Vayu Purana

सप्तमे परिवर्त्ते तु यदा व्यासः शतक्रतुः। विभुर्नाम महातेजा- पूर्वमासीच्छतक्रतुः ।। २३.

In the seventh cycle, when Vyasa is Shatakratu, the mighty one, he was formerly known as Shatakratu, of great brilliance.

तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि कलौ तस्मिन् युगान्तिके। जैगीषव्येति विखयातः सर्वेषां योगिनां वरः ।। २३.

Then too, at the end of that Kali age, I shall be born, renowned as Jaigishavya, the foremost among all yogins.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति युगे तदा। सारस्वतः सुमेधाश्च वसुवाहः सुवाहनः ।। २३.

There too, in that age, my sons will be Sarasvata, Sumedhas, Vasuvaaha, and Suvaahana.

तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण ध्यानयुक्तिं समाश्रिताः । भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो रुद्रलोकपरायणाः ।। २३.

They too, following that very path and established in meditation, will be great souls, devoted to the world of Rudra.

वसिष्ठश्चाष्टमे व्यासः परिवर्त्ते भविष्यति। कपिलश्चासुरिश्चैव तथा पञ्चशिखो मुनिः। वाग्बलिश्च महायोगी सर्व एव महौजसः ।। २३.

In the eighth cycle, Vyasa will be Vasistha, and also Kapila, Asuri, the sage Panchashikha, and Vagbhali, the great yogin—all of great energy.

प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं ध्यानिनो दग्धकल्मषाः। मत्समीपं गमिष्यन्ति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् ।। २३.

Having attained the Maheshvara yoga, absorbed in meditation and freed from sin, they will come to me, where return is hard to attain.

परिवर्त्तेऽथ नवमे व्यासः सारस्वतो यदा। तदा चाहं भविष्यामि ऋषभो नाम नामतः । तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति महौजसः ।। २३.

In the ninth cycle, when Vyasa is Sarasvata, then too I shall be known by the name Rishabha; there also, my sons will be of great energy.

पराशरश्च गार्ग्यश्च भार्गवो ह्यङ्गिरास्तथा। भविष्यन्ति महात्मानो ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ।। २३.

Parashara, Gargya, Bhargava, and Angiras—these great souls, brahmins accomplished in the Vedas, will be born.

सर्वे तपोबलोत्कृष्टाः शापानुग्रहकोविदाः। तेपि तेनैव मार्गेण योगोक्तेन तपस्विनः। ध्यानमार्गं समासाद्य गमिष्यन्ति तथैव ते ।। २३.

All of them, excelling in ascetic power, skilled in granting curses and boons, following that very yogic path, having attained the path of meditation, will likewise proceed.

दशमे द्वापरे व्यासस्त्रिधामानाम नामतः। यदा भविष्यति विप्रास्तदाऽहं भविता पुनः ।। २३.

In the tenth Dvapara, when Vyasa is named Tridhama, then too, O brahmins, I shall be born again.

हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये भृगुतुङ्गे नगोत्तमे। नाम्ना भृगोस्तु शिखरन्तस्मात्तच्छिखरम्भृगुः ।। २३.

On the beautiful peak of Himavat, on the lofty mountain of Bhrigu, known as the summit of Bhrigu, from that summit, it is called Bhrigu.

तत्रैव मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति दृढव्रताः। बलबन्धुर्निरामित्रः केतुश्रृङ्गस्तपोधनः ।। २३.

There, my sons will be steadfast in their vows: Balabandhu, Nirāmitra, Ketuśṛṅga, and Tapodhana.

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ध्यानयोगसमन्विताः। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति तपसा दग्धकल्मषाः ।। २३.

Possessed of yoga, great souls endowed with the practice of meditation, purified of sin by austerity, they will go to the world of Rudra.

एकादशे द्वापरे तु त्रिवृद्व्यासो भविष्यति। तदाऽप्यहं भविष्यामि गङ्गाद्वारे कलेर्धुरि ।। २३.

In the eleventh Dvāpara, the threefold Vyāsa will be born; at that time too, I will be present at the gateway of the Gaṅgā, at the end of Kali.

उग्रा नाम महानादास्तत्रैव मम पुत्रकाः। भविष्यन्ति महौजस्काः सुवृत्ता लोकविश्रुताः ।। २३.

There, my sons named Ugrā and Mahānāda will be born, possessing great energy, virtuous, and renowned in the world.

लम्बोदरश्च लम्बश्च लम्बाक्षो लम्बकेशकः। प्राप्य माहेश्वरं योगं रुद्रलोकाय संस्थिताः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति परां गतिम् ।। २३.

Lambodara, Lamba, Lambākṣa, and Lambakeśaka, having attained the Maheśvara yoga, will be established in the world of Rudra; they too, by that very path, will reach the supreme state.

द्वादशे पिरवर्त्ते तु शततेजा महामुनिः। भविष्यति महासत्त्वो व्यासः कविवरोत्तमः ।। २३.

In the twelfth cycle, the great sage Śatatejā, of great strength and the foremost among poets, will become Vyāsa.

ततोऽप्यहं भविष्यामि अत्रिर्नाम युगान्तिके। हैमकं वनमासाद्य योगमास्थाय भूतले ।। २३.

After that, at the end of the age, I will be born as Atri, having reached the golden forest and established in yoga on earth.

अत्रापि मा ते पुत्रा भस्मस्नानानुलेपनाः। भविष्यन्ति महायोग रुद्रलोकपरायणाः ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be smeared with ashes from their bath, devoted to great yoga, and intent on reaching the world of Rudra.

सर्वज्ञः समबुद्धिश्च साध्यः सर्वस्तथैव च। रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यन्ति ध्यानयोगपरायणाः ।। २३.

All-knowing, of equal mind, accomplished, and likewise all others, devoted to meditation and yoga, they will go to the world of Rudra.

त्रयोदशे पुनः प्राप्ते परिवर्त्ते क्रमेण तु। धर्मो नरायणो नाम व्यासस्तु भविता यदा ।। २३.

When the thirteenth cycle arrives in order, Dharma, named Nārāyaṇa, will become Vyāsa.

तदाप्यहं भविष्यामि वालिर्नाम महामुनिः। वालखिल्याश्रमे पुण्ये पर्वते गन्धमादने ।। २३.

At that time too, I will be born as the great sage Vāli, in the sacred hermitage of the Vālakhilyas, on Mount Gandhamādana.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति तपोधनाः। सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वसिष्ठो विरजास्तथा ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be ascetics: Sudhāmā, Kāśyapa, Vasiṣṭha, and Virajā.

महायोगबलोपेता विमला ऊर्द्ध्वरेतसः। तेनैव योगमार्गेण गमिष्यन्ति न संशयः ।। २३.

Endowed with the power of great yoga, pure, with upward-flowing energy, by that very path of yoga, they will surely reach the highest state.

सुरक्षणो यदा व्यासः पर्याये तु चतुर्द्दशे। तत्रापि पुनरेवाहं भविष्यामि युगान्तिके ।। २३.

When Surakṣaṇa becomes Vyāsa in the fourteenth cycle, there again, at the end of the age, I will be present.

वंशे त्वङ्गिरसः श्रेष्ठो गौतमो नाम योगवित्। तस्माद्भविष्यते पुण्यं गौतमं नाम तद्वनम् ।। २३.

In the lineage, the best of the Aṅgirasas, Gautama by name, knower of yoga, will be born; from him, the sacred forest called Gautama will arise.

तत्रापि मम ते पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति कलौ तथा। अत्रिरुग्रतपाश्चैव श्रावणोऽथ स्रविष्टकः ।। २३.

There too, my sons will be born in the Kali age: Atri, Ugratapas, Śrāvaṇa, and Sraviṣṭaka.

योगात्मानो महात्मानो ध्यानयोगपरायणाः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण रुद्रलोकनिवासिनः ।। २३.

Possessed of yoga, great souls devoted to meditation and yoga, they too, by that very path, will dwell in the world of Rudra.

ततः प्राप्ते पञ्चदशे परिवर्त्ते क्रमागते। आरुणिस्तु यदा व्यासो द्वापरे भविता प्रभुः ।। २३.

Then, when the fifteenth cycle arrives in due order, Āruṇi will become Vyāsa in the Dvāpara, the lord.