Vayu Purana

उदीच्यान्मध्यदेशांश्च पार्वतीयांस्तथैव च। प्राच्यान् प्रतीच्यांश्च तथा विन्ध्यपृष्ठापरान्तिकान् ।। ५८.

He likewise destroyed those from the northern regions, the central lands, the mountain areas, the eastern and western regions, and those beyond the Vindhya range.

तथैव दाक्षिणात्यांश्च द्रविडान् सिंहलैः सह। गान्दारान् पारदांश्चैव पह्नवान् यवनांस्तथा ।। ५८.

In the same way, he destroyed those from the southern regions, the Dravidians together with the Sinhalas, the Gandharans, the Paradas, the Pahnavas, and the Yavanas.

तुषारान् वर्वरांश्चीनान् शूलिकान् दरदान् खसान्। लम्पाकान्थ केतांश्च किरातानाञ्च जातयः ।। ५८.

He destroyed the Tuṣāras, the Barbaras, the Chinese, the Śūlikas, the Daradas, the Khasas, the Lampākas, the Ketās, and the tribes of the Kirātas.

प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान् म्लेच्छानामन्तकृद्विभुः। अधृष्यः सर्वभूतानां चचाराथ वसुन्धराम् ।। ५८.

The mighty lord, with his wheel set in motion, brought an end to the foreigners; invincible among all beings, he then traversed the earth.

माधवस्य तु सोंशेन देवस्य हि विजज्ञिवान् । पूर्वजन्मविधिज्ञैश्च प्रमितिर्नाम वीर्यवान् ।। ५८.

By a portion of Mādhava, the god, and known by those who understand previous births, Pramiti was his name, powerful in valor.

गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्वे कलियुगे प्रभुः। द्वात्रिंशेऽभ्युदिते वर्षे प्रक्रान्ते विंशतिं समाः ।। ५८.

By lineage, he was of the Moon; in the earlier Kali age, the lord, when the thirty-second year had arisen, spent twenty years.

विनिघ्नन् सर्वभूतानि मानवानि सहस्रशः। कृत्वा वीर्यावशेषान्तु पृथ्वीं ऱूढेन कर्मणा । परस्परनिमित्तेन कोपेनाकस्मिकेन तु ।। ५८.

Slaying all beings, thousands of men, and having left only remnants of valor, he performed deeds upon the earth, driven by mutual causes and sudden wrath.

स साधयित्वा वृषलान् प्रायशस्तानधार्मिकान् । गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये निष्ठां प्राप्तः सहानुगः ।। ५८.

Having subdued the outcastes, mostly those who were unrighteous, he attained his station with his followers between the Ganges and Yamuna.

ततो व्यतीते तस्मिंस्तु अमात्ये सत्यसैनिके। उत्साद्य पार्थिवान् सर्वान् म्लेच्छांश्चैव सहस्रशः ।। ५८.

Then, after that time, with ministers and loyal soldiers, he destroyed all the kings and thousands of foreigners.

तत्र सन्ध्यांशके काले सम्प्राप्ते तु युगान्तिके। स्थितास्वल्पावशिष्टासु प्रजास्विह व्कचित् व्कचित् ।। ५८.

At that time, when the twilight portion of the age arrived, and at the end of the era, among the few remaining people, some were left here and there.

अप्रग्रहास्ततस्ता वै लोकचेष्टास्तु वृन्दशः। उपहिंसन्ति चान्योन्यं प्रपद्यन्ते परस्परम् ।। ५८.

Then, without restraint, the people acted in groups, harming one another and turning against each other.

अराजके युगवशात् संशये समुपस्थिते। प्रजास्ता वै ततः सर्वाः परस्परभयार्दिताः ।। ५८.

In the absence of a ruler, due to the force of the age, when uncertainty arose, all the people were afflicted by mutual fear.

व्याकुलाश्च परिश्रान्तास्त्यक्त्वा दारान् गृहाणि च। स्वान् प्राणान् समवेक्षन्तो निष्ठां प्राप्ताः सुदुःखिताः ।। ५८.

Distressed and exhausted, abandoning their wives and homes, considering their own lives, they reached their end, greatly afflicted.

नष्टे श्रौते स्मृते धर्मे परस्परहतास्तदा। निर्मर्यादा निराक्रन्दा निःस्नेहा निरपत्रपाः ।। ५८.

When the Vedic ritual, sacred tradition, and righteousness are lost, and mutual conflict prevails, people become without boundaries, without lamentation, without affection, and shameless.

नष्टे वर्पे प्रतिहता ह्रस्वकाः पञ्जविंशकाः। हित्वा दारांश्च पुत्रांश्च विषादव्याकुलेन्द्रियाः ।। ५८.

When beauty is lost, obstructed, and diminished, and people are reduced to only twenty-five, abandoning wives and children, their senses overwhelmed by sorrow.

अनावृष्टिहताश्चैव वार्त्तामुत्सृज्य दुःखिताः। प्रत्यन्तांस्तान्निपेवन्ते हित्वा जनपदान् स्वकान् ।। ५८.

Stricken by drought, giving up their livelihoods in misery, they leave their own lands and settle in border regions, forsaking their communities.

सरितः सागरान् कूपान् सेवन्ते पर्वतांस्तदा। मधुमांसैर्मूलफलैर्वर्त्तयन्ति सुदुःखिताः ।। ५८.

Then, in great distress, they frequent rivers, seas, and wells, and mountains, sustaining themselves with honey, meat, roots, and fruits.

चीरवस्त्राजिनधरा निष्पत्रा निष्परिग्रहाः। वर्णाश्रमपरिभ्रष्टाः सङ्करं घोरमास्थिताः ।। ५८.

Clad in bark, rags, or animal skins, without leaves or possessions, fallen from caste and stage of life, they embrace a dreadful mixture.

एताः काष्ठामनुप्राप्ता अल्पशेषास्तथा प्रजाः । जराव्याधिक्षुधाविष्टा दुःखान्निर्वेदमागमन् ।। ५८.

These remaining people, few in number, reach the final stage, afflicted by old age, disease, and hunger, and from suffering, they come to dispassion.

विचारणन्तु निर्वेदात् साम्यावस्था विचारणात्। साम्यावस्थासु सम्बोधः सम्बोधाद्धर्मशीलता ।। ५८.

From dispassion comes inquiry; from inquiry, the state of equilibrium; in the state of equilibrium arises awakening, and from awakening, righteousness and virtue.

तासुपगमयुक्तासु कलिशिष्टासु वै स्वयम्। अहोरात्रं तदा तासां युगन्तु परिवर्त्तते ।। ५८.

When those few remaining from the Kali age are thus engaged, then, for them, day and night mark the turning of the age.

चित्तसम्मोहनं कृत्वा तासान्तैः सप्तमन्तु तत्। भाविनोऽर्थस्य च बलात्ततः कृतमवर्तत ।। ५८.

After deluding their minds, for seven generations among them, by the force of the coming event, the cycle is completed.

प्रवृत्ते तु पुनस्तस्मिंस्ततः कृतयुगे तु वै। उत्पन्नाः कलिशिष्टास्तु कार्तयुग्यः प्रजाम्तदा ।। ५८.

Then, when that has begun, in the new Krita age, those few remaining from Kali are born as people of the Krita age.

तिष्ठन्ति चेह ये सिद्धाः सुदृष्टा विचरन्ति च। सदा सप्तर्षयश्चैव तत्र ते च व्यवस्थिताः ।। ५८.

Those perfected beings who remain here, who are well-seen and wander about, and the seven sages, are established there.

ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशः शूद्रा बीजार्थं ये स्मृता इह। कलिजैः सह ते सर्वे निर्विशेषास्तदाभवन् ।। ५८.

Those who are known here as Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras, for the sake of seed, all become undifferentiated together with those born in Kali.

तेषां सप्तर्षयो धर्म कथयन्तीतरेषु च । वर्णा श्रमाचारयुक्तः श्रौतः स्मार्तो द्विधा तु सः ।। ५८.

Among them, the seven sages teach righteousness, and among the others, the castes are endowed with labor and conduct; the Vedic and traditional duties are twofold.

ततस्तेषु क्रियावत्सु वर्त्तन्ते वै प्रजाः कृते । श्रौतः स्मार्त्तः कृतानान्तु धर्मः सप्तर्षिदर्शितः ।। ५८.

The people in the Krita age follow those practices; the Vedic and traditional righteousness shown by the seven sages is established among them.

तासु धर्मव्यवस्तार्थं तिष्ठन्तीहायुगक्षयात् । मन्वन्तराधिकारेषु तिष्ठन्ति मुनयस्तु वै ।। ५८.

For the sake of establishing righteousness among them, the sages remain here from the end of one age to the next, presiding over the periods of the Manus.

यथा दावप्रदग्धेषु तृणेष्विह तपे ऋतौ । नवानां प्रथमं दृष्टस्तेषां मूले तु सम्भवः ।। ५८.

Just as, when grass is burned by wildfire in the hot season, the first sprouts are seen to arise from the roots,