Vayu Purana

तस्माच्चतुर्युगावस्थं जगद्वै सचराचरम्। चतुर्द्धाऽवस्थितं चैव चतुष्पादं भविष्यति ।। २३.

Therefore, the world, with its moving and unmoving beings, exists in fourfold states, and will be four-footed.

भूर्लोकोऽथ भुवर्लोकः स्वर्लोकोऽथ महस्तथा। जनस्तपश्च शांतश्च रुद्रलोकस्ततः परम् ।। २३.

The earth realm, then the atmosphere, the heaven, and the great realm; the world of creation, of austerity, of peace, and beyond that, the world of Rudra.

स्वर्लोको हि तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थस्तु महः स्मृतः। तत्र लोकः परं स्थानं परन्तद्योगिनां स्मृतम् ।। २३.

The heaven is indeed the third, and the fourth is called the great realm; there, the world is the supreme place, remembered as the highest by yogis.

निर्ममा निरहंकाराः कामक्रोधविवर्ज्जिताः। द्रक्ष्यन्ते तद्विदो युक्ता ध्यानतत्परयुञ्जकाः ।। २३.

Without possessiveness, without ego, free from desire and anger, those who know that place, engaged in yoga, devoted to meditation, will perceive it.

यस्माच्चतुष्पदा ह्येषा त्वया दृष्टा सरस्वती। तस्माच्च पशवः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति चतुष्पदाः। तस्माच्चैषां भविष्यन्ति चत्वारो वै पयोधराः ।। २३.

Since you have seen Sarasvatī as four-footed, therefore all animals will be four-footed; and thus, they will have four udders.

सोमश्च मन्त्रसंयुक्तो यस्मान्मम मुखाच्च्युतः। जीवः प्राणभृतां ब्रह्मन् सर्वः पीत्वा स्तनैर्घृतम् ।। २३.

Since Soma, joined with mantra, has flowed from my mouth, O Brahman, the life of all living beings drinks ghee from their udders.

तस्मात् सोममयं चैतदमृतं चैव संज्ञितम्। चतुष्पादा भविष्यन्ति श्वेतत्वं चास्य तेन तत् ।। २३.

Therefore, this is called Soma-made nectar; they will be four-footed, and its whiteness is due to that.

यस्माच्चैवं क्रियाभूत्वा द्विपादा वै महेश्वरी। दृष्टा पुनस्त्वया चैषा सावित्री लोकभाविनी। तस्माद्वै द्विपदाः सर्वे द्विस्तनाश्च नराः स्मृताः ।। २३.

Because, having become active, the great goddess appeared as two-footed; and you have seen this Savitri, who brings forth worlds. Therefore, all two-footed beings, all men, are remembered as having two breasts.

यस्माच्चैवमजा भूत्वा सर्ववर्णा महेश्वरी। दृष्टा त्वया महासत्त्वा सर्वभूतधरा परा। तस्मात्तु विश्वरूपत्वमजानां वै भविष्यति ।। २३.

Because, having become unborn, the great goddess appeared in all castes; and you have seen her, of great strength, the supreme bearer of all beings. Therefore, the unborn ones will have the form of the universe.

अजश्चैव महातेजा विश्वरूपो भविष्यति। अमोघरेताः सर्वत्र मुखे चास्य हुताशनः। तस्मात् सर्वगतो मेध्यः पशुरूपी हुताशनः ।। २३.

And the unborn one, of great brilliance, will become universal in form; his seed unfailing everywhere, and in his mouth is fire. Therefore, fire in the form of animals is everywhere pure and pervasive.

तपसा भावितात्मानो ये वै द्रक्ष्यन्ति वै द्विजाः। ईशित्वे च शिवत्वे च सर्वगं सर्वतः स्थिरम् ।। २३.

Those twice-born who have purified their selves through austerity will indeed see the all-pervading, steadfast lord, in his mastery and auspiciousness.

रजस्तमोविनिर्मुक्तास्त्यक्त्वा मानुष्यकम्बुवि। मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् ।। २३.

Freed from passion and darkness, abandoning the human shell, they will come near me, where return is difficult.

इत्येवमुक्तो भगवान् ब्रह्मा रुद्रेण वै द्विजाः। प्रणम्य प्रयतो भूत्वा पुनराह पितामहः ।। २३.

Thus addressed by Rudra, the blessed Brahma, O twice-born, after bowing with devotion, again spoke, the grandsire.

भगवन्देवदेवेश विश्वरूपी महेश्वरः। इमास्तव महादेव तनवो लोकवन्दिताः ।। २३.

O blessed lord of gods, universal in form, great lord, these bodies of yours, O Mahadeva, are honored by the worlds.

विश्वरूप महासत्त्व कस्मिन् काले महाभुज। कस्यां वा युगसम्भूत्यां द्रक्ष्यन्ति त्वां द्विजातयः ।। २३.

O universal form, great-souled, mighty-armed, at what time, in which age's manifestation, will the twice-born see you?

केन वा तत्त्वयोगेन ध्यानयोगेन केन वा । तनवस्ते महादेव शक्या द्रष्टुं द्विजातिभिः ।। २३.

By what union with truth, or by what union with meditation, O Mahadeva, are your bodies able to be seen by the twice-born?

तपसा नैव योगेन दानधर्मफलेन वा। न तीर्थफलयोगेन क्रतुभिर्वा सदक्षिणैः ।। २३.

Not by austerity, nor by yoga, nor by the fruit of charity and righteousness, nor by the fruit of pilgrimage, nor by sacrifices with proper gifts.

न वेदाध्यापनैर्वापि न चित्तेन विवेदनैः । शक्योऽहं मानुर्षैद्रष्टुमृते ध्यानात्परं न हि ।। २३.

Nor by study of the Vedas, nor by mental discernment; I am not able to be seen by men except through supreme meditation.

साध्यो नारायणश्चैव विष्णुस्त्रिभुवनेश्वरः । भविष्यतीह नाम्ना तु वाराहो नाम विश्रुतः ।। २३.

Sadhya, Narayana, and Vishnu, lord of the three worlds, will here become known by the name Varaha, the renowned.

चतुर्बाहुश्चतुष्पादश्चतुर्नेत्रश्चतुर्मुखः। तदा संवत्सरो भूत्वा यज्ञरूपी भविष्यति। षडङ्गश्च त्रिशीर्षश्च त्रिस्थाने त्रिशरीरवान् ।। २३.

With four arms, four legs, four eyes, and four faces, then, having become a year, he will take the form of sacrifice; with six limbs, three heads, and three places, possessing three bodies.

कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चैव चतुर्युगम्। एतस्य पादाश्चत्वारः अङ्गानि क्रतवस्तथा ।। २३.

The four ages—Krita, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali—are his four legs; the sacrifices are his limbs likewise.

भुजाश्च वेदाश्चत्वारो ऋतुः सन्धिमुखानि च। द्वे मुखे द्वे च अयने नेत्राश्च चतुरस्तथा ।। २३.

His arms are the four Vedas; the seasons are the joints; two mouths, two solstices, and likewise four eyes.

शिरांसि त्रीणि पर्वाणि फाल्गुन्याषाढकृत्तिकाः। दिव्यान्तरिक्षभौमानि त्रीणि स्थानानि यानि तु। सम्भवः प्रलयश्चैव आश्रमौ द्वौ प्रकीर्त्तितौ ।। २३.

Three heads, the junctions, Phalguni, Ashadha, and Krittika; the three places—celestial, atmospheric, and terrestrial; origin and dissolution, and two ashramas are declared.

स यदा कालरूपाभो वराहत्वे व्यवस्थितः। भविष्यति यदा साध्यो विष्णुर्नारायणः प्रभुः ।। २३.

When he, resembling the form of time, is established as Varaha, then Sadhya, Vishnu, Narayana, the lord, will exist.

तदा त्वमपि देवेश चतुर्व्वक्त्रो भविष्यसि। ब्रह्मलोकनमस्कार्यो विष्णुर्नारायणः प्रभुः ।। २३.

Then you also, O lord of gods, will become four-faced; Brahma, worthy of worship in Brahma's world, and Vishnu, Narayana, the lord.

एकार्णवे प्लवे चैव शयानं पुरुषं हरिम्। यदा द्रक्ष्यसि देवेशं ध्यानयुक्तं महामुनिम् ।। २३.

When you see Hari, the Supreme Lord, lying upon the single ocean on a raft, absorbed in meditation, as the great sage—

तदावां मम योगेन मोहितौ नष्टचेतसौ। अन्योन्यस्पर्द्धिनौ रात्रावविज्ञाय परस्परम् ।। २३.

Then, by my yoga, both of you will be deluded, your minds lost, competing with each other through the night, not recognizing one another.

एकैकस्योदरस्थांस्तु दृष्ट्वा लोकांश्चराचरान्। विस्मयं परमं गत्वा ध्यानाद्‌बुद्ध्वा तु मानुषौ ।। २३.

Seeing all the worlds, moving and unmoving, within each other's belly, and, struck with supreme wonder, realizing through meditation that you are both human—

ततस्त्वं पझसंभूतः पझनाभः सनातनः। पद्माङ्कितस्तदा कल्पे ख्यातिं यास्यसि पुष्कलाम् ।। २३.

Then you, born from a lotus, with a lotus-navel, eternal, marked with a lotus, will attain great renown in that kalpa.