Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 68
BndP 2 68.1
य इदं च्यवनं स्थानात्प्रतिष्ठां च शतक्रतोः । शृणुयाच्छ्रावयेद्वापि न स दौरात्म्यमाप्नुयात् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,६७।१०५ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे धन्वन्तरिसंभवादिवर्णनं नाम सप्तषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ६७॥ ऋषय ऊचुः मरुतेन कथं कन्या राज्ञे दत्ता महात्मना । किंवीर्याश्च महात्मानो जाता मरुतकन्यया
ya idaṃ cyavanaṃ sthānātpratiṣṭhāṃ ca śatakratoḥ / śṛṇuyācchrāvayedvāpi na sa daurātmyamāpnuyāt // bndp_2,67.105 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde dhanvantarisaṃbhavādivarṇanaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 67// ṛṣaya ūcuḥ marutena kathaṃ kanyā rājñe dattā mahātmanā / kiṃvīryāśca mahātmāno jātā marutakanyayā
Whoever should hear, or cause to be heard, this (account) of the falling of Śatakratu from his station and of his re-establishment, would not meet with evil-mindedness. [Bṛhaṇḍapurāṇa 2,67.105] Thus in the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu, in the middle section, in the third, the Upoddhāta section, the sixty-seventh chapter, called the description of the birth of Dhanvantari and so forth. [67] The sages said: How was the maiden given by the great-souled Maruta to the king? And of what valour were the great-souled ones born of Maruta's daughter?
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BndP 2 68.2
सूत उवाच आहरत्स मरुत्सोममन्नकामः प्रजेश्वरः । मासिमासि महातेजाः षष्टिसंवत्सरान्नृप
sūta uvāca āharatsa marutsomamannakāmaḥ prajeśvaraḥ / māsimāsi mahātejāḥ ṣaṣṭisaṃvatsarānnṛpa
Sūta said: That Marut, lord of creatures, desiring food, offered the marutsoma month by month for sixty years, O king, he of great splendour.
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BndP 2 68.3
तेन ते मरुतस्तस्य मरुत्सोमेन तोषिताः । अक्षय्यान्नं ददुः प्रीताः सर्वकामपरिच्छदम्
tena te marutastasya marutsomena toṣitāḥ / akṣayyānnaṃ daduḥ prītāḥ sarvakāmaparicchadam
By that marutsoma of his the Maruts were satisfied, and being pleased they gave inexhaustible food, furnished with all that one could wish.
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BndP 2 68.4
अन्नं तस्य सकृद्भुक्तमहोरात्रं न क्षीयते । कोटिशो दीय मानं च सूर्यस्योदयनादपि
annaṃ tasya sakṛdbhuktamahorātraṃ na kṣīyate / koṭiśo dīya mānaṃ ca sūryasyodayanādapi
His food, once eaten, does not diminish for a day and a night, even though given away by the crore, from the rising of the sun.
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BndP 2 68.5
मित्रज्योतेस्तु कन्याया मरितस्य च धीमतः । तस्माज्जाता महासत्त्वा धर्मज्ञा मोक्षदर्शिनः
mitrajyotestu kanyāyā maritasya ca dhīmataḥ / tasmājjātā mahāsattvā dharmajñā mokṣadarśinaḥ
From Mitrajyoti's daughter and the wise Marita were born those of great being, knowers of the law, seers of liberation.
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BndP 2 68.6
संन्यस्य गृहधर्माणि वैराग्यं समुपस्थिताः । यतिधर्ममवाप्येह ब्रह्मभूयाय ते गताः
saṃnyasya gṛhadharmāṇi vairāgyaṃ samupasthitāḥ / yatidharmamavāpyeha brahmabhūyāya te gatāḥ
Renouncing the duties of the household, they took to dispassion; and having attained here the law of the ascetic, they went to become one with brahman.
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BndP 2 68.7
अनेनसः सुतो जातः क्षत्रधर्मः प्रतापवान् । क्षत्रधर्मसुतो जातः प्रतिपक्षो महातपाः
anenasaḥ suto jātaḥ kṣatradharmaḥ pratāpavān / kṣatradharmasuto jātaḥ pratipakṣo mahātapāḥ
To Anenas was born a son, Kṣatradharma, full of might; to Kṣatradharma was born a son, Pratipakṣa, of great austerity.
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BndP 2 68.8
प्रतिपक्षसुतश्चापि सृंजयो नाम विश्रुतः । सृंजयस्य जयः पुत्रो विजयस्तस्य जज्ञिवान्
pratipakṣasutaścāpi sṛṃjayo nāma viśrutaḥ / sṛṃjayasya jayaḥ putro vijayastasya jajñivān
And Pratipakṣa's son was the one renowned by the name Sṛñjaya; Sṛñjaya's son was Jaya, and of him Vijaya was born.
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BndP 2 68.9
विजयस्य जयः पुत्रस्तस्य हर्यश्वकः स्मृतः । इर्यश्वस्य सुतो राजा सहदेवः प्रतापवान्
vijayasya jayaḥ putrastasya haryaśvakaḥ smṛtaḥ / iryaśvasya suto rājā sahadevaḥ pratāpavān
Vijaya's son was Jaya, and his (son) is remembered as Haryaśva; Haryaśva's son was the mighty king Sahadeva.
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BndP 2 68.10
सहदेवस्य धर्मात्मा अहीन इति विश्रुतः । अहीनस्य चयत्सेनस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽथ संकृतिः
sahadevasya dharmātmā ahīna iti viśrutaḥ / ahīnasya cayatsenastasya putro 'tha saṃkṛtiḥ
Sahadeva's (son) was the righteous one renowned as Ahīna; Ahīna's (son) was Jayatsena, and his son then was Saṃkṛti.
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BndP 2 68.11
संकृतेरपि धर्मात्मा कृतधर्मा महायशाः । इत्येते क्षत्रधर्माणो नहुषस्य निबोधत
saṃkṛterapi dharmātmā kṛtadharmā mahāyaśāḥ / ityete kṣatradharmāṇo nahuṣasya nibodhata
And Saṃkṛti's (son) was the righteous, greatly famed Kṛtadharmā. These, then, are those who follow the duty of kṣatriyas; now learn of Nahuṣa.
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BndP 2 68.12
नहुषस्य तु दायादाः षडिन्द्रोपमतेजसः । यतिर्ययातिः संयातिरायतिर्वियतिः कृतिः
nahuṣasya tu dāyādāḥ ṣaḍindropamatejasaḥ / yatiryayātiḥ saṃyātirāyatirviyatiḥ kṛtiḥ
Now Nahuṣa's heirs were six, of splendour like Indra's: Yati, Yayāti, Saṃyāti, Āyati, Viyati and Kṛti.
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BndP 2 68.13
यतिर्ज्येष्ठस्तु तेषां वै ययातिस्तु ततो ऽवरः । काकुत्स्थकन्यां गां नाम लेभे पत्नीं यतिस्तदा
yatirjyeṣṭhastu teṣāṃ vai yayātistu tato 'varaḥ / kākutsthakanyāṃ gāṃ nāma lebhe patnīṃ yatistadā
Yati was the eldest of them, and Yayāti was younger than he; Yati then obtained as wife the daughter of Kākutstha, named Gā.
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BndP 2 68.14
स यतिर्मोक्षमास्थाय ब्रह्मभूतो ऽभवन्मुनिः । तेषां मध्ये तु पञ्चानां ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः
sa yatirmokṣamāsthāya brahmabhūto 'bhavanmuniḥ / teṣāṃ madhye tu pañcānāṃ yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
That Yati, taking his stand on liberation, became a sage, one who had become Brahman; and among those five Yayāti was lord of the earth.
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BndP 2 68.15
देवयानीमुशनसः सुतां भार्यामवाप ह । शर्मिष्ठामासुरीं चैव तनयां वृषपर्वणः
devayānīmuśanasaḥ sutāṃ bhāryāmavāpa ha / śarmiṣṭhāmāsurīṃ caiva tanayāṃ vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
He obtained as wife Devayānī, the daughter of Uśanas, and also the Asura woman Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan.
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BndP 2 68.16
यदुं च तुर्वसुं चैव देवयानो व्यजायत । द्रुह्युं चानुं च पूरुं च शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी
yaduṃ ca turvasuṃ caiva devayāno vyajāyata / druhyuṃ cānuṃ ca pūruṃ ca śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī
Devayānī bore Yadu and Turvasu; and Śarmiṣṭhā, Vṛṣaparvan's daughter, (bore) Druhyu and Anu and Pūru.
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BndP 2 68.17
अजीजनन्महावीर्यान्सुतान्देवसुतोपमान् । रथं तस्मै ददौ शक्रः प्रीतः परमभास्वरम्
ajījananmahāvīryānsutāndevasutopamān / rathaṃ tasmai dadau śakraḥ prītaḥ paramabhāsvaram
(They) bore sons of great valour, like the sons of the gods. Śakra, being pleased, gave him a supremely radiant chariot,
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BndP 2 68.18
असंगं काञ्चनं दिव्यमक्षयौ च महेषुधी । युक्तं मनोजवैरश्वैर्येन कन्यां समुद्वहत्
asaṃgaṃ kāñcanaṃ divyamakṣayau ca maheṣudhī / yuktaṃ manojavairaśvairyena kanyāṃ samudvahat
unattached, golden, divine, and two great inexhaustible quivers, yoked with horses swift as thought — with which he carried off the maiden.
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BndP 2 68.19
स तेन रथमुख्येन जिगाय सततं महीम् । ययातिर्युधि दुर्द्धर्षो देवदानवमानवैः
sa tena rathamukhyena jigāya satataṃ mahīm / yayātiryudhi durddharṣo devadānavamānavaiḥ
With that foremost of chariots Yayāti, hard to assail in battle, continually conquered the earth over gods, dānavas and men.
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BndP 2 68.20
पौरवाणां नृपाणां च सर्वेषां सो ऽभवद्रथी । यावत्सुदेशप्रभवः कौरवो जनमेजयः
pauravāṇāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ so 'bhavadrathī / yāvatsudeśaprabhavaḥ kauravo janamejayaḥ
He was the charioteer (i.e. owner of that chariot) among all the Paurava kings, as long as (there was) the Kaurava Janamejaya, sprung from Sudeśa.
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BndP 2 68.21
कुरोः पौत्रस्य राज्ञरतु राज्ञः पारीक्षितस्य ह । जगाम सरथो नाशं शापाद्गार्ग्यस्य धीमतः
kuroḥ pautrasya rājñaratu rājñaḥ pārīkṣitasya ha / jagāma saratho nāśaṃ śāpādgārgyasya dhīmataḥ
But of the king who was the grandson of Kuru, the son of Parikṣit — (that chariot) went to destruction along with him by the curse of the wise Gārgya.
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BndP 2 68.22
गार्ग्यस्य हि सुतं बालं स राजा जनमेजयः । दुर्बुद्धिर्हिंसया मास लोहगन्धी नराधिपः
gārgyasya hi sutaṃ bālaṃ sa rājā janamejayaḥ / durbuddhirhiṃsayā māsa lohagandhī narādhipaḥ
For that king Janamejaya, evil-minded, killed the young son of Gārgya, and (so) the ruler of men came to smell of iron.
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BndP 2 68.23
स लोहगन्धी राजर्षिः परिधावन्नितस्ततः । पौरजानपदैस्त्यक्तो न लेभे शर्म कर्हिचित्
sa lohagandhī rājarṣiḥ paridhāvannitastataḥ / paurajānapadaistyakto na lebhe śarma karhicit
That royal sage, smelling of iron, running about here and there, abandoned by the townsmen and country folk, found no refuge anywhere.
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BndP 2 68.24
ततः स दुःखसंतप्तो नालभत्संविदं क्वचित । स प्रायाच्छौनकमृषिं शरणं व्यथितस्तदा
tataḥ sa duḥkhasaṃtapto nālabhatsaṃvidaṃ kvacita / sa prāyācchaunakamṛṣiṃ śaraṇaṃ vyathitastadā
Then he, burnt with sorrow, obtained no counsel anywhere; distressed, he then went for shelter to the sage Śaunaka.
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BndP 2 68.25
इन्द्रोतोनाम विख्यातो यो ऽसौ मुनि रुदारधीः । योजयामास चैन्द्रोतः शौनको जनमेजयम्
indrotonāma vikhyāto yo 'sau muni rudāradhīḥ / yojayāmāsa caindrotaḥ śaunako janamejayam
That sage of noble mind who was famed by the name Indrota — Indrota Śaunaka engaged Janamejaya,
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BndP 2 68.26
अश्वमेधेन राजानं पावनार्थं द्विजोत्तमाः । स लोहगन्धो व्यनशत्त स्यावभृथमेत्य ह
aśvamedhena rājānaṃ pāvanārthaṃ dvijottamāḥ / sa lohagandho vyanaśatta syāvabhṛthametya ha
engaged the king by means of a horse-sacrifice for the sake of purification, O best of the twice-born; and that smell of iron perished when he reached the final ablution.
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BndP 2 68.27
स वै दिव्यो रथस्तस्माद्वसोश्चेदिपतेस्तथा । दत्तः शक्रेन तुष्टेन लेभे तस्माद्बृहद्रथः
sa vai divyo rathastasmādvasoścedipatestathā / dattaḥ śakrena tuṣṭena lebhe tasmādbṛhadrathaḥ
That divine chariot (passed) from him to Vasu, lord of Cedi, given by the pleased Śakra; from him Bṛhadratha obtained it.
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BndP 2 68.28
ततो हत्वा जरासंधं भीमस्तं रथमुत्तमम् । प्रददौ वासुदेवाय प्रीत्या कौरवनन्दनः
tato hatvā jarāsaṃdhaṃ bhīmastaṃ rathamuttamam / pradadau vāsudevāya prītyā kauravanandanaḥ
Then, after killing Jarāsaṃdha, Bhīma, the delight of the Kurus, gave that excellent chariot with affection to Vāsudeva.
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BndP 2 68.29
स जरां प्राप्य राजर्षिर्ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः । पुत्रं श्रेष्टं वरिष्ठं च यदुमित्यब्रवीद्वचः
sa jarāṃ prāpya rājarṣiryayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ / putraṃ śreṣṭaṃ variṣṭhaṃ ca yadumityabravīdvacaḥ
That royal seer Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, having come upon old age, spoke this word to his best and foremost son, Yadu:
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BndP 2 68.30
जरावली च मां तात पलितानि च पर्ययुः । काव्यस्योशनसः शापान्न च तृप्तो ऽस्मि यौवने
jarāvalī ca māṃ tāta palitāni ca paryayuḥ / kāvyasyośanasaḥ śāpānna ca tṛpto 'smi yauvane
"Wrinkles, my son, and grey hairs have overtaken me, through the curse of Kāvya Uśanas, and I am not yet sated with youth.
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BndP 2 68.31
त्वं यदो प्रतिपद्यस्व पाप्मानं जरया सह । जरां मे प्रतिगृह्णीष्व तं यदुः प्रत्युवाच ह
tvaṃ yado pratipadyasva pāpmānaṃ jarayā saha / jarāṃ me pratigṛhṇīṣva taṃ yaduḥ pratyuvāca ha
"You, Yadu, take on this affliction together with the old age; accept my old age from me." Yadu answered him:
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BndP 2 68.32
अनिर्दिष्टा हि मे भिक्षा ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिश्रुता । सा तु व्यायामसाध्या वै न ग्रहीष्यामि ते जराम्
anirdiṣṭā hi me bhikṣā brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutā / sā tu vyāyāmasādhyā vai na grahīṣyāmi te jarām
"An unspecified alms has been promised by me to a brahmin, and that (alms) is to be accomplished by (bodily) exertion; I shall not take your old age.
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BndP 2 68.33
जरायां बहवो दोषाः पानभोजनकारिताः । तस्माज्जरां न ते राजन्ग्रहीतुमहमुत्सहे
jarāyāṃ bahavo doṣāḥ pānabhojanakāritāḥ / tasmājjarāṃ na te rājangrahītumahamutsahe
"In old age there are many defects, caused by drink and food; therefore, king, I cannot bring myself to take your old age.
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BndP 2 68.34
सितश्मश्रुधरो दीनो जरया शिथिलीकृतः । वलीसंततगात्रश्च निराशो दुर्बलाकृतिः
sitaśmaśrudharo dīno jarayā śithilīkṛtaḥ / valīsaṃtatagātraśca nirāśo durbalākṛtiḥ
"Wearing a white beard, wretched, slackened by old age, his limbs covered over with wrinkles, without hope, feeble in form,
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BndP 2 68.35
अशक्तः कार्यकरणे परिबूतस्तु यौवने । सहोपवीतिभिश्चैव तां जरां नाभिकामये
aśaktaḥ kāryakaraṇe paribūtastu yauvane / sahopavītibhiścaiva tāṃ jarāṃ nābhikāmaye
"unable to perform his tasks, despised among the young and even among those wearing the sacred thread — that old age I do not desire.
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BndP 2 68.36
संति ते बहवः पुत्रा मत्तः प्रियतरा नृप । प्रतिगृह्णन्तु धर्मज्ञ पुत्रमन्यं वृणीष्व वै
saṃti te bahavaḥ putrā mattaḥ priyatarā nṛpa / pratigṛhṇantu dharmajña putramanyaṃ vṛṇīṣva vai
"You have many sons, king, dearer to you than I am; let them accept it, knower of dharma — choose another son."
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BndP 2 68.37
स एवमुक्तो यदुना दीव्रकोपसमन्वितः । उवाच वदतां श्रेष्टो ज्येष्ठं तं गर्हयन्सुतम्
sa evamukto yadunā dīvrakopasamanvitaḥ / uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭo jyeṣṭhaṃ taṃ garhayansutam
Thus addressed by Yadu, he, the best of speakers, filled with sharp anger, spoke, reproaching that eldest son:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.38
आश्रमः कस्तवान्यो ऽस्ति को वा धर्मविधिस्तव । मामनादृत्य दुर्बुद्धे यदहं तव देशिकः
āśramaḥ kastavānyo 'sti ko vā dharmavidhistava / māmanādṛtya durbuddhe yadahaṃ tava deśikaḥ
"What other stage of life is yours, or what rule of dharma is yours, that you disregard me, fool, when I am your instructor?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.39
एवमुक्त्वा यदुं राजा शशापैनं स मन्युमान् । यस्त्वं मे त्दृदयाज्जातो वयः स्वं न प्रयच्छसि
evamuktvā yaduṃ rājā śaśāpainaṃ sa manyumān / yastvaṃ me tdṛdayājjāto vayaḥ svaṃ na prayacchasi
Having said this to Yadu, that wrathful king cursed him: "Since you, born from my heart, do not give me your own age (of youth),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.40
तस्मान्न राज्यभाङ्मूढ प्रजा ते वै भविष्यति । तुर्वसो प्रतिपद्यस्व पाप्मानं जरया सह
tasmānna rājyabhāṅmūḍha prajā te vai bhaviṣyati / turvaso pratipadyasva pāpmānaṃ jarayā saha
"therefore, fool, you shall have no share in the kingdom, and your offspring shall be such. Turvasu, take on this affliction together with the old age."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.41
तुर्वसुरुवाच न कामये जरां तात कामभोगप्रणाशिनीम् । जरायां बहवो दोषाः पानभोजन कारिताः
turvasuruvāca na kāmaye jarāṃ tāta kāmabhogapraṇāśinīm / jarāyāṃ bahavo doṣāḥ pānabhojana kāritāḥ
Turvasu said: "I do not desire old age, father, which destroys the enjoyment of pleasures; in old age there are many defects, caused by drink and food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.42
तस्माज्जरां न ते राजन्ग्रहीतुमहमुत्सहे । ययातिरुवाच यस्त्वं मे त्दृदयाज्जातो वयः स्वं न प्रयच्छसि
tasmājjarāṃ na te rājangrahītumahamutsahe / yayātiruvāca yastvaṃ me tdṛdayājjāto vayaḥ svaṃ na prayacchasi
"Therefore, king, I cannot bring myself to take your old age." Yayāti said: "Since you, born from my heart, do not give me your own youth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.43
तस्मात्प्रजानु विच्छेदं तुर्वसो तव यास्यति । संकीर्णेषु च धर्मेण प्रतिलोमनरेषु च
tasmātprajānu vicchedaṃ turvaso tava yāsyati / saṃkīrṇeṣu ca dharmeṇa pratilomanareṣu ca
"therefore, Turvasu, the cutting off of your progeny shall come about; and among men mixed in dharma and of inverse (mixed) descent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 68.44
पिशिताशिषु चान्येषु मूढ राजा भविष्यसि । गुरुदारप्रसक्तेषु तिर्यग्योनिगतेषु वा । वासस्ते पाप म्लेच्छेषु भविष्यति न संशयः
piśitāśiṣu cānyeṣu mūḍha rājā bhaviṣyasi / gurudāraprasakteṣu tiryagyonigateṣu vā / vāsaste pāpa mleccheṣu bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"and among other flesh-eaters, fool, you shall be king; among those attached to their elders' wives, or those gone to the wombs of beasts — your dwelling, wicked one, shall be among the barbarians, no doubt of it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.45
सूत उवाच एवं तु तुर्वसुंशप्त्वा ययातिः सुतमात्मनः
sūta uvāca evaṃ tu turvasuṃśaptvā yayātiḥ sutamātmanaḥ
Sūta said: Having thus cursed his own son Turvasu, Yayāti
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.46
शर्मिष्ठायाः सुतं द्रुह्युमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । द्रुह्यो त्वं प्रतिपद्यस्व वर्णरूपविनाशिनीम्
śarmiṣṭhāyāḥ sutaṃ druhyumidaṃ vacanamabravīt / druhyo tvaṃ pratipadyasva varṇarūpavināśinīm
spoke this word to Druhyu, the son of Śarmiṣṭhā: "Druhyu, take on (this old age) that destroys complexion and beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.47
जरा वर्षसहस्रंवै यौवनं स्वं ददस्व मे । पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे ते प्रतिदास्यामि यौवनम्
jarā varṣasahasraṃvai yauvanaṃ svaṃ dadasva me / pūrṇe varṣasahasre te pratidāsyāmi yauvanam
"(Take) the old age for a thousand years, and give me your own youth; when the thousand years are complete I shall give you back your youth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.48
स्वं चादास्यामि भूयो ऽहं पाप्मानं जरया सह । द्रुह्युरुवाच नारोहेत रथं नाश्वं जीर्णो भुङ्क्ते न च स्त्रियम् । न सुखं चास्य भवति न जरां तेन कामये
svaṃ cādāsyāmi bhūyo 'haṃ pāpmānaṃ jarayā saha / druhyuruvāca nāroheta rathaṃ nāśvaṃ jīrṇo bhuṅkte na ca striyam / na sukhaṃ cāsya bhavati na jarāṃ tena kāmaye
"And I will take back my own (old age) again, the evil together with the aging." Druhyu said: "An aged man cannot mount a chariot nor a horse; he does not enjoy a woman; nor does he have any pleasure. Therefore I do not desire old age."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.49
ययातिरुवाच यस्त्वं मे हृदयाज्जातो वयः स्वं न प्रयच्छसि
yayātiruvāca yastvaṃ me hṛdayājjāto vayaḥ svaṃ na prayacchasi
Yayāti said: "You who were born from my heart do not give me your youth—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.50
तस्माद्द्रुह्यो प्रियः कामो न ते संपत्स्यते क्वचित् । नौप्लवोत्तरसंचारस्तव नित्यं भविष्यति
tasmāddruhyo priyaḥ kāmo na te saṃpatsyate kvacit / nauplavottarasaṃcārastava nityaṃ bhaviṣyati
"—therefore, Druhyu, your cherished desire will nowhere be fulfilled. Your crossing over will always be by boat and raft."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.51
अराजा राजवंशस्त्वं तत्र नित्यं वसिष्यसि । अनो त्वं प्रतिपाद्यस्व पाप्मानं जरया सह
arājā rājavaṃśastvaṃ tatra nityaṃ vasiṣyasi / ano tvaṃ pratipādyasva pāpmānaṃ jarayā saha
"Not a king (though) of royal lineage, you will dwell there forever. Anu, do you take on the evil together with the aging."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.52
एवं वर्षसहस्रं तु चरेयं यौवनेन ते । अनुरुवाच जीर्णः शिशुरिवाशक्तो जरया ह्यशुचिः सदा । न जुहोति स काले ऽग्निं तां जरां नाभिकामये
evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu careyaṃ yauvanena te / anuruvāca jīrṇaḥ śiśurivāśakto jarayā hyaśuciḥ sadā / na juhoti sa kāle 'gniṃ tāṃ jarāṃ nābhikāmaye
"Thus for a thousand years I would range about with your youth." Anu said: "An aged man is helpless like an infant, and always impure through aging; he does not offer to the fire at the proper time. I do not desire that old age."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.53
ययातिरूवाच । यस्त्वं मे हृदयाज्जातो वयः स्वं न प्रयच्छसि
yayātirūvāca / yastvaṃ me hṛdayājjāto vayaḥ svaṃ na prayacchasi
Yayāti said: "You who were born from my heart do not give me your youth—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.54
जरादोष स्त्वयोक्तो ऽयं तस्मात्त्वं प्रतिपत्स्यसे । प्रजा च यौवनं प्राप्ता विनशिष्यत्यनो तव
jarādoṣa stvayokto 'yaṃ tasmāttvaṃ pratipatsyase / prajā ca yauvanaṃ prāptā vinaśiṣyatyano tava
"—this fault of old age has been declared by you; therefore you shall incur it. And your offspring, Anu, on reaching youth, will perish."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.55
अग्निप्रस्कन्दनपरास्त्वं वाप्येवं भविष्यसि । पूरो त्वं प्रतिपद्यस्व पाप्मानं जरया सह
agnipraskandanaparāstvaṃ vāpyevaṃ bhaviṣyasi / pūro tvaṃ pratipadyasva pāpmānaṃ jarayā saha
"Or else you will be one given to falling into the fire. Pūru, do you take on the evil together with the aging."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 68.56
जरावली च मां तात पलितानि च पर्ययुः । काव्यस्योशनसः शापान्न च तृप्तो ऽस्मियौवने
jarāvalī ca māṃ tāta palitāni ca paryayuḥ / kāvyasyośanasaḥ śāpānna ca tṛpto 'smiyauvane
"Wrinkles of age and grey hairs have come upon me, my son, through the curse of Uśanas the son of Kavi, and I am not sated with youth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.57
कञ्चित्कालं चरेयं वै विषयान्वयसा तव । पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे ते प्रतिदास्यामि यौवनम्
kañcitkālaṃ careyaṃ vai viṣayānvayasā tava / pūrṇe varṣasahasre te pratidāsyāmi yauvanam
"For some time I would enjoy the objects of sense with your youth; when the thousand years are complete I will give you back your youth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.58
स्वं चैव प्रतिपत्स्ये ऽहं पाप्मानं जरया सह । सूत उवाच एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच पुत्रः पितरमञ्जसा
svaṃ caiva pratipatsye 'haṃ pāpmānaṃ jarayā saha / sūta uvāca evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca putraḥ pitaramañjasā
"And I myself will take back the evil together with the aging." Sūta said: Thus addressed, the son answered his father at once:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.59
यथा तु मन्यसे तात करिष्यामि तथैव च । प्रतिपत्स्ये च ते राजन्पाप्मानं जरया सह
yathā tu manyase tāta kariṣyāmi tathaiva ca / pratipatsye ca te rājanpāpmānaṃ jarayā saha
"As you think fit, father, so indeed will I do; and I will take on from you, O king, the evil together with the aging."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.60
गृहाण यौवनं मत्तश्चर कामान्यथेप्सितान् । जरयाहं प्रतिच्छन्नो वयोरूपधरस्तव
gṛhāṇa yauvanaṃ mattaścara kāmānyathepsitān / jarayāhaṃ praticchanno vayorūpadharastava
"Take youth from me; enjoy pleasures as you wish. Covered over by old age, bearing your age and form,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.61
यौवनं भवते दत्त्वा चरिष्यामि यथार्थवत् । ययातिरुवाच पूरो प्रीतो ऽस्मि भद्रं ते प्रीतश्चेदं ददामि ते
yauvanaṃ bhavate dattvā cariṣyāmi yathārthavat / yayātiruvāca pūro prīto 'smi bhadraṃ te prītaścedaṃ dadāmi te
"having given youth to you, sir, I shall live as is fitting." Yayāti said: "Pūru, I am pleased; may it be well with you; and being pleased I grant you this:"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.62
सर्वकामसमृद्धा ते प्रजा राज्ये भविष्यति । सूत उवाच पूरोरनुमतो राजा ययातिः स्वजरां ततः
sarvakāmasamṛddhā te prajā rājye bhaviṣyati / sūta uvāca pūroranumato rājā yayātiḥ svajarāṃ tataḥ
"Your offspring in the kingdom shall be prosperous with every desire (fulfilled)." Sūta said: Then, with Pūru's consent, king Yayāti transferred his own old age
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.63
संक्रामयामास तदा प्रासादद्भार्गवस्य तु । गौरवेणाथ वयसा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः
saṃkrāmayāmāsa tadā prāsādadbhārgavasya tu / gauraveṇātha vayasā yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ
at that time—by the boon of the Bhārgava (Uśanas). Then, with the youth (received), Yayāti the son of Nahuṣa, with reverence,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 68.64
प्रीतियुक्तो नरश्रेष्ठश्चचार विषयान्स्वकान् । यथाकामं यथोत्साहं यथाकालं यथासुखम्
prītiyukto naraśreṣṭhaścacāra viṣayānsvakān / yathākāmaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yathākālaṃ yathāsukham
filled with delight, best of men, enjoyed his own objects of pleasure—as he wished, as he had the vigour, as the time allowed, as was pleasant,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.65
धर्माविरोधी राजेन्द्रो यथाशक्ति स एव हि । देवानतर्पयद्यज्ञैः पितॄञ्श्राद्धैस्तथैव च
dharmāvirodhī rājendro yathāśakti sa eva hi / devānatarpayadyajñaiḥ pitṝñśrāddhaistathaiva ca
not in conflict with dharma, that lord of kings, according to his power. He satisfied the gods with sacrifices and the ancestors with śrāddha rites likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.66
दाराननुग्रहैरिष्टैः कामैश्च द्विजसत्तमान् । अतिथीनन्नपानैश्च वैश्यंश्च परिपालनैः
dārānanugrahairiṣṭaiḥ kāmaiśca dvijasattamān / atithīnannapānaiśca vaiśyaṃśca paripālanaiḥ
his wives with kindnesses and with desired pleasures, the best of the twice-born (with gifts), guests with food and drink, and the vaiśyas with protection,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.67
आनृशंस्येन शूद्रांश्च दस्यून्संनिग्रहेण च । धर्मेण च प्रजाः सर्वा यथावदनुरञ्जयत्
ānṛśaṃsyena śūdrāṃśca dasyūnsaṃnigraheṇa ca / dharmeṇa ca prajāḥ sarvā yathāvadanurañjayat
and the śūdras with freedom from cruelty, and the robbers by restraint; and by dharma he duly gratified all his subjects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.68
ययातिः पालयामास साक्षादिन्द्र इवापरः । स राजा सिंहविक्रान्तो युवा विषयगोचरः
yayātiḥ pālayāmāsa sākṣādindra ivāparaḥ / sa rājā siṃhavikrānto yuvā viṣayagocaraḥ
Yayāti protected (them), like a second Indra in person; that king, valorous as a lion, was young and given to (the enjoyment of) sense-objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.69
अविरोधेन धर्मस्य चचार सुखमुत्तमम् । स मार्गमाणः कामानामतद्दोषनिदर्शनात्
avirodhena dharmasya cacāra sukhamuttamam / sa mārgamāṇaḥ kāmānāmataddoṣanidarśanāt
Without transgressing dharma he enjoyed the highest pleasure; he, seeking out (objects of) desire, since he did not perceive the fault in that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 68.70
विश्वाच्या सहितो रेमे वैब्राजे नन्दने वने । अपश्यत्स यदा तान्वै वर्द्धमानान्नृपस्तदा
viśvācyā sahito reme vaibrāje nandane vane / apaśyatsa yadā tānvai varddhamānānnṛpastadā
Together with Viśvācī he sported in the Nandana grove at Vaibhrāja; and when the king saw those (desires) growing,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.71
गत्वा पूरोः सकाशं वै स्वां जरां प्रत्यपद्यत । संप्राप्य स तु तान्कामांस्तृप्तः खिन्नश्च पार्थिवः
gatvā pūroḥ sakāśaṃ vai svāṃ jarāṃ pratyapadyata / saṃprāpya sa tu tānkāmāṃstṛptaḥ khinnaśca pārthivaḥ
having gone into Pūru's presence, he took back his own old age; and that king, having obtained those desires, was (both) satisfied and weary.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.72
कालं वर्षसहस्रं वै सस्मार मनुजाधिपः । परिसंख्याय काले च कलाः काष्ठास्तथैव च
kālaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai sasmāra manujādhipaḥ / parisaṃkhyāya kāle ca kalāḥ kāṣṭhāstathaiva ca
The lord of men called to mind the time, a thousand years indeed, and reckoned up in that time the kalās and likewise the kāṣṭhās.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.73
पूर्णं मत्वा ततः कालं पूरुं पुत्रमुवाच ह । यथा सुखं यथोत्साहं यथाकालमरिन्दम
pūrṇaṃ matvā tataḥ kālaṃ pūruṃ putramuvāca ha / yathā sukhaṃ yathotsāhaṃ yathākālamarindama
Then, deeming the time complete, he said to his son Pūru: "As is pleasant, as is (your) zeal, as befits the time, O subduer of foes—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.74
सेविता विषयः पुत्र यौवनेन मया तव । पूरो प्रीतो ऽस्मि भद्रं ते गृहाण त्वं स्वयौवनम्
sevitā viṣayaḥ putra yauvanena mayā tava / pūro prīto 'smi bhadraṃ te gṛhāṇa tvaṃ svayauvanam
the sense-objects have been enjoyed by me with your youth, my son. Pūru, I am pleased; blessings on you—take back your own youth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.75
राज्यं च त्वं गृहाणेदं त्वं हि मे प्रियकृत्सुतः । प्रतिपेदे जरां राजा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः
rājyaṃ ca tvaṃ gṛhāṇedaṃ tvaṃ hi me priyakṛtsutaḥ / pratipede jarāṃ rājā yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ
And take this kingdom too, for you are the son who did what pleased me." King Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, took on old age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.76
यौवनं प्रतिपेदे च पूरुः स्वं पुनरात्मनः । अभिषेक्तुकामं च नृपं पूरुं पुत्रं कनीयसम्
yauvanaṃ pratipede ca pūruḥ svaṃ punarātmanaḥ / abhiṣektukāmaṃ ca nṛpaṃ pūruṃ putraṃ kanīyasam
and Pūru took back again his own youth. And to the king who wished to consecrate his younger son Pūru,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.77
ब्राह्मणप्रमुखा वर्णा इदं वचनमब्रुवन् । कथं शुक्रस्य नप्तारं देवयान्याः सुतं प्रभो
brāhmaṇapramukhā varṇā idaṃ vacanamabruvan / kathaṃ śukrasya naptāraṃ devayānyāḥ sutaṃ prabho
the (four) classes, with the brahmins at their head, spoke this word: "How, O lord, (will you pass over) Śukra's grandson, the son of Devayānī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.78
ज्येष्ठं यदुमतिक्रम्य राज्यं दास्यसि पूरवे । यदुर्ज्येष्ठस्तव सुतो जातस्तमनुदतुर्वसुः
jyeṣṭhaṃ yadumatikramya rājyaṃ dāsyasi pūrave / yadurjyeṣṭhastava suto jātastamanudaturvasuḥ
the eldest, Yadu, and give the kingdom to Pūru? Yadu, your eldest son, was born (first); after him Turvasu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.79
शर्मिष्ठायाः सुतो द्रुह्युस्ततो ऽनुः पूरुरेव च । कथं ज्येष्ठानतिक्रम्य कनीयान्राज्यमर्हति । सुतः संबोधयामस्त्वां धर्मं समनुपालय
śarmiṣṭhāyāḥ suto druhyustato 'nuḥ pūrureva ca / kathaṃ jyeṣṭhānatikramya kanīyānrājyamarhati / sutaḥ saṃbodhayāmastvāṃ dharmaṃ samanupālaya
Śarmiṣṭhā's son is Druhyu, then Anu, and Pūru. How, passing over the elder ones, does a younger son deserve the kingdom? We remind you: uphold dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.80
ययातिरुवाच ब्राह्मणप्रमुखा वर्णाः सर्वे शृण्वन्तु मे वचः
yayātiruvāca brāhmaṇapramukhā varṇāḥ sarve śṛṇvantu me vacaḥ
Yayāti said: "Let all the classes, with the brahmins at their head, hear my word,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.81
ज्येष्ठं प्रति यथा राज्यं न देयं मे कथञ्चन । मातापित्रोर्वचनकृद्वीरः पुत्रः प्रशस्यते
jyeṣṭhaṃ prati yathā rājyaṃ na deyaṃ me kathañcana / mātāpitrorvacanakṛdvīraḥ putraḥ praśasyate
as to why the kingdom is by no means to be given by me to the eldest. The heroic son who does the bidding of his mother and father is praised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.82
मम ज्येष्ठेन यदुना नियोगो नानुपालितः । प्रतिकूलः पितुर्यश्च न स पुत्रः सतांमतः
mama jyeṣṭhena yadunā niyogo nānupālitaḥ / pratikūlaḥ pituryaśca na sa putraḥ satāṃmataḥ
By my eldest, Yadu, my charge was not obeyed; and he who is contrary to his father is not held by the good to be a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.83
स पुत्रः पुत्रवद्यश्च वर्त्तते पितृमातृषु । यदुनाहमवज्ञातस्तथा तुर्वसुनापि च
sa putraḥ putravadyaśca varttate pitṛmātṛṣu / yadunāhamavajñātastathā turvasunāpi ca
He is a son who behaves as a son toward father and mother. I was disregarded by Yadu, and likewise by Turvasu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.84
द्रुह्युना चानुना चैव मय्यवज्ञा कृता भृशम् । पूरुणा तु कृतं वाक्यं मानितश्च विशेषतः
druhyunā cānunā caiva mayyavajñā kṛtā bhṛśam / pūruṇā tu kṛtaṃ vākyaṃ mānitaśca viśeṣataḥ
and by Druhyu and Anu too great contempt was shown toward me; but by Pūru my word was carried out, and he honoured me especially.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.85
कनीयान्मम दायादो जरा येन धृता मम । सर्वे कामा मम कृताः पूरुणा पुण्यकारिणा
kanīyānmama dāyādo jarā yena dhṛtā mama / sarve kāmā mama kṛtāḥ pūruṇā puṇyakāriṇā
The younger is my heir, by whom my old age was borne. All my desires were fulfilled by Pūru, the doer of meritorious deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.86
शुक्रेण च वरो दत्तः काव्येनोशनसा स्वयम् । पुत्रो यस्त्वानुवर्त्तेत स राजा तु महामते
śukreṇa ca varo dattaḥ kāvyenośanasā svayam / putro yastvānuvartteta sa rājā tu mahāmate
And a boon was given by Śukra, by Kāvya Uśanas himself: 'That son who obeys you, he shall be king, O greatly wise one.'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.87
प्रजा ऊचुः भवतो ऽनुमतो ऽप्येवं पूरू राज्ये ऽभिषिच्यताम् । यः पुत्रो गुणसंपन्नो मातापित्रोर्हितः सदा
prajā ūcuḥ bhavato 'numato 'pyevaṃ pūrū rājye 'bhiṣicyatām / yaḥ putro guṇasaṃpanno mātāpitrorhitaḥ sadā
The subjects said: "Since it is thus approved by your honour, let Pūru be consecrated in the kingship. The son who is endowed with virtues and always devoted to the good of his mother and father—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.88
सर्वमर्हति कल्याणं कनीयानपि स प्रभुः । अर्हे ऽस्य पूरू राज्यस्य यः प्रियः प्रियकृत्तव
sarvamarhati kalyāṇaṃ kanīyānapi sa prabhuḥ / arhe 'sya pūrū rājyasya yaḥ priyaḥ priyakṛttava
He deserves every good thing; though he is the younger, he is (fit to be) the lord. Pūru is worthy of this kingdom, he who is dear (to you) and does what pleases you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 68.89
वरदानेन शुक्रस्य न शक्यं वक्तुमुत्तरम् । पौरजान पदैस्तुष्टैरित्युक्ते नाहुषस्तदा
varadānena śukrasya na śakyaṃ vaktumuttaram / paurajāna padaistuṣṭairityukte nāhuṣastadā
Because of the boon given by Śukra, no reply can be made (against it)." When this had been said by the pleased townsmen and country folk, then the son of Nahuṣa...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.90
अभिषिच्य ततः पूरुं स राज्ये सुतमात्मनः । दिशि दक्षिणपूर्वस्यां तुर्वसुं तु न्यवेशयत्
abhiṣicya tataḥ pūruṃ sa rājye sutamātmanaḥ / diśi dakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ turvasuṃ tu nyaveśayat
Then, having consecrated his own son Pūru in the kingship, he settled Turvasu in the south-eastern quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.91
दक्षिणापरतो राजा यदुं ज्येष्ठं न्यवेशयत् । प्रतीच्यामुत्तरस्यां च द्रुह्युं चानुं च तावुभौ
dakṣiṇāparato rājā yaduṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ nyaveśayat / pratīcyāmuttarasyāṃ ca druhyuṃ cānuṃ ca tāvubhau
The king settled the eldest, Yadu, in the south-west, and those two, Druhyu and Anu, in the west and in the north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.92
सप्तद्वीपां ययातिस्तु जित्वा पृथ्वीं ससागराम् । व्यभजत्पञ्चधा राजा पुत्रेभ्यो नाहुषस्तदा
saptadvīpāṃ yayātistu jitvā pṛthvīṃ sasāgarām / vyabhajatpañcadhā rājā putrebhyo nāhuṣastadā
Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa, having conquered the earth of seven continents together with its oceans, then divided it fivefold among his sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.93
तैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना । यथाप्रदेशं धर्मज्ञैर्धर्मेण प्रतिपान्यते
tairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā / yathāpradeśaṃ dharmajñairdharmeṇa pratipānyate
By them, knowers of dharma, this whole earth of seven continents, with its towns, is governed according to (their) allotted regions, in accordance with dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.94
एवं विभज्य पृथिवीं पुत्रेभ्यो नाहुषस्तदा । पुत्रसंक्रामितश्रीस्तु प्रीतिमा नभवन्नृपः
evaṃ vibhajya pṛthivīṃ putrebhyo nāhuṣastadā / putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīstu prītimā nabhavannṛpaḥ
Having thus divided the earth among his sons, the son of Nahuṣa, the king, his fortune transferred to his sons, became content.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.95
धनुर्न्यस्य पृषत्कांश्च राज्यं चैव सुतेषु तु । प्रीतिमानभवद्राजा भारमावेश्य बन्धुषु
dhanurnyasya pṛṣatkāṃśca rājyaṃ caiva suteṣu tu / prītimānabhavadrājā bhāramāveśya bandhuṣu
Having laid aside bow and arrows and the kingdom too upon his sons, the king became content, having placed the burden on his kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.96
अत्र गाथा महाराज्ञा पुरा गीता ययातिना । याभिः प्रत्याहरेत्कामात्कूर्मौंऽगानीव सर्वशः
atra gāthā mahārājñā purā gītā yayātinā / yābhiḥ pratyāharetkāmātkūrmauṃ'gānīva sarvaśaḥ
On this there are verses sung of old by the great king Yayāti, by which one may draw (oneself) back from desire, as a tortoise draws in its limbs on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.97
न जातु कामः कामानमुपभोगेन शाम्यति । हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्द्धते
na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānamupabhogena śāmyati / haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivarddhate
Desire is never appeased by the enjoyment of desires; like fire by an oblation, it grows all the more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.98
यत्पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः । नालमेकस्य तत्सर्वमिति पश्यन्न मुह्यति
yatpṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ / nālamekasya tatsarvamiti paśyanna muhyati
Whatever rice and barley there is on earth, the gold, the cattle, the women — all that is not enough for one man: seeing thus, one is not deluded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.99
यदा न कुरुते भावं सर्वभूतेष्वमङ्गलम् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
yadā na kurute bhāvaṃ sarvabhūteṣvamaṅgalam / karmaṇā manasā vācā brahma saṃpadyate tadā
When one forms no ill-intent toward all beings, in act, in mind, and in speech, then one attains brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.100
यदा परान्न बिभेति यदान्यस्मान्न बिभ्यति । यदा नेच्छति न द्वेष्टि ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
yadā parānna bibheti yadānyasmānna bibhyati / yadā necchati na dveṣṭi brahma saṃpadyate tadā
When he does not fear others and when others do not fear him, when he neither desires nor hates, then he attains brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.101
या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्या न जीर्यति जीर्यतः । यैषा प्राणान्तिको रोगस्तां तृष्णां त्यजतः सुखम्
yā dustyajā durmatibhiryā na jīryati jīryataḥ / yaiṣā prāṇāntiko rogastāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham
That which is hard for the dull-witted to give up, which does not age as (a man) ages, this craving which is a disease ending only with life — for one who abandons it there is happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.102
जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः केशा दन्ता जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः । जीविताशा धनाशा च जीर्यतो ऽपि न जीर्यति
jīryanti jīryataḥ keśā dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ / jīvitāśā dhanāśā ca jīryato 'pi na jīryati
As a man ages his hair ages, as he ages his teeth age; but the hope of life and the hope of wealth do not age even in one who is aging.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.103
यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्छ दिव्यं महत्सुखम् । कृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैतत्कलां नर्हन्ति षोडशीम्
yacca kāmasukhaṃ loke yaccha divyaṃ mahatsukham / kṛṣṇākṣayasukhasyaitatkalāṃ narhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Whatever pleasure of desire there is in the world, and whatever great heavenly pleasure, these are not worth a sixteenth part of the happiness of the exhaustion of craving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 68.104
एवमुक्त्वा स राजर्षिः सदारः प्रस्थितो वनम् । भृगुतुङ्गे तपस्तप्त्वा तत्रैव च महायशाः
evamuktvā sa rājarṣiḥ sadāraḥ prasthito vanam / bhṛgutuṅge tapastaptvā tatraiva ca mahāyaśāḥ
Having spoken thus, that royal seer set out for the forest with his wife, and having performed austerity at Bhṛgutuṅga, there indeed, greatly renowned,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 68.105
पालयित्वा व्रतं चार्षं तत्रैव स्वर्ग माप्तवान् । तस्य वंशास्तु पञ्चैते पुण्या देवर्षिसत्कृताः
pālayitvā vrataṃ cārṣaṃ tatraiva svarga māptavān / tasya vaṃśāstu pañcaite puṇyā devarṣisatkṛtāḥ
having kept the vow of the seers, he attained heaven in that very place. And these five lineages of his are holy, honoured by gods and seers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition