Harivamsha — Chapter 27
HV 27.1
सत्वतः सत्त्वसंपन्नान् कौसल्या सुषुवे सुतान् भजिनं भजमानं च दिव्यं देवावृधं नृपम्
satvataḥ sattvasaṃpannān kausalyā suṣuve sutān bhajinaṃ bhajamānaṃ ca divyaṃ devāvṛdhaṃ nṛpam
Kausalyā bore to Satvata sons endowed with strength: Bhajina and Bhajamāna, and the splendid king Devāvṛdha,
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HV 27.2
अन्धकं च महाबाहुं वृष्णिं च यदुनन्दनम् तेषां विसर्गाश् चत्वारो विस्तरेणेह ताङ् शृणु
andhakaṃ ca mahābāhuṃ vṛṣṇiṃ ca yadunandanam teṣāṃ visargāś catvāro vistareṇeha tāṅ śṛṇu
and the mighty-armed Andhaka, and Vṛṣṇi, the delight of the Yadus. Their four lines of descent — hear them here in detail.
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HV 27.3
भजमानस्य सृञ्जय्यौ बाह्यका चोपबाह्यका आस्तां भार्ये तयोस् तस्माज् जज्ञिरे बहवः सुताः
bhajamānasya sṛñjayyau bāhyakā copabāhyakā āstāṃ bhārye tayos tasmāj jajñire bahavaḥ sutāḥ
Bhajamāna had two Sṛñjaya women, Bāhyakā and Upabāhyakā, as his wives; of them, by him, many sons were born.
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HV 27.4
निमिश् च क्रमणश् चैव विष्णुः शूरः पुरंजयः एते बाह्यकसृञ्जय्यां भजमानाद् विजज्ञिरे
nimiś ca kramaṇaś caiva viṣṇuḥ śūraḥ puraṃjayaḥ ete bāhyakasṛñjayyāṃ bhajamānād vijajñire
Nimi, and Kramaṇa, and Viṣṇu, Śūra, Puraṃjaya — these were born of Bhajamāna by the Sṛñjaya woman Bāhyakā.
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HV 27.5
आयुताजित् सहस्राजिच् छताजिच् चाथ दासकः उपबाह्यकसृञ्जय्यां भजमानाद् विजज्ञिरे
āyutājit sahasrājic chatājic cātha dāsakaḥ upabāhyakasṛñjayyāṃ bhajamānād vijajñire
Ayutājit, Sahasrājit, Śatājit, and Dāsaka were born of Bhajamāna by the Sṛñjaya woman Upabāhyakā.
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HV 27.6
यज्वा देवावृधो राजा चचार विपुलं तपः पुत्रः सर्वगुणोपेतो मम स्याद् इति निश्चितः
yajvā devāvṛdho rājā cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ putraḥ sarvaguṇopeto mama syād iti niścitaḥ
King Devāvṛdha, a performer of sacrifices, practised vast austerity, resolved: "May I have a son endowed with every quality."
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HV 27.7
संयुज्यात्मानम् एवं स पर्णाशाया जलं स्पृशन् सदोपस्पृशतस् तस्य चकार प्रियम् आपगा
saṃyujyātmānam evaṃ sa parṇāśāyā jalaṃ spṛśan sadopaspṛśatas tasya cakāra priyam āpagā
Thus applying himself, he touched the water of the Parṇāśā; and as he constantly touched it, the river did what pleased him.
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HV 27.8
चिन्तयाभिपरीता सा जगामैकविनिश्चयम् कल्याणत्वान् नरपतेस् तस्य सा निम्नगोत्तमा
cintayābhiparītā sā jagāmaikaviniścayam kalyāṇatvān narapates tasya sā nimnagottamā
Filled with reflection, that best of streams came to a single resolve, because of the excellence of that king.
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HV 27.9
नाध्यगच्छत तां नारीं यस्याम् एवंविधः सुतः भवेत् सर्वगुणोपेतो राज्ञो देवावृधस्य च । जायेत् तस्मात् स्वयं हन्त भवाम्य् अस्य सहव्रता
nādhyagacchata tāṃ nārīṃ yasyām evaṃvidhaḥ sutaḥ bhavet sarvaguṇopeto rājño devāvṛdhasya ca | jāyet tasmāt svayaṃ hanta bhavāmy asya sahavratā
She did not find that woman in whom such a son might be born, endowed with every quality, to king Devāvṛdha. "Therefore — well then — I myself shall become his partner in this vow, so that (such a son) may be born."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 27.11
अथ भूत्वा कुमारी सा बिभ्रती परमं वपुः वरयाम् आस नृपतिं ताम् इयेष च स प्रभुः ॥ ह्व्_२७।१० तस्याम् आधत्त गर्भं स तेजस्विनमुदारधीः । अथ सा दशमे मासि सुषुवे सरितां वरा पुत्रं सर्वगुणोपेतं बभ्रुं देवावृधान् नृपात्
atha bhūtvā kumārī sā bibhratī paramaṃ vapuḥ varayām āsa nṛpatiṃ tām iyeṣa ca sa prabhuḥ // HV_27.10 tasyām ādhatta garbhaṃ sa tejasvinamudāradhīḥ | atha sā daśame māsi suṣuve saritāṃ varā putraṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ babhruṃ devāvṛdhān nṛpāt
Then, becoming a maiden bearing a surpassing form, she chose the king, and that lord desired her. He, of noble mind, placed in her a fiery embryo. Then in the tenth month that best of rivers bore a son endowed with every quality, Babhru, from king Devāvṛdha.
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HV 27.12
अनुवंशे पुराणज्ञा गायन्तीति परिश्रुतम् गुणान् देवावृधस्याथ कीर्तयन्तो महात्मनः
anuvaṃśe purāṇajñā gāyantīti pariśrutam guṇān devāvṛdhasyātha kīrtayanto mahātmanaḥ
It is heard reported that those who know the ancient lore sing thus in the genealogical supplement, proclaiming the virtues of the great-souled Devāvṛdha:
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HV 27.13
यथैवाग्रे श्रुतं दूराद् अपश्याम तथान्तिकात् बभ्रुः श्रेष्ठो मनुष्याणां देवैर् देवावृधः समः
yathaivāgre śrutaṃ dūrād apaśyāma tathāntikāt babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṃ devair devāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ
"Just as we heard formerly from afar, so have we seen at close hand: Babhru is the best of men, and Devāvṛdha is the equal of the gods."
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HV 27.14
षष्टिश् च षट् च पुरुषाः सहस्राणि च सप्त च एते ऽमृतत्वं संप्राप्ता बभ्रोर् दैवावृधाद् इति
ṣaṣṭiś ca ṣaṭ ca puruṣāḥ sahasrāṇi ca sapta ca ete 'mṛtatvaṃ saṃprāptā babhror daivāvṛdhād iti
"Sixty and six men, and seven thousand — these attained immortality through Babhru and Devāvṛdha."
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HV 27.15
यज्वा दानपतिर् धीमान् ब्रह्मण्यः सुदृढायुधः कीर्तिमांश् च महातेजाः सात्वतानां महारथः । तस्यान्ववायः सुमहान् भोजा ये मार्तिकावताः
yajvā dānapatir dhīmān brahmaṇyaḥ sudṛḍhāyudhaḥ kīrtimāṃś ca mahātejāḥ sātvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ | tasyānvavāyaḥ sumahān bhojā ye mārtikāvatāḥ
(He was) a performer of sacrifices, a lord of gifts, wise, devoted to brahmins, firm in weapons, renowned, of great splendour, a great chariot-warrior among the Sātvatas. His lineage was very great — the Bhojas who dwell at Mārtikāvata.
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HV 27.16
अन्धकात् काश्यदुहिता चतुरो ऽलभतात्मजान् कुकुरं भजमानं च शमिं कम्बलबर्हिषम्
andhakāt kāśyaduhitā caturo 'labhatātmajān kukuraṃ bhajamānaṃ ca śamiṃ kambalabarhiṣam
By Andhaka the daughter of (the king of) Kāśi obtained four sons: Kukura, Bhajamāna, Śami, and Kambalabarhis.
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HV 27.17
कुकुरस्य सुतो धृष्णुर् धृष्णोस् तु तनयस् तथा कपोतरोमा तस्याथ तैत्तिरिस् तनयो ऽभवत् जज्ञे पुनर् वसुस् तस्माद् अभिजित् तु पुनर् वसोः
kukurasya suto dhṛṣṇur dhṛṣṇos tu tanayas tathā kapotaromā tasyātha taittiris tanayo 'bhavat jajñe punar vasus tasmād abhijit tu punar vasoḥ
Kukura's son was Dhṛṣṇu, and Dhṛṣṇu's son was Kapotaroman; then his son was Taittiri; from him was born Punarvasu, and from Punarvasu, Abhijit.
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HV 27.18
तस्य वै पुत्रमिथुनं बभूवाभिजितः किल आहुकश् चाहुकी चैव ख्यातौ ख्यातिमतां वरौ
tasya vai putramithunaṃ babhūvābhijitaḥ kila āhukaś cāhukī caiva khyātau khyātimatāṃ varau
Of him, of Abhijit, there was a pair of children, they say: Āhuka and Āhukī, both renowned, the best of the renowned.
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HV 27.19
इमाश् चोदाहरन्त्य् अत्र गाथाः प्रति तम् आहुकम्
imāś codāharanty atra gāthāḥ prati tam āhukam
And here they recite these verses concerning that Āhuka:
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HV 27.20
श्वेतेन परिवारेण किशोरप्रतिमो महान् अशीतिचर्मणा युक्तो नाहुकः प्रथमं व्रजेत्
śvetena parivāreṇa kiśorapratimo mahān aśīticarmaṇā yukto nāhukaḥ prathamaṃ vrajet
"With a white retinue, great, like a young (steed/colt), accompanied by eighty leather-shields, Āhuka would not march in the front."
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HV 27.21
नापुत्रवान् नाशतदो नासहस्रशतायुधः नाशुद्धकर्मा नायज्वा यो भोजम् अभितो व्रजेत्
nāputravān nāśatado nāsahasraśatāyudhaḥ nāśuddhakarmā nāyajvā yo bhojam abhito vrajet
"No one without a son, no one who does not give a hundred, no one lacking a hundred thousand weapons, no one of impure deeds, no one who does not sacrifice, may go before the Bhoja."
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HV 27.22
पूर्वस्यां दिशि नागानां भोजस्येत्य् अनुमोदनम् सोपासङ्गानुकर्षाणां ध्वजिनां सवरूथिनाम् । रथानां मेघघोषाणां सहस्राणि दशैव तु । रूप्यकाञ्चनकक्ष्याणां सहस्राणि दशापि च
pūrvasyāṃ diśi nāgānāṃ bhojasyety anumodanam sopāsaṅgānukarṣāṇāṃ dhvajināṃ savarūthinām | rathānāṃ meghaghoṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi daśaiva tu | rūpyakāñcanakakṣyāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi daśāpi ca
"In the eastern quarter (there is) approval, saying, 'of the elephants of the Bhoja' — and of chariots with quivers and axle-poles, bearing banners and armour-guards, roaring like clouds, ten thousand indeed; and ten thousand too with girths of silver and gold."
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HV 27.23
तावन्त्य् एव सहस्राणि उत्तरस्यां तथा दिशि आ भूमिपालान् भोजान् स्वान् अतिष्ठन् किंकिणीकिनः
tāvanty eva sahasrāṇi uttarasyāṃ tathā diśi ā bhūmipālān bhojān svān atiṣṭhan kiṃkiṇīkinaḥ
"Just so many thousands also in the northern quarter; adorned with little bells they stood, (extending) up to his own Bhoja land-rulers."
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HV 27.24
आहुकीं चाप्य् अवन्तिभ्यः स्वसारं ददुर् अन्धकाः
āhukīṃ cāpy avantibhyaḥ svasāraṃ dadur andhakāḥ
And the Andhakas gave Āhukī, their sister, to the Avantis.
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HV 27.25
आहुकस्य तु काश्यायां द्वौ पुत्रौ संबभूवतुः देवकश् चोग्रसेनश् च देवगर्भसमाव् उभौ
āhukasya tu kāśyāyāṃ dvau putrau saṃbabhūvatuḥ devakaś cograsenaś ca devagarbhasamāv ubhau
And of Āhuka two sons were born by (his wife) the Kāśi princess: Devaka and Ugrasena, both like children of the gods.
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HV 27.26
देवकस्याभवन् पुत्राश् चत्वारस् त्रिदशोपमाः देववान् उपदेवश् च सुदेवो देवरक्षितः कुमार्यः सप्त चाप्यासन् वसुदेवाय ता ददौ
devakasyābhavan putrāś catvāras tridaśopamāḥ devavān upadevaś ca sudevo devarakṣitaḥ kumāryaḥ sapta cāpyāsan vasudevāya tā dadau
Devaka had four sons, like the Thirty (gods): Devavān, Upadeva, Sudeva, and Devarakṣita; and there were also seven maidens, whom he gave to Vasudeva.
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HV 27.27
देवकी शान्तिदेवा च सुदेवा देवरक्षिता वृकदेव्य् उपदेवी च सुनाम्नी चैव सप्तमी
devakī śāntidevā ca sudevā devarakṣitā vṛkadevy upadevī ca sunāmnī caiva saptamī
Devakī and Śāntidevā, Sudevā, Devarakṣitā, Vṛkadevī and Upadevī, and Sunāmnī the seventh.
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HV 27.28
नवोग्रसेनस्य सुतास् तेषां कंसस् तु पूर्वजः न्यग्रोधश् च सुनामा च कङ्कुशङ्कुसुभूमयः राष्ट्रपालो ऽथ सुतनुर् अनाधृष्टिश् च पुष्टिमान्
navograsenasya sutās teṣāṃ kaṃsas tu pūrvajaḥ nyagrodhaś ca sunāmā ca kaṅkuśaṅkusubhūmayaḥ rāṣṭrapālo 'tha sutanur anādhṛṣṭiś ca puṣṭimān
Ugrasena had nine sons; among them Kaṃsa was the eldest, and Nyagrodha, Sunāmā, Kaṅku, Śaṅku, Subhūmi, then Rāṣṭrapāla, Sutanu, Anādhṛṣṭi, and Puṣṭimān.
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HV 27.29
एषां स्वसारः पञ्चासन् कंसा कंसवती तथा सुतनू राष्ट्रपाली च कङ्का चैव वराङ्गना
eṣāṃ svasāraḥ pañcāsan kaṃsā kaṃsavatī tathā sutanū rāṣṭrapālī ca kaṅkā caiva varāṅganā
They had five sisters: Kaṃsā and Kaṃsavatī, Sutanū and Rāṣṭrapālī, and Kaṅkā, a lovely woman.
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HV 27.30
उग्रसेनः सहापत्यो व्याख्यातः कुकुरोद्भवः
ugrasenaḥ sahāpatyo vyākhyātaḥ kukurodbhavaḥ
Ugrasena, together with his offspring, sprung from Kukura, has (thus) been described.
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HV 27.31
कुकुराणाम् इमं वंशं धारयन्न् अमितौजसाम् आत्मनो विपुलं वंशं प्रजावान् आप्नुते नरः
kukurāṇām imaṃ vaṃśaṃ dhārayann amitaujasām ātmano vipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ prajāvān āpnute naraḥ
A man who holds in mind this lineage of the Kukuras of measureless might obtains offspring and an extensive lineage of his own.
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