Harivamsha — Chapter 3

HV 3.1

इमां हि सृष्टिं दक्षस्य यो विद्यात् सचराचरम् प्रजावान् आयुर् उत्तीर्णः स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥ ह्व्_२।५६ दिव्यान् भोगान् अवाप्नोति रम्भादिस्त्रीभिर् आवृतः । देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् उत्पत्तिं विस्तरेणैव वैशंपायन कीर्तय

imāṃ hi sṛṣṭiṃ dakṣasya yo vidyāt sacarācaram prajāvān āyur uttīrṇaḥ svargaloke mahīyate // HV_2.56 divyān bhogān avāpnoti rambhādistrībhir āvṛtaḥ | devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām utpattiṃ vistareṇaiva vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya

Whoever knows this creation of Dakṣa, with its moving and unmoving (beings), becomes rich in offspring, and when his lifespan is completed he is honoured in the world of heaven. (2.56) He obtains divine enjoyments, surrounded by women like Rambhā. — Recount in full detail, Vaiśaṃpāyana, the origin of the gods, the dānavas, the gandharvas, the serpents and the rākṣasas.

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HV 3.2

प्रजाः सृजेति व्यादिष्टः पूर्वं दक्षः स्वयंभुवा यथा ससर्ज भूतानि तथा शृणु महीपते

prajāḥ sṛjeti vyādiṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā yathā sasarja bhūtāni tathā śṛṇu mahīpate

Hear, O lord of the earth, how Dakṣa, formerly commanded by the Self-existent with the words "beget offspring," created beings.

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HV 3.4

मनसा त्व् एव भूतानि पूर्वम् एवासृजत् प्रभुः ऋषीन् देवान् सगन्धर्वान् असुरान् अथ राक्षसान् ॥ ह्व्_३।३ यक्षभूतपिशाचांश् च वयःपशुमृगांस् तथा । यदास्य यतमानस्य न व्यवर्धन्त वै प्रजाः अपध्याता भगवता महादेवेन धीमता । ततः संचिन्त्य तु पुनः प्रजाहेतोः प्रजापतिः

manasā tv eva bhūtāni pūrvam evāsṛjat prabhuḥ ṛṣīn devān sagandharvān asurān atha rākṣasān // HV_3.3 yakṣabhūtapiśācāṃś ca vayaḥpaśumṛgāṃs tathā | yadāsya yatamānasya na vyavardhanta vai prajāḥ apadhyātā bhagavatā mahādevena dhīmatā | tataḥ saṃcintya tu punaḥ prajāhetoḥ prajāpatiḥ

First indeed the lord created beings by mere thought: seers, gods together with gandharvas, then asuras and rākṣasas, (3.3) and yakṣas, spirits and piśācas, and birds, cattle and wild animals. When, though he strove, his offspring did not increase — being cursed by the wise lord Mahādeva — then the lord of creatures, reflecting again for the sake of offspring...

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HV 3.5

स मैथुनेन धर्मेण सिसृक्षुर् विविधा प्रजाः असिक्नीम् आवहत् पत्नीं वीरणस्य प्रजापतेः सुतां सुतपसा युक्तां महतीं लोकधारणीम्

sa maithunena dharmeṇa sisṛkṣur vividhā prajāḥ asiknīm āvahat patnīṃ vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ sutāṃ sutapasā yuktāṃ mahatīṃ lokadhāraṇīm

He, wishing to create manifold offspring by the law of sexual union, took to wife Asiknī, daughter of the lord of creatures Vīraṇa, endowed with excellent austerity, great, a supporter of the worlds.

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HV 3.6

अथ पुत्रसहस्राणि वैरण्यां पञ्च वीर्यवान् असिक्न्यां जनयाम् आस दक्ष एव प्रजापतिः

atha putrasahasrāṇi vairaṇyāṃ pañca vīryavān asiknyāṃ janayām āsa dakṣa eva prajāpatiḥ

Then the vigorous Dakṣa, lord of creatures, begot upon Vairaṇī, Asiknī, five thousand sons.

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HV 3.7

तांस् तु दृष्ट्वा महाभागान् संविवर्धयिषून् प्रजाः देवर्षिः प्रियसंवादो नारदः प्राब्रवीद् इदम् नाशाय वचनं तेषां शापायैवात्मनस् तथा

tāṃs tu dṛṣṭvā mahābhāgān saṃvivardhayiṣūn prajāḥ devarṣiḥ priyasaṃvādo nāradaḥ prābravīd idam nāśāya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ śāpāyaivātmanas tathā

But seeing those greatly fortunate ones desirous of increasing offspring, the divine seer Nārada, of pleasant converse, spoke this word — for their destruction, and likewise for a curse upon himself.

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HV 3.8

यं कश्यपः सुतवरं परमेष्ठी व्यजीजनत् दक्षस्य वै दुहितरि दक्षशापभयान् मुनिः

yaṃ kaśyapaḥ sutavaraṃ parameṣṭhī vyajījanat dakṣasya vai duhitari dakṣaśāpabhayān muniḥ

He whom Kaśyapa Parameṣṭhin, the sage, begot as an excellent son upon Dakṣa's daughter, out of fear of Dakṣa's curse —

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HV 3.9

पूर्वं स हि समुत्पन्नो नारदः परमेष्ठिनः असिक्न्याम् अथ वैरण्यां भूयो देवर्षिसत्तमः तं भूयो जनयाम् आस पितेव मुनिपुंगवम्

pūrvaṃ sa hi samutpanno nāradaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ asiknyām atha vairaṇyāṃ bhūyo devarṣisattamaḥ taṃ bhūyo janayām āsa piteva munipuṃgavam

For that Nārada, the best of divine seers, had earlier been born of Parameṣṭhin; then he begot him again upon Asiknī, that is Vairaṇī — begot that bull among sages again, like a father.

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HV 3.10

तेन दक्षय पुत्रा वै हर्यश्वा इति विश्रुताः निर्मथ्य नाशिताः सर्वे विधिना च न संशयः

tena dakṣaya putrā vai haryaśvā iti viśrutāḥ nirmathya nāśitāḥ sarve vidhinā ca na saṃśayaḥ

By him Dakṣa's sons, renowned as the Haryaśvas, were all destroyed, churned up (by his words), and by (that) means — there is no doubt of it.

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HV 3.11

तस्योद्यतस् तदा दक्षो नाशायामितविक्रमः ब्रह्मर्षीन् पुरतः कृत्वा याचितः परमेष्ठिना

tasyodyatas tadā dakṣo nāśāyāmitavikramaḥ brahmarṣīn purataḥ kṛtvā yācitaḥ parameṣṭhinā

Then Dakṣa of measureless might, being set upon his destruction, was entreated by Parameṣṭhin, who put the brahman-seers in front (as intercessors).

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HV 3.12

ततो ऽभ्निसंधिं चक्रे वै दक्षस् तु परमेष्ठिना कन्यायां नारदो मह्यं तव पुत्रो भवेद् इति

tato 'bhnisaṃdhiṃ cakre vai dakṣas tu parameṣṭhinā kanyāyāṃ nārado mahyaṃ tava putro bhaved iti

Then Dakṣa made an agreement with Parameṣṭhin: "Let Nārada become your son by my daughter."

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HV 3.13

ततो दक्षः सुतां प्रादात् प्रियां वै परमेष्ठिने स तस्यां नारदो जज्ञे भूयः शापभयाद् ऋषिः

tato dakṣaḥ sutāṃ prādāt priyāṃ vai parameṣṭhine sa tasyāṃ nārado jajñe bhūyaḥ śāpabhayād ṛṣiḥ

Then Dakṣa gave his beloved daughter to Parameṣṭhin, and the seer Nārada was born of her again, out of fear of the curse.

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HV 3.14

कथं प्रणाशिताः पुत्रा नारदेन महर्षिना प्रजापतेर् द्विजश्रेष्ठ श्रोतुम् इच्छामि तत्त्वतः

kathaṃ praṇāśitāḥ putrā nāradena maharṣinā prajāpater dvijaśreṣṭha śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ

How were the sons of the lord of creatures destroyed by the great seer Nārada? Best of the twice-born, I wish to hear it as it truly was.

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HV 3.15

दक्षस्य पुत्रा हर्यश्वा विवर्धयिषवः प्रजाः समागता महावीर्या नारदस् तान् उवाच ह

dakṣasya putrā haryaśvā vivardhayiṣavaḥ prajāḥ samāgatā mahāvīryā nāradas tān uvāca ha

Dakṣa's sons the Haryaśvas, of great vigour, having assembled with the wish to increase offspring — Nārada said to them:

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HV 3.17

बालिशा बत यूयं ये नास्या जानीत वै भुवः प्रमाणं स्रष्टुकामा वै प्रजा प्राचेतसात्मजाः । अन्तर् ऊर्ध्वम् अधश् चैव कथं स्रक्ष्यथ वै प्रजाः ॥ ह्व्_३।१६ वायोर् अनशनं प्राप्य गतास् ते वै पराभवम् । ते तु तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रयाता सर्वतोदिशम् अद्यापि न निवर्तन्ते समुद्रेभ्य इवापगाः

bāliśā bata yūyaṃ ye nāsyā jānīta vai bhuvaḥ pramāṇaṃ sraṣṭukāmā vai prajā prācetasātmajāḥ | antar ūrdhvam adhaś caiva kathaṃ srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ // HV_3.16 vāyor anaśanaṃ prāpya gatās te vai parābhavam | te tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prayātā sarvatodiśam adyāpi na nivartante samudrebhya ivāpagāḥ

"Alas, you are childish, you who, sons of Prācetasa, desiring to create offspring, do not know the extent of this earth — within, above and below: how then will you create offspring?" (3.16) Reaching the fasting (the trackless region) of the wind, they came to ruin. But they, having heard that speech of his, went off in every direction, and to this day do not return, like rivers from the oceans.

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HV 3.18

हर्यश्वेष्व् अथ नष्टेषु दक्षः प्राचेतसः पुनः वैरण्याम् एव पुत्राणां सहस्रम् असृजत् प्रभुः

haryaśveṣv atha naṣṭeṣu dakṣaḥ prācetasaḥ punaḥ vairaṇyām eva putrāṇāṃ sahasram asṛjat prabhuḥ

Then, when the Haryaśvas were lost, the lord Dakṣa Prācetasa again begot a thousand sons upon Vairaṇī.

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HV 3.19

विवर्धयिषवस् ते तु शबलाश्वाः प्रजास् तदा पूर्वोक्तं वचनं तात नारदेनैव चोदिताः

vivardhayiṣavas te tu śabalāśvāḥ prajās tadā pūrvoktaṃ vacanaṃ tāta nāradenaiva coditāḥ

But those Śabalāśvas, wishing to increase progeny, were then urged, dear son, by Nārada himself with the speech spoken before.

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HV 3.22

अन्योन्यम् ऊचुस् ते सर्वे सम्यग् आह महान् ऋषिः भ्रातॄणां पदवी चैव गन्तव्या नात्र संशयः ज्ञात्वा प्रमाणं पृथ्व्याश् च सुखं स्रक्ष्यामहे प्रजाः ॥ ह्व्_३।२० एकाग्रा स्वस्थमनसो यथावद् अनुपूर्वशः । ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण प्रयाताः सर्वतोदिशम् अद्यापि न निवर्तन्ते समुद्रेभ्य इवापगाः ॥ ह्व्_३।२१ नष्टेषु शबलाश्वेषु दक्ष क्रुद्धो ऽब्रवीद् वचः । नारदं नाशम् एहीति गर्भवासं वसेति च । तदाप्रभृति वै भ्राता भ्रातुर् अन्वेषणे नृप प्रयातो नश्यति विभो तन् न कार्यं विपश्यता

anyonyam ūcus te sarve samyag āha mahān ṛṣiḥ bhrātṝṇāṃ padavī caiva gantavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ jñātvā pramāṇaṃ pṛthvyāś ca sukhaṃ srakṣyāmahe prajāḥ // HV_3.20 ekāgrā svasthamanaso yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ | te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa prayātāḥ sarvatodiśam adyāpi na nivartante samudrebhya ivāpagāḥ // HV_3.21 naṣṭeṣu śabalāśveṣu dakṣa kruddho 'bravīd vacaḥ | nāradaṃ nāśam ehīti garbhavāsaṃ vaseti ca | tadāprabhṛti vai bhrātā bhrātur anveṣaṇe nṛpa prayāto naśyati vibho tan na kāryaṃ vipaśyatā

They all said to one another: "The great sage has spoken rightly; the path of our brothers is indeed to be gone, there is no doubt here. Having learned the measure of the earth, we shall bring forth progeny at ease, (3.20) single-minded, calm of mind, in due order as is proper." They too went off by that same road in every direction, and to this day they do not return, like rivers from the oceans. (3.21) When the Śabalāśvas were lost, Dakṣa, angry, spoke a word to Nārada: "Come to destruction, and dwell in a womb!" From that time on, O king, a brother who sets out in search of a brother perishes, O mighty one; therefore one who sees clearly should not do it.

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HV 3.24

तांश् चापि नष्टान् विज्ञाय पुत्रान् दक्षः प्रजापतिः तद्भीत्या नारदं शप्त्वा कन्या एवासृजत् प्रभुः । षष्टिं दक्षो ऽसृजत् कन्या वैरण्याम् इति न श्रुतम् ॥ ह्व्_३।२३ तास् तदा प्रतिजग्राह भार्यार्थे कश्यपः प्रभुः । सोमो धर्मश् च कौरव्य तथैवान्ये महर्षयः । ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश सप्तविंशति सोमाय चतस्रो ऽरिष्टनेमये

tāṃś cāpi naṣṭān vijñāya putrān dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ tadbhītyā nāradaṃ śaptvā kanyā evāsṛjat prabhuḥ | ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo 'sṛjat kanyā vairaṇyām iti na śrutam // HV_3.23 tās tadā pratijagrāha bhāryārthe kaśyapaḥ prabhuḥ | somo dharmaś ca kauravya tathaivānye maharṣayaḥ | dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa saptaviṃśati somāya catasro 'riṣṭanemaye

And when he knew that those sons too were lost, Dakṣa Prajāpati, out of fear of that, having cursed Nārada, the lord created only daughters. Dakṣa begot sixty daughters on Vairaṇī — so it is heard. (3.23) These the lord Kaśyapa then accepted for the sake of wives, and Soma and Dharma, O Kaurava, and likewise other great sages. He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, four to Ariṣṭanemi.

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HV 3.25

द्वे चैव बहुपुत्राय द्वे चैवाङ्गिरसे तथा द्वे भृशाश्वाय विदुषे तासां नामानि मे शृणु

dve caiva bahuputrāya dve caivāṅgirase tathā dve bhṛśāśvāya viduṣe tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu

And two to Bahuputra, and likewise two to Āṅgirasa, and two to the learned Bhṛśāśva. Hear from me their names.

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HV 3.26

अरुन्धती वसुर् जामी लम्बा भानुर् मरुत्वती संकल्पा च मुहूर्ता च साध्या विश्वा च भारत धर्मपत्न्यो दश त्व् एतास् तास्व् अपत्यानि मे शृणु

arundhatī vasur jāmī lambā bhānur marutvatī saṃkalpā ca muhūrtā ca sādhyā viśvā ca bhārata dharmapatnyo daśa tv etās tāsv apatyāni me śṛṇu

Arundhatī, Vasu, Jāmī, Lambā, Bhānu, Marutvatī, Saṃkalpā and Muhūrtā, Sādhyā and Viśvā, O Bhārata — these ten are the wives of Dharma; hear from me the offspring born of them.

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HV 3.27

विश्वेदेवास् तु विश्वायाः साध्या साध्यान् व्यजायत मरुत्वत्यां मरुत्वन्तो वसोस् तु वसवः स्मृताः

viśvedevās tu viśvāyāḥ sādhyā sādhyān vyajāyata marutvatyāṃ marutvanto vasos tu vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ

The Viśvedevas (were born) of Viśvā, Sādhyā gave birth to the Sādhyas; the Marutvats (were born) in Marutvatī, and of Vasu the Vasus are recorded.

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HV 3.28

भानोस् तु भानवस् तात मुहूर्तास् तु मूहूर्तजाः लम्बायाश् चैव घोषो ऽथ नागवीथी च जामिजा

bhānos tu bhānavas tāta muhūrtās tu mūhūrtajāḥ lambāyāś caiva ghoṣo 'tha nāgavīthī ca jāmijā

Of Bhānu, dear son, the Bhānus, and the Muhūrtas are born of Muhūrtā; and of Lambā, Ghoṣa; and Nāgavīthī was born of Jāmī.

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HV 3.30

पृथिवीविषयं सर्वम् अरुन्धत्यां व्यजायत संकल्पायास् तु सर्वात्मा जज्ञे संकल्प एव च ॥ ह्व्_३।२९ नागवीथ्याश् च जामिन्या वृषलम्बा व्यजायत । या राजन् सोमपत्न्यस् तु दक्षः प्राचेतसो ददौ सर्वा नक्षत्रनाम्न्यस् तु ज्योतिषे परिकीर्तिताः

pṛthivīviṣayaṃ sarvam arundhatyāṃ vyajāyata saṃkalpāyās tu sarvātmā jajñe saṃkalpa eva ca // HV_3.29 nāgavīthyāś ca jāminyā vṛṣalambā vyajāyata | yā rājan somapatnyas tu dakṣaḥ prācetaso dadau sarvā nakṣatranāmnyas tu jyotiṣe parikīrtitāḥ

Everything belonging to the sphere of the earth was born of Arundhatī; and of Saṃkalpā was born the all-souled Saṃkalpa himself. (3.29) And of Jāmī's (daughter) Nāgavīthī, Vṛṣalambā was born. Those, O king, who were the wives of Soma, whom Dakṣa Prācetasa gave (him) — all of them, bearing the names of the lunar mansions, are proclaimed in astronomy.

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HV 3.31

ये त्व् अनेके सुरगणा देवा ज्योतिःपुरोगमाः वसवो ऽष्टौ समाख्यातास् तेषां वक्ष्यामि विस्तरम्

ye tv aneke suragaṇā devā jyotiḥpurogamāḥ vasavo 'ṣṭau samākhyātās teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi vistaram

But of the many hosts of gods, the deities headed by the lights, eight are declared to be the Vasus; of them I shall speak in detail.

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HV 3.32

आपो ध्रुवश् च सोमश् च धरश् चैवानिलो ऽनलः प्रत्यूषश् च प्रभसश् च वसवो नामभिः श्रुताः

āpo dhruvaś ca somaś ca dharaś caivānilo 'nalaḥ pratyūṣaś ca prabhasaś ca vasavo nāmabhiḥ śrutāḥ

Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dhara, Anila, Anala, Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa — these are known by name as the Vasus.

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HV 3.33

आपस्य पुत्रो वैतण्ड्यः श्रमः शान्तो मुनिस् तथा ध्रुवस्य पुत्रो भगवान् कालो लोकप्रकालनः

āpasya putro vaitaṇḍyaḥ śramaḥ śānto munis tathā dhruvasya putro bhagavān kālo lokaprakālanaḥ

The son of Āpa is Vaitaṇḍya, and Śrama, Śānta and Muni; the son of Dhruva is the lord Kāla, who drives on the worlds (to their end).

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HV 3.34

सोमस्य भगवान् वर्चा वर्चस्वी येन जायते धरस्य पुत्रो द्रविणो हुतहव्यवहस् तथा मनोहरायाः शिशिरः प्राणो ऽथ रमणस् तथा

somasya bhagavān varcā varcasvī yena jāyate dharasya putro draviṇo hutahavyavahas tathā manoharāyāḥ śiśiraḥ prāṇo 'tha ramaṇas tathā

Of Soma (the son is) the lord Varcas, by whom one is born possessed of splendour; the son of Dhara is Draviṇa, and also Hutahavyavaha; of Manoharā (were born) Śiśira, Prāṇa, and Ramaṇa.

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HV 3.35

अनिलस्य शिवा भार्या यस्याः पुत्रः पुरोजवः अविज्ञातगतिश् चैव द्वौ पुत्राव् अनिलस्य तु

anilasya śivā bhāryā yasyāḥ putraḥ purojavaḥ avijñātagatiś caiva dvau putrāv anilasya tu

Anila's wife is Śivā, whose son is Purojava; and Avijñātagati — these are the two sons of Anila.

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HV 3.37

अग्निपुत्रः कुमारस् तु शरस्तम्बे श्रिया वृतः तस्य शाखो विशाखश् च नैगमेषश् च पृष्ठजः अपत्यं कृत्तिकानां स कार्त्तिकेय इति स्मृतः ॥ ह्व्_३।३६ स्कन्दः सनत्कुमारश् च सृष्टः पादेन तेजसः । प्रत्यूषस्य विदुः पुत्रम् ऋषिं नाम्नाथ देवलम् द्वौ पुत्रौ देवलस्यापि क्षमावन्तौ मनीषिणौ

agniputraḥ kumāras tu śarastambe śriyā vṛtaḥ tasya śākho viśākhaś ca naigameṣaś ca pṛṣṭhajaḥ apatyaṃ kṛttikānāṃ sa kārttikeya iti smṛtaḥ // HV_3.36 skandaḥ sanatkumāraś ca sṛṣṭaḥ pādena tejasaḥ | pratyūṣasya viduḥ putram ṛṣiṃ nāmnātha devalam dvau putrau devalasyāpi kṣamāvantau manīṣiṇau

Agni's son is Kumāra, attended by splendour in a thicket of reeds; his (offspring) are Śākha and Viśākha, and Naigameṣa born from his back. Being the child of the Kṛttikās, he is called Kārttikeya. (3.36) And Skanda and Sanatkumāra were created from a part of (his) fiery energy. They know the son of Pratyūṣa to be the sage named Devala; Devala too had two sons, forbearing and wise.

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HV 3.38

बृहस्पतेस् तु भगिनी वरस्त्री ब्रह्मचारिणी योगसिद्धा जगत् कृत्स्नम् असक्ता विचचार ह

bṛhaspates tu bhaginī varastrī brahmacāriṇī yogasiddhā jagat kṛtsnam asaktā vicacāra ha

But Bṛhaspati's sister, an excellent woman, a celibate, perfected in yoga, wandered unattached over the whole world.

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HV 3.39

प्रभासस्य तु भार्या सा वसूनाम् अष्टमस्य तु विस्वकर्मा महाभागस् तस्यां जज्ञे प्रजापतिः

prabhāsasya tu bhāryā sā vasūnām aṣṭamasya tu visvakarmā mahābhāgas tasyāṃ jajñe prajāpatiḥ

She became the wife of Prabhāsa, the eighth of the Vasus; of her was born the greatly fortunate Viśvakarman, a lord of creatures.

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HV 3.40

कर्ता शिल्पसहस्राणां त्रिदशानां च वर्धकिः भूषणानां च सर्वेषां कर्ता शिल्पवतां वरः

kartā śilpasahasrāṇāṃ tridaśānāṃ ca vardhakiḥ bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kartā śilpavatāṃ varaḥ

(He is) the maker of thousands of crafts, the carpenter of the thirty (gods), and the maker of all ornaments, the best of craftsmen.

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HV 3.42

यः सर्वेषां विमानानी दैवतानां चकार ह मानुषाश् चोपजीवन्ति यस्य शिल्पं महात्मनः ॥ ह्व्_३।४१ सुरभिः कश्यपाद् रुद्रान् एकादश विनिर्ममे । महादेवप्रसादेन तपसा भाविता सती । अजैकपाद् अहिर्बुध्न्यस् त्वष्टा रुद्रश् च वीर्यवान् त्वष्टुश् चैवात्मजः श्रीमान् विश्वरूपो महायशाः

yaḥ sarveṣāṃ vimānānī daivatānāṃ cakāra ha mānuṣāś copajīvanti yasya śilpaṃ mahātmanaḥ // HV_3.41 surabhiḥ kaśyapād rudrān ekādaśa vinirmame | mahādevaprasādena tapasā bhāvitā satī | ajaikapād ahirbudhnyas tvaṣṭā rudraś ca vīryavān tvaṣṭuś caivātmajaḥ śrīmān viśvarūpo mahāyaśāḥ

It was he who made the aerial cars of all the deities, and men live by the craft of that great-souled one. (3.41) Surabhi, being made pregnant by Kaśyapa, brought forth eleven Rudras through the grace of Mahādeva and through her austerity: Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, Tvaṣṭṛ, and the valorous Rudra; and Tvaṣṭṛ's own son was the illustrious, greatly famed Viśvarūpa.

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HV 3.46

हरश् च बहुरूपश् च त्र्यम्बकश् चापराजितः वृषाकपिश् च शंभुश् च कपर्दी रैवतस् तथा ॥ ह्व्_३।४३ मृगव्याधश् च सर्पश् च कपाली च विशां पते । एकादशैते कथिता रुद्रास् त्रिभुवनेश्वराः शतं चैवं समाख्यातं रुद्राणाम् अमितौजसाम् ॥ ह्व्_३।४४ पुराणे भरतश्रेष्ठ यैर् व्याप्ताः सचराचराः । लोका भरतशार्दूल कश्यपस्य निबोध मे । अन्यैः सत्यव्रता राजन् याभिर् लोकत्रयं धृतम् । अदितिर् दितिर् दनुश् चैव अरिष्टा सुरसा तथा सुरभिर् विनता चैव ताम्रा क्रोधवशा इरा कद्रूर् मुनिश् च लोकेश तास्व् अपत्यानि मे शृणु ॥ ह्व्_३।४५ ॥। खषा चैव त्रयोदश । कश्यपस्य तु भार्या वै ॥। । पूर्वमन्वन्तरे श्रेष्ठा द्वादशासन् सुरोत्तमाः तुषिता नाम ते ऽन्योन्यम् ऊचुर् वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे

haraś ca bahurūpaś ca tryambakaś cāparājitaḥ vṛṣākapiś ca śaṃbhuś ca kapardī raivatas tathā // HV_3.43 mṛgavyādhaś ca sarpaś ca kapālī ca viśāṃ pate | ekādaśaite kathitā rudrās tribhuvaneśvarāḥ śataṃ caivaṃ samākhyātaṃ rudrāṇām amitaujasām // HV_3.44 purāṇe bharataśreṣṭha yair vyāptāḥ sacarācarāḥ | lokā bharataśārdūla kaśyapasya nibodha me | anyaiḥ satyavratā rājan yābhir lokatrayaṃ dhṛtam | aditir ditir danuś caiva ariṣṭā surasā tathā surabhir vinatā caiva tāmrā krodhavaśā irā kadrūr muniś ca lokeśa tāsv apatyāni me śṛṇu // HV_3.45 ... khaṣā caiva trayodaśa | kaśyapasya tu bhāryā vai ... | pūrvamanvantare śreṣṭhā dvādaśāsan surottamāḥ tuṣitā nāma te 'nyonyam ūcur vaivasvate 'ntare

And Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Aparājita, Vṛṣākapi, Śambhu, Kapardin, and Raivata, (3.43) and Mṛgavyādha, Sarpa, and Kapālin, O lord of peoples — these eleven are declared to be the Rudras, lords of the three worlds. And in the Purāṇa a hundred Rudras of measureless might are likewise named, O best of the Bharatas, by whom the worlds with all that moves and does not move are pervaded, O tiger of the Bharatas. Learn from me (the wives) of Kaśyapa, O king — others, faithful to truth, by whom the three worlds are upheld: Aditi, Diti, Danu, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Surabhi, Vinatā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Irā, Kadrū, and Muni, O lord of the world; hear from me the offspring born of them. (3.45) ... and Khaṣā, thirteen; they were indeed the wives of Kaśyapa ... In the earlier manvantara there were twelve most excellent gods named Tuṣitas; in the Vaivasvata (period) they said to one another:

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HV 3.47

उपस्थिते ऽतियशस्यश् चाक्षुषस्यान्त्रे मनोः हितार्थं सर्वलोकानां समागम्य परस्परम्

upasthite 'tiyaśasyaś cākṣuṣasyāntre manoḥ hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ samāgamya parasparam

"When the interval of the highly glorious Cākṣuṣa Manu has arrived, for the welfare of all the worlds, having come together with one another,"

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HV 3.48

आगच्छत द्रुतं देवा अदितिं संप्रविश्य वै मन्वन्तरे प्रसूयामस् तन् नः श्रेयो भविष्यति

āgacchata drutaṃ devā aditiṃ saṃpraviśya vai manvantare prasūyāmas tan naḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati

"Come quickly, gods, and enter into Aditi; in the interval of a Manu we shall be born — that will be for our good."

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HV 3.50

एवम् उक्त्वा तु ते सर्वे चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः मारीचात् कश्यपाज् जातास् ते ऽदित्या दक्षकन्यया ॥ ह्व्_३।४९ पूर्वजन्मनि सुतपः+ +पृश्निरूपे बभूवतुः । तत्र विष्णुश् च शक्रश् च जज्ञाते पुनर् एव हि अर्यमा चैव धाता च त्वष्टा पूषा तथैव च

evam uktvā tu te sarve cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ mārīcāt kaśyapāj jātās te 'dityā dakṣakanyayā // HV_3.49 pūrvajanmani sutapaḥ+ +pṛśnirūpe babhūvatuḥ | tatra viṣṇuś ca śakraś ca jajñāte punar eva hi aryamā caiva dhātā ca tvaṣṭā pūṣā tathaiva ca

Having spoken thus, all of them, in the period of the Cākṣuṣa Manu, were born from Kaśyapa the son of Marīci, out of Aditi, the daughter of Dakṣa. // In a former birth those two had had the forms of Sutapas and Pṛśni; there Viṣṇu and Śakra were born again, and Aryaman and Dhātā, and Tvaṣṭā and Pūṣā likewise.

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HV 3.51

विवस्वान् सविता चैव मित्रो वरुण एव च अंशो भगश् चातितेजा आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः

vivasvān savitā caiva mitro varuṇa eva ca aṃśo bhagaś cātitejā ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ

Vivasvān and Savitā, Mitra and Varuṇa, Aṃśa, and Bhaga of surpassing splendour — these are held to be the twelve Ādityas.

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HV 3.52

चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे पूर्वम् आसन् ये तुषिताः सुराः वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे ते वै आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः

cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvam āsan ye tuṣitāḥ surāḥ vaivasvate 'ntare te vai ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ

Those gods who formerly, in the period of the Cākṣuṣa Manu, were the Tuṣitas, they in the Vaivasvata period are held to be the twelve Ādityas.

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HV 3.54

सप्तविंशत् तु याः प्रोक्ताः सोमपत्न्यो ऽथ सुव्रताः तासाम् अपत्यान्य् अभवन् दीप्तान्य् अमिततेजसाम् ॥ ह्व्_३।५३ तारागणाः समस्ता ये गगने ये चकासति । अरिष्टनेमेः पत्नीनाम् अपत्यानीह षोडश बहुपुत्रस्य विदुषश् चतस्रो विद्युतः स्मृताः प्रत्यङ्गिरसजाः श्रेष्ठा ऋचो ब्रह्मर्षिसत्कृताः

saptaviṃśat tu yāḥ proktāḥ somapatnyo 'tha suvratāḥ tāsām apatyāny abhavan dīptāny amitatejasām // HV_3.53 tārāgaṇāḥ samastā ye gagane ye cakāsati | ariṣṭanemeḥ patnīnām apatyānīha ṣoḍaśa bahuputrasya viduṣaś catasro vidyutaḥ smṛtāḥ pratyaṅgirasajāḥ śreṣṭhā ṛco brahmarṣisatkṛtāḥ

And the twenty-seven wives of Soma who were mentioned, of good vows — of those women of measureless splendour there were brilliant offspring: // all the hosts of stars that shine in the sky. Of the wives of Ariṣṭanemi there were here sixteen offspring. Of the learned Bahuputra four lightnings are recorded; born of Pratyaṅgirasa are the excellent ṛc-verses honoured by the brahmin sages.

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HV 3.55

भृशाश्वस्य तु देवर्षेर् देवप्रहरणाः सुताः एते युगसहस्रान्ते जायन्ते पुनर् एव ह

bhṛśāśvasya tu devarṣer devapraharaṇāḥ sutāḥ ete yugasahasrānte jāyante punar eva ha

But of the divine sage Bhṛśāśva the sons were the weapons of the gods; these are born again at the end of a thousand yugas.

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HV 3.56

सर्वे देवगणास् तात त्रयस् त्रिंशत् तु कामजाः तेषाम् अपि च राजेन्द्र निरोधोत्पत्तिर् उच्यते

sarve devagaṇās tāta trayas triṃśat tu kāmajāḥ teṣām api ca rājendra nirodhotpattir ucyate

All the hosts of gods, my dear, thirty-three, are born of desire; and of them too, O lord of kings, the cessation and origination is spoken of.

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HV 3.57

यथा सूर्यस्य कौरव्य उदयास्तमयाव् इह तथा युगानि राजेन्द्र प्रऌअया मनवस् तथा । एवं देवनिकायास् ते संभवन्ति युगे युगे

yathā sūryasya kauravya udayāstamayāv iha tathā yugāni rājendra praḷayā manavas tathā | evaṃ devanikāyās te saṃbhavanti yuge yuge

As, O Kaurava, the sun has here its rising and setting, so, O lord of kings, are the yugas, and the dissolutions, and the Manus. Thus those companies of gods come into being in yuga after yuga.

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HV 3.59

दित्याः पुत्रद्वयं जज्ञे कश्यपाद् इति नः श्रुतम् कश्यपस्यात्मजाव् एतौ सर्वेभ्यः पूर्वजौ मतौ । हिरण्यकशिपुश् चैव हिरण्याक्षश् च भारत सिंहिका चाभवत् कन्या विप्रचित्तेः परिग्रहः ॥ ह्व्_३।५८ सैंहिकेया इति ख्यातास् तस्याः पुत्रा महाबलाः । गणस् तेषां तु राजेन्द्र दशसाहस्र उच्यते । तेषां पुत्राश् च पौत्राश् च शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः । असंख्याता महाबाहो हिरण्यकशिपोः शृणु । हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्राश् चत्वारः प्रथितौजसः अनुह्रादश् च ह्रादश् च प्रह्रादश् चैव वीर्यवान्

dityāḥ putradvayaṃ jajñe kaśyapād iti naḥ śrutam kaśyapasyātmajāv etau sarvebhyaḥ pūrvajau matau | hiraṇyakaśipuś caiva hiraṇyākṣaś ca bhārata siṃhikā cābhavat kanyā vipracitteḥ parigrahaḥ // HV_3.58 saiṃhikeyā iti khyātās tasyāḥ putrā mahābalāḥ | gaṇas teṣāṃ tu rājendra daśasāhasra ucyate | teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ | asaṃkhyātā mahābāho hiraṇyakaśipoḥ śṛṇu | hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putrāś catvāraḥ prathitaujasaḥ anuhrādaś ca hrādaś ca prahrādaś caiva vīryavān

Two sons were born to Diti from Kaśyapa, so we have heard; these two sons of Kaśyapa are held to be the eldest of all — Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa, O Bhārata. And there was a daughter, Siṃhikā, who became the wife of Vipracitti. // Her sons of great strength are known as the Saiṃhikeyas; their host, O lord of kings, is said to number ten thousand. And their sons and grandsons, by hundreds and by thousands, are beyond counting, O mighty-armed one. Hear now of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Hiraṇyakaśipu had four sons of renowned might: Anuhrāda, Hrāda, and the valiant Prahrāda,

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HV 3.60

संह्रादस् च चतुर्थो ऽभूद् ध्रादपुत्रो ह्रदस् तथा संह्रादपुत्रौ सुन्दश् च निसुन्दस् ताव् उभौ स्मृतौ । ह्रदस्य पुत्रो ऽप्य् आयुर् वै शिवः कालस् तथैव च संह्रादपुत्र आयुष्माञ् शिबिर् बाष्कल एव च । तेषां मध्ये महाभाग सर्वत्र समदृग् वशी । प्रह्रादः परमां भक्तिं य उवाच जनार्दने । विरोचनश् च प्राह्रादिर् बलिर् जज्ञे विरोचनात्

saṃhrādas ca caturtho 'bhūd dhrādaputro hradas tathā saṃhrādaputrau sundaś ca nisundas tāv ubhau smṛtau | hradasya putro 'py āyur vai śivaḥ kālas tathaiva ca saṃhrādaputra āyuṣmāñ śibir bāṣkala eva ca | teṣāṃ madhye mahābhāga sarvatra samadṛg vaśī | prahrādaḥ paramāṃ bhaktiṃ ya uvāca janārdane | virocanaś ca prāhrādir balir jajñe virocanāt

and Saṃhrāda was the fourth; and Hrāda's son was Hrada; the two sons of Saṃhrāda are recorded as Sunda and Nisunda. Hrada's sons too were Āyu, Śiva, and likewise Kāla; the sons of Saṃhrāda were Āyuṣmān, Śibi, and Bāṣkala. Among them, O greatly blessed one, was the self-controlled one of even vision everywhere, Prahrāda, who declared supreme devotion to Janārdana. And Virocana was Prahrāda's son, and from Virocana Bali was born.

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HV 3.61

बलेः पुत्रशतं त्व् आसीद् बाणज्येष्ठं नराधिप धृतराष्ट्रश् च सूर्यश् च चन्द्रमाश् चेन्द्रतापनः

baleḥ putraśataṃ tv āsīd bāṇajyeṣṭhaṃ narādhipa dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca sūryaś ca candramāś cendratāpanaḥ

Bali had a hundred sons, with Bāṇa as the eldest, O ruler of men: Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Sūrya, Candramas, Indratāpana,

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HV 3.62

कुम्भनाभो गर्दभाक्षः कुक्षिर् इत्य् एद्वमादयः बाणस् तेषाम् अतिबलो ज्येष्ठः पशुपतेः प्रियः

kumbhanābho gardabhākṣaḥ kukṣir ity edvamādayaḥ bāṇas teṣām atibalo jyeṣṭhaḥ paśupateḥ priyaḥ

Kumbhanābha, Gardabhākṣa, Kukṣi, and the rest of that sort. Bāṇa, the most powerful among them, was the eldest, dear to Paśupati.

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HV 3.64

पुराकल्पे हि बाणेन प्रसाद्योमापतिं प्रभुम् पार्श्वतो मे विहारः स्याद् इत्य् एवं याचितो वरः ॥ ह्व्_३।६३ बाणस्य चेन्द्रदमनो लोहित्याम् उदपद्यत । गणस् तेषां तु राजेन्द्र शतसाहस्रसंमितः । हिरणाक्ससुताः पञ्च विद्वांसः सुमहाबलाः झर्झरः शकुनिश् चैव भूतसंतापनस् तथा महानाभश् च विक्रान्तः कालनाभस् तथैव च

purākalpe hi bāṇena prasādyomāpatiṃ prabhum pārśvato me vihāraḥ syād ity evaṃ yācito varaḥ // HV_3.63 bāṇasya cendradamano lohityām udapadyata | gaṇas teṣāṃ tu rājendra śatasāhasrasaṃmitaḥ | hiraṇāksasutāḥ pañca vidvāṃsaḥ sumahābalāḥ jharjharaḥ śakuniś caiva bhūtasaṃtāpanas tathā mahānābhaś ca vikrāntaḥ kālanābhas tathaiva ca

For in a former age, when Bāṇa had propitiated the Lord, the husband of Umā, this boon was requested by him: "Let my dwelling be at your side." // And Bāṇa's son Indradamana was born of Lohitā. Their host, O lord of kings, was reckoned at a hundred thousand. Hiraṇyākṣa's sons were five, learned and of very great strength: Jharjhara, Śakuni, Bhūtasaṃtāpana, the valorous Mahānābha, and Kālanābha likewise.

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HV 3.65

अभवन् दनुपुत्रास् तु शतं तीव्रपराक्रमाः तपस्विनो महावीर्याः प्राधान्येन निबोध तान्

abhavan danuputrās tu śataṃ tīvraparākramāḥ tapasvino mahāvīryāḥ prādhānyena nibodha tān

But of Danu there were a hundred sons of fierce prowess, ascetics of great valour; learn of them by their chief ones.

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HV 3.66

द्विमूर्धा शकुनिश् चैव तथा शङ्कुशिरा विभुः शङ्कुकर्णो विवादश् च गवेष्ठी दुंदुभिस् तथा । अयोमुखः शम्बरश् च कपिलो वामनस् तथा

dvimūrdhā śakuniś caiva tathā śaṅkuśirā vibhuḥ śaṅkukarṇo vivādaś ca gaveṣṭhī duṃdubhis tathā | ayomukhaḥ śambaraś ca kapilo vāmanas tathā

Dvimūrdhā and Śakuni, and Śaṅkuśirā, Vibhu, Śaṅkukarṇa, Vivāda, Gaveṣṭhī, and Dundubhi, Ayomukha, Śambara, Kapila, and Vāmana,

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HV 3.67

मरीचिर् मघवांश् चैव इडा गर्गशिरास् तथा विक्षोभणश् च केतुश् च केतुवीर्यशतह्रदौ

marīcir maghavāṃś caiva iḍā gargaśirās tathā vikṣobhaṇaś ca ketuś ca ketuvīryaśatahradau

Marīci and Maghavān, Iḍā and Gargaśirā, Vikṣobhaṇa and Ketu, and Ketuvīrya and Śatahradā,

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HV 3.68

इन्द्रजित् सस्र्वजिच् चैव वज्रनाभस् तथैव च महानाभश् च विक्रान्तः कालनाभस् तथैव च । एकचक्रो महाबाहुस् तारकश् च महाबलः

indrajit sasrvajic caiva vajranābhas tathaiva ca mahānābhaś ca vikrāntaḥ kālanābhas tathaiva ca | ekacakro mahābāhus tārakaś ca mahābalaḥ

Indrajit and Sarvajit, and Vajranābha likewise, and the valorous Mahānābha, and Kālanābha likewise, Ekacakra the mighty-armed, and Tāraka of great strength,

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HV 3.71

वैश्वानरः पुलोमा च विद्रावणमहाशिरौ स्वर्भानुर् वृषपर्वा च विप्रचित्तिश् च वीर्यवान् ॥ ह्व्_३।६९ सूक्ष्मश् चैव निचन्द्रश् च ऊर्णनभो महाहिरिः । असिलोमा सुकेशी च शठश् च बलको मदः । तथा गगनमूर्धा च कुम्भनाभो महासुरः । प्रमदो मयः कुपथो हयग्रीवश् च वीर्यवान् ॥ वैसृपः सविरूपाक्षः सुपथो ऽथ हराहरौ । हिरण्यकशिपुश् चैव शतमायश् च शम्बरः । शरभः शलभश् चैव विप्रचित्तिश् च वीर्यवान् । सर्व एते दनोः पुत्राः कश्यपाद् अभिजज्ञिरे विप्रचित्तिप्रधानास् ते दानवाः सुमहाबलाः ॥ ह्व्_३।७० एतेषां यद् अपत्यं तु तन् न शक्यं नराधिप । प्रसंख्यातुं महीपाल पुत्रपौत्रम् अनन्तकम् । स्वर्भानोस् तु प्रभा कन्या पुलोम्नस् तु शची सुता उपदानवी हयशिराः शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी

vaiśvānaraḥ pulomā ca vidrāvaṇamahāśirau svarbhānur vṛṣaparvā ca vipracittiś ca vīryavān // HV_3.69 sūkṣmaś caiva nicandraś ca ūrṇanabho mahāhiriḥ | asilomā sukeśī ca śaṭhaś ca balako madaḥ | tathā gaganamūrdhā ca kumbhanābho mahāsuraḥ | pramado mayaḥ kupatho hayagrīvaś ca vīryavān || vaisṛpaḥ savirūpākṣaḥ supatho 'tha harāharau | hiraṇyakaśipuś caiva śatamāyaś ca śambaraḥ | śarabhaḥ śalabhaś caiva vipracittiś ca vīryavān | sarva ete danoḥ putrāḥ kaśyapād abhijajñire vipracittipradhānās te dānavāḥ sumahābalāḥ // HV_3.70 eteṣāṃ yad apatyaṃ tu tan na śakyaṃ narādhipa | prasaṃkhyātuṃ mahīpāla putrapautram anantakam | svarbhānos tu prabhā kanyā pulomnas tu śacī sutā upadānavī hayaśirāḥ śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī

Vaiśvānara and Pulomā, Vidrāvaṇa and Mahāśiras, Svarbhānu and Vṛṣaparvā, and the valiant Vipracitti, // Sūkṣma and Nicandra, Ūrṇanābha, Mahāhiri, Asilomā and Sukeśī, Śaṭha, Balaka, Mada, and Gaganamūrdhā, and Kumbhanābha the great asura, Pramada, Maya, Kupatha, and the valiant Hayagrīva, Vaisṛpa, Savirūpākṣa, Supatha, and Hara and Ahara, and Hiraṇyakaśipu, Śatamāya, Śambara, Śarabha, Śalabha, and the valiant Vipracitti. All these were the sons of Danu, begotten from Kaśyapa, those Dānavas of very great strength, with Vipracitti at their head. // What offspring they had cannot, O ruler of men, be counted, O protector of the earth — their sons and grandsons are without end. Svarbhānu's daughter was Prabhā, and Pulomā's daughter was Śacī; Upadānavī was Hayaśiras's, and Śarmiṣṭhā was Vṛṣaparvā's daughter.

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HV 3.72

पुलोमा कालका चैव वैश्वानरसुते उभे बह्वपत्ये महासत्त्वे मारीचेस् तु परिग्रहः

pulomā kālakā caiva vaiśvānarasute ubhe bahvapatye mahāsattve mārīces tu parigrahaḥ

Pulomā and Kālakā, both daughters of Vaiśvānara, of many offspring and great strength, were the wives of Marīci's son (Kaśyapa).

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HV 3.73

तयोः पुत्रसहस्राणि षष्टिं दानवसत्तमान् चतुर्दशशतान् अन्यान् हिरण्यपुरवासिनः । मारीचिर् जनयाम् आस महता तपसान्वितः

tayoḥ putrasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ dānavasattamān caturdaśaśatān anyān hiraṇyapuravāsinaḥ | mārīcir janayām āsa mahatā tapasānvitaḥ

Of those two, Marīci's son, endowed with great asceticism, begot sixty thousand sons, the best of Dānavas, and another fourteen hundred who dwelt in Hiraṇyapura.

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HV 3.75

पौलोमाः कालकेयाश् च दानवास् ते महाबलाः अवध्या देवतानां हि हिरण्यपुरवासिनः पितामहप्रसादेन ये हताः सव्यसाचिना ॥ ह्व्_३।७४ प्रभाया नहुषः पुत्रो जयन्तश् च सचीसुतः । पूरुं जज्ञे ऽथ शर्मिष्ठा दुःषन्तम् उपदानवी । ततो ऽपरे महावीर्या दानवा अतिदारुणाः सिंहिकायाम् अथोत्पन्ना विप्रचित्तेः सुतास् तथा

paulomāḥ kālakeyāś ca dānavās te mahābalāḥ avadhyā devatānāṃ hi hiraṇyapuravāsinaḥ pitāmahaprasādena ye hatāḥ savyasācinā // HV_3.74 prabhāyā nahuṣaḥ putro jayantaś ca sacīsutaḥ | pūruṃ jajñe 'tha śarmiṣṭhā duḥṣantam upadānavī | tato 'pare mahāvīryā dānavā atidāruṇāḥ siṃhikāyām athotpannā vipracitteḥ sutās tathā

The Paulomas and the Kālakeyas, those Dānavas of great strength, dwellers in Hiraṇyapura, were by the Grandfather's favour unslayable by the gods; they were slain by Savyasācin (Arjuna). Nahuṣa was Prabhā's son, and Jayanta the son of Śacī; Śarmiṣṭhā bore Pūru, and Upadānavī bore Duḥṣanta. Then other Dānavas of great might and exceeding fierceness were born of Siṃhikā, and likewise the sons of Vipracitti.

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HV 3.76

दैत्यदानवसंयोगाज् जातास् तीव्रपराक्रमाः सिंहिकेया इति ख्यातास् त्रयोदश महाबलाः

daityadānavasaṃyogāj jātās tīvraparākramāḥ siṃhikeyā iti khyātās trayodaśa mahābalāḥ

Born from the union of a Daitya and a Dānava, of keen valour, they are known as the Saiṃhikeyas, thirteen (in number), of great strength.

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HV 3.77

व्यङ्गः शल्यश् च बलिनौ बलश् चैव महाबलः वातापिर् नमुचिश् चैव इल्वलः खसृमस् तथा

vyaṅgaḥ śalyaś ca balinau balaś caiva mahābalaḥ vātāpir namuciś caiva ilvalaḥ khasṛmas tathā

Vyaṅga and Śalya, the two strong ones, and Bala of great strength, and Vātāpi and Namuci, Ilvala and likewise Khasṛma;

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HV 3.78

आज्जिको नरकश् चैव कालनाभस् तथैव च राहुर् ज्येष्ठस् तु तेषां वै चन्द्रसूर्यप्रमर्दनः । शरः पोतरणश् चैव वज्रनाभश् च वीर्यवान् ॥ मूकश् चैव तुहुण्डश् च ह्रदपुत्रौ बभूवतुः । मारीचः सुन्दपुत्रश् च ताडकायां व्यजायत । स्वर्भानुश् च महावीर्यो वक्त्रयोधी महासुरः । सरमाणस् तथा चैव शरकल्पश् च वीर्यवान्

ājjiko narakaś caiva kālanābhas tathaiva ca rāhur jyeṣṭhas tu teṣāṃ vai candrasūryapramardanaḥ | śaraḥ potaraṇaś caiva vajranābhaś ca vīryavān || mūkaś caiva tuhuṇḍaś ca hradaputrau babhūvatuḥ | mārīcaḥ sundaputraś ca tāḍakāyāṃ vyajāyata | svarbhānuś ca mahāvīryo vaktrayodhī mahāsuraḥ | saramāṇas tathā caiva śarakalpaś ca vīryavān

Ājjika and Naraka, and likewise Kālanābha; but the eldest of them was Rāhu, the crusher of the moon and the sun; and Śara and Potaraṇa and the valiant Vajranābha. And Mūka and Tuhuṇḍa were the two sons of Hrada. Mārīca, the son of Sunda, was born of Tāḍakā. And Svarbhānu of great might, the great Asura who fights with his mouth, and likewise Saramāṇa, and the valiant Śarakalpa.

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HV 3.79

एते वै दानवाः श्रेष्ठा दनुवंशविवर्धनाः तेषां पुत्राश् च पौत्राश् च शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः

ete vai dānavāḥ śreṣṭhā danuvaṃśavivardhanāḥ teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ

These indeed are the foremost Dānavas, increasers of Danu's line; and their sons and grandsons are by hundreds and by thousands.

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HV 3.81

संह्रादस्य तु दैत्यस्य निवातकवचाः कुले समुत्पन्नाः सुमहता तपसा भावितात्मनः ॥ ह्व्_३।८० चतस्रः कोटयस् ताश् च मणिमत्यां निवासिनः । ते ऽप्य् अवध्यास् तु देवानाम् अर्जुनेन विपातिताः । अनेकमायाकुशला धनुर्वेदस्य पारगाः । षट् सुताः सुमहासत्त्वास् ताम्रायाः परिकीर्तिताः काकी श्येनी च भासी च सुग्रीवी शुचिगृध्रिके

saṃhrādasya tu daityasya nivātakavacāḥ kule samutpannāḥ sumahatā tapasā bhāvitātmanaḥ // HV_3.80 catasraḥ koṭayas tāś ca maṇimatyāṃ nivāsinaḥ | te 'py avadhyās tu devānām arjunena vipātitāḥ | anekamāyākuśalā dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ | ṣaṭ sutāḥ sumahāsattvās tāmrāyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ kākī śyenī ca bhāsī ca sugrīvī śucigṛdhrike

But in the family of the Daitya Saṃhrāda were born the Nivātakavacas, their selves purified by very great austerity. They numbered four crores, dwelling in Maṇimatī. They too were unslayable by the gods, (yet) were struck down by Arjuna — skilled in many magical illusions, masters of the science of archery. Six daughters of Tāmrā, of very great strength, are declared: Kākī, Śyenī, Bhāsī, Sugrīvī, Śuci and Gṛdhrikā.

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HV 3.82

काकी तु जनयाम् आस उलूकी प्रत्युलूककान् श्येनी श्येनांस् तथा भासी भासान् गृध्रांश् च गृध्रिका

kākī tu janayām āsa ulūkī pratyulūkakān śyenī śyenāṃs tathā bhāsī bhāsān gṛdhrāṃś ca gṛdhrikā

Kākī gave birth to owls and to the pratyulūkas; Śyenī to hawks, Bhāsī to bhāsa-birds, and Gṛdhrikā to vultures.

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HV 3.83

शुचिर् औदकान् पक्षिगणान् सुग्रीवी तु परंतप अश्वान् उष्ट्रान् गर्दभांश् च ताम्रावंशः प्रकीर्तितः

śucir audakān pakṣigaṇān sugrīvī tu paraṃtapa aśvān uṣṭrān gardabhāṃś ca tāmrāvaṃśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

Śuci (bore) the flocks of water-birds, and Sugrīvī, O scorcher of foes, horses, camels and asses. Thus is the lineage of Tāmrā declared.

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HV 3.84

विनतायास् तु पुत्रौ द्वाव् अरुणो गरुडस् तथा सुपर्णः पततां श्रेष्ठो दारुणः स्वेन कर्मणा

vinatāyās tu putrau dvāv aruṇo garuḍas tathā suparṇaḥ patatāṃ śreṣṭho dāruṇaḥ svena karmaṇā

Vinatā had two sons, Aruṇa and Garuḍa; the fair-winged one (Garuḍa) is the best of fliers, terrible by his own deeds.

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HV 3.85

सुरसायाः सहस्रं तु सर्पाणाम् अमितौजसाम् अनेकशिरसां तात खेचराणां महात्मनाम्

surasāyāḥ sahasraṃ tu sarpāṇām amitaujasām anekaśirasāṃ tāta khecarāṇāṃ mahātmanām

Of Surasā (were born) a thousand serpents of measureless energy, many-headed, my dear, moving through the sky, of great selves.

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HV 3.86

काद्रवेयास् तु बलिल्नः सहस्रम् अमितौजसः सुपर्णवशगा नागा जज्ञिरे ऽनेकमस्तकाः

kādraveyās tu balilnaḥ sahasram amitaujasaḥ suparṇavaśagā nāgā jajñire 'nekamastakāḥ

But the sons of Kadrū, mighty and of measureless energy, a thousand, were born as Nāgas with many heads, subject to the power of Suparṇa (Garuḍa).

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HV 3.87

तेषां प्रधानाः सततं शेषवासुकितक्षकाः ऐरावतो महापद्मः कम्बलाश्वतराव् उभौ

teṣāṃ pradhānāḥ satataṃ śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ airāvato mahāpadmaḥ kambalāśvatarāv ubhau

The chief of them are always Śeṣa, Vāsuki and Takṣaka, Airāvata, Mahāpadma, and both Kambala and Aśvatara;

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HV 3.88

ऐलापत्रश् च शङ्खश् च कर्कोटकधनंजयौ महानीलमहाकर्णौ धृतराष्ट्रबलाहकौ

ailāpatraś ca śaṅkhaś ca karkoṭakadhanaṃjayau mahānīlamahākarṇau dhṛtarāṣṭrabalāhakau

And Ailāpatra and Śaṅkha, Karkoṭaka and Dhanaṃjaya, Mahānīla and Mahākarṇa, Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Balāhaka;

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HV 3.89

कुहरः पुष्पदंष्ट्रश् च दुर्मुखः सुमुखस् तथा शङ्खश् च शङ्खपालश् च कपिलो वामनस् तथा

kuharaḥ puṣpadaṃṣṭraś ca durmukhaḥ sumukhas tathā śaṅkhaś ca śaṅkhapālaś ca kapilo vāmanas tathā

Kuhara and Puṣpadaṃṣṭra, Durmukha and likewise Sumukha, Śaṅkha and Śaṅkhapāla, Kapila and likewise Vāmana;

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HV 3.90

नहुषः शङ्खरोमा च मणिर् इत्य् एवमादयः एते चान्ये च बहवो दंदशूका विषोल्बणाः । तेषां पुत्राश् च पौत्राश् च गरुडेन निपातिताः । चतुर्दशसहस्राणि क्रूराणाम् उरगाशिना । गणं क्रोधवशं विद्धि तत्र सर्वे च दंष्ट्रिणः

nahuṣaḥ śaṅkharomā ca maṇir ity evamādayaḥ ete cānye ca bahavo daṃdaśūkā viṣolbaṇāḥ | teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca garuḍena nipātitāḥ | caturdaśasahasrāṇi krūrāṇām uragāśinā | gaṇaṃ krodhavaśaṃ viddhi tatra sarve ca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ

Nahuṣa and Śaṅkharoman and Maṇi — such and the like. These and many others are biting creatures teeming with venom. And their sons and grandsons were struck down by Garuḍa — fourteen thousand cruel ones by the eater of serpents. Know the host called Krodhavaśa: all there are fanged.

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HV 3.91

स्थलजाः पक्षिणो ऽब्जास् च धरायाः प्रसवः स्मृतः अनायुषायाः पुत्रास् तु पञ्चाशत् सुमहाबलाः । सुरतो गुणवृत्तश् च विक्षरो ऽथ नृपस् तथा । गास् तु वै जनयाम् आस सुरभी महिषी तथा

sthalajāḥ pakṣiṇo 'bjās ca dharāyāḥ prasavaḥ smṛtaḥ anāyuṣāyāḥ putrās tu pañcāśat sumahābalāḥ | surato guṇavṛttaś ca vikṣaro 'tha nṛpas tathā | gās tu vai janayām āsa surabhī mahiṣī tathā

Land-born creatures, birds, and water-born ones are held to be the offspring of Dharā. But the sons of Anāyuṣā were fifty, of very great strength: Surata, Guṇavṛtta, Vikṣara, and Nṛpa. And Surabhi gave birth to cows and to the buffalo-cow.

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HV 3.92

इरा वृक्षलतावल्लीस् तृणजातीश् च सर्वशः खसा तु यक्षरक्सांसि मुनिर् अप्सरसस् तथा

irā vṛkṣalatāvallīs tṛṇajātīś ca sarvaśaḥ khasā tu yakṣaraksāṃsi munir apsarasas tathā

Irā (bore) trees, creepers, vines and all kinds of grasses; Khasā the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, and Muni the Apsarases.

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HV 3.93

अरिष्टा तु महासत्त्वान् गन्धर्वान् अमितौजसः एते कश्यपदायादाः कीर्तिताः स्थाणुजंगमाः

ariṣṭā tu mahāsattvān gandharvān amitaujasaḥ ete kaśyapadāyādāḥ kīrtitāḥ sthāṇujaṃgamāḥ

And Ariṣṭā (bore) the Gandharvas of great substance and measureless energy. These, both fixed and moving, are declared to be the heirs of Kaśyapa.

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HV 3.94

तेषां पुत्राश् च पौत्राश् च शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः एष मन्वन्तरे तात सर्गः स्वारोचिषे स्मृतः

teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ eṣa manvantare tāta sargaḥ svārociṣe smṛtaḥ

And their sons and grandsons are by hundreds and by thousands. This, my dear, is remembered as the creation in the Svārociṣa manvantara.

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HV 3.95

वैवस्वते तु महति वारुणे वितते क्रतौ जुह्वानस्य ब्रह्मणो वै प्रजासर्ग इहोच्यते

vaivasvate tu mahati vāruṇe vitate kratau juhvānasya brahmaṇo vai prajāsarga ihocyate

But in the Vaivasvata (manvantara), at the great Vāruṇa sacrifice when it was spread out, the creation of the offspring of Brahmā, who was making the oblation, is here told.

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HV 3.96

पूर्वं यत्र तु ब्रह्मर्षीन् उत्पन्नान् सप्त मानसान् पुत्रत्वे कल्पयाम् आस स्वयम् एव पितामहः

pūrvaṃ yatra tu brahmarṣīn utpannān sapta mānasān putratve kalpayām āsa svayam eva pitāmahaḥ

There, formerly, the Grandfather himself appointed the seven brahmin sages, born of his mind, to the status of sons.

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HV 3.97

ततो विरोधे देवानां दानवानां च भारत दितिर् विनष्टपुत्रा वै तोषयाम् आस कश्यपम्

tato virodhe devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca bhārata ditir vinaṣṭaputrā vai toṣayām āsa kaśyapam

Then, in the conflict between the gods and the dānavas, O Bhārata, Diti, whose sons had been destroyed, propitiated Kaśyapa.

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HV 3.98

तां कश्यपः प्रसन्नात्मा सम्यगाराधितस् तया वरेण च्छन्दयाम् आस सा च वव्रे वरं तदा

tāṃ kaśyapaḥ prasannātmā samyagārādhitas tayā vareṇa cchandayām āsa sā ca vavre varaṃ tadā

Kaśyapa, well served by her, his mind pleased, invited her (to choose) a boon; and she then chose a boon.

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HV 3.99

पुत्रम् इन्द्रवधार्थाय समर्थम् अमितौजसम् स च तस्यै वरं प्रादात् प्रार्थितं सुमहातपाः

putram indravadhārthāya samartham amitaujasam sa ca tasyai varaṃ prādāt prārthitaṃ sumahātapāḥ

(She chose) a son of measureless might, able to slay Indra; and he of very great austerity granted her the boon she had asked.

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HV 3.100

दत्त्वा च वरम् अव्यग्रो मारीचस् ताम् अभाषत इन्द्रं पुत्रो निहन्ता ते गर्भे चेच् छरदां शतम्

dattvā ca varam avyagro mārīcas tām abhāṣata indraṃ putro nihantā te garbhe cec charadāṃ śatam

And having granted the boon, Mārīca, unperturbed, said to her: "(Your) son will slay Indra, if (you carry him) in the womb a hundred years —

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HV 3.101

यदि धारयसे शौचं तत्परा व्रतम् आस्थिता भविष्यति सुतस् ते ऽयं यद्य् एनं धारयिष्यसि

yadi dhārayase śaucaṃ tatparā vratam āsthitā bhaviṣyati sutas te 'yaṃ yady enaṃ dhārayiṣyasi

— if you maintain purity, intent on that, holding to the vow. This son of yours will come to be, if you carry him (thus)."

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HV 3.103

तथेत्य् अभिहितो भर्ता तया देव्या महातपाः धारयाम् आस गर्भं तु शुचिः सा वसुधाधिप ॥ ह्व्_३।१०२ नित्यं त्रिषवणं स्नाता कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणे रता । ततो ऽभ्युपगमाद् दित्यां गर्भम् आधाय कश्यपः रोचयन् वै गणश्रेष्ठं देवानाम् अमितौजसाम्

tathety abhihito bhartā tayā devyā mahātapāḥ dhārayām āsa garbhaṃ tu śuciḥ sā vasudhādhipa // HV_3.102 nityaṃ triṣavaṇaṃ snātā kṛcchracāndrāyaṇe ratā | tato 'bhyupagamād dityāṃ garbham ādhāya kaśyapaḥ rocayan vai gaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ devānām amitaujasām

Addressed thus by that goddess with "So be it," her husband of great austerity (impregnated her), and she, pure, carried the embryo, O lord of the earth; always bathing at the three junctures of the day, devoted to the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances. Then, by (her) agreement, Kaśyapa, having placed the embryo in Diti, indeed wishing (to produce) the foremost troop of the gods of measureless might —

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HV 3.105

तेजः संभृत्य दुर्धर्षम् अवध्यम् अमरैः सदा जगाम पर्तवायैव तपसे संशितव्रतः ॥ ह्व्_३।१०४ दधार सा च तं गर्भं सम्यक् सा च समन्विता ॥ गर्भम् आत्मवधार्थाय ज्ञात्वा तं मघवान् अपि । गते तु काश्यपे तात वरदः पाकशासनः । तस्याश् चैवान्तरप्रेप्सुर् ववन्दे चरणौ दितेः । शुश्रूषयाम्य् अहं देवि पादौ ते नियतव्रते । एवमुक्ता तु सा देवी शक्रेणामिततेजसा । उवाच वचनं देवी शक्रं शत्रुनिबर्हणम् ॥ शुश्रूषय महाभाग नियतात्मा महाद्युते । ततः पश्यसि संजातं भ्रातरंदीप्ततेजसम् ॥ तच् छ्रुत्वा वचनं देव्याः शुश्रूषनपरायणः । तस्याश् चैवान्तरप्रेप्सुर् अभवत् पाकशासनः ऊने वर्षशते चास्या ददर्शान्तरम् अच्युतः

tejaḥ saṃbhṛtya durdharṣam avadhyam amaraiḥ sadā jagāma partavāyaiva tapase saṃśitavrataḥ // HV_3.104 dadhāra sā ca taṃ garbhaṃ samyak sā ca samanvitā || garbham ātmavadhārthāya jñātvā taṃ maghavān api | gate tu kāśyape tāta varadaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | tasyāś caivāntaraprepsur vavande caraṇau diteḥ | śuśrūṣayāmy ahaṃ devi pādau te niyatavrate | evamuktā tu sā devī śakreṇāmitatejasā | uvāca vacanaṃ devī śakraṃ śatrunibarhaṇam || śuśrūṣaya mahābhāga niyatātmā mahādyute | tataḥ paśyasi saṃjātaṃ bhrātaraṃdīptatejasam || tac chrutvā vacanaṃ devyāḥ śuśrūṣanaparāyaṇaḥ | tasyāś caivāntaraprepsur abhavat pākaśāsanaḥ ūne varṣaśate cāsyā dadarśāntaram acyutaḥ

— having gathered up a fiery energy hard to assail and ever unslayable by the immortals, he, firm in his vow, went away to perform austerity. And she carried that embryo properly, being fully composed. Maghavan too, knowing that embryo to be for his own destruction — when Kāśyapa had gone, my son — the giver of boons, the chastiser of Pāka, seeking an opening in her, saluted Diti's feet: "I will serve your feet, O goddess of steadfast vow." Addressed thus by Śakra of measureless splendour, that goddess spoke these words to Śakra, the crusher of foes: "Serve, O greatly fortunate one of great brilliance, with self restrained; then you shall see the brother born, of blazing splendour." Hearing that speech of the goddess, the chastiser of Pāka became devoted to serving her, while seeking an opening in her. And when a hundred years were not yet complete, the imperishable one saw an opening:

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HV 3.106

अकृत्वा पादयोः शौचं दितिः शयनम् आविशत् निद्राम् आहारयाम् आस तस्याः कुक्षिं प्रविश्य ह वज्रपाणिस् ततो गर्भं सप्तधा तं न्यकृन्तत

akṛtvā pādayoḥ śaucaṃ ditiḥ śayanam āviśat nidrām āhārayām āsa tasyāḥ kukṣiṃ praviśya ha vajrapāṇis tato garbhaṃ saptadhā taṃ nyakṛntata

Without washing her feet, Diti went to her bed; (sleep) overcame her with drowsiness. Then the wielder of the thunderbolt, having entered her womb, cut that embryo into seven.

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HV 3.107

स पाट्यमानो गर्भो ऽथ वज्रेण प्ररुरोद ह मा रोदीर् इति तं शक्रः पुनः पुनर् अभाब्रवीत्

sa pāṭyamāno garbho 'tha vajreṇa praruroda ha mā rodīr iti taṃ śakraḥ punaḥ punar abhābravīt

Then that embryo, being split by the thunderbolt, cried out. Śakra said to it again and again, "Do not cry!"

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HV 3.108

सो ऽभवत् सप्तधा गर्भस् तम् इन्द्रो रुषितः पुनः एकैकं सप्तधा चक्रे वज्रेणैवारिकर्शनः तेन रोदनशब्देन दितिः सा प्रत्यबुध्यत । उवाच शक्रम् आर्ता सा किं त्व् एतत् कृपणं कृतम् ॥ स भीतो निश्चरत् तस्माद् योनिद्वारात् पुरंदरः । ततः पार्श्वगतो देव्याः पादयोर् निपपात ह ॥ अशुचिर् देवि सुप्तासि पादयोः कृतमूर्धजा । मयात्मवधभीतेन कृतं तत् क्षन्तुम् अर्हसि ॥ एवमुक्ता तु सा देवी आह शक्रम् इदं वचः । सुकृतं साधु ते पुत्र न ते भवति दुष्कृतम् ॥ किं तु वक्ष्याम्य् अहं किंचित् तत् कुरुष्वारिमर्दन । ममैव पुत्रस् त्वं देव रक्ष चैतान् यदीच्छसि । बाढम् इत्य् अब्रवीद् इन्द्र एवम् एतन् न संशयः । मरुतो नाम देवास् ते बभूवुर् भरतर्षभ

so 'bhavat saptadhā garbhas tam indro ruṣitaḥ punaḥ ekaikaṃ saptadhā cakre vajreṇaivārikarśanaḥ tena rodanaśabdena ditiḥ sā pratyabudhyata | uvāca śakram ārtā sā kiṃ tv etat kṛpaṇaṃ kṛtam || sa bhīto niścarat tasmād yonidvārāt puraṃdaraḥ | tataḥ pārśvagato devyāḥ pādayor nipapāta ha || aśucir devi suptāsi pādayoḥ kṛtamūrdhajā | mayātmavadhabhītena kṛtaṃ tat kṣantum arhasi || evamuktā tu sā devī āha śakram idaṃ vacaḥ | sukṛtaṃ sādhu te putra na te bhavati duṣkṛtam || kiṃ tu vakṣyāmy ahaṃ kiṃcit tat kuruṣvārimardana | mamaiva putras tvaṃ deva rakṣa caitān yadīcchasi | bāḍham ity abravīd indra evam etan na saṃśayaḥ | maruto nāma devās te babhūvur bharatarṣabha

The embryo became sevenfold; then Indra, enraged, made each single one sevenfold again with the thunderbolt, he who wastes his foes. At that sound of crying Diti woke up, and in distress said to Śakra, "Why has this wretched deed been done?" Frightened, Purandara came out from there by the door of the womb, and then, standing at the goddess's side, fell at her feet: "O goddess, you slept impure, with your hair (touching) your feet. It was done by me in fear of my own death; you should forgive it." Addressed thus, that goddess said this word to Śakra: "It is well done, good of you, my son; no evil deed attaches to you. But I shall say something — do that, O crusher of foes: you are my very son, O god; protect these, if you wish (to please me)." "Certainly," said Indra, "it shall be so, no doubt." They became the gods named Maruts, O bull of the Bharatas.

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HV 3.109

यथोक्तं वै मघवता तथैव मरुतो ऽभवन् मा रोदीर् इति यच् छब्दस् त्वयोक्तः पाकशासन । मरुतो नाम तेनेमे भवन्तु यदि मन्यसे । देवासुरेषु युद्धेषु भृत्यास् तव कृते विभो । पृष्ठतो ऽनुगमिष्यन्ति वशगास् ते पुरंदर ॥ एवं ब्रुवाणां तां देवीं प्राह शक्रस् त्व् इदं वचः । देवा एकोनपञ्चाशत् सहाया वज्रपाणिनः

yathoktaṃ vai maghavatā tathaiva maruto 'bhavan mā rodīr iti yac chabdas tvayoktaḥ pākaśāsana | maruto nāma teneme bhavantu yadi manyase | devāsureṣu yuddheṣu bhṛtyās tava kṛte vibho | pṛṣṭhato 'nugamiṣyanti vaśagās te puraṃdara || evaṃ bruvāṇāṃ tāṃ devīṃ prāha śakras tv idaṃ vacaḥ | devā ekonapañcāśat sahāyā vajrapāṇinaḥ

Just as was said by Maghavan, so the Maruts came to be. "Since the word 'do not cry' (mā rodīḥ) was uttered by you, O chastiser of Pāka, let these therefore be named Maruts, if you approve. In the battles between gods and asuras they shall be servants for your sake, O lord; they shall follow behind you, subject to you, O Purandara." To the goddess speaking thus Śakra said this word: "(Let them be) forty-nine gods, helpers of the wielder of the thunderbolt."

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HV 3.110

तेषाम् एवं प्रवृद्धानां भूतानां जनमेजय निकायेषु निकायेषु हरिः प्रादात् प्रजापतीन् क्रमशस् तानि राज्यानि पृथोः पूर्वं तु भारत

teṣām evaṃ pravṛddhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ janamejaya nikāyeṣu nikāyeṣu hariḥ prādāt prajāpatīn kramaśas tāni rājyāni pṛthoḥ pūrvaṃ tu bhārata

When the beings had thus increased, O Janamejaya, Hari granted lords of creatures (prajāpatis) to each and every class; and formerly, O Bhārata, (he granted) those kingdoms in due order, beginning with Pṛthu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

HV 3.111

स हरिः पुरुषो वीरः कृष्णो जिष्णुः प्रजापतिः पर्जन्यस् तपनो व्यक्तस् तस्य सर्वम् इदं जगत्

sa hariḥ puruṣo vīraḥ kṛṣṇo jiṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ parjanyas tapano vyaktas tasya sarvam idaṃ jagat

That Hari is the Person, the hero, Kṛṣṇa, the victorious, the lord of creatures, the rain-cloud, the burning (sun), the manifest; all this world is his.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

HV 3.112

प्रयतो भव राजेन्द्र शृणुष्वैकमनास् ततः । नाशुद्धे नाशुचौ वापि नाशिष्याय कथंचन ॥ वर्णयेयम् अहं राजन् कृतज्ञाय हिताय च । स्वर्ग्यं यशस्यम् आयुष्यं पुण्यं वेदेन संमितम् । भूतसर्गम् इमं सम्यग् जानतो भरतर्षभ मरुतां च शुभं जन्म शृण्वतः पठतो ऽपि वा । नावृत्तिभयम् अस्तीह परलोकभयं कुतः

prayato bhava rājendra śṛṇuṣvaikamanās tataḥ | nāśuddhe nāśucau vāpi nāśiṣyāya kathaṃcana || varṇayeyam ahaṃ rājan kṛtajñāya hitāya ca | svargyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedena saṃmitam | bhūtasargam imaṃ samyag jānato bharatarṣabha marutāṃ ca śubhaṃ janma śṛṇvataḥ paṭhato 'pi vā | nāvṛttibhayam astīha paralokabhayaṃ kutaḥ

Be purified, O best of kings, and then listen with single mind. Not to one impure, nor to one unclean, nor in any way to one who is not a pupil would I recount (this), O king — (but) to one grateful and well-disposed: (a tale) heaven-granting, fame-giving, life-giving, meritorious, equal to the Veda. For one who rightly knows this creation of beings, O bull of the Bharatas, and who hears or recites the auspicious birth of the Maruts, there is here no fear of rebirth — whence then fear of the next world?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition