Vayu Purana

नानाच्छन्दोगतिपथो गुह्योपनिषदासनः। छायापत्नीसहायो वै मणिश्रृङ्ग इवोच्छ्रितः। भूत्वा यज्ञवराहो वै अपः स प्राविशत् प्रभुः

With various meters as his paths, seated upon the secret Upanishads, accompanied by his shadow-wife, exalted like a jeweled horn—thus did the Lord, having become the sacrificial boar, enter the waters.

अद्भिः संछादितामुर्वीं स तामश्नन् प्रजापतिः। उपगम्योज्जहाराशु अपस्ताश्च स विन्यसत्

The Lord of creatures, having approached, swiftly lifted up the earth, which was covered by the waters, and set those waters aside.

सामुद्रीर्वै समुद्रेषु नादेयीश्च नदीष्वथ। रसातलतले मग्नां रसातलतले गताम्। प्रभुर्ल्लोकहितार्थाय दंष्ट्रयाभ्युज्जहार गाम्

The oceanic rivers in the seas, and the bestowing rivers on the land, which had sunk to the bottom of the netherworld—he, the Lord, for the welfare of the worlds, raised up the earth with his tusk.

ततः स्वस्थानमानीय पृथिवीं पृथिवीकरः। मुमोच पूर्वं मनसा धारयित्वा धराधरः

Then, having brought the earth to its proper place, the supporter of the earth released her, after first holding her in his mind.

तस्योपरि जलौघस्य महती नौरिव स्थितः। चरितत्वाच्च देवस्य न मही याति विप्लवम्

Upon that mass of water, she stood like a great ship; and because of the Lord's action, the earth does not sink.

ततोद्धृत्य क्षितिं देवो जगतः स्थापनेच्छया। पृथिव्याः प्रविभागाय मनश्चक्रेऽम्बुजेक्षणः। पृथिवीं तु समीकृत्य पृथिव्यां सोऽचिनोद् गिरीन्

Then, having raised the earth, the Lord, wishing to establish the world, conceived in his mind the division of the earth; and having arranged the earth, he placed the mountains upon her.

प्राक् सर्वे दह्यमानास्तु तदा संवर्त्तकाग्निना। तेनाग्निना विशीर्णास्ते पर्वता भुवि सर्वशः

Previously, all the mountains had been burned by the fire of dissolution; by that fire, the mountains were shattered everywhere on earth.

शैत्यादेकार्णवे तस्मिन्वायुनापस्तु संहृताः। निषिक्ता यत्र यत्रासंस्तत्रतत्राचलोऽभवत्

Because of the cold, the waters were gathered in the single ocean by the wind; wherever they were deposited, there a mountain arose.

स्कन्नाचलत्वादचलाः पर्व्वभिः पर्व्वताः स्मृताः। गिरयोऽन्तर्निगीर्णत्वाच्चयनाच्च शिलोच्चयाः

Because they became fixed and unmoving, they are called 'acala' (immovable); and because they are heaped up with peaks, they are known as mountains; and since some were swallowed within, they are called heaps of rocks.

ततस्तेषु विशीर्णेषु लोकोदधिगिरिष्वथ। विश्वकर्म्मा विभजते कल्पादिषु पुनः पुनः

Then, when those worlds, oceans, and mountains were shattered, Viśvakarman divides them again and again at the beginning of each cycle.

ससमुद्रामिमां पृथ्वीं सप्तद्वीपां सपर्व्वताम्। भूराद्यां श्चतुरो लोकान् पुनः सोऽथ प्रकल्पयत्। लोकान् प्रकल्पयित्वा च प्रजासर्गं ससर्ज्ज ह

He arranged this earth with its oceans, seven continents, and mountains, as well as the four worlds beginning with Bhū; and after establishing the worlds, he created the generations of beings.

ब्रह्मा स्वयम्भूर्भगवान् सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः। ससर्ज्ज सृष्टिन्तद्रूपां कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा

Brahmā, the self-born, the blessed one, desiring to create various beings, produced a creation of that very form, just as in previous cycles.

तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं तदा वै बुद्धिपूर्वकम्। प्रधानसमकालं वै प्रादुर्भूतस्तमोमयः

As he contemplated creation at that time, a creation arose, born of intention, simultaneously with primordial matter, and consisting of darkness.

तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्रो ह्यन्धसंज्ञितः। अविद्या पञ्चपर्व्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः

Darkness, delusion, great delusion, Tamas, and what is called Andha—this fivefold ignorance arose from the great soul.

प़ञ्चधा चाश्रितः सर्गो ध्यायतः सोऽभिमानिनः। सर्व्वतस्तमसा चैव दीपः कुम्भवदावृतः। बहिरन्तः प्रकाशश्च शुद्धो निःसंज्ञ एव च

This creation, fivefold, arose from the one meditating, who was full of self-conceit; everywhere enveloped by darkness, like a lamp covered by a pot, pure and without awareness, shining within and without.

यस्मात्तैः संवृता बुद्धिर्मुख्यानि करणानि च। तस्मात्ते संवृतात्मानो नगा मुख्याः प्रकीर्तिताः

Because by these, intellect and the chief senses were covered, therefore those with covered selves are called the chief trees.

मुख्यसर्गे तथाभूतं ब्रह्मा दृष्ट्वा ह्यसाधकम्। अप्रसन्नमनाः सोऽथ ततो न्यासोऽभ्यमन्यत

Seeing that the primary creation was thus ineffective, Brahmā was displeased in mind, and then considered renunciation.

तस्याभिध्यायतस्तत्र तिर्य्यक् स्रोतोऽभ्यवर्त्तत। यस्मात्तिर्यग् व्यवर्त्तेत तिर्य्यक्स्रोतस्ततः स्मृतम्

As he contemplated, there arose there a stream flowing sideways; because it turned aside, it is called the sideways-flowing stream.

तमोबहुत्वात्ते सर्व्वे ह्यज्ञानबहुलाः स्मृताः। उत्पथग्राहिणश्चापि ते ध्यानाद्ध्यानमानिनः

Because of the abundance of darkness, all of them are said to be full of ignorance; they are led astray, and, though meditating, are proud of their meditation.

तिर्य्यक्स्रोतस्तु दृष्ट्वा वै द्वितीयं विश्वमीश्वरः। अहंकृता अहंमना अष्टाविंशद्विधात्मकाः

Seeing the sideways-flowing stream, the Lord created a second world, consisting of self-assertion and self-regard, made up of twenty-eight kinds.

एकादशेन्द्रियविधा नवधा चोदयस्तथा। अष्टौ च तारकाद्याश्च तेषां शक्तिविधाः स्मृताः

There are eleven kinds of senses, nine kinds of urges, and eight, beginning with the stars; their powers are said to be of these kinds.

अतः प्रकाशास्ते सर्व्वे आवृताश्च बहिः पुनः। यस्मात्तिर्यक् प्रवर्त्तेत तिर्य्यक्स्रोताः स उच्यते

Therefore, all these are luminous, yet again covered on the outside; because they move sideways, they are called the sideways-flowing beings.

तिर्यक्स्रोताश्च दृष्ट्वा वै द्वितीयं विश्वमीश्वरः। अभिप्रायमथोद्धूतं दृष्ट्वा सर्व्वन्तथाभिधम्। तस्याभिध्यायतो नित्यं सात्त्विकः समवर्त्तत

Seeing the sideways-flowing beings, the Lord created a second world; perceiving the intention that had arisen, and seeing all as thus named, as he contemplated, a sattvic creation arose.

ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतास्तृतीयस्तु स चैवोर्द्ध्वव्यवस्थितः। यस्माद्व्यवर्त्ततोह्द्ध्वन्तु ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतास्ततः स्मृतः

The third is the upward-flowing stream, which is established above; because it moves upward, it is called the upward-flowing stream.

ते सुखप्रीतिबहुला बहिरन्तश्च संवृता। प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतोद्भवाः स्मृताः

They are full of happiness and delight, covered both within and without; luminous within and without, they are said to arise from the upward-flowing stream.

तेन वा तादयो ज्ञेयाः सृष्टात्मानो व्यवस्थिताः। ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतास्तृतीयो वै तेन सर्गस्तु स स्मृतः

By this, those beings whose nature is established should be known; the upward-flowing stream is the third, and that creation is so called.

ऊर्द्ध्वस्रोतःसु सृष्टेषु देवेषु स तदा प्रभुः। प्रीतिमानभवद्ब्रह्मा ततोऽन्यं सोऽभ्यमन्यत। ससर्ज्ज सर्गमन्यं स साधकं प्रभुरीश्वरः

When the upward-flowing beings, the gods, were created, then Brahmā, full of joy, desired another; the Lord created another creation, one that is effective.

अथाभिध्यायतस्तस्य सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तदा। प्रादुर्ब्बभूव चाव्यक्तादर्व्वाक्‌स्रोतः सुसाधकम्। यस्मादर्वाक्व्यवर्त्तेत ततोऽर्व्वाक्स्रोत उच्यते

Then, as he contemplated, being truthful in his meditation, there appeared from the unmanifest a downward-flowing stream, well-suited for creation; since it moves downward, it is called the downward current.

ते च प्रकाशबहुलास्तमः सत्त्वरजोधिकाः। तस्मात्ते दुःखबहुला भूयो भूयश्च कारिणः

These are abundant in light, dominated by darkness, sattva, and rajas; therefore, they are mostly sources of suffering and repeatedly active.