Harivamsha — Chapter 43

HV 43.1

यम् अहं भारसंतप्ता संप्राप्ता शरणैषिणी भारो यद्य् अवरोप्तव्यो विष्णुर् एष ब्रवीतु माम् ॥ ह्व्_४२।५३ मा भैर् धरणि कल्याणि शान्तिं व्रज समाहिते । एष त्वाम् उचितं स्थानं स्थापयामि वसिंधरे । एतस्याहं प्रसादेन श्रमं त्यक्ष्यामि देवताः । ते श्रुत्वा पृथिवीवाक्यं सर्व एव दिवौकसः तदर्थकृत्यं संचिन्त्य पितामहम् अथाब्रुवन्

yam ahaṃ bhārasaṃtaptā saṃprāptā śaraṇaiṣiṇī bhāro yady avaroptavyo viṣṇur eṣa bravītu mām // HV_42.53 mā bhair dharaṇi kalyāṇi śāntiṃ vraja samāhite | eṣa tvām ucitaṃ sthānaṃ sthāpayāmi vasiṃdhare | etasyāhaṃ prasādena śramaṃ tyakṣyāmi devatāḥ | te śrutvā pṛthivīvākyaṃ sarva eva divaukasaḥ tadarthakṛtyaṃ saṃcintya pitāmaham athābruvan

—whom I, tormented by the burden, have approached seeking refuge: if the burden is to be removed, let this Viṣṇu speak to me. "Do not fear, auspicious Earth; be calm, O composed one. I shall establish you in a fitting place, O bearer of wealth; by his grace I shall lay aside my weariness, O gods." Having heard the Earth's speech, all the dwellers in heaven, considering what should be done about it, then said to the Grandfather:

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HV 43.2

भगवन् क्रियताम् अस्या धरण्या भारसंनतिः शरीरकर्ता लोकानां त्वं हि लोकस्य चेश्वरः

bhagavan kriyatām asyā dharaṇyā bhārasaṃnatiḥ śarīrakartā lokānāṃ tvaṃ hi lokasya ceśvaraḥ

"Lord, let the lessening of this Earth's burden be brought about; for you are the maker of the bodies of the worlds and the ruler of the world.

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HV 43.3

यत् कर्तव्यं महेन्द्रेण यमेन वरुणेन च यद् वा कार्यं धनेशेन स्वयं नारायणेन वा

yat kartavyaṃ mahendreṇa yamena varuṇena ca yad vā kāryaṃ dhaneśena svayaṃ nārāyaṇena vā

"What is to be done by great Indra, by Yama and by Varuṇa, or what task is to be done by the lord of wealth or by Nārāyaṇa himself,

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HV 43.4

यद् वा चन्द्रमसा कार्यं भास्करेणानिलेन वा आदित्यैर् वसुभिर् वापि रुद्रैर् वा लोकभावनैः

yad vā candramasā kāryaṃ bhāskareṇānilena vā ādityair vasubhir vāpi rudrair vā lokabhāvanaiḥ

"or what is to be done by the moon, or by the sun, or by the wind, or by the Ādityas, or by the Vasus, or by the Rudras who bring the worlds into being,

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HV 43.5

अश्विभ्यां वा सुराग्र्याभ्यां साध्यैर् वा त्रिदिवालयैः मरुद्भिर् वा सुरश्रेष्ठैः पावकेनापि च प्रभो । बृहस्पत्युशनोभ्यां वा कालेन कलिनापि वा

aśvibhyāṃ vā surāgryābhyāṃ sādhyair vā tridivālayaiḥ marudbhir vā suraśreṣṭhaiḥ pāvakenāpi ca prabho | bṛhaspatyuśanobhyāṃ vā kālena kalināpi vā

"or by the two Aśvins, foremost of gods, or by the Sādhyas who dwell in the third heaven, or by the Maruts, best of gods, or by Fire too, O lord, or by Bṛhaspati and Uśanas, or by Time, or by Kali,

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HV 43.6

महेश्वरेण वा ब्रह्मन् विशाखेन गुहेन वा यक्षराक्षसगन्धर्वैश् चारणैर् वा महोरगैः

maheśvareṇa vā brahman viśākhena guhena vā yakṣarākṣasagandharvaiś cāraṇair vā mahoragaiḥ

"or by Maheśvara, O brahman, or by Viśākha, or by Guha, or by the Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Gandharvas, or by the Cāraṇas or the great serpents,

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HV 43.7

पर्वतैः शैलमुख्यैर् वा सागरैर् वा महोर्मिभिः गङ्गामुखाभिर् दिव्याभिः सरिद्भिर् वा सुरेश्वर

parvataiḥ śailamukhyair vā sāgarair vā mahormibhiḥ gaṅgāmukhābhir divyābhiḥ saridbhir vā sureśvara

"or by the mountains, chief among rocks, or by the oceans with their great waves, or by the divine rivers headed by Gaṅgā, O lord of the gods—

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HV 43.8

क्षिप्रम् आज्ञापय विभो कथम् अंशः प्रयुज्यताम् यदि ते पार्थिवं कार्यं कार्यं पार्थिवविग्रहे

kṣipram ājñāpaya vibho katham aṃśaḥ prayujyatām yadi te pārthivaṃ kāryaṃ kāryaṃ pārthivavigrahe

"command quickly, O pervading one, how a portion (of us) is to be employed. If your business concerns the earth, the work must be done in an earthly body.

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HV 43.9

कथम् अंशावतरणं कुर्मः सर्वे पितामह अन्तरिक्षगता ये च पृथिव्यां ये च पार्थिवाः

katham aṃśāvataraṇaṃ kurmaḥ sarve pitāmaha antarikṣagatā ye ca pṛthivyāṃ ye ca pārthivāḥ

"How shall we all make the descent of our portions, O Grandfather—we who move in the sky, and those who are on the earth, and those who are earthly beings?

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HV 43.10

सदस्यानां च विप्राणां पार्थिवानां कुलेषु च अयोनिजाश् चापि तनूः सृजाम जगतीतले

sadasyānāṃ ca viprāṇāṃ pārthivānāṃ kuleṣu ca ayonijāś cāpi tanūḥ sṛjāma jagatītale

"Shall we create bodies on the surface of the earth in the families of the assembly-priests, of the brahmins and of the kings, and also bodies not born from a womb?"

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HV 43.11

सुराणाम् एककार्याणां श्रुत्वैतन् निश्चितं महत् देवैः परिवृतः प्राह वाक्यं लोकपितामहः

surāṇām ekakāryāṇāṃ śrutvaitan niścitaṃ mahat devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ prāha vākyaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ

Hearing this great resolve of the gods, who were of one purpose, the Grandfather of the world, surrounded by the gods, spoke these words:

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HV 43.12

रोचते मे सुरश्रेष्ठा युष्माकम् अपि निश्चयः सृजध्वं स्वशरीरांशांस् तेजसात्मसमान् भुवि

rocate me suraśreṣṭhā yuṣmākam api niścayaḥ sṛjadhvaṃ svaśarīrāṃśāṃs tejasātmasamān bhuvi

"Your resolve pleases me too, O best of gods. Create on the earth portions of your own bodies, equal to yourselves in energy.

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HV 43.13

सर्व एव सुरश्रेष्ठास् तेजोभिर् अवरोहत भावयन्तो भुवं देवीं लब्ध्वा त्रिभुवनश्रियम्

sarva eva suraśreṣṭhās tejobhir avarohata bhāvayanto bhuvaṃ devīṃ labdhvā tribhuvanaśriyam

"Let all of you, best of gods, descend with your energies, causing the goddess Earth to prosper, having obtained the glory of the three worlds.

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HV 43.14

पार्थिवे भारते वंशे पूर्वम् एव विजानता पृथिव्यां संभवम् इमं श्रूयतां यन् मया कृतम्

pārthive bhārate vaṃśe pūrvam eva vijānatā pṛthivyāṃ saṃbhavam imaṃ śrūyatāṃ yan mayā kṛtam

(By me,) who already knew beforehand, (a provision was made) for this birth on earth in the earthly lineage of Bharata: let what was done by me be heard.

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HV 43.15

समुद्रे ऽहं सुराः पूर्वे वेलाम् आसाद्य पश्चिमाम् आसे सार्धं तनूजेन कश्यपेन महात्मना

samudre 'haṃ surāḥ pūrve velām āsādya paścimām āse sārdhaṃ tanūjena kaśyapena mahātmanā

Formerly, O gods, I was dwelling by the ocean, having reached the western shore, together with my son, the great-souled Kaśyapa.

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HV 43.17

कथाभिः पूर्ववृत्ताभिर् लोकवेदानुगामिभिः इतिवृत्तैश् च बहुभिः पुराणप्रभवैर् गुणैः ॥ ह्व्_४३।१६ निरूपयंस् तं देवेशं प्रमाणैर् बहुलक्षणैः । कुर्वतस् तु कथास् तास् ताः समुद्रः सह गङ्गया समीपम् आजगामाशु युक्तस् तोयदमारुतैः

kathābhiḥ pūrvavṛttābhir lokavedānugāmibhiḥ itivṛttaiś ca bahubhiḥ purāṇaprabhavair guṇaiḥ // HV_43.16 nirūpayaṃs taṃ deveśaṃ pramāṇair bahulakṣaṇaiḥ | kurvatas tu kathās tās tāḥ samudraḥ saha gaṅgayā samīpam ājagāmāśu yuktas toyadamārutaiḥ

(He was) setting forth that lord of the gods with many-marked proofs, by means of tales of things that happened of old, following the world's usage and the Vedas, and by many narratives, and by qualities arising from the ancient lore; and while (I) was making those various tales, the ocean, joined with rain-clouds and winds, came swiftly near, together with Gaṅgā.

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HV 43.18

स वीचिविषमां कुर्वन् गतिं वेगतरङ्गिणीम् यादोगणविचित्रेण संछन्नस् तोयवाससा

sa vīciviṣamāṃ kurvan gatiṃ vegataraṅgiṇīm yādogaṇavicitreṇa saṃchannas toyavāsasā

He, making his course rough with waves and surging with speed, covered over with a watery garment made variegated by the throngs of sea-creatures,

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HV 43.19

शङ्खमुक्तामलतनुः प्रवालमणिभूषणः युक्तश् चन्द्रमसा पूर्णः साभ्रगम्भीरनिस्वनः

śaṅkhamuktāmalatanuḥ pravālamaṇibhūṣaṇaḥ yuktaś candramasā pūrṇaḥ sābhragambhīranisvanaḥ

his body bright with conches and pearls, adorned with corals and gems, joined with the moon and full, with a deep roar (like that) of thunderclouds,

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HV 43.20

स मां परिभवन्न् एव स्वां वेलां समतिक्रमन् क्लेदयाम् आस चपलैर् लावणैर् अम्बुविस्रवैः

sa māṃ paribhavann eva svāṃ velāṃ samatikraman kledayām āsa capalair lāvaṇair ambuvisravaiḥ

he, as if slighting me, overstepping his own shore, drenched (the place) with restless salty outflows of water.

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HV 43.21

तं च देशं व्यवसितः समुद्रो ऽद्भिर् विमर्दितुम् उक्तः संरब्धया वाचा शान्तो ऽसीति ततो मया

taṃ ca deśaṃ vyavasitaḥ samudro 'dbhir vimarditum uktaḥ saṃrabdhayā vācā śānto 'sīti tato mayā

And the ocean was intent on crushing that region with its waters; then it was told by me in an angry voice, "Be still!"

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HV 43.22

शान्तो ऽसीत्य् उक्तमात्रस् तु तनुत्वं सागरो गतः संहतोर्मितरङ्गौघः स्थितो राजश्रिया ज्वलन्

śānto 'sīty uktamātras tu tanutvaṃ sāgaro gataḥ saṃhatormitaraṅgaughaḥ sthito rājaśriyā jvalan

As soon as (I) said "Be calm," the ocean became thin (subsided), its mass of massed waves and billows stilled, and it stood there blazing with royal splendour.

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HV 43.23

भूयश् चैव मया शप्तः समुद्रः सह गङ्गया सकारणां मतिं कृत्वा युष्माकं हितकाम्यया

bhūyaś caiva mayā śaptaḥ samudraḥ saha gaṅgayā sakāraṇāṃ matiṃ kṛtvā yuṣmākaṃ hitakāmyayā

And further the ocean, together with Gaṅgā, was cursed by me, after I had formed an intention that had a purpose, out of a wish for your welfare.

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HV 43.24

यस्मात् त्वं राजतुल्येन वपुषा समुपस्थितः गच्छार्णव महीपालो राजैव त्वं भविष्यसि

yasmāt tvaṃ rājatulyena vapuṣā samupasthitaḥ gacchārṇava mahīpālo rājaiva tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

"Since you have presented yourself with a form equal to a king's — go, O ocean: you shall become a protector of the earth, a king indeed.

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HV 43.25

तत्रापि सहजां लीलां धारयन् स्वेन तेजसा भविष्यसि नृणां भर्ता भारतानां कुलोद्वहः

tatrāpi sahajāṃ līlāṃ dhārayan svena tejasā bhaviṣyasi nṛṇāṃ bhartā bhāratānāṃ kulodvahaḥ

There too, keeping your innate play by your own splendour, you shall become the lord of men, the upholder of the lineage of the Bharatas.

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HV 43.26

शान्तो ऽसीति मयोक्तस् त्वं यच् चासि तनुतां गतः सुतनुर् यशसा लोके शंतनुस् त्वं भविष्यसि

śānto 'sīti mayoktas tvaṃ yac cāsi tanutāṃ gataḥ sutanur yaśasā loke śaṃtanus tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

And since you were told by me "Be calm (śānto 'si)" and became thin (tanutā), you, slender-bodied through your fame in the world, shall be Śaṃtanu.

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HV 43.27

इयम् अप्य् आयतापाङ्गी गङ्गा सर्वाङ्गशोभना इयम् अप्य् आगता गङ्गा तवार्थे वरवर्णिनी । रूपिणी वै सरिच् छ्रेष्ठा तत्र त्वाम् उपयास्यति

iyam apy āyatāpāṅgī gaṅgā sarvāṅgaśobhanā iyam apy āgatā gaṅgā tavārthe varavarṇinī | rūpiṇī vai saric chreṣṭhā tatra tvām upayāsyati

And this Gaṅgā too, with long outer corners of her eyes, lovely in every limb — this Gaṅgā too has come for your sake, of beautiful colour; embodied, the best of rivers, she shall become your wife there."

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HV 43.28

एवम् उक्तस् तु मां क्रुद्धः सो ऽभिगम्याऋणवो ऽब्रवीत् मां प्रभो देवदेवेश किमर्थं शप्तवान् असि

evam uktas tu māṃ kruddhaḥ so 'bhigamyāṛṇavo 'bravīt māṃ prabho devadeveśa kimarthaṃ śaptavān asi

Being addressed thus, the ocean, angry, approached me and said: "O Lord, ruler of the gods of gods, for what reason have you cursed me?

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HV 43.29

अहं तव विधेयात्मा त्वत्कृतस् त्वत्परायणः अशपो ऽसदृशैर् वाक्यैर् आत्मजं मां किम् आत्मना

ahaṃ tava vidheyātmā tvatkṛtas tvatparāyaṇaḥ aśapo 'sadṛśair vākyair ātmajaṃ māṃ kim ātmanā

I am one whose self is subject to you, made by you, devoted to you; why did you curse me, your own son, with unbefitting words, by your own self?

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HV 43.30

भगवंस् त्वत्प्रसादेन वेगात् पर्वणि वर्धितः यद्य् अहं चलितो ब्रह्मन् को ऽत्र दोषो ममात्मनः

bhagavaṃs tvatprasādena vegāt parvaṇi vardhitaḥ yady ahaṃ calito brahman ko 'tra doṣo mamātmanaḥ

Lord, by your grace I am swelled with force at the conjunction (of the moon); if I have moved, O Brahman, what fault in this is my own?

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HV 43.31

क्षिप्ताभिः पवनेनाद्भिः स्पृष्टो यद्य् असि पर्वणि अत्र मे भगवन् किं नु विद्यते शापकारणम्

kṣiptābhiḥ pavanenādbhiḥ spṛṣṭo yady asi parvaṇi atra me bhagavan kiṃ nu vidyate śāpakāraṇam

If you were touched at the conjunction by waters flung up by the wind, what cause for a curse is there for me in that, O Lord?

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HV 43.32

उद्धूतैश् च महावातैः प्रवृद्धैश् च बलाहकैः पर्वणा चेन्दुयुक्तेन त्रिभिः क्षुब्धो ऽस्मि कारणैः

uddhūtaiś ca mahāvātaiḥ pravṛddhaiś ca balāhakaiḥ parvaṇā cenduyuktena tribhiḥ kṣubdho 'smi kāraṇaiḥ

By great winds risen up, by swollen rain-clouds, and by the conjunction joined with the moon — by these three causes am I agitated.

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HV 43.33

एवं यद्य् अपराद्धो ऽहं कारणैस् त्वत्प्रवर्तितैः क्षन्तुम् अर्हसि मे ब्रह्मञ् शापो ऽयं विनिवर्त्यताम्

evaṃ yady aparāddho 'haṃ kāraṇais tvatpravartitaiḥ kṣantum arhasi me brahmañ śāpo 'yaṃ vinivartyatām

If in this way I have offended through causes set in motion by you, you ought to forgive me, O Brahman; let this curse be revoked.

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HV 43.34

एवं मयि निरालम्बे शापाच् छिथिलतां गते कारुण्यं कुरु देवेश प्रमाणं यद्य् अवेक्षसे

evaṃ mayi nirālambe śāpāc chithilatāṃ gate kāruṇyaṃ kuru deveśa pramāṇaṃ yady avekṣase

Since I am thus without support, having become slack because of the curse, show compassion, O lord of the gods, if you regard what is right.

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HV 43.36

अस्याश् च देव गङ्गाया गां गतायास् तवाज्ञया मद्दोषात् समदोषायाः प्रसादं कर्तुम् अर्हसि ॥ ह्व्_४३।३५ प्रसादं कुरु मे ब्रह्मन् विद्यते शापकारणम् । तम् अहं श्लक्ष्णया वाचा महार्णवम् अथाब्रुवम् अकारणज्ञं देवानां त्रस्तं शापानिलेरितम्

asyāś ca deva gaṅgāyā gāṃ gatāyās tavājñayā maddoṣāt samadoṣāyāḥ prasādaṃ kartum arhasi // HV_43.35 prasādaṃ kuru me brahman vidyate śāpakāraṇam | tam ahaṃ ślakṣṇayā vācā mahārṇavam athābruvam akāraṇajñaṃ devānāṃ trastaṃ śāpānileritam

And to this goddess Gaṅgā, gone to the earth by your command, who shares the fault through my fault, you ought to show favour. [43.35] Show me favour, O Brahman; there is a cause for the curse." — Then I spoke with gentle speech to that great ocean, who did not know the cause (of the acts) of the gods, terrified, driven by the wind of the curse:

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HV 43.37

शान्तिं व्रज न भेतव्यं प्रसन्नो ऽस्मि महामते शापे ऽस्मिन् सरितां नाथ भविष्यं शृणु कारणम्

śāntiṃ vraja na bhetavyaṃ prasanno 'smi mahāmate śāpe 'smin saritāṃ nātha bhaviṣyaṃ śṛṇu kāraṇam

"Be at peace, you need not fear; I am pleased, O great-minded one. Hear the future reason for this curse, O lord of rivers.

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HV 43.38

त्वं गच्छ भारते वंशे स्वदेहं स्वेन तेजसा आधत्स्व सरितां नाथ त्यक्त्वेमां सागरीं तनुम्

tvaṃ gaccha bhārate vaṃśe svadehaṃ svena tejasā ādhatsva saritāṃ nātha tyaktvemāṃ sāgarīṃ tanum

Go into the lineage of Bharata; place your own body there by your own splendour, O lord of rivers, abandoning this oceanic form.

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HV 43.39

महोदधे महीपालस् तत्र राजश्रिया वृतः पालयंश् चतुरो वर्णान् रंस्यसे सलिलेश्वर

mahodadhe mahīpālas tatra rājaśriyā vṛtaḥ pālayaṃś caturo varṇān raṃsyase salileśvara

O great sea, there, as a protector of the earth encompassed by royal splendour, guarding the four classes, you shall take delight, O lord of the waters.

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HV 43.40

इयं च त्वां सरिच् छ्रेष्ठा बिभ्रती मानुषीं तनुम् तत् कालरमणीयाङ्गी गङ्गा परिचरिष्यति

iyaṃ ca tvāṃ saric chreṣṭhā bibhratī mānuṣīṃ tanum tat kālaramaṇīyāṅgī gaṅgā paricariṣyati

And this best of rivers, Gaṅgā, bearing a human body, her limbs lovely for that time, shall serve you.

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HV 43.41

अनया सह जाह्नव्या मोदमानो ममाज्ञया इमं सलिलसंक्लेदं विस्मरिष्यसि सागर

anayā saha jāhnavyā modamāno mamājñayā imaṃ salilasaṃkledaṃ vismariṣyasi sāgara

Rejoicing with this Jāhnavī by my command, you shall forget this soaking in water, O ocean.

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HV 43.42

त्वरता चैव कर्तव्यं त्वयेदं देवशासनम् प्राजापत्येन विधिना गङ्गया सह सागर

tvaratā caiva kartavyaṃ tvayedaṃ devaśāsanam prājāpatyena vidhinā gaṅgayā saha sāgara

And this divine command must be carried out by you with haste, O ocean, together with Gaṅgā, by the rite of Prajāpati (i.e. lawful marriage).

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HV 43.43

वसवः प्रच्युताः स्वर्गात् प्रविष्टाश् च रसातलम् तेषाम् उत्पादनार्थाय त्वं मया विनियोजितः

vasavaḥ pracyutāḥ svargāt praviṣṭāś ca rasātalam teṣām utpādanārthāya tvaṃ mayā viniyojitaḥ

"The Vasus have fallen from heaven and have entered Rasātala; for the sake of their being begotten you have been appointed by me."

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HV 43.44

अष्टौ ताञ् जाह्नवीगर्भान् अपत्यार्थं ददाम्य् अहम् विभावसोस् तुल्यगुणान् सुराणां प्रीतिवर्धनान्

aṣṭau tāñ jāhnavīgarbhān apatyārthaṃ dadāmy aham vibhāvasos tulyaguṇān surāṇāṃ prītivardhanān

"Those eight I give as offspring, as embryos of the Jāhnavī (Ganges), equal in qualities to Vibhāvasu (Fire), increasers of the joy of the gods."

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HV 43.45

उत्पाद्य त्वं वसूञ् शीघ्रं कृत्वा कुरुकुलं महत् प्रवेष्टासि तनुं त्यक्त्वा पुनः सागर सागरीम्

utpādya tvaṃ vasūñ śīghraṃ kṛtvā kurukulaṃ mahat praveṣṭāsi tanuṃ tyaktvā punaḥ sāgara sāgarīm

"Having quickly begotten the Vasus and made the Kuru line great, you will, O Ocean, abandon that body and enter again into your ocean-form."

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HV 43.46

एवम् एतन् मया पूर्वं हितार्थं वः सुरोत्तमाः भविष्यं पश्यता भारं पृथिव्याः पार्थिवात्मकम्

evam etan mayā pūrvaṃ hitārthaṃ vaḥ surottamāḥ bhaviṣyaṃ paśyatā bhāraṃ pṛthivyāḥ pārthivātmakam

Thus was this (arranged) by me formerly for your benefit, O best of gods, as I foresaw the future burden of the earth, consisting of kings.

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HV 43.47

तद् एष शंतनोर् वंशः पृथिव्यां रोपितो मया वसवो यत्र गङ्गायां उत्पन्नास् त्रिदिवौकसः

tad eṣa śaṃtanor vaṃśaḥ pṛthivyāṃ ropito mayā vasavo yatra gaṅgāyāṃ utpannās tridivaukasaḥ

Therefore this lineage of Śaṃtanu was planted by me on the earth, wherein the Vasus, dwellers of the third heaven, were born of Gaṅgā.

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HV 43.48

अद्यापि भुवि गाङ्गेयस् तत्रैव वसुर् अष्टमः सप्तेमे वसवः प्राप्ताः स एकः परिलम्बते

adyāpi bhuvi gāṅgeyas tatraiva vasur aṣṭamaḥ sapteme vasavaḥ prāptāḥ sa ekaḥ parilambate

Even today the son of Gaṅgā, the eighth Vasu, is there on the earth; seven Vasus have attained (their place again), that one alone lingers.

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HV 43.49

द्वितीयायां स्त्रियां सृष्टा द्वितीया शंतनोस् तनुः विचित्रवीर्यो द्युतिमान् आसीद् राजा प्रतापवान्

dvitīyāyāṃ striyāṃ sṛṣṭā dvitīyā śaṃtanos tanuḥ vicitravīryo dyutimān āsīd rājā pratāpavān

In a second woman was produced the second body of Śaṃtanu: he was Vicitravīrya, the splendid, a majestic king.

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HV 43.50

वैचित्रवीर्यौ द्वाव् एव पार्थिवौ भुवि सांप्रतम् पाण्डुश् च धृतराष्ट्रश् च विख्यातौ पुरुषर्षभौ

vaicitravīryau dvāv eva pārthivau bhuvi sāṃpratam pāṇḍuś ca dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca vikhyātau puruṣarṣabhau

At present there are just two sons of Vicitravīrya as kings on the earth, Pāṇḍu and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, both renowned, bulls among men.

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HV 43.51

तत्र पाण्डोः श्रिया जुष्टे द्वे भार्ये यौवनस्थिते शुभे कुन्ती च माद्री च देवयोषोपमे भुवि

tatra pāṇḍoḥ śriyā juṣṭe dve bhārye yauvanasthite śubhe kuntī ca mādrī ca devayoṣopame bhuvi

Of these, Pāṇḍu has two wives endowed with beauty, in the prime of youth, auspicious—Kuntī and Mādrī—like divine women upon the earth.

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HV 43.52

धृतराष्ट्रस्य राज्ञस् तु भार्यैका तुल्यचारिणी गान्धारी भुवि विख्याता भर्तुर् नित्यं व्रते स्थिता

dhṛtarāṣṭrasya rājñas tu bhāryaikā tulyacāriṇī gāndhārī bhuvi vikhyātā bhartur nityaṃ vrate sthitā

But king Dhṛtarāṣṭra has one wife of like conduct, Gāndhārī, renowned on the earth, ever steadfast in the vow (of service) to her husband.

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HV 43.53

अत्र वो ऽंशा विभज्यन्तां विपक्षः पक्ष एव च पुत्राणां हि तयो राज्ञोर् भविता विग्रहो महान्

atra vo 'ṃśā vibhajyantāṃ vipakṣaḥ pakṣa eva ca putrāṇāṃ hi tayo rājñor bhavitā vigraho mahān

Here let your portions be distributed, on the opposing side and on (this) side; for between the sons of those two kings there will be a great conflict.

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HV 43.54

तेषां विमर्दे दायाद्ये नृपाणां भविता क्षयः युगान्तप्रतिमं चैव भविष्यति महद् भयम्

teṣāṃ vimarde dāyādye nṛpāṇāṃ bhavitā kṣayaḥ yugāntapratimaṃ caiva bhaviṣyati mahad bhayam

In their clash over the inheritance there will be destruction of kings, and a great terror like the end of an age will come to be.

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HV 43.55

सबलेषु नरेन्द्रेषु शातयत्स्व् इतरेतरम् विविक्तपुरराष्ट्रौघा क्षितिः शैथिल्यम् एष्यति

sabaleṣu narendreṣu śātayatsv itaretaram viviktapurarāṣṭraughā kṣitiḥ śaithilyam eṣyati

When the lords of men with their armies cut one another down, the earth, its multitude of cities and kingdoms emptied, will fall into slackness.

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HV 43.56

द्वापरस्य युगस्यान्ते मया दृष्टं पुरातने क्षयं यास्यन्ति शस्त्रेण पार्थिवाः सह वाहनैः

dvāparasya yugasyānte mayā dṛṣṭaṃ purātane kṣayaṃ yāsyanti śastreṇa pārthivāḥ saha vāhanaiḥ

At the end of the Dvāpara age—it was seen by me long ago—the kings, together with their mounts, will go to destruction by the sword.

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HV 43.57

तत्रावशिष्टान् मनुजान् सुप्तान् निशि विचेतसः धक्ष्यते शंकरस्यांशः पावकेनास्त्रतेजसा

tatrāvaśiṣṭān manujān suptān niśi vicetasaḥ dhakṣyate śaṃkarasyāṃśaḥ pāvakenāstratejasā

There a portion of Śaṃkara will burn up the men who remain, asleep at night and unconscious, with fire by the power of a weapon.

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HV 43.58

अन्तकप्रतिमे तस्मिन् निवृत्ते क्रूरकर्मणि समाप्तम् इदम् आख्यास्ये तृतीयं द्वापरं युगम्

antakapratime tasmin nivṛtte krūrakarmaṇi samāptam idam ākhyāsye tṛtīyaṃ dvāparaṃ yugam

When that one like Death, of cruel deeds, has turned back, this third age, the Dvāpara, will be finished—so I shall declare.

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HV 43.59

महेश्वरांशे ऽपसृते ततो माहेश्वरं युगम् तिष्यं प्रपत्स्यते पश्चाद् युगं दारुणमानुषम्

maheśvarāṃśe 'pasṛte tato māheśvaraṃ yugam tiṣyaṃ prapatsyate paścād yugaṃ dāruṇamānuṣam

When the portion of Maheśvara has withdrawn, then the Māheśvara age, the Tiṣya (Kali), will set in afterwards—an age of dreadful men.

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HV 43.60

अधर्मप्रायपुरुषं स्वल्पधर्मपरिग्रहम् उत्सन्नसत्यसंयोगं वर्धितानृतसंचयम्

adharmaprāyapuruṣaṃ svalpadharmaparigraham utsannasatyasaṃyogaṃ vardhitānṛtasaṃcayam

(an age) whose men are mostly unrighteous, with little acceptance of dharma, in which contact with truth is destroyed and the accumulation of falsehood increased,

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HV 43.61

महेश्वरं कुमारं च द्वौ च देवौ समाश्रिताः भविष्यन्ति नराः सर्वे लोके नस्थविरायुषः

maheśvaraṃ kumāraṃ ca dvau ca devau samāśritāḥ bhaviṣyanti narāḥ sarve loke nasthavirāyuṣaḥ

All men in the world will be dependent on Maheśvara and Kumāra, those two gods, and will not attain the lifespan of old age.

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HV 43.62

तद् एष निर्णयः श्रेष्ठः पृथिव्यां पार्थिवान्तकः अंशावतरणं सर्वे सुराः कुरुत माचिरम्

tad eṣa nirṇayaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ pṛthivyāṃ pārthivāntakaḥ aṃśāvataraṇaṃ sarve surāḥ kuruta māciram

So this is the best decision: the destruction of kings on earth. All you gods, accomplish the descent of your portions without delay.

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HV 43.63

धर्मस्यांशो ऽथ कुन्त्यां वै माद्र्यां च विनियुज्यताम् विग्रहस्य कलिर् मूलं गान्धार्यां विनियुज्यताम्

dharmasyāṃśo 'tha kuntyāṃ vai mādryāṃ ca viniyujyatām vigrahasya kalir mūlaṃ gāndhāryāṃ viniyujyatām

Let a portion of Dharma be placed in Kuntī, and in Mādrī as well; and let Kali, the root of strife, be placed in Gāndhārī.

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HV 43.64

एतौ पक्षौ भविष्यन्ति राजानः कालचोदिताः जातरागाः पृथिव्यर्थे सर्वे संग्रामलालसाः

etau pakṣau bhaviṣyanti rājānaḥ kālacoditāḥ jātarāgāḥ pṛthivyarthe sarve saṃgrāmalālasāḥ

These will become the two parties: kings driven on by Time, their passions aroused, all of them eager for battle for the sake of the earth.

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HV 43.65

गच्छत्व् इयं वसुमती स्वां योनिं लोकधारिणी सृष्टो ऽयं नैष्ठिको राज्ञाम् उपायो लोकविश्रुतः

gacchatv iyaṃ vasumatī svāṃ yoniṃ lokadhāriṇī sṛṣṭo 'yaṃ naiṣṭhiko rājñām upāyo lokaviśrutaḥ

Let this earth, the bearer of the worlds, rich in treasure, go to her own place; this final means for (dealing with) the kings, renowned in the world, has been devised.

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HV 43.66

श्रुत्वा पितामहवचः सा जगाम यथागतम् पृथिवी सह कालेन वधाय पृथिवीक्षिताम्

śrutvā pitāmahavacaḥ sā jagāma yathāgatam pṛthivī saha kālena vadhāya pṛthivīkṣitām

Having heard the words of the Grandfather, she, the Earth, went as she had come, together with Time, for the slaying of the rulers of the earth.

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HV 43.67

देवान् अचोदयद् ब्रह्मा निग्रहार्थं सुरद्विषाम् नरं चैव पुराणर्षिं शेषं च धरणीधरम्

devān acodayad brahmā nigrahārthaṃ suradviṣām naraṃ caiva purāṇarṣiṃ śeṣaṃ ca dharaṇīdharam

Brahmā urged on the gods for the restraint of the enemies of the gods, and Nara, the ancient seer, and Śeṣa, the bearer of the earth,

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HV 43.68

सनत्कुमारं साध्यांश् च देवांश् चाग्निपुरोगमान् वरुणं च यमं चैव सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ तथा गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् चैव रुद्रादित्यांस् तथाश्विनौ

sanatkumāraṃ sādhyāṃś ca devāṃś cāgnipurogamān varuṇaṃ ca yamaṃ caiva sūryācandramasau tathā gandharvāpsarasaś caiva rudrādityāṃs tathāśvinau

and Sanatkumāra and the Sādhyas, and the gods with Agni at their head, and Varuṇa and Yama, and the Sun and Moon likewise, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases, and the Rudras and Ādityas and the two Aśvins.

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HV 43.69

ततो ऽंशान् अवनिं देवाः सर्व एवावतारयन् यथा ते कथितं पूर्वम् अंशावतरणं मया

tato 'ṃśān avaniṃ devāḥ sarva evāvatārayan yathā te kathitaṃ pūrvam aṃśāvataraṇaṃ mayā

Then all the gods indeed sent down their portions to the earth, just as the descent of the portions has been related by me to you before.

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HV 43.70

अयोनिजा योनिजाश् च ते देवाः पृथिवीतले दैत्यदानवहन्तारः संभूताः पुरुषेश्वराः क्षीरिकावृक्षसंघाता वज्रसंहननास् तथा

ayonijā yonijāś ca te devāḥ pṛthivītale daityadānavahantāraḥ saṃbhūtāḥ puruṣeśvarāḥ kṣīrikāvṛkṣasaṃghātā vajrasaṃhananās tathā

Those gods, some not born from a womb and some womb-born, came to be on the surface of the earth as lords of men, slayers of the Daityas and Dānavas, with frames (solid) as clusters of kṣīrikā trees and bodies knit firm as adamant.

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HV 43.71

नागायुतबलाः केचित् केचिद् ओघबलान्विताः गदापरिघशक्तीनां सहाः परिघबाहवः गिरिशृङ्गप्रहर्तारः सर्वे परिघयोधिनः

nāgāyutabalāḥ kecit kecid oghabalānvitāḥ gadāparighaśaktīnāṃ sahāḥ parighabāhavaḥ giriśṛṅgaprahartāraḥ sarve parighayodhinaḥ

Some had the strength of ten thousand elephants, some were endowed with torrential strength; able to withstand clubs, iron bars and spears, with arms like iron bars, striking with mountain peaks, all of them fighting with bludgeons.

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HV 43.72

वृष्णिवंशे समुत्पन्नाः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः कुरुवंशे च देवास् ते पाञ्चालेषु च पार्थिवाः

vṛṣṇivaṃśe samutpannāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ kuruvaṃśe ca devās te pāñcāleṣu ca pārthivāḥ

Those gods were born by hundreds and thousands in the line of the Vṛṣṇis, and in the Kuru line, and as princes among the Pāñcālas,

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HV 43.74

याज्ञिकानां समृद्धानां ब्राह्मणानां च योनिषु सर्वास्त्रज्ञा महेष्वासा वेदव्रतपरायणाः ॥ ह्व्_४३।७३ सर्वर्द्धिगुणसंपन्ना यज्वानः पुण्यकर्ंइणः । आचालयेयुः शैलांस् ते क्रुद्धा भिन्द्युर् महीतलम् उत्पतेयुर् अथाकाशं क्षोभयेयुर् महोदधिम्

yājñikānāṃ samṛddhānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca yoniṣu sarvāstrajñā maheṣvāsā vedavrataparāyaṇāḥ // HV_43.73 sarvarddhiguṇasaṃpannā yajvānaḥ puṇyakarṃiṇaḥ | ācālayeyuḥ śailāṃs te kruddhā bhindyur mahītalam utpateyur athākāśaṃ kṣobhayeyur mahodadhim

and in the wombs (families) of prosperous sacrificers and of brahmins: knowing all weapons, great archers, devoted to the Veda and to vows; (43.73) endowed with every prosperity and virtue, offerers of sacrifice, doers of meritorious deeds. They could shake the mountains, and when angered could split the surface of the earth, could fly up into the sky and churn up the great ocean.

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HV 43.75

एवम् आदिश्य तान् ब्रह्मा भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः नारायणे समावेश्य लोकाञ् शान्तिम् उपागमत्

evam ādiśya tān brahmā bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ nārāyaṇe samāveśya lokāñ śāntim upāgamat

Having thus instructed them, Brahmā, lord of past, future and present, having placed the worlds in Nārāyaṇa, attained peace.

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HV 43.76

भूयः शृणु यथा विष्णुर् अवतीर्णो महीतलम् प्रजानां वै हितार्थाय प्रभुः प्राणधनेश्वरः

bhūyaḥ śṛṇu yathā viṣṇur avatīrṇo mahītalam prajānāṃ vai hitārthāya prabhuḥ prāṇadhaneśvaraḥ

Hear further how Viṣṇu, the Lord, master of life and wealth, descended to the surface of the earth for the welfare of created beings.

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HV 43.77

ययातिवंशजस्याथ वसुदेवस्य धीमतः कुले पूज्ये यशस्कामो जज्ञे नारायणः प्रभुः

yayātivaṃśajasyātha vasudevasya dhīmataḥ kule pūjye yaśaskāmo jajñe nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ

Then, desiring glory, the Lord Nārāyaṇa was born in the honoured family of the wise Vasudeva, born in Yayāti's line.

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