Agni Purana

संस्कृत्य यादवान् पार्थो दत्तोदकधनादिकः। स्त्रियोष्टावक्रशापेन भार्य्या विष्णोश्च याः स्थिताः

Having performed the rites for the Yādavas, Pārtha offered water and wealth; by the curse of the crooked woman, the wives of Viṣṇu remained.

पुनस्तच्छापतो नीता गोपालैर्लगुडायुधैः। अर्जुनं हि तिरस्कृत्य पार्थः शोकञ्चकार ह

Again, because of that curse, they were seized by cowherds armed with clubs; having failed to protect them, Arjuna was overcome with grief.

व्यासेनाश्वासितो मेने बलं मे कृष्णासन्निधौ। हस्तिनापुरमागत्य पार्थः सर्वं न्यवेदयत्

Consoled by Vyāsa, he thought, ‘My strength was due to Kṛṣṇa’s presence’; coming to Hastināpura, Pārtha reported everything.

युधिष्ठिराय स भ्रात्रे पालकाय नृणान्तदा। तद्धनुस्तानि चास्त्राणिस रथस्ते च वाजिनः

He gave to his brother Yudhiṣṭhira, the protector of men, his bow, those weapons, his chariot, and his horses.

विना कृष्णेन तन्नष्टं दानञ्चाश्रोत्रिये यथा। तच्छ्रुत्वा धर्म्मराजस्तु राज्ये स्थाप्य परीक्षितम्

Without Kṛṣṇa, all that was lost, and the gifts were given to worthy brāhmaṇas; hearing this, King Dharma established Parīkṣit on the throne.

प्रस्थानं प्रस्थितो धीमान् द्रौपद्या भ्रातृभिः सह। संसारनित्यतां ज्ञात्वा जपन्नष्टशतं हरेः

The wise one set out, accompanied by Draupadi and his brothers; knowing the impermanence of worldly existence, he recited the lost hundred names of Hari.

महापथे तु पतिता द्रौपदी सहदेवकः। नकुलः फाल्गुनो भीमो राजा शोकपरायणः

On the great path, Draupadi, Sahadeva, Nakula, Phalguna, and Bhima fell; the king was absorbed in sorrow.

इन्द्रानीतरयारूढः सानुजः स्वर्गमाप्तवान्। दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनादींश्च वासुदेवं च हर्षितः

Carried by Indra's chariot, he, with his brothers, attained heaven; seeing Duryodhana and others, and also Vasudeva, he was delighted.

अग्निरुवाच वक्ष्ये बुद्धावतारञ्च पठतः श्रृण्वतोर्थदम्। पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे देत्यैर्द्देवाः पपाजिताः

Agni said: I will speak of the descent of wisdom, which is fruitful for those who recite and listen; formerly, in the battle between gods and demons, the gods were defeated by the demons.

रक्ष रक्षेति शरणं वदन्तो जग्मुरीश्वरम्। मायामोहस्वरूपोसौ शुद्धोदनसुतोऽभवत्

Crying 'Protect, protect!' and seeking refuge, they approached the Lord; he, in the form of illusion and delusion, became the son of Shuddhodana.

मोहयामास दैत्यांस्तांस्त्याजिता वेदधर्मकम्। ते च बौद्धा बभूवुर्हि तेभ्योन्ये वेदवर्जिताः

He bewildered those demons, causing them to abandon Vedic religion; they became Buddhists, and others among them forsook the Vedas.

आर्हतः सोऽभवत् पश्चादार्हतानकरोत् परान्। एवं पाषण्डिनो जाता वेदधर्म्मादिवर्जिताः

Afterwards, he became Arhata, and made others Arhatas; thus, heretics arose, devoid of the original Vedic religion.

नारकार्हं कर्म चक्रुर्ग्रहीष्यन्त्यधमादपि। सर्वे कलियुगान्ते तु भविष्यन्ति च सङ्कराः

They performed actions leading to hell, and will accept even the lowest; at the end of Kali Yuga, all will become mixed.

दस्यवः शीलहीनाश्च वेदो वाजसनेयकः। दश पञ्च च शाखा वै प्रमाणेन भविष्यति

Thieves lacking virtue, and the Vajasaneya Veda, will remain; ten and five branches will exist as the measure.

धर्म्मकञ्चुकसंवीता अधर्मरुचयस्तथा। मानुपान् भक्षयिष्यन्ति म्लेच्छाः पार्थिवरूपिणः

Clad in the cloak of dharma, yet delighting in adharma, they will eat meat and drink, those foreigners in the form of kings.

कल्की विष्णुयशः पुत्रो याज्ञवल्क्यपुरोहितः। उत्सादयिष्यति म्लेच्छान् गृहीतास्त्रः कृतायुधः

Kalki, son of Vishnuyasha, with Yajnavalkya as priest, will destroy the foreigners, having taken up weapons and arms.

स्थापयिष्यति मर्यादां चातुर्वर्ण्ये यथोचिताम्। आश्रमेषु च सर्वेषु प्रजाः सद्धर्म्मवर्त्मनि

He will establish proper boundaries for the four classes, and for all the orders, the people on the path of true dharma.

कल्किरूपं परित्यज्य हरिः स्वर्गं गमिष्यति। ततः कृतयुगन्नाम पुरावत् सम्भविष्यति

Abandoning the form of Kalki, Hari will go to heaven; then the age called Krita, as before, will arise.

वर्णाश्रमाश्च धर्मेषु स्वेषु स्थास्यन्ति सत्तम। एवं सर्वेषु कल्पेषु सर्वमन्वन्तरेषु च

The classes and orders will remain established in their own dharmas, O noble one; thus, in all cycles and all Manvantaras.

अवतारा असङ्ख्याता अतीतानागतादयः। विष्णोर्द्दशावताराख्यान्‌यः पठेत् श्रृणुयान्नरः

The incarnations are countless, past, future, and present; whoever recites or hears the ten incarnations of Vishnu,

सोवाप्तकामो विमलः सकुलः स्वर्गमाप्नुयात्। धर्म्माधर्म्मव्यवस्थानमेवं वै कुरुते हरीः

He, fulfilled in desire, pure, and with his family, attains heaven; Hari thus establishes the distinction between dharma and adharma.

अग्निरुवाच जगत्सर्गादिकां क्रीडां विष्णोर्वक्ष्येधुना श्रृणु। स्वर्गादिकृत् स सर्गादिः सृष्ट्यादिः सगुणोगुणः

Agni said: I will now speak of Vishnu's play of creation and the like; listen. He, the creator of heaven and more, is the origin of creation, existence, and qualities and their absence.

ब्रह्माव्यक्तं सदाग्रेऽभूत् न खं रात्रिदिनादिकम्। प्रकृतिं पुरुषं विष्णुः प्रविश्याक्षोभयत्ततः

At first, Brahma and the unmanifest existed; there was no sky, night, day, or anything else; Vishnu entered Prakriti and Purusha, and stirred them.

सर्गकाले महत्तत्त्वमहङ्कारस्ततोऽभवत्। वैकारिकस्तैजसश्च भूतादिश्चैव तामसः

At the time of creation, the great principle arose, and from that came the sense of 'I'; from this, the threefold forms emerged: the sattvic, the rajasic, and the tamasic.

अहङ्काराच्छब्दमात्रमाकाशमभवत्ततः । स्पर्शमात्रोऽनिलस्तस्माद्रूपमात्रोऽनलस्ततः

From the sense of 'I' arose the subtle element of sound, and from that, space; from the subtle element of touch, air; from the subtle element of form, fire.

रसमात्रा आप इतो गन्धमात्रा मही स्मृता । अहङ्कारात्तामसात्तु तैजसानी न्द्रियाणि च

From the subtle element of taste came water; from the subtle element of smell, earth is known; from the tamasic aspect of 'I' came the senses, and from the rajasic, the sense organs.

वैकारिका दशदेवा मन एकादशेन्द्रियम्। ततः स्वयम्भूर्भगवान् सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः

From the sattvic aspect came the ten deities and the mind, making eleven sense faculties; then the self-born Lord, desiring to create various beings—

अप एव ससर्जादौ तासु वीर्यमवासृजत् । आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता आपो वै नरसूनवः

At first created the waters, and into them he infused his energy; these waters are called 'nārā', and the waters are said to be the sons of Nara.

अयनन्तस्य ताः पूर्वन्तेन नारायणः स्मृतः । हिरण्यवर्णमभवत् तदण्डमुदकेशयम्

Because they were his first abode, he is remembered as Nārāyaṇa; then, a golden-hued egg appeared, resting upon the waters.