Vayu Purana

श्रिता दक्षिणपन्थानं ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे। युगे युगे तु ताः शाखा व्यस्यन्ते तैः पुनः पुनः ।। ६१.

Those who have followed the southern path and entered cremation grounds—their branches are scattered again and again in each age.

द्वापरेष्विव सर्वेषु संहिताश्च श्रुतर्षिभिः। तेषां गोत्रेष्विमाः शाखा भवन्तीह पुनः पुनः। ताः शाखास्तत्र कर्त्तारो भवन्तीह युगक्षयात् ।। ६१.

Just as in all Dvapara ages, the collections by the shrutarshis, these branches arise again and again in their lineages; those branches, their creators, come forth here at the end of each age.

एवमेव तु विज्ञेयं व्यतीतानागतेष्विह। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु शाखाप्रणयनानि वै ।। ६१.

Thus, it should be understood that in all past and future manvantaras, the creation of branches occurs here.

अतीतेषु अतीतानि वर्त्तन्ते साम्प्रतेषु च। भविष्याणि च यानि स्युर्वर्ण्यन्तेऽनागतेष्वपि ।। ६१.

What has passed exists in the past, and also in the present; what will be is described even in the future.

पूर्वेण पश्चिमं ज्ञेयं वर्त्तमानेन चोभयम्। एतेन क्रमयोगेन मन्वन्तरविनिश्चयः ।। ६१.

By the previous, the later is known, and by the present, both; through this sequence and method, the determination of manvantaras is made.

एवं देवाश्च पितर ऋषयो मनवश्च ये। मन्त्रैः सहोर्द्ध्वं गच्छन्ति ह्यावर्त्तन्ते च तैः सह ।। ६१.

Thus, the gods, ancestors, sages, and Manus, together with mantras, ascend and return along with them.

जनलोकात्सुराः सर्वे पशुकल्पात्पुनः पुनः। पर्याप्तकाले सम्प्राप्ते सम्भूता नैव नस्य (?) तु ।। ६१.

All the gods from Janaloka, again and again from the animal creation, when the appointed time arrives, are produced, but not destroyed.

अवश्यम्भाविनार्थेन सम्बध्यन्ते तदा तु ते। ततस्ते दोषवज्जन्म पश्यन्ते रागपूर्वकम् ।। ६१.

At that time, they are bound by what must inevitably occur; then, seeing birth as flawed, they perceive it with attachment.

निवर्त्तते तदा वृत्तिस्तेषामादोषदर्शनात् । एवं देव युगानीह दशकृत्वा निवर्त्तते ।। ६१.

Then their conduct ceases, due to seeing no fault; thus, the divine age here ends ten times.

जनलोकात्तपोलोकं गच्छन्तीहानिवर्त्तनम्। एवं देवयुगानीह व्यतीतानि सहस्रशः। निधनं ब्रह्मलोके वै गतानि मुनिभिस्सह ।। ६१.

From Janaloka, they go to Tapoloka, without return; thus, the divine ages here, thousands have passed, ending in Brahmaloka together with the sages.

न शक्यमानुपूर्व्येण तेषां वक्तुं सविस्तरान् । अनादित्वाच्च कालस्य असङ्ख्यानाच्च सर्वशः। मन्वन्तराण्यतीतानि यानि कल्पैः पुरा सह ।। ६१.

It is not possible to recount them in order and in detail, because time is without beginning and all are innumerable; the manvantaras that have passed, together with the kalpas of old.

पितृभिर्मुनिभिर्देवैः सार्द्धं सप्तार्षिभिश्च वै। कालेन प्रतिसृष्टानां युगानाञ्च निवर्तनम् ।। ६१.

With the ancestors, sages, gods, and the seven rishis, the return of ages occurs for those created by time.

एतेन क्रमयोगेन कल्पमन्वन्तराणि तु। सप्रजानि व्यतीतानि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ।। ६१.

By this sequence and method, the kalpas and manvantaras, together with their beings, have passed by the hundreds and thousands.

मन्वन्तरान्ते संहारः संहारान्ते च सम्भवः। देवतानामृषीणाञ्च मनोः पितृगणस्य च ।। ६१.

At the end of a Manvantara comes dissolution, and after dissolution, there is a new arising of the gods, the seers, Manu, and the hosts of ancestors.

न शक्यमानुपूर्व्येण वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि। विस्तरस्तु निसर्गस्य संहारस्य च सर्वशः। मन्वन्तरस्य संख्यां तु मानुषेण निबोधत ।। ६१.

It is not possible to describe in sequence, even in hundreds of years, the full extent of creation and dissolution; but listen to the reckoning of a Manvantara as known among humans.

देवतानामृषीणाञ्च सङ्ख्यानार्थनिशारदैः। त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु संपूर्णाः सङ्ख्याताः सङ्ख्यया द्विजैः ।। ६१.

The wise, skilled in calculation, have determined that the complete number of gods and seers is three hundred million, counted precisely by learned twice-born men.

सप्तषष्टिस्तथान्यानि नियुतानि च सङ्ख्यया। विंशतिश्च सहस्राणि कालोऽयं सोधिकान् विना ।। ६१.

There are also sixty-seven niyutas, and twenty thousand more, according to the reckoning—this is the time, excluding the fractions.

मन्वन्तरस्य सङ्ख्यैषा मानुषेण प्रकीर्तिता। वत्सरेणैव दिव्येन प्रवक्ष्याम्यन्तरम्मनोः ।। ६१.

This is the number of a Manvantara as declared in human reckoning; now I will tell you, by the divine year, the interval between Manus.

अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि दिव्यया सङ्ख्यया स्मृतम्। द्विपञ्चाशत्तथान्यानि सहस्राण्यधिकानि तु ।। ६१.

It is remembered as eight hundred thousand by the divine count, and fifty-two thousand more are to be added.

चतुर्द्दशगुणो ह्येष काल आहूतसंप्लवः। पूर्णं युगसहस्रं स्यात्तदहर्ब्रह्मणः स्मृतम् ।। ६१.

This period, called the deluge, is fourteen times as great; a full thousand yugas make up one day of Brahma, it is said.

तत्र सर्वाणि भूतानि दग्धान्यादित्यरश्मिभिः। ब्रह्माणमग्रतः कृत्वा सह देवर्षिदानवैः। प्रविशन्ति सुरश्रेष्ठं देवदेवं महेश्वरम् ।। ६१.

At that time, all beings are burned by the rays of the sun; placing Brahma at their head, along with the gods, seers, and asuras, they enter the supreme god of gods, Maheshvara.

स स्रष्टा सर्वभूतानि कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः। इत्येष स्थितिकालो वै मनोर्देवर्षिभिः सह ।। ६१.

He, the creator, brings forth all beings again and again at the beginning of each kalpa; thus is the period of existence of Manu together with the gods and seers.

सर्वमन्वन्तराणां वै प्रतिसन्धिं निबोधत। युगाख्या या समुद्दिष्टा प्रागेवास्मिन् मया तव ।। ६१.

Now understand the connection of all the Manvantaras; the reckoning of yugas which I have previously explained to you.

कृतत्रेतादि संयुक्तं चतुर्युगमिति स्मृतम्। तदेकसप्ततिगुणं परिवृत्तं तु साधिकम्। मनोरेकमधीकारं प्रोवाच भगवान् प्रभुः ।। ६१.

The set of four yugas—Krita, Treta, and so on—is called a caturyuga; seventy-one times this, with a little more, is declared by the Lord as the period of one Manu.

एवं मन्वन्तराणां तु सर्वेषामेव लक्षणम्। अतीतानागतानां वै वर्त्तमानेन कीर्त्तितम् ।। ६१.

Thus is the characteristic of all Manvantaras, past, future, and present, as recounted.

इत्येष कीर्त्तितः सर्गा मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्य ह। प्रति सन्धिन्तु वक्ष्यामि तस्य वै चापरस्य तु ।। ६१.

Thus has the creation of Svayambhuva Manu been described; now I will tell you of the connection and also of the next one.

मन्वन्तरं यथा पूर्वमृषिभिर्दैवतैः सह। अवश्यम्भाविनार्थेन यथा तद्वै निवर्त्तते ।। ६१.

Just as in the previous Manvantara, with the seers and gods, so too does it end when the destined time arrives.

अस्मिन् मन्वन्तरे पूर्वं त्रैलोक्यस्येश्वरास्तु ये। सप्तर्षयश्च देवास्ते पितरो मनवस्तथा। मन्वन्तरस्य काले तु सम्पूर्णे साधकास्तथा ।। ६१.

In this Manvantara, those who were formerly the lords of the three worlds, the seven seers, the gods, the ancestors, and the Manus, when the period of the Manvantara is complete, they too fulfill their roles.

क्षीणाधिकाराः संवृत्ता बुद्ध्वा पर्यायमात्मनः। महर्लोकाय ते सर्वे उन्मुखा दधिरे गतिम् ।। ६१.

Having completed their duties and recognizing the turn of their own time, all of them, their authority exhausted, set their sights on the world of Maharloka.