Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 36
BndP 1 36.1
शांशपायन उवाच मन्वन्तराणि शेषाणि श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यनुक्रमात् । मन्वन्तराधिपांश्चैव शक्रदेवपुरोगमान्
śāṃśapāyana uvāca manvantarāṇi śeṣāṇi śrotumicchāmyanukramāt / manvantarādhipāṃścaiva śakradevapurogamān
Śāṃśapāyana said: I wish to hear the remaining manvantaras in order, and the rulers of the manvantaras, headed by Śakra and the gods.
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BndP 1 36.2
सूत उवाच मन्वन्तराणि यानि स्युरतीतानागतानि ह । समासा द्विस्तराच्चैव ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत
sūta uvāca manvantarāṇi yāni syuratītānāgatāni ha / samāsā dvistarāccaiva bruvato me nibodhata
Sūta said: Learn from me as I tell, both in brief and at length, of the manvantaras that are past and that are to come.
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BndP 1 36.3
स्वायंभुवो मनुः पूर्वं मनुः स्वारोचिषस्तथा । उत्तमस्तामसश्चैव रैवतश्चाक्षुषस्तथा
svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṃ manuḥ svārociṣastathā / uttamastāmasaścaiva raivataścākṣuṣastathā
First the Manu Svāyambhuva, then the Manu Svārociṣa, and Uttama and Tāmasa, and Raivata and Cākṣuṣa likewise.
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BndP 1 36.4
षडेते मनवो ऽतीता वक्ष्याम्यष्टावनागतान् । सावर्णिश्चैव रौच्यश्च भौत्यो वैवस्वतस्तथा
ṣaḍete manavo 'tītā vakṣyāmyaṣṭāvanāgatān / sāvarṇiścaiva raucyaśca bhautyo vaivasvatastathā
These six Manus are past; I shall tell of the eight to come: Sāvarṇi, and Raucya, and Bhautya, and Vaivasvata likewise.
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BndP 1 36.5
वक्ष्याम्येतान्पुरस्तात्तु मनोर्वेवस्वतस्य च । मनवः पञ्च ये ऽतीता मानसांस्तान्निबोधत
vakṣyāmyetānpurastāttu manorvevasvatasya ca / manavaḥ pañca ye 'tītā mānasāṃstānnibodhata
But I shall speak of these later, and of the Manu Vaivasvata; learn of those five Manus who are past, who were mind-born.
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BndP 1 36.6
मन्वन्तरं मया वो ऽध्य क्रान्तं स्वायंभुवस्य ह । अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि मनाः स्वारोचिषस्य ह
manvantaraṃ mayā vo 'dhya krāntaṃ svāyaṃbhuvasya ha / ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi manāḥ svārociṣasya ha
The manvantara of Svāyaṃbhuva has now been gone through by me for you; from this point on I shall declare the (era) of Manu Svārociṣa.
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BndP 1 36.7
प्रजासर्गं समासेन द्वितीयस्य महात्मनः । आसन्वै तुषिता देवा मनोः स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे
prajāsargaṃ samāsena dvitīyasya mahātmanaḥ / āsanvai tuṣitā devā manoḥ svārociṣe 'ntare
(I shall declare) in brief the creation of offspring of the second (Manu), the great-souled one. In the interval of Manu Svārociṣa there were the Tuṣita gods.
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BndP 1 36.8
पारावताश्च विद्वांसो द्वावेव तु गणौ स्मृतौ । तुषितायां समुत्पन्नाः क्रतोः पुत्राः स्वरोचिषः
pārāvatāśca vidvāṃso dvāveva tu gaṇau smṛtau / tuṣitāyāṃ samutpannāḥ kratoḥ putrāḥ svarociṣaḥ
And the Pārāvatas and the Vidvas — just these two are recorded as the (two) troops; born of Tuṣitā, they were the sons of Kratu Svarociṣ.
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BndP 1 36.9
पारावताश्च वासिष्ठा द्वादश द्वौ गणौ स्मृतौ । छन्दजाश्च चतुर्विंशद्देवास्ते वै तदा स्मृताः
pārāvatāśca vāsiṣṭhā dvādaśa dvau gaṇau smṛtau / chandajāśca caturviṃśaddevāste vai tadā smṛtāḥ
The Pārāvatas and the Vāsiṣṭhas, twelve (each): these two troops are recorded; and the Chandaja gods, twenty-four in all, are recorded as (existing) then.
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BndP 1 36.10
दिवस्पर्शो ऽथ जामित्रो गोपदो भासुरस्तथा । अजश्च भगवाश्चैव द्रविणश्य महा बलः
divasparśo 'tha jāmitro gopado bhāsurastathā / ajaśca bhagavāścaiva draviṇaśya mahā balaḥ
Divasparśa, then Jāmitra, Gopada and likewise Bhāsura, and Aja, and Bhagavat, and Draviṇaśya of great strength;
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BndP 1 36.11
आयश्चापि महाबाहुर्महौजाश्चापि वीर्यवान् । चिकित्वान्विश्रुतो यस्तु चांशो यश्चैव पठ्यते
āyaścāpi mahābāhurmahaujāścāpi vīryavān / cikitvānviśruto yastu cāṃśo yaścaiva paṭhyate
and Āya of mighty arms, and Mahaujas the valorous, Cikitvat who is renowned, and Aṃśa, who too is recited;
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BndP 1 36.12
ऋतश्चद्वादशस्तेषां तुषिताः परिकीर्त्तिताः । इत्येते क्रतुपुत्रास्तु तदासन्सोमपायिनः
ṛtaścadvādaśasteṣāṃ tuṣitāḥ parikīrttitāḥ / ityete kratuputrāstu tadāsansomapāyinaḥ
and Ṛta — these twelve of them are proclaimed as the Tuṣitas. These, then, the sons of Kratu, were drinkers of soma at that time.
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BndP 1 36.13
प्रचेताश्चैव यो देवो विश्वदेवस्तथैव च । समञ्जो विश्रुतो यस्तु ह्यजिह्मश्चारिमर्द्दनः
pracetāścaiva yo devo viśvadevastathaiva ca / samañjo viśruto yastu hyajihmaścārimarddanaḥ
And the god who is Pracetas, and likewise Viśvadeva, Samañja who is renowned, and Ajihma, and Arimardana,
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BndP 1 36.14
आयुर्दानो महामानो दिव्यमानस्तथैव च । अजेयश्च महाभागो यवीयांश्च महाबलः
āyurdāno mahāmāno divyamānastathaiva ca / ajeyaśca mahābhāgo yavīyāṃśca mahābalaḥ
Āyurdāna, Mahāmāna, and likewise Divyamāna, and Ajeya the greatly fortunate, and Yavīyas of great strength,
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BndP 1 36.15
होता यज्वा तथा ह्येते परिक्रान्ताः परावताः । इत्येता देवता ह्यासन्मनोः स्वारोचिषान्तरे
hotā yajvā tathā hyete parikrāntāḥ parāvatāḥ / ityetā devatā hyāsanmanoḥ svārociṣāntare
Hotā and Yajvā — these have been surveyed as the Parāvatas. These, then, were the deities in the interval of Manu Svārociṣa.
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BndP 1 36.16
सोमपास्तु तदा ह्येताश्चतुर्विशति देवताः । तेषामिन्द्रस्तदा ह्यासीद्विपश्चिल्लोकविश्रुतः
somapāstu tadā hyetāścaturviśati devatāḥ / teṣāmindrastadā hyāsīdvipaścillokaviśrutaḥ
These twenty-four deities were then the soma-drinkers; and their Indra at that time was Vipaścit, renowned in the worlds.
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BndP 1 36.17
ऊर्जा वसिष्ठपुत्रश्च स्तंबः काश्यप एव च । भार्गवश्च तधा प्राम ऋषभ्ॐऽङ्गिरसस्तथा
ūrjā vasiṣṭhaputraśca staṃbaḥ kāśyapa eva ca / bhārgavaśca tadhā prāma ṛṣabhoṃ'ṅgirasastathā
Ūrjā the son of Vasiṣṭha, and Stambha the Kāśyapa, and the Bhārgava, and likewise Prāṇa, and Ṛṣabha the Āṅgirasa,
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BndP 1 36.18
पौलस्त्यश्चैव दत्तो ऽत्रिरात्रेयो निश्चलस्तथा । पौलहो ऽथार्वरीवांश्च एते सप्तर्षयस्तथा
paulastyaścaiva datto 'trirātreyo niścalastathā / paulaho 'thārvarīvāṃśca ete saptarṣayastathā
and the Paulastya named Datta, Atri the Ātreya, and Niścala, and the Paulaha, and Arvarīvat — these were the seven seers (then).
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BndP 1 36.19
चैत्रः किंपुरुष श्चैव कृतान्तो विभृतो रविः । बृहदुक्थो नवः सेतुः श्रुतश्चेति नव स्मृताः
caitraḥ kiṃpuruṣa ścaiva kṛtānto vibhṛto raviḥ / bṛhaduktho navaḥ setuḥ śrutaśceti nava smṛtāḥ
Caitra, and Kiṃpuruṣa, Kṛtānta, Vibhṛta, Ravi, Bṛhaduktha, Nava, Setu, and Śruta — these nine are recorded.
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BndP 1 36.20
मनोः स्वारोचिषस्यैते पुत्रा वंशकराः प्रभो । पुराणे परिसंख्याता द्वितीयं वै तदन्तरम्
manoḥ svārociṣasyaite putrā vaṃśakarāḥ prabho / purāṇe parisaṃkhyātā dvitīyaṃ vai tadantaram
These, O lord, were the sons of Manu Svārociṣa, continuers of the lineage, reckoned up in the Purāṇa; that was the second interval.
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BndP 1 36.21
सप्तर्षयो मनुर्देवाः पितरश्च चतुष्टयम् । मूलं मन्वन्तरस्यैते तेषां चैवान्वयाः प्रजाः
saptarṣayo manurdevāḥ pitaraśca catuṣṭayam / mūlaṃ manvantarasyaite teṣāṃ caivānvayāḥ prajāḥ
The seven seers, the Manu, the gods, and the fathers — this set of four; these are the root of a manvantara, and their descendants are the creatures.
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BndP 1 36.22
ऋषीणां देवताः पुत्राः पितरो देवसूनवः । ऋषयो देवपुत्राश्च इति शास्त्रे विनिश्चयः
ṛṣīṇāṃ devatāḥ putrāḥ pitaro devasūnavaḥ / ṛṣayo devaputrāśca iti śāstre viniścayaḥ
The gods are the sons of the seers, the fathers are the sons of the gods, and the seers are the sons of the gods — such is the settled conclusion in the teaching.
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BndP 1 36.23
मनोः क्षत्रं विशश्चैव सप्तर्षिभ्यो द्विजा तयः । एतन्मन्वन्तरं प्रोक्तं समासाच्च न विस्तरात्
manoḥ kṣatraṃ viśaścaiva saptarṣibhyo dvijā tayaḥ / etanmanvantaraṃ proktaṃ samāsācca na vistarāt
From the Manu (come) the kṣatriyas and the commoners, and from the seven seers the twice-born; this manvantara has been told in brief and not at length.
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BndP 1 36.24
स्वायंभुवे न विस्तारो ज्ञेयः स्वारोचिषस्य च । न शक्यो विस्तरस्तस्य वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि
svāyaṃbhuve na vistāro jñeyaḥ svārociṣasya ca / na śakyo vistarastasya vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi
The full extent of the Svāyaṃbhuva (interval) and of the Svārociṣa is not to be known (in detail); its extent cannot be told even in hundreds of years,
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BndP 1 36.25
पुनरुक्तबहुत्वात्तु प्रजानां वै कुलेकुले । तृतीये त्वथ पर्याये उत्तमस्यान्तरे मनोः
punaruktabahutvāttu prajānāṃ vai kulekule / tṛtīye tvatha paryāye uttamasyāntare manoḥ
because of the great repetitiveness among the creatures, family by family. Now, in the third turn, in the interval of Manu Uttama —
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BndP 1 36.26
पञ्च देवगणा प्रोक्तास्तान्वक्ष्यामि निबोधत । सुधामानश्च ये देवा ये चान्ये वशवर्त्तिनः
pañca devagaṇā proktāstānvakṣyāmi nibodhata / sudhāmānaśca ye devā ye cānye vaśavarttinaḥ
Five troops of gods are declared; I shall tell them—listen. Those gods who are the Sudhāmans, and the others who are the Vaśavartins,
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BndP 1 36.27
प्रतर्दनाः शिवाः सत्यागणा द्वादशकाः स्मृताः । सत्यो धृतिर्दमो दान्तः क्षमः क्षामो ध्वनिः शुचिः
pratardanāḥ śivāḥ satyāgaṇā dvādaśakāḥ smṛtāḥ / satyo dhṛtirdamo dāntaḥ kṣamaḥ kṣāmo dhvaniḥ śuciḥ
the Pratardanas, the Śivas, and the Satyas—these troops are remembered as being of twelve each. Satya, Dhṛti, Dama, Dānta, Kṣama, Kṣāma, Dhvani, Śuci,
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BndP 1 36.28
इषोर्ज्जश्च तथा श्रेष्ठः सुपर्णो द्वादशस्तथा । इत्येते द्वादश प्रोक्ताः सुधामानस्तु नामभिः
iṣorjjaśca tathā śreṣṭhaḥ suparṇo dvādaśastathā / ityete dvādaśa proktāḥ sudhāmānastu nāmabhiḥ
Iṣorja, and likewise Śreṣṭha, and Suparṇa as the twelfth—these twelve are declared, by their names, to be the Sudhāmans.
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BndP 1 36.29
सहस्रधारो विश्वायुः समितारो वृहद्वसुः । विश्वधा विश्वकर्मा च मानसस्तु विराजसः
sahasradhāro viśvāyuḥ samitāro vṛhadvasuḥ / viśvadhā viśvakarmā ca mānasastu virājasaḥ
Sahasradhāra, Viśvāyu, Samitāra, Bṛhadvasu, Viśvadhā and Viśvakarmā, and Mānasa, (sons) of Virāj,
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BndP 1 36.30
ज्योतिश्चैव विभासश्च कीर्त्तिता वंशवर्तिनः । अवध्यो ऽवरतिर्देवो वसुर्धिष्ण्यो विभावसुः
jyotiścaiva vibhāsaśca kīrttitā vaṃśavartinaḥ / avadhyo 'varatirdevo vasurdhiṣṇyo vibhāvasuḥ
and Jyotis and Vibhāsa—(these) are proclaimed to be the Vaṃśavartins. Avadhya, the god Avarati, Vasu, Dhiṣṇya, Vibhāvasu,
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BndP 1 36.31
वित्तः क्रतुः सुधर्मा च धृतधर्मा यशस्विजः । रथोर्मिः केतुमाञ्छ्चैव कीर्त्तितास्तु प्रतर्दनाः
vittaḥ kratuḥ sudharmā ca dhṛtadharmā yaśasvijaḥ / rathormiḥ ketumāñchcaiva kīrttitāstu pratardanāḥ
Vitta, Kratu, Sudharmā, Dhṛtadharmā, Yaśasvija, Rathormi and Ketumān—these are proclaimed to be the Pratardanas.
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BndP 1 36.32
हंसस्वारौ वदान्यौ च प्रतर्दनयशस्करौ । सुदानो वसुदानश्च सुमञ्जसविषावुभौ
haṃsasvārau vadānyau ca pratardanayaśaskarau / sudāno vasudānaśca sumañjasaviṣāvubhau
Haṃsa and Svāra, the two liberal ones, who make the fame of the Pratardanas, Sudāna and Vasudāna, and both Sumañjasa and Viṣa,
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BndP 1 36.33
यमो वह्निर् यतिश्चैव सुचित्रः सुतपास्तथा । शिवा ह्येते तु विज्ञेया यज्ञिया द्वादशापराः
yamo vahnir yatiścaiva sucitraḥ sutapāstathā / śivā hyete tu vijñeyā yajñiyā dvādaśāparāḥ
Yama, Vahni, and Yati, Sucitra and likewise Sutapas—these indeed are to be known as the Śivas, another twelve who are entitled to sacrifice.
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BndP 1 36.34
सत्यानामपि नामानि निबोधत यथातथम् । दिक्पतिर्वाक्पतिश्चैव विश्वः शंभुस्तथैव च
satyānāmapi nāmāni nibodhata yathātatham / dikpatirvākpatiścaiva viśvaḥ śaṃbhustathaiva ca
Learn too the names of the Satyas, just as they are: Dikpati and Vākpati, Viśva, and likewise Śambhu,
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BndP 1 36.35
स्वमृडीको दिविश्चैव वर्चोधामा बृहद्वपुः । अश्वश्चैव सदश्वश्च क्षेमानन्दौ तथैव च
svamṛḍīko diviścaiva varcodhāmā bṛhadvapuḥ / aśvaścaiva sadaśvaśca kṣemānandau tathaiva ca
Svamṛḍīka and Divi, Varcodhāmā, Bṛhadvapus, and Aśva and Sadaśva, and likewise Kṣema and Ānanda.
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BndP 1 36.36
सत्या ह्येते परिक्रान्ता यज्ञिया द्वादशापराः । इत्येता देवता ह्यासन्नौत्तमस्यान्तरे मनोः
satyā hyete parikrāntā yajñiyā dvādaśāparāḥ / ityetā devatā hyāsannauttamasyāntare manoḥ
These indeed are celebrated as the Satyas, another twelve who are entitled to sacrifice. These, then, were the deities in the Manu-period of Auttama.
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BndP 1 36.37
तेषामिन्द्रस्तु देवानां सुशान्तिर्नाम विश्रुतः । पुत्रास्त्तवङ्गिरसस्ते वै उत्तमस्य प्रजापतेः
teṣāmindrastu devānāṃ suśāntirnāma viśrutaḥ / putrāsttavaṅgirasaste vai uttamasya prajāpateḥ
The Indra of those gods was renowned by the name Suśānti. And the sons of Aṅgiras were (the seers) of Uttama Prajāpati('s period).
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BndP 1 36.38
वशिष्ठपुत्राः सप्तासन्वाशिष्ठा इति विश्रुताः । सप्तर्षयस्तु ते सर्व उत्तमस्यान्तरे मनोः
vaśiṣṭhaputrāḥ saptāsanvāśiṣṭhā iti viśrutāḥ / saptarṣayastu te sarva uttamasyāntare manoḥ
There were seven sons of Vasiṣṭha, renowned as the Vāsiṣṭhas; they all were the seven seers in the Manu-period of Uttama.
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BndP 1 36.39
आचश्च परशुश्चैव दिव्यो दिव्यौषधिर्नयः । देवाम्वुजश्चाप्रतिमौ महोत्साहो गजस्तथा
ācaśca paraśuścaiva divyo divyauṣadhirnayaḥ / devāmvujaścāpratimau mahotsāho gajastathā
Āca and Paraśu, Divya, Divyauṣadhi, Naya, Devāmbuja, the two Apratimas, Mahotsāha, and Gaja,
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BndP 1 36.40
विनीतश्च सुकेतुश्च सुमित्रः सुमतिः श्रुतिः । उत्तमस्य मनोः पुत्रास्त्रयोदश महात्मनः
vinītaśca suketuśca sumitraḥ sumatiḥ śrutiḥ / uttamasya manoḥ putrāstrayodaśa mahātmanaḥ
and Vinīta and Suketu, Sumitra, Sumati, Śruti—(these are) the thirteen sons of the great-souled Manu Uttama.
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BndP 1 36.41
एते क्षत्रप्रणेतारस्तृतीयं चैतदन्तरम् । औत्तमः परिसंख्यातः सर्गः स्वारोचिषेण तु
ete kṣatrapraṇetārastṛtīyaṃ caitadantaram / auttamaḥ parisaṃkhyātaḥ sargaḥ svārociṣeṇa tu
These were the founders of the warrior line, and this was the third interval. The Auttama creation has been fully enumerated along with that of Svārociṣa.
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BndP 1 36.42
विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च तामसस्य निबोधत । चतुर्थे त्वथ पर्याये तामसस्यातरे मनोः
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca tāmasasya nibodhata / caturthe tvatha paryāye tāmasasyātare manoḥ
Learn now of the Tāmasa (period), at length and in due order. In the fourth round, in the Manu-period of Tāmasa,
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BndP 1 36.43
सत्याः सुरूपाः सुधियो हरयश्च गणाः स्मृताः । पुलस्त्यपुत्रास्ते देवास्तामसस्यान्तरे मनोः
satyāḥ surūpāḥ sudhiyo harayaśca gaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ / pulastyaputrāste devāstāmasasyāntare manoḥ
the troops are remembered as the Satyas, the Surūpas, the Sudhīs and the Haris; those gods were the sons of Pulastya, in the Manu-period of Tāmasa.
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BndP 1 36.44
गणस्तु तेषां देवानामेकैकः पञ्चविंशकः । इन्द्रियाणां प्रतीयेत ऋषयः प्रतिजानते
gaṇastu teṣāṃ devānāmekaikaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ / indriyāṇāṃ pratīyeta ṛṣayaḥ pratijānate
Each single troop of those gods was of twenty-five; it is to be understood as (a troop) of the senses—so the seers declare.
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BndP 1 36.45
सप्रमाणास्तु शीर्षण्यं मनश्चैवाष्टमं तथा । इन्द्रियाणि तथा देवा मनोस्तस्यान्तरे स्मृताः
sapramāṇāstu śīrṣaṇyaṃ manaścaivāṣṭamaṃ tathā / indriyāṇi tathā devā manostasyāntare smṛtāḥ
With their measures (?), the head-group, and the mind as the eighth: thus the senses are recalled as the gods in that Manu's interval.
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BndP 1 36.46
तेषां बभूव देवानां शिबिरिन्द्रः प्रतापवान् । सप्तर्षय्ॐऽतरे ये च तान्निबोधत सत्तमाः
teṣāṃ babhūva devānāṃ śibirindraḥ pratāpavān / saptarṣayoṃ'tare ye ca tānnibodhata sattamāḥ
Of those gods the majestic Śibi was Indra; and those who were the seven seers in that (manvantara), learn of them, O best of beings.
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BndP 1 36.47
काव्य आङ्गिरसश्चैव काश्यपः पृथुरेव च । अत्रेयस्त्वग्निरित्येव ज्योतिर्धामा च भार्गवः
kāvya āṅgirasaścaiva kāśyapaḥ pṛthureva ca / atreyastvagnirityeva jyotirdhāmā ca bhārgavaḥ
Kāvya, and Āṅgirasa, and Kāśyapa, and Pṛthu, and Ātreya, and Agni indeed, and Jyotirdhāman the Bhārgava.
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BndP 1 36.48
पौलहश्चरकश्चात्र वाशिष्ठः पीवरस्तथा । चैत्रस्तथैव पौलस्त्य ऋषयस्तामसेंऽतरे
paulahaścarakaścātra vāśiṣṭhaḥ pīvarastathā / caitrastathaiva paulastya ṛṣayastāmaseṃ'tare
And here Paulaha and Caraka, and Vāśiṣṭha Pīvara, and Caitra, and likewise Paulastya — (these were) the seers in the Tāmasa (manvantara).
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BndP 1 36.49
जानुजङ्घस्तथा शान्तिर्नरः ख्यातिः शुभस्तथा । प्रियभृत्यो परीक्षिच्च प्रस्थलो ऽथ दृढेषुधिः
jānujaṅghastathā śāntirnaraḥ khyātiḥ śubhastathā / priyabhṛtyo parīkṣicca prasthalo 'tha dṛḍheṣudhiḥ
Jānujaṅgha, and Śānti, Nara, Khyāti, and Śubha, Priyabhṛtya, and Parīkṣit, Prasthala, and then Dṛḍheṣudhi,
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BndP 1 36.50
कृशाश्वः कृतबन्धुश्च तामसस्य मनोः सुताः । पञ्चमेत्वथ पर्याये मनोः स्वारोचिषेंऽतरे
kṛśāśvaḥ kṛtabandhuśca tāmasasya manoḥ sutāḥ / pañcametvatha paryāye manoḥ svārociṣeṃ'tare
Kṛśāśva and Kṛtabandhu — (these are) the sons of Manu Tāmasa. This is the fifth in the sequence; now (that which occurred) in the interval of Manu Svārociṣa.
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BndP 1 36.51
गुणास्तु ये समाख्याता देवानां तान्निबोधत । अमिताभा भूतरयो वैकुण्ठाः ससुमेधसः
guṇāstu ye samākhyātā devānāṃ tānnibodhata / amitābhā bhūtarayo vaikuṇṭhāḥ sasumedhasaḥ
Now learn of those groups (of gods) which are declared to be of the gods: the Amitābhas, the Bhūtarayas, the Vaikuṇṭhas, together with the Sumedhases.
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BndP 1 36.52
वरिष्ठाश्च शुभाः पुत्रा वसिष्ठस्य प्रजापतेः । चतुर्दश तु चत्वारो गणास्तेषां सुभास्वराः
variṣṭhāśca śubhāḥ putrā vasiṣṭhasya prajāpateḥ / caturdaśa tu catvāro gaṇāsteṣāṃ subhāsvarāḥ
And the excellent, auspicious sons of Vasiṣṭha the Prajāpati — fourteen (each), and four brightly shining troops of them.
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BndP 1 36.53
उग्रः प्रज्ञो ऽग्निभावश्च प्रज्योतिश्चामृतस्तथा । सुमतिर्वा विरावश्च धामा नादः श्रवास्तथा
ugraḥ prajño 'gnibhāvaśca prajyotiścāmṛtastathā / sumatirvā virāvaśca dhāmā nādaḥ śravāstathā
Ugra, Prajña, and Agnibhāva, Prajyotis, and Amṛta, Sumati or Virāva, Dhāman, Nāda, and Śravas,
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BndP 1 36.54
वृत्तिराशी च वादश्च शबरश्च चतुर्दश । अमिताभाः स्मृता ह्येते देवाः स्वारोचिषेंऽतरे
vṛttirāśī ca vādaśca śabaraśca caturdaśa / amitābhāḥ smṛtā hyete devāḥ svārociṣeṃ'tare
Vṛttirāśi, and Vāda, and Śabara — (these) fourteen are remembered as the Amitābhas, the gods in the Svārociṣa interval.
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BndP 1 36.55
मतिश्च सुमतिश्चैव ऋतसत्यौ तथैधनः । अधृतिर्विधृतिश्चैव दमो नियम एव च
matiśca sumatiścaiva ṛtasatyau tathaidhanaḥ / adhṛtirvidhṛtiścaiva damo niyama eva ca
Mati and Sumati, Ṛta and Satya, and Edhana, Adhṛti and Vidhṛti, Dama and Niyama too,
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BndP 1 36.56
व्रतो विष्णुः सहश्चैव द्युतिमान्सुश्रवास्तथा । इत्येतानीह नामानि आभूतयसां विदुः
vrato viṣṇuḥ sahaścaiva dyutimānsuśravāstathā / ityetānīha nāmāni ābhūtayasāṃ viduḥ
Vrata, Viṣṇu, and Sahas, Dyutimat and Suśravas — these here they know as the names of the Ābhūtayas.
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BndP 1 36.57
वृषो भेत्ता जयो भीमः शुचिर्दान्तो यशो दमः । नाथो विद्वानजेयश्च कृशो गौरो ध्रुवस्तथा
vṛṣo bhettā jayo bhīmaḥ śucirdānto yaśo damaḥ / nātho vidvānajeyaśca kṛśo gauro dhruvastathā
Vṛṣa, Bhettṛ, Jaya, Bhīma, Śuci, Dānta, Yaśas, Dama, Nātha, Vidvat, and Ajeya, Kṛśa, Gaura, and Dhruva —
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BndP 1 36.58
कीर्त्तितास्तु विकुण्ठा वै सुमेधांस्तु निबोधत । मेधा मेधा तिथिश्चैव सत्यमेधास्तथैव च
kīrttitāstu vikuṇṭhā vai sumedhāṃstu nibodhata / medhā medhā tithiścaiva satyamedhāstathaiva ca
(these) have been named as the Vikuṇṭhas; now learn of the Sumedhases: Medhā, Medhātithi, and Satyamedhas likewise,
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BndP 1 36.59
पृश्निमेधाल्पमेधाश्च भूयोमेधाश्च यः प्रभुः । दीप्तिमेधा यशोमेधा स्थिरमेधास्तथैव च
pṛśnimedhālpamedhāśca bhūyomedhāśca yaḥ prabhuḥ / dīptimedhā yaśomedhā sthiramedhāstathaiva ca
Pṛśnimedhas and Alpamedhas, and Bhūyomedhas who is the lord, Dīptimedhas, Yaśomedhas, and Sthiramedhas likewise,
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BndP 1 36.60
सर्वमेधा सुमेधाश्च प्रतिमेधाश्च यः स्मृतः । मेधजा मेधहन्ता च कीर्त्तितास्ते सुमेधसः
sarvamedhā sumedhāśca pratimedhāśca yaḥ smṛtaḥ / medhajā medhahantā ca kīrttitāste sumedhasaḥ
Sarvamedhas and Sumedhas, and he who is remembered as Pratimedhas, Medhaja and Medhahantṛ — these have been named as the Sumedhases.
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BndP 1 36.61
विभुरिन्द्रस्तथा तेषामासीद्वि क्रान्तपौरुषः । पौलस्त्यो दवबाहुश्च सुधामा नाम काश्यपः
vibhurindrastathā teṣāmāsīdvi krāntapauruṣaḥ / paulastyo davabāhuśca sudhāmā nāma kāśyapaḥ
And Vibhu of surpassing valour was their Indra; and Paulastya Davabāhu, and the Kāśyapa named Sudhāman,
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BndP 1 36.62
हिरण्यरोमाङ्गिरसो वेदश्रीश्चैव भार्गवः । ऊर्ध्वबाहुश्च वाशिष्ठः पर्जन्यः पौलहस्तथा
hiraṇyaromāṅgiraso vedaśrīścaiva bhārgavaḥ / ūrdhvabāhuśca vāśiṣṭhaḥ parjanyaḥ paulahastathā
Hiraṇyaroman the Āṅgirasa, and Vedaśrī the Bhārgava, and Ūrdhvabāhu the Vāśiṣṭha, and Parjanya the Paulaha,
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BndP 1 36.63
सत्यनेत्रस्तथात्रेय ऋषयो रैवतेंऽतरे । महावीर्यः सुसंभाव्यः सत्यको हरहा शुचिः
satyanetrastathātreya ṛṣayo raivateṃ'tare / mahāvīryaḥ susaṃbhāvyaḥ satyako harahā śuciḥ
and Satyanetra the Ātreya — (these were) the seers in the Raivata interval. Mahāvīrya, Susaṃbhāvya, Satyaka, Harahan, Śuci,
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BndP 1 36.64
बलबन्धुर्निरामित्रः कंबुः शृगो धृतव्रतः । रैवतस्य च पुत्रास्ते पञ्चमं वै तदन्तरम्
balabandhurnirāmitraḥ kaṃbuḥ śṛgo dhṛtavrataḥ / raivatasya ca putrāste pañcamaṃ vai tadantaram
Balabandhu, Nirāmitra, Kaṃbu, Śṛga, Dhṛtavrata — these are the sons of Raivata; that interval was indeed the fifth.
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BndP 1 36.65
स्वारोचिषश्चोत्तमो ऽपि तामसो रैवतस्तथा । प्रियव्रतान्वया ह्येते चत्वारो मनवः स्मृताः
svārociṣaścottamo 'pi tāmaso raivatastathā / priyavratānvayā hyete catvāro manavaḥ smṛtāḥ
Svārociṣa, and Uttama too, Tāmasa and likewise Raivata — these four Manus are remembered as being of Priyavrata's line.
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BndP 1 36.66
षष्ठे खल्वपि पर्याये देवा ये चाक्षुषेंऽतरे । आद्याः प्रसूता भाव्यश्च पृथुकाश्च दिवौकसः
ṣaṣṭhe khalvapi paryāye devā ye cākṣuṣeṃ'tare / ādyāḥ prasūtā bhāvyaśca pṛthukāśca divaukasaḥ
In the sixth cycle too, the gods who (existed) in the Cākṣuṣa interval (were): the Ādyas, the Prasūtas, the Bhāvyas, and the Pṛthukas, dwellers in heaven.
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BndP 1 36.67
महानुभावा लेखास्छ पञ्च देवगणाः स्मृताः । दिवौकसः सर्व एव प्रोच्यन्ते मातृनामभिः
mahānubhāvā lekhāscha pañca devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ / divaukasaḥ sarva eva procyante mātṛnāmabhiḥ
And the greatly powerful Lekhas — these five are recorded as the classes of gods; all the heaven-dwellers are called by the names of their mothers.
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BndP 1 36.68
अत्रेः पुत्रस्य नप्तारो ह्यारण्यस्य प्रजापतेः । गणस्तु तेषां देवानामेकैको ह्यष्टकः स्मृतः
atreḥ putrasya naptāro hyāraṇyasya prajāpateḥ / gaṇastu teṣāṃ devānāmekaiko hyaṣṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ
They are the grandsons of Atri's son, the Prajāpati Āraṇya; and each single class of those gods is said to consist of eight.
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BndP 1 36.69
अन्तरिक्षो वसुर्हव्यो ह्यतिथिश्च प्रियव्रतः । श्रोता मन्तानुमन्ता च त्वाद्या ह्येते प्रकीर्त्तिताः
antarikṣo vasurhavyo hyatithiśca priyavrataḥ / śrotā mantānumantā ca tvādyā hyete prakīrttitāḥ
Antarikṣa, Vasu, Havya, Atithi, Priyavrata, Śrotṛ, Mantṛ, and Anumantṛ — these are proclaimed as the Ādyas.
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BndP 1 36.70
श्येनभद्रस्तथा चैव श्वेतचक्षुर्महायशाः । सुमनाश्च प्रचेताश्च वनेनः सुप्रचेत्सौ
śyenabhadrastathā caiva śvetacakṣurmahāyaśāḥ / sumanāśca pracetāśca vanenaḥ supracetsau
Likewise Śyenabhadra, the greatly renowned Śvetacakṣus, Sumanas, Pracetas, Vanena, and the two Supracetases,
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BndP 1 36.71
मुनिश्चैव महासत्त्वः प्रसूताः परिकीर्त्तिताः । विजयः सुजयश्चैव मनस्योदौ तथैव च
muniścaiva mahāsattvaḥ prasūtāḥ parikīrttitāḥ / vijayaḥ sujayaścaiva manasyodau tathaiva ca
and Muni of great strength — (these) are declared to be the Prasūtas. Vijaya and Sujaya, and likewise Manasya and Uda,
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BndP 1 36.72
मतिः परिमतिश्चैव विचेताः प्रियनिश्चयः । भव्या ह्येते स्मृता देवाः पृथुकांश्च निबोधत
matiḥ parimatiścaiva vicetāḥ priyaniścayaḥ / bhavyā hyete smṛtā devāḥ pṛthukāṃśca nibodhata
Mati, Parimati, Vicetas, Priyaniścaya — these are recorded as the Bhāvya gods; now learn of the Pṛthukas.
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BndP 1 36.73
ओजिष्ठः शकुनो देवो वानत्दृष्टस्तथैव च । सत्कृतः सत्यदृष्टिश्च जिगीषुर्विजयस्तथा
ojiṣṭhaḥ śakuno devo vānatdṛṣṭastathaiva ca / satkṛtaḥ satyadṛṣṭiśca jigīṣurvijayastathā
Ojiṣṭha, the god Śakuna, and likewise Vānatdṛṣṭa, Satkṛta, Satyadṛṣṭi, Jigīṣu, and Vijaya,
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BndP 1 36.74
अजितश्च महाभागः पृथुकास्ते दिवौकसः । लेशास्तथा प्रवक्ष्यामि नामतस्तान्निबोधत
ajitaśca mahābhāgaḥ pṛthukāste divaukasaḥ / leśāstathā pravakṣyāmi nāmatastānnibodhata
and the greatly fortunate Ajita — those are the Pṛthuka heaven-dwellers. Next I shall declare the Lekhas; learn them by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.75
मनोजवः प्रघासश्च प्रचेताश्च महायशाः । ध्रुवो ध्रुवक्षितिश्चैव अत्युतश्चैव वीर्यवान्
manojavaḥ praghāsaśca pracetāśca mahāyaśāḥ / dhruvo dhruvakṣitiścaiva atyutaścaiva vīryavān
Manojava, Praghāsa, the greatly renowned Pracetas, Dhruva, Dhruvakṣiti, and the valorous Atyuta,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.76
युवना बृहस्पतिश्चैव लेखाः संपरिकीर्त्तिताः । मनोजवो महावीर्यस्तेषामिन्द्रस्तदाभवत्
yuvanā bṛhaspatiścaiva lekhāḥ saṃparikīrttitāḥ / manojavo mahāvīryasteṣāmindrastadābhavat
Yuvan and Bṛhaspati — (these) are declared to be the Lekhas. Manojava of great valour was then their Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.77
उत्तमो भार्गवश्चैव हविष्मानङ्गिरःसुतः । सुधामा काश्यपश्चैव वशिष्ठो विरजास्तथा
uttamo bhārgavaścaiva haviṣmānaṅgiraḥsutaḥ / sudhāmā kāśyapaścaiva vaśiṣṭho virajāstathā
Uttama the Bhārgava, Haviṣmat the son of Aṅgiras, Sudhāman the Kāśyapa, Vasiṣṭha, and Virajas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.78
अतिनामा च पौलस्त्यः सहिष्णुः पौलहस्तथा । मधुरात्रेय इत्येते सप्त वै चाक्षुषेंऽतरे
atināmā ca paulastyaḥ sahiṣṇuḥ paulahastathā / madhurātreya ityete sapta vai cākṣuṣeṃ'tare
and Atināman the Paulastya, Sahiṣṇu the Paulaha, and Madhu the Ātreya — these are the seven (seers) in the Cākṣuṣa interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.79
ऊरुः पुरुः शतद्युम्नस्तपस्वी सत्यवाक्कृतिः । अग्निष्टुदतिरात्रश्च सुद्युम्नशचेति ते नव
ūruḥ puruḥ śatadyumnastapasvī satyavākkṛtiḥ / agniṣṭudatirātraśca sudyumnaśaceti te nava
Ūru, Puru, Śatadyumna, Tapasvin, Satyavāc, Kṛti, Agniṣṭut, Atirātra, and Sudyumna — these nine,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.80
अभिमन्युश्च दशमो नाड्वलेया मनोः सुताः । चाक्षुषस्य सुताः ह्येते षष्ठं चैव तदन्तरम्
abhimanyuśca daśamo nāḍvaleyā manoḥ sutāḥ / cākṣuṣasya sutāḥ hyete ṣaṣṭhaṃ caiva tadantaram
and Abhimanyu as the tenth: (these are) the sons of Manu (born) of Nāḍvalā. These are the sons of Cākṣuṣa, and that (was) the sixth interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.81
वैवस्वतेन संख्यातस्तत्सर्गः सांप्रतेन तु । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः
vaivasvatena saṃkhyātastatsargaḥ sāṃpratena tu / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ
That creation has been reckoned along with (that of) the present Vaivasvata, in full and in due order, in the interval of Manu Cākṣuṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.82
ऋषय ऊचुः चाक्षुषः कस्य दायादः संभूतः सक्य वान्वये । तस्यान्ववाये ये ऽप्यन्येतान्नो ब्रूहि यथातथम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ cākṣuṣaḥ kasya dāyādaḥ saṃbhūtaḥ sakya vānvaye / tasyānvavāye ye 'pyanyetānno brūhi yathātatham
The seers said: Whose heir was Cākṣuṣa, and in whose line was he born? And who else (were) in his lineage? Tell us that exactly as it was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.83
सूत उवाच चाक्षुषस्य विसर्गं तु समासाच्छृणुत द्विजाः । यस्यान्ववाये संभूतः पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रतापवान्
sūta uvāca cākṣuṣasya visargaṃ tu samāsācchṛṇuta dvijāḥ / yasyānvavāye saṃbhūtaḥ pṛthurvainyaḥ pratāpavān
Sūta said: Hear in brief, O twice-born, the creation of Cākṣuṣa, in whose lineage was born the mighty Pṛthu, son of Vena.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.84
प्रजानां पतयश्चान्ये दक्षः प्राचेतसस्तथा । उत्तानपादं जग्राह पुत्रमत्रिप्रजापतिः
prajānāṃ patayaścānye dakṣaḥ prācetasastathā / uttānapādaṃ jagrāha putramatriprajāpatiḥ
And others (were) lords of creatures — Dakṣa, and Prācetasa likewise. The Prajāpati Atri took Uttānapāda as (his) son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.85
दत्तकः स तु पुत्रो ऽस्य राजा ह्यासीत्प्रजापतिः । स्वायंभुवेन मनुना दत्तो ऽत्रेः कारणं प्रति
dattakaḥ sa tu putro 'sya rājā hyāsītprajāpatiḥ / svāyaṃbhuvena manunā datto 'treḥ kāraṇaṃ prati
That son of his was an adopted one, and he was a king, a lord of creatures; he was given by Manu Svāyaṃbhuva to Atri for a (certain) reason.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.86
मन्वन्तरमथासाद्य भविष्यच्चाक्षुषस्य ह । षष्ठं तदनु वक्ष्यामि उपोद्धातेन वै द्विजाः
manvantaramathāsādya bhaviṣyaccākṣuṣasya ha / ṣaṣṭhaṃ tadanu vakṣyāmi upoddhātena vai dvijāḥ
Then, having reached the manvantara of the future Cākṣuṣa, I shall next declare the sixth (one), by way of introduction, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.87
उत्तानपादाच्चतुरः सूनृतासूत भामिनी । धर्मस्य कन्या सुश्रोणी सूनृता नाम विश्रुता
uttānapādāccaturaḥ sūnṛtāsūta bhāminī / dharmasya kanyā suśroṇī sūnṛtā nāma viśrutā
From Uttānapāda, the lovely Sūnṛtā bore four (sons); Sūnṛtā, the fair-hipped daughter of Dharma, was renowned by that name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.88
उत्पन्ना जापि धर्मेम ध्रुवस्य जननी शुभा । धर्मस्य पत्न्यां लक्ष्मयां वै उत्पन्ना सा शुचिस्मिता
utpannā jāpi dharmema dhruvasya jananī śubhā / dharmasya patnyāṃ lakṣmayāṃ vai utpannā sā śucismitā
And she too, the auspicious mother of Dhruva, was born from Dharma; she of the pure smile was indeed born of Lakṣmī, Dharma's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.89
ध्रुवं च कीर्त्तिमन्तं च त्वायुष्मन्तं वसुं तथा । उत्तानपादो ऽजनयत्कन्ये द्वे च शुचिस्मिते
dhruvaṃ ca kīrttimantaṃ ca tvāyuṣmantaṃ vasuṃ tathā / uttānapādo 'janayatkanye dve ca śucismite
Uttānapāda begot Dhruva, Kīrtimant, Āyuṣmant and Vasu, and two daughters of pure smile.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.90
स्वरामनस्विनी चैव तयोः पुत्राः प्रकीर्त्तिताः । ध्रुवो वर्षसहस्राणि दश दिव्यानि वीर्यवान्
svarāmanasvinī caiva tayoḥ putrāḥ prakīrttitāḥ / dhruvo varṣasahasrāṇi daśa divyāni vīryavān
Svarā and Manasvinī — (thus) the children of those two are proclaimed. Dhruva, the valiant, for ten thousand divine years
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.91
तपस्तेपे निराहारः प्रार्थयन्विपुलं यशः । त्रेतायुगे तु प्रथमे पौत्रः स्वायंभुवस्य तु
tapastepe nirāhāraḥ prārthayanvipulaṃ yaśaḥ / tretāyuge tu prathame pautraḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu
performed austerity without food, praying for abundant fame — in the first Tretā age, he being the grandson of Svāyaṃbhuva —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.92
आत्मानं धारयन्योगान्प्रार्थयन्सुमहद्यशः । तस्मै ब्रह्मा ददौ प्रीतो ज्योतिषां स्थानमुत्तमम्
ātmānaṃ dhārayanyogānprārthayansumahadyaśaḥ / tasmai brahmā dadau prīto jyotiṣāṃ sthānamuttamam
holding himself (steady) through the yogic disciplines, praying for very great fame; to him Brahmā, well pleased, gave the highest station among the lights,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.93
आभूतसंप्लवाद्दिव्यमस्तोदयविवार्जितम् । तस्यातिमात्रामृद्धिं च महिमानं निरीक्ष्य तु
ābhūtasaṃplavāddivyamastodayavivārjitam / tasyātimātrāmṛddhiṃ ca mahimānaṃ nirīkṣya tu
divine, lasting until the dissolution of beings, free from setting and rising. And beholding his measureless prosperity and greatness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.94
दैत्या सुराणामाचार्यः श्लोकमप्युशाना जगौ । अहो ऽस्य तपसो वीर्यमहो श्रुतमहो व्रतम्
daityā surāṇāmācāryaḥ ślokamapyuśānā jagau / aho 'sya tapaso vīryamaho śrutamaho vratam
Uśanas, the teacher of the daityas (here: of the gods), sang a verse too: "Ah, the power of his austerity! Ah, his learning! Ah, his vow!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.95
कृत्वा यदेनमुपरि ध्रुवं सप्तर्षयः स्थिताः । द्रुवे त्रिदिवमासक्तमीश्वरः स दिवस्पतिः
kṛtvā yadenamupari dhruvaṃ saptarṣayaḥ sthitāḥ / druve tridivamāsaktamīśvaraḥ sa divaspatiḥ
in that the seven seers abide having placed this Dhruva above (them)!" The triple heaven is fastened to Dhruva, and he is the lord, the master of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.96
ध्रुवात्सृष्टिं च भव्यं च भूमिस्तौ सुषुवे नृपौ । स्वां छायामाह वै सृष्टिर्भवनारीति तां प्रभुः
dhruvātsṛṣṭiṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca bhūmistau suṣuve nṛpau / svāṃ chāyāmāha vai sṛṣṭirbhavanārīti tāṃ prabhuḥ
From Dhruva the Earth bore those two kings, Sṛṣṭi and Bhavya. Sṛṣṭi, the lord, said to his own shadow: "Be (my) wife."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.97
सत्याभिव्यहृतेस्तस्य सद्यः स्त्री साभवत्तदा । दिव्यसंहनना छाया दिव्याभरणभूषिता
satyābhivyahṛtestasya sadyaḥ strī sābhavattadā / divyasaṃhananā chāyā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā
Because his utterance was truthful, she then at once became a woman: the shadow, of divine frame, adorned with divine ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.98
छायायां सृष्टिराधत्त पञ्च पुत्रानकल्मषान् । प्राजीनगर्भं वृषभं वृकञ्च वृकलं धृतिम्
chāyāyāṃ sṛṣṭirādhatta pañca putrānakalmaṣān / prājīnagarbhaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ vṛkañca vṛkalaṃ dhṛtim
In Chāyā, Sṛṣṭi begot five faultless sons: Prācīnagarbha, Vṛṣabha, Vṛka, Vṛkala and Dhṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.99
पत्नी प्राचीनगर्भस्य सुवर्चा सुषुवे नुपम् । नाम्नोदारधियं पुत्रमिन्द्रो यः पूर्वजन्मनि
patnī prācīnagarbhasya suvarcā suṣuve nupam / nāmnodāradhiyaṃ putramindro yaḥ pūrvajanmani
Prācīnagarbha's wife Suvarcā bore a king, a son named Udāradhi, who in a former birth had been Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.100
संवत्सरसहस्रान्ते सकृदाहारमाहरन् । एवं मन्वन्तरं युक्त इन्द्रत्वं प्राप्तवान्प्रभुः
saṃvatsarasahasrānte sakṛdāhāramāharan / evaṃ manvantaraṃ yukta indratvaṃ prāptavānprabhuḥ
Taking food but once at the end of a thousand years — thus disciplined for a manvantara, the lord obtained Indra-hood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.101
उदारधेः सुतं भद्राजनयत्सा दिवञ्जयम् । रिपुं रिपुञ्जयाज्जज्ञे वराङ्गी तु दिवञ्जयात्
udāradheḥ sutaṃ bhadrājanayatsā divañjayam / ripuṃ ripuñjayājjajñe varāṅgī tu divañjayāt
She, Bhadrā, bore to Udāradhi a son, Divañjaya; Ripu was born from Ripuñjaya, and Varāṅgī (bore) from Divañjaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.102
रिपोराधत्त बृहती वक्षुषं सर्वतेजसम् । तस्य पुत्रो मनुर्विद्वान् ब्रह्मक्षत्त्रप्रवत्तकः । व्यजीजनत्पुष्करिणी वारुणी चाक्षुषं मनुम्
riporādhatta bṛhatī vakṣuṣaṃ sarvatejasam / tasya putro manurvidvān brahmakṣattrapravattakaḥ / vyajījanatpuṣkariṇī vāruṇī cākṣuṣaṃ manum
Bṛhatī conceived from Ripu (a son) Cakṣuṣ, of all splendour. His son was Manu, the learned, promoter of brahman and kṣatra; Puṣkariṇī, the daughter of Varuṇa, gave birth to Cākṣuṣa Manu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.103
ऋषय ऊचुः प्रजापतेः सुता कस्माद्वारुणी प्रोच्यते ऽनघ । एतदाचक्ष्व तत्वेन कुशलो ह्यसि विस्तरे
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ prajāpateḥ sutā kasmādvāruṇī procyate 'nagha / etadācakṣva tatvena kuśalo hyasi vistare
The seers said: Why is the daughter of the Prajāpati called Vāruṇī, O sinless one? Tell us this as it truly is, for you are skilled in setting things out at length.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.104
सूत उवाच अरण्यस्योदकः पुत्रो वरुणत्वमुपागतः । तेन सा वारुणी ज्ञेया भ्रात्रा ख्यातिमुपागता
sūta uvāca araṇyasyodakaḥ putro varuṇatvamupāgataḥ / tena sā vāruṇī jñeyā bhrātrā khyātimupāgatā
Sūta said: Araṇya's son Udaka attained the rank of Varuṇa; by that she is to be known as Vāruṇī, having gained the appellation through her brother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.105
मनोरजायन्त दश नड्वलायां सुताः शुभाः । कन्यायां सुमहावीर्या विरजस्य प्रजापतेः
manorajāyanta daśa naḍvalāyāṃ sutāḥ śubhāḥ / kanyāyāṃ sumahāvīryā virajasya prajāpateḥ
To Manu were born ten fair sons of very great might, in Naḍvalā, the daughter of Viraja the Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.106
ऊरुः पुरुः शतद्युम्नस्तपस्वी सत्यवाक्कृतिः । अग्निष्टुदतिरात्रश्च सुद्युम्नश्चेति वै नव
ūruḥ puruḥ śatadyumnastapasvī satyavākkṛtiḥ / agniṣṭudatirātraśca sudyumnaśceti vai nava
Uru, Puru, Śatadyumna, Tapasvin, Satyavāk, Kṛti, Agniṣṭut, Atirātra and Sudyumna — these indeed are nine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.107
अभिमन्युश्च दशमो नड्वलायां मनोः सुताः । ऊरोरजनयत्पुत्रान्षडाग्नेयी महाप्रभान्
abhimanyuśca daśamo naḍvalāyāṃ manoḥ sutāḥ / ūrorajanayatputrānṣaḍāgneyī mahāprabhān
And Abhimanyu was the tenth: (these were) the sons of Manu by Naḍvalā. To Uru, Āgneyī bore six sons of great splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.108
अङ्गं सुमनसं ख्यातिङ्गयं शुक्रं व्रजाजिनौ । अङ्गात्सुनीथापत्यंवै वेनमेकं व्यजायत
aṅgaṃ sumanasaṃ khyātiṅgayaṃ śukraṃ vrajājinau / aṅgātsunīthāpatyaṃvai venamekaṃ vyajāyata
Aṅga, Sumanas, Khyāti, Kratu (Iṅgaya?), Śukra, and Vraja and Ajina. From Aṅga was born of Sunīthā a single offspring, Vena.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.109
तस्यापराधाद्वेनस्य प्रकोपस्तु महानभूत् । प्रजार्थमृषयो यस्यममन्थुर्दक्षिणां करम्
tasyāparādhādvenasya prakopastu mahānabhūt / prajārthamṛṣayo yasyamamanthurdakṣiṇāṃ karam
Because of the offence of that Vena there arose great wrath, and for the sake of progeny the sages churned his right hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.110
जनितस्तस्य पाणौ तु मथिते रूपवान्पृथुः । जनयित्वा सुतं तस्य पृथुं प्रथितपौरुषम्
janitastasya pāṇau tu mathite rūpavānpṛthuḥ / janayitvā sutaṃ tasya pṛthuṃ prathitapauruṣam
When his hand was churned, the handsome Pṛthu was born from it; having produced as his son Pṛthu, of renowned manliness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.111
अब्रु वंस्त्वेष वो राजा ऋषयो मुदिताः प्रजाः । स धन्वी कवची जज्ञे तेजसा निर्दहन्निव
abru vaṃstveṣa vo rājā ṛṣayo muditāḥ prajāḥ / sa dhanvī kavacī jajñe tejasā nirdahanniva
the sages, delighted, said (to the people): "This is your king!" (and) the subjects (rejoiced). He was born bearing bow and armour, as if burning up (all) with his splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.112
वृत्तीनामेष वो दाता भविष्यति नराधिपः । पृथुर्वैन्यस्तदा लोकान्ररक्ष क्षत्रपूर्वजः
vṛttīnāmeṣa vo dātā bhaviṣyati narādhipaḥ / pṛthurvainyastadā lokānrarakṣa kṣatrapūrvajaḥ
"This lord of men will be the giver of livelihoods to you." Then Pṛthu, son of Vena, first of the kṣatriyas, protected the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.113
राजसूयाभिषिक्तानामाद्यस्स वसुधाधिपः । तस्य स्तवार्थमुत्पन्नौ निपुणौ सूतमागधौ
rājasūyābhiṣiktānāmādyassa vasudhādhipaḥ / tasya stavārthamutpannau nipuṇau sūtamāgadhau
He was the first of the lords of the earth to be consecrated with the Rājasūya; and for his praise there arose the two skilled ones, the bard and the panegyrist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.114
तेनेयं गौर्महाराज्ञा दुग्धा सस्यानि धीमता । प्रजानां वृत्तिकामानां देवैश्चर्षिगणैः सह
teneyaṃ gaurmahārājñā dugdhā sasyāni dhīmatā / prajānāṃ vṛttikāmānāṃ devaiścarṣigaṇaiḥ saha
By him, the wise great king, this earth-cow was milked for crops, for the subjects who desired livelihood, together with the gods and the hosts of sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.115
पितृभिर् दानवैश्चैव गन्धर्वैश्चाप्सरोगणैः । सर्पैः पुण्यजनैश्चैव पर्वतैर्वृक्षवीरुधैः
pitṛbhir dānavaiścaiva gandharvaiścāpsarogaṇaiḥ / sarpaiḥ puṇyajanaiścaiva parvatairvṛkṣavīrudhaiḥ
with the fathers and the dānavas, with the gandharvas and the hosts of apsarases, with the serpents and the puṇyajanas (yakṣas), with the mountains, trees and creeping plants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.116
तेषु तेषु तु पात्रेषु दुह्यमाना वसुंधरा । प्रादाद्यथेप्सि तं क्षीरं तेन प्राणानधारयन्
teṣu teṣu tu pātreṣu duhyamānā vasuṃdharā / prādādyathepsi taṃ kṣīraṃ tena prāṇānadhārayan
Being milked into each of those vessels, the earth gave the milk just as was desired; by it they sustained their lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.117
शांशपायन उवाच विस्तरेण पृथोर्जन्म कीर्त्तयस्व महाव्रत । यथा महात्मना तेन पूर्वं दुग्धा वसुंधरा
śāṃśapāyana uvāca vistareṇa pṛthorjanma kīrttayasva mahāvrata / yathā mahātmanā tena pūrvaṃ dugdhā vasuṃdharā
Śāṃśapāyana said: Recount at length, O you of great vows, the birth of Pṛthu, and how the earth was formerly milked by that great-souled one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.118
यथा देवैश्च नागैश्च यथा ब्रह्मर्षिभिः सह । यक्षै राक्षसगन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिर्यथा पुरा
yathā devaiśca nāgaiśca yathā brahmarṣibhiḥ saha / yakṣai rākṣasagandharvairapsarobhiryathā purā
and how, formerly, (it was milked) by the gods and the nāgas, and by the brahmin-sages, by the yakṣas, rākṣasas and gandharvas, and by the apsarases;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.119
यथा यथा च वै सूत विधिना येन येन च । तेषां पात्रविशेषांश्च दोग्धारं क्षीरमेव च
yathā yathā ca vai sūta vidhinā yena yena ca / teṣāṃ pātraviśeṣāṃśca dogdhāraṃ kṣīrameva ca
and in what manner, O Sūta, and by which procedure in each case; and (tell) the particular vessels of these, and the milker, and the milk itself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.120
तथा वत्सविशेषांश्च त्वंनः प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम् । यथा क्षीरविशेषांश्च सर्वानेवानुपूर्वशः
tathā vatsaviśeṣāṃśca tvaṃnaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām / yathā kṣīraviśeṣāṃśca sarvānevānupūrvaśaḥ
and likewise the particular calves — tell us who ask; and how (there were) the particular kinds of milk, all of them in order;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.121
यस्मिंश्च कारणे पाणिर्वनस्य मथितः पुरा । कुद्धैर्महर्षिभिः पूर्वैः कारणं ब्रूहि तद्धि नः
yasmiṃśca kāraṇe pāṇirvanasya mathitaḥ purā / kuddhairmaharṣibhiḥ pūrvaiḥ kāraṇaṃ brūhi taddhi naḥ
and for what reason Vena's hand was formerly churned by the angry great sages of old — tell us that reason.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.122
सूत उवाच कथयिष्यामि वो विप्राः पृथोर्वैन्यस्य संभवम् । एकाग्राः प्रयताश्चैव शुश्रूषध्वं द्विजोत्तमाः
sūta uvāca kathayiṣyāmi vo viprāḥ pṛthorvainyasya saṃbhavam / ekāgrāḥ prayatāścaiva śuśrūṣadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ
Sūta said: I shall relate to you, O brahmins, the origin of Pṛthu, son of Vena. Listen with single attention and with self-restraint, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.123
नाशुद्धाय न पापाय नाशिष्यायाहिताय च । वर्त्तनीयमिदं ब्रह्म नाव्रताय कथञ्चन
nāśuddhāya na pāpāya nāśiṣyāyāhitāya ca / varttanīyamidaṃ brahma nāvratāya kathañcana
This sacred lore is not to be imparted to an impure man, nor to a wicked man, nor to one who is not a pupil, nor to one who is hostile, nor in any way to one without vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.124
धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं पुण्यं वेदैश्च संमितम् । रहस्यमृषिभिः प्रोक्तं शृणुयाद्यो ऽनसूयकः
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca saṃmitam / rahasyamṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ śṛṇuyādyo 'nasūyakaḥ
It bestows wealth, fame and long life, it is meritorious and equal in measure to the Vedas; it is a secret declared by the sages — (let him) hear it who is free from envy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.125
यश्चैवं श्रावयेन्मर्त्यः पृथोर्वैन्यस्य संभवम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य न स शोचेत्कृताकृतम्
yaścaivaṃ śrāvayenmartyaḥ pṛthorvainyasya saṃbhavam / brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya na sa śocetkṛtākṛtam
And that mortal who thus causes the origin of Pṛthu, son of Vena, to be heard, having bowed to the brahmins, does not grieve over what he has done or left undone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.126
गोप्ता धर्मस्य राजासौ बभूवात्रिसमः प्रभुः । अत्रिवंशसमुत्पन्नो ह्यङ्गो नाम प्रजापतिः
goptā dharmasya rājāsau babhūvātrisamaḥ prabhuḥ / atrivaṃśasamutpanno hyaṅgo nāma prajāpatiḥ
That lord and king, a protector of dharma, was equal to Atri; born in Atri's line, he was the Prajāpati named Aṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.127
तस्य पुत्रो ऽभवद्वेनो नात्यर्थं धार्मिकस्तथा । जातो मृत्युसुतायां वै सुनीथायां प्रजापतिः
tasya putro 'bhavadveno nātyarthaṃ dhārmikastathā / jāto mṛtyusutāyāṃ vai sunīthāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ
His son was Vena, who was not excessively righteous; that Prajāpati was born of Sunīthā, the daughter of Mṛtyu (Death).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.128
स मातामहदोषेण वेनः कालात्म जात्मजः । स धर्मं वृष्ठतः कृत्वा कामाल्लोकेष्वर्तत
sa mātāmahadoṣeṇa venaḥ kālātma jātmajaḥ / sa dharmaṃ vṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā kāmāllokeṣvartata
Through the fault of his maternal grandfather, Vena, the son of the daughter of Kāla (Time), put dharma behind him and moved about among the worlds at the bidding of his desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.129
स्थापनां स्थापयामास धर्मायेतां स पार्थिवः । वेदशास्त्राण्यतिक्रम्य सो ऽधर्मे निरतो ऽभवत्
sthāpanāṃ sthāpayāmāsa dharmāyetāṃ sa pārthivaḥ / vedaśāstrāṇyatikramya so 'dharme nirato 'bhavat
That king established this (his own) ordinance in place of dharma; transgressing the Vedas and the treatises, he became devoted to unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.130
निःस्वाध्यायवष्ट्कारे तस्मिन्राज्यं प्रशासति । न पिबन्ति तदा सोमं महायज्ञेषु देवताः
niḥsvādhyāyavaṣṭkāre tasminrājyaṃ praśāsati / na pibanti tadā somaṃ mahāyajñeṣu devatāḥ
While he ruled the kingdom, with private Vedic recitation and the vaṣaṭ-call ceased, the gods then did not drink the soma at the great sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.131
न यष्टव्यं न दातव्यमिति तस्य प्रजापतेः । आसीत्प्रतिज्ञा क्रूरेयं विनाशे प्रत्युपस्थिते
na yaṣṭavyaṃ na dātavyamiti tasya prajāpateḥ / āsītpratijñā krūreyaṃ vināśe pratyupasthite
"There is to be no sacrificing, no giving of gifts" — such was that Prajāpati's cruel resolve, when his destruction was at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.132
अहमीज्यश्च पूज्यश्च यज्ञे देवद्विजातिभिः । मयि यज्ञा विधातव्या मयि होतव्यमित्यपि
ahamījyaśca pūjyaśca yajñe devadvijātibhiḥ / mayi yajñā vidhātavyā mayi hotavyamityapi
"I am the one to be sacrificed to and to be worshipped in sacrifice by the gods and the twice-born; sacrifices are to be offered to me, and to me the oblation is to be poured."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.133
तमतिक्रान्तमर्यादमवदानसुसंवृतम् । ऊचुर्महर्षयः सर्वे मरीचिप्रमुखास्तदा
tamatikrāntamaryādamavadānasusaṃvṛtam / ūcurmaharṣayaḥ sarve marīcipramukhāstadā
Then all the great seers, headed by Marīci, spoke to him, who had overstepped the bounds and was thoroughly wrapped up (in his own conceit).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.134
वयं दीक्षां प्रवेक्ष्यामः संवत्सरशतं नृप । त्वं मा कार्षीरधर्मं वै नैष धर्मः सनातनः
vayaṃ dīkṣāṃ pravekṣyāmaḥ saṃvatsaraśataṃ nṛpa / tvaṃ mā kārṣīradharmaṃ vai naiṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
"We shall enter upon a consecration for a hundred years, O king; do not you commit unrighteousness — this is not the eternal dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.135
निधने संप्रसूतस्त्वं प्रजापतिरसंशयः । पालयिष्ये प्रजाश्चेति पूर्वं ते समयः कृतः
nidhane saṃprasūtastvaṃ prajāpatirasaṃśayaḥ / pālayiṣye prajāśceti pūrvaṃ te samayaḥ kṛtaḥ
"You, a Prajāpati, were indeed born in (the line of) Death — no doubt of it; and previously an agreement was made by you: 'I will protect the creatures.'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.136
तां स्तथा वादिनः सर्वान्ब्रह्मर्षीनब्रवीत्तदा । वेनः प्रहस्य दुर्बुद्धिर्विदितेन च कोविदः
tāṃ stathā vādinaḥ sarvānbrahmarṣīnabravīttadā / venaḥ prahasya durbuddhirviditena ca kovidaḥ
Then Vena, evil-minded, laughing, and (thinking himself) wise from what he had learned, said to all those brahman-seers who spoke thus:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.137
स्रष्टा धर्मस्य कश्चान्यः श्रोतव्यं कस्य वा मया । वीर्यण तपसा सत्यैर्मया वा कः समो भुवि
sraṣṭā dharmasya kaścānyaḥ śrotavyaṃ kasya vā mayā / vīryaṇa tapasā satyairmayā vā kaḥ samo bhuvi
"Who else is the creator of dharma? Or to whom should I listen? Or who on earth is equal to me in valour, in austerity, in truthfulness?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.138
मन्दात्मानो न नूनं मां यूयं जानीत तत्त्वतः । प्रभवं सर्वलोकानां धर्माणां च विशेषतः
mandātmāno na nūnaṃ māṃ yūyaṃ jānīta tattvataḥ / prabhavaṃ sarvalokānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
"You dull-witted ones surely do not know me as I truly am — the source of all the worlds, and especially of the dharmas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.139
इच्छन्दहेयं पृथिवीं प्लावयेयं जलेन वा । सृजेयं वा ग्रसेयं वा नात्र कार्या विचारणा
icchandaheyaṃ pṛthivīṃ plāvayeyaṃ jalena vā / sṛjeyaṃ vā graseyaṃ vā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
"If I wish, I could burn up the earth, or flood it with water, or create it, or swallow it — there is no doubt to be had about this."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.140
यदा न शक्यते स्तंभादानार्य्यभृशसंहितः । अनुनेतुं तदा वेनस्ततः क्रुद्धा महर्षयः
yadā na śakyate staṃbhādānāryyabhṛśasaṃhitaḥ / anunetuṃ tadā venastataḥ kruddhā maharṣayaḥ
When Vena, ignoble and utterly obstinate, could not be won over from his stubbornness, then the great seers grew angry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.141
निगृह्य तं च बाहुभ्यां विस्फुरन्तं महा बलम् । ततो ऽस्य वामहस्तं ते ममन्थुर्भृशकोपिताः
nigṛhya taṃ ca bāhubhyāṃ visphurantaṃ mahā balam / tato 'sya vāmahastaṃ te mamanthurbhṛśakopitāḥ
Seizing him with their arms as he struggled, mighty though he was, they then, greatly enraged, churned his left hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.142
तस्मात्प्रमथ्यमानाद्वै जज्ञ पूर्वमिति श्रुतिः । ह्रस्वो ऽतिमात्रं पुरुषः कृष्णश्चापि बभूव ह
tasmātpramathyamānādvai jajña pūrvamiti śrutiḥ / hrasvo 'timātraṃ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇaścāpi babhūva ha
From that (hand) being churned there was born first — so says the tradition — a man exceedingly short and also black.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.143
स भीतः प्राञ्जलिश्चैव तस्थिवानाकुलेन्द्रियः । तमार्त्तं विह्वलं दृष्ट्वा निषीदेत्यब्रुवन्किल
sa bhītaḥ prāñjaliścaiva tasthivānākulendriyaḥ / tamārttaṃ vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣīdetyabruvankila
Frightened, with joined palms, he stood there with his senses in disarray; seeing him distressed and trembling, they said, it is told, "Sit down (niṣīda)!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.144
निषादवंशकर्तासौ बभूवानन्तविक्रमः । धीवरानसृजच्चापि वेनकल्मषसंभवान्
niṣādavaṃśakartāsau babhūvānantavikramaḥ / dhīvarānasṛjaccāpi venakalmaṣasaṃbhavān
He, of endless prowess, became the founder of the Niṣāda line; and he also brought forth the Dhīvaras, sprung from Vena's impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.145
ये चान्ये विन्ध्यनिलयास्तंबुरास्तुबुराः खशाः । अधर्मरुचयश्चापि विद्धि तान्वेनकल्मषान्
ye cānye vindhyanilayāstaṃburāstuburāḥ khaśāḥ / adharmarucayaścāpi viddhi tānvenakalmaṣān
And whatever others dwell in the Vindhyas — the Taṃburas, the Tuburas, the Khaśas — and those who delight in unrighteousness: know them to be (born of) Vena's impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.146
पुनर्महर्षयस्तस्य पाणिं वेनस्य दक्षिणम् । अरणीमिव संरब्धा ममन्थुर्जातमन्यवः
punarmaharṣayastasya pāṇiṃ venasya dakṣiṇam / araṇīmiva saṃrabdhā mamanthurjātamanyavaḥ
Then again the great sages, agitated and with anger arisen, churned the right hand of that Vena as (one churns) a fire-drill.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.147
पृथुस्तस्मात्समुत्पन्नः कराज्जलजसन्निभात् । पृथोः करतलाद्वापि यस्माज्जातः पृषुस्ततः
pṛthustasmātsamutpannaḥ karājjalajasannibhāt / pṛthoḥ karatalādvāpi yasmājjātaḥ pṛṣustataḥ
From that hand, resembling a lotus, Pṛthu arose; or (he is called) Pṛthu because he was born from the palm of the hand — hence Pṛthu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.148
दीप्यमानश्च वपुषा साक्षादग्निरिव ज्वलन् । आद्यमाजगवं नाम धनुर्गृह्य महारवम्
dīpyamānaśca vapuṣā sākṣādagniriva jvalan / ādyamājagavaṃ nāma dhanurgṛhya mahāravam
And blazing in body, glowing like Fire himself, taking up the primordial bow named Ājagava, of mighty roar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.149
शारांश्च बिभ्रद्रक्षार्थ कवचं च महाप्रभम् । तस्मिञ्जा ते ऽथ भूतानि संप्रहृष्टानि सर्वशः
śārāṃśca bibhradrakṣārtha kavacaṃ ca mahāprabham / tasmiñjā te 'tha bhūtāni saṃprahṛṣṭāni sarvaśaḥ
and bearing arrows for protection, and armour of great splendour — when he was born, then the beings were thoroughly delighted on all sides.
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BndP 1 36.150
समापेतुर्महाराजं वेनश्च त्रिदिवं गतः । समुत्पन्नेन राजर्षिः सत्पुत्रेण महात्मना
samāpeturmahārājaṃ venaśca tridivaṃ gataḥ / samutpannena rājarṣiḥ satputreṇa mahātmanā
They approached the great king, and Vena went to heaven; the royal sage (was saved) by the good, great-souled son who had been produced,
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BndP 1 36.151
त्रातः स पुरुषव्याघ्रः पुन्नाम्नो नरकात्तदा । तं नद्यश्च समुद्राश्च रत्नान्यादाय सर्वशः
trātaḥ sa puruṣavyāghraḥ punnāmno narakāttadā / taṃ nadyaśca samudrāśca ratnānyādāya sarvaśaḥ
that tiger among men was then rescued from the hell called Put. To him the rivers and the oceans, bringing gems from every side,
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BndP 1 36.152
अभिषेकाय तोयं च सर्व एवोपत स्थिरे । पितामहश्च भगवानङ्गिरोभिः सहामरैः
abhiṣekāya toyaṃ ca sarva evopata sthire / pitāmahaśca bhagavānaṅgirobhiḥ sahāmaraiḥ
and water for the consecration — all of them indeed presented themselves; and the venerable Grandfather (Brahmā), together with the Aṅgirases and the immortals,
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BndP 1 36.153
स्थावराणि च भूतानि जङ्गमानि च सर्वशः । समागम्य तदा वैन्यमभ्य षिञ्चन्नराधिपम्
sthāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni jaṅgamāni ca sarvaśaḥ / samāgamya tadā vainyamabhya ṣiñcannarādhipam
and the immobile beings and the moving ones from every side, having come together, then consecrated Vena's son as lord of men,
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BndP 1 36.154
महता राजराजेन प्रजापालं महाद्युतिम् । सो ऽभिषिक्तो महाराजो देवैरङ्गिरसः सुतैः
mahatā rājarājena prajāpālaṃ mahādyutim / so 'bhiṣikto mahārājo devairaṅgirasaḥ sutaiḥ
(consecrated) by the great king of kings the guardian of the people, of great splendour; that great king was consecrated by the gods and by the sons of Aṅgiras —
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BndP 1 36.155
आदि राजो महाभागः पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रतापवान् । पित्रापरञ्जितास्तस्य प्रजास्तेनानुरञ्जिताः
ādi rājo mahābhāgaḥ pṛthurvainyaḥ pratāpavān / pitrāparañjitāstasya prajāstenānurañjitāḥ
the first king, greatly fortunate, mighty Pṛthu son of Vena. Those subjects who had not been gratified by his father were gratified by him.
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BndP 1 36.156
ततो राजेति नामास्य ह्यनुरागादजायत । आपस्तस्तंभिरे तस्य समुद्रमभियास्यतः
tato rājeti nāmāsya hyanurāgādajāyata / āpastastaṃbhire tasya samudramabhiyāsyataḥ
Therefore, out of (their) affection, the name 'rājan' arose for him. The waters stood still for him when he was advancing toward the sea,
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BndP 1 36.157
पर्वताश्चावदीर्यन्त ध्वजभङ्गश्च नाभवत् । अकृष्टपच्या पृथिवी सिद्ध्यन्त्यन्नानि चिन्तया
parvatāścāvadīryanta dhvajabhaṅgaśca nābhavat / akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī siddhyantyannāni cintayā
and the mountains split open, and there was no breaking of his banner; the earth ripened (crops) without ploughing, and foods came to be by (mere) thought.
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BndP 1 36.158
सर्वकामदुघा गावः पृटके पुटके मधु । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु यजतस्तस्य वै मखे
sarvakāmadughā gāvaḥ pṛṭake puṭake madhu / etasminneva kāle tu yajatastasya vai makhe
The cows yielded all desires; there was honey in every cup. And at just this time, while he was sacrificing at his rite,
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BndP 1 36.159
सोमे सुते समु त्पन्नः सूतः सौत्ये तदाहनि । तस्मिन्नेवं समुत्पन्ने पुनर्जज्ञे ऽथ मागधः
some sute samu tpannaḥ sūtaḥ sautye tadāhani / tasminnevaṃ samutpanne punarjajñe 'tha māgadhaḥ
at the pressing of the soma, on that day of the soma-pressing, the Sūta arose; and when he had thus arisen, then the Māgadha was born too.
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BndP 1 36.160
सामगेषु च गायत्सु शुभाण्डे वैश्वदेविके । समागते समुत्पन्नस्तस्मान्मागध उच्यते
sāmageṣu ca gāyatsu śubhāṇḍe vaiśvadevike / samāgate samutpannastasmānmāgadha ucyate
While the Sāman-singers were singing, at the auspicious vessel in the Vaiśvadeva (rite), when (the singing) came together he arose; therefore he is called Māgadha.
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BndP 1 36.161
ऐन्द्रेण हविषा चापि हविः पृक्तं बृहस्पतेः । जुहावेन्द्राय दैवेन ततः सूतो व्यजायत
aindreṇa haviṣā cāpi haviḥ pṛktaṃ bṛhaspateḥ / juhāvendrāya daivena tataḥ sūto vyajāyata
And the oblation of Bṛhaspati was mixed with the oblation meant for Indra; by fate he offered it to Indra, and from that the Sūta was born.
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BndP 1 36.162
प्रमादस्तत्र संजज्ञ प्रायश्चित्तं च कर्मसु । शिष्यहव्येन यत्पृक्तमभिभूतं गुरोर्हविः
pramādastatra saṃjajña prāyaścittaṃ ca karmasu / śiṣyahavyena yatpṛktamabhibhūtaṃ gurorhaviḥ
There an error arose, and an expiation in the rites: since the teacher's oblation, mixed with the pupil's oblation, was overpowered,
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BndP 1 36.163
अधरोत्तरचारेण जज्ञे तद्वर्णवैकृतम् । यच्च क्षत्रात्समभवद्ब्राह्मण्यां हीनयोनितः
adharottaracāreṇa jajñe tadvarṇavaikṛtam / yacca kṣatrātsamabhavadbrāhmaṇyāṃ hīnayonitaḥ
by the lower and higher being interchanged, that mixture of classes was born; and what came to be from a kṣatriya upon a brahmin woman, from the lower birth —
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BndP 1 36.164
सूतः पूर्वेण साधर्म्यात्तुल्यधर्मः प्रकीर्त्तितः । मध्यमो ह्येष सूतस्य धर्मः क्षेत्रोपजीवनम्
sūtaḥ pūrveṇa sādharmyāttulyadharmaḥ prakīrttitaḥ / madhyamo hyeṣa sūtasya dharmaḥ kṣetropajīvanam
the Sūta, from similarity with the former, is declared to have a like duty. This is the middling duty of the Sūta: living by the fields.
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BndP 1 36.165
रथनागाश्वचरितं जघन्यं च चिकित्सितम् । पृथुस्तवार्थं तौ तत्र समाहूतौ महर्षिभिः
rathanāgāśvacaritaṃ jaghanyaṃ ca cikitsitam / pṛthustavārthaṃ tau tatra samāhūtau maharṣibhiḥ
The lowest is the handling of chariots, elephants and horses, and the practice of medicine. The two of them were summoned there by the great sages for the praise of Pṛthu.
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BndP 1 36.166
तावूचुर्मुनयः सर्वे स्तूयतामेष पार्थिवः । कर्मैतदनुरूपं च पात्रं चायं नराधिपः
tāvūcurmunayaḥ sarve stūyatāmeṣa pārthivaḥ / karmaitadanurūpaṃ ca pātraṃ cāyaṃ narādhipaḥ
All the sages said to those two: "Let this king be praised. This work befits (you), and this ruler of men is a worthy recipient."
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BndP 1 36.167
तावूचतुस्ततः सर्वांस्तानृषीन्सूतमागधौ । आवां देवानृषींश्चैव प्रीणयावः स्वकर्मतः
tāvūcatustataḥ sarvāṃstānṛṣīnsūtamāgadhau / āvāṃ devānṛṣīṃścaiva prīṇayāvaḥ svakarmataḥ
Then the Sūta and the Māgadha said to all those sages: "We two gratify gods and sages by our own proper work.
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BndP 1 36.168
न चास्य विद्वो वै कर्म न तथा लक्षणं यशः । स्तोत्रं येनास्य कुर्याव प्रोचुस्तेजस्विनो द्विजाः
na cāsya vidvo vai karma na tathā lakṣaṇaṃ yaśaḥ / stotraṃ yenāsya kuryāva procustejasvino dvijāḥ
But we do not know his deeds, nor his distinguishing marks, nor his fame, by which we might compose a praise-song for him." (Then) the fiery twice-born said:
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BndP 1 36.169
एष कर्मरतो नित्यं सत्यवाक्संयतेन्द्रियः । ज्ञानशीलो वदान्यश्च संग्रामेष्वपरजितः
eṣa karmarato nityaṃ satyavāksaṃyatendriyaḥ / jñānaśīlo vadānyaśca saṃgrāmeṣvaparajitaḥ
"This one is always devoted to (right) action, truthful in speech, his senses restrained, of the disposition of knowledge, liberal, and unconquered in battles.
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BndP 1 36.170
ऋषिभिस्तौ नियुक्तौ तु भविष्यैः स्तूयतामिति । यानि कर्माणि कृतवान् पृथुः पश्चान्महाबलः
ṛṣibhistau niyuktau tu bhaviṣyaiḥ stūyatāmiti / yāni karmāṇi kṛtavān pṛthuḥ paścānmahābalaḥ
And the two, commissioned by the sages with "let him be praised by (his) future (deeds)," — whatever deeds the greatly powerful Pṛthu performed afterwards,
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BndP 1 36.171
तानि गीतनिबद्धानि ह्यस्तुतां सूतमागधौ । ततस्तवान्ते सुप्रीतः पृथुः प्रादात्प्रजेश्वरः
tāni gītanibaddhāni hyastutāṃ sūtamāgadhau / tatastavānte suprītaḥ pṛthuḥ prādātprajeśvaraḥ
those, set into song, the Sūta and the Māgadha sang in praise. Then, at the end of the eulogy, Pṛthu, the lord of creatures, greatly pleased, gave
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BndP 1 36.172
अनूपदेशं सूताय मगधं मागधाय च । तदादि पृथिवीपालाः स्तूयन्ते सूतमागधैः
anūpadeśaṃ sūtāya magadhaṃ māgadhāya ca / tadādi pṛthivīpālāḥ stūyante sūtamāgadhaiḥ
the Anūpa country to the Sūta, and Magadha to the Māgadha. From that beginning, protectors of the earth are praised by sūtas and māgadhas.
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BndP 1 36.173
आशीर्वादैः प्रबोध्यन्ते सूतमागधबन्दिभिः । तं दृष्ट्वा परमप्रीताः प्रजा ऊचुर्महर्षयः
āśīrvādaiḥ prabodhyante sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ / taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītāḥ prajā ūcurmaharṣayaḥ
(Kings) are woken with benedictions by sūtas, māgadhas, and bards. Seeing him, the subjects and the great sages, exceedingly pleased, said:
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BndP 1 36.174
एष वृत्तिप्रदो वैन्यो भविष्यति नराधिपः । ततो वैन्यं महाभागं प्रजाः समभिदुद्रुवुः
eṣa vṛttiprado vainyo bhaviṣyati narādhipaḥ / tato vainyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ prajāḥ samabhidudruvuḥ
"This son of Vena will be a ruler of men who bestows livelihood." Then the subjects ran up to the greatly fortunate son of Vena,
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BndP 1 36.175
त्वं नो वृत्तिं विधत्स्वेति महार्षिवच नात्तदा । सो ऽभिद्रुतः प्रजाभिस्तु प्रजाहितचिकीर्षया
tvaṃ no vṛttiṃ vidhatsveti mahārṣivaca nāttadā / so 'bhidrutaḥ prajābhistu prajāhitacikīrṣayā
(saying) "Provide a livelihood for us" — then, at the word of the great sages. He, thus run upon by the subjects, out of the wish to do good to the subjects,
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BndP 1 36.176
धनुर्गृहीत्वा बाणांश्च वसुधामाद्रवद्बली । ततो वैन्यभयत्रस्ता गौर्भूत्वा प्राद्रवन्मही
dhanurgṛhītvā bāṇāṃśca vasudhāmādravadbalī / tato vainyabhayatrastā gaurbhūtvā prādravanmahī
taking up his bow and arrows, the mighty one charged at the earth. Then the earth, terrified with fear of Vainya, became a cow and fled.
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BndP 1 36.177
तां पृथुर्धनुरादाय द्रवन्तीमन्वधावत । सा लोकान्ब्रह्मलोकादीन्गत्वा वैन्यभयात्तदा
tāṃ pṛthurdhanurādāya dravantīmanvadhāvata / sā lokānbrahmalokādīngatvā vainyabhayāttadā
Taking up his bow, Pṛthu ran after her as she fled. She, then, out of fear of Vainya, having gone to the worlds beginning with Brahmā's world,
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BndP 1 36.178
संददर्शाग्रतो वैन्यं कार्मुकोद्यतपाणिकम् । ज्वलद्भिर्निशितैर्बाणैर्दीप्ततेजसमच्युतम्
saṃdadarśāgrato vainyaṃ kārmukodyatapāṇikam / jvaladbhirniśitairbāṇairdīptatejasamacyutam
saw the son of Vena before (her), with his bow raised in his hand, with blazing whetted arrows, of flaming energy, unfallen,
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BndP 1 36.179
महायोगं महात्मानं दुर्द्धर्षममरैरपि । अलबन्ती तु सा त्राणं वैन्यमेवान्वपद्यत
mahāyogaṃ mahātmānaṃ durddharṣamamarairapi / alabantī tu sā trāṇaṃ vainyamevānvapadyata
of great yoga, great-souled, hard to assail even by the immortals; and finding no protection, she resorted to Vainya himself.
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BndP 1 36.180
कृताञ्जलिपुटा देवी पूज्या लोकैस्त्रिभिः सादा । उवाच वैनं नाधर्मः स्त्रीवधे परिपश्यति
kṛtāñjalipuṭā devī pūjyā lokaistribhiḥ sādā / uvāca vainaṃ nādharmaḥ strīvadhe paripaśyati
With her palms folded, the goddess, ever to be honoured by the three worlds, said to Vainya: "Do you not see the unrighteousness in the killing of a woman?"
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BndP 1 36.181
कथं धारयिता चासि प्रजा या वर्द्धिता मया । मयि लोकाः स्थिता राजन्मयेदं धार्यते जगत्
kathaṃ dhārayitā cāsi prajā yā varddhitā mayā / mayi lokāḥ sthitā rājanmayedaṃ dhāryate jagat
"How will you support the creatures that have been nourished by me? On me the worlds rest, O king; by me this world is upheld.
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BndP 1 36.182
मत्कृते न विनश्येयुः प्रजाः पार्थिव वर्द्धिताः । स मां नर्हसि वै हन्तुं श्रेयस्त्वं च चिकीर्षसि
matkṛte na vinaśyeyuḥ prajāḥ pārthiva varddhitāḥ / sa māṃ narhasi vai hantuṃ śreyastvaṃ ca cikīrṣasi
Let not the nourished creatures perish on my account, O ruler of the earth. Therefore you must not kill me, if you wish the welfare
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BndP 1 36.183
प्रजानां पृथिवीपाल शृणु चेदं वचो मम । उपायतः समारब्धा सर्वे सिद्ध्यन्त्युपक्रमाः
prajānāṃ pṛthivīpāla śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama / upāyataḥ samārabdhā sarve siddhyantyupakramāḥ
of the creatures, O protector of the earth; and hear this word of mine: all undertakings, when begun with the (right) means, succeed.
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BndP 1 36.184
हत्वापि मां न शक्तस्त्वं प्रजानां पालने नृप । अन्तर्भूता भविष्यामि जहि कोपं महाद्युते
hatvāpi māṃ na śaktastvaṃ prajānāṃ pālane nṛpa / antarbhūtā bhaviṣyāmi jahi kopaṃ mahādyute
Even having killed me, you will not be able to protect the creatures, O king. I shall become (as if) vanished within; give up your anger, O greatly splendid one.
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BndP 1 36.185
अवध्यश्च स्त्रियः प्राहुस्तिर्यग्योनिगतेष्वपि । सत्त्वषु पृथिवीपाल धम न त्यक्तुमर्हसि
avadhyaśca striyaḥ prāhustiryagyonigateṣvapi / sattvaṣu pṛthivīpāla dhama na tyaktumarhasi
And they say that females are not to be slain, even among creatures born in animal wombs, O protector of the earth; you ought not to abandon dharma.
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BndP 1 36.186
एवं बहुविधं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा तस्या महामनाः । क्रोधं निगृह्य धर्मात्मा वसुधामिदमब्रवीत्
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā tasyā mahāmanāḥ / krodhaṃ nigṛhya dharmātmā vasudhāmidamabravīt
Having heard her speech of many kinds, the great-minded one, righteous of soul, restrained his anger and said this to the Earth:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.187
एकस्यार्थाय यो हन्यादात्मनो वा परस्य च । एकं प्राणी बहून्वापि कर्म तस्यास्ति पातकम्
ekasyārthāya yo hanyādātmano vā parasya ca / ekaṃ prāṇī bahūnvāpi karma tasyāsti pātakam
Whatever living being kills one, or even many, for the sake of one — for his own sake or for another's — that deed of his is a sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.188
यस्मिंस्तु निहते भद्रे जीवन्ते बहवः सुखम् । तस्मिन्हते नास्ति शुभे पातकं चोपपातकम्
yasmiṃstu nihate bhadre jīvante bahavaḥ sukham / tasminhate nāsti śubhe pātakaṃ copapātakam
But when one is slain, good lady, by whose slaying many live in happiness, in that slaying, fair one, there is neither sin nor minor sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.189
सो ऽहं प्रजानिमित्तं त्वां हनिष्यामि वसुन्धरे । यदि मे वचनं नाद्य करिष्यसि जगद्धितम्
so 'haṃ prajānimittaṃ tvāṃ haniṣyāmi vasundhare / yadi me vacanaṃ nādya kariṣyasi jagaddhitam
So I shall slay you, O Earth, for the sake of the people, if today you will not carry out my word, which is for the good of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.190
त्वां निहत्याशु बाणेन मच्छासनपराङ्मुखीम् । आत्मानं प्रथयित्वेह प्रजा धारयिता स्वयम्
tvāṃ nihatyāśu bāṇena macchāsanaparāṅmukhīm / ātmānaṃ prathayitveha prajā dhārayitā svayam
Having quickly slain you with an arrow, you who turn your face away from my command, I shall extend myself here and sustain the people myself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.191
सा त्वं वचनमास्थाय मम धर्मभृतां वरे । संजीवय प्रजा नित्यं शक्ता ह्यसि न संशयः
sā tvaṃ vacanamāsthāya mama dharmabhṛtāṃ vare / saṃjīvaya prajā nityaṃ śaktā hyasi na saṃśayaḥ
So you, abiding by my word, O best of the upholders of dharma, revive the people always; for you are able, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.192
दुहितृत्वं च मे गच्छ चैवमेतमहं शरम् । नियच्छेयं त्वद्वधार्थमुद्यन्तं घोरदर्शनम्
duhitṛtvaṃ ca me gaccha caivametamahaṃ śaram / niyaccheyaṃ tvadvadhārthamudyantaṃ ghoradarśanam
And become my daughter; and thus I shall hold back this arrow, raised for your slaying, terrible to look upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.193
प्रत्युवाच ततो वैन्यमेवमुक्ता सती मही । सर्वमेतदहं राजन्विधास्यामि न संशयः
pratyuvāca tato vainyamevamuktā satī mahī / sarvametadahaṃ rājanvidhāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ
Then, being thus addressed, the Earth replied to Vainya: "All this I shall arrange, O king, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.194
वत्सं तु मम तं पश्य क्षरेयं येन वत्सला । समां च कुरु सर्वत्र मां त्वं धर्म्मभृतां वर । यथा विस्पन्दमानं मे क्षीरं सर्वत्र भावयेत्
vatsaṃ tu mama taṃ paśya kṣareyaṃ yena vatsalā / samāṃ ca kuru sarvatra māṃ tvaṃ dharmmabhṛtāṃ vara / yathā vispandamānaṃ me kṣīraṃ sarvatra bhāvayet
But provide me that calf, by which, grown fond (of it), I might flow with milk; and make me level everywhere, O best of the upholders of dharma, so that my milk, streaming forth, may spread everywhere."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.195
सूत उवाच तत उत्सारयामास शिलाजालनि सर्वशः । धनुष्कोट्या तथा वैन्यस्तेन शैला विवर्द्धिताः
sūta uvāca tata utsārayāmāsa śilājālani sarvaśaḥ / dhanuṣkoṭyā tathā vainyastena śailā vivarddhitāḥ
Sūta said: Then Vainya drove off the masses of rock in every direction with the tip of his bow, and by that the mountains were made to grow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.196
मन्वन्तरेष्वतीतेषु विषमासीद्वसुन्धरा । स्वभावेना भवत्तस्याः समानि विषमाणि च
manvantareṣvatīteṣu viṣamāsīdvasundharā / svabhāvenā bhavattasyāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca
In the manvantaras that had passed, the Earth was uneven; by nature there were on her both level and uneven places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.197
न हि पूर्वनिसर्गे वै विषमे पृथिवीतले । प्रविभागः पुराणां वा ग्रामाणां वापि विद्यते
na hi pūrvanisarge vai viṣame pṛthivītale / pravibhāgaḥ purāṇāṃ vā grāmāṇāṃ vāpi vidyate
For in the earlier creation, when the surface of the earth was uneven, no division into cities or into villages existed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.198
न सस्यानि न गोरक्षं न कृषिर्न वणिक्पथः । चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे पूर्वमासीदेतत्पुरा किल
na sasyāni na gorakṣaṃ na kṛṣirna vaṇikpathaḥ / cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvamāsīdetatpurā kila
No crops, no cattle-keeping, no ploughing, no trade-route existed earlier, in the interval (manvantara) of Cākṣuṣa, so it is said of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.199
वैवस्वतेंऽतरे तस्मिन्सर्व स्यैतस्य संभवः । समत्वं यत्र यत्रासीद्भूमेः कस्मिंश्चिदेव हि
vaivasvateṃ'tare tasminsarva syaitasya saṃbhavaḥ / samatvaṃ yatra yatrāsīdbhūmeḥ kasmiṃścideva hi
In that Vaivasvata interval came the origin of all this. Wherever there happened to be any levelness of the ground at all,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.200
तत्र तत्र प्रजास्ता वै निवसंति च सर्वशः । आहारः फल मूले तु प्रजानामभवत्किल
tatra tatra prajāstā vai nivasaṃti ca sarvaśaḥ / āhāraḥ phala mūle tu prajānāmabhavatkila
there and there those people dwelt, on all sides; and the food of the people, it is said, was fruits and roots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.201
कृच्छ्रेणैव तदा तासामित्येवमनुशुश्रुम । वैन्यात्प्रभृति लोके ऽस्मिन्सर्वस्यैतस्य संभवः
kṛcchreṇaiva tadā tāsāmityevamanuśuśruma / vainyātprabhṛti loke 'sminsarvasyaitasya saṃbhavaḥ
And that with difficulty for them at that time — thus have we heard. From Vainya onward, in this world, came the origin of all this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.202
स कल्पयित्वा वत्सं तु चाक्षुषं मनुमीश्वरः । पृथुर्दुदोह सस्यानि स्वे तले पृथिवीं ततः
sa kalpayitvā vatsaṃ tu cākṣuṣaṃ manumīśvaraḥ / pṛthurdudoha sasyāni sve tale pṛthivīṃ tataḥ
That lord Pṛthu, having made Manu Cākṣuṣa the calf, then milked the Earth for crops upon his own palm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.203
तेनान्नेन ततस्ता वै वर्त्तयन्ति शुभाः प्रजाः । ऋषिभिः श्रूयते चापि पुनर्दुग्धा वसुंधरा
tenānnena tatastā vai varttayanti śubhāḥ prajāḥ / ṛṣibhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasuṃdharā
By that food, then, those good people subsist. And it is heard that the Earth was milked again by the seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.204
वत्सः सोमस्त्वभूत्तेषां दोग्धा चापि बृहस्पतिः । छन्दासिपात्रमासीत्तु गायत्र्यादीनि सर्वशः
vatsaḥ somastvabhūtteṣāṃ dogdhā cāpi bṛhaspatiḥ / chandāsipātramāsīttu gāyatryādīni sarvaśaḥ
For them the calf was Soma, and the milker was Bṛhaspati; the vessel was the metres, Gāyatrī and the rest, all of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.205
क्षीरमासीत्तदा तेषां तपो ब्रह्म च शाश्वतम् । पुनस्ततो देवगणैः पुरन्दरपुरोगमैः
kṣīramāsīttadā teṣāṃ tapo brahma ca śāśvatam / punastato devagaṇaiḥ purandarapurogamaiḥ
The milk then, for them, was austerity and the eternal Veda. Then again by the hosts of gods, with Purandara at their head —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.206
सौवर्णं पात्रमादाय दुग्धा संश्रूयते मही । वत्सस्तु मघवानासीद्दोग्धा च सविता विभुः
sauvarṇaṃ pātramādāya dugdhā saṃśrūyate mahī / vatsastu maghavānāsīddogdhā ca savitā vibhuḥ
Taking a golden vessel, the earth, it is heard, was milked; the calf was Maghavan (Indra), and the milker was the lord Savitṛ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.207
क्षीरमूर्जं च मधु च वर्त्तन्ते तेन देवताः । पितृभिः श्रूयते चापि पुनर्दुग्धा वसुन्धरा
kṣīramūrjaṃ ca madhu ca varttante tena devatāḥ / pitṛbhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā
Milk, sustenance and honey — by these the gods subsist; and it is heard too that the earth was milked again by the Fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.208
राजतं पात्रमादाय स्वधामाशु वितृप्तये । वैवस्वतो यमस्त्वासीत्तेषां वत्सः प्रतापवान्
rājataṃ pātramādāya svadhāmāśu vitṛptaye / vaivasvato yamastvāsītteṣāṃ vatsaḥ pratāpavān
Taking a silver vessel, for the swift satisfaction of svadhā (the ancestral offering); their calf was the mighty Yama, son of Vivasvat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.209
अन्तकश्चाभवद्दोग्धा पितॄणां बलवान्प्रभुः । असुरैः श्रूयते चापि पुनर्दुग्धा वसुन्धरा
antakaścābhavaddogdhā pitṝṇāṃ balavānprabhuḥ / asuraiḥ śrūyate cāpi punardugdhā vasundharā
And Antaka, the strong lord, became the milker for the Fathers; and it is heard too that the earth was milked again by the Asuras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.210
आयसं पात्रमादाय किल मायश्च सर्वशः । विरोचनस्तु प्राह्रादिर्वत्सस्तेषां महायशाः
āyasaṃ pātramādāya kila māyaśca sarvaśaḥ / virocanastu prāhrādirvatsasteṣāṃ mahāyaśāḥ
Taking an iron vessel, and magic (māyā) in every form, so they say; and their calf was the greatly renowned Virocana, son of Prahrāda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.211
त्रत्विग्द्विमूर्द्धा दैत्यानां दोग्धाभूद्दितिनन्दनः । पायसा ते च मायाभिः सर्वे मायाविनो ऽसुराः
tratvigdvimūrddhā daityānāṃ dogdhābhūdditinandanaḥ / pāyasā te ca māyābhiḥ sarve māyāvino 'surāḥ
Their priest was Dvimūrdhan; the milker for the Daityas was a son of Diti; and with that milk and with their magics they are all magic-wielding Asuras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.212
वर्त्तयन्ति महावीर्यास्तदेषां परमं बलम् । नागैस्तु श्रूयते दुग्धा वत्सं कृत्वा तु तक्षकम्
varttayanti mahāvīryāstadeṣāṃ paramaṃ balam / nāgaistu śrūyate dugdhā vatsaṃ kṛtvā tu takṣakam
Those of great valour subsist (on it); that is their supreme strength. And it is heard that she was milked by the Nāgas, making Takṣaka the calf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.213
अलाब५पात्रमादाय विषं क्षीरं तदा मही । तेषां वै वासुकिर्देग्धा काद्रवेयः प्रतापवान्
alāba5pātramādāya viṣaṃ kṣīraṃ tadā mahī / teṣāṃ vai vāsukirdegdhā kādraveyaḥ pratāpavān
Taking a gourd vessel, the earth then (gave) poison as milk; and their milker was the mighty Vāsuki, son of Kadrū.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.214
नागानां वै द्विजश्रेष्ठ सर्पाणां चैव सर्वशः । तेनैव वर्त्तयन्त्युग्रा महाकाया विषोल्बणाः
nāgānāṃ vai dvijaśreṣṭha sarpāṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ / tenaiva varttayantyugrā mahākāyā viṣolbaṇāḥ
(This was) for the Nāgas, O best of the twice-born, and for all the serpents; by that alone the fierce ones live, huge-bodied and swollen with poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.215
तदाहारास्तदाचारास्त द्वीर्यास्तदुपाश्रयाः । आमपात्रे पुनर्दुग्धा त्वन्तर्धानप्रियं मही
tadāhārāstadācārāsta dvīryāstadupāśrayāḥ / āmapātre punardugdhā tvantardhānapriyaṃ mahī
That is their food, that their conduct, that their strength, that their support. Again the earth was milked into an unbaked vessel: (the milk was) the power of invisibility.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.216
वत्सं वैश्रवणं कृत्वा यक्षैः पुण्यजनैस्तथा । दोग्धा रजतनाभस्तु पिता मणिधरस्य यः
vatsaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ kṛtvā yakṣaiḥ puṇyajanaistathā / dogdhā rajatanābhastu pitā maṇidharasya yaḥ
Making Vaiśravaṇa the calf, by the Yakṣas and the Puṇyajanas; and the milker was Rajatanābha, who is the father of Maṇidhara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.217
यज्ञात्मजो महातेजा वशी च सुमहायशाः । तेन ते वर्त्तयन्तीति परमर्थतया च ह
yajñātmajo mahātejā vaśī ca sumahāyaśāḥ / tena te varttayantīti paramarthatayā ca ha
Son of Yajña, of great splendour, self-controlled and of very great fame — by that they subsist, in truth indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.218
राक्षसैश्च पिशाचैश्च पुनर्दुग्धा वसुन्धरा । ब्रह्मा ब्राह्यास्तु वै दोगधा तेषामासीत्कुबेरकः
rākṣasaiśca piśācaiśca punardugdhā vasundharā / brahmā brāhyāstu vai dogadhā teṣāmāsītkuberakaḥ
And by the Rākṣasas and the Piśācas the earth was milked again; Brahmā (?) and the Brahmā-born; and their milker was Kuberaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.219
वत्सः सुमाली बलवान्क्षीरं रुधिरमेव च । कपालपात्रे निर्दुग्धा ह्यन्तर्द्धनं च राक्षसैः
vatsaḥ sumālī balavānkṣīraṃ rudhirameva ca / kapālapātre nirdugdhā hyantarddhanaṃ ca rākṣasaiḥ
The calf was the strong Sumālin, and the milk was blood; it was milked into a skull-vessel, and (the milk was) invisibility, by the Rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.220
तेन क्षीरेण रक्षांसि वर्त्तयन्तीह सर्वशः । पद्मपात्रे पुनर्दुग्धा गन्धर्वैश्चाप्स रोगणैः
tena kṣīreṇa rakṣāṃsi varttayantīha sarvaśaḥ / padmapātre punardugdhā gandharvaiścāpsa rogaṇaiḥ
By that milk the Rākṣasas live here in every way. Again she was milked into a lotus vessel by the Gandharvas and the hosts of Apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.221
वत्सं चित्ररथं कृत्वा शुचीन्गन्धामही तदा । तेषां वसुरुचिस्त्वासीद्दोग्धा पुत्रो मुनेः शुभः
vatsaṃ citrarathaṃ kṛtvā śucīngandhāmahī tadā / teṣāṃ vasurucistvāsīddogdhā putro muneḥ śubhaḥ
Making Citraratha the calf, the earth then (yielded) pure fragrances; and their milker was Vasuruci, the fair son of the sage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.222
गन्धर्वराजो ऽतिबलो महात्मा सूर्यसन्निभः । शैलैश्च श्रूयते दुग्धा पुनर्देवी वसुन्धरा
gandharvarājo 'tibalo mahātmā sūryasannibhaḥ / śailaiśca śrūyate dugdhā punardevī vasundharā
a Gandharva king, exceedingly strong, great of soul, like the sun. And it is heard that the goddess Vasundharā was milked again by the mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.223
तदौषधीर्मूर्तिमती रत्नानि विविधानि च । वत्सस्तु हिमवानासीद्दोग्धा मेरुर्महागिरिः
tadauṣadhīrmūrtimatī ratnāni vividhāni ca / vatsastu himavānāsīddogdhā merurmahāgiriḥ
Then (she yielded) the herbs in embodied form and jewels of many kinds; the calf was Himavat, and the milker was Meru, the great mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.224
पात्रं तु शैलमेवासीत्तेन शैलाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । श्रूयते वृक्षवीरुद्भिः पुनर्दुग्धा वसुन्धरा
pātraṃ tu śailamevāsīttena śailāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ / śrūyate vṛkṣavīrudbhiḥ punardugdhā vasundharā
And the vessel was of stone; by that the mountains were established. It is heard that the earth was milked again by the trees and creepers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.225
पालाशं पात्रमादाय छिन्नदग्धप्ररोहणम् । कामधुक् पुष्पितः शालः प्लक्षो वत्सो यशस्विनाम्
pālāśaṃ pātramādāya chinnadagdhaprarohaṇam / kāmadhuk puṣpitaḥ śālaḥ plakṣo vatso yaśasvinām
Taking a palāśa-leaf vessel, (the milk was) the resprouting of what has been cut and burnt; the milker was the flowering Śāla, and the calf of those glorious ones was the Plakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 36.226
सर्वकामदुघा दोग्ध्री पृथिवी भूतभाविनी । सैव धात्री विधात्री च धारणी च वसुन्धरा
sarvakāmadughā dogdhrī pṛthivī bhūtabhāvinī / saiva dhātrī vidhātrī ca dhāraṇī ca vasundharā
The earth, yielding all desires, a milch-cow, bringing beings into being — she indeed is the nurse (dhātrī) and the ordainer (vidhātrī), the supporter (dhāraṇī) and the treasure-bearer (Vasundharā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 36.227
दुग्धा हितार्थं लोकानां पृथुनेति हि नः श्रुतम् । चराचरस्य लोकस्य प्रतिष्ठा योनिरेव च
dugdhā hitārthaṃ lokānāṃ pṛthuneti hi naḥ śrutam / carācarasya lokasya pratiṣṭhā yonireva ca
She was milked by Pṛthu for the welfare of the worlds — so we have heard; and she is the foundation and the very womb of the world of moving and unmoving things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition