Vayu Purana

तासां वृष्ट्युदकानीह यानि निम्नैर्गतानि तु। वृष्ट्या तदभावत्स्रोतः खातानि निम्नगाः स्मृताः

The waters from the rains that flowed into the lowlands became streams through the rainfall, and those excavated channels are known as rivers.

एवं नद्यः प्रवृत्तास्तु द्वितीये वृष्टिसर्ज्जने। ये परस्तादपां स्तोका आपन्नाः पॄथिवीतले

Thus, rivers began to flow in the second creation of rain; those small quantities of water that had reached the earth earlier.

अपाम्भूमेश्च संयोगादोषध्यस्तासु चाभवन्। पुष्पमूलफलिन्यस्तु ओषध्यस्ताः प्रजज्ञिरे

From the union of water and earth, plants arose there; and among them, those herbs bearing flowers, roots, and fruits were produced.

अफालकृष्टाश्चानुप्ता ग्राम्याऽरण्याश्चतुर्दश। ऋतुपुष्पफलाश्चैव वृक्षा गुल्माश्च जज्ञिरे

Unploughed and unsown, both domestic and wild—fourteen kinds—trees and shrubs bearing flowers and fruits in season were born.

प्रादुर्भावश्च त्रेतायां वार्त्तायामौषधस्य तु। तैनौषधेन वर्त्तन्ते प्रजास्त्रेतायुगे तदा

And in the Treta Yuga, the appearance of herbs for livelihood occurred; with those herbs, people then sustained themselves in the Treta Yuga.

ततः पुनरभूत्तासां रागो लोभश्च सर्वशः। अवश्यम्भाविनार्थेन त्रेतायुगवशेन तु

Then again, passion and greed arose among them entirely, due to the inevitable circumstances of the Treta Yuga.

ततस्ताः पर्यगृह्णन्त नदीक्षेत्राणि पर्वतान्। वृक्षान् गुलर्मौषधीश्चैव प्रसह्य तु यथाबलम्

Then they seized rivers, fields, mountains, trees, shrubs, and herbs by force, each according to their strength.

सिद्धात्मानस्तु ये पूर्वं व्याख्याताः प्राकृते मया। ब्रह्मणा मानवास्ते वै उत्पन्ना योजनादिह

Those perfected beings who were previously described by me as natural, they were born here through the arrangement of Brahma.

शान्ताश्च सुष्मिणश्चैव कर्मिणो दुःखिनस्तदा। ततः प्रवर्त्तमानास्ते त्रेतायां जर्ज्ञिरे पुनः

Peaceful, gentle, and active, yet afflicted with suffering, they began to manifest again in the Treta Yuga.

ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा द्रोहिजनास्तथा। भाविताः पूर्वजातीषु कर्मभिश्च शुभाशुभैः

Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, and also those of hostile nature were formed according to their previous births and by their good and bad deeds.

इतस्तेभ्यो बला ये तु सत्यशीला ह्यहिंसकाः। वीतलोभा जितात्मानो निवसन्ति स्म तेषु वै

Among them, those who were stronger, truthful, non-violent, free from greed, and self-controlled dwelled among them.

प्रतिगृह्णन्ति कुर्वन्ति तेभ्यश्चान्येऽल्पतेजसः। एवं विप्रतिपन्नेषु प्रपन्नेषु परस्परम्

They receive and make offerings, and others of lesser energy do likewise among themselves when they are in conflict and discord.

तेन दोषेण तेषां ता ओषध्यो मिषतां तदा। प्रणष्टा ह्रियमाणा वै मुष्टिब्यां सिकता यथा

Because of that fault, their plants vanished before their eyes, being taken away, just like sand seized by the fist.

अग्रसद्भूर्युगबलाद्ग्राम्यारण्याश्चतुर्दश। फलं गृह्णन्ति पुष्पैश्च पुष्वं पत्रैश्च याः पुनः

Then, due to the strength of many ages, the fourteen types of cultivated and wild plants, those bearing fruit, flowers, and leaves, were seized.

ततस्तासु प्रणष्टासु विभ्रान्तास्ताः प्रजास्तदा। स्वयम्भुवं प्रभुं जग्मुः क्षुधाविष्टाः प्रजापतिम्

When those plants had perished, the creatures became bewildered; afflicted by hunger, they went to the self-born Lord, the Lord of creatures.

वृत्त्यर्थमभि लिप्सन्त आदौ त्रेतायुगस्य तु। ब्रह्मा स्वयम्भूर्भगवान् ज्ञात्वा तासां मनीषितम्

Desiring a means of subsistence at the beginning of the Tretā age, the blessed self-born Brahmā, knowing their intention,

युक्तं प्रत्यक्षदृष्टेन दर्शनेन विचार्य च। ग्रस्ताः पृथिव्या ओषध्यो ज्ञात्वा प्रत्यदुहत्पुनः

Having considered what was appropriate by direct perception and reasoning, and knowing that the plants had been consumed by the earth, he milked the earth again.

कृत्वा वत्सं सुमेरुं तु दुदोह पृथिवीमिमाम्। दुग्धेयं गौस्तदा तेन बीजानि पृथिवीतले

Making Mount Sumeru the calf, he milked this earth; thus, this earth became as a cow to be milked, and seeds appeared upon the surface of the earth.

जज्ञिरे तानि बीजानि ग्राम्यारण्यास्तु ताः पुनः। ओषध्यः फलपाकान्ताः सप्तसप्तदशास्तु ताः

Those seeds were produced, both cultivated and wild; those plants, bearing fruit at maturity, were seven and then seventeen in number.

व्रीहयश्च यवाश्चैव गोधूमा अणवस्तिलाः। प्रियङ्गवौ ह्युदाराश्च कारषाश्च सतीनकाः

Rice and barley, wheat, millet, and sesame; priyangu and udāra, kāraṣa and satīnakā.

माषा मुद्गा मसूराश्च निष्पावाः सकुलत्थकाः। आढक्यश्वणकाश्चैव सप्तसप्तदशाः स्मृताः

Māṣa beans, mudga beans, lentils, niṣpāva beans, and kulattha beans; āḍhakya and aśvaṇaka—these are remembered as the seven and seventeen.

इत्येता ओषधीनां तु ग्राम्याणां जातयः स्मृताः। ओषध्यो यज्ञियाश्चैव ग्राम्यारण्या श्चतुर्द्दश

These are remembered as the kinds of cultivated plants; and the plants fit for sacrifice, both cultivated and wild, are fourteen.

व्रीहयः सयवा माषा गोधूमा अणवस्तिलाः। प्रियङुसप्तमा ह्येते अष्टमी तु कुलत्थिका

Rice with barley, māṣa beans, wheat, millet, sesame; priyangu is the seventh, and kulattha is the eighth.

श्यामाका स्त्वथ नीवारा जर्त्तिलाः सगवेधुकाः। कुरुविन्दा वेणुयवास्तथा मर्कटकाश्च ये

Śyāmāka, nīvāra, jarttila with gavedhukā, kuruvinda, veṇuyava, and those called markaṭaka.

ग्राम्यारण्याः स्मृता ह्येता ओषध्यस्तु चतुर्द्दश। उत्पन्नाः प्रथमा ह्येता आदौ त्रेतायुगस्य तु

These are remembered as the fourteen cultivated and wild plants; these first arose at the beginning of the Tretā age.

अफालकृष्टा ओषध्यो ग्राम्यारण्यास्तु सर्वशः। वृक्षा गुल्मलतावल्लीवीरुधस्तृणजातयः

All these cultivated and wild plants were not yet bearing fruit; trees, shrubs, creepers, vines, herbs, and grasses.

मूलैः फलैश्च रोहिण्यो गृह्णन् पुष्पैश्च जायते। पृथ्वी दुग्धा तु बीजानि यानि पूर्वं स्वयम्भुवा

With roots and fruits, the Rohiṇī plants are gathered, and with flowers they are produced; the seeds which the self-born one had formerly milked from the earth.

ऋतुपुष्पफलास्ता वै ओषध्यो जज्ञिरे त्विह। यदा प्रसृष्टा ओषध्यो न प्ररेहन्ति ताः पुनः

Those plants here were born with seasonal flowers and fruits; when the plants were released, they did not move again.

ततः स तासां वृत्त्यर्थं वार्त्तोपायं चकार ह। ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूर्भगवान् दृष्ट्वा सिद्धिं तु कर्मजाम्

Then, for their sustenance, Brahmā, the self-born Lord, devised a means of livelihood, having seen the success that comes from action.