Harivamsha — Chapter 6
HV 6.1
एकस्यार्थाय यो हन्याद् आत्मनो वा परस्य वा बहून् वै प्राणिनो लोके भवेत् तस्येह पातकम्
ekasyārthāya yo hanyād ātmano vā parasya vā bahūn vai prāṇino loke bhavet tasyeha pātakam
He who, for the sake of one — himself or another — would kill many living beings in the world, for him there is sin here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.3
सुखम् एधन्ति बहवो यस्मिंस् तु निहते शुभे तस्मिन् हते नास्ति भद्रे पातकं नोपपातकम् ॥ ह्व्_६।२ एकस्मिन् यत्र निधनं प्रापिते दुष्टकारिणि । बहूनां भवति क्षेमं तत्र पुण्यप्रदो वधः । सो ऽहं प्रजानिमित्तं त्वां हनिष्यामि वसुंधरे यदि मे वचनं नाद्य करिष्यसि जगद्धितम्
sukham edhanti bahavo yasmiṃs tu nihate śubhe tasmin hate nāsti bhadre pātakaṃ nopapātakam // HV_6.2 ekasmin yatra nidhanaṃ prāpite duṣṭakāriṇi | bahūnāṃ bhavati kṣemaṃ tatra puṇyaprado vadhaḥ | so 'haṃ prajānimittaṃ tvāṃ haniṣyāmi vasuṃdhare yadi me vacanaṃ nādya kariṣyasi jagaddhitam
But when by the killing of one auspicious being many thrive in happiness, in that one's killing there is neither sin nor lesser sin, O good lady. Where, when a single evildoer is put to death, the welfare of many comes about, there the killing bestows merit. So I shall kill you for the sake of the subjects, O earth, if today you will not carry out my word for the world's good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.4
त्वां निहत्याद्य बाणेन मच्छासनपराङ्मुखीम् आत्मानं प्रथयित्वाहं प्रजा धारयिता स्वयम्
tvāṃ nihatyādya bāṇena macchāsanaparāṅmukhīm ātmānaṃ prathayitvāhaṃ prajā dhārayitā svayam
Killing you today with an arrow, you who turn your face from my command, and extending myself, I shall myself sustain the subjects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.5
सा त्वं शासनम् आस्थाय मम धर्मभृतां वरे संजीवय प्रजाः सर्वाः समर्था ह्य् असि धारणे
sā tvaṃ śāsanam āsthāya mama dharmabhṛtāṃ vare saṃjīvaya prajāḥ sarvāḥ samarthā hy asi dhāraṇe
So you, abiding by my command, O best of dharma-bearers, revive all the subjects; for you are capable of sustaining (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.6
दुहितृत्वं च मे गच्छ तत एनम् अहं शरम् नियच्छेयं त्वद्वधार्थम् उद्यतं घोरदर्शनम्
duhitṛtvaṃ ca me gaccha tata enam ahaṃ śaram niyaccheyaṃ tvadvadhārtham udyataṃ ghoradarśanam
And become my daughter; then I shall withdraw this arrow, raised for your slaying, terrible to look at.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.7
सर्वम् एतद् अहं वीर विधास्यामि न संशयः वत्सं तु मम तं पश्य क्षरेयं येन वत्सला
sarvam etad ahaṃ vīra vidhāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ vatsaṃ tu mama taṃ paśya kṣareyaṃ yena vatsalā
(She said:) All this I shall arrange, O hero, no doubt; but find me that calf, by which, growing fond, I may yield milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.8
समां च कुरु सर्वत्र मां त्वं धर्मभृतां वर यथा विष्यन्दमानं मे क्षीरं सर्वत्र भावयेत्
samāṃ ca kuru sarvatra māṃ tvaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara yathā viṣyandamānaṃ me kṣīraṃ sarvatra bhāvayet
And make me level everywhere, O best of dharma-bearers, so that my milk, streaming forth, may spread everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.10
तत उत्सारयामास शिलाः शतसहस्रशः धनुष्कोट्या तदा वैन्यस् तेन शैला विवर्धिताः ॥ ह्व्_६।९ पृथुर् वैन्यस् तदा राजा महीं चक्रे समां ततः । मन्वन्तरेष्व् अतीतेषु विषम् आसीद् वसुंधरा ॥ स्वभावेनाभवंस् तस्या समानि विषमाणि च । चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे पूर्वम् आसीद् एवं तदा किल । न हि पूर्वविसर्गे वै विषमे पृथिवीतले प्रविभागः पुराणां वा ग्रामाणां वा तदाभवत्
tata utsārayāmāsa śilāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ dhanuṣkoṭyā tadā vainyas tena śailā vivardhitāḥ // HV_6.9 pṛthur vainyas tadā rājā mahīṃ cakre samāṃ tataḥ | manvantareṣv atīteṣu viṣam āsīd vasuṃdharā || svabhāvenābhavaṃs tasyā samāni viṣamāṇi ca | cākṣuṣasyāntare pūrvam āsīd evaṃ tadā kila | na hi pūrvavisarge vai viṣame pṛthivītale pravibhāgaḥ purāṇāṃ vā grāmāṇāṃ vā tadābhavat
Then the son of Vena pushed away rocks by hundreds of thousands with the tip of his bow, and by that the mountains were made to grow. Then King Pṛthu, son of Vena, made the earth level. In the past manvantaras the earth had been uneven. By nature its levels and unevennesses came about; in the interval of Cākṣuṣa it was formerly so, they say. For in the earlier creation, when the earth's surface was uneven, there was then no division into cities or villages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.11
न सस्यानि न गोरक्ष्यं न कृषिर् न वणिक्पथः नैव सत्यानृतं तत्र न लोभो न च मत्सरः । वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे तस्मिन् सांप्रते समुपस्थिते । वैन्यात् प्रभृति राजेन्द्र सर्वस्यैतस्य संभवः
na sasyāni na gorakṣyaṃ na kṛṣir na vaṇikpathaḥ naiva satyānṛtaṃ tatra na lobho na ca matsaraḥ | vaivasvate 'ntare tasmin sāṃprate samupasthite | vainyāt prabhṛti rājendra sarvasyaitasya saṃbhavaḥ
There were no crops, no cattle-keeping, no ploughing, no trade-route; there was neither truth nor falsehood there, no greed and no envy. In this present Vaivasvata interval that has now arrived, from the son of Vena onward, O lord of kings, all this came into being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.12
यत्र यत्र समं त्व् अस्या भूमेर् आसीत् तदानघ तत्र तत्र प्रजाः सर्वा निवासं समरोचयन्
yatra yatra samaṃ tv asyā bhūmer āsīt tadānagha tatra tatra prajāḥ sarvā nivāsaṃ samarocayan
Wherever the ground of this earth was then level, O sinless one, there all the subjects took pleasure in dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.13
आहारः फलमूलानि प्रजानाम् अभवत् तदा कृच्छ्रेण महता युक्त इत्य् एवम् अनुशुश्रुम
āhāraḥ phalamūlāni prajānām abhavat tadā kṛcchreṇa mahatā yukta ity evam anuśuśruma
At that time the food of the creatures was fruits and roots, gotten with great hardship — so have we heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.14
संकल्पयित्वा वत्सं तु मनुं स्वायंभुवं प्रभुम् स्वे पाणौ पुरुषव्याघ्र दुदोह पृथिवीं ततः
saṃkalpayitvā vatsaṃ tu manuṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ prabhum sve pāṇau puruṣavyāghra dudoha pṛthivīṃ tataḥ
Having made Manu Svāyaṃbhuva, the lord, the calf, he then milked the earth into his own hand, O tiger among men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.15
सस्यजातानि सर्वाणि पृथुर् वैन्यः प्रतापवान् सस्यानि तेन वै दुग्धा वैन्येनेयं वसुंधरा । तेनान्नेन प्रजास् तात वर्तन्ते ऽद्यापि नित्यशः
sasyajātāni sarvāṇi pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān sasyāni tena vai dugdhā vainyeneyaṃ vasuṃdharā | tenānnena prajās tāta vartante 'dyāpi nityaśaḥ
All the kinds of grain — the mighty Pṛthu Vainya; the grains were milked by him, this bearer of wealth (the earth) was milked by Vainya; and by that food, dear one, the creatures subsist constantly even today.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.16
ऋषिभिः श्रूयते चापि पुनर् दुग्ध्हा वसुंधरा वत्सः सोमो ऽभवत् तेषां दोग्धा चाङ्गिरसः सुतः
ṛṣibhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punar dugdhhā vasuṃdharā vatsaḥ somo 'bhavat teṣāṃ dogdhā cāṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ
And it is also heard that the earth was milked again by the seers: Soma was their calf, and the milker was the son of Aṅgiras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.17
बृहस्पतिर् महातेजाः पात्रं छन्दांसि भारत क्षीरम् आसीद् अनुपमं तपो ब्रह्म च शाश्वतम्
bṛhaspatir mahātejāḥ pātraṃ chandāṃsi bhārata kṣīram āsīd anupamaṃ tapo brahma ca śāśvatam
Bṛhaspati of great splendour (was the milker); the metres were the vessel, O Bhārata; and the milk was incomparable — austerity and the everlasting brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.18
ततः पुनर् देवगणैः पुरंदरपुरोगमैः काञ्चनं पात्रम् आदाय दुग्धेयं श्रूयते मही
tataḥ punar devagaṇaiḥ puraṃdarapurogamaiḥ kāñcanaṃ pātram ādāya dugdheyaṃ śrūyate mahī
Then again, it is heard, this earth was milked by the hosts of gods, led by Puraṃdara, taking a golden vessel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.19
वत्सस् तु मघवान् आसीद् दोग्धा तु सविता विभुः क्षीरम् ऊर्जस्करं चैव येन वर्तन्ति देवताः
vatsas tu maghavān āsīd dogdhā tu savitā vibhuḥ kṣīram ūrjaskaraṃ caiva yena vartanti devatāḥ
Maghavan (Indra) was the calf, and the mighty Savitṛ the milker; the milk was strength-giving nourishment, by which the gods subsist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.20
पितृभिः श्रूयते चापि पुनर् दुग्धा वसुंधरा राजतं पात्रम् आदाय स्वधाम् अमितविक्रमैः
pitṛbhiḥ śrūyate cāpi punar dugdhā vasuṃdharā rājataṃ pātram ādāya svadhām amitavikramaiḥ
And it is heard that the earth was milked again by the Fathers, of measureless might, who took a silver vessel—the milk being svadhā (the ancestral offering).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.21
यमो वैवस्वतस् तेषाम् आसीद् वत्सः प्रतापवान् अन्तकश् चाभवद् दोग्धा कालो लोकप्रकालनः
yamo vaivasvatas teṣām āsīd vatsaḥ pratāpavān antakaś cābhavad dogdhā kālo lokaprakālanaḥ
Their calf was Yama Vaivasvata, full of majesty, and the milker was Antaka, Time, the destroyer of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.22
नागैश् च श्रूयते दुग्धा वत्सं कृत्वा तु तक्षकम् अलाबुपात्रम् आदाय विषं क्षीरं नरोत्तम
nāgaiś ca śrūyate dugdhā vatsaṃ kṛtvā tu takṣakam alābupātram ādāya viṣaṃ kṣīraṃ narottama
And it is heard that she was milked by the serpents, making Takṣaka the calf, taking a gourd vessel, the milk being poison, O best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.23
तेषाम् ऐरावतो दोग्धा धृतराष्ट्रः प्रतापवान् नागानां भरतश्रेष्ठ सर्पाणां च महीपते
teṣām airāvato dogdhā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ pratāpavān nāgānāṃ bharataśreṣṭha sarpāṇāṃ ca mahīpate
Their milker was Airāvata—the majestic Dhṛtarāṣṭra—of the nāgas and of the serpents, O best of the Bharatas, O lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 6.24
तेनैव वर्तयन्त्य् उग्रा महाकाया महाबलाः तदाहारास् तदाचारास् तद्वीर्यास् तदपाश्रयाः
tenaiva vartayanty ugrā mahākāyā mahābalāḥ tadāhārās tadācārās tadvīryās tadapāśrayāḥ
By that very (milk) the fierce ones, huge-bodied and of great strength, subsist—having that as food, that as practice, that as their valour, that as their support.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.25
असुरैः श्रूयते चापि पुनर् दुग्धा वसुंधरा आयसं पात्रम् आदाय मायाः शत्रुनिबर्हणीः
asuraiḥ śrūyate cāpi punar dugdhā vasuṃdharā āyasaṃ pātram ādāya māyāḥ śatrunibarhaṇīḥ
And it is heard that the earth was milked again by the asuras, who took an iron vessel, (the milk being) magical illusions that crush enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.26
विरोचनस् तु प्राह्रादिर् वत्सस् तेषाम् अभूत् तदा ऋत्विग् द्विमूर्धा दैत्यानां मधुर् दोग्धा महाबलः
virocanas tu prāhrādir vatsas teṣām abhūt tadā ṛtvig dvimūrdhā daityānāṃ madhur dogdhā mahābalaḥ
Then Virocana, the son of Prahrāda, was their calf, and the priest Dvimūrdhan—Madhu of great strength—was the milker for the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 6.27
तयैते माययाद्यापि सर्वे मायाविनो ऽसुराः वर्तयन्त्य् अमितप्रज्ञास् तद् एषाम् अमितं बलम्
tayaite māyayādyāpi sarve māyāvino 'surāḥ vartayanty amitaprajñās tad eṣām amitaṃ balam
By that illusion all these asuras, masters of illusion and of measureless wisdom, subsist even today; hence their strength is measureless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.28
यक्षैश् च श्रूयते राजन् पुनर् दुग्धा वसुंधरा आमपात्रे महाराज पुरान्तर्धानम् अक्षयम्
yakṣaiś ca śrūyate rājan punar dugdhā vasuṃdharā āmapātre mahārāja purāntardhānam akṣayam
And it is heard, O king, that the earth was milked again by the yakṣas, in an unbaked vessel, O great king—(the milk being) imperishable power of invisibility as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 6.29
वत्सं वैश्रवणं कृत्वा यक्षैः पुण्यजनैस् तथा दोग्धा रजतनाभस् तु पिता मणिवरस्य यः । यक्षात्मजो महातेजास् त्रिशीर्षः सुमहातपाः । दोग्धा तु धनदः स्वामिन्न् एवं तैश् च वसुंधरा । तेन ते वर्तयन्तीह परमर्षिर् उवाच ह
vatsaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ kṛtvā yakṣaiḥ puṇyajanais tathā dogdhā rajatanābhas tu pitā maṇivarasya yaḥ | yakṣātmajo mahātejās triśīrṣaḥ sumahātapāḥ | dogdhā tu dhanadaḥ svāminn evaṃ taiś ca vasuṃdharā | tena te vartayantīha paramarṣir uvāca ha
Making Vaiśravaṇa the calf, and thus by the yakṣas, the puṇyajanas, the milker was Rajatanābha, who was the father of Maṇivara; the yakṣa's son, of great splendour, three-headed, of very great austerity—the milker was Dhanada, my lord. Thus by them too was the earth (milked); by that they subsist here, so said the supreme sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 6.30
राक्षसैश् च पिशाचैश् च पुनर् दुग्धा वसुंधरा शावं कपालम् आदाय प्रजा भोक्तुं नरर्षभ
rākṣasaiś ca piśācaiś ca punar dugdhā vasuṃdharā śāvaṃ kapālam ādāya prajā bhoktuṃ nararṣabha
And the earth was milked again by the rākṣasas and the piśācas, taking a corpse's skull (as vessel), in order to devour creatures, O bull among men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.31
दोग्धा रजतनाभस् तु तेषाम् आसीत् कुरूद्वह वत्सः सुमाली कौरव्य क्षीरं रुधिरम् एव च
dogdhā rajatanābhas tu teṣām āsīt kurūdvaha vatsaḥ sumālī kauravya kṣīraṃ rudhiram eva ca
Their milker was Rajatanābha, O scion of Kuru; the calf was Sumālin, O Kauravya, and the milk was blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.32
तेन क्षीरेण रक्षांसि यक्षाश् चैवामरोपमाः वर्तयन्ति पिशाचाश् च भूतसंघास् तथैव च
tena kṣīreṇa rakṣāṃsi yakṣāś caivāmaropamāḥ vartayanti piśācāś ca bhūtasaṃghās tathaiva ca
By that milk the rākṣasas and the yakṣas, like the immortals, subsist, and the piśācas and likewise the hosts of spirits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.33
पद्मपत्रे पुनर् दुग्धा गन्धर्वैः साप्सरोगणैः वत्सं चित्ररथं कृत्वा शुचीन् गन्धान् नरोत्तम
padmapatre punar dugdhā gandharvaiḥ sāpsarogaṇaiḥ vatsaṃ citrarathaṃ kṛtvā śucīn gandhān narottama
Again she was milked, into a lotus-leaf, by the gandharvas together with the hosts of apsarases, making Citraratha the calf—(the milk being) pure fragrances, O best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.34
तेषां च सुरुचिस् त्व् आसीद् दोग्धा भरतसत्तम गन्धर्वराजो ऽतिबलो महात्मा सूर्यसंनिभः
teṣāṃ ca surucis tv āsīd dogdhā bharatasattama gandharvarājo 'tibalo mahātmā sūryasaṃnibhaḥ
And their milker was Suruci, O best of the Bharatas, the king of the gandharvas, exceedingly strong, great of soul, resembling the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.35
शैलैश् च श्रूयते दुग्धा पुनर् देवी वसुंधरा ओषधीर् वै मूर्तिमती रत्नानि विविधानि च
śailaiś ca śrūyate dugdhā punar devī vasuṃdharā oṣadhīr vai mūrtimatī ratnāni vividhāni ca
And it is heard that the divine earth was milked again by the mountains—herbs in embodied form, and jewels of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.36
वत्सस् तु हिमवान् आसीद् दोग्धा मेरुर् महागिरिः पात्रं तु शैलम् एवासीत् तेन शैलाः प्रतिष्ठिताः
vatsas tu himavān āsīd dogdhā merur mahāgiriḥ pātraṃ tu śailam evāsīt tena śailāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
The calf was Himavān, and the milker Meru, the great mountain; the vessel was rock itself—by that the mountains were established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.38
दुग्धेयं वृक्षवीरुद्भिः श्रूयते च वसुंधरा पालाशं पात्रम् आदाय च्छिन्नदग्धप्ररोहणम् ॥ ह्व्_६।३७ सर्वकामदुघा दोग्ध्री पृथिवी जनमेजय । सेयं धात्री विधात्री च पावनी च वसुंधरा चराचरस्य सर्वस्य प्रतिष्ठा योनिर् एव च सर्वकामदुघा दोग्ध्री सर्वसस्यप्ररोहिणी
dugdheyaṃ vṛkṣavīrudbhiḥ śrūyate ca vasuṃdharā pālāśaṃ pātram ādāya cchinnadagdhaprarohaṇam // HV_6.37 sarvakāmadughā dogdhrī pṛthivī janamejaya | seyaṃ dhātrī vidhātrī ca pāvanī ca vasuṃdharā carācarasya sarvasya pratiṣṭhā yonir eva ca sarvakāmadughā dogdhrī sarvasasyaprarohiṇī
And it is heard that the earth was milked by the trees and creepers, taking a palāśa-leaf vessel—(the milk being) resprouting after being cut and burnt. (37) The earth yields all desires as milk, O Janamejaya; she is the establisher and the ordainer, and the purifier, this earth, the foundation and the very womb of all that moves and does not move, yielding all desires as milk, causing all crops to sprout.
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HV 6.40
आसीद् इयं समुद्रान्ता मेदिनीति परिश्रुता मधुकैटभयोः कृत्स्ना मेदसाभिपरिप्लुता ॥ ह्व्_६।३९ तेनेयं मेदिनी देवी प्रोच्यते ब्रह्मवादिभिः । ततो ऽभ्युपगमाद् राज्ञः पृथोर् वैन्यस्य भारत दुहितृत्वम् अनुप्राप्ता देवी पृथ्वीति चोच्यते
āsīd iyaṃ samudrāntā medinīti pariśrutā madhukaiṭabhayoḥ kṛtsnā medasābhipariplutā // HV_6.39 teneyaṃ medinī devī procyate brahmavādibhiḥ | tato 'bhyupagamād rājñaḥ pṛthor vainyasya bhārata duhitṛtvam anuprāptā devī pṛthvīti cocyate
This (earth), bounded by the ocean, came to be widely known as Medinī, being wholly drenched with the fat (medas) of Madhu and Kaiṭabha. (39) For that reason the goddess is called Medinī by the speakers of Brahman. Then, through her acceptance of King Pṛthu, son of Vena, O Bhārata, the goddess attained the status of his daughter, and so she is called Pṛthvī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.41
पृथुना प्रविभक्ता च शोधिता च वसुंधरा सस्याकरवती स्फीता पुरपत्तनमालिनी
pṛthunā pravibhaktā ca śodhitā ca vasuṃdharā sasyākaravatī sphītā purapattanamālinī
By Pṛthu the earth was divided up and cleared, made to bear crops, prosperous, and garlanded with cities and towns.
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HV 6.42
एवंप्रभावो वैन्यः स राजासीद् राजसत्तम नमस्यश् चैव पूज्यश् च भूतग्रामैर् न संशयः
evaṃprabhāvo vainyaḥ sa rājāsīd rājasattama namasyaś caiva pūjyaś ca bhūtagrāmair na saṃśayaḥ
Of such power was that king, the son of Vena, O best of kings; he is to be saluted and worshipped by the hosts of beings — there is no doubt of it.
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HV 6.43
ब्राह्मणैश् च महाभागैर् वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः पृथुर् एव नमस्कार्यो वृत्तिदः स सनातनः
brāhmaṇaiś ca mahābhāgair vedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ pṛthur eva namaskāryo vṛttidaḥ sa sanātanaḥ
And by greatly fortunate brahmins who have mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences, Pṛthu alone is to be saluted; he, the everlasting one, is the giver of livelihood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 6.44
पार्थिवैश् च महाभागैः पार्थिवत्वम् अभीप्सुभिः आदिराजो नमस्कार्यः पृथुर् वैन्यः प्रतापवान्
pārthivaiś ca mahābhāgaiḥ pārthivatvam abhīpsubhiḥ ādirājo namaskāryaḥ pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān
And by greatly fortunate princes who desire lordship of the earth, the first king, Pṛthu son of Vena, the majestic, is to be saluted.
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HV 6.45
योधैर् अपि च विक्रान्तैः प्राप्तुकामैर् जयं युधि आदिराजो नमस्कार्यो योधानां प्रथमो नृपः
yodhair api ca vikrāntaiḥ prāptukāmair jayaṃ yudhi ādirājo namaskāryo yodhānāṃ prathamo nṛpaḥ
And by valorous warriors who wish to attain victory in battle, the first king is to be saluted, the foremost king of warriors.
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HV 6.46
यो हि योद्धा रणं याति कीर्तयित्वा पृथुं नृपम् स घोररूपान् संग्रामान् क्षेमी तरति कीर्तिमान्
yo hi yoddhā raṇaṃ yāti kīrtayitvā pṛthuṃ nṛpam sa ghorarūpān saṃgrāmān kṣemī tarati kīrtimān
For the warrior who goes to battle after praising King Pṛthu passes through fights of dreadful form safe and with fame.
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HV 6.47
वैश्यैर् अपि च वित्ताढ्यैर् वैश्यवृत्तिम् अनुष्ठितैः पृथुर् एव नमस्कार्यो वृत्तिदाता महायशाः
vaiśyair api ca vittāḍhyair vaiśyavṛttim anuṣṭhitaiḥ pṛthur eva namaskāryo vṛttidātā mahāyaśāḥ
And by vaiśyas rich in wealth, who follow the vaiśya occupation, Pṛthu alone is to be saluted, the giver of livelihood, of great fame.
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HV 6.48
तथैव शूद्रैः शुचिभिस् त्रिवर्णपरिचारिभिः पृथुर् एव नमस्कार्यः श्रेयः परम् अभीप्सुभिः
tathaiva śūdraiḥ śucibhis trivarṇaparicāribhiḥ pṛthur eva namaskāryaḥ śreyaḥ param abhīpsubhiḥ
And likewise by pure śūdras who serve the three classes and desire the highest good, Pṛthu alone is to be saluted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition