Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 13
SB 9 13.1
श्रीशुक उवाच निमिरिक्ष्वाकुतनयो वसिष्ठमवृतर्त्विजम् आरभ्य सत्रं सो ऽप्याह शक्रेण प्राग् वृतो ऽस्मि भोः
śrīśuka uvāca nimirikṣvākutanayo vasiṣṭhamavṛtartvijam ārabhya satraṃ so 'pyāha śakreṇa prāg vṛto 'smi bhoḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Nimi, the son of Ikṣvāku, chose Vasiṣṭha as his officiating priest. When he had begun the sacrifice, (Vasiṣṭha) said, "Sir, I have already been engaged by Śakra (Indra)."
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SB 9 13.2
तं निर्वर्त्यागमिष्यामि तावन् मां प्रतिपालय तूष्णीमासीद्गृहपतिः सो ऽपीन्द्रस्याकरोन् मखम्
taṃ nirvartyāgamiṣyāmi tāvan māṃ pratipālaya tūṣṇīmāsīdgṛhapatiḥ so 'pīndrasyākaron makham
"When I have completed that (sacrifice) I shall come; wait for me until then." The householder (Nimi) remained silent, and (Vasiṣṭha) performed Indra's sacrifice.
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SB 9 13.3
निमित्तश्चलमिदं विद्वान् सत्रमारभतामात्मवान् ऋत्विग्भिरपरैस्तावन् नागमद्यावता गुरुः
nimittaścalamidaṃ vidvān satramārabhatāmātmavān ṛtvigbhiraparaistāvan nāgamadyāvatā guruḥ
Knowing this (life) to be unsteady, the self-possessed (Nimi) began the sacrifice with other priests, while the teacher had not yet come back.
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SB 9 13.4
शिष्यव्यतिक्रमं वीक्ष्य तं निर्वर्त्यागतो गुरुः अशपत् पतताद्देहो निमेः पण्डितमानिनः
śiṣyavyatikramaṃ vīkṣya taṃ nirvartyāgato guruḥ aśapat patatāddeho nimeḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ
Seeing his pupil's transgression, the teacher, having completed that (sacrifice) and returned, cursed him: "Let the body of Nimi, who thinks himself learned, fall!"
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SB 9 13.5
निमिः प्रतिददौ शापं गुरवे ऽधर्मवर्तिने तवापि पतताद्देहो लोभाद्धर्ममजानतः
nimiḥ pratidadau śāpaṃ gurave 'dharmavartine tavāpi patatāddeho lobhāddharmamajānataḥ
Nimi returned the curse to the teacher who had acted against dharma: "Let your body too fall, since out of greed you did not know dharma."
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SB 9 13.6
इत्युत्ससर्ज स्वं देहं निमिरध्यात्मकोविदः मित्रावरुणयोर्जज्ञे उर्वश्यां प्रपितामहः
ityutsasarja svaṃ dehaṃ nimiradhyātmakovidaḥ mitrāvaruṇayorjajñe urvaśyāṃ prapitāmahaḥ
Saying this, Nimi, who was skilled in knowledge of the inner self, gave up his body; and the great-grandfather (Vasiṣṭha) was born from Mitra and Varuṇa in Urvaśī.
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SB 9 13.7
गन्धवस्तुषु तद्देहं निधाय मुनिसत्तमाः समाप्ते सत्रयागे च देवान् ऊचुः समागतान्
gandhavastuṣu taddehaṃ nidhāya munisattamāḥ samāpte satrayāge ca devān ūcuḥ samāgatān
Having laid that body among fragrant substances, the best of sages, when the sacrificial rite was concluded, spoke to the gods who had assembled:
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SB 9 13.8
राज्ञो जीवतु देहो ऽयं प्रसन्नाः प्रभवो यदि तथेत्युक्ते निमिः प्राह मा भून् मे देहबन्धनम्
rājño jīvatu deho 'yaṃ prasannāḥ prabhavo yadi tathetyukte nimiḥ prāha mā bhūn me dehabandhanam
"If you are pleased and able, let this body of the king live." When they said, "So be it," Nimi said: "Let there be no bondage of a body for me.
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SB 9 13.9
यस्य योगं न वाञ्छन्ति वियोगभयकातराः भजन्ति चरणाम्भोजं मुनयो हरिमेधसः
yasya yogaṃ na vāñchanti viyogabhayakātarāḥ bhajanti caraṇāmbhojaṃ munayo harimedhasaḥ
(He) with whom the sages whose intelligence is fixed on Hari, afraid of the fear of separation, do not desire union, but worship his lotus feet —
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SB 9 13.10
देहं नावरुरुत्से ऽहं दुःखशोकभयावहम् सर्वत्रास्य यतो मृत्युर्मत्स्यानामुदके यथा
dehaṃ nāvarurutse 'haṃ duḥkhaśokabhayāvaham sarvatrāsya yato mṛtyurmatsyānāmudake yathā
I do not wish to enter again a body, which brings pain, sorrow and fear, since for it there is death everywhere, as for fishes in the water."
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SB 9 13.11
देवा ऊचुः विदेह उष्यतां कामं लोचनेषु शरीरिणाम् उन्मेषणनिमेषाभ्यां लक्षितो ऽध्यात्मसंस्थितः
devā ūcuḥ videha uṣyatāṃ kāmaṃ locaneṣu śarīriṇām unmeṣaṇanimeṣābhyāṃ lakṣito 'dhyātmasaṃsthitaḥ
The gods said: Let (Nimi) dwell without a body, as he wishes, in the eyes of embodied beings, marked by the opening and closing (of the eyelids), abiding in the inner self.
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SB 9 13.12
अराजकभयं न्-णां मन्यमाना महर्षयः देहं ममन्थुः स्म निमेः कुमारः समजायत
arājakabhayaṃ n-ṇāṃ manyamānā maharṣayaḥ dehaṃ mamanthuḥ sma nimeḥ kumāraḥ samajāyata
The great sages, considering the danger to men of being without a king, churned the body of Nimi, and a boy was born.
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SB 9 13.13
जन्मना जनकः सो ऽभूद्वैदेहस्तु विदेहजः मिथिलो मथनाज् जातो मिथिला येन निर्मिता
janmanā janakaḥ so 'bhūdvaidehastu videhajaḥ mithilo mathanāj jāto mithilā yena nirmitā
Because of (this) birth he became Janaka; Vaideha because he was born of the bodiless one (Videha); Mithila because he arose from churning — by him Mithilā was built.
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SB 9 13.14
तस्मादुदावसुस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽभून् नन्दिवर्धनः ततः सुकेतुस्तस्यापि देवरातो महीपते
tasmādudāvasustasya putro 'bhūn nandivardhanaḥ tataḥ suketustasyāpi devarāto mahīpate
From him (came) Udāvasu; his son was Nandivardhana; from him Suketu, and his (son) was Devarāta, O lord of the earth.
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SB 9 13.15
तस्माद्बृहद्रथस्तस्य महावीर्यः सुधृत्पिता सुधृतेर्धृष्टकेतुर्वै हर्यश्वो ऽथ मरुस्ततः
tasmādbṛhadrathastasya mahāvīryaḥ sudhṛtpitā sudhṛterdhṛṣṭaketurvai haryaśvo 'tha marustataḥ
From him Bṛhadratha; his (son) Mahāvīrya, the father of Sudhṛti; from Sudhṛti indeed Dhṛṣṭaketu, (then) Haryaśva, and from him Maru.
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SB 9 13.16
मरोः प्रतीपकस्तस्माज् जातः कृतरथो यतः देवमीढस्तस्य पुत्रो विश्रुतो ऽथ महाधृतिः
maroḥ pratīpakastasmāj jātaḥ kṛtaratho yataḥ devamīḍhastasya putro viśruto 'tha mahādhṛtiḥ
From Maru, Pratīpaka; from him was born Kṛtaratha, from whom Devamīḍha; his son was Viśruta, and then Mahādhṛti.
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SB 9 13.17
कृतिरातस्ततस्तस्मान् महारोमा च तत्सुतः स्वर्णरोमा सुतस्तस्य ह्रस्वरोमा व्यजायत
kṛtirātastatastasmān mahāromā ca tatsutaḥ svarṇaromā sutastasya hrasvaromā vyajāyata
Then from him Kṛtirāta, and his son was Mahāromā; his son was Svarṇaromā, (and from him) Hrasvaromā was born.
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SB 9 13.18
ततः शीरध्वजो जज्ञे यज्ञार्थं कर्षतो महीम् सीता शीराग्रतो जाता तस्मात् शीरध्वजः स्मृतः
tataḥ śīradhvajo jajñe yajñārthaṃ karṣato mahīm sītā śīrāgrato jātā tasmāt śīradhvajaḥ smṛtaḥ
From him was born Śīradhvaja. While he was ploughing the earth for the sake of a sacrifice, Sītā was born from the tip of the plough (śīra); hence he is known as Śīradhvaja.
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SB 9 13.19
कुशध्वजस्तस्य पुत्रस्ततो धर्मध्वजो नृपः धर्मध्वजस्य द्वौ पुत्रौ कृतध्वजमितध्वजौ
kuśadhvajastasya putrastato dharmadhvajo nṛpaḥ dharmadhvajasya dvau putrau kṛtadhvajamitadhvajau
Kuśadhvaja was his son; from him (came) King Dharmadhvaja. Dharmadhvaja had two sons, Kṛtadhvaja and Mitadhvaja.
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SB 9 13.20
कृतध्वजात् केशिध्वजः खाण्डिक्यस्तु मितध्वजात् कृतध्वजसुतो राजन्नात्मविद्याविशारदः
kṛtadhvajāt keśidhvajaḥ khāṇḍikyastu mitadhvajāt kṛtadhvajasuto rājannātmavidyāviśāradaḥ
From Kṛtadhvaja (came) Keśidhvaja, and from Mitadhvaja, Khāṇḍikya. The son of Kṛtadhvaja, O king, was expert in the knowledge of the self,
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SB 9 13.21
खाण्डिक्यः कर्मतत्त्वज्ञो भीतः केशिध्वजाद्द्रुतः भानुमांस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽभूच् छतद्युम्नस्तु तत्सुतः
khāṇḍikyaḥ karmatattvajño bhītaḥ keśidhvajāddrutaḥ bhānumāṃstasya putro 'bhūc chatadyumnastu tatsutaḥ
Khāṇḍikya, who knew the truth of ritual action, fled in fear from Keśidhvaja. His son was Bhānumān, and Śatadyumna was Bhānumān's son.
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SB 9 13.22
शुचिस्तु तनयस्तस्मात् सनद्वाजः सुतो ऽभवत् ऊर्जकेतुः सनद्वाजादजो ऽथ पुरुजित् सुतः
śucistu tanayastasmāt sanadvājaḥ suto 'bhavat ūrjaketuḥ sanadvājādajo 'tha purujit sutaḥ
Śuci was his son, and from him was born a son Sanadvāja; from Sanadvāja came Ūrjaketu, then Aja, whose son was Purujit.
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SB 9 13.23
अरिष्टनेमिस्तस्यापि श्रुतायुस्तत् सुपार्श्वकः ततश्चित्ररथो यस्य क्षेमाधिर्मिथिलाधिपः
ariṣṭanemistasyāpi śrutāyustat supārśvakaḥ tataścitraratho yasya kṣemādhirmithilādhipaḥ
His (son) was Ariṣṭanemi, his Śrutāyu, and his Supārśvaka; from him came Citraratha, whose son was Kṣemādhi, the lord of Mithilā.
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SB 9 13.24
तस्मात् समरथस्तस्य सुतः सत्यरथस्ततः आसीदुपगुरुस्तस्मादुपगुप्तो ऽग्निसम्भवः
tasmāt samarathastasya sutaḥ satyarathastataḥ āsīdupagurustasmādupagupto 'gnisambhavaḥ
From him (came) Samaratha, his son was Satyaratha, and from him came Upaguru, and from him Upagupta, who was born of Agni.
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SB 9 13.25
वस्वनन्तो ऽथ तत्पुत्रो युयुधो यत् सुभाषणः श्रुतस्ततो जयस्तस्माद्विजयो ऽस्मादृतः सुतः
vasvananto 'tha tatputro yuyudho yat subhāṣaṇaḥ śrutastato jayastasmādvijayo 'smādṛtaḥ sutaḥ
Then Vasvananta was his son, (whose son was) Yuyudha, from whom (came) Subhāṣaṇa; from him Śruta, then Jaya, from him Vijaya, and from him the son Ṛta.
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SB 9 13.26
शुनकस्तत्सुतो जज्ञे वीतहव्यो धृतिस्ततः बहुलाश्वो धृतेस्तस्य कृतिरस्य महावशी
śunakastatsuto jajñe vītahavyo dhṛtistataḥ bahulāśvo dhṛtestasya kṛtirasya mahāvaśī
His son Śunaka was born, (then) Vītahavya, from him Dhṛti; Dhṛti's (son was) Bahulāśva, and his son Kṛti, greatly self-controlled.
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SB 9 13.27
एते वै मैथिला राजन्नात्मविद्याविशारदाः योगेश्वरप्रसादेन द्वन्द्वैर्मुक्ता गृहेष्व् अपि
ete vai maithilā rājannātmavidyāviśāradāḥ yogeśvaraprasādena dvandvairmuktā gṛheṣv api
These indeed, O king, were the kings of Mithilā, expert in the knowledge of the self, and by the grace of the Lord of yoga they were freed from the pairs of opposites even while (living) in households.
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