Vayu Purana

धर्म्मार्थकाममोक्षाणामिह ताः साधकाः स्मृताः। देवाश्च पितरश्चैव ऋषयो मनवस्तथा

Here, they are considered the accomplishers of righteousness, wealth, desire, and liberation; they are the gods, ancestors, seers, and Manus.

ततस्ते तपसा युक्तः स्थानान्यापूरयन्ति हि। ब्रह्मणो मानसास्ते वै सिद्धात्मानो भवन्ति हि

Endowed with asceticism, they fill the places; born from the mind of Brahmā, they become perfected beings.

ये सर्गा द्वेषयुक्तेन कर्मणा ते दिवं गताः। आवर्त्तमाना इह ते सम्भवन्ति युगे युगे

Those who, through actions tainted by aversion, have gone to heaven, return here and are born again in each age.

स्वकर्मफलशेषेण ख्याताश्चैव तथात्मिकाः। संभवन्ति जनाल्लोकात् कर्मसंशयबन्धनात्

By the remaining results of their own actions, beings, known and of such nature, arise from the world of people, bound by the uncertainty of karma.

आशयः कारणं तत्र बोद्धव्यं कर्मणां तु सः। तैः कर्मभिस्तु जायन्ते जनाल्लोकाः शुभाशुभैः

Intention is to be understood as the cause there; it is indeed the basis of actions. By those actions, beings and worlds are born, whether auspicious or inauspicious.

गृह्णन्ति ते शरीराणि नानारूपाणि योनिषु। देवाद्यस्थावरान्ते च उत्पद्यन्ते परस्परम्

They take on bodies of various forms in different wombs, from gods down to immovable beings, and are born in mutual succession.

तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक् सृष्टेः प्रतिपेदिरे। तान्येते प्रतिपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः

The actions which they had acquired before creation, those very actions these newly created beings repeatedly assume.

हिस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मे ऋतानृते। तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते

Shaped by violence or nonviolence, gentleness or cruelty, righteousness or unrighteousness, truth or falsehood, they attain corresponding states; therefore, each is drawn to what accords with their nature.

कल्पेष्वासन् व्यतीतेषु रूपनामानि यानि च। तान्येवानागते काले प्रायशः प्रतिपेदिरे

The forms and names that existed in past cycles, those very ones are generally assumed again in future times.

तस्मात्तु नामरूपाणि तान्येव प्रतिपेदिरे। पुनः पुनस्ते कल्पेषु जायन्ते नामरूपतः

Therefore, those same names and forms are assumed again; in each cycle, they are born repeatedly with those names and forms.

ततः सर्गे ह्यवष्टब्धे सिसृक्षोर्ब्रह्मणस्तु वै। प्रजास्ता ध्यायतस्तस्य सत्याभिध्यायिनस्तदा

Then, when creation was established and Brahmā desired to create, those beings came forth as he meditated, intent on truth.

मिथुनानां सहस्रन्तु सोऽसृजद्वै मुखात्तदा। जनास्ते ह्युपपद्यन्ते सत्त्वोद्रिक्ताः सुचेतसः

At that time, he created a thousand pairs from his mouth; those beings, endowed with abundant sattva and clear minds, were born accordingly.

सहस्रमन्यद्वक्षस्तो मिथुनानां ससर्ज्ज ह। ते सर्वे रजसोद्रिक्ताः शुष्मिणश्चाप्यशुष्मिणः

He then created another thousand pairs from his chest; all of them, dominated by rajas, were both energetic and lacking energy.

सृष्ट्वा सहस्रमन्यत्तु द्वन्द्वानामूरुतः पुनः। रजस्तमोभ्यामुद्रिक्ता ईहाशीलास्तु ते स्मृताः

Again, he created another thousand pairs from his arms; these, dominated by rajas and tamas, are known to be driven by desire and habit.

पद्भ्यां सहस्रमन्यत्तु मिथुनानां ससर्ज्ज ह। उद्रिक्तास्तमसा सर्वे निःश्रीका ह्यल्पतेजसः

From his feet, he created yet another thousand pairs; all of these, dominated by tamas, were devoid of splendor and had little energy.

ततो वै हर्षमानास्ते द्वन्द्वोत्पन्नास्तु प्राणिनः। अन्योन्या हृच्छपाविप्टा मैथुनायोपचक्रमुः

Then, those beings born in pairs, filled with joy, overcome by mutual desire in their hearts, began to engage in union.

ततःप्रभृति कल्पेऽस्मिन् मिथुनोत्पत्तिरुच्यते। मासे मासेर्त्तवं यद्यत्तदाज्ञासिद्धि योषितात्

From that time in this cycle, the origin of pairs is declared; in each month, conception occurs according to the command and fulfillment in women.

तस्मात्तदा न सुषुवुः सेवितैरपि मैथुनैः। आयुषोऽन्ते प्रसूयन्ते मिथुनान्येव ते सकृत्

Therefore, at that time, they did not conceive even through repeated unions; only at the end of life do those pairs produce offspring, and that only once.

कुटकाः कुविकाश्चैव उत्पद्यन्ते मुमूर्षिताः। ततःप्रभृति कल्पेऽस्मिन् मिथुनानां हि सम्भवः

Kuṭakas and Kuvikas are born among those about to die; from that time in this cycle, the origin of pairs indeed occurs.

ध्याते तु मनसा तासां प्रजानां जायते सकृत्। शब्दादि विषयः शुद्धः प्रत्येकं पञ्चलक्षणः

But when those beings are conceived by mind alone, each is born once, pure in the objects of sense such as sound, each possessing five characteristics.

इत्येवं मनसा पूर्वं प्राक्सृष्टिर्या प्रजापतेः। तस्यान्ववाये सम्भूता यैरिदं पूरितं जगत्

Thus, in the beginning, the creation of Prajāpati was by mind; from his lineage arose those by whom this world is filled.

सरित्सरः समुद्रांश्च सेवन्ते पर्वतानपि। तदा नात्यम्बुशीतोष्णा युगे तस्मिन् चरन्ति वै

Rivers, lakes, oceans, and even mountains are attended; at that time, neither excessive cold nor heat prevails, and beings move freely in that age.

पृथ्वीरसोद्भवं नाम आहारं ह्याहरन्ति वै। ताः प्रजाः कामचारिण्यो मानसीं सिद्धिमास्थिताः

The creatures then consume food arising from the earth; they act according to their desires, established in mental accomplishment.

धर्माधर्मौ न तास्वास्तां निर्विशेषाः प्रजास्तु ताः। तुल्यमायुः सुखं रूपं तासां तस्मिन् कृते युगे

Righteousness and unrighteousness do not exist among them; those beings are undifferentiated, possessing equal lifespan, happiness, and form in that Krita age.

धर्माधर्मौ न तास्वास्तां कल्पादौ तु कृते युगे। स्वेन स्वेनाधिकारेण जज्ञिरे ते कृते युगे

Righteousness and unrighteousness do not exist among them at the beginning of the cycle, in the Krita age; each is born in the Krita age according to their own domain.

चत्वारि तु सहस्राणि वर्षाणां दिव्यसंख्यया। आद्यं कृतयुगं प्राहुः सन्ध्यानान्तु चतुः शतम्

They declare the first Krita age to be four thousand years by divine reckoning, and four hundred years as its twilight periods.

ततः सहस्रशस्तासु प्रजासु प्रथितास्वपि। न तासां प्रतिघातोऽस्ति न द्वन्द्वन्नापि च क्रमः

Then, even among those widely renowned beings numbering in thousands, there is no opposition, no conflict, nor any sequence.

पर्वतोदधिसेविन्यो ह्यनिकेताश्रयास्तु ताः। विशोकाः सत्त्वबहुला एकान्तसुखितप्रजाः

Those beings dwell among mountains and oceans, without fixed abodes; free from sorrow, abundant in purity, they are entirely happy.

ता वै निकामचारिण्यो नित्यं मुदितमानसाः। पशवः पक्षिणश्चैव न तदासन् सरीसृपाः

Indeed, they act as they wish, their minds always joyful; at that time, there were neither animals nor birds, nor reptiles.