Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 64
BndP 2 64.1
प्रजावानेति सायुज्यं मनोर्वेवस्वतस्य सः । श्राद्धदेवस्य देवस्य प्रजानां पुष्टिदस्य च ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,६३।२१५ ॥ विपाप्मा विरजाश्चैव आयुष्माञ्जायते ऽच्युतः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,६३।२१६ ॥इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धात पादे भार्गवचरिते इक्ष्वाकुवंशकीर्त्तनं नाम त्रिषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ६३॥ सूत उवाच अनुजस्य विकुक्षेस्तु निमेर्वंशं निबोघत । यो ऽसौ निवेशयामास पुरं देवपुरोपमम्
prajāvāneti sāyujyaṃ manorvevasvatasya saḥ / śrāddhadevasya devasya prajānāṃ puṣṭidasya ca // bndp_2,63.215 // vipāpmā virajāścaiva āyuṣmāñjāyate 'cyutaḥ // bndp_2,63.216 //iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhāta pāde bhārgavacarite ikṣvākuvaṃśakīrttanaṃ nāma triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 63// sūta uvāca anujasya vikukṣestu nimervaṃśaṃ niboghata / yo 'sau niveśayāmāsa puraṃ devapuropamam
one obtains offspring and union with Manu Vaivasvata, the god Śrāddhadeva, the giver of increase to creatures; and free from evil, free from taint, long-lived and unfailing is he born. Thus, in the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu, in the middle portion, in the third, the Upodghāta section, within the Deeds of Bhārgava, the sixty-third chapter, named the Recital of the Lineage of Ikṣvāku. Sūta said: Now learn the lineage of Nimi, the younger brother of Vikukṣi — he who founded a city like the city of the gods,
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BndP 2 64.2
जयन्तमिति विख्यातं गौतमस्याश्रमान्तिकम् । यस्यान्ववाये जज्ञे वै जनको नृपसत्तमः
jayantamiti vikhyātaṃ gautamasyāśramāntikam / yasyānvavāye jajñe vai janako nṛpasattamaḥ
the one renowned as Jayanta, near the hermitage of Gautama — in whose line was born Janaka, the best of kings.
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BndP 2 64.3
निमिर्नाम सुधर्मात्मा सर्वसत्त्वनमस्कृतः । आसीत्पुत्रो महाराज चैक्ष्वाकोर्भूरितेजसः
nimirnāma sudharmātmā sarvasattvanamaskṛtaḥ / āsītputro mahārāja caikṣvākorbhūritejasaḥ
There was, great king, a son of Ikṣvāku of abundant splendour, named Nimi, very righteous in soul, honoured by all beings.
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BndP 2 64.4
स शापेन वसिष्ठस्यविदेहः समपद्यत । तस्य पुत्रो मिथिर्नाम जनितः पर्वभिस्त्रिभिः
sa śāpena vasiṣṭhasyavidehaḥ samapadyata / tasya putro mithirnāma janitaḥ parvabhistribhiḥ
By the curse of Vasiṣṭha he became bodiless (videha); his son named Mithi was engendered in three sections.
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BndP 2 64.5
अरण्यां मथ्यमानाया प्रादुर्भूतो महायशाः । नाम्ना मिथिरिति ख्यातो जननाज्जनको ऽभवत्
araṇyāṃ mathyamānāyā prādurbhūto mahāyaśāḥ / nāmnā mithiriti khyāto jananājjanako 'bhavat
When the fire-drill wood was being churned, the greatly renowned one appeared; known by the name Mithi, from his being born (janana) he became Janaka.
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BndP 2 64.6
मिथिर्नाम महावीर्यो येनासौ मिथिलाभवत् । राजासौ नाम जनको जनकाच्चा प्युदावसुः
mithirnāma mahāvīryo yenāsau mithilābhavat / rājāsau nāma janako janakāccā pyudāvasuḥ
Mithi by name, of great valour, by whom that (city) Mithilā came to be; that king (was) Janaka by name, and from Janaka (came) Udāvasu.
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BndP 2 64.7
उदावसोस्तु धर्मात्मा जातो ऽसौ नन्दिवर्द्धनः । नन्दिवर्धनतः शूरः सुकेतुर्नाम धार्मिकः
udāvasostu dharmātmā jāto 'sau nandivarddhanaḥ / nandivardhanataḥ śūraḥ suketurnāma dhārmikaḥ
Of Udāvasu was born that righteous-souled Nandivardhana; from Nandivardhana (came) the hero, righteous, named Suketu.
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BndP 2 64.8
सुकेतोरपि धर्मात्मा देवरातो महाबलः । देवरातस्य धर्मात्मा बृहदुक्थ इति श्रुतः
suketorapi dharmātmā devarāto mahābalaḥ / devarātasya dharmātmā bṛhaduktha iti śrutaḥ
Of Suketu too (was born) the righteous Devarāta of great strength; of Devarāta (was born) the righteous one known as Bṛhaduktha.
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BndP 2 64.9
बृहदुक्थस्य तनयो महावीर्यः प्रतापवान् । महावीर्यस्य धृतिमान् सुधृति स्तस्य चात्मजः
bṛhadukthasya tanayo mahāvīryaḥ pratāpavān / mahāvīryasya dhṛtimān sudhṛti stasya cātmajaḥ
The son of Bṛhaduktha was Mahāvīrya, full of majesty; of Mahāvīrya (was born) Dhṛtimān, and his son was Sudhṛti.
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BndP 2 64.10
सुधृतेरपि धर्मात्मा धृष्टकेतुः परन्तपः । धृष्टकेतुसुतश्चापि हर्यश्वो नाम विश्रुतः
sudhṛterapi dharmātmā dhṛṣṭaketuḥ parantapaḥ / dhṛṣṭaketusutaścāpi haryaśvo nāma viśrutaḥ
Of Sudhṛti too (was born) the righteous Dhṛṣṭaketu, scorcher of foes; and the son of Dhṛṣṭaketu was renowned by the name Haryaśva.
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BndP 2 64.11
हर्यश्वस्य मरुः पुत्रो मरोः पुत्रः प्रतिंबकः । प्रतिंबकस्य धर्मात्मा राजा कीर्त्तिरथः स्मृतः
haryaśvasya maruḥ putro maroḥ putraḥ pratiṃbakaḥ / pratiṃbakasya dharmātmā rājā kīrttirathaḥ smṛtaḥ
Maru was the son of Haryaśva, and the son of Maru was Pratiṃbaka; of Pratiṃbaka (was born) the righteous king known as Kīrtiratha.
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BndP 2 64.12
पुत्रः कीर्त्तिरथस्यापि देवमीढ इति श्रुतः । देवमीढस्य विबुधो विबुधस्य महाधृतिः
putraḥ kīrttirathasyāpi devamīḍha iti śrutaḥ / devamīḍhasya vibudho vibudhasya mahādhṛtiḥ
The son of Kīrtiratha too was the one known as Devamīḍha; of Devamīḍha (came) Vibudha, and of Vibudha, Mahādhṛti.
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BndP 2 64.13
महाधृतिसुतो राजा कीर्त्तिरातः प्रतापवान् । कीर्तिरातात्मजो विद्वान् महारोमेति विश्रुतः
mahādhṛtisuto rājā kīrttirātaḥ pratāpavān / kīrtirātātmajo vidvān mahārometi viśrutaḥ
The son of Mahādhṛti was king Kīrtirāta, full of majesty; the son of Kīrtirāta was the learned one renowned as Mahāroman.
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BndP 2 64.14
महारोम्णस्तु विख्यातः स्वर्णरोमा व्यजायत । स्वर्णरोमात्मजश्चापि ह्रस्वरोमाभवन्नृपः
mahāromṇastu vikhyātaḥ svarṇaromā vyajāyata / svarṇaromātmajaścāpi hrasvaromābhavannṛpaḥ
But of Mahāroman was born the famous Svarṇaroman; and the son of Svarṇaroman was the king Hrasvaroman.
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BndP 2 64.15
ह्रस्वरोमान्मजो विद्वान् सरिद्ध्वज इति श्रुतः । उद्भिन्ना कर्षता येन सीता राज्ञा यशस्विनी
hrasvaromānmajo vidvān sariddhvaja iti śrutaḥ / udbhinnā karṣatā yena sītā rājñā yaśasvinī
The learned son of Hrasvaroman was the one known as Sariddhvaja (Sīradhvaja); by which king, as he ploughed, the glorious Sītā sprang forth.
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BndP 2 64.16
रामस्य महिधी साध्वी सुव्रता नियतव्रता । वैशंपायन उवाच कथं सीता समुत्पन्न कृष्यमाण यशस्विनी
rāmasya mahidhī sādhvī suvratā niyatavratā / vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca kathaṃ sītā samutpanna kṛṣyamāṇa yaśasvinī
(She became) Rāma's queen, virtuous, of good vows, of steadfast observance. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: How was the glorious Sītā produced (from the earth) as it was being ploughed?
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BndP 2 64.17
किमर्थं वाकृषद्राजा क्षेत्रं यस्मिन् बभूव ह । सूत उवाच अग्निक्षेत्रे कृष्यमाणे अश्वमेधे महात्मनः
kimarthaṃ vākṛṣadrājā kṣetraṃ yasmin babhūva ha / sūta uvāca agnikṣetre kṛṣyamāṇe aśvamedhe mahātmanaḥ
Or for what purpose did the king plough the field in which she came to be? The Sūta said: When the fire-field was being ploughed at the horse-sacrifice of that great-souled one—
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BndP 2 64.18
विधिना सुप्रयत्नेन तस्मात्सा तु समुत्थिता । सीरध्वजानुजातस्तु भानुमान्नाम मैथिलः
vidhinā suprayatnena tasmātsā tu samutthitā / sīradhvajānujātastu bhānumānnāma maithilaḥ
—by (proper) rule and with great effort, from it she arose. But born after Sīradhvaja was the Maithila named Bhānumān.
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BndP 2 64.19
भ्राता कुशध्वजस्तस्य स काश्यधिपतिर्नृपः । तस्य भानुमतः पुत्रः प्रद्युम्नश्च पतापवान्
bhrātā kuśadhvajastasya sa kāśyadhipatirnṛpaḥ / tasya bhānumataḥ putraḥ pradyumnaśca patāpavān
His brother was Kuśadhvaja, that king (was) the lord of Kāśī; and the son of that Bhānumān was Pradyumna, full of majesty.
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BndP 2 64.20
मुनिस्तस्य सुतश्चापि तस्मादूर्जवहः स्मृतः । ऊर्जवहात्सनद्वाजः शकुनिस्तस्य चात्मजः
munistasya sutaścāpi tasmādūrjavahaḥ smṛtaḥ / ūrjavahātsanadvājaḥ śakunistasya cātmajaḥ
And his son was Muni, and from him Ūrjavaha is recorded; from Ūrjavaha (came) Sanadvāja, and his son was Śakuni.
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BndP 2 64.21
स्वागतः शकुनेः पुत्रः सुवर्चास्तत्सुतः स्मृतः । सुतोपस्तस्य दायादः सुश्रुतस्तस्य चात्मजः
svāgataḥ śakuneḥ putraḥ suvarcāstatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ / sutopastasya dāyādaḥ suśrutastasya cātmajaḥ
Svāgata was the son of Śakuni, and Suvarcas is recorded as his son; Sutopa was his heir, and his son was Suśruta.
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BndP 2 64.22
सुश्रुतस्य जयः पुत्रो जयस्य विजयः सुतः । विजयस्य क्रतुः पुत्र- क्रतोश्च सुनयः स्मतः
suśrutasya jayaḥ putro jayasya vijayaḥ sutaḥ / vijayasya kratuḥ putra- kratośca sunayaḥ smataḥ
The son of Suśruta was Jaya, the son of Jaya was Vijaya; the son of Vijaya was Kratu, and of Kratu Sunaya is recorded.
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BndP 2 64.23
सुनयाद्वीतहव्यस्तु वीतहव्यात्मजो धृतिः । धृतेस्तु बहुलाश्वो ऽभूद्बहुलाश्वसुतः कृतिः
sunayādvītahavyastu vītahavyātmajo dhṛtiḥ / dhṛtestu bahulāśvo 'bhūdbahulāśvasutaḥ kṛtiḥ
From Sunaya (came) Vītahavya, and the son of Vītahavya was Dhṛti; from Dhṛti was Bahulāśva, and the son of Bahulāśva was Kṛti.
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