Harivamsha — Chapter 22
HV 22.1
य इदं च्यावनं स्थानात् प्रतिष्ठां च शतक्रतोः शृणुयाद् धारयेद् वापि न स दौरात्म्यम् आप्नुयात् ॥ ह्व्_२१।३७ रजेः पञ्च शतान्य् आसन् पुत्राणाम् अमितौजसाम् । देवैर् अभ्यर्थितो दैत्यान् हत्वेन्द्रायाददाद् दिवम् ॥ इन्द्रस् तस्मै पुनर् हत्वा गृहीत्वा चरणौ रजेः । आत्मानम् अर्पयाम् आस प्रह्रादाद्यरिशङ्कितः ॥ पितर्य् उपरते पुत्रा याचमानाय नो ददुः । गुरुणा हूयमाने ऽग्नौ बलभित् तनयान् रजेः । अवधीद् ध्वंसितान् मार्गान् न कश् चिद् अवशेषितः । अरोगश् च भवेत् तात यावज्जीवम् अकल्मषः । नहुषस्य तु दायादाः षड् इन्द्रोपमतेजसः यतिर् ययातिः संयातिर् आयातिर् यातिर् उद्धवः उत्पन्नाः पितृकन्यायां विरजायां महौजसः । षड् इमे नहुषस्यासन्न् इन्द्रयाणीव देहिनः । सुयातिः षष्ठस् तेषां वै ययातिःपार्थिवो ऽभवत् । यतिर् ज्येष्ठस् तु तेषां वै ययातिस् तु ततः परम्
ya idaṃ cyāvanaṃ sthānāt pratiṣṭhāṃ ca śatakratoḥ śṛṇuyād dhārayed vāpi na sa daurātmyam āpnuyāt // HV_21.37 rajeḥ pañca śatāny āsan putrāṇām amitaujasām | devair abhyarthito daityān hatvendrāyādadād divam || indras tasmai punar hatvā gṛhītvā caraṇau rajeḥ | ātmānam arpayām āsa prahrādādyariśaṅkitaḥ || pitary uparate putrā yācamānāya no daduḥ | guruṇā hūyamāne 'gnau balabhit tanayān rajeḥ | avadhīd dhvaṃsitān mārgān na kaś cid avaśeṣitaḥ | arogaś ca bhavet tāta yāvajjīvam akalmaṣaḥ | nahuṣasya tu dāyādāḥ ṣaḍ indropamatejasaḥ yatir yayātiḥ saṃyātir āyātir yātir uddhavaḥ utpannāḥ pitṛkanyāyāṃ virajāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ | ṣaḍ ime nahuṣasyāsann indrayāṇīva dehinaḥ | suyātiḥ ṣaṣṭhas teṣāṃ vai yayātiḥpārthivo 'bhavat | yatir jyeṣṭhas tu teṣāṃ vai yayātis tu tataḥ param
Whoever should hear or should retain this (account) of the fall of Śatakratu from his station and of his re-establishment, he will not meet with wickedness. // Raji had five hundred sons of measureless energy. Entreated by the gods, having slain the Daityas, he gave heaven to Indra. Indra, having again slain (them?), taking hold of Raji's feet, delivered himself over (to him), being afraid of enemies such as Prahrāda. When the father had passed away, the sons did not give (it back) to him though he asked. While the preceptor was making offerings in the fire, the smasher of strongholds slew Raji's sons, their paths destroyed; not one was left over. And he would be free of disease, dear one, and free of taint as long as he lives. Nahuṣa had six heirs, of splendour like Indra's: Yati, Yayāti, Saṃyāti, Āyāti, Yāti and Uddhava, born of great might from Virajā, a daughter of the Fathers. These six of Nahuṣa were as embodied Indras. The sixth of them was Suyāti; Yayāti became king. Yati was the eldest of them, and Yayāti next after him.
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HV 22.3
ककुत्स्थकन्यां गां नाम न लेभे स यतिस् तदा राज्यं नैच्छद् यतिः पित्रा दत्तं तत्परिणामवित् । यत्र प्रविष्टः पुरुष आत्मानं नावबुध्यते । तेनासौ मोक्षम् आस्थाय ब्रह्मभूतो ऽभवन् मुनिः ॥ ह्व्_२२।२ पितरि ध्वंसिते स्थानाद् इन्द्राण्या धर्षणाद् द्विजैः । प्रापितो ऽजगरत्वं वै ययातिर् अभवन् नृपः । तेषां ययातिः पञ्चानां विजित्य वसुधाम् इमाम् देवयानीम् उशनसः सुतां भार्याम् अवाप ह शर्मिष्ठाम् आसुरीं चैव तनयां वृषपर्वणः
kakutsthakanyāṃ gāṃ nāma na lebhe sa yatis tadā rājyaṃ naicchad yatiḥ pitrā dattaṃ tatpariṇāmavit | yatra praviṣṭaḥ puruṣa ātmānaṃ nāvabudhyate | tenāsau mokṣam āsthāya brahmabhūto 'bhavan muniḥ // HV_22.2 pitari dhvaṃsite sthānād indrāṇyā dharṣaṇād dvijaiḥ | prāpito 'jagaratvaṃ vai yayātir abhavan nṛpaḥ | teṣāṃ yayātiḥ pañcānāṃ vijitya vasudhām imām devayānīm uśanasaḥ sutāṃ bhāryām avāpa ha śarmiṣṭhām āsurīṃ caiva tanayāṃ vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
Yati did not then obtain the daughter of Kakutstha, named Gā. Yati did not want the kingdom given by his father, knowing its outcome; (for it is that) upon entering which a man does not come to know his own self. Therefore he, taking his stand on liberation, became a sage who had become brahman. // When his father was cast down from his station by the twice-born because of his violation of Indrāṇī, and was brought to the condition of a python, Yayāti became king. Yayāti, of those five, having conquered this earth, obtained as wife Devayānī, the daughter of Uśanas, and also Śarmiṣṭhā, the Asura woman, daughter of Vṛṣaparvan.
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HV 22.4
यदुं च तुर्वसुं चैव देवयानी व्यजायत द्रुह्युं चानुं च पूरुं च शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी
yaduṃ ca turvasuṃ caiva devayānī vyajāyata druhyuṃ cānuṃ ca pūruṃ ca śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī
Devayānī bore Yadu and Turvasu; and Śarmiṣṭhā, daughter of Vṛṣaparvan, (bore) Druhyu and Anu and Pūru.
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HV 22.5
तस्य शक्रो ददौ प्रीतो रथं परमभास्वरम् असङ्गं काञ्चनं दिव्यं दिव्यैः परमवाजिभिः युक्तं मनोजवैः शुभ्रैर् येन भार्यां समुद्वहत्
tasya śakro dadau prīto rathaṃ paramabhāsvaram asaṅgaṃ kāñcanaṃ divyaṃ divyaiḥ paramavājibhiḥ yuktaṃ manojavaiḥ śubhrair yena bhāryāṃ samudvahat
Śakra, pleased, gave him a chariot of the utmost brilliance, unimpeded, golden, divine, yoked with divine supreme horses, white and swift as thought, by which he brought home his wife.
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HV 22.6
स तेन रथमुख्येन षड्रात्रेणाजयन् महीम् ययातिर् युधि दुर्धर्षस् तथा देवान् सवासवान्
sa tena rathamukhyena ṣaḍrātreṇājayan mahīm yayātir yudhi durdharṣas tathā devān savāsavān
With that foremost of chariots Yayāti, hard to assail in battle, conquered the earth in six nights, and likewise the gods together with Vāsava.
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HV 22.7
स रथः पौरवाणां तु सर्वेषाम् अभवत् तदा यावत् तव सनामा वै पौरवो जनमेजय
sa rathaḥ pauravāṇāṃ tu sarveṣām abhavat tadā yāvat tava sanāmā vai pauravo janamejaya
That chariot then belonged to all the Pauravas, up to your namesake, the Paurava, O Janamejaya.
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HV 22.8
कुरोः पौत्रस्य राज्ये तु राज्ञः पारिक्षितस्य ह ब्रह्महत्यायुतः पाप इन्द्रः क्रुद्धो ऽहरद् रथम् । जगाम स रथो नाशं शापाद् गर्गस्य धीमतः
kuroḥ pautrasya rājye tu rājñaḥ pārikṣitasya ha brahmahatyāyutaḥ pāpa indraḥ kruddho 'harad ratham | jagāma sa ratho nāśaṃ śāpād gargasya dhīmataḥ
But in the reign of King Pārikṣita, the grandson of Kuru, Indra, angered, took away the chariot from the sinner who was stained with the killing of a brahmin; and that chariot came to destruction through the curse of the wise Garga.
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HV 22.9
गर्गस्य हि सुतं बालं स राजा जनमेजयः वाक्क्रूरं हिंसयाम् आस ब्रह्महत्याम् अवाप सः
gargasya hi sutaṃ bālaṃ sa rājā janamejayaḥ vākkrūraṃ hiṃsayām āsa brahmahatyām avāpa saḥ
For that king Janamejaya killed a boy, the son of Garga, who was harsh in speech, and thereby incurred the guilt of brahmin-murder.
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HV 22.10
स लोहगन्धी राजर्षिः परिधावन्न् इतस् ततः पौरजानपदैस् त्यक्तो न लेभे शर्म कर्हिचित्
sa lohagandhī rājarṣiḥ paridhāvann itas tataḥ paurajānapadais tyakto na lebhe śarma karhicit
That royal seer, smelling of iron, running here and there, abandoned by the townsfolk and country folk, found no relief anywhere.
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HV 22.11
ततः स दुःखसंतप्तो नालभत् संविदं क्व चित् इन्द्रोतं शौनकं राजा शरणं प्रत्यपद्यत
tataḥ sa duḥkhasaṃtapto nālabhat saṃvidaṃ kva cit indrotaṃ śaunakaṃ rājā śaraṇaṃ pratyapadyata
Then, burning with grief, he could obtain no counsel anywhere, and the king took refuge with Indrota Śaunaka.
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HV 22.12
याजयाम् आस चेन्द्रोतः शौनको जनमेजय अश्वमेधेन राजानं पावनार्थं द्विजोत्तमाः स लोहगन्धो व्यनशत् तस्यावभृथम् एत्य ह
yājayām āsa cendrotaḥ śaunako janamejaya aśvamedhena rājānaṃ pāvanārthaṃ dvijottamāḥ sa lohagandho vyanaśat tasyāvabhṛtham etya ha
And Indrota Śaunaka, O Janamejaya, had the king perform a horse-sacrifice for the sake of purification, O best of the twice-born; and that smell of iron perished when he reached the concluding bath.
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HV 22.14
स च दिव्यो रथो राजन् वसोश् चेदिपतेस् तदा दत्तः शक्रेण तुष्टेन लेभे तस्माद् बृहद्रथः ॥ ह्व्_२२।१३ बृहद्रथात् क्रमेणैव गतो बार्हद्रथं नृपम् । ततो हत्वा जरासंधं भीमस् तं रथम् उत्तमम् प्रददौ वासुदेवाय प्रीत्या कौरवनन्दन
sa ca divyo ratho rājan vasoś cedipates tadā dattaḥ śakreṇa tuṣṭena lebhe tasmād bṛhadrathaḥ // HV_22.13 bṛhadrathāt krameṇaiva gato bārhadrathaṃ nṛpam | tato hatvā jarāsaṃdhaṃ bhīmas taṃ ratham uttamam pradadau vāsudevāya prītyā kauravanandana
And that divine chariot, O king, was then given by the pleased Śakra to Vasu, lord of the Cedis; from him Bṛhadratha obtained it. From Bṛhadratha it passed in due order to the king descended from Bṛhadratha; then, having killed Jarāsaṃdha, Bhīma gave that excellent chariot to Vāsudeva out of affection, O delight of the Kurus.
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HV 22.15
सप्तद्वीपां ययातिस् तु जित्वा पृथ्वीं ससागराम् व्यभजत् पञ्चधा राज्यं पुत्राणां नाहुषस् तदा
saptadvīpāṃ yayātis tu jitvā pṛthvīṃ sasāgarām vyabhajat pañcadhā rājyaṃ putrāṇāṃ nāhuṣas tadā
But Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, having conquered the earth with its seven continents and its oceans, then divided the kingdom fivefold among his sons.
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HV 22.16
दिशि दक्षिणपूर्वस्यां तुर्वसुं मतिमान् नृपः प्रतीच्याम् उत्तरस्यां तु द्रुह्युं चानुंच नाहुषः
diśi dakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ turvasuṃ matimān nṛpaḥ pratīcyām uttarasyāṃ tu druhyuṃ cānuṃca nāhuṣaḥ
In the south-eastern quarter the wise king (placed) Turvasu, and in the west and in the north the son of Nahuṣa (placed) Druhyu and Anu.
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HV 22.17
दिशि पूर्वोत्तरस्यां तु यदुं ज्येष्ठं न्ययोजयत् मध्ये पूरुं च राजानम् अभ्यषिञ्चत् स नाहुषः
diśi pūrvottarasyāṃ tu yaduṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ nyayojayat madhye pūruṃ ca rājānam abhyaṣiñcat sa nāhuṣaḥ
And in the north-eastern quarter he appointed the eldest, Yadu; and in the middle that son of Nahuṣa consecrated Pūru as king.
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HV 22.18
तैर् इयं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना यथाप्रदेशम् अद्यापि धर्मेण परिपाल्यते प्रजास् तेषां पुरस्तात् तु वक्ष्यामि नृपसत्तम
tair iyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā yathāpradeśam adyāpi dharmeṇa paripālyate prajās teṣāṃ purastāt tu vakṣyāmi nṛpasattama
By them this whole earth with its seven continents and its towns is, each in his own region, still today protected in accordance with dharma; and I shall tell of their offspring later on, O best of kings.
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HV 22.19
धनुर् न्यस्य पृषत्कांश् च पञ्चभिः पुरुषर्षभैः जिगाय पृथिवीं सर्वां सप्तद्वीपवतीं नृपः । परवान् अभवद् राजा भारम् आवेश्य बन्धुषु
dhanur nyasya pṛṣatkāṃś ca pañcabhiḥ puruṣarṣabhaiḥ jigāya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saptadvīpavatīṃ nṛpaḥ | paravān abhavad rājā bhāram āveśya bandhuṣu
Having laid aside bow and arrows, the king conquered the whole earth with its seven continents by means of those five bulls among men; and having laid the burden upon his kinsmen, the king became dependent on others.
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HV 22.20
निक्षिप्तशस्त्रः पृथिवीं निरीक्ष्य पृथिवीपतिः प्रीतिमान् अभवद् राजा ययातिर् अपराजितः
nikṣiptaśastraḥ pṛthivīṃ nirīkṣya pṛthivīpatiḥ prītimān abhavad rājā yayātir aparājitaḥ
With his weapons laid down, the lord of the earth looked upon the earth, and King Yayāti, the unconquered, became content.
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HV 22.21
एवं विभज्य पृथिवीं ययातिर् यदुम् अब्रवीत् जरां मे प्रतिगृह्णीष्व पुत्र कृत्यान्तरेण वै
evaṃ vibhajya pṛthivīṃ yayātir yadum abravīt jarāṃ me pratigṛhṇīṣva putra kṛtyāntareṇa vai
Having thus divided the earth, Yayāti said to Yadu: "Receive my old age, my son, for another purpose (of mine)."
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HV 22.23
तरुणस् तव रूपेण चरेयं पृथिवीम् इमाम् जरां त्वयि समाधाय तं यदुः प्रत्युवाच ह ॥ ह्व्_२२।२२ नोत्सहे जरया स्थातुम् अन्तरा प्राप्तया तव । अविदित्वा सुखं ग्राम्यं वैतृष्ण्यं नैति पूरुषः । अनिर्दिष्टा मया भिक्षा ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिश्रुता अनपाकृत्य तां राजन् न ग्रहीष्यामि ते जराम्
taruṇas tava rūpeṇa careyaṃ pṛthivīm imām jarāṃ tvayi samādhāya taṃ yaduḥ pratyuvāca ha // HV_22.22 notsahe jarayā sthātum antarā prāptayā tava | aviditvā sukhaṃ grāmyaṃ vaitṛṣṇyaṃ naiti pūruṣaḥ | anirdiṣṭā mayā bhikṣā brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutā anapākṛtya tāṃ rājan na grahīṣyāmi te jarām
"Young, in your form, I would roam this earth, having deposited my old age in you." To him Yadu replied: "I have no wish to abide with your old age come upon me in the midst (of my youth). Without having known the pleasures of the village, a man does not reach freedom from craving. An alms-gift promised by me to a brahmin has not yet been assigned; without discharging that, O king, I shall not take on your old age."
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HV 22.24
जराया बहवो दोषाः पानभोजनकारिताः तस्माज् जरां न ते राजन् ग्रहीतुम् अहम् उत्सहे
jarāyā bahavo doṣāḥ pānabhojanakāritāḥ tasmāj jarāṃ na te rājan grahītum aham utsahe
"The faults of old age are many, brought about with respect to drink and food; therefore, O king, I have no wish to take on your old age."
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HV 22.25
सन्ति ते बहवः पुत्रा मत्तः प्रियतरा नृप प्रतिग्रहीतुं धर्मज्ञ पुत्रम् अन्यं वृणीष्व वै
santi te bahavaḥ putrā mattaḥ priyatarā nṛpa pratigrahītuṃ dharmajña putram anyaṃ vṛṇīṣva vai
"You have many sons dearer to you than I, O king; choose another son, O knower of dharma, to receive it."
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HV 22.26
स एवम् उक्तो यदुना राजा कोपसमन्वितः उवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठो ययातिर् गर्हयन् सुतम्
sa evam ukto yadunā rājā kopasamanvitaḥ uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho yayātir garhayan sutam
Thus addressed by Yadu, the king, filled with anger, Yayāti, best of speakers, spoke, reproaching his son:
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HV 22.27
क आश्रमस् तवान्यो ऽस्ति को वा धर्मो विधीयते माम् अनादृत्य दुर्बुद्धे यद् अहं तव देशिकः
ka āśramas tavānyo 'sti ko vā dharmo vidhīyate mām anādṛtya durbuddhe yad ahaṃ tava deśikaḥ
"What other stage of life have you, or what dharma is laid down for you, disregarding me, you fool—when I am your instructor?"
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HV 22.28
एवम् उक्त्वा यदुं तात शशापैनं स मन्युमान् अराज्या ते प्रजा मूढ भवित्रीति नराधिप
evam uktvā yaduṃ tāta śaśāpainaṃ sa manyumān arājyā te prajā mūḍha bhavitrīti narādhipa
Having spoken thus to Yadu, my son, he in his wrath cursed him: "Your offspring, O fool, shall be without kingship," O ruler of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 22.29
स तुर्वसुं स द्रुह्युं च अनुं च भरतर्षभ एवम् एवाब्रवीद् राजा प्रत्याख्यातश् च तैर् अपि
sa turvasuṃ sa druhyuṃ ca anuṃ ca bharatarṣabha evam evābravīd rājā pratyākhyātaś ca tair api
He spoke in just this same way to Turvasu, and to Druhyu, and to Anu, O bull of the Bharatas, and was refused by them too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 22.30
शशाप तान् अपि क्रुद्धो ययातिर् अपराजितः यथा ते कथितं पूर्वं मया राजर्षिसत्तम
śaśāpa tān api kruddho yayātir aparājitaḥ yathā te kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ mayā rājarṣisattama
Angered, the unconquered Yayāti cursed them as well, just as has been told to you before by me, O best of royal seers.
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HV 22.31
एवं शप्त्वा सुतान् सर्वांश् चतुरः पूरुपूर्वजान् तद् एव वचनं राजा पूरुम् अप्य् आह भारत
evaṃ śaptvā sutān sarvāṃś caturaḥ pūrupūrvajān tad eva vacanaṃ rājā pūrum apy āha bhārata
Having thus cursed all four sons, the elder brothers of Pūru, the king spoke that same speech to Pūru also, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 22.33
तरुणस् तव रूपेण चरेयं पृथिवीम् इमाम् जरां त्वयि समाधाय त्वं पूरो यदि मन्यसे ॥ ह्व्_२२।३२ को नु लोके मनुष्येन्द्र पितुर् आत्मकृतः पुमान् । प्रतिकर्तुं क्षमो यस्य प्रसादाद् विन्दते परम् ॥ अधमो ऽश्रद्धया कुर्याद् अकर्तोच्चरितं पितुः । सो ऽपि तद्वयसा कामाञ् जुजुषो ऽव्याहतेन्द्रयः । स जरां प्रतिजग्राह पितुः पूरुः प्रतापवान् ययातिर् अपि रूपेण पूरोः पर्यचरन् महीम्
taruṇas tava rūpeṇa careyaṃ pṛthivīm imām jarāṃ tvayi samādhāya tvaṃ pūro yadi manyase // HV_22.32 ko nu loke manuṣyendra pitur ātmakṛtaḥ pumān | pratikartuṃ kṣamo yasya prasādād vindate param || adhamo 'śraddhayā kuryād akartoccaritaṃ pituḥ | so 'pi tadvayasā kāmāñ jujuṣo 'vyāhatendrayaḥ | sa jarāṃ pratijagrāha pituḥ pūruḥ pratāpavān yayātir api rūpeṇa pūroḥ paryacaran mahīm
"Young, with your form, I would roam this earth, placing my old age upon you — if, Pūru, you consent." (Pūru said:) "What man in the world, O lord of men, self-made, is able to repay his father, by whose grace he obtains the highest? A base man would perform, without faith, what his father said, as though he had not been told; (but I shall do it gladly)." And he (Yayāti), with that youth, enjoyed pleasures, his senses unimpaired. Mighty Pūru took upon himself his father's old age, and Yayāti too, with Pūru's form, ranged over the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 22.39
स मार्गमाणः कामानाम् अन्तं भरतसत्तम विश्वाच्या सहितो रेमे वने चैत्ररथे प्रभुः ॥ ह्व्_२२।३४ यदावितृप्तः कामानां भोगेषु च नराधिपः । स यदा ददृशो कामान् वर्धमानान् महीपतिः ततः पूरोः सकाशाद् वै स्वां जरां प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ह्व्_२२।३५ वरं चास्मै ददौ प्रीतो विपुलं वंशम् ईश्वरः । आचन्द्रार्कग्रहा भूमिर् भवेद् इति मतिर् मम । अपौरवा न तु मही भविष्यति कदा चन । तत्र गाथा महाराज शृणु गीता ययातिना याभिः प्रत्याहरेत् कामान् सर्वशो ऽङ्गानि कूर्मवत् ॥ ह्व्_२२।३६ स सुखी धृतिमान् धन्यः परत्रेह च मोदते । न जातु कामः कामानाम् उपभोगेन शाम्यति हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते ॥ ह्व्_२२।३७ यदा न कुरुते भावं सर्वभूतेष्व् अमङ्गलं । समदृष्टेस् तदा पुंसः सर्वाः सुखमया दिशः । यत् पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः नालम् एकस्य तत् सर्वम् इति मत्वा शमं व्रजेत् ॥ ह्व्_२२।३८ उत्पन्नस्य रुरोः शृङ्गं वर्धमानस्यवर्धते । यदा भावं न कुरुते सर्वभूतेषु पापकम् कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
sa mārgamāṇaḥ kāmānām antaṃ bharatasattama viśvācyā sahito reme vane caitrarathe prabhuḥ // HV_22.34 yadāvitṛptaḥ kāmānāṃ bhogeṣu ca narādhipaḥ | sa yadā dadṛśo kāmān vardhamānān mahīpatiḥ tataḥ pūroḥ sakāśād vai svāṃ jarāṃ pratyapadyata // HV_22.35 varaṃ cāsmai dadau prīto vipulaṃ vaṃśam īśvaraḥ | ācandrārkagrahā bhūmir bhaved iti matir mama | apauravā na tu mahī bhaviṣyati kadā cana | tatra gāthā mahārāja śṛṇu gītā yayātinā yābhiḥ pratyāharet kāmān sarvaśo 'ṅgāni kūrmavat // HV_22.36 sa sukhī dhṛtimān dhanyaḥ paratreha ca modate | na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate // HV_22.37 yadā na kurute bhāvaṃ sarvabhūteṣv amaṅgalaṃ | samadṛṣṭes tadā puṃsaḥ sarvāḥ sukhamayā diśaḥ | yat pṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ nālam ekasya tat sarvam iti matvā śamaṃ vrajet // HV_22.38 utpannasya ruroḥ śṛṅgaṃ vardhamānasyavardhate | yadā bhāvaṃ na kurute sarvabhūteṣu pāpakam karmaṇā manasā vācā brahma saṃpadyate tadā
Seeking the end of desires, O best of the Bharatas, that lord took his pleasure in the Caitraratha wood together with Viśvācī. When the king was still unsated with desires and enjoyments, and when that lord of the earth saw that desires only increased, then he took back his own old age from Pūru; and, pleased, the lord gave him a boon — an extensive lineage: "As long as the moon, sun and planets endure, so shall the earth be — such is my thought — and the earth shall never at any time be without the Pauravas." On that, great king, hear the verses sung by Yayāti, by which one should draw back the desires wholly, as a tortoise draws in its limbs: he is happy, steadfast, fortunate, and rejoices here and hereafter. Desire is never quieted by the enjoyment of desires; like fire with an oblation, it only grows the more. When one forms no ill-will toward all beings, then for that man of equal vision all the directions are full of happiness. Whatever rice and barley there is on earth, gold, cattle, women — all that is not enough for one man: knowing this, one should go to peace. (As) the horn of a ruru deer once born grows as the deer grows (so does craving). When one forms no evil intent toward all beings in deed, mind and word, then one attains brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 22.41
यदान्येभ्यो न बिभेति यदा चास्मान् न बिभ्यति यदा नेच्छति न द्वेष्टि ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥ ह्व्_२२।४० या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर् या न जीर्यति जीर्यतः । यो ऽसौप्राणान्तिको रोगस् तां तृष्णां त्यजतः सुखम् ॥ जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः केशा दन्ता जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः । धनाशा जीविताशा च जीर्यतो ऽपि न जीर्यति ॥ यच् च कामसुखं लोके यच् च दिव्यं महत् सुखम् । तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नार्हतः षोडशीं कलाम् । तां तृष्णां दुःखनिवहां शर्मकामो द्रुतं त्यजेत् । चक्षुःश्रोत्रे च जीर्येते तृष्णैकातरुणायते । एवम् उक्त्वा स राजर्षिः सदारः प्राविशद् वनम् कालेन महता चापि चचार विपुलं तपः
yadānyebhyo na bibheti yadā cāsmān na bibhyati yadā necchati na dveṣṭi brahma saṃpadyate tadā // HV_22.40 yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ | yo 'sauprāṇāntiko rogas tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham || jīryanti jīryataḥ keśā dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ | dhanāśā jīvitāśā ca jīryato 'pi na jīryati || yac ca kāmasukhaṃ loke yac ca divyaṃ mahat sukham | tṛṣṇākṣayasukhasyaite nārhataḥ ṣoḍaśīṃ kalām | tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ duḥkhanivahāṃ śarmakāmo drutaṃ tyajet | cakṣuḥśrotre ca jīryete tṛṣṇaikātaruṇāyate | evam uktvā sa rājarṣiḥ sadāraḥ prāviśad vanam kālena mahatā cāpi cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ
When one fears not others and others fear not him, when one neither desires nor hates, then one attains brahman. That which is hard for the dull-witted to give up, which does not age as the man ages, that disease which lasts until the breath ends — happy is he who gives up that craving. As a man ages his hair ages, his teeth age as he ages; but the hope of wealth and the hope of life do not age even in one who ages. Whatever pleasure of desire there is in the world, and whatever great heavenly pleasure, these are not worth a sixteenth part of the pleasure of the exhaustion of craving. That craving, a heap of sorrow, one who wants ease should quickly abandon. The eyes and ears grow old, but craving alone stays young. Having spoken thus, that royal sage entered the forest with his wife, and over a long time practised extensive austerity.
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HV 22.42
भृगुतुङ्गे तपश् चीर्त्वा तपसो ऽन्ते महायशाः अनश्नन् देहम् उत्सृज्य सदारः स्वर्गम् आप्तवान्
bhṛgutuṅge tapaś cīrtvā tapaso 'nte mahāyaśāḥ anaśnan deham utsṛjya sadāraḥ svargam āptavān
Having performed austerity on Bhṛgutuṅga, at the end of his austerity that man of great fame, fasting, cast off his body and, with his wife, attained heaven.
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HV 22.43
तस्य वंशे महाराज पञ्च राजर्षिसत्तमाः यैर् व्याप्ता पृथिवी सर्वा सूर्यस्येव गभस्तिभिः
tasya vaṃśe mahārāja pañca rājarṣisattamāḥ yair vyāptā pṛthivī sarvā sūryasyeva gabhastibhiḥ
In his line, great king, (there were) five most excellent royal sages, by whom the whole earth was pervaded as by the rays of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 22.44
यदोस् तु शृणु राजर्षे वंशं राजर्षिसत्कृतम् यत्र नारायणो जज्ञे हरिर् वृष्णिकुलोद्वहः
yados tu śṛṇu rājarṣe vaṃśaṃ rājarṣisatkṛtam yatra nārāyaṇo jajñe harir vṛṣṇikulodvahaḥ
But hear, royal sage, the lineage of Yadu, honoured by royal sages, in which Nārāyaṇa was born — Hari, the upholder of the Vṛṣṇi family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition