Matsya Purana — Chapter 44

MtP 44.1

किमर्थं तद्वनं दग्धम् आपवस्य महात्मनः कार्तवीर्येण विक्रम्य सूत प्रब्रूहि तत्त्वतः

kimarthaṃ tadvanaṃ dagdham āpavasya mahātmanaḥ kārtavīryeṇa vikramya sūta prabrūhi tattvataḥ

For what reason was that forest of the great-souled Āpava burned by Kārtavīrya in his onslaught? Tell (us) truly, O Sūta.

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MtP 44.2

रक्षिता स तु राजर्षिः प्रजानामिति नः श्रुतम् स कथं रक्षिता भूत्वा अदहत्तत्तपोवनम्

rakṣitā sa tu rājarṣiḥ prajānāmiti naḥ śrutam sa kathaṃ rakṣitā bhūtvā adahattattapovanam

But we have heard that that royal sage was a protector of his subjects. How, being a protector, did he burn down that grove of austerities?

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MtP 44.3

आदित्यो द्विजरूपेण कार्तवीर्यमुपस्थितः तृप्तिमेकां प्रयच्छस्व आदित्यो ऽहं नरेश्वर

ādityo dvijarūpeṇa kārtavīryamupasthitaḥ tṛptimekāṃ prayacchasva ādityo 'haṃ nareśvara

The Sun, in the form of a brahmin, approached Kārtavīrya (and said): "Grant me one satisfaction; I am the Sun, O lord of men."

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MtP 44.4

भगवन्केन तृप्तिस्ते भवत्येव दिवाकर कीदृशं भोजनं दद्मि हुत्वा तु विदधाम्यहम्

bhagavankena tṛptiste bhavatyeva divākara kīdṛśaṃ bhojanaṃ dadmi hutvā tu vidadhāmyaham

"Lord, by what does satisfaction come to you, O maker of day? What sort of food shall I give? I will provide it by offering it in the fire."

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MtP 44.5

स्थावरं देहि मे सर्वम् आहारं ददतां वर तेन तृप्तो भवेयं वै सा मे तृप्तिर्हि पार्थिव

sthāvaraṃ dehi me sarvam āhāraṃ dadatāṃ vara tena tṛpto bhaveyaṃ vai sā me tṛptirhi pārthiva

“Give me all that is immobile as (my) food, O best of givers; by that I would be satisfied — that indeed is my satisfaction, O king.”

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MtP 44.6

न शक्याः स्थावराः सर्वे तेजसा च बलेन च निर्दग्धुं तपतां श्रेष्ठ तेन त्वां प्रणमाम्यहम्

na śakyāḥ sthāvarāḥ sarve tejasā ca balena ca nirdagdhuṃ tapatāṃ śreṣṭha tena tvāṃ praṇamāmyaham

“All immobile things cannot be burned up (by me), either by (my) fiery energy or by (my) strength, O best of those that give heat; therefore I bow to you.”

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MtP 44.7

तुष्टस्ते ऽहं शरान्दद्मि अक्षयान्सर्वतोमुखान् ये प्रक्षिप्ता ज्वलिष्यन्ति मम तेजःसमन्विताः

tuṣṭaste 'haṃ śarāndadmi akṣayānsarvatomukhān ye prakṣiptā jvaliṣyanti mama tejaḥsamanvitāḥ

"I am pleased with you; I give you arrows that are inexhaustible and point in every direction. Once shot, they will blaze, being charged with my fiery energy."

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MtP 44.8

आविष्टा मम तेजोभिः शोषयिष्यन्ति स्थावरान् शुष्कान् भस्मीकरिष्यन्ति तेन तृप्तिर्नराधिप

āviṣṭā mama tejobhiḥ śoṣayiṣyanti sthāvarān śuṣkān bhasmīkariṣyanti tena tṛptirnarādhipa

"Pervaded by my fiery energies, they will dry up the plants; and when they are dry they will reduce them to ashes, and by that (comes) satisfaction, O lord of men."

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MtP 44.9

ततः शरांस्तदादित्यस् त्व् अर्जुनाय प्रयच्छत ततो ददाह सम्प्राप्तान् स्थावरान् सर्वमेव च

tataḥ śarāṃstadādityas tv arjunāya prayacchata tato dadāha samprāptān sthāvarān sarvameva ca

Then that Sun-god bestowed the arrows on Arjuna; and thereupon he burned up the plants he came upon, and indeed everything.

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MtP 44.10

ग्रामांस्तथाश्रमांश्चैव घोषाणि नगराणि च तपोवनानि रम्याणि वनान्युपवनानि च

grāmāṃstathāśramāṃścaiva ghoṣāṇi nagarāṇi ca tapovanāni ramyāṇi vanānyupavanāni ca

— villages and hermitages too, cattle-stations and cities, delightful penance-groves, forests and pleasure-groves.

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MtP 44.11

एवं प्राचीमन्वदहत् ततः सर्वां स दक्षिणाम् निर्वृक्षा निस्तृणा भूमिर् हता घोरेण तेजसा

evaṃ prācīmanvadahat tataḥ sarvāṃ sa dakṣiṇām nirvṛkṣā nistṛṇā bhūmir hatā ghoreṇa tejasā

In this way he burned up the eastern region, and then the whole southern one; the earth was left without trees, without grass, ruined by that dreadful fiery power.

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MtP 44.12

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु आपवो जलमास्थितः दश वर्षसहस्राणि तत्रास्ते स महानृषिः

etasminneva kāle tu āpavo jalamāsthitaḥ daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tatrāste sa mahānṛṣiḥ

But at this very time Āpava was stationed in the water: for ten thousand years that great seer remained there.

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MtP 44.13

पूर्णे व्रते महातेजा उदतिष्ठंस्तपोधनः सो ऽपश्यदाश्रमं दग्धम् अर्जुनेन महामुनिः

pūrṇe vrate mahātejā udatiṣṭhaṃstapodhanaḥ so 'paśyadāśramaṃ dagdham arjunena mahāmuniḥ

When his vow was completed, that greatly radiant one, rich in austerity, rose up; and the great sage saw his hermitage burned by Arjuna.

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MtP 44.14

क्रोधाच्छशाप राजर्षिं कीर्तितं वो यथा मया क्रोष्टोः शृणुत राजर्षेर् वंशमुत्तमपौरुषम्

krodhācchaśāpa rājarṣiṃ kīrtitaṃ vo yathā mayā kroṣṭoḥ śṛṇuta rājarṣer vaṃśamuttamapauruṣam

In anger he cursed the royal seer. As it has been recounted to you by me, now hear the lineage of the royal seer Kroṣṭu, (a lineage) of the highest manliness,

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MtP 44.15

यस्यान्ववाये सम्भूतो विष्णुर्वृष्णिकुलोद्वहः क्रोष्टोरेवाभवत्पुत्रो वृजिनीवान्महारथः

yasyānvavāye sambhūto viṣṇurvṛṣṇikulodvahaḥ kroṣṭorevābhavatputro vṛjinīvānmahārathaḥ

in whose line was born Viṣṇu, the upholder of the Vṛṣṇi family. Kroṣṭu's son was Vṛjinīvān, a great chariot-warrior.

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MtP 44.16

वृजिनीवतश्च पुत्रो ऽभूत् स्वाहो नाम महाबलः स्वाहपुत्रो ऽभवद् राजन् रुषङ्गुर् वदतां वरः

vṛjinīvataśca putro 'bhūt svāho nāma mahābalaḥ svāhaputro 'bhavad rājan ruṣaṅgur vadatāṃ varaḥ

And Vṛjinīvān's son was one named Svāha, of great strength; Svāha's son, O king, was Ruṣaṅgu, best of speakers.

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MtP 44.17

स तु प्रसूतिमिच्छन् वै रुषङ्गुः सौम्यमात्मजम् चित्रश्चित्ररथश्चास्य पुत्रः कर्मभिरन्वितः

sa tu prasūtimicchan vai ruṣaṅguḥ saumyamātmajam citraścitrarathaścāsya putraḥ karmabhiranvitaḥ

But that Ruṣaṅgu, desiring offspring, (obtained) a gentle son; Citra, and Citraratha, was his son, endowed with (great) deeds.

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MtP 44.18

अथ चैत्ररथिवीरो जज्ञे विपुलदक्षिणः शशबिन्दुरिति ख्यातश् चक्रवर्ती बभूव ह

atha caitrarathivīro jajñe vipuladakṣiṇaḥ śaśabinduriti khyātaś cakravartī babhūva ha

Then the hero, son of Citraratha, was born, a giver of lavish sacrificial fees; he was known as Śaśabindu, and became a universal emperor.

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MtP 44.19

अत्रानुवंशश्लोको ऽयं गीतस् तस्मिन्पुराभवत् शशबिन्दोस्तु पुत्राणां शतानाम् अभवच्छतम्

atrānuvaṃśaśloko 'yaṃ gītas tasminpurābhavat śaśabindostu putrāṇāṃ śatānām abhavacchatam

On this point this genealogical verse was sung of old about him: Śaśabindu had a hundred hundreds of sons,

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MtP 44.20

धीमतां चाभिरूपाणां भूरिद्रविणतेजसाम् तेषां शतप्रधानानां पृथुसाह्वा महाबलाः

dhīmatāṃ cābhirūpāṇāṃ bhūridraviṇatejasām teṣāṃ śatapradhānānāṃ pṛthusāhvā mahābalāḥ

wise, handsome, of abundant wealth and splendour; among them the hundred foremost ones bore names (beginning with) Pṛthu and were of great strength:

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MtP 44.21

पृथुश्रवाः पृथुयशाः पृथुधर्मा पृथुंजयः पृथुकीर्तिः पृथुमना राजानः शशबिन्दवः

pṛthuśravāḥ pṛthuyaśāḥ pṛthudharmā pṛthuṃjayaḥ pṛthukīrtiḥ pṛthumanā rājānaḥ śaśabindavaḥ

Pṛthuśravas, Pṛthuyaśas, Pṛthudharmā, Pṛthuṃjaya, Pṛthukīrti, Pṛthumanas — kings, the sons of Śaśabindu.

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MtP 44.22

शंसन्ति च पुराणज्ञाः पृथुश्रवसमुत्तमम् अन्तरस्य सुयज्ञस्य सुयज्ञस्तनयो ऽभवत्

śaṃsanti ca purāṇajñāḥ pṛthuśravasamuttamam antarasya suyajñasya suyajñastanayo 'bhavat

And those who know the ancient lore declare Pṛthuśravas the best (of them). Of Antara, (that is) of Suyajña — Suyajña became his son.

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MtP 44.23

उशना तु सुयज्ञस्य यो रक्षन्पृथिवीमिमाम् आजहाराश्वमेधानां शतमुत्तमधार्मिकः

uśanā tu suyajñasya yo rakṣanpṛthivīmimām ājahārāśvamedhānāṃ śatamuttamadhārmikaḥ

And Suyajña's (son) was Uśanā, who, guarding this earth, performed a hundred horse-sacrifices, being supremely righteous.

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MtP 44.24

तितिक्षुरभवत्पुत्र औशनः शत्रुतापनः मरुत्तस्तस्य तनयो राजर्षीणामनुत्तमः

titikṣurabhavatputra auśanaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ maruttastasya tanayo rājarṣīṇāmanuttamaḥ

Uśanā's son was Titikṣu, a tormentor of foes; his son was Marutta, unsurpassed among royal seers.

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MtP 44.25

आसीन्मरुत्ततनयौ वीरः कम्बलबर्हिषः पुत्रस्तु रुक्मकवचो विद्वान्कम्बलबर्हिषः

āsīnmaruttatanayau vīraḥ kambalabarhiṣaḥ putrastu rukmakavaco vidvānkambalabarhiṣaḥ

Marutta's son was the hero Kambalabarhis; and the son of Kambalabarhis was the learned Rukmakavaca.

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MtP 44.26

निहत्य रुक्मकवचः परान्कवचधारिणः धन्विनो विविधैर्बाणैर् अवाप्य पृथिवीमिमाम्

nihatya rukmakavacaḥ parānkavacadhāriṇaḥ dhanvino vividhairbāṇair avāpya pṛthivīmimām

Rukmakavaca, having slain with various arrows his armour-clad, bow-bearing enemies, and having won this earth,

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MtP 44.27

अश्वमेधे ददौ राजा ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तु दक्षिणाम् यज्ञे तु रुक्मकवचः कदाचित्परवीरहा

aśvamedhe dadau rājā brāhmaṇebhyastu dakṣiṇām yajñe tu rukmakavacaḥ kadācitparavīrahā

At a horse sacrifice the king gave the sacrificial fee to the brahmins; and at that sacrifice Rukmakavaca, the slayer of enemy heroes, (gave gifts) at one time.

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MtP 44.28

जज्ञिरे पञ्च पुत्रास्तु महावीर्या धनुर्भृतः रुक्मेषुः पृथुरुक्मश्च ज्यामघः परिघो हरिः

jajñire pañca putrāstu mahāvīryā dhanurbhṛtaḥ rukmeṣuḥ pṛthurukmaśca jyāmaghaḥ parigho hariḥ

Five sons were born (to him), of great might, bearers of the bow: Rukmeṣu, Pṛthurukma, Jyāmagha, Parigha, and Hari.

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MtP 44.29

परिघं च हरिं चैव विदेहे ऽस्थापयत्पिता रुक्मेषुरभवद्राजा पृथुरुक्मस्तदाश्रयः

parighaṃ ca hariṃ caiva videhe 'sthāpayatpitā rukmeṣurabhavadrājā pṛthurukmastadāśrayaḥ

The father established Parigha and Hari in Videha; Rukmeṣu became king, and Pṛthurukma was his dependent.

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MtP 44.30

तेभ्यः प्रव्राजितो राज्याज् ज्यामघस्तु तदाश्रमे प्रशान्तश्चाश्रमस्थश्च ब्राह्मणेनावबोधितः

tebhyaḥ pravrājito rājyāj jyāmaghastu tadāśrame praśāntaścāśramasthaśca brāhmaṇenāvabodhitaḥ

But Jyāmagha, banished from the kingdom by them, (dwelt) in a hermitage there; tranquil and abiding in the hermitage, he was instructed by a brahmin.

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MtP 44.31

जगाम धनुरादाय देशमन्यं ध्वजी रथी नर्मदां नृप एकाकी केवलं वृत्तिकामतः

jagāma dhanurādāya deśamanyaṃ dhvajī rathī narmadāṃ nṛpa ekākī kevalaṃ vṛttikāmataḥ

Taking up his bow, the king went to another region, with banner and chariot, alone, to the Narmadā, solely for the sake of a livelihood.

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MtP 44.32

ऋक्षवन्तं गिरिं गत्वा भुक्तमन्यैरुपाविशत् ज्यामघस्याभवद्भार्या चैत्रा परिणता सती

ṛkṣavantaṃ giriṃ gatvā bhuktamanyairupāviśat jyāmaghasyābhavadbhāryā caitrā pariṇatā satī

Going to Mount Ṛkṣavant, he settled in (a place) already enjoyed by others; Jyāmagha's wife Caitrā was one past (childbearing) age.

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MtP 44.33

अपुत्रो न्यवसद्राजा भार्यामन्यां न विन्दत तस्यासीद्विजयो युद्धे तत्र कन्यामवाप्य सः

aputro nyavasadrājā bhāryāmanyāṃ na vindata tasyāsīdvijayo yuddhe tatra kanyāmavāpya saḥ

The king lived on sonless, and did not take another wife; he had a victory in battle, and there he obtained a maiden.

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MtP 44.34

भार्यामुवाच संत्रासात् स्नुषेयं ते शुचिस्मिते एवमुक्ताब्रवीदेनं कस्य चेयं स्नुषेति च

bhāryāmuvāca saṃtrāsāt snuṣeyaṃ te śucismite evamuktābravīdenaṃ kasya ceyaṃ snuṣeti ca

Out of fear he said to his wife, "O bright-smiling one, this is your daughter-in-law"; being thus addressed she said to him, "And whose daughter-in-law is she?"

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MtP 44.35

यस्ते जनिष्यते पुत्रस् तस्य भार्या भविष्यति तस्मात्सा तपसोग्रेण कन्यायाः सम्प्रसूयत

yaste janiṣyate putras tasya bhāryā bhaviṣyati tasmātsā tapasogreṇa kanyāyāḥ samprasūyata

"She will be the wife of the son who will be born to you." Therefore, by fierce austerity, she (the maiden) came to give birth (in due course).

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MtP 44.36

पुत्रं विदर्भं सुभगा चैत्रा परिणता सती राजपुत्र्यां च विद्वान्स स्नुषायां क्रथकैशिकौ लोमपादं तृतीयं तु पुत्रं परमधार्मिकम्

putraṃ vidarbhaṃ subhagā caitrā pariṇatā satī rājaputryāṃ ca vidvānsa snuṣāyāṃ krathakaiśikau lomapādaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu putraṃ paramadhārmikam

The fortunate Caitrā, though past (childbearing) age, (bore) a son, Vidarbha; and that learned one (begot) on the princess, his daughter-in-law, Kratha and Kaiśika, and as a third son Lomapāda, supremely righteous.

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MtP 44.37

तस्यां विदर्भो ऽजनयच् छरान्रणविशारदान् लोमपादान्मनुः पुत्रा ज्ञातिस्तस्य तु चात्मजः

tasyāṃ vidarbho 'janayac charānraṇaviśāradān lomapādānmanuḥ putrā jñātistasya tu cātmajaḥ

Upon her Vidarbha begot arrows—(sons) skilled in battle. From Lomapāda (came) Manu; the sons (were) Jñāti, and he had a son too.

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MtP 44.38

कैशिकस्य चिदिः पुत्रस् तस्माच्चैद्या नृपाः स्मृताः क्रथो विदर्भपुत्रस्तु कुन्तिस् तस्यात्मजो ऽभवत्

kaiśikasya cidiḥ putras tasmāccaidyā nṛpāḥ smṛtāḥ kratho vidarbhaputrastu kuntis tasyātmajo 'bhavat

Kaiśika's son was Cidi, and from him the Caidya kings are reckoned; Kratha was Vidarbha's son, and Kunti was his son.

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MtP 44.39

कुन्तेर्धृष्टः सुतो जज्ञे रणधृष्टः प्रतापवान् धृष्टस्य पुत्रो धर्मात्मा निर्वृतिः परवीरहा

kunterdhṛṣṭaḥ suto jajñe raṇadhṛṣṭaḥ pratāpavān dhṛṣṭasya putro dharmātmā nirvṛtiḥ paravīrahā

To Kunti was born a son Dhṛṣṭa, bold in battle and full of valor; Dhṛṣṭa's son was the righteous Nirvṛti, slayer of enemy heroes.

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MtP 44.40

तदेको निर्वृतेः पुत्रो नाम्ना स तु विदूरथः दशार्हस्तस्य वै पुत्रो व्योमस्तस्य च वै स्मृतः दाशार्हाच्चैव व्योमात्तु पुत्रो जीमूत उच्यते

tadeko nirvṛteḥ putro nāmnā sa tu vidūrathaḥ daśārhastasya vai putro vyomastasya ca vai smṛtaḥ dāśārhāccaiva vyomāttu putro jīmūta ucyate

Nirvṛti had that one son, Vidūratha by name; his son indeed was Daśārha, and his son is said to be Vyoma; and from Vyoma, son of Dāśārha, the son is called Jīmūta.

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MtP 44.41

जीमूतपुत्रो विमलस् तस्य भीमरथः सुतः सुतो भीमरथस्यासीत् स्मृतो नवरथः किल

jīmūtaputro vimalas tasya bhīmarathaḥ sutaḥ suto bhīmarathasyāsīt smṛto navarathaḥ kila

Jīmūta's son was Vimala, and his son was Bhīmaratha; Bhīmaratha's son, it is recorded, was Navaratha.

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MtP 44.42

तस्य चासीद् दृढरथः शकुनिस्तस्य चात्मजः तस्मात्करम्भः कारम्भिर् देवरातो बभूव ह

tasya cāsīd dṛḍharathaḥ śakunistasya cātmajaḥ tasmātkarambhaḥ kārambhir devarāto babhūva ha

His (son) was Dṛḍharatha, and his son was Śakuni; from him (came) Karambha, and from Karambha's line Devarāta was born.

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MtP 44.43

देवक्षत्रो ऽभवद्राजा दैवरातिर्महायशाः देवगर्भसमो जज्ञे देवनक्षत्रनन्दनः

devakṣatro 'bhavadrājā daivarātirmahāyaśāḥ devagarbhasamo jajñe devanakṣatranandanaḥ

Devakṣatra, son of Devarāta, became king, of great renown; born like a child of the gods, delighting in the divine constellations.

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MtP 44.44

मधुर्नाम महातेजा मधोः पुरवसस् तथा आसीत् पुरवसात् पुत्रः पुरुद्वान्पुरुषोत्तमः

madhurnāma mahātejā madhoḥ puravasas tathā āsīt puravasāt putraḥ purudvānpuruṣottamaḥ

(His son was) Madhu by name, of great splendor; and Madhu's (son was) Puravasas; from Puravasas was a son, Purudvān, best of men.

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MtP 44.45

जन्तुर्जज्ञे ऽथ वैदर्भ्यां भद्रसेन्यां पुरुद्वतः ऐक्ष्वाकी चाभवद्भार्या जन्तोस्तस्यामजायत

janturjajñe 'tha vaidarbhyāṃ bhadrasenyāṃ purudvataḥ aikṣvākī cābhavadbhāryā jantostasyāmajāyata

Then to Purudvān was born Jantu by the Vidarbha princess Bhadrasenī; and Jantu's wife was an Ikṣvāku princess, and on her was born—

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MtP 44.46

सात्वतः सत्त्वसंयुक्तः सात्वतां कीर्तिवर्धनः इमां विसृष्टिं विज्ञाय ज्यामघस्य महात्मनः प्रजावान् एति सायुज्यं राज्ञः सोमस्य धीमतः

sātvataḥ sattvasaṃyuktaḥ sātvatāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ imāṃ visṛṣṭiṃ vijñāya jyāmaghasya mahātmanaḥ prajāvān eti sāyujyaṃ rājñaḥ somasya dhīmataḥ

Sātvata, endowed with goodness, increaser of the fame of the Sātvatas. Knowing this progeny of the great-souled Jyāmagha, a man endowed with offspring attains union with the wise king Soma.

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MtP 44.47

सात्वतान् सत्त्वसम्पन्नान् कौशल्या सुषुवे सुतान् भजिनं भजमानं तु दिव्यं देवावृधं नृप

sātvatān sattvasampannān kauśalyā suṣuve sutān bhajinaṃ bhajamānaṃ tu divyaṃ devāvṛdhaṃ nṛpa

Kauśalyā bore the Sātvatas, sons rich in sattva: Bhajin, Bhajamāna, Divya and Devāvṛdha, O king,

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MtP 44.48

अन्धकं च महाभोजं वृष्णिं च यदुनन्दनम् तेषां तु सर्गाश् चत्वारो विस्तरेणैव तच्छृणु

andhakaṃ ca mahābhojaṃ vṛṣṇiṃ ca yadunandanam teṣāṃ tu sargāś catvāro vistareṇaiva tacchṛṇu

and Andhaka, and Mahābhoja, and Vṛṣṇi, delight of the Yadus. Of these there are four lines of descent: hear that at length.

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MtP 44.49

भजमानस्य सृञ्जय्यां बाह्यकायां च बाह्यकाः सृञ्जयस्य सुते द्वे तु बाह्यकास्तु तदाभवन्

bhajamānasya sṛñjayyāṃ bāhyakāyāṃ ca bāhyakāḥ sṛñjayasya sute dve tu bāhyakāstu tadābhavan

Of Bhajamāna, by Sṛñjayī and by Bāhyakā, (were born) the Bāhyakas; the two daughters of Sṛñjaya then became the Bāhyakās.

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MtP 44.50

तस्य भार्ये भगिन्यौ द्वे सुषुवाते बहून्सुतान् निमिं च कृमिलं चैव वृष्णिं परपुरंजयम् ते बाह्यकायां सृञ्जय्यां भजमानाद् विजज्ञिरे

tasya bhārye bhaginyau dve suṣuvāte bahūnsutān nimiṃ ca kṛmilaṃ caiva vṛṣṇiṃ parapuraṃjayam te bāhyakāyāṃ sṛñjayyāṃ bhajamānād vijajñire

His two wives, who were sisters, bore many sons: Nimi, and Kṛmila, and Vṛṣṇi, conqueror of the cities of foes. These were begotten by Bhajamāna in Bāhyakā and Sṛñjayī.

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MtP 44.51

यज्ञे देवावृधो राजा बन्धूनां मित्रवर्धनः अपुत्रस्त्वभवद्राजा चचार परमं तपः पुत्रः सर्वगुणोपेतो मम भूयादिति स्पृहन्

yajñe devāvṛdho rājā bandhūnāṃ mitravardhanaḥ aputrastvabhavadrājā cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ putraḥ sarvaguṇopeto mama bhūyāditi spṛhan

King Devāvṛdha, who increased the friendship of his kinsmen at the sacrifice, was sonless; the king practised the utmost austerity, longing, "May a son endowed with all virtues be mine."

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MtP 44.52

संयोज्य मन्त्रमेवाथ पर्णाशाजलमस्पृशत् तदोपस्पर्शनात्तस्य चकार प्रियमापगा

saṃyojya mantramevātha parṇāśājalamaspṛśat tadopasparśanāttasya cakāra priyamāpagā

Then, having joined (to it) a mantra, he touched the water of the Parṇāśā; and at his touch the river did what was dear (to him).

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MtP 44.53

कल्याणत्वान्नरपतेस् तस्मै सा निम्नगोत्तमा चिन्तयाथ परीतात्मा जगामाथ विनिश्चयम्

kalyāṇatvānnarapates tasmai sā nimnagottamā cintayātha parītātmā jagāmātha viniścayam

Because of the king's excellence, that best of streams, her mind wholly taken up with thinking, then came to a resolve:

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MtP 44.54

नाधिगच्छाम्यहं नारीं यस्यामेवंविधः सुतः जायेत तस्मादद्याहं भवाम्यथ सहस्रशः

nādhigacchāmyahaṃ nārīṃ yasyāmevaṃvidhaḥ sutaḥ jāyeta tasmādadyāhaṃ bhavāmyatha sahasraśaḥ

"I do not find a woman in whom such a son might be born; therefore today I myself shall become (one), in thousands of ways."

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MtP 44.55

अथ भूत्वा कुमारी सा बिभ्रती परमं वपुः ज्ञापयामास राजानं तामियेष महाव्रतः

atha bhūtvā kumārī sā bibhratī paramaṃ vapuḥ jñāpayāmāsa rājānaṃ tāmiyeṣa mahāvrataḥ

Then, becoming a maiden bearing a surpassing body, she made herself known to the king, and he of great vows desired her.

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MtP 44.56

अथ सा नवमे मासि सुषुवे सरितां वरा पुत्रं सर्वगुणोपेतं बभ्रुं देवावृधान्नृपात्

atha sā navame māsi suṣuve saritāṃ varā putraṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ babhruṃ devāvṛdhānnṛpāt

Then in the ninth month that best of rivers bore, from king Devāvṛdha, a son endowed with all virtues, Babhru.

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MtP 44.57

अनुवंशे पुराणज्ञा गायन्तीति परिश्रुतम् गुणान्देवावृधस्यापि कीर्तयन्तो महात्मनः

anuvaṃśe purāṇajñā gāyantīti pariśrutam guṇāndevāvṛdhasyāpi kīrtayanto mahātmanaḥ

It is handed down that in the genealogical recitation those who know the ancient lore sing thus, proclaiming the virtues of the great-souled Devāvṛdha also:

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MtP 44.58

यथैव शृणुमो दूराद् अपश्यामस् तथान्तिकात् बभ्रुः श्रेष्ठो मनुष्याणां देवैर्देवावृधः समः

yathaiva śṛṇumo dūrād apaśyāmas tathāntikāt babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṃ devairdevāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ

"Just as we hear from afar, so we have seen from close by: Babhru is the best of men, Devāvṛdha is the equal of the gods."

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MtP 44.59

षष्टिश्च पूर्वपुरुषाः सहस्राणि च सप्ततिः एते ऽमृतत्वं सम्प्राप्ता बभ्रोर् देवावृधान्नृप

ṣaṣṭiśca pūrvapuruṣāḥ sahasrāṇi ca saptatiḥ ete 'mṛtatvaṃ samprāptā babhror devāvṛdhānnṛpa

Sixty men of the earlier generations, and seventy thousand — these attained immortality through Babhru and through Devāvṛdha, O king.

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MtP 44.60

यज्वा दानपतिर् वीरो ब्रह्मण्यश्च दृढव्रतः रूपवान्सुमहातेजाः श्रुतवीर्यधरस्तथा

yajvā dānapatir vīro brahmaṇyaśca dṛḍhavrataḥ rūpavānsumahātejāḥ śrutavīryadharastathā

(He was) a sacrificer, a lord of giving, a hero, devoted to brahmans, firm in his vows, handsome, of very great splendour, and possessed of renowned valour.

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MtP 44.61

अथ कङ्कस्य दुहिता सुषुवे चतुरः सुतान् कुकुरं भजमानं च शशिं कम्बलबर्हिषम्

atha kaṅkasya duhitā suṣuve caturaḥ sutān kukuraṃ bhajamānaṃ ca śaśiṃ kambalabarhiṣam

Then the daughter of Kaṅka bore four sons: Kukura, Bhajamāna, Śaśi, and Kambalabarhiṣa.

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MtP 44.62

कुकुरस्य सुतो वृष्णिर् वृष्णेस्तु तनयो धृतिः कपोतरोमा तस्याथ तैत्तिरिस्तस्य चात्मजः

kukurasya suto vṛṣṇir vṛṣṇestu tanayo dhṛtiḥ kapotaromā tasyātha taittiristasya cātmajaḥ

Kukura's son was Vṛṣṇi; Vṛṣṇi's son was Dhṛti; his (son) then was Kapotaromā, and his son was Taittiri.

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MtP 44.63

तस्यासीत्तनुजः सर्पो विद्वान्पुत्रो नलः किल ख्यायते तस्य नाम्ना स नन्दनो दरदुन्दुभिः

tasyāsīttanujaḥ sarpo vidvānputro nalaḥ kila khyāyate tasya nāmnā sa nandano daradundubhiḥ

His son was Sarpa; his son, they say, was the learned Nala; by that name he is known — that gladdener, Daradundubhi.

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MtP 44.64

तस्मिन्प्रवितते यज्ञे अभिजातः पुनर्वसुः अश्वमेधं च पुत्रार्थम् आजहार नरोत्तमः

tasminpravitate yajñe abhijātaḥ punarvasuḥ aśvamedhaṃ ca putrārtham ājahāra narottamaḥ

While that sacrifice was being performed Punarvasu was born; and that best of men offered a horse sacrifice for the sake of a son.

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MtP 44.65

तस्य मध्ये ऽतिरात्रस्य सभामध्यात्समुत्थितः अतस्तु विद्वान्कर्मज्ञो यज्वा दाता पुनर्वसुः

tasya madhye 'tirātrasya sabhāmadhyātsamutthitaḥ atastu vidvānkarmajño yajvā dātā punarvasuḥ

In the midst of his atirātra rite he rose up from the middle of the assembly; hence Punarvasu was learned, knowing the rites, a sacrificer and a giver.

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MtP 44.66

तस्यासीत् पुत्रमिथुनं बभूवाविजितं किल आहुकश्चाहुकी चैव ख्यातं मातेमतां वर

tasyāsīt putramithunaṃ babhūvāvijitaṃ kila āhukaścāhukī caiva khyātaṃ mātematāṃ vara

He had a pair of children, who were, it is said, unconquered: Āhuka and Āhukī, both renowned, O best of the Mātemas.

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MtP 44.67

इमांश्चोदाहरन्त्यत्र श्लोकान्प्रति तमाहुकम् सोपासङ्गानुकर्षाणां सध्वजानां वरूथिनाम्

imāṃścodāharantyatra ślokānprati tamāhukam sopāsaṅgānukarṣāṇāṃ sadhvajānāṃ varūthinām

And here they recite these verses concerning that Āhuka: "Of (chariots) with quivers and undercarriages, with banners and guards—"

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MtP 44.68

रथानां मेघघोषाणां सहस्राणि दशैव तु नासत्यवादी नातेजा नायज्वा नासहस्रदः

rathānāṃ meghaghoṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi daśaiva tu nāsatyavādī nātejā nāyajvā nāsahasradaḥ

—of chariots roaring like clouds, indeed ten thousand. No speaker of untruth, none lacking splendour, no non-sacrificer, no one who did not give thousands,

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MtP 44.69

नाशुचिर्नाप्यविद्वान् हि यो भोजेष्वभ्यजायत आहुकस्य भृतिं प्राप्ता इत्येतद्वै तदुच्यते

nāśucirnāpyavidvān hi yo bhojeṣvabhyajāyata āhukasya bhṛtiṃ prāptā ityetadvai taducyate

—indeed, no impure one and no unlearned one was born among the Bhojas. "(This host) has come into Āhuka's pay"—this is what is said of that.

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MtP 44.70

आहुकश्चाप्यवन्तीषु स्वसारं चाहुकीं ददौ आहुकात्काश्यदुहिता द्वौ पुत्रौ समसूयत

āhukaścāpyavantīṣu svasāraṃ cāhukīṃ dadau āhukātkāśyaduhitā dvau putrau samasūyata

And Āhuka gave his sister Āhukī (in marriage) among the Avantis. By Āhuka the daughter of (the king of) Kāśi bore two sons,

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MtP 44.71

देवकश्चोग्रसेनश्च देवगर्भसमाव् उभौ देवकस्य सुता वीरा जज्ञिरे त्रिदशोपमाः

devakaścograsenaśca devagarbhasamāv ubhau devakasya sutā vīrā jajñire tridaśopamāḥ

Devaka and Ugrasena, both equal to the offspring of the gods. To Devaka were born heroic sons, like the thirty (gods):

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MtP 44.72

देववानुपदेवश्च सुदेवो देवरक्षितः तेषां स्वसारः सप्तासन् वसुदेवाय ता ददौ

devavānupadevaśca sudevo devarakṣitaḥ teṣāṃ svasāraḥ saptāsan vasudevāya tā dadau

Devavān, Upadeva, Sudeva, and Devarakṣita. They had seven sisters, and he gave them to Vasudeva:

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MtP 44.73

देवकी श्रुतदेवी च मित्रदेवी यशोधरा श्रीदेवी सत्यदेवी च सुतापी चेति सप्तमी

devakī śrutadevī ca mitradevī yaśodharā śrīdevī satyadevī ca sutāpī ceti saptamī

Devakī, Śrutadevī, Mitradevī, Yaśodharā, Śrīdevī, Satyadevī, and Sutāpī as the seventh.

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MtP 44.74

नवोग्रसेनस्य सुताः कंसस्तेषां तु पूर्वजः न्यग्रोधश्च सुनामा च कङ्कः शङ्कुश्च भूयसः

navograsenasya sutāḥ kaṃsasteṣāṃ tu pūrvajaḥ nyagrodhaśca sunāmā ca kaṅkaḥ śaṅkuśca bhūyasaḥ

Ugrasena's sons were nine, and Kaṃsa was the eldest of them; and Nyagrodha, Sunāmā, Kaṅka, Śaṅku, Bhūyas,

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MtP 44.75

अजभू राष्ट्रपालश्च युद्धमुष्टिः सुमुष्टिदः तेषां स्वसारः पञ्चासन् कंसा कंसवती तथा

ajabhū rāṣṭrapālaśca yuddhamuṣṭiḥ sumuṣṭidaḥ teṣāṃ svasāraḥ pañcāsan kaṃsā kaṃsavatī tathā

Ajabhū, Rāṣṭrapāla, Yuddhamuṣṭi, and Sumuṣṭida. They had five sisters: Kaṃsā, and Kaṃsavatī,

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MtP 44.76

सुतन्तू राष्ट्रपाली च कङ्का चेति वराङ्गनाः उग्रसेनः सहापत्यो व्याख्यातः कुकुरोद्भवः

sutantū rāṣṭrapālī ca kaṅkā ceti varāṅganāḥ ugrasenaḥ sahāpatyo vyākhyātaḥ kukurodbhavaḥ

Sutantū, Rāṣṭrapālī, and Kaṅkā—these excellent women. Thus Ugrasena, together with his offspring, has been described, he who sprang from Kukura.

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MtP 44.77

भजमानस्य पुत्रो ऽथ रथिमुख्यो विदूरथः राजाधिदेवः शूरश्च विदूरथसुतो ऽभवत्

bhajamānasya putro 'tha rathimukhyo vidūrathaḥ rājādhidevaḥ śūraśca vidūrathasuto 'bhavat

Now Bhajamāna's son was Vidūratha, foremost of charioteers; and Rājādhideva and Śūra were the sons of Vidūratha.

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MtP 44.78

राजाधिदेवस्य सुतौ जज्ञाते देवसंमितौ नियमव्रतप्रधानौ शोणाश्वः श्वेतवाहनः

rājādhidevasya sutau jajñāte devasaṃmitau niyamavratapradhānau śoṇāśvaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ

To Rājādhideva two sons were born, equal to gods, devoted above all to restraints and vows: Śoṇāśva and Śvetavāhana.

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MtP 44.79

शोणाश्वस्य सुताः पञ्च शूरा रणविशारदाः शमी च देवशर्मा च निकुन्तः शक्रशत्रुजित्

śoṇāśvasya sutāḥ pañca śūrā raṇaviśāradāḥ śamī ca devaśarmā ca nikuntaḥ śakraśatrujit

Śoṇāśva's sons were five, heroes skilled in battle: Śamī, Devaśarmā, Nikunta, Śakra, and Śatrujit.

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MtP 44.80

शमिपुत्रः प्रतिक्षत्रः प्रतिक्षत्रस्य चात्मजः प्रतिक्षेत्रः सुतो भोजो हृदीकस्तस्य चात्मजः

śamiputraḥ pratikṣatraḥ pratikṣatrasya cātmajaḥ pratikṣetraḥ suto bhojo hṛdīkastasya cātmajaḥ

Śami's son was Pratikṣatra; and Pratikṣatra's son was Pratikṣetra, whose son was Bhoja, and his son was Hṛdīka.

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MtP 44.81

हृदीकस्याभवन्पुत्रा दश भीमपराक्रमाः कृतवर्माग्रजस् तेषां शतधन्वा च मध्यमः

hṛdīkasyābhavanputrā daśa bhīmaparākramāḥ kṛtavarmāgrajas teṣāṃ śatadhanvā ca madhyamaḥ

Hṛdīka had ten sons of fearsome valour; Kṛtavarmā was the eldest of them, and Śatadhanvā the middle one,

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MtP 44.82

देवार्हश्चैव नाभश्च भीषणश्च महाबलः अजातो वनजातश्च कनीयककरम्भकौ

devārhaścaiva nābhaśca bhīṣaṇaśca mahābalaḥ ajāto vanajātaśca kanīyakakarambhakau

and Devārha, Nābha, Bhīṣaṇa of great strength, Ajāta, Vanajāta, and Kanīyaka and Karambhaka.

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MtP 44.83

देवार्हस्य सुतो विद्वाञ् जज्ञे कम्बलबर्हिषः असामञ्जाः सुतस्तस्य तमोजातस्य चात्मजः

devārhasya suto vidvāñ jajñe kambalabarhiṣaḥ asāmañjāḥ sutastasya tamojātasya cātmajaḥ

Devārha's learned son was born, (namely) Kambalabarhis; his son was Asāmañja, and he was the son of Tamojāta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

MtP 44.84

अजातपुत्रा विक्रान्तास् त्रयः परमकीर्तयः सुदंष्ट्रश्च सुनाभश्च कृष्ण इत्यन्धका मताः

ajātaputrā vikrāntās trayaḥ paramakīrtayaḥ sudaṃṣṭraśca sunābhaśca kṛṣṇa ityandhakā matāḥ

Ajāta's sons were three, valorous and of the highest fame: Sudaṃṣṭra, Sunābha, and Kṛṣṇa—these are held to be the Andhakas.

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MtP 44.85

अन्धकानामिमं वंशं यः कीर्तयति नित्यशः आत्मनो विपुलं वंशं प्रजावानाप्नुते नरः

andhakānāmimaṃ vaṃśaṃ yaḥ kīrtayati nityaśaḥ ātmano vipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ prajāvānāpnute naraḥ

The man who constantly recites this lineage of the Andhakas obtains offspring and a vast lineage of his own.

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