Harivamsha — Chapter 1

HV 1.1

नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् देवीं सरस्वतीं चैव ततो जयम् उदीरयेत् ॥ ह्व्_०।० जयति पराशरसूनुः सत्यवतीहृदयनन्दनो व्यासः । यस्यास्यकमलगलितं वाङ्मयम् अमृतं जगत् पिबति । पितामहाद्यं प्रवदन्ति षष्ठं महर्षिम् अक्षय्यविभूतियुक्तम् । नारायणस्यांसजम् एकपुत्रं द्वैपायनं वेदमहानिधानम् । आद्यं पुरुषम् ईशानं पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम् । ऋतम् एकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्यक्ताव्यक्तं सनातनम् ॥ असच् च सदसच् चैव यद् विश्वं सदसत्परम् । परावराणां स्रष्टारं पुराणं परम् अव्ययम् । मङ्गल्यं मङ्गलम् विष्णुं वरेण्यम् अनघं शुचिम् । नमस्कृत्य हृषीकेशं चराचरगुरुं हरिम् ॥ नैमिषारण्ये कुलपतिः शौनकस् तु महामुनिः । सौतिं पप्रच्छ धर्मात्मा सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः । जज्ञे बहुज्ञं परम् अत्युदारं यं द्वीपमध्ये सुतम् आत्मयोगात् । पराशरात् सत्यवती महर्षिं तस्मै नमो ऽज्ञानतमोनुदाय । यो गोशतं कनकशृङ्गमयं ददाति विप्राय वेदविदुषे बहुविश्रुताय । पुण्यां च भारतकथां शृणुयाच् च तद्वत् तुल्यं फलं भवति तस्य च तस्य चैव । शताश्वमेधस्य यद् अत्र पुण्यं चतुःसहस्रस्य शतक्रतोश् च । भवेद् अनन्तं हरिवंशदानात् प्रकीर्तितं व्यासमहर्षिणा च । यद् वाजपेयेन तु राजसूयाद् दृष्टं फलं हस्तिरथेन चान्यत् । तल् लभ्यते व्यासवचः प्रमाणं गीतं च वाल्मीकिमहर्षिणा च । द्वैपायनौष्ठपुटनिःसृतम् अप्रमेयं पुण्यं पवित्रम् अथ पापहरं शिवं च । यो भारतं समधिगच्छति वाच्यमानं किं तस्य पुष्करजलैर् अभिषेचनेन । यो हरिवंशं लेखयति यथाविधिना महातपाः सपदि ।स याति हरेः पदकमलं कमलं मधुपो यथा लुब्धः ।यं ब्रह्म वेदान्तविदो वदन्ति परं प्रधानं पुरुषं तथान्ये । विश्वाद् गतेः कारणम् ईश्वरं स तस्मै नमो विघ्नविनाशनाय । संसारतारणं विष्णुं योगिध्येयम् अनुत्तमम् । शृणोति हरिवंशं यः श्रद्धया वंशवर्धनम् । प्रत्यक्षरं भवेत् तेषां कपिलादानजं फलम् । यो ददाति हरिवंशपुस्तकं ब्राह्मणाय विदुषे सदक्षिणम् । सो ऽश्वमेधफलभाग् भवेन् नरः सत्यम् एव कथितं महर्षिणा । चक्रं यस्य भुजाग्रहस्तललितं विद्युत्प्रभं राजते शङ्खो यस्य विराजते करतले संपूर्णचन्द्रप्रभः । माला यस्य सचम्पका सतिलका साशोकनीलोत्पला स त्वां पातु षदर्धविक्रमगतिस् त्रिलोक्यनाथो हरिः । यो ऽविद्याद्यैर् अशेषैर् मनसि विनिहितैः क्लेशसंज्ञैस् त्रिदोषैर् अस्पृष्टो निर्गुणत्वात् परमगुरुरजःकर्मभिस् तत्फलैर् वा । सर्वज्ञत्वादियुक्तो निरतिशयसुखप्राप्तिहेतुर् यतीनां सो ऽनादिर् वासुदेवः शमयतु दुरितं सर्वजन्मार्जितं वः । जितं ते पुण्डरीकाक्ष नमस् ते विश्वभावन । नमस् ते ऽस्तु हृषीकेश महापुरुषपूर्वज । शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये । वागीशाद्याः सुमनसः सर्वार्थानाम् उपक्रमे । यं नत्वा कृतकृत्याः स्युस् तं नमामि गजाननम् । इन्दिराकुचपाटीर+ +पङ्कसंकलितोदरः । दद्याद् अमन्दम् आनन्दम् अचिरान् नो नृकेसरी । कालिन्दीजलकल्लोल+ +कोलाहलकुतूहली । असत्कीर्तनकान्तार+ +परिवर्तनपांसुलाम् । वाचं शौरिकथालाप+ +गङ्गयैव पुनीमहे । इन्दीवरकऌअश्यामं इन्दिरानन्दकन्दऌअम् । वन्दारुजनमन्दारं वन्दे ऽहं यदुनन्दनम् । व्यासं वसिष्ठनप्तारं शक्तेः पुत्रम् अकल्मषम् । पराशरात्मजं वन्दे शुकतातं तपोनिधिम् । व्यासाय विष्णुरूपाय व्यासरूपाय विष्णवे । नमो वै ब्रह्मनिधये वासिष्ठाय नमो नमः । सौते सुमहदाख्यानं भवता परिकीर्तितम् भारतानां च सर्वेषां पार्थिवानां तथैव च

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva tato jayam udīrayet // HV_0.0 jayati parāśarasūnuḥ satyavatīhṛdayanandano vyāsaḥ | yasyāsyakamalagalitaṃ vāṅmayam amṛtaṃ jagat pibati | pitāmahādyaṃ pravadanti ṣaṣṭhaṃ maharṣim akṣayyavibhūtiyuktam | nārāyaṇasyāṃsajam ekaputraṃ dvaipāyanaṃ vedamahānidhānam | ādyaṃ puruṣam īśānaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam | ṛtam ekākṣaraṃ brahma vyaktāvyaktaṃ sanātanam || asac ca sadasac caiva yad viśvaṃ sadasatparam | parāvarāṇāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ purāṇaṃ param avyayam | maṅgalyaṃ maṅgalam viṣṇuṃ vareṇyam anaghaṃ śucim | namaskṛtya hṛṣīkeśaṃ carācaraguruṃ harim || naimiṣāraṇye kulapatiḥ śaunakas tu mahāmuniḥ | sautiṃ papraccha dharmātmā sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ | jajñe bahujñaṃ param atyudāraṃ yaṃ dvīpamadhye sutam ātmayogāt | parāśarāt satyavatī maharṣiṃ tasmai namo 'jñānatamonudāya | yo gośataṃ kanakaśṛṅgamayaṃ dadāti viprāya vedaviduṣe bahuviśrutāya | puṇyāṃ ca bhāratakathāṃ śṛṇuyāc ca tadvat tulyaṃ phalaṃ bhavati tasya ca tasya caiva | śatāśvamedhasya yad atra puṇyaṃ catuḥsahasrasya śatakratoś ca | bhaved anantaṃ harivaṃśadānāt prakīrtitaṃ vyāsamaharṣiṇā ca | yad vājapeyena tu rājasūyād dṛṣṭaṃ phalaṃ hastirathena cānyat | tal labhyate vyāsavacaḥ pramāṇaṃ gītaṃ ca vālmīkimaharṣiṇā ca | dvaipāyanauṣṭhapuṭaniḥsṛtam aprameyaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitram atha pāpaharaṃ śivaṃ ca | yo bhārataṃ samadhigacchati vācyamānaṃ kiṃ tasya puṣkarajalair abhiṣecanena | yo harivaṃśaṃ lekhayati yathāvidhinā mahātapāḥ sapadi |sa yāti hareḥ padakamalaṃ kamalaṃ madhupo yathā lubdhaḥ |yaṃ brahma vedāntavido vadanti paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ tathānye | viśvād gateḥ kāraṇam īśvaraṃ sa tasmai namo vighnavināśanāya | saṃsāratāraṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ yogidhyeyam anuttamam | śṛṇoti harivaṃśaṃ yaḥ śraddhayā vaṃśavardhanam | pratyakṣaraṃ bhavet teṣāṃ kapilādānajaṃ phalam | yo dadāti harivaṃśapustakaṃ brāhmaṇāya viduṣe sadakṣiṇam | so 'śvamedhaphalabhāg bhaven naraḥ satyam eva kathitaṃ maharṣiṇā | cakraṃ yasya bhujāgrahastalalitaṃ vidyutprabhaṃ rājate śaṅkho yasya virājate karatale saṃpūrṇacandraprabhaḥ | mālā yasya sacampakā satilakā sāśokanīlotpalā sa tvāṃ pātu ṣadardhavikramagatis trilokyanātho hariḥ | yo 'vidyādyair aśeṣair manasi vinihitaiḥ kleśasaṃjñais tridoṣair aspṛṣṭo nirguṇatvāt paramagururajaḥkarmabhis tatphalair vā | sarvajñatvādiyukto niratiśayasukhaprāptihetur yatīnāṃ so 'nādir vāsudevaḥ śamayatu duritaṃ sarvajanmārjitaṃ vaḥ | jitaṃ te puṇḍarīkākṣa namas te viśvabhāvana | namas te 'stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣapūrvaja | śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam | prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye | vāgīśādyāḥ sumanasaḥ sarvārthānām upakrame | yaṃ natvā kṛtakṛtyāḥ syus taṃ namāmi gajānanam | indirākucapāṭīra+ +paṅkasaṃkalitodaraḥ | dadyād amandam ānandam acirān no nṛkesarī | kālindījalakallola+ +kolāhalakutūhalī | asatkīrtanakāntāra+ +parivartanapāṃsulām | vācaṃ śaurikathālāpa+ +gaṅgayaiva punīmahe | indīvarakaḷaśyāmaṃ indirānandakandaḷam | vandārujanamandāraṃ vande 'haṃ yadunandanam | vyāsaṃ vasiṣṭhanaptāraṃ śakteḥ putram akalmaṣam | parāśarātmajaṃ vande śukatātaṃ taponidhim | vyāsāya viṣṇurūpāya vyāsarūpāya viṣṇave | namo vai brahmanidhaye vāsiṣṭhāya namo namaḥ | saute sumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam bhāratānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca

Having bowed to Nārāyaṇa, and to Nara the best of men, and to the goddess Sarasvatī, one should then proclaim 'Victory!' (0.0) Victorious is the son of Parāśara, the delight of Satyavatī's heart, Vyāsa, the nectar of speech fallen from whose lotus mouth the world drinks. They call him the sixth great seer beginning with the Grandfather, endowed with imperishable power, born of a portion of Nārāyaṇa, an only son, Dvaipāyana, the great treasure-house of the Veda. Having bowed to Hṛṣīkeśa, Hari, the teacher of the moving and unmoving—the primal Person, the ruler, much invoked, much praised, the truth, the single-syllabled brahman, manifest and unmanifest, eternal; who is non-being, and being-and-non-being, who is the universe, who is beyond being and non-being; the creator of the higher and the lower, ancient, supreme, unchanging, auspicious, the auspiciousness (itself), Viṣṇu, to be chosen, sinless, pure—in the Naimiṣa forest Śaunaka, head of the family, the great sage, righteous of soul, versed in all the sciences, questioned the Sauti. Satyavatī bore of Parāśara, by her own yoga, on an island, that son, the great seer, knowing much, supreme, exceedingly noble: to him be homage, the dispeller of the darkness of ignorance. He who gives a hundred cows with horns made of gold to a brahmin learned in the Veda and widely renowned, and he who likewise hears the holy tale of the Bhāratas—the fruit that comes to the one and to the other is equal. Whatever merit there is here of a hundred horse-sacrifices, and of four thousand (offerings) of the hundred-rited one—that becomes endless from the gift of the Harivaṃśa: so it has been declared by the great seer Vyāsa. What fruit is seen from the Vājapeya and from the Rājasūya, and other (fruit) from (the gift of) an elephant and chariot—that is obtained (here): Vyāsa's word is the authority, and it is sung also by the great seer Vālmīki. For him who attains the Bhārata as it is being recited—immeasurable, holy, purifying, sin-removing and blessed, issued from the enclosure of Dvaipāyana's lips—what need has he of consecration with the waters of Puṣkara? He who, of great austerity, has the Harivaṃśa copied according to the rule, at once goes to Hari's lotus foot, as a greedy bee to a lotus. Whom those who know the Vedānta call brahman, and others the supreme pradhāna, the Person, the cause of the world's course, the Lord—homage be to him, the destroyer of obstacles. He who with faith hears the Harivaṃśa, the increaser of lineage—Viṣṇu, the ferry across saṃsāra, to be meditated on by yogins, unsurpassed—for them syllable by syllable there is the fruit born of the gift of a tawny cow. The man who gives a book of the Harivaṃśa, together with a fee, to a learned brahmin, becomes a sharer in the fruit of a horse-sacrifice: this indeed has been truly told by the great seer. He on the tip of whose arm the discus rests, graceful in his hand, shining with the radiance of lightning; whose conch shines on his palm with the radiance of the full moon; whose garland has campaka flowers, tilaka, aśoka and blue lotuses—may he protect you, Hari, lord of the three worlds, whose stride is a three-fold pace. He who, because of being without qualities, is untouched by all those (afflictions) fixed in the mind beginning with ignorance, called the torments, the three faults, and by the deeds of the supreme guru's passion or their fruits; who is endowed with omniscience and the rest, the cause of the attainment of unsurpassed bliss for ascetics—may that beginningless Vāsudeva quell your evil accumulated in all births. Victory to you, lotus-eyed one; homage to you, creator of the universe; homage be to you, Hṛṣīkeśa, elder-born of the great Person. One should meditate on Viṣṇu clad in white garments, moon-coloured, four-armed, of gracious face, for the quelling of all obstacles. Him whom the lord of speech and the other well-minded ones, at the beginning of all undertakings, bow to and so accomplish their purpose—him, the elephant-faced, I salute. He whose belly is smeared with the sandal-paste of Indirā's breasts—may the man-lion soon give us abundant joy. (He who is) eager for the tumult of the waves of the Yamunā's water—may we purify our speech, soiled by wandering in the wilderness of unworthy praise, by the very Ganges of talk of Śauri's tales. Dark as a blue lotus cluster, the sprouting of Indirā's joy, the coral-tree of those who come to bow—I praise the delight of the Yadus. Vyāsa, grandson of Vasiṣṭha, son of Śakti, stainless, born of Parāśara, father of Śuka, a treasury of austerity—him I praise. To Vyāsa who is Viṣṇu's form, to Viṣṇu who is Vyāsa's form, homage indeed to the treasury of brahman, homage, homage to the descendant of Vasiṣṭha. "O Sauti, a very great narrative has been fully recited by you, of the Bhāratas and of all the kings likewise,

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HV 1.2

देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् दैत्यानाम् अथ सिद्धानां गुह्यकानां तथैव च

devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām daityānām atha siddhānāṃ guhyakānāṃ tathaiva ca

and of the gods and the Dānavas, of the Gandharvas, serpents and Rākṣasas, and of the Daityas, the Siddhas, and the Guhyakas as well—

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HV 1.3

अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि विक्रमा धर्मनिश्चयाः विचित्राश् च कथायोगा जन्म चाग्र्यम् अनुत्तमम्

atyadbhutāni karmāṇi vikramā dharmaniścayāḥ vicitrāś ca kathāyogā janma cāgryam anuttamam

their most wondrous deeds, their feats, their resolves in dharma, and the manifold connections of the stories, and their foremost, unsurpassed birth—

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HV 1.4

कथितं भवता पुण्यं पुराणं श्लक्ष्णया गिरा मनःकर्णसुखं तन् मां प्रीणात्य् अमृतसंमितम्

kathitaṃ bhavatā puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ ślakṣṇayā girā manaḥkarṇasukhaṃ tan māṃ prīṇāty amṛtasaṃmitam

the holy ancient tale has been told by you in smooth speech; pleasing to mind and ear, it delights me, being equal to nectar.

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HV 1.5

तत्र जन्म कुरूणां वै त्वयोक्तं लोमहर्षिणे न तु वृष्ण्यन्धकानां वै तद् भवान् प्रब्रवीतु मे

tatra janma kurūṇāṃ vai tvayoktaṃ lomaharṣiṇe na tu vṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ vai tad bhavān prabravītu me

Therein the birth of the Kurus was indeed told by you to Lomaharṣaṇa, but not that of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas: let your honour recount that to me."

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HV 1.6

जनमेजयेन यत् पृष्टः शिष्यो व्यासस्य धीमतः धर्मवित् कथयाम् आस कुलं तेषां सविस्तरम् । तत् ते ऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि वृष्णीनां वंशम् आदितः

janamejayena yat pṛṣṭaḥ śiṣyo vyāsasya dhīmataḥ dharmavit kathayām āsa kulaṃ teṣāṃ savistaram | tat te 'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi vṛṣṇīnāṃ vaṃśam āditaḥ

When asked by Janamejaya, the disciple of the wise Vyāsa, knower of dharma, recounted their lineage in full detail; that I shall relate to you—the lineage of the Vṛṣṇis from the beginning.

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HV 1.7

श्रुत्वेतिहासं कार्त्स्न्येन भरतानां स भारतः जनमेजयो महाप्राज्ञो वैशंपायनम् अब्रवीत्

śrutvetihāsaṃ kārtsnyena bharatānāṃ sa bhārataḥ janamejayo mahāprājño vaiśaṃpāyanam abravīt

Having heard the tale of the Bharatas in its entirety, that descendant of Bharata, Janamejaya of great wisdom, said to Vaiśaṃpāyana:

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HV 1.8

महाभारतम् आख्यानं बह्वर्थं बहुविस्तरम् कथितं भवता विप्र विस्तरेण मया श्रुतम्

mahābhāratam ākhyānaṃ bahvarthaṃ bahuvistaram kathitaṃ bhavatā vipra vistareṇa mayā śrutam

"The narrative Mahābhārata, rich in meaning and vast in extent, has been recited by you, brahmin, and heard by me at length.

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HV 1.9

तत्र शूराः समाख्याता बहवः पुरुषर्षभाः नामभिः कर्मभिश् चैव वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथाः

tatra śūrāḥ samākhyātā bahavaḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ nāmabhiḥ karmabhiś caiva vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ

There many heroes, bulls among men, were fully named — the great chariot-warriors of the Vṛṣṇis and the Andhakas — by their names and by their deeds.

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HV 1.10

तेषां कर्मावदातानि त्वयोक्तानि द्विजोत्तम तत्र तत्र समासेन विस्तरेणैव चाभिभो

teṣāṃ karmāvadātāni tvayoktāni dvijottama tatra tatra samāsena vistareṇaiva cābhibho

Their spotless deeds have been told by you, best of the twice-born, here and there in brief and also at length, O lord.

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HV 1.11

न च मे तृप्तिर् अस्तीह कीर्त्यमाने पुरातने एकश् च मे मतो राशिर् वृष्णयः पाण्डवास् तथा

na ca me tṛptir astīha kīrtyamāne purātane ekaś ca me mato rāśir vṛṣṇayaḥ pāṇḍavās tathā

And I have no satiety here while the ancient (story) is being recited; and I reckon the Vṛṣṇis and the Pāṇḍavas to be a single mass (of kinsmen).

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HV 1.12

भवांश् च वंशकुशलस् तेषां प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान् कथयस्व कुलं तेषां विस्तरेण तपोधन

bhavāṃś ca vaṃśakuśalas teṣāṃ pratyakṣadarśivān kathayasva kulaṃ teṣāṃ vistareṇa tapodhana

And you are skilled in lineages, one who has seen them with his own eyes: tell of their family at length, O you whose wealth is austerity.

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HV 1.14

यस्य यस्यान्वये ये ये तांस् तान् इच्छामि वेदितुम् पूर्वं कथा समाख्याता विचित्रा च महीपते । तेषां पूर्वविसृष्टिं च विचित्राम् आ प्रजापतेः ॥ ह्व्_१।१३ सर्वम् एतद् अशेषेण कथयस्व द्विजोत्तम । येन वै शृण्वतां पुंसाम् अपुत्रत्वं प्रणश्यति । एवं संचोदितो राजा व्यासशिष्यो महामुने । सत्कृत्य परिपृष्टस् तु स महात्मा महातपाः विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च कथयाम् आस तां कथाम्

yasya yasyānvaye ye ye tāṃs tān icchāmi veditum pūrvaṃ kathā samākhyātā vicitrā ca mahīpate | teṣāṃ pūrvavisṛṣṭiṃ ca vicitrām ā prajāpateḥ // HV_1.13 sarvam etad aśeṣeṇa kathayasva dvijottama | yena vai śṛṇvatāṃ puṃsām aputratvaṃ praṇaśyati | evaṃ saṃcodito rājā vyāsaśiṣyo mahāmune | satkṛtya paripṛṣṭas tu sa mahātmā mahātapāḥ vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kathayām āsa tāṃ kathām

In whose line whichever (persons were born) — those I wish to know. The story has been told before, and it was marvellous, O lord of the earth; and (tell me) their earlier emission, marvellous (as it was), up to Prajāpati. // Tell all this without remainder, best of the twice-born, by which, for men who hear it, sonlessness perishes. — Thus urged, the king (addressed) the disciple of Vyāsa, the great sage; and he, the great-souled one of great austerity, being honoured and questioned, told that story at length and in due order.

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HV 1.15

शृणु राजन् कथां दिव्यां पुण्यां पापप्रणाशिनीम् कथ्यमानां मया चित्रां बह्वर्थां श्रुतिसंमिताम्

śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyāṃ puṇyāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutisaṃmitām

"Hear, king, the divine, meritorious story that destroys sin, as it is told by me — wondrous, rich in meaning, on a par with the Veda.

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HV 1.16

यश् चैनां धारयेत् तात शृणुयाद् वाप्य् अभीक्ष्णशः यश् चैनां धारयेद् विप्रः श्रावयेद् वा महात्मनाम् । स्ववंशधारणं कृत्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते

yaś caināṃ dhārayet tāta śṛṇuyād vāpy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ yaś caināṃ dhārayed vipraḥ śrāvayed vā mahātmanām | svavaṃśadhāraṇaṃ kṛtvā svargaloke mahīyate

And he who should retain this, my dear, or should hear it repeatedly — and the brahmin who should retain it or recite it to great-souled ones — having accomplished the preservation of his own lineage, is honoured in the world of heaven.

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HV 1.17

अव्यक्तं कारणं यत् तन् नित्यं सदसदात्मकम् प्रधानं पुरुषं तस्मान् निर्ममे विश्वम् ईश्वरः

avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yat tan nityaṃ sadasadātmakam pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ tasmān nirmame viśvam īśvaraḥ

That unmanifest cause which is eternal, whose nature is both being and non-being — the primal matter, the Person: out of that the Lord fashioned the universe.

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HV 1.18

तं वै विद्धि महाराज ब्रह्माणम् अमितौजसम् स्रष्टारं सर्वभूतानां नारायणपरायणम्

taṃ vai viddhi mahārāja brahmāṇam amitaujasam sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇam

Know him, great king, to be Brahmā of measureless might, the creator of all beings, devoted to Nārāyaṇa.

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HV 1.19

अहंकरस् तु महतस् तस्माद् भूतानि जज्ञिरे भूतभेदाश् च भूतेभ्य इति सर्गः सनातनः

ahaṃkaras tu mahatas tasmād bhūtāni jajñire bhūtabhedāś ca bhūtebhya iti sargaḥ sanātanaḥ

But egoity (arose) from that great one; from it the elements were born, and from the elements the divisions of elements — such is the eternal creation.

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HV 1.20

विस्तरावयवं चैव यथाप्रज्ञं यथाश्रुतम् कीर्त्यमानं शृणु मया पूर्वेषां कीर्तिवर्धनम्

vistarāvayavaṃ caiva yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam kīrtyamānaṃ śṛṇu mayā pūrveṣāṃ kīrtivardhanam

And hear the detailed articulation of it, as recited by me according to my understanding and according to what I have heard — an increase of the fame of the ancients.

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HV 1.21

धन्यं यशस्यं शत्रुघ्नं स्वर्ग्यम् आयुर्विवर्धनम् कीर्तनं स्थिरकीर्तीनां सर्वेषां पुण्यकर्मणाम्

dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ śatrughnaṃ svargyam āyurvivardhanam kīrtanaṃ sthirakīrtīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām

Bringing wealth, bringing renown, slaying foes, leading to heaven, lengthening life is the celebration of all those of enduring fame, of holy deeds.

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HV 1.22

तस्मात् कल्याय ते कल्यः समग्रं शुचये शुचिः तस्मै हिरण्यगर्भाय पुरुषायेश्वराय च । अजाय प्रथमायैव वरिष्ठाय प्रजापते । ब्रह्मणे लोकनाथाय गरिष्ठाय स्वयंभुवे । प्रणम्य प्रभवे पूर्वं तस्मै अमिततेजसे । आ वृष्णिवंशाद् वक्ष्यामि भूतसर्गम् अनुत्तमम्

tasmāt kalyāya te kalyaḥ samagraṃ śucaye śuciḥ tasmai hiraṇyagarbhāya puruṣāyeśvarāya ca | ajāya prathamāyaiva variṣṭhāya prajāpate | brahmaṇe lokanāthāya gariṣṭhāya svayaṃbhuve | praṇamya prabhave pūrvaṃ tasmai amitatejase | ā vṛṣṇivaṃśād vakṣyāmi bhūtasargam anuttamam

Therefore, being sound, (I salute) you the sound one; being pure, (I salute) you the pure one wholly — him, Hiraṇyagarbha, the Person and the Lord, the unborn, the very first, the most excellent, Prajāpati, Brahmā the protector of worlds, the weightiest, the self-existent: having first bowed to him, the mighty one of measureless splendour, I shall tell of the unsurpassed creation of beings, on up to the lineage of the Vṛṣṇis.

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HV 1.23

विष्णुः स्वयंभूर् भगवान् सिसृक्षुर् विविधाः प्रजाः अप एव ससर्जादौ तासु वीर्यम् अवासृजत्

viṣṇuḥ svayaṃbhūr bhagavān sisṛkṣur vividhāḥ prajāḥ apa eva sasarjādau tāsu vīryam avāsṛjat

Viṣṇu, the self-existent Lord, wishing to emit manifold creatures, first created the waters alone, and released his seed into them.

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HV 1.24

आपो नारा इति प्रोक्ता नाम्ना पूर्वम् इति श्रुतिः अयनं तस्य ताः पूर्वं तेन नारायणः स्मृतः

āpo nārā iti proktā nāmnā pūrvam iti śrutiḥ ayanaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ

The waters were formerly called "nārāḥ" by name — so says the Veda; they were formerly his resting-place, hence he is known as Nārāyaṇa.

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HV 1.25

हिरण्यवर्णम् अभवत् तद् अण्डम् उदकेशयम् तत्र जज्ञे स्वयं ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूर् इति नः श्रुतम्

hiraṇyavarṇam abhavat tad aṇḍam udakeśayam tatra jajñe svayaṃ brahmā svayaṃbhūr iti naḥ śrutam

That egg lying in the water became golden-coloured; there Brahmā himself was born — so it has been heard by us that he is Self-existent.

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HV 1.26

हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् उषित्वा परिवत्सरम् तद् अण्डम् अकरोद् द्वैधं दिवं भुवम् अथापि च

hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān uṣitvā parivatsaram tad aṇḍam akarod dvaidhaṃ divaṃ bhuvam athāpi ca

The Lord Hiraṇyagarbha, having dwelt (there) a full year, made that egg twofold — heaven and also the earth.

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HV 1.27

तयोः शकल्योर् मध्यम् आकाशम् अकरोत् प्रभुः अप्सु पारिप्लवां पृथ्वीं दिशश् च दशधा दधे

tayoḥ śakalyor madhyam ākāśam akarot prabhuḥ apsu pāriplavāṃ pṛthvīṃ diśaś ca daśadhā dadhe

Between those two halves the mighty one made the sky; he set the earth floating on the waters, and the directions tenfold.

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HV 1.28

तत्र कालं मनो वाचं कामं क्रोधम् अथो रतिम् ससर्ज सृष्टिं तद्रूपां स्रष्टुम् इच्छन् प्रजापतिम्

tatra kālaṃ mano vācaṃ kāmaṃ krodham atho ratim sasarja sṛṣṭiṃ tadrūpāṃ sraṣṭum icchan prajāpatim

There he created time, mind, speech, desire, anger, and also pleasure; wishing to create a creation of that same form, (he created) Prajāpati.

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HV 1.29

मरीचिम् अत्र्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् वसिष्ठं च महातेजाः सो ऽसृजत् सप्त मानसान्

marīcim atryaṅgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum vasiṣṭhaṃ ca mahātejāḥ so 'sṛjat sapta mānasān

He of great splendour created seven mind-born (sons): Marīci, Atri and Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Vasiṣṭha.

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HV 1.30

सप्त ब्रह्माण इत्य् एते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः नारायणात्मकानां वै सप्तानां ब्रह्मजन्मनाम्

sapta brahmāṇa ity ete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ nārāyaṇātmakānāṃ vai saptānāṃ brahmajanmanām

These are settled in the Purāṇa as the seven Brahmās — the seven brahma-births that have Nārāyaṇa as their essence.

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HV 1.31

ततो ऽसृजत् पुनर् ब्रह्मा रुद्रं रोषात्मसंभवम् सनत्कुमारं च ऋषिं पूर्वेषाम् अपि पूर्वजम्

tato 'sṛjat punar brahmā rudraṃ roṣātmasaṃbhavam sanatkumāraṃ ca ṛṣiṃ pūrveṣām api pūrvajam

Then Brahmā created again Rudra, who arose from his angry self, and the seer Sanatkumāra, who was born before even the earlier ones.

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HV 1.32

सप्त त्व् एते प्रजायन्ते प्रजा रुद्रश् च भारत स्कन्दः सनत्कुमारश् च तेजः संक्षिप्य तिष्ठतः

sapta tv ete prajāyante prajā rudraś ca bhārata skandaḥ sanatkumāraś ca tejaḥ saṃkṣipya tiṣṭhataḥ

But (only) these seven beget offspring, Bhārata, and Rudra (too); Skanda and Sanatkumāra remain holding their energy in check.

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HV 1.33

तेषां सप्त महावंशा दिव्या देवगणान्विताः क्रियावन्तः प्रजावन्तो महर्षिभिर् अलंकृताः

teṣāṃ sapta mahāvaṃśā divyā devagaṇānvitāḥ kriyāvantaḥ prajāvanto maharṣibhir alaṃkṛtāḥ

Of these there are seven great lineages, divine, attended by hosts of gods, engaged in rites, possessed of offspring, adorned with great seers.

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HV 1.34

विद्युतो ऽशनिमेघांश् च रोहितेन्द्रधनूंसि च सनश् च योगतत्त्वज्ञं सनकं च सनन्दनम् । एते सप्त समाख्याता ऋषयः संशितव्रताः । यादांसि च ससर्जादौ पर्जन्यं च ससर्ज ह

vidyuto 'śanimeghāṃś ca rohitendradhanūṃsi ca sanaś ca yogatattvajñaṃ sanakaṃ ca sanandanam | ete sapta samākhyātā ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | yādāṃsi ca sasarjādau parjanyaṃ ca sasarja ha

(He created) lightnings, thunderbolts and clouds, and red rainbows, and Sana who knows the truth of yoga, and Sanaka and Sanandana. These seven are declared to be the seers of strict vows. And in the beginning he created the waters, and he created the rain-cloud too.

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HV 1.35

ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि निर्ममे यज्ञसिद्धये मुखाद् देवान् अजनयत् पितॄंश् चेशो ऽपि वक्षसः । प्रजनाच् च मनुष्यान् वै जघनान् निर्ममे ऽसुरान् । साध्यांस् तैर् अयजन् देवान् इत्य् एवम् अनुशुश्रुमः

ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni nirmame yajñasiddhaye mukhād devān ajanayat pitṝṃś ceśo 'pi vakṣasaḥ | prajanāc ca manuṣyān vai jaghanān nirmame 'surān | sādhyāṃs tair ayajan devān ity evam anuśuśrumaḥ

He fashioned the Ṛc, Yajus, and Sāman verses for the accomplishment of sacrifice; the Lord generated the gods from his mouth, and the fathers from his chest; and from his generative organ men, and from his hindparts he fashioned the asuras; with these they sacrificed to the Sādhya gods — thus we have heard it.

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HV 1.37

उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस् तस्य जज्ञिरे ब्रह्माणं हृदयं भित्त्वा निश्चितो भगवान् भृगुः ॥ स्तनं तु दक्षिणं भित्त्वा ब्रह्मजेन च विग्रहः । निश्रितो भगवान् धर्मः सर्वलोकसुखावहः ॥ त्रयस् तस्य वराः पुत्राः सर्वभूतमनोहराः । कामः शमश् च हर्षश् च तेजसा लोकधारिणः ॥ कामस्य तु रतिर् भार्या शमस्य प्रीतिर् अङ्गना । नन्दा भार्या च हर्षस्य त्रयो लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । आपवस्य प्रजासर्गं सृजतो हि प्रजापतेः ॥ ह्व्_१।३६ सृज्यमानाः प्रजा नैव विवर्धन्ते यदा तदा । द्विधा कृत्वात्मनो देहम् अर्धेन पुरुषो ऽभवत् अर्धेन नारी तस्यां स ससृजे विविधाः प्रजाः दिवं च पृथिवीं चैव महिम्ना व्याप्य तिष्टति

uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyas tasya jajñire brahmāṇaṃ hṛdayaṃ bhittvā niścito bhagavān bhṛguḥ || stanaṃ tu dakṣiṇaṃ bhittvā brahmajena ca vigrahaḥ | niśrito bhagavān dharmaḥ sarvalokasukhāvahaḥ || trayas tasya varāḥ putrāḥ sarvabhūtamanoharāḥ | kāmaḥ śamaś ca harṣaś ca tejasā lokadhāriṇaḥ || kāmasya tu ratir bhāryā śamasya prītir aṅganā | nandā bhāryā ca harṣasya trayo lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | āpavasya prajāsargaṃ sṛjato hi prajāpateḥ // HV_1.36 sṛjyamānāḥ prajā naiva vivardhante yadā tadā | dvidhā kṛtvātmano deham ardhena puruṣo 'bhavat ardhena nārī tasyāṃ sa sasṛje vividhāḥ prajāḥ divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ caiva mahimnā vyāpya tiṣṭati

High and low beings were born from his limbs. Splitting Brahmā's heart, the lord Bhṛgu came forth; and splitting the right breast, a body (arose) from the brahma-born one: the lord Dharma issued forth, who brings happiness to all the worlds. He had three excellent sons, who charm the minds of all beings: Kāma, Śama, and Harṣa, upholding the worlds by their splendour. Rati is Kāma's wife, Prīti is Śama's lady, and Nandā is Harṣa's wife — (on them) the three worlds are established. When, as Prajāpati Āpava was engendering the creation of creatures, the creatures being created did not increase, then, making his body twofold, with one half he became male, with the other half female; on her he begot manifold offspring; and he stands pervading heaven and earth with his greatness.

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HV 1.38

विराजम् असृजद् विष्णुः सो ऽसृजत् पुरुषं विराट् पुरुषं तं मनुं विद्धि तद् वै मन्वन्तरं स्मृतम् द्वितीयम् आपवस्यैतन् मनोर् अन्तरम् उच्यते

virājam asṛjad viṣṇuḥ so 'sṛjat puruṣaṃ virāṭ puruṣaṃ taṃ manuṃ viddhi tad vai manvantaraṃ smṛtam dvitīyam āpavasyaitan manor antaram ucyate

Viṣṇu created Virāj; Virāj created Puruṣa. Know that Puruṣa to be Manu; that indeed is remembered as a manvantara. This is called the second interval of Manu, belonging to Āpava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 1.39

स वैराजः प्रजासर्गं ससर्ज पुरुषः प्रभुः मनुं प्रजापतिं विद्धि ससर्ज प्रभुर् ईश्वरः । नारायणविसर्गः स प्रजास् तस्याप्य् अयोनिजाः

sa vairājaḥ prajāsargaṃ sasarja puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ manuṃ prajāpatiṃ viddhi sasarja prabhur īśvaraḥ | nārāyaṇavisargaḥ sa prajās tasyāpy ayonijāḥ

That Vairāja Puruṣa, the lord, brought forth the creation of creatures. Know Manu to be Prajāpati; the lord, the ruler, created (him). That is Nārāyaṇa's emission, and his creatures too were not born from a womb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 1.40

आयुष्मान् कीर्तिमान् धन्यः प्रजावांश् च भवेन् नरः स्थिरवंशश् च भवति मृतः स्वर्गे महीयते । आदिसर्गं विदित्वेमं यथेष्टां प्राप्नुयाद् गतिम्

āyuṣmān kīrtimān dhanyaḥ prajāvāṃś ca bhaven naraḥ sthiravaṃśaś ca bhavati mṛtaḥ svarge mahīyate | ādisargaṃ viditvemaṃ yatheṣṭāṃ prāpnuyād gatim

A man becomes long-lived, famous, fortunate, and possessed of offspring; his line becomes lasting, and when dead he is honoured in heaven; having known this first creation, he would attain the course he wishes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition