Harivamsha — Chapter 4

HV 4.1

अभिषिच्याधिराज्ये तु पृथुं वैन्यं पितामहः ततः क्रमेण राज्यानि व्यादेष्टुम् उपचक्रमे

abhiṣicyādhirājye tu pṛthuṃ vainyaṃ pitāmahaḥ tataḥ krameṇa rājyāni vyādeṣṭum upacakrame

Having consecrated Pṛthu, son of Vena, in the sovereignty, the Grandfather then began in due order to assign the kingdoms.

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HV 4.2

द्विजानां वीरुधां चैव नक्षत्रग्रहयोस् तथा यज्ञानां तपसां चैव सोमं राज्ये ऽभ्यषेचयत्

dvijānāṃ vīrudhāṃ caiva nakṣatragrahayos tathā yajñānāṃ tapasāṃ caiva somaṃ rājye 'bhyaṣecayat

He consecrated Soma in the kingship of the twice-born, of plants, of the stars and planets, of sacrifices and of austerities.

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HV 4.3

अपां तु वरुणं राज्ये राज्ञां वैश्रवणं पतिम् बृहस्पतिं तु विश्वेषां ददाव् आङ्गिरसं पतिम् ॥ भृगूणाम् अधिपं चैव काव्यं राज्ये ऽभिषेचयत् । आदित्यानां तथा विष्णुं वसूनाम् अथ पावकम्

apāṃ tu varuṇaṃ rājye rājñāṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ patim bṛhaspatiṃ tu viśveṣāṃ dadāv āṅgirasaṃ patim || bhṛgūṇām adhipaṃ caiva kāvyaṃ rājye 'bhiṣecayat | ādityānāṃ tathā viṣṇuṃ vasūnām atha pāvakam

Varuṇa (he consecrated) in the kingship of the waters, Vaiśravaṇa as lord of kings, and he gave Bṛhaspati, son of Aṅgiras, as lord of the Viśvas; and he consecrated Kāvya in the kingship as chief of the Bhṛgus, and likewise Viṣṇu of the Ādityas, and Pāvaka of the Vasus.

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HV 4.4

प्रजापतीनां दक्षं तु मरुताम् अथ वासवम् दैत्यानां दानवानां च प्रह्लादम् अमितौजसम्

prajāpatīnāṃ dakṣaṃ tu marutām atha vāsavam daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca prahlādam amitaujasam

Dakṣa of the lords of creatures, and Vāsava of the Maruts, and Prahlāda of measureless might of the daityas and dānavas;

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HV 4.7

वैवस्वतं पितॄणां च यमं राज्ये ऽभ्यषेचयत् मातॄणां च व्रतानां च मन्त्राणां च तथा गवाम् । यक्षाणां राक्षसानां च पार्थिवानां तथैव च ॥ ह्व्_४।५ नारायणं तु साध्यानां रुद्राणां वृषभध्वजम् । विप्रचित्तिं तु राजानं दानवानाम् अथादिशत् । सर्वभूतपिशाचानाम् गिरीशं शूलपाणिनम् शैलानां हिमवन्तं च नदीनाम् अथ सागरम् ॥ ह्व्_४।६ गन्धानां मरुतां चैव भूतानाम् अशरीरिणाम् । शब्दाकाशवतां चैव वायुं च बलिनां वरम् । गन्धर्वाणाम् अधिपतिं चक्रे चित्ररथं प्रभुः नागानां वासुकिं चक्रे सर्पाणाम् अथ तक्षकम्

vaivasvataṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca yamaṃ rājye 'bhyaṣecayat mātṝṇāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca mantrāṇāṃ ca tathā gavām | yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca // HV_4.5 nārāyaṇaṃ tu sādhyānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam | vipracittiṃ tu rājānaṃ dānavānām athādiśat | sarvabhūtapiśācānām girīśaṃ śūlapāṇinam śailānāṃ himavantaṃ ca nadīnām atha sāgaram // HV_4.6 gandhānāṃ marutāṃ caiva bhūtānām aśarīriṇām | śabdākāśavatāṃ caiva vāyuṃ ca balināṃ varam | gandharvāṇām adhipatiṃ cakre citrarathaṃ prabhuḥ nāgānāṃ vāsukiṃ cakre sarpāṇām atha takṣakam

and he consecrated Yama Vaivasvata in the kingship of the fathers, and of the mothers, of vows, of mantras and likewise of cattle, of yakṣas and rākṣasas and likewise of earthly beings; and Nārāyaṇa of the Sādhyas, the bull-bannered one of the Rudras; and he appointed Vipracitti as king of the dānavas; Girīśa, the trident-bearer, of all beings and piśācas; Himavat of the mountains, and the ocean of the rivers; of scents and of the winds and of bodiless beings, and of things possessing sound and space, (he appointed) Vāyu, the best of the strong; the lord made Citraratha chief of the gandharvas, made Vāsuki (chief) of the nāgas and Takṣaka of the serpents.

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

HV 4.8

वारणानां च राजानम् ऐरावतम् अथादिशत् उच्चैःश्रवसम् अश्वानां गरुडं चैव पक्षिणाम्

vāraṇānāṃ ca rājānam airāvatam athādiśat uccaiḥśravasam aśvānāṃ garuḍaṃ caiva pakṣiṇām

And (he) appointed Airāvata as king of the elephants, Uccaiḥśravas of horses, and Garuḍa of birds.

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HV 4.10

मृगाणाम् अथ शार्दूलं गोवृषं तु गवाम् अपि वनस्पतीनां राजानं प्लक्षम् एवाभ्यषेचयत् ॥ ह्व्_४।९ सागराणां नदीनां च मेघानां वर्षणस्य च । आदित्यानां अधिपतिं पर्जन्यम् अभिषिक्तवान् ॥ सर्वेषां दंष्ट्रिणां शेषं राजानम् अभ्यषेचयत् । सरीसृपाणां सर्पाणां राजानं चैव तक्षकम् । सर्वाप्सरोगणानां च कामदेवः कृतः प्रभुः ॥ ऋतूनाम् अथ मासानां दिवसानां तथैव च । पक्षाणां च क्षपाणां च मुहूर्ततिथिपर्वणाम् ॥ कलाकाष्ठाप्रमाणानां गतेरयनयोस् तथा । गणितस्याथ योगस्य चक्रे संवत्सरं प्रभुम् । एवं विभज्य राज्यानि क्रमेण स पितामहः दिशां पालान् अथ ततः स्थापयामास भारत

mṛgāṇām atha śārdūlaṃ govṛṣaṃ tu gavām api vanaspatīnāṃ rājānaṃ plakṣam evābhyaṣecayat // HV_4.9 sāgarāṇāṃ nadīnāṃ ca meghānāṃ varṣaṇasya ca | ādityānāṃ adhipatiṃ parjanyam abhiṣiktavān || sarveṣāṃ daṃṣṭriṇāṃ śeṣaṃ rājānam abhyaṣecayat | sarīsṛpāṇāṃ sarpāṇāṃ rājānaṃ caiva takṣakam | sarvāpsarogaṇānāṃ ca kāmadevaḥ kṛtaḥ prabhuḥ || ṛtūnām atha māsānāṃ divasānāṃ tathaiva ca | pakṣāṇāṃ ca kṣapāṇāṃ ca muhūrtatithiparvaṇām || kalākāṣṭhāpramāṇānāṃ gaterayanayos tathā | gaṇitasyātha yogasya cakre saṃvatsaraṃ prabhum | evaṃ vibhajya rājyāni krameṇa sa pitāmahaḥ diśāṃ pālān atha tataḥ sthāpayāmāsa bhārata

Then the tiger of wild beasts, and the bull of cattle; and (he) consecrated the plakṣa tree as king of the forest trees. Of the oceans and the rivers, and of the clouds and of the raining, (and) of the Ādityas, he consecrated Parjanya as overlord. Over all the fanged (creatures) he consecrated Śeṣa as king, and Takṣaka as king of the crawling serpents; and Kāmadeva was made lord of all the hosts of Apsarases. Then of the seasons, of the months, and likewise of the days, of the fortnights and of the nights, of the muhūrtas, lunar days and junctures, of the kalās, kāṣṭhās and (their) measures, and of the (sun's) course and the two solstices, and of reckoning and of conjunction, he made the year the lord. Having thus in due order apportioned the realms, that grandfather (Brahmā) then established the guardians of the directions, O Bhārata.

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HV 4.11

पूर्वस्यां दिशि पुत्रं तु वैराजस्य प्रजापतेः दिशापालं सुधन्वानं राजानं सो ऽभ्यषेचयत्

pūrvasyāṃ diśi putraṃ tu vairājasya prajāpateḥ diśāpālaṃ sudhanvānaṃ rājānaṃ so 'bhyaṣecayat

In the eastern direction he consecrated as king, as guardian of the direction, Sudhanvan, the son of the Prajāpati Vairāja.

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HV 4.12

दक्षिणस्यां महात्मानं कर्दमस्य प्रजापतेः पुत्रं शङ्खपदं नाम राजानं सो ऽभ्यषेचयत्

dakṣiṇasyāṃ mahātmānaṃ kardamasya prajāpateḥ putraṃ śaṅkhapadaṃ nāma rājānaṃ so 'bhyaṣecayat

In the south he consecrated as king the great-souled son of the Prajāpati Kardama, named Śaṅkhapada.

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HV 4.13

पश्चिमस्यां दिशि तथा रजसः पुत्रमच्युतम् केतुमन्तं महात्मानं राजानं सो ऽभ्यषेचयत्

paścimasyāṃ diśi tathā rajasaḥ putramacyutam ketumantaṃ mahātmānaṃ rājānaṃ so 'bhyaṣecayat

So too in the western direction he consecrated as king the unfailing son of Rajas, the great-souled Ketumant.

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HV 4.14

तथा हिरण्यलोमानं पर्जन्यस्य प्रजापतेः उदीच्यां दिशि दुर्धर्षं राजानं सो ऽभ्यषेचयत्

tathā hiraṇyalomānaṃ parjanyasya prajāpateḥ udīcyāṃ diśi durdharṣaṃ rājānaṃ so 'bhyaṣecayat

Likewise he consecrated as king in the northern direction the unassailable Hiraṇyaloman, (son) of the Prajāpati Parjanya.

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HV 4.15

तैर् इयं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना सशैलवनकानना । ससागरा च ससरित् । यथाप्रदेशम् अद्यापि धर्मेण परिपाल्यते

tair iyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā saśailavanakānanā | sasāgarā ca sasarit | yathāpradeśam adyāpi dharmeṇa paripālyate

By them this whole earth, with its seven continents, with its towns, with its mountains, woods and forests, with its oceans and with its rivers, is even today protected in accordance with dharma, each in his own region.

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HV 4.16

राजसूयाभिषिक्तश् च पृथुर् एभिर् नराधिपैः वेददृष्टेन विधिना राजराज्येन राजभिः

rājasūyābhiṣiktaś ca pṛthur ebhir narādhipaiḥ vedadṛṣṭena vidhinā rājarājyena rājabhiḥ

And Pṛthu was consecrated with the rājasūya by these lords of men, by these kings, with the rite laid down in the Veda, to the kingship over kings.

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HV 4.17

ततो मन्वन्तरे ऽतीते चाक्षुषे ऽमिततेजसि वैवस्वताय मनवे पृथिवीराज्यम् आदिशत्

tato manvantare 'tīte cākṣuṣe 'mitatejasi vaivasvatāya manave pṛthivīrājyam ādiśat

Then, when the Cākṣuṣa manvantara of immeasurable splendour had passed, he assigned the kingship of the earth to Manu Vaivasvata.

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HV 4.19

तस्य विस्तरम् आख्यास्ये मनोर् वैवस्वतस्य ह तवानुकूल्याद् राजेन्द्र यदि शुश्रूषसे ऽनघ महद्द् ह्य् एतद् अधिष्ठानं पुराणे परिनिष्ठितम् ॥ ह्व्_४।१८ पुण्यं यशस्यम् आयुष्यं स्वर्गवासकरं शुभम् । विस्तरेण पृथोर् जन्म वैशम्पायन कीर्तय यथा महात्मना तेन दुग्धा चेयं वसुंधरा

tasya vistaram ākhyāsye manor vaivasvatasya ha tavānukūlyād rājendra yadi śuśrūṣase 'nagha mahadd hy etad adhiṣṭhānaṃ purāṇe pariniṣṭhitam // HV_4.18 puṇyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ svargavāsakaraṃ śubham | vistareṇa pṛthor janma vaiśampāyana kīrtaya yathā mahātmanā tena dugdhā ceyaṃ vasuṃdharā

(Vaiśampāyana:) I shall relate in full (the account) of that Manu Vaivasvata, to please you, O best of kings, if you wish to hear it, O blameless one; for this is a great foundation, firmly established in the Purāṇa — meritorious, conferring fame and long life, bringing a dwelling in heaven, auspicious. (Janamejaya:) Recount in detail, Vaiśampāyana, the birth of Pṛthu, and how by that great-souled one this earth was milked.

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HV 4.21

यथा च पितृभिर् दुग्धा यथा देवैर् यथ र्षिभिः यथा दैत्यैश् च नागैश् च यथा यक्षैर् यथा द्रुमैः ॥ ह्व्_४।२० यथा शैलैः पिशाचैश् च गन्धर्वैश् च द्विजोत्तमैः । राक्षसैश् च महासत्त्वैर् यथा दुग्धा वसुंधरा । तेषां पात्रविशेषांश् च वैशंपायन कीर्तय वत्सान् क्षीरविशेषांश् च सर्वम् एवानुपूर्वशः

yathā ca pitṛbhir dugdhā yathā devair yatha rṣibhiḥ yathā daityaiś ca nāgaiś ca yathā yakṣair yathā drumaiḥ // HV_4.20 yathā śailaiḥ piśācaiś ca gandharvaiś ca dvijottamaiḥ | rākṣasaiś ca mahāsattvair yathā dugdhā vasuṃdharā | teṣāṃ pātraviśeṣāṃś ca vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya vatsān kṣīraviśeṣāṃś ca sarvam evānupūrvaśaḥ

And how she was milked by the fathers, how by the gods, how by the seers, how by the Daityas and the Nāgas, how by the Yakṣas, how by the trees, how by the mountains and the Piśācas, and by the Gandharvas and the best of the twice-born, and by the Rākṣasas of great strength — how the earth was milked; and recount, Vaiśampāyana, the particular vessels of these, the calves and the particular (kinds of) milk, all of it in due order.

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HV 4.22

यस्मिंश् च कारणे पाणिर् वेनस्य मथितः पुरा क्रुद्धैर् महर्षिभिस् तात कारणं तच् च कीर्तय

yasmiṃś ca kāraṇe pāṇir venasya mathitaḥ purā kruddhair maharṣibhis tāta kāraṇaṃ tac ca kīrtaya

And for what cause the hand of Vena was churned of old by the enraged great seers — recount that cause too, dear sir.

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HV 4.23

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि पृथोर् वैन्यस्य संभवम् एकाग्रः प्रयतश् चैव शुश्रूषुर् जनमेजय

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi pṛthor vainyasya saṃbhavam ekāgraḥ prayataś caiva śuśrūṣur janamejaya

Well then, I shall tell you the origin of Pṛthu, son of Vena, since you are single-minded, self-restrained, and eager to hear, O Janamejaya.

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HV 4.24

नाशुचेः क्षुद्रमनसो नाशिष्यस्याव्रतस्य वा कीर्तयेयम् अहं राजन् कृतघ्नस्याहितस्य वा

nāśuceḥ kṣudramanaso nāśiṣyasyāvratasya vā kīrtayeyam ahaṃ rājan kṛtaghnasyāhitasya vā

I would not recount (it), O king, to one impure, to one of mean mind, to one who is not a pupil or who keeps no vows, or to an ungrateful or hostile man.

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HV 4.25

स्वर्ग्यं यशस्यम् आयुष्यं धन्यं वेदेन संमितम् रहस्यम् ऋषिभिः प्रोक्तं शृणु राजन् यथातथम्

svargyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ vedena saṃmitam rahasyam ṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ śṛṇu rājan yathātatham

Hear rightly, O king, (this account) that leads to heaven, brings fame, long life and prosperity, is equal to the Veda, secret, and declared by the seers.

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HV 4.26

यश् चैनं कीर्तयेन् नित्यं पृथोर् वैन्यस्य संभवम् ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य न स शोचेत् कृताकृतम्

yaś cainaṃ kīrtayen nityaṃ pṛthor vainyasya saṃbhavam brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya na sa śocet kṛtākṛtam

And he who constantly recites this, the origin of Pṛthu son of Vena, after making obeisance to the brahmins, will not grieve over what he has done and left undone.

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