Vayu Purana

उवाचेदन्न भेतव्यं न गन्तन्यं रसातलम्। अवश्यम्भावी ह्यर्थोऽयं प्राप्तो वो मयि जाग्रति ।। ३६.

He said: 'Do not be afraid, nor should you go to the netherworld; this outcome was inevitable and has come to you while I was present.'

न शक्यमन्यथा कर्तुं दृष्टं हि बलवत्तरम् । संज्ञा प्रनष्टा या वोऽद्य कामं तां प्रतिलप्स्यथ ।। ३६.

It cannot be otherwise; for what is seen is more powerful. The recognition you have lost today, you will surely regain.

प्राप्तः पर्य्यायकालो व इति ब्रह्माऽभ्यभाषत। मत्प्रसादाच्च युष्माभिर्भुक्तं त्रैलोक्यमूर्ज्जितम् ।। ३६.

The appointed time has come—thus spoke Brahmā. And by my favor, you have enjoyed the strength of the three worlds.

युगाख्यो दश संपूर्णो देवानाक्रम्य मूर्द्धनि। तावन्तमेव कालं वै ब्रह्मा राज्यमभाषत ।। ३६.

A complete cycle of ten yugas, having surpassed the gods at their summit—Brahmā declared that this would be the duration of your reign.

सावर्णिके पुनस्तुभ्यं राज्यं किल भविष्यति। लोकानामीश्वरो भावी पौत्रस्तव पुनर्बलिः ।। ३६.

In the era of Sāvarṇi, your kingship will indeed return; your grandson Bali will again become lord of the worlds.

एवं किलमहं प्रोक्तः पौत्रस्ते ब्रह्मणा स्वयम्। तथाहृतेषु लोकेषु तपोऽस्य न किलाभवत् ।। ३६.

Thus, I was told by Brahmā himself about your grandson. When the worlds were thus taken away, his austerity did not remain.

यस्मात् प्रवृत्तयश्चास्य न कामानभिसन्धिताः। तस्मादजेन प्रीतेन दत्तं सावर्णिकेऽन्तरे ।। ३६.

Because his actions were not motivated by desire, therefore, the pleased Unborn One granted him the Sāvarṇi interval.

देवराज्यं बलेर्भाव्यमिति मामीश्वरोऽब्रवीत्। तस्माददृश्यो भूतानां कालाकाङ्क्षी स तिष्ठति ।। ३६.

The Lord told me that Bali will become king of the gods; therefore, he remains invisible to beings, awaiting the right time.

प्रीतेन चामरत्वं वै दत्तं तुब्यं स्वयम्भुवा। तस्मान्निरुत्सु कस्त्वं वै पर्य्यायं सह माकुलः ।। ३६.

And by the pleased Self-born, immortality was granted to you; therefore, do not be disheartened, endure the cycle with composure.

न च शक्यं मया तुभ्यं पुरस्ताद्वै विसर्पितुम् । ब्रह्मणा प्रतिषिद्धोऽस्मि भविष्यं जानता प्रभो ।। ३६.

Nor am I able to go before you; I have been forbidden by Brahmā, who knows the future, O lord.

इमौ च शिष्यौ द्वौ मह्यं तुल्यावेतौ बृहस्पतेः । दैवतैः सह संरब्धान् सर्व्वान् वो धारयिष्यतः ।। ३६.

And these two disciples of mine are equal to Bṛhaspati; together with the gods, they will restrain you all, though you are enraged.

एवमुक्तस्तु दैतेयाः काव्येनाक्लिष्टकर्म्मणा। ततस्ताभ्यां ययुः सार्द्धं प्रह्लादप्रमुखास्तदा ।। ३६.

Thus addressed, the Daityas by Kāvya, whose actions are pure, then went together with those two, led by Prahlāda.

अवश्यम्भावमर्थत्वं श्रुत्वा शुक्राच्च दानवाः। सकृदाशंसमानास्ते जयं काव्येन भाषितम् ।। ३६.

Hearing from Śukra that the outcome was inevitable, the Dānavas, hoping for victory, accepted the words spoken by Kāvya.

दंशिताः सायुधाः सर्वे ततो देवान् समाह्वयन्। अथ देवासुरान् दृष्ट्वा संग्रामे समुपस्थितान् ।। ३६.

All, armed and ready, then challenged the gods; and seeing the gods and asuras assembled for battle—

ततः संवृत्तसन्नाहा देवास्तान् समयोधयन्। दैवासुरे ततस्तस्मिन् वर्त्तमाने शतं समाः। अजयन्नसुरा देवान् भग्ना देवा अमन्त्रयन् ।। ३६.

Then, the gods, having donned their armor, fought with them; in that conflict between gods and asuras, which lasted a hundred years, the asuras defeated the gods, and the defeated gods consulted among themselves.

षण्डामार्कप्रभावं न जानीमस्त्व सुरैर्वयम्। तस्माद्यज्ञं समुद्दिश्य कार्य्यं चात्महितञ्च यत् ।। ३६.

We do not know the power of Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka among the gods; therefore, for our own welfare, we must perform a sacrifice.

तज्ज्ञानापहृतावेतौ कृत्वा जेष्यामहेऽसुरान् । अथोपामन्त्रयन् देवाः षण्डामार्कौ तु तावुभौ ।। ३६.

By depriving those two of their knowledge, we shall defeat the asuras; then the gods summoned Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka.

यज्ञे समाह्वयिष्यामस्त्यजतमसुरान् द्विजौ । ग्रहं तं वा ग्रहीष्यामो ह्यनुजित्य तु दानवान् ।। ३६.

We shall invite the two brahmins to the sacrifice—let them abandon the asuras; or we shall seize them, having conquered the Dānavas.

एवं तत्यजतुस्तौ तु षण्डामार्कौ तदासुरान् । ततो देवा जयं प्राप्ता दानवाश्च पराभवम् ।। ३६.

Thus, Ṣaṇḍa and Amarka abandoned the asuras; then the gods attained victory, and the Dānavas were defeated.

देवासुरान् पराभाव्य षण्डामार्कावुपागमन्। काव्यशापाभिभूताश्च ह्यनाधाराश्च ते पुनः ।। ३६.

Having defeated the gods and demons, the Six and the Sun approached; and, overcome by the curse of Kāvya, they became unsupported once again.

वध्यमानास्तदा देवैर्विविशुस्ते रसातलम्। एवं निरुद्यमास्ते वै कृताः शक्रेण दानवाः। ततः प्रभृति शापेन भृगुनैमित्तिकेन च ।। ३६.

Then, as they were being slain by the gods, they entered the netherworld; thus, those demons, rendered powerless by Śakra, from that time onward, by the curse and by the agency of Bhṛgu, were so.

जज्ञे पुनः पुनर्विष्णुर्यज्ञे च शिथिले प्रभुः। कर्त्तुं धर्म्मव्यवस्थानमधर्म्मस्य च नाशनम् ।। ३६.

Viṣṇu was born again and again, the Lord, whenever the sacrifice declined, to establish righteousness and destroy unrighteousness.

प्रह्लादस्य निदेशे तु येऽसुरा न व्यवस्थिताः। मनुष्यवध्यांस्तान् सर्व्वान् ब्रह्मा व्याहारयत् प्रभुः ।। ३६.

Those demons who did not abide by Prahlāda's command, Brahmā declared them all to be fit for destruction by humans.

धर्म्मान्नारायणस्तस्मान् सम्भूतश्चाक्षुषेऽन्तरे। यज्ञं प्रवर्तयामास चैत्ये वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे ।। ३६.

From Dharma, Nārāyaṇa was born in the interval of Cākṣuṣa; he set the sacrifice in motion in the interval of Vaivasvata, at the altar.

प्रादुर्भावे तदान्यस्य ब्रह्मैवासीत् पुरोहितः। चतुर्थ्यान्तु युगाख्यायामापन्नेष्वसुरेष्वथ ।। ३६.

At the manifestation of another, Brahmā himself was the priest; and in the fourth age, when the demons had arisen.

सम्भूतः स समुद्रान्तर्हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधे। द्वितीयो नरसिंङोऽभूद्रुद्रः सुरपुरस्सरः ।। ३६.

He was born within the ocean, at the slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu; the second, Narasiṃha, became Rudra, foremost among the gods.

बलिसंस्थेषु लोकेषु त्रेतायां सप्तमे युगे। दैत्यैस्त्रैलोक्य आक्रान्ते तृतीयो वामनोऽभवत् ।। ३६.

When Bali was established in the worlds, in the seventh age of the Tretā, as the demons conquered the three worlds, the third, Vāmana, appeared.

संक्षिप्यात्मानमङ्गेषु बृहस्पतिपुरस्सरम्। यजमानन्तु दैत्येन्द्रमदित्याः कुलनन्दनः। द्विजो भूत्वा शुभे काले बलिं वैरोचनम्पुरा ।। ३६.

Compressing his form into limbs, with Bṛhaspati at the forefront, the delight of the Aditya lineage, having become a Brāhmaṇa at an auspicious time, he approached Bali, the son of Virocana.

त्रैलोक्यस्य भवान् राजा त्वयि सर्व्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्। दातुमर्हसि मे राजन् विक्रमांस्त्रीनिति प्रभुः ।। ३६.

You are the king of the three worlds; in you, everything is established. You ought to grant me, O king, three steps of land, thus spoke the Lord.