Vayaviya Samhita

हिन्दी अर्थ

नमः: परस्मे परमेश्वराय॥ २६ नमस्कार है

English

When addressed thus by Vayu, the meditator on Siva, the sages were delighted in their minds. They considered themselves sanctified. They replied thus humbly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालमहिमवर्णन॑ नाम सप्तमो5 ध्याय:

English

When addressed thus by Vayu, the meditator on Siva, the sages were delighted in their minds. They considered themselves sanctified. They replied thus humbly.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कालमहिमवर्णन नामक सातवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

Today we have attained bliss; our penances are rendered fruitful since you have come for the increase of our welfare.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संक्षेपमें किया है

English

How did you, sir, acquire the knowledge of Siva? Wherefore is your devotion to Siva, the Brahman whose birth is unnianifest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मा-ये सभी शिवात्मक हैं

English

The Gunas Sativa, R.ijas and Tamas, originate from Prakrti. Like oil in the gingclly seed they are present in the latest form in Prakrti.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संकल्पमात्रेण महेश्वरस्य॥ ४८ है

English

Covered by and.separated from these bodies this soul resembles tlic disc of the moon in the sky that is covered by and separated from the passing clouds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सन्मार्गकों ग्रहण नहीं किया

English

Realising distinction between him and himself and being gratified after resorting to him Pasu can attain immortality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रादर्भाव किस प्रकार कहा गया ?

English

Ibid. 17.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करूँगा; इसमें सन्देह नहीं है

English

I know the unaging ancient omnipresent lord whose birth is denied by those who can expound the know¬ ledge of the Brahman.**®

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्ति प्रदान की

English

After annihilating in the end, the lord creates the universe again from the beginning in association with his manifold l§aktis.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मकी ओर देखा और थोड़ा-सा मुसकराने लगे

English

The Maya of Siva is the unborn mother of the universe and has variegated colours and shapes. It is white, red and black. She, the unborn, gives birth to man. He, the unborn, resorts to it and gets involved in distress Another Aja, the liberated soul, eschews her after she has been enjoyed.***

हिन्दी अर्थ

संख्यारूपस्य कालस्य कः पुनः परमो5वधि:॥ १ संख्यारूप कालकी परम अवधि क्या है ?

English

Listen to an old anecdote. Formerly we meditated on Prajapati when we were overwhelmed by darkness. We wanted to acquire perfect knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तादृशानां निमेषाणां काष्ठा दश च पञ्ञ च॥ ३ निमेषोंकी एक काष्ठा होती है

English

The lord Brahma worthy of being sought refuge in, blessed us as we sought refuge in him and 3aid, "O brahmins, Lord Rudra is superior to all. He is the ultimate cause.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दक्षिणं चायनं रात्रिस्तथोदगय् दिनम्॥ «८ दिन होता है

English

Only the devotee sees the lord whose real nature cannot be reflected upon or argued over. Devotion is ac¬ quired through grace and through grace is bliss attained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार कुल ये ही चार युग हैं

English

Hence, in order to propitiate him perform the Satra. Worship him who is the ultirpate cause, perform Satra in Naimisa extending over a long period.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इतने ही वर्षोका सन्ध्यांश होता है

English

At the end of the Satra, by means of his grace Vayu will come there. You will acquire perfect knowledge from his mouth and attain welfare.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सत् नामक शिवके एक दिनपर्यन्त रहते हैं

English

Commanding thus Brahma sent us all to this place. O fortunate one, we were eagerly awaiting your arrival.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अन्तमें पुनः विश्वकी उत्पत्ति होती है

English

Wc sat and performed the Satra for a thousand divine years. Wc had nothing to wish for except your advent.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अहस्ते प्रलीयन्ते रात्यन्ते विश्वसंभव:॥ ३९ है, उन महान् शंकरकों नमस्कार है

English

On hearing thus this story of the sages who had performed the satra for a long time Vayu was delighted in his mind and stayed there surrounded by the sages.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सम्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे कालप्रभावे त्रिदेवायुर्वर्णन॑ नामाष्टमो5 ध्याय:

English

On being implored by the sages, the lord succinctly narrated the glory of Jiva beginning with creation in order to enhance their piety.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रिदेवोंका आयुवर्णन नामक आठवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

There at the outset the fortunate residents of the Naiinisa bowed duly to lord Vayu and asked him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सावयव है और कर्तृसापेक्ष है

English

The twenty-first kalpa shall be known as Svctalohita. In that kalpa the four-faced lord, desirous of creative activity performed a penance.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और सबसे पृथक् तथा अन्वयरहित हैं

English

Delighted by his austere penance his father lord Siva, foremost among the handsome assumed the divine form ofabechelor. He became a sage Jveta and uttering divine.words appeared in front of him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नहीं कर पाता है

English

Having acquired knowledge, the four-faced lord created all living beings — the mobile and immobile.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्यतीत हो जाते हैं

English

Great and steady devotion shall be applied by a man who wishes for happiness, for the perfect knowledge of the individual soul, illusion and the lord who releases from the bondage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

होकर परस्पर चेष्टाशून्य ओत-प्रोत रहते हैं

English

Misery arises from ignorance. It is removed by knowledge that is a correct and precise comprehension of objects. Obj(T,t is twofold: sentient and non-sentient. 'riiere is a controller of the two. The three arc called Pasu, PaSa and Pati.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मै नमः सकललोकविलक्षणाय॥ २४ विलक्षण परमेश्वर-को नमस्कार है

English

On many occasions knoweis of reality call the three by.Aksara, Ksara and Ksaraksarapaia.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा प्रलयकर्त॒त्ववर्णन नामक नवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

How does the Maya cover up the pervading one? What for? Why is this covering up of the Purusa? By what is it made tf) recede?

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुद्धयादयो विशेषान्ता विकाराश्चाभवन् क्रमात्॥ १ सभी विकार क्रमश: उत्पन्न हुए

English

Even a pervasive can be covered just as Kala etc. that arc pervasive. The cause is Karman alone. The purpose is enjoyment. It recedes when dirt is quelled.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितामह--ये तीन जगत्कारणभूत देवता उत्पन्न हुए

English

Vidya (learning) that reveals the place and acti¬ vity, time and passion these arc the inducing agents. Time is the conditioning factor there; destiny is the controlling factor.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनुवर्तन करते हुए वृद्धिको प्राप्त होते रहते हैं

English

Characteristically unmanifest it becomes manifest through Kalas. It is of the form and content of happiness, misery and delusion while being enjoyed. It has the three Gunas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पहले उत्पन्न हुए

English

Happiness and its cause constitute briefly the Satttvaic trait. The Rajasaic trait is its opposite. Stun¬ ned state and delusion are Tamasic tiaits. The Sattvaic movement is upward progress; the Tamasic one is downfall; the middle course is cited as Rajasaic.

हिन्दी अर्थ

संहार करते हैं

English

The separateness of all-pervading lord from the intellect, sense-organs and the body is definite. There is something called Atman. A reason thereof is difficult to understand.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विभक्त होनेके कारण बे चतुर्व्यूह कहे जाते हैं

English

The intellect, the sense-organs and the bodies are not the Atman due to indefinite knowledge and non- eternality.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करते हैं, अतः प्रजापति कहे गये हैं

English

Hence the one who has the cognition of expe¬ rienced objects and comprehends the entire knowables, is sung about in the Vedas and Upanisads as the immanent soul.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यह सम्पूर्ण जगत् स्थित है

English

This Atman cannot be perceived by the eye nor by any other sense-organ. The great Atman is comprehended only by the enlightened mind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विकारोंकी सृष्टिकर उन्हें पुन: समेट लेता है

English

It remains unembodied in the unsteady bodies. It is stable and steady like a stump. It is unchanging. Only the sober, self-pos.scsscd and bold can perceive it by means 01" reflection.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्रमसे विलयको प्राप्त होता है

English

The Purusa becomes happy, mi.serable or delu d on becoming associated with the body — the seed of all adversities caused by his own activities.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और वैषम्यकी स्थितिमें सृष्टि कही जाती है

English

As the field flooded with water generates sprouts so, also the action flooded with ignorance generates the man.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रधानके द्वारा सृजित किये गये हैं

English

Thousands in number arc his bodies both of the past and the future. These arc mortals, abodes of excessive distress.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और उन्होंने ही इन लोकोंकी रचना की है

English

A perpetual stay in the bodies that successively

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्माण्डस्थितिवर्णं नाम दशमोउ ध्याय:

English

The different activities of the.soul in the different bodies resemble the motion of the die in the different squares in the chess-board.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्माण्डस्थितिवर्णन नामक दसवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

None belongs to him. He does not belong to anyone. The contact with wives, sons and kinsmen is but a chance meeting on the way.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथा प्रतिसर्गका वर्णन हमलोगोंसे कीजिये

English

He sees the body but the body does not see him. A certain other being, the great Atman secs both but both of them do not see him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चल रहा है, इसमें भी चौदह मनु हैं

English

All living beings beginning with Biahma and ending widi the immobile are tctincd Pasus. Examples cited relate to these Pasus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अंजनपर्वतके समान शोभायमान हो रहा था

English

These Pasus arc b(»und with Pasa (noose) and are fed upon joy and misery as their fodder. The wise say that these are but instruments of games and sports of lord Siva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चरमचरं च जगत्ससर्ज भूयः॥ ३६ चराचर जगत्की रचना की

English

The ignorant creature cannot effect and prevent his htippiness and misery. Induced by the lord he goes up cO the heaven or falls into the deep ditch.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुश्यादिवर्णन॑ नामेकादशो5 ध्याय:

English

On hearing these words of Vayu, the sages were delighted in their minds. After bowing to him who was expert in the Salvitc Agama they spoke: —

हिन्दी अर्थ

आदिवर्णन नामक ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

In his absence how could the tiniversc have been created, since Pasa is insentient and the Pasu is ignorant?

हिन्दी अर्थ

अविद्या पञ्ञमी चैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मतः॥ २ अविद्या उत्पन्न हुई

English

Without an intelligent cause nothing has ever been seen anywhere created by Pradhana, Parainanu or any?uch insentient being.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुम्भ बीजको आवृत किये रहता है

English

Creativity of Pasu without the knowledge of creation like the going of a blind man is due to the inducement of his lord.

हिन्दी अर्थ

छठा सर्ग है, वह देवसर्ग कहा गया है

English

Lord the redeemer of the universe sustains the universe of Ksara and Aksara, the two in unison, the mani¬ fest and the unmanifest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

से परमेश्वरकी स्तुति करने लगे

English

The enjoyer, the enjoyed and the instigator — the three alone shall be distinguished. There is nothing else to be known by the seekers of knowledge.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाले हैं, जो रुद्रके साथ उत्पन्न हुए हैं

English

The man endowed with truth and penance sees in his Atman the great Atman like the oil in the gingelly

हिन्दी अर्थ

चारोंको रचनेकी इच्छा की

English

He has eyes, faces and feet all round.'*®

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मवक्ष कहते हैं

English

The sole lord and creator of the heaven and earth is Maheiivara. He is the origin and the place of merger of all the gods.'*'

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वे वर्णा गात्रतः संप्रसूता:॥ ७७ प्रादुर्भाव हुआ है

English

The Sruti says that Rudra the great sage is superior to all; he creates Hiranyagarbha the first among the deities.'®*

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखण्डे सृष्टिवर्णन॑ नाम द्वादशो5 ध्याय:

English

I know this great Purua, the undying, steady, having the colour of the sun, the lord stationed beyond darkness.'*®

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृष्टिवर्णन नामक बारहवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

He has all faces, heads and necks. He lies in the cavity of the heart of all. He is all-pervading and present everywhere.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हमलोगोंकों संशय हो रहा है

English

He has hands, feet, eyes, heads, ears and faces all around. He stands enveloping everything in the world.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मा और विष्णु एक-एक करके उत्पन्न हुए हैं

English

They call him the great Purusa — who sees without eyes, hears without ears and comprehends all and whom no one knows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सभी बातें आपको स्मरण भी हैं

English

MNU 10. 3.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्तम चरित्र सुननेके लिये श्रद्धायुक्त हैं

English

Ibid 31. 18.

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेमें सर्वथा समर्थ हैं

English

MNU. 8. 3.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं, इसमें सन्देह नहीं है

English

By the grace of the creator, one devoid of sorrows perceives him who is endowed with the excellence of greatness and who does not possess intelligence but is intelli¬ gence itself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

साकार रूप धारण कर लिया

English

The great Atman, the Mayin entering this, creates the universe by his Maya. Maya shall be known as Prakrti and Mahesvara as Mayin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सादं पश्यतोरेव. तयोसतरधीयत॥ ४७ हो गये

English

The great Atman, the Mayin entering this, creates the universe by his Maya. Maya shall be known as Prakrti and Mahesvara as Mayin.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नाम त्रयोदशोउ ध्याय:

English

The universe is permeated by his parts. The Purusa attains perpetual peace and calmness on realising lord Siva the creator and enveloper of the universe and the subtler of the subtlest, from his very inception in the foetus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भस्म करनेवाले! आपकी जय हो

English

VS. 3'- J-

हिन्दी अर्थ

जगतूकी सृष्टि कर रहा हूं

English

He has no progenitor nor does he take birth from anywhere. He has no causes of birth such as Dirt, Maya etc.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्मापि प्राप सानन्दं सन्‍्तोष॑ मुनिपुड्रवाः॥ २६ सन्तोष प्राप्त हुआ

English

On realising the lord of the universe, comprehensible through Sahkhya and Yoga, the cause of the universe the

हिन्दी अर्थ

इृति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायां पूर्वखवण्डे देवीशक्त्युद्धभगो नाम षोडशोउ ध्याय:

English

Sveta 4. 6. 11

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्तिका उद्धव नामक सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

After realising the lord who at the outset created Brahma and taught him the Vedas, through the clarity of my intellect, 1 shall be desirous of salvation from this worldly cxi.s- tence. 1 take refuge in &va who is devoid of attributes and activities, who is quiescent, the undespicable and the unsullied.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चाहिए तथा दूसरी प्रसूति कही गयी है

English

After realising the great bridge that takes to immortality I shall be quiescent like the fire that has consumed fuel. When men wear the ether as they wear a hide they will realise the end of miseries before they have realisrd Siva.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हजारों पुत्र-पौत्र हुए

English

O sages, due to the power of penance, the grace of the lord and the result of my good fortune I secured the holy knowledge straight from the mouth of Brahma, the know¬ ledge that quells sins, lies hidden in the Upanisads and was enunciated in a previous Kalpa.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इसका वर्णन नहीं किया जा सकता है

English

This excellent knowledge shall not be delivered to one who is not quiet, nor to a son who is not well behaved nor to one who is not one's own disciple.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ब्रह्माविष्णुस॒ष्टिकधन नामक तेरहवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

On realising the lord pervading all living beings like the subtle cream over the ghee, one is freed from sins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उन्हींके चिहोंको धारण करते हैं

English

TA. 10. 10. I; MNU 9. 2.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धारण करनेवाले हैं

English

RV. I. 164. 20

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपका कल्याण हो

English

None can grasp his top, sides or middle. There is nothing resembling him. His is the great fame."*®

हिन्दी अर्थ

साथ विचरण करेंगे

English

Those who are frightened of rebirths meditate on the unborn. For the sake of succour they resoi t to the front face of Rudra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऊर्ध्वरेता: स्थित: स्थाणुर्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्॥ २९ लिये स्थाणुरूपमें स्थित हो गये

English

The two Vid>a and Avidya lie hidden in the imperishable, infinite great Brahman.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रुद्राविर्भाववर्णन॑ नाम च॒तुर्दशो5 ध्याय:

English

He illuminates the quarters above, below and to the sides, shining himself. He is innately alone, foremost of all who presides over all.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रुद्राविर्भाववर्णन नामक चौदहवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

Transforming the attributes, the expressions of nature and expressed ones into what is enjoyed and the one that enjoys, he occupies the universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पितामह:॥ २ नहीं कर सके

English

The gods and the sages know him as hidden i/i the secret Upani$ad, who is Brahman, greater than the greatest, the progenitor of Brahma and the cause of the universe.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जय हो, है प्रकृतिसुन्दरि! आपकी जय हो

English

Those who knew the lord eschewed their bodies. The lord can be realised only through piety. He is wishless, (he cause of positive and negative substances and the creator of Kalas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जय हो, है त्रिगुणमर्दिनि! आपकी जय हो

English

When these are quelled he goes to another world. This is the cause of union of the two— the enjoyer and the

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेवाली! आपकी जय हो

English

We worship and meditate upon the lord of manifold forms, the unborn, lord of people, object of worship and meditation by the entire universe. He is stationed in our minds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रुद्राणीको बारंबार नमस्कार किया

English

We know him as the greatest of lords, the greatest of deities, the lord of the worlds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवश्िवास्तुतिवर्णन नामक पत्रहवाँ अध्याय पूर्ण हुआ

English

He has neither cause nor effect. Nowhere in the universe there is anyone equal or superior to him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तुम्हें अभीष्ट वर प्रदान करता हूँ

English

He has no lord, no sex and no ruler. He is the cause of causes and the lord of lords.