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Narasimha Purana — Chapter 21

NsP 21.1

अनुसर्गश् च सर्गश् च त्वया चित्रा कथेरिता वंशमन्वन्तरे ब्रूहि वंशानुचरितं च मे

anusargaś ca sargaś ca tvayā citrā katheritā vaṃśamanvantare brūhi vaṃśānucaritaṃ ca me

You have told the wondrous secondary creation and the (primary) creation; now tell me of the dynasties and the Manu-periods, and the deeds of the dynasties.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 21.2

राज्ञां वंशः पुराणेषु विस्तरेण प्रकीर्तितः संक्षेपात् कथयिष्यामि वंशमन्वन्तराणि ते

rājñāṃ vaṃśaḥ purāṇeṣu vistareṇa prakīrtitaḥ saṃkṣepāt kathayiṣyāmi vaṃśamanvantarāṇi te

The lineage of kings has been proclaimed at length in the Purāṇas; I shall relate to you in brief the dynasties and the Manu-periods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 21.3

वंशानुचरितं चैव शृणु विप्र महामते शृण्वन्तु मुनयश् चेमे श्रोतुम् आगत्य ये स्थिताः

vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva śṛṇu vipra mahāmate śṛṇvantu munayaś ceme śrotum āgatya ye sthitāḥ

And hear the deeds of the dynasties, O wise brahmin; and let these sages too hear, who have come and are seated to listen.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 21.17

सूर्यस्य वंशः कथितो मया मुने समुद्गता यत्र नरेश्वराः पुरा मयोच्यमानाञ् छशिनः समाहितः शृणुष्व वंशे ऽथ नृपान् अनुत्तमान्

sūryasya vaṃśaḥ kathito mayā mune samudgatā yatra nareśvarāḥ purā mayocyamānāñ chaśinaḥ samāhitaḥ śṛṇuṣva vaṃśe 'tha nṛpān anuttamān

The lineage of the Sun has been told by me, O sage, wherein arose lords of men of old. Now hear attentively, as I speak, of the Moon—of the most excellent kings in that lineage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition