समालिङ्ग्य सुतं व्यासः स्वपार्श्वस्थं चकार च
Vyāsa embraced his son and placed him at his side.
शैलशृङ्गाद्भुवं प्राप्ता याजनाध्यापने रताः
Those devoted to ritual and teaching descended from the mountain peak to the earth.
तूर्ष्णीं ध्यानपरो धीमानेकान्ते समुपाविशत्
Silent and absorbed in meditation, the wise one sat alone.
भो भो महर्षे बासिष्ठ ब्रह्मघोषो न वर्तते
O great sage Vasiṣṭha, the sound of Brahman does not resound.
ब्रह्मघोषैर्विरहितः पर्वतो ऽयं न शोभते
Deprived of the sounds of Brahman, this mountain does not shine.
वेदान्वेदविदा चैव सुप्रसन्नमनाः सदा
Always serene in mind, knowing the Vedas and their meaning.
शुकेन सह पुत्रेण वेदाभ्यासमथाकरोत्
He practiced the study of the Vedas together with his son Śuka.
वातो ऽतिमात्रं प्रववौ समुद्रानिलवीजितः
The wind blew exceedingly, stirred by the ocean breeze.
शुको वारितमात्रस्तु कौतूहलसमन्वितः
Śuka, though checked, was filled with curiosity.
आख्यातुमर्हति भवान्सर्वं वायोर्विचैष्टितम्
You ought to recount everything regarding the wind’s movements.
अनध्यायनिमित्तऽस्मिन्निदं वचनं मब्रवीत्
On account of this interruption to study, this statement was spoken.
तमसा रजसा चापि त्यक्तः सत्ये व्यवस्थितः
He, having abandoned darkness and passion, stands firmly in truth.
देवयानचरो विष्णोः पितृयानश्च तामसः
The path of the gods belongs to Viṣṇu; the path of the ancestors is of darkness.
पिथिव्यामन्तरिक्षे च यतः संयान्ति वायवः
On earth and in the atmosphere, wherever the winds go,
तत्र देवगणाः साध्याः समभूवन्महाबलाः
There, the hosts of gods called Sādhyas, mighty in strength, came into being.
उदानस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽभूव्द्यानस्तस्याभवत्सुतः
Udāna became his son, and Dyāna was born as his son.
अनपत्यो ऽभवत्प्राणो दुर्द्धर्षः शत्रुमर्दनः
Prāṇa, invincible and destroyer of enemies, was without offspring.
प्राणिनां सर्वतो वायुश्चेष्टा वर्तयते पृथक्
The wind, in all living beings, separately maintains their activities.
प्रेषयत्यभ्रसंघातान्धूमजांश्चोष्मजांस्तथा
He sends forth masses of clouds, as well as those born of smoke and heat.
अंबरे स्नेहमात्रेभ्यस्तडिद्भ्यश्चोत्तमद्युतिः
In the sky, from mere traces of moisture, and from lightning, he produces supreme brilliance.
उदयं ज्योतिषां शश्वत्सोमादीनां करोति यः
He continually brings about the rising of the luminaries, such as the moon and others.
यश्चतुर्भ्यः समुद्रेभ्यो वायुर्द्धारयते जलम्
He, the wind, upholds water from the four oceans.
यो ऽद्धिः संयोज्य जीमूतान्पर्जन्याय प्रयच्छती
He, having gathered the clouds, gives them to Parjanya.
संनीयमाना बहुधा येन नीला महाघनाः
By whom, being brought together in many ways, the great blue clouds are formed.
यो ऽसौ वहति देवानां विमानानि विहायसा
He is the one who carries the celestial chariots of the gods through the sky.
येन वेगवता रुग्णाः क्रियन्ते तरुजा रसाः
By him, with swift force, the saps produced by trees are made to flow.
यस्मिन्परिप्लवे दिव्या वहॄन्त्यापो विहायसा
In whose flood the divine waters move through the sky.
दूरात्प्रतिहतो यस्मिन्नेकरश्मिर्दिवाकरः
In whom, being obstructed from afar, the sun with its single ray is checked.
यस्मादाप्यायते सोमो निधिर्दिव्यो ऽमृतस्य च
From whom Soma, the celestial treasury of nectar, is replenished.
सर्वप्राणभृतां प्राणार्न्यो ऽतकाले निरस्यति
He who, at the appointed time, withdraws the life-breath from all living beings.