Matsya Purana — Chapter 43
MtP 43.1
इत्येतच्छौनकाद्राजा शतानीको निशम्य तु विस्मितः परया प्रीत्या पूर्णचन्द्र इवाबभौ
ityetacchaunakādrājā śatānīko niśamya tu vismitaḥ parayā prītyā pūrṇacandra ivābabhau
Having heard this from Śaunaka, King Śatānīka, amazed, shone with the highest delight like the full moon.
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MtP 43.2
पूजयामास नृपतिर् विधिवच्चाथ शौनकम् रत्नैर्गोभिः सुवर्णैश्च वासोभिर्विविधैस्तथा
pūjayāmāsa nṛpatir vidhivaccātha śaunakam ratnairgobhiḥ suvarṇaiśca vāsobhirvividhaistathā
And then the king honored Śaunaka according to the rules, with jewels, cows, gold, and various garments.
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MtP 43.3
प्रतिगृह्य ततः सर्वं यद्राज्ञा प्रहितं धनम् दत्त्वा च ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च शौनको ऽन्तरधीयत
pratigṛhya tataḥ sarvaṃ yadrājñā prahitaṃ dhanam dattvā ca brāhmaṇebhyaśca śaunako 'ntaradhīyata
Then, having accepted all the wealth that was offered by the king, and having given it to the brahmins, Śaunaka vanished.
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MtP 43.4
ययातेर्वंशमिच्छामः श्रोतुं विस्तरतो वद यदुप्रभृतिभिः पुत्रैर् यदा लोके प्रतिष्ठितम्
yayātervaṃśamicchāmaḥ śrotuṃ vistarato vada yaduprabhṛtibhiḥ putrair yadā loke pratiṣṭhitam
"We wish to hear of Yayāti's lineage; tell it in full—how it was established in the world by his sons beginning with Yadu."
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MtP 43.5
यदोर्वंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्येष्ठस्योत्तमतेजसः विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च गदतो मे निबोधत
yadorvaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi jyeṣṭhasyottamatejasaḥ vistareṇānupūrvyā ca gadato me nibodhata
"I shall declare the lineage of Yadu, the eldest, of surpassing splendor, in full and in due order; listen to me as I tell it."
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MtP 43.6
यदोः पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि पञ्च देवसुतोपमाः महारथा महेष्वासा नामतस्तान्निबोधत
yadoḥ putrā babhūvurhi pañca devasutopamāḥ mahārathā maheṣvāsā nāmatastānnibodhata
Yadu had five sons like the sons of gods, great chariot-warriors, great archers; learn them by name.
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MtP 43.7
सहस्रजिर् अथो ज्येष्ठः क्रोष्टुर्नीलो ऽन्तिको लघुः सहस्रजेस्तु दायादः शतजिर्नाम पार्थिवः
sahasrajir atho jyeṣṭhaḥ kroṣṭurnīlo 'ntiko laghuḥ sahasrajestu dāyādaḥ śatajirnāma pārthivaḥ
Sahasraji was the eldest, then Kroṣṭu, Nīla, Antika, and Laghu. Sahasraji's heir was a king named Śataji.
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MtP 43.8
शतजेरपि दायादास् त्रयः परमकीर्तयः हैहयश्च हयश्चैव तथा वेणुहयश्च यः
śatajerapi dāyādās trayaḥ paramakīrtayaḥ haihayaśca hayaścaiva tathā veṇuhayaśca yaḥ
Śataji too had three heirs of the highest fame: Haihaya, and Haya, and he who was Veṇuhaya.
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MtP 43.9
हैहयस्य तु दायादो धर्मनेत्रः प्रतिश्रुतः धर्मनेत्रस्य कुन्तिस्तु संहतस्तस्य चात्मजः
haihayasya tu dāyādo dharmanetraḥ pratiśrutaḥ dharmanetrasya kuntistu saṃhatastasya cātmajaḥ
Haihaya's heir is recorded as Dharmanetra; Dharmanetra's (son) was Kunti, and his son was Saṃhata.
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MtP 43.10
संहतस्य तु दायादो महिष्मान्नाम पार्थिवः आसीन्महिष्मतः पुत्रो रुद्रश्रेण्यः प्रतापवान्
saṃhatasya tu dāyādo mahiṣmānnāma pārthivaḥ āsīnmahiṣmataḥ putro rudraśreṇyaḥ pratāpavān
Saṃhata's heir was a king named Mahiṣmān; Mahiṣmān's son was the valorous Rudraśreṇya.
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MtP 43.11
वाराणस्याम् अभूद्राजा कथितं पूर्वमेव तु रुद्रश्रेण्यस्य पुत्रो ऽभूद् दुर्दमो नाम पार्थिवः
vārāṇasyām abhūdrājā kathitaṃ pūrvameva tu rudraśreṇyasya putro 'bhūd durdamo nāma pārthivaḥ
He was king in Vārāṇasī—this has already been told before. Rudraśreṇya's son was a king named Durdama.
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MtP 43.12
दुर्दमस्य सुतो धीमान् कनको नाम वीर्यवान् कनकस्य तु दायादाश् चत्वारो लोकविश्रुताः
durdamasya suto dhīmān kanako nāma vīryavān kanakasya tu dāyādāś catvāro lokaviśrutāḥ
Durdama's son was the wise and vigorous one named Kanaka; and Kanaka had four heirs famed in the world:
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MtP 43.13
कृतवीर्यः कृताग्निश्च कृतवर्मा तथैव च कृतौजाश्च चतुर्थो ऽभूत् कृतवीर्यात्ततो ऽर्जुनः
kṛtavīryaḥ kṛtāgniśca kṛtavarmā tathaiva ca kṛtaujāśca caturtho 'bhūt kṛtavīryāttato 'rjunaḥ
Kṛtavīrya, Kṛtāgni, and likewise Kṛtavarmā, and Kṛtaujas was the fourth; then from Kṛtavīrya (was born) Arjuna,
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MtP 43.14
जातः करसहस्रेण सप्तद्वीपेश्वरो नृपः वर्षायुतं तपस्तेपे दुश्चरं पृथिवीपतिः
jātaḥ karasahasreṇa saptadvīpeśvaro nṛpaḥ varṣāyutaṃ tapastepe duścaraṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ
born with a thousand arms, a king who was lord of the seven continents; that lord of the earth practiced hard austerity for ten thousand years.
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MtP 43.15
दत्तमाराधयामास कार्तवीर्यो ऽत्रिसम्भवम् तस्मै दत्ता वरास्तेन चत्वारः पुरुषोत्तम
dattamārādhayāmāsa kārtavīryo 'trisambhavam tasmai dattā varāstena catvāraḥ puruṣottama
Kārtavīrya propitiated Datta, born of Atri, and by him four boons were given to him, O best of men.
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MtP 43.16
पूर्वं बाहुसहस्रं तु स वव्रे राजसत्तमः अधर्मं चरमाणस्य सद्भिश्चापि निवारणम्
pūrvaṃ bāhusahasraṃ tu sa vavre rājasattamaḥ adharmaṃ caramāṇasya sadbhiścāpi nivāraṇam
First that best of kings chose a thousand arms, and also restraint by the good when he was acting unrighteously;
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MtP 43.17
युद्धेन पृथिवीं जित्वा धर्मेणैवानुपालनम् संग्रामे वर्तमानस्य वधश्चैवाधिकाद्भवेत्
yuddhena pṛthivīṃ jitvā dharmeṇaivānupālanam saṃgrāme vartamānasya vadhaścaivādhikādbhavet
and, having conquered the earth by war, its protection by righteousness alone; and that, while engaged in battle, his death should come from one superior (to him).
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MtP 43.18
तेनेयं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपर्वता सप्तोदधिपरिक्षिप्ता क्षात्त्रेण विधिना जिता
teneyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā saparvatā saptodadhiparikṣiptā kṣāttreṇa vidhinā jitā
By him this whole earth, with its seven continents and its mountains, encircled by the seven oceans, was conquered by the law of the warrior.
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MtP 43.19
जज्ञे बाहुसहस्रं वै इच्छतस्तस्य धीमतः रथो ध्वजश्च संजज्ञ इत्येवमनुशुश्रुम
jajñe bāhusahasraṃ vai icchatastasya dhīmataḥ ratho dhvajaśca saṃjajña ityevamanuśuśruma
Indeed, a thousand arms came into being for that wise one when he wished it, and a chariot and a banner arose (for him) — thus have we heard (in tradition).
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MtP 43.20
दश यज्ञसहस्राणि राज्ञां द्वीपेषु वै तदा निरर्गलानि वृत्तानि श्रूयन्ते तस्य धीमतः
daśa yajñasahasrāṇi rājñāṃ dvīpeṣu vai tadā nirargalāni vṛttāni śrūyante tasya dhīmataḥ
Ten thousand sacrifices of kings are heard to have been performed then in the (seven) continents, unobstructed, by that wise one.
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MtP 43.21
सर्वे यज्ञा महाराज्ञस् तस्यासन् भूरिदक्षिणाः सर्वे काञ्चनयूपास्ते सर्वाः काञ्चनवेदिकाः
sarve yajñā mahārājñas tasyāsan bhūridakṣiṇāḥ sarve kāñcanayūpāste sarvāḥ kāñcanavedikāḥ
All the sacrifices of that great king were with abundant priestly gifts; all of them had golden sacrificial posts, all had golden altars.
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MtP 43.22
सर्वे देवैः समं प्राप्तैर् विमानस्थैरलंकृताः गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च नित्यमेवोपशोभिताः
sarve devaiḥ samaṃ prāptair vimānasthairalaṃkṛtāḥ gandharvairapsarobhiśca nityamevopaśobhitāḥ
All were adorned by the gods who came together, seated in their celestial cars, and were constantly made beautiful by gandharvas and apsarases.
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MtP 43.23
तस्य यज्ञे जगौ गाथां गन्धर्वो नारदस्तथा कार्तवीर्यस्य राजर्षेर् महिमानं निरीक्ष्य सः
tasya yajñe jagau gāthāṃ gandharvo nāradastathā kārtavīryasya rājarṣer mahimānaṃ nirīkṣya saḥ
At his sacrifice the gandharva Nārada sang a verse, having beheld the greatness of the royal sage, the son of Kṛtavīrya.
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MtP 43.24
न नूनं कार्तवीर्यस्य गतिं यास्यन्ति क्षत्रियाः यज्ञैर्दानैस्तपोभिश्च विक्रमेण श्रुतेन च
na nūnaṃ kārtavīryasya gatiṃ yāsyanti kṣatriyāḥ yajñairdānaistapobhiśca vikrameṇa śrutena ca
"Surely the kṣatriyas will not attain the course of Kārtavīrya — not by sacrifices, gifts, austerities, valour, or learning.
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MtP 43.25
स हि सप्तसु द्वीपेषु खड्गी चक्री शरासनी रथी द्वीपान्यनुचरन् योगी पश्यति तस्करान्
sa hi saptasu dvīpeṣu khaḍgī cakrī śarāsanī rathī dvīpānyanucaran yogī paśyati taskarān
For he, in the seven continents, bearing sword, discus and bow, mounted on a chariot, roaming the continents as a yogin, spies out the thieves.
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MtP 43.26
पञ्चाशीतिसहस्राणि वर्षाणां स नराधिपः स सर्वरत्नसम्पूर्णश् चक्रवर्ती बभूव ह
pañcāśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ sa narādhipaḥ sa sarvaratnasampūrṇaś cakravartī babhūva ha
For eighty-five thousand years that lord of men, filled with every jewel, was a universal emperor.
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MtP 43.27
स एव पशुपालो ऽभूत् क्षेत्रपालः स एव हि स एव वृष्ट्या पर्जन्यो योगित्वादर्जुनो ऽभवत्
sa eva paśupālo 'bhūt kṣetrapālaḥ sa eva hi sa eva vṛṣṭyā parjanyo yogitvādarjuno 'bhavat
He himself was the guardian of the cattle, he himself the guardian of the fields; he himself was the rain-cloud with its rain — through his yogic power Arjuna became (all this).
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MtP 43.28
यो ऽसौ बाहुसहस्रेण ज्याघातकठिनत्वचा भाति रश्मिसहस्रेण शारदेनेव भास्करः
yo 'sau bāhusahasreṇa jyāghātakaṭhinatvacā bhāti raśmisahasreṇa śāradeneva bhāskaraḥ
He who, with his thousand arms whose skin was hardened by the striking of the bowstring, shines like the sun of autumn with its thousand rays;
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MtP 43.29
एष नागं मनुष्येषु माहिष्मत्यां महाद्युतिः कर्कोटकसुतं जित्वा पुर्यां तत्र न्यवेशयत्
eṣa nāgaṃ manuṣyeṣu māhiṣmatyāṃ mahādyutiḥ karkoṭakasutaṃ jitvā puryāṃ tatra nyaveśayat
he of great splendour, having conquered the Nāga, the son of Karkoṭaka, settled (him) there in the city of Māhiṣmatī among men.
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MtP 43.30
एष वेगं समुद्रस्य प्रावृट्काले भजेत वै क्रीडन्नेव सुखोद्भिन्नः प्रतिस्रोतो महीपतिः
eṣa vegaṃ samudrasya prāvṛṭkāle bhajeta vai krīḍanneva sukhodbhinnaḥ pratisroto mahīpatiḥ
This lord of the earth, sporting and swelling with ease, would take on the force of the ocean in the rainy season, going against its current.
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MtP 43.31
ललता क्रीडता तेन प्रतिस्रग्दाममालिनी ऊर्मिभ्रुकुटिसंत्रासाच् चकिताभ्येति नर्मदा
lalatā krīḍatā tena pratisragdāmamālinī ūrmibhrukuṭisaṃtrāsāc cakitābhyeti narmadā
When he played and sported, the Narmadā, garlanded with wreaths (of foam) in return, came to him startled, in fear of the frown of his waves.
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MtP 43.32
एको बाहुसहस्रेण वगाहे स महार्णवम् करोत्युद्वृत्तवेगां तु नर्मदां प्रावृडुद्धताम्
eko bāhusahasreṇa vagāhe sa mahārṇavam karotyudvṛttavegāṃ tu narmadāṃ prāvṛḍuddhatām
Alone, with his thousand arms, he plunged into the great ocean, and he makes the Narmadā, swollen in the rains, turn back its rushing current.
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MtP 43.33
तस्य बाहुसहस्रेण क्षोभ्यमाणे महोदधौ भवन्त्यतीव निश्चेष्टाः पातालस्था महासुराः
tasya bāhusahasreṇa kṣobhyamāṇe mahodadhau bhavantyatīva niśceṣṭāḥ pātālasthā mahāsurāḥ
When the great ocean is churned up by his thousand arms, the great asuras dwelling in Pātāla become utterly motionless.
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MtP 43.34
चूर्णीकृतमहावीचिलीनमीनमहातिमिम् मारुताविद्धफेनौघम् आवर्ताक्षिप्तदुःसहम्
cūrṇīkṛtamahāvīcilīnamīnamahātimim mārutāviddhaphenaugham āvartākṣiptaduḥsaham
(He makes it) with its great waves pounded to powder, its fish and great sea-monsters clinging (together), its masses of foam driven by the wind, unbearable with the whirlpools it flings up —
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MtP 43.35
करोत्यालोडयन्नेव दोःसहस्रेण सागरम् मन्दरक्षोभचकिता ह्य् अमृतोत्पादशङ्किताः
karotyāloḍayanneva doḥsahasreṇa sāgaram mandarakṣobhacakitā hy amṛtotpādaśaṅkitāḥ
such does he make the sea, churning it with his thousand arms; and (the serpents), startled as at the churning by Mandara, suspecting the production of the nectar,
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MtP 43.36
तदा निश्चलमूर्धानो भवन्ति च महोरगाः सायाह्ने कदलीखण्डा निर्वातस्तिमिता इव
tadā niścalamūrdhāno bhavanti ca mahoragāḥ sāyāhne kadalīkhaṇḍā nirvātastimitā iva
then the great serpents become still-headed, like clumps of plantain motionless in the windless evening.
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MtP 43.37
एवं बद्ध्वा धनुर्ज्यायाम् उत्सिक्तं पञ्चभिः शरैः लङ्कायां मोहयित्वा तु सबलं रावणं बलात्
evaṃ baddhvā dhanurjyāyām utsiktaṃ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ laṅkāyāṃ mohayitvā tu sabalaṃ rāvaṇaṃ balāt
Thus, having bound (him) to his bowstring, and having stupefied with five arrows the arrogant Rāvaṇa together with his army in Laṅkā by force,
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MtP 43.38
निर्जित्य बद्ध्वा चानीय माहिष्मत्यां बबन्ध च ततो गत्वा पुलस्त्यस्तु ह्य् अर्जुनं संप्रसादयन्
nirjitya baddhvā cānīya māhiṣmatyāṃ babandha ca tato gatvā pulastyastu hy arjunaṃ saṃprasādayan
having conquered him, bound him, and brought him to Māhiṣmatī, he kept him in bonds; then Pulastya came and conciliated Arjuna.
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MtP 43.39
मुमोच रक्षः पौलस्त्यं पुलस्त्येनेह सान्त्वितम् तस्य बाहुसहस्रेण बभूव ज्यातलस्वनः
mumoca rakṣaḥ paulastyaṃ pulastyeneha sāntvitam tasya bāhusahasreṇa babhūva jyātalasvanaḥ
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MtP 43.40
युगान्ताभ्रसहस्रस्य आस्फोटस्त्वशनेरिव अहो बत विधेर्वीर्यं भार्गवो ऽयं यदाछिनत्
yugāntābhrasahasrasya āsphoṭastvaśaneriva aho bata vidhervīryaṃ bhārgavo 'yaṃ yadāchinat
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 43.41
तद्वै सहस्रं बाहूनां हेमतालवनं यथा यत्रापवस्तु संक्रुद्धो ह्य् अर्जुनं शप्तवान्प्रभुः
tadvai sahasraṃ bāhūnāṃ hematālavanaṃ yathā yatrāpavastu saṃkruddho hy arjunaṃ śaptavānprabhuḥ
That thousand of arms (of his) was like a grove of golden palm trees — whereupon the lord Āpava, greatly enraged, pronounced a curse upon Arjuna:
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MtP 43.42
यस्माद्वनं प्रदग्धं वै विश्रुतं मम हैहय तस्मात्ते दुष्करं कर्म कृतमन्यो हरिष्यति
yasmādvanaṃ pradagdhaṃ vai viśrutaṃ mama haihaya tasmātte duṣkaraṃ karma kṛtamanyo hariṣyati
"Since my renowned forest has been burnt down, O Haihaya, therefore another shall carry off the hard-wrought deed you have done."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 43.43
छित्त्वा बाहुसहस्रं ते प्रथमं तरसा बली तपस्वी ब्राह्मणश्च त्वां स वधिष्यति भार्गव
chittvā bāhusahasraṃ te prathamaṃ tarasā balī tapasvī brāhmaṇaśca tvāṃ sa vadhiṣyati bhārgava
"Cutting off your thousand arms first with (his) force, a strong, ascetic brahmin — he will slay you, O Bhārgava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 43.44
तस्य रामस्तदा त्व् आसीन् मृत्युः शापेन धीमतः वरश्चैव तु राजर्षेः स्वयमेव वृतः पुरा
tasya rāmastadā tv āsīn mṛtyuḥ śāpena dhīmataḥ varaścaiva tu rājarṣeḥ svayameva vṛtaḥ purā
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 43.45
तस्य पुत्रशतं त्व् आसीत् पञ्च तत्र महारथाः कृतास्त्रा बलिनः शूरा धर्मात्मानो महाबलाः
tasya putraśataṃ tv āsīt pañca tatra mahārathāḥ kṛtāstrā balinaḥ śūrā dharmātmāno mahābalāḥ
He had a hundred sons, and among them five were great chariot-warriors, trained in weapons, powerful, brave, righteous in soul, of great strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 43.46
शूरसेनश्च शूरश्च धृष्टः क्रोष्टुस्तथैव च जयध्वजश्च वैकर्ता अवन्तिश्च विशांपते
śūrasenaśca śūraśca dhṛṣṭaḥ kroṣṭustathaiva ca jayadhvajaśca vaikartā avantiśca viśāṃpate
(They were) Śūrasena and Śūra, Dhṛṣṭa and likewise Kroṣṭu, and Jayadhvaja the Vaikarta, and Avanti, O lord of peoples.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 43.47
जयध्वजस्य पुत्रस्तु तालजङ्घो महाबलः तस्य पुत्रशतान्येव तालजङ्घा इति श्रुताः
jayadhvajasya putrastu tālajaṅgho mahābalaḥ tasya putraśatānyeva tālajaṅghā iti śrutāḥ
But Jayadhvaja's son was Tālajaṅgha, of great strength; his sons were a full hundred, known as the Tālajaṅghas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 43.48
तेषां पञ्च कुलाः ख्याता हैहयानां महात्मनाम् वीतिहोत्राश्च शार्यातो भोजाश्चावन्तयस्तथा
teṣāṃ pañca kulāḥ khyātā haihayānāṃ mahātmanām vītihotrāśca śāryāto bhojāścāvantayastathā
Among them five families of the great-souled Haihayas are renowned: the Vītihotras, the Śāryātas, the Bhojas, and likewise the Avantis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 43.49
कुण्डिकेराश्च विक्रान्तास् तालजङ्घास् तथैव च वीतिहोत्रसुतश्चापि आनर्तो नाम वीर्यवान् दुर्जेयस्तस्य पुत्रस्तु बभूव मित्रकर्शनः
kuṇḍikerāśca vikrāntās tālajaṅghās tathaiva ca vītihotrasutaścāpi ānarto nāma vīryavān durjeyastasya putrastu babhūva mitrakarśanaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 43.50
सद्भावेन महाराज प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् कार्तवीर्यार्जुनो नाम राजा बाहुसहस्रवान्
sadbhāvena mahārāja prajā dharmeṇa pālayan kārtavīryārjuno nāma rājā bāhusahasravān
O great king, protecting his subjects with good will and in accordance with dharma, there was a king named Kārtavīrya Arjuna, possessed of a thousand arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 43.51
येन सागरपर्यन्ता धनुषा निर्जिता मही यस्तस्य कीर्तयेन्नाम कल्यमुत्थाय मानवः
yena sāgaraparyantā dhanuṣā nirjitā mahī yastasya kīrtayennāma kalyamutthāya mānavaḥ
(He it was) by whom the earth as far as the ocean was conquered with the bow — the man who, rising at dawn, should recite his name,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 43.52
न तस्य वित्तनाशः स्यान् नष्टं च लभते पुनः कार्तवीर्यस्य यो जन्म कथयेदिह धीमतः यथावत्स्विष्टपूतात्मा स्वर्गलोके महीयते
na tasya vittanāśaḥ syān naṣṭaṃ ca labhate punaḥ kārtavīryasya yo janma kathayediha dhīmataḥ yathāvatsviṣṭapūtātmā svargaloke mahīyate
for him there is no loss of wealth, and what is lost he regains. Whoever here tells, as it truly was, the birth of the wise Kārtavīrya, his self purified by sacrifice well offered, is honoured in the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition