Harivamsha — Chapter 23
HV 23.1
स्वस्थः प्रजावान् आयुष्मान् कीर्तिमांश् च भवेन् नरः धन्यस्य महतो धर्म्यं श्रीमतो धीमतस्तथा । ययातेश् चरितं नित्यम् इदं शृण्वन् नराधिप ॥ ह्व्_२२।४५ मुच्यते पातकेभ्यश् च अपुत्री न भवेत् कदा । पूरोर् वंशम् अहं ब्रह्मञ् श्रोतुम् इच्छामि तत्त्वतः द्रुह्योश्चानोर् यदोश् चैव तुर्वसोश् च द्विजोत्तम विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च तद् भवान् वक्तुम् अर्हति
svasthaḥ prajāvān āyuṣmān kīrtimāṃś ca bhaven naraḥ dhanyasya mahato dharmyaṃ śrīmato dhīmatastathā | yayāteś caritaṃ nityam idaṃ śṛṇvan narādhipa // HV_22.45 mucyate pātakebhyaś ca aputrī na bhavet kadā | pūror vaṃśam ahaṃ brahmañ śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ druhyoścānor yadoś caiva turvasoś ca dvijottama vistareṇānupūrvyā ca tad bhavān vaktum arhati
A man becomes healthy, blessed with offspring, long-lived and famous, (by hearing) this lawful (account) of the fortunate, great, illustrious and wise Yayāti; constantly hearing this deed of Yayāti, O lord of men, he is freed from sins and is never without a son. (Janamejaya said:) "Brahmin, I wish to hear truly the lineage of Pūru, and of Druhyu, Anu, Yadu and Turvasu, O best of the twice-born; that you should tell in full and in order."
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HV 23.2
वृष्णिवंशप्रसङ्गेन स्वं वंशं पूर्वम् एव हि शृणु पूरोर् महाराज वंशम् अग्रे महात्मनः विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च यत्र जातो ऽसि पार्थिव
vṛṣṇivaṃśaprasaṅgena svaṃ vaṃśaṃ pūrvam eva hi śṛṇu pūror mahārāja vaṃśam agre mahātmanaḥ vistareṇānupūrvyā ca yatra jāto 'si pārthiva
(Vaiśampāyana said:) In connection with the Vṛṣṇi lineage, hear first your own lineage: hear first, great king, the lineage of the great-souled Pūru, in full and in order, in which you were born, O king.
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HV 23.3
हन्त ते वर्तयिष्यामि पूरोर् वंशम् अनुत्तमम् द्रुह्योश्चानोर् यदोश् चैव तुर्वसोश् च परंतप
hanta te vartayiṣyāmi pūror vaṃśam anuttamam druhyoścānor yadoś caiva turvasoś ca paraṃtapa
Very well, I shall relate to you the unsurpassed lineage of Pūru, and of Druhyu, Anu, Yadu and Turvasu, O scorcher of foes.
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HV 23.4
पूरोः प्रवीरः पुत्रो ऽभून् मनस्युस् तस्य चात्मजः राजा चाभयदो नाम मनस्योर् अभवत् सुतः
pūroḥ pravīraḥ putro 'bhūn manasyus tasya cātmajaḥ rājā cābhayado nāma manasyor abhavat sutaḥ
Pūru's son was Pravīra, and his son Manasyu; and the king named Abhayada was Manasyu's son.
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HV 23.6
तथैवाभयदस्यासीत् सुधन्वा च महीपतिः सुधन्वनः सुबाहुस् तु रौद्राश्वस् तस्य चात्मजः ॥ ह्व्_२३।५ संपातिस् तस्य चात्मजः ।संपातेस् तु रहस्याती । रौद्राश्वस्य दशार्णेयुः कृकणेयुस् तथैव च दशाप्सरसि सूनवः । ऋचेयुश् प्रथमस् तेषां । कक्षेयुः स्थण्डिलेयुश् च संनतेयुस् तथैव च
tathaivābhayadasyāsīt sudhanvā ca mahīpatiḥ sudhanvanaḥ subāhus tu raudrāśvas tasya cātmajaḥ // HV_23.5 saṃpātis tasya cātmajaḥ |saṃpātes tu rahasyātī | raudrāśvasya daśārṇeyuḥ kṛkaṇeyus tathaiva ca daśāpsarasi sūnavaḥ | ṛceyuś prathamas teṣāṃ | kakṣeyuḥ sthaṇḍileyuś ca saṃnateyus tathaiva ca
Likewise Abhayada had (a son), the lord of the earth Sudhanvan; Sudhanvan's (son) was Subāhu, and his son Raudrāśva. Saṃpāti was his son; and of Saṃpāti, Rahasyātī. Raudrāśva's (sons) were Daśārṇeyu and Kṛkaṇeyu likewise — ten sons on an Apsaras. Ṛceyu was the first of them; Kakṣeyu and Sthaṇḍileyu and Saṃnateyu likewise.
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HV 23.8
ऋचेयुश् च जलेयुश् च स्थलेयुश् च महाबलः षष्ठश् चैव रुचेयुश् च जलेयुश् चैवसप्तमः । धर्मेयुश् च दृढेयुश् च वनेयुर् दशमः स्मृतः । वननित्यो वनेयुश् च पुत्रिकाश् च दश स्त्रियः ॥ ह्व्_२३।७ दशैते ऽप्सरसः पुत्रा वनेयुश् चावमः स्मृतः । घृताच्याम् इन्द्रियाणीव मुख्यस्य जगदात्मनः । भद्रा शूद्रा च मद्रा च मलदा मलहा तथा खला बला च राजेन्द्र तलदा सुरथापि च तथा गोपबला च स्त्री रत्नकूटा च ता दश
ṛceyuś ca jaleyuś ca sthaleyuś ca mahābalaḥ ṣaṣṭhaś caiva ruceyuś ca jaleyuś caivasaptamaḥ | dharmeyuś ca dṛḍheyuś ca vaneyur daśamaḥ smṛtaḥ | vananityo vaneyuś ca putrikāś ca daśa striyaḥ // HV_23.7 daśaite 'psarasaḥ putrā vaneyuś cāvamaḥ smṛtaḥ | ghṛtācyām indriyāṇīva mukhyasya jagadātmanaḥ | bhadrā śūdrā ca madrā ca maladā malahā tathā khalā balā ca rājendra taladā surathāpi ca tathā gopabalā ca strī ratnakūṭā ca tā daśa
And Ṛceyu, and Jaleyu, and the mighty Sthaleyu; the sixth was Ruceyu, and Jaleyu the seventh; and Dharmeyu, and Dṛḍheyu, and Vaneyu is reckoned the tenth; Vananitya and Vaneyu — and ten daughters. These ten were sons of the Apsaras, and Vaneyu is reckoned the youngest, (born) of Ghṛtācī, as the senses (are born) of the chief self of the world. Bhadrā and Śūdrā and Madrā and Maladā and Malahā, Khalā and Balā, O lord of kings, and Taladā and Surathā too, and the woman Gopabalā and Ratnakūṭā — those ten.
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HV 23.9
ऋषिर् जातो ऽत्रिवंशे च तासां भर्ता प्रभाकरः रुद्रायां जनयाम् आस सोमं पुत्रं यशस्विनम्
ṛṣir jāto 'trivaṃśe ca tāsāṃ bhartā prabhākaraḥ rudrāyāṃ janayām āsa somaṃ putraṃ yaśasvinam
And a seer was born in Atri's line, Prabhākara, the husband of those (women); on Rudrā he begot a glorious son, Soma.
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HV 23.10
स्वर्भानुना हते सूर्ये पतमाने दिवो महीम् तमोभिभूते लोके च प्रभा येन प्रवर्तिता
svarbhānunā hate sūrye patamāne divo mahīm tamobhibhūte loke ca prabhā yena pravartitā
When the sun was struck by Svarbhānu and was falling from heaven to earth, and the world was overwhelmed by darkness, it was by him that light was set going.
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HV 23.11
स्वस्ति ते ऽस्त्व् इति चोक्तो वै पतमानो दिवाकरः वचनात् तस्य विप्रर्षेर् न पपात दिवो महीम्
svasti te 'stv iti cokto vai patamāno divākaraḥ vacanāt tasya viprarṣer na papāta divo mahīm
And when the falling day-maker was addressed with "May it be well with you," by the word of that brahmin-seer he did not fall from heaven to the earth.
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HV 23.12
अत्रिश्रेष्ठानि गोत्राणि यश् चकार महातपाः यज्ञेष्व् अत्रिधनं चैव सुरैर् यस्य प्रवर्तितम्
atriśreṣṭhāni gotrāṇi yaś cakāra mahātapāḥ yajñeṣv atridhanaṃ caiva surair yasya pravartitam
He of great austerity who made the gotras that are foremost among Atri's, and by whom the atri-wealth in sacrifices was instituted by the gods.
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HV 23.13
स तासु जनयाम् आस पुत्रिकासु सनामकान् दश पुत्रान् महात्मानस् तपस्य् उग्रे रतान् सदा
sa tāsu janayām āsa putrikāsu sanāmakān daśa putrān mahātmānas tapasy ugre ratān sadā
He begot upon those daughters ten great-souled sons bearing the same names (as their mothers), ever devoted to fierce austerity.
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HV 23.14
ते तु गोत्रकरा राजन्न् ऋषयो वेदपारगाः स्वस्त्यात्रेया इति ख्याताः किं त्व् अत्रिधनवर्जिताः
te tu gotrakarā rājann ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ svastyātreyā iti khyātāḥ kiṃ tv atridhanavarjitāḥ
They, O king, were founders of gotras, seers who had mastered the Vedas, known as the Svastyātreyas — but excluded from the atri-wealth.
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HV 23.15
कक्षेयुतनयास् त्व् आसंस् त्रय एव महारथाः सभानरश् चाक्षुषश् च परमेक्षुस् तथैव च
kakṣeyutanayās tv āsaṃs traya eva mahārathāḥ sabhānaraś cākṣuṣaś ca paramekṣus tathaiva ca
Kakṣeyu's sons were just three, great chariot-warriors: Sabhānara, Cākṣuṣa, and Paramekṣu likewise.
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HV 23.16
सभानरस्य पुत्रस् तु विद्वान् कालानलो नृपः कालानलस्य धर्मज्ञः सृञ्जयो नाम वै सुतः
sabhānarasya putras tu vidvān kālānalo nṛpaḥ kālānalasya dharmajñaḥ sṛñjayo nāma vai sutaḥ
But Sabhānara's son was the learned king Kālānala; Kālānala's son was the one named Sṛñjaya, who knew the law.
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HV 23.18
सृञ्जयस्याभवत् पुत्रो वीरो राजा पुरंजयः जनमेजयो महाराज पुरंजयसुतो ऽभवत् ॥ ह्व्_२३।१७ पुरंजयान् महाराज पुत्रो ऽभूज्जनमेजयः । जनमेजयस्य राजर्षेर् महासालो ऽभवत् सुतः देवेषु स परिज्ञातः प्रतिष्ठितयशास् तथा
sṛñjayasyābhavat putro vīro rājā puraṃjayaḥ janamejayo mahārāja puraṃjayasuto 'bhavat // HV_23.17 puraṃjayān mahārāja putro 'bhūjjanamejayaḥ | janamejayasya rājarṣer mahāsālo 'bhavat sutaḥ deveṣu sa parijñātaḥ pratiṣṭhitayaśās tathā
Sṛñjaya's son was the hero King Puraṃjaya; Janamejaya, great king, was Puraṃjaya's son. From Puraṃjaya, great king, was born a son, Janamejaya; and of Janamejaya, that royal seer, the son was Mahāsāla, who was well known among the gods and whose fame was firmly established.
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HV 23.19
महामना नाम सुतो महासालस्य धार्मिकः जज्ञे वीरः सुरगणैः पूजितः स महामनाः
mahāmanā nāma suto mahāsālasya dhārmikaḥ jajñe vīraḥ suragaṇaiḥ pūjitaḥ sa mahāmanāḥ
Mahāsāla's righteous son was named Mahāmanas; that Mahāmanas was born a hero, honoured by the hosts of the gods.
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HV 23.20
महामनास् तु पुत्रौ द्वौ जनयाम् आस भारत उशीनरं च धर्मज्ञं तितिक्षुं च महाबलम्
mahāmanās tu putrau dvau janayām āsa bhārata uśīnaraṃ ca dharmajñaṃ titikṣuṃ ca mahābalam
And Mahāmanas, O Bhārata, begot two sons: Uśīnara, who knew the law, and Titikṣu of great strength.
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HV 23.21
उशीनरस्य पत्न्यस् तु पञ्च राजर्षिवंशजाः नृगा कृमी नवा दर्वा पञ्चमी च दृषद्वती
uśīnarasya patnyas tu pañca rājarṣivaṃśajāḥ nṛgā kṛmī navā darvā pañcamī ca dṛṣadvatī
Uśīnara's wives were five, born of the lineages of royal seers: Nṛgā, Kṛmī, Navā, Darvā, and fifthly Dṛṣadvatī.
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HV 23.22
उशीनरस्य पुत्रास् तु पञ्च तासु कुलोद्वहाः तपसा चैव महता जाता वृद्धस्य चात्मजाः
uśīnarasya putrās tu pañca tāsu kulodvahāḥ tapasā caiva mahatā jātā vṛddhasya cātmajāḥ
And Uśīnara's sons by them were five, upholders of the family; they were born to him when he was old, and by great austerity.
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HV 23.23
नृगायास् तु नृगः पुत्रः कृम्याः कृमिर् अजायत नवायास् तु नवः पुत्रो दर्वायाः सुव्रतो ऽभवत्
nṛgāyās tu nṛgaḥ putraḥ kṛmyāḥ kṛmir ajāyata navāyās tu navaḥ putro darvāyāḥ suvrato 'bhavat
Of Nṛgā the son was Nṛga; of Kṛmī, Kṛmi was born; of Navā the son was Nava; of Darvā, Suvrata came to be.
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HV 23.24
दृषद्वत्यास् तु संजज्ञे शिबिर् औशीनरो नृप शिबेस् तु शिबयस् तात यौधेयास् तु नृगस्य ह
dṛṣadvatyās tu saṃjajñe śibir auśīnaro nṛpa śibes tu śibayas tāta yaudheyās tu nṛgasya ha
And of Dṛṣadvatī was born Śibi, son of Uśīnara, O king. From Śibi come the Śibis, my dear, and from Nṛga the Yaudheyas.
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HV 23.26
नवस्य नवराष्ट्रं तु कृमेस् तु कृमिला पुरी सुव्रतस्य तथाम्बष्ठा तितिक्षोस् तु प्रजाः शृणु ॥ ह्व्_२३।२५ शिबिपुत्रान् निबोध मे ॥शिबेश् च पुत्राश् चत्वारो वीरा वै लोकविश्रुताः । वृषदर्भः सुवीरश् च कैकेयो मद्रकस् तथा ॥ तेषां जनपदाः स्फीताः कैकेया मद्रकास् तथा । वृषदर्भाः सुवीराश् च । तितिक्षुर् अभवद् राजा पूर्वस्यां दिशि भारत उषद्रथो महाबाहुस् तस्य फेनः सुतो ऽभवत्
navasya navarāṣṭraṃ tu kṛmes tu kṛmilā purī suvratasya tathāmbaṣṭhā titikṣos tu prajāḥ śṛṇu // HV_23.25 śibiputrān nibodha me ||śibeś ca putrāś catvāro vīrā vai lokaviśrutāḥ | vṛṣadarbhaḥ suvīraś ca kaikeyo madrakas tathā || teṣāṃ janapadāḥ sphītāḥ kaikeyā madrakās tathā | vṛṣadarbhāḥ suvīrāś ca | titikṣur abhavad rājā pūrvasyāṃ diśi bhārata uṣadratho mahābāhus tasya phenaḥ suto 'bhavat
Nava's was the Navarāṣṭra, Kṛmi's the city Kṛmilā, and Suvrata's Ambaṣṭhā; now hear of Titikṣu's offspring. Learn from me of Śibi's sons: Śibi had four sons, heroes renowned in the world—Vṛṣadarbha, Suvīra, Kaikeya, and Madraka. Their peoples are prosperous: the Kaikeyas, the Madrakas, the Vṛṣadarbhas and the Suvīras. Titikṣu became king in the eastern quarter, O Bhārata; his son was the mighty-armed Uṣadratha, and his son was Phena.
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HV 23.27
फेनात् तु सुतपा जज्ञे जज्ञे सुतपसः सुतः बलिर् मानुषयोनौ तु स राजा काञ्चनेषुधिः
phenāt tu sutapā jajñe jajñe sutapasaḥ sutaḥ balir mānuṣayonau tu sa rājā kāñcaneṣudhiḥ
From Phena was born Sutapas, and to Sutapas was born a son, Bali, in a human womb—that king with the golden quiver.
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HV 23.28
महायोगी स तु बलिर् बभूव नृपतिः पुरा पुत्रान् उत्पादयाम् आस पञ्च वंशकरान् भुवि
mahāyogī sa tu balir babhūva nṛpatiḥ purā putrān utpādayām āsa pañca vaṃśakarān bhuvi
That King Bali became a great yogin of old; he begot five sons who continued the line on earth.
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HV 23.29
अङ्गः प्रथमतो जज्ञे वङ्गः सुह्मस् तथैव च पुण्ड्रः कलिङ्गश् च तथा बालेयं क्षत्रम् उच्यते बालेया ब्राह्मणाश् चैव तस्य वंशकरा भुवि
aṅgaḥ prathamato jajñe vaṅgaḥ suhmas tathaiva ca puṇḍraḥ kaliṅgaś ca tathā bāleyaṃ kṣatram ucyate bāleyā brāhmaṇāś caiva tasya vaṃśakarā bhuvi
Aṅga was born first, then Vaṅga and Suhma, Puṇḍra and Kaliṅga; thus is the Bāleya warrior class spoken of. And the Bāleya brahmans too were continuers of his line on earth.
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HV 23.30
बलेस् तु ब्रह्मणा दत्तो वरः प्रीतेन भारत महायोगित्वम् आयुश् च कल्पस्य परिमाणतः संग्रामे चाप्य् अजेयत्वं धर्मे चैव प्रधानताम् । त्रैलोक्यदर्शनं चापि प्राधान्यं प्रसवे तथा । बलस्याप्रतिमत्वं वै धर्मतत्त्वार्थदर्शनम् । चतुरो नियतान् वर्णांस् त्वं च स्थापयितेति ह
bales tu brahmaṇā datto varaḥ prītena bhārata mahāyogitvam āyuś ca kalpasya parimāṇataḥ saṃgrāme cāpy ajeyatvaṃ dharme caiva pradhānatām | trailokyadarśanaṃ cāpi prādhānyaṃ prasave tathā | balasyāpratimatvaṃ vai dharmatattvārthadarśanam | caturo niyatān varṇāṃs tvaṃ ca sthāpayiteti ha
To Bali, O Bhārata, Brahmā, being pleased, granted a boon: the state of a great yogin, and a lifespan measured by a kalpa, and invincibility in battle, and pre-eminence in dharma, and the seeing of the three worlds, and pre-eminence in progeny, and incomparability of strength, and the perception of the truth and meaning of dharma—"and you shall establish the four fixed classes," so (he said).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.31
इत्य् उक्तो विभुना राजा बलिः शान्तिं परां ययौ तस्य ते तनयाः सर्वे क्षेत्रजामुनिपुंगवाः । संभूता दीर्घतपसः सुदेष्णायां महौजसः । बलिस् तान् अभिषिच्ये ह पञ्च पुत्रान् अकल्मषान् ॥ कृतार्थः सो ऽपि योगात्मा योगम् आश्रित्य स प्रभुः । अधृष्यः सर्वभूतानां कालापेक्षी चरत्य् उत । कालेन महता राजन् स्वं च स्थानम् उपागमत्
ity ukto vibhunā rājā baliḥ śāntiṃ parāṃ yayau tasya te tanayāḥ sarve kṣetrajāmunipuṃgavāḥ | saṃbhūtā dīrghatapasaḥ sudeṣṇāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ | balis tān abhiṣicye ha pañca putrān akalmaṣān || kṛtārthaḥ so 'pi yogātmā yogam āśritya sa prabhuḥ | adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kālāpekṣī caraty uta | kālena mahatā rājan svaṃ ca sthānam upāgamat
Addressed thus by the Lord, King Bali attained supreme peace. All those sons of his were kṣetraja sons, bulls among sages, begotten by Dīrghatapas upon Sudeṣṇā, men of great vigour; and Bali consecrated them, his five faultless sons. And he too, having accomplished his aim, his self given to yoga, that lord, resorting to yoga, unassailable by all beings, moves about awaiting his time; and after a great length of time, O king, he attained his own station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.32
तेषां जनपदाः पञ्च वङ्गाङ्गाः सुह्मकास् तथा कलिङ्गाः पुण्ड्रकाश् चैव प्रजास् त्व् अङ्गस्य मे शृणु
teṣāṃ janapadāḥ pañca vaṅgāṅgāḥ suhmakās tathā kaliṅgāḥ puṇḍrakāś caiva prajās tv aṅgasya me śṛṇu
Their peoples are the five: the Vaṅgas, Aṅgas, and Suhmakas, the Kaliṅgas and the Puṇḍrakas. Now hear from me of Aṅga's offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.33
अङ्गपुत्रो महान् आसीद् राजेन्द्रो दधिवाहनः दधिवाहनपुत्रस् तु राजा दिविरथस् तथा
aṅgaputro mahān āsīd rājendro dadhivāhanaḥ dadhivāhanaputras tu rājā divirathas tathā
Aṅga's son was the great Dadhivāhana, lord of kings; and Dadhivāhana's son was King Diviratha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.34
पुत्रो दिविरथस्यासीच् छक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः विद्वान् धर्मरथो नाम तस्य चित्ररथः सुतः
putro divirathasyāsīc chakratulyaparākramaḥ vidvān dharmaratho nāma tasya citrarathaḥ sutaḥ
Diviratha's son was the learned one named Dharmaratha, whose valour equalled Śakra's; his son was Citraratha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.35
तेन धर्मरथेनाथ तदा विष्णुपदे गिरौ यजता सह शक्रेण सोमः पीतो महात्मना
tena dharmarathenātha tadā viṣṇupade girau yajatā saha śakreṇa somaḥ pīto mahātmanā
And by that great-souled Dharmaratha, while sacrificing on the mountain Viṣṇupada, the soma was drunk together with Śakra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.36
अथ चित्ररथस्यापि पुत्रो दशरथो ऽभवत् लोमपाद इति ख्यातो यस्य शान्ता सुताभवत्
atha citrarathasyāpi putro daśaratho 'bhavat lomapāda iti khyāto yasya śāntā sutābhavat
Then Citraratha's son was Daśaratha, known as Lomapāda, whose daughter was Śāntā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.37
तस्य दाशरथिर् वीरश् चतुरङ्गो महायशाः ऋष्यशृङ्गप्रभावेन जज्ञे कुलविवर्धनः
tasya dāśarathir vīraś caturaṅgo mahāyaśāḥ ṛṣyaśṛṅgaprabhāvena jajñe kulavivardhanaḥ
His son, the son of Daśaratha, was the hero Caturaṅga of great fame, who was born by the power of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga as the increaser of the family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.38
चतुरङ्गस्य पुत्रस् तु पृथुलाक्ष इति स्मृतः पृथुलाक्षसुतो राजा चम्पो नाम महायशाः चम्पस्य तु पुरी चम्पा या पूर्वं मालिनी बभौ
caturaṅgasya putras tu pṛthulākṣa iti smṛtaḥ pṛthulākṣasuto rājā campo nāma mahāyaśāḥ campasya tu purī campā yā pūrvaṃ mālinī babhau
Caturaṅga's son is remembered as Pṛthulākṣa; Pṛthulākṣa's son was the greatly renowned king named Campa; and Campa's city was Campā, which formerly shone as Mālinī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.39
पूर्णभद्रप्रसादेन हर्यङ्गो ऽस्य सुतो ऽभवत् ततो विभाण्डकस् तस्य वारणं शत्रुवारणम् अवतारयाम् आस महीं मन्त्रैर् वाहनम् उत्तमम्
pūrṇabhadraprasādena haryaṅgo 'sya suto 'bhavat tato vibhāṇḍakas tasya vāraṇaṃ śatruvāraṇam avatārayām āsa mahīṃ mantrair vāhanam uttamam
By the favour of Pūrṇabhadra, Haryaṅga became his son. Then Vibhāṇḍaka, by spells, brought down to earth for him an elephant that wards off enemies, an excellent mount.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.41
हर्यङ्गस्य सुतः कर्णो विकर्णस् तस्य चात्मजः राजा भद्ररथः स्मृतः । पुत्रो भद्ररथस्यासीद् बृहत्कर्मा प्रजेश्वरः । बृहद्दर्भः सुतस् तस्य यस्माज् जज्ञे बृहन्मनाः ॥ बृहन्मनास् तु राजेन्द्रो जनयाम् आस वै सुतम् । नाम्ना जयद्रथं नाम यस्माद् दृढरथो नृपः ॥ आसीद् दृढरथस्यापि विश्वजिज् जनमेजय । दायादस् तस्य कर्णस् तु । तस्य पुत्रशतं त्व् आसीद् अङ्गानां कुलवर्धनम् ॥ ह्व्_२३।४० विकर्णस्य सुतस् त्व् आसीद् अङ्गदःकुलवर्धनः । बृहद्दर्भसुतो यस् तु राजा नाम्नाबृहन्मनाः । तस्य पत्नीद्वयम् चासीच् चैद्यस्यैते सुते शुभे । यशोदेवी च सत्त्वी च ताभ्यां वंशः स भिध्यते ॥ जयद्रथस् तु राजेन्द्र यशोदेव्यां व्यजायत । ब्रह्मक्षत्रोत्तरः सत्त्व्यां विजयो नाम विश्रुतः ॥ विजयस्य धृतिः पुत्रस् तस्य पुत्रो धृतव्रतः । धृतव्रतस्य पुत्रस् तु सत्यकर्मा महाव्रतः ॥ सत्यकर्मसुतश् चापि सूतस् त्व् अधिरथस् तु वै । यः कर्णं प्रतिजग्राह ततः कर्णस् तु सूतजः ॥ एतद् वः कथितं सर्वं कर्णं प्रति महाबलम् । कर्णस्य वृषसेनस् तु वृषस् तस्यात्मजः स्मृतः । धार्मिकः सर्ववर्णस् तु सेनस्तस्यात्मजो ऽभवत् । एते ऽङ्गवंशजाः सर्वे राजानः कीर्तिता मया सत्यव्रता महात्मानः प्रजावन्तो महारथाः
haryaṅgasya sutaḥ karṇo vikarṇas tasya cātmajaḥ rājā bhadrarathaḥ smṛtaḥ | putro bhadrarathasyāsīd bṛhatkarmā prajeśvaraḥ | bṛhaddarbhaḥ sutas tasya yasmāj jajñe bṛhanmanāḥ || bṛhanmanās tu rājendro janayām āsa vai sutam | nāmnā jayadrathaṃ nāma yasmād dṛḍharatho nṛpaḥ || āsīd dṛḍharathasyāpi viśvajij janamejaya | dāyādas tasya karṇas tu | tasya putraśataṃ tv āsīd aṅgānāṃ kulavardhanam // HV_23.40 vikarṇasya sutas tv āsīd aṅgadaḥkulavardhanaḥ | bṛhaddarbhasuto yas tu rājā nāmnābṛhanmanāḥ | tasya patnīdvayam cāsīc caidyasyaite sute śubhe | yaśodevī ca sattvī ca tābhyāṃ vaṃśaḥ sa bhidhyate || jayadrathas tu rājendra yaśodevyāṃ vyajāyata | brahmakṣatrottaraḥ sattvyāṃ vijayo nāma viśrutaḥ || vijayasya dhṛtiḥ putras tasya putro dhṛtavrataḥ | dhṛtavratasya putras tu satyakarmā mahāvrataḥ || satyakarmasutaś cāpi sūtas tv adhirathas tu vai | yaḥ karṇaṃ pratijagrāha tataḥ karṇas tu sūtajaḥ || etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ karṇaṃ prati mahābalam | karṇasya vṛṣasenas tu vṛṣas tasyātmajaḥ smṛtaḥ | dhārmikaḥ sarvavarṇas tu senastasyātmajo 'bhavat | ete 'ṅgavaṃśajāḥ sarve rājānaḥ kīrtitā mayā satyavratā mahātmānaḥ prajāvanto mahārathāḥ
Haryaṅga's son was Karṇa, and his son was Vikarṇa; (his son) is remembered as king Bhadraratha. Bhadraratha's son was Bṛhatkarman, lord of creatures; his son was Bṛhaddarbha, from whom Bṛhanmanas was born. And Bṛhanmanas, that lord of kings, begot a son named Jayadratha, from whom (came) king Dṛḍharatha. And Dṛḍharatha too had, O Janamejaya, (a son) Viśvajit; his heir was Karṇa. He had a hundred sons, increasing the family of the Aṅgas. Vikarṇa's son was Aṅgada, increaser of the family. And he who was Bṛhaddarbha's son, the king named Bṛhanmanas — he had two wives, these two lovely daughters of the Caidya (king), Yaśodevī and Sattvī; by these two the lineage is divided. Jayadratha, O lord of kings, was born of Yaśodevī, foremost in brahman and kṣatra; of Sattvī (was born) the one famed by the name Vijaya. Vijaya's son was Dhṛti; his son was Dhṛtavrata; and Dhṛtavrata's son was Satyakarman of great vows. And Satyakarman's son was the sūta Adhiratha, who took in Karṇa — hence Karṇa is 'son of a sūta'. All this has been told to you concerning the mighty Karṇa. Karṇa's son was Vṛṣasena, and his son is remembered as Vṛṣa; righteous and (belonging to) all classes, his son was Sena. All these kings, born in the lineage of Aṅga, have been proclaimed by me — men of true vows, great souls, having offspring, great chariot-warriors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.43
ऋचेयोस् तु महाराज रौद्राश्वतनयस्य वै शृणु वंशम् अनुप्रोक्तं यत्र जातो ऽसि पार्थिव ॥ ह्व्_२३।४२ अनाधृष्यस् तु राजर्षिर् ऋचेयुश् चैकराट् स्मृतः । ऋचेयोर् ज्वलना नाम भार्या वै तक्षकात्मजा । ऋचेयुतनयो राजन् मतिनारो महीपतिः मतिनारसुताश् चासंस् त्रयः परमधार्मिकाः
ṛceyos tu mahārāja raudrāśvatanayasya vai śṛṇu vaṃśam anuproktaṃ yatra jāto 'si pārthiva // HV_23.42 anādhṛṣyas tu rājarṣir ṛceyuś caikarāṭ smṛtaḥ | ṛceyor jvalanā nāma bhāryā vai takṣakātmajā | ṛceyutanayo rājan matināro mahīpatiḥ matinārasutāś cāsaṃs trayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ
But of Ṛceyu, great king, the son of Raudrāśva, hear the lineage as recounted, in which you were born, O king. Ṛceyu, the royal sage, was unassailable and is remembered as sole sovereign; Ṛceyu's wife was named Jvalanā, daughter of Takṣaka. Ṛceyu's son, O king, was Matināra, lord of the earth; and Matināra had three sons, supremely righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.45
तंसुरोघो ऽप्रतिरथः सुबाहुश् चैव धार्मिकः गौरी कन्या चविख्याता मान्धातृजननी शुभा । सर्वे वेदव्रतस्नाता ब्रह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः ॥ ह्व्_२३।४४ सर्वेकृतास्त्रा बलिनः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः । पुत्रो ऽप्रतिरथस्यासीत् कण्वः समभवन् नृपः । मेधातिथिः सुतस् तस्य यस्मात् काण्वो ऽभवद् द्विजः । इला नाम तु यस्यासीत् कन्या वै जनमेजय ब्रह्मवादिन्य् अधित्री च तंसुस् ताम् अध्यगच्छत
taṃsurogho 'pratirathaḥ subāhuś caiva dhārmikaḥ gaurī kanyā cavikhyātā māndhātṛjananī śubhā | sarve vedavratasnātā brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ // HV_23.44 sarvekṛtāstrā balinaḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ | putro 'pratirathasyāsīt kaṇvaḥ samabhavan nṛpaḥ | medhātithiḥ sutas tasya yasmāt kāṇvo 'bhavad dvijaḥ | ilā nāma tu yasyāsīt kanyā vai janamejaya brahmavādiny adhitrī ca taṃsus tām adhyagacchata
Taṃsu, Urogha (Suraugha), Apratiratha, and the righteous Subāhu; and the famed, lovely daughter Gaurī, mother of Māndhātṛ. All were bathed in the vows of the Veda, devoted to brahmans, speakers of truth; all were trained in weapons, strong, all skilled in battle. Apratiratha's son was Kaṇva, who became king; his son was Medhātithi, from whom came the brahman Kāṇva. And he who had a daughter named Ilā, O Janamejaya, a speaker of brahman and (a ruler?) — Taṃsu married her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.46
तंसोः सुरौघो राजर्षिर् धर्मनेत्रो महायशाः ब्रह्मवादी पराक्रान्तस् तस्य भार्योपदानवी
taṃsoḥ suraugho rājarṣir dharmanetro mahāyaśāḥ brahmavādī parākrāntas tasya bhāryopadānavī
Taṃsu's (son) was Suraugha, a royal sage, of great fame, whose guide was dharma, a speaker of brahman, valorous; his wife was Upadānavī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.47
उपदानवी सुतांल् लेभे चतुरस् तान् सुरौघतः ततश् चोत्पादयाम् आस चतुरः पुरुनन्दनान् । दुःषन्तम् अथ सुःषन्तं प्रवीरम् अनघं तथा
upadānavī sutāṃl lebhe caturas tān suraughataḥ tataś cotpādayām āsa caturaḥ purunandanān | duḥṣantam atha suḥṣantaṃ pravīram anaghaṃ tathā
Upadānavī obtained four sons from Suraugha; and she thus brought forth four delighters of the Puru line: Duḥṣanta, then Suḥṣanta, Pravīra, and Anagha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.48
दुःषन्तस्य तु दायादो भरतो नाम वीर्यवान् स सर्वदमनो नाम नागायुतबलो महान्
duḥṣantasya tu dāyādo bharato nāma vīryavān sa sarvadamano nāma nāgāyutabalo mahān
Duḥṣanta's heir was the valorous one named Bharata; he was the great one called Sarvadamana, having the strength of ten thousand elephants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.50
चक्रवर्ती सुतो जज्ञे दुःषन्तस्य महायशाः शकुन्तलायां भरतो यस्य नाम्ना स्थ भारताः ॥ ह्व्_२३।४९ दुःषन्तं प्रति राजाणं वाग् उवाचाशरीरिणी । माता भस्त्रा पितुः पुत्रो येन जातः स एव सः । भरस्व पुत्रं दुःषन्त मावमंस्थाः शकुन्तलाम् ॥ रेतोधाः पुत्र उन्नयति नरदेव यमक्षयात् । त्वं चास्य धाता गर्भस्य सत्यम् आह शकुन्तला । भरतस्य विनष्टेषु तनयेषु महीपतेः मातॄणां तात कोपेण यथा ते कथितं तदा
cakravartī suto jajñe duḥṣantasya mahāyaśāḥ śakuntalāyāṃ bharato yasya nāmnā stha bhāratāḥ // HV_23.49 duḥṣantaṃ prati rājāṇaṃ vāg uvācāśarīriṇī | mātā bhastrā pituḥ putro yena jātaḥ sa eva saḥ | bharasva putraṃ duḥṣanta māvamaṃsthāḥ śakuntalām || retodhāḥ putra unnayati naradeva yamakṣayāt | tvaṃ cāsya dhātā garbhasya satyam āha śakuntalā | bharatasya vinaṣṭeṣu tanayeṣu mahīpateḥ mātṝṇāṃ tāta kopeṇa yathā te kathitaṃ tadā
A greatly renowned son, a universal emperor, was born to Duḥṣanta of Śakuntalā — Bharata, by whose name you are the Bhāratas. To king Duḥṣanta a bodiless voice spoke: 'The mother is (only) the leather bag; the son belongs to the father — he by whom he is begotten is himself that (son). Support your son, Duḥṣanta; do not slight Śakuntalā. The son, in whom the seed is placed, raises (his father) up from Yama's abode, O lord of men; and you are the placer of this embryo — Śakuntalā has spoken the truth.' When the sons of king Bharata perished through the anger of their mothers, my son, as was then told to you...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.54
बृहस्पतेर् अङ्गिरसः पुत्रो राजन् महामुनिः अयाजयद् भरद्वाजो महद्भिः क्रतुभिर् विभुः ॥ ह्व्_२३।५१ अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीमं भरद्वाजस्य धीमतः । धर्मसंक्रमणं चापि मरुद्भिर् भरताय वै । पूर्वं तु वितथे तस्य कृते वै पुत्रजन्मनि ततो ऽथ वितथो नाम भरद्वाजात् सुतो ऽभवत् ॥ ह्व्_२३।५२ ततो ऽथ वितथे जाते भरतस् तु दिवं ययौ । वितथं चाभिषिच्याथ भरद्वाजो वनं ययौ । वितथस्य तु दायादो भुवमन्युर् बभूव ह । महाभूतोपमाश् चामी चत्वारो भुवमन्युजाः । बृहत्क्षत्रो महावीर्यो नरो गार्ग्यश् च वीर्यवान् ॥ नरस्य सांकृतिः पुत्रस् तस्य पुत्रौ महाबलौ । वरवी रन्तिदेवश् च ते च कात्यायनाः स्मृताः ॥ दायादा अपि गार्ग्यस्य शिबिर् विद्वान् बभूव ह । स्मृताः शैब्यास् ततो गार्ग्याः क्षत्रोत्पन्ना द्विजातयः ॥ महावीर्यसुतश् चासीद् धीमान् नाम्ना पुरुक्षयः । तस्य भार्या विशाला तु सुषुवे तत् सुतत्रयम् । त्रैयाक्षणं पुष्करिणं तृतीयं सुषुवे कपिम् ॥ कपीनां प्रवरा ह्य् एते त्रयः प्रोक्ता महर्षयः । गार्ग्याः संकृतयः काप्याः क्षत्रोत्पन्ना द्विजातयः । संश्रिताङ्गिरसः पक्षं सर्वे जाता महाबलाः ॥ बृहत्क्षत्रस्य दायादः सुहोत्रो नाम धार्मिकः । सुहोत्रस्य तु दायादो हस्ती नाम बभूव ह । तेनेदं निर्मितं पूर्वं पुरं गजसमाह्वयम् ॥ हस्तिनश् चापि दायादास् त्रयः परमकीर्तयः । अजमीढस्य पुत्रास् तु जाताः कुरुकुलोद्वह ॥ तपसो ऽन्ते सुमहतो राज्ञो वृद्धस्य धार्मिकाः । भरद्वाजप्रसादेन जाता वंशविवर्धनाः ॥ अजमीढस्य केशिन्यां कण्वः समभवत् सुतः । मेधातिथिः सुतस् तस्य तस्मात् काण्वायनाः स्मृताः । स चापि वितथः पुत्राञ् जनयाम् आस पञ्च वै सुहोत्रं सुतहोतारं गयं गर्गं तथैव च ॥ ह्व्_२३।५३ सुहोत्रस्य च पुत्रस् तु च्यवनो नाम धार्मिकः । कपिलं च महात्मानं सुतहोतुः सुतद्वयम् काशिकश् च महासत्त्वस् तथा गृत्समतिः प्रभुः
bṛhaspater aṅgirasaḥ putro rājan mahāmuniḥ ayājayad bharadvājo mahadbhiḥ kratubhir vibhuḥ // HV_23.51 atraivodāharantīmaṃ bharadvājasya dhīmataḥ | dharmasaṃkramaṇaṃ cāpi marudbhir bharatāya vai | pūrvaṃ tu vitathe tasya kṛte vai putrajanmani tato 'tha vitatho nāma bharadvājāt suto 'bhavat // HV_23.52 tato 'tha vitathe jāte bharatas tu divaṃ yayau | vitathaṃ cābhiṣicyātha bharadvājo vanaṃ yayau | vitathasya tu dāyādo bhuvamanyur babhūva ha | mahābhūtopamāś cāmī catvāro bhuvamanyujāḥ | bṛhatkṣatro mahāvīryo naro gārgyaś ca vīryavān || narasya sāṃkṛtiḥ putras tasya putrau mahābalau | varavī rantidevaś ca te ca kātyāyanāḥ smṛtāḥ || dāyādā api gārgyasya śibir vidvān babhūva ha | smṛtāḥ śaibyās tato gārgyāḥ kṣatrotpannā dvijātayaḥ || mahāvīryasutaś cāsīd dhīmān nāmnā purukṣayaḥ | tasya bhāryā viśālā tu suṣuve tat sutatrayam | traiyākṣaṇaṃ puṣkariṇaṃ tṛtīyaṃ suṣuve kapim || kapīnāṃ pravarā hy ete trayaḥ proktā maharṣayaḥ | gārgyāḥ saṃkṛtayaḥ kāpyāḥ kṣatrotpannā dvijātayaḥ | saṃśritāṅgirasaḥ pakṣaṃ sarve jātā mahābalāḥ || bṛhatkṣatrasya dāyādaḥ suhotro nāma dhārmikaḥ | suhotrasya tu dāyādo hastī nāma babhūva ha | tenedaṃ nirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ puraṃ gajasamāhvayam || hastinaś cāpi dāyādās trayaḥ paramakīrtayaḥ | ajamīḍhasya putrās tu jātāḥ kurukulodvaha || tapaso 'nte sumahato rājño vṛddhasya dhārmikāḥ | bharadvājaprasādena jātā vaṃśavivardhanāḥ || ajamīḍhasya keśinyāṃ kaṇvaḥ samabhavat sutaḥ | medhātithiḥ sutas tasya tasmāt kāṇvāyanāḥ smṛtāḥ | sa cāpi vitathaḥ putrāñ janayām āsa pañca vai suhotraṃ sutahotāraṃ gayaṃ gargaṃ tathaiva ca // HV_23.53 suhotrasya ca putras tu cyavano nāma dhārmikaḥ | kapilaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ sutahotuḥ sutadvayam kāśikaś ca mahāsattvas tathā gṛtsamatiḥ prabhuḥ
O king, the great sage Bharadvāja, the mighty son of Bṛhaspati son of Aṅgiras, had (him) perform great sacrifices. Here too they recite this (account) of wise Bharadvāja, and the transfer of merit by the Maruts to Bharata; formerly, when his begetting of a son had turned out vain (vitatha), then a son named Vitatha was born from Bharadvāja. Then, when Vitatha was born, Bharata went to heaven; and Bharadvāja, having consecrated Vitatha, went to the forest. Vitatha's heir was Bhuvamanyu; and these four, sons of Bhuvamanyu, were like the great elements: Bṛhatkṣatra, Mahāvīrya, Nara, and the valorous Gārgya. Nara's son was Sāṃkṛti; his two sons were mighty, Varavī and Rantideva, and they are remembered as Kātyāyanas. And among Gārgya's heirs was the learned Śibi; from him are remembered the Śaibyas, and the Gārgyas, twice-born born of the kṣatra. Mahāvīrya's son was the wise one named Purukṣaya; his wife Viśālā bore him those three sons: Traiyākṣaṇa, Puṣkariṇa, and third she bore Kapi. These three are declared the foremost of the Kapis, great sages. The Gārgyas, Saṃkṛtis, and Kāpyas are twice-born born of the kṣatra; all of them, mighty, took refuge in the party of Aṅgiras. Bṛhatkṣatra's heir was the righteous one named Suhotra; and Suhotra's heir was one named Hastin, by whom this city named after the elephant (Hastināpura) was first built. And Hastin's heirs were three of the highest renown; but they were born as sons of Ajamīḍha, O upholder of the Kuru line — righteous ones, born at the end of the very great austerity of the aged king, by the favour of Bharadvāja, increasers of the lineage. Of Ajamīḍha, by Keśinī, was born a son Kaṇva; his son was Medhātithi, from whom the Kāṇvāyanas are remembered. And that Vitatha too begot five sons: Suhotra, Sutahotṛ, Gaya, and likewise Garga. And Suhotra's son was the righteous one named Cyavana; and Sutahotṛ's two sons were the great-souled Kapila, and Kāśika of great strength, and likewise the mighty Gṛtsamati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.55
तथा गृत्समतेः पुत्रा ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया विशः काश्यस्य काशयो राजन् पुत्रो दीर्घतपास् तथा
tathā gṛtsamateḥ putrā brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā viśaḥ kāśyasya kāśayo rājan putro dīrghatapās tathā
Likewise Gṛtsamati's sons were brahmans, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas. Of Kāśya (came) the Kāśis, O king, and his son was Dīrghatapas.
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HV 23.56
बभूव दीर्घतपसो विद्वान् धन्वंतरिः सुतः धन्वंतरेस् तु तनयः केतुमान् इति विश्रुतः
babhūva dīrghatapaso vidvān dhanvaṃtariḥ sutaḥ dhanvaṃtares tu tanayaḥ ketumān iti viśrutaḥ
Of Dīrghatapas there was a learned son, Dhanvantari; and Dhanvantari's son was the one known as Ketumān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.57
अथा केतुमतः पुत्रो वीरो भीमरथः स्मृतः सुतो भीमरथस्यासीद् दिवोदासःप्रजेश्वरः । दिवोदास इति ख्यातः सर्वरक्षःप्रणाशनः
athā ketumataḥ putro vīro bhīmarathaḥ smṛtaḥ suto bhīmarathasyāsīd divodāsaḥprajeśvaraḥ | divodāsa iti khyātaḥ sarvarakṣaḥpraṇāśanaḥ
Then Ketumān's son is remembered as the hero Bhīmaratha; and Bhīmaratha's son was Divodāsa, lord of creatures — known as Divodāsa, destroyer of all rākṣasas.
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HV 23.58
एतस्मिन्न् एव काले तु पुरीं वाराणसीं नृपः शून्यां निवेशयाम् आस क्षेमको नाम राक्षसः
etasminn eva kāle tu purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ nṛpaḥ śūnyāṃ niveśayām āsa kṣemako nāma rākṣasaḥ
At that very time a rākṣasa king named Kṣemaka settled in the empty city of Vārāṇasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.59
शप्ता हि सा मतिमता निकुम्भेन महात्मना शून्या वर्षसहस्रं वै भवित्रीति नरर्षभ
śaptā hi sā matimatā nikumbhena mahātmanā śūnyā varṣasahasraṃ vai bhavitrīti nararṣabha
For it had been cursed by the wise, great-souled Nikumbha: 'It shall be empty for a thousand years,' O bull among men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.61
तस्यां तु शप्तमात्रायां दिवोदासः प्रजेश्वरः विषयान्ते पुरीं रम्यां गोमत्यां संन्यवेशयत् ॥ ह्व्_२३।६० भद्रश्रेण्यस्य पूर्वं तु पुरी वाराणसीभवत् । यदुवंशप्रसूतस्य तपस्य् अभिरतस्य च । भद्रश्रेण्यस्य पुत्राणां शतम् उत्तमधन्विनाम् हत्वा निवेशयाम् आस दिवोदासः प्रजेश्वरः
tasyāṃ tu śaptamātrāyāṃ divodāsaḥ prajeśvaraḥ viṣayānte purīṃ ramyāṃ gomatyāṃ saṃnyaveśayat // HV_23.60 bhadraśreṇyasya pūrvaṃ tu purī vārāṇasībhavat | yaduvaṃśaprasūtasya tapasy abhiratasya ca | bhadraśreṇyasya putrāṇāṃ śatam uttamadhanvinām hatvā niveśayām āsa divodāsaḥ prajeśvaraḥ
As soon as it was cursed, Divodāsa, lord of creatures, settled a delightful city on the Gomatī at the border of his realm. Formerly the city of Vārāṇasī belonged to Bhadraśreṇya, born in the Yadu lineage and devoted to austerity; and Divodāsa, lord of creatures, having slain Bhadraśreṇya's hundred sons, excellent archers, settled (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.62
दिवोदासस्य पुत्रस् तु वीरो राजा प्रतर्दनः प्रतर्दनस्य पुत्रौ द्वौ वत्सो भार्गव एव च
divodāsasya putras tu vīro rājā pratardanaḥ pratardanasya putrau dvau vatso bhārgava eva ca
Divodāsa's son was the heroic king Pratardana; and Pratardana had two sons, Vatsa and Bhārgava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.63
अलर्को राजपुत्रश् च राजा संनतिमान् भुवि हेहयस्य तु दायाद्यं हृतवान् वै महीपतिः
alarko rājaputraś ca rājā saṃnatimān bhuvi hehayasya tu dāyādyaṃ hṛtavān vai mahīpatiḥ
And the prince Alarka, a king on earth possessed of good judgement — that lord of the earth seized the inheritance of Haihaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.64
आजह्रे पितृदायाद्यं दिवोदासहृतं बलात् तस्यान्वये सुहोत्रो ऽभूद् राजा परमधार्मिकः । भद्रश्रेण्यस्य पुत्रेण दुर्दमेन महात्मना दिवोदासेन बालो हि घृणया स विसर्जितः
ājahre pitṛdāyādyaṃ divodāsahṛtaṃ balāt tasyānvaye suhotro 'bhūd rājā paramadhārmikaḥ | bhadraśreṇyasya putreṇa durdamena mahātmanā divodāsena bālo hi ghṛṇayā sa visarjitaḥ
He recovered by force his father's inheritance that had been taken by Divodāsa. In his line there was a king Suhotra, supremely righteous. For Divodāsa, while a child, had been spared out of compassion by Durdama, the great-souled son of Bhadraśreṇya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.67
अष्टारथो नाम नृपः सुतो भीमरथस्य वै तेन पुत्रेषु बालेषु प्रहृतं तस्य भारत वैरस्यान्तं महाराज क्षत्रियेण विधित्सता ॥ ह्व्_२३।६५ सो ऽप्य् एवं पुत्रसंहारं कुर्वन् पञ्चत्वमागतः । अलर्कः काशिराजस् तु ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यसंगरः अलर्कं प्रति राजानं श्लोको गीतः पुरातनम् । षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिं वर्षशतानि च ॥ ह्व्_२३।६६ तस्यासीत्सुमहद्राज्यं रूपयौवनशालिनः । युवा रूपेण संपन्न आसीत् काशिकुलोद्वहः लोपामुद्राप्रसादेन परमायुर् अवाप सः
aṣṭāratho nāma nṛpaḥ suto bhīmarathasya vai tena putreṣu bāleṣu prahṛtaṃ tasya bhārata vairasyāntaṃ mahārāja kṣatriyeṇa vidhitsatā // HV_23.65 so 'py evaṃ putrasaṃhāraṃ kurvan pañcatvamāgataḥ | alarkaḥ kāśirājas tu brahmaṇyaḥ satyasaṃgaraḥ alarkaṃ prati rājānaṃ śloko gītaḥ purātanam | ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣaśatāni ca // HV_23.66 tasyāsītsumahadrājyaṃ rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ | yuvā rūpeṇa saṃpanna āsīt kāśikulodvahaḥ lopāmudrāprasādena paramāyur avāpa saḥ
There was a king named Aṣṭāratha, son of Bhīmaratha; by him a blow was struck at his sons while they were children, O Bhārata — a kṣatriya seeking to make an end of the enmity, great king. And he too, thus destroying the sons, met his death. But Alarka, king of Kāśi, was devoted to brahmans and true to his engagements. Concerning king Alarka an ancient verse is sung: 'For sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years he, endowed with beauty and youth, had a very great kingdom.' Endowed with beauty, the upholder of the Kāśi line remained a youth; by the favour of Lopāmudrā he attained the fullest span of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.68
वयसो ऽन्ते महाबाहुर् हत्वा क्षेमकराक्षसम् रम्यां निवेशयाम् आस पुरीं वाराणसीं नृपः
vayaso 'nte mahābāhur hatvā kṣemakarākṣasam ramyāṃ niveśayām āsa purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ nṛpaḥ
At the end of his life the mighty-armed king, having slain the demon Kṣemaka, founded the lovely city of Vārāṇasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.69
अलर्कस्य तु दायादः क्षेमो नाम महायशाः क्षेमको नाम पार्थिवः । क्षेमकस्य तु पुत्रो वै । क्षेमस्य केतुमान् पुत्रो वर्षकेतुस् ततो ऽभवत्
alarkasya tu dāyādaḥ kṣemo nāma mahāyaśāḥ kṣemako nāma pārthivaḥ | kṣemakasya tu putro vai | kṣemasya ketumān putro varṣaketus tato 'bhavat
Alarka's heir was the greatly renowned king named Kṣema; and Kṣemaka's son indeed — Kṣema's son was Ketumān, and from him came Varṣaketu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.70
वर्षकेतोस् तु दायादो विभुर् नाम प्रजेश्वरः आनर्तस् तु विभोः पुत्रः सुकुमारस् ततो ऽभवत्
varṣaketos tu dāyādo vibhur nāma prajeśvaraḥ ānartas tu vibhoḥ putraḥ sukumāras tato 'bhavat
Varṣaketu's heir was the lord of creatures named Vibhu; Vibhu's son was Ānarta, and from him came Sukumāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.71
सुकुमारस्य पुत्रस् तु सत्यकेतुर् महारथः सुतो ऽभवन् महातेजा राजा परमधार्मिकः करन्तुर् नाम नृपतिस् तस्य पुत्रौ बभूवतुः । ब्रह्मण्यौ सत्यसंपन्नौ भार्गो वत्सस् तथैव च । वत्सस्य वत्सभूमिस् तु भार्गभूमिस् तु भार्गवात्
sukumārasya putras tu satyaketur mahārathaḥ suto 'bhavan mahātejā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ karantur nāma nṛpatis tasya putrau babhūvatuḥ | brahmaṇyau satyasaṃpannau bhārgo vatsas tathaiva ca | vatsasya vatsabhūmis tu bhārgabhūmis tu bhārgavāt
Sukumāra's son was Satyaketu, a great chariot-warrior; his son was a king of great splendour, supremely righteous, a ruler named Karantu. He had two sons, both devoted to brahmins and endowed with truth: Bhārga and likewise Vatsa. From Vatsa came Vatsabhūmi, and from Bhārgava, Bhārgabhūmi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.73
एते त्व् अङ्गिरसः पुत्रा जाता वंशे ऽथ भार्गवे ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश् च भरतर्षभ ॥ ह्व्_२३।७२ कर्मभिस् ते तपोमूलैः स्थिताःकुरुकुलोद्वह । सुहोत्रस्य बृहत् पुत्रो बृहतस् तनयास् त्रयः अजमीढो द्विमीढश् च पुरुमीढश् च वीर्यवान्
ete tv aṅgirasaḥ putrā jātā vaṃśe 'tha bhārgave brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca bharatarṣabha // HV_23.72 karmabhis te tapomūlaiḥ sthitāḥkurukulodvaha | suhotrasya bṛhat putro bṛhatas tanayās trayaḥ ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaś ca purumīḍhaś ca vīryavān
These sons of Aṅgiras were born in the Bhārgava line — brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, O bull of the Bharatas. They stood (in their stations) by their deeds rooted in ascetic practice, O upholder of the Kuru line. Suhotra's son was Bṛhat; Bṛhat's sons were three: Ajamīḍha, Dvimīḍha, and the valiant Purumīḍha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.74
अजमीढस्य पत्न्यस् तु तिस्रो वै यशसान्विताः नीली च केशिनी चैव धूमिनी च वराङ्गना
ajamīḍhasya patnyas tu tisro vai yaśasānvitāḥ nīlī ca keśinī caiva dhūminī ca varāṅganā
Ajamīḍha had three wives, endowed with glory: Nīlī, Keśinī, and the fair-limbed Dhūminī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.75
अजमीढस्य केशिन्यां जज्ञे जह्नुः प्रतापवान् य आजह्रे महासत्त्रं सर्वमेधम् महामखम्
ajamīḍhasya keśinyāṃ jajñe jahnuḥ pratāpavān ya ājahre mahāsattraṃ sarvamedham mahāmakham
From Ajamīḍha, in Keśinī, was born the majestic Jahnu, who performed the great sacrificial session, the sarvamedha, that mighty rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.76
पतिलोभेन यं गङ्गा वितते ऽभिससार ह नेच्छतः प्लावयाम् आस तस्य गङ्गा च तत् सदः
patilobhena yaṃ gaṅgā vitate 'bhisasāra ha necchataḥ plāvayām āsa tasya gaṅgā ca tat sadaḥ
Out of desire for him as a husband Gaṅgā came to him while (the rite) was spread out; and though he did not wish it, Gaṅgā flooded that sacrificial hall of his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.77
तया च प्लावितं दृष्ट्वा यज्ञवाटं समन्ततः सौहोत्रिर् अब्रवीद् गङ्गां क्रुद्धो भरतसत्तम
tayā ca plāvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā yajñavāṭaṃ samantataḥ sauhotrir abravīd gaṅgāṃ kruddho bharatasattama
And seeing the sacrificial enclosure flooded by her on every side, the son of Suhotra spoke to Gaṅgā in anger, O best of the Bharatas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.78
एष ते त्रिषु लोकेषु संक्षिप्यापः पिबाम्य् अहम् अस्य गङ्गे ऽवलेपस्य सद्यः फलम् अवाप्नुहि
eṣa te triṣu lokeṣu saṃkṣipyāpaḥ pibāmy aham asya gaṅge 'valepasya sadyaḥ phalam avāpnuhi
"Here I shall gather up your waters in the three worlds and drink them; O Gaṅgā, receive at once the fruit of this insolence."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.79
ततः पीतां महात्मानो गङ्गां दृष्ट्वा महर्षयः उपनिन्युर् महाभागां दुहितृत्वाय जाह्नवीम्
tataḥ pītāṃ mahātmāno gaṅgāṃ dṛṣṭvā maharṣayaḥ upaninyur mahābhāgāṃ duhitṛtvāya jāhnavīm
Then the great-souled seers, seeing Gaṅgā drunk up, brought the greatly blessed Jāhnavī (to him) to be his daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.80
युवनाश्वस्य पुत्रीं तु कावेरीं जह्नुर् आवहत् गङ्गाशापेन देहार्धं यस्याः पश्चान् नदीकृतम्
yuvanāśvasya putrīṃ tu kāverīṃ jahnur āvahat gaṅgāśāpena dehārdhaṃ yasyāḥ paścān nadīkṛtam
And Jahnu married Kāverī, the daughter of Yuvanāśva, half of whose body was afterwards made into a river by Gaṅgā's curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.81
जह्नोस् तु दयितः पुत्रो अजको नाम वीर्यवान् अजकस्य तु दायादो बलाकाश्वो महीपतिः
jahnos tu dayitaḥ putro ajako nāma vīryavān ajakasya tu dāyādo balākāśvo mahīpatiḥ
Jahnu's beloved son was the valiant one named Ajaka; and Ajaka's heir was the lord of the earth Balākāśva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.82
बभूव मृगयाशीलः कुशिकस् तस्य चात्मजः पह्लवैः सह संवृद्धो राजा वनचरैः स ह
babhūva mṛgayāśīlaḥ kuśikas tasya cātmajaḥ pahlavaiḥ saha saṃvṛddho rājā vanacaraiḥ sa ha
He was given to hunting, and his son was Kuśika; that king indeed grew up among the Pahlavas, forest-dwellers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.83
कुशिकस् तु तपस् तेपे पुत्रम् इन्द्रसमं प्रभुः लभेयम् इति तं शक्रस् त्रासाद् अभ्येत्य जज्ञिवान्
kuśikas tu tapas tepe putram indrasamaṃ prabhuḥ labheyam iti taṃ śakras trāsād abhyetya jajñivān
But Kuśika, the lord, practised austerity, thinking "may I obtain a son equal to Indra"; and Śakra out of fear came to him and was born (as his son).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.84
स गाधिर् अभवद् राजा मघवान् कौशिकः स्वयम् विश्वामित्रस् तु गाधेयो राजा विश्वरथश् च ह
sa gādhir abhavad rājā maghavān kauśikaḥ svayam viśvāmitras tu gādheyo rājā viśvarathaś ca ha
He became king Gādhi — Maghavan himself as the son of Kuśika; and Gādhi's son was Viśvāmitra, also called king Viśvaratha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.85
विश्वजिद् विश्वकृच् चैव तथा सत्यवती नृप ऋचीकाज् जमदग्निस् तु सत्यवत्याम् अजायत
viśvajid viśvakṛc caiva tathā satyavatī nṛpa ṛcīkāj jamadagnis tu satyavatyām ajāyata
(And also) Viśvajit and Viśvakṛt, and likewise Satyavatī, O king; and from Ṛcīka, Jamadagni was born in Satyavatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.86
विश्वामित्रस्य तु सुता देवरातादयः स्मृताः प्रख्यातास् त्रिषु लोकेषु तेषां नामानि मे शृणु
viśvāmitrasya tu sutā devarātādayaḥ smṛtāḥ prakhyātās triṣu lokeṣu teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu
Viśvāmitra's sons are recorded as Devarāta and the rest, famed in the three worlds; hear from me their names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.87
देवश्रवाः कतिश् चैव यस्मात् कात्यायनाः स्मृताः शालापतिर् हिरण्याक्षो रेणुर् यस्याथ रेणुका
devaśravāḥ katiś caiva yasmāt kātyāyanāḥ smṛtāḥ śālāpatir hiraṇyākṣo reṇur yasyātha reṇukā
Devaśravas, and Kati, from whom the Kātyāyanas are reckoned, Śālāpati, Hiraṇyākṣa, and Reṇu, whose daughter was Reṇukā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.88
सांकृत्यो गालवो राजन् मौद्गल्यश्वेति विश्रुताः तेषां ख्यातानि गोत्राणि कौशिकानां महात्मनाम्
sāṃkṛtyo gālavo rājan maudgalyaśveti viśrutāḥ teṣāṃ khyātāni gotrāṇi kauśikānāṃ mahātmanām
Sāṃkṛtya, Gālava, O king, and Maudgalya — thus they are renowned; famous are the lineages of these great-souled Kauśikas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.89
पाणिनो बभ्रवश् चैव धानंजय्यास् तथैव च पार्थिवा देवराताश् च सालङ्कायनसौश्रवाः
pāṇino babhravaś caiva dhānaṃjayyās tathaiva ca pārthivā devarātāś ca sālaṅkāyanasauśravāḥ
The Pāṇinas and the Babhrus, and likewise the Dhānaṃjayyas, the Pārthivas, the Devarātas, and the Sālaṅkāyanas and Sauśravas—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.90
लोहित्या यमदूतश् च तथा कारीषयः स्मृताः विश्रुताः कौशिका राजंस् तथान्ये सैन्धवायनाः ऋष्यन्तरविवाह्याश् च कौशिका बहवः स्मृताः
lohityā yamadūtaś ca tathā kārīṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ viśrutāḥ kauśikā rājaṃs tathānye saindhavāyanāḥ ṛṣyantaravivāhyāś ca kauśikā bahavaḥ smṛtāḥ
The Lohityas and Yamadūta, and likewise the Kārīṣayas are recorded; these Kauśikas are renowned, O king, and others, the Saindhavāyanas; and many Kauśikas are recorded as the Ṛṣyantaras and the Vivāhyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.91
पौरवस्य महाराज ब्रह्मर्षेः कौशिकस्य च संबन्धो ह्य् अस्य वंशे ऽस्मिन् ब्रह्मक्षत्रस्य विश्रुतः
pauravasya mahārāja brahmarṣeḥ kauśikasya ca saṃbandho hy asya vaṃśe 'smin brahmakṣatrasya viśrutaḥ
Great king, the connection of the Paurava and of the brahmin-sage Kauśika—that is, of brahmin and kṣatriya—is famed in this lineage of his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.92
विश्वामित्रात्मजानां तु शुनःशेपो ऽग्रजः स्मृतः भार्गवः कौशिकत्वं हि प्राप्तः स मुनिसत्तमः
viśvāmitrātmajānāṃ tu śunaḥśepo 'grajaḥ smṛtaḥ bhārgavaḥ kauśikatvaṃ hi prāptaḥ sa munisattamaḥ
Among the sons of Viśvāmitra, Śunaḥśepa is recorded as the eldest; that best of sages, though a descendant of Bhṛgu, attained the status of a Kauśika.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.93
शबरादयश् च सप्तान्ये विश्वामित्रस्य वै सुताः दृषद्वतीसुतश् चापि विश्वामित्राद् अथाष्टकः
śabarādayaś ca saptānye viśvāmitrasya vai sutāḥ dṛṣadvatīsutaś cāpi viśvāmitrād athāṣṭakaḥ
And Śabara and the others, seven more, were sons of Viśvāmitra; and Aṣṭaka too was the son of Dṛṣadvatī by Viśvāmitra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.94
अष्टकस्य सुतो लौहिः प्रोक्तो जह्नुगणो मया आजमीढो ऽपरो वंशः श्रूयतां भरतर्षभ
aṣṭakasya suto lauhiḥ prokto jahnugaṇo mayā ājamīḍho 'paro vaṃśaḥ śrūyatāṃ bharatarṣabha
Aṣṭaka's son was Lauhi—thus the group of Jahnu has been declared by me; now hear the other lineage, that of Ajamīḍha, O bull of the Bharatas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.95
अजमीढात् तु नील्यां वै सुशान्तिर् उदपद्यत पुरुजातिः सुशान्तेस् तु बाह्याश्वः पुरुजातितः
ajamīḍhāt tu nīlyāṃ vai suśāntir udapadyata purujātiḥ suśāntes tu bāhyāśvaḥ purujātitaḥ
From Ajamīḍha, in Nīlī, Suśānti was born; from Suśānti, Purujāti; and from Purujāti, Bāhyāśva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.96
बाह्याश्वतनयाः पञ्च बभूवुर् अमरोपमाः मुद्गलः सृञ्जयश् चैव राजा बृहदिषुस् तथा
bāhyāśvatanayāḥ pañca babhūvur amaropamāḥ mudgalaḥ sṛñjayaś caiva rājā bṛhadiṣus tathā
Bāhyāśva had five sons, like the immortals: Mudgala, Sṛñjaya, and King Bṛhadiṣu likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.97
यवीनरश् च विक्रान्तः कृमिलाश्वश् च पञ्चमः पञ्चेमे रक्षणायालं देशानाम् इति विश्रुताः
yavīnaraś ca vikrāntaḥ kṛmilāśvaś ca pañcamaḥ pañceme rakṣaṇāyālaṃ deśānām iti viśrutāḥ
and the valiant Yavīnara, and Kṛmilāśva as the fifth; these five were renowned as "capable of protecting the lands."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.98
पञ्चानां विद्धि पाञ्चालान् स्फीतान् पुण्यजनावृतान् अलं संरक्षणे तेषां पाञ्चाला इति विश्रुताः
pañcānāṃ viddhi pāñcālān sphītān puṇyajanāvṛtān alaṃ saṃrakṣaṇe teṣāṃ pāñcālā iti viśrutāḥ
Know that the Pāñcālas, prosperous and filled with virtuous people, belong to the five; because they were capable of protecting them, they became known as the Pāñcālas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.100
मुद्गलस्य तु दायादो मौद्गल्यः सुमहायशाः सर्व एते महात्मानः क्षत्रोपेताद्विजातयः । एते ह्य् अङ्गिरसः पक्षं संश्रिताः कण्वमौद्गलाः ॥ मुद्गलस्य सुतो ज्येष्ठो ब्रह्मर्षिः सुमहातपाः । इन्द्रसेना यतो गर्भं वध्र्यश्वं प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ह्व्_२३।९९ वध्र्यश्वान् मिथुनंजज्ञे मेनकायाम् इति श्रुतिः । दिवोदासश् च राजर्षिर् अहल्या च यशस्विनी ॥ शरद्वतस्य दायादम् अहल्या संप्रसूयत । शतानन्दम् ऋषिश्रेष्ठं तस्यापि सुमहायशाः । पुत्रः सत्यधृतिर् नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगः ॥ तस्य सत्यधृते रेतो दृष्ट्वाप्सरसम् अग्रतः । अथ स्कन्नं शरस्तम्बे मिथुनं समपद्यत ॥ कृपया तच् च जग्राह शंतनुर् मृगयां गतः । कृपः स्मृतः स वै तस्माद् गौतमी च कृपी तथा । एते शारद्वताः प्रोक्ता एते ते गौतमाः स्मृताः ॥ अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि दिवोदासस्य संततिम् । दिवोदासस्य दायादो ब्रह्मर्षिर् मित्रयुर् नृपः ॥ मैत्रेयाणां ततः सोमो मैत्रेयास् तु ततः स्मृताः । एते विपञ्चिताः पक्षाः क्षत्रोपेतास् तु भार्गवाः । आसीत् पञ्चवनः पुत्रः सृञ्जयस्य महात्मनः सुतः पञ्चवनस्यापि सोमदत्तो महीपतिः
mudgalasya tu dāyādo maudgalyaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ sarva ete mahātmānaḥ kṣatropetādvijātayaḥ | ete hy aṅgirasaḥ pakṣaṃ saṃśritāḥ kaṇvamaudgalāḥ || mudgalasya suto jyeṣṭho brahmarṣiḥ sumahātapāḥ | indrasenā yato garbhaṃ vadhryaśvaṃ pratyapadyata // HV_23.99 vadhryaśvān mithunaṃjajñe menakāyām iti śrutiḥ | divodāsaś ca rājarṣir ahalyā ca yaśasvinī || śaradvatasya dāyādam ahalyā saṃprasūyata | śatānandam ṛṣiśreṣṭhaṃ tasyāpi sumahāyaśāḥ | putraḥ satyadhṛtir nāma dhanurvedasya pāragaḥ || tasya satyadhṛte reto dṛṣṭvāpsarasam agrataḥ | atha skannaṃ śarastambe mithunaṃ samapadyata || kṛpayā tac ca jagrāha śaṃtanur mṛgayāṃ gataḥ | kṛpaḥ smṛtaḥ sa vai tasmād gautamī ca kṛpī tathā | ete śāradvatāḥ proktā ete te gautamāḥ smṛtāḥ || ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi divodāsasya saṃtatim | divodāsasya dāyādo brahmarṣir mitrayur nṛpaḥ || maitreyāṇāṃ tataḥ somo maitreyās tu tataḥ smṛtāḥ | ete vipañcitāḥ pakṣāḥ kṣatropetās tu bhārgavāḥ | āsīt pañcavanaḥ putraḥ sṛñjayasya mahātmanaḥ sutaḥ pañcavanasyāpi somadatto mahīpatiḥ
Mudgala's heir was the greatly renowned Maudgalya. All these great-souled ones were brahmins joined with kṣatriya (descent); these Kaṇvas and Maudgalas have resorted to the side of the Aṅgirases. Mudgala's eldest son was a brahmin-sage of very great austerity, from whom Indrasenā conceived the embryo Vadhryaśva. From Vadhryaśva a twin pair was born of Menakā, so the tradition goes: the royal sage Divodāsa and the illustrious Ahalyā. Ahalyā bore to Śaradvat a son, Śatānanda, best of sages; and his son too, of great fame, was named Satyadhṛti, master of the science of archery. That Satyadhṛti's seed, when he saw an apsaras before him, fell in a clump of reeds, and became a twin pair. And Śaṃtanu, who had gone hunting, took them up out of pity (kṛpā); therefore he is known as Kṛpa, and the Gautamī likewise as Kṛpī. These are declared the Śāradvatas, and these are recorded for you as the Gautamas. Beyond this I shall proclaim the offspring of Divodāsa. Divodāsa's heir was the brahmin-sage, King Mitrayu. From him came Soma of the Maitreyas, and from him the Maitreyas are recorded. These are the branches, distinguished, Bhārgavas joined with kṣatriya (descent). Pañcavana was the son of the great-souled Sṛñjaya, and Pañcavana's son too was the lord of the earth Somadatta.
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HV 23.103
सोमदत्तस्य दायादः सहदेवो महायशाः सहदेवसुतश् चापि सोमको नाम पार्थिवः ॥ ह्व्_२३।१०१ अजमीढात् पुनर् जातः क्षीणे वंशे तु सोमकः । सोमकस्य सुतो जन्तुर् यस्य पुत्रशतं बभौ तेषां यवीयान् पृषतो द्रुपदस्य पिता प्रभुः ॥ ह्व्_२३।१०२ धृष्टद्युम्नः तुद्रुपदाद् धृष्टकेतुश् च तत्सुतः ॥ आजमीढाः स्मृता ह्य् एते महात्मानस् तु सोमकाः । पुत्राणाम् अजमीढस्य सोमकत्वं महात्मनः । महिषी त्व् अजमीढस्य धूमिनी पुत्रगृद्धिनी तृतीया तव पूर्वेषां जननी पृथिवीपते
somadattasya dāyādaḥ sahadevo mahāyaśāḥ sahadevasutaś cāpi somako nāma pārthivaḥ // HV_23.101 ajamīḍhāt punar jātaḥ kṣīṇe vaṃśe tu somakaḥ | somakasya suto jantur yasya putraśataṃ babhau teṣāṃ yavīyān pṛṣato drupadasya pitā prabhuḥ // HV_23.102 dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ tudrupadād dhṛṣṭaketuś ca tatsutaḥ || ājamīḍhāḥ smṛtā hy ete mahātmānas tu somakāḥ | putrāṇām ajamīḍhasya somakatvaṃ mahātmanaḥ | mahiṣī tv ajamīḍhasya dhūminī putragṛddhinī tṛtīyā tava pūrveṣāṃ jananī pṛthivīpate
Somadatta's heir was the greatly renowned Sahadeva, and Sahadeva's son was the king named Somaka. Somaka was born again from Ajamīḍha when the line had dwindled. Somaka's son was Jantu, who had a hundred sons; the youngest of them was Pṛṣata, the mighty father of Drupada. From Drupada came Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and his son was Dhṛṣṭaketu. These great-souled Somakas are recorded as descendants of Ajamīḍha; the sons of great-souled Ajamīḍha (came to have) the Somaka status. But Ajamīḍha's chief queen was Dhūminī, eager for a son, the third (wife), the mother of your ancestors, O lord of the earth.
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HV 23.104
सा तु पुत्रार्थिनी देवी व्रतचर्यासमाहिता तपो वर्षाशतं तेपे स्त्रीभिः परमदुश्चरम्
sā tu putrārthinī devī vratacaryāsamāhitā tapo varṣāśataṃ tepe strībhiḥ paramaduścaram
That lady, desiring a son, intent on the performance of vows, practised austerity for a hundred years, exceedingly hard for women to perform.
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HV 23.105
हुत्वाग्निं विधिवत् सा तु पवित्रमितभोजना अग्निहोत्रकुशेष्व् एव सुष्वाप जनमेजय
hutvāgniṃ vidhivat sā tu pavitramitabhojanā agnihotrakuśeṣv eva suṣvāpa janamejaya
Having offered into the fire according to rule, pure and eating sparingly, she slept upon the very kuśa grass of the agnihotra, O Janamejaya.
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HV 23.106
धूमिन्या स तया देव्या अजमीढः समेयिवान् ऋक्षं सा जनयाम् आस धूमवर्णं सुदर्शनम्
dhūminyā sa tayā devyā ajamīḍhaḥ sameyivān ṛkṣaṃ sā janayām āsa dhūmavarṇaṃ sudarśanam
Ajamīḍha united with that lady Dhūminī, and she gave birth to Ṛkṣa, smoke-coloured and handsome to look upon.
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HV 23.108
ऋक्षात् संवरणो जज्ञे कुरुः संवरणात् तथा यः प्रयागाद् अपक्रम्य कुरुक्षेत्रं चकार ह ॥ ह्व्_२३।१०७ तद् वैतत् स महाभागो वर्षाणि सुबहून्य् अथ । तप्यमाने तदा शक्रो यत्रास्य वरदो बभौ । पुण्यं च रमणीयं च पुण्यकृद्भिर् निषेवितम् तस्यान्ववायः सुमहान् यस्य नाम्ना स्थ कौरवाः
ṛkṣāt saṃvaraṇo jajñe kuruḥ saṃvaraṇāt tathā yaḥ prayāgād apakramya kurukṣetraṃ cakāra ha // HV_23.107 tad vaitat sa mahābhāgo varṣāṇi subahūny atha | tapyamāne tadā śakro yatrāsya varado babhau | puṇyaṃ ca ramaṇīyaṃ ca puṇyakṛdbhir niṣevitam tasyānvavāyaḥ sumahān yasya nāmnā stha kauravāḥ
From Ṛkṣa was born Saṃvaraṇa, and from Saṃvaraṇa, Kuru, who, departing from Prayāga, made Kurukṣetra. That highly fortunate one (practised austerity there) for very many years; and while he was thus practising austerity, Śakra appeared to him as a giver of boons—(a place) holy and delightful, frequented by doers of merit. His lineage was very great, and by his name you are the Kauravas.
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HV 23.111
कुरोश् च पुत्राश् चत्वारः सुधन्वा सुधनुस् तथा परीक्षिच् च महाबाहुः प्रवरश् चारिमेजयः ॥ ह्व्_२३।१०९ सुधन्वनस् तु दायादः सुहोत्रो मतिमान् स्मृतः । च्यवनस् तस्य पुत्रस् तु राजा धर्मार्थकोविदः ॥ च्यवनात् कृतयज्ञस् तु इष्ट्वा यज्ञैः स धर्मवित् । विश्रुतं जनयाम् आस पुत्रम् इन्द्रसखं नृपः ॥ चैद्योपरिचरं वीरं वसुं नामान्तरिक्षगम् । चैद्योपरिचराज् जज्ञे गिरिका सप्त मानवान् ॥ महारथो मगधराड् विश्रुतो यो बृहद्रथः । प्रत्यग्रहः कुशश् चैव यम् आहुर् मणिवाहनम् । मारुतश् च यदुश् चैव मत्स्यकाली च सत्तमः ॥ बृहद्रथस्य दायादः कुशाग्रो नाम विश्रुतः । कुशाग्रस्यात्मजो विद्वान् ऋषभो नाम वीर्यवान् ॥ दायादस् तस्य विक्रान्तो राजा सत्यहितः स्मृतः । तस्य पुत्रः स धर्मात्मा नाम्ना ऊर्जस् तु जज्ञिवान् । ऊर्जस्य संभवः पुत्रो यस्य जज्ञे स वीर्यवान् ॥ शकले द्वे स वै जातो जरया संधितः स तु । जरया संधितो यस्माज् जरासंधस् ततः स्मृतः ॥ सर्वक्षत्रस्य जेतासौ जरासंधो महाबलः । जरासंधस्य पुत्रो वै सहदेवः प्रतापवान् ॥ सहदेवात्मजः श्रीमान् उदायिः स महायशाः । उदायिर् जनयाम् आस पुत्रं परमधार्मिकम् । श्रुतधर्मेति नामानं मगधान् यो ऽवसद् विभुः । वृषभस्य तुदायादः पुष्पवान् नाम धार्मिकः । परीक्षितस् तु तनयो धार्मिको जनमेजयः जनमेजयस्य दायादास् त्रय एव महारथाः । जह्नोस् तुकथयिष्यामि यत्र जातो ऽसि पार्थिव ॥ जह्नुस् त्व् अजनयत् पुत्रं सुरथं नाम भूमिपम् । श्रुतसेनो ऽग्रसेनौ च भीमसेनश् च नामतः ॥ ह्व्_२३।११० एते सर्वे महाभागा विक्रान्ता बलशालिनः । जनमेजयस्य पुत्रौ तु सुरथो मतिमांस् तथा सुरथस्य तु विक्रान्तः पुत्रो जज्ञे विदूरथः
kuroś ca putrāś catvāraḥ sudhanvā sudhanus tathā parīkṣic ca mahābāhuḥ pravaraś cārimejayaḥ // HV_23.109 sudhanvanas tu dāyādaḥ suhotro matimān smṛtaḥ | cyavanas tasya putras tu rājā dharmārthakovidaḥ || cyavanāt kṛtayajñas tu iṣṭvā yajñaiḥ sa dharmavit | viśrutaṃ janayām āsa putram indrasakhaṃ nṛpaḥ || caidyoparicaraṃ vīraṃ vasuṃ nāmāntarikṣagam | caidyoparicarāj jajñe girikā sapta mānavān || mahāratho magadharāḍ viśruto yo bṛhadrathaḥ | pratyagrahaḥ kuśaś caiva yam āhur maṇivāhanam | mārutaś ca yaduś caiva matsyakālī ca sattamaḥ || bṛhadrathasya dāyādaḥ kuśāgro nāma viśrutaḥ | kuśāgrasyātmajo vidvān ṛṣabho nāma vīryavān || dāyādas tasya vikrānto rājā satyahitaḥ smṛtaḥ | tasya putraḥ sa dharmātmā nāmnā ūrjas tu jajñivān | ūrjasya saṃbhavaḥ putro yasya jajñe sa vīryavān || śakale dve sa vai jāto jarayā saṃdhitaḥ sa tu | jarayā saṃdhito yasmāj jarāsaṃdhas tataḥ smṛtaḥ || sarvakṣatrasya jetāsau jarāsaṃdho mahābalaḥ | jarāsaṃdhasya putro vai sahadevaḥ pratāpavān || sahadevātmajaḥ śrīmān udāyiḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ | udāyir janayām āsa putraṃ paramadhārmikam | śrutadharmeti nāmānaṃ magadhān yo 'vasad vibhuḥ | vṛṣabhasya tudāyādaḥ puṣpavān nāma dhārmikaḥ | parīkṣitas tu tanayo dhārmiko janamejayaḥ janamejayasya dāyādās traya eva mahārathāḥ | jahnos tukathayiṣyāmi yatra jāto 'si pārthiva || jahnus tv ajanayat putraṃ surathaṃ nāma bhūmipam | śrutaseno 'grasenau ca bhīmasenaś ca nāmataḥ // HV_23.110 ete sarve mahābhāgā vikrāntā balaśālinaḥ | janamejayasya putrau tu suratho matimāṃs tathā surathasya tu vikrāntaḥ putro jajñe vidūrathaḥ
Kuru had four sons: Sudhanvā, and Sudhanu, and the long-armed Parīkṣit, and the eminent Arimejaya. Sudhanvā's heir is recorded as the wise Suhotra; his son was Cyavana, a king skilled in dharma and worldly gain. From Cyavana came Kṛtayajña, who, knowing dharma, having sacrificed with sacrifices, that king begot a famous son, a friend of Indra: the hero Vasu, called Caidyoparicara, who moved through the sky. From Caidyoparicara, Girikā bore seven men: the great charioteer, the famed king of Magadha, Bṛhadratha; Pratyagraha, and Kuśa, whom they call Maṇivāhana; and Māruta, and Yadu, and the excellent Matsyakālī. Bṛhadratha's heir was the one famed as Kuśāgra; Kuśāgra's son was the learned and valiant one named Ṛṣabha; his heir was the valiant king recorded as Satyahita; his son, righteous in soul, was born by the name Ūrjas; Ūrjas' son was Saṃbhava, from whom that valiant one was born. He was indeed born in two halves and was joined together by Jarā; because he was joined together by Jarā, he is therefore known as Jarāsaṃdha. That Jarāsaṃdha of great strength was the conqueror of all the kṣatriyas. Jarāsaṃdha's son was the mighty Sahadeva. Sahadeva's son was the illustrious, greatly renowned Udāyi. Udāyi begot a most righteous son named Śrutadharma, who as lord dwelt among the Magadhas. Vṛṣabha's heir was the righteous one named Puṣpavān. Parīkṣit's son was the righteous Janamejaya. Janamejaya's heirs were just three great charioteers; but I shall tell of Jahnu, in whose (line) you were born, O prince. Jahnu begot a son, a king named Suratha; and by name Śrutasena and Agrasena and Bhīmasena. All these were highly fortunate, valiant, endowed with strength. Janamejaya's two sons were Suratha and the wise one likewise; and of Suratha was born a valiant son, Vidūratha.
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HV 23.112
विदूरथस्य दायाद ऋक्ष एव महारथः द्वितीयः स बभौ राजा नाम्ना तेनैव संज्ञितः
vidūrathasya dāyāda ṛkṣa eva mahārathaḥ dvitīyaḥ sa babhau rājā nāmnā tenaiva saṃjñitaḥ
Vidūratha's heir was Ṛkṣa himself, a great charioteer; he shone as the second king designated by that same name.
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HV 23.113
द्वाव् ऋक्षौ तव वंशे ऽस्मिन् द्वाव् एव च परीक्षितौ भीमसेनास् त्रयो राजन् द्वाव् एव जनमेजयौ
dvāv ṛkṣau tava vaṃśe 'smin dvāv eva ca parīkṣitau bhīmasenās trayo rājan dvāv eva janamejayau
In this lineage of yours there were two Ṛkṣas and two Parīkṣits, three Bhīmasenas, O king, and just two Janamejayas.
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HV 23.114
ऋक्षस्य तु द्वितीयस्य भीमसेनो ऽभवत् सुतः प्रतीपो भीमसेनस्य प्रतीपस्य तु शांतनुः देवापिर् बाह्लिकश् चैव त्रय एव महारथाः
ṛkṣasya tu dvitīyasya bhīmaseno 'bhavat sutaḥ pratīpo bhīmasenasya pratīpasya tu śāṃtanuḥ devāpir bāhlikaś caiva traya eva mahārathāḥ
Of the second Ṛkṣa, Bhīmasena was the son; of Bhīmasena, Pratīpa; and of Pratīpa, Śāṃtanu, Devāpi and Bāhlika—just three great charioteers.
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HV 23.115
शांतनोः प्रसवस् त्व् एष यत्र जातो ऽसि पार्थिव बाह्लिकस्य तु राज्यं वै सप्तबाह्ल्यं विशां पते
śāṃtanoḥ prasavas tv eṣa yatra jāto 'si pārthiva bāhlikasya tu rājyaṃ vai saptabāhlyaṃ viśāṃ pate
This is the line of Śāṃtanu, in which you were born, O king; but the kingdom of Bāhlika was the sevenfold Bāhlya region, O lord of peoples.
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HV 23.116
बाह्लिकस्य सुतश् चैव सोमदत्तो महायशाः जज्ञिरे सोमदत्तात् तु भूरिर् भूरिश्रवाः शलः
bāhlikasya sutaś caiva somadatto mahāyaśāḥ jajñire somadattāt tu bhūrir bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ
And Bāhlika's son was Somadatta of great fame; and from Somadatta were born Bhūri, Bhūriśravas and Śala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.117
उपाध्यायस् तु देवानां देवापिर् अभवन् मुनिः च्यवनस्य पुत्रः कृतक इष्टश् चासीन् महात्मनः
upādhyāyas tu devānāṃ devāpir abhavan muniḥ cyavanasya putraḥ kṛtaka iṣṭaś cāsīn mahātmanaḥ
But Devāpi became a sage, the teacher of the gods; and Kṛtaka was the son of Cyavana, and (he) was dear to that great-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.119
शांतनुस् त्व् अभवद् राजा कौरवाणां धुरंधरः ॥ ह्व्_२३।११८ शांतनोःसंप्रवक्ष्यामि यत्र जातो ऽसि पार्थिव ॥ गाङ्गं देवव्रतं नाम पुत्रं सो ऽजनयत् प्रभुः । स तु भीष्म इति ख्यातः पाण्डवानां पितामहः । काली विचित्रवीर्यं तु जनयाम् आस भारत शांतनोर् दयितं पुत्रं धर्मात्मानम् अकल्मषम्
śāṃtanus tv abhavad rājā kauravāṇāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ // HV_23.118 śāṃtanoḥsaṃpravakṣyāmi yatra jāto 'si pārthiva || gāṅgaṃ devavrataṃ nāma putraṃ so 'janayat prabhuḥ | sa tu bhīṣma iti khyātaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ pitāmahaḥ | kālī vicitravīryaṃ tu janayām āsa bhārata śāṃtanor dayitaṃ putraṃ dharmātmānam akalmaṣam
And Śāṃtanu became king, the bearer of the yoke of the Kurus. I shall relate (the line) of Śāṃtanu, in which you were born, O king. That lord begot a son by Gaṅgā named Devavrata; he is renowned as Bhīṣma, the grandfather of the Pāṇḍavas. And Kālī gave birth to Vicitravīrya, O Bhārata, Śāṃtanu's beloved son, righteous-souled and spotless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.121
कृष्णद्वैपायनच् चैव क्षेत्रे वैचित्रवीर्यके धृतराष्ट्रं च पाण्डुं च विदुरं चाप्य् अजीजनत् ॥ ह्व्_२३।१२० धृतराष्ट्रस् तु गान्धार्यां पुत्रानजनयच् छतम् । तेषां दुर्योधनः श्रेष्ठः सर्वेषाम् एव स प्रभुः । पाण्डोर् धनंजयः पुत्रः सौभद्रस् तस्य चात्मजः अभिमन्योः परीक्षित् तु पिता तव जनेश्वर
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanac caiva kṣetre vaicitravīryake dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca pāṇḍuṃ ca viduraṃ cāpy ajījanat // HV_23.120 dhṛtarāṣṭras tu gāndhāryāṃ putrānajanayac chatam | teṣāṃ duryodhanaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarveṣām eva sa prabhuḥ | pāṇḍor dhanaṃjayaḥ putraḥ saubhadras tasya cātmajaḥ abhimanyoḥ parīkṣit tu pitā tava janeśvara
And by Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, upon the field (wives) of Vicitravīrya, were begotten Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu and Vidura too. And Dhṛtarāṣṭra begot a hundred sons on Gāndhārī; of these Duryodhana was the foremost, he the lord of them all. Pāṇḍu's son was Dhanaṃjaya, and his son was Subhadrā's son (Abhimanyu); and Abhimanyu's son was Parīkṣit, your father, O lord of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.122
एष ते पौरवो वंशो यत्र जातो ऽसि पार्थिव तुर्वसोस् तु प्रवक्ष्यामि द्रुह्योश् चानोर् यदोस् तथा
eṣa te pauravo vaṃśo yatra jāto 'si pārthiva turvasos tu pravakṣyāmi druhyoś cānor yados tathā
This is your Paurava lineage, in which you were born, O king; now I shall relate that of Turvasu, and of Druhyu, Anu and Yadu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.123
तुर्वसोस् तु सुतो वह्निर् वह्नेर् गोभानुर् आत्मजः गोभानोस् तु सुतो राजा त्रिशानुर् अपराजितः
turvasos tu suto vahnir vahner gobhānur ātmajaḥ gobhānos tu suto rājā triśānur aparājitaḥ
Turvasu's son was Vahni; Vahni's son was Gobhānu; and Gobhānu's son was the unconquered king Triśānu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.124
करंधमस् तु त्रिशानोर् मरुत्तस् तस्य चात्मजः अन्यस् त्व् आविक्षितो राजा मरुत्तः कथितस् तव
karaṃdhamas tu triśānor maruttas tasya cātmajaḥ anyas tv āvikṣito rājā maruttaḥ kathitas tava
Karaṃdhama was Triśānu's (son), and Marutta was his son. The other Marutta, the son of Avikṣit, has (already) been told of to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.125
अनपत्यो ऽभवद् राजा यज्वा विपुलदक्षिणः दुहिता संमता नाम तस्यासीत् पृथिवीपतेः
anapatyo 'bhavad rājā yajvā vipuladakṣiṇaḥ duhitā saṃmatā nāma tasyāsīt pṛthivīpateḥ
That king was childless, a performer of sacrifices, giving abundant gifts; and that lord of the earth had a daughter named Saṃmatā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.126
दक्षिणार्थं हि सा दत्ता संवर्ताय महात्मने दुःषन्तं पौरवं चापि लेभे पुत्रम् अकल्मषम्
dakṣiṇārthaṃ hi sā dattā saṃvartāya mahātmane duḥṣantaṃ pauravaṃ cāpi lebhe putram akalmaṣam
She indeed was given as a sacrificial fee to the great-souled Saṃvarta; and she obtained a spotless son, Duḥṣanta the Paurava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.127
एवं ययातेः शापेन जरासंक्रमणे तदा पौरवं तुर्वसोर् वंशः प्रविवेश नृपोत्तम
evaṃ yayāteḥ śāpena jarāsaṃkramaṇe tadā pauravaṃ turvasor vaṃśaḥ praviveśa nṛpottama
Thus, by Yayāti's curse, at the time of the transfer of old age, the line of Turvasu entered into (that of) the Pauravas, O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.128
दुःषन्तस्य तु दायादः शरुत्थामः प्रजेश्वरः शरुत्थामाद् अथाक्रीडश् चत्वारस् तस्य चात्मजाः
duḥṣantasya tu dāyādaḥ śarutthāmaḥ prajeśvaraḥ śarutthāmād athākrīḍaś catvāras tasya cātmajāḥ
And Duḥṣanta's heir was Śarutthāma, the lord of creatures; from Śarutthāma came Ākrīḍa, and he had four sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.129
पाण्ड्यश् च केरलश् चैव कोलश् चोलश् च पार्थिवः तेषां जनपदाः स्फीताः पाण्ड्यश् चोलश् च केरलाः
pāṇḍyaś ca keralaś caiva kolaś colaś ca pārthivaḥ teṣāṃ janapadāḥ sphītāḥ pāṇḍyaś colaś ca keralāḥ
Pāṇḍya, and Kerala, and Kola, and Cola the king; their territories are prosperous — the Pāṇḍyas, the Colas, and the Keralas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.130
द्रुह्योस् तु तनयो राजन् बभ्रुसेनश् च पार्थिवः अङ्गारसेतुस् तत्पुत्रो मरुतां पतिर् उच्यते
druhyos tu tanayo rājan babhrusenaś ca pārthivaḥ aṅgārasetus tatputro marutāṃ patir ucyate
And Druhyu's son, O king, was Babhrusena the king; his son was Aṅgārasetu, who is called the lord of the Maruts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.131
यौवनाश्वेन समरे कृच्छ्रेण निहतो बली युद्धं सुमहद् आसीद् धि मासान् परि चतुर्दश
yauvanāśvena samare kṛcchreṇa nihato balī yuddhaṃ sumahad āsīd dhi māsān pari caturdaśa
That mighty one was slain with difficulty in battle by Yauvanāśva; for the fight was a very great one, lasting fourteen months.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.132
अङ्गारस्य तु दायादो गान्धारो नाम पार्थिवः ख्यायते यस्य नाम्ना वै गान्धारविषयो महान् गान्धारदेशजाश् चैव तुरगा वाजिनां वराः
aṅgārasya tu dāyādo gāndhāro nāma pārthivaḥ khyāyate yasya nāmnā vai gāndhāraviṣayo mahān gāndhāradeśajāś caiva turagā vājināṃ varāḥ
And Aṅgāra's heir was the king named Gāndhāra, by whose name the great land of Gāndhāra is known; and the horses born in the Gāndhāra country are the best of steeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.134
अनोस् तु पुत्रो धर्मो ऽभूद् धृतस् तस्यात्मजो ऽभवत् धृतात् तु दुदुहो जज्ञे प्रचेतास् तस्य चात्मजः प्रचेतसः सुचेतास् तु कीर्तिता ह्य् अनवो मया ॥ ह्व्_२३।१३३ यदोर् वंशंप्रवक्ष्यामि ज्येष्ठस्योत्तमतेजसः । विस्तरेणनुपूर्व्या च गदतो मे निशामय । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण पातकेभ्यःप्रमुच्यते । बभूवुस् तु यदोः पुत्राः पञ्च देवसुतोपमाः सहस्रदः पयोदश् च क्रोष्टा नीलो ऽञ्जिकस् तथा
anos tu putro dharmo 'bhūd dhṛtas tasyātmajo 'bhavat dhṛtāt tu duduho jajñe pracetās tasya cātmajaḥ pracetasaḥ sucetās tu kīrtitā hy anavo mayā // HV_23.133 yador vaṃśaṃpravakṣyāmi jyeṣṭhasyottamatejasaḥ | vistareṇanupūrvyā ca gadato me niśāmaya | yasya śravaṇamātreṇa pātakebhyaḥpramucyate | babhūvus tu yadoḥ putrāḥ pañca devasutopamāḥ sahasradaḥ payodaś ca kroṣṭā nīlo 'ñjikas tathā
Anu's son was Dharma, and his son was Dhṛta; from Dhṛta was born Duduha, and his son was Pracetas; and Pracetas' son was Sucetas — thus the descendants of Anu have been recounted by me. I shall relate the lineage of Yadu, the eldest, of supreme energy; listen to me as I tell it in full and in order — by the mere hearing of which one is freed from sins. Yadu had five sons, like the sons of the gods: Sahasrada, Payoda, Kroṣṭā, Nīla, and Añjika.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.135
सहस्रदस्य दायादास् त्रयः परमधार्मिकाः शतजिन् नाम पार्थिवः । शतजितः सुताः ख्यातास् । हेहयश् च हयश् चैव राजन् वेणुहयस् तथा
sahasradasya dāyādās trayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ śatajin nāma pārthivaḥ | śatajitaḥ sutāḥ khyātās | hehayaś ca hayaś caiva rājan veṇuhayas tathā
Sahasrada had three heirs, supremely righteous... a king named Śatajit; the sons of Śatajit are renowned: Hehaya, and Haya, and Veṇuhaya too, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.137
हेहयस्याभवत् पुत्रो धर्मनेत्र इति श्रुतः धर्मनेत्रस्य कान्तस् तु कान्तपुत्रास् ततो ऽभवन् ॥ ह्व्_२३।१३६ साहञ्जस्य महिष्मांस् तु भद्रश्रेण्यश् चतत्सुतः । साहञ्जनी नामपुरी तेन राज्ञा निवेशिता ॥ साहञ्जस्य तु दायादो महिष्मान् नाम पार्थिवः । माहिष्मती नाम पुरी येन राज्ञा निवेशिता ॥ आसीन् महिष्मतः पुत्रो भद्रश्रेण्यः प्रतापवान् । वाराणस्यधिपो राजा कथितः पूर्वम् एव तु । भद्रश्रेण्यस्य दायादो दुर्दमो नाम विश्रुतः ॥ दुर्दमस्य सुतो धीमान् कनको नाम नामतः । कनकस्य तु दायादाश् चत्वारो लोकविश्रुताः । कृतवीर्यः कृतौजाश् च कृतधन्वा तथैव च कृताग्निश् च चतुर्थो ऽभूत् कृतवीर्यात् तथार्जुनः
hehayasyābhavat putro dharmanetra iti śrutaḥ dharmanetrasya kāntas tu kāntaputrās tato 'bhavan // HV_23.136 sāhañjasya mahiṣmāṃs tu bhadraśreṇyaś catatsutaḥ | sāhañjanī nāmapurī tena rājñā niveśitā || sāhañjasya tu dāyādo mahiṣmān nāma pārthivaḥ | māhiṣmatī nāma purī yena rājñā niveśitā || āsīn mahiṣmataḥ putro bhadraśreṇyaḥ pratāpavān | vārāṇasyadhipo rājā kathitaḥ pūrvam eva tu | bhadraśreṇyasya dāyādo durdamo nāma viśrutaḥ || durdamasya suto dhīmān kanako nāma nāmataḥ | kanakasya tu dāyādāś catvāro lokaviśrutāḥ | kṛtavīryaḥ kṛtaujāś ca kṛtadhanvā tathaiva ca kṛtāgniś ca caturtho 'bhūt kṛtavīryāt tathārjunaḥ
Hehaya had a son known as Dharmanetra; Dharmanetra's son was Kānta, and from him came the sons of Kānta. Sāhañja's son was Mahiṣmān, and Bhadraśreṇya was his son. The city named Sāhañjanī was founded by that king. Sāhañja's heir was the king named Mahiṣmān, by which king the city named Māhiṣmatī was founded. Mahiṣmān's son was the mighty Bhadraśreṇya, the king who ruled over Vārāṇasī, of whom it was told before. Bhadraśreṇya's heir was renowned by the name Durdama. Durdama's son was the wise one named Kanaka. And Kanaka had four heirs famed in the world: Kṛtavīrya, Kṛtaujas, Kṛtadhanvan, and Kṛtāgni was the fourth; and from Kṛtavīrya came Arjuna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.138
यः स बाहुसहस्रेण सप्तद्वीपेश्वरो ऽभवत् जिगाय पृथिवीम् एको रथेनादित्यवर्चसा
yaḥ sa bāhusahasreṇa saptadvīpeśvaro 'bhavat jigāya pṛthivīm eko rathenādityavarcasā
He it was who, with his thousand arms, became lord of the seven continents; alone, with his chariot bright as the sun, he conquered the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.139
स हि वर्षशतं तप्त्वा तपः परमदुश्चरम् दत्तम् आराधयाम् आस कार्तवीर्यो ऽत्रिसंभवम्
sa hi varṣaśataṃ taptvā tapaḥ paramaduścaram dattam ārādhayām āsa kārtavīryo 'trisaṃbhavam
For he, Kārtavīrya, having performed for a hundred years an austerity most difficult to carry out, propitiated Datta (Dattātreya), the son of Atri.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.140
तस्मै दत्तो वरान् प्रादाच् चतुरो भूरितेजसः पूर्वं बाहुसहस्रं तु प्रार्थितं परमं वरम्
tasmai datto varān prādāc caturo bhūritejasaḥ pūrvaṃ bāhusahasraṃ tu prārthitaṃ paramaṃ varam
(Datta,) being pleased, granted him four boons, (to him) of abundant energy; the first was the thousand arms, the supreme boon he had asked for.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.141
अधर्मे धीयमानस्य सद्भिः स्यान् मे निबर्हणम् उग्रेण पृथिवीं जित्वा धर्मेणैवानुरञ्जनम्
adharme dhīyamānasya sadbhiḥ syān me nibarhaṇam ugreṇa pṛthivīṃ jitvā dharmeṇaivānurañjanam
(Second:) "When I am being drawn into unrighteousness, let there be my restraint at the hands of the good"; (third:) "having conquered the earth by fierce means, the winning of it over by righteousness alone."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.142
संग्रामान् सुबहूञ् जित्वा हत्वा चारीन् सहस्रशः संग्रामे वर्तमानस्य वधं चाभ्यधिकाद् रणे
saṃgrāmān subahūñ jitvā hatvā cārīn sahasraśaḥ saṃgrāme vartamānasya vadhaṃ cābhyadhikād raṇe
(Fourth:) having won very many battles and slain enemies by the thousand, (that he should meet) death while engaged in battle, from one superior (to him) in combat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.143
तस्य बाहुसहस्रं तु युध्यतः किल भारत योगाद् योगेश्वरस्याग्रे प्रादुर्भवति मायया
tasya bāhusahasraṃ tu yudhyataḥ kila bhārata yogād yogeśvarasyāgre prādurbhavati māyayā
And his thousand arms, O Bhārata, when he was fighting, would appear by his yoga, by magic power, before (him), the lord of yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.144
तेनेयं पृथिवी कृत्स्ना सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना ससमुद्रा सनगरा उग्रेण विधिना जिता
teneyaṃ pṛthivī kṛtsnā saptadvīpā sapattanā sasamudrā sanagarā ugreṇa vidhinā jitā
By him this whole earth, with its seven continents, its towns, its oceans and its cities, was conquered by fierce means.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.145
तेन सप्तसु द्वीपेषु सप्त यज्ञशतानि वै प्राप्तानि विधिना राज्ञा श्रूयन्ते जनमेजय
tena saptasu dvīpeṣu sapta yajñaśatāni vai prāptāni vidhinā rājñā śrūyante janamejaya
By that king seven hundred sacrifices were duly accomplished in the seven continents — so it is heard, Janamejaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.146
सर्वे यज्ञा महाबाहो तस्यासन् भूरिदक्षिणाः सर्वे काञ्चनयूपाश् च सर्वे काञ्चनवेदयः
sarve yajñā mahābāho tasyāsan bhūridakṣiṇāḥ sarve kāñcanayūpāś ca sarve kāñcanavedayaḥ
All his sacrifices, O mighty-armed one, had abundant fees; all had golden sacrificial posts and all had golden altars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.147
सर्वे देवैर् महाराज विमानस्थैर् अलंकृताः गन्धर्वैर् अप्सरोभिश् च नित्यम् एवोपशोभिताः
sarve devair mahārāja vimānasthair alaṃkṛtāḥ gandharvair apsarobhiś ca nityam evopaśobhitāḥ
All were adorned, O great king, by the gods stationed in their celestial cars, and were constantly graced by gandharvas and apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.148
यस्य यज्ञे जगौ गाथां गन्धर्वो नारदस् तथा वरीदासात्मजो विद्वान् महिम्ना तस्य विस्मितः
yasya yajñe jagau gāthāṃ gandharvo nāradas tathā varīdāsātmajo vidvān mahimnā tasya vismitaḥ
At whose sacrifice the gandharva Nārada, and likewise the learned son of Varīdāsa, sang a song, amazed at his greatness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.151
न नूनं कार्तवीर्यस्य गतिं यास्यन्ति पार्थिवाः यज्ञैर् दानैस् तपोभिर् वा विक्रमेण श्रुतेन वा ॥ ह्व्_२३।१४९ पञ्चाशीतिसहस्राणि अव्याहतबलः समाः । अकरोद् अर्जुनो राज्यं हरिं चैवान्वहं स्मरन् । अनष्टवित्तस्मरणे बुभुजे ऽक्षय्यषड्वसु । स हि सप्तसु द्वीपेषु खड्गी चर्मी शरासनी रथी द्वीपान् अनुचरन् योगी संदृश्यते नृभिः ॥ ह्व्_२३।१५० अनष्टद्रव्यता चैव न शोको न च विभ्रमः । प्रभावेण महाराज्ञः प्रजा धर्मेण रक्षतः ॥ स सर्वरत्नभाक् सम्राट् चक्रवर्ती बभूव ह । स एव पशुपालो ऽभूत् क्षेत्रपालः स एव च । स एव वृष्ट्या पर्जन्यो योगित्वाद् अर्जुनो ऽभवत् ॥ स वै बाहुसहस्रेण ज्याघातकठिनत्वचा । भाति रश्मिसहस्रेण शरदीव च भास्करः ॥ स हि नागान् मनुष्येषु माहिष्मत्यां महाद्युतिः । कर्कोटकसुताञ् जित्वा पुर्यां तस्यां न्यवेशयत् ॥ स वै वेगं समुद्रस्य प्रावृट्काले ऽम्बुजेक्षणः । क्रीडन्न् इव भुजोद्भिन्नं प्रतिस्रोतश् चकार ह ॥ लुण्ठिता क्रीडता तेन फेनस्रग्दाममालिनी । चलदूर्मिसहस्रेण शङ्किताभ्येति नर्मदा ॥ तस्य बाहुसहस्रेण क्षुभ्यमाणे महोदधौ । भयान् निलीना निश्चेष्टाः पातालस्था महासुराः ॥ चूर्णीकृतमहावीचिं चलन्मीनमहातिमिम् । मारुताविद्धफेनौघम् आवर्तक्षोभदुःसहम् ॥ प्रावर्तयत् तदा राजा सहस्रेण च बाहुना । देवासुरसमाक्षिप्तः क्षीरोदम् इव मन्दरः ॥ मन्दरक्षोभचकिता अमृतोत्पादशङ्किताः । सहसोत्पतिता भीता भीमं दृष्ट्वा नृपोत्तमम् ॥ नता निश्चलमूर्धानो बभूवुस् ते महोरगाः । सायाह्ने कदलीखण्डैः कम्पितास् तस्य वायुना ॥ स वै बद्ध्वा धनुर् ज्याभिर् उत्सिक्तं पञ्चभिः शरैः । लङ्केशं मोहयित्वा तु सबलं रावणं बलात् । निर्जित्यैव समानीय माहिष्मत्यां बबन्ध तम् ॥ श्रुत्वा तु बद्धं पौलस्त्यं रावणं त्व् अर्जुनेन तु । ततो गत्वा पुलस्त्यस् तम् अर्जुनं ददृशे स्वयम् । मुमोच रक्षः पौलस्त्यं पुलस्त्येनानुयाचितः ॥ यस्य बाहुसहस्रस्य बभूव ज्यातलस्वनः । युगान्ते त्व् अम्बुदस्येव स्फुटतो ह्य् अशनेर् इव ॥ अहो बत मृधे वीर्यं भार्गवस्य यद् अच्छिनत् । राज्ञो बाहुसहस्रं तु हैमं तालवनं यथा ॥ तृषितेन कदा चित् स भिक्षितश् चित्रभानुना । पञ्चाशीतिसहस्राणि वर्षाणां वै नराधिपः । उवास ताम् अनुसरन्न् अवगाढोमहार्णवं । चकारोद्धतवेलान्तम् अकालप्रावृडुद्धतं । स भिक्षाम् अददाद् वीरः सप्त द्वीपान् विभावसोः पुराणिग्रामघोषांश् च विषयांश् चैव सर्वशः । जज्वाल तस्य सर्वाणि चित्रभानुर् दिधक्षया ॥ स तस्य पुरुषेन्द्रस्य प्रभावेण महात्मनः । ददाह कार्तवीर्यस्य शैलांश् चैव वनानि च ॥ स शून्यम् आश्रमं रम्यं वरुणस्यात्मजस्य वै । ददाह बलवद्भीतश् चित्रभानुः स हैहयः । यं लेभे वरुणः पुत्रं पुरा भास्वन्तम् उत्तमम् । वसिष्ठं नाम स मुनिः ख्यात आपव इत्य् उत । यत्रापवस् तु तं क्रोधाच् छप्तवान् अर्जुनं विभुः
na nūnaṃ kārtavīryasya gatiṃ yāsyanti pārthivāḥ yajñair dānais tapobhir vā vikrameṇa śrutena vā // HV_23.149 pañcāśītisahasrāṇi avyāhatabalaḥ samāḥ | akarod arjuno rājyaṃ hariṃ caivānvahaṃ smaran | anaṣṭavittasmaraṇe bubhuje 'kṣayyaṣaḍvasu | sa hi saptasu dvīpeṣu khaḍgī carmī śarāsanī rathī dvīpān anucaran yogī saṃdṛśyate nṛbhiḥ // HV_23.150 anaṣṭadravyatā caiva na śoko na ca vibhramaḥ | prabhāveṇa mahārājñaḥ prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ || sa sarvaratnabhāk samrāṭ cakravartī babhūva ha | sa eva paśupālo 'bhūt kṣetrapālaḥ sa eva ca | sa eva vṛṣṭyā parjanyo yogitvād arjuno 'bhavat || sa vai bāhusahasreṇa jyāghātakaṭhinatvacā | bhāti raśmisahasreṇa śaradīva ca bhāskaraḥ || sa hi nāgān manuṣyeṣu māhiṣmatyāṃ mahādyutiḥ | karkoṭakasutāñ jitvā puryāṃ tasyāṃ nyaveśayat || sa vai vegaṃ samudrasya prāvṛṭkāle 'mbujekṣaṇaḥ | krīḍann iva bhujodbhinnaṃ pratisrotaś cakāra ha || luṇṭhitā krīḍatā tena phenasragdāmamālinī | caladūrmisahasreṇa śaṅkitābhyeti narmadā || tasya bāhusahasreṇa kṣubhyamāṇe mahodadhau | bhayān nilīnā niśceṣṭāḥ pātālasthā mahāsurāḥ || cūrṇīkṛtamahāvīciṃ calanmīnamahātimim | mārutāviddhaphenaugham āvartakṣobhaduḥsaham || prāvartayat tadā rājā sahasreṇa ca bāhunā | devāsurasamākṣiptaḥ kṣīrodam iva mandaraḥ || mandarakṣobhacakitā amṛtotpādaśaṅkitāḥ | sahasotpatitā bhītā bhīmaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpottamam || natā niścalamūrdhāno babhūvus te mahoragāḥ | sāyāhne kadalīkhaṇḍaiḥ kampitās tasya vāyunā || sa vai baddhvā dhanur jyābhir utsiktaṃ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ | laṅkeśaṃ mohayitvā tu sabalaṃ rāvaṇaṃ balāt | nirjityaiva samānīya māhiṣmatyāṃ babandha tam || śrutvā tu baddhaṃ paulastyaṃ rāvaṇaṃ tv arjunena tu | tato gatvā pulastyas tam arjunaṃ dadṛśe svayam | mumoca rakṣaḥ paulastyaṃ pulastyenānuyācitaḥ || yasya bāhusahasrasya babhūva jyātalasvanaḥ | yugānte tv ambudasyeva sphuṭato hy aśaner iva || aho bata mṛdhe vīryaṃ bhārgavasya yad acchinat | rājño bāhusahasraṃ tu haimaṃ tālavanaṃ yathā || tṛṣitena kadā cit sa bhikṣitaś citrabhānunā | pañcāśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ vai narādhipaḥ | uvāsa tām anusarann avagāḍhomahārṇavaṃ | cakāroddhatavelāntam akālaprāvṛḍuddhataṃ | sa bhikṣām adadād vīraḥ sapta dvīpān vibhāvasoḥ purāṇigrāmaghoṣāṃś ca viṣayāṃś caiva sarvaśaḥ | jajvāla tasya sarvāṇi citrabhānur didhakṣayā || sa tasya puruṣendrasya prabhāveṇa mahātmanaḥ | dadāha kārtavīryasya śailāṃś caiva vanāni ca || sa śūnyam āśramaṃ ramyaṃ varuṇasyātmajasya vai | dadāha balavadbhītaś citrabhānuḥ sa haihayaḥ | yaṃ lebhe varuṇaḥ putraṃ purā bhāsvantam uttamam | vasiṣṭhaṃ nāma sa muniḥ khyāta āpava ity uta | yatrāpavas tu taṃ krodhāc chaptavān arjunaṃ vibhuḥ
"Surely kings will not reach the state of Kārtavīrya, by sacrifices, by gifts, by austerities, by valour or by learning." // For eighty-five thousand years Arjuna, his power unobstructed, exercised kingship, remembering Hari every day; with nothing of his wealth lost in memory, he enjoyed the six imperishable goods. Indeed, in the seven continents, bearing sword, shield, bow and chariot, ranging over the continents, that yogin is seen by men. // There was no loss of property, no grief and no confusion, by the power of that great king who protected his subjects according to dharma. He became a possessor of all jewels, a sovereign, a universal monarch. He himself was the herdsman, and he himself the guardian of the fields; he himself was Parjanya with the rain — by his yogic power Arjuna became (all this). With his thousand arms, their skin hardened by the striking of the bowstring, he shines like the sun in autumn with its thousand rays. And that greatly lustrous one, having conquered the nāgas, the sons of Karkoṭaka, settled them among men in the city of Māhiṣmatī. In the rainy season the lotus-eyed one, as if at play, made the current of the ocean, cleft by his arms, run backwards. Churned about by him at play, wreathed with garlands of foam, with a thousand moving waves the Narmadā comes on as if alarmed. When the great ocean was agitated by his thousand arms, the great asuras dwelling in Pātāla lay hidden, motionless, from fear. Then the king with his thousand arms set it whirling — its great waves ground to powder, its fishes and great sea-monsters tossing, its masses of foam driven by the wind, unendurable with the turmoil of its whirlpools — as Mandara, whirled by gods and asuras, set the milk-ocean churning. Startled as though by the churning of Mandara, suspecting the production of nectar, those great serpents flew up suddenly in fear; and seeing that terrible best of kings they bowed down with heads unmoving, like plantain groves shaken at evening by the wind of him. Having strung his bow with bowstrings, he stupefied with five arrows the arrogant lord of Laṅkā, Rāvaṇa, together with his army, and having conquered him by force he brought him to Māhiṣmatī and bound him. But hearing that the son of Pulastya, Rāvaṇa, had been bound by Arjuna, Pulastya then went and himself saw that Arjuna; entreated by Pulastya, he released the rākṣasa, Pulastya's descendant. The sound of the bowstring on the palms of his thousand arms was like a raincloud at the end of an age, like a bursting thunderbolt. Ah, alas, the might of Bhārgava in battle, that he cut off the king's thousand arms as one cuts a golden grove of palms! Once he was begged by the hungry Citrabhānu (Fire). For eighty-five thousand years indeed that lord of men dwelt following her, having plunged into the great ocean; he made its shoreline heave up, swollen as in an untimely rainy season. The hero gave the seven continents as alms to Vibhāvasu (Fire), and cities, villages, cattle-stations and territories altogether; Citrabhānu blazed up over all of them in his desire to burn. By the power of that great-souled lord of men, of Kārtavīrya, he burned the mountains and the forests too. Greatly afraid, that Citrabhānu, together with the Haihaya, burned the empty, delightful hermitage of the son of Varuṇa — the son whom Varuṇa formerly obtained, radiant and excellent, the sage named Vasiṣṭha, known also as Āpava — whereupon the mighty Āpava in anger cursed that Arjuna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.153
यस्मान् न वर्जितम् इदं वनं ते मम हेहय तस्मात् ते दुष्करं कर्म कृतम् अन्यो हरिष्यति अर्जुनो नाम कौरव्यः पाण्डवः कुन्तिनन्दनः ॥ ह्व्_२३।१५२ रामो नाममहाबाहुर् जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् । छित्त्वा बाहुसहस्रं ते प्रमथ्य तरसा बली तपस्वी ब्राह्मणश् च त्वां हनिष्यति स भार्गवः
yasmān na varjitam idaṃ vanaṃ te mama hehaya tasmāt te duṣkaraṃ karma kṛtam anyo hariṣyati arjuno nāma kauravyaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ kuntinandanaḥ // HV_23.152 rāmo nāmamahābāhur jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān | chittvā bāhusahasraṃ te pramathya tarasā balī tapasvī brāhmaṇaś ca tvāṃ haniṣyati sa bhārgavaḥ
"Since this forest of mine was not spared by you, O Haihaya, therefore another will take away the hard deed you have done — Arjuna by name, of the Kuru line, a Pāṇḍava, son of Kuntī. // A mighty-armed and majestic one named Rāma, son of Jamadagni, strong, an ascetic and a brahmin — that Bhārgava, cutting off your thousand arms and crushing you swiftly, will slay you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.154
अनष्टद्रव्यता यस्य बभूवामित्रकर्शन प्रभावेण नरेन्द्रस्य प्रजा धर्मेण रक्षतः
anaṣṭadravyatā yasya babhūvāmitrakarśana prabhāveṇa narendrasya prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ
By whose power, that lord of men protecting his subjects according to dharma, there was no loss of property, O crusher of foes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.155
रामात् ततो ऽस्य मृत्युर् वै तस्य शापान् महामुनेः वरश् चैष हि कौरव्य स्वयम् एव वृतः पुरा
rāmāt tato 'sya mṛtyur vai tasya śāpān mahāmuneḥ varaś caiṣa hi kauravya svayam eva vṛtaḥ purā
His death, then, came from Rāma, through the curse of that great sage; and this boon, O Kaurava, had itself been chosen by him formerly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.156
तस्य पुत्रशतस्यासन् पञ्च शेषा महात्मनः कृतास्त्रा बलिनः शूरा धर्मात्मानो यशस्विनः
tasya putraśatasyāsan pañca śeṣā mahātmanaḥ kṛtāstrā balinaḥ śūrā dharmātmāno yaśasvinaḥ
Of that great-souled one's hundred sons five were left: trained in weapons, strong, heroic, righteous in soul, and famed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.157
शूरसेनश् च शूरश् च धृष्टोक्तः कृष्ण एव च जयध्वजश् च नाम्नासीद् आवन्त्यो नृपतिर् महान् कार्तवीर्यस्य तनया वीर्यवन्तो महारथाः
śūrasenaś ca śūraś ca dhṛṣṭoktaḥ kṛṣṇa eva ca jayadhvajaś ca nāmnāsīd āvantyo nṛpatir mahān kārtavīryasya tanayā vīryavanto mahārathāḥ
Śūrasena and Śūra, Dhṛṣṭokta and Kṛṣṇa, and one named Jayadhvaja, who was the great king of Avanti — these were the sons of Kārtavīrya, valorous great chariot-warriors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.158
जयध्वजस्य पुत्रस् तु तालजङ्घो महाबलः तस्य पुत्राः शताख्यास् तु तालजङ्घा इति श्रुताः
jayadhvajasya putras tu tālajaṅgho mahābalaḥ tasya putrāḥ śatākhyās tu tālajaṅghā iti śrutāḥ
Jayadhvaja's son was Tālajaṅgha, of great strength; his sons are known as the hundred called the Tālajaṅghas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.159
तेषां कुले महाराज हेहयानां महात्मनाम् वीतिहोत्राः सुजाताश् च भोजाश् चावन्तयस् तथा
teṣāṃ kule mahārāja hehayānāṃ mahātmanām vītihotrāḥ sujātāś ca bhojāś cāvantayas tathā
In their line, O great king, of the great-souled Haihayas, were the Vītihotras, the Sujātas, the Bhojas and the Avantis,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.160
तौण्डिकेरा इति ख्यातास् तालजङ्घास् तथैव च भरताश् च सुजाताश् च बहुत्वान् नानुकीर्तिताः
tauṇḍikerā iti khyātās tālajaṅghās tathaiva ca bharatāś ca sujātāś ca bahutvān nānukīrtitāḥ
and those known as the Tauṇḍikeras, and likewise the Tālajaṅghas; and the Bharatas and the Sujātas are not enumerated, because of their great number.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.161
वृषप्रभृतयो राजन् यादवाः पुण्यकर्मिणः वृषो वंशधरस् तत्र तस्य पुत्रो ऽभवन् मधुः मधोः पुत्रशतं त्व् आसीद् वृषणस् तस्य वंशभाक्
vṛṣaprabhṛtayo rājan yādavāḥ puṇyakarmiṇaḥ vṛṣo vaṃśadharas tatra tasya putro 'bhavan madhuḥ madhoḥ putraśataṃ tv āsīd vṛṣaṇas tasya vaṃśabhāk
Vṛṣa and the rest, O king, were Yādavas of meritorious deeds. There Vṛṣa was the upholder of the line; his son was Madhu. Madhu had a hundred sons, and Vṛṣaṇa was the one who carried on his line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.164
वृषणाद् वृष्णयः सर्वे मधोस् तु माधवाः स्मृताः यादवा यदुना चाग्रे निरुच्यन्ते च हेहयाः ॥ ह्व्_२३।१६२ शूराश् च शूरवीराश् च शूरसेनास् तथानघ ॥ शूरसेन इति ख्यातस् तस्य देशो महात्मनः । न तस्य वित्तनाशः स्यान् नष्टं प्रतिलभेच् च सः कार्तवीर्यस्य यो जन्म कथयेद् इह नित्यशः ॥ ह्व्_२३।१६३ वित्तवांश् च भवेच् चैव धर्मश्चैव विवर्धते । यथा सृष्टिर् यदोर् जाता तथा स्वर्गे महीयते । किमर्थं तद् वनं दग्धम् आपवस्य महात्मनः । कार्तवीर्येण विक्रम्य तन् मे ब्रूहि प्रपृच्छतः ॥ रक्षिता स हि राजर्षिः प्रजानाम् इति नः श्रुतम् । कथं स रक्षिता भूत्वा नाशयाम् आस तद्वनम् ॥ आदित्यो विप्ररूपेण कार्तवीर्यम् उपस्थितः । तृप्तिम् एकाम् प्रयच्छस्व आदित्यो ऽहम् उपस्थितः ॥ भगवन् केन तृप्तिस् ते भवेद् ब्रूहि विभावसो । कीदृशं भोजनं दद्मि श्रुत्वा ते विदधाम्य् अहम् ॥ स्थावरं देहि मे सर्वम् आहारं वदतां वर । तेन तृप्सिर् भवेन् मह्यं तेन तुष्टिश् च पार्थिव ॥ न शक्यं स्थावरं सर्वं तेजसा मानुषेण तु । निर्दग्धुं तपतां श्रेष्ठ त्वाम् एव प्रणमाम्य् अहम् ॥ तुष्टस् ते ऽहं शरान् दद्मि चाक्षयान् सर्वतोमुखान् । ये [प्र]क्षिप्ताः संज्वलन्ति मम तेजःसमन्विताः ॥ आविष्टस् तेजसा मे ऽद्य स्थावरं शोषयिष्यसि । शुष्कं भस्म करिष्यामि तेन तृप्तिर् नराधिप ॥ ततः शरांस् तदादित्यो अर्जुनाय तदा ददौ । ततः स प्राच्यम् अदहत् स्थावरं सर्वम् एव तत् ॥ आश्रमान् अथ ग्रामांश् च घोषांश् च नगराण्य् अपि । तपोवनानि रम्याणि वनान्य् उपवनानि च ॥ एवं स प्राच्यम् अदहत् ततः सर्वं प्रदक्षिणम् । निर्वृक्षा निस्तृणा भूमिर् दग्धा सा योगतेजसा ॥ एतस्मिन्न् एव काले तु आपवो जलम् आश्रितः । दश वर्षसहस्राणि जलवासी महान् ऋषिः ॥ पूर्णे व्रते महातेजा उदतिष्ठन् महान् ऋषिः । क्रोधाच् छशाप राजर्षिं कीर्तितं वै यथा मया । एते ययातिपुत्राणां पञ्च वंशा विशां पते कीर्तिता लोकवीराणां ये लोकान् धारयन्ति वै भूतानीव महाराज पञ्च स्थावरजङ्गमम्
vṛṣaṇād vṛṣṇayaḥ sarve madhos tu mādhavāḥ smṛtāḥ yādavā yadunā cāgre nirucyante ca hehayāḥ // HV_23.162 śūrāś ca śūravīrāś ca śūrasenās tathānagha || śūrasena iti khyātas tasya deśo mahātmanaḥ | na tasya vittanāśaḥ syān naṣṭaṃ pratilabhec ca saḥ kārtavīryasya yo janma kathayed iha nityaśaḥ // HV_23.163 vittavāṃś ca bhavec caiva dharmaścaiva vivardhate | yathā sṛṣṭir yador jātā tathā svarge mahīyate | kimarthaṃ tad vanaṃ dagdham āpavasya mahātmanaḥ | kārtavīryeṇa vikramya tan me brūhi prapṛcchataḥ || rakṣitā sa hi rājarṣiḥ prajānām iti naḥ śrutam | kathaṃ sa rakṣitā bhūtvā nāśayām āsa tadvanam || ādityo viprarūpeṇa kārtavīryam upasthitaḥ | tṛptim ekām prayacchasva ādityo 'ham upasthitaḥ || bhagavan kena tṛptis te bhaved brūhi vibhāvaso | kīdṛśaṃ bhojanaṃ dadmi śrutvā te vidadhāmy aham || sthāvaraṃ dehi me sarvam āhāraṃ vadatāṃ vara | tena tṛpsir bhaven mahyaṃ tena tuṣṭiś ca pārthiva || na śakyaṃ sthāvaraṃ sarvaṃ tejasā mānuṣeṇa tu | nirdagdhuṃ tapatāṃ śreṣṭha tvām eva praṇamāmy aham || tuṣṭas te 'haṃ śarān dadmi cākṣayān sarvatomukhān | ye [pra]kṣiptāḥ saṃjvalanti mama tejaḥsamanvitāḥ || āviṣṭas tejasā me 'dya sthāvaraṃ śoṣayiṣyasi | śuṣkaṃ bhasma kariṣyāmi tena tṛptir narādhipa || tataḥ śarāṃs tadādityo arjunāya tadā dadau | tataḥ sa prācyam adahat sthāvaraṃ sarvam eva tat || āśramān atha grāmāṃś ca ghoṣāṃś ca nagarāṇy api | tapovanāni ramyāṇi vanāny upavanāni ca || evaṃ sa prācyam adahat tataḥ sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam | nirvṛkṣā nistṛṇā bhūmir dagdhā sā yogatejasā || etasminn eva kāle tu āpavo jalam āśritaḥ | daśa varṣasahasrāṇi jalavāsī mahān ṛṣiḥ || pūrṇe vrate mahātejā udatiṣṭhan mahān ṛṣiḥ | krodhāc chaśāpa rājarṣiṃ kīrtitaṃ vai yathā mayā | ete yayātiputrāṇāṃ pañca vaṃśā viśāṃ pate kīrtitā lokavīrāṇāṃ ye lokān dhārayanti vai bhūtānīva mahārāja pañca sthāvarajaṅgamam
From Vṛṣaṇa (came) all the Vṛṣṇis, and from Madhu the Mādhavas are reckoned; from Yadu they are called Yādavas foremost, and the Haihayas are (so) designated. And the Śūras and the Śūravīras and the Śūrasenas, O faultless one. The country of that great-souled one is renowned as Śūrasena. He would suffer no loss of wealth, and he would recover what is lost, whoever here recounts continually the birth of Kārtavīrya; he becomes wealthy, and his merit increases; as the offspring of Yadu came to be, so is he honoured in heaven. — For what reason was that forest of the great-souled Āpava burnt, assailed by Kārtavīrya? Tell me that, who ask you. For that royal sage was a protector of the people, so we have heard; how, being a protector, did he destroy that forest? — The Sun, in the form of a brahmin, approached Kārtavīrya: "Grant me one satisfaction; I am the Sun, come (to you)." "Lord, by what would your satisfaction come about? Tell me, O Vibhāvasu; what sort of food shall I give? Hearing it, I shall provide it." "Give me all that is immobile as my food, O best of speakers; by that my satiety would come about, and by that my contentment, O king." "It is not possible with human energy to burn up all that is immobile, O best of the glowing ones; I bow to you alone." "I am pleased with you; I give you inexhaustible arrows pointing in every direction, which, when shot, blaze up, being filled with my energy. Pervaded today by my energy, you will dry up what is immobile; I shall make the dried thing ashes — by that (comes) my satisfaction, O lord of men." Then the Sun gave those arrows to Arjuna; then he burnt the eastern (region), all that was immobile there: hermitages, and villages, and cowherd stations, and cities too, pleasant penance-groves, forests and parks. Thus he burnt the east, and then all (the rest) in clockwise order; that earth was burnt by his yoga-energy, treeless and grassless. At just this time Āpava had betaken himself to the water; for ten thousand years the great sage was a dweller in water. When the vow was completed the great sage of great energy rose up; in anger he cursed the royal sage, as has been recounted by me. These five lineages of Yayāti's sons, O lord of peoples, have been recounted, (lineages) of world-heroes who indeed uphold the worlds, as the five elements, O great king, (uphold) what is immobile and what moves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.165
श्रुत्वा पञ्चविसर्गं तु राजा धर्मार्थकोविदः वशी भवति पञ्चानाम् आत्मजानां तथेश्वरः
śrutvā pañcavisargaṃ tu rājā dharmārthakovidaḥ vaśī bhavati pañcānām ātmajānāṃ tatheśvaraḥ
Having heard the five-fold emanation, a king who is versed in dharma and artha becomes self-controlled, and likewise master of five sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 23.167
लभेत् पञ्च वरांश् चैष दुर्लभान् इह लौकिकान् आयुः कीर्तिं धनं पुत्रान् ऐश्वर्यं भूय एव च धारणाच् छ्रवणाच् चैव पञ्चवर्गस्य भारत ॥ ह्व्_२३।१६६ लोभते मनुजः श्रैष्ठ्यं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । क्रोष्टोस् तु शृणु राजेन्द्र वंशम् उत्तमपूरुषम् यदोर् वंशधरस्येह यज्वनः पुण्यकर्मणः
labhet pañca varāṃś caiṣa durlabhān iha laukikān āyuḥ kīrtiṃ dhanaṃ putrān aiśvaryaṃ bhūya eva ca dhāraṇāc chravaṇāc caiva pañcavargasya bhārata // HV_23.166 lobhate manujaḥ śraiṣṭhyaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | kroṣṭos tu śṛṇu rājendra vaṃśam uttamapūruṣam yador vaṃśadharasyeha yajvanaḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
And he would obtain the five boons here that are hard to win in the world: long life, fame, wealth, sons, and sovereignty besides. From retaining and from hearing the group of five, O Bhārata, a man attains preeminence and is released from all sins. But hear, O lord of kings, the lineage of Kroṣṭu, (a lineage) of the highest men — of Yadu's lineage-bearer here, a sacrificer of meritorious deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 23.168
क्रोष्टोर् हि वंशं श्रुत्वेमं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते यस्यान्ववायजो विष्णुर् हरिर् वृष्णिकुलप्रभुः
kroṣṭor hi vaṃśaṃ śrutvemaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate yasyānvavāyajo viṣṇur harir vṛṣṇikulaprabhuḥ
For, having heard this lineage of Kroṣṭu, one is released from all sins — in whose line was born Viṣṇu, Hari, the lord of the Vṛṣṇi clan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition