Harivamsha — Chapter 24
HV 24.1
गान्धारी चैव माद्री च क्रोष्टोर् भार्ये बभूवतुः गान्धारी जनयाम् आस अनमित्रं महाबलम्
gāndhārī caiva mādrī ca kroṣṭor bhārye babhūvatuḥ gāndhārī janayām āsa anamitraṃ mahābalam
Gāndhārī and Mādrī were the two wives of Kroṣṭu. Gāndhārī gave birth to Anamitra of great strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 24.2
माद्री युधाजितं पुत्रं ततो वै देवमीढुषम् तेषां वंशस् त्रिधा भूतो वृष्णीनां कुलवर्धनः
mādrī yudhājitaṃ putraṃ tato vai devamīḍhuṣam teṣāṃ vaṃśas tridhā bhūto vṛṣṇīnāṃ kulavardhanaḥ
Mādrī (bore) a son Yudhājit, and then Devamīḍhuṣ. Their lineage became threefold, increasing the clan of the Vṛṣṇis.
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HV 24.3
माद्र्याः पुत्रौ तु जज्ञाते श्रुतौ वृष्ण्यन्धकाव् उभौ जज्ञाते तनयौ वृष्णेः श्वफल्कश् चित्रकस् तथा
mādryāḥ putrau tu jajñāte śrutau vṛṣṇyandhakāv ubhau jajñāte tanayau vṛṣṇeḥ śvaphalkaś citrakas tathā
But two sons of Mādrī were born, both renowned, Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka; and to Vṛṣṇi two sons were born, Śvaphalka and Citraka.
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HV 24.4
श्वफल्कस् तु महाराज धर्मात्मा यत्र वर्तते नास्ति व्याधिभयं तत्र नावर्षभयम् अप्युत
śvaphalkas tu mahārāja dharmātmā yatra vartate nāsti vyādhibhayaṃ tatra nāvarṣabhayam apyuta
But Śvaphalka, O great king, was righteous-souled: where he dwells, there is no fear of disease there, nor indeed fear of drought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 24.5
कदा चित् काशिराजस्य विभोर् भरतसत्तम त्रीणि वर्षाणि विषये नावर्षत् पाकशासनः
kadā cit kāśirājasya vibhor bharatasattama trīṇi varṣāṇi viṣaye nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ
Once, O best of the Bhāratas, in the realm of Vibhu, king of Kāśi, the chastiser of Pāka (Indra) did not rain for three years.
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HV 24.7
स तत्र वासयाम् आस श्वफल्कं परमार्चितम् श्वफल्कपरिवर्ते च ववर्ष हरिवाहनः ॥ ह्व्_२४।६ सा मातुर् उदरस्था तु बहून्वर्षगणान् किल । निवसन्ती न वै जज्ञे गर्भस्थां तां पिताब्रवीत् ॥ जायस्व शीघ्रं भद्रं ते किमर्थम् इह तिष्ठसि । प्रोवाच चैनं गर्भस्था कन्या गां च दिने दिने ॥ यदि दद्यां ततो ऽद्याहं जाययिष्यामि तां पिता । तथेत्य् उवाच तं चास्याः पिता कामम् अपूरयत् । श्वफल्कः काशिराजस्य सुतां भार्याम् अविन्दत गान्दिनीं नाम सा गां तु ददौ विप्रेषु नित्यशः
sa tatra vāsayām āsa śvaphalkaṃ paramārcitam śvaphalkaparivarte ca vavarṣa harivāhanaḥ // HV_24.6 sā mātur udarasthā tu bahūnvarṣagaṇān kila | nivasantī na vai jajñe garbhasthāṃ tāṃ pitābravīt || jāyasva śīghraṃ bhadraṃ te kimartham iha tiṣṭhasi | provāca cainaṃ garbhasthā kanyā gāṃ ca dine dine || yadi dadyāṃ tato 'dyāhaṃ jāyayiṣyāmi tāṃ pitā | tathety uvāca taṃ cāsyāḥ pitā kāmam apūrayat | śvaphalkaḥ kāśirājasya sutāṃ bhāryām avindata gāndinīṃ nāma sā gāṃ tu dadau vipreṣu nityaśaḥ
He settled Śvaphalka there, honouring him greatly, and in the circuit around Śvaphalka the bearer of bay horses rained. But she, remaining in her mother's womb, dwelling there for many years, was not born; her father said to her as she stayed in the womb: "Be born quickly, blessings on you; for what purpose do you stay in there?" And the girl in the womb said to him, "a cow, day by day: if I may give it, then I shall be born today." Her father said "So be it," and fulfilled her wish. Śvaphalka obtained as wife the daughter of the king of Kāśi, Gāndinī by name; and she gave a cow to brahmins every day.
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HV 24.8
दाता यज्वा च धीरश् च श्रुतवान् अतिथिप्रियः अक्रूरः सुषुवे तस्माच् छ्वफल्काद् भूरिदक्षिणः
dātā yajvā ca dhīraś ca śrutavān atithipriyaḥ akrūraḥ suṣuve tasmāc chvaphalkād bhūridakṣiṇaḥ
A giver, a sacrificer, steadfast, learned, fond of guests — Akrūra, bestower of abundant gifts, was begotten from that Śvaphalka.
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HV 24.9
उपमद्गुस् तथा मद्गुर् मृदरश् चारिमेजयः अरिक्षेपस् तथोपेक्षः शत्रुघ्नो ऽथारिमर्दनः
upamadgus tathā madgur mṛdaraś cārimejayaḥ arikṣepas tathopekṣaḥ śatrughno 'thārimardanaḥ
Upamadgu, and Madgu, Mṛdara, and Arimejaya, Arikṣepa, and Upekṣa, Śatrughna, and then Arimardana,
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HV 24.11
चर्मभृद् युधिवर्मा च गृध्रमोजास् तथान्तकः आवाहप्रतिवाहौ च सुन्दरा च वराङ्गना ॥ ह्व्_२४।१० विश्रुता साम्बमहिषी कन्या चास्यपुनर्नवा । रूपयौवनसंपन्ना सर्वभूतमनोहरा ॥ अक्रूरात् काशिकन्यायां सत्यकेतुर् अजायत । अक्रूरेणौग्रसेन्यां तु सुगात्र्यां कुरुनन्दन प्रसेनश् चोपदेवश् च जज्ञाते देववर्चसौ
carmabhṛd yudhivarmā ca gṛdhramojās tathāntakaḥ āvāhaprativāhau ca sundarā ca varāṅganā // HV_24.10 viśrutā sāmbamahiṣī kanyā cāsyapunarnavā | rūpayauvanasaṃpannā sarvabhūtamanoharā || akrūrāt kāśikanyāyāṃ satyaketur ajāyata | akrūreṇaugrasenyāṃ tu sugātryāṃ kurunandana prasenaś copadevaś ca jajñāte devavarcasau
Carmabhṛt and Yudhivarmā, Gṛdhramojas and Antaka, and Āvāha and Prativāha, and Sundarā, a woman of fine limbs, renowned as Sāmba's chief queen; and his daughter Punarnavā, endowed with beauty and youth, captivating to all beings. From Akrūra, in the Kāśi princess, Satyaketu was born; and by Akrūra in Sugātrī, Ugrasena's daughter, O joy of the Kurus, Prasena and Upadeva were born, of godlike splendour.
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HV 24.12
चित्रकस्याभवन् पुत्राः पृथुर् विपृथुर् एव च अश्वग्रीवो ऽश्वबाहुश् च सुपार्श्वकगवेषणौ
citrakasyābhavan putrāḥ pṛthur vipṛthur eva ca aśvagrīvo 'śvabāhuś ca supārśvakagaveṣaṇau
Citraka's sons were Pṛthu and Vipṛthu, Aśvagrīva and Aśvabāhu, Supārśvaka and Gaveṣaṇa,
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HV 24.13
अरिष्टनेमिर् अश्वश् च सुधर्मा धर्मभृत् तथा सुबाहुर् बहुबाहुश् च श्रविष्ठाश्रवणे स्त्रियौ
ariṣṭanemir aśvaś ca sudharmā dharmabhṛt tathā subāhur bahubāhuś ca śraviṣṭhāśravaṇe striyau
Ariṣṭanemi and Aśva, Sudharmā and Dharmabhṛt, Subāhu and Bahubāhu, and two women, Śraviṣṭhā and Śravaṇā.
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HV 24.14
अश्मक्यां जनयाम् आस शूरं वै देवमीढुषम् महिष्यां जज्ञिरे शूराद् भोज्यायां पुरुषा दश
aśmakyāṃ janayām āsa śūraṃ vai devamīḍhuṣam mahiṣyāṃ jajñire śūrād bhojyāyāṃ puruṣā daśa
(Devamīḍhuṣ) begot Śūra in Aśmakī; and to Śūra ten men were born by his chief queen Bhojyā.
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HV 24.15
वसुदेवो महाबाहुः पूर्वम् आनकदुन्दुभिः जज्ञे यस्य प्रसूतस्य दुन्दुभ्यः प्राणदन् दिवि
vasudevo mahābāhuḥ pūrvam ānakadundubhiḥ jajñe yasya prasūtasya dundubhyaḥ prāṇadan divi
Vasudeva of mighty arms, formerly (called) Ānakadundubhi, was born — at whose birth drums sounded in heaven.
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HV 24.16
आनकानां च संह्रादः सुमहान् अभवद् दिवि पपात पुष्पवर्षं च शूरस्य भवने महत्
ānakānāṃ ca saṃhrādaḥ sumahān abhavad divi papāta puṣpavarṣaṃ ca śūrasya bhavane mahat
And a very great din of ānaka drums arose in heaven, and a great rain of flowers fell in Śūra's house.
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HV 24.17
मनुष्यलोके कृत्स्ने ऽपि रूपे नास्ति समो भुवि यस्यासीत् पुरुषाग्र्यस्य कान्तिश् चन्द्रमसो यथा
manuṣyaloke kṛtsne 'pi rūpe nāsti samo bhuvi yasyāsīt puruṣāgryasya kāntiś candramaso yathā
In the whole world of men there is none on earth equal in beauty to that foremost of men, whose loveliness was like the moon's.
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HV 24.18
देवभागस् ततो जज्ञे ततो देवश्रवाः पुनः अनाधृष्टिः कनवको वत्सवान् अथ गृञ्जिमः
devabhāgas tato jajñe tato devaśravāḥ punaḥ anādhṛṣṭiḥ kanavako vatsavān atha gṛñjimaḥ
Then Devabhāga was born, then again Devaśravas, Anādhṛṣṭi, Kanavaka, Vatsavān, and then Gṛñjima,
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HV 24.21
श्यामः शमीको गण्डूषः पञ्च चास्य वराङ्गनाः पृथुकीर्तिः पृथा चैव श्रुतदेवा श्रुतश्रवा राजाधिदेवी च तथा पञ्चैता वीरमातरः ॥ ह्व्_२४।१९ पृथां दुहितरं वव्रे कुन्तिस् तांकुरुनन्दन । शूरः पूज्याय वृद्धाय कुन्तिभोजाय तां ददौ । तस्मात् कुन्तीति विख्याता कुन्तिभोजात्मजा पृथा । कुन्त्यस्य श्रुतदेवायाम् अगृध्नुः सुषुवे नृपः श्रुतदेव्यां केकयस् तु पञ्च पुत्रान् अकल्मषान् । सुतर्दनपुरोगांस् तु जनयाम् आस भारत ॥ राजाधिदेवी राजेन्द्र पुत्रौ परमधर्मिकौ । विन्दानुविन्दाव् आवन्त्यौ सुषुवे भरतर्षभ । श्रुतश्रवायां चैद्यस् तु शिशुपालो महाबलः ॥ ह्व्_२४।२० यो हतो राजसूये वै कृष्णेन सुमहात्मना । हिरण्यकशिपुर् यो ऽसौ दैत्यराजो ऽभवत् पुरा पृथुकीर्त्यां तु संजज्ञे तनयो वृद्धशर्मणः
śyāmaḥ śamīko gaṇḍūṣaḥ pañca cāsya varāṅganāḥ pṛthukīrtiḥ pṛthā caiva śrutadevā śrutaśravā rājādhidevī ca tathā pañcaitā vīramātaraḥ // HV_24.19 pṛthāṃ duhitaraṃ vavre kuntis tāṃkurunandana | śūraḥ pūjyāya vṛddhāya kuntibhojāya tāṃ dadau | tasmāt kuntīti vikhyātā kuntibhojātmajā pṛthā | kuntyasya śrutadevāyām agṛdhnuḥ suṣuve nṛpaḥ śrutadevyāṃ kekayas tu pañca putrān akalmaṣān | sutardanapurogāṃs tu janayām āsa bhārata || rājādhidevī rājendra putrau paramadharmikau | vindānuvindāv āvantyau suṣuve bharatarṣabha | śrutaśravāyāṃ caidyas tu śiśupālo mahābalaḥ // HV_24.20 yo hato rājasūye vai kṛṣṇena sumahātmanā | hiraṇyakaśipur yo 'sau daityarājo 'bhavat purā pṛthukīrtyāṃ tu saṃjajñe tanayo vṛddhaśarmaṇaḥ
Śyāma, Śamīka, and Gaṇḍūṣa; and he had five fair-limbed daughters: Pṛthukīrti, Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutaśravā, and Rājādhidevī — these five were mothers of heroes. He chose Pṛthā as his daughter — Kuntī (took) her, O joy of the Kurus; Śūra gave her to the honourable elder Kuntibhoja; therefore Pṛthā, the daughter of Kuntibhoja, became known as Kuntī. Kunti, the king, begot Agṛdhnu upon his (wife) Śrutadevā; and Kekaya begot upon Śrutadevī five faultless sons headed by Sutardana, O Bhārata. Rājādhidevī, O lord of kings, bore two supremely righteous sons, Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, O bull of the Bharatas; and of Śrutaśravā (was born) the Caidya Śiśupāla of great might, who was slain at the Rājasūya by the greatly exalted Kṛṣṇa, and who formerly was that Hiraṇyakaśipu, king of the Daityas. And upon Pṛthukīrti was born a son of Vṛddhaśarman —
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HV 24.22
करूषाधिपतेर् वीरो दन्तवक्त्रो महाबलः पृथां दुहितरं चक्रे कौन्त्यस् तां पाण्डुर् आवहत्
karūṣādhipater vīro dantavaktro mahābalaḥ pṛthāṃ duhitaraṃ cakre kauntyas tāṃ pāṇḍur āvahat
the hero Dantavaktra of great might, lord of Karūṣa. He (Kuntibhoja) made Pṛthā his daughter; Pāṇḍu married her, the daughter of Kunti.
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HV 24.23
यस्यां स धर्मविद् राजा धर्माद् जज्ञे युधिष्ठिरः भीमसेनस् तथा वाताद् इन्द्राच् चैव धनंजयः लोके ऽप्रतिरथो वीरः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः
yasyāṃ sa dharmavid rājā dharmād jajñe yudhiṣṭhiraḥ bhīmasenas tathā vātād indrāc caiva dhanaṃjayaḥ loke 'pratiratho vīraḥ śakratulyaparākramaḥ
Upon her the king who knew dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira, was born of Dharma; likewise Bhīmasena of the Wind, and Dhanaṃjaya of Indra — a hero with no match in chariot-combat in the world, of prowess equal to Śakra's.
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HV 24.26
अनमित्राच् छनिर् जज्ञे कनिष्ठाद् वृष्णिनन्दनात् शैनेयः सत्यकस् तस्माद् युयुधानस् तु सात्यकिः ॥ ह्व्_२४।२४ असङ्गो युयुधानस्य भूमिस् तस्याभवत्सुतः । भूमेर् युगंधरः पुत्र इति वंशः समाप्यते । उद्धवो देवभागस्य महाभागः सुतो ऽभवत् पण्डितानां परं प्राहुर् देवश्रवसम् उद्धवम् ॥ ह्व्_२४।२५ पण्डितं नाम राजेन्द्र लेभे देवश्रवाःसुतम् । अश्मक्य् अलभतापत्न्यम् अनाधृष्टिं यशस्विनम् निवृत्तशत्रुं शत्रुघ्नं श्रुतदेवा व्यजायत
anamitrāc chanir jajñe kaniṣṭhād vṛṣṇinandanāt śaineyaḥ satyakas tasmād yuyudhānas tu sātyakiḥ // HV_24.24 asaṅgo yuyudhānasya bhūmis tasyābhavatsutaḥ | bhūmer yugaṃdharaḥ putra iti vaṃśaḥ samāpyate | uddhavo devabhāgasya mahābhāgaḥ suto 'bhavat paṇḍitānāṃ paraṃ prāhur devaśravasam uddhavam // HV_24.25 paṇḍitaṃ nāma rājendra lebhe devaśravāḥsutam | aśmaky alabhatāpatnyam anādhṛṣṭiṃ yaśasvinam nivṛttaśatruṃ śatrughnaṃ śrutadevā vyajāyata
From Anamitra, the youngest son of Vṛṣṇi, Śani was born; from him Satyaka the Śaineya, and from him Yuyudhāna the Sātyaki. Yuyudhāna's son was Asaṅga, and his son was Bhūmi; Bhūmi's son was Yugaṃdhara — thus the lineage is concluded. Uddhava, greatly fortunate, was the son of Devabhāga; they call Uddhava, (son) of Devaśravas, the foremost of the learned. Devaśravas obtained a son named Paṇḍita, O lord of kings. Aśmakī obtained (from her) husband the glorious Anādhṛṣṭi; Śrutadevā bore Śatrughna, whose enemies were turned back.
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HV 24.29
श्रुतदेवाप्रजातस् तु नैषादिर् यः परिश्रुतः श्रुतदेवात् तु नैषादिः सो ऽस्माभिर् यःपरिश्रुतः । एकलव्यो महाराज निषादैः परिवर्धितः ॥ ह्व्_२४।२७ वसुदेवस्य वै पुत्रो वासुदेवः प्रतापवान् । वत्सावते त्व् अपुत्राय वसुदेवः प्रतापवान् अद्भिर् ददौ सुतं वीरं शौरिः कौशिकम् औरसम् ॥ ह्व्_२४।२८ ददौ पुत्रं स्वकं शौरिः कुमारममितौजसम् । गण्डूषाय त्व् अपुत्राय विष्वक्सेनो ददौ सुतम् चारुदेष्णं सुचारुं च पञ्चालं कृतलक्षणम्
śrutadevāprajātas tu naiṣādir yaḥ pariśrutaḥ śrutadevāt tu naiṣādiḥ so 'smābhir yaḥpariśrutaḥ | ekalavyo mahārāja niṣādaiḥ parivardhitaḥ // HV_24.27 vasudevasya vai putro vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | vatsāvate tv aputrāya vasudevaḥ pratāpavān adbhir dadau sutaṃ vīraṃ śauriḥ kauśikam aurasam // HV_24.28 dadau putraṃ svakaṃ śauriḥ kumāramamitaujasam | gaṇḍūṣāya tv aputrāya viṣvakseno dadau sutam cārudeṣṇaṃ sucāruṃ ca pañcālaṃ kṛtalakṣaṇam
Born of Śrutadevā was the Naiṣādi who is well known — from Śrutadeva, the Naiṣādi who has been heard of by us: Ekalavya, O great king, reared by the Niṣādas. Vasudeva's son was the mighty Vāsudeva; and the mighty Vasudeva, Śauri, gave with water (in formal gift) his own-born valiant son Kauśika to the childless Vatsāvat — Śauri gave his own son, a youth of measureless energy. And to the childless Gaṇḍūṣa, Viṣvaksena gave (his) sons Cārudeṣṇa, Sucāru, and Pañcāla, marked with (auspicious) signs.
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HV 24.30
असंग्रामेण यो वीरो नावर्तत कदा चन रौक्मिणेयो महाबाहुः कनीयान् भरतर्षभ
asaṃgrāmeṇa yo vīro nāvartata kadā cana raukmiṇeyo mahābāhuḥ kanīyān bharatarṣabha
He, the hero, never returned without a battle — the long-armed son of Rukmiṇī, the younger one, O bull of the Bharatas.
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HV 24.31
वायसानां सहस्राणि यं यान्तं पृष्ठतो ऽन्वयुः चारून् अद्योपयोक्ष्यामश् चारुदेष्णहतान् इति
vāyasānāṃ sahasrāṇi yaṃ yāntaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ cārūn adyopayokṣyāmaś cārudeṣṇahatān iti
Thousands of crows followed behind him as he went, (saying) "Today we shall feed on the dear ones slain by Cārudeṣṇa."
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HV 24.32
तन्त्रिजस् तन्त्रिपालश् च सुतौ कनवकस्य तु वीरश् चाश्वहनुश् चैव वीरौ ताव् अथ गृञ्जिमौ
tantrijas tantripālaś ca sutau kanavakasya tu vīraś cāśvahanuś caiva vīrau tāv atha gṛñjimau
Tantrija and Tantripāla were the two sons of Kanavaka; and Vīra and Aśvahanu — those two heroes were the sons of Gṛñjima.
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HV 24.33
श्यामपुत्रः सुमित्रस् तु शमीको राज्यम् आवहत् जुगुप्समानो भोजत्वाद् राजसूयमवाप सः । अजातशत्रुः शत्रूणां जज्ञे तस्य विनाशनः
śyāmaputraḥ sumitras tu śamīko rājyam āvahat jugupsamāno bhojatvād rājasūyamavāpa saḥ | ajātaśatruḥ śatrūṇāṃ jajñe tasya vināśanaḥ
Sumitra was Śyāma's son; and Śamīka took up the kingship. Disdaining (mere) Bhoja-status, he attained the Rājasūya. His son was born Ajātaśatru, the destroyer of enemies.
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HV 24.34
वसुदेवस्य तु सुतान् कीर्तयिष्याम्य् ताञ् शृणु
vasudevasya tu sutān kīrtayiṣyāmy tāñ śṛṇu
But I shall recount the sons of Vasudeva — hear of them.
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HV 24.35
वृष्णेस् त्रिविधम् एतं तु बहुशाखं महौजसम् प्रकृतानुपयुक्तत्वाद् विस्तरान् नानुकीर्तनम् । धारयन् विपुलं वंशं नानर्थैर् इह युज्यते
vṛṣṇes trividham etaṃ tu bahuśākhaṃ mahaujasam prakṛtānupayuktatvād vistarān nānukīrtanam | dhārayan vipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ nānarthair iha yujyate
This threefold, many-branched, greatly powerful (line) of Vṛṣṇi — because it is not suited to the topic at hand, there is no recounting of it at length. One who upholds a vast lineage is not here beset with misfortunes.
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