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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 1: *** Tato abhidhyaayatah tasya jagjnyire maanasaah prajaah | Tat shareera samutpannaih kaaryaih tat karanaih saha | Kshetrajnyaah samavartanta gaatrebhyah tasya dheematah || When Chaturmukha Brahma started to meditate, do sankalpa, there were certain people born from his mind. They were also born out of his body, with deha, indriya, etc. The various elements born from the body of *Hiranya *Garbha, from this, the deha, indriya, were created. [[255]]
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Atha mithuna srushtim vaktum maanasa shareera srushteen anuvadati
tata ityaadinaa | Tata iti | Kaaryaih dehaih, karanaih indriyaih,
hiranya garbha deha bhoota utpannaih dehaih indriyaih saha
maanasaah kaaschit maanasyah prajaah jajnyire | Kechit
kshetrajnyaah tasya gaatrebhyah avayavebhyah kaarya karanaih saha
samavartanta | The various elements born from the body of Hiranya Garbha, from this, the deha, indriya, were created. With this, some people, *maanasaah *prajaah, were born out of his mind itself. Those who are having shareera, embodied souls, were born from his various limbs. They had body and indriya. They were born thus.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 2: *** Te sarve samavartanta ye mayaa praak udaahrutaah | Devaadyaah sthaavaraantaah cha traigunya vishaye sthitaah || All those who were created, who were told earlier itself, starting with *deva *srushti, up to the sthaavara srushti, who were under the control of *triguna, *sattva, rajas, tamas, who were all associated with prakruti, they were all existing.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 3: *** Evam bhootaani srushtaani charaani sthaavaraani cha | These kind of beings were created, which were movable and immovable both.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 4: *** [[256]] Yadaa aasya taah prajaah sarvaah na vyavardhanta dheematah | Tadaa anyaan maanasaan putraan sadrushaan aatmano asrujat || When they did not grow further, then Chaturmukha Brahma created other people born of his mind, who were similar to himself. They are called maanasa putraas.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Te sarva iti | Te devaadyaah sthaavaraantaah jeevaah traigunya
vasheekrutaah samavartanta |
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 5: *** Bhrugum pulastyam pulaham kratum angirasam tathaa | Mareechim daksham atrim cha vasishtam cha eva maanasaan ||
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 6: *** Nava braahmana ityete puraane nischayam gataah | These are known as the nine brahmins, they are *Bhrugu, Pulastya, Pulaha, *Kratu, Angiras, Mareechi, Daksha, Atri, Vasistha. They are known as brahmans in Brahmaanda Puraana.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Nava braahmana iti | Puraane brahmaanda aadou | Poorvam srushteh |
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 7: *** Khyaatim bhootim cha sambhootim kshamaam preetim tathaiva cha | [[257]] Sannatim cha tathaa eva orjaam anasooyaam tathaiva cha ||
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 8: *** Prasootim cha tatah srushtvaa dadou teshaam mahaatmanaam | Patnyo bhavadhvam iti uktvaa teshaam eva tu dattavaan | Then Chaturmukha Brahma created nine women, *Khyaati, Bhooti, *Sambhooti, Kshamaa, Preeti, Sannati, Orjaa, Anasooyaa, Prasooti. He gave them to these nine maanasa putraas, and told these nine women that you become wives to these maanasa prajaas.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 9: *** Sanandanaadayo ye cha poorva srushtaah tu vedhasaa | Na te lokeshu asrujyanta nirapekshaah prajaah prati || The first four maanasa prajaas who were created were Sanandana and others. These were earlier created by Brahma. They were all the time in meditation and never interested in worldly activities. They were never interested in procreation.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 10: *** Sarve te abhyaagata jnyaanaa veetaraagaah vimatsaraah | Teshu evam nirapeksheshu loka srushtou mahaatmanah || They had the ultimate knowledge, they had controlled desires, they had no maatsarya; when they were such, with no desires, …
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 11: *** Brahmano abhoot mahaan krodhah trailokya dahanakshamah | [[258]] Tasya krodhaat samudbhootat jvaalaamaalaabhideepitam | Brahmano aboot tadaa sarvam trailokyam akhilam mune || Then Chaturmukha Brahma got very angry, as he had created them with the idea that creation will continue through them, but they had controlled all desires, and had no desire to create or other worldly activities. Looking at them, Chaturmukha Brahma became extremely angry. His anger was such that it could burn the three worlds. All the three worlds were lighted like a garland of fire which came out of his anger.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 12: *** Bhrukuti kutilaat tasya lalaataat krodha deepitaat | Samutpannah tadaa rudro madhyaana aarka sama prabhah || From his eyebrows which were twisted with anger, and from his forehead which was glowing with anger, Rudra was born, and was shining like the mid day sun.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 13: *** Ardha naaree nara vapuh prachando ati shareeravaan | Bibhaja aatmaanam ityuktvaa tam brahmaantardadhe tatah || He had half nara and half naari, half man and half woman; he had that kind of body. Then, Brahma disappeared telling Rudra that you split yourself into two.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 14: *** Tatha ukto asou dvidhaa streetvam purushatvam tathaa akarot | Bibheda purushatvam cha dashadhaa cha ekadhaa punah || [[259]] Rudra promptly listened to Chaturmukha Brahma, and divided himself into two parts - purusha and stree. The part which was purusha, he again divided into eleven parts.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 15: *** Soumya asoumyaih tathaa shaantaa ashaantaih steetvam cha sa
prabhuh | Bibheda bahudhaa devah svaroopaih asitaih sthitaih || The woman part of his body, he created into many many forms. Some were pleasant, some were not pleasant, some peaceful, some not peaceful, black and white.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Tathoktaa iti | Streetvam purushatvam cha dvidhaa akarot - pruthak
chakaara | Pumstvam cha ekaadashaavidham roopamedaih |
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 16: *** Tato brahma aatma sambhootam poorvam svaayambhuvam prabhuh | Aatmaanam eva krutavaan prajaapaalye manum dvija || Chaturmukha Brahma, for the purpose of continuation of the race, he created himself into Svaayambhuva Manu.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Tata iti | Aatma sambhootam | Ata eva svayambhuvam aatmaanam eva
tam prajaapaalye nimitte poorvam manum krutavaan | [[260]] From himself, for the purpose of continuing the creation, he created Svaayambhuva Manu.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 17: *** Shataroopaam cha taam naareem tapo nirdhoota kalmashaam | Svaayambhuvo manuh devah patneetve jagruhe prabhuh || From his patni’s amsha, he created Shataroopa. Swaayambhuva Manu, who was created from the purusha part, married Shataroopa.
Though Swaayambhuva Manu and Shataroopa had the same parents, they got married. There are two reasons told here for this. (i) They were having that kind of strength of tapas. (ii) They were *devaas. Swaayambhuva *Manu accepted Shataroopa as his wife.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Shataroopaam iti | Shataroopaam arddhena purusho abhavat arddhena
naari iti uktaayaa brahma patnyaah shataroopaayaa amsha bhootaam
brahma amsha bhooto manuh jagruhe | From the stree part of his amsha, Shataroopa was created.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 18: *** Tasmaat tu purushaat devee shata roopaa vyajaayata | Priyavrato uttaanapaadou prasooti aakooti sanjnitam ||
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 19: *** Kanyaadvayam cha dharmajnya roopa oudaarya gunaanvitam | [[261]] Dadou prasootim dakshaaya aakootim ruchaye puraa || From Swayambhuva Manu, Shataroopa had two sons and two daughters. Priyavrata and Uttaanapaada were the two sons. Prasooti and Aakooti were the two daughters. They had good roopa and good qualities. Prasooti was given in marriage to Daksha, and Aakooti to Rucha.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Kanyaa dvayam iti | Prajaapatih aakootim ruchaye dadou |
The vamsha, and vamsha anucharita are part of the Puraana. This is *Puraana *lakshana.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 20: *** Prajaapatih sa jagraaha tayoh jajnye sadakshinah | Putro yajnyo mahaabhaaga dampatyoh mithunam tatah || Yajnya and D akshina were born from Ruchi.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Prajaapatih iti | Sah - ruchih jagraaha, tayoh aakooti ruchayoh
dampatyoh sadakshino yajnyah putro mithinam jajnire | Through the marriage of Aakooti and Ruchi, Dakshina and Yajnya were born as twins ( mithuna).
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 21: *** Yajnyasya dakshinaayaam tu putraa dvaadasha jajnire | [[262]] Yaamaa iti samaakhyaataa devaah svaayambhuve manou || To Yajnya and Dakshina, twelve sons were born. They were called as Yaamaas; they are devaas.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Yajnyasya iti | Svaayambhuve manou - manvantare |
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 22: *** Prasootyaam cha tathaa dakshah chatasro vimshatim tathaa | Sasarja kanyaah taasaam cha samyak naamaani me shrunu || Twenty four daughters were born of Prasooti and Daksha. Listen to their names.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 23: *** Shraddhaa lakshmi dhrutih tushtih medhaa pushtih tathaa kriyaa | Buddhih lajjaa vapuh shaantih siddhih keertih trayodashee || *Shraddhaa, Lakshmi, Dhruti, Tushti, Medhaa, Pushti, Kriyaa, Buddhi, *Lajjaa, Vapu, Shaanti, Siddhi, Keerthi. These are thirteen names told.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 24: *** Patnyartham prati jagraaha dharmo daakshaayini prabhuh | Taabhyah shishtaa yaveeyasya ekaadasha sulochanaah || Dharma accepted these thirteen as his wives.
[[263]] The lineage is going to be told. This is the vamsha anucharita, this is one of the lakshanaas of Puraana. We shall take them up in the next session. These names have philosophical meanings.
Recap: In the previous session, we were studying Amsha 1, Chapter 7 of *Sri *Vishnu Puraanam. Where we saw that *Swayambhuva *Manu and Shataroopa have two sons ( Uttaanapaada and Priyavrata) and two daughters ( Aakooti and Prasooti). Prasooti marries Daksha, and Aakooti marries Ruchi Prajaapati. To Aakooti and Ruchi Prajaapati, twins are born - Yajnya and Dakshina, who get married; they get twelve sons, who are known as Yaama Devataas. Daksha and Prasooti get twenty four daughters.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 22: *** Prasootyaam cha tathaa dakshah chatasro vimshatim tathaa | Sasarja kanyaah taasaam cha samyak naamaani me shrunu || Twenty four daughters were born of Prasooti and Daksha. Listen to their names.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 23: *** Shraddhaa lakshmi dhrutih tushtih medhaa pushtih tathaa kriyaa | Buddhih lajjaa vapuh shaantih siddhih keertih trayodashee || *Shraddhaa, Lakshmi, Dhruti, Tushti, Medhaa, Pushti, Kriyaa, Buddhi, *Lajjaa, Vapu, Shaanti, Siddhi, Keerthi. These are thirteen names told.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 24: *** Patnyartham prati jagraaha dharmo daakshaayini prabhuh | [[264]] Taabhyah shishtaa yaveeyasya ekaadasha sulochanaah || Dharma accepted these thirteen as his wives.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 25: *** Khyaatih satyatha sambhootih smrutih preetih kshamaa tathaa | Santatih cha anasooyaa cha oorjaa svaahaa svadhaa tathaa || The younger eleven daughters of Daksha and Prasooti are *Khyaati, Sati, **Sambhooti, Smruti, Preeti, Kshamaa, Santati, Anasooyaa, Oorjaa, *Svaaha, *Svadhaa. *
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 26: *** Bhruguh bhavo mareechischa tathaa chaiva angiraa munih | Pulastyah pulahah chaiva kratuh cha rishivarah tathaa ||
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 27: *** Atrih vasistho vanhi cha pitarascha yathaa kramam | Khyaatyaadyaa jagruhuh kanyaa munayo munisattama || These eleven were accepted as wives, in order, by *Bhrugu, Shiva, Mareechi, *Angira, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Atri, Vasishta, Vanhi and Pitara.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Yajnyasya iti | Svaayambhuve manou manvantare |
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 28: *** [[265]] Shraddhaa kaamam chalaa darpam niyamam dhrutih aatmajam | Santosham cha tathaa tushtih lobham pusthih asooyata || The children of Dharma are told. Shraddhaa gave birth to *Kaama, *Lakshmi gave birth to Darpa, Dhruti gave birth to Niyama, Tushti gave birth to Santosha, Pushti gave birth to Lobha.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Shraddheti | Sraddhaa kaamam tathaa darpam iti paathe tathaa iti
anyena krama praaptaa lakshmeeh lakshyaa | Yathaa kourme *
Shraddhaa yaastu sutah kaamo darpo lakshmyaah sutah smrutah * iti | There is a paatha called tathaa darpam, where Lakshmi is to be taken. In Kurma Puraana it is said that Lakshmi’s son is Darpa.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 29: *** Medhaa shrutam kriyaa dandam nayam vinayam eva cha | Medha gave birth to Shruta, Kriyaa gave birth to Danda, Naya and Vinaya.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Medhaa iti | Kriyaa dandam kriyaayaam taamasyaam dandah,
raajasyaam nayah, saatvikyaam maanaso anouddhati aatmaa vinayah | Danda is said to be when it is in taamasa mode; when in Raajasa mode, it is Naya; Vinaya is when it is obedient, or subservient, and when one does not feel superior in the mind, this is in the Sattva mode. Here, Vinaya is with respect to the mind.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 30: *** [[266]] Bodham buddhih tathaa lajjaa vinayam vapuraatmajam | Vyavasaayama prajajnye vai kshemam shaantih asooyata | Buddhi gave birth to Bodha. Lajja also gave birth to a son called *Vinaya *- this is said to be shaareero vinayah, when one is bodily subservient. Vapu gave birth to Vyavasaaya. Shaanti gave birth to Kshema.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 31: *** Sukham siddhih yashah keertih iti ete dharma soonavah | Kaamaadratih sutam harsham dharma poutram asooyata || Siddhi gave birth to Sukha, and Keerthi gave birth to Yashas. They are all the children of Dharma. From Kaama, Rati gave birth to Harsha, and Dharma was grandson.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Bodham iti | Lajjaayaah tu shareero vinayah |
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 32: *** Himsaa bhaaryaa tu adharmasya tato jajnye tathaa anrutam | Kanyaa cha nikrutih taabhyaam bhayam narakam eva cha || Himsaa became wife of Adharma, and from them, a son was born by name Anruta, and a daughter by name Nikruti. From these two -Anruta and Nikruti, Bhaya and Naraka were born.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: [[267]] Dharma prasangaat adharma sargam aaha - himsaa iti | Tayoh
adharma himsayoh anrutam nikrutih cha jajnye, taabhyaam nikruti
anrutaabhyaam maayaa bhayam vedanaa narakam cha jajnye | Because the sons of Dharma were told, the sons of Adharma are also told. These are also the states of mind. In order to do creation, sustenance and dissolution - for creation and sustenance, dharma is required; for dissolution, adharma is also required.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 33: *** Maayaa cha vedanaa chaiva mithunam tu idam etayoh | Tayoh jajnye atha vai maayaa mrutyum bhoota apahaarinam || Maayaa and Vedanaa were born as twin daughters. From Maaya, Bhaya gave birth to Mrutyu, which causes an end to all the beings.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Maayaa iti | Tasmaat etayoh mithuna dvayam, bhayaajjajnya iti
paathe etayoh mithunayoh madhye maaya bhayaat tu mrutyum jajnye |
Tayoh jajnye iti paathe maaya mrutyum sushuve, bhayaat iti sheshah |
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 34: *** Vedanaa sva sutam cha api dukham jajnye atha rouravaat | Mrutyoh vyaadhi jaraa shoka trushnaa krodhaah cha jajnire || Naraka married Vedanaa, and gave birth to Dukha. Rourava is to be taken as Naraka. From Mrutyu, Vyaadhi, Jaraa, Shoka, Trushnaa, Krodha were born.
[[268]] These are all the various sufferings and death. These are the means to cause dissolution.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Vedanaa iti | Rouravaat bhayam narakam eva chet uktaat narakaat |
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 35: *** Dukhottaraah smrutaa hi ete sarve cha adharma lakshanaah | Naishaam bhaaryaa asti putro vaa te sarve hi oordhvaretasah || They are all of extreme sorrow and suffering. They are all signs of adharma. For them, there are no wife or children. They are said to be oordhvaretas.
Viraktaas, sannyaasis are told as oordhvaretas. Because they do not have wife or children, they are said to be oordhvaretas.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Dukhottaraa iti | Adharma lakshanaah adharmo vamsha moola bhooto
lakshanam eshaam te tathaa uktaah | Te vyaadhyaadyaah
oordhvaretasah charama kaaryasya dukhaatmatvaat kaaryaantara
anupaadakaah | These - Vyaadhi, Jaraa, Shoka, Trushnaa, Krodha - adharma is a sign of their entire vamsha itself. The end itself is of extreme sorrow, there is nothing else beyond this; so they are said to be oordhvaretas.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 36: *** Roudraani etaani roopaani vishnoh munvaraatmaja | [[269]] Nitya pralaya hetutvam jagato asya prayaanti vai || These are all the terrific forms of Vishnu, O Maitreya. They become the cause of nitya pralaya of this world.
Now, the various kinds of srushti and pralaya are going to be told.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 37: *** Daksho mareechih atrischa bhrugu aadyaascha prajeshvaraah | Jagati atra mahaa bhaaga nitya sargasya hetavah || Daksha, Mareechi, Atri, Bhrugu and these hosts of prajaapatis, they are the causes of nitya sarga, the everyday creation which is happening.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 38: *** Manavo manuputraah cha bhoopah veerya dhanaascha ye | Sanmaarga nirataah shooraah te nitya sthiti kaarinah || The causes of the nitya sthiti, the daily sustenance that happens, are Manu and sons of Manu, who are the kings, with lot of valour, established in the righteous path, courageous and bold ones.
Thus, Paraasharar explains the various forms of dharma, adharma, and how they are causing nitya sarga, nitya sthiti.
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Now, Maitreyar asks a question. ***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 39: *** Maitreyah - [[270]] Yeyam nityaa sthitih brahman nitya sargah sthiteritah | Nitya abhaavah cha teshaam vai svaroopam mama kathyataam || You talked about *nitya sarga, nitya sthiti, nitya pralaya *- daily creation, daily sustenance and daily dissolution. Please tell me their svaroopa, their nature, O knower of Brahman.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Jeevaanaam srujyatvaadinaa paaratantryaat nitya sargaadou
hetutvam anupapannam iti aashankyaa tat parihaara bubhutsayaa
teshaam svaroopam prucchati yeyam iti | The people who are told - Daksha, Mareechi, Manu, their children - are all created, and will also get destroyed. They are dependent on others to create, and not independent. How are they told to be causes of nitya sarga, the daily creation? - this is the doubt that Maitreyar gets. In order to get that doubt cleared, he is asking about the nature of *nitya sarga, nitya sthiti, *nitya pralaya.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 40: *** Sri Paraasharah - Sarga sthith vinaashaam cha bhagavaan madhusoodanah | Taistaih roopaih achintyaatmaa karoti avyaahato vibhuh || Paramaatman only does all these things - creation, sustenance and destruction, taking on those forms, being the antaryaami of *Daksha, *Mareechi, Manu, his children and Vyaadhi and others which were told. Paramaatman’s forms cannot be thought of by anybody, it is unimaginable. How He is the inner controller of everything, and controls the entire process of creation, sustenance, dissolution, without expecting any other sahakaari, being sahakaari nirapeksha, one cannot even imagine this. He keeps doing this without any breakage. [[271]]
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 41: *** Naimittikah praakrutikah tathaa eva aatyantiko dvija | Nityascha sarva bhootaanaam pralayo ayam chaturvidhah || Paraasharar tells about four kinds of *pralaya - Naimittika, Praakrutika, *Aayantika, Nitya.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 42: *** Braahmo naimittikah tatra yacchete jagateepatih | Prayaati praakrutah chaiva brahmaandam prakrutou layam || Chaturmukha Brahma has a day and night, one day is a kalpa. After a day, when he sleeps for one night, this is called naimittika pralaya. In the night when Chaturmukha Brahma sleeps, this is said to be *naimittika pralaya. *Chaturmukha Brahma also goes into praakruta pralaya, when the brahmaanda also gets merged in its cause. Brahmaanda also gets merged into the pancha bhootaas, pancha tanmaatraas, everything becomes avyakta, which is merged into Paramaatman, in *ekee bhaava *- this is called praakruta pralaya, when Chaturmukha Brahma, Brahmaanda, everything merges into moola prakruti. Process of dissolution is in the reverse order of process of creation.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 43: *** Jnyaanaat aatyantikah prokto yoginah paramaatmani | Nityah sadaiva bhootaanaam yo vinaasho divaanisham || Aatyantika pralaya is from Brahma jnyaana, through upaasane, prapatti, those who get rid of samsaara forever. They are told as yogis, who go and join Paramaatman in Parama Pada. Every day and night, the beings are [[272]] created and they die - this is happening all the 24 hours on a continuous basis - the beings dying daily is called Nitya Pralaya.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Vishnuh eva sattva aadi shaktyaadhaana dvaaraa taih taih manvaadi
roopaih sthiti aadi karoti iti pariharati - sargeti | Taih taih -
manvaadiroopaih | Manvaadayah sattvasthaah, dakshaadayo
raajasaah, vyaadhyaadayah taamasaah | Vishnu, through His shakti of sattva, rajas and tamas, through *Manu, *Mareechi, Daksha, and these forms, He does srushti, sthiti, pralaya. When He takes the form of sattva, through Manu and others, He becomes the cause of sustenance. When He takes the form of Daksha and others, being antaryaami of those chetanaas, rajas is high, and He gets creation done. When taamasa is high, He takes the form of Vyaadhi and other chetanaas, and through them, gets destruction done.
Atha nitya pralayasya svaroopam darshayan prasangaat pralayasya
chaturvidham aaha naimittika ityaadinaa | Naimittika iti | Aatyantika
iti | Naimittika aadi layeshu sushupti utkraantyoh cha jeevasya
paramaatmani laye api karma kshaya abhaavaat punarbhavo vidyate |
Aatyantike tu nisshesha karma avidyaadi naashaat na punarbhava iti
visheshah | In order to tell about nitya pralaya, Paraasharar starts to explain about four types of pralaya here. There are four pralayas told - *Naimittika, *Praakrutika, Aatyantika, Nitya. In the daily deaths we see, the jeevaatman goes and joins into Paramaatman, and from body to body; this is called samsaara, samyak sarati. During Naimittika pralaya also, when Chaturmukha Brahma sleeps, they go and join into Paramaatman. In Praakruta pralaya, Chaturmukha Brahma and Brahmaanda also get merged. In all these three pralayaas, the jeevaatman goes and joins Paramaatman, but for the jeevaatman, the karmaas are still existing and not destroyed completely; so they are again born; when Praakruta [[273]] srushti happens after Praakruta pralaya, they are again born. After Naimittika pralaya also, and nitya pralaya also, they are born again. In all these pralayaas, karma is not completely destroyed. Every day in sushupti, we go and join Paramaatman. When we leave the body to take on another birth, utkraanti, also, jeevaatman goes and joins *Paramaatman. *Laya is ekee bhaava, and not losing the svaroopa of jeevaatman; but jeevaatman goes and joins Paramaatman as though they cannot be differentiated. In all these cases, karma is still there and not destroyed completely. In order to experience the fruits of those *karmaas, *punya and paapa, again they are born. Whereas in the case of *Aatyantika *pralaya, karma and avidyaa are completely destroyed, and because of this, one is not born again; they go to Parama Pada and join Paramaatman and are eternally liberated from this samsaara.
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Now, about creations are told. ***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 44: *** Prasootih prakruteh yaa tu saa tushtih praakrutaa smrutaa | Dainandinee tathaa proktaa yaa antara pralayaadanu || After praakruta pralaya, again srushti happens. This is called *praakruta *srushti. Dainandina stushti is the srushti which happens after *naimittika *pralaya; whatever Chaturmukha Brahma creates after sleeping for his night.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 45: *** Bhootaani anudinam yatra jaayante munisattama | Nitya sargo hi sa proktah puraanaartha vichakshanaih || Those who know the meanings of the Puraanaas very well, by them, *nitya *sarga is told as every day when beings are being born, O Sage.
[[274]] Four kinds of pralaya were told - Nitya, Naimittika, Praakruta, Aatyantika. In the first three, there is srushti, whereas in Aatyantika, there is no srushti, because they are liberated once and for all, and there is no karma. So three kinds of srushti are told - *Praakruta *srushti after praakruta pralaya, dainandina srushti after *naimittika pralaya, *nitya srushti is after nitya pralaya.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 46: *** Evam sarva shareereshu bhagavaan bhoota bhaavanah | Samsthitah kurute vishnuh utpatti sthiti samyamaan || All these things happen not being controlled by anyone else, but by Paramaatman Vishnu only. Vishnu only does these creation, sustenance, dissolution, being present as the inner controller in all the bodies. He is untouched by all these defects. He is endowed with Shaadgunya.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 47: *** Srushti sthiti vinaashaanaam shaktayah sarva dehishu | Vaishnavyah parivartante maitreya aharnisham samaah || Rajas, sattva and tamas shaktis were told to be the cause of *srushti, sthiti, *laya, in all these embodied beings. They are all controlled and being done repeatedly by the mere willing, sankalpa of Vishnu. It happens daily without break.
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***Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 1, Chapter 7, Shloka 48: *** Gunatrayam ayam hi etat brahman shakti trayam mahat | Yo atiyaati sa yaatyeva param naavartate punah || [[275]] The three shaktis are said to be guna trayaas, sattva, rajas and tamas. One who crosses over all these effects of sattva, rajas, tamas, such yogis go and attain Paramaatman, and do not come back again.
Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: Srushti iti | Vaishnavyah vishnu sankalpa anuvartinyah shaktayah
sattvaadyaah, aharnisham sadaa avicchedhena | Sarvo api jano vishnu
shakti preritah kaala bhedaat vishaya bhedaat cha sargaadi karoti | Those which are controlled by the mere willing of Vishnu, all beings are being impelled by Paramaatman’s shakti. Based on the time and object under consideration, creation, sustenance, destruction happen, being controlled by Paramaatman Vishnu only.
Paraasharar talks about four kinds of pralaya, and three kinds of srushti. Though Daksha and prajaapatis, Manu and his sons, and Vyaadhi and others are all responsible, they are all being controlled by Vishnu only, being antaryaami. Things are done according to the karmaas of the chetanaas. Those who cross over the effects of these *guna trayaas, *sattva, rajas, tamas, they attain Paramaatman and are never born again.
With this, the Seventh Chapter comes to an end.
|| Iti Sri Vishnu Puraane Prathame Amshe Saptamo Adhyaayah ||
|| Iti Sri Vishnu Puraana Vyaakhyaane Vishnu Chitteeye Prathame
Amshe Saptamo Adhyaayah ||
|| Atha Ashtamo Adhyaayah || [[276]]