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Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5 — Chapter 15

SB 5 15.1

_* श्री-शुक उवाच भरतस्यात्मजः सुमतिर् नामाभिहितो यम् उ ह वाव केचित् पाखण्डिन ऋषभ-पदवीम् अनुवर्तमानं चानार्या अवेद-समाम्नातां देवतां स्व-मनीषया पापीयस्या कलौ कल्पयिष्यन्ति

_* śrī-śuka uvāca bharatasyātmajaḥ sumatir nāmābhihito yam u ha vāva kecit pākhaṇḍina ṛṣabha-padavīm anuvartamānaṃ cānāryā aveda-samāmnātāṃ devatāṃ sva-manīṣayā pāpīyasyā kalau kalpayiṣyanti

Śrī Śuka said: Bharata's son was called Sumati by name; and because he followed the path of Ṛṣabha, certain heretics and un-Aryan people, in the wicked Kali age, will by their own fancy set him up as a deity not handed down in the Veda.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.2

_* तस्माद् वृद्धसेनायां देवताजिन्-नाम पुत्रो ऽभवत्

_* tasmād vṛddhasenāyāṃ devatājin-nāma putro 'bhavat

From him, by Vṛddhasenā, was born a son named Devatājit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.3

_* अथासुर्यां तत्-तनयो देवद्युम्नस् ततो धेनुमत्यां सुतः परमेष्ठी तस्य सुवर्चलायां प्रतीह उपजातः

_* athāsuryāṃ tat-tanayo devadyumnas tato dhenumatyāṃ sutaḥ parameṣṭhī tasya suvarcalāyāṃ pratīha upajātaḥ

Then by Āsurī his son was Devadyumna; from him, by Dhenumatī, a son Parameṣṭhī; and to him, by Suvarcalā, Pratīha was born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.4

_* य आत्म-विद्याम् आख्याय स्वयं संशुद्धो महा-पुरुषम् अनुसस्मार

_* ya ātma-vidyām ākhyāya svayaṃ saṃśuddho mahā-puruṣam anusasmāra

He, having expounded the knowledge of the self, being himself wholly purified, kept the Great Person in constant remembrance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.5

_* प्रतीहात् सुवर्चलायां प्रतिहर्त्रादयस् त्रय आसन्न् इज्या-कोविदाः सूनवः प्रतिहर्तुः स्तुत्याम् अज-भूमानाव् अजनिषाताम्

_* pratīhāt suvarcalāyāṃ pratihartrādayas traya āsann ijyā-kovidāḥ sūnavaḥ pratihartuḥ stutyām aja-bhūmānāv ajaniṣātām

From Pratīha, in Suvarcalā, three sons were born, Pratihartā and the rest, who were expert in sacrifice. Of Pratihartā, in Stutī, two sons, Aja and Bhūmān, were born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.6

_* भूम्न ऋषिकुल्यायाम् उद्गीथस् ततः प्रस्तावो देवकुल्यायां प्रस्तावान् नियुत्सायां हृदयज आसीद् विभुर् विभो रत्यां च पृथुषेणस् तस्मान् नक्त आकूत्यां जज्ञे नक्ताद् द्रुति-पुत्रो गयो राजर्षि-प्रवर उदार-श्रवा अजायत साक्षाद् भगवतो विष्णोर् जगद्-रिरक्षिषया गृहीत-सत्त्वस्य कलात्मवत्त्वादि-लक्षणेन महा-पुरुषतां प्राप्तः

_* bhūmna ṛṣikulyāyām udgīthas tataḥ prastāvo devakulyāyāṃ prastāvān niyutsāyāṃ hṛdayaja āsīd vibhur vibho ratyāṃ ca pṛthuṣeṇas tasmān nakta ākūtyāṃ jajñe naktād druti-putro gayo rājarṣi-pravara udāra-śravā ajāyata sākṣād bhagavato viṣṇor jagad-rirakṣiṣayā gṛhīta-sattvasya kalātmavattvādi-lakṣaṇena mahā-puruṣatāṃ prāptaḥ

Of Bhūmān, in Ṛṣikulyā, (was born) Udgītha; from him, Prastāva, in Devakulyā; from Prastāva, in Niyutsā, there was a son born of his heart, Vibhu; and of Vibhu, in Ratī, Pṛthuṣeṇa; from him Nakta was born, in Ākūti; from Nakta, the son of Druti, Gaya was born, the foremost of royal sages, of noble renown, who attained the status of a great person (mahā-puruṣa) by the marks—such as possessing in himself a portion (of the Lord)—of Viṣṇu himself, the Lord, who had assumed the quality of goodness out of a wish to protect the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.7

_* स वै स्व-धर्मेण प्रजा-पालन-पोषण-प्रीणनोपलालनानुशासन-लक्षणेनेज्यादिना च भगवति महा-पुरुषे परावरे ब्रह्मणि सर्वात्मनार्पित-परमार्थ-लक्षणेन ब्रह्मविच्-चरणानुसेवयापादित-भगवद्-भक्ति-योगेन चाभीक्ष्णशः परिभाविताति-शुद्ध-मतिर् उपरतानात्म्य आत्मनि स्वयम् उपलभ्यमान-ब्रह्मात्मानुभवो ऽपि निरभिमान एवावनिम् अजूगुपत्

_* sa vai sva-dharmeṇa prajā-pālana-poṣaṇa-prīṇanopalālanānuśāsana-lakṣaṇenejyādinā ca bhagavati mahā-puruṣe parāvare brahmaṇi sarvātmanārpita-paramārtha-lakṣaṇena brahmavic-caraṇānusevayāpādita-bhagavad-bhakti-yogena cābhīkṣṇaśaḥ paribhāvitāti-śuddha-matir uparatānātmya ātmani svayam upalabhyamāna-brahmātmānubhavo 'pi nirabhimāna evāvanim ajūgupat

He indeed guarded the earth, wholly without self-conceit, though his mind had been made utterly pure by constant meditation—(purified) by his own duty, characterized by the protecting, nourishing, gratifying, fondling and instructing of his subjects, and by sacrifice and the rest, and by that highest aim characterized by the offering up of his whole self to the Lord, the great person, the Brahman that is both higher and lower, and by the yoga of devotion to the Lord brought about through constant service at the feet of the knowers of Brahman—so that his sense of the not-self had ceased and the experience of Brahman as the self was realized by him in himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 5 15.8

_* तस्येमां गाथां पाण्डवेय पुराविद उपगायन्ति

_* tasyemāṃ gāthāṃ pāṇḍaveya purāvida upagāyanti

Of him, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, those who know the ancient lore sing this verse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.9

_* गयं नृपः कः प्रतियाति कर्मभिर् यज्वाभिमानी बहुविद् धर्म-गोप्ता समागत-श्रीः सदसस्-पतिः सतां सत्-सेवको ऽन्यो भगवत्-कलाम् ऋते

_* gayaṃ nṛpaḥ kaḥ pratiyāti karmabhir yajvābhimānī bahuvid dharma-goptā samāgata-śrīḥ sadasas-patiḥ satāṃ sat-sevako 'nyo bhagavat-kalām ṛte

What king comes near to Gaya by his deeds—a sacrificer, self-assured, knowing much, a guardian of dharma, one to whom fortune came, lord of the assembly of the good, himself a servant of the good—any other than a portion of the Lord?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 5 15.10

यम् अभ्यषिञ्चन् परया मुदा सतीः सत्याशिषो दक्ष-कन्याः सरिद्भिः यस्य प्रजानां दुदुहे धराशिषो निराशिषो गुण-वत्स-स्नुतोधाः

yam abhyaṣiñcan parayā mudā satīḥ satyāśiṣo dakṣa-kanyāḥ saridbhiḥ yasya prajānāṃ duduhe dharāśiṣo nirāśiṣo guṇa-vatsa-snutodhāḥ

Whom the chaste daughters of Dakṣa, whose blessings come true, anointed with the highest joy with the waters of the rivers; and for whose subjects the earth, her udder made to flow by the calf of (his) good qualities, milked out blessings, though he himself desired nothing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.11

छन्दांस्य् अकामस्य च यस्य कामान् दुदूहुर् आजह्रुर् अथो बलिं नृपाः प्रत्यञ्चिता युधि धर्मेण विप्रा यदाशिषां षष्ठम् अंशं परेत्य

chandāṃsy akāmasya ca yasya kāmān dudūhur ājahrur atho baliṃ nṛpāḥ pratyañcitā yudhi dharmeṇa viprā yadāśiṣāṃ ṣaṣṭham aṃśaṃ paretya

And for him, who had no desires, the Vedic meters yielded up desired things; and kings, subdued in battle by lawful means, brought him tribute; and the brāhmaṇas, being honored, (gave him) a sixth part of their blessings in the world beyond.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 5 15.12

यस्याध्वरे भगवान् अध्वरात्मा मघोनि माद्यत्य् उरु-सोम-पीथे श्रद्धा-विशुद्धाचल-भक्ति-योग- समर्पितेज्या-फलम् आजहार

yasyādhvare bhagavān adhvarātmā maghoni mādyaty uru-soma-pīthe śraddhā-viśuddhācala-bhakti-yoga- samarpitejyā-phalam ājahāra

At whose sacrifice the Lord, the very soul of sacrifice, while Maghavan (Indra) grew intoxicated on the abundant draught of soma, took up the fruit of the offering presented with the yoga of unwavering devotion purified by faith.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.13

यत्-प्रीणनाद् बर्हिषि देव-तिर्यङ्- मनुष्य-वीरुत्-तृणम् आविरिञ्चात् प्रीयेत सद्यः स ह विश्व-जीवः प्रीतः स्वयं प्रीतिम् अगाद् गयस्य

yat-prīṇanād barhiṣi deva-tiryaṅ- manuṣya-vīrut-tṛṇam āviriñcāt prīyeta sadyaḥ sa ha viśva-jīvaḥ prītaḥ svayaṃ prītim agād gayasya

By whose being pleased upon the sacrificial grass, god, beast, man, creeper and grass, up to Viriñca (Brahmā), would at once be pleased—he indeed, the life of the universe, being pleased, himself came to be pleased with Gaya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 5 15.14

गयाद् गयन्त्यां चित्ररथः सुगतिर् अवरोधन इति त्रयः पुत्रा बभूवुश् चित्ररथाद् ऊर्णायां सम्राड् अजनिष्ट तत उत्कलायां मरीचिर् मरीचेर् बिन्दुमत्यां बिन्दुम् आनुदपद्यत तस्मात् सरघायां मधुर् नामाभवन् मधोः सुमनसि वीरव्रतस् ततो भोजायां मन्थु-प्रमन्थू जज्ञाते मन्थोः सत्यायां भौवनस् ततो दूषणायां त्वष्टाजनिष्ट त्वष्टुर् विरोचनायां विरजो विरजस्य शतजित्-प्रवरं पुत्र-शतं कन्या च विषूच्यां किल जातम्

gayād gayantyāṃ citrarathaḥ sugatir avarodhana iti trayaḥ putrā babhūvuś citrarathād ūrṇāyāṃ samrāḍ ajaniṣṭa tata utkalāyāṃ marīcir marīcer bindumatyāṃ bindum ānudapadyata tasmāt saraghāyāṃ madhur nāmābhavan madhoḥ sumanasi vīravratas tato bhojāyāṃ manthu-pramanthū jajñāte manthoḥ satyāyāṃ bhauvanas tato dūṣaṇāyāṃ tvaṣṭājaniṣṭa tvaṣṭur virocanāyāṃ virajo virajasya śatajit-pravaraṃ putra-śataṃ kanyā ca viṣūcyāṃ kila jātam

Of Gaya, in Gayantī, there were three sons: Citraratha, Sugati and Avarodhana. From Citraratha, in Ūrṇā, Samrāṭ was born; from him, in Utkalā, Marīci; of Marīci, in Bindumatī, Bindu came forth; from him, in Saraghā, there was one named Madhu; of Madhu, in Sumanas, Vīravrata; from him, in Bhojā, Manthu and Pramanthu were born; of Manthu, in Satyā, Bhauvana; from him, in Dūṣaṇā, Tvaṣṭā was born; of Tvaṣṭā, in Virocanā, Viraja; and of Viraja, in Viṣūcī, a hundred sons, of whom Śatajit was the foremost, and one daughter, are said to have been born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 5 15.15

_* तत्रायं श्लोकः प्रैयव्रतं वंशम् इमं विरजश् चरमोद्भवः अकरोद् अत्य्-अलं कीर्त्या विष्णुः सुर-गणं यथा

_* tatrāyaṃ ślokaḥ praiyavrataṃ vaṃśam imaṃ virajaś caramodbhavaḥ akarod aty-alaṃ kīrtyā viṣṇuḥ sura-gaṇaṃ yathā

On this there is this verse: Viraja, born last, made this dynasty of Priyavrata exceedingly (glorious) by his fame, as Viṣṇu (does) the host of gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition