Harivamsha — Chapter 18
HV 18.1
ते योगधर्मनिरताः सप्त मानसचारिणः पद्मगर्भो ऽरविन्दाक्षः क्षीरगर्भः सुलोचनः । ऊरुबिन्दुः सुबिन्दुश् च हैमगर्भस् तु सप्तमः । हंसा जाता महात्मानो मानसेषु सरःसु च ॥ सुमनाः सुवाक् सुशुद्धश् च तत्त्वदर्षी च तत्त्ववित् । सुनेत्रश् च सुहोत्रश् च द्विजा नामभिर् एव च ॥ ते ब्रह्मचारिणः सर्वे विहगाः कामचारिणः । वाय्वम्बुभक्षाः सततं शरीराण्य् उपशोषयन्
te yogadharmaniratāḥ sapta mānasacāriṇaḥ padmagarbho 'ravindākṣaḥ kṣīragarbhaḥ sulocanaḥ | ūrubinduḥ subinduś ca haimagarbhas tu saptamaḥ | haṃsā jātā mahātmāno mānaseṣu saraḥsu ca || sumanāḥ suvāk suśuddhaś ca tattvadarṣī ca tattvavit | sunetraś ca suhotraś ca dvijā nāmabhir eva ca || te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve vihagāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ | vāyvambubhakṣāḥ satataṃ śarīrāṇy upaśoṣayan
Those seven, devoted to the law of yoga, moving on the Mānasa (lake): Padmagarbha, Aravindākṣa, Kṣīragarbha, Sulocana, Ūrubindu, Subindu, and Haimagarbha as the seventh—as great-souled swans they were born in the Mānasa lakes. And by (their) names as twice-born men (they were) Sumanas, Suvāk, Suśuddha, Tattvadarśin, Tattvavid, Sunetra and Suhotra. All of them were celibate students, birds moving at will, feeding constantly on wind and water, drying up their bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.2
राजा विभ्राजमानस् तु वपुषा तद् वनं तदा चचारान्तःपुरवृतो नन्दनं मघवान् इव
rājā vibhrājamānas tu vapuṣā tad vanaṃ tadā cacārāntaḥpuravṛto nandanaṃ maghavān iva
And King Vibhrāja, shining in body, then roamed that forest surrounded by his harem, like Maghavan (Indra) in the Nandana grove.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.3
स तान् अबुध्यत् खचरान् योगधर्मात्मकान् बुधः निर्वेदाच् च तम् एवार्थम् अनुध्यात्वा पुरं ययौ
sa tān abudhyat khacarān yogadharmātmakān budhaḥ nirvedāc ca tam evārtham anudhyātvā puraṃ yayau
Wise, he recognised those sky-goers as having the law of yoga for their nature; and out of disillusion, having pondered on that very matter, he went to his city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.4
अणुहो नाम तस्यासीत् पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः अणुधर्मरतिर् नित्यम् अणुहो ऽध्यगमत् पदम्
aṇuho nāma tasyāsīt putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ aṇudharmaratir nityam aṇuho 'dhyagamat padam
He had a son named Aṇuha, supremely righteous; ever delighting in the subtle law, Aṇuha attained (the highest) state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.5
प्रादात् कन्यां शुकस् तस्मै कृत्वीं पूजितलक्षणाम् सत्त्वशीलगुणोपेतां योगधर्मरतां सदा
prādāt kanyāṃ śukas tasmai kṛtvīṃ pūjitalakṣaṇām sattvaśīlaguṇopetāṃ yogadharmaratāṃ sadā
Śuka gave him his daughter Kṛtvī, of honoured marks, endowed with goodness, character and virtues, ever devoted to the law of yoga.
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HV 18.6
सा ह्य् उद्दिष्टा पुरा भीष्म पितृकन्या मणीषिणा सनत्कुमारेण तदा संनिधौ मम शोभना
sā hy uddiṣṭā purā bhīṣma pitṛkanyā maṇīṣiṇā sanatkumāreṇa tadā saṃnidhau mama śobhanā
For she, O Bhīṣma, the lovely daughter of the Fathers, was formerly designated (as such) by the wise Sanatkumāra, in my presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.7
सत्यधर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठा दुर्विज्ञेयाकृतात्मभिः योगा च योगपत्नी च योगमाता तथैव च यथा ते कथितं पूर्वं पितृसर्गेषु वै मया
satyadharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhā durvijñeyākṛtātmabhiḥ yogā ca yogapatnī ca yogamātā tathaiva ca yathā te kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ pitṛsargeṣu vai mayā
(She is) foremost among the upholders of truth and dharma, hard to know for those whose selves are unformed, and she is Yogā, the wife of Yoga, and likewise the mother of Yoga, as was told to you before by me in the accounts of the creation of the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 18.8
विभ्राजस् त्व् अणुहं राज्ये स्थापयित्वा नरेश्वरः आमन्त्र्य पौरान् प्रीतात्मा ब्राह्मणान् स्वस्ति वाच्य च प्रायात् सरस् तपश् चर्तुं यत्र ते सहचारिणः
vibhrājas tv aṇuhaṃ rājye sthāpayitvā nareśvaraḥ āmantrya paurān prītātmā brāhmaṇān svasti vācya ca prāyāt saras tapaś cartuṃ yatra te sahacāriṇaḥ
But Vibhrāja, the lord of men, having established Aṇuha in the kingdom, and having taken leave of the townsfolk with a glad heart and had the brahmins pronounce a blessing, went to the lake to practise austerity, where those companions of his were.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.9
स वै तत्र निराहारो वायुभक्षो महातपाः त्यक्त्वा कामांस् तपस् तेपे सरसस् तस्य पार्ष्वतः
sa vai tatra nirāhāro vāyubhakṣo mahātapāḥ tyaktvā kāmāṃs tapas tepe sarasas tasya pārṣvataḥ
There, taking no food, living on air, of great austerity, having abandoned desires, he practised austerity on the shore of that lake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.10
तस्य संकल्प आसीच् च तेषाम् अन्यतरस्य वै पुत्रत्वं प्राप्य योगेन युज्येयम् इति भारत
tasya saṃkalpa āsīc ca teṣām anyatarasya vai putratvaṃ prāpya yogena yujyeyam iti bhārata
And his resolve was this, O Bhārata: "Having attained sonship with one or another of them, may I be joined with yoga."
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HV 18.11
कृत्वाभिसंधिं तपसा महता स समन्वितः महातपाः स विभ्राजो विरराजांशुमान् इव
kṛtvābhisaṃdhiṃ tapasā mahatā sa samanvitaḥ mahātapāḥ sa vibhrājo virarājāṃśumān iva
Having made that resolve, and endowed with great austerity, that Vibhrāja of great austerity shone forth like the sun.
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HV 18.12
ततो विभ्राजितं तेन वैभ्राजम् इति तद् वनम् सरस् तच् च कुरुश्रेष्ठ वैभ्राजम् इति शब्दितम्
tato vibhrājitaṃ tena vaibhrājam iti tad vanam saras tac ca kuruśreṣṭha vaibhrājam iti śabditam
Therefore that forest, being made radiant by him, (is called) Vaibhrāja, and that lake too, O best of the Kurus, is called Vaibhrāja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.13
यत्र ते शकुना राजंश् चत्वारो योगधर्मिणः योगभ्रष्टास् त्रयश् चैव देहन्यासकृतो ऽभवन्
yatra te śakunā rājaṃś catvāro yogadharmiṇaḥ yogabhraṣṭās trayaś caiva dehanyāsakṛto 'bhavan
Where those four birds, O king, who practised the dharma of yoga, and the three who had fallen from yoga, became ones who cast off their bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.14
काम्पिल्ये नगरे ते तु ब्रह्मदत्तपुरोगमाः जाताः सप्त महात्मानः सर्वे विगतकल्मषाः स्मृतिमन्तो ऽत्र चत्वारस् त्रयस् तु परिमोहिताः
kāmpilye nagare te tu brahmadattapurogamāḥ jātāḥ sapta mahātmānaḥ sarve vigatakalmaṣāḥ smṛtimanto 'tra catvāras trayas tu parimohitāḥ
But in the city of Kāmpilya those seven great-souled ones, headed by Brahmadatta, were born, all of them free of taint; of these, four retained memory (of their former life), but three were bewildered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.16
स्वतन्त्रस् त्व् अणुहाज् जज्ञे ब्रह्मदत्तो महायशाः यथास्यासीत् पक्षिभावे संकल्पः पूर्वचिन्तितः ॥ ह्व्_१८।१५ ज्ञानध्यानतपःपूता वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः । छिद्रदर्शी सुनेत्रश् च तथा बाभ्रव्यवत्सयोः जातौ श्रोत्रियदायादौ वेदवेदाङ्गपारगौ
svatantras tv aṇuhāj jajñe brahmadatto mahāyaśāḥ yathāsyāsīt pakṣibhāve saṃkalpaḥ pūrvacintitaḥ // HV_18.15 jñānadhyānatapaḥpūtā vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ | chidradarśī sunetraś ca tathā bābhravyavatsayoḥ jātau śrotriyadāyādau vedavedāṅgapāragau
And from Aṇuha was born the independent Brahmadatta of great fame, in accordance with the resolve he had previously conceived while in the state of a bird. Purified by knowledge, meditation and austerity, and having mastered the Vedas and their branches, Chidradarśin and Sunetra were born as the heirs of the vedic scholars Bābhravya and Vatsa, masters of the Vedas and their branches.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.17
सखायौ ब्रह्मदत्तस्य पूर्वजातिसहोषितौ पाञ्चालः पञ्चमस् तत्र कण्डरीकस् तथापरः
sakhāyau brahmadattasya pūrvajātisahoṣitau pāñcālaḥ pañcamas tatra kaṇḍarīkas tathāparaḥ
The two were friends of Brahmadatta, having dwelt together with him in a former birth; the fifth there was Pāñcāla, and another was Kaṇḍarīka.
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HV 18.18
पाञ्चालो बह्वृचस् त्व् आसीद् आचार्यत्वं चकार ह द्विवेदः कण्डरीकस् तु छन्दोगो ऽध्वर्युर् एव च
pāñcālo bahvṛcas tv āsīd ācāryatvaṃ cakāra ha dvivedaḥ kaṇḍarīkas tu chandogo 'dhvaryur eva ca
Pāñcāla was a knower of the Ṛgveda and acted as a teacher; Kaṇḍarīka knew two Vedas, being a chanter of the Sāman and also an adhvaryu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.19
सर्वसत्त्वरुतज्ञश् च राजासीद् अणुहात्मजः पाञ्चालकण्डरीकाभ्यां तस्य संविद् अभूत् तदा
sarvasattvarutajñaś ca rājāsīd aṇuhātmajaḥ pāñcālakaṇḍarīkābhyāṃ tasya saṃvid abhūt tadā
And the son of Aṇuha was a king who understood the cries of all creatures; he then had an understanding (a shared knowledge) with Pāñcāla and Kaṇḍarīka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.20
ते ग्राम्यधर्मनिरताः कामस्य वशवर्तिनः पूर्वजातिकृतेनासन् धर्मकामार्थकोविदाः
te grāmyadharmaniratāḥ kāmasya vaśavartinaḥ pūrvajātikṛtenāsan dharmakāmārthakovidāḥ
They were devoted to the ways of the village, subject to the sway of desire; by what they had done in a former birth they were well versed in dharma, desire, and wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.21
अणुहस् तु नृपश्रेष्ठो ब्रह्मदत्तम् अकल्मषम् अभिषिच्य तदा राज्ये परां गतिम् अवाप्तवान्
aṇuhas tu nṛpaśreṣṭho brahmadattam akalmaṣam abhiṣicya tadā rājye parāṃ gatim avāptavān
But Aṇuha, best of kings, having then consecrated the taintless Brahmadatta in the kingdom, attained the supreme goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.22
ब्रह्मदत्तस्य भार्या तु देवलस्यात्मजाभवत् असितस्य योगदुर्धर्षा संनतिर् नाम भारत
brahmadattasya bhāryā tu devalasyātmajābhavat asitasya yogadurdharṣā saṃnatir nāma bhārata
And Brahmadatta's wife, O Bhārata, was the daughter of Devala Asita, unassailable through yoga, Saṃnati by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.24
ताम् एकभावसंयुक्तां लेभे कन्याम् अनुत्तमाम् संनतिं संनतिमतीं देवलाद् योगधर्मिणीम् ॥ ह्व्_१८।२३ उपयेमे विधानेन ब्रह्मदत्तो नराधिपः । शेषास् तु चक्रवाका वै काम्पिल्ये सहचारिणः ते जाताः श्रोत्रियकुले सुदरिद्रे सहोदराः
tām ekabhāvasaṃyuktāṃ lebhe kanyām anuttamām saṃnatiṃ saṃnatimatīṃ devalād yogadharmiṇīm // HV_18.23 upayeme vidhānena brahmadatto narādhipaḥ | śeṣās tu cakravākā vai kāmpilye sahacāriṇaḥ te jātāḥ śrotriyakule sudaridre sahodarāḥ
That peerless maiden, joined to him in single-mindedness, Saṃnati, full of humility, versed in the discipline of yoga, king Brahmadatta, the ruler of men, obtained from Devala and married according to the rite. But the rest, the cakravāka birds who were companions at Kāmpilya — they were born as brothers in a very poor family of vedic scholars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.25
धृतिर् महामना विद्वांस् तत्त्वदर्शी च नामतः वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नाश् चत्वारो ऽच्छिन्नदर्शिनः
dhṛtir mahāmanā vidvāṃs tattvadarśī ca nāmataḥ vedādhyayanasaṃpannāś catvāro 'cchinnadarśinaḥ
They were by name Dhṛti, Mahāmanas, Vidvas and Tattvadarśin — four (brothers) accomplished in vedic study, of unbroken vision.
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HV 18.26
तेषां संविदथोत्पन्ना पूर्वजातिकृता तदा ते योगनिरताः सिद्धाः प्रस्थिताः सर्व एव हि
teṣāṃ saṃvidathotpannā pūrvajātikṛtā tadā te yoganiratāḥ siddhāḥ prasthitāḥ sarva eva hi
Then there arose in them a shared recollection, made in their former birth; and, devoted to yoga and perfected, they all set out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.27
आमन्त्र्य पितरं तात पिता तान् अब्रवीत् तदा अधर्म एष युष्माकं यन् मां त्यक्त्वा गमिष्यथ
āmantrya pitaraṃ tāta pitā tān abravīt tadā adharma eṣa yuṣmākaṃ yan māṃ tyaktvā gamiṣyatha
Having taken leave of their father, my dear — then the father said to them: "This is unrighteousness on your part, that you will go away abandoning me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.28
दारिद्र्यम् अनपाकृत्य पुत्रार्थांश् चैव पुष्कलान् कामान् अभीप्सितान् सर्वान् मम कृत्वाद्य पुत्रकाः । शुश्रूषाम् अप्रयुक्त्वा च कथं वै गन्तुम् अर्हथ
dāridryam anapākṛtya putrārthāṃś caiva puṣkalān kāmān abhīpsitān sarvān mama kṛtvādya putrakāḥ | śuśrūṣām aprayuktvā ca kathaṃ vai gantum arhatha
"Without having removed (my) poverty, and without having fulfilled for me today, my little sons, the abundant purposes of sons and all the desires I long for — and without having rendered service, how can you be fit to go?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.29
ते तम् ऊचुर् द्विजाः सर्वे पितरं पुनर् एव हि करिष्यामो विधानं ते येन त्वं वर्तयिष्यसि
te tam ūcur dvijāḥ sarve pitaraṃ punar eva hi kariṣyāmo vidhānaṃ te yena tvaṃ vartayiṣyasi
All those twice-born ones said again to their father: "We will make an arrangement for you by which you will make your living."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.30
इमं श्लोकं महार्थं त्वं राजानं सहमन्त्रिणम् श्रावयेथाः समागम्य ब्रह्मदत्तम् अकल्मषम्
imaṃ ślokaṃ mahārthaṃ tvaṃ rājānaṃ sahamantriṇam śrāvayethāḥ samāgamya brahmadattam akalmaṣam
"You should approach the sinless king Brahmadatta, together with his minister, and cause him to hear this verse of great import."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 18.31
प्रीतात्मा दास्यति स ते ग्रामान् भोगांश् च पुष्कलान् यथेप्सितांश् च सर्वार्थान् गच्छ तात यथासुखम्
prītātmā dāsyati sa te grāmān bhogāṃś ca puṣkalān yathepsitāṃś ca sarvārthān gaccha tāta yathāsukham
"With a gladdened heart he will give you villages and abundant enjoyments, and all the goods you desire. Go, dear father, as you please."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition