Harivamsha — Chapter 13

HV 13.1

इत्य् उक्तो ऽहं भगवता देवदेवेन भास्वता सनत्कुमारेण पुनः पृष्टवान् देवम् अव्ययम्

ity ukto 'haṃ bhagavatā devadevena bhāsvatā sanatkumāreṇa punaḥ pṛṣṭavān devam avyayam

Thus addressed by the blessed one, the shining god of gods, Sanatkumāra, I again questioned the imperishable god.

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HV 13.2

संदेहम् अमरश्रेष्ठं भगवन्तम् अरिंदम निबोध तन् मे गाङ्गेय निखिलं सर्वम् आदितः

saṃdeham amaraśreṣṭhaṃ bhagavantam ariṃdama nibodha tan me gāṅgeya nikhilaṃ sarvam āditaḥ

(I asked) the blessed one, the best of the immortals, (about) my doubt, O subduer of foes. Learn all of that from me entirely, from the beginning, O son of Gaṅgā.

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HV 13.3

कियन्तो वै पितृगणाः कस्मिंल् लोके च ते गणाः वर्तन्ति देवप्रवरा देवानां सोमवर्धनाः

kiyanto vai pitṛgaṇāḥ kasmiṃl loke ca te gaṇāḥ vartanti devapravarā devānāṃ somavardhanāḥ

"How many are the hosts of the fathers, and in which world do those hosts dwell, O foremost of gods, they who increase the soma of the gods?"

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HV 13.4

सप्तैते जपतां श्रेष्ठ स्वर्गे पितृगणाः स्मृताः चत्वारो मूर्तिमन्तो वै त्रय एषां अमूर्तयः

saptaite japatāṃ śreṣṭha svarge pitṛgaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ catvāro mūrtimanto vai traya eṣāṃ amūrtayaḥ

"These seven hosts of fathers, O best of those who recite, are recorded as being in heaven: four of them possessed of form, and three of them formless."

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HV 13.5

तेषां लोकं विसर्गं च कीर्तयिष्यामि तच् छृणु प्रभावं च महत्त्वं च विस्तरेण तपोधन

teṣāṃ lokaṃ visargaṃ ca kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu prabhāvaṃ ca mahattvaṃ ca vistareṇa tapodhana

"I shall proclaim their world and their emanation — listen to that — and their power and greatness in detail, O you rich in austerity."

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HV 13.6

धर्ममूर्तिधरास् तेषां त्रयो ये परमा गणाः तेषां नामानि लोकांश् च कीर्तयिष्यामि तच् छृणु

dharmamūrtidharās teṣāṃ trayo ye paramā gaṇāḥ teṣāṃ nāmāni lokāṃś ca kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu

"Of them, the three highest hosts bear a form (that is) dharma; I shall proclaim their names and their worlds — listen to that."

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HV 13.7

लोकाः सनातना नाम यत्र तिष्ठन्ति भास्वराः अमूर्तयः पितृगणास् ते वै पुत्राः प्रजापतेः

lokāḥ sanātanā nāma yatra tiṣṭhanti bhāsvarāḥ amūrtayaḥ pitṛgaṇās te vai putrāḥ prajāpateḥ

"There are worlds called Sanātana, where the shining ones dwell; those formless hosts of fathers are the sons of Prajāpati."

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HV 13.9

विराजस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ वैराजा इति विश्रुताः यजन्ति तान् देवगणा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मना ॥ ह्व्_१३।८ मनोजवाः स्वधाभक्षाः सर्वकामसमन्विताः । एते योगं परित्यज्य महात्मनो भवन्त्य् उत । एते वै योगविभ्रष्टा लोकान् प्राप्य सनातनान् पुनर् युगसहस्रान्ते जायन्ते ब्रह्मवादिनः

virājasya dvijaśreṣṭha vairājā iti viśrutāḥ yajanti tān devagaṇā vidhidṛṣṭena karmanā // HV_13.8 manojavāḥ svadhābhakṣāḥ sarvakāmasamanvitāḥ | ete yogaṃ parityajya mahātmano bhavanty uta | ete vai yogavibhraṣṭā lokān prāpya sanātanān punar yugasahasrānte jāyante brahmavādinaḥ

"(Sons) of Virāj, O best of the twice-born, they are known as the Vairājas; hosts of gods worship them with rites prescribed by the ordinance. [13.8] Swift as thought, feeding on the svadhā offering, endowed with all that they desire, these great-souled ones have come to be by abandoning yoga. Fallen from yoga, having reached the eternal worlds, at the end of a thousand ages they are born again as expounders of Brahman."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 13.10

ते प्राप्य तां स्मृतिं भूयः सांख्ययोगम् अनुत्तमम् यान्ति योगगतिं सिद्धाः पुनर् आवृत्तिदुर्लभाम्

te prāpya tāṃ smṛtiṃ bhūyaḥ sāṃkhyayogam anuttamam yānti yogagatiṃ siddhāḥ punar āvṛttidurlabhām

"They, regaining that recollection, (and) the unsurpassed Sāṃkhya-yoga, attain as perfected ones the yogic goal, from which return is hard (to come by)."

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HV 13.11

एते स्म पितरस् तात योगिनां योगवर्धनाः आप्याययन्ति ये पूर्वं सोमं योगबलेन वै

ete sma pitaras tāta yogināṃ yogavardhanāḥ āpyāyayanti ye pūrvaṃ somaṃ yogabalena vai

"These are the fathers, my dear, the increasers of the yoga of yogins, who formerly filled up the soma by the power of yoga."

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HV 13.12

तस्माच् छ्राद्धानि देयानि योगिनां द्विजसत्तम एष वै प्रथमः कल्पः सोमपानां अनुत्तमः

tasmāc chrāddhāni deyāni yogināṃ dvijasattama eṣa vai prathamaḥ kalpaḥ somapānāṃ anuttamaḥ

"Therefore śrāddhas are to be given (by / to) yogins, O best of the twice-born. This is indeed the first and unsurpassed rule for the soma-drinkers."

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HV 13.13

एतेषां मानसी कन्या मेना नाम महागिरेः पत्नी हिमवतः श्रेष्ठा यस्या मैनाक उच्यते

eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā menā nāma mahāgireḥ patnī himavataḥ śreṣṭhā yasyā maināka ucyate

"Their mind-born daughter was named Menā, the wife of the great mountain Himavat, the foremost (of women), whose (son) is called Maināka."

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HV 13.14

मैनाकस्य सुतः श्रीमान् क्रौञ्चो नाम महागिरिः पर्वतप्रवरः शुभ्रो नानारत्नसमाचितः

mainākasya sutaḥ śrīmān krauñco nāma mahāgiriḥ parvatapravaraḥ śubhro nānāratnasamācitaḥ

Maināka's son was the glorious great mountain named Krauñca, foremost of mountains, white, studded with jewels of many kinds.

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HV 13.15

तिस्रः कन्यास् तु मेनायां जनयाम् आस शैलराट् अपर्णाम् एकपर्णां च तृतीयाम् एकपाटलाम्

tisraḥ kanyās tu menāyāṃ janayām āsa śailarāṭ aparṇām ekaparṇāṃ ca tṛtīyām ekapāṭalām

And the king of mountains begot three daughters on Menā: Aparṇā, Ekaparṇā, and, as the third, Ekapāṭalā.

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HV 13.18

तपश् चरन्त्यः सुमहद् दुश्चरं देवदानवैः लोकान् संतापयाम् आसुस् तास् तिस्रः स्थाणुजंगमान् ॥ ह्व्_१३।१६ न्यग्रोधम् एकपर्णा तु पाटलं चैकपाटला । आश्रिते द्वे अपर्णा तु अनिकेता तपो ऽचरत् । दशवर्षसहस्राणि दुश्चरं देवदानवैः । आहारम् एकपर्णेन सैकपर्णा समाचरत् पाटलापुष्पम् एकं च विदधे चैकपाटला ॥ ह्व्_१३।१७ पूर्णे पूर्णसहस्रे तु आहारं द्वे प्रचक्रतुः । एका तत्र निराहारा तां माता प्रत्यषेधयत् उ मा इति निषेधन्ती मातृस्नेहेन दुःखिता

tapaś carantyaḥ sumahad duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ lokān saṃtāpayām āsus tās tisraḥ sthāṇujaṃgamān // HV_13.16 nyagrodham ekaparṇā tu pāṭalaṃ caikapāṭalā | āśrite dve aparṇā tu aniketā tapo 'carat | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ | āhāram ekaparṇena saikaparṇā samācarat pāṭalāpuṣpam ekaṃ ca vidadhe caikapāṭalā // HV_13.17 pūrṇe pūrṇasahasre tu āhāraṃ dve pracakratuḥ | ekā tatra nirāhārā tāṃ mātā pratyaṣedhayat u mā iti niṣedhantī mātṛsnehena duḥkhitā

Practising austerity exceedingly great and hard to perform even for gods and dānavas, those three scorched the worlds, the standing and the moving. [13.16] Ekaparṇā (took her stand upon) a nyagrodha tree, and Ekapāṭalā a pāṭala tree; those two lived dependent (on trees), but Aparṇā practised austerity without any abode. For ten thousand years she practised what is hard for gods and dānavas; Ekaparṇā managed her food with a single leaf, and Ekapāṭalā made do with a single pāṭalā flower. [13.17] When a full thousand was complete, two of them took food; one there was without food, and her mother tried to hold her back, forbidding her with the words "u mā" ("O, do not!"), pained by a mother's affection.

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HV 13.20

सा तथोक्ता तया मात्रा देवी दुष्चरचारिणी उमेत्य् एवाभवत् ख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु सुन्दरी ॥ ह्व्_१३।१९ तथैव नाम्ना तेनेह विश्रुता योगधर्मिणी । एतत् तु त्रिकुमारीकं जगत् स्थास्यति भार्गव । एतासां तपसा दग्धं यावद् भूमिर् धरिष्यति । तपःशरीराः सर्वास् तास् तिस्रो योगबलान्विताः सर्वास् ता वै महाभागाः सर्वाश् च स्थिरयौवनाः । ता लोकमातरश् चैव ब्रह्मचारिण्य एव च । सर्वाश् च ब्रह्मवादिन्यः सर्वाश् चैवोर्ध्वरेतसः

sā tathoktā tayā mātrā devī duṣcaracāriṇī umety evābhavat khyātā triṣu lokeṣu sundarī // HV_13.19 tathaiva nāmnā teneha viśrutā yogadharmiṇī | etat tu trikumārīkaṃ jagat sthāsyati bhārgava | etāsāṃ tapasā dagdhaṃ yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati | tapaḥśarīrāḥ sarvās tās tisro yogabalānvitāḥ sarvās tā vai mahābhāgāḥ sarvāś ca sthirayauvanāḥ | tā lokamātaraś caiva brahmacāriṇya eva ca | sarvāś ca brahmavādinyaḥ sarvāś caivordhvaretasaḥ

Being addressed thus by that mother, the goddess of hard practice came to be renowned as Umā, the beautiful one, in the three worlds. [13.19] By that very name she is famed here, she who is devoted to the dharma of yoga. This world of the three maidens, O Bhārgava, will endure — burnt by their austerity — as long as the earth shall hold. All those three had bodies made of austerity and were endowed with the power of yoga; all of them greatly blessed, all of unfading youth; they are mothers of the world and chaste students; all of them speakers of brahman, and all of them with their seed drawn upward.

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HV 13.23

उमा तासां वरिष्ठा च ज्येष्ठा च वरवर्णिनी महायोगबलोपेता महादेवम् उपस्थिता ॥ ह्व्_१३।२१ दत्तकश् चोशनास् तस्याः पुत्रस् तु भृगुनन्दनः । असितस्यैकपर्णा तु देवलस्य महात्मनः पत्नी दत्ता महाब्रह्मन् योगाचार्याय धीमते ॥ ह्व्_१३।२२ पुष्टिस् तासां कुमारीणां तृतीया चैकपाटला । पुत्रं शतशलाकस्य जैगीषव्यम् उपस्थिता । तस्यापि शङ्खलिखितौ स्मृतौ पुत्राव् अयोनिजौ । जैगीषव्यस्य तु तथा विद्धि ताम् एकपाटलाम् एते चापि महाभागे योगाचार्याव् उपस्थिते

umā tāsāṃ variṣṭhā ca jyeṣṭhā ca varavarṇinī mahāyogabalopetā mahādevam upasthitā // HV_13.21 dattakaś cośanās tasyāḥ putras tu bhṛgunandanaḥ | asitasyaikaparṇā tu devalasya mahātmanaḥ patnī dattā mahābrahman yogācāryāya dhīmate // HV_13.22 puṣṭis tāsāṃ kumārīṇāṃ tṛtīyā caikapāṭalā | putraṃ śataśalākasya jaigīṣavyam upasthitā | tasyāpi śaṅkhalikhitau smṛtau putrāv ayonijau | jaigīṣavyasya tu tathā viddhi tām ekapāṭalām ete cāpi mahābhāge yogācāryāv upasthite

Umā, the foremost and eldest of them, of excellent complexion, endowed with great yogic power, attended upon Mahādeva. [13.21] Her son was Dattaka Uśanas, the delight of Bhṛgu's line. But Ekaparṇā was given as wife, O great brahman, to the great-souled Devala son of Asita, the wise teacher of yoga. [13.22] The third of those maidens, Ekapāṭalā, (was) their nourishment(?); she attended upon Jaigīṣavya, the son of Śataśalāka. Of him too two sons, Śaṅkha and Likhita, are recorded, not born from a womb. Know that Ekapāṭalā belonged thus to Jaigīṣavya; and these two, O greatly blessed one, attended upon two teachers of yoga.

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HV 13.27

लोकाः सोमपदा नाम मरीचेर् यत्र वै सुताः पितरो दिवि वर्तन्ते देवास् तान् भावयन्त्य् उत अग्निष्वात्ता इति ख्याताः सर्व एवामितौजसः ॥ ह्व्_१३।२४ अग्निष्वात्ताः श्रुतास् तत्र पितरो ये परिश्रुताः । एतेषां मानसी कन्या अच्छोदा नाम निम्नगा अच्छोदं नाम तद् दिव्यं सरो यस्याः समुत्थितम् ॥ ह्व्_१३।२५ तया न दृष्टपूर्वास् ते पितरस् तु कदाचन । अप्यमूर्तान् अथ पितॄन् सा ददर्श शुचिस्मिता । संभूता मानसी तेषां पितॄन् स्वान् नाभिजानती । व्रीडिता तेन दुःखेन बभूव वरवर्णिनी । सा दृष्ट्वा पितरं वव्रे वसुं नामान्तरिक्षगम् नाम्ना वसुम् इति ख्यातम् आयोः पुत्रं यशस्विनम् ॥ ह्व्_१३।२६ अद्रिकाप्सरसायुक्तं विमाने ऽधिष्ठितं दिवि । सा तेन व्यभिचारेण मनसः कामचारिणी पितरं प्रार्थयित्वान्यं योगभ्रष्टा पपात ह

lokāḥ somapadā nāma marīcer yatra vai sutāḥ pitaro divi vartante devās tān bhāvayanty uta agniṣvāttā iti khyātāḥ sarva evāmitaujasaḥ // HV_13.24 agniṣvāttāḥ śrutās tatra pitaro ye pariśrutāḥ | eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā acchodā nāma nimnagā acchodaṃ nāma tad divyaṃ saro yasyāḥ samutthitam // HV_13.25 tayā na dṛṣṭapūrvās te pitaras tu kadācana | apyamūrtān atha pitṝn sā dadarśa śucismitā | saṃbhūtā mānasī teṣāṃ pitṝn svān nābhijānatī | vrīḍitā tena duḥkhena babhūva varavarṇinī | sā dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ vavre vasuṃ nāmāntarikṣagam nāmnā vasum iti khyātam āyoḥ putraṃ yaśasvinam // HV_13.26 adrikāpsarasāyuktaṃ vimāne 'dhiṣṭhitaṃ divi | sā tena vyabhicāreṇa manasaḥ kāmacāriṇī pitaraṃ prārthayitvānyaṃ yogabhraṣṭā papāta ha

There are worlds named Somapada, where the sons of Marīci, the Fathers, abide in heaven; and the gods indeed sustain them. They are known as the Agniṣvāttas, all of them of measureless energy. [13.24] The Fathers there heard of as Agniṣvāttas are widely renowned. Their mind-born daughter is the river named Acchodā; from her arose that divine lake named Acchoda. [13.25] But those Fathers had never before been seen by her; then she of pure smile saw the Fathers, although they were bodiless. Born from their mind, she did not recognize her own Fathers; and the fair-complexioned one became ashamed through that distress. Seeing (them), she chose as father Vasu who moves in the sky, known by the name Vasu, the glorious son of Āyu, [13.26] who was joined with the apsaras Adrikā and seated in a celestial car in the sky. By that transgression of her mind, acting as she pleased out of desire, having sought another as father, she fell, fallen from yoga.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 13.29

त्रीण्य् अपश्यद् विमानानि पतमाना दिवश् च्युता त्रसरेणुप्रमाणानि सापश्यत् तेषु तान् पितॄन् ॥ ह्व्_१३।२८ अपश्यत् पतमाना सा विमानत्रयम् अन्तिकात् । त्रसरेणुप्रमाणांस् तांस् तत्रापश्यत् स्वकान् पितॄन् । सुसूक्ष्मान् अपरिव्यक्तान् अग्नीन् अग्निष्व् इवाहितान् त्रायध्वं इत्य् उवाचार्ता पतन्ती तान् अवाक्शिराः

trīṇy apaśyad vimānāni patamānā divaś cyutā trasareṇupramāṇāni sāpaśyat teṣu tān pitṝn // HV_13.28 apaśyat patamānā sā vimānatrayam antikāt | trasareṇupramāṇāṃs tāṃs tatrāpaśyat svakān pitṝn | susūkṣmān aparivyaktān agnīn agniṣv ivāhitān trāyadhvaṃ ity uvācārtā patantī tān avākśirāḥ

Falling, cast down from heaven, she saw three celestial cars of the size of a speck of dust; in them she saw those Fathers. [13.28] As she fell she saw the three cars close by; there she saw her own Fathers, of the size of specks of dust, very subtle, indistinct, like fires set within fires. "Save me!" she said in her distress, falling head-downward.

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HV 13.30

तैर् उक्ता सा तु मा भैषीर् इति व्योम्नि व्यवस्थिता ततः प्रसादयाम् आस स्वान् पितॄन् दीनया गिरा

tair uktā sā tu mā bhaiṣīr iti vyomni vyavasthitā tataḥ prasādayām āsa svān pitṝn dīnayā girā

Told by them, "Do not be afraid," she was held fast in the sky; then she propitiated her own Fathers with piteous speech.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.31

ऊचुस् ते पितरः कन्यां भ्रष्टैश्वर्यां व्यतिक्रमात् भ्रष्टैश्वर्या स्वदोषेण पतसि त्वं शुचिस्मिते

ūcus te pitaraḥ kanyāṃ bhraṣṭaiśvaryāṃ vyatikramāt bhraṣṭaiśvaryā svadoṣeṇa patasi tvaṃ śucismite

Those Fathers said to the maiden, fallen from her sovereignty through her transgression: "Fallen from sovereignty by your own fault, you are falling, O pure-smiling one."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.33

यैः क्रियन्ते हि कर्माणि शरीरैर् दिवि दैवतैः तैर् एव तत्कर्मफलं प्राप्नुवन्तीह देवताः ॥ ह्व्_१३।३२ मनुष्यस् त्व् अन्यदेहेन शुभाशुभम् इति स्थितिः । सद्यः फलन्ति कर्माणि देवत्वे प्रेत्य मानुषे यानि कर्माणि देवत्वे तानि सन्त्य् एव मानुषे । तस्मात् त्वं तपसः पुत्रि प्रेत्येह प्राप्स्यसे फलम्

yaiḥ kriyante hi karmāṇi śarīrair divi daivataiḥ tair eva tatkarmaphalaṃ prāpnuvantīha devatāḥ // HV_13.32 manuṣyas tv anyadehena śubhāśubham iti sthitiḥ | sadyaḥ phalanti karmāṇi devatve pretya mānuṣe yāni karmāṇi devatve tāni santy eva mānuṣe | tasmāt tvaṃ tapasaḥ putri pretyeha prāpsyase phalam

"For with whatever bodies deeds are done in heaven by the deities, with those very bodies the gods obtain here the fruit of that deed. [13.32] But for a human being the rule is that good and evil (are experienced) in another body. In godhood deeds bear fruit at once, in the human state after death. Whatever deeds there are in godhood, those exist also in the human state. Therefore, daughter, after death you will obtain here the fruit of your austerity."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.34

इत्य् उक्ता पितृभिः सा तु पितॄन् स्वान् संप्रसादयत् ध्यात्वा प्रसादं ते चक्रुस् तस्याः सर्वे ऽनुकम्पया

ity uktā pitṛbhiḥ sā tu pitṝn svān saṃprasādayat dhyātvā prasādaṃ te cakrus tasyāḥ sarve 'nukampayā

Thus addressed by the Fathers, she sought to win over her own Fathers; and after reflecting, they all showed her favour out of compassion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.36

अवश्यंभाविनं ज्ञात्वा ते ऽर्थम् ऊचुस् ततश् च ताम् तस्य राज्ञो वसोः कन्या त्वम् अपत्यं भविष्यसि उत्पन्नस्य पृथिव्यां तु मानुषेषु महात्मनः । कन्यैव भूत्वा लोकान् स्वान् पुनः प्राप्स्यसि दुर्लभान् ॥ ह्व्_१३।३५ मत्स्ययोनौ समुत्पन्ना सुता राज्ञो भविष्यसि । पराशरस्य दायादं त्वं विप्रं जनयिष्यसि स वेदम् एकं ब्रह्मर्षिश् चतुर्धा विभजिष्यति

avaśyaṃbhāvinaṃ jñātvā te 'rtham ūcus tataś ca tām tasya rājño vasoḥ kanyā tvam apatyaṃ bhaviṣyasi utpannasya pṛthivyāṃ tu mānuṣeṣu mahātmanaḥ | kanyaiva bhūtvā lokān svān punaḥ prāpsyasi durlabhān // HV_13.35 matsyayonau samutpannā sutā rājño bhaviṣyasi | parāśarasya dāyādaṃ tvaṃ vipraṃ janayiṣyasi sa vedam ekaṃ brahmarṣiś caturdhā vibhajiṣyati

Knowing what must inevitably come to pass, they then told her the matter: "You will become the offspring, a daughter, of that king Vasu, the great-souled, born on earth among men. Having become a maiden, you will again attain your own worlds, hard to win. [13.35] Arisen in the womb of a fish, you will become the king's daughter; you will bring forth a brahmin as heir to Parāśara. That brahman-seer will divide the one Veda into four."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.38

महाभिषस्य पुत्रौ च शंतनोः कीर्तिवर्धनौ विचित्रवीर्यं धर्मज्ञं तथा चित्राङ्गदं प्रभुम् ॥ ह्व्_१३।३७ ज्येष्ठं विचित्रवीर्यं च चित्राङ्गदम् अतः परम् । एतान् उत्पाद्य पुत्रांस् त्वं पुनर् लोकान् अवाप्स्यसि प्राप्यैतत् सुमहाभागे कुत्सितेन स्वकर्मणा । व्यतिक्रमात् पितॄणां च जन्म प्राप्स्यसि कुत्सितम्

mahābhiṣasya putrau ca śaṃtanoḥ kīrtivardhanau vicitravīryaṃ dharmajñaṃ tathā citrāṅgadaṃ prabhum // HV_13.37 jyeṣṭhaṃ vicitravīryaṃ ca citrāṅgadam ataḥ param | etān utpādya putrāṃs tvaṃ punar lokān avāpsyasi prāpyaitat sumahābhāge kutsitena svakarmaṇā | vyatikramāt pitṝṇāṃ ca janma prāpsyasi kutsitam

"And (you will bring forth) the two sons of Śaṃtanu, son of Mahābhiṣa, increasers of his fame: Vicitravīrya who knows dharma, and the lord Citrāṅgada — [13.37] Vicitravīrya the elder, and Citrāṅgada after him. Having produced these sons, you will attain the worlds again. Having come to this, O greatly blessed one, through your own blameworthy deed and through your transgression against the Fathers, you will get a lowly birth."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.39

तस्यैव राज्ञस् त्वं कन्या अद्रिकायां भविष्यसि अष्टाविंशे भवित्री त्वं द्वापरे मत्स्ययोनिजा

tasyaiva rājñas tvaṃ kanyā adrikāyāṃ bhaviṣyasi aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā

"You will be the daughter of that very king by Adrikā; you will come into being in the twenty-eighth Dvāpara, born from the womb of a fish."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.41

एवम् उक्ता तु दासेयी जाता सत्यवती तदा मत्स्ययोनौ अनुपमा राज्ञस् तस्य वसोः सुता ॥ ह्व्_१३।४० अद्रिका मत्स्यभूता सा गङ्गायमुनसंगमे । तस्यां जज्ञे तु सा कन्या राज्ञो वीरेण चैव हि । बैभ्राजा नाम ते लोका दिवि भान्ति सुदर्शनाः यत्र बर्हिषदो नाम पितरो दिवि विष्रुताः

evam uktā tu dāseyī jātā satyavatī tadā matsyayonau anupamā rājñas tasya vasoḥ sutā // HV_13.40 adrikā matsyabhūtā sā gaṅgāyamunasaṃgame | tasyāṃ jajñe tu sā kanyā rājño vīreṇa caiva hi | baibhrājā nāma te lokā divi bhānti sudarśanāḥ yatra barhiṣado nāma pitaro divi viṣrutāḥ

Being addressed thus, she was then born as Satyavatī, a servant-woman's child, incomparable, in a fish's womb, the daughter of that king Vasu. [13.40] Adrikā, having become a fish, at the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamunā — in her that maiden was born, and indeed by the heroic king. Those worlds named Baibhrāja shine fair in heaven, where the Fathers named Barhiṣads are renowned in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.42

तान् दानवगणाः सर्वे यक्षगन्धर्वराक्षसाः नागाः सर्पाः सुपर्णाश् च भावयन्त्य् अमितौजसः

tān dānavagaṇāḥ sarve yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ nāgāḥ sarpāḥ suparṇāś ca bhāvayanty amitaujasaḥ

All the hosts of dānavas, and yakṣas, gandharvas and rākṣasas, nāgas, serpents and suparṇas, of measureless energy, sustain them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.44

एते पुत्रा महात्मानः पुलस्त्यस्य प्रजापतेः महात्मानो महाभागास् तेजोयुक्तास् तपस्विनः ॥ ह्व्_१३।४३ त्रय एते गणाः प्रोक्ता धर्ममूर्तिधराः शुभाः । एतेषां मानसी कन्या पीवरी नाम विश्रुता योगा च योगपत्नी च योगमाता तथैव च भवित्री द्वापरं प्राप्य युगं धर्मभृतां वरा

ete putrā mahātmānaḥ pulastyasya prajāpateḥ mahātmāno mahābhāgās tejoyuktās tapasvinaḥ // HV_13.43 traya ete gaṇāḥ proktā dharmamūrtidharāḥ śubhāḥ | eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā pīvarī nāma viśrutā yogā ca yogapatnī ca yogamātā tathaiva ca bhavitrī dvāparaṃ prāpya yugaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varā

These are the great-souled sons of Pulastya the Prajāpati, great-souled, greatly blessed, endowed with fiery energy, ascetics. [13.43] These three auspicious hosts, bearing dharma as their form, have been declared. Their mind-born daughter is renowned by the name Pīvarī; she is Yogā, wife of a yogin and likewise mother of a yogin, and on reaching the Dvāpara age she will be the foremost of those who uphold dharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.45

पराशरकुलोद्भूतः शुको नाम महातपाः भविष्यति युगे तस्मिन् महायोगी द्विजर्षभः व्यासाद् अरण्यां संभूतो विधूमो ऽग्निर् इव ज्वलन्

parāśarakulodbhūtaḥ śuko nāma mahātapāḥ bhaviṣyati yuge tasmin mahāyogī dvijarṣabhaḥ vyāsād araṇyāṃ saṃbhūto vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan

Sprung from Parāśara's family, a great ascetic named Śuka will be born in that age, a great yogin, a bull among the twice-born, arisen from Vyāsa in the araṇi (fire-drill), blazing like a smokeless fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 13.47

स तस्यां पितृकन्यायां पीवर्यां जनयिष्यति कन्यां पुत्रांश् च चतुरो योगाचार्यान् महाबलान् ॥ ह्व्_१३।४६ पुत्रांश् च चतुरो योगा+ +चार्या वेदेषु कोविदाः । कृष्णं गौरं प्रभुं शंभुं कन्यां कृत्वीं तथैव च कन्यां कीर्तिमतीं षष्ठीं योगमातां च योगिनीम् । कृत्वीं कन्यां कीर्तिमतीं योगां योगस्य मातरम् । ब्रह्मदत्तस्य जननी महिषी त्व् अणुहस्य या

sa tasyāṃ pitṛkanyāyāṃ pīvaryāṃ janayiṣyati kanyāṃ putrāṃś ca caturo yogācāryān mahābalān // HV_13.46 putrāṃś ca caturo yogā+ +cāryā vedeṣu kovidāḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ gauraṃ prabhuṃ śaṃbhuṃ kanyāṃ kṛtvīṃ tathaiva ca kanyāṃ kīrtimatīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ yogamātāṃ ca yoginīm | kṛtvīṃ kanyāṃ kīrtimatīṃ yogāṃ yogasya mātaram | brahmadattasya jananī mahiṣī tv aṇuhasya yā

He will beget upon that daughter of the Fathers, Pīvarī, a daughter and four sons, teachers of yoga, of great strength — [13.46] four sons, teachers of yoga, learned in the Vedas: Kṛṣṇa, Gaura, Prabhu and Śaṃbhu, and likewise the daughter Kṛtvī; and a sixth, the daughter Kīrtimatī, a yoginī and mother of yoga — Kṛtvī, the daughter Kīrtimatī, Yogā, the mother of yoga, who was the mother of Brahmadatta and the queen of Aṇuha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 13.49

एतान् उत्पाद्य धर्मात्मा योगाचार्याण् महाव्रताण् श्रुत्वा स जनकाद् धर्मान् व्यासाद् अमितबुद्धिमान् । महायोगी तदा गन्ता पुनर् आवर्तिनीं गतिम् ॥ ह्व्_१३।४८ आदित्यकिरणोपेतम् अपुनर् मार्गम् आस्थितः । आदित्यरश्मिभिः पीतो ह्य् अपुनर् वारम् एष्यति । यत् तत् पदम् अनुद्विग्नम् अव्ययं ब्रह्म शाश्वतम् । अमूर्तिमन्तः पितरो धर्ममूर्तिधरा मुने कथा यत्र समुत्पन्ना वृष्ण्यन्धककुलान्वया

etān utpādya dharmātmā yogācāryāṇ mahāvratāṇ śrutvā sa janakād dharmān vyāsād amitabuddhimān | mahāyogī tadā gantā punar āvartinīṃ gatim // HV_13.48 ādityakiraṇopetam apunar mārgam āsthitaḥ | ādityaraśmibhiḥ pīto hy apunar vāram eṣyati | yat tat padam anudvignam avyayaṃ brahma śāśvatam | amūrtimantaḥ pitaro dharmamūrtidharā mune kathā yatra samutpannā vṛṣṇyandhakakulānvayā

Having begotten these teachers of yoga of great vows, that righteous one of measureless intellect, having heard the dharmas from his father Vyāsa, the great yogin then went to the state of no return; [13.48] having entered the path of no return, attended by the sun's rays. Drunk up by the rays of the sun, he will not come again; (he attained) that station which is free of agitation, imperishable, eternal brahman. The bodiless Fathers bear dharma as their form, O sage — with whom the account arose that is connected with the lineage of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 13.50

त्रय एते मया प्रोक्ताश् चतुरो ऽन्यान् निबोध मे यान् वक्ष्यामि द्विजश्रेष्ठ मूर्तिमन्तो हि ते स्मृताः समुत्पन्नाः स्वधायां तु काव्याद् अग्नेः कवेः सुताः

traya ete mayā proktāś caturo 'nyān nibodha me yān vakṣyāmi dvijaśreṣṭha mūrtimanto hi te smṛtāḥ samutpannāḥ svadhāyāṃ tu kāvyād agneḥ kaveḥ sutāḥ

These three have been declared by me; learn from me of four others whom I shall name, best of the twice-born, for they are remembered as having form. They were born of Svadhā, sons of Kavi, from Kāvya, from Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 13.51

सुकाला नाम पितरो वसिष्ठस्य प्रजापतेः निरता देवलोकेषु ज्योतिर्भासिषु भार्गव सर्वकामसमृद्धेषु द्विजास् तान् भावयन्त्य् उत

sukālā nāma pitaro vasiṣṭhasya prajāpateḥ niratā devalokeṣu jyotirbhāsiṣu bhārgava sarvakāmasamṛddheṣu dvijās tān bhāvayanty uta

The fathers named Sukālas, (sons) of Vasiṣṭha the lord of creatures, dwell content in the god-worlds shining with light, O Bhārgava, worlds abounding in every desire; and the twice-born nourish them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.52

तेषां वै मानसी कन्या गौर् नाम दिवि विश्रुता तवैव वंशे या दत्ता शुकस्य महिषी द्विज

teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā gaur nāma divi viśrutā tavaiva vaṃśe yā dattā śukasya mahiṣī dvija

Their mind-born daughter is famed in heaven under the name Gau, who was given in your very lineage, O twice-born, as the chief queen of Śuka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.53

एकशृङ्गा इति ख्याता साध्यानां कीर्तिवर्धनी मरीचिगर्भान् सा लोकान् समावृत्य व्यवस्थिता

ekaśṛṅgā iti khyātā sādhyānāṃ kīrtivardhanī marīcigarbhān sā lokān samāvṛtya vyavasthitā

She is known as Ekaśṛṅgā, the increaser of the fame of the Sādhyas; she abides having encompassed the worlds whose womb is the (sun's) rays.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 13.54

ये त्व् अथाङ्गिरसः पुत्राः साध्यैः संवर्धिताः पुरा उपहूताः स्मृतास् ते वै पितरो भास्वरा दिवि । तान् क्षत्रियगणास् तात भावयन्ति फलार्थिनः

ye tv athāṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ sādhyaiḥ saṃvardhitāḥ purā upahūtāḥ smṛtās te vai pitaro bhāsvarā divi | tān kṣatriyagaṇās tāta bhāvayanti phalārthinaḥ

And those who are the sons of Aṅgiras, reared long ago by the Sādhyas, are remembered as the fathers called Upahūtas, shining in heaven; and the hosts of kṣatriyas, my son, nourish them, seeking their fruit.

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HV 13.55

एतेषां मानसी कन्या यशोदा नाम विश्रुता पत्नी या विश्वमहतः स्नुषा वै वृद्धशर्मणः राजर्षेर् जननी तात दिलीपस्य महात्मनः

eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā yaśodā nāma viśrutā patnī yā viśvamahataḥ snuṣā vai vṛddhaśarmaṇaḥ rājarṣer jananī tāta dilīpasya mahātmanaḥ

Their mind-born daughter is famed under the name Yaśodā, who was the wife of Viśvamahat and the daughter-in-law of Vṛddhaśarman, and the mother, my son, of the royal sage Dilīpa, the great-souled one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.56

तस्य यज्ञे पुरा गीता गाथाः प्रीतैर् महर्षिभिः तदा देवयुगे तात वाजिमेधे महामखे

tasya yajñe purā gītā gāthāḥ prītair maharṣibhiḥ tadā devayuge tāta vājimedhe mahāmakhe

At his sacrifice, long ago, songs were sung by the delighted great sages, then, in the age of the gods, my son, at the horse-sacrifice, that great offering.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 13.58

अग्नेर् जन्म तथा श्रुत्वा शाण्डिल्यस्य महात्मनः दिलीपं यजमानं ये पश्यन्ति सुसमाहिताः सत्यवन्तं महात्मानं ते ऽपि स्वर्गजितो नराः ॥ ह्व्_१३।५७ यजमानो दिलीपस् तु तदा दृष्टो मनीषिभिः । यस्याश्वमेधावभृथे सह तेन दिवं गताः । सुस्वधा नाम पितरः कर्दमस्य प्रजापतेः समुत्पन्नस्य पुलहान् महात्मानो द्विजर्षभाः

agner janma tathā śrutvā śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ dilīpaṃ yajamānaṃ ye paśyanti susamāhitāḥ satyavantaṃ mahātmānaṃ te 'pi svargajito narāḥ // HV_13.57 yajamāno dilīpas tu tadā dṛṣṭo manīṣibhiḥ | yasyāśvamedhāvabhṛthe saha tena divaṃ gatāḥ | susvadhā nāma pitaraḥ kardamasya prajāpateḥ samutpannasya pulahān mahātmāno dvijarṣabhāḥ

Those who, having thus heard of the birth of Agni and of the great-souled Śāṇḍilya, with full concentration behold Dilīpa as sacrificer, the truthful, great-souled one — those men too are winners of heaven. [13.57] Dilīpa the sacrificer was then seen by the wise; and those who were present at the final bath of his horse-sacrifice went to heaven together with him. The fathers named Susvadhās are (the sons) of Kardama the lord of creatures, himself born from Pulaha — great-souled ones, bulls among the twice-born.

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HV 13.59

लोकेषु दिवि वर्तन्ते कामगेषु विहंगमाः तांस् तु वैश्यगणास् तात भावयन्ति फलार्थिनः

lokeṣu divi vartante kāmageṣu vihaṃgamāḥ tāṃs tu vaiśyagaṇās tāta bhāvayanti phalārthinaḥ

They move as sky-goers in the worlds in heaven that go where one wishes; and the hosts of vaiśyas, my son, nourish them, seeking their fruit.

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HV 13.61

तेषां वै मानसी कन्या विरजा नाम विश्रुता ययातेर् जननी ब्रह्मन् महिषी नहुषस्य च ॥ ह्व्_१३।६० तपसा वा प्रयत्नेन दृश्यन्ते मां स्वचक्षुषा । इत्य् एते पितरो देवा देवाश् च पितरः पुनः । त्रय एते गणाः प्रोक्ताश् चतुर्थं तु निबोध मे उत्पन्ना ये स्वधायां तु सोमपा वै कवेः सुताः

teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā virajā nāma viśrutā yayāter jananī brahman mahiṣī nahuṣasya ca // HV_13.60 tapasā vā prayatnena dṛśyante māṃ svacakṣuṣā | ity ete pitaro devā devāś ca pitaraḥ punaḥ | traya ete gaṇāḥ proktāś caturthaṃ tu nibodha me utpannā ye svadhāyāṃ tu somapā vai kaveḥ sutāḥ

Their mind-born daughter is famed under the name Virajā, the mother of Yayāti, O brahman, and the chief queen of Nahuṣa. [13.60] Or by austerity, by effort, they are seen by me with my own eye. Thus these are fathers who are gods, and gods who are again fathers. These three hosts have been declared; now learn from me of the fourth: those who were born of Svadhā, the Somapas, the sons of Kavi.

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HV 13.62

हिरण्यगर्भस्य सुताः शूद्रास् तान् भावयन्त्य् उत मानसा नाम ते लोका यत्र वर्तन्ति ते दिवि

hiraṇyagarbhasya sutāḥ śūdrās tān bhāvayanty uta mānasā nāma te lokā yatra vartanti te divi

They are the sons of Hiraṇyagarbha; and the śūdras nourish them. Those worlds in heaven where they dwell are called Mānasas.

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HV 13.64

तेषां वै मानसी कन्या नर्मदा सरितां वरा या भावयति भूतानि दक्षिणापथगामिनी पुरुकुत्सस्य या पत्नी त्रसद्दस्योर् जनन्य् अपि ॥ ह्व्_१३।६३ जननी त्रसदस्योश् च पुरुकुत्सपरिग्रहः । पुरुकुत्सस्य सा भार्या त्रसद्दस्युश् च तत्सुतः । तेषाम् अथाभ्युपगमान् मनुस् तात युगे युगे प्रवर्तयति श्राद्धानि नष्टे धर्मे प्रजापतिः

teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā narmadā saritāṃ varā yā bhāvayati bhūtāni dakṣiṇāpathagāminī purukutsasya yā patnī trasaddasyor janany api // HV_13.63 jananī trasadasyoś ca purukutsaparigrahaḥ | purukutsasya sā bhāryā trasaddasyuś ca tatsutaḥ | teṣām athābhyupagamān manus tāta yuge yuge pravartayati śrāddhāni naṣṭe dharme prajāpatiḥ

Their mind-born daughter is Narmadā, best of rivers, who nourishes living beings as she flows through the southern country, who was the wife of Purukutsa and also the mother of Trasaddasyu. [13.63] The mother of Trasadasyu and the consort of Purukutsa: she was Purukutsa's wife and Trasaddasyu was his son. Then, in accordance with their arrival, my son, Manu the lord of creatures sets the śrāddha rites in motion in age after age, whenever dharma has been lost.

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HV 13.65

पितॄणाम् आदिसर्गेण सर्वेषां द्विजसत्तम तस्माद् एनं स्वधर्मेण श्राद्धदेवं वदन्ति वै

pitṝṇām ādisargeṇa sarveṣāṃ dvijasattama tasmād enaṃ svadharmeṇa śrāddhadevaṃ vadanti vai

Because of the primal creation of all the fathers, best of the twice-born, therefore, by reason of his own proper office, they call him the god of the śrāddha.

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HV 13.66

सर्वेषां राजतं पात्रम् अथ वा रजतान्वितम् दत्तं स्वधां पुरोधाय श्राद्धे प्रीणाति वै पितॄन्

sarveṣāṃ rājataṃ pātram atha vā rajatānvitam dattaṃ svadhāṃ purodhāya śrāddhe prīṇāti vai pitṝn

For all (the fathers) a silver vessel, or one furnished with silver — what is given in it, with the svadhā-formula placed first, gratifies the fathers at the śrāddha.

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HV 13.69

सोमस्याप्यायनं कृत्वा वह्नेर् वैवस्वतस्य च उदगायनम् अप्य् अग्नाव् अग्न्यभावे ऽप्सु वा पुनः ॥ ह्व्_१३।६७ अजेषु ताम्रवर्णेषु गोषु वा कपिलासु च । शृङ्गाम्भःपरिषिक्तासु स्नुषासु रमणीषु च । अप्रजासु सवत्सासु दातव्याः शुचिपिण्डकाः । पितॄन् प्रीणाति यो भक्त्या पितरः प्रीणयन्ति तम् यच्छन्ति पितरः पुष्टिं प्रजाश् च विपुलास् तथा स्वर्गम् आरोग्यम् एवाथ यद् अन्यद् अपि चेप्सितम् ॥ ह्व्_१३।६८ पितरः पुष्टिकामस्य प्रजाकामस्य वा पुनः । पुष्टिं प्रजां च स्वर्गं च प्रयच्छन्ति पितामहाः । आयुर् धनं सुखं चैव स्वर्गम् आरोग्यम् एव च । दद्युः पितामहाः प्रीत्या यद् अन्यद् वापि चेप्सितम् । देवकार्याद् अपि मुने पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते देवतानां हि पितरः पूर्वम् आप्यायनं स्मृतम्

somasyāpyāyanaṃ kṛtvā vahner vaivasvatasya ca udagāyanam apy agnāv agnyabhāve 'psu vā punaḥ // HV_13.67 ajeṣu tāmravarṇeṣu goṣu vā kapilāsu ca | śṛṅgāmbhaḥpariṣiktāsu snuṣāsu ramaṇīṣu ca | aprajāsu savatsāsu dātavyāḥ śucipiṇḍakāḥ | pitṝn prīṇāti yo bhaktyā pitaraḥ prīṇayanti tam yacchanti pitaraḥ puṣṭiṃ prajāś ca vipulās tathā svargam ārogyam evātha yad anyad api cepsitam // HV_13.68 pitaraḥ puṣṭikāmasya prajākāmasya vā punaḥ | puṣṭiṃ prajāṃ ca svargaṃ ca prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ | āyur dhanaṃ sukhaṃ caiva svargam ārogyam eva ca | dadyuḥ pitāmahāḥ prītyā yad anyad vāpi cepsitam | devakāryād api mune pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate devatānāṃ hi pitaraḥ pūrvam āpyāyanaṃ smṛtam

Having made the refreshment of Soma, of Agni, and of the son of Vivasvat, and (having performed) the northward course, (the offering is to be made) in the fire, or, in the absence of fire, in the waters. [13.67] Upon copper-coloured goats, or upon tawny cows, upon women sprinkled with water from the horn, upon daughters-in-law and pleasing wives, upon childless ones and those with calves — pure rice-balls are to be given. Whoever gratifies the fathers with devotion, the fathers gratify him. The fathers grant increase and abundant offspring, and heaven and health, and whatever else is desired. [13.68] To one who desires increase, or again offspring, the grandfathers bestow increase, offspring and heaven. Long life, wealth, happiness, heaven and health too — these the grandfathers would give out of affection, and whatever else is desired. Even above the rite for the gods, O sage, the rite for the fathers is superior; for the fathers are held to be the prior refreshment of the gods themselves.

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HV 13.70

शीघ्रप्रसादा ह्य् अक्रोधा लोकस्याप्यायनं परम् स्थिरप्रसादाश् च सदा तान् नमस्यस्व भार्गव

śīghraprasādā hy akrodhā lokasyāpyāyanaṃ param sthiraprasādāś ca sadā tān namasyasva bhārgava

For they are quickly gracious and free from anger, the highest refreshment of the world, and their favour is ever steadfast; bow to them, Bhārgava.

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HV 13.71

पितृभक्तो ऽसि विप्रर्षे सद्भक्तश् च न संशयः श्रेयस् ते ऽद्य विधास्यामि प्रत्यक्षं कुरु तत् स्वयम्

pitṛbhakto 'si viprarṣe sadbhaktaś ca na saṃśayaḥ śreyas te 'dya vidhāsyāmi pratyakṣaṃ kuru tat svayam

You are devoted to the fathers, O sage among brahmans, and devoted to the good — there is no doubt of it. Today I shall ordain what is best for you; behold it for yourself, directly.

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HV 13.72

चक्षुर् दिव्यं सविज्ञानं प्रदिशामि च ते ऽनघ गतिम् एताम् अप्रमत्तो मार्कण्डेय निशामय

cakṣur divyaṃ savijñānaṃ pradiśāmi ca te 'nagha gatim etām apramatto mārkaṇḍeya niśāmaya

I bestow on you a divine eye together with (its) knowledge, O sinless one; observe this course attentively, Mārkaṇḍeya.

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HV 13.73

न हि योगगतिर् दिव्या न पितॄणां परा गतिः त्वद्विधेनापि सिद्धेन दृश्यते मांसचक्षुषा

na hi yogagatir divyā na pitṝṇāṃ parā gatiḥ tvadvidhenāpi siddhena dṛśyate māṃsacakṣuṣā

For neither the divine course of yoga nor the supreme course of the fathers can be seen with the eye of flesh, even by an accomplished one such as you.

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HV 13.74

एवम् उक्त्वा स देवेशो माम् उपस्थितम् अग्रतः चक्षुर् दत्त्वा सविज्ञानं देवानाम् अपि दुर्लभम् जगाम गतिम् इष्टां वै द्वितीयो ऽग्निर् इव ज्वलन्

evam uktvā sa deveśo mām upasthitam agrataḥ cakṣur dattvā savijñānaṃ devānām api durlabham jagāma gatim iṣṭāṃ vai dvitīyo 'gnir iva jvalan

Having spoken thus, that lord of gods, having given to me, who stood before him, the eye together with (its) knowledge, hard to obtain even for the gods, went to the course he desired, blazing like a second fire.

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HV 13.75

तन् निबोध कुरुश्रेष्ठ यन् मयासीन् निशामितम् प्रसादात् तस्य देवस्य दुर्ज्ञेयं भुवि मानुषैः

tan nibodha kuruśreṣṭha yan mayāsīn niśāmitam prasādāt tasya devasya durjñeyaṃ bhuvi mānuṣaiḥ

Learn that, best of the Kurus, which was heard by me through the grace of that god — (a thing) hard to know on earth for human beings.

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