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Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 38

KuP 1 38.1

श्रीकूर्म उवाच एवमुक्तास्तु मुनयो नैमिषीया महामतिम् । पप्रच्छुरुत्तरं सूतं पृथिव्यादिविनिर्णयम्

śrīkūrma uvāca evamuktāstu munayo naimiṣīyā mahāmatim / papracchuruttaraṃ sūtaṃ pṛthivyādivinirṇayam

Śrī Kūrma said: Thus addressed, the sages of Naimiṣa asked the greatly wise Sūta further, about the determination of the earth and the rest.

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KuP 1 38.2

ऋषय ऊचुः कथितो भवता सूत सर्गः स्वयंभुवः शुभः । इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामस्त्रिलोकस्यास्य मण्डलम्

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathito bhavatā sūta sargaḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ śubhaḥ / idānīṃ śrotumicchāmastrilokasyāsya maṇḍalam

The sages said: You have related, O Sūta, the auspicious creation by the Self-existent one; now we wish to hear of the sphere of this triple world—

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KuP 1 38.3

यावन्तः सागरा द्वीपास्तथा वर्षाणि पर्वताः । वनानि सरितः सूर्यग्रहाणां स्थितिरेव च

yāvantaḥ sāgarā dvīpāstathā varṣāṇi parvatāḥ / vanāni saritaḥ sūryagrahāṇāṃ sthitireva ca

how many oceans, islands, and likewise continents (varṣas) and mountains, forests and rivers, and also the positions of the sun and the planets;

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KuP 1 38.4

यदाधारमिदं कृत्स्नं येषां पृथ्वी पुरा त्वियम् । नृपाणां तत्समासेन सूत वक्तुमिहार्हसि

yadādhāramidaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yeṣāṃ pṛthvī purā tviyam / nṛpāṇāṃ tatsamāsena sūta vaktumihārhasi

what is the support of all this, and which kings this earth formerly belonged to—that, O Sūta, you should tell here in brief.

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KuP 1 38.5

सूत उवाच वक्ष्ये देवादिदेवाय विष्णवे प्रभविष्णवे । नमस्कृत्वाप्रमेयाय यदुक्तं तेन धीमता

sūta uvāca vakṣye devādidevāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave / namaskṛtvāprameyāya yaduktaṃ tena dhīmatā

Sūta said: Having made obeisance to Viṣṇu, the god foremost among gods, the mighty, the immeasurable, I shall declare what was said by that wise one.

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KuP 1 38.6

स्वायंभुवस्य तु मनोः प्रागुक्तो यः प्रियव्रतः । पुत्रस्तस्याभवन् पुत्राः प्रजापतिसमा दश

svāyaṃbhuvasya tu manoḥ prāgukto yaḥ priyavrataḥ / putrastasyābhavan putrāḥ prajāpatisamā daśa

Now Priyavrata, who was mentioned before as the son of Manu Svāyaṃbhuva—of him there were born ten sons, equal to the Prajāpatis:

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KuP 1 38.7

अग्नीध्रश्चाग्निबाहुश्च वपुष्मान् द्युतिमांस्तथा । मेधा मेधातिथिर्हव्यः सवनः पुत्र एव च

agnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca vapuṣmān dyutimāṃstathā / medhā medhātithirhavyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca

Agnīdhra and Agnibāhu, Vapuṣmān and likewise Dyutimān, Medhā, Medhātithi, Havya, and Savana as a son too;

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KuP 1 38.8

ज्योतिष्मान् दशमस्तेषां महाबलपराक्रमः । धार्मिको दाननिरतः सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः

jyotiṣmān daśamasteṣāṃ mahābalaparākramaḥ / dhārmiko dānanirataḥ sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ

the tenth of them was Jyotiṣmān, of great strength and prowess, righteous, devoted to giving, compassionate to all beings.

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KuP 1 38.9

मेधाग्निबाहुपुत्रास्तु त्रयो योगपरायणाः । जातिस्मरा महाभागा न राज्ये दधिरे मतिम्

medhāgnibāhuputrāstu trayo yogaparāyaṇāḥ / jātismarā mahābhāgā na rājye dadhire matim

But the three sons Medhā, Agnibāhu (and Putra) were devoted to yoga; remembering their former births, greatly blessed, they did not set their minds on kingship.

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KuP 1 38.10

प्रियव्रतो ऽभ्यषिञ्चद् वै सप्तद्वीपेषु सप्त तान् । जम्बुद्वीपेश्वरं पुत्रमग्नीध्रमकरोन्नृपः

priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcad vai saptadvīpeṣu sapta tān / jambudvīpeśvaraṃ putramagnīdhramakaronnṛpaḥ

Priyavrata consecrated those seven over the seven islands; the king made his son Agnīdhra lord of Jambudvīpa.

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KuP 1 38.11

प्लक्ष्द्वीपेश्वरश्चैव तेन मेधातिथिः कृतः । शाल्मलेशं वपुष्मन्तं नरेन्द्रमभिषिक्तवान्

plakṣdvīpeśvaraścaiva tena medhātithiḥ kṛtaḥ / śālmaleśaṃ vapuṣmantaṃ narendramabhiṣiktavān

And Medhātithi was made by him lord of Plakṣadvīpa; he consecrated Vapuṣmān as king, lord of Śālmala.

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KuP 1 38.12

ज्योतिष्मन्तं कुशद्वीपे राजानं कृतवान् प्रभुः । द्युतिमन्तं च राजानं क्रौञ्चद्वीपे समादिशत्

jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśadvīpe rājānaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ / dyutimantaṃ ca rājānaṃ krauñcadvīpe samādiśat

The lord made Jyotiṣmān king in Kuśadvīpa, and appointed Dyutimān as king in Krauñcadvīpa.

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KuP 1 38.13

शाकद्वीपेश्वरं चापि हव्यं चक्रे प्रियव्रतः । पुष्कराधिपतिं चक्रे सवनं च प्रजापतिः

śākadvīpeśvaraṃ cāpi havyaṃ cakre priyavrataḥ / puṣkarādhipatiṃ cakre savanaṃ ca prajāpatiḥ

And Priyavrata made Havya lord of Śākadvīpa, and the Prajāpati made Savana overlord of Puṣkara.

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KuP 1 38.14

पुष्करे सवनस्यापि महावीतः सुतो ऽभवत् । धातिकिश्चैव द्वावेतौ पुत्रौ पुत्रवतां वरौ

puṣkare savanasyāpi mahāvītaḥ suto 'bhavat / dhātikiścaiva dvāvetau putrau putravatāṃ varau

In Puṣkara, Savana had a son Mahāvīta, and also Dhātaki—these two sons, the best of those who have sons.

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KuP 1 38.15

महावीतं स्मृतं वर्षं तस्य नाम्ना महात्मनः । नाम्ना तु धातकेश्चापि धातकीखण्डमुच्यते

mahāvītaṃ smṛtaṃ varṣaṃ tasya nāmnā mahātmanaḥ / nāmnā tu dhātakeścāpi dhātakīkhaṇḍamucyate

The continent (varṣa) is called Mahāvīta by the name of that great-souled one, and by the name of Dhātaki it is called Dhātakīkhaṇḍa.

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KuP 1 38.16

शाकद्वीपेश्वरस्याथ हव्यस्याप्यभवन् सुताः । जलदश्च कुमारश्च सुकुमारो मणीचकः । कुसुमोत्तरो ऽथ मोदाकिः सप्तमः स्यान्महाद्रुमः

śākadvīpeśvarasyātha havyasyāpyabhavan sutāḥ / jaladaśca kumāraśca sukumāro maṇīcakaḥ / kusumottaro 'tha modākiḥ saptamaḥ syānmahādrumaḥ

Then of Havya, lord of Śākadvīpa, there were sons: Jalada and Kumāra, Sukumāra, Maṇīcaka, Kusumottara, then Modāki, and the seventh would be Mahādruma.

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KuP 1 38.17

जलदं जलदस्याथ वर्षं प्रथममुच्यते । कुमारस्य तु कौमारं तृतीयं सुकुमारकम्

jaladaṃ jaladasyātha varṣaṃ prathamamucyate / kumārasya tu kaumāraṃ tṛtīyaṃ sukumārakam

The first continent is called Jalada, of Jalada; and Kaumāra is Kumāra's; the third is Sukumāraka;

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KuP 1 38.18

मणीचकं चतुर्थं तु पञ्चमं कुसुमोत्तरम् । मोदाकं षष्ठमित्युक्तं सप्तमं तु महाद्रुमम्

maṇīcakaṃ caturthaṃ tu pañcamaṃ kusumottaram / modākaṃ ṣaṣṭhamityuktaṃ saptamaṃ tu mahādrumam

the fourth is Maṇīcaka, the fifth Kusumottara, the sixth is said to be Modāka, and the seventh Mahādruma.

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KuP 1 38.19

क्रौञ्चद्वीपेश्वरस्यापि सुता द्युतिमतो ऽभवन् । कुशलः प्रथमस्तेषां द्वितीयस्तु मनोहरः

krauñcadvīpeśvarasyāpi sutā dyutimato 'bhavan / kuśalaḥ prathamasteṣāṃ dvitīyastu manoharaḥ

Of Dyutimān, lord of Krauñcadvīpa, there were sons too: the first of them was Kuśala, and the second Manohara.

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KuP 1 38.20

उष्णस्तृतीयः संप्रोक्तश्चतुर्थः प्रवरः स्मृतः । अन्धकारो मुनिश्चैव दुन्दुभिश्चैव सप्तमः । तेषां स्वनामभिर्देशाः क्रौञ्चद्वीपाश्रयाः शुभाः

uṣṇastṛtīyaḥ saṃproktaścaturthaḥ pravaraḥ smṛtaḥ / andhakāro muniścaiva dundubhiścaiva saptamaḥ / teṣāṃ svanāmabhirdeśāḥ krauñcadvīpāśrayāḥ śubhāḥ

Uṣṇa is declared the third, and the fourth is remembered as Pravara; Andhakāra, and Muni, and Dundubhi as the seventh. From their own names the auspicious lands belonging to Krauñcadvīpa (are named).

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KuP 1 38.21

ज्योतिष्मतः कुशद्वीपे सप्तैवासन् महौजसः । उद्भेदो वेणुमांश्चैवाश्वरथो लम्बनो धृतिः । षष्ठः प्रभाकारश्चापि सप्तमः कपिलः स्मृतः

jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe saptaivāsan mahaujasaḥ / udbhedo veṇumāṃścaivāśvaratho lambano dhṛtiḥ / ṣaṣṭhaḥ prabhākāraścāpi saptamaḥ kapilaḥ smṛtaḥ

Of Jyotiṣmat, in Kuśadvīpa, there were seven (sons) of great vigour: Udbheda, Veṇumat, Aśvaratha, Lambana, Dhṛti, the sixth Prabhākāra, and the seventh is remembered as Kapila.

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KuP 1 38.22

स्वनामचिह्नितान् यत्र तथा वर्षाणि सुव्रताः । ज्ञेयानि सप्त तान्येषु द्वीपेष्वेवं न यो मतः

svanāmacihnitān yatra tathā varṣāṇi suvratāḥ / jñeyāni sapta tānyeṣu dvīpeṣvevaṃ na yo mataḥ

And there, O you of good vows, the regions are marked with their own names; those seven are to be known in these islands—thus (it is), (and) no one is held otherwise.

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KuP 1 38.23

शाल्मलद्वीपनाथस्य सुताश्चासन् वपुष्मतः । श्वेतश्च हरितश्चैव जीमूतो रोहितस्तथा । वैद्युतौ मानसश्चैव सप्तमः सुप्रभो मतः

śālmaladvīpanāthasya sutāścāsan vapuṣmataḥ / śvetaśca haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitastathā / vaidyutau mānasaścaiva saptamaḥ suprabho mataḥ

And of Vapuṣmat, lord of Śālmaladvīpa, there were sons: Śveta, Harita, Jīmūta, and Rohita, the two Vaidyutas(?) and Mānasa, and the seventh is held to be Suprabha.

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KuP 1 38.24

प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरस्यापि सप्त मेधातिथेः सुताः । ज्येष्ठः शान्तभयस्तेषां शिशिरश्च सुखोदयः । आनन्दश्च शिवश्चैव क्षेमकश्च ध्रुवस्तथा

plakṣadvīpeśvarasyāpi sapta medhātitheḥ sutāḥ / jyeṣṭhaḥ śāntabhayasteṣāṃ śiśiraśca sukhodayaḥ / ānandaśca śivaścaiva kṣemakaśca dhruvastathā

And of Medhātithi, lord of Plakṣadvīpa, there were seven sons: the eldest of them Śāntabhaya, and Śiśira, Sukhodaya, Ānanda, Śiva, Kṣemaka, and Dhruva.

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KuP 1 38.25

प्लक्षद्वीपादिषु ज्ञेयः शाकद्वीपान्तिकेषु वै । वर्णाश्रमविभागेन स्वधर्मो मुक्तये द्विजाः

plakṣadvīpādiṣu jñeyaḥ śākadvīpāntikeṣu vai / varṇāśramavibhāgena svadharmo muktaye dvijāḥ

In Plakṣadvīpa and the rest, up to and including Śākadvīpa, one's own duty, according to the division of classes and stages of life, is to be known as leading to liberation, O twice-born ones.

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KuP 1 38.26

जम्बुद्वीपेश्वरस्यापि पुत्रास्त्वासन् महाबलाः । अग्नीध्रस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तन्नामानि निबोधत

jambudvīpeśvarasyāpi putrāstvāsan mahābalāḥ / agnīdhrasya dvijaśreṣṭhāstannāmāni nibodhata

And of Agnīdhra, lord of Jambūdvīpa, there were sons of great strength; O best of the twice-born, learn their names.

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KuP 1 38.27

नाभिः किंपुरुषश्चैव तथा हरिरिलावृतः । रम्यो हिरण्वांश्च कुरुर्भद्राश्वः केतुमाहलकः

nābhiḥ kiṃpuruṣaścaiva tathā haririlāvṛtaḥ / ramyo hiraṇvāṃśca kururbhadrāśvaḥ ketumāhalakaḥ

Nābhi, Kiṃpuruṣa, and Hari, Ilāvṛta, Ramya, Hiraṇvat, Kuru, Bhadrāśva, and Ketumāhalaka.

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KuP 1 38.28

जम्बुद्वीपेश्वरो राजा स चाग्नीध्रो महामतिः । विभज्य नवधा तेभ्यो यथान्यायं ददौ पुनः

jambudvīpeśvaro rājā sa cāgnīdhro mahāmatiḥ / vibhajya navadhā tebhyo yathānyāyaṃ dadau punaḥ

And that king Agnīdhra, lord of Jambūdvīpa, of great intellect, having divided (the island) ninefold, gave (the portions) to them duly.

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KuP 1 38.29

नाभेस्तु दक्षिणं वर्षं हिमाह्वं प्रददौ पुनः । हेमकूटं ततो वर्षं ददौ किंपुरुषाय तु

nābhestu dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ himāhvaṃ pradadau punaḥ / hemakūṭaṃ tato varṣaṃ dadau kiṃpuruṣāya tu

To Nābhi he gave the southern region named Hima; then he gave the region Hemakūṭa to Kiṃpuruṣa.

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KuP 1 38.30

तृतीयं नैषधं वर्षं हरये दत्तवान् पिता । इलावृताय प्रददौ मेरुमध्यमिलावृतम्

tṛtīyaṃ naiṣadhaṃ varṣaṃ haraye dattavān pitā / ilāvṛtāya pradadau merumadhyamilāvṛtam

The third, the region Naiṣadha, the father gave to Hari; to Ilāvṛta he gave Ilāvṛta, which has Meru in its middle.

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KuP 1 38.31

नीलाचलाश्रितं वर्षं रम्याय प्रददौ पिता । श्वेतं यदुत्तरं वर्षं पित्रा दत्तं हिरण्वते

nīlācalāśritaṃ varṣaṃ ramyāya pradadau pitā / śvetaṃ yaduttaraṃ varṣaṃ pitrā dattaṃ hiraṇvate

The father gave to Ramya the region resting on the Nīla mountain; the region Śveta, which is to the north, was given by the father to Hiraṇvat.

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KuP 1 38.32

यदुत्तरं शृङ्गवतो वर्षं तत् कुरुवे ददौ । मेरोः पूर्वेण यद् वर्षं भद्राश्वाय न्यवेदयत् । गन्धमादनवर्षं तु केतुमालाय दत्तवान्

yaduttaraṃ śṛṅgavato varṣaṃ tat kuruve dadau / meroḥ pūrveṇa yad varṣaṃ bhadrāśvāya nyavedayat / gandhamādanavarṣaṃ tu ketumālāya dattavān

The region that lies north of Śṛṅgavat he gave to Kuru; the region east of Meru he assigned to Bhadrāśva; and the Gandhamādana region he gave to Ketumāla.

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KuP 1 38.33

वर्षेष्वेतेषु तान् पुत्रानभिषिच्य नराधिपः । संसारकष्टतां ज्ञात्वा तपस्तेपे वनं गतः

varṣeṣveteṣu tān putrānabhiṣicya narādhipaḥ / saṃsārakaṣṭatāṃ jñātvā tapastepe vanaṃ gataḥ

Having consecrated those sons in these regions, the king, recognizing the misery of worldly existence, went to the forest and practiced austerity.

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KuP 1 38.34

हिमाह्वयं तु यस्यैतन्नाभेरासीन्महात्मनः । तस्यर्षभो ऽभवत् पुत्रो मरुदेव्यां महाद्युतिः

himāhvayaṃ tu yasyaitannābherāsīnmahātmanaḥ / tasyarṣabho 'bhavat putro marudevyāṃ mahādyutiḥ

But he whose portion was this one called Hima — of that great-souled Nābhi there was born a son, Ṛṣabha, of great splendor, by Marudevī.

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KuP 1 38.35

ऋषभाद् भरतो जज्ञे वीरः पुत्रशताग्रजः । सो ऽभिषिच्यर्षभः पुत्रं भरतं पृथिवीपतिः । वानप्रस्थाश्रमं गत्वा तपस्तेपे यथाविधि

ṛṣabhād bharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatāgrajaḥ / so 'bhiṣicyarṣabhaḥ putraṃ bharataṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ / vānaprasthāśramaṃ gatvā tapastepe yathāvidhi

From Ṛṣabha was born Bharata, a hero, the eldest of a hundred sons; and Ṛṣabha, lord of the earth, having consecrated his son Bharata, went to the forest-dweller's stage of life and practiced austerity according to the rule.

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KuP 1 38.36

तपसा कर्षितो ऽत्यर्थं कृशो धमनिसंततः । ज्ञानयोगरतो भूत्वा महापाशुपतो ऽभवत्

tapasā karṣito 'tyarthaṃ kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ / jñānayogarato bhūtvā mahāpāśupato 'bhavat

Worn down exceedingly by austerity, emaciated, with his veins showing, devoted to the yoga of knowledge, he became a great Pāśupata.

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KuP 1 38.37

सुमतिर्भरतस्याभूत् पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः । सुमतेस्तैजसस्तस्मादिन्द्रिद्युम्नो व्यजायत

sumatirbharatasyābhūt putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ / sumatestaijasastasmādindridyumno vyajāyata

Bharata's son was Sumati, supremely righteous; from Sumati (came) Taijasa, and from him Indradyumna was born.

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KuP 1 38.38

परमेष्ठी सुतस्तस्मात् प्रतीहारस्तदन्वयः । प्रतिहर्तेति विख्यात उत्पन्नस्तस्य चात्मजः

parameṣṭhī sutastasmāt pratīhārastadanvayaḥ / pratiharteti vikhyāta utpannastasya cātmajaḥ

From him (came) his son Parameṣṭhī; in his line (came) Pratīhāra; and a son was born to him, known as Pratihartā.

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KuP 1 38.39

भवस्तस्मादथोद्गीथः प्रस्तावस्तत्सुतो ऽभवत् । पृथुस्ततस्ततो रक्तो रक्तस्यापि गयः सुतः

bhavastasmādathodgīthaḥ prastāvastatsuto 'bhavat / pṛthustatastato rakto raktasyāpi gayaḥ sutaḥ

From him Bhava, then Udgītha; his son was Prastāva; from him Pṛthu, from him Rakta, and Rakta's son was Gaya.

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KuP 1 38.40

नरो गयस्य तनयस्तस्य पुत्रो विराडभूत् । तस्य पुत्रो महावीर्यो धीमांस्तस्मादजायत

naro gayasya tanayastasya putro virāḍabhūt / tasya putro mahāvīryo dhīmāṃstasmādajāyata

Nara was Gaya's son; his son was Virāṭ; his son was Mahāvīrya, and from him Dhīmān was born.

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KuP 1 38.41

महान्तो ऽपि ततश्चाभूद् भौवनस्तत्सुतो ऽभवत् । त्वष्टा त्वष्टुश्च विरजो रजस्तस्याप्यभूत् सुतः

mahānto 'pi tataścābhūd bhauvanastatsuto 'bhavat / tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuśca virajo rajastasyāpyabhūt sutaḥ

From him came Mahānta as well; his son was Bhauvana; (his son was) Tvaṣṭā, and Tvaṣṭā's (son) Viraja; and Raja was his son.

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KuP 1 38.42

शतजिद् रजसस्तस्य जज्ञे पुत्रशतं द्विजाः । तेषां प्रधानो बलवान् विश्वज्योतिरिति स्मृतः

śatajid rajasastasya jajñe putraśataṃ dvijāḥ / teṣāṃ pradhāno balavān viśvajyotiriti smṛtaḥ

Śatajit (was born) of Raja, and to him were born a hundred sons, O twice-born ones; foremost among them, mighty, was he known as Viśvajyoti.

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KuP 1 38.43

आराध्य देवं ब्रह्माणं क्षेमकं नाम पार्थिवम् । असूत पुत्रं धर्मज्ञं महाबाहुमरिन्दमम्

ārādhya devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ kṣemakaṃ nāma pārthivam / asūta putraṃ dharmajñaṃ mahābāhumarindamam

Having propitiated the god Brahmā, (she) bore a son, a king named Kṣemaka, knower of dharma, mighty-armed, a subduer of foes.

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KuP 1 38.44

एते पुरस्ताद् राजानो महासत्त्वा महौजसः । एषां वंशप्रसूतैश्च भुक्तेयं पृथिवी पुरा

ete purastād rājāno mahāsattvā mahaujasaḥ / eṣāṃ vaṃśaprasūtaiśca bhukteyaṃ pṛthivī purā

These were the kings of former times, of great strength and great vigour; and by those born in their lineages this earth was enjoyed of old.

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