīmānsukarmāṇaṃ yaśasvinam/
śāntakrodhaṃ dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatraivāntaradhīyata

tasya śiṣyo bhaveddhīmānpauṣyañjī dvijasattamāḥ/
hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśikyau dvitīyo'bhūnnarādhipaḥ

adhyāpayattu pauṣyañjī sahasrārddhantu saṃhitāḥ/
tenānyodīcyasāmānyāḥ śiṣyāḥ pauṣyañjinaḥ śubhāḥ

śatāni pañca kauśikyaḥ saṃhitānāñca vīryavān/
śiṣyā hiraṇyanābhasya smṛtāste prācyasāmagāḥ

lokākṣī kuthumiścaiva kuśītī lāṅgalistathā/
pauṣyañjiśiṣyāścatvārasteṣāṃ bhedānnibodhata

rāṇāyanīyaḥ sa hi taṇḍiputrastasmādanyo mūlacārī suvidvān/
sakatiputraḥ sahasātyaputra etān bhedān vitta lokākṣiṇastu

trayastu kuthumeḥ putrā auraso rasapāsaraḥ/
bhāgavittiśca tejasvī trividhāḥ kauthumāḥ smṛtāḥ

śauridyuḥ śrṛṅgiputraścadvāvetau caritavratau/
rāṇāyanīyaḥ saumitriḥ sāmavedaviśāradau

provāca saṃhitāstisraḥ śrṛṅgiputro mahātapāḥ/
cailaḥ prācīnayogaśca surālaśca dvijottamāḥ

provāca saṃhitāḥ ṣaṭtu pārāśaryastu kauthumaḥ/
āsurāyaṇavaiśākhyau vedavṛddhaparāyaṇau

prācīnayogaputraśca buddhimāṃśca patañjaliḥ/
kauthumasya tu bhedāste pārāśaryasya ṣaṭ smṛtāḥ/
lāṅgaliḥ śālihotraśca ṣaṭ ṣaṭ provāca saṃhitāḥ

bhālukiḥ kāmahāniśca jaiminirlomagāyinaḥ/
kaṇḍaśca kolahaścaiva ṣaḍete lāṅgalāḥ smṛtāḥ/
ete lāṅgalinaḥ śiṣyāḥ saṃhitā yaiḥ prasādhitāḥ

tato hiraṇyanābhasya kṛtaśiṣyo nṛpātmajaḥ /
so'karocca caturviṃśatsaṃhitā dvipadāṃ varaḥ /
provāca caiva śiṣyebhyo yebhyastāṃśca nibodhata

rāḍaśca mahavīryaśca pañcamo vāhanastathā/
tālakaḥ pāṇḍakaścaiṣa kāliko rājikastathā/
gautamaścājabastaśca somarājāpatattataḥ

pṛṣṭhagnaḥ parikṛṣṭaśca ulūkhalaka eva ca/
yavīyasaśca vaiśālo aṃgulīyaśca kauśikaḥ

sālimañjarisatyaśca kāpīyaḥ kānikaśca yaḥ/
parāśaraśca dharmātmā iti krāntāstu sāmagāḥ

sāmagānāntu sarveṣāṃ śreṣṭhau dvau tu prakīrttitau/
pauṣyañjiśca kṛtiścaiva saṃhitānāṃ vikalpakau

atharvāṇaṃ dvidhā kṛtvā sumanturadadad dvijāḥ /
kabandhāya punaḥ kṛtsraṃ sa ca vidyādyathākramam

kabandhastu dvidā kṛtvā pathyāyaikaṃ punardadau/
dvitīyaṃ vedasparśāya sa caturddhākarot punaḥ

modo brahmabalaścaiva pippalādastathaiva ca/
śaukāyaniśca dharmajñaścaturthastapanaḥ smṛtaḥ/?
vedasparśasya catvāraḥ śiṣyāstvete dṛḍhavratāḥ

punaśca trividhaṃ viddhi pathyānāṃ bhedamuttamam/
jājaliḥ kumudādiśca tṛtīyaḥ śaunakaḥ smṛtaḥ

śaunakastu dvidhā kṛtvā dadāvekantu babhrave/
dvitīyāṃ saṃhitāṃ dhīmānsaindhavāyanasaṃjñite

saindhavo muñjakeśāya bhinnā sā ca dvidhā punaḥ/
nakṣatra kalpo vaitānastṛtīyaḥ saṃhitānidhiḥ/
caturtho'ṅgirasaḥ kalpaḥ śāntikalpaśca pañcamaḥ

śreṣṭhastvatharvaṇo hyete saṃhitānāṃ vikalpanāḥ/
ṣaṭśaḥ kṛtvā mayāpyuktaṃ purāṇamṛṣisattamāḥ

ātreyaḥ sumatirdhīmānkāśyapo hyakṛtavraṇaḥ/
bhāradvājo'gnivarcāśca vasiṣṭho mitrayuśca yaḥ /
sāvarṇiḥ somadattistu suśarmā śāṃśapāyanaḥ

ete śiṣyā mama brahman purāṇeṣu dṛḍhavratāḥ/
tribhistisraḥ kṛtāstisraḥ saṃhitāḥ punareva hi

kāśyapaḥ saṃhitākarttā sāvarṇiḥ śāṃśapāyanaḥ/
sāmikā ca caturthīsyātsā caiṣā pūrvasaṃhitā

sarvāstā hi catuṣpādāḥ sarvāścaikārthavācikāḥ/
pāṭhāntare pṛthagbhūtā vedaśākhā yathā tathā/
catuḥsāhasrikāḥ sarvāḥ śāṃśapāyanikāmṛte

lomaharṣaṇikā mūlāstataḥ kāśyapikāḥ parāḥ/
sāvarṇikāstṛtīyāstā yajurvākyārthapaṇḍitāḥ

śāṃśapāyanikāścānyā nodanārthavibhūṣitāḥ /
sahasrāṇi ṛcāmaṣṭau ṣaṭśatāni tathaiva ca

etāḥ pañacadaśānyāśca daśānyā daśabhistathā/
vālakhilyāḥ samapraikhāḥ (ṣāḥ) sasāvarṇāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

aṣṭau sāmasahasrāṇi sāmāni ca caturddaśa/
āraṇyakaṃ sahomañca etādgāyanti sāmagāḥ

dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇi chanda ādhvaryavaṃ smṛtam/
yajuṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāñca yathā vyāso vyakalpayat

sagrāmyāraṇyakantatsyātsamantrakaraṇaṃ tathā/
ataḥ paraṃ kathānāntu pūrvā iti viśeṣaṇam

grāmyāraṇyaṃ samantrañca ṛgbrāhmaṇayajuḥ smṛtam/
tathā hāridravīyāṇāṃ khilānyupakhilāni ca/
tathaiva taittirīyāṇāṃ parakṣudrā iti smṛtam

dve sahasre śatanyūne vede vājasaneyake/
ṛggaṇaḥ pari saṃkhyāto brāhmaṇantu caturguṇam

aṣṭau sahasrāṇi śatāni cāṣṭau aśītiranyānyadhikaśca pādaḥ/
etatpramāṇaṃ yajuṣāmṛcāñca saśukriyaṃ sākhila yājñavalkyam

tathā caraṇavidyānāṃ pramāṇaṃ saṃhitāṃ śrṛṇu/
ṣaṭsāhasramṛcāmuktamṛcaḥ ṣaḍviṃśatiḥ punaḥ /
etāvadadhikaṃ teṣāṃ yajuḥ kāmaṃ vivakṣati

ekādaśa sahasrāṇi daśa cānyā daśottarāḥ /
ṛcāndaśa sahasrāṇi aśītitriśatāni ca

sahasramekaṃ mantrāṇāmṛcāmuktaṃ pramāṇataḥ/
etāvadbhṛguvistāramanyaccātharvikaṃ bahu

ṛcāmatharvaṇāṃ pañca sahasrāṇi viniścayaḥ/
sahasramanyadvijñeyamṛṣibhirviṃśatiṃ vinā

etadaṅgirasā proktanteṣāmāraṇyakaṃ punaḥ/
iti saṃkhyā prasaṃkhyātā śākhābhedāstathaiva ca

karttāraścaiva śākhānāṃ bhede hetustathaiva ca/
sarvamanvantareṣvevaṃ śākhābhedāḥ samāḥ smṛtāḥ

prājāpatyā śrutirnityā tadvikalpāstvime smṛtāḥ/
anityabhāvāddevānāṃ mantrotpattiḥ punaḥ punaḥ

manvantarāṇāṃ kriyate surāṇāṃ nāmaniścayaḥ/
dvāpareṣu punarbhedāḥ śrutānāṃ parikīrttitāḥ

evaṃ vedaṃ tadānyasya bhagavānṛṣisattamaḥ/
śiṣyebhyaśca punardattvā tapastaptuṃ gato vanam/
tasya śiṣyapraśiṣyaistu śākhābhedāstvime kṛtāḥ

aṅgāni vedāścatvāro mīmāṃsā nyāyavistaraḥ/
dharma śāstraṃ purāṇañca vidyāstvetāścaturdaśa

āyurvedo dhanurvedo gāndharvaścaiva te trayaḥ/
arthaśāstraṃ caturthantu vidyāstvaṣṭādaśaiva tu

jñeyā brahmarṣayaḥ pūrvantebhyo devarṣayaḥ punaḥ/
rājarṣayaḥ punastebhya ṛṣiprakṛtayastrayaḥ/
tebhya ṛṣiprakṛtayo munibhiḥ saṃśitavrataiḥ

kaśyapeṣu vasiṣṭheṣu tathā bhṛgvaṅgiro'triṣu/
pañcasveteṣu jāyante gotreṣu brahmavādinaḥ/
yasmādṛṣanti brahmāṇantena brahmarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

dharmasyātha pulastyasya kratośca pulahasya ca/
pratyūṣasya prabhāsasya kaśyapasya tathā punaḥ

devarṣayaḥ sutāsteṣāṃ nāmatastānnibodhata/
devarṣī dharmaputrau tu naranārāyaṇānubhau

vālakhilyāḥ kratoḥ putrāḥ kardamaḥ pulahasya tu/
kuberaścaiva paulastyaḥ pratyūṣasyācalaḥ smṛtaḥ

parvato nāradaścaiva kaśyapasyātmajāvubhau/
ṛṣanti devān tasmātte tasmāddevarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

mānave vaiṣaye vaṃśe ailavaṃśe ca ye nṛpāḥ/
ailā aikṣvākanābhāgā jñeyā rājarṣayastu te

ṛṣanti rañjanādyasmātprajā rājarṣayastataḥ /
brahmalokapratiṣṭhāstu smṛtā brahmarṣayo matāḥ

devalokapratiṣṭhāśca jñeyā devarṣayaḥ śubhāḥ/
indralokapratiṣṭhāstu sarve rājarṣayo matāḥ

abhijātyā ca tapasā mantravyāharaṇaistathā/
evaṃ brahmarṣayaḥ proktā divyā rājarṣayastu ye

devarṣayastathānye ca teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam/
bhūtabhavyabhavajñānaṃ satyābhivyāhṛtaṃ tathā

sambuddhāstu svayaṃ ye tu sambuddhā ye ca vai svayam/
tapaseha prasiddhā ye garbheyaiśca praṇoditam

mantravyāhāriṇo ye ca aiśvaryātsarvagāśca ye/
ityete ṛṣibhiryuktā devadvijanṛpāstu ye

etān bhāvānadhīyānā ye caite ṛṣayo matāḥ/
saptaite saptabhiścaiva guṇaiḥ saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ

dīrghāyuṣo mantrakṛta īśvarā divyacakṣuṣaḥ/
buddhāḥ pratyakṣadharmāṇo gotrapravartakāśca ye

ṣaṭkarmābhiratā nityaṃ śālino gṛhamedhinaḥ/
tulyairvyavaharanti sma adṛṣṭaiḥ karmahetubhiḥ

agrāmyairvarttayanti sma rasaiścaiva svayaṃkṛtaiḥ/
kuṭumbina ṛdvimanto bāhyāntaranivāsinaḥ

kṛtādiṣu yugākhyeṣu sarveṣveva punaḥ punaḥ/
varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kriyante prathamantu vai

prāptai tretāyugamukhe punaḥ saptarṣayastviha/
pravarttayanti ye varṇānāśramāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ/
teṣāmevānvaye vīrā utpadyante punaḥ punaḥ

jāyamāne pitā putre putraḥ pitari caiva hi/
evaṃ sametyāvicchedādvarttayantyāyugakṣayāt/
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi proktāni gṛhamedhinām

aryamṇo dakṣiṇā ye tu pitṛyāṇaṃ samāśritāḥ/
dārāgnihotriṇaste vai ye prajāhetavaḥ smṛtāḥ

gṛhamedhināñca saṃkhyeyāḥ śmaśānānyāśrayanti te/
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi nihitā uttarāyaṇe

ye śrūyante divaṃ prāptā ṛṣayo hyūrdvaretasaḥ/
mantrabrāhmaṇakarttāro jāyante ha yugakṣaye

evamāvarttamānāste dvāpareṣu punaḥ punaḥ/
kalpānāṃ bhāṣyavidyānāṃ nānāśāstrakṛtaḥ kṣaye

bhaviṣye dvāpare caiva droṇirdvaipāyanaḥ punaḥ /
vedavyāso hyatīte'smin bhavitā sumahātapāḥ

bhaviṣyanti bhaviṣyeṣu śākhāpraṇayanāni tu/
tasmai tadbrahmaṇā brahmatapasā prāptamavyayam

tapasā karma samprāptaṃ karmaṇā hi tato yaśaḥ/
yaśasā prāpya satyaṃ hi satyenāpto hi cāvyayaḥ

avyayādamṛtaṃ śukramamṛtāt sarvameva hi/
dhruvamekākṣaramidaṃ svātmanyeva vyavasthitam/
bṛhattvādbṛṃhaṇāccaiva tadbrahmetyabhidhīyate

praṇavāva sthitaṃ bhūyo bhūrbhuvaḥsvariti smṛtam/
ṛgyajuḥ sāmātharvarūpiṇe brahmaṇe namaḥ

jagataḥ pralayotpattau yattatkāraṇasaṃjñitam/
mahataḥ paramaṃ guhyaṃ tasmai subrahmaṇe namaḥ

agādhāparamakṣayyaṃ jagatsammohanālayam/
saprakāśapravṛttibhyāṃ puruṣārthaprayojanam

sāṅkhyajñānavatāṃ niṣṭhā gatiḥ saṅgadamātmanaḥ/
yattadavyaktamamṛtaṃ prakṛtibrahma śāśvatam

pradhānamātmayoniśca guhyaṃ sattvañca śabdyate/
avibhāgastathā śukramakṣaraṃ bahu vācakam/
paramabrahmaṇe tasmai nityameva namo namaḥ

kṛte punaḥ kriyā nāsti kuta evākṛtakriyā/
sakṛdeva kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yadvai loke kṛtākṛtam

śrotavyaṃ vai śrutaṃ vāpi tathaivāsādhusādhutā/
jñātavyañcātha mantavyaṃ spraṣṭavyaṃ bhojyameva ca/
draṣṭavyañcātha śrotavyaṃ jñātavyaṃ vātha kiñcana

darśitaṃ yadanenaiva jñānaṃ tadvai surarṣiṇām /
yadvai darśitavāneṣa kastadanveṣṭumarhati /
sarvāṇi sarvānsarvāṃśca bhagavāneva so'bravīt

yadā yatkriyate yena tadā tatso'bhimanyate/
yenedaṃ kriyate pūrvaṃ tadanyena vibhāvitam

yadā tu kriyate kiñcitkenacidvāṅmayaṃ kvacit/
tenaiva tatkṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ karttṝṇāṃ pratibhāti vai

viraktañcātiriktañca jñānājñāne priyāpriye/
dharmādharmau sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ mṛtyuścāmṛtameva ca/
ūrddhvantiryagadhobhāgastasyaivādṛṣṭakāraṇam

svāyambhuvo'tha jyeṣṭhasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ/
pratyekavidyambhavati tretāsviha punaḥ punaḥ

vyasyate hyekavidyantaddvāpareṣu punaḥ punaḥ /
brahmā caitaduvācādau tasmin vaivasvate'ntare

āvarttamānā ṛṣayo yugākhyāsu punaḥ punaḥ/
kurvanti saṃhitā hyete jāyamānāḥ parasparam

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi śrutarṣīṇāṃ smṛtāni vai/
tā eva saṃhitā hyete āvarttante punaḥ punaḥ

śritā dakṣiṇapanthānaṃ ye śmaśānāni bhejire/
yuge yuge tu tāḥ śākhā vyasyante taiḥ punaḥ punaḥ

dvāpareṣviva sarveṣu saṃhitāśca śrutarṣibhiḥ/
teṣāṃ gotreṣvimāḥ śākhā bhavantīha punaḥ punaḥ/
tāḥ śākhāstatra karttāro bhavantīha yugakṣayāt

evameva tu vijñeyaṃ vyatītānāgateṣviha/
manvantareṣu sarveṣu śākhāpraṇayanāni vai

atīteṣu atītāni varttante sāmprateṣu ca/
bhaviṣyāṇi ca yāni syurvarṇyante'nāgateṣvapi

pūrveṇa paścimaṃ jñeyaṃ varttamānena cobhayam/
etena kramayogena manvantaraviniścayaḥ

evaṃ devāśca pitara ṛṣayo manavaśca ye/
mantraiḥ sahorddhvaṃ gacchanti hyāvarttante ca taiḥ saha

janalokātsurāḥ sarve paśukalpātpunaḥ punaḥ/
paryāptakāle samprāpte sambhūtā naiva nasya (?) tu

avaśyambhāvinārthena sambadhyante tadā tu te/
tataste doṣavajjanma paśyante rāgapūrvakam

nivarttate tadā vṛttisteṣāmādoṣadarśanāt /
evaṃ deva yugānīha daśakṛtvā nivarttate

janalokāttapolokaṃ gacchantīhānivarttanam/
evaṃ devayugānīha vyatītāni sahasraśaḥ/
nidhanaṃ brahmaloke vai gatāni munibhissaha

na śakyamānupūrvyeṇa teṣāṃ vaktuṃ savistarān /
anāditvācca kālasya asaṅkhyānācca sarvaśaḥ/
manvantarāṇyatītāni yāni kalpaiḥ purā saha

pitṛbhirmunibhirdevaiḥ sārddhaṃ saptārṣibhiśca vai/
kālena pratisṛṣṭānāṃ yugānāñca nivartanam

etena kramayogena kalpamanvantarāṇi tu/
saprajāni vyatītāni śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

manvantarānte saṃhāraḥ saṃhārānte ca sambhavaḥ/
devatānāmṛṣīṇāñca manoḥ pitṛgaṇasya ca

na śakyamānupūrvyeṇa vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi/
vistarastu nisargasya saṃhārasya ca sarvaśaḥ/
manvantarasya saṃkhyāṃ tu mānuṣeṇa nibodhata

devatānāmṛṣīṇāñca saṅkhyānārthaniśāradaiḥ/
triṃśatkoṭyastu saṃpūrṇāḥ saṅkhyātāḥ saṅkhyayā dvijaiḥ

saptaṣaṣṭistathānyāni niyutāni ca saṅkhyayā/
viṃśatiśca sahasrāṇi kālo'yaṃ sodhikān vinā

manvantarasya saṅkhyaiṣā mānuṣeṇa prakīrtitā/
vatsareṇaiva divyena pravakṣyāmyantarammanoḥ

aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi divyayā saṅkhyayā smṛtam/
dvipañcāśattathānyāni sahasrāṇyadhikāni tu

caturddaśaguṇo hyeṣa kāla āhūtasaṃplavaḥ/
pūrṇaṃ yugasahasraṃ syāttadaharbrahmaṇaḥ smṛtam

tatra sarvāṇi bhūtāni dagdhānyādityaraśmibhiḥ/
brahmāṇamagrataḥ kṛtvā saha devarṣidānavaiḥ/
praviśanti suraśreṣṭhaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram

sa sraṣṭā sarvabhūtāni kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ/
ityeṣa sthitikālo vai manordevarṣibhiḥ saha

sarvamanvantarāṇāṃ vai pratisandhiṃ nibodhata/
yugākhyā yā samuddiṣṭā prāgevāsmin mayā tava

kṛtatretādi saṃyuktaṃ caturyugamiti smṛtam/
tadekasaptatiguṇaṃ parivṛttaṃ tu sādhikam/
manorekamadhīkāraṃ provāca bhagavān prabhuḥ

evaṃ manvantarāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāmeva lakṣaṇam/
atītānāgatānāṃ vai varttamānena kīrttitam

ityeṣa kīrttitaḥ sargā manoḥ svāyambhuvasya ha/
prati sandhintu vakṣyāmi tasya vai cāparasya tu

manvantaraṃ yathā pūrvamṛṣibhirdaivataiḥ saha/
avaśyambhāvinārthena yathā tadvai nivarttate

asmin manvantare pūrvaṃ trailokyasyeśvarāstu ye/
saptarṣayaśca devāste pitaro manavastathā/
manvantarasya kāle tu sampūrṇe sādhakāstathā

kṣīṇādhikārāḥ saṃvṛttā buddhvā paryāyamātmanaḥ/
maharlokāya te sarve unmukhā dadhire gatim

tato manvantare tasmin prakṣīṇā devatāstu tāḥ/
sampūrṇe sthitikāle tu tiṣṭhantyekaṃ kṛtaṃ yugam

utpadyante bhaviṣyāśca yāvanmanvantareśvarāḥ/
devatāḥ pitaraścaiva ṛṣayo manureva ca

manvantare tu sampūrṇe yadyanyadvai kalau yuge/
sampadyate kṛtaṃ teṣu kaliśiṣṭeṣu vai tadā

yathā kṛtasya santānaḥ kalipūrvaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ/
tathā manvantarānteṣu ādirmanvantarasya ca

kṣīṇe manvantare pūrve pravṛtte cāpare punaḥ/
mukhe kṛtayugasyātha teṣāṃ śiṣṭāstu ye tadā

sptarṣayo manuścaiva kālāvekṣāstu ye sthitāḥ/
manvantaraṃ pratīkṣante kṣīyante tapasi sthitāḥ

manvantaravyavasthārthaṃ santatyarthañca sarvaśaḥ/
pūrvavat sampravarttante pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjjane

dvandveṣu sampravṛtteṣu utpannāsvauṣadhīṣu ca/
prajāsu ca niketāsu saṃsthitāsu kvacit kvacit

vārttāyāntu pravṛttāyāṃ saddharme ṛṣibhāvite /
nirānande gate loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame

agrāmanagare caiva varṇāśramavivarjite/
pūrvamanvantare śiṣṭe ye bhavantīha dhārmikāḥ /
saptarṣayo manuścaiva santānārthaṃ vyavastitāḥ

prajārthaṃ tapatāṃ teṣāṃ tapaḥ paramaduścaram/
utpadyantīha sarveṣāṃ nidhaneṣviha sarvaśaḥ

devāsurāḥ pitṛgaṇā munayo manavastathā/
sarpā bhūtāḥ piśācāśca gandharvā yakṣarākṣasāḥ

tatasteṣāṃ tu ye śiṣṭā śiṣṭācārān pracakṣate /
saptarṣayo manuścaiva ādau manvantarasya ha/
prārambhante ca karmāṇi manuṣyā daivataiḥ saha

manvantarādau prāgeva tretāyugamukhe tataḥ /
pūrvaṃ devāstataste vai sthite dharme tu sarvaśaḥ

ṛṣīṇāṃ brahmacaryeṇa gatvā''nṛṇyantu vai tataḥ/
pitṝṇāṃ prajayā caiva devānāmijyayā tathā

śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi dharme varṇātmake sthitāḥ/
trayīṃ vārttāṃ daṇḍanītiṃ dharmān varṇāśramāṃstathā/
sthāpayitvāśramāṃścaiva svargāya dadhire matīḥ

pūrvaṃ deveṣu teṣveva svargāya pramukheṣu ca/
pūrvaṃ devāstataste vai sthitā dharmeṇa kṛtsnaśaḥ

manvantare parāvṛtte sthānānyutsṛjya sarvaśaḥ/
mantraiḥ sahordhvaṅgacchanti maharlokamanāmayam

vinivṛttavikārāste mānasīṃ siddhimāsthitāḥ/
avekṣamāṇā vaśinastiṣṭhantyābhūtasaṃplavam

tatasteṣu vyatīteṣu sarveṣveteṣu sarvadā/
śūnyeṣu devasthāneṣu trailokye teṣu sarvaśaḥ/
upasthitā ihaivānye devā ye svargavāsinaḥ

tataste tapasā yuktā sthānānyāpūrayanti vai/
satyaina brahmacaryeṇa śrutena ca samanvitāḥ

saptarṣīṇaṃ manoścaiva devānāṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha/
nidhanānīha pūrveṣāmādinā ca bhaviṣyatā

teṣāmatyantaviccheda iha manvantarakṣayāt/
evaṃ pūrvānupūrvyeṇa sthitireṣānavasthitā/
manvantareṣu sarveṣu yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

evaṃ manvantarāṇāntu pratisandhānalakṣaṇam/
atītānāgatānāntu proktaṃ svāyambhuvena tu

manvantareṣvatīteṣu bhaviṣyāṇāṃ tu sādhanam /
evamatyantavicchinnaṃ bhavatyābhūtasaṃplavāt

manvantarāṇāṃ parivarttanāni ekāntatastāni mahargatāni/
maharjanañcaiva janantapaśca ekāntagāni sma bhavanti satye

tadbhāvināṃ tatra tu darśanena nānātvadṛṣṭena ca pratyayena/
satye sthitānīha tadā tu tāni prapte vikāre pratisargakāle

manvantarāṇāṃ parivarttanāni muñcanti satyantu tato'parānte/
tato'bhiyogādviṣamapramāṇaṃ viśanti nārāyaṇameva devam

manvantarāṇāṃ parivarttaneṣu cirapravṛtteṣu nidhisvabhāvāt/
kṣaṇaṃ rasaṃ tiṣṭhati jīvalokaḥ kṣayodayābhyāṃ parivandamānaḥ

ityuttarāṇyevamṛṣistutānāṃ dharmātmanāṃ divyadṛśāṃ manūnām/
vāyupraṇītānyupalabhya dṛśyaṃ divyaujasā vyāsasamāsayogaiḥ

sarvāṇi rājarṣisurarṣimanti brahmarṣidevoragavanti caiva/
sureśasaptarṣipitṛprajaiśairyuktāni samyak parivarttanāni

udāravaṃśābhijanadyutīnāṃ prakṛṣṭamedhābhisamedhitānām/
kīrtidyutikhyātibhiranvitānāṃ puṇyaṃ hi vikhyāpanamīśvarāṇām

svargīyametat paramaṃ pavitraṃ putrīyametacca paraṃ rahasyam/
japyaṃ mahatparvasu caitadagryaṃ duḥsvapnaśāntiḥ paramāyuṣeyam

prajeśadevarṣimanupradhānāṃ puṇyaprasūtiṃ prathitāmajasya/
mamāpi vikhyāpanasaṃyamāya siddhiṃ juṣadhvaṃ sumaheśatatvam / ६१.१८५ //
ityetadantaraṃ proktaṃ manoḥ svāyambhuvasya tu/
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bhūyaḥ kiṃ varṇayāmyaham

iti mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte prajāpativaṃśānukīrttanaṃ nāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

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