Vayu Purana

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.

ददामीत्येव तं राजा बलिर्वैरोचनोऽब्रवीत्। वामनन्तं च विज्ञाय ततोऽनुमुदितः स्वयम् ।। ३६.

I will give, said King Bali, son of Virocana, recognizing Vāmana, and thus he himself consented.

स वामनो दिवं खं च पृथिवीं च द्विजोत्तमाः। त्रिभिः क्रमैर्विश्वमिदं जगदाक्रामत प्रभुः ।। ३६.

That Vāmana, O best of twice-born, with three steps, occupied heaven, space, and earth; the Lord traversed this entire world.

अत्यरिच्यत भूतात्मा भास्करं स्वेन तेजसा। प्रकाशयन् दिशः सर्व्वाः प्रदिशश्च महायशाः ।। ३६.

The embodied being surpassed the sun with his own brilliance, illuminating all directions and regions, the illustrious one.

शुशुभे स महाबाहुः सर्व्वलोकान् प्रकाशयन्। आसुरीं श्रियमाहृत्य त्रींल्लोकांश्च जनार्दनः। सपुत्रपौत्रानसुरान् पातालतलमानयत् ।। ३६.

That mighty-armed one shone, illuminating all the worlds; Janārdana, having taken the wealth of the demons and the three worlds, led the demons, along with their sons and grandsons, to the nethermost realm.

नमुचिः शम्बरश्चैव प्रह्लादश्चैव विष्णुना। क्रूरा हता विनिर्द्धूता दिशः संप्रतिपेदिरे ।। ३६.

Namuci, Śambara, and Prahlāda were struck down by Viṣṇu; the cruel ones were destroyed and dispersed, and they reached the directions.

महाभूतानि भूतात्मा सविशेषाणि माधवः। कालञ्च सकलं विप्रांस्तत्राद्भुतमदर्शयत् ।। ३६.

Mādhava, the soul of beings, showed the sages the great elements, the particular beings, and time in its entirety, as a marvel.

तस्य गात्रे जगत्सर्वमात्मानमनुपश्यति । न किञ्चिदस्ति लोकेषु यदव्याप्तं महात्मना ।। ३६.

On his body, he perceives the entire universe as himself; there is nothing in the worlds that is not pervaded by the great soul.

तद्वै रूपमुपेन्द्रस्य देवदानवमानवाः। दृष्ट्वा सम्मुमुहुः सर्वे विष्णुतेजोविमोहिताः ।। ३६.

That form of Upendra, seen by gods, demons, and men, caused all to be bewildered, overcome by the radiance of Viṣṇu.

बलिः सिलो महापाशैः सबन्धुः ससुहृद्गणः। विरोचन कुलं सर्वं पाताले सन्निवेशितम् ।। ३६.

Bali, bound with mighty chains, together with his kin and circle of friends, and the entire lineage of Virocana, was confined in the netherworld.

ततः सर्वामरैश्वर्यं दत्त्वेन्द्राय महात्मने। मानुषेषु महाबाहुः प्रादुरासीज्जनार्दनः ।। ३६.

Then, having bestowed all sovereignty of the immortals upon Indra, the great-souled one, Janardana, the mighty-armed, appeared among men.

एतास्तिस्रः स्मृतास्तस्य दिव्याः सम्भूतयः शुभाः। मानुष्याः सप्त यास्तस्य शापजांस्तान्निबोधत ।। ३६.

These three are remembered as his divine, auspicious manifestations; now learn of the seven human births of his, which arose from a curse.

त्रेतायुगे तु दशमे दत्तात्रेयो बभूव ह। नष्टे धर्मे चतुर्थश्च मार्कण्डेयपुरःसरः ।। ३६.

In the tenth Treta age, he became Dattatreya; and when righteousness was lost, he appeared as the fourth, preceded by Markandeya.

पञ्चमः पञ्चदश्यां तु त्रेतायां सम्बभूव ह। मान्धातुश्चक्रवर्त्तित्वे तस्थौ तथ्यपुरःसरः ।। ३६.

In the fifteenth Treta, he was born as the fifth; Mandhata, accompanied by Tathya, held the position of emperor.

एको नविंशे त्रेतायां सर्व्वक्षत्रान्तकोऽभवत्। जामदग्न्यस्तथा षष्ठो विश्वामित्रपुरःसरः ।। ३६.

In the nineteenth Treta, he alone became the destroyer of all kshatriyas; Jamadagni's son, and the sixth, preceded by Vishvamitra.

चतुर्विंशे युगे रामो वसिष्ठेन पुरोधसा। सप्तमो राव णस्यार्थे जज्ञे दशरथात्मजः ।। ३६.

In the twenty-fourth age, Rama, with Vasishtha as his priest, was born as the seventh, the son of Dasharatha, for the sake of Ravana.

अष्टमो द्वापरे विष्णुरष्टाविंशे पराशरात् । वेदव्यासस्ततो जज्ञे जातूकर्णपुरःसरः ।। ३६.

In the eighth Dvapara, Vishnu, in the twenty-eighth, was born from Parashara; then Vedavyasa appeared, preceded by Jatukarṇa.

तथैव नवमो विष्णुरदित्याः कश्यपात्मजः। देवक्यां वसुदेवात्तु ब्रह्नगार्ग्यपुरःसरः ।। ३६.

Likewise, as the ninth, Vishnu, son of Kashyapa and Aditi, was born from Devaki and Vasudeva, preceded by Brahmagarga.

अप्रमेयो नियोज्यश्च यत्र कामचरो वशी। क्रीजते भगवाँ ल्लोके बालः क्रीजनकैरिव ।। ३६.

Unfathomable and master of himself, he acts as he wishes; the Blessed One plays in the world like a child with playthings.

न प्रमातुं महाबाहुः शक्योऽसौ मधुसूदनः। परं परममेतस्माद्विश्वरूपान्न विद्यते ।। ३६.

The mighty-armed Madhusudana cannot be measured; beyond him, there is nothing higher, nor any form greater than his universal form.

अष्टाविंश तिमे तद्वद्द्वापरस्यांशसङ्क्षये। नष्टे धर्मे तदा जज्ञे विष्णुर्वृष्णिकुले प्रभुः ।। ३६.

In the twenty-eighth Dvapara, at the end of its portion, when righteousness was lost, Vishnu, the Lord, was born in the Vrishni clan.