Vayu Purana

तेषामनुचरा ये च मनुपुत्रास्तथैव च। वर्णाश्रमिभिरीड्याश्च तस्मिन् काले तु ये सुराः। मन्वन्तरेषु येह्यासन् देवलोके दिवौकसः

Their attendants, the sons of Manus, and those worthy of praise among the classes and stages of life—those gods who existed in the heavenly world during the manvantaras.

ते तैः संयोजकैः सार्द्धं प्राप्ते सङ्कलने तथा। तुल्यनिष्ठास्तु ते सर्वे प्राप्ते ह्याभूतसंप्लवे

Together with those who joined them, when the reckoning arrived, all of them, being of equal attainment, at the coming of the great dissolution—

ततस्तेऽवश्यभावित्वाद् बुद्ध्वा पर्यायमात्मनः। त्रैलोक्यवासिनो देवास्तस्मिन् प्राप्ते ह्युपप्लवे

Then, knowing the inevitable transformation of themselves, the gods dwelling in the three worlds, when that dissolution approached—

तेऽनौत्सुक्यविषादेन त्यक्त्वा स्थानानि भावतः। महर्ल्लोकाय संविग्नास्ततस्ते दधिरे मतिम्

They, out of neither eagerness nor despair, abandoned their places by their own will; anxious, they directed their minds toward the world of Mahar.

ते युक्ता उपपद्यन्ते महसिस्थैः शरीरकैः। विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः

They, being disciplined, attain bodies of great radiance; all are abundant in purity, established in mental accomplishment.

तैः कल्प वासिभिः सार्द्धं महानासादितस्तु यैः। ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैस्तद्भक्तैश्चापरैर्ज्जनैः

Together with those who dwell for a kalpa—those who attained greatness—Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and other devoted people.

मत्वा तु ते महर्ल्लोकं देवसङ्घाश्चतुर्द्दश। ततस्ते जनलोकाय सो द्वेगा दधिरे मतिम्

Having considered the Mahar world, the fourteen groups of gods then directed their minds, with eagerness, toward the world of Jana.

विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः। तैः कल्पवासिभिः सांर्द्ध महानासादितस्तु यैः

All are abundant in purity, established in mental accomplishment; together with those who dwell for a kalpa—those who attained greatness.

दशकृत्व इवावृत्त्या तस्माद्गच्छन्ति स्वस्तपः। तत्र कल्पान् दशस्थित्वा सत्यं गच्छन्ति वै पुनः। एतेन क्रमयोगेन यान्ति कल्पनिवासिनः

After ten cycles in this way, they proceed to the world of Tapas; having remained there for ten kalpas, they then go again to the world of Truth; by this sequential order, the dwellers in kalpas ascend.

एवं देवयुगानान्तु सहस्राणि परस्परात्। गतानि ब्रह्मलोकं वै अपरावर्त्तिनीं गतिम्

Thus, thousands of ages of the gods, one after another, have passed, reaching the world of Brahma, the state from which there is no return.

आधिपत्यं विना ते वै ऐश्वर्येण तु तत्समाः। भवन्ति ब्रह्मणस्तुल्या रूपेण विषयेण च

Without sovereignty, yet equal in majesty, they become like Brahma in form and in domain.

तत्र ते ह्यवतिष्ठन्ति प्रीतियुक्ताः प्रसङ्गमात्। आनन्दं ब्रह्मणः प्राप्य मुच्यन्ते ब्रह्मणा सह

There, they remain, filled with affection due to their connection; having attained the bliss of Brahman, they are liberated along with Brahman.

अवश्यम्भाविनाऽर्थेन प्राकृतेनैव ते स्वयम्। नाना त्वेनाभिसम्बद्धास्तदा तत्कालभाविनः

By the inevitable event, through their own natural state, they themselves are bound in various ways, and at that time, they become as they are destined.

स्वरूपतो बुद्धिपूर्वं यथा भवति जाग्रतः। तत्कालभावि तेषां तु तथा ज्ञानं प्रवर्त्तते

Just as, in the waking state, knowledge arises according to one's own nature and intellect, so too, at that destined time, knowledge manifests for them.

प्रत्याहारे तु भेदानां येषां भिन्नाभिसूष्मणाम्। तैः सार्द्धं प्रतिसृज्यन्ते कार्याणि करणानि च

At the time of withdrawal, those whose subtle elements are distinct, together with them, both actions and instruments are returned.

नानात्वदर्शनात्तेषां ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिनाम्। विनष्टस्वाधिकाराणां स्वेन धर्मेण तिष्ठताम्

Due to perceiving diversity among those residing in Brahma's world, whose authority is lost and who remain in their own dharma.

ते तुल्यलक्षणाः सिद्धाः शुद्धात्मानो निरञ्जनाः। प्रकृतौ कारणातीताः स्वात्मन्येव व्यवस्थिताः

They, accomplished and equal in characteristics, pure in self and unstained, transcending both nature and cause, are established in their own self alone.

प्रख्यापयित्वा ह्यात्मानं प्रकृतिस्तेषु सर्वशः। पुरुषाव्यवहृतत्वेन प्रतीता न प्रवर्त्तते

Having fully revealed itself among them, nature ceases to act, being recognized as inactive with respect to the person.

प्रवर्तिते पुनः सर्गे तेषां वा कारणं पुनः। संयोगे प्राकृते तेषां युक्तानां तत्त्वदर्शिनाम्

When activity resumes in creation, for them, cause arises again; in their union with nature, for those who are joined and who perceive the truth.

अत्रापवर्गिणां तेषामपुनर्मार्गगामिनाम्। अभावः पुनरुत्पत्तौ शान्तानामर्च्चिषामिव

Here, for those who are liberated and do not return to the path, there is absence at rebirth, like the extinguished flames of the peaceful.

ततस्तेषु गतेषूर्द्ध्वं त्रैलोक्यात्सुमहात्मसु। तैः सार्द्धं ये महर्ल्लोकात्तदा नासादिता जनाः। तच्छिष्टाश्चेह तिष्ठन्ति कल्पाद्देहमुपासते

Then, when those great souls depart upward from the three worlds, those who did not attain from Maharloka remain here, and the remnants stay, worshipping the body until the end of the cycle.

गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचान्ता मानुषा ब्राह्मणादयः। पशवः पक्षिणश्चैव स्थावराः ससरीसृपाः

Gandharvas and others up to Piśācas, humans, Brahmanas and others, animals, birds, immobile beings, and reptiles.

तिष्ठत्सु तेषु तत्कालं पृथिवीतलवासिषु। सहस्रं यत्तु रश्मीनां सूर्यस्येह विभासते। ते सप्तरश्मयो भूत्वा ह्येकैको जायते रविः

While they remain on the earth's surface at that time, the thousand rays of the sun shine forth here; those seven rays become, each one, a distinct sun.

क्रमेणोत्तिष्ठमानास्ते त्रीन् लोकान् प्रदहन्त्युत। जङ्गमाः स्थावराः चैव नदीः संर्वाश्च पर्वतान्। पूर्वे शुष्का ह्यनावृष्ट्या सूर्यैस्तैश्च प्रधूपिताः

Rising in succession, they burn the three worlds: moving and unmoving beings, rivers, and all mountains; the former are dried by drought and scorched by those suns.

तदा ते विविशुः सर्वे निर्द्दग्धाः सूर्यरश्मिभिः। जङ्गमाः स्थावराः सर्वे धर्माधर्मात्मकास्तु वै

Then, all those beings, moving and unmoving, composed of virtue and vice, are consumed by the sun's rays and enter within.

दग्धदेहास्ततस्ते वै गताः पापयुगात्यये। योन्या तया ह्यनिर्मुक्ताः शुभपापानुबन्धया

With their bodies burned, at the end of the sinful age, those not freed from their birth by the bond of merit and sin depart.

ततस्ते ह्युपपद्यन्ते तुल्यरूपा जने जनाः। विशुद्धिबहुलाः सर्वे मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः

Then, people are born among people of similar form; all are abundant in purity, established in mental accomplishment.

उषित्वा रजनीं तत्र ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः। पुनः सर्गे भवन्तीह ब्रह्मणो मानसीप्रजाः

Having spent the night there, in the realm of Brahman of unmanifest birth, at the new creation, they become here the mental progeny of Brahman.

ततस्तेषु प्रवृत्तेषु जने त्रैलोक्यवासिषु। निर्दग्धेषु च लोकेषु तेषु सूर्यैस्तु सप्तभिः। वृष्ट्या क्षितौ प्लावितायां विशीर्णेष्वालयेषु च

Then, when those people arise among the inhabitants of the three worlds, and when those worlds are burned by the seven suns, with the earth flooded by rain and the dwellings destroyed.