Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 14
BndP 1 14.1
सुत उवाच अथान्तरेषु सर्वेषु अतीतानागतेष्विह । तुल्याभिमानिनः सर्वे जायन्ते नामरूपतः
suta uvāca athāntareṣu sarveṣu atītānāgateṣviha / tulyābhimāninaḥ sarve jāyante nāmarūpataḥ
Sūta said: Now in all the intervals (manvantaras), past and future, all are born here alike in self-conception, as to name and form.
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BndP 1 14.2
देवाश्चाष्टविधा ये च तस्मिन्मम्वन्तरे ऽधिपाः । ऋषयो मनवश्चैव सर्वे तुल्यप्रयोजनाः
devāścāṣṭavidhā ye ca tasminmamvantare 'dhipāḥ / ṛṣayo manavaścaiva sarve tulyaprayojanāḥ
And the gods of eight kinds who are lords in that Manu-interval, and the seers and the Manus — all have the same functions.
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BndP 1 14.3
महर्षिसर्गः संक्रान्तो वंशं स्वायंभुवस्य तु । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च कीर्त्य मानं निबोधत
maharṣisargaḥ saṃkrānto vaṃśaṃ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kīrtya mānaṃ nibodhata
The creation of the great seers has been passed over (i.e. told); now learn the lineage of Svāyambhuva (Manu), extolled at length and in due order, and its measure.
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BndP 1 14.4
मनोः स्वायंभूवस्यासन् दश पौत्रास्तु तत्समाः । यैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना
manoḥ svāyaṃbhūvasyāsan daśa pautrāstu tatsamāḥ / yairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā
Svāyambhuva Manu had ten grandsons equal to himself, by whom this whole earth with its seven continents and its towns (was settled),
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BndP 1 14.5
ससमुद्रा करवती प्रतिवर्षं निवेशिता । स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे पूर्वमाद्ये त्रेतायुगे तथा
sasamudrā karavatī prativarṣaṃ niveśitā / svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare pūrvamādye tretāyuge tathā
with its oceans and its (tribute?), was settled region by region — in the Svāyambhuva interval, formerly, in the first Tretā age.
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BndP 1 14.6
प्रियव्रतस्य पुत्रैस्तैः पौत्रैः स्वायंभुवस्य तु । प्रजा सत्त्वतपोयुक्तैस्तैरियं विनिवेशिता
priyavratasya putraistaiḥ pautraiḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu / prajā sattvatapoyuktaistairiyaṃ viniveśitā
By those sons of Priyavrata, the grandsons of Svāyambhuva, endowed with goodness and austerity, this progeny (earth) was settled.
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BndP 1 14.7
प्रियव्रतात्प्रजोपेतान् वीरान्काम्यान्व्यजायत । कन्या सा तु महाभाग कर्दमस्य प्रजा पतेः
priyavratātprajopetān vīrānkāmyānvyajāyata / kanyā sā tu mahābhāga kardamasya prajā pateḥ
From Priyavrata were born heroes, desirable and possessed of offspring; and she, O greatly fortunate one, was the daughter of Kardama the lord of creatures.
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BndP 1 14.8
कन्ये द्वे दश पुत्राश्च सम्राट् कुक्षिश्च ते शुभे । तयोर्वै भ्रातरः शूराः प्रजापतिसमा दश
kanye dve daśa putrāśca samrāṭ kukṣiśca te śubhe / tayorvai bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ prajāpatisamā daśa
Two daughters and ten sons (were born): those auspicious ones, Samrāṭ and Kukṣi; and the brothers of those two were ten valiant men equal to Prajāpati.
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BndP 1 14.9
आग्नीध्रश्चाग्निबा हुश्च मेधा मेधातिथिर्वसुः । ज्योतिष्मान् द्युतिमान्हव्यः सवनः सभ्र एव च
āgnīdhraścāgnibā huśca medhā medhātithirvasuḥ / jyotiṣmān dyutimānhavyaḥ savanaḥ sabhra eva ca
Āgnīdhra and Agnibāhu, Medhā, Medhātithi, Vasu, Jyotiṣmān, Dyutimān, Havya, Savana, and Sabhra.
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BndP 1 14.10
प्रियव्रतो ऽभ्यषिञ्चत्तान्सप्तसप्तसु पार्थिवान् । द्वीपेषु तेषु धर्मेण द्वीपान्ताश्च निबोधत
priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcattānsaptasaptasu pārthivān / dvīpeṣu teṣu dharmeṇa dvīpāntāśca nibodhata
Priyavrata consecrated seven of them as kings, according to law, over those seven continents; now learn also the boundaries of the continents.
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BndP 1 14.11
जंबूद्वीपेश्वरं चक्रे आग्नीध्रं सुमहाबलम् । प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरश्चापि तेन मेधातिथिः कृतः
jaṃbūdvīpeśvaraṃ cakre āgnīdhraṃ sumahābalam / plakṣadvīpeśvaraścāpi tena medhātithiḥ kṛtaḥ
He made the mighty Āgnīdhra lord of Jambūdvīpa; and by him Medhātithi was made lord of Plakṣadvīpa.
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BndP 1 14.12
शाल्मले तु वपुष्मन्तं राजानं सो ऽभिषिक्तवान् । ज्योतिष्मन्तं कुशद्वीपे राजानं कृतवान्प्रभुः
śālmale tu vapuṣmantaṃ rājānaṃ so 'bhiṣiktavān / jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśadvīpe rājānaṃ kṛtavānprabhuḥ
And he consecrated Vapuṣmān as king over Śālmala; the lord made Jyotiṣmān king in Kuśadvīpa.
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BndP 1 14.13
द्युतिमन्तं च राजानं क्रैञ्चद्वीपे ऽभ्यषेचयत् । शाकद्वीपेश्वरं चापि हव्यं चक्रे प्रियव्रतः
dyutimantaṃ ca rājānaṃ kraiñcadvīpe 'bhyaṣecayat / śākadvīpeśvaraṃ cāpi havyaṃ cakre priyavrataḥ
And he consecrated Dyutimān as king in Krauñcadvīpa; and Priyavrata made Havya lord of Śākadvīpa.
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BndP 1 14.14
पुष्कराधिपतिं चैव सवनं कृतवान्प्रभुः । पुष्करे सवनस्याथ महावीतः सुतो ऽभवत्
puṣkarādhipatiṃ caiva savanaṃ kṛtavānprabhuḥ / puṣkare savanasyātha mahāvītaḥ suto 'bhavat
And the lord made Savana overlord of Puṣkara; then in Puṣkara, Savana's son was Mahāvīta,
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BndP 1 14.15
धातकिश्चापि द्वावेतौ पुत्रौ पुत्रवता वरौ । महावीतं स्मृतं वर्षं तस्य नाम्ना महात्मनः
dhātakiścāpi dvāvetau putrau putravatā varau / mahāvītaṃ smṛtaṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā mahātmanaḥ
and Dhātaki also — these two were the excellent sons of him who had sons; the region is called Mahāvīta by the name of that great one,
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BndP 1 14.16
नाम्ना च धातकेश्चापि धातकीखण्ड उच्यते । हव्यो व्यजनयत्पुत्राञ् शाकद्वीपेश्वराञ् प्रभुः
nāmnā ca dhātakeścāpi dhātakīkhaṇḍa ucyate / havyo vyajanayatputrāñ śākadvīpeśvarāñ prabhuḥ
and by the name of Dhātaki it is called Dhātakīkhaṇḍa. The lord Havya begot sons who were lords of Śākadvīpa:
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BndP 1 14.17
जलदं च कुमारं च सुकुमारं मणीवकम् । कुसुमोत्तरमोदाकौ सप्तमं च महाद्रुगम्
jaladaṃ ca kumāraṃ ca sukumāraṃ maṇīvakam / kusumottaramodākau saptamaṃ ca mahādrugam
Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Maṇīvaka, Kusumottara, Modāka, and the seventh, Mahādruma.
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BndP 1 14.18
जलदं जलदस्याथ प्रथमं वर्षमुच्यते । कुमारस्य तु कौमारं द्वितीयं परिकीर्तितम्
jaladaṃ jaladasyātha prathamaṃ varṣamucyate / kumārasya tu kaumāraṃ dvitīyaṃ parikīrtitam
Now the first region is called Jalada, after Jalada; the second is proclaimed Kaumāra, after Kumāra;
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BndP 1 14.19
सुकुमारं तृतीयं तु सुकुमारस्य तत्स्सतम् । मणीवस्य चतुर्थं तु मणीवकमिहोच्यते
sukumāraṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu sukumārasya tatssatam / maṇīvasya caturthaṃ tu maṇīvakamihocyate
the third is Sukumāra, that of Sukumāra; and the fourth, of Maṇīva, is here called Maṇīvaka;
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BndP 1 14.20
कुसुमोत्तरवर्षं यत्पञ्चमं कुसुमोत्तरम् । मोदकस्यापि मोदाकं षष्ठं वर्षं प्रकीर्त्तितम्
kusumottaravarṣaṃ yatpañcamaṃ kusumottaram / modakasyāpi modākaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣaṃ prakīrttitam
the fifth region, Kusumottara, is Kusumottara; and the sixth region is declared to be Modāka, of Modaka;
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BndP 1 14.21
महाद्रुमस्य नाम्ना च सप्तमं तन्महाद्रुमम् । तेषां तु नामभिस्तानि सप्त वर्षाणि तत्र वै
mahādrumasya nāmnā ca saptamaṃ tanmahādrumam / teṣāṃ tu nāmabhistāni sapta varṣāṇi tatra vai
and by the name of Mahādruma the seventh is that Mahādruma. So by their names those seven regions there (are known).
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BndP 1 14.22
क्रैञ्चद्वीपेश्वरस्यापि पुत्रो द्युतिमतस्तु वै । कुशलो मनोनुगस्छोष्णः पावनश्चान्धकारकः
kraiñcadvīpeśvarasyāpi putro dyutimatastu vai / kuśalo manonugaschoṣṇaḥ pāvanaścāndhakārakaḥ
Of the lord of Krauñcadvīpa too, of Dyutimat, (there were) sons: Kuśala, Manonuga, Uṣṇa, Pāvana and Andhakāraka.
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BndP 1 14.23
मुनिश्च दुन्दुभिश्चैव सुता द्युतिमतस्तु वै । तेषां स्वनामभिर्देशाः क्रैञ्चद्वीपाश्रयाः शुभाः
muniśca dundubhiścaiva sutā dyutimatastu vai / teṣāṃ svanāmabhirdeśāḥ kraiñcadvīpāśrayāḥ śubhāḥ
And Muni and Dundubhi — these were the sons of Dyutimat; by their own names (are called) the auspicious regions belonging to Krauñcadvīpa.
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BndP 1 14.24
कुशलस्य तु देशो ऽभूत कौशलो नाम विश्रुतः । देशो मनोनुगस्यापि मानोनुगे इते स्मृतः
kuśalasya tu deśo 'bhūta kauśalo nāma viśrutaḥ / deśo manonugasyāpi mānonuge ite smṛtaḥ
Kuśala's region became renowned by the name Kauśala; and Manonuga's region is remembered here as Mānonuga.
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BndP 1 14.25
उष्णस्योष्णः स्मृतो देशः पावनस्यापि पावनः । अन्धकारस्य देशस्तु आन्धकारः प्रकीर्त्तितः
uṣṇasyoṣṇaḥ smṛto deśaḥ pāvanasyāpi pāvanaḥ / andhakārasya deśastu āndhakāraḥ prakīrttitaḥ
Uṣṇa's region is remembered as Uṣṇa, and Pāvana's as Pāvana; and Andhakāra's region is proclaimed as Āndhakāra.
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BndP 1 14.26
मुनेश्च मौनिदेशो वै दुन्दुभेर्दुन्दुभिः स्मृतः । एते जनपदाः सप्त क्रैञ्चद्वीपे तु भास्वराः
muneśca maunideśo vai dundubherdundubhiḥ smṛtaḥ / ete janapadāḥ sapta kraiñcadvīpe tu bhāsvarāḥ
And Muni's is the Mauni region, and Dundubhi's is remembered as Dundubhi. These are the seven shining countries in Krauñcadvīpa.
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BndP 1 14.27
ज्योतिष्मतः कुशद्वीपे सप्तैवासन्महौजसः । उद्भिज्जो वेणुमांश्चैव वैरथो लवणो धृतिः
jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe saptaivāsanmahaujasaḥ / udbhijjo veṇumāṃścaiva vairatho lavaṇo dhṛtiḥ
Of Jyotiṣmat in Kuśadvīpa there were seven (sons) of great vigour: Udbhijja, Veṇumat, Vairatha, Lavaṇa, Dhṛti,
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BndP 1 14.28
षष्ठः प्रभाकरश्चा पि सप्तमः कपिलः स्मृतः । उद्भिज्जं प्रथमं वर्षं द्वितीयं वेणुमण्डलम्
ṣaṣṭhaḥ prabhākaraścā pi saptamaḥ kapilaḥ smṛtaḥ / udbhijjaṃ prathamaṃ varṣaṃ dvitīyaṃ veṇumaṇḍalam
the sixth Prabhākara, and the seventh is remembered as Kapila. The first region is Udbhijja, the second Veṇumaṇḍala,
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BndP 1 14.29
तृतीयं वै रथाकारं चतुर्थं लवणं स्मृतम् । पञ्चमं धृतिमद्वर्षं षष्ठं वर्षं प्रभाकरम्
tṛtīyaṃ vai rathākāraṃ caturthaṃ lavaṇaṃ smṛtam / pañcamaṃ dhṛtimadvarṣaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ varṣaṃ prabhākaram
the third is Rathākāra, the fourth is remembered as Lavaṇa, the fifth region is Dhṛtimat, the sixth region Prabhākara,
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BndP 1 14.30
सप्तमं कपिलं नाम कपिलस्य प्रकीर्त्तितम् । तेषां देशाः कशद्वीपे तत्सनामान एव च
saptamaṃ kapilaṃ nāma kapilasya prakīrttitam / teṣāṃ deśāḥ kaśadvīpe tatsanāmāna eva ca
the seventh, named Kapila, is declared to be Kapila's. Their regions in Kuśadvīpa bear the very same names as theirs,
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BndP 1 14.31
आश्रमाचारयुक्ताभिः प्रजाभिः समलङ्कृताः । शाल्मलस्येश्वराः सप्त सुतास्ते च वपुष्मतः
āśramācārayuktābhiḥ prajābhiḥ samalaṅkṛtāḥ / śālmalasyeśvarāḥ sapta sutāste ca vapuṣmataḥ
adorned with peoples devoted to the observances of the (four) stages of life. And those seven sons of Vapuṣmat (are) the lords of Śālmala(dvīpa):
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BndP 1 14.32
श्वेतश्च हरितश्चैव जीमूतो रोहितस्तथा । वैद्युतो मानसश्चापि सुप्रभः सप्तमस्तथा
śvetaśca haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitastathā / vaidyuto mānasaścāpi suprabhaḥ saptamastathā
Śveta, Harita, Jīmūta, likewise Rohita, Vaidyuta, Mānasa, and the seventh, Suprabha.
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BndP 1 14.33
श्वेतस्तु देशः श्वेतस्य हरितस्य सुहारितः । जीमूतस्यापि जीमूतो रोहितस्यापि रोहितः
śvetastu deśaḥ śvetasya haritasya suhāritaḥ / jīmūtasyāpi jīmūto rohitasyāpi rohitaḥ
Śveta's region is Śveta, Harita's is Suhārita, Jīmūta's too is Jīmūta, and Rohita's is Rohita,
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BndP 1 14.34
वैद्युतो वैद्युतस्यापि मानसस्य तु मानसः । सुप्रभः सुप्रभस्यापि सप्तैते देशपालकाः
vaidyuto vaidyutasyāpi mānasasya tu mānasaḥ / suprabhaḥ suprabhasyāpi saptaite deśapālakāḥ
Vaidyuta's is Vaidyuta, and Mānasa's is Mānasa, Suprabha's too is Suprabha. These seven are the guardians of the regions.
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BndP 1 14.35
प्लक्ष द्वीपं प्रवक्ष्यामि जंबूद्वीपादनन्तरम् । सप्त मेधातिथे पुत्राः प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरा नृपाः
plakṣa dvīpaṃ pravakṣyāmi jaṃbūdvīpādanantaram / sapta medhātithe putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarā nṛpāḥ
I shall describe Plakṣadvīpa, next after Jambūdvīpa. Medhātithi's seven sons (were) kings, lords of Plakṣadvīpa.
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BndP 1 14.36
ज्येष्ठः शान्तभयो नाम द्वितीयः शिशिरः स्मृतः । सुखोदयस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो नन्द उच्यते
jyeṣṭhaḥ śāntabhayo nāma dvitīyaḥ śiśiraḥ smṛtaḥ / sukhodayastṛtīyastu caturtho nanda ucyate
The eldest was named Śāntabhaya, the second is remembered as Śiśira, the third is Sukhodaya, and the fourth is called Nanda,
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BndP 1 14.37
शिवस्तु पेचमस्तेषां क्षेमकः षष्ठ उच्यते । ध्रुवस्तु सप्तमो ज्ञेयः पुत्रा मेधातिथेः स्मृताः
śivastu pecamasteṣāṃ kṣemakaḥ ṣaṣṭha ucyate / dhruvastu saptamo jñeyaḥ putrā medhātitheḥ smṛtāḥ
and Śiva is the fifth of them, Kṣemaka is called the sixth, and Dhruva is to be known as the seventh: these are remembered as Medhātithi's sons.
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BndP 1 14.38
सप्तानां नामभिस्तेषां तानि वर्षाणि सप्त वै । तस्माच्छान्तभयं चैव शिशिरं च सुखोदयम्
saptānāṃ nāmabhisteṣāṃ tāni varṣāṇi sapta vai / tasmācchāntabhayaṃ caiva śiśiraṃ ca sukhodayam
By the names of those seven, those seven regions (are named); therefore Śāntabhaya, and Śiśira, and Sukhodaya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.39
आनन्दं च शिवं चैव क्षेमकं च ध्रुवं तथा । तानि तेषां समानानि सप्त वर्षाणि भागशः
ānandaṃ ca śivaṃ caiva kṣemakaṃ ca dhruvaṃ tathā / tāni teṣāṃ samānāni sapta varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ
and Ānanda, and Śiva, and Kṣemaka, and likewise Dhruva — those seven regions are the same as theirs, share by share.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.40
निवेशितानि तैस्तानि पूर्वं स्वायंभूवेन्तरे । मेधा तिथेस्तु पुत्रैस्तैः प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरैर्नृबैः
niveśitāni taistāni pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhūventare / medhā tithestu putraistaiḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarairnṛbaiḥ
Those (regions) were settled by them formerly in the Svāyambhuva interval (of Manu) — by those sons of Medhātithi, those men who were lords of Plakṣadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.41
वर्णाश्रमाचारयुक्ताः प्लक्षद्वीपे प्रजाः कृताः । प्लक्षद्वीपादिषु त्वेषु शाकद्वीपान्तिकेषु वै
varṇāśramācārayuktāḥ plakṣadvīpe prajāḥ kṛtāḥ / plakṣadvīpādiṣu tveṣu śākadvīpāntikeṣu vai
In Plakṣadvīpa the people were made to conform to the observances of class and stage of life. And in these (islands) beginning with Plakṣadvīpa and ending with Śākadvīpa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.42
ज्ञेयः पञ्चसु धर्मो वै वर्णाश्रमविभाजकः । सुखमायुश्च रूपं च बलं धर्मश्च नित्यशः
jñeyaḥ pañcasu dharmo vai varṇāśramavibhājakaḥ / sukhamāyuśca rūpaṃ ca balaṃ dharmaśca nityaśaḥ
In the five (continents) the dharma that divides the classes and the life-stages is to be known; and happiness, lifespan, beauty, strength and dharma (are there) perpetually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 14.43
पञ्चस्वेतेषु द्वीपेषु सर्वसाधा रणं स्मृतम् । प्रक्षद्वीपः परिष्क्रान्तो जंबूद्वीपं निबोधत
pañcasveteṣu dvīpeṣu sarvasādhā raṇaṃ smṛtam / prakṣadvīpaḥ pariṣkrānto jaṃbūdvīpaṃ nibodhata
In these five continents (the ways of life) are recorded as universally uniform. Plakṣadvīpa has been gone over; now learn of Jambūdvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 14.44
आग्नीध्रं ज्येष्ठदायादं काम्यापुत्रं महाबलम् । प्रियव्रतो ऽभ्य षिञ्चत्तं जंबूद्वीपेश्वरं नृपम्
āgnīdhraṃ jyeṣṭhadāyādaṃ kāmyāputraṃ mahābalam / priyavrato 'bhya ṣiñcattaṃ jaṃbūdvīpeśvaraṃ nṛpam
Priyavrata consecrated Āgnīdhra, his eldest heir, the mighty son of Kāmyā, as king and lord of Jambūdvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.45
तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि प्रजापतिसमा नव । ज्येष्ठो नाभिरिति ख्यातस्तस्य किंपुरुषो ऽनुजः
tasya putrā babhūvurhi prajāpatisamā nava / jyeṣṭho nābhiriti khyātastasya kiṃpuruṣo 'nujaḥ
He had nine sons, equal to Prajāpati; the eldest was known as Nābhi, and his younger brother was Kiṃpuruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.46
हरिवर्षस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो ऽभूदिलावृतः । रम्यस्तु पञ्चमः पुत्रो हिरण्वान् षष्ठ उच्यते
harivarṣastṛtīyastu caturtho 'bhūdilāvṛtaḥ / ramyastu pañcamaḥ putro hiraṇvān ṣaṣṭha ucyate
The third was Harivarṣa, the fourth was Ilāvṛta, the fifth son was Ramya, and the sixth is called Hiraṇvān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.47
कुरुस्तु सप्तमस्तेषां भद्राश्वश्चाष्टमः स्मृतः । नवमः केतुमालश्च तेषां देशान्निबोधत
kurustu saptamasteṣāṃ bhadrāśvaścāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ / navamaḥ ketumālaśca teṣāṃ deśānnibodhata
The seventh of them was Kuru, and the eighth is recorded as Bhadrāśva, and the ninth was Ketumāla; now learn of their territories.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.48
नाभेस्तु दक्षिणं वर्षं हिमाख्यं तु पिता ददौ । हेमकूटं तु यद्वर्षं ददौ किपुरुषाय तत्
nābhestu dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ himākhyaṃ tu pitā dadau / hemakūṭaṃ tu yadvarṣaṃ dadau kipuruṣāya tat
To Nābhi the father gave the southern region called Hima; and the region that is Hemakūṭa he gave to Kiṃpuruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.49
नैषधं यत्स्मृतं वर्षं हरिवर्षाय तं ददौ । मध्यमं यत्सुमेरोस्तु ददौ स तदिलावृतम्
naiṣadhaṃ yatsmṛtaṃ varṣaṃ harivarṣāya taṃ dadau / madhyamaṃ yatsumerostu dadau sa tadilāvṛtam
The region recorded as Naiṣadha he gave to Harivarṣa; and the middle one, that of Sumeru, he gave as Ilāvṛta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.50
नीलं तु यत्स्मृतं वर्षं रम्यायैतप्तिता ददौ । श्वेतं यदुत्तरं तस्मात्पित्रा दत्तं हिरण्वते
nīlaṃ tu yatsmṛtaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāyaitaptitā dadau / śvetaṃ yaduttaraṃ tasmātpitrā dattaṃ hiraṇvate
The region recorded as Nīla the father gave to Ramya; and the one north of that, Śveta, was given by the father to Hiraṇvān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.51
यदुत्तरे शृङ्गवतो वर्षं तत्कुरवे ददौ । साल्यवन्तं तथा वर्षं भद्राश्वाय न्यवेदयत्
yaduttare śṛṅgavato varṣaṃ tatkurave dadau / sālyavantaṃ tathā varṣaṃ bhadrāśvāya nyavedayat
The region that is north of Śṛṅgavat he gave to Kuru; and the region Sālyavat (Mālyavat) he assigned to Bhadrāśva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.52
गन्धमादनवर्षं तु केतुमाले न्यवेदयत् । इत्येतानि मयोक्तानि नव वर्षाणि भागशः
gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumāle nyavedayat / ityetāni mayoktāni nava varṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ
And the Gandhamādana region he assigned to Ketumāla. Thus these nine regions have been declared by me, portion by portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.53
आग्नी ध्रस्तेषु वर्षेषु पुत्रांस्तानभ्यषेचयत् । यथाक्रमं स धर्मात्मा ततस्तु तपसि स्थितः
āgnī dhrasteṣu varṣeṣu putrāṃstānabhyaṣecayat / yathākramaṃ sa dharmātmā tatastu tapasi sthitaḥ
Āgnīdhra consecrated those sons in those regions in due order; then that righteous one abode in austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.54
इत्येतौः सप्तभिः कृत्स्ना सप्तद्वीपा निवे शिताः । प्रियव्रतस्य पुत्रैस्तैः पौतैः स्वायंभुवस्य च
ityetauḥ saptabhiḥ kṛtsnā saptadvīpā nive śitāḥ / priyavratasya putraistaiḥ pautaiḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya ca
Thus by these seven the whole of the seven continents was settled — by those sons of Priyavrata and by the grandsons of Svāyaṃbhuva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.55
एवं वर्षेषु सर्वेषु सन्निवेशाः पुनः पुनः । क्रियन्ते प्रलये वृत्ते सप्त सप्तसु पार्थिवैः
evaṃ varṣeṣu sarveṣu sanniveśāḥ punaḥ punaḥ / kriyante pralaye vṛtte sapta saptasu pārthivaiḥ
Thus in all the regions the settlements are made again and again, seven in the seven, by the kings, when the dissolution has taken place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.56
एवं स्वभावः कल्पानां द्वीपानां च निवेशने । यानि किंपुरुषाद्यानि वर्णाण्यष्टौ श्रुतानि तु
evaṃ svabhāvaḥ kalpānāṃ dvīpānāṃ ca niveśane / yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṇāṇyaṣṭau śrutāni tu
Such is the nature of the kalpas and of the settling of the continents. As for the eight regions beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa that have been heard of —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 14.57
तेषां स्वभावतः सिद्धिः सुखप्रायमयत्नतः । विपर्ययो न तेष्वस्ति जरामृत्युभयं न च
teṣāṃ svabhāvataḥ siddhiḥ sukhaprāyamayatnataḥ / viparyayo na teṣvasti jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ na ca
In them accomplishment comes by nature, mostly pleasant, without effort; there is no reversal in them, nor any fear of old age and death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.58
धर्माधर्मौं न तेष्वास्ता नोत्तमाधममध्यमाः । न तेष्वस्ति युगावस्था क्षेत्रेष्वष्टासु सर्वशः
dharmādharmauṃ na teṣvāstā nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ / na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kṣetreṣvaṣṭāsu sarvaśaḥ
Neither dharma nor non-dharma existed in them, nor highest, lowest and middling (kinds of men); nor is there in them, in any way, the condition of the yugas, in those eight territories.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.59
नाभेर्निसर्गं वक्ष्यामि हिमाह्वे ऽस्मिन्निबोधत । नाभिस्त्वज नयत्पुत्रं मेरुदेव्यां महाद्युतिम्
nābhernisargaṃ vakṣyāmi himāhve 'sminnibodhata / nābhistvaja nayatputraṃ merudevyāṃ mahādyutim
I shall tell of Nābhi's progeny; learn of it here in (the region) called Hima. Nābhi begot on Merudevī a son of great splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.60
ऋषभं पार्थिवश्रेष्ठं सर्वक्षत्रस्य पूर्वजम् । ऋषभाद्भरतो जज्ञे वीरः पुत्रशताग्रजः
ṛṣabhaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭhaṃ sarvakṣatrasya pūrvajam / ṛṣabhādbharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatāgrajaḥ
Ṛṣabha, best of kings, the forefather of all the kṣatra; from Ṛṣabha was born the hero Bharata, the eldest of a hundred sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.61
सोभिषिच्यर्षभः पुत्रं महाप्रव्रज्यया स्थितः । हिमाह्वं दक्षिणं वर्षं भरताय न्यवेदयत्
sobhiṣicyarṣabhaḥ putraṃ mahāpravrajyayā sthitaḥ / himāhvaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya nyavedayat
Having consecrated his son, Ṛṣabha took up the great renunciation; he assigned the southern region called Hima to Bharata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.62
तस्मात्तु भारतं वर्षं तस्य नाम्ना विदुर्बुधाः । भरतस्यात्मजो विद्वान्सुमतिर्नाम धार्मिकः
tasmāttu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā vidurbudhāḥ / bharatasyātmajo vidvānsumatirnāma dhārmikaḥ
From him the wise know this land as Bhārata-varṣa, by his name. Bharata's son was a learned and righteous (man) named Sumati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.63
बभूव तस्मिन् राज्ये तंभरतस्त्वभ्यषेचयत् । पुत्रसंक्रामितश्रीस्तु वनं राजा विवेश सः
babhūva tasmin rājye taṃbharatastvabhyaṣecayat / putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīstu vanaṃ rājā viveśa saḥ
He was (born); and Bharata consecrated him in that kingdom; and the king, his fortune transferred to his son, entered the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.64
तेजसस्तत्सुतश्चापि प्रजापतिरमित्रजित् । तेजसस्यात्मजो विद्वानिन्द्रद्युम्न इति स्मृतः
tejasastatsutaścāpi prajāpatiramitrajit / tejasasyātmajo vidvānindradyumna iti smṛtaḥ
And his son was Tejas, a lord of creatures, a conqueror of foes; and Tejas's son was the learned one remembered as Indradyumna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.65
परमेष्ठी सुतश्चापि निधने तस्य चाप्यभूत् । प्रतीहारः कुलं तस्य नाम्ना जज्ञे तदन्वयः
parameṣṭhī sutaścāpi nidhane tasya cāpyabhūt / pratīhāraḥ kulaṃ tasya nāmnā jajñe tadanvayaḥ
And on his death his son was Parameṣṭhin; his son (was) Pratīhāra, whose line was born (bearing) his name as its family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 14.66
प्रतिहर्तेति विख्यातो जज्ञे तस्यापि धीमतः । उन्नेता प्रतिहर्तुस्तु भूमा तस्य सुतः स्मृतः
pratiharteti vikhyāto jajñe tasyāpi dhīmataḥ / unnetā pratihartustu bhūmā tasya sutaḥ smṛtaḥ
Of that wise one too was born (a son) known as Pratihartā; Pratihartā's (son was) Unnetā, and his son is remembered as Bhūmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.67
उद्गीथस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽभूतप्रस्ताविश्चापि तत्सुतः । प्रस्तावेस्तु विभुः पुत्रः पृथुस्तस्य सुतो ऽभवत्
udgīthastasya putro 'bhūtaprastāviścāpi tatsutaḥ / prastāvestu vibhuḥ putraḥ pṛthustasya suto 'bhavat
His son was Udgītha, and his son was Prastāvi; Prastāvi's son was Vibhu, and his son was Pṛthu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.68
पृथोश्चापि सुतो नक्तो नक्तस्यापि गयः सुतः । गयस्यापि नरः पुत्रो नरस्यापि सुतो विराट्
pṛthoścāpi suto nakto naktasyāpi gayaḥ sutaḥ / gayasyāpi naraḥ putro narasyāpi suto virāṭ
And Pṛthu's son was Nakta, and Nakta's son was Gaya; Gaya's son was Nara, and Nara's son was Virāṭ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.69
विराट्सुतो महावीर्यो धीमांस्तस्य सुतो ऽभवत् । धीमतश्च महान्पुत्रो महतश्चापि भौवनः
virāṭsuto mahāvīryo dhīmāṃstasya suto 'bhavat / dhīmataśca mahānputro mahataścāpi bhauvanaḥ
Virāṭ's son was Mahāvīrya; his son was Dhīmān; and Dhīmān's son was Mahān, and Mahān's (son) was Bhauvana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.70
भौवनस्य सतस्त्वष्टा विरजास्तस्य चात्मजः । रजा विरजसः पुत्रः शतजिद्रजसस्तथा
bhauvanasya satastvaṣṭā virajāstasya cātmajaḥ / rajā virajasaḥ putraḥ śatajidrajasastathā
Bhauvana's (son) was Tvaṣṭā, and his son was Virajas; Rajas was Virajas's son, and Rajas's (son) was Śatajit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.71
तस्य पुत्रशतं त्वासीद्राजानः सर्व एव तु । विश्वज्योतिष्प्रधानास्ते यैरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः
tasya putraśataṃ tvāsīdrājānaḥ sarva eva tu / viśvajyotiṣpradhānāste yairimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ
He had a hundred sons, all of them kings, with Viśvajyotis as their chief, by whom these creatures were increased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.72
तैरिदं भारतं वर्षं सप्तद्वीपमिहाङ्कितम् । तेषां वंशप्रसूतैस्तु भुक्तेयं भारती पुरा
tairidaṃ bhārataṃ varṣaṃ saptadvīpamihāṅkitam / teṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtaistu bhukteyaṃ bhāratī purā
By them this Bhārata-varṣa here was marked out with its seven divisions; and by those born in their lineage this land of Bharata was formerly enjoyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.73
कृतत्रेतादियुक्तास्तु युगाख्या ह्येकसप्ततिः । ये ऽतीतास्तैर्युगैः सार्धं राजानस्ते तदन्वयाः
kṛtatretādiyuktāstu yugākhyā hyekasaptatiḥ / ye 'tītāstairyugaiḥ sārdhaṃ rājānaste tadanvayāḥ
The ages named Kṛta, Tretā and so on are seventy-one; those (ages) that have passed—along with those ages (have passed) the kings of that lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 14.74
स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे पूर्वं शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः । एवं स्वायं भुवः सर्गो येनेदं पूरितं जगत्
svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare pūrvaṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ / evaṃ svāyaṃ bhuvaḥ sargo yenedaṃ pūritaṃ jagat
Formerly, in the Manvantara of Svāyaṃbhuva, (they were) by hundreds and by thousands. Such is the creation of the Self-born, by which this world was filled—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 14.75
ऋषिभिर्दैवतैश्चापि पिर्तृगन्धवराक्षसैः । यक्षभूतपिशाचैश्च मनुष्यमृगपक्षिभिः । तेषां सृष्टिरियं प्रोक्ता युगैः सह विवर्त्तते
ṛṣibhirdaivataiścāpi pirtṛgandhavarākṣasaiḥ / yakṣabhūtapiśācaiśca manuṣyamṛgapakṣibhiḥ / teṣāṃ sṛṣṭiriyaṃ proktā yugaiḥ saha vivarttate
with sages and with gods, with fathers, Gandharvas and Rākṣasas, with Yakṣas, Bhūtas and Piśācas, with men, beasts and birds. This creation of theirs has been declared; it revolves along with the ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition