Harivamsha — Chapter 41
HV 41.1
तच् छ्रुत्वा विष्णुगदितं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः उवाच परमं वाक्यं हितं सर्वदिवौकसाम्
tac chrutvā viṣṇugaditaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ uvāca paramaṃ vākyaṃ hitaṃ sarvadivaukasām
Hearing that spoken by Viṣṇu, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, uttered a supreme speech, beneficial to all the dwellers in heaven:
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HV 41.2
नास्ति किंचिद् भयं विष्णो सुराणाम् असुरान्तक येषां भवान् अभयदः कर्णधारो रणे रणे
nāsti kiṃcid bhayaṃ viṣṇo surāṇām asurāntaka yeṣāṃ bhavān abhayadaḥ karṇadhāro raṇe raṇe
"There is no fear at all for the gods, O Viṣṇu, slayer of the asuras — they for whom you are the giver of safety, the helmsman in battle after battle.
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HV 41.3
शक्रे जयति देवेशे त्वयि चासुरसूदने धर्मे प्रयतमानानां मानवानां कुतो भयम्
śakre jayati deveśe tvayi cāsurasūdane dharme prayatamānānāṃ mānavānāṃ kuto bhayam
When Śakra, lord of the gods, is victorious, and you the destroyer of asuras (are victorious), whence should there be fear for men who strive in dharma?
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HV 41.4
सत्ये धर्मे च निरता मानवा विगतज्वराः नाकालधर्मणा मृत्युः शक्नोति प्रसमीक्षितुम्
satye dharme ca niratā mānavā vigatajvarāḥ nākāladharmaṇā mṛtyuḥ śaknoti prasamīkṣitum
Men devoted to truth and dharma, freed of affliction — death cannot even look upon them by an untimely course.
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HV 41.5
मानवानां च पतयः पार्थिवाश् च परस्परम् षड्भागम् उपयुञ्जाना न भेदं कुर्वते मिथः
mānavānāṃ ca patayaḥ pārthivāś ca parasparam ṣaḍbhāgam upayuñjānā na bhedaṃ kurvate mithaḥ
And the lords of men and the kings, enjoying the sixth part (as tax) from one another, do not make division among themselves.
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HV 41.6
ते प्रजानां शुभकराः करदैर् अविगर्हिताः अकरैर् विप्रयुक्तार्थाः कोशम् आपूरयन् सदा
te prajānāṃ śubhakarāḥ karadair avigarhitāḥ akarair viprayuktārthāḥ kośam āpūrayan sadā
They, doing good to their subjects, unreproached by the taxpayers, their aims detached from the tax-free (?), constantly filled the treasury.
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HV 41.7
स्फीताञ्जनपदान् स्वान् स्वान् पालयन्तः क्षमापराः अतीक्ष्णद् अण्डाश् चतुरो वर्णाञ् जुगुपुर् अञ्जसा
sphītāñjanapadān svān svān pālayantaḥ kṣamāparāḥ atīkṣṇad aṇḍāś caturo varṇāñ jugupur añjasā
Guarding each his own prosperous realm, intent on forbearance, not harsh in punishment, they straightforwardly protected the four classes.
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HV 41.8
नोद्वेजनीया भूतानां सचिवैः साधु पूजिताः चतुरङ्गबलैर् युक्ताः षड्गुणान् उपयुञ्जते
nodvejanīyā bhūtānāṃ sacivaiḥ sādhu pūjitāḥ caturaṅgabalair yuktāḥ ṣaḍguṇān upayuñjate
Not to be dreaded by living beings, well honoured by their ministers, provided with forces of four divisions, they employ the six expedients.
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HV 41.9
धनुर्वेदपराः सर्वे सर्वे वेदेषु निष्ठिताः यजन्ति च यथाकालं यज्ञैर् विपुलदक्षिणैः
dhanurvedaparāḥ sarve sarve vedeṣu niṣṭhitāḥ yajanti ca yathākālaṃ yajñair vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ
All are devoted to the science of archery, all are firmly grounded in the Vedas, and at the proper times they sacrifice with sacrifices of ample gifts.
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HV 41.10
वेदान् अधीत्य दीक्षाभिर् महर्षीन् ब्रह्मचर्यया श्राद्धैश् च मेध्यैः शतशस् तर्पयन्ति पितामहान्
vedān adhītya dīkṣābhir maharṣīn brahmacaryayā śrāddhaiś ca medhyaiḥ śataśas tarpayanti pitāmahān
Having studied the Vedas, they gratify the great sages by consecrations and by chastity, and by the hundred their forefathers with pure funeral offerings.
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HV 41.11
नैषाम् अविदितं किंचित् त्रिविधं भुवि विद्यते वैदिकं लौकिकं चैव धर्मशास्त्रोक्तम् एव च
naiṣām aviditaṃ kiṃcit trividhaṃ bhuvi vidyate vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ caiva dharmaśāstroktam eva ca
Nothing threefold on earth is unknown to them: the Vedic, the worldly, and what is stated in the treatises on dharma.
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HV 41.12
ते परावरदृष्टार्था महर्षिसमतेजसः भूयः कृतयुगं कर्तुम् उत्सहन्ते नराधिपाः
te parāvaradṛṣṭārthā maharṣisamatejasaḥ bhūyaḥ kṛtayugaṃ kartum utsahante narādhipāḥ
Those rulers of men, who have seen the meaning of higher and lower, equal in splendour to the great sages, are able to make the Kṛta age come again.
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HV 41.14
तेषाम् एव प्रभावेन शिवं वर्षति वासवः यथार्थं च ववुर् वाता विरजस्का दिशो दश ॥ ह्व्_४१।१३ ॥। वाताः शिवसुगन्धिनः । निर्मलं चाभवद् व्योम ॥। । निरुत्पाता च वसुधा सुप्रचाराश् च वै ग्रहाः चन्द्रमाश् च सनक्षत्रः सौम्यं चरति योगतः
teṣām eva prabhāvena śivaṃ varṣati vāsavaḥ yathārthaṃ ca vavur vātā virajaskā diśo daśa // HV_41.13 ... vātāḥ śivasugandhinaḥ | nirmalaṃ cābhavad vyoma ... | nirutpātā ca vasudhā supracārāś ca vai grahāḥ candramāś ca sanakṣatraḥ saumyaṃ carati yogataḥ
By their very power Vāsava rains auspiciously, and the winds have blown as they should, and the ten directions are free of dust; ... the winds are auspicious and fragrant; the sky has become spotless; ... and the earth is without portents, and the planets move well, and the moon with the constellations moves benignly in its conjunctions.
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HV 41.15
अनुलोमकरः सूर्यो अयने द्वे चचार ह हव्यैश् च विविधैस् तृप्तः शुभगन्धो हुताशनः
anulomakaraḥ sūryo ayane dve cacāra ha havyaiś ca vividhais tṛptaḥ śubhagandho hutāśanaḥ
The sun, moving favourably, has traversed the two solstitial courses; and the fire-eater, sated with manifold oblations, is sweet-smelling.
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HV 41.16
एवं सम्यक्प्रवृत्तेषु निवृत्तेष्व् अपराधतः तर्पयत्सु महीं कृत्स्नां नृणां कालभयं कुतः
evaṃ samyakpravṛtteṣu nivṛtteṣv aparādhataḥ tarpayatsu mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ nṛṇāṃ kālabhayaṃ kutaḥ
When (men) are thus rightly engaged, turned away from wrongdoing, and are gratifying the whole earth, whence should there be for men a fear of Time?
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HV 41.17
तेषां ज्वलितकीर्तीनाम् अन्योन्यम् अनुवर्तिनाम् राज्ञां बलैर् बलवतां पीड्यते वसुधातलम्
teṣāṃ jvalitakīrtīnām anyonyam anuvartinām rājñāṃ balair balavatāṃ pīḍyate vasudhātalam
By the armies of those kings of blazing fame, following one another, mighty ones, the surface of the earth is oppressed.
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HV 41.18
सेयं भारपरिश्रान्ता पीड्यमाना नराधिपैः पृथिवी समनुप्राप्ता नौर् इवासन्न् अविप्लवा
seyaṃ bhārapariśrāntā pīḍyamānā narādhipaiḥ pṛthivī samanuprāptā naur ivāsann aviplavā
This earth, worn out by the burden, oppressed by the rulers of men, has come to be like a ship that is about to sink.
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HV 41.19
युगान्तसदृशं रूपं शैलोच्चलितबन्धनम् जलोत्पीडाकुला स्वेदं दर्शयन्ती मुहुर् मुहुः
yugāntasadṛśaṃ rūpaṃ śailoccalitabandhanam jalotpīḍākulā svedaṃ darśayantī muhur muhuḥ
(Assuming) a form like the end of an age, the bonds (of her) mountains shaken loose, troubled by upsurges of water, she shows her sweat again and again.
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HV 41.21
क्षत्रियाणां वपुर्भिश् च तेजसा च बलेन च नृणां च राष्ट्रैर् विस्तीर्णैः श्राम्यतीव वसुंधरा ॥ ह्व्_४१।२० यच् चोक्तं ब्रह्मसदने ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । तच् छृणुष्व महाबाहो रहस्यम् इदम् उत्तमम् । पुरे पुरे नरपतिः कोटिसंख्यैर् बलैर् वृतः राष्ट्रे राष्ट्रे च बहवो ग्रामाः शतसहस्रशः
kṣatriyāṇāṃ vapurbhiś ca tejasā ca balena ca nṛṇāṃ ca rāṣṭrair vistīrṇaiḥ śrāmyatīva vasuṃdharā // HV_41.20 yac coktaṃ brahmasadane brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā | tac chṛṇuṣva mahābāho rahasyam idam uttamam | pure pure narapatiḥ koṭisaṃkhyair balair vṛtaḥ rāṣṭre rāṣṭre ca bahavo grāmāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
By the bodies of the kṣatriyas, and by their splendour and their strength, and by the extended realms of men, the earth seems to grow weary. // And what was said in Brahmā's abode by Brahmā the highest lord — hear that, O mighty-armed one, this supreme secret: in every city a king surrounded by armies numbered in crores, and in every realm many villages, by the hundred thousand.
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HV 41.22
भूमिपानां सहस्रैश् च तेषां च बलिनां बलैः ग्रामायुताढ्यै राष्ट्रैश् च भूमिर् निर्विवरीकृता
bhūmipānāṃ sahasraiś ca teṣāṃ ca balināṃ balaiḥ grāmāyutāḍhyai rāṣṭraiś ca bhūmir nirvivarīkṛtā
By the thousands of earth-rulers, and by the armies of those mighty ones, and by realms rich in myriads of villages, the earth has been made without an empty space.
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HV 41.23
सेयं निरामिषं कृत्वा निश्चेष्टं कालम् अग्रतः प्राप्ता ममालयं विष्णो भवांश् चास्याः परा गतिः
seyaṃ nirāmiṣaṃ kṛtvā niśceṣṭaṃ kālam agrataḥ prāptā mamālayaṃ viṣṇo bhavāṃś cāsyāḥ parā gatiḥ
This (earth), having made Time itself before her devoid of flesh (i.e. without prey) and motionless, has come to my abode, O Viṣṇu; and you are her highest recourse.
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HV 41.24
कर्मभूमिर् इहस्थानां भूमिर् एषा व्यथां गता यथा न सीदेत् तत्कार्यं जगत्य् एषा हि शाश्वती
karmabhūmir ihasthānāṃ bhūmir eṣā vyathāṃ gatā yathā na sīdet tatkāryaṃ jagaty eṣā hi śāśvatī
This earth is the field of works for those who dwell here, and she has come to distress; it must be seen to that she does not sink, for she is the everlasting (support) in the world.
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HV 41.25
अस्या हि पीडने दोषो महान् स्यान् मधुसूदन क्रियालोपश् च लोकानां दूषितं च जगद् भवेत्
asyā hi pīḍane doṣo mahān syān madhusūdana kriyālopaś ca lokānāṃ dūṣitaṃ ca jagad bhavet
For in the oppression of her there would be great harm, O slayer of Madhu, and a lapse of the rites of the worlds, and the world would become defiled.
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HV 41.26
श्राम्यते व्यक्तम् एवेयं पार्थिवौघप्रपीडिता सहजां या क्षमां त्यक्त्वा चलत्वम् अचला गता
śrāmyate vyaktam eveyaṃ pārthivaughaprapīḍitā sahajāṃ yā kṣamāṃ tyaktvā calatvam acalā gatā
Plainly she grows weary, crushed by the flood of kings—she who, abandoning her innate patience (kṣamā), though immovable has come to movement.
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HV 41.27
तद् अस्याः श्रुतवन्तः स्म तच् चापि भवता श्रुतम् भारावतरणार्थं हि मन्त्रयामस् त्वया सह
tad asyāḥ śrutavantaḥ sma tac cāpi bhavatā śrutam bhārāvataraṇārthaṃ hi mantrayāmas tvayā saha
So we have heard this from her, and it has been heard by you as well; therefore we take counsel with you for the sake of removing (her) burden.
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HV 41.28
सत्पथे हि स्थिताः सर्वे राजानो राष्ट्रवर्धनाः नराणां च त्रयो वर्णा ब्राह्मणान् अनुयायिनः
satpathe hi sthitāḥ sarve rājāno rāṣṭravardhanāḥ narāṇāṃ ca trayo varṇā brāhmaṇān anuyāyinaḥ
For all kings, the increasers of realms, stand on the good path, and among men the three (other) classes follow the brahmins.
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HV 41.29
सर्वं सत्यमयं वाक्यं वर्णा धर्मपरास् तथा सर्वे वेदपरा विप्राः सर्वे विप्रपरा नराः
sarvaṃ satyamayaṃ vākyaṃ varṇā dharmaparās tathā sarve vedaparā viprāḥ sarve vipraparā narāḥ
Every utterance is full of truth, and the classes are devoted to dharma; all brahmins are devoted to the Veda, all men devoted to the brahmins.
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HV 41.30
एवं जगति वर्तन्ते मनुष्या धर्मकारणात् यथा धर्मवधो न स्यात् तथा मन्त्रः प्रवर्तताम्
evaṃ jagati vartante manuṣyā dharmakāraṇāt yathā dharmavadho na syāt tathā mantraḥ pravartatām
Thus men live in the world for the sake of dharma; let the counsel proceed in such a way that there be no slaying of dharma.
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HV 41.31
सतां गतिर् इयं नान्या धर्मश् चास्याः सुसाधनम् राज्ञां चैव वधः कार्यो धरण्या भारनिर्णये
satāṃ gatir iyaṃ nānyā dharmaś cāsyāḥ susādhanam rājñāṃ caiva vadhaḥ kāryo dharaṇyā bhāranirṇaye
This is the course of the good and no other, and dharma is her good means (of support); yet the kings must be slain in the settling of the earth's burden.
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