Adhyaya 36

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं। कल्पके अन्तमें जब सम्पूर्ण जगत् एकार्णवमें निमग्न हो रहा था और सबके प्रभु भगवान् विष्णु शेषनागकी शय्या बिछाकर योगनिद्राका आश्रय ले सो रहे थे, उस समय उनके कानोंकी मैलसे दो भयंकर असुर उत्पन्न हुए, जो मधु और कैटभके नामसे विख्यात थे। वे दोनों ब्रह्माजीका वध करनेको तैयार हो गये। भगवान् विष्णुके नाभिकमलमें

English

uith seven dvipas; and ho fashioned the four worlds, the Rhiir-loka and tho others, as before.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विराजमान प्रजापति ब्रह्माजीने जब उन दोनों भयानक असुरोंको अपने पास आया और भगवान्को सोया हुआ देखा तो एकाग्रचित्त होकर उन्होंने भगवान् विष्णुको जगानेके लिये उनके नेत्रोंमें निवास करनेवाली योगनिद्राका स्तवन आरम्भ किया। जो इस विश्वकी

English

then world-destroying fire, those mountains on tho earth were totally consumed by that fire. Tlio rocks were engulphed in that one ocean, and the water was driven together by the

हिन्दी अर्थ

अधीश्वरी, जगत्को धारण करनेवाली, संसारका पालन और संहार करनेवाली तथा तेज:स्वरूप भगवान् विष्णुकी अनृपम शक्ति हैं, उन्हीं भगवती निद्रादेवीकी भगवान् ब्रह्मा स्तुति करने लगे ६४-७१ ।।

English

wind; wherever they adhered and remained, there the moun- tains grew into being. Then he divided the earth, adorned

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मोवाच (/ ७२ ॥ त्वां स्वाहा त्वं स्वधा त्वं हि वषट्कार: स्वरात्मिका ।। ७३ ।। सुधा त्वमक्षरे नित्ये त्रिधा मात्रात्मिका स्थिता

English

A kashtha is said to he composed of fifteen winks of thi eyelids; and thirty kashthas make a kala; and thirty bhq] kalas make a muhurta. A day and night among men contain it has been settled, thirty muhurtas; and with thirty day

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वमेव संध्या? सावित्री त्वं देवि जननी परा ।

English

human years. Thirty full crores reckoned duly, O brahman, i and sixty-seven lakhs more by reckoning, and twenty thou- sands — this is the period of seventy ’■one times the four ages without the excess fraction; this is called a manvantara. f Hear it from me in divine years; eight hundred thousands of years by divine reckoning,* and fifty-two thousands of \ years more in addition. A day of Brahma is declared to be this period multiplied fourteen times.f At its termination result, 0 brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वयैतत्पाल्यते देवि त्वमत्स्यन्ते च सर्वदा ।

English

Now the Krita age is said to have contained four thousand years; its commencing twilight was four hundred years, and the closing twilight was of the same duration. The Treta age was three thousand divine years; and three hundred years was its commencing twilight, which was indeed of that duration, and its closing twilight was of the same duration,

हिन्दी अर्थ

महामोहा च भवती महादेवी महासुरीः

English

The Dvapara age was two thousand years; and its commen- cing twilight is declared to have been two hundred year.?, and its closing twilight was two hundred years. The Kali age is a thousand divine years, 0 brahman; two hundieds of years are called its commencing and closing twilights.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालरामत्रिमहारात्रिमेहिरात्रिश्ष॒ दारुणा ।

English

This period of twelve thousand divine years is called a pg*i it has been laid down by the poets; a thousand times this period are called one of Brahma’s days. In one of Brahma’s days, 0 brahman, there may be foiif* teen Manus. They live according to their portions;

हिन्दी अर्थ

यच्च किंचित्क्वचिद्धस्तु सदसद्वाखिलात्मिके ।। ८२ ।।

English

thousand is divided among them. The gods, the sever years, and a hundred years is the whole. For a hundred of his years is denominated a Para; and a Parardha or half j

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्य सर्वस्य या शक्ति: सा त्वं कि सस्‍्तूयसे तदा ।

English

Para is well-known to be composed of fifty years. So then a Parardha of his life has elapsed, O brahman; at the close of which occurred the Mahd-kalpa, lohich is famed as the Padmj Of the second Parardha which is now passing, 0 brahman Vdraha.