Harivamsha — Chapter 2
HV 2.1
स सृष्टासु प्रजास्व् एवम् आपवो वै प्रजापतिः लेभे वै पुरुषः पत्नीं शतरूपाम् अयोनिजाम्
sa sṛṣṭāsu prajāsv evam āpavo vai prajāpatiḥ lebhe vai puruṣaḥ patnīṃ śatarūpām ayonijām
Thus, when the creatures had been created, Prajāpati Āpava, the Puruṣa, obtained as wife Śatarūpā, who was not born from a womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.2
आपवस्य महिम्ना तु दिवम् आवृत्य तिष्ठतः धर्मेणैव महाराज शतरूपा व्यजायत
āpavasya mahimnā tu divam āvṛtya tiṣṭhataḥ dharmeṇaiva mahārāja śatarūpā vyajāyata
While Āpava stood covering heaven with his greatness, O great king, Śatarūpā gave birth in accordance with dharma.
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HV 2.3
सा तु वर्षायुतं तप्त्वा तपः परमदुश्चरम् भर्तारं दीप्ततपसं पुरुषं प्रत्यपद्यत
sā tu varṣāyutaṃ taptvā tapaḥ paramaduścaram bhartāraṃ dīptatapasaṃ puruṣaṃ pratyapadyata
She, having practised for ten thousand years austerity exceedingly hard to perform, obtained as husband that Puruṣa of blazing austerity.
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HV 2.4
स वै स्वायंभुवस् तात पुरुषो मनुर् उच्यते तस्यैकसप्ततियुगं मन्वन्तरम् इहोच्यते
sa vai svāyaṃbhuvas tāta puruṣo manur ucyate tasyaikasaptatiyugaṃ manvantaram ihocyate
That Puruṣa, my dear, is called Svāyaṃbhuva Manu; his manvantara is here said to be seventy-one yugas.
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HV 2.5
वैराजात् पुरुषाद् वीरं शतरूपा व्यजात प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ वीरात् काम्या व्यजायत
vairājāt puruṣād vīraṃ śatarūpā vyajāta priyavratottānapādau vīrāt kāmyā vyajāyata
From the Vairāja Puruṣa Śatarūpā bore Vīra; from Vīra, Kāmyā bore Priyavrata and Uttānapāda.
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HV 2.7
काम्या नाम महाबाहो कर्दमस्य प्रजापतेः सुता सुतपसा युक्ता महती लोकधारिणी । काम्यापुत्राश् च चत्वारः सम्राट् कुक्षिर् विराट् प्रभुः ॥ ह्व्_२।६ प्रियव्रतं समासाद्य पतिं साजनयत् सुतान् । उत्तानपादं जग्राह पुत्रम् अत्रिः प्रजापतिः उत्तानपादाच् चतुरः सूनृता सुषुवे सुतान्
kāmyā nāma mahābāho kardamasya prajāpateḥ sutā sutapasā yuktā mahatī lokadhāriṇī | kāmyāputrāś ca catvāraḥ samrāṭ kukṣir virāṭ prabhuḥ // HV_2.6 priyavrataṃ samāsādya patiṃ sājanayat sutān | uttānapādaṃ jagrāha putram atriḥ prajāpatiḥ uttānapādāc caturaḥ sūnṛtā suṣuve sutān
O mighty-armed one, Kāmyā by name was the daughter of Prajāpati Kardama, endowed with good austerity, great, an upholder of the worlds. And Kāmyā's sons were four: Samrāṭ, Kukṣi, Virāṭ, and Prabhu. Having obtained Priyavrata as husband, she bore sons. Prajāpati Atri took Uttānapāda as his son. From Uttānapāda, Sūnṛtā bore four sons.
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HV 2.8
धर्मस्य कन्या सुश्रोणी सूनृता नाम विश्रुता उत्पन्ना वाचि धर्मेण ध्रुवस्य जननी शुभा
dharmasya kanyā suśroṇī sūnṛtā nāma viśrutā utpannā vāci dharmeṇa dhruvasya jananī śubhā
Dharma's daughter, fair-hipped, renowned by the name Sūnṛtā, was produced by Dharma in speech; she, the auspicious one, was the mother of Dhruva.
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HV 2.9
ध्रुवं च कीर्तिमन्तं चाप्य् अयस्मन्तम् अयस्पतिम् उत्तानपादो ऽजनयत् सूनृतायां प्रजापतिः
dhruvaṃ ca kīrtimantaṃ cāpy ayasmantam ayaspatim uttānapādo 'janayat sūnṛtāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ
Prajāpati Uttānapāda begot on Sūnṛtā Dhruva and Kīrtimant and also Ayasmant and Ayaspati.
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HV 2.10
ध्रुवो वर्षसहस्राणि त्रीणि दिव्यानि भारत तपस् तेपे महाराज प्रार्थयन् सुमहद् यशः
dhruvo varṣasahasrāṇi trīṇi divyāni bhārata tapas tepe mahārāja prārthayan sumahad yaśaḥ
Dhruva, O Bhārata, performed austerity for three thousand celestial years, O great king, seeking very great fame.
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HV 2.11
तस्मै ब्रह्मा ददौ प्रीतः स्थानम् आत्मसमं प्रभुः अचलम् चैव पुरतः सप्तर्षीणां प्रजापतिः
tasmai brahmā dadau prītaḥ sthānam ātmasamaṃ prabhuḥ acalam caiva purataḥ saptarṣīṇāṃ prajāpatiḥ
Pleased, the lord Brahmā, the Prajāpati, gave him a station equal to his own, and an unmoving one, in front of the seven seers.
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HV 2.12
तस्याभिमानम् ऋद्धिं च महिमानं निरीक्ष्य च देवासुराणाम् आचार्यः श्लोकम् अप्य् उशना जगौ
tasyābhimānam ṛddhiṃ ca mahimānaṃ nirīkṣya ca devāsurāṇām ācāryaḥ ślokam apy uśanā jagau
Observing his self-esteem, his prosperity and his greatness, Uśanas, the teacher of the gods and the asuras, sang a verse:
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HV 2.13
अहो यस्य तपसो वीर्यम् अहो श्रुतम् अहो व्रतम् यम् अद्य पुरतः कृत्वा ध्रुवं सप्तर्षयः स्थिताः
aho yasya tapaso vīryam aho śrutam aho vratam yam adya purataḥ kṛtvā dhruvaṃ saptarṣayaḥ sthitāḥ
"Ah, the power of his austerity! Ah, his sacred learning! Ah, his vow!—he, Dhruva, whom the seven seers stand keeping before them today."
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HV 2.14
तस्माच् छ्लिष्टं च मान्यं च ध्रुवाच् छम्बुर् व्यजायत श्लिष्टेर् आधत्त सुच्छाया पञ्च पुत्रान् अकल्मषान् प्राचीनगर्भं वृकतिं वृकलं वृकतेजसम् । पत्नी प्राचीनगर्भस्य सूनृता सुषुवे नृप । नाम्नोदारधियं पुत्रम् इन्द्रो यः पूर्वजन्मनि ॥ उदारधीः सुतं भद्रा+ +जनयद् वै दिवंजयम् । रिपुं रिपुंजयं जज्ञे वराङ्गी सा दिवंजयात् । रिपुं रिपुंजयं विप्रं वृकलम् वृकतेजसम्
tasmāc chliṣṭaṃ ca mānyaṃ ca dhruvāc chambur vyajāyata śliṣṭer ādhatta succhāyā pañca putrān akalmaṣān prācīnagarbhaṃ vṛkatiṃ vṛkalaṃ vṛkatejasam | patnī prācīnagarbhasya sūnṛtā suṣuve nṛpa | nāmnodāradhiyaṃ putram indro yaḥ pūrvajanmani || udāradhīḥ sutaṃ bhadrā+ +janayad vai divaṃjayam | ripuṃ ripuṃjayaṃ jajñe varāṅgī sā divaṃjayāt | ripuṃ ripuṃjayaṃ vipraṃ vṛkalam vṛkatejasam
From that Dhruva were born Śliṣṭa and Mānya, and Śambhu. To Śliṣṭi, Succhāyā bore five faultless sons: Prācīnagarbha, Vṛkati, Vṛkala, and Vṛkatejas. The wife of Prācīnagarbha, Sūnṛtā, O king, bore a son named Udāradhī, who in a former birth was Indra. To Udāradhī, Bhadrā bore a son, Divaṃjaya; from Divaṃjaya that Varāṅgī bore Ripu and Ripuṃjaya—Ripu, Ripuṃjaya, Vipra, Vṛkala, Vṛkatejas.
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HV 2.15
रिपोर् आधत्त बृहती चाक्षुषम् सर्वतेजसम् अजीजनत् पुष्करिण्यां वैरण्यां चाक्षुषो मनुम्
ripor ādhatta bṛhatī cākṣuṣam sarvatejasam ajījanat puṣkariṇyāṃ vairaṇyāṃ cākṣuṣo manum
To Ripu, Bṛhatī bore Cākṣuṣa, of all-encompassing brilliance; and Cākṣuṣa begot Manu upon Puṣkariṇī, daughter of Vīraṇa.
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HV 2.16
प्रजापतेर् आत्मजायां वीरणस्य महात्मनः मनोर् अजायन्त दश नड्वलायां महौजसः कन्यायां भरतश्रेष्ठ वैराजस्य प्रजापतेः
prajāpater ātmajāyāṃ vīraṇasya mahātmanaḥ manor ajāyanta daśa naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ kanyāyāṃ bharataśreṣṭha vairājasya prajāpateḥ
To Manu were born ten sons of great vigour, from Naḍvalā, the daughter of the great-souled Prajāpati Vīraṇa—the daughter, O best of the Bharatas, of the Prajāpati Vairāja.
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HV 2.17
ऊरुः पूरुः शतद्युम्नस् तपस्वी सत्यवित् कविः अग्निष्टुद् अतिरात्रश् च सुद्युम्नश् चेति तेनव अभिमन्युश् च दशमो नड्वलायां महौजसः
ūruḥ pūruḥ śatadyumnas tapasvī satyavit kaviḥ agniṣṭud atirātraś ca sudyumnaś ceti tenava abhimanyuś ca daśamo naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ
Ūru, Pūru, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavit, Kavi, Agniṣṭut, Atirātra, and Sudyumna—these nine; and Abhimanyu was the tenth, (born) of Naḍvalā, (all) of great vigour.
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HV 2.18
ऊरोर्ऽजनयत् पुत्रान् षडाग्नेयी महाप्रभान् अङ्गं सुमनसं स्वातिं क्रतुम् आङ्गिरसं शिवम्
ūror'janayat putrān ṣaḍāgneyī mahāprabhān aṅgaṃ sumanasaṃ svātiṃ kratum āṅgirasaṃ śivam
To Ūru, Āgneyī bore six sons of great splendour: Aṅga, Sumanas, Svāti, Kratu, Āṅgirasa, and Śiva.
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HV 2.19
अङ्गात् सुनीथापत्यं वै वेनम् एकं व्यजायत अपचारेण वेनस्य प्रकोपः सुमहान् अभूत्
aṅgāt sunīthāpatyaṃ vai venam ekaṃ vyajāyata apacāreṇa venasya prakopaḥ sumahān abhūt
From Aṅga was born one son, Vena, the offspring of Sunīthā; and through Vena's misconduct there arose a very great wrath.
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HV 2.20
प्रजार्थम् ऋषयो ऽथास्य ममन्थुर् दक्षिणं करम् वेनस्य पाणौ मथिते संबभूव महान् ऋषिः
prajārtham ṛṣayo 'thāsya mamanthur dakṣiṇaṃ karam venasya pāṇau mathite saṃbabhūva mahān ṛṣiḥ
Then, for the sake of progeny, the seers churned his right hand; and when Vena's hand was churned, a great seer came into being.
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HV 2.21
तं दृष्ट्वा मुनयः प्राहुर् एष वै मुदिताः प्रजाः करिष्यति महातेजा यशश् च प्राप्स्यते महत्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ prāhur eṣa vai muditāḥ prajāḥ kariṣyati mahātejā yaśaś ca prāpsyate mahat
Seeing him, the sages, delighted, said: "This one of great splendour will indeed make the people glad, and he will attain great fame."
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HV 2.22
स धन्वी कवची जातस् तेजसा निर्दहन्न् इव बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् । प्रजारक्षाकृतोत्साहः । पृथुर् वैन्यस् तदा चेमां ररक्ष क्षत्रपूर्वजः
sa dhanvī kavacī jātas tejasā nirdahann iva baddhagodhāṅgulitravān | prajārakṣākṛtotsāhaḥ | pṛthur vainyas tadā cemāṃ rarakṣa kṣatrapūrvajaḥ
He was born bearing bow and armour, as if burning (all) with his brilliance, wearing the bound leather guard and finger-guards, his zeal set upon the protection of the people; then Pṛthu, the son of Vena, first of the kṣatriyas, protected this (earth).
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HV 2.23
राजसूयाभिषिक्तानाम् आद्यः स वसुधाधिपः तस्माच् चैव समुत्पन्नौ निपुणौ सूतम् अगधौ
rājasūyābhiṣiktānām ādyaḥ sa vasudhādhipaḥ tasmāc caiva samutpannau nipuṇau sūtam agadhau
He was the first of those consecrated by the Rājasūya, that lord of the earth; and from that very (sacrifice) were born the two skilled ones, the bard (sūta) and the panegyrist (māgadha).
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HV 2.24
तेनेयं गौर् महाराज दुग्धा सस्यानि भारत प्रजानां वृत्तिकामेन देवैः सर्षिगणैः सह
teneyaṃ gaur mahārāja dugdhā sasyāni bhārata prajānāṃ vṛttikāmena devaiḥ sarṣigaṇaiḥ saha
By him, O great king, this earth as a cow was milked of crops, O Bhārata, since he desired a livelihood for the people, together with the gods and the hosts of seers,
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HV 2.25
सर्पैः पुण्यजनैश् चैव वीरुद्भिः पर्वतैस् तथा
sarpaiḥ puṇyajanaiś caiva vīrudbhiḥ parvatais tathā
with the serpents and the holy folk, with the plants and the mountains as well.
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HV 2.26
तेषु तेषु च पात्रेषु दुह्यमाना वसुंधरा प्रादाद् यथेप्सितं क्षीरं तेन प्राणान् अधार्यन्
teṣu teṣu ca pātreṣu duhyamānā vasuṃdharā prādād yathepsitaṃ kṣīraṃ tena prāṇān adhāryan
And in each of those vessels the earth, being milked, gave milk as was desired, and by that they sustained their lives.
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HV 2.27
पृथुपुत्रौ तु धर्मज्ञौ जज्ञाते ऽन्तर्धिपालिनौ शिखण्डिनी हविर्धानम् अन्तर्धानाद् व्याजायत
pṛthuputrau tu dharmajñau jajñāte 'ntardhipālinau śikhaṇḍinī havirdhānam antardhānād vyājāyata
But two sons of Pṛthu, knowers of dharma, were born, Antardhi and Pālin; and from Antardhāna, Śikhaṇḍinī bore Havirdhāna.
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HV 2.28
हविर्धानात् षडाग्नेयी धिषणाजनयत् सुतान् प्राचीनबर्हिषं शुक्रम् गयं कृष्णं व्रजाजिनौ
havirdhānāt ṣaḍāgneyī dhiṣaṇājanayat sutān prācīnabarhiṣaṃ śukram gayaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vrajājinau
From Havirdhāna, Dhiṣaṇā, born of Agni, bore sons: Prācīnabarhis, Śukra, Gaya, Kṛṣṇa, Vraja, and Ajina.
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HV 2.29
प्राचीनबर्हिर् भगवान् महान् आसीत् प्रजापतिः हविर्धानान् महाराज येन संवर्धिताः प्रजाः
prācīnabarhir bhagavān mahān āsīt prajāpatiḥ havirdhānān mahārāja yena saṃvardhitāḥ prajāḥ
From Havirdhāna, O great king, there was the venerable Prācīnabarhis, a great Prajāpati, by whom the people were made to increase.
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HV 2.30
प्राचीनाग्राः कुशास् तस्य पृथिव्यां जनमेजय प्राचीनबर्हेर् अभवन् पृथिवीतलचारिणः
prācīnāgrāḥ kuśās tasya pṛthivyāṃ janamejaya prācīnabarher abhavan pṛthivītalacāriṇaḥ
His kuśa grasses, O Janamejaya, had their tips pointing eastward on the earth; from this, (he was called) Prācīnabarhi, (as those grasses) spread over the surface of the earth.
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HV 2.31
समुद्रतनयायां तु कृतदारो ऽभवत् प्रभुः महतस् तपसः पारे सवर्णायां महीपतिः
samudratanayāyāṃ tu kṛtadāro 'bhavat prabhuḥ mahatas tapasaḥ pāre savarṇāyāṃ mahīpatiḥ
And the lord, the king of the earth, at the end of great austerity, took as wife Savarṇā, the daughter of the Ocean.
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HV 2.32
सवर्णाधत्त सामुद्री दश प्राचीनबर्हिषः पुत्रान् वै जनयाम् आस सर्वलोकाभिपूजितान् । सर्वे प्रचेतस नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगाः
savarṇādhatta sāmudrī daśa prācīnabarhiṣaḥ putrān vai janayām āsa sarvalokābhipūjitān | sarve pracetasa nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ
Savarṇā, the ocean's daughter, conceived and bore ten sons of Prācīnabarhi, honoured by all the worlds; all were named Pracetas, and all had mastered the science of archery.
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HV 2.33
अपृथग्धर्मचरणास् ते ऽतप्यन्त महत् तपः दश वर्षसहस्राणि समुद्रसलिलेशयाः
apṛthagdharmacaraṇās te 'tapyanta mahat tapaḥ daśa varṣasahasrāṇi samudrasalileśayāḥ
Practising a religious duty in common (not separately), they performed great austerity for ten thousand years, lying in the water of the ocean.
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HV 2.35
तपश् चरत्सु पृथिवीं प्रचेतःसु महीरुहः अरक्ष्यमाणाम् आवव्रुर् बभूवाथ प्रजाक्षयः ॥ ह्व्_२।३४ प्रत्याहृताः प्रजाः सर्वाश् चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः । नाशकन् मारुतो वातुं वृतं खम् अभवद् द्रुमैः दश वर्षसहस्राणि न शेकुश् चेष्टितुं प्रजाः
tapaś caratsu pṛthivīṃ pracetaḥsu mahīruhaḥ arakṣyamāṇām āvavrur babhūvātha prajākṣayaḥ // HV_2.34 pratyāhṛtāḥ prajāḥ sarvāś cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ | nāśakan māruto vātuṃ vṛtaṃ kham abhavad drumaiḥ daśa varṣasahasrāṇi na śekuś ceṣṭituṃ prajāḥ
While the Pracetases were practising austerity, the trees covered the unguarded earth, and there came about a destruction of the creatures. [2.34] All the creatures were withdrawn during the interval of the Manu Cākṣuṣa; the wind could not blow, the sky was covered by the trees; for ten thousand years the creatures could not stir.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 2.36
तद् उपश्रुत्य तपसा युक्ताः सर्वे प्रचेतसः प्राचेतसम् उपस्तव्य तपसः सर्वपर्वतैः । मुखेभ्यो वायुम् अग्निं च ते ऽसृजञ् जातमन्यवः
tad upaśrutya tapasā yuktāḥ sarve pracetasaḥ prācetasam upastavya tapasaḥ sarvaparvataiḥ | mukhebhyo vāyum agniṃ ca te 'sṛjañ jātamanyavaḥ
Hearing of that, all the Pracetases, joined with austerity, ... having praised the son of Pracetas(?) ... of austerity with all the mountains; and with anger arisen they emitted wind and fire from their mouths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 2.37
उन्मूलान् अथ वृक्षांस् तान् कृत्वा वायुर् अशोषयत् तान् अग्निर् अदहद् घोर एवम् आसीद् द्रुमक्षयः
unmūlān atha vṛkṣāṃs tān kṛtvā vāyur aśoṣayat tān agnir adahad ghora evam āsīd drumakṣayaḥ
Then the wind, having uprooted those trees, dried them up, and the fire burned them—terrible was it; thus was the destruction of the trees.
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HV 2.38
द्रुमक्षयम् अथो बुद्ध्वा किंचिच् छिष्टेषु शाखिषु उपगम्याब्रवीद् एतान् राजा सोमः प्रतापवान्
drumakṣayam atho buddhvā kiṃcic chiṣṭeṣu śākhiṣu upagamyābravīd etān rājā somaḥ pratāpavān
Then, perceiving the destruction of the trees, when only a few branching ones were left, King Soma, full of splendour, approached these (Pracetases) and spoke.
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HV 2.39
कोपं यच्छत राजानः सर्वे प्राचीनबर्हिषः वृक्षशून्या कृता पृथ्वी शाम्येताम् अग्निमारुतौ
kopaṃ yacchata rājānaḥ sarve prācīnabarhiṣaḥ vṛkṣaśūnyā kṛtā pṛthvī śāmyetām agnimārutau
"Restrain your anger, O kings, all you sons of Prācīnabarhi; the earth has been made empty of trees—let the fire and the wind be quieted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.40
रत्नभूता च कन्येयं वृक्षाणां वरवर्णिनी भविष्यं जानता तात धृता गर्भेण वै मया
ratnabhūtā ca kanyeyaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ varavarṇinī bhaviṣyaṃ jānatā tāta dhṛtā garbheṇa vai mayā
And this maiden of lovely colour, who is the jewel of the trees, has been held by me in the womb, dear one, since I knew what was to come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.41
मारिषा नाम नाम्नैषा वृक्षाणाम् इति निर्मिता भार्या वो ऽस्तु महाभागा सोमवंशविवर्धिनी
māriṣā nāma nāmnaiṣā vṛkṣāṇām iti nirmitā bhāryā vo 'stu mahābhāgā somavaṃśavivardhinī
She is named Māriṣā by name, fashioned thus of the trees; let her, most fortunate, be your wife, the increaser of the lineage of Soma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.42
युष्माकं तेजसो ऽर्धेन मम चार्धेन तेजसः अस्याम् उत्पत्स्यते विद्वान् दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः
yuṣmākaṃ tejaso 'rdhena mama cārdhena tejasaḥ asyām utpatsyate vidvān dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ
From half of your energy and from half of my energy there will be born in her a learned lord of creatures named Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.43
स इमां दग्धभूयिष्ठां युष्मत्तेजोमयेन वै अग्निनाग्निसमो भूयः प्रजाः संवर्धयिष्यति
sa imāṃ dagdhabhūyiṣṭhāṃ yuṣmattejomayena vai agnināgnisamo bhūyaḥ prajāḥ saṃvardhayiṣyati
He, equal to fire, by the fire made of your energy, will again make the creatures grow on this (earth) that has been mostly burnt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.45
ततः सोमस्य वचनाज् जगृहुस् ते प्रचेतसः संहृत्य कोपं वृक्षेभ्यः पत्नीं धर्मेण मारिषाम् ॥ ह्व्_२।४४ मारिषायां ततस् ते वै मनसा गर्भम् आदधुः । दशभ्यस् तु प्रचेतोभ्यो मारिषायां प्रजापतिः दक्षो जज्ञे महातेजाः सोमस्यांशेन भारत
tataḥ somasya vacanāj jagṛhus te pracetasaḥ saṃhṛtya kopaṃ vṛkṣebhyaḥ patnīṃ dharmeṇa māriṣām // HV_2.44 māriṣāyāṃ tatas te vai manasā garbham ādadhuḥ | daśabhyas tu pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ dakṣo jajñe mahātejāḥ somasyāṃśena bhārata
Then, at Soma's word, those Pracetases withdrew their anger from the trees and took Māriṣā as their wife according to law. [2.44] Then they placed a germ in Māriṣā by their mind alone; and from the ten Pracetases, in Māriṣā, the lord of creatures Dakṣa of great splendour was born, by a portion of Soma, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.46
पुत्रान् उत्पादयाम् आस सोमवंशविवर्धनान् अचरांश् च चरांश् चैव द्विपदो ऽथ चतुष्पदः
putrān utpādayām āsa somavaṃśavivardhanān acarāṃś ca carāṃś caiva dvipado 'tha catuṣpadaḥ
He begot sons who increased the lineage of Soma, and also the immobile and the moving, the two-footed and the four-footed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.47
स सृष्ट्वा मनसा दक्षः पल्श्चाद् असृजत स्त्रियः तदा प्रजाविवृद्ध्यर्थं महातेजाः प्रजापतिः । ददौ स दश दर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश शिष्टाः सोमाय राज्ञे तु नक्षत्राख्या ददौ प्रभुः
sa sṛṣṭvā manasā dakṣaḥ palścād asṛjata striyaḥ tadā prajāvivṛddhyarthaṃ mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ | dadau sa daśa darmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa śiṣṭāḥ somāya rājñe tu nakṣatrākhyā dadau prabhuḥ
Having created (them) by his mind, Dakṣa afterwards created women, then, for the increase of creatures, that lord of creatures of great splendour; he gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, and the rest, called the lunar mansions, the lord gave to King Soma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.48
तासु देवा खगा गावो नागा दितिजदानवाः गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् चैव जज्ञिरे ऽन्याश् च जातयः
tāsu devā khagā gāvo nāgā ditijadānavāḥ gandharvāpsarasaś caiva jajñire 'nyāś ca jātayaḥ
In them were born the gods, birds, cattle, snakes, the sons of Diti and the Dānavas, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases, and other kinds of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.49
ततःप्रभृति राजेन्द्र प्रजा मैथुनसंभवाः संकल्पाद् दर्शनात् स्पर्शात् पूर्वेषां सृष्टिर् उच्यते
tataḥprabhṛti rājendra prajā maithunasaṃbhavāḥ saṃkalpād darśanāt sparśāt pūrveṣāṃ sṛṣṭir ucyate
From then on, O lord of kings, creatures come into being by sexual union; the creation of the earlier ones is said to have been from will, from a look, from a touch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.50
देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् संभवः कथितः पूर्वं दक्षस्य च महात्मनः
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām saṃbhavaḥ kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ
The origin of the gods and the Dānavas, and of the Gandharvas, serpents and Rākṣasas, has been told before, and that of the great-souled Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.51
अङ्गुष्ठाद् ब्रह्मणो जातो दक्षश् चोक्तस् त्वयानघ वामाङ्गुष्ठात् तथा चैव तस्य पत्नी व्यजायत । कथं प्राचेतसत्वं स पुनर् लेभे महातपाः
aṅguṣṭhād brahmaṇo jāto dakṣaś coktas tvayānagha vāmāṅguṣṭhāt tathā caiva tasya patnī vyajāyata | kathaṃ prācetasatvaṃ sa punar lebhe mahātapāḥ
(Janamejaya said:) It was also said by you, O sinless one, that Dakṣa was born from Brahmā's thumb, and that likewise his wife was born from his left thumb; how then did that great ascetic again obtain the state of being Pracetas' son?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.52
एतं मे संशयं विप्र व्याख्यातुं त्वम् इहार्हसि दौहित्रश् चैव सोमस्य कथं श्वशुरतां गतः
etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ vipra vyākhyātuṃ tvam ihārhasi dauhitraś caiva somasya kathaṃ śvaśuratāṃ gataḥ
This doubt of mine, brahmin, you ought to explain here: how did (Dakṣa), being the daughter's son of Soma, become his father-in-law?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.53
उत्पत्तिश् च निरोधश् च नित्यौ भूतेषु भारत ऋषयो ऽत्र न मुह्यन्ति विद्यावन्तश् च ये जनाः
utpattiś ca nirodhaś ca nityau bhūteṣu bhārata ṛṣayo 'tra na muhyanti vidyāvantaś ca ye janāḥ
Origination and cessation are perpetual among beings, Bhārata; the seers are not confused about this, nor those people who possess knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.54
युगे युगे भवन्त्य् एते सर्वे दक्षादयो नृप पुनश् चैव निरुध्यन्ते विद्वांस् तत्र न मुह्यति
yuge yuge bhavanty ete sarve dakṣādayo nṛpa punaś caiva nirudhyante vidvāṃs tatra na muhyati
In age after age all these, Dakṣa and the rest, come into being, O king, and again they are brought to an end; a learned man is not confused about that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 2.55
ज्यैष्ठ्यं कानिष्ठ्यम् अप्य् एषां पूर्वं नासीज् जनाधिप तप एव गरीयो ऽभूत् प्रभावश् चैव कारणम्
jyaiṣṭhyaṃ kāniṣṭhyam apy eṣāṃ pūrvaṃ nāsīj janādhipa tapa eva garīyo 'bhūt prabhāvaś caiva kāraṇam
Among them there was formerly no seniority or juniority, O lord of men; austerity alone was the weightier thing, and (spiritual) power was the determining cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition