Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 1
SB 9 1.1
श्रीराजोवाच मन्वन्तराणि सर्वाणि त्वयोक्तानि श्रुतानि मे वीर्याण्यनन्तवीर्यस्य हरेस्तत्र कृतानि च
śrīrājovāca manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi tvayoktāni śrutāni me vīryāṇyanantavīryasya harestatra kṛtāni ca
The king said: All the manvantaras have been told by you and heard by me, and the mighty deeds performed therein by Hari of endless might.
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SB 9 1.2
यो ऽसौ सत्यव्रतो नाम राजर्षिर्द्रविडेश्वरः ज्ञानं यो ऽतीतकल्पान्ते लेभे पुरुषसेवया
yo 'sau satyavrato nāma rājarṣirdraviḍeśvaraḥ jñānaṃ yo 'tītakalpānte lebhe puruṣasevayā
That royal sage named Satyavrata, lord of the Draviḍas, who at the end of the past kalpa obtained knowledge by serving the Person —
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SB 9 1.3
स वै विवस्वतः पुत्रो मनुरासीदिति श्रुतम् त्वत्तस्तस्य सुताः प्रोक्ता इक्ष्वाकुप्रमुखा नृपाः
sa vai vivasvataḥ putro manurāsīditi śrutam tvattastasya sutāḥ proktā ikṣvākupramukhā nṛpāḥ
He indeed was Manu, the son of Vivasvān — so it has been heard; and his sons, kings headed by Ikṣvāku, have been described by you.
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SB 9 1.4
तेषां वंशं पृथग् ब्रह्मन् वंशानुचरितानि च कीर्तयस्व महाभाग नित्यं शुश्रूषतां हि नः
teṣāṃ vaṃśaṃ pṛthag brahman vaṃśānucaritāni ca kīrtayasva mahābhāga nityaṃ śuśrūṣatāṃ hi naḥ
O brāhmaṇa, recount their lineage separately, and the deeds done in those lineages, O greatly fortunate one, for we are always eager to hear.
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SB 9 1.5
ये भूता ये भविष्याश्च भवन्त्यद्यतनाश्च ये तेषां नः पुण्यकीर्तीनां सर्वेषां वद विक्रमान्
ye bhūtā ye bhaviṣyāśca bhavantyadyatanāśca ye teṣāṃ naḥ puṇyakīrtīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ vada vikramān
Those who have been, those who will be, and those who exist at present — of all those of holy fame, tell us their valorous deeds.
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SB 9 1.6
श्रीसूत उवाच एवं परीक्षिता राज्ञा सदसि ब्रह्मवादिनाम् पृष्टः प्रोवाच भगवाञ् छुकः परमधर्मवित्
śrīsūta uvāca evaṃ parīkṣitā rājñā sadasi brahmavādinām pṛṣṭaḥ provāca bhagavāñ chukaḥ paramadharmavit
Śrī Sūta said: Thus questioned by King Parīkṣit in the assembly of those who discourse on the Veda, the venerable Śuka, knower of the highest dharma, spoke.
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SB 9 1.7
श्रीशुक उवाच श्रूयतां मानवो वंशः प्राचुर्येण परन्तप न शक्यते विस्तरतो वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि
śrīśuka uvāca śrūyatāṃ mānavo vaṃśaḥ prācuryeṇa parantapa na śakyate vistarato vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi
Śrī Śuka said: Let the lineage of Manu be heard, in its main outline, O scorcher of foes; it is not possible to tell it in full detail even in hundreds of years.
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SB 9 1.8
परावरेषां भूतानामात्मा यः पुरुषः परः स एवासीदिदं विश्वं कल्पान्ते ऽन्यन् न किञ्चन
parāvareṣāṃ bhūtānāmātmā yaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ sa evāsīdidaṃ viśvaṃ kalpānte 'nyan na kiñcana
That supreme Person who is the Self of beings, high and low — he alone was this universe at the end of the aeon; nothing else whatever.
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SB 9 1.9
तस्य नाभेः समभवत् पद्मकोषो हिरण्मयः तस्मिन् जज्ञे महाराज स्वयम्भूश्चतुराननः
tasya nābheḥ samabhavat padmakoṣo hiraṇmayaḥ tasmin jajñe mahārāja svayambhūścaturānanaḥ
From his navel arose a golden lotus-cup; in it, O great king, was born the four-faced Self-born (Brahmā).
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SB 9 1.10
मरीचिर्मनसस्तस्य जज्ञे तस्यापि कश्यपः दाक्षायण्यां ततो ऽदित्यां विवस्वान् अभवत् सुतः
marīcirmanasastasya jajñe tasyāpi kaśyapaḥ dākṣāyaṇyāṃ tato 'dityāṃ vivasvān abhavat sutaḥ
From his mind was born Marīci, and from him Kaśyapa; then from Aditi, daughter of Dakṣa, Vivasvān was born as (his) son.
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SB 9 1.11
ततो मनुः श्राद्धदेवः संज्ञायामास भारत श्रद्धायां जनयामास दश पुत्रान् स आत्मवान्
tato manuḥ śrāddhadevaḥ saṃjñāyāmāsa bhārata śraddhāyāṃ janayāmāsa daśa putrān sa ātmavān
From him, O Bhārata, came Manu Śrāddhadeva, in Saṃjñā; and he, self-possessed, begot ten sons in Śraddhā.
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SB 9 1.12
इक्ष्वाकुनृगशर्याति दिष्टधृष्टकरूषकान् नरिष्यन्तं पृषध्रं च नभगं च कविं विभुः
ikṣvākunṛgaśaryāti diṣṭadhṛṣṭakarūṣakān nariṣyantaṃ pṛṣadhraṃ ca nabhagaṃ ca kaviṃ vibhuḥ
The mighty one (begot) Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Śaryāti, Diṣṭa, Dhṛṣṭa and Karūṣaka, Nariṣyanta, Pṛṣadhra, Nabhaga, and Kavi.
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SB 9 1.13
अप्रजस्य मनोः पूर्वं वसिष्ठो भगवान् किल मित्रावरुणयोरिष्टिं प्रजार्थमकरोद्विभुः
aprajasya manoḥ pūrvaṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavān kila mitrāvaruṇayoriṣṭiṃ prajārthamakarodvibhuḥ
Formerly, when Manu was without offspring, the mighty lord Vasiṣṭha, it is said, performed a sacrifice to Mitra and Varuṇa for the sake of progeny.
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SB 9 1.14
तत्र श्रद्धा मनोः पत्नी होतारं समयाचत दुहित्रर्थमुपागम्य प्रणिपत्य पयोव्रता
tatra śraddhā manoḥ patnī hotāraṃ samayācata duhitrarthamupāgamya praṇipatya payovratā
There Śraddhā, Manu's wife, approached the hotṛ priest and, bowing down, observing a vow of (living on) milk, begged him for a daughter.
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SB 9 1.15
प्रेषितो ऽध्वर्युणा होता व्यचरत् तत् समाहितः गृहीते हविषि वाचा वषट्कारं गृणन् द्विजः
preṣito 'dhvaryuṇā hotā vyacarat tat samāhitaḥ gṛhīte haviṣi vācā vaṣaṭkāraṃ gṛṇan dvijaḥ
Directed by the adhvaryu, the hotṛ, concentrated, carried out that (rite); and when the oblation had been taken up, the brāhmaṇa uttered the vaṣaṭ-call with his voice.
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SB 9 1.16
होतुस्तद्व्यभिचारेण कन्येला नाम साभवत् तां विलोक्य मनुः प्राह नातितुष्टमना गुरुम्
hotustadvyabhicāreṇa kanyelā nāma sābhavat tāṃ vilokya manuḥ prāha nātituṣṭamanā gurum
By that deviation of the hotṛ, a girl named Ilā was born. Seeing her, Manu, not much pleased in mind, said to the teacher:
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SB 9 1.17
भगवन् किमिदं जातं कर्म वो ब्रह्मवादिनाम् विपर्ययमहो कष्टं मैवं स्याद्ब्रह्मविक्रिया
bhagavan kimidaṃ jātaṃ karma vo brahmavādinām viparyayamaho kaṣṭaṃ maivaṃ syādbrahmavikriyā
"Reverend sir, what is this that has come about? The rite of you who discourse on the Veda has turned out contrary — alas, this is grievous! Such a distortion of Vedic (utterance) should not happen."
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SB 9 1.18
यूयं ब्रह्मविदो युक्तास्तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषाः कुतः सङ्कल्पवैषम्यमनृतं विबुधेष्व् इव
yūyaṃ brahmavido yuktāstapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ kutaḥ saṅkalpavaiṣamyamanṛtaṃ vibudheṣv iva
"You are knowers of the Veda, disciplined, your faults burnt away by austerity. Whence, then, this failure of intention — an untruth, as it were, among the gods?"
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SB 9 1.19
निशम्य तद्वचस्तस्य भगवान् प्रपितामहः होतुर्व्यतिक्रमं ज्ञात्वा बभाषे रविनन्दनम्
niśamya tadvacastasya bhagavān prapitāmahaḥ hoturvyatikramaṃ jñātvā babhāṣe ravinandanam
Hearing those words of his, the venerable great-grandfather (Vasiṣṭha), knowing the hotṛ's transgression, spoke to the son of the sun:
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SB 9 1.20
एतत् सङ्कल्पवैषम्यं होतुस्ते व्यभिचारतः तथापि साधयिष्ये ते सुप्रजास्त्वं स्वतेजसा
etat saṅkalpavaiṣamyaṃ hotuste vyabhicārataḥ tathāpi sādhayiṣye te suprajāstvaṃ svatejasā
"This failure of the intention is due to the deviation of your hotṛ; even so, by my own power I shall bring it about that you have good offspring."
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SB 9 1.21
एवं व्यवसितो राजन् भगवान् स महायशाः अस्तौषीदादिपुरुषमिलायाः पुंस्त्वकाम्यया
evaṃ vyavasito rājan bhagavān sa mahāyaśāḥ astauṣīdādipuruṣamilāyāḥ puṃstvakāmyayā
Having thus resolved, O king, that greatly renowned lord praised the primeval Person, desiring maleness for Ilā.
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SB 9 1.22
तस्मै कामवरं तुष्टो भगवान् हरिरीश्वरः ददाव् इलाभवत् तेन सुद्युम्नः पुरुषर्षभः
tasmai kāmavaraṃ tuṣṭo bhagavān harirīśvaraḥ dadāv ilābhavat tena sudyumnaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
Pleased, the Lord Hari, the ruler, granted him the boon he wished; by that, Ilā became Sudyumna, a bull among men.
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SB 9 1.23
स एकदा महाराज विचरन् मृगयां वने वृतः कतिपयामात्यैरश्वमारुह्य सैन्धवम्
sa ekadā mahārāja vicaran mṛgayāṃ vane vṛtaḥ katipayāmātyairaśvamāruhya saindhavam
Once, O great king, roaming on a hunt in the forest, accompanied by a few ministers, he mounted a horse of Sindhu breed.
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SB 9 1.24
प्रगृह्य रुचिरं चापं शरांश्च परमाद्भुतान् दंशितो ऽनुमृगं वीरो जगाम दिशमुत्तराम्
pragṛhya ruciraṃ cāpaṃ śarāṃśca paramādbhutān daṃśito 'numṛgaṃ vīro jagāma diśamuttarām
Taking up his lovely bow and most wonderful arrows, armored, the hero went in the northern direction, following the deer.
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SB 9 1.25
सुकुमारवनं मेरोरधस्तात् प्रविवेश ह यत्रास्ते भगवान् छर्वो रममाणः सहोमया
sukumāravanaṃ meroradhastāt praviveśa ha yatrāste bhagavān charvo ramamāṇaḥ sahomayā
He entered the Sukumāra forest below Meru, where the lord Śarva (Śiva) dwells, taking pleasure together with Umā.
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SB 9 1.26
तस्मिन् प्रविष्ट एवासौ सुद्युम्नः परवीरहा अपश्यत् स्त्रियमात्मानमश्वं च वडवां नृप
tasmin praviṣṭa evāsau sudyumnaḥ paravīrahā apaśyat striyamātmānamaśvaṃ ca vaḍavāṃ nṛpa
As soon as he had entered there, that Sudyumna, slayer of enemy heroes, saw himself a woman, and his horse a mare, O king.
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SB 9 1.27
तथा तदनुगाः सर्वे आत्मलिङ्गविपर्ययम् दृष्ट्वा विमनसो ऽभूवन् वीक्षमाणाः परस्परम्
tathā tadanugāḥ sarve ātmaliṅgaviparyayam dṛṣṭvā vimanaso 'bhūvan vīkṣamāṇāḥ parasparam
So too all his followers, seeing the reversal of their own sexual characteristics, became dejected, looking at one another.
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SB 9 1.28
श्रीराजोवाच कथमेवं गुणो देशः केन वा भगवन् कृतः प्रश्नमेनं समाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं हि नः
śrīrājovāca kathamevaṃ guṇo deśaḥ kena vā bhagavan kṛtaḥ praśnamenaṃ samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
The king said: How does the place have such a quality, and by whom, O holy one, was it made? Explain this question to us, for our curiosity is great.
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SB 9 1.29
श्रीशुक उवाच एकदा गिरिशं द्रष्टुमृषयस्तत्र सुव्रताः दिशो वितिमिराभासाः कुर्वन्तः समुपागमन्
śrīśuka uvāca ekadā giriśaṃ draṣṭumṛṣayastatra suvratāḥ diśo vitimirābhāsāḥ kurvantaḥ samupāgaman
Śrī Śuka said: Once sages of firm vows came there to see Giriśa (Śiva), making the directions shine free of darkness.
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SB 9 1.30
तान् विलोक्याम्बिका देवी विवासा व्रीडिता भृशम् भर्तुरङ्कात् समुत्थाय नीवीमाश्व् अथ पर्यधात्
tān vilokyāmbikā devī vivāsā vrīḍitā bhṛśam bharturaṅkāt samutthāya nīvīmāśv atha paryadhāt
Seeing them, the goddess Ambikā, unclothed, extremely embarrassed, rose up from her husband's lap and quickly put on her skirt.
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SB 9 1.31
ऋषयो ऽपि तयोर्वीक्ष्य प्रसङ्गं रममाणयोः निवृत्ताः प्रययुस्तस्मान् नरनारायणाश्रमम्
ṛṣayo 'pi tayorvīkṣya prasaṅgaṃ ramamāṇayoḥ nivṛttāḥ prayayustasmān naranārāyaṇāśramam
The sages too, seeing the intimacy of the two who were taking pleasure, turned back and went from there to the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
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SB 9 1.32
तदिदं भगवान् आह प्रियायाः प्रियकाम्यया स्थानं यः प्रविशेदेतत् स वै योषिद्भवेदिति
tadidaṃ bhagavān āha priyāyāḥ priyakāmyayā sthānaṃ yaḥ praviśedetat sa vai yoṣidbhavediti
Then the lord, wishing to please his beloved, said this: "Whoever enters this place shall surely become a woman."
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SB 9 1.33
तत ऊर्ध्वं वनं तद्वै पुरुषा वर्जयन्ति हि सा चानुचरसंयुक्ता विचचार वनाद्वनम्
tata ūrdhvaṃ vanaṃ tadvai puruṣā varjayanti hi sā cānucarasaṃyuktā vicacāra vanādvanam
From then on men indeed avoid that forest. And she (Sudyumna as a woman), joined by her attendants, wandered from forest to forest.
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SB 9 1.34
अथ तामाश्रमाभ्याशे चरन्तीं प्रमदोत्तमाम् स्त्रीभिः परिवृतां वीक्ष्य चकमे भगवान् बुधः
atha tāmāśramābhyāśe carantīṃ pramadottamām strībhiḥ parivṛtāṃ vīkṣya cakame bhagavān budhaḥ
Then, seeing that most excellent of young women wandering near his hermitage, surrounded by women, the lord Budha desired her.
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SB 9 1.35
सापि तं चकमे सुभ्रूः सोमराजसुतं पतिम् स तस्यां जनयामास पुरूरवसमात्मजम्
sāpi taṃ cakame subhrūḥ somarājasutaṃ patim sa tasyāṃ janayāmāsa purūravasamātmajam
And she of the fair brows also desired him, the son of King Soma, as her husband. He begot in her a son, Purūravas.
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SB 9 1.36
एवं स्त्रीत्वमनुप्राप्तः सुद्युम्नो मानवो नृपः सस्मार स कुलाचार्यं वसिष्ठमिति शुश्रुम
evaṃ strītvamanuprāptaḥ sudyumno mānavo nṛpaḥ sasmāra sa kulācāryaṃ vasiṣṭhamiti śuśruma
Having thus attained womanhood, Sudyumna, the king, son of Manu, remembered his family preceptor Vasiṣṭha — so we have heard.
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SB 9 1.37
स तस्य तां दशां दृष्ट्वा कृपया भृशपीडितः सुद्युम्नस्याशयन् पुंस्त्वमुपाधावत शङ्करम्
sa tasya tāṃ daśāṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpayā bhṛśapīḍitaḥ sudyumnasyāśayan puṃstvamupādhāvata śaṅkaram
He, seeing that condition of his, greatly pained with compassion, wishing for Sudyumna's manhood, resorted to Śaṅkara.
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SB 9 1.38
तुष्टस्तस्मै स भगवान् ऋषये प्रियमावहन् स्वां च वाचमृतां कुर्वन्निदमाह विशाम्पते
tuṣṭastasmai sa bhagavān ṛṣaye priyamāvahan svāṃ ca vācamṛtāṃ kurvannidamāha viśāmpate
Pleased with him, that lord, bringing satisfaction to the sage and also making his own word true, said this, O lord of peoples:
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SB 9 1.39
मासं पुमान् स भविता मासं स्त्री तव गोत्रजः इत्थं व्यवस्थया कामं सुद्युम्नो ऽवतु मेदिनीम्
māsaṃ pumān sa bhavitā māsaṃ strī tava gotrajaḥ itthaṃ vyavasthayā kāmaṃ sudyumno 'vatu medinīm
"For a month he will be a man, for a month a woman — this one born in your line. By this arrangement let Sudyumna, as he wishes, protect the earth."
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SB 9 1.40
आचार्यानुग्रहात् कामं लब्ध्वा पुंस्त्वं व्यवस्थया पालयामास जगतीं नाभ्यनन्दन् स्म तं प्रजाः
ācāryānugrahāt kāmaṃ labdhvā puṃstvaṃ vyavasthayā pālayāmāsa jagatīṃ nābhyanandan sma taṃ prajāḥ
Having by the preceptor's grace obtained manhood as he wished, under that arrangement he protected the world; but the subjects did not delight in him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 1.41
तस्योत्कलो गयो राजन् विमलश्च त्रयः सुताः दक्षिणापथराजानो बभूवुर्धर्मवत्सलाः
tasyotkalo gayo rājan vimalaśca trayaḥ sutāḥ dakṣiṇāpatharājāno babhūvurdharmavatsalāḥ
His three sons, O king, were Utkala, Gaya and Vimala; they became kings of the southern region, devoted to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 1.42
ततः परिणते काले प्रतिष्ठानपतिः प्रभुः पुरूरवस उत्सृज्य गां पुत्राय गतो वनम्
tataḥ pariṇate kāle pratiṣṭhānapatiḥ prabhuḥ purūravasa utsṛjya gāṃ putrāya gato vanam
Then, when his time had ripened, the mighty lord of Pratiṣṭhāna, giving over the earth to his son Purūravas, went to the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition