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purāṇaḥ

  • the ancient
  • primeval
  • very old

Also appears as purāṇi

In 3 verses

Chapter 1 3 of 18 chapters Chapter 18
  1. 2.20

    न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः

    purāṇaḥ — the ancient

    It is not born, and it does not die. Having been, it does not cease to be. Unborn, unending, everlasting, ancient — the body is killed; that is not.

  2. 11.38

    त्वमादिदेवः पुरुषः पुराण स्त्वमस्य विश्वस्य परं निधानम्

    puruṣhaḥ — personality

    You are the first of gods, the ancient person, the ultimate resting place of this world; the knower and the known, and the highest dwelling. By you this world is pervaded, you of endless form.

  3. 15.4

    ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्य यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः

    puruṣham — the Supreme Lord

    one should then seek out that place from which, having gone, none return — and take refuge in the primal person from whom this whole unfolding came.