Chapter 33
अध्यायः 33
Pada II — Anushanga, Chapter 33
Shlokas (58)
+ Add ShlokaCharacteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 1
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 1
ऋषिकाणां सुताश्चापि विज्ञेया ऋषिपुत्रकाः। ब्राह्यणानां प्रवक्तारो नामतश्च निबोधत।।
ṛṣikāṇāṃ sutāścāpi vijñeyā ṛṣiputrakāḥ| brāhyaṇānāṃ pravaktāro nāmataśca nibodhata||
Sūta said:: The sons of Ṛṣikas should be known as the sons of the sages. They, are the expounders of the Brāhmaṇas. (Scriptural texts). Understand them by names.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 2
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 2
सप्रधानाः प्रवक्ष्यन्ते समासाच्च श्रुतर्षयः। बह्वृचो भार्गवः पैलः सांकृत्यो जाजलिस्तथा।।
sapradhānāḥ pravakṣyante samāsācca śrutarṣayaḥ| bahvṛco bhārgavaḥ pailaḥ sāṃkṛtyo jājalistathā||
Sūta said:: The Śrutarṣis (sages distinguished by knowledge of the Vedas)—the most important among them—are mentioned briefly. They are Bahvṛca, Bhārgava, Paila, Sāṅkṛtya, Jājali, Sandhyāsti, Māṭhara, Yājñavalkya, Parāśara, Upamanyu, Indrapramati, Māṇḍūki, Śākali, Bāṣkali, Śokapāṇi, Naila, Paila, Alaka, Pannaga, Pakṣaganta (and others). The Śrutarṣis are eighty-six in number.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 3
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 3
संध्यास्तिर्माठरश्चैव याज्ञवल्क्यः पराशरः। उपमन्युरिन्द्रप्रमतिर्माडूकिः शाकलिश्च सः।।
saṃdhyāstirmāṭharaścaiva yājñavalkyaḥ parāśaraḥ| upamanyurindrapramatirmāḍūkiḥ śākaliśca saḥ||
Sūta said:: The Śrutarṣis (sages distinguished by knowledge of the Vedas)—the most important among them—are mentioned briefly. They are Bahvṛca, Bhārgava, Paila, Sāṅkṛtya, Jājali, Sandhyāsti, Māṭhara, Yājñavalkya, Parāśara, Upamanyu, Indrapramati, Māṇḍūki, Śākali, Bāṣkali, Śokapāṇi, Naila, Paila, Alaka, Pannaga, Pakṣaganta (and others). The Śrutarṣis are eighty-six in number.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 4
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 4
बाष्कलिः शोकपाणिश्च नैलः पैलो ऽलकस्तथा। पन्नगाः पक्षगन्ताश्च षडशीतिः श्रुतर्षयः।।
bāṣkaliḥ śokapāṇiśca nailaḥ pailo 'lakastathā| pannagāḥ pakṣagantāśca ṣaḍaśītiḥ śrutarṣayaḥ||
Sūta said:: The Śrutarṣis (sages distinguished by knowledge of the Vedas)—the most important among them—are mentioned briefly. They are Bahvṛca, Bhārgava, Paila, Sāṅkṛtya, Jājali, Sandhyāsti, Māṭhara, Yājñavalkya, Parāśara, Upamanyu, Indrapramati, Māṇḍūki, Śākali, Bāṣkali, Śokapāṇi, Naila, Paila, Alaka, Pannaga, Pakṣaganta (and others). The Śrutarṣis are eighty-six in number.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 5
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 5
एते द्विजातयो मुख्या बह्वृचानां श्रुतर्षयः। वैशंपायनलौहित्यौ कण्ठकालावशावधः।।
ete dvijātayo mukhyā bahvṛcānāṃ śrutarṣayaḥ| vaiśaṃpāyanalauhityau kaṇṭhakālāvaśāvadhaḥ||
Sūta said:: These Brāhmaṇas are the most important among Bahvṛcas who are distinguished for their knowledge of Vedas. Vaiśaṃpāyana, Lauhitya, Kaṇṭhakāla, Avaśāvadha(?) Śyāmāpati, Palāṇḍu, Ālambi and Kamalāpati. Their disciples and the disciples of their disciples constitute the eighty-six Śrutarṣis.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 6
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 6
श्यामापतिः पलाडुश्च आलंबिः कमलापतिः। तेषां शिष्याः प्रशिष्याश्च षडशीति श्रुतर्षयः।।
śyāmāpatiḥ palāḍuśca ālaṃbiḥ kamalāpatiḥ| teṣāṃ śiṣyāḥ praśiṣyāśca ṣaḍaśīti śrutarṣayaḥ||
Sūta said:: These Brāhmaṇas are the most important among Bahvṛcas who are distinguished for their knowledge of Vedas. Vaiśaṃpāyana, Lauhitya, Kaṇṭhakāla, Avaśāvadha(?) Śyāmāpati, Palāṇḍu, Ālambi and Kamalāpati. Their disciples and the disciples of their disciples constitute the eighty-six Śrutarṣis.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 7
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 7
एते द्विजर्षयः प्रोक्ताश्चरकाध्वर्यवो द्विजाः। चैमिनिः सभरद्वाजः काव्यः पौष्यञ्जिरेव च।।
ete dvijarṣayaḥ proktāścarakādhvaryavo dvijāḥ| caiminiḥ sabharadvājaḥ kāvyaḥ pauṣyañjireva ca||
Sūta said:: O Brāhmaṇas, these Brahmanical sages are called Adhvaryus of the Caraka Branch of Black Yajurveda:—Jaimini, Bharadvāja, Kāvya, Pauṣyañji, Hiraṇyanābha, Kauśilya, Laugākṣi, Kusumi, Lāṅgalī, Śālihotra, Śaktirāja and Bhārgava.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 8
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 8
हिरण्यनाभः कौशिल्यो लौगाक्षिः कुसुमिस्तथा। लङ्गली शालिहोत्रश्च शक्तिराजश्च भार्गवः।।
hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśilyo laugākṣiḥ kusumistathā| laṅgalī śālihotraśca śaktirājaśca bhārgavaḥ||
Sūta said:: O Brāhmaṇas, these Brahmanical sages are called Adhvaryus of the Caraka Branch of Black Yajurveda:—Jaimini, Bharadvāja, Kāvya, Pauṣyañji, Hiraṇyanābha, Kauśilya, Laugākṣi, Kusumi, Lāṅgalī, Śālihotra, Śaktirāja and Bhārgava.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 9
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 9
सामगानामथाचार्य ऐलो राजा पुरूरवाः। षट्चत्वारिंशदन्ये वै तेषां शिष्याः श्रुतर्षयः।।
sāmagānāmathācārya ailo rājā purūravāḥ| ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadanye vai teṣāṃ śiṣyāḥ śrutarṣayaḥ||
Sūta said:: The preceptor of those who sing Sāman Mantras is King Pururavas, the son of Ilā. Forty-six other sages, together with their disciples are also Śrutarṣis.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 10
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 10
कौशीतिः कङ्कमुद्गश्च कुण्डकः सपराशरः। लोभालोभश्च धर्मात्मा तथा ब्रह्म बलश्च सः।।
kauśītiḥ kaṅkamudgaśca kuṇḍakaḥ saparāśaraḥ| lobhālobhaśca dharmātmā tathā brahma balaśca saḥ||
Sūta said:: The preceptor of those who sing Sāman Mantras is King Pururavas, the son of Ilā. Forty-six other sages, together with their disciples are also Śrutarṣis.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 11
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 11
क्रन्थलो ऽथो मदगलो मार्कण्डेयो ऽथ धर्मवित। इत्येते नवतिर्ज्ञेया होत्रवद्ब्रह्मचारिणः।।
kranthalo 'tho madagalo mārkaṇḍeyo 'tha dharmavit| ityete navatirjñeyā hotravadbrahmacāriṇaḥ||
Sūta said:: The preceptor of those who sing Sāman Mantras is King Pururavas, the son of Ilā. Forty-six other sages, together with their disciples are also Śrutarṣis.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 12
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 12
चरकाध्वर्यवश्चापि ह्यनुमंन्त्रं तु ब्राह्मणम। चलूभिः सुमतिश्चैव तथा देववरश्च यः।।
carakādhvaryavaścāpi hyanumaṃntraṃ tu brāhmaṇam| calūbhiḥ sumatiścaiva tathā devavaraśca yaḥ||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 13
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 13
अनुकृष्णस्तथायुश्च अनुभूमिस्तथैव च। तथाप्रीतः कृशाश्वश्व सुमूलिर्बाष्कलिस्तथा।।
anukṛṣṇastathāyuśca anubhūmistathaiva ca| tathāprītaḥ kṛśāśvaśva sumūlirbāṣkalistathā||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 14
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 14
चरकाध्वर्यकाध्वर्युनमस्युर्ब्रह्मचारिणः। वैयासकिः शुको विद्वांल्लौकिर्भूरिश्रवास्तथा।।
carakādhvaryakādhvaryunamasyurbrahmacāriṇaḥ| vaiyāsakiḥ śuko vidvāṃllaukirbhūriśravāstathā||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 15
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 15
सोमाविरतुनान्तक्यस्तथा धौम्यश्च काश्यपः। आरण्या इलकश्चैव उपमन्युर्विदस्तथा।।
somāviratunāntakyastathā dhaumyaśca kāśyapaḥ| āraṇyā ilakaścaiva upamanyurvidastathā||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 16
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 16
भार्गवो मधुकः पिङ्गः श्वेत केतुस्तथैव च। प्रजादर्पः कहोडश्च याज्ञवल्क्यो ऽथ शौनकः।।
bhārgavo madhukaḥ piṅgaḥ śveta ketustathaiva ca| prajādarpaḥ kahoḍaśca yājñavalkyo 'tha śaunakaḥ||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 17
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 17
अनङ्गो निरतालश्च मध्यमाध्वर्यवस्तुते। अदितिर्देवमाता च जलापा चैव मानवी।।
anaṅgo niratālaśca madhyamādhvaryavastute| aditirdevamātā ca jalāpā caiva mānavī||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 18
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 18
उर्वशी विश्वयोषा च ह्यप्सरःप्रवरे शुभे। मुद्गला चातुजीवैव तारा चैव यशस्विनी।।
urvaśī viśvayoṣā ca hyapsaraḥpravare śubhe| mudgalā cātujīvaiva tārā caiva yaśasvinī||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 19
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 19
प्रातिमेधी च मार्गा च सुजाता च महातपा। लोपामुद्रा च धर्मज्ञा या च कोशीतिका स्मृता।।
prātimedhī ca mārgā ca sujātā ca mahātapā| lopāmudrā ca dharmajñā yā ca kośītikā smṛtā||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 20
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 20
एताश्च ब्रह्मवादिन्य अप्सरो रूपंसमताः। इत्येता मुख्यशः प्रोक्ता मया च ऋषिपुत्रकाः।।
etāśca brahmavādinya apsaro rūpaṃsamatāḥ| ityetā mukhyaśaḥ proktā mayā ca ṛṣiputrakāḥ||
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Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 21
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 21
वैदशाखाप्रणयनास्ततस्ते ऋषयः स्मृताः। ईश्वरा मन्त्रवक्तार ऋषयो ह्यृषिकास्तथा।।
vaidaśākhāpraṇayanāstataste ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ| īśvarā mantravaktāra ṛṣayo hyṛṣikāstathā||
Sūta said:: They are the founders of the branches of Vedic Schools. Therefore, they are regarded as sages. They are known by these names also—Īśvaras (Masters), expounders of the Mantras, Ṛṣis and Ṛṣikās. The sons of the sages are the expounders of Kalpas (Ritualistic texts) and of Brāhmaṇas, along with the sons of Īśvaras, Ṛṣis and Ṛṣikas.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 22
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 22
ऋषिपुत्राः प्रवक्तरः कल्पानां ब्राह्मणस्य तु। ईश्वराणामृषीणां च ऋषिकाणां सहात्मजैः।।
ṛṣiputrāḥ pravaktaraḥ kalpānāṃ brāhmaṇasya tu| īśvarāṇāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca ṛṣikāṇāṃ sahātmajaiḥ||
Sūta said:: They are the founders of the branches of Vedic Schools. Therefore, they are regarded as sages. They are known by these names also—Īśvaras (Masters), expounders of the Mantras, Ṛṣis and Ṛṣikās. The sons of the sages are the expounders of Kalpas (Ritualistic texts) and of Brāhmaṇas, along with the sons of Īśvaras, Ṛṣis and Ṛṣikas.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 23
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 23
तथा वाक्यानि जनीष्व यथैषां मन्त्रदृष्टयः। तत्राज्ञायुक्तमद्वैतं दीप्तं गंभीरशब्दवत।।
tathā vākyāni janīṣva yathaiṣāṃ mantradṛṣṭayaḥ| tatrājñāyuktamadvaitaṃ dīptaṃ gaṃbhīraśabdavat||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 24
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 24
अत्यन्तमपरोक्षं च लिङ्गं नाम तथैव च। सर्वभूतान्यभूतं च परिदानं च यद्भवेत।।
atyantamaparokṣaṃ ca liṅgaṃ nāma tathaiva ca| sarvabhūtānyabhūtaṃ ca paridānaṃ ca yadbhavet||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 25
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 25
क्वचिन्निरुक्तप्रोक्तार्थं वाक्यं स्वायंभुवं विदुः। यत्किञ्चिन्मन्त्रसंयुक्तं तत्र नामविभक्तिभिः।।
kvacinniruktaproktārthaṃ vākyaṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ viduḥ| yatkiñcinmantrasaṃyuktaṃ tatra nāmavibhaktibhiḥ||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 26
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 26
प्रत्यक्षाभिहितं चैवमृषीणां वचनं मतम। नैगमैर्विविधैः शब्दैर्निपातैर्बहुलं च यत।।
pratyakṣābhihitaṃ caivamṛṣīṇāṃ vacanaṃ matam| naigamairvividhaiḥ śabdairnipātairbahulaṃ ca yat||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 27
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 27
यच्चाप्यस्ति महद्वाक्यमृषीकाणां वचः स्मृतम। अविस्पष्टपदं यच्च यच्च स्याद्बहुसंशयम।।
yaccāpyasti mahadvākyamṛṣīkāṇāṃ vacaḥ smṛtam| avispaṣṭapadaṃ yacca yacca syādbahusaṃśayam||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 28
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 28
ऋषिपुत्रवचस्तद्वै सर्वाश्च परिदेवताः। हेतुदृष्टान्त बहुलं चित्रशब्दमपार्थकम।।
ṛṣiputravacastadvai sarvāśca paridevatāḥ| hetudṛṣṭānta bahulaṃ citraśabdamapārthakam||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 29
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 29
सर्वास्तु तमशक्तं च वाक्यमेतत्तु मानुषम। मिश्रा इति समाख्याताः प्रभावादृषितां गाताः।।
sarvāstu tamaśaktaṃ ca vākyametattu mānuṣam| miśrā iti samākhyātāḥ prabhāvādṛṣitāṃ gātāḥ||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 30
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 30
समुत्कर्षाय कर्षाभ्यां जातिव्यत्याससंभवाः। भूतभव्यभवज्ज्ञान जन्मदुःखचिकित्सनम।।
samutkarṣāya karṣābhyāṃ jātivyatyāsasaṃbhavāḥ| bhūtabhavyabhavajjñāna janmaduḥkhacikitsanam||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 31
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 31
मिश्राणां तद्भवेद्वाक्यं गुरोर्बलप्रवर्त्तनम। धर्मशास्त्रप्रणेतारो महिम्ना सर्वगाश्च वै।।
miśrāṇāṃ tadbhavedvākyaṃ gurorbalapravarttanam| dharmaśāstrapraṇetāro mahimnā sarvagāśca vai||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 32
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 32
तपःप्रकर्षः सुमहान्येषां ते ऋषयः स्मृताः। बृहस्पतिश्च शुक्रश्च व्यासः सारस्वतस्तथा।।
tapaḥprakarṣaḥ sumahānyeṣāṃ te ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ| bṛhaspatiśca śukraśca vyāsaḥ sārasvatastathā||
Sūta said:: Similarly, understand the statements as to their visions of the Mantras.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 33
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 33
व्यासाः शास्त्रप्रणयना वेदव्यास इति स्मृताः। यस्मादवारजाः संतः पूर्वेभ्यो मेधयाधिकाः।।
vyāsāḥ śāstrapraṇayanā vedavyāsa iti smṛtāḥ| yasmādavārajāḥ saṃtaḥ pūrvebhyo medhayādhikāḥ||
Sūta said:: Vyāsas arc those who compose scriptural texts. They are remembered as Vedavyāsas. Since, although they are born later (i.e. younger in age), they are superior to the earlier ones in their intellect; since they are richly endowed with prosperity, they are, therefore, remembered as Ṛṣis (sages).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 34
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 34
ऐश्वर्येण च संपन्नास्ततस्ते ऋषयः स्मृताः। यस्मिन्कालो न चं वयः प्रमाणमृषिभावने।।
aiśvaryeṇa ca saṃpannāstataste ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ| yasminkālo na caṃ vayaḥ pramāṇamṛṣibhāvane||
Sūta said:: Vyāsas arc those who compose scriptural texts. They are remembered as Vedavyāsas. Since, although they are born later (i.e. younger in age), they are superior to the earlier ones in their intellect; since they are richly endowed with prosperity, they are, therefore, remembered as Ṛṣis (sages).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 35
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 35
दृश्यते हि पुमान्कश्चित्कश्चिज्ज्येष्ठतमो धिया। यस्माद्बुद्ध्या च वर्षीयान्बलो ऽपि श्रुतवानृषिः।।
dṛśyate hi pumānkaścitkaścijjyeṣṭhatamo dhiyā| yasmādbuddhyā ca varṣīyānbalo 'pi śrutavānṛṣiḥ||
Sūta said:: Vyāsas arc those who compose scriptural texts. They are remembered as Vedavyāsas. Since, although they are born later (i.e. younger in age), they are superior to the earlier ones in their intellect; since they are richly endowed with prosperity, they are, therefore, remembered as Ṛṣis (sages).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 36
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 36
यः कश्चित्पादवान्मध्ये प्रयुक्तो ऽक्षर संपदा। विनियुक्तावसानां तु तामृचं परिचक्षते।।
yaḥ kaścitpādavānmadhye prayukto 'kṣara saṃpadā| viniyuktāvasānāṃ tu tāmṛcaṃ paricakṣate||
Sūta said:: They call this Ṛk Mantra: viz. the same foot in the middle is used with the full complement of words and their end is properly distributed.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 37
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 37
यः कश्चित्करणैर्मन्त्रो न च पादक्षरैर्मितः। अतियुक्तावसानं च तद्यजुर्वै प्रचक्षते।।
yaḥ kaścitkaraṇairmantro na ca pādakṣarairmitaḥ| atiyuktāvasānaṃ ca tadyajurvai pracakṣate||
Sūta said:: They call this Yajus Mantra: viz. the Mantra is not measured by means of syllables in the foot but by means of Karaṇa (Rhythmical pause) and its end possesses syllables in excess.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 38
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 38
ह्रीङ्कारः प्रणवो गीतः प्रस्तावश्च चतुर्थकम। पञ्चमः प्रतिहोत्रश्च षष्ठमाहुरुपद्रवम।।
hrīṅkāraḥ praṇavo gītaḥ prastāvaśca caturthakam| pañcamaḥ pratihotraśca ṣaṣṭhamāhurupadravam||
Sūta said:: The following seven adjuncts of a Sāman Mantra are called Sapta Vindhyas viz. (1) Hrīṃkāra (2) Prastava (beginning) (3) Praṇava Oṃkāra) (4) Gita (Song) is the fourth one (5) the fifth one is Prati-Hotra. (6) They call the sixth one Upadrava (7) Nidhana (? end). Without Hrīṃkāra and Praṇava it is called Pañcavindhyā.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 39
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 39
निधनं सप्तमं साम्नः सप्तविन्ध्य मिदं स्मृतम। पञ्चविन्ध्य इति प्रोक्तं ह्रीङ्कारः प्रणवादृते।।
nidhanaṃ saptamaṃ sāmnaḥ saptavindhya midaṃ smṛtam| pañcavindhya iti proktaṃ hrīṅkāraḥ praṇavādṛte||
Sūta said:: The following seven adjuncts of a Sāman Mantra are called Sapta Vindhyas viz. (1) Hrīṃkāra (2) Prastava (beginning) (3) Praṇava Oṃkāra) (4) Gita (Song) is the fourth one (5) the fifth one is Prati-Hotra. (6) They call the sixth one Upadrava (7) Nidhana (? end). Without Hrīṃkāra and Praṇava it is called Pañcavindhyā.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 40
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 40
ब्रह्मणे धर्ममत्युक्तौ यत्तदा ज्ञाप्यतेरऽथतः। आशास्तिस्तु प्रसंख्याता विलापः परिदेवना।।
brahmaṇe dharmamatyuktau yattadā jñāpyater'thataḥ| āśāstistu prasaṃkhyātā vilāpaḥ paridevanā||
Sūta said:: (Defective text) On saying “Brahmaṇe Dharma” (Dharma is for the sake of the Brahman), that which is implied and indicated then is considered Āśāsti (Blessing). Paridevanā is lamentation. Narration of a question out of anger or hatred—this is laid down as the characteristic sign of the Mantra among all Vidyās.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 41
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 41
क्रोधाद्वा द्वेषणाच्चैव प्रश्राख्यानं तथैव च। एतत्तु सर्वविद्यानां विहितं मन्त्रलक्षणम।।
krodhādvā dveṣaṇāccaiva praśrākhyānaṃ tathaiva ca| etattu sarvavidyānāṃ vihitaṃ mantralakṣaṇam||
Sūta said:: (Defective text) On saying “Brahmaṇe Dharma” (Dharma is for the sake of the Brahman), that which is implied and indicated then is considered Āśāsti (Blessing). Paridevanā is lamentation. Narration of a question out of anger or hatred—this is laid down as the characteristic sign of the Mantra among all Vidyās.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 42
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 42
मन्त्रा नवविधाः प्रोक्ता ऋग्यजुः सामलक्षणाः। मूर्तिर्निन्दा प्रशंसा चाक्रोशस्तोषस्तथैव च।।
mantrā navavidhāḥ proktā ṛgyajuḥ sāmalakṣaṇāḥ| mūrtirnindā praśaṃsā cākrośastoṣastathaiva ca||
Sūta said:: Mantras characterised as Ṛk, Yajus and Sāman are said to be nine types:—Mūrti (form), Nindā (censure), Praśaṃsā, (praise), Ākrośa (scolding), Toṣa (contentedness), Praśna (question), Anujñā (permission) and Ākhyāna (narrative and modes of blessing).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 43
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 43
प्रश्रानुज्ञास्तथाख्यानमाशास्मतिविधयो मताः। मन्त्रभेदांश्च वक्ष्यामि चतुर्विशतिलक्षणान।।
praśrānujñāstathākhyānamāśāsmatividhayo matāḥ| mantrabhedāṃśca vakṣyāmi caturviśatilakṣaṇān||
Sūta said:: Mantras characterised as Ṛk, Yajus and Sāman are said to be nine types:—Mūrti (form), Nindā (censure), Praśaṃsā, (praise), Ākrośa (scolding), Toṣa (contentedness), Praśna (question), Anujñā (permission) and Ākhyāna (narrative and modes of blessing).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 44
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 44
प्रशंसा स्तुतिराक्रोशो निन्दा च परिदेवना। अभिशापो विशापश्च प्रश्नः प्रतिवचस्तथा।।
praśaṃsā stutirākrośo nindā ca paridevanā| abhiśāpo viśāpaśca praśnaḥ prativacastathā||
Sūta said:: The following are the twenty-four types of Mantras:
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 45
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 45
आशीर्यज्ञस्तथाक्षेप अर्थाख्यानं च संकथा। वियोगा ह्यभियोगाश्च कथा संस्था वरश्च वै।।
āśīryajñastathākṣepa arthākhyānaṃ ca saṃkathā| viyogā hyabhiyogāśca kathā saṃsthā varaśca vai||
Sūta said:: The following are the twenty-four types of Mantras:
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 46
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 46
प्रतिषेधोप देशौ च नमस्कारः स्पृहा तथा। विलापश्चेति मन्त्राणां चतुर्विंशतिरुद्धृताः।।
pratiṣedhopa deśau ca namaskāraḥ spṛhā tathā| vilāpaśceti mantrāṇāṃ caturviṃśatiruddhṛtāḥ||
Sūta said:: The following are the twenty-four types of Mantras:
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 47
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 47
ऋषिभिर्यज्ञतत्त्वज्ञैर्विहितं ब्रह्मणं पुरा। हेतु र्निर्वचनं निन्दा प्रशस्तिः संशयो निधिः।।
ṛṣibhiryajñatattvajñairvihitaṃ brahmaṇaṃ purā| hetu rnirvacanaṃ nindā praśastiḥ saṃśayo nidhiḥ||
Sūta said:: Ten modes or formations of the Brāhmaṇas, which had been laid down formerly by the sages conversant with the principles of Yajña, are as follows—Hetu (Reason) Nirvacana (Specific explanation) Nindā (Censure) Praśasti, (Praise) Saṃśaya (Doubt), Nidhi (Deposit) Purākṛti (Previous action), Purākalpa (Previous Kalpa), Vyavadhāraṇa-Kalpanā (Conception of ascertainment), Upamā (Comparison).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 48
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 48
पुराकृतिपुराकल्पौ व्यवधारणकल्पना। उपमा च दशैते वै विधयो ब्राह्मणस्य तु।।
purākṛtipurākalpau vyavadhāraṇakalpanā| upamā ca daśaite vai vidhayo brāhmaṇasya tu||
Sūta said:: Ten modes or formations of the Brāhmaṇas, which had been laid down formerly by the sages conversant with the principles of Yajña, are as follows—Hetu (Reason) Nirvacana (Specific explanation) Nindā (Censure) Praśasti, (Praise) Saṃśaya (Doubt), Nidhi (Deposit) Purākṛti (Previous action), Purākalpa (Previous Kalpa), Vyavadhāraṇa-Kalpanā (Conception of ascertainment), Upamā (Comparison).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 49
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 49
लक्षणं ब्राह्मणस्यैनद्विहितं सर्वशाखिनाम। हेतुर्हन्तेः स्मृतो धातोर्यन्निहन्त्युदितं परैः।।
lakṣaṇaṃ brāhmaṇasyainadvihitaṃ sarvaśākhināma| heturhanteḥ smṛto dhātoryannihantyuditaṃ paraiḥ||
Sūta said:: This is the characteristic feature of a “Brāhmaṇa” in regard to persons of all (vedic) branches.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 50
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 50
अथवार्थे परिप्राप्ते हिनो तेर्गतिकर्मणा। तथा निर्वचनं ब्रूयाद्वाक्यार्थस्यावधारणम।।
athavārthe pariprāpte hino tergatikarmaṇā| tathā nirvacanaṃ brūyādvākyārthasyāvadhāraṇam||
Sūta said:: Or it can be derived from the root Hinoti meaning “to go” when the meaning has been arrived at. Nirvacana means-determination of the meaning of a statement.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 51
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 51
निन्दां तामाहुरायार्या यद्दोषे निन्दनं वचः। प्रपूर्वाच्छंसतेर्धातोः प्रशंसागुणवत्तया।।
nindāṃ tāmāhurāyāryā yaddoṣe nindanaṃ vacaḥ| prapūrvācchaṃsaterdhātoḥ praśaṃsāguṇavattayā||
Sūta said:: Preceptors call it nìndā where there are words of censure in finding fault.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 52
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 52
इदं त्विदमिदं नैदमित्यनिश्चित्य संशयम। इदमेवं विधातव्यमित्ययं विधिरुच्यते।।
idaṃ tvidamidaṃ naidamityaniścitya saṃśayam| idamevaṃ vidhātavyamityayaṃ vidhirucyate||
Sūta said:: “This is this. This is not this”. Where there is indecision like this, there is Saṃśaya (Doubt). “This should be done like this”. This is called Vidhi (Rule, Mode).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 53
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 53
अन्यस्यान्यस्य चौक्तिर्या बुधैः सोक्ता पुराकृतिः। यो ह्यत्यन्तपरोक्षार्थः स पुराकल्प उच्यते।।
anyasyānyasya cauktiryā budhaiḥ soktā purākṛtiḥ| yo hyatyantaparokṣārthaḥ sa purākalpa ucyate||
Sūta said:: “This is the utterance of so and so (Lit. of others and others) This is mentioned by learned men as Purākṛti (? Precedent). This object that is completely out of view (in distant past) is called Purākalpa (A story of the past).
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 54
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 54
पुरातिक्रान्तवाचित्वात्पुराकल्पस्य कल्प नाम। मन्त्रब्राह्मणकल्पैश्च निगमैः शुद्धविस्तरैः।।
purātikrāntavācitvātpurākalpasya kalpa nām| mantrabrāhmaṇakalpaiśca nigamaiḥ śuddhavistaraiḥ||
Sūta said:: The word ‘Purā’ indicates what has gone by. If due to its being over in the days of yore the story of the past is decisively fixed by means of Mantras, Brāhmaṇas, Kalpas (Ritualistic texts) and Nigamas (Vedas) of pure expanse it is called Vyavadhāraṇa Kalpanā (conception of ascertainment). “Just as this, so also that”, “This is like that” this is called Upamā (comparison). This is the tenth characteristic feature of the Brāhmaṇa.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 55
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 55
अनिश्चित्य कृतामाहुर्व्यवधारणकल्पनाम। यथा हीदं तथा तद्वै इदं चैव तथैव तत।।
aniścitya kṛtāmāhurvyavadhāraṇakalpanām| yathā hīdaṃ tathā tadvai idaṃ caiva tathaiva tat||
Sūta said:: The word ‘Purā’ indicates what has gone by. If due to its being over in the days of yore the story of the past is decisively fixed by means of Mantras, Brāhmaṇas, Kalpas (Ritualistic texts) and Nigamas (Vedas) of pure expanse it is called Vyavadhāraṇa Kalpanā (conception of ascertainment). “Just as this, so also that”, “This is like that” this is called Upamā (comparison). This is the tenth characteristic feature of the Brāhmaṇa.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 56
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 56
इत्येवमेषा ह्युपमा दशमो ब्राह्मणस्य तु। इत्येतद्ब्रह्मणस्यादौ विहितं रक्षणं बुधैः।।
ityevameṣā hyupamā daśamo brāhmaṇasya tu| ityetadbrahmaṇasyādau vihitaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ budhaiḥ||
Sūta said:: The word ‘Purā’ indicates what has gone by. If due to its being over in the days of yore the story of the past is decisively fixed by means of Mantras, Brāhmaṇas, Kalpas (Ritualistic texts) and Nigamas (Vedas) of pure expanse it is called Vyavadhāraṇa Kalpanā (conception of ascertainment). “Just as this, so also that”, “This is like that” this is called Upamā (comparison). This is the tenth characteristic feature of the Brāhmaṇa.
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 57
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 57
तस्य तद्विद्भिरुद्दिष्टा व्याख्याम्यनुपदं द्विजैः। मन्त्राणां कल्पना चैव विधिदृष्टिषु कर्मसु।।
tasya tadvidbhiruddiṣṭā vyākhyāmyanupadaṃ dvijaiḥ| mantrāṇāṃ kalpanā caiva vidhidṛṣṭiṣu karmasu||
Sūta said:: The commentary of that Mantra as pointed out by the Brāhmaṇas who know it, has been mentioned word by word. The application of Mantras is duly laid down in the holy rites. The word Mantra is derived from the root Mantrayati and Brāhmaṇa (scriptural text) is derived from the word Brāhmaṇa (Bṛṃhaṇa?)
Characteristics of Sages and of Mantras - Verse 58
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 33 · Verse 58
मन्त्रो मन्त्रयतेर्द्धातोर्ब्राह्मणो ब्राह्मणेन तु। अल्पाक्षरमसंदिग्धं सारवद्विश्वतोमुखम। अस्तोभमनवद्यं च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः।।
mantro mantrayaterddhātorbrāhmaṇo brāhmaṇena tu| alpākṣaramasaṃdigdhaṃ sāravadviśvatomukham| astobhamanavadyaṃ ca sūtraṃ sūtravido viduḥ||
Sūta said:: The commentary of that Mantra as pointed out by the Brāhmaṇas who know it, has been mentioned word by word. The application of Mantras is duly laid down in the holy rites. The word Mantra is derived from the root Mantrayati and Brāhmaṇa (scriptural text) is derived from the word Brāhmaṇa (Bṛṃhaṇa?)