Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 44
VaP 1 44.1
।।सूत उवाच ।। निसर्ग एष विख्यातो भद्राश्वानां यथार्थवत् । श्रृणुध्वं केतुमालानां विस्तरेण प्रकीर्त्तनम्
||sūta uvāca || nisarga eṣa vikhyāto bhadrāśvānāṃ yathārthavat | śrṛṇudhvaṃ ketumālānāṃ vistareṇa prakīrttanam
Sūta said: This natural condition of the people of Bhadrāśva has been declared as it truly is; now hear in detail the account of the Ketumālas.
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VaP 1 44.2
निषधस्याचलेन्द्रस्य पश्चिमस्य महात्मनः। पश्चिमेन हि यत्तत्र दिक्षु सर्वासु कीर्तितम्
niṣadhasyācalendrasya paścimasya mahātmanaḥ| paścimena hi yattatra dikṣu sarvāsu kīrtitam
To the west of the great-souled Niṣadha, lord of mountains, in the west — whatever is there has been declared in all directions.
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VaP 1 44.3
कुलाचलानां सप्तानां नदीनाञ्च विशेषतः। तथा जनपदानाञ्च विस्तरं श्रोतुमर्हथ
kulācalānāṃ saptānāṃ nadīnāñca viśeṣataḥ| tathā janapadānāñca vistaraṃ śrotumarhatha
You should hear at length of the seven family-mountains, and especially of the rivers, and likewise of the countries.
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VaP 1 44.4
विशालः कम्बलः कृष्णो जयन्तो हरिपर्वतः। अशोको वर्द्धमानश्च सप्तैते कुलपर्व्वताः
viśālaḥ kambalaḥ kṛṣṇo jayanto hariparvataḥ| aśoko varddhamānaśca saptaite kulaparvvatāḥ
Viśāla, Kambala, Kṛṣṇa, Jayanta, Mount Hari, Aśoka, and Vardhamāna — these seven are the family mountains.
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VaP 1 44.5
तेषां प्रसूतिरन्येऽपि पर्वता बहुविस्तराः। कोटिकोटिशता ज्ञेयाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
teṣāṃ prasūtiranye'pi parvatā bahuvistarāḥ| koṭikoṭiśatā jñeyāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
Other mountains too, of great extent, are their offspring; they are to be known as hundreds of tens of millions of millions, by hundreds and by thousands.
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VaP 1 44.6
तैर्विमिश्रा जनपदा नानाजातिसमाकुलाः। नानाप्रकारविज्ञेयास्त्वनेकनृपपालिताः
tairvimiśrā janapadā nānājātisamākulāḥ| nānāprakāravijñeyāstvanekanṛpapālitāḥ
Intermingled with them are the countries, crowded with many castes, to be known as of many kinds, and ruled by many kings.
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VaP 1 44.7
ते नामधेयैर्विक्रान्ता विविधाः प्रथिताः भुवि। अध्यासिता जनपदैः कीर्त्तनैश्च विभूषिताः
te nāmadheyairvikrāntā vividhāḥ prathitāḥ bhuvi| adhyāsitā janapadaiḥ kīrttanaiśca vibhūṣitāḥ
They are renowned by their names, various, famed upon the earth, inhabited by peoples and adorned with shrines.
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VaP 1 44.8
तेषां सनामधेयानि राष्ट्राणि विविधानि च। गिर्य्यन्तरनिविष्टानि समेषु विषमेषु च
teṣāṃ sanāmadheyāni rāṣṭrāṇi vividhāni ca| giryyantaraniviṣṭāni sameṣu viṣameṣu ca
Their kingdoms, bearing their names, are of many kinds, situated among the mountains, on level ground and on rough.
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VaP 1 44.9
यथैह कथिताः पौरा गोमनुष्यकपोतकाः। तत्सुखा भ्रमरा यूथा माहेयाचलकूटकाः
yathaiha kathitāḥ paurā gomanuṣyakapotakāḥ| tatsukhā bhramarā yūthā māheyācalakūṭakāḥ
As the townsfolk have been named here: the Gomanuṣyas, Kapotakas, Tatsukhas, Bhramaras, Yūthas, Māheyas, Acalakūṭakas,
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VaP 1 44.10
सुमौलाः स्तावकाः क्रौञ्चाः कृष्णाङ्गमणिपुञ्जकाः. कूटकम्बलमौषीयाः समुद्रान्तरकास्तथा
sumaulāḥ stāvakāḥ krauñcāḥ kṛṣṇāṅgamaṇipuñjakāḥ. kūṭakambalamauṣīyāḥ samudrāntarakāstathā
the Sumaulas, Stāvakas, Krauñcas, Kṛṣṇāṅgas, Maṇipuñjakas, Kūṭas, Kambalas, Mauṣīyas, and likewise the Samudrāntarakas,
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VaP 1 44.11
करम्भवाः कुचाः श्वेताः सुवर्णकटकाः शुभाः। श्वेताङ्गाः कृष्णपादाश्च विहगा कपिलकर्णिकाः
karambhavāḥ kucāḥ śvetāḥ suvarṇakaṭakāḥ śubhāḥ| śvetāṅgāḥ kṛṣṇapādāśca vihagā kapilakarṇikāḥ
the Karambhavas, Kucas, Śvetas, the auspicious Suvarṇakaṭakas, the Śvetāṅgas and Kṛṣṇapādas, the Vihagas, the Kapilakarṇikas,
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VaP 1 44.12
अत्याकरालगोज्वाला हीनानावनपातकाः। महिषाः कुमुदाभाश्च करवाटाः सहोत्कचाः
atyākarālagojvālā hīnānāvanapātakāḥ| mahiṣāḥ kumudābhāśca karavāṭāḥ sahotkacāḥ
The Atyākarālagojvālas, the Hīnānāvanapātakas, the Mahiṣas, those resembling white water-lilies, the Karavāṭas together with the Utkacas.
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VaP 1 44.13
शु(नका) कनासा महानासा वनासगजभूमिकाः। करञ्जमञ्जमा वाहाः किष्किण्डीपाण्डुभूमिकीः
śu(nakā) kanāsā mahānāsā vanāsagajabhūmikāḥ| karañjamañjamā vāhāḥ kiṣkiṇḍīpāṇḍubhūmikīḥ
The Śu(naka)s, the Kanāsas, the Mahānāsas, the dwellers in the lands of Vanāsa and Gaja; the Karañjas, the Mañjamas, the Vāhas, (and) the women(?) of the Kiṣkindī and Pāṇḍu lands.
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VaP 1 44.14
कुबेरा धूमजा जङ्गा वङ्गा राजीवकोकिलाः। वाचाङ्गाश्च महाङ्गाश्च मधौरेयाः सुरेचकाः
kuberā dhūmajā jaṅgā vaṅgā rājīvakokilāḥ| vācāṅgāśca mahāṅgāśca madhaureyāḥ surecakāḥ
The Kuberas, Dhūmajas, Jaṅgas, Vaṅgas, Rājīvas, Kokilas, the Vācāṅgas and the Mahāṅgas, the Madhaureyas, the Surecakas;
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VaP 1 44.15
पित्तलाः काचलाश्चैव श्रवणा मत्तकासिकाः। गोदावा बकुला वाङ्गा वङ्गका मोदकाः कलाः
pittalāḥ kācalāścaiva śravaṇā mattakāsikāḥ| godāvā bakulā vāṅgā vaṅgakā modakāḥ kalāḥ
The Pittalas and the Kācalas, the Śravaṇas, the Mattakāsikas, the Godāvas, the Bakulas, the Vāṅgas, the Vaṅgakas, the Modakas, the Kalas —
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VaP 1 44.16
ते पिबन्ति महाभागाः प्रथमान्तु महानदीम्। सुवप्रां पुण्यसलिलां महानागनिषेविताम्
te pibanti mahābhāgāḥ prathamāntu mahānadīm| suvaprāṃ puṇyasalilāṃ mahānāganiṣevitām
Those highly fortunate ones drink of the first great river, the Suvaprā, whose water is holy, frequented by great nāgas,
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VaP 1 44.17
कम्बलां तामसीं श्यामां सुमेधां बकुलां नदीम्। विकीर्णां शिखिमालाञ्च तथा दर्भावतीमपि
kambalāṃ tāmasīṃ śyāmāṃ sumedhāṃ bakulāṃ nadīm| vikīrṇāṃ śikhimālāñca tathā darbhāvatīmapi
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VaP 1 44.18
भद्रानदीं शुकनदीं पलाशाञ्च महानदीम्। भीमां प्रभञ्जनां काञ्चीं पुण्याञ्चैव कुशावतीम्
bhadrānadīṃ śukanadīṃ palāśāñca mahānadīm| bhīmāṃ prabhañjanāṃ kāñcīṃ puṇyāñcaiva kuśāvatīm
(and) the Bhadrā river, the Śuka river, the Palāśā, and the Mahānadī; the Bhīmā, the Prabhañjanā, the Kāñcī, and the holy Kuśāvatī —
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VaP 1 44.19
दक्षां शाकवतीञ्चैव पुण्यो दाञ्च महानदीम्। चन्द्रावतीं सुमूलाञ्च ऋषभाञ्चापगोत्तमाम्
dakṣāṃ śākavatīñcaiva puṇyo dāñca mahānadīm| candrāvatīṃ sumūlāñca ṛṣabhāñcāpagottamām
and Dakṣā and Śākavatī, and Puṇyodā the great river, Candrāvatī and Sumūlā, and Ṛṣabhā, best of streams,
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VaP 1 44.20
नदीं समुद्रमालाञ्च तथा चम्पावतीमपि। एकाक्षां पुष्कलां वाहां सुवर्णां नन्दि नीमपि
nadīṃ samudramālāñca tathā campāvatīmapi| ekākṣāṃ puṣkalāṃ vāhāṃ suvarṇāṃ nandi nīmapi
And the river Samudramālā, and likewise Campāvatī, Ekākṣā, Puṣkalā, Vāhā, Suvarṇā, and Nandinī too.
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VaP 1 44.21
कालिन्दीञ्चैव पुण्योदां भारतीञ्च महानदीम् । सीतोदाम्पातिकां ब्राह्मीं विशालाञ्च महानदीम्
kālindīñcaiva puṇyodāṃ bhāratīñca mahānadīm | sītodāmpātikāṃ brāhmīṃ viśālāñca mahānadīm
And the Kālindī, and the Puṇyodā, and the Bhāratī, a great river; the Sītodā, the Pātikā, the Brāhmī, and the Viśālā, a great river.
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VaP 1 44.22
पीवरीं कुम्भकारीञ्च रुषा ञ्चैवापगोत्तमाम्। महिषीं मानुषीं दण्डां तथा नदनदीं शुभाम्
pīvarīṃ kumbhakārīñca ruṣā ñcaivāpagottamām| mahiṣīṃ mānuṣīṃ daṇḍāṃ tathā nadanadīṃ śubhām
(And) the Pīvarī and the Kumbhakārī, and the Ruṣā, best of streams, the Mahiṣī, the Mānuṣī, the Daṇḍā, and likewise the auspicious Nadanadī.
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VaP 1 44.23
एताञ्चान्याञ्च पीयन्ते बह्वयो हि सरितोत्तमाः । देवर्षिसिद्धचरिताः पुण्योदाः पापहाः शुभाः
etāñcānyāñca pīyante bahvayo hi saritottamāḥ | devarṣisiddhacaritāḥ puṇyodāḥ pāpahāḥ śubhāḥ
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VaP 1 44.24
नानाजनपदास्फीतं महापगाविभूषितम्। नानारत्नौघसम्पूर्णं नित्यं प्रमुदितं शिवम्
nānājanapadāsphītaṃ mahāpagāvibhūṣitam| nānāratnaughasampūrṇaṃ nityaṃ pramuditaṃ śivam
(It is) swollen with prosperity through its various districts, adorned with great rivers, filled with floods of manifold jewels, ever joyful and auspicious.
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VaP 1 44.25
उदीर्णं धनधान्यार्थैर्नरवासैः समन्ततः। सन्निविष्टं महाद्वीपं पश्चिमं सुकृतात्मनाम् । निसर्गः केतुमालानामेष वः परिकीर्त्तितः
udīrṇaṃ dhanadhānyārthairnaravāsaiḥ samantataḥ| sanniviṣṭaṃ mahādvīpaṃ paścimaṃ sukṛtātmanām | nisargaḥ ketumālānāmeṣa vaḥ parikīrttitaḥ
Abounding in wealth, grain and goods, and (filled) with human dwellings on every side, thickly settled — this great western continent of those whose souls are of good deeds. Such is the natural constitution of the Ketumālas, which has (now) been fully declared to you.
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