Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 50

BvP 2 50.1

पार्वत्युवाच ।। को वा सुयज्ञो नृपतिः कुत्र वंशे बभूव सः ।। कथं विप्राभिशप्तश्च कथं संप्राप राधिकाम्

pārvatyuvāca || ko vā suyajño nṛpatiḥ kutra vaṃśe babhūva saḥ || kathaṃ viprābhiśaptaśca kathaṃ saṃprāpa rādhikām

Pārvatī said: Who was that king Suyajña, and in what lineage was he born? How was he cursed by a brāhmaṇa, and how did he obtain Rādhikā?

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BvP 2 50.2

सर्वात्मनश्च कृष्णस्य पत्नीं श्रीकृष्णपूजिताम् ।। कथं विण्मूत्रधारी च सिषेवे परमेश्वरीम् ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ राजा यज्ञान्ते स महोत्सवे ।। दृष्ट्वा तच्छोभनं यज्ञं विधाता जगतां प्रिये तथाप्युर्वरितं तत्र चान्नराशिसहस्रकम् ।। कृत्वा यज्ञं महाबाहुः समुवास स्वसंसदि ।। ये यत्र जहसुः सर्वे समुत्तस्थुः सभासदः ।। सर्वे चक्रुः प्रणामं ते क्रोधं तत्याज वाडवः जैगीषव्यो वामदेवो वालखिल्यादयस्तथा ।। शक्तिर्दक्षः कर्दमश्च प्रस्कन्नः कपिलस्तथा

sarvātmanaśca kṛṣṇasya patnīṃ śrīkṛṣṇapūjitām || kathaṃ viṇmūtradhārī ca siṣeve parameśvarīm brāhmaṇebhyo dadau rājā yajñānte sa mahotsave || dṛṣṭvā tacchobhanaṃ yajñaṃ vidhātā jagatāṃ priye tathāpyurvaritaṃ tatra cānnarāśisahasrakam || kṛtvā yajñaṃ mahābāhuḥ samuvāsa svasaṃsadi || ye yatra jahasuḥ sarve samuttasthuḥ sabhāsadaḥ || sarve cakruḥ praṇāmaṃ te krodhaṃ tatyāja vāḍavaḥ jaigīṣavyo vāmadevo vālakhilyādayastathā || śaktirdakṣaḥ kardamaśca praskannaḥ kapilastathā

And how did one who carries excrement and urine serve the Supreme Goddess, the wife of Kṛṣṇa who is the Self of all, worshipped by Śrī Kṛṣṇa? — The king gave (gifts) to the brāhmaṇas at the end of the sacrifice, in that great festival; and seeing that splendid sacrifice, the Ordainer (Brahmā), O beloved (of the worlds) — yet even so a thousand heaps of food remained over there; having performed the sacrifice, the mighty-armed one sat down in his own assembly; those who laughed there — all the members of the assembly rose up, all of them made obeisance, and the brāhmaṇa let go of his anger: Jaigīṣavya, Vāmadeva, the Vālakhilyas and the rest, Śakti, Dakṣa, Kardama, Praskanna and Kapila.

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BvP 2 50.3

षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तेपे पुरा विधिः ।। यत्पादाम्भोजरेणूनां लब्धये पुष्करे विभुः

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi tapastepe purā vidhiḥ || yatpādāmbhojareṇūnāṃ labdhaye puṣkare vibhuḥ

Formerly the Ordainer (Brahmā), the mighty lord, practised austerity for sixty thousand years at Puṣkara in order to obtain the dust of whose lotus feet.

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BvP 2 50.4

कथं ददर्श तां देवो महालक्ष्मीं पुरा सतीम् ।। दुर्दर्शामपि युष्माकं दृश्या साऽभूत्कथं नृणाम्

kathaṃ dadarśa tāṃ devo mahālakṣmīṃ purā satīm || durdarśāmapi yuṣmākaṃ dṛśyā sā'bhūtkathaṃ nṛṇām

How did the god formerly behold her, the chaste Mahālakṣmī? Though she is hard to see even for you (gods), how did she become visible to men?

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BvP 2 50.5

कथं त्रिजगतां धाता तस्मै तत्कवचं ददौ ।। ध्यानं पूजाविधिं स्तोत्रं तस्या व्याख्यातुमर्हसि

kathaṃ trijagatāṃ dhātā tasmai tatkavacaṃ dadau || dhyānaṃ pūjāvidhiṃ stotraṃ tasyā vyākhyātumarhasi

How did the Ordainer of the three worlds give him that protective formula (kavaca)? You ought to explain her meditation, the rite of her worship, and her hymn of praise.

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BvP 2 50.6

श्रीमहादेव उवाच ।। स्वायम्भुवो मनुर्देवि मनूनामादिरेव च ।। ब्रह्मात्मजस्तपस्वी च शतरूपापतिः प्रभुः

śrīmahādeva uvāca || svāyambhuvo manurdevi manūnāmādireva ca || brahmātmajastapasvī ca śatarūpāpatiḥ prabhuḥ

Śrī Mahādeva said: Svāyambhuva Manu, O goddess, was the very first of the Manus, the son of Brahmā, an ascetic, a lord, the husband of Śatarūpā.

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BvP 2 50.7

उत्तानपादस्तत्पुत्रस्तत्पुत्रो ध्रुव एव च ।। ध्रुवस्य कीर्तिर्विख्यातस्त्रैलोक्ये शैलकन्यके

uttānapādastatputrastatputro dhruva eva ca || dhruvasya kīrtirvikhyātastrailokye śailakanyake

His son was Uttānapāda, and his son was Dhruva; Dhruva's fame is renowned in the three worlds, O daughter of the mountain.

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BvP 2 50.8

उत्कलस्तस्य पुत्रश्च नारायणपरायणः ।। सहस्रं राजसूयानां पुष्करे स चकार ह

utkalastasya putraśca nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ || sahasraṃ rājasūyānāṃ puṣkare sa cakāra ha

His son was Utkala, wholly devoted to Nārāyaṇa; he performed a thousand rājasūya sacrifices at Puṣkara.

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BvP 2 50.9

सर्वाणि रत्नपात्राणि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा ।। अमूल्यरत्नराशीनां सहस्रं तेजसा वृतम्

sarvāṇi ratnapātrāṇi brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā || amūlyaratnarāśīnāṃ sahasraṃ tejasā vṛtam

He gladly gave all the jewelled vessels to the brāhmaṇas — a thousand heaps of priceless jewels, wrapped in radiance.

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BvP 2 50.11

सुयज्ञं नाम नृपतिं चकार सुरसंसदि ।। स च राजा सुयज्ञश्च मनुवंशसमुद्भवः

suyajñaṃ nāma nṛpatiṃ cakāra surasaṃsadi || sa ca rājā suyajñaśca manuvaṃśasamudbhavaḥ

In the assembly of the gods he made (his son) a king named Suyajña; and that king Suyajña was sprung from the lineage of Manu.

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BvP 2 50.12

अन्नदाता रत्नदाता दाता वै सर्वसम्पदाम् ।। दशलक्षं गवां चैव रत्नशृङ्गपरिच्छदम्

annadātā ratnadātā dātā vai sarvasampadām || daśalakṣaṃ gavāṃ caiva ratnaśṛṅgaparicchadam

He was a giver of food, a giver of jewels, indeed a giver of all riches: ten hundred thousand cows, with their horns covered with jewels,

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BvP 2 50.13

नित्यं ददौ स विप्रेभ्यो मुदायुक्तः सदक्षिणम् ।। गवां द्वादशलक्षाणां ददौ नित्यं मुदाऽन्वितः

nityaṃ dadau sa viprebhyo mudāyuktaḥ sadakṣiṇam || gavāṃ dvādaśalakṣāṇāṃ dadau nityaṃ mudā'nvitaḥ

these he gave daily to the brāhmaṇas, filled with joy, together with the priestly fee; twelve hundred thousand cows he gave daily, filled with joy.

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BvP 2 50.14

सुपक्वानि च मांसानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च पार्वति ।। षट्कोटीर्ब्राह्मणानां च भोजयामास नित्यशः

supakvāni ca māṃsāni brāhmaṇebhyaśca pārvati || ṣaṭkoṭīrbrāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojayāmāsa nityaśaḥ

And well-cooked meats (he gave) to the brāhmaṇas, O Pārvatī; and he fed six crores of brāhmaṇas every day.

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BvP 2 50.15

चोष्यैश्चर्व्यैर्लेह्यपेयैरतितृप्तं दिने दिने ।। विप्रलक्षं सूपकारं भोजयामास तत्परम्

coṣyaiścarvyairlehyapeyairatitṛptaṃ dine dine || vipralakṣaṃ sūpakāraṃ bhojayāmāsa tatparam

Day after day (they were) more than satisfied with things to be sucked, chewed, licked and drunk; devoted to that, he fed a hundred thousand brāhmaṇa cooks.

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BvP 2 50.16

पूर्णमन्नं च सूपाक्तं सगव्यं मांसवर्जितम् ।। विप्रा भोजनकाले च मनुवंशसमुद्भवम्

pūrṇamannaṃ ca sūpāktaṃ sagavyaṃ māṃsavarjitam || viprā bhojanakāle ca manuvaṃśasamudbhavam

Full (portions of) food mixed with broth, with milk-products, free of meat — and the brāhmaṇas, at the time of eating, (spoke of) him who was sprung from Manu's lineage:

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BvP 2 50.17

न तुष्टुवुः सुयज्ञं च तुष्टुवुस्तत्पितॄंश्च ते ।। दिने सुयज्ञयज्ञान्ते षट्त्रिंशल्लक्षकोटयः

na tuṣṭuvuḥ suyajñaṃ ca tuṣṭuvustatpitṝṃśca te || dine suyajñayajñānte ṣaṭtriṃśallakṣakoṭayaḥ

they did not praise Suyajña, but praised his ancestors. On the day at the end of Suyajña's sacrifice, thirty-six hundred thousand crores —

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BvP 2 50.18

चक्रुः सुभोजनं विप्राश्चातितृप्ताश्च सुन्दरि ।। गृहीतानि च रत्नानि स्वगृहं वोढुमक्षमाः

cakruḥ subhojanaṃ viprāścātitṛptāśca sundari || gṛhītāni ca ratnāni svagṛhaṃ voḍhumakṣamāḥ

The brahmins made a good meal of it and were more than satisfied, O lovely one; and the jewels they had received they were unable to carry to their own houses.

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BvP 2 50.19

वृषलेभ्यो ददुः किञ्चित्किञ्चित्पथि च तत्यजुः ।। विप्राणां भोजनान्ते च विप्रान्येभ्यो ददौ नृपः

vṛṣalebhyo daduḥ kiñcitkiñcitpathi ca tatyajuḥ || viprāṇāṃ bhojanānte ca viprānyebhyo dadau nṛpaḥ

Some they gave to the low-born (śūdras), and some they abandoned along the road; and at the end of the brahmins' feast the king gave (still more) to other brahmins.

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BvP 2 50.21

रत्नेन्द्रसारसंक्लृप्तच्छत्रकोटिसमन्विते ।। रत्नसिंहासने रम्ये पट्टवस्त्रैः सुसंस्कृते

ratnendrasārasaṃklṛptacchatrakoṭisamanvite || ratnasiṃhāsane ramye paṭṭavastraiḥ susaṃskṛte

(The king was seated) on a lovely jewelled throne, well appointed with silken cloths, furnished with ten million parasols fashioned of the finest of jewels,

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BvP 2 50.22

चन्दनादिसुसंसृष्टे रम्ये चन्दनपल्लवैः ।। शाखायुक्तैः पूर्णकुम्भै रम्भावृक्षैश्च शोभिते

candanādisusaṃsṛṣṭe ramye candanapallavaiḥ || śākhāyuktaiḥ pūrṇakumbhai rambhāvṛkṣaiśca śobhite

lovely, well smeared with sandal and the like, adorned with sandalwood sprouts, with branches, with full pitchers and with plantain trees,

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BvP 2 50.23

चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीवनसिन्दूरसंस्कृते ।। वसुवासवचन्द्रेन्द्ररुद्रादित्य समन्विते

candanāgurukastūrīvanasindūrasaṃskṛte || vasuvāsavacandrendrarudrāditya samanvite

prepared with sandal, aloewood, musk and forest vermilion, attended by the Vasus, Vāsava (Indra), the Moon, Indra, Rudra and the Sun,

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BvP 2 50.24

मुनिनारदमन्वादिब्रह्मविष्णुशिवान्विते ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र विप्र एकः समाययौ

munināradamanvādibrahmaviṣṇuśivānvite || etasminnantare tatra vipra ekaḥ samāyayau

attended by the sage Nārada, Manu and the others, by Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva — and in this interval a certain brahmin arrived there,

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BvP 2 50.25

रूक्षो मलिनवासाश्च शुष्ककण्ठौष्ठतालुकः ।। रत्नसिंहासनस्थं च माल्यचन्दनचर्चितम्

rūkṣo malinavāsāśca śuṣkakaṇṭhauṣṭhatālukaḥ || ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca mālyacandanacarcitam

harsh (of aspect) and in soiled clothes, his throat, lips and palate dry; and (seeing) the king seated on the jewelled throne, anointed with garlands and sandal,

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BvP 2 50.26

राजानमाशिषं चक्रे सस्मितः सम्पुटाञ्जलिः ।। प्रणनाम नृपस्तं च नोत्तस्थौ किंचिदेव हि

rājānamāśiṣaṃ cakre sasmitaḥ sampuṭāñjaliḥ || praṇanāma nṛpastaṃ ca nottasthau kiṃcideva hi

he smiling, with hands joined and cupped, pronounced a blessing upon the king; and the king bowed to him, but did not rise up at all.

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BvP 2 50.27

सभासदश्च नोत्तस्थुर्जहसुः स्वल्पमेव च ।। मुनिभ्योऽपि च देवेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य द्विजोत्तमः

sabhāsadaśca nottasthurjahasuḥ svalpameva ca || munibhyo'pi ca devebhyo namaskṛtya dvijottamaḥ

And the members of the assembly did not rise, and they laughed just a little; and the best of the twice-born, having bowed to the sages and to the gods too,

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BvP 2 50.28

शशाप नृपतिं क्रोधात्तत्रातिष्ठन्निरंकुशः ।। गच्छ दूरमतो राज्याद्भ्रष्टश्रीर्भव पामर

śaśāpa nṛpatiṃ krodhāttatrātiṣṭhanniraṃkuśaḥ || gaccha dūramato rājyādbhraṣṭaśrīrbhava pāmara

cursed the king in anger, standing there unrestrained: "Go far away from this kingdom; be stripped of your fortune, you wretch!

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BvP 2 50.29

भवाचिरं गलत्कुष्ठी बुद्धिहीनोऽप्युपद्रुतः ।। इत्युक्त्वा कम्पितः क्रोधात्सभास्थाञ्छप्तुमुद्यतः

bhavāciraṃ galatkuṣṭhī buddhihīno'pyupadrutaḥ || ityuktvā kampitaḥ krodhātsabhāsthāñchaptumudyataḥ

Be before long a leper with running sores, bereft of wit and afflicted besides." Having said this, trembling with anger, he was set to curse those seated in the assembly as well.

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BvP 2 50.31

प्रणम्यागत्य राजा तं रुरोद भयकातरः ।। निस्ससार सभामध्याद्धृदयेन विदूयता

praṇamyāgatya rājā taṃ ruroda bhayakātaraḥ || nissasāra sabhāmadhyāddhṛdayena vidūyatā

The king, coming and bowing to him, wept, stricken with fear; with an anguished heart he went out from the midst of the assembly.

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BvP 2 50.32

ब्राह्मणो गूढरूपी च प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। तत्पश्चान्मुनयः सर्वे प्रययुर्भयकातराः

brāhmaṇo gūḍharūpī ca prajvalanbrahmatejasā || tatpaścānmunayaḥ sarve prayayurbhayakātarāḥ

And the brahmin, whose true form was concealed, blazing with brahminical splendour (departed); after him all the sages went, stricken with fear,

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BvP 2 50.33

हे विप्र तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति समुच्चार्य्य पुनः पुनः ।। पुलहश्च पुलस्त्यश्च प्रचेता भृगुरंगिराः

he vipra tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti samuccāryya punaḥ punaḥ || pulahaśca pulastyaśca pracetā bhṛguraṃgirāḥ

crying out again and again, "O brahmin, stop, stop!" — Pulaha and Pulastya, Pracetas, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras,

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BvP 2 50.34

मरीचिः कश्यपश्चैव वसिष्ठः क्रतुरेव च ।। शुक्रो बृहस्पति श्चैव दुर्वासा लोमशस्तथा

marīciḥ kaśyapaścaiva vasiṣṭhaḥ kratureva ca || śukro bṛhaspati ścaiva durvāsā lomaśastathā

Marīci and Kaśyapa, Vasiṣṭha and Kratu, Śukra and Bṛhaspati, Durvāsas and likewise Lomaśa,

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BvP 2 50.35

गौतमश्च कणादश्च कण्वः कात्यायनः कठः ।। पाणिनिर्जाजलिश्चैव ऋष्यशृंगो विभाण्डकः

gautamaśca kaṇādaśca kaṇvaḥ kātyāyanaḥ kaṭhaḥ || pāṇinirjājaliścaiva ṛṣyaśṛṃgo vibhāṇḍakaḥ

Gautama and Kaṇāda, Kaṇva, Kātyāyana, Kaṭha, Pāṇini and Jājali, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Vibhāṇḍaka,

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BvP 2 50.36

तैत्तिरिश्चाप्यापिशलिर्मार्कण्डेयो महातपाः ।। सनकश्च सनन्दश्च वोढुः पैलः सनातनः

taittiriścāpyāpiśalirmārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ || sanakaśca sanandaśca voḍhuḥ pailaḥ sanātanaḥ

Taittiri and Āpiśali, Mārkaṇḍeya of great austerity, Sanaka and Sananda, Voḍhu, Paila, Sanātana,

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BvP 2 50.37

सनत्कुमारो भगवान्नरनारायणावृषी ।। पराशरो जरत्कारुः संवर्त्तः करभस्तथा

sanatkumāro bhagavānnaranārāyaṇāvṛṣī || parāśaro jaratkāruḥ saṃvarttaḥ karabhastathā

the lord Sanatkumāra, the seers Nara and Nārāyaṇa, Parāśara, Jaratkāru, Saṃvarta and likewise Karabha,

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BvP 2 50.38

भरद्वाजश्च वाल्मीकिरौर्वश्च च्यवनस्तथा ।। अगस्त्यो ऽत्रिरुतथ्यश्च सङ्कर्ताऽऽस्तीक आसुरिः

bharadvājaśca vālmīkiraurvaśca cyavanastathā || agastyo 'trirutathyaśca saṅkartā''stīka āsuriḥ

Bharadvāja and Vālmīki, Aurva and likewise Cyavana, Agastya, Atri and Utathya, Saṅkartā, Āstīka, Āsuri,

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BvP 2 50.39

शिलालिर्लाङ्गलिश्चैव शाकल्यः शाकटायनः ।। गर्गो वत्सः पञ्चशिखो जमदग्निश्च देवलः

śilālirlāṅgaliścaiva śākalyaḥ śākaṭāyanaḥ || gargo vatsaḥ pañcaśikho jamadagniśca devalaḥ

Śilāli and Lāṅgali, Śākalya, Śākaṭāyana, Garga, Vatsa, Pañcaśikha, Jamadagni and Devala,

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BvP 2 50.41

विश्वामित्रश्च कौत्सश्चाप्यृचीकोऽप्यघमर्षणः ।। एते चान्ये च मुनयः पितरोऽग्निर्हरिप्रिया

viśvāmitraśca kautsaścāpyṛcīko'pyaghamarṣaṇaḥ || ete cānye ca munayaḥ pitaro'gnirharipriyā

and Viśvāmitra and Kautsa, and Ṛcīka too, and Aghamarṣaṇa — these and other sages, the ancestors, Agni, O beloved of Hari,

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BvP 2 50.42

दिक्पाला देवताः सर्वा विप्रं पश्चात्समाययुः।। ब्राह्मणं बोधयामासुर्वासयामासुरीश्वरि

dikpālā devatāḥ sarvā vipraṃ paścātsamāyayuḥ|| brāhmaṇaṃ bodhayāmāsurvāsayāmāsurīśvari

the guardians of the quarters and all the deities came afterwards to the brahmin; they roused the brahmin and gave him lodging, O Īśvarī.

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BvP 2 50.43

समूचुस्तं क्रमेणैव नीतिं नीतिविशारदाः

samūcustaṃ krameṇaiva nītiṃ nītiviśāradāḥ

Those skilled in polity spoke counsel to him, each in turn.

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