Mahābhārata

Yājñavalkya said: O best of men, understand from me the enumeration of the time of the unmanifest. Five thousand kalpas are said to be one day of the ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O king, this is the extent of his night. He first creates the herb, the life of all embodied beings. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then he created Brahma, born from the golden egg, We have heard that this form is of all beings. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having dwelt in the egg for a year, the great sage emerged and the lord of creatures divided the earth and half the sky. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

It is said in the Vedas that the sky and the earth are the two halves of the universe. The lord created the space between them. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And the duration of this is also stated by those who have mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas to be ten thousand years, less a quarter, as the day of Brahmā. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The sage creates the ego, the divine self, and the elements. The great sage also created four other sons from his body. O best of kings, they are said to be the fathers ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The gods are the sons of the Pitrs, the worlds are surrounded by the gods. Thus, O best of men, we have heard that the moving and unmoving are. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The Supreme Lord, the ego, created the five elements: Earth, air, space, water, and light as the fifth. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The night of this one is said to be the third, while he is performing here. Five thousand eons is said to be the day of this one. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Sound, touch, form, taste, and smell are the fifth. These are the particularities, O lord of kings, in the five great elements. By which the elements are possessed, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

They desire each other, are devoted to each other's welfare, are jealous of each other, and are rivals with each other. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Those who are being killed by each other with unchanging qualities, they revolve here itself, entering the animal realm. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

These three thousand cycles of time are called a day of the mind. And this is the length of a night of the mind, O Lord of Men. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O lord of kings, the mind moves through all the senses, but the senses do not see, the mind alone sees here. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The eye sees forms, but not with the mind. When the mind is disturbed, even though the eye sees, it does not see. Thus all the senses are said to see. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

When the mind is withdrawn, O king, the senses are withdrawn. If the senses are not withdrawn, the mind is not withdrawn. Thus one should contemplate the senses, which are ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The mind is said to be the lord of all the senses. All beings enter this, O greatly renowned one. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.